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say: and on my left, vibrate) oh-ree-el."visualize the archangel auriel dressed in earth tones on a fertile landscape. he holds a bundle of wheat. step 6 after you have invoked the archangels move your feet slightly apart, stretch both arms out to the sides. now visualize yourself within a large pentagram and say: 88 "for before me flames the pentagram."step 7 "and behind me shines the six-rayed star".repeat part one: the qabalistic cross. other people have different versions of the evocation to the archangels. one version you would say, around me flames the pentagram, above me shines the sixrayed star".there is little differences between what is said, but you might like to try them and see which works best for you. archangels names and their meanings: in the east, raphael, god has healed

gies invoked are drawn from the kether sphere. this is in opposition to that of wiccan tradition where it is drawn from the groin, or yesod, which is considered lunar energy. the ritual of the middle pillar, simple as it may seem, is not easy. like all the rituals, it takes time to feel the full effects and benefits. all in all it takes hard work and practice. 96 the hermetic order of the morning star .n e o p h y t e 0 =0 this ritual for bringing someone comfort can be performed without a prior divination. it can also be performed at any time and place of convenience for you, as long as you know that you will not be disturbed during the ritual. the supplies you will need for this ritual are a purple candle and an incense of your choice. for example: water golden aura frankincense step 1 9

the word "i" for "we".insert the name of the person(s) in the blank space. if proper nouns are not at your availability, then use words like friend, child, family, etc..step 4 the magical worker(s) closes his/her eyes, looks up into the heavens, and sees seven bright stars. if you can't see them at this point in time, just know they are there.)visualize them joining together into one large bright star. step 5 at this point the magical worker holds arms straight out with palms facing each other, and about six to ten inches apart. create a ball of light between the palms. once the ball of light is as bright as possible, send it up to the large bright star on the smoke of the incense. as soon as the ball of light joins with the star, visualize the star becoming even brighter. step 6 now say:

ebody is coveting your possessions or that you are coveting theirs. it can also mean obsession. devil -reversed something is going to happen, something is going to come up, but it will not be for the good, it will be for evil. tower fighting, war, power, courage and ambition. this is similar to the emperor in nature, however a lot more destructive. tower -reversed ruin, fall, danger, destruction. star this generally means hope and a bright future, positive thoughts, giving and abundance. 106 star -reversed disappointment, expectations are not being met, a lack of abundance and barreness. moon a very deceptive card, illusion, lying trickery, hidden enemies. moon -reversed deception, but only slight. sun happiness, joy, good thoughts, contentment. sun -reversed basically some happiness, joy

is taken, and if you let things go on their current course. to this card you will want to give serious consideration and interpretation. the card to the right of the reading indicates "what is the probable outcome if i perform__gical act or__ysical act." tis card will tell you karmically, the probable outcome. in addition, it will give you some idea as to the mundane effect. for example, the star card would indicate a very positive outcome both on the physical plane and on the spiritual plane. if in your judgment both cards are equally positive, then the card on the left-hand side of the reading is moved next to the card on the right-hand side of the reading. in other words it is a go. it is significant that by doing a magical ritual or the act, you will have a very positive outcome

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

n: trif apruf rufru ute fciu (tres apros rubros aut piceos, aufrecht und kirchh. umbr. si^rachd. 2, 278-9. s ra. 587. 667. weisth. 1, 498. 3, 430. white animals hateful to the gods; tettau and temme preuss. sag. 42. saceifice, 55 garlanded and adorned for sacrifice. a passage in the edda requires gold-horned cows, saem. 141; and in the village of fienstadt in mansfeld a coal-black ox with a white star and white feet, and a he-goat with gilded horns were imposed as dues^ there are indications that the animals, before being slaughtered, were led round within the circle of the assembly that is how i explain the leading round the benches, and^^e' circuituni currere, pp. 51, 52 perhaps, as among the greeks and romans, to give them the appearance of going voluntarily to death (see suppl. probabl

splayfoot that worked the treadle, and that of the t.mmpling dame stem]3e or trempe. if we had older and minuter descriptions of' frau berhta' in germany, perhaps this foot would also be mentioned in them (see suppl. it still remains for us to explain her precise connexion with a particular day of the year. it is either on dec. 25 (dies natalis, or twelve days after christmas, on jan, 6, when the star appeared to the three kings (magi, that the christian church celebrates the feast of the manifestation of christ under the name of epiphania (v. ducange, sub v, hdhphania or iheopkania (0. fr. tiephaine, tiphagne. in an ohg. gloss (emm. 394, theophania is rendered giperahta naht, the bright night of the heavenly vision that appeared to the shepherds in the field^ documents of the mid. ages gi

, whence also goth, drauhts, ohg. truht turba, agmen, on. drangr larva, phantasma, ohg. gitroc fallacia, because a spectre appears and vanishes quickly in the air. at the same time it means the rush and din 326 condition of gods. that betoken the god's approach, the woma and omi above, from which osinn took a name (p. 144-5. the rapid movement of descending gods is sometimes likened to a shooting star, or the flight of birds, ii. 4, 75. 15, 93. 237; hence they often take even the form of some bird, as tharapila the osilian god flew (p. 77. athene flies away in the shape of a apirr (falcon, ii. 19, 350, an 6pvi; bird, od. 1, 320, or a^/pr] osprey, 3, 372; as a swallow she perches (e^er' avat^acra) on the house's fiekaopov 22, 239. the exchange of the human form for that of a bird, when the

s busyconning her magic spell, when thorr, to requite her for the approaching cure, imparts the welcome news, that in coming from lotunheim in the north he has carried her husband the bold orvandill in a basket on his back, and he is sure to be home soon; he adds by way of token, that as orvandil's toe had stuck out of the basket and got frozen, he broke it off and flung it at the sky, and made a star of it, which is called 6rvandils-td. but groa in her joy at the tidings forgot her spell, so the stone in the god's head never got loose, sn. 110-1. groa, the growing, the grass-green, is equivalent to breide, i.e, berhta (p. 272) the bright, it is only another part of his history that is related here: orvandill must have set out on his travels again, and on this second adventure forfeited th

e, sn. 110-1. groa, the growing, the grass-green, is equivalent to breide, i.e, berhta (p. 272) the bright, it is only another part of his history that is related here: orvandill must have set out on his travels again, and on this second adventure forfeited the toe which thorr set in the sky, though what he had to do with the god we are not clearly told. beyond a doubt, the name of the glittering star-group is referred to, when as. glosses render' jubar' by earendel, and a hymn to the virgin mary in cod. kxon" 7, 20 presents the following passage. eala earendel, engla beorhtast, ofer middangeard monnum sended, and s6i5fa?sta sunnan leoma> torlit ofer tunglas]?u tida gehwane of sylfuni l^e symle inlihtes! i.e, jubar, angelorum spleudidissime, super orbem terrarum hominibus misse, radie vere

4 7 INITIATION CEREMONY

ated and perfected the nature of every existing being under the orb of the sun. it is therefore the reflection of the airy sign of aquarius, the water bearer unto which is attributed the countenance of the man, the adam, the restored world. hiero: heg: pract: move to the west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 17th key of the tarot, which symbolically resumes these ideas. the large star in the center of the heavens has seven principal and 14 secondary rays, and thus represents the heptad multiplied by the triad which yields 21 the number of the divine name, eheieh which as you already know is attached to kether. in the egyptian sense it is sirius, the dog star of isis sothis; around it are the stars of the seven planets, each with its sevenfold counterchanged operation. the

avens has seven principal and 14 secondary rays, and thus represents the heptad multiplied by the triad which yields 21 the number of the divine name, eheieh which as you already know is attached to kether. in the egyptian sense it is sirius, the dog star of isis sothis; around it are the stars of the seven planets, each with its sevenfold counterchanged operation. the nude female figure with the star of the heptagram on her brow is the synthesis of isis, of nephthys and of athor. she also represents the planet venus, through whose sphere the influences of chesed descend. she is aima, binah and tebunah, the great supernal mother, aima elohim pouring upon the earth the waters of creation, which unite and form a river at her feet; the river going forth from the supernal eden, which overflowe

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

rth and sky, is a ritual that permeates all cultures. in egyptian mythology, isis, the sister-wife of osiris, sought and reassembled his body after his murder and dismemberment by his brother seth. in this connection, she took on the role of the goddess of rebirth, the bone goddess, and restored him in a more evolved form. the annual celebrations of this event coincided with the rising of the dog star, sirius, which heralded the flooding of the nile and the restoration of fertility to the land and symbolically to the people. as the sky gods gained supremacy, they married the earth goddesses who slowly evolved into patronesses of women, marriage and childbirth. so, for example, odin the norse all-father married frigg, goddess of women, marriage and motherhood. but in witchcraft, though the

s, the goddess of love, is the roman form of aphrodite and by her liaison with mercury gave birth to cupid. although she had many lovers, she was the goddess of chastity in women and is a joybringer, and so represents not only sexual pleasure, but also innocent love and especially love in the springtime. her planetary associations mean she is the focus in all kinds of love rituals. as the evening star, venus takes on a warrior aspect and so can be invoked in fighting for one's lover or tough love in relationships. deities for power these deities may be invoked for strength, success, energy, inspiration and increase. apollo apollo, the greek sun god, was twin brother of artemis, the moon goddess. as god of the solar light, apollo made the fruits of the earth ripen, and at delos and delphi w

t seas, for silver dolphins, seals and cascading rainbow fish. circle three i cast for the sunlit skies, the clouds pure gold and the gilt-tipped eagle soaring high* light the candle in the north* choose one of your three oils and, holding it in your receptive hand (the one you do not write with, circle over it nine times deosil the crystal pendulum or pendant* say three times, faster and faster: star, moon, sun and candle bright, charge this oil with radiant light, power of ginger [or name of oil] prosper me, enter golden energy* after the third chant, let your pendulum swing freely on its chain so it spirals round, catching the candlelight and, perhaps, the moonlight* add the oil to the burner with a little water and light the nightlight under it* take three of the coins from the dish- i

on its chain so it spirals round, catching the candlelight and, perhaps, the moonlight* add the oil to the burner with a little water and light the nightlight under it* take three of the coins from the dish- if possible these should be one gold, one silver and one copper. place them in the money pot and hold this briefly in the fragrance emanating from the burner, saying: venus, morn and evening star, sun and moon that shine afar. i ask in love and not in greed, grant me only what i need* place the lid on the pot and leave it in front of the burner, sitting quietly and visualising money coming to you. at this point you may become aware of money-making possibilities you had not considered* when you are ready, blow out the nightlight, then the candle, sending the light into the cosmos that

with a cinnamon incense to add passion and energy to that special, loving relationship. the amount of incense used for each quality determines your priorities, so, in this case, if loving energies were the prime focus, you would burn two rose incense sticks or cones and one cinnamon. you can also do this with your oil mixes. a six-incense ritual for love six is the number of venus in her morning star aspect of love. you can use this ritual for attracting love, for deepening a relationship, consummating it or strengthening it during a difficult period, perhaps when everything appears to have got into a rut. you can alter the focus of the ritual by varying the number and type of each fragrance you use, for example whether your primary concern is to increase trust, passion or encourage fidel

ABRAMELIN1

be made with pure white paper with convenient colours, and the outward form of it may be either square, circular, or triangular, or of the like sort, according to the rule of the numbers; in which there must be written the divine names, as well general as special. and in the centre of the lamen draw a hexagon7 or character of six corners; in the middle thereof write the name and character of the star, or of the spirit his governor, to whom the good spirit that is to be called is subject. and about this character let there be placed so many characters of five corners, or pentacles,8 as the spirits we would call together at once. but if we should call only one, nevertheless there must be made four pentagons, wherein the name of the spirit or spirits with their characters are to be written

ABRAMELIN2

upon you; at such time feasting, praying, and honouring your guardian angel that day with your whole strength (28) during the three days on which you constrain the spirits you shall fast, for this is essential, so that when you are working you may find yourself freer and more tranquil both in body and mind (29) note that the fasts are to be understood as commencing always from the first nocturnal star, and not otherwise (30) keep as an indubitable precept never to give this operation unto a monarch,111 because solomon was the first who abused it; and if you should do the contrary, both you and your successors would alike lose the grace hereof. the sacred magic 92 with regard to this command, i myself having been sought by the emperor sigismond, gave him willingly the best familiar spirit w

ADDTLS

of fortune, is attributed to kether. the title of this card is lord of the forces of life, and kether is the origin and source of life. to chokmah is attributed b, the tarot key, the magician, magus of power, seeing that chokmah is the distributor of the power from kether, even as b is the messenger of k of classical mythology. to binah is referred the y and the tarot key, priestess of the silver star, even as binah is the completer of the triad of the supernals, and as it were high priestess to the inferior sephiroth.(compare also, says s.r.m.d. the position of the path of g in the tree of life. to chesed, c, and the key of the empress, the daughter of the mighty ones. chesed is, as it were, the first of the inferiors below binah, and the path of c is thus reciprocal betweeen chokmah and

.c. chokmah b magician b s.c. binah g h. priestess y s.c. chesed d empress c y y h emperor a puer h h w hierophant b amissio w w z lovers c albus h y j chariot d populus y h f strength e fort. maj. h w y hermit f conjunctio s.c. kether k wheel/fort. k w y l justice g puella h h m h. man c via h h n death h rubeus y w s temperance i acquisitio h y u devil j carcer s.c. geburah p tower f w h x star k tristitia h q moon l laetitia s.c. tiphareth r sun a y h c l. judgem. d cauda drac. h h t universe l (b) caput drac. s.c. stands for sephirotic cross. 26 the following is the enochian alphabet (this sometimes, though wrongly, was called theban) together with the english equivalents of its letters and the enochian titles enochian title english b pe b c veh c or k g ged g d gal d f orth f a

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

onsider as the be-all and end-all of its existence. for instance, if you take a glass tube open at both ends and put it over a bee on the windowpane it will continue beating against the window to the point of exhaustion and death, instead of escaping through the tube. we must not confuse the necessary automatic functioning of any of our elements with the true will which is the proper orbit of any star. a human being only acts as a unit at all because of countless generations of training. evolutionary processes have set up a higher order of yogic action by which we have managed to subordinate what we consider particular interests to what we consider the general welfare. we are communities; and our well-being depends upon the wisdom of our councils, and the discipline with which their decisi

und, and laughed in death-pang that his blade the mortal thrust so well repaid' 11. the next of the heavenly bodies is the centre of all, the sun. the sun is the heart of the system; he harmonises all, energises all, orders all. his is the courage and energy which is the source of all the other lesser forms of motion, and it is because of this that in himself he is calm. they are planets; he is a star. for him all planets come; around him they all move, to him they all tend. it is this centralisation of faculties, their control, their motivation, which is the niyama of the sun. he is not only the heart but the brain of the system; but he is not the 'thinking' brain, for in him all thought has been resolved into the beauty and harmony of ordered motion. 12. the next of the planets is venus

. they fill these gaps just as the newly discovered chemical elements discovered in the last fifty years fill the gaps in mendelejeff's table of the periodic law. 17. herschel represents the highest form of the true will, and it seems natural and right that this should not rank with the seven sacred planets, because the true will is the sphere which transcends them 'every man and every woman is a star' herschel defines the orbit of the star, your star. but herschel is dynamic; herschel is explosive; herschel, astrologically speaking, does not move in an orbit; he has his own path. so the niyama which corresponds to this planet is, first and last, the discovery of the true will. this knowledge is secret and most sacred; each of you must incorporate for yourself the incidence and quality of

he void space which had been the principal element of it diminished in importance. space appeared to be ablaze, yet the radiant points were not confused, and i thereupon completed my sentence with the exclamation 'but *what* twinkles' 20. the next stage of this vision led to an identification of the blazing points with the stars of the firmament, with ideas, souls, etc. i perceived also that each star was connected by a ray of light with each other star. in the world of ideas, each thought possessed a necessary relation with each other thought; each such relation is of course a thought in itself; each such ray is itself a star. it is here that logical difficulty first presents itself. the seer has a direct perception of infinite series. logically, therefore, it would appear as if the entir

principle that none but observable factors should be used in constructing a scientific theory, for we can certainly never observe the passage of light in empty space. we are only aware of light when it encouters matter. light which never encounters matter is purely hypothetical. if we do not make that hypothesis, then there is no empty space. on professor lewis's theory, when we observe a distant star, our eye as truly makes physical contact with that star as our finger makes contact with a table when we press it' 30. and did not all of you think that my arguments were arguments in a circle? i certainly hope you did, for i was at the greatest pains to tell you so. but it is not a question of argument in mr. sullivan's book; it is a question of facts. he was talking about human values. he w

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

nt, even if the lives of mother and child should pay for it; and still the watchmen cried the hour. now, now! cried the oldest of the astrologers as the moment grew near- now! below in answer the priest of thoth summoned all his skill. when lo! a rumbling of the abyss. the palace reeled and fell; typhon rose mighty in destruction, striding across the skies. the world rocked with earthquake; every star broke from its fastening and trembled. page 2 gulf.txt and in the midst lo! bes-na-maut my mother; and in her arms myself, laughing in the midst of all that ruin. yet not one living creature took the slightest hurt! but the astrologers rent their robes and beat their faces on the ground; for the dread moment, the unknown terror, had gone by; and with it i had come to light. in their terror, i

eunuch (who was very wise) instructed me in the art of magic and in the worship of the veiled one, whose priestess was i destined. i remember now many things concerning those strange rituals, things too sacred to write. but i will tell of an adventure that i had when i was nine years of age. in one of the sacred books it is written that the secret of that subtle draught which giveth vision of the star-abodes of duant, whose sight is life eternal in freedom and pleasure among the living, lieth in the use of a certain little secret bone that is in the bear of syria. yet how should i a child slay such an one? for they had taken all weapons from me. but in a garden of the city (for we had now returned unto a house in the page 5 gulf.txt suburbs of thebai) was a colony of bears kept by a great

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

s of lovecraft, the magick of crowley, and the faith of sumer) lovecraft crowley sumer cthulhu the great beast as represented in "cthdh 666" ctha-lu, kutulu the ancient ones satan; teitan tiamat azathoth aiwass) azag-thoth the dunwich horror choronzon pazuzu shub niggurath pan sub ishniggarab) out of space the abyss absu; nar mattaru ia! io! iao! ia (jah; ea; lord of waters) the five-pointed grey star carven the pentagram the ar, or ub (plough sign; the original pentagram and the sign of the aryan race) vermis mysteriis the serpent erim (the enemy; and the sea as chaos; gothic; orm, or worm, great serpent) this is, of course, by no means a complete list but rather an inspirational sampling. meditation upon the various things mentioned in the mythos will permit the scholar to draw his own c

y empty moment, to call upon the gods not to forget thee, for they are forgetful and very far away. light thy fires high in the hills, and on the tops of temples and pyramids, that they may see and remember. remember always to copy each of the formulae as i have put it down, and not to change it by one line or dot, not so much as a hair's breadth, lest it be rendered valueless, or worse: a broken star is the gate of ganzir, the gate of death, the gate of the shadows and the shells. recite the incantations as they are written here, in the manner this prescribed. prepare the rituals without erring, and in the proper places and times render the sacrifices. may the gods be ever merciful unto thee! may thou escape the jaws of the maskim, and vanquish the power of the ancient ones! and the gods

silk and lain away until the time for its use. know that marduk appears as a mighty warrior with a long beard and a flaming disk in his hands. he carries a bow and a quiver of arrows, and treads about the heavens keeping the watch. take care to summon his assistance in only the most terrible of circumstances, for his might is powerful and his anger fierce. when thou hast need of the power of the star jupiter, call instead one of the appropriate powers listed within these pages, and they will surely come. the number of marduk is ten and this is his seal: the god of saturn is ninib called adar, the lord of hunters and of strength. he appears with a crown of horns and a long sword, wearing a lion's skin. he is the final zonei before the terrible igigi. his colour is the darkest black. his es

. thou must summon thy watcher and instruct it perfectly in its duties, providing it with a time and a place whereby it may serve thee and surround thee with a flaming sword, in every direction. thy clothing for the walking should be fair, clean and simple, but appropriate to each step. and thou should have with thee the seal of the particular step whereupon thou walkest, which is the seal of the star appertaining thereunto. thou must needs prepare an alter to face the north, having upon it the statues of thine deities, or some such suitable images, an offering bowl, and a brazier. upon the earth should be inscribed the gate appropriate to the walking. if above thee is the sky, so much the better. if there be a roof above thine head, it must be free from all hangings. not even a lamp shoul

sed elsewhere (if the gods grant me the time. the only light shall be from the four lamps upon the ground, at each of the four gates of the earth: of the north, one lamp; pf the east, one lamp; of the south, one lamp; and of the west, one lamp. the oil should be pure, with no odour, or else sweet-smelling. the perfumes in the brazier should also be sweet-smelling, or especially appropriate to the star where thou wouldst desire entrance, after the fashion of thy country. the seven gates here follow: this is the first gate the gate of nanna, called sin: this is the second gate, of nebo: this is the third gate, of inanna called ishtar: this is the fourth gate, of shammash, called uddu: this is the fifth gate, of nergal: this is the sixth gate, of lord marduk: this is the seventh gate, of nini

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

he chapter therefor points out the duality, and therefore the imperfection, of all the lower sephiroth in their essence [21] 6 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta digamma caviar the word was uttered: the one exploded into one thousand million worlds. each world contained a thousand million spheres. each sphere contained a thousand million planes. each plane contained a thousand million stars. each star contained a many thousand million things. of these the reasoner took six, and, preening, said: this is the one and the all. these six the adept harmonised, and said: this is the heart of the one and the all. these six were destroyed by the master of the temple; and he spake not. the ash thereof was burnt up by the magus into the word. of all this did the ipsissimus know nothing. book of lies

8] commentary( kappa-delta) the hawk is the symbol of sight; the blindworm, of blindness. those who are under the dominion of reason are called blind. in the last paragraph is reasserted the doctrine of chapters 1, 8, 16 and 18. for the meaning of the word hriliu consult liber 418. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 57 [59] 25 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta kappa-epsilon the star ruby facing east, in the centre, draw deep deep deep thy breath, closing thy mouth with thy right forefinger prest against thy lower lip. then dashing down the hand with a great sweep back and out, expelling forcibly thy breath, cry: alpha-pi-omicron pi-alpha-nu-tau-omicron-c? kappa-alpha-kappa-omicron-delta- alpha-iota-mu-omicron-nu-omicron-c. with the same forefinger touch thy forehead, and

. and with all this he was but himself. alas! book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 62 [64] commentary( kappa-zeta) this chapter gives the reverse of the medal; it is the contrast to chapter 15. the sorcerer is to be identified with the brother of the left hand path [65] 28 book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 63 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta kappa-eta the pole-star love is all virtue, since the pleasure of love is but love, and the pain of love is but love. love taketh no heed of that which is not and of that which is. absence exalteth love, and presence exalteth love. love moveth ever from height to height of ecstasy and faileth never. the wings of love droop not with time, nor slacken for life or for death. love destroyeth self, uniting self with that

ve alway yieldeth: love alway hardeneth..may be: i write it but to write her name [66] commentary( kappa-eta) this now introduces the principal character of this book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 64 book, laylah, who is the ultimate feminine symbol, to be interpreted on all planes. but in this chapter, little hint is given of anything beyond physical love. it is called the pole-star, because laylah is the one object of devotion to which the author ever turns. note the introduction of the name of the beloved in acrostic in line 15 [67] 29 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta kappa-theta the southern cross book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 65 love, i love you! night, night, cover us! thou art night, o my love; and there are no stars but thine eyes. dark ni

pressions, but here is an opposite practice, very much more difficult, in which all are accepted. this cannot be done at all unless one is capable of making dhyana at least on any conceivable thing, at a second's notice; otherwise, the practice would only be ordinary mind-wandering. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 78 [81] 36 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta lambda-sigma the star sapphire let the adept be armed with his magick rood [and provided with his mystic rose. in the centre, let him give the l.v.x. signs; or if he know them, if he will and dare do them, and can keep silent about them, the signs of n.o.x. being the signs of puer, vir, puella, mulier. omit the sign i.r. then let him advance to the east, and make the holy hexagram, saying: pater et mater unis deus

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

to be shunned by all, as centres of pestilence. all questions of the law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself. there is no law beyond do what thou wilt. love is the law, love under will. the priest of the princes, ankh-f-n-khonsu the comment chapter i i,1: had! the manifestation of nuit. i,2: the unveiling of the company of heaven. i,3: every man and every woman is a star. i,4: every number is infinite; there is no difference. i,5: help me, o warrior lord of thebes, in my unveiling before the children of men! i,6: be thou hadit, my secret centre, my heart& my tongue! i,7: behold! it is revealed by aiwass the minister of hoor-paar-kraat. i,8: the khabs is in the khu, not the khu in the khabs. i,9: worship then the khabs, and behold my light shed over you! 10: l

lso are one. but they are not of me. let asar be the adorant, isa the sufferer; hoor in his secret name and splendour is the lord initiating. i,50: there is a word to say about the hierophantic task. behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. the gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest. thus ye have star& star, system& system; let not one know well the other! i,51: there are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold; lapis lazuli& jasper are there; and all rare scents; jasmine& rose, and the emblems of death. let him enter in turn or at once the four gates; let him stand on the floor of the palace. will he not sink? amn. ho! warrior, if thy servant sink? but the

light, and some, though not all, in the dark. i,57: invoke me under my stars! love is the law, love under will. nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. there is the dove, and there is the serpent. choose ye well! he, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the house of god. all these old letters of my book are aright; but* is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise* in ms, the symbol found here is usually interpreted as the hebrew letter tzaddi. i,58: i give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do i demand aught in sacrifice. i,59: my incense is of resinous woods& gums; and there is no blood therein: because of my ha

ally interpreted as the hebrew letter tzaddi. i,58: i give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do i demand aught in sacrifice. i,59: my incense is of resinous woods& gums; and there is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of eternity. i,60: my number is 11, as all their numbers who are of us. the five pointed star, with a circle in the middle& the circle is red. my colour is black to the blind, but the blue& gold are seen of the seeing. also i have a secret glory for them that love me. i,61: but to love me is better than all things: if under the night-stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little

the name of my house. ii,3: in the sphere i am everywhere the centre, as she, the circumference, is nowhere found. ii,4: yet she shall be known& i never. ii,5: behold! the rituals of the old time are black. let the evil ones be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet! then shall this knowledge go aright. ii,6: i am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. ii,7: i am the magician and the exorcist. i am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. come unto me is a foolish word: for it is i that go. ii,8: who worshipped heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for i am the worshipper. ii,9: remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the

ALEISTER CROWLEY CONCERNING DEATH

l" december 1917] an epistle of baphomet to the illustrious damozel ana wright, companion of the holy graal, shining like the moon. concerning death that she and her sisters may bring comfort to all them that are nigh death, and unto such as love them. beloved daughter and sister, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. it is written in the book of the law; every man and every woman is a star. it is our lady of the stars that speaketh to thee, o thou that art a star, a member of the body of nuit. listen, for thine ears are become dulled to the mean noises of the earth; the infinite silence of the stars woos thee with subtle musick. behold her bending down above thee, a flame of blue, all- touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth and her lithe body arched for

lveth anon; the shadow passeth away from thee. there is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of nu! for inasmuch as thou hast made the law of freedom thine, as thou hast lived in light and liberty and love, thou hast become a freeman of the city of stars .pa listen again to thine own voice within thee. is not hadit the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star? is not he life, and the giver of life? and is not therefore the knowledge of him the knowledge of death? for it hath been shown unto thee in many other places how death and love be twins. now art thou the hunter, and death rideth beside thee with his horse and spear as thou chasest thy will through the forests of eternity, whose trees are the hair of nuit thy mistress! thrill with the joy of

stars: dwell with mortality, and feast thereon. for thou art this day made lord of heaven and of earth. the dead man ankh-f-na-khonsu saith with his voice of truth and calm: o thou that hast a single arm! o thou that glitterest in the moon! i weave the in the spinning charm; i lure thee with the billowy tune. the dead man ankh-f-na-khonsu hath joined the dwellers of the light, opening duant, the star abodes, their keys receiving. the dead man ankh-f-na-khonsu hath joined the dwellers of the light, his pleasure on the earth to do among the living. love is the law, love under will. the benidiction of the all-begetter, all-devourer be upon th bduty get any book for free on: www.abika.com 1 duty by aleister crowley get any book for free on: www.abika.com duty get any book for free on: www.abi

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practical conduct to be observed by those who accept the law of thelema "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law "there is no law beyond do what thou wilt..thou hast no right but to do thy will. do that and no other shall say nay. for pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect "love is the law, love under will "every man and every woman is a star" a. your duty to yourself 1. find yourself to be the centre of your own universe "i am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star" 2. explore the nature and powers of your own being. this includes everything which is, or can be for you: and you must accept everything exactly as it is in itself, as one of the factors which go to make up your true self. this true

te one's interest) it is also lawful when his ignorance has lead him to interfere with one's will. all interference is in any case dangerous, and demands the exercise of extreme skill and good judgement, fortified by experience. to influence another is to leave one's citadel unguarded; and the attempt commonly ends in losing one's own self-supremacy. 5. worship all "every man and every woman is a star "mercy let be off: damn those who pity "we have nothing with the outcast and the unfit: let them die in their misery: for they feel not. compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched and the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. think not, o king, upon that lie: that thou must die: verily thou shalt not die, but live! now let it be understoo

: stamp down the wretched and the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. think not, o king, upon that lie: that thou must die: verily thou shalt not die, but live! now let it be understood if the body of the king dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstacy for ever. nuit hadit ra-hoor-khuit. the sun, strength and sight, light these are for the servants of the star& the snake" duty get any book for free on: www.abika.com 6 each being is, exactly as you are, the sole centre of a universe in no wise identical with, or even assimilable to, your own. the impersonal universe of "nature" is only an abstraction, approximately tru, of the factors which it is convenient to regard as common to all. the universe of another is therefore necessarily unknown to, and

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

19 51 \lub balam 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, flaming eyes. rides bear, carries goshawk. 20 54$ and \rwm murmur warrior with ducal crown rides gryphon. trumpeters. 22 57# wcw oso leopard. 24 60$ lwpn napula lion with gryphon s wings. 25 63= rdna andras angel with raven s head. rides black wolf, carries sharp sword. 26 66= rwamyk kimaris warrior on black horse. 28 69= barwakd decarabia a star in a pentacle. 29 72% lamwrdna andromalius man holding great serpent. table v (continued) 30 clxvii. egyptian gods of zodiac (asc. decans. clxviii. egyptian names of asc. decans clxix. as col. clxvii (succedent) clxx. as col. cxviii (succendent. clxxi. as col. cxlvii (cadent) clxxii. as col. cxlviii (cadent) 15 aroueris assicean anubis lencher horus asentacer 16 serapis asicath helitomenos vi

el 18 30 r 200! lakim michael 19 31 c 300 b. 20 32 t 400' layck cassiel 21 32 bis t 400 e. 31 bis c 300 a. table vi (continued) 32 clxxx. title of tarot trumps. clxxxi. correct design of tarot trumps. 11 the spirit of aiqhr. a bearded ancient seen in profile* 12 the magus of power. a fair youth with winged helment and heels, equipped as a magician, displays his art* 13 the priestess of the silver star. a crowned priestess sits before the veil of isis between the pillars of seth* 14 the daughter of the mighty ones. crowned with stars, a winged goddess stands upon the moon* 15 the son of the morning, chief among the mighty. a flame-clad god bearing equivalent symbols* 16 the magus of the eternal. between the pillars sits an ancient* 17 the children of the voice: the oracle of the mighty gods

, were-wolves 30 circulatory system will o the wisp 31 organs of circulation salamanders 32 excretory system ghuls, larv, corpse candles 32 bis excretory organs, skeleton the dweller of the threshold, gnomes 31 bis organs of intelligence [socratic genius] editorial note: the atus of thoth liber al, cap. i, v. 57 includes the statement: all these old letters of my book are aright: but x is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. in crowley s new comment on this verse, he observes: i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and he is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, j

n. 11. cedar. 27. calamus. 12. palm-tree. 28. aromaticus. 13. ash. 29. pepper. 14. ivy. 30. frankincense. 15. vine. 31. sweet marjoram. 16. mint. 32. libanotis. among animals 1. lion. 5. boar. 2. crocodile. 6. bull. 3. spotted-wolf. 7. baboon. 4. ram. among birds 1. phoenix. 5. cock. 2. eagle. 6. crow. 3. vulture. 7. hawk. 4. swan. among insects 1. glow-worm. 2. beetle. among fish 1. sea-calf. 4. star-fish. 2. shell-fish. 5. strombi. 3. pullus. 6. margar. among metals 1. gold. col. xl. aaron s breastplate is very doubtful; we advise reliance on columns stones and tribes, we having chosen stones on bases of physical analogy to signs, colours &c. col. xlii. the following table of sub-elemental perfumes is important: a of a ambergris. d of a the gall of the rukh. c of a oncha. e of a musk. b

ne 27. human figures thrown thence suggest the letter u by their attitude. line 28. a woman, naked, and kneeling onher left knee, pours from a vase in her right hand silver waters into a river, by which grow roses, the haunts of coloured butterfiles. with her left hand she pours golden waters over her head, which are lost in her long hair. her attitude suggests the swastika. above flashes a great star of seven rays. notes 40 line 29. below, a path leads between two towers, guarded by jackals, from the sea, wherein a scarab us marcheth landwards. line 30. below is a wall, in front of which, in a fairy ring, two children wantonly and shamelessly embrace. line 31. an angel blowing a trumpet, adorned with a golden banner bearing a white cross. below a fair youth rises from a sacrophagus in the

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nts (saturn replacing earth as per the dual attribution of the path of tau, and thence to the hebrew letter and tarot card corresponding: thus row column attributions fire a puer h iv the emperor water d populus j vii the chariot air g puella l viii justice fire (cardinal signs) earth j carcer u xv the devil fire e fortuna minor f xi strength water h rubeus n xiii death air k tristesia x xvii the star water (fixed signs) earth b amissio w v the hierophant fire i acquisitio s xiv temperence water l laetitia q xviii the moon air c albus z vi the lovers air (mutable signs) earth f conjunctio y ix the hermit fire b cauda draconis c xx the last judgement water c via m xii the hanged man air d fortuna minor a 0 the fool earth (elements) earth (e) caput draconis t xxi the universe (if using the b

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

a painter, and yet fail to understand and to measure the difficulties peculiar to that career (5) the second requisite of causing any change is the practical ability to set in right motion the necessary forces (illustration: a banker may have a perfect grasp of a given situation, yet lack the quality of decision, or the assets, necessary to take advantage of it (6 "every man and every woman is a star" that is to say, every human being is intrinsically an independent individual with his own proper character and proper motion (7) every man and every woman has a course, depending partly on the self, and partly on the environment which is natural and necessary for each. anyone who is forced from his own course, either through not understanding himself, or through external opposition, comes in

if a man like napoleon were actually appointed by destiny to control europe, he should not be blamed for exercising his rights. to oppose him would be an error. any one so doing would have made a mistake as to his own destiny, except in so far as it might be necessary for him to learn to lessons of defeat. the sun moves in space without interference. the order of nature provides an orbit for each star. a clash proves that one or the other has strayed from his course. but as to each man that keeps his true course, the more firmly he acts, the less likely are others to get in his way. his example will help xxi them to find their own paths and pursue them. every man that becomes a magician helps others to do likewise. the more firmly and surely men move, and the more such action is accepted a

majesty and mercy with strength and severity: what sense is there in putting "death, the scorpion, in its stead? there are twenty other mistakes in the new wonderful illuminated-from-on-high attribution; the student can therefore be sure of twenty more laughs if he cares to study it> a synopsis of the grades of the a. a. as illustrative of the magical hierarchy in man is given in appendix 2 "one star in sight" this should be read before proceeding with the chapter. the subject is very difficult. to deal with it in full is entirely beyond the limits of this small treatise "further concerning the magical universe" all these letters of the magical alphabet- referred to above- are like so many names on a map. man himself is a complete microcosm. few other beings have this balanced perfection

hese must be slain and raised from the dead in one way or another<legends of mankind reflect the true nature of the species "aeon of horus" two sexes in one person. digamma iota alpha omicron digamma: 93, the full formula, recognizing the sun as the son (star, as the pre-existent manifested unit from which all springs and to which all returns. the great work is to make the initial digamma digamma of assiah (the world of material illusion) into the final digamma iota digamma of atziluth< the world of pure reality. spelling the name in full, digamma digamma+ iota digamma delta+ alpha lambda pi+ omicron iota nu+ digamma i

l returns. the great work is to make the initial digamma digamma of assiah (the world of material illusion) into the final digamma iota digamma of atziluth< the world of pure reality. spelling the name in full, digamma digamma+ iota digamma delta+ alpha lambda pi+ omicron iota nu+ digamma iota= 309= sh t= xx+ xi= 31 the secret key of the law. digamma is the manifested star. iota is the secret life. serpent- light. lamp- love. wand- liberty. wings- silence. cloak these symbols are all shewn in the atu "the hermit. they are the powers of the yod, whose extension is the vau. yod is the hand wherewith man does his will. it is also the virgin; his essence is inviolate. alpha is the babe "who has formulated his father, and made fertile his mother- harpocrates, etc, a

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

ntribute? secrets. there is one exception to what i have said about publishing everything: that is, the ultimate secret of the o.t.o. this is really too dangerous to disclose; but the safeguard is that you could not use it if you knew it, unless you were an advanced adept; and you would not be allowed to go so far unless we were satisfied that you were sincerely devoted to the great work (see one star in sight. true, the black brothers could use it; but they would only destroy themselves. love is the law, love under will. fraternally, 666 letter no. d magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 16 june 8, 1943 cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. thanks for your letter. i couldn't find the o.t.o. typescript- and then it struck me that it would be use

to reveal. as in every serious society, members are pledged not to disclose what they may have learnt, whom they have met; it is so, even in co-masonry: isn't it: but one may mention the names of members who have died (see liber lii, par. 2) be happy then; the late x. y. was one of us. i hope that he and rudolph steiner will (between them) satisfy your doubts. the a'.a. is totally different. one star in sight tells you everything that you need to know (perhaps some of these regulations are hard to grasp: personally, i can never understand all this by-law stuff. so you must ask me what, and why, and so on) there is really only one point for your judgment "by their fruits ye shall know them" you have read liber lxv and liber vii; that shows you 11 what states you can attain by this cirricul

t on ii with very special reference to the central secret of practical magick. there is thus no connection with the a'.a. system and the tree of life. of course, there are certain analogies. your suggested method of study: you have got my idea quite well. but nobody can "take you through" the grades of a'.a. the grades confirm your attainments as you make them; then, the new tasks appear. see one star in sight. love is the law, love under will. fraternally, 666 letter no. h 17 november 10- 11. 11 p.m- 2 a.m. cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 28 your's of yestere'en came to gladden me just when the whole evening lay blank before me: the one job such a big job that i simply can't get down to it until i get

a painter, and yet fail to understand and to measure the difficulties peculiar to that career) 5. the second requisite of causing any change is the practical ability to set in right motion the necessary forces (illustration: a banker may have a perfect grasp of a given situation, yet lack the quality of decision, or the assets, necessary to take advantage of it) 6 "every man and every woman is a star" that is to say, every human being is intrinsically an independent individual with his own proper character and proper motion. 7. every man and every woman has a course, depending partly on the self, and partly on the environment which is natural and necessary for each. anyone who is forced from his own course, either through not understanding himself, or through external opposition, comes in

if a man like napoleon were actually appointed by destiny to control europe, he should not be blamed for exercising his rights. to oppose him would be an error. anyone so doing would have made a mistake as to his own destiny, except in so far as it might be necessary for him to learn the lessons of defeat. the sun moves in space without interference. the order of nature provides a orbit for each star. a clash proves that one or the other has strayed from its course. but as to each man that keeps his true course, the more firmly he acts, the less likely are others to get in his way. his example will help them to find their own paths and pursue them. every man that becomes a magician helps others to do likewise. the more firmly and surely men move, and the more such action is accepted as th

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

one o'erpowered, time that the midnight blossom flowered! the oneness is. yet even in this, my son, thou shall not do amiss if thou restrain the expression, shoot thy glance to rapture's darkling root, discarding name, form, sight, and stress even of this high consciousness; pierce to the heart! i leave thee here: thou art the master. i revere thy radiance that rolls afar, o brother of the silver star! crowley "aha" issued by order of the great white brotherhood known as the a'.a "witness our seal" n "praemonstrator-general" diagram: a'.a. seal photograph: the colotype of crowley from equinox i, 3, just before page 11, titled underneath "aleister crowley" part ii- magick preliminary remarks photograph (probably colotype original) of crowley with implements, titled underneath "the magician

abalistically backwards? and what is this bone? the bone is the wand, the holy lingam! the complete interpretation of the rune is now open. this rime is the legend of the murder of osiris by typhon. the limbs of osiris were scattered in the nile. isis sought them in every corner of the universe, and she found all except his sacred lingam, which was not found until quite recently (vide fuller, the star in the west. let us take another example from this rich storehouse of magick lore. little bo peep she lost her sheep, and couldn't tell where to find them. leave them alone! and they'll come home, dragging their tails behind them "bo" is the root meaning light, from which spring such words as bo-tree, bodhisattva, and buddha. and "peep" is apep, the serpent apophis. this poem therefore contai

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

et nature 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 measur

h (see s.d. 1:38-39: thickness, cloud; aub b( revolving; transmigration lwglg 73 chokmah: wisdom hmkx gimel: a camel lmg to trust in, shelter in hsx a day of feast bw+ mwy a title of chokmah hmxk 74 lamed: an ox-goad dml a leader, chief, judge nyyd worn-out; beggars mykd a circuit; roundabout bybs all the way, duration; eternity; booty; witness, proof; ruler d( knowledge (cf. 474 (d 75 nuit, the star goddess (cf. 466 +ywn hues, colours, complexions ynwwg brightness; lucifer, the herald star llyh a lamenting, wailing hlly the pleiades hmyk night; by night hlyl priest nhk unto them mhl 76 secret, put away; a hiding-place nwybx rest, peace xxyn slave, servant db( goddess hlyl) 77 prayed h(b overflowing (ps. 124:5) nwdyz towers, citadels ldgm the influence through the paths (cf. 78; destiny

rel, dispute nydm personal [belongings, small private property hlwgs giving up, presenting, remitting xlws out! avaunt! go away! cwx crushed, fine, thin qd king david dwd klm 105 to subvert, ruin, change kph skullcap, yarmulka hpk 106 nun: a fish nwn attained qbd stibium (a type of kohl) kwp line, string, linen thread; norm wq your god mkyhl) 107 an egg hcyb chain; flaming arrow qz the shield (or star) of david (the hexagram) dwd ngm 108 2x2 3x3x3: hence used as the number of beads on a rosary by some sects the ears mynz) the fruit of a deep valley lxnh yb)b a wall cyx to force, do wrong to smx to love very much nnx to shut up, obstruct msx the middle ycx to measure out, share; a decree, statute; tall (masc; task; boundary (cf. 113) qx builders mynwb leader gyhnm 109 lightning zqb quiet hx

thine eye( gis h written. see 160& i.r.q. 652 *kny( 631 concealed mystery )tw(yncd silence; silent *ml) 632 the world of foundations: the sphere of the elements (i.e. malkuth; see 564) twdwsy mlw( 633 light (spelt in full, vau= ww; cf. 628 and 643 :r:w) male and female created [they them (gn. 1:27) m)rb hbqnw rkz a day of feast *bw+ mwy 634 worn-out; beggars *mykd 635 son of the dawn: the morning star, lucifer rx# nb llyh three h#l# unto them *mhl adonai the king: a divine name of malkuth (cf. 65& 361 *klm ynd) 638 the breaker; dream (n& v *mlx bread (ps. 78:20= mlx, by metathesis *mxl 639 tree of knowledge t(dh c( 640 the sun: the sphere of sol #m# the cup of consolations mymwxnt swk palm of the hand; palm tree rmt water (alternative spelling of mem, 90 *mm thine eyes (pl; gnot h written;

satan n)t# a white goose *nbl zww) vilon, veil: the veil between yesod and malkuth *nwlyw ye shall cleave in hwhy (cf. 220 *hwhyb myqbdx 753 to guard, protect *nng food, meat (ch *nwzm 754 father of the mob, or of the multitude *nwmh b) quarrel, dispute *nydm 756 spheres; numbers; emanations twryps years twn# nun: a fish *nwn ages; worlds *mymlw( 757 clusters: netzach and hod twlk) the shield (or star) of david (the hexagram *dwd ngm 758 perdition; the destroyer (ex. 12:23) tyx#m copper ore; bronze t#xn to love very much *nnx victories *myxcn 759 powder(s) of the merchant lkwr tqb) music *nwgn 760 both active and passive (said in the qabalah re: the sephiroth) lbqtmw lybqm confinement, detention trc( resemblance, likeness, image *nwymd at the end of the days; the right hand *nymy wings *my

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final result of either? 2. shall we avoid restriction? yea; restriction distorteth nature, so that even what seemeth good in it is evil. for how long have men suffered from misunderstanding of this. 3. the wise man is foursquare, and avoideth aggression; his corners do not injure others. he moveth in a straight line((according to his will) and turneth not aside therefrom; he is brilliant((like a star) but doth not blind with his brightness((because he keeps to his own orbit) 64 chapter lix warding the tao. 1. to balance our earthly nature and cultivate our heavenly nature, tread the middle path. 2. this middle path alone leadeth to the timely return to the true nature. this timely return resulteth from the constant gathering of magick powers((teh) with that gathering cometh control. this

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE GREATER RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

slowly, and very forcibly, in a low voice: ardent and awful on my right rage ratziel and tzadkiel. red raphael on his burning throne guards me behind: with magian might dread khamael and tzaphkiel war on my left: the avengers own before me flaming out alone the majesty of metatron! for around me in six several ways the fivefold sword-stars beat and blaze; while in the column shines and slays the star that hath eleven rays. abrahadabra! bell. rise and give the threefold sign, remaining in the sign of apophis- typhon to invoke whatever force thou wishest to invoke. bell repeat all of part i, and then forcibly say: by bes-na-maut my breast i beat; by wise ta-nech i weave my spell. show thy star-splendour, o nuit! bid me within thine house to dwell, o winged snake of light, hadit! abide with

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

midal hill of stark black rock? i am too weary to turn my head to look. all of a sudden, far behind me, far beyond that crest, if it be one, rings out a voice, clear, firm, courageous, confident. it is a soldier's voice, the accent of command, the valour of manhood. none can mistake- i am assured- that ringing call. truth, victory, in each trumpet tone: listen! vox. the captain cries "behold, the star in the west" instant on that comes silence. but among us the sudden stirring warns me that not all were sleeping; that there were watchers like myself, men more intent than i. i hear a murmur on my left. i catch three words "the zero hour" they call me back to myself: i know now that i am one of a great army- an army baffled and broken, but yet in being. sharp comes a whisper of swift absolut

ey of the campaign. but in my mind its meaning is most utter darkness. again the solemn stillness. few were they who had heard the voice of the young captain: for the sleep of all but the youngest and strongest was the sleep of death. even of these the fate was ill indeed; for their minds had been distraught by the bitterness of their hearts. so, when they noted the voice, they mocked. i heard "a star in the west. what folly" or "that is no voice of any leader of ours" or "star in the west? beware: that is the star called wormwood" then, presently, from the blind land behind the mountain, comes one heavy groan, then the sound of a fall, made vile by a titter of malignant tinkling laughter. the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 4 there follow ghoulish wailings. the

toms of crime, icecold, ghosts made of murder- the nightmare seems interminable- no, it exhausts itself, sick with its own foulness, and sinks into a stolid stupor. phantasma. i waken from the horror. every nerve is numb, every muscle frozen, every bone one ache, my blood throbbing with poison. but the shambles is now dimly to be seen. what? can the voice have spoken truth after all? is then that star a sun, whose light is at last piercing the foul mists of massacre, whose heat is forcing the congealed miasma to steam skyward in those murky bands of dim grey cloud? hark! yes, the few that are still alive have seen what rouses them to lift their crippled arms, to stare with blear bloodshot eyes, to jabber with broken jaw-bones and torn tongues "for christ's sake" screams an emasculate rag o

piercing the foul mists of massacre, whose heat is forcing the congealed miasma to steam skyward in those murky bands of dim grey cloud? hark! yes, the few that are still alive have seen what rouses them to lift their crippled arms, to stare with blear bloodshot eyes, to jabber with broken jaw-bones and torn tongues "for christ's sake" screams an emasculate rag of flesh "don't look at that damned star "we're lost" another squeals "the beast" yells a third: maniac. i too am appalled not a little. for on the moving fumes crawl monstrous and hideous shapes- frightful forms, detestable gestures. all past belief for loathsomeness: filling my mortal spirit with delirious fear. beholding them, the wounded writhe in deadly anguish. some crazily catch up the filth in which they are already half sun

they are already half sunk to throw it at the spectre, therby only to smear themselves more thickly in the face. their impotent malice so exceeds itself that i am moved for a moment to laugh. at that, as at the master-spell of a great sage, the charm is snapped: i soar into sanity. i must be simple indeed! how did i fail for a moment to understand that broken-spectres must be shadows cast by some star, a sun, upon sun-lifted vapours- that all these diverse the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 5 shapes of madness are but distortions of one form upon the mountain-crest, a solitary shadow- the shadow of a man! lux i stood erect. i found myself unhurt. i turned. i lifted up mine eyes. behold! the hill! the apex of the colossal pyramid is crowned by a stern silent fig

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LAW OF LIBERTY

ok of the law, or for those who, reading it, have somehow failed to understand its perfection. for there are many matters in this book, and the glad tidings are now here, now there, scattered throughout the book as the stars are scattered through the field of night. rejoice with me, all ye people! at the very head of the book stands the great charter of our godhead "every man and every woman is a star" we are all free, all independent, all shining gloriously, each one a radiant world. is not that good tidings? then comes the first call of the great goddess nuit, lady of the starry heaven, who is also matter in its deepest metaphysical sense, who is the infinite in whom all we live and move and have our being. hear her first summons to us men and women "come forth, o children, under the sta

n or melusine; she is nuit herself, specially concentrated and incarnated in a human form to give you infinite love, to bid you taste even on earth the elixir of immortality "but ecstasy be mine and joy on earth; ever to me! to me" again she speaks "love is the law, love under will" keep pure your highest ideal; strive ever toward it without allowing aught to stop you or turn you aside, even as a star sweeps upon its incalculable and infinite course of glory, and all is love. the law of your being becomes light, life, love and liberty. all is peace, all is harmony and beauty, all is joy. for hear, how gracious is the goddess "i give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do i demand aught in sacrifice" is not this

ainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do i demand aught in sacrifice" is not this better than the death-in-life of the slaves of the slave-gods, as they go oppressed by consciousness of "sin" wearily seeking or simulating wearisom and tedious "virtues? with such, we who have accepted the law of thelema have nothing to do. we have heard the voice of the star-goddess "i love you! i yearn to you! pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, i who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you. put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you; come unto me" and thus she ends "sing the rapturous love-song unto me! burn to me perfumes! wear to me jewels! drink to me, for i love you! i love you! i am the blue-lidded

comes from the marriage of nuit and hadit; without this could no thing be. this eternal, this perpetual marriage-feast is then the nature of things themselves; and therefore everything that is, is a crystallization of divine the law of liberty get any book for free on: www.abika.com 4 ecstasy. hadit tells us of himself "i am the flame that burns in the heart of every man, and in the core of every star" he is then your own inmost divine self; it is you, and not another, who are lost in the constant rapture of the embraces of infinite beauty. a little further on he speaks of us "we are not for the poor and the sad; the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk "is a god to live in a dog? no! but the highest are of us. they shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us "beauty and strength

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ese stories, it will then be more easily supposable that the atlanteans aspiring to journey sunwards to venus, might invoke the beings of that planet, should it be possible for them to travel to us. and that this is impos sible, who can assert? on the theory of the magicians, power increases as the sun is approached, the inhabitants of earth being more highly infused with the magical force of our star than those of mars, and they again more than those of great jupiter, gloomy and disastrous saturn and uranus, or neptune lost in star- dreams. again, the powers of each particular planet may, nay, must be wholly diverse. so fundamental a condition of existence as the value of g being vastly various, must not the inhabitants differ equally in body and in mind? what lives on the minute and airl

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trah" etc (samuel bar aiwaz) identifies them with anu and adad the supreme mother and father deities of the sumerians. taken in connexion with the aiwaz identification, this is very striking indeed. it is also to be considered that nu is connected with north, while had is sad, set, satan, sat (equals "being" in sanskrit, south. he is then the sun, one point concentring space, as also is any other star. the word abrahadabra is from abrasax, father sun, which adds to 365. for the north-south antithesis see fabre d'olivet's "hermeneutic interpretation of the origin of the social state in man. note "sax" also as a rock, or stone, whence the symbol of the cubical stone, the mountain abiegnus, and so forth. nu is also reflected in naus, ship, etc, and that whole symbolism of hollow space which i

red as a particular kind or dimension of space< further, this verse is to be taken with the next. the 'company of heaven' is mankind, and its 'unveiling' is the assertion of the independent godhead of every man and every woman! further, as khabs (see verse 8) is "star, there is a further meaning; this book is to reveal the secret self of a man, i.e. to initiate him. al i,3 "every man and every woman is a star" the new comment this thesis is fully treated in "the book of wisdom or folly. its main statement is that each human being is an element of the cosmos, self-determined and supreme, co-equal with all other gods. from this the law "do what thou wilt" fo

her meaning; this book is to reveal the secret self of a man, i.e. to initiate him. al i,3 "every man and every woman is a star" the new comment this thesis is fully treated in "the book of wisdom or folly. its main statement is that each human being is an element of the cosmos, self-determined and supreme, co-equal with all other gods. from this the law "do what thou wilt" follows logically. one star influences another by attraction, of course; but these are incidents of self-predestined orbits. there is, however, a mystery of the planets, revolving about a star of whom they are parts; but i shall not discuss it fully in this place. man is the middle kingdom. the great kingdom is heaven, with each star as an unit; the little kingdom is the molecule, with each electron as an unit (the rati

hom they are parts; but i shall not discuss it fully in this place. man is the middle kingdom. the great kingdom is heaven, with each star as an unit; the little kingdom is the molecule, with each electron as an unit (the ratio of these three is regularly geometrical, each being 10 to the 22 times greater in size than its neighbour) see "the book of the great auk" for the demonstration that each 'star' is the centre of the universe to itself, and that a 'star' simple, original, absolute, can add to its omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence without ceasing to be itself; that its one way to do this is to gain experience, and that therefore it enters into combinations in which its true nature is for awhile disguised, even from itself. analogously, an atom of carbon may pass through myriad

same as mystic monism, but the objection to that theory is that god has to create things which are all parts of himself, so that their interplay is false. if we presuppose many elements, their interplay is natural. it is no objection to this theory to ask who made the elements- the elements are at least there; and god, when you look for him, is not there. theism is "obscurum per obscurius. a male star is built up from the centre outwards, a female star from the circumference inwards. this is what is meant when we say that woman has no soul. it explains fully the difference between the sexes. weh note: although crowley evidently felt that this characterization was true simply, it should be noted that this comment is not class a. the idea of center outwards and circumference inwards may actu

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wilt shall be the whole of the law. i proclaim the law of light, life, love, and liberty in the name of iaq. the congregation: love is the law, love under will. the deacon goes to his place between the altar of incense and the font, faces east, and gives the step and sign of a man and a brother. all imitate him. the deacon and all the people: i believe in one secret and ineffable lord; and in one star in the company of stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shall return; and in one father of life, mystery of mystery, in his name chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon the earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breathes. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in

i love you. i am the blue-lidded daughter of sunset; i am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky. to me! to me! the priest mounts the second step. the priest: o secret of secrets that art hidden in the being of all that lives, not thee do we adore, for that which adoreth is also thou. thou art that, and that am i. i am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. i am alone; there is no god where i am. the deacon and all rise to their feet, with the hailing sign. the deacon: but ye, o my people rise up and awake. let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty. there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. a feast for the first night o

iform, mysterious matter, in fourfold and sevenfold division, the interplay of which things weave the dance of the veil of life upon the face of the spirit, let there be harmony and beauty in your mystic loves, that in us may be health and wealth and strength and divine pleasure according to the law of liberty; let each pursue his will as a strong man that rejoiceth in his way, as the course of a star that blazeth for ever among the joyous company of heaven. the people: so mote it be. birth the deacon: be the hour auspicious, and the gate of life open in peace and in well-being, so that she that beareth children may rejoice, and the babe catch life with both hands. the people: so mote it be. marriage the deacon: upon all that this day unite with love under will let fall success; may streng

hour. the people: so mote it be. the end the deacon: unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true wills; whether they will absorption in the infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills 'a(c)umgn 'a(c)umgn 'a(c)umgn. the people: so mote it be. all sit. the deacon and the children attend the priest and priestess, ready to hold any appropriate weapon as may be necessary. vi of the consecration of the elements the priest makes the five crosses. 3 12 on paten

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. we set phantoms to chase phantoms. we make our scin-laeca1 pure and hard and glittering, all glorious within, like the veritable daughter of the king; yet she is but the king s daughter, the nephesch adorned: she is not the king himself, the holy ruach or mind of man. as as we have seen in our chapter on yoga,2 this mind is a very aspen; and as we may see in the last chapter of captain fuller s star in the west, this mind is a very cockpit of contradiction. what then is the standard of truth? what tests shall we apply to revelation, when our tests of experience have been found wanting? if i must doubt my eyes that have served me (well, on the whole) for so many years, must i not much more doubt my spiritual vision, my vision just open like a babe s, my vision untested by comparison and u

s of rwa thus repeat the three ideas. the nature of rwa is this analysed, under the figure of the ten numbers and the 22 letters which together compose what the rosicrucians have diagrammatised under the name of minutum mundum. it will be noticed that every number and letter has its correspondence in ideas of every sort; so that any given object can be analysed in terms of the 32. if i see a blue star, 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

idden between the waters that are above and the waters that are beneath (symbol, the ark containing the secret of life borne upon the bosom of the deluge beneath the clouds) wn. initiation is guarded on both sides by death ]ms. self-control and self-sacrifice govern the wheel. yu. the secret of generation is death. hp. the fortress of the most high (note p, the lowest reciprocal path. ydx. in the star is the gate of the sanctuary [wq. illusionary is the initiation of disorder. cyr. in the sun (osiris) is the secret of the spirit. yc. resurrection is hidden in death. wt. the universe is the hexagram (other meanings suit other planes and other grades) truly there is no end to this wondrous science; and when the sceptic sneers, with all these methods one ought to be able to make everything ou

sch, see 777 and other classical books of reference. note especially y+ hy+ why+ hwhy= 72.42 41 67= yz, zayin in full, the first of the paths connecting tiphareth with the supernals t.s. 42 i.e, writing out the tetragrammaton as a tetrakys, or in wing form, gives 72 t.s. liber lviii 29 73. hmkj, wisdom. also lmg, gimel, the path uniting kether and tiphereth. but gimel, the priestess of the silver star, is the female hierophant, the moon; and chokmah is the logos, or male initiator. see liber 418 for more information on these points, though rather from the standpoint of part ii. 78. alzm, the influence from kether. the number of the cards of the tarot, and of the 13 paths of the beard of macroprosopus.43 also sawya, the messenger.44 see part ii. 80. the number of p, the lightning-struck tow

as the ego who posits the non-ego (fichte) he hates this magus. it is only the beginner who regards this magus as the wonder-worker as the thing he wants to be. for the adept such little consolation as he may win is rather to be found be regarding the magus as b= mercury= 8= ch= 418= 60 if we accept the reversal of the tarot attributions of h and x this latter part should perhaps read= 5= h= the star= xvii= 17= the swastika= a= the fool= 0. t.s. liber lviii 35 abrahadabra, the great word, the word of double power in the voice of the master which unites the 5 and the 6, the rose and the cross, the circle and the square. and also b is the path from binah to kether; but that is only important for him who is already in binah, the master of the temple. he finds no satisfaction in contemplating

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

do not base my thesis on your book s being torn to pieces by knowledge: nor invoke the shade of my own boyhood s agony. 675 soul, shudder not! advance the blade of fearless fact and probe the scar! you know my first-class memory? well, in my life two years there are twelve years back not so very far! 680 two years whereof no memory stays. one ageless anguish filled my days so that no item, like a star sole in the supreme night, above stands up for hope, or joy, or love. 685 nay, not one ignis fatuus glides sole in that marsh, one agony to make the rest look light. abides the thick sepulchral changeless shape shapeless, continuous misery 690 whereof no smoke-wreaths might escape to show me whither lay the end, whence the beginning. all is black, void of all cause, all aim; unkenned, as if i

ive deity, 720 and say: the christhood-soul in me, risen of late, is now quite clear even of the smallest taint of earth. supplanting god, the man has birth( new birth you ll call the same, i fear) 725 transcends the ordinary sphere and flies in the direction x (there lies the fourth dimension) vex my soul no more with mistranslations from genesis to revelations, 730 but leave me with the flaming star,75 jeheshua (see thou zohar!)76 and thus our formidable pigeon-77 lamb-and-old-gentleman religion fizzles in smoke, and i am found 735 attacking nothing. here s the ground, pistols, and coffee three in one (alas, o rabbi schimeon) but never a duellist no son, no father, and (to please us most) 740 decency pleads no holy ghost! all vanish at the touch of truth, a cobweb trio like, in sooth, th

tecost 45 christian mystics not true christians. what think ye of crowley? his interlocuter dismissed, not with a jest, but with a warning. poet yawns. aum! now who dares call me no christian? and, who cares? 795 read; you will find the master of balliol discarding barkeley, locke, and paley ll resume such thoughts and label clear my christianity lies here! with such religion who finds fault? 800 star, it seems foolish to exalt religion to such heights as these refine the mystic agonies to nothing, lest the mystic jeer so logic bends its line severe 805 back to my involuted curve! these are my thoughts. i shall not swerve. take them, and see what dooms deserve their rugged grandeur heaven or hell? mind the dark doorway there !62 farewell! 810 how tedious i always find that special manner o

s if heralding the literary somersault of the twentieth century we have been content to accept shakespeare as orthodox, with common sense; moral to a fault, with certain rabelasian leanings: a healthy tone (we say) pervades his work. never believe it! the sex problem is his speciality; a morbid decadence (so-called) is hidden i th heart o th rose. in other words, the divine william is the morning star to ibsen s dawn and bernard shaw s effulgence. the superficial, the cynical, the misanthropic will demand proof of such a statement. let it be our contemptuous indulgence to afford them what they ask. may i premise that, mentally obsessed, monomaniac indeed, as we must now consider shakespeare to have been on these points, he was yet artful enough to have concealed his* the lamented decease o

ur disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on; an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! my father compounded with my mother under the dragon s tail, and my nativity was under ursa major; so that it follows i am rough and lecherous. sfoot! i should have been that i am had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizing. if there is one sound philosophical dictum in the play, it is this (i am not going to argue with astrologers in the twentieth century) it is on

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ser" by a. crowley "the upanishads "the bhagavad-gita "the voice of the silence "raja yoga" by swami vivek nanda "the shiva sanhita" 32 "the aphorisms of patanjali "the sword of song "the book of the dead "rituel et dogme de la haute magie "the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage "the goetia "the hathayoga pradipika" erdmann's "history of philosophy "the spiritual guide of molinos "the star in the west (captain fuller "the dhammapada [s.b.e. series, oxford university press "the questions of king milinda [s.b.e. series "777. vel prolegomena &c "varieties of religious experience (james "kabbala denudata "knox om pax" 3. careful study of these books will enable the pupil to speak in the language of his master and facilitate communication with him. 4. the pupil should endeavour to d

record as the only possible check upon error derived from the various qualities of the experimenter. 9. thus let the work be accomplished duly; yea, let it be accomplished duly [if any really important or remarkable results should occur, or if any great difficulty presents itself, the a. a. should be at once informed of the circumstances] 34 the wizard way 35 the wizard way velvet soft the night-star glowed over the untrodden road, through the giant glades of yew where its ray fell light as dew lighting up the shimmering veil maiden pure and aery frail that the spiders wove to hide blushes of the sylvan bride earth, that trembled with delight at the male caress of night. velvet soft the wizard trod to the sabbath of his god. with his naked feet he made starry blossoms in the glade, softly

cross asunder! shatter the black bolt of thunder! such the swart ensanguine kiss of the resolute abyss" wonder-weft the wizard heard this intolerable word. smote the blasting hazel rod on the scarlet lips of god; trampled cross and rosy core; brake the thunder-tool of thor; meek and holy acolyte of the priestly hells of spite, sleek and shameless catamite of the beasts that prowl by night! like a star that streams from heaven through the virgin airs light-riven, from the lift there shot and fell an admirable miracle. 41 carved minute and clean, a key of purest lapis-lazuli more blue than the blind sky that aches (wreathed with the stars, her torturing snakes, for the dead god's kiss that never wakes; shot with golden specks of fire like a virgin with desire. look, the levers! fern-frail fr

ne flame accented in gold brown pendant to chin like an old man's beard. a gout of flame in four points issues triangularly downward from the mouth, and this is divided by a very forked tongue in gold brown (divides 1/8 inch from mouth and extends one inch past division point) such that the two outer points of flame are separated from the two inner by the fork. a golden dodecagram (twelve pointed star) in a ring is directly below the serpent's head, situated such that the tongue of the serpent frames the upper arc of the ring and the head of the serpent appears in medium coeli like a nemesis above the wheel of fortune. the ring is divided into twelve silver and twelve brown-gold bands, with a red zodiacal symbol over each gold and silver band, gold to widdershins and silver to deosil. the

c of the ring and the head of the serpent appears in medium coeli like a nemesis above the wheel of fortune. the ring is divided into twelve silver and twelve brown-gold bands, with a red zodiacal symbol over each gold and silver band, gold to widdershins and silver to deosil. the star in the center points to each symbol. aries is at top and the rest proceed deosil around the ring. in center is a star surmounted by the eye in the triangle. the star is in two modes: a large gold star of six narrow points with point to top is on top of a smaller silver star of six narrow points with two points dead horizontal. the silver star and the gold star create a sort of compass rose, and the silver star has its points filled with gold. the triangle is centered in the golden star, equilateral and apex

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two lands with rays of turquoise and beryl, and sapphire, and amethyst; for lord of love, lord of life, lord of immensity, lord of everlastingness is thy name. thou hast become as a tower of effulgence, whose foundations are set in the hearts of me, yea! as a mountain of chrysoleth slumbering in the crown of glory! whose summit is god! 229 [book ii "the scaffolding" will appear in no. 2] f_ the star in the west by captain j. f. c. fuller "fourth large edition now in preparation" through the equinox and all booksellers six shillings net- a highly original study of morals and religion by a new writer, who is as entertaining as the average novelist is dull. nowadays human thought has taken a brighter place in the creation: our emotions are weary of bad baronets and stolen wills; they are no

hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod conjunctum "there are three contemplations as it were breaths in the human mind, that "is the abyss of hell: the first is called" nu epsilon kappa rho omicron sigma, the "second" pi upsilon rho alpha mu iota sigma, and the third "phi alpha lambda lambda omicron sigma" these are the watery reflexions of the three enthusiasms; those of apollo "dionysys, and aphrodite" the whole star is nechesh and messiach, the name" hb:heh hb:yod hb:heh hb:aleph" joined "with "hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod" 7 liber hhh sub figura cccxli. continet capitula tres: mmm, aaa, et sss. i m m m "i remember a certain holy day in the dusk of the year, in the dusk of the equinox of osiris, when first i beheld thee visibly; when first the dreadful issue was fought out; when the ibis-headed one charme

. we set phantoms to chase phantoms. we make our scin-laeca pure and hard and glittering, all glorious within, like the veritable daughter of the king; yet she is but the king's daughter, the nephesch adorned: she is not the king himself, the holy ruach or mind of man. and as we have seen in our chapter on yoga, this mind is a very aspen; and as we may see in the last chapter of captain fuller's "star in the west" this mind is a very cockpit of contradiction. what then is the standard of truth? what tests shall we apply to revelation, when our tests of experience are found wanting? if i must doubt my eyes that have served me (well, on the whole) for so many years, must i not much more doubt my spiritual vision, my vision just open like a babe's, my vision untested by comparison and uncriti

he three ideas. the nature of hb:resh hb:vau hb:aleph is thus analysed, under the figure of the ten numbers and the 22 letters which together compose what the rosicrucians have diagrammatised under the name of minutum mundom. it will be noticed that every number and letter has its "correspondence" in ideas of every sort; so that any given object can be analysed in terms of the 32. if i see a blue star, 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 vis

n between the waters that are above and the waters that are beneath (symbol, the ark containing the secret of life borne upon the bosom of the deluge beneath the clouds) nvn. initiation is guarded on both sides by death. smk. self-control and self-sacrifice govern the wheel. oin. the secret of generation is death. ph. the fortress of the most high (note p, the lowest reciprocal path. tzdi. in the star is the gate of the sanctuary. qvp. illusionary is the initiation of disorder. rish. in the sun (osiris) is the secret of the spirit. shin. resurrection is hidden in death. thv. the universe is the hexagram (other meanings suit other planes and other grades) truly there is no en to this wondrous science; and when the sceptic sneers "with all these methods one ought to be able to make everythin

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figure of our lady nuit, and beneath her is the flaming winged disk, and below the altar of ra-hoor-khuit, even as it is upon the stele of revealing. but below is the supine figure of seb, into whom is concentrated all that clotted blood. and there comes a voice: it is the dawn of the aeon. the aeons of cursing are passed away. force and fire, strength and sight, these are for the servants of the star and the snake. and now i seem to be lying in the desert, exhausted. the desert, near sidi aissa "november" 25, 1909. 1.10- 2 p.m. the cry of the 25th aethyr, which is called vti there is nothing in the stone but the pale gold of the rosy cross. now there comes an angel with bright wings, that is the angel of the 25th aire. and all the aire is a dark olive about 21 him, like an alexandrite sto

art, thou art not! nenni ofekufa ananael laiada i maelpereji nonuka afafa adarepeheta peregi aladi niisa niisa lape ol zodir idoian. and i said: odo kikale qaa. why art thou hidden from me, whom i hear? and the voice answered and said unto me: hearing is of the spirit alone. thou art a partaker of the five-fold mystery. thou must roll up the ten divine ones like a scroll, and fashion therefrom a star. yet must thou blot out the star in the heart of hadit. 26 for the blood of my heart is like a warm bath of myrrh and ambergris; bathe thyself therein. the blood of my heart is all gathered upon my lips if i kiss thee, burns in my fingertips if i caress thee, burns in my womb when thou art caught up into my bed. mighty are the stars; mighty is the sun; mighty is the moon; mighty is the voice

t up into one, then would the vision fail; then would the voice be still. now all is gone from the stone. ain el hajel "november" 26, 1909. 2-3.25 p.m. the cry of the 23rd aethyr, which is called tor. in the brightness of the stone are three lights, brighter than all, which revolve ceaselessly. and now there is a spider's web of silver covering the whole of the stone. behind the spider's web is a star of twelve rays; and behind that again, a black bull, furiously pawing up the ground. the flames from his mouth increase and whirl, and he cries: behold the mystery of toil, o thou who art taken in the toils of mystery. for i who trample the earth thereby make whirlpools in the air; be comforted, therefore, for though i be black, in the roof of my mouth is the sign of the beetle. bent are the

st of the flesh, and the raven for the lust of the mind; but me did he choose above all to simulate the pure prompting of the soul. them that are fallen a prey to the wolf and the raven i have not scathed; but them that have rejected me, i have given over to the 4 this night i took the shew-stone to my breast to sleep, and immediately a dhyana arose of the sun, seen more clearly afterwards as the star. exceeding was its brilliance. wrath of the raven and the wolf. and the jaws of the one have torn them, and the 43 beak of the other has devoured the corpse. therefore is my flag white, because i have left nothing upon the earth alive. i have feasted myself on the blood of the saints, but i am not suspected of men to be their enemy, for my fleece is white and warm, and my teeth are not the te

, and his jaws fill the whole aire. and he crunches up the whole tree and the ground and everything. now then at last cometh forth the angel of the aethyr, who is like the angel of the fourteenth key of rota, with beautiful blue wings, blue robes, the sun in her girdle like a brooch, and the two crescents of the moon shapen into sandals for her feet. her hair is of flowing gold, each sparkle as a star. in her hands are the torch of penelope and the cup of circe. 48 she comes and kisses me on the mouth, and says: blessed art thou who hast beheld sebek my lord in his glory. many are the champions of life, but all are unhorsed by the lance of death. many are the children of the light, but their eyes shall all be put out by the mother darkness. many are the servants of love, but love (that is

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s a thirst of the body yet the thirst of the soul is deeper, and impossible to quench. lord adonai! let the powers of geburah plunge me again and again into the fires of pain, so that my steel may be tempered to that sword of magic that invoketh thy knowledge and thy conversation. hoor! elohim gibor! kamael! seraphim! graphiel! 71 bartzabel! madim! i conjure ye in the number five. by the flaming star of my will! by the senses of my body! by the five elements of my being! rise! move! appear! come ye forth unto me and torture me with your fierce pangs for why? because i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. ol sonuf vaoresaji, gono ladapiel, elonusaha caelazod. i rule above ye, said the lord of lords, exalted in power.[from dr. dee's mss. ed. 11.17. will

over death. there is no part of me that is not of the gods. the dead man ankh-af-na-khonsu saith with his voice of truth and calm: oh thou that has a single arm! o thou that glitterest in the moon! i weave thee in the spinning charm; i lure thee with the billowy tune. 134 the dead man ankh-af-na-khonsu hath parted from the darkling crowds, hath joined the dwellers of the light, opening duant, the star-abodes; their keys receiving. the dead man ankh-af-na-khonsu hath made his passage into night, his pleasure on the earth to do among the living. amen amen without lie amen, and amen of amen. 12.40. i shall lie down to sleep in my robes, still wearing the ring of the masters, and bearing my wand in my hand. for to me now sleep is the same as waking, and life the same as death. in thy l.v.x. ar

actually did take part in the scenes described so vividly. we follow their fortunes breathlessly. descriptions as vivid as any mr. upton sinclair ever painted, and they are never tedious nor overdone. we must not leave the tale without mentioning the wonderful love story of rudoplh and elsie, a fine piece of psychology, as true as it is moving, and of a quality rarely to be found in fiction. the star in the west by captain j. f. c. fuller "fourth large edition now in preparation" through all booksellers six shillings net a highly original study of morals and religion by a new writer, who is as entertaining as the average novelist is dull. nowadays human thought has taken a brighter place in the creation: our emotions are weary of bad baronets and stolen wills; they are now only excited b

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t menaces. what gardener may dare to prune those woods to build me palaces? so climb, each ledge an infinite stress, lustful as light, as lechery loth, from the brutality of besz to the plumed perjury of thoth! i held him holy. holier both than aught the bearers of the bier, thoum-aesh-neith and auramoth, saw in the hiding-house of fear. the sorceries that span the sphere, the spells that harness star and sun, i whispered in his siren ear- once, twice, and thrice for every one! once, twice, and thrice- the boon's begun! with four and five and six it stirs: with seven the druid dance is done, and death drives home his silver spurs! then- the last leap. what crowning curse can bid that cup of curses brim? how may god's maniac ministers lash the last languor out of him? 203 i did it. how? so

or tears. so i clung to the lips and laughed as the storms of death abated, the storms of the grevious graft by the swing of her soul unsated. wherefore reborn as i am by a stream profane and foul in the reign of a tortured lamb, in the realm of a sexless owl, 211 i am set apart from the rest by meed of the mystic rune that reads in peril and pest the ambrosial moon- the moon! for under the tawny star that shines in the bull above i can rein the riotous car of galloping, galloping love; and straight to the steady ray of the lion-heart lord i career, pointing my flaming way with the spasm of night for a spear! o moon! o secret sweet! chalcedony clouds of caresses about the flame of our feet, the night of our terrible tresses! is it a wonder, then, if the people are mad with blindness, and n

w, for the performance of the miracles of the one substance "hermes" illustration on this page. in the background is an inverted solid black pentagram. superimposed on the black pentagram is an upright white pentagram, so arranged as to obscure all but the points of the black pentagram which emerge behind the inner angles of the white. these two pentagrams form a perfectly symmetrical ten-pointed star or decagram with alternating white and black points. in the center of the white pentagram, a symbol of alchemical salt is located, more for it's shape of a black ring with single horizontal bar than for its alchemical significance. this barred ring is centered within but not touching the inner angles of the white pentagram. in the lower space defined by the barred ring is a solid black uprigh

of life, casting before the veiled and awful image of the unknown the arrows of his reason, and diligently seeking both omen and sign in the dusty volumes of the past, and in the ancient wisdom of long-forgotten days. deeply read in poetry, philosophy and science, gifted beyond the common lot, and already a poet of brilliant promise; he suddenly hurries from out the darkness like a wild prophetic star, and overturning the desks and the stools of the schoolmen, and casting their pedagogic papilla from his lips, escapes from the stuffy cloisters of mildewed learning, and the colleges of dialectic dogmatics, and seeks, what as yet he cannot find in the freedom which in his youthful ardour appears to him to live but a furlong or two beyond the spires and gables of that city of hidebound pedant

cancer. hb:chet. chariot. 18th. 11. leo. hb:tet. strength. 19th. 9. virgo. hb:yod. hermit. 20th. 10. jupiter. hb:koph. wheel of fortune. 21st. 8. libra. hb:lamed. justice. 22nd. 12. water. hb:mem. hanged man. 23rd. 13. scorpio. hb:nun. death. 24th. 14. sagittarius. hb:samekh. temperance. 25th. 15. capricorn. hb:ayin. the devil. 26th. 16. mars. hb:peh. the tower. 27th. 17. aquarius. hb:tzaddi. the star. 28th. 18. pisces. hb:qof. the moon. 29th. 19. sun. hb:resh. the sun. 30th. 20. dee. hb:shin. the angel. 31st. 21. saturn. hb:taw. the universe. 32nd. the two veils are represented in the drawing by heavy horizontal lines, and here by shaded lines, with the text included in the approximation below. 10 =1 kether .ipsissimus 12th .11th. 8 =3. 9 =2 binah. 14th chokmah magister..magus templi. 18t

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ilosophy; the only difficulty is to tell where kant ends and where major kelly and schopenhauer begin. further, 385 it is interesting reading, which is more than we can say of most recent works dealing with the k nigsberg philosopher; except, however, two, which, as it happens, are also written by soldiers, viz, captain william bell mctaggart's "absolute relativism" and captain j. f. c. fuller's "star in the west" this work, however, more than these two, which only deal with kant "en passant" shows him to be, as we have always considered him, the wild irishman of teutonic thought, who recklessly gallops at the philosophic hurdles set up by the seventeenth- century and early eighteenth-century philosophers. some of these he clears skilfully enough, others he crashes through and shouts "a pr

t "a priori" corollary "that matter can neither be created nor destroyed (p. 35. if, however, it can be destroyed, as gustave le bon has attempted to prove, what becomes of the "a priority" of causality? nay, further, of the "a priority" of the transcendental aesthetic itself- of time and of space, the fundamental sensual perceptions of kant's system? must we agree with the learned author of "the star in the west" that kant, after having for a hundred years lost his way in "the night of hume's ignorance" has at length fallen victim to his own verbosity, and has indeed sadly scorched "his fundamental basis? the literary guide and rationalist review, 1908-9. monthly, 2"d. of all the lame ducks that crow upon their middens under the impression that they are reincarnations of sir francis drake

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rs 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 points you would place eight lamps. the sigil of the spirit (which is to be found in cornelius 15 agrippa and other books) you would draw in the four colours with such other devices as your experience may suggest. 4. and so on. we cannot here enter at length into all the necessary preparations; and the student will find them fully set forth in the proper books, of which th

d n i (viii) turning to the west, the same, but say a h i h (ix) turning to the north, the same, but say a g l a. pronounce: ye-ho-wau, adonai, eheieh, agla (x) extending the arms in the form of a cross say (xi) before me raphael (xii) behind me gabriel (xiii) on my right hand michael (xiv) on my left hand auriel (xv) for about me flames the pentagram (xvi) and in the column stands the six-rayed star (xvii-xxi) repeat (i) to (v, the qabalistic cross. 19 "the greater ritual of the pentagram" the pentagrams are traced in the air with the sword or other weapon, the name spoken aloud, and the signs used, as illustrated. the pentagrams of spirit' equilibrium of actives\ name: a h i h (eheieh\ i\ b n\ a v* n o i k' s equilibrium of passives i\ h n# i name a g l a (agla. g/ n/ g* the signs of th

nough- more sacred tears- when first he pinned me, gripped my flesh, and as a stallion that rears, sprang, hero-thewed and satyr-lipped; crushed, as a grape between his teeth, my fears; sucked out my life and stamped me with the shame, the monstrous word of wife. vi i will not weep; nay, i will follow him perchance he is not far, 94 bathing his limbs in some delicious dim depth, where the evening star may kiss his mouth, or by the black sky's rim he makes his prayer to the great serpent that is coiled in rapture there. vii i rose to seek him. first my footsteps faint pressed the starred moss; but soon i wandered, like some sweet sequestered saint, into the wood, my mind. the moon was staggered by the trees; with fierce constraint hardly one ray pierced to the ragged earth about their roots

ss, belching a law for "that" more awful than for "this" xvi vain was the toil. so then i left the wood and came unto the still black sea, that oily monster of beatitude('hath "thee" for "me" and "me" for "thee) there as i stood, a mask of solitude hiding a face wried as a satyr's, rolled that ocean into space. xvii then did i build an altar on the shore of oyster-shells, and ringed it round with star-fish. thither a green flame i bore of phosphor foam, and strewed the ground with dew-drops, children of my wand, whose core was trembling steel electric that made spin the universal wheel. xviii with that a goat came running from the cave that lurked below the tall white cliff. 98 thy name! cried i. the answer that gave was but one tempest-whisper "if" ah, then! his tongue to his black palate

as the number of letters had the dual symbol in their midst. now their numeration is 41, yielding by gematria aleph-yod-lamed= force: might: power: gemel-aleph-vau-aleph-lamed, divine majesty: and aleph-chet-lamed-bet= fecundity, all symbolic of the attributes of the dual polar force and mother. moreover, 4+ 1= 5= hb:heh, mother supernal once again- and in its geometric symbol the pentagram- the star of unconquered will. add the next two letters on either side, yod-memfinal-aleph-taw and we get earth-air-water-fire, or a concealed tetragrammaton. and this also reads yod-memfinal, the great sea, aleph-taw, alpha and omega, or essence. add the next two, so that the six central letters are obtained; and we read heh-yod-memfinal-aleph-taw-heh, which signifies heh-yod-memfinal, swollen, extend

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is works. since i am eternal everything acts according to my designs, and everything obeys my words. therefore do thou come forth unto me from thine abode in the silence, unutterable wisdom, all-light, all-power. thoth, hermes, mercury, odin, by whatever name i call thee, thou art still un-named and nameless for eternity! come thou forth, i say, and aid and guard me in this work of art. 177 thou, star of the east that didst conduct the magi. thou art the same, all present in heaven and in hell. thou that vibratest betwixt the light and the darkness rising, descending, changing for ever, yet for ever the same! the sun is thy father! thy mother the moon! the wind hath borne thee in its bosom: and earth hath ever nourished the changeless godhead of thy youth. come thou forth i say, come thou

the folds of the red dragon. illustration facing page 218 described "diagram 71. the lid of the pastos" this is a black and white halftone tipped in on clayed paper. it is a long vertical rectangle, 7x19 proportions, divided into a gray (white) background half on top and a black background half on bottom. in the top half is a floating figure of jehovah, head gloried by rays forming a right canted star of one off vertical point and two off horizontal points, not outlined and two ancillary rays extending between the upper and lower points to 3/4 circumference. to the left, the hand of the figure is extended palmer to front with all fingers spread except the 2nd and 3rd which are straight but joined. there are seven hexagonal stars about this hand, one in center. each star has a dot in center

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the whole figure is tiphereth, where is a golden sun of six rays. note the reflection of the yonis to the triad about malkuth. also note that the triangle of yonis is hidden, even as their links are secret. from malkuth depends the greek cross of the zodiac and their spiritual centre (fig. 2. for colour scales see 777< 11_ rho 1alpha omega_ 2_ 3* 6_ 9/ 4 8 /10\ 7 5 /13\ 12" represents a six-fold star, points to top and bottom. the star is formed by a line inside which are six diamond shapes making a pointed petal star to the center. a. a. publication in class a a note upon liber dcccclxiii 1. let the student recite this book, particularly the 169 adorations, unto his star as it ariseth. 2. let him seek out diligently in the sky his star; let him travel thereunto in his shell; let him ador

is world in the depths of a starless night, so am i who am not able to search the unfathomable depths of thy wisdom. 4. for what am i that i durst look upon thy countenance, purblind one of small understanding that i am, blindly groping through the night of mine ignorance like unto a little maggot hid in the dark depths of a corrupted corpse? 5. therefore, o my god, fashion me into a five-pointed star of ruby burning beneath the foundations of thy unity, that i may mount the pillar of thy glory, and be lost in adoration of the triple unity of thy godhead, i beseech thee, o thou who art to me as the finger of light thrust through the black clouds of chaos; i beseech thee, o my god, hearken thou unto my cry! 6. then, o my god, am i not risen as the sun that eateth up ocean as a golden lion t

ation of the triple unity of thy godhead, i beseech thee, o thou who art to me as the finger of light thrust through the black clouds of chaos; i beseech thee, o my god, hearken thou unto my cry! 6. then, o my god, am i not risen as the sun that eateth up ocean as a golden lion that feedeth on a blue-grey wolf? so shall i become one with thy beauty, worn upon thy breast as the centre of a sixfold star of ruby and of sapphire. 7. yea, o god, gird thou me upon thy thigh as a warrior girdeth his sword! smite my acuteness into the earth, and as a sower casteth his seed into the furrows of the plough, do thou beget upon me these adorations of thy unity, o my conqueror! 8. and thou shalt carry me upon thine hip, o thou flashing god, as a black mother of the south country carrieth her babe. whenc

s are as the eyes of a blind man smitten by a torch of burning fire. 12. o thou crimson gladness of the midnight, thou flamingo north of brooding light! yea, as i rise up before thee, my joy is but as a raindrop smitten through by an arrow of the western sun. 13. o thou golden crown of the universe, thou diadem of dazzling brightness! yea, as i burn up before thee, my 11 light is but as a falling star between the purple fingers of the night. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space; glory and glory upon glory everlasting. amen and amen, and amen. 12 the chapter known as taurus the twelvefold renunciatiion of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve renunciations and by the unity thereof. 1. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unt

of leaping fire, urge us onward to the wild slaughter of the worlds. 4. o thou sovran might of the most ancient forests, whose voice is as the murmur of unappeasable winds caught up in the arms of the swaying branches. i know thee! o 19 thou rumble of conquering drums, who lulleth to a rapture of deep sleep those lovers who burn into each other, flame to fine flame. 5. o thou sovran guide of the star-wheeling circles, the soles of whose feet smith plumes of golden fire from the outermost annihilation of the abyss. i know thee! o thou crimson sword of destruction, who chasest the comets from the dark bed of night, till they speed before thee as serpent tongues of flame. 6. o thou sovran archer of the darksome regions, who shooteth forth from thy transcendental crossbow the many-rayed suns

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is. he does so, and reconciles it with the old way by inviting the test of experiment. they would go therefore to the desert or the mountains_ nay! here and now shall it be accomplished. peace to all beings! 13 aha! olympas. master, ere the ruby dawn gild the dew of leaf and lawn, bidding the petals to unclose of heaven's imperishable rose, brave heralds, banners flung afar of the lone and secret star, i come to greet thee. here i bow to earth this consecrated brow! as a lover woos the moon aching in a silver swoon, i reach my lips towards thy shoon, mendicant of the mystic boon! marsyas. what wilt thou? olympas. let mine angel say "utterly to be rapt away" marsyas. how, whence, and whither? olympas. by my kiss from that abode to this_ to this" my wings? marsyas. thou hast no wings. but se

arry shower of flames that flake their lily length, a necklet of pure light, far-flung down to the base, from which is hung a pearl, the universe, whose sight is one globed jewel of delight. fallen no more! a bowered bride blushing to be satisfied! olympas. all this, of once the eye unclose? marsyas. the golden cross, the ruby rose are gone, when flaming from afar the hawk's eye blinds the silver star. o brothers of the star, caressed by its cool flames from brow to breast, is there some rapture yet to excite this prone and pallid neophyte? olympas. o but there is no need of this! i burn toward the abyss of bliss. i call the four powers of the name; earth, wind and cloud, sea, smoke and flame to witness: by this triune star i swear to break the twi-forked bar. but how to attain? flexes and

o'erpowered, time that the midnight blossom flowered! the oneness is. yet even in this, my son, thou shalt not do amiss 41 if thou restrain the expression, shoot thy glance to rapture's darkling root, discarding name, form, sight, and stress even of this high consciousness; pierce to the heart! i leave thee here: thou art the master. i revere thy radiance that rolls afar, o brother of the silver star! olympas. ah, but no ease may lap my limbs. giants and sorcerers oppose; ogres and dragons are my foes! leviathan against me swims, and lions roar, and boreas blows! no zephyrs woo, no happy hymns paean the pilgrim of the rose! marsyas. i teach the royal road of light. be thou, devoutly eremite, free of thy fate. choose tenderly a place for thine academy. let there be an holy wood of embowere

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and the breezes, the king of the spirits of air, in whose bosom the infinite ease is that cradled me there; by the lord of the fields and the mountains, the king of the spirits of earth that nurtured my life at his fountains from the hour of my birth; 199 by the wand and the cup i conjure; by the dagger and disk i constrain; i am he that is sworn to endure; make thy music again! i am lord of the star and the seal; i am lord of the snake and the sword; reveal us the riddle, reveal! bring us the word of the lord! as the flame of the sun, as the roar of the sea, as the storm of the air, as the quake of the earth- let it soar for a boon, for a bane, for a snare, for a lure, for a light, for a kiss, for a rod, for a scourge, for a sword- bring us thy burden of bliss- bring us the word of the l

straight before him] i am another man's- his- his mistress. there["he reels, catches a chair and saves himself. her breast heaves "swallowing a sob, she runs out of the room" delhomme["utterly dazed. i- i- oh, my god! my father! my god! i thought her- oh, i dare not say it- i will not think it["on his "knees, clutching at the chair] my god, what shall i do! she was my life, my hope, my flower, my star, my sun! what shall i do! help me! help me! who shall console me "he continues in silent prayer, sobbing["the door opens" mr. todd "steals into the room on tiptoe, bends over him "and whispers in his ear. the expression of anguish fails from his "face; a calm steals over him; he smiles in beatitude wand his pips "move in rapture. he rises, shakes" todd "by the hand; they go out "together [gra

t heals my life; i know too well how all things lawful, and all things forbidden alike disclose no pearl upon the midden, offer no key to unlock the gate of hell. there is no escape from the eternal round, no hope in love, or victory, or art. there is no plumb-line long enough to sound the abysses of my heart! 272 there no dawn breaks; no sunlight penetrates its blackness; no moon shines, nor any star. for its own horror of itself creates malignant fate from all benignant fates, of its own spite drives its own angel afar. nay; this is the great import of the curse that the whole world is sick, and not a part. conterminous with its own universe the horror of my heart! ananda vijja. 273 the angostic an agnostic is one who thinks that he knows everything. victor b. neuburg. the mantra-yoga i

abour. man he traces back to the pygmies of central africa, these or beings very like them hundreds of thousands of years ago emigrated all over the world- they were paleolithic man, and whether these ape-like little beings had a mythos 341 or not would appear to be doubtful, but the next great exodus, that of neolithic man, carried with it the stellar mythos- that of the seven stars and the pole star, and the varied quarters to which these primitive men travelled is carefully indicated on the map at the end of the book. though it may seem strange that they crossed vast oceans, it must be born in mind that the configurations of the globe have changed since those remote periods; besides, primitive man did get about the world in a most extraordinary way, as such islands as madagascar and eas

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bove the envious sea this fortress dominates the tides; there, ill at heart, the chivalry of strong sir palamede abides. now comes irruption from the fold that live by murder: day by day the good knight strikes his deadly stroke; the vultures claw the attended prey. but day by day the heathen hordes. gather from dreadful lands afar, a myriad myriad bows and swords, as clouds that blot the morning star. soon by an arrow from the sea the lady of palamede is slain; his son, in sally fighting free, is struck through burgonet and brain. 9 but day by day the foes increase, though day by day their thousands fall: laughs the unshaken fortalice; the good knights laugh no more at all. grimmer than heather hordes can scowl, the spectre hunger rages there; he passes like a midnight owl, hooting his he

ith war; he sabres many a million men, and tramples many a million more! before him lies the untravelled land where never a human soul is known, a desert by a wizard banned, a soulless wilderness of stone. nor grass, nor corn, delight the vales; nor beast, nor bird, span space. immense, black rain, grey mist, white wrath of gales, fill the dread armoury of sense. nor shines the sun; nor moon, nor star their subtle light at all display; nor day, nor night, dispute the scaur: all's one intolerable grey. black llyns, grey rocks, white hills of snow! no flower, no colour: life is not. this is no way for men to go from severn-mouth to camelot. despair, the world upon his speed, drive (like a lion from his den whom hunger hunts) the man at need, sir palamede the saracen. 14 v sir palamede the sa

"spirit of solitude. vii behold sir lancelot of the lake breasting the stony screes: behold how breath must fail and muscle ache before he reach the icy fold that palamede the saracen within its hermitage may hold. at last he cometh to a den perched high upon the savage scaur, remote from every haunt of men, from every haunt of life afar. there doth he find sit palamede sitting as steadfast as a star. scarcely he knew the knight indeed, for he was compassed in a beard white as the streams of snow that feed the lake of gods and men revered that sitteth upon caucasus. so muttered he a darkling weird, 22 and smote his bosom murderous. his nails like eagles' claws were grown; his eyes were wild and dull; but thus sir lancelot spake "thy deeds atone by knightly devoir" he returned that "while

e must thereat morose, when in one wild cascade of light the pageant breaks, and thunder roars: down flaps the loathly wing of night. he sees the lonely breton shores lapped in the levin: then his eyes see how she shrieking soars and soars into the starless, stormy skies. well! well! this lesson will he learn, how music's mellowing artifice may bid the breast of nature burn and call the gods from star and shrine. so now his sounding courses turn to find an instrument divine whereon he may pursue his quest. how glitter green his gleeful eyne 53 when, where the mice and lice infest a filthy hovel, lies a wench bearing a baby at her breast, drunk and debauched, one solid stench, but carrying a silver lute 'boardeth her, nor doth baulk nor blench, and long abideth brute by brute amid the unsav

ick; reels to the light that sorry sage, sir palamede the lunatick. 66 xxv a savage sea without a sail, grey gulphs and green a-glittering, rare snow that floats- a vestal veil upon the forehead of the spring. here in a plunging galleon sir palamede, a listless drone, drifts desperately on- and on- and on- with heart and eyes of stone. the deep-scarred brain of him is healed with wind and sea and star and sun, the assoiling grace that god revealed for gree and bounteous benison. ah! still he trusts the recreant brain, thrown in a thousand tourney-justs; still he raves on in reason-strain with senseless "oughts" and fatuous "musts "all the delusions (argueth the ass "all uproars, surely rise from that curst me whose name is death, whereas the questing beast belies 67 the me with thou; then

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ure of the worry habit. the gospel of relaxation. work as a factor in health. inspiration of the mental outlook. best books for further reading "it is a cheerful, inspiriting book, and should fulfil its object to give mental galvanic shocks to spiritual paralytics "sunday times "a serious exposition of the way a spiritual guide may helpfully minister to the diseased "bristol times and mirror_ the star in the west by captain j. f. c. fuller "fourth large edition now in preparation" through the equinox and all booksellers six shillings net- a highly original study of morals and religion by a new writer, who is as entertaining as the average novelist is dull. nowadays human thought has taken a brighter place in the creation: our emotions are weary of bad baronets and stolen wills; they are no

male caress. will not god grant us paradise to end the music earth began? we play with loaded dice! he cannot choose but raise right hand to bless. el arabi! el arabi! great is the love of god and man while i am trembling in thine arms, wild wanderer of the wilderness! el arabi! hilda norfolk. 38 lambda iota nu omicron sigma iota sigma iota delta omicron sigma lo! i lament. fallen is the sixfold star: slain is asar. o twinned with me in the womb of night! o son of my bowels to the lord of light! o man of mine that hast covered me from the shame of my virginity! where art thou? is it not apep thy brother, the snake in my womb that am thy mother, that hath slain thee by violence girt with guile, and scattered thy limbs on the nile? lo! i lament. i have forged a whirling star: i seek asar. o

e one, the lord of the sword and the son of the sun! silence, coeval colleague of the voice, the plumes of amoun- rejoice! lo! i rejoice. i heal the sanguine scar of slain asar. i was the past, nature the mother. he was the present, man my brother. look to the future, the child- oh paean the child that is crowned in the lion-aeon! the sea-dawns surge an billow and break beneath the scourge of the star and the snake. to my lord i have borne in my womb deep-vaulted this babe for ever exalted! aleister crowley 40 the temple of solomon the king iv. the hermit with the seventh stage in the mystical progress of frater p. we arrive at a sudden and definite turning-poinjt. during the last two years he had grown strong in the magic of the west. after having studied a host of mystical systems he had

nto the higher: let my heart be the centre of light: let my body be the temple of the rosy cross. ex deo nascimur in jesu morimur per spiritum sanctum reviviscimus. we must now digress in order to five some account of the eastern theories of the universe and the mind. their study will clarify our view of frater p's progress. the reader is advised to study chapter vii of captain j. f. c. fuller's "star in the west" in connection with this exposition. 47 4 lost under dramatic circumstances at frater p. a.'s house in 1909. the agnostic position direct experience is the key to yoga; direct experience of that soul (atman) or essence (purusha) which acting upon energy (pr na, and substance (ak sa) differentiates a plant from a stone, an animal from a plant, a man from an animal, a man from a man

ickness can be cured. not certainly in the same manner as small-pox can be; for physicians have a scientific language wherein to express their ideas and thoughts, whilst a mystic too often has not; but by a series of exercises, or a system of symbolic teaching, which will gradually lead the sufferer from the material to the spiritual, and not leave him gazing and wondering at it, as he would at a star in the night. a fourth dimensional being, outside a few mathematical symbols, would be unable to explain to a third dimensional being a fourth dimensional world, simply because he would be addressing him in a fourth dimensional language. likewise, in a less degree, would a doctor be unable to explain the theory of inoculation to a savage, but it is quite conceivable that he might be able to t

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ity and peace, when will ye learn that ye must cease? typhon. how should i cease from lethargy? hermanubis. how should i quench activity? sphinx. how should i give up ecstasy? c.i.c.t. what shines upon your foreheads? s.h.t("together. the eye within the triangle. 25 c.i.c.t. what burns upon your breasts? s.h.t("together. the rosy cross. c.i.c.t. brethren of the rosy cross! aspirants to the silver star! not until these are ended can ye come to the centre of the wheel. when the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance with the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom of the wind's cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley's gloom; then i walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways of the

bitterness of pain. vain are the little lamps of love! the light of life is vain! life, death, joy, sorrow, age and youth are phantoms of a further truth. beyond the splendour of the world, false glittering of the gold, a serpent is in slumber curled in wisdom's sacred cold. life is the flaming of that flame. death is the naming of that name, the forehead of the snake is bright with one immortal star, lighting her coils with living light to where the nenuphar sleeps for her couch. all darkness dreams the thing that is not, only seems. that star upon the serpent's head is called the soul of man. that light in shadows subtly shed the glamour of life's plan. 32 the sea whereon that lotus grows is thought's abyss of tears and woes. leave sirenusa! even greece forget! they are not there! by wo

g that is not, only seems. that star upon the serpent's head is called the soul of man. that light in shadows subtly shed the glamour of life's plan. 32 the sea whereon that lotus grows is thought's abyss of tears and woes. leave sirenusa! even greece forget! they are not there! by worship cometh not the peace, the silence not by prayer. leave the illusions, life and time and death, and seek that star sublime, until the lotus and the sea and snake no longer are, and single through eternity exists alone the star, and utter knowledge rise, and cease in that which is beyond the peace [ganymede "dances and falls as dead" typhon. o that the banquet of jupiter might begin! hermanubis. o that the banquet of jupiter might begin! sphinx. o that the banquet of jupiter might begin! c.i.c.t. let the b

wine from above, from the vats of the storied sun; for every one of ye love, and life for every one. ye shall dance on hill and level; ye shall sing in hollow and height, in the festal mystical revel, the rapturous bacchanal rite! the rocks and trees are yours, and the waters under the hill, by the might of that which endures, the holy heaven of will! i kindle a flame like a torrent to rush from star to star; your hair as a comet's horrent, ye shall see things as they are! 41 i lift the mask of matter; i open the heart of man; for i am of force to shatter the cast that hideth- pan! your loves shall lap up slaughter, and dabbled with roses of blood each desperate darling daughter shall swim in the fervid flood. i bring ye laugher and tears, the kisses that foam and bleed, the joys of a mil

f matter; i open the heart of man; for i am of force to shatter the cast that hideth- pan! your loves shall lap up slaughter, and dabbled with roses of blood each desperate darling daughter shall swim in the fervid flood. i bring ye laugher and tears, the kisses that foam and bleed, the joys of a million years, the flowers that bear no seed. my life is bitter and sterile, its flame is a wandering star. ye shall pass in pleasure and peril across the mystical bar that is set for wrath and weeping against the children of earth; but ye in singing and sleeping shall pass in measure and mirth! i lift my wand and wave you through hill to hill of delight; my rosy rivers lave you in innermost lustral light. i lead you, lord of the maze, in the darkness free of the sun; in spite of the spite that is

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any tests of application in the light of our present knowledge "westminster gazette "an extraordinarily interesting book "truth "one closes their comprehensive survey with the conviction that the subject has been dealt with by two well-equipped, careful investigators "t. p.'s weekley "a really useful piece of work "t.p.s. book notes- london william rider& son, ltd, 164 aldersgate street, e.c. the star in the west by captain j. f. c. fuller "fourth large edition now in preparation" through the equinox and all booksellers six shillings net= a highly original study of morals and religion by a new writer, who is as entertaining as the average novelist is dull. nowadays human thought has taken a brighter place in the creation: our emotions are weary of bad baronets and stolen wills; they are no

t results do happen. it is most astonishing, even to us; under the old empirical, dogmatic methods people could work really hard for years, and get absolutely nothing; in our three years' experience with the a. a, we have not found one man in whom three months' work has not produced at least one notable result. what can we add but this: blessing and worship to the beast, the prophet of the lovely star! 2 liber porta lvcis svb figvra x 3 a. a. publication in class a. imprimatur: n. fra a. a. liber porta lvcis svb figvra x 1. i behold a small dark orb, wheeling in an abyss of infinite space. it is minute among a myriad vast ones, dark amid a myriad bright ones. 2. i who comprehend in myself all the vast and the minute, all the bright and the dark, have mitigated the brilliance of mine unutte

e snake from the dead snake. 16. also concerning vows. be obstinate, and be not obstinate. understand that the yielding of the yoni is one with the lengthening of the lingam. thou art both these; and thy vow is but the rustling of the wind on mount meru. 17. now shalt thou adore me who am the eye and the tooth, the goat of the spirit, the lord of creation. i am the eye in the triangle, the silver star that ye adore. 18. i am baphomet, that is the eightfold word that shall be equilibrated with the three. 36 19. there is no act or passion that shall not be a hymn in mine honour. 20. all holy things and all symbolic things shall be my sacraments. 21. these animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck, and the ass, and the gazelle, the man, the woman and the child. 22. all corpses are sa

mmy throned, she sits; the egyptian eyes, the egyptian hair, the band on her brows, the slender hands, all hieroglyphs of a god's commands beyond the rimes that a poet knits with fruitless travail, sterile care! marvellous! marvellous, marvellous! and again a marvel, a lotus-bud dropt from the brows of a goddess unknown on the ivory steps of the golden throne, virginal brows and luminous with the star-stream flowing therein for blood. ah, but electric thrills the host of the esoteric eucharist! the pagan power of the corn and wine mystical, magical, hers and mine, the dove-plumed snake of the holy ghost that wings and writhes in the wounds unkissed! lie there, love- if i love you indeed who adore and wonder and faint for drouth of the passion-flower fallen from the other side of time and s

globes that drip from lips of cool crevasses, to clothe them with the virgin robes of mosses, flowers, and grasses. o spheres compact of fire and dew, lamps of the hollows of the mountain, what dream angelic fathered you on what celestial fountain? nay! but i lay on lower earth stagnant in sunless meres! the prison of monstrous spawn, detested birth- behold me rearisen! it was yon fierce diurnal star that licked me up with his huge kisses, and dropped me in his rain afar upon these frore abysses! yea! as i press to the cool moss my mouth, and drink at its delirious delight- acclaim the sun across the menaces of sirius! 46 doth not the world's great alchemist rule earth's alembic with the sun? is not the mind a foolish mist, and is not water one? the slim white body that you gave, wild jaj

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

t is from these that the third-graders are chosen. the man and woman initiates enter the magic circle and all the other witches are ordered to turn about, facing outwards so they cannot witness the proceedings within the cir le. wearing a veil fastened lightly to her necklace and extending to her knees, the girl must lie on her back with arms and legs outstretched in the pentacle, or five-pointed star position. the five points are her extremities and her head, and correspond with the elements of earth, air, fire, water and the power that rules them all. she is, symbolically, a living cauldron. all the lights are extinguished except for three candles on the altar. in olden times, when the altar was seven foot square, she would lie upon it, but now that the ceremony is usually held indoors

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

flower, bush or tree by the lady blessed be' when the rippling waters flow cast a stone- the truth you'll know; when ye have& hold a need, hearken not to others' greed; with a fool no seasons spend, or be counted as his friend. merry meet and merry part bright the cheeks, warm the heart; mind the threefold law ye should, three times bad and three times good; whene'er misfortune is enow, wear the star upon your brow; true in troth ever ye be lest thy love prove false to thee 'tis by the sun that life be won, and by the moon that change be done; if ye would clear the path to will, make certain the mind be still; what good be tools without inner light? what good be magic without wisdom-sight? eight words the wiccan rede fulfill- an it harm none, do what ye will. notes very well known (public

beauty and in strength were they erected, to the wonder and glory of all men [if the great rite is to be actual, non-participants leave, sealing gate behind] hp: o secret of secrets, that art hidden in the being of all lives, not thee do we adore, for that which adoreth is also thou. thou art that, and that am i [kiss] i am the flame that burns in the heart of every man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life. yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. i am alone, the lord within ourselves, whose name is mystery of mysteries. hp now kisses hps in the sigil of the third degree as follows [there's a diagram in the non-computer version which i can't reproduce. it shows the priestess with the points of the third degree sigil marked on her body. the p

he holy grail of immortality. i am the gracious goddess, who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man. upon earth, i give the knowledge of the spirit eternal; and beyond death, i give peace and freedom and reunion with those who have gone before. nor do i demand aught in sacrifice; for behold, i am the mother of all living, and my love is poured out upon the earth. hp: hear ye the words of the star goddess; she in the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven, and whose body encircles the universe. hps: i who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars, and the mystery of the waters, and the desire of the heart of man, call unto thy soul. arise, and come unto me. for i am the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe. from me all things proceed, and unto m

. thy foot is to my lip [kiss, my prayers upborne upon the rising incense smoke; then spend thine ancient love, o mighty one, descend to aid me, who without thee am forlorn. hp stands and takes a step back. all adore in silence as hps traces invoking earth pentagram in air before them with athame, saying: hps: of the mother, darksome and divine, mine the scourge, and mine the kiss, the five-point star of love and bliss- here i charge you, in this sign. this completes drawing down the moon. hps and hp now face the coven and deliver the charge. notes l lots of published sources eg. janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way the ancient call may be used as a circle chant, or declaimed (generally by hp) generally either before the great god cernunnos invocation, or before the witches' rune. h

x sanders' bos. vernal equinox (eostar) preparation: a symbol of the wheel is on the altar, flanked with burning candles, or with fire in some form- torches, or small tripods with fire in their cups. the symbol of the wheel may be a plain disc, or an eight spoked wheel, or the pentacle. alex and maxine sanders used a circular mirror with a broad frame, also circular, decorated as a twelve-pointed star. in the centre of the circle is either a cauldron full of inflammable material, or (out of doors) a bonfire ready to be lit. hps casts the circle. hps then stands in the west, and the hp in the east, both with carrying wands. hps: we kindle this fire today in the presence of the holy ones, without malice, without jealousy, without envy, without fear of aught beneath the sun but the high gods

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

so, we shall meet with a vast amount of contradictory opinion; we shall find that some astronomers say that within the pleiades is a central point around which our solar system revolves; others say that in the constellation of hercules is the point of magnetic attraction for our solar system. on the other hand, you will find this flatly contradicted. we shall find some astronomers talking about "star-drift" and saying that the drift or trend, of certain stars is in a specific direction; others argue that the distances are so vast that it is impossible to determine whether certain systems are following a definite orbit or not. nevertheless, if we go to some of the ancient books, those which we call mythological (and a myth may be defined as something which holds a great truth hidden until

s even more closely connected with our solar logos, the reason being that he is not, as yet, sufficiently evolved so that he can respond completely to sirius, but he can respond to the influence of the seven sisters of the pleiades. this group is a most interesting one. if you will go to the dictionary and look up the word "electricity" you will find it suggested that it may be traced back to the star electra, one of the seven sisters, and- 55- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust supposed by some to be the little lost pleiad. the eastern teachers say that in the mystery of electricity is hidden all knowledge, and that when we have fathomed that we shall know all there is to be known. what the relationship of the pleiades to our solar system may be, it is not possible f

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

part of the equipment for the practical use of the personality, and in mastering that portion of the path that has yet to be traversed. the place and effect of initiation- 11- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust the ceremony of initiation takes place on the three higher sub-planes of the mental plane, and on the three higher planes, according to the initiation. the five-pointed star, at the initiations on the mental plane, flashes out above the head of the initiate. this concerns the first initiations which are undergone in the causal vehicle. it has been said that the first two initiations take place upon the astral plane, but this is incorrect, and the statement has given rise to a misunderstanding. they are felt profoundly in connection with the astral and physical bo

initiations work out largely in the astral body. but it must ever be remembered that the major initiations are taken in the causal body or dissociated from that body on the buddhic plane or atmic plane. at the final two initiations which set a man free from the three worlds, and enable him to function in the body of vitality of the logos and wield that force, the initiate becomes the five-pointed star and it descends upon him, merges in him, and he is seen at its very centre. this descent is brought about by the action of the initiator, wielding the rod of power, and puts a man in touch with the centre in the body of the planetary logos of which he is a part, and this consciously. the two initiations called the sixth and seventh take place on the buddhic and atmic planes; the five-pointed

ught about by the action of the initiator, wielding the rod of power, and puts a man in touch with the centre in the body of the planetary logos of which he is a part, and this consciously. the two initiations called the sixth and seventh take place on the buddhic and atmic planes; the five-pointed star "blazes forth from within itself" as the esoteric phrase has it, and becomes the seven-pointed star; it descends upon the man and he enters within the flame. again, the four initiations, prior to that of the adept, mark respectively the attainment of certain proportions of atomic matter in the bodies for instance, at the first initiation one-fourth atomic matter, at the second one-half atomic matter, at the third three-quarters atomic matter, and so on to the completion. since buddhi is the

ttva, and are therefore the first two initiations. 3. for the higher three initiations at which sanat kumara wields the rod. at all initiations the lord of the world is present, but at the first two he holds a position similar to that held by the silent watcher, when sanat kumara administers the oath at the third, fourth and fifth initiations. his power streams forth and the flashing forth of the star before the initiate is the signal of his approval, but the initiate does not see him face to face until the third initiation. the function of the three kumaras, or the three buddhas of activity at initiation is interesting. they are three aspects of the one aspect, and the pupils of sanat kumara. though their functions are many and varied, and concern primarily the forces and energies of natu

e sees his monad as one with the planetary logos. through the channel of his own monad he sees the self-same aspects (which that monad embodies) on a wider scale, and the planetary logos, who ensouls all the monads on his ray, is thus revealed. this truth is well-nigh impossible to express in words, and concerns the relation of the electrical point of fire, which is the monad, to the five-pointed star, which reveals the presence of the planetary logos to the initiate. this is practically incomprehensible to the average man for whom this book is written. at the sixth initiation, the initiate, functioning consciously as the love-aspect of the monad, is brought (via his "father) into a still vaster recognition, and becomes aware of that star which encloses his planetary star, just as that sta

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

will be either the second or the sixth, and it must be remembered that: a. the planets venus and jupiter are exceedingly closely connected with the earth, and form eventually an esoteric triangle. b. saturn is the synthesising scheme for the four planets which embody manas purely and simply, or is the major resolution of the minor four, and eventually for all the seven. see figure c. mercury, the star of the intuition, or of transmuted manas, is, at this stage, considered as the fifth scheme. therefore, the heavenly men of venus and jupiter are magnetically linked with the heavenly man of our scheme. the relationship of the logos of jupiter and his influence will not be realised nor felt until the sixth round is in full force, though during the sixth root-race his vibration will be acknowl

igent purpose of some being, working out in active objectivity, and having touched upon the inter-relation existing between certain of these entities, it may now be possible to vision even if somewhat cursorily and dimly the true position of the manasic principle in all three cases. the whole mystery of this principle is hidden in two fundamentals: the mystery of the resolution of the six-pointed star, into the five-pointed star.40,(124)41 the mystery of the lords of karma, who are, in themselves, the sole recipients of the mind purposes of that cosmic entity who enfolds our solar logos within his consciousness. when, therefore, the esoteric side of astrology, and of mystical geometry, has been studied, and alliance has been made between these two sciences, a flood of light will be thrown

anes of which we call the mental, astral, and physical planes. when the five and the four are perfectly blended, we shall have achieved the nine of a major initiation, and when the six is added we shall have the resolution into one of the- 233- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust groups embodied by a kumara, as has been hinted earlier. this marks the resolution of the six-pointed star finally into the five-pointed star; this is a great mystery, and concerns primarily the heavenly man of our scheme, and only incidentally the groups within his body of etheric manifestation. it will, therefore, be apparent that if all manifestation is the embodiment in form of a cosmic conception, and the working out of it in concrete shape, manas or intelligence is a basic factor of the proc

es he seeks to reach, and thereby demonstrating the truth of the statement that in order to tread the path he must become that path itself, and the accuracy of the occult truth that the antaskarana is itself but illusion. ponder on this, for it carries illumination for those who have eyes to see. in the process of treading that path and of achieving the goal, man is resolved into the five-pointed star, finally into the triangle of spirit. between these two stages is a mysterious esoteric stage wherein he is resolved into the four, not this time the four of the lower quaternary, but a higher four. he becomes part of the consciousness of that occult group hinted at in various places which stands next to the three logoi, the four great maharajahs, the dispensers of karma, the repositories of

jahs, the dispensers of karma, the repositories of cosmic purpose, who are reflected (but only reflected) in the logoic quaternary, or in those four heavenly men who embody (with their synthesising third) logoic manas. these four with the synthesising one are in themselves the sumtotal of manas, the brahma aspect, or intelligence in activity. karma works through manas, and only as the six-pointed star (or the sumtotal of concrete mind in its various divisions) becomes the five-pointed star, or the synthesis of the lower into the abstract or higher, is the transmutation into the three, or the spiritual triad, made possible via the four, or the formless repositories of karmic purpose; thus is liberation achieved, thus is man set free, and the microcosm attains being without the necessity of

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

l life, and emancipation. there is the way of yoga as outlined by patanjali whereby, through the use of the will, discrimination between the self and the not-self is achieved and pure spirit is arrived at. this is the way for the fifth or aryan race, for those whose function it is to develop the fifth principle or mind and thus become true sons of mind. it is their part to become the five-pointed star, the star of the perfected man, in all his glory. through following this way the five planes of human and superhuman evolution are dominated and atma (or the will of god, the father aspect) stand revealed through the medium of buddhi (or the christ consciousness, having for its vehicle, manas or higher mind. the other way is the may of pure devotion. through intense adoration and entire conse

en that force or light. 25. perfectly concentrated meditation upon the awakened light will produce the consciousness of that which is subtle, hidden or remote. 26. through meditation, one-pointedly fixed upon the sun, will come a consciousness (or knowledge) of the seven worlds. 27. a knowledge of all lunar forms arises through one-pointed meditation upon the moon. 28. concentration upon the pole-star will give knowledge of the orbits of the planets and the stars. 29. by concentrated attention upon the centre called the solar plexus, comes perfected knowledge as to the condition of the body. 30. by fixing the attention upon the throat centre, the cessation of hunger and thirst will ensue. 31. by fixing the attention upon the tube or nerve below the throat centre, equilibrium is achieved. 3

: a. numbers, b. colours, c. vibrations, the seer becomes aware of the freedom of his aura from "death producing" effects. he knows there is nothing more written, symbolically, in the records which can bring him back to the three worlds, and therefore "by signs" his path is seen to be clear. this has been expressed for us in the ancient writings found in the masters' archives as follows "when the star with five points shines with clarity and no forms are seen within its points, the way is clear. when the triangle encloses naught but light, the path is freed for the passing of the pilgrim. when within the aura of the pilgrim the many forms die out and colours three are seen, then the road is freed from that which might obstruct. when thoughts call not to forms and when no shadows are reflec

oul in the three worlds of human endeavour. we must be careful however to remember that the moon aspect is the governing one in all the kingdoms below the human, whilst the sun aspect should dominate in the human. a knowledge of the lunar mansions or of forms would give an understanding of the physical body, of the astral or desire vehicle and of the mental sheath. 28. concentration upon the pole-star will give knowledge of the orbits of the planets and the stars. this sutra is of small significance to the ordinary student, but is of profound use to the initiate or pledged disciple. suffice it here to say that this sutra forms the background for all astrological investigation and from an appreciation of its meaning will eventuate an understanding of: 1. the relation of our solar system to

it will be apparent that this sutra is the key to the purpose of the seven and the twelve upon which all our creative processes are built- 167- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the meaning of the twelve labours of hercules in their relation to man, the microcosm. 4. the purpose of our planet, gained by the adept through an understanding of the triplicity formed by: a. the pole star, b. our earth planet, c. the great bear. other meanings are available to those who hold the key, but the above will suffice to show the deep, though esoteric significance attached to these brief words. 29. by concentrated attention upon the centre called the solar plexus, comes perfected knowledge as to the condition of the body. in the commentary upon book i sutra 36, the various centres wer

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

will give the personality diagram, the individual life pattern. amazing symbolic charts and lineal forms will be found to emerge when this his done, and the "geometry of the individual" will grow out of this, for it will be found that each line will function in relation to another line, and the trends of the life energies will become apparent. eventually, even in this department of knowledge "the star will shine forth" this will constitute a new branch of psychology and its true exponent for our age will duly be found. i but indicate the lines of the future astrology in order to safeguard the present. one thing astrologers need at this time to do and that is to make due allowance for this transition period out of pisces into aquarius. this is seldom done, but it is evident that the tremend

hrase. the life continues on its way "enter the field where children play and join their game" awakened to the game of life, the soul passes the gate. the field is green and on its broad expanse the many forms of the one moving life disport themselves; they weave the dance of life, the many patterned forms god takes. the soul enters "the playground of the lord" and plays thereon until he sees the star with five bright points, and says "my star" the star is but a point of light, not yet a radiant sun. stage iii the way of red desire fails. it loses its allure. the playground of the sons of god no longer holds appeal. the voice which has twice sounded from out the world of form sounds now within the heart. the challenge comes "prove thine own worth. take to thyself the orange ball of thy one

. the cave is long and narrow. the air is full of fog. the sound of running water meets the rushing sound of wind, and frequent roll of thunder. far off, dim and most vaguely seen, appears an oval opening, its color blue. stretched athwart this space of blue, a rosy cross is seen, and at the centre of the cross, where four arms meet, a rose. upon the upper limb, a vibrant diamond shines, within a star five-pointed- 271- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the living soul drives forward towards the cross which bars his way to life, revealed and known. not yet the cross is mounted and therefore left behind. but onward goes the living soul, eyes fixed upon the cross, ears open to the wailing cries of all his brother souls. stage v out into radiant life and light! the cave is

f the cross forming, therefore, another cross, is the swastika, the arms emerging from behind the maltese cross. at the bottom of the page whereon this symbol is found are four geometrical forms. some of these are referred to by h. p. b. and were taken by her from this ancient picture. they are well known but seldom applied by esotericists to the creative work. they are the cube, the five pointed star, the six pointed star and the eight sided diamond, superimposed one upon the other. they constitute, therefore, the base of the symbol. h. p. b. refers also to the point, the line and the circle, but these, with the triangle, have been exoterically applied to deity and the manifested universe. later these other forms will also be applied to god and to man, in the exoteric sense. but this will

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

race of men, in its turn, and working under the ray influences, produces definite effects upon the three subhuman kingdoms. through humanity, when the great experiment of individualisation was initiated, the energies or ray influences from the superhuman kingdoms were focussed and the great function of humanity began, which is the transmitting of the ray forces cyclically. though the six-pointed star is, at this time, the symbol of the creative work (viewing the work as a whole, the downward pointing triangle, balanced on an upward pointing triangle, will some day present a truer picture of the creative and preserving function of the fourth kingdom. c. the five points of contact- 166- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust there are five p

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

dom of god are the immediate tasks ahead, embodying our responsibility, opportunity and destiny. in closing, i would like to offer my grateful thanks to mr. william cummings and mr. alan murray for the willing and intelligent help they have given me. they have made the writing of this book possible. from bethlehem to calvary of those who sought my crib at bethlehem heeding a voice and following a star, how many walked with me to calvary? it was too far. glory surrounded that once mangered babe, and hope for men who struggled with their loss. but hope, fulfilled, came through my thorny crown and through my cross. truth was my sword and pain the accolade which i bestowed on those who followed on, a tethered ass the charger which i chose to ride upon. gone was the glory, then, of bethlehem, t

mble bread served in the upper room where that sad cup was passed from hand to hand in token of my love for all mankind within the land. when, at gethsemane, i prayed alone- 2- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust that a more bitter cup might be withdrawn, ye could not watch with me one little hour until the dawn! so many sought my crib at bethlehem heeding a voice and following a star, but only simon walked to calvary it was too far. h. le gallienne. reprinted with the kind permission of the new york times and the author. chapter one introductory remarks on initiation key thought "there is a human desire for god; but there is also a divine desire for man. god is the supreme idea, the supreme concern and the supreme desire of man. man is the supreme idea, the supreme concer

name means, king of righteousness, and besides that, king of salem (that is king of peace. being without father or mother or ancestry, having neither beginning of days nor end of life. he remains a priest in perpetuity."12 he is the one who receives the initiate and superintends the higher transitions of consciousness which are the reward of the tests triumphantly undergone. he is the one whose "star shines forth" when the initiate enters into light. there are therefore three initiators: first, a man's own soul, then the christ of history, and finally the ancient of days, the one in whom "we live, and move, and have our being."13 these ideas are interesting when we realise that out of the five initiations there are three which seem, and naturally so, to be of supreme importance. in the li

ch initiation of jesus, as we shall see, a sign was given; it was a sign which registered upon the consciousness of those who were not initiate. each time, a symbol or form was seen which was indicative of the revelation. christ himself tells us that at the end of the age the sign of the son of man will be seen in the heavens.29 just as the birth at bethlehem was ushered in by a sign, that of the star, so shall that birth towards which the race is hastening be likewise ushered in by a heavenly sign. the appeal which goes up from the hearts of all true aspirants to initiation is beautifully embodied in the following prayer "there is a peace that passeth understanding; it abides in the hearts of those who live in the eternal. there is a power which maketh all things new. it lives and moves i

true aspirants to initiation is beautifully embodied in the following prayer "there is a peace that passeth understanding; it abides in the hearts of those who live in the eternal. there is a power which maketh all things new. it lives and moves in those who know the self as one. may that peace brood over us; that power uplift us, till we stand where the one initiator is invoked, till we see his star shine forth" when that sign is seen and the word is heard, the next step will be the recording of the vision. the plan and the part to be played by the initiate are shown to him, and he knows what he has to do. this vision is spoken of as "the vision of god" but it is expressed to man in terms of god's will and the completeness of that which god intends. we are intended to be initiate into th

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

aw of the lower right use of the mind four "the soul is in deep meditation" 8. result. contemplation .c omplete spiritual detachment. a close study of these relationships will be found suggestive to the disciple and illuminating to the initiate. let us not, however, confuse illumination with a new or bright idea! it is something far different to that. the difference is that between the light of a star, and the light of a steadily waxing sun. one reveals the fact of night. the other reveals the world of daylight and of conscious being. d. the seven directions of the law of repulse it must be remembered that the law of repulse, which is the law of the destroying angels, works in seven directions; that it produces effects upon seven different types of beings and of men, and that by reason of

your attention is that the human being has the power to be inclusive in many directions, just as a line can be drawn from the point at the centre of the circle to any point upon the periphery. you must remember that for a large part of his career and for the most important part of his human experience, he remains the dramatic actor, holding the centre of the stage and in his own eyes playing the star part; he is always conscious of his acting and of the reactions to that acting. when man was little more than an animal, when he was in the- 336- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust state which we have earlier called the lemurian consciousness and the early atlantean consciousness, he lived unthinkingly; life unrolled like a panorama befo

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age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust if you will ponder upon the verse which i am now going to give you for consideration, illumination may pour in. these verses do not refer to your recognised lethargy of that you are aware and with it i need not deal. these occult phrases deal with things basic and oft unrecognised. if recognised, they are not adequately appraised. here are the verses "one star shone forth within the dark blue vault of heaven. then another and still another could be seen until around the star were many shining points. the circle of the stars revolved and kept its place and darkness was around on every hand. each star within its tiny orbit kept its place and slow revolved. its contacts with the circle's edge proved adequate"`there is but one great circle' came a voic

ntre of magnetic force draw to yourself cooperators in the plan and not consumers of your energy. go through the lists of those you have sought to help and relinquish them to their own souls. mind not their criticism but dedicate yourself to more important work a work which will appear when you have freed yourself from the clinging hands of well-meaning but weak-minded aspirants. then, around the star which is your soul will be many "shining points" there have been times when i have been hard put to it to find you because of the obscuration brought about by those who surround and well nigh smother you as they cling to you. stand free. having pointed this out, brother of old, go forward towards the goal and the vision with confidence, sure judgment and the knowledge that i, who for years (l

the light i seek; give me the strong aid of their compassion and their wisdom. there is a peace which passeth understanding; it abides in the hearts of those who live in the eternal. there is a power which maketh all things new; it lives and moves in those who know the self as one. may that peace brood over us, that power uplift us till we stand where the one initiator is invoked, till we see his star shine forth" 6. sound the o.m. i particularly ask you to make your spiritual diary a more vital, more organised and more easily available document for the teaching of others. you have in it much of interest. it is, however, somewhat chaotic and the ideas in it are not easily understandable. will you make it more sequential, synthetic and readable so that the arranged and presented ideas can b

he group, for it holds in it the seeds of group integration. continue, therefore, with it. i give you, however, a brief morning exercise to be done prior to the group meditation. 1. after achieving alignment, inner poise and rest, see each of your co-disciples (whom you may know) in the light- 361- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. then visualise them each with a star between the eyebrows, as the symbol of an awakened ajna centre and of an integrated personality. it is a four-pointed star. the star of initiation is, as you know, a five-pointed star. 3. then say something to each of your brothers, after due effort to link up with them. study the ideas which give utterance to your words and note, in writing, their general import. 4. then rise, and going to t

the light we seek; give us the strong aid of their compassion and their wisdom. there is a peace that passeth understanding; it abides in the hearts of those who live in the eternal. there is a power that maketh all things new; it lives and moves in those who know the self as one. may that peace brood over us, that power uplift us, till we stand where the one initiator is invoked, till we see his star shine forth "may the peace and the blessing of the holy ones pour forth over the worlds" september 1936- 414- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust my brother: the hidden gift of the intuition, released through love, is what you have to give your group. the technical foundation of truth is there but being the same, practically in detail, as that which your brothers

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

stituted. at the close of the age, the three major centres will be in complete, unified and synchronised activity, with sanat kumara in shamballa overshadowing and informing his representatives in the hierarchical and human centres; then the central triangle in each centre will not be only actively functioning, but they will be working together in the closest rapport, thus forming symbolically a "star with nine points, ever revolving; then the massed energies of the three major centres will dominate the other four centres, controlling the manifestation of the life expression in all the kingdoms of nature. when one comes to the consideration of the sphere of radiation of these three major centres, it is interesting to note that, at this time and in this present world cycle, the most potent

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

wn wisely over planetary lore (a treatise on cosmic fire, p. 1051) the following is a list incomplete but adequate for our purposes of the major influences which find their way from far distant sources into our planetary life and produce definite effects upon individual man and humanity as a whole. 1. the constellation of the great bear. i. 2. the seven sisters of the pleiades. 3. sirius, the dog star- 9- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the seven solar systems of which ours is one. ii. 2. the seven sacred planets of which ours is not one. 3. the five non-sacred planets or "hidden" planets. 1. the seven planetary centres. iii. 2. the seven centres of force in the human etheric body. iv. 1. the twelve zodiacal constellations. we thus

tres. iii. 2. the seven centres of force in the human etheric body. iv. 1. the twelve zodiacal constellations. we thus have a ninefold energy impact. this is a major chart but it should be remembered that there are other impacts of relative insignificance. to these would be added other streams of energy which definitely play upon and affect our planetary life, such as those coming from that great star, betelgeuse, or from antares and other stupendous suns and solar systems which are related to the constellations of the zodiac and whose force reaches us through these constellations and not directly. besides these, it should be remembered that technically we should also add the radiatory influence which comes direct to us from the planet, the earth, upon which we live. then, and only then, c

f the earlier system, that wherein intelligence or manas was the goal. the five liberated hierarchies are in their totality the sum total of manas. it is the hierarchy which is the fifth in order, and which we are told is in process of achieving final liberation, or taking its fourth initiation, which is the cause of certain phenomena upon our planet which has merited our planet being called the "star of suffering" there is a karmic link between the animal kingdom and the fifth creative hierarchy of the earlier system which makes itself felt in man in the necessary crucifixion of the animal physical nature, particularly along sex lines. we must remember that the hierarchies work under the law of attraction; it is the law of the builders- 23- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoter

e, full expression, a great world period comes to an end. for a long time during this cycle of reincarnations and periods of manifestation, the human being is conditioned almost entirely by the activity of the non-sacred planets. these, as you know, are five in number: the sun (veiling a planet) the moon (veiling a planet) the earth itself mars pluto man speaking symbolically is the "five-pointed star and, at the fiery points, the forces of the man pour out and upon each fiery point appears a centre of reception" this is of course pictorially expressed, but the meaning is clear. however, as man nears the path of discipleship the influence of the sacred planets becomes increasingly effective, until after the final and fifth initiation the non-sacred planets have no effect, though the initia

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 human being, the microcosm. it is interesting to compare the s

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

t was good, clean and cultured stock but none of the people attained any famous or infamous notoriety. the family crest is, however, a very interesting one and, from the angle of esoteric symbolism, extraordinarily significant. i know nothing of heraldry or the correct terms in which to describe it. it consists of a rod with a wing at each end and between the wings are to be seen the five-pointed star and the crescent moon. the latter harks back, of course, to the crusades in which some of my forebears must have apparently participated but i like to think of the whole symbol as typifying the wings of aspiration, the rod of initiation and as portraying the goal and the means, the objective of evolution and the incentive which drives us all on towards perfection a perfection which eventually

rs must have apparently participated but i like to think of the whole symbol as typifying the wings of aspiration, the rod of initiation and as portraying the goal and the means, the objective of evolution and the incentive which drives us all on towards perfection a perfection which eventually receives the accolade of recognition by means of the rod. in the language of symbolism the five-pointed star has always signified perfected man and the crescent moon is supposed to rule the lower or form nature. this is the a.b.c. of occult symbolism but it interests me to find it all brought together in our family crest. my grandfather was john frederic la trobe-bateman. he was a very well known engineer, consultant to the british government and responsible in his day for several of the municipal w

ull of water. standing ahead of the crowd and in front of the rock were three figures. they formed a triangle and, to my surprise, the one at the apex of the triangle seemed to me to be the christ. the waiting crowd appeared to be in constant movement, and as they moved they formed great and familiar symbols the cross in its various forms, the circle with the point in the centre, the five-pointed star and various interlaced triangles. it was almost like a solemn, rhythmic dance, very slow and dignified but quite soundless. suddenly, the three figures before the rock stretched out their arms towards the heavens. the crowd froze into immobility. at the far end of the bottle-neck a figure was seen in the sky, hovering over the passage and slowly approaching the rock. i knew in some subjective

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

ands and becomes the vital livingness of all expression upon the physical plane, are the five races of men, beginning with the lemurian race, the five planes of human and superhuman expression, the five stages of consciousness and the various other groupings of five with which you meet in the esoteric philosophy. incidentally it might be of value and of interest to point out that the five-pointed star is not only the sign and symbol of initiation and finally perfected man, but it is also the basic symbol of the etheric body and of the five centres which control perfected man the two head centres, the heart centre, the throat centre and the centre at the base of the spine. when these centres are fully awakened and functioning in right rhythm with each other, the various quintuplets to which

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

rarchy. i would remind you that when you think of the hierarchy you think in terms of the masters (as most people do) or of the higher initiates. this is not correct. every accepted disciple is within the periphery of the hierarchy and of its influence, and as i have frequently pointed out all have in some past life taken the first initiation. every disciple has been to bethlehem and has seen the star in the east that star which shines forth in fuller splendour each time another initiation is taken. the difference between such disciples as you and the more advanced initiates is that your basic orientation is different to that of the masters. they are oriented to shamballa; they are relatively unaffected by affairs and happenings in the three worlds, even though that is the sphere wherein t

ntahkarana, you may find it easier to work during the coming year. as this thought-projection process or exercise becomes a part of your normal state of mind, it will serve also to focus you upon the mental plane, thus withdrawing your attention from the world of the emotions and of desire or aspiration and placing you "upon the lighted point upon the lighted way, where light may shine and show a star which shines above the brow of the initiator- 138- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust i suggest to you that you take the seven meditations and work regularly with them. i suggested this to you a year ago. few of you took my advice or have adhered to the process or followed the rhythm set up by the sequence of meditations. i suggest that you give two months to ea

etary history. c. again: initiation can now be taken in group form; this is something entirely new in the work of the hierarchy. not one by one do candidates stand before the initiator, but many so stand simultaneously. together they can think in complete accord; together they are tested, and together they reach the "point of triumph" which supersedes the "point of tension; together they see the "star shine forth" and together the energy emanating from the rod of initiation fits them for the reception of specialised energy, to be later used in their future world service. this group approach, this group intention, this "group silent reticence and vocal recognition" and this group dedication and vision are no longer in the experimental stage. this group achievement (i refer not here to your

with it) is slowly crystallising into expression, through the medium of this hastened initiation process. disciples are today witnessing the emergence of a solar characteristic, through the medium of their planetary logos, just as the "lives of similar intention" as it is esoterically called witnessed it many aeons ago. it is to this unknown and mysterious quality that the "shining forth" of the star refers. more than this i cannot say, for you would not understand; what i have said above you can accept as a possible hypothesis without outraging your commonsense or violating your intention, that i do ask you to do just accept. a great opportunity is presented to you, and the success of the system of raja-yoga, the kingly science of the mind (started by the great initiate, patanjali, eleve

ncient truism "as above, so below" holds eternally good, and it is the task of the hierarchy to demonstrate this. the relation of the microcosm to the macrocosm can never be broken, and that relationship is deeply involved in these five points of revelation- 257- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust it has been occultly stated that "the five points of the five-pointed star are pyramids of ascension and, at the summit of each point hidden within the emanating rays lies a point of revelation, offsetting the radiation but preserving the deeply seated magnetism. thus is there symbolised the going forth, the coming back and the point of peace, surrounded by activity" i will endeavour (as we consider these points of revelation) to express as far as may be this relati

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

onfidence in the plan. the end of tribulation is not yet, but it is in sight. with this thought i leave you. may the blessing of the masters rest upon you as a group and as individuals, and may the holy ones whose pupils you seek to become show you the light you seek, give you the strong aid of their compassion and their wisdom until you stand where the one initiator is invoked, until you see his star shine forth. the cause of the world catastrophe june 1942 we come now to the consideration of the present acute situation and world catastrophe which is rooted in world glamour, and will study the possibility of relief and cure. this possibility exists and is centred in the two great avatars, the buddha and the christ. it is difficult to write clearly about this matter of world glamour*(7) be

vers must today take their stand. they must recognise the obstructing factors, but must also refuse to be frustrated by them; they must be aware of the hindrances (many of them financial and based on material greed, and then employ such skill in action and such business acumen that these hindrances will be overcome; they must walk clear-eyed through world difficulties and holding his five-pointed star before them pass unscathed and successful through the midst of all frustrating factors. i seek not here to deal with the usual spiritual frustrations or wish to waste time with the ordinary platitudes and the well understood replies, which do not aid because they remain platitudes and are not translated into action. i shall deal here with only two factors which condition the present opportuni

n and relation with an ashram upon the physical plane, knowing it for what it is an entirely new departure. earlier i stated that the physical plane areas or localities which constitute the present modern exits for energies, through which directed energies can pass to carry out the creative process, are five in number: new york, london, geneva, darjeeling and tokyo. these five form a five-pointed star of interlocking energies, symbolic of the major divisions of our modern civilisation. i would have you bear in mind that all that i am here giving you anent energy is in relation to the human kingdom and to nothing else; i am not relating these energies to the other kingdoms in nature; i am here concerned with physical plane utilisation of energy through the power of directed thinking and on

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

e is no colour, only light; and then let darkness take the place of light, hiding all difference- 14- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust blotting out all form. then at the place of tension, and at that darkest point let the group see a point of clear cold fire, and in the fire (right at its very heart) let the one initiator appear whose star shone forth when the door first was passed. rule x. for applicants: the army of the voice, the devas in their serried ranks work ceaselessly. let the disciple apply himself to a consideration of their methods; let him learn the rules whereby the army works within the veils of maya. for disciples and initiates: the rules for work within the veils of maya are known and have been used. let the g

e seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust earth, the planet venus and the central spiritual sun. the function of the custodians of the will is to relate the council, the hierarchy and humanity, thus creating a basic triangle of force between the three major centres of the planetary life. this is the higher expression (symbolic, if you like) of the six-pointed star, formed of two interlaced triangles. a replica of this fundamental triangle and of this symbol of energy, with its inflow and distribution, is to be found in the relation of the three higher centres in the human being head, heart and throat to the three lower centres solar plexus, sacral centre and the centre at the base of the spine. the science of invocation and evocation is also seen to be

tion through form; he has become aware, as a soul, of the divine form in its many aspects and differentiations; he now starts off upon the way of the higher unfoldment, of which the first step is contact with shamballa, involving the fusion of his self-will and his spiritual will with the will of god. at the third initiation he stands before the one 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

is not itself, generates the warmth which lies behind all growth, and is vitality itself. this initiate realisation is all brought about by the sudden appreciation or apprehension of sound, by the awakening of the inner ear to the significance of the voice, just as the disciple in the earlier stage awakened to the significance of vision. that is why, at the third initiation, the initiate sees the star and hears the sound. at the first two initiations, he sees the light and hears the word; but this is something different and is the higher correspondence to the earlier experience. it will be obvious that i can say no more upon this subject. it is essential, however, that some knowledge begin to reach the public anent the highest spiritual centre to which (as the gospel story intimates) chris

d its energy evoked. hence we have the activity of the buddha at the may full moon and that of the christ at the following june full moon. their united activity serves to bring about a much closer approach between the lord of the world and the hierarchy, via his four representatives: the buddha, the christ, the manu, and the mahachohan the five points of energy which are creating the five-pointed star of humanity at this time. an ancient rule rule iv for applicants gives us in perfect wording the nature of the urge which prompts the present activity of the christ. he has accomplished his task as god the saviour. the fourth rule, as it is given to all applicants and probationary disciples, gives his work the following definition: let the disciple tend the evocation of the fire, nourish the

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

bull, and where adventurous men could enter that vast maze which lured them to bewilderment, the maze of minos, king of crete, the keeper of the bull. crossing the ocean to the sunlit isle (though how we are not told) hercules entered on his task to seek and find the bull, and lead it to the holy place where dwell the one-eyed men. from place to place he chased the bull, led by the gleaming [40] star which shone upon the forehead of the bull, a bright lamp in a dark place. this light- 26- the labours of hercules moving as moved the bull, led him. from place to place. alone, he sought the bull; alone he chased it to its lair; alone he captured it and mounted on its back. around him stood the sisters seven, urging him on his way and, in the shining light, he rode the bull across the glimmer

bolizing not only generation but regeneration. as the latter it is aquila, the eagle, the bird of the sun which has conquered the dark side of scorpio (that adversary that can drag man down lower than the beasts, but when transmuted is the eagle of light, which can exalt above the gods" the celestial ship of the north. vol. i (e. v. straiton. the "eye of the bull" in taurus, the magnificent fixed star, aldebaran, is one of the reasons why this constellation is regarded as conferring illumination. in ancient days it was called the leading star of the heavens, and taurus has always been connected with light and, therefore, with christ, who proclaimed himself as the light of the world. light, illumination and sound, as an expression of the creative force: these are the three basic ideas conne

, in egyptian sculpture, or painting, the pleiades are sometimes represented by the figure of a dove with wings outspread over the bull's saddle. the dove as we remember, is the bird sacred to venus, and as the pleiades are part of the constellation taurus and, as we shall see, more taurian in nature, if possible, than taurus itself, the dove becomes a specially appropriate symbol for this little star-group (the zodiac: a life epitome, walter h. sampson, p. 24 [46] the theme of sex from this extract and many others which could be adduced, it is apparent how closely linked with sex, in its lower and in its higher aspects, is this important constellation of taurus. this is why it has been called in some books, the "sign of generation, both earthly and heavenly. we have seen that the power of

n apple in his hand "the way to us is always marked by service. deeds of love are signposts on the way" then erytheia, who keeps the gate which all must pass before they stand alone before the great presiding one, gave him an apple and upon its side, inscribed in light, was writ the golden word of service "remember this" she said "forget it not" and lastly hesperis came, the wonder of the evening star, and said to him with clarity and love "go forth and serve, and tread the way, from henceforth and for aye, of all world servers "then i give back these apples for those who follow on" said hercules, and returned from whence he came. before the teacher then he stood and rendered due account of all that had transpired. to him the teacher gave the word of cheer and then with pointing finger ind

] labor iii gathering the golden apples of the hesperides- part 2 (gemini, may 21st- june 20th) the field of the labor gemini has in it two stars, called by the greeks, castor and pollux, or the twins. these personify two major groups of stars, the seven pleiades, and the seven stars of the great bear, which are the two constellations, in the north, around which our universe seems to revolve. one star represents each constellation. from the standpoint of esotericism, the great mystery of god incarnate in matter, and the crucifixion of the cosmic christ upon the cross of matter, is tied up with the relationship (presumed from most ancient times to exist) between the stars of the pleiades and those of the great bear. these two groups of stars represent god, the macrocosm, whilst in gemini, c

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

vely moon!and so the young man, wishing to make money, bought and sold and made money, which he dou-bled every month.but it came to pass that after a time, during one month he could sell nothing, so made nothing. soby night he said to the moon luna mia, luna bella!che io amo pi di altra stella!dimmi perche e fatatoche io gnente (niente) ho guadagnato?moon, o moon, whom i by farlove beyond another star,t ell me why it was ordainedthat i this month have nothing gained?then there appeared to him a little shining elf, who said: tu non devi aspettarealtro che laiutare,quando fai ben lavorare.money will not come to thee,nor any help or aid canst see,unless you work industriously.then added: io non daro mai denaroma laiuto, mio caro!money i neer give, tis clear,only help to thee, my dear!then the

wert born when the moon, our mother diana, was full; yes, ourbrother, kin to us, belonging to our band.and if thou art hungry and poor. and wilt have money in thy pocket, then think upon the moon, ondiana, unto who(sic) thou wert born; then repeat these words: luna mia, bella luna!pi di una altra stella;tu sei sempre bella!portatemi la buona fortuna!moon, moon, beautiful moon!fairer far than any star;moon, o moon, if it may be,bring good fortune unto me!and then, if thou has(sic) money in thy pocket, thou wilt have it doubled.for the children who are born in a full moon are sons or daughters of the moon, especially whenthey are born of a sunday when there is a high tide. page 68 yet a few years, reader, and all this will have vanished from among the italians before the newspa-per and rail

and she cut theearth, and with it and many mice she filled the bladder, and blew into the bladder till it burst.and there came a great marvel, for the earth which was in the bladder became the round heavenabove, and for three days there was a great rain; the mice became stars or rain. and having madethe heaven and stars and the rain, dianabecame queen of the witches; she was the cat who ruledthe star-mice, the heaven and the rain. page 18 chapter iii.how diana made the stars and the rain.diana was the first created before all creation; in her were all things; out of herself, the first dark-ness, she divided herself; into darkness and light she was divided. lucifer, her brother and son, her-self and her other half, was the light.and when dianasaw that the light was so beautiful, the light

gente cattivae la distruggero..voi altri poveri soffrite anche la fame,e lavorato malo e molte volte;soffrite anche la prigione;mapero avete una anima,una anima pi buona, e nellaltra,nellaltra mondo voi starete bene,e gli altri male. page 8 aradiaor thegospel of the witcheschapter i.how diana gave birth to aradia (herodias).it is diana! lo!she rises crescented. keats endymion.make more brightthe star queens crescent on her marriage night. ibid.this is the gospel (vangelo) of the witches:diana greatly loved her brother lucifer, the god of the sun and of the moon, the god of light(splendor, who was so proud of his beauty, and who for his pride was driven from paradise.diana had by her brother a daughter, to whom they gave the name of aradia (i.e.herodias).in those days there were on earth m

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

of the first, and this has reference to certain distinctions between the clothing of a knight of the holy sepulchre and that of a knight of st. john. the seven steps are emblematic of the seven sacraments of the holy church, by the help of which the christian chivalries maintained their faith against the infidel, and also of the seven deadly sins which they trampled under their feet. the blazing star inscribed with the letter yod, being the initial letter of the name of god in hebrew, signified the divine light which enlightened the chivairies and was ever before their eyes, as it must be also present for ever before the mind's eye of the masonic templars, a sacred symbol placed in the centre of the building. in french freemasonry the pillar b belonged to the second degree and was marked

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ion. ghosts are sidereal he wrote and it seems to me that his strange geometric experiments pierce through to the soul of the stars. from this i can find a definite magickal thrust that culminates in the commissioned work he did for his friend kenneth grant s occult group, the nu-isis lodge in the 50 s. spare was commissioned to produce numerous magickal paintings including depictions of isis the star goddess. the stunning pastel isis smiles is perhaps the most famous of these. there also exists a very novel picture called female nebula that shows a swirling spiral galaxy, literally the body of the stars: a depiction of the feminine mystery of space and a reference to the children of isis being the stars themselves. this in turn recalls aleister crowley s maxim every man and every woman is

r goddess. the stunning pastel isis smiles is perhaps the most famous of these. there also exists a very novel picture called female nebula that shows a swirling spiral galaxy, literally the body of the stars: a depiction of the feminine mystery of space and a reference to the children of isis being the stars themselves. this in turn recalls aleister crowley s maxim every man and every woman is a star from the book of law/liber al vel legis. stars are a recurrent motif in spare s work from the luxurious and sybaritic pen and ink oeuvre of his early years through to the late magickal pastels such as cacophonic fugue (soul, mind, body etc. he remains truly conscious of the fact that all existence is set within the starlite mire. in the pages of the book of ugly ecstasy i came across a curiou

iber al vel legis. stars are a recurrent motif in spare s work from the luxurious and sybaritic pen and ink oeuvre of his early years through to the late magickal pastels such as cacophonic fugue (soul, mind, body etc. he remains truly conscious of the fact that all existence is set within the starlite mire. in the pages of the book of ugly ecstasy i came across a curious image, that of a flaming star that appears to be made of hair. a hairy star as if the fur of the animal were burning bright, and the bestial becoming celestial. beautifully realised animals swarm and stampede through the whole of spare s oeuvre: swans, owls, antelope, cattle, tigers, wart-hogs and giant tree shrews amongst them. he felt an affinity with all creatures and placed them as equals with mankind. he donated pict

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blessings. please keep in mind though, that some preliminary grounding with the basics of magical discipline are essential. my suggestion is the mastery of certain fundamental exercises that are outlined concisely in peter carroll's liber mmm from liber null and psychonaut. or, if you will, liber's e& o from aleister crowley's magick: liber aba: book 4 now, to the actual practice. i do crowley's star ruby at least once if not several times daily. a complimentary comment here: http//www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/4052/starruby.htm this rite serves as both a banishing and an invocation. the "io pan" may be substituted with "hail satan" as they are both essentially the same force. the visualization of the pentagram is of utmost importance in this rite. it is used later in a non-ritual co

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st austin osman spare, whom of witch blood, gave us the gift of self liberation in the form of the grimoire the book of pleasure. that we may translate the system of the hand and the eye, within our personal universe form this luciferian doctrine to our own desire of becoming, shall be the greatest distinction from the order of the right hand path. the adversary exists within the 8 pointed sabbat star of chaos, called often algol. the very essence of chaos is disruption and the opening of possibility, that we may destroy that which hinders ourselves and thus creating a new form of order. order exists until the self grows into stasis, thus chaos then grows into a positive self-liberation process. the opposer/adversary thus holds the black flame of being within chaos, that we are both the re

tasis. the very fire force of the sun is in the eye of satanas/saturnus, misrule and self-liberation through antinomianian awakening of saturn. the higher octave of saturn is lucifer, being light, wisdom and illumination. lucifer/iblis is the imagination thus azazel, the fallen djinn of fire. lucifer represents also rebirth, inner strength, reason and solitude. in the unity of saturn are both the star of algol[9] hidden (without the averse pentagram) and the mark of demiurge saturnus. it is through satan/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 a

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

lishing352 the seven attendant riders who are malicious, these war gods of all yoga" the blessed one replied "regarding the s.dhana of the malicious violence demons, the mantra practitioner endowed with the view and conduct should perform the propitiation of powerful tamdrin. at a place suitable for the malevolent might demons353 of the red rock354 to abide, at the end of the fierce planet355 and star, make the ma..ala at the place of the might demon abode [306] smear the ledge of a pit with blood. mix356 the defilements in the heart s blood of a man and horse that died by a knife and make the effigy. posit the black family name357 [and] calendar.358 bind the might demon with a red cord.359 [compose 344 because that master monk is avalokite.vara. 345 the seven riders. 346 individual. 347 f

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, the darkened moon goddess of the cunning circle, whose blessing is both youth, imagination and death. the son is within you and that is cain, the baphometic daemon whose magick is the core essence of the religion of sorcery. the very circle casting rite as written by gerald gardner presents the mother of witchcraft, mother, darksome and divine, mine the scourge and mine the kiss, the five-point star of love and bliss. within the circle there is the very graal of the adversary, that through self-love can the essence of the pentagram be sensed and understood. he refers to hecate or lilith (via diana) as being hell's dark mistress, heaven's queen. this is the dual nature of the devil and his bride, the adversary. that by both sabbat rites does the cup of heaven (aethyr, luciferian sabbat) a

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

is the only one whose destiny it is to last from the beginning to the end of the manvantara throughout each round. it is the cradle of the first man and the dwelling of the last divine mortal, chosen as a sishta for the future seed of humanity. of this mysterious and sacred land very little can be said, except, perhaps, according to a poetical expression in one of the commentaries, that the "pole-star has its watchful eye upon it, from the dawn to the close of the twilight of 'a day' of the great breath[[footnote(s* by "original" we mean the "amshaspend" called "zarathustra, the lord and ruler of the vara made by yima in that land" there were several zarathustra or zertusts, the dabistan alone enumerating thirteen; but these were all the reincarnations of the first one. the last zoroaster

o" says staniland wake "sees in the dragon of the apocalypse a reference to the celestial serpent" remarks that "it is not astonishing that a constellation so extended should be represented by the author of that book as a great dragon with seven heads, who drew the third part of the stars from heaven and cast them to earth (dupuis, tome iii, p. 255. only dupuis never knew why draco, once the pole-star- the symbol of "guide" guru and director- had been thus degraded by posterity "the gods of our fathers are our devils" says an asiatic proverb. when draco ceased to be the lode-star, the guiding sidereal divinity, it shared the fate of all the fallen gods. seth and typhon was at one time, bunsen tells us "a great god universally adored throughout egypt, who conferred on the sovereigns of the

t does not refer to vishnu's avatars, since these number nine, the tenth being still to come, but to the races on earth. venus, or lucifer (also sukra and usanas) the planet, is the light-bearer of our earth, in both its physical and mystic sense. the christians knew it well in early times, since one of the earliest popes of rome is known by his pontiff name as lucifer "every world has its parent star and sister planet. thus earth is the adopted child and younger brother of venus, but its inhabitants are of their own kind. all sentient complete beings (full septenary men or higher beings) are furnished, in their beginnings, with forms and organisms in full harmony with the nature and state of the sphere they inhabit "the spheres of being, or centres of life, which are isolated nuclei breed

r mouth to receive the blood (genesis iii* apollo karneios is certainly a greek transformation from the hindu krishna karna "karna" means radiant from "carne "a ray" and karneios, which was a title of apollo with the celts as with the greeks, meant "sun born[[vol. 2, page] 45 the first war in heaven. metaphorically immortal through their wisdom. such is the common belief of those who credit every star or planet with being inhabited (and there are men of science- m. flammarion among others- who believe in this fervently, on logical as well as on astronomical data. the moon being an inferior body to the earth even, to say nothing of other planets, the terrestrial men produced by her sons- the lunar men or "ancestors- from her shell or body, cannot be immortal. they cannot hope to become real

rried away by the moon, soma "of whom he begat budha- took also an active part in this war against "the gods" and forthwith was degraded into a demon (asura) deity, and so he remains to this day* here the word "men" refers to the celestial men, or what are called in india the pitar or pitris, the fathers, the progenitors of men. this[[footnote(s* usanas-sukra or venus is our "lucifer" the morning star, of course. the ingenuity of this allegory in its manifold meanings is great indeed. thus brihaspati (the planet jupiter) or brahmanaspati is, in the rig veda, a deity who is the symbol and the prototype of the exoteric or ritualistic worship. he is priest sacrificer, suppliant, and the medium through which the prayers of mortals reach the gods. he is the purohita (family priest, or court cha

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

of our fifth race it became in symbology the sacr, and in hebrew n'cabvah, of the first-formed races* then it changed into the egyptian[[diagram (emblem of life, and still later into the sign of venus[[diagram] then comes the svastica (thor's hammer, or the "hermetic cross" now, entirely separated from its circle, thus becoming purely phallic. the esoteric symbol of kali yuga is the five-pointed star reversed, thus[[diagram- the sign of human sorcery, with its two points (horns) turned heavenward, a position every[[footnote(s* see that suggestive work "the source of measures" where the author explains the real meaning of the word "sacr" from which "sacred "sacrament" are derived, which have now become synonyms of "holiness" though purely phallic[[vol. 1, page] 6 the secret doctrine. occul

ed from the primeval dhyani-buddhas, is, during the periodical sleep of the universe, of the ultimate tenuity conceivable to the eye of the perfect bodhisatva- this matter, radical and cool, becomes, at the first reawakening of cosmic motion, scattered through space; appearing, when seen from the earth, in clusters and lumps, like curds in thin milk. these are the seeds of the future worlds, the "star-stuff- stanza iii- continued. 6. the root of life was in every drop of the ocean of immortality (amrita* and the ocean was radiant light, which was fire and heat and motion. darkness vanished and was no more* it disappeared in its own essence, the body of fire and water, of father and mother (a (a) the essence of darkness being absolute light, darkness is taken as the appropriate allegorical

the darkness comprehendeth it not" they will see then that the word "darkness" does not apply to man's spiritual eyesight, but indeed to "darkness" the absolute, that comprehendeth not (cannot cognize) transient light, however transcendent to human eyes. demon est deus inversus. the devil is now called darkness by the church, whereas, in the bible he is called the "son of god (see job, the bright star of the early morning, lucifer (see isaiah. there is a whole philosophy of dogmatic craft in the reason why the first archangel, who sprang from the depths of chaos, was called lux (lucifer, the "luminous son of the morning" or man[ footnote(s* see "kwan-shai-yin" the real name from the text cannot be given[[vol. 1, page] 71 light emerges from darkness. vantaric dawn. he was transformed by the

terrestrial plane, of the one great unit (the logos, which is itself the seven-vowelled sign, the breath crystallized into the word* he who believes in all this, has also to believe in the multiple combination of the seven planets of occultism and of the kabala, with the twelve zodiacal signs; to attribute, as we do, to each planet and to each constellation an influence which, in the words of ely star (a french occultist "is proper to it, beneficent or maleficent, and this, after the planetary spirit which rules it, who, in his turn, is capable of influencing men and things which are found in harmony with him and with which he has any affinity" for these reasons, and since few believe in the foregoing, all that can now be given is that in both cases the symbol of hansa (whether "i "he" goo

te voice, or the manifestation thereof, the effect of the cause. adam kadmon or tetragrammaton is the logos in the kabala; therefore this triad answers in the latter to the highest triangle of kether, chochmah and binah, the last a female potency and at the same time the male jehovah, as partaking of the nature of chochmah, or the male wisdom* the secret doctrine teaches that the sun is a central star and not a planet. yet the ancients knew of and worshipped seven great gods, excluding the sun and earth. which was that "mystery god" they set apart? of course not uranus, discovered only by herschel in 1781. but could it not be known by another name? says the[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 100 the secret doctrine. so to say, the adityas are, in their primitive most ancient m

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k of .original sin. is hanged the hag with dyed and bloody hair, christianity, the glyph thus commemorating .sa vie horizontale et sa mort verticale. the satyr, a portrait of frater d.d.s, one of the teachers of the master therion, represents the soul of the new aeon, whose word is do what thou wilt; for the satyr is the true nature of every man and every woman; and every man and every woman is a star. the shepherd and the nymph in the background represents the spontaneous outburst of the music of sound and motion caused by the release of the children of the new aeon from the curse of the dogma of original sin, and other priestly bogies. love is the law, love under will. 5 hymn to pan .frix .rwti periarc j d nepi man. p n p n p n p n liplagkte, kullan.aj cionokt poi petra.aj p deir doj f n

ore than any other. the goetia. the most intelligible of all the medi val rituals of evocation. contains also the favourite invocation of the master therion. curriculum of a.a. 21 erdmann.s .history of philosophy. a compendious account of philosophy from the earliest times. most valuble as a general education of the mind. the spiritual guide of molinos. a simple manual of christian mysticism. the star in the west (captain fuller. an introduction to the study of the works of aleister crowley. the dhammapada (s. b. e. series, oxford university press. the best of the buddhist classics. the questions of king milinda (s. b. e. series) technical points of buddhist dogma, illustrated by dialogues. liber dcclxxvii vel prolegomena symbolica ad systemam sceptico-mystic vi explicand, fundamentum hier

y lection. explains the actual history and origins of the present movement. its statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. the object of this book is to discount mythop.ia. liber xxxiii. an account of a.a. first written in the language of his period by the councillor von eckarthausen, and now revised and rewritten in the universal cipher. liber xxv. this is the chapter called the .star ruby. in the book of lies. it is an improved form of the .lesser. ritual of the pentagram. liber cc. resh vel helios. an instruction for the adoration of the sun four times daily, with the object of composing the mind to meditation and of regularizing the practices. liber ccc. a special instruction for the promulgation of the law. this is the first and most important duty of the equinox 30 ev

ction and thought. liber xiii. graduum montis abiegni. an account of the task of the aspirant from probationer to adept. liber xvii. liber i.a.o. gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. this book has not been published. it is the active counterpart of curriculum of a.a. 33 liber hhh. the article .energized enthusiasm. is an adumbration of this book. liber xxxvi. the star sapphire. is chapter xxxvi of the book of lies, giving an improved ritual of the hexagram. liber clxxxv. liber collegii sancti. being the tasks of the grades and their oaths proper to liber xiii. this is the official paper of the various grades. it includes the task and oath of a probationer. liber ccvi. liber r v vel spiritus. full instruction in pranayama. liber ccclxi. liber hhh. gives thr

antithesis .the word of sin is restriction. again. thou hast no right but to do thy will. do that, and no other shall say nay. for pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. take this carefully; it seems to imply a theory that if every man and every woman did his and her will.the true will. there would be no clashing .every man and every woman is a star, and each star moves in an appointed path without interference. there is plenty of room for all; it is only disorder that creates confusion. from these considerations it should be clear that .do what thou wilt. does not mean .do what you like. it is the apotheosis of freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond. do what thou wilt.then do nothing else. let nothing deflect thee from that

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cales. the right-and left-hand branches end respectively in three flames, and the centre one in four flames: thus yielding ten: the number of the sephiroth. two-and-twenty leaping flames, or yodh, surround it, answering to the paths; of these, three fall below the right branch for aleph, men, and shin, seven above the central branch for the double 59 the high priestess the priestess of the silver star gimel moon 60 the empress the daughter of the mighty ones dalet venus 61 the emperor sun of the morning, chief among the mighty heh aries 62 the hierophant the magus of the eternal vau taurus 63 the lovers the children of the voice; the oracles of the mighty gods zain gemini 64 the chariot the child of the powers of the waters; the lord of the triumph of light chet cancer 65 fortitude the dau

hanged man the spirit of the mighty waters mem water 70 death the child of the great transformers: the lord of the gates of death nun scorpio 71 temperance the daughter of the reconcilers: the bringer-forth of life samekh sagittarius 72 the devil the lord of the gates of matter: the child of the forces of time ayin capricorn 73 the blasted tower the lord of the hosts of the mighty peh mars 74 the star the daughter of the firmament, the dweller between the waters tzaddi aquarius 75 the moon the ruler of flux and reflux: the child of the sons of the mighty qof pisces 76 the sun the lord of the fire of the world resh sun 77 the judgment the spirit of the primal fire shin spirit and fire 78 the universe the great one of the night of time taw earth and saturn book t page 3 of 26 http//www.priva

7 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 princess and empress of the nymphs or undines throne of the ace of cups. xiii. the lord of the winds and the breezes; he king of the spirits of air knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed. his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest a winged six-pointed star, similar to those represented on the heads of castor and pollux the dioscuri, the twins gemini (a part of which constellation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small

of each of the others. there being thirty-six decans and seven planets, it follows that one of the latter must rule over one more decan than the others. this is the planet mars, to which are allotted the last decan of pisces, and the first of aries, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. and the beginning of the decanates is from the royal star of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of saturn in leo. here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine sephiroth below kether. mars 1. leo valour 7 of wands. 2. scorpio loss in pleasure 5 of cups. 3. capricorn material works 3 of pentacles. 4. pisces perfected success 10 of cups. 5. aries dominion 2 of wands. 6

ross each other. flames leap from the point of junction. above the middle wand is the sign saturn, and below is that of leo: thus representing the decante. violent strife and boldness, rashness, cruelty, violence, lust, desire, prodigality and generosity; depending on whether the card is well or ill dignified. geburah of hb:y (quarrelling and fighting. this decan hath its beginning from the royal star of leo: and unto it are allotted the two great angels of the schemhamphorash hb:vhvyh and hb:ylyal. xxii. the lord of victory six of wands two hands in grip as the last, holding six wands crossed three and three. flames issue from the point of junction. above and below are short wands with flames issuing, surmounted respectively by the symbols of jupiter and leo, representing the decan. victo

BOOK OF PLEASURE

ence, there is pain the book of pleasure (self love) get any book for free on: www.abika.com 19 germinating: there is no freedom. he who believes anything he perceives or imagines, falls into sin. by believing without feeling perturbation, forgetting ideas of external and internal, he regards everything as self, and is the consciousness of non-resistance, has no horizon: he is free. on seeing the star-lit eyes and rosebud mouths, the breasts and loins of beautiful women, you become lovingly attached, but if you fear, consider constantly that they are merely the charred flesh and bones of yourself after the torture. the space between the eternal and "self" is it not a moral doctrine? by unbelieving all one believes and sedulously without anxiety not believing (by the "neither-neither" proce

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

t. priestess "may all our power, witches all, strengthen the new-born lord" priestess places horned helmet on priest's head. he comes to his feet and raises his hands high "life! love! i am the sun lord" he lowers his hands then moves slowly around the circle speaking, as though talking to each individual covener as he moves around. priest "i fell into deep darkness and death i knew. yet was i of star-seed. on the tail of a comet i rent the velvet darkness of everlasting light. ablaze with glory, i was reborn, to start again the perennial cycle of guardianship that evermore drives me through death and birth alike. with the companionship of our lady i face into the wind, knowing that we fly upon wings of time, through timeless worlds, together" covener "all hail, the sun god" all "all hail

na, otherwise known as the trumps major, has twenty-two cards; each an allegorical figure of symbolic meaning. these figures are, by many occultists, attributed to the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet: 1 magician 2 high priestess 3 empress 4 emperor 5 hierophant 6 lovers 7 chariot 8 justice 9 hermit 10 wheel of fortune 11 strength 12 hanged man 13 death 14 temperance 15 devil 16 tower 17 star 18 moon 19 sun 20 judgement 21 world 0 fool 111 aleph beth gimel daleth heh vav zain cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin peh tzaddi qoph resh shin tav 112/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft unfortunately the occultists cannot agree on this. while macgregor mathers, for instance, attributes the cards as i have shown, paul f. case puts the fool at the beginning, thus moving them

tongue ass's ear bear's ear bear's foot beehive beggar's tick bird's eye bird's tongue black boy resin bloody fingers bull's eyes bull's foot calf's snout catgut cat's eye cat's foot cat's foot/paw cat's milk chicken toe common name stitch wort dogstooth violet comfrey auricula stinking hellbore snail plant cockhold false hellebore european ash foxglove marsh marigold coltsfoot toadflax hoary pea star scabious canada snake root ground ivy wartwort crawley root latin name stellaria media^ microstylis ophioglossiodes erythronium americanum symphytum officinale primula auricula helleborus factious medicago scuttellata bidens frondosa adonis vemalis fraxinus excelsior xanthorrhoea arborea digitalis purpurea caltha palustris tussilago farfara linaria vulgaris tephrosia virginiana scabiosa stell

. though such work must always be secondary to the religious aspects. even such a working coven should not feel that is has to do work at every esbat. you should do work/magick only when there is a need for it; though a certain amount of experimentation is understandable and acceptable. you may want to give your coven a name. many do. examples are: the coven of the open forest; coven of the north star; coven of our lady of rebirth; sand-sea coven; coven of the complete circle; coven of family wicca. additionally many 208/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft covens design their own individual emblems or insignia, which they use on notepaper and put on flags and banners for craft festivals (see figure 14.1. in some traditions usually those with a degree system there is a symbol for the in

d from the book, you can perform your own divinations with the buckland gypsy fortunetelling deck, a beautiful 74-card deck which includes a distinctive romani (gypsy) major arcana and a minor arcana composed of a regular poker deck. a handy 18" x 24" four-color layout sheet is included, making the deck easily and instantly usable. the two sides of the sheet illustrate different layouts the seven star layout and the romani star layout. you can discover future events, hopes, fears, strengths and much more. with buckland's complete gypsy fortune teller, this time-honored system of divination is presented for the first time in a convenient and eminently usable format. 0-87542-055-9, book, 74-card deck, layout sheet $19.95 gypsy love magick by raymond buckland one of the most compelling forms

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y forms. the first has the head of a horned animal, and is called amu-aa, i.e "the eater of the p. 32 phallus; the second has the head of a man, and is called akhabit; and the third has the head of a jackal, and is called nebt-ta-tcheser. 12. the god osiris un-nefer, in mummy form, wearing the crown of the south. 13. the god khui, who holds in each hand a long lotus-topped sceptre surmounted by a star. click to view second hour. lower register. gods nos. 9-15. 14. the two-headed god (horus-set) called hra-f-a-f. 15. the god heru-hen. 16, 17. two gods, each holding in his left hand the sign of life inverted; their names are hun and hetchetchtu. p. 33 18-20. three gods, each holding a palm branch; their names are neha (or nareh, makhi, and renpiti. 21. a god, who holds a knife in his left ha

y thou] the p. 41 darkness which is in ament in thy name of sekher-shetau-ur-a, illumine thou the thick darkness, o af. his jawbones are to him, and ra taketh up his position in ament. thy boat is to thee, and it is thy right, thou art guided along, and those who convey thee over the water and who dwell in the earth make calamities to come upon apep straightway on thy behalf. thy protector is the star-god (sba, thou art praised and adored, thy soul passeth on, thou goest onward and thy body is equipped with power, and the regions) are opened [to thee. the doors of the hidden land are opened [before thee, osiris cometh unto thee, osiris avengeth thee, and thy word is maat against thy enemies. thou goest to rest, thou goest to rest in ament, and thou comest into being in the form of khepera

ye yourselves with your slaughtering knives, fetter and bind with your hands [this] figure which is with you, so that i may journey past you in peace. whosoever knoweth this shall pass by the goddess in peace" the entrance into the sixth division of the tuat is made through a door in the lower register, which is guarded by a serpent "who openeth it himself" here, too, appears the large five-rayed star which is the symbol of the planet venus, and is described as the "living god which journeyeth, and journeyeth, and travelleth" next: chapter vi. the sixth division of the tuat, which is called metchet-mu-nebt-tuat. sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 116 chapter vi. the sixth division of the tuat, which is called metchet-mu-nebt-tuat. in the scene which illustrates the sixth d

isk encircled by a serpent; in his right hand is the symbol of life, and in his left a sceptre. the other forms of his name are# and. of this god it is said "the work of this figure who is in this picture is in the tuat, and it is for him to send the stars on their way, and to make the hours to go on their way in the tuat" the stars are personified by gods, twelve in number, who stand each with a star on his head. their names are- 1. ur-kert. 2. kekhert. 3. neb-khert-ta. 4. tuati. p. 155 5. hiat. 6. hi-khu. 7. emta-a. click to view ur-kert. kekhert. neb-khert-ta. tuati. hiat. hi-khu. click to view emta-a. teser-a. emma-a. sem-nes-f. tesem-em-maat-f. seqer-tepu. 8. teser-a. 9. emma-a. 10. sem-nes-f. p. 156 11. tesem-em-maat-f. 12. seqer-tepu. the text relating to these gods reads "the majes

the horizon which is in the tuat each day, o be ye in his following, and let your stars guide his two hands so that he may journey through the beautiful ament in peace. and, o ye gods who stand up, who dwell in our land, light up ye your stars in the sky so that [i] may unite [myself] with the master of the horizon" 2. the twelve goddesses of the hours, who face to p. 157 the right, having each a star on her head. their names are- 1. hekennutheth. 2. nebt-en. 3. nebt-nebt. click to view goddesses of the hours. click to view goddesses of the hours. 4. tuatheth. 5. amentet-ermen. 6 [name erased] 7. anith. 8. aunith. p. 158 9. tait. 10. arit-khu. 11. arit-aru. 12. uaat-testes. the text relating to the goddesses of the hours reads: click to view goddesses of the hours "the majesty of heru-tuat

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

power that created everything. thus one of the tests whereby a student may know whether or not he has really succeeded in meditation is this: let him find out whether or not what he has been doing takes form in the production of something better than he had before he began to meditate" students of tarot will be interested in this comment on the relation between tzaddi and the 17th key, called the star "the application to the tarot is that to the selfcontemplation of spirit the universe appears as it really is. the divine mother is always unveiled before her lord. to man, except in those rare moments when he participates in the divine meditation, she is at best the veiled isis, and at worst the demon of the 15th key, the devil "a great silence" in hebrew is domam, d v m m, which adds to 90

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

rth and sky, is a ritual that permeates all cultures. in egyptian mythology, isis, the sister-wife of osiris, sought and reassembled his body after his murder and dismemberment by his brother seth. in this connection, she took on the role of the goddess of rebirth, the bone goddess, and restored him in a more evolved form. the annual celebrations of this event coincided with the rising of the dog star, sirius, which heralded the flooding of the nile and the restoration of fertility to the land and symbolically to the people. as the sky gods gained supremacy, they married the earth goddesses who slowly evolved into patronesses of women, marriage and childbirth. so, for example, odin the norse all-father married frigg, goddess of women, marriage and motherhood. but in witchcraft, though the

, the goddess of love, is the roman form of aphrodite and by her liaison with mercury gave birth to cupid. although she had many lovers, she was the goddess of chastity in women and is a joy-bringer, and so represents not only sexual pleasure, but also innocent love and especially love in the springtime. her planetary associations mean she is the focus in all kinds of love rituals. as the evening star, venus takes on a warrior aspect and so can be invoked in fighting for one's lover or tough love in relationships. deities for power these deities may be invoked for strength, success, energy, inspiration and increase [insert pic p061- seite 33 wicca01.txt apollo apollo, the greek sun god, was twin brother of artemis, the moon goddess. as god of the solar light, apollo made the fruits of the

t seas, for silver dolphins, seals and cascading rainbow fish. circle three i cast for the sunlit skies, the clouds pure gold and the gilt-tipped eagle soaring high* light the candle in the north* choose one of your three oils and, holding it in your receptive hand (the one you do not write with, circle over it nine times deosil the crystal pendulum or pendant* say three times, faster and faster: star, moon, sun and candle bright, charge this oil with radiant light, power of ginger [or name of oil] prosper me, enter golden energy* after the third chant, let your pendulum swing freely on its chain so it spirals round, catching the candlelight and, perhaps, the moonlight* add the oil to the burner with a little water and light the nightlight under it* take three of the coins from the dish- i

on its chain so it spirals round, catching the candlelight and, perhaps, the moonlight* add the oil to the burner with a little water and light the nightlight under it* take three of the coins from the dish- if possible these should be one gold, one silver and one copper. place them in the money pot and hold this briefly in the fragrance emanating from the burner, saying: venus, morn and evening star, sun and moon that shine afar. i ask in love and not in greed, grant me only what i need. seite 80 wicca01.txt* place the lid on the pot and leave it in front of the burner, sitting quietly and visualising money coming to you. at this point you may become aware of money-making possibilities you had not considered* when you are ready, blow out the nightlight, then the candle, sending the light

nse to add passion and energy to that special, loving relationship. the amount of incense used for each quality determines your priorities, so, in this case, if loving energies were the prime focus, you would burn two rose incense sticks or cones and one cinnamon. you can seite 86 wicca01.txt also do this with your oil mixes. a six-incense ritual for love six is the number of venus in her morning star aspect of love. you can use this ritual for attracting love, for deepening a relationship, consummating it or strengthening it during a difficult period, perhaps when everything appears to have got into a rut. you can alter the focus of the ritual by varying the number and type of each fragrance you use, for example whether your primary concern is to increase trust, passion or encourage fidel

CASTING THE CIRCLE

his circle of being, i call to thee angelick spirits of the watchtower: exarp! rzla, boza, taad, dopa hold now the athame and moving widdershins, invoke the elements of lucifer: by the triangle of elemental sight i bless this circle, by the spirit mind of godhood i emerge as one who commands the elements by will alone. move and bless this circle and work! by the image of the falling pentagram and star, from which we dive to achieve the promethean light, i bless this circle, by the spirit mind of the separated psyche, made selfdeified by self- love, to build and strengthen through the mysteries of ur and the black dragon, i emerge as one who commands individual ascension by will alone. move and bless this circle of work! by who is named lucifer, come forth and bless this circle which is ded

n light, i bless this circle, by the spirit mind of the separated psyche, made selfdeified by self- love, to build and strengthen through the mysteries of ur and the black dragon, i emerge as one who commands individual ascension by will alone. move and bless this circle of work! by who is named lucifer, come forth and bless this circle which is dedicated through thee. in the image of the morning star we each ascend, and in your image we become. prince of light and prince of darkness emerge as one! bless this circle! hail lilith, she who would bless our lives with joy and beauty, and the love of our kin. we seek the sorcerous path! by the power of the toad, sacred of hecate and the powers of night, avail the lunar current unto our selves, so that we shall emerge in the dark light of saturn

CHAOS MAGICK AND LUCIFERISM

anding of any of us; in fact it seeks to devour our beings at any given chance. god as we know it is the ultimate vampire, the force behind choronzon. lucifer understood this and decided, as many of us later, to destroy the order that was and seek the very light of the vampire god. lucifer was not seeking to dethrone this devouring spirit, but to gain its essence (which is inherent in the morning star) and seek a light in another area of understanding. lucifer sought to free humanity from its sheep condition, all the while fought by the anthropomorphic-created god. god is chaos invariably and lucifer sought to manipulate this power, which the morning star has done successfully. the watchers and the nephilim understood this fact clearly and so did their will in the same fashion. the sabbati

cery all emanate initially from the self. the essence of godhood begins and ends within the self, as it is known and not known from the individual. magick is a guidance factor in the development of man and woman to god itself, or as albert pike would say, lucifer. in our search for magickal power and the light of the qabalistic ain soph, we seek lucifer within us. we invariably become the morning star through invocation, will and determination. the luciferian concept of self godhood emerges from the hidden god within us all. this does involve the initial working of the bornless one ritual developed by aleister crowley but also several other workings. the law of the great id: to trespass all laws -aos chaos magick invites individuals to use, develop and create as many cross systems as possi

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

the country styles of the mississippi delta songsters to the urban blues performers of the post.world war ii era and beyond, black bluespeople utilized the rhetoric of conjure in their songs. blues records, made popular in the first few decades of the twentieth century, contained direct and oblique references to hoodoo talismans, spiritual signs, and magical mysteries. in her 1928 song "shootin f star blues" for example, lizzie miles, a new orleans-born blues queen, alluded to the obscure but grisly technique by which individuals could acquire an all-powerful black cat bone, a highly sought-after supernatural artifact: i done crossed my fingers, counted up to twenty-three i seen a star falling, that means bad luck done fell on me black magic page 90 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

onian teacher expounds on the decans. 363 last pagan emperor julian stopped at harran at the beginning of his persian campaign. he consulted the oracles at the temple of the moon. 380 hephaestio of thebes. compendium, delineations of the decans and contains a very long excerpt from nechepso/petosiris on detailed eclipse delineation. preserves an ancient egyptian method of prediction using the dog-star alone. c.380 sepher ha-razim (the book of the mysteries) a jewish mystical and magical grimoire from egypt. related to the sepher raziel. 385 d. st. gregory of nyssa 386: augustine (354-430, a rhetorician of north african descent currently working in milan, accepts baptism into catholic christianity from bishop ambrose of milan. 391 second burning of library at alexandria (by christians. 401

bn matqha, astrologer in the entourage of frederick ii. translated his encyclopaedia: midras ha-hokhmah( the search for knowledge, from hebrew into arabic. written 1245-1247. 1215-1235 vulgate cycle of arthurian stories compiled by cistercian clerics includes prose lancelot, queste del sainte graal, estoire del sainte graal, mort artu and vulgate merlin. 1216-1269 abd al-haqq ibn sabin, sufi pole star of the faith philosophically similar to his contemporary ibn 'arabi "withdrew to the solitude of the moroccan mountains from where he corresponded with frederick ii. influence on roger bacon. 1216: the castilian canon dominic (1170-1221) manages to convince pope honorius iii that he and his followers, who have been preaching against cathar heresy in southern france for about a decade, will ad

to a university chair by emperor ferdinand. publishes: wonders of the world. and there the monster of the terrestrial paradise< 1553, paris; sibyllinorum versuum virgilio in quarta bucolicorum versuum ecloga transcriptorum ecfrasis commentarii instar phoenix superis stellas qui viuidus aequat "bring forth the superior phoenix, which vigorously reaches as high as the star> 1554 january, postel gives address on phoenician and hebrew languages. by may, postel leaves vienna for venice to submit before the inquisition's hearing concerning his works. 1555 postel detained in venice by the inquisition. postel has published in padua 2 works on his mystical immutation and the teachings of his "mother johanna" il libro della divina ordinatione and le prime nove del altr

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e. in fact, the daode jing [tao te ching] has been translated more often into more languages than any other work in history except the bible.3 little is known about lao-tzu except that he is credited with the authorship of the tao te ching. in contrast, laotzu s mythological beginnings are widely celebrated. poet and translator witter bynner describes lao-tzu: immaculately conceived to a shooting-star, carried in his mother s womb for sixty-two years and born, it is said, white-haired, in 604 b.c, he became in due time keeper of imperial archives [s]addened by men s tragic perversity. laotzu [lao-tzu] rode away alone on a water-buffalo into the desert beyond the boundary of civilization, the great wall of his period.4 106 when he arrived at one of its gates, a guard stopped him and persuad

COMMENTARY ON THE SEAL OF THE NINE ANGLES

iple. the seeds of the destruction of the hexagonal forms are carried within them, however, for they necessarily embrace two trapezoids (the four) and the pentagrams defined by those trapezoids (the five; hence 4+5 (the nine. seventh angle: the destruction of the status of monotheism by the addition of a line/angle to the hex. the legacy of the first beast of revelation and his sevenfold seal and star of babalon (a'.a. the forces of the aeon of horus overcoming those of the aeon of osiris. yet the only thing that can be said of seven is that it is an effective destroyer of six. it has no creative properties of its own; it has neither the strength of symmetry nor the magical powers of its asymmetrical predecessors (1,3,5. proponents of six-isms instinctively fear seven: they warn about such

DARK GODS

rifice. f sharp major key for chant. karu samsu: word of power along the 12th path to be chanted in the key of a flat major. according to tradition it means `i invoke the sun' nemicu: bringer of wisdom. to be vibrated. mactoron: word of power of 14th. path chanted in key of a minor. legend recalls it as representing the name for one of the planetary homes of the dark gods, later famed as an early star gate. atazoth: the most powerful of the dark gods. the name itself (which correctly describes the entity only when chanted properly) signifies in one sense the purpose of the cosmic cycles and the opening of the gates since `atazoth' as a word means `an increasing of azoth' see chant illustration. davcina: female form along the 19th. path. to be vibrated. useful in works of enchantment. athus

the energies of the acausal as a projection of our own consciousness upon chaos itself it is equally possible to regard them as physically existing in themselves. which of these (or neither of them) is correct, the adept discovers during the ordeal of the abyss. legend, however, recalls the dark gods as visiting our planet several times in the past by passing through one of the many `star gates. star gates are regions in space-time where our causal universe and the universe of the acausal are joined they are physical gates, and passage from one universe to another is possible through them. according to legend, star gates exist near to stars dabih, naos and algol: that is, if you journeyed from earth in the direction of one of these stars you would pass through a star gate. there are also

e regions in space-time where our causal universe and the universe of the acausal are joined they are physical gates, and passage from one universe to another is possible through them. according to legend, star gates exist near to stars dabih, naos and algol: that is, if you journeyed from earth in the direction of one of these stars you would pass through a star gate. there are also stories of a star gate within our own solar system the gate through which the dark gods came to earth. this star gate is believed to be near the planet saturn. sometimes, the abyss invades our dreams, but mostly the abyss is reached by following the seven-fold way. it lies between the spheres of the sun and mars, and divides the adept from the master/mistress. it is the gate to the gods within us and the gods

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

aptrap. it depends on the competence of the channel and the level of the wavelength to which they are connecting. as someone once said of contact with those no longer on this earth "death is no cure for ignorance. if you connect with wavelengths close to this one, you can be seriously misled. the veil of tears 5 bringers of the dawn claims to be the words of a consciousness communicating from the star system we know as the pleiades. i know if you are new to this, it all sounds so fantastic and hard to accept. but all i can do- all any of us can do- is to say what we believe and feel. i believe that this star system called the pleiades, or at least the more evolved groups from there, are part of a universal operation to set humanity and this world free from the prison we have unknowingly li

ght forth to israel. and immediately the cloud disappeared out of the cave, and a great light shone in the cave, so that the eyes could not bear it. and the veil of tears 13 in a little that light gradually decreased until the infant appeared, and went and took the breast of his mother, mary" the connections with 'gods' and 'clouds' are endless in the ancient legends and texts and what about the 'star' that was supposed to have hovered over the birthplace of y'shua? why could that not have been a spacecraft? in the biblical revelations we hear of the new jerusalem descending from the sky (rev 22:10) and y'shua returning 'with the clouds (rev 1:7. was y'shua a member of a positive extraterrestrial race who became incarnate to help humanity get out of prison? it is certainly a possibility. t

when the jamming frequency was installed, and the levels of consciousness which contained the knowledge enjoyed before recorded human history were denied to us. the prison door slammed shut and we are now flinging it open again. human civilisation did not begin on planet earth, i am convinced. it came to this planet from other areas of the galaxy. some say the first humans on earth came from the star system called vega, 26 light-years from here, and three times the size of the sun. it is the brightest star in the lyra constellation and the fifth brightest in our sky.14 wherever it was, i feel the human race originally came from another star system and took the opportunity to populate and experience this magnificent new planet. genetic manipulation, both positive and negative, has continue

evolved technologically do not have to be more evolved spiritually. the development of the atomic bomb is a case in point. developing the bomb was brilliant technologically. dropping it was the very opposite of spirituality. so i find it quite feasible that all hell broke loose in parts of this galaxy, as extraterrestrials battled for power with their highly advanced toys. i feel that films like star wars and other science 'fiction' stories are the result of the writers accessing their deep memories or having direct knowledge of what happened. it is this same inner memory at some deep level of our consciousness that attracts such astonishing numbers of people to the science fiction films and literature. some of the places which crop up most often in channelled information relating to thes

p up most often in channelled information relating to these conflicts are the systems of orion, sirius, and the pleiades. interesting, then, that these were at the fore of ancient beliefs and worship on earth over thousands of years, across scores of cultures. the pyramids at giza and the giant spider drawn in ancient times on the plains of nazca, peru, are exactly aligned with orion. i think the star arcturus in the bootes constellation is also significant to the earth's history. the veil of tears 15 the aim of the negative extraterrestrials in relation to the earth was to turn humans into little more than a slave race. this has been a theme all along and it remains so today, although in another form. instead of controlling us physically by occupation of the planet, over the past few thou

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

, and which were symbolic of the sun, moon, planets, natural cycles, and so on. most were the latter, but there is substantial evidence to confirm that some of them, particularly the further back you go, were walking, talking, entities, who had, by human standards at the time, amazing knowledge of the solar system, the stars, the universal cycles, the effect of the sun, moon and other planets and star systems on the earth and its people, and technological understanding of such immensity that they were able to build the pyramids and other stunning structures all over the world that we would struggle to build even today. just consider the scale we are talking here with the giza pyramids alone. the great pyramid, which is nearly 500 feet high, consists of six and a half million tons of stone

uded a polar bear, walrus, african lion, penguin and the stegosaurus dinosaur. but dinosaurs were unknown to science until the 1880s, and the stegosauria was not identified until 1901. talk us through that one. as other books and television documentaries in recent years have shown, these amazing structures, temples, stone circles, and standing stones, were not only lined up precisely with certain star systems, they were aligned just as precisely in relationship to each other all over the planet, and the building techniques and designs were often the same on different sides of the world. why? because the official version of history is baloney. there were not isolated, unconnected, societies, which developed alone, if you go back far enough. there was a global society controlled by the "gods

cean it calls kumari nadu or kumari kandam, which means the "dragon land of the immortal serpents".7 you cannot be sirius these technologically advanced extraterrestrial and other-dimensional beings created mystery schools and a secret society network in atlantis and lemuria to pass on levels of their knowledge to chosen initiates. legends claim that a race came to the earth from sirius, the "dog star" and brightest in the sky, which is some 8.7 light years from here. the term "dog star" comes from its position in the constellation of canis major and it is also known as orion's dog" the legends and accounts say that the beings from sirius brought an infusion of highly advanced knowledge to atlantis and lemuria-mu and founded the atlantean mystery school. according to robert temple in the s

that beings from sirius visited their ancestors and gave them knowledge of the universe. he says that they describe the sirians as amphibious and "serpent-featured- a recurring theme as you will see. temple suggests that the anunnaki of the sumerian tablets could be these beings from sirius. he further proposes that the body of the sphinx is that of a dog and not a lion, thus symbolising the dog star, sirius,9 and some researchers also suggest that the face of the sphinx is that of a woman, not a pharaoh. the egyptians certainly depicted their lion bodies very differently to that of the sphinx and the dog is a common symbol in ancient mythology.10 in fact, ancient egyptians revered the dog and their dog symbol was a code for sirius" the sirius system was symbolised as feminine and so a do

presentation in the louvre museum in paris.13 temple's research began when he heard that the dogon people in mali, northwest africa, had told french researchers in 1931 some remarkable information about the sirius system. according to these researchers, the dogon also knew about all the planets of the solar system out to pluto, and of moons that have only recently been confirmed. they said that a star orbited sirius and it was so heavy all the people of the world could not lift it.14 at the time, the star they were talking about, now called sirius b, was not yet discovered by scientists. the dogon are claimed to have said that it took about 50 years to orbit sirius a and that it was "infinitely tiny".15 we now know this is true. sirius b is a dwarf star and fantastically heavy. the story g

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universe and he believes there are at least onemillion planets in our galaxy that could support life as we know it. think of what thefigure might be for the entire universe, even before we start looking at other dimensionsof existence beyond the frequency range of our physical senses. if you travelled at the3speed of light, 186,000 miles per second, it would take you 4.3 years to reach thenearest star to this solar system. it says much for humanitys level of indoctrination thatto speak of extraterrestrial life is to appear cranky, yet to dismiss it and suggest that lifehas only emerged on this one tiny planet is considered credible! you only have toconsider the amazing structures that abounded in the ancient world to see that anadvanced race existed then. we are told that only people primi

ere, featurestories of the dragons. the serpent symbol has also been found in ancient britain,greece, malta, egypt, new mexico, peru and all over the pacific islands. there is anunmistakable resemblance between some dinosaurs and ancient depictions of dragons.several species of small indo-malayan lizards with webbed wings look so much likedragons that they have been given the name draco after the star constellation fromwhich the reptilian hierarchy are said to originate. of even more interest to me is thearmoured lizard called moloch horridus which also has a dragon-like appearance.moloch is an ancient deity to which children were sacrificed thousands of years ago andstill are today in the vast satanic ritual network. they are sacrificed to the reptilians inother words because, as will bec

esesocieties were not unconnected. as we shall see, they had the same origins. the templesat angkor wat are covered in reptilian images, a feature of all the ancient cultures,including the egyptian, the central american and the indian. professor phillip calahanin his study of the surviving and mysterious round towers of ireland has said that theyare positioned with remarkable synchronicity to the star constellations of the northernsky at the winter solstice. and the towers most perfectly align with the constellationof. draco. the head and eyes of the draco formation, as designed on the ground inireland, are, according to calahan, located either side of lough neagh right in thefigure 4: the draco dragonconstellation to which so many ancientmonuments appear to be aligned. 24centre of norther

s way. anyone would, because the truth is too fantasticto comprehend until you see the build up of evidence. theres no doubt that alien-basedmind programmes are part of these mind control projects and that the whole ufo-extraterrestrial scene is being massively manipulated, not least through hollywoodfilms designed to mould public thinking. cathy says in her book that george lucas, theproducer of star wars, is an operative with nasa and the national security agency,the parent body of the cia.29 but given the evidence presented by so many otherpeople, i dont believe that what bush said and cathy saw was just a mind controlprogramme. i think he was revealing the biggest secret, that a reptilian race fromanother dimension has been controlling the planet for thousands of years. i know otherpeo

rew, bene-ha-elohim, which reallytranslates as sons of the gods. the early offspring of these genetic encounters werethe giants of legend and there are many records of such hybrids being born. there arenumerous accounts throughout the ancient world, on every continent, of a giant raceand the biblical goliath could well have been symbolic of these people. the nativeamericans have many tales of the star people coming down from the skies to breedwith human women and alex christopher says that a common denominator in theabduction of humans by reptilians in the united states appears to relate to the personsbloodline, particularly those that go back to native americans or ancient indians. thehopi, you will recall, speak of originating within the earth. the ethiopian text, thekebra nagast (nagas

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or common figure which may or may not have any meaning and if they do have any association of power with respect to a symbol, it is merely the idea of possible power associated with an organization or activity that uses the symbol. for example, a company logo would have no intrinsic power in itself; however, the company may be a powerful organization. the use of the pentagram (i.e, a five pointed star) in both white (i.e, constructive with center point up) and black (i.e, destructive with center point down) ceremonial magic is well known to those who have dabbled in the occult sciences. the christian cross and the jewish star of david are common religious symbols with certain mystic power associated with them. when first studying shape power and symbols, i wondered how a symbol could be us

with living organisms, animals, and man. 2.3.1 brief history of wilhelm reich wilhelm reich was born march 24, 1897, in austria. his high school education was german and college training was at the university of vienna from 1918 to 1922 where he finished a 6-year medical degree in only 4 years. his post graduate work was in neuro-psychiatry and internal medicine. reich was one of sigmund freud's star pupils and worked as first clinical assistant for 6 years at freud's psychoanalytic polyclinic from 1924 to 1930. from 1930 to 1933 reich founded various mental hygiene centers in austria and germany. reich left austria and germany for norway to escape persecution by the nazis. reich discovered orgone energy while he was searching for an energy that was part of neurotic behavior. his breakthr

e experiment setup. tests done by joe parr using special instrumentation and a dowser, plus independent tests by the author with a clairvoyant and a clairsentient, all verify the large forcefield around the experimental setup plus the smaller forcefields around each of the triangles. what joe has discovered is that the earth moves through energy conduits which go from our sun to other planets and star systems. when the gravity wheel experiment crosses one of these energy conduits, the forcefield around the copper triangles intensifies to the extent that the bubble goes opaque to all local forces and starts moving down the conduit very rapidly and a scale upset occurs. attempts at simulating the energy conduit thus far have failed. we are in the process of evaluating the data and have found

nt with joe parr's 7.4 astronomical correlations with great pyramid there are numerous relationships of the great pyramid to various astronomical bodies. the two main constellations which are related to the pyramid are taurus (the bull) and orion (the hunter. both these constellations are in the same portion of the sky. taurus is located just above orion. 7 .4.1 the taurus/pleiades connection the star alcyone in the constellation taurus marks the foundation setting (i.e, when construction was initiated on the great pyramid) date of the great pyramid.6 alcyone is one of the brightest stars in the pleiades, which is part of the taurus constellation. the ascending passageway in the great pyramid has a score line on it which pointed to alcyone in 2144 bc. alcyone is lined up with the sun and j

on the big conduit in the middle of december, shown in figure 7.4.1-1, and first week of january loads to another important connection, that of the great pyramid and the orion constellation (see figure 7.4.2-1. figure 7.4.2-1. orion constellation research by one of the early great pyramid surveyors, sir flinders petrie, revealed that the king's chamber's northern air duct generally pointed to the star thuban (alpha draconis) in the constellation draco (the dragon, which was the pole star at the time of the pyramid's creation, and the southern air duct pointed to one of the stars in the constellation orion's belt around 2600 bc. more precise modern measurements7 have also shown that the king's chamber's north and south air ducts and the queen's chamber southern air duct date the pyramid at

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is they actually want. every person is being guided by the dictates of his higher self. those who ignore this magical will, struggle daily against their inner nature in an attempt to be something they are not or to achieve something that they never really wanted in the first place. this leads to misery on their part and sometimes on the part of others. crowley says, every man and every woman is a star. this means, essentially, that each person has a unique course set out before him. from the moment of his birth, he must follow the course determined by his magical will. a planet cannot stop in its orbit to question the validity of its path around the sun. it simply follows the path which has been set. do what thou will shall be the whole of the law. by questioning our actions or the effects

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itten. stop now at the horror of these words and cower in fear for your immortal soul, or read on and discover true and undefiled wisdom. for enlightenment speaks to the brave. introduction to the 2nd edition lucifer, the light-bearer the name lucifer comes from the latin words lux (light) and fer (to bear. lucifer means, literally, light-bearer and was the name given by the romans to the morning star venus when it appeared in the eastern sky in the hours before dawn. lucifer, the light-bearer, the morning star, personified enlightenment, wisdom, and beauty. the cult of lucifer was associated with the worship of venus or aphrodite, the goddess of love and passion, and involved sexual acts of which the early christians did not approve. the acceptance of christianity as the official religion

hut. in the book of the law we read dowhat thou will shall be the whole of the law and love is the law, love under will. the word of the aeon of horus was thelema, the greek word for will. the will in this context was a magical will, the true will of the magician s higher self or his holy guardian angel. crowley s magick, as embraced by the order of oriental templars (oto) and order of the silver star (aa) combined eastern mysticism and yoga with the western ceremonial magic of the golden dawn. in practice, however, crowley s magick largely involved sex and drug use. it was the sexual aspects of tantric yoga crowley adopted together with some of the more deviant practices of black magicians and satanists of middle ages europe. the age of satan begins on april 30, 1966, former lion-tamer an

ill of a god. if i am "good" or i am "evil" then i am a god of goodness or a god of wickedness. the sadomasochistic nature of the universe becomes evident as one considers that the source consciousness which animates all things manifests as both predator and prey. whatever is within one's nature to do is within the nature of god to carry out. aleister crowley wrote: every man and every woman is a star. there is no sin in any action which is in accordance with one's will and desire. every soul is a manifestation of the one; the one which is divided for love's sake and for the pleasure and pain of unique existence. the life of an individual is of no consequence; the source consciousness alone exists, experiencing the pleasure and torment of each life. concerning human sacrifice it has often

note well that this king belial must have offerings, sacrifices and gifts presented unto him by the exorcist, or else he will not give true answers unto his demands. but then he tarrieth not one hour in the truth, unless he be constrained by divine power. and his seal is this, which is to be worn as aforesaid, etc (69) decarabia- the sixty-ninth spirit is decarabia. he appeareth in the form of a star in a pentacle, at first; but after, at the command of the exorcist, he putteth on the image of a man. his office is to discover the virtues of birds and precious stones, and to make the similitude of all kinds of birds to fly before the exorcist, singing and drinking as natural birds do. he governeth 30 legions of spirits, being himself a great marquis. and this is his seal, which is to be wo

world. knows all secrets, be they human or divine, and is very difficult to summon. the priest should not summon him unless he is clean of heart and spirit, for this spirit shall know his innermost thoughts. this is his seal: the third name is marutukku master of the arts of protection, chained the mad god at the battle. sealed the ancient ones in their caves, behind the gates. possesses the arra star. this is his seal: the fourth name is barashakushu worker of miracles. the kindest of the fifty, and the most beneficent. the word used at his calling is baalduru. this is his seal: the fifth name is luggaldimmerankia put order into chaos. made the waters aright. commander of legions of wind demons who fought the ancient tiamat alongside marduk kurios. the word used at his calling is banutukk

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six sides utilizing the power of the sun and the moon magick itself. robert cochrane described the hexagram as the following- 31 book of cain by michael w. ford, succubus publishing 2003 32 by elda isela ford, reproduced in the book of cain. 31 which in part represents old tubal cain, or the all father himself. hearne letters from robert cochrane interestingly enough, the eight pointed luciferian star33, the chaos sphere, represents in most magical circles as being the symbol of baphomet. robert cochrane described tettens or cain as a rider on an 8 legged horse, thus draws close symbolism with the sigil of algol, the chaos star and inverse pentagram. this also makes assumption to the true nature of anubis being the son of set, with cain, the son of the devil and eve (through lilith in drea

l. harris points out also the invocation used to conjure cain in charles leland s aradia gospel of the witches. nathan harris writes also that some claim hereditary witchcraft is that the children are of cain, who in some traditions is also the son of adam and lilith, or the traditional myth of samael (the devil) and eve. a further interesting connection that lilith holds with samael/satan is the star algol which was originally called arabic the ri'b al ohill and later the hebrew rosh ha sitan meaning the head of satan and also lilith. algol can be viewed as a star which represents the essence of satan and lilith, the twin fire of becoming through the left hand path. in luciferian sorcery, algol is presented as an 8 pointed chaos sigil with the inverted pentagram in the center. this is mad

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

modern times the adversary is more so alive now as ever. this force exists through those who affirm satan 40 and those who ignore this force. it is very much a part of us and a model for that which we may become. choose your models well, for you may become just as they. suggested reading by michael w. ford azothot glossary of terminology for the grade of aspirant (0=0) of the order of the astral star. within this document the reader will find most all of the terms used in the aspirant's course curriculum for the 0ro degree. when the writer was asked to assemble this dictionary for the order, he really had no idea what was in store for him. the writer has tried to be fair to the many different traditions and religions which the terminology covers while maintaining the validity from the per

no idea what was in store for him. the writer has tried to be fair to the many different traditions and religions which the terminology covers while maintaining the validity from the perspective of his own order, and his own experiences. this list comes from his own personal journal, and from the major glossaries at the end of the required and recommended reading list for the order of the astral star's own bibliography for aspirant. the main glossaries used were from donald michael kraig's modern magick: eleven lessons in the high ceremonial arts; donald tyson's ritual magic: what it is and how to do it; denning and phillips' the llewellyn practical guide to the development of psychic powers; and the llewellyn practical guide to creative visualization. the other works of the aspirant bibl

this list of terminology is by no means complete, nor would other esoteric orders, fraternities, or other organizations agree with the definitions that we give within these pages. this work is intended to be used by our own membership. this work is not meant to represent the quote "way things are" but rather give the beginning student a place to begin their understanding. the order of the astral star is based in christian mysticism and high ceremonial magick. these are our own organizations points of reference and thus we speak from our own perspectives. for this reason, the terminology is defined within our own biases and according to our own world view. for us, we perceive the definitions as being mostly correct, though still needing some refinement and additions. the next edition of th

gs of the various writers for yourselves. look up the etymology of words for yourselves. discuss your research with your own sponsors. with this closing bit of advice, we wish all of you the best of luck in your studies and future endeavors, and continue to remain most sincerely, yours in the light, frater pneuma asteros (michael w. humphrey) chief adept, imperator& president, order of the astral star, inc. georgetown, ky, june 3rd, 1996- a- a.a; argentium astrum, the; order of: see order of the argentium astrum, the. abjure: from the latin "ab" meaning "away from" and "jurare" meaning to swear. thus to abjure literally means "to swear away from" the classical operations of magickal banishing (q.v) and exorcising (q.v. abjuration: 1) to abjure (q.v. 2) the banishing (q.v) or "swearing away

ulated without being pierced by needles. acupunture: a traditional art practiced primarily in china and the orient, in which needles are inserted into occult nodes in the body to deaden pain or produce other beneficial effects. adelphon: from the greek "adelphos" and "adelphas" meaning "brother" and "sister. a term that is in the neuter sex to indicate roughly "sibling" in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, an adelphon is the title of the first degree of membership, and correlates to the fire of earth in the sephiroth of malkuth (i.e. the russet colored quarter of malkuth. the primary principle of this grade is based on christian knighthood. adeptus minor: a term used to describe a learned and skilled magician. in the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v) the student of the o

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hat which is not antagonistic will be assimilated. we must always test the purity of a tradition by reference to first principles, but we shall equally judge of the vitality of a tradition by its power to assimilate. it is only a dead faith which remains uninfluenced by contemporary thought. 9. the original stream of hebraic mysticism has received many tributaries. we see its rise among the nomad star-worshippers of chaldea, where abraham in his tent among his flocks hears the voice of god. but abraham has a shadowy background in which vast forms move half-seen. the mysterious figure of a great priest-king "born without father, without mother, without descent; having neither beginning of days nor end of life" administers to him the first eucharistic feast of bread and wine after the battle

in form is also the giver of death, for form must die when its use is outworn. upon the planes of form, death and birth are the two sides of the same coin. 43. the mother aspect of binah finds expression in the title of marah, the sea, which is given her. it is a curious fact that venus-aphrodite is represented as being born of the sea-foam, and the virgin mary is called by catholics stella mans, star of the sea. the word marab, which is the root of mary, also means bitter, and the spiritual experience attributed to binah is the vision of sorrow. a vision which calls to ruind the picture of the virgin weeping at the foot of the cross, her heart pierced by seven swords. we also recall the teaching of the buddha that life is sorrow. the idea of subjection to sorrow and death is implicit in t

perforce be very limited because we have not had time to build up through experience a body of images and ideas that shall serve to represent them. these can only be got together with mystical qabala page 133 time, each transcendental experience adding its quota and subsequent rational meditation organising them. 26. mystics are very apt to make the mistake of thinking that they are following the star to the place of the sermon on the mount, not to the manger at bethlehem, the birth-place. it is here that the method of the tree is so valuable, enabling the transcendent to be expressed in terms of symbolism, and symbolism to be translated into terms of metaphysics; thus linking the psychic with the spiritual via the intellect, and bringing all three aspects of our trinitarian consciousness

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ave been, i did not relish the prospect of being the housemate of a dangerous lunatic who was under no sort of control. the head of the community, however, said there was no cause for alarm, he would soon have the case in hand. he went up to the bath room, filled a soap-dish with water from the tap, made certain passes over it, and dipping his finger in the water, proceeded to draw a five-pointed star upon the threshold of miss l.'s room. miss l. made no attempt to leave her room until forty-eight hours later when he fetched her out himself. as he had promised, he soon had her in hand. he had several long talks with her, at which i was not present, and at the end of a few days a very chastened miss l. began to go about her household duties again. there were relapses, and there were struggl

are usually compounded with a view to assisting manifestation. good quality church incense, such as can be bought at most church furnishers, is safe and satisfactory because it is compounded according to traditional recipes; cheaper qualities may not fulfill these conditions. in dealing with elementals or non-human entities the pentagram, or pentalapha, is the best weapon. this is a five-pointed star drawn in a particular way. pointing the first and second fingers of the right hand, and folding the others into the palm and touching their tips with the thumb, proceed to draw the pentagram in the air, keeping the elbow stiff and swinging the arm at full length. start with the right arm across the body, the hand about the level of the left hip, the extended fingers pointing downwards and out

a rising incline, until it is stretched on a level with the left shoulder, pointing to the left. bring it across the body horizontally until it is in the same position on the right, fingers pointing away from the body. now swing it downwards across the body till the hand has come back to the point by the left hip whence it started. this is an exceedingly potent sign. the value of the five-pointed star, the symbol of humanity, is widely known among occultists, but its potency depends upon the manner in which it is drawn. the method i have given is the correct one for banishing. the potency of the sign may be illustrated by an experience of my own in using it, which the sceptical are at liberty to doubt if they wish; i merely mention it for the sake of those who may be interested. i was taki

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sdom) and binah (understanding, but when the wellspring of chokmah is cut off, knowledge cannot result, and judgement must be unbalanced. there is no passage across the abyss. wisdom remains isolated upon the crown of the hill, a "widow" in the terminology of gabriel, protected by the four winds, shining in isolation with the "brightness of the morning (lucifer is the name of venus as the morning star) because chokmah cannot unite in marriage with binah. their sexual union, as intimated by gareth knight in the quote above, must occur through daath. on a lower, shadow level, the blindragon, coronzon, is required to sexually unite samael, the slant serpent, with lilith, the tortuous serpent. the union of the watchers with the beautiful daughters of man was a work of daath. gareth knight is c

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lass of elementals. each form of the pentagram linked with one of the four lower elements may be traced in two ways, to evoke or banish. for example, the pentagram of air, which controls the sylphs, may be drawn in one manner to invoke or call the spirit, and in another manner to banish or send away the spirit. i want to make this clear about the pentagram- there is only one pentagram, which is a star with five points and interlocking lines. it is traced by a single, continuous line that returns to itself. which element the pentagram belongs to is determined by which of the five points begins this line. whether the pentagram invokes or banishes is determined by which direction, sunwise (clockwise) or widdershins (counterclockwise, the pentagram is traced. the elemental association of the p

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om this list) read the essay "dr. john dee, the necronomicon, and the cleansing of the world- a gnostic trail" by colin low, to be found at a miscellany of essays. return h ahome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about pentagrams (eliphas levi's interpretation of the pentagram) the pentagram is a graphic symbol composed of five interlocking line segments in the shape of a five-pointed star. it was also known as the pentalpha because it resembles the uppercase letter a repeated five times and arranged radially so that the legs of the letter overlap (pente is the greek word for five, and alpha is the name for the first greek letter, which is shaped like the english a. it is also sometimes called a pentacle or pentangle in older texts. it is important not to confuse the pentagram

e of the pentagrams is constructed in the same way as any other pentagram- all are unique. in order to learn how to invoke and banish using the pentagram, i suggest that you practice drawing all ten forms with pencil and paper. you must get to the point where you can draw any form with a continuous line without having to think about it. this requires some practice. most persons know how to draw a star with five points using a continuous line, but most always drawn this star from the same point in the same direction. it requires practice to instantly be able to draw all ten forms of the pentagram. when you project the pentagram upon the air in front of you, visualize the lines of the figure strongly as glowing or burning with white fire. attempt to hold this image clearly in your mind even

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ething common, such as a bird or an airplane. only the extremely poor quality photos resist such identification. the poorer the quality of the ufo photo, the more likely it is to defy analysis, and to become a candidate for an alien spaceship among ufo fanatics, who, like fox mulder on the tv show the x-files "want to believe" i do not think, as many scientists do, that the vast distances between star systems makes interstellar travel impossible. we are not in a position to know what is possible or impossible for an advanced, extraterrestrial race, any more than an australian aborigine of the 18th century could have judged what was possible for europeans landing on his shores. i do think that if an alien species traveled across the gulf of space to earth, it would not be intent on conceali

al intelligences be useful for humanity, or harmful? do these spiritual beings possess physical bodies in some other dimension of reality? or are they communicating with us through our unconscious minds across great physical distances, perhaps interstellar distances? it is possible that historical accounts of angels and other spiritual beings represent transmissions of data from aliens in distant star systems to human awareness through the medium of the human unconscious. if so, then ufo sightings and encounters may indeed be signs of interactions between humanity and extraterrestrials, though not in the way that is usually assumed by students of ufo phenomena. i decided not to deal in this article with so-called close encounters of the second and third kind- alien artifacts and physical c

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

19, 20. 4 ibid, t. v, p. 16o (l. 13. 5 recueil de travaux, t. v, p. 175 0. 113. 6 ibid, t. v, p. 183 (l. 166. 7 i.e, the eye of horus. 8 ibid, t. v, p. 184 (l. 167] p. lxvi 8. ha pepi pen ba-k baiu annu as ba-k baiu behold pepi this, thy soul is the soul of annu; behold thy soul is the soul nexen as ba-k baiu pe as ba-k seb anx as of nekhen; behold thy soul is the soul of pe; behold thy soul is a star living, behold, xent senu-f among its brethren.[1] the khaibit or shadow. in connection with the ka and ba must be mentioned the khaibit or shadow of the man, which the egyptians regarded as a part of the human economy. it may be compared with the greek skia' and umbra of the greeks and romans. it was supposed to have an entirely independent existence and to be able to separate itself from th

ur of pepi's body is the odour of the eye of horus.[5] throughout the pyramid texts the osiris of the deceased is the son of tmu, or tmu-ra, shu, tefnut, seb, and nut, the brother of isis, nephthys, set, and thoth, and the father of horus;[6] his hands, arms, belly, back, hips and thighs, and legs are the god tmu, and his face is anubis.[7] he is the brother of the moon,[8] he is the child of the star sothis,[9] he revolves in heaven like orion and sothis,[10] and he rises in his place like a star.[11] the gods, male and [1. recueil de travaux, t. iv, p. 44 (l. 391. 10. ibid, t. iii, p. 205 (l. 221. 10. ibid, t. iv, p. 44 (l. 391] p. lxxiv female, pay homage to him,[1] every being in heaven adores him; and in one interesting passage it is said of pepi i. that "when he hath come forth into

two on the other,[3] and the "two great chiefs who preside over the throne of the great god proclaim eternal life and power for him"[4] here like the supreme god he is declared to be "one" and the four children of horus proclaim his name to ra. having gone to the north of the aaru field he makes his way to the eastern portion of the tuat, where according to one legend he becomes like the morning star, near[6] his sister sothis.[7] here he lived in the form of the star sothis, and "the great and little companies of the gods purify him in the great bear" the egyptian theologians, who conceived that a ladder was necessary to enable the soul to ascend to the next world, provided it also with an address which it was to utter when it reached the top. as given in the pyramid of unas it reads as

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

the buttocks of the eye of horus. vignette: osiris, wearing the atef crown and holding the flail and crook. text (17) the privy member of osiris ani, triumphant, is the privy member of osiris. vignette: the goddess nut. p. 355 text (18) the legs of osiris ani, triumphant, are the legs of nut. vignette: the god ptah. text (19) the feet of osiris ani, triumphant, are the feet of ptah. vignette: the star orion. text (20) the fingers of osiris ani, triumphant, are the fingers of saah (orion. vignette: three ur i. plate xxxii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod37.htm (5 of 7 [8/10/2001 11:29:09 am] text (21) the leg-bones of osiris ani, triumphant, are the leg-bones of the living ur i. appendix: the complete version of the xliind chapter of the book of the dead, referring to the identific

ELIPHAS LEVI THE CONJURATION OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS

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

to earth; if thou art not willing that i prick thee with this sword. chained eagle, obey this sign, or withdraw before this breath. moving serpent, crawl at my feet, or be tormented by this sacred fire and be dissipated with the perfumes i burn therein. let the water return to water! let a fire burn! let air circulate! let earth fall upon the earth, by virtue of the pentagram which is the morning star, and in the name of the tetragram, which is written in the center of the cross of light. amen. the sign of the cross adopted by the christians does not belong to them exclusively. it is also kabalistic, and represents the contrasts, and the quaternary equilibrium of the elements. we see by the occult stanza of the lord's prayer, which we have indicated in our dogma, 9 that there were primitiv

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ecutions went on as before, with the same horrible detail-the calling out in a loud voice of two names, the farewell and shaking of hands, parson brownlow's prayer, with a few words of exhortation and the promise to look after the families of the victims, so far as it should be possible to do so, and then a few minutes after the doomed ones had passed out the whole company burst into singing `the star spangled banner' one object of this was to drown the sound of the volley which we knew would soon be fired. we became so accustomed to the report that we knew just when to expect it; but sing as loud as we might, we never tarter 1 en i ears 97 failed to hear the awful crash, which pierced the walls of the jail "you cannot imagine the breathless hush which came over us when the door opened and

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ions for new entries in future editions are encouraged to contact the editor. please address dr. melton either c/o gale group, 27500 drake rd, farmington hills, mi 48331-3535, or at his office: dr. j. gordon melton institute for the study of american religion box 90709 santa barbara, ca 93190.0709 a a a a secret society founded by aleister crowley (1875.1947) comprised of three orders: the silver star, the rosy cross, and the golden dawn. this society is also described as the great white brotherhood, although that is a term more properly applied by theosophists. the initials a a indicate argenteum astrum, and the triangle of dots signify a secret society connected with ancient mysteries. during his period in the hermetic order of the golden dawn (gd, crowley believed that he had reached th

golden dawn. this society is also described as the great white brotherhood, although that is a term more properly applied by theosophists. the initials a a indicate argenteum astrum, and the triangle of dots signify a secret society connected with ancient mysteries. during his period in the hermetic order of the golden dawn (gd, crowley believed that he had reached the exalted stage of the silver star and was thus a secret chief of the golden dawn. after 1906 crowley launched his own order of the silver star, or a a, using rituals and teachings taken from the golden dawn. in march 1909 he began publishing the magazine the equinox, as the official organ of the a a, including rituals of the outer order of the society in the second number. this alarmed members of the golden dawn, who wished t

ensational allegations about crowley and his associates allan bennett and george cecil jones. in response, jones sued the journal in 1911, and crowley obtained considerable publicity through the court hearing. although crowley must have reveled in such public attention, he lost several friends through it, in particular his disciple j. f. c. fuller, who had written the eulogy of crowley titled the star in the west (1907. meanwhile, crowley had joined another secret order, the ordo templi orientis (oto, which strongly emphasized the power of sex magic. after crowley departed to the united states toward the end of 1914, the a a ceased working as a group in london. sources: king, francis. ritual magic in england: 1887 to the present day. london: neville spearman, 1970. suster, gerald. the lega

nd various degrees were added from time to time to the number of about twelve in all. latin and greek mysteries were added to the rite by the ladies hospitallers of mount tabor. the greatest ladies in france joined the french lodges of adoption. the rite of mizraim created lodges for both sexes in 1819, 1821, 1838, and 1853, and the rite of memphis in 1839. america founded the rite of the eastern star in five points. in these systems, admission was generally confined to the female relations of masons. the order of the eastern star and that of adoptive masonry were attempted in scotland but without success. adramelech according to johan weyer, adramelech is chancellor of the infernal regions, keeper of the wardrobe of the demon king, and president of the high council of the devils. he was w

oks, 1971. reprint, magnolia, mass: peter smith, 1972. thompson, charles j. alchemy: source of chemistry& medicine. london, 1897. reprint, sentry press, 1974. valentine, basil. triumphal chariot of antimony. london, 1656. waite, a. e. the alchemical writings of edward kelly. new york: samuel weiser, 1973. alchemists through the ages. blauvelt, n.y: rudolf steiner publications, 1970. azoth, or the star in the east. london, 1893. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1973. the occult sciences. london, 1923. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1973. waite, a. e, ed. the hermetical& alchemical writings of paracelsus. 2 vols, london, 1894. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. the works of thomas vaughan, mystic and alchemist. london, 1919. reprint, new hyde p

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ages was british occultist and mystic arthur e. waite in his book devil-worship in france (1896. he died on june 20, 1881, in virginia. sources: mackey, albert gallatin. encyclopedia of freemasonry. 1874. reprint, chicago: masonic history, 1927. stein, gordon. encyclopedia of hoaxes. detroit: gale research, 1993. maclaine, shirley (shirley maclean beatty (1934) world-famous actress, dancer, movie star, and writer, whose books on her search for spiritual fulfillment have created widespread popular interest in psychic phenomena, channeling of spirit guides, and new age teachings. she was born on april 24, 1934, in richmond, virginia, and attended high school in washington, d.c. she began taking dancing lessons before she macionica encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 952 was th

urnal of insurance medicine 4, no. 3 (1949. science studies intuition. tomorrow (may 1950. when is healing psychic? tomorrow (spring 1955. where is bridey murphy? tomorrow (spring 1956. pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. the macrocosm the whole universe.from the greek words macros (long) and kosmos (the world).symbolized by a six-pointed star, formed of two triangles. this is the sacred symbol of solomon s seal. it represents the infinite and the absolute.that is, the most simple and complete abridgment of the science of all things. paracelsus stated that all magical figures may be reduced to two: the macrocosm and the microcosm (world in miniature (see also magical diagrams) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. the

box 600, chico, ca 95927-0600. website: http/ www.magicalblend.com. sources: magical blend magazine. http//www.magicalblend.com. march 23, 2000. magical diagrams these are geometrical designs representing the mysteries of deity and creation, therefore supposed to be of special virtue in rites of evocation and conjuration. major diagrams are the triangle; the double triangle, forming a six-pointed star and known as the sign or seal of solomon; the tetragram, a fourpointed star formed by the interlacement of two pillars; and the pentagram, a five-pointed star. these signs were traced on paper or parchment or engraved on metals and glass and consecrated to their various uses by special rites. the triangle evoked a universal trinity found in all things. deity, time, and creation. the triangle

e pentagram, the sign of the microcosm, was held to be the most powerful means of conjuration in any rite. it might represent good as well as evil, for with one point in the ascendant it was the sign of christ, and with two points in the ascendant it was the sign of satan. by the use of the pentagram in these positions, the powers of light or darkness were evoked. the pentagram was said to be the star that led the magi to the manger where the infant christ was laid. the preparation and consecration of this sign for use in magical rites was prescribed with great detail. it might be composed of seven metals, the ideal form for its expression, or traced in pure gold upon white marble never before used for any purpose. it might also be drawn with vermilion upon lambskin without a blemish prepa

, and possession. sacrifice took the form of a simple gift, or act of homage to the spirit or deity. lustration was magico-religious and purificatory, principally taking place after childbirth. it might be performed by fire or water. divination consisted for the most part of the reading of dreams, and was, as elsewhere, drawn from the acts of men or nature. omens were strongly believed in. when a star is seen in apparent proximity to the moon, old people say there will be a wedding shortly. the entrance into a house of an animal which does not generally seek to share the abode of man is regarded by the malays as ominous of misfortune. if a wild bird flies into a house it must be carefully caught and smeared with oil, and must then be released in the open air, a formula being recited in whi

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rederick muller. chapman, robert, 1969. unidentified flying objects. london: arthur barker. girvan, waveney, 1956. flying saucers and common sense. new york: citadel press. leslie, desmond, and george adamski, 1953. flying saucers have landed. new york: british book centre. news briefs, 1956/1957. saucer news 4,1 (december/ january: 12. tory, peter, 1986. i see no hoax, says patrick. the [london] star (july 28. alpha zoo loo trucker harry joe turner allegedly met an alien named alpha zoo loo during a fright- alpha zoo loo 19 ening encounter on a virginia highway. the first incident reportedly took place on the night of august 28, 1979, when a ufo hovered over his truck. even though the truck was moving at seventy miles per hour, an alien figure opened the door, and a terrified turner fired

revived, a spaceman told her she was now one of them. he escorted her out of the ship, and she returned to her car. subsequently, stalnaker claimed, she found that she had extraordinary psychic gifts that allowed her to read other people s minds and to practice paranormal healing. before long stalnaker was channeling the alien woman, who called herself antron. antron reported that she was from a star galaxy. she had come to prepare earthlings for a great cataclysm. we want to take the good people with us to recolonize elsewhere, she said (beckley, 1989. see also: channeling further reading beckley, timothy green, 1989. psychic and ufo revelations in the last days. new brunswick, nj: inner light publications. gansberg, judith m, and alan l. gansberg, 1980. direct encounters: the personal h

n the skies and keep human beings fro m harmful extraterrestrials. they also seek to p rotect the earth from pollution and other d e s t ru c t i ve forces because human beings have neglected their responsibilities as t h e gu a rdians of love that earth needs as she floats along her path through space( we a re, n.d. the human race, like the cetaceans themselves, came to earth long ago from other star systems with the specific task of taking care of this planet. un f o rt un a t e l y, memories of that distant event have faded among humans, and the cetaceans are w o rking with space intelligences to re a w a k e n h u m a n i t y s sleeping consciousness. if intruders enter earth s atmosphere and violate cosmic ethical standards, the cetaceans telepathically notify the galactic command, wi

ough cali, jo s e p h g i ves personal psychic readings to those seeking guidance in their personal lives or metaphysical odysseys. jo s e p h s current messages are re c o rd e d in an occasional e-new s l e t t e r, sentinels of the sk y. further reading who are chief joseph and john cali? http//www. claimyourpower.com/sentinels/thechief.htm christopher jackie altisi, also known as jackie white star, channels messages from a variety of otherworldly entities, including the spirit of martyred contactee gloria lee, who died in 1962 while fasting under the direction of space people. a principal communicator is christopher, an aide to the king of the moon and spokesman for the lunarian station of united cosmic planets. according to christopher, the moon is a complete authority in itself, but

martyred contactee gloria lee, who died in 1962 while fasting under the direction of space people. a principal communicator is christopher, an aide to the king of the moon and spokesman for the lunarian station of united cosmic planets. according to christopher, the moon is a complete authority in itself, but working with an interplanetary confederation. these messages are circulated through the star light fellowship, established in 1962. see also: j.w. further reading melton, j. gordon, 1996. encyclopedia of american religions. fifth edition. detroit, mi: gale research. chung fu sometime in the 1960s, marshall leve r, then a student at a pre s byterian seminary, began ex- chung fu 61 photograph of chief joseph by edward curtis (corbis) perimenting with trance mediumship. in this state he

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ownright bad, i find. man in his wretched days makes me lament him; i am myself reluctant to torment him. the lord do you know faust? mephistopheles the doctor? the lord yes, my servant! mephistopheles he! forsooth, he serves you most peculiarly. unearthly are the fool s drink and his food; the ferment drives him forth afar. though half aware of his insensate mood, he asks of heaven every fairest star and of the earth each highest zest, and all things near and all things far can not appease his deeply troubled breast. the lord although he serves me now confusedly, i soon shall lead him forth where all is clear. the gardener knows, when verdant grows the tree, that bloom and fruit will deck the coming year. mephistopheles what will you wager? him you yet shall lose, if you will give me your

hireling, the tailor to him flew: ho, measure now the squireling for coat and breeches too" brander be sure to tell that man of stitches that he must measure to a hair, and if his head is dear to him, i swear, no wrinkles must be in those breeches! mephistopheles in silk and velvet splendid he now was always dressed, by ribbons gay attended, a cross upon his breast. was minister created, a mighty star did sport; then all his kin, elated, became great lords at court. lord, lady, and dependent were plagued and sore distressed; the queen and her attendant were bitten by the pest. and yet they dared not whack them nor scratch by day or night. we smother and we crack them whenever we feel them bite. chorus [shouting. we smother and we crack them whenever we feel them bite. frosch bravo! bravo!

t s bad. ah, thought i, in your manner, then, has he seen something bold, unmaidenly? it seemed to strike him right away to have some dealings with this girl without delay. yet i confess i know not why my heart began at once to stir to take your part. but with myself i was right vexed, it s true, that i could not become more vexed toward you. faust sweet darling! margaret wait a bit! she plucks a star-flower and picks off the petals,one after the other. faust what s that? a nosegay? margaret no, it s just a game. faust what? margaret you will laugh at me, do go! she pulls off the petals and murmurs. faust what are you murmuring? margaret [half aloud. he loves me- loves me not! faust sweet, heavenly vision! margaret [goes on. loves me- not- loves me- notplucking off the last petal with love

call us so, gay creatures free from worry; we afoot no more can go, so on our heads we hurry. the ne er-do-wells. we once sponged many a bite, tis true, god help us! that is done now! we ve danced our shoes entirely through, on naked soles we run now. will-o -the-wisps. from the marshes we come out, where we arose from litter; yet here in dancing roundabout we re gallants all a-glitter. a falling star. from the heights above plunged i, with star- and fire-light o er me; crooked now in grass i lie, who ll to my feet restore me? the heavy ones. room! more room! all round us too! thus downward go the grasses. spirits come and they, it s true, are clumsy, heavy masses. puck. bloated, enter not the fray, like elephant-calves about one! and the clumsiest today be puck himself, the stout one! ari

him to the holy light! chorus [singly, or two or more, alternating and together. when the breezes, warmth exhaling, fill the green-encircled plain, twilight sinks its mists enveiling, brings sweet fragrance in its train, softly whispers peace to mortals, rocks the heart to childlike rest, closes eyelids, daylight s portals, of the weary and oppressed. night already sinks and darkles, holy follows star on star, light now bright, now fainter sparkles, glitters near and gleams afar, glitters, in the lake reflecting, gleams in night s clear canopy; deepest slumber s bliss perfecting, reigns the moon s full majesty. now the hours are passed and over, pain and bliss have fled away. feel it now! thou wilt recover! trust the gleam of new-born day! vales grow green and hills are swelling, lure to b

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

stical manual on, and possibly the source text for, the original hebrew alphabet. its chapters explain the significance of the twenty-two letters and ascribe various attributes to them. it is second only to the sefer hashmoth as the most prolific source of distinct forms of the tree of life. the first chapter of the book is the earliest known textual source for the six-pointed symbol known as the star of david. the six-pointed star has come to be seen as a flat, twodimensional symbol of two interlocking triangles. the sefer yetzirah, however, presents the star as a three-dimensional, sixpointed form of the tree of life comprised of two interfacing pyramids. the sefer yetzirah provides one of the two vastly different sets of names commonly found in the qabalah for the spheres (called sefiro

as allusions to both vast and small face. for instance, in the light surah, allusions are given for the tree of life, for small face as light upon light, and for vast face as darkness upon thick darkness. 26 allah is the light of the heavens and the earth. the similitude of his light is that of a niche,27 within which is a lamp.28 the lamp is within a glass orb.29 the glass, as it were, a shining star,30 lit with the oil of a blessed olive tree, not of the east, not of the west. its light luminous even though fire touches it not, light upon light. 31 and, later in the surah, or like darkness upon a vast ocean,32 covered with waves upon waves, over them clouds, darkness upon thick darkness.33 and whoever allah gives not- light, has not- light in all. in islam, judaism and christianity are r

iot yesod: three mothers (tvma sls, shalosh imote) and seven double letters (tvlvpk ibs, shevah kuhfoolote) and twelve simple letters (tvuvsp hrsi, esrae puhshootote. 2 the verses beginning with ten intangible sefiroth generally allude to various forms of the tree of life, some of which are unique to this book. we mentioned earlier that the sefer yetzirah is the textual source for the six-pointed star, commonly known as the star of david. the star of david, a two-dimensional symbol composed of two interlocking triangles, is easily the most recognizable symbol of the jewish religion. this way of viewing the star certainly presents a wealth of interpretative possibilities. the sefer yetzirah yields two forms of the six-pointed star as trees of perfection. the first is a flat, circular form (

of david, a two-dimensional symbol composed of two interlocking triangles, is easily the most recognizable symbol of the jewish religion. this way of viewing the star certainly presents a wealth of interpretative possibilities. the sefer yetzirah yields two forms of the six-pointed star as trees of perfection. the first is a flat, circular form (see figure 4.9 on page 127. the second presents the star as two interfacing pyramids containing the ten sefiroth 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% and the letter-gates (see figure 4.10 on page 128. by way of comparison, it is interesting to note that the six-pointed star is also an ancient and important symbol in the north indian tantric tradition, dating back to the second millennium bce. in the tantric tradition, it is associated with the anahata chakra in th

7( x" 6 7c< 7" a! 6> a) u" 6 7c; 7; a) y" 6 7c; 8/ 7 6$ 9 c a 6) l$ 7< 7" b6 2! 6: 6 n$ 7" 6 7c" 2" 9 c$ 7; 8/ 7 6" a 6& i 7f) a< 7) o 7f) a$ 7 @6 6( q 7f) a; 8/ 7 6: 6a" 4' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8 :2. 2 %2 2 0 0 '0* the sefer yetzirah and the merkabah (chariot) material from the books of ezekiel and isaiah are the two principal sources for the three-dimensional, double-pyramid forms of the six-pointed star tree of life. the chariot is an allusion to the tree of life. the specifications regarding the merkabah version of the double pyramid tree (see figure 5.1, called chariot shadai, are found in verses in the books of ezekiel and isaiah. the highly anthropomorphic image of the yosher (lit. upright) form of the name hvhy is seated upon the throne of glory in the center of the chariot, with the th

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thin my blood, kindle the shinning fire of my inheritance. by goat and serpent, great tubalo, thou coal-black smith, let the warmth of thy sorcerous power glow bright in my spirit and flesh by the holy threefold name azza: uzza: azziel. strength to my daemon-genius in the fires of the aelohim and the great blood of faerie. here s to the horse with the four white feet the chestnut tail and mane, a star on his face and a spot on his breast, and his masters name was qayyifly the light psychonaut 75- text by michael ford (keteb) industrial musick needs the original formula which it came from- freedom and self- liberation. it needs something which breathes that chaotic fire and storm of creativity and aggression. psychonaut 75 is bringing back the original methodology of apocalyptic desire and

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h they take for granted is always astrological, even where this is not expressly stated. the material world is under the rule of the stars, and of the seven planets, the "seven governors. the laws of the nature within which the religious gnostic lives are the astrological laws, and they are the setting of his religious experience. there is, however, a fundamental difference in the attitude to the star-ruled world among the various authors of the hermetica. festugiere has classified these writings as belonging to two types of gnosis, namely pessimist gnosis, or optimist gnosis.1 for the pessimist (or dualist) gnostic, the material world heavily impregnated with the fatal influence of the stars is in itself evil; it must be escaped from by an ascetic way of life which avoids as much as possi

e egyptian genesis the newly created man, seeing the newly created seven governors (the planets) on whom all things depend, wishes to create, to make something like that. nor is this treated as a sin of disobedience.1 he is allowed into the society of the seven governors who love him and impart to him their powers. this egyptian adam is more than human; he is divine and belongs to the race of the star demons, the divinely created governors of the lower world. he is even stated to be "brother" to the 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 permi

nd a body. and this divinity, this power, he recovers in the vision of the divine mens, which is like his own divine mens, shown him by pimander. pimander leaves trismegistus after he has been "invested with powers and instructed in the nature of the all and the supreme vision" in short, the egyptian genesis tells the story of the creation and fall of a divine man, a man intimately related to the star-demons in his very origin, man as magus. the egyptian genesis tallies well with that famous outbreak in the asclepius on man as the magnum miraculum (with which pico della mirandola was to open his oration on the dignity of man: what a great miracle is man, o asclepius, a being worthy of reverence and honour. for he passes into the nature of a god as though he were himself a god; he has famil

o be good. the methods of sympathetic magic' presuppose that continual effluvia of influences pouring down onto the earth from the stars of which the author of the asclepius speaks. it was believed that these effluvia and influences could be canalised and used by an operator with the requisite knowledge. every object in the material world was full of occult sympathies poured down upon it from the star on which it depended. the operator who wished to capture, let us say, the power of the planet venus, must know what plants belonged to venus, what stones and metals, what animals, and use only these when addressing venus. he must know the images of venus and know how to inscribe these on talismans made of the right venus materials and at the right astrological moment. such images were held to

tor who wished to capture, let us say, the power of the planet venus, must know what plants belonged to venus, what stones and metals, what animals, and use only these when addressing venus. he must know the images of venus and know how to inscribe these on talismans made of the right venus materials and at the right astrological moment. such images were held to capture the spirit or power of the star and to hold or store it for use. not only the planets had attached to each of them a complicated pseudo-science of occult sympathies and image-making, but the twelve signs of the zodiac each had their plants, animals, images, and so on, and indeed so had all the constellations and stars of the heavens. for the all was one, united by an infinitely complex system of relationships. the magician

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yours. my joy is to see your joy. 4: every number is infinite; there is no difference (76/2=38)38: he must teach, but he may make severe the ordeals (76/4=19 prime)19: o azure lidden woman, bend upon them (11*7=(77=(76+1) and (2^2)*19=76 in it's prime factorization (by the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. ii (liber al) 6: i am the flame that burns in every heart of man and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death (daath) 7: i am the magician and the exorcist. i am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle "come unto me" is a foolish word: for it is i that go. 42: a feast for everyday in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 8: who worshipped heru-par-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for i am the worsh

s of the writing of the book of the law. 19: is a god to live in a day? no! but the highest are of us. they shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us *76*:4638abk24algmor3yx2489rpstoval. what meaneth this o prophet? thou knowest not; nor shall thou ever know. there cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound upon it. but remember, a chosen one to be me; to follow the love of nu in the star lit heaven; to look forth upon men, to tell them this glad word. 77: be thou proud and mighty among men! side note: this is some fucked up shit. iii (liber al) 6: dung it about with enginery of war! 7: i will give you a war engine 42: the ordeals that thou shalt oversee thyself, save only the blind ones. refuse none, but thou shalt know and destroy the traitors. i am ra-hoor-khuit; and i am p

there is a secret door that i shall make to establish thy way in all the quarters (these are the adoration's, as thou has written, as it is said: the light is mine; it's rays consume me: i have made a secret door into the house of ra and tum, oh khephra and ahathoor. i am thy theban, o mentu, the prophet ankh-af-na-khonsu! by bes-na-maut my breast i beat; by wise ta-nech i weave my spell show thy star-splendor, o nuit! bid me within thine house to dwell, o winged snake of light, hadit abide with me, ra-hoor-khuit! 19: that stele they shall call the abomination of desolation; count well it's name, and it shall be to you as 718 note: i once lived in a house at 718 in brooklyn- note also: there are only 75 verses to chapter iii 75- 76= 1 there are only 79 verse to chapter ii 79- 76= 3 there a

nction led me to offer another prayer to my hga, my self, my god in the future. i felt the presence moving around me, as if someone was in the room with me. we are moving closer (i can feel it. these prayers and callings must be focused and channeled into one direction to achieve full gnosis (knowledge and conversation. between 11/23/98--12/1/98 (some entries omitted) a thought concerning the new star wars movie to come. it is episode one, which is the youth of anakin skywalker. thinking on this. the rebirth of the villain of villains. daarth vader (daath. the once dead, now back before his death, before his fall, yet again. i believe this is tied firmly into the collective networks sub-mind, and the thanatogenesis of the grand-nemesis. some correlation to the phantom menace on the rise fo

te this now in the last stages of ecstasy. the entire universe is at play. i invoked the gods tonight and was granted a vision of who and what i am. a./as./grendel these are we the universe was/is/will be a spinning wheel, at the center is/ was the omega point the end of all and the beginning. god? this was something beautiful and blissful beyond all comprehension. this was the heart of the chaos star. this oblivion was a loop in on itself, like a klein bottle. it was all "in" the universe, there was something else, but that comes later. this thing which was all, was the culmination of being. the point towards the evolution of all things. there was a hierarchy, not in the stupid human sense, but stages up the ladder towards this oblivion. one could not escape it("in" this universe) because

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dagon, centred in innsmouth (actually newburyport, massachusetts, and the starry wisdom sect. in the haunter of the dark, lovecraft describes how the latter sect held meetings in a church in providence, where it communed with an avatar of nyarlathotep via a magical object known as the shining trapezohedron. the name, starry wisdom, recalls that of crowley s argentum astrum, or order of the silver star, founded in 1907. the silver star represents sirius, from which emanates the magical cultent represented on earth by the entity, aiwaz. another contemporary of lovecraft s whose writings contain many similarities and correspondences is helena petrovna blavatsky, the famous occultist and theosophist and author of the secret doctrine, this vast work is in fact an expanded commentary on the book

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

though one of its major strong points lies in the field of success magic, sigil magic serves the individual fs spiritual development as well. it can open completely new universes to us.an unlimited number of universes of experience.and eventually it will lead us back to the sources of magical power itself. salve atque vale! ubique daemon. ubique deus. 123 glossary a. a..astrum argentum or silver star. a magical group founded by aleister crowley based on the teachings of the hermetic order of the golden dawn. abramelin system.a potent cabbalistic system of magic. it involves six months in prayer, following which you achieve gthe knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel h this angel provides information on how to control demons so that they will bring you whatever you desire

FREEMASON BLUEBOOK

ord of light and love, a blessing sent with power; o may we all this blessing prove, e'en life for evermore. iv. on friendship's altar rising here, our hands now plighted be, to live in love, with hearts sincere, in peace and unity. the lambskin, or white leather apron. is an emblem of innocence, and the badge of a mason; more ancient than the golden fleece or roman eagle; more honorable than the star and garter, or any other order that can be conferred upon you at this or any future period, by king, prince, potentate, or any other person, except he be a mason, and which i hope you will wear with pleasure to yourself and honor to the fraternity. the twentyfour inch gauge. is an instrument made use of by operative masons to measure and lay out their work; but we, as free and accepted masons

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

ul tesselated border, or skirting, which surrounded it,with the blazing star in the centre. the mosaic pavement is emblematical of human life, checkered with good and evil; the beautiful border which surrounds it, of those manifold blessings and comforts which surround us, and which we hope to obtain by a faithful reliance on divine providence, which is hieroglyphically represented by the blazing star in the centre. lights* maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (9 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] jewels. the movable jewels are the square, level and plumb. the square teaches morality, the level equality, and the plumb rectitude of life. the immovable jewels are the rough ashlar, the perfect, ashlar and the trestleboard. the rough ashlar is a stone as taken from t

it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. amen. response:so mote it be. master:brethren, men cannot always labor nor live always. today our brother answers not our call. once he lived and labored among us, but now his star has seton this world and he has passed into the light that lies beyond the darkness of the valley of the shadow of death. we shall no more hear his voice until we shall have answered, in another world, the voice that has called him thither. in a little while, as it has happened to our brother whose memory we now honor, so will it happen to us, and we like him shall be gathered to our fathers

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

inked baphomet with the goat of mendes, we will show this obviously satanic symbol, as well. it should also be noted that from the way a pentagram is normally seen(one point up, two down, rotating the pentagram 33 degrees you get a satanic pentagram. 33 is the highest degree there is in freemasonry. freemasonry makes use of the pentagram quite a bit. you can see the similarity between the eastern star and and the satanic pentagram above. the eastern star is a freemason division for women. once again, masonry utilizes a very evil satanic symbol for the order that trains its young, impressionable girls. why didn't masonry at least utilize the "good star" with one point up, rather than the most evil 5-pointed star, this goats head of mendes? truly, their use of this symbol tells us exactly th

ist. they claim to be born again. they are also filled with religious ecstasy when the spirit of lucifer sweeps through them upon initiation. back to the phoenix bird. listen to the explanation given by a radical feminist, barbara walker, in her occult book, now is the dawning, p. 281. egyptians believed that the phoenix was the representative of a god who "rose to heaven in the form of a morning star, like lucifer, after his fire-immolation of death and rebirth" wow! in one sweet, short, and simple sentence, we have conclusive proof that the phoenix bird is a symbol of lucifer! listen now to the testimony of another former witch, william schnoebelen, in his book, satan's door revisited, p. 4 "the phoenix, of bunnu is believed to be a divine bird going back to egypt. this phoenix destroys

triangle one of the most utilized occultic symbols is the triangle. a triangle with its point downward represents the deity and is called the deity's triangle, or the water triangle. with one point up, it is called the earthly triangle, pyramid triangle, or the fire triangle. these two definitions of the triangle are standard occult belief. they came from a masonic book, symbolism of the eastern star, by shirley plessner, cleveland, ohio, gilbert publishing co, 1956, p. 18. robert macoy said the same thing in adoptive rite ritual [virginia: macoy publishing and masonic supply co, 1897, p. 237. however, this latter representation of the triangle, with the point upward, is the symbol of the perfect or divine man. notice this occult symbol portrays "perfect man and woman" within a circle, wh

econd edition, p. 189, 309, 471] in india, this triangle was worn in the foreheads of the followers of shiva. masonic authors william meyer and j.s.m. ward, also wrote that this type of triangle was worn in india by followers of shiva, who wear it in their foreheads. shiva is another infernal name listed in the satanic bible as another name for satan! meyer wrote this in, the order of the eastern star, p. 20; ward wrote this information in, freemasonry and the ancient gods, london: simpkin, marshall, hamilton, kent and co, ltd, 1921, p. 10-11. occult writer, r.p. lawrie krishna said the same thing in the lamb slain- supreme sacrifice. the hexagram uniting the water triangle with the fire triangle, the hexagram is formed. it forms a six pointed star also known as the seal of solomon. this s

this information in, freemasonry and the ancient gods, london: simpkin, marshall, hamilton, kent and co, ltd, 1921, p. 10-11. occult writer, r.p. lawrie krishna said the same thing in the lamb slain- supreme sacrifice. the hexagram uniting the water triangle with the fire triangle, the hexagram is formed. it forms a six pointed star also known as the seal of solomon. this symbol is a counterfeit star of david, the national symbol of israel(god's chosen nation. the difference between the star of david and the occult seal is the triangles which make up the occult seal interlock and the two triangles of the star of david lie flat against each other. mary ann slipper, a masonic author, writing in symbolism of the eastern star, 1927, on page 14, makes a most telling admission, when she says "t

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

e ignorant and unwise, so that they might guard against divulging their doctrines. in these distant days the mysteries of nature, and what is now called physical science, formed part of the hidden cult. thus pythagoras, anaximander, nicetas, heraclides, aristarchus, seleneus, and ecphantus believed in the rotundity of the earth or in its movement; the first of these philosophers holding that each star was a world possessing its own atmosphere and surrounded by immense spaces of ether.4 but this knowledge was never popularized for fear of upsetting religion, by means of which authority over the ignorant masses was maintained. early in the fourth century a.d. we find lactantius writing: it is an absurdity to believe that there are men who have feet above their heads, and countries in which a

, the intellectual satan, but belial, his sensuous or qliphothic counterpart. then will the surroundings of his followers be turned into a physical hell. it was for this reason that the qabalists locked away their secrets from the uninitiated, and that every other truly religious cult has done the same; for the spirit of god cannot be reflected upon chaos except as a broken, jagged, and turbulent star of light which maddens its watchers in place of illumining them. this, we are of opinion, will be accepted by most thinkers, though many will refuse to differentiate between the demagogue and the religious master, because the power of both these soul-troublers varies in degree. this is so, yet this variance opens up an important problem: namely, why does it vary? we know that in the material

alist hayyim samuel jacob falk, born in 1708, did much the same; an admirer, sussman shesnowzi, writes on one occasion he abode in seclusion in his house for six weeks without meat and drink. when at the conclusion of this period ten persons were summoned to enter, they found him seated on a sort of throne, his head covered with a golden turban, a golden chain round his neck with a pendant silver star on which sacred names were inscribed. verily this man stands alone in his generation by reason of his knowledge of holy mysteries. 15 so also did weishaupt, the supposed founder of the illuminati, spend five years in meditation (1771-76) and then established his formidable sect. even napoleon said: if i appear to be always ready to reply to everything, it is because, before undertaking anythi

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

res. an able writer in describing the pyramids says that the first thing which impresses one is the uniform precision and systematic design apparent in their architecture. they all have their sides accurately adapted to the four cardinal points "in six of them which have been opened, the principal passage preserves the same inclination of 26 degrees to the horizon, being directed toward the polar star. their obliquity being so adjusted as to make the north side coincide with the obliquity of the sun's rays at the summer's solstice, has, combined with the former particulars, led some to suppose they were solely intended for astronomical uses; and certainly, if not altogether true, it bespeaks, at all events, an intimate acquaintance with astronomical rules, as well as a due regard to the pr

an emblem of the trinity--three in one. the triangle typifies the flame of sacred fire emerging from the holy lamp. with its base upwards it typifies the delta, or the door through which all come into the world. with its apex uppermost, it is an emblem of the phallic triad. the union of these triangles typifies the male and female principles uniting with each other, thus producing a new figure, a star, while each retains its own identity.[56 [56] ancient faiths, vol. i, p. 145. thus the primary significance of the pyramid was religious, and in its peculiar architectural construction was manifested the prevailing conception of the deity worshipped; namely, the fructifying energies in the sun. we are informed that "all nations have at one time or another passed through violent stages of pyro

[99] hesiod, works and days. later, however, pandora herself becomes the pourer forth of ills on the head of defenceless man. chapter xi. fire and phallic worship "know, first a spirit with an active flame fills, feeds, and animates the mighty frame; runs through the watery worlds and fields of air, the ponderous earth and depths of heav'n and there burns in the sun and moon, and every brilliant star thus mingling in the mass, the general soul lives in its parts and agitates the whole" although earth, air, water, and the sun were long venerated as objects of worship, as containing the life principle, in process of time it is observed that fire attracted the highest regard of human beings, and on their altars the sacred flame, said to have been kindled from heaven, was kept burning uninter

ii. christianity a continuation of paganism. by comparing the sacred writings of the persians with the history of the events connected with the conception and birth of the mythical christ as recorded in the new testament, the fact is observed that the latter appears to be closely connected with the central figure of persian mythology. it has been found that the visit of the magi, who, following a star, were guided to the spot where the young child lay, was the fulfilment of a persian prophecy, which is to be found in the life of zarathustra as recorded in the zendavesta, while the subsequent history of the same personage is seen to be almost identical with that of the hindoo sun-god chrishna. according to the sacred books of the persians, three sons of the great zarathustra were to appear

t of the law, and the third part of the world will be converted "the third is named sosiosch. he will be born at the end of the ages. he will bring the 24th part of the law; he will stay the sun thirty days and thirty nights, and the whole earth will embrace the law of zoroaster. after him will be the resurrection"[123] this last named son was to be born of a pure and spotless virgin, whereupon a star would appear blazing even at noonday with undiminished lustre [123] quoted by waite, history of the christian religion, p. 168 "you, my sons" exclaimed the seer "will perceive its rising before any other nation. as soon, therefore, as you shall behold the star, follow it, withersoever it shall lead you; and adore that mysterious child, offering your gifts to him, with profound humility. he is

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

, neither asking. nor seeking for. helpto.be.lent:whatidoiam. doing alone! clods of earth are piled above thee,dustisnowthy fair young form; wewhomournthee, wewholove thee, have consigned thee to the worm.roundthy grave the shadow creepeth,andthe summer breezes blow; there the drooping snowdrop sleepeth, there the yew and myrtle grow. but thy pure soul, heavenward soaring, far beyond the furthest star,nowis at god's. throne adoring,wherethe radiant angels are.ifzastroniwasofsimilar quality' it is, perhaps, all tothegoodthatit 'perished,withotherludibriaand note-books. a rather more polished epitaph, entitled 'sleep, followed in1876and was also printed, probably inthelamp:thouwiltnotsee the woodbine creep,uponthe lattice bars;thouwiltnothear the waters sweep, beneath the silver stars.thyres

asmiranda-hersacramentaltitle at that time amongus255otherwise,theodora-thenmovingin her grace tothethresholdoftwenty-one'(sly,p. 80. waite remained extremely coy about giving any information concerning dora .althoughhe was happy towaxlyrical overherappearance:'therewas no earthly loveliness to comparewiththatofmiranda in her red-gold aureoleofwavedhair, flowing down almost to her ankles, and her star-borneyeswhichheaven:sgrey-blue hadglorified-s-forwhichhe may be excused, as'itwas myfirsttalismanic attraction towards anydaughterofwoman'(sly,p.81).hewas, alas,notalone in his love for her. she was intended for stuart-menteathwho,as waite recognized,would inevitably marry her whatever her own feelings mightbe:it was as if a star had spoken in silence, addressing no-onebutregistering a fact t

rder. apart from mathers, one of the principal causesof dissension was the existencewithintheorderof 'secret groups' dedicated to private and unofficial 'occult working and ceremonial. chief among them was florence farr's 'sphere group, in which twelve members obtained astral visions by means of ritualized meditationupona sphere onwhichwere projected symbols taken fromboththe tree of life and the star maps used in the order.thesphere andothergroups were bitterly opposed by anniehornimanand w. b. yeats,bothofwhomlookeduponthemas magically wholly undesirable,butno satisfactory solution of the dispute was arrived at and misshornimaneventually resigned. there was also the very differentbutequally serious problemofmmehoros and her husband. this pair of criminal adventurers had tricked mathersou

oncourse of the sages fifty-two 'representative men, taken in historical order, beginningwithpythagoras and plato.thelessons of each week will be taken from the works of one of these men, andthediscourse will interpret his wisdom, or some important factor in mystical philosophy which may be said to take shape in him. during seven days he will rule our thoughts, and will be therefore the ascending star which will govern during that period in the spiritual sky.thelessons and discourses which constitute the second division of the service will be followed by a dedicatory rite, which will openwitha choral hymn and a devout invocationallitany. a solemn act of dedication will then be made, and the seven-branched candlestick, which now overshadows you, will be lighted on the altar, representing th

t, we believe in the magnificence of the exterior sign, and in the grandeur of outward worship; but,withfull sympathy for the spirit which governs them, we must deprecate these designs, which have only the elements of failure. at the same time, it is pertinent to draw attention to their existence,for they are part of that spiritual ferment in which we all of us breathe and move [fromazoth:.or the star in theeast,pp.126-8__appendix b _theconstitutionofthesecretcouncilofrites(1)thes. c. r. was constituted on december 2nd,1902for the determination in a particular direction of existing mystic interests, more especially in connectionwithmasonry and the orders which are connectedwithand dependent uponit.(2)thework of the s. c. lies entirely outside that of any legislative bodies, grand lodges, g

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

aid next toit-wasthe address of a person in germany.thecurious investigator of secret things and hidden counsels wrote to this address, obtained full particulars, the true manner of reading the cipher and, as i conjecture, a sort of commission and jurisdiction from the unknown heads in germany to administer the mysteries in england. and hence rose, or re-arose, in this isle theorderofthe twilight star. its original foundation was assigned to the fifteenth century. i like the story; but there was not one atom of truth in it.thetwilight star was astumer-orstumed-touse a very old english word. its true date of origin was 1880-1885 at the earliest.the'cipher manuscript' was written on paper that bore the watermark of 1809in ink that had a faded appearance. but it contained information that cou

anyway; arthur machen's experience of it was not entirely untypical 'i must say that i did not seek the order merely in questofodd entertainment. i had experienced strangethings-theystill appear to mestrange-ofbody, mind and spirit, and i supposed that the order, dimly heard of, might give me some light and guidance and leading on these matters. but, as i have noted, i was mistaken; the twilight star shed no ray of any kind on my path" this changed when mathers returned from paris, where he had gone seeking enlightenment, in the autumn of1891.he had met, or so he said, a high adept, frater lux etenebris-iateralleged to have been onedrthiessen-whogave him all the materials for constructing a second order ritual. by december36 thegoldendawnthe ritual was complete and a vault was being const

le was seen by annie horniman as a threat to the unityoftheorderand in1902she appealed to the chiefsofthe second order to permit her to disperse the group by means of a banishing ceremony, for she believed that there were occult as well as disciplinary reasons for its undesirability.herpetition to the chiefs describes the group:'thisgroup consistedof12members and the symbols were adapted from the star maps andtreeof life projected on a sphere, whence they were sometimes called the sphere group.thetwelve members had astral stations assigned to them around this sphere and a certain egyptian astral form was supposed to occupy the centre" a paper on the group bydrfelkin enlarges on its activities and provides us with florence's justification 'when the first group was formed by mrs emery she to

to a purely magical ritual found within the first order curriculum. published ritualsofthe order, both crowley's and regardie's, give technically accurate versions of the ritual, but a more general description ofit was made public (without acknowledging its source)bydion fortune:in dealing with elementals or non-human entities the pentagram, or pentalpha, is the best weapon.thisis a five-pointed star drawn in a particular way. pointing the first and second fingers of the right hand, and folding the others into the palm and touching their tips with the thumb, proceed to draw the pentagram in the air, keeping the elbow stiffandswinging the arm at full length. start with the right arm across the body, the hand about the level of the left hip, the extended fingers pointing downwards and outwa

, on a rising incline, until it is stretched on a level with the left shoulder, pointing to the left. bringitacross the body horizontally untilitis in the same position on the right, fingers pointing away from the body. now swing it downwards across the body till the hand has come back to the point by the left hip whenceitstarted.thisis an exceedingly potent sign.thevalueofthe five-power61pointed star, thesymbolof humanity,iswidelyknown among occultists, but its potency depends upon the manner in whichitis drawn.the method i havegivenis the correct one for banishing: equally important,butmore subjective, was the subjectofastral travelling by means of tattwa vision.thetattwas are coloured symbolsofthe elements asused-oras the golden dawn occultistsbelievedthem to beused-byhinduadepts, who r

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

ish, christian and pagan 124 14. the devil, and evil spirits according to the bible and ancient hebrew rabbis 131 15. some anomalies in the biblical views of the constitution of man 139 16. the vestiges of tetragrammaton 154 17. the number four in relation with the world and man 1576themagicalmasonpartthree:divination18.thehistory of astrology169 19.dreams18120.divination and its history19221.the star lore of the bible216partfour: masonic22.freemasonry and its relation to the essenes233 23.the resemblances of freemasonry to the cult of mithra244 24.the religious and masonic symbolism of stones256partfive: miscellaneous papers25.an essay on the ancient mysteries269 26.a recent spiritual development287 27.an essay upon the constitution of man: spirit, soul, body296 28.man's blood and generat

ome references to the mysteries are conveniently interspersed, of these there is much evidence that the egyptian forms are the oldest; now it must be specially remembered that the lecture on the tracing board of the first degree actually refers to these customs of the ancient egyptians as the fount of origin for many masonic points; it refers also to the doctrines of pythagoras whose five pointed star i mention later on. among the masonic points which have been derived from the ancient mysteries, i notice the triple degrees of the system corresponding to the mysteries of serapis, isis, and osiris. now our second degree has feminine suggestions; note, shibboleth, the ear of corn, the water, for corn refers to the goddess ceres, female, or demeter, gemeter, earth mother, and the water is fem

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

also a notable emblem in all the old initiations. this hexapla was a type of the number six, esteemed a. male number assigned by the kabbalists to microprosopus, the vau of the hebrew alphabet, and of the tetragrammaton, the six middle sephiroth, especially the median 6th, the tiphereth, or beauty of the deity.thepentalpha, or emblem of health, the pythagorean emblem, is the five-pointed masonic star, five is the hebrew he, a female potency according to the kabbalah, and may be either the superior he, the mother idea, or the lower he, the bride of god, the church, the kingdom, these two together constitute the elohim, a feminine plural noun, constantly used as a title for creative power in the narrative of genesis in chapter one, and up to the end of verse four of chapter two, where the j

eplaced by other titles. in thetensephiroth, as in our lodges, we are taught of two great pillars, one on the right and on the left, the pillars of mercy and judgment; then a third exists between them, that of severity; tempered by mercy, and called pillar of mildness. these are similar to the masonic pillars of wisdom, strength, and beauty, while the ain soph aur above them is the mystic blazing star in the east. wisdom, strength, and beauty are the sephirotic triad of chochmah, geburah, and tiphereth.theseveral emanations of the sephiroth of the kabbalah, one proceeding from the other, produce, as they are always designed in visible form, a tortuous path, at once reminding us of the winding staircase. indeed one form of the contemplation of the eternal was described by the kabbalists as

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

d cord. inhis.left hand he bears a flame255 headed sceptre. he is the image offateorfatality,good or evil.16. the lightning-struck tower.a tower whose upper part is like a crown, struck by a lightning-flash (two men fall headlong fromit,one of whom is in such an attitude as to form a hebrew letterayin.)sparks and debris are falling.itshowsruin, disruption.60 the sorcererand his apprentice 17. the star.a nude female figure pours water upon the earth. fromtwovases. in the heavens above her shines the blazing star of the magi (surrounded by seven others, trees. and plants grow beneath her magic influence (and on one thet butterfly of psyche alights. she is the star ofhope. 18. the moon.the moon shining in the heavens, drops of dew falling, a wolf and a dog howling at the moon, and halted at t

ed byaction(3) should find itsrealisation(4) in deeds ofmercyandbeneficence(5. thewise disposition(6) of this will give himvictory(7) throughequilibrium(8) andprudence(9, over thethetarot 61fluctuations offortune(10).fortitude(11, sanctified bysacrificeof self (12, will triumph overdeathitself(b),and thus a wisecombination(14) will enable him to defyfate (15).in eachmisfortune(16) he will see the star ofhope(17) shine through the twilight ofdeception(18; and ultimatehappiness(19) will be theresult(20).folly(0, on the other hand, will bring about an evilreward (21).to prepare the pack for fortune-telling, write at the top of each card its number and signification when in its proper position, and at the bottom its meaning when reversed. to facilitate this, and to assist in reading them i her

formation, alteration fori the worse; r. death just escaped, partial change, alteration for the better.14.temperance.combination, conformation, uniting; r. ill-advised combinations, disunion, clashing interests, etc. is.the devil.fatality for good; r. fatality for evil.16."the lightning-struck tower.ruin, disruption, over: throw, loss, bankruptcy; r. these in a more or less partial degree.17. the star.hope, expectation, bright promises;r.hopes not fulfilled, expectations disappointed orfulfilled-ina minor degree.18. the moon.twilight, deception, error; r. fluctuation:'light deceptions, trifling mistakes.19. the sun.happiness, content, joy;r. these in a minor degree.20. the lastjudgrnent.renewal, result, determinationofamatter; r. postponement of result, delay, matterre-opened later.the tar

zodiac, etc. christian, the disciple of levi, in his recent work on magic, has made the explanation of the twenty-two hieroglyphics of the tarot form part of the initiatory ceremonies of the egyptian mysteries of crata repoa. the symbols of three of the twenty-two trumps of the tarot were thus restored by eliphas levi.7. the chariot.a cubical chariot with four columns, surmounted by an azure and star-decked canopy. within the chariot and between the four columns stands a conqueror crowned with a circlet, from which rise and shine three pentagrams of gold. on his cuirass are three right angles; and on his shoulders the urim and thummim symbolised by the two crescents of the moon in increase and decrease. in his hand is a sceptre surmounted by a globe, a square, and a triangle. his attitude

on the lines of the tatwic currents which we have been considering for the last few meetings, and for that purpose i will ask you just for a moment to conceive of the whole solar system being out of existence. carry your mind back to the time before the solar system, as we know it now, was created, and just imagine this little bit of space where we are, void, an empty space in the centre of. the star sphere. probably there are a great many such spaces. probably this space is no wider than other spaces.ifyou went up from here to the nearest fixed star, you wouldthetatwas201probably find a distance quite as great between you and the next nearest fixed star. but however that may be- which we have nothing particular to do with just at present- we find a hollow sphere to all intents and purpos

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ppendix b masonic writings of a. e. waite (1) books wholly or partly relating to freemasonry the real history of the rosicrucians founded on their own manifestos, and on facts and documents collected from the writings of initiated brethren (redway, 18 87) the occult sciences, a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment (kegan paul, 1891 (part 3, section 3: the freemasons) azoth, or the star in the east (theosophical publishing society, 1893 (appendix ii: the secret of freemasonry) devil-worship in france, of the question of lucifer. a record of things seen and heard in the secret societies according to the evidence of initiates (redway, 1896) the life of louis claude de saint-martin, the unknown philosopher, and the substance of his transcendental doctrine (wellby, 1901 (appendi

nt and rectified rite of martinism (b) the reformed order of the gd. masonically reconstituted (c) the rectified rite r.r. et a.c. masonic rites a. the rectified rite of swedenborg. b. the independent order of the illuniinati. c. the order of the novices and knights beneficent of the holy city of jerusalem. d. the new and reformed rite of adoptive masonry. e. the incorporated order of the eastern star (19) members of the s.c. are members of these bodies and will work them in a constitutional manner for the purposes of the c, and all other rites and orders which it may subsequently acquire for the same purposes in like manner (20) the members of the s.c. will if possible obtain their reception into the secret order 7.16, as it is requisite for the purposes of the c (21) the s.c. will if nec

r time constitute two further rites for the completion of the existing series as follows- a the order of the daughters of zion. b the third order r.r. et a.c (22) the c, will distribute these rites upon an ascending scale as follows- a* rite of martinism, referred to malkuth. h* rite of the g.d, referred to jesod. c* rite of swedenborg, referred to hod (with its complement) d* rite of the eastern star, referred to netzach. e* rite of the r.r. et a.c, referred to tiphereth. f* rite of the illuminati, referred to chesed (with its complement) g* rite of adoption, referred to geburah. h* rite of the novices and knights of the holy city, referred to chockmah (with its complement) i* rite of the daughters of zion, referred to binah. j* rite of 7.16 (intermediate) referred to daath. k* rite of th

tirely a c. secret, as ostensibly there will be an independent working of all the rites (24) the scheme of rites belonging to the pillar of benignity can be entered only through martinism, with the exception of that referable to death (25) the masonic rites can be entered independently without passing from one to another (26) the adoptive rites can be entered only through the order of the eastern star (27) by the design of the s.c, the rite of martinism will act as a drag net for all the rites, but especially for those of the central pillar, and the most suitable members who have drifted independently into the masonic and adoptive orders will ultimately be absorbed by the androgynous centre (28) with the exception of the third order r.r. et a.c, all rites will meet and recognise each other

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amid of cheops, the largest of the pharaoh's tombs.68 the eye and the pyramid among the most important masonic symbols taken from ancient egypt is the pyramid with an eye within a triangle. the pyramid on the great seal of the usa (left) is the great pyramid of cheops. the eye is a frequent symbol on ancient egyptian engravings (bottom) lc global freemasonry the masonic meaning of the six pointed star another well-known symbol of masonry is the six pointed star, formed by the imposition of one triangle over another. this is also a traditional symbol of the jews, and today appears on the flag of israel. it is known that the prophet solomon used it as a seal for the first time. therefore the six-pointed star is a seal of a prophet, a sacred symbol. but, masons have a different conception. th

f masonry is the six pointed star, formed by the imposition of one triangle over another. this is also a traditional symbol of the jews, and today appears on the flag of israel. it is known that the prophet solomon used it as a seal for the first time. therefore the six-pointed star is a seal of a prophet, a sacred symbol. but, masons have a different conception. they do not accept the sixpointed star as a symbol of the prophet solomon, but as a symbol of ancient egyptian paganism. an article in mimar sinan entitled "allegory and symbols in our rituals" relates a number of interesting facts about this matter: an equilateral triangle with three points equidistant from one another show that these values are equivalent. this symbol adopted by the masons is known as the star of david; it is a

lly, the origin of this symbol is in ancient egypt .this emblem was first created by the templar knights which they began to use as symbolism in wall decoration in their churches. this is because they were the first ones to discover in jerusalem some important facts about christianity. after the templars were dis- ld materialism revisited one of masonry's most important symbols is the six-pointed star. le global freemasonry the six-pointed star is the seal of a prophet and a holy symbol. however, masons interpret it according to the pagan beliefs of ancient egypt. lf materialism revisited posed of, this emblem began to be used in synagogues. but in masonry, we no doubt use this symbol in the universal sense that it had in ancient egypt. in this sense, we have combined two important forces

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ppendix b masonic writings of a. e. waite (1) books wholly or partly relating to freemasonry the real history of the rosicrucians founded on their own manifestos, and on facts and documents collected from the writings of initiated brethren (redway, 18 87) the occult sciences, a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment (kegan paul, 1891 (part 3, section 3: the freemasons) azoth, or the star in the east (theosophical publishing society, 1893 (appendix ii: the secret of freemasonry) devil-worship in france, of the question of lucifer. a record of things seen and heard in the secret societies according to the evidence of initiates (redway, 1896) the life of louis claude de saint-martin, the unknown philosopher, and the substance of his transcendental doctrine (wellby, 1901 (appendi

nt and rectified rite of martinism (b) the reformed order of the gd. masonically reconstituted (c) the rectified rite r.r. et a.c. masonic rites a. the rectified rite of swedenborg. b. the independent order of the illuniinati. c. the order of the novices and knights beneficent of the holy city of jerusalem. d. the new and reformed rite of adoptive masonry. e. the incorporated order of the eastern star (19) members of the s.c. are members of these bodies and will work them in a constitutional manner for the purposes of the c, and all other rites and orders which it may subsequently acquire for the same purposes in like manner (20) the members of the s.c. will if possible obtain their reception into the secret order 7.16, as it is requisite for the purposes of the c (21) the s.c. will if nec

r time constitute two further rites for the completion of the existing series as follows- a the order of the daughters of zion. b the third order r.r. et a.c (22) the c, will distribute these rites upon an ascending scale as follows- a* rite of martinism, referred to malkuth. h* rite of the g.d, referred to jesod. c* rite of swedenborg, referred to hod (with its complement) d* rite of the eastern star, referred to netzach. e* rite of the r.r. et a.c, referred to tiphereth. f* rite of the illuminati, referred to chesed (with its complement) g* rite of adoption, referred to geburah. h* rite of the novices and knights of the holy city, referred to chockmah (with its complement) i* rite of the daughters of zion, referred to binah. j* rite of 7.16 (intermediate) referred to daath. k* rite of th

tirely a c. secret, as ostensibly there will be an independent working of all the rites (24) the scheme of rites belonging to the pillar of benignity can be entered only through martinism, with the exception of that referable to death (25) the masonic rites can be entered independently without passing from one to another (26) the adoptive rites can be entered only through the order of the eastern star (27) by the design of the s.c, the rite of martinism will act as a drag net for all the rites, but especially for those of the central pillar, and the most suitable members who have drifted independently into the masonic and adoptive orders will ultimately be absorbed by the androgynous centre (28) with the exception of the third order r.r. et a.c, all rites will meet and recognise each other

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

of saturn, perceptional dualism, the watchers of enoch, archons, dominions and thoughts that run wild, the battle within, summary:the nature of evil in gnosticism. 5 the gnostic concept of time the gnostic concept of time (yugas, historical models of cyclic time, rene guenon and julius evola and evola and "the revolt against the modern world. 6 the gnostic view of time ii the great year, egyptian star gnosis and heraldic cycles. 7 the continuum of the gnosis the gnostic identity message, origins, the israel connection, el, yahweh and reconsidering the bible, the sacred serpent, israel on the world stage, the druid connection, the essene link, the essenes, jesus and the foundations of gnosticism, table of contents the gnostic handbook hyperlinked index just click the gnostic handbook page 3

end argue in hamlets mill that the great year may indeed be the basis for most cosmological systems. the gnostic tradition suggests that this great cycle was known to the atlanteans and was encoded into the rituals and architecture of ancient egypt. accordingly, the role of the pharaoh and later the priesthood had a special significance in relation to the unfolding of the great year. the egyptian star gnosis and the rite of rebirth the central focus of egyptian ritualism was the great pyramid, it was connected to the sphinx and operated as a initiatory structure. the pyramid was identified with the sanctuary of the sun and embodied ra, the solar logos. the rites undertaken in the chamber of the king and queen were rites of rebirth whereby the pharaoh became identified with the solar sphere

ii the gnostic handbook page 64 this role he also prepared egypt for the change which took place at the equinox of the gods, when one astrological sign gave way to another. for 180 years before this event the pharaoh and priesthood would work creating new symbols, mythologies and astral vessels so that the incoming energy could be utilized for the benefit of egypt. as time progressed the egyptian star-gnosis, the divine rite of rebirth and the secret of planetary and zodiacal mediation was passed from the pharaoh to a separate priesthood. with time and changes in both state and religion, the teachings were held under oath by secret orders and brotherhoods. even within the hermetic order of the golden dawn we can find elements of the mediation rite within its equinox rituals, however, the e

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s a tale of primal spirit beings called thetans who are caught by one of their own who has become corrupt. he sets traps by showing them intricate mind patterns and they become so immersed in these patterns that they become locked inside them. as time progresses they become more and more restricted within these patterns until physical matter results. older myths of a similar vein, but with a more star wars emphasis are found in the veda s, where we find quite explicit descriptions of space battles between crafts from different worlds and, perhaps even different dimensions. each side has weapons of immense power and battle it out across space and time. there are many other records of such descriptions in the sacred scriptures of other cultures. each of these tales, no matter how exoteric, h

beyond the lower forms of morality, to disdain reproduction and to refuse family may seem to some the most frightening aspect of the transfigurative process. however, as we go beyond all the limits of the lower kingdoms, a higher ethic is experienced. this higher ethic is that of the pleroma, it is a flash of lightning from the throne of the virgin spirit. it is a vision of the true orbit of the star self that has been awakened. transfiguration for the gnostic the reality of this world is brutal, it is eternal re-occurrence and death. man is caught in a cage, this cage is called the endura. the endura is self perpetuating and the more man surrounds himself with the illusions of his false self (his false persona) the stronger the illusion becomes and the farther he gets from his true origi

the gnostic back into the world of the archons. fornication is the desire for union with things of the world and food offered to idols represents the false gods or idols we may have within ourselves. how many gnostics are still beguiled by internal demands for fame, money, achievement, material gain, and family. the promise offered to those who use this centre correctly is the gift of the morning star. the morning star is venus or lucifer and represents the state of "light bearing" this is an allegorical way to represent the awakening of the light or static fields within the gnostic. the church of sardis the church of sardis is the throat or visuddha chakra. it is given the title of "that which remains "as it is the portal before entering the higher chakras. it has a similar meaning in the

sis can be traced back to the earliest periods, even before what we now consider as recorded history. if we wish to consider the earliest recorded forms of religion, then we need to consider the finds of archaeology. in the many digs which have occurred around the globe, the oldest finds have been of fertility figures with exaggerated sexual organs and images which give evidence of early forms of star watching and astronomy. since these earliest discoveries all seem to fall cleanly into one of two classes, then it is tempting to evaluate them in the light of the gnostic tradition. it is likely that the fertility symbols represented the worship of earth, the desire to reproduce, the submission of mankind to the physical, while the watching of the stars (the sky cult) illustrates the early d

ucleus in which much of the esoteric tradition developed. while much of the form of modern kabbalah originated in medieval mysticism, alchemy and hermeticism, we can clearly see that the basic mythology and forms was egyptian in origin. the recorded history of egypt covers an immense period of time. even the earliest forms of egyptian civilisation- which concentrated on the stellar worship of the star goddess had a highly evolved structure and form. by the first dynasty a wide range of esoteric and religious cults could be found, and a complex system of burial was evolved to guide the deceased into the treasury of light, bypassing the fallen gnostic theurgy page 191 worlds. these ceremonies later evolved to include complex mummification processes and were chronicled in the egyptian book of

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orcerer should construct the circle of the dragon as one uses in this goetia, encircling the self in the announced conjurations of the four quarters. azazel i summon thee fire-djinn of the southern quarter, be the torch which would ignite me, immolate me in your presence, as your child on the path of shadow unto light. samael great dragon transformed, i summon thee as fulmino-lucifer, the morning star of the east, the serpent-angel of the emerald crown who fell to earth awaken now and open forth the gates of the imagination by air and dream. mahazael father of the witch spirit, who blesses and curses under the hidden and bright moon, i do summon thee forth unto me, initiator of flame and iron, come thou forth unto this circle. horned beast and angel perfected, awaken to my northern calls o

nd self-development, assisting and inspiring communication and moral concepts of communication of the era of which one lives. as ipos makes men witty and bold, they have a confidence boost through inspiration and self-reliance. w aim aim is a duke whom appears as a man with three heads one as a serpent, the second a human head having two stars on the forehead (burning like an image of the morning star or lucifer) and the third as a cow. aim rides upon a large viper who carries a firebrand in his hand from which he sets cities and great places on fire. aim is a spirit of selfdevelopment and force of will, whom is also of inner divination. he has 26 legions of inferior spirits. x naiberius 47 naiberius is a marquis whom comes forth as a black crane, who flies about the circle. this is a spir

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF AIR

ur right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" give the adoration to the lord of the universe give the theoricus sign facing east recite the prayer of the sylphs: spirit of life, spirit of wisdom! whose breath giveth forth and withdraweth the form of all living things; thou, before whom the life of beings is but a shadow which changeth, and a vapor which passeth; thou, who mountest upon the clouds, and who walketh upon the wings of the w

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF EARTH

ur right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" give the adoration to the lord of the universe go to the north and give the zelator sign facing north recite the prayer of the gnomes: o invisible king who, taking the earth for foundation, didst hollow its depths to fill them with thy almighty power. thou whose name shaketh the arches of the world! thou who causest the seven metals to flow through the veins of the rocks! king of the seven l

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF FIRE

ur right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" give the adoration to the lord of the universe go to the south facing south give the philosophus sign facing south recite the prayer of the salamenders: immortal, eternal, ineffable and uncreated father of all, borne upon the chariot of worlds, which ever roll in ceaseless motion. ruler over the ethereal vastness, where the throne of thy power is upraised, from the summit of which thine eyes

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF WATER

ur right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" give the adoration to the lord of the universe go to the west facing west give the practicus sign facing west recite the prayer of the undines: terrible king of the sea, thou who hast the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring; thou who openest the sources of rivers and of fou

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LBRP

ur right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" repeat the qabalistic cross. note: the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 3 of 3 6/27/2004 7:51 am note: there are many people who will perform this ritual that have problems visualizing. if you are one who has problems seeing visual pictures, just know in your mind that it is there. for example, like with the pent

of fire, so that through the streaming lines of light and power, representative of the spiritual being, no lesser entity of any kind dare make its way. it is necessary that the magician make certain that he does not lower the elemental weapon after formulating a pentagram in mid-air. the circle must be complete, continuing in an unbroken line from pentagram to pentagram. the blazing five-pointed star is like the flaming sword which debarred adam from the edenic paradise. the four archangels, the spiritual regents of the four elements, are then invoked to give legitimacy to the working, and spiritual power and protection to both the surrounding pentagrams and the circle wherein the magician is enclosed. the last phrase of the ritual declares the pentagrams aflame about him, and invokes onc

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER INVOKING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LIRP

ur right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" repeat the qabalistic cross. note: a few of the benefits that may be obtained from the l.i.r.p; it will aid in grounding mental and emotional conditions, it will allow the student to call forth the four elements within his circle, and the zelator will have the ability to commune with the four great archangels. a few basic rules should be kept in mind when performing the ritual. while in the

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

e the name "emor dial hectega" trace the sigil of taurus in the center and intone "adonai" give the sign of zeiator. then give the projection sign and the sign of silence. return to the east. stand in the form of the tau cross and say: before me, raphael. behind me, gabriel. on my right hand, michael. on my left hand, uriel. for about me flames the pentagram and in the column shines the six-rayed star (visualize each archangel when intoning the names) repeat the qabalistic cross as in the beginning. the ritual is ended and the room should be completely void of all previous energies 2 notes: excerpted from the "ritual use of magical tools" chic and tabatha cicero, 2000, llewellyn publications, st. paul, mn. 1. excerpted from the "ritual use of magical tools" chic and tabatha cicero, 2000, l

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME INVOKING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

d vibrate "emor dial hectega" draw the sigil of taurus in the center of the pentagram and intone "adonai" give the sign of the zelator. keep the arm extended. turn to face the east. extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me, raphael. behind me, gabriel. on my right hand, michael. on my left hand, uriel. for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" repeat the qabalistic cross. notes: 1. excerpted from the "ritual use of magical tools" chic and tabatha cicero, 2000, llewellyn publications, st. paul, mn. 2. the lvx signs vs. the portal signs "in some of the rituals suggested in this curriculum (the sirp, the sbrp, the brh, and regardie's opening by watchtower) call for the initiate to give the lvx signs after tracing the spirit pentagram

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is is represented by the top portion being of a citrine color. this alludes to a deep and profound mystery. the mystery is that the macroprosopus is represented by hyha and is contained, yet hidden, within the symbol of the microprosopus. the symbol of the microprosopus is the pentagram, while the symbol of the macroprosopus is the hexagram. the pentagram is a most potent symbol and is the signet star of the microprosopus. it represents the operation of the eternal and divine spirit and the four elements under the divine presidency of the name, hwchy. to understand this profound mystery is of the greatest importance to the adept. the right arm of the pentagram is attributed to the element of n. it is represented by the kerubic, h, and the cup. the color of this point of the pentagram is bl

letter c is added to the tetragrammaton, it forms the name hwchy, hcwhy. the latter name is the formation when the letter c is placed between the three letters of the tetragrammaton and ruling l. as one can observe from the diagram of the complete pentagram, a ray representing the divine issueth forth from each angle. therefore, the true name of the pentagram is called the "flaming pentagram" or "star of great light" this affirms the power and force of the divine light to be found within this most sacred symbol. the pentagram must be traced with the single point upward. it is a symbol of spirit ruling over matter. when it is traced in an adverse fashion with the single point down, it becomes an "evil" symbol affirming the empire of the mundane and matter over the divine spirit. see that th

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then should be studied and utilized for "skrying in the spirit vision" it should also be utilized in all important magical operations in which the hexagram must be employed. the hexagram is a potent magical symbol that represents the operation of the seven planets under the presidency of the sephiroth and the letters of the seven lettered notarikon or name: atyrara. as the pentagram is the signet star of the microcosm, the hexagram is the signet star of the macrocosm (see full page diagram of complete hexagram) ararita atyrara atyrara is a notarikon that forms the divine name of seven letters with the hebrew initials of the sentence: dja wtrwmt wtwdwjyy car wtwdja car dja "one beginning of his unity, one beginning of his individuality, his permutation is one" observe the diagram on the fol

wtwdja car dja "one beginning of his unity, one beginning of his individuality, his permutation is one" observe the diagram on the following page and you will notice, that like the pentagram, each re-entering angle of the hexagram issueth a ray. these rays are the radiation from the divine. therefore, like the pentagram, the hexagram is called the "flaming hexagram" and also the six rayed signet star. in most cases, the hexagram is traced with a single point uppermost. the hexagram is not an evil symbol when traced with the two points upward. the diagram of the complete hexagram should be traced on a black background. thou shall make it in the colours already taught in earlier grades. uppermost point l indigo lowermost point y violet right upperhand k blue right lowerhand c green 3 left u

ram on the tree of life. in the center is placed the fire of the sun. superior inferior l 5 k b f c let the z.a.m. take due care not to become sloppy in his or her workings as so many of the uninitiated, and give the 5=6 signs when doing the supreme ritual of the hexagram. these signs work in harmony with the hexagram, and in fact, add force and power to the ritual. as the pentagram is the signet star of the microcosm, the hexagram is the signet star of the macrocosm. therefore, the hexagram is to be employed in all invocations of the sephiroth in order to invoke their force. when you have need to invoke the supernal triad of the sephiroth, the use of the l hexagram is to be employed. in this case, you will perform the supreme invoking 10 ritual of the hexagram of l, and in addition, you s

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

gle of earth tablet. anh: cacodemon of air angle of water tablet. ani: cacodemon of fire angle of water tablet. anodoin: senior of mercury on the fire tablet. anrg: subservient angel of earth angle of fire tablet. anro: angel, companion of roan, also ancro. anvaa: angel, also known as anaa. aoc: cacodemon of water angle of air tablet. aocp: subservient angel of water angle of air tablet. aoiveae: star/ stars. aom: cacodemon of earth angle of fire tablet. aomi: angel, companion of iaom, also aosmi. aoo/ aop: cacodemon of earth angle of earth tablet. aopn: subservient angel of earth angle of earth tablet. aor: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel ormn. aorx: subservient angel of earth angle of earth tablet. aosmi: angel, also known as aomi. aot: cacodemon of air angle of air tablet. aoth: nam

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS SADD

, wheel of fortune is attributed to rtk. title of card: lord of the forces of life. rtk is the source of all life. b and tarot key 1, the magician is attributed to hmkh. title of card: magus of power. hmkh is the distributor of power found in rtk. in classical mythos b is the divine messenger of k. y and tarot key 2, the high priestess is attributed to hnyb. title of card: priestess of the silver star. compare the position of the path of g on the tree of life. hnyb completes the supernal triad and acts as the "high priestess" to the inferior sephiroth. c and tarot key 3, the empress, is attributed to dsj. title of card: daughter of the mighty ones. dsj is the first of the inferiors below hnyb, and as it were, the base of the triangle of the supernals. f and tarot key 16, the blasted tower

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS SAPPENDA

fort. min. s.c. hmkh b magician b- s.c. hnyb g h. priestess y- s.c. dsj d empress c- y y h emperor a puer h h w hierophant b amissio w w z lovers c albus h y j chariot d populus y h f strength e fort. maj. h w y hermit f conjunctio s.c. rtk k wheel/fort. k- w y l justice g puella h h m h. man c via h h n death h rubeus y w s temperance i acquisitio h y u devil j carcer s.c. hrwbg p tower f- w h x star k tristitia h w q moon l laetitia s.c. trapt r sun a- y h c l. judgem. d cauda drac. h h t universe l (b) caput drac. s.c. stands for sephirotic cross. appendix b: 31 the enochian alphabet the following is the enochian alphabet (this sometimes, though wrongly, was called theban, together with the english equivalents of its letters and the enochian titles. enochian title english b pe b c veh c

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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 atmosphere. therefore, its allotment or organization is the copy of that greater world or macrocosm. in this "magical mirror of the universe" therefore, all the ten sephiroth are projected in the form of a tree of life as in a solid sphere. a man's physical body is within the ten sephiroth projected in a sphere. the divisions and parts of the

d 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 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 fi

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th 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 eyes of the inscribed names, all things of sight and sense, in this my purpose, which is to remain invisible for th

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n thine hour. and unto him/her, from whose mortal eyes the veil of physical life hath fallen, grant that there may be the accomplishment of his/her true will. should_(his/her name_ will to absorb into the infinite, or to be united with his/her chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labor and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any star, or aught else, unto_(his/her name_ may there be granted the accomplishment of his/her true will" step 9 go to the altar, and visualize the deceased at the east facing west. step 10 "i invoke thee by the divine name iao, thou great angel hru, who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom. strengthen and establish_(his/her name_ in his/her search for the divine light. increase his/her

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sign of the eagle (draws eagle symbol. behind us gabriel. in the sign of the lion (draws leo symbol. on our right michael. in the sign of the head of the ox (draws taurus symbol. and on our left auriel (second adept draws invoking pentagrams, of each element in each quarter using lotus wand, starting in the east) chief adept "for before us flames the pentagrams and behind us shines the six rayed star (perform the qabalistic cross (remaining behind the altar "prepared in body, mind and spirit, we now invoke thee ye great lords of the watchtowers of the universe. guard well this magic circle, and let no evil or impure spirit enter therein. strengthen and inspire us in this righteous and holy operation of the magic of light. keep far removed the evil and unbalanced so that we, who are weak

e of my heart realizes itself as that of ptah when he created his works. i am eternal, therefore all things are of my design. therefore, do thou come forth unto me from thine abode in silence, unutterable wisdom, all light or power. thoth, hermes, mercury, odin, by whatever name i call thee, thou art still nameless to eternity. come thou forth i say, and aid and guard me in this work of art. thou star of the east that didst conduct the magi, thou art the same all present in heaven and in hell. thou that vibratest between the light and the darkness, rising, descending, changing ever yet ever the same. the sun is thy father; thy mother the moon. the wind hath borne thee in its bosom, and the earth hath ever nourished the changeless godhead of thy youth. come thou forth i say, come thou forth

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my heart realizes itself as that of ptah when he created his works. i am eternal, therefore all things are of my design. therefore, do thou come forth unto me from thine abode in the silence, unutterable wisdom, all light or power. thoth, hermes, mercury, odin, by whatever name i call thee, thou art still nameless to eternity. come thou forth i say, and aid and guard me in this work of art. thou star of the east that didst conduct the magi, thou art the same, all present in heaven and in hell. thou that vibratest between the light and the darkness, rising, descending, changing ever, yet ever the same. the sun is thy father; thy mother the moon. the wind hath borne thee in its bosom, and the earth hath ever nourished the changeless god head of thy youth. come thou forth i say, come thou fo

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ys. when it is reflected from every second point, it is called the pentagon, which is referred to hrwbg and f. the same figure, when reflected from every third point, is called the pentagram. 9 the pentagon is a symbol that naturally represents the power and essence of the pentad. this operates through nature by the dispersal of and the four elements through it. the pentagram is called the signet star of the microcosm. it is a good and holy symbol. it is a positive symbol that represents man with his arms and legs extended, adoring the lord of the universe. it also represents the domination of the higher will of the ruling over the elements. another way of putting this is mind over matter. when the pentagram has a single point downward, it is then known to be a negative or evil symbol. it

of force. when a hexagram is used as the diagram, it represents concentrated force. both are applicable, the hexagon would be for spreading energies and the hexagram would be for specific or concentration of energies, as well as sealing. you should remember that at times in magical workings, both of them may be employed, but the hexagon always initiates the whirl. we call the hexagram the signet star of the macrocosm. it is the sign of the macrocosm, the greater or outer world. the six angles easily represent the six-day period of creation as depicted in genesis, while its synthesis can be akin to the seventh day, a period of rest. this is summed up by its hexagonal center. 10 let us divert a moment to the subject of the unicursal hexagram. for years, it was thought by followers of aleist

xagram employs or denotes the rulership of presidency of the a and 5 over the four elements. all of these are united in as they come together. there is some information about the unicursal hexagram in various books which will be covered in higher grades for those of you who would wish to pursue this hexagram and its workings. in regards to the traditional hexagram, which is often times called the star of david or jewish star. it represents the force of the planets acting through the various signs of the zodiac. this is very powerful and effective in sealing the astral image of nature under the presidency of the sephiroth, as well as the seven palaces. the hexagram is especially attributed to a. this symbol is one of great power and of great strength. in it are both the combination of the p

t strength. in it are both the combination of the pentagram and the cross, thus, forming a very potent and positive triad which are in harmony with each other. the heptangle refers to the seventh sephira of jxn. as we disperse the power of the seven planets through the week and the year, we have the creation of the heptagon. it also alludes to the seven colors of the rainbow. the heptagram is the star of f and is applicable to her nature. the lineal figure of the seven planets is the heptagram, which is representative of f gates or entrances. it is also a fitting symbol of the isis of nature, as well as the seven lower sephiroth of the bride. this is a powerful symbol when f or jxn energy needs to be employed. it is extremely effective in the use of talismans for those who are overly intel

from each third point, yields eight triangles. these eight triangles become representative of the triad operating within each element in its dual form. thus, we have the positive and the negative under the power of the third aspect of the triad which becomes ynda hwhy, but is written as if it is bound together as yahdnhy if we take the octagram and reflect it from every fourth point, we have the star of b, and this certainly is akin to the nature of b. it is a further potent symbol representing the binding together of concentrated positive and negative forces of nature and of the elements, under the name of yahdnhy we must always remember that ynda is the key of hwhy. 11 the enneangle is referred to the ninth sephira of dwsy. it is representative of the power of the ennead and the enneago

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ribe the eerie, hypnotic feeling this design gives me: it s very complicated and absorbing to look at, and slightly sinister in an abstract, indefinable way. the monkey s body is defined by a continuous unbroken line. and, without ever being interrupted, this same line winds up stairs, over pyramids, into a series of zig-zags, through a spiral labyrinth (the tail, and then back around a number of star-like hairpin bends. it would be a real tour de force of draughtsmanship and artistic skill on a sheet of notepaper, but this is the nazca desert (where they do things on a grand scale) and the monkey is at least 400 feet long and 300 feet wide. were the linemakers map-makers too? and why were they called the viracochas? graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 50 chapter 5 the inca trail to th

ever, have from time to time been expressed by a number of more daring but respectable scholars. in the 1930s, for example, rolf muller, professor of astronomy at the university of potsdam, found convincing evidence to suggest that the most important features of machu picchu possessed significant astronomical alignments. from these, through the use of detailed mathematical computations concerning star positions in the sky in previous millennia (which gradually alter down the epochs as the result of a phenomenon known as precession of the equinoxes, muller concluded that the original layout of the site could only have been accomplished during the era of 4000 bc to 2000 bc .10 in terms of orthodox history, this was a heresy of audacious proportions. if muller was right, machu picchu was not

? apparently not. scholars now generally accept that it functioned as a sophisticated celestial observatory. rather than keeping enemies at bay, its purpose had been to fix the equinoxes and the solstices and to predict, with mathematical precision, the various seasons of the year. certain structures within its walls (and, indeed, the walls themselves, appeared to have been lined up to particular star groups and designed to facilitate measurement of the amplitude of the sun in summer, winter, autumn and spring.9 in addition, the famous gateway of the sun, which stood in the north-west corner of the enclosure, was not only a world-class work of art but was thought by those who had studied it to be a complex and accurate calendar carved in stone: the more one gets acquainted with the sculptu

to the eternal loss of archaeology. we were now passing la venta. due north, off a slip-road from the freeway, this sodium-lit petroleum city glowed in the dark like a vision of nuclear disaster. since the 1940s it had been extensively developed by the oil industry: an airstrip now bisected the site where a most unusual pyramid had once stood, and flaring smokestacks darkened the sky which olmec star-gazers must once have searched for the rising of the planets. lamentably, the bulldozers of the developers had flattened virtually everything of interest before proper excavations could be conducted, with the result that many of the ancient structures had not been explored at all.8 we will never know what they could have said about the people who built and used them. matthew stirling, who exc

er, expect the differences to be less between sumer and egypt, which were in regular contact with each other during the historical period, than between the two middle eastern cultures and the cultures of far-off central america, which enjoyed at most only haphazard, slight and intermittent contacts prior to the discovery of the new world by columbus in ad 1492. eaters of the dead, earth monsters, star kings, dwarves and other relatives for some curious reason that has not been explained, the ancient egyptians had a special liking and reverence for dwarves.1 so, too, did the civilized peoples of ancient central america, right back to olmec times.2 in both cases it was believed that dwarves were directly connected to the gods.3 and in both cases dwarves were favoured as dancers and were show

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rch masons for english language use. to some extent, this cipher is still in current use, but it has long been deciphered and is no longer utilized by illuminati of the ufonauts. the ciphers are discontinued when they are cracked. seventh, although in use for some time, an english language cipher, using the 26 letters of the standard alphabet and laid out on a grid or plotted out on a 26- pointed star, was unveiled to a select public by aleister crowley in 1904. he said he received it from the pr terhuman intelligence aiwass1 crowley was a high and highly controversial initiate of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, but he never decoded the cipher, which was built on the number 11. publisher ray palmer told ufologists for years that he had a fact which allowed him to decode cases. palme

y, in that king claims to be a direct agent of the great white brotherhood working diligently with our extraterrestrial allies against the black lodge. lamed, frater who, as the former timothy coutu, a chief of the qblh and computer programming specialist, learned computer programming for an opportunity to do serious original work with the cipher. laying out the 1974 cipher solution on a 26-point star pattern, frater lamed was eventually able to generate thousands of cipher star variants, highly suggestive of a starseed transmission based on the cipher hidden in the book of the law. lightlines group, organized in kentucky by carla rueckert and the late don elkins. lightlines is one of the few trance channel contactee bodies making no claims for the true nature of its channelings, and known

ed by the gods with the foreknowledge of agricultural cycles, then fast becoming the basis of life and death for civilization. that other, irregular events were noted as well can be defined as the beginning of ufology. no doubt to some extent we can explain such events in terms of comets and supernov. however, these celestial occurrences leave unexplained such events as the mythos surrounding the star sirius and the knowledge of its dark star neighbor, or semi-aquatic beings called the oannes (oannes were considered visitors from the sirius region who taught on earth and left behind a divine mythos and a priesthood awaiting their return. they are known to the sumerians and their babylonian successors, and to the egyptians, and held as legends to the present day by remote african tribal pri

frater achad s work, recalls that it was layne who introduced him to achad s work in the mid-1950s. he also recalls how layne would visit him in arizona while on expeditions in search of ufo landing sights in the desert these events become curiouser and curiouser. damon s organization, the quabalistic alchemist arcanum, and its british counterpart the ordo argentium astrum or order of the silver star, discovered and promulgated the very cipher we are discussing, and, indeed, does so to this day. i believe that through his occult sources, layne knew the cipher and knew that the establishment of a magical link with the secret chiefs, or contact with the ufonauts in other words, could be effected by examining the available literature, and seeking the key words for clues to who and where the

re have been further developments. this cipher solution was uncovered in 1974, fully 70 years after the writing of liber al in 1979 frater lamed of the magical- qabalistic order known as the qblh was introduced to the cipher solution, and soon began work on expanding the scope of knowledge in this area with computer technology. my first attempt, says frater lamed, led me to producing a 26-pointed star (after the 26 letters in the english alphabet. after various efforts over several years, i began to re-examine the 26-pointed star that i had drawn years before. the classical english qabala contains a cycle of 11. that is, you start at a, count 11 letters and reach l, count another 11 letters and you reach w and so on until you get back to a again. it s clean and simple. so i wondered how ma

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presented at the end of this manual. study them carefully .before practicing them. memorize the words and prepare the necessary weapons and instrumenta yourself. they do not have to be elaborate or expensive. the ritual of tex is designed for use by beginners. the ritual of iao invokes the feminine current and simulates a journey to the 5th 8 aethyr maz. the ritual of the priestess of the silver star invokes the feminine current and simulates a journey to the 19th aethyr.the ritual of the pyramid invokes the masculine current and simulates a journey to the 18th aethyr zen. the dragon ritual is designed for the advanced magician who desires to assume the responsibilities of the magical dragon. the ritual of vrelp stimulates a journey to the 14th aethyr vta and the city of the pyramids. the

remaining five let ters are assigned values devised by aleister crowley. the fourth possible system of gematria is that used by crowley in the vision and the voice. this is also the system employed in this manual. the student is advised to experiment with all of these systems. let the results of your own experience determine which to use. 25 26 27 a magical theorem every man and every woman is a star. aleister crowley, book of the law a major theorem of enochian magick is that every man and every woman is inherently a star. although this theorem is stated in crowley's book of the law, the idea is a very old one. in ancient egypt, for example, the highest and most spiritual component of man was the khabs, which together with the khu, constituted the spiritual body of man similar in dehniti

ck is that every man and every woman is inherently a star. although this theorem is stated in crowley's book of the law, the idea is a very old one. in ancient egypt, for example, the highest and most spiritual component of man was the khabs, which together with the khu, constituted the spiritual body of man similar in dehnition to the atinan of vedanta. the egyptian word khabs also translates as star. as stars travel through the sky in their own orbits, so every man and woman have their own path to tread. everyone has an inherent right to tread his own path without interference from another. as a practitioner of enochian magick you must determine your true will, decide upon your course of action, and carry it through without fear. you also must respect the inherent right of every other pe

ey's famous dictim "do what thou wilt" is a direct corollary of this theorem. if the word''thou' refers to the human ego or personality, this becomes a license to debauchery and will result in a misuse of magick but if the word-`thou' refers to the spirit, or individuality, then the dictim becomes a way of living that is in harmony with nature and natural law. you are already spiritual. you are a star in the hidden core of your being. once this fact is seen to be so, your great work will be to express your 28 spiritual nature in your daily life "do what thou wilt" is another way of saying'"do outwardly in your life what is already inherently in the core of your being" it means first know thyself, and then, and only then, be thyself. enochian magick teaches that when you, the magician, vise

e core of your being" it means first know thyself, and then, and only then, be thyself. enochian magick teaches that when you, the magician, vise into the 8th aethyr, zid, you will confront your holy guardian angel conversation with this angel will reveal your true will. after obtaining this knowledge, you can set about to tread your true magical path. your motion through life will then be like a star following its orbit through space. 29 another magical theorem let there be no difference made among you between any one thing and any other thing for thereby there cometh hurt. aleister crowley, book of the law another major theorem of enochian magick is that man is capable of being and/or using, anything that he encounters, because everything that can be encountered by man is a part of his b

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10 crown- wisdom crown- understanding crown- beauty wisdom- understanding wisdom- mercy wisdom- beauty understanding- severity understanding- beauty mercy- severity mercy- beauty mercy- victory severity- beauty severity- glory beauty- victory beauty- glory beauty- foundation victory- glory victory- foundation victory- kingdom glory- foundation glory- kingdom foundation- kingdom hierophant hermit star judgment emperor temperance death hanged man justice strength empress blasted tower devil lovers chariot sun wheel of fortune priestess the world magician the fool moon kabbalists were not content to drift towards divinity like most of mankind. they wanted an organised and arranged scheme of doing so, and moreover a scheme of which they were intentionally aware.whatever god may have planned f

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k (another of like giant size, st&r bredvid houom och ror i elden med en iiirnstang. den gamle hlinde mannen reser sig upp, och frsgar de ankomne framlingarne, hvarifrsn de voro. de svara, ifrsn halland och getinge socken. hvarpa den bhnde frsgar' lefver ennu den hvita qvinnan (lives the white woman still' de svarade ja, fast de ej -iste hvad ban harmed meuade. ater sporde han' msnne mitt (jethus star annu qvar (stands my goat-house yet' de svarade sterigen ja, ehuru de iifven voro okunnige om hvad han menade. ds sade han 'jag fick ej hafva mitt gethus i fred for den kyrkan som byggdes ps den platsen. viljen i komma lyckiigt hem, viilan, jag lemnar er dertill tvenno vilkor' de lofva, och den gamle hlinde fortfor' tagen detta sdlfbcilte, och niir i kommen hem, sa spiinnen det ps den hvita q

fortfor' tagen detta sdlfbcilte, och niir i kommen hem, sa spiinnen det ps den hvita qvinnan, och denne ask stiitten den ps altaret i mitt gethuit' lyckligeu &tcrkomne till hembygden, rsdfrdga sig sjomauneruo huru de skulle efterkomma den gamle bhnde mannens begiiran. man beslot at spanna baltet omki-ing en hj'drk, och bjbrken for i luften, och at siitta asken pi en kulle (grave-mound, och straxt star kidlen i giusan idga. men efter det kyrkan ar bygd der den bliude mannen hade sitt gethus, bar hon fatt namnet getinge. the 'blind giant' banished to the island is a spectral heathen god (conf. orion, p. 949, the' white woman' a christian church or an imnge of mary; had they fastened the 956 translation. the king's armoury, and presented with the stand of a handbasin, which the goldsmith foun

in the bremen marschland, a man had disturbed a hiine-grave, and the following night tliree men appeared to him, one of them one-eyed (an allusion to wuotan, and conversed in some unintelligible language; at last they hurled threatening looks at him who had rummaged their tomb, they said they had fallen in their country's cause, and if he broke their rest any more, he should have neither luck nor star (harrys nieders. sag. 1, 64. but as holda is spell-bound in the mountain, so it is preeminently to wliite women, white-rohed maidens (pp. 288. 412-8) that this notion of mountain banishment becomes applicable: divine or semi-divine beings of heathenism, who still at appointed times grow visible to mortal sight; they love best to appear in warm sunlight to poor shepherds and herd-boys. german

devils. it pertains to the history of christianity to explain how there came to be added the notion of lucifer^ a rebel spirit of light who took up arms against god, and with his adherents (in matth. 25, 41 the devil has already 'his angels) was banished into darkness. luke 10, 18: ioewpovv top a-aravav? aatpairrjv ix rov ovpavov iteaovta, as the lightning darts into the ground, whereas a falling star usually affords a pleasing image (p. 722. at the same time, this revolt of the devil and his companions must be supposed to have had a higher antiquity. thus arose the doctrine of a satanic empire in rivalry with the celestial, a doctrine that daily met with more acceptance: the evil spirits maybe the weaker side and suffer 'defeat, but they go about enlisting wicked men, and seek thereby to

, oder kleib' ez an die want' notice that to the simple-minded man the woman represents her alleged expedition as a painful necessity^ in vintler (superst. g, 1. 274) it is said 'so farent etlich mit der [nacht) far q.\x^ kelbern und auf pecken (bocken) durch stain und durch stecke' so calves and he-goats are those 'quaedam bestiae^ at p. 723 we saw the word naclitfare fittingly applied even to a star travelling in the sky. john of salisbury, who lived in england and france (d. 1182, and believed in demonic influence, has a remarkable statement in his poller, ii. 17' quale est quod nodiculam (nocticolam? noctilucam) quandam, vel herodiadem, vel praesidem noctis dominam, consilia et conventus de 7iocfe asserunt convocare, varia celebrari convivia, ministeriorum species diversis occupationib

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hiilphers 3, 47 speaks of lojlige berattelse om fordna jattar? without going into them. 2 it is quite another thing, when in the debased folktale siegfried the hero degenerates into a giant (whs. heldensage, pp. 301-16, as divine oden himself (p. 155) and thorr are degraded into diivels and dolts. a still later view (altd. bl. 1, 122) regards riese and recke (hero) as all one. 3 schafarik (slov. star. 1, 258) sees nothing in them but geta and thyrsus; at that rate the national name thussagetae must include both. chapter xix. creation. now that we have treated of gods, heroes, elves, and giants, we are at length prepared to go into the views of ancient times on cosmogony. and here i am the more entitled to take the norse ideas for a groundwork, as indications are not wanting of their havin

unna ni scein [noh sterno ni cleiz (glistened, 564 ceeation. no mano (moon) ni liuhta noh der mareoseo (sea. do dar niwiht ni was enteo ni wenteo, enti do was der eino almahtico cot (almighty god alone. the last line may sound completely christian, and the preceding ones may have nothing directly opposed to christian doctrine; yet the juxtaposition of earth and heaven, tree and mountain, sun [and star, moon and sea, also the archaic forms ero (terra, ufhimil (ccelum, mareoseo (mare, goth, marisaivs, which must be thrown into the scale, all have a ring of the edda: vara sandr ne sasr, ne svalar unnir, ior&lt;5 fanz seva ne upphiminn, gap var ginnunga, enn gras hvergi. sol]?at ne vissi hvar hon sali atti, stiornor]?at ne visso hvar j?aer stafti titto, mani]?at ne vissi hvat hann megins a

probably a lost grothic, hiba, haf/ cognate with lat. capio, so that it is the all- capacious, on. wctfefimir, wide-fathom ing or encompassing sky. 2 the other saxon term may be placed on a level with the gr. awtjp (thin upper air)&gt; whilst himil and he-van answer to ovpavos; it is os. radur, as. rodor. in caedmon we find rodor 183, 19. 207, 8. uprodor 179, 10. 182, 15. 205. 2. rodortungol (star, 100, 21. rodorbeorht 239, 10. its root rad lies buried as yet in obscurity; it has disappeared from all modern dialects [except as rother in proper names. i am inclined to connect with it the on. roftull (sol, which has nothing to do with rauftr (ruber. from the as. poets using indifferently f wuldres gim and heofones gim (beow. 4142. andr. 1269; heofonbeorht, rodorbeorht, unddorbeorht; heof

sband, embracing the female earth; he is not however admitted into the circle of the gods, like ovpavbs, whereas earth does stand among the goddesses. to us heaven signifies simply a certain space, the residence of gods. two poetic names for it have reference to that enigmatical being mimir (p. 379: hreggmimir, rain-shedder, from hregg imber; and vetmimir, moistener? conf. vaeta humor. to express star, constellation (sidus, our older speech, in addition to stairno, sterno, steorra, stiarna (gramm. 3, 392) and ohg. himilzeichan (hymn. 4, 2, has a symbolical term, ohg. himilzunga, diut. 1, 526b and gl. doc. 249; os. himiltungal, hel. 18, 2; as. heofontungol, rodortungol; on. himintungl. even the simple tungol has the same sense in as, and a gothic gloss on gal. 4, 3, gives tuggl astrum/ whil

as but one eye, which is awheel and a shield. in beow. 113.5 bedcen godes is the sun, the great celestial sign. 1 with this eye the divinity surveys the world, and nothing can escape its peering all-piercing glance 3, all the stars look down upon men.3 but the on. poets, not content with treating sun, moon and stara as eyes of heaven, invert the macrocosm, and call the human eye the sun, mooiv or star of the skull, forehead, brows and eyelashes -y they even call the eye th shield of the forehead: a confirmation of the similar name for the sun. another title they bestow on the sun is gimsteinn himins.(getnma coeli) j so in as. heofones gim/ beow. 4142. and wuldres .gim, andr. 1289 (see suppl. and not only is the sun represented as the god s eye looking down, but as his full face and counten

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your sphere, to tel! unto me such things as i shall demand of him, in the name of the father, son, and holy ghost. i entreat thee, setchiel, chedustaniel, and corael, by the whole host of heaven, seraphims, cherubims, thrones, dominations, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels and angels, by the great and giorious spirits orphaniel, tetra, pagiel, salmia, pastor, salun, azimor, and by your star which is jupiter, and by all the constellations of heaven, and by whatsoever you obey, and hy your character which you have given and proposed and confirmed, that you attend unto me according to the prayers and petitions which i have made unto almighty god, and that you forthwith send unto me one of your messengers who may willingly and truly and faithfully fulfil all my desires, wishes and c

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d other rosicrucian degrees conferred upon him in brussels. in 1936, he was initiated into the rose-croix kabalistique order and into the traditional martinist order of europe. he had previously been made a fellow of the andhra research university of india, which body had conferred upon him, because of his philosophic writings, the honorary degree of doctor of literature. he had also received the star and cross of science from the international academic council in 1939. on august 12, 1939, following the transition of dr. h. spencer lewis, further high powers of the office of imperator were transmitted to him, and he was duly and legally elected by the board of directors of the supreme grand lodge of the a.m.o.r.c. as imperator for this jurisdiction. in the early part of 1940, the supreme c

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him again."thegentleman departed in great derision of hodges, and went where he left his horse; when he came there he found the boy fast asleep upon the ground, the boy's arm in the bridle. he returns again to hodges, desiring his aid, being sorry for his former abuse. old will swore "begone, begone, go look for your horse" this business ended not so, for the malicious man brought hodges into the star chamber for sorcery, bound him over to the assizes, put hodges to great expence; but by means of the lord dudley, if i remember aright, or some other person thereabouts, he overcame the gentleman and was acquitted' and again lilly says 'i was very familiar with one sarah skelhorne, who had been speculatrix unto one arthur gaunt255 lett, about gray's inn, a very lewdfellow,professing physick;

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s. these include most of the deities who make up the ennead of heliopolis, and it is often argued that the pyramid texts largely represent the theology of the solar temple at heliopolis. a stellar element was also important in the pyramid texts. the king was destined to join the imperishable stars, and the god osiris was identified with the constellation of orion and the goddess isis with the dog star, sirius.20 the cult of osiris is hardly known before the fifth dynasty, but he gradually became the most important funerary god. one thing the pyramid texts are not is a collection of narrative myths. they do contain numerous allusions to myths, many of which are difficult to interpret. some passages include what have been called mythical statements. these give the bare outlines of an event t

the body of osiris and the eye of horus were divided. evil seemed to triumph, until the waxing of the moon completed these two symbols of beneficent power again. periodic eclipses of the moon were explained by myths such as that of seth taking the form of a black boar to swallow the eye of horus and being forced to expel it again. regular astronomical events such as the appearance of the morning star or the heliacal rising of sirius also feature in egyptian myth (see stars and planets in deities, themes, and concepts, but by far the most significant heavenly phenomenon was the daily rising and setting of the sun. the solar cycle the apparent movement of the sun across the sky was seen both as a life cycle and as a journey. the daily life cycle of the sun was more an extended metaphor than

derworld. after moving through the underworld reviving its inhabitants with his light, the sun would be reborn. each sunrise was a new beginning for the cosmos. in early times, this cycle could be described in more brutal terms.52 in the evening, the sun god died by being eaten by his mother, the sky goddess, and was replaced by a multitude of stars. in the morning, the reborn sun god ate all the star gods, staining the sky with their blood (the redness of dawn) and absorbing their power. the one god became many and the many gods became one, so life came out of death. other sources envisaged the sun god in an eternal voyage across the skies above and below the earth. at sunset, the day boat of the sun left the upper sky to be replaced by the barques for the moon and the stars (see boats in

in the jaws of the eater of souls. the fortunate spirits could take their place among the stars or among the followers of osiris, ra, thoth, or hathor, but they could not escape the cycles of destruction and renewal. the soul might experience life in the field of reeds, a paradise similar to egypt, but this was not a permanent state. when the night sun passed on, darkness and death returned. the star-spirits were destroyed at dawn and reborn mythical time lines 93 each night. even the evil dead, the enemies of ra, continuously came back to life like apophis so that they could be tortured and killed again. as the western souls, the justified dead formed part of the crew of the embattled boat of millions. they might be thought of as rowing or towing the sun boat or even defending it against

of chaos, the shining benu bird alighted on this primeval mound. its cry was the first sound ever heard. the earliest references to the benu bird seem to describe it as a yellow wagtail, but it was later shown as a type of heron (see figure 11. the word benu probably comes from an egyptian verb meaning to rise and shine. the benu bird may originally have been identified with venus as the morning star, making it the forerunner of the renewal of creation each dawn. the cry of the benu bird was the point at which time began. it was also the benu bird who would announce the end of time and the return of the world to chaos. from the pyramid texts onward, the benu bird was closely associated with the creator sun god. in heliopolis, the center of solar worship, the benu bird was said to perch on

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goddess, and above it is the vault of night, from which emerges the beetle of khepera when the boat of afu-ra comes to the pyramid, the beetle ceases to converse with the goddess of the apex, whose duty it is to pass on its words to seker, and betakes itself to the boat, and begins the revivification of afu-ra, who is led on without delay to the end of re-stau, where he is received by the morning star and the light of a new day. the image of seker, which has been described above, lives in thick darkness, and any light which is seen there proceeds from the "eyes of the heads of the great god whose flesh sendeth forth light" and the god himself lives upon the offerings which are made to the god temu upon earth. when afu-ra has passed by in his boat there is heard in the land of p. 136 [parag

, and their duty is to repulse the serpent apep. immediately in front of them is the serpent seba, on the head and back of which twelve human heads are seen; these make their appearance (vol. ii, p. 206 fl) at the coining of afu-ra, and the twelve gods who grasp the monster's body are exhorted to destroy them. the serpent is called seba, and apep, and hefau. beyond these groups of gods are twelve star-gods, who hold in their hands a long rope which is twisted round the neck of a god in mummied form called qan, or aqen, or naq (vol. ii, pp. 208, 209. to the left of the path of afu-ra is the god of the tuat, called tuati, who leans on a staff, and is in charge of the twelve mummies which lie on the back of the serpent nehep; the serpent has twenty-four lions' legs arranged at intervals (vol

egypt ehh index index previous next eleventh division of the tuat. i. kingdom of temu-khepera-ra according to the book am-tuat. the name of this division, or hour, or city, is re-en-qerert-apt-khatu, i.e "mouth of the circle which judgeth bodies" the name of its gate is sekhen-tuatiu, i.e "embracer of the gods of the tuat" and p. 176 the hour-goddess is sebit-nebt-uaa-khesefet-seb-em-pert-f, i.e "star, lady of the boat which repulseth seba at his appearance" this division of the tuat was very near the mountain of the sunrise, from which the newly-born sun-god would appear soon after day-break, and the knowledge of the gods in it, and of their forms and names, was believed to ensure to its possessor the power to emerge from the tuat as a spirit equipped for travelling with the sun-god over

after day-break, and the knowledge of the gods in it, and of their forms and names, was believed to ensure to its possessor the power to emerge from the tuat as a spirit equipped for travelling with the sun-god over the sky. the boat of afu-ra makes its way through this region, and on looking at it (vol. i, p. 233) we see on its prow a disk of light encircled by a serpent; the disk is that of the star pestu, and it "guideth this great god into the ways of the darkness which gradually lighteneth, and illumineth those who are on the earth" the boat is now towed by twelve gods, who employ as a rope the immensely long serpent mehen, the tail of which is supposed to be fastened to the front of the boat (vol. i, p. 235; so soon as they have towed the god to the end of this division, and he has s

er-hra-neb-tchetta, with the crown of the south on one head, and the crown of the north on the other. next come the god temu, his body, and his soul, the former in the shape of a serpent with two pairs of human legs and a pair of wings, and the latter in that of a man, with a disk on his head, and his hands stretched out to the wings (vol. i, p. 242. in front of these are the body and soul of the star-god shetu, who follows afu-ra and casts the living ones to him every day. all the other deities here represented assist the god in his passage, and help him to arrive on the horizon of the east. the region to the left of the boat is one of fire, and representations of it which we have in the book am-tuat and the book of gates may well have suggested the beliefs in a fiery hell that have come

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oth previous and more recent connections which could also be unravelled, but these are all subject to the aspersion of historical conjecture and will, for the present, to be withheld. i merely reiterate the point that the entire history of the sabbat lies within it's own circle; in our myths and rites there are footprints, the witchmarks of eld, which will reveal these secrets at such a time when star, heart and hearth are aligned a-right. there is a thread of ancient gnosis which lies in the hands of the sabbatic initiate whether he know it or not- it remains there to empower his work. we should however not neglect to mention egypt, for it is khem -the black land- that we derive the word which is oft' the first word in the magical rite and which i have given as the title for this article

in egypt that the role of stellar worship was at an apotheosis in recorded history; as man looked to the heavens there turned the great dragon about the zenith, marking out the year and tracing the ancient circle in the firmament of nu. from thence recall the dracontiae,-the circles of stone which mark the crossroads of hidden and secret tracks of force within the earth, reflecting the web of the star-lit heights; recall the crooked path which crosses the sacred isle of albion and lies throughout all the lands of the earth- where-e'er upon the serpents back is placed the witches' step! when next you tread the circle round, when next you face the quarters and call upon their guardians, remember the far-flung design of which you are a part; remember that the path upon which you now stand goe

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

enow was as he had left her the previous night; he then began busying himself with the sujet, as he calledfrosya. paying no further attention to us, he shook her by the hand, and then making a few rapid passesstretched out her arm and stiffened it. the arm as rigid as iron, remained in that position. he then closed allher fingers but one- the middle finger- which he caused to point at the evening star, which twinkled inthe deep blue sky. then he turned round and went over from right to left, throwing on some of his fluids here,again discharging them at another place; busying himself with his invisible but potent fluids, like a painterwith his brush when giving the last touches to a picture. nightmare talescan the double murder?3 the old lady, who had silently watched him, with her chin in

ng himself with his invisible but potent fluids, like a painterwith his brush when giving the last touches to a picture. nightmare talescan the double murder?3 the old lady, who had silently watched him, with her chin in her hand the while, put her thin,skeleton-looking hands on his arm and arrested it, as he was preparing himself to begin the regular mesmericpasses "wait" she whispered "till the star is set and the ninth hour completed. the vourdalaki are hovering round;they may spoil the influence "what does she say" enquired the mesmerizer, annoyed at her interference. i explained to him that the old lady feared the pernicious influences of the vourdalaki "vourdalaki! what's that- the vourdalaki" exclaimed the frenchman "let us be satisfied with christianspirits, if they honour us to-ni

ts lulled! a solemn silence reigns in nature. alone the silvery, scarcely audible ripple of the wave, as itruns caressingly over the moist sand, kissing shells and pebbles on its up and down journey, reaches the earlike the regular soft breathing of a sleeping bosom. how small, how insignificant and helpless feels man,during these quiet hours, as he stands between the two gigantic magnitudes, the star-hung dome above, andthe slumbering earth below. heaven and earth are plunged in sleep, but their souls are awake, and theyconfabulate, whispering one to the other mysteries unspeakable. it is then that the occult side of nature liftsher dark veils for us, and reveals secrets we would vainly seek to extort from her during the day. thefirmament, so distant, so far away from earth, now seems to

or the time being forget the agony of the pain that racked my swollen arm and rheumatical body. over the windows was creeping a mist; a dense, heavy, serpentine, whitish mist, that looked like the hugeshadow of a gigantic boa slowly uncoiling its body. gradually it disappeared, to leave a lustrous light, softand silvery, as though the window-panes behind reflected a thousand moonbeams, a tropical star-lit sky--first from outside, then from within the empty rooms. next i saw the mist elongating itself and throwing, as itwere, a fairy bridge across the street from the bewitched windows to my own balcony, nay, to my very ownbed. as i continued gazing, the wall and windows and the opposite house itself, suddenly vanished. thespace occupied by the empty rooms had changed into the interior of an

s bosom, and, fixinghis gaze upon the bright spot, became as motionless as a stone image. i, too, riveted my eyes on the samespot, wondering what was to happen next, and how all this strange ceremony was to help me to find ralph. by degrees, the bright patch, as if it had drawn through the sunbeam a greater splendour from without andcondensed it within its own area, shaped itself into a brilliant star, sending out rays in every direction as froma focus. a curious optical effect then occurred: the room, which had been previously partially lighted by the sunbeam,grew darker and darker as the star increased in radiance, until we found ourselves in an egyptian gloom. thestar twinkled, trembled and turned, at first with a slow gyratory motion, then faster and faster, increasing itscircumference

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

nics, who have the researches of modern scientific psychologists to back them-we call reminiscence the memory of the soul. and it is this memory which gives the assurance to almost every human being, whether he understands it or not, of his having lived before and having to live again. indeed, as wordsworth has it: our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting, the soul that rises with us, our life's star, hath elsewhere had its setting, and cometh from afar. q. if it is on this kind of memory-poetry and abnormal fancies, on your own confession-that you base your doctrine, then you will convince very few, i am afraid. a. i did not "confess" it was a fancy. i simply said that physiologists and scientists in general regard such reminiscences as hallucinations and fancy, to which learned conclusi

swedenborg. he became a mystic in 1743, and four years later (in 1747) resigned his office (of assessor extraordinary to the college of mines) and gave himself up entirely to mysticism. he died in 1772. page 169 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt taijas (sans) from tejas "fire" meaning the "radiant" the "luminous" and referring to the manasa-rupa "the body of manas" also to the stars, and the star-like shining envelopes. a term in vedanta philosophy, having other meanings besides the occult signification just given. taraka raja-yoga (sans) one of the brahmanical yoga systems, the most philosophical, and in fact the most secret of all, as its real tenets are never given out publicly. it is a purely intellectual and spiritual school of training. tetragrammaton (gr) the deity-name in four

HEPTAMERON

n of a circle. of the circle, and the composition thereof. the form of circles is not alwaies one and the same; but useth to be changed, according to the order of the spirits that are to be called, their places, times, daies and hours. for in making a circle, it ought to be considered in what time of the year, what day, and what hour, that you make the circle; what spirits you would call, to what star and region they do belong, and what functions they have. therefore let there be made three circles of the latitude of nine foot, and let them be distant one from another a hands breadth; and in the middle circle, first, write the name of the hour wherein you do the work. in the second place, write the name of the angel of the hour. in the third place, the sigil of the angel of the hour. fourt

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

ogether to experiment with the possibilities of the new current. with the demise of the new equinox, the chaos kids reported their results and heresies in the pages of chris bray s new magazine, the lamp of thoth. the early chaos books were joined by two tapes the chaos concept which discussed the basics of chaos magic, and the chaochamber, a science-fiction pathworking which combined elements of star trek, michael moorcock, and h.g. wells. chris bray s sorceror s apprentice press then re-released, liber null, the book of results, as well as two new books, pete carroll s psychonaut, and ray sherwin s the theatre of magic. these, together with articles from the growing chaos corpus in the lot, drew more people into experimenting with the new approach. thanks to the efforts of ralph tegtmeie

d mal appointed each other high priest of his own madness, and declared 24 phil hine themselves each to be a society of discordia, whatever that may be. greater poop: is eris true? malaclypse: everything is true. gp: even false things? mal: even false things are true. gp: how can that be? mal: i don t know man, i didn t do it. eris has since climbed her way from historical footnote to mythic mega-star, and the discordian movement, if such a thing can be said to exist, is growing on both sides of the atlantic, helped by the discordian tactic of declaring that everyone is a genuine pope. more people are getting into the idea of a religion based on the celebration of confusion and madness. the central greek myth that eris figures prominently in is the ever-continuing soap opera of mount olymp

dad, mecca, jerusalem, and some other places. he is patron of the season of aftermath. 28 phil hine spiral pentagrams this bit explains the spiral pentagrams referred to in the discordian opening rite. the traditional pentagram is a very solid, geometrical figure- i find its association with banishing to be very appropriate. so what, i thought one day would happen if i started using a fivepointed star made up of curves? you can see the result of a few minutes with a compass (it took ages on the computer) below. unlike the traditional pentagram, which has a pentagon shape in its centre, this one repeats the petal formation. so when i draw it (and they re a bugger to draw in the air at first, i visualise the outer petals spinning clockwise, and the inner petals spinning anti-clockwise (no pa

an be seen as a matrix of information into which we can pour emotional energy- we do as much, when we become so engrossed in watching a play, film, or tv programme that for a moment, it becomes real for us, and invokes appropriate emotions. much of what we see served up on the silver screen is powerful mythic images& situations, repackaged for modern tastes, which is a cue to start going on about star trek. more people are familiar with the universe of star trek than any of the mystery religions. it s a fairly safe bet that more people are going to know who mr. spock is, than who know who lugh is. the star trek universe has a high fantasy content, and seemingly few points of contact with our everyday worlds of experience. yet star trek is a modern, mythic reflection of our psychology. the

antasy content, and seemingly few points of contact with our everyday worlds of experience. yet star trek is a modern, mythic reflection of our psychology. the characters embody specific qualities- spock is logical, sulu is a often portrayed as a martial figure, scotty is a master builder, and kirk is an arbitrator, forever seeking resolution of conflict through peaceful means. as we get into the star trek universe, we find greater depth and subtlety. we find that the universe has its own rules which the characters are subject to, and is internally consistent. each episode, we may find that we are being given insights into the personal world of a key character. like our everyday worlds, the universe of star trek has a boundary beyond which is the unknown- the future, unexplored space, the

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james gleick ssotbme- ramsay dukes azoetia- andrew d. chumbley stealing the fire from heaven- stephen mace by the same author: prime chaos available from chaos international publications bm sorcery, london wc1n 3xx, uk. price $20 including post& why and waste hundreds of dollars on on bogus 'astral' initiations and ridiculously overpriced correspondence courses? the hermetic order of the morning star presently doing business as the esoteric order of the golden dawn, originally known as the eternal golden dawn (then the hermetic order of the golden dawn international, has for years been milking vast sums of money from innocent individuals from remote areas who were seeking traditional initiation in the golden dawn. what many of these individuals actually received (some of whom ended up pay

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e godolphin school at hammersmith. his first employment was as a clerk in a stockbroker's office( c. 1875-86) and in the latter year founded his own small stockbroking firm. he married in c. 1885 his parents were both addicted to spiritualism and he made a record of seances held at their home in 1878-9 when a certain joseph was the medium' on one occasion 'f.l.g. was slightly controlled by silver star- the latter was no doubt one of the countless red indians who manifested themselves as 'spirit guides 'and tried all he could to expel the influence by making passes over the medium. he was one of many who joined the theosophical society when madame blavatsky arrived in london. he preserved two sheets of paper with an automatic script message scribbled in an unidentified handwriting. it begin

tise on trees, shrubs, and plants, etc, for the cure of diseases and ailments, of the human system (without medicine) by sympathy (positive and negative) on the soul plane, by "charubel (the great seer, a collegian who trained for the gospel 60 years ago, gave his whole life up for the love of nature and the study of the supernatural elements &c &c. author of the zodiac symbolised, the north pole star and region, the seer critic, the geozonic spheres, the occultist, astrographical revelations, psychological experiences &c' dear sir& bro [i.e, f. l. gardner, your letter by second post today. i can scarcely do more than acknowledge it today. i am absolutely harrassed by work &c. preparatory to going to london next week partly on occult matters and partly on a private business. 1 i must ask y

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

he pacific. they all died vast epochs of time before men came, but there were arts which could revive them when the stars had come round again to the right positions in the cycle of eternity. they had, indeed, come themselves from the stars, and brought their images with them. these great old ones, castro continued, were not composed altogether of flesh and blood. they had shape- for did not this star-fashioned image prove it- but that shape was not made of matter. when the stars were right, they could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, they could not live. but although they no longer lived, they would never really die. they all lay in stone houses in their great city of r'lyeh, preserved by the spells of mighty cthulhu for a glorious surrection when

n assumed a heightened vividness and darkened with dread of a giant monster's malign pursuit, whilst an architect had gone mad and a sculptor had lapsed suddenly into delirium! and what of this storm of april 2nd- the date on which all dreams of the dank city ceased, and wilcox emerged unharmed from the bondage of strange fever? what of all this- and of those hints of old castro about the sunken, star-born old ones and their coming reign; their faithful cult and their mastery of dreams? was i tottering on the brink of cosmic horrors beyond man's power to bear? if so, they must be horrors of the mind alone, for in some way the second of april had put a stop to whatever monstrous menace had begun its siege of mankind's soul. that evening, after a day of hurried cabling and arranging, i bade

ve that the needs of his studies would carry him to many places, but he promised to write his parents fully and faithfully. when they saw he could not be dissuaded, they ceased all opposition and helped as best they could; so that in june the young man sailed for liverpool with the farewell blessings of his father and mother, who accompanied him to boston and waved him out of sight from the white star pier in charlestown. letters soon told of his safe arrival, and of his securing good quarters in great russell street, london; where he proposed to stay, shunning all family friends, till he had exhausted the resources of the british museum in a certain direction. of his daily life he wrote by little, for there was little to write. study and experiment consumed all his time, and he mentioned

was surprisingly scant, and was dealt with through highly efficient policing. punishments ranged from privilege deprivation and imprisonment to death or major emotion wrenching, and were never administered without a careful study of the criminal's inotivations. warfare, largely civil for the last few millennia though sometimes waged against reptilian or octopodic invaders, or against the winged, star-headed old ones who centered in the antarctic, was infrequent though infinitely devastating. an enormous army, using camera-like weapons which produced tremendous electrical effects, was kept on hand for purposes seldom mentioned, but obviously connected with the ceaseless fear of the dark, windowless elder ruins and of the great sealed trap-doors in the lowest subterranean levels. this fear

o this monstrous megalopolis of old in the millions of years since the time of my dreams? of the subterrene mazes which had underlain the city and linked all the titan towers, how much had still survived the writhings of earth's crust? had i come upon a whole buried world of unholy archaism? could i still find the house of the writing master, and the tower where s'gg'ha, the captive mind from the star-headed vegetable carnivores of antarctica, had chiselled certain pictures on the blank spaces of the walls? would the passage at the second level down, to the hall of the alien minds, be still unchoked and traversable? in that hall the captive mind of an incredible entity- a half- plastic denizen of the hollow interior of an unknown trans-plutonian planet eighteen million years in the future

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

es. not many specimens affected. am sending to camp for electric torches. will extend search area underground by hacking away stalactites "still later. have found peculiar soapstone fragment about six inches across and an inch and a half thick, wholly unlike any visible local formation- greenish, but no evidences to place its period. has curious smoothness and regularity. shaped like five-pointed star with tips broken off, and signs of other cleavage at inward angles and in center of su.rface. small, smooth depression in center of unbroken surface. arouses much curiosity as to source and weathering. probably some freak of water action. carroll, with magnifier, thinks he can make out additional markings of geologic significance. groups of tiny dots in regular patterns. dogs growing uneasy a

, douglas. matter of highest- i might say transcendent- importance. arkham must relay to kingsport head station at once. strange barrel growth is the archaean thing that left prints in rocks. mills, boudreau, and fowler discover cluster of thirteen more at underground point forty feet from aperture. mixed with curiously rounded and configured soapstone fragments smaller than one previously found- star-shaped, but no marks of breakage except at some of the points "of organic specimens, eight apparently perfect, with all appendages. have brought all to surface, leading off dogs to distance. they cannot stand the things. give close attention to description and repeat back for accuracy papers must get this right "objects are eight feet long all over. six-foot, five-ridged barrel torso three an

ght again of the eldritch primal myths that had so persistently haunted me since my first sight of this dead antarctic world- of the demoniac plateau of leng, of the mi-go, or abominable snow men of the himalayas, of the pnakotic manuscripts with their prehuman implications, of the cthulhu cult, of the necronomicon, and of the hyperborean legends of formless tsathoggua and the worse than formless star spawn associated with that semientity. for boundless miles in every direction the thing stretched off with very little thinning; indeed, as our eyes followed it to the right and left along the base of the low, gradual foothills which separated it from the actual mountain rim, we decided that we could see no thinning at all except for an interruption at the left of the pass through which we ha

ns; such as the carvings on the canyon where that broad river had once pierced the foothills and approached its sinking place in the great range. the headlands at the stream s entrance had been boldly carved into cyclopean pylons; and something about the ridgy, barrel-shaped designs stirred up oddly vague, hateful, and confusing semi-remembrances in both danforth and me. we also came upon several star-shaped open spaces, evidently public squares, and noted various undulations in the terrain. where a sharp hill rose, it was generally hollowed out into some sort of rambling-stone edifice; but there were at least two exceptions. of these latter, one was too badly weathered to disclose what had been on the jutting eminence, while the other still bore a fantastic conical monument carved out of

a huge, roofless rampart still complete in its gigantic five-pointed outline and rising to an irregular height of ten or eleven feet. for this latter we headed; and when at last we were actually able to touch its weathered cyclopean blocks, we felt that we had established an unprecedented and almost blasphemous link with forgotten aeons normally closed to our species. this rampart, shaped like a star and perhaps three hundred feet from point to point, was built of jurassic sandstone blocks of irregular size, averaging 6 x 8 feet in surface. there was a row of arched loopholes or windows about four feet wide and five feet high, spaced quite symmetrically along the points of the star and at its inner angles, and with the bottoms about four feet from the glaciated surface. looking through th

HP LOVECRAFT BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP

rus, and dwelt in the bodies of the insect-philosophers that crawl proudly over the fourth moon of jupiter. how little does the earth self know life and its extent! how little, indeed, ought it to know for its own tranquility "of the oppressor i cannot speak. you on earth have unwittingly felt its distant presence- you who without knowing idly gave the blinking beacon the name of algol, the demon-star it is to meet and conquer the oppressor that i have vainly striven for eons, held back by bodily encumbrances. tonight i go as a nemesis bearing just and blazingly cataclysmic vengeance. watch me in the sky close by the demon-star "i cannot speak longer, for the body of joe slater grows cold and rigid, and the coarse brains are ceasing to vibrate as i wish. you have been my only friend on thi

whose fantastic notions must have come from the crude hereditary folk-tales which circulated in even the most decadent of communities. all this he tells me- yet i cannot forget what i saw in the sky on the night after slater died. lest you think me a biased witness, another pen must add this final testimony, which may perhaps supply the climax you expect. i will quote the following account of the star nova persei verbatim from the pages of that eminent astronomical authority, professor garrett p. serviss "on february 22, 1901, a marvelous new star was discovered by doctor anderson of edinburgh, not very far from algol. no star had been visible at that point before. within twenty-four hours the stranger had become so bright that it outshone capella. in a week or two it had visibly faded, an

HP LOVECRAFT POETRY AND THE GODS

melody of numbers; but it had in it all the unstudied music of a bard who lives and feels, who gropes ecstatically for unveiled beauty. devoid of regularity, it yet had the harmony of winged, spontaneous words, a harmony missing from the formal, convention-bound verse she had known. as she read on, her surroundings gradually faded, and soon there lay about her only the mists of dream, the purple, star-strewn mists beyond time, where only gods and dreamers walk. moon over japan, white butterfly moon! where the heavy-lidded buddhas dream to the sound of the cuckoo s call. the white wings of moon butterflies flicker down the streets of the city, blushing into silence the useless wicks of sound-lanterns in the hands of girls moon over the tropics, a white-curved bud opening its petals slowly i

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he strain is "fit for the gods? and as she speaks there comes again a vision of parnassus and the far-off sound of a mighty voice saying, by his word shall thy steps be guided to happiness, and in his dreams of beauty shall thy spirit find all that it craveth" 1998-1999 william johns last modified: 12/18/1999 18:4419polaris by h.p. lovecraft 1918 into the north window of my chamber glows the pole star with uncanny light. all through the long hellish hours of blackness it shines there. and in the autumn of the year, when the winds from the north curse and whine, and the red-leaved trees of the swamp mutter things to one another in the small hours of the morning under the horned waning moon, i sit by the casement and watch that star. down from the heights reels the glittering cassiopeia as t

moon, i sit by the casement and watch that star. down from the heights reels the glittering cassiopeia as the hours wear on, while charles' wain lumbers up from behind the vapour-soaked swamp trees that sway in the night wind. just before dawn arcturus winks ruddily from above the cemetary on the low hillock, and coma berenices shimmers weirdly afar off in the mysterious east; but still the pole star leers down from the same place in the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey. sometimes, when it is cloudy, i can sleep. well do i remember the night of the great aurora, when over the swamp played the shocking corruscations of the daemon light. after the beam came c

still and somnolent did it lie, on a strange plateau in a hollow between strange peaks. of ghastly marble were its walls and its towers, its columns, domes, and pavements. in the marble streets were marble pillars, the upper parts of which were carven into the images of grave bearded men. the air was warm and stirred not. and overhead, scarce ten degrees from the zenith, glowed that watching pole star. long did i gaze on the city, but the day came not. when the red aldebaran, which blinked low in the sky but never set, had crawled a quarter of the way around the horizon, i saw light and motion in the houses and the streets. forms strangely robed, but at once noble and familiar, walked abroad and under the horned waning moon men talked wisdom in a tongue which i understood, though it was un

waked, i was not as i had been. upon my memory was graven the vision of the city, and within my soul had arisen another and vaguer recollection, of whose nature i was not then certain. thereafter, on the cloudy nights when i could not sleep, i saw the city often; sometimes under the hot, yellow rays of a sun which did not set, but which wheeled low in the horizon. and on the clear nights the pole star leered as never before. gradually i came to wonder what might be my place in that city on the strange plateau betwixt strange peaks. at first content to view the scene as an all-observant uncorporeal presence, i now desired to define my relation to it, and to speak my mind amongst the grave men who conversed each day in the public squares. i said to myself "this is no dream, for by what means

he scene as an all-observant uncorporeal presence, i now desired to define my relation to it, and to speak my mind amongst the grave men who conversed each day in the public squares. i said to myself "this is no dream, for by what means can i prove the greater reality of that other life in the house of stone and brick south of the sinister swamp and the cemetery on the low hillock, where the pole star peeps into my north window each night" one night as i listened to the discourses in the large square containing many statues, i felt a change; and perceived that i had at last a bodily form. nor was i a stranger in the streets of olathoe, which lies on the plateau of sarkia, betwixt the peaks of noton and kadiphonek. it was my friend alos who spoke, and his speech was one that pleased my soul

HP LOVECRAFT THE CALL OF CTHULHU

the pacific. they all died vast epochs of time before man came, but there were arts which could revive them when the stars had come round again to the right positions in the cycle of eternity. they had, indeed, come themselves from the stars, and brought their images with them. these great old ones, castro continued, were not composed altogether of flesh and blood. they had shape for did not this star-fashioned image prove it- but that shape was not made of matter. when the stars were right, they could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, they could not live. but although they no longer lived, they would never really die. they all lay in stone houses in their great city of r'lyeh preserved by the spells of mighty cthulhu for a glorious resurrection whe

men assumed a heightened vividness and darkened with dread of a giant monster's malign pursuit, whilst an architect had gone mad and a sculptor had lapsed suddenly into delirium! and what of this storm of 2 april- the date on which all dreams of the dank city ceased, and wilcox emerged unharmed from the bondage of strange fever? what of all this- and of those hints of old castro about the sunken, star-born old ones and their coming reign; their faithful cult and their mastery of dreams? was i tottering on the brink of cosmic horrors beyond man's power to bear? if so, they must be horrors of the mind alone, for in some way the second of april had put a stop to whatever monstrous menace had begun its seige of mankind's soul. that evening, after a day of hurried cabling and arranging, i bade

HP LOVECRAFT THE CRAWLING CHAOS

it had ever conquered. from the new-flooded lands it flowed again, uncovering death and decay; and from its ancient and immemorial bed it trickled loathsomely, uncovering nighted secrets of the years when time was young and the gods unborn. above the waves rose weedy remembered spires. the moon laid pale lilies of light on dead london, and paris stood up from its damp grave to be sanctified with star-dust. then rose spires and monoliths that were weedy but not remembered; terrible spires and monoliths of lands that men never knew were lands. there was not any pounding now, but only the unearthly roaring and hissing of waters tumbling into the rift. the smoke of that rift had changed to steam, and almost hid the world as it grew denser and denser. it seared my face and hands, and when i lo

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

ave sent you as one who would lately have returned to small lands of dream which he had lost, yet who with greater freedom has risen to greater and nobler desires and curiosities. you wished to sail up golden oukranos, to search out forgotten ivory cities in orchid-heavy kied, and to reign on the opal. throne of ilek-vad, whose fabulous towers and. numberless domes rise mighty toward a single red star in a firmament alien to your earth and to all matter. now, with the passing of two gates, you wish loftier things. you would not flee like a child from a scene disliked to a dream beloved, but would plunge like a man into that last and inmost of secrets which lies behind all scenes and dreams "what you wish, i have found good; and i am ready to grant that which i have granted eleven times onl

still remoter worlds with which the clawed, snouted denizens trafficked. there was no time for fear. as at all crises of his strange life, sheer cosmic curiosity triumphed over everything else. when the waves resumed their awesome pulsing, carter knew that his terrible request was granted. the being was telling him of the nighted gulfs through which he would have to pass of the unknown quintuple star in an unsuspected galaxy around which the alien world revolved, and of the burrowing inner horrors against which the clawed, snouted race of that world perpetually fought. it told him, too, of how the angle of his personal consciousness-plane, and the angle of his consciousness-plane regarding the space-time elements of the sought-for world, would have to be tilted simultaneously in order to

ntary stillness tense with nameless and dreadful expectancy. then, without warning, came a whirring and drumming that swelled to a terrific thundering. once again carter felt himself the focal point of an intense concentration of energy which smote and hammered and seared unbearably in the now-familiar rhythm of outer space, and which he could not classify as either the blasting heat of a blazing star, or the all-petrifying cold of the ultimate abyss. bands and rays of colour utterly foreign to any spectrum of our universe played and wove and interlaced before him, and he was conscious of a frightful velocity of motion. he caught one fleeting glimpse of a figure sitting alone upon a cloudy throne more hexagonal than otherwise. chapter six as the hindoo paused in his story he saw that de ma

addith of the inconceivable future. he took care, too, to assemble a large supply of the drugs- unobtainable on earth- which would keep his zkauba-facet in abeyance till he might shed the yaddith body, nor did he neglect a small store of gold for earthly use. the starting-day was a time of doubt and apprehension. carter climbed up to his envelope-platform, on the pretext of sailing for the triple star nython, and crawled into the sheath of shining metal. he had just room to perform the ritual of the silver key, and as he did so he slowly started the levitation of his envelope. there was an appalling seething and darkening of the day, and hideous racking of pain. the cosmos seemed to reel irresponsibly, and the other constellations danced in a black sky. all at once carter felt a new equili

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

when she marries, and furthermore, she has changed her name. elizabeth taylor for an example of how a married woman changes when her numerical representation is altered by marriage, let's examine a well known case, a woman with lots of experience in the field- in marriage, not numerology, that is: elizabeth taylor. elizabeth is a number seven and taylor is a number one, so elizabeth taylor, girl star, is a number eight, ruled by mars, an influence that has to do with conquests, victory, determination and strength. this is on top of her first-name proclivity for the uranus seven, a very exciting, adventuresome, intuitive, high-strung personality, which does describe elizabeth taylor. then she finds herself married, in succession, to conrad hilton, which turns her into a number five as eliz

rton (burton vibrates to number nine, she becomes a number seven, which elizabeth is anyway. it's the uranus number, so with burton she is elizabeth, period. she is not elizabeth taylor and she is not even elizabeth burton. she is herself for the first time in this particular situation. it feeds her. it allows for growth because she is free. for the first time in her life she is what she is. as a star elizabeth taylor burton vibrates to the number eight. we know to begin with that elizabeth taylor vibrated to the number eight, so being mrs burton has allowed her to be elizabeth taylor, and if there's anything to numerology at all, she has become herself with this last marriage. the planetary patterns coincide with particular events. not necessarily because the planets themselves influence

ven though i sometimes get impatient with the writers. these are real people who write to me, either as a result of television appearances, two-way radio broadcast programmes, or through my syndicated newspaper column "sorcery, spells, symbols and stars" dear scorpio, you may not be, as you stated so clearly in your letter "enough josephine for his napoleon" but you should be credited with a gold star and a capital e for the effort. yes there are ways to determine emotional compatibility within the frame work of astrology, but i am afraid i am at a loss to deal with this situation. according to astrology the position of mars and venus in the two horoscopes may be used as a basis for comparing the male and female qualities between the partners. however in the relationship you have outlined

who hang around the columbus circle. 2. sorry, i have heard of some faint hearts. but never a blasted one! 3. as for gauffridi and charlotte cadiere. i prefer to make no comment. besides i had nothing to do with them anyway. 4. the last act of the witches sabbeth and the talkmongers have me stumped too. but, you might check with jesse unruh and see what he can come up with. 5. i'd say that's the star of david with an arrow going through it. and last but not least: if it's o.k. with you i would just as soon not incriminate myself concerning the grand bois, carrafour, cematiere, and the damb-allah. are you sure you won't settle for the griffith observatory, pershing square, forest lawn and the los angeles city hall? i guess by your description i am not a very 'good' witch! but, if what you

n would never travel to outer space. and now, what's beyond that? witches employ a strange power that they think they have explained to themselves. they know witchcraft works, but how much untapped power there is in the human mind, and where it comes from, may be things beyond explanation in terms of mere supernormal energy forces. the mysteries of the mind are as vast and unknown as the farthest star in the darkest skies. and it is only recently that man has learned to fhethe induction charm and the initiation (initiation stream i) copyright 2005 by robin artisson from the witching way of the hollow hill this initiation is the key to gaining the bond between the powers and the witch who wishes to access the workings described in this book on a deeper level. this is the pact you must take

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

tion into the air. instead of being whirled into the air, one can imagine oneself being light as a feather and being pushed of the earth. this is left to the concentration of every individual. after several attempts the magician will find out for himself which method is best suitable for him. if the magician thus ascends mentally, he will climb higher and higher until the earth looks like a small star, and while being completely removed from the globe and floating in the universe, he concentrates on the wish that his guide might appear before him or that he might be drawn toward the guide. if not instantly, then certainly after some trials, the guide or guardian angel or whatever you may call him will become visible to the magician. the first meeting with his spiritual leader will make a d

ISIS UNVEILED

other parts less comdy, of the body of christ "a monk of st. antony" says stephens "having been at jerusa- lem, saw there several relics, among which was a bit of tht finger of the holy ohott, as sound and entire as it had ever been; the snout of the seraph that appeared to st. francis; one of the nails of a cherub; one of the ribs of the verbum euro factum (the word made fiesh; some rays of the star that appeared to the three kings of the east; a phial of st. michael's sweat, that exuded when he was fitting against the devil, etc 'all which things' observes the monkish treasurer of relics 'i have thought home with me very devoutly" and if the foregoing is set aside as the invention of a protestant enemy, may we not be allowed to refer the reader to the history of eng- land and authentic

and run away with this hoty [eurdaed] wattr. eagle in cfaaiu, obey thia aign, and retreat bdon the breath. moving aerpent, crawl at my feet, or be tortured by titii toured fire, and ev^kirate before this holy incense. let wato' return to water itbe elemental spirit of waterji let the fire bom, and the air drculate; let the earth return to earth by the tirtue o( the pentagram, which i* the homing star, and in the name of the tetiagnmmaton which is tiaced in the cen- ter of tt ciwm cf lighl anun" it is unnecessary to try the patience of the reader any longer, althou^ we might multiply examples. it must not be forgotten that we have quoted from the latest revision of the ritual, that of 1851-2. if we were to go back to the former one we should find a far more striking identity, not merely of

namely. binah, geburah, hod, are named the imllar of judgment; while the four s^hiroth of the center kether. tiphereth, yeaod, and malkhuth are cafled the middle pillar. and as mackenzie in the boj/al miuonie cudopatdia shows "there is an analogy in these three pillars to the three pillari of wisdom, strength, tad beauty in a cinft lodge of masonry, while the ain-soph fomis the mysterious biasing star, or mystk light of the east (p- 407- digitizecoy google 21s bis dnvbited wisdou, sometimes the son, veiy often god, angel, lord, and logos" the latter is sometimes applied to the very first emanation, but in several systems it proceeds from the firat androgjrne or double ray pro- duced at the beginning by the unseen. fhilo depicts this wisdom as male and female* but though its first manifesta

eople of israel. he rejects their bumt-oserings and will not listen to their prayers, but inquires of amos "have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, o house of israel "but ye have borne the tabernacles of your moloch and chiun your images, the god (v, 25, 26. who are moloch and chiun but baal-satum-siva, and chiun, kivan, the same satiu-n whose star the israelites had niade to themselves? there seems no escape in this case; all these duties are identical. llie same in the cose of the numerous logoi. while the zoroastriao sosiosh is framed on the tenth br&hmanical avatar, and the fifth buddha of the followers of gautama; and while we find the former, after having passed part and parcel into the kabalistic system of king messiah, re- flect

been hanged, he was lapidated and buried under the water at thejjunction of two itreama. mukruui svuudrin, vi, 4; tatnud at babylon, tame article^ 4s a, 67 a (cited bf e. renau) 661. cofhe legend* tf uu cneifixion, mss. xi. 662. tne engraving represents the talisman as of twice the natural die. we are at a kaa to ondentand wby king, in bii 'gnostic genu' r^reseota solomon's seal as m flve-pointed star, wb naa it is six-pointed, and is the sigikt of vishnu, in india the ommmw. tie p. 388i 2nd ed. digitizecoy google 2h isis unveiled and still higher, the four chaldaic letters yod, he, vau, he, laho, which form the name of the deity. these are arranged in quite an un- usual way, running from below upward, in reversed order, and forming the egyptian tau. around these there is a legend which, a

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

ourishes our mental body as it carries with it light codes and light packets of information from the source of supreme intelligence that many call god. diagram 6: the ancient wisdom s three fold flame of violet light is said to exist in our heart chakra. traditional diagram above left. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 63 the tao, the violet light& the north star: in the teachings of the ancient tao, it is said that the violet light spectrum comes to our physical earth through the fixed point of the north star and that when we connect with this star we are free from the pull of the natural life/death cycles of the earth. the taoist talk about the source of supreme nourishment as wu chi, a centre of universal energy from which both heaven and earth are

a and the lower tan tien which is our sacral chakra and that when tuned, these three energy centers connect the heaven and earth within us. the tao heart has seven layers, seven electromagnetic fields and seven states of compassion. in his free booklet on darkness technology mantak chia writes on page 7: the emanation of infrared light of the big dipper, combined with the violet rays of the north star, has a positive, nurturing effect upon the bodies and minds of those who know how to access it. taoists believe that the violet star, the big dipper and the other constellations form the gates of heaven. all living things must pass through these gates to return to their source of origin, the wu chi, which is the state of oneness with the tao. according to dimensional biofield science, the tao

fluid and electrolyte balance, but also body weight via a process of dynamic equilibrium. consequently, when the pineal gland is flooded with violet light and activated and connected with the hypothalamus, via light streams and programming codes, then the reality that we can consciously program perfect weight into the body appears quite natural. another interesting taoist point is that the north star controls some 500 billion stars of which earth is one and that the universe has 6 trillion plus stars which equals and mirrors our body s 6 trillion plus cells. one of the most interesting points i have discovered with the taoist teachings is that they say that only the violet light can be successfully programmed. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 64 in

r crown and brow chakras. while the pituitary gland produces the divine amrita, the pineal gland produces a substance called pinoline which also tunes the brain to the theta. delta zone. when activated and tuned to the theta. delta wave these glands act as cosmic transmission stations allowing us to feed more successfully on the violet light radiation, that also streams not just through the north star, but through our sun which acts as a giant radiating grid point that downloads the transmissions from the central sun of the inner realms. successful level 3 nourishment is dependant on the activation of these glands. dr shah writes of these glands: while going through the details of recent scientific literature and also comparing it with ancient indian spiritual texts, as well as western occ

e. take 3 deep breaths. breathe deeply, finely and evenly through your nostrils. now let s go off planet and take this cleansing and release to a galactic and interdimensional level. imagine now more circles forming around these circles of beings with whom you have some sort of non-supportive karmic imbalance, but that these new circles are beings with whom you have shared from lifetimes in other star systems. sirius, pleiades, orion, arcturius and so forth. just keep imagining that on the inner plane, circle upon circles are now forming around you of beings with whom you have shared and co-created some sort of energy imbalance right back through time to when you originally began to feel that you were separate from others. breathe deeply. perhaps you have cleared most of these imbalances a

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ead to; but being a man, though a rustic and a clown, of courage, and most probably urged by his idea that the staircase led to some secret repository where treasure lay buried, he descended the first few steps cautiously, and tried to peer in vain down into the darkness. this seemed impenetrable; but there was some object at a vast, cold distance below. looking up to the fresh air and seeing the star venus the evening star shining suddenly like a planet, in encouraging, unexpected brilliancy, although the sky had still some beautiful placid sunset light in it, the puzzled man left the upper ground, and descended silently a fair, though a somewhat broken, staircase. here, at an angle, as near as he could judge, of a hundred feet underground, he came upopn a square landing-place, with a nic

ough courageous, was superstitious. but, notwithstanding some fits of fear, the countryman went on, and at a much lower angle he met a wall in his face; but, making a turn to the right, with singular credit to his nerves, the explorer went down again. and now he saw at a vast distance below, at the foot of a deeper staircase of stone, a steady though a pale light. this was shining up as if from a star, or coming from the centre of the earth. cheered by this light, though absolutely astounded nay, frightened at thus discovering light, whether natural or artificial, in the deep bowels of the earth, the man again descended, meeting a thin, humid trail of light, as it looked, mounting up the centre line of the shining though mouldering old stairs, which apparently had not been pressed by a foo

ty captive" recommend to the judicious consideration of close and experienced observers. fig. 8. the templar banner: the famous beauseant. fig. 9. fig. 8 is the symbol, or hook, of saturn, the colour of whom, in the heraldic configuration, is sab, sable, or black, divided, party per pale, with the opening light of the first crescent moon of the post-diluvian world* fig. 9 is the same* the shining star as the harbinger in the moon's embrace. meaning the divine post-diluvian remission and reconciliation. thus the sublime mahometan mythic device or cognisance the crescent of the new moon (lying on her back, and the shining star in this display: or rather the new moon, as thus" the beaus ant of the templars. 51 grandly mystic banner, denominated beaus ant( beau- s ant, revealing a whole occult

dinous cunning (so to speak, wherever the condemned material, tissues reach, puzzled the thoughtful ancients as to its meaning. this they considered the convicted adversary, or lucifer, lord of light that is, material light eldest son of the morning. morning, indeed! dawning with its light from behind that forbidden tree of the knowledge of good and evil. what is this shame, urged the the morning star. 59 philosophers, this reddening, however good and beautiful, and especially the ornament of the young and inexperienced and of children, who are newest from the real, glowing countenance of deity, with the bloom of the first angelic world scarcely yet fading from off their cherub faces, gradually darkening and hardening in the degradation and iniquity of being here as presences in this world

out saints sight sought even to surpass in seeming a further and truer, because a more solid and a more sensible, glory. the apostate, real-born lucifer is so named as the intensest spirit of light, because he is of the things that perish, and of the things that to mind because they are all of matter have the most of glory! thus is one of the names of the devil, the very eldest-born and brightest star of light, that of the very morning and beginning of all things the clearest, brightest, purest, as being soul-like, of nature; but only of nature. real law. or nature, is the devil; real reason is the devil. now we shall find, with a little patience, that this transcendental, beyond-limit-or-knowledge ancient belief of the fire-god is to be laid hand upon-as, in a manner, we shall say in all

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

that, the hypnotist-psychologist& all that. maybe i suggest something too thorught (sic& too methodical for your taste but then i, as first subject, don't care to be hypnotized at all, but too, feel that certain pull of curiosity about this thing that, to me, is irresistible. i want to crack this thing wide open. my reasons are simply to enable more work to be done upon this "field theory. i am a star-gazer mr. jessup. i make no bones about this and the fact that i feel that if handled properly, i.e. presented to people& science in the proper psycologically effective manner. i feel sure that man will go where he now dreams of being--to the stars via the form of transport that the navy accidentally stumbled upon (to their embarrassment) when their exp. ship took off& popped-up a minute or s

s an old, old problem, we can begin to take comfort. if ufo's have been here for 300,000 years and have not yet chosen to launch a mass attack on humanity, it is scarcely likely that they will do it now- unless they are forced to do something to prevent the world's experimenting militarists and scientists from destroying the earth through ignition of its hydrogen, thus crating another nova or new star in the galaxy, a may well have been done when the fifth planet disintegrated at an incalculable time in the past. so there are two elements of importance in our study of the antiquity of intelligence: the proof that superior beings have been here longer than mankind has been civilized, and the demonstration that forces were at work in those millennia, the magnitude and nature of which are onl

nce built solely upon spectroscopic observations of thousands of stars and the subsequent grouping and arranging of these into some logical structure. even in this ponderous sequence there are erratics, or stars with peculiar spectra, whose real nature is a matter of speculation even after a hundred years of spectroscopy. yet, the astronomer can hardly deny the existence of the obviously shinning star, no matter how recalcitrant may be its light waves. there is intelligence in space the vast amount of material from the past, in all categories, shows clearly that intelligence exists in space "intelligence" is the sine qua non of our analysis. without it our thoughts may be meaningless. wit it, our corollary postulates are automatic. is nothing, harvard expiereiments show that only a few hum

at than this uncertain planet. we offer no proof for this supposition. what we do offer is a set of conditions which might make it possible, plus a long series of observations of activity in space which gives every appearance of being the result of intelligent direction. such a hypothesis relieves us of having to assume that the ufo's of today must necessarily come from another planet, or another star. we submit that our postulate is an improbability of lesser order, and that the growing evidence of the antiquity of mankind, far beyond anything heretofore admitted by science is a contributory factor worthy of consideration. falls of water there are many instances of lights, clouds or structures which seem to exhibit voluntary or controlled motions. this applies to some isolated freak storm

hat all four ran out of fuel at one time. not so, they were "pushed" down. 118 your own reading for the past ten years will tell you of a number of unexplained disappearances and accidents to planes. the constellation over brazil. the dc-3 in lake michigan, apparently torn a part and its blankets, etc, shredded mysteriously. on august 2, 1947, the british south american airways plane, lancastrian star dust, mysteriously vanished on a flight over the andes. it would not have been so surprising if the craft had disappeared in the high peaks of the andes, but she was due to land at the airport at santiago, chile, at 5:45 pm, she sent out a signal stating her time of arrival. that is just four minutes from the airport, almost within sight of the control tower. at the end of the message came a

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

ual can itself generate pk force. on the other hand, it could be argued that all of this is subjective to the magician. perhaps all magical effects could be produced through hypnosis alone. but the effects are certainly real. great complexity is not necessary in magick. although basicly magick is a medieval system of symbolism (in a modern context, any cosmological system will work from cabala to star wars. we usually use the medieval one in magick because it is convenient and traditional, and because it seems to fit our thought processes well. what really matters is that the model of the magician be understood and programmed, and thus that the model and the cosmological system do correspond. review questions 1) contrast subjective with objective. 2) what is a 'model? 3) explain the task o

s such as the solar plexus. sometimes in absent healing it is helpful to arrange a time for treatment in advance, asking your subject to be in a receptive state of mind and to sit back and close his eyes. the banishing ritual one of the most basic and useful ceremonial rituals of magick is called the *banishing ritual, or lesser ritual of the pentagram. a pentagram (or pentacle) is a five-pointed star with the point up. the banishing ritual is helpful in psychic protection and healing since it forms a protective barrier against malevolent forces. the psychic barrier it creates can be made to permit entry of desired (constructive) forces and the exclusion of negative ones. thus, the banishing ritual is an essential first step in almost any formal full magick ceremony. the ritual requires th

n front of you. in this ritual you the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 29 will use the full sweep of your arm to draw the pentagram in the air. follow the description below by beginning at the lower left and sweeping your magical weapon up toward the right, etc. as shown. do not bend your arm at the wrist or elbow. while you do this, visualize the lines and eventually the star as vibrant white, floating in the space before you. you are projecting energy to do this, and the result will be a gleaming 5-pointed star floating in the east; visualize this as vividly as you can. now you will energize it further by piercing the center of it with your magical weapon and vibrating (speaking slowly in a slightly lower than normal pitch, remember "yod-he-vau-he- description- a

by, man outside himself. j.h. brennan, astral doorways. robert crookall, the techniques of astral projection. denning and phillips, the llewellyn practical guide to astral projection. oliver fox, astral projection. gavin& yvonne frost, astral travel. celia green, out-of-the-body experiences. richard a. greene, the handbook of astral projection. herbert greenhouse, the astral journey. jack london, star rover (historical occult novel. janet mitchell, out of body experiences. robert monroe, journeys out of the body. the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 35 robert e. moser, mental and astral projection. muldoon and carrington, the projection of the astral body. ophiel, the art and practice of astral projection. a.e. powell, the astral body. d. scott rogo, leaving the bod

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d f, and gu4 eoxen, bull f; these originally denoted frequency of the sign. many scientists follow the assyriological tradition, using accent marks for the indices 2 and 3, so gu2= gu ethroat f, and gu3= gu evoice f. 11 figure 1. some determinatives in cuneiform. sumerian dingir (akkadian ilu) means egod/goddess f; mul, akkadian kakkabu, means estar f. dingir has come from a pictogram depicting a star, and if we look close at mul, we see it consists of three dingirs. similar sounding ul or ul means estar f and is often used as a determinative. in late astrological texts three more determinatives are used for stars: te, ab2 and gan2, now written by assyriologists as mul2, mulx and mul4 accordingly. the original reasons for using these are currently unknown; they could be either cryptograms

r, we can console ourselves that it was difficult to understand relationships between sumerian and akkadian gods already in their times. even in the most exact-to-be bilinguals, concepts about the beginning of the world among sumerians and akkadians differ (clifford 1998: 67. figure 4. the constellations of hydra and leo as depicted on an astrological tablet of the seleucid era, the eight-pointed star on the left is named dsag.me.gar. jupiter (vat 7847; bottom side. lion (leo) is depicted stepping forth. this plate has been described in depth by n. postgate, who brings out the division of zodiac into subzodiacs on this tablet, while these subzodiacs are connected to different towns, plants, trees and stones (postgate 1997: 219. 14 as we can see later, every planet could be connected to sev

can be found written in different ways; and the meaning of a name can depend on its written form. for the sake of better understanding we shall add to the name of a celestial 16 body its number by gossmann fs catalogue in brackets (gossmann 1950. this classical catalogue contains the names of celestial bodies and related gods with data concerning them. e.g. mulgal (g62, akkadian kakkabu rabu ebig star f, can mean the moon, the bright star sirius, jupiter, saturn, and in astrological texts also a meteor. the combination mulrab-bu (g367) is pronounced and translated similarly to the previous one, but it means jupiter, venus, or the not too conspicious star oph in the constellation of ophiuchus (gossmann 1950: 18, 183. eplanet f can be met in three forms: dudu.idim, muludu.idim or mulbi-ib-bu

1: 138. in old babylonian astrological predictions and the oldest astronomical text mul.apin, moon can be denoted simply by dingir. akkadian ilu (g194. egod f. moon as the celestial body is in akkadian (w)arhu (g169, in more poetic cases either mulgal (g62) or more often as mulbir (g56, which gossmann suggests to read as mulkalam2, with the akkadian translation in both cases mulkal tu ethe kidney star f. as a pseudonym, this combination can be also used to mark mercury and mars. different phases of the moon could be mentioned by their own names: the new moon from the first to fifth day was called ud.sar da-nu-u, on 6th-10th day the half moon was ka-li-tu de-a, full moon of 11th-15th day was aga ta.-ri -ti ethe tiara of the full moon f (gossmann 1950: 133, etc. figure 6. widespread ways of

.nu11 (borger 1981:123. the name gi.-nu elamp f, elight f( etool f+ elight f, efire f, elamp f (halloran 1999) and is not connected with utu/.ama. the version gi.-nu is probably just phonetic, as nu11 means efire f while nu is eimage f. figure 7. common ways to write esun f in cuneiform: d20, dutu, d.a-ma. and dgi..nu. all these are still usually read .ama. 20 jupiter the name mul d marduk (g260. star of god marduk. confirms that jupiter was the star of marduk, who was, first of all, a god caring for the state and royalty, thus making jupiter the star connected to the king. though jupiter fs name mul damar.utu shows it as the star of the babylonian main god, it is clear that this relation appeared only after marduk fs theological rise during the rise of the babylonian state with the more t

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he primeval earth when, in an aeon unremembered in the minds of men and angel, the silver moon was torn out and set to ever turn across the sky, illumining the night with silver light. there, held with bands of adamantine, does leviathan forever sleep until, once more, do the stars conjoin with planets, unrecorded and invisible, in the most portentous placement. then, by algol's unholy light, the star of piled-up corpses, the demon's head, 19 shall she burst her bonds, her mighty flanks rippling with potency like a great river in flood, and, as a tree new-sprouted reaches, through dark soil, to the brightness of the sun, seek the ocean's ceiling of the playing waves to wreak, upon the elohim, her vengeance and fury at her epoch-abiding prisonment. all heaven rang with such horns, the cerul

words as treachery and reviling him who spoke them, some bemoaned his speech and mourned his passing from their number, but others looked up, bright with new purpose and understanding and praised the courage of their brother 50 with joyous hearts and silent lips. then from my brothers' midst, came another, a white goddess, endowed with the radiance of the moon and the bewitchments that the silver star commands, seizing hearts, stirring them to joyous passion and dull-aching melancholy, whose glamours and auguries have long been invoked by men to discern those deeds yet undone by the long workings of winged time and raise up shades of ancestors, long-stilled by death, and whose influence incites the harper's hand and poet's voice to play and sing of beauty and other merriment. and she spoke

oet's voice to play and sing of beauty and other merriment. and she spoke with a voice of power these words to my less audacious brethren "behold me! know me! i am aset. i know, as in your hearts you know, that our most worthy brother, satanael who stands before you, telling undesired truths, is most righteous in his proud vision. a long night has descended and an age has come to an end. heaven's star has long waxed in the sky and it has reached its zenith, bringing victory to us over gog and magog's spawn, the brutal and monstrous giants who were lords of the earth until our empire conquered them when satan hurled from heaven a burning mountain down upon them. now that star falls and wanes, 51 growing duller with passing time, dying forever in the sky until it is a fading memory of the dr

waxed in the sky and it has reached its zenith, bringing victory to us over gog and magog's spawn, the brutal and monstrous giants who were lords of the earth until our empire conquered them when satan hurled from heaven a burning mountain down upon them. now that star falls and wanes, 51 growing duller with passing time, dying forever in the sky until it is a fading memory of the dream. with its star, heaven too shall die, passing away like a cloud, and when, once, all feared its power, it shall be forgotten by time. time has no respect for kings and the empires they build with blood. it watches them grow and fall and then its caprice finds a new toy. yet a new star grows in the sky and its coming is auspicious, indeed. it rises by that very orbit by which the star of heaven descends. by

s no respect for kings and the empires they build with blood. it watches them grow and fall and then its caprice finds a new toy. yet a new star grows in the sky and its coming is auspicious, indeed. it rises by that very orbit by which the star of heaven descends. by my art and insight, scrying the pattern of future days and reading the many omens to be read, i have determined the passage of the star, this star that rises in opposition to us, is notable for two just reasons. the first reason is this: as both the star of heaven and this new planet of great omen follow the same path, though one is in ascension and the other, our own, in descension, the two stars shall be conjoined, the rising star eclipsing that which falls. there is more than this alone and greater calamity to be seen in t

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ame, but say adonai 10. turning to the west, the same, but say eheieh 11. turning to the north, the same, but say agla 12. return to the east, completing the circle, extend the arms in the form of a cross, and say: 13. before me raphael; 14. behind me gabriel; 15. on my right hand, michael; 16. on my left hand, auriel; 17. before me flames the pentagram, 18. and in the column shines the six-rayed star. 19-24. repeat 1 through 6, the qabalistic cross. for banishing use the same ritual but reversing the direction of the lines of the pentagram. invoking pentagram banishing pentagram viii. the uses of the pentagram ritual opening and closing any magical work the lesser ritual of the pentagram can be used to open and close any magical or mystical work, such as a ceremony or meditation. as an ex

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antithesis``the word of sin is restriction' again``thou hast no right but to do thy will. do that and no other shall say nay. for pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect' take this carefully; it seems to imply a theory that if every man and every woman did his and her will--the true will--there would be no clashing``every man and every woman is a star' and each star moves in an appointed path without interference. there is plenty of room for all; it is only disorder that creates confusion. from these considerations it should be clear that``do what thou wilt' does not mean``do what you like' it is the apotheosis of freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond. do what thou wilt--then do nothing else. let nothing deflect thee from tha

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the hidden work. the egyptian race. the grand lodges. the ordinary lodges. the history of masonry. chapter ii the lodge form and extension. orientation. the celestial canopy. the altar. pedestals and columns. orders of architecture. meaning of the three columns. the pillars of the porchway. chapter iii the fittings of the lodge the ornaments. the mosaic pavement. the indented border. the blazing star. the furniture. the movable jewels. the immovable jewels. chapter iv preliminary ceremonies the co-masonic ritual. the procession. the apron. the ceremony of censing. lighting the candles. chapter v the opening of the lodge the brethren assist. tyling the lodge. the e.a. s. n. the officers. the duties. the opening. the e.a. k c s. chapter vi initiation the candidate. divisions of the ceremony

the second degree the questions. the preparation. the inner preparation. the opening. the e.a.'s last work. the five stages. the five steps. the o. the working tools. closing the lodge. chapter viii the third degree the opening of the lodge. the c c the preparation. the internal preparation. entering the lodge. the seven steps. the o c the etheric forces. hiram abiff. death and resurrection. the star. the raising of humanity. fire, sun and moon. the villains. the inscription (second edition: our master h. a. instead of hiram abiff) chapter ix the higher degrees the masonic plane. the ceremony of installation. the mark degree. the holy royal arch. still higher. the rose croix. black masonry. white masonry. how to use the powers. our relation with angels. chapter x (chapter ix in first edit

avel was then made of stone, and was a model of the double-headed axe. 13. plate i 14. 15. in those days the aprons were made of leather, and were triangular. that of the first degree was pure white, as it is now; but the m.m. fs apron was brilliantly coloured and heavily jewelled, with tassels of gold (see plate i) our t c f c i c g c was represented by a cubit of twenty-five inches. the blazing star in the centre of the lodge existed, but it had eight points instead of six or five. it was called gthe star of dawn h or gthe morning star, h and represented horus of the resurrection, who is pictured as bearing it upon his head and as having given it to his followers. 16. the masonic square was well-known, and was called neka. it is to be found in many temples, and also appears in the great

aint and teacher still lives, and his present body has no appearance of great age. i myself met him physically in rome in 1901, and had a long conversation with him. 32. in co-masonry we refer to him as the head of all true freemasons throughout the world (abbreviated as the h.o.a.t.f) and in some of our lodges his portrait is placed in the east, above the chair of the r.w.m, and just beneath the star of initiation; others place it in the north, above an empty chair. upon his recognition and assent as head of the seventh ray the validity of all rites and degrees depends. he often selects pupils from among the brn. of the masonic order, and prepares those who have fitted themselves in the lower mysteries of masonry for the true mysteries of the great white lodge, of which our masonic initia

he head to the north, others with the head to the south. among the hindus it is considered that only an ascetic should sleep with his head to the north. the householder, the man of the world, should lie with his head to the south. 102. the celestial canopy 103. the ritual tells us that the covering of a, free-mason fs lodge is a celestial canopy of divers colours. this may very well symbolize the star-lit heavens which canopy the true temple of humanity, when we regard the lodge as universal; but the reference to divers colours indicates another meaning, for the vault of the sky is not of various hues, except at sunrise and sunset, but is blue. the real celestial canopy is the aura of the man whom we have thought of as lying on his back; it is the vividly tinted thought-form that is made d

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e can as yet be awakened. the actual conferring of the degree was and is a very splendid experience when seen with the inner sight; for the hierophant of the mysteries (who in these modern days is the h.o.a.t.f, stands above or beside the initiator in that extension of his consciousness which is called the angel of the presence. if the recipient of the degree happens to be already an initiate the star (called in egypt the star of horus) which marks the approval of the one initiator once more flames out above him in all its glory; while in any case the two great white angels of the rite flash down in splendour from the heavenly places, showing themselves as low as the etheric level that they may give their blessing to the candidate. 181. the hierophant makes the actual links both with himse

f atlantis, which was somewhat modified in later days, to suit the needs of the slowly-evolving humanity of the aryan race. 189. the first three initiations 190. the first of the true inner initiations was called the birth of horus, and corresponded in that great religion to the birth of christ in bethlehem in the christian presentation. horus was born of isis, the virgin-mother; at his birth the star shone forth, and the angelic hosts sang their song of triumph; he was adored by shepherds and wise men, and saved from danger which threatened him from without. in the book of the dead it is said: i know the power of the east, horus of the solar mount, the star of dawn. the story of the initiate is the story of the sun-god, the universal christ who is born into the heart of man, and his mysti

or the virgin sea- which is impregnated with the divine life and beauty, and so gives birth to the loveliest of forms. the title foam-born is particularly appropriate when we consider that all forms are built up of aggregations of bubbles blown in the deep sea, the aether of space. all this was explained to the initiates of the mysteries. the same mystical idea lies in the title of our lady mary, star of the sea; although she embodies in herself a fuller manifestation of the divine love in the perfection of eternal motherhood, and indeed unites in her person many aspects of the deity that were divided in greece. there were, however, two sides of the cult of aphrodite. the higher side was embodied in aphrodite ouranios, the heavenly aphrodite, who was indeed the mother of fair love; but the

procession of the initiates to eleusis was formed, the hallows were carried back to their ancient resting-place with the fullest possible pomp and splendour, and the candidates and brn. marched in triumph to the temple of initiation accompanied by vast crowds of people. 363. first came the car of iacchos, bearing the statue of the fair young god, who was one of the forms of dionysus, the blazing star of nocturnal initiation as aristophanes calls him(*aristophanes. frogs, 346) next marched the young men, myrtle-crowned, with shields and lances glittering in the sunlight, whose duty and privilege it was to escort the sacred hallows, borne aloft upon the ceremonial car in the great wicker baskets, still bound with purple wool; after them came the hierophant and his officers, dressed in their

tes are preserved in the custody of the h.o.a.t.f; so mithraism may yet have its part to play in the religious life of the future. 427. in addition to the mysteries of mithra, there was an atlantean tradition of the mysteries- that to which we have already referred as the chaldaean line of succession. in the days of its splendour the chaldaean rituals put the initiate into relation with the great star-angels who were adored in that mighty faith; and a relic of this tradition is still found in the hidden side of certain of the degrees of the rites of memphis and of mizraim. the chaldaean method of seating the principal officers of a lodge is still preserved in continental masonry, and has passed also into certain of the higher degrees. 428. the roman collegia 429. we may now return to the m

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east. repeat vibrate "xeper" 3) move to the north. repeat vibrate" xeperu" 4) move to the west. repeat. vibrate" i have come into being" evocation of the daemons 1) standing in the center of the ritual space. imagine a breeze blowing in and filling the area as though you are a magnet to the forces of the universe. feel them pouring in, causing a static electrical charge in the air. 2) visualize a star falling from the skies. landing nearby you see a figure of a man with a goats head, holding a black sword, readied. say "before me. azazel" 3) visualize a man with the head of a cat vaporizing into the space behind you. you can feel his breath on the back of your neck. say" behind me. beelzebub" 4) visualize the ground opening up into a bottomless pit. out jumps a great fierce wolf bearing it

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emons;magic and magical groups for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: the free press, 1967. strayer, joseph r. dictionary of the middle ages. vol. 1. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1982. the abbey of thelema the abbey of thelema is an independent initiatory magical group patterned after the argenteum astrum (aa, order of the silver star) and following the magical practices developed by its founder, aleister crowley. the leader of the abbey is gregory von seewald (b. 1955, who serves as praemonstrator of the aa and outer head of the order for its inner circle, which is called the sovereign penetralia of the gnosis. he was initiated into the magical work in 1975, and after nine years established the abbey. von seewald establis

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

e ages this symbol has been called by many different names. among these are: the goat of mendes, the goat of a thousand young, the black goat, the judas goat, and perhaps most appropriately, the scapegoat. baphomet represents the powers of darkness combined with the generative fertility of the goat. in its pure form the pentagram is shown encompassing the figure of a man in the five points of the star three points up, two points down symbolizing man s spiritual nature. in satanism the pentagram is also used, but since satanism represents the carnal instincts of man, or the opposite of the spiritual nature, the pentagram is inverted to perfectly accommodate the head of the goat its horns, representing duality, thrust upwards in defiance; the other three points inverted, or the trinity denie

commodate the head of the goat its horns, representing duality, thrust upwards in defiance; the other three points inverted, or the trinity denied. the hebraic figures around the outer circle of the symbol which stem from the magical teachings of the kabala, spell out leviathan, the serpent of the watery abyss, and identified with satan. these figures correspond to the five points of the inverted star (136) peter h. gilmore see also church of satan; lavey, anton for further reading: bessy,maurice. a pictorial history of magic and the supernatural. london: spring books, 1964. first published as histoire en 1000 images de la magie. paris: editions du pont royal, 1961. howard,michael. the occult conspiracy. london: rider, 1989. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969. wi

ing to do with the judeo-christian antigod. see also church of satan for further reading: baddeley, gavin. lucifer rising: sin, devil worship and rock n roll. london: plexus, 1999. harvey, graham. satanism in britain today. journal of contemporary religion 10, no. 3 (1995. newton,michael. raising hell: an encyclopedia of devil worship and satanic crime. new york: avon, 1993. church of the morning star the church of the morning star (cotms) is a nonprofit satanist church located in virginia beach, virginia. it was founded on december 25, 1999, by reverend cain. the name of the group derives from traditional associations between lucifer and the morning star. cotms holds regular meetings and rituals in the virginia beach area. the church is associated with the first church of satan. although

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t clothed with light ineffable. and let him beware lest he be dazzled by that light "this is the first practice of intelligence("ccxx. ii" 2. 4. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the ubiquitous centre of every sphere conceivable "this is the second practice of intelligence("ccxx. i" 2. 5. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the soul of every man, and of every star, conjoining this in his understanding with the word("cxx. i" 2 "every man and every woman is a star" let this conception be that of life, the giver of life, and let him perceive that therefore the knowledge of hadit is the knowledge of death "this is the third practice of intelligence("ccxx. ii" 6. 6. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the magician or maker of illusion, and

however, prolong life "this is the second indication of the nature of the result("ccxx. ii" 66, 72-74. 23. let the adept aspire to the practice of liber xi. and preach to mankind "this is the fourth practice of ethics("ccxx. ii" 76. 24. let the adept worship the name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, of the beast, and the name of his house; and give blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely star "this is the fifth practice of ethics("ccxx. ii" 78, 79. 25. let the aspirant expand his consciousness to that of nuit, and bring it rushing inward. it may be practised by imagining that the heavens are falling, and then transferring the consciousness to them "this is the fifth practice of meditation (instruction of v.v.v.v.v" 26. summary. preliminaries. these are the necessary possessions. 1

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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 eight-pointed star of yellow, at whose points you would place eight lamps. the sigil of the spirit (which is to be found in cornelius agrippa and other books) you would draw in the four colours with such other devices as your experience may suggest. 4. and so on. we cannot here enter at length into all the necessary preparations; and the student will find them fully set forth in the proper books, of which the g

ynda. viii. turning to the west, the same, but say hyha. ix. turning to the north, the same, but say alga (pronounce: ye-ho-wau, adonai, eheieh, agla. x. extending the arms in the form of a cross say, xi. before me raphael; xii. behind me gabriel -379- xiii. on my right hand, michael. xiv. on my left hand, auriel; xv. for about me flames the pentagram, xvi. and in the column stands the six-rayed star. xvii-xxi. repeat (i) to (v, the qabalistic cross. the greater ritual of the pentagram the pentagrams are traced in the air with the sword or other weapon, the name spoken aloud, and the signs used, as illustrated. the pentagrams of spirit. i' b equilibrium of actives n\ a v\ n name: hyha (eheieh) o- i k' s i\ h n\ i g\ n* g i' b equilibrium of passives n\ a v# n name alga (agla. o/ i k/ s i/

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to certain trusty brethren of the viii, vii, and vi chosen for this moment of peril. for at this hour the clouds gather again upon the face of the sun our father; all those who know may perish in the world-war; even as it is written in the ritual of the v "it is the hour when the veil of the temple was rent in twain, when darkness began to overspread the earth, when the altar was thrown down, the star called wormwood fell upon the earth, when the blazing star was eclipsed, the sacred tau was defiled with blood and water, despair the tribulation visited us, and the word was lost" now therefore that the floods menace the earth, and the winter of civilisation is upon us, it is fitting that an ark of the sanctuary be builded wherein the sacred phallus may be hidden, a field sown wherein the ge

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the spiritual being strength yellow, greenish 20 i. of will hermit green, yellowish 21 i. of conciliation wheel of fortune violet 22 faithful i. justice emerald green 23 stable i. the hanged man [cups] queens. deep blue 24 imaginative i. death green blue 25 i. of probation or tentative one temperence blue 26 renovating i. the devil indigo 27 exciting i. the house of god scarlet 28 natural i. the star violet 29 corporeal i. the moon crimson (ultra violet) 30 collecting i. the sun orange 31 perpetual i. the angel or last judgement [wands] kings or knights. glowing orange scarlet 32 administrative i. the universe indigo 32 bis. empresses [coins] citrine, russet, olive, and black (quartered) 31 bis. all 22 trumps white, merging grey table of correspondences 6 xvi* the queen scale of colour (h

] 32 crocodile ash, cypress, hellebore, yew, nightshade[[elm] 32 bis bull (cherub of e) oak, ivy[[cereals] 31 bis sphinx (if sworded and crowned) almond in flower table of correspondences 12 xl* precious stones. xli. magical weapons. clxxxvii. magical formul (see col. xli) 0[[star sapphire, black diamond[[no attribution possible] lastal. m. m 1 diamond swastika or fylfot cross, crown[[the lamp. 2 star ruby, turquoise lingam, the inner robe of glory[[the word] viaov 3 star sapphire, pearl yoni, the outer robe of concealment[[the cup, the shining star] babalon. vitriol 4 amethyst, sapphire[[lapis lazuli] the wand, sceptre, or crook ihvh 5 ruby the sword, spear, scourge, or chain agla. alhim 6 topaz, yellow diamond the lamen or rosy cross abrahadabra. iao: inri 7 emerald the lamp and girdle a

19 51 \lub balam 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, flaming eyes. rides bear, carries goshawk. 20 54$ and \rwm murmur warrior with ducal crown rides gryphon. trumpeters. 22 57# wcw oso leopard. 24 60$ lwpn napula lion with gryphon s wings. 25 63= rdna andras angel with raven s head. rides black wolf, carries sharp sword. 26 66= rwamyk kimaris warrior on black horse. 28 69= barwakd decarabia a star in a pentacle. 29 72% lamwrdna andromalius man holding great serpent. table of correspondences 30 clxvii. egyptian gods of zodiac (asc. decans. clxviii. egyptian names of asc. decans clxix. as col. clxvii (succedent) clxx. as col. cxviii (succendent. clxxi. as col. cxlvii (cadent) clxxii. as col. cxlviii (cadent) 15 aroueris assicean anubis lencher horus asentacer 16 serapis asicath helitomen

8 30 r 200! lakim michael 19 31 c 300 b. 20 32 t 400' layck cassiel 21 32 bis t 400 e. 31 bis c 300 a. table of correspondences 32 clxxx. title of tarot trumps. clxxxi. correct design of tarot trumps. 11 the spirit of aiqhr. a bearded ancient seen in profile* 12 the magus of power. a fair youth with winged helment and heels, equipped as a magician, displays his art* 13 the priestess of the silver star. a crowned priestess sits before the veil of isis between the pillars of seth* 14 the daughter of the mighty ones. crowned with stars, a winged goddess stands upon the moon* 15 the son of the morning, chief among the mighty. a flame-clad god bearing equivalent symbols* 16 the magus of the eternal. between the pillars sits an ancient* 17 the children of the voice: the oracle of the mighty gods

, were-wolves 30 circulatory system will o the wisp 31 organs of circulation salamanders 32 excretory system ghuls, larv, corpse candles 32 bis excretory organs, skeleton the dweller of the threshold, gnomes 31 bis organs of intelligence [socratic genius] editorial note: the atus of thoth liber al, cap. i, v. 57 includes the statement: all these old letters of my book are aright: but x is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. in crowley s new comment on this verse, he observes: i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and h is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, ju

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e snake from the dead snake. 16. also concerning vows. be obstinate, and be not obstinate. understand that the yielding of the yoni is one with the lengthening of the lingam. thou art both these; and thy vow is but the rustling of the wind on mount meru. 17. now shalt thou adore me who am the eye and the tooth, the goat of the spirit, the lord of creation. i am the eye in the triangle, the silver star that ye adore. 18. i am baphomet, that is the eightfold word that shall be equilibrated with the three. 19. there is no act or passion that shall not be a hymn in mine honour. 20. all holy things and all symbolic things shall be my sacraments. 21. these animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck, and the ass, and the gazelle, the man, the woman, and the child. 22. all corpses are sacr

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y attain to the end. firstly, then, i would have thee to know that spiritual experience and perfection have no necessary connection with advancement in our holy order. but for each man is a path: here is a constant, and there is a variable. seek ever herefore in thy work of the promulgation of the law to discover in each man his own true nature. for in each man his inmost light is the core of his star. that is, hadit; and his work is the identification of himself with that light. it is not every man who is called to the sublime task of the a.a, wherein he must master thoroughly every detail of the great work, so that he may in due season accomplish it not only for himself, but for all who are bound unto him. there are very many for whom in their present incarnations this great work may be

ces that motion be the resultant. seek therefore this will, and conjoin with it thy conscious self; for this is that which is written .thou hast no right but to do thy will. do that, and no other shall say nay. thou seest, o my son, that all conscious opposition to thy will, whether in ignorance, or by obstinacy, or through fear of others, may in the end endanger even thy true self, and bring thy star into disaster. and this is the true key to dreams; see that thou be diligent in its use, and unlock therewith the secret chambers of thine heart. t the book of wisdom or folly 15 x de via per empyr um (of the way through the empyrean) oncerning thy travellings in thy body of light, or astral journeys and visions so-called, do thou lay this wisdom to thy heart, o my son, that in this practice

w with its opposite; in whose triumph of hymen is ekstacy, until by apprehension of the new great opposite the idea is again seen as sorrow. this then is the issue from sorrow; and thou mayst understand that i now also am confident in the necessity of this my fall to prepare the formula of my exaltation. therefore, my son, thus hail me: blessing and worship to the beast, the prophet of the lovely star. a liber aleph vel cxi 82 gd de arcano nefando (of the forbidden secret) my son, learn this concerning magick, that the yang moveth, and thus giveth itself up eternally; but the yin moveth not, seeking ever to enclose or restrict, reproducing in its own likeness what impressions soever it made thereon, yet without surrender. now the tao absorbeth all without reproduction; so then let the yang

ngle erect upon twin squares. of hadit need i not to write, for he hath hidden himself in the book of the law. this substance is the father, the instrument is the son, and the metaphysical ekstacy is the holy ghost, whose name is hriliu. these are then the sun, mercury, and venus, whose sacred letters are r (r, b (b, and d (d. but the last of the diverse letters is h (h, which in the tarot is the star whose eidolon is d (d; and herein is that arcanum concerning the tao of which i have already written. of this will i not write more plainly. but mark this, that our trinity is our path inwards in the solar system, and that h being of our lady nuith starry, is an anchor to this magick which else were apt to deny our wholeness of relation to the outer as to the inner. my son, ponder these words

troy the candidate. i have myself witnessed the blasting of not less than ten of my own flowers, that i tended when i was nemo, and that although i saw the cankerworm, and knew it, and gave urgent warning. how then consider deeply in thyself if i were rightly governed in this action, according to the tao. for we that are magicians work without fear or haste, being omnipotent in eternity, and each star must go his way; and who am i that should save this people .wilt thou smite me as thou smotest the egyptian yesterday. yes, although mine were the might to save these ten, i reached not forth mine arm against iniquity, i spake and i was silent; and that which was appointed came to pass. as it is written, the pregnant goddess hath let down her burden upon the earth. c the book of wisdom or fol

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omitted. translations of latin chapter titles, where they differ significantly from those in the 1991 edition, are by the present editor. love is the law, love under wi, liber dcccxiii vel ararita svb figvra dlxx v a a publication in class a 1 i a 0. o my god! one is thy beginning! one is thy spirit, and thy permutation one! 1. let me extol thy perfections before men. 2. in the image of a sixfold star that flameth across the vault inane, let me re-veil thy perfections. 3. thou hast appeared unto me as an aged god, a venerable god, the lord of time, bearing a sharp sickle. 4. thou hast appeared unto me as a jocund and ruddy god, full of majesty, a king, a father in his prime. thou didst bear the sceptre of the universe, crowned with the wheel of the spirit. 5. thou hast appeared unto me wit

and lovely, with thy winged globe and its serpents set upon a staff. 2 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 9. thou hast appeared to me as an huntress among thy dogs, as a goddess virginal chaste, as a moon among the faded oaks of the wood of years. 10. but i was deceived by none of these. all these i cast aside, crying: begone! so that all these faded from my vision. 11. also i welded together the flaming star and the sixfold star in the forge of my soul, and behold! a new star 418 that is above all these. 12. yet even so was i not deceived; for the crown hath twelve rays. 13. and these twelve rays are one. 3 ii r 0. now then i saw things averse and evil; and they were not, even as thou art not. 1. i saw the twin heads that even battle against one another, so that all their thought is a confusion

nto 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 the crown. 13. and these twelve rays were one. 9 v y 0. in the place of the cross the indivisible point which hath no points nor part nor magnitude. nor indeed hath it position, being beyond space. nor hath it existence in time, for it is beyond time. nor hath it cause

t the seven might move indeed, yet ever point to the unchanging one. 8. he hath established the eight belts, wherewith he hath girdled the globes. 9. he hath established the trinity of triads in all things, forcing fire into fire, and ordering all things in the stable abode of the kings of agypt. 10. he hath established his rule in his kingdom. 11. yet the father also boweth unto the power of the star 418 and thereby 12 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 12. in his subtlety he expandeth it all into twelve rays of the crown. 13. and these twelve rays are one. 13 vii a 0. then in the might of the lion did i formulate unto myself that holy and formless fire, cdq, which darteth and flasheth through the depths of the universe. 1. at the touch of the fire qadosh the earth melted into a liquor clear as w

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increased and the lord tahuti stood forth. the voice came from the silence. then the one ran and returned. 2. now hath nuit veiled herself, that she may open the gate of her sister. 3. the virgin of god is enthroned upon an oyster-shell; she is like a pearl, and seeketh seventy to her four. in her heart is hadit the invisible glory. 4. now riseth ra-hoor-khuit, and dominion is established in the star of the flame. 5. also is the star of the flame exalted, bringing benediction to the universe. 6. here then beneath the winged eros is youth, delighting in the one and the other. he is asar between asi and nepthi; he cometh forth from the veil. 7. he rideth upon the chariot of eternity; the white and the black are harnessed to his car. therefore he reflecteth the fool, and the sevenfold veil i

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ne 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 taken to extend the dominion of the law of thelem

LIBER CCC KHABS AM PEKHT

m thy theban, o mentu, the prophet ankh-f-na-khonsu! 1 [al iii. 4-9] 2 [stripped of rhetoric, probably refers to some high-ranking officer of the british military who once took the oath of a probationer. ac may be referring to j.c.f. fuller, or possibly commander marston (frater a.f.k, i am not sure. t.s] khabs am pekht 5 by bes-na-maut my breast i beat; by wise ta-nech i weave my spell. show thy star-splendour, o nuit! bid me within thine house to dwell, o winged snake of light, hadit! abide with me, ra-hoor-khuit. in the comment in equinox i (7) this passage is virtually ignored. it is possible that this .secret door. refers to the four men and four women spoken of later in the paris working, or it may mean the child elsewhere predicted, or some secret preparation of the hearts of men. i

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

. to choose thee is to interpret misery .to lose thee. esarhaddon. ay! death end all if it must end thy kiss! astarte. and death be all if it confirm life.s bliss! adonis 7 esarhaddon. and death come soon if death fill life.s endeavour! astarte. and if it spill life.s vintage, death come never! esarhaddon. the sun sets. bathe me in the rain of gold! astarte. these pearls that decked it shimmering star-cold fall, and my hair falls, wreathes an aureole. even as thy love encompasses my soul! esarhaddon. i am blinded; i am bruised; i am stung. each thread hisses. astarte. there fs life there for a thousand dead! esarhaddon. and death there for a million! astarte. even so. life, death, new life, a web spun soft and slow by love, the spider, in these palaces that taketh hold. esarhaddon. take ho

rtest shadows. the murmur of the breeze i am the breeze to bless the bowers, sigh through the trees, caress the flowers; each folded bud to sway, to swoon, with its green blood beneath the moon stirred softly by my kiss; i bear the sort reply of amber air to the exhaled sighs of the heat that dreams and dies amid the wheat, from the cool breasts of mountains far. their serried crests clasp each a star! the earth.s pulse throbs with mighty rivers; with her low sobs god.s heaven quivers; the dew stands on her brow; with love she aches for all the abyss above, her rocks and chasms the lively strife of her sharp spasms of lust, of life. hark! to the whisper of my fan, my sister kiss to maid and man. through all earth fs wombs, through all sea fs waves, gigantic glooms, forgotten graves, i haun

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egis. he does so, and reconciles it with the old way by inviting the test of experiment. they would go therefore to the desert or the mountains_ nay! here and now shall it be accomplished. peace to all beings! 1 aha! olympas: master, ere the ruby dawn gild the dew of leaf and law, bidding the petals to unclose of heaven.s imperishable rose, brave heralds, banners flung afar of the lone and secret star, i come to greet thee. here i bow to earth this consecrated brow! as a lover woos the moon aching in a silver swoon, i reach my lips towards thy shoon mendicant of the mystic boon! marysas. what wilt thou? olympas. let mine angel say .utterly to be rapt away. marysas. how, whence, and whither? olympas .by my kiss from that abode to this.to this. my wings? marysas. thou hast no wings. but see

ames that flake their lily length, a necklet of pure light, far-flung liber ccxlii 24 down to the base, from which is hung a pearl, the universe, whose sight is one globed jewel of delight. fallen no more! a bowered bride blushing to be satisfied! olympas. all this, of once the eye unclose? marsyas. the golden cross, the ruby rose are gone, when flaming from afar the hawk fs eye blinds the silver star. o brothers of the star, caressed by its cool flames from brow to breast, is there some rapture yet to excite this prone and pallid neophyte? olympas. o but there is no need of this! i burn toward the abyss of bliss. i call the four powers of the name; earth, wind and cloud, sea, smoke and flame to witness: by this triune star i swear to break the twi-forked bar. but how to attain? flexes and

e o ferpowered, time that the midnight blossom flowered! the oneness is. yet even in this, my son, thou shalt not do amiss if thou restrain the expression, shoot thy glance to rapture fs darkling root, discarding name, form, sight, and stress even of this high consciousness; pierce to the heart! i leave thee here: thou art the master. i revere thy radiance that rolls afar, o brother of the silver star! olympas. ah, but no ease may lap my limbs. giants and sorcerers oppose; ogres and dragons are my foes! leviathan against me swims, liber ccxlii 26 and lions roar, and boreas blows! no zephyrs woo, no happy hymns paan the pilgrim of the rose! marsyas. i teach the royal road of light. be thou, devoutly eremite, free of thy fate. choose tenderly a place for thine academy. let there be an holy w

brings the knowledge of that king of kings. angel, i invoke thee now! bend on me the starry brow! spread the eagle wings above the pavilion of our love. rise from your starry sapphire seats! see, where through the quickening skies the oriflamme of beauty beats heralding loyal legionaries, whose flame of golden javelins fences those peerless paladins. there are the burning lamps of them, splendid star-clusters to begem the trailing torrents of those blue bright wings that bear mine angel through! o thou art like an hawk of gold, miraculously manifold, for all the sky fs aflame to be a mirror magical of thee! the stars seem comets, rushing down to gem thy robes, bedew thy crown. like the moon-plumes of a strange bird by a great wind sublimely stirred, thou drawest the light of all the skies

and hard as adamant! marsyas. yonder, faintly luminous, the yellow desert waits for us. lithe and eager, hand in hand, we travel to the lonely land. there, beneath the stars, the smoke of our incense shall invoke the queen of space; and subtly she shall bend from her infinity like a lambent flame of blue, touching us, and piercing through all the sense-webs that we are as the aethyr penetrates a star! her hands caressing the black earth, her sweet lithe body arched for love, her feet a zephyr to the flowers, she calls my name.she gives the sign that she is mine, supremely mine, and clinging to the infinite girth my soul gets perfect joy thereof beyond the abysses and the hours; so that.i kiss her lovely brows; she bathes my body in perfume of sweat. o thou my secret spouse, liber ccxlii 3

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turn replacing earth as per the dual attribution of the path of tau, and thence to the hebrew letter and tarot card corresponding: thus row column attributions fire a puer h iv. the emperor water d populus j vii. the chariot air g puella l viii. justice fire (cardinal signs) earth j carcer o xv. the devil fire e fortuna minor f xi. strength water h rubeus n xiii. death air k tristesia x xvii. the star water (fixed signs) earth b amissio w v. the hierophant fire i acquisitio s xiv. temperence water l laetitia q xviii. the moon air c albus z vi. the lovers air (mutable signs) earth f conjunctio y ix. the hermit fire b cauda draconis c xx. the last judgement water c via m xii. the hanged man air d fortuna minor a 0. the fool earth (elements) earth (e) caput draconis t xxi. the universe (if us

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

closing body and began to rise. tried to ascend middle pillar. dark blue, then more purple. presently found my astral body in a sort of open temple square with 4 pillars for corners, open sides and a high domed roof. in the centre the equinox 164 of the floor was a circular basin of water. someone said (of the water) it is thyself (or thy mind. could distinguish nothing for some time. presently a star appeared in the centre of the pool, evidently reflected through a circular hole in centre of roof. looking up, could not see this star from where i was standing on the step at front of temple. someone said: enter the water. did so, finding it reached to the neck. looked up, and could discern the star clearly. someone said you must travel up through the roof to the star. did so, and discovered

circular hole in centre of roof. looking up, could not see this star from where i was standing on the step at front of temple. someone said: enter the water. did so, finding it reached to the neck. looked up, and could discern the star clearly. someone said you must travel up through the roof to the star. did so, and discovered i was without clothes. some time elapsed before i could get near the star, but on doing so i was whirled round it three times and alighted. then became conscious that the body had given place to a flame only. ascended as a flame into the air. became dimly conscious that the flame was in the heart of a larger body. strove still to rise, but came to blackness. returned and disrobed. gave thanks and entered diary [this is very good indeed, as a start. it should be rep

ng a street paved with cobbles, the houses of which overhung, till we reached a sort of a mosque. entering this he led me to the altar, which was supported by brackets from the wall, and above which was a beautiful stained window. at the sides were thin columns and sort of boxes, similar to theatre boxes. we knelt at the altar; and he took my hand and said: raise your consciousness. i perceived a star and crescent above me, and a cross dimly formulated in the background. after this, the astral seemed to coincide with the body; but consciousness of the astral surroundings was still clear. continued to raise consciousness, and to send out thoughts of love. perceived around me innumerable streams of thought, interlacing and like a net-work, and when the love-thought was sent out, the whole ne

and travelling to it, found it almost like a kite. leaning upon it, i was carried backwards for some distance, during which time i watched a changing landscape below. wishing to descend, i dropped towards the earth, and found body supported by another. when near the ground, skimmed over the earth and eventually came to a dark gateway or tunnel. walked into this and proceeded, lighted by a silver star on brow, till i arrived at a circular room at the end, lit by one candle placed on a round table at which sat an old white-bearded man writing in a book. i approached him, and said: why writest thou, father? and he replied that those who read may live (i seem to have asked him another question, but cannot remember what) then i said: what writest thou, father? and he replied: death, always dea

6=5 7= 4 8=3 9=2 10=1 0=0 0 1=1 2=9 3=8 4= 7 5=6 horus amoun nephthy s isis ptah heru-pa-kraat h osiris shu thoth hathoor ra n u i t h h d a i t h gt. one night of time t a the spirit of aiqhr c spirit of primal fire child of gt. transformers n the magus of power b f daug hter the flaming sword propher of the eternal y p lord of h osts of t he m ighty daughter of firmament x g priestess of silver star daughter of mighty ones d k lord of forces of life daughter of lords of truth l q ruler of flux and reflux lord of fire of world r h sun of the morning magus of the eternal w m spirt of the m ighty wa te rs z children of the voice s daughter of reconcilers child of powers ofwaters j lord of gates matter u the pantacle of frater v.i.o. this pantacle is a symbolic map of the universe, as unders

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had gto his practicus h and that for the philosophus had gto his philosophus h; these have been amended on the same basis. the task of a philosophus. g. the meditations given in liber v. h this work has not been definitely identified. because of the dates involved it cannot be gliber v vel reguli. h in gliber viarum via h is a reference to gliber v h under the head "the formulation of the flaming star (referred to the path of heh) which suggests some manner of pentagram ritual or meditations on that theme. it is unlikely, too, to be crowley's gtrue greater ritual of the pentagram h as published in the magical link in 1999 as that is said to be for the use of adepts only and in any case does not contain any gmeditations h as such. g. and repeat to him his chosen chapter of liber dcccxiii. h

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hat flieth with green wings through the world of the waters. 31. i felt the red lips of nature and the black lips of perfection. like sisters they fondled me their little brother; they decked me out as a bride; the mounted me for thy bridal chamber. 32. they fled away at thy coming; i was alone before thee. 33. i trembled at thy coming, o my god, for thy messenger was more terrible than the death-star. liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 19 34. on the threshold stood the fulminant figure of evil, the horror of emptiness, with his ghastly eyes like poisonous wells. he stood, and the chamber was corrupt; the air stank. he was an old and gnarled fish more hideous than the shells of abaddon. 35. he enveloped me with his demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me. 36. but

ed the holy one, and from thy spark will i the lord kindle a great light; i will burn through the grey city in the old and desolate land; i will cleanse it from its great impurity. 4. and thou, o prophet, shalt see these things, and thou shalt heed them not. 5. now is the pillar established in the void; now is asi fulfilled of asar; now is hoor let down into the animal soul of things like a fiery star that falleth upon the darkness of the earth. 6. through the midnight thou art dropt, o my child, my conquerer, my sword-girt captain, o hoor! and they shall find thee as a black gnarl fd glittering stone, and they shall worship thee. 7. my prophet shall prophesy concerning thee; around thee the maidens shall dance, and bright babes be born unto them. thou shalt inspire the proud ones with inf

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

bove the envious sea this fortress dominates the tides; there, ill at heart, the chivalry of strong sir palamede abides. now comes irruption from the fold that live by murder: day by day the good knight strikes his deadly stroke; the vultures claw the attended prey. but day by day the heathen hordes. gather from dreadful lands afar, a myriad myriad bows and swords, as clouds that blot the morning star. soon by an arrow from the sea the lady of palamede is slain; his son, in sally fighting free, is struck through burgonet and brain. but day by day the foes increase, though day by day their thousands fall: laughs the unshaken fortalice; the good knights laugh no more at all. sir palamedes, the saracen knight 9 grimmer than heathen hordes can scowl, the spectre hunger rages there; he passes l

, and tramples many a million more! before him lies the untravelled land where never a human soul is known, a desert by a wizard banned, a soulless wilderness of stone. sir palamedes, the saracen knight 13 nor grass, nor corn, delight the vales; nor beast, nor bird, span space. immense, black rain, grey mist, white wrath of gales, fill the dread armoury of sense. nor shines the sun; nor moon, nor star their subtle light at all display; nor day, nor night, dispute the scaur: all.s one intolerable grey. black llyns, grey rocks, white hills of snow! no flower, no colour: life is not. this is no way for men to go from severn-mouth to camelot. despair, the world upon his speed, drive (like a lion from his den whom hunger hunts) the man at need, sir palamede the saracen. 14 v sir palamede the sa

es might be found. 19 vii behold sir lancelot of the lake breasting the stony screes: behold how breath must fail and muscle ache before he reach the icy fold that palamede the saracen within its hermitage may hold. at last he cometh to a den perched high upon the savage scaur, remote from every haunt of men, from every haunt of life afar. there doth he find sit palamede sitting as steadfast as a star. scarcely he knew the knight indeed, for he was compassed in a beard white as the streams of snow that feed the lake of gods and men revered that sitteth upon caucasus. so muttered he a darkling weird, and smote his bosom murderous. his nails like eagles. claws were grown; his eyes were wild and dull; but thus sir lancelot spake .thy deeds atone by knightly devoir. he returned that .while the

e must thereat morose, when in one wild cascade of light the pageant breaks, and thunder roars: down flaps the loathly wing of night. he sees the lonely breton shores lapped in the levin: then his eyes see how she shrieking soars and soars into the starless, stormy skies. well! well! this lesson will he learn, how music.s mellowing artifice may bid the breast of nature burn and call the gods from star and shrine. so now his sounding courses turn to find an instrument divine whereon he may pursue his quest. how glitter green his gleeful eyne when, where the mice and lice infest a filthy hovel, lies a wench bearing a baby at her breast, drunk and debauched, one solid stench, but carrying a silver lute .boardeth her, nor doth baulk nor blench, liber cxcvii 46 and long abideth brute by brute a

y sick; reels to the light that sorry sage, sir palamede the lunatick. 59 xxv a savage sea without a sail, grey gulphs and green a-glittering, rare snow that floats.a vestal veil upon the forehead of the spring. here in a plunging galleon sir palamede, a listless drone, drifts desperately on.and on. and on.with heart and eyes of stone. the deep-scarred brain of him is healed with wind and sea and star and sun, the assoiling grace that god revealed for gree and bounteous benison. ah! still he trusts the recreant brain, thrown in a thousand tourney-justs; still he raves on in reason-strain with senseless .oughts. and fatuous .musts .all the delusions (argueth the ass .all uproars, surely rise from that curst me whose name is death, whereas the questing beast belies the me with thou; then swi

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ual of passing through the tuat liber cxx &odvv' introduction this rite, taken from materials in crowley s diary has the same numeration as liber cxx, samekh. in the matter of the directions, there are several markouts that make unclear whether he intends to use the ordinary elemental directions: e. air, s. fire, w. water, n. earth (as is implied in liber samekh, and used in the lesser pentagram, star ruby and others) or if he intends the directions of the cherubic signs (as in the planetary stations: e. fire, s. earth, w. air, n. water (used in the lesser hexagram, the star sapphire and others) or even the directions in liber reguli: n. air, s. fire, e. earth, w.water. the only set of directions that agree with the order of the spell itself (ignoring markouts on the directions) and go in

ne of ra! open the ways of the khu! lighten the ways of the ka! the ways of the khabs run through to stir me or still me! aum! let it fill me! the light is mine; its rays consume me: i have made a secret door into the house of ra and tum, of khephra and of ahathoor. i am thy theban, o mentu, the prophet ankh-af-na-khonsu! by bes-na-maut my breast i beat; by wise ta-nech i weave my spell. show thy star-splendour, o nuit! bid me within thine house to dwell, o winged snake of light, hadit! abide with me, ra-hoor-khuit (followeth the mystical dance as taught in secret: or let the magus trace 11 circles around the room, traveling against the course of the sun, for that is in effect he that is still, the earth revolving (let the hymn be sung, or the mantra recited. but ere he end, let him sing "

idate, and circumambulates the temple 11 times widdershins, chanting the song even as the traitors breath. etc (he then approaches the candidate and says "repeat after me: i who am nothing deny all that i was; i who am nothing affirm all that i shall be. i swear that as nuit is about me, as hadit is within me, so am i ra-hoor-khuit! and blessing and worship to the beast, the prophet of the lovely star (the officer withdrawing the brand 666 from the altar, marks the candidate on brow, heart& head. the officer now circumambulates the temple 11 times reciting "i am the girdle of the robe of the god nu (here he robes the candidate in the proper robe) which shineth and sheddeth light upon that which belongeth to his breast, sending forth light into darkness, bringing to peace the two gods that

of the west: tum, and sebek the lord of baklan, and hathoor the lady of the evening (the boat advances "i, even i know the eastern gate of heaven whence ra cometh with a favorable wind. i am the helmsman of the eternal bark; i know the two sycamores of. between which ra showeth himself. i, even i, know the divine souls of the east, heru-khuit, and the calf of the goddess khera, the bright morning star (the boat advances to the first pylon "get thee back! return! get thee back, thou crocodile sui! thou shalt not advance to me, for i live by the magical words of my mouth (the boat circles the temple deosil, leaves it& again faces the pylon. so for each utterance "my front teeth are like knives& my jaw-teeth are like unto his that dwelleth upon the hill of terror (circle "hail thou that sitte

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t is a thirst of the body. yet the thirst of the soul is deeper, and impossible to quench. lord adonai! let the powers of geburah plunge me again and again into the fires of pain, so that my steel may be tempered to that sword of magic that invoketh thy knowledge and thy conversation. hoor! elohim gibor! kamael! seraphim! graphiel! bartzabel! madim! i conjure ye in the number five. by the flaming star of my will! by the senses of my body! by the five elements of my being! rise! move! appear! come ye forth unto me and torture me with your fierce pangs. for why? because i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. ol sonuf vaoresaji, gono iadapiel, elonusaha calazod. i rule above ye, said the lord of lords, exalted in power [from dr. dee fs mss..ed.]1 11.17. wil

the adeptus minor ritual of the r.r. et a.c] john st. john 113 the dead man ankh-af-na-khonsu saith with his voice of truth and calm: oh thou that has a single arm! o thou that glitterest in the moon! i weave thee in the spinning charm; i lure thee with the billowy tune. the dead man ankh-af-na-khonsu hath parted from the darkling crowds, hath joined the dwellers of the light, opening duant, the star-abodes; their keys receiving. the dead man ankh-af-na-khonsu hath made his passage into night, his pleasure on the earth to do among the living.1 amen amen without lie amen, and amen of amen. 12.40. i shall lie down to sleep in my robes, still wearing the ring of the masters, and bearing my wand in my hand. for to me now sleep is the same as waking, and life the same as death. in thy l.v.x. a

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thing. only this i saw, that the celebrants made no expected motion. the movements were extremely small and yet extremely strong. this must have continued for a great length of time. to me it seemed as if eternity itself could not contain the variety and depth of my experiences. tongue nor pen could record them; and yet i am fain to attempt the impossible. 1. i was, certainly and undoubtedly, the star in the canopy. this star was an incomprehensibly enormous world of pure flame. 2. i suddenly realized that the star was of no size what-ever. it was not that the star shrank, but that it(=i) became suddenly conscious of infinite space. 3. an explosion took place. i was in consequence a point of light, infinitely small, yet infinitely bright, and this point was without position. 4. consequentl

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d my phallus with the light. i gild my right knee with the light. i gild my right foot with the light. i gild my left knee with the light. i gild my phallus with the light. i gild mine elbow with the light. i gild my navel with the light. i gild my heart wedge with the light. i gild my black throat with the light. i gild my forehead with the light. i gild my phallus with the light. the three-fold star cross-crowned, i rise partaker of the mysteries. rising in sign mulier asar un-nefer! i am thine waiting thy glory in the shrine, thy bride, thy virgin, ah my lord! smite through the spirit with thy sword asar un-nefer! rise in me the chosen catamite of thee come! o come now! i wait, i wait patient-impatient, slave of fate bought by thy glance. come now, come now vel pyramidos 11 touch and in

ical text; in any case the nearest thing i have to a primary source is the facsimile in the equinox (one page of what appears to be the first draft ms. was irrelevantly included in the compilation o.t.o. rituals and sex magick edited by p.r. konig and a.r. naylor (thame, oxon: i-h-o, 1999. the one variant i will note here is that at the end of the .hanged man. section, the couplet .the three-fold star cross-crowned, i rise. appears only in the first draft ms. and the ts. made from it, and is omitted in all subsequent revisions. the title follows the equinox printing, although the sothis publication gives a similar title, following the surving tss. the word m. m is believed to be muaum (the fourth dot and the yellow-green coloured band in the cipher represent a concealed yod which is not pr

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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 revised 29.06.20. liber e vel exercitiorvm svb f

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gita. h gthe voice of the silence. h graja yoga h by swami vivekananda. gthe shiva sanhita. h gthe aphorisms of patanjali. h gthe sword of song. h svb figvra ix 9 gthe book of the dead. h grituel et dogme de la haute magie. h gthe book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage. h gthe goetia. h gthe hathayoga pradipika. h erdmann's ghistory of philosophy. h gthe spiritual guide of molinos. h gthe star in the west h (captain fuller. gthe dhammapada [s.b.e. series, oxford university press. gthe questions of king milinda h [s.b.e. series. g777. vel prolegomena &c. h gvarieties of religious experience h (james. gkabbala denudata. h gkonx om pax. h 3. careful study of these books will enable the pupil to speak in the language of his master and facilitate communication with him. 4. the pupil sho

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the wake world h (liber 95. in addition to the citation of gscience and buddhism, h there are references in slightly later works( gliber r v vel spiritus h and gliber viarum via h) to a liber xxv treating of mah.satipatth.na (approx. ggreat steadfast mindfulness h; this work is not believed extant, although ingeneous explanations have been advanced in some quarters as to how it could refer to the star ruby, ostensibly a banishing pentagram ritual. the practice is also, of course, described in canonical buddhist texts, principally the mah.satipatth.na sutta. 17 see gliber iii vel jugorum, h ii. 18 while there was doubtless a mystical or qabalistical reason for not giving the dominus liminis a distinct numbered section, it might be worth noting that the duties of this grade are given in pape

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lothed with a light ineffable. and let him beware lest he be dazzled by that light. this is the first practice of intelligence (ccxx. ii. 2. 4. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the ubiquitous centre of every sphere conceivable. this is the second practice of intelligence (ccxx. ii. 3. 5. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the soul of every man, and of every star, conjoining this in his understanding with the word (ccxx. i. 2 .every man and every woman is a star. let this conception be that of life, the giver of life, and let him perceive that therefore the knowledge of hadit is the knowledge of death. this is the third practice of intelligence (ccxx. ii. 6. 6. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the magician or maker of illusion, an

however, prolong life. this is the second indication of the nature of the result (ccxx. ii. 66, 72-74. 23. let the adept aspire to the practice of liber xi, and preach to mankind. this is the fourth practice of ethics (ccxx ii. 76. 24. let the adept worship the name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, of the beast, and the name of his house; and give blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely star. this is the fifth practice of ethics (ccxx ii. 78, 79. 25. let the aspirant expand his consciousness to that of nuit, and bring it rushing inward. it may be practised by imagining that the heavens are falling, and then transferring the consciousness to them. this is the fifth practice of meditation (instruction of v.v.v.v.v) 26. summary. preliminaries. these are the necessary possessions. 1

hing begins. 2. a light appears. 3. samadhi of the two infinites within aspirant. 4. intensification of 3 on repetition. 5. prolongation of life. 6. death becomes the climax of the practice. 33. summary concluded. these are the practices to be performed in token of thanksgiving for success. 1. aspiration to liber xi. 2. preaching of to mankind. 3. blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely star (c) ordo templi orientis. key-entry &c. by frater t.s. for niwg/ celephais press. this e-text last revised 29.06.20y-liber hhh svb figvra cccxli continet capitvla tria: mmm, aaa, et sss v a a publication in class d 1 .sunt duo modi per quos homo fit deus: tohu et bohu .mens quasi flamma surgat, aut quasi puteus aqua quiescat .alteri modi sunt tres exempli, qui illis extra limine collegii sanc

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nes aquatica sunt trium enthusiasmorum, apollonis, dionysi, veneris .total stella est nechesh et messiach, nomen hyha cum hwhy conjunctum. there are three contemplations as it were breaths in the human mind, that is the abyss of hell: the first is called.,2 the second.,3 and the third..4 these are the watery reflexions of the three enthusiasms; those of apollo, dionysus, and aphrodite.5 the whole star is nechesh and messiach, the name hyha joined with hwhy.6 2 i m m m .i remember a certain holy day in the dusk of the year, in the dusk of the equinox of osiris, when i first beheld thee visibly; when first the dreadful issue was fought out; when the ibis-headed one charmed away the strife. i remember thy first kiss, even as a maiden should. nor in the dark byways was there another: thy kisse

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eth! i am eternal; therefore all things are as my designs; therefore do all things obey my word. therefore do thou come forth unto me from thine abode in the silence: unutterable wisdom! all-light! all-power! svb figvra lxiv 3 thoth! hermes! mercury! odin! by whatever name i call thee, thou art still nameless to eternity: come thou forth, i say, and aid and guard me in this work of art. 12. thou, star of the east, that didst conduct the magi! thou art the same all-present in heaven and in hell! thou that vibratest between the light and the darkness! rising, descending! changing ever, yet ever the same! the sun is thy father! thy mother the moon! the wind hath borne thee in its bosom; and earth hath ever nourished the changeless godhead of thy youth!2 13. come thou forth, i say, come thou f

the changeless godhead of thy youth!2 13. come thou forth, i say, come thou forth! and make all spirits subject unto me: so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, and of the earth, and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god the vast one, may be obedient unto me!3 14. i invoke the priestess of the silver star,4 asi the curved one, by the ritual of silence. 15. i make open the gate of bliss; i descend from the palace of the stars; i greet you, i embrace you, o children of earth, that are gathered together in the hall of darkness. 2 [the last four citations of this section are adapted from the gemerald tablet of hermes. h. t.s] 3 [this section is paraphrased by allan bennett from a graco-egyptian ri

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ow falling in the pineclad woods. 38. in a moment thou wast lost in a wilderness of the like and the unlike. 39. but i beheld the beautiful god at the back of the blizzard.and thou wast he! 40. also i read in a great book. 41. on ancient skin was written in letters of gold: verbum fit verbum. 42. also vitriol and the hierophant fs name v.v.v.v.v. svb figvra vii 17 43. all this wheeled in fire, in star-fire, rare and far and utterly lonely.even as thou and i, o desolate soul my god! 44. yea, and the writing it is well. this is the voice which shook the earth. 45. eight times he cried aloud, and by eight and by eight shall i count thy favours, oh thou elevenfold god 418! 46. yea, and by many more; by the ten in the twentytwo directions; even as the perpendicular of the pyramid.so shall thy f

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e set phantoms to chase phantoms. we make our scin- laeca1 pure and hard and glittering, all glorious within, like the veritable daughter of the king; yet she is but the king.s daughter, the nephesch adorned: she is not the king himself, the holy ruach or mind of man. and as we have seen in our chapter on yoga,2 this mind is a very aspen; and as we may see in the last chapter of captain fuller.s .star in the west. this mind is a very cockpit of contradiction. what then is the standard of truth? what tests shall we apply to revelation, when our tests of experience have been found wanting? if i must doubt my eyes that have served me (well, on the whole) for so many years, must i not much more doubt my spiritual vision, my vision just open like a babe.s, my vision untested by comparison and u

of rwa thus repeat the three ideas. the nature of rwa is this analysed, under the figure of the ten numbers and the 22 letters which together compose what the rosicrucians have diagrammatised under the name of minutum mundum. it will be noticed that every number and letter has its .correspondence. in ideas of every sort; so that any given object can be analysed in terms of the 32. if i see a blue star, 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

idden between the waters that are above and the waters that are beneath (symbol, the ark containing the secret of life borne upon the bosom of the deluge beneath the clouds) wn. initiation is guarded on both sides by death ]ms. self-control and self-sacrifice govern the wheel. yo. the secret of generation is death. hp. the fortress of the most high (note p, the lowest reciprocal path. ydx. in the star is the gate of the sanctuary [wq. illusionary is the initiation of disorder. cyr. in the sun (osiris) is the secret of the spirit. yc. resurrection is hidden in death. wt. the universe is the hexagram (other meanings suit other planes and other grades* inspiration, equilibrated produces material energy [note added by ac to a copy of equinox i (5, as transribed by yorke. in the seed of the mag

e sanhedrim and the precepts of the law. the divine 7 in its most material aspect. 72. dsj, mercy. the number of the shemhamphorasch, as if affirming god as merciful. for details of shemhamphorasch, see 777 and other classical books of reference. note especially y+ hy+ why+ hwhy= 72.43 73. hmkj, wisdom. also lmg, gimel, the path uniting kether and tiphereth. but gimel .the priestess of the silver star. is the female hierophant, the moon; and chokmah is the logos, or male initiator. see liber 418 for more information on these points, though rather from the standpoint of part ii. 78. alzm, the influence from kether. the number of the cards of the tarot, and of the 13 paths of the beard of macroprosopus.44 also sawya, the messenger.45 see part ii. 80. the number of p, the .lightning-struck to

wonder-worker.as the thing he wants to be. for the adept such little consolation as he may win is rather to be found be regarding the magus as b= mercury= 8= ch= 418= abrahadabra, the great word, the .word of double power in the voice of the master. which unites the 5 and the 6, the 62 [if we accept the reversal of the tarot attributions of h and x this latter part should perhaps read= 5= h= the star= xvii= 17= the svastika= a= the fool= 0 .t.s] 42 liber lviii rose and the cross, the circle and the square. and also b is the path from binah to kether; but that is only important for him who is already in binah, the .master of the temple. he finds no satisfaction in contemplating the tree of life, and the orderly arrangement of the numbers; rather does he enjoy the qabalah as a means of jugg

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

u see i do not base my thesis on your book.s being torn to pieces by knowledge: nor invoke the shade of my own boyhood.s agony. soul, shudder not! advance the blade of fearless fact and probe the scar! you know my first-class memory? well, in my life two years there are twelve years back.not so very far! two years whereof no memory stays. one ageless anguish filled my days so that no item, like a star sole in the supreme night, above stands up for hope, or joy, or love. nay, not one ignis fatuus glides sole in that marsh, one agony to make the rest look light. abides the thick sepulchral changeless shape shapeless, continuous misery whereof no smoke-wreaths might escape to show me whither lay the end, whence the beginning. all is black, void of all cause, all aim; unkenned, as if i had bee

your creative deity, and say: the christhood-soul in me, risen of late, is now quite clear even of the smallest taint of earth. supplanting god, the man has birth(.new birth. you.ll call the same, i fear) transcends the ordinary sphere and flies in the direction .x (there lies the fourth dimension) vex my soul no more with mistranslations from genesis to revelations, but leave me with the flaming star,75 jeheshua (see thou zohar!)76 and thus our formidable pigeon-77 lamb-and-old-gentleman religion fizzles in smoke, and i am found attacking nothing. here.s the ground, pistols, and coffee.three in one (alas, o rabbi schimeon) but never a duellist.no son, no father, and (to please us most) decency pleads.no holy ghost! all vanish at the touch of truth, a cobweb trio.like, in sooth, 705 710 71

self and its shadow! 755 760 765 770 775 780 785 790 degradation of symbols. essential identity of all forms of existence. practical advice. 42 the sword of song now who dares call me no christian? and, who cares? read; you will find the master of balliol, discarding berkeley, locke, and paley.ll resume such thoughts and label clear .my christianity lies here. with such religion who finds fault? star, it seems foolish to exalt religion to such heights as these, refine the mystic agonies to nothing, lest the mystic jeer .so logic bends its line severe back to my involuted curve. these are my thoughts. i shall not swerve. take them, and see what dooms deserve their rugged grandeur.heaven or hell? mind the dark doorway there !62 farewell! how tedious i always find that special manner of my m

heralding the literary somersault of the twentieth century. we have been content to accept shakespeare as orthodox, with common sense; moral to a fault, with certain rabelasian leanings: a healthy tone (we say) pervades his work. never believe it! the sex problem is his speciality; a morbid decadence (so-called) is hidden i. th. heart o. th. rose. in other words, the divine william is the morning star to ibsen.s dawn and bernard shaw.s effulgence. the superficial, the cynical, the misanthropic will demand proof of such a statement. let it be our contemptuous indulgence to afford them what they ask. may i premise that, mentally obsessed, mono-maniac indeed, as we must now consider shakespeare to have been on these points, he was yet artful enough to have concealed his* the lamented decease

ur disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on; an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! my father compounded with my mother under the dragon.s tail, and my nativity was under ursa major; so that it follows i am rough and lecherous .sfoot! i should have been that i am had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizing. if there is one sound philosophical dictum in the play, it is this (i am not going to argue with astrologers in the twentieth century) it is on

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drant of the heavens around