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ack again, thus creating kind of a handball court in the temple where the light itself is the ball bouncing from one wall back to the next, or in this case from one banner back to the next and back again. the banner of the east is a fitting symbol for divine light and how divine light operates through the forces of nature. it is a symbol of the macrocosm. macrocosm means the world outside our own sphere of sensation or our own senses. the banner itself has a gold cross upon a white background. superimposed on that gold cross is the hexagram. the upward triangle is red whereas the downward triange is blue. these are symbols of fire and water, which again are opposing forces brought together in unity. the white "t" in the center of the gold cross is the symbol of tav, the beginning pathway i

norance of the outer world. yet the white triangle is the light that shines through the darkness, yet the darkness comprehendeth it not. the banner of the west is also an appropriate symbol of protection and exorcism. now let us not conjure up ideas in our minds about what exorcism is. when we speak of exorcism, what we are talking about is barring the qlippothic or negative energies from our own sphere of sensation. it is also a symbol of barring out negative energies outside our sphere of sensation as well. in this sense, it is used as a fitting symbol in pathworking and in astral projection. the memorization of the banner of the west and projecting it forward becomes a very strong etheric symbol of protection. there are several books that may go deeper indepth on these symbols, but at t

chesed as the ruler, but not creator, of the manifested universe. he is characterized as stable, wise, and merciful by contrast with his more dynamic opposite, geburah. chesed is associated with the gods zeus and jupiter. geburah: the fifth emanation on the tree of life. geburah is often associated with mars, the roman god of war, and represents severity and justice. the destructive forces of the sphere of geburah are intended to have a purging, cleansing effect on the universe. geburah represents the creator god who applies discipline and precision in governing the cosmos and removes unwanted or unnecessary elements after their usefulness has passed. geburah is reflected in the charioteer in the tarot. tiphareth: the sixth emanation on the tree of life. it is the sphere of beauty, harmoni

god who applies discipline and precision in governing the cosmos and removes unwanted or unnecessary elements after their usefulness has passed. geburah is reflected in the charioteer in the tarot. tiphareth: the sixth emanation on the tree of life. it is the sphere of beauty, harmonizing the forces of mercy (chesed) and judgement (geburah) higher on the tree. occultists identify tiphareth as the sphere of spiritual rebirth, and is ascribed to solar deities such as ra, apollo, and mithra as well as osiris and jesus christ. the tarot card temperence identifies the direct mystical ascent to tiphareth from malkuth, the physical. netzach: the seventh emanation on the tree of life. netzach is regarded as the sphere of creativity, subjectivity, and emotions, a very clear contrast to the sphere o

a, apollo, and mithra as well as osiris and jesus christ. the tarot card temperence identifies the direct mystical ascent to tiphareth from malkuth, the physical. netzach: the seventh emanation on the tree of life. netzach is regarded as the sphere of creativity, subjectivity, and emotions, a very clear contrast to the sphere of hod, which represents intellect and rational thought. netzach is the sphere of love and spiritual passion and is therefore associated with such deities as aphrodite, venus, hathor, and others that personify these qualities. hod: the eighth emanation on the tree of life. hod is associated with the planet mercury and represents intellect and rational thought. it also represents the structuring and measuring capacities of the mind as opposed to the emotional and intui

instinct and corresponds to the genital chakra on the archetypal man, adam kadmon. on the tree of life, yesod has the function of channeling the energies of the higher down to the earth below, malkuth. occultists associate yesod with the astral plane, because if the sephiroth above malkuth are regarded as a map of the unconscious psyche, yesod is the most accessible area of the mind. yesod is the sphere of fertility and lunar 67 imagery. it is identified with witchcraft and goddess worship. it is also the so-called animal soul, known by qabalists as nephesch. malkuth: the tenth emanation of the tree of life. malkuth is associated with the gods and goddesses of the earth, especially persephone, proserpina, and geb. malkuth is the domain of the manifested universe, the immediate environment

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mes and says: i consecrate with fire. stol: makes cross with cup, and sprinkles with water three times towards east, saying: i purify with water. kerux: salutes zelator sign. kerux: the temple is cleansed. kerux: stol: dad: return to place, kerux leading and passing with neophyte sign. hiero: let the element of this grade be named that it may be awakened in the spheres of those present and in the sphere of the order. heg: the element of earth. hiereus (knocks) let us adore the lord and king of earth. all face east. hiero: adonai ha-aretz. adonai melekh. unto thee be the kingdom and the power (cross on self) and the glory (he makes cross and circle with sceptre before him as he says malkuth, etc) malkuth, geburah, gedulah. the rose of sharon and the lily of the valley, amen. all give zelato

material world- which answer to the seven apocalyptic churches which are in asia or assiah- as these again allude to the seven lamps before the throne on another plane. within each circle is a triangle to represent the three fold creative idea operating in all things. on the right-hand side of each is the hebrew name of the angel who governs the planet; on the left side is the hebrew name of the sphere of the planet itself; while the hebrew letter beneath the base is one of the duplicated letters of the hebrew alphabet which refer to the seven planets. the seven double letters of the hebrew alphabet have each two sounds associated with them, one hard, and one soft. they are called double, because each letter represents a contrary or permutation, thus: life and death; peace and war; wisdom

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egemon, to what particular element is this grade attributed? heg: to the element of water. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus: to the planet mercury. hiero: honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 31st and 30th paths of shin and resh. hiero: honoured hiereus to what does the 31st path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of fire. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 30th path allude? heg: to the reflection of the sphere of the sun. hiero: gives one knock. all rise and face east. hiero (knocks) let us adore the lord and king of water. elohim tzabdoth, elohim of hosts, glory be unto the ruach elohim who moved upon the face of the waters of creation. amen all salute. hiero: quits his throne and proceeds t

fer to the three conditions of heat, aud, active; aub, passive; aur, equilibrated; whilst asch is the name of fire. the 31st path of the sepher yetzirah which answereth unto the letter shin, is called the perpetual intelligence, and it is so called because it regulateth the motions of the sun and moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it. it is therefore the reflection of the sphere of fire, and the path connecting the material universe as depicted in malkuth, with the pillar of severity on the side of geburah, through the sephira hod. hierophant, hegemon and theoricus come to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 20th key of the tarot, which symbolically resumes the ideas. to the uninitiated eye it apparently represents the last judgement, with an ang

center, represent that luminary as the center of the the 30th path of the sepher yetzirah. which answereth unto the letter resh is called the collecting intelligence, and it is so called because from it astrologers deduce the judgement of the stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science according to the rules of their revolutions. it is therefore, the reflection of the sphere of the sun, and the path connecting yesod with hod, foundation with splendor. hierophant, theoricus and hegemon come to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 19th key of the tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. the sun has 12 principal rays which represent the 12 signs of the zodiac, they are alternatively waved and salient, as symbolizing the alternation of the ma

comes green in verdigris etc. mercury is the only one which unites these primary forms in one symbol. saturn is composed of the cross and the crescent, showing that lead is corrosive externally and lunar internally. jupiter is the reverse, mars is solar internally while venus is the opposite, for copper is externally of the nature of gold, but internally corrosive. wherefore, also the name of the sphere of venus nogah, denotes external splendor. heg: shows theoricus the 2nd tablet. heg: this shows the true and genuine attribution of the tarot trumps to the hebrew alphabet which has long been a secret among the initiates and which should be carefully concealed from the outer world. as a mss. lecture on this subject is circulated among the members of the grade of practicus, i shall not furth

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what particular element is this grade attributed? heg: to the element of fire. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus: to the planet venus. hiero: honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 29th, 28th and 27th paths of qoph, tzaddi and peh. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 29th path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of pisces. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 28th path allude? heg: to the reflection of the sphere of aquarius. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 27th path allude? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of mars. hiero (knocks) all rise and face east. hiero: let us adore the lord and king of fire. hiero: tetragrammaton tzabaoth. blessed be thou, the leader of armies is thy

er of eden divided into four heads which finds their correlatives in the four triplicities of the zodiac (places cross aside) the 29th path of the sepher yetzirah which answereth to the letter qoph, is called the corporeal intelligence, and it is so called because it formeth every body which is formed beneath the whole order of worlds, and the increment of them. it is there, the reflection of the sphere of the watery sign pisces, and the path connecting the material universe as depicted in malkuth, with the pillar of mercy, and the side of chesed through the sephira netzach. and through it do the waters of chesed flow down. hiero: heg: pract: move to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 18th key of the tarot, which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents the moon

. it also is the opened out form of the double cube, and of the altar of incense (places cross aside) the 27th path of the sepher yetzirah which answereth unto the letter peh is called the exciting intelligence, and it is so called because by it is created the intellect of all created beings under the highest heaven and the excitement of the motion of them. it is, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of mars, and the reciprocal path connecting netzach with hod, victory with splendor; it is the lowermost of the three reciprocal paths. hiero: heg: pract: move to the west of altar. heg: before you upon the altar is the 16th key of the tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents a tower struck by a lightening flash, proceeding from a rayed circle and terminating in a triangl

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

f you are using a candle, gaze into the flame* take a slow, deep breath through your nose, inhaling the light. hold it for a count of 'one and two and three' and slowly exhale darkness through your mouth* let the circle of light expand and enfold you so that you are bathed in the light. you may find it easier at this point to close your eyes and to see the light with your inner vision* within the sphere of light, allow the goddess form to build up quite naturally. it may be a familiar figure or a composite of many different female power icons of beauty, wisdom and grace. she may be old, young, wise or challenging, according to the qualities you are attracting to meet your as yet, perhaps, unformulated needs. in different meditations you may see different goddesses and so adapt the charge a

, silver mother, come to full increase, enter now those who seek your inspiration and healing light* chant: come down, o mother, fill the sky with thy orb, come now, come, come within. this may develop into a song or a slow rhythmic circle dance around the mirror, as you whisper the words on the wind* project the moonlight, actual or visualised, so that it fills the mirror and creates a brilliant sphere of light around, over and beyond the candles, so that you (or the group) are within the sphere of the moon* as the power builds, circle and chant: within the moon, within the power, within the moon, now at this hour, we are the moon* at this point there is silence and stillness. then, one by one if you are in a group, speak words of wisdom, inspired by the light* when this is done, sit quie

ABRAMELIN1

arise from elementals alone, but frequently from the depraved astral remnants of deceased evil persons. devils, on the other hand, are far more powerful than elementals, but their action for evil is parallel to that of the good angels for good; and their malignancy is far more terrible than that of the evil elementals, for not being, like them, subjected to the limits of a certain current, their sphere of operation extends over a far greater area; while the evil they commit is never irrational or mechanical, but worked with full consciousness and intent. i do not agree entirely with the manner of behaviour, advised by abraham towards the spirits; on the contrary, the true initiates have always maintained that the very greatest courtesy should be manifested by the exorciser, and that it is

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ever, and unless the whole heart and soul and faith go with the ceremony, there can be no reliable result produced. 28 the title of the eleventh chapter of the second book is: concerning the selection of the place. 29 meaning in the case where the aspirant unto the sacred magic is a servant actually then serving a master. 30 the object of most of these instructions is of course to keep the astral sphere of the aspirant free from evil influences, and accustom him to pure and holy thoughts and to the exercise of will power and self-control. the student of the indian tatwas will know the value of active meditation at sunrise because that moment is the akasic commencement of the tatwic course in the day, and of the power of the swara. 31 i.e, the christians. of abramelin the mage 113 32 this p

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also in common with all really ancient languages the system of verbal roots from which all the words of the language are derived, has this effect, viz, that the majority of combinations of two or three letters will be found to be a verbal root, bearing of abramelin the mage 128 a definite meaning. besides all this, in the qabalah each letter of the hebrew alphabet is treated as having a complete sphere of hieroglyphic meanings of its own; whence the most important ancient hebrew names and words can be treated by the qabalistic initiate as in fact so many formulas of spiritual force. b have been thus lengthy in explanation in order that the reader may have some idea of the reason of the construction and use of these magic squares. the sacred magick 129 the second chapter. o obtain informat

ADDTLS

universe, in the planets, in our b, in the fixed stars, and even in man, in animals, vegetables, and minerals. therefore do the 4 perpendicular or vertical lines of the 4 crosses represent 4 great currents of force passing between north above and south below, intersecting the tiphareth points and thus affirmng the existence of the hidden central pillar of the tree of life, forming the axis of the sphere of the celestial heavens. therefore are these lines which are vertical called linea dei patris filiique, as manifesting that central column wherein are kether and tiphareth, macroprosopus and microprosopus. the calvary cross of 10 squares which are in each of the 4 lesser angles of each tablet are attributed unto the action of the m through the 10 sephiroth herein. this cross of 10 squares

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

y, which would most efficiently serve that single purpose. the only trouble has been that this purpose was not sufficiently cosmic in scope to resist internal forces. having attained the higher planes by practice of these exercises, they found that the original purpose of the society was not really adequate to their powers; they were, so to speak, over-engined. they stupidly invaded the spiritual sphere of the other authorities whom they were founded to support, and thus we see them actually quarrelling with the pope, while failing signally to obtain possession of the papacy. being thus thwarted in their endeavours, and confused in their purpose, they redoubled the ardour of their exercises; and it is one of the characteristics of all spiritual exercises, if honestly and efficiently perfor

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

tly available to the editor with regard to sumerian and assyro-babylonian religions. entries in parentheses refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur)

by the name which i was given on the lunar sphere, i call to thee! lord nebo, who does not know of thy wisdom? lord nebo, who does not know of thy magick? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in heavens, is not conjured by thy mystic writing? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in the heavens, is not compelled by the magick of thy spells? nebo kurios! lord of the subtle arts, open the gate to the sphere of thy spirit! nebo kurios! master of the chemical science, open the gate to the sphere of thy workings! gate of the swift planet, merkurios, open unto me! ia athzothtu! ia angaku! ia zi nebo! marzas zi fornias kanpa! lazhakas shin talas kanpa! nebos athanatos kanpa! ia gaash! ia saash! ia kakolomani-yash! ia maakalli! the invocation of the ishtar gate spirit of venus, remember! ishtar, mis

, remember! ishtar, queen of the land of the rising of the sun, remember! lady of ladies, goddess of goddesses, ishtar, queen of all people, remember! o bright rising, torch of the heaven and of the earth, remember! o destroyer of the hostile hordes, remember! lioness, queen of the battle, hearken and remember! from the gate of the great god nebo, i call thee! by the name which i was given on the sphere of nebo, i call to thee! lady, queen of harlots and of soldiers, i call to thee! lady, mistress of battle and of love, i pray thee, remember! in the name of the covenant, sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! suppressor of the mountains! supporter of arms! deity of men! goddess of women! where thou gazest, the dead live! ishtar, queen of night, open t

na! ia erninni-ya! ashta pa mabacha cha kur enni-ya! rabbmi lo-yak zi ishtari kanpa! inanna zi amma kanpa! bi zamma kanpa! ia ia ia be-yi razuluki! the invocation of the shammash gate spirit of the sun, remember! shammash, lord of the fiery disk, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! from the gate of the beloved ishtar, the sphere of libat, i call to thee! illuminator of darkness, destroyer of evil, lamp of wisdom, i call to thee! shammash, bringer of light, i call to thee! kutulu is burned by thy might! azag-thoth is fallen off his throne before thee! ishnigarrab is scorched black by thy rays! spirit of the burning disk, remember! spirit of the never-ending light, remember! spirit of the rending of the veils of the

f his throne before thee! ishnigarrab is scorched black by thy rays! spirit of the burning disk, remember! spirit of the never-ending light, remember! spirit of the rending of the veils of the night, dispeller of darkness, remember! spirit of the opening of the day, open wide thy gate! spirit who rises between the mountains with splendour, open thy gate to me! by the name which i was given on the sphere of ishtar, i ask thy gate to open! gate of the sun, open to me! gate of the golden sceptre, open to me! gate of the life-giving power, open! open! ia uddu-ya! ia russuluxi! saggtamarania! ia! ia! atzarachi-ya! atzarelechi-yu! bartalakatamani-ya kanpa! zi dingir uddu-ya kanpa! zi dingir ushtu-ya kanpa! zi shta! zi daraku! zi belurduk! kanpa! ia shta kanpa! ia! the invocation of the nergal ga

! zi belurduk! kanpa! ia shta kanpa! ia! the invocation of the nergal gate spirit of the red planet, remember! nergal, god of war, remember! nergal, vanquisher of enemies, commander of hosts, remember! nergal, slayer of lions and of men, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! from the great gate of the lord shammash, the sphere of the sun, i call to thee! nergal, god of the sacrifice of blood, remember! nergal, lord of the offerings of battle, ravager of the enemy's towns, devourer of the flesh of man, remember! nergal, wielder of the mighty sword, remember! nergal, lord of arms and armies, remember! spirit of the glow of the battlefield, open wide thy gate! spirit of the entrance unto death, open thy gate to me!

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

redrawn based on the account in secundus and on clay holden s reconstruction: the rendition in the equinox printing, which has been much reproduced, contained a number of errors. notes 38 4: that is, four others similar in design; they were to be encased in hollow things, of sweet wood mounted on the end of each table leg. 5: most of these names consist of a transliteration of the hebrew for the sphere of the planet with -el stuck on the end. see agrippa de occulta philosophia tom. iii cap. xxviii, where most of these names appear, the spirit of saturn is called sabathiel; the spirit of jupiter zedekiel; the spirit of mars, madimiel; the spirit of the sun semeliel, or semeschia; the spirit of venus nogahel; the spirit of mercury cochabiah, or cochabiel; the spirit of the moon, jareahel, o

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

the beast and with his number 666, so that he who invokes the former invokes also the latter. also with aiwaz and the number 93. see chapter v> 15 chapter ii the formulae of the elemental weapons. before discussing magical formulae in detail, one may observe that most rituals are composite, and contain many formulae which must be harmonized into one. the first formula is that of the wand. in the sphere of the principle which the magician wishes to invoke, he rises from point to point in a perpendicular line, and then descends; or else, beginning at the top, he comes directly down "invoking" first the god of that sphere by "devout supplication<brother, lest thou bend the knee! liber ccxx teaches the proper attitude. see also liber ccclxx. infra, furthermore, there is special ins

but the precise shape of meaning in any one case, and the sphere and tendency of its application, must be acquired by experience, that is, but induction, by recording and classifying one's experiments over a long period; and- this is the better part- by refining one's ratiocination to the point where it becomes instinct or intuition, whichever one likes to call it. it is proper in cases where the sphere of the question is well marked to begin the divination by invocations of the forces thereto appropriate. an error of judgment as to the true character of the question would entail penalties proportionate to the extent of that error; and the delusions resulting from a divination fortified by invocation would be more serious than if one had not employed such heavy artillery<
idual; he is ineffable, incorruptible, immune from everything. he possesses infinite wisdom and infinite power in himself. this equation is identical with that of a talisman. the magician takes an idea, purifies it, intensifies it by invoking into it the inspiration of his soul. it is no longer a scrawl scratched on a sheep-skin, but a word of truth, imperishable, mighty to prevail throughout the sphere of its purport. the evocation of a spirit is precisely similar in essence. the exorcist takes dead material substances of a nature sympathetic to the being whom he intends to invoke. he banishes all impurities therefrom, prevents all interference therewith, and proceeds to give life to the subtle substance thus prepared by instilling his soul. 185 once again, there is nothing in this exclus

he three guardians mentioned in liber 418, the 3rd aethyr; madness, and falsehood, and glamour, that is, duality in act, word and thought. 6. the grade of master of the temple is described in liber 418 as above indicated. there are full accounts in the magical diaries of the beast 666, who was cast forth into the heaven of jupiter, and of omnia in uno, unus in omnibus, who was cast forth into the sphere of the elements. the essential attainment is the perfect annihilation of that personality which limits and oppresses his true self. the magister templi is pre-eminently the master of mysticism, that is, his understanding is entirely free from internal contradiction or external obscurity; his word is to comprehend the existing universe in accordance with his own mind. he is the master of the

ms, the sigil called the mark of the beast, and the signs of l.v.x (see plate as before. he then vibrates the names extending his will in the same way as before, but vertically upward. at the same time he expands the source of that will- the secret symbol of self- both about him and below, as if to affirm that self, duplex as is its form, reluctant to acquiesce in its failure to coincide with the sphere of nuith. let him now imagine, at the last word, that the head of his will, where his consciousness is fixed, opens its fissure (the brahmarandra-cakkra, at the junction of the cranial sutures) and exudes a drop of clear crystalline dew, and that this pearl is his soul, a virgin offering to his angel, pressed forth from his being by the intensity of his aspiration- section ff. with these wo

ish: 25 :samekh-mem-kophfinal: prop: 26 :ayin-yod-nunfinal: eye: 27 :peh-heh: mouth: 28 :tzaddi-dalet-yod: fish-hook: 29 :qof-vau-pehfinal: back of head: 30 :resh-yod-shin: head: 31 :shin-yod-nunfinal: tooth: 32 :taw-vau: tau (as egyptian: 32 "bis :taw-vau: 31 "bis :shin-yod-nunfinal: 304& 305 table i: i: vi: vii: key scale: the heavens of assiah: english of column vi: 1 :resh-aleph-shin-yod-taw: sphere of the primum mobile :heh-gemel-lamed-gemel: lamed-yod-memfinal: 2 :mem-samekh-lamed-vau-taw: sphere of the zodiac: fixed stars: 3 :shin-bet-taw-aleph-yod: sphere of saturn: 4 :tzaddi-dalet-qof: sphere of jupiter: 5 :mem-aleph-dalet-yod: sphere of mars: memfinal: 6 :shin-mem-shin: sphere of sol: 7 :nun-vau-gemel-heh: sphere of venus: 8 :koph-vau-koph-bet: sphere of mercury: 9 :lamed-bet-nun

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

n. a dagger should be sufficient. but the mind of man is normally so important to him that the sword is actually the largest of his weapons; happy is he who can make the dagger suffice! the hilt of the sword should be made of copper. the guard is composed of the two crescents of the waxing and the waning moon- back to back. spheres are placed between them, forming an equilateral triangle with the sphere of the pommel. the blade is straight, pointed, and sharp right up to the guard. it is made of steel, to equilibrate with the hilt, for steel is the metal of mars, as copper is of venus. those two planets are male and female- and thus reflect the wand and the cup, though in a much lower sense. the hilt is of venus, for love is the motive of this ruthless analysis- if this were not so the swo

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

h (see s.d. 1:38-39) hm 46 a name of god yhl) a female slave; an ell, cubit hm) tin, the metal of jupiter lydb a dividing, sundering, separation hldbh a ruiner lbwx 47 foolish, silly, stupid lyw) a weeping hyykb cloud; high place; waves; fortress hmb to clutch, hold +lx that it was good bw+ yk aum (cf. 111) mw) 48 the pillar of severity: the paths cheth and mem (cf. 26& 463) m x planet; star: the sphere of mercury bkwk greatness, magnificence, glory: a title of chesed hlwdg a woman; strength; an army lyx to grow warm; heat, fire; black mx jubilee lbwy from that time, of old (see ps. 93:2& prov. 8:22) z)m fat; marrow xm 49 the living god yx l) resembled; meditated; silent hmd drooping, being sick hlwx strength )lyx heat, fury (ch )mx a bringing forth, birth, nativity hdyl a measuring; a mea

th nwh dwelling, habitation (as body is of soul) hwn 62 healing )s) the sons ynb to commit; healing hnz between nyb 63 abaddon: destruction, ruin (hell, as development of lw, 337; cf. 451) nwdb) dregs, roll; faeces (globular; dung llg fed nwz the nose m+wx fervour hmyx hwhy in briah yh w)w yh dwy briah fs gsecret nature h (see s.d. 1:38-39) gs beaver, builder hnwb prophet )ybn 64 shine, glow: the sphere of venus (see s.b. 75) hgwn justice: a title of geburah nyd a sigh, groan, deep breath hxn) the golden waters (i.r.q. 996; cf. 97) bhz ym prophecy h)wbn serenity hnwg stocks ds 65 adonai: my lord (referred to malkuth; cf. 155& 361) ynd) weasels and other terrible animals myxw) palace, temple, mansion lkyh shone, gloried, praised llh silence! sh defective nzx a door post hzwzm a beating, str

ed mmh circumcision hlym 86 a name of god, asserting the identity of kether and malkuth ynd) hyh) elohim (a name of god, meaning ggods h. masc. pl. of fem. sing: the angelic choir of netzach myhl) hallelu-yah: praise the lord hywllh a rustling of wings hlwmh (see i.r.q. 778& no. 41) md) hwhy hy cup; vagina swk blemish, spot, stain mwm plenitude ywlm to divide lydbm 87 frankincense; whiteness: the sphere of luna hnbl oak; oak-wood nwl) a cup kws) blasphemed pdg standards, military ensigns mylgd determined mmz white storks hdysx pure gold (lit. grefined h) zp 88 redness; sparkling llkx to be hot mmx darkness ksx roaring, seething; burning lxn pure, innocent px snare, danger xp 89 shut up; body pwg silence, whisper hmmd children p+ 90 mem: water mym very silent mmwd king: a title oftiphareth

ar-kraat( gcorrect h. cf. 78) zwy( the sons of [the merciful] god l) ynb incense hnwbl a disc, round shield; a defender ngm possession hlxn arduous, busy; host, army )bc 94 corpse hpwg the valley of vision nwyzxyg to extinguish k(d a fault (ps. 50:20, i.e. there gallege a fault h) ypd a shore pwx a window nwlx a drop hp+ children mydly congratulations, good luck bw+ lzm prickly dnm side dc 95 the sphere of mars myd)m the great stone hldg nb) the waters mymh multitude, abundance nmh journey klhm queen hklm selah, glift up! h (ps. 32:5, 7, etc) hls 96 a name of god ynd) l (chaldee form of myhl) nyhl) by day mmwy occupation [mundane] work (cf. 415& 420) hk)lm the secret [counsel] of the lord (ps. 25:14; see 353) hwhy dws statute wc 97 changeless, constant; the god amon (na. 3:8) nwm) the son

w internal ymynp crown of flowers, diadem, fillet cyc the side or flank; rib (lc the end, appointed time (dan. 12:14; see 305) cq pearl: a title of malkuth nynp 191 face, countenance nypn) cessations, futilities, nothings mysp) a box, chest; a repository hpwq 192 poisonous wind: the gsamun h, or gsimoon h hp(lz ye shall cleave in hwhy (cf. 220) hwhyb myqbdx 194 righteousness, equity, justice; the sphere of jupiter qdc 195 a flock hnqm visitation hdwqp neptune (referred to kether) nw+pn 196 the sea of wisdom (s.d. 1:28, etc) pws my the crown, summit, point; thorn (cf. 140) cwq ages; worlds mymlw( narrowness; oppression qwc 197 most high god nwyl( l) 198 victories myxcn 199 a giving freely; charity hqdc 200 wings mypnk a branch pn( bone; substance, essence; body mc( archetypal nwmdq summer c

twnxw+ 480 stones of emptiness (is. 34:11) whwt ynb) lilith, queen of the night tylyl part; open wide q#p opening; vagina; bit, morsel tp hand-drum; bezel pt knowledge (pl (k.d. p.252) tw(d testimony (k.d. p.252) twd( 481 hills tw(bg bound to death; death penalty )tym byyx a ring t(b) the mighty one sings: a title of tiphareth nwryryd) 482 a looking-glass, mirror )yrlqps) 483 constellations; the sphere of the zodiac, referred to chokmah (but see 536) twlzm bearing iniquity nw)#wn 485 daughter of the spring-waters (is. 10:30, gdaughter of gallim h) mylg tb mockeries (job 17:2; cf. 435) mylth 486 a name of god cr) dmy hpkxb hwhy foundations twdwsy broken bread hswrp hcm 488 entrance, gateway, opening xtp ye shall worship wdwb(t 489 repayment, restoration; a weighing out of repayment lwmg ml

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ectly orthodox astronomer in the undeniably practical university- a poor thing, but mine own- of cambridge "whenever there is matter there is action and therefore curvature; and it is interesting to notice that in ordinary matter the curvature of the space-time world is by no means insignificant. for example, in water of ordinary density the curvature is the same as that of space in the form of a sphere of radius 570,000,000 kilometers. the result is even more surprising if expressed in time unites; the radius is about half-an-hour "it is difficult to picture quite what this means; but at least we can predict that a globe of water 570,000,000 km. radius would have extraordinary properties. presumably there must be an upper limit to the possible size of a globe of water. so far as i can mak

inuous. she is in fact the reconciliation of these contradictory ideas. it is important for us to grasp the philosophical situation formally; and this demands a some-what close analysis. the definitions of cantorian and dedekindian continuity should be sought in bertrand russell, op. cit; it is sufficient here to explain that by the continuity of nuit i conceive conditions similar to those of the sphere of water described in the quotation in the note to verse 25. any point in this sphere would be indistinguishable from any other point in a certain sense; or at least the distinction might be considered as arbitrary and illusory. yet there is no reason why we should not choose to fix our attention on any particular point or system of points for the purpose of amusing ourselves- analogously t

velop them. each stage in the process was like the joy of a young eagle soaring from height to height in ever increasing sunlight as dawn breaks, foaming, over the purple hem of the garment of ocean, and, when the many coloured rays of rose and gold and green gathered themselves together and melted into the orbed glory of the sun, with a rapture that shook the soul with unimaginable ecstasy, that sphere of rushing light was recognized as a common-place idea, accepted unquestioningly and treated with drab indifference because it had so long been assimilated as a natural and necessary part of the order of nature. at first i was shocked and disgusted to discover that a series of brilliant researches should culminate in a commonplace. but i soon understood that what i had done was to live over

orgasm that is consummated within the bed of thy mind "sequitur de hac re "thou knowest right well, o my son, how a thought is imperfect in two dimensions, being separate from its contradiction, but also constrained in its scope, because by that contradiction we do not (commonly) complete the universe, save only that of its discourse. thus if we contrast health with sickness, we include in their sphere of union no more than one quality that may be predicted of all things. furthermore, it is for the most part not easy to find or to formulate the true contradiction of any thought as a positive idea, but only as a formal negation in vague terms, so that the ready answer is but antithesis. thus to white one putteth not the phrase "all that which is not white" for this is void, formless, and n

. no matter what n may be ?infinity, the number of the inductive numbers, is unaltered by adding or subtracting it. there are just as many odd numbers as there are numbers altogether. our knowledge is confined to statements of the relations between certain sets of our own sensory impressions; and we are convinced by our limitations that 'a factor infinite and unknown' must be concealed within the sphere of which we see but one minute part of the surface. as to reason itself, what is more certain than that its laws are only the conscious expression of the limits imposed upon us by our animal nature, and that to attribute universal validity, or even significance, to them is a logical folly, the raving of our megalomania? experiment proves nothing; it is surely obvious that we are obliged to

maiden body! al iii,67 "through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire" beyond the one, how shall he pass on? what is this one, which is in every place the centre of all? indeed the logic-girders of our souls need lightening, if we would win to freedom of such truth as this! now in the 'stones of precious water' the light leapt clear indeed, but they were not themselves that light. this sphere of the one is indeed ra-hoor-khuit; is not our crowned and conquering child the source of light? nay, he is finite form of unity, child of two married infinities; and in this last ordeal the aspirant must go beyond even his star, finding therein the core thereof hadit, and losing it also in the body of nuith. here is no path that he may tread, for all is equally everywhere; nor is there any

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i should regard it as a manifestation of chesed, water, the moon, salt the alchemical principle, sagittarius or what not, in respect of its blueness one would have to decide which from other data and refer it to the xviith key of the taro in respect of its starriness. the use of these attributions is lengthy and various: i cannot dwell upon it: but i will give one example. if i wish to visit the sphere of geburah, i use the colours and forces appropriate: i go there: if the objects which then appear to my spiritual vision are harmonious therewith, it is a test of their truth. so also, to construct a talisman, or to invoke a spirit. the methods of discovering dogma from sacred words are also numerous and important: i may mention (a) the doctrine of sympathies: drawn from the total numerati

the pure qabalah. see the canon. meiqras and abraxas in greek. 370. really more important for part ii. cu, creation. the sabbatic goat in his highest aspect. this shows the whole of creation as matter and spirit. the material 3, the spiritual 7, and all cancelling to zero. also \lc= peace. 400. the letter t, the universe. it is the square of 20, the wheel of fortune, and shows the universe as the sphere of fortune the samsara-cakkram, where karma, which fools call chance, rules. 400 is the total number of the sephiroth, each of the 10 containing 10 in itself and being repeated in the 4 worlds of atziluth, briah, yetzirah, and assiah. these four worlds are themselves attributed to hwhy, which is therefore not the name of a tribal fetish, but the formula of a system. 401. ta, the emphatic, m

shortly be published by authority of the a\a\ a.c [it was published in equinox i (8] 59 i.e, the chald an oracles, whose ascription to zoroaster is late (medieval/ renaissance; fragment 186 in the westcott edition. cf. the hermetic discourse the eighth reveals the ninth (nhc vi 52.1 63.32; in some versions of hermeticism and graeco-egpytian magick the 9th sphere (counting upwards) lies beyond the sphere of the planets and fixed stars and is the realm of the divine t.s. liber lviii 34 scholion g. 9= f, a serpent. and the serpent is the holy ur us, upon the crown of the gods. scholion d. 9= ix= the hermit of the tarot, the ancient one with lamp (giver of light) and staff (the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this, two, is the same ancient as in 0, aleph, the fool, and aleph= 1. scholion e. 9=

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should regard it as a manifestation of chesed, water, the moon, salt the alchemical principle, sagittarius or what not, in respect of its blueness- one would have to decide which from other data- and refer it to the xviith key of the taro in respect of its starriness. the use of these attributions is lengthy and various: i cannot dwell upon it: but i will give one example. if i wish to visit the sphere of geburah, i use the colours and forces appropriate: i go there: if the objects which then appear to my spiritual vision are harmonious therewith, it is one test of their truth. so also, to construct a talisman, or to invoke a spirit. the methods of discovering dogma from sacred words are also numerous and important: i may mention("a" the doctrine of sympathies: drawn from the total numera

lpha beta rho alpha chi alpha sigma in greek. 370. really more important for part ii. osh, creation. the sabbatic goat in his highest aspect. this shows the whole of creation as matter and spirit. the material 3, the spiritual 7, and all cancelling to zero. also shlm= peace. 400. the letter hb:taw "the universe" it is the square of 20 "the wheel of fortune" and shows the universe therefore as the sphere of fortune- the samsara-cakkram, where karma, which fools call chance, rules. 400 is the total number of he sephiroth, each of the 10 containing 210 in itself and being repeated in the 4 worlds of atziluth, briah, yetzirah, and assiah. these four worlds are themselves attributed to ihvh, which is therefore not the name of a tribal fetish, but the formula of a system. 401. ath "the" emphatic

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ying "take of these pearls, treasure them in thine heart. is not the kingdom of the abyss accurst" she points downward to the cauldron; and now in it there is the head of a most cruel dragon, black and corrupted. i watch, and watch; and nothing happens. and now the dragon rises out of the cauldron, very long and slim (like japanese dragons, but infinitely more terrible, and he blots out the whole sphere of the stone. then suddenly all is gone, and there is nothing in the stone save brilliant white light and flecks like sparks of golden fire; and there is a ringing, as if bells were being used for anvils. and there is a perfume which i cannot describe; it is like nothing that one can describe, but the suggestion is like lignum aloes. and now all these things are there at once in the same pl

able for a very long time. o.v) and all the table burns with intolerable light; there has been no such light in any of the aethyrs until now. and now the table draws me back into itself; i am no more. my arms were out in the form of a cross, and that cross was extended, blazing with light into infinity. i myself am the minutest point in it. this is "the birth of form" i am encircled by an immense sphere of many-coloured bands; it seems it is the sphere of the sephiroth projected in the three dimensions. this is "the "birth of death" now in the centre within me is a glowing sun. that is "the birth of hell" now all that is swept away, washed away by the table. it is the virtue of the table to sweep everything away. it is the letter i in this aethyr that gives this vision, and l is its purity

s call the first. woe unto me, for i, even as they, have worshipped him. but she is whose paps are the galaxies, and he that never shall be known, in them is no motion. for the infinite without filleth all and moveth not, and the infinite within goeth indeed; but it is no odds, else were the space-marks confounded. and now the angel is but a shining speck of blackness in the midst of a tremendous sphere of liquid and vibrating light, at first gold, then becoming green, and lastly pure blue. and i see that the green of libra is made up of the yellow of air and the blue of water, swords and cups, judgment and mercy. and this word tan meaneth mercy. and the feather of maat is blue because the truth of justice is mercy. and a 57 voice cometh, as it were the music of the ripples of the surface

s thine angel made manifest. and this is the mystery of the camel that is ten days in the desert, and is not athirst, because he hath within him that water which is the dew distilled from the the night of nuit. triple is the cord of silver, that it may be not loosed; and three score and half a score and three is the number of the name of my name, for that the ineffable wisdom, that also is of the sphere of the stars, informeth me. thus am i crowned with the triangle that is about the eye, and therefore is my number three. and in me there is no 59 imperfection, because through me descendeth the influence of taro. and that is also the number of aiwass the mighty angel, the minister of silence. and even as the shew-stone burneth thy forehead with its intolerable flame, so he who hath known me

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00 times a day. to say it a million times would take longer than mrs. glyn's heroine did to conceive. yet i will get the result if i have to say it a hundred and eleven million times. but oh! fertilise my akasic egg today! this remark, one should notice, is truly characteristic of the man john st. john. i see how funny it is; but i'm quite serious withal. ye dull dogs! 28 [the "akasic egg" is the sphere of the personality of man. a theosophic term. ed. 3.55. n.b. mantras might with advantage be palindromes. 3.56. i try to construct a magic square from the mantra. no good. but the mantra is going much better, quite mechanically and "without attachment""i.e. without conscious ulterior design."art for art's sake" as it were) 4.10. i drink a "citron press 4.25. alas! here comes maryt (with a

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ocalized the equilibrated forces of the balances, and meanwhile the kerux goeth to the north in readiness for the circumambulation, so as to link the latter with the final consecration of the candidate. the "stolistes" then says "frater x y z, i finally consecrate thee by water" and the "dadouchos "frater x y z, i finally consecrate thee by fire" and the effect of this is to seal finally into the sphere of sensation of the candidate the pillars in balanced formulation. for in the natural man the symbols are unbalanced in strength, some being weaker and some stronger, and the effect of the ceremony is to strengthen the weak and purify the strong, thus gradually commencing to equilibrate them, at the same time making a link between them and their corresponding forces in the macrocosm. the "h

as we shall eventually see, ranks only second in importance to his meeting with fra. v.n. ritual of the 2= 9 grade of theoricus this grade is particularly attributed to the element of air; it refers to the moon, and is attached to the thirty-second path of tau, which alludes to the universe as composed of the four elements, to the kerubim, the qliphoth, the astral plane, and the reflection of the sphere of saturn. after this has been explained, the advancement of the zelator takes place, after which the ritual of the thirty-second path is celebrated "hierophant" to zelator "facing you are the portals of the thirty- second, thirty-first, and twenty-ninth paths leading from the grade of zelator to the three other grades which are beyond. the only path now open to you, however, is the thirty

: aud, active; aub, passive;12 aur, the equilibrated; while hb:shin hb:aleph (ash) is the name of fire "the thirty-first path of the sepher yetzirah, which answereth to the letter hb:shin, is called the perpetual intelligence; and it is so called because it regulateth the motions of the sun and moon in their proper order; each in an orbit convenient for it. it is, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of fire; and the path connecting the material universe, as depicted in malkuth, with the pillar of severity and the side of geburah through the sephira hod" 11 this introduction of the samothracian mysteries is evidently a straining after effect. they were of a much lower order than the eleusinian, and a great deal more obscure; in fact, even at the time, people could not define with anythi

ains the solar greek cross, and then says "the thirtieth path of the sepher yetzirah, which answereth unto the letter 'resch' is called the collecting intelligence; and it is so called because from it astrologers deduce the judgment of the stars, and of the 272 celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their resolutions. it is therefore the reflection of the sphere of the sun; and the path connecting yesod with hod, the foundation with splendour" 13 "see 777" cols. xciii, xciv, xcv, pp. 21, 20. 14 "see 777" col. viii, p.2 illustration on page 273 approximated below_ hb:resh hb:samekh hb:tzaddi/ hierophant's) throne_ lamps pentacle_ banner of east. incense_ black white_ salt salt spirit tablet_ of earth lamp altar_ 19thkey of_ tarot_ geomant(ic_ names&

otwithstanding the fact that it is a greater trial by far if you order him to leap into the water with a millstone round his neck; but this is scarcely "cricket" even if at the last moment you pull him out of the water and restore life by artificial respiration. further, it is not teaching him how to swim, or how to improve his powers of swimming. in the 1= 10 ritual the neophyte enters the first sphere of the elements, the element of earth, and is at once liable to fall prey to the terrible worldly obsessions of the path of hb:taw. this dark path he journeys up only to become child of the 292 fickle element of air whose sign is the ever-changing moon. the next step brings him under the unstable condition of water and the seemingly unbalanced influences of mercury. but if he has passed thr

the grade of the element of water by the paths of the sun and of fire, as he will in his next step understand why it is that the paths of hb:qof and hb:tzaddi, that is, of pisces and aquarius, lead him to the fire of netzach and not to the water of hod. the path which connects hod with netzach is the 27th path of the sepher yetzirah which answers to the letter hb:peh. it is the reflection of the sphere of mars and is the lowermost of the reciprocal paths. the tarot key attributed to this path is very rightly the 16th key- the tower; which we have seen in the 4= 7 ritual represents a tower struck by a flash of lightning, symbolising the tower of babel struck by the wrath of heaven, and also the power of the triad rushing down and destroying the columns of darkness, the light of adonai glim

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p line 12 in the other columns, you will find that the planet corresponding is mercury, its number eight, its lineal figures the octagon and octagram. the god who rules that planet thoth, or in hebrew symbolism tetragrammaton adonai and elohim tzabaoth, its archangel raphael, its choir of angels beni elohim, its intelligence tiriel, its spirit taphtatharath, its colours orange (for mercury is the sphere of the sephira hod, 8, yellow, purple, grey, and indigo rayed with violet; its magical weapon the wand or caduceus, its perfumes mastic and others, its sacred plants vervain and others, its jewel the opal or agate; its sacred animal the snake &c &c. 3. you would then prepare your place of working accordingly. in an orange circle you would draw an eight-pointed star of yellow, at whose point

f my impotence most terribly avenges them. concerning the methods of obtaining these particular states, i am almost at one with sri parananda, my godly friend, when he talks of "the grace of the lord shiva" and with my ungodly friend bhikkhu ananda metteyya, when he hints that the accidental coincidence of the circumferences of the nibbana-dhatu and the samsara-chakra with the brahmarandra of the sphere of the 99-year-old-talipot-palm-like sucking arahat may have something to do with it. plainly, we know so very little; so few ever attain this class of experience that one is perhaps hardly justified in maintaining (as i always have maintained and that stoutly) that the reward is according to the work. it may conceivably be that work does not affect the question, as it clearly does in the l

ial world, consider the moon, our mother. behold in her the typic representative of the powers of the two. light and darkness, flux and reflux, ebb and flow- these are her manifested powers in nature- where also she binds the "great waters" to her will. now in the yetziratic attribution is the second number, beth("i.e" a house, an abode, the dwelling of the holy one, shown to be equivalent to the sphere of kokab and his lords. and the symbolic weapon of mercury is the caduceus, whose twin serpents show again the dualistic power("note- woden, the scandinavian mercury, was the all-father, as it is written in the ritual of the path of the spirit of the primal 169 fire hb:shin "for all things did the father of all things perfect, and delivered them over unto the "second mind; whom all races of

he three in one. 3+ 1= 4. now in this figure ii. we behold six certain paths; and in six days did 172 god create the heavens and the earth. and the total numeration of its numbers is the perfect number, even the decade of the sephiroth (1+ 2+ 3+ 4= 10) thus can our science teach us wherefore the door<holy qabalah that alone amongst the shells is nogah, the sphere of venus, exalted unto holiness (venus is the goddess of love> of venus, hb:dalet, is the gateway of initiation: that one planet whose symbol alone embraceth the 10 sephiroth; the entrance to the shrine of our father c.r.c, the tomb of osiris; the god revealer, coming, moreover, by the central path of hb:samekh through the midst of the triangle of light. and the lock which guards that door

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sires shall be fulfilled [he does so. the magus of art, standing on the throne of the east, then proclaims "the invocation" o thou mighty and powerful spirit taphthartharath, i bind and conjure thee very potently, that thou do appear in visible form before us in the magical triangle without this circle of art. i demand that thou shalt speedily come hither from thy dark abodes and retreats, in the sphere of kokab, and that thou do presently appear before us in pleasing form, not seeking to terrify us by vain apparitions, for we are armed with words of double power, and therefore without fear! and i moreover demand, binding and conjuring thee by the mighty name of elohim tzebaoth, that thou teach us how we may acquire the power to know all things that appertain unto the knowledge of thoth wh

rter: the magus advances 179 to the east of the altar, lays her left hand upon it, in her right holding the sword with its point upon the centre of the sigil. the associate magus holds the magical candle for her to read by: and the magus of the fires the book of invocations, turning the pages that she may read continually. she recites] hear ye, ye lords of truth, hear ye, ye invoked powers of the sphere of kokab, that all is now ready for the commencement of this evocation""the potent exorcism [to be said, assuming the mask or form of the spirit taphthartharath] hb:taw o thou mighty spirit of mercury, taphthartharath! i bind, command and very potently do conjure thee: hb:peh by the majesty of the terrible name of hb:taw hb:vau hb:aleph hb:bet hb:tzaddi hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:heh hb:lamed h

aphthartharath! i bind, command and very potently do conjure thee: hb:peh by the majesty of the terrible name of hb:taw hb:vau hb:aleph hb:bet hb:tzaddi hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:heh hb:lamed hb:aleph the gods of the armies of the hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:heh hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:yod hb:nun hb:bet by and in the name of: hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:koph hb:yod hb:mem great archangel of god, that ruleth in the sphere of kokab, by and in the name of: hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:peh hb:resh great angel of mercury; by and in the name of: hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:yod hb:resh hb:yod hb:tet the mighty intelligence of kokab; by and in the name of the sephira hod and in the name of that thy sphere kokab that thou come forth here now, in this present day and hour, and appear in visible form before us; in the great magic tr

of wand] be thou a living creature! whose mind is open unto the higher! be thou a living creature! whose heart is a centre of light. be thou a living creature! whose body is the temple of the rosy cross. in the number 21, in the name hb:heh hb:yod hb:heh hb:aleph, in the name hb:heh hb:vau hb:shin hb:taw hb:yod 17, in the pass-word inri, i declare that i have created thee, a living spirit of this sphere of tzedeq, to do my will, and work thine own salvation! let us analyse the key-word "chief" i "2nd" n "3rd" r "all" i "chief" yod. hb:yod "2nd" nun. hb:nun "3rd" resh. hb:resh "all" yod. hb:yod "chief" virgo, isis, mighty mother "2nd" scorpio, apophis, destroyer "3rd" sol, osiris, slain and risen "all" isis, apophis, osiris. iota alpha omega (all give the sign of the cross "chief, 2nd and 3

eceive thy sight! i am the reconciler with the ineffable! i am the dweller of the invisible "let the white brilliance of the "divine spirit""descend" part iii "the chymical and hermetic marriage of the eagle of the waters "with the soul of jupiter [purify the talisman with water and fire "q.f.d.r" i am the eagle of the waters, and my power is in the west "t.t.e.g" i am the soul of jupiter: in the sphere of tzedeq is my name confessed "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" my power is to give peace and sleep "t.t.e.g" my power is to give strength and health "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" toum maal hath made me to this end "t.t.e.g" amoun hath made me to this end "p" i am the reconciler between you! 195 "q.f.d.r" pain could not dwell before us if we wed "t.t.e.g" death

hy prayer ascend [the magician shall kneel down and say] unto thee, sole wise, sole mighty, sole merciful one, be the praise and the glory for ever and ever! who hast permitted me to glean in thy field! to gather a spark of thine unutterable light! to form two mighty beings from the spheres of thy dominion! to make them one by the operation of thy divine wisdom! grant that this eagle kerub in the sphere of jupiter may be indeed mighty on the earth! to heal the sick, to strengthen the infirm, to quiet the pain of mortal men! grant that this work be unto it for a salvation, and a very invocation of thy light divine, and a very link with the immortal soul of man! let it be pure and strong, that at last it may attain even unto the eternal godhead in the veritable khabs am pekht! konx om pax! l

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decharged, banished and thrown aside: or if a flame of fire, it shall be extinguished: or if a vial containing air it shall be opened, and after that shall be rinsed out with pure water. hb:shin book iii part hb:aleph: invisibility. a. the shroud of concealment. b. the magician. c. the guards of concealment. d. the astral light to be moulded into the shroud. e. the equation of the symbols in the sphere of sensation. f. the invocation of the higher: the placing of a barrier without the astral form: the clothing of the same with obscurity through the proper invocation. g. formulating clearly the idea of becoming invisible: the formulation of the exact distance at which the shroud should surround the physical body; the consecration with water and fire so that their vapour may begin to form a

on; seeing that it would speedily attract an occupant: which would become a terrible vampire preying upon him who had called it into being. and after frequent rehearsals of this operation, the thing may be almost done "per "nutum" part hb:mem: transformations a. the astral form. b. the magician. c. the forces used to alter the form. d. the form to be taken. e. the equation of the symbolism of the sphere of sensation. f. invocation of the higher: the definition of the form required as a delineation of blind forces, and the awakening of the same by its proper formulation. g. formulating clearly to the mind the form intended to be taken: the restriction 159 and definition of this as a clear form and the actual baptism by water and by fire with the "mystic name of the adept" h. the actual invo

let him now invoke all the superior names of the plane appropriate to the form, that he may retain it under his proper control and guidance. v. he states clearly to the form, what he intends to do with it. w. similar to the w section of invisibility, save that the conjurations &c, are to be made to the appropriate plane of the form instead of to binah. part hb:shin: spiritual development. a. the sphere of sensation. b. the augoeides. c. the sephiroth &c, employed. d. the aspirant, or natural man. e. the equilibration of the symbols. f. the invocation of the higher, the limiting and controlling of the lower, and the closing of the material senses to awaken the spiritual. g. attempting to make the natural man grasp the higher by first limiting the extent to which mere intellect can help him

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prophecies as these may have been rejected through the gross habit of the body we may never know until spirit vindicates her claim in a court where she must have audience. in this world we are but half spirit; we are thus able to hold only the perceptions and emotions of half an orb. once fully rounded into symmetry ourselves, we shall have strength to bear the pressure of influences from a whole sphere of truth and loveliness. it is this present half-developed state of ours which makes the infinitude of the hasheesh awakening so unendurable, even when its sublimity is the sublimity of delight. we have no 264 longer anything to do with horizons, and the boundary which was at once our barrier and our fortress is removed, until we almost perish from the inflow of perceptions. it would be no

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is is probably wrong, as the sun is usually placed in the manip ra chakkra. in the body of a man the pingala is the solar current, the ida the lunar. in a woman these are reversed. 85 "ibide, chap. v, 75. 86 "shiva sanhita" chap. v, 76, 77. compare this chakkra to the lunar and sexual yesod of the qabalah; also note that the power here attained to is that of skrying. situated in the middle of the sphere of the sun, having ten kalas (petals..87 he who enters this chakkra can made gold, etc, see the adepts (clairvoyantly) discover medicines for diseases, and see hidden treasures.88 4 "the anahata chakkra" this chakkra is situated in the heart, it is of a deep blood red colour, and has twelve petals. it is the seat of pr na and is a very pleasant spot; its adept is pinaki and its goddess is k

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y towards either of these, it was because their light, confused and difficult on the one part, and tenebrous on the other, was yet light in comparison with that aimless and abiding gloom which had now settled upon the bosom of 55 the river. and these lamps were above the river, children of a nobler element. and in the river is the great leviathan that devours men. but before i had come within the sphere of attraction of either of these, suddenly mine eyes were gladdened with a marvellous vision. infinitely far off, as it seemed, a ray of sunlight shot through the saturnine gloom of the skies, and lit the surface of the water. and then i perceived that upon the river there floated, within that small circle of light, an ark, or as it might be, a coffin. then looking up into that pierced clou

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

select and reject, to attract and repel, sensation, movement, and desire you have something which is very much like the psychology of a human being, only within a more limited radius and of a more circumscribed degree. have we not, therefore, really got back to what might be termed the "psyche of the atom? we have found that the atom is a living entity, a little vibrant world, and that within its sphere of influence other little lives are to be found, and this very much in the same sense that each of us is an entity, or positive nucleus of force or life, holding within our sphere of influence other lesser lives, i.e. the cells of our body. what can be said of us can be said, in degree, of the atom. let us extend our idea of the atom a little further, and touch upon what may be fundamentall

solution of the world problems. this concept of the atom as a positive demonstration of energy, holding within its range of activity its polar opposite, can be extended not only to every type of atom, but also to a human being. we can view each unit of the human family as a human atom, for in man you have simply a larger atom. he is a centre of positive force, holding within the periphery of his sphere of influence the cells of his body; he shows discrimination, intelligence, and energy. the difference lies but in degree. he is possessed of a wider consciousness, and vibrates to a larger measure than the little atom of the chemist. we might extend the idea still further and consider a planet as an atom. perhaps there is a life within the planet that holds the substance of the sphere and a

, there may perhaps be within the planetary sphere an entity whose consciousness is as far removed from that of man as the consciousness of man is from that of the atom of chemistry. this thought can again be carried still further, till it includes the atom of the solar system. there, at the heart of the solar system, the sun, you have the positive centre of energy, holding the planets within its sphere of influence. if you have within the atom, intelligence; if you have within the human being, intelligence; if you have within the planet, an intelligence controlling all its functions, may it not be logical to extend the idea and predicate a still greater intelligence back of that larger atom, the solar system? this brings us ultimately to the standpoint which the religious world has always

elligent centres, to man, and thence to the life which is manifesting through the system. thus is demonstrated a marvellous and synthesised whole. st. paul may- 15- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust have had something of this sort in mind when he spoke about the heavenly man. by the "body of christ" he surely means all those units of the human family who are held within his sphere of influence, and who go to the constitution of his body, as the aggregate of the physical cells form the physical body of the man. what is needed in these days of religious upheaval is that these fundamental truths of christianity should be demonstrated to be scientific truths. we need to make religion scientific. there is a very interesting sanskrit writing, many thousands of years old, w

l form, it is of prime importance that we recognise that fact, and deal rightly and scientifically with those forms and their atoms. this involves the practical care of the physical body and the wise adaptation of all our energy to the work to be done, and to the nature of our objective; it necessitates the judicious utilisation of that aggregate of cells which is our instrument, or tool, and our sphere of manifestation. this is- 17- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust something of which we, as yet, know little. when this thought is developed, and the human being is recognised as a force centre, the attitude of people towards their work and mode of living will be fundamentally altered. the point of view of the medical world, for instance, will be changed, and people wi

f the soul, or the psyche, of the atom, and found that scientists recognise the truth that atoms themselves possess quality, show symptoms of mind or intelligence, and can discriminate, select, and choose. we then proceeded to weave what appeared to be a fairy tale. we pictured the human being as an atom, and traced the resemblance of man to an atom; we found that he attracted and held within his sphere of influence the matter of his various bodies, mental, emotional, and physical, in exactly the same way as the electrons were held revolving around their central focal point. the idea proved capable of still further expansion, and we turned our attention to the planet, picturing it as similar in its nature to the human atom, and to the ultimate atom of substance, being but the expression of

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n. each initiation marks the passing of the pupil in the hall of wisdom into a higher class, marks the clearer shining forth of the inner fire and the transition from one point of polarisation to another, entails the realisation of an increasing unity with all that lives and the essential oneness of the self with all selves. it results in a horizon that continuously enlarges until it includes the sphere of creation; it is a growing capacity to see and hear on all the planes. it is an increased consciousness of god's plans for the world, and an increased ability to enter into those plans and to further them. it is the effort in the abstract mind to pass an examination. it is the honour class in the master's school, and is within the attainment of those souls whose karma permits and whose ef

s, and hence incapable of response to aught on the dense physical plane, he was unable to take a dense physical body such as ours, and has to function in his etheric body. he is the greatest of all the avatars, or coming ones, for he is a direct reflection of that great entity who lives, and breathes, and functions through all the evolutions on this planet, holding all within his aura or magnetic sphere of influence. in him we live and move and have our being, and none of us can pass beyond the radius of his aura. he is the great sacrifice, who left the glory of the high places and for the sake of the evolving sons of men took upon himself a physical form and was made in the likeness of man. he is the silent watcher, as far as our immediate humanity is concerned, although literally the pla

eat group of liberated souls who, in utter self-abnegation, stand silently behind the world panorama. through the power of their will, the strength of their meditations, the wisdom of their plans, and the scientific knowledge of energy which is theirs, they direct those force currents, and control those form-building agencies which produce all that is seen and unseen, movable and immovable in the sphere of creation within the three worlds. this, coupled to their vast experience, is what fits them to be the agents for the distribution of the energy of the planetary logos. as has already been stated, at the head of affairs, controlling each unit and directing all evolution, stands the king, the lord of the world, sanat kumara, the youth of endless summers, and the fountainhead of the will (s

, if the three great lords are counted in making the nine times seven necessary for the work. of these forty-nine work exoterically, if it might be so expressed, and fourteen esoterically, being more concerned with the subjective manifestation. not many of their names are known to the public, nor would it be wise in many cases to reveal who they are, where they dwell, and what is their particular sphere of activity. a very small minority, through group karma and a willingness thus to sacrifice themselves, have come before the public eye during the past one hundred years, and therefore concerning these, certain information may be given out. quite a number of people in the world today are aware of their existence independently of any particular school of thought, and the realisation that tho

the higher planes, as more and more the human units esoterically "blaze forth" it must be remembered that the entire solar system, with all that is included therein, is expressing itself in terms of light, and that the process of initiation might therefore be regarded as one in which the different points of light (or human sparks) are stimulated, their radiance and temperature increased, and the sphere of influence of each light extended in radius. the three planetary schemes wherein the great experiment of initiation is being tried are the earth, venus, and one other. venus was the first sphere of experiment, and the success of the endeavour and the force generated was the cause of a similar effort being made on our planet. no planet increases its store of force, and consequently its sph

een by the inner eye with the same accuracy of vision and judgment as when a man stands face to face with another member of the human family. the great solar angel, who embodies the real man and is his expression on the plane of higher mind, is literally his divine ancestor, the "watcher" who, through long cycles of incarnation, has poured himself out in sacrifice in order that man might be. as a sphere of radiant fire, linked with the initiate standing before it by that magnetic thread of fire which passes through all his bodies and terminates within the centre of the physical brain. this "silver thread (as it is rather inaccurately called in the bible, where the description of its loosing of the physical body and subsequent withdrawal is found) emanates from the heart centre of the solar

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

vibrant to the sounding of the word, seeking the adding of the power, had waited for millennia, passed in a flash of time, and lo, the work was done. the first degree in mighty acclamation deeming the hour propitious, sounded the triple note in threefold reverberation. the echo reached the goal. they three times sent it forth. restless the- 16- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust sphere of blue felt the vibration and answering, roused herself and hastened to the call. the second, with wise insistence, hearing the first sound forth, knowing the hour had likewise come, echoed the sound or note quadruple. this fourfold reverberation circled the gamut of the spheres. again it was sent forth. three times the note was sounded, pealing across the heavens. at the third intoning ca

rth" the effort of the flame within the crystal cave becometh ever greater. the cry goes forth for other aid from other flaming souls. the response comes. the lord of flame, the ancient one, the mighty lord of fire, the point of blue within the hidden diamond, the youth of timeless aeons, assisteth in the work. the inner burning light and the outer waiting fire, together with the rod, meet on the sphere of crystal, and lo, the work is done. the crystal rends and quivers. seven times the work proceeds. seven the efforts made. seven the applications of the rod, held by a lord of flame. three are the lesser touches; four the divine assistance. at the final fourth the work is done and the whole cave disrupts. the lighted flame within spreads through the- 18- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright

entres concern matter and its evolution. one fundamental statement can be laid down anent the internal fires of all these four (sun, planet, man, and atom: there exists in the sun, in the planet, in man, and in the atom, a central point of heat, or((if i might use so limiting and inappropriate a term) a central cavern of fire, or nucleus of heat, and this central nucleus reaches the bounds of its sphere of influence, its ring-pass-not by means of a threefold channel.17(16) a. the sun. within the sun, right at its very heart, is a sea of fire or heat, but not a sea of flame. herein may lie a distinction that perhaps will convey no meaning to some. it is the centre of the sphere, and the point of fiercest internal burning, but has little relation to the flames or burning gases (whatever term

heat, but not a sea of flame. herein may lie a distinction that perhaps will convey no meaning to some. it is the centre of the sphere, and the point of fiercest internal burning, but has little relation to the flames or burning gases (whatever terms you care to use) that are generally understood to exist whenever the sun is considered. it is the point of fiercest incandescence, and the objective sphere of fire is but the manifestation of that internal combustion. this central heat radiates its warmth to all parts of the system by means of a triple channel, or through its "rays of approach" which in their totality express to us the idea of "the heat of the sun" 1. the akasha, itself vitalised matter, or substance animated by latent heat. 2. electricity, substance of one polarity, and energ

to his six brothers, the other planetary logoi. we get an illustrative parallel in the effect which one individual will have upon another in worldly contact, in moulding and influencing, in stimulating or retarding. we have to remember that all fundamental influence and effects are felt on the astral plane and work thence through the etheric to the dense physical thereby bringing matter under its sphere of influence, yet not itself originating on the physical plane. division c- the etheric body and prana the etheric body and prana34(31) i. the nature of the etheric body. 1. its purpose and description. 2. eight statements. ii. the nature of prana. 1. solar prana. 2. planetary prana. 3. the prana of forms. iii. the function of the etheric body. 1. it is the receiver of prana. 2. it is the a

h a surface radiation. in the planet. in the planet there will be found a similar organ or receiver within its etheric body, the locality of which is not for exoteric publication and cannot therefore be revealed. it is connected with the location of the two poles, north and south, and is the centre around which the globe rotates, and is the source of the legend of a sacred fertile land within the sphere of polar influences. the mythic land of exceeding fertility, of abundant luxuriance, and of phenomenal growth, vegetable, animal and human would naturally lie where prana is received. it is the esoteric garden of eden, the land of physical perfection. surface radiation demonstrates, after distribution, as planetary prana. in man. the organ of reception is the spleen through its etheric coun

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ts of existence itself and the struggle of the spiritual unit within the form can bring about, eventual release. for the time being and during the process of incarnation, the veiled point of life remains in ignorance of that which lies outside of itself and progressively has to fight its way out to ever increasing freedom and liberty- 74- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust first the sphere of its own form is the sole thing it is aware of and it remains in ignorance of all outside of itself. the contacts, brought about by desire, are the factors whereby ignorance works out into knowledge, and the man (for we will only consider the human unit in this connection, though the basic laws hold good for all forms of divine life) gradually becomes aware of himself as he is and conscio

symbolically seek to express an occult work. they can only be truly understood in terms of the law of attraction and repulsion and through an understanding of the system of occult vibrations. the will to live or to manifest is part of the divine life impulse, and therefore is right. the will to be or to manifest upon any specific plane or through any specific group of forms is not right when that sphere of manifestation is out-grown, and when any peculiar set of forms have served their purpose of providing media for experience-contacts and can teach no further lessons, evil enters in, for a tendency to evil is but a tendency to revert to the use of forms and practices which the indweller has outgrown. for this reason, the gross animal sins are universally regarded as evil because it is gen

of application upon all the five planes of human evolution, which include the two higher planes whereon initiates of the mysteries function. 1. incarnation. the physical plane method. 2. drugs .t he release of the astral consciousness. 3. words of power. creation by speech, or the method of the mental plane. 4. intense desire .t he sublimation of aspiration or the method of the buddhic plane, the sphere of spiritual love. 5. meditation .t he method of the atmic plane, the sphere of spiritual will. in this enumeration, it might be noted that just as intense desire of a spiritual kind is a sublimation of astral or emotional desire, so meditation, as practised by the initiates, is the sublimation of all the mental processes. therefore the two final methods given as resulting in the unfoldment

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home, the office, or in any field of human endeavor. mental application to the business of living is in itself a concentration exercise and brings notable results. whether a man achieves final illumination or not through the practice of concentration and meditation, he will nevertheless have gained much, and greatly enriched his life; his usefulness and power will be enormously increased and his sphere of influence widened. therefore, from a purely mundane point of view, it is useful to learn to meditate. who shall say whether an increased efficiency in living and in service is not just as much a step on the path of spiritual progress as any of the visions of the mystic? the spiritual results of the mental application which our western business world demonstrates may, in the last analysis

ious in his endeavor, they look to see if the light within him has reached the point of "the shining forth" if they find one who is so anxious to serve his fellowmen that he is looking for no phenomenal contacts for himself and is not interested in being patted on the back and having his pride and self-satisfaction fed in this manner, then they may reveal to him the work that he can do in his own sphere of influence to further the divine plan. but he will have to begin where he is; he will have to make his demonstration first of all in his home or office; he will have to prove himself in the small things- 109- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust before he can be safely trusted with the big. the ludicrous arrogance of some of the writings which record the psychic contacts

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its nature and to learn both to stand free from it and then to work on it. in this instruction, i seek to give some clear teaching on this plane, for the moment a man can "see" on the astral plane, and can achieve equilibrium and hold steady in the midst of its vibrating forces, that moment he is ready for initiation. first, let us gather together some of the terms which are used to describe this sphere of divine being wherewith a man has first to identify himself, penetrate to the centre, pierce through its veiled illusion, and eventually stand poised, untouched, detached, uninfluenced and free- 129- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the term "astral" so often used is in reality a misnomer. h. p. b. was basically right when she used the term in connection with the ether

time equation considered- 144- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust air is the symbol of the buddhic vehicle, of the plane of spiritual love, and when the three above enumerated (in their energy aspects) meet, it is indicative of a focussing in the soul consciousness and a centralisation of the man in the spiritual body. from that point of power, outside of form, from the central sphere of unification and from the focussed point within that circle of consciousness, the spiritual man projects his consciousness into the midway spot within the brain cavity where the magical work must, in relation to the physical plane, be carried out. this ability to project the consciousness from the plane of soul realisation into that of creative magical work on the etheric subplanes is gra

in the earth environment. they seek desperately and by every- 173- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust possible means to re-contact it and to re-enter. in a few cases, great personal love for those left behind or the non-fulfilment of a recognised and urgent duty holds the good and beautiful in a somewhat similar condition. for the aspirant, death is an immediate entrance into a sphere of service and of expression to which he is well accustomed and which he at once recognises as not new. in his sleeping hours he has developed a field of active service and of learning. he now simply functions in it for the entire twenty-four hours (talking in terms of physical plane time) instead of for his usual few hours of earthly sleep. as time progresses and before the close of the ne

o the lord" will know whereof i speak. it is needless for us to concern ourselves with that which lies far ahead of the race. immediate problems call for attention problems which are personal or racial and which all concern the control of the astral vehicle. opportunity is offered to demonstrate in chaos the potentialities of the ego or soul, and its capacity to control and dominate in its little sphere of influence. therein lies for all aspirants at this time the peculiar effort of the coming days, and i would for your guidance make certain suggestions to be followed by you or not as deemed wise. we must remember that every aspirant is a focal point of energy and should be, in his place, a conscious focal point. in the midst of the whirl and storm he should make his presence felt. the law

ness. 3. the cultivation of the imagination, balanced wisely by the reasoning faculty- 198- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. a capacity to weigh the evidence wisely, and to accept only that which is compatible with the highest instinct and intuition. 5. a willingness to experiment. these five tendencies, coupled with purity of life and regulation of thought will lead to the sphere of achievement. remember too that it is not purposed that you should find out all the knowable, but only just as much of it as may be employed wisely for the illumination of the race and of those whom you can each, in your own place, influence. a real problem, as you all realise, lies in the achieving of utter fearlessness. all fear, doubt, and worry have to be eliminated. if this can be do

longing for influence and power in some field of human expression. this leads to fresh endeavor. 6. the coordinating of the personality equipment under the above stimulus. 7. the stage of influence, selfishly used and frequently destructive, because the higher issues are not registered as yet. 8. the stage of a steadily growing group awareness. this is viewed: a. as a field of opportunity b. as a sphere of service. c. as a place wherein sacrifice for the good of all becomes gloriously possible. this latter stage puts a man upon the path of discipleship, which includes, needless to say, that of- 230- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the earlier phase, probation or testing. the problem consists in ascertaining upon which step of the ladder and in which phase one finds one

ALICE A BAILEY09 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME I ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY I

the lower mind. it embodies the principle of knowledge, and because of its activity and its close relation to the third ray of active intelligence might be regarded as a ray having a most vital relation to man at this time in particular. it is the ray which when active, as it was in lemurian times, produces individualisation, which is literally the shifting of the evolving life of god into a new sphere of awareness. this particular transference into higher forms of awareness tends, at the beginning, to separativeness. the fifth ray has produced what we call science. in science we find a condition which is rare in the extreme. science is separative in its approach to the differing aspects of the divine manifestation which we call the world of natural phenomena, but it is non-separative in

earth is love and in the heaven is love, and this, the love which maketh all things new must stand revealed. this is the purpose back of all the acts of this great lord of knowledge. before enumerating the names of this great life, i should like to point out that the fifth ray is one of unique and peculiar potency in relation to the human kingdom. the reason is that the fifth plane of mind is the sphere of his major activity and it is on this plane that we find the triple aspects of mind: 1. abstract or higher mind, the embodiment of a higher triad. 2. the concrete or lower mind, the highest aspect of the lower self. 3. the ego or solar angel, the pure son of mind, who expresses intelligence, both abstractly and concretely, and is the point of unification. this life has also much power tod

d" to interchange their plans for united, divine, harmonious action. they asked these questions in a spirit of heavenly joy and love, but with the intent to throw some light upon the somewhat obscure quality of their loved brother. 1. why is desire red? why red as blood? tell us, oh son of god, why thy way is red with blood? quality..power to kill out desire. 2. why do you turn your back upon the sphere of earth? is it too small, too poor? why kick it as a ball upon a playing field? quality. spurning that which is not desired. 3. why set the cross from earth to heaven? but earth can be a heaven. why mount the cross and die? quality..self-immolation. 4. why battle thus with all that is around? seek you not peace? why stand between the forces of the night and day? why thus unmoved and calm

ng, and a consequent gravitation towards the forms of life which evidence that which they desire. hence the influence of the fifth ray of concrete knowledge, which pours through the human family upon the third kingdom in nature. man is the initiating factor here, and to man is committed the task of leading the animal kingdom towards liberation a liberation into the fourth kingdom, for that is the sphere of its next activity. the vegetable kingdom is liberated into another evolutionary process altogether, and its lives pass into the so-called deva, or angel, evolution. hence the wind and the insect world are its agents, just as man and the agency of water are the initiators of the animal world. the secret of release for the animal nature is hidden in the "watery nature" this is the blood as

elibate life and complete abstinence from all natural functions is neither correct nor desirable. this can be proved by the recognition of two things: the first is that if divinity is indeed a reality and an expression of omnipotence and omnipresence as well as omniscience, and if man is essentially divine, then there can be no condition possible wherein divinity cannot be supreme there can be no sphere of human activity where man cannot act divinely and wherein all functions cannot be illumined by the light of pure reason and divine intelligence. i deal not here with the specious and devious argument that that which normally and by all right-minded people is regarded as wrong must be right because of man's inherent divinity. that can be but a loose excuse for wrong-doing. i speak of sexua

of god, is summed up for us in the terse words of the old commentary, when we remember that they express the long agony of humanity's test, and the opening to man of the door into the fifth kingdom of spiritual being. they include therefore, in their meaning, his goal and objective and the process whereby he attains "the holy four descend from out the heavenly places and venture forth towards the sphere of earth. from the fourth great plane they thus control the battle "the lord of harmony, who sits on high, pours all his life and force throughout the field of conflict. he sees the end from the beginning nor stays his hand though deep and full the pain and agony. peace must be the goal. beauty must be achieved. he cannot then arrest the life and stop its flow "the middle four, rested now f

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ligious elements are included- 25- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust the soul of man stands at the gates of revelation, and he must learn that this revelation will come through himself perfected. browning expressed this in the well-known lines "thus he dwells in all from life's minute beginnings, up at last to man the consummation of this scheme of being, the completion of this sphere of life: whose attributes had here and there been scattered o'er the visible world before, asking to be combined, dim fragments meant to be united in some wondrous whole, imperfect qualities throughout creation, suggesting some one creature yet to make, some point where all those scattered rays should meet convergent in the faculties of man. when all the race is perfected alike as man, that

that the earth provides adequate facilities for the training and developing processes, and that again and again we return, until we have reached perfection. the goal remains one. the objective is identical. the school is in a different place, and the consciousness is unfolded in varying localities. but that is all. plato held that "confined in the body as in a prison. the soul seeks its pristine sphere of pure rationality by pursuing the philosophic life, by thinking the universal, by loving and living according to reason. the bodily life is but an episode in the eternal career of the soul, which precedes birth and proceeds after death. life in the flesh is a trial and a probation; death, the release and the return to the soul's destiny; to another term of probation, or to the realm of pu

that has yet been shown us. we believe that this is possible. we rest back upon divinity, and are assured that it will not fail us. but revelation of the ultimate perfection, whatever that may be (and we should not limit god by any of our own pre-conceived ideas, may require the unfolding in man of powers and a mechanism which will enable him to recognise it, to share in its wonder and its larger sphere of contacts. we ourselves may have to change in order to express the divine as christ expressed it, before god can go on to the manifestation of the beauty of the hidden kingdom. god needs man's cooperation. he calls for men to do his will. we have looked upon this as a way to our own individual good, which perhaps has been a wrong attitude. we may arise and carry forward the inner plan by

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n rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust mind, to serve that plan" ray four "the angel of the presence stands in his beauty rare upon the lighted way. the glow of the presence pours throughout the field of combat and ends, in peace, the strife. the warrior stands revealed. his work is done. back to back, the angel and the warrior stand, their auras meeting in a radiant sphere of light. the two are one. the voice goes forth 'harmony is restored and the beauty of the lord of love shines forth. such is the plan. thus is the whole revealed. the higher and the lower meet; form and the formless merge and blend, and know themselves as one. in harmony with all united souls, i serve the plan" ray five "the angel of the presence serves the three the one above, the one bel

two are one. the voice that speaks within the silence can be heard 'the power that reaches from the highest point has reached the lowest. the plan can now be known. the whole can stand revealed. the love that stretches from the heart, the life that issues forth from god, have served the plan. the mind that gathers all with wisdom into the boundaries of the plan has reached the outer limits of the sphere of god's activity. that power informs my life. that love inspires my heart. that mind enlightens all my world. i therefore serve the plan" ray six "the angel of the presence reaches down, and, at the midway point, pierces the fog of glamour. the path stands clear. the one who treads the path and stops to fight, who wrestles blindly with the two who seek to hinder and to blind, sees the way

o sat thereon. he said 'i sought not this. i looked for- 61- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust peace, for light, for scope to serve, to prove my love and to reveal my power. light there is none. peace is not found. let me return' but he who sat upon the throne turned not his head. he seemed not e'en to listen nor to hear. but from the lower sphere of darkness and of pain a voice came forth and cried 'we suffer here. we seek the light. we need the glory of an entering god [i can find no other words except these last two to express the ancient symbol from which i am translating] lift us to heaven. enter, o lord, the tomb. raise us into the light and make the sacrifice. break down for us the prison wall and enter into pain' the lord of

tuitary body) become vibrant and alive and intensely active, through service and meditation and right aspiration. a line of contact between them is eventually set up and established with increasing potency. there is also another line of outgoing fiery power toward the top of the spinal column. as the life of the soul gets stronger, the radiance of the centres increases, and the periphery of their sphere of influence is set up, creating a dual magnetic field. speaking esoterically they are "magnetically impelled towards each other" and towards the stored up energy to be found in the spine, and localised in the five centres up the spine. eventually the interplay is so powerful that a triangle of force appears within the radius of the magnetic field, and this triangle of light, of living fire

rom the dark depths of the cloud. only an understanding of the law which elevates and lifts can teach the man of fire and son of water to enter into mist. from thence he climbs on to the mountain top and there again stands free. the triple freedom thus achieved has naught to do with earth, or water, or with fire. it is a freedom, triple in its kind, which greets the man who passes freely from the sphere of earth into the ocean of the watery sphere, and thence on to the burning ground of sacrifice. the sun augments the fire; it dissipates the mist and dries the earth. and thus the work is done" 7. the law of the lower four "four sons of god went forth. but only one returned. four saviours merged themselves in two, and then the two became the one" these two ancient writings one mystical and

in to condition the lower man so that his life, his habits, his desires and his thoughts are brought into line with the higher impulses initiated by the soul. this is only another way of dealing with those expressions of the spiritual life which every initiate must demonstrate. every aspirant must, as time elapses, develop the power to see the whole and not only the part, and to view his life and sphere of influence in terms of its corporate relationships and not in terms of the separated self. he must not only see the vision (for that the mystic has always done) but he must penetrate behind it to those essential qualities which give meaning to the vision. the instinct to formulate plans, inherent in all and so dominant in the highly evolved, must give way to the tendency to make plans in

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remains and hinders you on the way of realisation. one thing i would remind you and this perhaps will answer some of your questions. i view the achievement of my group of disciples from the point of the average of the group effect and not so much from the success or the non-success of its units. that result and success must, also, demonstrate sequentially as it comes into manifestation. the first sphere of focus was on mental levels. there you are unable to judge for yourself of its success or non-success, for you have not, as yet, developed mental vision. i tell you that the group already exists as a working factor on those levels and that perhaps is much. its note is sounding and its influence is being organised. it will in the next few years organise itself also on astral levels, on the

ged its way from the secret place within the head. i am that bird of joy. therefore, with joy i serve" you will know whereof i speak when i say that your personality detachment must develop into a deeper attachment to the souls within the forms. thus understanding grows. there is a vice of detachment as well as a vice of attachment and the true servant of the plan seeks the middle way. you have a sphere of potent usefulness within my group. you give stability and you carry the gift of assured belief. each member of my group has been chosen for what he can contribute to the whole. june 1934 brother of mine: i would like at this time to make the comment one of major importance to you that you are now entering upon the work for which you incarnated. the members of the new group of world serve

things which are potent and apparent in your personality consciousness are in fact non-existent; they enter not into the consciousness of the soul. you will know to what i refer. i would, using a phrase with a modern significance, advise you "to forget" this glamour once and for all. let not this glamour limit the impression which you are in a position to make as you serve within your particular sphere of usefulness. be not discouraged (which is an aspect of your particular glamour) at failing to see the results (in this life) of the conditioning which you are imposing on other lives. remember, as a disciple, that in this life you are establishing those relations which may not manifest in their true importance until you as a master gather around you your group for instruction; you are pre

e your general physical condition. 2. then, holding the consciousness steady in the head, at the close of the final interlude, say the following invocation "may the energy of the divine self inspire me and the light of the soul direct. may i be led from darkness to light, from the unreal to the real, from death to immortality" 3. then, still holding the consciousness in the head and visualising a sphere of deep electric blue, vivid and living, say the following words, endeavouring to realise their significance as you say them "i stand in spiritual being and, as a soul, i serve "i stand within the light, and as the light shines throughout my form, i radiate that light "i stand within the love of god, and as that love streams through and from the heart, i magnetise the ones i seek to aid" 4

is, for you, a needed unfoldment, and will come eventually, if you will follow my instructions with care, and let true love increasingly sweep through the lower personal self. it can sweep through, my brother, because (as you rightly feel) you do know somewhat of the nature of love. it is, however, one thing to love, and another thing to be a channel of the love of the soul and of the group. your sphere of work is clear to you, and there you are both needed and useful, which is all that you desire. the keynote of your daily work should be understanding, just as the keynote of your work with yourself on all three planes should be fearlessness, with love colouring all your life. these are the three words which express what should be the colour-tone of your life expression from now until the

truction to you this time can be best summed up in the strong injunction to practise truth at all times. my word to you in my last instruction was to ask you to inculcate in your outer expression upon the physical plane that gracious loving-kindness which first ray disciples ever need to cultivate. this you have attempted to do with marked success. the practice of these qualities will extend your sphere of usefulness for there will be nothing, eventually, in your outer impact upon people to throw them away from you. instead, you will draw them magnetically to the centre wherein the masters are found. now i call your attention to the necessity for that crystalline truthfulness and that precise- 248- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust accuracy which will release

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

ation, and to lead her peoples still further into the light. russia must also learn to cooperate with other powers on an equal basis. russia must not, with ambition and design, seek to sweep the small powers into her arena of activity against their wishes or through undue pressure and force. russia has still much to do for the immense territories and their inhabitants which are already within her sphere of influence; the other nations must also work out their own destiny and must not be ruled perforce by russia. above everything else, the problem before russia is to give to the other nations of the world such an example of wise rule, free expression of individual purpose, and the use of an inclusive and sound education, that other nations will pattern themselves upon what russia has demons

ure. we start with the realization that our educational systems have not been adequate; they have failed to train children for right living; they have not inculcated those methods of thinking and- 19- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust acting which will lead to right human relations those relations which are so essential to happiness, to success and to a full experience in any chosen sphere of human enterprise. the best minds and the clearest thinkers in the educational field are constantly endorsing these ideas; the progressive movements in education have done something to remove old abuses and to instil new techniques, but they still constitute so small a minority that they are relatively ineffectual. it is well to bear in mind that had the teaching given to the young during

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

es and the schools of philosophy which provided the major avenues for his subjective activity, but it will not be so when he is objectively and actually here. this is a point which the churches and organised religions would do well to remember. there is now a shift of his emphasis and attention into two new fields of endeavour: first, into the field of world-wide education, and secondly, into the sphere of implementing intelligently those activities which come under the department of government in its three aspects of statesmanship, of politics and of legislation. the common people are today awakening to the importance and responsibility of government; it is, therefore, realised by the hierarchy that before the cycle of true democracy (as it essentially exists and will eventually demonstra

t and in the west; these are the only truths which matter. in the future, the eyes of humanity will be fixed upon christ and not upon any such manmade institutions as the church and its dignitaries; christ will be seen as he is in reality, working through his disciples, through the masters of the wisdom and through his followers who toil unseen (and usually unrecognised) behind world affairs. the sphere of his activity will be known to be the human heart and also the crowded market places of the world, but not some stone edifice and not the pomp and ceremony of any ecclesiastical headquarters. our study of the future work of the christ is necessarily based upon three assumptions: 1. that the reappearance o the christ is inevitable and assured. 2. that he is today and has been actively work

n would, because he knew the workings of the law of evolution. he taught them that service was the key to the life of liberation, teaching them the technique of service through his own life as he went about doing good, healing the sick, as well as preaching and teaching the things of the kingdom of god and feeding the hungry, both physically and spiritually. he made the life of every day a divine sphere of spiritual livingness, thus emphasising the teaching of the buddha, through desiring nothing for the separated self. thus the christ taught, loved, and lived, carrying forward the great continuity of revelation and of hierarchical teaching; then he entered for us within the veil, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps (1 pet. ii.21) follow him in his belief in divinity, in

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

ave to watch with care for the undue stimulation of your astral or emotional nature, with consequent and subsequent glamour. you will have to exercise the deepest watchfulness in the endeavour to work thus on the astral plane, holding simultaneously the attitude of the observer on the high plane of the soul. no constructive work and no service of vital importance can be rendered in this difficult sphere of activity unless there is this detached and liberated attitude. you are to work in one of the most difficult spheres of activity perhaps the most difficult to which a disciple can be called and hence the advisability of working there in group formation. i cannot emphasise too strongly that you are to work as a group and not as individuals. three great events are immanent in the world cons

ubjective world of the personality and the ancient energies of matter itself, brought over as latent seeds from an earlier solar system. it might perhaps become clearer to your perception if i worded the truth about maya as follows: the latent impulses of the personality life, when divorced from and not under soul control, are blended with the pranic fluids within the periphery of the personality sphere of influence, and then become potent directed streams of force, seeking emergence into physical manifestation through the medium of the seven centres in the physical body. these forces or impulses, plus the prana available, constitute the etheric body of the undeveloped and frequently of the average man. it will be apparent, therefore, how much the undeveloped man is the victim of mass ener

changed that a new world and a new race of men can gradually come into being. renunciation and the use of the sacrificial will should be the keynote for the interim period after the war, prior to the inauguration of the new age. students need to remember that all manifestations and every point of crisis are symbolised by the ancient symbol of a point within the circle, the focus of power within a sphere of influence or aura. so it is today with the entire problem of ending the world glamour and illusion which fundamentally lie behind the present acute situation and world catastrophe. the possibility of such a dispelling and dissipation is definitely centred in the two avatars, the buddha and the christ. within the world of glamour the world of the astral plane and of the emotions appeared

on, so called. revelation, therefore, comes in two ways: 1. through the effort, aspiration and achievement of one man who is so close to the hierarchy and so imbued with conscious divinity that he can receive the message direct from the central divine source. he has joined the ranks of the great intuitives and works freely in the world of divine ideas. he knows his mission clearly; he chooses his sphere of activity with deliberation and isolates the truth or truths which he deems appropriate to the need of the time. he comes forth as a messenger of the most high, leads a dramatic and arresting life of service and symbolises in his life-events certain basic truths which have already been revealed but which he pictorially re-enacts. he epitomises in himself the revelations of the past, and t

ridding the astral plane of its significant glamours. they will work unitedly on some major phase of world glamour by the power of their individual illumined minds; unitedly they will turn "the searchlight of the mind, reflecting the light of the sun but at the same time radiating its own inner light upon the mists and fogs of earth, for in these mists and fogs all men stumble. within the lighted sphere of the focussed radiant light, reality will issue forth triumphant" it is interesting to note that the most ancient prayer in the world refers to the three aspects of glamour, and it is for these that the three techniques must be used to make release and progress possible. as you know, this prayer runs as follows (brihadaranyaki upanishad i, 3, 28 "lead us, o lord, from darkness to light; f

g personality. there the light and power of the soul is retained and held by the positive personality, for a negative attitude is not desirable. 6. the retained light and power, combined with the dual light of the personality (focussed as we know on the mental plane) is seen generating an intense light which can be visualised as a searchlight of great brilliance and strength. it must be seen as a sphere of vivid brilliant light but not yet radiating out or projecting outwards. 7. when this act of visualisation is deemed to be satisfactorily accomplished, a pause then ensues wherein the aspirant focusses all the will he has behind the light thus created by the fusion of the three lights. this refers to the stage spoken of by patanjali as that of the "mind held steady in the light" this use

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

icating point, and to this we give the name, the "jewel in the lotus" you have therefore the following symbolic presentation of the lotus, and you would do well to study it with care. the personality of the man is conditioned by the circle, which is the emanating influence of the lotus, and an interplay is thereby set up. the lotus itself is conditioned by the soul and in its turn conditions the "sphere of influence in the aura of the lotus" thus reaching into and conditioning the personality life. the triangle is conditioned by the spiritual triad, when the antahkarana is built or in process of building, and in its turn first of all inspires or fires the soul, and then finally destroys it. the dot at the centre is indicative of monadic life, first of all in its lowest expression of physic

ly destroys it. the dot at the centre is indicative of monadic life, first of all in its lowest expression of physical life and vitality, and finally as the "point of sensitivity" therefore we have- 94- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the point at the centre, indicative of the monadic life. 2. the related energies of the egoic lotus, conditioned by the soul. 3. the sphere of radiation, the emanating influence of the lotus, conditioning the personality. 4. the triangle of energy, conditioned by the spiritual triad. the foregoing instruction on the etheric body is not long but it contains much that is relatively new and provides much food for assimilation. iv. the centres and the personality we will now consider the centres as controlling factors in the life o

ation. iv. the centres and the personality we will now consider the centres as controlling factors in the life of the personality in the three worlds, and their relation to each other, always studying the subject from the angle of their relation to one of the three major planetary centres shamballa, the hierarchy and humanity in connection with: 1. the point at the centre. 2. related energies. 3. sphere of radiation. 4. the triangle of energy- 95- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust the abstruseness of this theme is very great; a basic statement will, however, serve somewhat to clarify the subject; it is a statement which has seldom found expression elsewhere. let me phrase it as simply as possible: the centres below the diaphragm, i.e, the solar plexus centre, the

for service, i.e, two energies, twelve energies, sixteen energies, and so forth. no attention has hitherto been paid to this important point, but it embodies the practical use of the new occultism in the coming new age. the oriental symbols which are often superimposed upon the illustrations of the centres should now be discontinued, because they convey no real use to the occidental mind. 3. the sphere of radiation. this obviously concerns the radius of influence or the outgoing vibratory effect of the centres, as they are gradually and slowly brought into activity. these centres, or their vibrations, are in reality what creates or constitutes the so-called aura of the human being, even though that aura is frequently confused with the health aura. instead of the word "frequently" i had al

h process. f. whether the personality or the soul is in control, and whether, therefore, a struggle between the two is going on. you can see, therefore, how revealing the aura can be to the individual who has the ability to read it with accuracy, and how thankful you should be that such a capacity is relatively rare, or is in the possession of an initiate or of a master whose nature is love. the "sphere of radiation" is a potent instrument in service, and its extent and purity of contact should he cultivated by the pledged disciple. there is true occult teaching in the statement in the new testament that "the shadow of peter passing by healed" his aura was of such a nature that it had a beneficent effect wherever and whenever it touched or contacted those in his environment. the control of

ew when virtue had gone out of him" he knew, therefore, that healing energies had poured through one of his centres to a needy person or group of persons. it is the aura, and its potency of attraction, and its stability, which also holds a group together, which also keeps an audience listening, and which makes an individual of importance along some definite line of approach to his fellowmen. the "sphere of radiation" is easily determined by those who seek it out and who watch the effect of the radiation upon people in their community and environment. one highly emotional person, working through an overdeveloped and uncontrolled solar plexus centre, can wreck a home or an institution. i give this as an illustration. one radiant, creative life, consciously using the heart or the throat centr

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on to our solar system and which, from the most ancient days, have always been related in myth and legend to our system. to these constellations, ours is related in a peculiar way. 2. those coming from the twelve zodiacal constellations. these are recognised as having a definite effect upon our system and our planetary life. 3. those coming from the planets found within the periphery of the sun's sphere of influence. from a certain point of view, one can generalise largely and say that these are the correspondences in the solar system to the three great centres of force which produce and control manifestation and evolutionary progress in the human being: 1. the great exterior, yet controlling, constellations are analogous to that centre of force which we call the monad and to its universal

r, therefore, in conjunction with the lowest fire, or "fire by friction" as it makes itself felt on the sixth plane. these lives are called "the burning sons of desire" and were the sons of necessity. it is said of them in the old commentary "they burned to know. they rushed into the spheres. they are the longing of the father for the mother. hence do they suffer, burn, and long through the sixth sphere of sense" hierarchy ii. the second hierarchy is closely allied with the great bear. we are told that they entered through the second ventricle within the sacred heart, and are (as we are told in the secret doctrine) the prototypes of the monads. they are the source of monadic life, but they are not the monads; they are far higher. this hierarchy, which is literally the seventh, is the influ

will be of value. these work out into human expression via the lords of the twelve signs and the twelve planetary rulers. these twelve basic energies emanate from the seven stars of the great bear (transmitted through seven stars of the little bear; two of them come from sirius and three from the pleiades. this set-up (if i may use such an unorthodox term) will be the condition of the major solar sphere of influence at the end of the great age of brahma, as it is esoterically called. in the "interim or interlude of evolution (which is the inadequate translation of an occult phrase given to a world cycle in the masters' archives) these energies are stepped down into forces and are literally sixteen all told from the angle of manifestation, i would remind you and make literally: 7+7+2=16=7

ention to the fact that through uranus, aries is related to aquarius. the vague beginnings in aries, the faint emergence of the latent embodied ideas have after the turning of the wheel in two directions brought release in capricorn and produced the world server in aquarius, who voluntarily stays upon the great wheel (using the cardinal cross as his conditioning signs) and thus staying within the sphere of influence in order to help humanity to find liberation from the fixed cross- 62- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust in the sweep of the zodiac there are four signs which are signs of birth, of beginning and of renewed cyclic realisation. 1. aries, the "birthplace of divine ideas" whether these ideas are souls brought into incarnation a

cing mutable cross. 2. heart of the sun. soul consciousness. influencing fixed cross. 3. central spiritual sun. life .influencing cardinal cross. by the word "influencing" i here refer to the energies pouring from these three aspects of the sun through the three crosses to our planet. ponder on this and remember also that our sun is travelling through space (carrying our solar system along in its sphere of influence) around our own central and conditioning star which it has been rightly presumed exists in the constellation taurus, the bull, being found in the pleiades. at the same time it appears, from the standpoint of our planet, to be passing through the twelve signs of the zodiac; this is a symbol macrocosmically considered, of the dramatic centralised point of view of the individual h

he senses to be the most real part of himself. the mystical vision emerges into- 72- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust his consciousness and he becomes aware of the higher self through the first faint flickerings of the intuition. the experience upon the mutable cross lasts a long time, and carries the man always back again and again into the sphere of influence of aries which, through the ruling activity of the first ray, both strengthens the will of the man (no matter what his ray) and ends cycle after cycle with the "word of destruction" again and again, he enters into the sign pisces and finds his way around the great wheel until the experience of change and of mutability and the establishing of the transmutation process carry his

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

do good" i became an evangelist in connection with the british army. looking back to the time when i was working as an evangelist among british troops, i realise that it was the happiest and the most satisfactory time of my entire life. i quite liked myself and all that concerned me. i was doing what i wanted to do and i was very successful. i had not a care in the world and (apart from my chosen sphere of work) i had not a single responsibility. i realise, however, that it was an important cycle in my life and that it completely altered all my attitudes. what happened to me during that period was unrealised at the time, but great interior changes took place. i was, however, so extroverted in my thinking and activities that i was relatively unaware of them. i had made a clean break with my

culties and obstacles by the power of their own souls. they thus release some master, now active in the world, for higher and different work- 155- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust 7. an esoteric school is, therefore, a medium through which the disciple's life-focus becomes that of the soul; neither the physical world, nor the emotional and mental worlds are to him the major sphere of his activities. they are simply his field of service, and his personality becomes that through which his soul serves. he learns to work entirely from spiritual levels, and his consciousness is stably centered in the soul and in his master's ashram. the esoteric school teaches him how to achieve this, how to make contact with his soul, how to live as a soul, how to recognise a master and

old a neutral position was according to the will of the majority of the students. there are esotericists, however, who hold that to be an esotericist means that one holds oneself aloof from mundane affairs and that esoteric students should take no part in the affairs of humanity as a whole; they should be active in spiritual and mental realms. if the physical plane and its affairs lie outside the sphere of influence of spiritual livingness, then there is something basically wrong with our interpretation of truth; if the goal of the spiritual effort is to establish the kingdom of god on earth, then all physical plane events become the concern of all spiritual people everywhere. may it not be true that, because of this ancient cleavage between spiritual life and material action- 173- the unf

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eft eye 3. the pineal gland the pituitary body the carotid gland thus presenting the mechanism through which the spiritual triad, the soul and the personality work. the key to a right understanding of process lies in the relation of the three planets: uranus, mercury and saturn, as they pour their energies through these nine "points of spiritual contact" upon the physical plane into the "grounded sphere of light and power which is the man- 92- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust in time and space" b. this centre is related to the first initiation and develops great activity when that point in experience is achieved, as it has been achieved by the vast majority of men who are at this time the aspirants and the probationary disciples of the wo

e said enough to offer you food for thought. as regards the lengthening of the span of life during the past century of scientific attainment, i would point out that true techniques and the possibilities of organised soul action are always parodied and falsely demonstrated on the physical plane by the earlier scientific activities which are right in motive but which are only a symbol, on the outer sphere of life, of coming and usually future soul action. the life span will eventually be shortened or lengthened at will by souls who consciously serve, and use the mechanism of the body as the instrument whereby the plan is served. frequently, today, lives are preserved in form both in old age and in infancy that could be well permitted liberation. they serve no useful purpose and cause much pa

them to remain close to the earth and their last setting in the earth environment. they seek desperately and by every possible means to re-contact it and to re-enter. in a few cases, great personal love for those left behind, or the nonfulfillment of a recognised and urgent duty, holds the good and beautiful in a somewhat similar condition. for the aspirant, death is an immediate entrance into a sphere of service and of expression to which he is well accustomed and which he at once recognises as not- 264- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust new. in his sleeping hours he has developed a field of active service and of learning. he now simply functions in it for the entire twenty-four hours (talking in terms of physical plane time) instead of

es upon the path of initiation. law x hearken, o chela, to the call which comes from the son to the mother, and then obey. the word goes forth that form has served its purpose. the principle of mind (the fifth principle. a.a.b) then organises itself, and then repeats the word. the waiting form responds and drops away. the soul stands free. respond, o rising one, to the call which comes within the sphere of obligation; recognize the- 295- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust call emerging from the ashram or from the council chamber where waits the lord of life himself. the sound goes forth. both soul and form together must renounce the principle of life and thus permit the monad to stand free. the soul responds. the form then shatters the conn

reorient and "exalt" the consciousness of the patient. the healer has to "lift the downward focussed eyes unto the soul" this refers to the eyes of the patient. this statement implies limitation, because if the patient is not at the stage in evolution where this is possible, and at the point in evolution where he can contact his own soul, the work of the healer is rendered inevitably futile. the sphere of action, therefore, of the spiritual healer is strictly limited to those who have faith. faith, however, is the "evidence of things not seen; that evidence is largely lacking in the majority. faith is not wishful thinking or an engineered hope. it is evidence of a well-grounded conviction. 6. power to direct soul energy to the necessary area "the spiritual or the third eye then directs th

e call which comes from the son to the mother, and then obey. the word goes forth that form has served its purpose. the principle of mind then organisms itself and then repeats that word. the waiting form responds and drops away. the soul stands free- 316- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust respond, o rising one, to the call which comes within the sphere of obligation; recognise the call emerging from the ashram or from the council chamber where waits the lord of life himself. the sound goes forth. both soul and form together must renounce the principle of life and thus permit the monad to stand free. the soul responds. the form then shatters the connection. life is now liberated, owning the quality of conscious knowledge and the fruit of a

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

.b, and whether the press of the other work upon which she is engaged in connection with the plan of the spiritual hierarchy permits of her right reception; for if the work is exerting extreme pressure and if she is occupied with urgent problems, it may be needful for me to wait until such time as circumstances give her the needed leeway both of time and strength, and of mental detachment. my own sphere of occult work must also come under consideration. then, having established a rapport with her, i have three things to do. first, i must gather the group of disciples as a whole into my aura and so gauge its general- 8- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust condition of receptivity for that must determine the scope of the intended communication. do you realise, m

ding the mind unwaveringly "in the light" and letting the brain consciousness and its registration drop below the level of consciousness. 2. then initiate a new effort. realise that, on my side, i also stand steady, pouring out upon you my love and strength and endeavouring to lift you up into a higher state of consciousness. 3. visualise ahead of you (if i may use so inadequate a word) a disk or sphere of indigo blue, a deep electric blue. in the centre of that disk imagine that i, your tibetan brother, am standing. my appearance and personality matter not- 12- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. when you have visualised me thus standing waiting, then endeavour to see stretching between yourself, the group and me a band of golden light and know this to be

old, and each disciple and initiate sees occultly where he is needed and where at any given moment he must place his cooperative energy. note my wording here. the members of an ashram, however, do not sit down for a joint meditation. one of the qualities, developed through ashramic contact, is the ability to live always within the field of intuitive perception a field which has been created, or a sphere of energy which has been generated, by the united purpose, the combined planning and the concentrated energy of the hierarchy. an analogy (but only an analogy, however) would be to regard this field of reflecting, reflective and reflected energies as resembling the brain of a human being; this brain reflects the impacts of telepathic activity, the sensory perceptions and the knowledges gain

s. it might be said symbolically that "the point of the triangle is based in the courts of heaven (shamballa) and from that point two streams of power pour forth into the realm of soul and into the heart of the disciple. thus is the triad formed; then are the energies related unto the world of men; thus can the will of god appear, and thus can the great lord who guards the council chamber of this sphere of solar life carry his purpose to the holy groups (the ashrams. a.a.b, and thence into the minds of men, and this because their hearts are safeguarded by the fire of love" ponder upon this ancient writing: it refers to the cycle immediately confronting us, of which the work i am at this time seeking to do is but a tiny living part. therefore, as you prepare for the meditation process which

less, they can at the same time attain a unity of purpose, based upon a genuine desire for the true welfare and progress of all men everywhere. in all these spheres of human thought and activity, the new group of world servers are playing a prominent part. at the very heart of that worldwide group are those who are in the ashrams of the masters as are some of you or on the periphery or within the sphere of influence of these ashrams. their task is largely a meditative one, carried on in order to influence the minds of those members of the group who are not yet in touch with any ashram; they work thus from humanitarian, interested and basically ray reasons, and all such members are more or less under the control of their soul ray; this affects most definitely the varying fields of service

s far as humanity is concerned seven aspects or phases of evolutionary development and endeavour, according to the work desired of any ray ashram implicated at any particular time. each ashram thus undertakes meditation upon the general plan and thus (if you could but realise it) each initiate- 164- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust and disciple finds his place and sphere of activity and service from the very highest initiate to the least important disciple. you might here ask: what is the value of the meditation and contribution of a new disciple, unaccustomed to ashramic patterns of thought and unable to carry much weight in the general group meditation? that is a questioning worth answering and of great encouragement to the neophyte. the various grades an

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ts upon the unready, and undeveloped people. its use has, however, been justified and it is desired that its usefulness should be very greatly increased and its use far more widely spread. 5. i would have you in your own way prepare for a major spiritual effort which is to take place when this conflict has worn itself out and some measure of peace and calm has come about. each of you has your own sphere of influence and of contacts and each of you is in touch with similarly minded or enquiring people, with groups and churches, clubs, organisations and societies which are pledged to some form of effort towards human betterment, of goodwill effort, and of endeavour of some kind towards human welfare. now is the time for much work to be done with the leaders and senior workers in such groups

should be permitted the privilege of education and of rule. the masses of the people are no more than cattle and exist only to be slaves of the superior race. war is to men what childbirth is to women. war is a natural process and therefore eternally right. all sources of supply must be controlled by germany, and consequently even those nations at present neutral must be brought under the german sphere of influence. the totalitarian powers will dominate the economic system of the world and control all imports and exports. the standard of living in both hemispheres will be lowered; everything will be related to the good of germany, and no other nation will be considered. christian teaching and christian ethics must necessarily be eliminated, because germany regards christianity and its div

anged that a new world and a new race of men can gradually come into being. renunciation and the use of the sacrificial will should be the keynote for the interim period after the war, prior to the inauguration of the new age. students need to remember that all manifestations and every point of crisis are symbolised by the ancient symbol of the point within the circle, the focus of power within a sphere of influence or aura. so it is today with the entire problem of ending the world glamour and illusion which fundamentally lie behind the present acute situation and world catastrophe. the possibility of such a dispelling and dissipation is definitely centred in the two avatars, the buddha and the- 236- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust christ. within the world

ond point which needs to be grasped by the average citizen is that the mass is made up of individuals; that each of us, as an individual, is a definite and integral part of the whole. this is a basic and important fact and has a bearing on our subject. the first step in the rebuilding process which lies ahead of us is to reach the individual, show him his importance, indicate to him his very real sphere of influence, and then set him to work in that sphere and with what he has. in this way, his normal and natural sense of futility will disappear, and he will gradually realise that he is needed and can do much. having grasped this for himself, he can then try to bring the same constructive attitude to those around him, and they will then do likewise. may i point out here that the value of t

his casual acquaintances and all with whom he may come in contact. it enables him to begin the work of reconstruction right where he is and trains him in a familiar environment to practise right human relations. it is the major and potent factor which can enable the otherwise futile individual to become a focal point of constructive influence. he will then discover that, as a result of this, his sphere of constructive influence is continually enlarging. these are the first four steps, and they are perhaps the most difficult, for they are non-spectacular and almost constitute spiritual platitudes. but they are the essential and unavoidable preliminaries for the man who wants to work wisely, usefully and intuitively in the future. to the above he can then add the following efforts and attem

brought to your attention and theirs the close relation which is being established between the world of men and the world of souls. i have again and again pointed out that, under the law of evolution, certain great fusions, at-one-ments or great approaches are taking place. i have indicated that the present activity of our planetary logos is bringing certain major adjustments within the planetary sphere of influence and that these primarily affect the human kingdom. i have called to your notice the urgency of the incoming life, producing tension, spiritual recognitions of a far-reaching nature, the immediate overthrow of false gods and standards, and the destruction of outworn and crystallised interpretations (called doctrines) of the spiritual realities. by these means, the way is- 278- t

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

e soul or consciousness aspect- 10- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust and "living" signifies appearance upon the physical plane. upon that outer plane the basic synthesis of incarnated life is to be found. it will be apparent to you, therefore, that in this achievement of planetary tension it is not life in the three worlds that is the sphere of this tension, but the realm of hierarchical activity. the shift resulting from this point of tension, the "moving" which is its consequence, is in the realm of soul experience and soul awareness. the secondary effect can be noted in the human consciousness by the awakening which has been going on among men an awakening to the higher spiritual values, to the trends and ideologies which ar

n of the life and influence of any senior disciple into the periphery or aura of the aspirant or lesser disciple is in its degree likewise disturbing and upsetting; this is a point which should be carefully borne in mind, both as regards the disciple's own reactions and training, and as regards any effect which he may call forth in the life of a probationary disciple or lesser disciple in his own sphere of influence. these intrusive influences and their consequent effects which are produced upon an individual or a group by a master or a senior disciple are usually interpreted in personality terms, and are very little understood. they are nevertheless aspects of the higher will in some higher disciple and are beating upon the personality will and evoking the sacrificial will of the ego, and

gnition of the goal. this goal is often expressed under the word "the door" a door permits entrance into some place larger than the area covered by the standing room of the would-be initiate. this statement refers to the "door of incarnation" through which the incarnating soul enters into life limited and restricted from the angle of the soul. the door of initiation admits "into a larger room" or sphere of extended expression. 2. the approach, under regulated and imposed and well-tried rules, of the entering one towards a visioned goal. this involves conformity to that which has been tried, known and demonstrated by all previous initiates. 3. the arresting of the steps of the initiate before the door in order that he may "prove himself to be initiate" prior to entry. 4. the passing of cert

my part to translate ancient signatures in modern occidental type. the only one which is the same in all languages is, esoterically, the a.u.m. 4. then comes a point of tension from which the man eventually achieves liberation from the three worlds and stands as a free soul; he is then a point within the circle the point indicating the point of tension from which he now works, and the circle the sphere of his self-initiated activity. i need not carry the story further; from tension to tension the initiate passes just as do all human beings, aspirants, disciples and the lower grades of initiates; from one expansion of consciousness to another they go until the third initiation is undergone and points of tension (qualified by intension and purpose) supersede all previous efforts and the wil

l the seas and through the fires. his entire personality, integrated and oriented, is focussed at a point of tension; then he utters his cry (symbolic of a voiceless expression) and this cry beats against the door which separates him from the soul, in the first instance, and from the hierarchy, in the second. the door is only a symbol of separation; it divides one place from another location, one sphere of activity from another, and one state of consciousness from another. it fosters in the aspirant a sense of duality. it is a word descriptive of the mystic attitude. this attitude embraces the concepts of here and there, of soul and body, of god and man, of hierarchy and humanity. but rule iii, as voiced for initiates, demonstrates that this mystical realisation finally goes; the sense of

initiator, the lord of the world, and "sees his star shine forth" and hears the sound which to quote the old commentary..pours forth from that central point of power where substance and the outer life have met together, where spirit utters loud the cry which drew the form to meet the highest need; where energy comes forth and blends with force and (in the blending) music had its start within the sphere of blending and of being thus created "man only hears the distant sound and knows it not for what it is. the disciple hears the sound and sees its form. the one who stands for the third time upon the mountain top hears a clear note and knows it as his own, as ours, as yours, and yet the note which none have sounded forth" 4. when the demand and the response are lost in one great sound, move

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

is now possible to regard the human family as having reached, practically en masse, the stage of the aspirant, the stage of the intelligent seeker, the stage of the man who, having developed his mind and coordinated his abilities, mental, emotional and physical, has exhausted the interests of the phenomenal world, and is looking for a way out into a wider realm of awareness, and into a more sure sphere of undertakings. this stage has always [9] been expressed by the advanced individuals down the ages, but never before has the human race itself been in this condition. herein lies the wonder of past achievement, and herein lies the hour of present opportunity. the world disciple today the tests to which hercules willingly subjected himself and the labors into which he sometimes thoughtlessl

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

material forms, they took on the grossness of malkuth, and so were separated from the sephirotic tree, from the higher potencies, which have no taint of matter. all matter is ever changing its form, and so their bodies must be changed; their bodies died, and so must the bodies of all incarnated egos; at death the personality passes away to a rest, and then to a further experience of life, or to a sphere of punishment, or to a realm of bliss. in their earthly forms they brought forth bodies like their own, and god sent down other souls to dwell in them, to experience earth life, its sins and sufferings; and to pass a probation by which they also might fall, but yet may rise to regain a share of man's lost estate and finally to rise up through the sephiroth to a reunion with the divine essen

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

an/iblis (fire) that one emerges in light, thus lucifer is the black flame in the darkness, the light in the darkness. it was in medieval times that saturn itself was the outermost planet, holding the secrets of self transformation, death and the darkness of the soul. the workings of saturn are focused within darkness, and the possibility therein. the self-alchemical process of moving through the sphere of saturn is relative to darkness in that the initiate moves through the chthonic realms of the earth (satanas or mephistopheles, or the demonium of the earth, from which one then rises through the higher octaves of saturn (lucifer. within a sabbatic sense, the arcanum of lucifer is presented in the dual essence of self-liberation, isolation and transformation. just as lucifer/azazel fell f

f saturn is relative to darkness in that the initiate moves through the chthonic realms of the earth (satanas or mephistopheles, or the demonium of the earth, from which one then rises through the higher octaves of saturn (lucifer. within a sabbatic sense, the arcanum of lucifer is presented in the dual essence of self-liberation, isolation and transformation. just as lucifer/azazel fell from the sphere of light to the darkness of the earth, shall a new knowledge be gained in the exploration of the chthonic realms of the psyche. from tasting and knowing the darkness shall the light be controlled and mastered unto the self. one of the specific focuses of the sabbatic path is one rising to acknowledge that the only god is the self, from which all other god and goddess find their existence in

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

e s tutelary deity. because of this, fill the bodies of the violence demons with their retinue. aspire to purify all the corruption of the vow" recite the hundred syllable mantra. having done this, one should confess [faults] accordingly "fierce king tsi mar together with his retinue reflect in this way in the region of the mind which listens to melodious [sounds. because of the truth of the pure sphere of phenomena which is unchangeable, do not consider in the mind the one s faults. you are the ferocious king of the might demons. i have come under the influence of the affliction of laziness. by your compassion, may you accept the offering tormas and forgive my neglected vows. even all 523 unknown. 524 tib. kang se kang; obscure. 525 a withdrawal formula. 196 actions which inspire anger in

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

one male and the other female- are said to be under the direct influence of venus "the little sun in which the solar orb stores his light" the summation of the stanzas in book i. showed the genesis* of gods and men taking rise in, and from, one and the same point, which is the one universal, immutable, eternal, and absolute unity. in its primary manifested aspect we have seen it become (1) in the sphere of objectivity and physics, primordial substance and force (centripetal and centrifugal, positive and negative, male and female, etc, etc (2) in the world of metaphysics, the spirit of the universe, or cosmic ideation, called by some the logos. this logos is the apex of the pythagorean triangle. when the triangle is complete it becomes the tetraktis, or the triangle in the square, and is th

the nucleus which is nourished by the substance of the cell. then why could not beings have lived thus, and been created in this way- at the very beginning of human and mammalian evolution? this may, perhaps, serve as an analogy to give some idea of the process by which the second race was formed from the first. the astral form clothing the monad was surrounded, as it still is, by its egg-shaped sphere of aura, which here corresponds to the substance of the germ-cell or ovum. the astral form itself is the nucleus, now, as then, instinct with the principle of life. when the season of reproduction arrives, the sub-astral "extrudes" a miniature of itself from the egg of surrounding aura. this germ grows and feeds on the aura till it becomes fully developed, when it gradually separates from i

ds to the substance of the germ-cell or ovum. the astral form itself is the nucleus, now, as then, instinct with the principle of life. when the season of reproduction arrives, the sub-astral "extrudes" a miniature of itself from the egg of surrounding aura. this germ grows and feeds on the aura till it becomes fully developed, when it gradually separates from its parent, carrying with it its own sphere of aura; just as we see living cells reproducing their like by growth and subsequent division into two. the analogy with the "polar cells" would seem to hold good, since their death would now correspond to the change introduced by the separation of the sexes, when gestation in utero, i.e, within the cell, became the rule "the early second (root) race were the fathers of the 'sweat-born; the

vage to a civilized state, that surely is evolution. we do not yet know, because such knowledge is difficult to acquire, if the human frame is subject to the same influences as those of lower animals. but there is little doubt that elevation from savagery to civilized life means and implies 'evolution' and that of considerable extent. mentally, man's evolution cannot be doubted; the ever-widening sphere of thought has sprung from small and rude beginnings, like language itself. but man's ways of life, his power of adaptation to his surroundings, and countless other circumstances, have made the facts and course of his 'evolution' very difficult to trace" this very difficulty ought to make the evolutionists more cautious in their affirmations. but why is evolution impossible, if "man was cre

alls the creation, the evolution of life on the planet, earth, depends' the channels through which the influence of these bodies was conveyed to the earth they (the kabalists) held to be electrical (p. 287 "the radiant energy flowing from the central sun* called the earth into being as a watery globe" whose tendency "as the nucleus of a planetary body, was to rush to the (central) sun. within the sphere of whose attraction it had been created "but the radiant energy, similarly electrifying both, withheld the one from the other, and so changed motion towards into motion round the centre of attraction, which the revolving planet (earth) thus sought to reach "in the organic cell the visible sun found its own proper matrix, and produced through this the animal (while maturing the vegetable) ki

as by roth "they are neither sun, nor moon, nor stars, nor dawn, but the eternal sustainers of this luminous life which exists as it were behind all these phenomena" it is they- the "seven hosts- who, having "considered in their father (divine thought) the plan of the operator" as says pymander, desired to operate (or build the world with its creatures) likewise; for, having been born "within the sphere of operation- the manifesting universe- such is the manvantaric law. and now comes the second portion of the passage, or rather of two passages merged into one to conceal the full meaning. those who were born within the sphere of operation were "the brothers who loved him well" the latter- the "him- were the primordial angels: the asuras, the ahriman, the elohim- or "sons of god" of whom sa

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

al dictionary "hiranyagarbha" means the golden, or rather the "effulgent womb" or egg. the meaning tallies awkwardly with the epithet of "male" surely the esoteric meaning of the sentence is clear enough. in the rig veda it is said "that, the one lord of all beings. the one animating principle of gods and man" arose, in the beginning, in the golden womb, hiranyagarbha- which is the mundane egg or sphere of our universe. that being is surely androgynous, and the allegory of brahma separating into two and recreating in one of his halves (the female vach) himself as viraj, is a proof of it "the one from the egg, the six and the five" give the number 1065, the value of the first-born (later on the male and female brahma-prajapati, who answers to the numbers 7, and 14, and 21 respectively. the

he means furnished by the spectroscope, while it is admitted that, for accurately comparing and discriminating the spectra of two bodies, they should be examined under identical states of temperature, pressure, and all other physical conditions. we have certainly seen, in the spectrum of the sun, rays which we have not been able to identify "each world has its fohat, who is omnipresent in his own sphere of action. but there are as many fohats as there are worlds, each varying in power and degree of manifestations. the individual fohats make one universal, collective fohat- the aspect-entity of the one absolute non-entity, which is absolute be-ness 'sat "millions and billions of worlds are produced at every manvantara- it is said. therefore there must be many fohats, whom we consider as con

lobe and the fourth round in the scheme of evolution. from the preceding diagrams, which are applicable, mutatis mutandis, to rounds, globes or races, it will be seen that the fourth member of a series occupies a unique position. unlike the others, the fourth has no "sister" globe on the same plane as itself, and it thus forms the fulcrum of the "balance" represented by the whole chain. it is the sphere of final evolutionary adjustments, the world of karmic scales, the hall of justice, where the balance is struck which determines the future course of the monad during the remainder of its incarnations in the cycle. and therefore it is, that, after this central turning-point has been passed in the great cycle- i.e, after the middle point of the fourth race in the fourth round on our globe- n

ong. certain passages would undoubtedly seem to lend countenance to this inference. besides which the occultists themselves are ready to concede partial correctness to the darwinian hypothesis, in later details, bye-laws of evolution, and after the midway point of the fourth race. of that which has taken place, physical science can really know nothing, for such matters lie entirely outside of its sphere of investigation. but what the occultists have never admitted, nor will they ever admit, is that man was an ape in this or in any other round; or that he ever could be one, however much he may have been "ape-like" this is vouched for by the very authority from whom the author of "esoteric buddhism" got his information. thus to those who confront the occultists with these lines from the abov

ely, as the upper triad) lives on three planes, besides its fourth, the terrestrial sphere; and it exists eternally on the highest of the three. 5. these dwellings are: earth for the physical man, or the animal soul; kama-loka (hades, the limbo) for the disembodied man, or his shell; devachan for the higher triad. 6. correct. 7. the astral through kama (desire) is ever drawing manas down into the sphere of material passions and desires. but if the better man[[second column continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 245 occultists and kabalists differ[[first column continued from previous page] conquered in accordance with the inspirations of neschamah[[second column continued from previous page] or manas tries to escape the fatal attraction and turns its aspirations to atma- spirit- then buddhi

very nature of things, unveil the mystery of the universe around us. science can, it is true, collect, classify, and generalize upon phenomena; but the occultist, arguing from admitted metaphysical data, declares that the daring explorer, who would probe the inmost secrets of nature, must transcend the narrow limitations of sense, and transfer his consciousness into the region of noumena and the sphere of primal causes. to effect this, he must develop faculties which are absolutely[[vol. 1, page] 478 the secret doctrine. dormant- save in a few rare and exceptional cases- in the constitution of the off-shoots of our present fifth root-race in europe and america. he can in no other conceivable manner collect the facts on which to base his speculations. is this not apparent on the principles

BLUE EQUINOX

is offered them besides that openly published. the methods of examination for the inner college differ therefore from those employed in the outer. additional publications will be referred, as they are issued, to the proper course. the exempt adept will possess a thorough knowledge of all these courses, and present a thesis of his own, as a general epitome of his own attainment as reflected in the sphere of the mind. love is the law, love under will. liber ii the message of the master therion v a.a. publication in class e 93 10 =18 666 9 =28 pro coll. summ. 777 8 =38 d. d. s. 7 =48 o. m. 7 =48 o. s. v. 6 =58 parzival 5 =68 pro coll. int. v. n. pr monstrator p. imperator pro coll. ext. achad cancellarius 41 liber ii the message of the master therion (all quotations in this message are from l

rd and well. those who were guiding and directing his life made the way clear for him, and he found himself in a position to accept the instruction of the a.a, coming under the direct guidance of frater o.m. this event must not be supposed to reflect in any way on frater p.a. for whom he always felt and will feel great love and respect; the circumstances leading up to this change were outside the sphere of influence of fra v.i.o. and the more difficult to judge owing to his isolation in canada. with this brief allusion to the change in his occult affairs, we may pass on to a corresponding change in his material surroundings, for the equinox 158 although he continued with his usual office work, he lived during the best part of this year under canvas in a small tent by the sea shore, necessi

ings well, and work hard; but your point of view is all wrong. i feel a sort of sentimentality injuring your scientific attitude..o.m] april 20, 2:40.3:10 p.m. having left home about 2:15 i climbed up towards the mountain till i found a secluded spot; there i knelt down and did breathing exercise. felt prana all over body. invoked adonai and tried to unite with him. a brilliant white light filled sphere of consciousness. arose as adonai performed the ritual of pentagram, then prayed aloud and fluently, trying to unite consciousness with all nature. knelt again in meditation, and arose much strengthened and with a feeling of the divine presence [this is excellent for a beginner. but remember.all these divine illuminations are mere breaks..o.m] note: i find more and more difficulty in rememb

mplies a self..o.m] dec. 26th, 11:3 to 11:20 p.m. meditation. gradually separating the self from the body, mind, life, death, etc, till an entirely impersonal state resulted [these things don.t mean much, as a rule. they are only what we call .reverie. a dulcet meandering of the mind..o.m] dec. 27th, 11:13 to 11:30 p.m. meditation. after striving to unite consciousness completely with adonai, the sphere of consciousness widened out and became one with the many; so that, when asking of the self .what am i? who am i. this no longer seemed an individual question, but to be taken up by many units in all parts of space, yet upon a formless plane. i rose higher and tried to unify all these; this resulted in an absolutely impersonal state which continued even after the meditation was over until a

also with madness. nay! but to the glory of ra-hoor-khuit and the establishment of his perfect kingdom let all be done! now, o my son, thou knowest that it is our will to establish this work, accomplishing fully that which we are commanded in the book of the law .help me, o warrior lord of thebes, in my unveiling before the children of men..and it is thy will, manifesting as thou hast done in the sphere of malkuth the material world, to do this same thing in an even more immediate and practical way than would naturally appeal to one whose manifestation is in the heaven of jupiter. so therefore we now answer thy filial petition that asketh good counsel of us as to the means to be taken to extend the law of thelema throughout the whole world. direct therefore now most closely thine attention

of the second order, that of exempt adept, there are two paths open, the right hand and the left. these are described at length in liber 418, and we must refer the student to that book. but the main point is that on the right hand path, stripping self, the adept becomes nemo, the master of the temple, and returns across the abyss, or rather is flung forth, and appears in the heaven of jupiter.or sphere of another planet.as a morning star or an evening star to bring light to them that dwell upon the earth. on the left hand path, the adept, wishing to keep all that he has, shuts himself up in a tower of silence, there to suffer the progressively degrading agony of slow dispersion. for on the right hand path the master of the temple is.momentarily.after a fashion.at rest. his intellectual an

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

e has sixteen faces, four on each side and 8466 eyes. he is beset with two hundred wings, one hundred on each side. the cherubim cherubiel is the prince of the cherubim and it is these angels who, by their wings, make the four winds blow. the wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north; it turneth anout continually in its course and returneth again unto its circuits. and from the sphere of the sun they return and descend upon the rivers and the seas and upon the hills, as it is written: for lo, he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind. the hyyoth there are four in number and are governed by the angel hyyliel. these four angels are the next above the galallim. they have four faces, four wings and weareth crowns upon their heads. the angels of the hyyoth act in se

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

with the birthplace, with real estate, mines and underground places. it also deals with a man's mother or a woman's father. pleasure, love, sex, amusement, education, appear in the fifth sphere. sensual pleasures, especially, are here. in the sixth sphere you will find domestic animals, health and conditions affecting the health. clothing, servants and physical comfort are also here. the seventh sphere of influence shows, in a woman's chart, the husband; in a man's chart, the wife. partners, generally, are here. in the eighth sphere are losses, including death. loss of money and possessions is here; also details of wills and legacies. the ninth sphere covers religion, spiritual things, journeys to other lands and relatives by marriage. the tenth sphere covers your job, your business affai

the eighth sphere are losses, including death. loss of money and possessions is here; also details of wills and legacies. the ninth sphere covers religion, spiritual things, journeys to other lands and relatives by marriage. the tenth sphere covers your job, your business affairs, honors, earnings. the eleventh sphere covers your friends and acquaintances, hopes and fears, and wishes. the twelfth sphere of influence shows any confinements you may encounter prison, deportation, exile. it shows enemies and also, strangely, large animals. from the above, then, you can really start on interpretation. for example pisces on the ascendant. this first house deals with physical appearance. pisces sensitive, noble, kind and gentle indicates that the person will be of short to middle stature, of pale

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

al rank. as it is written "that which is below is as that which is above, and that which is above is as that which is below [31] t h e book o f t o k e n s be thou not led astray by their false doctrine who ascribe to the inferior nature somewhat less of power and worth than inhereth in the superior. the two are as the pans of a balance. each hath its own peculiar quality. each hath its appointed sphere of operation. one cometh not before the other, but together they exist from everlasting to everlasting. 3 mine inferior nature is the universal substance, the divine mirror wherein i, who dwell at the heart of all things, am reflected to myself. to the uninstructed, therefore, who mistake the reflection for that which is reflected, my secondary nature seemeth to be more interior than the pr

ace is among the supernals, for she is the second emanation from the crown [77] t h e book of t o k e n s 6 after another manner, also, is binah the foundation of beauty, for she is aima, the mother, and that same aima is by number one with b n, ben, the son, which is tiphareth. this mother is the great sea, yet is the power flashing through the path of the sword a fiery power, for the sea is the sphere of shabbathai, which is the secret abode of fire. the fire of the father is shut up in the water of the mother, and from this fire and water proceedeth the airy spirit of the path of the sword. and this airy spirit is the breath of my angel, raphael, he who rightly apportioneth my word, and ruleth as lord in the sign of the twins [78] comment on zain* y z a i n, pronounced zahyin. transcrib

z. the lights of emanation (sephiroth) are ten, corresponding to the numeration of i. the gates of understanding are fifty, corresponding to the numeration of the letter nun, n. 5 the path of the disposing intelligence, attributed to zain, begins in binah, the mother, and ends in tiphareth, the son. 6" great sea" is a name sometimes applied to binah, and binah is also shabbathai, sh b th a i, the sphere of saturn. saturn, in alchemy, is lead. alchemical lead is the secret abode of fire, because binah, although this sephirah is called the root of water, by practical qabalists, nevertheless conceals in her depths the active, fiery power of chokmah, the root of fire, just as the name aima contains the paternal i, and as b i n h is formed from jah, i h, a name of the father, and ben, b n, a na

ollection of that which seemeth to belong to the past. my hand holdeth the whole circle of being and for me time is not [100] yod 5 i am the link between chesed and tiphareth, combining the waters of substance with the air of life. i measure and bound the ruach which hath its place in the path of mediating influence, because i am the intelligence of will which carrieth the water of mercy into the sphere of beauty. 6 i am ten, yet from me proceedeth the twenty, for i am ten ineffable and ten manifested in creation. therefore is yod both ten and twenty. and the ten made manifest are also seven, and these are the elohim. these seven bring forth ten again, for the heptad which is below the supernal triad completeth itself in the kingdom of the bride. for tenfold is my self-utterance, and there

the extension of 15, or the sum of the numbers from 1 to 15, is 120, so that in m k i n "strengthening" or "renewal" of powers, is manifested the plenitude of the numeral value of jah, i h. in this connection, also, note that jah, i h, is directly connected with chaiah, ch i h, the life-force, and with the cosmic cycles of the zodiac, since chokmah is said to be the seat of the life-force and the sphere of the zodiac. qabalistic alchemy assigns the metal gold to tiphareth, beauty, and this same sephirah is the heavenly son, ben, b n. the hebrew for "sublimity" or "glory" is gawawn, g a v n, which adds up to 60, the value of the letter samekh. the same number is represented by the emphatic hinnay, h n h" behold" vision" is makhazeh, m ch z h, which adds up to 60, the number of the letter sa

de by theologians, who interpolated the noun "word. it does not occur in the original, and the rendering given by our author is at once more accurate and more illuminating [158] the meditation on tzaddi* thinkest thou, o seeker for wisdom, that thou bringest thyself into the light by thine own search? not so. i am the hook, cast into the waters of darkness, to bring men from their depths into the sphere of true perception. entering that sphere, they must die to their old selves, even as a fish cast upon the land must die. yet do they die only to live again, and what before seemed life to them now weareth the aspect of death. 2 men think they seek me, but it is i who seek them. no other seeker is there than myself, and when i find mine own, the pain of questing is at an end [161] t h e book

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

f you are using a candle, gaze into the flame* take a slow, deep breath through your nose, inhaling the light. hold it for a count of 'one and two and three' and slowly exhale darkness through your mouth* let the circle of light expand and enfold you so that you are bathed in the light. you may find it easier at this point to close your eyes and to see the light with your inner vision* within the sphere of light, allow the goddess form to build up quite naturally. it may be a familiar figure or a composite of many different female power icons of beauty, wisdom and grace. she may be old, young, wise or challenging, according to the qualities you are attracting to meet your as yet, perhaps, unformulated needs. in different meditations you may see different goddesses and so adapt the charge a

, silver mother, come to full increase, enter now those who seek your inspiration and healing light* chant: come down, o mother, fill the sky with thy orb, come now, come, come within. this may develop into a song or a slow rhythmic circle dance around the mirror, as you whisper the words on the wind* project the moonlight, actual or visualised, so that it fills the mirror and creates a brilliant sphere of light around, over and beyond the candles, so that you (or the group) are within the sphere of the moon* as the power builds, circle and chant: within the moon, within the power, within the moon, now at this hour, we are the seite 136 wicca01.txt moon* at this point there is silence and stillness. then, one by one if you are in a group, speak words of wisdom, inspired by the light* when

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l is to introduce world government and it has spanned the united states with support groups. each of these front organisations, like the cfr, has a similar structure based on the round table. there are circles of members answering to a central elite. the inner circle knows the agenda and works full time towards that target. the next circle knows all or most of the agenda and seek to use their own sphere of influence, politics, banking, the media, whatever, to lead the world in the desired direction. other circles of people know some or a little of the real story and are persuaded to support the organisation by accepting the idea that a world 86. and the truth shall set you free government is the only answer to the ills of humanity. what this latter group doesn't realise is that those ills

department of war studies at kings college; christopher hogg, the chairman of courtaulds; and patrick wright, the permanent undersecretary of state and head of the diplomatic service. manfred worner, the late secretary general of nato, was there and so was john r. galvin, the supreme allied commander europe at shape headquarters. galvin has been an advocate of nato operations outside its official sphere of influence. the secretary general of nato is a bilderberg appointment. most, if not all, of them have been bilderbergers. in more recent times, the bilderberger joseph luns, was replaced by lord carrington, who was followed by manfred worner, and after his death in 1994, he was replaced by another regular bilderberger, willy claes, the belgian foreign minister (who has since been question

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mains the case today. lookat its membership and you will find the top people in all the institutions which control thelives of the american people, including education. these organisations, like the roundtable, are made up of inner and outer circles.the inner circle knows the agenda andworks full time to achieve it. the next circle knows much of the agenda and works to thatend in their particular sphere of influence. the next circle is pretty much in the dark aboutthe real agenda, but is manipulated to make the right decisions in their area of operationwithout knowing the true reason for them. admiral chester ward, a former us judgeadvocate general of the navy, was a member of the cfr for sixteen years. he said thatthe purpose of the organisation was the..submergence of us sovereignty and

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ote in the book of thoth that saturn is indeed set, the lord of the egyptian deserts, darkness and high places. crowley makes similar connections between shaitan and satan, all being forms of set. incidentally, the master therion draws 8 egyptian magic, e.a. wallis budge 9 demonologie, in forme of one dialogue, london 1603 found in egyptian magic, e.a. budge 10 connections between shabbathai, the sphere of saturn being the witches sabbat10. here we find the manifestation of the adversary in a universal and initiatory role. the modern magician and sorcerer must be willing to focus on the beneficial and useful aspects of sethian magick within a now type of context, in other words utilize the will to invigorate and empower the rituals of sethan, which by you set is made great within. ii. ahri

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netzach, he can work with the manifestation of the force of that aspect of the [page 12] mystical qabala page 11 godhead (distinguished by the qabalists by the name of tetragrammaton elohim) in whatever system he may select. in the egyptian system it will be the isis of nature; in the greek, aphrodite; in the nordic, freya; in the druidic, keridwen. in other words, he possesses the powers of the sphere of venus in whatever traditional system he may be using. having attained a grade in one system, he has access to the equivalent grades of all the other systems of his tradition. 11. but although he may use these other systems as occasion serves, experience proves that the qabalah supplies the best groundwork and the best system upon which to train a student before he begins to experiment wi

ic monument. there is more to be got out of the qabalistic symbols to-day than there was in the time of the old dispensation because our mental content is richer in ideas. how much more, for instance, does the sephirah yesod, wherein work the forces of growth and reproduction, mean to the biologist than to the ancient rabbi? everything that has to do with growth and reproduction is resumed in the sphere of the moon. but this sphere, as represented upon the tree of life, is set about with paths leading to other sephiroth; therefore the biological qabalist knows that there must be certain definite relationships between the forces subsumed in yesod and those represented by the symbols assigned to these paths. brooding over these symbols, he gets glimpses of relationships that do not reveal th

sephirotic standpoint, but rather the lower astral and etheric planes which, together, form the background of matter. upon the physical plane the divine emanations manifrst through what may not inapdy be called the ten mundane chakras, likening these centres of manifestation to the centres that exist in the human body, an exact analogy. these chakras are the primum mobile or first swirlings, the sphere of the zodiac, the seven planets, and the elements taken together-ten in all. 19. it will be seen from the foregoing that each sephirah will therefore consist, firstly, of its mundane chakra; secondly, of an angelic host of beings, devas or archons, principalities or powers, according to the terminology used; thirdly, an arch-angelic consciousness, or throne; and fourthly, a special aspect

d and a realisation followed. i could conceive the outflowing of life through every channel of existence. i felt that a genuine realisation of the nature of god had been conveyed to me. and yet, if one catfle to analyse the words, there was nothing in them; nevertheless they had the power to convey an image, a symbol, to the mind, and the mind, working upon it in the realm of intuition beyond the sphere of reason, achieved a realisation, even if that realisation could only be reduced to the sphere of concrete thought as an image. 12. we must clearly realise that in these highly abstract regions the mind can use nothing but symbols; but these symbols have the power to convey realisations to minds that know how to use them; these symbols are the seeds of thought whence understanding arises

s, though clearly apprehended by himself after another mode of consciousness, cannot be conveyed by him to anyone who does not share this mode of consciousness. he can only put them forth in symbolic form; but any mind that has in any way had experienc of this wider mode of functioning will be able to lay hold on these ideas on their own plane, although it may be unable to translate them into the sphere of conscious thought. in this way, therefore, in the literature of esoteric science there are scattered seed-ideas such as "god is pressure" and "kether is the malkuth of negative existence" these images, whose content does not belong to our sphere at all, are as the male germs of thought which fecundate the ova of concrete realisation. in them [page 36] selves they are incapable of maintai

em; nevertheless, they are the forerunners of organic life. we might say that kether is the first activity of manifestation, movement; it is a condition of pure becoming, rashith ha gilgalim, the first swirlings, the commencement of whirling motions as it is called by the qabalists- primum mobile as it is called by the alchemists. chokmah, the second sephirab, is called by the rabbis mazloth, the sphere of the zodiac. here we have introduced the concept of the circle with its segments. creation has moved onwards. out of the primordial egg has developed the serpent that holdeth his tail in his mouth, as mme blavatsky chronicles in her invaluable storehouses of archaic symbolism, the secret doctrine and isis unveiled. 16. in a similar manner to that in which kether overflowed into chokmah do

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of occultism. as soon as i touched the deeper aspects of practical psychology and watched the dissection of the mind under psycho-analysis, i realised that there was very much more in the mind than was accounted for by the accepted psycho logical theories. i saw that we stood in the centre of a small circle of light thrown by accurate scientific knowledge, but around us was a vast, circumambient sphere of darkness, and in that darkness dim shapes were moving. it was in order to understand the hidden aspects of the mind that i originally took up the study of occultism. i have had my full share of the adventures of the path; have known men and women who could indubitably be ranked as adepts; seen phenomena such as no seance room has ever known, and borne my share in it; taken part in psychi

ct to his impulses on a spot corresponding to the situation of her room. the terrific emotional forces generated by his brooding and last desperate act were photographed on the atmosphere, as it were, and suggested to her mind thoughts of self-destruction just as the ill-temper or depression of a companion will induce a similar mood in ourselves without any word spoken. another example within the sphere of my experience, although it was not actually my case, is of much interest in that it combines an example of a very definite poltergeist haunting with vampirism. 31 of 103 i was once consulted by a mental healer to whom a very curious case had been brought. some charitably disposed people had raised funds to found a home for unwanted babies, and a suitable house had been purchased on the o

at deal of relief can be given to lunatics by breaking up the thought-forms that are surrounding them, but unfortunately the relief is short-lived; for unless the cause of the illness can be dealt with, a fresh batch of thought-forms is built up as soon as the original ones are destroyed. chapter vii 35 of 103 the pathology of non-human contacts there are other forms of life as well as ours whose sphere of evolution impinges upon the earth. in the realm of folk-lore we constantly meet with the idea of intercourse between the human and the fairy kingdoms; of the marriage of a human being with a fairy spouse, or the theft of a child by the fairies, an impish changeling being left in its place. we shall be rash if we assume that an extensive body of folk-belief is entirely without foundation

tex is formed resembling a waterspout, a funnel-shaped swirling that towers up into other dimension. as body after body engages, the vortex goes up the planes. in all cases the physical, etheric and astral bodies are involved; the vortex therefore always reaches as far as the astral plane; a soul upon the astral plane may be drawn into this vortex if it is ripe for incarnation, and thus enter the sphere of the parents. if the vortex extends higher than the astral plane, souls of a different type may enter this sphere, but such extension is rare, and therefore it is said that man is born of desire, for few are born of anything else. but this vortex may not only extend vertically up the planes (speaking metaphorically, but it may also, under certain conditions, be deflected, as it were, out

uls of a different type may enter this sphere, but such extension is rare, and therefore it is said that man is born of desire, for few are born of anything else. but this vortex may not only extend vertically up the planes (speaking metaphorically, but it may also, under certain conditions, be deflected, as it were, out of the normal human line of evolution, so that its open end extends into the sphere of evolution of another type of life. under such circumstances it is theoretically possible for a being of a parallel evolution to be drawn into incarnation in a human body. occultists hold that this occasionally occurs, and explains certain types of non-pathological abnormality which are occasionally met with. 36 of 103 these non-humans are either adored or hated by their human associates

ination and destruction, which is exercised by non-humans may lie in the fact that they belong to one element only, whereas in man all four are combined. any elemental contact is stimulating to us, because elemental beings pour forth in abundance the vitality of their own particular sphere, and this vitalises the corresponding element in ourselves. but if a four-element creature is drawn into the sphere of a single element he is poisoned by an overdose of the one element in which he finds himself, and starved of the other three. it is for this reason that mortals in the fairy kingdom are always said to be enchanted or asleep. they are never living normally in full possession of their faculties. an equally difficult problem is set to the non-human who is drawn into our midst. a single-eleme

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re a more accurate meaning for teloc-vovim is the death dragon, or perhaps the slaying dragon. aleister crowley linked coronzon to the tenth aethyr of enochian magic. the aethyrs (or aethers or ethers or airs) are dimensions or worlds of spirit arranged in a series of concentric shells, like ukrainian nesting dolls. the outermost sphere is numbered 1, and the innermost that is next to the earthly sphere of the four elements is numbered 30. one call is used to invoke the spirits of all the aethyrs, but the name of each aethyr is inserted into the first sentence of this invocation to differentiate it. the name of the tenth aethyr is zax. it is unique in that it is associated with the spirit names that lie upon the black cross of the great tablet of the watchtowers. all the other aethyrs are

lly an individual. the abyss is empty of being; it is filled with all possible forms, each equally inane, each therefore evil in the only true sense of the word- that is, meaningless, but malignant, in so far as it craves to become real (confessions, page 623. to understand this surprising analysis, you must realize that for crowley, the abyss did not lie beneath the lowest sephirah, malkuth, the sphere of the four elements, but was a gulf that divided the tree of the sephiroth just below the three highest spheres, known collectively as the supernals. to reach the supernals in a spiritual sense, it was necessary for the seeker to cross the abyss. the abyss may be entered through the doorway of the eleventh quasi-sephirah, daath, located just below the supernals on the middle pillar of the

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metratton and to the ministering spirit, reschith hajalalim, who guides the primum mobile, and bestows the gift of being on all. these names are to be understood as pure essences, or as spheres of angels and blessed spirits, by whose agency the divine providence extends. 2. jah, attributed to the person of the messiah or logos, whose power and influence descends through the angel masleh into the sphere of the zodiac. this is the spirit or word that actuated the chaos and ultimately produced the four elements and all creatures, by the agency of a spirit named raziel, who was the ruler of adam. 3. ehjeh, attributed to the holy spirit, whose divine light is received by the angel sabbathi, and communicated from him through the sphere of saturn. it denotes the beginning of the supernatural gen

ble in the works of god. but modern jews, in opposition to the tripersonalists, consider the whole as attributes. the higher three denote the heavens, and the succeeding ones the seven planets or worlds, to each of which a presiding angel is assigned. 4. el, strength, power, and light, through which flows grace, goodness, mercy, piety, and munificence to the angel zadkiel, and passing through the sphere of jupiter, fashions the images of all bodies, bestowing clemency, benevolence and justice on all. 5. elohi, the upholder of the sword and left hand of god. its influence penetrates the angel geburah (or gamaliel) and descends through the sphere of mars. it imparts fortitude in times of war and affliction. 6. tsebaoth, the title of god as lord of hosts. the angel is raphael, through whom it

images of all bodies, bestowing clemency, benevolence and justice on all. 5. elohi, the upholder of the sword and left hand of god. its influence penetrates the angel geburah (or gamaliel) and descends through the sphere of mars. it imparts fortitude in times of war and affliction. 6. tsebaoth, the title of god as lord of hosts. the angel is raphael, through whom its mighty power passes into the sphere of the sun, giving motion, heat, and brightness to it. 7. elion, the title of god as the highest. the angel is michael. the sphere to which he imparts its influence is mercury, giving benignity, motion, and intelligence, with elegance and consonance of speech. 8. adonai, master or lord, governing the angel haniel, and the sphere of venus. 9. shaddai. the virtue of this name is conveyed by c

htness to it. 7. elion, the title of god as the highest. the angel is michael. the sphere to which he imparts its influence is mercury, giving benignity, motion, and intelligence, with elegance and consonance of speech. 8. adonai, master or lord, governing the angel haniel, and the sphere of venus. 9. shaddai. the virtue of this name is conveyed by cherubim to the angel gabriel and influences the sphere of the moon. it causes increase and decrease, and rules the jinn and protecting spirits. 10. elohim, the source of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, received by the angel jesodoth, and imparted to the sphere of the earth. the division of angels into nine orders or three hierarchies, as derived from dionysius areopagus, was made in the middle ages, which gave the prevalent division much

rom outer space arriving in flying saucers. universality of belief in apparitions it is clear that the belief in apparitions, and the varied forms under which this belief exhibits itself in various times and countries, is universal. both ancient and modern peoples believe in hauntings and the basic principles of the phenomena.the existence of a spiritual world capable of manifesting itself in the sphere of matter, and the survival of the human soul after the dissolution of the body.are the same. while the beliefs in ancient and medieval times may arouse interest and curiosity for their own sakes, psychical researchers have valued them chiefly as throwing light on modern occurrences and beliefs. the belief in apparitions, for example, has been a root principle of spiritualism and is charact

received much good advice, both magical and rational. merlin was present when the king was gifted with his magic sword, excalibur, which endowed him with practical invulnerability, and all through his career merlin was deep in the king s counsels. merlin s tragic imprisonment by the lady viviana, who shut him up eternally in a rock through the agency of one of his own spells, removed him from his sphere of activity at the arthurian court, and from that time the shadows were seen to gather swiftly around arthur s head. innumerable are the tales concerning the knights of his court who met with magical adventures, and as the stories grew older in the popular mind, additions to these naturally became the rule. of note is the offshoot of the arthurian epic, known as the holy grail, in which the

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, john n. the fraud of modern theosophy exposed. london: g. routledge, 1913. modern spiritualism: a short account of its rise and progress, with some exposures of so-called spirit media. london: f. warne, 1876. masleh the angel who the jews believed ruled the zodiac. according to a rabbinical legend, masleh was the medium through which the power and influence of the messiah was transmitted to the sphere of the zodiac. masse, francois (1891) commissaire general of the french navy, with interests in parapsychology. he was born on may 10, 1891, at vendome, france. he entered the french navy and served in world wars i and ii, finally retiring as commissaire general in 1946. during his retirement years he became a member of the institut metapsychique international and for a period served as gen

case of pellet reading, during the session itself. spiritualists explain these lapses into fraud as being instigated by the spirits themselves, a hypothesis that is clearly untenable in the majority of cases of mediums who practice fraud as a matter of course. automatism covers a wider field. the possibility that automatic utterances, writing, drawing, and so on may be involuntary and outside the sphere of the medium s consciousness can no longer be dismissed. the psychological phenomena are sometimes found in small children and in private mediums whose good faith is beyond question. the state is recognized as being allied to hypnotism and hysteria. besides automatism and fraud, there are some other factors to be considered. some deception may be practiced by sitters as well as by the medi

these thoughts is the power to perceive the mental world. the perfected individual would be free of the whole of it, but the ordinary individual in past imperfect experience has gathered only a comparatively small amount of thought and is, therefore, unable to perceive more than a small part of the surroundings. it follows from this that although the individual s bliss is inconceivably great, the sphere of action is very limited. this limitation, however, becomes less and less with the individual s abode there after each fresh incarnation. in the heaven world-division into which we awake after dying in the astral world, we find vast, unthought-of means of pursuing what has seemed to us good.art, science, philosophy and so forth. here, all these come to a glorious fruition of which we can h

chers refused to accept ochorowitz s ideas. they did not like to diminish the medium s physical participation in the occurrences. theodore flournoy suggested an alternative theory, it may be conceived that, as the atom and the molecule are the centre of a more or less radiating influence of extension, so the organised individual, isolated cell, or colony of cells, is originally in possession of a sphere of action, where it concentrates at times its efforts more especially on one point, and again on another, ad libitum. through repetition, habit, selection, heredity and other principles loved by biologists, certain more constant lines of force would be differentiated in this homogeneous, primordial sphere, and little by little could give birth to motor organs. for example: our four members

ary secretaries were edmund gurney and frederic w. h. myers, who, with frank podmore, collected a number of historic examples. of the various goals of the spr, however, the first is now generally considered the most important, and is certainly the one that has yielded the best results to investigators. in the case of hypnotism, the work of psychical researchers contributed to its admission to the sphere of legitimate physiology. it was formerly classed among doubtful phenomena, even at the time the society was founded. the examination of baron von reichenbach s claims of having discovered a new psychic fluid or force, the od (or odyle, which issued like flame from the points of a magnet or the human fingertips, was at length abandoned since nothing was found to verify his conclusions. the

. the book of tobit, written in the second century b.c.e, concerns a man who was blind. raphael was the angel sent to heal him. in the pseudepigraphical (falsely ascribed) book of enoch it was said that: raphael presides over the spirits of men. in jewish rabbinical legend of the angelic hierarchies, raphael was the medium through which the power of tsebaoth, or the lord of hosts, passed into the sphere of the sun, giving motion, heat, and brightness to it. as one of the angels named in the ancient writings, raphael reappears in the kabalistic literatures of the middle ages. as an archangel, raphael was identified with hod, one of the ten sephiroth iminated by the ein soph (god) who implements god s creative purposes, in this case healing. he then reappears in a variety of magical operatio

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t kingdom qlippoth rtk hmkj hnyb tylyl (strange beast) babel splendor l dsj hrwbg trapt twlwjam (serpent scorpion) greeks whirling o jxn dwh dwsy lams (ox) medes great cloud n twklm bahar (ass) edom whirlwind m the above paper was in full or part given to members of the 4=7 grade, later it was changed to the 5=6 grade. because of inherent changes of just having knowledge of these names within the sphere of sensation, we have limited access to this paper to adeptus minor only. g.h. frater n.o.e.l. 6 the princes of the twpylq these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the twpylq who are the heads of the months of the year. wryryub (beiriron: so called because they are derived from the fourth evil force, namely lams the black. their colors are dull red and black, and their form i

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ry still to thee unknown? faust through the world i have but flown. whatever i craved, i seized it by the hair, whatever sufficed not, i let fare. whatever escaped, i let it go. i ve but desired and but achieved, each hour, and then again have wished, and so with power stormed through my life; at first with power and greatness; but now life moves with cautious, wise sedateness. well do i know the sphere of earth and men. the view beyond is barred to mortal ken; a fool! who thither turns his blinking eyes and dreams he ll find his like above the skies. let him stand fast and look around on earth; not mute is this world to a man of worth. why need he range through all eternity? here he can seize all that he knows to be. thus let him wander down his earthly day; when spirits spook, let him pu

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ndor. it is clearly the most intellectually complex of the principal works of written qabalah, and attracts the lion s share of interest amongst present-day (nonoccult) qabalists. the text of the etz hachayyim describes the emanation of the smooth and simple light of the endless (rva [vc ]ya, ayn sof or, from its unmanifest condition into the pattern of the sefiroth of the tree of life within the sphere of contraction(,vomo, tzimtzum).34 in the etz hachayyim, the central column of the tree is called the kav (bk, line of light, and the names used for the sefiroth are exclusively zoharic. the lurianic cosmogony elucidates a system of partzufim, or veils, positioned on the tree. the etz hachayyim is a source for several unique forms of the tree of life. one form renders the sefiroth as a patt

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(as with the legend of satan) to discover the inner fire (black flame) of self-consciousness and divinity, to then mutate and 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 co

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e creative word- demiurge son of god, the "second god" who moves the stars. it is true that he falls, but this fall is in itself an act of his power. he can lean down through the armature of the spheres, tear open 1 festugiere thinks that though man's desire to create was not a fault, since permission to do so was given to him by the father, yet his entry immediately afterwards into the demiurgic sphere of the seven governors was already a punishment, a beginning of his fall into matter (revelation, hi, pp. 87 ff. dodd's interpretation (op. cit, p. 153) is similar. both writers stress the difference between hermetic man and mosaic man, the one created divine, the other created out of the dust of the earth. the fall of hermetic man is more like the fall of lucifer than the fall of adam. 2*

into the work "there are three universal and singular colours of the world, green, gold, and blue, dedicated to the three graces of heaven, which are venus, sol, and jupiter "they judge therefore that in order to capture the gifts of the celestial graces, these three colours should be frequently used, and into the formula of the world which you are making should be inserted the blue colour of the sphere of the world. they think that gold should be added to the precious work made like the heaven itself, and stars, and vesta, or ceres, that is the earth, dressed in green."1 there is a good deal which i have not been able to understand in this description. the figure seems to refer to a new year as a new birthday of the world, or even to the first birthday of the world, the creation (pico del

ety they form his one great name- they are "the creative names which god called into the world",3 and the created universe is the external development of these forces alive in god. this creative aspect of the sephiroth involves them in a connection with cosmology, and there is a relationship between the sephiroth and the ten spheres of the cosmos, composed of the spheres of the seven planets, the sphere of fixed stars, and the higher spheres beyond these. a striking feature of cabalism is the importance assigned to angels or divine spirits as intermediaries throughout this system, arranged in hierarchies corresponding to the other hierarchies. there are also bad angels, or demons, whose hierarchies correspond to those of their good opposites. the theosophical system of the universe on whic

is also chiefly in this imaginative and artistic sense that we should understand the influence of the renaissance magic of the type inaugurated by ficino and pico. the operative magi of the renaissance were the artists, and it was a donatello or a michelangelo who knew how to infuse the divine life into statues through their art. the double magic of pico brought magic quite inevitably within the sphere of religion. if even ficino's mild cult of the natural gods as a kind of medical therapy involved him in difficulties with theologians, pico's difficulties from the same quarter were bound to be much graver and deeper, for, by harnessing natural magic to cabala, he took magic right up into the supercelestial world of divine and angelic powers. the cult which went with the religious magic, a

ppa. 143 chapter viii t he cosmos, or the world-picture, within which the agrippan magus operates is not different, in its main outlines, from the mediaeval world-picture. the earth is still at the bottom and at the centre, with next the spheres of the other three elements, water, air and fire, then the spheres of the planets in the chaldean or ptolemaic order with the sun in the middle; then the sphere of fixed stars, and then the divine sphere with the angels, and above them, god. there is nothing strange in this; on the contrary it belongs into the longestablished order of things. what has changed is man, now no longer only the pious spectator of god's wonders in the creation, and the worshipper of god himself above the creation, but man the operator, man who seeks to draw power from th

ul at this point to look at an illustration (pi. 10) from one of fludd's works which, though much later than agrippa, still belong into the same tradition. on the central earth sits a monkey; around him is the elemental world; he is linked by a chain to a woman representing the sun, moon, and stars, the celestial world, the spheres of the planets and the zodiac among which she stands. outside the sphere of the zodiac, or the sphere of fixed stars, are shown three spheres inhabited by tiny angelic forms; a chain passing upward from the woman's right arm reaches the deity himself, beyond the angelic spheres, represented by the name in hebrew within clouds of glory. the monkey is man, or rather man's art by which he 144 renaissance magic and science imitates nature, with simian mimicry.1 man

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types and varieties, legion to be exact. in one facet they are base atavisms, some have evolved to incorporate higher integration to further their base nature. they have grown through repression, neglect and other shadows and manipulate through secret and urges. in more extreme cases when the demon is very powerful it can possess an individual. this possession occurs in an enrapture of the demons sphere of influence. like being filled with lust or as ritualistic possession where the monster is drawn up and takes over. the above exposition deals with the internals of origin, which come from urges. desires are commanders which suckle and feed the urges. and at other times fear causes these blacker pathways. the gate is opened, the bag of black flesh sewn, and the puss of desire fills the sac

now felt through the reader of this sentence. yes you, declarer of duality. chapter one consists of 19 pages. it is entitled the wisdom. this being a reference to our father, hokmah. the force of force. the urge. this chapter was received within the scope of 45 minutes (images& all, and set the stage for more clear communication of chapters 2& 3. i/1a: an automatic drawing is given concerning the sphere of hokmah. 1 being also the first reference away from the nonexistent point. i/1b: reference to the summation of creation; being, one from nothing and all. also a reference is here for the abyss (the chasm formed from the initial shattering. the commentary of elijah is at the bottom concerning his views and experience of mathematics, concerning the way. i/2a: a metaphor for life. i/2b: a br

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ed such basic symbols. thus, we must choose from the rich treasury of our history of occult symbols. let us assume that the spirit: a) should be hard working; b) should have structural awareness and the ability to materialize itself; and c) it must furnish you with financial advantages. we want to utilize the symbols of earth and saturn. see figure 18. we may also want to create a spirit from the sphere of venus for erotic purposes. to this end, we might use the symbols in figure 19. a 48/ practical sigil magic the pictorial method/ 49 figure 18 figure 19 50/ practical sigil magic combined, these symbols may form one of the sigils in figure 20. figure 20 the following sy be used to form a sigil for achieving mystical insight into infinity: mbols may the pictorial method/ 51 see figure 21 f

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out change of place or situation, view armies in battle array, figures of the most stately structure, and all the agreeable variety displayed in the landscape of nature. by this sense we find our way in the pathless ocean, traverse the globe of earth, determine its figure and dimensions, and delineate any region or quarter of ii by it we measure the planetary orbs, and make new discoveries in the sphere of the fixed stars. nay, more: by it we perceive the tempers and dispositions, the passions and affections of our fellowcreatures, when they wish most to conceal them; so that, though the tongue lie and dissemble, the countenance would display the hypocrisy to the discerning eye. in fine, the rays of light maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (20 of 76 [11/22/

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s in opposite directions; yet in the end, for the greater part, they cancel each other out, leaving to the searcher after truth a clear illuminating picture. we start with the archetypal, the world as an idea, a thought, a mathematical conception such as space, which contains all things. to this idea we add a creative impulse, and the world is endowed with a will to unfold itself and we enter the sphere of time, of thought in extension. from this unfolding emerges form- geometricity, or a multiplication of spaces, shadows of things to be. so far there is no materiality; only mathematics, numbers, and letters; symbols, of shapes which are still dreaming. lastly, in these forms movement is born and they become what we call substantial; then only do we enter the physical world of action- of m

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s and sorores of them.267.r.267.,give the signs of a neophyte (done 'very honoured hierophant, all present have witnessed the m..r (gives signs)thehiereus returns to his place.hierophant(repeating signs 'let the numberofofficers in this grade and the natureoftheir offices be proclaimed once again, that the powers whereof they are images may be reawakened in the spheres of those present and in the sphere of this order. honoured hiereus, how many are the principal officers of the neophyte grade?'hiereus:'they are three:thehierophant, the hierus and the hegemon.'hierophant:'what have their names in common?'hiereus:'theletter h, emblem of breath and life.'hierophant:'how many are the lesser officers?'hiereus:'they are 3 also:thestolistes, the dadouchos and the kerux, with the sentinel who stan

rden is not light,itis not easy to bear, be warned in time, for the higher yourise-themore terrible thefall-ifyou should fall.sofar-saappendixeritual u:thesecret wisdomofthe lesser world or microcosm which is manparts:oftravelling in the spirit visionthesymbol, place, direction or plane being known, whereon it is desired to act, a thought-ray as beforeissent unto the corres255 ponding part of the sphere of sensation; and thence, by drawing a basis of action from the refined astral light of the sphere of sensation of the nephesh (the soul as vital essence, the thought-ray is sent like anarrowfrom abowrightthroughthe circumference of the sphere of sensation, direct unto the place desired. arrived here a sphere of astral light is formed by the agency of the lower will illuminated by the highe

here of sensation of the nephesh (the soul as vital essence, the thought-ray is sent like anarrowfrom abowrightthroughthe circumference of the sphere of sensation, direct unto the place desired. arrived here a sphere of astral light is formed by the agency of the lower will illuminated by the higher will, and acting through the spiritual consciousness by reflection along the thought-ray; and this sphere of astral light is partly drawn from the nephesh and partly from the surrounding atmosphere. this sphere being formed, asimulacrumof the person of the skryer isrefleaedinto it along the thought-ray, and the united consciousness is then projected therein. this sphere is therefore a duplicate, by reflection, of the sphere of sensation. as it is said 'believe thyself to be in a place, and thou

skryer isrefleaedinto it along the thought-ray, and the united consciousness is then projected therein. this sphere is therefore a duplicate, by reflection, of the sphere of sensation. as it is said 'believe thyself to be in a place, and thou art there.'inthis astral projection, however, a certain partofthe con255 sciousness must remain in body to protect the thought-ray beyond the limits of the sphere of sensation (aswell as the sphere itself at that point of departure of the thought-ray) from attack by any hostile force, so that the consciousness in this projection isappendixe131not quite so strong as the consciousness when concentrated in the natural body in ordinary life.thereturn taketh place with areversalof this process; and, save to persons whose nephesh and physical body are exce

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intuition. the spirit above isonewith the universal spirit, which is omniscient.itis only the veils of our senses, and the shadows of our materiality that hide us from the knowledge of the supernal.ifwe do become so pure, so refined, so strong in will, so perceptive by aspiration, astocatch some glimpses of the supernal, then practical magic is but the knowledge so attained, transferred into the sphere of action; and he who can attain tothiswisdom can never misuse it.ltis not to be denied that black magic exists, it is a terrible fact that a man may attain abnormal powers over others, and over events, by a concentration of will and earnestness of purpose towards an evil object.thesorcery of medieval europe was a fact, although it is the modern fashion to laugh at the credulity of our pred

rs initiation first upon the sons of keleus, who had befriended her inhertime of grief. this most curious and suggestive story is given in the homeric hymn to demeter, written about 850b.c.,and is referred to by numerous later writers.thewhole appears to be an allegory, not only of vegatative life of seed and fruit,butofthelife, death, and resurrection of man.thesoul of man has entered upon a new sphere of existence when incarnated in the human body, lives a material life, and then once more gains enlarged powers and higher spiritual conceptions after the change, which is called death. sallust, the platonist, says that the myth of ceres has a four-fold symbolism- divine, noeticofthesoul,vital and physical.thegreater mysteries, giving admission to the grade of epoptes, were held every year

lly meant 'the breath' or 'air; and, of course, it has come to be applied to certain liquids of alcoholic type. st paul, in his epistle to the corinthians, associates the wordspiritwith a body or vehicle. he says there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body, and that the material body is sown, and a spiritual body is raisedup,apparently as a vehicle to carryupthe immortal soul to another sphere of being- to purgatory, hades, the judgement, to heaven or hell. here we have a resemblance in christian teaching to the ideal constantly found in indian religions that the immaterial principles of a man have each a more or less tenuous sheath of matter for each plane of existence to act as a vehicle orvahan.theold testament of the hebrews does not show any complex analysis of man as the cr

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plest and easiest methods of seeing actually some of these wonderful pictures in the .cosmic picture gallery. other pictures can be seen. and observe this further, that the man who creates one of such pictures, establishes thereby a tatwic connection between himself and the reflection of that picture, first from the physical sky, and secondly from the larger globe of what isthetatwas199called the sphere of the zodiaca tatwic condition which makes that picture,thatactofhis a factor, dominant in some casesbutnot always,butalways a factor in all his future life,thusit is that every act that any person does hauntsthem,notonly for the wholeofthis life,butfor the whole of their incarnations, until its effect is worn out or obliterated by its contrary action;andthus itisthat all evil actions have

r composing it, and down to the minutest atom composing that planet, anything which has two ends is a polar body. when anything is absolutely a homogeneous or heterogeneous or chaotic mass which has no end and no beginning and no middle, well then it is not a polar body;butdirectly it has two ends it is a polar body; and whether it is accurately or inaccurately polarised depends entirely upon its sphere of action, in other words, upon the plane in which it revolves.ifthatbody points its two endsinthe same direction as the poles of the circle in which it revolves- i care not now whether we are speaking physically or metaphysically- it is accurately polarised; otherwise it is inaccurately polarised, it is in a condition of disharmony and of unrest. andthatrefers to the whole planet, and to e

brain. it is impossible that the effect could be producedifthat were so; his difference must be in the surrounding sphere, and it must be that surrounding sphere which in the tatwic philosophy is called the akasa of each individual man that we affect one another. now that is the practical outcome, for it is in this akasa that the will operates; the will of each individual man permeates the entire sphere of his akasa, just as the influence of the sun or the moon permeates the akasa of the whole sphere of the earth's atmosphere. and the sun, you will remember, means, when we speak about a human being, the brain. the moon means the heart and blood-vessels, also the more animal type of emotions. now then two radiant centres of force permeate the entire akasa of the man, and when an effect has

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LBRP

e energies. don't worry, this is common. one reason that this may be occurring is that you may not be accustomed to the ritual, and that the energies it invokes may be too foreign to you. it just takes time and persistence to work through this. on a more positive note, those who think of themselves as being "numb" will be glad to know that over a long period of performing the l.b.r.p. daily, your sphere of sensation is slowly but surely becoming accustomed to the energies. so when you have internally reached a state of openness, you can then judge for yourself that the presence of the archangels are truly undoubted. within its performance the magician traces a protecting circle, while his imagination is formulating an astral circle of fire within which to pursue his work. at the north, sou

ergy and physical life. these monads are at the root of the cell as of a mineral, brain matter as well as of vegetable life. the result of the formulation of the circle of fire and the flaming pentagrams, the vibration of the god-names and the invocation of both the angels of the cardinal points and the holy guardian angel, is that gradually the coarser cells or monadic atoms are ejected from the sphere of consciousness. to take their place other lives, more sensitive and refined, of a finer grade of spiritual substance, are attracted to the sphere of being, and infused into the very substance of the physical and invisible constitution. thus a vital purification takes place, enabling the influence of the holy guardian angel to penetrate the refined brain and mind to diffuse through out the

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agram ritual (commit to memory [b] 5. lesser ritual of the hexagram (commit to memory [c] 6. s.i.r.h./s.b.r.h (commit to memory [c1] 7. the secret wisdom of the lesser world or microcosm [u] 1. secret wisdom of the microcosm 2. evil persona 3. task of the adeptus minor 4. of traveling in the spirit vision concerning other microcosms 5. how the spiritual consciousness can act around and beyond the sphere of sensation. 6. of obsession, trance, and death 7. liber hodos chameleonis (u-7) 8. receive z1 and z3 (to be tested on knowledge and understanding) 9. make and consecrate the lotus wand [d] 10. the rose cross ritual (commit to memory) 11. make and consecrate the rose cross lamen [e] and [f] 6 12. make and consecrate the sword and four elemental weapons [g] 13. consecration ceremony of the

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g from. so, if you are invoking, for example, element of o, and you are holding a or e, you then face their particular direction. if you are invoking the higher spiritual natures, it is important to hold the white band upwards. as a matter of fact, it is a sacrilege to hold the white band downwards, for that would provide the infiltration of evil forces through the lotus wand and into the adept's sphere of sensation. so, the white end must always be higher than the black end. when you are banishing, you would point the 3 black end to the quarter that you are banishing from. for example, even if you were to use your lotus wand in the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram, you would use it to trace the particular pentagrams that are attributed. remember to always keep the white end a bit

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: man's spirit; the holy ghost. conisbra: work(s) of man. const: thunder (cf. avavago, coraxo. 17 cop: cacodemon. cop: cacodemon of earth angle of water tablet, counterpart of the angel opna. copa: subservient angel of earth angle of water tablet. cophan: lamentation. cope: subservient angel of water angle of fire tablet. cor: number (cf. cormf, cormp. corabiel: planetary angel presiding over the sphere of mercury, also name of mercury pentagram. coraxo: the thunders of judgement and wrath/ thunder (cf. const, avavago. cord: made. cordiziz: the reasonable creatures of the earth or man. cordziz: man/ men/ reasonable creatures. corfax: name of a guardian angel. cormf: number. cormfa: number(s (n. cormpt: number (v/ count/ be numbered. cormp: numbered. cormpo: hath yet numbered/ be numbered/

beram (meaning unknown) mabza: the coat/ robe/ the robe. mad zilodarp: god of conquest/ name of god "stretch forth and conquer" mad: god/ of your god/ your god/ of ye/ the same your god (cf. iad, oiad, piad. madarida: madrid, iniquity. madariitza: madriax, heaven. madimi: angel (filia filiarum lucis, associated with mercury, name of mercury heptagon 2. madimiel: planetary angel presiding over the sphere of mars, name of mars pentagram. madriaax: heaven (cf. oadriax. madriax: o you heavens. madrid: her iniquities/ iniquities. madrid i: iniquity. madriaax/ madriiax madriax: the heavens/ heaven (cf. oadriax. magl: angel, also see mamgl. kerubic angel of earth angle of the water tablet. magm: subservient angel of water angle of water tablet, also known as malgm. mai: cacodemon of air angle of

noan: you are become/ thus you are become. noar: is become/ become. noas: become/ are become. noasmi: let them become. nobloh: palm/ the palms (of hand. nocamal: governor of the second division of the aethyr lit (14. nociabi: governor of the second division of the aethyr oxo (44. noco: servant (cf. boooapis. nocod: thy servants. nofahon: nothoa, midst. nogahel: planetary angel presiding over the sphere of venus, name of venus (corrected) pentagram. noganel: name of venus pentagram. noib: yea. nomig: even as. nonig: even. nonca: to you. noncf: you. nonci: o you. noncp: a place/ place. nonof: you. 41 nopm: subservient angel of air angle of fire tablet. noqud: minister (n. noquodi: minister/ their ministers (n. noquol: servant/ o ye servants. nor: son/ sons, also see noromi. nor mo lap: the

lucis) associated with sol. s diu: of yea 4th angle/ the fourth angle. sa ga cor: in one number. sa or ca: in. sa: entire, also see saga. saaielemel: name of saturn (names not pronounceable by man. saanir: by her parts/ in the parts/ part(s. saanir caosgo: parts of the earth. saba: whose. saba ooaona: whose eyes. sabathiel: name of saturn (corrected) pentagram, planetary angel presiding over the sphere of saturn. sach: confirming angels. sacp: kerubic angel of earth angle of fire tablet. saga: one/ entire/ whole. 55 sagacor: one number/ in one number. saiinou: senior of jupiter on the water tablet. saix: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet, also known as saaix. salabaiotza: salbrox, sulphur. salada: sald, wonder. salamanu: salman, house. salbrox: sulphur (cf. dlasod. sald/ ald:

division of the aethyr maz (16. saziami: governor of the first division of the aethyr zaa (79. scio: subservient angel of air angle of fire tablet, also known as scmio. scmio: angel, also known as scio. sczn: subservient angel of air angle of air tablet. sdxg: kerubic angel of fire angle of air tablet. sembabam (meaning unknown) semeliel: name of sol pentagram, planetary angel presiding over the sphere of sol. semeroh (meaning unknown) sendenna: name of an evil spirit. ser: mourning/ lamentation (cf. eophan. sgva: subservient angel of air angle of fire tablet. shal: subservient angel of earth angle of air tablet, also known as shial. shial: angel, also known as shal. siaion: temple/ temples. sias: subservient angel of air angle of air tablet, also known as sigas. siasch: esiasch, brother

ah: angelic king ruling in the north. zarzi: angel, also known as zazi. zarzilg: angelic king ruling in the east-south-east. zax: name of the tenth aethyr. zaxanin: governor of the third division of the aethyr tor (69. zazi: kerubic angel of fire angle of fire tablet. zchis: they are. zdxg/ zdaxg: angel, companion of xgzd. zedekiel: name of jupiter pentagram/ planetary angel presiding 66 over the sphere of jupiter. zen: name of the eighteenth aethyr. zibra: demonic name (reversal of arbiz) commanding cacodemons of earth of earth. zid: name of the eighth aethyr. zien: of my hands. zil: stretch forth, also see zilodarp. zildar: flew. zildron: governor of the first division of the aethyr chr (58. zilodarp: conquest/ stretch forth and conquer. zim: name of the thirteenth aethyr. zimii: have en

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upon this symbol of the rose and the cross, which i have formed to thy honor, and for the furtherance of the great work, in a spirit of purity and love, the most excellent virtues, by the divine name of hwhy, and the great name of tudw hwla hwhy. deign, i beseech thee, to grant that the great archangel lapr, and thy mighty angel lakym may, with their power, strengthen this emblem, and through the sphere of the splendid orb of shemesh, may confer upon it such power and virtue, as to lead me by it towards the solution of the great secret. i invoke lapr, great archangel of trapt and lakym ruling the sun to aid and empower me in this work of art" step 9 let the adept recite the following from the book of genesis "and a river nahar went forth out of eden to water the garden and from whence it w

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z 16. lea 26. des 7. deo 17. tan 27. zaa 8. zid 18. zen 28. bag 9. zip 19. pop 29. rii 10. zax 20. chr 30. texriu1 the secret wisdom of the lesser world or microcosm by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r this material is private and has been lent to me on trust, to return on demand. it contains nothing of 2 the microcosmic man thou shalt know that the whole sphere of sensation which surroundeth the whole physical body of man is called "the magical mirror of the universe" for therein are represented all the occult forces of the universe projected as on a sphere, convex to the outer, but concave to the man. this sphere surroundeth a physical body of the man as the celestial heavens do the body of a star and a planet, having their forces mirrored in its

concept of the neschamah. from hmkj and hnyb are formed the sides of the brain and the head. therein exist the intellectual faculties of wisdom and understanding, shining into and illuminating their inferior, the ruach. they are the mansions of the practical administration of the intellect, whose physical showing forth is by reflection in the ruach. in "the magical mirror of the universe" or the sphere of sensation, man is placed between four pillars of the tree of life as projected in a sphere. these keep their place and move not. but the man himself places in his sphere of sensation that point of the zodiac which ascended at the moment of his birth and conception (for the same degree of the zodiac ascendeth as both, otherwise the birth could not take place. which is to say that those ti

oint of the zodiac which ascended at the moment of his birth and conception (for the same degree of the zodiac ascendeth as both, otherwise the birth could not take place. which is to say that those times, the same degree of the zodiac that is ascending in the east of the heavens of the star whereon he is incarnated. thus does he remain during that incarnation, facing that particular point in his sphere of sensation. that is to say, this sphere does not revolve about the physical body. from dsj and hrwbg are formed the arms. therein exists the faculties of operative action, and at their extremities are the symbols of the four elements and the spirit. thus: thumb- spirit, third finger- fire, index finger- water, little finger- air, second finger- earth. the arms are the manifestors of the e

he human hwhy an angry and jealous god, the shaker of the elements, the manifestor in the life of the body. but illuminated by the higher will, he becometh hwchy, no longer angry and jealous, but the self-sacrificer and the anointing and reconciling one. this is in regards to the action of the more physical man. unto this ruach is also represented the reflection of the macrocosmic universe in the sphere of sensation. they surround the ruach and the natural man feeleth them vaguely but comprehendeth them not. the faculty of the earth are shown forth in the organs which digest and putrefy, casting forth the impurities, even as the earth is placed above the qlippoth. thou wilt say, then, that the ruach cannot be the reasoning mind, since it reflecteth its reason from hmkj and hnyb, but it is

ither, and cometh in though knowest not whence "the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sounds thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh nor whether it goeth. so is everyone that is born of the spirit" the air, the ruach, permeatith the whole physical body, but its concentrated influences are about the heart. yet, were it not for the boundary force of hmkj and hnyb above of the sphere of sensation surrounding it, and of twklm below, the ruach could not concentrate under the presidency of the name, and the life of the body would cease. thus far concerning the ruach as a whole, it is the action of the will in trapt. from jxn and dwh are formed the thighs and the legs. they terminate in the symbols of five, as do the arms, but they are not so moveable, owing to the effect o

s formed the whole physical body under the command and presidency of the nephesch. the nephesch is the subtle body or the refined astral light upon which, as on an invisible pattern, the physical body is extended. the physical body is permeated throughout by the rays of the ruach, of which is the material completion. the nephesch shineth through the material body and formeth the magical mirror or sphere of sensation. this magical mirror or sphere of sensation is an imitation or copy of the sphere of the universe. the space between the physical body and the boundaries of the sphere of sensation, is occupied by the ether of the astral world. that is to say, the container or recipient of the astral rays of the macrocosm. the nephesch is divided into seven palaces, combining the sephirotic inf

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y, and in this consisteth their right to be. but check their usurpation, and cast them down unto their plane. unto this end, curse them by the mighty names if need be, but thou shalt not revile them for their condition, for thus also shalt thou be led into error. 3 u5 there is also a great mystery that the adeptus minor must know, viz: how the spiritual consciousness can act around and beyond the sphere of sensation "thought" is a mighty force when projected with all the strength of the lower will under the guidance of the reasoning faculty and illuminated by the higher will. therefore, it is that, in thy occult working, thou art advised to invoke the divine and angelic names, so that thy lower will may willingly receive the influx of the higher will, which is also the lower genius behind

e magical manner of operation of the initiate when "skrying" in the spirit vision. through his own arcane wisdom, he knows the disposition and correspondences of the forces of the macrocosmos. selecting not many, but one symbol, and that balanced and with its correlatives, then sendeth he a thought-ray from his spiritual consciousness, illuminated by his higher will, directly unto the part of his sphere of sensation which is consonant with the symbol employed. there, as in a mirror, doth he perceive its properties as reflected from the macrocosmos, shining forth into the infinite abyss of the heavens. thence can he follow the ray of reflection therefrom, and while concentrating his united consciousness at that point of his sphere of sensation, can receive the direct reflection of the ray f

t that point of his sphere of sensation, can receive the direct reflection of the ray from the macrocosmos. thus, receiving the direct ray as then reflected into his thought, he can unite himself with the ray of his thought so as to make one continuous ray from the corresponding point of the macrocosmos unto the center of his consciousness. if, instead of concentrating at that actual point of the sphere of sensation he shall retain the thought-ray only touching the sphere of sensation at that point, he shall, it is true, perceive the reflection of the macrocosmic ray answering to that symbol in the sphere of his consciousness. but he shall receive this reflection tinctured much by his own nature, and therefore to an extent untrue, because his united consciousnesses have not been able to fo

ly touching the sphere of sensation at that point, he shall, it is true, perceive the reflection of the macrocosmic ray answering to that symbol in the sphere of his consciousness. but he shall receive this reflection tinctured much by his own nature, and therefore to an extent untrue, because his united consciousnesses have not been able to focus along the thought ray at the circumference at the sphere of sensation. and this is the reason why there are so many and multifarious errors in untrained spirit visions. for the untrained seer, even supposing him free from the delusions of obsession, doth not know or understand how to unite his consciousnesses and the harmonies between his own sphere of sensation, and the universe, the macrocosmos. therefore, is it so necessary that the adeptus mi

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nated divine within us. at the same time, the higher genius shall descend, thus, bringing about our highest potential and true angelic and divine naturee u4 skrying in the spirit vision g.h. frater d.d.c.f. r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the symbol, place, direction or plane being known whereon it is desired to act, a thought ray is sent unto the corresponding part of the sphere of sensation, and thence by drawing a basis of action from the refined astral light of the sphere of sensation of the nephesch, the thought ray is sent like an arrow from a bow right through the circumference of the sphere of sensation directly into the place desired. arriving here a sphere of astral light is formed by the agency of the lower will, illuminated by the higher will, and acts t

ined astral light of the sphere of sensation of the nephesch, the thought ray is sent like an arrow from a bow right through the circumference of the sphere of sensation directly into the place desired. arriving here a sphere of astral light is formed by the agency of the lower will, illuminated by the higher will, and acts through spiritual consciousness. by reflection along the thought ray, the sphere of astral light is partly drawn from the nephesch and partly from the surrounding atmosphere. this sphere being formed, a simulacrum of the person of the skryer, is reflected into it along the thought ray, and the united consciousness is then projected therein. this sphere is therefore a duplicate reflection of the sphere of sensation. as it is said "believe thyself to be in a place, and th

kryer, is reflected into it along the thought ray, and the united consciousness is then projected therein. this sphere is therefore a duplicate reflection of the sphere of sensation. as it is said "believe thyself to be in a place, and thou art there" in this astral projection, however, a certain part of the consciousness must remain in the body to protect the thought ray beyond the limits of the sphere of sensation (as well as the sphere itself at that point of departure at the thought ray) from attack by any hostile force, so that the consciousness in this projection is not quite so strong as the consciousness when concentrated in the natural body in ordinary life. the return taketh place by reversal of this process, and, save to persons whose nephesch and physical body are exceptionally

return taketh place by reversal of this process, and, save to persons whose nephesch and physical body are exceptionally strong and healthy, the whole operation of "skrying and traveling in the spirit vision" is, of course, fatiguing. also, there is another mode of astral projection which can be used by the more practiced and advanced adept. this consisteth in forming first a sphere from his own sphere of sensation, casting his reflection therein, and then projecting the whole sphere to the desired place as in the previous method. this, however, is not easy to be done by any but the practiced operator. commentary on traveling in the spirit vision g.h. frater p.c.a. the first method explained in the paper by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. is the most common method. it is very effective when the adep

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se of my death or incapacity, to return the same at once, unread and unopened, to g.h. frater p.c.a, at 14050 cherry avenue, suite r- 159, fontana, california, 92337. 2 obsession always enters through a cutting off of the higher from the lower will, and it is ordinarily first induced by a thought-ray of the spiritual consciousness (whence one danger of evil thoughts) ill-governed, penetrating the sphere of sensation and admitting another potency, either human embodied, or human disembodied, elemental or demonic. the first action of such a force is to flatter the lower will, until he shall have established firmly an entrance into the sphere of sensation, and thus shall cause a strain on the nephesch which shall render the ruach less concentrated. as soon as the ruach is sufficiently dispers

asks without genuine connection and guidance from the higher will, while all along convincing him/herself that the tasks to be undertaken are truly being achieved. this is far more dangerous for the adept than the normal man, who in his slumber, is aware not of his higher will. thus, the adept is more vulnerable to obsession becoming trance due to the heavy astral currents of influence within his sphere of sensation. it is critical that the adept maintain connection with the higher will to avoid the confoundment of the yesodic currents leading to obsession. though it is far from complete, i have hearby listed areas of concern to the adeptus: 3 sexual obsession astral obsession obsession with perfection the adept must realize that the lower is only made perfect by the higher. career obsessi

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e great name. first, are the feminine colors of the sephiroth, the queen scale. in rtk is the divine white brilliance, the scintilliation and corruscation of the divine glory. that light which lighteth the universe. that light which surpasseth the glory of the sun and beside which the light of mortals is but darkness, and concerning which it is not fitting that we should speak more fully. and the sphere of its operation is called tycar \ylglgh. the beginning of whirling (or whirls, or whorls, the primum mobile or first mover, which bestoweth the gift of life in all things and filleth the whole universe. and hyha is the name of the divine essence in rtk; and its archangel is the prince of countenances. wrffm, he who bringeth others before the face of god. and the name of its order of angels

rince of countenances. wrffm, he who bringeth others before the face of god. and the name of its order of angels is called cdqh twyj, the holy living creatures, which are also called the order of \yprc. in hmkj is a cloud-like grey which containeth various colours and is mixed with them, like a transparent pearl-hued mist, yet radiating withal, as if behind it there was a brilliant glory. and the sphere of its influence is in twlzm, the starry heaven, wherein it disposeth the forms of things. and hy is the divine ideal wisdom, and its archangel is layzr, the prince or princes of the knowledge of hidden and concealed things, and the name of its order of angels is \ynpwa, the wheels, or the whirling forces which are also called the order of \ybwrk. in hnyb is a thick darkness which yet veile

wledge of hidden and concealed things, and the name of its order of angels is \ynpwa, the wheels, or the whirling forces which are also called the order of \ybwrk. in hnyb is a thick darkness which yet veileth the divine glory in which all colors are hidden, wherein is mystery and depth and silence, and yet, it is the habitation of the supernal light. here is the supernal triad completed. and the sphere of its operation is yatbc, or rest, and it giveth forms and similitudes unto chaotic matter and it ruleth the sphere of action of l. and jehovah \yhla is the perfection of creation and the life of the world to come. and its archangel is layqpx, the prince of the spiritual strife against evil, and the name of the order of angels is \ylara, the strong and mighty ones who are also called the o

come. and its archangel is layqpx, the prince of the spiritual strife against evil, and the name of the order of angels is \ylara, the strong and mighty ones who are also called the order of thrones. the angel lphy is also referred unto hnyb. in hmkj is the radix of blue and thence is there a blue color pure and primitive, and glistening with a spiritual light which is reflected unto dsj. and the sphere of its operation is called qdx,or justice, and it fashioneth the images of material things, bestowing peace and mercy; and it ruleth the sphere of the action of the planet k. and la is the title of a god strong and mighty, ruling in glory, magnificence and grace. and the archangel of dsj is layqdx, the prince of mercy and beneficence and the name of the order of angels is \ylmcj, brilliant

the archangel of dsj is layqdx, the prince of mercy and beneficence and the name of the order of angels is \ylmcj, brilliant ones, who are also called the order of dominions or dominations. the sephira dsj is also called hlwdg or magnificence and glory. in hnyb is the radix of red, and therein is there a red color, pure and scintillating and flashing with flame which is reflected unto hrwbg. the sphere of its operation is 5 called \ydm or violent rushing force and it bringeth fortitude, and war and strength and slaughter, as it were, the flaming sword of an avenging god. and it ruleth the sphere of action of the planet f. and rwbg \yhla is the \yhla, mighty and terrible, judging and avenging evil, ruling wrath and terror and storm, and at whose steps are lightening and flame. and its arch

of angels is \yprc the flaming ones who are also called the order of powers. the sephira dsj is also called hlwdg or magnificence and glory, and the sephira hrwbg is also called pachad, terror and fear. in rtk is the radix of a golden glory and thence is there a pure, primitve and sparkling, gleaming golden yellow which is reflected unto trapt. thus is the first reflected triad completed. and the sphere of its operation is that of cmc, the solar light, and bestoweth life, light and brilliancy in metallic matter, and it ruleth the sphere of action of the a. and tudw hwla hwhy is a god of knowledge and wisdom, ruling over the light of the universe; and its archangel is lapr, the prince of \yklm that is kings or angelic kings, who are also called the order of virtues, angels and rulers. the a

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o the citrine part of twklm. the subtle aether is, in rtk, inspired from the divine light beyond; then reflected into trapt, wherein it is combined with the reflexes from the alchemical principles in that great receptacle of the forces of the tree. in dwsy, it affirms the foundation of a formula and from twklm it is breathed forth or reflected back. this formula the adept can use. standing in his sphere of sensation he can, by his knowledge of the sacred rites, raise himself unto the contemplation of adycy and from there downwards into himself the lower genius as though temporarily to inhabit himself as its temple. 18 another formula of vibration is here hidden. let the adept, standing upright, with his arms stretched out in the form of a calvary cross, vibrate a divine name, bringing with

rder of the mystic circumambulation: first comes anubis, the watcher within; next thmaa-est, the goddess of the hall of truth; then horus; then the goddesses of the scales of the balance, then members, if the hall is large enough, and at the end the watcher without, the sentinel. it is as though a gigantic wheel were revolving, as it is said: one wheel upon earth beside the kerub. the name of the sphere of the primium mobile \ylglgh tycar, signifies the heads or beginnings of wwhirling motions or revolutions. of this wheel in the mystic circumambulation, the 19 ascending side begins from below the pillar of nephthys, and the descending side from below the pillar of isis, but in the reverse circumambulation, the contrary. now, the nave or axis of this wheel is about the invisible station of

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d. if a hard substance as a metal, it must be decharged, banished and thrown aside. if a flame of o, it shall be extinguished. if a vial containing air, it shall be opened, and after that, well rinsed out with pure n. c invisibility o a. the shroud of concealment. b. the magician. c. the guards of concealment. d. the astral light to be molded into the shroud. e. the equation of the symbols in the sphere of sensation. f. the invocation of the higher; the placing of a barrier without the astral form; the clothing of the same with obscurity through the roper invocation. g. formulating clearly the idea of becoming invisible. the formulating of the exact distance at which the shroud should surround the physical body. the consecration with nand o, so that their vapor may begin to form a basis fo

t such disintegration, seeing that it would speedily attract an occupant which would become a terrible vampire praying upon him who had called it into being. after frequent rehearsals of this operation, the thing may almost be done per motem. m transformation a. the astral form. b. the magician. c. the forces used to alter the form. d. the form to be taken. e. the equation of the symbolism in the sphere of sensation. f. invocation of the higher. the definition of the form required as a delineation of blind forces, and the awakening of the same by its proper formulation. g. formulating clearly to the mind the form intended to be taken. h. the actual invocation aloud of the form desired to be assumed to formulate before you, the statement of the desire of the operator and the reason thereof

n. u. let him now invoke all the superior names, etc. of the plane appropriate to the form that he may retain it under his proper control and guidance. v. he states clearly to the form what he intends to do with it. w. similar to the w.section of invisibility, save that the conjurations, etc, are to be made to the appropriate plane of the form instead of to hnyb. 14 c spiritual development a. the sphere of sensation. b. the augoeides. c. the sephiroth, etc. employed. d. the aspirant, or natural man. e. the equilibration of the symbols. f. the invocation of the higher. the limiting and controlling of the lower and the closing of the material senses to awaken the spiritual. g. attempting to make the natural man grasp the higher by first limiting the extent to which mere intellect can help hi

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sers of anubis, who rise from the confines where matter ends to deceive and drag down the soul. the ritual of the 31st path says: since ever dragging down the soul and leading it from sacred things, from the confines of matter arise the terrible dog-faced demons never showing a true image unto mortal gaze. the hierophant gives a single knock to announce the just commencement of a vibration in the sphere of sensation of the candidate. he then states that he holds the dispensation from the chiefs of the second order, to affirm that the effect of the ensuing ceremony upon the candidate is only authorized by the higher powers for the purpose of initiation, which shall ultimately lead to the knowledge of his higher self. he is admitted to the grade of neophyte which has no number, concealing th

be born of water and of the spirit, he shall in no way enter the kingdom of heaven. the kerux instantly bars the candidate s passage to mark that though he has been admitted, the natural man of unpurified desires cannot be a dweller in the hall of the truth. the goddesses of the scales immediately purifies and consecrates him, which operation calls into action the forces of the pillars in his own sphere of sensation. this is the first of four consecrations because when the pillars of the tree are projected onto the sphere of sensation there are four pillars, of which the middle pillar is the axis. at this point of the ceremony, the astral appearance of the candidate is that of a form wrapped in darkness as if extinguished thereby, and having unto his right and unto his left the faint sembl

n there are four pillars, of which the middle pillar is the axis. at this point of the ceremony, the astral appearance of the candidate is that of a form wrapped in darkness as if extinguished thereby, and having unto his right and unto his left the faint semblance of the two great pillars of fire and of cloud, from which issues faint rays into the darkness which covers him. immediately above his sphere of sensation there will appear a ray of bright light as if preparing to penetrate the darkness covering him. the result of this will be that the candidate, during the whole of the ceremony of admission, will usually appear to be somewhat automatic and vague. the reception and consecration take place symbolically in the darkest part of twklm. the moment this is finished, the candidate is con

of the enterer as the candidate passes on his way. at the second passing by the hierophant, the knock affirms the commencement of the angle of hmkj. the kerux bars the candidate s approach to the west to mark that the natural man cannot obtain the understanding of even the son of osiris unless by purification and equilibrium. again is the candidate purified and consecrated, the pillars about his sphere of sensation being rendered more manifest. after this second consecration, the candidate is allowed to approach the place of the twilight of the gods and for a brief space, the hoodwink is slipped up, to present a glimpse, but a glimpse only, of the beyond. the knowledge of the formulae is signified in the challenge of the hiereus to know the name. if the formula of horus be not with the ca

e exercised rightly, the forces of severity and mercy must be known and wielded. to accomplish this, the greatest courage and energy is required and not hysterical weakness and absence of resolution in action. hence, in the answer of the hiereus is an affirmation of the necessity of courage and of the danger of fear. he gives one knock to seal the vibration of that force imaged in the candidate s sphere of sensation. 6 the next barring and consecration of the candidate is an extension of the previous one and the commencement of the formulation of the angle of rtk. the hoodwink is again slipped up giving a still further glimpse of the nature of the divine light, though to the mind of the candidate, an imperfect one. therefore, it is to him, as expressed in the answer of the hegemon, a light

ng the equilibrium of the balance. meanwhile, the kerux goes to the north, ready for the circumambulation so as to link that with the final consecration of the candidate. the final consecration is also demanded by the hiereus, horus, the powerful avenger of osiris, as still menacing to the evil persona of the candidate. its affect is to seal finally, in balanced formation, the four pillars in the sphere of sensation of the candidate. this does not imply that they were not naturally there before, but in the natural man, the symbols are unbalanced in strength, some being weaker and some stronger. the effect of the ceremony is to strengthen the weak, to purify the strong, and so begin to equilibriate them. at the same time this creates a link between them and the corresponding forces of the m

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e in thy name shekinah and aima elohim, to grant thine aid unto the highest aspirations of my soul, and clothe about me with thine ineffable mystery. i implore thee to grant unto me the presence of thy archangel layqpx, the great prince of spiritual initiation through suffering and of spiritual strife against evil, to formulate about me a shroud of concealment. oh ye strong and mighty ones of the sphere of yatbc, ye \ylara, i conjure ye by the mighty name of \yhla hwhy, the divine ruler of hnyb, and by the name of layqpx, your archangel. aid me with your power, in your office to place a veil between me and all things belonging to the outer and material world. clothe me with a veil woven from that silent darkness which surrounds your abode of eternal rest in the sphere of yatbc (pause) come

sweet fountains of magnificence. in my heart is hwchy, the reconciler who is the symbol of the red 5 rose on the golden cross. my two thighs are as mighty pillars on the right and on the left supporting me; splendor and victory, for they cross with the currents reflected from the supernal light. i am established as an eternal rock of righteousness, for dwsy is the foundation of the righteous. the sphere of my nephesch, and the seven palaces of twklm are cleansed and consecrated, balanced and pure, in the might of thy name, ynda, to whom be twklm, hlwdg, hrwbg, the rose of sharon and the lily of the valley. amen" step 10 perform the advanced middle pillar and the circulation of the body. seal the energy by drawing a rose cross before you. step into it. step 11 assume the god form of hoorpok

reful not to lose control as divine ecstasy comes over you. re-enter your body, and make the sign of silence. vibrate with power "hoorporcratist" reformulate the shroud and circumambulate three times. face east, and forcibly formulate the shroud. say: 10 "thus, have i formulated unto myself this shroud of darkness and of mystery as a concealment and a guard. supernal splendor which shinest in the sphere of hnyb \yhla hwhy, aima, shekinah, lady of darkness and of mystery, thou high priestess of the concealed silver star, divine light that rulest in thine own deep darkness, come unto me, and dwell within my heart, that i also may have power and control, even i, over this shroud of darkness and of mystery. and now, i conjure thee, o shroud of darkness and of mystery, that thou conceal me from

the light, and then perform the analysis of the keyword, invoking the divine white brilliance. say" in the name of \yhla hwhy, i invoke thee, who art clothed with the a, who standest upon the 5, and art crowned with the crown of twelve stars. aima elohim, shekinah, who art darkness illuminated by the light divine, send me thine archangel layqpx, and thy legions of \ylara, the mighty angels of the sphere of yatbc, that i may disintegrate and scatter this shroud of darkness and of mystery, for its work is ended for the hour. i conjure thee, o shroud of darkness and of mystery, which has well served my purpose, that thou now depart unto thine ancient ways. but be ye, whether by a word or will, or by this great invocation of your powers, ready to come quickly and forcibly to my behest, again

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abid boar. finally, i would be lost unto you, the lady of light, thou holy and beautiful shekinah, and i would be lost in the night, seduced by the darkness of tylyl. oh layqpx, in the name of \yhla hwhy guard and aid me in my quest of light, lest i be consumed by my own inward evil and the forces of darkness that would stand guard against my potential. send forth the strong and mighty one of the sphere of yatbc. o ye \ylara, i invoke thee by the name potent and powerful \yhla hwhy, the divine ruler of your realm. by the name of layqpx, your mighty archangel of hidden light, aid me with your power, in your office to place a veil between me and the lower and outer worlds, leaving me beyond the touch and reach of the qlippoth and their unholy poison. let it be a veil woven from that silent d

why, the divine ruler of your realm. by the name of layqpx, your mighty archangel of hidden light, aid me with your power, in your office to place a veil between me and the lower and outer worlds, leaving me beyond the touch and reach of the qlippoth and their unholy poison. let it be a veil woven from that silent darkness which surrounds your abode of eternal rest, that in this chamber and in my sphere of sensation, i may not be influenced by anything that does not come from on high, and that i see not from the unholy lands, but only from the light of the supernals. grant unto me, i beseech thee, the power of the spirit to bring forth the brilliance of eternal splendor. let it course through my nephesh and purify it like mountain rain. let the eternal splendor be absorbed deep within me t

stand in the presence of the holy ones" step 17 go to each quarter and make the grade sign of that quarter following each one with the sign of osiris slain and risen. move back to the altar and say "and now, in the name and powers of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe, and i solemnly charge ye by the divine names hwchy, hcwhy to guard this spirit and the sphere of very honored frater/soror, and keep far from him all evil and the unbalanced that they be not allowed to penetrate to his spiritual realm. inspire and sanctify him so that he may be a light into the body and the lantern of illumination guiding into the completion of the great work" step 18 move to the east. reunite with yourself, meditate on your spiritual self and your true will. step 1

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thyself as the perfection of creation and the light of the world to come. i implore thee to grant unto me the presence of thine archangel layqpx. o layqpx, thou prince of spiritual initiation through suffering and of strife against evil, aid me, i beseech thee to transcend the evil that is in me, so that i may be enabled to perform a higher and more divine work. o ye strong and mighty ones of the sphere of yatbc, o ye \ylara, i conjure ye by the mighty name of \yhla hwhy, the divine ruler of your realm, and by the name of layqpx, your archangel, aid me with your power in your office to place a veil between me and all things belonging to the outer and lower world. let it be a veil woven from that silent darkness which surrounds your abode of eternal rest, that in this chamber of the divine

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f f, vibrating "rwbg \yhla" step 11 then, still holding the wand by the white band, recite your invocation to the power of hrwbg and the forces of f, tracing the sigil of each as you read it. 5 "o mighty power who governeth hrwbg, thou strong and terrible divine rwbg \yhla, i beseech thee to bestow upon this magical sword power and might to slay the evil and weakness i may encounter. in the fiery sphere of \ydm, may it be welded and tempered to unswerving strength and fidelity. may thy great archangel lamk bestow upon me courage wherewith to use it aright, and may the powerful angels of the order of the \yprc scorch with their flames the feebleness of purpose which would hinder my search for the true light" step 12 then, slowly trace in the air above the sword as if standing upon it, the i

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veal thyself as the perfection of creation and the light of the world to come. i implore thee to grant unto me the presence of thine archangel layqpx. o layqpx, thou prince of spiritual initiation through suffering and of strife against evil, aid me, i beseech thee to transcend the evil that is in me, so that i may be enabled to perform a higher and divine work. o ye strong and mighty ones of the sphere of yatbc, o ye \ylara, i conjure ye by the mighty name of \yhla hwhy, the divine ruler of your realm, and by the name of layqpx, your archangel to aid me with your power in your office to place a veil between me (whisper your power name) and all things belonging to the 3 outer and lower world. let it be a veil woven from that silent darkness which surrounds your abode of eternal rest, that

us stand in the presence of the holy ones in that hour when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits and his/her name in the presence of the ancient of days" step 23 go to the west facing east behind the altar "and now, in the name and the power of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe, and charge ye by the divine names hwchy, hcwhy to guard this sphere of (state your earthly name/ osiris. keep far from him/her all evil and the unbalanced, that they penetrate not into his/her spiritual abode. inspire and sanctify him/her so that he/she may enter into the center of his/her being and there receive the vision of the clear light, and thus, accomplish his/her true will. step 24 pause for some while for meditation, then close by usual formue the

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to grant unto me the presence of thy archangel layqpx" perform the s.i.r.h. of saturn. trace sigils as required and vibrate powerfully. say "o layqpx, thou prince of spiritual initiation through suffering and of spiritual strife against evil, aid me, i beseech thee, to conquer the evil that is in me by the binding and controlling of my mortal parts and passions. o ye strong and mighty ones of the sphere of yatbc, o ye \ylara, i conjure ye by the mighty name of \yhla hwhy, the divine ruler of your strength, and by the name of layqpx, your archangel, aid me with your realm, and by the name of layqpx, your archangel. aid me with your power in your office to place a veil between me and all things belonging to the outer and lower world. let it be a veil woven from that silent darkness which sur

e by the mighty name of \yhla hwhy, the divine ruler of your strength, and by the name of layqpx, your archangel, aid me with your realm, and by the name of layqpx, your archangel. aid me with your power in your office to place a veil between me and all things belonging to the outer and lower world. let it be a veil woven from that silent darkness which surrounds your abode of eternal rest in the sphere of yatbc, so that in this chamber of the divine mystery, i may hear 6 nothing that comes not from on high, and see naught that may distract my vision from the glory of the eternal crown. that i may behold only the holy vision that descends from that divine brilliance, the scintillation and coruscation of the divine glory. that divine brilliance, that light which lighteth the universe, that

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n. it is in this talisman that rtk shines through the visible sun to attract to the adept the solar rays of spiritual illumination. thus, the solar talisman may be used for the attraction of better health, greater vitality, increased creative abilities, and enhancement of the jwr. its greatest potential to the adept of our order is to act as a conduit of solar illumination into the trained adepts sphere of sensation. let the adept never be without conscious thought that the great angel of solar o, lakym, is here attributed as well as the light of christ. it is ra, osiris onnophris and the red rose of self-sacrifice upon the golden cross of perfection. let, therefore, the adept be ever reminded that this talisman should not be made for the uninitiated (save in grave circumstances of life th

gh the help of laykn, the spiritual vision of a shall be mine and that it shall help me overcome all obstacles of both a spiritual and material nature so that i may be enabled to do the great work! invocation of the four elements step 1 take up talisman in left hand, circumambulate one time. say: laykn spake unto the exorcist, i am the aspirant to the throne of trapt. i am the intelligence of the sphere of cmc. i have entered the presence of the majesty divine through the power of the mighty name. step 2 after one full circumambulation, stop at the fire tablet. say: before thy body can be filled with the glory of the divine ones in wisdom, it must be potent with the fires of life. step 3 set the talisman before the fire tablet on side altar and draw the invoking circle and active spirit pe

y descend and dwell therein as in a perfect body of manifestation to the end that this creature of talismans may perform that for which it has been created. creature of talismans, i have bound unto thee the m of life, that thy body may be truly formed, so pass thou on. make the 2=9 grade sign. step 10 take up the talisman in the left hand, circumambulate again and endeavor to formulate about it a sphere of light. say: laykn spake unto the exorcist, i am the aspiration to the throne of dsj. i am the intelligence of the sphere of trapt. i have entered the presence of the majesty divine through the power of the mighty name. 17 step 11 pass on to the north. face the earth tablet. say: creature of talismans, before the beauty can manifest in thy being, the elements of thy body must have an endu

is creature of talismans the substance of your realm, that the all-potent forces may descend and rest upon it, even the grace and mercy of cmc. creature of talismans, i have bound unto thee the element of enduring stability, so pass thou on. make the 1=10 grade sign. step 13 take up the talisman, and pass between the pillars. place it on the ground between them, and strongly formulate around it a sphere of sensation. say: creature of talismans, so that the power of ra may manifest through thee, i give thy body the life of spirit. step 14 make the passive and active spirit pentagrams, and the rose cross symbol. vibrate powerfully the enochian exhortation used in the portal ceremony. say: in the name of hyha, alga, and by all the names and letters of the mystical tablet of union, i command y

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM24

mighty mother into the house not made by hands, built of lively stones, the company of the adepts, and it is so assumed accordingly" second adept "cum potestate et gloria" third adept "amen (chief adepts are seated) chief adept "fratres et sorores of the rosae rubae et aurae crucis. we know that the mystic temple, which was erected of old wisdom, as a witness of the mysteries which are above the sphere of knowledge, doth abide in the supernal triad, in the understanding which transcends reason, in the wisdom which comes before understanding and in the crown which is the light of the supernals. we know that the shekinah, the cohabiting glory, dwelt in the inner sanctuary, but the first creation was made void. the holy place was made waste and the sons of the house of wisdom were taken away

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM3

r.c. we can only be certain of one thing, the axiom "physician, heal thyself" is a deep, subtle truth. for as we project healing to the world, we heal the deepest part of our infected self, thus, gradually rising and becoming more than human. preparation for the vigil this vigil is one of the few of our order, that if possible, can be performed outdoors. but knowing that the moon is full in one's sphere of sensation makes it possible to perform it indoors under the inner light of the full moon, if conditions don't permit to work outdoors. full regalia is not necessary for this vigil. however, if the adept does have the ability to work outdoors in regalia undisturbed, then it is more than permissible. it is only required that the adept wear his or her consecrated rose cross lamen. if during

orm the s.i.r.h. of luna. step 4 let the adept now begin, using the fullness of the moon as a sigil to rise in the planes unto the sephira of dwsy. the adept should take full caution not to allow any illusion or form to distract him or her from the work and should quickly banish astral distractions should they appear. step 5 the adept should now, using the formula of the middle pillar, infuse the sphere of sensation with the briatic color of dwsy (purple) until the adept feels fully integrated in the yesodic astral current. let the adept now astrally perform the s.i.r.h. of trapt, reciting the divine names and rising in the planes to trapt, the place of the a. the adept now stands in trapt under the light of rtk. step 6 let the adept now integrate his astral body with the rose color of the

nder the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god, the vast one be made obedient unto me" step 12 feeling surrounded and empowered by the divine white brilliance and filled with the rose colored glow of trapt of atziluth, let the adept now astrally look at the luna 5 far below him and the earth below luna. let him descend to the sphere of dwsy and unto the heaven of levanah. while doing this, recite the following "i come in the power of light, i come in the light of wisdom, i come in the mercy of light, the light hath healing in its wings" step 13 upon reaching the heaven of levanah, let the adept stand in the sign of the enterer, projecting the healing light to the golden wand of the chief adept, who having purified hims

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM4

ork, but will give you more elemental control, whereas the white letters on black will elevate you spiritually and be of great service to the zelator adeptus minor in the overall achievement of the great work. step 4 pronounce the name slowly, vibrating it a minimum of seven times, though more would be better. make the letters flash and glow. step 5 invoke the telesmatic image of rah ynda in your sphere of sensation. make certain the image fills your entire universe (see lesson on telesmatic images) step 6 continue by the formula of the middle pillar vibration method, then absorb the image into yourself, seeing only the flashing letters. step 7 now breath deep, and absorb the name as well. open yourself up to images, thoughts and feelings. allow the energy to be totally infused in your bod

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ith divine white brilliance when you formulate the telesmatic image, for to not do so could invoke an adverse energy. step 8 banish by the way of the l.b.r.p. and b.r.anthe bornless middle pillar r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 notes on the bornless middle pillar exercise by g. h. frater p. c. a. the bornless middle pillar is designed to equilibrate the elements within the sphere of sensation under the divine rulership of spirit. in the bornless middle pillar exercise, the letter c glowing above the head is depicted as black. let this not be confused with the blackness of evil and of ignorance. this is the light of the holy spirit, shining so intensely and so brilliantly that it appears as black to the naked eye. it is divine brilliance. at any given moment in one's

phere of sensation under the divine rulership of spirit. in the bornless middle pillar exercise, the letter c glowing above the head is depicted as black. let this not be confused with the blackness of evil and of ignorance. this is the light of the holy spirit, shining so intensely and so brilliantly that it appears as black to the naked eye. it is divine brilliance. at any given moment in one's sphere of sensation, there shines a pentagram. when the mind and heart is focused on the spiritual in every aspect of life, the pentagram points upward. this, in effect, is placing the world of matter under the direction of the divine or higher genius as symbolized by spirit ruling of the elements. this pentagram in one's sphere of sensation on a microprosopic level and is the light that shineth i

acing the world of matter under the direction of the divine or higher genius as symbolized by spirit ruling of the elements. this pentagram in one's sphere of sensation on a microprosopic level and is the light that shineth in the darkness yet the darkness comprehendeth it not. the averse pentagram is an evil symbol of the world of matter and of shells ruling over the spirit; the filling of one's sphere of sensation with the darkness of the evil averse pentagram. many individuals and groups would argue that the averse pentagram is not an evil symbol, but remember, that any action against one's divine and true will is an evil action, therefore, disproving the argument that the inverted pentagram in one's sphere of sensation is acceptable. the bornless middle pillar exercise should be perfor

ue light through liberty, through love so that one day we may be found worthy to know thee, to unite with thy spirit in the silence for the attainment of thy understanding. amen" part 5 step 1 hold the lotus wand by the b band. continue to visualize all four of the previous spheres and corresponding superimposed kerubic symbols. now bring the divine light down from above and formulate a brilliant sphere of indigo light around your feet and ankles. remember that indigo appears almost as black to the naked eye. superimpose the kerubic sign of b in the flashing color of pale yellow on top of the ball of brilliant indigo. step 2 6 vibrate ynda and the angelic names layrwa and ]alrwp. continue to vibrate the names of power until you feel the spiritual energies growing to a maximum. then recite

y footstool. ymda rah ]lm ynda. unto thee be the kingdom and the power and the glory twklm, hrwbg, hlwdg. amen. the rose of sharon and the lily of the valley. o thou who hidest beneath the earth, in the valley of gems, the marvelous seed of stars. live, reign, and be thou the eternal dispenser of treasures, whereof thou hast made us wardens. amen" part 6 step 1 circulate the light throughout your sphere of sensation. the energy should rise from your feet to the top of your head like a geyser shooting from the ground. as the power rushes up, hold it and then on the descent, push down the energy of each of the elemental spheres to your feet. then imagine the light going upwards from sphere to sphere, taking the power and energy of each sphere higher until it reaches the divine white brillian

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and of the head and tail of the dragon of the moon, otherwise known as cauda and caput draconis. when we reflect on the enneagram from every third point, we find that we arrive at the triple ternary operating both in the seven planets with the cauda and caput draconis of 5 and also with the alchemical principles counterchanged and interwoven. it is not akin much to the nature of 5 as it is to the sphere of dwsy. it is only when the enneagram is reflected from every fifth point that it becomes consonant with the nature of 5. the enneagram is the star of 5. it is a fitting representation of the 5's administration to the l through the virtues of the solar system under the presidency of the sephiroth. when the enneagram is reflected from every fourth point, it is composed of the three triangle

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

imself into the fire, they cried, only then will there be a sun. 1 a drama ensued in which two deities (nanahuatzin and tecciztecatl) immolated themselves for the common good. one burned quickly in the centre of the sacred fire; the other roasted slowly on the embers at its edge the gods waited for a long time until eventually the sky started to glow red as at dawn. in the east appeared the great sphere of the sun, life-giving and incandescent. 2 it was at this moment of cosmic rebirth that quetzalcoatl manifested himself. his mission was with humanity of the fifth age. he therefore took the form of a human being a bearded white man, just like viracocha. in the andes, viracocha s capital was tiahuanaco. in central america, quetzalcoatl s was the supposed birth-place of the fifth sun, teoti

round; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. and he stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 187 note. scholars argue endlessly about the nature of these resemblances. what really matters, however, is that in each sphere of influence the same solemn tradition has been preserved for posterity a tradition which tells, in graphic language, of a global catastrophe and of the near-total annihilation of mankind. central america the identical message was preserved in the valley of mexico, far away across the world from mounts ararat and nisir. there, culturally and geographically isolated from judaeo-christian inf

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

here are two main types: black with a hood, and white without a hood. appropriate symbols can be used to decorate the robe according to your wat. the chief function of the black robe is to protect you by concealing. lt offers both silence and secrecy. xt symbolizes your temporary withdrawal from the everyday bustle of iife. the white robe symbolizes your aura. your aura is the invisible sheath or sphere of light that surrounds your physical body. because of its shining nature it is often called the body of light. the magical nature of the' white robe is shining, elastic, and impenetrable. the nature of your specific magical operation will determine which robe you should wear. 58 enochian words for magical instruments all powerful magic is within me. i am one who can travei in strength with

GREY W G CONDENSATION OF KABBALAH

chesed, or mercy-benevolence. realising that a countercurb had to be applied as a control to make any energy effective, they again combined all the previous spheres, and conceived a fifth state or sphere called gevurah, or severity, the economy of existence which applies a brake to the acceleration of initial energy. having thus got things under control, a central resultant came into being as the sphere of tiferet, or beauty and harmony. a condition of balance, stability and order to act as a nucleus for the now controllable pattern being produced. so now the triplicity-scheme could be repeated on lower levels and the next issue of energy in a masculinized direction was termed netzach, victory or achievement. something done successfully. accomplishment. a natural outcome of what has been d

e get 36, and 3+ 6= 9. so here we have the ninth sphere or point of triple triplicity. we should also remember that families begin by blood, and this is the point where our worldly relationship by blood begins with its spiritual equivalent which is the sangreal. again we add the concepts and get 0+ 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+ 7+ 8+ 9= 45, and 4+ 5= 9 again. to complete the decade we project it into a tenth sphere of malchut, or a kingdom. this is the result of all previous spheres being concentrated and pushed through into what was termed the kingdom of god or the normal state of ourselves and nature in this world. so here we come to ourselves in this world wondering how we got here and asking the eternal question of eh na? again, which brings us back to the ayn oncemore. so the cycle of cosmos seem

nicely until they realised that if god were placed at the top, and man at the bottom which seemed natural, the polarity of the fourth sphere down would be wrong, because it should have been on the masculine right instead of the neutral centre. they solved this problem by considering that if the final creative act were equivalent to the expulsion of an individual from a womb, then the final tenth sphere of the human world, should be another stage lower and the two above it should follow suit to balance the design. this gave figure 3, which left a space below the top three concepts which provided a useful symbology of its own. a gap, or abyss just below this top level of consciousness which clearly indicated the difference between divine and human thinking. it also symbolised our legendary

y appreciating the step-by-step means by which god was assumed to descend the tree towards a state of man, creating those same steps as he went. although the terminology used is antique, its ideology is timeless. note especially that above the abyss there is only pure consciousness, while below it we encounter definite qualities followed by feelings and emotions concentrating into the penultimate sphere of yesod before being projected as a concrete whole at malchut the kingdom, which we pray in the lord s prayer may come upon our earth if and when his will is worked here as it is in heaven or keter. that is to say if ever we become as the lord intended us to be in the first place, our work will be fulfilled and everything put into proper proportions again. in order to enhance the notion of

net kochav (mercury or hermes. humanly 9 this is where the unborn get their intelligence and intellect from. 9 foundation or basis. originatively by the god-aspect shadai el chai (powerful/almighty lord of life).creatively byarchangelgavriel (virility ofgod. formatively by the angelic order of the ishim (souls of fire. expressively by levanah (themoon, which is closest to this planet. this is the sphere of familial influence from bloodlines, where dreams develop and everything comes together for emergence into independent life. humanly this is the finishing process in the womb, and where we get our imagination from. after nine months, everything is projected into: 10 thekingdomof thisworld.originated by thegod-aspect of adonaiha-aretz (lord of the earth/land. created by archangel sandalfon

where we get our imagination from. after nine months, everything is projected into: 10 thekingdomof thisworld.originated by thegod-aspect of adonaiha-aretz (lord of the earth/land. created by archangel sandalfon (co-brother) who is the other end of metatron. formed by the angel order of the keruvim (winged bulls. expressed by the life-elements of earth, air, fire and water( olam ha- yesodot- the sphere of the elements, the opposite numbers of the holy living creatures at keter. humanly of course we are here as concrete creations of cosmic consciousness going through incarnate lifetimes of experience. all this is but a surface-scratch on the study of kabbalah from a god to man viewpoint. if you need to go deeper, you must know more deeply, and this can only be done with the effort to follo

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

iluth, the highest of the four qabalistic worlds corresponds a divine name attributed unto each sephirothic, zodiacal, planetary, and elemental force. likewise, unto briah, the next descending world, corresponds the name of an archangel, and unto yetzirah, the name of an angel or choir of angels presiding over each of the forces. unto assiah, the lowest qabalistic world corresponds a name for the sphere of the operation of each force, and in the infernal realm beyond assiah corresponds the name of an averse force. thus we find in the tree of life an excellent model and vehicle for use in magical evocation. preparation for evocation magical evocation of the averse forces is one of the most perilous tasks an adept must undertake. within the initiatic framework of the r. r. et a. c, the initi

gy of any unbalanced force, even if it somehow managed to penetrate these defenses, would become so balanced in the process as to render it completely harmless. the magician's third and final line of defense is the invocation ritual preceding the evocation summoning the light forces of the same category. thus the divine, archangelical, and angelical forces that correspond to the demon protect the sphere of sensation of the magician. during the evocation the magician affects the averse force, constrained within the triangle of art, through sympathy with the lamen that he or she wears. this lamen contains all the relevant colors, geometrical figures, names, and sigils of the entity's hierarchy of forces, including the name and sigil of the averse force itself. a complete set of such lamens a

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

lly wonderful and delightful consonance, whose origin would have had to be pushed far back, they struggled, however much against the grain, to hunt up any possible occasions of recent borrowing, so as to strip their country of all productive power and pith. not content even with handing over our mythology to foreign countries, they were eager, with as little reason, to shift its contents into the sphere of history, and to disparage essentially unhistoric elements by expounding them as facts. why hold our tongues about the mischief and the caprices of this criticism? mone, an honest and able explorer, whose strenuous industry i respect, will often come half-way to meet the truth, then suddenly spring aside and begin worrying her. by hook or by crook the reinhart of our apologue must be reso

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

egular grouping of molecules which takes place when a substance crystallizes; consequently we may expect other evidences of the molecular arrangement. these evidences become apparent when we consider the physical properties, such as the transmission of light, heat, and electricity through crystals. a sphere cut from a quartz crystal does not expand equally in all directions when heated, as does a sphere of an uncrystallized substance, such as glass or amber; neither does a piece of beryl transmit polarized light in the same way as does a piece of glass of the same shape. this latter property of crystals is of great use in the detection of imitation gems. in the sphere of quartz we find that the action of heat pulls the molecules apart in one direction more than in other directions and the

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

and easily into its true place, and is seen in its true relation to ourselves and to others. every mean and selfish action sends us backward and not forward, while every noble thought and every unselfish deed are stepping-stones to the higher and more glorious planes of being. if this life were all, then in many respects it would indeed be poor and mean; but regarded as a preparation for the next sphere of existence, it may be used as the golden gate through which we may pass, not selfishly and alone, but in company with our fellows, to the palaces which lie beyond -ooo- on self-sacrifice q. is equal justice to all and love to every creature the highest standard of theosophy? a. no; there is an even far higher one. q. what can it be? a. the giving to others more than to oneself-self-sacrif

supramundane potencies, as well as commanding those of lower spheres; a practical knowledge of the hidden mysteries of nature which are known only to the few, because they are so difficult to acquire without falling into sin against the law. ancient and medieval mystics divided magic into three classes-theurgia, goetia, and natural magic. theurgia has long since been appropriated as the peculiar sphere of the theosophists and metaphysicians -says kenneth mackenzie. goetia is black magic, and "natural" or white magic has risen with healing in its wings to the proud position of an exact and progressive study. the remarks added by our late learned brother are remarkable: the realistic desires of modern times have contributed to bring magic into disrepute and ridicule faith (in one's own self

sident for the time being, and legacies and bequests should invariably be made in his name, in the legal phraseology of the code of the country where the testator executes his will. if left to the society by name, the bequest becomes void in law. the president's full address is henry steel olcott, adyar, madras, india. the society, as a body, eschews politics and all subjects outside its declared sphere of work. the rules stringently forbid members to compromise its strict neutrality in these matters. many branches of the society have been formed in various parts of the world, and new ones are constantly being organized. each branch frames its own bylaws and manages its own local business without interference from headquarters; provided only that the fundamental rules of the society are no

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

ervitors can be used in both major and minor acts of magic, and are particularly useful in acts of enchantment, divination, or illumination. servitor dependency it is generally held that each usage of a servitor serves to .feed. it, and that each result which is rated as a success, serves to enhance it.s power. it is also a good idea to get into the habit of attributing any occurrences within the sphere of activity of that servitor, to it.s work. this can lead to problems, though. in 1992 i created a servitor called .eureka. it.s given sphere of activity was that of illumination- inspiration, new ideas, the boosting of creativity and brainstorming in general. initially, the servitor exceeded all my expectations of it.s performance. i used it to stimulate new ideas for writing, lecturing an

strange poltergeist-type phenomenon, was gathered by talking to associates of the target. viral servitors are particularly appropriate for long-term enchantments, such as increasing the probability of one.s magic being successful, or being used in healing& general protection workings. servitor design sequence 1. define general intent the first step in designing a servitor is to decide the general sphere of influence into which your intention falls, such as healing, protection, binding, harmony, luck, divination, mood enhancement, success in, and so forth. defining your general intent will assist you if you wish to use symbols& magical correspondences in creating your servitor. for example, if you were interested in creating a servitor to act within the sphere of healing, then you could ass

rough research, alan richardson states that carsons did not exist! rather, it seems, he was actually, in terms of the above model, a construct; a personality generated out of dion fortune.s experimental magic and experiences, and hence an interface for accessing information. if you imagine the sum total of your personal memories and knowledge as a sphere in space- the unknown- then to extend your sphere of information it is as though a window must be created, through which the unknown, or raw data, can be translated into information that is meaningful in terms of perceptual limitations. inner-plane entities are how we tend to conceptualise these windows into chaos. they appear as independent entities so that we can make sense of the incoming data. their personalities are usually concurrent

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

is to place yourself at the center of your psychocosm, the axis mundi or null-point from which all acts of magic proceed. centering rituals also act to warm you up for the main event, as it were, the entry into a space where, for the moment, nothing is true, and everything is permitted. following the main object of a working, performing the centering rite again prepares you for moving back to the sphere of common consensus reality. rites such as the standard banishing ritual of the pentagram, or the iot s gnostic banishing combine gesture, speech, breathing and visualisation with different content, but following the same process- identification of the 4 cardinal directions plus the fifth point which represents union with spirit, chaos, or kia. such ritual acts produce changes in the atmosp

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

as unique. his madness held no affinity to any sort recorded in even the latest and most exhaustive of treatises, and was conjoined to a mental force which would have made him a genius or a leader had it not been twisted into strange and grotesque forms. dr. willett, who was ward's family physician, affirms that the patient's gross mental capacity, as gauged by his response to matters outside the sphere of his insanity, had actually increased since the seizure. ward, it is true, was always a scholar and an antiquarian; but even his most brilliant early work did not shew the prodigious grasp and insight displayed during his last examinations by the alienists. it was, indeed, a difficult matter to obtain a legal commitment to the hospital, so powerful and lucid did the youth's mind seem; and

infancy, no doubt gaining his taste from the venerable town around him, and from the relics of the past which filled every corner of his parents' old mansion in prospect street on the crest of the hill. with the years his devotion to ancient things increased; so that history, genealogy, and the study of colonial architecture, furniture, and craftsmanship at length crowded everything else from his sphere of interests. these tastes are important to remember in considering his madness; for although they do not form its absolute nucleus, they play a prominent part in its superficial form. the gaps of information which the alienists noticed were all related to modern matters, and were invariably offset by a correspondingly excessive though outwardly concealed knowledge of bygone matters as brou

raphic description. it was like the drone of some loathsome, gigantic insect ponderously shaped into the articulate speech of an alien species, and i am perfectly certain that the organs producing it can have no resemblance to the vocal organs of man, or indeed to those of any of the mammalia. there were singularities in timbre, range, and overtones which placed this phenomenon wholly outside the sphere of humanity and earth-life. its sudden advent that first time almost stunned me, and i heard the rest of the record through in a sort of abstracted daze. when the longer passage of buzzing came, there was a sharp intensification of that feeling of blasphemous infinity which had struck me during the shorter and earlier passage. at last the record ended abruptly, during an unusually clear spe

HP LOVECRAFT BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP

ey belong. whilst the greater number of our nocturnal visions are perhaps no more than faint and fantastic reflections of our waking experiences- freud to the contrary with his puerile symbolism- there are still a certain remainder whose immundane and ethereal character permit of no ordinary interpretation, and whose vaguely exciting and disquieting effect suggests possible minute glimpses into a sphere of mental existence no less important than physical life, yet separated from that life by an all but impassable barrier. from my experience i cannot doubt but that man, when lost to terrestrial consciousness, is indeed sojourning in another and uncorporeal life of far different nature from the life we know, and of which only the slightest and most indistinct memories linger after waking. fr

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

e would be. i didn't do anything physical that would make it happen. it just happened. as for the ritual itself, i lit a candle in a darkened area, then burned incense. if you can get all your senses going at the same time you make more of an impression on your subconscious for the thing you want. i hypnotized myself into feeling that i was surrounding this man with myself and calling him into my sphere of being. i think we are all a mass of energy, and we really have no clearly defined end. where does my body end and the air around me begin? at which point do the molecules no longer unite into a separate entity? i don't understand the principle involved in what keeps me together so i don't understand the natural law that would prevent my leaving my body and surrounding another person, and

health conditions, your loves. it has to do with your place in society, and even your place in history, perhaps. it's really a philosophical card, so, wherever it may fall in a reading would indicate that the circle is more important than it appears. there would be more than a love affair, dedication rather than just work, and prestige would be recognition long after death; it indicates a greater sphere of reference than the ordinary run of the mill situation. it also can stand for tremendous emotional strength in whatever activity is involved. if you put it in your seventh circle, it's pretty lucky because that indicates that your marriage partner will be the potent and magnificent type. king of clubs. the kings are the older men, while jacks represent the younger men in your life. money

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

lar emanation is called in the hermetic art the occult anatomy of the body. and the knowledge of the effect of this occult anatomy is extremely important for every adept who wants to know his body, to influence and to control it. i shall therefore describe this occult anatomy of the human body with respect to the electrical and magnetical fluid, that is to say, in the positive and in the negative sphere of action. these arguments will turn to magnetopath s great advantage because he will treat the sick part of the body wither with the electrical or the magnetical fluid, according to the center of the disease. but this knowledge will bring great profit to everybody else too. the head: the forepart is electric, the back of the head is magnetic and so is the right side; the left side is elect

ng these low-powered beings for their selfish purposes. another kind of being is the larvae, which have been brought into life consciously or unconsciously, by intense sensorial thinking, through the astral matrix. they are not real beings, but only forms thriving on the passions of the animal world, on the lowest step of the astral level. their instinct of self-preservation carries them into the sphere of those men whose passions are responsive to them. they will try, directly or indirectly, to raise and kindle the passions slumbering in man. if these forms are succeeding in seducing men to give in to their suitable passion, they are feeding and thriving on the emanation of this passion produced in man. man laden with many passions will attract a host of such larvae in the lowest sphere o

stral body. at the same time, this mental substance is electromagnetic and is regarded as leaser of the ideas to the consciousness of the spirit, from where it is put into activity through the astral and the roughly material body. so this mental matrix or the mental od, with its double-pole fluid, is the subtlest substance we can imagine in the human body. simultaneously, the mental sphere is the sphere of thoughts which have their origin in the world of ideas, consequently in the spiritual akasa. each thought is preceded by a basic idea which, according to its property, accepts a definite form, and arrives to the consciousness of the ego through the etheric principle, consequently the mental matrix, as expression of the thought in the shape of a plastic picture. therefore man himself is n

d consequently has its cause in the ideal world through the thought and the spiritual consciousness, and is reflected therein. if the point in question is not exactly an abstract idea, several forms of ideas can be expressed. such thoughts are electric or magnetic or electromagnetic, according to the elementary property of the idea. the material plane is bound to time and space. the astral plane, sphere of the perishable or mutable spirit, is bound to space, the mental plane being timeless and spaceless. the very same thing happens with all the mental properties. the reception of a thought in the mental body, through the link of the astral and mental matrix bound to space and time in the total form, needs a certain amount of time to become fully conscious of this thought. according to the

e faster thoughts will develop in mind. likewise as the astral plane is inhabited, so too is the mental plane. besides the ideal forms, there are principally the deceased ones whose astral bodies have been dissolved by the elements in the course of their ripening, and allotted, according to the degree of perfection, to regions corresponding to their mental sphere. besides the mental sphere is the sphere of the so-called elementals, beings created consciously or unconsciously by man as a result of repeated and intense thinking. an elemental being is not yet so condensed to form or to assume any astral shape for itself. its influence is therefore limited to the mental sphere. the difference between an ideal form and an elemental lies in the fact that the ideal form is based on one or several

its seat in the soul, and is activated by the cerebrum in the body, consequently the head, subconsciousness is a property of the soul, residing in the cerebellum, i.e, the back part of the head. with respect to the magical practice, let us deal with the study of the psychological function of the cerebellum, consequently the subconscious. in every individual that is in his right senses, the normal sphere of consciousness is intact, i.e, he always and at any time is capable of making use of the functions of normal consciousness. as it results from our investigations, there is no power in the universe nor in man that does not vary between opposites. hence we may consider subconsciousness as the opposite to normal consciousness. that which in normal consciousness we subsume by the concepts of

INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVEN FACES OF DARKNESS

n the setian toolkit. the questions as to the meanings and ethics are many. each individual must come up with her or his own answers as i did. the process of discovery has a twofold thirst. firstly, it lets you observe, test, and articulate what is hidden in your personality. secondly, applying your personality to the external tradition then allows you to take the facet of the tradition into your sphere of being. you have claimed it for your subjective universe. once again, you are repeating the process of the writers of the papyri, and like them using this process to lead to an individual enlightenment. the actions of my subjective synthesis will not appear directly in this book. but since i realize that i have transformed myself through the use of these techniques, i am aware that the tr

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consequence. there are two verses in the revelation of john reading thus "and tbe fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. and men were scorched with great beat, and blasphemed the name of god* lliis is simply j^rthagorean and kabalistic allegory. the idea is new nather with the above-mentioned author nor with jobn ^rthagoras placed tbe "sphere of purification in the sun" which sun, with its sphere, he more- tormer t ajtd mjmn fire "die compodtioii of the imtter conqirimt au, i tbe 'condatiod of foroee' heat, flvne, eiectridty, tp_ tti* it the spirit at fire. hie differenoe is purety blchemkal. 19. cf. geaenhu: a bdrrae and englia lericon, i. r 'oulam' 30. joho tiuotmo: sermm 35. 21. cf. toinm swinden: inqutrf into tht n^mmd plant

tation. xvi. 8.9. digitizecoy google augustine's geocentric hell 13 over locates in the middle of the universe" the allegoiy having a double meaning: 1. symbolically, the central, spiritual sun, the su heme deity. arrived at this region every soul becomes purified of its sins, and unites itself forever with its spirit, having previously suffered throughout all the lower spheres. 2. by placing the sphere of visible fire in the middle of the universe, he simply taught the heliocentric system which appertained to the iv^stmes, and was imparted only in the higher degree of initiation. john ^ves to his word a purely kabalistic significance, which no 'fathers' except those who had belonged to the neo-platonic school, were able to comprehend. origen understood it well, having been a pupil of ammo

t it is the angels which emanated from the 'primi- 714. zolur. ni, p. 4s a; anuterdam ed. digitizecoy google the pall op adau 277 tive man' oot the sepbiroth from angels. hence man was intended from the first to be a being of both a progressive and retrogressive nature. beginning at the apex of the divine cycle, he gradually began receding from the center of li^t, acquiring at every new and lower sphere of being (worlds each inhabited by a different race of human beings) a more solid physical form, and losing a portion of his dimne faculties. in the 'fall of adam' we must see, not the personal transgression of man, but simply the law of the dual evolution. adam, or 'man' begins his career of existences by dwelling in the garden of eden "dressed in the celestial garment, which ia a garment

ve a magnificent reward' placing the hand below the chin is their sign, perhaps in memory of their vow. all use the double triangles. the brahmins inscribe the angles with their trinity, and they possess also the masonic sign of distress as used in france" from the very day when the first mystic found the means of com- munication between this world and the worlds of the invi^ble host, between the sphere of matter and that of pure spirit, he concluded that to abandon this mysterious science to the profanation of the rabble was to lose it. an abuse of it might lead mankind to speedy destruction; it was like surrounding a group of children with explosive batteries and furnishing them with matches. the first self-made adept initiated but a select few, and kept silence with the multitudes. he r

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

, but rather their terrestrial parts, together with the element of water (for there shall be no more sea: revelation, shall be united in one mixture with the earth, and fixed to a pure diaphanous substance. this is st. john s crystall gold, a fundamentall of the new jerusalem so called, not in respect of colour, but constitution. their spirits, i suppose, shall be reduced to their first limbus, a sphere of pure, ethereall fire, like rich eternal tapestry spread under the throne of god. coleridge has the following, which bespeaks (and precedes, be it remarked, professor huxley s late supposed original speculations. the assertion is that the matrix or formative substance is, at the base, in all productions, from mineral to man, the same. the germinal powers of the plant transmute the fixed a

d the heavens with its circle of light and fire (cicero, de natura deorum, lib. iii. c. 2. hippasus, heraclitus, and hippocrates imagined god as a reasoning and immortal fire which permeates all things (cudworth, systema intellectuale, p. 104; and gesnerus, de animis hippocratis. plato and aristotle departed by little from this in their teachings; and democritus called god the reason or soul in a sphere of fire (stob us, eclog physic, lib. vii. c. 10. cleonethes considered the sun as the highest god (busching, grundriss einer geschichte dir philosophie, 1 th. p. 344. we find, therefore, in the earliest ages, an ther (spiritual fire) theory, by which t 148 the rosicrucians. many modern theorists endeavour to explain the phenomena of magnetism. this is the ther um of robert flood, the rosicr

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

e phenomena are, in some way or other, illusory, and that in any case they do not involve flight, wingless or otherwise, mechanical propulsion or intelligent direction. i consider their negative case unproven because there is an overwhelming mass of authentic evidence (b) which can be cited as (1) direct observation (2) indirect observation, and (3) supporting evidence or indication. there is one sphere of indirect evidence in the form of events of mysterious nature which have never been explained. these things would be easy to explain were we to admit the limitations of our own knowledge, and the possibility of "intelligence" elsewhere in the universe operating space ships- quite possibly more than one kind of "intelligence" and more than one kind of space ship. this world is full of unex

st three major areas. one of these relates to things which fall from the sky, some of which come from space and which may be roughly classified as organic and inorganic. we use "organic" in the sense of something which is part of, or associated with, a living, thinking entity, and "inorganic" as being merely the debris of space. an ordinary iron-nickel meteorite from space is inorganic within the sphere of our present definition; but if this meteorite arrives on earth shaped like a seven-headed malayan goddess, or a compound microscope, it's organic. a second major category stands out in the bibliography of oddities. it is the great area of events which encompasses disappearing people, and ships; airplanes and airships crashing and disappearing without trace and without warning; instantane

years or so! it has been suggested that all of the "falling material" is the result of occasional wrecks of interplanetary, super-space contraptions, or even the dumping from them while in route from planet to planet. if one considers this proposition carefully, the natural question is: why so often? on the other hand, if adjacent space toward the gravitational neutral at the edge of the earth's sphere of influence, perhaps 180,000 to 200,000 miles away from here, should be the habitat of a vast number and considerable variety of intelligently operated space widgets or urban concentrations of the like, then the whole proposition begins to take on a certain amount of plausibility. in the past two or three decades, there has been a great discussion about miniature fossils found in meteorite

lmost certainly did, invent a means of levitation and space mobility; that this world-wide culture was cataclysmically and instantly wiped out all over the world. remnants of humanity escaped, and it is our suggestion that at least one space ship was afloat at the time and escaped the disaster and sired a race 109 of space dwellers which has ever after used the neutral at the limit of the earth's sphere of influence as an abode or headquarters. ed: the following has no obvious reference or necessary position. had farraday concerned himself with the mag. field surrounding his elec. current, man today would already have reached the outermost parts of our galaxy. there, jemi, was given the results of what would have been possible had dr. farraday done as suggested other page. the s-ms& l-ms f

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

a simple astrology manual. make notes of the ideas and pictures which arise in your mind. the four worlds of the qabalah are: atziluth, archetypal pure diety twlyxa briah, creative archangelic hayrb yetzirah, formative angelic hryxy assiah, action matter, man, shells, demons hycu the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world, are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim \ylglgh tycar 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth twlzm 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai yatbc 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedek 'qdx 5. sphere of mars, madim \ydm 6. sphere of the sun, shemesh cmc 7. sphere of venus, nogah hgwn 8. sphere of mercury, kokab bkwk 9. sphere of the moon, levannah hnbl 10. spehere of the elements, olam yesodoth twdwsy \lwu the divine names attributed to the sephiroth kether's divine name is ehe

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

our hands. just as it is impossible to explain the meaning of eyesight to one blind from birth, so, too, will we fail to discover the concealed forms of nature with the research methods we are applying today. according to kabbalah, there exists a spiritual world that is imperceptible to our sense organs. at its center is one tiny part our universe and our planet--the heart of this universe. this sphere of information, thoughts, and emotions affects us through the laws of the material nature and its incidents. it also places us under certain conditions upon which we must act. we do not choose where, when, with whom, and with what traits and inclinations we will be born. we do not choose whom to meet and in what environment to grow. these things determine all of our actions and reactions, a

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

forget the contents altogether, so that the second reading will seem fresh and entirely unfamiliar. by forgetting the material, it implies that we have grasped the previous sensations and that they have now subsided, leaving a space to be filled by sensations we have yet to experience. the process of developing new sensory organs is constantly renewed and accumulated in the spiritual, unperceived sphere of our souls. the most important aspect of our reading is the way we feel about the material while reading it, not afterwards. once we experience these feelings, they become revealed within the heart and mind, and manifest themselves when- how to read the text- 13- ever they are needed in the continuous process of the soul s development. rather than rushing to complete reading the text, it

t in any case, we do not live either in the past or in the future, but only at the present moment, perceiving the different types of light, which are interpreted as the different times, or tenses. if we do not experience any pleasure in the present, we seek the source that can give pleasure in the future; we await the next moment, which will bring with it a different sensation. our efforts in the sphere of self-improvement consist of drawing the distant external light into our present perceptions. there are two forces acting upon us: suffering pushes us from behind, and pleasures entice us and pull us forward. usually, one force alone is not sufficient; the mere anticipation of future pleasure is not enough to advance forward, since if we have to make an effort to progress, such factors as

l at which we exist. but the process of the birth of such a desire within our hearts occurs slowly and accumulates unknown to us, on a level higher than can be grasped by mere human intellect. the creator consolidates all the small prayers we make into one, and upon receiving the final plea for help of necessary magnitude, he helps us- 336- attaining the worlds beyond similarly, when we enter the sphere of action of the creator s light, we receive everything at once, because the supreme giver is eternal and does not make calculations based on time and the circulation of lives. for this reason even the lowest of the spiritual levels generates a complete sense of the eternal. but because we continue to experience a series of spiritual ascents and declines even after reaching the initial spir

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

er, mathematician, and occultist was ahead of his time. his theories anticipated modern science. the most notable of these were his theories of the infinite universe and the multiplicity of worlds, in which he rejected the traditional geocentric (earth-centered) astronomy and intuitively went beyond the copernican heliocentric (sun-centered) theory, which still maintained a finite universe with a sphere of fixed stars. bruno is, perhaps, chiefly remembered for the tragic death he suffered at the stake. a victim of his own beliefs, he maintained his unorthodox ideas when both the roman catholic and the reformed churches were reaffirming rigid aristotelian and scholastic principles. this kabbalah first gives an inexpressible name to the highest principle; from it she lets four principles ema

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

of non-physical danger, or in the presence of a malignant influence, he can draw round him a bodyguard of these beings, on account of the brotherhood with them that has now been established. 505. plate x is an attempt to show the appearance of this portal. the w.j.w. is seen seated at his pedestal, which is as it were within the thickness of the wall of the second portal. over his head floats the sphere of his deva-representative, who is surrounded by his band of assistants. at the right hand side of the portal the earth elementals are grouped, and on the left side those of the water- tricksy sprites, ready to play with great gusto their part of resisting intrusion upon their domain until the candidate is properly presented to them, and demonstrates his friendly intentions by a formal offe

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

ith the earth, the fixed center of the universe, and around which they revolve at a velocity proportional to their distance from the earth. each heaven is presided over by one of the angelic orders, and exercises its special influence on human beings and their affairs. the seven lowest are the heavens of the planets: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, saturn. the eighth heaven, the sphere of the fixed stars, is the highest visible region of the celestial world, and the ninth heaven, the primum mobile, governs the general motion of the heavens from east to west, and by it all place and time are ultimately measured. finally, beyond and outside the heavens, lies the empyrean, where there is neither time nor place, but light only, and which is the special abode of the deity and

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p line 12 in the other columns, you will find that the planet corresponding is mercury, its number eight, its lineal figures the octagon and octagram. the god who rules that planet thoth, or in hebrew symbolism tetragrammaton adonai and elohim tzabaoth, its archangel raphael, its choir of angels beni elohim, its intelligence tiriel, its spirit taphtatharath, its colours orange (for mercury is the sphere of the sephira hod, 8) yellow, purple, grey and indigo rayed with violet; its magical weapon the wand or caduceus, its perfumes mastic and others, its sacred plants vervain and others, its jewel the opal or agate; its sacred animal the snake, etc, etc- 1. reference to the first edition -376- 3. you would then prepare your place of working accordingly. in an orange circle you would draw an e

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samekh prop 26 yu ayin eye 27 hp p mouth (65) ynda 28 ydx tzaddi fish-hook 29 [wq qoph back of head 30 cyr resh head (36) hla 31 yc shin tooth \yhla 32 wt tau tau (as egyptian (15) hy (3) ba 32 bis wt tau[ rah] ynda 31 bis yc shin. a a..a a [alga: hyha] hwchy table i (continued) 3 vi. the heavens of assiah. vii. english of col. vi. viii* orders of qliphoth. 0. 1 \ylglgh tycar rashith ha-gilgalim sphere of primum mobile (1) laymwat thaumiel 2 twlzm mazloth sphere of the zodiac (1) lawgwu ghagiel 3 yatbc shabbathai sphere of saturn (1) layratas satariel 4 qdx tzedeq sphere of jupiter (2) hlksug gha agsheklah 5 \ydam madim sphere of mars (3) bjlwg golachab 6 cmc shemesh sphere of sol (4) wryrgt thagiriron 7 hgn nogah sphere ofvenus (5) qrz bru a arab zaraq 8 kbwk kokab sphere of mercury (6)

laymwat thaumiel 2 twlzm mazloth sphere of the zodiac (1) lawgwu ghagiel 3 yatbc shabbathai sphere of saturn (1) layratas satariel 4 qdx tzedeq sphere of jupiter (2) hlksug gha agsheklah 5 \ydam madim sphere of mars (3) bjlwg golachab 6 cmc shemesh sphere of sol (4) wryrgt thagiriron 7 hgn nogah sphere ofvenus (5) qrz bru a arab zaraq 8 kbwk kokab sphere of mercury (6) lams samael 9 hnbl levanah sphere of luna (7) laymg gamaliel 1010 twdwsy \lj cholem yesodoth sphere of the elements (7) tylyl lilith 11 jwr ruach air [elements. see col. lxviii] 12 [planets follow sephiroth, corresponding] mercury [planets follow sephiroth] 13. luna. 14. venus. 15 hlt teleh aries b* wryryub ba airiron 16 rwc shar taurus e wrymyda adimiron 17 \ynwat teonim gemini wrymillx tzalalimiron 18 frs sarton cancer c

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r two radii cannot cross. and beware most of this love, because it lieth so close to will that dis-ease thereof easily imparteth his error to the whole way of the magician. t the book of wisdom or folly 99 gt de corpore umbra hominis (of the body, shadow of the man) oncerning the on, o my son, learn that the sun and his vicegerent are in all ons, of necessity, father, centre, creator, each in his sphere of operation. but the formula of the past on was of the dying god, and was based upon ignorance. for men thought that the sun died and was reborn alike in the day and in the year; and so also was the mystery of man. now already are we well assured by science how the death of the sun is in truth but the shifting of a shadow; and in this on (o my son, i lift up my voice and i make prophecy) s

s an act of love under will. so then he that is adept exempt, whether in our holy order or another, may not remain in the pillar of mercy, because it is not balanced, but is unstable. therefore is the choice given unto him, whether he will destroy his temple, and give up his life, extending it to universal life, or whether he will make a fortress about that temple, and abide therein, in the false sphere of daath, which is in the abyss. and to the adepts of our holy order this choice is terrible; by cause that they must abandon even him whose knowledge and conversation they have attained. yet, o my son, they have much help of our order in this on, because the general formula is love, so that their habit itself urges them to the bed of our lady babalon. know then the black brothers by this t

ighest. now then in the pentagram are two lines that invoke spirit, though they lead not thereunto, and they are the works of h with h, and of yod with vau. of these twain the former is a work magical of the nature of music, and it draweth down the fire of the higher by seduction or bewitchment. and the latter is a work opposite thereunto, whose effect forumlateth itself by direct creation in the sphere of its purpose and intent. but there remain yet two of the eight works, namely, the straight aspiration of the chiah or creator in thee to the crown, and the surrender of the nephesh or animal soul to the possession thereof; and these be he twin principal formulae of the final attainment, being archetypes of the paths of magick (the one) and mysticism (the other) unto the end. from each of

r floweth the power of the emperor in the path of the ram, for initiative, and energy, and determination. third, from the mother are the lovers in the path of the twins, for intellectual wholeness, and for adjustment to environment. these three are from this superna and complete the theorick of thy work. after this, in the praxis and executive thereof thou hast the hermit as an influence from the sphere of jupiter in the path of the virgin, for secrecy, and for concentration, and for prudence. lastly, from the sphere of mars, travelleth justice in the path of the balance, for good judgment, and tact, and art. o my son, in this chapter is more wisdom than in ten thousand folios of the alchemists! study therefore to acquire skill in this method, and experience; for this gold is not only of t

f wisdom or folly 181 #y sequitur de hac re (further concerning this matter) hou knowest right well, o my son, how a thought is imperfect in two dimensions, being separate from its contradiction, but also constrained in its scope, because by that contradiction we do not (commonly) complete the universe, save only that of its discourse. thus if we contrast health with sickness, we include in their sphere of union no more than one quality that may be predicated of all things. furthermore, it is for the most part not easy to find or to formulate the true contradiction of any thought as a positive idea, but only as a formal negation in vague terms, so that he ready answer is but the antithesis. thus to .white. one putteth not the phrase .all that which is not white. for this is void, formless

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ese things fled away, for he understood them all, that they were but as old rags upon the divine perfection. 4. also he pitied them, that they were but reflections distorted. 5. also he smote them, lest they should bear rule over the just. 6. also he harmonized them into one picture, beautiful to behold. 7. and having thus conquered them, there was a certain glamour of holiness even in the hollow sphere of outward brilliance. 8. so that all became splendid. 9. and having firmly established them in order and disposition, 10. he proclaimed the perfection, the bride, the delight of god in his creation. 11. but though thus he worked, he tried ever his work by the star 418. 8 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 12. and it deceived him not; for by his subtlety he expanded it all into the twelve rays of t

LIBER BATRACHOPHNEROBOOCOSMOMACHIA

starting from the sun, and adding the planets one by one, each with its proper motion, until he have an image perfect in all respect of the solar system as it actually exists. let him particularly note that unless the apparent size approximate to the real, his practice is wasted. let him then add a comet to the picture; he may find, perhaps that the path of this comet may assist him to expand the sphere of his mental vision until it include a star. and thus, gathering one star after another, let his contemplation become vast as the heaven, in space and time ever aspiring to the perception of the body of nuit; yea, the body of nuit oliber ccc khabs am pekht an epistle of therion 9 =28, a magus of a a, to his son, being an instruction in a matter of all importance, to wit, the means to be ta

LIBER CCC KHABS AM PEKHT

so with madness. nay! but to the glory of ra-hoor-khuit and the establishment of his perfect kingdom let all be done! now, o my son, thou knowest that it is our will to establish this work, accomplishing fully that which we are commanded in the book of the law .help me, o warrior lord of thebes, in my unveiling before the children of men!.2.and it is thy will, manifesting as thou hast done in the sphere of malkuth the material world,3 to do this same thing in an even more immediate and practical way than would naturally appeal to one whose manifestation is in the heaven of jupiter. so therefore we now answer thy filial petition that asketh good counsel of us as to the means to be taken to extend the law of thelema throughout the whole world. direct therefore now most closely thine attentio

ts. t.s] 2 [al i. 5] 3 [this may mean more than that the addressee was incarnate upon this planet. crowley.s doctrine of the master of the temple, based on passages in .the vision and the voice. includes the idea that after crossing the abyss, the magister templi is .cast forth. or manifests in one of the sephiroth below the abyss in particular; and that in the case of achad this was malkuth, the sphere of the elements. t.s] 4 [al i. 15] 5 [al i. 34] khabs am pekht 3 law to all men. in our experience we have found the most unlikely means have produced the best results; and indeed it is almost the definition of a true magical formula that the means should be unsuited, rationally speaking, to the end proposed. note, pray thee, that we are bound to teach .he must teach; but he may make severe

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milar in design; they were to be encased in .hollow things, of sweet wood. mounted on the end of each table leg. the size does not appear to be specified in those sections of the dee diaries i have been able to consult (primus through to tertius plus tfr, but those made by dee are still extant and are 5 inches in diameter. 5: most of these names consist of a transliteration of the hebrew for the .sphere of the planet. with.-el. stuck on the end. see agrippa de occulta philosophia lib. iii cap. xxviii, where most of these names appear. the spirit of saturn is called sabathiel; the spirit of jupiter zedekiel; the spirit of mars, madimiel; the spirit of the sun semeliel, or semeschia; the spirit of venus nogahel; the spirit of mercury cochabiah, or cochabiel; the spirit of the moon, jareahel

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

rd and well. those who were guiding and directing his life made the way clear for him, and he found himself in a position to accept the instruction of the a\a, coming under the direct guidance of frater o.m. this event must not be supposed to reflect in any way on frater p.a. for whom he always felt and will feel great love and respect; the circumstances leading up to this change were outside the sphere of influence of fra v.i.o. and the more difficult to judge owing to his isolation in canada. with this brief allusion to the change in his occult affairs, we may pass on to a corresponding change in his material surroundings, for the equinox 158 although he continued with his usual office work, he lived during the best part of this year under canvas in a small tent by the sea shore, necessi

ings well, and work hard; but your point of view is all wrong. i feel a sort of sentimentality injuring your scientific attitude. o.m] april 20, 2:40 3:10 p.m. having left home about 2:15 i climbed up towards the mountain till i found a secluded spot; there i knelt down and did breathing exercise. felt prana all over body. invoked adonai and tried to unite with him. a brilliant white light filled sphere of consciousness. arose as adonai performed the ritual of pentagram, then prayed aloud and fluently, trying to unite consciousness with all nature. knelt again in meditation, and arose much strengthened and with a feeling of the divine presence [this is excellent for a beginner. but remember all these divine illuminations are mere breaks. o.m] note: i find more and more difficulty in rememb

implies a self. o.m] dec. 26th, 11:3 to 11:20 p.m. meditation. gradually separating the self from the body, mind, life, death, etc, till an entirely impersonal state resulted [these things don t mean much, as a rule. they are only what we call reverie, a dulcet meandering of the mind. o.m] dec. 27th, 11:13 to 11:30 p.m. meditation. after striving to unite consciousness completely with adonai, the sphere of consciousness widened out and became one with the many; so that, when asking of the self: what am i? who am i? this no longer seemed an individual question, but to be taken up by many units in all parts of space, yet upon a formless plane. i rose higher and tried to unify all these; this resulted in an absolutely impersonal state which continued even after the meditation was over until a

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,200 times a day. to say it a million times would take longer than mrs. glyn.s heroine did to conceive.1 yet i will get the result if i have to say it a hundred and eleven million times. but oh! fertilise my .k..ic egg to-day! this remark, one should notice, is truly characteristic of the man john st. john. i see how funny it is; but i fm quite serious withal. ye dull dogs [the..k..ic egg. is the sphere of the personality of man. a theosophic term..ed] 3.55. n.b..mantras might with advantage be palindromes. 3.56. i try to construct a magic square from the mantra. no good. but the mantra is going much better, quite mechanically and .without attachment (i.e, without conscious ulterior design .art for art fs sake. as it were. 4.10. i drink a .citron presse. 1 [an ms. note by ac to a copy of e

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arting from the sun, and adding the planets one by one, each with its proper motion, until he have an image perfect in all respects of the solar system as it actually exists. let him particularly note that unless the apparent size approximate to the real, his practice is wasted. let him then add a comet to the picture; he may find, perhaps, that the path of this comet may assist him to expand the sphere of his mental vision until it include a star. and thus, gathering one star after another, let his contemplation become vast as the heaven, in space and time ever aspiring to the perception of the body of nuit; yea, of the body of nuit. 3 [this was written prior to the discovery of pluto. t.s (c) ordo templi orientis. key-entry &c. by frater t.s. for niwg/ celephais press. this e-text last r

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i should regard it as a manifestation of chesed, water, the moon, salt the alchemical principle, sagittarius or what not, in respect of its blueness.one would have to decide which from other data.and refer it to the xviith key of the taro in respect of its starriness. the use of these attributions is lengthy and various: i cannot dwell upon it: but i will give one example. if i wish to visit the sphere of geburah, i use the colours and forces appropriate: i go there: if the objects which then appear to my spiritual vision are harmonious therewith, it is a test of their truth. so also, to construct a talisman, or to invoke a spirit. the methods of discovering dogma from sacred words are also numerous and important: i may mention (a) the doctrine of sympathies: drawn from the total numerati

pure qabalah. see .the canon..55 meiqras and abraxas in greek. 370. really more important for part ii. co, creation. the sabbatic goat in his highest aspect. this shows the whole of creation as matter and spirit. the material 3, the spiritual 7, and all cancelling to zero. also \lc= peace. 400. the letter t .the universe. it is the square of 20 .the wheel of fortune. and shows the universe as the sphere of fortune.the samsara-cakkram, where karma, which fools call chance, rules. 400 is the total number of the sephiroth, each of the 10 containing 10 in itself and being repeated in the 4 worlds of atziluth, briah, yetzirah, and 55 [the canon: an exposition of the pagan mystery perpetuated in the cabala as the rule of all the arts; by william stirling. first published anonymously, london: elk

tly be published by authority of the a a. a.c [it was published in equinox i (8] 61 [i.e, the chaldaan oracles, whose ascription to zoroaster is late (medieval/ renaissance; fragment 186 in the westcott edition. cf. the hermetic discourse .the eighth reveals the ninth (nhc vi 52.1. 63.32; in some versions of hermeticism and graeco-egpytian magick the .9th sphere (counting upwards) lies beyond the sphere of the planets and .fixed stars. and is the realm of the divine. t.s] on the qabalah 41 scholion. 9= the foundation of all things= the foundation of the alphabet= yod= 10= malkuth= kether= 1. scholion z. 9= ix= the hermit= yod= 10= x= the wheel of fortune= k= 20= xx= the last judgement= c= 300= 30= l= justice= viii= 8= j= the chariot= vii= 7= z= the lovers= vi= 6= w= the pope= v= 5= h= the

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

terial world, consider the moon, our mother. behold in her the typic representative of the powers of the two. light and darkness, flux and reflux, ebb and flow.these are her manifested powers in nature.where also she binds the great waters to her will. now in the yetziratic attribution, is the second number, beth (i.e. a house, an abode, the dwelling of the holy one, shown to be equivalent to the sphere of kokab and his lords. and the symbolic weapon of# is the caduceus, whose twin serpents show again the dualistic power (note..woden, the scandinavian mercury, was the all-father, as it is written in the ritual of the path of the spirit of the primal fire c .for all things did the father of all things perfect, and delivered them over unto the second mind; whom all races of men call first) b

h. and the total numeration of its numbers is the perfect number, even the decade of the sephiroth (1+ 2+ 3+ 4= 10) thus can our science teach us wherefore the door* of venus, d, is the gateway of initiation: that one planet whose symbol alone embraceth the 10 sephiroth; the entrance to the shrine of* as above, so below; wherefore saith the holy qabalah that alone amongst the shells is nogah, the sphere of venus, exalted unto holiness (venus is the goddess of love) liber mmcmxi 8 our father c.r.c, the tomb of osiris; the god revealer, coming, moreover, by the central path of s through the midst of the triangle of light. and the lock which guards that door is as the four gates of the universe. and the key is the ankh, immortal life.the rose and cross of life; and the symbol of venus. 4. 1

ters is obtained tma hyh .truth was. as if affirming solemnly the presence in the creation of the supernal truth. now let us take the first and last letters of the verse and .cast into the midst thereof the fire of the sun..i.e, w (6 .the seal of creation .and we have wb, an egg. where we see the whole universe enclosed in the cosmic egg of hindu and egyptian mythology: and the formulation of the sphere of the universe (or magical mirror in man. as it were the egg of the black swan of time, the kala hamsa, the triune a m u, or word of power or of seb, the bird of life, whose will was heard in the night of time. the total numeric value of the verse is fntd= 4459, of which the key is 22, the number of the paths from a to t; and the key of 22 is 4, the tetractys and the threshold of the unive

LIBER O

the arrow beyond the moon (the reference being to the path of samekh on the kircher tree] svb figvra vi. 3 lineal figures the octagon and octagram, the god who rules that planet thoth, or in hebrew symbolism tetragrammaton adonai and elohim tzabaoth, its archangel raphael, its choir of angels beni elohim, its intelligence tiriel, its spirit taphthartharath,4 its colours orange (for mercury is the sphere of the sephira hod, 8, yellow, purple, grey, and indigo rayed with violet; its magical weapon the wand or caduceus, its perfumes mastic and others, its sacred plants vervain and others, its jewel the opal or agate, its sacred animal the snake &c &c. 3. you would then prepare your place of working according. in an orange circle you would draw an eight-pointed star of yellow, at whose points

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ms, the sigil called the mark of the beast,23 and the signs of l.v.x (see plate as before) he then vibrates the names extending his will in the same way as before, but vertically upward. at the same time he expands the source of that will.the secret symbol of self.both about him and below, as if to affirm that self, duplex as is its form, reluctant to acquiesce in its failure to coincide with the sphere of nuit. let him now imagine, at the last word, that the head of his will, where his consciousness is fixed, opens its fissure (the brahmarandhra cakkra, at the juncture of the cranial sutres) and exudes a drop of clear crystalline dew, and liber samekh svb figvra dccc 20 that this pearl is his soul, a virgin offering to his angel, pressed forth from his being by the intensity of his aspira

MAGIC AND SPELLS

ts immediately when it leaves the path. unlike a wall offorce, a moon path can be dispelled. it is otherwise similar to a wall offorce in that it needs no supports and it is immune to damage of all kinds. a disintegrate blasts a hole 10 feet square, leaving the rest of the path intact (if the moon path is 10 feet wide or less, this merely creates a 10-foot gap) a hit from a rod of cancellation, a sphere of annihilation, or mordenkainen's disjunction destroys a moon path. spells and breath weapons cannot pass through a moon path, although dimension door, teleport, and similar effects can bypass the barrier. it blocks ethereal creatures as well as material creatures. gaze attacks cannot operate through the'moon path. a moon path must be straight, continuous, and unbroken when formed. if its

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

y labored to reform the young man. aristippus has the distinction of being consistent in principle and practice, for he lived in perfect harmony with his philosophy that the quest of pleasure was the chief purpose of life. the doctrines of the cyrenaics may be summarized thus: all that is actually known concerning any object or condition is the feeling which it awakens in man's own nature. in the sphere of ethics that which awakens the most pleasant feeling is consequently to be esteemed as the greatest good. emotional reactions are classified as pleasant or gentle, harsh, and mean. the end of pleasant emotion is pleasure; the end of harsh emotion, grief; the end of mean emotion, nothing. through mental perversity some men do not desire pleasure. in reality, however, pleasure (especially o

r disseminators that the actual but recondite source--the mysteries--came to be wholly ignored. symbolism is the language of the mysteries; in fact it is the language not only of mysticism and philosophy but of all nature, for every law and power active in universal procedure is manifested to the limited sense perceptions of man through the medium of symbol. every form existing in the diversified sphere of being is symbolic of the divine activity by which it is produced. by symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations of language. rejecting man-conceived dialects as inadequate and unworthy to perpetuate divine ideas, the mysteries thus chose symbolism as a far more ingenious and ideal method of preserving their transcendental know

rsephone. from thomassin's recucil des figures, groupes, themes, fontaines, vases et autres ornements. pluto, the lord of the underworld, represents the body intelligence of man; and the rape of persephone is symbolic of the divine nature assaulted and defiled by the animal soul and dragged downward into the somber darkness of hades, which is here used as a synonym for the material, or objective, sphere of consciousness. in his disquisitions upon the painted greek vases, james christie presents meursius' version of the occurrences taking place during the nine days required for the enactment of the greater eleusinian rites. the first day was that of general meeting, during which those to be initiated were questioned concerning their several qualifications. the second day was spent in a proc

tstanding feature p. 32 of the orphic rite. eurydice, in her attempt to escape from a villain seeking to seduce her, died from the venom of a poisonous serpent which stung her in the heel. orpheus, penetrating to the very heart of the underworld, so charmed pluto and persephone with the beauty of his music that they agreed to permit eurydice to return to life if orpheus could lead her back to the sphere of the living without once looking round to see if she were following. so great was his fear, however, that she would stray from him that he turned his head, and eurydice with a heartbroken cry was swept back into the land of death. orpheus wandered the earth for a while disconsolate, and there are several conflicting accounts of the manner of his death. some declare that he was slain by a

it implants in it the urge to become like its source, the rational image. therefore the ancients said that man does not know the gods by logic or by reason but rather by realizing the presence of the gods within himself. after bacchus gazed into the mirror and followed his own reflection into matter, the rational soul of the world was broken up and distributed by the titans throughout the mundane sphere of which it is the essential nature, but the heart, or source, of it they could not: scatter. the titans took the dismembered body of bacchus and boiled it in water--symbol of immersion in the material universe--which represents the incorporation of the bacchic principle in form. the pieces were afterwards roasted to signify the subsequent ascension of the spiritual nature out of form. when

ine idea might not be entirely lost. from the ashes of the titans he formed mankind, whose purpose of existence was to preserve and eventually to release the bacchic idea, or rational soul, from the titanic fabrication. jupiter, being the demiurgus and fabricator of the material universe, is the third person of the creative triad, consequently the lord of death, for death exists only in the lower sphere of being over which he presides. disintegration takes place so that reintegration may follow upon a higher level of form or intelligence. the thunderbolts of jupiter are emblematic of his disintegrative power; they reveal the purpose of death, which is to rescue the rational soul from the devouring power of the irrational nature. man is a composite creature, his lower nature consisting of t

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quired intensity, and at the same time alerting your deep mind by the correct degree of concentration and repetition. while we're on the subject of saturn-type operations, it is a good time to consider the whole subject of ligature in greater detail. ligature, as we have already seen, simply means magical binding, usually performed by means of a symbolic cord or chain. as such, it pertains to the sphere of saturn. in ancient times the dark one's newest subjects were often laid to rest in the earth, bound hand and foot. before considering ligature proper, however, we should note in passing a process of a similar nature, using the same name but differing considerably in its aim. on an earlier page, i referred to a certain use of the witches' cord wherein it is used by the practitioner to bin

basic working thesis of witchcraft. what frazer leaves out, however, and it is the thing which differentiates a child's game of make-believe from a genuine witch's magical operation, is that vital occult factor of the deep mind's part in the work. unless that underlying stratum of physical coexistence here designated as the deep mind is penetrated, the "magic" remains totally within the personal sphere of the operator, at best remaining purely an exercise of surface autosuggestion; at worst, a fantasy game to be taken to in refuge from a hostile outside world. only when the "deeps" are contacted, only at that point does any real witchcraft take place. this principle applies as much to the process of weather working as to any other magical field. most of the work being done in this directi

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y european languages. the small maltese crosses are placed to mark the conclusion of each separate set of hebrew names. these names are those of deity angels and archangels allotted by the qabalists to each of the 9 first sephiroth or divine emanations. in english letters they run thus, beginning from the head of the serpent+ ehyeh kether metatron chaioth ha-qadehs rashith ha-galgalim s.p.m (for "sphere of the primum mobile+ lah chokmah ratziel auphanim masloth s.s.f (for "sphere of the fixed stars" or s.z. for "sphere of the zodiac+ iehovah eolhim binah tzaphquiel aralim shabbathai s (for "sphere) of saturn+ el chesed tzadquiel chaschmalim tzedeq s. of jupiter+ elohim gibor geburah kamael seraphim madim s. of mars+ iehovah eloah va-daath tiphereth raphael malakim shemesh s. of the sun+ ie

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va 3 the first page of the ars nova eheie. kether. almighty god, whose dwelling is in the highest heavens: 1 haioth. the great king of heaven, and of all the powers therein: methratton. and of all the holy hosts of angels and archangels: reschith. hear the prayers of thy servant who putteth his trust in thee: hagalgalim. let thy holy angels be commanded to assist me at this time and at all times (sphere of the primum mobile) iehovah. god almighty, god omnipotent, hear my prayer: hadonat. command thy holy angels above the fixed stars: ophanim. to be assisting and aiding thy servant: iophiel. that i may command all spirits of air, water, fire, earth, and hell: masloth. so that it may tend unto thy glory and unto the good of man. s. z (i.e, sphere of the zodiac) iehovah. god almighty, god omn

ver. k. s. elohim geber most almighty and eternal and ever living lord god: seraphim command thy seraphim: camael, madim to attend on us now at this time, to assist us, and to defend us from all perils and dangers. s. 1. the divine names in this section are all written in the periphery of the circle of art, shown in the goetia. 2. it is uncertain what the h abbreviates. the names all refer to the sphere of saturn. 3. the copyist mistook a d in the diagram of the circle for an l, here and in the name zelez, which should be zedeq. lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 4 eloha o almighty god! be present with us both now and for ever: tetragrammaton and let thine almighty power and presence ever guard and protect us now and for ever: raphael let thy holy angel raphael wait upon us at this present and

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knocks of some great unseen warden of life and death, who calls them here to labour and summons them hence for refreshment. after the lodge, the festive board; after the labour of this world, the repast and refreshment of the heavenly places. and thus, although our after-proceedings have no formal place in the masonic system, any more than the after-life is in formal connection with us whilst our sphere of activity is in this present world, still it plays a striking and of appropriate part calculated to awaken us to the deep significance of our customary conviviality. upon such occasions we are wont to drink the toast of" the king and the craft" remembering as loyal subjects and loving brethren our ear thly sovereign and our masonic comrades throughout the world. but here again i would ask

indedness or, as we might say, his" common sense" midway between these east and west extremes is the south, the halfway house and meeting-place of the spiritual intuition and the rational understanding; the point denoting abstract intellectuality and our intellectual power develops to its highest, just as the sun attains its meridian splendour in the south. the antipodes of this is the north, the sphere of benightedness and ignorance, referable to merely sense-reactions and impressions received by that lowest and least reli able mode of perception, our physical sense nature. thus the four sides of the lodge point to four different, yet progressive, modes of consciousness available to us. sense-impression (north, reason (west, intellectual ideation (south, and spiritual intuition (east; mak

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9 luciferian is also relevant to the egyptian god set, sethanic= of set. 10 see iblis, the black light by peter lamborn wilson. the flame of isolate consciousness and being is the black light/black flame. this is defined as the fire and perception of being, antinomianism. 11 the book of thoth weiser publications 8 opposer. set is also related to saturn. this planet, called also shabbathai, is the sphere of saturn and is considered a meeting place of the witches sabbat. the image of those leaving the flesh, to go forth in the name of the devil by flying with familiars and other demons is not too far from realistic workings in the present time. lucifer is found in the higher octave of the sphere of saturn. this mighty angel12 is a revealed source of black light, or intelligence/development/w

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he very witchblood which passes through astral lineage, to which your great heritage is all obtainable for your future work. chapter two the book of night -elementals of mind and space- vampiric or vampyric sorcery is a technique of evoking and directing energies which are qlipothic in nature and/or origin. the kabbalah defines the qlipoth as unbalanced or negative energies which exist beyond the sphere of da ath, which is dual in it's qualities. da ath is often represented as a power zone of wisdom, the hidden knowledge. one may ask, what is the key? the key is the subconscious, the dark matter of the brain. vampyrism is also the will-directed internal focus of exploring the immortal aspects of the vampyre in shadow and dream form. it is a process of sinister or left-handed alchemy, being

t may manifest in various ways and not always for the best. it is significant to mention however that if one sought to evoke/invoke such an elemental the purpose must be clear and precise when transmitted to such an entity -qlippothic spirits and elementals are often 'shells' or shades of the dead, given substance by astral blood or 'chi' from the living. qlippothic spirits which exist beyond the sphere of da ath are sometimes very powerful yet directionless. given this tendency the sorcerer with a strong will can channel and control such a daemon without falling prey. qlippothic spirits are generally not 'earth-bound' per se but operate between the lines of the outer or astral world. once they are evoked however, and given a vessel such as a consecrated bottle or sigil, then they remain e

beast like form at the moment, i appeared in the vestments of the ceremony, robed and hooded. the witch took sinuous steps towards me, with the grace of a cat or other predatory animal, as if to taste her prey. with both hands she took down my hood and withdrew slightly. as she was close to me it was her will to take her hood off as well. i could now see the beauty which she possessed within this sphere of stored energy. watching her intently i understood why i was here, what brought me here, and why she stared so purposefully upon my every move. i embraced her, only to feel a surge of electricity and chaos. i felt a star of burning edges glow above us, shaking the astral foundation of her domain. i felt so alive at that moment, knowing it would not last forever but in my dreams and memory

f) arrange each letter to form an image, in any desired pattern until the words are seemingly lost within themselves. the goal is of course to forget the meaning, not to be reminded of it. upon the creation of the sigil, it should be consecrated. i have found that sigils which are consecrated twice 120 120 (both beginning and later in the rite, minutes before destruction of sigil) have a powerful sphere of energy around them. the wolf sigil may be embellished with nocturnal emblems and lunar images, less boldly portrayed than the main sigil. by use of such corresponding symbolism the lycanthropic power may be further refined and attracted. such symbols as a crescent moon and your personal power sign are always recommended. please be aware though, by doing such a rite you are invoking a ver

he hunt. i felt my dream flesh, that which was electric. growing. rising. a sigil before me, of deepest blue and crimson. burning with the ambiguous wish of strength and desire! 123 123 all was within my grasp, even the night wind, in phantom semblance. i felt alive and so fierce. lycanthropy so sweet in its rapture! fire grew within this shape i made, knowing that fire was everything within this sphere of desire. i rose and took towards the night sky, swooping down upon the forest lanes. hearing further the three-fold cries of my kin, to know voices backwards in the night how willing such passion, would beauty be so caring. so deadly to those blind of will blind of vision and waking dreams. i ran with the fury of the burning flame which drove me the life itself in all control. beneath a s

eservation in such situations as work, social relations, etc. 125 125 chapter five -rites of choronzon- the vampyric arts purpose and meaning the following rites and path workings deliver the soul into dire peril. choronzon (1) is represented as many things, being a vampire spirit as well as the guardian of the abyss. the rites of choronzon grant the sorcerer who can traverse such paths a burning sphere of individual power, which may be used in such a way as to create and maintain a state of personal balance. however, these are by no means pointless "black" magick rites, they define a moral code, that contains the black and the white in integrated form. black is represented as hidden, of the shadow, secret and apart. white is the emanating power which ascends from this "shadow" element. no

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r awakened powers. the qlippothic spirits are very powerful and beneficial to the vampyre magickian who can tap their powers, drain them or simply gain them according to utilizing 52 the archdemons and their spirits. these specific orders of demons rule 490 leagues of spirits. as lilith is the mother of demons and vampiric spirits, she has 480 spirits the moon is the sphere attributed to her. the sphere of the sun is said to have seven times the number of the other demons. the methodology of working with the qlippothic demons is to turn poison into a beneficial medicine of initiation. one must move through the averse sephiroth, the so-called fallen restrictions of the universe, where there sleeps an ancient dragon. seven heads dwell there, yet through the seven the eight arises. this power

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

that another god enlil intends to flood the earth. utnapishtim then built a massive boat, and loaded his wife and 2 of every creature aboard. as the flood began to subside, utnapishtim released a dove, as noah did, to see if there was dry land nearby. and like noah from the bible, the boat finally rested on a mountain. in chinese mythology, gong the serpent-looking water god, wanted to expand his sphere of influence and so contrived to flood the world. gong nearly succeeded but was stopped by the righteous god zurong. in greek mythology, zeus is enraged by the evil mankind was partaking in and so therefore plotted to destroy everything on earth in a great flood. but wily prometheus warned a man named deucalion, who builds a chest and survives the flood. in persian mythology, the benevolent

g use, promiscuous sex, over-eating, gambling, etc. individuals who are strongly under the influence of their guardian angel are gentle and unambitious. they will extend their resources to others with one act of charity after another until they ve made themselves destitute. their distaste for conflict makes them virtually defenseless, and their unwillingness to gain power over others leaves their sphere of influence extremely limited. they have a jovial spirit that not even the most dire conditions can crush, and are often treated with kindness, even by unkind people--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 38 class participation: telepathy sending thoughts from one person to another can be done in multiple ways, even unconsciously (as stated earlier. if you were attempting telepathy, i would

and, in the earthly sabbat, even humans. there are generally 2 types of gatherings that are called sabbats; the celestial sabbat, and the infernal sabbat. even though sorcerers are always congregating in their astral bodies, there are 4 major meetings a year, and these meeting are called the sabbats. the celestial sabbat is a gathering of astral beings in a place called, and associated with, the sphere of saturn. it s also worth noting that shabbathai is saturn in hebrew; it is likely that the words sabbat and sabbath derive from the hebrew word shabbathai. further, jews and seventh-day adventists consider saturday, the day associated with saturn, to be the true day of sabbath, as opposed to most christians who worship on sunday. in truth, it is sunday, and the sun in general, which is mo

MORALS AND DOGMA

d until governments had been in existence for at least five thousand years. once revealed, it imposed new duties on men. man owed it to _himself_ to be free. he owed it to his _country_ to seek to give _her_ freedom, or maintain her in that possession. it made tyranny and usurpation the enemies of the human race. it created a general outlawry of despots and despotisms, temporal and spiritual. the sphere of duty was immensely enlarged. patriotism had, henceforth, a new and wider meaning. free government, free thought, free conscience, free speech! all these came to be inalienable rights, which those who had parted with them or been robbed of them, or whose ancestors had lost them, had the right summarily to retake. unfortunately, as truths always become perverted into falsehoods, and are fa

ld lord bolingbroke have seemed among his haymakers and ploughmen, if among haymakers and ploughmen he had looked with an indifferent eye upon a profligate minister and a venal parliament. very little interest would have attached to his beans and vetches, if beans and vetches had caused him to forget that if he was happier on a farm he could be more useful in a senate, and made him forego, in the sphere of a bailiff, all care for re-entering that of a legislator. remember, also, that there is an education which quickens the intellect, and leaves the heart hollower or harder than before. there are ethical lessons in the laws of the heavenly bodies, in the properties of earthly elements, in geography, chemistry, geology, and all the material sciences. things are symbols of truths. properties

ast. why should the true man be angry with the geese that hiss, the peacocks that strut, the asses that bray, and the apes that imitate and chatter, although they wear the human form? always, also, it remains true, that it is more noble to forgive than to take revenge; and that, in general, we ought too much to despise those who wrong us, to feel the emotion of anger, or to desire revenge. at the sphere of the _sun, you are in the region of light. the hebrew word for _gold, zahab, also means _light, of which the sun is to the earth the great source. so, in the great oriental allegory of the hebrews, the river pison compasses the land of _gold_ or _light; and the river gihon the land of _ethiopia_ or _darkness. what light _is, we no more know than the ancients did. according to the modern h

dignity and honor to any degree of popularity and honor for yourself; consulting its interest rather than your own, and rather than the pleasure and gratification of the people, which are often at variance with their welfare. be faithful to masonry, which is to be faithful to the best interests of mankind. labor, by precept and example, to elevate the standard of masonic character, to enlarge its sphere of influence, to popularize its teachings, and to make all men know it for the great apostle of peace, harmony, and good-will on earth among men; of liberty, equality, and fraternity. masonry is useful to all men: to the learned, because it affords them the opportunity of exercising their talents upon subjects eminently worthy of their attention; to the illiterate, because it offers them im

, in that future scrutiny, be sifted out from the mass; and, particle by particle, with ages perhaps intervening, fall a distinct contribution to the sum of our joys or woes. thus every idle word and idle hour will give answer in the judgment. let us take care, therefore, what we sow. an evil temptation comes upon us; the opportunity of unrighteous gain, or of unhallowed indulgence, either in the sphere of business or pleasure, of society or solitude. we yield; and plant a seed of bitterness and sorrow. to-morrow it will threaten discovery. agitated and alarmed, we cover the sin, and bury it deep in falsehood and hypocrisy. in the bosom where it lies concealed, in the fertile soil of kindred vices, that sin dies not, but thrives and grows; and other and still other germs of evil gather aro

ternal watching and weariness; wisdom teaching and patience learning; the brow of care that presides over the state, and many-handed labor that toils in workshop, field, and study, beneath its mild and beneficent sway. god has not made a world of rich men; but rather a world of poor men; or of men, at least, who must toil for a subsistence. that is, then, the best condition for man, and the grand sphere of human improvement. if the whole world could acquire wealth (and one man is as much entitled to it as another, when he is born; if the present generation could lay up a complete provision for the next, as some men desire to do for their children; the world would be destroyed at a single blow. all industry would cease with the necessity for it; all improvement would stop with the demand fo

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

abundant variety. technically, an initiate can be called a god only after crossing the abyss. however, masters of the temple do not become known, therefore cannot be adored. it is those of the grade following, the magi, who become known. it is the curse of their grade that they must speak truth so that the falsehood contained in that truth may enslave the souls of men. see liber i vel magi. their sphere of consciousness, chokhmah, receives the influx from the crown through the path of aleph, the fool. the 'men, in order to become adored, must be sufficiently powerful, magically speaking, to impress the consciousness of a sufficient number of weaker fools. no hard task for a magician, but one that only a "black brother" would undertake. now, although both cases result in enslavement, there

evelop them. each stage in the process was like the joy of a young eagle soaring from height to height in ever increasing sunlight as dawn breaks, foaming, over the purple hem of the garment of ocean, and when the many coloured rays of rose and gold and green gathered themselves together and melted into the orbed glory of the sun, with a rapture that shook the soul with unimaginable ecstasy, that sphere of rushing light was recognized as a common-place idea, accepted unquestioningly and treated with drab indifference because it had so long been assimilated as a natural and necessary part of the order of nature. at first i was shocked and disgusted to discover that a series of brilliant researches should culminate in a commonplace. but i soon understood that what i had done was to live over

with p. no matter what n may be, n, the number of the inductive numbers, is unaltered by adding or subtracting it. there are just as many odd numbers as there are numbers altogether. our knowledge is confined to statements of the relations between certain sets of our own sensory impressions: and we are convinced by our limitations that 'a factor infinite and unknown' must be concealed within the sphere of which we see but one minute part of the surface. as to reason itself, what is more certain than that its laws are only the conscious expression of the limits imposed upon us by our animal nature, and that to attribute universal validity, or even significance, to them is a logical folly, the raving of our megalomania? reason is no more than a set of rules developed by the race; it takes n

es the maiden body! 67. through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire. beyond the one, how shall he pass on? what is this one, which is in every place the centre of all? indeed the logic-girders of our souls need lightening, if we would win to freedom of such truth as this! now in the "stones of precious water" the light leapt clear indeed, but they were not themselves that light. this sphere of the one is indeed ra-hoor-khuit; is not our crowned and conquering child the source of light? nay, he is finite form of unity, child of two married infinities; and in this last ordeal the aspirant must go beyond even his star, finding therein the core thereof hadit, and losing it also in the body of nuit. here is no path that he may tread, for all is equally everywhere; nor is there any

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

, which the defeated deity called down upon the head of his rebellious son. according to other accounts they were the daughters of night. their place of abode was the lower world, where they were employed by aides and persephone to chastise and torment those shades who, during their earthly career, had committed crimes, and had not been reconciled to the gods before descending to hades. but their sphere of action was not confined to the realm of shades, for they appeared upon earth as the avenging deities who relentlessly pursued and punished murderers, perjurers, those who had failed in duty to their parents, in hospitality to strangers, or in the respect due to old age. nothing escaped the piercing glance of these terrible divinities, from whom flight was unavailing, for no corner of the

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

istian jehovah was not the real god but an evil creator of an evil world. the power of the spheres sit or lie down, whichever you find most comfortable, at the center of your witching circle. if you choose the latter, use a rug or blanket as a mattress. now begin to breathe rhythmically until the rhythm is established. while inhaling and exhaling in this rhythmic pattern pretend that a sparkling, sphere of light is hovering just above your scalp. this is the sphere of spirit. see it as clearly as you can. speak the first sacred name of power: eheieh. repeat three times. you will feel a tingling sensation in your hands and feet. next form the mental image of a small shaft of white light moving< out from the lower half of the sphere of light. the shaft moves down through your head until it r

this is the sphere of spirit. see it as clearly as you can. speak the first sacred name of power: eheieh. repeat three times. you will feel a tingling sensation in your hands and feet. next form the mental image of a small shaft of white light moving< out from the lower half of the sphere of light. the shaft moves down through your head until it reaches your throat, at which you imagine a second sphere of light. this is the sphere of air. see it as clearly as you can. speak the second sacred name of power: jehovah elohim. repeat three times. you will experience a sensation of warmth in your throat. with these two spheres firmly established, pretend that the shaft of light moves slowly down through your chest. visualize a third sphere on a level with your heart. this is the sphere of fire

our chest. visualize a third sphere on a level with your heart. this is the sphere of fire. see it as clearly as you can. speak the third sacred name of power: jehovah eloah ve daas. repeat three times. you will feel a vibration throughout your chest cavity. now you should imagine the shaft of light moves down through your body to your genitals. at which you visualize a fourth sphere. this is the sphere of water. see it as clearly as you can. speak the fourth sacred name of power: shadai el chai. repeat three times. you will experience a pleasant sensation in your pelvic region. complete this part of the ritual by extending the shaft of white light to your feet, where a fifth sphere is visualized. this is the sphere of earth. see it as clearly as you can. speak the fifth sacred name of pow

h-ah vay-dah-ass. the fourth sacred name of power is pronounced: shad-ay el-kay. the fifth sacred name of power is pronounced: ah-doh-nay el-ohheem< practice each name a few times until you can say it clearly, firmly and decisively. you are using the raw magic power of higher spiritual forces to shape your future. the middle pillar circulation ritual breathe deeply and bring your attention to the sphere of spirit above your head. as you exhale slowly, pretend that a liquid stream of white light is beginning to emerge from the sphere and flow down the left side of your body, bathing your left shoulder, arm, hip, leg, and foot with its mystic glow. try to feel this light being absorbed through the pores of your skin as it flows down the side of your head, and on down your body. when the stre

our head. as you exhale slowly, pretend that a liquid stream of white light is beginning to emerge from the sphere and flow down the left side of your body, bathing your left shoulder, arm, hip, leg, and foot with its mystic glow. try to feel this light being absorbed through the pores of your skin as it flows down the side of your head, and on down your body. when the stream of light reaches the sphere of earth at your feet, begin to inhale slowly and pretend that the stream of light is moving up the right side of your body, back to the sphere of spirit. on the way up it bathes your right leg, hip, arm and shoulder with white brilliance, just as it did to your left side on the way down. repeat this imaginary circulation process, down on the left side, and up on the right, until it becomes

posture of your fingers, bring your hand and arm straight down in front of your chest and touch your breast, visualizing the shaft of light extending through your body to your feet. speak the second magic word of power: malkuth. the word of power is pronounced mall-coot. lift your right arm, bending it at the elbow, and point your two fingers at your right shoulder, at which you visualize another sphere of power. speak the third magic word of power: ve geburah. the word of power is pronounced vay-gay-voo-ray. move your right hand across your body to touch your left shoulder, visualizing a second shaft of light passing through your body. speak the fourth magic word of power: ve gedulah. the word of power is pronounced vay-gay-doo-lah. clasp both hands in front of your chest. speak the fifth

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

vassal to a suzerain. at the beginning of the fourteenth century, boutillier wrote in his somme rurale (1, 84"[t]o hold as a franc-alleu is to hold land from god alone and owe neither cens, allowance, debts, service, nor any fee; the tenant holds the land freely from god" in the sixteenth century the legal counselor guy coquille proclaimed "the franc-alleu is called free because it is not in the sphere of any landed lord's influence" among the different kinds of franc-alleu there was the franche-aumone, a land donated to the church free of any charge. because this property ceased to be feudally dependent upon a lord, its transfer could be made without the lord's consent. with respect to individuals, a franc homme or franc hons [free man] was not only the opposite of a serf but also the op

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

lated to his name, menasheh, as it is written, g gbecause god caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father fs household. h12 the word nasheh means gmoved h or gdislocated. h when joseph named his firstborn son menasheh, he said that is was gbecause god caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father fs household. h to forget is to have prior knowledge removed or dislocated from the sphere of one fs memory or consciousness. therefore, he, too, settled outside the holy land. true, menasheh issued from seminal orifice of yesod, but he [like reuven] was half water. therefore, only half of the tribe of menasheh settled outside the holy land. this is because menasheh was the son of osnat, who in turn was the daughter of dinah and shechem. dinah, the daughter of jacob, was raped by

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

nown parts of ourselves influence our lives. this brings us to a discussion of "initiation" initiation means "beginning" and if performed effectively, brings the candidate to an entirely new threshold and phase of experience. initiation in itself does not bring "happiness" or "wishes come true" it is a starting point for difficult personal work ahead, and once the symbols are activated within the sphere of the candidate, it can mean many months, even years of difficult inward personal labor from one grade to the next. the inner completion of a ritual grade does in fact bring a new awareness, more personal freedom from automatic parts of oneself, increased control over conscious image building, and a greater power, but with most of us this is usually hard won and painful. as to who is capab

pable of initiating, the question of "succession" or "lineage" or the "transfer of power" has been debated for years regarding its pros and cons. ultimately, the only person who can truly initiate another is one who has not only done the work pertaining to the particular grade, but for the complete order into which he or she initiates someone else. unless the totality of the symbols is within the sphere of sensation of the initiator, little will be activated within the candidate and the ritual will be shallow the theatrics. as jung wrote in a foreword to a book of michael fordham's "the treatment of the transference reveals in a pitiless light what the healing agent really is: it is the degree to which the analyst himself can cope with his own psychic problems" just as the analyst can no m

ness, as the firsttriad of the supernal light may be considered the triad of that which is supremely divine, the superconscious. nehnch, victory, to which the planet venus is referred, is the first sephirah of the third and reflected triad, and marks an entirely different order of things. here we enter the elemental sphere, where nature's forces have their sway. it is also the region in the human sphere of what we may term the unconscious. the magical tradition classifies this unconsciousness into several strata, and to each of them is attributed some one of the four elements, fire, water, air and earth. netsach is attributed <27> to the element of fire, and so far as concerns the classification of man's principles, it represents his emotional life. its opposite pole on the tree of life, i

the tree of life, is hod, which means splendour, which receives the attribution of the planet mercury. its element is water, and its action represents fluidic mind, the thinking, logical capacity in man, as well as what may be called his magical or nervous force- what the hindu systems denominate as prana. the third of that triad is yesod, the foundation, the ninth sephirah, the operation of the sphere of the moon. this is the airy sphere of the fourth dimension, termed in occultism the astral plane. here we find the subtle electro-magnetic substance into which all the higher forces are focussed, the ether, and it constitutes the basis or final model upon which the physical world is built. its elemental attribution is that of air, ever flo-g, shifting, andin a constant flux- yet because o

in as though by the destructive force of his lower self. after being symbolically buried, triumphantly he rises from the tomb of osiris in a glorious resurrection through the descent of the white light of the spirit. the intervening grades occupy themselves with the analysis of that light as it vibrates between the light and the darkness, and with the establishment within the candidate's personal sphere of the rays of the many-coloured rainbow of promise "before all things" commences a phrase in one ritual "are the chaos, the darkness, and the gates of the land of night" it is in this dark chaotic night so blindly called life, a night in which we struggle, labour and war incessantly for no reasonable end, that we ordinary human beings stumble and proceed about our various tasks. these gate

plished. in symbolic form and pageantry, the ceremony of each grade calls forth the spirits of a particular element. and as a steel placed in ciose to a magnet receives soie degree of its magnetism, and comparable to the electrical phenomenon of induction, so the presence of power induces bower. contact with tge appropriate type of elemental jorce prodices an identical type of reaction within the sphere of the neophyte, and it is thus that growth and advancement proceeds. the speeches of the officers deal almost exclusively with the knowledge pertaining to that element and grade, and excerpts from fragmentary remains of the ancient mysteries and from certain of the books of the qabalah do much towards producing an impressive atmosphere. the element offered for the work of transmutation in

REGARDIE TALISMANS

l if the student of this manual were familiar with an earlier work of mine based on some elementary golden dawn formulae. it is called the art of true healing, and describes a process based on the qabalistic tree of life called the middle pillar, which can readily be adapted to the task of charging a talisman thus prepared. the opening phases of this process consist in highly charging the aura or sphere of sensation of the student with energy. it is followed by changing the colour of the electro-magnetic field, by an effort of imagination, to that of the element being considered. in this case, the element is water and, in that particular system, is coloured blue. when the field is charged with this blue colour, the appropriate names on the talisman itself are frequently vibrated, and if th

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

ter sufferings from man222s inhumanity to man through conflicting passions.you will, therefore, remove the raiment of blue of hope, of the science of chemistry, and replace itwith that of the higher class: of the science of alchemy and hermeticism, of which, yellow throughall time has been the emblem, and that of a nobler grade of wisdom.for we now proclaim, that having entered upon a more active sphere of duty to you fellow man, yoube entitled to be recognised as practicus.when duly invested, be obedient to the instructions of your faithful guide, who will introduce you tothe laboratory of your future companions, philosophers in alchemy, by the battery of 4 and 3,significant of the 4 points or arms of the cross, and 3, the divine triad emblemized by the deifiedrose.you may now retire.ritu

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

fe, cleaves naturally to all living centres, attaches itself to the nucleus of planets, even as to the heart of man and by the heart we understand magically the great sympathetic identifying itself with the individual life of the being which it animates, and it is by this quality of sympathetic assimilation that it is distributed without confusion. hence it is terrestrial in its affinity with the sphere of the earth and human exclusively in its affinity with men. it is for this reason that electricity, caloric, light and magnetism, produced by ordinary physical means, not only do not originate, but tend rather to neutralize magical equilibrium 31 the effects of animal magnetism. the astral light, subordinated to a blind mechanism, and proceeding from arbitrary automatic centres, is a dead

aving a nature analogous to the chameleon, ever reflecting the armour of his rider. the astral light is the realization or form of intellectual light, as the latter is the realization or form of the divine light. the great initiator of christianity, seeing that the astral light was overcharged with the impure reflections of roman debauchery, sought to separate his disciples from the circumambient sphere of reflections and to concentrate them only on the interior light, so that, through the medium of a common faith and enthusiasm, they might communicate together by new magnetic chains, which he termed grace, and thus overcome the dissolute currents, to which he gave the names of the devil and satan, signifying their putrefaction. to oppose current to current is to renew the power of fluidic

nature. we are acquainted with a sect of enthusiasts whom it is common to deride at a distance, and to join, despite one's self, as soon as they are approached, even with a hostile intention. i will go further and affirm that magical circles and magnetic currents establish themselves, and have an influence, according to fatal laws, upon those on whom they can act. each one of us is drawn within a sphere of relations which constitutes his world and to the influence of which he is made subject. the lawgiver of the french revolution, that man whom the most spiritual nation in the whole world acknowledged as the incarnation of human reason, jean jacques rousseau, was drawn into the most lamentable action of his life, the desertion of his children, by the magnetic influence of a libertine circl

hat woman, said the great master. what is willed with persistence is done. every real will is confirmed by acts; every will confirmed by an act is an action. every action is subject to a judgement, and such judgement is eternal. these are dogmas and principles from which it follows that the good or evil which we will, to others as to ourselves, according to the capacity of our will and within the sphere of our operation, must take place infallibly, if the will be confirmed and the determination fixed by acts. such acts should be analogous to the will. the intent to do harm or to excite love, in order to be efficacious, must be confirmed by deeds of hatred or affection. whatsoever bears the impression of a human soul belongs to that soul; whatsoever a man has appropriated after any manner b

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

e milder and calmer you are, the more effective will be your anger; the more energetic you are, the more valuable will be your forbearance; the more skilful you are, the better will you profit by your intelligence and even by your virtues; the more indifferent you are, the more easily will you make yourself loved. this is a matter of experience in the moral order, and is realized literally in the sphere of action. human passions produce blindly the opposites of their unbridled desire, when they act without direction. excessive love arouses antipathy; blind hate counteracts and scourges itself; vanity leads to abasement and the most cruel humiliations. thus, the great master revealed a mystery of positive magical science when he said: gforgive your enemies, do good to those that hate you; s

ce of a sun, a rainbow for nimbus and a cloud for vestment, having pillars of fire for his legs, and setting one foot upon the earth and another on the sea, is truly a kabalistic panthea. his feet represent the equilibrium of briah, or the world of forms; his legs are the two pillars of the masonic temple, jakin and boaz; his body, veiled by clouds, from which issues a hand holding a book, is the sphere of yetzirah, or initiatory ordeals; his solar head, crowned with the radiant septenary, is the world of atziluth, or perfect revelation; and we can only express our astonishment that hebrew kabalists have not recognized and explained this symbolism, which so closely and inseparably connects the highest mysteries of christianity with the secret but invariable doctrine of all the masters in i

n his hand is a sceptre surmounted by a globe, square and triangle: his attitude is proud and tranquil. a double sphinx or two sphinxes joined at the haunches are harnessed to the chariot; they are pulling in opposite directions, but are looking the same way. they are respectively black and white. on the square which forms the fore part of the chariot is the indian lingam surmounted by the flying sphere of the egyptians. this hieroglyph, which we reproduce exactly, is perhaps the most beautiful and complete of all those that are comprised in the clavicle of the tarot. j balance, attraction and repulsion, life, terror, promise and threat. hieroglyph, justice with sword and balance. f good, horror of evil, morality, wisdom. hieroglyph, a sage leaning on his staff, holding a lamp in front of

RUBY TABLET OF SET

es randomized, and no two parts of the universe are different enough to allow any significant interaction to be identified. extreme entropy is boring, as well as dead(ly. negentropy's extreme would be total structure, with no randomness at all. while other examples can be thought of, one which comes to mind would be a universe where on our left you'll find a block of solid hydrogen. under it is a sphere of liquid helium. look right, and you'll find a plasma of pure lithium. and keep looking, and you'll find each and every possible element, gathered together unto itself, without a molecule anywhere. interesting perhaps, but certainly not utopia. 1b1 negentropy- entropy b 1 o i is balance desired then? balance would imply that once that balance point were reached, there would be no increase

f power and purpose. manifestation is an act, a process. it is an activity of demonstration. remanifestation is the repeatedly recurring demonstration of a form or quality of being. station noun 1: the place or position in which something or someone stands. 3: a stopping place, as a regular stopping place in a transportation route, or the building connected to such a stopping place. 4a: a post or sphere of duty or occupation. 5: standing or rank, as a woman of high station. vt to assign or set in a station or position. remanifestation occurs at a station, or level of activity and being. this level is sensed and recognized. it is by their remanifestations that setians are recognized by the temple as adept, magister, or ipsissimus. when a setian repeatedly and recurringly remanifests a level

ven intuition (noesis, one must combine practical knowledge (episteme, emotional knowledge (pathesis, and logical knowledge (mathesis. on the other hand, to formulate correct knowledge in the platonic fashion, one must have a well-trained consciousness, and so i think my placement of dianoia and noesis are quite reasonable. pistis (belief) and eikasia (imagination) can be thought of as within the sphere of centres d-g- according to the description of the already defined "men nro 1-3" in to the sixth sense or paranormal (psi) phenomena can be counted among other things esp (extra sensory perception, pk (psychokinesis, and telepathy. these can be thought of as the prerogatives of an evolved consciousness, or capacities residing in the instinctive centre and accessible for all (racial memory

better at it (i.e: in understanding our own self, true will, black magic; xeper) section 2 described the "within" aspect of runa, while this section 3 describes the "without" as initiation goes on "concentration" to the essence becomes greater and deeper, and at the same time one understands wider and more complex patterns in external life. 4. this edge of the diagram represents the ever-widening sphere of runa. it extends to the past, present and the future, to the unknown within and without, as has been mentioned in parts 2 and 3. the sphere of runa touches also the profane, but they cannot work with it as they cannot do so with the xeper form. as black magicians we can work with both the above (f.e: e.c.i) and become aware of the true self behind the past, present, and future. 5. here w

997 ce subject: xeper reading list: 2l, 17d no actual object can be as absolute as these forms. instead, everything changes at least a little, partaking of xeper, and everything remains somewhat the same, partaking of the immutable. change is continuous and pervasive throughout the objective universe. weather becomes stormy and then clears. the egg becomes the wriggler who becomes the mosquito. a sphere of gas becomes a fiery star and then a relatively cool dwarf. child becomes man. we do not recognize these changes as xeper. they are beautiful but natural, worldly, mundane reflections of the principle. all change is a manifestation of xeper, and every being and every object undergoes change. change is the manifestation of xeper. willfully embraced change is the function of xeper. every be

bell (as above [utter the traditional closing words] so it is done! ceremony of the travelers of the way this psychodrama is intended to evince the existence of the god-being throughout history. the rite deals also with the stature of humanity from ancient times through the present. four examples of "superior-type beings" are given, not for their respective roles, but for their place outside the sphere of the general masses of mankind at their particular times. their exclamations are not intended to insult or defame, but merely postulate how each may have thought and probably would have explained their position. underlying these reports from the past and into the present is the pervading ideal that the godbeing is evolving to its place in the universe; the culmination being portrayed in t

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

h its high aspiration tight connections with the lunar mansions and the abysmal waters resting in the lunar realms. it is in these domains the congress with the devil is sought and where the destruction of the virgin will be accomplished to give rise to the importance of shakti-nature in the excellent call of ononshu, the black goddess who is both the begotten and the begotter of the realm of the sphere of the black goddesses, like hekate, lilith, kali, artemis and the like. in ononshu they are united into one and the distinction is the between. to accomplish the treading of the path of stellar waters the connection towards the animalistic spirits and the atavistic totems are crucial to construct a balance between the lowest and the highest of the forms of spirit and matter. this is import

e and totally stellar in nature. cell 8 being the aat of the 9th and 20th letter of the sacred alphabet with my shadow i will eclipse the very face of nature. in this cell the mage is beneath his own vast seas of un- and subconscious magical patchworks and a total integration with the shadow-self is performed through sigilic formulas in the state of jagrat and svapna. this is done by entering the sphere of knowledge intentionally, because you have really no other choice. the technique suggested is amongst the many the use of automata in relation to paining and writing upon awakening from the umbrian land of deep sleep and lucid copulation with the infernal regents. in this cell you will become the offering to the shadow, the hunted for the hunter and the awaiting and blindfolded novice awa

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

or rather, the cycles of the metabolism are often a lot longer both in a temporal and spatial sense than those of the iii. perhaps for this reason the master seems to those below her degree to be something akin to a pyramid of the ancients: calm and detatched, achieving a great deal even by simply being. the master dwells in the city of beings dwelling beyond time and place- the truly non-natural sphere of the on of set. this working requires taking a great distance from one's natural self and the objective universe. one must have the necessary self-discipline and psychological preparation to come into being so utterly alone, so far beyond anything in the world of horrors. this work, i think, is the inner masterpiece of the master of the temple of set. one could say that the outer masterpi

ienced a remarkable enlargening within myself. it feels as if a great, dark space would have been formed within me. it is vast, silent and deep- pitch black with a touch of blue. my core is in the midst of this space, and the ou and other people (even my mundane personality) are far away from this deep. i am separate from everything. nothing much automatically bothers me. i have an inner space, a sphere of my own. i almost have to actively "look out" to engage the outer world. at the same time my vision beckons me to work in the ou, to create the creations that only i can- the creations that i must create in order to fulfill my will (and my onic function. this change has manifested f.e. in a deepened ability to sustain _conscious_ experience solely within my su for really extended periods

SAPPHIRE TABLET OF SET

or rather, the cycles of the metabolism are often a lot longer both in a temporal and spatial sense than those of the iii. perhaps for this reason the master seems to those below her degree to be something akin to a pyramid of the ancients: calm and detatched, achieving a great deal even by simply being. the master dwells in the city of beings dwelling beyond time and place- the truly non-natural sphere of the on of set. this working requires taking a great distance from one's natural self and the objective universe. one must have the necessary self-discipline and psychological preparation to come into being so utterly alone, so far beyond anything in the world of horrors. this work, i think, is the inner masterpiece of the master of the temple of set. one could say that the outer masterpi

ienced a remarkable enlargening within myself. it feels as if a great, dark space would have been formed within me. it is vast, silent and deep- pitch black with a touch of blue. my core is in the midst of this space, and the ou and other people (even my mundane personality) are far away from this deep. i am separate from everything. nothing much automatically bothers me. i have an inner space, a sphere of my own. i almost have to actively "look out" to engage the outer world. at the same time my vision beckons me to work in the ou, to create the creations that only i can- the creations that i must create in order to fulfill my will (and my onic function. this change has manifested f.e. in a deepened ability to sustain _conscious_ experience solely within my su for really extended periods

SATANGEL

pears in various evocatory formulae. it is also applied as a title sometimes given to lucifer/satan. adramelech, adramelek (hebrew king of fire. an angel of the throne, now a fallen angel, arch-demon chancellor of the order of the fly, patron of hypocrites. manifests as a peacock or a mule, or as bearded, eagle winged, lion bodied. charged with the devil s livery. corresponds to the quabballistic sphere of yod. identified with sacrifices by fire. agares (goetic, from greek agreus meaning hunter, also the name of an avatar of dionysos. a duke ruling in the east. formerly of the angelic order of virtues. appears as an old man riding a crocodile, with a goshawk on his fist. causes earthquakes, destroys dignities, teaches languages, brings back runaways, makes those who run stand still. agrath

of the serpent or of the watchers. camio, camael (goetia, 53rd spirit. formerly of the angelic order of angels. appears as a thrush, a man carrying a sharp sword, seems to answer in burning ashes or coals. gives understanding of the speech of birds, bulls, dogs and other animals, and of the voices of the waters. foretells the future. in occult lore he also is identified as the angel governing the sphere of mars. the druids had a god of war called camael, and it is not impossible that this may be the source of his name. cassiel angel ruling saturn and saturday, also listed as a demon in the magus, francis barret. carnivean, carniveau. patron devil of lewd and obscene behaviour, who tempts into shamelessness. once a prince of powers, was one of the demons cited as possessing the body of sist

SATANIC RITUALS

the fate of fools is justice! i am the tempter of life that lurks in every breast and belly; a vibrant, torpid cavern, nectar laden, with sweetest pleasures beckoning. i am a thrusting rod with head of iron, drawing to me myriad nymphs, tumescent in their craving! i am rampant carnal joy, an agent borne of ecstasy's mad flailing! through jagged ice, my father leers with cavernous eyes, below the sphere of earth that is my mother, moist and fertile whore of barbarous delights! my body is a temple, wherein all demons dwell. a pantheon of flesh am i [priest receives bone from acolyte and places it in an upright position between altar's thighs. priest performs metanea to altar. congregation follows suit. the brazier is brought forward and placed before the altar] the greater litany of desire

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

e adept guiding the society of dark lily says 'there is no question of choosing to take the right hand path or the left hand path. there is only one route. you either cross or you do not cross. but what you do when you get to the other side is entirely up to you. you then have access to everything'(25) ritual sacrifice the concept of ritual sacrifice has been the subject of much debate within the sphere of the satanic underground. on the whole there can be seen to be two main camps emerging. on one side lies groups such as the order of nine angles and the now-defunct friends of hekate. these groups, although differing in their approach to ritualistic magic, can be said to promote the use of human and/or animal sacrifice under certain conditions and for specific reasons. that is, they promo

SECRET TEACHINGS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS IN THE 16 17C

tree at that point where all the divided branches return to unity. but even this hand is still far from the roots of the tree, only grasping and holding the secret from the outside and cannot yet see it from the inside. for the root of this tree is understood only by the eye of wisdom, standing in the centro of all spheres. these roots go from the visible world of mingled good and evil, into the sphere of the invisible world. this eye looks with the greatest peace upon the wonders of all movements and also looks through all the other eyes, wandering about outside of the rest in the unrest, all those eyes which want to see for themselves without the right eye of wisdom, from which they have received all their seeing-power. this eye can prove all spirits, how intelligent, pure and acute the

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

ures and inspirations of self-company, yet is content to share in the communion of discourse and practice with fellow companions of the way, whether in unnamed sodality or in formal convocation. though such a man or woman may engage in worldly activities and interactions to such an extent as circumstance dictates, all such affairs are kept in their own place, without contact or intrusion into the sphere of practice and magical discourse. the hermit of convocation resides under the patronage of the so-called faithful gods, the assembly of the sixteen witch-fathers and witch-mothers. to such a practitioner the gifts of spiritual communion, commonality of purpose, diversity of perspective, mutual support in travail, wise counsel and guidance are bestowed. ii) the second solitude is the hermit

SINISTER TAROT

ah 1:6. 179 when this happens, not (al) exists as seeing face-to-face. 180 isaiah 2:11. 181 see zohar iii: 285a-286a. 182 see zohar ii: 132a and 205b. 183 torah b reshith 1:20. 184 i samuel 2:30. 185 habakuk 2:20. 186 torah vaidaber 12:7. 187 psalms 24:7, zohar i: 218a. 188 i samuel 2:30. 189 torah b reshith 1:7. 190 torah b reshith 1:26. 191 isaiah 2:12order of nine angles septenary tree of wyrd sphere of jupiter the sinister tarot by christos beest 0 the power within is great the eagle eats its human offspring cold music here blue woman hold the horse s head while the seer weaves physis ga wath am the gradual unfolding of nature; the source of evolution, that which creates wyrd. the essence behind the appearance of things. ga wath am: the power within me is great. i headless the white an

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

ons of so frantic and startling a nature that one might well have imagined that the harpies or witches who inspired his compositions had clawed hold of his instrument. the impossibility, however, to find any one of equal excellence as a performer (that is to say, in his more lucid and orderly moments) had forced his reinstalment, and he had now, for the most part, reconciled himself to the narrow sphere of his appointed adagios or allegros. the audience, too, aware of his propensity, were quick to perceive the least deviation from the text; and if he wandered for a moment, which might also be detected by the eye as well as the ear, in some strange contortion of visage, and some ominous flourish of his bow, a gentle and admonitory murmur recalled the musician from his elysium or his tartaru

phaira psuches augoeides, otan mete ekteinetai epi ti, mete eso suntreche mete sunizane, alla photi lampetai, o ten aletheian opa ten panton, kai ten en aute. marc. ant, lib. 2. the sense of which beautiful sentence of the old philosophy, which, as bayle well observes, in his article on cornelius agrippa, the modern quietists have (however impotently) sought to imitate, is to the effect that 'the sphere of the soul is luminous when nothing external has contact with the soul itself; but when lit by its own light, it sees the truth of all things and the truth centred in itself, why descendest thou from thy sphere, why from the eternal, starlike, and passionless serene, shrinkest thou back to the mists of the dark sarcophagus? how long, too austerely taught that companionship with the things

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

and exploits of alexander the great (one volume edition, p. xvi. 96:2 the greeks used incantations at an early date, as we may see from pindar, pythia, iv. 213; this writer lived in the first half of the fifth century before christ. 97:1 i owe the facts of these two examples of the use of wax figures and the two spells for procuring visions and dreams (see p. 96, and the example of the use of the sphere of democritus (p. 230, to mr. f. g. kenyon, assistant keeper in the dept. of mss, british museum. 98:1 see c. k. sharpe, witchcraft in scotland, london, 1884, p. 21. 98:2 london, 1778. 98:3 born about 1570, died about 1626. 99:1 london, 1895, pp. 53, 56. 100:1 in the worth riding of yorkshire evil influences were averted by means of a living black cock which "was pierced with pins and roast

SORCERIES OF ZOS

because the physical channels had been deliberately blocked. the state of drowsiness noted in the votaries of the ku suggests that the ensuing shadow-play was evoked after a fashion similar to that obtained by a species of dream control. gerald massey, aleister crowley, austin spare, dion fortune, have- each in their way- demonstrated the bio-chemical basis of the mysteries. they achieved in the sphere of the 'occult' that which wilhelm reich achieved for psychology, and established it on a sure bio-chemical basis. spare's 'sentient symbols' and 'alphabet of desire$ correlating as they do the marmas of the body with the specific sex-principles, anticipated in several ways the work of reich who discovered- between 1936 and 1939- the vehicle of psycho-sexual energy, which he named the orgon

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

yet all human thought derives its meaning in the first instance from the observations of the senses. the perceiver calls what is observed that which is, and what is not observed that which is not. if, however, someone wishes to gain a real perspective on god, 150 christianity as mystical fact even this distinction between the existent and nonexistent has to be transcended since it belongs to the sphere of sense-observation from which it is drawn. god in this sense neither exists nor does not exist. he transcends existence. god cannot be approached therefore through the medium of ordinary cognition, which is concerned with things that exist. we have to be raised above ourselves, above our sensory observation, above our rational thinking- processes, and cross over to purely spiritual appreh

TELESMATA AND FLASHING TABLETS

d, the greater the potential for total success. flashing tablet this is to be made in complimentary colors (i.e. king scale. the definition of a flashing color is the complimentary color when joined to the original color, allowing it to attract the or akasic current. this is attracted to the flashing tablet in part from the atmosphere (of which akasa pervades all things) and partly from one's own sphere of sensation. together, they form a vortex which attracts the "flashing light" from the macroprosopus. the following chart is provided for complimentary colors. the adept should color in the boxes. complimentary colors 3 when a flashing tablet is properly constructed, a white outline will seem to surround the inside figure of the tablet. this is an indicator that it has been properly constr

TELESMATIC FIGURES

ng of a current. this current will then call into action a specific elemental force. know that this is not to be done lightly nor for thy amusement. the forces of the universe were not created for thy plaything. thou must perform thy practical magical works with great care and solemnity, ceremony, and reverence. to do less is to bring about destruction upon thyself and danger to those within your sphere of sensation. know then, that if thou createst a form in thy imagination to form an astral image, the first letter shall be the head of thy figure or form and the final letter shall be thy feet of the astral form. the remaining letter in the order of thy form shall represent in order the body and member. see well that the z.a.m. makest thy image in the astral form as pure and beautiful as i

THE BLACK LODGE

d the "black lodge" is not really an organization of human beings, or even of "black brethren. in a sense, the "black brother" is infinitely above the activities of what we generally name the "black lodge; in another sense, he/she is infinitely below. the "black lodge" is merely the qliphoth in their interaction and activity. the qliphoth are the false sephiroth; projections or reflections of the sphere of the tree of life on the so-called "astral plane. there dwell entities called demoniac, whose plotting against humankind, whose hatred of the human being, is ever active. however, initiates of our order will understand that what we call man, human being (or however we may choose to indicate individual units of the human species as a whole irregardless of their physical sex, is not what th

low the abyss; unity- 111- multiplied by 6 (tiphereth) equals 666, the son of the sun, the great seven headed beast (cf liber cccxxxiii ch 49) or the seven sephiroth below the abyss. this seven headed beast who has ten horns (the manifestation of the "masculine" aspect of the creative power in the ten spheres of the tree of life) is a subject for the dominus liminis of the a .a. and for the inner sphere of our own order and it cannot be more openly discussed in this place. as to the demoniac entities, their nature must be clearly understood. the process of evolution demands a continuous interaction of all forms of life: through the attrition thus produced, they improve each other and expand their experience in that union which results from any conflict. in this sense, war is only one of th

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

, humankind s destiny is viewed as steadily unfolding according to a great design of god. the present is a time of trial and tribulation, and its meaning will only be made clear in the last days before the final judgment occurs. placing the ultimate revelation of god at the end time seems to imply a history for god, as well as for his creation or at least an evolution, or transformation, from one sphere of activity to another. in the jewish tradition, apocalyptic thought presupposes a universal history in which the divine author of that history will reveal and manifest his secrets in a dramatic end time that with finality will establish the god of israel as the one true god. the end of days (acharit ha-yamin) is bound up with the coming of the messiah, but before his appearance governments

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

ed. the only thing that exists is the present moment. but the present does not really exist, either, since it is no sooner now than that now becomes part of the past. if the past completely ceased to exist, one should have no memory of it. yet each individual has a large and varied memory bank. therefore, the past must exist in some sense perhaps not as a physical or material reality, but in some sphere of its own. similarly, certain psi researchers maintain, the future must also exist in some way in a sphere of its own. the subconscious does not differentiate between past, present, and future but is aware of all spheres of time as part of the eternal now. there are certain kinds of precognitive experiences that can be easily identified as part of the normal process of the subconscious. a

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

e manifestos were released in germany by the secret brotherhood of the rosicrucians (from the latin, rosae crucis, grose cross h. the first two pamphlets called upon the educated and influential to unite to bring about a reformation of the educational, moral, and scientific establishments of europe. the german monk martin luther (1483.1546) had already set in motion a reformation in the spiritual sphere of life, the rosicrucian fraternity pointed out, but now it was time to educate the people of europe to understand the true relationship of humankind to the universe and to perceive truly the distinctions between the material and the divine. the manifestos condemned all those who contributed to the moral decay of europe, and the brotherhood promised to help alleviate all suffering and to er

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

attributed to capricornus, and the hebrew letter ayin, being an eye. the symbolism of the devil as the initiator may be best understood by the tarot as presented in the book of thoth. satan/set is the ass headed god of the desert, the lord of storms and desolate places. set is the tester of self, the adversary and opposer. set is also related to saturn. this planet, called also shabbathai, is the sphere of saturn and is considered a meeting place of the witches sabbat. the image of those leaving the flesh, to go forth in the name of the devil by flying with familiars and other demons is not too far from realistic workings in the present time. 1 luciferian is also relevant to the egyptian god set, sethanic= of set. 2 see iblis, the black light by peter lamborn wilson. the flame of isolate c

realistic workings in the present time. 1 luciferian is also relevant to the egyptian god set, sethanic= of set. 2 see iblis, the black light by peter lamborn wilson. the flame of isolate consciousness and being is the black light/black flame. this is defined as the fire and perception of being, antinomianism. 3 the book of thoth weiser publications 15 lucifer is found in the higher octave of the sphere of saturn. this mighty angel4 is a revealed source of black light, or intelligence/development/wisdom. lucifer is also a source of brilliance, a state of gnosis from which the sabbatic practitioner emerges. it is in this highest empyrean5 realms of which light is best experienced, the air and astral plane, from which all wind rushes about you like a tornado, where flame and sun envelopes yo

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

nerative archetype (reflected in the procreative and generative aspects of netzach at a further stage of the creative process. chesed in assiah signifies security, authority, and the solidity of the material plane. the yetziratic text of hod states that its root is in chesed, and from this, as dion fortune indicates, can be modelled a number of the processes of magic. as chesed is taken to be the sphere of the secret masters, who are taken by many magicians to guide the process of manifestation from higher planes through human adepts, it is to be approached with due consideration. if meditation and contemplation (the stilling or focusing of the thought processes, and ritual or ceremony can be assigned to hod, then through the awareness freed thereby (tiphareth) we can regain chesed, the gr

crowley's phrase saying that "work alone has ultimate value" can also be allocated to the sephirah of hod. it is here that the work is performed, to counter the inertia that the ego (symbolised in this instance by the moon on the other side of the tree) can summon. the mercurial qualities of the sephirah are as numerous as the symbols denoting that elusive element. it is as sturzaker states "the sphere of intrigue, and also of the diplomat, the thief, the scientist and the magician. the sciences are rooted here, as they seek knowledge by division and mechanisms, and by strict definitions of qualities, events, and behaviours. these are all the processes of hod. it might be noted here that the "classical sciences" are now being transcended by the "new sciences" of quantum physics, turbulenc

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

ams is a vital techruque designed to eliminate undesirable elements from the psychc sphere, and thus to permit the process of consciousness expansion to proceed without harm or hndrance. the use of the archaic exercise referred to as the middle pillar will increase the field of attention, aid in the achievement of balance and equilibrium, and unfold to the aspirant a completely new and remarkable sphere of power and spiritual perception. v i i iin troductiotno the seconedd ition every techruque of magic is intended in various ways to widen the field of vision of the conscious ego to the deeper, more spiritual aspects of the divine nature-which, in reality, is his true or higher self. of the numerous techruques available in the vast armamentarium of magic for this purpose, the most vital an

e catastrophe occur, and see what happens. if the fantasy is being perched on a high cliff and at any moment there is the danger of being hurled to the ground, awaking at mid-point in a sweat of fear, then gradually train the mind to thrust out all resistance to the fall. by methods such as the two pillars offhe temple 19 these resistance and repression is broken down and fear eliminated from the sphere of consciousness. here, some word should be said about repression26 and the means of its elimination. a great many people have come to believe, through a very casual reading of some of the early psychoanalytic literature, that psychology countenances the removal of repression by means which are unethical and antisocial. nothing could be further from the truth. repression is always defined a

eres is ascribed a different characteristic of the self. that is, the diagram expresses the integral nature of man according to ten quite distinct functions. it is the unity of these ten factors which together comprise what we choose to call man. the id, to use the freudian term, is the most central core of man, the deepest level of his unconscious, being represented on the tree by the upper-most sphere of the middle pillar. reference to the chart (figure 2, p. 28) will elucidate the problem enormously, clarifying my explanations. at the outset, a word or two must be added about the employment of foreign words and an unfamiliar terminology. it is, in my opinion, a regrettable fact that objections should be raised to unfamiliar and strange words. when some new language is to be learned, the

uperconscious would be distinctly descriptive of the supernal sephiroth of the yechidah, chiah, and neshamahl6 corresponding to the jungian unconscious. the tenth sephirah is that of the physical brain and the active physical body.17 here it is that we find the receptacle in which the other principles have their abode, and the instrument through whch they function. this tenth sphere, malkuth, the sphere of action, we may consider as active, as yang, when compared to yesod, the yin, which we may define as the seat of the impelling instincts, predatory lusts, and animal impulses. on the other hand, the treeoflife 37 the ruach, which is an active thinking principle, we likewise may describe as yang in relation to the yin of the supernals, which are quiet, passive, and hidden behind the scene

ture, if it may be called, of the evolving consciousness. the hindu system calls this condition or state tu yal9 or ecstasy, absolute consciousness, and its experience in consciousness is of that rapturous type which the mystics of all ages have testified to as union with god. in this divine world, we contact those subtle images which the ancients called the gods. or rather the ordinary every-day sphere of consciousness becomes invaded by a volitional up-welling of these archaic images and archetypes the first set of psychic forms, subtle, intangible, and dynamic, through which the libido flows on its outward journey from the it. the 2nd and 3rd sephiroth constitute what is called the creative world, the state of sushupti.20 it is that stratum of the primordial psychic sphere in which func

vision though this is, an ideal goal for the few, it is nevertheless outside the capacity of most of us who are obliged to live the ordinary life of the twentieth century man or woman. the preliminary techniques we may consider under several headings, viz: 1. the qabalistic cross. 2. the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram. 3. the formulation of the middle pillar and the tree of life in the sphere of sensation.25 4. the methods of circumarnbulation,26 and the vibratory formula of the middle pillar. 5. ceremonial magic. the tree of life 41 for the moment, i shall content myself with presenting a bird'seye view of each so that a picture of the entire scheme may be envisaged. the first method describes a formulation upon the body of a geometrical figure the effect of which is designed t

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

tly available to the editor with regard to sumerian and assyro-babylonian religions. entries in parentheses refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur)

by the name which i was given on the lunar sphere, i call to thee! lord nebo, who does not know of thy wisdom? lord nebo, who does not know of thy magick? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in heavens, is not conjured by thy mystic writing? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in the heavens, is not compelled by the magick of thy spells? nebo kurios! lord of the subtle arts, open the gate to the sphere of thy spirit! nebo kurios! master of the chemical science, open the gate to the sphere of thy workings! gate of the swift planet, merkurios, open unto me! ia athzothtu! ia angaku! ia zi nebo! marzas zi fornias kanpa! lazhakas shin talas kanpa! nebos athanatos kanpa! ia gaash! ia saash! ia kakolomani-yash! ia maakalli! the invocation of the ishtar gate spirit of venus, remember! ishtar, mis

, remember! ishtar, queen of the land of the rising of the sun, remember! lady of ladies, goddess of goddesses, ishtar, queen of all people, remember! o bright rising, torch of the heaven and of the earth, remember! o destroyer of the hostile hordes, remember! lioness, queen of the battle, hearken and remember! from the gate of the great god nebo, i call thee! by the name which i was given on the sphere of nebo, i call to thee! lady, queen of harlots and of soldiers, i call to thee! lady, mistress of battle and of love, i pray thee, remember! in the name of the covenant, sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! suppressor of the mountains! supporter of arms! deity of men! goddess of women! where thou gazest, the dead live! ishtar, queen of night, open t

na! ia erninni-ya! ashta pa mabacha cha kur enni-ya! rabbmi lo-yak zi ishtari kanpa! inanna zi amma kanpa! bi zamma kanpa! ia ia ia be-yi razuluki! the invocation of the shammash gate spirit of the sun, remember! shammash, lord of the fiery disk, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! from the gate of the beloved ishtar, the sphere of libat, i call to thee! illuminator of darkness, destroyer of evil, lamp of wisdom, i call to thee! shammash, bringer of light, i call to thee! kutulu is burned by thy might! azag-thoth is fallen off his throne before thee! ishnigarrab is scorched black by thy rays! spirit of the burning disk, remember! spirit of the never-ending light, remember! spirit of the rending of the veils of the

f his throne before thee! ishnigarrab is scorched black by thy rays! spirit of the burning disk, remember! spirit of the never-ending light, remember! spirit of the rending of the veils of the night, dispeller of darkness, remember! spirit of the opening of the day, open wide thy gate! spirit who rises between the mountains with splendour, open thy gate to me! by the name which i was given on the sphere of ishtar, i ask thy gate to open! gate of the sun, open to me! gate of the golden sceptre, open to me! gate of the life-giving power, open! open! ia uddu-ya! ia russuluxi! saggtamarania! ia! ia! atzarachi-ya! atzarelechi-yu! bartalakatamani-ya kanpa! zi dingir uddu-ya kanpa! zi dingir ushtu-ya kanpa! zi shta! zi daraku! zi belurduk! kanpa! ia shta kanpa! ia! the invocation of the nergal ga

! zi belurduk! kanpa! ia shta kanpa! ia! the invocation of the nergal gate spirit of the red planet, remember! nergal, god of war, remember! nergal, vanquisher of enemies, commander of hosts, remember! nergal, slayer of lions and of men, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! from the great gate of the lord shammash, the sphere of the sun, i call to thee! nergal, god of the sacrifice of blood, remember! nergal, lord of the offerings of battle, ravager of the enemy's towns, devourer of the flesh of man, remember! nergal, wielder of the mighty sword, remember! nergal, lord of arms and armies, remember! spirit of the glow of the battlefield, open wide thy gate! spirit of the entrance unto death, open thy gate to me!

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

om true love, let us now enter those enchanting realms of free love, which is true love in its truest form. nina is our guide, pointing us out the hill-top road which will lead us above the social plain, and awed by the mystic love of woman, racing and maddening from the crown of flame, the monolithic core of mystical red fury that is called a woman fs heart *tannhauser, vol. i, p. 232. enter the sphere of free love, and sit by the side of alice, look into the depth of her eyes, the depths of her heart. as a seeker sees the gold in the shadow of the stream; see there her love, as a diver sees the pearl in the shadow of the sea; and murmur not above our breath ah! you can love, true girl, and is your love for me *the three shadows, rossetti. galice, an adultery. h as golden a book of poetry

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

lts. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c4.html (3 of 5 [12/28/2001 2:05:49 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. iv now let the woman be withdrawn and carried away to a place prepared. and this place should be a great desert; for in such do rarely wander any human souls seeking incarnation. further let a great circle be drawn and consecrated to the sphere of the work; and let banishing formulae of the sephiroth, and especially of kether, be done often, even unto five or seven times on every day. outside which great circle let the woman never go. let the mind of the woman be strengthened to resist all impression, except of the spirit desired. let the incense of this spirit be burnt continually; let his colours, and his only, be displayed; and

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

th, it is symbolically a representation of a complete envelope that encloses its maker from top to toe. there is no danger that devils will slip under or over it. often the envelope is imagined as a cylinder extending endlessly up and down; but it is more accurate to conceive it as a sphere the circumference of which is traced by the flaming ring of the astral circle. in some modern practice this sphere of protection is delineated by three cir- cles set perpendicularly to one another, each circle being drawn in one spatial dimension. this is a needless refinement. however, the three interlocking rings are useful for locating the point of self, as will be explained further on. a variation on the magic circle is to limit its scope to the boundaries of the aura. when the magus moves about, th

fictions destructive of the truth. the view of science is most useful in scientific matters. but in magic the old view is of more practical value. in magic the eye is an organ of immense power. through it individuals can control, and be controlled, by other individuals. it is through the eye that rays of will are most often projected into the circles of the per- sonal universe that lie beyond the sphere of the perceived self. such eye magic is very common among simple peoples of the world. in north africa and india, in the rural regions of italy and spain, and even in the more developed countries of europe, the evil eye is accepted as a reality that must either be avoided or countered with a magical act. the evil eye is no more than the projection of malignancy through the eye along a ray

a glare of envy or spite and wishes ill on the head of a neighbor+specially if this is done in a somewhat cold-blooded and detached way. or it can be deliberately brought about through magical means. in seemingly projecting the point of self along the ray, the attacker gains access to his or her foe's subconscious, if only for an instant when the other is surprised, and leaves within the personal sphere of the foe a seed of hatred, which is interpret- ed by the victim's subconscious mind as self-hatred. the hate matures like the chick of a cuckoo in its foreign nest, and eventually it succeeds in killing the fondest hopes and plans that are the psychic children of its foster parent. the victim's own powers are turned against the victim. all his or her attempts to succeed fall to ashes. the

is drawn on the ground or the floor a short distance away from the circle's outer edge. the practical difference between the circle and the triangle in enclosing an aspect of manifestation is that the circle must be drawn from the center point, mentally if not physically, whereas the triangle can be formed from outside its boundaries and still enclose something apart from the personal protective sphere of the magus. the magic circle is an expansion of the perceived self. it would be extremely dangerous to allow a hostile spirit to enter. chaotic forces must be kept strictly apart, not only outside the circle but imprisoned so that they cannot roam the greater world, where they might find the opportunity to work some deceit on the magus. this is the function of the triangle in ritual evoca

ale element. its motion is circular; it receives and trans- forms the impulse of fire. air, the element of the child, contains both male and female within it in potential. it partakes of the mingled qualities of fire and water, being both volatile and cool, and is the product of their union. its motion is vibratory. 0 earth is the crystallization of the three preceding elemental principles in the sphere of matter. although it has no pure essence, its compound nature is perceived by the human mind as separate and unique. it is a reflection of the first three elements. according to aristotle, the elements have four powers that describe their active natures and the ways in which they can interact. each element has two powers: however, according to plato, there are six powers. each element has

pillar of the tree are also the use of the name ihvh, or, more infrequently "elo- occurrence of "adonai adonai" pronounced letter by letter by kab- to the vocalization of the ten in his one year manual gives w:lich is a bastardized version of never existed in hebrew, and pronunciation is incorrect. 3. vibrate with the voice the name of god in kether "eheieh' so that the sound resonates within the sphere of light. 4. imagine a beam of white light extending down from the sphere over your head to create another sphere of light that fills your lower neck and is cen- tered upon your spinal column. this sphere within your neck is the quasi- sephirah, daath, located on the middle pillar of the tree between and just below the level of chokmah/binah. 5. take another deep breath and with your point

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when almost all of the work was done internally, using concentration, willpower, and visualization. in the fifth knowledge lecture, a preliminary training for initiates, basic directions are provided for what is termed traveling in the spirit vision: the symbol, place, direction, or plane being known whereon it is desired to act, a thought-ray as before is sent unto the corresponding part of the sphere of sensation of the nephesch. the thought-ray is sent like an arrow from the bow, right through the circumference of the sphere of sensation directly unto the place desired. arrived there, a sphere of astral light is formed by the agency of the lower will, illuminated 136. howe, xviii. by the higher will, and acting through the spiritual consciousness by reflection along the thought-ray. th

ere of sensation of the nephesch. the thought-ray is sent like an arrow from the bow, right through the circumference of the sphere of sensation directly unto the place desired. arrived there, a sphere of astral light is formed by the agency of the lower will, illuminated 136. howe, xviii. by the higher will, and acting through the spiritual consciousness by reflection along the thought-ray. this sphere of astral light is partly drawn from the surrounding atmosphere. this sphere being formed, a simulacrum of the person of the skryer is reflected into it along the thought-ray, and this united consciousness is then projected therein. this sphere is then a duplicate, by reflection, of the sphere of sensation. as it is said "believe thyself to be in a place and thou art there" in this astral p

person of the skryer is reflected into it along the thought-ray, and this united consciousness is then projected therein. this sphere is then a duplicate, by reflection, of the sphere of sensation. as it is said "believe thyself to be in a place and thou art there" in this astral projection, however, a certain part of the consciousness must remain in the body to protect the thought-ray beyond the sphere of sensation (as well as the sphere itself at that point of departure of the thought-ray) from attack by any hostile force, so that the consciousness in this projection is not quite so strong as the consciousness when concentrated in the natural body in ordinary life. the return taketh place with a reversal of this process, and save to persons whose nephesch and physical body are exceptiona

he return taketh place with a reversal of this process, and save to persons whose nephesch and physical body are exceptionally strong and healthy, the whole operation of skrying and traveling in the spirit vision is of course fatiguing. also there is another mode of astral projection which can be used by the more practised and advanced adept. this consisteth in forming first a sphere from his own sphere of sensation, casting his reflection therein, and then projecting this whole sphere to the desired place, as in the previous method. but this is not easy to be done by any but the practised operator.13' the sphere of sensation mentioned in this quotation relates to the ritual pattern adopted by the sphere group of florence farr. it is the microcosm of the sphere's group's macrocosm: thou sh

ting his reflection therein, and then projecting this whole sphere to the desired place, as in the previous method. but this is not easy to be done by any but the practised operator.13' the sphere of sensation mentioned in this quotation relates to the ritual pattern adopted by the sphere group of florence farr. it is the microcosm of the sphere's group's macrocosm: thou shalt know that the whole sphere of sensation which surroundeth the whole physical body of a man is called 'the magical mirror of the universe' for therein are represented all the occult forces of the universe projected as on a sphere, convex to the outer, but concave to man. this sphere surroundeth the physical body of a man as the celestial heavens do the body of a star or a planet, having their forces mirrored in its at

iroth, a part of the body can be associated with a planetary sphere. the ten sephiroth the golden dawn system is complex and a bit overwhelming for those unfamiliar with it. i do not propose to examine it in detail here, but i will list the ten sephiroth on the tree of life and show how they join various parts of the body with various astral levels. 1. kether above the crown of the head the crown-sphere of the primum mobile 2. chokrnah left side of the brain wisdom-sphere of fixed stars 3. binah right side of the brain understanding-sphere of saturn 4. chesed left arm mercy-sphere of jupiter 5. geburah right arm severity-sphere of mars 108 soul flight 6. tiphareth torso beauty-sphere of the sun 7. netzach left leg victory-sphere of venus 8. hod right leg glory-sphere of mercury 9. yesod ge

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ceptible to photography or measurement with machines. the electrical field recorded by kirlian photography is not the aura. even though it is nonphysical, the aura is a very real astral phenomenon and has many practical uses in magic, including the analysis of the personality and health, both mental and physical, of other indviduals. the distant blue-white star symbolically represents the highest sphere of creation, kether, and the golden sphere in the heart-center represents the middle sphere of creation, tiphareth. kether is the seat of the source of being, in christian terms god the father; tiphareth is the seat of the higher self, in christian terms aura awareness 85 christ, the messiah. kether energizes tiphareth through a direct, vertical descending channel. it is not possible to ast

the ground, as when disposing of the destructive energy of an illness during healing. the stone and soil of the earth act as a kind of universal storage battery that can be called upon to accept a charge of energy, or release it. centering establishes your location at the center of the universe. location can only be fured by means of a point, which is why a star is visualized in the middle of the sphere of the heart-center, the traditional center of the human body. a point can only be located in space by means of three intersecting, perpendicular lines. centering helps spiritual intelligences, such as any angels or deities that you may subsequently invoke, to locate your presence. centering in one form or another should be done at the opening of most rituals. the cross is a symbol for the

ed in space by means of three intersecting, perpendicular lines. centering helps spiritual intelligences, such as any angels or deities that you may subsequently invoke, to locate your presence. centering in one form or another should be done at the opening of most rituals. the cross is a symbol for the earth. by making your body into a cross, you momentarily become the earth. the star within the sphere of the heart-center is a symbol for the creative, empowering source within the higher self of the individual. by identifying yourself with the star through centering, you momentarily become the spiritual center of the universe. each human being resides at the center of his or her own universe, and indeed can never leave it, but this truth is usually veiled by the distractions of material ex

n, thought, emotion, or sensation. let your inner awareness rise up to this white star and enter it so that the brilliance of the star completely surrounds you and blocks out all other perceptions. feel the cooling, balanced energy of this light. extend a ray of white light downward from the star through the top of your skull to your heart-center. visualize this center as a three-inch transparent sphere of glowing golden radiance, the color of sunlight. the exact focus of the white ray descending from the star is the center of the yellow sphere. allow your awareness to slide down the interior channel of this white ray to your heart-center. continue to draw spiritual vibrating names of power 91 energy down the ray until your heart-center turns from yellow to soft radiant white with a slight

ey are so bright. take a slow, deep breath. imagine as you inhale that your body is being expanded by the air to gigantic proportions. your head and shoulders rise through the ceiling of your practice chamber as though passing through a shadow. they continue upward through the roof of the building, further upward into the sky above the level of the clouds, until you find yourself balancing on the sphere of the earth with almost all of your body projected above the atmosphere into the starry midnight of space. retain your breath with your lungs filled for four slow beats. during the retention visualize the warm white light from your heart-center radiating outward to expand the envelope of your aura into a sphere that surrounds your entire gigantic form. sound the four hebrew letters of the

enter shining outward in all directions to expand the envelope of your aura into a perfect sphere that is colored a transparent pale gold. sound the name eheieh with four separate sounds that correspond with the four individual hebrew letters in the name, so that your entire physical body vibrates with their force. the sound energy expands outward from its source in your heart-center and sets the sphere of your aura resonating in sympathy. the breath that issues from between your lips is driven away in all directions by your energized aura so that it fills the entire universe. the universe itself begins to vibrate with the combined sounds of the letters. draw in several normal breaths. allow your aura to contract to its ordinary shape, and your astral body to shrink and fit itself to your

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god the father, they assign to chokmah. the first he (71, feminine and fertile, is given to binah, the great mother. the vau (i, male offspring of the union of the first two letters, kabbalists give to zlphareth, and by virtue of its numerical value, six, to the six sephiroth that lie between the three supernals and malkuth. the final he they assign to malkuth on the theory that, since the lowest sphere of emanation is passive and has no independent power, it cannot receive its own unique letter but must be given the second he, which has already acted in the higher process of creation as the first he and now manifests itself in the fulfillment of malkuth. as the first he was the mother, so the second he is the product of the mother, and is her earthly reflection, the daughter. the complete

the angel of severity yodiah (ivdih. in human psychology, the overt banners and the sun accord with inspiration, consciousness, and will. the occult banners and the moon accord banner rings 99 with the unconscious mind, instincts, urges, habits, and the rhythms of the body. the angels of mercy are the active agents of the overt banners that convey and express the potencies of these banners in the sphere of human existence, which is the universe. the angels of severity are the active agents of the occult banners, and, in a similar manner, they express the powers of the occult banners upon human life and the greater physical world. this polarity is fundamentally the same as that which exists between the right pillar and the left pillar of the tree of the sephiroth. the overt banners are expa

the circle dimming as the vortex slowly vanishes. speak the words: by the authority of the fivefold name of the messiah, ihshvh (or, in the case of gold rings, ihvshh, i release the holy radiance of the moon from this circle and return it to its former state. i release the light from my mind; i release the light from my heart; i release the light from my body; i return this light to the heavenly sphere of the moon (or sun) in thy name, ihshvh (or iwshh. so let it be! walk around the altar clockwise until you reach the north. face south and make the great cross with your body. release the four guardians of the quarters and banish the region of the magic circle by the authority of ihshvh and ihvshh, using the formula given earlier in this chapter. reabsorb the magic circle through your left

y voice: i have talked of you and i move you in power and presence, whose works shall be a song of honor and the praise of your god in your creation. analysis of the sixth key the angels of the fourth angle are "mighty in the firmaments of waters" the firmament is the vault of heaven, or heaven itself. the firmament of waters is the ninth sphere, called the crystalline, which was above the eighth sphere of the fixed stars and was thought to be composed of aether "some by that firmamentary division of the waters, have dreamt of a watery heaven above the stars (complete oxford english dictionary "firmamentary. the reference is to genesis 1:6-7. there is also something in alchemy called firmamental water, described as a liquid as pure as the firmament. kelley, who was an accomplished alchemis

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ple will be careless around you. they won't watch what they say or reveal. of course, putting off your revenge will give you time to reconsider. perhaps the offender did his work out of stupidity rather than malice. do not take revenge against the stupid. it is beneath you. instead discover how to make the stupid one your tool. this not only saves energy (magical and otherwise) but increases your sphere of control in the world. 3. develop instant sanctuaries. the black magician is in a state of constant stress. she is moving apart from the stream of the world. she has recognized and works with change as part of her being. to keep from wilting under the pressure, she needs retreats- points of rest and preservation. the satanist must live strategically- if it is a helpful metaphor, consider

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which the candidate is placed; he is penetrated by a fresh experience; and he sees things as they have never been presented to him before. when he retires subsequently for a period, this is like his restoration to light; in the literal sense he resumes that which he set aside, as he is restored to the old light; but in the symbolism it is another environment, a new body of motive, experience, and sphere of duty attached thereto. he assumes a new vocation in the world. the question of certain things of a metallic kind, the absence of which plays an important part, is a little difficult from any point of view, though several, explanations have been given. the better way toward their understanding is to put aside what is conventional and arbitrary- as, for example, the poverty of spirit and

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ognize because on the day of the wedding, the bride appears bald. since hair is the symbol of chastity for the woman, on wedding days of nahemah it is prohibited to display hair, thus, she instinctively covers her hair with the veil (as if she is trying to conceal it. thus, the abyss is divided into two large infrasexual spheres. these are the spheres of lilith and nahemah. the inhabitants of the sphere of lilith do not have any hope for salvation, whereas the inhabitants of the sphere of nahemah still have hope for redemption. sphere of lilith here we find those who abhor sex, for example, monks, anchorites, mystics, spiritualists people from different pseudo-esoteric organizations, etc. all types of infrasexual people hate sex and consider themselves to be highly superior to those of nor

ople of normal sexuality were firmly established by infrasexual people. infrasexual people mortally hate the arcanum a.z.f. nevertheless, they give to themselves special credentials, and therefore, it is not difficult to find homosexuality within many convents and schools that are dedicated to spiritualistic or pseudo-esoteric studies. all of the crimes against nature are found in the infrasexual sphere of lilith. sphere of nahemah nahemah seduces with the enchantment of her malignant beauty. adultery is the outcome of this fatal enchantment. in the sphere of nahemah we find the delectable cruelties from the kingdom of infrasexuality. in the atomic regions of the infrasexual sphere of nahemah live the don juans [tenarios] types of men and do a in s [the madam of the whore house] or rather

mismos superiores, enga an a las personas de sexo normal y los convierten en sus secuaces. enti ndase por personas de sexo normal a aquellos que no tienen conflicto sexual de ninguna especie. la sexualidad en personas de sexo normal, est en equilibrio perfecto con las esferas de pensamiento, sentimiento y voluntad. esas personas no abusan del sexo ni tienen aberraciones de ninguna especie. 67 the sphere of suprasexuality is the sphere of internal illumination. sexual enjoyment precedes the mystical ecstasy. sexual sensations are transmuted into sensations of ineffable ecstasy. the age of mystical ecstasy is always preceded by the age of sexual enjoyment. thus, the human life span of mystical ecstasy begins where the human life span of sexual enjoyment ends. after having attained the venusi

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a certain sense of correctness: one does not just formulate a desire and put things together. it should be clear by now that one needs a set of correspondences which, because it has the backbone of tradition, has certain built-in 8 western mandalas of transformation rules. one would not put the mark or seal of the planet mars on a talisman for healing, along with an angel or intelligence from the sphere of the moon. one uses mars for other purposes; healing would belong to the sphere of the sun (or, in some cases, mercury; and in neither case would you use the intelligence of the moon. this is an example of combining three different energies that have little or nothing to do with one another. we don't put an angelic name on a talisman because we like the way it sounds, or even because of p

elated to the two halves of the personality: one represents consciousness and will; two represents subconsciousness and memory. two represents continuation, prolongation, or lengthening in space or time, and is symbolized by a line, or a point which has extended itself, but which is not yet capable of any definite form. on the tree of life it is attributed to chokmah, wisdom, to which belongs the sphere of the entire zodiac and every conceivable archetypal memory. memory and the subconscious is characterized in the tarot by the high priestess. when employed in talismanic art, two draws energy which is related to reconciliation, union, memory, duplication, repetition, analogy, rhythm and periodicity. 3. when the primordial idea of unity is added to the idea of a binary, what results is a te

third force. three is the number of creation, the cause of everything comprehensible. it represents both adaptation and transmutation. it is binah, the holy spirit or third person of the trinity on the tree. it is characterized by the first geometrical shape, the triangle. the triangle of art in the western magical tradition is where materializations occur when doing evocations. as the number and sphere of the first creative force actualizing itself in binah, the mother, it gives birth to all of the remaining sephiroth on the tree, and to it is attributed the planet saturn. aristotle noted that of two things we can say both but not all. three is the first number which we can use to refer to the all. in the tarot, this idea is represented by the fruitful creativity of the empress. when invo

r victory. it's mundane chakra is venus. it is considered reserved, dignified, and affectionate. it is also related to ideas of mastery, conquest, and fulfillment of desire. the magical symbol of the heptagram will be examined later. 8. eight represents realization. the eight-pointed star or eight-spoked wheel is a symbol of christ, as well as mercury. on the tree, it is attributed to hod, or the sphere of splendor. its mercurial connections imply knowledge and truth-seeking, especially in magical work. it symbolizes concrete form wherein the force of netzach finds expression. as a duplication of four, it also represents alteration and vibration. levi relates it to the astral light, or magical agent wherein all vibrations exist. it also symbolizes culture, education, and evolution. 9. nine

uch of the psychological interpretation of carl jung uses alchemical allegories. herbs, too, are rooted in ancient lore and are connected to planetary correspondences. many of the charts and correspondence tables have the seven planetary spirits at their center. the ancients did not know about the three other planets which astrologers use today, although the empty space on the tree for the hidden sphere of daath was integrated into qabalah at a very early stage and incorporates much of what we now recognize as plutonian energy. the more ancient understanding of the twelve signs and their planetary rulers is demonstrated in figure 3-d, which shows how the whole scheme was viewed within the concept of the cycle of the seasons. figure 3-d figure 3-e the seven-pointed star known as the heptagr

rough the three centers of the brain, the heart, and the sexual chakra, or seat of kundalini. as the "world is magnetized by the light of the sun [so] we are magnetized by the astral light (levi, 1972, p. 72. the function of mediation expressed in tiphareth is reflected through gematria by the association, agab (agb "by means of, or through" which has a value of six. this is the great harmonizing sphere of the christ principle through which we are made aware of our own divine nature. the word light appears six times in john's prologue to describe this perfected nature of christ. tiphareth is considered to be the pivot of the entire tree, like the sun in our solar system. many ancient peoples identified the sun with the deity, yet the evolution of western religion advises us to express this

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of ruling male elites and the subjugation of what is identified as female, cosmic, or foreign, an underclass with only instrumental value. as the ecological crisis makes crystal clear, the polarization of each pair s terms is nothing short of disastrous in its interconnected effects. our eyes have been blinded to the sacredness of the earth, which is linked to the exclusion of women from the 285 sphere of the sacred, which is tied to focus on a monarchical, patriarchal idea of god and a consequent forgetting of the creator spirit, the livegiver who is intimately related to the earth. in the quest for an ecological ethic grounded in religious truth, these three relationships need to be rethought together. but we must be wary of roads that lead to dead-ends. i think it is a strategic mistak

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cipal of figures. with regard to the heavenly bodies, the number three is important; there are 3 quaternions of the celestial signs, the fixed, the movable and the common. in every zodiacal sign also there are 3 faces and 3 decans, and 3 lords of their triplicity; and among the planets, there are 3 fortunes and 3 infortunes; according to the chaldeans also, there are 3 ethereal words prior to the sphere of our fixed stars. 42. on account of the perfection of the triad, oracles were delivered from a tripod, as is related of the oracle at delphi. with regard to music, 3 is said to be mistress, because harmony contains 3 symphonies, the diapason, the diapente, and the diatessaron. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott ezekiel xiv. v. 14 mentions 3 men who

an odd number, it was said to be like the ocean flowing around the other numbers within the decad. no further elementary number is possible; hence it is like the horizon because all the numbers are bounded by it. we find that it was called prometheus, and freedom from strife, and vulcan, because the ascent of numbers is as far as 9, just as the ascent of things decomposed by fire is as far as the sphere of fire (the summit of the air, and juno, because the sphere of the air is arranged according to the novenary (nine) system, and sister and wife to jupiter from its conjunction with the monad. and telesphoros or bringing to an end because the human offspring is carried 9 calendar months by the parent. and teleios or perfect for the same reason, and also called perfect because it is generate

pisces to simeon and levi. the 12 apostles of jesus were simon, peter, andrew, james and john the sons of zebedee, phillip, bartholomew, thomas, matthew also called levi, james son of alphaeus, judas called lebbaeus and thaddeus, simon the canaanite, and judas iscariot. the venerable bede proposed to rename the signs with the names of the apostles, and a scheme of allotment is to be found in the sphere of marcus manilius, by edward sherburne, london, 1675. see notes and queries, vol. xiv, manchester, usa, pg. 211. westcott on the zodiac in society rosicrucian reports gives the christian allusions to the zodiac. 107. in an ordinary pack of playing cards there are 12 court cards, but in the tarot pack there are also 4 cavaliers. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn

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ational soul, and third, the irrational, or passional soul. this latter was regarded as subject to mutation, to be dissolved and perish at the death of the body. of the intelligible, or divine soul, the oracles teach that "it is a bright fire, which, by the power of the father, remaineth immortal, and is mistress of life" its power may be dimly apprehended through regenerate phantasy and when the sphere of the intellect has ceased to respond to the images of the passional nature. concerning the rational soul, the chald ans taught that it was possible for it to assimilate itself unto the divinity on the one hand, or the irrational soul on the other "things divine" we read "cannot be obtained by mortals whose intellect is directed to the body alone, but those only who are stripped of their g

re incorporeal, but bodies are bound in them for your sakes" the subtil ethers, of which i have spoken, served is their turn as it were for the garment of the divine light; for the oracles teach that beyond these again "a solar world and endless light subsist" this divine light was the object of all veneration. do not think that what was intended thereby was the solar light we know "the inerratic sphere of the starless above" is an unmistakable expression and therein "the more true sun" has place: theosophists will appreciate the significance of "the more true sun" for according to the secret doctrine the sun we see is but the physical vehicle of a more transcendent splendour. some strong souls were able to reach up to the light by their own power "the mortal who approaches the fire shall

ody. this is scientifically true and irrespective of sentiment, the selfishness which reaches beyond the necessities of body is pure vulgarity. a picture which to the cultured eye beautifully portrays a given subject, nevertheless appears to the savage a confused patchwork of streaks, so the extended perceptions of a citizen of the universe are not grasped by those whose thoughts dwell within the sphere of the personal life. the road to the summum bonum lies therefore through self-sacrifice, the sacrifice of the lower to the higher, for behind that higher self lies the concealed form of the antient of days, the synthetical being of divine humanity. these things are grasped by soul; the song of the soul is alone heard in the adytum of god-nourished silence! 8 of 13_ notes* this powerful gui

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learn from the severance of truth and death foisted upon us by the zoharic text? perhaps the deeper significance of the disqualification of tau is the admission that there can be no semblance of natural order without supposition of the ontological difference that death renders problematic. the identity of being and not-being is possible, indeed necessary, in the realm of non-differentiation, the sphere of divine unity, which is accessible through contemplative exercises, but it is not readily applicable to the created world of separation; in the mundane cosmos of temporal-spatial phenomenality, the coincidence of opposites is distressing, destabilizing, disorienting. the confluence of death and not-being in the space of world-time is thus to be distinguished from the same nexus in the tim

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matter is placed over the seal (with a flashing tablet on top; and during the period of incubation, the flask is to be left on top of the seal. 18 19 in all cases of astral and alchemical workings, the seal can be opened using the following ritual. in the dee manuscripts the seal was cited as colorless, but since the order uses the seal for wore direct ritual purposes, it could be colored in the sphere of yesod in the queen scale, with some of the characters in the complementary color. since levanel is the planetary angel situated in the center of the seal, and its controlling point, the whole seal colored in the purple of yesod does produce some startling effects in the ceremony. introduction to the ritual of opening the seal dei aerneth campbell's notes on this were very sketchy. they r

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tations seems to be the most powerful and within order concepts. whatever one has to say about christ, all will agree that his name evokes a powerful current or force that fills us with the receptive principle, something akin to the yin of chinese metaphysics. this principle of receptivity is one that is needed, for when we invoke it, we pave the way for other forces, fused together, to enter our sphere of sensation. the christ-like energy will then pacify and control it, so that it conforms to our will and can be directed for many different uses. it must also be stressed here that we invoke the energy of this cosmic christ, which is doubly reinforced with the energy of resurrection and immortality. something necessary for us to equate with the osirian concept of the 5=6 energy. the first

ion and immortality. something necessary for us to equate with the osirian concept of the 5=6 energy. the first real fusion of energies within the 5=6 comes with the phrase "virgo, isis, mighty mother" this is issued by the chief adept which shows the framework it is derived from in chesed, the sephiroth of mercy. all the associations to chesed are now evoked from, and linked to, our personalized sphere of chesed within our bodies. the phrase "scorpio, apophis, destroyer" relates to the sephirah of geburah, and the strength and security that is associated with it through the second adept. so far, we have called on two extremes. to call down either would be asking for trouble, but the christ energy of i.n.r.i. synthesizes it safely into a powerful force of even balance and polarity. the phr

ngth and security that is associated with it through the second adept. so far, we have called on two extremes. to call down either would be asking for trouble, but the christ energy of i.n.r.i. synthesizes it safely into a powerful force of even balance and polarity. the phrase "sol, osiris, slayen and risen" uttered by the third adept, now equates us with transferring that energy into the dired- sphere of man, guph, the physical body; but with new vitality. sol is the energy of the sun, while osiris is the renewed form of life. the dwb, as it is called down, in fact works through the various subtle body layers and hence a resurgence of vitality is experienced. the energy of the sun, and a resurrected osiris, is considered limitless. what limits there are, are self imposed and have to be p

ake a back seat to these energies, because it is they who give the other powers a chance to operate during ritual. how this comes about can be best explained in a speech from the neophyte ritual: let the number of the officers in this degree and the nature of their offices be proclaimed once again, that the powers whose images they are may be reawakened in the spheres of those present, and in the sphere of this order; for by the names and images are all powers awakened and re-awakened. this speech by the hierophant gives the whole concept of golden dawn ritual work. the main effort for the adept is to discern and record what energies govern what areas of what ceremonies. the published rituals of the golden dawn give only the barest hint as to what exactly happens in ceremonies like the neo

s the whole concept of golden dawn ritual work. the main effort for the adept is to discern and record what energies govern what areas of what ceremonies. the published rituals of the golden dawn give only the barest hint as to what exactly happens in ceremonies like the neophyte. jack taylor revealed to us that before each grade ceremony, the hierophant had to go down to the temple, and with his sphere of sensation (aura, link directly into the astral shells of each of the godforms in the rituals. taking the 0=0 as an example, the hierophant would have to "bring through" the astral shells of (1) the invisible stations (2, the officers of the temple, and (3) the osiris godform on the dias. this is an example of the verbal information that the former hierophant would divulge and show to the

e hierophant, and the second by the temple officer. in the old order, the temple officers were to hold low outer order grades, but with the discoveries of those adepti of whare ra (whose temple officers were almost always inner order, it's quite clear that all the officers on the temple floor should be inner order to correctly control the power and direct it. for they have to manipulate their own sphere of sensation and vibrate it to the rhythm of the ritual they are doing. while the hierophant of the temple creates the astral shells before the ritual starts, this does not extend to the astral shells of the godforms on the dais (apart from his own osiris shell. these are, in fact, activated by the officers on the dais, with the imperator linking with the nephthys current, the praemonstrato

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