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are above' the world of men and women created to unhappiness is a reflection of the world of divine beings created to happiness. it is described in the sepher yetzirah, or the book of formation, as an abyss of height and an abyss of death, an abyss of the east and an abyss of the west, an abyss of the north and an abyss of the south. the altar is black because, unlike divine beings who unfold in the element of light, the fires of created beings arise from darkness and obscurity. on the altar is the white triangle to be in the image of immortal light, that triune light which moved in darkness and formed the world out of darkness. there are always in all things two contending forces and always one uniting them. these three have their image in the threefold flame of our being, and the threef

tation into the physical universe is comprised of the three letters aleph, mem and shin. these also correspond to the three elements of air, water and fire consecutively. these three united form earth, the final manifestation into physical existence. with these three elements we have two contending, opposite forces, fire and water, with air acting as the reconciler between them. the letter mem is the element of water, therefore is considered spirituality or consciousness. the letter shin represents the element of fire, symbolizing the three fold flames of divinity, the holy spirit. in hebrew, the word for holy spirit is ruach elohim (pronounced roo-ach eh-low-heem) these two letters with the third, aleph, form the "three mother letters. it is through these three letters that the physical u

and represents intellect and rational thought. it also represents the structuring and measuring capacities of the mind as opposed to the emotional and intuitional aspects of netzach. hod has no exact parallel in the tarot, but is closely linked to the card judgement, ascribed to the path between hod and malkuth. yesod: the ninth emanation on the tree of life. yesod is associated with the moon and the element water. regarded as a female sphere, it is the seat of sexual instinct and corresponds to the genital chakra on the archetypal man, adam kadmon. on the tree of life, yesod has the function of channeling the energies of the higher down to the earth below, malkuth. occultists associate yesod with the astral plane, because if the sephiroth above malkuth are regarded as a map of the unconsc

ific situation. in this lesson we will not develop the meanings of these cards. that will be accomplished through grade advancement, in the elemental grades. it is important to realize that this card represents your energies at this particular time. the next card that is turned over is placed directly above the significator card. this is the spiritual influence affecting you now, filtered through the element of air. air primarily represents mental or thinking operations. this card could be said to have an influence on your thoughts. the next card is placed directly to the right of the significator card. this card represents the spiritual influences upon you through the element of fire. fire is said to govern the lower emotions, or the raw energy aspect of the personality. some would equate

esents the spiritual influences upon you through the element of fire. fire is said to govern the lower emotions, or the raw energy aspect of the personality. some would equate fire with the ruach elohim, or raw life force of energy. this card tells you what kind of influences are about you right now through your lower emotions. the next card is placed directly below the significator card. this is the element of water. this shows the spiritual influences about you now, filtered through the element of water. water is attributed to spirituality, or higher spirituality, and higher forms of love. more in the area of agappe, rather than eros. the final card is placed to the left of the significator. this particular card explains the spiritual influences around you, filtered through the element o

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e above. the world of men and women created to unhappiness is a reflection of the world of divine beings created to happiness. it is described in the sepher yetzirah, or the book of formation, as an abyss of height and as an abyss of depth, an abyss of the east and an abyss of the west, an abyss of the north and an abyss of the south. the altar is black because, unlike divine beings who unfold in the element of light, the fires of created brings arise from darkness and obscurity. on the altar is a white triangle to be the image of that immortal light, that triune light, which moved in darkness and formed the world of darkness and out of darkness. there are two contending forces and one always uniting them. and these three have their image in the three-fold flame of our being and in the thr

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f the hall and face east. all salute. dad: makes sign of the cross with censer and swings forward 3 times and says: i consecrate with fire. stol: makes cross with cup, and sprinkles with water three times towards east, saying: i purify with water. kerux: salutes zelator sign. kerux: the temple is cleansed. kerux: stol: dad: return to place, kerux leading and passing with neophyte sign. hiero: let the element of this grade be named that it may be awakened in the spheres of those present and in the sphere of the order. heg: the element of earth. hiereus (knocks) let us adore the lord and king of earth. all face east. hiero: adonai ha-aretz. adonai melekh. unto thee be the kingdom and the power (cross on self) and the glory (he makes cross and circle with sceptre before him as he says malkuth

of good and of evil. hiereus: in this grade, the red cross is placed within the white triangle upon the altar, and it is thus the symbol of the banner of the west. the triangle refers to the three paths and the cross to the hidden knowledge. the cross and the triangle together represent life and light. hiero: points out the tablet of the north, saying: hiero: this grade is especially referred to the element of earth, and therefore, one of its principal emblems is the great watch tower or terrestrial tablet of the north. it is the third or great northern quadrangle or earth tablet, and it is one of the four great tablets of the elements said to have been given to enoch by the great angel ave. it is divided within itself into four lesser angles. the mystic letters upon it form various divin

och by the great angel ave. it is divided within itself into four lesser angles. the mystic letters upon it form various divine and angelic names, in what our tradition calls the angelic secret language. from it are drawn the three holy secret names of god emor dial hectega which are borne upon the banners of the north, and there are also numberless names of angels, archangels, and spirits ruling the element of earth. kerux: comes forward retrieves fylfot cross from altar and hands it to hierophant. hiero: the hermetic cross, which is also called fylfot, hammer of thor, and swastika, is formed of 17 squares out of a square of 25 lesser squares. these 17 represent the sun, the four elements, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. in this grade, the lights on the pillars are unshaded, showing t

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is properly guarded (done) heg: very honoured hierophant, the temple is properly guarded. hiero: honoured hiereus, see that none below the grade of practicus is present. hiereus: fraters and sorors give the sign of practicus (done) hiereus (saluting) very honoured hierophant all present have attained the grade. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what particular element is this grade attributed? heg: to the element of water. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus: to the planet mercury. hiero: honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 31st and 30th paths of shin and resh. hiero: honoured hiereus to what does the 31st path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of fire. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 30th path a

alted. the grade of practicus is referred to the sephira hod, and the 30th and 31st paths which are those of resh and shin are bound thereto. the sign of this grade is thus given; stand with the heels together, raise the arms till the elbows are level with the shoulders bring the hands across the chest touching the thumbs and tips of fingers thus forming a triangle apex downwards. this represents the element of water to which this grade is attributed, and the waters of creation. the grip or token is the general grip of the first order. the grand word is elohim tzabaoth which means the elohim of hosts and of armies. the mystic number is 36 and from it is formed the pass word of this grade, which is eloah, one of the divine names. it should be lettered separately when given. unto this grade

ing badge of this grade which you will now be entitled to wear is the sash of a theoricus with the addition of a purple or violet cross above the white cross and the numbers 3 and 8 within a circle and a square, respectively, left and right of its summit, and below the numbers 32, the numbers 30 and 31 in purple or violet, between narrow parallel purple lines. this grade is especially referred to the element of water and therefore, the great watch tower or terrestrial tablet of the west forms one of its principal emblems (hierophant goes to west in front of water tablet followed by theoricus) it is known as the second or great western quadrangle, or tablet of water, and it is one of the four great tablets delivered unto enoch by the great angel ave. from it are drawn the 3 holy secret name

hant goes to west in front of water tablet followed by theoricus) it is known as the second or great western quadrangle, or tablet of water, and it is one of the four great tablets delivered unto enoch by the great angel ave. from it are drawn the 3 holy secret names of god empeh arsel gaiol which are borne upon the banners of the west. and numberless divine and angelic names which appertain unto the element of water. the meaning of the tablet of earth and air were explained to you in the preceding grades. hiero: theor: proceed to east. hierophant indicates cross and triangle on the altar. hiero: the cross above the triangle represents the power of the spirit of life rising above the triangle of the waters, and reflecting the triune therein, as further marked by the lamps at the angles. wh

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eg: very honoured hierophant the temple is properly guarded. hiero: honoured hiereus, see that none below the grade of philosophus is present. hiereus: honoured fraters and sorors, give the sign of philosophus (done) hiereus (saluting) very honoured hierophant, all present have attained the grade of philosophus. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what particular element is this grade attributed? heg: to the element of fire. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus: to the planet venus. hiero: honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 29th, 28th and 27th paths of qoph, tzaddi and peh. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 29th path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of pisces. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does th

fied on the cross of the infernal rivers in daath. yet to do this he must descend unto the lowest first even unto malkuth and be born of her. the grade of philosophus is referred unto the sephira netzach and the 27th, 28th, and 29th paths are bound thereto. the sign of the grade is given by raising the arms above the head making with the thumbs and fingers a triangle apex upwards. this represents the element of fire, to which this grade is attributed, and also the spirit which moved upon the waters of creation. the grip or token is the general grip of the first order. the grand word is a name of nine letters tetragrammaton tzabaoth, which means the lard of armies. the mystic number is 28 and from it is formed the pass word of the grade which is koch (kaph, cheth) meaning power. it should b

of this grade, which you will now be entitled to wear, is the sash of a practicus, with the addition of a bright green cross above the violet cross and the numbers 4 and 7 within a circle and a square respectively left and right of its summit, and below the number 37, the numbers 27, 28 and 29 in bright green between narrow parallel lines of the same color. this grade is especially referred unto the element of fire and therefore the great watch tower or terrestrial tablet of the south forms one of its principal emblems. hiero: pract: move to the south. hiero: it is known as the fourth or great southern quadrangle, or tablet of fire and it is one of the four great tablets delivered unto enoch by the great angel ave. from it are drawn the 3 great holy secret names of god oip teea pdoce whic

principal emblems. hiero: pract: move to the south. hiero: it is known as the fourth or great southern quadrangle, or tablet of fire and it is one of the four great tablets delivered unto enoch by the great angel ave. from it are drawn the 3 great holy secret names of god oip teea pdoce which are borne upon the banners of the south, and the numberless divine and angelic names which appertain unto the element of fire. the meaning of the other tablets have been already explained to you. hiero: pract: move to the altar. hiero: the triangle surmounting the cross upon the altar, represents the fire of the spirit surmounting the cross of life and of the waters of eden. you will note that it thus forms the alchemical emblem of sulphur. the red lamps at the angles of the triangles are the three fo

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

god. she is invoked for all family matters and those concerning children and by women in distress. vesta vesta is the roman goddess of domesticity and of the sacred hearth at which dead and living were welcomed. the vestal virgins of rome kept alight the sacred flame in vesta's temple and this was rekindled at the new year, as were household flames. vesta can be invoked in rituals centred around the element fire. father gods the father gods represent authority, channelled power, benevolence and altruism, nobility of purpose, expansion and limitless potential. dagda dagda, the father god in the celtic tradition, was also called eochaid ollathair (father of all) and ruadh rofessa (the red one of knowledge. he was the first king of the tuatha de danaan, the irish gods, and it was believed th

ively counter excesses of itself. light elemental candles after the altar candles, after you have cast the circles but before lighting any wish or astrological candle. begin in the north, with a green candle. green green is for earth and the north, midnight and winter. a green candle is placed at what would be the 12 o'clock position on a clock, aligned with magnetic or a symbolic north. earth is the element of order, both in nature and institutions such as the law, politics, finance, health and education. it also represents yin, the female, nurturing goddess aspect, mother earth, the home and family, as well as money and security, and is a good element to invoke when you have matters of property or money that need attention. it is also a focus for all rituals against famine, deforestation

ay at noon. salt salt has always been central to religious and magical practices because it is an absolutely pure substance. it is powerful for psychic protection but also in money-making and in healing rituals. centuries ago, it was regarded as precious because it was the main preservative of food through the long winter months for early settlers around the globe. in formal magick, it represents the element of earth. in modern protective and banishing rituals, a salt circle is created to keep out harm. many of us still adhere to the old practice of throwing a pinch of spilt salt over our left shoulder 'into the eyes of the devil. salt was also added in the making of holy water to ward off evil and increase physical strength as well as powers of fertility. salt is still added to water in c

h black wooden handles on which you can engrave magical symbols such as your zodiacal and planetary glyphs with a pyrographic set obtained from an art shop. you can also paint moons, stars, spirals, suns, or crosses with silver paint. i use a curved-bladed knife with a silver engraved scabbard, which i bought from a souvenir shop in spain. the athame is set in the east of the altar and represents the element of air. like the sword, it is traditionally used for drawing magical circles on the ground and directing magical air energies into a symbol. when you are casting a circle, you can point your athame diagonally towards the ground, so that you do not need to stoop to draw (which is not very elegant and bad for the back. with practice, the movement becomes as graceful as with a sword. the

in formal magick and in less formal spells too and are represented by devas, the guardians of the watchtowers or the four main archangels. earth earth represents midnight, winter and the quarter and direction of the north. it is the most magical of directions. earth is the realm of the actual and material, where magical wishes and intentions find expression and so it is very important. it is also the element invoked for abundance and in prosperity rituals, as well as matters concerning your home and family. it is also used for magick concerning animals, all who work with their hands, especially in agriculture, horticulture and environmentalism, in finance or maintaining law and order, for banks and financial and legal institutions. earth can thereby form a focus for rituals where justice a

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the sephiroth modified by the letter of the lesser angle. thus kether in the airy, lesser angle is the kether of w. in the watery lesser angle, it is the kether of h, and so on. the letters, in this case, as elsewhere explained, refer to the four worlds. referring to the other squares of the lesser angles, in the kerubic rank the outside square is always attributed to the letter corresponding to the element of the lesser angle. in the tablets of a and c, the name reads right to left in the two upper quarters; in the two lower quarters it reads from left to right. in the tablets of b and d, left to right in the upper, but in the two lower quarters from right to left. thus in the four tablets the name reads: a vhyh (f) yh(f)vh h(f)yhv hvh(f)y c vhyh (f) yh(f)vh h(f)yhv hvh(f)y 15 b vh

the mighty, even as geburah represents strength and fiery power. to tiphareth is the a, lord of the fire of the world, even as tiphareth is, as it were the heart and center of the a of life. 18 the remaining four squares of the sephirotic cross have no planetary or astrological attributions. the ten squares of the sephirotic cross also stand for the ace and small cards of the suit represented by the element of the lesser angle. thus wands are attributed to the d angle, pentacles to the b angle, etc. the kerubic squares are allotted, as their name implies, to the four kerubim whose emblems follow the order of the letters of tetragrammaton: y h lion e eagle h king queen w h (final) man k bull b prince princess these last are of the suit corresponding to the element of the lesser angle as

using the above rules: diagram k: earth angle of water tablet one final set of attributions concerns the tablet of union, which is referred to m. it is employed, as before shown, in binding together the tablets, and in building up angelic names. its attributions are to the four aces of the elements and to the court cards. the aces represent the root force, and the essential spiritual noumenon of the element. the court cards are the vice-gerents of the root force in the element. m a c b d a ace swords prince swords queen swords princess swords king swords c ace cups prince cups queen cups princess cups king cups b ace pentacles prince pentacles queen pentacles princess pentacles king pentacles d ace wands prince wands queen wands princess wands king wands 20 the foregoing methods of attrib

placed. the following will be the standard of reference, so that later should mention be made of triangle no. 2, the following diagram will show its position. diagram o the pyramid is supposed to be in position on the tablet, so that triangle no. 2 points to the top of the tablet. to work out the pyramid of any square completely, it is necessary to know the attributions of the four triangles and the element of each. since every tablet comprises four distinct divisions, each of these must be considered separately as each produces a different type of pyramid. the rules for analyzing the pyramid based on the squares will be concisely put, thus: great cross: triangle no. 1: sign of zodiac, small card of tarot. triangle no. 2: m. triangle no. 3: planet of decan. triangle no. 4: elemental symbo

e squares will be concisely put, thus: great cross: triangle no. 1: sign of zodiac, small card of tarot. triangle no. 2: m. triangle no. 3: planet of decan. triangle no. 4: elemental symbol of the tablet. 22 note that triangle no. 2 on the squares of the great cross is always m, as indicating the operation of the m in the primary element, and is shown white. triangle no. 4 is colored according to the element of the tablet; thus red for c tablet, blue for d, black for b, yellow for a. triangle no. 1 is to be colored according to the triplicity of the sign attributed to it, that is as to whether it is of an earthy, fiery, watery, or airy nature. triangle no. 3 is to be colored in that of the element ruled by the planet attributed to it. the rule governing the latter is: a and k rule the elem

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t find the elements unmixed, but each bound together with each, so that in the a we find not only that which is subtle and tenuous, but also the qualities of heat, moisture, and dryness, bound together in that all wandering element; and further also that in d, c and b we find the same mixture of nature. therefore, the four elements are bound to each kerubic emblem counterchanged with the color of the element wherein they operate; even as in the vision of ezekiel each kerub had four faces and four wings. forget not therefore that the tablets and the \ybwrk are the guardians of the tomb of the adepti. let thy tongue keep silence on our mysteries. restrain even the thought of thy heart lest a bird of the air carry the matter" 18 temple set up at 2nd point of the 5=6 ritual third "upon more cl

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he god, with a talisman against the four elements. then i set them one by one upon a narrow and lofty tower, balanced, so that the least breath of wind would blow them off into destruction. those whom the air spared i next threw into nile where most it foams and races. only a few the water gave back again. these, however, did i bury for three days in the earth without sepulchre or coffin, so that the element of earth might combat them. and the rare ones whom earth spared i cast upon a fire of charcoal. now who is prepared for these ordeals (being firstly attuned to the elements) findeth them easy. he remains still, though the tempest rage upon the tower; in the water he floats easily and lightly; buried, he but throws himself into trance; and, lastly, his wrappings protect him against the

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the elements. the best attribution of elohim is aleph, air; lamed, earth; he, spirit; yod, fire; mem, water. but the order is not good; lamed is not satisfactory for earth, and yod too spiritualised a form of fire (but see book 4, part iii) paragraphs 1-6. out of nothing, nothing is made. the word nihil is taken to affirm that the universe is nothing, and that is now to be analysed. the order of the element is that of jeheshua. the elements are taken rather as in nature; n is easily fire, since mars is the ruler of scorpio: the virginity of i suits air and water, elements which in magick are closely interwoven: h, the letter of of breath, is suitable for spirit; abrahadabra is called the name of spirit, because it is cheth: l is earth, green and fertile, because venus, the greenness, fert

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es for these trilateral names. the symbolic representation of the universe 14 the following rules explain how the sides of the pyramids of which the squares are formed are attributed to the sephiroth, planets, elements and zodiacal signs.11 1. great central cross. this has 36 squares, for the decantes of the zodiac. on the left side of the pyramid, linea patris has the cardinal signs, the sign of the element itself at the top, in the order of tetragrammaton (fire, water, air, earth) going upwards. linea filii has the common signs in the same order. linea s.s. has the cherubic signs, that of the element on the left, in the same order, right to left. but the order of the decans in each sign is reverse, and thus the planets which fill the right-hand side of the pyramids go in the first two ca

ea filii has the common signs in the same order. linea s.s. has the cherubic signs, that of the element on the left, in the same order, right to left. but the order of the decans in each sign is reverse, and thus the planets which fill the right-hand side of the pyramids go in the first two cases downwards, and in the third from left to right. the upper sides of the pyramids are all attributed to the element of spirit, the lower sides to the element of the tablet. each square is also referred to the small card of the tarot which corresponds to the decan (see 77712. 2. calvary crosses. each has 10 squares. the upper sides of the pyramids are uniformly given to spirit, the lower sides to the sephiroth, in the order shewn.13 the left-hand sides are attributed to the element of the tablet, the

all card of the tarot which corresponds to the decan (see 77712. 2. calvary crosses. each has 10 squares. the upper sides of the pyramids are uniformly given to spirit, the lower sides to the sephiroth, in the order shewn.13 the left-hand sides are attributed to the element of the tablet, the right-hand sides to the sub-element of the lesser angle.14 3. kerubic squares. the upper sides pertain to the element of the tablet, the lower sides to the subelement. right- and left-hand sides in this case correspond, according to a somewhat complex rule which it is unnecessary to give here.15 the attributions to the court cards of the tarot naturally follow.16 4. lesser squares. the upper side of each pyramid is governed by the kerub standing on the file above it. the lower side is governed by the

ding on the file above it. the lower side is governed by the kerub also, but in order descending as the are from right to left above [see angle of air of water; the kerubs go earth, fire, water, air (from the square marked d, the fifth from the left in the top rank of the tablet, and downward the lower sides of the squares marked o, d, e, z go earth, fire, water, air] the left-hand side refers to the element of the tablet, the right-hand side to the sub-element of the lesser angle.17 5. the black cross or central tablet. the upper and lower sides are equally attributed to spirit. the left-hand sides to the element of the file, in this order from left to right: spirit, air, water, earth, fire. the right-hand sides to the element of the rank in this order: air, water, earth, fire. liber lxxx

he tablet of union: also precedes, in the second place, all invocations of key tablet angels. not used in invocations of 4 other tables. 3, 4, 5, 6: used in invocations of angels of tablet of union, also of angels of 4 terrestrial tablets, thus 3: used to invoke angels of the letters of the line e x a r p for those of tablet oro as a whole and for the lesser angle of this tablet, which is that of the element itself, viz. i d o i g o. so for others the remaining 12 keys refer to the remaining lesser angles of the tables, the order of the elements being air, water, earth, fire. pronounce elemental language (also called angelic or enochian) by inserting the next following hebrew vowel between consonants, e.g. e after b (beth, i after g (gimel, a after d, etc.2 the opening of the portal of the

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han if one had not employed such heavy artillery< there can, however, be no objection to preparing oneself by a general purification and consecration devised with the object of detaching oneself from one's personality and increasing the sensitiveness of one's faculties. all divination comes under the general type of the element air. the peculiar properties of air are in consequence its uniform characteristics. divination is subtle and intangible. it moves with mysterious ease, expanding, contracting, flowing, responsive to the slightest stress. it receives and transmits every vibration without retaining any. it becomes poisonous when its oxygen is defiled by passing through human lungs. there is a peculiar fr

y speeches and invocations should be avoided, but action should be very full. such ceremonies should be carefully rehearsed; but in rehearsals care should be taken to omit the climax, which should be studied by the principal character in private. the play should be so arranged that this climax depends on him alone. by this means one prevents the ceremony from becoming mechanical or hackneyed, and the element of surprise. 177 assists the lesser characters to get out of themselves at the supreme moment. following the climax there should always be an unrehearsed ceremony, an impromptu. the most satisfactory form of this is the dance. in such ceremonies appropriate libations may be freely used. the rite of luna (equinox i. vi) is a good example of this use. here the climax is the music of the

is a kind of consumption; but it has a more restricted application, as follows. take a substance< symbolic of the whole course of nature, make it god, and consume it. there are many ways of doing this; but they may easily be classified according to the number of the elements of which the sacrament is composed. the highest form of the eucharist is that in which the element consecrated is one. it is one substance and not two, not living and not dead, neither liquid nor solid, neither hot nor cold, neither male nor female. this sacrament is secret in every respect. for those who may be worthy, although not officially recognized as such, this eucharist has been described in detail and without concealment "somewhere" in the published writings of the master t

nce symbolically apt, i say not in the form of a ray of light, of a fiery sword, or of aught save that bodily vehicle of the holy ghost which is sacred to baphomet, by its virtue that concealeth the lion and the serpent that his image may appear adorably upon the earth for ever. let then the adept extend his will beyond the circle in this imagined shape and let it radiate with the light proper to the element invoked, and let each word issue along the shaft with passionate impulse, as if its voice gave command thereto that it should thrust itself leapingly forward. let also each word accumulate authority, so that the head of the shaft may plunge twice as far for the second word as for the first, and four times for 278 the third as the second, and thus to the end. moreover, let the adept fli

ft may plunge twice as far for the second word as for the first, and four times for 278 the third as the second, and thus to the end. moreover, let the adept fling forth his whole consciousness thither. then at the final word, let him bring rushing back his will within himself, steadily streaming, and let him offer himself to its point, as artemis to pan, that this perfectly pure concentration of the element purge him thoroughly, and possess him with its passion. in this sacrament being wholly at one with that element, let the adept utter the charge "hear me, and make, etc. with strong sense that this unity with that quarter of the universe confers upon him the fullest freedom and privilege appurtenant thereto. let the adept take note of the wording of the charge. the "firmament" is the ru

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

d lose; if brussels-sprouts, he would win. hyphens need not be given. cashmere is a "word; it is a kind of shawl, etc, so is charley, a night-watchman. don't argue: the dictionary decides. 7. this game calls not only for an extensive vocabulary but for courage; foresight, judgment, resource, subtlety and even low cunning. it can be played by more than two players, but the more there are, the more the element of chance comes in; and this is hateful to really fine players and diminishes the excitement. the rapier-play of two experts, when a word changes from one line of formation to another, and then again, perhaps even a third time, is as exhilarating as a baseballgame or a bull-fight. and what the tartarus-tophet-jehanna has all this to do with education, and the great work? this, child! h

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spels and the works of congreve. and the context makes this even clearer, for he sits in a corner, that is in the place of christ, the corner stone, eating, that is, enjoying, that which the birth of christ assures to us. he is the comforter who replaces the absent saviour. if there was still any doubt of his identity it would be cleared up by the fact that it is the thumb, which is attributed to the element of spirit, and not one of the four fingers of the four lesser elements, which he sticks into the pie of the new dispensation. he plucks forth one who is ripe, no doubt to send him forth as a teacher into the world, and rejoices that he is so well carrying out the will of the father. let us pass from this most blessed subject to yet another. tom, tom, the piper's son, stole a pig and aw

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

o the poisons which shook the bourgeois are not indulgences, but purifications; the brute whose furtive lust demands that he be drunk and in darkness that he may surrender to his shame, and that he lie about it with idiot mumblings ever after, is hardly the best judge even of phryne. how much less should he venture to criticize such men and women whose imaginations are so free from grossness that the element of attraction which serves to electrify their magnetic coil is independent of physical form? to us the essence of love is that it is a sacrament unto nuith, a gate of grace and a road of righteousness to her high palace, the abode of peerless purity whose lamps are the stars "as ye will" it should be abundantly clear from the foregoing remarks that each individual has an absolute and i

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f hell, by worship and all else unmoved pentecost 31 recapitulation of principal cosmic theories. bard checkmates himself. consciousness and christianity. dhyana and hinduism. sammasamadhi and buddhism. you know for me the soul is nought36 save a mere phantom in the thought, that thought itself impermanent, 230 save as a casual element with such another may combine to form now water and now wine; the element itself may be changeless to all eternity, 235 but compounds ever fluctuate with time or space or various state (ask chemists else) so i must claim spirit and matter are the same37 or else the prey of putrefaction. 240 this matters to the present action little or nothing. here s your theories! think if you like: i find it wearies! it matters little whether we with fichte and the brahmin

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the g. d. in the outer to the 5 =6, associate adept speaking "before you upon the altar is the diagram of the sephiroth and paths with which you are already well acquainted, having marked thereon the grade of the order corresponding to each sephira, and the tarot trumps appropriated to each path "you will further note that the first order includes: malkuth, answering to neophyte and zelator, and the element of earth. yesod to theoricus and air. hod to practicus and water. and netzach to philosophus and fire "of these the last three grades alone communicate with the second order, though cut off from it by a veil which may 242 illustration goes here. this is a tree of life with the sephiroth as circles, containing the information noted below on this approximation. the paths are straight lin

rdinary visions, which we shall enter upon in due course. suffice it to say that by december he had passed the easy examination necessary before he could present himself as a candidate for the 1= 10 grade of zelator. 261 ritual of the 1= 10 grade of zelator1 the opening in this ritual is very similar to that in the last; the chief exception being that this grade is more particularly attributed to the element of "earth. the temple having been declared open, the "hierophant" says "except adonai build the house their labour is but lost that build it. except adonai keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain! frater neophyte, by what aid do you seek admission to the 1 =10 grade of zelator of the g. d" illustration on page 262 approximated below: 1 the following five rituals are considerably

to the three above-mentioned paths connecting malkuth with the above sephiroth, while the cross is the hidden wisdom of the divine nature which can be obtained by their aid. the two construed mean: life in light" illustration, approximated below: diagram 12. the flaming sword. illustration: approximated below\ diagram 13. the altar symbol in the 1= 10 ritual "this grade is especially referred to the element earth, and therefore, one of its principal emblems is the great watch-tower on the terrestrial tablet of the north. you will observe that the hermetic cross, which is also called fylfat. is formed of seventeen squares taken from a square of twenty- five lesser squares. 263 these seventeen squares represent the sun, the four elements, and the twelve signs. in this grade the lamps on the

s the temple closed. by the end of january 1899, p. was sufficiently advanced to be admitted to the grade of theoricus. it was about this time also that he met mr. d, a certain brother of the g. d. known as fra. i.a. this meeting, as we shall eventually see, ranks only second in importance to his meeting with fra. v.n. ritual of the 2= 9 grade of theoricus this grade is particularly attributed to the element of air; it refers to the moon, and is attached to the thirty-second path of tau, which alludes to the universe as composed of the four elements, to the kerubim, the qliphoth, the astral plane, and the reflection of the sphere of saturn. after this has been explained, the advancement of the zelator takes place, after which the ritual of the thirty-second path is celebrated "hierophant"

nd in the name of shaddai el chai the temple is closed in the 2= 9 grade of theoricus. the following month, february, p. passed through the next grade, that of 3= 8. ritual of the 3= 8 grade of practicus 7 "see" diagram of the paths and grades. 8 "see 777" cols. cxii, cxiii, p. 23. 9 "see 777" col. xlix, p. 15. 10 "see 777" col. xlix, p. 15 and note p. 41. this grade is particularly attributed to the element of water, and especially refers to the planet mercury and to the thirty-first and thirtieth paths of hb:shin and hb:resh. it opens with the adoration to the king of the waters, which is followed by the advancement. the theoricus first gives the necessary signs, and then, as before, solemnly pledges himself to secrecy, after which he is conducted to the east and placed between the mysti

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n o i k' s equilibrium of passives i\ h n# i name a g l a (agla. g/ n/ g* the signs of the portal("see" illustrations: extend the hands in front of you, palms outwards, separate them as if in the act of rending asunder a veil or curtain (actives, and then bring them together as if closing it up again and let them fall to the side (passives (the grade of the "portal" is particularly attributed to the element of spirit; it refers to the sun; the paths of samekh, nun and ayin, are attributed to this degree<magick in theory and practice, crowley gives by mistake instead: samekh, resh and tzaddi> see "777" lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire. i' b n* a name: a l h i m v\ n o- i (elohim. k\ s i\ h n# i g n g 20 the signs of 4 degree= 7 square: raise the arms above the head

nstead: samekh, resh and tzaddi> see "777" lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire. i' b n* a name: a l h i m v\ n o- i (elohim. k\ s i\ h n# i g n g 20 the signs of 4 degree= 7 square: raise the arms above the head and join the hands, so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle("see" illustration (the grade of 4 degree= 7 square is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of qof, tzaddi and peh are attributed to this degree. for other attributions "see "777" lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: a l (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3 degree= 8 square: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and

e "777" lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: a l (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3 degree= 8 square: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downwards("see" illustration (the grade of 3 degree= 8 square is particularly attributed to the element of water; it refers to the planet mercury; the paths of resh and shin are attributed to this degree. for other attributions "see "777, lines 8 and 23. the pentagrams of air. i' b n\ a v* n name: i h v h o- i (ye-ho-wau. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 2 degree= 9 square: stretch both arms upwards and outwards, the elbows bent at right angles, the hands bent back, the palms upwards as

e. for other attributions "see "777, lines 8 and 23. the pentagrams of air. i' b n\ a v* n name: i h v h o- i (ye-ho-wau. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 2 degree= 9 square: stretch both arms upwards and outwards, the elbows bent at right angles, the hands bent back, the palms upwards as if supporting a weight("see" illustration. 21 (the grade of 2 degree= 9 square is particularly attributed to the element air; it refers to the moon; the path of taw is attributed to this degree. for other attributions "see "777" lines 9 and 11. the pentagrams of earth i' b n\ a v\ n o- i name: a d n i (adonai. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the sign of 1 degree= 10 square: advance the right foot, stretch out the right hand upwards and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open (the grade of 1

of taw is attributed to this degree. for other attributions "see "777" lines 9 and 11. the pentagrams of earth i' b n\ a v\ n o- i name: a d n i (adonai. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the sign of 1 degree= 10 square: advance the right foot, stretch out the right hand upwards and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open (the grade of 1 degree= 10 square is particularly attributed to the element of earth "see "777" lines 10 and 32 bis "the lesser ritual of the hexagram" this ritual is to be performed after the "lesser ritual of the pentagram (i) stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right across body, holding the wand or other weapon upright in the median line. then face east and say (ii) i.n.r.i. yod. nun. resh. yod. virgo, isis, mighty mother. scorpio, apophis, des

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hand holding verendum, by path of hb:taw or malkuth""the potent exorcism" come unto me, o shroud of darkness and of night. i conjure ye, o particles of darkness, that ye enfold me, as a guard and shroud of utter silence and of mystery. in the name ahih and by the name ahih! in the name agla and by the name agla! in the name exarp and by the name exarp! in the name hcoma and by the name hcoma! 74 the element of spirit. 75 the names on the tablet of spirit. 76 the tablet of spirit. in the name nanta and by the name nanta! in the name bitom and by the name bitom! in the name tetragrammaton elohim and by the name tetragrammaton elohim! in the name hoor-po-krat-ist and by the name hoor-po-krat-ist! by your deep purple darkness! by my white brilliant light! i invoke ye: i conjure ye: i exorcise

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ften made use of in the yoga shastras and in the vedanta. the union of kundalini (shakti) and shiva. 141 revelation, xxi, 1-4. 142 "the bhagavad-g ta" ii, 69, 70; vi, 32. cf "konx om pax" pp. 73-77. 143 the ordinary egyptian winged-globe is here meant, but as visualized by the mind's eye; the meditation then takes place on the image in the mind. so with the following practises. 144 tejas-ak sa is the element of fire. it is symbolized by a red triangle of fire with a black egg in the centre. see "777, col. lxxv, p. 16. see diagram 84. the object clear; but the mind wandered. apas-v yu145" result not very good. winged-globe and flam" meditation on both of these was only ing sword.146 fair. 107 pendulum147 (e).148" good as regards plane kept by the pendulum; but thoughts wandered. winged-glob

ifficult prac- tice, as isis behaved like a living object.153 winged-globe. 29 m. seven breaks. result would have been much better but for an epi- cene enuch with an alleged flute. my mind revolved various methods of killing it. tejas-ak sa. 18" seven breaks. r. r. et a. c.154 19" seven breaks. pendulum" after 3 m. lost control and gave up. winged-globe (e. 10" ten breaks.155 108 145 apas-v yu is the element of water and is symbolized by a black egg of spirit in the silver crescent of water. see "777, col. lxxv, p. 16. see diagram 84. 146 the golden dawn symbol of the flaming sword. see diagram 12. 147 by this is meant watching the swing of an imaginary pendulum. the difficulty is to keep it in one plane, as it tries to swing round; also to change its rate. 148 in these records "m" means m

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

internal potency) burns up its sheaths, and escapes by radiation from within its ring-pass-not. this is seen in an interesting way as occurring during the process of the final initiations when the causal body is destroyed by fire. the fire within burns up all else and the electric fire escapes. the true alchemist therefore in days to come will in every case seek to stimulate the radioactivity of the element or atom with which he is working and will centre his attention upon the positive nucleus. by increasing its vibration, its activity, or its positivity, he will bring about the desired end. the masters do this in connection with the human spirit and do not concern themselves at all with his 'deva' aspect. the same basic rule will be found to apply in the case of a mineral as well as of

fic investigators to lose their way, and thus negate the conclusions of years of study. they confuse the impulse of the atom to respond to the vibratory magnetic pull of the more powerful and comprehensive form with the true esoteric attraction which alone produces "occult radiation" that of the central essential life of the form in which- 631- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the element under consideration may have place. it is very necessary to make this clear from the start. perhaps the whole subject may be clearer if we consider it in the following way. the atom in a form revolves upon its own axis, follows its own revolution, and lives its own internal life. this concerns its primary awareness. as time progresses it becomes magnetically aware of the attractive nat

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

s. these are six in number and concern that which lies back of the specific; they deal with that which is subjective and intangible, and with the force display which produces the specific forms. technically these are called in the hindu books the tanmatras. they have to do with consciousness more than form and are the "special modifications of buddhi or consciousness (ganganatha jha. they are: i. the element of hearing, or that which produces the ear, the rudiment of hearing, 2. the element of touch or that which produces the mechanism of touch, the skin, etc, the rudiment of touch, 3. the element of sight, or that which produces the eye, 4. the element of taste, or that which produces the mechanism of taste. 5. the element of smell, or that which produces the mechanism of smell. back of t

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

ith clarity of that which has been experienced. then a fresh cycle of devotion and discipline is initiated, until again the vision is seen and the beloved contacted anew. from certain angles the self-centeredness of the western mystic is notable, and his failure to use the intellect most remarkable. we must except, however, such mystics as boehme, ruysbroeck, or meister eckhart, in whose writings the element of the intellect is strongly stressed, and the quality of knowledge most apparent. note what meister eckhart himself says "there is one power in the soul: intellect, of prime importance to the soul for making her aware of, for detecting, god..the soundest arguments expressly state (what is the truth) that the kernel of eternal life lies rather in knowledge than in love..the soul is not

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ll concern itself with the unfoldment of that soul and its discovery by man. 5. knowledge might be divided into three categories: first, there is theoretical knowledge. this includes all knowledge of which man is aware but which is accepted by him on the statements of other people, and by the specialists in the various branches of knowledge. it is founded on authoritative statements and has in it the element of trust in the writers and speakers, and in the trained intelligences of the workers in any of the many and varied fields of thought. the truths accepted as such have not been formulated or verified by the one who accepts them, lacking as he does the necessary training and equipment. the dicta of science, the theologies of religion, and the findings of the philosophers and thinkers ev

a lower scale of the evolutionary ladder, are other groups of lives, wrongly entitled devas, which work in obedience to the law, and are controlled by the higher entities. there are, for instance, the denser forms of gaseous life, termed often salamanders, the elementals of the fire. these are directly under the control of the lord agni, lord of the mental plane, and, in this mental age, we have the element of fire entering into the mechanics of living as never before. eliminate the products which are controlled by heat and you will bring our civilisation to a stop; you will bring all means of transportation to an end and all modes of lighting; you would throw all manufactories into the discard. basically again, these fiery lives, are found in all that burns, and in the warmth that holds

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

ition. it is among the thinkers of the race that the first assured recognition of the soul will come, and this event will be the result of the study and analysis, by the psychologists of the world, of the nature of genius and the significance of creative work. some men and women in the world tower above their fellow men, and produce that which is superlative in its own field; their work has in it the element of divinity and of immortality. the work of creative artists, the intuitive perception of great scientific investigators, the inspired imagination of the poets of the world and the vision of the illumined idealists, have all to be accounted for and explained, for the laws under which such men and women work have yet to be discovered. the close study, by the psychologist, of the abnorma

ment of this kingdom has been water, and this new development, this bringing together of fire and water in this kingdom, has constituted the subjective fact which brought the steam age into being. the vast forest fires, which form such a menace at this time in different parts of the world, are also related to this "initiation by fire" of a kingdom hitherto controlled and directed in its growth by the element of water. similarly, the coming in of the seventh ray inaugurated a tremendous event in the mineral kingdom. this i referred to in an earlier book. through the effect of sound and fire, the mineral kingdom has also been initiated, and in the great world war, in the steel factories and the other factories where metal is transmuted into articles for the use of man, the world of minerals

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

d of acquiescence. christ demonstrated this submission when he said "i came not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me (john vi.38) he proved his acquiescence when he cried "father, not my will but thine be done" submission has in it the elements of conquest by circumstances and of a recognition which may not understand but which submits to that which is imposed. acquiescence has in it the element of an understanding intelligence, and this marks a great step forward. both admit the fact of a divine over-shadowing will in the life of mankind today; both are preparatory to a recognition of christ's work in bringing about right human relations. at present, the submission of mankind to the divine will is a negative submission; the true submission is a positive attitude of spiritual

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

anxiety can negate the desired effects. 2. in radiatory healing, the process is simpler and safer for the healer simply gathers power into himself and then radiates it out on to the patient in the form of a steadily outflowing stream of radiant energy. this stream of energy should be directed to the centre nearest to the location of the disease. in this work there is no risk to the healer, but if the element of will enters into his thought or the stream of energy projected is too strong, there may be danger to the patient. the impact of the force which is being radiated upon him may not only produce nervous tension, but may lead to an increase in the power of the disease and its intensification by stimulating the atoms and cells involved in the activity of the force responsible for the tro

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between the two which, as time elapses, will become more clear. there can be no new birth, no creation of the "body of light" and no "manifestation of the sons of god" apart from the process of physical incarnation. there can be no fusion of the opposites of soul and personality apart from the physiological processes of sex, and i say this deliberately, for it is in the relation of the sexes that the element of time enters into the experience of the soul, and the understanding of this will come when the doctrine of reincarnation is properly comprehended and taught universally. it is here that sex magic and the inner tantric teachings have gone so woefully astray, and been centralised upon individual development and the attainment of some experience which is presumed to promote spiritual at

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ot. he makes his great decision on the basis of the seen opportunity, and through his response to the seven phases of that cosmic vision, he treads one or other of the seven paths. for this great "crisis of vision" all the lesser visions have prepared the master; after his decision is made there is no longer any vision as we comprehend the term. there is a factual perception of such a nature that the element of time as evidenced by remoteness, by the distance between this and that, between here and there forever disappears. this is, necessarily, a somewhat meaningless statement to the majority of people. for the aspirant, whether his goal is the path of discipleship or one of the seven paths leading away from known planetary experience, there is persistently that which conveys to conscious

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

nner that the consecrated personality under control of the monad, via the antahkarana, and in cooperation with the one known god walks the ways of earth as a channel for the three divine qualities (love, will and intelligence, but also as a channel for that which these three qualities will enable him later to sense, know and reveal. these are solemn and important statements. they have within them the element of prophecy, but it is prophecy which has no relation to the salvation of humanity in any sense at all. it is related to an active appearance which will, under the law of synthesis, indicate that which the three great planetary centres of divine life are unitedly intended to reveal. something lies behind the three divine aspects of so great an importance, beauty and revelatory strength

is to the second ray, and is an aspect or quality of the law of synthesis. it was this magnetic power of the first ray to which the christ referred when he said "i, if i be lifted up (the ascension initiation. a.a.b, will draw all men unto me" he faced then those initiations which would qualify him to become what is esoterically called "a shamballa recipient" there is, in magnetic action, more of the element of the will and of an expressing purpose. in explanation it might be said that the radiation of the hierarchy, which is definitely second ray in nature, and which is projected as attractive radiation, is implemented by the magnetic aspect. this as the old commentary puts it is "a point of focussed fire, found in the centre of the jewel. it stirs to life the quality of love which permea

they would endorse partition, and thus perpetuate the spirit of aggression and territorial greed, against which the forces of light were arrayed in the last war. the united nations has already made a major mistake by their original admittance of russia a totalitarian power, as was germany to their councils. now they have made another. in the first mistake they precipitated into the united nations the element of conflict and that spirit of "fanatical imposition" which is distinctive of the totalitarian ideology; in this second case, through the endorsement of partition, they perpetuate the ancient technique of taking what is wanted (with force of arms, if necessary) from the rightful owners. it was a test for the united states, for it is the american jews who have created the situation, wit

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lty which we all possess, a creative imagination. but in some form or another, the aspirant who has left nereus will meet the serpent and will have to wrestle with him. as the myth states, for a long time hercules could not conquer, but when he lifted the serpent high up into the air, he prevailed. there is a great truth underlying this symbolism. the air has always been regarded as the symbol or the element related to the christ plane, called in the theosophical terminology and in the east, the buddhic plane. the astral plane is the distorted reflection of the buddhic plane, and it is only when we carry glamor up into the clear light of the christ soul that we shall see truth as it is, and become invincible. most solemnly, i would urge upon all aspirants to forego all interest in psychic

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as by pythagoras, the most perfect, or rather sacred number, because it emanated from the one, the first manifested unit, or rather the three in one. yet the latter has been ever impersonal, sexless, incomprehensible, though within the possibility of the higher mental perceptions. the first manifestation of the eternal monad was never meant to stand as the symbol of another symbol, the unborn for the element-born, or the one logos for the heavenly man. tetragrammaton, or the tetractys of the greeks, is the second logos, the demiurgos. the tetrad, as thomas taylor thought (vide the "pythagorean triangle "is the animal itself of plato, who, as syrianus justly observes, was the best of the pythagoreans; it subsists at the extremity of the intelligible triad, as is most satisfactorily shown by

er, flow from one fountain, the tetragon (on earth) the monad (in heaven (see reuchlin "cabala" 1, ii. here reuchlin, the great authority on the kabala, shows the cube to be matter, whereas the pyramid or the triad is "form" with the hermesians the number four becomes the symbol of truth only when amplified into a cube, which, unfolded, makes seven, as symbolizing the male and female elements and the element of life* some students have been puzzled to account for the vertical line, which is male, becoming (vide infra) in the cross a fourpartitioned line- four being a female number, while the horizontal (the line of matter) becomes three-divisioned. but this is easy of explanation. since the middle face of the cube unfolded is common to both the vertical and the horizontal bar, or double-li

i-am-ness) and ignorance- was, in the beginning, one of the greatest gods of the hindu pantheon, as the rig veda shows. sura-dhipa "the chief of the gods" has fallen down from jishnu "the leader of the celestial host- the hindu st. michael- to an opponent of asceticism, the enemy of every holy aspiration. he is shown married to aindri (indrani, the personification of aindri-yaka, the evolution of the element of senses, whom he married "because of her voluptuous attractions; after which he began sending celestial female demons to excite the passions of holy men, yogis, and "to beguile them from the potent penances which he dreaded" therefore, indra, now characterized as "the god of the firmament, the personified atmosphere- is in reality the cosmic principle mahat, and the fifth human- mana

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dition or total* a few years longer and this system will kill the dead letter of the bible, as it will that of all the other exoteric faiths, by showing the dogmas in their real, naked meaning. and then this undeniable meaning, however incomplete, will unveil the mystery of being, besides changing entirely the modern scientific systems of anthropology, ethnology and especially that of chronology. the element of phallicism, found in every godname and narrative in the old (and to some degree in the new) testament, may also in time considerably change modern materialistic views in biology and physiology. divested of their modern repulsive crudeness, such views of nature and man, on the authority of the celestial bodies and their mysteries[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] fi

ing of* all we have said in isis is now found corroborated in the "egyptian mystery; or the source of measures" by those readings of the bible with the numerical and geometrical keys thereto[[vol. 1, page] 319 moses copied from sargon. will unveil the evolutions of the human mind and show how natural was such a course of thought. the so-called phallic symbols have become offensive only because of the element of materiality and animality in them. as they originated with the archaic races, which, issuing to their personal knowledge from an androgyne ancestry, were the first phenomenal manifestations in their own sight of the separation of sexes and the ensuing mystery of creating in their turn- such symbols were but natural. if later races have degraded them, especially the "chosen people" t

to destruction- and becomes one with water. when the universe is thus pervaded by the waves of the watery element, its rudimentary flavour is locked up by the elements of fire. on account of which the waters themselves are destroyed. and become one with fire; and the universe is therefore, entirely filled with flame (ethereal) which gradually overspreads the whole world. while space is one flame, the element of wind seizes upon the rudimental property or form, which is the cause of light, and that being withdrawn (pralina) all becomes of the nature of air. the rudiment of form being destroyed, and vibhavasu (fire) deprived of its rudiment, air extinguishes fire and spreads over space, which is deprived of light when fire merges into air. air, then, accompanied by sound, which is the source

found in the world of science- two great chemists, each among the greatest in his own country, and these are mr. crookes and the late professor butlerof: one, a thorough believer in abnormal phenomena; the other, as fervid a spiritualist as he was great in natural sciences. it becomes evident that while pondering over the ultimate divisibility of matter, and in the hitherto fruitless chase after the element of negative atomic weight, the scientifically trained mind of the chemist must feel irresistibly drawn towards those ever-shrouded worlds, to the mysterious beyond, whose measureless depths seem to close against the approach of the too materialistic hand that would fain draw aside its veil "it is the unknown and the ever unknowable" warns the monist-agnostic. not so; answers the persev

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iasm. while other variety artists are like different vintages of burgundy, claret, port, champagne, and other wines, she breaks the entire series by producing cocaine. in literature, there are poe and whitman. neither of these great men had the broad base of education. they have shot up by the mutation of a spiritual de vries. alexander harvey reminds me constantly of poe, but he is a poe without the element of tragedy or morbidity; while his comic spirit is more ineffably delightful than that of any other human being, past or present, with whom i am familiar. poe.s comedy was labored, clumsy, hard-working foolery. alexander harvey.s is perfectly spontaneous, and of such exquisite delicacy and acuteness, that he reminds one of the bistoury of a crazy surgeon. in shelley s elopement, he has

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e illustration. they then return to the altar. the bell is rung three times. priest/ess "may you all be here in peace and in love. we bid you welcome. let now the quarters be saluted and the gods invited" the covener closest to the east turns outward and moves to stand facing the east candle, with her/his athame raised. s/he draws an invoking pentagram (see diagram) and says: covener "all hail to the element of air; watchtower of the east. may it stand in strength, ever watching over our circle" s/he kisses the blade of her/his athame and returns to the circle. the covener closest to the south then turns to face the south candle. with athame raised, s/he draws an invoking pentagram and says: covener "all hail to the element of fire; watchtower of the south. may it stand in strength, ever w

ram and says: covener "all hail to the element of fire; watchtower of the south. may it stand in strength, ever watching over our circle" s/he kisses the blade of her/his athame and returns to the circle. 60/ auckland's complete book of witchcraft the covener closest to the west then turns to face the west candle. with athame raised, s/he draws an invoking pentagram and says: covener "all hail to the element of water; watchtower of the west. may it stand in strength, ever watching over our circle" s/he kisses the blade of her/his athame and returns to the circle. the covener closest to the north then turns to face the north candle. with athame raised, s/he draws an invoking pentagram and says: covener "all hail to the element of earth; watchtower of the north. may it stand in strength, eve

/ auckland's complete book of witchcraft things which might strike you forcibly. you will find it is a different thing each time you read the cards, giving a different and therefore far more personal reading for each individual. so, don't go by the book. use your own powers. in interpreting, you might keep in mind that the swords suit is usually associated with troubles and misfortunes (also with the element of air; cups associated with love and happiness (water; wands with enterprise and glory and sex (fire; and pentacles with money (earth. this does not mean to say, of course, that every sword card (for example) turned up has to reflect troubles and misfortunes! these are general associations, so just keep them in mind. you should also try the tree of life spread, to see how you like it

cle. she then goes around again with the thurible, censing the circle. back at the altar, she drops a pinch of salt into the oil and stirs it with her finger. she then anoints herself with it, saying "i consecrate myself in the names of the god and of the goddess, bidding them welcome to this my temple" the witch now moves to the east and, with her athame, draws an invoking pentagram "all hail to the element of air; watchtower of the east. may it stand in strength, ever watching over this circle" lesson fifteen: solitary witches/ 217 she kisses the blade of the athame then moves to the south, where she draws an invoking pentagram "all hail to the element of fire; watchtower of the south. may it stand in strength, ever watching over my circle" she kisses the blade and moves to the west and

t. may it stand in strength, ever watching over this circle" lesson fifteen: solitary witches/ 217 she kisses the blade of the athame then moves to the south, where she draws an invoking pentagram "all hail to the element of fire; watchtower of the south. may it stand in strength, ever watching over my circle" she kisses the blade and moves to the west and draws an invoking pentagram "all hail to the element of water; watchtower of the west. may it stand in strength, ever watching over my circle" she kisses the blade and moves to the north, where she draws an invoking pentagram. all hail to the element of earth; watchtower of the north. may it stand in strength, ever watching over my circle" kissing the blade, she returns to the altar, where she raises her athame high "all hail the four qu

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ained are truly represented by that letter and its number. 5 and 6 these two paragraphs of the meditation should be compared with the symbolism of the first tarot key. the magician is obviously the on-looker, and he corresponds to the "superior nature. the four subtle principles mentioned in the sixth section are also shown in the symbolism of this key, as the implements on the table. the wand is the element of fire. the cup stands for the element of water. the sword is a symbol of air. the coin or pentacle represents the element of earth. note well that the text says "the wise conceal" the true "principles" under the names of the elements of ancient physics. the meditation on gimel* 1. thou hast seen, o israel, how, for the sake of creation, the one life that i am seemeth to divide itself

hed in the mirror of the clear waters of hod. for when the surface of those waters is disturbed by no slightest ripple of thought. then shall the glory of my self, which is thy true self, be mirrored unto thee [123] comment on mem* m e m, pronounced mayim. transcribed as "m. the number 40. meaning: water. the stable intelligence. 1 the letter-name mem, m i m, means water. in the book of formation the element of water is assigned to this letter, and qabalists say "mem is mute, like water" the letter-name, m i m, adds to 90, which is the value of dawmam, d v m m" still, silent, dumb. the meditation opens with an explicit statement of the qabalistic doctrine that the life-power's self-reflection is the cause of all manifestation. the 23rd path of wisdom, assigned to the letter mem, is called

swift flash which divideth the one into the two, and in its return absorbeth the two into the perfect unity [182] comment on shin* s h i n, pronounced sheen. transcribed as "sh. the number 300. meaning: tooth, or fang. the perpetual intelligence. 1 "circle" is used here because every circle has 360 degrees, and 360 is the value of the letter-name shin, sh i n "flame, because of the attribution of the element of fire to the letter shin. note also that the circle is the geometrical symbol of outgoing and return. 2 the key-word in this paragraph is "fang, which is one meaning of the letter-name shin. 3 this paragraph contains a repetition of the reference to the number of the letter-name, 360, as that of the degrees of a circle. 4 this paragraph is based upon the shape of the letter, which re

god, i h v h, is four-lettered, each letter corresponding to one of the four elements and to one of the four qabalistic worlds. the letters of this name are represented by the four animals described in the vision of ezekiel "they four had the face of a lion, of an eagle, of a man, and of an ox" these living creatures correspond to the four aspects of the absolute. the lion corresponds to life, to the element of fire, to atziluth, the archetypal world, to yod in i h v h, and to the sephirah chokmah, root of fire. the eagle corresponds to mind, to the element of water, to briah, the creative world, to the first heh in i h v h, and to the sephirah [189] t h e book of t o k e n s binah, the root of water. the man corresponds to the third aspect, truth or law, to the element of air, to yetzirah

to the element of water, to briah, the creative world, to the first heh in i h v h, and to the sephirah [189] t h e book of t o k e n s binah, the root of water. the man corresponds to the third aspect, truth or law, to the element of air, to yetzirah, the formative world, to vav in i h vh, and to the sephirah tiphareth, attributed to air. the ox or bull corresponds to the fourth aspect, love, to the element of earth, to assiah, the material world, to the final heh in i h v h, and to the sephirah malkuth, attributed to earth. according to the qabalah, the life-power differentiates itself into ten lights of emanation, the sephiroth, and as each sephirah is regarded as including all the others, the total number in each world is 100, or 400 for the four worlds. yet all 400 are included in the

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for all family matters and those concerning children and by women in distress. vesta seite 37 wicca01.txt vesta is the roman goddess of domesticity and of the sacred hearth at which dead and living were welcomed. the vestal virgins of rome kept alight the sacred flame in vesta's temple and this was rekindled at the new year, as were household flames. vesta can be invoked in rituals centred around the element fire. father gods the father gods represent authority, channelled power, benevolence and altruism, nobility of purpose, expansion and limitless potential [insert pic p068- dagda dagda, the father god in the celtic tradition, was also called eochaid ollathair (father of all) and ruadh rofessa (the red one of knowledge. he was the first king of the tuatha de danaan, the irish gods, and i

s of itself. light elemental candles after the altar candles, after you have cast the circles seite 50 wicca01.txt but before lighting any wish or astrological candle. begin in the north, with a green candle. green green is for earth and the north, midnight and winter. a green candle is placed at what would be the 12 o'clock position on a clock, aligned with magnetic or a symbolic north. earth is the element of order, both in nature and institutions such as the law, politics, finance, health and education. it also represents yin, the female, nurturing goddess aspect, mother earth, the home and family, as well as money and security, and is a good element to invoke when you have matters of property or money that need attention. it is also a focus for all rituals against famine, deforestation

ay at noon. salt salt has always been central to religious and magical practices because it is an absolutely pure substance. it is powerful for psychic protection but also in money-making and in healing rituals. centuries ago, it was regarded as precious because it was the main preservative of food through the long winter months for early settlers around the globe. in formal magick, it represents the element of earth. in modern protective and banishing rituals, a salt circle is created to keep out harm. many of us still adhere to the old practice of throwing a pinch of spilt salt over our left shoulder 'into the eyes of the devil. salt was also added in the making of holy water to ward off evil and increase physical strength as well as powers of fertility. salt is still added to water in c

h black wooden handles on which you can engrave magical symbols such as your zodiacal and planetary glyphs with a pyrographic set obtained from an art shop. you can also paint moons, stars, spirals, suns, or crosses with silver paint. i use a curved-bladed knife with a silver engraved scabbard, which i bought from a souvenir shop in spain. the athame is set in the east of the altar and represents the element of air. like the sword, it is traditionally used for drawing magical circles on the ground and directing magical air energies into a symbol. when you are casting a circle, you can point your athame diagonally towards the ground, so that you do not need to stoop to draw (which is not very elegant and bad for the back. with practice, the movement becomes as graceful as with a sword. the

in formal magick and in less formal spells too and are represented by devas, the guardians of the watchtowers or the four main archangels. earth earth represents midnight, winter and the quarter and direction of the north. it is the most magical of directions. earth is the realm of the actual and material, where magical wishes and intentions find expression and so it is very important. it is also the element invoked for abundance and in prosperity rituals, as well as matters concerning your home and family. it is also used for magick concerning animals, all who work with their hands, especially in agriculture, horticulture and environmentalism, in finance or maintaining law and order, for banks and financial and legal institutions. earth can thereby form a focus for rituals where justice a

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the air and vibrating "hekas hekas este beh beloi" the chief is holding the wand by the white band. this is 3 symbolic of the equilibrated forces of over the governance of the four elements, beneath the divine wings of hwhy. through the chief adept holding the wand by the white band, he is symbolically forcing any and all negative energy down through the wand to the end of the black band and into the element of l. it is a simple matter to banish negative forces using the l.b.r.p. which uses the banishing earth pentagram. now, it is in the hands of the third adept to perform the opening banishing using the lotus wand. he, of course, will hold the wand by the white band as he draws the pentagrams (in this instance banishing with the black end symbolized of over matter. the connection and syn

of the d.w.b, the old current of energy is broken and a new energy is installed. the various calling of the elemental forces are now employed via the watchtower. all four watchtowers are activated through the four enochian tablets. this relates directly to the sun's cycle through the heavens and through the four elements which are held together by the tablet of union. this is the fifth principle, the element of. tools on the altar there are five tools on the altar. they are the air dagger (m, crucifix (o, chalice (n, chain (l, and the censer for the symbol of sitting on the letter c. as the tools are replaced on the altar after their use in the invocation of the watchtower, it begins the first magnetic re-charging of the ceremony. door of the vault the four kerubs on the door of the vault

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set up the cia network in europe after the war. i say 'employed. in fact gehlen psychological fascism 371 has said that it was more like a partnership between the cia (headed by the hitlersupporting allen dulles) and the worldwide nazi network. gehlen said that the collaboration with dulles was a "gentlemen's agreement" which "for a number of reasons was never set out in black and white .such was the element of trust that has been built up between the two sides during .intensive personal contact, that neither had the slightest hesitation in founding the entire operation on verbal agreement and a handshake".14 the 'verbal agreement' wouldn't have anything to do with the danger of written evidence seeping out and blowing the story, i suppose. writer and researcher, noam chomsky, says that ge

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

for "without limit" one of the kabbalistic three so-called negative veils of existence (q.v. a description of the ultimate, unknowable divinity. ain soph aur: hebrew for "limitless light" one of the kabbalistic three so-called negative veils of existence (q.v. a part of the of the ultimate, unknowable divinity. air: one of the five magickal elements. it has the qualities of being warm and moist. the element of the direction of the east. the primary color is yellow. aiwass (aiwaz: the name of aleister crowley's (q.v) holy guardian angel (q.v. crowley spent many years trying to determine if aiwass was merely his higher self or was, in fact, a non-physical being. akasha: see azoth. also, the records of all that has occurred, is occurring, and will occur in the universe. alchemy: the art of t

nstrumental aid. druidism: an ancient celtic brotherhood of scholarly priests that underwent a modern revival in minnesota in the early 1960's. druids worship in groups called groves (q.v) and venerate the goddess through trees, especially the oak. like modern witches (q.v, they believe in reincarnation- e- earth: 1) one of the five magickal elements. it has the qualities of coolness and dryness. the element of the north. 2) one of the planetsof the solar system. the planet that all human beings are from. eastern occultism: the magickal systems of india, china, tibet, japan, and other nations of the far east. it's range is roughly coequal with that of buddhism (q.v. in the late 1800's, the writings of helena p. blavatski (q.v) and the theosophical society (q.v, were primarily responsible w

being, usually of a beneficial or benign nature. often the spirit communicates through the physical body of a pet animal such as a cat. fate: the end result of the actions of life, either good or bad. the completed karma (q.v. few, ogham: one of the characters of the celtic tree alphabet called ogham. fire: one of the five magickal elements (q.v. it has the qualities of being warm and dry. it is the element of the south. first matter: a mixture of the serpent (q.v) and the menstruum (q.v. used in alchemy (q.v) and sex magick (q.v. fortune, dion (nee violet mary firth: a past member of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v) who was a lay psychologist as well as a natural psychic (q.v) and ceremonial magician. dion fortune founded her own order based upon that order's teachings and gno

the shin (q.v) to the tetragrammaton (q.v, thus adding the spirit of god to the formula of the ultimate divinity. peristyle: the sacred enclosure of voudoun (q.v) rituals. philosophus: in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a philosophus is the title of the sixth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of netzach (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of fire (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of fire (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. pillar: a column used to support a structure. pillar, middle: the central column on the tree of life (q.v. also a ritual designed to help move the body's energy throughout the "middle pillar"

is a form of the world tree so common to shamanism. practice: the only true method of developing psychic and magickal skills, powers, and abilities. that which one actually does. practicus: in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a practicus is the title of the fifth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of hode (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of air (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of water (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. prana: pronounced "prahn-yah" it is a sanskrit word referring to psychic energy that is in the air we breathe. priest/ priestess: from the anglo saxon "preost" from the late latin "presbyter"

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to it in these pages. 13. the qabalists further placed upon the paths of the tree the signs of the zodiac, the planets, and the elements. now there are twelve signs, seven planets, and four elements, making twenty-three symbols in all. how are these to be fitted on to the twenty-two paths? herein is another "blind" but the solution is simple. upon the physical plane [page 24] we are ourselves in the element of earth, therefore that symbol does not appear upon the paths which lead into the unseen. remove this, and we are left with twenty-two symbols, which fit accurately and, correctly placed, are found to correspond perfectly with the tarot trumps, each elucidating the other in the most remarkabl& fashion, and giving the keys to esoteric astrology and tarot divination. 14. the essence of

said by the qabalists to be under the presidency of the yod of the sacred name of tetragrammaton. we may justly deduce from this that in any other fourfold system whatever is said to be also under the presidency of yod will refer to the atziluthic, or purely spiritual aspect of that force or subject. among other associations given by different authorities are the wands suit of the tarot pack and the element of fire. it will be apparent to anyone who has any knowledge of occult matters that as soon as we know the element to which a symbol is assigned, we know a good deal, for it opens up all the ramifications of astrology for us, and we can trace out its astrological affinities through the triplicities of the zodiac and the affinities of the planets with thern. as soon as we know what zodi

d, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet; the signs of the zodiac, the planets, and the elements. now there are twelve signs in the zodiac, seven planets, and four elements, making in all twenty-three symbols. how are these to be arranged on twenty-two paths? here is another qabalistic blind to puzzle the uninitiated. the answer is quite simple when it is known. our consciousness being in the element of earth, we do not need the symbol of earth in our calculations when we make contact with the unseen, so we leave it out and then find ourselves with the correct set of correspondences. malkuth is all the earth we need for practical purposes [page 72] the third set of symbols to go upon the paths are the twenty-two trumps or major arcana of the tarot pack. with these three sets of sym

residency of the holy names governing their sephirothic attributions only, and should not be confused with other pantheons; for although we may go to other systems for intellectual enlightenment, we are unwise to attempt to mix the methods of practical working and unfoldment of consciousness. 17. for instance, the seventeenth path, between tiphareth and binab, is assigned by the sepher yet rah to the element of air. we are far wiser to work it with the rite of the element of air and the holy names assigned thereto, and to approach it through the appropriate tattva, rather than confuse the issue with the associations of the assorted collection of deities, castor and pollux, janus, apollo, merti, and other incompatibles assigned to it by crowley, whose correspondences present an inextricable

was noted in the chapter upon kether, the four suits of the tarot pack are assigned to the four elements, and we saw that the four aces represented the roots of the powers of these elements, the four twos are assigned to chokmah, and represent the polarised functioning of these elements in harmonised balance; therefore a two is always a card of harmony. 37. the two of wands, which is assigned to the element of fire, is called the lord of dominion. the wand is essentially a male phallic symbol, and is attributed to chokmah, so we may take this card as meaning polarisation; the positive that has found its mate in the negative, and is in equilibrium. there [page 136] is no antagonism or resistance to the lord of dominion, hu a contented land accepts his rule; binah, fulfilled, accepts her ma

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rse of a few days, as bruises will. evil odours are another manifestation of an astral attack. the characteristic smell is of decomposing flesh, and it comes and goes capriciously; but while it is manifesting, there is no doubt whatever about it, and anyone who is present can smell it, whether they are psychic or not. i have also known a frightful stench of drains arise when a ritual belonging to the element of earth was being incorrectly performed. another curious phenomenon is the precipitation of slime. i have not actually seen this myself, but i have first-hand information upon good authority of one such case. the marks are sometimes as if an army of slugs had been marching in ordered formation; sometimes there is a broad smear of slime, and at others, distinct footprints, often of gig

materialistic theories that we refuse to take a psychic theory as a working hypothesis if it shows any possibility of being fruitful. after all, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and if, working on an occult hypothesis, we are able to clear up a case which has resisted all other methods of handling, we have pretty good evidence in support of our contention. we must also bear in mind that the element of deliberate fraud may enter into the most unexpected places. i have seen a drug addict successfully pass himself off for a considerable length of time as the victim of an occult attack. a recent writer in the british medical journal declared that whenever he came across a case of bell-ringing, knocks, the dripping of water and oil from ceilings, and other untoward happenings, he alwa

h the channel of this wandering and alien soul. he becomes, as it were, drawn away from normal human things and set wandering upon the confines of the fairy kingdom, and yet he can find there no rest for his foot and no sustenance for his soul. the story of the handsome fisher-lad and the mermaid is indicative of this condition. she loves him, draws him to her and he drowns, for he cannot live in the element of water. the explanation of the curious power, both of fascination and destruction, which is exercised by non-humans may lie in the fact that they belong to one element only, whereas in man all four are combined. any elemental contact is stimulating to us, because elemental beings pour forth in abundance the vitality of their own particular sphere, and this vitalises the corresponding

ttle has not been thoroughly shaken up each time a dose has been taken, so that the arsenical sediment has all collected in the last dose and reached a poisonous concentration. so it is with the elemental contacts; they are a potent tonic, but they can reach a poisonous concentration under unsuitable circumstances. i have never come across or heard of a case of pathology due to the fascination of the element of earth; it is not an element that usually attracts the amateur experimenter, though the initiate appreciates its value and importance. i have come across cases, however, of sensitive people dwelling in a mountainous country, especially in narrow gulches where there is a paucity of sunlight, who have become obsessed with the fear of the mountains. they do not fear so much that the mou

this peculiar terror with which the great hills can obsess mankind. it is neither giddiness nor mountain sickness, but a curious oppression of the spirits by the overwhelming grandeur of nature. the same force, when not at a poisonous concentration, inspires the passion ate love of the hills or of the sea that kipling has celebrated so gloriously in one of his poems. 38 of 103 the pathologies of the element of water may be a fascination so great that a man will walk out into the sea until he drowns. swinburne had this peculiarity, and has immortalised it in several of his poems "strike out as the heart in us bids and beseeches, athirst for the foam" on one occasion he was picked up in the open sea by a breton fishing-smack, swimming tirelessly, many miles from land, borne on the sea by cu

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its element. for example the elemental spirit of air is airy and controls the forces of the wind. do not confuse the elements with the physical materials fire, water, air and earth. these substances merely express in their natures the qualities of the elements whose names they bear. they are a good way of understanding the elements. if you consider the qualities of earth, you will gain an idea of the element earth. material soil is heavy, relatively dry in its natural state, cool to the touch, and tends to clump together or be found in clods. the element earth is present not only in soil, but in all things heavy, dry and cool. metals embody the earth element. so do crystals. so does wood, although wood also contains latent within it the element fire. no natural substance is a pure element

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nt of light or spirit is associated with the single upper point of the pentagram. the remaining four elements are assigned the lower points in the same pattern that is observed in the fixed signs of the zodiac, which are aquarius, scorpio, leo and taurus. each of these signs has an elemental attribution in astrology. the sign aquarius, located at the upper-left of the zodiac wheel, is linked with the element air, and consequently air is placed on the left arm of the pentagram. the sign scorpio, located at the upper-right of the zodiac, is linked with water, and so water is placed on the right arm of the pentagram. the sign leo, on the lower-right of the zodiac, is linked with fire, so fire is placed on the right leg of the pentagram. the sign taurus, on the lower-left of the zodiac, is lin

lement by inscribing the pentagram in different ways. the golden dawn system for invoking and banishing the elements is, in my opinion, unnecessarily complicated, but i will describe it here since it is employed almost universally in modern magic, and many readers will want to learn it. during rituals, it is customary to inscribe the pentagram upon the air in the direction that is associated with the element being invoked or banished. to invoke is to call forth, and to banish is to send away. pentagrams are inscribed with the right index finger, or more formally with a ritual instrument of projection such as the wand or sword. modern witches use a dagger called an athame. the correct way of drawing the pentagram is seldom taught, and perhaps is not that widely known. it was described in on

s, according to dion fortune, is to draw the pentagram too small on the air. finally, be sure to connect the end of the continuous line that forms the pentagram with its starting point. the pentagram is a closed figure. there is a general rule for golden dawn invocation and banishing by the pentagram, which helps somewhat to remember the method "invoke towards, and banish from, the point to which the element is attributed" spirit is unique and separate from the other four elements. the golden dawn method to invoke and banish it is involved, and different from the method for invoking and banishing the lower elements. according to the golden dawn teachings, the occult currents running on the pentagram from the active elements of fire and air, and the occult currents running from the passive

e, then the passive invoking pentagram is drawn. spirit is never invoked in the golden dawn method by only one pentagram. likewise, when banishing spirit, first the active, then the passive pentagram of banishing is drawn. these are always used together. this is not true of the four lower elements, which are invoked or banished by only a single pentagram, not two. remember the rule, invoke toward the element and banish away from it- this will make the following easier to comprehend. earth is invoked by beginning the pentagram at the point of spirit (top) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of earth (lower-left, then continuing around the pentagram to the beginning. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the invoking pentagram of earth. earth is banished by beginning the pe

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

re represented. a large number of fa ence figures of this triune god are found in graves, and specimens exist in all museums. he is represented as a dwarf standing upon a crocodile, and having a scarab us upon his head; the scarab is the emblem of the new life into which the deceased is about to break, the crocodile is the emblem of the darkness of death which has been overcome. according to some the element of ptah in the triad is the personification of the period of incubation which follows [1. naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 34, ll. 4, 5. 2. lanzone: op. cit, tavv. 87-91. 3. lanzone, op. cit, tav. 368] p. cix death and precedes the entry into eternal life, and the symbols with which he is accompanied explain the character attributed to this god.[1] the god ptah is also united with the g

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f psychic science were published during a time when the interest in physical phenomena was peaking. spence wrote from a spiritualist perspective, and was very hopeful that scientists would find the means of proving the validity of physical phenomena. he fully accepted the existence of materializations, teleportations, and apports. fodor s work, written just a decade and a half later, acknowledged the element of fraud in spiritualism, while at the same time, retained the prominent psychical researcher s confidence in the larger body of data gathered by his colleagues. since fodor and spence even as fodor was writing, however, a revolution was starting within the ranks of psychical research. j. b. rhine, a young biologist, suggested an entirely new direction for research. psychical research

resist is impaired. they are taken aboard a spaceship, sometimes levitation being an instrumental part, and are subjected to an invasive physical examination. generally, the victim is forced to forget the incident and only years later, prompted by troubling emotions possibly manifest in nightmares, the victim engages in psychotherapy or hypnosis, during which the memory of the abduction emerges. the element of memory loss coupled with the intrusive invasion of the body during the examination has given rise to comparisons of the abduction stories with a very similar story of satanic ritual abuse in which under psychotherapy and/or hypnosis, stories emerge of people having been forced to participate in a satanic ritual where they were raped. subsequently they forgot the incident(s. together

e and his own inspirational writings, bond conducted experiments in psychic photography with ada e. deane (see thoughtforms) and pursued various other lines of research. he considered the survival of mind, memory, and personality as proved facts. in the gate of remembrance he proposed that the recall of the olden-time memories were due to a cosmic reservoir of human memory and experience in which the element of personality is preserved and welded into a collective association extending through all times. this, he claimed, would not only perpetuate individual character but actually emphasize the force and clarity of its expression by enriching it with added elements of a sympathetic nature. thus individual personality is, in bond s view, progressively developed and perfected through the mul

d kabeiros having a figure with a hammer in his hand, the pileus and apron of vulcan, and sometimes an anvil near the feet. 2. the cabiri belonged also to the phoenician theology. the proofs are drawn from the statements of herodotus. also the coins of cossyra, a phoenician settlement, exhibit a dwarfish figure with the hammer and short apron, and sometimes a radiated head, apparently allusive to the element of fire, like the star of the dioscuri. 3. the isle of lemnos was another remarkable seat of the worship of the cabiri and of vulcan, as representing the element of fire. mystic rites were celebrated here over which they presided, and the coins of the island exhibit the head of vulcan, or a cabirus, with the pileus, hammer, and forceps. it was this connection with fire, metallurgy, and

the presence of a sitter or sitters was adjudged to be the sole author of the script produced, and therefore the sole owner of all copyright values inherent in it (subject to the absence of any special agreement to the contrary, whether the script was addressed to a sitter as recipient or otherwise, or whether it contained matter personal to the sitter. as a result of the above ruling, in britain the element of telepathic transmission from sitter to medium resulting in the production of writing, or of any associative influence of a like nature involving any other person, living or dead, is excluded from the purview of the law. coral an organic substance formed from the hard skeletons of marine organisms, consisting mainly of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. in addition to its val

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

e-principle of the moon, the sun, mars, or saturn; that is, of silver, gold, iron, or lead. it was equally facile for him to grasp the life of the precious stones, the bitumens, the sulphurs, and even that of animals. paracelsus set forth several methods of obtaining this great arcanum. here is the shortest and most simple explaination as recorded by incola francus: take some mercury, or at least the element of mercury, separating the pure from the impure, and afterwards pounding it to perfect whiteness. then you shall sublimate it with salammoniac, and this so many times as may be necessary to resolve it into a fluid. calcine it, coagulate it, and again dissolve it, and let it strain in a pelican [a vessel used for distillation] during a philosophic month, until it thickens and assumes th

or properties, for the heaven being the life of all beings, there is nothing superior to it which can modify or destroy it. take the antimony, purge it of its arsenical impurities in an iron vessel until the coagulated mercury of the antimony appears quite white, and is distinguishable by the star which appears in the superficies of the regulus, or semi-metal. but although this regulus, which is the element of mercury, has in itself a veritable hidden life, nevertheless these things are in virtue, and not actually. therefore, if you wish to reduce the power to action, you must disengage the life which is concealed in it by a living fire like to itself, or with a metallic vinegar. to discover this fire many philosophers have proceeded differently, but agreeing to the foundations of the art

ine, rosa latet in hieme. these two principles are never separated; for nature proceeds not so far in her dissolutions. when death hath done her worst, there is a union between these two, and out of them shall god raise us to the last day, and restore us to a spiritual constitution. i do not conceive there shall be a resurrection of every species, but rather their terrestrial parts, together with the element of water (for there shall be no more sea .revelations, shall be united in one mixture with the earth, and fixed to a pure diaphanous substance. this is st. john s crystal gold, a fundamental of the new jerusalem.so called, not in respect of colour, but constitution. their spirits, i suppose, shall be reduced to their first limbus, a sphere of pure, ethereal fire, like rich eternal tape

a conquered race; that is, they took full advantage of the terror inspired in their conquerors by an alien and unfamiliar religion and ritual in which magic was an integral element. the principal activities of teutonic witchcraft were the raising of storms, the selling of pieces of knotted rope (each knot representing a wind, divination and prophecy, and acquiring invisibility. since the sea was the element of the people, it became the chief element of the witch of the northern teutons. thus in the saga of frithjof, the two sea witches heyde and ham ride the storm and are sent by helgi to raise the tempest that will drown frithjof. they take the shapes of a bear and a stormeagle. in the saga of grettir the strong, a witch-wife, thurid, sends adrift a magic log that comes to grettir s isla

fe s room, where he found the nurse intoxicated and his wife rigid and in a cataleptic state. he later made the acquaintance of the famous medium daniel dunglas home. narrating his experiences before the committee of the london dialectical society in 1869, he concluded: still, i was too astonished to be able to feel satisfied. fortunately, when i got home, a circumstance occurred which got rid of the element of doubt. while alone in the drawing room, thinking intently on what i had witnessed, there were raps. the next morning i received a letter from mr. home, in which he said when alone in your room last night you heard sounds. i am so pleased. he stated the spirits had told him they followed me, and were enabled to produce sounds. i have the letter in my possession now, to show that imag

FAUST

n, now for a higher aim is it put on. at every feast, though brilliant it might be and naught seemed lacking, danger lacked to me. when ring-sports you advised- whatever your intentmy heart beat high, i breathed the tournament. and had you not from war dissuaded me, renowned for bright heroic deeds i d be. what self-reliance did i feel, what fortitude! when mirrored in that realm of fire i stood! the element leapt toward me, infuriate, twas only semblance, yet a semblance great. i dreamed confusedly of victory and fame, now i ll retrieve my fault and expiate my shame. the heralds are despatched to challenge the rival emperor to single combat. faust in armour, with half-closed visor. the three mighty men armed and clothed as above. faust we come and hope that we are welcome here; foresight

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

e shekhinah in exile. manipura chakra (sanskrit: solar plexus center on the chakric tree, portrayed as a lotus with ten petals. corresponds to the sefiroth victory/south and glory/west on the qabalistic tree, and the latifa qalbiya on the sufi tree. maya (sanskrit: illusion: the illusory power of the ayn (called brahman in the hindu system) to appear as a universe of name and form. mayim (hebrew: the element of water corresponding to the mother letter mem. mazal (hebrew: fate: the law of cause and effect, synonymous with karma in hindu system. menorah (hebrew: candle holder used during the eight days of chanukah, symbolizing the tree of life. merkabah (hebrew: chariot: an allusion to the tree of life in general, and especially the sefiroth of the inner court. metatron (hebrew: name given t

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

1008; williams, i, p. 93- 10* 283 giordano bruno: heroic enthusiast and elizabethan within that he applies on the imagination the magical techniques which induce the gnosis. we have seen that bruno always puts the hermetic or egyptian revelation first, but this does not mean that the other ingredient of the personality of the renaissance magus, cabala, does not come in. in the eroici furori, too, the element of hebrew mysticism is not lacking. the dedication states, as we have seen, that the loves are to be likened to the mysticism of the song of songs, and in the text, bruno twice alludes to the mystical "death of the kiss" of the cabalists as an experience comparable to those which he is describing.1 the eroici furori is thus still, in a manner, within hail of pico della mirandola's synt

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

en sigil, perhaps by applying the word method (whereby the chosen word itself serves as raw material) and combining it with the glyph of the major category. the four xamples of figure 23 clarify this process. you will observe that we are taking the basic symbol and combining it with the letters of the term. of course, these relationships are open to argument. for example, one could assign pain to the element of fire, which would imply a strong, nearly spastic feeling; pain within the element of earth would tend to be dull and lethargic, etc. one may also work with sub-elements such as earth of water, air of water, fire of water, etc. use your own intuition. you may also utilize the pictorial method. love, for example, might be or (symbols of gunion h, e the alphabet of desire/ 71 figure 23

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL 2

rynx in order to enable him sometime to create by his own mind, to form thoughts and speak the word of power that shall make his thoughts flesh. three great creative hierarchies were particularly concerned in bringing about this change: the angels from the moon, the mercurians, and the lucifer spirits from mars. the alchemists connected the angels from the moon, which rules the saline tides, with the element salt, the lucifer spirits from mars with the element sulphur, and the mercurians with the metal mercury. they used this symbolic presentation partly because of the religious intolerance which made it unsafe to promulgate any other teaching than that sanctioned by the orthodox church of that day, and partly because humanity as a whole was not yet ready to accept the truths which were em

tals, which are the vantage ground of the sensuous and passionate lucifer spirits. this tripartite spinal cord was to the alchemists the crucible of consciousness; they knew that in the sympathetic section of the cord which governs the functions that have to do particularly with the upkeep and welfare of the body, the lunar angels were specially active and this segment was therefore designated as the element salt. the segment governing the motor nerves which expend the dynamic energy stored in the body by our food they saw clearly to be under the dominance of the martial lucifer spirits, and they, therefore, named that segment sulphur. the remaining segment, which marks and registers the sensations carried by the nerves, was named mercury, because it was said to be under the dominance of s

original word has been corrupted to mislead all not entitled to the knowledge. but all things change on this terrestrial sphere, and this applies also to the methods of initiation and the requirements thereof. hiram abiff failed in his great effort to make the molten sea at the time when he was building solomon's temple, because he, the son of the fiery lucifer spirits, did not know how to blend the element fire with the water poured into his mold by the sons of seth, the creatures of the water god, jehovah. at that time he was given a new hammer and a new word. the hammer was in the form of a cross. the word was written upon a disc, before he was finally slain by his adversaries. and so he slept until as lazarus, the widow's son of nain, he was raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

in the lion, in july, the fiery heat is mostthe symbolism of the 4 ancients 21fymbollsmofthecourseof thezelatorpastthe4aticiehtseastfire.it .july.,redwate:r.mi.,3ai.anr.imt.oeeritblueair.2!!lanl'ient;jan, 225yellowwest.nwnj.nv',u",vmz255.;u":u22thesorcerer and his apprenticeevident. in the scorpion,inoctober..come the water floods, andin.aquarius,injanuary, come the keen and biting winds,ofwhich the element air is the type. note that the aspirant is led, asitwere backwards,up theseasonsin his course past thefrom \vest toe.ast.i.,i. but the' hebrew rabbis said that the divine namej"nrrihvh rushesthroughthe.foreac.hletter presides oyer an element-yod over fire, he over water, vau over air, andhepvereltrth,andthattherefore he who could pronounce itwould make both heaven andearthtotterandquak

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

are many techniques for using your diary in a creative way. a couple we will cover here are elemental self analysis and identity work. for elemental self analysis take four pages in your dairy and mark them with the titles of the four elements. each day for one month sit down and consider your personality, be brutally honest with yourself. list your various personality traits and list them under the element you think they should be related to. for example, enthusiasm may be related to fire, and over-emotionalism to water. even when you feel there is no more to write keep going, consider all major and minor aspects of yourself, good and bad, known and secret and classify them. at the end of the month make some master lists gnostic theurgy page 148 of what you have found, consider the follo

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

the infernal princes) samael east (being the angel of fire who is azazel. samael is the demon prince who is married to lilith and father of tubal-cain. the root word of samael is sml, which translates idol or image) azael west (associated with azrael, the angel of death or the egyptian anubis, the god of the dead. azael represents the west and the realm of twilight) azazel south (associated with the element fire, as azazel is the fire djinn of islamic sufism. in hebrew azazel is the scape goat, associated with the root oz, meaning goat and devil, sexual force) mahazael north (associated with earth, being cain or the egyptian set as the lord of the earth in typhonian lore. mahazael comes from the root mhzal, meaning to consume and devour and is associated with amaimon, a grand daemon) 11 t

it itself a grand grimoire of shadowed knowledge. our soul must be enflamed as the serpent and must work accordingly as the devil in flesh, the tester of the limits and the initiator upon earth. work always with a goal in mind and do not dabble with the spirits of the goetia. you have been warned. working with angelic spirits angelic(k) spirits are celestial or empyrean forces, based primarily in the element air. they are commonly associated with lucifer and are the higher articulated solar and lunar shadow forms of the initiatic guide, by one conjoined with the demonic spirit the self develops in balance, rather than repression and self-deception. such angels are fallen, and contain a demonic or infernal aspect to their character. approach this with respect and seek to become like the ess

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LBRP

ed to the energies. so when you have internally reached a state of openness, you can then judge for yourself that the presence of the archangels are truly undoubted. within its performance the magician traces a protecting circle, while his imagination is formulating an astral circle of fire within which to pursue his work. at the north, south, east, and west of this circle banishing pentagrams of the element earth are traced with the wand or sword. as these pentagrams are formed in midair with the elemental weapon, every effort should be made to impart vitality and reality to them. the blind performance of this ritual, as is so true of every aspect of theurgy, is quite useless, and is a waste of both time and energy. the imagination, simultaneously, should be stimulated to create these pen

GOLDEN DAWN MEDITATION WITH THE ARCHANGEL AURIEL

less and void. go clockwise to the east. with the white end of the wand, trace the lesser invoking pentagram. thrust the wand through the center of the figure and vibrate "agla" do this also in the south, west, and finally in the north; drawing the same pentagram and intoning the same word in all four quarters (remain in the north and say "in the divine name adonai ha-aretz, i open this temple in the element of earth. may the archangel uriel look with favor upon this ceremony! may the angel phorlakh and the ruler kerub be also in attendance! i have gained admission in this temple through the badge of the hermetic cross. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of periclinus de faustis and the symbol of aretz. as a wanderer in the wilderness, i invoke the powers of earth to bear

upon this ceremony! may the angel phorlakh and the ruler kerub be also in attendance! i have gained admission in this temple through the badge of the hermetic cross. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of periclinus de faustis and the symbol of aretz. as a wanderer in the wilderness, i invoke the powers of earth to bear witness to my spiritual endeavor. grant me the knowledge of the element of earth and the active realm, so that i may obtain greater understanding of hidden things and thereby advance in the great work" circumambulate the temple three times, saluting with the neophyte signs when passing the east. go to the west and face east. give the adoration to the lord of the universe: holy art thou, lord of the universe (projection sign) holy art thou, whom nature hath

GOLDEN DAWN MEDITATION WITH THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

remain in the east. with the white end of the wand, trace the lesser invoking pentagram. thrust the wand through the center of the figure and vibrate "eheieh" do this also in the south, west, and finally in the north; drawing the same pentagram and intoning the same word in all four quarters. return to the east (remain in the east and say "in the divine name elohim tzabaoth, i open this temple in the element of water. may the archangel gabriel look with favor upon this ceremony! may the angel taliahad and the ruler tharsis be also in attendance! i have gained admission to this temple through the badge of the cup of stolistes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of monocris de astris and the symbol of maim. as a unicorn of the stars i invoke the powers of water to bear witn

h favor upon this ceremony! may the angel taliahad and the ruler tharsis be also in attendance! i have gained admission to this temple through the badge of the cup of stolistes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of monocris de astris and the symbol of maim. as a unicorn of the stars i invoke the powers of water to bear witness to my spiritual endeavor. grant me the knowledge of the element of water and the creative realm, so that i may obtain greater understanding of hidden things and thereby advance in the great work" circumambulate the temple three times, saluting with the neophyte signs when passing the east. go to the west and face east. give the adoration to the lord of the universe: holy art thou, lord of the universe (projection sign) holy art thou, whom nature ha

s, inspirations or emotions that he may be communicating to you. you may stay in this state for as long as you wish. you may end the meditation here, simply thanking her for coming into your presence" give the practicus sign go to the west of the altar. with the white end of the wand, trace the lesser invoking pentagram over the cup of wine. place the wand aside. drink the wine. as you partake of the element, meditate on the talismanic emblem for an extended period of time. take as much time as you need. perform the reverse circumambulation (go to the east and say "i now release any spirits that may have been imprisoned by this ceremony. depart in peace to your abodes and habitations. go with the blessings of elohim tzaboth! perform the lbrp with the black end of the wand. say: i now decla

GOLDEN DAWN MEDITATION WITH THE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL

the east. with the white end of the wand, trace the lesser invoking pentagram. thrust the wand through the center of the figure and vibrate "yod heh vav heh" do this also in the south, west, and finally in the north; drawing the same pentagram and intoning the same word in all four quarters. return to the east (remain in the east and say "in the divine name shaddai el chai, i open this temple in the element of earth. may the archangel raphael look with favor upon this ceremony! may the angel chassan and the ruler aral be also in attendance! i have gained admission in this temple through the badge of the caduceus of hermes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of poraios de rejecttis and the symbol of ruach. i have been brought from amoung rejected. as a lord/lady of the 32

n and the ruler aral be also in attendance! i have gained admission in this temple through the badge of the caduceus of hermes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of poraios de rejecttis and the symbol of ruach. i have been brought from amoung rejected. as a lord/lady of the 32nd path, i invoke the powers of air to bear witness to my spiritual endeavor. grant me the knowledge of the element of air and the astral realm, so that i may obtain greater understanding of hidden things and thereby advance in the great work" circumambulate the temple three times, saluting with the neophyte signs when passing the east. go to the west and face east. give the adoration to the lord of the universe: holy art thou, lord of the universe (projection sign) holy art thou, whom nature hath n

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

gested in this curriculum (the sirp, the sbrp, the brh, and regardie's opening by watchtower) call for the initiate to give the lvx signs after tracing the spirit pentagrams. this is because traditionally, advanced rituals of this type were performed only by initiates in the grade of adeptus minor (or higher. the lvx signs are the grade signs of an adeptus minor, not necessarily the grade sign of the element of spirit. the fifth element is conferred on an initiate in the portal grade, and therefore the grade signs of spirit are the opening and closing of the veil, just as the grade sign for air is that of the theoricus. it is therefore apropriate for the portal initiate to freely substitute the portal signs for the lvx signs [rendering for the sirp, closing for the sbrp. we realize, howeve

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME INVOKING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

uggested in this curriculum (the sirp, the sbrp, the brh, and regardie's opening by watchtower) call for the initiate to give the lvx signs after tracing the spirit pentagrams. this is because traditionally, advanced rituals of is type were performed only by initiates in the grade of adeptus minor (or higher. the lvx signs are the grade signs of an adeptus minor, not necessarily the grade sign of the element of spirit. the fifth element is conferred on an initiate in the portal grade, and therefore the grade signs of spirit are the opening and closing of the veil, just as the grade sign for air is that of the theoricus. it is therefore apropriate for the portal initiate to freely substitute the portal signs for the lvx signs [rendering for the sirp, closing for the sbrp. we realize, howeve

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS B

serve that the portion (the top point) is attributed to the scepter of hermes, the rays of c, and the. this is the point of quintessence, the alchemical b. the color is of purity and is therefore colored white. the sephiroth attributed unto its two angles are rtk and hmkj. the two side points or arms of the pentagram are attributed unto m on the left and n on the right. the left arm attributed to the element of m is represented by the sword, z, and man. the kerubic emblem of k is also attributed to the left arm. this arm is colored yellow. the top horizontal line which partly forms the arm is attributed to twklm. twklm is of the center pillar of which all the above sephiroth are of the sephirotic element of m. in addition, the top portion of twklm is attributed to m. this is represented by

m, while the symbol of the macroprosopus is the hexagram. the pentagram is a most potent symbol and is the signet star of the microprosopus. it represents the operation of the eternal and divine spirit and the four elements under the divine presidency of the name, hwchy. to understand this profound mystery is of the greatest importance to the adept. the right arm of the pentagram is attributed to the element of n. it is represented by the kerubic, h, and the cup. the color of this point of the pentagram is blue. the horizontal line forming the top portion of this point is attributed to the sephiroth of hnyb. this is because hnyb is the sephira from which the clear eternal waters spring forth. the bottom two lines forming the m point of the pentagram and the n point of the pentagram are: m

is point is attributed to the sephiroth of hnyb. this is because hnyb is the sephira from which the clear eternal waters spring forth. the bottom two lines forming the m point of the pentagram and the n point of the pentagram are: m dwsy n dsj observe closely that dwsy is conjoined unto twklm and dsj is conjoined unto hnyb. n to n, m to m. the bottom left point of the pentagram is attributed unto the element of l. this point of the pentagram is attributed to the kerubic emblem b, h final and the pantacle. the color of this point in the pentagram is to be colored russet. the two angled lines forming this point in the pentagram are attributed unto the sephiroth of dwh and jxn. the bottom right foot or point of the pentagram is attributed unto the element of o. this point of the pentagram is

before the opposing force. let the adept take due care, to in all cases make certain the pentagram is proportional, and the ends fully closed. observe that the invoking pentagram of m begins from n and n begins from the angle of m. o, like l, begins with. the adept should take notice that an active-passive elemental relationship exists within the symbol of the pentagram. trace the kerubic sign of the element in the center of the pentagram. should you need to limit or confine the elemental energy as in talisman working, then draw a circle clockwise around the pentagram; otherwise, do not draw a circle around it. the basic rule is that thou shall invoke toward and banish from the point to which the element is attributed. m has a watery symbol, k. it is the container of rain and moisture. o i

.p, the pentagram is drawn in the reverse, beginning from the top apex and moving toward the lower left. this is known as the invoking pentagram of l. here, then, is a simple concept that the energy of an element may be invoked or banished using the same line, putting into consideration the starting point of invoking or banishing. in the s.b.r.p./s.i.r.p, there are four pentagrams associated with the element of, two invoking, and two banishing. the two that refer to invoking pentagrams are called equilibrating pentagrams, the two banishing pentagrams are called closing pentagrams. these are both divided into two categories, active and passive. see the diagram. 12 aside from the four pentagrams of, there are also the eight elemental pentagrams, giving the total of twelve altogether. this is

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS E

ram on it. at the apex of the pentagram is drawn the symbol of, followed by the four kerubic symbols on the lower arms. these are in the order as in the supreme ritual of the pentagram. on each of the floriated ends of the crop are the three alchemical principles. they are in different orders for each element. this shows their different operations within each element. the upper arm is allotted to the element of m, the lowest arm to l, the right arm to n, and the left arm to o. you will observe that active and passive are in perfect harmony. m arm the background color is yellow on the m arm and represents the flowing philosophic mercurial nature without hinderance of mobility or movement. this alludes to the ever flowing nature of m. 3 l arm this is composed of the four colors of twklm, and

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

ubservient angel of earth angle of earth tablet. aor: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel ormn. aorx: subservient angel of earth angle of earth tablet. aosmi: angel, also known as aomi. aot: cacodemon of air angle of air tablet. aoth: name of mercury (corrected) perimeter. aourrz: calling name of fire angle of air tablet. aox: cacodemon of fire angle of air tablet. aozpi: holy name of god, ruling the element of air. apa: cacodemon of water angle of air tablet. apachana "the slimy things made of dust" apahr: angel, also known as aphr. apata: demonic name (reversal of atapa) commanding cacodemons of fire of water. 7 apbr: subservient angel of water angle of fire tablet. apd: cacodemon of earth angle of earth tablet. apdoce: aapdoce, senior of fire. aphlafben: dee's good angel that appeared t

ozior: that increase. ardza: commanding angel of air angle of air tablet. arfaolg: angelic king ruling in the north-north-east. argedco (meaning unknown; invoke) arinna/ arinnaq/ arinnap: senior of saturn on the fire tablet. arizl: angel, also known as arzl. arn: cacodemon of earth angle of water tablet. arp: conquer, also see zilodarp. arphe: descend. arsl: four lettered holy name of god, ruling the element of water. arth: gladness. arzl: angel, companion of rzla. kerubic angel of air angle of air tablet. arzulgh: name of an evil spirit, counterpart of befafes. as: was. 8 asav: subservient angel of fire angle of water tablet. ascha: god. asgv: subservient angel of air angle of fire tablet. ash: cacodemon of earth angle of air tablet, counterpart of the angel shal. asi: cacodemon of fire a

s: the heads of scorpions. daziz: heads/ their heads. ddnh: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. de: of/ to. dedvilh (meaning unknown. de gnetaab: of your government. deimola: name of sol (names not pronounceable by man) deo: name of the seventh aethyr. des: name of the twenty-sixth aethyr. dfmn: subservient angel of air angle of air tablet. dial: four lettered holy name of god, ruling the element of earth. dialiva: governor of the third division of the aethyr arn (6. diari: angel, also known as diri. dilzmo: differ (v. dinmt: angel, companion of tdim. dimt: kerubic angel of water angle of water tablet. diom: subservient angel of earth angle of fire tablet, also known as dixom. diri: subservient angel of water angle of air tablet, also known as diari. diu/ duiv/ div: angle. dixo

of the aethyr bag (83. g: with/ in/ you/ your. g a: thirty-one. g chis ge: are not the. 24 ga: name of an angel who appeared to dee and kelley("last breath of the living. ge: not/ is not/ are not/ our. gabriel: name of yesod outer heptagon. gag (meaning unknown) gah: spirit/ spirits. gahire (meaning unknown) gahoachma: i am what i am (a title of god. gaiol: five lettered holy name of god, ruling the element of water. gal: name of the enochian letter representing d. galaas: name of jupiter perimeter. galas: name of jupiter (corrected) perimeter. galethog: name of luna perimeter. galgol (meaning unknown) galsuagaph (meaning unknown) galvah: name of an angel who appeared to dee and kelley on june 14, 1583. his name means "end" ganislay: name of a demon. ganiurax (meaning unknown) ganr: subse

reature/ creatures. haniel: name of netzach outer heptagon. hap: cacodemon of water angle of fire tablet. harg: hath planted. has: cacodemon of air angle of fire tablet. hath: works (n. hbr: cacodemon of water angle of fire tablet, counterpart of the angel brap. 27 hcnbr: angel ruling cnbr and companions. hcoma: spirit of water on the tablet of union. hctga: five lettered holy name of god, ruling the element of earth. hddn: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. he: see luiahe/ song. heeoa: angel (filius lucis, associated with mars, name venus heptagram. heidene: name of mars (names not pronounceable by man) helech: in ours. hgv: cacodemon of air angle of fire tablet. hhl: cacodemon of water angle of earth tablet. hia: cacodemon of water angle of earth tablet. hiaom: angel ruling

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dept should have an altar that is draped in black. upon the altar is the red cross and the white triangle as in the neophyte grade in the hall of the neophyte. in addition to the cross and triangle upon the altar a rose is placed as a symbol of m, a lamp or small censer as a symbol of o a chalice to symbolize n, and bread and salt to represent types of l. the chalice filled with wine representing the element of n should be placed between the triangle and the cross as the mystical repast of the four elements of the 0=0 initiation. the adept should be dressed in the regalia of the second order. in addition to the implements that are set on the altar, there should be some incense (preferably a rose amber blend) and a second chalice of nplaced in the south and north part of the temple or worki

ould place his lotus wand on the altar. 3 note: when the lotus wand is set on the altar, the lotus should always be facing east. if the adept is working in a confined space, he may then place it in a holder which is upon his body or set it along this side of the altar. step 4 let the adept pick up the second nchalice which is in the north. beginning in the north, consecrate the four quarters with the element of n. this may be accomplished by sprinkling nfrom the left to the right to the center and tracing a large cross. let the adept now recite the following "so therefore first the priest who would governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud and resounding sea" beginning in the south, do likewise with o, consecrating the four quarters, and again incensing

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wand and holding the appropriate band of the kerubic figure. draw the appropriate invoking spirit pentagram and invoking elemental pentagram for the particular element that is being used. end with the qabalistic cross, holding the lotus wand by the white band. step 8 as the adept begins to consecrate each individual tool after the opening, he or she shall stand facing the altar and the quarter of the element whose implement is being consecrated and empowered. step 9 let the adept hold the lotus wand by the appropriate corresponding kerubic band. trace in the air over the implement that is being consecrated a circle followed by the appropriate spirit pentagram and the appropriate invoking pentagram for that particular element. this should almost be an imaginary astral type of experience, as

ertain to vibrate the names with full meaning and intensity. draw the hebrew letters and sigils over the implement in the air with the lotus wand, holding the wand by the appropriate band (it is appropriate for the adept to place the names of the divine, the angelic names, and the hebrew spelling on a separate 3x5 card so that as you are reciting the script, you may simply look at the 3x5 card of the element that you are consecrating. at the end of this lesson, see the chart with the divine and angelic names in hebrew) recite the following and insert the proper divine or angelic name in the space provided "o thou who art from everlasting, thou who hast created all things, and doth clothe thyself with the forces of nature as with a garment. by the holy and divine name (trace the letters in

name, whereby thou art known especially in the quarter we name (trace the letters in the air while vibrating appropriate quarter. i beseech thee to grant unto me the strength and insight for my search after the hidden light and wisdom. i entreat thee to cause thy powerful archangel (trace the letters in the air while vibrating the appropriate archangelic name, who governeth the works of (name of the element, to guide me in the pathway and furthermore to direct 5 thine angel (trace the letters in the air while vibrating the appropriate angelic name) to watch over my footstep therein. may the ruler of (name of the element, the powerful prince (trace the letters in the air while vibrating the appropriate name of the prince, by the gracious permission of the infinite supreme, increase and str

has been fashioned for which purpose i now perform this mystic rite of consecration in the divine presence of (trace the letters in the air while vibrating the appropriate divine name. step 11 lay aside the lotus wand and take up the magical sword of the art. recite the invocation to the king while tracing in the air the appropriate invoking spirit pentagram followed by the invoking pentagram of the element involved "in the three great secret names of god borne upon the banner of the (state the quarter and vibrate the three secret names of the appropriate quarter, i summon thee thou great king of the (state the quarter and vibrate the name of the king, to attend this ceremony and by thy presence increase its effect whereby i do now consecrate this magical (name of the implement. confer up

the three secret names of the appropriate quarter, i summon thee thou great king of the (state the quarter and vibrate the name of the king, to attend this ceremony and by thy presence increase its effect whereby i do now consecrate this magical (name of the implement. confer upon it the utmost occult might and virtue that thou mayest judge it to be capable in all works of the nature of (name of the element, so that in it, i may find a strong defense and a powerful weapon wherewith to rule and direct the of the elements" step 12 let the adept take up the sword, trace over the implement in the air the hexagram of l, and recite the following invocation to the six seniors "ye mighty princes of the (name of the quadrangle, i invoke thee who art known to me by the honorable title and position

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es consist of 10 squares. each square is referred to one of the sephiroth on the tree of life. the sephirotic cross represents the sephiroth modified by the letter of the lesser angle. rtk in the a lesser angle is rtk of w. in the d lesser angle it be rtk of y, etc. kerubic squares: in the kerubic ranks thou shall note that the outside square is always attributed to the letter that corresponds to the element of the lesser angle. how they are read: a names read right to left in upper two quarters; in lower two quarters read c from left to right. b names read left to right in upper two quarters; in lower two quarters read a from right to left. note: each square has a double attribution to the tetragrammaton. thus for example, column w rank y does not coincide in nature with column y rank w (

ntire world. each side of the pyramid is to be colored according to its own appropriate element, or thou shalt leave it white to represent the nature of m. thou shalt not confuse nor assume that a square in the airy angle of a shall be completely colored yellow, but every square in the a tablet in every angle has at least one yellow side denoting its airy nature. thus, every square is tinted with the element of a,while some greater and some to a lesser degree. observe the diagram of the truncated pyramid below. this diagram illustrateth a standard reference. the position of the numbers should be memorized. section or triangle number two pointeth to the top of the tablet. thou mayest work out a pyramid of any square by knowing the attributions of the four triangles and the element of each

. here be the rules for analyzing a pyramid. the rules are concise and direct and should be memorized. truncated pyramid great cross 24 triangle no. 1 sign of the zodiac, small card of the tarot. triangle no. 2 m triangle no. 3 the planet of the decan triangle no. 4 element symbol of the tablet the no. 2 square of the great cross is always m and painted white, indicating the operation of m within the element. triangle no. 4 is to be colored in the element of the tablet, thus we have yellow for a, blue for c red for d, and black for b. thou shall color triangle no. 1 according to the triplicity of the sign attributed to it. in other words, earthy, firey, watery, or airy nature. triangle no. 3 is to be colored by that of the element ruled by the planet and attributed to it. let the adept tak

r d, and black for b. thou shall color triangle no. 1 according to the triplicity of the sign attributed to it. in other words, earthy, firey, watery, or airy nature. triangle no. 3 is to be colored by that of the element ruled by the planet and attributed to it. let the adept take note that the elemental attributions are significantly different in the enochian system. here they are: a and k rule the element of d. l and b rule the element of a. c and y rule the element of b. f rules the element of c. while the coloring of the truncated pyramids in other attributed forms has been given, consideration is not acceptable to deteriorate the elemental nature of the tablets by painting them in anything other than the prescribed manner. sephirotic cross 25 triangle no. 1 elemental emblem of the ta

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ntire world. each side of the pyramid is to be colored according to its own appropriate element, or thou shalt leave it white to represent the nature of m. thou shalt not confuse nor assume that a square in the airy angle of a shall be completely colored yellow, but every square in the a tablet in every angle has at least one yellow side denoting its airy nature. thus, every square is tinted with the element of a, while some greater and some to a lesser degree. observe the diagram of the truncated pyramid below. this diagram illustrateth a standard reference. the position of the numbers should be memorized. section or triangle number two pointeth to the top of the tablet. thou mayest work out a pyramid of any square by knowing the attributions of the four triangles and the element of each

ature of that section. here be the rules for analyzing a pyramid. the rules are concise and direct and should be memorized. great cross triangle no. 1 sign of the zodiac, small card of the tarot. triangle no. 2 m triangle no. 3 the planet of the decan triangle no. 4 element symbol of the tablet the no. 2 square of the great cross is always m and painted white, indicating the operation of m within the element. triangle no. 4 is to be colored in the element of the tablet, thus we have yellow for a, blue for c red for d, and black for b. thou shall color triangle no. 1 according to the triplicity of the sign attributed to it. in other words, earthy, firey, watery, or airy nature. triangle no. 3 is to be colored by that of the element ruled by the planet and attributed to it. let the adept tak

r d, and black for b. thou shall color triangle no. 1 according to the triplicity of the sign attributed to it. in other words, earthy, firey, watery, or airy nature. triangle no. 3 is to be colored by that of the element ruled by the planet and attributed to it. let the adept take note that the elemental attributions are significantly different in the enochian system. here they are: a and k rule the element of d. l and b rule the element of a. c and y rule the element of b. f rules the element of c. while the coloring of the truncated pyramids in other attributed forms has been given consideration is not acceptable to deteriorate the elemental nature of the tablets by painting them in anything other than the prescribed manner. sephirotic cross triangle no. 1 elemental emblem of the tablet

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n and manifesting it unto the outer order as though the crucified one, having raised the symbol of self-sacrifice, had thus touched and brought into action in matter the divine triad of light. around the cross are the symbols of the four letters of the name jehovah with the c of hwchy being only implied and not expressed in the outer order. at the east is the mystical rose, allied by its scent to the element of m. at the south is the red lamp, allied by its flame with the element of o. at the west is the cup of wine, allied by its fluid form to the element of n. at the north are bread and salt, allied by their substance to the element of l. the elements are placed upon the altar according to the winds "for osiris onnophris who is found perfect before the gods, hath said 'these are the elem

nded to affirm the unknown life, which is inspired from the beyond, sent out to a, the commencement of the spring of the year, the life which after being inspired is breathed forth again; and also the possible use of that breath between the inspiration and the expiration, in the combination between it and the forces of the microcosm) the whole is a rehearsal of the properties of the reflection of the element of m down through the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this represents the reflection of the m from rtk, through trapt, dwsy, and even to the citrine part of twklm. the subtle aether is, in rtk, inspired from the divine light beyond; then reflected into trapt, wherein it is combined with the reflexes from the alchemical principles in that great receptacle of the forces of the tree. in d

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development of which is further shown in the inner knowledge of the succeeding grades of the outer order. in the true knowledge of the application of the symbolism of the enterer lies the entrance to the knowledge of practical magic: and therefore are all the formulae drawn from the ritual classed under five several heads, according unto the letters of the name yeheshuah. for to the letter yod y the element of fire belong the works of ceremonial magic, as the evocation of the spirits of the elements, etc. unto the first heh h the consecration and charging of telesmata, and the production of natural phenomena, as storms, earthquakes, etc. unto the letter vau w divination in all its branches; and the art of making the link between the subject of the work and the process of divination. and t

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u brothers and sisters of the red rose upon the golden cross, to inhale with me the perfume of this rose as a symbol of air (smell the rose. to feel with me the warmth of this sacred lamp as a symbol of fire (waves hand over the lamp. 5 to eat with me this bread and salt as types of earth (dips the bread into the salt and eats it. and finally, to drink with me this wine, the consecrated emblem of the element of water (makes a cross with the cup then drinks it (the chief adept then looks to the first adept, makes the sign of the enterer toward first adept and the first adept returns with the sign of silence. this is repeated until all are done, in which the third adept, or the last adept, makes the sign of the enterer to the chief adept who responds with the sign of silence (first, second a

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call thee? in myself i am nothing. in thee i am self, and exist in thy self-hood from nothing. live thou in me, and bring me unto that self which is in thee. amen (all rise) chief adept "fraters and sorors of the r.r. et a.c, let us purify and consecrate this temple. magus of water, i command thee to perform the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram and to purify this hall and all members with the element of water" magus of water "mighty chief, all thy commands shall be obeyed (magus of water performs l. b. r. p. and then takes water chalice off west altar and brings it to the east facing chief adept) magus of water (draws invoking water pentagram in the air and swings "in the name of hcoma and by the name of mph arsl gaiol, i purify thee with water (magus of water stands in the east fa

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our realm that it may be mine forever. bind it unto this creature of talismans which i have created (make the invoking circle) in the name of iczhchal, great king of the north, spirits of l, concentrate unto this creature of talismans the substance of your realm, that the all-potent forces may descend and rest upon it, even the grace and mercy of cmc. creature of talismans, i have bound unto thee the element of enduring stability, so pass thou on. make the 1=10 grade sign. step 13 take up the talisman, and pass between the pillars. place it on the ground between them, and strongly formulate around it a sphere of sensation. say: creature of talismans, so that the power of ra may manifest through thee, i give thy body the life of spirit. step 14 make the passive and active spirit pentagrams

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s. it would also refer to hnyb, the third sephira. we see clearly that hnyb is an amalgamation of the top three supernals. this is emphasized in the lesson "understanding of the human personality in the world of the qabalah" the top three sephiroth are referred to as the greater neschamah, whereas hnyb is referred to as the lesser neschamah. the triangle would also refer to the planet of l and to the element of o. the color of l is black and that of o is red. therefore, the black triangle would represent l and a red triangle would represent the element of o. note also that a white triangle represents the supernals. we also have another triad, the three principles of nature: p, 3, and q. all of these symbols can be exemplified in the triangle, which would give reference to hnyb. the square

ce of gross matter. the inverted pentagram is also a representation of the elevation or adoration of anarchy above order. it is also the elevation of conflicting forces driven simply by chance or haphazardness above the elevation of the divine unknowable one. the upright pentagram represents the force of and the four elements governed by the five letters of the name of the restorer of all things. the element of is fused between the spiritual/higher and the mundane/lower, hwchy. with a circle drawn around the pentagram, it represents the \ybwrk and the wheel of. one final point of symbolism of the pentagram is that it becomes a tremendous force for the letter h, the feminine aspect, the letter of the great supernal mother \yhma amya. if we reflect from every second point of the symbol of th

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

lowest in a graduated series of cosmic planes. there are many invisible worlds surrounding this earth. the reason they are invisible is because they are composed of matter that is so tenuous that our eyes cannot see it. there are many degrees of matter's density. the most dense is the physical plane. the next, more ethereal and very close to the physical plane, is the etheric plane symbolized by the element earth. the next more ethereal world is the astral plane which is usually divided into a lower half, symbolized by the element air, anda higher half symbol ized by the element fi re. the highest plane conceivable to human consciousness is the spiritual plane symbolized by the element spirit (the enochian system uses spirit as a fifth element. aboye this is the divine piane which is inco

insight. it is intended as a useful guide much like a roadmap for anmar country. as a magician, you must fill in the details for yourself as you discover them. 34 the tablet of union the enochian tablets are four in number, each referred to one of the elements of earth, air, fire and water. in addition to these four there is another smaller tablet, which is called the tablet of union, referred to the element of ether or spirit. its function, as its name implies, is a unite and b nd together the four elemental tablets. the hermetic order of the golden dawn the book of the concourse of the forces the black cross is shown in figure 1, appendix a, as the central horizontal row and vertical column of darkened squares. the two horizontal arms have 12 squares each and the top and bottom vertical

y, liber ararita some of the watchtower squares have multiple letters. two squares (one in water and one in earth) have four letters each, and two squares (one in water and one in earth, have three letters each. fifty-five squares have two letters each. multiple letters express the variety of forces acting in these regions. many of these squares can be seen in several different ways. for example, the element fire is both destructive and creative because the enlivening of spirit implies the death of matter. in this way the archangel of the square t/l in msat (l) in fire of earth can be spelled almsa or atmsa where, almsa= 117= nanba (thorns) atmsa= 118= cono (faith) if you use the letter l, you will see the square in its destructive aspect. if you use the letter t, you can view the same squ

he magick square of vovin. step 2. meditate on the square itself. consider the balance of its letters. consider the four corners which include v( the devi l in capricorn) and n (death in scorpio. consider the two diagonals of the letter 0 (justice in libra. consider the center and two diagonals of the letter i (art in sagittarius. consider the placement of l (chariot in cancer) and x (universe in the element of earth. consider the 270 square to be an expression of the formula of the dragon step 3. meditate on yourself as a lunar expression. con sider the similarities between the reflected and cyclic ligh of the moon with the human condition. step 4. transfer the magical forces embodied in the tabs man of the magick square of vovin to yourself. consider your bodies to be a series of cyclic

your king ikzhikal (ee-keh-zod-hee-kal) i call you. i bind you. in the name of the formula mika babalon (mee-kah bah-bah-loh-en) whose number is your own; five hundred, six, and sixty. 349 i call you. i bind you. piripsol, piripsol (pee-ree-pess-oh-leh) mika babalon (mee-kah bah-bah-loh-en) i call you. i bind you. from your square a of black earth where horns milks his cow where the influence of the element water produces the hanged man, come forth and appear in this triangle. in the name of taxir (tah-etzee-ar) i call you. i bind you. by these names i evoke you. leave your abode in the kingdom of earth and appear to me here in the magical triangle without this circle in fair shape and true. come forth axir (ah-etzee-ar) and manifest yourself before me. step 7. you should be able to see t

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

re regarded as being really created, while the giants and gods come, as it were, of themselves out of chaos. to the production of men and dwarfs there went a formative agency on the part of gods; giants and gods, without any such agency, made their appearance under the mere action of natural heat and the licking of a cow. giants and gods spring out of a combination of fire with water, yet so that the element converted into ice must recover its fluidity before it becomes capable of production. the giant and the cow drip out of the frost, buri slowly extricates himself in three days from the thawing mass of ice. this dripping origin reminds us of some other features in antiquity; thus, 03inn had a gold ring draupnir (the dripper, from which every ninth night there dripped eight other rings o

s in wells, pp. 268, 487; and to them must be added swan-maidens, merminnes (p. 433, water-holdes, spring-holdes (p. 268, watermuhmes and nixies. to all of them particular rivers, brooks, pools and springs can be consecrated and assigned as their abode; oegir (p. 237) and ran (pp. 311, 497) ruled in the sea, and the waves are called their daughters: all this gives a new stamp to the veneration of the element. of this very natural, but not essential, combination of simple rude water-worship with a faith in higher beings, i will give a few more specimens. as those who cross a river by ferry or by bridge have to dread the power of the daemon that dwells in it (p. 497, so vulgar opinion in sweden (sup. k, 40) holds it advisable, in crossing any water in the dark, to spit three times, as a safe

i, 2, 780; f leztu eld eta iofra bygdir, sgem. i42a; it is restless, dtcd/matov irvp, ii. 23, 52. to be spoken to is a mark of living things: heitr ertu hripusr (hot art thou, fire, sa3m. 40a. the ancient persians made a god of it, and the indian agni (ignis) is looked upon as a god. the edda makes fire a brotlier of the wind and sea, therefore himself alive and a god, sn. 126. our people compare the element to a cock flying from house to house: i ll set the red cock on your roof is a threat of the incen diary; ein roten han aufs stadel setzen/ h. sachs iv. 3, 86d; voter sclnn, gudr. 786, 2. an antique heathen designation of the great world-fire, on. muspell, ohg. os. muspilli, mudspelli, mutspelli, has already been noticed, p. 558. the mythic allusions here involved can only be unfolded i

on as all the cattle are through, the young folks throw themselves pellmell upon the ashes and coals, sprinkling and blackening one another; those who are most blackened and besmudged march into the village behind the cattle as conquerors, and will not wash for a long time after.1 if after long rubbing the linen will not catch, they feel sure there is still fire somewhere in the village, and that the element refuses to reveal itself through friction: then follows a strict searching of houses, any fire they may light upon is extinguished, and the master of the house rebuked or chastised. but that the wildfire should be evoked by friction is indispensable, it cannot be struck out of flint and steel. some localities perform the ceremony, not yearly as a preventive of murrain, but only upon it

was extinguished for nine days, till a ship brought some fresh from delos off the sacred hearth of apollo: for some days it drifts on the sea without being able to land, but as soon as it runs in, there is fire served out to every one for domestic use, and a new life begins. the old fire was no longer holy enough; by doing without it altogether for a time, men would learn to set the true value on the element (see suppl. 3 like vesta, st. bridget of ireland (d. 518 or 521) had a perpetual fire maintained in honour of her near kildare; a wattled fence went round it, which none but women durst ap proach; it was only permissible to blow it with bellows, not with the mouth.4 the mode of generating it is not recorded. the wonderful amount of harmony in these accounts, and the usages of needfire

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no. 44. 1 atom of nitrous oxide, composed of 2 of azote (nitrogen) and 1 of oxygen. 17 no. 45. 1 atom of nitric acid, composed of 1 of azote (nitrogen) and 2 of oxygen. 19 no. 46. 1 atom of carbonic acid, composed of 1 of carbon and 2 of oxygen 19 no. 47. 1 atom of carburetted hydrogen, composed of 1 of carbon and 2 of hydrogen 7 in each case of the above four ternary elements, the "weight" of the element is given at the end of the line. it will be noticed that two of them, while totally different in nature, have the same "weight. quaternary elements now we come to those elements composed of four primary atoms. in fact, the four examples of quaternary elements given in plate 1 are molecules composed of several atoms. first, note the manner in which these atoms unite when there are three

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t philosophy.theywill, however, i fear, beoflittle comparative interest to you, as it was not until the c. a. became my guardian spirit that i could bring my experiments to anything like satisfactory conclusions.156therosicrucianseerofthe most high we have the distinct assurance that the universe is at his will but a void. proposition2-'thatspace is illimitable' proposition3-'thatit is filledwith the element or elements which are the materials or material of which all separate existences are formed.lc.a.-inthat he is wrong. because in space there is no material for any thing. space is the roominwhich--material may be-.space has no limits; because the whole of creation,-every thing created, known and unknown,-there is room for them all. proposition4-'thatthis element or these elements conta

universe' c.a.-hedoes not recognise the almighty as a distinct and separate power from nature. in that, of course, he is wrong. i cannot help remarking that he is too elaborate in his opinions. strong opinions more simply expressed, would be better understood. proposition6-'thatthe eternal element or elements filling the universe is what men mean by nature; and the eternal unchanging qualities of the element or elements, what they mean by god' c.a.-beforei can distinguish the truth from the error ofhis arguments, i must better understand his way of expressing them. you must tell him, in the first place, that he makes the first false step when he recognizes nature and nature's god as the same power.thatthey are entirelydistinct:-thathecreated the universe and the elements:-andthathe rules t

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

it is a term to express the state of our dual manas, when, reunited during a man's life, it bathes in the radiance of buddhi, the spiritual soul. for taijas means the radiant, and manas, page 148 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt becoming radiant in consequence of its union with buddhi, and being, so to speak, merged into it, is identified with the latter; the trinity has become one; and, as the element of buddhi is the highest, it becomes buddhi-taijas. in short, it is the human soul illuminated by the radiance of the divine soul, the human reason lit by the light of the spirit or divine self-consciousness. cabala (heb) the hidden wisdom of the hebrew rabbis of the middle ages derived from the older secret doctrines concerning divine things and cosmogony, which were combined into a t

being of no further use, remain on earth; the three higher principles, grouped into one, merge into a state of devachan, in which state the higher ego will remain until the hour for a new reincarnation arrives, and the eidolon of the expersonality is left alone in its new abode. here the pale copy of the man that was, vegetates for a period of time, the duration of which is variable according to the element of materiality which is left in it, and which is determined by the past life of the defunct. bereft as it is of its higher mind, spirit, and physical senses, if left alone to its own senseless devices, it will gradually fade out and disintegrate. but if forcibly drawn back into the terrestrial page 156 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt sphere, whether by the passionate desires and

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

visual impressions which began to develop. the first such correlation had to do with the odd sensation of an external, artificial restraint on my memory. i felt that the snatches of sight i experienced had a profound and terrible meaning, and a frightful connexion with myself, but that some purposeful influence held me from grasping that meaning and that connexion. then came that queerness about the element of time, and with it desperate efforts to place the fragmentary dream-glimpses in the chronological and spatial pattern. the glimpses themselves were at first merely strange rather than horrible. i would seem to be in an enormous vaulted chamber whose lofty stone aroinings were well-nigh lost in the shadows overhead. in whatever time or place the scene might be, the principle of the ar

though i had never before been an extravagant dreamer. many of the vague anomalies, i argued, must have come from trivial sources too numerous to track down; while others seemed to reflect a common text book knowledge of the plants and other conditions of the primitive world of a hundred and fifty million years ago- the world of the permian or triassic age. in the course of some months, however, the element of terror did figure with accumulating force. this was when the dreams began so unfailingly to have the aspect of memories, and when my mind began to link them with my growing abstract disturbances- the feeling of mnemonic restraint, the curious impressions regarding time, and sense of a loathsome exchange with my secondary personality of 1908-13, and, considerably later, the inexplica

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

ical, consequently blue. as for the male, it happens to be in inverted order. above the hermaphrodite there is a globe as a sign of the earth sphere, above which the magician is illustrated with the four elements. above the male, there are the active elements, that of the fire in red and the air element in blue color. above the female there are the passive elements, the water element in green and the element of the earth in yellow color. the middle along the magician up to the globe is dark purple, representing the sign of the akasa principle above the magician s head, with an invisible ribbon for a crown, there is a gold-edged silvery white lotus flower as a sign of the divinity. in the inside there is the ruby red philosophers stone symbolizing the quintessence of the whole hermetic scie

int directly to the practical use, because it is here that the greatest arcanum is to be found. in the oldest book of wisdom, the tarot, something has already been written about this great mystery of the elements. the first card of this work represents the magician pointing to the knowledge and mastery of the elements. on this first card the symbols are: the sword as the fiery element, the rod as the element of the air, the goblet as that of the water and the coins as the element of the earth. this proves without any doubt that already in the mysteries of yore, the magician was destined for the first tarot card, mastery of the elements having been chosen as the first act of initiation. in honor of this tradition i shall give my principal attention to the elements for, as you will see, the

dy dealing with the problem of man. there surely will arise the question, what health is from the hermetic point of view. not every one is capable to answer this question at the first instant. seen from the hermetic angle, health is the perfect harmony of all the forces operating inside the body with respect to the basic qualities of the elements. there need not prevail such a great disharmony of the element a to set free a visible effect which is called disease. for disharmony in the form of sickness is already an essential disturbance in the workshop of the elements inside the body. the main condition for the novice is to concentrate himself absolutely on his body. the outwardly visible expression of the body resembles that of a beautiful garment, an beauty, in all its aspects, is likewi

by the disintegration of air and food, the elements are provided with the supporting substances and in this way their activity is maintained. such is man s natural mode of life. if an element is missing, as it were, the fuel, all the functions depending on it are immediately affected. if, e.g, the fiery element in the body works excessively, we feel thirsty, the air element makes us feel hungry, the element of water causes a feeling of cold, and the earthy element produces tiredness. on the other hand, every over-saturation of the elements causes reinforced effects in the body. a surplus of the fiery element creates a yearning for movement and activity. if this be the case with the watery element, the secretive process will be stronger. any over-saturation of the airy element indicates th

d to physics. for this reason, it is obvious that the four-pole magnet can be used here also. according to the law concerning the problems of magnetism and electricity not only in the body as mentioned in the foregoing chapter but also in the grossly materialistic world, each hermeticist exactly knows that what is above is also that which is below. each adept who knows how to employ the powers of the element or the great secret of the tetragrammaton on all planes is also capable to achieve great things in our material world, things which the outsider would regard as miracles. the adept, however, sees no miracles in them for, backed by the knowledge of the laws; he will be able to explain even the most remarkable curiosity. everything on our earth, all thriving, ripening, life and death dep

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

be the actual process, which, as we shall see, the mayor contemplated, p. 107 but did not actually carry out. the suspected witch is taken, her right thumb tied to her left great toe, and vice versa. she is then thrown into the water: if she sinks (and drowns, by any chance) her innocence is conclusively established; if, on the other hand, she floats, her witchcraft is proven, for water, as being the element in baptism, refuses to receive such a sinner in its bosom "florence newton was committed to youghal prison by the mayor of the town, 24th march 1661, for bewitching mary longdon, who gave evidence against her at the cork assizes (11th september, as follows "mary longdon being sworn, and bidden to look upon the prisoner, her countenance chang'd pale, and she was very fearful to look tow

derstand but little. we know that mind acts on mind to an extraordinary degree, and that the imagination can affect the body to an extent not yet fully realised, and indeed has often p. 252 carried men far beyond the bounds of common-sense; and so we consider that many of the elements of the above beliefs can in a general way be explained along these lines. nevertheless that does not do away with the element of superstition and, we may add, oftentimes of deliberately-planned evil that underlies. there is no need to resurrect the old dilemma, whether god or the devil was the principal agent concerned; we have no desire to preach to our readers, but we feel that every thinking man will be fully prepared to admit that such beliefs and practices are inimical to the development of true spiritua

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l being moulded and formed by the understanding (vovr, and itself moulding and forming the body by embracing it on every side, receives from it an impression and form; so that although it be separated both from the understanding and the body, it nevertheless so retains still its figure and resemblance for a long time, that it may with good right be called its image "and of these souls the moon is the element, because souls resolve into her, as the bodies of the deceased do into earth. those, indeed, who have been virtuous and honest, living a quiet and philosophical life, with- out embroiling themselves in troublesome affairs, are quickly resolved; because being left by the ntnu, understanding, and no longer using the cotporeal passions, they incontinently vanish away' we find even ireoaeu

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

ts; they have been too well and too long established. it should become apparent then that the mechanisms of preparing the geomantic symbols to be used for the divination are almost completely under the control of these unconscious factors. we may assume, by the same token, that they have personalities of their own which, in geomancy, are called the governing genii of the planets operating through the element of earth. introduction 9 jung's definition of the collective unconscious, which is involved in these concepts, is so appropriate that i feel compelled to quote it at some length. in his book modern man in search of a soul, he wrote 'it (the unconscious) contains, besides an indeterminable number of subliminal perceptions, an immense fund of accumulated inheritance factors left by one g

n this topic to indicate that care, too, has to be exercised on this matter just as it has with regard to the formulation of the question itself. the presiding genius 43 chapter six the presiding genius all previous exoteric works dealing with geomancy are defective in this one particular area at least, the omission of that procedure which is an initiated technique. geomancy is divination through the element earth. in one of the rituals of the hermetic order of the golden dawn the initiate is sworn to invoke, in his workings, the highest name of god that he knows. in this way, whatever he does will come under the guidance and benediction of the highest spiritual force that he knows. thus the ruler of the element of earth has to be magically invoked so that it may truly govern this work of

s sworn to invoke, in his workings, the highest name of god that he knows. in this way, whatever he does will come under the guidance and benediction of the highest spiritual force that he knows. thus the ruler of the element of earth has to be magically invoked so that it may truly govern this work of prognostication. it comprises three separate gestures: 1. the invocation of the god-name ruling the element earth. 2. tracing the appropriate invoking earth pentagram. 3. summoning the appropriate presiding genius which rules over the question at hand. in the qabalah, which is the occult philosophy upon which this initiated interpretation of geomancy is predicted, the element of earth is placed under the divine aegis of that aspect of god attributed to malkuth, the tenth sephirah on the tree

f life. the divine name is adonai ha-aretz meaning 'the lord of the earth (its pronunciation can be described thus: ahdoh- nye hah-ah-retz) when opening the divinatory process by the method to be described, this name should be softly intoned or vibrated so that one's mind may be exalted above temporal and mundane preoccupations. in this way it is tuned in, as it were, to the highest. furthermore, the element of earth is attributed to one of the five points of the pentagram, the geometrical figure always used in the sanctuary of the gnosis to invoke all elements. with the pentagram standing up on the two lower angles, the topmost point at the summit, then the lower left point represents the earth angle. the fundamental rule of invocation is 'move towards the angle to invoke. move away from

nts of the pentagram, the geometrical figure always used in the sanctuary of the gnosis to invoke all elements. with the pentagram standing up on the two lower angles, the topmost point at the summit, then the lower left point represents the earth angle. the fundamental rule of invocation is 'move towards the angle to invoke. move away from the appropriate angle to banish. since we wish to invoke the element of earth, we must start therefore at the topmost single point and move downwards to the left, viz: 44 a practical guide to geomantic divination the weapon employed for invoking is the coloured pen or pencil used to record the geomantic symbols as already described. first of all, however, take the small plastic cup or tumbler employed to shake the dice, and invert it near the top of for

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ji his immortality. kriya-yoga can be used to direct light through the grids as in the work of the geomancers and the dimensional biofield science technicians and it is kriya- yoga that sustains the bio-shield devices. kriya-yoga also feeds our chakras and their associated meridians. agni-yoga is often practiced by rebirthers and those who utilize the power of the elements as agni-yoga works with the element of fire which ignites the fire within as the origin of universal creation. agni-yoga allows us to draw a stream of nourishment through the central sun via our lower tan tien, or sacral chakra, and it is this ability that differentiates us from the solar feeders. agni-yoga connects us with lord helios, the intelligence that controls the light dispersion through the sun. divine nutrition

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

hese two principles are never separated; for nature proceeds not so far in her dissolutions. when death hath done her worst, there is an vnion between these two, and out of them shall t rosicrucian limbus. 131 god raise us at the last day, and restore us to a spiritual constitution. i do not conceive there shall be a resurrection of every species, but rather their terrestrial parts, together with the element of water (for there shall be no more sea: revelation, shall be united in one mixture with the earth, and fixed to a pure diaphanous substance. this is st. john s crystall gold, a fundamentall of the new jerusalem so called, not in respect of colour, but constitution. their spirits, i suppose, shall be reduced to their first limbus, a sphere of pure, ethereall fire, like rich eternal ta

d with the adoration paid to a perpendicular. the three most celebrated emblems carried in the greek mysteries were the phallus, i; the egg, o; and the serpent, f; or otherwise the phallus, the loni or umbilicus, and the serpent. the first, in each case, is the emblem of the sun, or of fire, as the male, or active, generative power. the second denotes the passive nature, or feminine principle, or the element of water. the third symbol indicates the destroyer, the reformer, or the renewer (the uniter of the two, and thus the preserver or perpetuator eternally renewing itself. the universality of the serpentine worship (or phallic adoration) is attested by emblematic sculpture and architecture all over the world. this does not admit of denial. its character and purpose are, however, wholly m

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

le to the eye. ark in stasis, then came out of stasis. from such analysis we come by easy stages to conceive of a force, ray, or focal point, in some force-field either; unknown to us, or at least not understood, which produces rigidity in a localized or sharply delimited volume of air, or possibly in space itself. we are thinking of something like crystals of ice freezing within a body of water. the element remains the same but its physical attributes change suddenly and drastically. deh o, they can't prove it yet! another example might be the passage of a limited but powerful magnetic field through a scattering of iron filings or iron powder. before the approach of the magnetic flux, the powder lies loose, flexible, and penetrable. yet, when the flux enters it, invisibly and imperceptibl

rked that, from the depth to which the feet sank in the snow, it must be a beast of considerable size. it has been observed also that its walk is not like that of the generality of quadrupeds, but more like the bounding or leaping of a horse when scared or pursued. it is not only in one locality that the tracks have been met with, but through a range of at least twelve miles. here, once again, is the element of localization which we can associate with intelligence "cup marks" are strings of cuplike impressions in rocks. sometimes there are rings around them and sometimes they have only semicircles. they have been found in america, great britain, france, algeria, palestine, almost everywhere except the far north. in china, cliffs are dotted with them, and in italy, spain, and india they occ

t can be called an error, and at not too different a time, on the 10th. his comparison star disappeared also. it, too, was moving rapidly during the period of observation. it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that something was moving around in the sky, which bone and gould thought was a star, or at least as distant as the comet, and which some other equally capable people did not see at all. the element which was consistently overlooked was the possibility that the wayward cometary object(s) was close to the earth and not as distant as either comet or stars. even dr. bone, in his belated statement, failed to see the connection between his abortive observation of the 10th and dr. gould's similar debacle. it seems obvious that the illusive thing used by bone for comparison was moving ra

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

her side of sushumna (nearest your right hand) is the *pingala* nadi, having yang qualities. chakras are visible to clairvoyant sight as varously colored rotating circles or funnels. in the east they are described as petaled flowers or lotuses. sources disagree on the colors. the first chakra, located at the base of the spine at the perineum is the *root chakra, muladhara. it primarily relates to the element of earth and to psychic smell. the second chakra, known as the *sacral center, svadhisthana, is located above and behind the genitals. its dominant element is water, and it is related to psychic taste. third of the chakras is the *solar plexus, manipura, located at the navel and corresponding with the emotions and with the element of fire; also with psychic sight (clairvoyance. the *he

, svadhisthana, is located above and behind the genitals. its dominant element is water, and it is related to psychic taste. third of the chakras is the *solar plexus, manipura, located at the navel and corresponding with the emotions and with the element of fire; also with psychic sight (clairvoyance. the *heart chakra, anahata, is the fourth chakra, located over the heart and corresponding with the element of air, and also with psychic touch. the fifth chakra is the *throat chakra, vishuddha, the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 16 located at the base of the throat (thyroid) and corresponding with psychic hearing (clairaudience. the remaining two chakras are very important. they relate mostly to elevated states of consciousness. the *frontal chakra (or 'third eye)

LAITMAN M KABBALAH REVEALED

uman family, a planetary civilization. however, this civilization should not be a monolithic culture where everyone follows the same ideas, and one person or nation dictates those ideas to everybody else. rather, it should be a diverse civilization whose elements join together to maintain and develop the whole system, the planetary civilization of humankind. 18 kabbalah revealed this diversity is the element of harmony, the element of peace. every society that has survived has possessed it. only western and westernized societies have forgotten it. in the process of creating technical and economic progress, they have fragmented the integrity, the oneness of the system. it is high time we restore it. as i learned through my acquaintance with dr. laitman s writings, kabbalah in its authentic

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

ight angles, and is used as a measure or mnemonic whereby the platonic solids can be calculated. taken alone, it is commensurate with the tetrahedron, the sides of which, being four equilateral triangles, are together equal to eight right angles, because the interior angles of any triangle are together equal to two right angles. it is said that this solid was used by the platonists as a symbol of the element fire. 779. two of these keys are equivalent to the octahed-ron, which contains sixteen right angles, and was considered to represent air. three keys are commensurate with the cube, the sides of which contain twenty-four right angles; this figure was supposed to typify earth, because it is of all these figures the firmest and most immovable upon its basis. 780. five of these keys give u

hree keys are commensurate with the cube, the sides of which contain twenty-four right angles; this figure was supposed to typify earth, because it is of all these figures the firmest and most immovable upon its basis. 780. five of these keys give us forty right angles, which are equal in amount to those contained in the twenty equilateral sides of the icosahedron. this solid was taken to express the element water. 781. the remaining platonic solid, called the dode-cahedron, has for its sides twelve regular pentagons. it is a rule in geometry that the interior angles of any rectilinear figure are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides less 4 right angles; thus the interior angles of a pentagon are 10. 4= 6 right angles; therefore the dodecahedron is contained by sevent

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

, and the fact that the due-gard of the 1 shows that the e.a. must confine himself to what is taught in the v.s.l) cryphius, the occult, a degree in the taking of which the mystic was perhaps hidden from others in the sanctuary by a veil, the removal of which was a solemn ceremonial; miles, the soldier, signifying the holy warfare against evil in the service of the god; leo, the lion, symbolic of the element of fire, which played so great a part in the persian faith; perses, the persian, clad in asiatic costume, a reminiscence of the ancient origin of the religion; heliodromus, the courier of the sun, with whom mithra was identified; and pater, the father, a degree bringing the mystic among those who had the general direction of the cult for the rest of their lives. 420. it is not easy to

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

universals on individual material things; the summa contra gentiles, four books in which he argues against nonbelievers and heretics; against the errors of the greeks, in which he expresses his opinion about the doctrinal points disputed by greek and latin christians; and the unfinished summa theologica, a three-part treatise on sacred doctrine that contains the principles of thomistic theology. the element that provides the summa with conceptual unity is the dionysian circle, implying the going forth of all things from god and the return of all things to god. part one includes questions and treatises about creation, the angels, the human being, and divine government. the two divisions of the second part are about virtues, vices, law, and grace, and the questions contained aquinas, thomas

nguage, a genuine, complex language of unknown origin with a solid grammar and syntax. each letter of the enochian alphabet features a john dee (national library of medicine) 64 demiurge numerical value a gematria and is associated with elemental, planetary, and tarot properties. the nineteen calls, or keys, of enochian were used by dee and kelly to conjure the angels. the first two keys conjured the element spirit, the next sixteen conjured the four elements, whereas the nineteenth key invoked any of thirty aethyrs or aires, probably representing levels of consciousness. kelly allegedly spoke enochian when the angels appeared in his crystal. one of the procedures used during the communication consisted of setting up charts, either filled with letters or left blank, to which the angels wou

le thanks to the use of the enochian language, a complex tongue of unknown origin. its melodic sound is similar to sanskrit,greek, or arabic. each enochian letter features a numerical value, and is associated with elemental, planetary, and tarot properties. 82 ereshkigal the nineteen calls, or keys, of enochian were used by dee and kelly in order to conjure the angels. the first two keys conjured the element spirit, the next sixteen conjured the four elements, whereas the nineteenth key invoked any of thirty aethyrs or aires. kelly allegedly spoke enochian when the angels appeared in his crystal. one of the procedures used during the communication consisted of setting up charts filled with letters to which the angels would point with a rod in order to spell out messages. after the deaths o

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th the air which has been till then retained in the lungs. all this must be done with all the force of which you are capable (e) then withdraw the left foot, and place the right forefinger note 2- 1. this injunction does not apply to gods like phthah or harpocrates whose natures do not accord with this gesture. 2. or the thumb, the fingers being closed. the thumb symbolises spirit, the forefinger the element of water -378- upon the lips, so that you are in the characteristic position of the god harpocrates (f) it is a sign that the student is performing this correctly when a single "vibration" entirely exhausts his physical strength. it should cause him to grow hot all over or to perspire violently, and it should so weaken him that he will find it difficult to remain standing. 6. it is a s

ilibrium of passives n\ a v# n name alga (agla. o/ i k/ s i/ h n\ i g/ n* g the signs of the portal (see illustrations: extend the hands in front of you, palms outwards, separate them as if in the act of rending asunder a veil or curtain (actives, and then bring them together as if closing it up again and let them fall to the side (passives (the grade of the "portal" is particularly attributed to the element of spirit; it refers to the sun; the paths of s, r and z are attributed to this degree. see 777 lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire. i' b n* a name: myhla v\ n o- i (elohim. k\ s i\ h n# i g n g -380- the signs of 4= 7. raise the arms above the head and join the hands, so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of

the sun; the paths of s, r and z are attributed to this degree. see 777 lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire. i' b n* a name: myhla v\ n o- i (elohim. k\ s i\ h n# i g n g -380- the signs of 4= 7. raise the arms above the head and join the hands, so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of 4= 7) is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of q, z and p are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see 777 lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: la (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3= 8. raise the arm till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to fo

egree. for other attributions see 777 lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: la (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3= 8. raise the arm till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downwards (see illustration (the grade of 3= 8) is particularly attributed to the element of water; it refers to the planet mercury; the paths of r and s are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see 777, lines 8 and 23. the pentagrams of air. i' b n\ a v* n name: hvhy o- i (ye-ho-wau. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 2= 9. stretch both arms upwards and outwards, the elbows bent at right angles, the hand bent back, the palms upwards as if supporting a weight (s

f r and s are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see 777, lines 8 and 23. the pentagrams of air. i' b n\ a v* n name: hvhy o- i (ye-ho-wau. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 2= 9. stretch both arms upwards and outwards, the elbows bent at right angles, the hand bent back, the palms upwards as if supporting a weight (see illustration (the grade of 2= 9) is particularly attributed to the element air; it refers to the moon, the path of t is attributed to this degree. for other attributions see 777 lines 9 and 11. the pentagrams of earth i' b n\ a v\ n o- i name: ynda (adonai. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the sign of 1= 10. advance the right foot, stretch out the right hand upwards and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open (the grade of 1= 10) is particularly a

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tree successfully, the graft is fixed by a woman while the man copulateth with her per vas nefandum. we also narrate for the sake of completeness their method- perfected by modern adepts- let us here give honour and worship to the name of our lay-sister ida nelidoff- of attaining spiritual ecstasy by sexual means. and this method we have called eroto-comatose lucidity. xiv of the consummation of the element diune, whether quantity be as important as quality, and whether its waste be sacrilege it is said by the o.h.o. that of this perfect medicine a single dew-drop sufficeth, and this may be true. yet it is humbly and with all deference and worship our opinion that every drop generated (so far as may be possible) should be consumed. firstly, that this most precious of all gifts of nature b

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e place.10 thus gm in oc la et cetera, form bases for these trilateral names. the following rules explain how the sides of the pyramids of which the squares are formed are attributed to the sephiroth, planets, elements and zodiacal signs.11 1. great central cross. this has 36 squares, for the decantes of the zodiac. on the left side of the pyramid, linea patris has the cardinal signs, the sign of the element itself at the top, in the order of tetragrammaton (fire, water, air, earth) going upwards. linea filii has the common signs in the same order. linea s.s. has the cherubic signs, that of the element on the left, in the same order, right to left. but the order of the decans in each sign is reverse, and thus the planets which fill the right-hand side of the pyramids go in the first two ca

ea filii has the common signs in the same order. linea s.s. has the cherubic signs, that of the element on the left, in the same order, right to left. but the order of the decans in each sign is reverse, and thus the planets which fill the right-hand side of the pyramids go in the first two cases downwards, and in the third from left to right. the upper sides of the pyramids are all attributed to the element of spirit, the lower sides to the element of the tablet. each square is also referred to the small card of the tarot which corresponds to the decan (see 77712. liber lxxxiv 13 2. calvary crosses. each has 10 squares. the upper sides of the pyramids are uniformly given to spirit, the lower sides to the sephiroth, in the order shewn.13 the left-hand sides are attributed to the element of

tarot which corresponds to the decan (see 77712. liber lxxxiv 13 2. calvary crosses. each has 10 squares. the upper sides of the pyramids are uniformly given to spirit, the lower sides to the sephiroth, in the order shewn.13 the left-hand sides are attributed to the element of the tablet, the right-hand sides to the sub-element of the lesser angle.14 3. kerubic squares. the upper sides pertain to the element of the tablet, the lower sides to the sub-element. right- and left-hand sides in this case correspond, according to a somewhat complex rule which it is unnecessary to give here.15 the attributions to the court cards of the tarot naturally follow.16 4. lesser squares. the upper side of each pyramid is governed by the kerub standing on the file above it. the lower side is governed by the

ding on the file above it. the lower side is governed by the kerub also, but in order descending as the are from right to left above [see angle of air of water; the kerubs go earth, fire, water, air (from the square marked d, the fifth from the left in the top rank of the tablet, and downward the lower sides of the squares marked o, d, e, z go earth, fire, water, air] the left-hand side refers to the element of the tablet, the right-hand side to the sub-element of the lesser angle.17 5. the black cross or central tablet. the upper and lower sides are equally attributed to spirit. the left-hand sides to the element of the file, in this order from left to right: spirit, air, water, earth, fire. the right-hand sides to the element of the rank in this order: air, water, earth, fire. the symbol

e tablet of union: also precedes, in the second place, all invocations of key tablet angels. not used in invocations of 4 other tables. 3, 4, 5, 6: used in invocations of angels of tablet of union, also of angels of 4 terrestrial tablets, thus. 3: used to invoke angels of the letters of the line e x a r p for those of tablet oro as a whole and for the lesser angle of this tablet, which is that of the element itself, viz. i d o i g o. so for others. the remaining 12 keys refer to the remaining lesser angles of the tables, the order of the elements being air, water, earth, fire. pronounce elemental language (also called angelic or enochian) by inserting the next following hebrew vowel between consonants, e.g. e after b (beth, i after g (gimel, a after d, etc.2 the opening of the portal of th

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

classical allusion, demonstrating erudition of poet. whether or not spirit and matter are distinct, let us investigate the fundamental necessities of thought. impermanence of the soul. 28 the sword of song you know for me the soul is nought36 save a mere phantom in the thought, that thought itself impermanent, save as a casual element with such another may combine to form now water and now wine; the element itself may be changeless to all eternity, but compounds ever fluctuate with time or space or various state (ask chemists else) so i must claim spirit and matter are the same37 or else the prey of putrefaction. this matters to the present action little or nothing. here.s your theories! think if you like: i find it wearies! it matters little whether we with fichte and the brahmins preach

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s if that great voice proceeded from the universe, and not from himself. in both the above practices all consciousness of anything but the god-form and name should be absolutely blotted out; and the longer it takes for normal perception to return, the better* see illustration in equinox vol. i. no. 1 .blind force. or the thumb, the fingers being closed. the thumb symbolizes spirit, the forefinger the element of water [note added in the version of .liber o. in magick in theory and practice. see illustration in equinox vol. i. no. 1 .the silent watcher. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 6 iv 1. the rituals of the pentagram and hexagram must be committed to memory. they are as follows. the lesser ritual of the pentagram (i) touching the forehead, say ateh (unto thee (ii) touching the breast, say m

s, name: a h i h (eheieh. equilibrium of passives, name: a g l a (agla. the signs of the portal (see illustrations: extend the hands in front of you, palms outwards, separate them as if in the act of rending asunder a veil or curtain (actives, and then bring them together as if closing it up again and let them fall to the side (passives).11 (the grade of the .portal. is particularly attributed to the element of spirit; it refers to the sun; the paths of s, n, and o are attributed to this degree. see .777. lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire invoking aa banishing name: a l h i m (elohim. the sign of 4 =7: raise the arms above the head and join the hands so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of 4 =7 is particularly

spirit; it refers to the sun; the paths of s, n, and o are attributed to this degree. see .777. lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire invoking aa banishing name: a l h i m (elohim. the sign of 4 =7: raise the arms above the head and join the hands so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of 4 =7 is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of q, x, and p are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see .777. lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water invoking aa banishing name: a l (el. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 8 the sign of 3 =8: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fing

her attributions see .777. lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water invoking aa banishing name: a l (el. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 8 the sign of 3 =8: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downwards (see illustration (the grade of 3 =8 is particularly attributed to the element of water; it refers to the planet mercury; the paths of r and c are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see .777. lines 8 and 23. the pentagrams of air invoking aa banishing name: i h v h (ye-ho-wau. the sign of 2 =9: stretch both arms upwards and out-wards, the elbows bent at right-angles, the hands bent back, the palms upwards as if supporting a weight (see illustration

ury; the paths of r and c are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see .777. lines 8 and 23. the pentagrams of air invoking aa banishing name: i h v h (ye-ho-wau. the sign of 2 =9: stretch both arms upwards and out-wards, the elbows bent at right-angles, the hands bent back, the palms upwards as if supporting a weight (see illustration (the grade of 2 =9 is particularly attributed to the element air; it refers to the moon; the path of t is attributed to this degree. for other attributions see .777. lines 9 and 11) the pentagrams of earth invoking aab a n i s h i n g name: a d n i (adonai. the sign of 1 =10: advance the right foot, stretch out the right hand upwards and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open (see illustration (the grade of 1 =10 is part

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symbolically apt, i say not in the form of a ray of light, of a fiery sword, or of aught save that bodily vehicle of the holy ghost which is sacred to baphomet,22 by its virtue that concealeth the lion and the serpent that his image may appear adorably upon the earth for ever. let then the adept extend his will beyond the circle in this imagined shape, and let it radiate with the light proper to the element invoked, and let each word issue along the shaft with passionate impulse, as if its voice gave command thereto that it should thrust itself leapingly forward. let also each word accumulate authority, so that the head of the shaft may plunge twice as far for the second word as for the first, and four times for the third as for the second, and thus to the end. moreover, let the adept fli

t may plunge twice as far for the second word as for the first, and four times for the third as for the second, and thus to the end. moreover, let the adept fling forth his whole consciousness thither. then at the final wword, let him bring rushing back his will within himself, steadily streaming, and let him offer himself to its point, as artemis to pan, that this perfectly pure concentration of the element purge him thoroughly, and possess him with its passion. in this sacrament being wholly at one with that element, let the adept utter the charge ghear me, and make, h etc, with strong sense that this unity with that quarter of the universe confers upon him the fullest freedom and privilege appurtenant thereto* having experience of success in the practices of liber dxxxvi, gbatracofrenob

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

lholl. the key passage is stanza 18 of grimnismal. andhrimnir in eldhrimnir has sahrimnir boiled. in gylfaginning snorri understands the passage as a cook (andhrimnir) cooking pork (the pig sahrimnir) in a huge pot (eldhrimnir, and indeed the rest of this stanza seems to call sahrimnir the best of pork and refers to the mysterious nourishment of the einherjar. all three of the names are joined by the element hrimnir, which is derived from the word for soot on a cookpot. the element and- could refer to (or could have been understood by snorri as referring to) the front of the cook, who would be facing the cookpot as he worked his culinary magic. see also eldhrimnir; sahrimnir andlang the second of three heavens in the cosmology of snorri fs gylfaginning. no other text refers to this place o

holl. the key passage is stanza 18 of grimnismal. andhrimnir in eldhrimnir has sahrimnir boiled. in gylfaginning, snorri understands the passage as a cook (andhrimnir) cooking pork (the pig sahrimnir) in a huge pot (eldhrimnir, and indeed the rest of this stanza seems to call sahrimnir the best of pork and refers to the mysterious nourishment of the einherjar. all three of the names are joined by the element hrimnir, which is derived from the word for soot on a cookpot. gfire-sooty h as the cookpot is the most appropriate of the three. see also andhrimnir; sahrimnir eldir servant of agir; loki fs first verbal opponent in lokasenna. the prose header to lokasenna says that people greatly praised agir fs two servants (who cannot have had much to do, as the beer carried itself into the hall, a

hat you say is true, a great many of them are there, but many more shall there yet be, and yet it will seem too few, when the wolf comes calling. but never will there be so great a crowd of men in valholl, that the flesh of that pig, who is named sahrimnir, will run out on them. he is boiled each day and is whole again by evening. the names of the cook, the pot, and the eternal pork are joined by the element hrimnir, which is derived from the word for soot on a cookpot. the element deities, themes, and concepts 263 and- could refer to (or could have been understood by snorri as referring to) the front of the cook, who would be facing the cookpot as he worked his culinary magic, and gfire-sooty h would make sense for the pot, but the pig fs name is far from clear. it certainly looks as if i

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

phere and raining down on the surface. did they remain chemically stable long enough for them to react with one another and make the first large molecules necessary for life to get started? to answer this, we must consider that these organics were continuously produced for millions of years and must have accumulated to some extent. next, it was recently discovered that a common mineral containing the element boron is able to stabilize the sugar ribose that is a critical component of rna. in the absence of boron-containing minerals, ribose is quite unstable and would not have survived long enough to react with other organic molecules. the discovery of the stabilizing effect of boron-containing minerals was completely serendipitous. earth s crust contains hundreds of different minerals that

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ption at the moment when men first doubted the possibility of discovering ultimate truth. observing all so-called knowledge to be mere opinion at best, the less studious furthermore concluded that the wiser course to pursue was to accept that which appeared to be the most reasonable of the teachings of any school or individual. from this practice, however, arose a pseudo-broadmindedness devoid of the element of preciseness found in true logic and philosophy. the neo-pythagorean school flourished in alexandria during the first century of the christian era. only two names stand out in connection with it--apollonius of tyana and moderatus of gades. neo- pythagoreanism is a link between the older pagan philosophies and neo-platonism. like the former, it contained many exact elements of thought

he messengers of jupiter. the tetrad (the elements) plus the monad equals the pentad. the pythagoreans taught that the elements of earth, fire, air, and water were permeated by a substance called ether--the basis of vitality and life. therefore, they chose the five-pointed star, or pentagram, as the symbol of vitality, health, and interpenetration. it was customary for the philosophers to conceal the element of earth under the symbol of a dragon, and many of the heroes of antiquity were told to go forth and slay the dragon. hence, they drove their sword (the monad) into the body of the dragon (the tetrad. this resulted in the formation of the pentad, a symbol of the victory of the spiritual nature over the material nature. the four elements are symbolized in the early biblical writings as

he arms outspread, man then symbolizes the cross with the rational intellect as the head or upper limb. the fingers and toes also have special significance. the toes represent the ten commandments of the physical law and the fingers the ten commandments of the spiritual law. the four fingers of each hand represent the four elements and the three phalanges of each finger represent the divisions of the element, so that in each hand there are twelve parts to the fingers, which are analogous to the signs of the zodiac, whereas the two phalanges and base of each thumb signify the threefold deity. the first phalange corresponds to the creative aspect, the second to the preservative aspect, and the base to the generative and destructive aspect. when the hands are brought together, the result is t

a cosmic chant as they moved in stately manner across the sky. job describes a time "when the stars of the morning sang together" and in the merchant of venice the author of the shakesperian plays click to enlarge the mundane monochord with its proportions and intervals. from fludd's de musica mundana. in this chart is set forth a summary of fludd's theory of universal music. the interval between the element of earth and the highest heaven is considered as a double octave, thus showing the two extremes of existence to be in disdiapason harmony. it is signifies that the highest heaven, the sun, and the earth have the same time, the difference being in pitch. the sun is the lower octave of the highest heaven and the earth the lower octave of the sun. the lower octave (g to g) comprises that

ge the four elements and their consonantal intervals. from fludd's de musica mundana. in this diagram fludd has divided each of the four primary elements into three subdivisions. the first division of each element is the grossest, partaking somewhat of the substance directly inferior to itself (except in the case of the earth, which has no state inferior to itself. the second division consists of the element in its relatively pure state, while the third division is that condition wherein the element partakes somewhat of the substance immediately superior to itself. for example the lowest division of the element of water is sedimentary, as it contains earth substance in solution; the second division represents water in its most common state--salty--as in the case of the ocean; and the third

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

now i shall dwell on its positive aspect. whereas simple love philters will generally only conjure sweet yearnings of tender passion (unless of course heavily dosed with aphrodisiac drugs, the love knot is highly potent traditionally, when it comes to unashamedly stirring up lust, and is often used as a last resort along with the puppet spell. like many other really powerful spells, it introduces the element of time into its working; water cannot break rocks swiftly, unless used in great quantities, but a steady drip-drip can do wonders with erosion. often the deep mind is far more receptive to the drip-drip variety of persuasion than it is to the blockbursting approach of instant all-out magical attack. the love knot spell all you have to do to accomplish this piece of witchery is to poss

n perimeter, already robed and fully blindfolded or "hoodwinked" and divested of all metal artifacts. at this point, one of the coven, previously selected, should with the point of his or her athame or coven sword touch the candidate upon the breast and challenge him with appropriate words. the challenge is issued from the point of view of the guardian of the watchtower of the north, the realm of the element earth. the words may take the following form: challenger. whence come you? candidate. from the north, the place of greatest darkness. challenger. whither goest thou? candidate. i travel east in search of light. challenger. what passwords dost thou bring? candidate. perfect love and perfect trust. challenger. i, the guardian of the watchtower of the north forbid thee entrance. thou cans

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

on the earth, which can all render service to that man who learns their nature, and knows how to attract them. furthermore, i wish to make thee understand that god hath destined to each one of us a spirit, which watches over us and takes care of our preservation; these are called genii, who are elementary like us, and who are more ready to render service to those whose temperament is conformed to the element which these genii inhabit; for example, shouldest thou be of a fiery temperament, that is to say sanguine, thy genius would be fiery and submitted to the empire of ba l. besides this, there are special times reserved for the invocation of these spirits, in the days and hours when they have power and absolute empire. it is for this reason that thou wilt see in the following tables to wh

t at this operation, i, the servant of god, most humbly entreat ye. amen. having then caused the workmen to fill in the hole, thou shalt license the spirits to depart, thanking them for the favour they have shown unto thee, and saying: the license to depart. o ye good and happy spirits, we thank ye for the benefits which we have just received from your liberal bounty; depart ye in peace to govern the element which god hath destined for your habitation. amen. figure 10. the key of solomon page 54 chapter xv. of the experiment of seeking favour and love. if thou wishest to perform the experiment of seeking favor and love, observe in what manner the experiment is to be carried out, and if it he dependent upon the day and the hour, perform it in the day and the hour required, as thou wilt find

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

the moon. mythology has painted a vision of the witch mother with two or sometimes all three heads being that of beasts. each animal represents an atavistic desire which manifests in her current of lunar energy. this power would propel her towards the goddess incarnation of the witch cult and many lines of sorcery. the moon is represented as a significant feminine force, based and connected with the element water. hecate is rumored to be of thracian origin although her base was within the roman and greek pantheons. though daughter of two light based deities, perses and asteria, hecate dwelled in the underworld along with hades and persephone. her individual powers were discovered through the shadows deep within her own being. residing with her as well was thanatos (god of death, hypnos (g

voice by aleister crowley. 12. see chapter five. 13. a rite of protection, unpublished. chapter three 1. the devil or baphomet. 2. atavistic resurgence is the recalling of a past ancestral quality, or an obtained one with the karma of another animal. such atavisms appear demonic or bestial. see images and oracles of austin osman spare by kenneth grant. 3. the petro tradition of voodoo is based in the element fire, thus aligned with sex and death workings. in parallel mythology the gods thanatos and eros in union, opposites non-existent in the combination. 4. black isis is the egyptian equivalent of the goddess kali, being a figure of both death and birth. black isis is also a formula which combines the goddesses kali, hecate, lilith and babalon into one specific goddess form. 5. the waking

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

of 15 minutes or so. allow the astral body of the servitor to flow back into you and with it the energy it drained from the chosen person. feel part of the life force making you stronger. allow the servitor to return to the object of what you have made for it. 32 astral vampirism from the material body astral flight is a powerful state in vampiric development. the luciferian spirit is centered in the element air, thus relating to the astral body itself. the witches sabbat in the luciferian witchcraft tradition is founded in the dreaming or astral conclave, the subjective experience from which a level of initiation occurs. the sabbat is a reality, yet it lies behind a veil found. as tiamat is the goddess of vampires, the method of sorcery of draining astral energy should be practiced in eve

tter what people want to believe, the mind is directly affected by the body and its state therein. if you resist food during the day and retire to sleep without eating, hunger will run its course in your body, affecting the subconscious. if focused on 39 someone around a vampiric rite, your mind will go active therein. leaving the physical body as you will rise from your body, there is a focus of the element of which you will raise. the astral body is in direct control of the consciousness, the mind itself. the element of air is attributed to lucifer (samael) and lilith, the spirit of night and vampires. recite quietly with a candle for working: lilith, satrina, abyzou and all of thy names, mother of night and vampiric hunger, bless my spirit with the gift of flight. lilith, mother of air

ed in the solar plexus. 44 devouring- drains from ego and builds the essence of self from a conscious level. non-devouring (self work- consciousness and empowerment of self. understanding the sense of i. chakra two: the sacral charka- aeshma water, emotional identity and instinct, oriented to selfgratification the second chakra, located in the abdomen, lower back, and sexual organs, is related to the element water, and to emotions, wrath and sexuality. devouring- draining through sexual contact or from the elevation of the black and red serpents sexual vigor and dreaming projection i.e. succubus. focus on your sexual attraction towards your target, think of the horrifying form you will take before visitation. once you have done this, visualize this before sleep and imagine yourself flying

ou will take before visitation. once you have done this, visualize this before sleep and imagine yourself flying out in that form. non-devouring (self work- vigor and prowess, instinctual drive, knowledge of the self and emotions therein. chakra one: the root chakra- taromati earth, physical identity, material body. located at the base of the spine, this chakra forms our foundation. it represents the element earth, and is therefore related to our survival instincts, and to our sense of grounding and connection to our bodies and the physical plane including our ability to rebel against monotheistic or enslaving principles mentally and spiritually. devouring- draining through touch and grasping objects, this type of vampyrism is the easiest as it 45 stimulates the nervous system early on. th

lack giants, opposing each other. they relate to creative chaos. venus netzach baal harab-serapel (hrb-srral: helebriel+ reteriel+ baruchiel+ satoriel+ refreziel+ reptoriel+ astoriel+ labreziel ghoreb zereq, or dispersing ravens. their form is that of the hideous demon-headed ravens rising from a volcano, also called getzphiel. shapeshifting into black ravens, the flight of the bird in the night, the element of fire and air with regards to initiation. mercury hod adramalech samael (smal: sheoliel+ molebriel+ afluxriel+ libridiel deceivers [jugglers of skulls, whose forms are that of a dull demon-headed, dog-like beasts. the moon yesod lilith gamaliel (gmlial: gedebriel+ materiel+ lapreziel+ idexriel+ alephriel+ labraeziel gamaliel, or the obscene ones, whose form are those of corrupting, l

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

those who, unlike many spirits, have etheric bodies; these etheric bodies allow them to interact with the material world by their own volition. the occult recognizes 5 elements; fire, water, air, earth, and spirit. occultists recognize 4 types of elementals, and each--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 32 is assigned an element: undines, salamanders, sylphs, and gnomes. undines are elementals of the element water. they are graceful, sensual, often pale and prefer the female form and watery habitations like river, lakes, and the ocean. salamanders, associated with the element of fire, are known for being emotionally unstable. their actions are rapid and explosive. when conjured, a salamander may prefer to arrive as a male with glowing eyes. sylphs, the elementals of air, are intelligent, s

y habitations like river, lakes, and the ocean. salamanders, associated with the element of fire, are known for being emotionally unstable. their actions are rapid and explosive. when conjured, a salamander may prefer to arrive as a male with glowing eyes. sylphs, the elementals of air, are intelligent, subtle, and, like salamanders, make rapid movements. gnomes are the elementals associated with the element earth. these beings are said to live underground and in caves. contrary to popular folklore, gnomes are not short, funny little men. they can be overly emotional and even dangerous. they are more solid than the other types of elementals, and may often arrive with dark hair, dark eyes, and olive-colored skin. the standard spirit has only an astral form, but no etheric or physical body

assigned to mars, the second triangle is drawn, also in a clockwise fashion. and, being an odor of venus, ideally the room should smell of rose. the spirits associated with the 7 planets are invoked and banished with the hexagram; for spirits of the 5 elements, the pentagram is used. satanists tend to draw the pentagrams up-side down, which is symbolic for the material elements being higher than the element of spirit, which often represents god (the light. it isn t uncommon for names of power, such as the names of god, arch-angels, and angels to be uttered while these symbols are drawn. like in the middle pillar ritual in chapter 2, these special names are often vibrated, rather than spoken in a plain manner. although opening rituals can come loaded with needless pageantry, the core of th

tual. the major implements of ritual magic are relatively few, and even more impressive is the fact that they aren t truly necessary at all (with perhaps the exception of the scrying mirror. the main tools of the magician include: the wand, the dagger (or sword, the cup, the alter, and the scrying mirror. the first of these, the wand, is used to direct energy and draw invoking symbols in the air. the element associated with the wand is fire, and fire represents the spark of life; in other words, the ability to give life. the wand is a phallic symbol and represents the active force; the male s ability to jump-start life. fire, whose symbol is an upward-pointing triangle, is also associated with the lion, the south, the color red, and arch-angel michael. fire also represents the will (desire

of life; in other words, the ability to give life. the wand is a phallic symbol and represents the active force; the male s ability to jump-start life. fire, whose symbol is an upward-pointing triangle, is also associated with the lion, the south, the color red, and arch-angel michael. fire also represents the will (desire. the second main implement is the dagger, or sword. the dagger represents the element of air, and is used to draw banishing symbols in the air (as opposed to the wand, which invokes. air represents the mind and intellect. air, whose symbol is an upward-pointing triangle with a horizontal line through it s center, is also associated with an angel (or man, the east, the color yellow, and the arch-angel raphael. and, as stated before, the dagger is used to threaten and pun

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

three forms- naturally the number of hecate, mother of the path. the circle from which the sorcerer stands is the binding sigil, representing black magical transformation in the circle to an isolate consciousness. one smaller circle is of nas, the necromantic shade of ahriman, the initiator unto the gates of the dead. the third is mitrokht, being a vampyric shade of the voice of command. this is the element of control the vampyric essence brings, close to the divinity of the nephilim, those of the watchers who drink the blood of the land. the vampyric fetish as created by the sorcerer should be made of a human skull, animal skull or pot. one should relire to the graveyard which houses spirits which one silently communicates and senses about. sleep for an amount of time in the grave(sunken

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

er i wondered what was going on, i would always get a thought back from one of them, that everything was all right, that i was dying but would be fine. so, my condition never worried me. i always got an answer back for every question that, i asked. they didn't leave my mind void- the being of light what is perhaps the most incredible common element in the accounts i have studied, and is certainly the element which has the most profound effect upon the individual, is the encounter with a very bright light. typically, at its first appearance this light is dim, but it rapidly gets brighter. until it reaches an unearthly brilliance. yet, even though this light (usually said to be white or "clear) is of an indescribable brilliance, many' make the specific point that it does not in any; way hurt

MORALS AND DOGMA

of repose, but of energetic action. suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, appointed by zeus himself, the giver of all understanding, to be the parent of instruction, the schoolmaster of life. he indeed put an end to the golden age; he gave venom to serpents and predacity to wolves; he shook the honey from the leaf, and stopped the flow of wine in the rivulets; he concealed the element of fire, and made the means of life scanty and precarious. but in all this his object was beneficent; it was not to destroy life, but to improve it. it was a blessing to man, not a curse, to be sentenced to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow; for nothing great or excellent is attainable without exertion; safe and easy virtues are prized neither by gods nor men; and the parsimoniou

tree dons reverently its new glories. autumn is a long all-saints' day; and the harvest is hallowmass to mankind. before the human race marched down from the slopes of the himalayas to take possession of asia, chaldea, and egypt, men marked each annual crisis, the solstices and the equinoxes, and celebrated religious festivals therein; and even then, and ever since, the material was and has been the element of communion between man and god. nature is full of religious lessons to a thoughtful man. he dissolves the matter of the universe, leaving only its forces; he dissolves away the phenomena of human history, leaving only immortal spirit; he studies the law, the mode of action of these forces and this spirit, which make up the material and the human world, and cannot fail to be filled wi

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

o the poisons which shook the bourgeois are not indulgences, but purifications; the brute whose furtive lust demands that he be drunk and in darkness that he may surrender to his shame, and that he lie about it with idiot mumblings ever after, is hardly the best judge even of phryne. how much less should he venture to criticize such men and women whose imaginations are so free from grossness that the element of attraction which serves to electrify their magnetic coil is independent of physical form? to us the essence of love is that it is a sacrament unto nuit, a gate of grace and a road of righteousness to her high palace, the abode of peerless purity whose lamps are the stars "as ye will" it should be abundantly clear from the foregoing remarks that each individual has an absolute and in

only by the awakened ajna. the winged globe of the egyptians displays the "two petals of the lotus" of hindu symbolism) being a simulacrum, it is very dangerous. it includes all the egregora of "god" that have been formed through the centuries. all "visions of god" of all religions belong to "because (the lower dhyanas are all below the abyss. they are mental phenomena their only connection with the element of spirit is the kundalini that energizes them. and kundalini should not be wasted in the mind. it should be sent straight up to the higher centers "there is no god where i am. unfortunately, in practice it is almost impossible to avoid the occurrence of dhyana, since the yogi is just beginning and is not familiar with the mechanics of the sheaths of the self. and the temptation to mis

life in manifestation, do so when the serpent finishes eating its own tail 'amen" this is the signature of the sentence, the amen in this case being the same amen that speaks to the "churches" in revelations. this is, of course, one of the pseudonyms, or magickal mottoes, of aiwass, who was the hierophant in the past aeon. in the past aeon only the four elements had been, so to speak "published. the element of spirit- a kasha, that "vast, black brooding ocean of death; was concealed. 50. blue am i and gold in the light of my bride: but the red gleam is in my eyes& my spangles are purple& green. there is here suggested the image of 'the star and the snake. nothing of the sort. see liber had. 51. purple beyond purple: it is the light higher than eyesight. there is a certain suggestion in th

uld start an o.t.o. movement with the money. the treasurer-general chosen by him promptly stole it. yet "a temple there stands" invisibly. the directions are latitude 57.14 n. longitude 4.28 w. the house was in loch ness, scotland, lair of the "sea-serpent, 17 miles from inverness "kiblah" the spiritual east, not the physical east. fire, water, air and earth hold their regular attributions. it is the element of spirit akasha that radiates from boleskine. 11. this shall be your only proof. i forbid argument. conquer! that is enough. i will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the victorious city. thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. thou shalt have danger& trouble. ra-hoor-khu is with thee. worship me with fire& blood; wo

s of the ruach, and the most it can produce is a manifestation of because. this is the danger of all forms of theology "conquer" it does not mean to go out warring and killing, so sorry, dear sadists. conquer your circumstances! conquer yourself! then, and only then, is a man in condition to conquer others if that be necessary for performance of his true will "fire& blood" see the attributions of the element of fire and the magickal attributions and qabalistic correspondences of blood (one most significant is, blood= semen. see commentary to verse 24) swords= intellect. spears= magickal will. see book four, part ii; parsifal of wagner; liber 777 "let the woman be girt with a sword before me" this does not mean to pass women through the sword, so sorry, dear paederasts. the sword is the sym

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

ong the twelve great gods of olympus, whose gilded statues were arranged consecutively along the forum. his roman name, vulcan, would seem to indicate a connection with the first great metal-working artificer of biblical history, tubal-cain. poseidon (neptune. poseidon was the son of kronos and rhea, and the brother of zeus. he was god of the sea, more particularly of the mediterranean, and, like the element over which he presided, was of a variable disposition, now violently agitated, and now calm and placid, for which reason he is sometimes represented by the poets as quiet and composed, and at others as disturbed and angry. page 110 page 111 in the earliest ages of greek mythology, he merely symbolized the watery element; but in later times, as navigation and intercourse with other nati

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self. that dual emergence is what we call becoming adept. our job in the priesthood requires that we continually re-provide the "element" of xeper, so that, when the individual summons it in his or her awakening, it is there. indeed that dual awakening is expressed among many members of the priesthood as the three things they look for in adepts: 1. understanding of the word of set- the return of the element we have placed before them, and which they have incorporated in their lives. 2. evidence of magical ability- not only the ability to affect things a-causally, but the use of that ability to create and define the self. this can be anything from a ritual to get a better job to an elaborate piece of illustrative work. 3. commitment to the temple. this is the product of the dual awakening

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

cool off its intense heat. it is known that the esophagus is attached to the trachea and the lungs until it descends lower, to the location of the stomach. so therefore the moisture in the esophagus can pass into the trachea via the membranes in their attached walls. since the lungs absorb the fluids and water, which are manifestations of chesed, the right side, as is stated in tikunei zohar.that the element of water, which is manifest in the person as the white fluids, originates in the lungs.the immature right [lobe of the] brain, the seat of chochmah, therefore extends through the trachea and descends into the lungs. water is associated with chesed because (1) life is dependent upon it and (2) it flows downward freely. the fact that the lung absorbs moisture means that it is associated

od deeds.if done as an escape from religious obligation or for non-altruistic motivation. in most people, their conscious mind is a blend of mostly animal ego and some deep desires of the divine soul seeking to surface. the result of this is that most secular human artistic (and even scientific) creation and innovation is largely an expression the basest human/animal drives, although, as we said, the element of the divine soul seeking to penetrate this thick and heavy animal context is also present. the more one spiritualizes his life and.through learning torah and doing mitzvot.gives his divine self means for expression, the more his creativity will express true divinity, and the more he will be sensitive to divinity in general and thus be able to identify and focus on the divine element

es the males f other two brains, chochmah and binah. no coupling is possible without da fat. this is why the bible refers to intercourse as gknowledge, h as in the verses: gand elkanah knew his wife chanah, h6 gno man had known her, h7 and many such others. the reason is because without da fat there can be no intercourse at all. as we said, da fat is the subjectification of the intellect. this is the element of the female within the male, i.e, the aspect of his intellect that propels him toward making his abstractness relevant and concrete. it is therefore the point in his mind that allows him to gget out of himself h and be sensitive to his other half, or spouse, and particularly to develop an appreciation for her innate drive towards actualization and concretization of divinity in the re

possible. in fact, this is the whole reason why g-d created the world of tohu in the first place and did not just create the world of tikun from the beginning. despite its name, tikun is not the ultimate fulfillment and highest vision of creation. the goal is to integrate these two worlds and produce from them a third order of existence much greater than either of them in and of themselves. after the element of strict judgement had been removed from them and they had been purified of it, like waste matter, the remaining [elements of these sefirot] were absorbed and sweetened in the [second set of] seven sefirot, each one in accordance with its nature. the shattering of the vessels effectively neutralized the egocentricity of the sefirot of tohu. thus rid of their negative, judgmental aspec

these two drives, one invested within and driving the other. the yesod of ima, however, is invested in z feir anpin only as far down as its tiferet, while yesod of abba continues 1 1:17a. 2 genesis 1:7. the arizal on parashat korach 606 down until the yesod of z feir anpin. thus, yesod of abba is revealed (i.e, openly manifest) when the emotions reach their central point of development, tiferet, the element of gmercy h in the emotional array. the essence of any new insight is a new, higher, better way of looking at reality. this new insight, if properly transmitted, will enable everyone to live life better, and therefore transmitting it is an act of mercy on creation. therefore, yesod of abba becomes manifest in tiferet of z feir anpin. this manifest light of abba also serves to sweeten t

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

nd marks an entirely different order of things. here we enter the elemental sphere, where nature's forces have their sway. it is also the region in the human sphere of what we may term the unconscious. the magical tradition classifies this unconsciousness into several strata, and to each of them is attributed some one of the four elements, fire, water, air and earth. netsach is attributed <27> to the element of fire, and so far as concerns the classification of man's principles, it represents his emotional life. its opposite pole on the tree of life, is hod, which means splendour, which receives the attribution of the planet mercury. its element is water, and its action represents fluidic mind, the thinking, logical capacity in man, as well as what may be called his magical or nervous forc

ental attribution is that of air, ever flo-g, shifting, andin a constant flux- yet because of that flux, in perpetual stabilitv. lust as the tremendous speed of the particles insures the stabilitv of the atom, so the fleeting forms and motio; of yesod* all its implications constitute the permanence and surety of the physical world. pendant to these three triads ismalkufh, the kingdom, referred to the element of earth, the synthesis or vehicle of the other elements and planets. malkuth is the physical world, and in man represents his physical body and brain, the temple of the holy ghost- the actual tomb of the allegorical christian rosenkreutz. these sephiroth are not to be construed as ten different portions of objective space, each separated by millions and millions of miles -though of co

ce prodices an identical type of reaction within the sphere of the neophyte, and it is thus that growth and advancement proceeds. the speeches of the officers deal almost exclusively with the knowledge pertaining to that element and grade, and excerpts from fragmentary remains of the ancient mysteries and from certain of the books of the qabalah do much towards producing an impressive atmosphere. the element offered for the work of transmutation in the grade of zelator is the introduction 29 earthy part of the candidate. the ritual symbolically admits him to the first rung of that mighty ladder whose heights are obscured in the light above. this first rung is the lowest sphere of the conventional tree of life, malkuth, the sanctum regnum. to it are ascribed the first grade of zelator, and

personal sphere of man. they are given assistance by the human beings who, having invoked them and used their power, strive to repay in some way the debt owed to these other struggling lives <52> the grade after the earth ceremony is that of theoricus. it is referred to the ninth sephirah on the tree of life, yesod, the foundation, and to it are attributed the sphere of the operation of luna and the element air. here the candidate is conducted to the stations of the four kerubim, the angelic choir of yesod. the kerubim are defined in that ritual as the presidents of the elemental forces, the vivified powers of the letters of tetragrammaton operating in the elements. over each of these rules some one of the four letters of the mirific word and the kerubim. it is always through the power an

ian packs, and by comparing them with the accounts given in the rituals, the imagination of the reader will render this omission unimportant. the third grade is that of practicus referred to the sephirah hod, the splendour, the lowest of the sephiroth on the left hand side of the tree, the pillar of severity. its attributions refer to the sphere of the operation of mercury, but more especially to the element of water which in this ceremony is invoked to power and presence. as i have previously remarked, and it bears constant reiteration, the tree of life and the qabalistic scheme as a whole should be carefully studied so that the aptness of the attributions both to the sephiroth and the paths may be fully appreciated. two paths lead to the sphere of splendour, the path of fire from malkuth

REGARDIE TALISMANS

et us assume that in the critical analysis of my characterstructure, i find that i am on the whole sombre, serious and reserved, and that i have not but little capacity for pleasure. in other words i am not capable of getting much fun out of life. having arrived at this conclusion, magical study informs me that these character defects can best be remedied by the invocation of the higher powers of the element of water, to which joy and happiness are attributed. the effect of such invocation can best be prolonged or perpetuated by making a talisman deicated to water. by making it carefully and artistically, by charging it in due ceremonial form, and wearing it on my person at all times, the intention is that the constant sensory stimulus it affords may evoke out of the unconscious depths of

n due ceremonial form, and wearing it on my person at all times, the intention is that the constant sensory stimulus it affords may evoke out of the unconscious depths of my psyche the latent potencies of the pleasureprinciple which have been suppressed by virtue of early puritanical training. we could also say that it will act as a constant reminder of the prescence and power of god. water being the element required to remedy the character defect, i select a large piece of heavy silver paper on which to paint names and symbols in peach water-colours or poster paints. the size of the silver crescent, apas, will be determined mostly by convenience, first in working with it on the drawing board, and secondly as to whether it will fit into my wallet. a four inch diameter circular talisman is

f god as the rituals describe them, empeh arsl gaiol, are printed on the upper portion of the circumference, while the divine king s name (based on the central whorl) is printed below ra agiosel. they could have been lettered in the angelic tongue, but i have decided to do this in english script in order to complete my total break with tradition. in the centre, the appropriate hebrew god-name for the element is written in. instead of using classical hebrew script, i decide once more to use capital romans which create an equally good effect, one in line with my avowed intention of departing from blind tradition and innovating a more simple procedure. these names, yhvh tzabaoth, i arrange on side one, around the cup design of the tarot pack, instead of on side three as originally contemplate

se. laetitia is thus: and its emblems may be drawn so: these symbols therefore may be placed around the circumference of the circle, together with the traditional symbol of water, the inverted triangle. we would also include what the golden dawn called the kerub of water, the eagle s head, representing the sublimation of the intrinsic energy of scorpio as the active power of god operating through the element water. thus: all of these symbols, including the silver crescent of apas, should be placed on side four of the talisman. incidentally, i suggest several rough drafts should be attempted first, until one is gradually evolved that is entirely pleasing to the student. then it should be painstakingly copied on to the final parchment, vellum, or coloured paper which will be the finished tal

g, and describes a process based on the qabalistic tree of life called the middle pillar, which can readily be adapted to the task of charging a talisman thus prepared. the opening phases of this process consist in highly charging the aura or sphere of sensation of the student with energy. it is followed by changing the colour of the electro-magnetic field, by an effort of imagination, to that of the element being considered. in this case, the element is water and, in that particular system, is coloured blue. when the field is charged with this blue colour, the appropriate names on the talisman itself are frequently vibrated, and if the talisman is held in the hand it becomes charged inductively by a strong current of energy. when completed, it should be wrapped in a piece of clean linen o

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

the week which we term sunday without knowing why, the day of the sun among the ancients. the seven magical planets correspond to the seven colours of the spectrum and the seven notes of the musical octave; they represent also the seven virtues and by contrast the seven vices of christian ethics. the seven sacraments correspond equally to this great universal septenary. baptism, which consecrates the element of water, is in analogy with the moon; ascetic penance is under the auspices of samael, the angel of mars; confirmation, which imparts the spirit of understanding and communicates to the true believer the gift of tongues, is under the auspices of raphael, the angel of mercury; the eucharist substitutes sacramental realization of god made man for the empire of jupiter; marriage is conse

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

janet is not only untouchable, she cannot be seen! janet is the 'saving grace, the secret spirit of redemption, and all changes, shapes and later curses are directed at, and through, tam lin. we are following a description, in this ballad, of the interaction between a human being, certain underworld powers, and the mysterious spirit of origination and love. the interaction is catalytic, for until the element of 'grace' or 'redemption' enters the field of operation through love, tam lin cannot change. once this new element is added, his startling transformations occur rapidly, and he is liberated as a new and reborn individual. the strong links between this old scottish ballad and the processes of alchemy should be obvious. both describe a magical sequence of http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_w

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ve a blueprint, and (b) make it so. as the years roll by, the general 'climate' for humanity has become progressively hostile. even in the years since barrett (and so many others) have left the temple, the crush of dayto- day living has increased immensely. the interesting thing about blueprints is that, unlike the finished structures, they are two-dimensional and lack the 'continuum' aspect that the element of time adds to creation. gg. we've seen that this was not to be. nor after he left the temple, as far as we can tell, did barrett provide any further keys of xem. instead of lamenting this facet of truth, we should be asking ourselves if it matters. hh. i've long since lost the frustration over what at the time seemed much like a novel, even unusual concept. as we strive towards maint

say] tuamautef. come forth from your place of rule, and bring your energy for change and enthusiasm. i call you in the name of set your lord and creator. hear me, and be kind in your manifestation. for i seek to know and change that which is a hindrance to my xeper and freedom, in my endeavor for that which will sustain me in life, and life in death. come and bestow your essence on this symbol of the element of fire. this i do in the name of set [take the fire symbol off the altar, and raise it to the south; visualize the essence of tuamautef entering the flame. next, put the symbol on the altar, and move your hands over the flame and feel the warmth, strength, and change enter your being [face the east, repeat the action,(1) and call forth mestha, the god of the east, and say] mestha. com

feel the warmth, strength, and change enter your being [face the east, repeat the action,(1) and call forth mestha, the god of the east, and say] mestha. come forth from your place of rule, and bring your adroitness and diligence for independence, that i may xeper in all that i do, within the purpose of the temple of set, who is your creator. come kindly, and bestow your essence on this symbol of the element of air [take the symbol of air off the altar, raise it to the east, and visualize the essence of mestha entering the symbol. next move the symbol under your nose, and inhale the fragrance; imagine the essence of mestha entering your being. replace the symbol on the altar [face the north, repeat the action, and call forth qebhsenuf, the god of the north, and say] qebhsenuf. come forth f

h, repeat the action, and call forth qebhsenuf, the god of the north, and say] qebhsenuf. come forth from your place of rule, and bring your essence for knowledge and objectivity, that i may see the truth in all that i encounter, also that i may see the false and foolishness. this i demand in the name of set-hen, the creator of mind and independence. come and bestow your essence on this symbol of the element of earth [take the symbol of earth off the altar, raise it to the north, and visualize the essence of qebhsenuf entering it. next consume the symbol, and imagine the essence of qebhsenuf entering your being [face the west, repeat the action, and call forth hapi, the god of the west, and say] hapi. come forth from your place of rule, and instruct me in the art of comprehension, that i m

tering your being [face the west, repeat the action, and call forth hapi, the god of the west, and say] hapi. come forth from your place of rule, and instruct me in the art of comprehension, that i may dive into the waters and use it to further my xeper, for the building up of the mind, and remanifesting that which i design to be, as i see fit to be. come and bestow your essence on this symbol of the element of water [take the symbol of water off the altar, raise it to the west, and visualize the essence of qebhsenuf entering the symbol. next consume the symbol; as you do so imagine the essence entering your being [face the altar and read the invocation of set.(2 [read the following statement] in the names of set-hen, nept-het, anpu, and khepri do i declare my freedom of mind, my independe

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

nce. he is the inter-mediary between man and god and he opens possibilities. in addition he is a playful vortex of sorcery and children is sacred to him. often easily offended and just as often easy to give rewards. it is interesting to take notice by the use of the void or jagrata in relation to the atu 0 and atu 11 of the tarot-deck, the fool and adjustment. both aspiring to air. the void is of the element air and is ruled by venus and justice. the house of balancing powers or equal dynamic. a hidden formulae to this is revelaed on the pages 110- 114. an interesting point is the use of the witches ladder, a vakra (crooked) ladder in the void. your instrument of empowerment in this cell is this ladder. without the ladder you will be stuck in the same point of the void. the spell using the

SATANGEL

crowley. alloces (goetia, 52nd spirit. duke commanding 36 legions. a soldier with a red face and flaming eyes, with a huge and course voice, riding a horse. teaches astronomy and liberal arts, gives good familiars. the name possibly has its roots in the greek allecto, meaning she who is unremitting, a cthonian goddess who arose from the spilt blood of kronos father. amaimon (goetia. demon king of the element of earth, and of the north. possibly traceable to ammonium, the oracle site of the egyptian god amun. alternatively, the celts had an agricultural god named amaethon. amdukias, amdusias (goetia. duke commanding 29 legions. appears as a unicorn. bends trees and gives good familiars. amon (goetia, 7th spirit. marquis commanding 40 legions. appears as a wolf with a serpent tail, vomiting

the thirty aethers. lucifuge (latin, running from the light. servants of lucifer who hunt for souls to damn. they are the henchmen who come to collect when a pact has been fulfilled, who tear the soul from the body with their sharp beaks and talons. lug, lugus, lamfada (celtic. irish god of light, sometimes associated with lucifer. god of war and the magick arts. mahazel (hebrew. demon prince of the element of earth. malibrance (latin. who torment hell s worst sinners. who have snakes coming out of their noses and ears, and who have hooves and tails. when a doomed soul takes its last breath, it is they who collect. malphas (goetia, 39th spirit. president commanding 40 legions. appears as a crow, although assumes human form on command. speaks hoarsely. builds houses and high towers, reveal

SATANIC BIBLE

inion makers of heavenly persuasion? it has often been said, and rightly so, that all of the books about the devil have been written by the agents of god. it is, therefore, quite easy to understand how a certain breed of devil worshippers was created through the inventions of theologians. this erstwhile "evil" character is not necessarily practicing true satanism. nor is he a living embodiment of the element of untrammeled pride or majesty of self which gave the post-pagan world the churchman's definition of evil. he is instead the by-product of later and more elaborate propaganda. the pseudo-satanist has always managed to appear throughout modern history, with his black masses of varying degrees of blasphemy; but the real satanist is not quite so easily recognized as such. it would be an

of each man and woman, still motivated byt sound and unclouded minds, resides the potential of the satanist, as always has been. the sign of the horns shall appear to many, now, rather than the few; and the magician will stand forth that he may be recognized (earth) the book of belial the mastery of the earth the greatest appeal of magic is not in its application, but in its esoteric meanderings. the element of mystery which so heavily enshrouds the practice of the black arts has been fostered, deliberately or out of ignorance, by those who often claim the highest expertise in such matters. if the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, then established occultists would do well as maze-makers. the basic principles of ceremonial magic have been relegated for so long to infi

SATANIC RITUALS

ansference, become a surrogate for members of the congregation who may harbor the same propensity. he suffers a fate worse than death when, within the coffin, instead of experiencing the hoped-for spiritual reward, he is confronted with unexpected passions from which he has long abstained (if a homophile portrays the celebrant, the coffin should contain another male. in all aspects of the ritual, the element of pleasure should be whatever would most likely be denied in the celebrant's life) the gravest punishment is always incurred by one whose abstinence has become his indulgence. thus be warned: to the chronic lover of distress, ruin arrives through the bestowal of indulgence. this, then, can function as a literal interpretation of the phrase "to kill with kindness" when a "man of god" i

notion of witchcraft. the concept of worship per se is strikingly absent from the cthulhu mythos. nyarlathotep, shub- niggurath, yog-sothoth and cthulhu are all honored through bizarre festivals, but their relationship to their followers is invariably that of teacher to students. compare the description of a lovecraftian ceremony to that of a christian mass or a voodoo rite, and it is clear that the element of servility is definitely lacking in the first. lovecraft, like the miltonian satan, chose to reign in hell rather than to serve in heaven. his creatures are never conclusive stereotypes of good or evil; they vacillate constantly between beneficence and cruelty. they respect knowledge, for which the protagonist of each story abandons every prudent restraint critics who consider the ol

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

h can be made of any material, gives the worshipper a sense of energy and power. the pentacle is a popular symbol of the wiccan religion. the five-pointed star s geometric shape represents wisdom and and balance. the circle surrounding it symbolizes unity. rebecca mcentee/ corbis sygma. world religions: almanac 387 neo-paganism the censer, or incense burner, and the incense burned in it represent the element of air. watching the smoke curl into the air can sometimes create a trancelike state. the cauldron is seen as a vessel in which magical transformations take place. it is a clear symbol of the goddess, representing fertility and femininity, and a symbol of water, inspiration, and reincarnation. during springtime rituals it is often filled with flowers and water. in wintertime rituals fi

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

pment in three directions is pointed out, namely in the macrocosm or universe; in the year or in time; and in the microcosm or man. 35. the importance of equilibrium is constantly reiterated in the kabalah. the "siphra dtzeniouta" or "book of mystery" opens with a reference to this equilibrium as a fundamental necessity of stable existence. 36. heavens. the hebrew word heshamaim hshmim, has in it the element of aesh, fire, and mim, water; and also shem, name; the name is ihvh, attributed to the elements. shma is in chaldee a name for the trinity (parkhurst. shmsh is the sun, and light, and a type of christ, the sun of righteousness. malachi iv. 2. 37. were produced. the hebrew word bra, is the root. three hebrew words are used in the bible to represent the idea of making, producing or crea

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

listen must be sharpened by intense enthusiasm, purified from all earthlier desires. not without reason have the so-styled magicians, in all lands and times, insisted on chastity and abstemious reverie as the communicants of inspiration. when thus prepared, science can be brought to aid it; the sight itself may be rendered more subtle, the nerves more acute, the spirit more alive and outward, and the element itself the air, the space may be made, by certain secrets of the higher chemistry, more palpable and clear. and this, too, is not magic, as the credulous call it; as i have so often said before, magic (or science that violates nature) exists not: it is but the science by which nature can be controlled. now, in space there are millions of beings not literally spiritual, for they have al

, nature herself appears to supply what science would refuse. space cannot separate the father's watchful soul from the cradle of his first-born! i know not of its resting-place and home, my visions picture not the land, only the small and tender life to which all space is as yet the heritage! for to the infant, before reason dawns, before man's bad passions can dim the essence that it takes from the element it hath left, there is no peculiar country, no native city, and no mortal language. its soul as yet is the denizen of all airs and of every world; and in space its soul meets with mine, the child communes with the father! cruel and forsaking one, thou for whom i left the wisdom of the spheres; thou whose fatal dower has been the weakness and terrors of humanity, couldst thou think that

SIX ANGLED RITE OF THE ROYAL SUN OF THE GOAT LORD

how to perform this rite, paying attention chiefly to the "two bits of advice- the two main understandings that have to be brought to bear on the every word, thought, and action of the operant(s) who undertake this rite. i will proceed in good faith that my reader is familiar, through and through, with the "witches dance" rite, and the simple yet exacting instructions that accompany it, chie fly the element of awareness, and how it is to be used in the performance of these rites to summon the old one himself. to begin with, this rite does not require an altar, but does use a circle with a triangle in it, with one tip of the triangle pointing east. the circle is to be 9-13 feet in diameter, a fine, comfortable size. along with the circle and triangle, six sigils, shown in the two charts ac

SOLOMON

d pass into possession of another shape. and be not desirous therefore to know all that concerns me. but since thou art before me for this much, hearken. i have my abode in the moon, and for that reason i possess three forms. at times i am magically [1] invoked by the wise as kronos. at other times, in connexion with those who bring me down, i come down and appear in another shape. the measure of the element [2] is inexplicable and indefinable, and not to be frustrated. i then, changing into these three forms, come down and become such as thou seest me; but i am frustrated by the angel rathanael, who sits in the third heaven. this then is why i speak to thee. yonder temple cannot contain me [1. mageyom ne. 2. perhaps "the place or size of the heavenly body] 65. i therefore solomon prayed t

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

male figure naked, except for a k-shaped scarf, dancing within a wreathed oval. her attitude, with arms extended downwards and outwards, and her legs forming a cross, suggests the triangle over a cross, the sign of q. having taken a look at correspondences of the cross with the feminine principle of both h and h final, we need to look at w. w is the letter attributed to the world of hryxy, and to the element of m, and the sephira of trapt. one of the most important symbols of trapt is the cross, whether in its form of the calvary cross of black with three black 5 steps leading up to it, or the gold equal armed cross with a rose of red blooming at its center. the calvary cross represents the way of self sacrifice for the benefit of others, and it is the only way by which man can return to h

SZYMANSKI GREG SEARCHING FOR THE ILLUMINATI DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE VATICAN

nd linked to paramilitary groups "these people will also be completely dedicated to their cause. the illuminati firmly believes that it can easily overcome the other 99% of the population, most of whom are untrained, or poorly trained, such as "weekend hunters" even the local military will be overcome as the illuminati will have regional cell groups with highly trained leaders. they also count on the element of surprise helping them during their takeover. many of the highest leaders in the militia branch of the illuminati are or have been officers in the military, and so already have a good knowledge of which techniques will work best to overcome a region's or locality's defenses "after the military takeover, the general population will be given a chance to either espouse the illuminati's

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

hat a personal spiritual transformation is made. true evil is that which empowers us to individuality and to the antinomian this is true good as well. chapter- 1+ 1) atum this small volume details those lines of thought that specifically affect the antinomian nature of the left hand path (lhp. in the sense of transformation, this book is an alchemical text influenced by the symbolism found within the element of salt. salt is the antinomian element, it purifies and preserves, it destroys and makes noxious, it is found in both water and earth- it is often an element of protective magic. most important of all, it is the element that represents the inscripting of transformative knowledge through the principle of resistance. there is a mystery connected to the human being, a mystery so dark and

r aspect therein? because it is through this self that useful information towards the activity of transformation through expansion is obtained. in order for these transformative moments to be recognized, a consciousness observing a different platform of consciousness must be present. there must an observer. resistance involves two very important factors; the first is self awareness, the second is the element that is offended by conscious exploration- thus resulting in resistance. however, to place this in perspective, it is necessary to define two very important perceptual components of this higher self. these two manifestations delineate very clearly the fork in the road between the right hand path and the left hand path. the first of these components can be found within the experience of

separation from the atmosphere and ambience that exists outside of the chamber itself. this is because we are creating a closed environment that is densely compacted with these atmospheric elements. all of this may seem like a lot of work. serious initiation requires a lot of work, the ritual must reflect and resonate the seriousness of the task- that of transforming. it is not a joke, or a game. the element of compression after making the ritual declaration (a minimum of six times, and in various vocal and written forms, and after making appropriate preparation regarding the level of knowledge necessary for the function of the rite, and then in preparing the physical environment of the ceremony, we are ready to perform the ritual itself. once the participants have gathered, there must beg

has little effect upon energetic forms that are more cohesive and longer lasting, so the idea is to amplify and focus the energy of the rite in order to prolong itself as a connection for as long as possible. however, this approach reaches its climax of activity within the ritual itself, which is then followed by the participants leaving the ritual chamber and entering the stage of decompression. the element of decompression decompression follows the end of the working itself. decompression should take place within the same area that the compression phase was accomplished. it is a mitigating stage between the extreme separation of the microproxemic environment of the ritual chamber, and a return to the affairs of everyday existence. decompression is the period where individuals should disc

itual should- to the largest extent possible- stop all further contemplation upon the matter. it needs to be essentially forgotten for a few months, then at a time specified during the dinner, or during the decompression segment of the rite, each participant will need to articulate in some creative manner (writing, art etc) their views, results, ideas and feelings upon the purpose of the working. the element of articulation the results of a ritual working must be articulated at some point (even if that articulation states that there were no results. this is the end step for a single working, and i would not even consider articulating the results for at least three months to a year. it is through articulation that transformation- the harmonic element of insight- can be manifest. the functio

THE BLACK LODGE

ill be unable to develop control of certain planes of consciousness, and therefore will never become balanced initiates- that is to say, adepts. they even run the risk of becoming "black brethren, that is, of withdrawing completely from the evolutive wave of mankind and falling under the influence of what the qabalah calls choronzon. this is the "prince of evil of this world" which corresponds to the element of spirit, or akasha; but its nature and influence are such that they can only really be understood by masters of the temple of the a .a, and therefore we will not further discuss the subject here. the work of the black lodge shows itself under these main aspects: they incite hierarchic indiscipline in aspirants. we cannot insist too much on the point that the whole process, once aspir

THE CRAFT GRIMOIRE OF ECLECTIC VERSION 2

irah, the formative world. water is the creative element. it is emotional, fluid, and forever changing. in magick, its color is deep blue, and it is used in spells for friendship, fertility, creation, and emotional healing or purification. the celtic goddess, cerridwen is associated with water. in the tarot it is the suit of cups or chalices. it is also known as briah, the creative world. fire is the element of change and passion. it is full of energy and is the essence of magick and life. its color in magick, is red, and it is employed in spells of passion, energy, purification and healing. the celtic god, lugh is associated with fire. in the tarot it is the suit of wands (sometimes swords. it is also known as atziluth, the archetypal world. the elements so far have been presented in what

honor the lord and lady, and to work your magick. basic ritual tools are, the chalice, the athame (pronounced, ath-ah-may, the pentacle, and the wand. chalice this tool, more then any other, represents the creative aspect of the goddess. it is the symbol of the womb. in ritual, it is used for the sharing of wine, juice, or herbal potions. it can also be employed for scrying. it is associated with the element of water. athame this tool represents the active principle of the god. usually it is black handled, with a double-edged blade. in ritual, it is used to cast the circle, as well as to evoke or banish energies. it is associated with the element of air. pentacle often made of wood, stone, ceramic, wax, glass, or metal, this tool represents the goddess in a passive, supporting role. in rit

black handled, with a double-edged blade. in ritual, it is used to cast the circle, as well as to evoke or banish energies. it is associated with the element of air. pentacle often made of wood, stone, ceramic, wax, glass, or metal, this tool represents the goddess in a passive, supporting role. in ritual, it is used to support, protect, and contain the energies being used. it is associated with the element of earth. wand the most personal of the basic tools. traditionally made of wood, and a cubit in length (the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, it frequently has in its construction a drop of its owner blood. modern wands are often fashioned of copper tubes, covered in leather or cloth, and tipped with crystals or semi-precious gem stones. this tool is viewed as ha

rn wands are often fashioned of copper tubes, covered in leather or cloth, and tipped with crystals or semi-precious gem stones. this tool is viewed as having a male end for projection, and a female or receptive end. much like the athame, the wand can be employed to cast a circle, but its true power lies at a higher level, when used to invoke, and dismiss spiritual entities. it is associated with the element of fire. miscellaneous altar tools these include candles, cords, censor/thurible/incense, bell, sword, staff, crystal ball, scrying stone, magick mirror, tarot cards, rune stones, oils, cauldron, mortar& pestle, bolline, and broom. to name a few. your book of shadows, or grimoire, is one of the most important tools you will ever own. in the craft, it was the place where the young witch

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eriences out of a lifetime of psychical research. new york: thomas yoseloff, 1958. tabori, paul. pioneers of the unseen. new york: taplinger, 1973. sir william crookes (1832 1919) sir william crookes, a physicist and chemist of international reputation, was a professor at the university of london, editor of the quarterly journal of science, president of the british chemical society, discoverer of the element thallium, and inventor of the radiometer and the crookes tube, which made the later development of x-rays possible. in addition to these accomplishments, crookes was one of the most thorough and exacting scientific investigators of spirit contact. after many years of painstaking research and experimentation with dozens of well-known mediums, he became convinced that a great deal of spi

t at radcliffe observatory, oxford. a year later, he gained a post at the college of science in chester, cheshire. in 1856, when he was 24, he married ellen humphrey, and because of the large fortune he had inherited from his father, crookes was able to establish a private laboratory and devote himself entirely to scientific work of his own choosing. three years later, in 1861, crookes discovered the element thallium and the correct measurement of its atomic weight. in 1863, when he was only 31, he was elected a fellow of the royal society. just when it seemed crookes faced only a life of one triumph after another, he was griefstricken when his youngest brother, phillip, died in 1867. cromwell varley, a close friend and fellow physicist who was also a practicing spiritualist, convinced wil

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t from the hermitage accompanied by a professional witch-layer and several servants. as his party approached the bell place, jackson was startled when the wheels of his coach suddenly froze and the full strength of the horses could not make them budge an inch. a voice from the bushes cackled a greeting to jackson and uttered a command that unfroze the wheels. the general and his men realized that the element of surprise was lost. the witch knew they were coming. that night the witch-layer fled in terror when the witch attacked him, and general jackson s men followed him out the door. according to the old stories, jackson told john bell that fighting the witch was worse than having faced the british at the battle of new orleans. old hickory wanted to stay for a week and face down the spirit

the upanishads says that man in his dreams becomes a creator. there are no real chariots in that state no blessings no joys, but he himself creates blessings, happiness and joys. psychologists montague ullman, joseph adelson, howard shevrin, and frederick weiss have done much to advance the thesis that dreams basically are creative. psychoanalyst ullman cites four creative aspects of dreaming: 1. the element of originality; 2. the joining together of elements into new patterns; 3. the concern with accuracy; 4. the felt reaction of participating in an involuntary experience. ullman concedes that the final product of a dream s creativity may be either dull or ecstatic, but he insists that it is an act of creation to have the dream in the first place. lucid dreaming is simply the technique of

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nature of reality; and the housle is how you can form a connection between your being, and that reality. doing the housle with awareness of this is the key to making the union and transformation happen. i have included another housle here, which is a higher harmonic of the feast of wren hill, and which shows, in one short rite, the entire message of this essay, with the exception of one element- the element that only you can engage- awareness coupled with understanding. through awareness, go beyond the words and motions, and yet, do not try to separate yourself from the words and motions, and really experience a mysterymiracle in this rite. remember that your awareness coupled with understanding merges you with the mythological truth-reality at the heart of all things, and through this me

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e of malkuth, except through yesod, our "measuring. the new sciences are also based in a more holistic model, where systems theory replaces reductionism, and events are seen in the light of their relationships to the rest of the system, and not as isolated functions. the deities of yesod relate to varying characteristics of the sephirah itself. thus: air: the middle pillar having attributed to it the element of air, yesod is the realm of skygods such as the greek zeus. foundation: by its meaning and placement on the tree, yesod as foundation has such gods as ganesha and shu, like atlas, supporting the world, or heavens. the grade-sign of the golden dawn for this sephirah is that of shu supporting the firmament. moon: as its primary symbol is that of the moon, yesod has attributed to it suc

ures (4) finds its purveyor in the maternal waters (40) where all life originates. tau (400) is the exaltation of the entire cosmic existence in its utmost capacity to resist life-death. the root dm is "blood" in hebrew, and the root mth is "death. thus the two together express the complete cycle of existence" the extensions of the letters composing malkuth and their meanings are as follows; mem: the element of water lamed: the process of learning, defining kaph: the concept of hollowness (as in weighing in the hand) vau: the objects of fastening, pin, hook tau: the making of a mark, a cross from this one might deduce that the kingdom begins symbolically and actually in the primal waters (and the kingdom of the conscious self is but an island in the sea of the unconscious) and completes as

rtal of the east and awaken the energy of air. south: i open the portal of the south and awaken the energy of fire. west: i open the portal of the west and awaken the energy of water. north: i open the portal of the north and awaken the energy of earth. the meditation for the ritual is one used in many opening rituals, which involves facing each quarter in turn and meditating on the properties of the element associated with that quarter. thus for east, one visualises the air, and attempts to awaken within oneself the positive qualities of air, being lightness, swiftness, clarity and so forth. most systems, including kabbalah, also use personifications for the powers of the quarters, such as michael for the south, or djinn in the wiccan system. however, in the sapphire temple sequence, it i

for east, one visualises the air, and attempts to awaken within oneself the positive qualities of air, being lightness, swiftness, clarity and so forth. most systems, including kabbalah, also use personifications for the powers of the quarters, such as michael for the south, or djinn in the wiccan system. however, in the sapphire temple sequence, it is best to begin with the abstract principle of the element, and then build up suitable personifications at a later stage. this avoids some of the dangers involved with working with personified energy when first beginning ritual work, the worst of which is attributing personal qualities to these archetypal forms. 5. geburah; the ritual of the incense and the pentagram pentagram; mchmsh; the pentagram initiates a separation and forges the link t

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d the circumference of the temple. he would only need to stand in the center of the room whenever performing the qabalistic cross and the invocation of the archangels. 23. the pentagrams could also be visualized in flaming white light. white light has a tendency to be seen on the astral as bluish light by clairvoyants. 24. each is a "tetragram" the qabalistic cross and the pentagram ritual 67 25. the element of fire corresponds to our will and feeling faculty, water to our creativity and intuitive faculty, air to ow intellect and thinking faculty, and earth to our faculty of sensation. 26. see part two, chapter nine for an explanation of why these names are used in the pentagram ritual. 27. or the center of the room. refer to endnote 22. 28. a telesmatic image is an image constructed accor

f correspondences. this image is then consecrated and charged to achieve a specific purpose. and the charged image becomes a sacred icona living symbol of the force it represents. 29. the archangel of earth. also called uriel (raphael, michael, and gabriel are the archangels of air, fire, and water, respectively) 30. these four colors are the usual colors given for the sephirah malkuth, which has the element of earth generally assigned to it. these are also the colors of elemental earth in the king scale. 31. these last two lines refer to visualizations in steps 11 and 12 in the lbrp (refer to endnote 20) regardie's suggested visualization of a pentagram on the chest and a hexagram on the back results in a total of 31 points on the five pentagrams and the single hexagram, the number of the

life. the latter consists of ten spheres only and it was with these ten spheres that the ancients occupied themselves and provided the necessary correspondences. the philosophy circulating the light and the formula of vibration 91 appertaining to daath is almost entirely a modem one. but there is another mediaeval system which, attached to ths qabalistic system, provides us with an invocation of the element spirit. a great deal of research on this was done by dr. john dee and his skryer edward kelly, both of whom called it the angelic or enochan system. my experience confirms that the archangelic names contained in one of these very potent magical invocations are very sympathetic to the nature of daath, which is described as a link between the ego and the hgher self. these names may very

tetragrammaton, the holy and hidden "four-lettered name" of god signified by the letters yhvh (717. in the pentagrammaton the letter slun is placed in the center of yhvh, resulting in the name of yeheshuah-yhshvh (71iu7. this is the name of jesus in hebrew, but more importantly to magicians, it is the four elements of fire, water, air, and earth, with the addition of the fifth element of spirit. the element of spirit binds together and governs the other four, which are the metaphysical building blocks of all that exists. the fifth element of spirit, also called the quintessence, crowns and connects the other four. it is spirit which transcends the others and makes the whole of the pentagram greater than the sum of its parts. spirit is the divine and guiding principle. this is one reason m

iverse. this is why in many drawings, malkuth is shown divided into four sections. the sub-elements are: air of malkuth, water of malkuth, fire of malkuth, and earth of malkuth. but for our purposes it would be better to refer to them simply as air, fire, water, and earth-the elements of our physical plane. with respect to the entire tree of life, malkuth is the only sephirah to which is assigned the element of earth. this is why the banishing earth pentagram22 in particular is used throughout the lbrp. however, in this instance it would be better to refer to the pentagram used in this ritual as the lesser banishing pentagram to avoid confusion.23 all of the divine hebrew names intoned in the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram are composed of four letters. and the specific names used

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our world that cannot be divided into smaller particles but only in the spiritual root of that object or phenomenon. the kabbalistic names of the elements are: fire, wind, water and earth. the earth elements, for example, refer to dust, or ashes. something that can never melt, disintegrate or be turned from solid to liquid. that is the reason for the commandment of covering blood with ashes. over the element of earth there is the element of water, which consists of gas despite its liquid appearance. the element above the water is the wind, which consists of several types of gasses and is always in the form of gas. over the wind element there is the element of fire, which is above all other elements. it never disintegrates and never changes. the earth (dust, ashes) is the lowest element of

ite its liquid appearance. the element above the water is the wind, which consists of several types of gasses and is always in the form of gas. over the wind element there is the element of fire, which is above all other elements. it never disintegrates and never changes. the earth (dust, ashes) is the lowest element of all, since earth is the foundation of all four elements. because the water is the element above the earth, there is water above the earth in our world too. the water is above the earth, the wind above the water and fire above all. q: what is the connection between the four directions and the four elements of matter? a: there are four directions to the earth: east, west, south and north, and there are four respective elements: fire, wind, water and earth. in terms of sefirot

wledge can be attained only if the researcher equalizes his own properties with those of the subject of study. 194 of 273 therefore, if we wish to understand the structure of the world in the degree where these events are formed, where our souls dwell before they come down to this world and where they ultimately return, if we want to see the picture of reality as it is, without being dependent on the element of time that controls our lives (it is the dream of many physicists, then we must come to be like that upper reality by ourselves. kabbalah teaches us how we can acquire a sensation of the upper layers of reality. a light of wisdom can be felt only by a vessel that has been made ready for it, by progress in a state called faith above reason. the interesting and beautiful thing about th

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ons of all the sciences with an all-embracing scepticism, while he devotes life to the perfecting of an instrument by whose aid we may eventually be able to make a fresh start. in gpentecost, h crowley writes: you know for me the soul is nought save a new phantom in the thought, that thought itself impermanent, save as a casual element with such another may combine to form now water and now wine; the element itself may be changeless to all eternity, but compounds ever fluctuate with time or space or various state (ask chemists else) so i must claim spirit and matter are the same or else the prey of putrefaction *sword of song, pentecost, vol. ii, p. 170. and we intend to take it as such, otherwise, like mysticus, we, if we enter the vortex of subjectivity and objectivity, gshall be tossed

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

and well worn. the falling flesh is all ecstasy- that by casting the circle and going forth into the sabbat of spirit can we then begin to learn of ourselves and the very potential we hold. the four flying witches is a gateway of lust and deep set desire; this would belong to the instance of the celestial or luciferian sabbat; the spirit does not regress to therion form, rather remains and seeks the element air to guide inspiration. this is the aethyr of the liberated spirit, the luciferic guide to the emerald crown of the lion serpent. when thy seed spills, invigorate it in the name of the moon and the sun. when one goes forth to the sabbat, allow no restrictions to hinder you, listen to your guide and familiars which are the very messengers of the luciferic angel. death posture prelimin

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testaments of the twelve patriarchs the septuagint follows a specific hebraic consideration that belial, being beli ol is the one who has thrown off the yoke of heaven and is thus without a master. the luciferian finds connections in the path of history and mythology and seeks to make them work for he or she in the modern world. the spirit of belial is of the mastery of the earth, identified with the element of earth and the north, from which ahriman is identical. consider the four elements however and their association with the adversary as a spirit of self-deification and self-mastery. samael is known in the talmudic texts as being the same as satan, the chief of evil spirits who is known as the venom of god. samael is said to have twelve wings rather than the six of normal angels, a fav

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

as we learn from the orphic hymn above cited, the sun in his character of extinguisher of the fires which once pervaded the earth. this he was supposed to have done by exhaling the waters of the ocean, and scattering them over the land, which was thus supposed to have acquired its proper temperature and fertility. for this reason the sacred fire, the essential image of the god, was surrounded by the element which was principally employed in giving effect to the beneficial exertions of his great attribute. these orphic temples were, without doubt, emblems of that fundamental principle of the mystic faith of the ancients, the solar system; fire, the essence of the deity, occupying the place of the sun, and the columns surrounding it as the subordinate parts of the universe. remains of the w

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water, and air. water puts out fire by smothering it; air triumphs over water by evaporating it; and fire consumes air to feed itself. a model of this circular motion can be observed in the lower seventh, eighth, and ninth sephiroth of the kabbalistic tree, where the motion proceeds in a clockwise direction: each of the three principles triumphs over another, yet no principle is exalted over all. the element that defeats another is itself overcome by the element defeat- ed by the vanquished. this can be considered in relation to the three faces of god, when viewed within freud's paradigm of psychosexual development. the child born of sexual union grows up to become either man or woman. if a man, he sym- bolically slays his father and weds his mother to produce a new generation. if a woman

for example, elemental fire is not the fire that springs from a match-it is the preva- lent inner quality of that fire. all material things are mixtures of the four elemen- tal principles, with one being dominant. n fire is the male element. its motion is linear and it originates action. v water is the female element. its motion is circular; it receives and trans- forms the impulse of fire. air, the element of the child, contains both male and female within it in potential. it partakes of the mingled qualities of fire and water, being both volatile and cool, and is the product of their union. its motion is vibratory. 0 earth is the crystallization of the three preceding elemental principles in the sphere of matter. although it has no pure essence, its compound nature is perceived by the h

s composed of a set of the 45-45-90 degree triangle, and cannot be transformed into the other three elements; nor can the other three elements be changed into earth. plato's understanding is important for two reasons. first, it explains the con- nection between three and four, the triangle and the square. second, it shows why the three elements fire, air, and water are separate and different from the element earth. this same understanding of the elements is expressed in a different form in the letters of the hebrew name for god, ihvh, which is called tetragrammaton. this name has both three and four letters (because two of the letters are the same: it is the nature of religions, with their inherent mystical bent, to overlook the fourth emanation of the unmanifest. considered as three, god

ull (earth. it would be difficult to trace the origin of these kerubic figures; they go back to ancient babylon, in whose ruins archaeologists have found their effigies, and doubtless their genesis is even earlier. they may have arisen not long after the human race began to favor agriculture over the nomadic lifestyle. on first look it appears that the eagle would be a more appropriate emblem for the element air than the angel, but upon deeper consideration this is not so self- evident. no one who has seen an eagle catch a fish could fail to connect it with water. water is the medium of transmission, the element of formation, and the eagle has long been a symbol for the messenger or herald. air is the element of thought, the product of the impulse begun with fire, and angels are beings of

at the identical system was being taught by the occult organization aurum solis? which evidently felt the same need for a more rational method of using the pentagram. 1) elemental force is to be invoked by drawing the pentagram in a clockwise direction. 2) elemental force is banished by drawing the pentagram in a counter- clockwise direction. 3) the line of the pentagram always begins and ends at the element under consideration. these three simple rules are all that is necessary to rationalize the drawing of the pentagram. it is the circular motion of the line, mentally pictured and willed, that calls up or banishes. it is the distinguishing of a particular point that isolates the elemental force under consideration. since, as has been said before, it is naturally given to humans to rule t

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s of the lower levels. elementals and nature spirits are less malicious than infernal spirits, but can be capricious and may try to deceive, as mathers observed in the quotation by regardie, given above. regardie went on to write: it is but rarely that there will be necessity to resort to anything so drastic as the pentagrams in these tattwa visions, for the vibration of the hebrew name either of the element, or of the archangel will restore order and harmony. the true form, colour, clothing, even adornments such as jewels and embroideries are consonant to the element and character of the beings under discussion. and unless they are, the seer may be sure he is being imposed on, and should act accordingly-at once.233 regardie does not mean that you should browbeat or attempt to intimidate t

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

; after passing through the red triangle, bright scarlet; after passing through the black egg, pearl white; after passing through the blue circle, rich yellow; after passing through the yellow square, deep black. hold these colors around your point of awareness for half a minute or so before allowing them to fade. you may at this point spontaneously see an astral landscape or image that expresses the element connected with the symbolic shape on your forehead. the silver crescent will produce watery visions; the red triangle fiery visions; the black egg ethereal or spiritual visions; the blue circle airy visions; the yellow square earthy visions. o/\w silver p r i t h (earth) yellow (spirit) 0 figure 7-1. five tattwa symbols of the elements inward perception iv: tattwa awareness 25 a vision

ape on your forehead. the silver crescent will produce watery visions; the red triangle fiery visions; the black egg ethereal or spiritual visions; the blue circle airy visions; the yellow square earthy visions. o/\w silver p r i t h (earth) yellow (spirit) 0 figure 7-1. five tattwa symbols of the elements inward perception iv: tattwa awareness 25 a vision can sometimes be encouraged by imagining the element that corresponds with the symbol. even if no vision results, you should spend several minutes filling your imagination with the element associated with the symbol in order to link the two firmly in your subconscious. on monday after passing through the gateway of the silver crescent and opening your astral eyes to a beautiful blue that surrounds you on every side, focus your imaginatio

their sounds. the ancient jewish pronunciation of this supreme name of god is unknown. in the fourth century before christ its use was suppressed by the priests of the temple at jerusalem, who kept the occult might of the name for their own uses. sometimes it is pronounced yahweh, but this pronunciation should not be used in ritual magic. ihvh is linked in the golden dawn system with the east and the element air, because the east is the first quarter and ihvh is the primary name that created the world. adonai means "lord" it is the name of god that jews customarily substitute for ihvh when they encounter the tetragrammaton while reading the pentateuch in order to express the name aloud or in their own thoughts, rather than leave a gap in the text (the average jew does not pronounce ihvh by

t is the name of god that jews customarily substitute for ihvh when they encounter the tetragrammaton while reading the pentateuch in order to express the name aloud or in their own thoughts, rather than leave a gap in the text (the average jew does not pronounce ihvh by sounding its individual letters-this is an esoteric practice of kabbalists. the golden dawn linked this name with the south and the element fire, because fire is the element of will and adonai is a name of command. in the rituals of the original golden dawn, this name was sounded in three syllables, but to preserve the fourfold symmetry of the four names of the quarters i prefer to voice it in four sounds that express its four hebrew letrers. eheieh is usually translated "i am" or "i will be"-it denotes pure existence, and

ed in three syllables, but to preserve the fourfold symmetry of the four names of the quarters i prefer to voice it in four sounds that express its four hebrew letrers. eheieh is usually translated "i am" or "i will be"-it denotes pure existence, and is the name by which god described himself on mt. horeb when moses asked to know the name of god. it was linked by the golden dawn with the west and the element water, because water is a formative element and eheieh is a formative name. in the golden dawn it was pronounced with three syllables, but for the reasons already given, i prefer to voice it in four distinct sounds in this exercise. 96 standing exercises agla is written all in capital letters since it is an acronym composed of the first letters from the hebrew words ateh gibor le-olam

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the name. when projecting the sigils upon the air, they are distinguished by the motion of their formation. when writing or inscribing them upon the magic circle, or upon amulets or talismans, this motion of formation is indicated by marking the beginning of the sigil with a small cross and the termination with an arrowhead. each group of three banners beginning with the same letter is related to the element of that letter. for example, the banners ihvh, ihhv, and ivhh are all banners of elemental fire. the three banners in each elemental group have very distinct forms that are based upon their cardinal, mutable, and fixed energies. the tracing of a cardinal sigil creates a circular, or spiraling, energy flow. the tracing of a mutable sigil creates a linear zig-zag like a lightning bolt. t

ad been revealed by god that would supplant the ancient supremacy of tetragrammaton. this new name expressed the essential being of god the son, just as the old name expressed the nature of god the father. according to this theory, the magical name of jesus was composed of the same four hebrew letters as tetragrammaton, but with one letter added in the middle, the hebrew shin (w, which stands for the element fire, or for the cardinal quality. the fivefold name, ihshvh (3lw3, which can be rendered into english as "yeheshuah" was held by the christian kabbalists of the renaissance to have deprived tetragrammaton of all its power, even as jesus christ had supplanted the jealous god of the hebrews and the gospels had displaced the old testament. this view was first explicitly set forth by giov

"second of the first" may mean christ as the articulated word of god. there are four elemental associations for the four beasts. the "burning flames" an order of angels about which more will be said in appendix a, signify elemental fire. the "cups for a wedding" stand for water. the "flowers" are a common magical symbol for air. the "barren stone (which perhaps should be "stones) is evocative of the element earth. the "manifold winds" are all the twenty-four angels considered together. it is stated that the "voices of wonder" of the "second of the first (ihshvh) are "mightier" than the "manifold winds" this signifies that christ rules the angels of the elements by means of the vocalization of the twenty-four permutations of tetragrammaton (twelve overt and twelve occult. the "voices of wo

lt is that every square on the four watchtowers is linked with one of the letters of the name. the watchtowers are joined together on the great table by the letters of the tablet of union. in english transliteration, this is: e x a r p (air) h c o m a (water) n a n t a (earth) b i t o m (fire) each of these four words, or names, is linked in the golden dawn system to one of the watchtowers and to the element of that watchtower. it is also tied to the corresponding letter of tetragrammaton. the entire tablet of union is given to the hebrew letter shin, which signifies spiritual fire, or heavenly light. even as the sh unites and vitalizes the letters of ihvh in the two forms of pentagrammaton (ihvshh and ihshvh, so does the tablet of union unite and vitalize the four tables of the watchtower

rk, occult soil of the old testament writings. the number of kingdoms, twelve, confirms that we are dealing with the twelve banners of tetragrammaton. in kelley's vision, these are borne out of each watchtower upon three banners, or ensigns. the enochian names of god upon these three flags are alternate titles for the three banners of appendix a: the keys 195 tetragrammaton associated with either the element of that watchtower or the quarter of the compass sealed by that watchtower-it is diecult to tell which. this is an important point to make clear. if we associate the banners and the enochian names of god with the elements and their corresponding signs of the zodiac, we will link up each set of three elemental banners and enochian names upon a watchtower with the three zodiac signs of t

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peration involve another person? if so, they should be made aware of your intentions and you should certainly have their permission.even in healings. this is a cosmic law. first one must clarify one's intention in making the talisman. in the qabalistic tradition, as in any true spiritual tradition, this intention should include a very important element: how can this desire incorporate in some way the element of service? if you think about this carefully, it will act as a safeguard to desires the ego may feel are paramount, but which may not benefit it so well in the end. this is because this intention incorporates work with your higher self. if one's true goal is god (the kingdom of heaven) or simply the highest good, then all other things fall into place. this kind of goal is completely i

ned and demonstrate that each of these signatures.even the most simple two-letter combinations.has its own specific energy. the arrow going up (hm) is from the root which means "the vital power of the universe (de 'olivet, p. 331, implying an outgoing, more masculine principle, while the mh root, signified by the arrow going down, means "female generation. essentially passive and creative (it is) the element from which everything draws nourishment (p. 387. one will note from these simple examples that there are many complements, both in the hebrew roots and in the hebrew gematria. these are consistent themes in qabalistic study of the kameas. we see this very principle of complementarity in the archetypal expression of binah/saturn herself, for this is traditionally thought of as a contrac

a circle on the vault of the legendary founder of the rosicrucian order, brother c. r. c. it was written around the figure of a man's head, which case said represented aquarius. case's interpretation of the motto is that (it) refers to the occult conception that the real inner man is identical with and inseparable from the pure essence of the life power. that essence is correctly associated with the element of air, to which the sign aquarius (the man) is referred, because spirit and breath are correlated in all ancient philosophies. furthermore, the adjective intacta, which i have translated as undefiled, means even more than this. the inner glory that is the essence of the real man is not only untouched by the action of its outer vehicle of personality. it is truly untouchable. it can ne

logical contrivances unnecessary (ibid, p. 110. the magical number that is the theosophical extension of the mercury kamea is 2080. michell notes that in greek this relates back to the fire connected to the apex, because by gematria, the artificer's fire equals 2080. in fact, the first three letters of pyramid (pyr) mean fire. plato wrote (the) solid which has taken the form of a pyramid shall be the element and seed of fire (ibid, p. 106. interestingly, the two words in greek, fire and light, when added together, also equal 2080. recall that the affirmation attributed to hod on the pattern on the trestleboard is "i look forward with confidence to the perfect realization of the eternal splendor of the limitless light" it has been demonstrated that the dimensions of the pyramid show that th

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lofty moral and spiritual significance and exercised great influence on lofty souls such as heraclitus, pindar and plato, and when christianity spread it was orphism that gave the fundamentals to the pauline theology 'orphism soon came in contact with the rural cult at eleusis whose celebrated mysteries were without ecstatic and orgiastic elements. contact with orphism transformed the cult adding the element of redemption; from the fusion were born the eleusinian mysteries as known throughout antiquity. these consisted of two parts, the orphic centring round zagreus and celebrated at agrai, a suburb of athens, and termed "the lesser mysteries, and the eleusinian centring round demeter and kore, celebrated at eleusis itself and termed "the greater mystery. the former were the necessary prep

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as, the sage of tarentum. the school of pythagoras has several peculiar characteristics. every new member was obliged to pass a period of five years of contemplation in perfect silence; the members held everything in common, and rejected animal food; they were believers in the doctrine of metempsychosis, and were inspired with an ardent and implicit faith in their founder and teacher. so much did the element of faith enter into their training, that autos epha- he said it was to them complete proof. intense fraternal affection between the pupils was also a marked feature of the school; hence their saying, my friend is my other self, has become a byword to this day. the teaching was in a great measure secret, and certain studnumbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n we

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es of each card, and then envision the self clearly reflecting these attributes via the mind. allow the consciousness to move through them. ascend in the direction of each plane. it is possible to use a mask to reach a agreed meditative state of bringing forth the angel of light, to focus and visualize the features of the mask as a face of the light. the ascending and rising pentagram..represents the element air and the aethyr, the element of lucifer in his form of azal ucel and lumiel. lucifer in this solar based form represents separation from the material world, from which the essential self may be revealed and focused upon. later in ones initiation into the ahrimanic and yatuk-dinoih methods of sorcery is the body of light reunited and to recreate the body of shadow, the darkness and c

nar) of asmoday or ashamdon, a yezidic archangel. samael is considered to some extent connected with the roman light bearer, lucifer whom brings wisdom to mankind. when lucifer becomes the shadow bringer (noctifer) he is revealed as the ancient prince of darkness, set. the hidden gateway within the order of phosphorus is the sabbatic light and union of opposites. samael is the center resulting in the element fire, movement and manifestation. as this is the same as asmodeus, both unite in clarification ascertained through the medium itself. the alchemical formula of self transformation and initiation is through asmodeus, the lord of witchcraft. as the hidden one, asmodeus is the fountainhead for the art of encircling energy, the very act of sorcery itself. samael is the fallen angel, the go

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ng of the greatest circle: and so proceed towards the right hand. in the middle now of the pentacle, make a cross like a crucifix and write the last of those seven names, levanael thus" the seven names are those of the planets, given earlier. th cross of levanael is shown in figure 15. on the back of the seal i the sigil shown in figure 16. in the golden dawn, the word agla describes the nort and the element of earth. agla is notariqon for "thou ai mighty forever, 0 lord" agla is an angel in its own right and i 17 the rites of exorcism; the vibration of it is used for the exorcising of demons and any negative spirits. its place here, though, should not be associated to earth, but to its powers of exorcism in keeping any unwanted force out of the crystal that was placed on top of the seal

ith numbered sides, is shown in figure 52. the sides of each pyramid are colored as follows: 1. this is made up from the color of the planetary section you are working on, from the paths of the king scale, and has the sigil of the planet in the complementary color on it. 2. this is the color of the planet by way of column. 3. this is the color of the planet by way of rank. 4. this is the color of the element the planet is in. the truncated pyramid square, given in figure 53, shows the full pyrami d associations for baligon, the king of the planetary hour of venus. figures 54 through 58 are five examples of the construction of these pyramid tablets. the remaining two can easily be worked out and are left as an exercise. 91 92 93 94 95 96 egyptian god-forms of the bonorum over each pyramid s

platform and ascends to it, be165 coming a shining luminous platform. the cross and sign becollie a doorway above the disk becomes a revolving sphere where the enochian letter appears. there are seven characters and they are from the so-called theban alphabet. could it be shol alcm? there was also written "nahusa calls" and "n" was afterwards said to be daemon" both visions undoubtedly relate to the element of earth. this is shown in the vision of the sphere group by venus and by the kabbalistic sephirah of malkuth. the interesting fact in the first vision is a name given in the enochian language which i had never consciously heard of before. i had to look it up in my enochian dictionary to find out what it meant. the next section of visionary experiences comes from the pyramid squares of

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. kerux master of the portal, they have made their dwelling in jerusalem; they have passed from the holy of holies, through the divided veil, into the hidden temple of the heavenly school. he returns to his place with the sun. celebrant honourable frater hegernon, what is your symbolical situation in the precincts of the portal? hegernon in the south of the temple, signifying the sephira netzach, the element of fire and the consecration of the will of man. i am in correspondence with the letter yod. celebrant honourable frater hiereus, why are you placed in the north? hiereus my seat is in the glory of hod, which is a reflection from the light of our desire in tiphereth. i signify the element of water and the consecration of the emotions of man. i am in correspondence with the letter he. c

of the lesser mysteries in the order of the/ your station heretofore has been ever on the throne of the east: why are you located at the western end of the temple? hierophant i await in the sphere of foundation, in that holy sphere yesod, the opening of the gate of samech that he whom i have brought so far in our mysteries may traverse the vertical path, even to the portal of tiphereth. i signify the element of air and the consecration of the mind of man. i am in correspondence with the letter vau. celebrant honourable frater kerux, what is your station in the temple? kerux truly honoured manter of the portal, my place is in the nethermost west; i stand in the sphere of malkuth; i signify the element of earth and the consecration of the body of man. the stolistes and dadouchos are beside m

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fold wave of the sensual world" hierophant (faces east, forms himself in a cross "glory be to thee, father of the undying for thy glory flows out rejoicing to the ends of the earth" hierophant (turns back around "the red cross above the white triangle represents the unfolding of light. at its east, south, west, and north angles are a rose, 36 fire, cup of wine, and bread and salt. these allude to the elements of, air, fire, water, and earth. the mystical words- khabs am pekht-are ancient egyptian and are the origin of the greek words- konx om pax- which was uttered at the eleusinian mysteries. a literal translation would be 'light rushing out in one ray, and they signify the same form of light as that symbolized by the staff of the kerux. east of the double cubical altar of created things

he initiate in his own words and asks if anyone else has anything to say (kerux brings forth the special solution and water) kerux "nature is harmonious in all her workings, and that which is above, is also that which is below. thus also, the truths which by material science we investigate are but special examples of the all pervading law of the universe. so, with the pure limpid fluid, is hidden the elements bearing the semblance of blood, even as within the mind and brain of the initiate lies concealed the divine secrets of hidden knowledge. yet if the 38 oath be forgotten and the solemn pledge be broken, then that which is secret shall be revealed, even as this pure fluid reveals the semblance of blood (mixes them together "let this remind thee forever, o neophyte, how easily by careles

s the choice of the candidate. if it is the candidate's will to elevate spiritually and closer to the higher self, the whole action will be strengthened by the initiation and the badge of the neophyte which is a potent symbol of the "light that shineth in the darkness, but the darkness comprehendeth it not" the sash is black and represents the black pillar the feminine current. it also represents the elements of which the candidate will be attempting to master in higher grades. the sash with the white triangle is worn from the left shoulder across the body to the right hip. it should be worn with a robe, nemyss and red slippers. even members who work alone and are not near the temple should strongly consider investing in a robe, and the above attire to do the ritual work outlined in the gr

ini, the twins c 4 cancer, the crab d 5 leo, the lion e 6 virgo, the virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fire are attributed: aries a leo e sagittarius i to earth are attributed: taurus b virgo f capricorn j to air are attributed: gemini c libra g aquarius k to water are attributed: cancer d scorpio h pisces l 52 to the ancients, six planets besides the sun were known. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and south nodes of the moon. that is th

fire, symbolizing the three fold flames of divinity, the holy spirit. in hebrew, the word for holy spirit is ruach elohim (pronounced roo-ach eh-low-heem) these two letters with the third, aleph, form the "three mother letters. it is through these three letters that the physical universe came into being, and it is through the understanding of these three letters that indicates the presence of all the elements combined, the elements of fire, water, air and earth. you will come to understand in a future lesson that these elements also refer to the four worlds of the qabalah as well as several other qabalistic correspondences. keep in mind that in the use of the hebrew alphabet in the workings of the qabalah, you will be able to correspond many different attributes from any system of magic an

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god svantovit with a horse to ride on. some few divinities made use of a ship, as may be seen by the stories of athene's ship and that of isis, and frey's skisblasnir, the best of all ships. stem. 45^ but whichever way the gods might move, on earth, through air or in water, their walk and tread, their riding and driving is represented as so vehement, that it produces a loud noise, and the din of the elements is explained by it. the driving of zeus or thorr awakens thunder in the clouds; mountains and forests tremble beneath poseidon's tread, ii. 13, 18; when apollo lets himself down from the heights of olympus, arrows and bow clatter (ekxay^av) on his shoulder 1, 44, betvr) se kxajyr] yiver' dpyupeoio ^lolo, dreadful was the twang of his silver bow 1, 49. in the lays of the edda this stir

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and they go forward to west. hiereus (indicating it) this tablet before you shows the 7 planes of the tree of life answering to the 7 planets. thus, saturn answers to kether, jupiter to chokmah, and binah; mars to chesed and geburah; the sun to tiphareth; venus to netzach and hod, mercury to yesod and luna to malkuth. while this second tablet (indicating it) shows the four planes corresponding to the elements; the four worlds and the letters of the holy name. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in south. heg: this tablet shows you the meaning of the alchemical mercury on the tree of life of the first form of the alchemical sephiroth. here again it embraces all but kether. the radix metallorum, the triple foliation at the bottom of the cross refers to fire symbolized by the addition of the sign

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(her. heg: rises goes to door, opens it, presents practicus with solid pyramid of elements and admits him. heg: and ever forth from their central source the rivers of eden flow. heg: leads practicus to south east before pillars. hiero: frater (xyz) the path now open before you is the 28th leading from the grade of theoricus to the grade of philosophus. take in your right hand the solid pyramid of the elements and follow the guide of the path. heg: circumambulates hall once with practicus. hiero: as they approach rises, the red lamp in his hand. they halt before him. hiero: the priestess with the mask of isis spake and said i am the rain of heaven, descending upon the earth, bearing with it the fructifying and germinating power. i am the plenteous yielder of harvest; i am the cherisher of l

efore the three supernals. the first course is sacred, but in the midst thereof another, the third aerial which cherisheth earth in fire and the fountain of fountain, and of all the fountains. the matrix containing all, thence abundantly springing forth the generation of multifarious matter. heg: conducts practicus to foot of the hierophant's throne and hands to the practicus the solid pyramid of the elements. hiero: this pyramid is attributed to the four elements. on the four triangles are their names, asch, fire; mayim, water; ruach, air; aretz, earth; on the apex is the word eth, composed of the first and last letters of the alphabet and implying essence. the square base represents the material universe, and on it is the word ohlam, meaning world (places pyramid aside) the 28th path of

alt embraces all the sephiroth but malkuth, and is as it were, the reconciler between the sulphur and the mercury. the horizontal dividing line implies the precept of hermes as above, so below. hiero: resumes his place. hiereus: heg: pract: move to the tablets in the west. hiereus: this tablet represents the trinity operating through the sephiroth, and reflected downwards in the four triangles of the elements, through the tree of life. notice that air is reflected from kether through tiphareth to yesod. water is reflected from binah through chesed to hod; and fire is reflected from chokmah through geburah to netzach. while malkuth is earth, the receptacle of the other three. on this second tablet is the image of nebuchadnezar, whose head was of gold, the breast and the arms of silver, the

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

l your visualised or actual knots tight, cut them, leap into the air, shouting: the power is free! or it is done! sometimes there is just a sudden stillness, as the power leaves. afterwards, you need to ground the energies by sitting or lying on the ground and letting excess energies fade away into the earth as you press down with your hands and feet. the four elements i have mentioned the use of the elements in rituals. in magick, there are four elements- earth, air, fire and water. they all contain symbolic qualities and powers that together form the energies used in rituals. each element controls a quadrant in the magical circle. earth, in the north, represents the stability, security and strength of old stone circles, mighty castle walls, tall craggy rocks and mountain peaks. it is als

tal correspondences, so that even if you are new to magick you can begin work at once. if you are an experienced practitioner, some of the ideas may suggest new directions for your personal and coven work. the elemental candle colours each of the four elements- air, fire, water and earth- is represented by a single candle colour- yellow, red, blue and green. a coloured candle representing each of the elements can be placed at the four main compass points around the circle to mark the quarters- east, south, west and north. you can place the elemental candles either on the edge of the circle in sturdy floor-standing holders, or on small tables or plinths at the compass points. though each element is represented by a single candle, you can use a second to increase a particular element in its

empowered coins and leave them in an open jar in the moonlight until the full moon. on the day after the full moon, spend them on giving happiness to others. after the ritual, dissolve the salt in sacred water and tip it into a flowing source of water to get the money energies moving. in a formal ritual for the same purpose, focus the energies by casting a formal circle, inviting the guardians of the elements (see page 200) to lend their power to the endeavour. pass the elemental tools, incense, candles and water over the salt and money, thus concentrating the energies. dissolve and tip the salt away in a tub of water that has been swirled nine times to get the power flowing as the climax of the ritual. the difference is one of degree of intensity. incense i have already described in detai

c powers and mystical experiences, passion and sexuality. it can be invoked by those who work in the arts and those who seek or are required to be leaders and for those in all dangerous professions, especially involving fire, furnaces or metalwork. it is also potent for destruction of what is now no longer needed, for binding and banishing and so for protection. because it is the most powerful of the elements, it must be used only with care in a pure, calm frame of mind and for a positive purpose. the elemental creature of fire is the salamander, the mythical lizard that lives within fire (the name is nowadays given to a species of amphibious newts. the salamander offers an understanding of mystical processes and visions to inspire future paths and ventures. the colour of fire is gold, ora

act as a focus for the spell* choose your elemental tools* choose your herbs. decide if you are going to empower them before or during the ceremony and write down the words if necessary. make any sachets or poppets you intend to use* choose your oils* choose your incenses* choose your crystals* choose your ritual substances* consecrate the ritual substances. the ceremony* cast your circle* invoke the elements and angels* focus on the symbol of the spell and declare your intentions* endow the symbol with magical energies, chanting if appropriate* raise the power to absorb energy from the cosmos, creating a cone of power* release the power, sending it out into the cosmos* close the energies down* uncast the circle* ground the energies. after the ceremony* dispose of materials- some may need

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e secret forces of nature, and can therefore act beyond them, though their classification and qualities will cause them to be more sympathetic with certain among these forces than with the rest, and this in varying degree. also that they are superior in power to men, spirits, elementals, and devils. the elementals on the other hand, though consisting of an infinitude of classes, are the forces of the elements of nature, the administrators of the currents thereof; and can therefore never act beyond and independently of their own particular currents. in a sense, therefore, they are irresponsible for the action of a current as a whole, though responsible for the part thereof in which they immediately act. therefore also they are at the same time subject to the general current of the force, wh

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ng the most convenient time, and the end falleth just at the (feast of) tabernacles.20 our predecessors have thus observed it, and the angel21 also hath approved it; and also it is more advisable to follow good counsel and example, than to be obstinate and follow one s own caprice; and also to treat the election of a particular day as a pagan idea, paying no regard. whatever either to time nor to the elements; but only (having respect) unto him who granteth such a period. thus then will we be found men in the fittest condition of grace and reconciled with god, and purer than at another period; and this being an essential point ye ought well to consider the same. it is, however, quite true that the elements and the constellations do perform of themselves certain operations22 but this is to

profit therefrom so as to operate with judgment. 7 of abramelin the mage 51 the sixth chapter. concerning the planetary hours and other errors of the astrologers. t is true that the wise in astrology do write of the stars and of their movements, and that these attaining thereto do produce divers effects in inferior and elemental things; and such are, as we have already said, natural operations of the elements; but that they should have power over the spirits, or force in all supernatural things, that is not, neither can ever be. but it will instead be found that by the permission of the great god it is the spirits who govern the firmament. what foolishness then would it be to implore the favour of the sun, of the moon, and of the stars, when the object would be to have converse with angels

th in its horizon, that the moon riseth also together with him, and that she setteth also together with him? they cannot answer this. wherefore then do they apportion unto the second day of the week and unto its first hour the moon? they can tell you no reason, except a likeness to the name (of the day).24 o! how gross an error! hear and tell me when it is that a planet hath the greatest force in the elements; whether when it is above or when it is below your horizon or hemisphere? we must however avow that it is more powerful when it is above, because being below it hath no power save according unto the will of god. why then, even further than this, should we attribute unto a planet a day and hour, if during the whole period of such day it appeareth not above the horizon! abramelin as a m

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the lesser angle of d in the tablet of c.(permutations include both kerubic and sub-servients) the consecration of the four elemental weapons give excellent examples of the spirit or archangelic names formed from the kerubic squares by the addition of letters from the tablet of union. the attribution of the name hwhy. the name is the key to the whole of the enochian attributions of the squares to the elements: the letters are thus referred: y yod d wands h he c cups w vau a swords h (final) he b pentacles the letters of the great name attributed to the four tablets in order together: insert diagram 12 not only are the letters of tetragrammaton attributed to the tablets themselves, and to the lesser angles of the tablets, but they are so arranged that even the squares of the tablets come un

triplicity of the kerubic square at the top, the ranks by quality. by this method there results a highly intricate and ingenious subdivision of elements in the sub-elements of the lesser angles. y d are referred to the cardinal signs,(a,d, g, and j) h c are referred to the kerubic or fixed signs,(b, e, h and k) w a are referred to the mutable signs,(c, f, i, and l) h (final) b are referred to the elements,(d, c, a, b) as to the reasons of this latter attribution, s.r.m.d. says that the four cardinal signs are called the most fiery because they are most solar in nature. that is, the 19 equinoxes and solstices occur when the a is in these signs. the kerubic or fixed signs are considered watery because they are the most shining and glittering in nature. the remaining four mutable signs ar

the ten sephiroth. and the first three letters of those squares will symbolize the triad of the supernals operating through the quadrangle. looking at the horizontal line again, and considering its full quota of twelve squares, instead of as ten as before, then since they are divided into a 3, a 4, a 5, as 27 in oipteaapdoce they may be said to symbolize the triad of the supernals, the tetrad of the elements, and the o. again. in the commencing triad of the linea spiritus sancti of each tablet, it may be said that: oro will be symbolical of the voice of the man kerub. mph will be symbolical of the cry of the eagle kerub. mor will be symbolical of the low of the bull kerub. oip will be symbolical of the roar of the lion kerub. there are various ways of looking at the pyramids prior to unde

rts of the world, viz: east, west, north, south, as under the authority of whom are confirmed in the beginning of the world. to whom belong four characters, being tokens of the son of god, by whom all things are made in the creation, and are the natural marks of his holiness. now thou shalt observe that in the book of the concourse of the forces, a sign is annexed unto each of the four tablets of the elements. that is, unto the tablet of a, a symbol of a t having four y s above it. the sigils of the angelic tablets diagram u unto the tablet of c a cross potent, having two letters b.b. a figure 4 and a figure 6 in the angles thereof. unto the tablet of b, a simple cross potent without additions. unto the d tablet there is a circle having twelve rays. these be the sacred seals or characters

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days shall be an hundred and twenty years' associate adeptus minor, unto what do those 120 years of the aspirant's symbolic age correspond" third "to the five grades of the first order through which it is necessary for the aspirant to have passed before he can enter the tomb of the sacred mountain. 12 for the three months interval between the grades of practicus and philosophus are the regimen of the elements; and the seven months between the philosophus and the portal symbolize the regimen of the planets; while the elements and the planets both work in the zodiac; so that three plus seven multiplied by twelve yieldeth the number 120. second "o aspirant, ere thou canst enter the tomb of the adepti of the rose of ruby and the cross of gold, it is necessary to take a solemn obligation of sec

atin, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe. after three years, he went on into egypt, where there was another temple of the order. there he remained for a time still studying the mysteries of nature. after this, he traveled by sea to the city of fessa, where he was welcomed at the temple there established, and he there obtained the knowledge and the acquaintance of the habitants of the elements, who revealed unto him many of their secrets "of the fraternity he confessed that they had not retained their wisdom in its primal purity, and that their qabala was to a certain extent altered to their religion. nevertheless, he learned much there. after a stay of two years he came to spain, where he endeavored to reform the errors of the learned according to the pure knowledge he had

the force therein mixed together, or by these colors being placed in juxtaposition, or in any other convenient manner; but the foundation of them all is the minutum mundum diagram "the symbolism of the altar was briefly explained to you in the second point. upon the altar stands a black calvary cross, charged with a rose of five times five petals, representing the interchanging energies of m and the elements (chief leads aspirant out of tomb. two adepts replace altar, and all resume their places as at beginning of third point) chief "the head of the pastos is white, charged with a golden greek cross and red rose of 49 petals. the foot is black with a white calvary cross and circle placed upon a pedestal of two steps. on the sides are depicted the 22 colors of the paths, between light and

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

the students of yoga in england do nothing but gossip over endless libations of lyons' 1s. 2d (4) yoga means union. in what sense are we to consider this? how is the word yoga to imply a system of religious training or a description of religious experience? you may note incidentally that the word religion is really identifiable with yoga. it means a binding together (5) yoga means union. what are the elements which are united or to be united when this word is used in its common sense of a practice widely spread in hindustan whose object is the emancipation of the individual who studies and practises it from the less pleasing features of his life on this planet? i say hindustan, but i really mean anywhere on the earth; for research has shown that similar methods producing similar results ar

orlds! the conclusion of our researches last week was that the ultimate yoga which gives emancipation, which destroys the sense of separateness which is the root of desire, is to be made by the concentration of every element of one's being, and annihilating it by intimate combustion with the universe itself. i might here note, in parenthesis, that one of the difficulties of doing this is that all the elements of the yogi increase in every way exactly as he progresses, and by reason of that progress. however, it is no use crossing our bridges until we come to them, and we shall find that by laying down serious scientific principles based on universal experience they will serve us faithfully through every stage of the journey. 2. when i first undertook the investigation of yoga, i was fortun

indeed quite true, when we take the deeper interpretation. tetragrammaton is so called from the four letters in the word: yod, he, vau, and he. this is compared with the relations of a family- yod, the father, he, the mother; vau, the son; and the final he, the daughter (in writing she is sometimes distinguished from her mother by inserting a small point in the letter) this is also a reference to the elements, fire, water, air, earth. i may go further, and say that all possible existing things are to be classed as related to one or more of these elements for convenience in certain operations. but these four letters, though in one sense they represent the eternal framework, are not, so to speak, original. for instance, when we place tetragrammaton on the tree of life, the ten sephiroth or n

to examine the nature of our fundamental ideas; and this is necessary, because since we began to consider the nature of the results of meditation, our conceptions of the backgrounds of thought are decided in quite a different manner; not by intellectual analysis, which, as we have seen, carries no conviction, but by illumination, which does carry conviction. let us, therefore, proceed to examine the elements of our normal thinking. 5. i need hardly recapitulate the mathematical theorem which you all doubtless laid to heart when you were criticising einstein's theory of relatively. i only want to recall to your minds the simplest element of that theorem; the fact that in order to describe anything at all, you must have four measurements. it must be so far east or west, so far north or sout

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how it was that nature should no longer be the centre of man s worship, but man himself, man in his suffering and death, man in his purification and perfection. and he recited the formula of the osiris as follows, even as it hath been transmitted unto us by the brethren of the cross and rose unto this day "for asar un-nefer hath said: he that is found perfect before the gods hath said: these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. for the scent of the dying rose is the repressed sigh of my suffering; the flame-red fire is the energy of my undaunted will; the cup of wine is the outpouring of the blood of my heart, sacrificed to regeneration; and the bread and salt are the foundations of my body which i destroy in order that they may be renewed. fo

d devised a cunning to match the cunning of them that had blasphemed osiris, who had at last become my god. yea! bitterly would i avenge him on the morrow. chapter ix page 38 gulf.txt now this was the manner of my working, that i inspired the high priestess to an oracle, so that she prophesied, saying that osiris should never be content with his servants unless they had passed the four ordeals of the elements. now of old these rituals had been reserved for a special grade of initiation. the chapter was therefore not a little alarmed, until they remembered how shamefully all the true magic was imitated, so that the rumour went that this was but a device of the high priestess to increase the reputation of the temple fore sanctity. and, their folly confirming them in this, they agreed cheerfu

himself into trance; and, lastly, his wrappings protect him against the fire, though all thebai went to feed the blaze. but it was not so with this bastard priesthood of osiris. for of the three hundred only nine were found worthy. the high priestess, however, i brought through by my magic, for she had amused me mightily, and i took great pleasure in her love, that was wilder than the rage of all the elements in one. so i called together the nine who had survived, all being men, and gave them instruction and counsel, that they should form a secret brotherhood to learn and to teach the formula of the osiris in its supreme function of initiating the human soul. that they should keep discipline in the temple only for the sake of the people, permitting every corruption yet withdrawing themselv

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

diacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa

must always be hid. know that gelal and lilit are quick to come at calling, and invadeth the beds of man, robbing the water of life and the food of life in which to quicken the dead, but their labours are fruitless for they do not have the formulae. but the priest has the formulae, and the food of life and the water of life may be brought to call many, for after the passage of one-tenth of a moon the elements are dead. and gelal invades the bed of a woman, and lilit that of a man, and sometimes evil beings are born of these hauntings, and as such must be slain, for the children of gelal are workers natural of the ancient one, having his spirit; and the children of lilit are likewise, but are born in secret places which may not be perceived by man, and it is not until the time of their matu

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

e. fire is the foundation, the central core, of things; above this forms a crust, tormented from below, and upon this condenses the original steam. around this flows the air, created by earth and water through the action of vegetation. such is the globe; but all this is a mere strain in the aethyr, alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho. here is a new pentagrammaton, presumably suitable for another analysis of the elements; but after a different manner. alpha( alpha) is air; rho( rho) the sun; these are the spirit and the son of christian theology. in the midst is the father, expressed as father-and-mother. i-h (yod and he, eta( eta) being used to express "the mother" instead of epsilon( epsilon, to show that she has been impregnated by the spirit; it is the rough breathing and not the soft. the centre

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

s and cries why, invoking because, then will stops& does nought. ii,31: if power asks why, then is power weakness. ii,32: also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite& unknown& all their words are skew-wise. ii,33: enough of because! be he damned for a dog! ii,34: but ye, o my people, rise up& awake! ii,35: let the rituals be rightly performed with joy& beauty! ii,36: there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. ii,37: a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride! ii,38: a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. ii,39: a feast for tahuti and the child of the prophet-secret, o prophet! ii,40: a feast for the supreme ritual, and a feast for the equinox of the gods. ii,41: a feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

and ass, and aggereth the daughter of machalath. at nw corner, the scorpion, and wmisa,3 the unnameable and hmuk.4 at sw angle, the lion and horse, and the younger lilith the wife of asmodai. col. ix. the cup of the stolistes has its rim and 2 and 3 and its foot in 10. the cadueceus is (easily) placed on the tree and divided into a, m, and c. the waxing moon in 4; waning in 5; full in 6. col. xi. the elements, of whose nature the signs of the zodiac partake, are shown by the symbol against them. col. xii. let 45 be a straight line. on 45 erect the equilateral bs 451, 459. from 4 and 5 draw straight lines 247, 358^ 45, and the straight lines 25^ 14, 43^ 15, 48^ 59, and 57^ 49, the points 2, 3, 7 and 8 marking the intersections. join 19, 12, 13, 23, 78, 79, 89. let 6 be the point of intersec

nwou haour i# ya mwou e of c pawn ]wmayv e of c castle s/weu ya i# a of c king pya qav/n-q/x d of d bishop zw wan c of d queen qnwou ya peq] b of d knight ou bal e of d pawn ahevi e of d castle yarves# fa qnwouya pe a of d king ouqaouri# d of e bishop ar/wueri# c of e queen ?ice# b of e knight hwwr e of e pawn amese] e of e castle neuvyuie# a of e king ?swwri# the pawns refer to t as the house of the elements only, not to t as e. line 32. cfbaquwou hnoue. i#tomwou and ahevi ]wumatv: amece: kabexnuf 6 col. xxi. the perfected egyptian exlaims, there is no part of me that is not of the gods. this column gives the attribution in detail. the non-cherubic zodiac signs are omitted, but follow their affinities. col. xxiii. formless state (f= 4 sublime state (s= 4 reflection (r= 10 kashina (k= 10 i

n authority by renaissance writers such as ficino and agrippa; the material specifically attributed to d abano in 777 is from the heptameron, although the images of the decans may be from his genuine works. 3 probably a reference to the golden dawn. after swearing a long and tortuously phrased oath of secrecy, the neophyte was issued a knowledge lecture which consisted of the names and symbols of the elements, planets and signs along with the hebrew alphabet and the names of the sephiroth in hebrew. 4 the lemegeton is a 17th-century compilation, probably english, of magical texts attributed to solomon. the first book, goetia, describes 72 evil spirits and gives instructions for evoking them (it derives variously from the key of solomon, the heptameron, the fourth book of pseudo-agrippa and

an useful by the omission of the figures: this translation has been incorporated into some later mss and printed editions of the lemegeton. 5 in the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage (tom. ii cap. xix) are tabulated the names of various evil spirits: chief among these are the four princes and superior spirits, to wit lucifer, leviathan, satan and belial who may perhaps be referred to the elements (i would suggest fire, water, air, earth respectively; immediately below these are eight sub-princes, namely oriens, paimon, ariton, amaimon (vide 777 col. lxviii, astarot, magot, asmodee and belzebud (sic; a total of 316 named spirits are listed below the eight sub- princes, some subject to one of them, some shared between two or more. 6 the book of the concourse of the forces is the

obsolete greek letter stau which was also used for number 6, and given the value st. col lii. the letters are shown in their isolated forms; since arabic is written cursively, letter forms vary slightly depending on whether the letter appears on its own, or in the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a word. the repetition of one letter in lines 9 and 10 appears to be deliberate. table ii (the elements) col. lxvi. the numerical value of each of these spellings gives the number in col. lxv, which, rendered in hebrew letters, gives the secret name in col. lxiv. line 31. originally given hyh wyw hyh dwy, which adds to 82 rather than 72. the reading here is from mathers introduction to kaballah unveiled. table iii (the planets) col. lxxviii. line 13. various spellings of this horrendous

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

pal result of the ceremonial skrying of sir edward kelly is the obtaining of the following diagrams, plates iii.-viii. he symbolized the four-dimensional universe in two dimensions as a square surrounded by 30 concentric circles (the 30 thyrs or aires) whose radii increase in a geometrical proportion. the sides of the square are the four great watch-towers (plates iv.-vii) which are attributed to the elements. there is also a black cross (or central tablet according to the arrangement shewn compare the black cross bordering the tablets in plate iii. with plate viii).6 plate iii gives the general view [the reversed letters which form the word paraoan are written in enochian for convenience, as our a and o are not distinguishable reverse from forward] plate iv. gives the complete attribution

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ver nature, it is a constitutional sovereignty rigorously limited in its scope and exercised in exact conformity with ancient usage. thus the analogy between the magical and the scientific conceptions of the world is close. in both of them the succession of events is perfectly regular and certain, being determined by immutable laws, the operation of which can be foreseen and calculated precisely; the elements of caprice, of chance, and of accident are banished from the course of nature. both of them open up a seemingly boundless vista of possibilities to him who knows the causes of things and can touch the secret springs that set in motion the vast and intricate mechanism of the world. hence the strong attraction which magic and science alike have exercised on the human mind; hence the pow

nt, omnipresent and so on; and thus their "wills" are immutable and absolute> it is the masculine plural of a feminine noun, but its nature is principally feminine<form, manifestation. the masculine siva, or tao, is always a concealed force> it is a perfect hieroglyph of the number 5. this should be studied in "a note on genesis (equinox i, ii. the elements are all represented, as in tetragrammaton, but there is no development from one into the others. they are, as it were, thrown together- untamed, only sympathising by virtue of their wild and stormy but elastically resistless energy. the central letter is "he- the letter of breath- and represents spirit. the first letter "aleph" is the natural letter of air, and the final "mem" is the

ft are illusory; and their apparent effects depend on the idea that it is possible to alter things by the mere rearrangement of them. one 26 must not rely upon the false analogy of the xylenes to rebut this argument. it is quite true that geometrical isomers act in different manners towards the substance to which they are brought into relation. and it is of course necessary sometimes to rearrange the elements of a molecule before that molecule can form either the masculine or the feminine element in a true magical combination with some other molecule. it is therefore occasionally inevitable for a magician to reorganize the structure of certain elements before proceeding to his operation proper. although such work is technically witchcraft, it must not be regarded as undesirable on that gro

at each individual is self-procreative sexually, whereas isis knew only one sex, and osiris thought the two sexes opposed. also the formula is now love in all cases; and the end is the beginning, on a higher plane. the i is formed from the v by removing its tail, the a by balancing 4 yods, the o by making an inverted triangle of yods, which suggests the formula of nuit- hadit- ra-hoor-khuit. a is the elements whirling as a svastika- the creative energy in equilibrated action<yod aleph yod yod. yod yod- ayin yod yod yod- 38 chapter vi the formula of the neophyte<neophyte ceremony, equinox i,ii. this formula has for its "first matter" the ordinary man entirely ignorant of everything and incapable of anything. he is therefore represented as blind

or mnemonics> i there is no more important task than the exploration of one's previous incarnations<reincarnation that the population of this planet has been increasing rapidly. were do the new souls come from? it is not necessary to invent theories about other planets; it is enough to say that the earth is passing through a period when human units are being built up from the elements with increased frequency. the evidence for this theory springs to the eye: in what other age was there such puerility, such lack of race-experience, such reliance upon incoherent formulas (contrast the infantile emotionalism and credulity of the average "well-educated" anglo-saxon with the shrewd common sense of the normal illiterate peasant) a large proportion of mankind today is com

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

sented the yang by an unbroken, the yin by a broken, line (the first manifestation in nature of these two is th i yang, the sun, and the th i yin, the moon) this being a little large and loose, they doubled these lines, and obtained the four hsiang. they then took them three at a time, and got the eight kwa. these represent the development from the original oe s.b. cap "i" to the natural order of the elements. i shall call the male principle m, the female f. m.1- khien "heaven-father" f.1- khw n "earth-mother- m.2- loe the sun f.2- kh n the moon- m.3- k n fire f.3- tui water- magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 77 m.4- sun air f.4- k n earth- note how admirably they have preserved the idea of balance. m.1. and f.1. are perfection. m.2. and f.2. still keep balance in

ro; for to accomplish this is the formula of your work as a mystic. to magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 78 remind you, and to amplify certain points of the above, let me quote from magick pp. 152-3 footnote 2 "all elements must at one time have been separate- that would be the case with great heat. now when atoms get to the sun, we get that immense extreme heat, and all the elements are themselves again. imagine that each atom of each element possesses the memory of all his adventures in combination. by the way, that atom (fortified with that memory) would not be the same atom; yet it is, because it has gained nothing from anywhere except this memory. therefore, by the lapse of time, and by virtue of memory, a thing could become something more than itself; thus a

ing" could create a world in which war, evil, etc, exist. god is only an appearance, because (like "good) it cannot affect the substance itself, but only multiply its combinations. this is something the same as mystic monotheism; but all parts of himself, so that their interplay is false. if we presuppose many elements, their interplay is natural "it is no objection to this theory to ask who made the elements- the elements are at least there, and god, when you look for him, is not there. theism is obscurum per obscurius. a male star is built up from the centre outwards; a female from the circumference inwards. this is what is meant when we say that woman has no soul. it explains fully the difference between the sexes" magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 79 every "ac

as you know, is an exceedingly complex subject; its theory is tortuous, and its practice encompassed with every kind of difficulty. is there no simple method? yes: the thaumaturgic engine disposes of a type of energy more adaptable than electricity itself, and both stronger and subtler than this, its analogy in the world of profane science. one might say, that it is electrical, or at least one of the elements in the "ringformula" of modern mathematical physics. in the r.r. et a.c, this is indicated to the adept minor by the title conferred upon him on his initiation to that grade: hodos camelionis- the path of the chameleon (this emphasizes the omnivalence of the force) in the higher degrees of o.t.o- the a'.a. is not fond of magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 110

soon as you start actual teaching, the difference between the real and the conventional in what you make him memorize. nothing irritates children more than the arbitrary "because i say so" nobody knows why the alphabet has the order which we know; it is quite senseless. one could construct a much more rational order: e.g. the mother, the single and the double letters, all in the natural order of the elements, planets and signs. again, we have the "missionary" alphabet, arranged "scientifically" as gutturals, modified ditto, dentals, labials, vowels and so on; a most repulsive concoction! but i would not accept any emendation from the god thoth himself; it is infinitely simpler to stick to the familiar order. but explain to the child that this is only for convenience, like the rule of the

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

ced by over-eating. it is difficult to say whether so definite a result would come to all, or even to most people. the matter is one of no very great importance. if you have acquired the power of checking the rise of thought you may proceed to the next stage. 27 chapter v dharana now that we have learnt to observe the mind, so that we know how it works to some extent, and have begun to understand the elements of control, we may try the result of gathering together all the powers of the mind, and attempting to focus them on a single point. we know that it is fairly easy for the ordinary educated mind to think without much distraction on a subject in which it is much interested. we have the popular phrase "revolving a thing in the mind; and as long as the subject is sufficiently complex, as

tque technica historia, based on a renaissance copy of vitruvius' 1st century "de architectura" as interpreted by cesariano in 1521, minus fludd's rope, clouds and winged fawn+hourglass, with the caption beneath "design suitable for top of altar, and below that a geometrical figure of the planets and stars from "the cannon" fig. 3, p. 30, chap. ii. with the under caption "the holy oblation" 62 of the elements, and the sigils of the holy elemental kings, as shown in the equinox, no. vii; for these are syntheses of the forces of nature. yet these are rather special than general symbols, and this book purports to treat only of the grand principles of working. 63 diagram on this page: inside a dashed equilateral triangle are a scourge, chain, dagger and a wide, low perfume bottle shaped like a

the vision of the fifth aethyr. this robe is lined with purple silk on which is embroidered a green serpent coiled from neck to hem. the symbolism of this robe treats of high mysteries which must be studied in liber ccxx and liber cdxviii; but having thus dealt with special robes, let us consider the use of the robe in general. the robe is that which conceals, and which protects the magician from the elements; it is the silence and secrecy with which he works, the hiding of himself in the occult life of magick and meditation. this is the "going away into the wilderness" which we find in the lives of all men of the highest types of greatness. and it is also the withdrawing of one's self from life as such. in another sense it is the "aura" of the magician, that invisible egg or sheath which

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

htp( the god had (spelt in full :d):h 556 mark, vestige, footstep wmy#r restoration nwqt 557 first, former, primary nw#)r 558 to initiate *knx 560 waters of quiet twxwnm ym a point, prick, dot tdwqn dragons mynynt sorceress r#km sought my#wrd crowd *ks 561 cain nyqt) concealed mystery )twyncd 562 primordial hnw#)r 563 a washing of the hands mydy tly+n 564 the breaker of foundations: the sphere of the elements (i.e. malkuth; see 632) twdwsy mlx the cap-stone (or perhaps impl. a cornerstone, as ps. 118:22) h#)rh nb) and the adam was formed into a living nephesch (i.r.q. 941) hyx #pnl md)h yhyw enoch *kwnx 565 small things, insignificant things twn+q officers (esp. judicial or military) myr+w# 566 a valley; a plain (from gsharon h; see 1091) nwr#y points, pricks, dots twdwqn a secret (spelt i

mkx life *myyx 629 the great trumpet lwdg rpw# nations; gentiles *myywg 630 the holy spirit)#ydq )xwr seraphim, flaming ones: the angelic choir of geburah mypr# hairy ones; he-goats; demons myry# drill, coarse linen; a triad #l# adam and eve *hwxw md) thine eye( gis h written. see 160& i.r.q. 652 *kny( 631 concealed mystery )tw(yncd silence; silent *ml) 632 the world of foundations: the sphere of the elements (i.e. malkuth; see 564) twdwsy mlw( 633 light (spelt in full, vau= ww; cf. 628 and 643 :r:w) male and female created [they them (gn. 1:27) m)rb hbqnw rkz a day of feast *bw+ mwy 634 worn-out; beggars *mykd 635 son of the dawn: the morning star, lucifer rx# nb llyh three h#l# unto them *mhl adonai the king: a divine name of malkuth (cf. 65& 361 *klm ynd) 638 the breaker; dream (n& v *m

es *mybn( the golden image [of nebuchadnezzar (dan. 3*)bhd mlc 733 the white head: a title of kether hrwwh)#yr 734 to bring forth dlt# torches *mydypl 736 contortions, convolutions (cf. 1351) twlqlq( to eternity *mlw(l 737 blaze, flame (live coal) tbhl) vain pride, or the basis of vanity lbh t# oak; oak-wood *nwl) 738 the lower part, the loins *myclx 740 manna; portion *nm 741 the four letters of the elements; hence a concealed hwhy #tm) a tree *nly) firm, faithful; amen: so be it: a title of kether *nm) 742 the ark of the covenant (lit. gof tremblings h, scil. gvibrations h) twd(h nwr) 743 a disc, round shield; a defender *ngm 744 the valley of vision *nwyzxyg a window *nwlx footprints (foot fs breadth (deut. 2:5 *krdm 745 the great stone *hldg nb) multitude, abundance *nmh 746 the names

ALEISTER CROWLEY TAO TEH KING

he primitive elements of his thought, had no true correspondences in any european terminology. the very first word 'tao' presented a completely insoluble problem. it had been translated 'reason' the 'way 'to on' none of these covey the faintest conception of the tao. the tao is 'reason' in this sense, that the substance of things may be in part apprehended as being that necessary relation between the elements of thought which determines the laws of reason. in other words, the only reality is that which compels us to connect the various forms of illusion as we do. it is thus evidently unknowable, and expressible neither by speech nor by silence. all that we can know about it is that there is inherent in it a 5 power (which, however, is not itself) by virtue whereof all beings appear in form

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LAW OF LIBERTY

ense and rapture: fear not that any god shall deny thee for this" again and again, in words like these, he sees the expansion and the development of the soul through joy. here is the calendar of our church "but ye, o my people, rise up and awake! let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty" remember that all acts of love and pleasure are rituals, must be rituals "there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride! a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. a feast for tahuti and the children of the prophet- secret, o prophet! a feast for the supreme ritual and a feast for the equinox of the gods. a feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! a feast

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

g reality to "evil, or insulting our daily observation and our common sense. i here quote (with one or two elucidatory insertions) the original note originally made by me on this subject. may 14, 1919, 6.30 p.m. all elements must at one time have been separate- that would be the case with great heat. now when atoms get to the sun, when we get to the sun, we get that immense, extreme heat, and all the elements are themselves again. imagine that each atom of each element possesses the memory of all his adventures in combination. by the way, that atom, fortified with that memory, would not be the same atom; yet it is, because it has gained nothing from anywhere except this memory. therefore, by the lapse of time and by virtue of memory, a thing (although originally an infinite perfection) cou

ly an appearance because, like "good, it cannot affect the substance itself, but only multiply its combinations. this is something the same as mystic monism, but the objection to that theory is that god has to create things which are all parts of himself, so that their interplay is false. if we presuppose many elements, their interplay is natural. it is no objection to this theory to ask who made the elements- the elements are at least there; and god, when you look for him, is not there. theism is "obscurum per obscurius. a male star is built up from the centre outwards, a female star from the circumference inwards. this is what is meant when we say that woman has no soul. it explains fully the difference between the sexes. weh note: although crowley evidently felt that this characterizati

pts and enjoys everything that is proper to his nature. thus, a man's sexual character is one form of his self-expression; he unites hadit with nuit sacramentally when he satisfied his instinct of physical love. of course, this is only one partial projection; to govern, to fight, and so on, must fulfil other needs. we must not imagine that any form of activity is ipso facto incapable of supplying the elements of an eucharist: suum cuique. observe, however, the constant factor in this enumeration of the practices proper to 'hermits' it is ecstatic delight. let us borrow an analogy from chemistry. oxygen has two hands (so to speak) to offer to other elements. but contrast the cordial clasp of hydrogen or phosphorus with the weak reluctant greeting of chlorine! yet hydrogen and chlorine rush

, or he will make you sorry you tried to interfere! there is here a reference to the two main types of the orgia of magick; i have already dealt with this matter in the comment. observe that in the "mystic" work, the union takes place spontaneously; in the other, venom is shot forth. this awakes the earth to rapture; not until then does union occur. for, in working on the planes of manifestation, the elements must be consecrated and made "god" by virtue of a definite rite. al ii,27 "there is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. he shall fall down into the pit called because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of reason" the old comment 27. the importance of failing to interpret these verses. unspirituality leads to the bird-lime of intel

sin. the new aeon proclaims man as immortal god, eternally active to do his will. all's joy, all's beauty; this will we celebrate. in this verse we see how the awakening leads to ordered and purposeful action. joy and beauty are the evidence that our functions are free and fit; when we take no pleasure, and find nothing to admire, in our work, we are doing it wrong. al ii,36 "there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times" the old comment 36. a crescendo of ecstasy in the mere thought of performing these rituals; which are in preparation under the great guidance of v.v.v.v.v. the new comment each element- fire, earth, air, water, and spirit- possesses its own nature, will, and magical formula. each one may then have its appropriate ritual. many such in crude form are described i

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e flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. i am alone; there is no god where i am. the deacon and all rise to their feet, with the hailing sign. the deacon: but ye, o my people rise up and awake. let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty. there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride. a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. a feast for tahuti and the children of the prophet--secret, o prophet! a feast for the supreme ritual, and a feast for the equinox of the gods. a feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death. a feas

d heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills 'a(c)umgn 'a(c)umgn 'a(c)umgn. the people: so mote it be. all sit. the deacon and the children attend the priest and priestess, ready to hold any appropriate weapon as may be necessary. vi of the consecration of the elements the priest makes the five crosses. 3 12 on paten and cup; 4 on paten alone; 5 on cup alone. the priest: life of man upon earth, fruit of labour, sustenance of endeavour, thus be thou nourishment of the spirit! he touches the host with the lance. by the virtue of the rod be this bread the body of god! he takes the host. to(c)uto'(c)esti t(c)o s(c)oma mou. he kneels, adores, rises, turn

e to thee, sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree (these words are to form the substance of the anthem; but the whole or any part thereof shall be set to music, which may be as elaborate as art can devise. but even should other anthems be authorized by the father of the church, this shall hold its place as the first of its kind, the father of all others) viii of the mystic marriage and consummation of the elements the priest takes the paten between the index and medius of the right hand. the priestess clasps the cup in her right hand. the priest: lord most secret, bless this spiritual food unto our bodies, bestowing upon us health and wealth and strength and joy and peace, and that fulfilment of will and of love under will that is perpetual happiness. he makes with paten and kisses it. he uncov

lence. he rises, takes the lance, and turns to the people. the priest: there is no part of me that is not of the gods (those of the people who intend to communicate, and none other should be present, having signified their intention, a whole cake of light, and a whole goblet of wine, have been prepared for each one. the deacon marshals them; they advance one by one to the altar. the children take the elements and offer them. the people communicate as did the priest, uttering the same words in an attitude of resurrection``there is no part of me that is not of the gods' the exceptions to this part of the ceremony are when it is of the nature of a celebration, in which case none but the priest communicate; or part of the ceremony of marriage, when none other, save the two to be married, parta

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caught by a hook. the most material aspect of animal life; its final doom decreed by its own lust. also \ym, water. 91. 91= 7 x 13, the most spiritual form of the septenary. ma, amen, the holiest title of god; the amoun of the egyptians. it equals ynda hwhy (yhnwdhay, interlaced, the eight-lettered name, thus linking the 7 to the 8. not that ma (recknoning as final, 700= 741= ctma, the letters of the elements; and is thus a form of tetragrammaton, a form unveiled. 100. the number of q, the perfect illusion, 10 10. also [k, kaph, the wheel of fortune. the identity is that of matter, fatality, change, illusion. it seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. wn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a cross-handled scythe; hence the fish as the symbol of the rede

umber marks the identity of the augoeides with the way itself( i am the way, the truth, and the life) and shows the taro as a key; and that the law itself it nothing else than this. for this reason the outer college of the a\a\ is crowned by this knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel. this number too is that of the ritual of neophyte. see liber xiii. 741. ctma, the four letters of the elements. ma, counting the as 700, the supreme name of the concealed one. the dogma is that the highest is but the four elements; that there is nothing beyond these, beyond tetragrammaton. this dogma is most admirably portrayed by lord dunsanay in a tale called the wanderings of shaun. 58 777. vide supra. 800. tcq, the rainbow. the promise of redemption (8) 8 as mercury, intellect, the ruach

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until the supreme moment arrives, and every fibre of the body, every forcechannel of the mind, is strained out in one overwhelming rush of the will in the direction desired. such is the real purport of all the apparently fantastic directions of solomon, abramelin, and other sages of repute. when a man has evoked and mastered such forces as taphtartharath, belial, amaimon, and the great powers of the elements, then he may be safely be permitted to begin to try to stop thinking. for, needless to say, the universe, including the thinker, exists only by virtue of the thinker s thought.1 in yet one other way is magic a capital training ground for the arahat. true symbols do really awake those macrocosmic forces of which they are the eidola, and it is possible in this manner very largely to inc

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and meditation. 19 the material act is but the outward expression of thy thought, and therefore hath it been said that "the thought of foolishness is sin" thought is the commencement of action, and if a chance thought can produce much effect, what cannot fixed thought do? 18. therefore, as hath already been said, establish thyself firmly in the equilibrium of forces, in the centre of the cross of the elements, that cross from whose centre the creative word issued in the birth of the dawning universe. 19. be thou therefore prompt and active as the sylphs, but avoid frivolity and caprice; be energetic and strong like the salamanders, but avoid irritability and ferocity; be flexible and attentive to images like the undines, but avoid idleness and changeability; be laborious and patient like t

as the sylphs, but avoid frivolity and caprice; be energetic and strong like the salamanders, but avoid irritability and ferocity; be flexible and attentive to images like the undines, but avoid idleness and changeability; be laborious and patient like the gnomes, but avoid grossness and avarice. 20. so shalt thou gradually develop the powers of thy soul, and fit thyself to command the spirits of the elements. for wert thou to summon the gnomes to pander to thine avarice, thou wouldst no longer command them, but they would command thee. wouldst thou abuse the pure beings of the woods and mountains to fill thy coffers and satisfy thy hunger of gold? wouldst thou debase the spirits of living fire to serve thy wrath and hatred? wouldst thou violate the purity of the souls of the waters to pan

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m strength. hb:heh hb:resh hb:vau hb:bet hb:gemel 5 21 s. of sol hb:shin hb:mem hb:shin beauty. hb:taw hb:resh hb:aleph hb:peh hb:taw 6 28 s. of venus hb:heh hb:gemel hb:vau hb:nun victory. hb:chet hb:tzaddi hb:nun 7 36 s. of mercury hb:bet hb:koph hb:vau hb:koph splendour. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:heh 8 45 s. of luna hb:heh hb:nun hb:bet hb:lamed foundation. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:samekh hb:yod 9 55 s. of the elements hb:taw hb:vau hb:dalet hb:vau hb:samekh hb:yod hb:mem-final hb:lamed hb:chet kingdom. hb:taw hb:vau hb:koph hb:lamed hb:mem 10 66 air hb:chet hb:vau hb:resh ox. hb:peh-final hb:lamed hb:aleph 11 78 mercury (planets follow house. hb:taw hb:yod hb:bet 12 91 luna sephiroth camel. hb:lamed hb:mem hb:gemel 13 105 venus corresponding) door. hb:taw hb:lamed hb:dalet 14 120 aries hb:heh hb:la

t back of head. hb:peh-final hb:vau hb:qof 29 465 sol head. hb:shin hb:yod hb:resh 30 496 fire hb:shin hb:aleph tooth. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:shin 31 528 saturn tau(as egyptian. hb:vau hb:taw 32 earth hb:tzaddi-final hb:resh hb:aleph- hb:vau hb:taw 32bis spirit hb:taw hb:aleph- hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:shin 31bis_ chart approximated_ xv. xiv. xiii. xii. xi. x. secret the four worlds parts of secret the elements and letters names the soul numbers senses. of the the 4 corres- name. worlds spond'g_ hb:heh hb:mem yetrirah, formative hb:taw hb:vau hb:resh 45 air air, smell hb:vau 11 hb:gemel hb:samekh briah, creative hb:heh hb:mem hb:shin hb:nun 63 water water, taste hb:heh 23 hb:bet hb:ayin atziluth, archetypal hb:heh hb:yod hb:chet 72 dee fire, sight hb:yod 31 hb:nun-final hb:bet assiah, materi

a hook. the most material aspect of animal life; its final doom decreed by its own lust. also mim, water. 101 91. 91= 7 x 13, the most spiritual form of the septenary. amn, amen, the holiest title of god; the amoun of the egyptians. it equals ihvh adni (iahdvnhi, interlaced, the eight-lettered name, thus linking the 7 to the 8. note that amn (reckoning n as final, 700= 741= amthsh, the letters of the elements; and is thus a form of tetragrammaton, a form unveiled. 100. the number of hb:qof, the perfect illusion, 10 x 10. also hb:peh-final hb:koph, kaph, the wheel of fortune. the identity is that of matter, fatality, change, illusion. it seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. nvn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a cross-handled scythe; hence the fish

r marks the identity of the augoeides with the way itself("i am the way, the truth, and the life) and shows the taro as a key; and that the law itself is nothing else than this. for this reason the outer college of the a. a. is crowned by this "knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel" this number too is that of the ritual of neophyte. see liber xiii. 741. amthsh, the four letters of the elements. amn, counting the n final as 700, the supreme name of the concealed one. the dogma is that the highest is but the four elements; that there is nothing beyond these, beyond tetragrammaton. this dogma is most admirably portrayed by lord dunsany in a tale called "the wanderings of shaun" 106 777 "vide supra" 800. ashth, the rainbow. the promise of redemption (8- 8 as mercury, intellect

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re pure upon earth, and the queen of all the sorcerers of hell. i am the daughter of nuit, the lady of the stars. and i am the bride of them that are vowed unto loneliness. and i am the mother of the dog cerberus. one person am i, and three gods. and thou who hast blasphemed me shalt suffer knowing me. for i am cold as thou art cold, and burn with thy fire. oh, when shall the war of the aires and the elements be accomplished? radiant are these falchions of my brothers, invisibly about me, but the might of the aethyrs beneath my feet beareth me 15 down. and they avail not to sever the kamailos. there is one in green armour, with green eyes, whose sword is of vegetable fire. that shall avail me. my son is he- and how shall i bear him that have not known man? all this time intolerable rays ar

a, these be the great illusions beyond life and space and time. let thy lips blister with my words! are they not meteors in thy brain? back, back from the face of the accursed one, who am i; back into the night of my father, into the silence; for all that ye deem right is left, forward is backward, upward is downward. i am the great god adored of the holy ones. yet am i the accursed one, child of the elements and not their father. o my mother! wilt thou not have pity upon me? wilt thou not shield me? for i am naked, i am manifest, i am profane. o my father! wilt not thou withdraw me? i am extended, i am double, i am profane. woe, woe unto me! these are they that hear not prayer. it is i that have heard all prayer alway, and there is none to answer "me" woe unto me! woe unto me! accursed am

hall drink pure water, and eat little sweet cakes consecrated unto the moon, and fruits, and the eggs of the duck, or of the goose, or of the plover. and he shall be shut in, so that no man may break in upon his meditation. but in the last twelve hours he shall neither eat nor sleep. then shall he break his fast, eating rich food, and drinking sweet wines, and wines that foam; and he shall banish the elements and the planets and the signs and the sephiroth; and then shall he take the holy table that he hath made for his altar, and he shall take the call of the aethyr of which he will partake, which he hath written in the angelic character, or in the character of the holy alphabet that is revealed in pop, upon a fair sheet of virgin vellum; and therewith shall he conjure the aethyr, chantin

a warden? and he said: eloi, eloi, lama sabacthani. 14 full title of jesod is tzedeq jesod olahm "the righteous is the foundation of the world" 15 i.s.v.d, jesod= 80, the number of p, the letter of mars. 16 weh note: this drop of blood is an attachment to the images of mortal life, the sensoria and that derived from it in the mind. to pass choronzon one must abandon interpretation and identity of the elements of the vision. such an ecstasy of anguish racks me that i cannot give it voice, yet i know it is but as the anguish of gethsemane. and that is the last word of the aethyr. the outposts are passed, and before the seer extends the outermost abyss. i am returned. bou-saada "december" 5, 1909. 10.10-11.35 p.m. in nomine babalon amen. restriction unto choronzon. the tenth aethyr is called

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progressing; formerly men dwelt habitually in the exterior world; nothing less than giants and paynim and men-at-arms and distressed ladies, vampires and succubi, could amuse them. their magicians brought demons from the smoke of blood, and made gold from baser metals. in this they succeeded; the intelligent perceived that the gold and the lead were but shadows of thought. it became probable that the elements were but isomers of one element; matter was seen to be but a modification of mind, or (at least) that the two things matter and mind must be joined before either could be perceived. all knowledge comes through the senses, on the one hand; on the other, it is only through the senses that knowledge comes. we then continue our conquest of matter; and we are getting pretty expert. it took

eed to call the holy guardian angel, whose knowledge and conversation i have willed, and in greater or less measure enjoyed, since ten years. terrible have been the ordeals of the path; i have lost all that i possessed, and all that i love, even as at the beginning i offered all for nothing, unwitting as i was of the meaning of those words. i have suffered many and grievous things at the hands of the elements, and of the planets; hunger, thirst, fatigue, disease, anxiety, bereavement, all those woes and others have laid heavy hand upon me, and behold! as i look back upon these years, i declare that all hath been very well. for so great is the reward which i (unworthy) have attained that the ordeals seem but incidents hardly worthy to mention, save in so far as they are the levers by which

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ng "the diagram of the paths and the grades" enter upon the ritual of the 0 =0 grade of neophyte. it will be at once apparent to the reader that the diagram of the paths is simply the ordinary sephirotic tree of life, combined with the tarot trumps, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet, the thirty-two paths of the sepher yetzirah, the signs of the zodiac, and the signs of the planets and the elements. the following account of it is taken from s.a.'s copy no. 2 of the "ritual of the 24th, 25th, and 26th paths leading from the first order of the g. d. in the outer to the 5 =6, associate adept speaking "before you upon the altar is the diagram of the sephiroth and paths with which you are already well acquainted, having marked thereon the grade of the order corresponding to each seph

and the all-wandering air receiveth sound" the synthesis of the three chiefs may be said to be in the form of thoth who cometh from behind the veil. yet also the imperator may be referred unto the goddess nephthys from his relationship unto geburah. the praemonstrator unto isis from chesed. and the cancellarius unto thoth in his position as recorder. of the stations of the invisibles. the gods of the elements their stations are at the four cardinal points of the hall without, as invisible guardians of the limits of the temple: and they are placed according to the winds, viz: behind the stations of the hierophant, dadouchos, hiereus and stolistes. between them are placed the stations of the four vicegerents of the elements; and they are situated at the four corners of the temple, at the pla

ir (smelling rose: to feel with me the warmth of this sacred fire (spreading hands over it: to eat with me this bread and salt as types of earth (eats: and finally to drink with me this wine, the consecrated emblem of elemental water (drinks from cup. the hierophant then goes to the east of the altar and faces west. the hiereus comes to the west of the altar, and salutes the hierophant, receiving the elements from him. all then partake in order of rank: hegemon from hiereus, stolistes from hegemon, dadouchos from stolistes, senior members from dadouchos, and the kerux from the candidate. but the "kerux" says "it is finished" inverting the cup, to show that the symbols of self-sacrifice and regeneration are accomplished. and this proclamation is confirmed by the "hierophant" and the three c

officers give the three strokes emblematic of the mystic triad, and in the three different languages repeat the three mystic words "khabs am pekht "konx om pax "light in extension" the "hierophant" then finally closes the ceremony by saying: 23 the "formula of osiris" is given in z. 1, and is as follows "for osiris onnophris hath said: he who is found perfect before the gods hath said: these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. for the secret of the dying rose is as the repressed sign of my suffering. and the flame-red fire as the energy of my undaunted will. and the cup of wine is the outpouring of the blood of my heart sacrificed unto regeneration and the newer life. and the bread and the salt are as the foundations of my body. which i destr

rux hegemon_ tablet of earth_ fan_ hell_ eden/ salt salt/ red lamp) o_ cup_ hiereus_ diagram 20. arrangement of the temple for the 32nd path in the 2= 9 ritual. similarly the zelator passes the lion, the eagle, and the bull. the "hierophant" then explains to the zelator the symbolism of the cubical cross, as follows "the cubical cross is a fitting emblem of the equilibrated and balanced forces of the elements. it is composed of twenty-two squares externally, which refer to the twenty-two letters placed thereon. twenty and two are the letters of the eternal voice in the vault of heaven; in the depths of the earth; in the abyss of the waters, and in the all-presence of fire: heaven cannot speak their fulness, earth cannot utter it. yet hath the creator bound them in all things. he hath mingl

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hlorine. the first thing observed is the flash; in our analogy, the ecstasy of ananda (bliss) attending the dhyana. and as this flash does not aid us to analyse the hydrochloric acid gas, so the ananda prevents us by startling us from perceiving the true nature of the phenomenon. in higher mystic states, then, we find that the yogi or magician has learnt how to suppress it. but the combination of the elements will usually be a definite single act of catastrophic energy. this act, too, does not take place in time or space as we know them. i think that for the first time of experiencing a dhyana it is necessarily single. certain mystical methods may teach us to retain the image; but the criterion of true dhyana is the singleness, so totally opposed as it is to the vague and varying phantoms

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the chief adept's wand" the top of the wand is a winged-sun disk or ba-hadit. extending down from this to either side along the upper quarter of the wand shaft are two uraeus serpents, facing to left and right. the serpent to the right wears the egyptian red crown and that to the left the white crown. the shaft is divided into five sections with the lower four marked to the left by the symbols of the elements and the middle three with the hebrew mother letters to the right. the five sections of the shaft are marked from top to bottom thusly: white, dee red hb:shin, air yellow hb:aleph, water blue hb:mem, spirit black. illustration on page 211 described "diagram 66. the phoenix wand" this wand is shaped like the wes scepter, except that the slant top is clearly depicted as a head of anubis

onis, what is the symbolic age of the aspirant "introducer" his days are 120 years [the "third adept" further explains this as follows] this refers to the five grades of the first order, through which it is necessary for the aspirant to have passed before he can enter the vault of the sacred mountain. for the three months' interval between the grades of practicus and philosophus is the regimen of the elements; and the seven months interval between the first and second orders symbolises the regimen of the planets. while the elements and the planets both work in the zodiac, so that (3+ 7) x 12 yieldeth the number 120. illustration on page 213 described "diagram 68. the cross of suffering" this is a calvary cross, evidently life-size. it has a scroll diagonally upward from left to right just

the events which carry us down to the commencement of the operation, which begins with""the oath of the beginning" i, p, frater ordinis rosae rubeae et aureae crucis, a lord of the paths in the portal of the vault of the adepts, a 5= 6 of the order of the golden dawn; and an humble servant of the christ of god; do this day spiritually bind myself anew" by the sword of vengeance: by the powers of the elements: by the cross of suffering: 247 that i will devote myself to the great work: the obtaining of communion with my own higher and divine genius (called the guardian angel) by means of the prescribed course: and that i will use any power so obtained unto the redemption of the universe. so help me the lord of the universe and mine own higher soul! let us now turn to "the obligation of the

and the fire of adonai descending upon him, he wrote "the book of the spirit of the living god" of which the two following rituals are part: the book of the spirit of the living god. hb:resh hb:peh hb:samekh hb:chet hb:vau hb:resh hb:heh hb:yod hb:heh hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:heh the casting-out of the evil ones. the consecration of the shrine. the cleansing of the son of man. the drawing together of the elements. the coming of the golden dawn. the indwelling of the isis. the initiation of the whirling force. the chant of mystery. the music of the divine one. the movement of the spirit. the descent of the soul of isis. the night of apophis. the light of osiris. the knowledge of the higher soul. these be duly written; these shall be, unto the glory of thine ineffable name [the aspirant, having

e, unto the glory of thine ineffable name [the aspirant, having fasted for a period of nine days, during which he constantly aspireth unto the higher, shall now enter the temple which he hath prepared (banishing and consecrating with fire and water) and its order and disposition is thus: let there be a square altar and pillars as for the neophyte ceremony. on the altar is the symbol of isis, with the elements as usual. and know thou that the altar may be removed unto the east after the great invocation of isis, where he shall duly confess himself in the presence of god the vast one. whereafter, let him arise, and, standing in the sign of osiris slain, let him obligate himself as followeth and is hereafter duly set down in clear writing [269""the obligation" 67 two of the "cries of the aeth

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was the other, and felt that they were two and yet one, nevertheless one and yet two. and when one said "who art thou" the other answered at the self- same moment "who am i" 2. soon becoming perplexed if i were thou, or if thou were i, it came about that the i mingled with the thou, and 73 the thou with the i, so that six added to ten became sixteen, which is felicity; for it is the interplay of the elements. four are the elements that make man, and four are the elements that make woman. thus was the child reborn. 1. but though the man ruleth the woman, and the woman ruleth the man, the child ruleth both its mother and father, and being five is emperor over the kingdom of their hearts. to its father it giveth four, and to its mother it giveth four, yet it remaineth five, for it hath of it

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his powder is then to be placed again in the curcurbite. the fluid already distilled is to be poured again upon it. the curcurbite or philosophic egg is to be closed. i. the curcurbite or egg philosophic being hermetically sealed, the alchemist announces aloud that all is prepared for the invocation of the forces necessary to accomplish the work. the matter is then to be placed upon an altar with the elements and four weapons thereon: upon the white triangle, and upon a flashing tablet of a "general" nature, in harmony with the matter selected for the working. standing now in 165 the place of the hierophant at the east of the altar, the alchemist should place his left hand upon the top of the curcurbite, raise his right hand holding the lotus wand by the aries band (for that in aries is th

se of the air to act on the distillate; and lastly, those of the earth to act on the dead head. let the curcurbite and the receiver stand thus for five consecutive days, at the end of which time there should be flashes manifest in both mixtures. and these flashes should be lightly coloured. 168 v. the alchemist, still keeping the vessels in the same relative positions, but removing the tablets of the elements from the altar, then substitutes one of kether. this must be white with golden charges, and is to be placed on or within the white triangle between the vessels. he then addresses a most 10 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i. no. 2. solemn invocation to the forces of kether; to render the result of the working that which he shall desire, and making over each vessel the symbol of the fla

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f meeting 336- and clean-minded withal. to say that all end in the lock or the river is to say that you know nothing about the subject; for many marry, as mayhew points out; in fact, mayhew, in his classic "london labour and the london poor" is the only author i know- always excepting charles drysdale- who in any way saw the modern london hetaira as she really is. drysdale in his courageous work "the elements of social science" also points out that the life of the ordinary prostitute is a very much healthier one than that of the average factory girl. the authoress of this work seems to understand this in a way, for in spite of "the awful degradation" which she harps upon, she contradicts herself by writing "i may here remark that the girls i come in contact with, if they marry happily, mak

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rowley 40 the temple of solomon the king iv. the hermit with the seventh stage in the mystical progress of frater p. we arrive at a sudden and definite turning-poinjt. during the last two years he had grown strong in the magic of the west. after having studied a host of mystical systems he had entered the order of the golden dawn, and it had been a nursery to him. in it he had learnt to play with the elements and the elemental forces; but now having arrived at years of adolescence, he put away childish things, and stepped out into the world to teach himself what no school could teach him- the arcanum that pupil and master are one! he had become a 6= 5, and it now rested with him, and him alone, to climb yet another ridge of the great mountain and become a 7= 4, an exempt adept in the secon

k sa between pillars with white ray descending. 179 heaven 180 an eleven pointed star. the girders of the soul."181 how to do it is the great problem. i am inclined to believe in drugs- if one only knew the right drug. 13th. drew a pantacle. 16th. painted wicked black-magic pantacle. held a magical ceremony in the evening. lesser banishing ritual of pentagram and hexagram. invocation of thoth and the elements by keys 1-6182 and g. d. opening rituals. consecrated lamen crown and abrahadabra wand with great force. 16th. did the seven hb:shin of hb:shin operations. worked at a z for 5= 6 ritual.183 17th. position 1. 12 m. not good. evening invocation of mercury, chokmah and thoth. 18th. completed z for 5= 6 ritual. 117 may 19th. 1. assumption of the god-form of harpocrates: it lasted nine min

were elemental instruments also symbol of golden dawn. she was waiting in awe, almost in fear. on my entering she saw me and started. then i heard the words "carry it" or "wish to carry; apparently with reference to idea of carrying away a physical token. the room was full of incense, 189 the four letters of the air line in the "little tablet of union" which unites the four great watch towers of the elements (see dr. dee's system, also golden dawn ms. entitled "the concourse of the forces" thus the t of nanta represents earth of earth- the empress of pantacles in the taro, and that letter is used as an initial for names of angels drawn from the earthy corner of the earth tablet. for further see the equinox, vol. i, no. 5. which i took to materialize myself. at the time i was very tired an

the three fundamental principles of buddhism. besides representing malkuth, the four noble truths (viewed in an elementary manner) represent the four lower sephiroth- malkuth, yesod, hod and netzach, the state of right views carrying with its attainment a transcendency over all wrong views, that is to say all crude and unskilful views, all dogmas, assertions, all doubts, which are as unfertile as the elements are when uncombined, by applying to them what we have termed elsewhere the pyrrhonic serpent of selection. the attainment of right views is arrived at in three successive steps (1) the aspirant contemplates the ills of life (2) he meditates upon them (3) by strenuous will power he commences to strip the mind of the cause of sorrow, namely change. during this stage a series of humiliat

he impermanent, he aspires to the attainment of a perfect knowledge of that which is beyond change and sorrow, and resolves that he will, by strenuous effort,229 reach to the peace beyond; to where his heart may find rest, his mind become steadfast, untroubled, and serene.230 at this stage the bodhi satva of work commences to revolve within the heart of the aspirant and to break up the harmony of the elements only to attune his aspirations for a time to a discord nobler than all harmony, and eventually to that peace which passeth understanding. 227 [we respect the following noble attempt to rewrite buddhism in the universal cipher, not unaware that the flatulent buddhists of to-day will eructate their cacodylic protests. an orthodox buddhist account is to be found in "the sword of song" by

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f ancient and modern science and theology. by h. p. blavatshy. in two volumes. vol. i. science, pp. xiv, 628. vol. ii. theology, pp. iv, 640 and index 52 "pounds"1, 1"s. net" vol. i- before the veil- 1. old things with new names- ii. phenomena and forces- iii. blind leaders of the blind- iv. theories respecting psychic phenomena- v. the ether, or "astral light- vi. psycho-physical phenomena- vii. the elements, elementals, and elementaries- viii. some mysteries of nature- ix. cyclic phenomena- x. the inner and outer man- xi. psychological and physical marvels- xii. the "impassible chasm- xiii. realities and illusion- xiv. egyptian wisdom- xv. india the cradle of the race. vol. ii- i. the church; where is it- ii. christian crimes and heathen virtues- iii. divisions amongst the early christia

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

ight, tomorrow, be used to make a fith-fath, is now a plaything for his little daughter. alex is barely: five feet seven inches tall. to one who has not seenhim clad only in a loin-cloth, conducting a.midwinter esbat with the frost forming round his bare feet, he might appear excessively frail. indoors he wears polo-necked sweaters and feels the cold, but during witch rites he seems impervious to the elements. his voice in normal conversation is low and lacking in resonance. outdoors it commands attention without its being raised. his eyes are expressive; normally gentle, they can become his dominant feature when he is engaged in mystic rituals. a constant stream of visitors-mostly witches or those seeking initiation-interrupt the interview. they are invited to sit and listene. occasionall

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

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t all be fit to enter into the presence of the gods. start in the dark. ritual leader waits until it feels like time to begin, then rises: lighting of the candle: r: i light this candle (lights presence lamp) in the name of that ancient presence, which is, was, and ever shall be male, female, all-knowing, all-powerful and present everywhere. and in the names of the four mighty ones, the rulers of the elements, may power and blessing descend in this hour upon this place and those gathered here. r lights the two altar candles, the charcoal, and the four quarter candles from the presence lamp. exorcism of the water: r kneels before the altar and places the water bowl upon the pentacle. r purifies the water by plunging the tip of his/her athame into the water, saying: r: i exorcise thee, o cre

its: gnomes under gob (friendly& easy to reach, teach access to own depths& caverns& how to mine& work the vein of gold therein) shortage: spaciness, hyper-activity, instability excess: body heaviness, general lack of energy, inertia, etc. notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l water deep body dryness, hotness, mind& body feel seperated, no empathy body puffiness, sinus (etc) flows, mood swings "touchiness, apathy goddess aspect: mother astrological rulers: venus, moon keys: love principle

d: zephyrus colour: blue symbols: willlow, dolphin, fish, water snakes, sea birds, myrrh, ferns, rushes tool: cup spirits: undines under neksa (elusive at first, flowing& difficult to understand, watch politely and learn) shortage: excess: notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l fire goddess aspect: temptress astrological rulers: sun, mars, jupiter keys: light principle, action, michael (victor over ignorance) rules: force, energy, spirit, heat, mental plane, blood, sap, life, will, surgery

courge, sword, athame spirits: salamanders under djinn (elusive& hostile, teach power over fire& energy) shortage: body heavy or chilled, thoughts drag-gy, unenthusiastic excess: hot, hyper, flitting thoughts, insomnia, anger, snappishness notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l air goddess aspect: maiden astrological rulers: jupiter, mercury keys: life principle, intellect, raphael (instructor, traveller, healer) rules: mind, essential qualities, spiritual plane, knowledge, abstract learnin

paralda (very hard to see& know, teach mind control and how to level out your thinking processes) shortage: mind blank, shortness of breath, non-comprehension of known data excess "gas bloat, inability to focus attention "spacey" thoughts notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l the witches' wheel the eight paths notes l this is based on a diagram from "the alex sanders lectures, with a few obvious errors removed. the ways of making magic the [eight pointed asterisk] sign on the athame is sa

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

it would ultimately turn out to be) a "vortex ring" or centre of force, and not a particle of what we understand as tangible substance. this ultimate particle of matter is now demonstrated to be composed of a positive nucleus of energy, surrounded just as is the sun by the planets with many electrons or negative corpuscles, thus subdividing the atom of earlier science into numerous lesser bodies. the elements differ according to the number and arrangement of these negative electrons around their positive nucleus, and they rotate or move around this central charge of electricity as our planetary system rotates around the sun. professor soddy, in one of his latest books, has pointed out that in the atom is to be seen an entire solar system, the central sun can be recognised, with the planets

les. it became apparent to us that the tiny atom of the chemist and the physicist was within itself a solar system, with the same general conformation as the greater system, demonstrating a similar activity and governed by analogous laws. we found that it had a central sun, and that around this central sun, pursuing their definite orbits, might be seen the electrons. we noted, also, the fact that the elements differ only according to the number and the arrangement of these electrons around the central positive charge. from this we passed on to the consideration of the soul, or the psyche, of the atom, and found that scientists recognise the truth that atoms themselves possess quality, show symptoms of mind or intelligence, and can discriminate, select, and choose. we then proceeded to weav

s: first, the atom of the chemist and physicist. secondly, the human atom, or man. thirdly, the planetary atom, energised by a planetary logos, or the heavenly man. fourthly, the solar atom, indwelt by the solar logos, or the deity. if we are right in our fundamental concept, if there is a grain of reality in our hypothesis, and if there is a substratum of truth in our idea of the atom from which the elements are compounded, it is to be recognised as a life working intelligently through the medium of a form. then it can perhaps be proven that man is equally a life or centre of energy, manifesting through his bodies; then it can perhaps be demonstrated that a planet is also the medium of expression of a still greater centre of energy, and further, under the law of analogy, it may perhaps be

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

f the study of sound and of words, sacred or otherwise, has to be taken up by applicants for initiation. this is something which must be faced more strenuously by all eventuating occult groups. rule 8. when the disciple nears the portal, the greater seven must awaken and bring forth response from the lesser seven upon the double circle. this rule is a very difficult one, and one which holds in it the elements of danger for the man who undertakes too early to tread the final path. literally it can be interpreted thus: the would-be initiate must develop somewhat the vibration of the seven head centres, and thus sweep into increased vibratory activity the seven centres in the body upon the etheric plane; affecting also, through reciprocal vibration, the seven physical centres which are inevit

and archangels, but lesser and greater builders. egoic groups. on the third subplane of the fifth plane, the mental, are found the causal bodies of the individual men and women. these bodies, which are the expression of the ego, or of the individualised self-consciousness, are gathered together into groups according to the ray or quality of the particular ego involved. elementals. the spirits of the elements; the creatures involved in the four kingdoms, or elements, earth, air,fire, and water. except a few of the higher kinds and their rulers they are forces of nature more than ethereal men and women. etheric body (etheric double) the physical body of a human being is, according to occult teaching, formed of two parts, the dense physical body, and the etheric body. the dense physical body

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

at it has been possible as yet to impart on this matter- 287- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust it may seem that i have not communicated much information anent this conscious manipulation of the fires. that lies in the inability of the student to read the esoteric background of the above communicated statements. conscious transmutation is possible only when a man has transmuted the elements in his own vehicles; then only can he be trusted with the secrets of divine alchemy. when through the latent internal fires of the matter of his own sheaths he has transmuted the chemical and mineral atoms of those sheaths, then can he safely through affinity of substance aid the work of mineral transmutation of the first order. only when (through the radiatory fires of the sheaths) h

they occultly form the "body of death" this brings us to the point which we are seeking to make anent this third group of the lowest devas. they are very destructive where man is concerned, for they embody the final and therefore powerful vibration of the past system, the conscious activity of dense matter. hence there is consequently a profound truth in the statement that man is at the "mercy of the elements" man can physically be burned and destroyed by fire; he is helpless before volcanic action, and cannot protect himself from the ravages of fire, unless in the initial stages of such deva endeavour. the occult importance of the war man wages on the fire devas for instance is very real in connection with the fire department in any city. the time lies far ahead as yet, but it will surely

rom each other, and are resolved into the reservoir of essence to be re-collected again when the hour strikes. this condition is brought about gradually by stages of which we are aware: the first stage is the withdrawal of the life force in the etheric vehicle from the threefold (dense, liquid and gaseous) dense physical body and the consequent "falling into corruption" and becoming "scattered to the elements" objective man fades out, and is no more seen by the physical eye, though still in his etheric body. when etheric vision is developed, the thought of death will assume very different proportions. when a man can be seen functioning in his etheric physical body by the majority of the race, the dropping of the dense body will be considered just a "release" the next stage is the withdrawa

r substance that scientists will eventually arrive at certain definite deductions and discover: a. the secret of matter itself, that is, matter as we know and see it. b. the key to the process of creation upon the physical plane, and the method whereby density and concretion on the three lower levels are brought about. c. the formulas for organic transmutation, or the key to the processes whereby the elements as we know them can be disintegrated and recombined. only when scientists are prepared to admit the fact that there is a body of vitality which acts as a focal point in every organised form, and only when they are willing to consider each element and form of every degree as constituting part of a still greater vital body, will the true methods of the great goddess nature become their

has reached such a stage of vibratory activity that the confining walls of the form no longer form- 629- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust a prison, but permit of the escape of the subjective essence. it marks a specific point of attainment in the evolutionary process, and this is equally true of the atom of substance with which the chemist and physicist deal, when working with the elements, as it is of the forms in the vegetable kingdom, the forms in the animal kingdom, in the human, and, likewise, in the divine. from some angles of vision, it might be regarded as the "true form (which is to be understood occultly as the etheric form of energy) making its presence felt in such a way that it becomes apparent even to the scientist. students should here remember two things

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

is contacted physically and sensed subtly. this balanced state can well be called unresolvable primary substance, matter united with spirit, undifferentiated yet without form or distinguishing mark. behind these three again is found the absolute principle but these three are all that man can know whilst in manifestation. vivekananda in his commentary says as follows "the grosser objects are only the elements and everything manufactured out of them. the five objects begin with tanmatras or five particles. the organs, the mind (the aggregate of all senses) egoism, the mind stuff (the cause of all manifestation) the equilibrium state of sattva, rajas and tamas (the three qualities of matter. a. b, called pradhana (chief) prakriti (nature) or avyakta (unmanifest) are all included in the categ

e threefold, producing consequences, anxieties and subliminal impressions. 16. pain which is yet to come may be warded off. 17. the illusion that the perceiver and that which is perceived are one and the same is the cause (of the pain- producing effects) which must be warded off. 18. that which is perceived has three qualities, sattva, rajas and tamas (rhythm, mobility and inertia; it consists of the elements and the sense organs. the use of these produces experience and eventual liberation. 19. the divisions of the gunas (or qualities of matter) are fourfold; the specific, the non-specific, the indicated and the untouchable. 20. the seer is pure knowledge (gnosis. though pure, he looks upon the presented idea through the medium of the mind. 21. all that is exists for the sake of the soul

nd, built of substance which must be studied as to its atomic and molecular construction and as to the basic elements which give to that substance its specific differentiations and qualities. for purposes of study the student will do well to remember that he must investigate the nature of the following factors in the polar opposite to spirit which we call matter: 1. atoms, 2. molecular matter, 3. the elements, 4. the three gunas or qualities, 5. the tattvas or force differentiations in their seven forms. through an understanding of the nature and distinctions of matter he will come to a comprehension of the world of form which has held his spirit a prisoner for so long. this patanjali points out in the next sutra. 18. that which is perceived has three qualities, sattva, rajas and tamas (rh

es, 5. the tattvas or force differentiations in their seven forms. through an understanding of the nature and distinctions of matter he will come to a comprehension of the world of form which has held his spirit a prisoner for so long. this patanjali points out in the next sutra. 18. that which is perceived has three qualities, sattva, rajas and tamas (rhythm, mobility and inertia; it consists of the elements and the sense organs. the use of these produces experience and eventual liberation. this is one of the most important sutras in the book for in a few concise words we have summed up for us the nature of substance, its constitution, its purpose and reason. much time might be given to a consideration of each sentence, and the words "the qualities "the elements "the senses "evolution" an

sequently with all around him. his manifestation is rhythmic and in tune with the great whole. he looks on at the spectacle and sees to it that those forms through which he is active in the world of phenomena are duly controlled and that all his activities are in harmony with the great plan. when this is so, he is part of the whole yet freed and liberated from the control of the world of form, of the elements and of the senses. he uses them; they no longer use him. 19. the divisions of the gunas (or qualities of matter) are fourfold; the specific, the non-specific, the indicated and the untouchable. it is interesting to note here that the gunas or qualities (the sum total of the attributes or aspects of the substance of our solar system) are fourfold. in this septenary division we have an

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

ng goodwill, and glowing love, together with the acquisition of transcendental powers and virtues, became a self-developed buddha who towered above all conflicting opinions and arguments of the various sects and creeds "he was a being most diligent and persevering in meditation upon the rare path..having acquired full power over the mental states and faculties within, he overcame all dangers from the elements without "he was a being perfect in the practice of the four stages of meditation (analysis, reflection, fondness, bliss. these are the four progressive mental states, leading to complete concentration of mind, producing ecstatic illumination "he was a most learned professor in the science of the mind, having proved the mind to be, beyond dispute, the beginning and end of all visible p

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

he form which in the vegetable kingdom determines whether a rose or a cauliflower, an elm or a watercress shall come into being; it is a type of energy which distinguishes the varying species of the animal kingdom and makes one man different from another in his appearance, nature and character. the scientist has tabulated, investigated and analysed the forms; names have been selected and given to the elements, and the minerals, the forms of vegetable life and the varying species of animals; the structure of the forms and the history of their evolutionary progress have been studied and deductions and conclusions have been reached, but the solution of the problem of life itself still eludes the wisest, and until the understanding of the "web of life" or of the body of vitality which underlie

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

ngle of consciousness, relatively unresponsive and unconscious, as is matter in its early stages in the formative process. the achievement of full awareness is of course the goal of the evolutionary process. again symbolically speaking, the unevolved man emits or manifests no light. the light in the head is invisible, though the clairvoyant investigators would see the dim glow of the light within the elements which constitute the body, and the light hidden in the atoms which constitute the form nature. as evolution proceeds, these dim points of "dark light" intensify their glow; the light within the head flickers at intervals during the life of the average man, and becomes a shining light as he enters upon the path of discipleship. when he becomes an initiate, the light of the atoms is so

. 6. planetary kingdom. ajna centre. pituitary. 7. solar kingdom .h ead centre. pineal. a study of these correspondences will be of value if the student will remember that these are the correspondences studied at the first initiation. they differ at the later expansions of consciousness. the influence of the organising seventh ray is best seen in the amazing and geometrically perfect structure of the elements, as revealed by the microscope and by a study of the atom. as this treatise is intended for the reader who has no academic or scientific training, it will suffice to say that the mineral kingdom is a result of the "ritual of rhythm" as are all the basic forms upon which the myriad of structures in manifestation are constructed and founded. the system of numbers demonstrates in its ful

140- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust purpose. to demonstrate the radio-activity of life. divisions. base metals, standard metals, precious stones. objective agency. fire. fire is the initiating factor in this kingdom. subjective agency. sound. quality. extreme density. inertia. brilliance. students must remember that we are not dealing with the elements and atoms, as we study this kingdom. they are the substance out of which all the mineral forms are made. but we are dealing with the mineral forms as they manifest in the concrete world. we are considering the tangible and objective world. the internal constitution and geometrical formation of the minerals do not come under our subject matter. this is not a scientific treatise, as usu

rays, and this again emerges in the relationship between england and india, and a destiny is there which must be jointly worked out. the static stabilising tendency of germany showing, for instance, in her futile effort to preserve a purity of race now impossible, is due to her first ray personality, whilst her fourth ray egoic force is responsible for her effort to standardise and harmonise all the elements within her borders, to- 239- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the exclusion, however, of the hebrew race. with the problem of the jew i will deal later. germany cannot help herself, for though the first ray is not in manifestation as we understand the term, yet the bulk of the egos now in power in germany are on the first subray

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

od so loved the world that, immanent in it as he is, he could not divorce himself from the consequences of human frailty and ignorance. thus humanity gives a purpose to pain, and thus evil is eventually defeated. the thought and idea of sacrifice for the sins of the people was not the original and basic idea. originally, infant humanity offered sacrifices to god to appease his wrath, displayed in the elements through storms and earthquakes and physical disasters. when, instinctively, men turned on each other, when they offended and hurt one another, and so transgressed a dimly sensed realisation of human relationships and intercourse, sacrifice was offered again to god so that he too would not hurt mankind. thus little by little the idea grew until, at last, the salvation concept might be

ence, we are throwing the weight of our knowledge on the side of evil, and are retrogressing. it is not always expedient from the point of view of the "carnal man" to do, or to reject, certain things, and when we choose the lower, and do it, making a specific choice, then the evil which is in us is dominating. it is gradually dawning on the human consciousness that a separative attitude has in it the elements of sin and of evil. when we are separative in our attitudes or do anything which produces separation, we are transgressing a fundamental law of god. what we are really doing is breaking the law of love, which knows no separation, but sees only unity and synthesis, brotherhood and interrelation everywhere. herein lies our major problem. our study in connection with sin and evil will, a

was the demonstration of this that christ gave. the second thought which should be considered is that man's effort, his struggle to achieve, his sense of god, innate and true, his constant effort to better conditions and to master himself as well as the natural world, must have an objective; else all that we see going on around is void, futile and senseless. it was this command of himself and of the elements of nature, and the undeviating direction of his purpose, that led christ from point to point and enabled him to open the door into the kingdom and to rise from the dead, the "first fruits of them that slept."12 purpose must underlie pain. an objective must be sensed under all human activity. the idealism of the leaders of the race cannot all be hallucination. the realisation of god mu

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n intensification of conscious activity, on a developing scale of rapid living, that tends constantly to transcend time as we know it. 4. an expanding realisation of progress from one dimension to another, until today we talk in terms of a fourth dimensional state of consciousness and can grasp the fact that five or six dimensions are beautifully possible. 5. an increasingly scientific control of the elements in which we live, and of the forces of nature. today we talk in terms of air mastery just as five hundred years ago (when such a thing was deemed impossible) they talked in terms of the mastery of oceans. we are offsetting the gravitational pull of the earth so that we can "fly into the face of the sun" 6. from the instinctual life of sense consciousness in material forms, we have pro

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

this again emerges in the relationship between england and india; a destiny is there which must be jointly worked out. the static stabilising tendency of germany showed for instance in her futile effort to preserve a racial purity now, as then, impossible. this static quality is due to her first ray personality; her fourth ray energy was responsible for her effort to standardise and harmonise all the elements within her borders to the point of regimentation. this has been the line of least resistance for germany, for though the first ray is not in manifestation at this time, yet the bulk of the people in power in germany during the past world war (1914-1945) were all on the first subray of the seven rays and hence they were inevitably the transmitters of first ray energy. it is for this re

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

s. 3. the throat centre, the agent of all the three aspects in relation to the three subhuman kingdoms in nature, the expression also of the divine intelligence, humanity. this is the energy of active mind and makes humanity the macrocosm of the microcosm, the three subhuman kingdoms. humanity is to these kingdoms what the hierarchy is to the fourth kingdom in nature, the human kingdom. these are the elements of the occult science and for students such as you contain nothing new. nevertheless, they need to be seen in their triple relationship if the mode of working of the one life is to be grasped more clearly than is now the case. the aim of the entire evolutionary scheme is to bring these three centres into such a close relationship that the synthesis of the divine purpose can work out h

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

ing life. page 596. e. when all the units or cells in the body of the planetary logos have achieved, he too is set free from dense manifestation and physically dies. page 509. the process of death is occultly as follows: a. the first stage is the withdrawal of the life force in the etheric vehicle from the dense physical body and the consequent "falling into corruption" and becoming "scattered to the elements- 245- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust objective man fades out and is no more seen by the physical eye, though still in his etheric body. when etheric vision is developed, the thought of death will assume very different proportions. when a man can be seen functioning in his etheric physical body by a majority of the race, the droppin

rt to give the physical elemental time to regain its grip upon the organism and thus to restore health. as yet, modern science does- 273- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust not recognise the distinction between these two aspects of coma. later, when etheric or clairvoyant vision is more common, the quality of the coma prevailing will be known, and the elements of hope or of despair will no longer control. the friends and relations of the unconscious person will know exactly whether they are watching a great and final withdrawal from present incarnation or simply looking on at a restorative process. in the latter case, the soul is still retaining its hold upon the physical body, via the centres, but is withstanding temporarily all energising

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

e, parapsychology, jung's analytical psychology are only a few indications of contemporary inwardly-oriented researches. the re-entry of the spiritual factor in life and education is something more than a recrudescence of some earlier forms of christian ideology. in this education for the new age, the type of east-west philosophy presented by the tibetan will find its proper setting. here we have the elements of a complete theory, as follows (a) subjective planning; a theory of the creative self-development of the individual (b) objective planning; a theory of the good society for human persons to live in. the psychological and social implications of the education for the new age must be stated as explicitly as possible. the next step is to test the validity of the principles in concrete a

east and the modern west approaches as two mutually exclusive alternatives. in some instances the approaches are merely two "languages" for stating universal truths about human nature and we are not faced with an either-or antithesis. intertranslation may reduce the strangeness of terminology. for example, the tibetan's view that "meditation is thinking things through" is good dewey doctrine. as the elements of unfamiliarity diminish, understanding is facilitated. that the research project so briefly sketched is not some vague philosophical phantasy but an urgent and immediate need is indicated by a document drawn up by the department for cultural activities of unesco which formulated the theme for discussion in these terms "the concept of man and the philosophy of education in east and w

ife he is taught to deal intelligently with information coming to him via the five senses to the brain. observation, rapid response, and physical coordination as the result of intention, must be emphasised. the child must be taught to hear and see, to make contacts and to use judgment; and his fingers must then respond to creative impulses to make and produce what he sees and hears. thus are laid the elements of the arts and crafts, of drawing and of music. in the next ten years the mind is definitely trained to become dominant. the child is taught to rationalise his emotional and desire impulses, and to discriminate the right from the wrong, the desirable from the undesirable, and the essential from the nonessential. this can be taught him through the medium of history and the intellectua

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

the masses a form of wonderful magic. sanitation, hygiene, means of transportation and air machines were developed and of a very high order; these were not the result however of man's achievement but gifts from the hierarchy, developed or constructed under a wise guidance. there was command of air and water because the guides of the race knew how to control and master the forces of nature and of the elements, but none of it was the result of human understanding, knowledge or effort. the minds of men were undeveloped and not adequate to such a task, any more than is the mind of a little child- 80- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust the cleavage between the two groups (the one expressing the forces of materialism and the other the energy of light) grew gradually

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

ch is one of the names given by the masters to the basic mystery of initiation. in due time our educational centres, particularly those concerned with adult education, will take into calculation, normally and customarily, the fact of future initiation where their students are concerned, and will study their graduates from this angle in order to give advice or recommendation. in these institutions the elements of true esotericism will be taught, though they will not be then regarded as esoteric. it will be apparent to you that this long treatise is in the nature of a preparatory thesis covering a vast field or area of information. the first two volumes dealt with the sevenfold nature of man and with the influence of the seven basic energies or rays upon his unfoldment and his history, and (

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

ke a short note of the chief of the old kabalistic treatises. the "sepher yetzirah" or "book of formation" is the oldest treatise; it is attributed by legend to abraham the patriarch: several editions of an english translation by myself have been published. this work explains a most curious philosophical scheme of creation, drawing a parallel between the origin of the world, the sun, the planets, the elements, seasons, man and the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet; dividing them into a triad, a heptad and a dodecad; three mother letters a, m, and sh are referred to primeval air, water and fire; seven double letters are referred to the planets and the sevenfold division of time, etc: and the twelve simple letters are referred to the months, zodiacal signs and human organs. modern cr

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

ce of m. v the sign of "v" is that of typhon and apophis. it is horus of the pentagram unveiled. thus, it is evil as nature rules over. it is destruction, the sign of a drowning man. in addition, it is duality of force which results in the death of force. no perfection can come from it. x the sign of "x" is that of the pentagram. the point at which they cross is of which should cover all forms of the elements in man. it is a symbol of the triumph of light. it is the descending fire of life. the pentagram is the rise of the perfection of man into an equilibrated force. 7 lvx the light descendeth into hell, and in its rising, is made perfect. the returning light from god to man, and man back to god. the light is fixed in the vault with the sign of lvx. second point of the 5=6 ceremony symbol

ANTINOMIANISM

philosophies and aspects of the ancient egyptian philosophical and religious cults. particularly we see this in the reflections of the ancient setian priesthoods of egypt which have been integrated into other lines of philosophical thought. as previously stated, the differentiation between the lhp and the rhp is one of intent. for instance, in the church of rome (catholic) ritual is utilized. all the elements- altar, bell, candles, incense etc, form the components of ritual. however, if you were to read howard stanton levee's (a.k.a. anton szandor lavey "satanic bible" ritual is also utilized using those same elements. the difference lies within the intention of the participants. therefore, the technology itself does not distinguish one methodology from the other, rather the perceptions an

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

is produced in the following way. a celestial influence descends from above, by the decree and ordinance of god, and mingles with the astral proper ties. when this union has taken place, the two bring forth a third namely, an earth vlike twelve keys of basil valentine 12 of 95 substance, which is the principle of our seed, of its first source, so that it can shew an ancestry, and from which three the elements, such as water, air, and earth, take their origin. these elements work underground in the form of fire, and there produce what hermes, and all who have preceded me, call the three first principles, viz, the internal soul, the impalpable spirit, and visible bodies, beyond which we can find no earlier beginning of our magistery. in the course of time these three unite, and are changed t

to have twelve keys of basil valentine 15 of 95 much power over it. and if its strength be united to the beauty of venus, i do not say but that a precious and harmonious result may be obtained. for the phlegmatic or humid quality of the moon may be heated with the ardent blood of venus, and the blackness of venus removed with the strong salt of mars. you need not look for our metallic seed among the elements. it need not be sought so far back. if you can only rectify the mercury, sulphur, and salt (understand, those of the sages) until the metallic spirit and body are inseparably joined together by means of the metallic soul, you thereby firmly rivet the chain of love, and prepare the palace for the coronation. these things represent a liquid key, comparable to the celestial influence, an

. nettles and other weeds spring up where no such seed has ever been sown. this occurs only by putrefaction. the reason is that the soil in such places is so disposed, and, as it were, impregnated, that it produces these fruits, which is a result of the properties of sidereal influence; consequently the seed is spiritually produced in the earth, and putrefies in the earth, and by the operation of the elements generates corporeal matter according to the species of nature. thus the stars and the elements may generate new spiritual, and, ultimately, new vegetable seed, by means of putrefaction. but man cannot create new seed; for it is not in his power to order the operation of the elements and the essential influences of the stars. by natural conditions, however, new plants are generated sim

re, water, and earth. this assertion may appear incredible, but it is nevertheless true. in like manner, fire includes air, water, and earth, since otherwise it could generate nothing. water contains fire, air, and earth; for if it did not, there could be no growth. at the same time, each element is distinct, though each contains the others. all this is: found by distillation in the separation of the elements. in order to rationally prove this to you, who are investigating the separation of nature. and purpose to understand the division of the elements, lest you should think my words inventions, and not true, i tell you that if you distil earth, you will find that, first of all, there is an escape of air, which, in its turn, always contains fire, as they are both of a spiritual essence, tw

re, without that natural heat which must be imparted to it by fire. for everything that is hot and dry contains fire. from these considerations we conclude that no element can exist without the others, and that in the generation of all things there is a mingling of the four elements. he who states the contrary in no wise understands the secrets of nature, nor has he investigated the properties of the elements. for if anything is to be generated by putrefaction, the process must be as follows: the earth is first decomposed by the moisture which it contains; for without moisture, or water, there can be no true decay; thereupon the decomposed substance is kindled and quickened by twelve keys of basil valentine 55 of 95 the natural heat of fire: for without natural heat no generation can take

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

snellgrove posits. yet this is only one layer of its greater significance. once drawn, the ma..ala acts as a conduit, a central ground by which the entire tibetan landscape is transformed and reestablished as a land of buddhist agency. the ma..ala s origins were pragmatic and political, and its later buddhist symbolism developed a thoroughly religious capacity. however, it has come to incorporate the elements within the political institutionalization of buddhism during the yarlung dynasty symbolized by the subjugation of the giant demoness. tsiu marpo and other protector deities represent this on a small but constant scale. they were once subjugated by padmasambhava to serve the buddhist teachings and must now constantly be propitiated and reminded of their vow in order to advance the ritu

e not absolute nor are they mutually inclusive, and many rituals include elements of more than one type. indeed, these rituals of offering and invocation to tsiu marpo also have 145 samuel 1993, p. 170. 146 see beyer 1978, pp. 256-257. 95 elements of the magical function type, though lacking palpable objects in which protection is imbued. the pragmatic nature of these rituals incorporates some of the elements found within the larger scheme of the four mundane activities, the rubric under which many rituals are classified. these activities are pacification (zhi ba, enrichment (rgyas pa, magnetizing (dbang, and destruction (drag po. pacification is intended to calm offended deities. enrichment is for the furtherance of well being; in the most materialistic sense, it can refer to gaining pros

the effigy. then, during the times of accomplishment, during the day enumerate the approach and accomplishment together, and during the night only perform the accomplishment; one should designate and summon the life-force mantra [during the day] finish the blood [which is] concentrated for nine or seven388 days after slaughter [during the night] finish the arrow [which] cuts389 the essence390 of the elements. having finished those, throw the charmed substances, blood, and magic weapons; carry the effigy of the might demon form to the three highest.391 then, as for the stages of the signs; a guardian king and a horseman [endowed with] pierced leather and clanging symbols arrive at the top of a red rock as the sun392 and moon393 rise [309] blue wolves wander; these should be known as the si

BLACK SERPENT1

y, the things we do not understand. they provide us the spiritual opportunity to allow our most carnal, instinctive nature to flourish. they do not condemn us for sin, nor do they disallow us earthly pleasures or anger or many of the other so-called "imperfections" that plague mankind. what these demons do provide is knowledge, the constant reminder of the power within ourselves, and the power of the elements and unseen forces around us. many misconceptions of the "black arts" have been conceived over the passage of time. numerous are the allegations that covens murder unborn children and use virgin blood in sacrifice to their infernal legions. these myths, often perpetuated and fed into by our own hysteria, create the basis for what society holds as their own truth regarding these religio

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ual entitative being in the region of noumena. well might godfrey higgins have compared hydrogen to, and even identified it with, the to on, the "one" of the greeks. for, as he remarks, hydrogen is not water, though it generates it; hydrogen is not fire, though it manifests or creates it; nor is it air, though air may be regarded as a product of the union of water and[[footnote(s* see "genesis of the elements" by prof. w. crookes, p. 21[[vol. 2, page] 106 the secret doctrine. fire- since hydrogen is found in the aqueous element of the atmosphere. it is three in one. if one studies comparative theogony, it is easy to find that the secret of these "fires" was taught in the mysteries of every ancient people, pre-eminently in samothrace. there is not the smallest doubt that the kabeiri, the mo

correctly connect fire with every element, as do the occultists. the reader must remember that the ancients considered religion, and the natural sciences along with philosophy, to be closely and inseparably linked together. aesculapius was the son of apollo- the sun or fire of life; at once helios, pythios, and the god of oracular wisdom. in exoteric religions, as much as in esoteric philosophy, the elements- especially fire, water, and air- are made the progenitors of our five physical senses, and hence are directly connected (in an occult way) with them. these physical senses pertain even to a lower creation than the one called in the puranas pratisarga, or secondary creation "liquid fire proceeds from indiscrete fire" says an occult axiom "the circle is the thought; the diameter (or th

chaos, and the shining word of god (sound) is the son of the deity("pymander" 6* thus we have to study well the "primary creation" before we can understand the secondary. the first race had three rudimentary elements in it; and no fire as yet; because, with the ancients, the evolution of man, and the growth and development of his spiritual and physical senses, were subordinate to the evolution of the elements on the cosmic plane of this earth. all proceeds from prabhavapyaya, the evolution of the creative and sentient principles in the gods, and even of the so-called creative deity himself. this is found in the names and appellations given to vishnu in exoteric scriptures. as the protologos (the orphic, he is called purvaja "pregenetic" and then the other names connect him in their descend

ve and sentient principles in the gods, and even of the so-called creative deity himself. this is found in the names and appellations given to vishnu in exoteric scriptures. as the protologos (the orphic, he is called purvaja "pregenetic" and then the other names connect him in their descending order more and more with matter. the following order on parallel lines may be found in the evolution of the elements and the senses; or in cosmic terrestrial "man" or "spirit" and mortal physical man- 1. ether. hearing. sound. 2. air. touch. sound and touch. 3. fire, or light. sight. sound, touch and colour. 4. water. taste. sound, touch, colour and taste. 5. earth. smell. sound, touch, colour, taste and smell. as seen, each element adds to its own characteristics, those of its[[footnote(s* the oppo

the all cause, and cannot be referred to as the "first cause- which first cause is called in the brahmanical books jagad-yoni "the womb of the world" mankind emanates from these active agents in kosmos. but men, during the first and the second races, were not physical beings, but merely rudiments of the future men: bhutas, which proceeded from bhutadi "origin" or the "original place whence sprung the elements" hence they proceeded with all the rest from prabhavapyaya "the place whence is the origination, and into which is the resolution of all things" as explained by the commentator. whence also our physical senses. whence even the highest "created" deity itself, in our philosophy. as one with the universe, whether we call him brahma, iswara, or purusha, he is a manifested deity- hence cre

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

e universe- the dhyan chohans. 89 the army of the voice. 93 speech and mind. 95 the ogdoad and the heptad. 99 the stellar "sons of light. 103- stanza v- fohat: the child of the septenary hierarchies. 106 the fiery whirlwind and the primordial seven. 106 they produce fohat. 108 the correlation of the "gods. 113 evolution of the "principles" of nature. 119 the mystery of the fire. 121 the secret of the elements. 123 the square of the tabernacle. 125 the planetary spirits and the lipika. 129 the ring "pass not. 130 the sidereal book of life. 131 the soul's pilgrimage and its "rest. 134- stanza vi- our world, its growth and development. 136 the logos. 136 mystery of the female logos. 137[[vol. 1, page] xi contents. page. the seven layu centres. 138 the "elementary germs. 139 the evolution of t

within the circle. 426 the logos or verbum. 429 the factors of creation. 432 identity of the hierarchies in all religions. 438 difference between the aryan and semitic systems. 444[[vol. 1, page] xiv contents. page. xiii. the seven creations. 445 the gnostic and the hindu versions. 449 the seven puranic "creations. 450- xiv. the four elements. 460 the "gods" and the "elements. 463 the language of the elements. 464 pagan and christian worship of the elements. 467- xv. on kwan-shi-yin and kwan-yin. 470 kwan-shi-yin and phallicism. 471 the real meaning. 472- book i- part iii. science and the secret doctrine contrasted. i. reasons for these addenda. 477 occultism versus materialism. 479 the sabbath of the mystic. 481- ii. modern physicists are playing at blind man's buff. 482- iii. an lumen si

. 515 the atoms of science. 519- vii. an attack on the scientific theory of force by a man of science. 523 ether and atoms. 527- viii. life, force, or gravity. 529 dr. richardson on nervous ether. 531 the senses and their action. 535 too much "life" may kill. 539- ix. the solar theory. 540 the primordial element. 542 elements and meta-elements. 546 the tree of life and being. 549 prof. crookes on the elements. 552- x. the coming force. 554 mr. keeley, an unconscious occultist. 557 inter-etheric waves. 561 the secrets of sound and odour. 565- xl. on the elements and atoms. 566 metaphysical chemistry. 569 what are the seven planets. 575 the cyclic fall of the gods. 577[[vol. 1, page] xvi contents. page. xii. ancient thought in modern dress. 579 all-potential unity. 583 the "seventh" in chemi

ght in modern dress. 579 all-potential unity. 583 the "seventh" in chemistry. 585- xiii. the modern nebular theory. 588 forces are emanations. 591 what is the nebula. 595- xiv. forces- modes of motion or intelligences. 601 the vital principle. 603 occult and physical science. 605- xv. gods, monads, and atoms. 610 the gods of the ancients- the monads. 613 the monad and the duad. 617 the genesis of the elements. 621 hermes and huxley. 625 the teaching of leibnitz. 627 the monads according to occultism. 632- xvi. cyclic evolution and karma. 634 karmic cycles and universal ethics. 637 destiny and karma. 639 karma-nemesis. 643- xvii. the zodiac and its antiquity. 647 the jewish patriarchs and the signs of the zodiac. 651 zodiacal cycles. 656 hindu astronomy. 661- xviii. summary of the mutual po

earn what we who descend from the primordial seven, we who are born from the primordial flame, have learnt from our fathers. 3. from the effulgency of light- the ray of the ever-darkness- sprung in space the re-awakened energies; the one from the egg, the six, and the five. then the three, the one, the four, the one, the five- the twice seven the sum total. and these are the essences, the flames, the elements, the builders, the numbers, the arupa, the rupa, and the force of divine man- the sum total. and from the divine man emanated the forms, the sparks, the sacred animals, and the messengers of the sacred fathers within the holy four. 4. this was the army of the voice- the divine mother of the seven. the sparks of the seven are subject to, and the servants of, the first, the second, the

BLUE EQUINOX

fear not that any god shall deny thee for this. liber dcccxxxvii 51 again and again, in words like these, he sees the expansion and the development of the soul through joy. here is the calendar of our church .but ye, o my people, rise up& awake! let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty. remember that all acts of love and pleasure are rituals, must be rituals .there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride! a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. a feast for tahuti and the child of the prophet.secret, o prophet! a feast for the supreme ritual, and feast for the equinox of the gods. a feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! a feast ever

flow at my word.but thou art the water beyond the waters. 28. the red three-angled heart hath been set up in thy shrine; for the priests despised equally the shrine and the god. 29. yet all the whie thou wast hidden therein, as the lord of silence is hidden in the buds of the lotus. 30. thou art sebek the crocodile against asar; thou art mati, the slayer in the deep. thou art typhon, the wrath of the elements, o thou who transcendest the forces in their concourse and cohesion, in their death and their disruption. thou art python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. i turned about me thrice in every way; and always i came at the last unto thee. 32. many things i beheld mediate and immediate; but, beholding them no more, i beheld thee. 33. come thou, o beloved one, o lord g

l in this form, making systematic exploration of those worlds which are to other material things what your own body of light is to your own material form. now it will occur to you in these travels that you come to many gates which you are not able to pass. this is because your body of light is itself as yet not strong enough, or subtle enough, or pure enough: and you must then learn to dissociate the elements of that body by a process similar to the first, your consciousness remaining in the higher and leaving the lower. in this practice do you continue, bending your will like a great bow to drive the arrow of your consciousness through heavens ever higher and holier. but the continuance in this way is itself of vital value: for it shall be that presently habit herself shall persuade you t

ove about, instead of pinning it down to a single, simple object. samadhi never occurs in such conditions..o.m] 9 [this examination is a subtle compliment, amounting almost to flattery. it is a much harder paper than would be set in most cases..o.m] the equinox 170 (c) discover by visions the nature of the alchemical principles, sulphur, mercury, and salt. how do they differ from the 3 gunas, and the elements fire, water, air (d) give an account of the sign aquarius in the 4 worlds, assiah, yetzirah, briah, and atziluth (e) visit and describe fully the qliphoth of aries (f) visit lophiel and hismael, and report their appearance, mode of life, and conversation. observe. the a. a. work throughout is definite and directed. there is no room for a single loose thought (3) you must be perfectly

e flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. i am alone; there is no god where i am. the deacon and all rise to their feet, with the hailing sign. the deacon: but ye, o my people rise up and awake! let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty. there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride. a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. a feast for tahuti and the child of the prophet-secret, o prophet! a feast for the supreme ritual, and a feast for the equinox of the gods. a feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death. the equino

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

re villages where one or two witches were suspected of living, were put to death with the cry "destroy them all. the lord will know his own" in 1586 the archbishop of treves decided that the local witches had caused the recent severe winter. by dint of frequent torture a "confession" was obtained and one hundred twenty men and women were burned to death on his charge that they had interfered with the elements. since fertility was of great importance fertility of crops and beasts there were certain sexual rites enacted by the wicca, as followers of the nature religion. these sexual rites seem to have been given unnecessary prominence by the christian judges, who seemed to delight in prying into the most minute of details concerning them. the rites of the craft were joyous in essence. it was

ches (myself included) frowned on the very idea of a self-initiation. we didn't stop to think of (a) what might have been done in the "old times, for those living miles from any coven, or (b) how did the first witch get initiated? today some of us at any rate are more enlightened. the self-dedication is exactly that it is a dedicating of oneself to the service of the gods. it does not contain all the elements we have mentioned above, but is none the less a moving experience. a full coven initiation may always be taken at a later date, if you so desire of course, but note that it would not be mandatory just a matter of personal preference. a question often asked is "how valid is self initiation" to some traditions it is not valid at all (though one might question the whole "validity" of tho

oven initiation ceremony, for the sake of completeness on this lesson four: getting started/ 45 46/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft subject. next lesson i will continue from where i here left off. coven initiation as with all of the rituals in this workbook, they are presented as patterns blueprints which you may either adopt or adapt. you will see that this initiation rite contains all of the elements i have previously discussed. if you decide to write your own, i urge you to follow the general pattern. in this ceremony i have written it as for a priest initiating a female. it can obviously be adapted for reversal of the roles (in virtually all traditions male initiates female and female initiates male. it is usual for the initiate to be naked in this rite. if the coven usually wor

staunchly denying any serious belief in such matters, nine out of ten persons are unable to read a daily newspaper or monthly magazine without avidly scanning the horoscopes to see what the day/week/month holds in store for them. it is useless to point out to these people that the majority of these horoscopes are, by virture of their generality, completely worthless. in what follows will be seen the elements that make a true horoscope a very personal thing, applicable only to the one for whom it is cast. the individual horoscope, or natal chart, the one that interprets the motions of the heavenly bodies in terms of the person's life comes under the awesome- sounding heading of genethliacal astrology. the chart is actually a map of how the planets, sun and moon, appeared at the moment of b

ed on a great many years of experience. not only craft experience but experience and knowledge of many other aspects of the occult, anthropological background and, most importantly, knowledge of the necessary elements of ritual (see construction of ritual below. everything is there for a reason, so don't go chopping and changing just because you think "it sounds good! take special note of some of the elements in these rituals given. in erecting the temple this is the construction and consecration of your meeting place; your temple. it is one of the basics, ensuring psychic cleanliness of the area and of the occupants. it also includes the inviting of the lady and her lord to attend and witness the rites to be held in their honor. in clearing the temple you have the necessary thanking of th

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

l your visualised or actual knots tight, cut them, leap into the air, shouting: the power is free! or it is done! sometimes there is just a sudden stillness, as the power leaves. afterwards, you need to ground the energies by sitting or lying on the ground and letting excess energies fade away into the earth as you press down with your hands and feet. the four elements i have mentioned the use of the elements in rituals. in magick, there are four elements- earth, air, fire and water. they all contain symbolic qualities and powers that together form the energies used in rituals. each element controls a quadrant in the magical circle. earth, in the north, represents the stability, security and strength of old stone circles, mighty castle walls, tall craggy rocks and mountain peaks. it is als

tal correspondences, so that even if you are new to magick you can begin work at once. if you are an experienced practitioner, some of the ideas may suggest new directions for your personal and coven work. the elemental candle colours each of the four elements- air, fire, water and earth- is represented by a single candle colour- yellow, red, blue and green. a coloured candle representing each of the elements can be placed at the four main compass points around the circle to mark the quarters- east, south, west and north. you can place the elemental candles either on the edge of the circle in sturdy floor-standing holders, or on small tables or plinths at the compass points. though each element is represented by a single candle, you can use a second to increase a particular element in its

empowered coins and leave them in an open jar in the moonlight until the full moon. on the day after the full moon, spend them on giving happiness to others. after the ritual, dissolve the salt in sacred water and tip it into a flowing source of water to get the money energies moving. in a formal ritual for the same purpose, focus the energies by casting a formal circle, inviting the guardians of the elements (see page 200) to lend their power to the endeavour. pass the elemental tools, incense, candles and water over the salt and money, thus concentrating the energies. dissolve and tip the salt away in a tub of water that has been swirled nine times to get the power flowing as the climax of the ritual. the difference is one of degree of intensity. incense i have already described in detai

c powers and mystical experiences, passion and sexuality. it can be invoked by those who work in the arts and those who seek or are required to be leaders and for those in all dangerous professions, especially involving fire, furnaces or metalwork. it is also potent for destruction of what is now no longer needed, for binding and banishing and so for protection. because it is the most powerful of the elements, it must be used only with care in seite 121 wicca01.txt a pure, calm frame of mind and for a positive purpose. the elemental creature of fire is the salamander, the mythical lizard that lives within fire (the name is nowadays given to a species of amphibious newts. the salamander offers an understanding of mystical processes and visions to inspire future paths and ventures. the colou

r the spell* choose your elemental tools* choose your herbs. decide if you are going to empower them before or during the ceremony and write down the words if necessary. make any sachets or poppets you intend to use* choose your oils* choose your incenses* choose your crystals* choose your ritual substances* consecrate the ritual substances [insert pic p288- the ceremony* cast your circle* invoke the elements and angels* focus on the symbol of the spell and declare your intentions* endow the symbol with magical energies, chanting if appropriate* raise the power to absorb energy from the cosmos, creating a cone of power* release the power, sending it out into the cosmos. seite 176 wicca01.txt* close the energies down* uncast the circle* ground the energies [insert pic p289- after the ceremo

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fire you would emerge, carry forth our protection to this circle of being, i call to thee angelick spirits of the watchtower: hcoma! utpa, phra, tdim, anaa facing the east, angels of the east, from which by wind you approach, emerge and protect this circle of being, i call to thee angelick spirits of the watchtower: exarp! rzla, boza, taad, dopa hold now the athame and moving widdershins, invoke the elements of lucifer: by the triangle of elemental sight i bless this circle, by the spirit mind of godhood i emerge as one who commands the elements by will alone. move and bless this circle and work! by the image of the falling pentagram and star, from which we dive to achieve the promethean light, i bless this circle, by the spirit mind of the separated psyche, made selfdeified by self- love

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

s that manifested the influences of conjure in the twentieth century. black magic does not purport to be a definitive history of african american magic or religion; rather, it is a selective examination of key themes in african american religious history. it is my contribution to a conversation among students of black religion that provides a more nuanced view of "religion" and "magic" by tracing the elements of these two parallel and sometimes indistinguishable ideas. ultimately, the effacing of these categories may lead to a richer understanding of the myriad black magic page 8 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006\ 9\ dimensions of human spirituality. it is a reminder that as we look at african american religion, certain themes appe

georgia within seven days f time.[1] this brief episode in the life of one of the first english-speaking, african-born autobiographers sheds light on the convergence of "magical" and "religious" modes of thought in the eighteenth century. to olaudah equiano and his shipmates, the unexpected chaos of a violent squall possessed meanings that went beyond the apparent realities of the visible world. the elements of sea and air bore evidence of forces that were subject to both divine will and human intervention and manifested\ 36\ a wildly dangerous struggle for control over nature. it was an ancient conflict, one in which both africans and europeans had engaged for centuries and addressed in various theological debates and formulations. who governed the forces that could endanger and destroy

rom more recent observations of indigenous african religions, mbiti's remarks apply to older african understandings of the supernatural or nonmaterial world. the concept of force vitale, an omnipresent energy, has been articulated in diverse ways in traditional african cultures.as ashe, nommo, chi, and da. the power of this life force was believed to dwell within organic and inorganic objects, in the elements of nature, and in the bodies of all animate beings. through ritual, it was thought that human beings would be able to tap supernatural power for manifold purposes.[4] what came to be seen as "magic" for the africans who lived in\ 39\ america appears to have actually been a fusion of ideas that derived, in part, from older indigenous african religious concepts and the new world perspec

orial, constitutional whig, richmond, virginia, 26 september 1831, reprinted in tragle, southampton revolt, p. 92. 14. although he rejected the title of conjurer, turner displayed many of the attributes that were associated with conjurers and supernatural practitioners in this time, including prescient visions, dreams, invulnerability, anomalous bodily markings, and magical powers over nature and the elements (tragle, southampton revolt, pp. 100, 222, 307, 309, 420.21. 15. in 1815, in a move that enraged officials in the white-dominated methodist society, blacks resigned from three of charleston's largest biracial churches in response to the abolishment of their quarterly conference, which had functioned as a semiautonomous organization for blacks since the early 1800s. in 1817 several new

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made a vow that if anything through his grace should be revealed to me, i would employ it to neither my own honour nor my own authority in the world, but to the spreading of his name, and the service of my neighbour. and with this vow, and good hope, i departed out of my cell with joy. page 8 page 9 the second day had hardly got out of my cell into a forest when i thought the whole heaven and all the elements had already trimmed themselves in preparation for this wedding. for even the birds chanted more pleasantly than before, and the young fawns skipped so merrily that they made my heart rejoice, and moved me to sing; wherefore with a loud voice i thus began: rejoice dear bird and praise thy maker, raise bright and clear thy voice, thy god is most exalted, thy food he hath prepared for th

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s high at the northwest corner where the stars and moon pass through, and low at the southeast corner where the rivers run into the sea. 49 expert commentary the five sacred colors mentioned in the story are connected to five important earth elements: green=wood, red=fire, yellow=soil, white=metal, black=water. in their study of chinese festivals, authors carol stepanchuck and charles wong write: the elements, which are five natural forces, work together in a cyclical order to represent periods of rise and decay, production and destruction. wood prevails over earth; metal prevails over wood; fire over metal; water over fire; and earth over water.3 no single element is powerful enough to destroy all others. nuwa restores order by balancing the forces of the universe. in his classic chinese

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the pentagrams (in this instance banishing with the black end symbolized of over matter. the connection and synthesis of the symbolism between the pentagram and the altar is unmistakable. g.h. frater s.r.m.d. writes the following "the pentagram is a powerful symbol representing the operation of the eternal spirit and the four elements under the divine proceedings of the letters of the name hwchy. the elements themselves in the symbol of the cross are governed by hwhy, but the letter c representing the \yhla jwr, the divine spirit, being added thereto, the name becometh hwchy or hcwhy, the latter when the letter c placed between ruling l and the other three letters of the tetragrammaton" it is apparent that the symbology is also directly connected to the round altar. see the diagram below:

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he truth about the 'glorious' french revolution, and in the strange world of the illuminati/ elite, that meant he had to go. think on that, those of you in the brotherhood who believe you are in control of events. stop now, let me have the information you have about what is going on, and get the hell out of it before you become another robespierre or egalite! from the french revolution we can see the elements of manipulated wars and revolutions that are common to all the 'peoples' uprisings' in europe which ousted the monarchies and to conflicts around the world up to the present day. these are: the financial crisis to create suffering and the desire for change("something must be done; the duping of influential people who support the 'cause' without realising the real agenda; the dumping o

e-spot political support for cia asset, forbes burnham; it eliminated .ultorcon 381 the cia's tenacious political opponent, leo ryan; it undermined the house select committee on assassinations by discrediting james earl ray's attorney, mark lane; it gave valuable information about mind control to the mkultra project; and it further poisoned the public mind to the word 'cult. you will find many of the elements of jonestown in the story of waco. on april 19th 1993, more than 80 men, women, and children were burnt alive when the us government, in the form of the fbi and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms (batf, attacked the mount carmel compound of the branch davidians, near waco, texas. we are asked to believe once again that this was a 'mass suicide' by a group of crazed and brain

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tioner cuts apart other victims. impalement was dracula's favourite technique, but by no means his only method of inflicting unimaginable horror. the list of tortures employed by this deeply sick man included nails in heads, cutting off limbs, blinding, strangulation, burning, cutting off noses and ears, mutilation of sexual organs (especially in the case of women, scalping, skinning, exposure to the elements or wild animals, and boiling alive. no one was immune to dracula's attentions. his victims included women and children, peasants and great lords, ambassadors from foreign powers and merchants. vlad the impaler was the son of vlad dracul, who was initiated into the ancient order of the dragon by the holy roman emperor in 1431. its emblem was a dragon, wings extended, hanging on a cross

the imagination of anyone who has not experienced the level of trauma they must suffer. zack's story one unfolding story i have featured on my website is that of zack. he is a little boy who attended a pre-school operated by a company called kindercare at 100 endeavor way, cary, north carolina. kindercare is the biggest pre-school organisation in the united states. zack's experience contains all the elements of the constantly recurring reports of child abuse, both in what he says happened to him and the shocking lack of investigation by the authorities that are supposed to be protecting children. this story and all the quotes by his parents and grandmother are from direct correspondence and conversations with me.4 zack said that he was taken from the centre in cary to a house where he was

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s. earth is cold and dry and drynesspredominates. fire is hot and dry and heat predominates. water is moist and cold andcold predominates. air is hot and moist and moistness predominates. the idea is thatone element can be transformed into another through the bond they have in common, egfire becomes air through the common bond of heat. substances are made from theelements and if you can transform the elements into each other, you must be able totransform the substances the elements are made from. for instance, lead can be changedinto gold. there is, it is believed, a secret powder which is necessary for thistransformation and it has become known as the philosophers stone. the dhautpoulfamily are said to have been holders of such secrets. the document, le serpent rouge,when speaking of the

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ure spirit to the course material world. even the shells or husks (evil spirits) are manifestations of god s power. in jewish belief, god is infinite and therefore beyond description. yahweh, according to the cabalist, is not the name of god but the phonetic pronunciation of the word god spoke at the moment of creation. yhvh, called the divine tetragrammaton or sacred four letter word, represents the elements earth, air, fire, and water. the hebrew god was a god of physical manifestation who appeared to moses in a burning bush and to the israelites as a pillar of flame by night and cloud of vapor by day. it is likely that the hebrew mystical beliefs (which later formed the cabala) developed during the time the israelites lived among the egyptians. prior to the development of the cabala, th

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hed the genitals of seth. this storm was the raging of ra at the thunder-cloud which [seth] sent forth against the right eye of ra (the sun. thoth removed the thunder-cloud from the eye of ra, and brought back the eye living, healthy, sound, and with no defect in it to its owner- from the papyrus of ani here we see that set was a sorcerer god, throwing filth and then thunder clouds, he controlled the elements of earth and the air. set although being injured, arose in might again after the battle, and later reached into obscurity to appear again in other cults outside of egypt under different names, all the while possessing the essence of which he created the adversary. set opened the paths of the two eyes (the sun and the moon- from the papyrus of ani the formula mentioned in the book of t

hora of demonic imagery from the earliest times of man. manichaean belief, as it developed from the dualistic religion of zoroastrianism, views the creation myth of mankind slightly different from its zoroastrian counterparts. in manichaean concepts adam was engendered by satan with the traits of desire, cupidity and those concepts which religions always have difficulty with. satan gave unto adam the elements of light which he was said to have stolen, so that he may embody that art in 17 translated by e.w. west, from haug and west, the book of arda viraf, bombay, london 1972, made into a digital edition courtesy of joseph peterson. 18 a reader in manichaean middle persian and parthian tehran 1975 17 mankind. it was indeed satan who fathered cain with eve, in luciferian lore as with az or l

tle to come i shall let loose so much affliction on the righteous man and the toiling bull that, because of my deeds, they will not be fit to live. i shall take away their dignity, i shall afflict the water, i shall afflict the earth, i shall afflict the fire, i shall afflict the plants, i shall afflict all the creation which ohrmazd has created. here we see that az has knowledge and control over the elements and that which the natural order observes as correct. she wishes to change it according to her will, to afflict is to darken its essence with much of the light she was endowed with early on. zaehner writes also the description of ahriman s awakening, and his gift to az- and she related her evil deeds so minutely that the destructive spirit was comforted, leapt up out of his swoon, and

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

the chaioth ha qadesh, holy living creatures, and their name carries the mind to the chariot vision of ezekiel and the four holy creatures before the throne. the fact that the four aces of the tarot, assigned to kether, are regarded as representing the roots of the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water further bears out this association. we may look, then, to kether as the fountain-head of the elements. this concept clears up many occult and metaphysical difficulties that occur if we limit their operation to the astral plane and regard elementals as little better than devils, as some schools of transcendental thought appear to do. 22. the whole question of the angels,archons,and elementals is a very vexed and very important one in occultism, because its practical application to magi

ppiness. 79. it is through this vision of the harmony of things that we are made one with nature, not by means of elemental contacts. human beings who are in anywise raised by culture above the primitive cannot become one with nature upon the elemental level, for to do so is degeneration, and they become beastly in both senses of the word. the nature contacts are made through the angelic kings of the elements in the sphere of tiphareth-in other words, through the realisation of the spiritual principles behind natural things-and the initiate then comes to the elemental beings in the name of their presiding king. he descends into the elemental kingdoms from above, as it were, bringing with him his manhood; thus he is an initiator to the elementals; but if he meets them on their own level, he

death. the gate of the shadow of death. the gate of tears.the gate of justice. the gate of prayer. the gate of the daughter of the mighty ones. the gate of the garden of eden. the inferior mother. malkah, the queen. kallab, the bride. the virgin. god-name: adonai malekh or adonai ha aretz. archangel: sandalphon. choir of angels: ashim, souls of fire. mundane chakra: cholem ha yesodoth, sphere of the elements. spiritual experience: vision of the holy guardian angel. virtue: discrimination. mystical qabala page 181 vice: avarice. inertia. correspondence in the microcosm: the feet. the anus. symbols: altar of the double cube. the equal-armed cross. the magic circle. the triangle of art. tarot cards: the four tens. ten of wands: oppression. ten of cups: perfected success. ten of swords: ruin

activity in the background of matter and form its basis. everything that we know as matter builds up on this groundwork. it is with the help of these fiery lives that certain types of magic are worked. there are but few who can work such magic, for the denser the plane to be manipulated, the greater must be the power of the magus who commands it. 86. the mundane chakra of malkuth is the sphere of the elements. these we have already considered in such detail as is possible in these pages. 87. the spiritual experience of malkuth is the vision of the holy guardian angel. now this angel, which according to the qabalists is assigned to each soul at birth and companions him till death, when it takes him into its keeping and presents him before the face of god for judgment, is in actuality the hi

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rade of air than in any other, and it is rare to see a ritual of air worked without something being dropped or knocked over. it is a quarrelsome element; when it is being worked, the operators are apt to bicker and squabble. it is also intimately associated with sex, as is revealed by its symbolism. if an occultist is making a magic circle, and for any reason wishes to seal it with the kerubim of the elements instead of the archangels, as is more commonly done, and feels himself unequal to the task of drawing a presentable eagle, the symbolic form of the kerub of air, he will use the zodiacal sign for scorpio. the evolutionary connection between the snake and the bird is well known to biologists; but long ages before darwin, initiates used the serpent and the eagle to represent the unsubli

nvocation. suddenly we saw below us a figure bursting through hedges and leaping ditches and running wildly towards it. we presently recognised it as another of our friends, and when he joined us he told us that he had felt the sudden rush of power while in the valley and on an over powering impulse started for the hill-top. then all of us, without any suggestion of leadership, began the dance of the elements, whirling like dancing dervishes upon that hill-top. fortunately nobody was about, but i do not know that it would have made very much difference if they had been, for we were caught up out of ourselves and the air seemed full of rushing golden flames, lying level in the wind. for days afterwards we seemed charged with elemental energy by that extraordinary dance. 39 of 103 it may be

air seemed full of rushing golden flames, lying level in the wind. for days afterwards we seemed charged with elemental energy by that extraordinary dance. 39 of 103 it may be interesting to note that we danced with a circular movement, each revolving on our own axis at the same time, and that we both danced and revolved deosil, that is, with the sun. all this occurred spontaneously, the tide of the elements catching us up and away. i have never known a more glorious experience. it was indeed the divine inebriation of the mysteries. after this there were no more smashings of crockery. i have already noted my exceptionally bad head for heights. i have found that it is considerably mitigated, temporarily at any rate, by the invocation of air. i am of the opinion that the curious impulse whi

a devotee of the god, has for its motive the idea of divine union, not altogether unknown to christian mystics, who seek its achievement by a living death, whereas the adherents of juggernaut escape with one brief pang. the european belief of one man, one life, has imbued us with the idea of death as the supreme evil. therefore the european very often does not go to his death when he unites with the elements, but his higher self withdraws from incarnation, leaving his body ensouled by a curious kind of intelligent automaton, which deteriorates rapidly. what ever may be the status of the soul that withdraws, that which is left behind is not nice. i feel, therefore, that it must seriously delay and distort the evolution of the human monad if it turns aside into the sphere of the deva evolut

mons. it is these which are the names of power in magic. each sephira, then, has its obverse side in the corresponding qlippottic demon. the initiated adept always gains control over the demonic force before he attempts to utilise the angelic force which, by the appropriated means, can be contacted in each sephira. if he does not do so, he contacts them both simultaneously. moreover, the planets, the elements and the signs of the zodiac are all intimately connected with the sephiroth, being arranged upon the tree of life in a pattern known only to initiates. 42 of 103 the initiated adept is exceedingly careful what he does when he is working with these potencies because he knows that he has always got the qlippoth in the background. the uninitiated occultist goes ahead gaily, juggling with

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f rendering man dumb, unable to speak or comprehend the angelic language- the wellspring that fed understanding (binah) ceased to flow, and as a result, man lost the power of true and considered judgement (geburah. his judgement became unbalanced and reckless, and he fell prey to his lower emotions and impulses. the "four winds" mentioned by gabriel that surround wisdom are the four archangels of the elements, michael (fire, gabriel (water, raphael (air) and uriel (earth. they are winds because the speak with the angelic language, and its power and authority, and of course because they are winged. they are mentioned as a group in the book of enoch in connection with the fallen watchers who sin with the daughters of man, where these four archangels are primary servants and agents of god's j

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tagram. the sign scorpio, located at the upper-right of the zodiac, is linked with water, and so water is placed on the right arm of the pentagram. the sign leo, on the lower-right of the zodiac, is linked with fire, so fire is placed on the right leg of the pentagram. the sign taurus, on the lower-left of the zodiac, is linked with earth, so earth is placed on the left leg of the pentagram. once the elements are related to the points of the pentagram, it becomes possible to use this figure to invoke or banish the powers and spirits of each element by inscribing the pentagram in different ways. the golden dawn system for invoking and banishing the elements is, in my opinion, unnecessarily complicated, but i will describe it here since it is employed almost universally in modern magic, and

al everyday state of mind. sometimes it may be desirable to invoke spirit without banishing it, in order to create a spiritual charge or atmosphere in a particular locality, or to infuse an object or person with spiritual energy. this can be a powerful antidote to demonic possession or obsession, and an effective defense against magical attack. it is important to understand that all pentagrams of the elements are drawn in the same way, with a continuous line that ends at its starting place. it is only that different pentagrams begin at different points, and proceed around the figure either clockwise or counterclockwise. when invoking spirit, first the active, then the passive invoking pentagram is drawn. spirit is never invoked in the golden dawn method by only one pentagram. likewise, whe

pentagram, shown above, is known as the banishing pentagram of fire. notice that the invoking pentagram of air is identical to the banishing pentagram of water, and that the banishing pentagram of air is identical to the invoking pentagram of water. this, coupled with the double pentagrams used to invoke and banish spirit, and sheer complexity of the golden dawn system for invoking and banishing the elements as a whole, led me to devise a new method. after coming up with it, i was surprised to learn that it was also used in the magical society known as aurum solis, apparently before i independently invented it. so you may wish to call it the aurum solis method. invoking and banishing any element is done by beginning to draw the pentagram at the point of that element. to invoke, draw the p

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ver reign over the undines; he who is afraid of fire cannot command the salamanders; as long as we are subject to dizziness we must leave the sylphs in peace, and not irritate the gnomes; for inferior spirits only obey a power that is proved to them by showing itself their master even in their own element. when we have acquired by boldness and practice this incontestable power, we may impose upon the elements the mandate (verbe) of our will, by special consecrations of air, fire, water, and earth. this is the indispensable beginning of all magic operations. we exercise the air by blowing from the direction of the four cardinal points while saying: spiritus dei ferebatur super aquas, et inspiravit in facian hominis spiraculum vitae. sit michael dux meus, et sabtabiel servus meus, in luce et

rn to water! let a fire burn! let air circulate! let earth fall upon the earth, by virtue of the pentagram which is the morning star, and in the name of the tetragram, which is written in the center of the cross of light. amen. the sign of the cross adopted by the christians does not belong to them exclusively. it is also kabalistic, and represents the contrasts, and the quaternary equilibrium of the elements. we see by the occult stanza of the lord's prayer, which we have indicated in our dogma, 9 that there were primitively two modes of making it, or at least two very different formulas to distinguish it. one reserved for the priests and initiated; the other granted to neophytes and the profane. thus, for example, said "to thee" then he added "belong" and continued while carrying his han

without being burned; he will walk on the water, and will behold the diamonds through the crust of the earth. these promises which may seem hyperbolical are only so in the minds of the vulgar; for though the sage does not do materially and precisely the things which these words express, he will do many greater and more wonderful. in the meantime it is not to be doubted that individuals can direct the elements by the will to a certain extent, and change or really stop their effects. why, for example, if it is ascertained that certain individuals in a state of ecstasy lose their weight for the moment, could we not walk or glide upon the water? saint medard's convulsionaries felt neither fire nor sword, and begged as a relief the most violent blows and the most incredible tortures. are not th

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nd hugh of santalla, perhaps from different sources. the date of the kitab sirr al-asar is uncertain, though c.800 has been suggested and it is not clear when the tablet became part of this work. holmyard was the first to find another early arabic version (ruska found a 12th centruy recension claiming to have been dictated by sergius of nablus) in the kitab ustuqus al-uss al-thani (second book of the elements of foundation) attributed to jabir. shortly after ruska found another version appended to the kitab sirr al-khaliqa wa san`at al-tabi`a (book of the secret of creation and the art of nature, which is also known as the kitab balaniyus al-hakim fi'l-`ilal (book of balinas the wise on the causes. it has been the emerald tablet of herme othe emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf

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stic phenomena whose distinguishing characteristic is the assumption of a personality changing to that of the medium. 2. under the name animism we include unconscious psychical phenomena that show themselves outside the limits of the medium s body. extra-mediumistic operation of objects without contact and finally materialisation. we have here the highest manifestation of the psychic duplication; the elements of personality overstep the limits of the body up to the point of complete externalisation and objectification. 3. under the name spiritism we include phenomena resembling both personalisation and animism but which we much ascribe to some extra-mediumistic and extra-terrene cause. they differ from the phenomena of personalisation and animism in their intellectual content which affords

, which is female, and the crux of alchemy was to obtain their seed .a process the alchemistical philosophers did not describe with any degree of clarity. the physical theory of transmutation is based on the composite character of metals, and on the presumed existence of a substance which, applied to matter, exalts and perfects it. this substance, eugenius philalethes and others called the light. the elements of all metals were said to be similar, differing only in purity and proportion. the entire trend of the metallic kingdom was toward the natural manufacture of gold, and the production of the baser metals was only accidental as the result of an unfavorable environment. the philosophers stone was the combination of the male and female seeds that form gold. the composition of these was s

stone, in which kind is worked with kind for the space of a philosophical year. there is dissolution which prepares the way for congelation, and which is performed during the black state of the mysterious matter. it is accomplished by water which does not wet the hand. there is the separation of the subtle and the gross, which is to be performed by means of heat. in the conjunction which follows, the elements are duly and scrupulously combined. putrefaction afterwards takes place, without which pole no seed may multiply. then, in the subsequent congelation the white colour appears, which is one of the signs of success. it becomes more pronounced in cibation. in sublimation the body is spiritualised, the spirit made corporeal, and again a more glittering whiteness is apparent. fermentation

one system.the equal house system.use the degree of the zodiac closest to the zenith as the place to begin the tenth house, with the point 180 degrees away (the nadir) designated as the cusp of the fourth house. hence with the exception of the equal house system, the differences between the most commonly used systems. placidian, koch, campanus.are relatively minor. sources: holden, ralph william. the elements of house division. essex, u.k: l. n. fowler, 1977. lewis, james r. the astrology encyclopedia. detroit: gale research, 1994. mcevers, joan. the houses: power places of the horoscope. st. paul, minn: llwellyn publications, 1991. rudhyar, dane. the astrological houses: the spectrum of individual experience. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1972. astrological journal quarterly publication of

numenta britannica, were issued in the nineteenth century. within the modern druid movement, many believe that aubrey was more than a gentleman scholar. they have concluded that he was a druid himself, that he participated in a druid grove that met at mount haemus, and that he passed along some authority to john toland. there is no hard evidence to support such belief. sources: carr-gomm, philip. the elements of the druid tradition. shaftesbury, dorset, uk: element, 1991. august order of light an oriental order introduced into england in 1882 by maurice vidal portman. its object was the development of practical occultism, and it continued at bradford, yorkshire, as the oriental order of light. it had a ritual of three degrees, novice, aspirans, viator. it adopted kabalistic forms and was g

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esembles light, as his soul or spirit resembles truth. they condemned all images and those who said that the gods were male and female; they had neither temples nor altars, but worshiped the sky, as a representative of the deity, on the tops of mountains; they also sacrificed to the sun, moon, earth, fire, water, and winds, said herodotus, meaning no doubt that they adored the heavenly bodies and the elements. this was probably before the time of zoroaster, when the religion of persia seems to have resembled that of ancient india. their hymns in praise of the most high exceeded (according to dio chrysostom) the sublimity of anything in homer or hesiod. they exposed their dead bodies to wild beasts. schlegel maintained that it was an open question whether the old persian doctrine and wisdom

rk, n.y: university books, 1961. woodroffe, sir john. sakti and sakta. madras, india: ganesh, 1918. magical numbers certain numbers and their combinations were traditionally held to be of magical power, by virtue of their representation of divine and creative mysteries. the doctrines of pythagoras (see greece) furnished the basis for much of this belief. according to his theory, numbers contained the elements of all things, of the natural and spiritual worlds and of the sciences. the real numerals of the universe were the primaries one to ten, and in their combination the reason of all else might be found. magical blend magazine encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 960 to the pythagoreans, one represented unity, therefore god; two was duality, the devil; four was sacred and h

helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. matikon a mystical work printed at frankfurt in 1784, whose theories resemble the doctrines of the brahmins. it speculated about the biblical creation story that before the fall, adam was a pure spirit, a celestial being, surrounded by a mystic covering that rendered him invulnerable to any poison or any power of the elements. the physical body, therefore, is but a coarse husk in which, having lost his primitive invulnerability, a human is sheltered from the elements. in his condition of perfect glory and perfect happiness, adam was a natural king, ruling all things visible and invisible, and showing forth the power of the almighty. he also bore a fiery, two-edged, all-piercing lance .a living word, which

agic could be employed both for good and evil purposes, its branches being designated white and black, according to whether it was used for benevolent or wicked ends. the term red magic was also occasionally employed, as indicating a more exalted type of the art, but the designation is fanciful. white magic to a great extent concerned itself with the evocation of angelic forces and the spirits of the elements. the angelology of the catholic church was undoubtedly derived from the ancient faith of israel, which in turn was indebted to egypt and babylon. the alexandrian system of successive emanations from the eternal substance evolved a complex hierarchy of angels, all of whom appear to have been at the bidding of the magician who was in possession of the incommunicable name, a concept deri

rst hour and answers for his territory and its inhabitants, as do the others, each at his own day and hour, and each presides for a period of 490 years. the functions of bethor began in the fiftieth year before the birth of christ until 430. phagle reigned till 920 c.e; och till the year 1410; hagith governed until 1900. the others follow in succession. these intelligences are the stewards of all the elements, energizing the firmament and, with their armies, depending from each other in a regular hierarchy. the names of the minor olympian spirits are interpreted in diverse ways. generically, they are called astra, and their power is seldom prolonged beyond 140 years. the heavens and their inhabitants come voluntarily to man and often serve even against the will of man, but come much more i

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akes an ancient hell-lynx there. but now give heed! hover hence, hither hover, under, over, and he soon himself has freed. can ye avail him, oh, do not fail him! for he has already done much to profit us, each one. faust first, to deal with this beast s core, i will use the spell of four: salamander must be glowing, undine self-coiling, sylph vanish in going, kobold keep toiling. who would ignore the elements four, their powers and dowers, no master he over spirits can be. vanish in fiery glow, salamander! gurgling, together flow, undine! in meteoric beauty shine, sylph! bring homely help, incubus! incubus! step forth and end the charm for us. none of the four hides in the beast. he lies quite calmly, grins evermore; i ve not yet hurt him in the least. thou lt hear me longer conjure thee s

hades too do they stand supreme; proudly with their peers are they allied, with persephone most intimate. we, however, in the background of deep, asphodelian meadows, with far-reaching poplars and unfruitful willows joined, what diversion shall we have there? bat-like to squeak and twitter in whispers undelighting, spectral. panthalis who hath not won a name nor wills a noble deed, belongs but to the elements, so fare thy way! hotly i wish to join my queen. not merit alone, faithfulness too preserves our personality. exit. all back to the light of day are we now restored, truly persons no more. we feel it, we know it too, but to hades we go back never; for ever-living nature lays claim to us spirits, we to her lay claim that is valid. a part of the chorus. in these thousand branches quiver

ave done it unattended, but now i have to be assisted. in all things, wretched is our plight! transmitted custom, ancient rightnaught s to be trusted now as in the past. the soul once with its last breath left its house; i watched my prey, and like the swiftest mouse, snap! in my firm-shut claws i held it fast. now it delays, won t quit the dismal place, the wretched corpse s house so nauseating; the elements, each other hating, will finally expel it in disgrace. and though for days i fret till i am weary, when? how? and where? that is the tiresome query. in power swift and strong old death s played out; even the whether long has been in doubt. with lust i ve often watched the rigid members twas but a sham; they moved: life stirred the embers. gestures of conjuration like those of a fantas

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ngaged in the labors necessary to feed and clothe themselves. it is likely that the religious observances of the hebrews would have involved quintessential spiritual practices dating from antiquity and found in all monotheistic religions. these practices include: ablution, prostration, invocation of divine names, devotional singing, prayer offerings, ritual use of sacraments and sacred regard for the elements, community-building rituals based on the mystical significance of rites of passage and seasons of nature, and the special treatment of guests. in the torah, there are numerous accounts of holy figures ascending to and worshipping at power spots on special mountains. there are also several accounts of the ritual use of a stone lingam, over which was poured a libation of oil or perhaps

great sages. like a ladder that is used to climb up to the roof of a house and then as the means to come back down, a mystical worldview is intended to act as a vehicle for the awakening consciousness to ascend through the planes of existence to unite with the divine essence. the worldview becomes a frame of reference for the mind to come back into once the soul returns as an individuated being. the elements of the qabalistic worldview are combined in the grand allusion of the tree of life. the tree emanates from the mysterious unknown in its negatively existent roots, and descends through the planes of existence via a series of spheres connected by gates. all mystical traditions have ways for the human intellect to make a distinction between passive and active aspects of the mysterious u

adition, it is associated with the anahata chakra in the heart center. the sefer yetzirah also describes a flat, vertical version of the tree of perfection. as with other flat trees, two of the inner court sefiroth (water/good and fire/evil) are moved into the side columns, with the gates adjusted accordingly (see figure 3.5 on page 89. the names of the sefiroth in the sefer yetzirah are based on the elements (spirit of living elohim, air, water, fire, or alternately, on the four heads of celestial messiah (first, last, good, and evil, and the six directions (above, below, east, west, north, south. the six directions are sealed through permutations of the name vhy. the final heh h of the name hvhy is dropped due to the fact that the action is occurring in the astral world of yetzirah. ther

etry break: electromagnetic force (electrons) size =10e10 cm, weight =10e58 gm. breaks out from weak nuclear force. f. sixth symmetry break: radiation (light) size =10e24 cm, weight =10e58 gm, breaks out from electromagnetic force. caused by combination of atomic nuclei with electrons to form neutral atoms, starts matter era. 2 ,yhla arb (bara elohim: it created natural forces these next five are the elements, which are the states of matter as energy, is subtracted from matter. these elements are produced in this order as the universe cools off: natural forces, plasmas, gases, liquids, and solids (note: in taoism, the chinese dragons are states of matter when heated) 8" 2 e% e= 3. sh ta (et ha-shin) plasma (i.e. ionized matter. when the plasma is heated sufficiently, it disperses as molecu

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to the sublime, and the air, being light, follows the fiery breath "that light, says pimander "is i myself, nous, thy god. and the luminous word issuing from the nous is the son of god" trismegistus then sees within himself, in his own nous or mens, the light and an innumerable number of powers, a limitless world and the fire enveloped in an all powerful force. he asks pimander "whence then arise the elements of nature" and pimander replies "from the will of god, which received into itself the word. and the nous-god, existing as life and light, brought forth a second nows-demiurge, who being the god of fire and breath, fashioned the governors, seven in number, who envelop with their circles the sensible world" the word united itself with the nows-demiurge, being of the same substance, and

lect; all other creatures are bound to him by the celestial plan 1 c.h, ii, pp. 296-355* fad, p. 297. 3 ibid, pp. 301-2. 35 ficino's "pimander" and the "asclepius" and he attaches them to himself by knots of love. this union of gods with men is not for all men but only for those who have the faculty of intellection. thus alone among creatures, man is double, one part like god, the other formed of the elements. the reason why man was condemned to this double nature is as follows. when god had created the second god, he seemed to him beautiful and he loved him as the offspring of his divinity1("as his son" according to lactantius, who regards this as one of the passages in which hermes prophesies christianity).2 but there had to be another being who could contemplate what god had made and so

bove the seven heavens. from this short sample of the philosophy of picatrix, it can be seen that the magician bases himself upon a gnosis, an insight into the nature of the all. the order of nature is further expounded in two passages.4 god or the prima materia is without form. there derives from the formless incorporeal one the series of intellectus or mens spiritus materia, or material nature, the elements and the elementata. 1 pantagruel, iii, 23; cited by thorndike, i i, p. 814. 2 agrippa d'aubigne, ceuvres completes, ed. e. reaume and f. de caussade, paris, 1873, i, p. 435. 3 on the manuscripts, see thorndike, ii, pp. 822-4. 4 picatrix, lib. i, cap. 7, and lib. iv, cap. i (sloane 1305, ff. 21 verso ft; ft. 95 recto ft. 3+ g.b. 51 hermes trismegistus and magic spiritus descends from t

ledge, not their own good uses. the universe is to be divided, says agrippa in the first two chapters of his first book, into three worlds, the elemental world, the celestial world, the intellectual world. each world receives influences from the one above it, so that the virtue of the creator descends through the angels in the intellectual world, to the stars in the celestial world, and thence to the elements and to all things composed of them in the elemental world, animals, plants, metals, stones, and so on. magicians think that we can make the same progress upwards, and draw the virtues of the upper world down to us by manipulating the lower ones. they try to discover the virtues of the elemental world by medicine and natural philosophy; the virtues of the celestial world by astrology a

are nothing unless they arc vivified so that there is in them. a natural virtue, or a celestial virtue, or a heroic, animastic, demonic, or angelic virtue. but who can give soul to an image, life to stone, metal, wood or wax? and who can make children of abraham come out of stones? truly this secret is not known to the thick-witted worker. and no one has such powers but he who has cohabited with the elements, vanquished nature, mounted higher than the heavens, elevating himself above the angels to the archetype itself, with whom he then becomes co-operator and can do all things.1 which shows how far, far behind him agrippa has left the timid and pious ficino, who aimed only at doing natural magic in the elemental world, with just a spot of celestial magic from a few planetary talismans, u

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rs, when we move, the universe moves. to dance requires skill and movement. with stagnant rites and stuffy old corpses in robes, the modern rave is a prime example of the temple of our lady. i/13a: a infinite cardinal number is a concept of set theory, expressing how many members are in an infinite set. the least infinite cardinal number is 0 (aleph-null. two sets have the same cardinal number if the elements of both sets can be put into a one-to-one correspondence. two implies construction from 1, and a reverse ascension. i/13b: what happens to mind when paradox, feeds in on itself to an infinite degree? i/14a: a prophecy. the spiraling inwards is an allusion to initiation. the word time, causes laughter. i/14b: grendel talks of the quaklephant, and the power of knowledge. the first leap

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a proper framework for them. let us start with a modest example. for reasons of simplicity, we will experiment with the four elements earth, water, fire and air. this is a system with which most magicians will be at least somewhat familiar. as a further framework we will choose dualism for the reasons mentioned. looking for emotional and character qualities which form dualities, we assign them to the elements as follows (this, of course, is but one of many possible examples: 70/ practical sigil magic now i will discuss a sigil language, a canon of symbols, the particular use of which we will come to later. one possibility is to develop the chosen sigil, perhaps by applying the word method (whereby the chosen word itself serves as raw material) and combining it with the glyph of the major c

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h by the force of gravitation; but our bodies being solid, that is to say, of the same density as the material whereof our globe is composed, we are thus prevented from sinking through the earth by displacement as we would sink in water, or by interpenetration as we would pass through ether. when death comes and we shed this so-called mortal coil, we find ourselves in vehicles that are finer than the elements of the earth. a person clothed in these finer vehicles could easily penetrate through the various strata of our globe to the center if there were no other obstacles. having shed the dense body, he is no longer subject to gravitation, but to levitation, and on that account he usually finds it sufficiently difficult to stay upon the surface of the earth. only during the first part of hi

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humanity of that time has now evolved to the glory of archangels; some were more advanced than others, but there was no antagonism among them. our present humanity had advanced to a plantlike stage, and was slightly above the new lifewave started in the sun period, and unity also here prevailed. in the moon period contact of the heated sphere with cold space generated moisture, and the battle of the elements commenced in all its fierceness. the heated ball of fire endeavored to evaporate the moisture, force it outwards and create a vacuum wherein to maintain its integrity and burn undisturbed; but there is and can be no void in nature, hence the outrushing steam condensed at a certain distance from the heated ball and was again driven inwards by the cold of space, to be again evaporated a

ueen of sheba bound his tongue and stayed his arm, for he hoped that when the ambitious plan of hiram failed, the affections of the queen would turn from his humiliated rival to himself. he therefore closed eyes and ears to plot and plotters. when hiram confidently pulled the plugs, the liquid fire rushed out, was met by the water, and there was a roar that seemed to shake heaven and earth, while the elements boiled and battled. all but hiram hid their faces at the awful havoc; then from the center of the raging fire he heard the call of tubal cain, bidding him jump into the molten sea. full of faith in his ancestor, who had gone before him upon the path of fire, hiram obeyed and plunged fearlessly into the flames. sinking through the disintegrated bottom of the vessel, he was conducted su

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the new fallen snow come dance with us this evening tinkle as icicles upon our roofs join us in our songs, laugh with us, fill our hearts with merriment as we celebrate together this night from somewhere there was music. it echoes in the great hall as boudica turns and lights the quarter candle, then step dances a spiral back to the altar and replaces the tortoise shell on the altar. she bows to the elements. she looks up and around at the people gathered in the circle, her blue eyes flashing, and she smiles at all who have gathered. she turns, and to the last echoes of the music, she spirals back to her place in the circle after passing to carielle in the east the castle's modest flame..after meets and greets, carielle had taken her place in circle, and felt the energies begin to rise as

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the luminous mirror) and proclaimed gyehe aur h (value 222, glet there be light h (illumination. in proclaiming it, the shekinah, astral light, ether, or by whatever name the reader chooses to call it, emerged from out of the yetziratic deity, leaving the four tetragrammatic letters of his name reflected upon the deep. these four letters represent what may be called the materiality of this deity, the elements of air, fire, water, and earth. in themselves they are not spiritual but are reflected upon spirit, the shin by going forth from the yetziratic deity rendering them visible. this transmutation of tetragrammaton- or the despiritualized good sammael- into matter is one of the profoundest mysteries of the qabalah, a mystery so secret that it is nowhere clearly explained. we are told that

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ves, though these planets were sacred to them"[33] higgins then calls attention to her temple at sais in egypt, and to the inscription which declares that "she comprehends all that is and was and is to be" that she is "parent of the sun" and he justly concludes that isis can not be the moon [33] anacalypsis, book vi, ch. ii. apuleius makes isis say "i am the parent of all things, the sovereign of the elements, the primary progeny of time, the most exalted of the deities, the first of the heavenly gods and goddesses, whose single deity the whole world venerates in many forms, with various rites and various names. the egyptians worship me with proper ceremonies and call me by my true name, queen isis" isis, we are told, is called myrionymus, or goddess with 10,000 names. she is the persian m

derived therefrom. sometimes the trinity took the form of the two creative forces, female and male, and the great mother. whenever the two creative principles were considered separately, there always appeared stationed over or above them, as their creator, an indivisible unity. this creator was the "beyond" the "most high god--om or aleim. it was the mother of the gods in whom were contained all the elements of the deity. among the representations of the god-idea which are to be observed on the monuments and in the temples of egypt appear triads, each of which is composed of a woman stationed between a male figure and that of a child. she is depicted as the light of the sun, or wisdom, while the male is manifested as the heat of the orb of day. she is crowned and always bears the male sym

er there existed two rival beliefs, the one demonstrated as scuthism, the other as ionism, or hellenism, the latter of which embodied the worship of the great mother, or the female element, which was worshipped in the shape of the mystic "iona or dove" the scuths, on the other hand, believed in the pre-eminence of a great father, or, perhaps i should say, in a deity composed of a triad containing the elements of a male parent. upon this subject the learned faber remarks "i am much mistaken if some dissension on these points did not prevail at babel itself; and i think there is reason for believing that the altercation between the rival sects aided the confusion of languages in producing the dispersion"[52 [52] pagan idolatry, book vi, ch. ii. those who believed in the superiority of the ma

ns of matter, returns at death to the source whence it came, and that the wicked, after having been detained for a while in a place prepared for their reception, are sent back to earth to reanimate other bodies. aristotle held the opinion that the souls of human beings are sparks from the divine flame, while zeno, the founder of the stoic philosophy, taught that spirit acting upon matter produced the elements and the earth. there is plenty of evidence going to show that the early fathers in the christian church believed in the doctrines of reincarnation and the renewal of worlds. neither is there any doubt but that this philosophy came from the east, where it originated. it is thought that the ancient philosophers who elaborated these doctrines were unable to account for the existence of e

lower propensities, sank into a state of barbarism, in which the original sublime conceptions of a deity were obscured and the great learning of the past was lost, i can see no reason to disbelieve it, especially as all the facts, both of tradition and history, bearing upon this subject unite in proclaiming its truth. after stating that in chaldea has been found rather the debris of science than the elements of it, bailly asks "when you see a house built of old capitals, columns, and other fragments of beautiful architecture, do you not conclude that a fine building has once existed. if the human mind can ever flatter itself with having been successful in discovering the truth, it is when many facts, and these facts of different kinds, unite in producing the same results" that the descend

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

swouldincludethemamongthemenwhohave risen, lay chiefly in seeingthedawn;whichdutybecame henceforth amatterofdaily practice (p.11.'after such fashionthenbegan theannusmirabilisor great yearofsorcery, fullofrites and questings'.andthen there weretheladies. at this time also there were givenuntothem two sisters, daughters of thehouseof life, for high priestesses and ministers..these were children of the elements, queens of fire and water, fullofinward magic andofoutwardwitchery, full of music and song, radiantwiththe illusionsoflight. bythemthetwobrothers were served and refected solongas they were proselytesofthe gate, postulants at the door' of the temple, dwellers on the threshold, waiting to be passed, raised, exalted, installed and enthroned.andthetwobrothers proceededthroughmany sub-gra

ast andmustcome to an inevitable end:meanwhile, this is the passingoflilith andofthe lady of the water.thesororgloriosainignehas takenherwayintothe south under a golden canopy..thesororbenedictain aquahas gone into the west, far over fords and marshes, and the great mists conceal her. she has heard the voicesofthe sea. it has come to pass, even as i foretold, for we are called above the region of the elements, where these children cannot follow us (pp.166-7).at the endofthis letter,numberxxxiii,is an illuminating footnote 'at this point it must be understood that certain records were destroyed' evidently caution was required. waite wasnotalways so discreet about his relationswithdora. in a letterof1936machen remindedhimofone embarrassing occasion:'all sogoodtogether-e-i remember yourcommen

tance, representing the aspiration of the worshippers. acts of mystic renunciation will then be made by all present, after whichthepriest, as the ambassador of the superior world, will proceed to the consecration of bread and wine, symbolical of the divine172 a. e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_principles which constitute the food of the interior man. after the consecration, the priest will partake of the elements, andthenall present, to signify the communicationwithdeity, which is the end of the mystic process.theorder of procedure will be as follows:theelements will be received by the deacon from the hands of the priest himself, for he stands as the spirit in man.thelady sub-deacon will receive them from the hands of the pneuma,whois the proper mediator to the soul, and she in turn will commu

nly by evolving, and the modes of its ministry must be left to evolvewithit.theessential quality of life escapes. in the ready-made ritual. we are not afraid of the development of another priestcraft, we believe in the magnificence of the exterior sign, and in the grandeur of outward worship; but,withfull sympathy for the spirit which governs them, we must deprecate these designs, which have only the elements of failure. at the same time, it is pertinent to draw attention to their existence,for they are part of that spiritual ferment in which we all of us breathe and move [fromazoth:.or the star in theeast,pp.126-8__appendix b _theconstitutionofthesecretcouncilofrites(1)thes. c. r. was constituted on december 2nd,1902for the determination in a particular direction of existing mystic intere

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epts, who recognized five elements rather than the four accepted inthewest.theyare: teias,aredequilateral triangle; apas, a horizon255 tal silver crescent; vayu, a blue circle; prithivi, a yellow square; and akasa, a black egg. by superimposing thesesymbolsupon each other in various waysitis possible to obtain thirty different symbols, eachofwhich produces a different typeofvision, appropriate to the elements concerned, when used as a focus for occult meditation. firstorderstudents learned the theoryofobtaining clair255 voyance through meditation upon these symbols,butastral travelling, or 'travelling in the spirit vision, was confined to the secondorder,whose members were given the theoretical basis aspartof 'ritual0',thesecretwisdomof thelesserworldormicrocosmwhichisman(see appendix e).s

and filling a large oblong basin with a certain white water.thisplace is guarded by an angel with a caducean wand, who represents metatron onthisplane. ask him to bring you before thethroneof the governor of hylech. above the pillar is a globe and the birdofhermes human-headed. further on is the throne of the governor of hylech who has rainbow colours abouthim.thereare also nearhimthe 4 angels of the elements, the red king and white queen etc. and many other symbolicforms. ask the governor ofhylech that the divine l vx maybe sent into the matter and give as your symbols (the pyramid) and (the rose cross).alchemical symbolism and correspondences were learned in. the first order,butin the second order practical alchemy was225..pursued by those who desiredit-aytonespecially, but percy bullock

the dadouchos has placed himselfe.ofthe altar, the hierophant says:hierophant:'letall members below the gradeofthe portal be seated.'the5=6members communicate in whatever order they happen to be placed in the hall, beginning with the one nearest to the hierophant on the left and working round by s.w. and n. to the one nearest the hierophant on his right. each member throughout the ceremony offers the elements in turn to the one who comes after him and for this purpose passes to e.ofaltar.hethen returns to his place, moving round the altar with sol and so resuming his seat.whenall5=6members have thus communi255 cated and the last is standing at the e.ofthe altar, the hierophant says:124thegoldendawnhierophant:'letall membersofthe4=7grade now rise.'theyrise and partake in the same order and

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5 ation. men are chided for adhering to short-sighted doctrines, as of aristotle and galen, when the greatertruthlies before them; of those teachersitis added that had they but been offered the knowledge of the rosicrucian initiation they would have accepted it with much joy. it is then explained that christian rosenkreuz on his returnchristian rosenkreuz23trom his travels, offered to the learned the elements of hiseasternlore; he showed them the errors of their church and how thewholephilosophiamoralismight be amended. butitis added 'these things were to them a laughing matter, for being a new thing unto them they feared that their great name should be lessened, if they should now begin to acknowledge their many years' errors, to which they had grown accustomed, and wherewith they had gai

performing or attempting any occult work, for then indeed do the powers of evil assail, and then do horrors appal. as to evil spirits, hark even to the christian hymnbook 'christian, dost thou see them- on the holy ground. how the hosts of darkness compass thee around' they do indeed- yet most orthodox christians will turn on you, and deny their existence, though they sing of them. the spirits of the elements are both good and bad. the astral forms of good men will harm you not, but the elementaries, or astral shells of the wicked, and especially of the self-slain, are fertile sources of evil sensations and suggestions and foul disease. beware thenhowyou enter the immeasurable region. obsession is the nightmare of attack; a whole series of miseries and terrors may pass over the occultist w

o much more easy is destructive criticism, than the acquirement of real knowledge. let us take a rapid glance at the extant literature on our subject. by common consent the oldest treatise is thesepheryetzirah,or 'book of formation, attributed to abraham the patriach. this is a most curious philosophical scheme of creation, drawing a parallel between the origin of the world, the sun, the planets, the elements, seasons and man, and the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet, dividing them into a triad, a heptad and a dodecad: three mother letters a, m, and sh, referred to primeval air, water and fire; seven double letters referred to the planets and the seven-fold division of time, etc, and the twelve simple letters referred to the months, zodiacal signs, and human organs. modern critici

odern vagaries, yet she implied the belief that the pure and ancient kabalah was a western offshoot from the wisdom religion of prehistoric times. had she been of opinion that the system had originated -de novo -at any time since the era of ezra (who codified the old- hebrew- testament, she would not have made such constant references to the kabalah, to throw side lights upon the secret doctrine, the elements of which she has promulgated with such learning, and with so much gradually increasing success. several of my previous lectures having been printed, and still accessible, i have felt it necessary this evening to traverse new ground, to eliminate from my purpose the general view of the subject which has been at other times supplied, and to restrict myself within the limits of a conside

yuga,ourpresentage of suffering, darknessandmisery: in this age, although long ago,krishnacame to savemankindfrom absolute evil.thehindooshave always reveredthefourvedas-therig, yajur, samaandatharva vedas; the firstofthese is by some authorities consideredtheoldest religiousworkin existence. these poemsandprayers inform us ofthereligious notions of the aryan racesandvoicetheirappeal tothegods of the elements,ofthesun,themoon,andofthe beneficent forces of nature.theethical system of thebuddhiststeachesfournoble truths,andthepathto nirvana is four-fold. someoftheoldclassicalauthorsfollowing hesiodtaughtalso offourages, viz.,thegolden, silvern, bronze andironagesofhumanity.thegreekhermeswas an initiator, revealer ofthespiritual worldandwas invested by greekartwithfour implements:thewandofthe

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nthesis;and, therefore, are their robes of the 2673 primary colours, one the flame redoffire, the second the blue of water, the third the luminous yellow of air, and that of the fourth is black, signifying the earth; and which colour is obtained by the mixture of the three others. but the candidate is clad in the white robe, to point out to him that he should not be led aside by the attraction of the elements, but that he should steadfastly follow that path of spiritual purity which alone willleadhimto the divine light. now astrology points out that the signs of the zodiac partake of the nature of the elements, and that the four most important periods in the year are the respective entries of the sun into the four signs of taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, which are represented in the heb

er for students of the golden dawn isis255 urania temple. transcribed by w.e.h. humphreys, 2 july 1900.]4.theazoth lecturelazothis a word formed: from the initials and thefirial letters of the latin, greek and hebrew alphabets, a; z;253andc>(olong)andmandm:thusazrom.itis used with various meanings by. different writers;butit generally..267 signifies beginning and end; the astral light wherein are the elements and the philosophic mercury extracted from sol; or it may mean essence. 2. the cross with equal arms +represents the equation of theelementsandhence is derived its meaning of corrosion and corruption or resolutionofanything into its component parts, 3.theterms raven or crow, lion and eagle, have various alchemical significations. generally: raven or crow=inhibition through blackness l

f the double cube and the altar of incense.theazoth lecture3741. the hexagram of tiphereth is formed from the pillars on each side. in chesed is the water, in geburah is the fire and tiphereth unites and reconciles them just asmforms the reconciliation betweeneandc'.42. this diagram (see below) represents the trinity operating through the sephiroth and reflected downwards in the four triangles of the elements. air is reflected from kether through tiphereth unto yesod, water is reflected from binah through chesed to hod, fire is reflected from chokmah through geburah into netzach. while malkuth is earth, the receptacle of the other three. 43. in the hegemon's badge on the tree of life, the cross embraces tiphereth, netzach, hod and yesod, and rests on malkuth. also the calvary cross of six

phiroth are the ten numbered cards of each suit; the four suits are the four worlds; the sixteen" cards are the fourfold tetragrammaton; the twenty and two letters are the twenty andtwo**atus or mansions of thoth. the twenty-two letters are divided into three mothers, seven doubles and twelve simples; three elements, seven planets, twelve signs. so is it also with the twenty-two atus. therein are the elements, therein are the planets, therein are the signs; for the book of thoth is the universe, and the universe is the veil of god. learn then, 0 practicus, to know the universe, learn also to know thyself, seek in the manifest for the divine one, and when thou hast found him, veil thine eyesinadoration. behold the true*the four honoursineach suit**this word atusisthen the derivation of the

had been utterly impossibletoteach her anything at school; he doubted whether she could even read or write intelligibly,buthe was a lowlander from the border country, and rather fancied himself on a certain intellectual agnosticism. anyhow this girl had a certain sweet wisdom of her own, which was perhaps beyond anything that was taught in the school. she told me that whenever any of the kings of the elements came across the island, anyone who knew could see their footprints, and know what was coming. one day she showed me a mark in the soft ground at the edge of a peat moss.'that'sthe foot of the sea king' she said'heis going up to the heights of the coolins. there will be a rain storm tonight.'themark, whatever it was, was perfectly distinct, six crescents arranged round a circle, quite

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at ozgen, a turkish freemason, maintains the following in his book, masonluk nedir ve nasildir (what is freemasonry and what is it like: we don't know clearly where the kabbalah came from or how it developed. it is the general name for a unique, metaphysically constituted, esoteric and mystical philosophy particularly connected with jewish religion. it is accepted as jewish mysticism, but some of the elements it contains show that it was composed much earlier than the torah.15 the french historian, gougenot des mousseaux, explains that the kabbalah is actually much older than judaism.16 ef from the templars to ancient egypt eg global freemasonry although the kabbalah developed within judaism, it depends on sources from outside of it. the kabbalah arose out of the pagan beliefs of ancient e

respect" that is, what will be left of religion will be only those elements approved by the humanist philosophy. in other words, they want to reject the basic truths that lie at the foundation of monotheistic religion (isindag calls them vain beliefs and dogmas. these truths are the ultimate realities such as that man is created by god and is responsible to him. in short, masons aim at destroying the elements of faith that constitute the essence of religion. they want to reduce the role of religion as merely a cultural element that expresses its ideas on a number of general moral questions. the way to accomplish this, according to the masons, is to impose atheism on the society in the guise of science and reason. ultimately though, their goal is to remove religion from its position as even

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duality is still the same. if we decide to use the biblical mythology for its symbolic value, we would arrive at a structure like that seen illustrated in fig 6. what is interesting about this structure is that if we spent a little time and some imagination, it can be readily translated into terms of light and relations between objects. when we undertake such an interpolation we find we have all the elements for the creation of a hologram (fig 7. while i agree our religious imagery may only reveal the holographic elements in fig 6 source michael satanel cosmic battle creates matter the alpha event or cosmic battle in the mythological terms of the old testament and related gnostic traditions. gnostic theurgy page 33 a very simplistic and elementary form, it is nevertheless certainly presen

the terrestrial, whilst those of the celestial are transfigured and entered the pleroma. gnostic theurgy page 187 there are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial. but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 1 corinthians 15:40. but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up [seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of god, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with ferven

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE HEXAGRAM

water principle of nature, while still adhering to principles set forth by the founders. this lesser invoking ritual should be used as a daily ritual which will help invoke the energy and call the spiritual forces into ones temple or ritual space. it is recommended to be perfomed in the mornings for as long as one is in the practicus gra fthe lesser ritual of the hexagram after learning to banish the elements, which is the purpose of the lbrp, one should learn to banish the planetary influences. the banishing ritual of the hexagram (brh) serves this purpose. like the lbrp, though, it is a minor banishing for lesser workings. before attempting to consecrate any magical weapons both the supreme ritual of the pentagram and hexagram should be learned. however, with this ritual and the lbrp, ri

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lete before any invocational work commences. within the pentagram there are invisible currents. from o to m, and from l to n. the currents are that of as represented by the letter c. it is the currents of that are symbolized by the active and passive pentagrams of. these pentagrams should proceed and close all invocations and evocations. it is the tracing of these important pentagrams that allows the elements to be in a state of equilibrium and harmony. in closing, these currents are reversed. note: herein is a great secret and blind hidden from the uninitiated practitioner of our science. in the watchtower ritual, the invoking pentagrams of should be traced over the altar in the center of the working in the opening and in the closing as well. the uninitiated will be performing a ritual an

symbolized by the sign of e. e is the sign when the hot sun is most fiery upon the earth. n is represented by the symbol. it is a symbol of alchemical distillation. l hath the laborious b. the following manner is the correct way to trace the kerubic emblems in the center of their respective pentagrams. 10 symbols: spirit wheel aquarius kerub leo kerub eagle kerub taurus kerub the attributions of the elements in their respective position are derived from the winds: east wind is attributed to m. southern wind bringeth into action the nature of heat and o. west wind bringeth rain and moisture, n. north winds are cold and dry like the l. the natural positions of the elements in the zodiac are different. o is in the east, l is in the south, m is in the west, n is in the north. let the adept be

of the pentagram, both the hebrew and enochian words and energies are used; the hebrew you should already be familiar with ever since the neophyte grade. the enochian system finds its origins in the work handed down from john dee and edward kelly. their works were made into a tangible and more workable system by modifications made by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. below are the enochian or angelic names of the elements. element enochian pronunciation m exarp ex-ahr-pey o bitom bee-toh-em n hcoma hah-koh-mah l nanta nah-en-tah divine name pronunciation oro ibah aozpi oh-row ee-ba-ha ah-oh-zoad-pee oip teaa pdoce oh-ee-peh tay-ah-ah peh-doh-kay mph arsl gaiol em-pay-hay arsel gay-ee-ol 13 mor dial hctga ee-more dee-ahl heck-tay-gah supreme banishing ritual of the pentagram step 1 perform the qabalisti

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ons. through the use of competent divination, the adept can determine which forms are to be invoked or banished. when performing the b.r.h. or the i.r.h. using the four forms, thou shall trace them beginning at the angle of the planet under whose regimen thou art working, following the course of the sun to invoke and reversing the course to banish. in addition, it is important that the symbols of the elements are not usually traced on as sigils but are represented by the kerubic emblems of k, e, b, and. 17 the lesser ritual of the hexagram (i.r.h./b.r.h) step 1 always begin with the qabalistic cross. according to the work you are doing use whatever magical tool may be necessary. in most cases, the lotus wand or the magical sword is appropriate. step 2 stand facing east. to invoke, trace th

art endeavouring to heal another from sickness and misfortune and thou art thus obliged to deal with the evil force which is injuring him. and even so, it will be better for thee not to do even this until thou hast arrived at a higher grade than that of z.a.m. remember, also, that the, if the apex is downward, is an extremely evil and hurtful symbol. and for this reason is it that the symbols of the elements are not usually traced as sigils, but are replaced by kerubic emblems of k, e, b, and the" addendum: important points 1. when you desire to attract the force of the zodiac in the supreme ritual, trace in the center of the hexagram the planet that rules the zodiacal force desired and the sign of the zodiac beneath the planetary sign. 2. if the desired force is not sufficient, trace als

the quarter of the respective planets and use the supreme ritual of the hexagram to invoke their forces. remember always to properly banish planetary forces when you are done working, using the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. 12. in all cases, remember to complete the circle of working following the course of the sun. special note on elemental directions take notice that the positions of the elements are different in the zodiac, which equates to the macroprosopus, than that of the four winds. the zodiac is utilized for the hexagram rituals and the winds are used for pentagram ritual. repeated here is the tablet of shewbread. notice within it is hidden both the macrocosmic direction within the zodiacal and the direction of the four winds, the microcosm. 22. h w z j f y l n s u x q

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olored blue. here, the saline side is chief. this can be easily understood if we think about the fact that almost 3/4 of our planet is covered in salt water. the mercurial part is from l, and thus, we have the force of flux and re-flux. the sulfurous part is from m, relating to waves and storms. each arm shows us the three alchemical principles of nature acting within the alchemical operations of the elements. the white rays shining forth from behind the angles (between arms) is as the divine light coming forth from rtk in its center. the letters painted on the angles refers to the analysis of the keyword. remember, it is through the analysis of the keyword that our sacred vault is opened. next we have the twelve signs of the zodiac on the twelve petals. they follow the standard order: upp

note that t and k are incorrect in regardie's, the golden dawn. the inner three petals allude to the three mother letters. these relate to the three elements of m (a, o (c, n (m. notice that o and n are counter changed with m as the reconciler. this gaurantees that the forces of the arms should not over ride the planetary and zodiacal forces in the rose of creation. in other words, the petals of the elements are on the opposite side of the arm elements. the rose is a perfect symbol. the hermetic rose is a fitting symbol of the entire, manifested universe. in another adept manuscript, we will cover the proper method of extracting sigils from the rose. it is a perfect emblem to extract sigils in that it represents the entire universe. back of the rose cross lamen the back bears the inscript

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, holy art thou, the vast and mighty one, ruler of the light and of the darkness" step 7 let the adept now perform the s.i.r.p at the four quarters. be sure to utilize the proper grade sign in each quarter. let the adept be certain, that when using the lotus wand, to hold it by the white portion when performing the qabalistic cross, and in addition, holding the kerubic bands that apply to each of the elements. 4 step 8 upon completion of the s.i.r.p, let the adept move to the west of the altar and face east, holding the lotus wand by the white band. trace in the air over the rose cross, as if one was standing in the center of the rose, the symbol of the circle and the cross (this is a solar cross with a circle around it. at the same time, invoke all of the divine and angelic names of trapt

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mighty. hrwbg represents strength and fiery power. a and tarot key 19, the sun, is attributed to trapt. title of card: lord of the fire of the world. even as trapt is the heart and center of the sun of life. the four squares that remain haveth no planetary or astrological attributions. the 10 squares of the sephirotic cross also correspond to the aces and small cards of the suites represented by the elements of the lesser angle. thus, cups to the lesser angle of c, wands to the lesser angle of d, etc. 20 1 3 5 6 4 2 7 8 9 10 numbering system of sephirotic cross k y f a c b planetary attributions of sephirotic cross (note: l is not included) as shown the servient portion (each suare) is ruled by a letter governing the rank and also by a letter governing the column. thou mayest acquire the

hy l is not included with the rest of the wanderers (planets) in the sephirotic cross. example (shaded areas are blue) b angle of water tablet aces& court cards attributions on tablet of union: here be the attributions as related to the holy tablet of union, the spiritual forces that regulate the four elemental tablets. 22 the aces represent the root forces and the essential spiritual noumenon of the elements. the court cards act as vice-gerants of the root forces of the elements. m a c b d a ace swords prince swords queen swords princess swords king swords c ace cups prince cups queen cups princess cups king cups b ace pentacles prince pentacles queen pentacles princess pentacles king pentacles d ace wands prince wands queen wands princess wands king wands tetragrammaton on the tablets th

ten sephiroth. and the first three letters of those squares will symbolise the triad of the supernals operating through the quadrangle. looking at the horizontal line again, and considering its full quota of twelve squares, instead of as ten as before, then since they are divided into a 3, a 4, and a 5- as in oip teaa pdoce- they may be said to symbolize the triad of the supernals, the tetrad of the elements, and the pentagram. again, in the commencing triad of the linea spiritus sancti of each tablet, it may be said that: oro will be symbolical of the voice of the man kerub. mph will be symbolical of the cry of the eagle kerub. mor will be symbolical of the low of the bull kerub. oip will be symbolical of the roar of the lion kerub. the adept will soon realize that there are numerous met

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mah exists only when the higher will is reflected by the agency of aspiration from rtk into the lower body, and when the flaming letter c is placed like a crown on the head of the microprosopus. thus only does the human will become the receptacle of the higher will in the action of the neschamah, which is the link therewith. the lower will is the human hwhy an angry and jealous god, the shaker of the elements, the manifestor in the life of the body. but illuminated by the higher will, he becometh hwchy, no longer angry and jealous, but the self-sacrificer and the anointing and reconciling one. this is in regards to the action of the more physical man. unto this ruach is also represented the reflection of the macrocosmic universe in the sphere of sensation. they surround the ruach and the n

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il stretch into the seven lower sephiroth and downwards into the kingdom of shells, yet it is referred especially unto twklm. similarly with jxn and dwh, the right and left columns of the sephiroth are referred respectively thereto. in twklm, rah ynda is god, the lord and king, ruling over the kingdom and empire which is the visible universe. and twdwsy \lwu the world of foundations, the world of the elements, is the name of the sphere of operation of twklm which is called the sphere of the elements from which all things are formed, and its archangels are three: wrffm, the prince of countenance reflected from rtk, and wpldns, the prince of prayer (feminine, and nephesch ha messiah, the soul of the reconciler for earth. and the order of angels is \ca or flames of fire, as it is written, gwh

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acle of the temple before the holy of holies, the veil which was rent assunder. it is the veil of the four elements of the body of man which was offered upon the cross for the service of man. i heard the voice of the holy one proclaim 'thou art my son. this day have i begotten thee. thou shalt rule the nations with a rod of iron. thou shalt break them in pieces as a potter's vessel' let therefore the elements obey the voice of yhvh. o ye spirits of flashing fire, and air, spirits of water and earth, even ye legions of demons who dwell in the land of twilight, recognize in me your master and in this creature of talismans one whom ye are powerless to hurt or touch. turn ye, o ye creatures of night and the darkness. come and obey my will. serve and fear me. i bind even ye to help me in the wo

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sing of the sun of life and light upon our order. the robe of scarlet represents the flaming energy of the divine light, shining forth into infinite worlds. upon the left breast is a white cross to represent purification unto the light, and this cross may be one of the following forms: in which case it alludes either to the cross of six squares of trapt or to the cross of the rivers. the cross of the elements, to represent the descent of the divine and angelic forces into the pyramid symbol. 7 a cross of the elements, symbolising their purification through the light of the four lettered name hwhy in trapt. the cross of four arrowheads, representing the keen and swift impact of the light, coming from behind the veil through the elements symbolised by the arrow of i in the path s. it is indi

is by the sign of h, which is called in egyptian szlae-ee. the kerub of l has the face and form of a bull with heavy and darkening wings. he formulates behind the throne of stolistes and he is a power of the great god ahaphshi and his operation is by the sign b, called ta-aur in egyptian. 2. the children of horus: between the invisible stations of the kerubim are those of the four vice-gerants of the elements and they are situated at the four corners of the temple, at the places marked by the four rivers of eden in the warrant; for the body of a warrant, authorizing the formation and establishment of a temple, represents the temple itself of which the guardians are the kerubim and the vice-gerents in the places of the rivers. ameshet (man-headed) is placed in the northeast, between the man

pillar. after noting the names of the three chief officers, comes the recapitulation of the stations and duties of the officers. this occultly affirms the establishment of the temple so that the divine light may shine into the darkness. then follows the purification and consecration of the hall by n and o marking the limitation of the four cardinal points at the four quarters, and the equation of the elements. this is the baptism of the place and, as it were, the preparation of a fitting shrine for the forces of the divine light. while all this goes forward, especially after the hierophant s for by names and images are all powers awakened and reawakened, the officers become clothed in their godforms and the invisible stations awaken. the procession of officers is then formed in the north i

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this powder is then to be placed again in the curcurbite. the fluid already distilled is to be poured again upon it the curcurbite or philosophic egg is to be closed. i. the curcurbite or philosophic egg being hermetically sealed, the alchemist announces aloud that all is prepared for the invocation of the forces necessary to accomplish the work. the matter is then to be placed upon an altar with the elements and four weapons thereon; upon the white triangle and upon a flashing tablet of a general nature, in harmony with the matter selected for the working. standing now in the place of the hierophant at the east of the altar, the alchemist should place his left hand upon the top of the curcurbite, raise his right hand holding the lotus wand by the a band (for in a is the beginning of the l

d. fourth, of those of the m to act on the distillate. lastly, those of the l to act on the dead head. let the curcurbite and the receiver stand thus for five consecutive days, at the end of which time there should be flashes manifested in both mixtures. these flashes should be lightly colored. v. the alchemist, still keeping the vessels in the same relative positions, but removing the tablets of the elements from the altar, then substitutes one of rtk. this must be white with golden charges, and is to be placed on or within the white triangle between the vessels. he then addresses a most solemn invocation to the forces of rtk to render the result of the working that which he shall desire, and makes over each vessel the symbol of the flaming sword. this is the most important of all the inv

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nt and the hiereus. the hegemon, who is in the whole ceremony of the equinox the important officer, by reason of his insignia, seals and arrests the current in the center by a single knock and the words, i am the reconciler between them. then follows the cross current established between the stolistes and dadouchos, again fixed and sealed by the hegemon, thus, symbolising the equilateral cross of the elements (of which the center would naturally be about the invisble station of harpocrates) but is arrested by the hegemon between the columns. the cross currents are thus thrown into the image of the calvary cross of the rivers to ally it with the symbolism of trapt and of the sephiroth. then the hierophant, dadouchos, hiereus, and stolistes formulate a circle enclosing the symbol, which is a

lower. the higher is absolute,.and the lower is suitable to human comprehension. to tell the higher form of a truth to one who cannot understand it is to lie to him because, though correctly formulated, it will not be correctly received. 14 the forms of thmaah: there are four forms of spelling for the goddess thma- est whereby she is attributable to the four letters of the name, and therewith to the elements and the tree. n: hnyb, heh. d: hmkj. yod. thma-oe-tt thma-oe-sh l trapt. vau. m twklm. heh. thm-a-oe-st (final) thm-a-oe (middle pillar) in the equinox ceremony, the hegemon is m, spirit, and the principal officer. she reconciles from east to west, and from north to south, and in a circular formulrtthe rose cross ritual r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the rose

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of the tetragrammaton infused with the fires of life, the ruach elohim, through the letter c. when placed in the center it unites the masculine with feminine, the macrocosm with the microcosm, as in hwchy. when placed after the letters (chwhy) it unites the three principles of fire, water, and air with the final principal of earth. its sealing properties come from a fiery wall of c infused within the elements of the microprosop..ritual i r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 3 step 1 perform the l.b.r.p. step 2 perform the b.r.h. step 3 perform the s.i.r.p. step 4 create a vortex. perform the adoration to the lord of the universe. step 5 stand west of the altar, face east, and recite the enochian spirit invocation. oh-el so-noo-ef vah-oh-ar-sah-gah goh-hoh ee-ah-deh bah-e

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e west behind the altar, and close by the watchtower and final releae magical eucharist r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 (note: this should be preferably performed between four to five adepts. otherwise it may be performed entirely by one adept) opening by watchtower (after the watchtower, the four elements are brought to the center altar (one adept each brings forth one of the elements "behold, the holy symbol of (name of element (this is said while they set it on top of the altar) chief adept "for osiris onnophris, who found perfect before the gods hath said (point toward the altar 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, and glorified through trial. for the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering (lifts up the rose

rst adept (moves to the east facing east "all kneel. oh lord of the universe, the vast and mighty one, ruler of the light and the darkness. we adore thee and we invoke thee. thou who art all powerful and beyond all things, we love thee and give thee our undaunted workings. bless these elements, sanctify them and glorify them. give unto them the breath of life. amen" second adept "let us draw upon the elements the holy symbols of spirit, for by names and images are all powers awakened and re-awakened (third adept draws invoking pentagrams of spirit, both passive and active, using the lotus wand held by the white band) chief adept "i invite you brothers and sisters of the red rose upon the golden cross, to inhale with me the perfume of this rose as a symbol of air (smell the rose. to feel wi

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he key of this vault" 4 second adept "the rose and cross which are hidden in the power of the word i.n.r.i" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the emblem which i bear on my breast" third adept "the complete symbol of the rose and cross" chief adept "i also carry the wand of the winged globe around which the twin serpents of egypt twine. it symbolizes the balanced force of the spirit in the elements behind the wings of the holy one. associate adeptus minor, what are the words inscribed above the vault" third adept "post centum viginti annos patebo. after one hundred and twenty years i shall open. the door is guarded by the elemental tablets and the kerubic emblems" chief adept "all kneel" second adept "father, the hour has come. give glory to your son that your son may give glory

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isdom. strengthen and establish_(his/her name_ in his/her search for the divine light. increase his/her spiritual perception so that he/she may accomplish his/her true will, and that thus he/she may be enabled to rise beyond that lower self-hood which became as nothing unto that highest self-hood which is the clear light of the spirit" step 11 go to the east of the altar. make the rose cross over the elements while vibrating the enochian spirit invocation. perform the qabalistic cross. step 12 "for osiris onnophris who is found perfect before the gods hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering. and the flame-red fire as the energy of mine undaunted will. and the cup

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acle of the temple before the holy of holies, the veil which was rent assunder. it is the veil of the four elements of the body of man which was offered upon the cross for the service of man. i heard the voice of the holy one proclaim 'thou art my son. this day have i begotten thee. thou shalt rule the nations with a rod of iron. thou shalt break them in pieces as a potter's vessel' let therefore the elements obey the voice of hwhy. o ye spirits of flashing o, and m, spirits of n and l, even ye legions of demons who dwell in the land of twilight, recognize in me your master and in this creature of talismans one whom ye are powerless to hurt or touch. turn ye, o ye creatures of night and the darkness. come and obey my will. serve and fear me. i bind even ye to help me in the works of the ma

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strengthen and establish (state earthly name) in his/her search for the divine light. increase his/her spiritual perception so that he/she may accomplish his/her true will, and that thus, he/she may be enabled to rise beyond that lower self-hood which became as nothing unto that highest self-hood which is the clear light of the spirit" step 10 go to the east of the altar. make the rose cross over the elements while vibrating the enochian spirit invocation. make qabalistic cross "for osiris onnophris who is found perfect before the gods hath said 'these are the elements of my body perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame-red fire as the energy of mine undaunted will. and the cup of wine is the p

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n the tremendous name of strength through sacrifice hwchy, hcwhy, that thou manifest in me. manifest thou unto me, i beseech thee my angel, for thy assistance in the great work so that i, even i, may go forward from that lower selfhood which is in me, unto that highest selfhood which is in god the vast one. manifest thyself unto me, in me, and by a material manifestation i do here offer unto thee the elements of the body of aeshoorist upon the place of foundation. for osiris onnophris hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering and glorified by trial. for the scent of the dying rose is as the suppressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame red fire as the strength of mine undaunted will. the cup of wine is as the pouring forth of the blood of my heart, sacrific

eries. inspire and sanctify me that i may enter into the center of my being, and there, receive the illimitable wisdom of the light divine" step 32 give the signs of 5=6. close by purifying with n and consecrating with o or by l.b.r.p. and b.r.h. perform the reverse circumambulation, and adoration toward the east. after this say "nothing now remains but to partake of the sacred repast composed of the elements of the body of osiris. for osiris onnophris hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, and glorified by trial. the rose is as the suppressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame red fire as the strength of mine undaunted will. the cup of wine is as the pouring forth of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the new life, and the bread

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is taking place "come thou forth i say, come thou forth in the name of the mighty and terrible one, elohim gibor, and may thy mighty archangel kamael, thy angels seraphim, defend with all the force, power and might of geburah, and make all spirits subject unto me. entrust me with the power to invoke thy forces on command in the defense of this order, my loved ones and lastly, myself. empower all the elements of nature with thy force and strength to act as a sword of defeat and a shield of invincibilty to mine enemies so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air and of rushing fire and every spell and scourge of god, the vast one, obedient unto me (now makes the sign of the enterer towards the quar

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gain and endeavor to formulate about it a sphere of light. say: laykn spake unto the exorcist, i am the aspiration to the throne of dsj. i am the intelligence of the sphere of trapt. i have entered the presence of the majesty divine through the power of the mighty name. 17 step 11 pass on to the north. face the earth tablet. say: creature of talismans, before the beauty can manifest in thy being, the elements of thy body must have an enduring stability. step 12 place the talisman before the earth tablet, make the invoking circle around it and the pentagram of passive spirit with the spirit wheel, and the invoking earth pentagram with the b kerub. say: in the name of rah ynda and ]lm ynda, spirits of l, adore your creator. in the name of the bride and the queen of the kingdom, and by the na

h thee, so that always it may manifest unto me the glorious quality of trapt. the charge against evil step 1 lift the talisman with the left hand high, and point blade of sword downward. say: i heard the voice of the holy one proclaim, thou art my son. this day have i begotten thee. thou shalt rule the nations with a rod of iron. thou shalt break them in pieces as a potter s vessel. let therefore the elements obey the voice of hwhy. o ye spirits of flashing o, and m, spirits of n and l, even ye legions of demons who dwell in the land of twilight, recognize in me your master, and in this creature of talismans one whom ye are powerless to hurt or touch. turn ye, o ye creatures of night and of darkness; come and obey my will; serve and fear me. i bind even ye to help me in the worlds of the m

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e for the ensuing six months, to watch over the fires of the temple and to perform the consecration by fire. remember the sweet odor of the greater sanctuary, and the savor of the beauty of the house. thanks be to god, my brother, for the true incense which hollows your life" dadouchos "by the password, i claim my censer (hierophant sits down. then all are seated (kerux comes forward and arranges the elements properly upon the altar (the chief adept will now make any announcements) 12 (the hierophant may address the temple. when he has finished, he gives one knock and the kerux comes forward to begin the closing which is that of the neophyte grade) kerux (goes to northeast of the altar "hekas hekas este be beloi" hierophant (goes to the east "i now invoke the divine scribe of this order to

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r own pace and close with the usual banishind the advanced meditation of rah ynda r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 this meditation is for the zelator adeptus minor and should be performed on a regular basis to obtain divine guidance and to reach higher levels of malkuth, i.e. briah. this ritual will also strengthen the neschamah as well as radically give you more control of the elements. step 1 perform the l. b. r. p, b. r. h. and s. i. r. p. step 2 begin deep middle pillar breathing until your nephesch is filled with divine white brilliance, and you feel elevated to an integration with the neschamah. no part of you should feel crude, gross or mundane. you should be flashing and glowing with divine white brilliance. step 3 formulate the following in white, flashing b

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

d so brilliantly that it appears as black to the naked eye. it is divine brilliance. at any given moment in one's sphere of sensation, there shines a pentagram. when the mind and heart is focused on the spiritual in every aspect of life, the pentagram points upward. this, in effect, is placing the world of matter under the direction of the divine or higher genius as symbolized by spirit ruling of the elements. this pentagram in one's sphere of sensation on a microprosopic level and is the light that shineth in the darkness yet the darkness comprehendeth it not. the averse pentagram is an evil symbol of the world of matter and of shells ruling over the spirit; the filling of one's sphere of sensation with the darkness of the evil averse pentagram. many individuals and groups would argue tha

orm becomes extremely strong, make the lvx symbols with your arms, and vibrate hcwhy hwchy. feel the energy expand from your heart center until it encompasses your whole body. concentrate, now, only on the divine white brilliance above you, and vibrate iao and command the divine light to descend. feel yourself connected and in union with your higher genius. be completely and totally in control of the elements. know that the elements within you have been purified, and recite the following: 7 "i am he, the bornless spirit, having sight in the feet. strong and immortal fire, i am he the truth! i am he who hate that evil should be wrought in the world! i am he that lighteneth and thundereth! i am he from whom is the shower of the life of the earth! i am he whose mouth ever floweth! i am he the

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presents the power and essence of the pentad. this operates through nature by the dispersal of and the four elements through it. the pentagram is called the signet star of the microcosm. it is a good and holy symbol. it is a positive symbol that represents man with his arms and legs extended, adoring the lord of the universe. it also represents the domination of the higher will of the ruling over the elements. another way of putting this is mind over matter. when the pentagram has a single point downward, it is then known to be a negative or evil symbol. it becomes representative of a goat's head or a demon's head. this is a representation of the abasement of reason and the loss of reason beneath the blind force of matter. notice that we didn't say beneath the blind force of. it is beneath

ective in the use of talismans for those who are overly intellectual in their thinking. it becomes a fitting symbol for concentration and meditation for those who are overly influenced by b. the eighth sephira of dwh is represented by the octangle. the power of the ogdoad and the octagon are naturally represented in the octangle. it is this symbol that naturally shows the dispersal of the rays of the elements in their dual aspects. remember that there is a dual aspect to everything under the leadership and presidency of the eight letters of the name. the octangle, when it is reflected from each third point, yields eight triangles. these eight triangles become representative of the triad operating within each element in its dual form. thus, we have the positive and the negative under the po

the negative under the power of the third aspect of the triad which becomes ynda hwhy, but is written as if it is bound together as yahdnhy if we take the octagram and reflect it from every fourth point, we have the star of b, and this certainly is akin to the nature of b. it is a further potent symbol representing the binding together of concentrated positive and negative forces of nature and of the elements, under the name of yahdnhy we must always remember that ynda is the key of hwhy. 11 the enneangle is referred to the ninth sephira of dwsy. it is representative of the power of the ennead and the enneagon. it also shows the operating power of nature by the dispersal of the rays of the seven planets, and of the head and tail of the dragon of the moon, otherwise known as cauda and caput

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

earth was formed by the word of god out of water and between the waters, so that the world of that time was destroyed by being flooded by water. but by the same word, the present sky and earth are destined for fire, and are only being reserved until judgement day so that all sinners may be destroyed. the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night, and then with a roar the sky will vanish, the elements will catch fire and fall apart, and the earth 42 encyclopaedia britannica, 1991, 7:798. the rig veda, penguin classics, london, 1981, pp. 100-1. 43 the encyclopaedia of ancient egypt, p. 48. 44 from the theban recension of the egyptian book of the dead, quoted in from fetish to god in ancient egypt, p. 198. 45 genesis, 6:11-13. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 195 and all that

of the remaining exterior facing blocks where they had become detached from the core revealed a curious fact. when they had been placed here in antiquity the backs of these blocks had been cut to fit into and around the deep coves and scallops of existing weathering patterns on the limestone core. the presence of those patterns seemed to imply that the core blocks must have stood here, exposed to the elements, for an immense span of time before they had been faced with granite. 13 personal communication from john anthony west. see also mystery of the sphinx, nbc-tv. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 332 the sphinx and the sphinx temple with the valley temple of khafre. lord of rostau i now moved around to the entrance of the valley temple, located near the northern end of the 43-foot

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

ch showed startling parallels to certain black magick rituals in medieval times which provoked visitations by what was often called the man in black- widely understood to be the devil himself. even barker noted that albert k. bender s experiments were more like a magical conjuration than an attempt at extraterrestrial communication. any initiated magician reading bender s accounts would recognize the elements of magical conjuration immediately. maybe, i mused, we were dealing more with magick than with martians. the black lodge mathers, of course, carried on; but he had fallen. the secret chiefs cast him off; he fell into deplorable abjection, even his scholarship deserted him. he published nothing new and lived in sodden intoxication till death put an end to his long misery. he was a grea

write about. particularly those characters whom we are connected to by sundry associational links we are a very big organization! we do this with our writings, our websites, the information we share, the recordings and the visual art and so this is how it transpires that the illuminati can and do arrive on the scene at repeated intervals, usually without any advance notice. another thing consider the elements as glyphs that represent a trigger to the entire body of each symbol s work the works of layne/ bsrf, jacob frank, aleister crowley, mark probert/ yada di shi ite, max theon for example, as well as allen s writings, et al. i conclude with a short description of the scene that opens this afterword. 92 allen h. greenfield i had obtained a copy of monuments of egypt the plates from the f

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

air. this would associate the dagger and sword with fire. this fine of reasoning concludes that crowley and the golden dawn used deliberate blinds here to fool the unwary. rather than take sides on this issue, you should first experiment with both combinations and then choose whichever works best for you. 56 57 the maglcal robe the robe is that which conceals, and which protects the magician from the elements; it is the silence and secrecy with which he works, the hiding of himself in the occutt iife of magick and meditation. aleister crowley, book 4 the primary article of magical clothing is the robe. there are two main types: black with a hood, and white without a hood. appropriate symbols can be used to decorate the robe according to your wat. the chief function of the black robe is to

up from within you. step 6. stand facing the east and trace the active and passive invoking pentagrams of spirit (reference enochian magic page 89) while saying, exarp (ehtz-ar-peh) bitom (bee-toh-meh) nanta (nah-en-tah) hkoma (heh-koh-rnah) in the names and letters of the mystical tablet of union, i invoke you, angels who are divine forces of the spirit of life. 91 then vibrate the four names of the elements. feel the angels of the tablet of union rising up from within you. step 7. make the sigas of the rending of the veil (reference "rending and closing the veil" later in this manual) and say, i invoke you, angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. you are the guardians of the cates of the universe. may you also be the guardians of this mystic sphere. keep away

e addressed in steps 66 through 9. these mames are from the tablet of union. step 10 calls upan the mames of the four great igngs of the watchtowers. while executing this ritual, you must be able to "see" the flaming pentagrams in the air alter tracing them with your wand. at the end of step 10 you should be able to feel the four kings and yourself together as a living pentagram. 101 hexagrams of the elements the hexagram, symbol of the macrocosm and microcosm interlaced, and hence of the end of the great work. aleister crowley, gematria the hexagram is a powerful symbol representing the operation of the seven planets under the presidency of the sephiroth. usuaily, it is traced with the single point uppermost. it is not an evil symbol with the two points upward, and this is a point of dif

dess isis in this reg an in her capacity as the fire of solidification. she is the power 129 behind the continual formation of shapes and colors in this square. the female sphinx here looks like a huge hawk with human arras and hands. the atmosphere of this square is charged with a strong feminine current. the net result is that the entice square vibrates with creative forces that sculpt and mold the elements into beautiful multa-colored designs but with little conscious planning or purpose. there seems to be no other purpose to the shape-shifting than the very desire to create forms. step 8. the archangel here is aboyv (ah-boh-yeh-veh) whose number is 171, the number for the word apophrasz ;meaning motion. the angel is boyv (boh-yeh-veh) and his word is law here. if he speaks to you, it w

y find embarrassing (and who hasn't) these will spring for th f rom your subconscious now wi th a te rr ible vengeance. obviously your experiences in this encounter will be your own. how you face up to ldcipsp is your own private concern. if you fail, you can always try again at a later time. the degree of guilt or self-doubt within you will determine the measure of your success because these are the elements that strengthen ldcipsp. 203 zaa, an adventure with yourself maya or illusion is an element which enters into all finite things, for everything that exists has only a relative, not an absolute, reality, since the appearance which the hidden noumenon assumes for any observer depends upon his power of cognition. h.p. blavatsky, the secret doctrine after you have successfully entered the

GREY W G CONDENSATION OF KABBALAH

ess, nothing but light. god s intention to be. 1 the crown or summit of creation. pure energy of consciousness. the big bang behind being.origination processes governed by thegod-aspect eh yeh 8 (a breathing, meaning i am. creative processes controlled by archangel metatron (near thy throne. formative processes by the angel order of the chaiot ha-kodesh (holy living creatures, as a higher form of the elements. expressively controlled by the reshit ha-gilgalim (nebulae or first swirlings of matter. humanly by the intentions of procreation. all this projects into: 2 wisdom. origination by the god-aspect yhvh (yahweh, meaning i will be. creation by archangel raziel (herald or announcer of god. formation by the angel order of the ofanim(wheels orcycles ofgod. expressively by themazlot (the zod

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

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

e. the outer ring contains the divine names that correspond to the signs of the zodiac in the same arrangement in which they appear on the rose cross lamen and in the correct colors. the second ring contains the divine names attributed to the planets and to the corresponding sephiroth in the order of the vault of the adepti's planetary walls. the inner ring contains the names of the archangels of the elements as well as the divine names of the sephiroth that are the root of each element. thus the magic circle contains all the divine names in balanced disposition attributed to the sephiroth, zodiac, planets, and elements. the magic circle may be on the floor with chalk, if necessary, but it is far more versatile and effective to construct it of round piece of white fabric about seven feet i

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

constellation, there may also have been tongues that represented stars. the main difference between the scandinavian view and all the others is, as i said before, that the one uses the microcosm as material for the macrocosm, and the other inversely makes the universe contribute to the formation of man. there the whole of nature is but the first man gone to pieces, here man is put together out of the elements of nature. the first way of think ing seems more congenial to the childhood of the world, it is all yeulx, des nues furent les pcnsees, du vent furent les allaines, des pierres furent les oz, du saint esprit fu la vie,l& clarte du moude signifie crist et sa creance. saichez que se il y a en 1 omme plus de limon de la terre, il sera paresceux en toutes manieres; et se il y a plus de la

at all times in their silent greatness wield an immediate power over the human mind. these all-penetrating, all-absorbing primitive substances, which precede the creation of all other things and meet us again everywhere, must be sacred in themselves, even without being brought into closer relation to divine beings. such relation is not absent in any mythology, but it need not stand in the way of the elements receiving a homage to some extent independent of it and peculiar to themselves. on the other hand, it is not the religion, properly speaking, of a nation, that ever springs from the soil of this elemental worship; the faith itself originates in a mysterious store of supersensual ideas, that has nothing in common with those substances, but subjugates them to itself. yet faith will tole

on them his veneration, without any particular god necessarily intervening, though he too will commonly appear in combination with it. even to-day the majesty and might of these eldest born of things awakes our admiration; how could antiquity have forborne its astonishment and adoration? such a worship is simpler, freer and more dig nified than a senseless crouching before pictures and idols. all the elements are cleansing, healing, atoning, and the proof by ordeal rests mainly upon them; but man had to secure them in their purest form and at the most seasonable times. we will consider them one by one. 1. water.1 passages proving that the alamanns and franks worshipped rivers and fountains are cited at pp. 100-1 and in the appendix. 3 1 goth, vato, on. vatn, ohg. wazar, os. watar, as. wate

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

its having the distinction of a book, does not constitute a book; nor does the title page of a book, alone and independent, constitute a book. yet each of these things is necessary to a book; without them a book is not possible, and each must have certain quali [108] ties of its own in order to make it assist in composing a book. thus it is with matter. matter as a whole is a composite thing. but the elements which compose it may have the natural distinctions or qualities necessary to make matter, without being matter themselves. therefore, the rosicrucians start their study of matter with the nature and quality of that which enters into the composition of matter, and one of the particles thus studied is the atom. dalton did not discover the atom, nor did he ever publicly or privately clai

in the periodic table of elements. some can be sensed in a psychic manner only as far as their nature and purposes are concerned.(not to be confused with a similar term in the temple monographs. elementals.sometimes called salamanders and other terms used by early philosophers and by some modern schools of strange thought. in this sense an elemental is supposed to be."nature-spirit presiding over the elements of fire, air, etc. a superstitious belief exists that these elementals or beings can cause good or evil, or that they can fill a room and cause disturbances or manifestations, or influence our thinking, hearing, and seeing. needless to say, there are no elementals in this sense. emanations.the radiations or projections from all material and psychic forms. the emanations are extensions

rved as well as it was established in the beginning of time. according to the law of attraction there is formed between the nucleus and periphery the field of operation in which the stressed condition existing between the two polarities may be used in creating. this field is known as the magnetic field and is in actuality the meeting or uniting place of the two polarities. on the immaterial plane the elements are in reverse order. the nucleus will have the negative polarity and the outer wall and environs will have the positive polarity, but the modus operandi will be the same for cells whether single or collective on both planes. the nucleus possesses within itself all the elements lying in a dormant state awaiting the proper conditions for awakening that are necessary for the growth, ass

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r overlooked bymrhockley, and it is the argument by whichthefallaciousness of m. cahagnet'sfactsisattempted to be proved. this argument has respect to theconversationmaintainedcontributionsto the zoist211schlichting, monro, and wilson; and first demonstrated the office of the lungs,*thus also enabling andrew jackson davis, whose education, like behmen's 'scarcely amounted to reading, writing, and the elements of arithmetic' in his magnetic sleep, mesmerically induced to pour forth a massofrecondite matter (filling800closely printed octavo pages, explaining the lawsofnature and giving us theminutieeof her operations in myriads of by-gone ages, revelling in the deepest profundities of geologic specula255 tions and central-sun systems in the technical phraseology of the day, but stopping shor

possible after receiving them; but should you in the meantime have any further questions to propose, i shall be most happy to receive them.correspondencewithrobertowen151c.a.-heis right. all things are predestined, and one arises from another.'2.-thattherefore something has eternally existed.'c.a.-ithad. this world was created from a mass, without shape and without form.'3.-thatthat something is the elements of the universe.'c.a.-itwasearth andair,-nothingmore. i mean that the world was created out of something, and that that something was earth and air.'4.-thatthese elements possess inherent unchangeable qualities' c.a.-heis right.'5.-thatsome notion of the almighty power of these combined elements may be conjectured from observing the extent of motion, life, and instinct or mind, in one

y a good man and a thoroughchristian-notin religion alone but in humanity a christian and in charity a christian. i am directed by the c.a. to show you my opinion and firm belief on the essential subject of salvation.i.thebeliefs and sentiments of lero].2.i believe in three persons and one god, father, son and holy ghost, i recognise the father as creator and sole director of the universe and all the elements it contains. but his son, jesus christ, is the one most essentially necessary for the salvation of mankind.theholy ghost the comfor255ter-thespirit emanating from the two combined who together with them form the supreme being.excerptsfrom thecrystalmssii5god, angels, or man should in the least relieve them from these frightful torments. death is the transition from the corporeal to th

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

y greeks until some hermetic texts in coptic were found. coptic was a form of the egyptian language used from the second century ce onward. it was written in the greek alphabet with the addition of six signs borrowed from the demotic 44 handbook of egyptian mythology script. most scholars now agree that the traditional wisdom of the egyptian priests and their knowledge of egyptian myth were among the elements that made up the hermetica. some of the hermetica have much in common with the teachings of gnosticism, which promised salvation through gnosis (knowledge) of the self. gnostics rejected the material world as evil, a point of view that was alien to traditional egyptian thought, which had always celebrated the created world as part of the divine order. manicheism, a religious movement

amun or atum are spoken of as serpents, they usually represent the positive aspect of chaos as an energy force, but they had a negative counterpart in the great serpent apophis. apophis represented the destructive aspect of chaos that constantly tried to overwhelm all individual beings and reduce everything back to its primeval state of oneness. so, even before creation began, the world contained the elements of its own destruction. 58 handbook of egyptian mythology emergence of the creator summary: the creator attains consciousness and becomes lonely. he/she differentiates the elements of chaos by speaking their names. the first light or the first sound begins the process of creation. the creator appears as the sun god. he may be born to a cow, emerge from a lotus on the water or from an

hat the self-created god came into being alone. for a group-oriented culture such as that of the egyptians, such loneliness must have been almost unimaginable. the creator remained alone until his/her heart became effective and he/she began to think and feel. in coffin texts spell 76, the creator (here named as atum) brings eight gods into existence by speaking with the nun, presumably separating the elements of chaos by the process of naming them. other texts refer to the creator s driving back the primeval waters, perhaps by the power of spoken command, to create a space in which to begin the work of creation. images of emergence. the primal event of the emergence of the creator to dispel the watery silent darkness could be represented in many different ways. no single image or narrative

is an essay on religion and a list of important deities. erik hornung. idea into image: essays on ancient egyptian thought. translated by elizabeth bredeck. princeton, nj: timken, 1992. this book makes complex ideas accessible to readers with little prior knowledge of ancient egypt. the nine essays explore what the egyptians thought about time and space, the nature and origins of their world, and the elements that made up a person. 215 4 antonio loprieno (ed. ancient egyptian literature: history and forms. leiden and new york: e. j. brill, 1996. essays on all periods and genres of ancient egyptian literature. most are in english and suitable for readers with little prior knowledge of ancient egypt. in the chapter myth and literature, john baines concludes that although myth was not dominan

es to introduction and mythical time lines and in the suggestions for further reading in deities, themes, and concepts. james p. allen. genesis in egypt: the philosophy of ancient egyptian creation accounts. 2d ed. yale egyptological studies 2. san antonio, tx: van siclen books, 1995. this short book is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient creation myths and cosmologies. it examines the elements of the egyptian universe, the process and means of creation, and the nature of the creator. annotated translations are given of sixteen key texts. rudolph anthes. mythology in ancient egypt. in mythologies of the ancient world, edited by samuel noel kramer. garden city, ny: doubleday, 1961, 15 92. a summary of the main sources for egyptian myth. there are detailed discussions of a sel

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

nly our fields of research are on two different planes, and our instruments are made by no human hands, for which reason perchance they are only the more reliable. the retorts, accumulators, and microscopes of the chemist and naturalist may get out of order; the telescope and the astronomer's horological instruments may get spoiled; our recording instruments are beyond the influence of weather or the elements. q. and therefore you have implicit faith in them? a. faith is a word not to be found in theosophical dictionaries: we say knowledge based, on observation and experience. there is this difference, page 43 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt however, that while the observation and experience of physical science lead the scientists to about as many "working" hypotheses as there are m

the finer forces of nature and the various conditions of matter in which they are found to operate. seeking under the veil of language, more or less artificial, to convey to the uninitiated so much of the mysterium magnum as is safe in the hands of a selfish world, the alchemist postulates as his first principle, the existence of a certain universal solvent in the homogeneous substance from which the elements were evolved; which substance he calls pure gold, or summum materiae. this solvent, also called menstruum universale, possesses the power of removing all the seeds of disease out of the human body, of renewing youth, and prolonging life. such is the lapis philosophorum (philosopher's stone. alchemy first penetrated into europe through geber, the great arabian sage and philosopher, in

tal or personal, and the higher, the divine or impersonal, calling the former "personality" and the latter "individuality" egoity (from the word ego. egoity means "individuality"-never "personality" as it is the opposite of egoism or "selfishness" the characteristic par excellence of the latter. eidolon (gr) the same as that which we term the human phantom, the astral form. elementals (spirits of the elements) the creatures evolved in the four kingdoms, or elements-earth, air, fire, and water. they are called by the cabalists, gnomes (of the earth, sylphs (of the air, salamanders (of the fire, and undines (of the water, except a few of the higher kinds and their rulers. they are rather the forces of nature than ethereal men and women. these forces, as the servile agents of the occultist, m

in its metaphysical meaning opposed to evolution, yet one with it. science teaches that, physiologically, evolution is a mode of generation in which the germ that develops the fetus preexists already in the parent, the development and final form and characteristics of that germ being accomplished by nature; and that (as in its cosmology) the process takes place blindly, through the correlation of the elements and their various compounds. occultism teaches that this is only the apparent mode, the real process being emanation, guided by intelligent forces under an immutable law. therefore, while the occultists and theosophists believe thoroughly in the doctrine of evolution as given out by kapila and manu, they are emanationists rather than evolutionists. the doctrine of emanation was at one

hemists of the middle ages, and also to the rosicrucians. the latter, the successors of page 152 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt theurgists, regarded fire as the symbol of deity. it was the source, not only of material atoms, but the container of the spiritual and psychic forces energizing them. broadly analyzed, fire is a triple principle; esoterically, a septenary, as are all the rest of the elements. as man is composed of spirit, soul, and body, plus a fourfold aspect; so is fire. as in the works of robert flood (de fluctibus, one of the famous rosicrucians, fire contains-firstly, a visible flame (body; secondly, an invisible, astral fire (soul; and thirdly, spirit. the four aspects are (a) heat (life (b) light (mind (c) electricity (kamic or molecular powers, and (d) the synthet

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

ur allusion, i can tell you about him. he has come entirely to grief and is sending begging letters to every one. he was a medium in communication with the colour spirits with whom he appears to have had a pact, but on two occasions nearly lost his life thro' them. the most apparently peaceable elementals, if a storm happens to come on, will become very violent and uncontrollable. the conflict of the elements seems to excite them to fury, and woe to the mortal, not being an adept, who encounters them. thomas has gone the way of all mediums. i have investigated the circumstances as to a good many, and i find they all go wrong, sooner or later. it is the one thing to avoid. i should have very much have liked to have had a long talk with you personally, as one cannot put all these things down

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

that they had passed through a stage of mechanized life on other planets, but had receded upon finding its effects emotionally unsatisfying. their preternatural toughness of organization and simplicity of natural wants made them peculiarly able to live on a high plane without the more specialized fruits of artificial manufacture, and even without garments, except for occasional protection against the elements. it was under the sea, at first for food and later for other purposes, that they first created earth life- using available substances according to long-known methods. the more elaborate experiments came after the annihilation of various cosmic enemies. they had done the same thing on other planets, having manufactured not only necessary foods, but certain multicellular protoplasmic ma

HP LOVECRAFT FROM BEYOND

ng through my supposedly solid body, and thought i saw tiiiiinghast look at them as though his better trained senses could catch them visually. i recalled what he had said of the pineal gland, and wondered what he saw with this preternatural eye. suddenly i myself became possessed of a kind of augmented sight. over and above the luminous and shadowy chaos arose a picture which, though vague, held the elements of consist-ency and permanence. it was indeed somewhat familiar, for the unusual part was superimposed upon the usual terrestrial scene much as a cinema view may be thrown upon the painted curtain of a theater. i saw the attic laboratory, the electrical machine, and the unsightly form of tillinghast op-posite me; but of all the space unoccupied by familiar objects not one particle was

HP LOVECRAFT THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE

uge leafless elms near the foot of a rocky hill. distant though it is from the remnant of a road, this house none the less impressed me unfavorably the very moment i espied it. honest, wholesome structures do not stare at travellers so slyly and hauntingly, and in my genealogical researches i had encountered legends of a century before which biased me against places of this kind. yet the force of the elements was such as to overcome my scruples, and i did not hesitate to wheel my machine up the weedy rise to the closed door which seemed at once so suggestive and secretive. i had somehow taken it for granted that the house was abandoned, yet as i approached it i was not so sure, for though the walks were indeed overgrown with weeds, they seemed to retain their nature a little tco well to ar

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

magician for all of my disciples, it being a symbol of the deepest initiation and the highest wisdom. many of the readers will know, of course, that the word tarot does not mean a game of cards, serving mantical purposes, but a symbolic book of initiation which contains the greatest secrets in a symbolic form. the first tablet of this book introduces the magician representing him as the master of the elements and offering the key to the first arcanum, the secret of the ineffable name of tetragrammaton, the quabbalistic yod-he-vau-he. here we will, therefore, find the gate to the magician s initiation. the reader will easily realize, how significant and how manifold the application of this tablet is. not one of the books published up to date does describe the true sense of the first tarot c

ve and negative forces which stand for the creating act of the universe. the eternal, the infinite, the boundless, and the uncreated have been expressed symbolically by the word aum and the dark purple to black color. initiation i theory the great secret of the tetragrammaton or the quabbalistical yod-he-vau-he device: that which is above is also that which is below (hermes trismegistus) 1. about the elements everything that has been created, the macrocosm as well as the microcosm, consequently the big and the small world have been achieved by the effect of the elements. for this reason, right from the beginning of the initiation, i shall attend to these powers and underline their deep and manifold significance in particular. in the occult literature very little has been said about the pow

ments everything that has been created, the macrocosm as well as the microcosm, consequently the big and the small world have been achieved by the effect of the elements. for this reason, right from the beginning of the initiation, i shall attend to these powers and underline their deep and manifold significance in particular. in the occult literature very little has been said about the powers of the elements up to now so that i made it my business to treat this field of knowledge still unknown and to lift the veil covering these rules. it is absolutely not very easy to enlighten the uninitiated so that they are not only fully informed about the existence and the activity of the elements, but will be able to work with these powers in the future practically. the whole universe is similar to

hten the uninitiated so that they are not only fully informed about the existence and the activity of the elements, but will be able to work with these powers in the future practically. the whole universe is similar to a clockwork with all its wheels in mesh and interdependent from each other. even the idea of the godhead as the highest comprehensible entity may be divided in aspects analogous to the elements. details about it are found in the chapter concerning the god-idea. in the oldest oriental scriptures, the elements are designated as tattwas. in our european literature, they are only considered on the ground of their good effects and in so far as we are warned against their unfavorable influence, which means that certain actions can be undertaken under the influence of the tattwas

ur european literature, they are only considered on the ground of their good effects and in so far as we are warned against their unfavorable influence, which means that certain actions can be undertaken under the influence of the tattwas, or else must be omitted. the accuracy of this fact is not to be doubted, but all that has been published up to date points to a slight aspect of the effects of the elements only. how to find out about the effects of elements respecting the tattwas for any personal use, may be sufficiently learned from astrological books. i am penetrating far deeper into the secret of the elements and therefore i have chosen a different key, which, although being analogous to the astrological key, has, as a matter of fact, nothing to do with it. the reader, to whom this k

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

of them dyed that night of meere cold. our sojors, and some of our officers too (who suppose that no thing which is more than ordinarie can be the product of nature, attributed this hurrikan to the divilish skill of some irish witches" 2 apparently the english were not as wise in their generation as the inhabitants of constance in switzerland were on the occasion p. 100 of a similar ebullition of the elements. the latter went out, found a witch, persuaded her to confess herself the guilty author of the storm, and then burnt her--by which time, no doubt, the wind had subsided! much in the same strain might be added, but, lest we should weary our readers, we shall content ourselves with giving two more marvellous relations from this particular period so full of the marvellous. o'daly in his

ISIS UNVEILED

all her symbols at once; but justice must be done to the despoiled hierophants. long before the sign of the cross was adopted as a christian symbol, it was employed as a secret sign of recognition among neophytes and adepts. says l vi" the sign of the cross adopted by the christians does not belong exclusively to them. it is kabalistic, and represents the oppositions and quaternary equilibrium of the elements. we see by the occult verse of the pater, to which we have called attention in another work, that there were original- ly two ways of making it, or at least two very different fonnulae to ex- press its meaning one reserved for priests and initiates; the other given to neophytes and the profane. thus for example the iniiiaie, carrying his band to his forehead, said: to thee; then he ad

ll the words of plato, given elsewbov. which show that before an initiate could see the gods in thor puie^ light, he had to become liberated from his bo; t. e, to separate bis astral soul from it" apuleius also describes his initiation into the mysteries in the same way "i approached the confines of death; and having trodden on the threshold of proserpina returned, having been carried through all the elements. in the depths of midnig ht. i saw the sun glittering with a splendid light, together with the infernal and mper- nal goda, and to these divinities approaching, i paid the tribute of devout adoration" la coniidend by ku the bocieiit philo- ft p uniahm pfit 317. t^jxar: euxa. and bacek. mgtl, ed. a. wilder, p. 87( li edit. 318 "the profaunder taotoic doctrinea ot the ukimta were deaodu

urth degree' he is considered a rahat. he produces every kind of phenomena by the 737. 1 cor^ ii, e, 7, 8. 738. lt mw it la hontu lot, p. 806. 739. ltbouddiatliardigion, p. 137: paria, 1860. 740. phuippiom. m, 11. 12 digitizecoy google 288 isk unveiled sole power of his freed spirit. a rahai, say the buddhists, is one who has acquired the power of flying in the air, becomiag invisible, commanding the elements and working all manner of wonders commonly and erroneously called mnpo (miracles. he is a perfect man, a demi-god. a god he will become when he reaches nirvina; for, like the initiates of both testaments, the worshipers of buddha know that they "are gods "genuine buddhism, overieaping the barrier between finite and infinite mind, urges its followers to aspire, by thar own effaru, to t

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

g it all, for from its field springs paradise and the garden of eden of the bible s god. the delta zone is also the home of the elohim and the archangels and pure lore. the opening of the inner doors and the heart and crown chakra plug in meditations, allows for our inner fields to be tuned constantly to the delta and theta fields on an energetic level, thus providing a very strong foundation for the elements to gather around us and respond (these meditations are provided in chapter s 6& 7) once the inner doors are open and the system is plugged in, a new and potent radiation begins to rule the game, and the mindset needs to be one of walking through life imagining ourselves as transmission stations radiating divine love, divine wisdom and divine power. through every cell and pore and atom

with every step you take on this earth, pure divine mother love is flowing from her heart to yours and into your body and down your legs and out through the souls of your feet and back into the earth, to be utilized as the mother earth requires and desires. this sets up a nice biofeedback looping arrangement of give and take. absorb prana and give back love and gratitude for you may wish to thank the elements of the earth for lending you their molecules and atoms for the original creation, and continual sustenance, of your body* more on surya yoga in chapter 9. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 53 sounds 6. a) the taoist healing sounds for emotional tuning and organ cleansing, b) programming codes including the perfect health. balance. weight. image c

sing in our modern world. the number 1 killer of western men and women these days are heart related problems. ecstasy 10. the nourishment of ecstasy tool and elemental equilibrium: we know that when the pituitary and the pineal glands are activated by the violet light and the luscious lifestyles program, they keep the brain wave patterns anchored in the theta. delta fields. we also know that when the elements come into a certain state of equilibrium, we can free the body from the restrictions of age or the need for earth s resources. before we go on to discuss the nourishment that can be released through the body divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 73 when we hit the maximum delta field pattern of absolute bliss and ecstasy, i d like to recap on the bel

elements come into a certain state of equilibrium, we can free the body from the restrictions of age or the need for earth s resources. before we go on to discuss the nourishment that can be released through the body divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 73 when we hit the maximum delta field pattern of absolute bliss and ecstasy, i d like to recap on the below. the elements& the fields: after a decade of research into divine nutrition i was revealed the reality of the self .sustaining template. we touched on this device in my book bb1 and we will elaborate on this a little in the next section. however, upon closer investigation of how this dimensional biofield device operates, i discovered the secret of elemental equilibrium. how the elements come togeth

mplate. we touched on this device in my book bb1 and we will elaborate on this a little in the next section. however, upon closer investigation of how this dimensional biofield device operates, i discovered the secret of elemental equilibrium. how the elements come together as molecules around our light-body, and chakra system, is determined by our mental plane and emotional plane realities. when the elements of fire, earth, water, air, akasa and cosmic fire are in perfect equilibrium; the bio-system moves into a different energy band and becomes self-sustaining, provided we have created the energy grids to support this and added the necessary programming codes for automatic activation when this equilibrium is reached. this equilibrium is achieved and also maintained via our day-to-day lif

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

nd cabalistic or rosicrucian speculations. 322 xvi contents chapter the thirty-fifth. page. the adapted rosicrucian contemplation. intrusion of sin. ruins of the old worlds. 337 chapter the thirty-sixth. indian mysterious adoration of forms. the unity of the mythologies found in the buddhistic and mahommedan temples. 346 chapter the thirty-seventh. doctrine and rationale. the embodied children of the elements, both of heathen and of christian periods. 354 chapter the thirty-eighth. robert flood (robertus de fluctibus, the english rosicrucian. 361 supplementary notes. the first. notice of an ancient work (1595. 367 the second. rosicrucian views on the ark of noah. 368 the third. cabalistic illustrations. the sang-r ale, gr al, or holy gr ale. 369 concluding note. remarks upon two curious wo

n the head rests the intellect, or the magnetism of the assenting judgment, which is a phenomenon; in his heart is the conscience, or the emotional faculty, or the saviour; and in the umbilical centre reside the animal faculties, or all the sensitives. nutrition is destruction in the occult sense, and dissolution is rescue in the occult sense; because the entity, or visible man, is constructed in the elements, and is as equally ashes, or condemned matter, as they are; and because the fire that feeds the body (which is its natural respiration or maintenance) is in itself that which (however slowly) destroys it. man lives upon the lees of nature, or (in the bhuddistic view) upon the gross purgations of the celestial fire, which is urging itself clear through the operation of the divine rescu

kelmann was unable to find a single indubitable example. it is of brown agate, with transverse shades, and is an etruscan intaglio or gnostic gem. the gnostics, p. 238, makes a reference to this figure. chaldaic angels. 205 later in our book (figs. 191, 300, 301) we give a figure of the chnuphis serpent raising himself aloft. over, and corresponding to the rays of his crown, are the seven vowels, the elements of his name. the usual triple s.s.s. and bar, and the name cnoubic are the reverse of this gnostic gem. it is a beautiful intaglio on a pale plasma of the finest quality, extremely convex, as it has been found on examination. in the ophic planetary group (origen in celsum, vi. 25) michael is figured as a lion, suriel as a bull, raphael as a serpent, gabriel as an eagle, thautabaoth as

ure, radically; without a medium which makes it pain or pleasure. and both are only disturbance, made pain or pleasure from without. our pain may be pleasure in another differently-constituted nervous method (or medium of) existence. our pleasures may be pains (or penalties) elsewhere. this possibility, which is the foundation of supernaturalism or of the doctrine of the intelligent population of the elements proves that pain and pleasure, and the countless shades between them, necessitate the idea of body, or of capacity, of some kind or other: because capacity is state, and state is material. so says paracelsus; so says van helmont; so says jacob boehm. nothing can be anything, unless it is fixed in something material. 320 the rosicrucians. be demonstrated to us. and sleep, which is men

m the centre, or evolvement, or creation, the radiation and counterworking or interchange of light and darkness in crossing and encountering irritated mutually, naturally; became expansive and contractive angularly thence pyramidal and starry. and in the relative counterbalancing con temp eration, the diversity of things arose at the points of the masterdom into form or light. the medium in which the elements were (and the elements themselves) now grew in their natures. from these various rudiments of being (in the vehicle light) the archetypical scheme arranged itself; which, one in essence, was triple, in procession or parade. hence the trinity* from the trinity and the* but it is incomprehensible, obviously, without the means to comprehend it- which is christ. christ the penalty christ

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

esidue from the collection from earth while the monitors of the tanks are replenishing their supplies. some of both& of wrecks& repair-jobs on most ships. again we are faced with the admission of intelligence and direction. an intelligence in space controlling either the collection, dissemination, or nurture of sea life, either for study or for food or both, is the only answer which satisfies all the elements of all the reports. let us scan but a few of the more dramatic of the falls. 58 1886: there was a shower of snails, during a heavy thunderstorm, in cornwall, england, on august 13. 1890: fish showered over montgomery county, california, on february 6. 1891: a great shower of fish took place at seymour, indiana. they were completely unknown and remain unidentified. this was august 8. 1

event was unusual enough to warrant inscribing in the archives, and to have the past records searched for precedent. the descriptions are concise, although the vacant places are annoying in their omissions. de rachewiltz's comments, supplementing his translation, indicate an interpretation similar to that which we, ourselves, might make. however we find it difficult to resist pointing out some of the elements of this event, which are so typical of the reports in current sightings. silence of operation for one thing. foul odor. in size, this ufo was said to be about one hundred cubits, which is about 172 feet long. the fact that two equal dimensions were given indicating (perhaps) equal length and breadth implies disc shape. in any case it was described as a fire circle, indicating its shap

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

ink of the magical elements as forces, or as *qualities* of energy; especially within the astral world. each element has a symbol and color (common symbols are- fire: a triangle pointing up; air: a triangle pointing up and with a horizontal line through the middle of it; water: a triangle pointing down; earth: a triangle pointing down and with a horizontal line through the middle of it) colors of the elements are- earth: brown and green; water: blue; fire: red; air: yellow..the eastern tattvic system uses different symbols and colors. the elements are often used in magick ritual. magick sees relationships between things. these relationships are called 'correspondences. although magical correspondences are not literally equal to one another, you can think of them that way (such as gold equa

sponds with astral projection and enlightenment. there are also many minor chakras throughout the body. each chakra has a sound (letter) and a pitch which is sometimes used to invoke it. the tattvas some occultists prefer to describe the magical elements as tattvas according to the eastern system. notice that these symbols and colors are generally different than the western symbols and colors for the elements. element tattva tattvic symbol= earth prithivi yellow square water apas silver crescent fire tejas red triangle air vayu blue circle (spirit) akasa black oval yoga yoga originated in india. it is a physical or mental discipline designed to condition and invigorate the mind and body. there are many kinds of yoga, but they may be generally divided into three main types. hatha yoga- affe

KETAB E SIYAH

! 30. if will stops and cries why, invoking because, then will stops& does nought. 31. if power asks why, then is power weakness. 32. also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite& unknown& all their words are skew-wise. 33. enough of because! be he damned for a dog! 34. but ye, o my people, rise up& awake! 35. let the rituals be rightly performed with joy& beauty! 36. there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. 37. a feast for the first night of the prophet and his bride! 38. a feast for the three days of the writing of the book of the law. 39. a feast for tahuti and the child of the prophet--secret, o prophet! 40. a feast for the supreme ritual, and a feast for the equinox of the gods. 41. a feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FIVE

of philosophus first is the calvary cross of twelve squares. it admits to the path of qoph, the 29th path, and refers to the zodiac and to the eternal river of eden, divided into four heads as follows: naher- the river 1. hiddikel 2. pison 3. gihon 4. phrath euphrates the pyramid of the four elements admits to the path of tzaddi, the 28th path. on the sides of the pyramid are the hebrew names of the elements. on the apex is the word eth, meaning essence and on the base is the word olam, meaning world. the next badge is the calvary cross of ten squares admitting to the path of peh, mars, the 27th path. the ten squares are referred to the ten sephiroth in balanced disposition. it is also the opened out form of the double cube of the altar of incense. another badge is the hegemon s cross adm

the sephiroth and reflected downwards into the tree. air is reflected straight down the middle pillar, from kether through tiphareth to yesod and the upper quadrant of malkuth. water is relfected cross-wise from binah through chesed to hod. fire is reflected cross-wise from chokmah through geburah to netzach. malkuth therefore becomes the receptacle of the other three elements. the reflection of the elements down the tree meditation number five let the philosophus meditate upon the symbol of the fire triangle in all its aspects. let him contemplate the symbol of the planet venus until he realises the universal love which would express itself in perfect service to all mankind and which embraces nature both visible and invisible. let him identify himself with the powers of fire, consecratin

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE THREE

the holy place of the temple embraces the symbolism of the 22 letters. the table of shew-bread, the single letters. the altar of incense are the three mother letters. astral spirits are those belonging to the astral plane. such are false and illusionary forms, shells of the dead, and ghosts and phantoms, that are occasionally seen in s ances. elemental spirits are those belonging to the nature of the elements; some are good and some are evil. an angel is a pure and high spirit of unmixed good in office and function. in the tarot, the ten small cards of each suit refer to the sephiroth. the four suits refer to the letters of yhvh. wands to yod, cups to heh, swords to vau, and pentacles to heh (final. these four suits also refer to the four worlds of the qabalah. wands to atziluth, cups to b

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

sophorum the pure living alchemical spirit of silver--the refined essence of heat and moisture the green lion the stem and root of the radical essence of metals the black dragon death putrefaction decay the king red- the qabalistic microprosopus tiphareth analogous to gold and the sun the queen white- the qabalistic bride of microprosopus malkah analogous to silver and the moon the four orders of the elements are: 1. the spirits of the earth: gnomes 2. the spirits of the air: sylphs 3. the spirits of the water: undines 4. the spirits of the fire: salamanders these are the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera. the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through

houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world, are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim \ylglgh tycar 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth twlzm 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai yatbc 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedek 'qdx 5. sphere of mars, madim \ydm 6. sphere of the sun, shemesh cmc 7. sphere of venus, nogah hgwn 8. sphere of mercury, kokab bkwk 9. sphere of the moon, levannah hnbl 10. spehere of the elements, olam yesodoth twdwsy \lwu the divine names attributed to the sephiroth kether's divine name is eheieh (hyha, its archangel is metatron( wrffm, its choir of angels is the chayoth ha-qedesh (cdqh twyj) or 'holy living creatures. chokmah's divine name is yah (hy, its archangel is raziel (layzr, its choir of angels is the auphanim(\ynpwa, or 'wheels. binah's divine name is yhvh elohim(\y

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

tors, the changes may modify the grain s quality, but not the species itself, such as turning a wheat grain into a barley grain. in other words, like the second factor, the third factor is the object s inner factor, but unlike the second, it can change qualitatively and quantitatively. the fourth factor is the cause-and-effect connection between the forces that act on the outside, such as chance, the elements of nature, and neighbors. for the most part, these four factors together influence every individual object. the first factor (origin) is fundamental for us because we are creations of our parents. as their offspring, we (in a sense) are their copies; i.e, almost all the attributes of the parents and grandparents manifest themselves in their children. the concepts and knowledge acquire

evels of the f r o m t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e z o h a r 73 will to receive pleasure. the main level is the fourth, but it is attainable only by gradual development, after we have completely mastered each level. the first level (inanimate) is the beginning of manifestation, the conception of desire in our corporeal world. its force includes all types of inanimate nature, but none of the elements that form this nature (for example, rocks) can independently move. the will to enjoy brings forth needs, and these generate movement towards attaining the desired object. in this case (the first level) the will to enjoy is very small. it therefore affects only the sum of all the elements, and is not separately manifested in each of the inanimate elements of nature. at the next level (

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

volves toward comprehensive harmony. according to evolutionary biologist elisabet sahtouris, at the end of the process there will be one system whose parts will be interconnected in reciprocity and collaboration. in a lecture given at a conference in tokyo in 2005, sahtouris explained that evolution is comprised of phases of individualization, conflict, and competition. at the end of these stages the elements unite into a single, harmonious system. she used as an example the evolutionary process of life on earth. billions of years ago, earth was inhabited by bacteria. the bacteria proliferated and thus began to compete for nature s resources, such as food and territories. consequently, a new entity a bacterial colony was formed, which was better suited to the environmental conditions. a ba

or this, we must understand the language that kabbalists use. when kabbalists achieved balance with nature, they discovered a part of reality that is beyond the range of the egoistic person s perception. they called that part the upper world, or the spiritual world. once they discovered that every element in the upper world hangs down to our world and begets a corporeal manifestation, they called the elements in the upper world, roots, and their manifestations in the corporeal world, branches. thus, the language of roots and branches israel s role 171 came to be, based on the parallels between the upper world and our world. in the language of the branches, land means desire, and israel means yashar el( straight to god. thus, the land of israel designates a desire geared toward an altruisti

l that is, anti-semitism. in doing so, it guarded the people of israel from assimilating in the nations of the world throughout the centuries of exile. however, since the end of the exile, this was no longer sufficient. now the right klipa, the force that stands opposite the balancing force, must be awakened and goad israel to acquire the real quality of altruism. nature s inherent forces operate the elements in human society: the nations, the countries, and so on. hence, since the time of israel s exile, the left klipa, christianity, dominated our world. it took the place of athens and rome (which were not religions, or klipot, dominated the world and suppressed all other methods. but as the time approaches when israel must correct itself and ordain the quality of altruism over ego, the d

rom hiding and called on the people to reacquaint themselves with life s purpose, which had been forgotten since the ruin of the temple. they urged the people to use the wisdom of kabbalah to that end. kabbalah is unique in the sense that it does not allow one to materialize, since the language it uses is not the language of the branches, but a coded language of worlds and sefirot. it depicts all the elements of the ego and the phases to correct each of them in detail. using graphs, charts, and calculations, kabbalah leads the individual through the steps of the correction of the ego, points to the next step required at every stage, and explains how it should be done. it leaves no room for imagining that one can reach anything good in one s life without correcting one s ego. finally, it sh

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within the creator. it is the notion of the soul, which consists of a part of the creator and a part of the newly created egoistic feeling "to receive everything into oneself, that kabbalah deals with. it is the soul, rather than the body, that is discussed in the bible, because the body, consisting of flesh and bone, is like the flesh and bone of the animals, and its end is decay and a return to the elements of this world. the return to the creator- 259- we sense ourselves as bodies because we do not perceive our souls. but as we begin to perceive the soul, the sense of the physical body, of its desires and of its pains, diminishes, when the soul asserts itself more and more. when we are further advanced on the spiritual path, we do not sense the desires of the body altogether, because we

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was imprinted and made to be. baal hasulam the essence of the wisdom of kabbalah we therefore see that every element and detail in this world, with all its connections, is present also in all the upper worlds, from assiya to ein sof. the universe, planet earth, the still, vegetative, animate, and the speaking are all found in the worlds above this world, too. there is only one difference between the elements of this world and the elements of the upper world: in the upper worlds the elements are forces, and in our world they are matter. t h e s t ru c t u r e o f r e a l i t y 97 attaining the upper worlds enables one to see the forces that operate upon every item in this world. when we attain the upper world, we come to know the modes of behavior of every element of that world s reality

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ney is spent in the worlds of abya (atzilut, beria, yetzira, assiya, where the kabbalist gradually turns intended and unintended sins into virtues, and thus justifies the works of the creator and his guidance. in these worlds, the system makes it possible to shorten the process significantly. r e a l i t y i n t h e e y e s o f k a b b a l a h q: i read that kabbalah develops the ability to sense the elements of reality and the spiritual worlds. but i also understand that time and space do not exist; that there are no other worlds and that there is nothing besides the creator. how then should i properly see reality? a: every time people try to understand a new or different reality, they use the attributes and sensations of the world they come from. through the kabbalah, they attain a true

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le the middle row was taken as showing the strength of the father ever shining forth as the sun in his glory far beyond the clouds and mists of earth, and the lowest row betokened the action of the second aspect, god the son, bending down into incarnation and raising humanity from within. 184. the crossed palm-leaves here indicate the lipika, the lords of karma, who work through the four kings of the elements symbolized by similar leaves on tat. they are unconnected with the rest of the design because they represent forces not confined to our planetary scheme, or even to our solar system; they administer a law which rules the whole universe, which angels and men alike obey. 185. the upper segment of the spheroid, beyond the disc, was left entirely bare of ornament, in order to indicate tha

, to save mankind from further and far greater misery and sorrow. 218. there is a similar dual interpretation also for the four tassels which appear in the corners of the border. in masculine masonry they are usually considered to mean temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice; their significance is always interpreted as ethical. but they stand also for four great orders of devas connected with the elements earth, water, air and fire, and their great rulers, the four devarajas, agents of the law of karma, which is always balancing and adjusting the affairs of man, and seeing that there is no injustice between living creatures in god fs universe, just as there is no maladjustment in the relations of material substances and bodies. at the initiation of candidates in co-masonic lodges these

th, water, air and fire, and their great rulers, the four devarajas, agents of the law of karma, which is always balancing and adjusting the affairs of man, and seeing that there is no injustice between living creatures in god fs universe, just as there is no maladjustment in the relations of material substances and bodies. at the initiation of candidates in co-masonic lodges these four rulers of the elements are invoked, and the consequences of that are very real and beneficial, little as many members of the fraternity may be aware of the fact. 219. the blazing star 220. the blazing star is properly six-pointed, and is made of glass, set in the middle of the ceiling and illuminated from inside by artificial light. below it there should be another and movable star on the floor. the blazing

osses of many forms were used as symbols thousands of years before christ incarnated in palestine. the first outpouring, typified by the greek cross, prepares the world for the reception of life; it brings into being the material elements, but not bodies formed by their combination. we might have oxygen and hydrogen produced by this outpouring, but not their combination, water; for combination of the elements into bodies of ever-increasing complexity of organized structure and function is the work of the second outpouring of the divine life or power. 288. the second outpouring is indicated by the anchor, for that was originally in egypt a little pendulum swinging over a scale, curved to coincide with the arc of its motion. it is not difficult to see how that might be changed into an anchor

me god, by whatever name men call him, and that he is immanent in the lowest as well as in the highest. proclaiming thus the universal fatherhood, it maintains also the universal brotherhood, and sets before our companions the noblest of ideals. the entire symbol is surrounded by the circle, the emblem of god himself, the eternal reality behind and within all things unchanging, yet containing all the elements of change. of this circle it may be truly said that it has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere; for it is omnipresence made manifest in symbol. furthermore, the circle enshrines a profound truth of creation. it is generated by radiation from a centre; that is to say, its circumference is determined by the limits of the rays going out from the centre in all directions

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amset or kestha ruled the south, and had the head of a man; while the west was governed by qebsennuf, whose head was that of a hawk(*sir e. a. wallis budge, the nile, p. 267, egyptian ideas of the future life, p. 107) 76. the truth underlying these strange deities is of the deepest interest when examined by the inner sight, for these four are the same as the four devarajas of india- the kings of the elements, earth, air, fire and water, who likewise preside over the cardinal points. they correspond also with the cherubim described by ezekiel, and with the four beasts of the revelation. s. john says of them: 77. and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf

ide of man s nature (fire. the egyptian forms were a little different; but the same four elements and their rulers are depicted in that ancient symbolism, which indeed we find in all religions. there is a four-faced brahma; there is the fourfold jupiter, who is aerial, fulgurant, marine and terrestrial. and that leads us back to the reality behind all these symbols, the four great angel-rulers of the elements, the administrators of the great law, who are the gods or leaders of the hierarchies of angels of earth, water, air and fire. those are the mystical four; and they are full of eyes within, because they are the scribes, the recorders, the agents of the lipika: they watch all that happens, all that is done, all that is written or spoken or thought in all the worlds. 81. in the light of

be the channels of the power of his hierarchy whenever the lodge is opened in due and ancient form. the pouring of wine in the south invokes a great blue angel of water, also attended by other angels less great than he; similarly the offering of oil in the west calls upon a mighty crimson angel of fire, who pours down into the lodge the splendid rhythmic power of that most terrible and lovely of the elements. as the salt is strewn in the east, an angel of the air flashes down from on high, he and his attendants being of a wonderful silver hue shot through with mother-of-pearl. these four great ones, representing the four gods of the elements, the four children or brothers of horus, solemnly consecrate the lodge, binding the brn. into a close unity in the inner worlds and linking with them

re convenient for thee to hear; but both thy ears and my tongue should incur the like pain of rash curiosity. howbeit i will not long torment thy mind, which peradventure is somewhat religious and given to some devotion; listen therefore, and believe it to be true. thou shalt understand that i approached near unto hell, even to the gates of proserpine, and after that i was ravished throughout all the elements, i returned to my proper place: about midnight i saw the sun brightly shine, i saw likewise the gods celestial and the gods infernal, before whom i presented myself and worshipped them. behold now have i told thee, which although thou hast heard, yet it is necessary that thou conceal it; wherefore this only will i tell, which may be declared without offence for the understanding of th

e the feast, the nativity of my holy order, with sumptuous banquets and pleasant meats: the third day was likewise celebrate with like ceremonies, with a religious dinner, and with all the consummation of the adept order(*apul. met, xi, 23, 24. tr. william adlington a.d. 1566) 115. it is also reported that during the ceremony isis said: 116. i am nature- the parent of all things, the sovereign of the elements, the primary progeny of time. 117. the preliminary trials 118. the secrets communicated in the mysteries have been well and loyally kept, and no details about them are available, though we occa-sionally find guarded hints which give us a slight idea of their character. there is a picturesque account of the preparation for them given in mackey s lexicon of freemasonry which, although i

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radition. a different section of the demonolatry website presents the following creation story, submitted by lissa p, as a sample bedtime story: billions and billions of years past, our world never existed. however, in another place in the vast recesses of our universe, or perhaps even on another plane of existence, lived the demons. the demons, being wise and powerful beings, and able to harness the elements and powers of the universe, kept mostly to themselves, from what we are told. that is, until they heard something distant and disturbing. from the blackness in our corner in the universe something wondrous occurred. there was a storm in the blackness, of fire and debris, an implosion, a rumble, and from it was birthed our solar system. the demons heard the commotion, and by bending ti

from what we are told. that is, until they heard something distant and disturbing. from the blackness in our corner in the universe something wondrous occurred. there was a storm in the blackness, of fire and debris, an implosion, a rumble, and from it was birthed our solar system. the demons heard the commotion, and by bending time and space, ascended to the new system. as they touched each mass the elements blended together and dissipated. but then the demonic elements (lucifer, leviathan, belial, flereous, and satan) touched the earth and, because of its existing condition, the combined elements created an atmosphere that would harbor life. it was satan who told his hierarchies they should protect all life that began here. for he was fully aware that the demonic elements, all parts of t

e forth and answer to your names by manifesting my desires! the invocation then continues with a long list of names that have been applied to the prince of darkness. the core of the ceremony which in the laveyan system is typically a lust, compassion, or destruction ritual immediately follows this invocation. see also curses; anton lavey;magic and magical groups for further reading: green,marian. the elements of ritual magic. longmead: shaftesbury, dorset, uk: element, 1990. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969. the exorcist the exorcist (originally released in 1973; rereleased in 2000) is, as the title indicates, the story of an exorcism. it was the most successful horror movie of all time. this film quickly became a cultural phenomenon. audiences were spell- the

me dion fortune, took the fraternity of the inner light with her, and it became the parent or ancestor of many other important magical organizations now functioning in england. see also crowley, aleister; levi, eliphas; hermetic order of the golden dawn; ordo templi orientis for further reading: flowers, stephen e, lords of the left hand path. smithville, tx: runa-raven press, 1997. green,marian. the elements of ritual magic. longmead, shaftesbury, dorset, uk: element, 1990. knight, gareth.magic and the western mind. st. paul: llewellyn, 1991. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969. malik malik is the wicked angel who guards hell. this is according to the koran, which states that malik is aided by nineteen other angel guards (sbires or zabayniya. when the sinful resi

herself, but the ogd eventually became defunct. the ceremonial magic tradition tapped by later satanists such as anton lavey has its roots in the ogd. see also crowley, aleister; levi, eliphas; hermetic order of the golden dawn;magic and magical groups; ordo templi orientis for further reading: flowers, stephen e. lords of the left hand path. smithville, tx: runa-raven press, 1997. green,marian. the elements of ritual magic. longmead, shaftesbury, dorset, uk: element, 1990. knight, gareth.magic and the western mind. st. paul: llewellyn, 1991. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969. mcmartin ritual abuse case the mcmartin case was the first high-profile case involving charges of satanic ritual abuse (sra) at a day-care center. in the wake of an initial spate of publi

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and this shall be easy for him if he have well accomplished the third practice of meditation "this is the eighth practice of intelligence("ccxx, ii "26. 16. let the aspirant destroy reason in himself according to the practice in liber cdlxxiv "this is the fourth practice of meditation("ccxx. ii" 27-33. 17. let the aspirant observe duly the feasts appointed by the a. a. and perform such rituals of the elements as he possesseth, invoking them duly in their season "this is the second practice of magick art("ccxx. ii" 35-43. 18. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as a babe in the egg of the spirit (akasha. ed) that is invisible within the 4 elements "this is the ninth practice of intelligence("ccxx. ii" 49. 19. the aspirant seated in his asana will suddenly commence to breathe

s. 4. destruction of reason. 5. the falling of the heavens. 29. summary continued. preliminaries. these are the ethical practices to be accomplished. 1. the destruction of all unworthiness in one's self and one's surroundings. 2. fulness, almost violence, of life. 30. summary continued. preliminaries. these are the magick arts to be practised. 1. during the preparation, perform the invocations of the elements. 2. observe the feasts appointed by the a. a. 31. summary continued. the actual practice. 1. procure the suitable intoxication. 2. as nuit, contract thyself with infinite force upon hadit. 32. summary continued. the results. 1. peculiar automatic breathing begins. 2. a light appears. 3. samadhi of the two infinites within aspirant. 4. intensification of 3 on repetition. 5. prolongatio

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yatbc shabbathai sphere of saturn (1) layratas satariel 4 qdx tzedeq sphere of jupiter (2) hlksug gha agsheklah 5 \ydam madim sphere of mars (3) bjlwg golachab 6 cmc shemesh sphere of sol (4) wryrgt thagiriron 7 hgn nogah sphere ofvenus (5) qrz bru a arab zaraq 8 kbwk kokab sphere of mercury (6) lams samael 9 hnbl levanah sphere of luna (7) laymg gamaliel 1010 twdwsy \lj cholem yesodoth sphere of the elements (7) tylyl lilith 11 jwr ruach air [elements. see col. lxviii] 12 [planets follow sephiroth, corresponding] mercury [planets follow sephiroth] 13. luna. 14. venus. 15 hlt teleh aries b* wryryub ba airiron 16 rwc shar taurus e wrymyda adimiron 17 \ynwat teonim gemini wrymillx tzalalimiron 18 frs sarton cancer c wryrjyc shichiriron 19 hyra ari leo b wrybhlc shalehbiron 20 hlwtb betulah v

s, paralysis 21. 20 k 20 gout 22. 30 l 30 kidney disorders 23 40 m 40 chill 24 50 n 50 cancer 25 p 60 x [s] 60 apoplexy, thrombosis 26. 70 o 70 arthritis 27. 80 p 80 inflammation 28 x 90 y 700 cystitis 29. 100% 90 gout 30 e 200 r 100 repletion 31 t 300" 900 fever 32 p 400 t 300 arterio sclerosis 32 bis. u 400 sluggishness 31 bis. death (full insanity) table ii 18 liv. the letters of the name. lv. the elements and senses. lvi. the four rivers. lvii* the four quarters. lviii. supereme elemental kings. 11 w d air, smell lqdh hiddekel (e) jrzm mezrach tahoeloj 23 h c water, taste whg gihon (w) brum maareb thahebyobeaatan 31 y b fire, sight wcyp pison (s \wrd darom ohooohatan 32 bis# e earth, touch trp phrath (n) wpx tzaphon thahaaothahe 31 bis c a spirit, hearing. lix. archangels of the quarte

s. lvi. the four rivers. lvii* the four quarters. lviii. supereme elemental kings. 11 w d air, smell lqdh hiddekel (e) jrzm mezrach tahoeloj 23 h c water, taste whg gihon (w) brum maareb thahebyobeaatan 31 y b fire, sight wcyp pison (s \wrd darom ohooohatan 32 bis# e earth, touch trp phrath (n) wpx tzaphon thahaaothahe 31 bis c a spirit, hearing. lix. archangels of the quarters. lx. the rulers of the elements lxi. angels of the elements. lxii. kings of the elemental spirits. 11 lapr raphael layra ariel sj chassan paralda 23 layrbg gabriel sycrt tharsis dhylt taliahad niksa 31 lakym michael [rc seraph lara aral djin 32 bis layrwa auriel bwrk kerub ]alrwp phorlakh ghob 31 bis. lxiii. the four worlds. lxiv. secret names of the four words. lxv. secret numbers corresponding. lxvi. spelling of t

and ass, and aggereth the daughter of machalath. at nw corner, the scorpion, and wmisa,3 the unnameable and hmuk.4 at sw angle, the lion and horse, and the younger lilith the wife of asmodai. col. ix. the cup of the stolistes has its rim and 2 and 3 and its foot in 10. the cadueceus is (easily) placed on the tree and divided into a, m, and c. the waxing moon in 4; waning in 5; full in 6. col. xi. the elements, of whose nature the signs of the zodiac partake, are shown by the symbol against them. col. xii. let 45 be a straight line. on 45 erect the equilateral bs 451, 459. from 4 and 5 draw straight lines 247, 358^ 45, and the straight lines 25^ 14, 43^ 15, 48^ 59, and 57^ 49, the points 2, 3, 7 and 8 marking the intersections. join 19, 12, 13, 23, 78, 79, 89. let 6 be the point of intersec

nwou haour i# ya mwou e of c pawn ]wmayv e of c castle s/weu ya i# a of c king pya qav/n-q/x d of d bishop zw wan c of d queen qnwou ya peq] b of d knight ou bal e of d pawn ahevi e of d castle yarves# fa qnwouya pe a of d king ouqaouri# d of e bishop ar/wueri# c of e queen ?ice# b of e knight hwwr e of e pawn amese] e of e castle neuvyuie# a of e king ?swwri# the pawns refer to t as the house of the elements only, not to t as e. line 32. cfbaquwou hnoue. i#tomwou and ahevi ]wumatv: amece: kabexnuf 6 col. xxi. the perfected egyptian exlaims, there is no part of me that is not of the gods. this column gives the attribution in detail. the non-cherubic zodiac signs are omitted, but follow their affinities. col. xxiii. formless state (f= 4 sublime state (s= 4 reflection (r= 10 kashina (k= 10 i

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mplished, that particular complex is destroyed, or sublimated for ever. l the book of wisdom or folly 21 t de morbis sanguinis (of diseases of the blood) ow then understand that all opposition to the way of nature createth violence. if thine excretory system do its function not at its fullest, there come poisons in the blood, and the consciousness is modified by the conflicts or marriages between the elements heterogeneous. thus if the liver be not efficient, we have melancholy; if the kidneys, coma; if the testes or ovaries, loss of personality itself. also, an we poison the blood directly with belladonna, we have delirium vehement and furious; with hashish, visions phantastic and enormous; with anhiolonium, ecstasy of colour and what not; with diverse germs of disease, disturbances of co

great part to determine whether they shall enslave us or emancipate us. and i will make clear this thesis to thee by the way of illustration. o the book of wisdom or folly 37 ak de vi per disciplinam colenda (of cultivating power through discipline) onsider the bond of a cold climate, how it maketh man a slave; he must have shelter and food with fierce toil. yet thereby he becometh strong against the elements, and his moral force waxeth, so that he is master of such men as live in lands of sun where bodily needs are satisfied without struggle. consider also him that willeth to exceed in speed or in battle, how he denieth himself the food he craveth, and all pleasures natural to him, putting himself under the harsh order of a trainer. so by this bondage he hath, at the last, his will. now t

he book of wisdom or folly 105 da de virtute chirurgica (of the value of surgery) now that the cult of the slave-gods is a device of those black brothers. all that stagnateth is thereof, and thence cometh not stability, but putrefaction. endure not thou the static standards either in thought or in action. resist not even the change that is the rottenness of choronzon, but rather speed it, so that the elements may combine by love under will. since the black brothers and their cults set hemselves against change, do thou break them asunder. yea, though of bad come worse, continue in that way; for it is as if thou didst open an abscess, the first effect being noisome exceedingly, but the last cleanness. heed not then, whoso crieth anarchy, and immorality, and heresy against thee, and feareth t

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are one. 11 vi t 0. deeper and deeper into the mire of things! farther and farther into the never-ended expansion of the abyss. 1. the great goddess that bendeth over the universe is my mistress; i am the winged globe at her heart. 2. i contract ever as she ever expandeth. 3. at the end it is all one. 4. our loves have brought to birth the father and creator of all things. 5. he hath established the elements, the athyr, the air, the water, the earth, and the fire. 6. he hath established the wanderings stars in their courses. 7. he hath ploughed with the seven stars of his plough, that the seven might move indeed, yet ever point to the unchanging one. 8. he hath established the eight belts, wherewith he hath girdled the globes. 9. he hath established the trinity of triads in all things, fo

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

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pal result of the ceremonial skrying of sir edward kelly is the obtaining of the following diagrams, plates iii.-viii. he symbolized the four-dimensional universe in two dimensions as a square surrounded by 30 concentric circles (the 30 thyrs or aires) whose radii increase in a geometrical proportion. the sides of the square are the four great watch-towers (plates iv- vii) which are attributed to the elements. there is also a .black cross (or .central tablet. according to the arrangement shewn.compare the black cross bordering the tablets in plate iii. with plate viii).6 plate iii gives the general view [the reversed letters which form the word paraoan are written in enochian for convenience, as our a and o are not distinguishable reverse from forward] plate iv. gives the complete attribut

a project of producing good electronic copies of the magical instructions from equinox vol. i. some indication of what was intended for inclusion in the unpublished parts may be had from an advertisment which appeared in equinox i (3) promising for a future issue .the elemental calls or keys, with the great watch-towers of the universe. a complete treatise, fully illustrated, upon the spirits of the elements, their names and offices, with the method of calling them forth and controlling them. with an account of the heptarchicall mystery. it was originally intended to publish this together with the vision and the voice which appeared in equinox i (5. to adequately deal with all the matters mentioned in crowley.s .prefatory note. would probably take a few books. at the time crowley was writ

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ove about, instead of pinning it down to a single, simple object. samadhi never occurs in such conditions. o.m] 9 [this examination is a subtle compliment, amounting almost to flattery. it is a much harder paper than would be set in most cases. o.m] the equinox 170 (c) discover by visions the nature of the alchemical principles, sulphur, mercury, and salt. how do they differ from the 3 gunas, and the elements fire, water, air (d) give an account of the sign aquarius in the 4 worlds, assiah, yetzirah, briah, and atziluth (e) visit and describe fully the qliphoth of aries (f) visit lophiel and hismael, and report their appearance, mode of life, and conversation. observe. the a\ a\ work throughout is definite and directed. there is no room for a single loose thought (3) you must be perfectly

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waters. 28. the red three-angled heart hath been set up in thy shrine; for the priests despised equally the shrine and the god. liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 13 29. yet all the while thou wast hidden therein, as the lord of silence is hidden in the buds of the lotus. 30. thou art sebek the crocodile against asar; thou art mati, the slayer in the deep. thou art typhon, the wrath of the elements, o thou who transcendest the forces in their concourse and cohesion, in their death and their disruption. thou art python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. i turned about me thrice in every way; and always i came at the last unto thee. 32. many things i beheld mediate and immediate; but, beholding them no more, i beheld thee. 33. come thou, o beloved one, o lord g

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ormerly men dwelt habitually in the exterior world; nothing less than giants and paynim and men-atarms and distressed ladies, vampires and succubi, could amuse them. their magicians brought demons from the smoke of blood, and made gold from baser metals. in this they succeeded; the intelligent perceived that the gold and the lead were but shadows of thought. it became probable that liber dccclx 4 the elements were but isomers of one element; matter was seen to be but a modification of mind, or (at least) that the two things matter and mind must be joined before either could be perceived. all knowledge comes through the senses, on the one hand; on the other, it is only through the senses that knowledge comes. we then continue our conquest of matter; and we are getting pretty expert. it took

eed to call the holy guardian angel, whose knowledge and conversation i have willed, and in greater or less measure enjoyed, since ten years. terrible have been the ordeals of the path; i have lost all that i possessed, and all that i love, even as at the beginning i offered all for nothing, unwitting as i was of the meaning of those words. i have suffered many and grievous things at the hands of the elements, and of the planets; hunger, thirst, fatigue, disease, anxiety, bereavement, all those woes and others have laid heavy hand upon me, and behold! as i look back upon these years, i declare that all hath been very well. for so great is the reward which i (unworthy) have attained that the ordeals seem but incidents hardly worthy to mention, save in so far as they are the levers by which

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shall be easy for him if he have well accomplished the third practice of meditation. this is the eighth practice of intelligence (ccxx. ii. 26. liber h a d 4 16. let the aspirant destroy reason in himself according to the practice in liber 474. this is the fourth practice of meditation (ccxx. ii. 27-33. 17. let the aspirant observe duly the feasts appointed by the a a and perform such rituals of the elements as he possesseth, invoking them duly in their season. this is the second practice of magick art (ccxx. ii. 35-43. 18. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as a babe in the egg of the spirit (akasha. ed) that is invisible within the 4 elements. this is the ninth practice of intelligence (ccxx. ii. 49. 19. the aspirant seated in his asana will suddenly commence to breathe

tion of reason. 5. the falling of the heavens. 29. summary continued. preliminaries. these are the ethical practices to be accomplished. liber h a d 6 1. the destruction of all unworthiness in one.s self and one.s surroundings. 2. fulness, almost violence, of life. 30. summary continued. preliminaries. these are the magick arts to be practised. 1. during the preparation, perform the invocation of the elements. 2. observe the feasts appointed by the a a. 31. summary continued. the actual practice. 1. procure the suitable intoxication. 2. as nuit, contract thyself with infinite force upon hadit. 32. summary continued. the results. 1. peculiar automatic breathing begins. 2. a light appears. 3. samadhi of the two infinites within aspirant. 4. intensification of 3 on repetition. 5. prolongation

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and meditation. the material act is but the outward expression of thy thought, and therefore hath it been said that gthe thought of foolishness is sin. h thought is the commencement of action, and if a chance thought can produce much effect, what cannot fixed thought do? 18. therefore, as hath already been said, establish thyself firmly in the equilibrium of forces, in the centre of the cross of the elements, that cross from whose centre the creative word issued in the birth of the dawning universe. 19. be thou therefore prompt and active as the sylphs, but avoid frivolity and caprice; be energetic and strong like the salamanders, but avoid irritability and ferocity; be flexible and attentive to images like the undines, but avoid idleness and changeability; be laborious and patient like t

as the sylphs, but avoid frivolity and caprice; be energetic and strong like the salamanders, but avoid irritability and ferocity; be flexible and attentive to images like the undines, but avoid idleness and changeability; be laborious and patient like the gnomes, but avoid grossness and avarice. 20. so shalt thou gradually develop the powers of thy soul, and fit thyself to command the spirits of the elements. for wert thou to summon the gnomes to pander to thine avarice, thou wouldst no longer command them, but they would command thee. 4 liber libra wouldst thou abuse the pure beings of the woods and mountains to fill thy coffers and satisfy thy hunger of gold? wouldst thou debase the spirits of living fire to serve thy wrath and hatred? wouldst thou violate the purity of the souls of the

LIBER LVII

caught by a hook. the most material aspect of animal life; its final doom decreed by its own lust. also \ym, water. 91. 91= 7 x 13, the most spiritual form of the septenary. ma, amen, the holiest title of god; the amoun of the egyptians. it equals ynda hwhy (yhnwdhay, interlaced, the eight-lettered name, thus linking the 7 to the 8. not that ma (recknoning as final, 700= 741= ctma, the letters of the elements; and is thus a form of tetragrammaton, a form unveiled. 100. the number of q, the perfect illusion, 10 10. also [k, kaph, the wheel of fortune. the identity is that of matter, fatality, change, illusion. it 42 [possibly because 67= yz, zayin in full, the first of the paths connecting tiphareth with the supernals. t.s] 43 [i.e, writing out the tetragrammaton as a tetraktys, or in .wing

as a key; and that the law itself it nothing else than this. for this reason the outer college of the a a is crowned by this .knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel. this number too is that of the ritual of neophyte. see liber xiii. 59 [when the first number is n, the second is n2, the third n (n2+ 1/ 2 and the fourth n2 (n2+ 1/ 2. t.s] 40 liber lviii 741. ctma, the four letters of the elements. ma, counting the as 700, the supreme name of the concealed one. the dogma is that the highest is but the four elements; that there is nothing beyond these, beyond tetragrammaton. this dogma is most admirably portrayed by lord dunsanay in a tale called .the wanderings of shaun..60 777. vide supra. 800. tcq, the rainbow. the promise of redemption (8).8 as mercury, intellect, the ruach

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

until the supreme moment arrives, and every fibre of the body, every forcechannel of the mind, is strained out in one overwhelming rush of the will in the direction desired. such is the real purport of all the apparently fantastic directions of solomon, abramelin, and other sages of repute. when a man has evoked and mastered such forces as taphtartharath, belial, amaimon, and the great powers of the elements, then he may be safely be permitted to begin to try to stop thinking. for, needless to say, the universe, including the thinker, exists only by virtue of the thinker.s thought.1 in yet one other way is magic a capital training ground for the arahat. true symbols do really awake those macrocosmic forces of which they are the eidola, and it is possible in this manner very largely to inc

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

only when the higher will is reflected by the agency of aspiration from kether into the lower body, and when the flaming letter c is placed like a crown upon the head of microprosopus. thus only doth the human will become the receptacle liber mmcmxi 20 of the higher will and the action of neshamah is the link therewith. the lower will is the human jehovah, an angry and jealous god, the shaker of the elements, the manifestor in th elife of the body. but illuminated by the higher will, he becometh hwchy, no longer angry and jealous, but the self-sacrificer and the atoning and reconciling one. crowley.s remark in the footnote on p. 16 concerning the counting of final forms of letters as higher values is largely mystification: as a general rule, higher values for final forms of letters are us

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ber hhh (341) in equinox i (5) and appendix vii of magick. 3 most of these columns appear in the expanded appendix v of the .blue brick. edition of magick, thus: 777 magick description i. 0 key scale ii, iii. 1, 2 hebrew names of numbers and letters, english translation. v [omitted] god-names in assiah. vi, vii. 9, 11 heavens of assiah, english translation. ix. 7 the sword and the serpent. xi. 12 the elements (with their planetary rulers. xii. 8 the tree of life. xiv. 14 general attribution of tarot. xv. xviii. 55. 58 the colour scales. xix. 24 selection of egyptian gods. xxxiv. 26 some greek gods. xxxv. 27 some roman gods. xxxviii. 28 animals, real and imaginary. xxxix. 29 plants, real and imaginary. xl. 30 precious stones. xli. 33 magical weapons. xlii. 31 perfumes. xlv. 32 magical power

life. xiv. 14 general attribution of tarot. xv. xviii. 55. 58 the colour scales. xix. 24 selection of egyptian gods. xxxiv. 26 some greek gods. xxxv. 27 some roman gods. xxxviii. 28 animals, real and imaginary. xxxix. 29 plants, real and imaginary. xl. 30 precious stones. xli. 33 magical weapons. xlii. 31 perfumes. xlv. 32 magical powers [western mysticism. liv. 61 the letters of the name. lv. 60 the elements and senses. lix. 65 the archangels of the quarters. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 18 lx [omitted] the rulers of the elements. lxi [omitted] angels of the elements. lxiii. 62 the four worlds. lxx. 59 attribution of pentagram. lxxv. 70 the five elements (tatwas. lxxvii. 73 the planets and their numbers. lxxviii. 79 intelligences of the planets. lxxix. 77 spirits of the planets. lxxx [omi

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rpent, h continuing conscious thereof until it finds its proper place in space, when its secret self flowers forth as a truth, which the adept may then take back to earth with him. this is but a side issue. the main purpose of the ritual is to establish the relation of the subconscious self with the angel in such a way that the adept is aware that his angel is the unity which expresses the sum of the elements of his self, that his normal consciousness contains alien enemies introduced by the accidents of environment, and that this knowledge and conversation of his holy guardian angel destroys all doubts and* these phenomena are not wholly subjective; they may be perceived, though often under other forms, by even the ordinary man. point ii 23 delusions, confers all blessings, teaches all tr

the fear intrudes upon the concentration, and so fulfils its own prophecy. we know how too much pleasure in a love affair makes one afraid to disgrace oneself on the next few occasions; indeed, until familiarity has accustomed one to the idea that one fs lover has never supposed one to be more than human. confidence returns gradually. inarticulate ecstasy is replaced by a more sober enjoyment of the elements of the fascination. just so one fs first dazzled delight in a new landscape turns, as one continues to gaze, to the appreciation of exquisite details of the view. at first they were blurred by the blinding rush of general beauty; they emerge one by one as the shock subsides, and passionate rapture yields to intelligent interest. in the same way the adept almost always begins by torren

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

of alternative to valholl, where the einherjar dwell until ragnarok. freyja too has an association with warriors who, like the einherjar, fight each day and feast each night, in that she presides over the hjadningavig (an eternal combat of warriors. in that case, however, the end comes not with ragnarok but with the intervention of a christian. see also freyja; hjadningavig fornjot progenitor of the elements, according to norwegian tradition. this tradition is located in fundinn noregr (norway found, as the beginning of orkneyinga saga (the saga of the orkney islanders) is sometimes called, and in a section of flateyjarbok called hversu noregr byggdisk (how norway was settled. according to them fornjot was a king who ruled gotland or jutland, gwhich is called finnland [i.e, the land of th

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ent of knowledge is paramount. the answers to all things, according to robert cochrane are in the air inspiration which is brought on the winds shall give the gift of answers to the many questions you may seek. the trees will bring power and the sea will bring patience, for as cochrane wrote, the sea is the womb which contains the memory of all things. you essentially will be brought to listen to the elements, observe and learn. the one who brings the mind in tune with his or her surroundings is better adapted to work magick and achieve the gnosis of which he/she seeks after. this is primarily an individual process 13 and involves a large amount of personal dedication. the results, or treasure of the work is rewarded to those who essentially step through the veil of waking into dreaming an

l, the foundation is in itself similar if not the same. the triple hermetic circle is presented here anew, that the student makes use this by daring to do so. the reworked version is attributed to the four elements as follows: direction element god form planet north earth set saturn/sothis east fire horus mars/sun south water thoth moon west air anubis venus while pathal attributions are based on the elements in a different manner, this hermetic version in the directions and elements were first developed by hamara t however the god forms were developed through the order of phosphorus. one may develop their own circle based on the pathal elements within a left hand path manner as the following for an example. direction element god form archetypical image planet south fire satan-shaitan peac

ucifer) and black flame (seth) shall he or she work magick. free yourself of instruments only to command their use according to your desire. the four triangles which symbolize earth air fire water as developed from hamara t: the earth triad is the triad of light and the water triad is also that of darkness. both should be considered in their awakening aspect. use the triangles as you move through the elements and their attributions, both light and shadow. the development of the sorcerous aspects of witches sabbat are based within the art and writings of austin osman spare, called zos vel thanatos. while the techniques implemented and developed by spare is nothing new to witchcraft, the approach is. zos himself was the receiver of what is the arcana of anon, of the language of primal and es

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

baphomet in the form of a human skull) which holds a consecrated sigil representing the vampyric aspects of self; along with the grave soil of a graveyard in which the sorcerer has rested in and meditated upon death. fetishes are considered a powerful tool in witchcraft and primal sorcery, as they are gateways of consciousness and a growing extension of the sorcerer. in making a fetish, consider the elements which would suit the desired purpose of the elemental. you are creating the famulus, from aspects of the self aided with the manes of the dead, willed into a form which exists through the fetish or storehouse, but ultimately is a repose of the sorcerer's consciousness. a vampyre within the context written of here is a word denoting the essence of the myths of old, essentially a predat

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

of knowledge is paramount. the answers to all things, according to robert cochrane (5. are in the air inspiration which is brought on the winds shall give the gift of answers to the many questions you may seek. the trees will bring power and the sea will bring patience, for as cochrane wrote, the sea is the womb which contains the memory of all things. you essentially will be brought to listen to the elements, observe and learn. the one who brings the mind in tune with his or her surroundings is better adapted to work magick and achieve the gnosis of which he/she seeks after. this is primarily an individual process and involves a large amount of personal dedication. the results, or treasure of the work is rewarded to those who essentially step through the veil of waking into dreaming and e

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

s the bembine table of isis wonders of antiquity the life and philosophy of pythagoras pythagorean mathematics the human body in symbolism the hiramic legend the pythagorean theory of music and color fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part one) fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part two) flowers, plants, fruits, and trees stones, metals and gems ceremonial magic and sorcery the elements and their inhabitants hermetic pharmacology, chemistry, and therapeutics the qabbalah, the secret doctrine of israel fundamentals of qabbalistic cosmogony the tree of the sephiroth qabbalistic keys to the creation of man an analysis of tarot cards the tabernacle in the wilderness the fraternity of the rose cross rosicrucian doctrines and tenets fifteen rosicrucian and qabbalistic diag

ers of the mandrake. 93 stones, metals, and gems prehistoric monuments--the tablets of the law--the holy grail--the ages of the world- talismanic jewels--zodiacal and planetary stones and gems. 97 ceremonial magic and sorcery the black magic of egypt--doctor johannes faustus--the mephistopheles of the grimores--the invocation of spirits--pacts with demons--the symbolism of the pentagram. 101 p. 8 the elements and their inhabitants. the paracelsian theory of submundanes--the orders of elemental beings--the gnomes, undines, salamanders, and sylphs--demonology--the incubus and succubus- vampirism. 105 hermetic pharmacology, chemistry, and therapeutics the healing methods of paracelsus--palingenesis--hermetic theories concerning the cause of disease--medicinal properties of herbs--the use of d

e rose cross. 137 rosicrucian doctrines and tenets the confessio fraternitatis--the anatomy of melancholy--john heydon on rosicrucianism--the three mountains of the wise--the philosophical egg--the objects of the rosicrucian order. 141 fifteen rosicrucian and qabbalistic diagrams schamayim, the ocean of spirit--the seven days of creation--the symbolic tomb of christian rosencreutz--the regions of the elements--the new jerusalem--the grand secret of nature. 145 alchemy and its exponents the multiplication of metals--the medal of emperor leopold i--paracelsus of hohenheim--raymond lully--nicholas flarnmel--count bernard of treviso. 149 the theory and practice of alchemy the origin of alchemical philosophy--alexander the great and the talking trees--nature and art--alchemical symbolism--the s

hilosophy was the great mass of phenomena continually moving through the human mind. examination of phenomena, however, demonstrates that a great part of it is unreal, at least incapable of supplying the mind with actual truth. to correct the false impressions caused by phenomena and discover reality, herbart believed it necessary to resolve phenomena into separate elements, for reality exists in the elements and not in the whole. he stated that objects can be classified by three general terms: thing, matter, and mind; the first a unit of several properties, the second an existing object, the third a self-conscious being. all three notions give rise, however, to certain contradictions, with whose solution herbart is primarily concerned. for example, consider matter. though capable of filli

rs and present problems; rand's modern classical philosophers; windelband's history of philosophy; perry's present philosophical tendencies; hamilton's lectures on metaphysics and logic; and durant's the story of philosophy) having thus traced the more or less sequential development of philosophic speculation from thales to james and bergson, it is now in order to direct the reader's attention to the elements leading to and the circumstances attendant upon the genesis of philosophic thinking. although the hellenes proved themselves peculiarly responsive to the disciplines of philosophy, this science of sciences should not be considered indigenous to them "although some of the grecians" writes thomas stanley "have challenged to their nation the original of philosophy, yet the more learned o

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

f the month when the moon is waxing toward full, take some salt water in a bowl and steep in it the following powdered herbs: vervain (verbena, mint, basil, rosemary, hyssop, lavender, sage, valerian, fennel. sprinkle some incense on a charcoal block and charge both fire and water with the words i have already given you, mentally putting all your effort of will, faith, and imagination into seeing the elements as glowing with vibrant, purifying light. having done this, sprinkle the cup with the water, then pass it through the incense smoke, chanting words to this effect, and visualizing the blue purifying light flickering around it as you do. by water and fire i conjure thee that there remain within thy frame no adverse thought nor enmity. hear my will! attend to me! as my word, so mote it

rld. some occultists trace their use solely back to the nineteenth-century rosicrucianism of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, others to the experiments of the elizabethan magnus dr. john dee. to a witch, however, they are a direct representation of the four "castles" of pre-celtic lore, which are said to stand at the four corners of the world. each castle or watchtower is referred to one of the elements, that of the east to air and childhood; south to fire and youth; west to water and maturity; and north to earth and old age. witches sometimes refer to the north as the "abode of death" and the watchtower of the north is sometimes known as the "glass castle" glass is here symbolically analogous with unbreakable adamant, and this "land behind the north wind" refers to that vast abyss o

power of controlling wind, rain, mist, and thunderbolt. during the middle ages, however, in christian lands, at any rate, this skill, where demonstrated, was seen simply as another manifestation of ever-present satan's power. the orthodox christian doctrine ran thus: almighty god in the depths of his wisdom and for reasons best known to himself had temporarily delegated the power of control over the elements to satan, under whose regency the world had been placed until such a time as the second coming took place. hence, satan's title "lord of this world" this power satan in turn conferred on witches, wizards, and other practitioners of the black arts, all seen as being if not subservient to, then at least in league with him. the delegated power of weather working was then used either for

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

ates of the divine and of the terrestrial, that is to say, man; whose body is gross and terrestrial, while his soul is spiritual and celestial, unto whom he hath made subject the whole earth and its inhabitants, and hath given unto him means by which he may render the angels familiar, as i call those celestial creatures who are destined: some to regulate the motion of the stars, others to inhabit the elements, others to aid and direct men, and others again to sing continually the book one page 7 praises of the lord. thou mayest then, by the use of their seals and characters, render them familiar unto thee, provided that thou abusest not this privilege by demanding from them things which are contrary to their nature; for accursed be he who will take the name of god in vain, and who will emp

man. there are different kinds of spirits, according to the things over which they preside, some of them govern the empyrean heaven, others the primum mobil, others the first and second crystalline, others the starry heaven; there are also spirits of the heaven of saturn, which i call saturnites. there are jovial, martial, solar, venerean, mercurial, and lunar spirits; there are also (spirits) in the elements as well as in the heavens, there are some in the fiery region, others in the air, others in the water, and others upon the earth, which can all render service to that man who learns their nature, and knows how to attract them. furthermore, i wish to make thee understand that god hath destined to each one of us a spirit, which watches over us and takes care of our preservation; these a

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON PENTACLES

kiel will not longer exist. figure 23. the sixth pentacle of jupiter. it serveth for protection against all earthly dangers, by regarding it each day devoutedly and repeating the versicle which surroundeth it "thus shalt thou never perish" figures 20 and 21. the key of solomon page 66 editor s note. the four names in the arms of the cross are- seraph, kerub, ariel, and tharsis; the four rulers of the elements. the versicle is from psalm xxii 16, 17 "they pierced my hands and my feet, i may tell all my bones" figure 24. the seventh and last pentacle of jupiter. it hath great power against poverty, if thou considerest it with devotion, repeating the versicle. it serveth furthermore to drive away those spirits who guard treasures, and to discover the same. editor s note. mystical characters o

ron, at the presence of this pentacle, which should be engraved in gold on the day and hour of the sun, he will be immediately delivered and set at liberty. editor s note. on the arms of the cross are written the names of chasan, angel of air; arel, angel of fire; phorlakh, angel of earth; and taliahad, angel of water. between the four arms of the cross are written the names of the four rulers of the elements; ariel, seraph, tharshis, and cherub. the versicle is from psalm cxvi. 16, 17 "thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. i will offer unto thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of ihvh" figures 36 and 37. figure 38. the holy pentacles page 73 venus. figure 39. the first pentacle of venus. this and those following serve to control the spirits of venus, and especial

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 1

donai, el, elohim, elohi, ehyeh, asher ehyeh, zabaoth, elion, iah, tetragrammaton, shaddai, lord god most high, i do exorcise thee and do powerfully command thee, o thou spirit n, that thou dost forthwith appear unto me here before this circle in a fair human shape, without any deformity or tortuosity. and by this ineffable name, tetragrammaton iehovah, do i command thee, at the which being heard the elements are overthrown, the air is shaken, the sea runneth back, the fire is quenched, the earth trembleth, and all the hosts of the celestials, terrestrials, and infernals, do tremble together, and are troubled and confounded. wherefore come thou, o spirit n, forthwith, and without delay, from any or all parts of the world wherever thou mayest be, and make rational answers unto all things th

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

to them. azazel and many of those angels took by will flesh in bodies appealing to such women, and copulated with them. my father taught them the sacred arts, hidden and the places of serpents, how to work with the earth to direct and manifest their will. azazel taught man how to hunt, fish and make weapons. he brought them the experience and knowledge to fight and defend, as well as shelter from the elements. i too had been instinctively taught, which is the gift of my father, who walked the path of the dragon who was the dragon. it was the perfected essence of flame which earthen heat could only catch a glimpse of that the fires of spirit burn ever so bright, that in this torch shall my father be revealed. lilith who wrapped her serpents tail around eve s brain, unlocked the depths of he

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ief captains, and the mighty men,and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of themountains. and they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, forfear of the lordwhen he ariseth to shake terribly the earth (isaiah 2) but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night, in which heaven shall pass awaywith a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and theworks that are therein shall be burned up (book of peter) and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of thehouse, and it fell upon the young men and they are dead; and only i am escaped alone to tellthee (job 18:19) his lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw and trembledthe hills melt

riptionsof germ warfare, and again reference is made to specific weapons causing specificresults. the indian philosopher aulukya discussed in his teachings the miniature solarsystem within the atom, molecular construction and transformation, as well as the the-ory of relativity, more than 2800 years before einstein. from the epic mahabharata,we read the following astonishing passage: it was as if the elements had been unleashed. the sun spun round. scorched by the incandes-cent heat of the weapon, the world reeled in fever. elephants were set on fire by the heat andran to and fro in a frenzy..water boiled, animals died, the enemy was mown down and theraging of the blaze made the trees collapse.horses and war chariots were burnt up..thousands of chariots were destroyed, then deep silence de

ome on, let us go down, and therefore confound their language so that they cannotunderstand one another s speech (genesis 11).homo sapiens connection to the earth mother stretches back millions of years priorto the visitation of the nephilim. it became occluded only in the post-diluvian epochwhen the majority of humans were incarcerated in cities and were gradually discon-nected from the land and the elements. the artificiality and relative complexity ofmunicipal existence made it easy for the subtle senses to be markedly debauched. thereligions provided imitations for what was removed and lost. the christian resolve to find the world ugly and bad, has made it ugly and bad (fredricknietzsche)as the earth in its primitive state is not adopted to our expansion, man must shackle it to ful-fil

ith barrenness, as though with some disease and it is unbecoming to aman of good judgement to believe that earth, to whose lot was assigned a divine and ever-lasting youth, and who is called the common mother of all things and is destined to bringthem forth continually, has grown old in mortal fashion. and, furthermore, i do not believethat such misfortunes come upon us as a result of the fury of the elements, but rather becauseof our own fault, for the matter of husbandry, which all the best of our ancestors had treatedwith the best of care, we have delivered over to all the worst of our slaves, as if to a hangmanfor punishment (columella, de agricultura)this universe is a living organized effective complex, all comprehensive, displaying anunfathomable wisdom. how, then, can any one say t

e-quently better nourished and always more leisured than their agrarian neighborsagrarian peoples not only must work a good deal harder for their sustenance, but are much more precari-ously balanced in relation to their environment, since they have substantially altered the natural ecology of their surroundings (from dexter perkins and patricia daley, p. 109)ancient nuclear holocaustsit was as if the elements had been unleashed. the sun spun round. scorched by the incandescent heat of the weapon, the world reeled in fever. elephants were set on fire by the heat and ran to and fro in a frenzy to seek protection from the terrible violence. the water boiled, the animals died, the enemy was mown down and the raging of the blaze made the trees collapse in rows as in a forest fire.horses and war

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

become a stronger being. think before you act! know your enemy learn about that which you despise, know it s workings, purpose and point of view. this will aid you always in confrontation. 48 love and compassion must be guarded, never love something which poses danger for you. build the energy within through discipline, will and self-love. utilize methods which can be as a tool for your becoming. the elements of luciferian and ahrimanic mastery with regards to the soul are follows. the practice of vampirism as a tool of sorcery i shall define the terms in reference to practice. vampirism vampiric practice is the act of devouring/drinking or encircling and consuming energy, life force called chi or ki. lifeforce is the vital energy which flows through our body. it is directly associated wit

mon) on earth, scorpion, wolf, fly, bat, serpent, lizard, toad and any creation of ahriman. left hand path the antinomian (against the current, natural order) path which leads through self-deification (godhood. lhp signifies that humanity has an intellect 83 which is separate from the natural order, thus in theory and practice may move forward with seeking the mastery of the spirits (referring to the elements of the self) and controlled direction in a positive area of ones own life the difference between rhp is they seek union with the universe, nirvana and bliss. the lhp seeks disunion to grow in perception and being, strength and the power of an awakened mind. the left hand path from the sanskrit vama marga, meaning left way, symbolizes a path astray all others, subjective only to itself

evelopment, not an abstract concept, but to manifest the will in both the spiritual and physical world. magick- to ascend and become. in a luciferian sense, magick is to strengthen, develop and initiate the self through balanced forms of willed change. ovlm hqlipvth- olahm ha-qliphoth [hebrew] the world of matter in which we live in, created by the desire of the adversary being samael and lilith. the elements of this book if found and utilized in the context of its writing, displays possibilities via initiation to encircle, control and manifest the desire of the luciferian. paitisha/paityara [avestan/pahlavi] a daeva/druj which is counteraction, antinomianism and opposition. this spirit is a manifestation of the luciferian current of both ahriman and az, complimented/strengthed by aeshma o

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

rom holy to evil. just like an object has multiple physical properties simultaneously, the same object also has multiple occult properties simultaneously. the physical properties of an object are things such as width, height, depth, weight, color, shape, etc; physical objects have all these properties at once. a large part of magic is devoted to 2 types of hidden properties. the first property is the elements, and there are 5: spirit, air, water, fire, and earth. the second major type of hidden property is the planets, and there are 7: the sun, the moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn. the 5 elements of the magicians were allegedly derived from the 4 elements the greeks claimed all things were made from. after more research, especially into greek philosophers such as plato and a

ments of the magicians were allegedly derived from the 4 elements the greeks claimed all things were made from. after more research, especially into greek philosophers such as plato and aristotle (who i suspect had occult knowledge, i am more convinced that the reverse is true, and that the greeks based their belief of the 4 elements (air, water, earth, fire) on the magicians 5 elements. the term the elements remains with us to this day. to be exposed to the elements, is to be left outside and exposed to rain (water, dirt (earth, air (air, and sunlight (fire. magicians also make references to other properties, some truly are as generic as positive and negative, while other hidden properties may be a living being [spirit. as stated previously, a spirit can be bound to an object. the nature

es to other properties, some truly are as generic as positive and negative, while other hidden properties may be a living being [spirit. as stated previously, a spirit can be bound to an object. the nature of these hidden properties, both elemental and planetary, is measured in personality, rather than in the mathematically-sound inches and pounds that physical properties are measured by. each of the elements and planets has correspondences to almost everything imaginable. everything from body parts, to odors, to points on the compass, to angels. listening to magicians explain why that odor, or that stone, or that type of tree corresponds to a particular planet certainly makes for some comedy. so not only can someone insert the influence (property/essence) of, say, jupiter into an object

-force. in magic, fire and water represent the polar opposites of male and female. water, who symbol is a downward-pointing triangle, is also associated with the eagle, the west, the color blue, and arch-angel gabriel. in magic, water corresponded to dreams, emotions, and psychic work. the last major magical tool is the scrying mirror. the scrying mirror is related to the moon, rather than one of the elements. since a spirit can more easily reveal itself in a mirror--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 56 an object called a scrying mirror is used as a medium to communicate with spirits. occultists have used everything from rare stones to bowls of water as scrying mirrors. but a scrying mirror, in it s most basic form, is often just a piece of glass that has been painted black on one side

who was the master dwelling in the mighty pyramid, the many rooms of which signified the worlds in space; the master whom none might behold save those who had been "born again? he alone fully knew the secret of the pyramid, but he has departed the way of the wise and the house is empty. the hymns of praise no longer echo in muffled tones through the chambers; the neophyte no longer passes through the elements and wanders among the seven stars; the candidate no longer receives the "word of life" from the lips of the eternal one. nothing now remains that the eye of man can see but an empty shell--the outer symbol of an inner truth--and men call the house of god a tomb! the technique of the mysteries was unfolded by the sage illuminator, the master of the secret house. the power to know his g

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

vlad dracul or countess bathory. one may create a mask of the vampyre, which is associated to the ahrimanic sorcerer as well. when one prepares the skull the sigil should be placed at bottom, the soil above it and the mask above the soil. when the ritual of the vampyre is undertaken the sigil will be consecrated and then buried beneath the soil layer. the chamber or temple should be decorated in the elements and atmosphere of death and the tomb. the altar should have human and animal bones across the temple, symbols and decorations of death and the tomb. the altar should have red and black candles, above the altar the eye of varcolaci and sigil of algol. the sorcerer should have a grave shroud in while, along with the body painted in a corpse like appearance. ashes may be used to cover th

us, the present author) in the blood of the sorcerer, along with the sigil of binding. consider the vampyric fetish to house the greater shadow familiar, which is essentially an exteriorization of your own being. one will use the magickal aspects of obsession and will- desire- belief to set in motion the essence of self-transformalion, the demon emerging in flesh. the chamber should be adorned in the elements of death, of vampyrie design with such implements, fetishes and elements of ahriman, lilith, dracul or any night born ghost or image which relates therein. one should dress in the black robe of passing through shadows, a crimson lining if possible to indicate ones rebirth in the bloodied caul of lilith. the sigil of binding should be placed upon the altar, as the object of focus. the

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

i could, though, i do not think that such corroborating stories collected after the fact would constitute proof, for reasons which i shall explain in the final chapter. we have reached the end of our survey of the various commonly-reported stages and events of the experience of dying. in closing this chapter, i want to quote at some length from a rather exceptional account which embodies many of the elements i have discussed. in addition, however, it contains a unique twist not encountered before: the being of light tells the man involved of his impending death in advance, and then decides subsequently to let him live. at the time this happened i suffered, as i still do, with a very severe case of bronchial asthma and emphysema. one day, i got into a coughing fit and apparently ruptured a

MORALS AND DOGMA

n with the model for the first temples reared to the divinity. the arrangement of the temple of solomon, the symbolic ornaments which formed its chief decorations, and the dress of the high-priest, all had reference to the order of the universe, as then understood. the temple contained many emblems of the seasons-the sun, the moon, the planets, the constellations ursa major and minor, the zodiac, the elements, and the other parts of the world. it is the master of this lodge, of the universe, hermes, of whom khurum is the representative, that is one of the lights of the lodge. for further instruction as to the symbolism of the heavenly bodies, and of the sacred numbers, and of the temple and its details, you must wait patiently until you advance in masonry, in the mean time exercising your

ough the spheres of the seven planets. jacob saw the spirits of god ascending and descending on it; and above it the deity himself. the mithraic mysteries were celebrated in caves, where gates were marked at the four equinoctial and solstitial points of the zodiac; and the seven planetary spheres were represented, which souls needs must traverse in descending from the heaven of the fixed stars to the elements that envelop the earth; and seven gates were marked, one for each planet, through which they pass, in descending or returning. we learn this from celsus, in origen, who says that the symbolic image of this passage among the stars, used in the mithraic mysteries, was a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, divided into seven steps or stages, to each of which was a gate, and at the summ

iversally regarded as sacred, being the expression of order and intelligence, the utterances of divinity himself. the holy of holies of the temple formed a cube; in which, drawn on a plane surface, there are 4+3+2=9 _lines_ visible, and three sides or faces. it corresponded with the number _four, by which the ancients presented _nature, it being the number of substances or corporeal forms, and of the elements, the cardinal points and seasons, and the _secondary_ colors. the number _three_ everywhere represented the supreme being. hence the name of the deity, engraven upon the _triangular_ plate, and that sunken into the _cube_ of agate, taught the ancient mason, and teaches us, that the true knowledge of god, of his nature and his attributes, is written by him upon the leaves of the great

preceded the birth of heaven and earth" said the chinese lao-tseu "a single being existed, immense and silent, immutable and always acting; the mother of the universe. i know not the name of that being, but i designate it by the word reason. man has his model in the earth, the earth in heaven, heaven in reason, and reason in itself "i am" says isis "nature; parent of all things, the sovereign of the elements, the primitive progeny of time, the most exalted of the deities, the first of the heavenly gods and goddesses, the queen of the shades, the uniform countenance; who dispose with my rod the numerous lights of heaven, the salubrious breezes of the sea, and the mournful silence of the dead; whose single divinity the whole world venerates in many forms, with various rites and by many name

tor of the world, but guardian, liberator, and savior of the soul. god of the many-colored mantle, he was the resulting manifestation personified, the all in the many, the varied year, life passing into innumerable forms. the spiritual regeneration of man was typified in the mysteries by the second birth of dionusos as offspring of the highest; and the agents and symbols of that regeneration were the elements that affected nature's periodical purification--the air, indicated by the mystic fan or winnow; the fire, signified by the torch; and the baptismal water, for water is not only cleanser of all things, but the genesis or source of all. these notions, clothed in ritual, suggested the soul's reformation and training, the moral purity formally proclaimed at eleusis. he only was invited to

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ts and enjoys everything that is proper to his nature. thus, a man's sexual character is one form of his self-expression; he unites hadit with nuit sacramentally when he satisfies his instinct of physical love. of course, this is only one partial projection; to govern, to fight, and so on, must fulfill other needs. we must not imagine that any form of activity is ipso facto incapable of supplying the elements of an eucharist: suum cuique. observe, however, the constant factor in this enumeration of the practices proper to 'hermits: it is ecstatic delight. let us borrow an analogy from chemistry. oxygen has two hands (so to speak) to offer to other elements. but contrast the cordial clasp of hydrogen or phosphorus with the weak reluctant greeting of chlorine! yet, hydrogen and chlorine rush

, or he will make you sorry you tried to interfere! there is here a reference to the two main types of the orgia of magick; i have already dealt with this matter in the comment. observe that in the 'mystic' work, the union takes place spontaneously; in the other, venom is shot forth. this awakes the earth to rapture; not until then does union occur. for, in working on the planes of manifestation, the elements must be consecrated and made 'god' by virtue of a definite rite. 27. there is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. he shall fall down into the pit called because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of reason. intellectuals err terribly when they force proletarians to get 'education' in the sense of ability to read newspapers. reason

ea of sin. the new aeon proclaims man as immortal god, eternally active to do his will. all's joy, all's beauty; this will we celebrate. in this verse we see how the awakening leads to ordered and purposeful action. joy and beauty are the evidence that our functions are free and fit; when we take no pleasure, and find nothing to admire, in our work, we are doing it wrong. 36. there are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. each element fire, earth, air, water, and spirit possesses its own nature, will, and magical formula. each one may then have its appropriate ritual. many such in crude form are described in the golden bough of dr. j. g. frazer, the glory of trinity! in particular the entry of the sun into the cardinal signs of the elements at the equinoxes and solstices are su

arians never get anywhere; usually they die early; and even if they lived for ever, what the use? the body is itself a restriction as well as an instrument. when death is as complete as it should be, the individual expands and fulfils himself in all directions; it is an omniform samadhi. this is of course 'eternal ecstasy' in the sense already explained. but in the time-world karma reconcentrates the elements, and a new incarnation occurs. 45. there is death for the dogs. the prigs, the prudes, the followers of the dead letter of religions, die in a real sense of the word; for although even they are 'stars, there is not enough body to them (as it were) to carry on the individuality. there is no basis for the magical memory if one's incarnation holds nothing worth remembering. count your ye

but the carbon is inviolably carbon. and even when we transmute what seem to be elements, as radium to lead, we merely go a step further; there is still an immutable substance or essence of energy which is inevitably itself, the basis of the diversity. this holds good even should we arrive at demonstrating material monism. it may well be i have believed so ever since i was fourteen years old that the elements are all isomers, differentiated by geometrical structure, electrical charge, or otherwise in precisely the same way as ozone from oxygen, red from yellow phosphorus, dextrose from laevulose, and a paraffin from a benzene of identical empirical formula. indeed, every 'star' is necessarily derived from the uniform continuity of nuit, and resolvable back into her body by the proper analy

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

rrespondence provides us with* hist. litt. de la france par les religteux benedictines, vol. 12 (paris: m. paulin, 1865-1866, 356; mabillon, ann. benedict, vol. 128 (paris: billaine, 1668-1701, n. 67. it should be noted that the english legend places among the ancestors of the order a certain aymon, son of hiram, who was the greatest of master masons. should we view as a coincidence the fact that the elements of the legend of hiram are also present in the earlier chanson de geste "the four sons of aymon? in this text we see renaud de montauban, who, after following a life that has been hardly edifying and wishing to atone for his sins, hires on to the construction of the cathedral of cologne. his uncommon strength and dexterity create a situation about which all the masters argue. but then

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

capstone is made of an immaterial substance light or spirit and is conscious, a new being a transformed being is created. the seal s reverse depicts a separation state in the separation of the eye the triangle. the pyramid exemplifies the initiation stage. it is the house of initiation, in which the candidate confronts the world of darkness and enters the world of spirit. by passing the tests of the elements, the candidate is initiated into the realm of higher consciousness (heironimus ibid, p.92) after succesfully completing the initiation process, the candidate is reborn, and joins the single eye in the pyramid. the new world order, or rather the philosophy its deliverers hold to be true, is one and the same as the new age ideal of man s divinity and self-transformation. in order to par

ONYX TABLET OF SET

ely individual one. the receipt of this gift makes you more like set, and like set you now have a need to further the process. this desire to pass on- to create others like yourself- is a desire; and as we all know, we sometimes act too rapidly during desire. it is a good time for you to begin to see what the process was that led you to this state of being, so that you can isolate and communicate the elements of that process to those who will come forth to interact with you. firstly the temple was a mystery to you. you didn't know what you would really find here, and it provided a great vehicle to change semiconscious notions of self. this is the first working the the temple stimulates: of finding out who one is, that one really exists. the rituals and activities used to effect this vary w

real-world action. how can their ideas be put in motion tomorrow? this question will puzzle adepts, since the interaction of the principle of isolate selfconsciousness and the world begins in earnest with the priesthood iii; the adept is creating a sense of beauty to guide such later actions. but by presenting the problem, we open the way for the individual who will join us. once again we provide the elements; it is up to suitable adepts in their quest for becoming to apply them. if you look back at your own development and find these things, you'll have a guide in helping to present them to the next generation. you can never just "explain" it to them. try not to be disappointed if they don't get it, because the presentation of the material, and incorporation of what these people will brin

the enhanced ability to rationally or intuitively peel back subjective overlays. this greater cognitive process is a communication of essential principles found within a person, initiate, or given situation. this ability is not necessarily easier, just more definitive. with this aspect an increased level of responsibility is carried. patience and clarity of purpose are needed to accurately define the elements involved. 5) most of all a priest or priestess of set is model of personal, evolving integrity- an inspiration, consciously and unconsciously, to the setians and adepts of the temple. when i hear initiates discussing a member of the priesthood, it is the model he or she represents to which they are referring. coming from a definition of what a priest or priestess of set is, i can cont

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

in the epic of gilgamesh, in which she first desires gilgamesh and then, when he rejects her, exacts a terrible revenge (see p. 18. the egyptian isis became absorbed into roman myth, and it is she who speaks, with the unmistakable voice of the great goddess, to lucius, the hero of apuleius novel the golden ass, when he is initiated into her cult: i am nature, the universal mother, mistress of all the elements, primordial child of time, sovereign of all things spiritual, queen of the dead, queen also of the immortals, the single manifestation of all gods and goddesses that are. holding the world together in the mysteries of eleusis in ancient greece, the great goddess formed the central focus of greek religion (see p. 29. these rituals, open only to the initiated, related to the myth of the

e god loki. hel agreed to let balder go if all the world wept for him; but loki refused. as a result, the gods hunted loki down and tied him up in torment but at ragnarok, loki will break loose, and lead the hordes of the dead to war in a ship made from dead men s nails. the creation 12 the creation in the beginning, egyptian myth tells us, there was nothing but the dark endless ocean of nun. all the elements of life were in the ocean, inert and senseless. then the lord without limit came into being, and called himself re. he was alone. with his breath he created shu, the air, and with his spittle he created tefnut, moisture, and sent them out across the water. he caused the waters of nun to recede so that he had an island on which to stand. then he looked into his heart to see how things

tess of amun-re, king of the gods. nun, the god of the primeval waters (see p. 12, holds up the barque of sun, upon which the scarab beetle, another symbol of the sun, is shown pushing the sun disc, as a scarab rolls a dung ball. the egyptians believed that a dead person, armed with the right spells, could counter the terrors of the underworld, duat, and live a new life in the field of reeds. all the elements that made up the living person had to be preserved and resurrected not just the physical body and the two parts of the soul, the ka (life force) and the ba (personality, or genius, but also the individual s name and shadow. these five elements made the complete being. re s secret name re called the world into being with words. but one word his own secret name he kept to himself. isis

PHOSPHORUS

self-work in the form of art (painting, drawing, ect) or music (original recordings) may submit copies (do not send originals unless for talismanic purposes) to the magistra or magister of the coven. find a medium suitable that may present your obtainment through the cunning arte. in summary, you must be able to described and positively present the following structure of the grade, thus embodying the elements of the grade system7 -study of lucifer, how this spirit relates to self and how it becomes a focus point of the initiates life -lilith-hecate, how this spirit relates to the self both male and female. this will be crystallized and presented to the magistrate for review. you may present this in ongoing written work, magical records and discussions/results from coven workings. the order

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

became more pronounced with each successive world, until, in our physical world, it became the dominant consciousness: the physical world is a given, g-d must be proven. in this sense, the gevil h derived from the shells or refuse of the world of tohu is analogous to the shell of a nut or skin of a fruit that develops on the tree before the fruit. without the shell, the fruit would be exposed to the elements and thus unprotected would not endure. similarly, without the a priori self-consciousness descended from the mentality of tohu, there would be little, if anything, accomplished by the descent of the soul into the body or the creation of this world. thus it is written, glet the water swarm with living creatures, h5 and similarly the creation of all other aspects of life, until finally

world of yetzirah. the bowl into which the grade d apples have been placed is the world of asiyah) similarly, in the six days of creation of this world, g-d first created the lower types of creatures, the mineral world. to do this he had to separate out the lowest, coarsest elements from the creation-soup he had to work with from the first day. the creation-soup left was thus gpurified h from all the elements so coarse that only the mineral kingdom could be created from them. next, g-d separated out the coarsest elements remaining in the creation-soup, which resulted in the creation of the vegetable kingdom. the creation-soup was thus left purified of those elements so coarse that only vegetative life could be created out of them. next g-d separated out the animal elements, and finally, th

ill continue to keep their household running on gautomatic pilot, h communicating on only the most superficial level. but life in this house during this period will certainly be dull, dreary, and even somewhat oppressive. when their consciousness gmatures h and they turn to each other in order to relate on a deeper level, the effect of this heightened type of relationship will spill over into all the elements that make up life in their home. in any case, until abraham, z feir anpin remained in the gnursing h stage, i.e, selfishly connected to ima, concerned only with its own maturation process (as we have seen previously, there are three stages of consciousness: fetal-consciousness, nursing-consciousness, and intellectual-consciousness) the six gextremities h are the six sefirot from chese

n order to show how dear they were to him. as he prepares to do battle with esau fs angel, jacob summons all the g-dly energy he needs for this battle. always cognizant of his own lack of merit, he make sure to enlist the merit of the spiritual energies of all righteous souls in the cosmic battle between good and evil, at whatever level. this is signified by his attention to detail, how he values the elements of other fs struggle within his own. likewise, in each individual fs personal struggle with evil, it is paramount that he recall that he wages the war not on his own merits alone, but that the merits of the righteous of all generations combine with his own and their combined energy outweighs that of evil. also, the individual should realize the centrality and importance of his struggl

the vegetable, the animal, the articulate [i.e, man, and the soul. creation unfolds through successive levels of consciousness of g-d; each of these levels is called a gworld. h every world is thus simply a projection of the preceding one onto a lower spiritual level. thus, even our physical world reflects the spiritual structure of the highest spiritual realm, the world of atzilut. the fact that the elements of this world may be organized into different gkingdoms h in accordance with the level of life they exhibit means that this hierarchy exists as well in the spiritual realms. the arizal here tells us that the five gkingdoms h correspond to the five partzufim of the world of atzilut from which they descend. the arizal on parashat vayikra 412 there are many ways in which these correspond

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

l call the kerubim from the east of the garden, and all shall be consumed and become infinite and holy" it would be a happy task, were it advisable, to devote several pages of this introduction to praising the excellence of what are called the four elemental prayers. each one of the elemental initiation ceremonies closes with a long prayer of invocation which issues, as it were, from the heart of the elements themselves. these must be silently read, continuously meditated upon and frequently heard fully to be appreciated, when the reader will find his own personal reactions crystallising. recited by the hierophant at the end of the ceremony, these prayers voice the inherent aspiration of the elements towards the goal they are striving in their own way to reach, for here they are conceived

ctive as the sylphs, but avoid frivolity and caprice. be energetic and strong as the salamanders but avoid irritability and ferocity. be flexible and attentive to images, l i e the undines, but avoid idleness and changeability. be laborious and patient like the gnomes, but avoid grossness and avarice. so shalt thou gradually develop the powers of thy soul and fit thyself to command the spirits of the elements" in each of the grades, several drawings and diagrams are exhibited, each one conveying useful knowledge and information required in the upward quest. the tarot keys are also dealt with, as indicating pictorially the stages of that journey, and depicting the story of the soul. it may not be possible because of the exigencies of space to reproduce in these volumes a pack of tarot cards

e attributions both to the sephiroth and the paths may be fully appreciated. two paths lead to the sphere of splendour, the path of fire from malkuth, and the path of the r=rance by the human beings e: repay in some way the debt e :f theoricus. it is referred to l:-e foundation, and to it are 1.-t element air. here the canr r, t!e angelic choir of yesod. f- 5 of the elemental forces, the ,king in the elements. over r--3c word and the kerubi. it 1: the kerub that the elemen- 1 zs in all the others, important t: r e'ements vibrating about him z"d active as the sylphs, but f 5 he salamanders but avoid e ;oc, like the undines, but avoid r: lrke the gnomes, but avoid i r r fie powers of thy soul and fit k-zmns are exhibited, each one l-?c in the upward quest. the 1 -e stages of that journey, an

he fall occurs through a higher type of intelligence coming into close contact with nascent humanity, thus stimulating the psyche of the race- or so the magical tradition has it. the recapitulation of this process within the individual sphere of consciousness proceeds through the technique of initiation whereby the red dragon is stirred into activity through contact with the fructifying powers of the elements, invoked through the skill and power of a trained initiator. the use of the divine prerogative, brought about by the magic of every-day experience, the awakening of daath, brings disaster at first because the awakened psyche is imperfectly understood and so abused for personal ends. but that very disaster and that abuse confers the consciousness of self, and is instrumental, at least

he twelve introduction 4 7 signs of the zodiac painted on its stem, and it is surmounted by the lotus flower of isis. it symbolises the development of creation the wand has ever been a symbol of the magical will, the power of the spirit in ation. and its description in the instruction on the lotus wand is such that it is seen to embrace the whole of nature- the sephiroth, the spiritual aspects of the elements, and the action of the sun <93> upon all life by a differentiating process. even as the whole of nature is the embodiment of a dynamic will, the visible form and vehicle of a spiritual consciousness. the lotus flower grows from the darkness and gloom of the secret depths, through the waters, ever striving to open its blossoms on the surface of the waters to the rays of light of the su

REGARDIE TALISMANS

e a conventional circular talisman on which to draw prithivi. or, in the case of the silver half-circle or crescent of apas, the circular talisman could still be made, and then draw the crescent on it with such other symbols as he deems appropriate. this discussion is purely arbitrary, and is intended simply to stimulate the ingenium or latent creativity of the student. the alchemical symbols for the elements could be studied merely to provide additional symbols to use when opportunity or necessity warrants: tradition has attributed a vast series of hierarchical names to each of these five elements, extrapolated from several sources, all of which will be found useful both in creating the talisman properly, as well as in ceremonially charging it. this table, found also in the appendix, prov

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

ly torch bearer.five circuits of the sacred hall are made, with the course of the sun, which the fraters and officersare standing, and the following ode is sung:ere god the universe began, in one rude heap all matter laywhich wild disorder over-ran, nor knew the light one glimmering raywhile darkness o222er the whole confusion reigned without controlthen god arose, his thunders hurl222d, and bade the elements arisein air he hung the pendant world, and o222er it spread the azure skies;stars in circles caused to run, and in the centre fixed the sun.then man he called forth out of dust, and formed him with a living soulall things committed to his trust, and made him lord of all, the wholebut yet ungrateful unto heaven he proved, and was from eden driven.from thence proceeded all our woes, nor

mighty, that if you do not strive to live in purity and be not redeemed, god222 sgrace in the final day will be withdrawn from you. you have passed the four pillars of wisdom,where the light of knowledge hath been partially revealed to you, instructing you how to prepareyourself to receive that great and glorious treasure which every true rosicrucian hopes to attain.the body of man is formed from the elements .the soul of man is entrusted to his keeping by theeternal, the spirit of man reflexes the impress of the celestial.i will now invest you with some of our secrets.sign: place left forefinger upon the lip, cross it with right forefinger.token: join right hands and cross them with left arms.password: f.i.a.t.sacred word: zaph-nath-paan-cab (revealer of secrets).battery (cardinal points)

i pray you enter and be seated in the vacant chair allotted to you, and my companions willinstruct you further.2nd chemist: frater theoricus, the science of chemistry and all its co-relative subjects are of intense interest tous, and we trust that for the sane reasons they will become so to you. our duties and our labours arewith continued praise and prayer: we behold the wonders of god wisdom in the elements, and intheir multitudinous combinations. we bless him hourly, and in every discovery from the wonderfulbeings that inhabit the blood of the insect, invisible to the keenest eye, to the inconceivable chemicalpower that resides within the bursting volcano.conductor of n.:but companion and frater, what hope can you give us in our search? this frater theoricus seekscorrection of man throu

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

e human mind, in the daring calculations of pythagoras; fable abounded in its miracles, and history, attempting to estimate this unknown power, became confused with fable; it undermined or consolidated empires by its oracles, caused tyrants to tremble on their thrones and governed all minds, either by curiosity or by fear. for this science, said the crowd, there is nothing impossible, it commands the elements, knows the language of the stars and directs the planetary courses; when it speaks, the moon falls blood-red from heaven; the dead rise in their graves and mutter ominous words, as the night wind blows through their skulls. mistress of love or of hate, occult science can dispense paradise or hell at its pleasure to human hearts; it disposes of all forms and confers beauty or ugliness;

cernible cause, tsade. to give at once and to all the most efficacious consolations and the most wholesome counsels. f koph. to triumph over adversities. w resh. to conquer love and hate. c shin. to have the secret of wealth, to be always its master and never its slave. to enjoy even poverty and never become abject or miserable. m tau. let us add to these three septenaries that the wise man rules the elements, stills tempests, cures the diseased by his touch and raises the dead! but certain things have been sealed by solomon with his triple seal. it is enough that the initiates know; as for others, whether they deride, doubt or believe, whether they threaten or fear, what matters it to science or to us? such actually are the issues of occult philosophy, and we are in a position to meet the

es by primitive characters; the trinity of words, letters and numbers; a philosophy simple as the alphabet, profound and infinite as the word; theorems more complete and luminous than those of pythagoras; a theology which may be summed up on the fingers; an infinite which can be held in the hollow of an infant's hand; ten figures and twenty-two letters, a triangle, a square and a circle: such are the elements of the kabalah. such also are the component principles of the written word, reflection of that spoken word which created the world! all truly dogmatic religions have issued from the kabalah and return therein. whatsoever is grand or scientific in the religious dreams of the illuminated, of jacob bohme, swedenborg, saint-martin and the rest, is borrowed from the kabalah; all masonic as

t must be that of their own liberty. they begin by being drawn, some to the north, others to the south; some to the right, others to the left; and in so far as they are not free, they cannot have the use of reason, nor can they take flesh otherwise than in animal forms. these unemancipated spirits, slaves of the four elements, are those which the kabalists call elementary daimons, and they people the elements which correspond to their state of servitude. sylphs, undines, gnomes and salamanders really exist therefore, some wandering and seeking incarnation, others incarnate and living on this earth. these are vicious and imperfect men. we shall return to this subject in the fifteenth chapter, which treats of enchantments and demons. that is also an occult tradition by which the ancients wer

that of the profane. here the doctrine becomes more popular, as it passes from the domain of the abstract: the grand hierophant intervenes. 24 v x e the pentagram geburah ecce hereunto we have exposed the magical dogma in its more arid and abstruse phases; now the enchantments begin; now we can proclaim wonders and reveal most secret things. the pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth are enchained by this sign. equipped therewith, and suitably disposed, you may behold the infinite through the medium of that faculty which is like the soul's eye, and you will be ministered unto by legions of angels and hosts of fiends. but here, in the first place, let us establish certain princip

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

if your mind be perfectly free from all prejudice, superstition and incredulity, you will rule spirits. if you do not obey blind forces, they will obey you. if you be wise like solomon, you will perform the works of solomon; if you be holy like christ, you will accomplish the works of christ. to direct the currents of the inconstant light, we must be established in the constant light. to command the elements, we must have overcome their hurricanes, their lightnings, their abysses, their tempests. in order to dare we must know; in order to will, we must dare; we must will to possess empire and to reign we must be silent. 11 chapter i preparations every intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. it is action which p

d in our gdoctrine h from the hebrew kabalists. the magic triangle of pagan theosophists was the celebrated abracadabra, to which they attributed extraordinary virtues and represented as follows: abracadabra abracadabr abracadab abracada abracad abraca abrac abra abr ab a this combination of letters is a key of the pentagram. the initial a is repeated five and reproduced thirty times, thus giving the elements and numbers of the two following figures: the isolated a represents the unity of the first principle, otherwise, the intellectual or active agent. a united to b represents the fertilization of the duad by the monad. r is the sign of the triad, because it represents hieroglyphically the emission which results from the union of the two principles. the number 11, which is that of the let

never reign over the undines; one who is afraid of fire will never command salamanders; so long as we are liable to giddiness we must leave the sylphs in peace and forbear from irritating gnomes; for inferior spirits will only obey a power which has overcome them in their own element. when this incontestable faculty has been acquired by exercise and daring, the word of our will must be imposed on the elements by special consecrations of air, fire, water and earth. the conjuration of the four 29 this is the indispensable preliminary of all magical operations. the air is exorcised by breathing towards the four cardinal points and saying: the spirit of god moved upon the waters and breathed into the face of man the breath of life. be michael my leader, and sabtabiel my servant, in and by the

urn in it! water, return to water; fire, burn; air, circulate; earth, revert to earth, by virtue of the pentagram, which is the morning star, and by the name of the tetragram, which is written in the center of the cross of light! amen. the sign of the cross adopted by christians does not belong to them exclusively. this also is kabalistic and represents the oppositions and tetradic equilibrium of the elements. we see by the occult versicle of the lord's prayer, which we have cited in our gdoctrine h, that it was originally made after two manners, or at least that it was characterized by two entirely different formulae, one reserved for priests and initiates, the other imparted to neophytes and the profane. for example, the initiate said raising his hand to his forehead, gfor thine, h then

f his garments; he will go through fire and not be burned; he will walk upon water and will behold diamonds within the crust of the earth. these promises may appear hyperbolic, but only to vulgar understanding, for if the sage do not perform such things materially and actually, he accomplishes others which are much greater and more admirable. at the same time, it is indubitable that we may direct the elements by our will up to a certain point and can really change or hinder their effects. for example, if it be established that persons in an ecstatic state lose their weight for the time being, why should it be impossible to walk upon the water? the convulsionaries of saint medard felt neither fire nor steel, and begged for the most violent blows and incredible tortures as a relief. the extr

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

metimes caught at sea, resembling monks of [a] late order, in all their hoods and dresses. so as [a result of this resemblance] the roman [catholic] invention of good and bad daemones and guardian angels [is] particularly assigned [and] is called by them [that is, the seers] an ignorant mistake sprung only from the secret commonwealth 24 this original [resemblance or reflection of species through the elements. they call this reflex-man a coimimeadh or co-walker, every way like the man, as a twin-brother and companion, haunting him as his shadow and is oft seen and known among men, resembling the original both before and after the original is dead. and [this co-walker] was also often seen, of old, to enter a house; by which the people knew that the person of that likeness was to visit them

ide creator has framed many things so, that there are more ways to save than to destroy. there is some resemblance also, and allusions in nature, that all things being sevenfold, or composed of it, most usually have a virtue beyond whatever is composed of any other number, examples are such as sunday, the seventh day of rest, or the sun, the seventh planet; seven being composed of four and three, the elements and the trinity, comprehending both worlds. but how things having this numeral relation and the secret commonwealth 71 resemblance, being so remote, come to partake and derive a secret virtue beyond other things from the prototype or first pattern cannot be well given account of yet in ep. jude, enoch is named the seventh (son) of adam. finis coronat opus. http//www.dreampower.com/kir

, rather than an energy, image, or efflux from the human being. page 23 [the seers] avouch that every element and different state of being has [in it] animals resembling those of another element. so as the roman [catholic] invention of good and bad daemons and guardian angels. is called by [the seers] an ignorant mistake [deriving. from this original [resemblance or reflection] of species through the elements. kirk uses this paragraph to mock the catholic church gently, and employs the frequently cited instance of the 'monk-fish, which was known persistently, along with other examples of mimicry, from medieval literature onwards. although we do not subscribe to these crude examples as proof, the concept of elemental-reflection of entities, and of morphol-ogy or morphic resonance, has gaine

nd mode of operation. this is the queen of elfland. we could say that at this stage (b) the fruit disappears from the tree, as a result of his offer of selflessness. it appears in the lap of the queen, as bread and red wine, which she offers to him, with the suggestion that he may rest at this stage of the journey. the greater journey has not finished yet, but the traveler may rest and partake of the elements of the ritual of transformation beneath the tree. when thomas eats and drinks, he re-transforms the elements by their worldwide copyright 1990, 1998-2001, rj stewart, all rights and permissions reserved http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_138.htm (11 of 11 [10/9/2001 12:37:14 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds flip to page# appendix 4: thomas rhymer 149 absorption within his enti

tity. this is stage (c) of the central process, for at this stage, the fruit reappears upon the tree. thomas has effectively changed the fruit, for it reappears in a different place upon the tree. the entire sequence is one of polarity and catalysis, and must be considered carefully and meditatively to reveal its fullest insights. the vision of the three roads (verses 11-14) once thomas has taken the elements of bread and wine, he rests with his head upon the knee or lap of the queen of elfland. he is joined to her in trust, and this parallels the sexual implication of their vows and embraces in earlier verses and variants, although by this stage the concept of physical gratification has been transformed into an exchange of gifts and a shared journey and vision. she shows him 'fairlies thr

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ccording to skeat it also meant a darling or a paramour. worldwide copyright 1990, 1998-2001, rjstewart, all rights and permissions reserved http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_171.htm [10/9/2001 12:37:42 4 napaka! zaznamek ni definiran. a guide to effective public speaking. napaka! zaznamek ni definiran. philosophy ancient egyptian philosophy inhabiting a land characterized by the regularity of the elements (behavior of the winds, the nile, the climate, the sun, and the skies, the egyptians sought perfection in stability, harmony, symmetry, geometry, and a cyclical [as opposed to progressive or linear] concept of time. egyptian achievements, correspondingly, were in areas such as astronomy, mathematics, medicine, and architecture. egyptian religion and art tend to be oversimplified in ma

interacts, it is useless to study something without some knowledge of its environment. in order to understand the problems that man faces, it is necessary to understand that of which he is most closely a part. the thin layer of organic life which exists on the earth can best be understood as a transmitting and receiving station of sorts. energy from the sun is received by it, and is combined with the elements of the earth. energy is also received from the planets, though in much smaller amounts. as the further transmission of this energy is a subject deserving of treatment at much greater length than is possible here, it will not presently be dealt with. to continue, we must pick up and examine the concept of evolution. science has made some unnoticed and unstated assumptions, and defined

iousness (intelligence) and free will as the main characteristics that distinguish it from every other aspect of the human being. integration was in the past used in a general way to mean the unification of parts into a whole. since the 60's civil rights movement it has become synonymous with the subject of racial integration. i like that usage better, even for this discussion. in selfintegration the elements of self are not so unified that they cease to exist as separate aspects, but rather they can still be identified as components, or factors, of the overall state of self at any given time. as in a harmonious society there are individuals with separate but common purposes, so there are aspects of self which are distinct but integral to the existence of self. some examples are in the are

the motivating forces of ambition- and without ambition, very little of any importance would be accomplished. gluttony is simply eating more than you need to keep yourself alive. when you have overeaten to the point of obesity, another sin- pride- will motivate you to regain your selfrespect. anyone who buys an article of clothing for a purpose other than covering his body and protecting it from the elements is guilty of pride. being reluctant to get up in the morning is to be guilty of sloth, and if you lie in bed long enough, you may find yourself committing yet another sin- lust. to have the faintest stirring of sexual desire is to be guilty of lust. in order to ensure the propagation of humanity, nature made lust the second most powerful instinct, the first being self-preservation. th

ge numbers of people were engaged. this provides the historical records. a classic example is the tombs of the egyptian kings. neo-paganism neo-paganism is a term applied loosely to a wide diversity of religions which exist in the modern western world, but did not exist prior to 1900 in their present form, and religions which are disavowed by the judeo-christian orthodoxies. when compared against the elements listed above for paganism, some differences and similarities are apparent. 1. the deities are more or less similar to what is known of the ancient ones, but within the various groups of neo-pagans, the deities seem to be selected in an eclectic manner. the conceptual framework is tempered by the adherent's education and cultural origin. a current example is santeria, originating from

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

owed by the formulaes of understanding for the symbolism and cultivation of the vessel. this vessel is reflected in the tetragrammaton of the four sacred letters of the name of god. this discussion will remain hinted towards in favour of a short exposition of the components of the vessel, or rather the kind of fuels necessary to effectuate the occult arte in the hand of the divine artist. firstly the elements are represented through this four-fold exposition, when properly adjusted it construct the fifth from the mage, who then becomes the sum of the four into the fifth and the one. therefore this cell acts as the window, in accordance with the symbolism in the fifth letter heh. properly enough heh is also connected to the star or the pentalpha. the sexual suggestions of the procedures to

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ion- and without ambition, very little of any importance would be accomplished. gluttony is simply eating more than you need to keep yourself alive. when you have overeaten to the point of obesity, another sin- pride- will motivate you to regain an appearance that will renew your self-respect. anyone who buys an article of clothing for a purpose other than covering his body and protecting it from the elements is guilty of pride. satanists often encounter scoffers who maintain that labels are not necessary. it must be pointed out to these destroyers of labels that one or many articles they themselves are wearing are not wearing are not necessary to keep them warm. there is not a person on this earth who is completely devoid of ornamentation. the satanist points out that any ornamentation of

or many articles they themselves are wearing are not wearing are not necessary to keep them warm. there is not a person on this earth who is completely devoid of ornamentation. the satanist points out that any ornamentation of the scoffer's body shows that he, too, is guilty of pride. regardless of how verbose the cynic may be in his intellectual description of how free he is, he is still wearing the elements of pride. being reluctant to get up in the morning is to be guilty of sloth, and if you lie in bed long enough you may find yourself commiting yet another sin- lust. to have the faintest stirring of sexual desire is to be guilty of lust. in order to insure the propagation of humanity, nature made lust the second most powerful instinct, the first being self-preservation. realizing this

s used to call upon the forces of darkness. it is to be struck once after the participants have repeated the priest's words "hail satan. a gong is necessary only in organized group rituals. for the best tonal quality a concert gong is preferred, but if one cannot be obtained any gong with a full, rich tone may be used. parchment parchment is used because its organic properties are compatible with the elements of nature. in keeping with the satanic views on sacrifice, the parchment used would be made from the skin of a sheep which was, by necessity, killed for food. an animal is never slaughtered for the purpose of using all or a part of that animal in a satanic ritual. if commerical parchment which has been made from already slaughtered sheep cannot be obtained, plain paper may be substitu

SATANIC RITUALS

ms of the age of fire- the statement of shaitan 151 the metaphysics of lovecraftthe ceremony of the nine angles and the call to cthulhu 173 the satanic baptisms-adult rite and children's ceremony 203 the unknown known 219 the satanic rituals introduction the rituals contained herein represent a degree of candor not usually found in a magical curriculum. they all have one thing in common-homage to the elements truly representative of the other side. the devil and his works have long assumed many forms. until recently, to catholics, protestants were devils. to protestants, catholics were devils. to both, jews were devils. to the oriental, the westerner was a devil. to the american setder of the old west, the red man was a devil. man's ugly habit of elevating himself by defaming others is an

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t of allied satanic churches, and the breeding and rearing of our children of the satanic archetype, our ranks will eventually turnthe- tables on the nazarene plague. we must work towards a socio-religious order based on worth, pride, strength, non-belief and rational self-interest. a society where the weak are mere folly and sport for the barbarian. man above god; master above slave! a return to the elements of the pre-xian society of barbarism which readily stood as examples and models for the philosophies of nietzsche, spencer and the marquis de sade. warning concerning the great christian conspiracy of armageddon and the religion of the true deceiver shall cause much strife and bitterness amongst the people of the world. there will be wars of words and even appeals to governments and t

r, it is essential that the satanist maintain these evilutionary formulae if he/she is to be successful in conquests of personal and worldly natures -9- the satanic creed better to live in pandemonium than exist in subservience! the precepts of evilution 1 have no false gods before yourself! 2 develop your satanic self through the nurturing of the ego. pride, self-satisfaction and selfishness are the elements of its core! 3 study tomes on psychology, philosophy and the black arts which are relevant to diabolism! 4 create! utilize the natural talents you possess to their utmost. creation is the hallmark of the gods, whether it is material or spiritual! 5 create goals for yourself in all phases of your life and strive to attain them! 6 covet that which is pleasing to you! 7 gratify the sexua

the noble and fierce attributes of devaxcus librt, which when experienced, unleashes the beast again upon the earth -15- creative darkness creative darkness is the term which describes this order of black magick which consists of two (2) essential elements: inner magical art: ima describes the celebrant s regression to an emotionally base state. his imagination is operating at peak efficiency and the elements of time and space are in a state of disorder. the imagery is intense and abundant for the series of events that take place within the black magician s domain of darkness, the black chapel. anyone can be present, and anything can happen within the creative darkness of the celebrant s mind. caution: during creative darkness, the practitioner of satanicon magick may unknowingly subject h

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

od in much the way a modern doctor might. sun suggested that when a person is sick, the doctor should first regulate the patient s diet and lifestyle. if that treatment failed he recommended looking at additional therapies, such as acupuncture. the five elements and yin and yang principles are important to chinese medicine. when the qi is blocked, it can create pain or other problems in the body. the elements of yin and yang are used to identify and resolve these problems. while yin and yang are two opposites, they are always shown together. ideally, each side will be equally balanced. when they fall out of balance, a person becomes ill. the five elements of fire, earth, wood, metal, and air can also become out of balance, causing sickness. each part of the body is related to a particular

how to use herbs and other methods to keep these energies in balance and live a longer, healthier life. the three energies are called doshas. according to ayurveda, the changing levels of the doshas in a person s body can affect how he or she feels. among the methods used to keep energies in harmony are food, exercise, colors, scents, and yoga. the three doshas are: vata, the energy of movement. the elements of vata are air and space. people with a lot of vata may be very active and creative. too much activity or too much dry food can unbalance vata. pitta, the energy of digestion. the elements of pitta are fire and water. people with dominant pitta enjoy challenges and like to lead. to keep pitta in balance, a person should eat cool, fresh foods. kapha, the energy of lubrication or struc

ame the most popular place for worshipping the couple. nihonshoki in 720 a second text called the nihonshoki, containing other stories hieda no are had committed to memory, was put into writing. the nihonshoki can be considered the other major shinto text from this era. some of the material in the nihonshoki overlaps that of the kojiki, such as the creation story. in this version, though, some of the elements that reflect poorly on izanami are not included. sacred symbols the sun plays a prominent role in shinto symbolism, reflecting the influence of amaterasu, the sun goddess. while the nation is called japan in the west, the japanese name for the country is nippon (or nihon, which means land of the rising sun. the japanese flag, the hinomaru (which means sun circle, consists of a white b

materasu, the sun goddess and ruler of heaven; tsuki-yumi, the moon god and ruler of night; and susano- o, the god of violence and ruler of the ocean. afterward, izanagi returned to heaven and remained there. izanami continued to rule over the underworld. did you know. in the nihonshoki, the other major shinto text from this era, the creation story is told again. in this version, however, some of the elements that reflect poorly on izanami are not included. she does not corrupt the original wedding ceremony, nor is she banished to the underworld. this version of the story never became as popular as the version in the kojiki. the story of the journey to the underworld is remarkably similar to a story told in greek mythology. like izanagi, the greek god orpheus also made the mistake of looki

(i.e. control; and he who knows that which does no injury, knows also that through which no injury is done to the long-living bodies. this has been seen by the heroes (of faith) who conquered ignorance; for they control themselves, always exert themselves, always mind their duty. he who is unmindful of duty, and desiring of the qualities (i.e. of the pleasure and profit which may be derived from the elements) is called the torment (of living beings. knowing this, a wise man (resolves: now (i shall do) no more what i used to do. before. see! there are men who control themselves; others pretend only to be houseless; for one destroys this (fire-body) by bad and injurious doings, and many other distinctly clearly. declared: stated. object: disagree. comprehend: understand. renounce: give up

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er thy heart may desire. this moisture must be caught lest it should change into vapour or fume. the two vapours are the roots of the art. the prima materia derives its existence from the fiat, the word of creation. and this word comes from the father who is the creator of all things, and the spirit radiates from both: this is god's life giving air. then, too, air brings to iife everything within the elements. the fire warms all things, the water refreshes, delights and saturates all things: and the nitrous earth, mother-like, nourishes and sustains all things; the air was born out of fire, and in turn makes the fire burn, that it may live, but air in the form of water is food for the fire, and the fire burns into this element: water and dew of the ground, the greasy fat dew of the ground

d in turn makes the fire burn, that it may live, but air in the form of water is food for the fire, and the fire burns into this element: water and dew of the ground, the greasy fat dew of the ground, the earth as keeper of nitrous salt nourishes it. for the womb of the earth is the sulphuric nitrous salt of nature, the one good thing god has created in this visible world. the same salt-mother of the elements is the nitrous, aluminous and spiritual gumosic water, salt earth or crystal, which has nature in its womb, a son of the sun, and a daughter of the moon. it is a hermaphrodite, born out of the wind, a phoenix living in fire, a pelican, reviving his dear young ones with its blood; the young icarus, drowned in the water, whose nurse is the earth, whose mother is the wind, whose father i

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least a composition which is very homogeneous and of a rare originality. the clouds which the imagination of commentators have gathered around it, will be dissipated, if we look for, in it, not mysteries of ineffable wisdom, but an attempt at a reasonable doctrine, made when reason arose, an effort to grasp the plan of the universe, and to secure the link which binds to one common principle, all the elements which are around us "the last word of this system is the substitution of the absolute divine unity for every idea of dualism, for that pagan philosophy which saw in matter an eternal substance whose laws were not in accord with divine will; and for the biblical doctrine, which by its idea of creation, postulates two things, the universe and god, as two substances absolutely distinct o

he chaos. the kabalists said that one must enter and pass up through the gates to attain to the thirty-two paths of wisdom; and that even moses only passed through the forty-ninth gate, and never entered the fiftieth. see the oedipus aegyptiacus of athanasius kircher, vol. ii. p. 319. first order: elementary 1. chaos, hyle, the first matter. 2. formless, void, lifeless. 3. the abyss. 4. origin of the elements. 5. earth (no seed germs. 6. water. 7. air. 8. fire 9. differentiation of qualities. 10. mixture and combination. second order: decad of evolution 11. minerals differentiate. 12. vegetable principles appear. 13. seeds germinate in moisture. 14. herbs and trees. 15. fructification in vegetable life. 16. origin of low forms of animal life. 17. insects and reptiles appear. 18. fishes, ve

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

t the calm and spiritual delights of age. wisely and deliberately i abandoned youth forever when i separated my lot from men. let us not envy or reproach each other. i would have saved this neapolitan, zanoni (since so it now pleases thee to be called, partly because his grandsire was but divided by the last airy barrier from our own brotherhood, partly because i know that in the man himself lurk the elements of ancestral courage and power, which in earlier life would have fitted him for one of us. earth holds but few to whom nature has given the qualities that can bear the ordeal. but time and excess, that have quickened his grosser senses, have blunted his imagination. i relinquish him to his doom "and still, then, mejnour, you cherish the desire to revive our order, limited now to ourse

ou not, and you are wise in your indifference. not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man "and what books contain that science; from what laboratory is it wrought "nature supplies the materials; they are around you in your daily walks. in the herbs that the beast devours and the chemist disdains to cull; in the elements from which matter in its meanest and its mightiest shapes is deduced; in the wide bosom of the air; in the black abysses of the earth; everywhere are given to mortals the resources and libraries of immortal lore. but as the simplest problems in the simplest of all studies are obscure to one who braces not his mind to their comprehension; as the rower in yonder vessel cannot tell you w

warn. the desire to learn does not always contain the faculty to acquire. i can give thee, it is true, the teacher, the rest must depend on thee. be wise in time, and take that which i can assure to thee "answer me but these questions, and according to your answer i will decide. is it in the power of man to attain intercourse with the beings of other worlds? is it in the power of man to influence the elements, and to insure life against the sword and against disease "all this may be possible" answered zanoni, evasively "to the few; but for one who attains such secrets, millions may perish in the attempt "one question more. thou "beware! of myself, as i have said before, i render no account "well, then, the stranger i have met this night, are his boasts to be believed? is he in truth one of

ood of his listener, the appearance of that formless phantom, with the eyes that seared the brain and congealed the marrow of those who beheld. once seen, it never was to be exorcised. it came at its own will, prompting black thoughts, whispering strange temptations. only in scenes of turbulent excitement was it absent! solitude, serenity, the struggling desires after peace and virtue, these were the elements it loved to haunt! bewildered, terror-stricken, the wild account confirmed by the dim impressions that never, in the depth and confidence of affection, had been closely examined, but rather banished as soon as felt, that the life and attributes of zanoni were not like those of mortals, impressions which her own love had made her hitherto censure as suspicions that wronged, and which

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is day, i ask you to search your memories, for great unities are near. the inceptor of all memory is your soul. life is desire, death is reformation. i am the resurrection. i, who transcend ecstasy by ecstasy, meditating need not be in self-love. this creed, informed by the dynamism of spare's will and his great ability as an artist, created a cult on the astral plane that attracted to itself all the elements naturally orientated to it. he referred to it as zos kia cultus, and its votaries claimed affinity on the following terms: our sacred book: the book of pleasure. our path: the eclectic path between ecstasies; the precarious funambulatory way. our deity: the all-prevailing woman('and i strayed with her, into the path direct) our creed: the living flesh (zos('again i say: this is your g

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

answer to the question of individual identity. for the human being is composed of the warring elements, into which the divinity is poured out. in that divided state human beings find themselves. in addition, they become aware of the spirit, the logos, which stems from the eternal. for such people, however, the spirit comes to birth out the mysteries and pre-socratic philosophy 29 of the clash of the elements. indeed it is the spirit that brings the elements into equilibrium. thus, in human beings nature transcends herself: all things are one, and it is the same power that made conflict and opposition that now, in its wisdom, reconciles them once again. humanity lives in an eternal duality, in the contradiction between the flux of time and eternity. through the eternal logos human beings a

nifest only as nature, in which he lies under a spell. he can be apprehended, as was taught in the mysteries, only by one who awakens the divine within. that is why he cannot be made intelligible to everyone. but even to one who draws near to him, he does not appear in his own nature. this too is explained in the timaeus. the father made the universe out of the world-body and world-soul. he mixed the elements, in harmony and perfect proportion elements that he himself brought into being by pouring himself out, giving up his separate existence. thus he produced the world-body. and stretched out upon it, in the form of a cross, is the worldsoul, the divine presence in the world. it suffers death on this cross so that the world can exist. and plato therefore calls nature the tomb of the divin

e world-view presented by the fifth century b.c. greek philosopher empedocles. he asserted that an original unity was torn apart into the four elements (fire, water, earth, and air) or into the multiplicity of existent beings. he posited two opposing powers, which bring about within the world of existing things the processes of becoming and passing-away, namely love and strife. empedocles says of the elements: myth and mysteriosophy 71 they remain forever the same, yet mingling each with the others become transformed into men and numberless creatures besides them. now they are joined into one, love binding the many together, now they are scattered once more, dispersed through hatred and strife.78 from the empedoclean standpoint, everything in the universe is simply the elements in differen

men and numberless creatures besides them. now they are joined into one, love binding the many together, now they are scattered once more, dispersed through hatred and strife.78 from the empedoclean standpoint, everything in the universe is simply the elements in different combinations. things could only come into existence because the primal unity was torn apart into four natures, dispersed into the elements of the cosmos. hence if we encounter something, it is a constituent part of the scattered divinity. but the divinity is hidden in things as we see them; it had to perish in order for things to come into existence. for what are things but combinations of the members of god, organized into wholes by love and strife? in the words of empedocles: see, for a clear demonstration, how the lim

he divinity is hidden in things as we see them; it had to perish in order for things to come into existence. for what are things but combinations of the members of god, organized into wholes by love and strife? in the words of empedocles: see, for a clear demonstration, how the limbs of a man are constructed, all that the body possesses, in beauty and pride of existence, brought together by love, the elements forming a union. then come hatred and strife, and fatally tear them asunder, once more they wander alone, on the desolate confines of life. 72 christianity as mystical fact so is it with the bushes and trees and the water-inhabiting fishes, animals roaming the mountains, sea-birds borne by their wings.79 empedocles clearly implies that the philosopher is one who rediscovers the divine

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

ries of the crucifixion. emerging out of twklm upward is the thirty-second path connecting with dwsy. the letter attributed to the thirty-second path is t, meaning a cross. the cross is not only the cross of calvary but the equal-armed cross and the t cross. the simple cross of equal arms is the point, a symbol of and light, extended in four directions; light in extension. it is also the cross of the elements, the elements being the reflection in twklm of the four holy living creatures in rtk which appears at the corners of the tarot card the universe card. the t cross is a three-armed cross, that is, a cross without the upper bar, and it is the virile part of the egyptian ankh, the symbol of life. it also signifies two forces impacting on a higher level and producing a form on a denser le

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. within the left hand path the participation within these activities is to create a separation from god or those aspects of the universe that seek unity and empathy with its oneness. without the word and its formula there is only an accumulation of information whose direction is limited itself solely to the facts. in magical proxemics the transformation of the self is approached by understanding the elements that compose the external, and internal environments of the individual. what this involves is some knowledge of human psychology, self evaluation and focus, of systems, and of proxemics. these elements are purposefully rearranged in differing levels of influence creating different lenses to view the dynamics of these environments. however, the starting point is that central focus prov

perceptual construct to its highest potential. synchronization of these constructs into various and proportional levels of activity in relation to each other is what produces the necessity of extension. an important distinction must be made regarding the idea of separation and division. with division one can return to its original state through an inversion of process. there is a connectivity to the elements separated by the division formula. separation negates this effectuation for it cannot return to its original state. it has been changed for all intents and purposes forever. keep these distinctions in mind as you come across these terminologies throughout the remainder of this book. the intent of the individual is what delineates the right hand path from the left hand path. to merge w

sposition. this is the raw material; the basic elements that through alchemical procedure- the work of the school- remanifests into the alchemical gold, or higher state of man. it is then vital to understand that this form of psychological conditioning is of a very different type than that found within the birthed self. this is an aspect of division- that which leads towards that path separation. the elements which comprise the psychological construction of the birthed self; such as culture, society, etc..can be best acknowledged as differing lenses in which the world is viewed. of course, as is always the case with any lense, it will be limited by the properties of the lense itself. if a sharper image is desired a different lense will need to be shaped. one strategy used to create an imag

of separation- separation in order to obtain synchronicity of the triadic nature of the self within the higher ordered relations to the aeonic resonance. once the magical self, the instinctive/emotional self and the intellectual self are separated and then synchronized via aeonic energies (school work-rlw, true intellect, true feeling, and true magic are possible. pure synthesis can occur only if the elements are separated first and then consciously recombined and separated again and again at will. the heart, the intellect and the higher self are all lenses by which we view and capitulate our environment. if these lenses are separated and placed proportionally in the proper position a clearer image will result. if these lenses are out of phase then the image will become distorted and all f

egyptian philosophies, and aspects of the ancient egyptian religious cults. particularly, we see this in the reflections of the ancient setian priesthoods of egypt whose ideas have been integrated into other lines of philosophical thought. as previously stated, the differentiation between the lhp and the rhp is one of intent. for instance, in the church of rome (catholic) ritual is utilized. all the elements- altar, bell, candles, incense etc, form the components of ritual. however, if you were to read anton szandor lavey s satanic bible, ritual is also utilized using those very same elements. the difference lies within the intention of the participants. therefore, the technology itself does not distinguish one methodology from the other, rather the perceptions and cognitive structures of

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ropriate "jewel" is awarded the rising initiate. it is believed that this jewel holds magical powers. it can be used to invoke, or invite, spirits and to work spells. albert pike thus advised: another jewel is necessary for you, and in certain undertakings cannot be dispensed with. it is what is termed the kabalistic pantacle (pentagram..this carries with it the power of commanding the spirits of the elements. it is necessary for you to know how to use it. 6 in other words, pike is recommending the star be the vehicle to invoke demon powers and cause them to do magical work. now, before you dismiss pike's suggestion and imagine he was just some silly, insane occult nut, let me remind you that so respected is this man by the illuminati of today, that a statue of albert pike stands in front

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

ic gods symbolism of the four genii of the hall of the neophyte g.h. fratre sub spe (supplement to z1) r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the canopic gods g.h. fratre sub spe (supplement to z1) the symbolism of the four genii of the hall of the neophyte in a temple of the grade of neophyte, the four gods, ameshett, ahephi, tmo-oumathu, kabexnuv, are said to be vice-gerants of the elements, and answering to the rivers of eden as drawn in the warrant of the temple, are said to rule in the four corners of the hall between the stations of the kerubim. in egyptian mythology, these gods are also said to be the children of horus, and partake of his symbolism. if now, we regard the neophyte ceremony as representing the entrance into a new life, regeneration- mors janua vitae

t, so must the mysteries of osiris first be known. now, the guardian of the hall and of the neophytes against the twpylq (whose rtk is laymwat, the dual or two-headed one, the demons of corruption and 3 disintegration) is the hiereus or horus, and to the children of horus, who partake of his symbolism are the viscera committed, to guard them against the demons of disintegration and corruption. as the elements and the forces of the elements are to the world, so are the vital organs and the life which animates them, placed under the charge of the vice-gerents of the elements, the children of horus, the great gods ameshett, ahephi, tmoumathaph and kabexnuv. they who regulate their functions in material life, and guard them after so-called death, when the man that was has become an osirian. co

ed each to one of the gods of the dead. these vital organs then, being taken out and separately embalmed, were placed in egg-shaped receptacles, symbolic of akasa, under the care of canous, the pilot of menelaus, and the god of the waters of creation, the eternal source of being, whose symbol was a jar; and under the special protection of that one of the genii of the underworld or vice-gerents of the elements to whom that particular organ was dedicated. hence each egg-shaped package was enclosed in a jar whose lid was 4 shaped like the head of that special god. now, ameshett was also termed carpenter for it is he who by the medium of his organ, the stomach, frames the rough materials and builds up the structure of the body; and to him the stomach and upper intestines were dedicated (a. ahe

tire separation of the alimentary system and the circulatory system, which is contrary to nature, for they continually counter-change, and thus arises life. wherefore in the hall of the two truths, the portions of ahephi and kabexnuv are reversed, and the order becomes: east--ameshett south--tmo-oumathu north--kabexnuv west--ahephi 5 now, these, being thus arranged, do partake of the symbolism of the elements to which they belong. for ameshett, being to the east, the quarter of m, has the head of a man. tmo-oumathu, to the south has the head of a jackal who is the purveyor of the lion (for these are the vice-gerents of the elements, while the kerubim are the lords thereof; so tmo-oumathu is properly a jackal. kabexnuv in the west, in the region of n, has the form of a hawk, the subordinate

THE CRAFT GRIMOIRE OF ECLECTIC VERSION 2

writer, kate bush, on her album the red shoes, has within the lyrics of the song lily, incorporated the traditional words to summon the archangels from their watch towers gabriel before me raphael behind me michael on my right urial on my left side lily by kate bush in the craft, part of the invocation of the spirit monon also calls upon the power of these guardians to aid in the ritual working. the elements in magick are not the same elements that you find in chemistry class, or your back yard, although they are symbolic of each other. it is this symbolic relationship that we employ in the art of magick. the qualities of the physical reflect the power of the occult. as above, so below! earth is the foundation element. it is solid, dependable and stable. in magick its color is green or bl

e, and the realm of dreams. the land, is the realm of man. here we dwell in the present, with the birds, and beasts of this world. this is also the home of the sidhe (the noble ones. this is the realm of reality, and life. the sea, is the realm of mother chaos. the darkness of our spirit, the land of the dead. it is our past, and all things forgotten or left behind. around the sky, land& sea, are the elements of the four corners of the world. these being known as earth, air, water and fire. page 9 grimoire of eclectic magick) tools and your altar( in the opening scenes of the craft, a candle covered altar is displayed, complete with crystal ball, pentacle, and anointing oil. altars can be a chaotic collection of items, or an aesthetic expression of spirituality. an altar should reflect the

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ave him widespread fame following the films. internationally known, rolling thunder s spiritual counsel and tribal skills were sought on a regular basis by many in the entertainment industry. rolling thunder was among the first ever to be studied by mainstream institutions and undergo many laboratory tests to determine the authenticity of his shamanic skills. it had been said that his powers over the elements of nature surpassed any seen in recent times. reports of rolling thunder s ability to make rain on a clear day, to heal disease and wounds, to transport or teleport objects through the air, and his telepathic skills were legendary until he agreed to submit himself to testing. his abilities have been investigated and documented by such organizations as the menninger foundation. an advo

hich man, with his greater perceptive faculties, is now becoming aware. hardy concedes that science can no more be concerned with the inner essence of religion than it can be with the nature of art or the poetry of human love. but he does maintain that an organized scientific knowledge indeed one closely related to psychology dealing with the records of man s religious experience need not destroy the elements of religion which are most precious to man any more than our biological knowledge of sex need diminish the passion and beauty of human love. with the advent of the twenty-first century, many scientists are involved in research projects dealing with religious, spiritual, and mystical experiences. varieties of anomalous experiences (2000, edited by etzel cardena, of the university of te

nists who now use it to denote an upside-down cross with broken arms, thus signifying the defeat of christianity. inverted swastika: the swastika is another once-honorable symbol that simply represented the perpetual progression of the four seasons, the four winds, the four elements, and so forth. already perverted when the nazis claimed it as their symbol, satanists are said to invert it to show the elements of nature turned against themselves and out of harmony with god s divine plan of balance. ritual calendar: satanism adopted the traditional calendar of witchcraft and celebrates eight major festivals, known as sabbats: february 1 candelmas march 21 spring equinox april 30 walpurgisnacht may 1 beltane june 21 summer solstice august 1 lammas september 23 fall euinox october 31 samhain*

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st of meditation but of three ways believed to work together. those ways are: 1. sila or purification 2. samadhi or concentration 3. punna or insight sila, or purification, is simply cleansing the body, mind, spirit. samadhi, or concentration, involves fixing one s mind or attention on a single object that can be any object such as a colored wheel, a candle, reflections on attributes of buddha or the elements of nature, etc. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mysteries of the mind 149 meditation (field mark publications) thetwo main categories of meditation are mystical and secular. punna, or insight, doesn t come until the student masters mindfulness of the body, feelings, mind, and mind objects, and even then it is said that there ar

as the fort destroyer because of his exploits in war, was said to travel through the skies in a flying machine, the vimana. this craft was equipped with awesome weapons capable of destroying a city. the effect of these weapons seems to have been like that of laser beams or some kind of nuclear device. another ancient indian text, the mahabharata, tells of an attack on an enemy army: it was as if the elements had been unfurled. the sun spun around in the heavens. the world shuddered in fever, scorched by the terrible heat of this weapon. elephants burst into flames. the rivers boiled. animals crumpled to the ground and died. the armies of the enemy were mowed down when the raging elements reached them. forests collapsed in splintered rows. horses and chariots were burned up. the corpses of

official cover-up of the 1947 ufo crash outside of roswell, new mexico. the report also described the recovery of the bodies of four humanlike beings that had been found near the wreckage of the downed extraterrestrial spacecraft. according to these documents, all four of the entities were dead, and their corpses had been mutilated by desert scavengers and were badly decomposed due to exposure to the elements. although the creatures were humanlike in appearance, the secret report stated that the biological and evolutionary processes responsible for their development had apparently been quite different from those of humankind. on june 14, 1987, at the 24th annual national ufo conference in burbank, california, shandera, together with stanton friedman and william moore the two prominent ufo

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h awe. then from the all-powerful came seven spirits who moved in seven circles; and in the circles were all the beings that composed the universe. the action of the seven spirits in their circles is called fate, and these circles themselves are enclosed in the divine thought that permeates them eternally. hermes was given to comprehend that god had committed to the seven spirits the governing of the elements and the creation of their combined products. but because god created humans in his own image, and, pleased with this image, had given them power over terrestrial nature, god would grant the ability to command the seven spirits to those humans who could learn to know themselves, for they were and could come to conquer the duality of their earthly nature. they would truly become magi wh

urney into the world of spiritual healing and shamanism. new york: simon& schuster inc. fireside book, 1987. healing powers of the curandero what its followers term gneo-paganism, h a concept reviewed in another section. the old religion, that which in the middle ages came to be known as witchcraft, is thought to have had its genesis in the later paleolithic period, a time when early humans faced the elements and their environment with little more than their hands and a few crude tools of bone and stone to aid them in the struggle to survive. like the other creatures around them, stone age humans had to adapt themselves constantly to changes in the weather, climate, and food supply. having greater powers of perception, humankind fs responses to these changes involved more than an instinctu

him or her with a window to the querent fs future. here are some basic meanings of the individual cards in the major arcana: the juggler or magician (arcanum one) stands with one hand raised to heaven and the other pointing to earth, thereby confirming the teaching of hermes trismegistus that what is in heaven is like what is below, that the little world (microcosm) within a human being contains the elements of the universe (macrocosm, and that the study of humankind can lead the adept to an understanding of all creation. the number one signifies the first principle, unity, and in every religion it is the number representing the divine being. one is also the number of the soul of nature, the soul of the elements, and the active, causative and creative force of the unseen universe. the hig

of the area that includes mt. ararat makes it difficult to sustain an expedition. six to eight weeks of favorable weather are the most searchers can hope for as they try to maneuver along the treacherous paths of the 16,000-foot high mountain, where glaciers and deep pockets of snow have little time to begin thawing before the return of cold weather. even if the ark can be located on mt. ararat, the elements work against being able to reach it and excavate around it. several years of drought might be needed to melt snow and lower water levels in areas where the ark is most often thought to rest. meanwhile, some ark researchers believe the vessel landed further east, and others claim the ark came to rest in present-day ethiopia. others doubt whether the ark ever existed. t h e g a l e e n

hat the church of the holy sepulchre be respected as a christian place of worship and forbade it to be converted into a mosque. when he was taken to the temple mount, he was shocked to discover that the holy rock where abraham had taken isaac to be sacrificed, the place that had held the ark of the covenant in solomon fs temple, and the spot where muhammad had ascended to paradise, lay exposed to the elements. after the area had t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 244 places of mystery and power jerusalem is the holy city to three of the world fs great religions.judaism, christianity, and islam. been purified by prayers and a rainfall, the caliph ordered the dome of the rock to be built to shelter the sacred rock. the shrine with its ma

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

mmense destruction. it is, then, the infernal serpent of the ancient myths, the typhon of the egyptians, and the moloch of phoenicia; but if wisdom, mother of the elohim, puts her foot upon his head, she outwears 202 all the flames which he belches forth, and pours with full hands upon the earth a vivifying light. thus also it is said in the zohar that at the beginning of our earthly period, when the elements disputed among themselves the surface of the earth, that fire, like an immense serpent, had enveloped everything in its coils, and was about to consume all beings, when divine clemency, raising around it the waves of the sea like a vestment of clouds, put her foot upon the head of the serpent and made him re-enter the abyss. who does not see in this allegory the first idea, and the mo

physiognomy which characterizes ascetic education. men become handsome in the school of enthusiasm, of the arts, and of glory; they become ugly in prison, and of sad countenance in seminaries and in convents. here it will be understood we leave paracelsus, in order that we may investigate the consequences and applications of his ideas, which are simply those of the ancient magi, and 215 to study the elements of that physical qabalah which we call magic. according to the qabalistic principles formulated by the school of paracelsus, death is nothing but a slumber, ever growing deeper and more definite, a slumber which it would not be impossible to stop in its early stages by exercising a powerful action of will on the astral body as it breaks loose, and by recalling it to life through some

o frees himself from every law and every duty in order to make himself the slave of his passions. the world, and eternity itself, become useless to him who makes himself useless to the world and to eternity. our will, by acting directly upon our plastic medium, that is to say, upon the portion of astral life which is specialized in us, and which serves us for the assimilation and configuration of the elements necessary to our existence; our will, just or unjust, harmonious or perverse, shapes the medium in its own image and gives it beauty in conformity with what attracts us. thus moral monstrosity produces physical ugliness; for the astral medium, that interior architect of our bodily edifice, modifies it ceaselessly according to our real or factitious needs. it enlarges the belly and the

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of creation in chockmah. the emperor is the law and the logos as is the magus, who gives the "word of the aeon. the tarot cards in the lesser arcana are related to each of the sephiroth based on the simple principle of equal numerations. thus, the aces are attributed to kether, the twos to chockmah, and so forth, down to the tens which are attributed to malkuth. the court cards are attributed to the elements, and the major arcana are attributed to the paths, and through them to the zodiacal, astrological and elemental systems. the suits of the cards are said to represent the worlds, or levels, at which each of the sephiroth are acting. thus, for chockmah we have; two wands dominion fire atziluth two cups love water briah two swords peace air yetzirah two pentacles change earth assiah the

rmed from the parental model, and thus must be observed, and replaced by an individualised conscience. this is one of the minor inversions of work defined by the tree as the initiate progresses. it is interesting to note that when the ten commandments are allocated to the tree, that of geburah is "honour thy father and mother. i would suggest that this is kabbalistically interpreted as "recognise the elements of parental conditioning in ones own nature and by analysis and synthesis, observing in awareness, judge which are appropriate, and which are not, discarding the latter and forming ones own model" we must note that the punishment/reward complex signified by these two sephiroth is a simplistic and dangerous model, as punishment, whether inflicted from without or within, only changes be

he guardian is the sure sign that the work of the zelator is building up towards initiation, and not merely being used as a form of escapism. in terms of the creative process down the tree, both yesod as meaning "compilation, and the process of arrangement (from crowley in 777, can be placed here. the synthesis embodied in the universe atu leading from yesod to malkuth has not taken place, merely the elements of that synthesis collected. thus is yesod a "treasure-house of images, in that the actual information of these images will depend on ones own arrangement of them through the universe atu, or ones own cosmology. chapter thirteen; malkuth, the kingdom of the shells "the tenth path is called the resplendent intelligence because it is exalted above every head and sits upon the throne of

ological principles and the "apparent" processes going on in the world around us. it is as we venture further up the paths that we gain knowledge of the "unseen" realms and "higher" orders by virtue of constantly widening our conceptual framework to accept the recognition of these levels. chapter seventeen; the psyche, a curtain of souls all cosmologies include some attempts to describe and model the elements that constitute the human experience. their complexity and lucidity varies from culture to culture, and often models are variations on a theme, or expanded versions of earlier systems. the simplest model might well be that implied in descarte's famous dictum, cogito ergo sum "i think, therefore i am" his model further includes a dubious proof for the existence of god, thereby composin

. the word comes from the root ichid, meaning "oneness, and is a similar root to ichid "privacy, union with god. the trinity of yechidah, chiah and neschamah were all bound up under the title of the neschamah, and attributed to kether, chockmah and binah. the ru'ah was attributed to the sephiroth of chesed to yesod, and the nefesh to malkuth. crowley, in his little essays towards truth, describes the elements finally arrived at thus; yechidah point, quintessential principle of soul chiah creative impulse (will) of yechidah ruach mind, spirit nephesch animal soul crowley noted that the ruach, centred in tiphareth, reaches its culmination in da'ath, the union of chockmah and binah, and positioned at the abyss. thus the ultimate transcendence of the self is brought about by this divine knowle

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

gardie was referring to the freudian id. 9. on the qabalistic tree of life, yang energy can also be attributed to the masculine right-hand pillar called yachin, while yin energy corresponds to the feminine left-hand pillar of boaz. 10. this is similar to the golden dawn teachings concerning the sub-elementsthat each element contains a mixture of the other elements as well. 11. again, a mixture of the elements. 12. logos is greek for "word" it represents the creative principle. 13. the supernals are the three highest sephiroth of kether, chokmah, and binah. these three are considered to be on a higher level than the rest of the sephiroth. 14. from the voice of the silence by h. p. blavatsky. 15. to clanfy, the ninth sephirah is yesod, to which the nephesh is attributed. 16. to clar, the sup

o human evolution. seeing that psychoanalysis was an incomplete system, assagioli developed h s own form of therapy and called it psychosynthesis. psychosynthesis accepts the idea of the soul, the libido, and the imagination as essential aspects of the human being. it also includes the use of symbolism and allegory to initiate alchemical change and psychc integration. may i emphasize fhefacf that the elements andfuncfions, comingfrom the superconscious, such as aesthetic, ethical, religious experiences, infuifion, inspiration, states of mystical consciousness, arefactual, are real in the pragmatic sense. because they are effective .producing changes both in the inner and the outer world. therefore fhey are amenable fo observation and experimentation, through the use offhe scientific method

ores and holes of your body. the air saturates you, entering into every pore. imagine that when you inhale, the air enters your body through the bottoms of your feet; when you exhale, the air leaves your porous body from the top of your head. experiment with similar visualizations, pushing the inhalations and exhalations of air through your body in various directions. a relationshp exists between the elements of air and spirit. therefore imagine that the air cascading through your body is the air of the divine spirit-the ruach elohim. it exists everywhere, surrounding you on all sides-omnipotent and infinite. this spirit is without limitation or opposition. it is eternal truth, wisdom, and love. it is light and life. this is what you should imagine flowing freely through every pore of your

enerates a potent will power. second, the mind itself is placed gradually under the control of the aspirant's will. ths in turn helps the student's faculty of concentration immensely. the rite of elemental equilibration one of the goals of magical work is to bring to the student an awareness of the inner elemental make-up of h s or her psyche. ths awareness also includes the ability to experience the elements5 and balance them in equal portion within the mind. it is vitally important that all magical students be able to consciously equilibrate the psychic elements. the simple rite of the qabalistic cross is very useful for this purpose, however, we also suggest that the student perform the following rite of elemental equilibration to actively combat any elemental imbalances that may occur

entagram greater than the sum of its parts. spirit is the divine and guiding principle. this is one reason magicians stress that it is important to keep the spirit point of the pentagram facing upward. to reverse it would be to subject spirit to the governance of matter. thus the inverted pentagram signifies chaos and evil. levi states that: the pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth are enchained by this sip.10 elsewhere levi reiterates that "the elementary spirits are subservient to this sign when employed with understanding."i1 he continues: if it be asked how a sign can exercise so much power over spirits, we inquire in turn why the christian world bows before the sign of th

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and he spewed a nauseous gas into the faces of surprised witnesses. although he was the subject of a massive manhunt, he was never caught or identified. a black-garbed phantom terrorized mattoon, illinois, in the 1940s, spraying a noxious gas into bedroom windows- on october 23, 1971, the washington post published a strange "gas" story involving president nixon's maid. the story contains some of the elements we have been discussing here. nixon maid stole in trance, she says miami, oct. 22 (ap) a part-time housekeeper at president nixon's key biscayne retreat has testified she was put in a hypnotic daze by a stranger who told her to shoplift four dresses. shirley cromartie, 32, and a mother of three, pleaded no contest thursday and was given a suspended sentence after law enforcement offic

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

diacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa

must always be hid. know that gelal and lilit are quick to come at calling, and invadeth the beds of man, robbing the water of life and the food of life in which to quicken the dead, but their labours are fruitless for they do not have the formulae. but the priest has the formulae, and the food of life and the water of life may be brought to call many, for after the passage of one-tenth of a moon the elements are dead. and gelal invades the bed of a woman, and lilit that of a man, and sometimes evil beings are born of these hauntings, and as such must be slain, for the children of gelal are workers natural of the ancient one, having his spirit; and the children of lilit are likewise, but are born in secret places which may not be perceived by man, and it is not until the time of their matu

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

been lost, and meer darkness and ignorance is come into the world, yet notwithstanding hath the lord god sometimes hitherto bestowed, and made manifest the same, to some of his friends: for the wise king solomon doth testifie of himself, that he upon earnest prayer and desire did get and obtain such wisdom of god, that thereby he knew how the world was created, thereby he understood the nature of the elements, also the time, beginning, middle and end, the increase and decrease, the change of times through the whole year, the revolution of the year, and ordinance of the stars; he understood also the properties of tame and wilde beasts, the cause of the raigning of the winds, and minds and intents of men, all sorts and natures of plants, vertues of roots, and others, was not unknown to him

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

even find expression in the most divine of symbols. such adepts who arrive at so exalted a plane, keep silence, as crowley says: gthe first and last ordeals and rewards of the adept are comprised in the maxim ekeep silence f! h *eleusis, vol. iii, p. 221. gto know, to dare, to will, to keep silent, are the four words of the magus, inscribed upon the four symbolic forms of the sphinx. gto command the elements, we must have overcome their hurricanes, their lightnings, their abysses, their tempests. gin order to dare we must know; in order to will we must dare; we must will to possess empire, and to reign we must be silent. h .e. levi, the ritual of transcendent magic, pp. 30, 190. call hhomo sapiens h him who thinks; talkers and doers. missing links *gargoyles, vol. iii, p. 94. in his essay

until the supreme moment arrives, and every fibre of the body, every forcechannel of the mind, is strained, and in one overwhelming rush of the will in the direction desired. such is the real purport of all the apparently fantastic directions of solomon, abramelin, and other sages of repute. when a man has evoked and mastered such forces as taphtatharath, belial, amaimon, and the great powers of the elements, then he may safely be permitted to begin to try to stop thinking. for needless to say, the universe, including the thinker, exists only by virtue of the thinker fs thought (berkeley, hume, etc *berashith, vol. ii, p. 242. gthese are real, these illusions: i am of them, false or frail. h*1. and they cannot be overthrown even by travellers in morocco who administer to possessed moors s

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

he lie are many, legion, our visual appearance is often bold to even normal or bland. many of our kind are those who go unnoticed in society, yet master and control our personal lives in such a way to which much good luck befalls us. some are avatars of darkness, appearing as what society fears and hates most. the beast headed god has taken many masks in our world, the adversary has also mastered the elements as well. the adversary is anything but mysticism. when you discover something you destroy mysticism, within the circle of azothoz, you banish mysticism by obtaining knowledge of the self. during pathworkings, camping away from anyone for a period of time, joining the military, doing something which captivates and awakens the senses, you destroy mysticism. the process and interaction m

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

ls, an entry into the closed palace of thy lady. and of such espousals mayst thou read in liber ccccxviii, more especially in the ninth and in the second aethyrs. it is to be noted in all this that both god and the soul are male or female as convenience requires. see, for a curious example, the mystic treatise called the bagh-i-muattur. xi of lesser marriages this matter is easy, for the souls of the elements desire constantly this salvation. but let the adept beware: 1. that he choose wisely a reasonable soul, docile, apt, beautiful, and in all ways worthy of love. 2. that he fall not ever from love of the great goddess into love of this inferior, but give only as a master and of his pity, knowing that this also is service to his high lady above. 3. that of such familiar spirits he have b

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

e nor female: for ye are all one in christ jesus. 3:29 and if ye [be] christ s, then are ye abraham s seed, and heirs according to the promise. 4:1 now i say [that] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 4:2 but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 4:3 even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4:4 but when the fulness of the time was come, god sent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law, 4:5 to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 4:6 and because ye are sons, god hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts, crying, abba, father. 4:7 wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son

th the lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 3:9 the lord is 2 peter page 704 not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 3:10 but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 3:11 [seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness, 3:12 looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of god, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

f: as joshua caused the sun to stand still in heaven. 16 they send some of their spirits to the mean magicians, which do obey them onely in some determinate business: but they hear not the false magicians, but expose them to the deceits of the devils, and cast them into divers dangers, by the command of god; as the prophet jeremiah testifieth, in his eighth chapter, concerning the jews. 4. in all the elements there are the seven governours with their hosts, who do move with the equal motion of the firmament; and the inferiours do always depend upon the superiours, as it is taught in philosophy. 5. a man that is a true magician, is brought forth a magician from his mothers womb: others, who do give themselves to this office, are unhappie. this is that which john the baptist speaketh of: no

ighbour. aphorism 24. the greatest secrets are number seven. 1. the first is the curing of all diseases in the space of seven dayes, either by character, or by natural things, or by the superior spirits with the divine assistance. 2. the second is, to be able to prolong life to whatsoever age we please: i say, a corporal and natural life. 3. the third is, to have the obedience of the creatures in the elements which are in the forms of personal spirits; also of pigmies, sagani, nymphes, dryades, and spirits of the woods. 4. the fourth is, to be able to discourse with knowledge and understanding of all things visible and invisible, and to understand the power of every thing, and to what it belongeth. 5. the fifth is, that a man be able to govern himself according to that end for which god ha

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

s companions to venus,3 who, as well as ceres, juno, diana, isis &c, was only a personification of nature, or the passive principle of generation, operating in various modes. apuleius invokes isis by the names of the eleusinian ceres, celestial venus, and proserpine; and, when the goddess answers him, she describes herself as follows: i am, says she, nature, the parent of things, the sovereign of the elements, the primary progeny of time, the most exalted of the deities, the first of the heavenly gods and goddesses, the queen of the shades, the uniform countenance; who dispose, with my nod, the luminous heights of heaven, the salubrious breezes of the sea, and the mournful silence of the dead; whose single deity the whole 1 pausanias (lib. ii) says he knew the meaning of this symbol, but d

1 according to the egyptians, isis copulated with her brother osiris in the womb of their mother; from whence sprung arueris, or orus, the apollo of the greeks.2 this allegory means no more than that the active and passive powers of creation united in the womb of night; where they had been implanted by the unknown father, kronoj, or time, and by their union produced the separation or delivery of the elements from each other; for the name apollo is only a title derived from apoluw, to deliver from.3 they made the robes of isis various in their colours and complicated in their folds, because the passive or material power appeared in various shapes and modes, as accommodating itself to the active; but the dress of osiris was simple, and of one luminous colour, to show the unity of his essenc

of generation;3 and below, upon the base, a head of isis or nepthus; instead of which, upon that which i have had engraved, as well as upon many others now extant, are the male organs of generation, representing the active powers of the creator, attributed to isis with the passive. the clattering noise, and various motions of the rattles being adopted as the symbols of the movement and mixture of the elements from which all things are produced; the sound of metals in general became an emblem of the same kind. hence, the ringing of bells, and clattering of plates of metal, were used in all lustrations, sacrifices &c.4 the title priapus, applied to the characteristic attribute of the creator, 1 de is& osir. 2 see plate x, fig. 4, engraved from one in the collection of r. wilbbramha, esq. 3 c

va voce by menne of greate gravitie and reputation, that of fourtie, three score, or a hundred maides goyng to the woode over night, there have scarcely the third part returned home again undefiled. the day generally concluded with bonfires. these represented the need-fire, which was intimately connected with the ancient priapic rites. fire itself was an object of worship, as the most powerful of the elements; but it was supposed to lose its purity and sacred character in being propagated from one material to another, and the worshippers sought on these solemn occasions to produce it in its primitive and purest form. this was done by the rapid friction of two pieces of wood, attended with superstitious ceremonies; the pure element of fire was believed to exist in the wood, and to be thus f

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

which is the unfolding purpose of the light in creation. he or she must recognize that submission is as much a voluntary act as defiance. or, as the poet milton put it "they also serve who only stand and wait."7 the threefold aspect of god has been expressed through many different metaphors, each true in part, but incomplete. one is grammatical-the subject, verb, and object. another is geometric-the elements of point, radius, and circle. eastern philosophy conceives the trinity as three kinds of essential motion-the rajasic, tamasic, and sattvic. these have found expression in astrology as the car- dinal, fixed, and mutable signs of the zodiac. briefly, this dynamic notion of the trinity states that everything in creation is made of motion, which can be linear, rotary, or vibratory in nat

qualities of fire and water, being both volatile and cool, and is the product of their union. its motion is vibratory. 0 earth is the crystallization of the three preceding elemental principles in the sphere of matter. although it has no pure essence, its compound nature is perceived by the human mind as separate and unique. it is a reflection of the first three elements. according to aristotle, the elements have four powers that describe their active natures and the ways in which they can interact. each element has two powers: however, according to plato, there are six powers. each element has three powers that describe its action and its interaction with other elements. plato gave these sets of powers a mathematical relationship: plato used geometry to describe the nature of the four el

legmatic (phlegm, or water; the choleric (bile, or air; and the melancholic (black bile, or earth. the struggle to reconcile these elements is never completely successful, and continues throughout life. in the training of past magical schools, it is said by some writers that initiates faced trials by fire, water, air, and earth. only by physically confronting the most terrifying material forms of the elements was the initiate deemed suitable to proceed to higher matters. an initiate might be forced to walk through a wall of flame with no assurance of escape on the other side; to swim a raging river; to climb a difficult rock face; or to crawl through the bowels of the earth alone and in utter darkness. these tests, if they ever actually existed, have fallen out of common use. there are few

of the earth alone and in utter darkness. these tests, if they ever actually existed, have fallen out of common use. there are few who have the blind faith to undertake them today, and their value is ques- tionable. rather than demonstrating an understanding and command of the four elements, they only prove a brute animal courage. fools who rush in are of no great value, even to themselves. when the elements really have been inwardly understood and mastered to a degree, they can be manipulated to yield powerful mental, and even physical, effects. they are the workhorses of magic. ninety percent of the purposes of the art can be achieved through the four elements. symbols and forms of magic lose their effectiveness as they grow complex and stray farther from the roots of the art. the eleme

retations. in the heavens the four beasts are placed at the corners of the zodiac, each rep- resenting one of the elemental triads: lion-leo, eagle-scorpio, angel-aquarius, and bull-taurus. this assignment has been changeless for thousands of years. the beasts are also placed at the corners of the earth, and here some difficulty arises. there is considerable argument about the proper placement of the elements and their related symbols around the compass. there is little point in going into the various ways the beasts have been placed on the corners of the earth. all the methods have something to be said for them, and something to be said against. but the fault they share in common is that they are arbitrary, even capricious. what is needed is something to base the assignment on. this can b

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

music, and (3) drugs. pain exalting the mind through pain or fatigue inflicted on the body takes the form of trials of endurance. the discomfort is sustained for prolonged periods, allowing normal consciousness to slip gradually into the entranced state necessary for the separation of the astral body. frequently, the shaman denies himself water and food, denies himself sleep, exposes his body to the elements, and may even inflict injuries of various kinds upon himself, or have his disciples inflict these injuries. for example, the shaman might have his body bound in an uncomfortable position, or slash his arms and chest to deliberately make himself weak with blood loss and the pain of the cuts. other forms of endurance include sitting for extended periods near a hot fire to induce dehydra

release. from the early centuries of the present era until the renaissance, it was common for monks and nuns to chastise their bodies, or to have others inflict chastisement upon them, and also to engage in prolonged trials of endurance and deprivation. the most famous example is that of the christian fanatics known as stylites, or pillar saints, who lived on the tops of stone pillars, exposed to the elements both day and night. simeon the stylite of syria (died ad 460) spent thirty-seven years of his life on various pillars, the final one sixty-six feet in height. it has been speculated that those monks and nuns receiving punishment derived sexual pleasure from it, and this is no doubt true, given how closely chastisements of the flesh used by the religious parallel the sexual play of sub

nd to be an actor there."143 geomantic symbols other objects were used as astral doorways. the most popular were the tarot cards and the symbols of geomancy. israel regardie wrote "it will be found a good plan to prepare cards of the geomantic symbols painted in their appropriate colors, for these make perfect 'doors' through which the seer can pass. and while these symbols are also attributed to the elements, the visions acquired from the geomantic symbols using the names of the appropriate rulers and genii will be quite distinct in character from those of the tattwa cards. the hebrew letters, the tarot cards and sigils, the planetary and zodiacal signs, and sigils of every description may be used to yield the symbolic door to a subtle plane."144 the geomantic symbols are formed by random

to them, as well as certain plants, animals, and substances classed as lunar in nature. these rays never physically existed, but were a kind of visual metaphor to account for the observed sympathetic response to active influences classed as lunar. the renaissance magician cornelius agrippa (1486-1535) summarized the nature of lunar things in his occult philosophy: these things are lunary, amongst the elements, viz. the earth, then the water, as well that of the sea, as of the rivers, and all moist things, as the moisture of trees, and animals, especially they which are white, as the whites of eggs, fat, sweat, phlegm, and the superfluities of bodies. amongst tastes, salt and insipid; amongst metals, silver; amongst stones, crystal, the silver marcasite, and all those stones that are white

mental bands about the earth should be understood in a symbolic sense, as a way of dividing and ordering the elemental realms. each is a pure elemental zone, in contrast to the zone of the earth itself where the four elements are always mingled together. all four elements have a higher aspect and a lower aspect. the lower aspects blend together on the earth, and the higher or spiritual aspects of the elements remain separated. the spiritual aspect of elemental earth is so dense, it is difficult to distinguish it from its lower, more gross aspect, so the two are for practical purposes treated as the same, and elemental earth does not receive its own separate zone. in the golden dawn system of magic, the pure spiritual essences of the three higher elements are assigned to the three sephiroth

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

our closed eyes, then draw your hands down over your face as though sliding off a skin-tight mask. take a deep breath, open your eyes, move your jaw to relax it, and stretch your body. when you feel ready, get up and go about your day. commentary the assignment of the four philosophical elements to the four directions of space is fundamental in magic. in order to ritually manipulate the forces of the elements, their essential natures must be understood, and they must be clearly associated with the four directions. in this exercise, the golden dawn arrangement of the elements upon the points of the compass is used because it is the generally accepted arrangement in modern western magic: air-east, fire-south, water-west, earth-north. this arrangement is neither correct nor incorrect-it is me

exercises commentary the five eastern tattwa symbols were used in the hermetic order of the golden dawn to graphically represent the five elements: fire, water, air, earth, and the quintessence or fifth element, known in the golden dawn system variously as akasa (akasha, aether (ether, spirit, or light. the elemental colors of the tattwa symbols do not agree with the common golden dawn colors for the elements. no attempt was made to reconcile this conflict, and it often causes confusion in the minds of students. the tattwa symbols were used mainly as astral gateways during scrying in order to access the elemental planes of the astral realm, or as representatives of the elements during meditations upon the natures of the elements. they were also sometimes employed to graphically embody the

ts. no attempt was made to reconcile this conflict, and it often causes confusion in the minds of students. the tattwa symbols were used mainly as astral gateways during scrying in order to access the elemental planes of the astral realm, or as representatives of the elements during meditations upon the natures of the elements. they were also sometimes employed to graphically embody the forces of the elements on talismans, amulets, and sigils. they are encountered in modern systems of magic that have descended from the original golden dawn teachings, so it is necessary to be familiar with their meanings and functions. the correspondence that i have set forth between the five workdays of the week and the five tattwa forms is not exact, but is close enough to be serviceable. monday, the day

l-the physical gestures and movements of ritual are mere foundations for this astral work, which requires advanced visualization skills. eventually you will design your own astral temple, and it will become your habitual place of working. in the beginning, the appearance of the astral temple is not so important as your ability to clearly experience it with your inner senses. the four triangles of the elements have been colored and placed according to the golden dawn system of correspondences: air, yellow, east; fire, red, south; water, blue, west; earth, green, north. this is not the only possible assignment of the elements to the directions, but it is the most common assignment, and must be known by every serious practitioner of western magic. in my own work i have adopted a different ass

ot the only possible assignment of the elements to the directions, but it is the most common assignment, and must be known by every serious practitioner of western magic. in my own work i have adopted a different assignment, for reasons too complex to enter into-earth, green, east; fire, red, south; water, blue, west; air, yellow, north. however, before you abandon the golden dawn associations of the elements to the quarters, you should understand them both on an intellectual and an intuitive level, and this understanding can only be gained by using them during rituals over a period of months. the usual golden dawn color for elemental earth and the north is black. however, olive green, russet brown, and citrine yellow are also used to represent earth in the golden dawn system. green is a m

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

ad, a rebellious student of crowley. even in modern times, tetragrammaton continues to exert a powerful fascination over magicians working in the western tradition of ceremonial magic. contemporary kabbalists and occultists discover in the arrangement of the four letters of the ineffable name the essential pattern of the entire universe. the many magical correspondences of its hebrew letters with the elements, the tarot, the magical instruments, the compass points, the winds, the sephiroth of the kabbalah, the planets and the signs of the zodiac, are examined in detail in chapter 111, where the vital role of tetragrammaton at the very heart of the western magical tradition is established beyond dispute. yet this book gives more than just the fascinating ancient history and modern magical u

, and fire. there is no hebrew letter for earth, indicating that the three elements represented in the alphabet are heavenly rather than earthly. from the solid foundation of the four elements, other occult associations branch forth. the most important of these is the four suits of the tarot, a set of seventy-eight picture cards widely used in modern magic. the symbols of the suits are related to the elements, and through them to the letters of the name. there is some disagreement over the correct relationship, as indeed there is for many of the secondary occult associations of the letters, but in the golden dawn arrangement, which is the most widely accepted, the suit of wands stands for fire, and thus the yod of the name. the suit of cups is water and the first he. the suit of swords is

his creative (and destructive) word is tetragrammaton. when god created the microcosm, or lesser adam, he used the same method by which he had created the universe "and the lord god formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (gen. 2:7. human beings are made of dust only in the sense that our material bodies are formed from the elements of the earth. the shape of our souls was determined by the expressed word in the vital breath of god when he inspired life into adam. the ba'al shem draws upon the divine life force that lies stored in the human blood, particularly the heart. this spiritual energy is the original gift of life from god that has been passed down generation after generation from adam, the first man. it i

e name 4 1 it is important to understand that the true sephiroth are not the descriptive titles kether, chokrnah, binah, and so on; neither are they the spheres on the glyph of the tree of the kabbalah. the true sephiroth are nothing other than the ten names of god. all the rest is window dressing-an attempt to make the meanings and relationship of these ten names more comprehensible. all four of the elements are said to be required in the creation of the golem because four is the number of manifest being. the rabbis sought to create a physical man, not an ideal one. however, the "elements" of loew and his disciples represent, not the four physical elements which are all present in the clay of the golem's body, but the three active qualities or forces, represented in the kabbalah by the th

kwise around the heptagram from this same planet, saturn, the order of the planets touched by the circle is their ancient astrological order based upon their apparent rate of progress across the heavens. from slowest *new millennium magic, an updated and expanded version of the new magus, will be available in may 1996 from llewellyn worldwide, ltd. pentagrammaton spirit tu earth fire pentagram of the elements heavens. from slowest planet to fastest, this order is: saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury, moon. the opposite directions of motion around the pentagram created by yeheshuah and yehovashah allow these two forms of pentagrammaton to serve as words of power for banishing and invoking spirits, particularly those associated with the magical elements, the salamanders (fire, sylphs

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

s or the ithacans (though both peoples were islanders) to feed upon fish, nor even the companions of ulysses during their long and most tedious voyage, till they were reduced thereto by extreme necessity. in short, they consider the sea to have been forced out of the earth by the power of fire, and therefore to lie out of nature's confines; and they regard it not as a part of the world, or one of the elements, but as a preternatural and corrupt and morbid excrement [fn#273] the per-matchet [fn#274] probably the pike, or "fighting fish [fn#275] in egyptian, sunu, the seweneh of the bible, and the modern aswan [fn#276] a kind of bream, the an of the egyptian texts [fn#277] compare chap. cxxxviia of the book of the dead "and behold, these things shall be performed by a man who is clean, and i

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

e projects it and if he mixes it with the holy oil and then consecrates it, he will achieve the curing of all diseases simply by applying it to the affected part (the initiate can see here his material fortune threatened and his businesses fail. arcanum 17 the star of hope. the eigth hour of apollonius. arcanum 18 the star of the the magicians. the ninth hour of apollonius. the astral virtures of the elements, of the seed of everykind (study of the minor mysteries, the ninth arches by the student has to ascend. arcano xiii (13) la muerte. cuarta hora de apolonio. el ne fito vagar de noche entre los sepulcros, experimentar el horror de las visiones, se entregar a la magia y a la goecia (esto significa que el disc pulo se ver atacado por millones de magos negros en el plano astral; esos mago

er the head of the magician appears the holy eight, the sacred symbol of the infinite. if it is traced [or drawn] with the middle finger, index finger and the thumb over the cardiac plexus: this sign encompasses, defines and joins the magnetic currents of the superior mind (consciousness in the dream) with the currents of the inferior mind (vigil consciousness. this sign joins or separates all of the elements ruled by the atomic energy. practice: in accordance with the aforesaid description, the following exercise is suggested: withdraw from your mind all types of thoughts, imagine now the holy eight as it is represented in the following graphic: allow the figure to submerge itself within your consciousness and go to sleep. imagine your mind as a blank screen without thinking of anything1

gica, que simboliza la m dula espinal. cuando los" tomos solares y lunares" hacen contacto en el hueso cox geo, despierta el "kundalini. la serpiente gnea de nuestros m gicos poderes. entonces somos devorados por la serpiente y nos convertiremos en magos excelsamente divinos. 14 arcanum 2 now let us study the magical equilibrium of the second arcanum of tarot. the physical body is organized with the elements. the intimus emanated from the inner star that has always smiled upon us; and he is positively polarized. and the physical body is the negative shadow of the intimus. spirit and matter live in eternal battle. when the spirit defeats the matter, the spirit then becomes a master. maya (illusion) could not exist without the duality. force and matter are two modalities of the same thing:

ifices and tremendous difficulties. there exists a transmutator agent (the philosophical stone, a heavenly influence (cosmic religiosity, diverse astral influences (esoteric astrology, influence of letters, numbers, correspond-dences, and sympathies (kabbalah. the sacred principles of alchemy are: 1. unity 2. a pair of opposites (man/woman; active/passive) 3. trinity (active, passive, neutral) 4. the elements (fire, air, water and earth) the entire work of the great work (the magnus opus) is synthesized in the seal of solomon. the six points of the star are masculine; the six outer obtuse angles that exist between point and point are feminine. in synthesis, this star has twelve rays: six masculine and six feminine. the star of solomon is the perfect symbol of the central sun, all of the zo

h, yesod, the foundation, sex, the etheric world tenth, malkuth, the kingdom in general, the physical world; malkuth is a supreme filter; from this region we depart to the ain soph or to the abyss, such is the law. the sephiroth are atomic; these ten sephiroth can be reduced to three tables: first: the quantum table of the radiant energy that comes from the sun. second: the atomic weight table of the elements of nature. third: the molecular weight table of the compounds. this is jacob's ladder, which goes from earth to heaven. all of the worlds of cosmic consciousness are reduced to these three tablets. all of the ten know sephiroth come from sephirah, the divine mother; she dwells in the heart temple. de ella se desprenden los diez sephirotes as: primero kether, el anciano de los d as. se

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us planetary deities, desires or aspirations relating to their specific energy, and the body parts they rule. the chart in figure 3-f shows the symbols of the planets, which the student may want to draw on the talismain, along with their corresponding numbers and spheres on the tree, as well as the associated greek and roman deities. the chart in figure 3-g shows the planets, their association to the elements and their best placement (this helps in determining timing for making a talisman. the planetary hours and their ruling figure 3-f figure g angels are given in the charts in figure 3-h. this can be used for even more precise timing, but the student needs to determine the first hour by the moment of sunrise in the specific location of residency. to determine the length of a planetary ho

oat, parathyroid. calcium level in the body. emotional balance. mercury: brain, nervous system, breathing. mental alertness and concentration. moon: breasts, pancreas, menstruation and conception. to achieve a reconciled heart. work with cycles, fluctuations. pluto: antibodies, defense system, generational or inherited illnesses. 36 figure 3-1 figure 3-j. additional correspondences the symbols of the elements are given in the charts in figures 3-1, 3-j, and 3-k. 3-1 is the more ancient alchemical formula; 3-k gives the elemental symbols according to the tattwa system, which will be explored in more depth in the section on tattwas and sound and color healing. the golden dawn correspondences are included in j. these designs may be employed in any talisman to incorporate its specific elementa

are included in j. these designs may be employed in any talisman to incorporate its specific elemental energy. the geomantic symbols are some of the oldest designs used on talismans. their origin is unknown, but they have been utilized in ancient seals as well as used as a method of divination from at least the middle ages. these symbols, which are related to the zodiacal signs, the planets, and the elements, are shown in the charts in figures 3-l, 3-m, 3-n, and 3-0. they can be easily incorporated into a talisman because of their simple designs, and are thought to increase or temper the particular force being evoked in the whole talismanic piece. it will be noted that there are a variety of creative designs that can be made from the simple series of dots, some of which are shown in figur

book, but some background material is included here so that the student may grasp the underlying principles upon which this tattwa-meditation is based. paracelsus felt that the body was composed of a visible substance that was subject to corruption, and a more etheric substance, which was not. health of the physical body was brought about by reharmonizing it with its etheric vehicle that provided the elements necessary to overcome the malady. since his time, many auric healers have espoused the mental and physical benefits of projecting colors into a person's aura through thought transference. numerous investigators of aural phenomenon during the past two centuries, many of whom claimed to be psychic, sought to describe the magnetic atmosphere surrounding the physical body. in 1911, w. j

mposed. these geometric forms are themselves limitless and are the determinants of all organic structure in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. we can see the beautiful geometric shapes of a crystal with the naked eye and the intricate patterns of molecules and atoms with high-powered x-ray microscopes. the permutations of these five basic tattwas can be related to combined influences of the elements and planets they represent, but are more arbitrary than the correspondences derived from working with the talismans in the first part of this book. what is most important is the relationship between the tones and the colors.the shapes simply are the containers for the combinations of these particular vibrations. they serve to hold the elemental vibration of the planet or zodiacal sign

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ingenesis, that is to say, a regeneration brought about by suggestion. in its most perfect stage this palingenesis is a veritable substitution of personality: the man is invested with the personality of a god, a hero or an ancestor, repeating and reproducing the gestures and actions attributed to him by tradition' only those deities who, owing to their own mythical history, bore within themselves the elements of new birth, demeter, dionysus, isis, atys and adonis, could confer palingenesis, the identification of the self with the divinity, owing to the special conception which the greeks had of the relations between life and death. the postulant passed through the divine myth, revived the life of god and passed, together with the god of sorrow, into joy, from life unto death. professor mac

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es of his doctrines are dependent on the mathematical conceptions, numerical ideas and impersonations upon which his philosophy was founded. the principles governing numbers were supposed to be the principles of all real existences; and as numbers are the primary constituents of mathematical quantities, and at the same time present many analogies to various realities, it was further inferred that the elements of numbers were the elements of realities. to pythagoras himself it is believed that the natives of europe owe the first teaching of the properties of numbers, of the principles of music and of physics; but there is evidence that he had visited central asia, and there had acquired the mathematical ideas which form the basis of his doctrine. the modes of thought introduced by pythagora

ince once one is still one, and the monad multiplied by the monad remains the immutable monad to infinity. it remains by itself among numbers, for no number can be taken from it, or separated from its unity. proculs observed that the first monad is the world itself; the second is the inerratic sphere; then, thirdly, succeed the spheres of the planets, each a unity; then lastly, are the spheres of the elements which are also monads; and these as they have a perpetual subsistence are called wholenesses--holotetes in greek. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the monad, unity, or the number one received very numerous meanings. photius tells us that the pythagoreans gave it the following names- mmeeaanni iings of the monad, number one 1. god, the first of

a, quiescence; rajas, desire; and tamas, decay. three lokas, swarga, bhumi and patala; heaven, earth and hell. three jewels of wisdom, the tri-ratnas; buddha, dharma and sanga. the three fires being the three aspects of the human soul, atma, buddhi and manas. there were three prongs of the trident, and three eyes in the forehead of siva. note also the 3-syllabled holy word aum. at the oblation of the elements in the celtic church, 3 drops of wine and 3 drops of water were poured into the chalice. in the present christian church, we notice 3 crossings with water at baptism, 3 creeds; the banns of numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott marriage are published 3 times; and a bishop in benediction makes the sign of the cross 3 times. in roman catholic churche

3; ephesians vi. 12, ii. 2. but above all, consider the meaning of the canticle benedicite omnia opera in the book of common prayer, o ye stars, o ye showers and dew, o ye fire and heat, o ye winds, o ye green things, o ye mountains and hills, bless ye the lord, praise him and magnify him for ever. these phrases are either folly, or else they recognize the spiritual essences or beings inherent in the elements and created things. again, read hymn 269 in hymns ancient and modern, a most orthodox volume. principalities and powers, watch for thy unguarded hours, and hymn 91, christian, dost thou see them, on the holy ground, how the troops of midian compass thee around? if these are not the evil elementals, what are they? francis barrett mentions the 4 consecrated animals, lion, eagle, man and

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d through the worlds with a sleepless revolution" the kabalah again supplies the key to this utterance, by regarding the four worlds as under the presidency of the four letters of the venerable name, a certain letter of tile four being allotted to each world, as also was a special mode of writing the four lettered name appropriate thereto; and, indeed in that system it is taught that the order of the elements, both macrocosmic and microcosmic, on every plane, is directly controlled by the "revolution of the name" that name is associated with the thers of the elements and is thus considered as a universal law; it is the power which marshals the creative host, summed up in the demiurgus, hypezokos, or flower of fire. reference may here be made to the psychic anatomy of the human being accord

one oracle assures us that "the girders of the soul, which give her; breathing, are easy to be unloosed" and elsewhere we read of the "melody of the ether" and of the "lunar clashings" experiences which testify to the reality of their occult methods. the oracles assert that the impressions of characters and other divine visions appear in the ether. the chald an philosophy recognized the ethers of the elements as the subtil media through which the operation of the grosser elements is effected by the grosser elements i mean what we know as earth, air, water and fire the principles of dryness and moisture, of heat and cold. these subtil ethers are really the elements of the ancients, and seem at an early period to have been connected with the chald an astrology, as the signs of the zodiac wer

effected by the grosser elements i mean what we know as earth, air, water and fire the principles of dryness and moisture, of heat and cold. these subtil ethers are really the elements of the ancients, and seem at an early period to have been connected with the chald an astrology, as the signs of the zodiac were connected with them. the twelve signs of the zodiac are permutations of the ethers of the elements four elements with three variations each; and according to the preponderance of one or another elemental condition in the constitution of the individual, so were his natural inclinations deduced therefrom, thus when in the astrological jargon it was said that a man had aries rising, he was said to be of a fiery nature, his natural tendencies being active, energetic and fiery, for in t

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pp. 40 41. 2. bahir, 57 58, pp. 150 153. see my analysis in language, eros, being, pp. 165 167. notes to pages 133 138 245 3. that is, the letter-name mem in phoenician and hebrew can be traced to the zigzag egyptian hieroglyphic for water. this ancient symbolism is reflected in the second part of sefer yesirah, where the three matrix letters, alef, mem, and shin, are correlated respectively with the elements of air, water, and fire. interestingly, the influence of the water symbol of mem is discernible in the greek letter mu, and, in an orphic verse describing zeus, mu is combined with alpha and omega to signify beginning, middle (meson, and end. see barry, greek qabbalah, pp. 77 78, 181. consider the reworking of isaiah 44:6 in revelation 1:8. the passage is discussed in chapter 5. in re

he scholastic debate and its reception in early modern philosophy, edited by pasquale porro, 131 159. leiden: e. j. brill, 2001. pred, ralph. onflow: dynamics of consciousness and experience. cambridge: mit press, 2005. prior, arthur. two essays on temporal realism. in logic and reality: essays on the legacy of arthur prior, edited by b. j. copeland, 43 51. oxford: clarendon press, 1996. proclus. the elements of theology. a revised text with translation, introduction, and commentary by eric r. dodds. 2nd ed. oxford: clarendon press, 1963. in platonis timaeum commentaria. 3 vols. edited by ernst diehl. leipzig: teubner, 1903 1906. reprint. amsterdam: hakkert, 1965. proclus commentary on plato s parmenides. translated by glenn r. morrow and john m. dillon. with introduction and notes by john

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ral from the physical is essential in the emerging element of the nightside covenant of the luciferian. the most challenging and perhaps dangerous element of the path is the development of the astral body. to build, one must focus and meet the challenges, and the fulfillment of desires upon the dreaming path. the ritual of luciferian transference: let the magician approach the altar, decorated in the elements of seth and the illuminated archon whom fell from the sky. the pentagram facing downwards as the gift of gnosis be above the altar which is contained within the 8 pointed sabbatic star known as algol, the black mirror and sigil of chosen for the working at hand. prepare thyself in the oil of abramelin and lucifer, allowing the five senses to be enflamed by experience, which symbolizes

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l. the formula of this magick is this (1) banish (2) purify (3) consecrate (4) equilibrate (5) make oath (6) invoke, by song, dance &c (7) make iacchaion god, by ether (8) sacrifice him to the beast, who thus becomes god. use here the accendat& the right mantram, the tu quies& the quia patris (9) sacrifice the beast to the scarlet woman, using her mantras f- s- etc. ether at pleasure (10) consume the elements, as by amalantrah the wizard we are taught, the pantacle being of "earth (in parts 7 to 10 weapons& robes may be laid on the throne of aiwaz (11) perform any scrying or utter any prophecies, as may be given& at leisure& pleasure resume vestments& insignia& close temple. so far of these matters. now we may begin our first working by the invocation of hermes on his day with the sun in 9

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l. the formula of this magick is this (1) banish (2) purify (3) consecrate (4) equilibrate (5) make oath (6) invoke, by song, dance &c (7) make iacchaion god, by ether (8) sacrifice him to the beast, who thus becomes god. use here the accendat& the right mantram, the tu quies& the quia patris (9) sacrifice the beast to the scarlet woman, using her mantras f- s- etc. ether at pleasure (10) consume the elements, as by amalantrah the wizard we are taught, the pantacle being of "earth (in parts 7 to 10 weapons& robes may be laid on the throne of aiwaz (11) perform any scrying or utter any prophecies, as may be given& at leisure& pleasure resume vestments& insignia& close temple. so far of these matters. now we may begin our first working by the invocation of hermes on his day with the sun in 9

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mighty waters in the silence of the abyss of the night of the great one, before creation, and before time. and lastly, the judgement of the universe through fire, when the end of the ages shall be. therefore it is that the numbering of the angels followeth this order of: shin is fire. tau is earth. mem is water. aleph is air. the above is the correct order and not the order of the attribution of the elements to tetragrammaton" the order of the elements to the four-lettered tetragrammaton is: yod is fire, heh is water, vau is air, and heh is earth. we also find in "the concourse of the forces" the following "wow thou shalt observe in the book of the concourse of the forces that unto each of the 4 tablets of the elements is there a sign annexed; i.e, unto the tablet of air a symbol of a t h

t divine fire which should enlighten them when thus harmonized so that therein may be manifested which is emethsh or amethsh, herein as the shin of the divine fire entered, and this order of letters is that of the angles of the tablets, and of the 4 tablets themselves, viz: first is air and aleph. second is water and mem. third is earth and tau. fourth is fire and shin "this again is the order of the elements in the sepher yetzirah' of the qabalah. from these 4 sigils there are the 4 names drawn forth as may follow in order. from the tau with 4 yods or a t surmounted by four yods of the sigillum ameth, t and 4 other letters counting by the rule of 4, 22, 20, 18. from the first letter t thus: this yields the name tahaoelog for the air tablet "the 4th square each time from the last will shew

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, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe "after three years he went into egypt, where there was another temple of the order. there he remained for a time still studying the mysteries of nature. after this, he travelled by sea to the city of fessa, where he was welcomed at the temple established there. while at the temple, he obtained the knowledge and acquaintance of the habitants of the elements, who revealed unto him many of their secrets. of the fraternity, he confessed that they had not retained their wisdom in its primal purity, and that their kabala was to a certain extent altered to their religion. nevertheless, he learned much there. after a stay of two years he came to spain, where he endeavoured to reform the errors of the learned according to the pure knowledge he h

king at the pastos, it will be seen that it represents a kind of triple cube, the whole of which is placed between light and darkness. the lid is half light and half darkness: the upper end is the symbol of light, and the lower, the symbol of darkness; while the sides have the colours placed between the light and the darkness. at the head is placed a golden greek cross representing the spirit and the elements, and a rose of 7 times 7 petals, and four rays which go out from it. but at the foot, that which the feet rest on as if they were exalted by it, is the cross exalted on a pedestal of three steps: the obligation cross. this latter is also to an extent represented on the top in the crucified figure, and symbolizes the voluntary sacrifice of the lower will, which is incidental to allayin

unification has begun. standing in the sign of osiris slain, the cowl of darkness is removed. he is then introduced to the zelem (in the form of the officers, the chiah and yechidah. the loosening of the cords show that the separation of the phases of the soul will not now be necessary as unification has begun. also, it shows that the restriction imposed on the aura (by impregnating the aura with the elements during the outer order rituals) is now removed, and the aura and astral body can now expand to encompass the higher vibrational energies. the venus wall is pointed to by the third adept. the answer alludes to the entrance being solar, the point of tiphareth on the tree where the 5=6 is reached before entrance to the vault is given. daleth, as venus, is the 14th path on the tree, and e

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