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ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

its book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 44 master, but the vehicle of it [46] commentary( iota-eta) the 18th key of the tarot refers to the moon, which was supposed to shed dew. the appropriateness of the chapter title is obvious. the chapter must be read in connection with chapters 1 and 16. i the penultimate paragraph, vindu is identified with amrita, and in the last paragraph the disciple is charged to let it have its own way. it has a will of its own, which is more in accordance with the cosmic will, than that of the man who is its guardian and servant. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 45 [47] 19 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta iota-theta the leopard and the deer the spots of the leopard are the sunlight in the glade; pursue thou the deer stealt

xi-epsilon sic transeat "at last i lifted up mine eyes, and beheld; and lo! the flames of violet were become as tendrils of smoke, as mist at sunset upon the marsh-lands "and in the midst of the moon-pool of silver was the lily of white and gold. in this lily is all honey, in this lily that flowereth at the midnight. in this lily is all perfume; in this lily is all music. and it enfolded me" thus the disciples that watched found a dead body kneeling at the altar. amen! book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 137 [140] commentary( xi-epsilon) 65 is the number of adonai, the holy guardian angel; see liber 65, liber konx om pax, and other works of reference. the chapter title means "so may he pass away, the blank obviously referring to n e m o. the "moon-pool of silver" is the pa

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

te consensus of experience as to the correlation of the various beings of the hierarchy with the observed facts of magick. in the simple matter of astral vision, for example, one striking case may be quoted. without telling him what it was, the master therion once recited as an invocation sappho's "ode to venus" before a probationer of the a. a. who was ignorant of greek, the language of the ode. the disciple then went on an "astral journey" and everything seen by him was without exception harmonious with venus. this was true down to the smallest detail. he even obtained all the four colour-scales of venus with absolute correctness. considering that he saw something like one hundred symbols in all, the odds against coincidence are incalculably great. such an experience (and the records of

indus, understanding these difficulties, have taken the god-almighty attitude about the matter. if you go to a hindu teacher, he treats you as less than an earthworm. you have to do this, and you have to do that, and you are not allowed to know why you are doing it<adept is indeed a blessing to the disciple, not because he is able to guide the pupil "aright" in the particular path which happens to suit his personality, but because he can compel the beginner to grind away at the weariest work and thus acquire all-round ability, and prevent him from picking out the plums which please him from the pie of knowledge, and making himself sick of a surfeit of sweets to the neglect of a balanced

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

en, running and returning. shri parananda applauds yogi. gerald jeers at jesus. john iii. 16* its importance. its implied meaning. samadhi-dak,51 convenient to travel to maha meru,52 or gaurisankar s53 keen white wedge spearing the mighty dome of blue, 340 or chogo s54 mighty flying edge shearing across the firmament, but, first, to that exact event you christians celebrate to-day. we stand where the disciples stood 345 and see the master float away into that cloudlet heavenly-hued receiving him from mortal sight. which of his sayings prove the true, lightning-bescrawled athwart the blue? 350 i say not, which in hearts aright are treasured? but, what after ages engrave on history s iron pages? this is the one word of our lord; i bring not peace; i bring a sword. 355 in this the history of

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

"at the fork of the roads" the equinox, vol. i. no. 1, p. 101) weird and terrible figures were often seen moving about his rooms, and in several cases workmen and visitors were struck senseless by a kind of paralysis and by fainting fits. knowledge, he saw ever more clearly that most of the members of the order of the golden dawn were scarcely worthy of his contempt; yet in spite of the folly of the disciples he remained loyal to their master d.d.c.f. he could not yet know that the chief is as his disciples, though raised to a higher power. for like attracts like. secondly, these practical workings taught him, more certainly than years of study and reading, that there was but one goal to the infinite number of paths seen by the beginner, and that the ultimate result of the hb:shin of hb:s

s the term "financial fraud" 65 d.d.c.f.'s "hermetic" wife: for a more correct account see "the humanitarian" vol. xvi. no. 2 "isis-worship in paris" 66 from this wonderful piece of logic one might be permitted to mistake n. for a member of the rationalistic press association. but he was only a 5= 6. that his actions may be meant to place his followers between the horns of a rational dilemma. 265 the disciple who can recognize christ in the darkness that surrounds the cross, he is a true disciple. p. suspended judgment on d.d.c.f. till he had proved that he had pledged his honour, to excuse a maniacal assault upon a saint of god, frater i.a. it is permissible for a great musician to improvise in some great masterpiece he may be playing; but it is not permissible for a student to say that h

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the devil in the most unlikely places, and declare that the only remedy against his craft and his cunning is total immersion in tonic-water and pine-apple syrup. f. an interpretation of genesis. by theodore powys. this is a most mystical interpretation of the most beautiful of the books of the old testament. it consists of a dialogue between the lawgiver of israel and zetetes, who is not exactly the disciple, but rather the interpreter of the master's words. thus it commences "the law-giver of israel "in the beginning the truth created the heaven and the earth "zetetes "the life that is within and the life that is without, are not these the heaven and the earth that the truth created" whether the author intends to weave into his interpretation the doctrines of the qabalah we are not certa

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3

d veil_ the veil of the abyss. the fatuity of speech. 11 a discussion as to the means by which the vision arises in the pure soul is useless; suffice it that in the impure soul no vision will arise. the practical course is therefore to cleanse the soul. the four powers of the sphinx; even adepts hardly attain to one of them! the final destruction of the ego. the master confesses that he has lured the disciple by the promise of joy, as the only thing comprehensible by him, although pain and joy are transcended even in early visions. ananda (bliss_ and its opposite_ mark the first steps of the path. ultimately all things are transcended; and even so, this attainment of peace is but as a scaffolding to the palace of the king. the sheaths of the soul. the abandonment of all is necessary; the a

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not matter if a patient believes in calomel or not. the physician administers it, and even if the patient be a most hostile christian scientist, the result is certain. similarly with pr n y ma, the guru gives his chela a certain exercise, and as surely as the calomel voided the noxious matter from the intestines of the sufferer, so will the pr n y ma void the capricious thoughts from the mind of the disciple. 295 by discovery here we mean individual experiment resulting in personal discovery; another person's discovery only begets illusion and comment. individual discovery is the only true discovery worth consideration. 296 nearly all the masters have been cautious how they handled this power; generally refusing to expend it at the mere caprice of their followers or opponents. the siddhis

l i had seen before the accident, and only 300 by her golden voice did i recognize her. i listened to their childish talk, and joined in it, and heard it all from her lips. then, a few days later, something happened. a lady entered. there elph nor became silent, for the door was violently shaken from the outside "come in" he said. the door was pushed open, then shut again, but no one had entered. the disciples exchange a glance of amusement; one of them said "has a lady entered" they were all made merry by that exhibition of neptunian spirit of apropos. but elph nor pistouillat, like the french southerner he was, missed the courteous element in life, and began to curse the twelve young men. he was a bad-tempered man, and a very theatrical one. he rose and walked to him who had caused them

s, while the two children stood, their arms linked together, a sad by resigned expression gradually coming over their faces. ay, i picked them up, but i won't shew them to you, unworthy foxes. and now, lights please. let us take to the ritual. brother h, fill the holy cups. holy be the lamps of joy! holy be the lamps of sorrow! let us enter the ark of increased knowledge" vii a little late one of the disciples inquired of the master "you spoke of a strange sect of self-mutilated followers, o master, what of them "what of them" elph nor repeated "well, they were those who listened to ljubov, and took her word for it- that one sees a better world if one has no human eyes. they put it into practice and their ranks were soon filled. they blinded themselves; they blinded their children almost i

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efuses to jettison his wretched cargo, or even to man the pumps of doubt, because the final result is declared by his philosophy to be unknowable. if any one cause be unknowable, be it first or last, then all causes are unknowable. the will to create is denied, the will to annihilate is denied, and finally the will to act is denied. propositions perhaps true to the master, but certainly not so to the disciple. because titian was a great artist and rodin is a great sculptor, that is no reason why we should abolish art schools and set an embargo on clay. if the will to act is but a mirage of the mind, then equally so is the will to differentiate or select. if this be true, and the chain of cause and effect is eternal, how is it then that cause a produces effect b, and cause b effect c, and c

e hatha or raja yogas, it will be necessary to explain the conditions under which yoga should be performed. these conditions being the conventional ones, each individual should by practice discover those more particularly suited to himself. i "the guru" before commencing any yoga practice, according to every hindu book upon this subject, it is first necessary to find a guru,49 to teacher, to whom the disciple (chela) must entirely devote himself: as the "shiva sanhita" says: 11. only the knowledge imparted by a guru is powerful and useful; otherwise it becomes fruitless, weak and very painful. 12. he who attains knowledge by pleasing his guru with every attention, readily obtains success therein. 13. there is not the least doubt that guru is father, guru is mother, and guru is god even: an

werful and useful; otherwise it becomes fruitless, weak and very painful. 12. he who attains knowledge by pleasing his guru with every attention, readily obtains success therein. 13. there is not the least doubt that guru is father, guru is mother, and guru is god even: and as such, he should be served by all, with their thought, word and deed.50 ii. place "solitude and silence" 48 in bhakta yoga the disciple usually devotes himself to his guru, to whom he offers his devotion. the guru being treated as the god himself with which the chela wishes to unite. eventually "he alone sees no distinctions! the mighty ocean of love has entered unto him, and he sees not men, animals and plants or the sun, moon and the stars, but beholds his beloved everywhere and in everything. vivek nanda "bhakti yo

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

l the two divisions into which the remaining members are divided. they form literally two lodges within the greater body: a. the lodge, comprised of initiates above the fifth initiation, and a group of devas or angels. b. the blue lodge, comprised of all initiates of the third, fourth, and fifth initiations. below these come a large group of initiates of the first and second initiations, and then the disciples of every grade. the disciples are considered as affiliated with the lodge, but not as literally members of it. finally come those who are on probation, and who hope through strenuous effort to achieve affiliation. from another point of view we can consider the lodge members as existing in seven groups, each group representing one type of the sevenfold planetary energy emanating from

are, in every case, founded by a disciple, or several disciples, and upon these disciples, and not upon the master, lies responsibility for results and the consequent karma. the method of procedure is somewhat as follows: the master reveals to a disciple the objective in view for an immediate little cycle, and suggests to him that such and such a development would be desirable. it is the work of the disciple to ascertain the best method for bringing about the desired results, and to formulate the plans whereby a certain percentage of success will be possible. then he launches his scheme, founds his society or organisation, and disseminates the necessary teaching. upon him rests the responsibility for choosing the right co-workers, for handing on the work to those best fitted, and for clot

or choosing the right co-workers, for handing on the work to those best fitted, and for clothing the teaching in a presentable garb. all that the master does is to look on with interest and sympathy at the endeavour, as long as it holds its initial high ideal- 31- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust and proceeds with pure altruism upon its way. the master is not to blame should the disciple show lack of discrimination in the choice of co-workers, or evidence an inability to represent the truth. if he does well, and the work proceeds as desired, the master will continue to pour his blessing upon the attempt. if he fails, or his successors turn from the original impulse, thus disseminating error of any kind, in his love and in his sympathy the master will withdraw that ble

knesses and to correct them. he is taught to work as an invisible helper at first and for several lives is generally kept at this kind of work. later, as he makes progress, he may be moved to more selected work. he is taught the rudiments of the divine wisdom and is entered into the final grades in the hall of learning. he is known to a master, and is in the care (for definite teaching) of one of the disciples of that master, or, if of rare promise, of an initiate. classes are held by initiates of the first and second degrees, for accepted disciples and those on probation, between the hours of ten and five every night in all parts of the world, so that the continuity of the teaching is complete. they gather in the hall of learning and the method is much the same as in the big universities

ible subject without the- 38- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust slightest difficultly. thirdly: instruction is given in what might be termed synthesis. this information is only possible as the intuitional vehicle co-ordinates. it is really the occult apprehension of the law of gravitation or attraction (the basic law of this, the second solar system) with all its corollaries. the disciple learns the meaning of occult cohesion, and of that internal unity which holds the system as a homogeneous unit. the major part of this instruction is usually given after the third initiation, but a beginning is made early in the training. masters and disciples. disciples and advanced egos on the probationary path receive instructions at this particular time for two special purposes (a

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ife lived and its practical usefulness in solving the problems of humanity. heretofore, advanced esoteric teaching has almost invariably been obtainable only by the student s acceptance of the authority of the teacher, varying degrees of personal obedience to that teacher and pledges of secrecy. as the new aquarian dispensation progresses these limitations will disappear. the personal relation of the disciple to the master remains, but already discipleship training has been attempted in group formation. the record of one such experiment and attempt to use this new age method has been made available to the public in the book entitled discipleship in the new age, which gives the direct personal instructions by the tibetan to a selected group. in a treatise on cosmic fire the tibetan has give

understand by the fifth principle is but the expression on the causal plane of that force or energy which emanates from the logoic causal body on the fifth cosmic plane, via the logoic correspondence to the mental unit (these correspondences involve a concept far in advance of what is possible even to an initiate at this time. in the fifth round, the inner significance may become more apparent to the disciple. as the logoic will is gradually transmuted into desire and thus the physical incarnation is produced, a tremendous downflow of vitalising force from the fifth cosmic plane takes place, until it arrives at our fifth plane, the mental. this force it is which at the correct cyclic moment causes certain eventualities in time and space and in the three worlds, his dense physical body. the

of the wheel of life; this time it is brought about by the conscious co-operation of the personal self with the divine self or ego (2) the period between egoic cycles. herein is hid the mystery of the 777 incarnations and concerns the relation of the unit to his group on the egoic plane, prior to the unfoldment of the fifth petal. it concerns man in the period between the savage stage and that of the disciple, when he is an average man but still in the two halls. the mystery of all root races lies here, and the egoic cycles coincide with the building of racial forms, and civilisations. a man will reincarnate again and again in the various subraces of a root race until a certain cycle has been covered; then- 436- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust he may undergo a pralayic

tage wherein adjustment under law is being sought, and the self is neither entirely identified with its sheaths, nor identified entirely with itself. it is learning to choose between the pairs of opposites. this is the period of the fiercest strife and turmoil, and the battlefield wherein the adjustment has to be made; it is the laboratory period wherein enough transmutative force is generated by the disciple to carry him to the opposite extreme of the earlier stage, that stage wherein the energy will manifest within and not without. third. the stage wherein the energy of the ego is centred at the heart of the circle, and not in the periphery, being applied from thence through the conscious effort of the ego in group service. the pull of the lower nature is superseded, and the attraction o

brain consciousness and the head centres to egoic contact. then the otherwise destructive force becomes a factor for good and helpful stimulation, and can be used by those who know how, to lead men on to further illumination. all these stages have to work out on all the three lower planes and in the three bodies; this they do according to the particular ray and subray. in this fashion the work of the disciple is carried forward, and his testing and training carried out until the two circles of petals are unfolded, and the third is organised. thus he is brought, through right direction of energy and wise manipulation of force currents, to the portal of initiation, and graduates out of the hall of learning76(242) into the great hall of wisdom that hall wherein he gradually becomes "aware" of

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

out take care that the window through which he gazes transmits the light of the sun. if he use it in the early dawn (of his endeavor. a. b) let him remember that the orb is not yet risen. the clear cut outlines cannot be perceived, and wraiths and shadows, gloomy spaces and areas full of darkness as yet confuse his vision" at the close of this sentence is found a curious symbol, which conveys to the disciple's mind the thought of "keep silent and reserve your opinion" 8. incorrect knowledge is based upon perception of the form and not upon the state of being. this sutra is somewhat difficult to paraphrase. its significance consists in this: knowledge, deduction and a decision which is based upon externals, and upon the form through which any life in any kingdom of nature is expressing its

these stages relate to soul activities, to egoic realisation and not to the reactions of the lower man and the physical brain. 1. belief. on his own plane the soul rehearses a condition analogous to the belief of the aspirant in the soul or christ aspect, only in this case the objective is the realisation of that which the christ or soul is seeking to reveal, the spirit or father in heaven. first the disciple arrives at a realisation of the angel of his presence, the solar angel, ego or soul. this is the achievement of the previous group. then the presence itself is later contacted and that presence is pure spirit, the absolute, the father of being. the self and the not-self have been known by this group of initiates. now the vision of the not-self dims and passes away and only spirit is k

eciation of the stages and grades there comes to the aspirant, not only an understanding of what is his immediate problem and of where he stands, but also an appreciation of the beauty of the entire scheme. 21. the attainment of this stage (spiritual consciousness) is rapid for those whose will is intensely alive. this would naturally be so. as the will, reflected in the mind, becomes dominant in the disciple, he has awakened that aspect of himself which is en rapport with the will aspect of the logos, the first or father aspect. the lines of contact are as follows: 1. monad or the father in heaven, the will aspect, 2. atma or spiritual will, the highest aspect of the soul, 3. the mental body or intelligent will, the highest aspect of the personality, 4. the head centre. this is the line f

ience, being (as is easily seen) the sum total of all states of consciousness. he is the soul of all things, and the soul of the atom of matter as well as the souls of men are a part of his infinite realisation. the soul of the human being is potentially the same, and as soon as the consciousness ceases to identify itself with its vehicles or organs, the germ of all knowledge begins to expand. in the disciple, the adept, master or mahatma, in the christ, the buddha, and in the lord of the world, who is mentioned in the bible as the ancient of days, this "germ of all knowledge" can be seen at differing stages of unfoldment. god consciousness is theirs, and they pass from one initiation to another. at each stage a man is a master but ever beyond the point attained another possible expansion

ilar expansion. therefore mastery being achieved there is nothing (speaking in terms of the human kingdom) to be found except masters who are likewise disciples. all are learners and all are teachers, differing only in degree of realisation. for instance: a. aspirants to the path are disciples of lesser disciples, b. probationers on the path are disciples of higher ones, c. accepted disciples are the disciples of an adept and of a master, d. an adept is the disciple of a master, e. a master is the disciple of a mahatma, f. the mahatmas are the disciples of still higher initiates, g. these in turn are the disciples of the christ or of that official who is at the head of the teaching department- 34- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust h. the head of the teaching department is a

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ting ourselves to the technique of meditation, to the discipline of right daily living and to the influence of the pure motive of service- 117- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust endnotes 1 carpenter, edward, the art of creation, p. 7. 2 overstreet, h.a, the enduring quest, p.271 3 wilhelm, richard, and jung, t copyright 1998 lucis trust a treatise on white magic or the way of the disciple by alice a. bailey copyright 1951 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1979 by lucis trust- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust rules for magic rule one the solar angel collects himself, scatters not his force, but, in meditation deep, communicates with his reflection. rule two when the shadow hath responded, in meditation deep the work proceedeth. the lower light is thrown upward; the greater

t should be dealt with here, prior to any further expansion of our subject. in the treatise on cosmic fire and in the above passage it frequently appears that teaching is carried forward to a certain point and then dropped with the statement that, owing to- 16- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the point in evolution of the average man, his reaction to truth and the reaction of the disciple-student or the initiate will differ. this is necessarily so; each will read into the words his own state of consciousness; each will fail to interpret in terms of the more advanced reaction of those on a higher stage of the ladder of evolution. the average reader, however, objects to being forced to recognise wider points of view than his own, and the phraseology which says "it is nee

lopment was two-fold. as the soul assumed control, via the mind, so the brain became responsive to the soul. man was awakened to a knowledge of himself as he really was and to the three worlds of his normal evolution; later he became group conscious and was no longer a separated individual. as the soul is brought under the dominance of the spirit, an analogous two stages are likewise seen: first, the disciple becomes aware not only of his group and allied groups, but his consciousness is expanded until it might be called planetary consciousness. secondly, he begins to merge that planetary awareness into something more synthetic still, and gradually develops the consciousness of the greater life which includes the planetary life as man includes in his physical expression such living organis

e worlds (corresponding to the solid, liquid and gaseous aspects of the strictly physical body of man) to the higher planes in the solar system, linking thus the mental to the buddhic and the mind to the intuitional states of consciousness. rule one the solar angel collects himself, scatters not his force but, in meditation deep, communicates with his reflection some basic assumptions. the way of the disciple- 32- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust rule one some basic assumptions we are entering upon a course of study wherein the entire tendency will be to throw the student back upon himself, and thus upon that larger self which has only, in most cases, made its presence felt at rare and highly emotional intervals. when the self is known and not simply felt and, when the

eeded steps and develop the desired awareness. until this is done, the master, no matter how willing he may be, is powerless, and can take no steps to admit a man to his group and thus take him into his auric influence, making him an outpost of his consciousness. every step of the way has to be carried out by a man himself, and there is no short or easy road out of darkness into light. the way of the disciple the white magician is ever one who, through conscious alignment with his ego, with his "angel, is receptive to his plans and purposes, and therefore capable of receiving the higher impression. we must remember that while magic works from above downwards, and is the result of solar vibration, and not the impulses emanating from one or the other of the lunar pitris, the downflow of the

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

ature, there are the intermediate stages composed of those who are on their way to a transitional accomplishment. the work before all students of this treatise on the seven rays is the fusion of quality and appearance, and therefore they need to study the nature of that quality in order to produce a true appearance. in the ancient rules given to mystics in atlantean times we find these words "let the disciple know the nature of his lord of love. seven the aspects of the love of god- 29- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust seven the colours of that manifesting one; sevenfold the work; seven the energies and sevenfold the path back to the centre of peace. let the disciple live in love, and love in life" in those olden days no thought of pu

s it expresses itself in all the subhuman kingdoms in nature. when the soul, an expression of sentiency and quality, adds to these the capacity of detached self-awareness, there appears that self-identified entity which we call a human being. when the soul adds to sentiency, quality and self-awareness, the consciousness of the group, then we have identification with a ray-group, and there appears the disciple, the initiate and the master. when the soul adds to sentiency, quality, self-awareness and group consciousness, a consciousness of divine synthetic purpose (called by us the plan, then we have that state of being and knowledge which is distinctive of all upon the path of initiation, and includes those graded lives, from the more advanced disciple up to the planetary logos himself. but

ous psychological schools in the world today. it is needless for students to endeavour to ascertain his identity. he works through movements and schools of thought, and does no work with private individuals. he works practically entirely on the mental plane, with the power of thought, and is quite unknown and unrecognised, except by his fellow workers in the various countries in the world, and by the disciples on his ray, the fourth ray. much that is opening in the world of psychology today is due to the work he does in stimulating the minds of the leaders of movements. he works with them on the mental plane, but does not contact them as physical plane individuals. the urgency of the time is great, and the masters are exceedingly active and profoundly concerned at this time with the work o

m. and k. h) are at this time working through dictation with their disciples. they are too much engrossed with world problems, and with the work of watching over the destinies of the prominent world figures in the various nations, to have any opportunity to dictate teaching to any particular disciple in some small field of activity and upon subjects of which sufficient is already known to enable the disciple to go ahead alone and unaided. two of the masters are working telepathically and through dictation with several accepted disciples, and their effort is to inspire these disciples, who are active in world work, to greater usefulness in the plan. they are working in this way in order to impress a few of the prominent thinkers in the field of science and of social welfare with the needed

ch trains the personality in true observation. in the case of the communicators, they are slowly and gradually trained by senior disciples working on the physical plane engaged in training groups of communicators to be employed later by the- 80- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust hierarchy. in this matter (as in all else in the spiritual life) the disciple first trains himself to be responsive to his own soul, and then trains himself to be responsive to the inner group of workers, who later, as a result of his self-intiated effort, teach him to be a communicator, an intermediary. the hallmark of such communicators is mental clarity, true impersonality, spiritual tolerance, and a frugality in the use of words, when embodying concepts. it

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

to the suffering of the lower nature as he detaches his interest from secondary things and the non-essentials, and centres it upon the higher realities. through the practice of discrimination the mind learns to select the good, the beautiful and the true. these three practices, leading to a changed attitude towards life and reality, will, when held sanely, bring in the rule of wisdom and prepare the disciple for the christ life. upon this racial teaching follows the work of the christ with humanity, resulting in an understanding of the value of the individual and his self-initiated efforts at release and illumination, with the final objective of group love and group good. we learn to perfect ourselves in consonance with christ's injunction "be ye therefore perfect,"11 in order to have som

saying "except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of god."17 2. the baptism in jordan. this is the baptism to which john the baptist referred us, telling us that the baptism of the holy spirit and of fire must be administered to us by christ.18 3. the transfiguration. there perfection is for the first time demonstrated, and there the divine possibility of such perfection is proven to the disciples. the command goes forth to us "be ye therefore perfect even as your father which is in heaven is perfect."19 4. the crucifixion. this is called the great renunciation, in the orient, with its lesson of sacrifice and its call to the death of the lower nature. this was the lesson which st. paul knew and the goal towards which he strove "i die daily" he said, for only in the practice of

steries. such are the initiations through which all men must some day pass. humanity stands today upon the path of probation. the way of purification is being trodden by the masses, and we are in process of purging ourselves from evil and materialism. when this process is completed, many will find themselves ready to make preparation for the first of the initiations, and to undergo the new birth. the disciples of the world are preparing for the second initiation, the baptism, and for this must come a purification of the emotional desire nature and a dedication of the desire nature to the life of the soul. the initiates of the world are facing the transfiguration initiation. mind control and right orientation towards the soul, with a complete transmutation of the integrated personality, lie

the birth at bethlehem. it is the stage towards which the masses of men are slowly but steadily working, and it is the immediate goal for many of the aspirants in the world today. secondly, there is the stage which is called that of a full-grown man in christ, indicating an increased experience of the divine life and a deeper unfoldment of the christ consciousness in the human being. towards this the disciples of the world are now oriented. then there is the stage of achievement, referred to by st. paul in the following terms "till we all come, in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son of god, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of christ."23 initiation is therefore a graded and realised series of expansions of consciousness, a steadily incre

re ready for another initiation; we are on the point of widening our horizon, and passing through an open door into a larger room. all that is transpiring is no indication of failure, of senseless confusion and blind upheaval. it is rather a process of temporary destruction for further rebuilding, and is but a correspondence in the racial life to those tests and trials which are always the lot of the disciple preparing for initiation. for this, christianity has prepared numbers of the race. the new interpretation and the next revelation are imminent- 23- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust this coming revitalisation of the essential and inner nature of humanity, with the consequent reorganisation of world affairs and of human life, is already sensed and awaited by the thin

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

extreme materialistic school erroneously supposes that man's quality is determined by his mechanism, whereas the reverse condition is the determining factor- 5- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust disciples have the problem of expressing the duality of love and will through the personality. this statement is a true enunciation of the goal for the disciple. the initiate has the objective of expressing the will of god through developed love and a wise use of the intelligence. the above preamble lays the ground for the definition of the three stages of egoic growth. what, therefore, is individualisation from the standpoint of the psychological unfoldment of man? it is the focussing of the lowest aspect of the soul, which is that of the cr

ccupied with the task of becoming conscious of themselves, and are developing that spirit or sense of personal integrity or wholeness which will eventuate in an increased self-assertiveness, that first gesture of divinity. this is well and good, in spite of the immediate complications and consequences in the world consciousness and state of being. hence also the need for the immediate guidance of the disciples in every nation and their training in the life of correct aspiration, with their subsequent preparation for initiation. the task of the intelligent parent today and of the wise teacher of the young should be that of turning out, into world activity, those conscious individuals who will undertake the work of self-assertion in the affairs of today. the mass psychology of accepting info

oul ray "the ray of persistent and magnetic grasp, as it is occultly called, begins to become more active; in the brain of the man who is a developed personality, an increased awareness of vibration is set up. there are many degrees and stages in this experience, and they cover many lives. the personality ray and the egoic ray at first seem to clash, and then later a steady warfare is set up with the disciple as the onlooker and dramatic participator. arjuna emerges into the arena of the battlefield. midway between the two forces he stands, a conscious tiny point of sentient awareness and of light. around him and in him and through him the energies of the two rays pour and conflict. gradually, as the battle continues to rage, he becomes a more active factor, and drops the attitude of the d

iation. when the ray of the soul focusses itself fully through him, and all his centres are controlled by that focussed soul ray, then he becomes the transfigured initiate, and takes the third initiation. the ray of the personality is occultly "extinguished" or absorbed by the ray of the soul, and all the potencies and attributes of the lower rays become subsidiary to and colored by the soul ray. the disciple becomes a "man of god, a person whose powers are controlled by the dominant vibration of the soul ray and whose inner, sensitive mechanism is vibrating to the measure of that soul ray which in its turn is being itself reoriented to, and controlled by, the monadic ray. the process then repeats itself: 1. the many rays which constitute the lower separative man are fused and blended into

sciousness called atlantean. it is the condition of the masses at this present time. the bulk of human beings are still atlantean, still purely emotional in their reactions and in their approach to life. they are still governed predominantly by selfish desires and by the calls of the instinctual life. our earth humanity is still in the atlantean stage, whereas the intelligentsia of the world, and the disciples and aspirants, are passing rapidly out of this stage, for they reached individualisation on the moon chain, and were the atlanteans of past history. workers in the world today should have these facts and sequences most carefully in mind, if they are rightly to appreciate the world problem, and correctly guide and teach the people. they should realise that, speaking generally, there i

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

new age will be fitted to their more advanced development. the evolutionary progress from century to century presents a steadily ripening and developing human mind upon which the master can work. the standard of discipleship is consequently as steadily rising. this, in itself, demands a new approach, a wider presentation of truth and the permitting of a greater freedom of action upon the part of the disciple. the time element is also different. in the old days, the master gave his disciple a hint or a point upon- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust which to ponder and meditate or he might indicate some need for changed habits of thought. then the disciple went away sometimes for years or an entire lifetime and reflected and thought and attempted to alter his attitudes without any particular sen

which to ponder and meditate or he might indicate some need for changed habits of thought. then the disciple went away sometimes for years or an entire lifetime and reflected and thought and attempted to alter his attitudes without any particular sense of pressure. today, in our speedier times and when the demand of humanity for help is so outstanding, the hint has given place to explanation and the disciple is trusted with information, hitherto withheld. he is regarded as having reached a stage in his unfoldment at which he can make his own decisions and proceed with rapidity, if he so chooses. certain definite reasons have prompted me to make these instructions available for aspirants everywhere after requesting permission from those who received them. one is the need to bring to the at

fourth kingdom into the fifth can be brought about consciously, scientifically and with the full consent and cooperation of the aspirant. the day has now come when belief can (and does) give place to knowledge a knowledge gained through the acceptance of a hypothesis in the first place, a conviction that this hypothesis is backed by adequate testimony and planned experience. the reasoning mind of the disciple can then take the successes and failures he encounters in his training and learn the intended lessons; he finds that progress upon the path brings a man into closer, conscious touch with those who have walked this way before and that the way into the hierarchy is a way of discipline, of increasing enlightenment, of service to his fellowmen and of a growing responsiveness to contacts a

ts. their names will not be divulged. the initials at the head of the- 3- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust various instructions and the dates assigned carry no information; the instructions were probably not received on the dates given and the initials are none of them correct. no information will be given by any of us who know the relation between the initials and the disciple. questions as to identity will not be answered at any time. it is the subject matter of the teaching which is of importance and not the name of the disciple for what is said is applicable to all aspirants. one other reason might be mentioned here as indicative of the value of this book. in every case, the disciple is told what are the types of energy to which he most easily responds a

trust the same time, his emotional nature, his mental equipment and his physical brain are also controlled by some one or other of the rays and in this fivefold relationship lies hid much of the problem of the evolving human being. the tibetan tells the members of his group which five rays condition them and students will learn much by a study of what he says. in the cases where i happen to know the disciple concerned personally and something of his problems, it was amazingly interesting to me to note how infallibly right the tibetan was in his diagnosis of the rays involved. in reading these instructions will you please remember that though the tibetan usually speaks of the soul, he also uses the word "ego" interchangeably, meaning thereby the spiritual ego and not the personal ego of th

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

live up to what they already know; they fail to make practical their information; they short circuit the light; they do not discipline themselves; greedy desire and unlawful ambition control and not the inner knowledge. to put it scientifically and from the esoteric angle: spiritual impression has been interrupted and there has been interference with the divine circulatory flow. it is the task of the disciples of the- 4- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust world to restore this flow and to stop this interference. this is the major problem facing spiritual people at this time. chapter i the psychological rehabilitation of the nations this problem is far more complicated and deep-seated than might appear at the first glance. had we only to deal with the national psychoses and the

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

unity and for this he too must prepare. another unique factor which will distinguish his coming will be not only the general expectancy but also the fact that much is today known and taught about the kingdom of god, or the spiritual hierarchy of the planet. everywhere, in all countries, there are thousands who are interested in the fact of that hierarchy, who believe in the masters of the wisdom, the disciples of the christ, and who will not be surprised when this group of sons of god, surrounding their great leader, the christ, makes its appearance on earth. the churches in all countries have familiarised the public with the phrase "the kingdom of god; the esotericists and occultists everywhere have publicised the fact of the hierarchy during the past century; the spiritualists have laid

all this has taken place in the space of eighteen months. this new invocation, if given widespread distribution, can be to the new world religion what the lord's prayer has been to christianity and the 23rd psalm has been to the spiritually minded jew. there are three approaches to this great prayer or invocation: 1. that of the general public. 2. that of the esotericists, or of the aspirants and the disciples of the world. 3. that of the members of the hierarchy. first, the general public will regard it as a prayer to god transcendent. they will not recognise him yet as immanent in his creation; they will send it forth on the wings of hope hope for light and love and peace, for which they ceaselessly long. they will also regard it as a prayer for the enlightenment of all rulers and leader

the usual presentation, but let us look also at the crises and problems with which he is confronted as he faces the work which he must do. i. the crises of the christ in the life of every disciple, particularly of those who face certain great expansions of consciousness, a point of crisis will come about. in that point of crisis, decisions are voluntarily or involuntarily made; having made them, the disciple then stands at a point of tension, with the decision behind him and the next step to be taken becoming clearer to his mental perception, and influencing his attitude to the future. when the work is done in the period of tension, then there comes what we might call the point of emergence. this is both an emergence from and also an emergence into a field of experience. the christ himsel

never lightly accorded. the decision of christ to appear again among men, bringing his disciples with him, drew forth this permission from the lord of the world, the ancient of days. after this climaxing point of spiritual crisis and its consequent decision, a point of tension was reached and it is in this state of spiritual tension that the church invisible is now working and planning, swinging the disciples of the christ, active on earth, into the same condition of spiritual tension. the success of christ's return to visible presence, as well as other factors (related to his reappearance, are dependent upon happenings and contacts which are now taking place within this period of tension. in any point of tension no matter what the time factor may be energy is being generated, held for fu

, nourishing the cells of the body. this life is found within each atom of substance as the central point of living light. 2. as livingness, seen as love and light within the heart. when this livingness is present and expressing itself, the human atom becomes a part of the spiritual hierarchy. 3. as life more abundantly. this life can be known as light, love and power within and above the head of the disciple of the christ. this abundant life enables him to cooperate, not only with humanity and with the spiritual hierarchy, but also with shamballa itself the centre of life in its purest essence. if we say that life is the livingness which enables, the words are relatively meaningless, are they not? if, however, the livingness is referred to the physical plane life, to the spiritual life of

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

his is a fact hitherto not recognised and never as yet referred to in the current writings on occult subjects. it is wise and valuable to remember this. they are powerful, these disciples of shamballa, headstrong and often cruel; they impose their will and dictate their desires; they make mistakes but they are nevertheless true disciples of shamballa and are working out the will of god as much as the disciples and masters of the hierarchy are working out the love of god. this is a hard saying for some of you but your failure to recognise this truth and to respond to it does not affect the issue. it simply makes your individual lot and difficulties harder. i would also remind you that the use of first ray energy inevitably means destruction in the early stages but fusion and blending in the

st ray reaching full expression. in them, idealism, love-wisdom and indomitable will stood forth in all their divine power. it might be of interest to you to know just what rays controlled these sons of god: hercules, the sun-god, had a first ray soul, a second ray personality and a sixth ray astral body. these potencies and energies sufficed to carry him through all the trials and the labours of the disciple. the buddha had a second ray soul, a first ray personality and a sixth ray mind a very rare phenomenon. the christ had a second ray soul, a sixth ray personality (which accounted for his close relationship with the master jesus, plus a first ray mind. these three all embodied the essences of the spiritual life and all of them were enabled to set their seal upon history and upon the he

tion of these expansions of consciousness is as follows: 1. the world of psychical living. this requires the recognition, by the brain consciousness, of the need for mental and spiritual control, as the first step. 2. the world of mental unfoldment. 3. the world of the soul or ego, the individualised man. when these recognitions are established in the aspirant, then there comes the recognition by the disciple of the master who should guide him. 4. the control of the physical plane life by the soul. 5. the functioning and the utilisation of the psychic powers and their place and part in the field of intelligent service. 6. the interpretative faculty of the illumined mind. 7. an inspired creative life upon the physical plane. in that development of the racial consciousness, the process does

tions, for harmony and for synthesis. all of the great nations are controlled by two rays, just as is the human being. with the smaller- 26- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust nations we need not concern ourselves. all the nations are controlled by a personality ray, which is the dominant potent and main controlling factor at this time, and by a soul ray which is sensed only by the disciples and the aspirants of any nation. this soul ray must be evoked into an increased functioning activity by the new group of world servers, for this is one of their main objectives and tasks. this must never be lost to sight. much could be written about the historical influence of the rays during the past two thousand years and of the way in which great events have been influenced or bro

more modern and effective modes of work. this he must learn to do optimistically and with assurance, knowing that the benefits and the experience gained under the sixth ray system of discipline is still his most precious possession because it has been transmuted from method and mode into characteristics and established habits. it is the new ways of working and the new forces and objectives which the disciple of this present era has to master; he must do this relying upon the lessons learnt in the past and must base his new structure of truth upon the foundations and the stabilised orientations, which must now be established. the first step for the sincere aspirant is at this point to stop for a moment to enquire and discover whether he is working primarily under the sixth ray impulse or t

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

st glamour: a world problem by alice a. bailey copyright 1950 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1978 by lucis trust publisher's statement in discipleship in the new age, volumes i and ii, certain personal instructions given by the tibetan to a group of disciples were made public. these instructions together with certain esoteric teaching were first published by alice a. bailey, with the consent of the disciples involved, in 1944. unpublished manuscripts containing additional instructions and esoteric teachings as completed by mrs. bailey are now available. this text was written from time to time over a period of nine years from 1935 to 1944. in various places in the text of glamour: a world problem references are made to the same discipleship group. in the present volume certain forms of gr

f interest in the due interpretation of life forms and their meaning. also, too much academic interest in symbols may presuppose a tortuous and intricate mind which loves design and line and form and numerical relationships, but which misses entirely the significance of meaning. the balancing in the mind of form and concept, of expression and quality, of sign and meaning is vital to the growth of the disciple and the aspirant. the great need for most students is to arrive at meaning and to work with ideas and concepts. this activity will necessitate the use of the mind to understand, to grasp and to interpret. it requires the development of that mental sensitivity which will enable its possessor to respond to the vibrations of what we call the universal mind, the mind of god, the instigato

d is usually regarded as presenting the final test of man's courage, and as being in the nature of a gigantic thoughtform or factor which has to be dissipated, prior to taking initiation. just what this thoughtform is, few people know, but their definition includes the idea of a huge elemental form which bars the way to the sacred portal, or the idea of a fabricated form, constructed sometimes by the disciple's master to test his sincerity. some regard it as the- 14- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust sum total of a man's faults, his evil nature, which hinders his being recognised as fit to tread the path of holiness. none of these definitions, however, give a true idea of the reality. i would point out here that (generally speaking) these four expressions are four aspects

when both glamour and illusion are realised on etheric levels. it is that vital unthinking emotional mess (yes, brother of old, that is the word i seek to use) in which the majority of human beings seem always to live. the dweller on the threshold is illusion-glamour-maya, as realised by the physical brain and recognised as that which must be overcome. it is the bewildering thoughtform with which the disciple is confronted, when he seeks to pierce through the accumulated glamour of the ages and find his true home in the place of light. the above are necessarily only generalisations, and the result also of the activity of the analytical mind, but they serve to embody a part of the problem in words and to convey to your minds a definite thoughtform of what we shall later discuss in detail. a

meaning to your minds? the cause lies far back in the consciousness of the "imperfect gods" does that sentence really mean aught to you? but little, i fear. we must descend into the realm of greater practicality and only deal with the matter as far as it concerns humanity. planetary illusion will later be briefly dealt with, but the immediate problem before man and the significant contribution of the disciple is the dissipation of much of the glamour in which mankind is immersed and which, during the coming aquarian age, will largely disappear in connection with the astral life of the race. the point i would here make is to call attention to the fact that it is in meditation and in the technique of mind control that the thinkers of the world will begin to rid the world of illusion. hence t

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

e purpose- 2- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust this group of thinkers falls into seven main divisions and is presided over by three great lives or super-conscious entities. these three are the manu, the christ, and the mahachohan. these three work primarily through the method of influencing the minds of the adepts and the initiates. these latter in their turn influence the disciples of the world, and these disciples, each in his own place and on his own responsibility, work out their concept of the plan and seek to give expression to it as far as possible. it is, therefore, as you can surmise, a process of stepping down rates of vibration until they are sufficiently heavy to affect physical plane matter and thus make possible the building of organised effects on

n the bible in connection with the greatest sensitive humanity has ever produced, the christ. there he is referred to as "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" but in this condition no personal sorrow or grief is involved. it is simply the consciousness of the sorrow of the world and the weight of grief under which humanity struggles "the fellowship of christ's suffering" is the reaction of the disciple to the same world condition. this is the true "broken heart" and is as yet a very rare thing to find. the usual broken heart is literally a disrupted solar plexus centre, bringing complete demolition of what is occultly called "the centre of feeling" and consequently the wrecking of the nervous system. it is really brought about by a failure to handle conditions as a soul. two other g

ork. when a man can begin, as a soul, to respond to other souls and their impacts and impressions, then he is rapidly becoming ready for the processes which lead to initiation. there are two other groups of telepathic possibilities which i would like to list for you. they are possibilities only when the four above-mentioned groups of telepathic impression are beginning to form a conscious part of the disciple's experience. 5. telepathic work between soul and mind. this is the technique whereby the mind is "held steady in the light" and then becomes aware of the content of the soul's consciousness, an innate content, or that which is part of the group life of the soul on its own level, and when in telepathic communication with other souls, as mentioned under our fourth heading. this is the

que whereby the mind is "held steady in the light" and then becomes aware of the content of the soul's consciousness, an innate content, or that which is part of the group life of the soul on its own level, and when in telepathic communication with other souls, as mentioned under our fourth heading. this is the true meaning of intuitional telepathy. through this means of communication the mind of the disciple is fertilised with the new and spiritual ideas; he becomes aware of the great plan; his intuition is awakened. one point should here be borne in mind, which is oft forgotten: the inflow of the new ideas from the buddhic levels, thus awakening the intuitional aspect of the disciple, indicates that his soul is beginning to integrate consciously and definitely with the spiritual triad, a

ecomes a "transmitting agent" or communicator. the impressions received from the soul, and the intuitions registered as coming- 13- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust from the spiritual triad, via the soul, are now formulated into thoughts; the vague ideas and the vision hitherto unexpressed can now be clothed in form and sent out as embodied thoughtforms to the brain of the disciple. in time, and as the result of technical training, the disciple can in this way reach the mind and brains of other disciples. this is an exceedingly interesting stage. it constitutes one of the major rewards of right meditation and involves much true responsibility. you will find more anent this stage of telepathy in my other books, particularly a treatise on white magic*(2) this much

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

and planetary have a definite effect upon all the lives in all forms in all kingdoms of nature. nothing can escape these radiatory and magnetic influences. the goal of evolution for humanity is to become consciously and livingly aware of the nature of these energies and begin to know them and to use them. this is the field of occultism as the hierarchy has always told men. it might be stated that the disciple has to become consciously aware of the planetary influences and begin to use them for the carrying out of soul purpose. the initiate has to be aware of the zodiacal influences which emanate from outside of the solar system altogether. these can be recognised as a. a vibration, registered in one or other of the seven centres. b. a revelation of a particular type of light, conveying a s

s which inform our solar system with the twelve constellations which compose our zodiac. secondly, that we have necessarily to study these energies and their interplay from the angle of their effect upon the planet, and incidentally, their effect upon the forms in the various kingdoms of nature and particularly in connection with the fourth kingdom, the human, and with individual man average man, the disciple and the initiate. we shall enter into no definitions in connection with technical astrology, nor shall i use the many technical terms. if, in the presentation of this vast subject, and in the process of indicating the attitude of the ageless wisdom to this new and coming (yet very ancient "science of effective energies" as it has been called, i may present a new approach, or point out

ly retrogrades through the signs and appears to pass through the constellations from aries to taurus. but this is all part of the great illusion. 2. the wheel of life and the path of man, the divine or spiritual soul, as he passes through the signs of the zodiac according to the mode studied by the esoteric astrologer. this is the path of reality as the other is the path of illusion. this carries the disciple around the path from commencement in aries to consummation in pisces. the present method is based upon the temporary truth that ordinary man is subject to the illusory nature of manifestation and "as he thinks, so is he" when, however, he becomes hercules, the sun god (or solar angel, he begins to reverse the process (again only apparently) and a definite reorientation takes place. th

se charts are noted the pattern which emerges when "soul and personality are brought together" and present conditions, possible developments and relationships, and the immediate future objective appear with clarity. 3. the horoscopes of disciples. the masters do not study the charts of ordinary undeveloped man. there is no profit in so doing. this involves again the study of the two horoscopes of the disciple under inspection one of the soul and the other of the personality. again the process of superimposition is utilised. in one horoscope, the new orientation and the embryonic reorganised inner life will be noted and studied, and in the other the outer life and its conformity or non-conformity to inner conditions will be the subject of attention. thus the life pattern will emerge, possib

step will clearly show forth. it thus becomes apparent again to what an extent the "principle of duality" enters into everything. it is a shifting dualism, according to where the emphasis may be placed, but this dualism is present until the last and final initiation present in the later stages of the evolutionary process, in the adjustment of form relations but not present in the consciousness of the disciple of advanced degree. that is the major point to be grasped. a third point must here be made, following upon the two earlier emphasised. a great part of our study will be occupied with the relation of the six constellations in the upper half of the zodiacal wheel to the six which are found in the lower half; we shall consider the energy which is a human being (note that phrasing) as it

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

this inner direction of world affairs and to familiarise more people with the paralleling fact of the existence of those who are- 3- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust responsible (behind the scenes) for the spiritual guidance of humanity, and for the task of leading mankind out of darkness into light, from the unreal to the real and from death to immortality. i want to make the disciples of the christ who are the masters of the wisdom, real to people, as real as they are to me and many thousands in the world. i do not mean a hypothetical reality (if we may use such a phrase) or as a subject of faith and belief. i want to show them as they are disciples of the christ, living men, and ever present factors in human affairs. those are the things which are of moment and n

able to work. i, personally, never resigned from the society and it is only during the past few years that i have let my annual dues lapse. i am writing about this somewhat at length because it was this situation or background that made it necessary for changes to take place and out of these our work for the next twenty years took shape- 97- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust the disciples of all the masters are everywhere in the world, working along the many different lines to bring humanity into the light and to materialise the kingdom of god on earth, and the attitude of the theosophical society in regarding itself as the only channel and its refusal to recognise other groups and organisations as integral and equally important parts of the theosophical movement (not

now appears possible that within the coming century the masters may emerge from their silence and again be known among men. to this end the tibetan has been working and many of us have been collaborating with him. he also instituted the new rules for disciples which permit a much greater freedom to the individual disciple than do the rules so well known in the past. no obedience is today exacted. the disciple is regarded as an intelligent agent and is left free to fulfill the requirements as he sees best. no secrecy is enjoined because no disciple is admitted into an ashram or into a place of initiation as long as there is the slightest danger that he will speak. disciples are now being trained telepathically and the actual physical presence of a master is no longer necessary. the old pers

th which the tibetan has dealt in what will probably be his outstanding work, a treatise on the seven rays. there he elaborates a new school of healing. he gives the technique for building the path of light between soul and spirit, just as man has created a path between himself and the soul. he emphasises, also, the new esoteric astrology which deals with the purpose of the soul and the way which the disciple must tread. he also gives the fourteen rules which initiates have to follow, and this treatise in five volumes is, therefore, a complete compendium of the spiritual life and presents those new formulations of ancient truths which during the aquarian age will guide humanity. towards 1934 we began to visit other parts of europe. during the next five years we went at different times to h

then be corroborated by their fellow disciples and used by the master himself as a factual condition know their master, accept teaching from him and among themselves speak of him as he is to them but not to the outside world. the books have, therefore, been going out steadily for years and when a treatise on the seven rays is completed, a short book on glamour is ready for the press and a book on the discipleship in the new age is in the hands of the public, the work of a.a.b. for me will be over. she can then resume her work in the ashram of her own master the work of a disciple. the school the next phase of the work which i sought to see accomplished is now in working order. it was my wish (as it is the wish of many associated with the hierarchy) to see an esoteric school started which w

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

in matter, and the tendency to self-perpetuation of the life within the form is one of our greatest god-given capacities and will persist. but in the human family this must eventually give place to the use of death as the organised, freeing process in order to conserve force and give to the soul a better instrument of manifestation. for this liberty of action, mankind as a whole is not yet ready. the disciples and aspirants of the world should now, however, begin to grasp these newer principles of existence. the instinct to self-preservation governs the relation of spirit and matter, of life and form as long as the deity himself wills to incarnate within his body of manifestation a planet, or a solar system. i have in the above statement given to you a hint as to one of the basic causes of

r instance, because men seek a plausible explanation of things as they appear to be, and are themselves fond of dealing out retribution. yet there is far more general good karma than bad, little as you may think it when immersed in such a period as the present. 3. the world illusion and glamour, which prevents the average and ignorant man from seeing life as it truly is. even the advanced man and the disciples are only beginning to get a fleeting and inadequate glance. at a glorious reality. 4. uncontrolled minds and unreleased and unawakened brain cells also hinder man from correct realisation. this fact is often unrecognised. the apparatus of realisation is as yet inadequate. this point needs emphasising. 5. national and racial temperaments, with their predisposing temperaments, and prej

lanetary find their way to an individual via his etheric body, but are not so personal in their implications. upon this i will later enlarge. today i but lay down the general proposition. i would also like to point out that the diseases for the masses, for the average citizen, for the- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust intelligentsia, and for the disciples of the world may, and do, differ widely not so much in their expression as in their field of expression. this is a point most difficult for the average healer to recognise; it is not easy or possible for him to grasp these distinctions and to gauge the point in evolution which a man may have reached. some diseases must be dealt with from the mental plane, and will call in the mind of

reams reaching a point of equilibrium, and thus- 21- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust producing an integrating or coordinating personality. these number amongst them also the mystics of the world and the creative workers, who are conscious of the inspiration and the spiritual contact which indicates a beginning of the inflow of soul energy. with the disciples of the world, we find a group of men and women coming under the control of soul energy, whilst the other three energies are being increasingly subordinated to this higher type of control. it should be borne in mind that there are two other types of energy with which to reckon, when considering intelligent man. 1. the energy which is composed of the fused and blended forces of a coord

stalk upwards in the undeveloped man, but are turned upwards in the case of the developed, so there are conditions in the astral body analogous to this. in the case of the highly evolved man, of the initiate or the master, the astral body is steadily oriented towards the soul. in the mystic, the- 26- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust aspirant and the disciple, the process of thus definitely changing the direction of the forces is going on and producing, therefore, a temporary chaos. 4. the astral body of man, being the latest to develop (the physical and the etheric being the first two in order of time) is still the most alive and potent. it reached its acme of development in late atlantean days and its potency is still great, constituting

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

discrimination and true sensitivity to the vision, so that he can build true to the purpose of his soul and produce upon the earth that which will be his contribution to the whole. it is right here that the work of modern education has to begin. not yet can man work with intelligence in the world of ideas and of patterns; not yet is he sensitive to the true spiritual values. this is the goal for the disciple, even though the masses cannot yet function on these levels. the first thing that must be done is to train the child- 20- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust in the correct use of the discriminating faculty and in the power of choice and of directed purpose. he must be brought to a truer understanding of the underlying purpose of being, and be led to work with wisdom i

t between the personality and the soul. c. produce an eventual continuity of consciousness. meditation is essentially the science of light, because it works in the substance of light. one branch of it is concerned with the science of visualisation because, as the light continues to bring revelation, the power to visualise can grow with the aid of the illumined mind, and the later work of training the disciple to create is then made possible. it might be added here that the building of the second half of the antahkarana (that which bridges the gap in consciousness between the soul and the spiritual triad) is called the science of vision, because just as the first half of the bridge is built through the use of mental substance, so the second half is built through the use of light substance

rowing, stabilising and final of the new, incoming influences. these will inevitably condition the future, determine the type of culture and civilisation, indicate the form of government and produce an effect upon humanity, as has the piscean or christian age, or the earlier period governed by aries, the ram or goat. upon these steadily emerging influences the hierarchy counts with assurance, and the disciples of the world must likewise learn to depend upon them. the consciousness of universal relationship, of subjective integration and of a proven and experienced unity will be the climaxing gift of the period ahead of us. in the coming world state, the individual citizen gladly and deliberately and with full consciousness of all that he is doing will subordinate his personality to the goo

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

oal is not to help the student to get into an ashram or to contact a master. the purpose of the arcane school is, and always has been, to help the student to move forward more quickly on the path of discipleship. it does not deal either with the problems incident to the probationary path nor of the path of initiation. the master djwhal khul has stated that in the new age the field of training for the disciple is in the new group of world servers. the decision to publish the record (or most of it) was an unexpected development to the tibetan but welcomed by him. he said that this act attracted the attention of other members of the hierarchy. the appearance of the first volume has already proved a major addition to the entire esoteric field, especially in terms of what modern discipleship re

integration and the activity of the divine nature in each of you is more definitely vital than before. i do not say that it is as yet in full right outer expression. it can and does produce at times a surface turmoil, but this, if rightly handled, need cause no true disturbance. give to each other real love in the times that lie ahead, for it is the fusing and illuminating element in the life of the disciple. let not your love remain theoretical, but give that true understanding which ignores mistakes, recognises no barriers, refuses all separating thoughts, and surrounds each other with that protecting wall of love that meets all need wherever possible physical, emotional and mental. it is this which blends the group into one organised whole, which the masters of the wisdom can use in th

eneral group meditation, and the other to that meditation which i feel will enable you to function as an integrated personality, fused and blended in consciousness with the soul. this will lead the group as a whole to function correctly, because the individual group units are aligned and rightly adjusted- 6- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust why is it necessary for the disciple to intensify his inner link with his teacher? not because the teacher is his master, not because the disciple is subjected to the imposition by the master of any subjective control, not because of any special privilege in the matter, but because if a student's mind is in true rapport with the teacher, then that student himself can become a source of inspiration to his fellow students;

ctive significance which is the cause of their appearance and which can be discovered by those who can function in the world of meaning. these "foci of significance" carry a note, a vibration and a symbolic aspect which conveys to the trained mind of the esotericist far more than does the outer form of words convey meaning to the trained mind of the exoteric reader. one glance in the direction of the disciple with the thought in mind of ascertaining the value of his contribution in words, serves to bring into my line of vision the symbol which is the product of his written thought. this symbol may be and probably is distorted a symbol without true balance; it will find its place upon some level of consciousness astral, mental or spiritual and its vibratory note will depend upon its "occult

which you also should consciously consider. it is the task of confronting the dweller on the threshold in your own life and also in the group life, and then from that vantage point of strength face that dweller on behalf of humanity and thus aid humanity to vanquish this ancient evil. to do this presupposes crisis in your life and in the life of humanity. the handling of crises is the hallmark of the disciple, and every crisis met and rightly handled provides (once the difficulty is occultly- 10- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust "under the feet) the place from which an extended vision can be gained, fresh knowledge can flow in and the transmuting light can shine from the angel of the presence and thus produce results. each of you has passed through a cycle

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

n informing entity, nor do they know how to carry on this work in such a way that never for a moment are they unaware of what they themselves are doing and the purpose of their activity. definitely and with purpose they lend their body temporarily to another soul for service, preserving their own integrity all the time. the highest expression of this type of activity was the giving of his body by the disciple jesus for the use of the christ. it is in the word service that the whole story lies, and the safeguard. when this true mediumship is better understood, we shall have the medium passing out of his body in full waking consciousness through the orifice at the top of his head, and not, as is now the case in the majority of instances, through the solar plexus, with no preservation of awar

of controlling and of not being controlled; let them realise that all that they do can be done by any trained disciple of the ageless wisdom should the occasion warrant it, and circumstances justify such an expenditure of force. psychics are easily deceived. for example, it is of course obvious that on the astral plane there is a thoughtform of myself, your tibetan brother. all who have received the disciples' degree monthly instructions, all who read the books which i have sent out into the world with the aid of a.a.b, also all who are working in my personal group of disciples have naturally and automatically aided in the construction of this astral thoughtform. it is not me, nor is it linked to me, nor do i use it. i have definitely disassociated myself from it and do not employ it as a

ntroversy, then initiated, is now upon us. the third function, therefore, of the group can be grasped at this time, and eventually this branch of the hierarchical effort can find due expression upon earth. from the above analysis of opportunity it is evident how the groups have a definite place in the plans of the hierarchy. by developing spiritual sensitivity, and achieving freedom from glamour, the disciples who are members of these groups can raise the racial consciousness and bring in illumination. it should be remembered that it is inspiration which is the goal of all true telepathic work, and illumination which is the reward of effort and the real instrument for the dissipation of world glamour. thus these groups can nurture the germ of the future culture, act also as bridging units

isation and the coming culture. it embodies the objective of all their work, and their contribution to the united work of the groups. equally so, they can bridge the gap at present existing in the racial consciousness between 1. life and death. 2. the sick and the well. this is between a. the physically sick and the inwardly well, which is the case with a few a very few of the advanced people, or the disciples of the world and the senior aspirants. b. the physically well and the psychically sick, which is sometimes the case, but of singular rarity. c. the physically sick, the psychologically sick, and the overshadowing soul. this situation is often found today. 3. the physical plane and the world of souls, because of the development of a sound instrument and the dissipation of those causes

g of humanity and deflected from its present channels into truly- 41- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust spiritual foundations much good will be done, the philanthropic ends and the educational objectives will not suffer, and a step forward will be made. this time is not yet, but the spiritualising of money and its massing in quantities for the work of the great ones, the disciples of the christ, is part of a much needed world service and can now make a satisfactory beginning; but it must be carried forward with spiritual insight, right technique and true understanding. purity of motive and selflessness are taken for granted. the immediate task september 28, 1938 the hierarchy is deeply concerned over world events. i am asked to request you to continue with the

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

unar lords" will become increasingly powerful and the solar lord correspondingly less august. two: the man will find himself surrounded in time with thoughtforms of a lower order (from the standpoint of the soul) and before he can penetrate into the arcana of wisdom and find his way into the master's world he will have to dispel the clouds of thoughtforms which he has attracted to himself. unless the disciple learns that aspiration and self-discipline must proceed side by side, he will find that the spiritual energy he may appreciate and contact will only serve to stimulate the latent seeds of evil in his nature and thereby demonstrate the exactitude of the truth that the great lord taught when he pictured the man who swept his house, cast out seven devils and eventually was in a worse con

rule for the individual disciple, and then its higher corresponding rule for groups in preparation for group initiation, reminding you that such groups are ever composed of those who have taken the first initiation, and the name of these is legion. they are to be found in every country. there are not, however, so many who are ready for the new era of group initiation. rule i. for applicants: let the disciple search within the heart's deep cave. if there the fire burns bright, warming his brother yet heating not himself, the hour has come for making application to stand before the door. for disciples and initiates: within the fire of mind, focussed within the head's clear light, let the group stand. the burning ground has done its work. the clear cold light shines forth and cold it is and

work. the clear cold light shines forth and cold it is and yet the heat evoked by the group love permits the warmth of energetic moving out. behind the group there stands the door. before them opens out the way. together let the band of brothers onward move out of the fire, into the cold, and toward a newer tension. rule ii. for applicants: when application has been made in triple form, then let the disciple withdraw that application and forget it has been made- 12- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust for disciples and initiates: the word has now gone forth from the great point of tension: accepted as a group. withdraw not now your application. you could not, if you would; but add to it three great demands and forward move. let t

th from the great point of tension: accepted as a group. withdraw not now your application. you could not, if you would; but add to it three great demands and forward move. let there be no recollection and yet let memory rule. work from the point of all that is within the content of the group's united life. rule iii. for applicants: triple the call must be and long it takes to sound it forth. let the disciple sound the call across the desert, over all the seas and through the fires which separate him from the veiled and hidden door. for disciples and initiates: dual the moving forward. the door is left behind. that is a happening of the past. let the cry of invocation issue forth from the deep centre of the group's clear cold light. let it evoke response from the bright centre, lying far a

moving forward. the door is left behind. that is a happening of the past. let the cry of invocation issue forth from the deep centre of the group's clear cold light. let it evoke response from the bright centre, lying far ahead. when the demand and the response are lost in one great sound, move outward from the desert, leave the seas behind and know that god is fire. rule iv. for applicants: let the disciple tend the evocation of the fire, nourish the lesser lives and thus keep the wheel revolving. for disciples and initiates: let the group see that all the eighteen fires die down and that the lesser lives return unto the reservoir of life. this they must bring about through the evocation of the will. the lesser wheels must not for aye revolve in time and space. only the greater wheel mus

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

e the fourth the work is done, and naught is left save flame primordial. that flame absorbs, revolves, receives, and remains. when all that is has traversed the flame, then time is nvialice bailey& djwhal khul the labors of hercules- table of contents the zodiac the purpose of this study (foreword) the nature of discipleship astrological connotations the world disciple today key thoughts hercules the disciple- the myth elaboration of the myth labor i the capture of the man-eating mares the myth the meaning of the myth the sign the three initial impulses in aries the sign of the mind constellations in aries the crux of the test labor ii the capture of the cretan bull the myth the meaning of the labor four symbolic words the story of the labor the theme of illumination the theme of sex signi

or i the capture of the man-eating mares the myth the meaning of the myth the sign the three initial impulses in aries the sign of the mind constellations in aries the crux of the test labor ii the capture of the cretan bull the myth the meaning of the labor four symbolic words the story of the labor the theme of illumination the theme of sex significance of the constellations nature of the tests the disciple and sex labor iii- part 1 gathering the golden apples of the hesperides the myth the nature of the test- 1- the symbols labor iii- part 2 gathering the golden apples of the hesperides the field of the labor the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor iv- part 1 the capture of the doe or hind the myth synthesis of the signs meaning of the story labor iv- part 2 the

eat concluding cycle of initiation meet with a ready response from every aspiring man. in the life and work of jesus the christ, that radiant and perfected son of god, who "has entered for us within the veil, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps, we have portrayed the five stages of the path of initiation, which are the climaxing episodes for which the twelve labors have prepared the disciple. the oracle has spoken, and down the ages the word has sounded forth: man, know thyself. this knowledge is the outstanding attainment upon the path of discipleship, and the reward of all the work done by hercules. the nature of discipleship it might be of value here if we considered briefly the nature of discipleship. it is a word in constant use among aspirants in christian lands, as

ehind" it is a process of refining, of sublimation and of transmutation, carried steadily forward until at length the mount of transfiguration and of illumination is attained. the hidden mysteries and the forces, latent in human beings, need to be discovered and require to be utilized in a divine manner and in line with divine purpose, intelligently apprehended. when they have thus been utilized, the disciple finds himself en rapport with the universal and similar divine energies and powers, underlying the operations of the natural world. thus he becomes a worker under the plan of evolution and a cooperator with that great "cloud of witnesses, who through the power of their onlooking, and the result of their attainment, constitute the thrones, principalities and powers through the medium o

subjective state did hercules arrive at this knowledge. in the physical body, handicapped and limited by the tendencies conferred on him by the sign in which he performed the labor, he attained understanding of his own essential divinity. through the overcoming of form and the subjugation of matter, a picture is given us of an unfolding divine self-realization. in the study therefore of hercules the disciple, and of christ, the world savior, we have an entire pictorial presentation of the final stages of unfoldment which lie ahead of all of us. the five great initiations as portrayed for us in the history of jesus the christ are not dealt with here, but form the subject of another book (from bethlehem to calvary) as we study the story of hercules and go with him through his twelve labors

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

ns,280 the savage demons,281 the might demons,282 the conqueror demons, the skeleton [dancers, the violence demons,283 and inconceivable malicious ones. from that, various illnesses arise by means of their ferocity, weapons, breath, and such; they are on the verge of destroying284 all the 270 for the sake of authenticity. 271 along with the secret signs. 272 the teacher. 273 the requester. 274 to the disciples. 275 a powerful. 276 skt. bhagavan. 277 skt. sam.dhi. 278 the garuda bird is on top of the horse s head. 279 pride (tib. nga rgyal; skt. m.na, desire (tib. dod chags; skt. r.ga, anger (tib. zhe sdang; skt. dve.a, jealousy (tib. phrag dog; skt .r.y, and ignorance (tib. gti mug; skt. moha. 280 h. nu bag shu. unknown. 281 legs pa. 282 the seven rider retinue. 283 like a heap of sesame s

demon brothers are certain to arise in reality. with respect to that, one should strive to offer and praise without fear [329] when one entrusts the dharma teachings, create a great red offering mansion. on the peak, arrange the seven pure food offerings for the might demons adorned with red banners. disperse the choicest of the pure [offerings] and the drink offerings, and entrust these actions. the disciple said "because [these offerings] are red and increase by means of the desire to accomplish powerful actions for the lama, offer gifts of turquoise and conch shell as lineage, grain as riches, and weapons as power. kyai! because the victory of the wrathful venerable lama is similar to the actions of the haughty ones, having performed the binding of the oral vow, request to look after th

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

stanzas, where they have distinct appellations of their own, besides being called "fathers" and "progenitors* it is erroneous to take literally the worship of the human bodhisattvas, or manjusri. it is true that, exoterically, the mahayana school teaches adoration of these without distinction, and that huien-tsang speaks of some disciples of buddha as being worshipped. but esoterically it is not the disciple or the learned manjusri personally that received honours, but the divine bodhisattvas and dhyani buddhas that animated (amilakha, as the mongolians say) the human forms* the author of this work is augustus le plongeon. he and his wife are well known in the united states for their untiring labours in central america. it is they who discovered the sepulchre of the royal kan coh, at cich

very reasonable evidence and life-experience, in karma- nemesis, or the law of retribution. this law- whether conscious or uncon[[footnote(s* objectors to the doctrine of karma should recall the fact that it is absolutely out of the question to attempt a reply to the pessimists on other data. a firm grasp of the principles of karmic law knocks away the whole basis of the imposing fabric reared by the disciples of schopenhauer and von hartmann* the doctrine and theology of calvinists "the purpose of god from eternity respecting all events (which becomes fatalism and kills free will, or any attempt of exerting it for good" it is the pre-assignment or allotment of men to everlasting happiness or misery (catechism. a noble and encouraging doctrine this[[vol. 2, page] 305 the law of retribution

this prince (isis-osiris) built cities in egypt, stopped the overflowing of the nile; invented agriculture, the use of the vine, music, astronomy, and geometry" when abul-feda says in his "historia anteislamitica (fleisher, p. 16) that the sabean language was established by seth and edris (enoch- he means by "sabean language" astronomy. in the "melelwa nohil (ms. 47 in nic. cat) hermes is called the disciple of agathodaemon. and in another account (see col. vyse's 2nd vol. of the "pyramids of ghizeh" p. 364, ms. 785, uri's cat) agathodaemon is mentioned as a "king of egypt" celepas geraldinus gives curious traditions about henoch. he calls him the "divine giant" in the "book of the various names of the nile" the same author (the historian ahmed-ben-yusouf eltiphas) tells us of the belief

though the nations or the innumerable spines upon it, vary with each succeeding "season" of three or four thousand years. it is somewhat curious to mark the comparative approximation of duration between the lives of a "family-race" and a "sidereal year" the knowledge of the foregoing, and the accurately correct division, formed part and parcel of the mysteries, where these sciences were taught to the disciples, and where they were transmitted by one hierophant to another. everyone is aware that the european astronomers assign (arbitrarily enough) the date of the invention of the egyptian zodiac to the years 2000 or 2400 b.c (proctor; and insist that this invention coincides in its date with that of the erection of the great pyramid. this, to an occultist and eastern astronomer, must appear

rhaps rather unjust in its general application. but why not try to account for it? orientalists cannot do so, for they reject the chronology of the secret doctrine, and could hardly admit the fact that between the rig-vedic hymns and hesiod's theogony tens of thousands of years have elapsed. so they fail to see that the greek myths are no longer the primitive symbolical language of the initiates, the disciples of the gods- hierophants, the divine ancient "sacrificers" and that disfigured by the distance, and encumbered by the exuberant growth of human profane fancy, they now stand like distorted images of stars in running waves. but if hesiod's cosmogony and theogony are to be viewed as caricatures of the original images, how much more so the myths in the hebrew genesis in the sight of tho

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hidden in every rule and law of proportion. no man descended from a palaeolithic cave-dweller could ever evolve such a science unaided, even in millenniums of thought and intellectual evolution. it is the pupils of those incarnated rishis and devas of the third root race, who handed their knowledge from one generation to another, to egypt and greece with its now lost canon of proportion; as it is the disciples of the initiates of the 4th, the atlanteans, who handed it over to their cyclopes, the "sons of cycles" or of the "infinite" from whom the name passed to the still later generations of gnostic priests "it is owing to the divine perfection[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 209 the sacred island. although these matters were barely hinted at in "isis unveiled" it will be w

clusive keeping of the temple-brahmins- while no one else had the right to study or even read them outside of the sacred caste. then came gautama, the prince of kapilavastu. after learning the whole of the brahmanical wisdom in the rahasya or the upanishads, and finding that the teachings differed little, if at all, from those of the "teachers of life" inhabiting the snowy ranges of the himalaya* the disciple of the brahmins, feeling indignant because the sacred wisdom was thus withheld from all but the brahmins, determined to save the whole world by popularizing it. then it was that the brahmins, seeing that their sacred knowledge and occult wisdom was falling into the hands of the "mlechchhas" abridged the texts of the upanishads, originally containing thrice the matter of the vedas and

ed and illusive life. the monad, then, can be traced through the course of its pilgrimage and its changes of transitory vehicles only from the incipient stage of the manifested universe. in pralaya, or the intermediate period between two manvantaras, it loses its name, as it loses it when the real one self of man merges into brahm in cases of high samadhi (the turiya state) or final nirvana "when the disciple" in the words of sankara "having attained that primeval consciousness, absolute bliss, of which the nature is truth, which is without form and action, abandons this illusive body that has been assumed by the atma just as an actor (abandons) the dress (put on" for buddhi (the anandamaya sheath) is but a mirror which reflects absolute bliss; and, moreover, that reflection itself is yet

BLUE EQUINOX

ltant of all those thoughts. he will get samadhi upon that original thought, and this will be a terrible enemy to his progress. 4. the mind is the great slayer of the real. in the word .mind. we should include all phenomena of mind, including samadhi itself. any phenomenon has causes and produces results, and all these things are below the .real. by the real is here meant the nibbanadhatu. 5. let the disciple slay the slayer. for. this is a corollary of verse 4. these texts may be interpreted in a quite elementary sense. it is of course the object of even the beginner to suppress mind and a!l its manifestations, but only as he advances will he discover what mind means. 6. when to himself his form appears unreal, as do on waking all the forms he sees in dreams; this is a somewhat elementary

ontained a warning against identifying the soul with human life, from the failure of its aspirations. 35. if through the hall of wisdom, thou would.st reach the vale of bliss, disciple, close fast thy senses against the great dire heresy of separateness that weans thee from the rest. this verse reads at first as if the heresy were still possible in the hall of wisdom, but this is not as it seems. the disciple is urged to find out his ego and slay it even in the beginning. 36. let not thy .heaven-born. merged in the sea of m y, break from the universal parent (soul, but let the fiery power retire into the inmost chamber, the chamber of the heart, and the abode of the world.s mother. this develops verse 35. the heaven-born is the human consciousness. the chamber of the heart is the anahata l

ne unacquainted with buddhist literature. the .everlasting. referred to is not a lifecondition at all. 56. desire nothing. chafe not at karma, nor at nature.s changeless laws. but struggle only with the personal, the transitory, the evanescent and the perishable. the words .desire nothing. should be interpreted positively as well as negatively. the main sense of the rest of the verse is to advise the disciple to work, and not to complain. 57. help nature and work on with her; and nature will regard thee as one of her creators and make obeisance. although the object of the disciple is to transcend law, he must work through law to attain this end. it may be remarked that this treatise.and this comment for the most part.is written for disciples of certain grades only. it is altogether inferio

e tenacious, then glue his feet unto the spot, and like a bird caught in the wily fowler.s lime, he will be stayed from further progress. his vices will take shape and drag him down. his sins will raise their voices like as the jackal.s laugh and sob after the sun goes down; his thoughts become an army, and bear him off a captive slave. a warning against any impurity in the original aspiration of the disciple. by impurity is meant, and should always be meant, the mingling (as opposed to the combination) of two the voice of the silence 27 things. do one thing at a time. this is particularly necessary in the matter of the aspiration. for if the aspiration be in any way impure, it means divergence in the will itself; and this is will.s one fatal flaw. it will however be understood that aspira

f the silence 29 this verse must not be taken in its literal sense. hunger is not conquered by starvation. one.s attitude to all the necessities which the traditions of earthly life involve should be to rule them, neither by mortification nor by indulgence. in order to do the work you must keep in proper physical and mental condition. be sane. asceticism always excites the mind, and the object of the disciple is to calm it. however, ascetic originally meant athletic, and it has only acquired its modern meaning on account of the corruptions that crept into the practices used by those in .training. the prohibitions, relatively valuable, were exalted into general rules. to .break training. is not a sin for anyone who is not in training. incidentally, it takes all sorts to make a world. imagin

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

ide to the perplexed, using rationalism to reconcile judaism with aristotle's laws of nature, and shloshah-asar ikkarim, the thirteen articles of faith. c. 1190 wolfram von eschenbach: parzival. isaac the blind. 1194-1270 nahmanides 1194-1256 ya aqob anatoli court doctor, alchemist, and translator for frederick ii c.1231; assistant of michael scotus, whom he frequently quotes in his work: goad of the disciples. a major link between jewish-muslim spain and ghibelline italy. it is evident that he shared in the philosophical and interconfessional climate atmosphere prevailing at the court of the emperor< 1200-1280 albertus magnus c.1200 albricus "liber ymaginum deorum [book of the images of the gods- codex vat. 3413. 1200-1271 hortulanus 1201-1259 bar

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of amset, the brother of the egyptian sun god, osiris. amset was a carpenter and james was a carpenter. amset was a "great purifier" and james was a "great purifier. disciple john, the favourite of "jesus, is a repeat of arjuna, the favourite disciple of krishna. john is actually known in tibet as argiun. john was the cousin of jesus and his original, arjuna, was the cousin of krishna. thomas was the disciple who insisted on touching jesus after the "resurrection" to prove he was in the flesh, hence the term doubting thomas. but thomas is tammuz, that other saviour-god with the jesus credentials. the christian church dedicates the winter solstice, the day the sun "dies, to st thomas. the hebrews still have a month they call tammuz. thomas the "twin" is also symbolism. thomas means "twin" i

ret. in this circle, he says, are the religious, political, and literary leaders, who knew the truth about jesus, but didn't want anyone else to know. he writes "the new testament, the church and christianity, were all the creation of the calpurnius piso (pronounced peso) family, who were roman aristocrats. the new testament and all the characters in it- jesus, all the josephs, all the marys, all the disciples, apostles, paul, john the baptist- all are fictional. the pisos created the story and all the characters; they tied the story to a specific time and place in history; and they connected it with some peripheral actual people, such as the herods, gamaliel, the roman procurators, etc. but jesus and everyone involved with him were created (that is fictional) characters."38 the pisos were

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he grand master of the priory of sion (sun),used this same symbolism in his famous painting of the last supper (see figure 16).he divides the 12 disciples into four groups of three with jesus, the sun, in the middleof them. again this is astrological symbolism painted by a high initiate of the secretsocieties and mystery schools who knew the truth. it may well be that da vinci hasportrayed one of the disciples as a woman to symbolise the isis, barati, semiramis,deity. this became symbolised as an m for mary or madonna (semiramis. jesus issaid to have been born on december 25th, a date the christians took from the sunreligions of sol invictus (the sun unconquered) for reasons ive explained. he is alsosaid to have died at easter on a cross. this is a repeat of the same ancient story again.th

ematical codes, is extremely compelling. i do recommendyou try to get hold of a copy if you want the full details. the opening paragraphencapsulates its findings:the new t estament, the church and christianity, were all the creation of the calpurniuspiso (pronounced peso) family, who were roman aristocrats. the new t estament and allthe characters in it- jesus, all the josephs, all the marys, all the disciples, apostles, paul,john the baptist- all are fictional. the pisos created the story and the characters; they tiedthe story to a specific time and place in history; and they connected it with some peripheralactual people, such as the herods, gamaliel, the roman procurators, etc. but jesus andeveryone involved with him were created (that is fictiotional) characters.2the pisos were a blood

old testament character, joseph, which piso used as a foundation: joseph had12 brothers, jesus 12 disciples; joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver, jesus for 30pieces of silver (inflation; brother judah suggests the sale of joseph, judas sells jesus;joseph is in egypt where the first born are killed, jesus and family flee to egypt to avoidthe slaying of male children. piso uses his four sons as the disciples, john (julius, james(justus, simon-peter (proculus, and alexander (andrew).4 julius, justus and proculus,would go on to write some later new testament texts. piso makes jesus fulfil a numberof old testament prophecies, particularly those of isaiah. reuchlin says that the pisosmade changes and additions to some old testament texts also, and wrote most of the 14old testament books know

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ight and song of birds, meetings with wild animals, and various other means, foretold coming events. according to the fifteenth- century humanist laurentius valla, they carefully preserve among themselves books which treat of this science, where they find rules of all sorts of prognostications and predictions. the soothsayers are divided into two classes, one, the masters or principals, the other the disciples and aspirants. another kind of knowledge is also attributed to them, that of being able to indicate the way taken by horses and other beasts of burden which are lost, and the road followed by one or more persons. they can specify the kind and shape of the ground, whether the earth is hard or soft, covered with sand or grass, whether it is a broad road, paved or sanded, or narrow, twi

kar s religious name, and his political writings under his birth name, phabhat rainjan sarkar. the two movements are officially independent of each other, though informally they are closely associated. initiates to ananda marga are instructed in the path of bliss by a teacher (guru. included in the instructions are the traditional yogic disciplines of yama and niyama, the do s and don ts of yoga. the disciple is admonished to abstain from violence, falsehood, theft, incontinence, and acquisitiveness, and to follow a path of purity, contentment, austerities, study, and dedicated activity. they are told to meditate twice daily and work toward bringing all to the path of perfection. social service is also emphasized. both ananda marga and the proutist party developed through the 1960s. in 196

exception) that is not a quotation. johnson s critique was answered by malcolm bird, who was research officer of the american soceity for psychical research (aspr. in an article in psychic research (august 1929, he pointed to important, unconsidered facts. first, he noted that the scripts did not identify their author as confucius. walter never made such a claim. he declared that chinese spirits, the disciples of confucius, helped him to get the test through. the important point, he said, was that the scripts were supernormally produced. margery delivered the first chinese script on march 17, 1928, in red light, with closed eyes. she did not know chinese, nor did the sitters. the very reason of the test was to demonstrate that minds other than the medium and sitters were at work. at the ne

who bore his cross, suffered in his place: and they compel one simon a cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of alexander and rufus, to bear his cross (mark 15:21. the gnostics contended that a portion of the real history of the crucifixion was never written. at the resurrection, the gnostics believed, the man jesus was given another body, made up of ether, which was why the disciples did not recognize him after the resurrection. during his sojourn on earth after he had risen, he received from god the perfect knowledge of spiritual truth, or gnosis, which he communicated to the small number of the apostles who were capable of receiving it. sources: lacarriere, jacques. the gnostics. london, 1977. mead, g. r. s. pistis sophia: a gnostic miscellany. london, 1921. re

ly attributed to the devil, but fontenettes explains that it was due to a less sinister cause. ford, arthur a(ugustus (1896.1971) american spiritualist medium and founder of the international general assembly of spiritualists. ford was born january 8, 1896, at titusville, florida. as a youth he followed a pilgrimage that took him from episcopalianism to the baptists to unitarianism and finally to the disciples of christ. he attended transylvania college, a disciples of christ school in lexington, kentucky. ordained as a disciples minister, he served a church in barbourbville, kentucky. ford realized his psychic abilities during world war i. while in the army he would hear the names of people he served with, and those names would appear on the casualty lists several days later. in the years

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of state, but in the persian monarchy they acquired a complete political ascendency. religion, philosophy, and the sciences were all in their hands. they were the universal physicians who healed the sick in body and in spirit, and, in strict consistency with that character, ministered to the state, which is only the individual in a larger sense. the three grades of the magi alluded to were called the disciples, the professed, and the masters. they were originally from bactria, where they governed a little state by laws of their own choice, and by their incorporation in the persian empire, they greatly promoted the consolidation of the conquests of cyrus. their decline dates from the reign of darius hystaspes, about 500 b.c.e, by whom they were fiercely persecuted. this produced an emigrati

called oriental magic gained footing in europe and superseded the earlier magic based on paganistic practice and ritual. there is evidence that eastern magic was imported into europe by persons returning from the crusades, and magic was disseminated from constantinople throughout europe, along with other sciences. witches and wizards and professors of lesser magic clung to paganism, whereas among the disciples of oriental magic were the magicians, necromancers (fortune-tellers, and sorcerers (practitioners of malevolent magic. the tenets of the higher branches of magic changed little from the eighth to the thirteenth century. there also appears to have been little persecution of the professors of magic. after that period, however, the opinions of the church underwent a radical change, and

s. more positively mukatananda is revered for his influence on many american spiritual leaders. sources: muktananda, swami. guru. new york: harper& row, 1971. in the company of a siddha: interviews and conversations with swami muktananda. ganeshpuri, india: gurudev siddha peth, 1981. kundalini: the secret of life. south fallsburg, n.y: syda foundation, 1979. the perfect relationship: the guru and the disciple. south fallsburg, n.y: syda foundation, 1980. play of consciousness. new york: harper& row, 1974. satsang with baba. oakland, calif: s.t.d.a, 1975. mulchuyse, s. dr. mulchuyse is co-author with f. a. heyne of the book vorderingen en problemen van de parapsychologie (progress and problems in parapsychology (1950. muldoon, sylvan j(oseph (ca. 1903.1971) pioneer american investigator of

e the illusion of self, which must be realized to be only an illusion; doubt, which must be cleared away by knowledge; and superstition, which must be cleared away by the discovery of what in truth is real. after this stage is traversed, the second initiation follows, and after this comes the consciousness that earthly life will now be short; only once again will physical death be experienced and the disciple begins more and more to function in the mental body. after the third initiation, the disciple has two other fetters to unloose.desire and aversion, and now knowledge becomes keen and piercing and the disciple can gaze deep into the heart of things. after the fourth initiation, the disciple enters on the last stage and is finally freed of what fetters remain.the desire for life whether

d initiation, the disciple has two other fetters to unloose.desire and aversion, and now knowledge becomes keen and piercing and the disciple can gaze deep into the heart of things. after the fourth initiation, the disciple enters on the last stage and is finally freed of what fetters remain.the desire for life whether bodily or not and the sense of individual difference from fellow human beings. the disciple has now reached the end of the journey and is no longer trammelled with sin or with anything that can hinder him or her from entering the state of supreme bliss, where he or she is reunited with the divine consciousness. this theosophical scheme of spiritual realization has similarities with other mystical paths both east and west, but has a special affinity with hinduism. sources: le

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het isa (master yeshuvah) and miryam (mary) in the qur an was derived from jewish sources. the hanifites were an arabian faith community largely concentrated in mecca, medina, and a few other cities, who had rejected idolatry previous to the birth of the prophet. they professed to be in search of the original religion of abraham. in the qur an, master mohammed repeatedly applies the term hanif to the disciples of the religion of abraham. before and during master mohammed s life, persian kings ruled many parts of the peninsula. the persian inhabitants were generally well educated, and their tales and songs became widespread among the arabian tribes. the poetic and narrative style of the qur an is strikingly different from the tanakh. the tanakh is a diverse anthology whose component pieces

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r that he has seen those figures before, or figures almost exactly like them, namely in the articuli adversus mathematicos where they were seals of the trinity mens, intellectus, amor (pi. 11 a, b, c, seals "against the mathematicians" who seem to be explained in the preface to the emperor rudolph as the warring christian sects who should be replaced by a religion of love and a cult of nature. if the disciple is such a devoted giordanist that he has been with bruno in paris he will wonder when he sees the two diagrams labelled "plectrum mordentii" 1 see above, pp. 309, 311. 2 op. lat, i l l, p. 416. 3 ibid, p. 535. d. w. singer giordano bruno, etc, p. 71) speaks of bruno's "cosmic metabolism" in connection with the eternal motion of the minima* op. lat, i (ii, pp. 171-2. s op. lat, i (iii

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; into deep pits, that they rise not up again"[109 "happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones"[110 [109] psalms cxl [110] ibid, cxxxvii. no one i think can read the avestas without being impressed by the prominence there given to the subjects of temperance and virtue. in their efforts to purify religion, and in the attempts to return to their more ancient faith, the disciples of zoroaster, as early as eight hundred years before christ, had adopted a highly spiritualized conception of the deity. they had taught in various portions of asia minor the doctrine of one god, a dual entity by means of which all things were created. they taught also the doctrine of a resurrection and that of the immortality of the soul. it was at this time that they originated, or

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acts on the tarot a representation of the mystical arrangement of these52 the sorcererand his apprentice cards inthetemple ofptahat memphis, and he further says:'upona table or altar, at the heightofthe breast of the egyptian magus (or hierophant, were on one side a book or assemblageofcards or plates of gold (the tarot),andontheother a vase,etc.'this idea is further dilated upon by p. christian (the disciple of eliphas levi, in his'histoiredela magie,'to which i shall have occasion to refer later.thegreat exponents ofthetarot,court de gebelin, levi, and etteilla, have always assigned to thetarota qabalistico-egyptian origin,andthis i have found confirmed in my own researches into this subject, which have extended over several years. w. hughes willshire, in his remarks on the general histo

said to symbolise the spirit, air, water, fire, height, depth, east, west, north, south. the twenty-two letters are divided into three mother letters, a, m, sh, referring to air, water, and fire; seven double letters, b, g, d, k, p, r, th, referring to the seven planets, etc; and twelve simple letters, h, v, z, ch, t, i, l, n, s,0,tz,q, referring to the twelve signs of the zodiac, etc. christian, the disciple of levi, in his recent work on magic, has made the explanation of the twenty-two hieroglyphics of the tarot form part of the initiatory ceremonies of the egyptian mysteries of crata repoa. the symbols of three of the twenty-two trumps of the tarot were thus restored by eliphas levi.7. the chariot.a cubical chariot with four columns, surmounted by an azure and star-decked canopy. withi

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he violent and martial tone that pisces, which is assigned the egyptian god horus, has taken in this last age. while pisces is water, aries is fire and hence we have the interaction of will and emotion, while pisces distributes power, aries generates it and hence the combination of these powers brings great changes. the attribution of horus to pisces is controversial and will raise the hackles of the disciples of aliester crowley who believe the aeon of horus began with his revelation in 1904.i do not aim to debate the gnostic versus thelemite position here, the linked document will cover that in some detail if you want further information. the classic gnostic position is to align isis with taurus, taurus being the earth goddess, osiris is assigned to aries and it the imagery of the sacrif

om my god: and i will write upon him my new name. revelation 3:12 this verse clearly explains that those who have overcome (that is those who completed their spiritual development, will become a pillar in the temple of god and he shall go out no more, that is, he will reincarnate no longer. this is obviously the message intended in this verse. also when we examine the gospels we find jesus asking the disciples, who do they think i am? you would think that when the disciples answer in terms of reincarnation that if this was incorrect jesus would certainly correct them! surely he would not let them continue in their ignorance! but no, jesus accepts what they say but simply corrects them in regards to his own identity! when jesus came into the coasts of caesarea philippi, he asked his discipl

owledged these triple levels in the way in which he taught his message. there is clear evidence within the new testament that jesus used parables to reveal certain teachings to different classes of disciples. in this structure of teaching there is wisdom for the multitudes (the people of israel, the seventy and for the twelve disciples and these levels clearly refer to the three degrees of truth. the disciples came to him and asked "why do you speak to the people in parables" he replied, the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. matthew 13:10-12 the bible is a part of ancient religion which was both exoteric and e

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ul, he is christed. now i realise many traditional christians (and others) will argue that the holy spirit cannot do any harm, it is the spirit of love, and hence these baptisms can be given together. but this is just not so, if we continue to read the account in acts chapter eight, when simon tries to purchase the power of the holy spirit, he is cursed with death, he becomes so terrified he asks the disciples to pray and protect him from its power! in acts chapter 5 we read of ananias, who in trying to deceive the holy spirit was gnostic theurgy page 141 killed by the power of god. in addition to these comments we may also note that the only sin that cannot be forgiven is the "sin against the holy spirit (mark 3:29. accordingly, the baptism of the holy spirit or fire should not be taken l

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judicious) secret chief, was arrested and condemned by the inquisition, dying in a roman prison. johnson observes of some of his successors: they were all committed to an international effort to combat religious dogmatism, extend the range of democratic government, and direct public attention to the values of liberty, equality and fraternity..sotheran s acquaintance with hpb began in europe among the disciples of mazzini. sotheran s account of cagliostro makes it clear that he regarded the work of mazzini and the carbonari to be direct continuation of cagliostro s mission. johnson s cast of characters in early theosophical history overlaps with occultistmagical history considerably. the great magi papus, p.b. randolph and john yarker all come under consideration by johnson. but before we i

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to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt ancient religion -ooo- the wisdom-religion, esoteric in all ages q. since ammonius never committed anything to writing, how can one feel sure that such were his teachings? a. neither did buddha, pythagoras, confucius, orpheus, socrates, or even jesus, leave behind them any writings. yet most of these are historical personages, and their teachings have all survived. the disciples of ammonius (among whom origen and herennius) wrote treatises and explained his ethics. certainly the latter are as historical, if not more so, than the apostolic writings. moreover, his pupils-origen, plotinus, and longinus (counselor of the famous queen zenobia)-have all left voluminous records of the philaletheian system-so far, at all events, as their public profession of faith w

is preeminently unspiritual and matter of fact. moreover, there is the unfamiliar character of theosophic teachings; the highly abstruse nature of the doctrines, some of which contradict flatly many of the human vagaries cherished by sectarians, which have eaten into the very core of popular beliefs. if we add to this the personal efforts and great purity of life exacted of those who would become the disciples of the inner circle, and the very limited class to which an entirely unselfish code appeals, it will be easy to perceive the reason why theosophy is doomed to such slow, uphill work. it is essentially the philosophy of those who suffer, and have lost all hope of being helped out of the mire of life by any other means. moreover, the history of any system of belief or morals, newly int

ic school of the philaletheians or "lovers of truth" he was of poor birth and born of christian parents, but endowed with such prominent, almost divine goodness as to be called theodidaktos, the "god-taught" he honored that which was good in christianity, but broke with it and the churches at an early age, being unable to find in christianity any superiority over the old religions. analogeticists the disciples of ammonius saccas (see above) so called because of their practice of interpreting all sacred legends, myths, and mysteries by a principle of analogy and correspondence, which rule is now found in the cabalistic system, and preeminently so in the schools of esoteric philosophy in the east. ananda (sans) bliss, joy, felicity, happiness. a name of a favorite disciple of gautama, the lo

the other to man, the "little image of the great form" longinus, dionysius cassius a famous critic and philosopher, born in the very beginning of the third century (about 213. he was a great traveler, and attended at alexandria the lectures of ammonius saccas, the founder of neo-platonism, but was rather a critic than a follower. porphyry (the jew malek or malchus) was his pupil before he became the disciple of plotinus. it is said of him that he was a living library and a walking museum. towards the end of his life he became the instructor in greek literature of zenobia, queen of palmyra. she repaid his services by accusing him before the emperor aurelius of having advised her to rebel against the latter, a crime for which longinus, with several others, was put to death by the emperor in

rning. he taught a doctrine identical with that of the vedantins, namely, that the spirit soul emanating from the one deific principle was after its pilgrimage on earth reunited to it (see theosophical glossary) porphyry (porphyrius. his real name was malek, which led to his being regarded as a jew. he came from tyre, and having first studied under longinus, the eminent philosopher-critic, became the disciple of plotinus, at rome. he was a neo-platonist and a distinguished writer, specially famous for his controversy with iamblichus regarding the evils attending the practice of theurgy, but was, however, finally converted to the views of his opponent. a natural-born mystic he followed, like his master plotinus, the pure indian raja-yoga system, which, by training, leads to the union of the

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t many of serious seekers of the truth had to go through piles of books just to catch one pearl of it now and again. the one, however, who is earnestly interested in his progress and does not pursue this sacred wisdom from sheer curiosity or else is yearning to satisfy his own lust, will find the right leader to initiate him in this book. no incarnate adept, however high his rank may be, can give the disciple more for his start than the present book does. if both the honest trainee and the attentive reader will find in this book all they have been searching for in vain all the years, then the book has fulfilled its purpose completely. the author. part i theory picture of the magician: the first tarot card interpretation of the symbolism below you will find the mineral, vegetable and animal

ents. the incipient adept can enlarge these qualities by serious studies and deep meditation, with respect to the analogous laws of the four-pole magnet. this happens to be a very meritorious work which never ought to be neglected, because it will lead to great success and secure results. these three chapters relating to body, soul and spirit have represented man in his most perfect form. by now, the disciple ought to have realized how very important it is to know one s own microcosm for the initiation and especially for the magic and the mystic practice, as a matter of fact, for the whole of the secrets. most of the authors, from sheer ignorance or for other cogent reasons, have omitted this extremely important part, the foundation. 14. the mental plane as the body ahs its earthly plane

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sonality was all but lost. in the mod- em jesus of the christian church we find the ideal of the imaginative 51. decline and fall itf the annan empin, ch. xxi. 52. zisis unveiled irenaeua, not the adept of the esseoes, the obscure reformer from galilee. we see him under the disfigured nato-philoneaa mask, not as when the disciples heard him on the mount. so far then the heathen philosophy had helped them in the building of the principal dogma. but when the theurgists of the third neo ^atonic school, deprived of their ancient mysteries, strove to blend the doctrines of plato with those of aristotle, and by combining the two philosophies added to their theosophy the primeval docbioes ot the oriental kabala, then

ncantations of the. pagan and jewish kabahst are now repeated by the christian exorcist, and the theurgy of lambhchus was adopted word for word "distinct as were the platonists and pauline christians of the earher centuries" writes professor a. wilder "many of the more distinguished teachers of the new faith were deeply tinctured with the philosoi^iical leaven. synesius, the bishop of cyrene, was the disciple of hypatia. st. anthony reiterated the theurgy of lambliehiu. the logos, or word of the gospel digitizecoy google pagan origin op cathouc ritual 85 aecording to john, was a gnostic personificatioa. clement of alexandria. origen, and others of the fathers drank deeply from the fountains of philosophy. the ascetic idea which carried away the church was like that whidi was practised by f

dhya-muni, previously exercised only in isolated cases of well-known philosophers and their followers; virtues preached two or three centuries later by jesus, practised by a few christian ascetics, and gradually abandoned and even entirely forgotten by the christian church. the iniiiaud nazars had ever held to this rule, which had to be fol- lowed before their time by the adepts of every age; and the disciples of john were but a dissenting branch of the essenes. therefore we cannot well confound them with all the juaart spoken of in the old testament, and who are accused by hosea with having separated or consecrated themselves to boaketh, nif3 (see hebrew text; which word implied the greatest possible abomination. to infer, as some critics and theo- logians do, ihat it means to separate on

portance in the eyes of his disciples, announces the "holy ghost" to his listeners; causes crowds to as- send le on the shores of the jordan, where, at the great ceremony of christ's baptism, the promised "holy ghost" appears within the opened heavens, and the multitude bears the voice, and yet there are disciples of st. john who have "never so much as heard whether there be any holy ghost! veri^ the disciples who wrote the codex nazaraeus were right. only it is not jesus himself, but those who came after him, and who concocted the bstle to suit themselves, that "perverted john's doctrine, dianged the baptism of the jordan, and perverted the sayings of justice" it b useless to object that the present codex was written centuries after the direct apostles of john preached. so were our gospel

stles of john preached. so were our gospels. when this astounding interview of paul with the 'baptists' took place, barde- sanes had not yet appeared among them, and the sect was not considered a 'heresy' moreover we are enabled to judge how bttle st. john's promise of the "holy ghost" and the appearance of the "ghost" him- self, had affected his disciples, by the displeasure shown by them toward the disciples of jesus, and the kind of rivalry manifested from the first. nay, bo little is john himself sure of the identity of jesus with the ex- pected messiah, that after the famous scene of the baptism at the jordan, and the oral assurance by the holy ghost himself that" this is my booted san" matthew, ni, 17, we find 'theprecur3or,'injfatia0ui,xi, 3, sending two of his disciples from his pr

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alled time; yet so totally unguessing of the preternatural mystery seeming the key of all belief, and the reading of all wonders which they speak. it is to be noted that all the above religions all the creeds of fire were exceedingly similar in their nature; that they were all fortified by rites, and fenced around with ceremonies; and that, associated as they were with, mysteries and initiations, the disciple was led through the knowledge of them in stages, as his powers augmented and his eyes saw, until, towards the last grades (as he himself grew capable and illuminate, the door was closed upon all afterpressing and unrecognised inquirers, and the admitted one was himself lost sight of. chinese pagodas. 89 there was a great wave to the westward of all knowledge, all cultivation of the ar

ith him. at the point of the miraculous transference of persons, christos and sophia (the divine) left his body, and returned to their own heaven. upon his death on earth, the two withdrew the being jesus (spiritually, and gave him another body, made up of ether (rosicrucian ther um. thenceforward he consisted of the two first rosicrucian principles only, soul and spirit; which was the cause that the disciples did not recognise him after the resurrection. during his sojourn upon earth of eighteen months after he had risen, he received from sophia (soph, suph, or holy wisdom, that perfect knowledge or illumination, that true gnosis, which he communicated to the small number of the apostles who were capable of receiving the same. the gnostic authorities are st. irenaeus in the first place, t

ll number of the apostles who were capable of receiving the same. the gnostic authorities are st. irenaeus in the first place, tertullian, clemens alexandrinus, origen, st. epiphanius. the gnostics are divided into sects, bearing the names of valentinians, carpocratians, basilideans, and manich ans. gnwsij, gnosis, gnossos: thence gnostics. as the son of god remained unknown to the world, so must the disciple of basilides also remain unknown to the rest of mankind. as they know all this, and yet must live amongst strangers, therefore must they conduct themselves towards the rest of the world as invisible and unknown. hence their motto, learn to know all, but keep thyself unknown (iren us. 154 the rosicrucians. the speech of an angel or of a spirit with man is heard as sonorously as the spe

jesus loved beyond all his other disciples, who lay upon jesus bosom; who, while peter tardily advanced, flew, borne on the wings of virginity, to the lord; and, penetrating into the secrets of the divine nativity, was emboldened to declare what preceding ages had been ignorantof. in the beginning was the word. and the word was with god, and the word was god. reynardi opera, vol. viii. p. 252. if the disciples of the doctrine of evolution, or selection of the fittest, are right if your darwins, your huxleys, your herbert spencers, your leweses, your dense unimaginative men (only specious philosophers, are correct in their deductions of correlation bowing-out god* as it were (in sublimity of fools not mad presumption, exterior of his own creation then reverence, and devotion, and martyrdom

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return without their prey within the snare. looking down from his high tower michael once more beheld the earth from which his sight was so long turned and his power pierced most easily those enchantment by which jesu was hid. now did he stir within the heart of one of those with the son of gabriel great jealousy of the teacher and with most cunning charms turned against the master the intent of the disciple. this one was named judas iscariot. thus was it that this judas stole from the place of hiding by night and went to the pharisees that sought the destruction of his mentor. for thirty pieces of silver he sold that which had been most dear to him. judas was brought to the constables of rome 343 and brought them to the house where hid jesu, son of gabriel, but bursting in upon the house

f his crime known to us as it is known to you. we perceived what had become of isaac's children and that which was suffered at hitler's hands and i wept for my negligence. i have not tears enough to atone for those torments where i failed you but these you shall not face again that i stand not with you. now did the forces of the west and east go about berlin as lions and sought out in every place the disciples of gabriel's hatred. 375 the shedim also went about berlin and sought out for themselves gabriel that his fires of hatred might be quenched forever. fast within his fastness found was hitler by my own eye. i came upon the prophet of gabriel and looked upon the shameful one. he perceived me not but i gazed deep within the recesses of his soul. what did i see? no monster nor demon did

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

he wisdom of kabbalah tells us why man exists, why he is born, why he lives, what the purpose of his life is, where he comes from, and where he is going after he completes his life in this world. 110 a b o u t b n e i b a ru c h bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman's scientific method provides individuals of all faiths, religions, and cultures with the precise tools necessary for embarking on a captivating path of self-discovery and spir

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

culty of biology and cybernetics at the institute of science at st. petersburg university. in addition to his work as a scientist and a researcher, rav laitman has been studying and teaching kabbalah for the past thirty years. as a kabbalist, he has published more than thirty books and numerous academic essays on the subject, which have been translated into ten languages thus far. rav laitman was the disciple and personal assistant of rabbi baruch shalom halevi ashlag (the rabash, 12 from chaos to harmony the firstborn and successor of rabbi yehuda leib halevi ashlag, known as baal hasulam (owner of the ladder) for authoring the sulam (ladder) commentary on the book of zohar. for twelve years, rav laitman devotedly studied with the rabash, and absorbed from him the teachings of baal hasula

e of lessons revealing the nature of the wisdom and explaining the method of attaining it. for every person questioning who am i really? and why am i on this planet? this book is an absolute must. 207 a bo u t b n e i b a ru c h bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman s scientific method provides individuals of all faiths, religions, and cultures with the precise tools necessary for embarking on a captivating path of self-discovery and spir

LAITMAN M KABBALAH REVEALED

n is a sequence of lessons revealing the nature of the wisdom and explaining the method of attaining it. for every person questioning who am i really? and why am i on this planet? this book is an absolute must. about bnei baruch bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman s scientific method provides individuals of all faiths, religions, and cultures with the precise tools necessary for embarking on a captivating path of self-discovery and spir

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

in the talmud that "serving a sage is more useful for a disciple than learning from one" the learning process entails egoism and employs our earthly reason, while the service of a sage originates in one s faith in the sage s greatness, a feeling that a student cannot perceive. therefore, the student s service is much closer in essence to the spiritual qualities, and consequently is preferable for the disciple. as a result, the one who was closer to a teacher and best served that teacher gained a greater chance for spiritual ascent. accordingly, it is said by the kabbalists that the way of kabbalah is not inherited, but rather passed down from teacher to disciple. so it was in all generations, up to the present one. however, the present generation has fallen so low spiritually that even its

the way of kabbalah is not inherited, but rather passed down from teacher to disciple. so it was in all generations, up to the present one. however, the present generation has fallen so low spiritually that even its leaders pass on their knowledge via family lineage, since all their knowledge is on a bodily level. on the other hand, those who have formed a spiritual bond with the creator and with the disciples, transfer their legacy only to those who can receive it, that is, to their closest disciples. when we experience obstacles in our advance toward the creator, we must ask the following of the creator: 1. that the creator remove all the obstacles, which he himself sends, so that we can overcome them by our own- 326- attaining the worlds beyond means, and not be in need of greater spiri

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

thematics, science, computers, quantum physics, and artificial intelligence. two other books of satinover s became bestsellers: cracking the bible code, and homosexuality and the politics of truth. m i c h a e l l a i t m a n, p h d rav michael laitman has a phd in philosophy from the russian academy of science and an msc in bio-cybernetics from the polytechnic institute of st. petersburg. he was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag (1907-1991) for twelve years. during those years, rav laitman acquired the sulam method, teachings passed on to his mentor by his father, rabbi yehuda ashlag (1884-1954, known as baal hasulam for his sulam commentary on the zohar. rav laitman has written thirty books on kabbalah, which were translated into ten languages. his daily lessons

he wisdom of kabbalah tells us why man exists, why he is born, why he lives, what the purpose of his life is, where he comes from, and where he is going after he completes his life in this world. 220 a b o u t b n e i b a ru c h bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman's scientific method provides individuals of all faiths, religions, and cultures with the precise tools necessary for embarking on a captivating path of self-discovery and spir

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

le used to practice are no longer necessary. kabbalists have drawn the upper light t h e s t u d y o f k a b b a l a h 117 toward us, especially since the time of the ari (16th century, as it says: the light in it reforms, meaning the study of kabbalah awakens an invisible illumination of upper light that corrects man. kabbalists explain that the study of kabbalah awakens that illumination within the disciple more intensively than any other study. therefore, they advise anyone who wants to attain spirituality and the purpose of creation to study kabbalah. of course you can go on building houses, buying cars and giving expensive gifts, but it s important to maintain regular studies, read any time you can, and read only the writings of genuine kabbalists. that study will bring you new intern

before the creator, or before your ego, because only those two possibilities exist. bowing before something indicates the desire for it, or for the attribute it symbolizes. bowing before the ego means a person places the ego above self; there is no desire to suppress it, but to feed on it. the surrender to the ego is called bowing before an alien god. in the kabbalah this is called, idolatry. if the disciple studies torah in order to become a man, the evil inclination sees that it has nothing to look for here and the natural forces weaken. but at that time, the person still does not have the spiritual powers of bestowal, and therefore is still not attracted to the creator, as there is not yet the knowledge of who he is. being between the two worlds is the state that causes the indifferenc

desire to please the rav, and not the student. in the opposite situation, when the motivation is the will to serve for self-gratification, the study is the goal and becomes more important than serving the rav. if the environment around a person does not praise the glory of the creator, as it should, a person will never be able to attain a spiritual degree. therefore, it is always recommended that the disciple regard self as the lowest (spiritually) compared to one s group. in this way, the student can adopt the state of mind of the collective. the environment is necessary to attain the purpose of creation, which is why you should buy yourself a friend. r e a d i n g w i t h o u t u n d e r s t a n d i n g q: lately i ve been going through a cooling off period. at first, i was reading your

ent generation k i have three questions for you on this issue: 1. of what is this wall built? 2. under what conditions was it erected? 3. why is this wall standing between israel and kabbalah? s p i r i t ua l wo r k 153 a: 1. the iron wall is inside our hearts, between its egotistical intention for ourselves and the point in the heart, the screen, and the altruistic intention for the creator. 2. the disciples of rav akiva (who taught, love thy fellow man as thy thyself, experienced a downfall. they descended to the level of unfounded hatred, and with them, the entire jewish people fell. there were earlier declines in spiritual level, such as the destruction of the first temple, and from then on, such downfalls have continued to the present day. however, in our time begins the process of r

fear of disappointment stops us from being happy in the present. does it also hold back my progress? a: for kabbalists, attack is an ongoing operation. the fear is not the fear itself, but a fear that results from the lack of ability to feel the purpose. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 172 feeling the purpose is called faith, and it is faith that gives you the confidence to tackle pain. the disciple becomes a creature clinging to the purpose of life only to the extent that he or she can glorify the greatness of the purpose of creation. therefore, if we work on glorifying the goal, nothing seems scary. in addition, what is important about the goal is its connection with the creator. after all, the creator himself is the goal! if you constantly strive to reach the goal, send for th

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of creation. t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 260 a w i s e d i s c i p l e a wise disciple is a person who wishes to learn from the creator himself. but what can we learn from the creator? the creator s sole property is his desire to delight his creatures. to the extent that one wishes to acquire this precise property, meaning to delight the creator, one merits the title a wise disciple, meaning the disciple of the wise (the creator. students must labor intensely in their spiritual work in order for their prayers to equalize their attributes with those of the creator to be heard. those whose hearts are empty and who seemingly want to attain spirituality, but only display their work before others, will receive nothing! one cannot deceive the creator or one s own heart. when we want nothing

them near to him. when the creator does not want someone near him, he gives that person satisfaction in life, in family, and in work. in fact, it is only possible to evolve through a perpetual sensation of dissatisfaction. there is another way to evolve, or better phrased, to be educated: by developing a sense of completeness within. in that way, the educator prevents any ascents or descents from the disciple. this is the basis for traditional upbringing. when one has a sense of completeness, one is tempted to halt one s progress, as the ego is satisfied. pa r t f o u r: p r o p e r s t u d y 261 it is the intensity of dissatisfaction that creates the desire to break one s indolent routine. this is important in spirituality, for dissatisfaction is the power that pushes us toward the spirit

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

oved because it is nearest the heart, and should remind the candidate to let love have the primary authority in all his decisions. the second and third s c are similar, but of t c, and f c i c respectively. three s c s there must be, because the qualifications are three; the quality of love is sometimes counted as a fourth, but really it must permeate them all, and when it is strong it will carry the disciple up into the higher path of the next degree. 522. there are two reasons for the length of these three s c s. each one carries a man forward further than the preceding one. that is the way of evolution. every step that is taken adds to a man fs strength, so that his next step will be both stronger and longer. always something is gained but nothing is lost, so that his speed increases on

just as the g c of the first degree showed the necessity of the conquest of the desire nature, so does that of the second degree show the need at this stage of full control of the lower mind. we may compare the instruction implied here with that given in light on the path on the killing out of various kinds of desire, and that in the voice of the silence: gthe mind is the slayer of the real; let the disciple slay the slayer. h 632. in the co-masonic ritual the r.w.m. tells the neophyte twice over in almost the same words that he is now expected to make the hidden mysteries of our science his future study; but 633. bro. ward remarks that in the masculine ritual the second statement is that he is now permitted to do so. he attaches great importance to this, as showing that the compilers of

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to those who are ready a swifter path of unfoldment, with greater knowledge and opportunities for service; that this path is divided into steps and degrees: the probationary path, or the lower mysteries, wherein the candidates are prepared for discipleship, and the path proper, or the greater mysteries, in which are conferred within the great white lodge itself five great initiations, which lead the disciple from the life of earth to the life of adeptship in god, to become a living flame, as it is said, for the lighting of the world. he is taught that god, both in the universe and in man, shows himself as a trinity of wisdom, strength and beauty, and that these three aspects are represented in the great white lodge in the persons of its three chief officers, through whom the mighty power

steps of the mysteries, but in previous lives had prepared himself for it- for it is the ego who is initiated, not the mere personality of the lower planes. 188. there have always been five great initiations, which in christian teaching have been illustrated by stages in the life of the christ as related in the gospels, which contain elements derived from the teachings of the egyptian mysteries. the disciple jesus was an initiate of the egyptian lodge, and therefore much of the egyptian symbolism was adopted by his followers, and was later woven into the gospel story. in the masters and the path i have given an account of certain of the ceremonies of initiation used in the great white brotherhood at the present day. the egyptian rituals were in some respects slightly different from these

xed period is noteworthy as indicating that the historical setting is only of secondary importance, and that the main purpose of the degree is to convey symbolical instruction. 295. the essenes and the christ 296. the tradition of the mysteries was transmitted from century to century, until we find it among the essenes, who also appear to have inherited chaldaean rites. it was in this school that the disciple jesus lived in preparation for his ministry, after receiving a high initiation into the true mysteries of egypt. the essenes had among other chaldaean rites inherited what was afterwards known as the mithraic eucharist, the ceremony of bread and wine and salt, which, as we shall see later, was transmitted through the ages until it was incorporated in the modern degree of the rose-croi

of the pythagoreans was that of the physikoi- not physicists in our modern sense of the word, but students of the true inner life, who learnt how to distinguish the divine life under all its disguises, and so were able to comprehend the course of its evolution. the life exacted from all these pupils was of the most exalted purity. mackey gives the following account of the school at crotona: 401. the disciples of this school wore the simplest kind of clothing, and, having on their entrance surrendered all their possessions to the common fund, they submitted for three(*this should be two only) years to voluntary poverty, during which time they were also compelled to a rigorous silence. the scholars were divided into exoterics and esoterics. this distinction was borrowed by pythagoras from t

convinced of the universal truths revealed by the incarnation and the atonement need trouble themselves no more about their particular manifestations in time(*op. cit, p. 89) 466. here we see distinct and repeated references to the hidden teaching, greater far than anything known to the church of the present day, and carrying those who study it to a much higher level than is ever now attained by the disciples of orthodoxy. what has become of this magnificent heritage of christianity? it is true that everything the church knows is now given out, but that is only because she has forgotten the mysteries which she used to keep hidden. this is one of the principal reasons why she has lost control of her more intellectual sons, and has therefore failed in her duty to educate and instruct the pe

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

n beings and doing good, demons harass humanity and go about doing evil. christian scriptures relate many stories about exorcisms in which possessed individuals are freed from demons. according to the gospels, healing the sick and the deranged by exorcising demons constituted a major aspect of jesus ministry (e.g, matthew 15:22 and 15:28; luke 4:33 35. jesus also imparted the power to exorcise to the disciples (matthew 10:1. as related in one familiar gospel tale, demons can also possess animals: now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. and all the devils besought him, saying, send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. and forthwith jesus gave them leave. and the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently dow

. the devil s partner an elderly satan worshiper passes away, but then comes back as a young man in this 1958 film. not one to give up old habits easily, he picks up where he left off, casting spells and conducting dark rituals. the devil s rain a cult of satan worshipers wander the desert of the old western looking for the portal to the underworld and a sacred satanic book that contains names of the disciples of satan. john travolta is one of the ghouls that stalks william shatner s quest to return the sacred book to the group. anton lavey, founder of the church of satan, was a technical advisor for this 1975 film. the devil s son-in-law a 1997 comedy about an aspiring nightclub performer who makes a deal with the devil to marry his daughter after he becomes a star. given a magic cane, th

should cult cops not reap the same rewards of frightened audiences (81 83) prior to matamoros, the closest things to documentable homicidal cults were charles manson s family and jim jones s people s temple. but there were problems with using these groups as examples of satanic cults. specifically, the jones group was, even at the time of the mass suicide in mather, cotton 167 guyana, a member of the disciples of christ, a mainline christian denomination. and while manson occasionally referred to himself as satan (he also called himself god, the manson family were not satanists in any meaningful sense of the term. furthermore, their murderous acts were not ritualistic sacrifices. thus, while the matamoros group did not actually worship the devil, it contained more components than any previ

ting new witches, satan asks the novice, whether she will abjure the faith, and forsake the holy christian religion. and never venerate the sacraments; and if he finds the novice or disciple willing, then the devil stretches out his hand, and so does the novice, and she swears with upraised hand to keep that covenant. and when this is done, the devil at once adds that this is not enough; and when the disciple asks what more must be done, the devil demands the following oath of homage to himself: that she give herself to him, body and soul, for ever, and do her utmost to bring others of both sexes into his power. he adds, finally, that she is to make certain unguents from the bones and limbs of children; especially those who have been baptized; by all witch means she will be able to fulfil

out can be a formal, ritual procedure, or a less formal process, depending on the tradition. notions of possession and exorcism practices are found worldwide, in every major religious and cultural tradition. within christianity and other monotheisms, possession is almost always viewed as demonic. the gospels and the book of acts contain many stories of demonic possession and exorcism by jesus or the disciples. in christianity, however, one may also be possessed by the holy spirit. the 210 possession and exorcism biblical model for this type of possession is the descent of the holy spirit in the form of flames over the apostles after christ s crucifixion and resurrection in the day of the pentecost. reestablishing this unusual experience as the touchstone of the christian life was the thru

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(and maker of fine weather) 7 venus messiah, lord of hosts (vide prayer-book, r. kipling &c) 8 mercury god the holy ghost (as comforter and inspirer of scripture, god the healer of plagues 9 diana (as[[terminus, jupiter] god the holy ghost (as incubus) 1010 ceres ecclesia xsti, the virgin mary 11 jupiter[[juno, olus] matthew 12 mercury sardis 13 diana laodicea 14 venus thyatira 15 mars, minerva [the disciples are too indefinite] 16 venus[[hymen. 17 castor and pollux [janus[[hymen. 18 mercury[[lares and penates. 19 venus (repressing the fire of vulcan. 20 [attis, ceres, adonis[[vesta, flora. 21 jupiter [pluto] philadelphia 22 vulcan[[venus, nemesis. 23 neptune[[rhea] john, jesus as hanged man 24 mars[[mors. 25 diana (as archer[[iris. 26 pan, vesta, bacchus. 27 mars pergamos 28 juno[ olus

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econd veil.the veil of the abyss. the fatuity of speech. a discussion as to the means by which the vision arises in the pure soul is useless; suffice it that in the impure soul no vision will arise. the practical course is therefore to cleanse the soul. the four powers of the sphinx; even adepts hardly attain to one of them! the final destruction of the ego. the master confesses that he has lured the disciple by the promise of joy, as the argumentation ii the only thing comprehensible by him, although pain and joy are transcended even in early visions. ananda (bliss).and its opposite.mark the first steps of the path. ultimately all things are transcended; and even so, this attainment of peace is but as a scaffolding to the palace of the king. the sheaths of the soul. the abandonment of all

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

i vamadeva bhaskarananda saraswati and the christ. latter compared to madame humbert. 300 305 310 315 320 325 330 335 ascension day 11 samadhi-dak,51 convenient to travel to maha meru,52 or gaurisankar.s53 keen white wedge spearing the mighty dome of blue, or chogo.s54 mighty flying edge shearing across the firmament. but, first, to that exact event you christians celebrate to-day. we stand where the disciples stood and see the master float away into that cloudlet heavenly-hued receiving him from mortal sight. which of his sayings prove the true, lightning-bescrawled athwart the blue? i say not, which in hearts aright are treasured? but, what after ages engrave on history.s iron pages? this is the one word of .our lord .i bring not peace; i bring a sword. in this the history of the west55

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that only affirmative and simple doctrines could be true. the megarian sect was founded by euclid of megara (not the celebrated mathematician, a great admirer of socrates. the athenians passed a law decreeing death to any citizen of megara found in the city of athens. nothing daunted, euclid donned woman's clothing and went at night to study with socrates. after the cruel death of their teacher, the disciples of socrates, fearing a similar fate, fled to megara, where they were entertained with great honor by euclid. the megarian school accepted the socratic doctrine that virtue is wisdom, adding to it the eleatic concept that goodness is absolute unity and all change an illusion of the senses. euclid maintained that good has no opposite and therefore evil does not exist. being asked about

tural history of facts. the mind was regarded by locke to be blank until experience is inscribed upon it. thus the mind is built up of received impressions plus reflection. the soul locke believed to be incapable of apprehension of deity, and man's realization or cognition of god to be merely an inference of the reasoning faculty. david hume was the most enthusiastic and also the most powerful of the disciples of locke. attacking locke's sensationalism, bishop george berkeley substituted for it a philosophy founded on locke's fundamental premises but which he developed as a system of idealism. berkeley held that ideas are the real objects of knowledge. he declared it impossible to adduce proof that sensations are occasioned by material objects; he also attempted to prove that matter has no

ere was but one key and this was in the possession of the "master of the mysteries" the highest initiate of the hermetic arcanum. he alone knew what was written in the secret book. the book of thoth was lost to the ancient world with the decay of the mysteries, but its faithful initiates carried it sealed in the sacred casket into another land. the book is still in existence and continues to lead the disciples of this age into the presence of the immortals. no other information can be given to the world concerning it now, but the apostolic succession from the first hierophant initiated by hermes himself remains unbroken to this day, and those who are peculiarly fitted to serve the immortals may discover this priceless document if they will search sincerely and tirelessly for it. it has bee

tructures and killed pythagoras. accounts of the philosopher's death do not agree. some say that he was murdered with his disciples; others that, on escaping from crotona with a small band of followers, he was trapped and burned alive by his enemies in a little house where the band had decided to rest for the night. another account states that, finding themselves trapped in the burning structure, the disciples threw themselves into the flames, making of their own bodies a bridge over which pythagoras escaped, only to die of a broken heart a short time afterwards as the result of grieving over the apparent fruitlessness of his efforts to serve and illuminate mankind. his surviving disciples attempted to perpetuate his doctrines, but they were persecuted on every hand and very little remains

ridge over which pythagoras escaped, only to die of a broken heart a short time afterwards as the result of grieving over the apparent fruitlessness of his efforts to serve and illuminate mankind. his surviving disciples attempted to perpetuate his doctrines, but they were persecuted on every hand and very little remains today as a testimonial to the greatness of this philosopher. it is said that the disciples of pythagoras never addressed him or referred to him by his own name, but always as the master or that man. this may have been because of the fact that the name pythagoras was believed to consist of a certain number of specially arranged letters with great sacred significance. the word magazine has printed an article by t. r. prater, showing that pythagoras initiated his candidates b

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

go with his disciples unto a secret place and command them to strip themselves naked; and they having taken off their clothes, let him take exorcised water and pour it upon their heads so that it flows down to their feet and bathes them completely; and while pouring this water upon them let the master say: be ye regenerate, renewed, washed, and pure &c, as in book ii, chapter 3. which being done, the disciples must clothe themselves, putting upon their flesh, like their master, raiment of white linen clean and unsoiled; and the three last days the master and his disciples should fast, observing the solemnities and prayers marked in book ii, chapter 2. note that the three last days should be calm weather, without wind. and without clouds rushing hither and thither over the face of the sky

owing stream, and there let each of them taking off his clothes, wash himself with due solemnity, as is rehearsed in book ii. and when they are clean and pure, let each put upon him garments of white linen, pure, and clean, using the prayers and ceremonies described in book ii. after which let the master alone say the confession. the which being finished, the master in sign of penitence will kiss the disciples on the forehead, and each of them will kiss the other. afterwards let the master extend his hands over the disciples, and in sign of absolution, absolve and bless them; which being done he book one page 17 will distribute to each of his disciples the instruments necessary for magical art, which he is to carry into the circle. the first disciple will bear the censer, the perfumes and

construct the circle for the magical arts and experiments; repeating on the way the prayers and orations which thou wilt find in book ii. when the master shall have arrived at the place appointed, together with his disciples, he having lighted the flame of the fire, and having exorcised it afresh as is laid down in the second book, shall light the candle and place it in the lantern, which one of the disciples is to hold ever in his hand to light the master at his work. now the master of the art, every time that he shall have occasion for some particular purpose to speak with the spirits, must endeavor to form certain circles which shall differ somewhat, and shall have some particular reference to the particular experiment under consideration. now, in order to succeed in forming such a cir

he fumigations being performed, as is described in the chapter on fumigations in the second book, the master should reassemble his disciples, encourage them, reassure them, fortify them, and conduct them into the parts of the circle of art, where he must place them in the four quarters of the earth, encourage them, and exhort them to fear nothing, and to keep in the places assigned to them. also, the disciple who is placed towards the east should have a pen, ink, paper, silk, and white cotton, all clean and suitable for the work. furthermore, each of the companions should have a new sword drawn in his hand (besides the consecrated magical sword of art, and he should keep his hand resting upon the hilt thereof, and he should on no pretext quit the place assigned to him, nor move therefrom

fear unto you. obey me then, by the power of these holy names, and by these mysterious symbols of the secret of secrets. the which being said and done, thou shalt see them draw near and approach from all parts. but if they be hindered, detained, or occupied in some way, and so that they cannot come, or if they are unwilling to come, then, the suffumigations and censings being performed anew, and (the disciples) having anew, by especial order, touched their swords, and the master having encouraged his disciples, he shall reform the circle with the knife of art, and, raising the said knife towards the sky, he shall as it were strike the air therewith. after this he shall lay his hand upon the pentacles, and having bent his knees before the most high, he shall repeat with humility the followi

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be obligated and bound by oath to do all that the master shall order or prescribe them, and they should study, observe, and carefully retain, and be attentive unto all which they shall hear. for those who shall act otherwise shall suffer and endure many pains and labors, and run into many dangers, which the spirits will cause and procure for them, and for this cause sometimes they shall even die. the disciples then, being well and thoroughly instructed, and fortified with a wise and understanding heart, the master shall take exorcised water, and he shall enter with his disciples into a secret place purified and clean, where he must strip them entirely naked: after this, let him pour exorcised water upon their heads, which he should cause to flow from the crown of their head unto the sole o

ir foot, so as to bathe them entirely therewith; and while bathing them thus, he should say: be ye regenerate, cleansed, and purified, in the name of the ineffable, great, and eternal god, from all your iniquities, and may the virtue of the most high descend upon you and abide with you always, so that ye may have the power and strength to accomplish the desires of your heart. amen. after this let the disciples robe themselves as the master hath done, and fast like him for three days, repeating the same prayer; let them act like him, and in the work let them implicitly follow and obey him in all things. but if the master of the art wisheth to have a dog for his companion, he must bathe him thoroughly with the exorcised water in the same manner as the disciples, and let him perfume him with

superabundantly, and all sorts of vain words, buffooneries, slanders, calumnies, and other useless discourse; but instead to do good deeds, speak honestly, keep a strict decency in all things, never lose sight of modesty in walking, in conversation, in eating and drinking, and in all things; the which should he principally done and observed for nine days, before the commencement of the operation. the disciples should do the same, and should equally put in practice all things necessary to be observed, if they wish to make use of all these operations and experiments. but before the commencement of the work, it is absolutely necessary that the master with his disciples repeat the following conjuration once in the morning, and twice in the evening: the conjuration. o lord god almighty, be prop

nd it will be better still if thou only partakest of bread and water. thou shalt also abstain from every impure thing; reciting the prayer above written. and on the last day, when thou shalt wish to commence the operation, thou shalt remain all day without eating, and book two page 91 later on thou shalt go into a secret place, where thou shalt confess all thy sins unto god with a contrite heart. the disciples also, together with the master, shall recite the same confession with a low but distinct voice, as hath been already said in the first book. this having been done thrice with a devout, pure, and contrite heart, in a place withdrawn from men, cleansed, and pure, where thou canst not be seen, taking the water and the hyssop, thou shalt say: purify me, o lord, with hyssop, and i shall b

hings being prepared, thou shalt make the circle, as hath been already said, with all other necessary ceremonies; then shalt thou commence to invoke the spirits by the exorcisms; thou shalt also repeat anew the foregoing confession as hath been already said in the first book. after which, in sign of amendment and of repentance, each shall mutually kiss the other. mark well, that up to this point, the disciples should do the same things as the master. let the master now give his commands unto his disciples, and pursue the course of the experiment, and work with all diligence to bring it unto perfection. the key of solomon page 92 chapter v. concerning the baths, and how they are to be arranged. the bath is necessary for all magical and necromantic arts; wherefore, if thou wishest to perform

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to honor our mother is the most fitting homage we can pay the divinity. there is no tranquil sleep without a clear conscience. he badly understands his interest who breaks his word" twenty-four centuries ago these were the chinese ethics "the philosopher [confucius] said 'san! my doctrine is simple, and easy to be understood' thseng-tseu replied 'that is certain' the philosopher having gone out, the disciples asked what their master had meant to say. thseng-tseu responded 'the doctrine of our master consists solely in being upright of heart, and loving our neighbor as we love ourself" about a century later, the hebrew law said "if any man hate his neighbor. then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother. better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother afar off. thou

e globe, the doctrines of greece, of egypt, of persia, and of india, met and intermingled everywhere. all the barriers that had formerly kept the nations apart, were thrown down; and while the people of the west readily connected their faith with those of the east, those of the orient hastened to learn the traditions of rome and the legends of athens. while the philosophers of greece, all (except the disciples of epicurus) more or less platonists, seized eagerly upon the beliefs and doctrines of the east--the jews and egyptians, before then the most exclusive of all peoples, yielded to that eclecticism which prevailed among their masters, the greeks and romans. under the same influences of toleration, even those who embraced christianity, mingled together the old and the new, christianity

christian religion _really was known to the ancients, nor was wanting at any time from the beginning of the human race, until the time when christ came in the flesh; from whence the true religion, which had previously existed, began to be called christian; and this in our days is the christian religion, not as having been wanting in former times, but as having, in later times, received this name" the disciples were first called "christians" at antioch, when barnabas and paul began to preach there. the wandering or itinerant jews or exorcists, who assumed to employ the sacred name in exorcising evil spirits, were no doubt therapeutae or essenes "and it came to pass" we read in the 19th chapter of the acts, verses 1 to 4 "that while apollos was at corinth, paul, having passed through the upp

writers, and even christ himself, recognized it as a truth, that all scripture had an inner and an outer meaning. thus we find it said as follows, in one of the gospels "unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of god; but unto men _that are without, all these things are done in parables; that seeing, they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand. and the disciples came and said unto him 'why speakest thou the truth in parables--he answered and said unto them 'because it is given unto _you_ to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to _them_ it is not given" paul, in the 4th chapter of his epistle to the galatians, speaking of the simplest facts of the old testament, asserts that they are _an allegory. in the 3d chapter of the second

ted to the sun, to which, it was held in the orient, virtuous souls were to return. the curds, the chinese, the kabbalists, all held the same doctrine. so origen held, and the bishop synesius, the latter of whom had been initiated, and who thus prayed to god "o father, grant that my soul, reunited to the light, may not be plunged again into the defilements of earth" so the gnostics held; and even the disciples of christ inquired if the man who was born blind, was not so punished for some sin that he had committed before his birth. virgil, in the celebrated allegory in which he develops the doctrines taught in the mysteries, enunciated the doctrine, held by most of the ancient philosophers, of the pre-existence of souls, in the eternal fire from which they emanate; that fire which animates

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ll be found in liber aleph, 168-172, 133-134, 125, 176; magick without tears, 15, 38; lxv, v, 8-10, 43-4 7, 50; vii, i, 48-49; iii, 7-16, 3 7-39; iv, 54-59; v, 43; vii, 15-16, 46-49; liber 370 and liber 156; and liber nv. before we pass on to the next verse, there is one obsession to which female occultists are prone which ought to be mentioned: the temptation to "be better than the male. just as the disciple will be tempted to "dethrone" the master, some women and generally those of most promise! will be tempted to replace man. that is obviously utter folly. nuit is woman, and hadit is man, and they are complementary. one has no meaning without the other. woman can never be "better" than man. there are no possible grounds for comparison. of course, it would be just as foolish to say that

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

ely reproduced, the best-known celtic works of the time remain the illuminated manuscripts that traveling irish monks, the peregrini scoti, transported throughout europe.10 with respect to architecture specifically, dom fernand cabrol, in his dictionnaire d'archeologie chretienne (paris: letouzy, 1924, in the article entitled "art celtique" provides a thorough list of the buildings constructed by the disciples of saint columban, such as the first abbeys of jumieges and saint wandrille. in general, however, this aspect of celtic art, far from denoting progress, seems instead to represent a backward or decadent technique. culdeen architecture testifies to the inadequate mastery of roman traditions by the celts. the particularly local character of these structures may be seen as evidence of a

hy and the obedience to a grand master and commanders on whom the order firmly established its discipline."33 this hierarchy in fact was derived from the pythagorians and the egyptian mysteries. the same could also be said about other customs and symbols that the assassins and templars had in common. for example, couldn't the white garb of both the assassins and the templars be modeled on that of the disciples of pythagoras* it is also acceptable to believe that outside the respective dogmas of assassins and templars there were flexible interpretations of ideas and doctrines. members of the two groups managed to make the transition from one faith to to another: muslims became christians and christians became muslims without experiencing any disorientation. there were affiliations of ismail

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

memphis, by j. e. marconis, the author, who styles himself the founder of the rite in question, thus briefly gives an account of its origin. the rite of memphis, or oriental rite, was introduced into europe by, ormus, a seraphic priest of alexandria, and egyptian sage,who had been converted by st.mark, and reformed the doctrines of the egyptians in accordance with the principles of christianity. the disciples of ormus continued, until b b b i, to be the sole guardians of ancient egyptian wisdom as purified by christianity, and solomonian science. this science they communicated to the templars.they were then known by the title of knights of palestine or brethren rose-croix of the east. in them, the rite of memphis recognizes its immediate founders. in defining the object and intention of h

ulous. in b i d i, after having compiled the rituals of his rite,marconis visited belgium as grand hierophant and successor of his father, and opened negotiations for the establishment of his order in that country.meeting with little encouragement he returned to paris, where, under the name of marconis letuillart, he succeeded in gathering together a few isolated brethren, and instituted a lodge, the disciples of memphis. on the c dd of march, b i d i, he constituted a grand lodge under the title of osiris, which was intended to govern and superintend volume j, c a a b b f f the spurious rites of memphis and misraim the subordinate lodges he expected to create.on the b c bst ofmay, b i d j,he instituted a chapter les philadelphes, and on the c jth of february, b i e a, a lodge les sages d

is were closed. from that date, until b i e i finding his occupation gone, he turned his attention to masonic literature and published in succession several works, the sanctuary of memphis, the hierophant, the mystic sun, the mystic temple, the masonic pantheon, etc. in b i e i v j, taking advantage of the political events of the period, marconis succeeded in reestablishing three lodges at paris: the disciples of menes, the disciples of pythagoras, and the disciples of memphis. the belgian and other lodges he had previously founded, however, slept the sleep that knows no waking. during the time that marconis de negre managed to keep his lodges alive, he followed the example of the bros bedarride, by seeking to procure adherents among the members of the grand orient and supreme council, con

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in their own language which they do not write at all. moreover they may have assimilated the mode of expressing the title of their deity in by-gone days to that of adi, one of the descendants of the merawiyan caliphs, with whom from fear of being persecuted by the mohammedans, they sometimes identify him. it is supposed by some that the "sheikh adi" of the yezeedees, is the same with "adi" one of the disciples of mani; but this, i think, improbable, since there is no proof that even mani himself was deified by his followers. p. 113 as another artifice to throw dust into the eyes of the mohammedan persecutors. or it may be that "adi" was a supposed incarnation of yezd, who appeared on earth only for a season. this opinion receives support from the fact that several buildings are erected nea

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

nsolations for the old. the primeval sages, when seeking the first of causes, behold good and evil in the world. they considered shadow and light; they compared winter with spring, age with youth, life with death, and their conclusion was this: the first cause is beneficent and severe; it gives and takes away life. then are there two contrary principles, the one good and the other evil, exclaimed the disciples of manes. no, the two principles of universal equilibrium are not contrary, although contrasted in appearance, for a singular wisdom opposes one to another. good is on the right, evil on the left; but the supreme excellence is above both, applying evil to the victory of good and good to the amendment of evil. the principle of harmony is in unity, and it is this which imparts such pow

ery of the eye: the toad, the basilisk and the tard are instances. these animals, when tamed and carried alive on the person, or kept in one's rooms, are a guarantee against the hallucinations and trickeries of astral intoxication, a term made use of here for the first time and one which explains all phenomena of unbridled passions, mental exaltations and folly. tame toads and tards, my dear sir, the disciple of voltaire will say to me: carry them about with you, but write no more. to which i may answer, that i shall think seriously of so doing if ever i feel tempted to laugh at anything of which i am ignorant, or to treat those whose knowledge and wisdom i fail to understand as fools or as madmen. paracelsus, the greatest of the christian magi, opposed bewitchment by the practices of a co

should have a place in m. ragon's archives on initiation, a vast and scholarly undertaking, to which we refer our readers' 93 xix f t the stone of the philosophers elagabalus vocatio sol aurum the ancients adored the sun under the figure of a black stone, which they named elagabalus, or heliogabalus. what did this stone signify, and how came it to be the image of the most brilliant of luminaries? the disciples of hermes, before promising their adepts the elixir of long life or the powder of projection, counselled them to seek for the philosophical stone. what is this stone, and why is it so called? the great initiator of the christians invites his believers to build on the stone or rock, if they do not wish their structures to be demolished. he terms himself the cornerstone, and says to th

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ents of black and raging water, hung by unknown seesaws over unfathomed precipices. was not this blind obedience in the full force of the term? is it not the most absolute exercise of liberty to abjure liberty for a time so that we may attain emancipation? now, this is precisely what must be done, and what has been done invariably, by those who aspire to the sanctum regnum of magical omnipotence. the disciples of pythagoras condemned themselves to inexorable silence for many years; even the sectaries of epicurus comprehended the sovereignty of pleasure only by the acquisition of sobriety and calculated temperance. life is a warfare in which we must give proofs if we would advance; power does not surrender of itself; it must be seized. initiation by contest and ordeal is therefore indispens

ures of all the others. a modern investigator, the chevalier d'arpentigny, has imparted to chiromancy a fresh degree of certitude by his remarks on the analogies which really exist between the characters of persons and the form of their hands, as a whole or in detail. this new science has been developed and verified further by an artist who is also a man of letters, rich in originality and skill. the disciple has surpassed the master, and our amiable and spiritual desbarrolles, one of those travellers with whom our great novelist alexandre damas delights to surround himself in his cosmopolitan romances, is quoted already as a veritable magician in chiromancy. the querent should be questioned also upon his habitual dreams; dreams are the reflection of life, both interior and exterior. they

be well acquainted therewith, if we would conjecture a destiny with certitude. dreams of blood, of enjoyment, and of light indicate a sanguine temperament; those of water, mud, rain, tears, are characteristic of a more phlegmatic disposition; nocturnal fire, darkness, terrors, spectres, belong to the bilious and melancholic. synesius, one of the greatest christian bishops of the first centuries, the disciple of that beautiful and pure hypatia who was massacred by fanatics after presiding gloriously over the school of alexandria, in the inheritance of which school chris126 the ritual of transcendental magic tianity should have shared. synesius, lyric poet like pindar and callimachus, priest like orpheus, christian like spiridion of tremithonte. has left us a treatise on dreams which has be

and callimachus, priest like orpheus, christian like spiridion of tremithonte. has left us a treatise on dreams which has been the subject of a commentary by cardan. no one concerns themselves now with these magnificent researches of the mind because successive fanaticisms have well-nigh forced the world to despair of scientific and religious rationalism. st. paul burned trismegistus; omar burned the disciples of trismegistus and st. paul. o persecutors! o incendiaries! o scoffers! when will ye end your work of darkness and destruction? one of the greatest magi of the christian era, trithemius, irreproachable abbot of a benedictine monastery, learned theologian and master of cornelius agrippa, has left among his disesteemed but inestimable works, a treatise entitled, gde septem secundiis h

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ttained that deeper gnosis that comes through agape, love, the fundamental principle of the christian life. if we go on to ask on what authority the gnostic teachers based their doctrines, it is not very easy to give an answer. the christian fathers are never tired of asking where valentinus or basilides got their ideas from, and on what authority they teach their doctrines. i do not suppose that the disciple of valentinus or basilides asked such questions. ipse dixit, they said; our master taught so-and-so. they believed in valentinus or whoever it may have been. the term "science" is employed at times to refer to a body of knowledge concerning the universe or aspects of it. the sense in which i do wish to be understood definitely relates to human knowledge of the cosmos and of power with

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dam"s-apple; and he had to make sure there would be enough for the hotel room, and everything, so that he was too nervous to ask his father if they could go to a movie, not even one, not even _the pure hell of st trinians, or to eat out, not a single chinese meal, and in later years he would remember nothing of his first fortnight in his beloved ellowen deeowen except pounds shillings pence, like the disciple of the philosopher--king chanakya who asked the great man what he meant by saying one could live in the world and also not live in it, and who was told to carry a brim-full pitcher of water through a holiday crowd without spilling a drop, on pain of death, so that when he returned he was unable to describe the day's festivities, having been like a blind man, seeing only the jug on his

enger, do please lend a _careful ear. your monophilia _your one one one, ain't for jahilia _return to sender "they mock us everywhere, and you call us dangerous" he cried. now hamza looks worried "you never worried about their opinions before. why now? why after speaking to simbel" mahound shakes his head "sometimes i think i must make it easier for the people to believe" an uneasy silence covers the disciples; they exchange looks, shift their weight. mahound cries out again "you all know what has been happening. our failure to win converts. the people will not give up their gods. they will not, not" he stands up, strides away from them, washes by himself on the far side of the zamzam well, kneels to pray "the people are sunk in darkness" says bilal, unhappily "but they will see. they will

arture from established practice. those who have been waiting with palm-fronds and steles ask hamza: then there will be no message? but khalid, still catching his breath, shakes his head "i think there will be. he looks the way he does when the word has been given. but he didn't speak to me and walked towards the fairground instead" hamza takes command, forestalling discussion, and leads the way. the disciples- about twenty have gathered- follow him to the fleshpots of the city, wearing expressions of pious disgust. hamza alone seems to be looking forward to the fair. outside the tents of the owners of the dappled camels they find mahound, standing with his eyes closed, steeling himself to the task. they ask anxious questions; he doesn't answer. after a few moments, he enters the poetry te

haven't come home yet" it comes back to him now, his wild anguished walk in the corrupt city, staring at the souls he had supposedly saved, looking at the simurgh-effigies, the devil-masks, the behemoths and hippogriffs. the fatigue of that long day on which he climbed down from mount cone, walked to the town, underwent the strain of the events in the poetry marquee- and afterwards, the anger of the disciples, the doubt- the whole of it had overwhelmed him "i fainted" he remembers. she comes and sits close to him on the bed, extends a finger, finds the gap in his robe, strokes his chest "fainted" she murmurs "that's weakness, mahound. are you becoming weak" she places the stroking finger over his lips before he can reply "don't say anything, mahound. i am the grandee's wife, and neither o

hat's a bit of a problem here, namely that _it was me both times, baba, me first and second also me. from my mouth, both the statement and the repudiation, verses and converses, universes and reverses, the whole thing, and we all know how my mouth got worked "first it was the devil" mahound mutters as he rushes to jahilia "but this time, the angel, no question. he wrestled me to the ground" o o o the disciples stop him in the ravines near the foot of mount cone to warn him of the fury of hind, who is wearing white mourning garments and has loosened her black hair, letting it fly about her like a storm, or trail in the dust, erasing her footsteps so that she seems like an incarnation of the spirit of vengeance itself. they have all fled the city, and hamza, too, is lying low; but the word i

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nsmission can occur. this moment can not be planned for; although certain situations can be set up to make such things likely. what happens then is very surprising. the would-be follower then teaches the teacher by example. this is the sort of work that is possible with a living teacher. in the left hand path traditions of india, there are many stories of how the guru achieves rebirth by becoming the disciple of his disciple- and the disciple achieves immortality by finally "getting" and then demonstrating the lesson of his guru. this exchange is beyond what can be had reading about a philosophical concept, however helpful, or engaging in debate and discussion with well-meaning enlightened people. georges dumezil once pointed out "within the corporate body of sorcerers, the disciple is jus

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nsmission can occur. this moment can not be planned for; although certain situations can be set up to make such things likely. what happens then is very surprising. the would-be follower then teaches the teacher by example. this is the sort of work that is possible with a living teacher. in the left hand path traditions of india, there are many stories of how the guru achieves rebirth by becoming the disciple of his disciple- and the disciple achieves immortality by finally "getting" and then demonstrating the lesson of his guru. this exchange is beyond what can be had reading about a philosophical concept, however helpful, or engaging in debate and discussion with well-meaning enlightened people. georges dumezil once pointed out "within the corporate body of sorcerers, the disciple is jus

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ffered a painful death by crucifixion (execution by nailing or binding a person to a cross) and was placed in a tomb. three days later it was discovered that the heavy stone that sealed the entrance to his tomb was moved and that his body was gone. according to the bible jesus later appeared to his disciples. he had risen from the dead. it was word of this miracle, known as the resurrection, that the disciples spread. in his death and resurrection, jesus proved to be an even more powerful figure than in life. soon jesus became known by a title coming from the greek word christos, or anointed one, a meaning similar to messiah. the form was shortened to jesus christ, and common use turned this title into his last name. the rise of early christianity although it is not clear whether jesus him

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k mercy from the king. what does the king say [he says (jeremiah 3:22, return you backsliding children, i will heal your backslidings [he also says (ezekiel 18:30, return and bring back. what is the meaning of the verse, return and bring back? come back and ask those seven to return with you. the scripture therefore says, and bring back those regarding which it is written, seven for your sin. 68. the disciples asked rabbi rahumai: what is the meaning of the verse (habakkuk 3:1, a prayer of habakkuk the prophet, for errors. a prayer? it should be called a praise [since it speaks of god s greatness. but whoever turns his heart from worldly affairs and delves in the works of the chariot* is accepted before god as if he prayed all day. it is therefore called a prayer. what is the meaning of fo

n (leviticus 27:32) the tenth shall be holy to god. what is holy? that regarding which it is written (ezekiel 44:30, the beginning of all the first fruits and every lifted offering of every thing. it is furthermore written (psalm 111:10, the beginning of wisdom is the fear of god. do not read is the fear but and the fear [the verse will then read, the beginning is wisdom and the fear of god] 104. the disciples asked rabbi eliezer: our master, what is the meaning of the verse (exodus 13:2, sanctify to me every first-born? does the blessed holy one then have a first-born? he replied: sanctify to me (li) every first-born refers to nothing other than the second the bahir 27 level of holiness. it is the name that is given to israel, as it is written (exodus 7:22, my son, my first-born, israel

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

france; and from the chaos into which were already jarring the sanctities of the world's venerable belief, arose many shapeless and unformed chimeras. need i remind the reader that, while that was the day for polished scepticism and affected wisdom, it was the day also for the most egregious credulity and the most mystical superstitions, the day in which magnetism and magic found converts amongst the disciples of diderot; when prophecies were current in every mouth; when the salon of a philosophical deist was converted into an heraclea, in which necromancy professed to conjure up the shadows of the dead; when the crosier and the book were ridiculed, and mesmer and cagliostro were believed. in that heliacal rising, heralding the new sun before which all vapours were to vanish, stalked from

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

ng reader decide. scorched by the sun 475 prozac can help? really? so why the design resembling the oroboros serpent? and is it just this author's imagination, or are the radiant sun rays in the form of number 6s? 476 codex magica american hindu guru dafree john publishes the dawn horse newspaper with this unusual logo, consisting of circles, flames, a white horse, the occultic star and two feet (the disciple on his knees or prostrate. drawing in circle network news, well-known witchcraft newspaper, a focal point for worshippers of "father sun" and solar deities according to the magazine. celtic cross (sunwheel) and torch adopted as the emblem for the america first party, a political party geared to the goals of the white race, headquartered in georgia. scorched by the sun 477 advertisemen

THE BLACK LODGE

mself to the will of his lower nature, but following the will of that higher nature, which he does not yet know, but which he desires to find. in obeying the will of the master, instead of following the one which he believes to be his own, but which is in reality only that of his lower nature, he obeys the will of his own higher nature with which his master is associated for the purpose of aiding the disciple in attaining the conquest over himself" so far, so good. the theory is beautiful. in practice, the disciples take for "manifestations of the will of their higher nature" certain branchings-out of the will of their lower nature that were previously dormant, but which are activated by the new energy initiation imparts. suddenly they doubt the competence, or even the sanity of their guru

eviously dormant, but which are activated by the new energy initiation imparts. suddenly they doubt the competence, or even the sanity of their guru or hierarchic superior; they develop an intense conviction that they are better qualified to judge the true will, both theirs and the order s, than the guru or hierarchic superior; and so on and so forth. truly, it is not only perfectly possible that the disciple is better qualified to judge his or her own true will than the master, but also necessary. the sign that we are not dealing with legitimate spiritual intuition, but with a rebellion of the inferior nature, consists in the simple fact that the disciple is completely free to leave the master (or the order, in case he or she feels that he or she has gained full self control (that is to s

e his or her own true will than the master, but also necessary. the sign that we are not dealing with legitimate spiritual intuition, but with a rebellion of the inferior nature, consists in the simple fact that the disciple is completely free to leave the master (or the order, in case he or she feels that he or she has gained full self control (that is to say mastership; but instead of doing so, the disciple starts dictating conditions to the master, or trying to rule the order. he/she tries to teach the master how the master can achieve his or her true will- and it is no use if the master should remind him or her that the master has (so to speak) been in possession of his or her diploma for some time! in the case of an order of the type of h.o.o.r, the disciple tries to "take over" and a

n order of the type of h.o.o.r, the disciple tries to "take over" and assume the highest authority, or tries to deviate the work of the order in the direction of his or her prejudices and desires, or both things at once. if you point out to him or her that their grade in the order does not give them authority to act so, he or she merely becomes annoyed with you. in fact, to an impartial observer, the disciple s behavior seems ethically insane. what is actually happening is that the demoniac forces, stimulated in the disciple s vehicles, are organizing a defense system against the impact of the master s, or the order s influence. the psychosoma of the disciple is under attack, and tries to defend itself. the situation becomes more difficult since this defense mechanism is a legitimate proce

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

he possibility of reincarnation insist that there are many passages in the new testament that imply a belief on the part of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. 30 c.e) and his disciples in the reality of past lives. in his lux orientalis (c. 1670, joseph glanvil states that the preexistence of humankind was a philosophy commonly held by the jews; and he maintains that such a theological position is illustrated by the disciples ready questioning of jesus when they asked (john 9:1 4: master, was it for this man s sin or his father s that he was born blind? if the disciples had not believed that the blind man had lived another life in which he might have sinned, glanvil argues, the question would have been senseless and impertinent. when jesus asked his disciples who the crowds said he was, they answered that

had not believed that the blind man had lived another life in which he might have sinned, glanvil argues, the question would have been senseless and impertinent. when jesus asked his disciples who the crowds said he was, they answered that some said john the baptist, others elijah, others jeremiah or one of the prophets (matthew 16:13 14. again, glanvil reasons that such a response on the part of the disciples demonstrates their belief in preexistence. at another time, jesus disciples asked him why the scribes had said that elijah must come first before the messiah, to which jesus answered (matthew 17:10 13, elijah truly shall first come and restore all things. but i say unto you that elijah has already come, and they knew him not! the disciples then understood that jesus was referring to

n.html. 18 october 2001. entertainment weekly. http//www.ew.com/ew/article/ commentary/0,6115,104073 3 0 scifispsychic talk,00.html 28 march 2001. leon jaroff. talking to the dead. time magazine, vol. 157, no. 9 (march 5, 2001. arthur augustus ford (1896 1971) in his autobiography written in collaboration with marguerite harmon bro, the highly respected medium arthur ford, an ordained minister of the disciples of christ church, explained the working relationship that he enjoyed with his spirit guide, fletcher. when ford wished to enter trance, he would lie down on a couch or lean back in a comfortable chair and breathe slowly and rhythmically until he felt an in-drawing of energy at the solar plexus. then he focused his attention on fletcher s face, as he had come to know it, until gradual

who would be killed in action in europe. for several frightening months, ford thought that he was going insane. it was not until he had returned to his studies at transylvania college that dr. elmer snoddy, a psychology professor, suggested that ford might be experiencing some kind of extrasensory phenomena, rather than insanity. in 1922, ford married sallie stewart and was ordained a minister of the disciples of christ church in barbourville, kentucky. he began to gain immediate attention as a powerful presence in the pulpit, but his developing mediumistic abilities were creating an increasing amount of friction with his conventional ministry and his personal relationships. after five years of marriage, he divorced his wife and left the church to begin lecturing about life after death. it

en he comes, he must continue only for a short time (revelation 17:10. in matthew 24:3 44, jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) speaks to his disciples at great length concerning the false messiahs and prophets who will deceive many people with their rumors about the end of the world. he makes reference to the prophet daniel and his warnings concerning the end times and the antichrist, and he admonishes the disciples not to chase after false teachers who will produce great miracles and signs to trick god s chosen ones. no one knows when the son of man shall appear again coming on the clouds of heaven, jesus tells them, not even the angels. although jesus makes it clear that no one knows the hour or day of his second coming, for many centuries now certain christian clergy and scholars have steadfa

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

ns in the bacchanalian revels, they join together"[61] thisis so like the singing dances of the witches that it is possible that both derive from the same source. yet noone accuses the therapeutae of sorcery or devil-worship, for our knowledge of them comes from asympathetic recorder.another singing dance, also of moderate antiquity though within the christian era, is that attributed to christand the disciples.[69] the date is not accurately known, but part of the chant is quoted by augustine (dieda.d. 430) in the epistle to ceretius, and part of sections 93-5 and 97-8 were read at the second nicenecouncil. the whole chant is too long to transcribe here, i therefore quote only a few lines.(94 "now before he was taken by the lawless jews he gathered all of us together and said: before i amd

the enclosure of his church. the lord going tomeet those who sought to attack him, said 'i am he whom ye seek: thomas to those who sought him,'behold me. the lord 'if ye seek me, let these depart; thomas 'hurt none of those who stand by. that onethere, this one here, was wounded. there four soldiers, here four soldiers. there the sharing of the garments,here of the mules. there the dispersion of the disciples, here the dispersion of the underlings. there the veilwas rent, here the sword was broken. the lord gave forth water and blood unto salvation; thomas water andblood unto health. the lord restored the lost world, thomas recalled to life many lost ones."like rufus becket knew that his death was near and that it would be by violence; and, again as in the case ofrufus, monks dreamed of h

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

e god of the jews was inhuman, because they did not understand him in his works. we are, then, more israelite than the israelites themselves. what they believe, we believe with them, and better than they do. they accuse us of having separated ourselves from them, and, on the contrary, it is they who wish to separate from us. we wait for them, the heart and the arms wide open. we are, as they are, the disciples of moses. like them, we come from egypt, and we detest its slavery. but we have entered into the promised land, and they obstinately abide and die in the desert. mohammedans are the bastards of israel, or rather, they are his disinherited brothers, like esau. their belief is illogical, for they admit that jesus is a great prophet, and they treat christians as infidels. they recognize

han virtue, the mob more than its chiefs, the children more than their fathers, folly more than reason" there is what was written in characters of blood upon the pretended miraculous hosts of vintras! we affirm upon our honour that the facts cited above are such as we have stated, and that we ourselves saw and explained the characters according to magical science and the true keys of the qabalah. the disciple of vintras also communicated to us the description and design of the pontifical vestments given, said he, by jesus christ himself to the pretended prophet, during one of his ecstatic trances. vintras had these vestments made, and clothes himself with them in order to perform his miracles. they are red in colour. he wears upon his forehead a cross in the form of a lingam; and his pasto

n. the allegorical personage palamedes, is, however, identical with enoch, hermes, and cadmus, to whom various mythologies have attributed the invention of letters. but, in the conception of homer, palamedes, the man who exposed the fraud of ulysses and fell a victim to his revenge, represents 195 the initiator or the man of genius whose eternal destiny is to be killed by those whom he initiates. the disciple does not become the living realization of the thoughts of the master until he had drunk his blood and eaten his flesh, to use the energetic and allegorical expression of the initiator, so ill understood by christians. the conception of the primitive alphabet was, as one may easily see, the idea of a universal language which should enclose in its combinations, and even in its signs the

f this secret of the ancient world has fully repaid us for so many years of sterile research and thankless toil in the crypts of lost sciences and the cemeteries of the past. one of the first results of this discovery should be to give a new direction to the study of the hieroglyphic writings as yet so imperfectly deciphered by the rivals and successors of m. champollion. the system of writing of the disciples of hermes being analogical and synthetical, like all the signs of the qabalah, would it not be useful, in order to read the pages engraved upon the stones of the ancient temples, to replace these stones in their place, and to count the numbers of their letters, comparing them with the numbers of other stones? the obelisk of luxor, for example, was it not one of the two columns at the

must pity them, and pardon them, for they know not what they do. true light rests and satisfies the soul; hallucination, on the contrary, tires it and worries it. the satisfactions of madness are like those gastronomic dreams of hungry men which sharpen their hunger without ever satisfying it. thence are born irritations and troubles, discouragements and despairs- life is always a lie to us, say the disciples of 262 werther, and therefore we wish to die! poor children, it is not death that you need, it is life. since you have been in the world you have died every day; is it from the cruel pleasure of annihilation that you would demand a remedy for the annihilation of your pleasure? no, life has never deceived you, you have not yet lived. what you have been taking for life is but the hallu

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

echidah, may come to a self-conscious realization of its own divine powers and high nature. it is in connection with this persona, this thinking ruach that we would do well to reflect upon two aphorisms of the eastern psychological systems. at first sight, it would appear that they are mutually exclusive and contradictory. in one eastern book it is written "the mind is the slayer of the real. let the disciple slay the slayer."l4 this alone will be a problem to the average student. in the west, generally speaking, the universe is considered as having two large divisions, the physical and the mental or spiritual, the two latter being spoken of as synonyms. so that if the mind itself is defined as a hindrance to the perception of reality most of us would be plunged in a rather difficult quand

THE PATH OF KABBALAH

n. a wise disciple (a talk during a banquet on the eve of the day of atonement) a wise disciple is a person who wishes to learn from the creator himself. but what can we learn from the creator? the creator s sole property is his desire to delight his creatures. to the extent that one wishes to acquire this precise property, meaning delight the creator, he merits the title a wise disciple, meaning the disciple of the wise (the creator. the student must labour intensely in the spiritual work in order for his prayer to equalize his attributes with those of the creator to be heard. one whose heart is empty and who seemingly wants to attain spirituality, and only displays his work before others will receive nothing! one cannot deceive the creator or one s own heart. when a person wants nothing

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

tate duce. h in order to cut a long story short, it may be assumed that so-called modern philosophy finds its founder in the french philosopher descartes; for it was he who started to unravel the penelope web of tangled philosophic thought, which had lain sleeping for a thousand years or more upon the sterile shelf of christian impotence. his theories of ginnate ideas h raised the anger of locke, the disciple of aristotle and bacon. revolting from the cognito ergo sum of descartes, he compared the mind to a tabula rasa, on which he in his turn wrote an equal absurdity in the words: nihil est in intellectu quod non antea fuerit in sensu. leibnitz in his day, perceiving the weakness in this axiom, extended its phraseology, but in no way its meaning, by adding excipi nisi ipse intellectus. th

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

he corpse within the well of the oasis. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c4.html (12 of 19 [12/28/2001 2:03:21 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o (done) which, although it had served to quench his thirst for many days, was found to be entirely dry, as though it had expired in sympathy with him. now, the evening having fallen, it came to pass that the disciples of our brother became alarmed at his continued absence, and they organized a party to seek him. these men divided themselves into four sections to proceed to the well, each to a cardinal point of the compass. a little before dawn, they again met at the well, to report the result of their search. worthy wazir, have you sought to the north of the well? w: i have. s: what did you find?

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

when the pharisees saw [it] they said unto his disciples, why eateth your master with publicans and sinners? 9:12 but when jesus heard [that] he said unto them, they that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 9:13 but go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, i will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for i am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 9:14 then came to him the disciples of john, saying, why do we and the pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 9:15 and jesus said unto them, can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 9:16 no man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fi

father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death. 10:22 and ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 10:23 but when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily i say unto you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of israel, till the son of man be come. 10:24 the disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord. 10:25 it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. if they have called the master of the house beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household? 10:26 fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 10:2

ecause they had no deepness of earth: 13:6 and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they matthew page 566 had no root, they withered away. 13:7 and some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 13:8 but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 13:9 who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 13:10 and the disciples came, and said unto him, why speakest thou unto them in parables? 13:11 he answered and said unto them, because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 13:12 for whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13:13 therefore speak

ctuals. 14:16 but jesus said unto them, they need not depart; give ye them to eat. 14:17 and they say unto him, we have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 14:18 he said, bring them hither to me. 14:19 and he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to [his] disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 14:20 and they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 14:21 and they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. 14:22 and straightway jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 14:23 and when h

him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 14:23 and when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 14:24 but the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 14:25 and in the fourth watch of the night jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 14:26 and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 14:27 but straightway jesus spake unto them, saying, be of good cheer; it is i; be not afraid. 14:28 and peter answered him and said, lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 14:29 and he said, come. and when peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

i loew used his knowledge of kabbalah to obtain a dream oracle from god, who ordered him to create a golem of clay to defend israel. loew called to him two disciples with the qualities he required. one had been born with the power of the fire element. the other had been born with the power of the water element. loew himself had been gifted at birth with the power of air. it was necessary, he told the disciples, that all four elements be provided if such a creation was to succeed. he further informed them that he had been given ten words containing a combination of names by which a golem might be formed. the three prayed and meditated for seven days. then, at "four after midnight" they went to the riverbank and used wet clay to fashion the figure of a man three cubits (about five feet) long

he further informed them that he had been given ten words containing a combination of names by which a golem might be formed. the three prayed and meditated for seven days. then, at "four after midnight" they went to the riverbank and used wet clay to fashion the figure of a man three cubits (about five feet) long lying on its back. the three stood at the feet of the golem facing it. loew ordered the disciple who had been gifted at birth with the power of the fire element to walk around the golem seven times clockwise while reciting a "combination of letters" loew had given him. immediately, the clay figure began to glow like a bed of live coals. then the second disciple gifted with the water element walked seven times around the golem reciting a different combination of hebrew letters. st

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

s y el fuego (estudio de las fuerzas ocultas. arcano xii (12) tercera hora de apolonio. las serpientes, los canales, y el fuego. alquimia sexual (trabajo con el kundalini) magia sexual. 7 arcanum 13 death. the fouth hour of apollonius. the neophite will wonder at night among the sepulchures, and will experience the horror of the visions, he will deliver himself to magic and to goethia (this means the disciple will be attacked by millions of black magicians in the astral plane; those tenebreious magicians will attempt to move the disciple away from the luminous path. arcanum 14 the two urns divine magnetism and human magnetism. the superior waters of heaven. during this time the disciple learns to be pure and chaste, because he understands the value of his seminal fluid. arcanum 15 (the ele

inates all, which circulates in the same manner into the center of the ninth sphere. now then, in order to save the appeals related to the inherent risks of every astral experience and to obtain a fast and, at the same time, perfect projection it is sufficient reason, for the sacred order of tibet to affirm its motto: nothing can resist our power. to do this practice, moments before going to bed, the disciple must invoke with all of one s heart and with all one s soul, the great ruler of the sacred order of tibet. the name of the great guruji is bhagavan aklaiva. this sacred order, which we have the high honor of representing here in mexico, is the most powerful of the whole oriental tradition. it is formed by 201 members. the board of directors is formed by 72 brahmans. papus in his eleme

soul is the outcome of the sexual union of both (the secret is the arcanum a.z.f. the woman is the mother of the verb. christ is always the child of immaculate conceptions. it is impossible to be born without a mother. when the initiate is ready to incarnate the verb, a woman appears in the superior worlds as if pregnant, suffering labor pains in delivery. when jesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he said unto his mother: woman, behold thy son! then he said to [john] the disciple, behold thy mother! and from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. john 19: 26, 27. 4 pronounced al-kah-est 5 ternary: composed of 3 or arranged in 3s. el azufre (fuego) arde totalmente, sin dejar residuo, y el azufre es el schin del zohar. y el agua es el men

exo. el sexo es la puerta angosta, estrecha y dif cil que conduce a la luz. en la soledad de esos santuarios misteriosos, los ne fitos fueron sometidos a las cuatro pruebas inici ticas. las pruebas del fuego, de aire, de agua y de tierra definieron siempre las diversas purificaciones de los ne fitos. 28 commonly, these sanctuaries of mysteries were found located at the foot of some volcano. there the disciples would fall to the ground and lose consciousness; in those moments the hierophant would take the students out of their physical bodies (thus, they would already be in the astral plane) and into the profundities of the sanctuary. then he would teach them the grandiose mysteries of life and death. the volcanic emanations of the earth produced that apparent state of death. some disciples

nth stratum. the nine initiations of minor mysteries gradually corresponds with each one of these nine stratums. each initiation of minor mysteries gives access to each one of these terrestrial stratums. therefore, only the ones who have attained the nine initiations of minor mysteries can reach the heart of the earth. each terrestrial stratum is guarded by terrifying guardians. secret paths lead the disciple towards the heart of the earth. the double vital current of the genie of the earth is represented in the sign of the infinite. the double vital current sustains and nourishes the entire planet earth, thus, we (all the living beings) are organized upon this divine archetype. a divine atom exists in the center of the sign of the infinite. the nine spheres of atomic vibration are concent

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

out learning is perilous (ii:15) confucius said: yu, shall i teach you what knowledge is? when you know a thing, say that you know it; when you do not know a thing, admit that you do not know it. that is knowledge (ii:17 (teachings on reciprocity or humanity) confucius said: shen! my teaching contains one principle that runs through it all. yes, replied tzeng tzu. when confucius had left the room the disciples asked: what did he mean? tseng tzu replied: our master s teaching is simple this: loyalty and reciprocity (iv:15) tzu kung asked: is there any one word that can serve as a principle for the conduct of life? confucius said: perhaps the word reciprocity: do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you (xv:23) confucius said: it is man that can make the way great, not th

gs such as knowledge without the basic equipment for acquiring them. they have assumed that all they need is two eyes, a nose and a mouth, as nasrudin say. in sufism, a person cannot learn until he is in a state in which he can perceive what he is learning, and what it means. nasrudin went one day to a well, in order to teach this point to a disciple who wanted to know the truth. with him he took the disciple and a broken pitcher. the mulla drew a bucket of water, and poured it into his pitcher. then he drew another, and poured it in. as he was pouring in the third, the disciple could not contain himself any longer: mulla, the water is running out. there is no bottom on that pitcher. nasrudin looked at him indignantly. i am trying to fill the pitcher. in order to see when it is full, my ey

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

from his heart, lest she should be numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott jealous; yet in spite of all these precautions woman has developed all these faults. of two who quarrel, he or she who first gives in shows the noblest nature. two negatives or affirmations are as good as an oath. shevuoth, 36. i. the twos of the two testaments are two tables of the law. the disciples were sent out two and two; two disciples were sent by jesus to fetch the ass s colt; two to make ready the passover; two disciples buried jesus; caleb and joshua were the two spies; two angels rescued lot; there were two witnesses of the resurrection and two of the ascension. 40. the book of revelation of st. john the divine speaks of two witnesses, two olive trees and two candlestic

metimes even eleven receives a favor from god, as in the case of the man who was called in the eleventh hour to the vineyard, who yet received the same pay as the others. 101. rabbi jochanan says that eleven sorts of spices were mentioned by god to moses on mount sinai as suitable for holy incense. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott eleven was the number of the disciples of jesus, after the fall of judas iscariot. in the hebrew language, the word eleven was expressed as achad osher, or one in ten# 102. chapter s ixteen twelve, 1 2. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott his number has a perfect and notable character and was highly esteemed by most nations of antiquity. almost all the twelves will be found to be all

e gates of the sepher yetzirah. 243. circles of zoir anpin; the number of the permutations, without reversal of the hebrew letters. kalisch. 248.there are 248 members of the body, says talmud eiruvin, 53. 2, and an anathema enters into all of them. the word chrm, accursed, is 248,but so is rchm, mercy. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 252. it is said that the disciples of rabbi ishmael once dissected a low woman, and found she had 252 members; but it does not say what the extra ones were. 270. worlds of the idra rabba, or greater holy assembly. 271. the talmud, in niddah, says that the hebrew woman pregnancy lasted 271, 272 or 273 days. 280. 280 days, the term of natural pregnancy, human- ten times the lunar 28-day period. 284. the number of theos

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