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e lord and king of water (knocks) all face east. hiero: let elohim tzabaoth be praised unto the countless ages of time. amen. hiero: quits his place and goes to tablet of water in west. all face west. hiero: let us rehearse the prayer of the undines or water spirits (knocks) terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth; king of the deluge and of the rains of spring; thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains, thou who commandest moisture which is as it were the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants, we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us thy mobile and changeful creatures in the great tempests of the sea, and we shall tremble before

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ay continue the unbroken tradition that stretches back thousands of years- for example, among the lapps in the far north of scandinavia and the inuits- these rites continue, led by a shaman, or magick man, who negotiates with the mistress of the herds or fish in a trance for the release of the animals. one of the earliest recorded examples of shamanism is the dancing sorcerer. painted in black on the cave walls of les trois freres in the french pyrenees, this shamanic figure, which portrays a man in animal skins, dates from about 14000 bc and stands high above the animals that are depicted on the lower walls. only his feet are human and he possesses the large, round eyes of an owl, the antlers and ears of a stag, the front paws of a lion or bear, the genitals of a wild cat and the tail of

rld that the darkness may be no more* leave the candle burning and spend an evening away from all the frantic preparations that will be there tomorrow; share a meal, listen to seasonal music, talk about christmas past, its highlights and disasters* when it is midnight or just before you are ready to go to bed, light the next candle, saying: the light increases, as the new sun streams forth within the cave, soon to herald the new day; we offer this light, joining with our ancestors and those as yet unborn to call forth radiance* leave the candles in a safe place and when you awaken, even if it is not fully day, light the third candle, replacing and re-lighting the others if they are almost burned down, saying: the sun comes forth from the cave, in joy and glory and promise; we join our ligh

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

of an equilateral heptagon, a figure of seven sides" chief "mighty adeptus major, unto what do these seven sides allude" second "seven are the lower sephiroth, seven are the palaces, seven are the days of creation, seven is the height above and seven is the depth below" chief "associate adeptus minor, where is the vault symbolically situated" third "in the center of the earth, in the mountain of the caverns, the mystic mountain of abiegnus" chief "associate adeptus minor, what is the meaning of this title, abiegnus" 5 c b a f k l e c q n w (temple set up at beginning of ritual) third "it is abiegnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis abi-genos, born of the father; bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence,'mountain of the lamb of the father, and the stren

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

shamefully, in this manner. first surrounding myself with all possible luxuries of food, brought in steaming and savoury from hour to hour, i yet condemned myself to subsist upon a little garlic and a little salt, with a little water in which oats had been bruised. then if any wish arose in me to eat of the dainties around me i gashed myself with a sharp stone. moreover i kindled a great fire in the cave so that the slaves tumbled and fainted as they approached. and the smoke choked me so that i constantly vomited a black and ill-smelling mucus from my lungs, stained here and there with frothing blood. again, i suffered my hair to grow exceeding long, and therein i harboured vermin. also, when i lay down to sleep, though this i did not till with swollen tongue and blackened throat i could

stantly vomited a black and ill-smelling mucus from my lungs, stained here and there with frothing blood. again, i suffered my hair to grow exceeding long, and therein i harboured vermin. also, when i lay down to sleep, though this i did not till with swollen tongue and blackened throat i could no longer howl the name of my dead lady, then (i say) did i smear my limbs with honey, that the rats of the cave might gnaw them as i slept. moreover, i pillowed mine head upon a corpse dead of leprosy, and whenever that dead soul of mine stirred at all with love toward my lady, then i caressed and kissed that corpse, and sang soft songs to it, playing with gracious words and gestures. all this spoke loudly to my soul, rebuking it for its weakness and corruption. so too the bitterness and foulness o

d sang soft songs to it, playing with gracious words and gestures. all this spoke loudly to my soul, rebuking it for its weakness and corruption. so too the bitterness and foulness of my life would often overleap the limit of sensibility; and then for hours together would i be lost in a raging whirlwind of laughter. at this time my slaves would be afraid to come anight me, and then darting out of the cave i would catch one by the hair and dragging page 31 gulf.txt him within put him to exquisite torture. this indeed was of great use to me; for i would devise atrocious things, and if they served to excite his utmost anguish i would then try them on myself. thus i would run needles steeped in nile mud beneath my finger-nails, so that the sores festering might produce a sickening agony. or ag

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

those from without have builded up charnel houses to nourish the fiends of tiamat and the blood of the weakest here is libation unto tiamat queen of the ghouls wreaker of pain and to invoke her the red water of life need be split on a stone the stone struck with a sword that hath slain eleven men sacrifices to hubur so that the strike ringeth out and call tiamat from her slumber from her sleep in the caverns of the earth. and none may dare entreat further for to invoke death is to utter the final prayer. ii of the generations of the ancient ones utukk xul the account of the generations of the ancient ones here rendered of the generations of the ancient ones here remembered. cold and rain that erode all things they are the evil spirits in the creation of anu spawned plague gods pazuzu and t

an. they are ghouls the spirit of the harlot that hath died in the streets the spirit of the woman that hath died in childbirth the spirit of the woman that hath dies, weeping with a babe at the breast the spirit of an evil man one that haunteth the streets or one that haunteth the bed. they are seven! seven are they! those seven were born in the mountains of mashu called magick they dwell within the caverns of the earth amid the desolate places of the earth they live amid the places between the places unknown in heaven and in earth they are arrayed in terror among the elder gods there is no knowledge of them they have no name not in heaven nor on earth they ride over the mountain of sunset and on the mountain of dawn they cry through the caverns of the earth they creep amid the desolate p

s out of the gates of the living to enter the gates of death out of the lands we know into the lands we know not to the land of no return to the land of queen ereshkigal ishtar, queen of heavens, she set her mind ishtar, daughter of sin, she set forth to the black earth, the land of cutha she set forth to the house of no return she set her foot upon the road whence none return she set her foot to the cave, forever unlit where bowls of clay are heaped upon the alter where bowls of dust are the food of residents clothed only in wings to absu ishtar set forth. where sleeps the dread cuthalu ishtar set forth. the watcher stood fast. the watcher ninnghizhidda stood fast. and ishtar spoke unto him ninnghizhidda! serpent of the deep! ninnghizhidda! horned serpent of the deep! ninnghizhidda! plume

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

llus. for wheels, see chapter 78. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 94 [97] 44 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta mu-delta the mass of the phoenix the magician, his breast bare, stands before an altar on which are his burin, bell, thurible, and two of the cakes of light. in the sign of the enterer he reaches west across the altar, and cries: hail ra, that goest in thy bark into the caverns of the dark! he gives the sign of silence, and takes the bell, and fire, in his hands. east of the altar see me stand with light and musick in mine hand! he strikes eleven times upon the bell 3 3 3-5 5 5 5 5- 3 3 3 and places the fire in the thurible. i strike the bell: i light the flame: i utter the mysterious name. abrahadabra he strikes eleven times upon the bell. now i begin to pra

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insolent presumption in insisting that events shall accommodate themselves to our egoism and vanity. it is comically unscientific to adduce 173 examples of the mistakes of the diviners as evidence that their art is fatuous. every one knows that the simplest chemical experiments often go wrong. every one knows the eccentricities of fountain pens; but nobody outside evangelical circles makes fun of the cavendish experiment, or asserts that, if fountain pens undoubtedly work now and then, their doing so is merely coincidence. the fact of the case is that the laws of nature are incomparably more subtle than even science suspects. the phenomena of every plane are intimately interwoven. the arguments of aristotle were dependent on the atmospheric pressure which prevented his blood from boiling a

then repeat the signs of l.v.x. but not the signs of n.o.x: for it is not he that shall arise in the sign of isis rejoicing. 328 liber xliv the mass of the phoenix "the magician, his breast bare, stands before an altar on which are his burin, bell, thurible, and two of the cakes of light. in the sign of the enterer he reaches west across the altar, and cries" hail ra, that goest in thy bark into the caverns of the dark "he gives the sign of silence, and takes the bell, and fire, in his hands" east of the altar see me stand with light and musick in my hand "he strikes eleven times upon the bell" 333- 55555- 333 "and places the fire in the thurible" i strike the bell: i light the flame; i utter the mysterious name. abrahadabra "he strikes eleven times upon the bell" now i begin to pray: tho

e the end far distant as the stars that lie in the navel of nuit, do thou slay thyself as i at the end am slain, in the death that is life, in the peace that is mother of war, in the darkness that holds light in his hand, as an harlot that plucks a jewel from her nostrils. 39. so therefore the beginning is delight, and the end is delight, and delight is in the midst, even as the indus is water in the cavern of the glacier, and water among the greater hills and the lesser hills and through the ramparts of the hills and through the plains, and water at the mouth thereof when it leaps forth into the mighty sea, yea, into the mighty sea (the interpretation of this book will be given to members of the grade of dominus liminis on application, each to his adeptus) 434 liber a vel armorum sub figu

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swered) in your letter. you raise so vast and razor-edged a question when you write of the supposed antinomy of "soul" and "sense" that it seemed better to withhold comment until this later letter; much meditation was most needful to compress the answer within reasonable limits; even to give it form at all is no easy matter. for this is probably the symptom of the earliest stirring of the mind of the cave-man to reflection, thereunto moved by other symptoms- those of the morning after following upon the night before. it is- have we not already dealt with that matter after a fashion- evidence of disease when an organ become aware of its own modes of motion. certainly the mere fact of questioning life bears witness to some interruption of its flow, just as a ripple on an even stream tells of

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f the more intense forms of dhyana is thus liberated. the universe is thus destroyed for him, and he for it. his will can therefore go on its way unhampered. one may imagine that in the case of mohammed he had cherished for years a tremendous ambition, and never done anything because those qualities which were subsequently manifested as statesmanship warned him that he was impotent. his vision in the cave gave him that confidence which was required, the faith that moves mountains. there are a lot of solid-seeming things in this world which a child could push over; but not one has the courage to push. let us accept provisionally this explanation of greatness, and pass it by. ambition has led us to this point; but we are now interested in the work for its own sake. a most astounding phenomen

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

per course is to destroy the instruments of perception which we at present possess, recognizing that they are no more than personal prejudices which limit and delude us in every way. our senses assure us that the earth is flat, and that the sun moves across it, until we amend their assertions by the aid of instruments, and of reason. yet the astronomer with his telescope is no less arbitrary than the cave-man with his eye. we are like the snark in the barrister's dream, witnesses, lawyers, and judge in one. we have no standard independent or ourselves; and we know only too well that our witnesses, the senses, are neither competent, clear, trustworthy, intelligent, or even capable of giving evidence on the actual issues. the mid is in even worse plight. obviously, its judgments must be base

3 to the 1000. the problem of efficiency consequently appears practically insoluble. we are now struck with the fact that nuit commands us to exercise the utmost freedom in our choice of the method of utilizing the services of this our first, our finest and our fieriest talisman; the license appears at first sight unconditioned in the most express and explicit terms that it is possible to employ. the caveat "but always unto me" sounds like an afterthought. we are almost shocked when, in the following verse, we discover a menace, none the less dread because of the obscurity of its terms. our first consideration only adds to our sense of surprised repugnance. it becomes evident that one type of act is forbidden, with the penalty of falling altogether from the law of liberty to the code of cr

word; for it is i that go. now the semen is god (the going-one, as shown by the ankh or sandal-strap, which he carries) because he goes in at the door, stays there for a specified period, and comes out again, having flowered, and still bearing in him that seed of going (the birth of a girl is a misfortune everywhere, because the true going-principle is the lion-serpent, or dragon; the egg is only the cavern where he takes refuge on occasions) weh note: shall we simply say that crowley had a problem with misogyny in general? his love for the specific seems not to have been effected, witness the latter part of "confessions. liber 418 explains this succinctly; 3rd aethyr "moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all

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t two of which he destroys so as to leave only ain, not, or nothing. 3 to (1+ 10+ 50) 3 2 he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 117 abiegnus. mysterium i. n. r. i. mysterium lvx. pastos. trinitas. unitas. serpentes. and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went forth. after ten days fell a thunderbolt, whirling through black clouds of rain: after sixty the road split in two, but he travelled on both at once: after two hundred and sixty, the sun drove away the rain, and

and sixfold therein, being as countenance and countenance. yet, being seventeen, they were but one, and that one none, as before hath been showed. and this enumeration is a great mysterium of our art. whence a light hidden in a cross. now therefore having brooded upon the ocean, and smitten with the sword, and the pyramid being builded in just proportion, was that light fixed even in the vault of the caverns. with one stroke he rent asunder the veil; with one stroke he closed the same. and entering the sarcophagus of that royal tomb he laid him down to sleep. four guarded him, and one in the four; seven enwalled him, and one in the seven, yet were the seven ten, and one in the ten. now therefore his disciples came unto the vault of that mystic mountain, and with the keys they opened the po

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ld is weary) i these dreadful souls of sense lay by. i sacrifice these impure shoon to the cold ray of the waning moon. i take the fork d hazel staff, and the rose of no terrene graff, and the lamp of no olive oil with heart's blood that alone may boil. with naked breast and feet unshod i follow the wizard way to god. wherever he leads my foot shall follow; over the height, into the hollow, up to the caves of pure cold breath, down to the deeps of foul hot death, across the seas, through the fires, past the palace of desires; where he will, whether he will or no, if i go, i care not whither i go. for in me is the taint of the faery blood. fast, fast, its emerald flood leaps within me, violent rude like a bestial faun's beatitude. in me the faery blood runs hard: my sires were a druid, a de

ith lewd thoughts and longings for the oleograph of the naked youth and the stinking secrecy of her "latrina" the child under the glittering horns of capricornus, when the mountains of the north glistened like the teeth of the black wolf in the cold light of the moon, and when the broad lands below the fiery girdle of many-breasted tellus blushed red in the arms of the summer sun, did miriam seek the cave below the cavern, in which no light had ever shone, to bring forth the light of the world. and on the third day she departed from the cave, and, entering the stable of the sun, she placed her child in the manger of the moon. likewise was mithras born under the tail of the sea-goat, and horus, and krishna- all mystic names of the mystic child of light. i am the ancient child, the great dis

who is, and who will be; i am the creator, and the destroyer, and the redeemer of mankind. i have come as the sun from the house of the roaring of lions, and at my coming shall there be laughter, and weeping, and singing, and gnashing of teeth. ye shall tread upon the serpent and the scorpion, and the hosts of your enemies shall be as chaff before the sickle of your might: yet ye must be born in the cavern of darkness and be laid in the manger of the moon. lo! i am as a babe born in a crib of lilies and roses, and wrapped in the swaddling bands of june. mine hands are delicate and small, and my feet are shod in flame, so that they touch not the kingdoms of this earth. i arise, and leave the cradle of my birth, and wander through the valleys, and over the hills, across the sun-scorched des

except thine own. there is no consciousness apart from thee, but that it is held feodal to thee in the kingdom of thy divinity. when thou knowest thou knowest, and there is none other beside thee, for all becometh as an armour around thee, and thou thyself as an invulnerable, invincible warrior of light. heed not the pedants who chatter as apes among the treetops; watch rather the masters, who in the cave under the cavern breathe forth the breath of life. one saith to thee "abandon all easy, follow the difficult; eat not of the best, but of the most distasteful; pander not to thy pleasures, but feed well thy disgusts; console not thyself, but seek the waters of desolation; rest not thyself, but labour in the depths of the night; aspire not to things precious, but to things contemptible and

g of dried peas; for he who wills everything, is he who seeks of the best; for he who honours himself, he who prides himself most; and he who speaks highly of himself, is he who also shall reign in the city of god "to have no taste for anything, then enjoy the taste of all things "to resolve to possess nothing, then possess all things "to be naught, then indeed be all" open the book of thyself in the cave under the cavern and read it by the light of thine own understanding, then presently thou shalt be born again, and be placed in the manger of the moon in the stable of the sun. for, children! when ye halt at one thing, ye cease to open yourselves to all things. for to come to the all, ye must give up the all, and likewise possess the all. verily ye must destroy all things and out of no-th

nd her eyes are towards the night, and in her wake lieth the world. wherever she danceth, there man casteth the sweat from his brow and followeth her. kings have fled their thrones for her; priests their temples; warriors their legions; and husbandmen their ploughs. all have sought her; yet ever doth she remain subtle, enticing, virginal. none have known her save those little ones who are born in the cave under the cavern; yet all have felt the power of her sway. crowns have been sacrificed for her; gods have been blasphemed for her; swords have been sheathed for her; and the fields have lain barren for her; verily! the helm of man's thoughts has been cloven in twain by the magic of her voice. for like some great spider she has enticed all into the silken meshes of her web, wherein she hat

valleys, and on the snowy mountains, mankind pays me homage, and thunders forth praises to my name. yet i am nameless in the deep, as amongst the lightsome mountains of the sky. some call me mother of the gods, some aphrodite of the seas of pearl, some diana of the golden nets, some proserpina queen of darkness, some hecate mistress of enchantments, some istar of the boat of night, some miriam of the cavern, and others yet again isis, veiled mother of mystery. i am she who cometh in unto all men, and if not here, then shalt thou behold me amidst the darkness of acheron, and as queen in the palaces of styx. i am the dark night 224 that bringeth forth the bright day; i am the bright day that swalloweth up the dark night; that bright day that hath been begotten by the ages, and conceived in t

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y, and the spear is attachment) and now there dawns the scene of the crucifixion; but the crucified one is an enormous bat, and for the two thieves are two little children. it is night, and the night is full of hideous things and howlings. and an angel cometh forth, and saith: be wary, for if thou change so much as the style of a letter, the holy word is blasphemed. but enter into the mountain of the caverns, for that this (how much more then that calvary which mocks it, as his ape mocks thoth) is but the empty shell of the mystery of zen. verily, i say unto thee, many are the adepts that have looked upon the back parts of my father, and cried "our eyes fail before the glory of thy countenance" and with that he gives the sign of the rending of the veil, and tears down the vision. and behol

lf up as the cross that is bent into the cube. and this is the comedy of pan, that is played at night in the thick forest. and this is the mystery of dionysus zagreus, that is celebrated upon the holy mountain of kithairon. and this is the secret of the brothers of the rosy cross; and this is the heart of the ritual that is accomplished in the vault of the adepts that is hidden in the mountain of the caverns, even the holy mountain abiegnus. and this is the meaning of the supper of the passover, the spilling of the blood of the lamb being a ritual of the dark brothers, for they have sealed up the pylon with blood, lest the angel of death should enter therein. thus do they shut themselves off from the company of the saints. thus do they keep themselves from compassion and from understanding

s, the destruction of reason by internecine conflicts in the course of redemption. and their dwelling places, let them forget their names (this is, the arising of nemo) the work of man and his pomp, let them be defaced (that is, in the great work man must lose his personality) his building, let it be a cave for the beast of the field("his building" means the vault of the adepts, and the "cave" is the cave of the mountain of abiegnus, and the "beast" is he upon whom babalon rideth, and the "field" is the supernal eden) confound her understanding with darkness (this sentence is explained by what has been said concerning binah) for why, it rejoiceth me concerning the virgin and the man (kelly did not understand this call at all, and he would not believe this sentence was written so, for it se

agus, even as with my judgments i have overwhelmed the universe. i have eaten the pomegranate in the house of wrath, and i have crushed out the blood of my mother between mill-stones to make bread. there is nothing that i have not trampled beneath my feet. there is nothing that i have not set a garland on my brow. i have wound all things about my waist as a girdle. i 169 have hidden all things in the cave of my heart. i have slain all things because i am innocence. i have lain with all things because i am untouched virginity. i have given birth to all things because i am death. stainless are my lips, for they are redder than the purple of the vine, and of the blood wherewith i am intoxicated. stainless is my forehead, for it is whiter than the wind and the dew that cooleth it. i am light

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tery,"i will await him here! so, therefore, there is one place, o thou thief of my heart's love, adonai, to which thou must come at last; and that place is the tomb in which lie buried all my thoughts and emotions, all that which is "i, and me, and mine. there will i lay myself and await thee, even as our father christian rosenkreutz that laid himself in the pastos in the vault of the mountain of the caverns, abiegnus, on whose portal did he cause to be written the words,"post lux crucis annos patebo. so thou wilt enter in (as did frater n. n. and his companions) and open the pastos; and with thy winged globe thou wilt touch the rosy cross upon my breast, and i shall wake into life the true life that is union with thee. so therefore perinde ac cadaver i await thee. 12.43. i wrote, by th

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f her eyes i saw the image of death, and i drew the water of sighs from the well of her lullaby breath. she sitteth veiled for ever brooding over the waste. she hath stirred or spoken never. she is fiercely, manly chaste! what madness made me awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold slime of the snake that her poisonous body held? 210 by night i ravished a maid from her father's camp to the cave. i bared the beautiful blade; i dipped her thrice i' the wave; i slit her throat as a lamb's, that the fount of blood leapt high with my clamorous dithyrambs like a stain on the shield of the sky. with blood and censer and song i rent the mysterious veil: my eyes gaze long and long on the deep of that blissful bale. my cold grey kisses awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold sl

ounter clockwise downward flourish loop. this flourish loop centers on the hook end of the "j" and crosses back over the lower 1/3 of the body of the "j" to cross itself directly above the hook and extend to the upper left of the space occupied by the drawing "his name is spelt: hb:mem-final hb:koph hb:yod. having no further question to ask him, i left him, bidding him sink "at the further end of the cave a man whom i had not seen as yet came rushing into my arms; at once i saw that he was being pursued by jokam. i thereupon interposed, ordering him to make the sign of the qabalistic cross, which, however, he could not do"'what god do you worship' i asked"'alas! i have no god' he answered. thereupon i allowed jokam to seize him, and re-entering the cave they sank, uttering most heart-rendi

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ive his friends, and thus perished with them. for a few moments a solitary figure appeared upon one of the rocks. it was the dwarf of hey. he gazed at the scene of the catastrophe, chanted a fairy dirge, and then vanished for ever. such was the end of the land-trows, and, although it put a stop to the making of further fairy-stories, it opened up a new hunting-ground for the weaver of romances in the caves beneath the sea. and even where there is no definite tale or detailed legend to tell beside the inglenook, there is sure to be some quaint conceit of metempsychosis which they can whisper when a seal comes near them. was not pharaoh's army turned into a school of seals? and that great white seal, which the fishermen have seen, and whose track is like the wash of an ocean steamer, is that

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k of solitude hiding a face wried as a satyr's, rolled that ocean into space. xvii then did i build an altar on the shore of oyster-shells, and ringed it round with star-fish. thither a green flame i bore of phosphor foam, and strewed the ground with dew-drops, children of my wand, whose core was trembling steel electric that made spin the universal wheel. xviii with that a goat came running from the cave that lurked below the tall white cliff. 98 thy name! cried i. the answer that gave was but one tempest-whisper "if" ah, then! his tongue to his black palate clave; for on soul's curtain is written this one certainty that naught is certain! xix so then i caught that goat up in a kiss. and cried io pan! io pan! io pan! then all this body's wealth of ambergris (narcissus-scented flesh of man

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symbolism of the vault is explained. thus, the name of the founder signifies the rose and cross of christ, the fadeless rose of creation, the immortal cross of light. the vault itself represents the tomb of osiris onnophris, the justified one. its seven sides the seven lower sephiroth, the seven days of creation, and the seven palaces. it is situated in the centre of the earth, in the mountain of the caverns, the mystic mountain of abiegnus; which is the mountain of god in the centre of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation. the meaning of abiegnus is explained as follows by the "third adept] illustration on page 209 described "diagram 60. the temple in the opening and first point of the 5= 6 ritual" this is a rectangle of approximate 6x8 proportion, standing on a sma

he crook is divided as is the staff of the flail, top section aries, over intersection taw, below intersection capricorn, bottom hay [this explanation being finished, the "chief adept" leads the aspirant to the diagram of the mystic titles and grades, and says] this is the symbolic mountain of god in the centre of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation, the mystic mountain of the caverns, even the mountain of abiegnus [this diagram shows a mountain crowned with light, and surrounded with darkness. at its base is the wall of secrecy, whose sole gate is formed by the two pillars of hermes. the ascent of the mountain is made by the serpent of wisdom. the explanation of this diagram being concluded, the "second" and "third "adepts" remove the altar, and the "chief adept" c

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altar-fires fade as the godhead is displayed. nay, we stir not. everywhere is our temple right appointed. all the earth is faery fair for us. am i not anointed? the sigil burns upon the brow at the adjuration_ here and now. olympas. the air is laden with perfumes. marsyas. behold! it beams_ it burns_ it blooms* olympas. master, how subtly hast thou drawn the daylight from the golden dawn, bidden the cavernous mount unfold its ruby rose, its cross of gold; until i saw, flashed from afar, the hawk's eye in the silver star! marsyas. peace to all beings. peace to thee, co-heir of mine eternity! peace to the greatest and the least, to nebula and nenuphar! light in abundance be increased on them that dream that shadows are! olympas. blessing and worship to the beast, the prophet of the lovely s

en; i say that, for the moment, and for the morrow, hashish has more fatal results. one is a soft-spoken enchantress; the other, a raging demon. 94 i wish in this last part to define and to analyse the moral ravage caused by this dangerous and delicious practice; a ravage so great, a danger so profound, that those who return from the fight but lightly wounded appear to me like heroes escaped from the cave of a multiform proteus, or like orpheus, conquerors of hell. you may take, if you will, this form of language for an exaggerated metaphor, but for my part i will affirm that these exciting poisons seem to me not only one of the most terrible and the most sure means which the spirit of darkness uses to enlist and enslave wretched humanity, but even one of the most perfect of his avatars. t

moon, the yelling wind that clave the trees, the monsters that they fled, the croon of squaws with babes upon their knees, the wet woods' call, the insistent sea, the blood-stained birth of mystery. 116 the scream of passion, and the foam upon the willing women's lips; green, dripping forests, love's dark home_ these were the god-enwroughten whips that gave the eagle-cars of art first impulse in the cave-man's heart. the artist-light is backward borne, master within my brain to-night; back in the long-forgotten morn i see the dawn of thee and light; the men that made me stare and stare through the great wood-fire's lurid glare. and through the haze of time and life anew the dim, dark visions loom; the matted bloody hair; the knife of jagged stone; the reeking fume of purple blood; the gor

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stic fellah depriving the world of its last great monuments, and building labourers' cottages out of the stones and bricks of the pyramids, because they are so very much more useful "solve" is the cry to-day; the sabbatic finger of the goat points upwards, yet on the clouds of darkness does it scrawl a sigil of light. a new god stirs in the womb of its mother; we can see his form, dim and red, in the cavern of time. dare we pronounce his name? yea! it is horus, horus the child, reborn amsu the good shepherd, who will lead us out of the sheepish stupidity of to-day. how many understand this mystery? perhaps none save those who have seen and subscribed to the law of thelema. j. f. c. f. the lost valley. by algernon blackwood. nash. 6"s" it is the penalty of factitious success that the need o

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esting of the beast is loud within thy ear. by goddes reed, thou has won the tilt from all the crowd! within thy proper bowels it sounds mighty and musical at need, as if a thirty couple hounds quested within thee, palamede! now, then, he grasps the desperate truth he hath toiled these many years to see, hath wasted strength, hath wasted youth--0- he was the beast; the beast was he! he rises from the cave of death, runs to the sea with shining face to know at last the bounteous breath, to taste the goodly gift of grace. ah! palamede, thou has mistook! thou art the butt of all confusion! not to be written in my book is this most drastic disillusion! so weak and ill was he, i doubt if he might hear the royal feast of laughter that came rolling out afar from that elusive beast. 97 yet, those

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t of her eyes i saw the image of death, and i drew the water of sighs from the well of her lullaby breath. she sitteth veiled for ever, brooding over the waste. she hath stirred or spoken never. she is fiercely, manly chaste! what madness make me awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold slime of the snake that her poisonous body held? by night i ravished a maid from her father's camp to the cave. i bared the beautiful blade: i dipped her thrice i' the wave; i slit her throat as a lamb's that the fount of blood leapt high with my clamorous dithyrambs, like a stain on the shield of the sky. with blood and censer and song i rent the mysterious veil: my eyes gaze long and long on the deep of that blissful bale. my cold grey kisses awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold sl

n, as the roar of the sea, as the storm of the air, as the quake of the earth- let it soar for a boon, for a bane, for a snare, for a lure, for a light, for a kiss, for a rod, for a scourge, for a sword- bring us thy burden of bliss- bring us the word of the lord! taurus. in vain thou askest speech from our lady of silence: cancer. bear the cup of libation! pan. 333-333-333["recites" roll through the caverns of matter, the world's irremovable bounds! roll, ye wild billows of ether! the sistron is shaken and sounds! wild and sonorous the clamour, vast in the region of death. live with the fire of the spirit, the essence and flame of the breath! sound, o sound! gleam in the world of the dark, where the chained ones shall tremble and flee! gleam in the skies of the dusk, for the light of the

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the end far distant as the stars that lie in the navel of nuit, do thou slay thyself as i at the end am slain, in the death that is life, in the peace that is mother of war, in the darkness that holds light in his hand as a harlot that plucks a jewel from her nostrils. 39. so therefore the beginning is delight, and the end is delight, and delight is in the midst, even as the indus is 38 water in the cavern of the glacier, and water among the greater hills and the lesser hills and through the ramparts of the hills and through the plains, and water at the mouth thereof when it leaps forth into the mighty sea, yea, into the mighty sea [the interpretation of this book will be given to members of the grade of dominus liminis on application, each to his adeptus] 39 three poems for jane cheron 4

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eating in regular rhythm; a vision of the logoic thoughtform on the archetypal plane, a vision that grows from initiation to initiation until it embraces all the solar system. initiation leads to the stream that, once entered, sweeps a man onward until it carries him to the feet of the lord of the world, to the feet of his father in heaven, to the feet of the three-fold logos. initiation leads to the cave within whose circumscribing walls the pairs of opposites are known- 10- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust and the secret of good and evil is revealed. it leads to the cross and to that utter sacrifice which must transpire before perfect liberation is attained, and the initiate stands free of all earth's fetters, held by naught in the three worlds. it leads through the

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e. the threefold thirty-five, finding the distance just, flashed like a sheet of intermittent flame, and lo, the work was done. the great five met the three and four. the point intermediate was achieved. the hour of sacrifice, the sacrifice of flame, arrived, and for aeons hath endured. the timeless ones entered into time. the watchers began their task, and lo, the work proceeds. stanza vi within the cavern dark the fourfold one groped for expansion and for further light. no light above, and all around the gloom enveloped. pitchy the darkness that surrounded it. to the innermost centre of the heart, throbbing without the warming light, crept in the icy cold of uttermost darkness. above the cavern dark shone all the light of day; yet the fourfold one saw it not, nor did the light pervade. t

k the fourfold one groped for expansion and for further light. no light above, and all around the gloom enveloped. pitchy the darkness that surrounded it. to the innermost centre of the heart, throbbing without the warming light, crept in the icy cold of uttermost darkness. above the cavern dark shone all the light of day; yet the fourfold one saw it not, nor did the light pervade. the rending of the cavern precedes the light of day. great, then, must be the shattering. no help is found within the cave, nor any hidden light. around the fourfold one lieth the vault of stone; beneath him menaceth the root of blackness, of utter denseness; beside him and above, naught but the same is seen- 17- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the threefold watchers know and see. the fourfo

; beneath him menaceth the root of blackness, of utter denseness; beside him and above, naught but the same is seen- 17- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the threefold watchers know and see. the fourfold is now ready; the work of denseness is completed; the vehicle prepared. soundeth the trump of shattering. blinding the power of the oncoming flame. the mystic earthquake rocks the cavern; the burning flames disintegrate the maya, and lo, the work is done. gone is the gloom and the blackness; rent is the cavern's roof. the light of life shines in; the warmth inspires. the lords on-looking see the work commence. the fourfold one becomes the seven. the chant of those who flame rises to all creation. the moment of achievement is attained. proceedeth the work anew. creation

aya, and lo, the work is done. gone is the gloom and the blackness; rent is the cavern's roof. the light of life shines in; the warmth inspires. the lords on-looking see the work commence. the fourfold one becomes the seven. the chant of those who flame rises to all creation. the moment of achievement is attained. proceedeth the work anew. creation moveth on its way, while waxeth the light within the cavern. stanza vii riseth the cave of beauty rare, of colour iridescent. shineth the walls with azure tint, bathed in the light of rose. the blending shade of blue irradiates the whole and all is merged in gleaming. within the cave of iridescent colour, within its arching circle, standeth the fivefold one demanding further light. he struggleth for expansion, he wrestleth towards the day. the f

radiation in exactly the same way as the pranic emanations of his etheric body affect another physical body as radiatory. the point to be grasped in all these aspects is that one and all have to do with matter or substance, and not with mind or spirit. b. the planet. deep in the heart of the planet such a planet as the earth, for instance are the internal fires that occupy the central sphere, or the caverns which filled with incandescent burning make life upon the globe possible at all. the internal fires of the moon are practically burnt out, and, therefore, she does not shine save through reflection, having no inner fire to blend and merge with light external. these inner fires of the earth can be seen functioning, as in the sun, through three main channels: 1. productive substance, or

to the plane where dwells his- 78- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust immortal spirit, and then by self-discipline, mind-control and a definite refining of his material bodies, whether subtle or physical, fit himself to be a vehicle for the divine birth, and participate in the first initiation. when the christ-child (as the christian so beautifully expresses it) has been born in the cave of the heart, then that divine guest can consciously control the lower material bodies by means of consecrated mind. only when buddhi has assumed an ever-increasing control of the personality, via the mental plane (hence the need of building the antaskarana, will the personality respond to that which is above, and the lower fires mount and blend with the two higher. only when spirit, by t

alisation. perhaps it may help somewhat if we here consider the question of individualisation, or the process of intelligent self-realisation- 202- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust chart v evolution of a solar logos which so strikingly differentiates men from the animals. at individualisation the two poles are approximated, and at their meeting light streams forth, irradiating the cave of matter, and lighting the pathway that must be trodden by the pilgrim on his way back to his source. this irradiation brings about, in connection with man, self-realisation. purpose. separation from all other individualised selves, or spheres. consciousness, above all. ability to evolve. capacity to "shine ever more and more unto the perfect day" this is equally true of a solar logos, a

man separates those who are developing the consciousness of the triad from those who as yet are living the life of the quaternary. it concerns those who respond to the solar lords, distinguishing them from those who recognise as yet only the control of the lunar lords. in terms of fire: those who warm themselves by means of fire by friction and respond not to the heat of solar fire remain within the cavern, thus living in the dark; whilst those whose being is irradiated by the sun of wisdom, and who bask in the rays of solar heat dwell in the light, and enjoy an ever increasing freedom, and vital existence. the true significance of the three aspects of spirit is only becoming apparent to the initiate of high degree, and cannot be expressed in words, nor comprehended by man before he has p

s combustible, the flame bursts forth. faint the flicker at the first appearing, and near to death it seems, but the wicks smoulder and glow, and the heat is retained. this is cycle the first, and is called that of the glowing wheel. the flicker grows into a tiny flame and the four wicks burn, but are not consumed, for the heat does not suffice. the light of these three fires is yet so small that the cave is not illumined. nevertheless, the flame and the essential heat can be felt by the one who approaches and watches. this is the second cycle, and is called that of the warming wheel. the tiny flame becomes a lighted lamp. the fire flares up, but much smoke is there, for the wicks are burning fast, and the heat suffices for their quick destruction. the lamp, set in the midst of darkness, m

re flares up, but much smoke is there, for the wicks are burning fast, and the heat suffices for their quick destruction. the lamp, set in the midst of darkness, makes the thick blackness manifest itself; the light and warmth are felt. this, the third cycle, is called that of the lighted wheel. the four wicks and the flame appear as one, and nearly all the smoke is gone, for flame is mostly seen. the cave itself is lighted up, though the lamp is yet apparent. cycle the fourth is called the hour of the flaming wheel. the final cycle comes when even the lamp itself is burned, destroyed through the intensity of heat. the one who watches, seeing the work accomplished, fans the central point of fire and produces a sudden flaming. the wicks are naught the flame is all. this, so the sacred scienc

nction between the white brother and the brother of darkness, and in this summation we will conclude the present discussion and proceed with the rules. the worker in white magic utilises ever the energy of the solar angel to effect his ends. the dark brother works through the inherent force of the lunar lords, which are allied in nature to all that is objective. in an old book of magic, hidden in the caves of learning, guarded by the masters, are the following conclusive words, which find their place in this treatise on fire through their very appropriateness "the brothers of the sun, through the force of solar fire, fanned to a flame in the blazing vault of the second heaven, put out the lower lunar fires, and render naught that lower 'fire by friction "the brother of the moon ignores the

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s on .e go .l ove. heart. heart of the sun. body. holy spirit. personality. active intelligence. throat. physical sun. ishvara is the second aspect, and therefore the real meaning of this sutra is that through intense devotion to, and love of ishvara, the christ in manifestation, that christ or soul may be contacted or known. ishvara is god in the heart of every child of god; he is to be found in the cave of the heart; he is to be reached through pure love and devoted service, and when reached he will be seen seated upon the twelve petalled lotus of the heart, holding in his hands the "jewel in the lotus" thus the devotee finds ishvara. when the devotee becomes the raja yogin then ishvara will reveal to him the secret of the jewel. when christ is known as king upon the throne of the heart

nts who have their intuition developed will see the correspondence between the activity of the solar plexus and its function, and the first three and one-half months of the antenatal period. then comes what is called the "quickening" and life makes itself felt. a rising up takes place, and the correspondence can then be seen between the natural physiological process and the birth of the christ in the cave of the heart. herein lies the deep mystery of initiation, and it is only revealed to those who tread the path of discipleship to the end. we are told in this sutra that knowledge as to the condition of the body comes through meditation upon this centre. the reason is this: when man arrives at an understanding of his emotional body and of the force centre through which it functions upon th

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ld, and who stand in the forefront of human achievement, testifying to faculties beyond our scope of accomplishment. we are conscious, within ourselves, of strivings which drive us on towards knowledge, and of interior promptings, which have forced humanity up the ladder of evolution to its present status of what we call educated human beings. a divine urge has driven us forward from the stage of the cave dweller to our modern civilized condition. above all, we are aware of those who possess, or claim to possess, a vision of heavenly things which we long to share, and who testify to a direct way into the centre of divine reality which they ask us also to follow. we are told that it is possible to have direct experience, and the keynote of our modern times can be summed up in the words "fro

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t times a vision comes a vision of a folded lotus flower, close petalled, tightly sealed, lacking aroma yet, but bathed in cold blue light. orange and blue in some more distant time will blended be, but far off yet the date. their blending bathes the bud in light and causes future opening. let the light shine. stage iv into the dark the life proceeds. a different voice seems to sound forth "enter the cave and find your own; walk in the dark and on your head carry a lighted lamp. the cave is dark and lonely; cold is it and a place of many sounds and voices. the voice of the many sons of god, left playing on the playground of the lord, make their appeal for light. the cave is long and narrow. the air is full of fog. the sound of running water meets the rushing sound of wind, and frequent rol

s, within a star five-pointed- 271- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the living soul drives forward towards the cross which bars his way to life, revealed and known. not yet the cross is mounted and therefore left behind. but onward goes the living soul, eyes fixed upon the cross, ears open to the wailing cries of all his brother souls. stage v out into radiant life and light! the cave is left behind; the cross is overturned; the way stands clear. the word sounds clear within the head and not within the heart "enter again the playground of the lord and this time lead the games" the way upon the second tier of stairs stands barred, this by the soul's own act. no longer red desire governs all the life, but now the clear blue flame burns strong. upon the bottom step of the

nity, having their roots in instincts, seem nevertheless to be divine characteristics, misapplied and misused. when, however, they are rightly understood and used, and transmuted by the knowing soul, they produce awareness and are the source of growth and that which conveys to the dormant soul- in time and space- the needed impulse, impetus and urge to progress which have carried man forward from the caveman stage and the prehistoric cycle, through the long period of history, and can be trusted today to carry him forward with increasing rapidity, as he now arrives at intellectual comprehension and can apply himself to the- 360- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust problem of progress in full awareness. students need to realise more deeply that the whole process is a divine

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ty. chapter i introductory remarks i. the three objectives in studying the rays the study of the rays, and a true and deep comprehension of the inner significance of the teaching, will do for us three things: a. it will throw much light upon the times and cycles in the unfolding panorama of history. in the last analysis, history is an account of the growth and development of man from the stage of the cave man, with his consciousness centred in his animal life, up to the present time wherein the human consciousness is steadily becoming more inclusive and mental, and so on and up to the stage of a perfected son of god. it is an account of the apprehension, by man, of the creative ideas which have moulded the race and are establishing its destiny. it gives us a dramatic picture of the progres

r, and the manifested universe came into being. love is ever productive, and the law of attraction is fruitful in results. man and god came together under the same great law, and the christ was born, the guarantee of the divinity of humanity and the demonstration of the fact. individual man and his soul are also attempting to come together, and when that event is consummated the christ is born in the cave of the heart, and christ is seen in the daily life with increasing power. man therefore dies daily in order that christ may be seen in all his glory. of all these wonders, sex is the symbol. again, in man himself the great drama of sex is enacted, and twice over in his body, within his personality, the process of union and fusion takes place. let me briefly refer here to these two symboli

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was born at bethlehem, it was not simply the birth of another divine teacher and messenger, but the appearing of an individual who not only summed up in himself the past achievement of the race, but who was- 22- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust also the forerunner of the future, embodying in himself all that it was possible for humanity to achieve. the appearance of christ in the cave at bethlehem was the inauguration of the possibility of a new cycle of spiritual unfoldment for the race, as well as for the individual. finally, we shall consider these unfoldments from the standpoint of the individual, and study those episodes related in the gospel story which vitally concern the individual human being who, approaching the end of the long and weary way of evolution, is

the kingdom is found by questioning and answering, by seeking and finding, and by the obedience to that inner voice which can be heard when all other voices are stilled. when that voice is heard we come to a consciousness of the possibilities ahead and take the initial step towards that first initiation which leads to bethlehem, there to find and meet with christ. within ourselves we find god. in the cave of the heart the divine life can be felt throbbing. man discovers himself to be one of a vast number who have undergone the same experience, and through the process of initiation he gives birth to the christ. the "infant life" newborn into the kingdom of god, starts on the struggle and the experience which will lead him step by step from one initiation to another till he too has attained

esented, god the father, god the son and god the holy spirit, or matter informed by deity, and therefore typified for us in the virgin mary. today the masses are on a journey. today the teaching of the path and of the way to god is engrossing the attention of the aspirants in the world. we are on the path of return to the individual and to the racial bethlehem. we are now on the point of entering the cave wherein the new birth can take place, and therefore one stage of life's long journey is nearly completed. this symbolism is truer, perhaps, than we care to think it is. the world problem today is bread, and our anxieties, our bewilderments, our wars and our struggles are based upon the economic problem of how to feed the peoples. today the whole world is occupied with the bethlehem idea

ld problem today is bread, and our anxieties, our bewilderments, our wars and our struggles are based upon the economic problem of how to feed the peoples. today the whole world is occupied with the bethlehem idea, with bread. in this subtle implication there surely comes to us a guarantee that as he came before to the house of bread so will he again fulfil his word and fulfil himself and return. the cave, a place of darkness and of discomfort, was for mary the place of pain and weariness. this cave or stable story of the new testament is perhaps as full of symbolism as any to be found in the bible. the long and trying journey ended in a dark cave. the long and weary journey of humanity has brought us today to just such a hard and uninviting place. the life of the individual disciple, prio

ystery of prayer or providence. persist intent, and thou shalt find love's veiled sacrament. some secret revelation, sweetness, light, waits to waylay the wrestler in the night. in the thick darkness, at its very heart, christ meets, transfigured, souls he calls apart" in this cave of initiation, all the four kingdoms of nature can be seen unmistakably symbolised for us. in the rocky structure of the cave, the mineral kingdom appears. the fodder and the hay, naturally there, symbolise the vegetable kingdom. the ox and the ass represent the animal nature, but they represent also far more than that. the ox stood for that form of worship which should have been passing off the earth at the time christ came. there were still many to be found who worshipped the bull, which was the worship preval

yful resurrection" and to that eternal identification with god which is the everlasting experience of all who are perfected. we might depict the process as follows: 1st initiation 3rd initiation 5th initiation new birth transfiguration resurrection initiation revelation completion beginning transition consummation appearance quality l ife this is the first of the mountain experiences. we have had the cave experience and the stream initiation. each of them has done its work, each revealing more and more divinity in the man, christ jesus. the experience of christ, as we have been seeing, was to pass from one process of at-one-ment to another. one of the prime objectives of his mission was to resolve the dualities in himself, producing unity and synthesis. what are these dualities which are t

comrade his comrade, the beloved his beloved, so deign thou, lord, to pardon me! i exult, beholding what was never seen before, and my heart trembles with fear; show me, lord, the former form; lord of gods, be gracious, upholder of worlds."33 chapter five the fourth initiation. the crucifixion key thought a fire-mist and a planet, a crystal and a cell, a jelly-fish and a saurian, and caves where the cave-men dwell; then a sense of law and beauty, and a face turned from the clod some call it evolution, and others call it god. like tides on a crescent sea-beach when the moon is new and thin, into our hearts high yearnings come welling and surging in: come from the mystic ocean- 107- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust whose rim no foot has trod some of us call it longing, a

means that we mount the cross with him and share constantly in the crucifixion experience. we are coming to the knowledge that the determining factor in human life is love, and that "god is love."30 christ came to show us that love was the motivating power of the universe. he suffered and died because he loved and cared enough for human beings to demonstrate to them the way that they must go from the cave of birth to the mount of transfiguration, and on to the agony of the crucifixion if they too are to share in the life of humanity and become, in their turn, saviours of their fellowmen. how then shall we define sin? first let us look at the words which are used in the bible and in theological works and commentaries dealing with the theme of sin, transgression, iniquity, evil, separation

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y man's understanding of the beauty of god's created world, whether it was the phenomenal wonder of nature or the beauty of the human form. the art of today is as yet almost a childish attempt to express the world of feeling and of inner moods and those emotionally psychological reactions which govern the bulk of the race. they are, however, to the world of feeling-expression what the drawings of the cave man are to the art of leonardo da vinci. it is in the realm of words today that this new art is most adequately expressing itself. the art of music will be the next approach nearer to the truth, and to the revelation of the emerging beauty; the art of the painter and of the sculptor will follow later. none of this is the art of expressing ideas creatively, which will be the glory of the a

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not usually good for a disciple, if overlong perpetuated, especially at the point of evolution at which you find yourself. it is good for the aspirant who is working upon the control of the emotional body and the attaining of astral equilibrium. it is not so good for the pledged disciple whose career should have in it as did the career of the christ the valley and the mountain top experience, and the cave experience also with its loneliness and its period of introspective culture. therefore, my brother, i- 173- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust call you to a more dynamic living than heretofore. the attainment of the outer attitude in your chosen work has been good. the inner orientation to the soul as love, is also good. let there be no doubt in your mind upo

times a vision comes a vision of a folded lotus flower, close petalled, tightly sealed, lacking aroma yet, but bathed in cold blue light. orange and blue in some more distant time will blended be, but far off yet the date. their blending bathes the bud in light and causes future opening. let the light shine. stage iv. into the dark the life proceeds. a different voice seems to sound forth "enter the cave and find your own; walk in the dark and on your head carry a lighted lamp" the cave is dark and lonely; cold is it and a place of many sounds and voices. the voices of the many sons of god, left playing on the playground of the lord, make their appeal for light. the cave is long and narrow. the air is full of fog. the sound of running water meets the rushing sound of wind, and frequent ro

t, a rose. upon the upper limb, a vibrant diamond shines, within a star five-pointed. the living soul drives forward towards the cross which bars his way to life, revealed and known. not yet the cross is mounted and, therefore, left behind. but onward goes the living soul, eyes fixed upon the cross, ears open to the wailing cries of all his brother souls. stage v. out into radiant life and light! the cave is left behind; the cross is overturned; the way stands clear. the word sounds clear within the head and not within the heart "enter again the playground of the lord and this time lead the games" the way upon the second tier of stairs stands barred, this by the soul's own act. no longer red desire governs all the life, but now the clear blue flame burns strong. upon the bottom step of the

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urn because he has always been here upon our earth, watching over the spiritual destiny of humanity; he has never left us but, in physical body and securely concealed (though not hidden, he has guided the affairs of the spiritual hierarchy, of his disciples and workers who are unitedly pledged with him to earth service. he can only re-appear. it is a spiritual fact that those who have passed from the cave of the tomb into the fullness of the resurrection life can be seen and at the same time evade the vision of the believer. seeing and recognition are two very different things, and one of the great recognitions of mankind in the near future is the recognition that always he has been with us, sharing with us the familiar usefulness and peculiar- 22- the reappearance of the christ copyright

the aquarian age. as nourisher of the little ones, we are dealing with an aspect of christ's work which involves the stimulation of the consciousnesses of his disciples as they prepare to undergo initiation or to enter into deeper phases of spiritual awareness. the result of his work in the triangle with the masses of men will be the presentation of the first initiation the birth of the christ in the cave of the heart as the basic ceremony in the new world religion. by means of this ceremony, the masses of men in all lands will be enabled to register consciously the "birth of the christ" in the heart, and the "being born again" to which he himself referred (john iii.3) when here on earth before. this new birth is what esotericists mean when they speak of the first initiation. it will not

. they will establish the divine attributes in the consciousness of man, just as the major festivals establish the three divine aspects. these aspects and qualities will be arrived at and determined by a close study of the nature of a particular constellation or constellations influencing those months. for instance, capricorn will call attention to the first initiation, the birth of the christ in the cave of the heart, and indicate the training needed to bring about that great spiritual event in the life of the individual man. i give this one instance to you in order to indicate the possibilities for spiritual unfoldment that could be given through an understanding of these influences and in order to revivify the ancient faiths by expanding them into their larger undying relationships. thu

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g the idea of plains (taurus, of caves (virgo) and of rock (capricorn. it might be stated that these caves exist in the rocks, deep under the plains. i am speaking figuratively and symbolically. out of the rocky cave, the christ emerged and walked again upon the plains of earth and from that time "the woman knew him not" form had no further hold upon him for he had overcome it in the depths. into the cave of initiation, the light of resurrection streams when the stone at the entrance is rolled away. from life in the form to the death of the form deep in the rocky place, down in the crypts of the temple the human being goes. but into that same place, the new life streams, bringing fresh life and liberation; old things pass away and the darkness becomes light. sex is then seen to be in truth

ou consequently have an esoteric triangle of energy will, humanity and the mineral kingdom. they have a very close rapport with each other, both from the angle of the plan and from the expression of material selfishness. hence the great use of minerals (iron, copper, etc) in the world war ii. it is literally a war in which the mineral kingdom is used against the human. humanity had gone down into the caves and the depths of concretion and is ready now for an upward shift or move, this time consciously taken and taken all together. this is a most difficult situation for the average man to comprehend but the entire problem of the conscious use of that which exists upon the planet and also its destructive usage is tied together into one most critical situation. part of the solution will come

taken all together. this is a most difficult situation for the average man to comprehend but the entire problem of the conscious use of that which exists upon the planet and also its destructive usage is tied together into one most critical situation. part of the solution will come along similar lines and of this the prophecy now coming into the racial awareness that there are those "who sleep in the caves of the earth who will arise and bring liberation" has reference. but be not too literal in interpretation for "that which is of the earth can also be found in the sky" hierarchically also the ruler is vulcan, conditioning the planet and determining the fact that man is the macrocosm of the microcosm and that the fourth kingdom fashions or conditions all subhuman kingdoms. it is the subje

ting the life to these factors and some process of experimentation in order to prove the fact, the statement remains relatively useless to the intelligent human being; it remains in the form of an hypothesis, to be proved or disproved. the man who is attempting to master his lower nature and has the goal of expressing his innate divinity requires a golden thread whereby he can find his way out of the caverns of bewilderment and the areas of speculation and enquiry. this process of investigation, deduction and proof, the science of esoteric astrology and its subsidiary sciences will eventually provide. the foundation is already laid. what i here give can provide another step forward and further light. it might here be stated that until the antahkarana (the bridge of light between the higher

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establish the divine attributes in the consciousness of man, just as the major festivals establish the three divine aspects. these aspects and qualities will be arrived at and determined by a close study of the nature of a particular constellation or constellations influencing those months. for instance, capricorn (december) will call attention to the first initiation, the birth of the christ in the cave of the heart, and indicate the training needed to bring about that great spiritual event in the life of the individual man. i give this one instance to you in order to indicate the possibilities for spiritual unfoldment that could be given through an understanding of these influences, and in order to revivify the ancient faiths by expanding them- 277- the externalisation of the hierarchy

the symbolism of the world) as the symbol of materialism. humanity must say with her "they have taken away my lord and i know not where they have laid him" but she said it to the lord himself, not recognising him and realising only her own deep need and despair. so must it be again. humanity materialistic, suffering, facing the future with despair and agony, but still aspiring must go forth from the cave of matter, seeking the christ and at- 309- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust first not recognising him or the work that he is attempting to do. the churches materialistic, hide-bound and submerged in their theological concepts, seeking political power or possessions, emphasising stone buildings and cathedrals whilst neglecting "the temple of god, not made wit

spiritual destiny of humanity; he has never left us, but in physical body and securely concealed (though not hidden, he has guided the affairs of the spiritual hierarchy, of his disciples and workers who are unitedly pledged with him to earth service. he can only reappear. it is a spiritual fact that those- 391- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust who have passed from the cave of the tomb into the fullness of the resurrection life can be seen, and at the same time evade the vision of the believer; seeing and recognition are two very different things, and one of the great recognitions of mankind in the near future is the recognition that always he has been with us and shared with us the familiar usefulness and peculiar characteristics of our civilisation and its

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u will see, therefore, that in the earlier initiatory process, the factor of time is noted by the initiate and also by the presenting masters. an instance of a slow permeation of information from the plane of initiation to the physical brain can be seen in the fact that very few aspirants and disciples register the fact that they have already taken the first initiation, the birth of the christ in the cave of the heart. that they have taken it is evidenced by their deliberate treading of the way, by their love of the christ no matter by what name they may call him and by their effort to serve and help their fellowmen; they are still, however, surprised when told that the first initiation lies behind them. this is due entirely to the factor of time, leading to their inability to "bring throu

e the major energies which he must bring into expression, and this vision is summed up for him in the old commentary in the following words "when the rod of initiation descends and touches the lower part of the spine, there is a lifting up; when the eyes are opened in the light, that which must be lowered into form is now perceived. the vision is acknowledged. the burden of the future is assumed. the cave is lighted up and the new man issues forth" that this may be true of all of you who read these words is the prayer and the wish of your friend and counsellor. initiation ii. the baptism in jordan the initiation which we are now to study is perhaps one of the most important, because it concerns that aspect of the personality which gives the most difficulty to everybody: the emotional or as

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

een or heard. hercules paused upon the way and silent stood. he searched on every hand, grasping his trusty club, the weapon he himself had made, the gift that to himself he had bequeathed in days long past, his trusty club. on every hand he sought; on every way he passed, travelling from point to point upon the narrow way that ran athwart the mountain side. suddenly, upon a cave he came and from the cave there came a lusty roar, a rumbling savage voice which seemed to bid him stay or lose his life. and hercules stood still, shouting unto the people of the land "the lion is here. await the deed that i shall do" and hercules, who is a son of man and yet a son of god, entered that cave and passed throughout its darkened length into the light of day and found no lion, only another opening in

ngs to do and listened to the roaring of the lion, he saw some piles of wood and sticks lying in great profusion near his hand. pulling them towards him, dragging with his might, he placed the piles of sticks and bundles of small twigs within the opening near at hand and piled them there, blocking the way into the light of day, both in and out, and shutting both himself and the fierce lion within the cave. then turned and faced the lion. with his two hands he grasped the lion, holding it close and choking it. near was its breath and blasting in his face. yet still he held its throat and choked the lion. feebler and feebler grew the roars of hate and fear; weaker and weaker grew the enemy of man; lower and lower sank the lion, yet hercules held on. and thus he killed the lion with his two h

ts throat and choked the lion. feebler and feebler grew the roars of hate and fear; weaker and weaker grew the enemy of man; lower and lower sank the lion, yet hercules held on. and thus he killed the lion with his two hands, without his arms and through his own great strength. he killed the lion and stripped its skin, shewing it to the people, without the entrance- 58- the labours of hercules of the cave "the lion is dead" they cried "the lion is dead. we now can live and till our lands and sow the needed seeds and walk in peace together. the lion is dead and great is our deliverer, the son of man, who is a son of god, named hercules" thus hercules returned in triumph to the one who sent him forth to test his strength, to serve and meet the need of those in dire distress. he laid the lion

ong period the lion had been a destructive force and people were unable to do anything about it. hercules found that the only way in which he could achieve his object was to chase the lion in evernarrowing circles until he had cornered it in a cave. this he proceeded to do and eventually tracked it to its lair. having succeeded in this preliminary stage, he then made the unpleasant discovery that the cave had two openings and that as fast as he chased the lion in at one it emerged at the other. there was nothing for it, therefore, but to stop the chase and to block one of the openings to the cave, and this hercules did. then he chased the lion into the cave through the unblocked opening and, leaving all weapons behind, even the club which he had himself made, he entered the cave and with h

p the chase and to block one of the openings to the cave, and this hercules did. then he chased the lion into the cave through the unblocked opening and, leaving all weapons behind, even the club which he had himself made, he entered the cave and with his two hands choked the lion to death. that was an encounter that took place unseen by anybody; hercules and the lion in the dark and the gloom of the cave taking part, both of them, in a struggle which had to be to the death. the field of the labor the sign leo is one of the four arms of the fixed cross in the heavens, the cross on which the cosmic christ and the individual christ are ever crucified. perhaps the word "crucified" would have a true significance if we substituted for it the word "sacrificed, for in the unfoldment of the christ

oteric meaning can possibly emerge. the interesting fact about the period in which we now live is that it marks a unique development in racial unfoldment. there have always been manifestations of the sun gods, and this labor of hercules has again and again been enacted by a few here and a few there. every nation has produced highly evolved aspirants who track the lion of the personality down into the cave and there master it. but, relatively, in relation to the myriads of human units, they have constituted a very small minority. now we have a world full of aspirants; the coming generation in all nations will produce its thousands of disciples and already tens of thousands are seeking the way. people are now very individual, the world is full of personalities, and the time has come when the

of the race are in a position to begin to learn the lesson of service and universal consciousness. when, in two thousand years' time, we begin to enter capricorn, there will then be a tremendous gathering-in of initiates, and the scaling of the mount of initiation and the mount of transfiguration by many hundreds of disciples. in the meantime, the lion of the personality has to be dealt with and the cave entered. in the symbolism of the scriptures of the world, the most momentous happenings are enacted in one of two places: in [110] the cave or on the mountain. the christ is born in the cave; the personality is overcome in the cave; the voice of the lord is heard in the cave, the christ consciousness is nurtured in the cave of the heart, but after the cave experiences the mountain of tran

he developed personality or individuality has its lair, and it is here that the sun god, hercules, must conquer [111] for centuries the egyptians, and especially the hindus, have known of the chakras or force-centers in the etheric body. the discovery of the endocrine system shows corresponding physical glands in the same locations. one of these, the pituitary body, with its two lobes, symbolizes the cave with two openings, one of which hercules had to close before he could control the personality by the higher mind. for it was only when he had blocked the opening of the personal emotions (postpituitary, thrown away even his trusty club, refused symbolically to lead any longer a personal, selfish life, that he could, entering by the opening represented by the ante-pituitary, subdue the lio

gs, one of which hercules had to close before he could control the personality by the higher mind. for it was only when he had blocked the opening of the personal emotions (postpituitary, thrown away even his trusty club, refused symbolically to lead any longer a personal, selfish life, that he could, entering by the opening represented by the ante-pituitary, subdue the lion of the personality in the cave. these correlations are so exact that they present in little and in large an awesome testimony to the unflawed integrity of the plan "as above so below. a striking correlation between biological and spiritual truths [112] labor vi seizing the girdle of hippolyte (virgo, august 22nd- september 21st [from now on the chapters will be based on the informal lectures given by a.a.b, her finishe

men sorrowing, bereft of leadership and love [114] unto the shores of the great sea again came hercules. close to the rocky shore he saw a monster of the deep, holding between his jaws poor hesione. her shrieks and sighs rose to high heaven and smote the ears of hercules, lost in regret and knowing not the path he trod. unto her help he promptly rushed, but rushed too late. she disappeared within the cavernous throat of the sea serpent, that monster of ill fame. but losing sight of self, this son of man who was a son of god breasted the waves and reached the monster, who, turning towards the man with swift attack and roaring loud, opened his mouth. down the red tunnel of his throat rushed hercules, in search of hesione; finding her deep within the belly of the monster. with his left arm he

must read carefully and distinguish between people on the ordinary wheel and disciples on the reversed wheel. all of which is submitted for the pondering of the reader, not with authority- 82- the labours of hercules psychological analysis of the myth hercules was told to find the nine-headed hydra that lived in a stench-drenched bog. this monster has its subjective counterpart. it dwells within the caverns of the mind. in the murk and mud of unlit mental recesses, it flourishes. deeply lodged within the subterranean regions of the subconscious, now quiescent and now bursting forth in tumultuous frenzy, the beast establishes permanent residence. its existence is not easily discovered. a long time passes before the individual realizes that he is nourishing and sustaining so fierce a creatu

f soul "water of life am i, poured forth for thirsty men. pisces, the fishes element: water sign (as are also cancer and scorpio. quality: duality. fluidity endowed with instinctual consciousness. mediumistic. polarized mind unawakened. intuition dormant. death of the personality. release of the soul from captivity. christ, the world savior. polar opposite: virgo. an earth sign (matter; christ in the cave of the heart. rulers: exoteric, jupiter; esoteric, pluto. keywords: keywords: from the angle of form "go forth into matter; from the angle of soul, i leave my father's home and turning back, i save [215] the path of the soul through the zodiac "the path of souls to ascension lies through the twelve signs of the zodiac. the descending path is the same- clement of alexandria editor's note:

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

y had not themselves attained it, revealed the fact to clement v and philip the fair of france, and the real purpose of the persecution which followed was to wrest the transmuting process from the hands of its custodians. jacques de molay and his co-heirs died to preserve it, but three of the initiated knights made their escape and after long wandering from country to country they found refuge in the caves of mount heredom. they were succoured by knights of st. andrew of the thistle, with whom they made an alliance and on whom they conferred their knowledge. to conceal it from others and yet transmit it through the ages they created the masonic order in i340; but the alchemical secret, which is the physical term of the mystery, has been ever reserved to those who can emerge from the veils

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

ify each other by means of a continued struggle. for it is not good for the eagle to build her nest on the summit of the alps, because her young ones are thus in great twelve keys of basil valentine 31 of 95 danger of being frozen to death by the intense cold that prevails there. but if you add to the eagle the icy dragon that has long had its habitation upon the rocks, and has crawled forth from the caverns of the earth, and place both over the fire, it will elicit from the icy dragon a fiery spirit, which, by means of its great heat, will consume the wings of the eagle, and prepare a perspiring bath of so extraordinary a degree of heat that the snow will melt upon the summit of the mountains, and become a water, with which the invigorating mineral bath may be prepared, and fortune, healt

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

store damaged temples" this was similarly instructed during the time of both king trisong deutsen and ngamlam gyelwa chokyang (ngam lam rgyal ba mchog dbyangs; 8th century).452 samaya. rgya rgya rgya. offer the seal of the spirits453 of the haughty eight classes [of demons. this is directly given at the time of accomplishment by the violence demons to tamdrin at mount chimpu and to tamdrin within the caves. conceal the secret seal as you encounter the elephant. from the great dusk of the twenty-ninth day of the fifth month of the ox year until that midnight, having directly revealed the image on the east over-door projection of the samy central temple,454 it speaks like a human. while tracing it, on the first day of the sixth month, analyze it. on the second day, while understanding its or

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she left heaven to wander the earth. she is considered one of the three assyrian demons being ardat lilit, lilit and lilu, but rather these may be just variations of her name. it is suggested by some hebrew scholars that lilith was worshipped by exiled jews from babylon as a goddess of the wilderness. 6 lilith as described in post-biblical literature is viewed as the queen of demons, she went to the caves near the red sea and copulated with fallen angels to beget other demons, she also taught (according to manichaean lore az) the fallen angels how to form bodies and have sexual relations to give life to other dragon children. she was said to have been the reunited with her mate samael (ahriman) after the fall, when he would not be roused by his fellow fallen ones and demons, only the word

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in one of his in-folios. after this he received a letter from christopher scherer, prefect of the canton of soleure, switzerland, in which that official certifies to his having seen himself with his own eyes, one fine summer night in 1619, a living dragon. having remained on his balcony "to contemplate the perfect purity of the firmament" he writes "i saw a fiery, shining dragon rise from one of the caves of mount pilatus and direct itself rapidly towards fluelen to the other end of the lake. enormous in size, his tail was still longer and his neck very extended. his head and jaws were those of a serpent. in flying he emitted on his way numerous sparks. i thought at first i was seeing a meteor, but soon looking more attentively, i was convinced by his flight and the conformation of his bo

racted, through the mists of time. traditions of creatures once co-existing with man, some of which are so weird and terrible as to appear at first sight to be impossible. for me the major part of those creatures are not chimeras but objects of rational study. the dragon, in place of being a creature evolved out of the imagination of an aryan man by the contemplation of lightning flashing through the caverns which he tenanted, as is held by some mythologists, is an animal which once lived and dragged its ponderous coils and perhaps flew. to me the specific existence of the unicorn seems not incredible, and in fact, more probable than that theory which assigns its origin to a lunar myth. for my part i doubt the general derivation of myths from 'the contemplation of the visible workings of e

the few remaining giant animals, such as elephants, themselves smaller than their ancestors the mastodons, and hippopotami, are the only surviving relics, and tend to disappear more entirely with every day. even they have already had a few pioneers of their future genus, and have decreased in size in the same proportion as men did. for the remains of a pigmy elephant were found (e. falconeri) in the cave deposits of malta; and the same author asserts that they were associated with the remains of pigmy hippopotami, the former being "only two feet six inches high; or the still-existing hippopotamus (choeropsis) liberiensis, which m. milne-edwards figures as little more than two feet in height* sceptics may smile and denounce our work as full of nonsense or fairy-tales. but by so doing they

egend that there is more than one city now flourishing in india, which is built on[[footnote(s* there are archaeologists, who, like mr. james fergusson, deny the great antiquity of even one single monument in india. in his work "illustrations of the rock-cut temples of india" the author ventures to express the very extraordinary opinion that "egypt had ceased to be a nation before the earliest of the cave-temples of india was excavated" in short, he does not admit the existence of any cave anterior to the reign of asoka, and seems anxious to prove that most of these rock-cut temples were executed during a period extending from the time of that pious buddhist king until the destruction of the andhra dynasty of maghada, in the beginning of the fifth century. we believe such a claim perfectly

l other cities, making thus a subterranean city of six or seven stories high. delhi is one of them; allahabad another- examples of this being found even in europe; e.g, in florence, which is built on several defunct etruscan and other cities. why, then, could not ellora, elephanta, karli, and ajunta have been built on subterranean labyrinths and passages, as claimed? of course we do not allude to the caves which are known to every european, whether de visu or through hearsay, notwithstanding their enormous antiquity, though that is so disputed by modern archaeology. but it is a fact, known to the initiated brahmins of india and especially to yogis, that there is not a cave-temple in the country but has its subterranean passages running in every direction, and that those underground caves a

rits, to have rebelled against brahma; for which siva hurled him down to patala. but, as philosophy goes hand in hand with allegorical fiction in hindu myths, the devil is made to repent, and is afforded the opportunity to progress: he is a sinful man esoterically, and can by yoga devotion, and adeptship, reach his status of one with the deity, once more. hercules, the sun-god, descends to hades (the cave of initiation) to deliver the victims from their tortures, etc, etc. the christian church alone creates eternal torment for the devil and the damned, that she has invented[[vol. 2, page] 238 the secret doctrine. believers in the pope's infallibility, but will hardly satisfy the philosophical mind. yet the truth, although known to most of the higher kabalists, has never been told by any of

pertinently, why the monstrous stones of stonehenge were called in days of old chior-gaur (from cor "dance" whence chorea, and gaur, a giant, or the dance of giants? and then he sends the reader to receive his reply from the bishop of st. gildas. but the authors of the voyage dans le comte[[footnote(s* the same, of course, as the "small voice" heard by elijah after the earthquake at the mouth of the cave (i kings xix. 12* the rocking, or logan, stones bear various names. the celts had their clacha-brath, the "destiny or judgment-stone; the divining-stone, or "stone of the ordeal" and the oracle stone; the moving or animated stone of the phoenicians; the rumbling stone of the irish. brittany has its "pierres branlantes" at huelgoat. they are found in the old and the new worlds: in the brit

n's head and the lower (ketu) the dragon's tail; the two being the ascending and descending nodes. since then, rahu wreaks his vengeance on the sun and moon by occasionally swallowing them. but this fable had another mystic meaning, since rahu, the dragon's head, played a prominent part in the mysteries of the sun's (vikarttana's) initiation, when the candidate and the dragon had a supreme fight. the caves of the rishis, the abodes of tiresias and the greek seers, were modelled on those of the nagas- the hindu king-snakes, who dwelled in cavities of the rocks under the ground. from sesha, the thousand-headed serpent, on which vishnu rests, down to python, the dragon serpent oracle, all point to the secret meaning of the myth. in india we find the fact mentioned in the earliest puranas. the

sting savages" are found in river-gravels and caves geologically "implying an enormous antiquity" so great is that resemblance that, as the author of "the modern zoroastrian" tells us "if the collection in the colonial exhibition of stone celts and arrow-heads used now by the bushmen of south africa were placed side by side with one from the british museum of similar objects from kent's cavern or the caves of dordogne, no one but an expert could distinguish between them (p. 145. and if there are bushmen existing now, in our age of the highest civilization, who are no higher intellectually than the race of men which inhabited devonshire and southern france during the palaeolithic age, why could not the latter have lived simultaneously with, and have been the contemporary of, other races as

nized either moses or the law of moses. they aspired to build a temple to[[hebrew, like the structures erected by hiram to hercules and venus, adon and astarte. says furst "the very ancient name of god, yaho, written in the greek law, appears, apart from its derivation, to have been an old mystic name of the supreme deity of the shemites. hence it was told to moses when he was initiated at horeb- the cave- under the direction of jethro, the kenite (or cainite) priest of midian. in an old religion of the chaldeans, whose remains are to be found among the neo-platonists, the highest divinity, enthroned above the seven heavens, representing the spiritual light-principle. and also conceived of as demiurgus* was called[[iao[[hebrew, who was, like the hebrew yaha, mysterious and unmentionable, a

10-11, he rightly adds "the mythical traditions of almost all nations place at the beginning of human history a time of happiness and perfection, a 'golden age' which has no features of savagery or barbarism, but many of civilization and refinement" how is the modern evolutionist to meet this consensus of evidence? we repeat the question asked in "isis unveiled "does the finding of the remains in the cave of devon prove that there were no contemporary races then who were highly civilized? when the present population of the earth have disappeared, and some archaeologist belonging to the 'coming race' of the distant future shall excavate the domestic implements of one of our indian or andaman island tribes, will he be justified in concluding that mankind in the nineteenth century was 'just e

he deer on the antler, as be told that this bit of workmanship was done by a savage of such a kind[[vol. 2, page] 723 entrapped by the reindeer. of the highest atlantean civilizations. there were rude savages and highly civilized people then, as there are now. if 50,000 years hence, pigmy bushmen are exhumed from some african cavern together with far earlier pigmy elephants, such as were found in the cave deposits of malta by milne edwards, will that be a reason to maintain that in our age all men and all elephants were pigmies? or if the weapons of the veddhas of ceylon are found, will our descendants be justified in setting us all down as palaeolithic savages? all the articles which geologists now excavate in europe can certainly never date earlier than from the close of the eocene age

"retreated" and made room for the table lands of central asia. the most interesting example of this progressive march is perhaps afforded by the celebrated kent's cavern at torquay. in that strange recess, excavated by water out of the devonian limestone, we find a most curious record preserved for us in the geological memoirs of the earth. under the blocks of limestone, which heaped the floor of the cavern, were discovered, embedded in a deposit of black earth, many implements of the neolithic period of fairly excellent workmanship, with a few fragments of pottery- possibly traceable to the era of the roman colonization. there is no trace of palaeolithic man here. no flints or traces of the extinct animals of the quaternary period. when, however, we penetrate still deeper through the dens

negro types in europe in the pre-historic ages been now ascertained? it is this presence of a type associated with that of the negro, and also with that of the mongolian, which is the stumbling-block of anthropology. the individual who lived at an incalculably distant period at la naulette, in belgium (vide dr. carter blake's paper "on the naudette jaw" anthrop. review, sept, 1867, is an example "the caves on the banks of the lesse, in south-eastern belgium" says this anthropologist "afford evidence of what is, perhaps, the lowest man, as shown by the naulette jaw. such man, however, had amulets of stone, perforated for the purpose of ornament; these are made of a psammite now found in the basin of the gironde" thus belgian man was extremely ancient. that man who was antecedent to the grea

ient. that man who was antecedent to the great flood of waters- which covered the highlands of belgium with a deposit of lehm or upland gravel 30 metres above the level of the present rivers- must have combined the characters of the turanian and the negro. the canstadt, or la naulette, man, may have been black, and had nothing to do with the aryan type whose remains are contemporary with those of the cave bear at engis. the denizens of the aquitaine bone-caves belong to a far later period of history, and may not be as ancient as the former. if the statement is objected to on the ground that science does not deny the presence of man on earth from an enormous antiquity, though that antiquity cannot be determined, since that presence is conditioned by the duration of geological periods, the a

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e arts and sciences, as well as of spiritual knowledge; and it is they who have laid the first foundation-stone of those ancient civilizations that puzzle so sorely our modern generation of students and scholars[[footnote(s* let those who doubt this statement explain the mystery of the extraordinary knowledge possessed by the ancients- alleged to have developed from lower and animal-like savages, the cave-men of the palaeolithic age- on any other equally reasonable grounds. let them turn to such works as those of vitruvius pollio of the augustan age, on architecture, for instance, in which all the rules of proportion are those taught anciently at initiations, if he would acquaint himself with the truly divine art, and understand the deep esoteric significance hidden in every rule and law o

all, involving and expressing the mysteries of the entire kosmos; recorded a hundred times more fully in the hindu system, for him who can understand its mystic language. the numbers 3 and 4, in their blending of 7, as those of 5, 6, 9, and 10, are the very corner-stone of occult cosmogonies. this decade and its thousand combinations are found in every portion of the globe. one recognizes them in the caves and rock-cut temples of hindostan and central asia, as in the pyramids and lithoi of egypt and america; in the catacombs of ozimandyas, in the mounds of the caucasian snowcapped fastnesses, in the ruins of palenque, in easter island, everywhere whither the foot of ancient man has ever journeyed. the 3 and the 4, the triangle and the cube, or the male and female universal glyph, showing t

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er art happens to be ephemeral. the poignancy of such a realization is like that which one feels in the eternal greek which synge reawakened in the wild western world. i am thinking of riders to the sea. experience dulls us; words are prostituted in the brothel of life. in riders to the sea, synge says merely .a man was drowned. his genius sweeps away the cobwebs which time spins over the door of the cavern of our imagination. we realize the meaning of those words .a man was drowned. this power to make us feel is the divine thing in art. it is the creative force which answers .yea. to the prophet s cynical "lord, shall these dead bones live" now this is exactly what yvette guilbert has done for song. she has not done it for one century only. she has made all time speak, give up its secret

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first faltering steps of religion. the earliest form of magick was probably of the sympathetic variety. similar things, it was thought, have similar effects: like attracts like. if a life-size, clay model of a bison was made, then attacked and "killed. then a hunt of the real bison should also end in a kill. religio-magickal ritual 1 2/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft was born when one of the cavemen threw on a skin and antlered mask and played the part of the hunting god, directing the attack. there are, still in existence, cave paintings of such rituals, together with the spear-stabbed clay models of bison and bear. it is interesting to see how this form of sympathetic magick survived right through to relatively modern times. the penobscot indians, for example, less than a hundre

iends, like one of the dead. true, in sleep he occasionally moved and he breathed, but otherwise he was lifeless. yet when he awoke he could tell of having been out hunting in the forest. he could tell of having met and talked with friends who really were dead. the others, to whom he spoke, could believe him for they too had experienced/ such dreams. they knew he had not actually set foot outside the cave but at the same time they knew he was not lying. it seemed that the world of sleep was as the material world. there were trees and mountains, animals and people. even the dead were there, seemingly unchanged many years after death. in this other world, then, man must need the same things he needed in this world" with the development of different rituals for fertility, for success in the h

e clues that seemed to her to indicate that there was a definite, organized, pre-christian religion behind all the "hogwash" of the christian allegations. although her theories finally proved a little far-fetched in some areas, she did indeed strike some chords. wicca was by no means as far-reaching and widespread as murray suggested (nor was there proof of a direct, unbroken line of descent from the cavepeople, but there can be no doubt that it did exist as an indubitable religious cult, if sporadic as to time and place. she enlarged on her views in a second book, the god of the witches, in 1931. in england, in 1951, the last laws against witchcraft were finally repealed. this cleared the way for the witches themselves to speak up. in 1954 dr. gerald brousseau gardner, in his book witchcr

h, italian, or any of a number of others. some favor a matriarchy; others a patriarchy and still others seek a balance. some prefer to worship in a group (coven, while others are for solitary worship. with the large number of different denominations, then, there is now more likelihood of everyone finding a path they can travel in comfort. religion has come a long way from its humble beginnings in the caves of pre-history. witchcraft, as one small facet of religion, has also come a long way. it has grown to become a world wide religion, legally recognized. today, across america, it is not at all unusual to find open wiccan festivals and seminars taking place in such unlikely places as family campgrounds and motels such as the holiday inn. witches appear on television and radio talk shows; t

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ay continue the unbroken tradition that stretches back thousands of years- for example, among the lapps in the far north of scandinavia and the inuits- these rites continue, led by a shaman, or magick man, who negotiates with the mistress of the herds or fish in a trance for the release of the animals. one of the earliest recorded examples of shamanism is the dancing sorcerer. painted in black on the cave walls of les trois freres in the french pyrenees, this shamanic figure, which portrays a man in animal skins, dates from about 14000 bc and stands high above the animals that are depicted on the lower walls. only his feet are human and he possesses the large, round eyes of an owl, the antlers and ears of a stag, the front paws of a lion or bear, the genitals of a wild cat and the tail of

rld that the darkness may be no more* leave the candle burning and spend an evening away from all the frantic preparations that will be there tomorrow; share a meal, listen to seasonal music, talk about christmas past, its highlights and disasters* when it is midnight or just before you are ready to go to bed, light the next candle, saying: the light increases, as the new sun streams forth within the cave, soon to herald the new day; we offer this light, joining with our ancestors and those as yet unborn to call forth radiance* leave the candles in a safe place and when you awaken, even if it is not fully day, light the third candle, replacing and re-lighting the others if they are almost burned down, saying: the sun comes forth from the cave, in joy and glory and promise; we join our ligh

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sonality and curious nature made him the most popular animal on the mountain. one day, monkey jumped through the waters of a cascading waterfall and discovered behind it a cave furnished with stone bowls, cups, and chairs. delighted, monkey called all the other monkeys to come see the novelties he had found. when they arrived, the other monkeys grabbed the utensils, made themselves comfortable in the cave, and proclaimed monkey their king. amidst the wild orchids and aromatic herbs growing in the mountains, the monkeys lived in perfect happiness for centuries. but one day, the monkey king burst out in tears. he realized that soon he might face yen-lo, the king of death. in response to his fear, he stole some clothes and sandals 97 monkey and went out to search for the secret of immortality

that soon he might face yen-lo, the king of death. in response to his fear, he stole some clothes and sandals 97 monkey and went out to search for the secret of immortality. everywhere he went, he imitated human speech and manners, but people just laughed at his strange costume: a red dress, a yellow sash, and black shoes. for ten years, he wandered from village to village until finally he found the cave of an immortal. after much pestering, monkey was accepted as a disciple of this holy man. from the immortal, monkey learned to study the taoist teachings, and to write and speak properly. he had to sweep the cave floor, gather firewood, fetch water, and tend the garden. after awhile, monkey learned many tricks from the immortal. now he could transform himself into seventy-two different tr

eventy-two different trees, animals, and rocks. after much persuasion, the immortal also taught him how to fly, by soaring on the clouds. once he mastered these skills, monkey loved to show off in front of the other disciples. one day, the immortal caught him changing into a pine tree. angered that monkey would squander his valuable magic by showing off, the immortal promptly banished monkey from the cave. the first return home so the monkey king returned to his home on the mountain of fruit and flowers. his subjects greeted him noisily, reporting that a demon was robbing their cave. catching this demon had proven futile. each time the demon had appeared, he had grabbed a few of their monkey children and held them prisoner until he was ready to eat them. immediately, the monkey king issued

spat them out in the air, and shouted change! at once, the bits of hair turned into several hundred little monkeys, all of whom startled the demon with their piercing screams. the little monkeys pummeled the demon until they knocked him out. then monkey changed the little monkeys back into hair. he freed the imprisoned children and returned them to their parents. to celebrate their king s return, the cave monkeys feasted on dates, fruit, and grape wine. the visit to the dragon king monkey decided that the demon was right to have laughed at him. he was king of his monkeys, but he did not have any clothes or weapons worthy of a king. so monkey recited a spell and dove into the sea to meet with the dragon king of the eastern sea. when he demanded a suitable weapon, the dragon king showed monk

monkey to the underworld, the jade emperor decided to keep an eye on monkey in heaven. he summoned the monkey king and gave him the job of stable master. monkey was to feed, chinese mythology 100 groom, and water the thousand horses of heaven. monkey was so insulted at having been given this menial job that he left in a huff and returned to his mountain cave. when heavenly court officials came to the cave to fetch him, monkey put up such a fuss that they agreed to give him a more important job. monkey creates a mess in heaven next, the jade emperor put monkey in charge of the peach garden. tiny fruit blossoms ripened into the sweetest peaches in the universe. these peaches would bestow wisdom, strong limbs, eternal youth, and light bodies to those fortunate enough to eat them. greedy monke

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f upon which psionics is based, involve a type of energy. now there is no real common name for that energy yet, but there are a quite a few people who have come up with different names for what is probably the same thing. and there is absolutely nothing new about this. people have been trying to come up with a word for this stuff since they first started thinking about it, about the time that ugh the caveman knew that his brother-in-law was going to ask to borrow the club again and would go hide it because it was two months before he got it back the last time. this energy is stuff of creation itself. it is the stuff of which the gods are made and ultimately everything else in the cosmos. we are used to working with energy all the time. we work with it when we heat our homes or turn on a li

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e notorious council of nicaea in 325ad (see the robots' rebellion. the gnostic text describes the birth of y'shua and how people and animals froze in mid-gesture in a powerful, though temporary paralysis, while joseph and the midwife were unaffected. this is very much a theme of et contactee/abductee experiences. the text goes on "and the midwife went away with him. and they stood in the place of the cave, and behold a luminous cloud overshadowed the cave. and the midwife said 'my soul has been magnified this day, because mine eyes have seen strange things- because salvation has been brought forth to israel. and immediately the cloud disappeared out of the cave, and a great light shone in the cave, so that the eyes could not bear it. and the veil of tears 13 in a little that light graduall

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ou can't resist it) doreal says that in a desperate effort to stop the reptilians, the "nordics" launched a "super weapon" at antarctica. he suggests that the enormous explosion shook the earth and made it wobble on its axis. the poles shifted and fantastic cataclysmic events ensued. other reptilian colonies survived underground. one location, according to researcher, alan walton, could have been the caverns of "patalas. hindu tradition says this is a seven-levelled underground society stretching from benares in india to lake manosarowar in tibet. walton says that some local people have allegedly encountered the reptilian "nagas" in this region and seen their flying craft entering and leaving the mountains. maurice doreal says that the "nordics" also moved much of their civilisation underg

book, agharta (health research, u.s.a, 1996) tells of a tibetan monk who learned that an alliance of reptilians and "human" black magicians were causing chaos and the shape-shifters 145 destruction in the surface societies by projecting malevolent energy fields into the peoples' minds, using what we call witchcraft- the manipulation of energy. dickoff says that the monk led 400 warrior-monks into the caverns to do battle with this "serpent cult" of humans and reptilians. this theme of a serpent cult battling with the nordic "humans" can also be found in an ancient british work called the edda, translated by l.a. waddell in the first half of the 20th century. he knew nothing of extraterrestrial reptilians and nordics, and yet his translations give much support to this ancient tussle for pow

consort attis, of whom jesus was a carbon copy. her temple in rome stood on the site of today's st peter's basilica until the 4th century ad when the christian church took over. in fact, a priest of cybele called montanus or "mountain man" identified the deity attis with jesus. some montanists were locked in their churches by christians in asia minor and burned alive.7 cybele was the "goddess of the caves, a location where many of the saviour-gods in the jesus mould are said to have been born. the reptilian underground network? the red rose of el the many versions of el are said to be goddesses of sexuality and fertility, and of the moon and venus. the stone baptismal bowls found in every christian church are symbolic of the "magic stone bowl" of the serpent cult or illuminati described i

cred symbol because it was sacred to mother holle or hel, the goddess of the underworld. thus we have holle or holly-wood (hel-wood, the "place of magic" and home of the illuminati's mass propaganda and conditioning machine in california. the holly wood was a favourite source of magic wands. the holly or "holy" was associated with el or hel's vagina and the germanic "hohle" means cave or grave.26 the cave is the traditional birthplace of the "jesus"-type deities. the red holly berries figure 31: the wolf-headed set in egyptian legend, their version of balder 180 children of the matrix symbolised the female blood, and the white berries symbolised the male semen and death. the importance of the holly, or holy tree can be seen in the christmas pagan hymn sung today by christians which says th

the land was given life by the blood of tammuz and he was a healer, saviour, and a shepherd who looked after his flock of stars. he died wearing a "crown of thorns" made from myrrh. tammuz was symbolically sacrificed on the day of atonement in the form of a lamb. he was worshipped in jerusalem where his exact story would later be re-told using the name "jesus. and, take a deep breath here vicar, the cave in bethlehem where jesus is said to have been born, is the same one where the ancients claimed that tammuz (adonis) was born. the bible "translator, jerome, admitted that bethlehem had been a sacred grove dedicated to tammuz, the fertility god or "spirit of the corn. bethlehem means "house of bread" or "house of corn. horns, the egyptian son of god, was born in the "place of bread" and je

the arrival of sothis or sirius, the star of osiris and horus. further symbolism of the "three wise men" is that the magi were sun worshippers. gold, frankincense, and myrrh were the traditional gifts given by arabian magi to the sun and that's why they were given to mithra in that version of the myth.21 the birth of jesus in a stable or cave is repeated throughout the solar-myth stories because the cave represents the "dark place" where the sun is said to go between the winter solstice and midnight on december 24th. thus we have the three days in the tomb between the "crucifixion" of jesus (the sun) and his "resurrection" or rebirth on december 25th. the cave may have other symbolism, too, however, because the jesus story can be read on different esoteric levels at the same time. god sav

ailing wall. my next stop was bethlehem, a short bus ride from jerusalem. if you have never been there, forget the idea of "o little town of bethlehem. it's a right dump and an extension of the sprawl of modern jerusalem. i walked with my "guide" through "manger square" to the church of the nativity on the site where 224 children of the matrix jesus is supposed to have been born. it is built over the cave where the babylonian and hebrew son of god, tammuz, was also said to have miraculously entered the world. popular place. the travel guide to jerusalem and the "holy land" is in no doubt, however. it states categorically "this church is situated above the grotto of the nativity, a small subterranean chamber, in which a silver star marks the place of jesus' birth" at the height of the touri

their culture is based on fairy legends and "the little people" who live under the ground. irish legends tell of the sexual relationships between the ancient milesians and the tuatha de danaan, the irish "underground gods" who fled into the earth and settled there. st patrick, who "removed the snakes from ireland, is said to have seen one of these underground people, a "fairy woman, coming out of the cave of cruachan. when st patrick asks a milesian about her, he replies "she is of the tuatha de danaan who are unfading .and i am of the sons of mil [human irish, who are perishable and fade away" the usual tale of mortality and immortality. as michael mott reports, daniel bradley and other geneticists at the trinity college in dublin have discovered that the oldest "pure" racial bloodline in

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tinterm for my lady is mea domina which in its corrupteditalian form became madonna.8 nimrod was represented ina dual role of god the father and ninus, the son ofsemiramis, and her olive branch was symbolic of thisoffspring produced through a virgin birth. ninus was alsoknown as tammuz who was said to have been crucifiedwith a lamb at his feet and placed in a cave. when a rockwas rolled away from the caves entrance three days later,his body had disappeared. heard that somewhere before?this husband-wife-son theme of nimrod-semiramis-andninus/tammuz became the osiris-isis-horus mythologyof the egyptians with its equivalent in india, asia, china and elsewhere. much later itwould be joseph, mary and jesus. when the babylonians held their spring rites to markthe death and resurrection after thr

ients used to sacrifice lambs because theybelieved this would appease the gods, most notably the sun god, and ensure abundantharvests. in other words they believed that the blood of the lamb would mean that theirsins would be forgiven.in ancient babylon, tammuz, the son of queen semiramis, was said to have beencrucified with a lamb at his feet and placed in a cave. when a rock was rolled away fromthe caves entrance three days later, his body had disappeared. ive definitely heard thatsomewhere before. the ancients also symbolised the sun as a baby in december, a youthat easter, a strapping, immensely strong, man in the summer, an ageing man losing hispower in the autumn, and an old man by the winter solstice. the modern depiction ofold father time is a version of this. they also symbolised

h was a title in theegyptian mystery schools. is it really a coincidence that these three massive prisons ofthe mind, suppressors of the female, and creators of bloody conflict, should all come119from the same part of the world? or that people having visions and visitations shouldplay such a crucial part in the formation and legend which created these monsters?mohammed said he had his vision near the cave where he used to go. caves and darkplaces constantly recur in stories of religious superstars and sun gods like mithra andjesus. mohammed said his visitor claimed to be the angel gabriel of biblical fameand during the encounter mohammed said he lost consciousness and entered a trancestate. while mohammed was in his trance or hypnotic state, gabriel gave him amessage to remember and recite

n (making unbelievable profits) was william cavendish, the duke ofdevonshire, who also signed the invitation for william to become king. thecavendishs are based at chatsworth house in derbyshire, now a tourist attraction, andi felt it to be one of the blackest places i have ever visited. as with all these statelyhomes of the brotherhood, goodness knows what has gone on there over the centuries.127the cavendish family crest is a reptile and a snake, whatever its origin it is highlyappropriate. the cavendishs fused with the kennedy family of the united states whenkathleen, the sister of president john e kennedy, married the heir to the devonshirefortune. when he died during world war ii and she had claim to the devonshire estates,she conveniently died in a plane crash. the kennedys are anoth

of ireland.her father was claude george bowes-lyon, the 14th earl of strathmore, and hermother was nina celia cavendish-bentinck. the wealth and power of many of theselines owes much, sometimes all, to william of orange and those who controlled him. itwas william who made a bentinck the first earl of portland in recognition of servicesrendered and the second bentinck/duke of portland married into the cavendish fortuneto become the cavendish-bentinks, the line of the queen mothers mother. this makesthe windsors blood relatives of the cavendish family, the dukes of devonshire ofchatsworth house. the title earl of strathmore was given originally to the queenmothers ancestor, patrick lyon, in recognition of his support for william of orange.9in short, the ancestors of the windsors were fundame

he carried all her life.the spencers are an elite bloodline family. they are cousins of the spencer-churchills and related to the marlborough family at blenheim palace in oxfordshire,where winston churchill was born. other forebears included the duke of marlborough,sir robert walpole, and the spencer family inherited a considerable fortune from sarah,duchess of marlborough. they also married into the cavendish family, the dukes ofdevonshire at chatsworth house, and that offshoot became known as spencer-cavendish. diana shared common ancestors with prince charles in the 3rd duke ofdevonshire and, most significantly, king james i, the first stuart king of england andscotland and sponsor of francis bacon. it was king james who played a highlyinfluential role in the expansion of the brotherhoo

s here. monarchprogramming includes a term called the four gates of heaven and four could alsosymbolise the four phases of the moon. earl spencer has established a temple to dianaat the side of the lake. a number of the stately homes of the british aristocracy havetemples or areas featuring the goddess diana, among them blenheim palace home of themarlboroughs and chatsworth house, headquarters of the cavendishs, the dukes ofdevonshire, and both families are related to the spencers. diana was carried in aleadained coffin and lead is the metal associated in ritual magic with saturn, possiblyfrom where we get the name satan. the colour associated with saturn and satanism isblack. diana was also led to her death across the two key brotherhood days of saturn-dayand sun-day. the 15th-century ita

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d satan who fathered cain with eve, in luciferian lore as with az or lilith possessing eve while in sexual congress. the most important figure which not only inspired ahriman, but empowered him was the whore jeh or az. in manichaean religious lore, az is considered the great whore who played a very important role to her mate, ahriman. in manichaean traditions az was a spirit which made he home in the caves and dark places of the earth, as well as hell. az was considered to have taught demons and arch-fiends how to copulate and act in lewd ways, later teaching the fallen angels how to excite themselves and others sexually. az used her sorceries to produce dragon-children and to then create other demons and daughters who were of her own blood. az was known to have devoured her children and t

of the adversary who is both fire mixed with darkness, and with shadow does the sorcerer design and cast his will in the world. the sorcerer is one who seeks to not only identify him or herself with the adversary, rather invoke this force through them and it shall become them by means of magical fascination and arte. 35 v. the path of the crooked serpent the god of the jagged spine- leviathan in the caverns and caves of the abyssic darkness, wherein the water depths weave a lonely song, comes a whispering hiss of the past and future. in blood this name is recalled, spiraling in the back of the spine through the brain of man. the rahab daemon, who has fallen forth into the oceans and long since transformed in the coiling dragon of timeless being, emerged leviathan! unto the deserts of dend

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the amateur experimenter, though the initiate appreciates its value and importance. i have come across cases, however, of sensitive people dwelling in a mountainous country, especially in narrow gulches where there is a paucity of sunlight, who have become obsessed with the fear of the mountains. they do not fear so much that the mountains will fall upon them as that they will close over them, as the cave closed upon the children who followed the pied piper of hamelin. the psychiatrist will, of course, recognise this symptom as belonging to the well-known psycho-neurosis of claustrophobia. this, however, does not invalidate my statement; for in my opinion we may find that in a more intimate knowledge of the elemental kingdoms we shall come upon the clue to both claustrophobia and agarophob

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the lover of slaughter, the chief of those who adore, the lady of the temple, the slaughterer of the fiends in the night. she judgeth the feeble bandaged one" the nineteenth pylon "lo, the dispenser of light while she liveth, the mistress of flames, the lady of the strength and of the writings of ptah himself. she maketh trial of the swathings of pa-an" the twentieth pylon "lo, she who is within the cavern of her lord, clother is her name; she hideth what she hath made, she carrieth away hearts and greedily drinketh water. she judgeth the feeble swathed one" the twenty-first pylon "lo, the knife which cutteth when [its name] is uttered, and slayeth plates xi. and xii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod19.htm (6 of 9 [8/10/2001 11:27:48 am] those who advance towards its flames. it ha

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ccult groups. the irish literary renaissance owes much to the hindu mysticism of william butler yeats and george w. russell, who were both influenced by the teachings of the theosophical society. sources: barker, a. t. collected writings. 14 vols. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1950.87. besant, annie. h. p. blavatsky and the masters of wisdom. london, 1907. blavatsky, helena p. from the caves and jungles of hindustan. london: theosophical publishing society, 1892. isis unveiled. 2 vols. new york: j. w. bouton, 1877. the key to theosophy. pasadena, calif: theosophical university press, 1972. the secret doctrine. 2 vols. london: theosophical publishing house, 1889. reprint, london: thesophical publishing house, 1928. theosophical glossary. new york: theosophical publishing hous

vain to obtain settlement in various parts of the universe, with their final abode believed to be all the space between earth and the stars. there they abide, hated by all the elements and finding their pleasure in revenge and injury. their king was called hades by the greeks, typhon by the egyptians, and ahrimanes by the persians and chaldeans. sources: kendrick, tertius t. c. the kako-daemon or the cavern of anti-paros. london, 1825. cactomite a marvelous stone believed by ancient peoples to possess occult properties. anyone wearing it was supposed to be assured of victory in battle. caddy, eileen (1917) and peter caddy (1917.1994) peter and eileen caddy, cofounders of the findhorn community in scotland, one of the major disseminating points of the new age movement of the 1970s and 1980s

. he became friendly with george singer, who was then compiling his book elements of electricity and electro-chemistry, published in 1814. starting in 1807, crosse experimented in the formation of crystals through the action of electrical currents. the stimulus for this research was study of the formation of stalactites and stalagmites in holywell cavern at broomfield. crosse took some water from the cavern and connected it to the poles of a voltaic battery. after ten days, he observed the formation of crystals. this was the forerunner of a development 30 years later when he claimed to have observed the formation of insect life through electrocrystallization. crosse married mary anne hamilton in 1809, and over the next ten years they had seven children, three of whom died in childbirth. in

g implied that the content of the oracles was carefully thought out. the sibyl of cuma was closely related to the oracle at baia located only a few miles away. it was the cuma sibyl who referred aeneas to the oracle (as recounted in virgil s aeneid) and accompanied him on his journey to the underworld to make contact with his deceased father. in more modern times, the sybil ceased to function and the cave out of which she operated was abandoned. the cave was rediscovered and excavated in 1932 by professor amedeo maiuri. sources: monteiro, mariana. as david and the sybils say: a sketch of the sibyls and the sibylline oracles. edinburgh: sands and co, 1905. temple, robert k. g. conversations with eternity: ancient man s attempt to know the future. london: rider, 1984. virgil: the pastoral po

female in amma. the dogon are organized around four groupings, each thought to descend from one of the four original male ancestors. each group or clan is headed by a priest and each of the four priests is assigned a distinct function. one serves as a contact with amma, one is a prophet, one is the judge, and one is responsible for funerals. the dead are buried in the highest caves in the cliff. the caves are repositories of great magic and none are allowed to go there except when burying their loved ones. reverence for the ancestors is a primary focus of dogon culture and funerals are important events in communal life. divination is a common part of life. one method used is to place food on a patch of sand in the evenings and the next morning to read the marks left by the foxes (which ar

also been identified with thoth of the egyptians, cadulus of the phoenicians, and palamedes of the greeks. according to some occultists, he inspired the kabala and the symbols of the tarot. the book of enoch is one of the most important works of the pseudepigrapha and is actually a set of books. the first book of enoch was known from a surviving ethiopian translation, parts of which were found in the caves of qumran among the dead sea scrolls. in 1892, however, r. h. charles found a second manuscript of the book of enoch, which existed in a slavonic text. upon seeing the book, he also discovered that it was an entirely different book of enoch, and he soon translated and published it. finally, a third book of enoch, which has circulated among the babylonian jews, was discovered and publishe

ased from the bounds of the body, they, as if released from a long servitude, rejoice and mount upwards. josephus was criticized for trying to explain the essene belief in such a way as to make it appear similar to greek thought. the dead sea scrolls we knew little of the essenes until the late twentieth century. in 1947 a bedouin boy discovered a cave near the northwest shore of the dead sea. in the cave was a jar with scrolls in it. after the initial discovery, eventually a number of other caves and an enormous number of additional scrolls were found. slowly, texts of the scrolls have been published, and while various ideas were explored as to the identity of the community at qumran, the site of the caves, there is now general consensus that the scrolls were gathered and reflect the beli

rs and troubled by the noise of hidden waters far beneath. in this mysterious gloom the supplicants slept sometimes for nights and days, coming forth in a somnambulic state from which they were aroused and questioned by the attendant priests. frightful visions were generally recounted, accompanied by a terrible melancholy, so that it passed into a proverb regarding a sorrowful man, he has been in the cave of trophonius. magic, in the sense of secret revelations, miraculous cures, prophetic gifts, and unusual powers, had always existed for the greeks. the oracles were a human way of communicating with their gods on earth. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. greece 663 magic in the sense of sorcery was introduced into greece from asia and egypt. it had to fit into a conception

e brotherhood in an issue of the north briton newspaper, and a satirical print appeared entitled the saint of the convent. in the face of public exposure, the medmenham chapel was hastily stripped and its contents taken away to west wycombe, where dashwood attempted to revive his ceremonies. he built a church on wycombe hill, where he and his companions drank heavily and blasphemed the psalms. in the caves underneath the hill, they attempted to revive the orgies and rituals of medmenham, but some of dashwood s friends had died and others tired of their activities. after resigning from the post of chancellor of the exchequer, dashwood retired from the ministry, and in 1763 became the fifteenth baron le despencer, premier baron of england. in 1763 he became lord-lieutenant of buckinghamshire

ous occurrences that began with the apparitions and the first healings. others focus more on the healings and have attempted to place the shrine into the larger context of spiritual and paranormal healings worldwide. lourdes is now one of the most famous pilgrim sites, and the whole area is well organized for great annual pilgrimages. in 1876 a huge basilica was constructed above the rock, and in the cave where bernadette had her vision a marble statue of the virgin was placed. the grotto is festooned with crutches from disabled pilgrims who did not need assistance after their visits. of course not all pilgrims who visit the shrine come in expectation of a cure. thousands come as an act of piety (see also fatima; garabandal; guadalupe apparitions; healing, psychic; healing by faith; and me

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rly history until a few centuries ago, most people lived in what they considered a magical universe, and evidence of the practice of magic is found as far back as human prehistory. among the earliest traces of magic practice are paintings found in the european caves of the middle paleolithic period. these belong to the last interglacial period of the pleistocene epoch, named the aurignacian after the cave dwellers of aurignac (southern france, whose skeletons, artifacts, and drawings link them with the bushmen of south africa. in the cave of gargas, near bagneres de luchon, there are, in addition to spirited and realistic drawings of animals, numerous imprints of human hands in various stages of mutilation. some hands were apparently first smeared with a sticky substance and then pressed o

ales so closely resemble those of bushman paintings that they might, if not for their location, be credited to this interesting people. religious dances among the bushman tribes were associated with marriage, birth, and burial ceremonies; they were also performed to exorcise demons in cases of sickness. dances are to us what prayers are to you, an elderly bushman once informed a european. whether the cave drawings and wood, bone, and ivory carvings of the magdalenian or late paleolithic period at the close of the last ice age are related to magic is a question on which there is no general agreement. it is significant, however, that several carved ornaments bearing animal figures or enigmatic symbols are perforated as if worn as charms. on a piece of horn found at lorthet, hautes-pyrenees

t) what would be said, nor remembered afterward when their natural consciousness returned, what they had uttered, so that all others, rather than they, knew it. the oracle of jupiter trophonius according to pausanias (ca. 470 b.c.e, trophonius was the most skillful architect of his day. there are various opinions regarding the origin of his oracle. some say he was swallowed up by an earthquake in the cave and became prophetic; others, that after having completed the adytum of apollo at delphi, he declined asking any specific pay, but requested the god to grant him whatever was the greatest benefit a man could receive. and three days later he was found dead. this oracle was discovered after two years, when the pythoness ordered the starving population who applied to her to consult trophoniu

into a cave. the inquirer resided for a certain number of days in a sanctuary, performed ceremonial purification, and abstained from hot baths, but dipped in the river hercyna and was supplied with meat from the victims he sacrificed. from an inspection of the entrails, a soothsayer decided if trophonius could be consulted. the night of the decent a ram was sacrificed to agamedes at the mouth of the cave. when the signal had been given, the priests led the inquirer to the river hercyna, where he was anointed and washed by two lebadaean youths, thirteen years of age, named hermai. he was then carried to the two spring-heads of the stream, and there he drank first of lethe to forget all past events and present his mind to the oracle as a tabula rasa (cleaned tablet; and secondly of mnemosyn

ed the inquirer to the river hercyna, where he was anointed and washed by two lebadaean youths, thirteen years of age, named hermai. he was then carried to the two spring-heads of the stream, and there he drank first of lethe to forget all past events and present his mind to the oracle as a tabula rasa (cleaned tablet; and secondly of mnemosyne, to remember every occurrence about to happen within the cave. an image, reputed to be the workmanship of daedalus, was then shown to him. because of its sanctity, no other eyes but those of a person about to undertake the adventure of the cave were ever permitted to see it. next he was clad in a linen robe, tied with ribbons, and shod with sandals peculiar to the country. the entrance to the oracle was a very narrow aperture in a grove on the summi

er eyes but those of a person about to undertake the adventure of the cave were ever permitted to see it. next he was clad in a linen robe, tied with ribbons, and shod with sandals peculiar to the country. the entrance to the oracle was a very narrow aperture in a grove on the summit of a mountain, protected by a marble wall about two cubits in height with brass spikes above it. the upper part of the cave was artificial, like an oven. no steps were cut in the rock; to descend a ladder was brought to the spot on each occasion. on approaching the mouth of the temple, the adventurer lay flat, first inserting his feet into the aperture, then drawing up his knees and the remainder of his body, until caught by a hidden force and carried downward like a whirlpool. the responses were given sometim

drawing up his knees and the remainder of his body, until caught by a hidden force and carried downward like a whirlpool. the responses were given sometimes by a vision, sometimes by words, and a forcible exit was then made through the original entrance, feet first. supposedly there was only one instance on record of any person who had descended failing to return. immediately upon returning from the cavern, the inquirer was placed on a seat called that of mnemosyne, not far from the entrance. the priests demanded an account of everything he had seen and heard; he was then carried once again to the sanctuary of good fortune, where he remained for some time. the antiquary dr. edward d. clarke (1769.1822) during his visit to lebadaea found everything belonging to the hieron of trophonius in

e of bengal. rayleigh, lord (1842.1919) world-famous as experimental physicist, the discoverer of argon, and president of the society for psychical research (spr, london (1919. he was born john william strutt on november 12, 1842. he inherited the title as the 3rd baron rayleigh from his father. he attended trinity college, cambridge (senior wrangler and smith s prizeman 1865, fellow 1866. he was the cavendish professor of experimental physics at cambridge (1879.84) and a professor of natural philosophy at the royal institution (1887.1905. he was secretary of the royal society (1884.1896) and was awarded the nobel prize for physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon. he published many scientific papers and one important book theory of sound (2 vols, 1894.96. one of several members of royal

and temples subterranean resorts, crypts, and places of worship have always fascinated the human mind. the mysteries of the egyptians and other peoples were held in underground crypts, possibly to render these ceremonies still more mysterious to ordinary people, perhaps because it was essential to the privacy they required, or possibly to symbolize the exploration of the hidden parts of the self. the caves of elephanta, the roman catacombs, and similar subterranean edifices are also wellknown examples. there are also several lesser but perhaps more interesting underground meeting places and temples in various parts of the world. an underworld city in central america the jesuit priests of the early eighteenth century left descriptions of the palace of mitla in central america that leave no

vants of the high priest led him thither with special ceremonies, and after they had allowed him to enter through the small door they rolled the stone before it again and took leave of him, and the unhappy man, wandering in that abyss of darkness, died of hunger and thirst, beginning already in life the pain of his damnation; and on account of this horrible abyss they called this village liyobaa, the cavern of death. when later there fell upon these people the light of the gospel, its servants took much trouble to instruct them to find out whether this error, common to all these nations, still prevailed, and they learned from the stories which had been handed down that all were convinced that this damp cavern extended more than 30 leagues underground, and that its roof was supported by pil

at labadea followed a pattern common in the ancient world. they took up residence at the center for several days, during which they offered sacrifices of various animals. following the sacrifices, soothsayers were present to read the entrails of the animals (a practice termed extispicy, specifically determining if trophonios would receive the inquirer graciously or not. the night before entering the cave where the god dwelled, the person would receive a bath and was anointed with olive oil. the priests then took him to water springs where the water of forgetfulness (for the loss of memory of all that was past) and the water of memory (to recall all that would be seen) were consumed. it is believed that these waters contained doses of hallucinogenic drugs. the inquirer was taken to the ent

where the god dwelled, the person would receive a bath and was anointed with olive oil. the priests then took him to water springs where the water of forgetfulness (for the loss of memory of all that was past) and the water of memory (to recall all that would be seen) were consumed. it is believed that these waters contained doses of hallucinogenic drugs. the inquirer was taken to the entrance of the cave and supplied with a ladder by which he went down into a room. in the floor was a small opening through which the person entered into the actual oracle space. here the person had both visionary experiences and encounters with the deity (possibly one of the priests acting as a medium. upon his return, the person was seated on the throne of memory and questioned as to what had been seen or h

ed into the actual oracle space. here the person had both visionary experiences and encounters with the deity (possibly one of the priests acting as a medium. upon his return, the person was seated on the throne of memory and questioned as to what had been seen or heard. the site of the trophonion oracle is well known, though modern explorers of the area have been unable to locate the entrance to the caves used for divination in ancient times. some believe that a complex of interconnected caves exist in the area. sources: pausanius. guide to greece. translated by peter levi. harmondsworth, uk: penguin, 1971. temple, robert k. g. conversations with eternity: ancient man s attempt to know the future. london: rider, 1984. true black magic, book of the a grimoire (manual of ceremonial magic) t

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y the admission of air, and had not been actually burning until it was disturbed; there is modern evidence in favor of this view, from the analogy of some chemical experiments, as, for example, phosphorised oil is invisible in the dark when enclosed in a sealed vial, when this is opened a light pours forth. on the other hand, evidence exists that some of the lamps actually paled and went out when the cavern in which they were found was opened, as a fine metal wire made white-hot by electricity in a sealed glass vacuumed ceases to shine when the glass is broken; others again burned on and could hardly be extinguished by water or other means, until the arrangement of the lamp was broken. other authors, taking for granted that some of these lamps had burned for hundreds of years, have discuss

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

ttended those lectures but considered his beliefs absurd. blowing cave 45 in 1966, the group, now consisting of twelve persons, went down to arkansas to explore blowing cave on a week-long expedition. on their return, members wrote letters to ray palmer, once editor of amazing stories and shaver s principal promoter, claiming that they had encountered intelligent beings shaver s teros deep inside the cavern. palmer did not reply. apparently a few months later, wight went back and chose to stay with the underearth people. he returned in 1967 to give a written account to david l, who by this time had left the ufo field and no longer wanted to be publicly associated with it. wight asked l. to pass on the diary to charles marcoux. wight felt that in ridiculing his beliefs he had wronged him an

long afterward, wight decided to stay with the underearth people. according to one source, all evidence of [his] ever existing began to mysteriously disappear from the surface. birth certificates, school records, computer records, bank records, etc, all seemed to vanish, apparently the work of someone in a very influential position (untitled, n.d. other members of the group made another trip into the cave, where they saw their friend for the last time. wight returned once to the surface to meet david l. in 1980, marcoux saw the manuscript and read wight s words addressed to him: yes, charles, all that you told us is true. i owe you a debt of gratitude, because the teros healed my crippled leg, instantly. i am grateful for more than just that, and i have left these notes and somewhere a map

t these notes and somewhere a map so that you, too, can. visit with these people. maybe we will meet here some day (toronto, n.d. marcoux set about organizing an expedition, 46 blowing cave soliciting members in such small-circulation hollow-earth publications as shavertron and the hollow hassle. marcoux and his wife moved to cushman in 1983. there, in november, as he was visiting the land around the cave, a swarm of bees descended on him. the resulting shock and trauma precipitated a heart attack, and he died on the spot. some hollow-earth enthusiasts speculated that sinister forces that wanted to keep the caves a secret had caused the attack. others saw it as just a tragic accident. in any case, marcoux s death ended efforts to explore blowing cave in search of underearthers. see also: h

ches of skin upon which no hair could grow. both of these areas behind the ears were a little smaller than the size of a silver dollar and were perfectly circular. steve said they were the marks of a dero slave! in the ordeal that followed, brodie was only intermittently conscious. on three or four occasions, he awoke to find himself in a cage with other human beings. they told him that he was in the caves, and they were under the control of the deros, who could snatch any human being off the face of the earth if they so chose. each time it became evident that he was conscious, a black-cowled figure would zap him back into oblivion. then one day he found himself walking down a street in new york city with no idea how he had gotten there. he was dressed in his prospecting clothes. his perso

y in march 1973, her son ramiro, three and a half years old, wandered from his home in the village of la tinaja. searches went on for six days without success. finally, the chaneques informed a six-year-old neighbor that ramiro was safe in a cave ten miles away. when rescued at the designated place, the boy was in excellent health, neither hun- 58 cetaceans gry nor thirsty. though the entrance to the cave was accessible only with difficulty, and the searchers were scratched and bruised by the time they got to him, the barefoot ramiro had no marks on him. he explained that while playing by the river, he got lost. five little men found him and fed him sweet food and milk. he then fell asleep and woke up in the cave, with one of the men still with him. he and his companions, who came to the c

rnoon. on ro s a m u n d s return, when joelle mentioned that a message had come t h rough, the woman acted shocked and quickly turned off the radio. su b s e q u e n t l y, joelle determined that blue jo h n was the blue john caves near castleton in de r by s h i re. intrigued by rosamund s reaction (though joelle did not tell her what the message had said, joelle made a point of driving through the cave area on her way back to london. parking her car in an out-of-the-way place at the appointed time, she watched from a distance as a disc-shaped aircraft landed and a man from inside the craft emerged to meet a waiting man, apparently jack, whose car she recalled seeing parked in front of the house the day before. as the two drove away, the aircraft shot off at high speed. joelle thought sh

lept at the foot of the mountain. by the third day, they were nearing the mountaintop when they decided to make camp and prepare a meal. joe went off to collect dead scrub bush for the fire. suddenly, he returned in a state of high excitement. he had found a big cave nearby, and it looked like a promising place to search for the object of their quest. mount lassen 179 the deeper the two went into the cave, the deeper it seemed. once they got twenty feet into it, the walls expanded to ten feet wide and eight feet high. they could see a hundred yards ahead to a point where the wall bent. they followed the bend off to the left and down, and they kept going until suddenly, realizing how far they were from the surface, 180 mount lassen a morlock (with victim) as depicted in the 1960 movie versi

the surface, 180 mount lassen a morlock (with victim) as depicted in the 1960 movie version of h. g. wells s the time machine (photofest) they began to get nervous. besides that, there was no evidence of guano. still curious, they decided to plow ahead and kept walking for another mile or two. then, with the aid of their flashlights, they made an amazing discovery: the floor was worn smooth, and the cavern walls and ceiling seemed cut artificially. what had seemed a cave now looked more like a tunnel. a light flashed, and three men confronted fields and joe. the men were of normal appearance, seemingly around fifty years of age, dressed in jeans and flannel shirts. only their shoes, with their unusually thick soles, looked out of the ordinary. one of the strangers asked what they were doi

thick soles, looked out of the ordinary. one of the strangers asked what they were doing there, but he acted as if he did not believe the two men s answer. two more strangers showed up. the guano-hunters were badly frightened, convinced that they had fallen into the hands of a criminal gang in hiding. their fears only rose when one of the band told them that they should accompany them deeper into the cave. about two miles later, they came to a spot where the walls expanded. there they encountered a strange device that looked like a toboggan with a seat and a control panel. it gave off a buzzing sound. the group sat on the wide seat and flew off at a terrific speed. after a journey of some considerable distance, they saw a similar machine approaching them. suddenly acting nervous, they mane

on what was happening in his life amid his growing realization of, and interaction with, the reality of a literal underground. it appears, from uncertain though not entirely implausible inference, that he spent some time in a mental hospital, and he may also have served a short prison stretch for bootlegging. on occasion shaver intimated as much, even as he less plausibly claimed to have lived in the caves with the embattled teros( integrative robots; again, like their enemies the deros, beings of flesh and blood. how long he supposedly lived there is also unclear. in any event, out of these elements came a complex, alternate history of the human race. long ago, according to shaver, extraterrestrials known as atlans and titans or the elder races colonized the earth (the atlans lived on atl

avern world to house the earth s fifty billion atlans and titans. but the effort ultimately failed, and twelve thousand years ago the elders who survived fled to other stars, leaving behind a small population, which had fallen victim to the detrimental radiation. some wandered to the surface and in time forgot their history as they became the mortal and confused homo sapiens. the others stayed in the caves to become the sadistic, cannibalistic idiots called deros. one other group, the smallest of the three, was the teros, who had escaped the negative rays but who, for various reasons, had not joined the exodus from earth. both the deros and the teros were robots not because they were walking mechanical contraptions but because they were under the influence of, respectively, negative and po

reality leads some, such as h o l l ow- e a rth chronicler walter kafton-mi nkel, to see sh a ver as a visionary, a member of that ancient fellowship of re c e i vers of re ve a l e d shaver mystery 225 k n owledge, a prophet like moses or jo s e p h smith though without the religious trappings. even if sh a ver technologized hell, he re m a i n e d to the end an atheist and a materialist. to him the caverns existed in this world and had nothing to do with the supernatural. though usually depicted as a cynical exploiter of a deluded man whom any responsible adult would have directed to the nearest psychiatrist, palmer himself for all his promotional instincts, which he exercised vigorously in the long course of his association with shaver may have been caught up in the belief in at least s

ubterranean worlds: 100,000 years of dragons, dwarfs, the dead, lost races and ufos from inside the earth. port townsend, wa: loompanics unlimited. palmer, ray, 1961. invitation to adventure. the hidden world a-1 (spring: 4 14, 1980. the dero and the tero. gray barker s newsletter 12 (july: 7. shaver, richard s, 1945. i remember lemuria! amazing stories 19, 1 (march: 12 70. steinberg, gene, 1971. the caveat emptor interview: ray palmer. caveat emptor 1 (fall: 9 12, 26, 1973. the caveat emptor interview: richard s. shaver. caveat emptor 10 (november/ december: 5 10. wright, bruce lanier, 1999. from hero to dero. fortean times 127 (october: 36 41. shaw s martians in november 1896, unidentified airships what today would be called ufos were reported over northern california, initiating a flurr

document, the ummites said they had arrived on earth in march 1950. the following april 24, they revealed in another document that they had stolen a number of items from a family in an isolated house in the french alps. by this time, the french government had become interested, and at last it had an investigatable claim. but official inquiries turned up nothing: no police records, no evidence of the cave in which the ummites asserted they had been living between their landing and the break-in. in the 1970s, the san jose de valderas ufo fell victim to photoanalysis that established that the object was an eight-inch plate, the symbol drawn in ink. still, the communications continued, and an ummo cult grew up around them. a number of books, mostly in spanish and french, would examine or cele

FAUST

e. from there, as he flees, he downward sends an impotent shower of icy hail streaking over the verdant vale. ah! but the sun will suffer no white, growth and formation stir everywhere, twould fain with colours make all things bright, though in the landscape are no blossoms fair. instead it takes gay-decked humanity. now turn around and from this height, looking backward, townward see. forth from the cave-like, gloomy gate crowds a motley and swarming array. everyone suns himself gladly today. the risen lord they celebrate, for they themselves have now arisen from lowly houses mustiness, from handicraft s and factory s prison, from the roof and gables that oppress, from the bystreets crushing narrowness, from the churches venerable night, they are all brought out into light. see, only see

deep breast even as in the bosom of a friend. thou leadest past a series of the living before me, teaching me to know my brothers in silent covert and in air and water. and when the storm roars screeching through the forest, when giant fir tree plunges, sweeping down and crushing neighbouring branches, neighbouring trunks, and at its fall the hills, dull, hollow, thunder: then leadest thou me to the cavern safe, show st me myself, and my own heart becomes aware of deep mysterious miracles. and when before my gaze the stainless moon soothing ascends on high: from rocky walls and from damp covert float and soar about me the silvery forms of a departed world and temper contemplation s austere joy. oh, that for man naught perfect ever is, i now do feel. together with this rapture that brings

e see. faust so! that is just, the proper tone: you now want thanks for boring me. mephistopheles without me how would you, earth s wretched son, have kept on living? what would you have done? your hodge-podge of imagination- balderdash! at least i ve cured you now and then of all that trash. in fact, if i had not been here at all, you d long since sauntered off this earthly ball. why here within the cavern s rocky rent thus sit your life away so owl-like and alone? why from the sodden moss and dripping stone sip, like a toad, your nourishment? a fine sweet way to pass the time. i ll bet the doctor s in your body yet. faust can you conceive what new vitality this walking in the desert works in me? yes, could you sense a force like this, you would be devil enough to grudge my bliss. mephist

y trace. i m curious to know and would inquire wherewith they feed hell s torments and hell s fire. a dryad at home be wise as it befits you there; abroad you have no cleverness to spare. homeward you should not turn your thoughts while here; you should the sacred oaks high worth revere. mephistopheles we think of what behind us lies; what we were used to seems a paradise. but say: what cowers in the cavern there, threefold in form and dimly lighted? a dryad the phorkyads! approach them if you dare and speak to them if you are not affrighted. mephistopheles why not- i see a something and i wonder. i must confess although it hurts my pride: the like of them i ve never yet espied. why, worse mandrakes, they look yonder. how can the deadly sins then ever be considered ugly in the least degree

he, and slyly from ares self steals the sword from the scabbard, arrow and bow from phoebus too, also the tongs from hephaestus, even from zeus the father s bolt would have had, but was frightened by fire. eros too he overcomes in a leg-tripping wrestling match, and when cypris caresses him, steals from her bosom the girdle. a charming, purely melodious music of stringed instruments resounds from the cave. all become attentive and soon seem to be deeply stirred. henceforth to the pause indicated, there is full musical accompaniment. phorkyas. hear the loveliest chords resounding, quick, be free from myths long gone, and your gods, of old abounding, let them go! their day is done. none will understand your singing, we demand a higher mart; from the heart it must come springing, if it hopes

still, showing thus my strength and will. maiden. loose me! in this form and cover spirit-strength and courage stay, and our will, like thine moreover, is not lightly swept away. in a strait dost think me truly? for thine arm great strength dost claim! hold me fast, fool, and i ll duly scorch thee well, a merry game. she turns to flame and flashes up in the air. to the buoyant breezes follow, to the caverns dreary hollow, come the vanished prize to claim. euphorion [shaking off the last flames. rocks all around me here, thickets and woods among, why should they bound me here? still am i fresh and young. wild winds are dashing there, billows are crashing there, both far away i hear, would i were near! he leaps higher and higher up the rocks. helena, faust, and the chorus. like a chamois wo

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to an unstable constitution, which lead to long periods of absence from school. he preferred the company of adults to that of other children, who disliked him because of his delicate nature and precocious intelligence. instead of joining their juvenile games, he developed his own, interior world of the imagination through writing, and at the age of 15 produced his first horror story, the beast in the cave by 1914, he had submitted a series of articles to the united amateur press association and to local newspapers, ranging in content from astronomy and philosophy, to his early stories of the occult and the supernatural. also at this time, he began the epistolary communications which were to become one of the main pleasures of his life (at one time, lovecraft had over a hundred regular corr

FULL MOON RITUALS

r as he stands beneath the high lentil, momentarily swept away in memories of many moons spent within these walls. lowering his pack to the floor, deer retrieves from its depths a large beeswax globe of deepest crimson, which he sets upon the broad sill of the window that sidelights the ancient door, and lights the wick protruding from its crown. almost instantly, a specter of cinnamon flows into the cavernous depths of the great room as the light illuminates the stone foyer and shines as a beacon through the window and out into the night. deer lays a blessing about the doorway for all who enter here this eve and places a wicker basket upon the sill of the sidelight window opposite to the candle, which is filled to overflowing with small felt reindeer (rodney's, rhonda's, ramona's and rand

feasting table that runs the length of the hall- a broom which will soon be put to good use. before cleaning, however, deer leaves his pack upon the table, and proceeds to ferry and kindling and logs from the wood pile outside into the stone fireplace. as soon as this work is done, deer adds flame to the mix and is soon warmed by the fury of a roaring fire. while the fire lends even more light to the cavernous room, that job is not complete until each of the thirteen torches which line the eastern wall are lit, along with their counterparts on the western wall as well. now, surrounded by the warmth which comes both from the fire and from his memories of this place, deer sets about preparing the room for the coming festivities. taking el's broom, deer removes the few cobwebs which have accu

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

mensions, of four worlds in one manifestation, of space and of time the former being built up of three directions, length, breadth, and thickness. the one encloses or includes the other, and what is beyond this four-dimensional universe is unknown, if not unknowable. 6) in its turn darkness reveals to us the limitations of human knowledge. our minds may be compared to fire-flies flitting about in the cavern of night. the minute glow which they emit and cast on the void not only shows us how vast is our ignorance, but that all our knowledge can be no more than relatively true, for the mind is finite and the cavern apparently infinite (7) as all knowledge can be no more than relatively true- that is never free from ignorance- wisdom consists in recognizing this fact and of utilizing knowledg

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

mages as legitimate representations of mary, the wife of joseph and mother of christ, or are they aware of their true significance? certainly the various accessories attached to this figure betray its ancient origin and reveal its identity with the egyptian, chaldean, and phoenician virgin of the sphere. the fact has already been observed that in the original representation of the "temptation" in the cave temple of india, it is not the woman but the man who is the tempter, and a singular peculiarity observed in connection with this ancient female deity is that it is she and not her seed who is trampling on the serpent, thus proving that originally woman and not man was worshipped as the savior. another significant feature noticed in connection with this subject is that the oldest figures w

it only remains for us to account for them. perhaps indeed in these later times an artificial and lower phase of sensuality has taken the place of the more natural indulgence of the passions, for procreative purposes, which principally engrossed the thoughts of early worshippers"[158 [158] rivers of life, vol. ii, p. 233. higgins is of the opinion that stonehenge is the work of the same era with the caves of india, the pyramids of egypt, and the stupendous monument at carnac--a structure which, it is claimed, must have required for its construction an amount of labor equal to that of the pyramids. undoubtedly there has never been a religious shrine which has excited more curiosity than has abury, of which, unfortunately, nothing now remains, although in the early part of the eighteenth ce

of christ which is also the monogram of osiris and jupiter ammon. on a medal proved to be phoenician appear the cross, the rosary, and the lamb. there is another form of the same monogram which signifies dcviii. these devices although in use hundreds of years prior to the christian era are all said to be monograms of christ. at the present time they may be seen in almost every church in italy. in the cave of elephanta, in india, appears the cross in connection with the figure which represents male reproductive power. inman relates that a cross with a rosary attached has been found in use among the religious emblems of the japanese buddhists and the lamas of thibet, and that in one of the frescoes of pompeii, published at paris, 1840, is to be seen, vol. v, plate 28, the representation of a

e deities which gave names to the planets. buddha, or the sun in taurus, was worshipped in the form of a bull. crishna, or the sun in aries, was adored under the figure of a ram with a man's head. the true significance of these figures was the fructifying sun or reproductive energy as manifested in animal life, and this meaning to those who worshipped them was identical with the carved figures on the caves of india, the lares and penates of the romans, and the stone pillars or crosses in the market-places and at the intersection of roads in brittany. eusebius says that at elephanta they adored a deity in the figure of a man in a sitting posture painted blue, having the head of a ram with the horns of a goat encircling a disk. the deity thus described is said to be of astronomical origin, d

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"knight of the golden stone'.18 thegoldendawn'in1484the founder and imperator c.r. died, his body was embalmed and put into the vault, which was closed and con255 cealed from the membersofthe latest circle of junior students 'frater d. was then chosen to be magus, and after his death frater a. at a date unknown, but he died in1600.his successor was fratern.n.,who in1604discovered the entrance to the cavern and caused it to be opened,120years after the decease of c.r. within the vault was found the body carefully preserved under an altar, and in his hand the parchment roll called the book t (testamentum, also copies of other valuable books of the fraternity, a "vita" and an "itinerarium" of the founder, certain songs(mantras),with mirrors, glasses, bells, lamps etc. after a careful examina

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aurei lapidis' or 'knight of the golden stone. in 1484 the founder and imperator c.r. died, his body was embalmed andputinto the vault, which was closed and concealed from the members of the latest circle of junior students. frater d. was then chosen to be magus, and after his death frater a. at a date unknown,buthe died in 1600. his successor was fratern.n.,who in 1604 discovered the entrance to the cavern and caused it to be opened, 120 years after the decease of c.r. within the vault was found the body carefully preserved under an altar, and in his hand the parchment roll called the book t (testamentum, also copies of other valuable books of the fraternity, avitaand anitinerariumof the founder, certain songs(mantras),with mirrors, glasses, bells, lamps, etc. after a careful examination

admission of air, and had not been actually burning until it was disturbed; there is modern evid255 ence in favour of this view, from the analogy of some chemical experiments, as, for example, phosphorised oil is invisible in the dark when enclosed in a sealed vial, when this is opened a light pours forth. on the other hand, evidence exists that some of the lamps actually paled and went out when the cavern in which they were found was opened, as a fine metal wire made white-hot by electricity in a sealed glass vacuum ceases to shine when the glass is broken; others again burned on and could hardly be extinguished by water or other means, until the arrangement of the lamp was broken. other authors, taking for granted that some of these lamps had burned for hundreds of years, have discussed

ages always tended to inculcate religious conduct and to encourage the worship of the. gods. the real control ofthis oracle is believed to have been ill the hands of five priests selected from the noble families or: delphi; it lost its great fame about 400b.c.,butwas still consulted even down to 200a.d.other famous oracular shrines were those of zeus at olympia and dodona; of apollo at delos, and the cave of trophoniusin bceotia, pausanias gives a full account of his visit to thelast;'mentioned oracle. there were also at a later date several notable roman oracles, of which mention may be made of those of faunus. fortuna, and of mars, where a bird, a woodpecker, is saidtohave delivered the messages.thesibyls the sibyls were a group of prophetic females who were' considered to be inspired by

one thing seen meaning another thing thus revealed.thegreeks referred dreams to zeus, to the god of the earth, and to the manes; also to hekate and to the moon.thegod of sleepwas called upnos, or as we now say, hypnos, the somnus of the romans. somnus and mors, sleep and death, were called the sons ofnox-night;they dwelled in subterranean darkness. dreams also were the sons of night; their abode, the cave of sleep, had two gates, one ofivory whence came forth false and flattering visions; the other of horn, through which issued true and noble dreams to good men. somnus had three sons who appeared in dreams, morpheus who appeared in the form of men; icebus who conterfeited animals and birds; and phantasus who supplied the scenery of dreams. morning dreams they said came true most often.ifan

y bull of the avesta (many scenes.)thebull in a boat upon the water, for ahriman has sent a deluge upon the world.thebull coming out of the gable end of a house on fire; in one example two figures are setting this house on fire (saarburg) the taking of the bull; the bull at large, grazing in a field; mithra seizes it by its horns, leaps upon its back, drags it by the hind legs, or carries it into the cave of mithraic worship. lastly the slaying of the bull, the tauroctonia, the most notable scene with many variations, used as a sort of altar-piece.themost complete tauroctonic designs show mithras kneeling upon the bull, which is crouched down; mithras, wearing the pointed phrygian cap (ofliberty, tunic, and a cloak, stabs the bull with a dagger near its right shoulder. this scene is in a c

e serpent who is to poison all human life at its source. we may all of us invent some allegorical explanation of these scenes, and no one can be sure of offering the truth, but one point is certain, and that is that the bull has been at all times the symbol of generation, or virility, of fertility and rebirth; and that its death, even as providing food, leads again to life. porphyry tells us that the cave in which the slaying is performed was deemed to represent the universe. other suggestions have been made in explanation of the sculptures, remembering that mithras was a solar diety. in the birth scene, the torch-bearers, with one torch up and the other down, may refer to the rise and setting of the sun. in the later period of mithra worship in italy, these was a blending with the more us

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sweetheart was donald bain mac crimmon, the finest piper the west had ever known, whose fathers had been the pipers of the macleods for generations, and he was the best of them all 'ah, my bonnie boy!trueman! true poet! best dancer in the glens! loyal was his heart to the race of our ancient kings, and how we both rejoiced when from moidart came the tidings that our prince had landed, and down in the cave by the sea donald played the great pibroch, that was to hail charles stuart king of his lawful heritage, with nonebutme, and the gulls, and the waves to hear. ah me! only in heaven will that pibroch be heard now i fear me. but then how light were our hearts, till like a black cloud, the news came to us that our chief was mustering his men, not for our country, and our king,butto help the

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hile other forms of fundamentalism exist, the most pernicious forms are those which in reaction to materialism and scientism use rationalism to create a stalwart of dogma and doctrine, and yet in the process destroy the very foundation of the true religious vision- mysticism. to appreciate the esoteric and mystical view of truth we need to travel back to ancient greece and examine the allegory of the cave as used by plato. this allegory, beyond all others, offers us a real insight into the problem of what truth is. plato sees all of humanity as prisoners, each of us has been kept chained in a subterranean cavern from birth, facing a dark wall. only a very small amount of light enters the cavern and this comes from a small opening high overhead. because of our chains, we look in opposite di

mall opening high overhead. because of our chains, we look in opposite direction and hence can only observe the dark shadows which pass along the wall we are facing. these shadows are cast by the men and occurrences of the upper world beyond the overhead opening. our perceptions and hence of the shadows and reflections, plato's major contemplation was on what would occur if one of us escaped from the cave? plato s answer is found in his work the republic, where socrates tells us that at first the escaped prisoner would be blinded by the strength of the light of the upper world and would retreat back to the shadows. but only for a while. he would need, then, to grow accustomed before he could see things in that upper world. at first it would be easiest to make out shadows, and then the imag

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le truth" we can claim that we have re-discovered the essential gnosis behind the various spiritual systems as they apply to modern man. we have found enough pieces of the puzzle to offer a comprehensive understanding of what is happening behind the world of appearances. what is truth? the best way to understand the question of truth is to travel back to ancient greece and examine the allegory of the cave as used by plato. this allegory, beyond all others, offers us a real insight into the problem of what truth is. plato sees all of humanity as prisoners, each of us has been kept chained in a subterranean cavern from birth, facing a dark wall. only a very small amount of light enters the cavern and this comes from a small opening high overhead. because of our chains, we look in opposite di

small opening high overhead. because of our chains, we look in opposite direction and hence can only observe the dark shadows which pass along the wall we are facing. these shadows are cast by the men and occurrences of the upper world beyond the overhead opening. our perceptions and hence of the shadows and reflections, platos major contemplation was on what would occur if one of us escaped from the cave? plato s answer is found in his work the republic, where socrates tells us that at first the escaped prisoner would be blinded by the strength of the light of the upper world and would retreat back to the shadows. but only for a while. gnostic theurgy page 8 he would need, then, to grow accustomed before he could see things in that upper world. at first it would be easiest to make out sha

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a rich black, for which a reflection is still obtainable. some chaos sorcerers have created 29 black mirrors from a piece of glass with black electrical tape on the reverse side. this proves efficient and inexpensive as well as offering the same affect. that mirrors can be gateways into the realms of the dead and even hell is no new theory. the hebrews believed that the mirror was a gateway into the caves of lilith and her succubi offspring. young women were discouraged from using mirrors for this reason, lest they become possessed by the demoness, who will drive them to sexual acts with sleeping men. the black mirror is considered also a tool for atavistic resurgence that the demons of the mind or the lycanthropic state may be brought out by enchanting the self to open the imagination to

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF WATER

ned wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" give the adoration to the lord of the universe go to the west facing west give the practicus sign facing west recite the prayer of the undines: terrible king of the sea, thou who hast the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring; thou who openest the sources of rivers and of fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee! speak thou unto us, thy mobile and changeful creatures, in the great tempests of the sea, and we shall tremble before thee. sp

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of souls! o imperishable breath of life! o creative sigh! o mouth which breathest forth and withdrawest the life of all beings, in the flux and reflux of thine eternal word, which is the divine ocean of movement and of truth! amen. the prayer of the undines or water spirits. terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterraean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring. thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us, thy mobile and changeful creatures, in the great tempests, the sanctuary of maat order of the

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uts in its current form, but many key names and words used in the shaver material, sometimes capitalized for emphasis, yield startling results for the ufologist and occultist when reduced to cipher and decoded, using the methods outlined in this book. example: according to shaver, the dero used advanced telepathy augmentation machines, which serve as a kind of virtual reality projector throughout the caves and on surface people. the machine used is called a telaug, or 80 in the cipher, identical to all cavern and records. mantong itself equals 92, the number of reading. as we have established, 92 can also be thought of as 9+ 2, which equals 11, the key to the cipher of the ufonauts. one could easily interpret this as, reading mantong means using the cipher based in the number 11. at one po

achine used is called a telaug, or 80 in the cipher, identical to all cavern and records. mantong itself equals 92, the number of reading. as we have established, 92 can also be thought of as 9+ 2, which equals 11, the key to the cipher of the ufonauts. one could easily interpret this as, reading mantong means using the cipher based in the number 11. at one point shaver tells us we have allies in the caves, capitalizing for emphasis, all cavern people are not deros which equals 329, the exact numerical equivalent of resistance is not futile, a phrase now showing up in the secret cipher of the ufonauts 47 more contemporary science fiction of the star trek mythos. someone is, obviously, trying to tell us something. mutan mion, the central protagonist of shaver s seminal i remember lemuria! h

while the last ancient intact body of adepts of the eastern black lodge, ironically dedicated to foisting upon sleeping humanity a rank and demoralizing materialism, was discovered and destroyed in accordance with the insipid marxism which guided the chinese people s liberation army into tibet in the late 1950s. among various tantric buddhist and bon religious institutions, the p.l.a. liquidated the cavern retreats of schamballah and agarthi, the former being possibly the oldest surviving branch of the black lodge on the planet (see ossendovski s men, beasts and gods, circa 1925, for an account of schamballah and agarthi) as survivors of the marxist massacre from the tibetan great white brotherhood are known to have come to the west in subsequent years, it may be assumed that survivors of

, the collection was later, late sixties. trw: anyhow, dick got into trouble with the law, skipped wisconsin and went into hiding. oddly, it was during that lost period when you were the only one publishing new stuff by him, that i got his address and got involved with the little group of dedicated guerrillas who had decided, in a most unmetaphysical way, to take the best weaponry they could into the caves as shaver would have it, and blow the mindcontrolling bastards up. dick had given several previous groups directions, and they had gone. mostly [they] didn t come back, but a few did, and i met a few, including one world war two vet who had been with a team that entered a so-called cave located, and get this, near dulce, new mexico, under the archuleta mesa. ahg: isn t that now said to b

blew up some machinery, got rayed and mostly zombied, killed a few derotypes, and retreated back the way they came in. it was surprise that probably saved their asses, the few that came back. ahg: did you believe the story? trw: course not. but, i figured, this could be an artifact of something real, and shaver gave us a couple of locations right here in the south that, he said, were entrances to the caves. ahg: right. i investigated both. one was brown mountain, north carolina, and i found plenty of ufo witnesses there, including this guy, ralph something, that claimed he had been inside the mountain, and whisked off from there to outer space. quite a yarn. i went there with gene and geneva steinberg once, and with jim moseley and his daughter betty and tim beckley, on christmas eve, in 1

des. shaver claimed they were the record of the antediluvian civilization on earth, literally preserved in stone. i gave them to you, i recall. trw: when i got ahold of them, i resectioned the rocks, used an overhead projector and came up, in one of them, with a map of that little area of north georgia where tallulah falls, toccoa falls, brasstown bald you know, the chattahoochee national forest. the cave entrance is clearly marked. ahg: so, this map includes southern north carolina, and white county, georgia? trw: yep. with the entrance marked with a red circle. ahg: that s where peter davidson, the frontal chief of the her- metic brotherhood of light, set up his utopian colony a hundred years ago. trw: you bet, and no coincidence. where was the previous headquarters? in scotsecret cipher

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n the return of their beloved svatopluh (sviatopolk, and some parts of moravia still keep up the custom of going in solemn procession to seek svatopluh (palacky 1, 135. with this i couple svegdir's going forth 'at leita o&in' to look for 0, yngl. saga 15. the 'seeking god' on p. 145 was another thing (see suppl. often the banished one bears no name at all: the shepherd from the ostenberg found in the cavern of the willberg a little man sitting at a stone table, which his heard had grown through (deut. sag. no. 314; and a grizzled man conducted the shepherd ofwernigerodeto the treasures oi i\ie mountain cave (ib. no. 315, the beard's growing round or into the stone expresses forcibly the long duration of the past time, and the slow advance of the 1' et prius arturus veniet vetus ille britan

n indicates its presence by a clear hlaze shining on it, as fire flickers over a ghost's barrow (p. 915-6; a blue flame is seen upon it (reusch no. 46; it has the appearance of glowing embers, of a brewing-copper full of red gold (nos. 7. 25-6; when a fire burns over it, they say' the treasure airs itself' nevertheless many treasures do not move toward the surface at all, but have to be sought in the cavern itself. two requisites for raising the treasure are silence and innocence. holy divine tasks endure no babble: thus, heilawac must be drawn in silence (pp. 229. 586, in silence herbs of magic power be picked; cry out over a treasure 'twill sink that moment out of sight (superst. 214. the harmless hand of childhood is fit to lay hold of it, as it is to draw lots; poor village boys, sheph

oom bewrays it, and swarming beetles (p. 694) are a sign of it (see suppl. to get into the mountain in which it is concealed, one usually needs a plant or root to clear the way, to burst the door. the folktales simply call it a beautiful wonderfloiver, which the favoured person finds and sticks in his hat: all at once entrance and exit stand open for him to the treasure of the mountain. if inside the cavern he has filled his pockets, and bewildered at the sight of the valuables, has laid aside his hat, a warning 972 teanslation. voice^ rings in liis ear as he departs 'forget not the best' but it is then too late^ the iron door shuts with a bang, hard upon his heel, in a twinkling all has disappeared, and the road is never to be found again. the same formula comes up regularly every time in

the flower itself. several flowers, esp. the germander (speedwell) and mj'osotis, are popul. called forget-me-not, clearly with reference to their miraculous power. the sentimental exj^lanation arose later" other formulas' je mehr du zerstreust, je mehr du bereust' or' je mehr du verzettest, je minder du hettest' esp. when the gold given or gathered has the appeai'ance of foliage or charcoal. in the cavern, where gold lies on the table, the tbree old men sitting by it cry to the astonished visitor' greif eineu grif, streich einen strich, und packe dich' hoaed lifted: spring-wurzel. 973 instead of wouderflower or keyflower, other stories name the spring wurzel (explosive root, a herb that can be procured in the following manner: the nest of a green or black luooclpecker, while she has chic

augia, which must be in eugel too. 2 ein tac in der helle hat leng ein ganzez jar 28, 2. mountain-sprites guarding treasure are found in the schenkofen cavern, in the reichenspitz, in the ziller valley. muchar's gasteinp. 145. vol. iii. g 980 translation. and as dame holda travels with the furious host and sits locked up in the mountain, she too is connected with the elves (p. 452. entrance into the caves of dwarfs is found as into enchanted mountains, and men are carried off to spend some time in the society of elvish sprites (p. 494, as they do in dame venus' mount (p. 935. that nibelung and schilbung wished to have their father's property divided, is asserted also in bit. 80; that they could not divide the treasure, is a highly mythic feature, which i shall illustrate further on, when

ner's umviird. doctor 1720-1. 982 translation. this he did secretlyj without the knowledge of chi'iemhilde, who to the last supposes it to be in his hands^ till he answers 2308, 3: den schatz weiz nu nieman wan (but) got unde min. no doubt there were other legends which placed it in mountains: the account given by a woman living in nerike was, that it lay inside the kilsherg there, and the key to the cavern was kept under a rosebush (iduna 10, 269. the ms. 2, 169^ has: der imelunge hort lit in dem burhnherge in bi (by them, i.e. the ehine-folk; but the msh. 2, 24p reads' der nibelunge hort' and' in dem lnrlenberge' imelunge may be corrupt for nibelunge, as imelot for nibelot fp. 385 n, and lurlenberg shall have its due, if such be the reading, though i had taken burlenberc for burglenberg

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o bigger than a kranawetvogl (crossbill, or the mighty schareck than a twopenny roll. their strength was gigantic: to hurl a ploughshare the whole breadth of the valley was an easy throw for them. one of these men leant his staff against the head farmer s house, and the whole house shook. their dwelling was an inaccessible cavern on the left bank of the ache, at the entrance to the klamm; outside the cave stood some appletrees, and with the apples they would pelt the passers-by in fun; remains of their household stuff are still to be seen. to the inhabitants of the valley they were rather friendly than otherwise, and often put a quantity of butter and milk before their house-doors. this last feature is more of a piece with the habits of dwarfs and elves than of giants. just as the elves fo

ther nations. as the romans borrowed gigas from the greeks, so they did draco, for neither serpens nor vermis was adequate (like our slango and wurm) to express the idea. now spdicwv comes from sepxeiv to look, illumine, flash out &lt/>ao? besop/ce expresses illuminating light, and this confirms me in my proposed explanation of our lint and linni. a fox after long burrowing struck upon the cave of a dragon watching hidden treasure, ad draconis speluncam ultimam, custodiebat qui thesauros abditos/ phaedr. 4, 19. then the story of the gold-guarding griffins must be included, as they are winged monsters like the dragons. in 0. slavic zmiy m, and zmiya f, signify snake, the one more a dragon, the other an adder. the boh. zmek is the fiery dragon guarding money, zmiye the adder; serv

nd surtalogi, ssom. 37b. sn. 22. 76. 90. a certain resinous charred earth is in the north still called surtarbrandr (surti titio, biorn sub v, f. magn. lex. 730, a mode of naming indica tive of a superior being, as when plants are named after gods. volcanic rock-caves in iceland are called surtarhellir (f. magn. lex. 729; the landnamabok 3, 10 (isl. sog. 1, 151) tells how one thorvaldr brought to the cave of the iotunn surtr a song composed about him]?a for hann upp til hellisins surts, oc fcersi)?ar drapu j?a, er hann hafsi ort um iotuninn t hellinum; and sn. 209b 210a includes surtr and svartr among the names of giants. nowhere in the two eddas does surtr appear as a 1 should any one reject these explanations, and take e.g. os. mudspelli for muth-spelli, oris eloquium, or mut-sp, mutatio

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death. in contrast, the book known as the litany of ra conveys the utter mysteriousness of the creator sun god through heightened language and powerful visual images. the sun god is evoked as the animating force behind the universe in seventy-five nocturnal manifestations. these manifestations range from major deities such as horus and isis to obscure entities such as the great tom cat and he of the cave, yet part of the egyptian title for this book was adoring the united one in the west. the characteristic acts of independent beings that are the mainspring of mythical narratives become almost irrelevant in such a context. new kingdom hymns, such as those preserved in papyrus leiden i 350, explore the idea that all deities are aspects of the creator. they speculate on the miraculous proce

fourteen to forty-two parts. during the first millennium bce, these body parts were said to be buried at sacred sites all over egypt. the tomb of the left leg of osiris on the island of bigah was said to be the source of the inundation. the body of osiris also played an important role in some of the new kingdom underworld books. in the darkest hour of the night, the soul of the sun god ra reached the cave where the body lay and became one with the soul of osiris. this allowed osiris and all the dead to awake and live again. in the book of the dead, osiris was shown enthroned in the hall of the two truths overseeing the judgment of the dead. a new kingdom prayer states that osiris is the greatest of the gods because all egyptians have to come to him in the end. the idea of osiris as a just

ram-headed night sun in his boat protected by the mehen snake. from an underworld book on the walls of a royal tomb (courtesy of geraldine pinch) asks for a place among the spirits who escort the reed-float or papyrus boat of ra across the winding waterway of the sky. in the coffin texts of the middle kingdom there is an increased emphasis on the dangers of this voyage. when the night boat enters the caverns under the earth or within the body of the sky goddess, it is attacked by hostile forces such as the all-devouring chaos monster apophis. surviving temple rituals show that every egyptian king was expected to play an active magical role to help the sun god to triumph over the forces of darkness and chaos. the secret underworld books that decorate new kingdom royal tombs link the fate of

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

our absence. they had been forwarded from athens. ordering acarriage i at once drove to the ministry of finance, and alighting with the guide, hurriedly made for the ditchi had seen for the first time in the shining disk! in the middle of the pool, badly mangled, half-famished, butstill alive, lay my beautiful spaniel ralph, and near him were the blinking curs, unconcernedly snapping atthe flies. the cave of the echoesa strange but true story* this story is given from the narrative of an eye-witness, a russian gentleman, very pious,and fully trustworthy. moreover, the facts are copied from the police records of p. theeye-witness in question attributes it, of course, partly to divine interference and partly to theevil one- h. p. b. in one of the distant governments of the russian empire, in

d become an expertzither player, and the uncle was desperately in love. one morning, gathering his adopted family around him, he embraced them all very tenderly, promised toremember them in his will, and wound up by declaring his unalterable resolution to marry the blue-eyedmunchen. after this he fell upon their necks, and wept in silent rapture. the family, understanding that they nightmare talesthe cave of the echoes54 were cheated out of the inheritance, also wept; but it was for another cause. having thus wept, they consoledthemselves and tried to rejoice, for the old gentleman was sincerely beloved by all. not all of them rejoiced,though. nicolas, who had himself been smitten to the heart by the pretty german, and who found himselfdefrauded at once of his belle and of his uncle's mone

o mutter threats. on the vast domain of mr. izvertzoff there was a curious cavern, which excited the curiosity of all whovisited it. it exists to this day, and is well known to every inhabitant of p. a pine forest, commencing afew feet from the garden gate, climbs in steep terraces up a long range of rocky hills, which it covers with abroad belt of impenetrable vegetation. the grotto leading into the cavern, which is known as the "cave of theechoes" is situated about half a mile from the site of the mansion, from which it appears as a smallexcavation in the hillside, almost hidden by luxuriant plants, but not so completely as to prevent any personentering it from being readily seen from the terrace in front of the house. entering the grotto, the explorerfinds at the rear a narrow cleft; ha

a smallexcavation in the hillside, almost hidden by luxuriant plants, but not so completely as to prevent any personentering it from being readily seen from the terrace in front of the house. entering the grotto, the explorerfinds at the rear a narrow cleft; having passed through which he emerges into a lofty cavern, feebly lightedthrough fissures in the vaulted roof, fifty feet from the ground. the cavern itself is immense, and would easilyhold between two and three thousand people. a part of it, in the days of mr. izvertzoff, was paved withflagstones, and was often used in the summer as a ball-room by picnic parties. of an irregular oval, itgradually narrows into a broad corridor, which runs for several miles underground, opening here and thereinto other chambers, as large and lofty as

opening here and thereinto other chambers, as large and lofty as the ball-room, but, unlike this, impassable otherwise than in a boat,as they are always full of water. these natural basins have the reputation of being unfathomable. on the margin of the first of these is a small platform, with several mossy rustic seats arranged on it, and it isfrom this spot that the phenomenal echoes, which give the cavern its name, are heard in all their weirdness. aword pronounced in a whisper, or even a sigh, is caught up by endless mocking voices, and instead ofdiminishing in volume, as honest echoes do, the sound grows louder and louder at every successiverepetition, until at last it bursts forth like the repercussion of a pistol shot, and recedes in a plaintive waildown the corridor. on the day in q

ad mentioned his intention of having a dancing party in this cave onhis wedding day, which he had fixed for an early date. on the following morning, while preparing for hisdrive, he was seen by his family entering the grotto, accompanied only by his siberian servant. half-an-hourlater, ivan returned to the mansion for a snuff-box which his master had forgotten in his room, and went backwith it to the cave. an hour later the whole house was startled by his loud cries. pale and dripping with water,ivan rushed in like a madman, and declared that mr. izvertzoff was nowhere to be found in the cave.thinking he had fallen into the lake, he had dived into the first basin in search of him and was nearlydrowned himself. the day passed in vain attempts to find the body. the police filled the house, a

and declared that mr. izvertzoff was nowhere to be found in the cave.thinking he had fallen into the lake, he had dived into the first basin in search of him and was nearlydrowned himself. the day passed in vain attempts to find the body. the police filled the house, and louder than the rest in hisdespair was nicolas, the nephew, who had returned home only to meet the sad tidings. nightmare talesthe cave of the echoes55 a dark suspicion fell upon ivan, the siberian. he had been struck by his master the night before, and hadbeen heard to swear revenge. he had accompanied him alone to the cave, and when his room was searched abox full of rich family jewellery, known to have been carefully kept in mr. izvertzoff's apartment, was foundunder ivan's bedding. vainly did the serf call god to witn

ter the night before, and hadbeen heard to swear revenge. he had accompanied him alone to the cave, and when his room was searched abox full of rich family jewellery, known to have been carefully kept in mr. izvertzoff's apartment, was foundunder ivan's bedding. vainly did the serf call god to witness that the box had been given to him in charge byhis master himself, just before they proceeded to the cave; that it was the latter's purpose to have the jewelleryreset, as he intended it for a wedding present to his bride; and that he, ivan, would willingly give his own lifeto recall that of his master, if he knew him to be dead. no heed was paid to him, however, and he wasarrested and thrown into prison, upon a charge of murder. there he was left, for under the russian law acriminal cannot- a

r still greater hesitancy was he prevailedupon to join the party. the first cavern and the platform beside the bottomless lake glittered with lights. hundreds of flickeringcandles and torches, stuck in the clefts of the rocks, illuminated the place and drove the shadows from themossy nooks and corners, where they had crouched undisturbed for many years. the stalactites on the walls nightmare talesthe cave of the echoes56 sparkled brightly, and the sleeping echoes were suddenly awakened by a joyous confusion of laughter andconversation. the shaman, who was never lost sight of by his friend and patron, sat in a corner, entranced asusual. crouched on a projecting rock, about midway between the entrance and the water, with hislemon-yellow, wrinkled face, flat nose, and thin beard, he looked mo

bation, save from him; and the police inspector, col.s, especially approved of the idea "ladies and gentlemen" said the mesmerizer in soft tones "allow me for this once to proceed otherwise thanin my general fashion. i will employ the method of native magic. it is more appropriate to this wild place, andfar more effective as you will find, than our european method of mesmerization" nightmare talesthe cave of the echoes57 without waiting for an answer, he drew from a bag that never left his person, first a small drum, and then twolittle phials- one full of fluid, the other empty. with the contents of the former he sprinkled the shaman,who fell to trembling and nodding more violently than ever. the air was filled with the perfume of spicyodours, and the atmosphere itself seemed to become cle

the child phantom, asked him, in solemn voice "in the name of the great master, of him who has all power, answer the truth, and nothing but the truth.restless spirit, hast thou been lost by accident, or foully murdered" the spectre's lips moved, but it was the echo which answered for them in lugubrious shouts "murdered!mur-der-ed! murdered "where? how? by whom" asked the conjuror. nightmare talesthe cave of the echoes58 the apparition pointed a finger at nicolas and, without removing its gaze or lowering its arms, retreatedbackwards slowly towards the lake. at every step it took, the younger izvertzoff, as if compelled by someirresistable fascination, advanced a step towards it, until the phantom reached the lake, and the next momentwas seen gliding on its surface. it was a fearful, ghost

the watery abyss, a violent convulsion ran through theframe of the guilty man. flinging himself upon his knees, he clung to one of the rustic seats with a desperateclutch, and staring wildly, uttered a long piercing cry of agony. the phantom now remained motionless onthe water, and bending his extended finger, slowly beckoned him to come. crouched in abject terror, thewretched man shrieked until the cavern rang again and again "i did not. no, i did not murder you" then came a splash, and now it was the boy who was in the dark water, struggling for his life, in the middleof the lake, with the same motionless stern apparition brooding over him "papa! papa! save me. i am drowning. cried a piteous little voice amid the uproar of the mockingechoes "my boy" shrieked nicolas, in the accents of a

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whistle-blasts it would advance through the aperture to oppose the enemy or join the rest of the raiding contingent. the party at the stone building would accept these respective signals in an analogous manner; forcing an entrance at the first, and at the second descending whatever passage into the ground might be discovered, and joining the general or focal warfare expected to take place within the caverns. a third or emergency signal of three blasts would summon the immediate reserve from its general guard duty; its twenty men dividing equally and entering the unknown depths through both farmhouse and stone building. capt. whipple's belief in the existence of catacombs was absolute, and he took no alternative into consideration when making his plans. he had with him a whistle of great p

m a gallon can of oil, which he proposed to keep for reserve use in whatever hidden laboratory he might uncover beyond the terrible open space with its unclean altar and nameless covered wells. to traverse that space again would require his utmost fortitude, but he knew it must be done. fortunately neither the frightful altar nor the opened shaft was near the vast cell-indented wall which bounded the cavern area, and whose black mysterious archways would form the next goals of a logical search. so willett went back to that great pillared hall of stench and anguished howling; turning down his lamp to avoid any distant glimpse of the hellish altar, or of the uncovered pit with the pierced stone slab beside it. most of the black doorways led merely to small chambers, some vacant and some evid

ned. as it was, my frenzy was absolute and unrelieved. taking my torch in my hand and clutching feebly at the case, i leaped and bounded wildly ahead with no idea in my brain beyond a mad desire to race out of these nightmare ruins to the waking world of desert and moonlight which lay so far above. i hardly knew it when i reached the mountain of debris which towered into the vast blackness beyond the caved-in roof, and bruised and cut myself repeatedly in scrambling up its steep slope of jagged blocks and fragments. then came the great disaster. just as i blindly crossed the summit, unprepared for the sudden dip ahead, my feet slipped utterly and i found myself involved in a mangling avalanche of sliding masonry whose cannon-loud uproar split the black cavern air in a deafening series of e

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liar to far older periods- even rudimentary fishes, mollusks, and corals as remote as the silunan or ordovician. the inevitable inference was that in this part of the world there had been a remarkable and unique degree of continuity between the life of over three hundred million years ago and that of only thirty million years ago. how far this continuity had extended beyond the oligocene age when the cavern was closed was of course past all speculation. in any event, the coming of the frightful ice in the pleistocene some five hundred thousand years ago- a mere yesterday as compared with the age of this cavity- must have put an end to any of the primal forms which had locally managed to outlive their common terms. lake was not content to let his first message stand, but had another bulleti

d begin shipping material. but i ve got to dissect one of these things before we take any rest. wish i had a real laboratory here. dyer better kick himself for having tried to stop my westward trip. first the world s greatest mountains, and then this. if this last isn t the high spot of the expedition, i don t know what is. we re made scientifically. congrats, pabodie, on the drill that opened up the cave. now will arkham please repeat description" the sensations of pabodie and myself at receipt of this report were almost beyond description, nor were our companions much behind us in enthusiasm. mctighe, who had hastily translated a few high spots as they came from the droning receiving set, wrote out the entire message from his shorthand version as soon as lake s operator signed off. all a

tent, the deceptively flexible tissues of the chosen specimen-a powerful and intact one- lost nothing of their more than leathery toughness. lake was puzzled as to how he might make the requisite incisions without violence destructive enough to upset all the structural niceties he was looking for. he had, it is true, seven more perfect specimens; but these were too few to use up recklessly unless the cave might later yield an unlimited supply. accordingly he removed the specimen and dragged in one which, though having remnants of the starfish arrangements at both ends, was badly crushed and partly disrupted along one of the great torso furrows. results, quickly reported over the wireless, were baffling and provocative indeed. nothing like delicacy or accuracy was possible with instruments

d than i: for he saw, or thinks he saw, one thing he will not tell even me. as all know, our report included a tale of a hard ascent- a confirmation of lake s opinion that the great peaks are of archaean slate and other very primal crumpled strata unchanged since at least middle comanchian times; a conventional comment on the regularity of the clinging cube and rampart formations; a decision that the cave mouths indicate dissolved calcaerous veins; a conjecture that certain slopes and passes would permit of the scaling and crossing of the entire range by seasoned mountaineers; and a remark that the mysterious other side holds a lofty and immense superplateau as ancient and unchanging as the mountains themselves- twenty thousand feet in elevation, with grotesque rock formations protruding t

gularity of outline. they were, as lake s bulletin had said, often approximately square or semicircular; as if the natural orifices had been shaped to greater symmetry by some magic hand. their numerousness and wide distribution were remarkable, and suggested that the whole region was honeycombed with tunnels dissolved out of limestone strata. such glimpses as we secured did not extend far within the caverns, but we saw that they were apparently clear of stalactites and stalagmites. outside, those parts of the mountain slopes adjoining the apertures seemed invariably smooth and regular; and danforth thought that the slight cracks and pittings of the weathering tended toward unusual patterns. filled as he was with the horrors and strangenesses discovered at the camp, he hinted that the pitt

hispers about kadath in the cold waste. but the terrain close at hand was hardly less strange, even if less namelessly accursed. soon after the founding of the city the great mountain range became the seat of the principal temples, and many carvings showed what grotesque and fantastic towers had pierced the sky where now we saw only the curiously clinging cubes and ramparts. in the course of ages the caves had appeared, and had been shaped into adjuncts of the temples. with the advance of still later epochs, all the limestone veins of the region were hollowed out by ground waters, so that the mountains, the foothills, and the plains below them were a veritable network of connected caverns and galleries. many graphic sculptures told of explorations deep underground, and of the final discove

had undoubtedly been worn by the great river which flowed down from the nameless and horrible westward mountains, and which had formerly turned at the base of the old ones range and flowed beside that chain into the indian ocean between budd and totten lands on wilkes s coast line. little by little it had eaten away the limestone hill base at its turning, till at last its sapping currents reached the caverns of the ground waters and joined with them in digging a deeper abyss. finally its whole bulk emptied into the hollow hills and left the old bed toward the ocean dry. much of the later city as we now found it had been built over that former bed. the old ones, understanding what had happened, and exercising their always keen artistic sense, had carved into ornate pylons those headlands of

y had always frequently visited their submarine kinsfolk elsewhere, and how they had habitually bathed on the deep bottom of their great river. the darkness of inner earth could likewise have been no deterrent to a race accustomed to long antarctic nights. decadent though their style undoubtedly was, these latest carvings had a truly epic quality where they told of the building of the new city in the cavern sea. the old ones had gone about it scientifically- quarrying insoluble rocks from the heart of the honeycombed mountains, and employing expert workers from the nearest submarine city to perform the construction according to the best methods. these workers brought with them all that was necessary to establish the new venture- shoggoth tissue from which to breed stone lifters and subsequ

nes had gone about it scientifically- quarrying insoluble rocks from the heart of the honeycombed mountains, and employing expert workers from the nearest submarine city to perform the construction according to the best methods. these workers brought with them all that was necessary to establish the new venture- shoggoth tissue from which to breed stone lifters and subsequent beasts of burden for the cavern city, and other protoplasmic matter to mold into phosphorescent organisms for lighting purposes. at last a mighty metropolis rose on the bottom of that stygian sea, its architecture much like that of the city above, and its workmanship displaying relatively little decadence because of the precise mathematical element inherent in building operations. the newly bred shoggoths grew to enor

ctic seals noticed a generation ago by borchgrevingk? the specimens found by poor lake did not enter into these guesses, for their geologic setting proved them to have lived at what must have been a very early date in the land city s history. they were, according to their location, certainly not less than thirty million years old, and we reflected that in their day the sea-cavern city, and indeed the cavern itself, had had no existence. they would have remembered an older scene, with lush tertiary vegetation everywhere, a younger land city of flourishing arts around them, and a great river sweeping northward along the base of the mighty mountains toward a far-away tropic ocean. and yet we could not help thinking about these specimens- especially about the eight perfect ones that were missi

n the end we did let sheer burning curiosity-or anxiety-or autohypnotism- or vague thoughts of responsibility toward gedney- or what not- drive us on. danforth whispered again of the print he thought he had seen at the alley turning in the ruins above; and of the faint musical piping- potentially of tremendous significance in the light of lake s dissection report, despite its close resemblance to the cave-mouth echoes of the windy peaks- which he thought he had shortly afterward half heard from unknown depths below. i, in my turn, whispered of how the camp was left- of what had disappeared, and of how the madness of a lone survivor might have conceived the inconceivable- a wild trip across the monstrous mountains and a descent into the unknown, primal masonry- but we could not convince eac

beam of torchlight over the tunnel walls- and stopped short in amazement at the supremely radical change which had come over the carvings in this part of the passage. we realized, of course, the great decadence of the old ones sculpture at the time of the tunneling, and had indeed noticed the inferior workmanship of the arabesques in the stretches behind us. but now, in this deeper section beyond the cavern, there was a sudden difference wholly transcending explanation- a difference in basic nature as well as in mere quality, and involving so profound and calamitous a degradation of skill that nothing in the hitherto observed rate of decline could have led one to expect it. this new and degenerate work was coarse, bold, and wholly lacking in delicacy of detail. it was countersunk with exag

m. we could never know what that demon message was- but those burials at lake s camp had shown how much importance the beings attached to their dead. our recklessly used torch now revealed ahead of us the large open cavern where various ways converged, and we were glad to be leaving those morbid palimpsest sculptures- almost felt even when scarcely seen-behind. another thought which the advent of the cave inspired was the possibility of losing our pursuer at this bewildering focus of large galleries. there were several of the blind albino penguins in the open space, and it seemed clear that their fear of the oncoming entity was extreme to the point of unaccountability. if at that point we dimmed our torch to the very lowest limit of traveling need, keeping it strictly in front of us, the f

gallery whilst we providentially hit on the right one. the penguins alone could not have saved us, but in conjunction with the mist they seem to have done so. only a benign fate kept the curling vapors thick enough at the right moment, for they were constantly shifting and threatening to vanish. indeed, they did lift for a second just before we emerged from the nauseously resculptured tunnel into the cave; so that we actually caught one first and only half glimpse of the oncoming entity as we cast a final, desperately fearful glance backward before dimming the torch and mixing with the penguins in the hope of dodging pursuit. if the fate which screened us was benign, that which gave us the half glimpse was infinitely the opposite; for to that flash of semivision can be traced a full half o

fusing to pay attention to the puffs of mountain-top vapor, and wishing that i had wax-stopped ears like ulysses men off the siren s coast to keep that disturbing windpiping from my consciousness. but danforth, released from his piloting and keyed up to a dangerous nervous pitch, could not keep quiet. i felt him turning and wriggling about as he looked back at the terrible receding city, ahead at the cave-riddled, cube-barnacled peaks, sidewise at the bleak sea of snowy, rampart-strewn foothills, and upward at the seething, grotesquely clouded sky. it was then, just as i was trying to steer safely through the pass, that his mad shrieking brought us so close to disaster by shattering my tight hold on myself and causing me to fumble helplessly with the controls for a moment. a second afterwa

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my sight and sound another thing like that which took place before me. i cannot tell you how he shrieked, or what vistas of unvisitable hells gleamed for a second in black eyes crazed with fright. i can only say that i fainted, and did not stir till he himself recovered and shook me in his phrensy for someone to keep away the horror and desolation. that was the end of our voluntary searchings in the caverns of dream. awed, shaken, and portentous, my friend who had been beyond the barrier warned me that we must never venture within those realms again. what he had seen, he dared not tell me; but he said from his wisdom that we must sleep as little as possible, even if drugs were necessary to keep us awake. that he was right, i soon learned from the unutterable fear which engulfed me wheneve

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ay recognize the will which has through six long centuries fulfilled the dreadful curse upon the house? have i not told you of the great elixir of eternal life? know you not how the secret of alchemy was solved? i tell you, it is i! i! i! that have lived for six hundred years to maintain my revenge, for i am charles le sorcier' 1998-1999 william johns last modified: 12/18/1999 18:4299the beast in the cave by h.p. lovecraft april 21, 1905 the horrible conclusion which had been gradually obtruding itself upon my confused and reluctant mind was now an awful certainty. i was lost, completely, hopelessly lost in the vast and labyrinthine recess of the mammoth cave. turn as i might, in no direction could my straining vision seize on any object capable of serving as a guidepost to set me on the o

re of tranquillity than of despair. starving would prove my ultimate fate; of this i was certain. some, i knew, had gone mad under circumstances such as these, but i felt that this end would not be mine. my disaster was the result of no fault save my own, since unknown to the guide i had separated myself from the regular party of sightseers; and, wandering for over an hour in forbidden avenues of the cave, had found myself unable to retrace the devious windings which i had pursued since forsaking my companions. already my torch had begun to expire; soon i would be enveloped by the total and almost palpable blackness of the bowels of the earth. as i stood in the waning, unsteady light, i idly wondered over the exact circumstances of my coming end. i remembered the accounts which i had heard

attracting the attention of the guide by my clamour. yet, as i called, i believed in my heart that my cries were to no purpose, and that my voice, magnified and reflected by the numberless ramparts of the black maze about me, fell upon no ears save my own. all at once, however, my attention was fixed with a start as i fancied that i heard the sound of soft approaching steps on the rocky floor of the cavern. was my deliverance about to be accomplished so soon? had, then, all my horrible apprehensions been for naught, and was the guide, having marked my unwarranted absence from the party, following my course and seeking me out in this limestone labyrinth? whilst these joyful queries arose in my brain, i was on the point of renewing my cries, in order that my discovery might come the sooner

d my unwarranted absence from the party, following my course and seeking me out in this limestone labyrinth? whilst these joyful queries arose in my brain, i was on the point of renewing my cries, in order that my discovery might come the sooner, when in an instant my delight was turned to horror as i listened; for my ever acute ear, now sharpened in even greater degree by the complete silence of the cave, bore to my benumbed understanding the unexpected and dreadful knowledge that these footfalls were not like those of any mortal man. in the unearthly stillness of this subterranean region, the tread of the booted guide would have sounded like a series of sharp and incisive blows. these impacts were soft, and stealthy, as of the paws of some feline. besides, when i listened carefully, i se

tread of the booted guide would have sounded like a series of sharp and incisive blows. these impacts were soft, and stealthy, as of the paws of some feline. besides, when i listened carefully, i seemed to trace the falls of four instead of two feet. i was now convinced that i had by my own cries aroused and attracted some wild beast, perhaps a mountain lion which had accidentally strayed within the cave. perhaps, i considered, the almighty had chosen for me a swifter and more merciful death than that of hunger; yet the instinct of self-preservation, never wholly dormant, was stirred in my breast, and though escape from the on-coming peril might but spare me for a sterner and more lingering end, i determined nevertheless to part with my life at as high a price as i could command. strange

hostility. accordingly, i became very quiet, in the hope that the unknown beast would, in the absence of a guiding sound, lose its direction as had i, and thus pass me by. but this hope was not destined for realisation, for the strange footfalls steadily advanced, the animal evidently having obtained my scent, which in an atmosphere so absolutely free from all distracting influences as is that of the cave, could doubtless be followed at great distance. seeing therefore that i must be armed for defense against an uncanny and unseen attack in the dark, i groped about me the largest of the fragments of rock which were strewn upon all parts of the floor of the cavern in the vicinity, and grasping one in each hand for immediate use, awaited with resignation the inevitable result. meanwhile the

quent intervals i fancied that but two feet were engaged in the process of locomotion. i wondered what species of animal was to confront me; it must, i thought, be some unfortunate beast who had paid for its curiosity to investigate one of the entrances of the fearful grotto with a life-long confinement in its interminable recesses. it doubtless obtained as food the eyeless fish, bats and rats of the cave, as well as some of the ordinary fish that are wafted in at every freshet of green river, which communicates in some occult manner with the waters of the cave. i occupied my terrible vigil with grotesque conjectures of what alteration cave life might have wrought in the physical structure of the beast, remembering the awful appearances ascribed by local tradition to the consumptives who h

ordinary fish that are wafted in at every freshet of green river, which communicates in some occult manner with the waters of the cave. i occupied my terrible vigil with grotesque conjectures of what alteration cave life might have wrought in the physical structure of the beast, remembering the awful appearances ascribed by local tradition to the consumptives who had died after long residence in the cave. then i remembered with a start that, even should i succeed in felling my antagonist, i should never behold its form, as my torch had long since been extinct, and i was entirely unprovided with matches. the tension on my brain now became frightful. my disordered fancy conjured up hideous and fearsome shapes from the sinister darkness that surrounded me, and that actually seemed to press u

g upon the ground at the feet of the guide, embracing his boots and gibbering. despite my boasted reserve, in a most meaningless and idiotic manner, pouring out my terrible story, and at the same time overwhelming my auditor with protestations of gratitude. at length, i awoke to something like my normal consciousness. the guide had noted my absence upon the arrival of the party at the entrance of the cave, and had, from his own intuitive sense of direction, proceeded to make a thorough canvass of by-passages just ahead of where he had last spoken to me, locating my whereabouts after a quest of about four hours. by the time he had related this to me, i, emboldened by his torch and his company, began to reflect upon the strange beast which i had wounded but a short distance back in the darkn

ave vent to a simultaneous ejaculation of wonderment, for of all the unnatural monsters either of us had in our lifetimes beheld, this was in surpassing degree the strangest. it appeared to be an anthropoid ape of large proportions, escaped, perhaps, from some itinerant menagerie. its hair was snow-white, a thing due no doubt to the bleaching action of a long existence within the inky confines of the cave, but it was also surprisingly thin, being indeed largely absent save on the head, where it was of such length and abundance that it fell over the shoulders in considerable profusion. the face was turned away from us, as the creature lay almost directly upon it. the inclination of the limbs was very singular, explaining, however, the alternation in their use which i bad before noted, where

ay almost directly upon it. the inclination of the limbs was very singular, explaining, however, the alternation in their use which i bad before noted, whereby the beast used sometimes all four, and on other occasions but two for its progress. from the tips of the fingers or toes, long rat-like claws extended. the hands or feet were not prehensile, a fact that i ascribed to that long residence in the cave which, as i before mentioned, seemed evident from the all-pervading and almost unearthly whiteness so characteristic of the whole anatomy. no tail seemed to be present. the respiration had now grown very feeble, and the guide had drawn his pistol with the evident intent of despatching the creature, when a sudden sound emitted by the latter caused the weapon to fall unused. the sound was o

d by the latter caused the weapon to fall unused. the sound was of a nature difficult to describe. it was not like the normal note of any known species of simian, and i wonder if this unnatural quality were not the result of a long continued and complete silence, broken by the sensations produced by the advent of the light, a thing which the beast could not have seen since its first entrance into the cave. the sound, which i might feebly attempt to classify as a kind of deep-tone chattering, was faintly continued. all at once a fleeting spasm of energy seemed to pass through the frame of the beast. the paws went through a convulsive motion, and the limbs contracted. with a jerk, the white body rolled over so that its face was turned in our direction. for a moment i was so struck with horro

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all, squat rock houses or temples; whose interiors might preserve many secrets of ages too remote for calculation, though sandstorms had long effaced any carvings which may have been outside. very low and sand-choked were all the dark apertures near me, but i cleared one with my spade and crawled through it, carrying a torch to reveal whatever mysteries it might hold. when i was inside i saw that the cavern was indeed a temple, and beheld plain signs of the race that had lived and worshipped before the desert was a desert. primitive altars, pillars, and niches, all curiously low, were not absent; and though i saw no sculptures or frescoes, there were many singular stones clearly shaped into symbols by artificial means. the lowness of the chiselled chamber was very strange, for i could hard

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ton seemed unimpressed by my arguments, and eager to refute them, having that confidence in his own opinions which had doubtless caused his success as a teacher; whilst i was too sure of my ground to fear defeat. the dusk fell, and lights faintly gleamed in some of the distant windows, but we did not move. our seat on the tomb was very comfortable, and i knew that my prosaic friend would not mind the cavernous rift in the ancient, rootdisturbed brickwork close behind us, or the utter blackness of the spot brought by the intervention of a tottering, deserted seventeenth- century house between us and the nearest lighted road. there in the dark, upon that riven tomb by the deserted house, we talked on about the "unnamable" and after my friend had finished his scoffing i told him of the awful

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

f hid had for it when a boy. in carter's boyhood the venerable gambrel-roofed homestead was still standing and tenanted by his greatuncle christopher. he had visited there often, and had talked singularly about the snake den. people remembered what he had said about a deep fissure and an unknown inner cave beyond, and speculated on the change he had shown after spending one whole memorable day in the cavern when he was nine. that was in october, too- and ever after that he had seemed to have a uncanny knack at prophesying future events. it had rained late in the night that carter vanished, and no one was quite able to trace his footprints from the car. inside the snake den all was amorphous liquid mud, owing to the copious seepage. only the ignorant rustics whispered about the prints they

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

ehension accelerated. the ordinary lipstick counter of today is an example of how many ways man has devised to understand, to see, and then to categorize. pink! sensational evolution rapidly expanded! all about us, more and more people are born who claim to see sights normal eyes never see, hear sounds normal ears never hear, know truths normal hearts never know. they are the 20th-century freaks, the cavemen of the aquarian age. they are the new pioneers. while it may be lonely out there in the lush wilderness, one thing is certain: the colours are vivid in the sparkling clean air, and there's got to be an unbeatable excitement attached to stalking dinosaurs. they used to laugh at people who spoke of ghosts in their houses, but today many universities have a department to investigate repor

INFERNAL UNION

ay which is access to all other fallen angels and watchers. he is the subprince or shadow and fire of lucifer in the east being air. lilith is in jewish folklore, the first eve or wife of adam. she refused adams advances and attempts to subvert her power, independence and inherent equality. she would not lay beneath him in sexual congress by instead called upon the secret names of god and fled to the caves in the shores of the red sea where she mated with demons and spawned the lilim or lilitu, the succubi or sexual vampires.[it has also been said that lilith, adams first wife was the astral image of his desire (which apparently was more than he expected)(pg.270. the lilim were widely feared by the jews, patriarchic or not. mirrors were considered to be a possible point of access to the da

INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVEN FACES OF DARKNESS

ays such as a black mass, a black seder, eating beef (if raised hindu, and so forth. this antinomian stance is no different than the stances above, but it draws the most fire from the public, because it is a reminder to the sleepers that they could awaken, and such reminders are always painful. for those of us along the lhp, we often forget how painful the light was to our eyes when we first left the cave. after the initiate has broken with the symbol systems that teach obedience, he or she must create his or her own cosmology. it is at this point when a unified, coherent picture of the universe begins to emerge from the four areas of body, mind, emotions, and will that the initiate has the first taste of rulership of the inner world. rulership of the inner world means a sense of reality a

ISIS UNVEILED

as seated on a loimge and nursing krishna. the hair brushed back, the long veil, and the golden aureole around the virgin's head, as well as around that of the hindfl savior, are striking. no cathohc, well versed as he might be in the mysterious symbousm of iconology, would hesitate for a moment to worship at that shrine the vii^n mary, the mother of his god* in indur subba, the south entrance of the caves of ellora, may be seen to this day the figure of indra's wife, indrdni, sitting with her infant son-god, pointing the finger to heaven with the same gesture as the italian madonna and child* 102. th*0mitliamdlmtirsemaia*,p.7u 2iided.,p.l73. 193- exo, zzxiz, 25, 26. 194. b. moor: ra
solomon recognised either moses or the law of moses. they aspired to build a temple to nin, like the structures erected by hiram to hercules and venus, adon and astarte. says furst "the very ancient name of god, yaho, written in the greek jaa, appears, apart from ii derwation, to have been an old mystic name of the supreme deity of the shemites [hence it was told to moses when initiated at hor-eb the cave, under the direction of jethro, the kenite or cainite priest of midian] in an old religion of the chal- daeans, whose remains are to be found amongst the neo-flatonists, the highest divinity enthroned above the seven heavens, representing the spiritual light-principle (notu" and also conceived as the demi- urgus* was called low, who was, like the hebrew yaho ^tv, mysterious and unmentiona

a 872. ct. hu mllikt: ckipi. ie, i. p. 217. 873. jovn^ da doatt, avro. 1853. 874. filiphu uvi: dofnu et ritud d (a luut* mttgu. rihid, di. xiii. digitizecoy google 344 isis unveiled mirific name which, according to the most andent orades "mshes into the infinite worlds, ix'f^v^ arpo^ixiyyt* can be obtained in a twcrfom way: by regular initiation, and throng the 'small voice* which elijah heard in the cave of horeb. the mount of god. and "when elijah heard it he wrapped his face in kit manue, and stood in the entering of the cave. and behold there came the voice" wlien apollonius of t^ana deaied to hear the 'small voice' he used to wrap himself up entirely in a mantle of fine wool, on which he placed both his feet, after having performed certain magnetic passes, and i o- nounced not the 'na

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

fence of the society, under the title, apologia compendiaria, praternitatem de rosea-cruce, suspitionis et infamies maculis aspersam abluens, published in 1616 at frankfort. since this time, there has been no authentic account of the rosicrucians. we are now the first translators of robert fludd. amongst an innumerable multitude of images and symbolical figures, with which the walls i.e, those of the caverns of initiation at salsette are covered, the linga or phallus was everywhere conspicuous, often alone, sometimes united with the petal and calyx of the lotus, the point within the circle, and the intersection of two equilateral triangles (dr. oliver, history of initiation. see also maurice on the indian initiations) the linga, or pillar, or stone of memorial, in its material form, is the

KETAB E SIYAH

by the sea without sun i sat, nourished by the flesh of blind fish, turning over and over in my mind many plans by which to progress my design and achieve that to which my soul was pledged. all day and night was lost to me and i knew no more the passing hours but lost in timeless contemplation or fitful sleep i sat or stood or lay. after what time i knew not by the gulf and the booming echoes of the cavern the tumult of my thought was calmed, resolved into a new-formed purpose, perceiving now a clear path to the goal that my spirit thirsted for like life-giving water to a throat parched by the cruel sun's fire amidst the desolate sands of the desert. now, calm purpose made crystal from fluid thought, i looked out across the waters before me with eyes made young with hope. in my joyous rea

that came upon me from behind as i gazed out across the water until i saw its frame reflected in the clear sea, shining with incandescent radiance and, turning to face the one that came upon me, beheld aset, shedim seeress, companion of my true ambition. in a voice of gentle laughter, belying ancient and most sure wisdom, she hailed me by the swelling waters, resounding their frothing roar about the cavern, her voice of power carrying, winged, above the din of the leaping waves "lord satan, commander of our hearts, chadel has missed your sage instruction, now, as the moon has waxed and waned in your absence from the city of your founding. its people knowing not of what befell you, 129 your presence amongst us, comforting, like a bubble, borne on breezes, in an instant denied us, vanishing

ith a knife he wrought upon his sons that which michael had wrought on him and thus marked them for god. having so enacted the law given unto him, he returned to the high mountain cave to hear once more the law of god, given to him by michael's poisoned lips. thus as night came once more upon the earth noah ascended the rocky hill, seeking out with hand and foot 242 some purchase by which to gain the cave and return once more to michael's presence. this eager was he to loose his spite and inflict on those foes that he perceived those torments that he perceived inflicted on his own person. in the evening's twilight he reached the cave and came once more to michael who sat within that grotto, awaiting the prince's returning that he might work greater wrong upon the race of nephilim. so once

orments that he perceived inflicted on his own person. in the evening's twilight he reached the cave and came once more to michael who sat within that grotto, awaiting the prince's returning that he might work greater wrong upon the race of nephilim. so once more, within night's blackness, shadows cast awry by a flickering flame that both warmed and lit that hermitage, michael and noah sat within the cave and noah learnt more of the will of god, though in truth the words were michael's and came from none above michael if truly there were now any above him. now spoke michael, telling of new laws that were given by god to guide noah and his kin from wickedness, that the beguiled fool might be yet bound by firmer chains to the will of heaven. so spoke michael, the deceiver "o noah, son of lam

spoke more, telling of a thousand laws set down that noah might become yet more the instrument of heaven and a tool against me and the shedim. a thousand laws were spoken 244 each binding with strange taboos that had no reason save that whim of michael that did guide their purpose. thus did noah learn all the night the laws of michael and of heaven and as the sun rose in the east went forth from the cave with his laws to teach them to his family and thence to lamech's city as heaven's emissary upon the earth. gladly did his witless family accept these laws, unreasoned though they were indeed, and went with him to the city. entering at the gates went noah from which caravans were sent out to distant shurupuk with treasures by which to please the noble suzerain for utanapishtim had spared t

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

referring to in this book. the most sublime feeling that the return to nature can grant a contemporary person is a temporary and incomplete sensation of nature s force of love. it is only a fraction of what every animal senses. however, nature chapter ten: balance with nature 145 has designed for man a much higher degree of evolution than that. there is good reason why nature has pushed us out of the caves and the bush, and prompted us to develop human society with all its complex systems. it is precisely within the human society, atop the alienation and the intolerance of others, that we must create the balance between us and other people. we must use our own egos as levers to elevate us to that state. a return to nature can be a fascinating experience, but it will not assist us in uproot

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

rception that kabbalists describe, this world may seem very strange to us. today, many quantum physicists are discovering that the world has a strange regularity of time, space, and motion. for example, they say that objects can be in more than one place at a time. this oddity leads them to think that everything is measured with respect to the observer. this means that the existence or absence of the caveman s wall, as well as the ability to move through it, are measured solely by the state of the perceiver s vessels. we are born into this world with five tools of perception the five natural senses and these senses evolve from generation to generation. the environment surrounds every newborn child. as a result, when we grow we perceive the things around us as solid facts, as forms in matte

s ever will. only once these rules have been applied will it be possible to progress in the research and perception of reality. kabbalah was kept hidden until recently because humanity was not ready to understand it correctly. the achievements of contemporary science have prepared us to understand the wisdom of kabbalah. this is why kabbalah is being disclosed today. let us return for a minute to the caveman who stumbled into our time. we tend to think that our vessels are richer than his because we can see forms that for him are nonexistent. however, this is a mistake: while we have indeed evolved and acquired impressions of more forms than did the caveman, building many more vessels, these vessels actually limit us more. forms in matter that we perceive were abstract forms for the cavema

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

sometimes they are joined together, and then one gets the effect of an arrow, whence it is named the arrow of ra, the sun-god, who was also called horus of the double horizon, the son of osiris and isis, and yet a reincarnation of osiris, god in evolution. the lower portion of the drawing refers to his descent into matter, the inverted square signifying descent, and the angle beneath symbolizing the cavern of matter into which he went down. the upper square then indicates that he ascended or rose again. the symbol in the centre- that of the double axe- is that of the most high god; so the complete glyph is thus a kind of symbolic creed, which for those who drew it affirmed their faith in the descent of the deity into matter and his final triumphant ascension from it: gdescended he; ascend

6. they found by experience that one of the most efficient modes of giving such help to large numbers simultaneously was to afford a channel for the outpouring of a vast flood of spiritual force over the surrounding country, and that was what they endeavoured to do in the ceremony which i am about to describe. they said: gall light comes from the great one; but because men shut themselves away in the caves of ignorance and misunder-standing, our earthly mirrors can reflect that light where otherwise it would not penetrate, and so the great one accepts our help, and condescends to use in the work that part of himself which is manifesting through us. h they looked forward to this ceremony with the utmost eagerness and thought no pains too great to take to prepare themselves for it; and they

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

n truth he observes not only what he would have seen if he had been there at the time in the flesh, but much more. he hears and understands all that the people say, and he is conscious of all their thoughts and motives; and one of the most interesting of the many possibilities which open up before one who has learnt to read the records is the study of the thought of ages long past- the thought of the cave-men and the lake-dwellers as well as that which ruled the mighty civilizations of atlantis, of egypt or chaldaea. what splendid possibilities open up before the man who is in full possession of this power may easily be imagined. he has before him a field of historical research of most entrancing interest. not only can he review at his leisure all history with which we are acquainted, corr

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

ante s inferno. in this part of the poem, virgil offers his conception of individual destiny after life, describing the descent of aeneas into hades, the underworld, escorted by the sybil, to reach his father, from whom he will receive a mystic revelation and a prophecy before returning to the upper world. virgil s world of the dead is described as a place below the earth, which can be entered by the cave near lake avernus. it is thus very different from homer s underworld, located in the far northwest, but still apparently on the earth. virgil s underworld is populated by the shades of great personages of legend and of the ordinary men: the righteous souls are allocated to the right region called elysium and the sinners are punished in the left one called tartarus, while the souls of thos

LIBER AASH

the end far distant as the stars that lie in the navel of nuit, do thou slay thyself as i at the end am slain, in the death that is life, in the peace that is the mother of war, in the darkness that holds light in his hand as a harlot that plucks a jewel from her nostrils. 39. so therefore the beginning is delight, and the end is delight, and delight is in the midst, even as the indus is water in the cavern of the glacier, and water among the greater hills and the lesser hills and through the ramparts of the hills and through the plains, and water at the mouth thereof when it leaps forth into the mighty sea, yea, into the mighty s sliber a vel cxi l i b e r a l e p h v e l c x i the book of wisdom or folly in the form of an epistle of 666 the great wild beast to his son 777 being the equin

LIBER CCXLII AHA

r-fires fade as the godhead is displayed. nay, we stir not. everywhere is our temple right appointed. all the earth is faery fair for us. am i not anointed? the sigil burns upon the brow at the adjuration.here and now. olympas. the air is laden with perfumes. marsyas. behold! it beams.it burns.it blooms* olympas. master, how subtly hast thou drawn the daylight from the golden dawn, aha! 37 bidden the cavernous mount unfold its ruby rose, its cross of gold; until i saw, flashed from afar, the hawk fs eye in the silver star! marsyas. peace to all beings. peace to thee, co-heir of mine eternity! peace to the greatest and the least, to nebula and nenuphar! light in abundance be increased on them that dream that shadows are! olympas. blessing and worship to the beast, the prophet of the lovely

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

thy ear. by goddes reed, thou has won the tilt from all the crowd! sir palamedes, the saracen knight 85 within thy proper bowels it sounds mighty and musical at need, as if a thirty couple hounds quested within thee, palamede! now, then, he grasps the desperate truth he hath toiled these many years to see, hath wasted strength, hath wasted youth. he was the beast; the beast was he! he rises from the cave of death, runs to the sea with shining face to know at last the bounteous breath, to taste the goodly gift of grace. ah! palamede, thou has mistook! thou art the butt of all confusion! not to be written in my book is this most drastic disillusion! so weak and ill was he, i doubt if he might hear the royal feast of laughter that came rolling out afar from that elusive beast. yet, those whi

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

ery .i will await him here. so, therefore, there is one place, o thou thief of my heart fs love, adonai, to which thou must come at last; and that place is the tomb in which lie buried all my thoughts and emotions, all that which is .i, and me, and mine. there will i lay myself and await thee, even as our father christian rosenkreutz that laid himself in the pastos in the vault of the mountain of the caverns, abiegnus, on whose portal did he cause to be written the words .post lux crucis annos patebo..1 so thou wilt enter in (as did frater n. n. and his companions) and open the pastos; and with thy winged globe thou wilt touch the rosy cross upon my breast, and i shall wake into life.the true life that is union with thee. so therefore.perinde ac cadaver.i await thee. 12.43. i wrote, by the

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

ph aur, the last two of which he destroys so as to leave only ain, not, or nothing. 3 to (1+ 10+ 50) 3 2 he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. griphus viii. griphus ix. griphus x. culpa urbium nota terr. nechesh. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 85 and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went forth. after ten days fell a thunderbolt, whirling through black clouds of rain: after sixty the road split in two, but he travelled on both at once: after two hundred and sixty, the sun drove away the rain, and

and sixfold therein, being as countenance and countenance. yet, being seventeen, they were but one, and that one none, as before hath been showed. and this enumeration is a great mysterium of our art. whence a light hidden in a cross. now therefore having brooded upon the ocean, and smitten with the sword, and the pyramid being builded in just proportion, was that light fixed even in the vault of the caverns. with one stroke he rent asunder the veil; with one stroke he closed the same. and entering the sarcophagus of that royal tomb he laid him down to sleep. four guarded him, and one in the four; seven enwalled him, and one in the seven, yet were the seven ten, and one in the ten. now therefore his disciples came unto the vault of that mystic mountain, and with the keys they opened the po

LIBER XLIV THE MASS OF THE PHOENIX

ientis. key entry &c. by frater t.s. for niwg/ celephais press. this e-text last revised 13.06.200phliber xliv the mass of the ph.nix v a.a. publication in class d 1 the magician, his breast bare, stands before an altar on which are his burin, bell, thurible, and two of the cakes of light. in the sign of the enterer he reaches west across the altar, and cries: hail ra, that goest in thy bark into the caverns of the dark! he gives the sign of silence, and takes the bell, and fire, in his hands. east of the altar see me stand with light and musick in mine hand! he strikes eleven times upon the bell 3 3 3.5 5 5 5 5.3 3 3 and places the fire in the thurible. i strike the bell: i light the flame: i utter the mysterious name. abrahadabra he strikes eleven times upon the bell. now i begin to pray

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

truction of the race of giants and of humans, as in ragnarok (surt fs fire is mentioned in stanza 10. but many of the predictions of disruption on earth could also fit the volcanic activity that is so common in iceland. at the end of the poem the speaker tells his listeners to remember it or bear a punishment. thord has it word-for-word, but the servant does not. he dies a year after the night in the cave. the cave itself cannot be located, and thord moves closer to the church. see also ragnarok; thor bergelmir (bear-yeller, mountain-yeller, or bare-yeller) giant, one of those from whom giants traced their genealogy. vafthrudnismal, stanza 29, states the lineage of bergelmir. odin has asked vafthrudnir who was the oldest of the asir or of the kin of ymir. vafthrudnir responds, a great many

e mythology is to be bound by the gods and then to break free at ragnarok and wreak havoc: to swallow the sun according to vafthrudnismal and to kill odin according to voluspa. fenrir was bound with a magic fetter and bit off ty lr fs hand, which was placed in his mouth as a pledge that the binding was in sport. fenrir may be identical with garm, who according to a refrain in voluspa howls before the cave gnipahellir: gthe bond will burst/ and the wolf run free. h fenrir was the son of loki and the giantess angrboda, one of a brood of three. in light of the binding of fenrir, we may be justified in regarding the exile of his siblings.the midgard serpent to the outer waters of the sea and hel to the world of the dead.as a kind of binding. no fetters are used, but the serpent does lied coile

east of the elivagar exceedingly wise hymir, at the edge of heaven. my father, the powerful one, owns a kettle, a huge pot, a league deep. finally there is the curious set of stanzas found in bergbua thattr, a thirteenth- century account of one thord and his servant who get lost on his way to church in winter and take shelter for the night in a cave. there they hear the supernatural inhabitant of the cave recite a poem predicting various cataclysmic events. in the seventh (of twelve) stanzas, the poet says that he travels north down into the third netherworld, and there someone fears his arrival at the elivagar. the poem is sometimes difficult to understand, but here at least the peripheral location of the elivagar is assured. there is little useful direct discussion of the elivagar, but i

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

not make the magician. a will to achieve, ambition and the desire and drive make the advancing sorcerer, and through actually practicing the art of magick and witchcraft will the grand awakening occur. there is a path that reveals the manes of the dead, there is a path, from which the wise seek the light, and from the darkness nourish their shades in the dream. this path is born of the goddess of the caves, from which the serpents slither this path is born of the blacksmith who forges the illuminated light of azazel and speaks through the blood of his kin, this is forever a path of fence walking, from which one shall be revealed the great mysteries, spoken in the wind. this is forever a path, from which lilith emerges in the fire of the sabbat, and lucifer emerges as the sun. through the a

ation, so thus the symbols you believed they were are the opposite. face now and invoke shaitan, from which you shall awake. the sigil of shaitan should be focused upon and a mantra be recited, vibrating the name shaitan. take now the athame and focus upon the sigil, 29 force emerged from azoth, from which there is both the beginning and end, i do place this oath before thee. to seek the shadows, the caverns of the earth, the dead and their mighty arcana, come forth and bless my awakening. i call to the angelic, the highest meaning of self, from which all light announces the birth of my being awakened, come forth from the light of dawn. i am the source of light and darkness, from which the peacock feathers grow. from my essence is the flow of time, the current of life and light. such shall

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

ssentially a predatory spirituality which the black adept slowly transforms into upon the path. cain known also as chiva, or chioa, the beast offspring of samael and lilith. tubal-qayin is the lord of the horsemen, the luciferian patron of the path, the initiator. cain in some areas of the luciferian witchcraft gnosis is an earth form of set, the form imposed in flesh and greenery, the desert and the caverns of the earth. cain may be viewed as a symbolic form of awakening, and much of the luciferian witchcraft gnosis is based upon the self-initiatory association with cain. cain is also considered the offspring of asmodeus/samael and lilith, a child of infernal union. the lore of the sorcerous blacksmith is explained in depth in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT THE MYSTERY REVEALED

ce now my way which is our way, that thy mysteries are revealed through dedication! shaitan asmodeus belial lilith hecate eko, eko lucife eluciferian witchcraft-the mystery revealed by michael ford 2001 there is a path which reveal the manes of the dead, there is a path from which the wise seek the light, and from the darkness nourish their shades in the dream. this path is born of the goddess of the caves, from which the serpents slither this path is born of the blacksmith who forges the illuminated light of azazel and speaks through the blood of his kin, this is forever a path of fence walking, from which one shall be revealed the great mysteries, spoken in the wind. this is forever a path from which lilith emerges in the fire of the sabbat, and lucifer emerges as the sun. through the ar

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ether real or only apparent, enabled mithraism to prolong its resistance to christianity" the rites of mithras were performed in caves. porphyry, in his cave of the nymphs, states that zarathustra (zoroaster) was the first to consecrate a cave to the worship of god, because a cavern was symbolic of the earth, or the lower world of darkness. john p. lundy, in his monumental christianity, describes the cave of mithras as follows "but this cave was adorned with the signs of the zodiac, cancer and capricorn. the summer and winter solstices were chiefly conspicuous, as the gates of souls descending into this life, or passing out of it in their ascent to the gods; cancer being the gate of descent, and capricorn of ascent. these are the two avenues of the immortals passing up and down from earth

rnal life and youth. the result was the establishment of the mysteries. the odinic mysteries were given in underground crypts or caves, the chambers, nine in number, representing the nine worlds of the mysteries. the candidate seeking admission was assigned the task of raising balder from the dead. although he did not realize it, he himself played the part of balder. he called himself a wanderer; the caverns through which he passed were symbolic of the worlds and spheres of nature. the priests who initiated him were emblematic of the sun, the moon, and the stars. the three supreme initiators--the sublime, the equal to the sublime, and the highest--were analogous to the worshipful master and the junior and senior wardens of a masonic lodge. after wandering for hours through the intricate pa

ture. p. 32 passed through two gates. the first led downward into the lower worlds and symbolized his birth into ignorance. the second led upward into a room brilliantly lighted by unseen lamps, in which was the statue of ceres and which symbolized the upper world, or the abode of light and truth. strabo states that the great temple of eleusis would hold between twenty and thirty thousand people. the caves dedicated by zarathustra also had these two doors, symbolizing the avenues of birth and death. the following paragraph from porphyry gives a fairly adequate conception of eleusinian symbolism "god being a luminous principle, residing in the midst of the most subtile fire, he remains for ever invisible to the eyes of those who do not elevate themselves above material life: on this account

who in turn gave prophecies to saul, could not a priestess of apollo call up the specter of her liege to foretell the destiny of greece? the most famous oracles of antiquity were those of delphi, dodona, trophonius, and latona, of which the talking oak trees of dodona were the oldest. though it is impossible to trace back to the genesis of the theory of oracular prophecy, it is known that many of the caves and fissures set aside by the greeks as oracles were sacred long before the rise of greek culture. the oracle of apollo at delphi remains one of the unsolved mysteries of the ancients. alexander wilder derives the name delphi from delphos, the womb. this name was chosen by the greeks be cause of the shape of the cavern and the vent leading into the depths of the earth. the original name

oracle, however, is much older than the foregoing account indicates. a story of this kind was probably invented by the priests to explain the phenomena to those inquisitive persons whom they did not consider worthy of enlightenment regarding the true esoteric nature of the oracle. some believe that the delphic fissure was discovered by a hypoborean priest, but as far back as recorded history goes the cave was sacred, and persons came from all parts of greece and the surrounding countries to question the d mon who dwelt in its chimney-like vent. priests and priestesses guarded it closely and served the spirit who dwelt therein and who enlightened humanity through the gift of prophecy. the story of the original discovery of the oracle is somewhat as follows: shepherds tending their flocks on

o a chamber of rest, where she remained till the nervous ecstasy had passed away. iamblichus, in his dissertation on the mysteries, describes how the spirit of the oracle--a fiery d mon, even apollo himself--took control of the pythoness and manifested through her "but the prophetess in delphi, whether she gives oracles to mankind through an attenuated and fiery spirit, bursting from the mouth of the cavern; or whether being seated in the adytum on a brazen tripod, or on a stool with four feet, she becomes sacred to the god; whichsoever of these is the case, she entirely gives herself up to a divine spirit, and is illuminated with a ray of divine fire. and when, indeed, fire ascending from the mouth of the cavern circularly invests her in collected abundance, she becomes filled from it wit

in short, from all the visible apparatus of the place, whether physical or sacred" among the celebrities who visited the oracle of delphi were the immortal apollonius of tyana and his disciple damis. he made his offerings and, after being crowned with a laurel wreath and given a branch of the same plant to carry in his hand, he passed behind the statue of apollo which stood before the entrance to the cave, and descended into the sacred place of the oracle. the priestess was also crowned with laurel and her head bound with a band of white wool. apollonius asked the oracle if his name would be remembered by future generations. the pythoness answered in the affirmative, but declared that it would always be calumniated. apollonius left the cavern in anger, but time has proved the accuracy of t

e all carefully noted, and the priests delivered their oracles accordingly. when the original priests of dodona--the selloi--mysteriously vanished, the oracle was served for many centuries by three priestesses who interpreted the vases and at midnight interrogated the sacred trees. the patrons of the oracles were expected to bring offerings and to make contributions. another remarkable oracle was the cave of trophonius, which stood upon the side of a hill with an entrance so small that it seemed impossible for a human being to enter. after the consultant had made his offering at the statue of trophonius and had donned the sanctified garments, he climbed the hill to the cave, carrying in one hand a cake of honey. sitting down at the edge of the opening, he lowered his feet into the cavern

ight as the wind swayed the branches. some assert that the celebrated talking dove of dodona was in reality a woman, because in thessaly both prophetesses and doves were called peleiadas. it is supposed that the first temple of dodona was erected by deucalion and those who survived the great flood with him. for this reason the oracle at dodona was considered the oldest in greece. p. 64 drawn into the cave, which was described by those who had entered it as having only the dimensions of a fair-sized oven. when the oracle had completed its revelation, the consultant, usually delirious, was forcibly ejected from the cave, feet foremost. near the cave of the oracle two fountains bubbled out of the earth within a few feet of each other. those about to enter the cave drank first from these fount

her. those about to enter the cave drank first from these fountains, the waters of which seemed to possess peculiar occult properties. the first contained the water of forgetfulness, and all who drank thereof forgot their earthly sorrows. from the second fountain flowed the sacred water of mnemosyne, or remembrance, for later it enabled those who partook of it to recall their experiences while in the cave. though its entrance was marked by two brass obelisks, the cave, surrounded by a wall of white stones and concealed in the heart of a grove of sacred trees, did not present an imposing appearance. there is no doubt that those entering it passed through strange experiences, for they were obliged to leave at the adjacent temple a complete account of what they saw and heard while in the orac

n the oracle. the prophecies were given in the form of dreams and visions, and were accompanied by severe pains in the head; some never completely recovered from the after effects of their delirium. the confused recital of their experiences was interpreted by the priests according to the question to be answered. while the priests probably used some unknown herb to produce the dreams or visions of the cavern, their skill in interpreting them bordered on the supernatural. before consulting the oracle, it was necessary to offer a ram to the d mon of the cave, and the priest decided by hieromancy whether the time chosen was propitious and the sacrifice was satisfactory. the seven wonders of the world many of the sculptors and architects of the ancient world were initiates of the mysteries, par

these chakras are of prime importance and have their individual correspondences in the nerve ganglia and plexuses. according to the secret schools, the sacral ganglion is called the four-petaled lotus; the prostatic plexus, the six-petaled lotus; the epigastric plexus and navel, the ten-petaled lotus; the cardiac plexus, the twelve-petaled lotus; the pharyngeal plexus, the sixteen-petaled locus; the cavernous plexus, the two-petaled lotus; and the pineal gland or adjacent unknown center, the thousand-petaled locus. the color, size, and number of petals upon the click to enlarge the tree of the knights of the round table. this remarkable example of the use of the tree in symbolism is from the chateau de pierrefonds in the little town of pierrefonds, northern france. the eight side branches

akiba, a.d. 120. the sepher ha zohar presumably was written by simeon ben jochai, a disciple of akiba. rabbi simeon was sentenced to death about a.d. 161 by lucius verus, co-regent of the emperor marc aurelius antoninus. he escaped with his son and, hiding in a cave, transcribed the manuscript of the zohar with the assistance of elias, who appeared to them at intervals. simeon was twelve years in the cave, during which time he evolved the complicated symbolism of the "greater face" and the "lesser face" while discoursing with disciples rabbi simeon expired, and the "lamp of israel" was extinguished. his death and burial were accompanied by many supernatural phenomena. the legend goes on to relate that the secret doctrines of qabbalism had been in existence since the beginning of the world

mohammed was elevated from a position of comparative poverty to one of great wealth and power, and so exemplary was his conduct that he became known throughout mecca as "the faithful and true" mohammed would have lived and died an honored and respected meccan had he not unhesitatingly sacrificed both his wealth and social position in the service of the god whose voice he heard while meditating in the cavern on mount hira in the month of ramadan. year after year mohammed climbed the rocky and desolate slopes of mount hira (since called jebel nur "the mountain of light) and here in his loneliness cried out to god to reveal anew the pure religion of adam, that spiritual doctrine lost to mankind through the dissensions of religious factions. khadijah, solicitous over her husband's ascetic prac

o reveal anew the pure religion of adam, that spiritual doctrine lost to mankind through the dissensions of religious factions. khadijah, solicitous over her husband's ascetic practices which were impairing his physical health, sometimes accompanied him in his weary vigil, and with womanly intuition sensed the travail of his soul. at last one night in his fortieth year as he lay upon the floor of the cavern, enveloped in his cloak, a great light burst upon him. overcome with a sense of perfect peace and understanding in the blessedness of the celestial presence, he lost consciousness. when he came to himself again the angel gabriel stood before him, exhibiting a silken shawl with mysterious characters traced upon it. from these characters mohammed gained the basic doctrines later embodied

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

the ancient book, decorated in what was dried blood, serpents and signs of my becoming as i understood it. this was my comfort in this desert sand. i felt as if i would die, but yet i could not turn back. my being was tested, and i could not fail save the scorpions sting which would force me to eternal dreamless sleep the very curse of the profane! it was one night after many days of not finding the caves of which i sought, not seeing a soul or any living thing save the shades of the earth which wander aimless. i visualized this ancient page, and with my minds eye i summoned the sigils to flesh, and a gate opened before me zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas i saw a great red dragon coming forth, who was surrounded with flame. this dragon looked unto me and a great shadow emerged from its very

d gray with dirt and sand, what was once white was now soiled. by the noon tide hour i did indeed approach what was caves, i felt a sense of isolation here, yet i was being watched. the sea was violent and still comforting. the air was hot with noxious heat, pouring through my veil as i walked along, tired and aching from this desolate journey. it was here that i heard strange noises, coming from the caves. i begin to have my vision falter, and i grew more and more weak. in confusion and utter exhaustion i fell to my knees, trembling in the heat of the day. i could go on no more, stagnant and decrepit the very sun had raped me of all of which i was. i fell into oblivion. i woke then in the darkness of a cave, on a padded rock ground. i was aching yet slightly refreshed. i wondered so where

queen of demons, yet she was so beautiful and full of life. my mother welcomed me, and her touch was cold. her waist was made of flames, yet she transformed into the bottom half of a beast. she spoke to me of what i was to become, and that i had passed through a rite of passage. i was to become immortal and forever a spirit who walked the path of the dragon, who was my father. in the darkness of the caves, i grew strong again and learned arts which were taught to me by lilith. she was terror, yet kindness in one kiss. i understood that she was the first wife of adam, who then drank of the serpent s wisdom and became immortal in the shadows, she walked between time. i learned how to extend and make flesh my shadow, and desires that i slowly became like my father, who was the prince of the

rom the womb, flesh-born son of the dragon and the harlot goddess, mother of witch blood. spirit and lord of the blackened fires of the forge, who tasted the blood mark as an x upon the brow. o cain, who was awakened by the skull bearing omen of abel lord of beasts and initiator of sorcerous fire, werewolf shapeshifter! let me see within and beyond the caul of lilith s veil! father and brother of the caves wherein are ancient shades, who hold the book of dreaming which is the primal word of the serpent- cain, lord of beasts and transformation, i summon thee, invocate thee within shall your lightening strike upon the forge and illuminate my spirit! my brow marked in blood, horned walker of worlds! strike now with thy hammer, shall the eye of the serpent open forth! unveiled in the nightside

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nversing with demons and harbor relations with the devil. this is completely true! we are of the adversary, the devil, or shaitan. its voice speaks to us through our dreams, through our very lives according to our will. this is witch blood. anyone who has dedicated the self to evolution and the path of sorcery may become one of the witch blood, one who desires it so and is willing to walk through the caverns of darkness to seek the light of self! the witch blood is the awakened or obtained gnosis of inspiration, that from which the subconscious mind is in tune with. all abilities developed with witchcraft are brought forth through sethanic knowledge obtained through the receptive mind. gnosis is witch blood except this state always remains within the subconscious; it is a light no one want

the three shades of witch fire a rite of empowerment and the summoning of her spirits of night hecate is regarded as the triple mooned goddess, the witch queen of primal darkness whom is regarded as babalon, lilith and az. hecate is the goddess of the crossroads, from which one seeks self-initiation by the congress of her in the succubi-fetish spirit. it is through this communion that one enters the caverns of the night, the very temple of hecate. revered as the goddess of the dead, she is the queen of ghosts, shades and 65 65 phantoms of the night. it is in the center of her essence that one discovers there is no difference between hecate and lilith or babalon. this rite of empowerment should be conducted outdoors if possible, near a grave yard from which you would not be disturbed, near

e, o mighty shade within this circle i have made. make me thy werewolf strong and bold 117 117 dreams of terror and lust, behold! grant me a figure strong, tall and spare: with speed of the elk, the claws of a bear; the poison of snakes, the wit of a fox; the stealth of the wolf, the strength of an ox; the jaws of the tiger, the teeth of the shark; the eyes of the cat which sees in the dark! from the caverns of night and shade i call thee forth to enter my flesh and make me thy host we are as one in this web of dreams. for this is the manifestation of marchosias; phantoms of shadow and lycanthropic lust; this elemental i now invoke within my essence. from the home of the werewolf, the home of the dead; with this spirit i thee make" begin a visualization and concentration of the werewolf si

on- which will compensate for the sacrificed sexual release- one must pay heed to control. 122 122 the musick within the chamber should drive one to a seeming frenzy, almost thrashing movements and animalistic passion enveloping you in abrupt, yet manageable spasms of movement. lycanthropic nature derives from the most basic instincts of man s bestial ancestors. the basis of human nature lives in the caverns of the mind, wherein all things secret constitute the light of inspiration. this light is composed of many colors, and of many flames. kundalini (the sacred fire serpent, magickal energy) should be fully awakened at this point, even after the sexual release earlier (a wonderful tantric exercise is to control stimulation after an actual orgasm. the purpose being to build up discipline w

the top of the blood vial and poured most of the contents within the circle, forming as best i could the sigil which represented the vampire spirit. 129 129 invocation of vampiric elementals "of the qlipoth you are bred, to which the cup of dragons blood is filled mother of abominations, whose mighty title is qoph: i evoke thee through this circle, guarded by the sacred names of shaitan by which the caverns of da ath shall be opened move and appear within this circle, so that thou can be within this sacred space no harm shall come to us for our rite is sacred under the sign of carrefour; black witch mother of blood giving life of night bane and the moths of the hidden space, i evoke thy specter to this circle" my evocations led up to a powerful intonation, at which i felt kundalini rising

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ion, and genetic manipulation for behold, the lord will come with fire, and his chariots, like the whirlwind, to render hisanger with fury (isaiah 1 6:15) and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men,and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of themountains. and they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, forfear of the lordwhen he ariseth to shake terribly the earth (isaiah 2) but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night, in which heaven shall pass awaywith a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and theworks that are therein shall be burned up (book of peter) and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smot

and ultima thule.viracocha of perucalled the white one. he constructed the sun and moon and created the inhabitants of the earth. thelatter attacked him with murderous intent.he civilized the peruvians, taught them arts and agriculture and religion; they called him the teacher ofall things. he came from the east and disappeared into the western ocean. four civilizers followedhim who emerged from the cave pacarin tampu, the house of birth. these four brothers were alsocalled viracochas, white men (from brintons myths of the new w orld, p. 193 (compare this with thedescriptions of the celtic sun-god lugh.)the peruvians believed that the rainbow was a sign that there would be no more destruction of the worldby deluge. rayless ones the peruvians speak of the rayless ones, that possessed the e

v aldamar v alerianunderground cities and civilizationsin 1572, a select and hardy group of about 500 german colonists originating mainly from prussia arehired as soldier-mercenaries by sebastian i, king of portugal, to man a garrison up the amazon river.later, the group had problems with the local indians and during their getaway stumbled upon a caveentrance on the side of a mountain. exploring the cave, they found entrances to deep underground tun-nels. factions of this german colony reemerged in 1647. headed by a german called v on luckner, thecolony broke into several underground cities over a period of several hundred years. cities were estab-lishedthese colonists also discovered another civilization with linguistic roots similar to german whohad descended to earth some 30,000 years

o this country and doubtless they had their origin inthe orient.war weapons, copper instruments, sharp-edged and hard as steel, indicate the high state of civilizationreached by these strange people. so interested have the scientists become that preparations are beingmade to equip the camp for extensive studies, and the force will be increased to thirty or forty persons. before going further into the cavern, better facilities for lighting will have to be installed, for the dark-ness is dense and quite impenetrable for the average flashlight. in order to avoid being lost, wires arebeing strung from the entrance to all passageways leading directly to large chambers. how far this cav-appendix d: scientific evidence290atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation ern extends no one can

ge chambers. how far this cav-appendix d: scientific evidence290atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation ern extends no one can guess, but it is now the belief of many that what has already been explored ismerely the barracks, to use an american term, for the soldiers, and that far into the underworld will befound the main communal dwellings of the families. the perfect ventilation of the cavern, the steadydraught that blows through, indicates that it has another outlet to the surface.mr. kinkaid was the first white child born in idaho and has been an explorer and hunter all his life,thirty years having been in the service of the smithsonian institute. even briefly recounted, his historysounds fabulous, almost grotesque: first, i would impress that the cavern is nearly inaccess

arly inaccessible. the entrance is 1,486 feet down the sheercanyon wall. it is located on government land and no visitor will be allowed there under penalty of tres-pass.the scientist's wish to work unmolested, without fear of the archaeological discoveries being disturbedby curio or relic hunters. a trip there would be fruitless, and the visitor would be sent on his way. the story of how i found the cavern has been related, but in a paragraph: i was journeying down thecolorado river in a boat, alone, looking for minerals. some forty two miles up the river from the eltovar crystal canyon, i saw on the east wall, stains in the sedimentary formation about 2,000 feet abovethe river bed. there was no trail to this point, but i finally reached it with great difficulty. above a shelf,which hid i

ph: i was journeying down thecolorado river in a boat, alone, looking for minerals. some forty two miles up the river from the eltovar crystal canyon, i saw on the east wall, stains in the sedimentary formation about 2,000 feet abovethe river bed. there was no trail to this point, but i finally reached it with great difficulty. above a shelf,which hid it from view from the river, was the mouth of the cave.there are steps leading from this entrance some thirty yards to what was, at the time the cavern wasinhabited, the level of the river. when i saw the chisel marks on the wall inside the entrance, i becameinterested, securing my gun and went in.during that trip, i went back several hundred feet along the main passage till i came to the crypt inwhich i discovered the mummies. one of these i

been found, no skins, no clothing, no bedding. manyof the rooms are bare but for water vessels. one room, about 40 by 700 feet, was probably the main din-ing hall, for cooking utensils are found here.what these people lived on is a problem, though it is presumed that they came south in the winter andfarmed in the valleys, going back north in the summer. upwards of 50,000 people could have lived inthe caverns comfortably. one theory is that the present indian tribes found in arizona are descendants ofthe serfs or slaves of the people, which inhabited the cave. undoubtedly a good many thousand of yearsbefore the christian era a people lived here which reached a high stage of civilization. the chronologyof human history is full of gaps.professor jordan much enthused over the discoveries and b

he sun, asking the blessing of peace, good will and rainfor people of one heart. that messenger never returned, but today at the hopi villages at sundown canbe seen the old men of the tribe out on the housetops gazing toward the sun, looking for the messenger.when he returns, their lands and ancient dwelling place will be restored to them. that is the tradition. among the engravings of animals in the cave is seen the image of a heart over the spot where it islocated. the legend was learned by w. e. rollins the artist, during a year spent with the hopi indians.there are two theories of the origin of the egyptians. one is that they came from asia; another that theracial cradle was in the upper nile region. heeren, an egyptologist, believed in the indian origin of theegyptians. the discoverie

y yajna protect me fromdefamation and harm from the populace, and may lord balarama as shesha protect me from enviousserpents (bhagavata purana 6.8.18) the supreme personality of godhead said: freed from all sinful reactions are those who rise from bedat the end of night, early in the morning, and fully concentrate their minds with great attention upon myform; your form; this lake; this mountain; the caves; the gardens; the cane plants; the bamboo plants; thecelestial trees; the residential quarters of me, lord brahma and lord shiva; the three peaks of trikutamountain, made of gold, silver and iron; my very pleasing abode [the ocean of milk; the white island,shvetadvipa, which is always brilliant with spiritual rays; my mark of shrivatsa; the kaustubha gem;my v aijayanti garland; my club

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n, the very willed focus of the left hand path. in the closing reference of the self in identification with both god and goddess, lover and devouress, this is acknowledging the daemonic feminine as a strong and creative part of self. we who awake to this path are but children of lilith, thus by identifying and self-acknowledging this point will bless the self upon a determined journey of success. the caves of lilitu -a bestial rite of empowerment- the foundation for this working is in the zoharic myths of hebrew origin. the k'lifah (called husks of evil) is from which lilith emerges from. consider also the realm of husks or shells, the qlippoth, the place of demons. the legends of lilith portray her as having the body of a beautiful woman from head to navel, and below she is flaming fire

m which places her as the queen of beasts. they (the beasts) are found chanting to her in the dark of night. lilith went forth to the desert to become the queen of zemargad (the desert domain, she then joined with samael and gave birth to thousands of liliam, lilitu, the demon succubi who copulate with the shadow of man and woman. it was when lilith entered the desert and began creating demons in the caves by the red sea that her bestial aspect and fiery darkness of spirit emerged and grew in its coming into being. she practiced along with her children the lilitu, sorcery and seduction, and with the sexual fluids created more succubi and demonic forms. lilith in this aspect is our teacher and initiator of magick and sorcery, that by using sexual fluids and charging/consecrating talismans

MORALS AND DOGMA

frank, straightforward, conscientious course, for any temptation; his integrity and conscientiousness are the image of god to us; and when we believe in _it, it is as great and generous an act, as when we believe in the rectitude of the deity. in gay assemblies for amusement, the good affections of life gush and mingle. if _they_ did not, these gathering-places would be as dreary and repulsive as the caves and dens of outlaws and robbers. when friends meet, and hands are warmly pressed, and the eye kindles and the countenance is suffused with gladness, there is a religion between their hearts; and each loves and worships the true and good that is in the other. it is not policy, or self-interest, or selfishness that spreads such a charm around that meeting, but the halo of bright and beauti

he would keep his body pure; govern his tongue, and observe a passive obedience in receiving the doctrines and traditions of the order; and the firmest secrecy in maintaining inviolable its hidden and abstruse mysteries. then he was sprinkled with water (whence our _baptism; certain words, now unknown, were whispered in his ear; and he was divested of his shoes, and made to go three times around the cavern. hence our three circuits; hence we were neither barefoot nor shod: and the words were the pass-words of that indian degree. the gymnosophist priests came from the banks of the euphrates into ethiopia, and brought with them their sciences and their doctrines. their principal college was at meroe, and their mysteries were celebrated in the temple of amun, renowned for his oracle. ethiopi

tau cross, and of _sceptres, over the kings. in the mysteries of mithras, a sacred cave, representing the whole arrangement of the world, was used for the reception of the initiates. zoroaster, says eubulus, first introduced this custom of consecrating caves. they were also consecrated, in crete, to jupiter; in arcadia, to the moon and pan; and in the island of naxos, to bacchus. the persians, in the cave where the mysteries of mithras were celebrated, fixed the seat of that god, father of generation, or demiourgos, near the equinoctial point of spring, with the northern portion of the world on his right, and the southern on his left. mithras, says porphyry, presided over the equinoxes, seated on a bull, the symbolical animal of the demiourgos, and bearing a sword. the equinoxes were the g

like moses, claimed to have conversed face to face, as man with man, with the deity; and to have received from him a system of pure worship, to be communicated only to the virtuous, and those who would devote themselves to the study of philosophy. his fame spread over the world, and pupils came to him from every country. even pythagoras was his scholar. after his novitiate, the candidate entered the cavern of initiation, and was received on the point of a sword presented to his naked left breast, by which he was slightly wounded. being crowned with olive, anointed with balsam of benzoin, and otherwise prepared, he was purified with fire and water, and went through seven stages of initiation. the symbol of these stages was a high ladder with seven rounds or steps. in them, he went through

s "canst thou" asks job "bind the sweet influences of the pleiades or loose the bands of orion" and in the book of amos we find these stars connected with the victory of light over darkness "seek him" says that seer "that maketh the seven stars (the familiar name of the pleiades, and orion, and turneth the shadow of death into morning" an old legend in masonry says that a dog led the nine elus to the cavern where abiram was hid. bo tes was anciently called caleb anubach, a barking dog; and was personified in anubis, who bore the head of a dog, and aided isis in her search. arcturus, one of his stars, fiery red, as if fervent and zealous, is also connected by job with the pleiades and orion. when taurus opened the year, arcturus rose after the sun, at the time of the winter solstice, and se

e is of 12 stones. on each of the sides, east, west, and south, are three. in the centre was the image of the deity; and on the north an avenue of twice nineteen stones, and one at the entrance. the supernal pagoda at benares is in the form of a cross; and the druidical subterranean grotto at new grange in ireland. the statue of osiris at rome had the same emblem. isis and ceres also bore it; and the caverns of initiation were constructed in that shape with a pyramid over the _sacellum. crosses were cut in the stones of the temple of serapis in alexandria; and many tau crosses are to be seen in the sculptures of alabastion and esn, in egypt. on coins, the symbol of the egyptian god kneph was a cross within a circle. the crux ansata was the particular emblem of osiris, and his sceptre ended

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

3 to the 1000. the problem of efficiency consequently appears practically insoluble. we are now struck with the fact that nuit commands us to exercise the utmost freedom in our choice of the method of utilizing the services of this our first, our finest and our fieriest talisman; the license appears at first sight unconditioned in the most express and explicit terms that it is possible to employ. the caveat "but always unto me, sounds like an afterthought. we are almost shocked when, in the following verse, we discover a menace, none the less dread because of the obscurity of its terms. our first consideration only adds to our sense of surprised repugnance. it becomes evident that one type of act is forbidden, with the penalty of falling altogether from the law of liberty to the code of cr

ord; for it is i that go" now, the semen is god (the going-one, as shown by the ankh or sandal-strap, which he carries, because he goes in at the door, stays there for a specified period, and comes out again, having flowered, and still bearing in him that seed of going (the birth of a girl is a misfortune everywhere, because the true going-principle is the lion-serpent, or dragon; the egg is only the cavern where he takes refuge on occasions" perhaps the birth of a girl is a misfortune in some countries; but this is due to the 'sin' syndrome of the aeon of os iris. in this aeon, the sexes are complementary. it would be a much greater misfortune if no girls were born! liber 418 explains this succinctly; 3rd aethyr "moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut hers

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

to have been instructed by apollo. hermes was the son of zeus and maia, the eldest and most beautiful of the seven pleiades (daughters of atlas, and was born in a cave of mount cyllene in arcadia. as a mere babe, he exhibited an extraordinary faculty for cunning and dissimulation; in fact, he was a thief from his cradle, for, not many hours after his birth, we find him creeping stealthily out of the cave in which he was born, in order to steal some oxen belonging to his brother apollo, who was at this time feeding the flocks of admetus. but he had not proceeded very far on his expedition before he found a tortoise, which he killed, and, stretching seven strings across the empty shell, invented a lyre, upon which he at once began to play with exquisite skill. when he had sufficiently amuse

disclose the author of the theft. the ruse succeeded, for the avaricious shepherd, unable to resist the tempting bait, gave the desired information, upon which hermes, exerting his divine power, changed him into a lump of touchstone, as a [120]punishment for his treachery and avarice. hermes now killed two of the oxen, which he sacrificed to himself and the other gods, concealing the remainder in the cave. he then carefully extinguished the fire, and, after throwing his twig shoes into the river alpheus, returned to cyllene. apollo, by means of his all-seeing power, soon discovered who it was that had robbed him, and hastening to cyllene, demanded restitution of his property. on his complaining to maia of her son's conduct, she pointed to the innocent babe then lying, apparently fast aslee

weet sleep on my mother's bosom, and have never even crossed the threshold of our dwelling. you know well that i am not guilty; but, if you wish, i will affirm it by the most solemn oaths" as the child stood before him, looking the picture of innocence, zeus could not refrain from smiling at his cleverness and cunning, but, being perfectly aware of his guilt, he commanded him to conduct apollo to the cave where he had concealed the herd, and hermes, seeing that further subterfuge was useless, unhesitatingly obeyed. but when the divine shepherd was page 133 about to drive his cattle back into pieria, hermes, as though by chance, touched the chords of his [121]lyre. hitherto apollo had heard nothing but the music of his own three-stringed lyre and the syrinx, or pan's pipe, and, as he listen

teresting description of the abode of hypnus is given by ovid in his metamorphoses. he tells us how the god of sleep dwelt in a mountain-cave near the realm of the cimmerians, which the sun never pierced with his rays. no sound disturbed the page 160 stillness, no song of birds, not a branch moved, and no human voice broke the profound silence which reigned everywhere. from the lowermost rocks of the cave issued the river lethe, and one might almost have supposed that its course was arrested, were it not for the low, monotonous hum of the water, which invited slumber. the entrance was partially hidden by numberless white and red poppies, which mother night had gathered and planted there, and from the juice of which she extracts drowsiness, which she scatters in liquid drops all over the ea

osed that its course was arrested, were it not for the low, monotonous hum of the water, which invited slumber. the entrance was partially hidden by numberless white and red poppies, which mother night had gathered and planted there, and from the juice of which she extracts drowsiness, which she scatters in liquid drops all over the earth, as soon as the sun-god has sunk to rest. in the centre of the cave stands a couch of blackest ebony, with a bed of down, over which is laid a coverlet of sable hue. here the god himself reposes, surrounded by innumerable forms. these are idle dreams, more numerous than the sands of the sea. chief among them is morpheus, that changeful god, who may assume any shape or form he pleases. nor can the god of sleep resist his own power; for though he may rouse

his younger brother, pelias, and with difficulty succeeded in saving the life of his young son, jason, who was at that time only ten years of age. he intrusted him to the care of the centaur chiron, by whom he was carefully trained in company with other noble youths, who, like himself, afterwards page 245 signalized themselves by their bravery and heroic exploits. for ten years jason remained in the cave of the centaur, by whom he was instructed in all useful and warlike arts. but as he approached manhood he became filled with an unconquerable desire to regain his paternal inheritance. he therefore took leave of his kind friend and preceptor, and set out for iolcus to demand from his uncle pelias the kingdom which he had so unjustly usurped. in the course of his journey he came to a broad

eracles prevailed on his kind host to make an exception in his favour; but the powerful, luscious odour of the good old wine soon spread over the mountains, and brought large numbers of centaurs to the spot, all armed with huge rocks and fir-trees. heracles drove them back with fire-brands, and then, following up his victory, pursued them with his arrows as far as malea, where they took refuge in the cave of the kind old centaur chiron. unfortunately, however, as heracles was shooting at them with his poisoned darts, one of these pierced the knee of chiron. when heracles discovered that it was the friend of his early days that he had wounded, he was overcome with sorrow and regret. he at once extracted the arrow, and anointed the wound with a salve, the virtue of which had been taught him

avoured to persuade odysseus to return to the ship; but the hero being curious to make the acquaintance of the owner of this extraordinary abode, ordered them to remain and await his pleasure. towards evening a fierce giant made his appearance, bearing an enormous load of wood upon his shoulders, and driving before him a large flock of sheep. this was polyphemus, the son of poseidon, the owner of the cave. after all his sheep had entered, the giant rolled before the entrance to the cave an enormous rock, which the combined strength of a hundred men would have been powerless to move. having kindled a fire of great logs of pine-wood he was about to prepare his supper when the flames revealed to him, in a corner of the cavern, its new occupants, who now came forward and informed him that they

remains, washing down the ghastly meal with huge draughts of milk. he then stretched his gigantic limbs on the ground, and soon fell fast asleep beside the fire. thinking the opportunity a favourable one to rid himself and his companions of their terrible enemy, odysseus drew his sword, and, creeping stealthily forward, was about to slay the giant when he suddenly remembered that the aperture of the cave was effectually page 340 closed by the immense rock, which rendered egress impossible. he [309]therefore wisely determined to wait until the following day, and set his wits to work in the meantime to devise a scheme by which he and his companions might make their escape. when, early next morning, the giant awoke, two more unfortunate companions of the hero were seized by him and devoured;

e. he [309]therefore wisely determined to wait until the following day, and set his wits to work in the meantime to devise a scheme by which he and his companions might make their escape. when, early next morning, the giant awoke, two more unfortunate companions of the hero were seized by him and devoured; after which polyphemus leisurely drove out his flock, taking care to secure the entrance of the cave as before. next evening the giant devoured two more of his victims, and when he had finished his revolting meal odysseus stepped forward and presented him with a large measure of wine which he had brought with him from his ship in a goat's skin. delighted with the delicious beverage the giant inquired the name of the donor. odysseus replied that his name was noman, whereupon polyphemus, g

last. the monster, thoroughly overcome with the powerful old liquor, soon fell into a heavy sleep, and odysseus lost no time in putting his plans into execution. he had cut during the day a large piece of the giant's own olive-staff, which he now heated in the fire, and, aided by his companions, thrust it into the eye-ball of polyphemus, and in this manner effectually blinded him. the giant made the cave resound with his howls of pain and rage. his cries being heard by his brother cyclops, who lived in caves not far distant from his own, they soon came trooping over the hills from all sides, and assailed the door of the cave with inquiries concerning the cause of his cries and groans. but as his only reply was "noman has injured me" they concluded that he had been playing them a trick, an

h. the sheep were very large, and odysseus, with bands of willow taken from the bed of polyphemus, had cleverly linked them together three abreast, and under each centre one had secured one of his comrades. after providing for the safety of his companions, odysseus himself selected the finest ram of the flock, and, by clinging to the wool of the animal, made his escape. as the sheep passed out of the cave the giant felt carefully among them for his victims, but not finding them on the backs of the animals he let them pass, and thus they all escaped. they now hastened on board their vessel, and odysseus, thinking himself at a safe distance, shouted out his real name and mockingly defied the giant; whereupon polyphemus seized a huge rock, and, following the direction of the voice, hurled it

ONYX TABLET OF SET

nd ourselves to set's truth by limiting our own perceptions* for those who believe that set dwells within us, that we are set, this doesn't mean that we can stop questioning, clarifying, investigating, testing our position and what we think we are; or that we can't continue to improve, grow, xeper* those perceiving set as the platonic form face the possibility of thinking they have broken free of the cave and can see set "in broad daylight, not realizing that- a) we're still mostly in the cave- b) outside of the cave the light is bright, and our nocturnal eyes may take time to adjust properly- c) outside some things continue to remain in shadow. everything is not always clearly visible. the effects and brightness of the light may create an illusion of a different quality, but an illusion n

PATH OF INITIATION

d" is felt and expressed, from human to what is beyond human; this is the earth or land experience. 2. the 'year and a day' period (or a set period of a fixed time) of internal growth, or the "spiritual hermitage, or the trial-time; also, at times, instruction by otherworldly beings or their representatives; this is the station of the circling airs, that communicate knowledge. 3. the descent into the cavern of the black water and the two torches, or the initiatory chamber below (the chamber or cavern of enody or zerinthia) to the source, or to the presence of the initiatrix in the innerworld/underworld, the pale woman under the hill, queen in the meadows of elfhame, who brings about (a normally traumatic) ego death in the candidate, and bestows the innerworld birth, purification, and regen

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

rone. they killed each other and creon, their uncle, who had supported etiocles, buried him with honor, leaving polynices to rot on the battlefield. on pain of death, antigone performed a token burial. furious, creon shut her up in a cave to die, refusing the pleas of haemon, his son and antigone s betrothed, to forgive her. on the advice of the seer teiresias, he finally relented. but on opening the cave, he found that antigone had hanged herself. cursing his father, haemon killed himself. the labors of hercules 50 hercules did not know where to find the garden of the hesperides where the golden apples grew. the nymphs of the river eridanos told him that the shapeshifting sea god nereus knew the answer. hercules wrestled with nereus to force him to answer his question. the god transformed

arthage, she acted first, making sure that cupid (eros) caused dido to fall so deeply in love with aeneas that her allegiance to juno would be forgotten. devoted sister anna, dido s sister, encouraged her in her love for aeneas. when dido built a pyre, anna helped, thinking she meant to practice love magic, either to bring aeneas back or to free herself from his spell. dark cave light shines from the cave, offering shelter from the storm. it was here that juno, goddess of marriage, to whom dido had made sacrifice, joined her with aeneas. in doing this, she planned to keep aeneas in her favored city of carthage rather than let him found rome, a city that might destroy carthage. dido, queen of carthage dido is wearing a yellow dress. when she welcomed aeneas and his men to carthage, he gave

low dress. when she welcomed aeneas and his men to carthage, he gave her a dress in gratitude. it had a border woven of yellow acanthus flowers and had originally belonged to helen of troy. dido and aenea s esca pe a st orm by johann heinrich tischbein (1722 89) this painting shows dido and aeneas about to enter a cave to shelter from a storm that has blown up while they have been out hunting. in the cave, they admit their love for each other and thereafter aeneas is dido s consort. aeneas aeneas follows dido, accompanied by cupid. like dido, aeneas had been married but his wife, creusa, had died on the journey. he had a son called ascanius, who in virgil s aeneid is almost adult. dido and aeneas 67 nymphs the heavens were witness to the marriage of dido and aeneas within the cave. lightni

eaving hall where amaterasu and her maidens wove the fabric of the universe. he frightened and offended her so much that she withdrew to the seclusion of a cave, plunging both heaven and earth into darkness. the other gods were very concerned and determined to lure amaterasu back into the world. they thought long and hard and finally decided to work on her curiosity by causing a commotion outside the cave, and tricking her into believing that they were welcoming a deity even greater than herself. this superior deity was in fact, amaterasu s own reflection in a mirror. amaterasu emerges this tryptych shows the moment when amaterasu emerges from her cave, amazed at the noise that is going on outside in the darkness. as she appears, the world is flooded with light and ta-jikawa-wo, hauling ba

y by the heavenly smith, hangs from the sacred sakaki tree. as she emerges, amaterasu is blinded by the reflection of her own light and is tricked into believing that the gods are celebrating the arrival of a new goddess, even greater and brighter than she is herself. sakaki tree this tree is the 500-branched sacred sakaki tree that the gods dug up from heavenly mount kagu. they set it up outside the cave and hung it with white cloth streamers as offerings to the goddess. vocal audience the gods gather, eight-hundred myriad strong, and create a cheerful racket. when amaterasu asks why they are laughing, since the world is now in darkness, they reply that they are welcoming a goddess who shines more brightly than herself. ama-no-uzume ama-no-uzume performs a kind of striptease outside the c

n herself. ama-no-uzume ama-no-uzume performs a kind of striptease outside the cave, provoking great hilarity among the gods, and curiosity on the part of amaterasu who has no idea what is happening. because of her role in this myth, she is often described as a dawn goddess, but her name means terrible female of heaven. amaterasu intrigued by the noise and laughter outside, amaterasu emerges from the cave to see what all the fuss is about, bringing light back into the world. susano, the storm god once amaterasu had returned to the world, the gods punished susano by cutting off his beard and his finger- and toenails and banishing him to the human world. here, he saw a pair of chopsticks floating down the river and set off to find who owned them. he soon found the owners an elderly couple de

PHOSPHORUS

erfected spirit do move through me as i descend with you! guide me unto the empyrean and celestial sabbat of self-deification! from the north, belial, lord of the earth and perfected essence of both angel and beast, do move the spirits of the earth of wolf and jackal, come forth through me! i seek thy mysteries of the earth, of the infernal sabbat and its pleasure of lilith-hecate! i descend into the caverns of darkness with thee! from the west, leviathan, lord of the gateways of the darkness of the oceans, i do summon thee to behold my path! i seek thou crooked serpent of which i shall walk with in the timeless arena of thy being! i seek to pass through the gateway of the abyss! leviathan arise and cast thy fiery eye into my very spirit! 15 i proclaim my self as created and reborn in luci

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

as a moabite.23 king david, of course, was the ancestor of the messiah. thus, the soul of the messiah was latent in lot, who had chosen to live in sodom.24 it was therefore necessary that all three [angels] come at the same time: one [came] to find [the souls of] israel in abraham. one [came] to overthrow sodom, so that lot could [be extricated from there by the third and] leave there and hide in the cave where g-d had wine waiting for him so david, the [progenitor of the] messiah of the g-d of jacob,25 could be [eventually] be born. therefore the three came at the same time. understand this. until this point in his life, lot only had daughters, all of whom were already mature by this time. therefore, it is unlikely that he would have had sons had he remained in sodom and not have had ince

essiah latent within him. furthermore, the society of sodom was so degenerate that it presumably could not have ghosted h the soul of the messiah; therefore, g-d had to extricate it from there. lot fs daughters, thinking that g-d had destroyed humanity again, gave their father wine to drink in order that he repopulate the world through them. the sages say that g-d arranged for there to be wine in the cave where they fled in order for lot to father the two nations of ammon and moab.26 furthermore, just as isaac issued from abraham [the messiah, the future] isaac issued from lot [as follows] the name isaac [yitzchak] can be seen as the combination of the words for gthe end of the live one, h referring to the messiah. this is the [mystical] meaning of the verse, ghe asked of you life c, h27 a

dren. h11 the elderly, the grandparents, are keter, and their fulfillment is when their grandchildren, z feir anpin and nukva, are permeated with their heritage, their five states of chesed shining forth from their glowing faces .translated from likutei torah and sha far hapesukim 10 genesis 15:15. 11 17:6. 113 parashat chayei sarah [fourth installment] in this portion of the torah, we read about the cave of machpelah:1 abraham arose and bowed low to the people of the land, the hittites, and he said to them, gif it is your wish that i remove my dead for burial, you must agree to intercede for me with efron son of tzohar, that he sell me the cave of machpelah that he owns, which is at the edge of his field. let him sell it to me, at the full price, for a burial site in your midst. h efron w

ith efron son of tzohar, that he sell me the cave of machpelah that he owns, which is at the edge of his field. let him sell it to me, at the full price, for a burial site in your midst. h efron was seated among the hittites; so efron the hittite answered abraham so the hittites could hear.all who had entry to the gate of his town.saying, gno, my lord, hear me: i give you the field and i give you the cave that is in it; i give it to you in the presence of my people. bury your dead. h then abraham bowed low before the people of the land, and spoke to efron so the people of the land could hear, saying, gif only you would hear me out! let me pay the price of the field; accept it from me, that i may bury my dead there. h efron replied to abraham, saying to him, gmy lord, hear me! a piece of la

efron the money that he had named so the hittites could hear.four hundred shekels of silver at the going merchants f rate. so efron fs field in machpelah, near mamre.the field with its cave and all the trees within the borders of that field.passed to abraham as his possession, in the presence of the hittites, of all who had entry to the gate of his town. and then abraham buried his wife sarah in the cave of the field of machpelah, facing mamre.that is hebron.in the land of canaan. thus the field with its cave passed from the hittites to abraham, as a burial site. the cave of machpelah is mentioned three more times in the torah: and his sons, isaac and ishmael, buried [abraham] in the cave of machpelah in the field of efron the son of tzohar the hittite.2 bury me with my fathers, in the ca

g mamre.that is hebron.in the land of canaan. thus the field with its cave passed from the hittites to abraham, as a burial site. the cave of machpelah is mentioned three more times in the torah: and his sons, isaac and ishmael, buried [abraham] in the cave of machpelah in the field of efron the son of tzohar the hittite.2 bury me with my fathers, in the cave in the field of efron the hittite, in the cave that is in the field of machpelah, opposite mamre, in the land of canaan, the field that abraham bought from efron the hittite as a burial plot.3 and his sons carried him to the land of canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of machpelah, the field that abraham bought for a burial plot from efron the hittite, opposite mamre.4 the question is raised in the zohar5 as to why once [i

f machpelah, opposite mamre, in the land of canaan, the field that abraham bought from efron the hittite as a burial plot.3 and his sons carried him to the land of canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of machpelah, the field that abraham bought for a burial plot from efron the hittite, opposite mamre.4 the question is raised in the zohar5 as to why once [in this passage] it is written gthe cave of machpelah, h another time it is written gthe field of machpelah, h and yet another time it is written gthe cave of the field of machpelah. h the zohar explains that the word machpelah refers to malchut, for machpelah means gdoubled, h and malchut is signified by the second hei of the name havayah, the only letter that is doubled in this name. the gfield of machpelah h refers to the fac

the name havayah, the only letter that is doubled in this name. the gfield of machpelah h refers to the fact that malchut is also called gthe field of holy apples. h abraham knew that the divine presence, the shechinah.synonymous with malchut, was present in the field surrounding this cave, and that fs why he wanted to bury sarah there. but he hid this knowledge from the hittites and referred to the cave simply as gthe cave of machpelah, h not mentioning the field. when the torah itself describes the area, however it uses the word gfield. h the arizal now elaborates on this explanation. the explanation is as follows: 1 genesis 23:7-20. 2 ibid. 25:9. 3 ibid. 49:29-30. 4 ibid. 50:13. 5 1:128b. the arizal on parashat chayei sarah (2) 114 both the higher ima( gmother h, which is binah, and th

he 52- name, giving four hei fs, and (3) the fact that there is a 52-name in both ima and nukva, giving 8 hei fs. having discussed what the four hei fs are in both the 52-name of ima and the 52-name of nukva, the arizal now considers again the original four hei fs: the two hei fs of the name havayah and the two hei fs used to spell them out. the first hei of them all is the origin, and is called gthe cave of machpelah. h it by itself is called gthe cave, h but since implicit within it is the hei used to spell it out, it is called gthe cave of machpelah. h the first hei by itself is called gthe cave h since it something that has something inside it, just like a cave is a hollow that can contain something else. when it is considered together with its implicit contents, the hei used to spell

h it by itself is called gthe cave, h but since implicit within it is the hei used to spell it out, it is called gthe cave of machpelah. h the first hei by itself is called gthe cave h since it something that has something inside it, just like a cave is a hollow that can contain something else. when it is considered together with its implicit contents, the hei used to spell it out, it is called gthe cave of machpelah, h i.e, the cave containing its own double. the second hei, i.e, the spelling out of the first, origin-hei, is called gmachpelah h by itself. as it is written, gso efron fs field in machpelah c, h for it is the doubled hei, as we said. in this verse, the word machpelah is used by itself, not describing a field or cave. the doubled hei is simply called gthe double, h machpelah

tten, gso efron fs field in machpelah c, h for it is the doubled hei, as we said. in this verse, the word machpelah is used by itself, not describing a field or cave. the doubled hei is simply called gthe double, h machpelah. the third hei, the original lower [hei of the name havayah, is called gthe field of machpelah. h the fourth hei, the one used to spell out the original lower hei, is called gthe cave of the field of machpelah. h the second hei of the name havayah refers to malchut, the partzuf of nukva. this sefirah/partzuf is synonymous with the divine presence, the shechinah, which is also known as gthe field of holy apples, h as mentioned above. the imagery of the fourth hei, as a gcave, h seems to be the reverse of the cave-imagery for the first hei. here, the cave is the place wh

hut, the partzuf of nukva. this sefirah/partzuf is synonymous with the divine presence, the shechinah, which is also known as gthe field of holy apples, h as mentioned above. the imagery of the fourth hei, as a gcave, h seems to be the reverse of the cave-imagery for the first hei. here, the cave is the place where the thing in it is revealed. there is also a fifth aspect, which is known only as gthe cave h without any modifier. this is a manifestation of the letter hei spelled out with the letter yud or alef. in either of these cases, it is not doubled. sometimes the machpelah cave is referred to simply as gthe cave. h this refers to the letter hei when not doubled, but spelled out with either a yud (as it is in the 72-name and the 63-name) or an alef (as it is in the 45- name. the numeri

ma, z feir anpin, and nukva. z feir anpin and nukva are the gson h and gdaughter h of abba (the father) and ima (the mother. the fact that this daughter is mentioned immediately after abraham acquired the machpelah cave (even though she must have been born before this, i.e, before sarah died) indicates that there is a thematic connection between her and this cave. this connection is the fact that the cave expresses the 52-name of g-d and the numerical value of her name is 52. the torah effectively tells us that abraham was blessed with a gdaughter, h i.e, with malchut, the divine consciousness of the future world, only when he purchased the machpelah cave, since this cave embodied this divine consciousness. so did the master [i.e, the arizal] explain this verse, saying that the numerical v

are within rachel, as we have explained in our exposition of rosh hashanah regarding the first blessing of the amidah, with reference to the four beginnings of the year. according to this, there are four partzufim within rachel alone, which sometimes combine to form one collective partzuf, just like the supernal ima. based on the above, it is explained in chassidut that the two hei fs manifest in the cave of machpelah are the lower and upper garden of eden, the abode the soul in the afterlife. in the lower garden of eden, the soul receives its reward for the physical performance of the commandments it fulfilled in this world, while in the upper garden of eden it receives its reward for the intellectual and emotional intentions it invested into performing these commandments. the two hei fs

ready departed, and the spirit he had given her did not remain so that he might communicate with her. in a sense, she had reverted to her virginal status, her connection to her husband not being able to produce any arousal in him, as we described above. therefore she was buried on the road, and jacob disappeared [when he died [back] into beriah with leah, and the two of them converse together [in the cave. the arizal on parashat shelach (2) 598 .translated from likutei torah 599 parashat shelach [third installment] in this parashah, we are taught that someone who intentionally serves idols will be gcut off h from the jewish people. literally, the phrase describing this process reads: gand the soul that does [this] with an uplifted hand cblasphemes g-d, and that soul will be cut off from th

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ticus to the east of altar, where he stands facing west. hierophant goes to the west before the tablet of water. all face west- members arranging themselves in balanced disposition, facing west <119> hiero (knocks) let us rehearse the prayer of the undines or water spirits! terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring. thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us, thy mobile and changeful 180 the golden dawn: volume 11 book two creatures, in the great tempe

e as pillars of fire, and he had in his hand a little book open; and he set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot upon the earth, and he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth (the green lion, the path of leo above tiphareth, referring to tefh) and when he cried, seven thunders uttered their voices (seven aeons, represented under the regimen of the planets. the dragon issuing from the cave represents volcanic fires. heg. leads phil. once round, and hands him over to hiereus in the north and returns to place. hiereus. this is the image of the vision of nebuchadnezzar, which was <171> showed you in the passage of the 27th path, leading to the= grade of philosophus "thou, 0 king, sawest and beheld a great image. this great image, whose brightness was excellent stood before the

the seven lower sephiroth, the seven palaces, and the seven days of creation. seven is the height above. seven is the depth beneath. third the tomb is symbolically situated in the centre of the earth, in the 'p. r k. th: paroketh, the veil between the outer order of the golden dawn and the inner order of the red rose and gold cross. h.s. 224 the golden dawn: volume 11 book three <202> mountain of the caverns, the mystic mountain of abiegnus. third the meaning of this title of abiegnus- abi-agnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis abi-genos, born of the father. bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence: abiegnus abiagnus abi-genos bia-genos "m mtainof the lamb of the father, and the strength of our race" i. a. 0. yeheshua. such are the words. all salute wit

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

ed desire for more light.second sectionthe arrangement of the hall is as before, save that but 3 lights burn on the table in the east, and therose on the cross is removed from the altar to the centre of this table. conductor in black, zelator incrimson robe. the aspirant and conductor approach the acolyte at the porch and exhibit thetriangular paper, whereupon he makes a battery of 4.the guard of the caverns opens the door to receive the paper and then turning to the suffragan,says: most worthy suffragan, the chosen one desires re-admission to the mystic circle.suffragan:require him to advance to you in due form and present the mystic token.guardian:advance to me in due form, and present the mystic token of admission.rituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliasecond section10 the aspir

he preparation room is robed in scarlet: over his head and face is thrown a lightblue veil, and in his right hand is placed an ebony crux, signifying lux. the conductor of novicesis robed and cowled in black. they proceed to the porch and give a battery of 4 at the entrance tothe sacred hall.g. of the c.:frater suffragan, there is an alarm at the entrance of our sacred hall.suffragan: guardian of the caverns, ascertain who seeks admission to the sacred precincts of a rosicrucian.guardian opens the door, and observes the password offered by the conductor of novices andzelator, which is made by the fingers, lux. door is then closed.g. of the c.:frater suffragan, at the entrance to our sacred hall stands the conductor of novices with a brotherwho having partaken of the secrets of a zelator, a

l,shout the tidings far and near"gualdi lives" life has no fear.the herald approaches the door of the sacred hall which is open, and males the followingproclamation:stand apart, and give due head. thus orders the magus and his council. greeting to the outer-world,gualdi lives, and death hath not the victory. this do i, son of asterial, the herald.the herald returns to his station. the guardian of the caverns and the torch bearer, whose torch isburning, approach the entrance to the hall, just as the conductor of novices and the practicus areabout to enter. all halting, theguard, says to t.b. as he sees the cond: mark you, it is time for our service.torch b.:221tis true, but the general joy, has disrupted our proceedings. here is he who seeks to become aphilosophus, in charge of his conducto

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

rried it in the belly thereof. it ascendeth from earth to heaven, and again it descendeth from heaven to earth. i exorcise thee, creature of water, that thou mayest become unto men a mirror of the living god in his works, a fount of life and ablution of sins. prayer of the undines dread king of the sea, who hast the keys of the floodgates of heaven and dost confine the waters of the underworld in the caverns of earth; king of the deluge and the floods of the springtime; thou who dost unseal the sources of rivers and fountains; thou who dost ordain moisture, which is like the blood of earth, to become the sap of plants: thee we adore and thee the invoke! speak unto us, thine inconstant and unstable creatures, in the great tumults of the sea, and we shall tremble before thee; speak unto us a

nd goetic magicians traced their infernal pantacles on the skin of the victims they immolated. the sacrificial ceremonies, the manner of skinning the kid, then of salting, drying and bleaching the skin, are given in a number of clavicles and grimoires. some hebrew kabalists fell into similar follies, forgetting the anathemas pronounced in the bible against those who sacrifice on high places or in the caverns of the earth. all spilling of blood operated ceremonially is abominable and impious, and since the death of adonhiram the society of true adepts has a horror of blood. ecclesia abhorret a sanguine. the initiatory symbolism of pantacles adopted throughout the east is the key of all ancient and modern mythologies. apart from knowledge of the hieroglyphic alphabet, one would be lost among

RUBY TABLET OF SET

it was not enough for people to be unconsciously or instinctively virtuous; they must "taste of the knowledge of good and evil" and then knowingly choose the good. plato stratified thought as eikasia (primitive emotion, pistis (ordinary active/reactive thinking, dianoia (precise, logical, enlightened thought, and noesis (intuition and apprehension of the agathon. he offered the famous "parable of the cave" whereby philosophers (who have seen the agathon of perfect wisdom) lead mankind into the light by means of the dialectic [here "dialectic" means teaching or rather the encouraging of selfteaching through examination and refutation of imperfect concepts] plato was an elitist, but his elitism was directed towards an ideal, happy, and harmonious society, which he felt could best be attained

was in true mirth and kindness. we drink to your memory and your xeper, adept furgeson. h the work celebrant: gthe time of departing is near; the heart grows heavy, and the eyes grow dim of those who had no warning of your leaving. death comes like a thief in the night. but you o setian have cheated him. the treasure of your xeper cannot be taken. your self, your will, live on. to laugh again in the caverns of the tuat. let the ceremony of the four flames begin. h someone takes a light from the black flame and lights the candles of the neters. when all are lit they speak in turn. gi am selket, and my flame honors you who have eaten the eye of horus. immortality is yours as you will. you are a living being like unto no other. h gi am sothis, and my flame honors you who have destroyed in yo

rket janet and i do use, catty-corner from the park) the other girl has an argument with her boyfriend. he drives off, leaving her arms full of bags/boxes (presents. she crosses the street to me, and i offer her sanctuary. but first i will visit the park again. i tell her to stay on that corner. i cross the street and enter the park. stealthily examining the scene, i hear aleister crowley deep in the cave/cabin. outside are two flashlights. another man appears. i take one flashlight, a.c.'s true flashlight (which looked more like the one i have at home than the other one did, while the other man takes the second flashlight. i also find an oblong, golden ring of keys, obviously magical, obviously a.c.'s (without evidence. i take these also. i then leave, feeling some guilt, some apprehensio

ue to xeper. as an adept, you are free to find a cave and disappear if you wish, as long as we receive your dues checks and have someplace to send your scroll. we have confidence that you will work and xeper; you don't need to prove yourself. but, stick your head out of that cave, open your mouth and say something, and that something should demonstrate your xeper! it's easier if you dispense with the cave. share your activities with others through correspondence, through contributions to the scroll, through pylon or order activity, and/or at conclave, and it's just about guaranteed you'll xeper. you'll find it almost impossible not to. so let's assume that in my winning and persuasive manner i've convinced you to be an active part of the setian community. you'll find other adepts and the p

my higher self. the principle of xeper identifies and reconciles these polarities, while remanifestation actualizes the process as a recurring phenomenon. because it is the will of set that a setian remanifest his/her higher self, his presence can be said to be implied rather than directly experienced. this transcript is thus analogous to a mirror image of the will of set (see plato's allegory of the cave. sokaris is the egyptian lord of death "the hidden one" or "he who is shut in- osiris as the black sun enclosed in the earth's womb, at the bottom of the underworld, in a secret pyramid filled with "blackest darkness" sokaris was a title of the phallus at the point of "dying" sending forth seed into the dark. the arabic word for "penis" zekkar, came from the god's name. the same lord of d

s of those who were present on that darkest of nights. all of the three initiates present actively participated in the working. adept campbell performed the opening and closing of the gates, the invocation of set, and the genesis rite itself. adept adler-drozdz was responsible for the gong, and read the thirteenth and seventeenth parts of the word of set. adept grise performed the consecration of the cave, and read the first and twelfth parts of the word of set. adept grise also performed an invocation of the inverse pentagram at each of the cardinal points. adept grise also ignited nine black candles at the conclusion of the consecration, in honour of the council of nine. the gong was struck softly as he ignited each candle individually. at the end of the genesis rite, each of the initiat

enesis rite, each of the initiates pursued their individual desires in private working (as indicated in the genesis rite. these are not recorded due to the private and often unspoken nature of these works. the ritual was concluded in the traditional manner. genesis: the outline 1. the nine-fold ringing of the gong 2. the opening of the gates 3. the reading of the invocation 4. the consecration of the cave 5. the reading of the genesis rite 6. the word of set, parts 1, 12, 13, and 17. 7. the closing of the gates 8. the nine-fold ringing of the gong 9 "so it is done" invocation of set in the name of set, prince of darkness, i summon the realm of creation unto me! into the aethyr i send my ba and behold the true majesty and glory of the essence of my becoming. through the thirty aethyrs of se

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allahgod, i've had my bloody chips, me. got bugs in the brain, full mad, a looney tune and a gone baboon. just as he, the businessman, felt when he first saw the archangel: thought he was cracked, wanted to throw himself down from a rock, from a high rock, from a rock on which there grew a stunted lote-tree, a rock as high as the roof of the world. he's coming: making his way up cone mountain to the cave. happy birthday: he's forty-four today. but though the city behind and below him throngs with festival, up he climbs, alone. no new birthday suit for him, neatly pressed and folded at the foot of his bed. a man of ascetic tastes (what strange manner of businessman is this) question: what is the opposite of faith? not disbelief. too final, certain, closed. itself a kind of belief. doubt. t

ng its spine. leaving behind the last trees, white--flowered with thick, milky leaves, you climb among the boulders, which get larger as you get higher, until they resemble huge walls and start blotting out the sun. the lizards arc blue as shadows. then you are on the peak, jahilia behind you, the featureless desert ahead. you descend on the desert side, and about five hundred feet down you reach the cave, which is high enough to stand upright in, and whose floor is covered in miraculous albino sand. as you climb you hear the desert doves calling your name, and the rocks greet you, too, in your own language, crying mahound, mahound. when you reach the cave you are tired, you lie down, you fall asleep. o o o but when he has rested he enters a different sort of sleep, a sort of not--sleep, t

in wonderland, up the mountain, and the businessman is waking up, and once again his wanting, his need, goes to work, not on my jaws and voice this time, but on my whole body; he diminishes me to his own size and pulls me in towards him, his gravitational field is unbelievable, as powerful as a goddamn megastar. and then gibreel and the prophet are wrestling, both naked, rolling over and over, in the cave of the fine white sand that rises around them like a veil _as if he's learning me, searching me, as if i'm the one undergoing the test. in a cave five hundred feet below the summit of mount cone, mahound wrestles the archangel, hurling him from side to side, and let me tell you he's getting in _everywhere, his tongue in my ear his fist around my balls, there was never a person with such a

the power of the medici family; if niccol could survive such tribulation and live to write that perhaps embittered, perhaps sardonic parody of the sycophantic mirror--of--princes literature then so much in vogue _il principe, following it with the magisterial _discorsi, then he, chamcha, need certainly not permit himself the luxury of defeat. resurrection it was, then; roll back that boulder from the cave's dark mouth, and to hell with the lega! problems. mishal, hanif johnson and pinkwalla- in whose eyes chamcha's metamorphoses had made the actor a hero, through whom the magic of special-effects fantasy-movies(_labyrinth _legend _howard the duck) entered the real- drove saladin over to pamela's place in the dj's van; this time, though, he squashed himself into the cab along with the other

SATANIC BIBLE

ime also been made head of a monastery. on the death of winebald in 760 she succeeded him in his charge, retaining the superintendence of both houses until her death on february 25, 779. her relics were translated to eichstadt, where she was laid in a hollow rock, from which exuded a kind of bituminous oil, afterwards known as walpurgis oil, regarded as having miraculous efficacy against disease. the cave became a place of pilgrimage, and a great church was built over the spot. she is commemorated at various times, but principally on may 1st, her day taking the place of an earlier pagan festival. amazingly enough, all of this rigmarole was found necessary simply to condone the continuance of the most important pagan festival of the year- the grand climax of the spring equinox! the eve of m

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s placed on a pedestal around which a running spring of water played into a small pool this served as the shrine and icon towards which homage was directed. the water supposedly came from an underground stream which flows through subterranean caverns in a network opening under each tower of satan. the point of origin of these streams was thought to be the miraculous well of islam known as zamzam. the caverns supposedly terminated at the place of the masters-schamballah (carcosa. in order to establish proper perspective, in addition to the yezidis' own beliefs concerning the caverns and the effects of the towers of satan, the conjectures of outsiders must be mentioned here. it has long been assumed that the towers were not limited to the yezidi geography, but loomed in unrecognized forms in

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

among plato s books are the republic, phaedo, symposium, and timaeus, in which he attempts to connect the soul, the state, and the cosmos. aristotle wrote organum, dealing with logic. he also wrote physics, metaphysics, de anima, de poetica, and other texts on natural science and physics. the meditations, by marcus aurelius, deals with practical questions surrounding stoicism. plato s allegory of the cave plato created one of the most famous analogies (a comparison in story form) in western thought with his discussion of how much, or little, humans perceive of actual reality. for plato, reality was divided into a higher and a lower part. the lower part included the physical universe and whatever was learned and experienced through the senses. the higher part, the ideal, included all of act

megaconcepts. therefore, truth as perceived by humans only approximated the ideal, or the form of truth. likewise, what humans may see as good is only truly good insofar as it resembles or comes close to the form of good. plato explained this theory in the republic by comparing what humans see in their waking lives to what prisoners in a cave might see, the so-called allegory (symbolic story) of the cave. these prisoners are chained with their backs to the cave opening. the only images they see are shadows cast upon the wall of the cave by actual objects outside. thus, what humans, trapped within physical bodies, experience through the senses is only a shadow of actual reality. plato taught that at death, souls leave their bodies and enter the higher realm of the eternal forms. there, eac

, during the period in which the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, occurred. all business was suspended, slaves were given temporary freedom, gifts were exchanged, and people generally enjoyed themselves with food and drink. the lupercalia was an ancient festival originally honoring lupercus, a country or agricultural god of the italians. the festival was celebrated on february 15 at the cave of the lupercal on the palatine hill, where the legendary founders of rome, romulus, and remus, were supposed to have been nursed by a wolf. the equiria, a festival in honor of mars, god of war, was celebrated on february 27 and march 14, traditionally the time of year when new military campaigns were prepared. horse races marked this celebration. the secular games, which included both at

x more the amesha spentas: 1. vohu manah, who represents good mind and purpose; 2. asha vahishta, or truth and righteousness; 3. spenta ameraiti, or devotion, serenity, and kindness; 4. khashathra vairya, or power and just rule; 5. hauravatat, or wholeness and health; and 6. ameretat, or long life and immortality. it is believed that vohu manah appeared to zarathushtra when he was in seclusion in the cave and revealed to him that ahura mazda was the one true god. good and evil some zoroastrians also believe that angra mainyu is not an aspect, or side, of ahura mazda, but a separate spirit involved in an ongoing battle between good and evil. they believe that in time ahura mazda will prevail and that the principle of goodness will reign supreme. other zoroastrians believe that the battle be

vardigan: festival of the guardian angels. khordad sal: the birthday of zarathushtra. zartosht no-diso: the traditional anniversary of the death of zarathushtra. pilgrimages zoroastrianism originated in ancient persia, a country roughly corresponding to modern-day iran, so most of the religion s holy sites and places of pilgrimage are located in iran. early zoroastrians built many fire temples in the caves, mountains, rocks, and deserts of the region. many of these temples were abandoned in the seventh and eighth centuries ce, when islam became the dominant religion, but many survive. in the modern era, zoroastrians, both from iran and from india, travel back to these ancient sites as a way of discovering their religious roots. one of the major places of pilgrimage is a group of six shrine

i will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies and through your offspring all the nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me (genesis 22:17 18. abraham s wife sarah reportedly lived to be 127 years old. when she died, abraham buried her in the cave of machpelah near hebron and eventually took another wife, keturah, who bore him many children. abraham left all his possessions to his son isaac, who married rebekah. they became the parents of jacob and esau. jacob, in turn, had a dozen sons who later formed the twelve tribes of israel. abraham is said to have lived to the age of 175, although this has never been confirmed. he was burie

in infancy. shi a muslims, however, claim that the only daughter of this marriage was fatima and that the others either had been born during a previous marriage or were the children of khadijah s sister. the seeds of islam muhammad often withdrew to a nearby cave called hira to meditate (engage in quiet and focused reflection) and pray for guidance in religious matters. after spending a night in the cave in about 610, muhammad returned to his family with an astonishing story. he said that during the night he had been visited by the archangel jabra il. he also said that he heard a voice saying, read in the name of your lord the creator. read, and your lord is the most honored. he taught man with the pen; taught him all that he knew not. other visions and visitations like this world religio

eath of socrates and his first trip to sicily. he then wrote the remaining nine books between 380 and 360 bce. the republic explores such topics as justice, the ideal city, the nature of heroism, poetry, money and private property, the wisdom and methods of philosophers, war, tyranny (absolute rule, and happiness. book vii of the work is generally the most read. this book contains the allegory of the cave. an allegory is a representation of abstract ideas by characters, figures, or events in story form. in this allegory, plato described his theory of forms, which says that the world humans know through their senses is only an imitation of a pure, unchanging world of ideal forms. as a philosopher might put it, a chair that can be seen and touched is only an imperfect imitation of an ideal f

is such a thing as a line that is perfectly, absolutely straight. in the physical world, however, it is impossible to achieve this ideal; every line, no matter how precisely drawn, will deviate from an ideal of straightness. the same holds true for any worldly phenomenon. there is an absolute honesty, for example, that humans can never achieve. these absolutes are called forms. in the allegory of the cave, plato writes that people are like men who have been imprisoned in a cave since childhood. they cannot see out of the cave. behind them is a fire, and between the fire and the men is a walkway, where objects can be carried. the fire casts a shadow of the objects on the wall of the cave that the men face. plato s conclusion is that men lacking education would come to believe that the shado

he fire and the men is a walkway, where objects can be carried. the fire casts a shadow of the objects on the wall of the cave that the men face. plato s conclusion is that men lacking education would come to believe that the shadows they see are the real thing. they would believe that any voices they hear behind them are sounds made by the objects going past. plato claimed a man allowed to leave the cave would be similar to a man who has received education and enlightenment about the real nature of the world. for more information books jackson, roy. plato: a beginner s guide. new york, ny: headway books, 2001. taylor, a. e. plato: the man and his work. mineola, ny: dover books, 2001. voegelin, eric. plato. columbia, mo: university of missouri press, 2000. web sites brickhouse, thomas, and

SINISTER TAROT

t primal awareness of the vibrance of life that possesses and creates the accuser, that provokes acts that challenge the existence of the sacred. the real meaning of liberation unchained by temporary abstract ideas; the laughter of the savage, wild god. terror to the uninitiated. xvi in a dungeon, a bed of fire from an exploded sphere red butterflies with a look the war is begun a sexless mask in the caves of the sea. war- abatu conflict; the clashing of vision and destinies. the attempt by others to wrest away the destiny of one individual and thus disrupt the greater wyrd. a clouding of vision that creates doubts, lack of direction, susceptibility to outside forces and possibly, if insight is lost, the renouncing of a quest. the hardship imposed by the consequences of actions, but by the

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

t denies, if my heart covets. but our true nature is in our thoughts, not our deeds: and therefore, in books which are his thoughts the author's character lies bare to the discerning eye. it is not in the life of cities, in the turmoil and the crowd; it is in the still, the lonely, and more sacred life, which for some hours, under every sun, the student lives (his stolen retreat from the agora to the cave, that i feel there is between us the bond of that secret sympathy, that magnetic chain, which unites the everlasting brotherhood of whose being zanoni is the type. e.b.l. london, may, 1845. introduction one of the peculiarities of bulwer was his passion for occult studies. they had a charm for him early in life, and he pursued them with the earnestness which characterised his pursuit of o

well as lover; and day after day he floated on through a changing sea of doubt and irresolution, of affection and distrust. the last, indeed, constantly sustained against his better reason by the sober admonitions of mervale, a matter-of-fact man! the day following that eve on which this section of my story opens, glyndon was riding alone by the shores of the neapolitan sea, on the other side of the cavern of posilipo. it was past noon; the sun had lost its early fervour, and a cool breeze sprung up voluptuously from the sparkling sea. bending over a fragment of stone near the roadside, he perceived the form of a man; and when he approached, he recognised zanoni. the englishman saluted him courteously "have you discovered some antique" said he, with a smile "they are common as pebbles on

ando l'accresci. tasso, canzone vi (o anxious doubt and chilling fear that grows by thinking) she was seated outside her door, the young actress! the sea before her in that heavenly bay seemed literally to sleep in the arms of the shore; while, to the right, not far off, rose the dark and tangled crags to which the traveller of to-day is duly brought to gaze on the tomb of virgil, or compare with the cavern of posilipo the archway of highgate hill. there were a few fisherman loitering by the cliffs, on which their nets were hung to dry; and at a distance the sound of some rustic pipe (more common at that day than at this, mingled now and then with the bells of the lazy mules, broke the voluptuous silence, the silence of declining noon on the shores of naples; never, till you have enjoyed i

another neophyte. beware of another victim! come to me! this will reach thee with all speed. answer it by the pressure of one hand that i can dare to clasp! chapter 3.viii. il lupo ferito, credo, mi conobbe e 'ncontro mi venne con la bocca sanguinosa "aminta" at. iv. sc. i (the wounded wolf, i think, knew me, and came to meet me with its bloody mouth) at naples, the tomb of virgil, beetling over the cave of posilipo, is reverenced, not with the feelings that should hallow the memory of the poet, but the awe that wraps the memory of the magician. to his charms they ascribe the hollowing of that mountain passage; and tradition yet guards his tomb by the spirits he had raised to construct the cavern. this spot, in the immediate vicinity of viola's home, had often attracted her solitary foots

seas, glided along like the changes of a phantasmagoria; and at last, settled and stationary, he saw a cave by the gradual marge of an ocean shore, myrtles and orange-trees clothing the gentle banks. on a height, at a distance, gleamed the white but shattered relics of some ruined heathen edifice; and the moon, in calm splendour, shining over all, literally bathed with its light two forms without the cave, at whose feet the blue waters crept, and he thought that he even heard them murmur. he recognised both the figures. zanoni was seated on a fragment of stone; viola, halfreclining by his side, was looking into his face, which was bent down to her, and in her countenance was the expression of that perfect happiness which belongs to perfect love "wouldst thou hear them speak" whispered mejn

blichus "adon-ai! adon-ai! appear, appear" and in the lonely cave, whence once had gone forth the oracles of a heathen god, there emerged from the shadows of fantastic rocks a luminous and gigantic column, glittering and shifting. it resembled the shining but misty spray which, seen afar off, a fountain seems to send up on a starry night. the radiance lit the stalactites, the crags, the arches of the cave, and shed a pale and tremulous splendour on the features of zanoni "son of eternal light" said the invoker "thou to whose knowledge, grade after grade, race after race, i attained at last, on the broad chaldean plains; thou from whom i have drawn so largely of the unutterable knowledge that yet eternity alone can suffice to drain; thou who, congenial with myself, so far as our various bei

over her throat, as she bent, fell, like a golden cloud, her redundant hair; it covered her treasure like a veil of light, and the child's little hands put it aside from time to time, to smile through the parted tresses, and then to cover its face and peep and smile again. it were cruel to damp that joy, more cruel still to share it "viola" said zanoni, at last "dost thou remember that, seated by the cave on the moonlit beach, in our bridal isle, thou once didst ask me for this amulet? the charm of a superstition long vanished from the world, with the creed to which it belonged. it is the last relic of my native land, and my mother, on her deathbed, placed it round my neck. i told thee then i would give it thee on that day when the laws of our being should become the same "i remember it we

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be accomplished either with the left or the right arm extended and the palm facing toward the object of admiration, or astonishment. 186 codex magica this illustration in richardson's monitor of freemasonry (1860) shows the master mason giving the "first sign, or due guard" with his hands upright "in the manner of giving the grand hailing sign of distress" compare this with the image inscribed on the cave stone above. this goddess statuette was on display in the chambers of alex sanders, well-known british warlock (witch) as he led a witchcraft ritual. witches worship both the goddess and the horned, male god (photo: witchcraft, magic and the supernatural, octopus books, hong kong, 1974) a show of hands 187 instructional material for educators in the fort worth, texas, independent school d

ngrich did abruptly resign and leave his high level post shortly after this issue; some believe his departure was caused by his unseemly romantic liaison with a female staffer, an affair which prompted the congressman to divorce his wife. however, the most significant images you'll find on this cover are hidden on newt gingrich's necktie! look closely at the inset and what do you see? a dinosaur. the cave age monster is facing downward toward a flower. the illuminati's founder adam weishaupt, in the late 18th century, introduced the concepts of "flower power" and nature worship (shades of the hippy era of the 60s. so that might explain the flower. but what about the dinosaur? it seems that newt (get the name, newt- isn't a newt a form of lizard) is a dinosaur fan. gingrich once borrowed a

THE BLACK LODGE

universe. always remember this dear brothers and sisters: the discipline which initiation imposes on all of our instincts and appetites is that same discipline which the "demons"so loath, fear and avoid above all else. this fact has a further implication: the forces which initiatic discipline concentrate around the attention of the "demons" and thus do they attempt to protect the consciousness of the cave dweller, the troglodyte which they have been protecting for millions of years. when we attempt to raise our consciousness above the evolutionary "norm (which these "demoniac forces" represent) we incur the automatic "instinctual, response of censure from these complexes or entities. put another way (for it is essential that the aspirant come to understand this key concept) when the aspira

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

h the mystical experience of oneness, of unity. in his mystics as a force for change (1981, dr. sisirkumar ghose argues that throughout the evolution of humankind, the mystics have always been among people as evidence of transitional forms within the species. instead of accusing mystics of being dropouts and escapists, ghose insists that it might be fairer to say that in breaking the illusions of the cave dwellers they have been more responsible to reality and to the race. they have been the true scientists of catharsis and conversion. the only radical thinkers, they alone go to the root of the matter, beyond the various shaky schemes of mundane perfection, swaying between the worship of the fatted calf and the horror of the organization man. since many saints, prophets, and mystics have s

putable business transactions. 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 mystery religions and cults 265 plutarch also described how the oracle worked. the priestess went into a small chamber called the adyton where she would inhale sweet-smelling fumes that issued from fissures in the rocks. the fumes, supposedly released by the serpent deep within the cave, would place the pythia in a trance that would allow her to see the future and to make predictions. plutarch asserted that such trance states occasionally deepened into delerium, even death. while some researchers have touted the accuracy of the oracle at delphi, other scholars have protested that the predictions of the pythia were too often made in extremely ambiguous language, so that i

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, in fact, the only common denominator in primitive art around the planet. these werewolves, werelions, and were-bats belonged to an imagined world that early humans saw as powerful, dangerous, and frightening. chippindale commented that these ancient depictions of were-animals remain among the most potent images that humankind has ever created. when modern anthropologists or archaeologists enter the caves with electric lights, he said, the paintings are still frightening. once humankind s psyche had absorbed such hybrid monsters from the stone age, it continued to fashion human-animal deities of great power, such as the gods of ancient egypt, which included the cat goddess bast, the canine-headed anubis, the hawkman horus, and so on. from such were-beings, it was a natural progression to

show a vastly superior knowledge of animal, fowl, reptile, and fish nature than has been accorded to the indian. whatever the petroglyphs truly represented, all the native tribes of what then constituted the northwest territory had a terrible tradition associated with the creatures they called the piasa (or piusa. sometime in the 1840s, professor john russell of jersey county, illinois, explored the caves that the piasa were said to have inhabited and reported that the roof of the cavern was nearly 20 feet high and vaulted. the shape of the cave was irregular, but so far as professor russell and his guide could judge, the bottom averaged 20 by 30 feet. according to russell: the floor of the cave throughout its whole extent was one mass of human bones. skulls and other bones were mingled t

was nearly 20 feet high and vaulted. the shape of the cave was irregular, but so far as professor russell and his guide could judge, the bottom averaged 20 by 30 feet. according to russell: the floor of the cave throughout its whole extent was one mass of human bones. skulls and other bones were mingled together in the utmost confusion we dug to the depth of three or four feet in every quarter of the cavern and still found only bones. the remains of thousands must have been deposited there. some of the traditions of the native people state that the piasa was fond of bathing in the mississippi and was a rapid swimmer. when it was splashing about in the father of waters, it raised such a commotion as to force great waves over the banks. other ancient traditions state that when the piasa was

rembled. the piasa was generally feared because of its propensity for snatching tribespeople and making off with them. john russell published an account of the piasa s insatiable appetite for human flesh in the 1848 july issue of the evangelical magazine and gospel advocate [the piasa] was artful as he was powerful, and would dart suddenly and unexpectedly upon an indian, bear him off into one of the caves of the bluff and devour him. hundreds of warriors attempted for years to destroy him, but without success. whole villages were nearly depopulated, and consternation spread through all the tribes of the illini. in the legends of the miami tribe, the miamis were fighting their traditional enemies, the mestchegamies, at the upper end of the lower canyon near the cave of the piasa. as the fi

en city, n.y: doubleday anchor books, 1955. rees, nigel. best behavior. london: bloomsbury, 1992. walker, barbara g. the woman s encyclopedia of myths and secrets. san francisco: harper& row, 1983. burials and funerals no one can possibly derive an exact date when early humans first began to bury their dead. controversy continues on the question of whether or not certain skeletal remains found in the caves of neanderthals indicate that some kind of burial ceremony was conducted for the dead around 200,000 years ago. neither can anyone pinpoint for certain when the concept of an afterlife first occurred to primitive humans. it might be conjectured that when early humans had realistic dreams of friends or relatives who were dead, they might have awakened convinced that the departed somehow s

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er caron, m, and s. hutin. the alchemists. trans. by helen r. lane. new york: grove press, 1961. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: meridian books, 1960. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. summers, montague. the history of witchcraft. new york: university books, 1956. magick for thousands of generations, from the earliest days of the cave dweller to star wars technology, a belief in magick has served the human race. and its practitioners maintain that it will be as powerful and as meaningful in the new age. magick, spelled with a gk, h is the use of rituals, chants, ceremonies, and affirmations designed to give the individual control of the supernatural forces that manipulate the universe. magic spelled minus the gk h deno

o ensure the success of the hunt. in witchcraft from the inside (1997, raymond buckland writes: one man would represent the god and supervise the magick. as a god of hunting, he was represented as being the animal being hunted. his representative, or priest, would therefore dress in an animal skin and wear a headdress of horns. this god of the hunt, then, is the horned god pictured on the wall of the caverne des trois in southern france. at le tuc d faudoubert, near the caverne des trois, archeologists found the clay figure of a bison. the figure shows a number of marks where spears were thrust into it during a ritual of sympathetic magic performed to ensure a successful hunt. according to buckland: ga model of the animal to be hunted was made. and under the priest fs direction, was attack

nsulting the oracle of delphi (fortean picture library) ters, the pythonesses or pythia. then, according to myth, the god apollo murdered delphyne and claimed the shrine and the pythia for himself, imprisoning the serpent seer in the recesses of a cave beneath the temple. the name of delphi means gwomb, h and suggests the journey that the seekers of prophetic knowledge had to take as they entered the cave of the pythoness and descended deeper into the mystical recesses of the oracle, deeper into the womb of mother earth. the pythia would await the seekers while seated upon a three-legged seat, or tripod, and it was from such a perch that she would issue her prophetic utterances. the many tripods scattered throughout the cave were, in essence, individual altars for her sister priestesses, t

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have been the feelings with whichthose unhappy victims regarded the vaunted god of love, the prince of peace, whose votaries condemnedthem to torture and death? what wonder that they clung to their old faith, and died in agony unspeakablerather than deny their god.chapter i. the horned godthe god of the old religion becomes the devil of the new."the earliest known representation of a deity is in the caverne des trois fr350res in ari350ge, and dates to thelate palaeolithic period (plate i. the figure is that of a man clothed in the skin of a stag and wearing on hishead the antlers of a stag. the hide of the animal covers the whole of the man's body, the hands and feet aredrawn as though seen through a transparent material; thus conveying to the spectator the information that thefigure is a

man's body, the hands and feet aredrawn as though seen through a transparent material; thus conveying to the spectator the information that thefigure is a disguised human being. the face is bearded, the eyes large and round, but there is some doubtwhether the artist intended to represent the man-animal with a mask or with the face uncovered.the horned man is drawn on the upper part of the wall of the cave, below and around him are representationsof animals painted in the masterly manner characteristic of the palaeolithic artist. it seems evident from therelative position of all the figures that the man is dominant and that he is in the act of performing someceremony in which the animals are concerned. the ceremony appears to consist of a dance with movementsof the hands as well as the feet

osition of all the figures that the man is dominant and that he is in the act of performing someceremony in which the animals are concerned. the ceremony appears to consist of a dance with movementsof the hands as well as the feet. it is worth noting that though the pictures of the animals are placed wherethey can easily be seen by the spectator the horned man can only be viewed from that part of the cavernwhich is most difficult of access. this fact suggests that a great degree of sanctity was attached to thisrepresentation, and that it was purposely placed where it was screened from the gaze of the vulgar.the period when the figure was painted is so remote that it is not possible to make any conjectures as to itsmeaning except by the analogy of historical and modern instances. such insta

th the using the ordinary words, theeagle did let fall the cock into the sea".the garter in legend can be of great importance. the story attached to the castle of sewingshields, innorthumberland,[36] states that in a cave under the castle sleep king arthur, queen guinevere, their the god of the witcheschapter iii. the priesthood28courtiers, and thirty couple of hounds. a farmer found his way into the cave, and on a stone table near theentrance he saw a stone sword, a garter and a horn. he picked up the sword, cut the garter, then his heartfailed as he saw the sleepers awaking. as he hurried out of the cave he heard king arthur say "o woe befallthe evil day that ever the witless wight was born, who took the sword, the garter cut, but never blew thebugle-horn" strutt states that in the ninth

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those from without have builded up charnel houses to nourish the fiends of tiamat and the blood of the weakest here is libation unto tiamat queen of the ghouls wreaker of pain and to invoke her the red water of life need be split on a stone the stone struck with a sword that hath slain eleven men sacrifices to hubur so that the strike ringeth out and call tiamat from her slumber from her sleep in the caverns of the earth. and none may dare entreat further for to invoke death is to utter the final prayer. ii of the generations of the ancient ones utukk xul the account of the generations of the ancient ones here rendered of the generations of the ancient ones here remembered. cold and rain that erode all things they are the evil spirits in the creation of anu spawned plague gods pazuzu and t

an. they are ghouls the spirit of the harlot that hath died in the streets the spirit of the woman that hath died in childbirth the spirit of the woman that hath dies, weeping with a babe at the breast the spirit of an evil man one that haunteth the streets or one that haunteth the bed. they are seven! seven are they! those seven were born in the mountains of mashu called magick they dwell within the caverns of the earth amid the desolate places of the earth they live amid the places between the places unknown in heaven and in earth they are arrayed in terror among the elder gods there is no knowledge of them they have no name not in heaven nor on earth they ride over the mountain of sunset and on the mountain of dawn they cry through the caverns of the earth they creep amid the desolate p

s out of the gates of the living to enter the gates of death out of the lands we know into the lands we know not to the land of no return to the land of queen ereshkigal ishtar, queen of heavens, she set her mind ishtar, daughter of sin, she set forth to the black earth, the land of cutha she set forth to the house of no return she set her foot upon the road whence none return she set her foot to the cave, forever unlit where bowls of clay are heaped upon the alter where bowls of dust are the food of residents clothed only in wings to absu ishtar set forth. where sleeps the dread cuthalu ishtar set forth. the watcher stood fast. the watcher ninnghizhidda stood fast. and ishtar spoke unto him ninnghizhidda! serpent of the deep! ninnghizhidda! horned serpent of the deep! ninnghizhidda! plume

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f the morning into the crimson oblivion of day, whose empurpled strife has also rumbled into the distance as the droning of some drowsy fire-finger on the sleeping parchment of life, murmuring and moaning as the wind-kissed mouth of a dreamy drum. yet why should we still listen for those subtle sounds which have wearily danced out their slow saraband of sorrow. once orphic they arose emparadising the cavernous depths of hell, to sink into a dirge-like niobe death-chaunt, bewailing the thirteen children of their begetting, rising once more in the song of ligeia, enticing men to her mire, and at length to die still-voiced as the daughter of dis, whose ghostly fingers sinking clutch the frozen reeds of that slough in which she had so long wallowed. long have we peered, crouching on the watch

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sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 23:7 and abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land [even] to the children of heth. 23:8 and he communed with them, saying, if it be your mind that i should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to ephron the son of zohar, 23:9 that he may give me the cave of machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. 23:10 and ephron dwelt among the children of heth: and ephron the hittite answered abraham in the audience of the children of heth [even] of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 nay, my lord, hear me: the f

which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. 23:10 and ephron dwelt among the children of heth: and ephron the hittite answered abraham in the audience of the children of heth [even] of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 nay, my lord, hear me: the field give i thee, and the cave that [is] therein, i give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give i it thee: bury thy dead. 23:12 and abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 23:13 and he spake unto ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, but if thou [wilt give it] i pray thee, hear me: i will give thee money for the field; take [it] of me, and i will bury my dead there

h] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 23:16 and abraham hearkened unto ephron; and abraham weighed to ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant. 23:17 and the field of ephron, which [was] in machpelah, which [was] before mamre, the field, and the cave which [was] therein, and all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the borders round about, were made sure 23:18 unto abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 23:19 and after this, abraham buried sarah his wife in the cave of the field of machpelah before mamre: the same [is] hebron in the land of c

d all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the borders round about, were made sure 23:18 unto abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 23:19 and after this, abraham buried sarah his wife in the cave of the field of machpelah before mamre: the same [is] hebron in the land of canaan. 23:20 and the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of heth. 24:1 and abraham was old [and] well stricken in age: and the lord had blessed abraham in all things. 24:2 and abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, put, i pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 24:3 and i will make thee swear by the lord, the go

ave gifts, and sent them away from isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 25:7 and these [are] the days of the years of abraham s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 25:8 then abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years] and was gathered to his people. 25:9 and his sons isaac and ishmael buried him in the cave of machpelah, in the field of ephron the son of zohar the hittite, which [is] before mamre; 25:10 the field which abraham purchased of the sons of heth: there was abraham buried, and sarah his wife. 25:11 and it came to pass after the death of abraham, that god blessed his son isaac; and isaac dwelt by the well lahai-roi. 25:12 now these [are] the generations of ishmael, abraham s son, wh

benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 49:28 all these [are] the twelve tribes of israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 49:29 and he charged them, and said unto them, i am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of ephron the hittite, 49:30 in the cave that [is] in the field of machpelah, which [is] before mamre, in the land of canaan, which abraham bought with the field of ephron the hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. 49:31 there they buried abraham and sarah his wife; there they buried isaac and rebekah his wife; and there i buried leah. 49:32 the purchase of the

[is] in the field of ephron the hittite, 49:30 in the cave that [is] in the field of machpelah, which [is] before mamre, in the land of canaan, which abraham bought with the field of ephron the hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. 49:31 there they buried abraham and sarah his wife; there they buried isaac and rebekah his wife; and there i buried leah. 49:32 the purchase of the field and of the cave that [is] therein [was] from the children of heth. 49:33 and when jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. 50:1 and joseph fell upon his father s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 50:2 and joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalm

for his father seven days. 50:11 and when the inhabitants of the land, the canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of atad, they said, this [is] a grievous mourning to the egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called abel-mizraim, which [is] beyond jordan. 50:12 and his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 50:13 for his sons carried him into the land of canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of machpelah, which abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of ephron the hittite, before mamre. 50:14 and joseph returned into egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 50:15 and when joseph s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, joseph will peradventure hate us, and

e it or after it, that the lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the lord fought for israel. 10:15 and joshua returned, and all israel with him, unto the camp to gilgal. 10:16 but these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at makkedah. 10:17 and it was told joshua, saying, the five kings are found hid in a cave at makkedah. 10:18 and joshua said, roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: 10:19 and stay ye not [but] pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the lord your god hath delivered them into your hand. 10:20 and it came to pass, when joshua and the children of israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest

10:20 and it came to pass, when joshua and the children of israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest [which] remained of them entered into fenced cities. 10:21 and all the people returned to the camp to joshua at makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of israel. 10:22 then said joshua, open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 10:23 and they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of jerusalem, the king of hebron, the king of jarmuth, the king of lachish [and] the king of eglon. 10:24 and it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto joshua, that joshua called for all the men of israel, and said unto the cap

smayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 10:26 and afterward joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 10:27 and it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun [that] joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave s mouth [which remain] until this very day. 10:28 and that day joshua took makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls [that were] therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of makkedah as he did unto the king of jericho. 10:29 then joshua passed

hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 21:14 then said achish unto his servants, lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore [then] have ye brought him to me? 21:15 have i need of mad men, that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the mad man in my presence? shall this [fellow] come into my house? 22:1 david therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave adullam: and when his brethren and all his father s house heard it, they went down thither to him. 22:2 and every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. 22:3 and david went thence to mizpeh of moab: and he said unto

turned from following the philistines, that it was told him, saying, behold, david is in the wilderness of en-gedi. 24:2 then saul took three thousand chosen men out of all israel, and went to seek david and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 24:3 and he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where [was] a cave; and saul went in to cover his feet: and david and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 24:4 and the men of david said unto him, behold the day of which the lord said unto thee, behold, i will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. then david arose, and cut off the skirt of saul s robe privily. 24:5 and it came to pass afterward, that david s heart smote him, because he had cut off saul s skirt. 24:6 and he said unto

me to pass afterward, that david s heart smote him, because he had cut off saul s skirt. 24:6 and he said unto his men, the lord forbid that i should do this thing unto my master, the lord s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the lord. 24:7 so david stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against saul. but saul rose up out of the cave, and went on [his] way. 24:8 david also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after saul, saying, my lord the king. and when saul looked behind him, david stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 24:9 and david said to saul, wherefore hearest thou men s words, saying, behold, david seeketh thy hurt? 24:10 behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the lord

lso arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after saul, saying, my lord the king. and when saul looked behind him, david stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 24:9 and david said to saul, wherefore hearest thou men s words, saying, behold, david seeketh thy hurt? 24:10 behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and i said, i will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the lord s anointed. 24:11 moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that i cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed thee not, know thou and see that [there is] neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and i have not sin

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of incantations in original verse combined with a kind of pantomime play where the ritual desire is symbolically attained. it may also involve dancing or other ritual movements. visualization of the attainment of the object of desire plays a central role. the technique of dramatic enactment to magically bring about a willed purpose is as ancient as the human race itself. it is very probable that the cave paintings of stone age hunters in prehistoric europe were created as aids to this process by shamans, who pictured the killing of game animals to magically ensure the success of hunts. the magus should be in a heightened mental state during the dramatic fulfill- ment of the ritual desire, concentrating intensely on his or her purpose and focus- ing the will with the force and precision of

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ng during the projection of the astral body. chapter on shamanic i t has been written that shamanism is ten thousand years old, but that is only a vague guess-a nice round number meant to signify, in the biblical sense, a very long time. whlen the first tribes started to gather in caves and chant songs of the hunt, there were shamans to lead them in their chants. when hunters were brought back to the cave dead or dying, shamans presided over their burials or called upon spirits to heal them. shamanism is older than religion, perhaps as ancient as magic itself. there has never been a ti nesi nce the human race discovered fire that shamans have not practiced their arts somlewhere on this planet. each developing culture has had its own form of shamanism, unique in its details, but certain pra

ysium where the dead sing and sport, and the large and splendid caverns in which they reside in other myths, can be applied to the fairies. many of the recognized fairy knolls or hills are barrow mounds where lie the bodies of dead heroes, although many others are natural hills. in ancient times, it was not unheard of for whole celtic clains to live in large caves and even to keep their cattle in the caverns with them, so it would have seemed natural to place the race of fairies in caverns, as a way of explaining how fairies could appear and disappear in moments as though from the thin air. the sides of fairy hills are said to open up like great doors to allow the passage of the fairy host going to and from the wild hunt of diana or herodias, and at other times the fairies ride on their mi

caverns beneath the surface. steam and smoke rise from fissures in the rocks. those who dwell in this place live in fear of the monstrous creatures that haunt the fathomless black pools and hidden clefts. the place has a strange greenish glow that emanates from fungus on the walls and rocks, and the inhabitants subsist on fish and on mushroom-like plants that sprout in abundance from the soil on the cavern floors. these dwellers in darkness have white skin, white hair, and large black eyes adapted to see in the dim glow. they are surly and not to be trusted. the god is a scaled creature that resembles a dragon, with a long tail, clawed feet, and many sharp teeth. the inhabitants and lesser creatures of the land flee its approach. 4. ansuz literal meaning: the wise god, woden general sense

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a manner appropriate to his greatness, and when he had taken steps to remove the ground of complaint, the nile rose to its accustomed height, the crops became abundant once more, and all misery caused by scarcity of provisions ceased. in other words, when tcheser restored the offerings of khnemu, and re-endowed his sanctuary and his priesthood, the god allowed hapi to pour forth his streams from the caverns in the cataract, and to flood the land with abundance. the general character of the legend, as we have it here, makes it quite certain that it belongs to a late period, and the forms of the hieroglyphics and the spellings of the words indicate that the text was "stunned" on the rock in the reign of one of the ptolemies, probably at a time when it was to the interest of some men to rest

s. verily let thy name be invoked this day. let thy power (qefau) come into being in him. exalt thou thy magical powers. make me to live and him whose throat is closed up. then shall mankind give thee praise, and the righteous) shall give thanks unto thy forms. and all the gods likewise shall invoke thee, and in truth thy name shall be invoked this day. i am horus [of] shet[enu "o thou who art in the cavern,[fn#227] o thou who art in the cavern. o thou who art at the mouth of the cavern. o thou who art on the way, o thou who art on the way. o thou who art at the mouth of the way. he is urmer (mnevis) who approacheth every man and every beast. he is like the god sep who is in anu (heliopolis. he is the scorpion-[god] who is in the great house (het-ur. bite him not, for he is ra. sting him n

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astello that the reptilians consider the surface of planet earth to be their original home, before they were expelled from it following an ancient conflict with our distant ancestors. many of their kind having escaped into underground systems, to other worlds, and even to other dimensions [the fifth dimension is most often identified] of this planet. aside from the ancient legends such as that of the cavern dwelling reptilian "nagas" of hindu tradition, the mayan serpent-god quetzalcoatl, the babylonian tales of "oannes- the amphibious humanoid from the sea, and the edenic account of the "serpent" race described in genesis chapter 3 [my personal favorite. are there any other hints that reptilian humanoids might have occupied the surface of the earth in prehistoric times? i have heard vague

lian colonies which had survived in other parts of the world, however these mostly escaped into vast underground cavern systems, the entrances to which were carefully concealed in order to keep their human nemesis from finding them, although we might imagine that those who may have actually stumbled across these entrances rarely returned to tell the tale. one such underground system may have been the caverns of "patalas" which according to hindu tradition is a seven-leveled cavern realm stretching generally from benares india to lake manosarowar tibet, where some locals have allegedly encountered the cunning and cruel underground-dwelling reptilian "nagas" and have seen their aerial ships entering and leaving the mountainous cliffs. the "nordics" also moved much of their civilization under

r influence through the cracks and crevices of the earth, deadly clashes between the humans and the reptiloids broke out. in other cases human sorcerers greedy for personal gain would sell out their own kind and begin collaborating with the serpent race. such a case was described by robert e. dickhoff in his book "agharta, concerning one particular tibetan monk who led 400 warrior-monks down into the caverns to do battle with a collaborating "serpent" cult composed of humans and reptilians, who they had learned were causing all manner of chaos and destruction in the surface realm by projecting dark energies towards the minds of those on the surface through the use of black witchcraft and sorcery. this underground cult used the word "agartha" rather than "agharti" as a code-word to indicate

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t i think it is very generally held. she speaks as if she knows something of how to make a wax image, but she says this is only general knowledge. up to now i have not found anyone who knows the exact rite used. i have not the slightest doubt that some still know it, though they won't admit it. i particularly want to get it because i think it is apt to be more or less unchanged from the days when the cave man practised it, and knowledge of this might give one some idea of what a cave man thought. i have asked witches what is the origin of the story of their turning into animals. to them it is only a joke; but they have memories of confused stories that at times they would play sorts of games, much as children do. if they were going across country, for instance, they would say 'let us go as

areas where they could do no damage, and no weapons except quarter-staffs were permitted to be used; these provided the maximum of fighting and fun with the minimum of expense and damage. i think that this was not altogether written as a joke but rather as an ideal. it is believed by witches that by acting a part you really take on the nature of the thing you imitate. this is really the basis of the cave-man's magic. by making the clay image of the animal you wish to kill, and by knowing its name, you establish a link between them, so that when he stuck spears into it it gave him power to kill it when he hunted it. that these beliefs may seem rather like children's games to some does not alter the fact that primitive men do behave like this, and so do the witches. by acting the part of th

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oth and boxed, and stores it in the ancestral temple. now would you this tortoise rather be dead and have its bone left behind and honored? or would it rather be alive and dragging its tail in the mud? it would rather be alive and dragging its tail in the mud, said the two officials. chuang tzu said, go away! i ll drag my tail in the mud! the frog in the well have you ever heard about the frog in the caved-in well? he said to the great turtle of the eastern sea, what fun i have! i come out and hop around the railing of the well, or i go back in and take a rest in the wall where a tile has fallen out. when i dive into the water, i let it hold me up under the armpits and support my chin, and when i slip about in the mud, i bury my feet in it and let it come up over my ankles. i look around a

yu there were floods for nine years out of ten, and yet its waters never rose. in the time of t ang there were droughts for seven years out of eight, and yet its shores never receded. never to alter or shift, whether for an instant or an eternity; never to advance or recede, whether the quantity of water flowing in is great or small; this is the great delight of the eastern sea! when the frog in the caved-in well heard this, he was completely at a loss. the caged sea-bird once a sea bird alighted in the suburbs of the lu capital. the marquis of lu escorted it to the ancestral temple, where he entertained it, performing the nine shao music for it to listen to and presenting it with the meat of the t ai-lao sacrifice to feast on. but the bird only looked dazed and forlorn, refusing to eat a

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les, st. patrick of ireland and st. antonio of italy. the 7 sleepers of ephesus, according to the monkish legend, were christians who hid in a cave under the persecutions of decius in the 3rd century. they fell into a trance and slept 200 years. they awaked in a.d. 447 and going to the emperor theodosius ii, they convinced him of the truth of the life beyond the grave. this done, they returned to the cave to sleep until the last judgment. the 7 dolours of the virgin mary is the name of a roman catholic fast day held on the friday before palm sunday. the 7 wise masters were officers of king kurush who tell stories to save the life of the king s son. they exist in greek, syriac, hebrew, persian and in english are called the book of sindibad, edited by clouston. the coptic gnostics represente

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rce. it was specifically that lilith and adam was not a happy or unified couple. she wished independence and to be equal with mate, and adam was not pleased. lilith refused to lay beneath and in a moment of anger and disgust, rose to the air and called the secret magickal name of god, from which she fled to the shores of the red sea. adam called upon angels to find her and they did locate her, in the caves on the red sea. there she mated with demons and produced 100 lilim or lilitu, succubi and children spawn of her blood. needless to say, the angels felt little security in trying to persuade her back to adam. considering the lunar qualities and the connection to screech owls, lilith is the queen of witches. by witch i do mean cunning woman who is able, by the abilities of command to look

kali is one of the 17 names of lilith, represented as the devouring black mother of india, who absorbs through time itself. kali is the proactive female, the mother which devours its young. while lilith is itself, a force of the subconscious, lunar and fluid sense of self, something so very real as lilith may manifest to the sorcerer. lilith is the mother of demons, spawning lilitu or succubi, in the caves of the red sea. lilitu and succubi are essential in the magical awakening process of the sorcerer. while many might view such as dangerous, it is rather essential in the becoming or initiation period of the individual. lilith and her home of desolation is located near the red sea, which is first described in the old testament. this demonic area is filled with owls, ravens, daemonic servi

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