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ic emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, symbolized by the letter heh, the first of the single letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse while in christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs are referred to christ and his twelve apostles. heg: leads neophyte to hiereus and then returns to his place and is seated. hiereus: leads neophyte to the south, and says: hiereus: on the southern side of the holy place stood the seven branched candlestick, wherein was burned pure olive oil. it is an image of the mystery of t

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e, is not included therein, but it is symbolized by the uppermost point of yod. it is macroprosopus or arikh anpin, the vast countenance. chokmah is attributed to yod, or the father abba; binah is attributed to heh or aima, the mother; vau embraces the six next sephiroth, which together form microprosopus or zauir anpin, the lesser countenance. malkuth is referred to the heh final or the bride of the apocalypse. heg: leads theoricus to tablet of 7 heavens of assiah in south. heg: these are the 7 heavens of assiah, the 1st is ghereboth, referred to chesed, wherein are the treasures of blessings. the 2nd is mekon referred to geburah, wherein are the treasures of the spirit of life. the 3rd is maghon referred to tiphareth, wherein are angels. the 4th is zebel, referred to netzach, wherein is

heg: places admission badge aside and leads theoricus to hierophant and then returns to his place. hiereus: heg: rise and face inwards towards the altar. hiero (rising and facing inwards to the altar) before you is represented the symbolism of the garden of eden. at the summit are the supernal sephiroth summed up and contained in aima elohim, the mother supernal, the woman of the 12th chapter of the apocalypse clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet and upon her head the crown of 12 stars, kether. and whereas the name tetragrammaton is joined to the elohim when it is said tetragrammaton elohim planted a garden eastward in eden so this represents the power of the father joined thereto in the glory from the face of the ancient of days. and in the garden were the tree of life, and t

the first head is pison which flows into geburah where there is gold, it is the river of fire. the second head is gihon the river of waters, flowing into chesed. the third is hiddekel the river of air flowing into tiphareth. and the fourth river which receiveth the virtue of the other three is euphrates which floweth down upon malkuth, the earth. this river going forth out of eden is the river of the apocalypse, of waters of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of god and the lamb on either side of which was the tree of life bearing 12 manner of fruit. and thus do the rivers of eden form the cross, and on that cross the great adam the son who was to rule the nations with a rod of iron is extended from tiphareth and his arms stretch out to gedulah and geburah, and in malkuth

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he door is guarded by the elemental tablets and by the kerubic emblems" chief "to 120 years are referred symbolically the five grades of the first order, to the revolution of the powers of the pentagram, and also the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written 'his days shall be 120 years' 120 divided by 5 equals 24, the number of hours in a day and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further, 120 equals the number of the 10 sephiroth multiplied by that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of m and the four elements typified in the wand which i bear (chief, second, and third adept enter the vault consecutively, chief passes to the east of the pastos facing west. second adept goes to the south facing north. third adept goes to the north facing south (officers

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erpart of it. this does not agree very well with the common or orthodox theogony of chapter 11; but it is to be explained by the dithyrambic nature of the chapter. in paragraph 3 no man is of course nemo, the master of the temple, liber 418 will explain most of the allusions in this chapter. in paragraphs 5 and 6 the author frankly identifies himself with the beast referred to in the book, and in the apocalypse, and in liber legis. in paragraph 6 the book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 105 word "angel" may refer to his mission, and the word "lion-serpent" to the sigil of his ascending decan (teth= snake=spermatozoon and leo in the zodiac, which like teth itself has the snake-form. theta first written sun= lingam- yoni and sol) paragraph 7 explains the theological difficult

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h which terminates the manifested life of vau by a continuous vibration of an impersonal energy of the nature of generation and knowledge, the virgin moon and the serpent furthermore operating to include in the idea a commemoration of the legend so grossly deformed in the hebrew legend of the garden of eden, and its even more malignantly debased falsification in that bitterly sectarian broadside, the apocalypse. sound work invariable vindicates itself by furnishing confirmatory corollaries not contemplated by the qabalist. in the present instance, the master therion was delighted to remark that his compound letter mgn, constructed on theoretical principles with the idea of incorporating the new knowledge of the aeon, had the value of 93 (m= 40, g= 3, n= 50. 93 is the number of the word of

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wer to analyze, to order, to manipulate your thinking! and please remember when people compliment you on your memory or the clarity of your thought, to give credit to the qabalah! that's fine, i seem to hear you purr; that looks a lovely machine. the design is just elegant; that scarf-pin of yours is perfectly sweet. there's only one point: how to make the damn thing work? ah yes, like the one in the apocalypse, the sting is in your tail. honest, you needn't worry; it works on ball-bearings, and there's always those "thirteen fountains of magnificent oil flowing down the beard of macroprosopus" in case it creaks a little at first. but seriously, all the mathematics you need is simple addition and multiplication. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 62 "yeah" you rude

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noah) is atlantean for arch, zu (egyptian shu) for many ideas connecting with wind, asi means 'cum quasi serpens, obviously the name of an actual high priestess. ra is pure atlantean for sun, and 'mse (egyptian chomse) for moon. the idea in 'mse is that of a strong woman('m) closing the mouth of a serpent (s) or dragon, and from this we have the xith card of the bohemian tarot, and the legend in the apocalypse. in the mystic greek used by the gnostics we find similar traces, sophia being from s ph, giving the idea of 'serpent breath' i.e. wisdom. iao is phallos, kteis, proktos. the word logos means the boy (g) naturally engendered of the virgin (l) and the serpent (s. theos (root o, first written 0) means the sun in his strength and also the lingam-yoni conjoined. christos is 'the love of

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his as thou dost all else, as a phenomenon of change, that is, of love. for in a swift stream thou mayst behold a twig held steady for awhile by the play of the water, and by this analogue thou mayst understand the nature of this mystery of the path of perfection" al ii,57 "he that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy shall be filthy still" the old comment 57. a quotation from the apocalypse. this god is not a redeemer: he is himself. you cannot worship him, or seek him- he is he. and if thou be he, well. the new comment this, and the first part of the next verse demonstrate the inviolability of hadit our quintessence. every star has its own nature, which is 'right' for it. we are not to be missionaries, with ideal standards of dress and morals, and such hard-ideas. we

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s in its infancy t.s. 15 because of the insertion of the yod, representing the generative powers t.s. 16 this is misleading; the elohim are androgynous as has been repeatedly explained t.s. liber lviii 12 qabalah, equal before god. woman is equal with man, and certainly not inferior to him, as it has been the persistent endeavour of so-called christians to make her. aima is the woman described in the apocalypse (ch xii).17 this third sephirah is also sometimes called the great sea. to her are attributed the divine names \yhla, elohim, and \yhla hwhy; and the angelic order \ylara, aralim, the thrones. she is the supernal mother, as distinguished from malkuth, the inferior mother, bride and queen. the number 4. this union of the second and third sephiroth produced dsj, chesed, mercy or love

hich accuses morally; and even that spiritual accuser upon the threhold, without whom the sanctuary might be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocalypse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, a

m is for the hindu thou art that (see previous chapter, the yogi; for the qabalist malkuth is in kether, and kether is in malkuth, or that which is below is like that which is above or simply yod (the foundation of all letters having the number 10, symbolising malkuth. the answer of the adept to the second form of the problem is for the christian all the familiar teaching of the song of songs and the apocalypse concerning the bride of christ* for the qabalist it is a long complex dogma which may be studied in the zohar and elsewhere. otherwise, he may simply answer h (the letter alike of mother and daughter in hwhy. see liber 418 for lengthy disquisitions on this symbolic basis. the answer of the adept to the third form of the problem is given by p, implying that an infinite factor must be

owledge implies a knower and a thing known, the accursed dyad which is the prime cause of all misery.75 480. lilith. see liber 418. so the orthodox place the legal 4 before the holy 8 and the sublime zero. and therefore their breaths stink. 543. good, but only carries us back to the mother. 666. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the lion (leo my rising sign76) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.7

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indicated by numbers are by myself. key entry from the printed edition in the equinox; could probably use further proof-reading t.qathe sword of song called by christians the book of the beast aleister crowley y h a r h f s u r k h y h w here is wisdom: let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast. for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred, three score, and six the apocalypse of john this electronic edition prepared by celepha s press somewhere beyond the tanarian hills first published society for the propagation of religious truth benares [i.e. boleskine, foyers, inverness] 1904 e.v. reprinted in vol ii. of crowley s collected works society for the propagation of religious truth 1906 e.v. this electronic edition (based on the collected works printing) h

d? and to bring up in the nurture and admonition of the lord, was not a little perplexed by the sudden disappearance of his wife. at first he supposed that she had been translated, but, finding that she had not left behind the traditional mantle behind her, he abandoned this supposition in favour of quite a different, and indeed a more plausible one. he now believed her to be the scarlet woman of the apocalypse, with variations. on arrival in egypt he hired an old native nurse, and sailed for odessa. once in russia he could find gog and magog, and present to them the child as antichrist. for he was no persuaded that he himself was the first beast, and would ask the sceptic to count his seven heads and ten horns. the heads, however, rarely totted up accurately. at this point the accounts of

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s she worthy of all honour. she is the supernal mother, co-equal with chokmah, and the great feminine form of god, the elohim, in whose image man and woman are created, according to the teaching of the qabalah, equal before god. woman is equal with man, and certainly not 78 inferior to him, as it has been the persistent endeavour of so-called christians to make her. aima is the woman described in the apocalypse (chap. xii. this third sephira is also sometimes called the great sea. to her are attribute the divine names, alhim, elohim, and ihvh alhim; and the angelic order, aralim, aralim, the thrones. she is the supernal mother as distinguished from malkuth, the inferior mother, bride, and queen. the number 4. this union of the second and third sephiroth produced chsd, chesed, mercy or love

for the hindu "thou art that (see previous chapter "the yogi; for the qabalist "malkuth is in kether, and kether is in malkuth" or "that which is below is like that which is above" or simply "yod (the foundation of all letters having the number 10, symbolising malkuth) the answer of the adept to the second form of the problem is for the christian all the familiar teaching of the song of songs and the apocalypse concerning the bride of christ.8 for the qabalist it is a long complex dogma which may be studied in the zohar and elsewhere. otherwise, he may simply answer "h (the letter alike of mother and daughter in ihvh. see liber 418 for lengthy disquisition on this symbolic basis. the answer of the adept to the third form of the problem is given by pi, implying that an infinite factor must

n truth knowledge implies a knower and a thing known, the accursed dyad which is the prime cause of misery. 480. lilith. see liber 418. so the orthodox place the legal 4 before the holy 8 and sublime zero "and therefore their breaths stink" 543. good, but only carries us back to the mother. 666. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the lion (leo my rising sign) and sol, 6,666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary 118 to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418

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i behold more fully: each tongue of flame, each leaf of flame, each flower of flame, is one of the great love-stories of the world, with all its retinue of "mise-en-sc ne" and now there is a most marvelous rose formed from the flame, and a 117 perpetual rain of lilies and passion-flowers and violets. and there is gathered out of it all, yet identical with it, the form of a woman like the woman in the apocalypse, but her beauty and her radiance are such that one cannot look thereon, save with sidelong glances. i enter immediately into trance. it seems that it is she of whom it is written "the fool hath said in his heart 'there is no god" but the words are not ain elohim, but la(=nay) and elohim contracted from 86 to 14, because la is 31, which x 14 is 434, daleth, lamed, tau. this fool is t

ideth on the beast. and also there is an assyrian legend of a woman with a fish, and also there is a legend of eve and the serpent, for cain was the child of eve and the serpent, and not of eve and adam; and therefore when he had slain his brother, who was the first murderer, having sacrificed living things to his demon, had cain the mark upon his brow, which is the mark of the beast spoken of in the apocalypse, and is the sign of initiation. 148 the shedding of blood is necessary, for god did not hear the children of eve until blood was shed. and that is external religion; but cain spake not with god, nor had the mark of initiation upon his brow, so that he was shunned by all men, until he had shed blood. and this blood was the blood of his brother. this is a mystery of the sixth key of t

together to try and make a connected story, and they sophisticated them to suit their social and political conditions. all this while no image hath come unto the stone, and no voice hath been heard. i cannot get any idea of the source of what i have been saying. all i can say is, that there is a sort of dew, like mist, upon the stone, and yet it has become hot to the touch. 149 all i get is that the apocalypse was the recension of a dozen or so totally disconnected allegories, that were pieced together, and ruthlessly planed down to make them into a connected account; and that recension was re-written and edited in the interests of christianity, because people were complaining that christianity could show no true spiritual knowledge, or any food for the best minds: nothing but miracles, w

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the temple in the 1= 10 ritual (second part. the "hegemon" then explains the symbolic drawing of the zodiac, which is most complicated, but consists mainly of twelve circles and a lamp in the centre to represent the sun "the whole figure represents the rose of creation, and is a synthesis of the visible universe. furthermore the twelve circles represent the twelve foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse, while in the christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs typify our saviour and the twelve apostles."2 after which the hiereus says "at the southern side of the holy place stood the seven-branched candlestick. the symbolic drawing before you represents its occult meaning. the seven circles which surround the heptagram represents its occult meaning. the seven circles which surr

yetzirah is attributed the seven abodes of assiah; to the four elements, the kerubim, and the qliphoth.5 267 it represents the connecting-link between assiah and yetzirah. it is the rending of the veil of the tabernacle; and it is the passing of the gate of eden. after which he enters upon the symbolisms of the twenty-first key of the tarot, the naked female form of which represents the bride of the apocalypse, the qabalistic queen of the canticles, the egyptian isis of nature. her two wands are the directing forces of the positive and negative currents. she is the synthesis of the thirty-second path uniting malkuth and yesod. illustration on page 268 approximated_ diagram 21. the cubical cross of twenty- two squares. 5 "see 777" cols. civ, cviii, pp. 20 and 23; and revelations, chap. i

les which define the limits of the figure, a narrow ring being formed between them. eight additional radials extend inward between the original four lines from the outermost circle to the outer edge of the outermost square, forming twelve equal divisions of the outer ring in all. the "hegemon" then explains his tablet, which contains the occult symbolism of the garden of eden and the holy city of the apocalypse; and the "kerux" also his- the seven infernal mansions and the four seas.6 after which the "hierophant" confers on the zelator the title of the thirty- second path; the zelator then quits the temple for a short time before passing to the grade of theoricus. the ceremony of theoricus is opened by the "hierophant" who says to the zelator "frater pereclinos de faustis: as in the grade

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os patebo" which the chief adept explains as follows] the 120 years refer symbolically to the five grades of the first order, and to the revolution of the powers of the pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written "his days shall be 120 years" and and 120 divided by five yields 210 twenty-four, the number of hours in a day, and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further, 120 equals the number of the ten sephiroth multiplied by that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of the spirit and the four elements, typified in the wand which i bear. 4 for a further account of these see "the elemental calls of dr. dee" in sloane mss, british museum. illustration on page 211 described and aproximated "diagram 64. the lotus wand" the top of the wand

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sage. heaven hath sent the knowledge of a new sweet way into the secret element. olympas. master, while yet the glory clings declare this mystery magical! marsyas. i am yet borne on those blue wings into the essence of the all. now, now i stand on earth again, though, blazing through each nerve and vein, the light yet holds its choral course, filling my frame with fiery force like god's. now hear the apocalypse new-fledged on these reluctant lips! olympas. i tremble like an aspen, quiver like light upon a rainy river! marsyas. do what thou wilt! is the sole word of law that my attainment heard. arise, and lay thine hand on god! arise, and set a period unto restriction! that is sin: to hold thine holy spirit in! o thou that chafest at thy bars, invoke nuit beneath her stars with a pure hear

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e united efforts of mathematicians have hitherto failed to discover. aleister crowley. 163 the porch. vol. i, no. 8. 3"d" j. m. watkins. the mirror of simple souls. of all this admirable series this is the best. such prose i have rarely found in all my reading. i am beggared of wit to review it; but i implore all who seek the pure light mirrored in flawless imagery to obtain it. aleister crowley. the apocalypse unsealed "being an estoeric interpretation" of the initiation of ioannes. by james m. pryse. new york; john m. pryse, 9-15 murray street, 1910. london: j. m. watkins. 8"s" 6"d" net it is possible to write upon this book in a freer manner, without offence, than upon any other book in the canon of scripture, for there is no other book which has caused so much disquiet to theologians

the present time could understand it? against it are de wett, bleek, ewald, credner, schott, lucke, neander, michaelis, who treat the style as utterly foreign to that of john the apostle. the first-named observes that "revelation" is characterised by strong hebraisms, ruggedness, and exhibits the absence of pure greek words, whilst in the gospel of john is to be found a calm, deep feeling, but in the apocalypse we have great creative power of fancy- the two minds are at variance with each other. st jerome had an 164 exalted opinion of the book, and says that it has much of mystery therein; possibly he saw it with the same eyes as mr pryse. even both luther and erasmus were doubtful as to its acceptance. the "encyclopaedia britannica" argues that its allusions are of the 4th or 5th century

ryse. even both luther and erasmus were doubtful as to its acceptance. the "encyclopaedia britannica" argues that its allusions are of the 4th or 5th century. it may be mentioned here, that dom john chapman, d.o.s, has made an examination of the question this year, and argues, with doubtful success, that john the presbyter and john the apostle were the same person, and accepts both the gospel and the apocalypse as the works of apostle john, and accounts for the difference in style as that of the amanuensis whom the apostle john employed. two noticable, but irreconcilable, attempts have in recent years been made to interpret the book, theologically and historically. the learned dr e. v. kenealy made sense out of it, but overdid the subject. he believed it to represent the apocalyptic church

lcome hand to it. he quite believes it is a work of the apostle john, and defends the style; amongst these there are some doubtless who are narrow-minded, but here, and still more prominently in america, there are broad-minded clergy who will welcome the unsealing. the freemasons too in their higher grades, which have more or less reached us through the rosicrucians, have very strong allusions to the apocalypse, and may profit by it, and this refers to several systems practised throughout the world. thus the order of heredom (harodim) rosy cross, which has an unchanged ritual from 1740, at least, draws upon dionysius the areopagite, a disciple of st paul, and it has also a rhythmetical description of the new jerusalem. again, two entire degrees of the scottish rite of 33 degree are drawn f

apocalypse, and may profit by it, and this refers to several systems practised throughout the world. thus the order of heredom (harodim) rosy cross, which has an unchanged ritual from 1740, at least, draws upon dionysius the areopagite, a disciple of st paul, and it has also a rhythmetical description of the new jerusalem. again, two entire degrees of the scottish rite of 33 degree are drawn from the apocalypse, and certainly entered the rite before 1758, and seem as if they were drawn bodily from the rosicrucian militia of the cross: i allude to the 17 degree knight of the east and west, and the 19 degree of grand pontiff, which treat upon the heavenly jerusalem, and the opening scene of the revelations. it was rather a pity that when the late albert pike was revising the rituals, he did

commentary in application. mr pryse expresses the view that the book is necessarily incomprehensible to the conventional theologian, yet easily comprehended by the esoteric initiate "i.e" by him who possesses the gnosis, and that the drama is perfect in all its parts. i may add that most of this class of initiative books had a double interpretation, and hence that the same may be equally found in the apocalypse, but into this mr pryse does not enter. john yarker. mr pryse has undoubtedly found the key of the apocalypse, and many of his interpretations are profound and accurate. but he is afflicted by sexual mania to an extent positively shocking, and does not understand the harmony of the principles. adeptship is balanced growth, not lopping. a rose dies if you remove the root and stalk, m

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rially the ultimate destination and the final purpose, are the recognised prerogative of the mystical aspirant. the mystical literature of all the world religions is, as you know, full of these visions, ranging all the way from the more sexual approach of the song of solomon or the writings of many of the feminine mystics of the church to the amazing revelations given in the ancient puranas or in the apocalypse. these cover all the ground from the formulation of the highgrade "wish-life" of the mystics to the true prevision as to the future of the race as found in the writings of the prophetical scriptures. with the detail i do not intend to deal. it has been considered by the modern psychologist and the religious instructor and church writers and dealt with by them at great length. i want

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nd cosmic vision. the others were small, but intelligent men who, from analysis and deduction, assessed the immediate future and indicated immediate possibilities. they had no direct revealing intuition. in the new testament, john, the beloved disciple, was privileged to gain a cosmic picture and a true prophetic vision which he- 82- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust embodied in the apocalypse, but he is the only one who so achieved and he achieved because he loved so deeply, so wisely and so inclusively. his intuition was evoked through the depth and intensity of his love as it was in his master, the christ. 3. those who are the true priests. they are priests by spiritual calling and not by choice. it is the misunderstanding of the province and duties of a priest which h

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an hereditary british witch, whose long involvement in various magical circles and authorship of grimoires not only within the black tradition, but also that of the traditional witcha path, is bold enough to present ideas of our spiritual lineage found in the dreaming minds of the cunning brothers and sisters. the symbolic mark of initiation, which aleister crowley termed the mark of the beast of the apocalypse in the book of thoth, has brought different interpretations of its form, but the function itself is clear. this mark, or stigma, may have been a reference to some form of tattooing. the story may have originally referred to the nomadic tribe of the kenites, itinerant metal-smiths who believed themselves to be the descendants of a cain, related also to the midianites and israelites w

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darkness had an astronomical foundation. the position which the constellation of draco at one time occupied showed that the great serpent was the ruler of the night. this constellation was formerly at the very centre of the heavens, and is so extensive that it was called the great dragon. its body spreads over seven signs of the zodiac; and dupuis "who" 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

es are of no sex- this archangel, st. michael, is the invincible, sexless, celestial 'energy- to dignify him by his grand characteristics- the invisible 'virgin combatant' clothed. and at the same time armed, in the denying mail of the gnostic 'refusal to create' this is another 'myth within myths. a stupendous 'mystery of mysteries' because it is so impossible and contradictory. unexplainable as the apocalypse. unrevealable as the 'revelation"(p. 213. nevertheless, this unexplainable and unrevealable mystery will now be explained and revealed by the doctrines of the east. but as the very erudite, but still more puzzling author of "phallicism" gives it, of course, no uninitiated mortal would ever understand the real drift of his remarks[[vol. 2, page] 239 theological snuffers. a theologica

religious symbols. the repetition of this archaic tradition is found in ch. xii. of st. john's revelations, and comes from the babylonian legends without the smallest doubt, though the babylonian story had its origin in the allegories of the aryans. the fragment read by the late george smith (see "the chaldean account of genesis" p. 304) is sufficient to disclose the source of the xii. chapter of the apocalypse. here it is as given by the eminent assyriologist "our. fragment refers to the creation of mankind, called adam; as (the man) in the bible, he is made perfect. but afterwards joins[[footnote(s* the "life and the light" of the material physical world, the delight of the senses- not of the soul. apollo is pre-eminently the human god, the god of emotional, pomp-loving and theatrical ch

in it within the limit of the 4004 years b.c. assigned to the world from its "creation[[footnote(s* city of god, i. xv. ch. xxiii[[vol. 2, page] 536 the secret doctrine. xxii. the symbolism of the mystery-names iao and jehovah, with their relation to the cross and circle. when the abbe louis constant- known as eliphas levi- said in his histoire de la magie that the "sepher jezirah, the zohar, and the apocalypse (of st. john) are the master-pieces of the occult sciences" he ought, if he wanted to be correct and clear, to have added "in europe" it is quite true that these works contain "more significance than words; and that "its expression is poetical, while in numbers it is exact" unfortunately, before any one can appreciate the poetry of the expressions, or the exactness of the numbers, h

whence the sun departed for long months, descended from their inhospitable regions and "tried to wrench the lord of light" from their better favoured brothers of the equatorial regions. we may be told that the ancients knew nothing of the long night of six months' duration in the polar regions. even herodotus, more learned[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] chapter just cited of the apocalypse. latona became a powerful goddess indeed, and saw her son receive worship (solar worship) in almost every fane of antiquity. in his occult aspect apollo is patron of number 7. he is born on the seventh of the month, and the swans of myorica swim seven times around delos singing that event; he is given seven chords to his lyre- the seven rays of the sun and the seven forces of nature

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measurements the mystery of the secret sciences which emanate from that deity. and what would you feel, were i to plunge you into the abysses of motion, the force which organizes the number? what would you think, were i to add that motion and number* are begotten by the word, the supreme reason of the seers and prophets, who, in days of old, sensed the mighty breath of god, a witness to which is the apocalypse (b "the radiant essence curdled and spread throughout the depths" of space. from an astronomical point of view this is easy of explanation: it is the "milky way" the world-stuff, or primordial matter in its first form. it is more difficult, however, to explain it in a few words or even lines, from the standpoint of occult science and symbolism, as it is the most complicated of glyph

BLUE EQUINOX

calls life is not the only feature of experience. st. paul has prophesied of the future of the church .many members in one body. and it is also written "i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. the equinox 304 do not even the most pious and pig-headed agree that these are the last days? are we not come through much tribulation to the latter end of the apocalypse, and shall we not cry with the apostle "the spirit and the bride say: come "yea, come, lord jesus, come quickly" john st. john. on the threshold of the unseen. an examination of the phenomena of spiritualism and of the evidence for survival after death. by sir william f. barrett. e. p. dutton& co. sir william barrett.s book is decidedly well worth reading by those who imagine that t

it is a mingling of terror and rapture impossible to describe, and as a general rule it completely discharges the energy of the adept, leaving him weaker than an attack of malaria would do; but if the practice has been right, this soon passes off, and the experience has this advantage, that one is far hess troubled with minor phenomena than before. it is just possible that this is referred to in the apocalypse xvi, xvii, xviii. 41. when the six are slain and at the master.s feet are laid, then is the pupil merged into the one, becomes that one and lives therein. the note tells that this refers to the six principles, so that the subject is completely changed. by the slaying of the principles is meant the withdrawal of the consciousness from them, their rejection by the seeker of truth. sab

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

are the heads, yet an eighth ariseth. seven are the infernal palaces, yet do they include ten. in the tree of life, by the waters of the river, in the garden of wisdom, is the serpent of the paths; it is the serpent in the celestial eden. but the serpent of the temptation is that of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the antithesis and opposer of the other: the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse, the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou therefore the celestial serpent, as of brass, glistening with green and gold, the color of vegetation and of growth: banish thou therefore the evil and seek the good. for as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of adam be lifted up, raised through the balance of strife and of trial, through the pathway

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est with me. take heed that thou despise not thy lord in human form [170] comment on qoph* q o p h, pronounced kqfe. transcribed as" q. the number 100. meaning: back of the head. the corporeal intelligence. 1 the ancient form of the letter qoph looks like a knot tied in a cord. ateph and tav are the first and last letters of the hebrew alphabet. this statement "i am aleph and tav, is like that in the apocalypse, which says of the heavenly man that he is alpha and omega. it is a commonplace of the qabalah that the accusative particle eth, a th, formed from the first and last letters of the alphabet, implies the whole alphabet, and thus the totality of the divine powers. 2 this paragraph is based on the meaning of the lettername qoph, q v p "back of the head. the "head which is not a head "i

each world is 100, or 400 for the four worlds. yet all 400 are included in the primal ten, the ineffable, unmanifested tree of life subsistent eternally in en soph aur, the limitless light. the letter tav, because its number is 400, represents the total manifestation of the sephiroth. the" four-and-twenty thrones of primal forces" are the "thrones of the elders" mentioned in the first chapter of the apocalypse, written by one who was a profound qabalist. the number 24 is the result of the multiplication of the digits in 406 (4 x 6, the number of the letter-name th v. the twenty-four thrones are the positive and negative manifestations of the twelve forces corresponding to the twelve signs of the zodiac "instruction" or "erudition" is the meaning of the hebrew maskil, m sh k i l. this word

COMMENTARY ON THE SEAL OF THE NINE ANGLES

ties 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 things as the seventh son of a seventh son, of the seven towers of satan in yezidi legend, of the seventh seal, of the jewel of the seven stars. seven is thus a harbinger of doom to six: a shadowing- forth of the apocalypse to come. geometrically and numerically, like the aeon of horus, seven has an "identity crisis. additions or multiplications or powers of seven yield all sorts of random values and relationships. eighth angle: the temple containing the trihedral angles is a truncated pyramid: the power of the trapezoid perfectly manifest in a golden section-based threedimensional structure. thus its

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

ean, and lemurian accounts, many of them changed and twisted to suit the priesthood and to lose most of the direct reptilian references. these can be identified, however, by following the trail from which their terms and names derived. the name of the hebrew winged "angels, the seraphim, means serpent and they were described as having six wings- just like the one in the garden of eden featured in the apocalypse of abraham.9 flying angels in religious texts are symbolic of the reptilians, some of which, according to ancient and modern descriptions, have wings and can fly. this is also symbolised in the flying reptilian gargoyle figures, which the bloodlines have on their homes, cathedrals, churches, and other buildings, including the british houses of parliament. seraph in the king james ve

mbolised the sun as a living man and the signs of the zodiac as his disciples. and the christian religion was created in rome. mark, luke, matthew, and john, the names carried by the gospels, represent the four cardinal signs of the zodiac. these are also symbolised in christian cathedrals as a man (aquarius, an ox (taurus, a lion (leo, and an eagle (scorpio, together called the four creatures of the apocalypse. joseph wheless says in forgery in christianity (health research, 1990..the holy twelve had no existence in the flesh, but their 'cue' being taken from old testament legends, they were mere names- dramatis personae- mask of the play- of 'tradition, such as shakespeare and all playwrights and fiction-writers create for the actors of their plays and works of admitted fiction."29 in th

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itiation, which some witches disagree with according to their tradition. to paraphrase: there is the legend of eve and the serpent, for cain was the child of eve and the serpent, and not of eve and adam; and therefore when he had slain his brother, who was the first murderer, having sacrificed living things to his demon, had cain the mark upon his brow, which is the mark of the beast spoken of in the apocalypse, and is the sign of initiation. the book of thoth, aleister crowley in luciferian grimoires, cain is said to be a symbol and gateway for man and woman to become, thus the symbol of baphomet as anton lavey called it, is the inverted pentagram with a goat head in the middle. the original, which lavey took out, contained the words samael and lilith, surrounded in the circle ring the he

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and simply means to shut off from view or exposure. however, it eventually came to refer to realities specifically hidden from common sight; the occult realm is invisible to the physical eye but can be seen by an inner spiritual vision and/or grasped by psychic intuition. the occult is the opposite of apocalypse, which means to uncover. the last book of the christian bible is alternatively called the apocalypse or the revelation. to many religious people, the term occult denotes that which is opposite of what god has revealed; hence, the realm of satan and his legions of demons. some substance for this observation has been provided by religious leaders who combine an exploration of the occult with open opposition to the more traditional religions and religious institutions. as used in eop

ld eat the flesh of swine on the thirtieth day of ab, he will be plagued with boils. ab is also an ancient egyptian term for the heart. since the heart was the seat of the conscience, its preservation was a crucial part of the mummification process. abaddon the destroyer, from a hebrew word meaning destruction. chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy. abaddon is the name given by st. john in the apocalypse to the king of the grasshoppers. he is sometimes regarded as the destroying angel or prince of the underworld, also synonymous with apollyon (rev. 9:11 (see also black magic) sources: barrett, francis. the magus. london, 1801. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. 1 abadie, jeannette see jeannette d abadie abaris a scythian high priest of apollo and a renowned magicia

reaching friar born at viterbo who published a collection of manuscripts known as the antiquities of annius, full of fables and absurdities, and falsely attributed to berosus, fabius victor, cato, manettio, and others. he was also responsible for the treatise the empire of the turks and the book future triumphs of the christians over the turks and the saracens. these two works are explanations of the apocalypse. the author claimed that mahomet was the antichrist, and that the end of the world would take place when the christians overcome the jews and the muslims. annwyn (or annwfn) the celtic other-world. according to ancient belief, it might be located either on or under the earth or the sea, or might be a group of islands or a revolving castle surrounded by sea, and anima mundi encyclope

e recently, however, cardinal bellarmin asserted that antichrist will be the son of a demon incubus and a sorceress. he will be a jew of the tribe of dan, according to malvenda, who supported his view with the words the dying jacob spoke to his sons, dan shall be a serpent by the way.an adder in the path: by those of jeremiah, the armies of dan will devour the earth; and by the seventh chapter of the apocalypse, where st. john has omitted the tribe of dan in his enumeration of the other tribes. elijah and enoch will return to convert the jews and will die by order of antichrist. then christ will descend from the heavens, kill antichrist with the two-edged sword, which will issue from his mouth, and reign on the earth for a thousand years. it is claimed by some that the reign of antichrist

and thereby was criticized for later contradicting himself. what he actually exclaimed at the time was typical of the last ditch materialist unable to believe his own senses: spirit is the last thing i will give in to! briah in the kabala, briah is the third of the three stages of spirit progress, the three original ranks or classes. men are called upon to proceed from the lower to the higher. in the apocalypse briah is represented as the feet of the mighty angel with the face of the sun. briccriu an ulster chieftain surnamed of the poisoned tongue, mentioned in the myth of cuchulain, a medieval irish romance. it is said that on one occasion he asked certain warriors to a feast and raised the question which of them was the greatest. conall, laery, and cuchulain were selected, and a demon c

the faithful will be saved from destruction. there are a number of biblical passages representative of the apocalyptic viewpoint. in the hebrew bible (the christian old testament) passages in isaiah, jeremiah, ezekiel, joel, zechariah, and especially daniel speak in apocalyptic terminology. in the christian new testament, passages in mark and thessalonians have strong apocalyptic overtones, while the apocalypse or book of revelation is an entire apocalyptic tract, demonstrably the most influential apocalyptic text in western culture. apocalyptic reflections also dominate some of the apocryphal literature, books written by ancient hebrews but not included in the bible. such writings embody inspirational visions of the coming or second advent of a messiah, the state of faith, and interpretat

zef maria (1776.1853) polish mathematician and inventor who developed a philosophy of messianism, derived from the kabala and gnosticism. he claimed to have discovered the secret of the absolute, which he revealed for 150,000 francs to pierre arson, a businessman who agreed to publish hoene-wronski s messianic works. when arson backed out of the deal, hoene-wronski declared him to be the beast of the apocalypse and published a pamphlet with the immortal title yes or no.that is to say, have you or have you not, yes or no, purchased from me for 150,000 francs my discovery of the absolute? not surprisingly, hoene-wronski lost his court battle to obtain the remainder of the money, but the unfortunate arson had already expended some 40,000 francs on the works of hoene-wronski. about 1850 hoene

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through the mutual opinion of operator and subject; hence homeopathic medicine dispenses with them and no serious inconvenience follows. oil and wine, combined with salt or camphor, are sufficient for the healing of all wounds, and for all external frictions or soothing applications. oil and wine are the chief medicaments of the gospel tradition. they formed the balm of the good samaritan, and in the apocalypse, when describing the last plagues, the prophet prays the avenging powers to spare these substances, that is, to leave a hope and a remedy for so many wounds. what we term extreme unction was the pure and simple practice of the master s traditional medicine, both for the early christians and in the mind of the apostle saint james, who has included the precept in his epistle to the fa

nt gatherings in los angeles. in 1925 he founded the gnostic society with six people who met in his home to discuss his metaphysical interpretation of christianity. the small group is important as possibly the first modern group to describe itself as gnostic. the society disbanded soon after pryse s death on april 22, 1942, but has been revived by stephan a. hoeller. sources: pryse, james morgan. the apocalypse unsealed. los angeles: the author, 1931. reincarnation in the new testament. new york: theosophical publishing co. of new york, 1900. the restored new testament. los angeles: the author, 1914. the sermon on the mount. new york: theosophical society, 1904. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. pryse, james morgan, jr. 1245 psi greek letter used in parapsychology to indic

ently as the man by my side. but if they turn away from man, he hears nothing more whatever, even if they speak close to his ear. it is also remarkable that several angels can speak to a man; they send down a spirit inclined to man, and he thus hears them united. from his ongoing conversations with the angelic beings, he wrote a number of books. these may be divided into expository books, notably the apocalypse revealed, the apocalypse explained, and arcana celestia; books of spiritual philosophy, such as intercourse between the soul and the body, divine providence and divine love and wisdom; books dealing with the hierarchy of supernatural spheres, such as heaven and hell and the last judgment; and books outlining the teachings of the new church, such as the new jerusalem, the true christ

EVERBURNING LAMPS

rene, was similarly furnished. a like account is given of the great temple of aderbain, in armenia, by said ebn batric. kenealy in his "book of god" calls attention to the name carystios applied to the asbestine wicks of the lamps in ancient greek temples, and draws attention to its relations to chr. of christos and to eucharist, anointed with oil, as to everburning lamps before the throne, as in the apocalypse. chrs=[hebrew: chrsh]=solar fire. chre=[hebrew: chrh]=sun=he burned. krs=[hebrew: krsh]=sun=(greek?-eo)kupios= cyrus. ceres=was called taedifera=torch bearing. chrs, from this also comes eros in greek, material light coming from ineffable light. there is a curious reference of asbestos to fire, and the heat of the sun, in "the ecstatic journey to heaven" of kircher, where casmiel, t

rld, gives theodidaktos a boat of asbestos to embark in for his travels to and on the sun, the centre of heat. see "itinerar 1, dialogue 1" cap. 5. irish lore recounts a mysterious everburning flame in the temple at kildare, sacred to st. bridget-daughter of fire.-see giraldus cambrensis, de mirab. hibern. 2, xxxiv. khunrath, in his "amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae" cites the ancient author of "the apocalypse of the sweet spirit of nature" as speaking of a liquid which burneth with a bright light and wastes not. at the dissolution of the monasteries in britain, by order of henry viii, a tomb, in yorkshire, purporting to be that of constantius chlorus, father of the great constantine, was opened and ransacked, and a lamp burning was found in it: he died 300 a.d.-see camden "brittania (gou

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

. seven are the heads, yet an eighth ariseth. seven are the infernal palaces, yet do they include ten. in the tree of life by the waters of the river in the garden of wisdom is the serpent of the paths. it is the serpent of the celestial eden. but the serpent of temptation is that of the tree of knowledge of good and of evil. it is the antithesis and the opposer; the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse; the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou, therefore, the celestial serpent as of brass; glistening with green and gold, the colors of vegetation and of growth. banish thou, therefore, the evil and seek the good, thou who wouldst know the life of ages, thou who would follow in the footsteps of our master, o brother of the order of the golden dawn! for as moses lifted up the

FLY THE LIGHT

a spirit form. lucifuge is also the name of the patron devil in the grand grimoire, being an emissary of lucifer the light bringer. in this sense, lucifuge can be a shadow which comes from the above light of lucifer, thus a connected force of rebellion and self- liberation. contained on fly the light are 14 tracks, with a running time slightly over 70 minutes. seven tracks symbolize the beast of the apocalypse, being the 7 headed dragon. the remaining seven ascend in a crooked pattern around the tree of daath, or the qlippoth. this movement is thus symbolized as the fly god, beelzebub, as a form of the adversary. fly the light begins with alone and divided, an atmosphere of post-industrial chaos and the machinery of a new religion- luciferian youth. this album does not move in the clean a

atanist who had joined in a covenant with the devil in nod. in addition some initiatory grimoires present cain as being the son of samael (satan) and lilith (through possession of eve via the fruit given by the serpent. cain is thus a symbol of the self which transforms itself through dissatisfaction. fly the light is in part a symbol of the transformation through the seven heads of the dragon of the apocalypse via the angel of prostitution who rides the beast. the son of satan is also represented as a serpent. the dragon itself holds significance in that it is a relation to diabolism, in zoroastrian lore, the avestan word devak means worm which is a dragon or snake. an early form of the antichrist, called zohak and later azhi dahaka is a dragon-king who had two black and venomous serpents

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

the cult of the statues of these divinities; and he mentions here, too, the egyptian worship of animals (i revert now to an earlier part of the asclepius) 1 on the decans, see below, pp. 45-7. 2 c.h, i i, pp. 325-6. 3 ibid, pp. 347-9- 37 ficino's "pimander" and the "asclepius" yet the religion of egypt, and its wise and true cult of the divine all in one, is destined to pass away. the lament1 (or the apocalypse) there will come a time when it will be seen that in vain have the egyptians honoured the divinity with a pious mind and with assiduous service. all their holy worship will become inefficacious. the gods, leaving the earth, will go back to heaven; they will abandon egypt; this land, once the home of religion, will be widowed of its gods and left destitute. strangers will fill this c

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

at lucifer is the one who bears the light of freemasonry. the sentence immediately preceding confirms not only that lucifer is the light-bearer, but that masons of previous degrees have been led to believe that the opposite was true. the wording of this sentence is difficut to understand unless you have special knowledge. doc marquis was asked for his explanation, lets look at what he had to say "the apocalypse is, to those who receive the nineteenth degree, the apotheosis of that sublime faith which aspires to god alone, and despises all the pomps and works of lucifer [ibid] it seems to contradict the sentence first quoted above, it appears to contradict the quote above where pike identifies lucifer as the masonic light-bearer. however when you understand the esoteric explanation from doc

nth degree, the apotheosis of that sublime faith which aspires to god alone, and despises all the pomps and works of lucifer [ibid] it seems to contradict the sentence first quoted above, it appears to contradict the quote above where pike identifies lucifer as the masonic light-bearer. however when you understand the esoteric explanation from doc marquis, your understanding clears up completely. the apocalypse is identified first by pike as being the book of revelation written by the apostle john. pike then states that similar books from other religions are just as 'inspired' as revelation, mentioning plato, philo, the sephar yezirah, and the sohar. pike says all three of these books- apocalypse [revelation, the sephar yezirah, and the sohar, are all identically "inspired" and since the l

last two books are of non-christian faiths, albert pike is saying that the contents of revelation are no big deal. therefore, it is no big deal that the book of revelation denigrates the "pomp and works" of satan, since the god of that book is known to hate satan. pike then says that these three books "are the completest embodiment of occultism [ibid] now, we understand that pike views the god of the apocalypse as being the opposite but equal to satan just as typical occultists believe and teach! secondly, doc marquis provides the esoteric, occultic, explanation. pike is also saying in this sentence that, in the previous 18 degrees, masons believed that god was the light-bearer, but now, in this 19th degree, pike is giving them new revelation. this insight completely squares with stated ma

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

ese many problems are divided under two main headings, the theoretical and the practical qabalah; the first being again divided into the symbolical, dogmatic, and speculative branches. the first main division, that is the theoretical, is philosophical; the second is magical and is largely elaborated round the maaseh merkabah- the chariot of ezekiel and the four animals which are also mentioned in the apocalypse. out of this magical qabalah much of the magic of the middle ages was developed. the speculative, or metaphysical, qabalah is the more important branch. it forms, as adolph franck says: gthe heart and life of judaism h.1 it covers the evolution, involution, and devolution of the universe in every conceivable spiritual, moral, and intellectual form; and under such symbolism as gthe s

al serpents of egypt, and, according to eliphas levi, the astral light between the horns of the baphomet of mendes- the panlike satan of the templars. when erect it is the rod of aaron and the brazen serpent of moses (see plate vii on page 44) its three teeth, or tongues, represent three vaudin and consequently may be translated into the number 666, the solar number and the number of the beast in the apocalypse. according to the siphrah d'tzniuthah, it is the serpent which runs with 370 leaps. 25 it gleaps over mountains and hastily runs up over hills h. the serpent holds its tail in its mouth with its teeth. it is perforated on both sides. when the perfect one [or the archangel metatron] is raised up, the serpent is changed into three spirits. 26 secret wisdom of the qabalah page 43 plate

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rneus, at cyrene, was similarly furnished. a like account is given ofthegreat temple of aderbain,inarmenia, by said ebn batric. kenealy in hisbook of godcalls attention to the name carystios applied to the asbestine wicks of the lamps in ancient greek temples,anddraws attention to its relatons to chr. of christosandto eucharist, anointed with oil, as to ever burning lamps before the throne, as in the apocalypse. chrs==solarfirechre==sun=heburnedkrs==sun=kupios=cyrusceres=wascalled ta:difera=torch bearing chrs, from this also comes eros in greek, material light coming from ineffable light.thereis a curious reference of asbestos to fire,andthe heat of thesun,intheecstaticjourneytoheavenof kircher, where casmiel,thegenius of this world, gives theodidaktos a boat of asbestos toembarkin for his

ook upon christian doctrine, entitled,the perfectway,and in her personal teachings given at the hermetic society of 1885-7, of which i was a member. the present rosicrucian continental schools suggest that there is an esoteric view of the origin and doctrine of the christian faith; that the works of the evangelists, of the apostles and of st paul and notably of st john in the fourth gospel and in the apocalypse are all full of an inner illumin255 ation (in addition to their obvious meaning) which men of intellectual attainments should study and assimilate if truly desirous of spiritual progress, which is still possible even while we are clothed in coats of skin, and while our senses are limited by material defects of the sense organs, which indeed give us sight and hearing, but yet limit t

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e such men as reuchlin, athanasius kircher, knorr de rosenroth (whose 'kabbalah denudata' is the leading work on the subject, picus de mirandola, dr henry more, cornelius agrippa, and robert fludd, is surely worthy of more than a passing and superficial examination, especially when it is considered that the hebrew scriptures require some key wherewith to unlock the mysteries of the prophecies and the apocalypse; and that key, i venture to assert, is to be found, and found only in the kabbalah.18 the sorcererand his apprentice[reprinted fromwal/ords amiquarian magazine,vol. xi,no. 65(1887)pp.305-8.]2. thesymbolismofthe4ancientsin thisclavicula'no.2,ashortexplanation ofthesymbolism of those four important officers of a college, openinthe zelatorgrade,whoarenamedancients "they preside, in the

ven are the heads, yet an eighth ariseth, seven are the infernal palaces, yet do they include ten. in the tree of life, by the waters of the river, in the garden of wisdom, is the serpent of the paths; it is the serpent of the celestial eden. but the serpent of the temptation is that of the tree of knowledgeofgoodand evil, the antithesis and opposer of the other: the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse, the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou therefore the celestial serpent, as of brass, glistening with. green and gold, the colour of vegetation and of growth: banish thou therefore the evil and seek the good, thou who wouldst follow in the footsteps of our master, brother of the golden dawn. for as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of adam

er. before him is the butterflyofpleasure luring him on (while in some packs a tiger, in others a dog, attacks him from behind).itsignifiesfolly, expiation. 21. the universe.within a flowery wreath is a female figure nude save for a light scarf. she represents nature and the divine presence therein. in each hand she should bear a wand.atthe four angles of the card are the four cherubic animals of the apocalypse. above, the eagle and the man; below, the lion and the bull.itrepresentscompletion, reward.thus the whole series of the twenty-two trumps will give a connected sentence which is capable of being read thus: the humanwill(1)enlightened byscience(2) and manifested byaction(3) should find itsrealisation(4) in deeds ofmercyandbeneficence(5. thewise disposition(6) of this will give himvic

apparently disregards. this divinatory meaning is broadly borne out by the old symbolic designs.thetheory, therefore, is that the tarot was in its origin a symbolic book, whose meaning can now only be remotely guessed at; that the original designers worked upon thethetarot cards127fourfold division of all created things, whereof well-known examples are the four beasts of ezekiel's vision, and of the apocalypse, the four cherubim, the four archangels, the four letters of tetragrammaton, and many others; to which they added the mystic virtues of numbers, and upon each page of the book they palced a symbolic design still further to elucidate it. each page on this theory would in fact form a chapter in the book, describing the good and evil influences operating from the spiritual on the mater

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is before (even beyond) the framework of the line, the start of the line (the alpha event, the line itself and the end of the line (the omega point (fig 1. for ease, let us call this line the cosmic timeline. from the gnostic understanding what which exists before and beyond the timeline is perfection, the treasury of light (we will return to this soon, the end of the timeline is the omega day or the apocalypse, the timeline itself is formed by the various stages of human development, while the alpha event is how time, space and matter began. it is not the point where or when everything began, but only the point ages or yugas. figure one the alpha event the omega day gnostic theurgy page 14 at which time and matter began. this is an important point as the central questions for the gnostic

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adept "the one hundred and twenty years refer symbolically to the five grades of the first order and to the revolution of the powers of the pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written 'his days shall be one hundred and twenty years; and one hundred and twenty divided by five yields twentyfour, the number of hours in a day and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further, one hundred and twenty equals the number of the ten sephiroth multiplied by that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of the spirit and four elements typified in the wand which i bear (chief adept knocks four times. all face east. chief adept opens the vault wide, enters, passes to the eastern end, or place of the head of the pastos, the coffin of 9 christian rosenkreut

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e to reach a judgement concerning the riddle of our converging myths of global destruction. through these myths the voices of the ancients speak to us directly. what are they trying to say? 53 world mythology, p. 26. details of the hopi world destruction myths are in frank waters, the book of the hopi, penguin, london, 1977. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 197 chapter 25 the many masks of the apocalypse like the hopi indians of north america, the avestic aryans of pre-islamic iran believed that there were three epochs of creation prior to our own. in the first epoch men were pure and sinless, tall and long lived, but at its close the evil one declared war against ahura mazda, the holy god, and a tumultuous cataclysm ensued. during the second epoch the evil one was unsuccessful. in

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(see suppl. it is only the edda that brings in the name of surtr; but our ohg. poetry seems to have interwoven features of him into the church doctrine about antichrist, ohg. antichristo (p. 173-4, which, originally founded on the llth chap, of kevelation, was afterwards worked out further on jewish-christian lines of thought. the name occurs in two epistles (1 john 2, 18. 4, 3. 2 john 7, not in the apocalypse, where he is meant by the many-headed beast. in his time two prophetic witnesses are to be sent from heaven to earth, but to be conquered and slain bv him. muspilli. 811 their names are not given either; that they are enoch and elias follows from, the power given them to shut heaven that it rain not, and is expressly acknowledged by the fathers.1 their bodies lie unburied in the str

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'art.xxi.-thatunless a new church be established by the lord, no one can be saved; and that this is meant by these words "unless those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved" mat. xxiv.,22.'xxii.-thatthe opening and rejection of the tenets of the faith of the present church, and the revelation and reception of the tenets of the faith of the new church is meant by these words in the apocalypse,"hethat sat upon the throne said, behold, i make all things new; and he said unto me, write, for these words are true and faithful" chap.xxi.,5.thatthe new church about to be establishedbythe lord is the new jerusalem, treated of in the apocalypse, chap.xxi.andxxii.,which is there called the bride and the wife of the lamb.'200therosicrucianseernerves of the eye and eyelids; or, in m

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f the righteous. so be s^rs "these (speaking of tbe wicked "sballgoaway its koxatm airnnon into eternal punishment; but tbe ri^teous ds w^ otwvuif into life eternal* tbe reverend t. swinden' commenting on tbe speculations of bis predecessors, fills a whole volume with unanswerable arguments, tending to show that the locauty of hell is in the sun. we suspect tbat tbe rev- erend speculator bad read the apocalypse in bed, and had the night- mare in consequence. there are two verses in the revelation of john reading thus "and tbe fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. and men were scorched with great beat, and blasphemed the name of god* lliis is simply j^rthagorean and kabalistic allegory. the idea is new nather with the above-ment

ets and taliamans are mostly the emblems^ the apocalyptic allegories. the 'seven vowels' are closely related to the 'seven seals; and the mystic title abraxas partakes as much of the composition c^ skvm ham-tnxjaoraah 'the holy word' or ineffable name, as the name called: the word of god, that "no man imew but he hirmdf* as john ex- it would be difbcult to escape from the well-adduced proofs that the apocalypse is the production of an initiated kabalist, when this revdo' hon presents whole passages taken from the books of enoch and danid, which latter is in itself an abridged imitation of the former; and when furthermore we ascertain that the ophite gnostics who rejected the old tettameni entirely, as "emanating from an inferior being (jehovah, accepted the most ancient prophets, such as e

ia accounts also for the rejection of tbe vrorks of justin martyr, who used onjv this 'gospd according to the hebrews' as also did moit probably tatian, his di- dple. at what late period was fully established the diviniii/ of chrut, we can jndge t^ the mere fact that even in the fourth century eusebius (eixi. hitt, ill, xxv) did not denounce this book as spurious, but only ctsssed it with such lu the apocalypse of john; and credner (ztir oeka, dei kanons, p. 120 shows nicephorus, at the end of the dghth century, inserting it, together with the raeiation of john, in his 'stichometjy* ankong the aruiugomena, the ebionites. the genuiiu primitive christians, rejecting the rest of theaposto1icwritldgs,madeu9eodlyof thisgoqiel (irenaeus: agtt.bet.,i,nvi,2: also euseb: ecei. hi*t, ill, xxvii, and

contemporary with jesus, had not taken the slightest notice either of his life or death. christians wondered at such an unaccountable omission of what the church considered the greatest events in the world's history. eusebius saved the battle of the day. such are the men who have slandered the gnostics. the first and most unimportant sect we hear of is that of the nico- laitans, of whom john, in the apocalypse, makes the voice in his viuon say that he hates their doctrine" these nicolaitans were the followers, however, of nicolas of antioch, one of the "seven" chosen by the "twelve" to make distribution from the common fund to the proselytes at jerusalem ads ii, 44, 45; vi, 1-5, hardly more than a few weeks, or perhaps months, after the crucifixioa* and a man "of honest report, fiul of th

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w, or frow, the figure-head and fiddlehead. they have all a feminine origin. fig. 174 represents s. johan (st. john, from an early woodcut of the twelve apostles. his right hand is raised in the act of the holy sign, whilst his left clasps the chalice of the s.s, or sacrament of wine; in the cup is a salamander, signifying the h.g. this is st. john the 242 the rosicrucians. apostle, the author of the apocalypse; or the sanctus spiritus, who baptises in the mystic eucharist with the holy ghost and with fire. fig. 174. the following are the names of the angels of the planets, according to the gnostics. at the beginning of all things, is jehovah (sabaoth, victory; at the end, the old serpent (ophis. between these are the seraphim (intelligences) and cherubim (benevolences, and their represent

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m the divine will. but masleh moved to confuse the brilliance of the archangel of light, and he called to michael, thou who wield the force of god, strike down this deadliness which would bring ruin to heaven! and michael struck lucifer and cast him from the gates of heaven, and the cosmos was shaken by great fires of war and holocaust, and throughout countless galaxies and dimensions of time was the apocalypse felt. many were the angels who perished amidst divine and infernal wrath, and the great race was decimated in number. and the very concept of god was shaken, and endless chaos rose up again to reign where the order of god was no more. and lucifer said, this horror can not be permitted to endure, lest all creation be sacrificed to the final devastation of chaos. let those who acknowl

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seen that glow flash out into a sun-like radiance in immediate response to her earnest thought of devotion! the holy presence is never absent, but it certainly exhibits itself in greater activity in answer to an appeal. is the angel fs force-centre something like a faint reflection of that? 825. perhaps another analogy may be found in the twelve stars which, following the beautiful description in the apocalypse, are so often shown in medieval paintings round the head of the blessed virgin mary. all these represent powers; perhaps they correspond in some way to the points of light which the angels leave in our aura. the star always floating over the head of an initiate betokens the power of the king, upon which he can draw at any moment, while the star upon his forehead is the symbol of his

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sed in the roman and hellenistic world to indicate evil forces, and thus entered early christian writings with the negative connotation of impure spirits. the judeo-christian tradition elaborated the concept of the devil as the fallen angel who tempted adam and eve and was forever banished from paradise. christian literature also drew upon the belief systems of their neighbors in the depiction of the apocalypse, wherein appear demons that recall jewish, persian, and mesopotamian myths. in the transmission of the texts of the scriptures the devil (in hellenistic greek, diabolos) came to be identified with satan (the name used in the hebrew bible to indicate an adversary. the belief in evil powers as the source of sicknesses and problems for humans is found in early christian literature, and

an image that may ultimately be derived from the ancient vedic rite of horse sacrifice) as the source of this doomsday fire. in a well-known mythological episode, shiva, in a moment of anger, slew kama, god of desire, with a fiery blast from his third eye. once set in motion, however, this fire could not be 118 humor stopped, and threatened to destroy the three worlds before the appointed time of the apocalypse. brahma therefore transformed the fire into a fire-breathing mare. the mare s fire, which is inextinguishable, is held in check until the endtime by her residence at the bottom of the ocean. while consuming the three worlds of hindu cosmology, first with fire and then with water, shiva dances the tandava dance in his familiar form as nataraja, lord of the dance. in the words of the

had visions of the impending disaster. to begin with, god is seen on his throne in heaven 282 wormwood holding a scroll kept closed with seven seals that no one can open except for a seven-eyed and sevenhorned lamb (christ. the narrative goes on to relate how with each opening of a seal another cataclysmic or wondrous event occurs for the earth. first there is the release of the four horsemen of the apocalypse:war, famine, death, and civil conflict. this is followed by martyrs calling out for justice, then an earthquake on earth while the sun turns black and the moon red.when the seventh and last seal is opened, wormwood appears: a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water. the name of the star is wormwood (rev. 8

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sage. heaven hath sent the knowledge of a new sweet way into the secret element. olympas. master, while yet the glory clings declare this mystery magical! marsyas. i am yet borne on those blue wings into the essence of the all. now, now i stand on earth again, though, blazing through each nerve and vein, the light yet holds its choral course, filling my frame with fiery force like god.s. now hear the apocalypse new-fledged on these reluctant lips! olympas. i tremble like an aspen, quiver like light upon a rainy river! marsyas. do what thou wilt! is the sole word of law that my attainment heard. arise, and lay thine hand on god! arise, and set a period aha! 31 unto restriction! that is sin: to hold thine holy spirit in! o thou that chafest at thy bars, invoke nuit beneath her stars with a p

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is she worthy of all honour. she is the supernal mother, co-equal with chokmah, and the great feminine form of god, the elohim,16 in whose image man and woman are created, according to the teaching of the qabalah, equal before god. woman is equal with man, and certainly not inferior to him, as it has been the persistent endeavour of so-called christians to make her. aima is the woman described in the apocalypse (ch xii).17 this third sephirah is also sometimes called the great sea. to her are attributed the divine names \yhla, elohim, and \yhla hwhy; and the angelic order \ylara, aralim, the thrones. she is the supernal mother, as distinguished from malkuth, the inferior mother, bride and queen. the number 4. this union of the second and third sephiroth produced dsj, chesed, mercy or love

hich accuses morally; and even that spiritual accuser upon the threhold, without whom the sanctuary might be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocalypse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, a

for the hindu .thou art that (see previous chapter .the yogi; for the qabalist .malkuth is in kether, and kether is in malkuth. or .that which is below is like that which is above. or simply .yod (the foundation of all letters having the number 10, symbolising malkuth. the answer of the adept to the second form of the problem is for the christian all the familiar teaching of the song of songs and the apocalypse concerning the bride of christ* for the qabalist it is a long complex dogma which may be studied in the zohar and elsewhere. otherwise, he may simply answer .he (the letter alike of mother and daughter in hwhy. see liber 418 for lengthy disquisitions on this symbolic basis. the answer of the adept to the third form of the problem is given by p, implying that an infinite factor must

owledge implies a knower and a thing known, the accursed dyad which is the prime cause of all misery.80 480. lilith. see liber 418. so the orthodox place the legal 4 before the holy 8 and the sublime zero .and therefore their breaths stink. 543. good, but only carries us back to the mother. 666. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the 78 [victor neuburg, according to a note by crowley in a copy of equinox i (5, as transcribed by yorke. t.s] 79 [364= inter alia, alpwm roa, the hidden light, a title of kether, and fch, the adversary. t.s] 80 [vide al i. 22. t.s] 52 liber lviii lion (leo my rising sign81) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other

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d? and to bring up in the nurture and admonition of the lord, was not a little perplexed by the sudden disappearance of his wife. at first he supposed that she had been translated, but, finding that she had not left behind the traditional mantle behind her, he abandoned this supposition in favour of quite a different, and indeed a more plausible one. he now believed her to be the scarlet woman of the apocalypse, with variations. on arrival in egypt he hired an old native nurse, and sailed for odessa. once in russia he could find gog and magog, and present to them the child as antichrist. for he was no persuaded that he himself was the first beast, and would ask the sceptic to count his seven heads and ten horns. the heads, however, rarely totted up accurately. at this point the accounts of

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the pure source must be revealed. to better explain the luciferian path in the terms of which is offered in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon, an assessment of the basic tools, god forms and models of belief are given here: apep the serpent-demon of chaos and the abyssic waters of the tuat. apep is the early embodiment of the sumerian tiamat or the sevenheaded dragon of the apocalypse. in early persian manifestation, ahriman and the archdaevas. in egyptian lore, apep is by cipher and study nothing more than set revealed, his primal draconian aspect of self. apep embodies the very essence of set and may even be considered associated with his shadow or demonic form. in the tenth and eleventh sections of the tuat set-heh is shown as being to the left of the gods in

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ams alchemy and its exponents the theory and practice of alchemy: part one the theory and practice of alchemy: part two the hermetic and alchemical figures of claudius de dominico celentano vallis novi the chemical marriage bacon, shakspere, and the rosicrucians the cryptogram as a factor in symbolic philosophy freemasonic symbolism mystic christianity the cross and the crucifixion the mystery of the apocalypse the faith of islam american indian symbolism the mysteries and their emissaries conclusion the secret teachings of all ages an encyclopedic outline of masonic, hermetic, qabbalistic and rosicrucian symbolical philosophy being an interpretation of the secret teachings concealed within the rituals, allegories, and mysteries of all ages by manly p. hall san francisco printed for manly

heritage. 173 mystic christianity st. iran us on the life of christ--the original name of jesus--the christened man--the essenes--the arthurian cycle--merlin the mage. 177 the cross and the crucifixion the aurea legenda--the lost libraries of alexandria--the cross in pagan symbolism- the crucifixion, a cosmic allegory--the crucifixion of quetzalcoatl--the nails of the passion. 181 the mystery of the apocalypse the sacred city of ephesus--the authorship of the apocalypse--the alpha and omega- the lamb of god-the four horsemen-the number of the beast. 185 the faith of islam the life of mohammed--the revelation of the koran--the valedictory pilgrimage--the tomb of the prophet--the caaba at mecca--the secret doctrine of islam. 189 american indian symbolism the ceremony of the peace pipe--the

f one of these birds and it exhibition in the roman forum during the reign of the emperor claudius. p. 90 from the days of noah by all those who were of the church of god. the prophet sent to ninevah as god's messenger was called jonah or the dove; our lord's forerunner, the baptist, was called in greek by the name of ioannes; and so was the apostle of love, the author of the fourth gospel and of the apocalypse, named ioannes (bryant's analysis of ancient mythology) in masonry the dove is the symbol of purity and innocence. it is significant that in the pagan mysteries the dove of venus was crucified upon the four spokes of a great wheel, thus foreshadowing the mystery of the crucified lord of love. although mohammed drove the doves from the temple at mecca, occasionally he is depicted wit

initiated the seventy elders into the secrets of this doctrine and they again transmitted them from hand to hand. of all who formed the unbroken line of tradition, david and solomon were most initiated into the kabbalah (see the kabbalah) according to eliphas levi, the three greatest books of qabbalism are the sepher yetzirah, the book of formation; the sepher ha zohar, the book of splendor; and the apocalypse, the book of revelation. the dates of the writing of these books are by no means thoroughly established. qabbalists declare that the sepher yetzirah was written by abraham. although it is by far the oldest of the qabbalistic books, it was probably from the pen of the rabbi akiba, a.d. 120. the sepher ha zohar presumably was written by simeon ben jochai, a disciple of akiba. rabbi si

ce the beginning of the world, but that rabbi simeon was the first man permitted to reduce them to writing. twelve hundred years later the books which he had compiled were discovered and published for the benefit of humanity by moses de le n. the probability is that moses de le n himself compiled the zohar about a.d. 1305, drawing his material from the unwritten secrets of earlier jewish mystics. the apocalypse, accredited to st. john the divine, is also of uncertain date, and the identity of its author has never been satisfactorily proved. because of its brevity and because it is the key to qabbalistic thought, the sepher yetzirah is reproduced in full in this chapter. so far as is click to enlarge the seventy-two names of god. from kircher's oedipus gyptiacus. this rare cut shows the nam

ecreted "long anterior to the christian ra" the existence of interpolated material in the fourth gospel substantiates the belief that the work was originally written without any specific reference to the man jesus, the statements therein accredited to him being originally mystical discourses delivered by the personification of the universal mind. the remaining johannine writings--the epistles and the apocalypse--are enshrouded by a similar veil of mystery. by notarikon each letter of a word may become the initial character of a new word. thus from brashith, first word in the book of genesis, are extracted six words which mean that "in the beginning the elohim saw that israel would accept the law" mr. macgregor-mathers also gives six additional examples of notarikon formed from the above wo

at the 22 major trumps represent the letters of the hebrew alphabet. this supposition is based upon nothing more substantial than the coincidence that both consist of 22 parts. that postel, st. martin, and levi all wrote books divided into sections corresponding to the major tarots is an interesting sidelight on the subject. the major trump cards portray incidents from the book of revelation; and the apocalypse of st. john is also divided into 22 chapters. assuming the qabbalah to hold the solution to the tarot riddle, seekers have often ignored other possible lines of research. the task, however, of discovering the proper relationship sustained by the tarot trumps to the letters of the hebrew alphabet and the paths of wisdom thus far has not met with any great click to enlarge early portu

wisdom. in the pseudo-egyptian tarot the priestess is veiled, a reminder that the full countenance truth is not revealed to uninitiated man. a veil also covers one-half of her book, thus intimating that but one-half of the mystery of being can be comprehended. the third numbered major trump is called l'imp ratrice, the empress, and has been likened to the "woman clothed with the sun" described in the apocalypse. on this card appears the winged figure of a woman seated upon a throne, supporting with her right hand a shield emblazoned with a phoenix and holding in her left a scepter surmounted by an orb or trifoliate flower. beneath her left foot is sometimes shown the crescent. either the empress is crowned or her head is surrounded by a diadem of stars; sometimes both. she is called genera

and the nail-marks in hands and feet, indicate a christian origin; while the parthian coronet of seven points, the absence of the wood and of the usual inscription, and the rays of glory above seem to point to some christian origin. can it be the victim, man, or the priest and victim both in one, of the hindu mythology, who offered himself a sacrifice before the worlds were" next: the mystery of the apocalypse sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 185 the mystery of the apocalypse the presence of the temple of diana at ephesus marked that city as sacred to the mystery religion, for the seven wonders of the ancient world were erected to indicate the repositories of recondite knowledge. of ephesus, h. p. blavatsky writes "it was a focus of the universal 'secret' doctrines; the weird

hile still alive, and closing the entrance behind him, vanished forever from mortal sight. a rumor was current in ancient ephesus that st. john would sleep in his tomb until the return of the savior, and that when the apostle turned over on his sepulchral couch the earth above moved like the coverlets of a bed. subjected to more criticism than any other book now incorporated in the new testament, the apocalypse--popularly accredited to st. john the divine--is by far the most important but least understood of the gnostic christian writings. though justin martyr declared the book of revelation to have been written by "john, one of christ's apostles" its authorship was disputed as early as the second century after christ. in the third century these contentions became acute and even dionysius

y after christ. in the third century these contentions became acute and even dionysius of alexandria and eusebius attacked the johannine theory, declaring that both the book of revelation and the gospel according to st. john were written by one cerinthus, who borrowed the name of the great apostle the better to foist his own doctrines upon the christians. later jerome questioned the authorship of the apocalypse and during the reformation his objections were revived by luther and erasmus. the once generally accepted notion that the book of revelation was the actual record of a "mystical experience" occurring to st. john while that seer was an exile in the isle of parmos is now regarded with disfavor by more critical scholars. other explanations have therefore been advanced to account for th

ndom, the pagan initiates retorted with a powerful effort to paganize christianity. the christians failed but the pagans succeeded. with the decline of paganism the initiated pagan hierophants transferred their base of operations to the new vehicle of primitive christianity, adopting the symbols of the new cult to conceal those eternal verities which are ever the priceless possession of the wise. the apocalypse shows clearly the resultant fusion of pagan and christian symbolism and thus bears irrefutable evidence of the activities of these initiated minds operating through early christianity. third, the theory has been advanced that the book of revelation represents the attempt made by the unscrupulous members of a certain religious order to undermine the christian mysteries by satirizing

ristianity, and by using its own symbols toward its disparagement. for example, the star which fell to earth (rev. viii. 10-11) could be construed to mean the star of bethlehem, and the bitterness of that star (called wormwood and which poisoned mankind) could signify the "false" teachings of the christian church. while the last theory has gained a certain measure of popularity, the profundity of the apocalypse leads the discerning reader to the inevitable conclusion that this is the least plausible of the three hypotheses. to those able to pierce the veil of its symbolism, the inspired source of the document requires no further corroborative evidence. in the final analysis, true philosophy can be limited by neither creed nor faction; in fact it is incompatible with every artificial limita

christian origin of the book of revelation is, consequently, of little importance. the intrinsic value of the book lies in its magnificent epitome of the universal mystery--an observation which led st. jerome to declare that it is susceptible of seven entirely different interpretations. untrained in the reaches of ancient thought, the modem theologian cannot possibly cope with the complexities of the apocalypse, for to him this mystic writing is but a phantasmagoria the divine inspiration of which he is sorely tempted to question. in the limited space here available it is possible to sketch but briefly a few of the salient features of the vision of the seer of patmos. a careful consideration of the various pagan mysteries will assist materially also in filling the inevitable gaps in this a

c writing is but a phantasmagoria the divine inspiration of which he is sorely tempted to question. in the limited space here available it is possible to sketch but briefly a few of the salient features of the vision of the seer of patmos. a careful consideration of the various pagan mysteries will assist materially also in filling the inevitable gaps in this abridgment. in the opening chapter of the apocalypse, st. john describes the alpha and omega who stood in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. surrounded by his flaming planetary regents, this sublime one thus epitomizes in one impressive and mysterious figure the entire sweep of humanity's evolutionary growth--past, present, and future "the first stages of man's earthly development" writes dr. rudolph steiner "ran their course

pair of ram's horns. the lamb is used in preference to the ram apparently because of its purity and gentleness; also, since the creator himself was symbolized by aries, his son would consequently be the little ram or lamb. the lambskin apron worn by the freemasons over that part of the body symbolized by typhon or judas represents that purification click to enlarge episodes from the mysteries of the apocalypse. from klauber's historiae biblicae veteris et novi testamenti. in the central foreground, st. john the divine is kneeling before the apparition of the alpha and omega standing in the midst of the seven lights and surrounded by an aureole of flames and smoke. in the heavens above the twenty-four elders with their harps and censers bow before the throne of the ancient one, from whose

rse wearing a crown and holding in his hand a bow. when the second seal was broken, there rode forth a man upon a red horse and in his hand was a great sword. when the third seal was broken there rode forth a man upon a black horse and with a pair of balances in his hand. and when the fourth seal was broken there rode forth death upon a pale horse and hell followed after him. the four horsemen of the apocalypse may be interpreted to signify the four main divisions of human life. birth is represented by the rider on the white horse who comes forth conquering and to conquer; the impetuosity of youth by the rider on the red horse who took peace from the earth; maturity by the rider on the black horse who weighs all things in the scales of reason; and death by the rider on the pale horse who w

evil dragon tried to destroy them with a flood (of false doctrine) but the earth (oblivion) swallowed up the false doctrines and the mysteries endured. the thirteenth chapter describes a great beast which rose out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. faber sees in this amphibious monster the demiurgus, or creator of the world, rising out of the ocean of chaos. while most interpreters of the apocalypse consider the various beasts described therein as typical of evil agencies, this viewpoint is the inevitable result of unfamiliarity with the ancient doctrines from which the symbolism of the book is derived. astronomically, the great monster rising out of the sea is the constellation of cetus (the whale. because religious ascetics looked upon the universe itself as an evil and ensna

ere for the healing of the nations. by the tree is also represented the year, which every month yields some good for the maintenance of existing creatures. jesus then tells st. john that he is the root and the offspring of david and the bright and morning star (venus. st. john concludes with the words "the grace of our lord jesus christ be with you all. amen" click to enlarge the four horsemen of the apocalypse. from solis' biblische figuren. in the allegory of the four horsemen--according to the mysteries of philosophy--is set forth the condition of man during the stages of his existence. in his first and spiritual state he is crowed. as he descend into the realm of experience he carries the sword. reaching physical expression--which is his least spiritual state--he carries the scales, an

istence. in his first and spiritual state he is crowed. as he descend into the realm of experience he carries the sword. reaching physical expression--which is his least spiritual state--he carries the scales, and by the "philosophic death" is released again into the highest spheres. in the ancient roman games the chariot of the sun was drawn by four horses of different colors and the horsemen of the apocalypse may be interpreted to represent the solar energy riding upon the four elements which serve as media for its expression. next: the faith of islam sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 189 the faith of islam representative of the attitude of christendom toward islam, till recent years at least, is alexander ross's postscript to the anglicized version, published in 1649, of sieu

ences--and plunges into the maelstrom of material illusion. the precious span of his earthly years he devotes to the pathetically futile effort to establish himself as an enduring power in a realm of unenduring things. gradually the memory of his life as a spiritual being vanishes from his objective mind and he focuses all his partly awakened faculties upon click to enlarge john and the vision of the apocalypse. from an engraving by jean duvet. jean duvet of langres (who was born in 1485 and presumably died sometime after 1561, the year in which his illustrations to the apocalypse were printed in book form) was the oldest and greatest of french renaissance engravers. little is known concerning duvet beyond the fact that he was the goldsmith to the king of france. his engravings for the boo

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misinterpreted as mere representations of common fears of his own time. however,they are not merely myopic sketches of events of his own time. durer and other artists whotreated canonical subjects were remote viewers, prophesizing, warning, and revealing.their iconic allegories deal with timeless meta-themes of which the average critic and alsotheir admirers are unaware. durer's four horsemen of the apocalypse; st. michael's fightagainst the dragon; knight, death and the devil; and melancholia i should be read as fore-casts, as portents of things to come. artists and minstrels of more recent times also have thesame macro-theme in their creations, though few are aware of itconsider the final lines ofthe song stairway to heaven, by led zeppelin, and then why millions resonate with this ando

MORALS AND DOGMA

" says hosea "by the words of my mouth "the word of god" says the writer of the apostolic letter to the hebrews "is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit "the sword of the spirit, which is the word of god" says paul, writing to the christians at ephesus "i will fight against them with the sword of my mouth" it is said in the apocalypse, to the angel of the church at pergamos* the spoken discourse may roll on strongly as the great tidal wave; but, like the wave, it dies at last feebly on the sands. it is heard by few, remembered by still fewer, and fades away, like an echo in the mountains, leaving no token of power. it is nothing to the living and coming generations of men. it was the _written_ human speech, that

oenician deity was called the heptakis or god of _seven_ rays _seven_ days of the week; and _seven_ and _five_ made the number of months, tribes, and apostles. zechariah saw a golden candlestick, with _seven_ lamps and _seven_ pipes to the lamps, and an olive-tree on each side. since he says "the _seven_ eyes of the lord shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of zerubbabel" john, in the apocalypse, writes _seven_ epistles to the _seven_ churches. in the _seven_ epistles there are _twelve_ promises. what is said of the churches in praise or blame, is completed in the number _three. the refrain"_who has ears to hear" etc, has _ten_ words, divided by _three_ and _seven, and the _seven_ by _three_ and _four; and the _seven_ epistles are also so divided. in the seals, trumpets, an

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

and images, which, he thought, sooner or later produced idolatry. the holy kabalah, or tradition of the children of seth, was carried from chald a by abraham, taught to the egyptian priesthood by joseph, recovered and purified by moses, concealed under symbols in the bible, revealed by the saviour to saint john, and contained, entire, under hieratic figures analogous to those of all antiquity, in the apocalypse of that apostle. the kabalists consider god as the intelligent, animated, living infinite. he is not, for them, either the aggregate of existences, or existence in the abstract, or a being philosophically definable. he is _in_ all _distinct_ from all, and _greater_ than all. his name even is ineffable; and yet this name only expresses the human ideal of his divinity. what god is in

ariegated with animals and plants and stars was the only genuine temple of the divinity. how completely the temple of solomon was symbolic, is manifest, not only from the continual reproduction in it of the sacred numbers and of astrological symbols in the historical descriptions of it; but also, and yet more, from the details of the imaginary reconstructed edifice, seen by ezekiel in his vision. the apocalypse completes the demonstration, and shows the kabalistic meanings of the whole. the symbola architectonica are found on the most ancient edifices; and these mathematical figures and instruments, adopted by the templars, and identical with those on the gnostic seals and abrax, connect their dogma with the chaldaic, syriac, and egyptian oriental philosophy. the secret pythagorean doctrin

d by the templars, and identical with those on the gnostic seals and abrax, connect their dogma with the chaldaic, syriac, and egyptian oriental philosophy. the secret pythagorean doctrines of numbers were preserved by the monks of thibet, by the hierophants of egypt and eleusis, at jerusalem, and in the circular chapters of the druids; and they are especially consecrated in that mysterious book, the apocalypse of saint john. all temples were surrounded by pillars, recording the number of the constellations, the signs of the zodiac, or the cycles of the planets; and each one was a microcosm or symbol of the universe, having for roof or ceiling the starred vault of heaven. all temples were originally open at the top, having for roof the sky. twelve pillars described the belt of the zodiac

ss, which they considered as the source of all evils, the mother and dwelling-place of satan. to philo and the platonists, there was a soul of the world, creating visible things, and active in them, as agent of the supreme intelligence; realizing therein the ideas communicated to him by that intelligence, and which sometimes excel his conceptions, but which he executes without comprehending them. the apocalypse or revelations, by whomever written, belongs to the orient and to extreme antiquity. it reproduces what is far older than itself. it paints, with the strongest colors that the oriental genius ever employed, the closing scenes of the great struggle of light, and truth, and good, against darkness, error, and evil; personified in that between the new religion on one side, and paganism

oughout, everywhere the first instruments of the divine will and vengeance, are the seven amshaspands of parsism; as the twenty-four ancients, offering to the supreme being the first supplications and the first homage, remind us of the mysterious chiefs of judaism, foreshadow the eons of gnosticism, and reproduce the twenty-four good spirits created by ormuzd and inclosed in an egg. the christ of the apocalypse, first-born of creation and of the resurrection, is invested with the characteristics of the ormuzd and sosiosch of the zend-avesta, the ainsoph of the kabalah and the carpistes [greek ?a?p?st] of the gnostics. the idea that the true initiates and faithful become kings and priests, is at once persian, jewish, christian, and gnostic. and the definition of the supreme being, that he i

of satan which no man can measure; his triumph for a time by fraud and violence; his being chained by an angel; his reprobation and his precipitation into a sea of metal; his names of the serpent and the dragon; the whole conflict of the good spirits or celestial armies against the bad; are so many ideas and designations found alike in the zend-avesta, the kabalah, and the gnosis. we even find in the apocalypse that singular persian idea, which regards some of the lower animals as so many devs or vehicles of devs. the guardianship of the earth by a good angel, the renewing of the earth and heavens, and the final triumph of pure and holy men, are the same victory of good over evil, for which the whole orient looked. the gold, and white raiments of the twenty-four elders are, as in the persi

do, of right belongs to us_ therefore faint not, nor be weary in well-doing! be not discouraged at men's apathy, nor disgusted with their follies, nor tired of their indifference! care not for returns and results; but see only what there is to do, and do it, leaving the results to god! soldier of the cross! sworn knight of justice, truth, and toleration! good knight and true! be patient and work! the apocalypse, that sublime kabalistic and prophetic summary of all the occult figures, divides its images into three septenaries, after each of which there is silence in heaven. there are seven seals to be opened, that is to say, seven mysteries to know, and seven difficulties to overcome, seven trumpets to sound, and seven cups to empty. the apocalypse is, to those who receive the nineteenth de

cifer, the _light-bearer_ strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of darkness! lucifer, the son of the morning! is it _he_ who bears the _light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? doubt it not! for traditions are full of divine revelations and inspirations: and inspiration is not of one age nor of one creed. plato and philo, also, were inspired. the apocalypse, indeed, is a book as obscure as the sohar. it is written hieroglyphically with numbers and images; and the apostle often appeals to the intelligence of the initiated "let him who hath knowledge, understand! let him who understands, calculate" he often says, after an allegory or the mention of a number. saint john, the favorite apostle, and the depositary of all the secrets of the s

and images; and the apostle often appeals to the intelligence of the initiated "let him who hath knowledge, understand! let him who understands, calculate" he often says, after an allegory or the mention of a number. saint john, the favorite apostle, and the depositary of all the secrets of the saviour, therefore did not write to be understood by the multitude. the sephar yezirah, the sohar, and the apocalypse are the completest embodiments of occultism. they contain more meanings than words; their expressions are figurative as poetry and exact as numbers. the apocalypse sums up, completes, and surpasses all the science of abraham and of solomon. the visions of ezekiel, by the river chebar, and of the new symbolic temple, are equally mysterious expressions, veiled by figures of the enigma

the _white, the analogous symbol of the good: the _absence_ of all is the _black, the analogous symbol of the evil. there are three primary colors _red _yellow, and _blue; and four secondary _orange _green _indigo, and _violet; and all these god displays to man in the rainbow; and they have their analogies also in the moral and intellectual world. the same number _seven, continually reappears in the apocalypse, compounded of _three_ and _four; and these numbers relate to the last seven of the sephiroth, three answering to benignity or mercy, severity or justice, and beauty or harmony; and four to _netzach _hod _yesod, and _malakoth, victory, glory, stability, and domination. the same numbers also represent the _first_ three sephiroth, kether, khokmah, and bainah, or _will _wisdom, and _un

t of the terror which that reptile inspired, as the symbol of typhon and his malign influences; wherefore the eagle, as its paranatellon, that is, rising and setting at the same time with it, was naturally used in its stead. hence the four famous figures in the sacred pictures of the jews and christians, and in royal arch masonry, of the lion, the ox, the man, and the eagle, the four creatures of the apocalypse, copied there from ezekiel, in whose reveries and rhapsodies they are seen revolving around blazing circles. the ram, domicile of mars, chief of the celestial soldiery and of the twelve signs, is the device of _gad, whom jacob characterizes as a warrior, chief of his army. cancer, in which are the stars termed _aselli, or little assess, is the device of the flag of _issachar, whom j

the zodiac and the planets. so also did lycurgus at sparta, and cecrops in the athenian commonwealth. chun, the chinese legislator, divided china into twelve tcheou, and specially designated twelve mountains. the etruscans divided themselves into twelve cantons. romulus appointed twelve lictors. there were twelve tribes of ishmael and twelve disciples of the hebrew reformer. the new jerusalem of the apocalypse has twelve gates. the souciet, a chinese book, speaks of a palace composed of four buildings, whose gates looked toward the four corners of the world. that on the east was dedicated to the new moons of the months of spring; that on the west to those of autumn; that on the south to those of summer; and that on the north to those of winter: and in this, palace the emperor and his gran

and overcome by the superior might of the hebrew god, as monstrous leviathans maimed and destroyed by him. ophioneus, in the old greek theology, warred against kronos, and was overcome and cast into his proper element, the sea. there he is installed as the sea-god oannes or dragon, the leviathan of the watery, half of creation, the dragon who vomited a flood of water after the persecuted woman of the apocalypse, the monster who threatened to devour hesione and andromeda, and who for a time became the grave of hercules and jonah; and he corresponds with the obscure name of _rahab, whom jehovah is said in job to have transfixed and overcome. in the spring, the year or sun-god appears as mithras or europa mounted on the bull; but in the opposite half of the zodiac he rides the emblem of the w

celestial bodies then known as planets. faith, as the converse of arrogant confidence, was represented by the sun; hope, enemy of avarice, by the _moon; charity, opposed to luxury, by _venus; force, stronger than rage, by _mars; prudence, the opposite of indolence, by _mercury; temperance, the antipodes of gluttony, by saturn; and justice, the opposite of envy, by _jupiter. the kabalistic book of the apocalypse is represented as closed with seven seals. in it we find the seven genii of the ancient mythologies; and the doctrine concealed under its emblems is the pure kabala, already lost by the pharisees at the advent of the saviour. the pictures that follow in this wondrous epic are so many pantacles, of which the numbers 3, 4, 7, and 12 are the keys. the cherub, or symbolic bull, which mo

es, and partly unveiled their doctrine to their initiates; not by the language of their receptions, but by oral instruction afterward; for their rituals, to one who has not the key, are but incomprehensible and absurd jargon. among the sacred books of the christians are two works which the infallible church does not pretend to understand, and never attempts to explain--the prophecy of ezekiel and the apocalypse; two cabalistic clavicules, reserved, no doubt, in heaven, for the exposition of the magian kings; closed with seven seals for all faithful believers; and perfectly clear to the unbeliever initiated in the occult sciences. for christians, and in their opinion, the scientific and magical clavicules of solomon are lost. nevertheless, it is certain that, in the domain of intelligence g

it supposes the absolute in science and in will. there is light in gold, gold in light, and light in all things. the disciples of hermes, before promising their adepts the elixir of long life or the powder of projection, advised them to seek for the philosophal _stone. the ancients adored the _sun, under the form of a black stone, called elagabalus, or heliogabalus. the faithful are promised, in the apocalypse, a white stone. this stone, says the masters in alchemy, is the true _salt_ of the philosophers, which enters as one-third into the composition of azoth. but azoth is, as we know, the name of the grand hermetic agent, and the true philosophical agent: wherefore they represent their salt under the form of a cubical stone. the philosophal stone is the foundation of the absolute philos

ends its arms in the form of a cross. commentaries and studies have been multiplied upon the _divine comedy, the work of dante, and yet no one, so far as we know, has pointed out its especial character. the work of the great ghibellin is a declaration of war against the papacy, by bold revelations of the mysteries. the epic of dante is johannite and gnostic, an audacious application, like that of the apocalypse, of the figures and numbers of the kabalah to the christian dogmas, and a secret negation of every thing absolute in these dogmas. his journey through the supernatural worlds is accomplished like the initiation into the mysteries of eleusis and thebes. he escapes from that gulf of hell over the gate of which the sentence of despair was written _by reversing the positions of his head

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g. as for all interpretation of scripture, it required in accordance with the methodology of church scholars the perception of its allegorical, tropological, and anogogical meanings. in the allegorical sense, jerusalem was the militant church; in the tropological sense, it was the christian soul; and in the anagogical sense it was the celestial jerusalem, the land above announced by saint john in the apocalypse. with respect to kings david and solomon, both of whom were extremely popular, they were regarded, curious as this might appear today, as signs or portents of jesus christ. the same was true of hiram, the founder of the pillars of the temple, and adoniran, solomon's high official and head of the conscripted labor. hic et christus, said the venerable bede in the eighth century, meani

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

urn upon the elements <144> the garden of eden before the fall this diagram is described in the practicus ritual. it shows in a glyph the teaching proper to the practicus on entering the sephirah hod which he has reached by the paths of shin and resh from malkuth and yesod respectively. at the summit are the three supernal sephiroth summed up into one-aima elohim, the mother supernal-the woman of the apocalypse (chap. 12) clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head the crown of twelve stars. it is written 'so the name jehovah is joined to the name elohim, for jehovah planted a garden eastward in eden' from the three supernals follow the other sephiroth of the tree of life. below the tree, proceeding from malkuth is the tree of knowledge of good and of evil which is betwe

mercy, flowing into chesed. hiddikel: air-flowing into tiphareth. phrath (euphrates: earth- flowing into malkuth. 74 the golden dawn: volume i book one it is written 'ln daath the depths are broken up and the clouds drop down dew" the word naher has the meaning 'perennial stream1-'never failing waters' as opposed to other words mearung torrent or brook. the river going out of eden is the river of the apocalypse, the waters of life, clear as crystal proceeding from the throne, on either side of the tree of life, bearing all manner of fruit. thus the rivers form a cross and on it the great adam, the son who is to rule the nations, was extended from tiphareth and his arms stretch out to geburah and gedulah, and in malkuth is eve, supporting with her hands the two pillars <146> on the general

c emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, syrnbolised by the letter heh, the first of the simple letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse, while in christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs are referred to christ and his twelve apostles <62> hegemon leads neophyte to hiereus and then returns to his place and is seated. hiereus leads neophyte to the south, and says: hiereus on the southern side of the holy place stood the seven-branched candlestick, wherein was burned pure olive oil. it is an image of the myster

32nd path of the sepher yetzirah, which answereth unto malkuth and the letter tau, is called the administrative intelligence, and it is so-called because it directeth and associateth in <79> all their operations, the seven planets, even all of them in their own due courses. to it, therefore, is attributed the due knowledge of the seven abodes of assiah, the material world, which are symbolised in the apocalypse by the seven churches. it refers to the universe as composed of the four elements, to the kerubim, to the qlippoth, and to the astral plane. it is the reflection of the sphere of saturn. it represents the connecting and binding link between the material and formative worlds, assiah and yetsirah, and necessarily passes through the astral plane, the abode of the elementals and the she

now be moved back towards the west, and placed in readiness for the candidate at the closing. hiereus and hegemon stand either side of the altar, facing it. before you is represented the symbolism of the garden of eden. at the summit is the supernal eden, containing the three supernal sephiroth, summed up and contained in aima elohim, the mother <114> supernal, the woman of the twelfth chapter of the apocalypse, crowned with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head the crown of twelve stars, kether. and whereas the name, yod he vau he, is joined to the name elohim, when it is said tetragrammaton elohim planted a garden eastward in eden, so this represents the power of the father joined thereto in the glory from the face of the ancient of days. and in the garden was the tree o

head is pison, which ifo' wsinto geburah (whencet here is gold) it is the river of fire. the second head is gihon, the river of waters, flowing into chesed. the third is hiddekel, the river of air, flowing into tiphareth, and the fourth which receiveth the virtues of the other three, is phrath, euphrates, which floweth down <115> upon the earth. this river going forth out of eden is the river of the apocalypse, the waters of life, clear as crystal proceeding out of the throne of god and the lamb, on either side of which was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits. and thus do the rivers of. eden form a cross, and on that cross the great adam, the son who the golden dawn: volume i1 book two was to rule the nations with a rod of iron, is extended from tiphareth and his arms stretc

resented the hot and moist natures, symbolised by the torch and the horn of water. these are further strengthened by the solar and fiery emblems of the king and lion, and the luna and watery emblems of the queen and dolphin. above the whole figure rise the wings of the aerial nature, the reconciler between the fire and the water. compare this symbol with the angel described in the 10th chapter of the apocalypse of st. john-"and i saw another mighty angel come down from heaven clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was this is an important point, often overlooked. in book five, p. 82 of vol. iii, we read "the temple, as arranged in the neophyte grade of the order of the golden dawn in the outer, is. in malkuth in assiah" this means the temple in the 0= is the bottom five sephiroth of the tree

erchanged with each other by revolution, whence the symbolic forms of the wheels beside them, wherein was the spirit; and with two of the wings they covered their bodies and two were stretched upwards one to another. so the synthesis of the kerubim is found in the revolving cross, in the pentagram, and in the idea of one spirit dominating the four elements. but the kerubim of st. john's vision in the apocalypse are uncompounded, having single heads, but they have six wings and thus unite the powers of the seven with the four. and their cry is similar to that of the seraphim of isaiah "holy, holy, holy* heg. returns to place. 2nd and 3rd ad. bar way in s. w. ask for= words. 3rd ad. comes fomard and conducts phil. to w. gives phil. cup of water -directs phil. to go round repeating the words

apons of chesed, geburah and tiphareth respectively, just as the fire wand, water cup, air dagger and earth pentacle each establish the magus in netzach, hod, yesod and malkuth. h.s. adeptus minor ritual 225 the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written "his days shall be 120 years,"and 120 divided by 5 equals 24, the number of hours in a day, and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further, 120 equals the number of the ten sephiroth multiplied by <204> that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of the spirit and the four elements, typified in the wand which i bear. a11 face east. chief adept opens the door wide, passes to east or head of pastos of c. r c, and faces west. second enters and passes to south facing north. third enters and passes to north facing

- and the door is guarded by the elemental tablets and by the kerubic emblems. the 120 years refer symbolically to the 5 grades of the first order and to the revolution of the powers of the pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written "his days shall be 120 years" and 120 divided by 5 yields 24, the number of hours in a day and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further 120 equals the number of the ten sephiroth multiplied by that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of the spirit and the four elements typified in the wand which i bear. chief knocks. all face east. chief adept opens the vault wide, enters, passes to the eastern end, or place of the head of the pastos or coffin of c.r, and then faces west. second enters and passes to sou

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

ed its hopes. then it was that the jargon of alchemy was created, an impenetrable illusion for the vulgar in their greed of gold, a living language only for the true disciple of hermes. extraordinary fact! among the sacred records of the christians there are two texts which the infallible church makes no claim to understand and has never attempted to expound: these are the prophecy of ezekiel and the apocalypse, two kabalistic keys reserved assuredly in heaven for the commentaries of magian kings, books sealed as with seven seals for faithful believers, yet perfectly plain to an initiated infidel of the occult sciences. there is also another work, but, although it is popular in a sense and may be found everywhere, this is of all most occult and unknown, because it is the key of the rest. i

ience of the magi, once demonstrated fully, will be a discovery of no second-rate importance, and we do not doubt that the serious study of magic and the kabalah will lead earnest minds to a reconciliation of science and dogma, of reason and faith, heretofore regarded as impossible. we have said that the church, whose special office is the custody of the keys, does not pretend to possess those of the apocalypse or of ezekiel. in the opinion of christians the scientific and magical clavicles of solomon are lost, which notwithstanding, it is certain that, in the domain of intelligence, ruled by the word nothing that has been written can perish. whatsoever men cease to understand exists for them no longer, at least in the order of the word, and it passes then into the domain of enigma and mys

either by the horns of isis, who has her head veiled and an open book concealed partially under her mantle, or otherwise by a sovereign lady, juno, the greek goddess, with one hand uplifted towards heaven and the other pointed to earth, as if formulating by this gesture the one and twofold dogma which is the foundation of magic and begins the marvellous symbols of the emerald table of hermes. in the apocalypse of st. john there is reference to two witnesses or martyrs on whom prophetic tradition confers the names of elias and enoch-elias, man of faith, enthusiasm, miracle; enoch, one with him who is called hermes by the egyptians, honoured by the phoenicians as cadmus, author of the sacred alphabet and the universal key to the initiations of the logos, father of the kabalah, he who, accor

al principle of the whole kabalah, or sacred tradition of our fathers, was necessarily the fundamental dogma of christianity, the apparent dualism of which it explains by the intervention of a harmonious and all-powerful unity. christ did not put his teaching into writing, and only revealed it in secret to his favoured disciple, the one kabalist, and he a great kabalist, among the apostles. so is the apocalypse the book of the gnosis or secret doctrine of the first christians, and the key of this doctrine is indicated by an occult versicle of the lord's prayer, which the vulgate leaves untranslated, while in the greek rite, which preserves the traditions of st. john, the priests only are permitted to pronounce it. this versicle, completely kabalistic, is found in the greek text of the gosp

its kabalistic correspondent, and the equipoise of geburah and chesed, repeating itself in the circles of heavens called eons by the gnostics, provided the keystone of the whole christian temple in this occult versicle. it has been retained by protestants in their new testament, but they have failed to discern its lofty and wonderful meaning, which would have unveiled to them all the mysteries of the apocalypse. the triangle of solomon 17 there is, however, a tradition in the church that the manifestation of these mysteries is reserved till the last times. malkuth, based upon geburah and chesed, is the temple of solomon having jakin and boaz for its pillars; it is adamite dogma, founded, for the one part on the resignation of abel and, for the other, on the labours and self reproach of cai

of the seven spirits, to which we shall refer subsequently; by means thereof, observing the analogical proportions of successive events, it is possible to predict important future occurrences with certitude, and to fix beforehand, from age to age, the destinies of nations and the world. st. john, depositary of the secret doctrine of christ, has commemorated this sequence in the kabalistic book of the apocalypse, which he represents sealed with seven seals. we meet also the seven genii of ancient mythologies, and the cups and swords of the tarot. the doctrine concealed under these emblems is pure kabalah, already lost by the pharisees at the time of christ's advent. the scenes which succeed one another in this wonderful prophetic epic are so many pantacles, the keys of which are the ternary

g both principles and numbers, are called the ten sephiroth by the masters in kabalah. the sacred tetragram, drawn in the following manner, indicates the number, source and correspondence of divine names. to this name of jotchavah, written by these four-and-twenty signs, crowned with a triple flower of light, must be referred the twenty-four thrones of heaven and the twenty-four crowned elders in the apocalypse. in the kabalah the occult principle is called the ancient, and this principle, multiplied and, as it were, reflected in secondary causes, creates images of itself that is to say, so many ancients as there are diverse conceptions of its unique essence. these images, less perfect in proportion as they are removed farther from their source, project upon the darkness an ultimate reflec

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n which results from the union of the two principles. the number 11, which is that of the letters of the word, combines the unity of the initiate with the denary of pythagoras, and the number 66, the added total of all the letters, form kabalistically the number 12, which is the square of the triad and consequently the mystic quadrature of the circle. we may remark, in passing, that the author of the apocalypse, that key of the christian kabalah, composed the number of the beast, that is to say, of idolatry, by adding a 6 to the double senary of abracadabra, which gives 18 kabalistically, the number attributed in the tarot to the hieroglyphic sign of night and of the profane. the moon, together with the towers, dog, wolf and crab. a mysterious and obscure number, the kabalistic key of whic

ts myrrh, image of death and of darkness; the brown king sacrifices incense, emblem of the conciliating doctrine of the two principles. they return thereafter into their own land by another road, to show that a new cultus is only a new path, conducting man to one religion, being that of the sacred triad and the radiant pentagram, the sole eternal catholicism. st. john, in the blazing pentagram 37 the apocalypse, beholds this same star fall from heaven to earth. it is then called absinthe or wormwood, and all the waters of the sea become bitter. a striking image of the materialization of dogma, which produces fanaticism and the acridities of controversy. then unto christianity itself may be applied those words of isaiah: ghow has thou fallen from heaven, bright star, which wast so splendid

y their neglect and oblivion. the gnostic disclosures, for example, alienated the christian church from the high truths of the kabalah, which contains all secrets of transcendental theology. hence the blind, having become leaders of the blind, great obscurities, great lapses and deplorable scandals have followed. subsequently, the sacred books, of which the keys are all kabalistic from genesis to the apocalypse, have become so little intelligible to christians, that prudent pastors have judged it necessary to forbid them being read by the uninstructed among believers. taken literally and understood materially, such books could be only an inconceivable tissue of absurdities and scandals, as the school of voltaire has demonstrated but too well. it is the same with all the ancient dogmas, the

genesis, which, taken literally and accepted as actual histories, merit even more derision and contempt than voltaire heaped upon them, become lumithe key of occultism 59 nous for the initiate, who still hails with enthusiasm and love the perpetuity of true doctrine and the universality of initiation, identical in all sanctuaries of the world. the five books of moses, the prophecy of ezekiel and the apocalypse of st. john are the three kabalistic keys of the whole biblical edifice. the sphinxes of ezekiel are identical with those of the sanctuary and the ark, being a fourfold reproduction of the egyptian tetrad; the wheels revolving in one another are the harmonious spheres of pythagoras; the new temple, the plan of which is given according to exact kabalistic measures, is the type of the

s, finally, but one true religion, having one doctrine and one legitimate belief, even as there is but one god, one reason and one universe; that revelation is obscure for no one, since the whole world understands more or less both truth and justice, and since all that is possible can only exist analogically to all that is. being is being, xvx' wc' xvx. the apparently bizarre figures presented by the apocalypse of st. john are hieroglyphics, like those of all oriental mythologies, and can be comprised in a series of pantacles. the initiator clothed in white, standing between seven golden 60 the ritual of transcendental magic candlesticks and holding seven stars in his hand, represents the unique doctrine of hermes and the universal analogies of the light. the woman clothed with the sun and

ual opinion of operator and subject; hence homeopathic medicine dispenses with them and no serious inconvenience follows. oil and wine, combined with salt or camphor, are sufficient for the healing of all wounds and for all external frictions or soothing applications. oil and the thaumaturge 121 wine are the chief medicaments of gospel tradition. they formed the balm of the good samaritan, and in the apocalypse. when describing the last plagues. the prophet prays the avenging powers to spare these substances, that is, to leave a hope and a remedy for so many wounds. what we term extreme unction was the pure and simple practice of the master's traditional medicine, both for the early christians and in the mind of the apostle saint james, who has included the precept in his epistle to the fa

ntibus. it is a key of all prophecies new or old, a mathematical, historical and simple method of surpassing isaiah and jeremiah in the prevision of all great events to come. the author in bold outline sketches the philosophy of history, and divides the existence of the entire world between seven genii of the kabalah. it is the grandest and widest interpretation ever made of those seven angels of the apocalypse who appear successively with trumpets and cups to pour out the word and its realization upon earth. the duration of each angelic reign is 354 years and 4 months, beginning with that of orifiel, the angel of saturn, on 13 march, for, according to trithemius, this was the date of the world's creation; his rule answers to a period of savagery and darkness. next came the reign of anael

nown only to initiates. the word may read rota, thus signifying the wheel of ezekiel, or tarot, and then it is synonymous with the azoth of hermetic philosophers. it is a word which expresses kabalistically the dogmatic and natural absolute; it is formed of the characters of the monogram of christ, according to the greeks and hebrews. the latin r or greek p is found between the alpha and omega of the apocalypse; the sacred tau, image of the cross, encloses the complete word, as represented previously in our gritual h. without the tarot the magic of the ancients is a closed book, and it is impossible to penetrate any of the great mysteries of the kabalah. the tarot alone interprets the magic squares of agrippa and paracelsus, as we may satisfy ourselves by forming these same squares with th

l subjects with unequalled learning and inexhaustible eloquence. in fact, this wheel is the real key to the oratorical art and the grand art of raymund lully; it is the true secret of the transmutation of shadows into light; it is the first and most important of all the arcana of the great work. by means of this universal key of symbolism, all allegories of india, egypt and judea are illuminated; the apocalypse of st. john is a the book of hermes 139 kabalistic book the sense of which is indicated rigorously by the figures and numbers of the urim, thummim, teraphim and ephod, all resumed and completed by the tarot. the old sanctuaries contain no further mysteries, and the significance of the objects of the hebrew cultus is comprehensible for the first time. who does not perceive in the gol

oment, darkness or doubt spread over the whole earth, and it seemed in the eyes of ignorance, that true catholicism, the universal revelation, had disappeared for a space. the explanation of the book of st. john by the characters of the kabalah will be an entirely new revelation, though foreseen by several distinguished magi, one among whom, m. augustin chaho, thus expresses himself: gthe poem of the apocalypse presupposes in the young evangelist a complete system and traditions individually developed by himself. it is written in the form of a vision, and weaves into a brilliant framework of poetry the whole erudition, the whole thought of african civilization. an inspired bard, the author touches upon a series of ruling events; he draws in bold outlines the history of society from catacly

. he is the voice which cries, the voice which chants the harmonies of the desert and prepares paths for the light. his speech peals forth with mastery and compels faith, for he carries among 142 the ritual of transcendental magic savage nations the oracles of iao, and unveils him who is the first-born of the sun for the admiration of civilizations to come. the theory of the four ages is found in the apocalypse, as it is also in the books of zoroaster and in the bible. the gradual reconstruction of primeval federations, of the reign of god among peoples emancipated from the yoke of tyrants and the bonds of error, are foretold clearly for the end of the fourth age, and the recurrence of the cataclysm, exhibited at first from afar, is portrayed in the fulness of the book of hermes 143 time

ition, change of discourse, translation. the observation just made applies exactly to all barbarian cosmogonical language. seers made use of the same inspired radical to express nourishment and instruction. is not the science of truth the nourishment of the soul? thus, the scroll of papyrus, or the book, eaten by the prophet ezekiel; the little volume which the angel gave as food to the author of the apocalypse; the festivities of the magical palace of asgard, to which gangler was invited by har the sublime; the miraculous multiplication of seven loaves narrated of the nazarene by the evangelists; the living bread which jesus-sun gave his disciples to eat, saying, ethis is my body f; and a host of similar stories, are a repetition of the same allegory; the life of souls who are sustained b

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m the divine will. but masleh moved to confuse the brilliance of the archangel of light, and he called to michael, thou who wield the force of god, strike down this deadliness which would bring ruin to heaven! and michael struck lucifer and cast him from the gates of heaven, and the cosmos was shaken by great fires of war and holocaust, and throughout countless galaxies and dimensions of time was the apocalypse felt. many were the angels who perished amidst divine and infernal wrath, and the great race was decimated in number. and the very concept of god was shaken, and endless chaos rose up again to reign where the order of god was no more. and lucifer said, this horror can not be permitted to endure, lest all creation be sacrificed to the final devastation of chaos. let those who acknowl

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t then, as the new story, too, falls into the old pattern, continuing each time he drops off from the precise point at which it was interrupted, and as his own image, translated into an avatar of the archangel, re-enters the frame, so his hope dies, and he succumbs once more to the inexorable. things have reached the point at which some of his night-sagas seem more bearable than others, and after the apocalypse of the imam he feels almost pleased when the next narrative begins, extending his internal repertory, because at least it suggests that the deity whom he, gibreel, has tried unsuccessfully to kill can be a god of love, as well as one of vengeance, power, duty, rules and hate; and it is, too, a nostalgic sort of tale, of a lost homeland; it feels like a return to the past. what story

om the roofs of deliquescent gullies, too shocked to come out and play. then the butterflies returned. from nowhere, as if they had been hiding behind the sun; and to celebrate the end of the rain they had all taken the colour of sunlight. the arrival of this immense carpet of light in the sky utterly bewildered the people of sarang, who were already reeling in the aftermath of the storm; fearing the apocalypse, they hid indoors and closed their shutters. on a nearby hillside, however, mirza saeed akhtar and his party observed the miracle's return and were filled, all of them, even the zamindar, with a kind of awe. mirza saeed had driven hell-for--leather, in spite of being half- blinded by the rain which poured through the smashed windscreen, until on a road that led up and around the ben

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ion as a guide of sheol, the pit or womb of the underworld. uri-el fire of god, identified in later scriptures with phanuel, face of god. the angel who gave mankind the kaballah. presides over tartarus (hell, being both seraphim and cherubim. identified as the cherub who stands at the garden of eden with a fiery sword, and who watches over thunder and terror. appears as the angel of repentance in the apocalypse of st. peter; uri-el, the angel of god, will bring forth an order, according to their transgression, the souls of those sinners. they will burn them in their dwelling places in everlasting fire. and after all of them are destroyed with their dwelling places, they will be punished eternally. those who have blasphemed the way out of righteousness will be hung up by their tongues. spre

outshone god. bathin (goetia, 18th spirit. duke commanding 30 legions. appears as a strong man with a serpent tail, riding a pale horse. knows herb-lore, precious stones, teleportation. beast 666 (hebrew. scarlet hued monster with ten horns and seven heads, the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, the jaws of a lion, who rises from the sea ridden by the whore of babylon to herals the coming of the apocalypse. it will have power over earth for fourty-two months, during which time all will marvel because it was and is not and is to come (revelations 17:8. the beast shall lay waste with plague and destruction, defeating the power of the saints. the antichrist tricks mortals into believing it is the messiah, commanding them to worship its brazen image. at armageddon, the beast 666 and his l

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this refers to the seventy two names of the expounded name yhvh. four is the number of the letters of the tetragrammaton. four is also the number of the letters of the name adni which is its representative and key. the latter name is bound with the former and united thereto, thus iahdvnhy forming a name of 8 letters. 8 x 3, the number of the supernal triad, yields the 24 thrones of the elders of the apocalypse, each of whom wears on his head a golden crown of three rays, each ray of which is a name, each name an absolute idea and ruling power of the great name yhvh tetragrammaton. the number 24 of the thrones multiplied by the 3 rays of the crown which equals 72, the name of god of 72 letters, which is thus mystically shown in the name yhvh, as under (or as the book of revelation says: wh

e letter of air. and the 4th division of 3 signs headed by the earthy sign capricorn is under the presidency of heh final, the letter of earth. but it should be remembered that the most powerful rule of y of tetragrammaton is over the fiery triplicity; that of h over the watery triplicity; that of vau over the airy triplicity; and that of h final over the earthy triplicity. in the 22nd chapter of the apocalypse of st. john it is said that the tree of life which bare twelve manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. and there shall be no more curse; but the throne of god and of the lamb shall be in it. this is exemplified in the drawing taken from the 3-8 altar diagram. the twelvemanner of fruits yielded every month an

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rrespondence. by the science of the sepher jezirah the human spirit is fixed to truth, and in reason, and is able to take account of the possible development of intelligence by the evolutions of numbers. the zohar represents absolute truth, and the sepher jezirah provides the means by which we may seize, appropriate and make use of it" upon another page eliphas l vi writes "the sepher jezirah and the apocalypse are the masterpieces of occultism; they contain more wisdom than words; their expression is as figurative as poetry, and at the same time it is as exact as mathematics. in the volume entitled la kabbale by the eminent french scholar, adolphe franck, there is a chapter on the "sepher yetzirah" he writes as follows "the book of formation contains, i will not say system of physics, but

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mystery processes in the pre-socratics and plato (again i have tried in the footnotes to refer to discoveries that now prove his case) part of the roundaboutness of the book is thus explained; but he also clearly wanted to establish a larger perspective than the shortsighted historical approach. later, especially in his lectures, he was to extend his treatment into the details of the gospels and the apocalypse, only touched on here. his evolutionary idea that in christianity the processes of the mysteries, hitherto experienced in vision and expressed in myth, had to become an individual life, already opens the way however for his intimate and deeply moving account of the founder s role. in obedience to his father, the god of history, christ had to be willing to translate that pattern of d

ries, had been enacted only in secret. this initiation prepares us for an understanding of the mystery of golgotha. formerly only those who were seers that is, 122 christianity as mystical fact who were initiated could know something of the goal of the mysteries. from now on there could be witnesses to the secrets of a higher reality among those who have not seen, and yet have believed. chapter 8 the apocalypse of john the seven letters at the end of the new testament stands an extraordinary document. it is the apocalypse the secret revelation of saint john. the esoteric character of the work is apparent from the opening words: the revelation of jesus the christ, which god granted him in order to show to his servants how the necessary events will shortly run their course. this is communica

: i was in the spirit on the lord s day, and i heard behind me a voice like a trumpet saying, write what you see in a book and send it to the seven communities. 124 he received the revelation when he was in the spirit. also, it is a revelation of jesus the christ, presenting in esoteric form the meaning of christ jesus manifestation to the world. therefore we are to look for the hidden meaning of the apocalypse in the teaching of christ, so that the revelation it contains stands in the same relation to mainstream christianity as the mysteries in pre-christian times stood to the public religion. this would seem to justify us in approaching the apocalypse as a mystery. what then does the apocalypse mean by addressing the seven communities? to understand it, we must take a specific instance f

seven messages, and we may begin with the first one: write to the angel of the community in ephesus: these are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and who walks among the seven golden lights, i know your deeds, and what you have suffered and also your patient endurance, and that you will not support those who are evil; also, that you have called to account those who call the apocalypse of john 125 themselves apostles and are not, and that you have recognized them as false. and you are enduring patiently and are building up your work upon my name, and you have not grown weary. but i demand of you that you should attain the highest love: consider from what you have fallen, change your way of thinking, and achieve the highest deeds. otherwise, i will come to you and

verything else if it does not undergo that transformation into divine wisdom. you, however, says the spirit to the angel at ephesus, have not relied in this way upon mere human wisdom. you have persevered in the path of christianity. yet to reach the goal you need nothing short of the first and highest love. you need a love greater than all other loves, because only then can it be the first love. the apocalypse of john 127 the road to the divine reaches endlessly before you and the first step, once gained, is the starting point for an ascent that leads ever higher. so must we understand the message to the first of the communities, and it must serve as an example for the rest.126 the son of man john turns round, and he sees seven golden lights. and: among the lights was one like a son of ma

e undergone only when someone dies. the one who guides john through them has to take him into realms where birth and death no longer have any meaning. the initiated one therefore enters on a new life: and i was dead, but see! i am alive throughout all the cycles of time. and i hold the keys of death and the underworld. 133 thus john is brought to the stage of beholding the mysteries of existence. the apocalypse of john 129 and after this i looked, and saw the door of heaven open. and the first voice that was heard was like a trumpet sounding and it said to me, ascend to this place and i will reveal what must take place hereafter. 134 the messages that were proclaimed to the seven churches taught john what had to happen in the physical realm in order to prepare the way for christianity. wha

trumpets that is, when the life contained in physical forms is transformed and spiritualized. the book with seven seals the one who sits enthroned holds in his right hand a book, which marks out the path to the summit of wisdom. only one person is worthy to open this book: look! the lion of the tribe of judah, the root of david, has triumphed. he is able to open the book and its seven seals. 138 the apocalypse of john 131 the book has seven seals human wisdom is sevenfold. once again we encounter the holiness of the number seven. seals, in the mystical philosophy of philo judaeus, are the eternal cosmic ideas that come to expression in things.139 human wisdom is the quest for these creative ideas. only in the book sealed by them can divine wisdom be found. the archetypal ideas behind the

th seal is opened, the souls of those who have already taken up christianity appear: the creative idea behind christianity itself is manifested. but this refers only to the first stage of christian society, which is no less transitory than the other manifestations of the creative ideas. the sixth seal is opened. and now it is revealed that the spiritual world of christianity is something eternal. the apocalypse of john 133 the people are pervaded by the spiritual reality that actually brought christianity into existence. they are themselves made holy by what they have created: and i heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand out of all the tribes of the children of israel were sealed.143 these are the ones who prepared the way for the eternal before it t

, for the uninitiated. in the process of initiation the seals are opened. at the end of the time covered by the seven letters, the earthly age begins to pass over into a more spiritual condition. life will no longer be limited as it is in its present physical forms, but will appear even externally as an imaging of the supersensible archetypes represented by the four living creatures and the other the apocalypse of john 135 pictures connected with the seals. still further ahead in the future the earth will take on the form intimated to the initiates by the sounding of the trumpets. in this way the initiate has a prophetic experience of future conditions. the initiate into the christian mystery experiences the impetus given to life on earth by the entering and onward working of the christ. m

el with the seventh trumpet: the kingdoms of the world have become those of the lord and of his anointed, who will reign from eternity to eternity. 147 upon which, the temple of god in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant became visible there. 148 666: the beast and the abyss the initiate s experience brings back in a new form the primaeval struggle between the higher and lower natures. the apocalypse of john 137 on the christian path, everything that the initiates in the older mysteries had to undergo must be recapitulated. as osiris was threatened by the evil typhon, so now there is the great dragon, the ancient snake to be defeated. from far back the wisdom of the mystai had used the snake as its symbol of knowledge. the snake knowledge may be a seductive force, however, unles

ld. no longer is blessedness reserved for those who have witnessed within the confines of the mystery-temples those awe-inspiring enactments that are the types and symbols of eternity. for now, blessed are those who have not seen, but who have believed. 150 even if at first they wander in darkness, the light may yet reach them. there is no secrecy; the way opens out for all. there is much more in the apocalypse concerning the threat to christianity from anti-christian powers and the eventual triumph of christianity. all other gods are taken up into the higher unity of the christian divinity: i did not see a temple in the city, because the lord, the all-ruling god, and the lamb are its temple. the city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine upon it, because the revelation of the di

are its temple. the city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine upon it, because the revelation of the divine presence is its light, and its lamp is the lamb. 151 the mystery at the heart of the revelation of saint john is precisely this: the mysteries are no longer secret. the angel says to him: do not seal up the prophecies in this book, for the time of god s manifestation is near.152 the apocalypse of john 139 thus the writer of the apocalypse expounds, from the standpoint of his own belief, the relationship of his community to those of previous times. his view of the mysteries has become the content of a mystery-text. the traditions that have come down about it are appropriate to its mystery character: the author wrote it down on the island of patmos, and the revelation is sa

standpoint of his own belief, the relationship of his community to those of previous times. his view of the mysteries has become the content of a mystery-text. the traditions that have come down about it are appropriate to its mystery character: the author wrote it down on the island of patmos, and the revelation is said to have been received in a cave. christianity arose out of the mysteries. in the apocalypse, christian wisdom was a mystery reborn but a mystery which breaks out of the framework of the ancient mysteries. the mystery of a unique, single event was to become the mystery with a significance for all. there is an apparent contradiction in saying that the secrets of the mysteries became manifest in christianity but that in the spiritual visions of the apocalyptist we nevertheles

initiation that belongs to modern times never uses these procedures. it requires on the contrary an intensification of consciousness; ordinary consciousness is never suspended during the drama of modern initiation (r.st) 120. john 11:41. 121. john 11:42. 122. j.burckhardt, die zeit konstantins (basel, 1929, p. 163. 123. apocalypse 1:1. steiner identified the john who writes under his own name in the apocalypse with the enigmatic author of the fourth gospel; steiner, from jesus to christ (rudolf steiner press, london, 1991, pp. 99 100. he rejected, however, the church s rather belated claim that this john was the same as the apostle john, son of zebedee. see further, for the whole nature and interpretation of the document, steiner s lectures the apocalypse of st. john (anthroposophic press

ourth gospel; steiner, from jesus to christ (rudolf steiner press, london, 1991, pp. 99 100. he rejected, however, the church s rather belated claim that this john was the same as the apostle john, son of zebedee. see further, for the whole nature and interpretation of the document, steiner s lectures the apocalypse of st. john (anthroposophic press, hudson, ny, 1993; also reading the pictures of the apocalypse (anthroposophic press, hudson, ny, 1993, and for related themes the fall of the spirits of darkness (rudolf steiner press, london, 1993. the apocalypse is important to steiner here because it represents a new form of the ancient mysteryteachings and esoteric cosmology, now centered on christ. however, it is addressed to a number of different representative communities that preserve

e that mysterywisdom cannot just remain a primordial revelation, but must be modified to meet the changing conditions of evolution in the notes 225 cosmic rhythms of history. according to steiner, the defeat of the rebel angels does not refer to a once-and-for-all event, but to the recurring need to renew mystery-wisdom in its christian form at the turning-points of new human potential unfolding. the apocalypse remains our profoundest guide to this form of cultural and spiritual renewal. 124. apocalypse 1:10 11. 125. apocalypse 2:1 7. 126. the communities represent periods defined by the cosmic phenomenon of the precession of the equinox. for the significance of these in cultural evolution, see steiner, the gospel of john, pp. 128-136. however, the point is not that each should be left beh

nor to particular events, but apply to the whole human race and to the entire earth; franz cumont, astrology and religion among the greeks and romans (dover. new york, 1960) p. 63. 142. apocalypse 6:6. the rider corresponds to the man-figure among the living creatures. he is a prototype therefore of the son of man, who only emerges in fully human-divine form in the later mysteries. he appears in the apocalypse at the beginning (1:12. see further rudolf steiner, the apocalypse of st. john, pp. 54-55. steiner s lectures expand upon many of the points mentioned in the present chapter. 143. apocalypse 7:4. 144. apocalypse 8:7. 145. apocalypse 10:9. 146. apocalypse 11:8. 147. apocalypse 11:15. 148. apocalypse 11:19. 149. apocalypse 12:9. 150. gospel of john 20:29. 151. apocalypse 21:22 23. 152

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ally all of the great witches and sorcerers of this century were kabbalists. william j. schnoebelen, the dark side of freemasonry the hebrew cabala is a series of occultic writings that are as demonic as any incantation ever uttered in witchcraft. webster's dictionary tells us the cabala (sometimes spelled kabbala) is "an occult religious philosophy developed by certain jewish rabbis" james lloyd the apocalypse chronicles (vol. vii, no. 1, 2005) 426 codex magica sorcery is commonplace in the depraved religious rituals of cabalistic judaism. here a rabbi is seen carrying a chicken off to be sacrificed in a voodoo/ santeria-type ritual during the jewish festival of yom kippur (israel, a photobiography, by micha bar-am, new york: simon& schuster, 1998) twisted satanic rituals and lies the rab

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nations for the ayatollah khomeini (1900 1989) to don the mantle. but later when certain extremists named president reagan, former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger (1923, and even the children s television icon barney the dinosaur as the antichrist, the word began losing its threat for the general population. however, those christians who believe strongly in the coming time of tribulation, the apocalypse, the rapture, and the great final battle of good versus evil at armageddon, firmly believe that the title of antichrist maintains its fear factor and that those signs and warnings of the beast as prophesied in the book of revelation should be seriously heeded. m delving deeper crim, keith, gen. ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harpersanfrancisco, 1989

when the antichrist, summoning great powers of evil, will triumph for a period over the righteous believers and that there will be one last awful clash between the forces of good under the banner of christ and his angels and the minions of evil under the banner of satan. before that final battle in the valley of armageddon, the faithful may look for various signs to alert them that the end time, the apocalypse, has begun. drawing upon the apocalyptic traditions of his jewish background, john the revelator, presents in revelation, the last book in the new testament, a guidebook for the christian on what to expect during the apocalypse, the time of tribulation. specifically, the book was written for the members of the churches of ephesus, smyrna, pergamum, thyatira, sardis, philadelphia, an

itten for the members of the churches of ephesus, smyrna, pergamum, thyatira, sardis, philadelphia, and laodicea in order to prepare them for what john believed to be a fastapproaching time of persecution and the return of jesus christ. the first of seven seals to be opened (revelation 6:1 2) by the lamb (christ) discloses a conquering king astride a white horse, the first of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. scholars disagree whether this triumphant king represents christ returning to do battle with satan or the antichrist emerging to summon the forces of evil to oppose christ and his angelic army. the second seal (6:3 4) reveals the red horse, representing civil war; the third, the black horse, symbolizing famine (6:5 6; the fourth, the pale horse, representing the suffering that foll

to be mentioned over 300 times in the new testament, the only references to the millennium are found in revelation 20:2 7. christian scholars disagree whether or not there will be an initial resurrection of the just at the advent of the millennium and a second one a t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 184 religious phenomena the four riders of the apocalypse (fortean picture library) thousand years later immediately prior to the final day of judgment. while many christian theologians link christ s second coming, the resurrection, and judgment day all occurring after the defeat of satan and the beginning of the thousand years of peace and harmony, others maintain that the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment of god will not ta

infested a human body and soul in the many encounters described in the gospels, the possessing entities are always demons, never satan himself. although these are victories that diminish satan s earthly powers, it may be that the great showdown between jesus, the son of god, and satan, the lord of the earth, is building for the great final battle between good and evil at armageddon at the time of the apocalypse. although accounts of exorcism are not to be found in the old testament, later jewish tradition employs a ritual that involves the sounding of the shofar, the reciting of prayers, and the anointing of the afflicted person with oil and water over which passages from psalms have been read. as in christian exorcism, it is important that the true identity of the demon be learned so that

ded area, and commented how unbelievable it was that she could have allowed a ouija board to consume her life. international newspapers carried an account in march 2001 describing how demands for exorcisms were soaring in brazil due to the fact that demonic possession was on the rise. a priest was quoted as saying that he believed the number of evil spirits among the populace could only mean that the apocalypse would soon be manifesting. in april 2001, croatian newspapers reported that the roman catholic clergy were desperately looking for exorcists to deal with the large numbers of men and women who gave evidence of being possessed by satan. in june 2001, a new gallup poll of adult americans indicated that 41 percent believe that people can be possessed by the devil or his minions. the ma

(2000) portrays a desperate mother (kim basinger) who must somehow prevent her specially gifted and blessed child from becoming the human sacrifice that would grant the antichrist his full-powered entry into the world. christians who believe completely that the end times drama will play out according to certain scriptural references maintain a wary eye for signs of the antichrist and the onset of the apocalypse, but not all christians accept the warnings of the advent of the beast with his telltale numerical designation of 666 or believe that the traditional scenario of the antichrist and his seven-year reign has any real relevance to the actual signs in the sky that will precede the second coming of christ. in today s world the term antichrist lost much of its power to provoke fear after

ians to lead the world into evil before christ returns to earth to redeem and rescue the faithful. can also refer to any person who is in opposition to or an enemy of jesus christ or his teachings, as well as to those who claim to be christ, but in fact are false and misleading. apocalypse from the greek apokalupsis, meaning revelation. in the bible, the book of revelation is often referred to as the apocalypse. comes from many anonymous, second-century b.c.e. and later jewish and christian texts that contain prophetic messages pertaining to a great total devastation or destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. armageddon from late latin armagedon, greek and hebrew, har megiddo, megiddon, which is the mountain region of megiddo. megiddo is the site where the great final

h of the christian tradition. while there are references to a gnostic savior, his presentation does not seem to be based on the jesus found in the new testament. on those occasions when jesus does appear in the texts, he often appears to be criticizing those orthodox christians who have confused his words and his teachings. by following the true way and thus achieving transcendence, jesus says in the apocalypse of peter, every believer s resurrection becomes a spiritual reality. throughout the nag hammadi library there are admonitions to resist the lures and traps of trying to be content in a world that has been corrupted by evil. the world created by god is good. the evil that has permeated the world, although alien to its original design, has risen to the status where it has become the r

that combined concepts of the knights templar and the rosicrucians, left that order over a policy dispute. di mambro appealed to him to jointly form a new order. jouret agreed, and the two founded the order of the solar temple. jouret s credentials as a physician and his dynamic platform personality drew large crowds to his lectures. from 1984 to about 1990, jouret convinced many that the time of the apocalypse was drawing near and the best way to survive was in the safety of the order of the solar temple. but by 1992, jouret and di mambro had made too many unfulfilled predictions and promises. even di mambro s son elie declared that he doubted the existence of the masters who were allegedly guiding his father and jouret, and he went so far as to expose some of the illusions his father emp

ist, developed, with the core belief centering around the human accessibility of the spiritual world to properly developed human intellect. steiner founded the anthroposophical society in 1912 to promote his ideas that spiritual development should be humanity s foremost concern. apocalypse from the greek apokalupsis, meaning revelation. in the bible, the book of revelation is often referred to as the apocalypse. comes from many anonymous, second-century b.c.e. and later jewish and christian texts that contain prophetic messages pertaining to a great total devastation or destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. apothacary from the greek apotheke meaning storehouse. a pharmacist or druggist who is licensed to prescribe, prepare and sell drugs and other medicines, or a pha

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ist, developed, with the core belief centering around the human accessibility of the spiritual world to properly developed human intellect. steiner founded the anthroposophical society in 1912 to promote his ideas that spiritual development should be humanity s foremost concern. apocalypse from the greek apokalupsis, meaning revelation. in the bible, the book of revelation is often referred to as the apocalypse. comes from many anonymous, second-century b.c.e. and later jewish and christian texts that contain prophetic messages pertaining to a great total devastation or destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. apothacary from the greek apotheke meaning storehouse. a pharmacist or druggist who is licensed to prescribe, prepare and sell drugs and other medicines, or a pha

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developed, with the core belief centering around the human accessibility of the spiritual world to properly developed human intellect. steiner founded the anthroposophical society in 1912 to promote his ideas that spiritual development should be humanity fs foremost concern. apocalypse from the greek apokalupsis, meaning grevelation. h in the bible, the book of revelation is often referred to as the apocalypse. comes from many anonymous, second-century b.c.e. and later jewish and christian texts that contain prophetic messages pertaining to a great total devastation or destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. apothacary from the greek apotheke meaning gstorehouse. h a pharmacist or druggist who is licensed to prescribe, prepare and sell drugs and other medicines, or a

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ea of resurrection as not being a natural, normal part of reality, but a divine gift, a divine, supernatural occurrence based on the salvific activity of a single historical savior, to whom it was necessary to bond one s self, if a person wanted to take part in the resurrection. this narrow view of the regeneration included an ultimate vision of a new and perfected world, which would emerge after the apocalypse, but not a world that anyone except faithful christians would get to share in. this limited view of the universal truth of regeneration was tainted severely by christian moralism- again, regeneration was not a certainty, but a special state achieved by performing particularly christian moral actions and deeds, avoiding thoughts and deeds that the christians decided were immoral, and

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life, not death, reveals the soul- trans> and do you know what the catholicism of the future must be? it will be the dogma of the gospel, tried like gold by the critical acid of voltaire, and realized, in the kingdom of the world, by the genius of the christian napoleon. those who will not march will be dragged or trampled by events. immense calamities may again hang over the world. the armies of the apocalypse may, perhaps, one day, unchain the four scourges. the sanctuary will be cleansed. rigid and holy poverty will send forth its apostles to uphold what staggers, lift up again what is broken, and anoint all wounds with sacred oils. those two blood-hungered monsters, despotism and anarchy, will tear themselves to pieces, and annihilate each other, after having mutually sustained each ot

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om a fundamentally traditional basis and is of a definite efficiency. 12. the tau's+ traced during the orisons: the sign+ or rather x has been the cursive hebrew tau used well before, and after, the beginning of our era (see jean danielou's "les symboles chretiens primitifs, paris 1961. it was the sign of the elect' of the old testament, even before it was mentioned in the revelation of st. john (the apocalypse) and also well prior to its adoption by the christians as a sign recalling the passion of christ. for example we read in ezekiel that it was supposed to have been traced upon the foreheads of the elect by the angel of yaveh. 11 the ancient egyptians, the eleusinian mysteries and those of dionysos, the gnostics, all had known and used this tau for the same reason as ancient israel an

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

is of its rays. there shall we perchance discover the blending of all opposites in one harmonious light; thence shall we travel to the holy and humble house of the heart, wherein our god is born, whose name is ineffable, a crown of glory, exalted forever above the balance of righteousness and truth. t.a.r.o. as author of the following essay to you my readers, i can but say with the four beasts of the apocalypse: gcome and see. h gbehold the lion c hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof. h for until now gno man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. h yet through the astrolabe of his mind and in the alembic of his heart aleister crowley has opened the book, breaking not only the first six seals, but

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ogether revealing the truth of soul-matehood, and indicating how the finer energies of man rejuvenate woman and how the finer energies of woman rejuvenate man; their forces mutually sustaining each other and making a joint immortality possible. the eight-point star symbolizes the law of equilibrium, the balance between spirit and matter, male and female, the inner and the outer. it is the book of the apocalypse sealed with seven seals, and thus represents the inner realization and the outer realization, the birth of the soul and the birth of the body, under the influence of the planets, represented by the 7 surrounding stars, or seals. each of these smaller stars, or seals, has four points, to signify that man should recognize the nature of its influence and realize how to direct it into c

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d omega, the symbol of the union of god and man. here then is a second trinity; god, god-man, man. and to this god-man our ancient brethren have given many names. and though this name of jesus christ hath been universally blasphemed by christians, yet this name hath been acknowledged by the true brothers of the rosie crosse: and this which is written of him in the evangels and in the epistles and the apocalypse is true, if it be interpreted in light by the adepts of the stone. for in god-man is our salvation; in him we are both god and man. yet the testament thereof, being betrayed and given to the multitude, hath been profaned; as it is written, cast not your pearls before swine, lest they turn again and rend you! therefore for their ill guarding of the secrets have the adepts been persec

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which can be recalled easily without the need for memorization merely by understanding their graphic patterns. this is not the place to enter fully into the use of the twenty-four banners of tetra- grarnrnaton in ritual magic. those who are interested in pursuing this subject will iind it presented in detail in the author's work tetragrammaton: the secret to evoking angelic powers and the key to the apocalypse (llewellyn: st. paul, mn, 1995. when trying to understand a system of symbols, it is always helpful to break it down into its component parts. the zodiac has a twofold division into signs that are animal and signs that are human. the animal signs are aries, taurus, cancer, leo, scorpio, capricorn, and pisces. the human signs are gemini, virgo, libra, sagittarius, and aquarius. the a

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unabated, although they are more numerous in some decades than in others. how they are interpreted depends on the culture in which they are perceived. for the ancient greeks, ufos were signs from the gods on mount olyrnpus, given to mankind to guide its actions. the biblical hebrews were more apt to view them as expressions of divine wrath. to medieval christians, they were seen as forerunners of the apocalypse. in the modern technological age of science-fiction films and rockets, ufos are described in a more mechanical way as vessels from outer space believed to carry intelligent alien beings, visitors from other worlds. a specific event marks the beginning of the modern cycle of sightings of unidentified objects in the sky. on june 24, 1947, private pilot kenneth arnold was making the sh

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lar books on magic wrestling with the meaning of tetragrammaton. the speculations of these and many other occult writers have been collected together for the first time in appendix b. it is fascinating to compare the words of levi with those of papus; of s.l. macgregor mathers, the leader of the golden dawn, with those of aleister crowley, his former student and the self-proclaimed great beast of the apocalypse; of helena p. blavatsky, the leader of the theosophists, with paul foster case, the founder of builders of the adytum; of p.d. ouspensky, the disillusioned former pupil of the mystic gurdjieff, with frater achad, a rebellious student of crowley. even in modern times, tetragrammaton continues to exert a powerful fascination over magicians working in the western tradition of ceremonia

g the angels of the banners, stated in the eighth verse "and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, lord god almighty, which was, and is, and is to come" notice the reference to day and night, which comprehends both the manifest and occult sets of the banners. it is interesting that this is in the eighth verse, since dee refers to the "fourth and last part of the fourth chapter of the apocalypse, who is seated on his throne, around and in front of which the four animals, each with six wings, chant night and day without repose 'holy, holy, holy is the lord god omnipotent, who was, is and is to come (hieroglyphic monad, p. 53. 62 tetragrammaton the actual office of these wings, or angels, is given in the chant they proclaim before the throne of christ, which dee took the trou

the petty material concerns of dee, and their outright contempt for kelley, is apparent throughout the magical record of the scrying sessions. numerous times the angels snap at dee when he asks them for some prediction of the future, or chastise him. i do not believe dee ever suspected that he was being used by the angels for the terrible and awesome purpose of transmitting the magical formula of the apocalypse to the human race. i believe that had dee so much as suspected this purpose, he would have burned all his books at once. however, dee was an the watchtowers and the keys 187 extremely pious man, and might well have regarded the apocalypse as a necessary cleansing of the world. in recent decades, many occultists have taken up enochian magic. it may not be long before it is perfected

rowley conducted a series of rituals to invoke the angels of the enochian keys in the desert of north africa (see the confessions of aleister crowley, chapter 66. it is possible that he succeeded in opening the gates of the four watchtowers a small crack, and that the continuing warfare, crimes and moral decay that have afflicted the earth throughout this century are merely the first stirrings of the apocalypse. about one thing i feel quite confident. if there is to be such a thing as an apocalypse (and i do not say that there must be) it will take place on a psychic level, within the realm of the subconscious mind, and only display itself in the physical world as a secondary consequence of this mental and moral armageddon. the true gates of the watchtowers open inwardly on our own subcons

onscious will exhibit itself in chaotic and random acts of aggression, violence, and vandalism. perhaps it has already started. perhaps not. you be the judge. ince the keys are fairly brief, it will be useful to examine each individually for its ritual application in magic, its gnostic symbolism, and its correspondences with the imagery in the revelation of st. john. the ties between the keys and the apocalypse are many, as will quickly become apparent in the course of the following analysis. most important of these, on the matter of tetragrammaton, is the symbolism of the heavenly throne of revelation 4, which in the keys takes on the structure of a great clock. the vital significance of this image of the throne as a cosmic clock cannot be overemphasized. the original versions of the engl

vial in revelation 17:1, but only after he has emptied the vial out upon the face of the earth. at that point, he becomes a different angel, since he has been assigned a different function by the heavenly christ. i am inclined to think that the words "and not your vials" were inserted into the key to deceive dee and lead him to believe that he could work the magic of the keys without bringing on the apocalypse-their true purpose. nowhere do the angels admit the secret purpose of the keys to dee. on april 12, 1584, just before beginning the dictation of the keys, the angel nalvage states their supposed function: i am therefore to instruct and inform you, according to your doctrine delivered, which is contained in 49 tables. in 49 voyces, or callings: which are the natural keyes, to open th

key is written "woe be to the earth, for her iniquity is, was, and shall be, great" aleister crowley, who did considerable work with the keys and with the enochian language, made babylon (spelled "babalon) one of the prime figures in his personal apocalyptic mythology and considered himself to be the great beast incarnate. it is possible that he grasped the connection between the lady babylon in the apocalypse and the goddess of the world in the keys, although i have not myself seen any explicit mention of this link in his writings. it should be noted that the enochian word for "wicked" is babalon and the word for "harlot" is babalond. the observations made about the end of the ninth key also apply to the end of this one "come away, but not your noises" is another attempt to evoke the dre

said to be "drunken which are empty" to signify that they become intoxicated in their wrath with no need to fill their bellies with wine. lust and rage alone deprive them of their senses and reduce them to the level of the beasts. the "promise of god" is here used ironically in the form of a pun. promise can mean hope, but it can also mean a threat fulfilled, and the promise of god in this key is the apocalypse foreshadowed in the vision of st. john, and in the writings of the hebrew prophets. the power of god is called a "bitter sting7' to evoke the memory of the demoniac locusts released from the bottomless pit by the trumpet of the fifth angel "and they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails (rev. 9:lo. as the keys unfold, the imagery gets progressively and

a: the keys 22 1 bright ornaments after the manner of harlots. it may be these same virgins who become the "lanterns of sorrow" in the twelfth key and provoke the lust and wrath of men in the thirteenth, although it is equally possible that the virgins of the east are the righteous sealed with the mark of god in their foreheads, as i explained in the commentary on the seventh key. in either case, the apocalypse draws nearer as the keys progress. this is understandable, because the successive vibration of the keys is intended to provoke the end of the world. although this is not clearly stated, it is implied in a passage delivered by the angel ave to kelley on june 22,1582: thou hast three names of god, out of the line of the holy ghost, in the principal1 crosse of the first angle, so hast

hours. this dichotomy is nicely illustrated by the existence of two types of clock, those that run on a twelvehour cycle, and those that run on a twenty-four-hour cycle. it is also found expressed in the great clock in the piazza san marco in venice (see the description in the analysis of the third key. how can we be sure that the enochian angels intended that dee should understand the elders of the apocalypse to be both twelve and at the same time twenty-four in number? we know this from the vision of the heavenly throne received by kelley in the crystal: now i see all those men, whose feet i saw before: and there sitteth one in a judgement seat, with all his teeth fiery. and there sit six, on one side of him, and six on the other. and there sit twelve in a lower seat under them (a due&

god speaks in the fourteenth key, his words become visible upon the air, written in enochian characters of fire. since he is the god of fury, his "promise" is a severe judgment upon the goddess of the world for her sinful multiplicity of forms. she is to be punished for her diversity, which pollutes her primordial simplicity and bars her from heaven. in the keys, this is the true reason given for the apocalypse-not the sins of men, but the sin of diversity committed by the soul of the world. in the original english text of the key, kelley received the words "which is called amongst you fury" but the angel nalvage added the footnote "or extreme justice (see casaubon, p. 193. i have chosen to retain both names to indicate that in this key, god is dual. he is both the god of din and the god o

the heavenly kingdom of this fourth flame, who expresses the merciful aspect of christ, truth is called joy that cannot be measured. the judgmental and wrathful natures of the preceding keys have been left behind. this key foreshadows the establishment of the kingdom of god upon the earth, the heavenly city of new jerusalem that is the bride of the lamb, which will follow after the destruction of the apocalypse. the "center" is always the place of god, because where god is, that place is the center of everything. the description of the fourth flame as a "mighty light" which "openest the glory of god to the center of the earth in interesting in view of this description of new jerusalem: and the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine it it: for the glory of god did lighte

f the world is explicitly stated "for why? it repenteth me i made man" the soul of the world is to be punished because she harbors and nurtures the human race, who have fallen from grace "because she is the bed of an harlot, and the dwelling place of him that is fallen "him that is fallen" is usually taken to mean coronzon, the great dragon, who is the same as the rebellious angel called satan in the apocalypse, cast by michael down to the earth (rev. 12:9. however, the fallen one is also adam, cast out of the garden of eden for the sin of rebellion against divine authority. fallen lucifer and fallen adam play the same dramatic figure on different stages. lucifer is cast out of heaven because he dares to think for himself. this creates division within the perfect unity of heaven, and god c

e angels regarded kelley as a kind of human telephone, nothing more, through which they could communicate with dee. although they respected dee as a good man, and needed his immense scholarship and knowledge of languages and ciphers to accurately transmit their works, it was quickly apparent to them that even dee was incapable of grasping the true magnitude of what he was ushering into the world. the apocalypse glimpsed in the vision of st. john is a complex magical working that cannot be initiated by the angels themselves but must be called into the universe by the living word vibrated in a vessel of flesh that wears the form of the warrior christ. the angels of wrath cannot call themselves into being. what they could, and did, do is teach mankind how to summon them through the guardian g

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sents the three traitors of hiram abiff; those three traitors are inside of us. the first traitor is the demon of desire; that traitor lives within the astral body. the second traitor is the demon of the mind; that traitor lives within the mental body. the third traitor is the demon of evil will; that traitor lives within the body of willpower (causal body. the bible cites these three traitors in the apocalypse of saint john [in revelations: 16: 13-14: and i saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet; for they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of god almighty

olomon. with the seven metals, gnostic brethren can manufacture medallions and rings with the seal of solomon. the seal of solomon must be utilized in all of the works of invocations, and in the practices with elementals (as we have already taught in arcanum 4 of this series of lectures on kabbalah. the elementals of nature tremble before the seal of the living god. the angel of the sixth seal of the apocalypse has reincarnated at this time within a feminine body (this angel is a specialist in the sacred jinn science. arcanum 6 is the lover of the tarot. it is the soul between vice and virtue. the arcanum six is enchainment, equilibrium, loving union between man and woman. it struggles terribly between love and desire, the mysteries of lingam-yoni connection. the struggle between the two t

arium chymicum, la muerte est representada por un cad ver, la putrefacci n por unos cuervos, la siembra por un humilde agricultor, el crecimiento por una espiga de trigo, la resurrecci n por un muerto que se levanta del sepulcro y por un ngel que toca la trompeta del juicio final. 55 we, the gnostics know that the corpse, the death in the 8th key of basil valentine represents the two witnesses of the apocalypse [revelations, 11:3-6] that are now dead. by means of alchemical putrefaction represented by the crows, by means of alchemy, the two witnesses resurrect. our motto is thelema. the entire power is found enveloped within the seed that is symbolized in the wheat stalk. the sacred angel that we carry within, plays his trumpet and the two witnesses rise from the grave. two archers, one wh

kundalini. the outcome of such black tantrism is the negative awakening of the serpent. therefore instead of ascending, the serpent descends downwards into the atomic infernos of the human being and becomes the tail of satan. this is how these black yogis end up separating themselves from their inner god forever; they are demons. so, that is the black magic. through this way the two witnesses of the apocalypse never resurrect because this way leads into the abyss and the second death. therefore, whosoever ejaculates his seminal liquor withdraws himself from his inner god. los gn sticos sabemos que el cad ver, la muerte de la octava llave de basilio valent n, representa a los dos testigos del apocalipsis que ahora est n muertos. mediante la putrefacci n alkimista, representada por los cuer

the priest) without a woman cannot receive the sword. there exists the eve-venus, the instinctual woman. the venus-eve, the noble home woman. there also exist venus-urania, the woman initiated into the great mysteries and finally, we confirm the existence of the urania- venus, the female adept, the woman that is self-realized in depth. the flaming fire the flaming fire opens the seven churches of the apocalypse (seven magnetic centers of the spinal medulla. we conquer the powers of the earth with the first center (situated at the level of the sexual organs. el trabajo en el laboratorium oratorium, es una verdadera ceremonia m stica que no debe ser profanada por el deseo animal, ni por los malos pensamientos. el sexo es el sanctum santorum del templo. antes de entrar al sanctum de los sanct

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s trismegistus, sent to the egyptians. amosis, or moses, the jewish law-giver, the seventh. lao tseu, a second to china, 600 b.c, the eighth. jesus the ninth, to the jews first and then to the gentiles. mohammed the tenth; he flourished about a.d. 600. chengiz khan the eleventh, a.d. 1200, conquered persia. who the special messenger of 1800 was, the author is ignorant. the secrets of the naros of the apocalypse and of the mediatorial sacrifice have been considered the secrets of the ancient mysteries. circumcision was possibly an outward sign of initiation in the earliest times. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott jesus, at any rate, writes the author of the book of god, appeared at the 9th naros, and no one can deny that such a messenger was expected

h eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the golden candlestick of seven branches was a notable emblematic ornament of the tabernacle of moses, exodus xxv. 31. note the seven years for repentance; 7 churches of asia (or assiah, 7 angels with trumpets, 7 candlesticks of the holy places, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 kings, 7 thousands slain, 7 vials of wrath to be poured out, pace the apocalypse. 7 members make a freemasons lodge perfect, although 5 may hold one. francis barrett, in his magus, catalogs 7 birds, fishes, animals, metals, stones and members of the body. it has been said there are seven apertures of the skull to correspond with the seven planets. there are seven degrees in the oriental order of sikha and the sat bhai (7 brothers; but i have doubts of the brahma

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