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k. the throne of the hiereus at the gate of the west is the place of the guardian against the multitudes that sleep through the light and awaken at twilight. he carries the banner of the west, which is the banner that symbolizes twilight. the throne of the hegemon between the columns is the place of balanced power between the light and the darkness. the wand of the kerux is the beam of light from the hidden wisdom, and his lamp is an emblem of the ever burning lamp of the guardian of the mysteries. the place of the stolistes at the gate of the north is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water, of cold and moisture. the place of the dadouchos at the gate of the south is the place of the guardian of the lake of fire and the burning bush" hierophant "frater kerux, i com

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o the order of the golden dawn. hiero (knocks) khabs. hiereus (knocks) am. heg (knocks) pekht. hiereus (knocks) konx. heg (knocks) om. hiero (knocks) pax. heg (knocks) light hiero (knocks) in. hiereus (knocks) extension. hiero: in all your wanderings through darkness the lamp of the kerux went before you, though you saw it not. kerux: kerux advances and raises his lamp. hiero: it is the symbol of the hidden light of occult science. let the candidate be conducted to the east of the altar. heg: conducts candidates to eastern side of altar. hiero: honoured hiereus, i delegate to you the duty of entrusting the candidate with the secret signs, grip, grand word and present password of the neophyte grade of the order of the golden dawn in the outer, of placing him between the mystic pillars and o

f the hiereus at the gate of the west is the place of the guardian against the multitudes that sleep through the light and awaken at the twilight, the throne of the hegemon seated between the columns is the place of balanced power, between the ultimate light and the ultimate darkness. these meanings are shown in detail and by the color of our robes. the wand of the kerux is the beam of light from the hidden wisdom, and his lamp is an emblem of the ever burning lamp of the guardian of the mysteries, the seat of the stolistes at the gate of the north is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water of cold and moisture. the seat of the dadouchos at the gate of the south is the place of the guardian of the lake of fire and the burning bush. hiero: honoured frater kerux, i co

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te thee with fire. dad: returns by way he came. stol: moves round north pillar, stands before neophyte, makes cross on forehead, sprinkles thrice, saying: stol: in the name of the lord of the universe. i purify thee with water. stol: returns to place as he came. hiero: the zelator grade is a preparation for other grades, a threshold before our discipline, and it shows by its imagery, the light of the hidden knowledge dawning in the darkness of creation; and you are now to begin to analyze and comprehend the nature of that light. to this end, you stand between the pillars, in the gateway where the secrets of the neophyte grade were communicated to you. prepare to enter the immeasurable region. and tetragrammaton elohim planted a garden eastward in eden, and out of the ground made tetragramm

souls and the angels are above its branches, and the qlippoth or demons dwell under its roots. let the neophyte enter the pathway of evil. kerux: takes his place in front of neophyte, leads him in a n.e. direction towards the hiereus, halts and steps out of the direct line between hiereus and neophyte. hiereus: whence comest thou? kerux: i come from between the two pillars and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai. hiereus: and the great angel samael answered, and said: i am the prince of darkness and of night. the foolish and rebellious gaze upon the face of the created world, and find therein nothing but terror and obscurity. it is to them the terror of darkness and they are as drunken men stumbling in the darkness. return, for thou canst not pass by. kerux: lead

r of darkness and they are as drunken men stumbling in the darkness. return, for thou canst not pass by. kerux: leads neophyte back as he came, to between the pillars. hiero: let the neophyte enter the pathway of good. kerux: leads neophyte s.e, and halts opposite hegemon, stepping aside from before neophyte. heg: whence comest thou? kerux: i come from between the pillars, and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai. heg: the great angel metatron answered, and said: i am the angel of the presence divine. the wise gaze upon the created world and behold there the dazzling image of the creator. not yet can thine eyes bear that dazzling image. return, for thou canst not pass by. kerux: turns and leads neophyte back between the pillars. hiero: let the neophyte enter the s

the straight and narrow pathway which turns neither to the right hand nor to the left hand. kerux: leads neophyte directly up center of hall until he is near the altar, halts, steps aside from before neophyte, leaving him to face altar unobstructed. hiereus: heg: cross sceptre and sword before altar. hiereus: heg: whence comest thou? kerux: i come from between the pillars and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai. hiero: advances to east of altar with sceptre, which he thrusts between sword of hiereus and sceptre of hegemon and raising it to an angle of 45 degrees. hiero: but the great angel sandalphon said: i am the reconciler for earth, and the celestial soul therein. form is invisible alike in darkness and in blinding light. i am the left hand kerub of the ark

f the flaming sword of the kerubim, is a representation of the guardians of the gates of eden, just as the hiereus and hegemon symbolize the two paths of the tree of the knowledge 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

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nding sea. labor thou around the strophaios of hecate, when thou shalt see a terrestrial demon approaching cry aloud, and sacrifice the stone mnizourin. change not the barbarous names of evocation for they are names divine having in the sacred rites a power ineffable. and when after all the phantoms are banished thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe hear thou the voice of fire. hereunto is the speech of the kabiri. heg: turns up lights and then conducts candidate to foot of hierophant's throne, and hands theoricus the solid triangular pyramid. hiero: the solid triangular pyramid is an appropriate hieroglyph of fire. it is formed of 4 triangles, 3 visible and one concealed, which yet use the synthesis of the r

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

danger, and offers protection against both physical and psychic attack. it is a colour for keeping secrets and for smoothing down potential conflict and keeping one's counsel when to do otherwise would be unwise. grey candles are best used on wednesday when mercury cannot be seen and on saturday. black another colour of saturn and also the kings of the underworld- the roman pluto, the bestower of the hidden wealth that lay within the earth, and the greek hades, who abducted persephone (proserpine, thus causing winter. black is the colour not only of death, but also of regeneration. this belief goes back to ancient egypt when the annual flooding of the nile carried with it black silt, which brought new life to the land each year. in magick, black is the colour of endings that carry within t

ABRAMELIN1

e marquisate of magdeburgh, and i was the cause that their estates were handed down unto their children. now when once the faculty of being able to avail oneself of the sacred magic hath been obtained, it is permissible to demand from the angel a sum of coined money proportionate unto thy birth, quality and capacity, the which without difficulty will be granted unto thee. such money is taken from the hidden treasures. it is, however, necessary to note that in all treasures one is allowed to take the fifth part, god permitting the same, although some braggart chatterers44 do say that there be an infinitude hereof which be destined and reserved unto anti-christ, i do not for a moment say that this the sacred magic 22 may not be true; but undoubtedly from the same treasures one may also take

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h married and single. 12 it is necessary that the reader should not misunderstand this passage. what are meant are those black magic works containing garbled and perverted words and characters; and which teach nothing but hurtful and selfish practices; the great point in which is generally the forming of a pact with an evil spirit. because true characters represent the formulas of the currents of the hidden forces of nature and true ceremonies are the keys of bringing the same into action. 13 it seems again to me here that abraham the jew stretches the matter too far. it is perfectly and utterly true without doubt that angelic magic is higher than that form of talismanic magic which has its basis in the astrological positions of the heavenly bodies; and can therefore do more, and be also i

ADDTLS

resents a vast area of dominion, having the correlation thereof in the universe, in the planets, in our b, in the fixed stars, and even in man, in animals, vegetables, and minerals. therefore do the 4 perpendicular or vertical lines of the 4 crosses represent 4 great currents of force passing between north above and south below, intersecting the tiphareth points and thus affirmng the existence of the hidden central pillar of the tree of life, forming the axis of the sphere of the celestial heavens. therefore are these lines which are vertical called linea dei patris filiique, as manifesting that central column wherein are kether and tiphareth, macroprosopus and microprosopus. the calvary cross of 10 squares which are in each of the 4 lesser angles of each tablet are attributed unto the act

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

st right breast) second "be thy heart a center of light (chief places crux at the base of the spine. second at left hip. third at the right hip) third "be thy body the temple of the rosy cross (aspirant is faced to east, and adepts return to former positions. crook and scourge are laid on altar over dagger, crossing at yellow bands) chief "repeat with us the following words which are the signs of the hidden wisdom of our order (aspirant is made to repeat each word after the officer) chief "i" second "n" third "r" 26 all "i" chief "y" second "n" third "r" all "y" chief "virgo, isis, mighty mother" second "scorpio, apophis, destroyer" third "sol, osiris, slain and risen" all "isis, apophis, osiris, i.a.o. let the divine light descend (all separate wands and give the sign of osiris slain) all

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

led "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever the case may be, the zonei seem to include the seven philosophical planets, i.e, including the sun and moon as planetary bodies, along with mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. each has their own seal and their own number. kenneth grant, author of aleister crowley and the hidden god, may be interested to know (or may already know) that the number of the sumerian goddess of venus, hence of love and war, is fifteen. in many of the ancient tablets of that period, she is actually referred to as "the fifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the whole name in cuneiform, was assume. grant made much of "the goddess fifteen" in his study of crowley's system as related to

e origins of oriental civilisation new york, 1959 fossey, c. la magie assyrienne paris, 1902 de la fuye, a "le pentagramme pythagoricien, sa diffusion, son emploi dans la syllabaire cuneiforme" babyloniaca paris, 1934 genouillac "les dieux de l'elam" recueil de travaux relatifs a la philologie et a l'archaeologie egyptiennes et assyriennes. paris, 1904 (ed. maspero) grant, k. aleister crowley and the hidden god new york, 1974 the magical revival new york, 1973 gray, j. near eastern mythology new york, 1969 griffith& thompson the leyden papyrus new york, 1974 hooke, s.h. babylonian and assyrian religion oklahoma, 1975 middle eastern mythology new york, 1975 king, l. babylonian magic and sorcery london, 1896 kramer, s.n. history begins at sumer new york, 1959 mythologies of the ancient world

sorcery no evil in the world or under it over the world or inside the world may seize me here! barra ante malda! barra ange ge yene! zi dingir anna kanpa! zi dingir kia kanpa! gaggamannu! a conjuration against the seven liers-in-wait they are seven they are seven in the depths of the ocean, they are seven in the shining heavens, they are seven they proceed from the ocean depths they proceed from the hidden retreat they are neither male nor female these which stretch themselves out like chains they have no spouse they beget not children they are strangers to charity they ignore prayers they scoff at wishes they are vermin that come forth from the mountains of mashu enemies of our master enki they are the vengeance of the ancient ones raising up difficulties obtaining power through wickedne

devil the evil larvae showing no true signs unto mortal man. and the dead will rise and smell the incense! the urilia text the following is the text of urilia, the book of the worm. it contains the formulae by which the wreakers of havoc perform their rites. these are the prayers of the ensnarers, the liers-in-wait, the blind fiends of chaos, the most ancient evil. these incantations are said by the hidden priests and creatures of these powers, defeated by the elders and the seven powers, led by marduk, supported by enki and the whole host of igigi; defeaters of the old serpent, the ancient worm, tiamat, the abyss, also called kutulu the corpse-enki, yet who lies not dead, but dreaming; he whom secret priests, initiated into the black rites, whose names are writ forever in the book of cha

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

-clxxxiii and clxxxvi, not all columns throughout as the editors of 777 revised state t.s. 34 notes to table of correspondences col. ii: 0-10 are the names of the numbers or emanations; 11-32 the letters spelt in full. line 1. some of the common titles of kether are: twcp hdqn the small point. lz tt the profuse giver. hnwcar hdqn the primordial point. hdwwh acyr the white head. ma amen. alpwm rwa the hidden light. alp the hidden wonder. hlum \wr inscrutable height. ypna ]yra long of nose \ypa ]yra long of face. ymwy the ancient of days [also name of seven inferiors] hyha rca hyha existence of existences. yqytud aqytu ancient of ancient ones. acydq aqytu holy ancient one. fwcp rwa the simple light. yrmfd hrymf concealed of the concealed acyr the head ymynp rwa the inner light wylu the most

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

suppress and disguise. having discovered his identity, he will soon perceive his purpose. another process will show him how to make that purpose pure and powerful. he may then learn how to estimate his environment, learn how to make allies, how to make himself prevail against all powers whose error has caused them to wander across his path. in the course of this training, he will learn to explore the hidden mysteries of nature, and to develop new senses and faculties in himself, whereby he may communicate with, and control, beings and forces pertaining to orders of existence which xxiv have been hitherto inaccessible to profane research, and available only to that unscientific and empirical magick (of tradition) which i came to destroy in order that i might fulfil. i send this book into th

is in tiphereth, whose office is redemption, and he deplores the events which have caused the apparent sorrow from which he has just escaped. he is also aware, even in the height of his ecstasy, of the limits and defects of his attainment "line 4" this refers to the phenomena which accompany his attainment "line 5" this means the recognition of the angel as the true self of his subconscious self, the hidden life of his physical life "line 6" the adept realises every breath, every word of his angel as charged with creative fire. tiphereth is the sun, and the angel is the spiritual sun of the soul of the adept "line 7" here is summed the entire process of bringing the conditioned universe to knowledge of itself through the formula of generation<yod he, realizing themselves, will an

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

a is a shorter cut to nothing; a is less likely to create internal conflict. 14* n n= two or naught; one is the magical, the other the mystical, process. you will hear a lot about this one day! 31 will that serve? offer a dog a juicy bone, and a bundle of hay; he will naturally take the bone, whereas a horse would choose the hay. so, while you happen to imagine yourself to be a fair lady seeking the hidden wisdom, you come to me; if you thought you were a nigger15 minstrel, you would play the banjo, and sing songs calculated to attract current coin of the realm from a discerning public! the two actions are ultimately identical- see al i, 22- and your perception of that fact would make you an initiate of very high standing; but in the work-a-day world, you are "really" the fair lady, and l

and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire, are of us" this chapter returns over and over again to this theme in one form or 5 "peace: the glow of satisfaction at achievement. it is not "eternal" rather, it whets the appetite for another adventure (peace, gk: h. eiphnh= 189= 7 x 9 x 13' the venusian plus lunar form of unity) 24 another. what is really more significant is the hidden, the unexpressed, soul of the book; the way in which it leaps into wild spate of rhapsody on any excuse or no excuse. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 163 this is surely more convincing than some dreary thesis plodding along doggedly with the "proof) that "god is good" every sentence creaking with your chalk-stones and squeaking with the twinges of your toe! y

s "they" when asked who "they" were, she would say haltingly and stupidly "the magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 279 gods" or some equally unhelpful term. but she was always absolutely clear and precise as to the instructions. the new aeon was to supersede the old; my special job was to preserve the sacred tradition, so that a new renaissance might in due season rekindle the hidden light. i was accordingly to make a quintessence of the ancient wisdom, and publish it in as permanent a form as possible. this i did in the equinox. i should perhaps have been strictly classical, and admitted only the 7* the chancellor of the exchequer, having fixed the increase of income tax at threepence, proceeded to defraud the insurance companies by insuring himself against a rise

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

the name agla, a notariqon formed from the initials of the sentence "ateh gibor leolahm adonai "to thee be the power unto the ages, o my lord" and the acid which eats into the steel should be oil of vitrol. vitrol is a notariqon of "visita interiora terrae rectificando invenies occultum lapidem" that is to say: by investigating everything and bringing it into harmony and proportion you will find the hidden stone, the same stone of the philosophers of which mention has already been made, which turns all into gold. this oil which can eat into the steel, is further that which is written, liber lxv, i, 16 "as an acid eats into steel. so am i unto the spirit of man" note how closely woven into itself is all this symbolism! the centre of ruach being the heart, it is seen that this sword of the

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

ley, coll. works vol. i. appendix) y r n y enemy r( evil; friend (r 271 earth (ch (whence glow, mean h (r) in these words, as follows (see 256, hrym) rm)l 272 earth)(r) to consume; to injure; brutish r(b a great blow hbr hkm the evening; to grow dark; to exchange, pawn; poplar, willow; desert; arabia; sweet, pleasant; raven br( 273 the stone that the builders rejected (ps. 118:22) mynwbh ws)m nb) the hidden light zwng rw) four (br) rebuked r(g took away (rg 274 paths mykrd 275 pleasant abode h)n hryd the river of justice nyd r)y? scripture (perh. lit. gscratched h) w+rs evil h(r 276 a cithara rwnk the moon (cf. 218 )rhys 277 to sow, propagate; seed, semen (rz favour, benevolence )w(r 278 the world of mevetbau: the natural world (referred to netzach- hod-yesod (b+wmh mlw( kerubim: the angel

n#h thunders mym(r crimson yn# ophir: earth ryp( 361 the arrangement of the sephiroth: 3-6-1 lord of earth (referred to malkuth; cf. 65& 155) cr)h ynd) folk, people (ar; gimpurities h. from #n, gto be weak, sick h) y#n) foundations (ch) ny) the mountain zion nwyc rh 362 long of face: a title of kether (cf. 352) myp) kyr) 363 the almighty and ever-living god: the divine name of yesod yx l) yd# 364 the hidden light: a title of kether )lpwm rw) satan n+#h demons nyd# opposition; resistance hn# 365 an uncovering, exposing h(yrp 367 black (scil. of eye-pupil; middle; homunculus nw#y) 368 the spirit of the gods of the living myyx myhl) xwr boils nyx# 369 the world of briah (creation; referred to binah) h)yrbh mlw( 370 a foundation, basis rq( creation( willows of the brook (lev. 23:40) lxn ybr( w

hen *nkb 723 he, the lord god *ynd) myhl )wh 724 the end of the days mymyh tyrx) a leader, chief, judge *nyyd the pillars (see 79 *mydm( ye shall cleave *myqbdx 725 priest *nhk strength (ez.3:8 *myqzx to make them know (ps. 25:4 *m(ydwhl 726 vitriol (a notariqon of gvisita interiora terrae rectificando invenies occultum lapidem h: gvisit the interior of the earth; by rectification thou shalt find the hidden stone h) l(yrtyw secret, put away; a hiding-place *nwybx 727 overflowing (ps. 124:5 *nwdyz fetters (job 36:8 *myqyz 729 the curse of satan n (rq jachin, the pillar of mercy (chokmah-chesed-netzach; situate in netzach *nyx)y the accentuator *mym+ 730 seasons *myd(wm fools; the constellation orion *mylysk 732 white *nbl clusters; grapes *mybn( the golden image [of nebuchadnezzar (dan. 3*)

ALEISTER CROWLEY TAO TEH KING

the use of a novel conception of the idea of number and algebraic and arithmetical proceedings, to convey the results of spiritual experience to intelligent students. it is therefore not altogether without confidence that i present this translation of the tao teh king to the public. i hope and believe that careful study of the text, as elucidated by my commentary, will enable serious aspirants to the hidden wisdom to understand with fair accuracy what lao tze taught. it must however be laid to 10 heart that the essence of his system will inevitably elude intellectual apprehension unless it be illuminated from above by actual living experience of the truth. such experience is only to be attained by unswerving application to the practices which he advocates. nor must the aspirant content him

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

tioned in the book of the law which conceal secret matters were already at that time possessed of a certain significance for me. some unconscious co-operation of my mind might be alleged as the determinant factor in the choice of those numbers, their subsequent interconnexions, and so on explained by the commentators' ingenuity, and the confirmation of independent facts by coincidence. similarly, the hidden numbers such as 3,141593, 395, 31, 93, may be ascribed to the commentators, and denied to the intention of the text; at least, by that class of pharisee which strains at the butterfly of the soul, preferring to swallow any hippopotamus if it be slimed thickly enough with the miasmal swamp-mire of materialism. but 718 is expressed openly; its nature is described sufficiently and unambigu

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

y bathe in his lustral and illimitable light? it must first here be spoken of the exoteric qabalah to be found in books, a shell of that perfect fruit of the tree of life. next we will deal with the esoteric teachings of it, as frater p. was able to understand them. and of these we shall give examples, showing the falsity and absurdity of the uninitiated path, the pure truth and reasonableness of the hidden way. for the student unacquainted with the rudiments of the qabalah we recommend the study of s. l. mathers introduction to his translation of the three principal books of the zohar,3 and westcott s introduction to the study of the qabalah. we venture to append a few quotations from the former document, which will show the elementary principles of calculation. dr. westcott s little book

be put before the first, it makes br, rab, great. if after the third be placed the fifth and fourth, it gives cya, aish, man. if to the two first be joined the two last, they give tyrb, berith, covenant. and if the first be added to the last, it gives bt, theb, which is sometimes used for bwt, thob, good. there are three qabalistic veils of the negative existence, and in themselves they formulate the hidden ideas of the sephiroth not yet called into being, and they are concentrated in kether, which in this sense is the malkuth of the hidden ideas of the sephiroth. i will explain this. the first veil of the negative existence is the ya, ain, negativity. this word consists of three letters, which thus shadow forth the first three sephiroth or numbers. the second veil is the [ws ya, ain-soph

ts ordinary representation in arabic numerals, where the circle 0 represents the negative, and the 1 the unity. thus, then, the limitless ocean of negative light does not proceed from a centre, for it is centreless, but it concentrates a centre, which is the number one of the manifested sephiroth, kether, the crown, the first sephira; which therefore may be said to be the malkuth or number ten of the hidden sephiroth. thus kether is in malkuth, and malkuth is in kether. or, as an alchemical writer of great repute (thomas vaughan, better known as eugenius philalethes) say (in euphrates, or the waters of the east, apparently quoting from proclus: that the heaven is in the earth, but after an earthly manner; and that the earth is in the heaven, but after a heavenly manner. but in as much as n

ately precedes it in the sephirothic scale, and masculine or transmissive with regard to the sephira which immediately follows it. but there is no sephira anterior to kether, nor is there a sephira which succeeds malkuth. by these remarks it will be understood how chokmah is a feminine noun, though marking a masculine sephira. the connecting link of the sephiroth is the ruach, spirit, from mezla, the hidden influence. i will now add a few more remarks on the qabalistical meaning of the term alqtm, metheqela, balance. in each of the three trinities or triads of the sephiroth is a duad of opposite sexes, and a uniting intelligence which is the result. in this, the masculine and feminine potencies are regarded as the two scales of the balance, and the uniting sephira as the beam which joins t

ightning. as the lightning ligheneth out of the east even unto the west, so shall be the coming of the son of man. 45 sa, ruin, destruction, sudden death. scil, of the personality in samadhi. lpa, thick darkness. cf. st. john of the cross, who describes these phenomena in great detail \ua, the hindu aum or om.46 llwhm, mad the destruction of reason by illumination. hlwu, a holocaust. cf. sa. alp, the hidden wonder, a title of kether. 114. umd, a tear. the age of christian rosenkreutz. 43 i.e. the 13 paths above tiphareth. 78 is s (1 12) so to get this number you need to add up the numbers on the tarot trumps of those paths rather than the letters, which will give you 105 t.s. 44 crowley later decided this was an error and that the actual hebrew spelling of aiwaz was zwyu= 93, after having

to be the lion (leo my rising sign76) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.77 74 364= inter alia, alpwm rua, the hidden light, a title of kether, and fch, the adversary t.s. 75 vide al i. 22 t.s. 76 this may have been wishful thinking on crowley s part. the time and place of birth accompanying ac s birthchart as printed in equinox i (7) and equinox of the gods actually give cancer, not leo, rising, suggesting the figure had been fudged. the editor of the blue brick edition of magick obligingly corrected

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

said mahabrahma, who had assumed the guise of a cowherd, i kiss your worshipful trilbies :1 i prostrate myself before your eminent respectability. sir, said the holy man, none other than our lord himself! thou seekest illumination! mahabrahma smirked and admitted it. from negative to positive, explained the thrice-honoured one, through potential existence eternally vibrates the divine absolute of the hidden unity of processional form masked in the eternal abyss of the unknowable, the synthetic hieroglyph of an illimitable, pastless, futureless present. to the uttermost bounds of space rushes the voice of ages unheard of save in the concentrated unity of the thought-formulated abstract; and eternally that voice formulates a word which is glyphed in the vast ocean of limitless life.2 do i ma

hat we may bring forth tender shoots of energy in the great work of works. so mote it be! benedictvs doninvs devs noster qvi nobis dedit signvm r. c. 123 epilogue when the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance with the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom of the wind s cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley s gloom; then i walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways of the immemorial places shut behind the starry rays; of the east and all its splendour, of the west and all its peace; and the stubborn lights grow tender, and the hard sounds hus and cease. in the wheel of heaven revolving, mysteries of death and birth, in the womb of time dissolving, shape anew a heaven and ear

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h is woven a wreath of lilies and ivy. and her countenance is as that of desolation yet majestic as an empress of earth, who possessing all things yet cannot find a helpmeet worthy to possess her; and her eyes are as opals of light; and her tongue as an arrow of flame. and on beholding her i cried in a loud voice saying "o princess of the vision of the unknown, who art throned as a sphinx between the hidden mysteries of earth and air, give me of the fruit of the tree of life that i may eat thereof, so that mine eyes shall be opened, and i may become as a god in understanding, and live for ever" and when i had finished speaking she wept bitterly and answered me saying "verily if the poor man trespass within the palace gate, the king's dogs shall be let loose so that they may tear him in pie

old is only to be found in the marriage of wantonness and chastity. and taking it thou shalt place it in the lock of cherubic fire which is fashioned in the centre of the door of the king's house, which is built of ivory and ebony and studded with jet and silver; and the door shall open for a time as if a flame had been blown aside, and thou shalt see before thee a table of pearl on which are set the hidden waters and the secret bread of the banquet of light. and thou shalt drink and eat and become bright as a stream of molten silver; and, as the light of the body is the eye, so shalt thy true self become as an eye unto thee, and see all things, even the cup of the third birth; and, taking it, thou shalt drink from the cup the eucharist of freedom, the wine of which is more fragrant than t

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y bathe in his lustral and illimitable light? it must first here be spoken of the exoteric qabalah to be found in books, a shell of that perfect fruit of the tree of life. next we will deal with the esoteric teachings of it, as frater p. was able to understand them. and of these we shall give examples, showing the falsity and absurdity of the uninitiated path, the pure truth and reasonableness of the hidden way. for the student unacquainted with the rudiments of the qabalah we recommend the study of s. l. mathers "introduction"1 to his translation of the three principal books of the zohar,2 and westcott's "introduction to the study of the qabalah" we venture to append a few quotations from the 71 former document, which will show the elementary principles of calculation. dr westcott's littl

fore the first, it makes rb, rab= great. if after the third be placed the fifth and the fourth, it gives aish, aish= man. if to the two first be joined the two last, they give brith, berith= covenant. and if the first be added to the last, it gives thb, theb, which is sometimes used for tvb, thob= good. there are three qabalistical veils of the negative existence, and in themselves they formulate the hidden ideas of the sephiroth not yet called into being, and they are concentrated in kether, which in this sense is the malkuth of hidden ideas of the sephiroth. i will explain this. the first veil of the negative existence is the ain, ain, negativity. this word consists of three letters, which thus shadow forth the first three sephiroth or numbers. the second veil is the ain svp, the limitle

at its ordinary representation in arabic numerals, where the circle o represents the negative and the i the unity. thus, then, the limitless ocean of negative light does not proceed from a centre, for it is centreless, but it concentrates a centre, which is the number one of of the sephiroth, kether, the crown, the first sephira; which therefore may be said to be the malkuth or the number ten of the hidden sephiroth. thus "kether is in malkuth and malkuth is in kether" or as an alchemical author of great repute (thomas vaughan, better known as eugenius philalethes) says, apparently quoting from proclus "that the heaven is in the earth, but after an earthly manner; and that the earth is in the heaven, but after a heavenly manner" but inasmuch as negative existence is the subject incapable

immediately precedes it in the sephirotic scale, and masculine or transmissive with regard to the sephira which immediately follows it. but there is no sephira anterior to kether, nor is there a sephira which succeeds malkuth. by these remarks it will be understood how chokmah is a feminine noun, though marking a masculine sephira. the connecting-link of the sephiroth is the ruach, spirit, mezla, the hidden influence. i will how add a few more remarks on the qabalistical meaning of the term mthqla, metheqla, balance. in each of the three trinities or triads of the sephiroth is a duad of opposite sexes, and a uniting intelligence which is the result. in this, the masculine and feminine potencies are regarded as the two scales of the balance, and the uniting sephira as the beam that joins th

t of shiva upon shakti in samahdi. the roman a shows the same through the shape of the pentagram, which it imitates. asn, ruin, destruction, sudden death "scil, of the personality in samadhi. apl, thick darkness "cf" st john of the cross, who describes these phenomena in great detail. amo, the hindu aum or om. mhvll, mad- the destruction of reason by illumination. ovlh, a holocaust "cf" asn. pla, the hidden wonder, a title of kether. 114. dmo, a tear. the age of christian rosencreutz. 120. smk, samech, a prop. also mvsdi, basis, foundation. 120= 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5, and is thus a synthesis of the power of the pentagram [also 1+ 2+ 15= 120] hence its importance in the 5= 6 ritual, q.v "supra" equinox, no. iii. i however disagree in part; it seems to me to symbolise a lesser redemption than th

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lee away, comforted. now, to myself, i have imagined the chariot of which the voice spake, and i looked to see who was with me in the chariot. it was an angel of golden hair and golden skin, whose eyes were bluer than the sea, whose mouth was redder than the fire, whose breath was ambrosial air. finer than a spider's web were her robes. and they were of the seven colours. all this i saw; and then the hidden voice went on low and sweet: come away! the price of the journey is little, though its name be death. thou shalt die to all that thou fearest and hopest and hatest and lovest and thinkest and art. yea! thou shalt die, even as thou must die. for all that thou hast, thou hast not; all that thou art, thou art not! nenni ofekufa ananael laiada i maelpereji nonuka afafa adarepeheta peregi al

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up to give a glimpse of the light as dimly seen through darkness yet heralding a glory which is in the beyond. the "hierophant" then slowly lowering his sceptre, says "child of earth! remember that unbalanced force is evil. unbalanced mercy is but weakness: unbalanced severity is but oppression. thou hast known me; pass thou on unto the cubical altar of the universe" thus formulating the force of the hidden central pillar. the hierophant then leaveth his throne and passeth between the pillars, halting at either the station of harpocrates, the place of the evil triad, or at the east of the altar. the hiereus standeth on the left of the candidate, and the hegemon on his right. thus again completing the formulation of the triad of the three supernals. the hierophant and hiereus may hold their

ion, at this point, there should be a gleaming white triangle formulated above the forehead of the candidate and touching it, the symbol of the white triangle of the three supernals. the "hierophant" now calleth forward the kerux, and turning towards the candidate says to him "in all your wanderings through darkness, the lamp of the kerux went before you though you saw it not! it is the symbol of the hidden light of occult science" it here representeth to him a vague formulation of his ideal, which he can neither grasp not analyse. yet this light is not the symbol of his own higher self, but rather a ray from the gods to lead him there. 257 the "hierophant" then continues "let the candidate be conducted to the east of the altar. honoured hiereus, i delegate to you the duty of entrusting th

strally formulated above the astral white triangle of the three upon his forehead; so that so long as he belongeth unto the order he may have that potent and sublime symbol as a link with his higher self, and as an aid in his search for the forces of the light divine for ever, if he only "will it" but the higher soul or genius returneth unto the invisible station of harpocrates, into the place of the hidden centre, yet retaining the link formulated with the candidate. the address of the "hierophant" then follows "frater x y z, i must congratulate you on your having passed with so much fortitude through your ceremony of the admission to the 0= 0 grade of the order of the golden dawn in the outer. i will now direct your attention to a brief explanation of the principal symbols of your grade"

ken of the 0= 0 grade, and by this symbol of the hermetic cross" the neophyte is then conducted to the west, and being placed between the mystic pillars, pledges himself to secrecy. the "hierophant" congratulating him, finally says "let the neophyte enter the path of evil" then the following takes place "hiereus" whence comest thou "kerux (for neophyte: i am come from between the pillars and seek the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai "hiereus" and the angel samael (angel of evil) answered an said: i am the prince of darkness and of night. the wicked and rebellious man gazeth upon the face of nature and he findeth therein naught but terror and obscurity; unto him it is but the darkness of the darkness; and he is but as a drunken man groping in the dark. return, for thou canst not pass

icked and rebellious man gazeth upon the face of nature and he findeth therein naught but terror and obscurity; unto him it is but the darkness of the darkness; and he is but as a drunken man groping in the dark. return, for thou canst not pass by "hierophant" let the neophyte enter the path of good "hegemon" whence comest thou "kerux (for neophute: i am come from between the pillars and seek for the hidden light of occult knowledge. 262 "hegemon" and the great angel metatron (angel of good) answered and said: i am the angel of the presence divine. the wise man gazeth upon the material universe and he beholdeth therein the luminous image of the creator. not as yet canst thou bear the dazzling radiance of that light! return, for thou canst not pass by "hierophant" let the neophyte now advan

nd he beholdeth therein the luminous image of the creator. not as yet canst thou bear the dazzling radiance of that light! return, for thou canst not pass by "hierophant" let the neophyte now advance by the straight and narrow way which inclineth neither to the right hand nor to the left "hiereus and hegemon" whence comest thou "kerux (for neophyte: i am come from between the pillars and seek for the hidden light of occult science "hierophant" but the great angel sandalphon answered and said "i am the reconciler for the earth and the soul of the celestial therein. equally is form invisible in total darkness and in blinding light" the hiereus and hegemon return to their seats, whilst the hierophant and neophyte remain, both facing the altar. here the "hierophant" confers on the neophyte the

gate of eden; just as the hiereus and the hegemon symbolise the two paths of the tree of knowledge of good and evil "you will observe that in this grade the red cross is placed within the white triangle upon the altar, and this placed, it is identical with the banner of the west "the triangle refers 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 terre

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uted sages for a key to the great mysteries of life and death. not even fiction was neglected, and it was from fiction that we gathered one tiny seed-fact, which (in all these years) has germinated to the present essay. through the ages we found this one constant story. stripped of its local and chronological accidents, it usually came to this- the writer would tell of a young man, a seeker after the hidden wisdom, who, in one circumstance or another, meets an adept; who, after sundry ordeals, obtains from the said adept, for good or ill, a certain mysterious drug or potion, with the result (at least) of opening the gate of the other-world. this potion was identified with the elixir vitae of the physical alchemists, or one of their "tinctures" most likely the "white tincture" which transfo

olved as the hot fire ran. the god's tongue flashed, and he roared with glee at each spasm he drew from the breast of me, and the mystery of panic mirth lay bare in the sight of a man. xiii and many a love long since i've known, and many a city rare; i have sung and harped, i have fought and flown, i have wandered everywhere. but the thought of that day by the water-side, the god's hot breath and the hidden bride, makes me more shy as i wander alone, unknowing whither i fare. xiv and in the morning pan rose and fled, and left me alone to sleep; and long i lay in a slumber dead. then on hands and knees did i creep back to the shade of the sheltering trees; and i found my sheep on the shady leas; and my body was flushed, and my cheeks were red, and my eyes too bright to weep. 135 xv after lo

s. thus 500 would have been written taw-qof, not hb:kophfinal, and 800 taw-taw, and so on [yet in some few arcana the finals are counted as such. this mystery, however, pertaineth to a grade even more exalted than our beloved and erudite brother had attained at the period of this essay weh paraphrase: bennett didn't know, and crowley either doesn't know or won't say- p> thus herein do we perceive the hidden power of the three extended as a mighty sphere to the confines of space! 183 the following illustration includes a circumscribed equilateral pentagram. in the original, the pentagram and circle are composed of solid lines. the form given here is an approximation. 1.hb:aleph. 1.hb:yod. 5.hb:heh\ 3.hb:lamed. 4.hb:memfinal. the next word is aleph-taw, which we have seen to be the central w

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o creature of fire, to the service of the works of the magic of light [he lights from the magical candle the eight lamps, and the charcoal for the incense-burners, after which he casts incense on the coals in the censer and passes round the circle censing, saying] and, when after all the phantasms are vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of the fire [he passes to the centre of the circle and censes towards the four quarters, saying] i consecrate with fire [he resumes his place in the south [chief magus takes fan, and fanning air says] i exorcise thee, creature of air, by these names, that all evil and impure spirits now immediately depart [circumambulates, saying] such a fire

ye, great lord of the hall of dual truth; hear ye, immortal powers of the magic of light, that this spirit taphthartharath hath been duly and properly invoked in accordance with the sacred rites of power ineffable [the "mighty magus of art" now says] o ye great lords of the glory and light of the radiant orb of kokab; ye in whom are vested the knowledge of the mighty powers, the knowledge of all the hidden arts and sciences of magic and of mystery! ye! ye! i invoke and conjure! cause ye this mighty serpent taphthartharath to perform all our demands: manifest ye through him the majesty of your presences, the divinity of your knowledge, that we may all be led yet one step nearer unto the consummation of the mighty work, one step nearer unto the great white throne of the godhead; and that, i

thou great potent spirit taphthartharath, i do command and very potently conjure thee by the majesty of thoth, the great god, lord of amena, king and lord eternal of the magic of light: that thou teach unto us continually the mysteries of the art of magic, declaring unto us now in what best manner may each of us progress towards the accomplishment of the great work. teach us the mysteries of all the hidden arts and sciences which are under the dominion of mercury, and finally swear thou by the great magic sigil 189 that i hold in my hand, that thou wilt in future always speedily appear before us; coming whensoever thy sigil is unveiled from its yellow silken covering: and manifesting whensoever we enable thee by the offerings and sacrifices of thy nature! to the end that thou mayest be a

r the coffin of the enshrined one, and whose places anubist hath fix d against the day of "be-with-us" o thoth! who makest truth the word of aeshoori! make my word truth before the circle of the great gods! adoration unto thee, anubi, who guardest the threshold of the universe! adoration unto thee, auramooth, purify me with the living waters! adoration unto thee, thaumaeshneith, make me holy with the hidden flame! adoration be unto thee, o dark-bright one! hoor! the prince of the city of blindness! adoration unto thee, o thmaist, truth-queen, who presidest at the balance of truth! adoration unto thee, asi; adoration unto thee, nephthyst. o aeshoori, lord of amennti! thou art the lord of life triumphant over death: there is naught in thee but godhead! toum! toum who art in the great dwellin

hful servant of the mighty ones, to the glory of thine ineffable name, amen [now rise: lift up both hands and eyes towards heaven; and concentrate upon the glory and splendour of him that sitteth upon the holy throne for ever and ever, and say] khabs am pekht! konx om pax! light in extension! in all my wanderings in darkness the light of anubist went before me, yet i saw it not. it is a symbol of the hidden light of occult science [pass to between the pillars, and standing thus concentrate upon the highest divinity; and there standing in the sign of the enterer, say] o glory of the godhead unspeakable! eternal master! ancient of days! thee, thee, i invoke in my need! dark is all the world; without, within; there is light alone in thee! rend asunder, lord of the universe, tear aside the vei

greater glory which alone can be comprehended by one who is an adept: yet again, but the shadow of that supreme glory which is neither the shrine nor the flame, but the life of the master. from the commencement of this history we have ever found frater p. valiantly battling with the elemental forces. as a hoodwinked neophyte he was led into the colossal darkness of malkuth to become a zelator in the hidden mysteries of earth. here he found a kingdom seemingly so balanced in its scintillating intelligence that he little suspected that its overwhelming glory was but the reflection of the supernal flame on the dark face of the waters in which slept the invisible coils of the drowsing serpent of human will. here, on account of its intense darkness, all became to him clear as crystal, in which

of the forces of the bilanx [concentrate shroud mentally. go west of altar [the potent exorcism as before] 277 shroud of concealment, long has thou dwelt concealed! quit the light, that thou mayst conceal me before men [carefully formulating shroud] i receive thee, as a covering and a guard! khabs am pekht! konx om pax! light in extension! before all magical manifestation cometh the knowledge of the hidden light [go to pillars: give signs and words and with the sign of horus project your whole will so as to realize the self fading out. the effect will be that the physical body will become gradually and partially invisible, as though a veil or cloud were coming between it and thee. divine ecstasy will follow, but no loss of self-control. with sign of silence use hoor po krat formula77 and

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and he became a spiritualist. now he is dead, like max nordau_ ed] printed by ballantyne& co, limited, london books of interest to occult students strange houses of sleep. by arthur edward waite. with frontispiece portrait of the author. fcap. 4to, parchment gilt. printed at the ballantyne press. 12s. net. limited edition of 250 copies, signed and numbered. part i. shadows of sacraments; part ii. the hidden sacrament of the holy graal. part iii. the poor brother's mass book: containing a method of assisting at the holy sacrifice for children who are not of this world. there is also implied a certain assistance to servers. part iv. the book of the king's dole, and chantry for plain song: a greater initiation "through all one comes in touch with a fine spirit, alive to the glory of the world

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thee. q. now address the shroud of darkness thus "shroud of concealment, long hast thou dwelt concealed! quit the light; that thou mayest conceal me before men" then carefully formulate the shroud of concealment around thee and say "i receive thee as a covering and as a guard" 158 then the mystic words. r. still formulating the shroud say "before all magical manifestation cometh the knowledge of the hidden light" then move to the pillars and give the signs and steps, words &c. with the sign enterer project now thy whole will in one great effort to realise thyself actually "fading out" and becoming invisible to mortal eyes: and in doing this must thou obtain the effect of thy physical body actually, gradually becoming partially invisible to thy natural eyes: as though a veil or cloud were

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t, by s. l. macgregor mathers. new and cheaper edition. demy 8vo. 7"s" 6"d. net" the bible, which has been probably more misconstrued than any other book ever written, contains numberless obscure and mysterious passages which are utterly unintelligible without some key wherewith to unlock their meaning "that key is given in thekabbalah" lucifer: a theosophical magazine, intended to bring to light the hidden things of darkness. edited by h. p. blavatsky, mabel collins, and annie besant. vols. i to xvii inclusive. scarce set, 1877 to 1896. with symbolical bookplates of e. d. bacon. 17 vols. 8vo, half calf "net "7 15"s" book of the sacred magic (the) of abra-melin the mage, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech, a.d. 1458. translated from the original hebrew into french, and now

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ollows: 160 normally in these experiments the figure does move more often. 161 normally this is so. to meditate upon the image of d. a. sitting with his hands on his knees like a god.162 spirals were seen moving up him to a great height, and then descending till they expanded to a great size. besides this no other change took place. d. a.'s comments on these remarkable experiments are as follows: the hidden secret is that the the change of size and distance is not in accordance with optical laws. no one has kept living objects "dead still."163 one of two things may occur("a) the figure remains in one spot, but alters in size("b) the figure remains same apparent size, but alters in distance. 111 further that the yogi theories on this experiment were (1) that a living object is the reflectio

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.t("together. the rosy cross. c.i.c.t. brethren of the rosy cross! aspirants to the silver star! not until these are ended can ye come to the centre of the wheel. when the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance with the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom of the wind's cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley's gloom; then i walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways of the immemorial places shut behind the starry rays; of the east and all its splendour, of the west and all its peace; and the stubborn lights grow tender, and the hard sounds hush and cease. in the wheel of heaven revolving, mysteries of death and birth, in the womb of time dissolving, shape anew a heaven and ea

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the pentacles be of wax so that they may be broken at once or melted. 73. have no sword unless your rank allows it. 74. have no names or signs on anything. write the names and signs on them in ink before consecrating them and wash it off immediately afterwards. 75. 76. let the colours of the hilts tell which is which. 77. do not engrave them lest they cause discovery. conduct ever remember ye are the hidden children of the goddess so never do anything to disgrace them or her. 78. 79. never boast, never threaten, never say you would wish ill of anyone. if any person not in the circle, speak of the craft, say "speak not to me of such, it frightens me 'tis evil luck to speak of it" 80. for this reason, the christians have their spies everywhere. these speak as if they were well affected to us

en thou receivest good, so equally art thou bound to return good threefold. h. is unbound and assisted to rise, then leads initiate to wach quarter in turn, saying: h: hear ye, mighty ones of the east [s. w. n: n. has been duly consecrated high priest(ess) and magus (witch queen, h. leads initiate back to center of circle, saying: h: having learned this far, you must know why the wicca are called the hidden children of the goddess. proceed with the legend of the descent of the goddess. generally initiate and hierophant act the appropriate parts. h. appoints narrator and guardian. notes l published in janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way l lots of other published sources too. the legend of the descent of the goddess roles: l narrator (n) l goddess l lord of death (d) l guardian(s) ne

o. autumnal equinox the altar is decorated with the symbols of autumn: pine-cones, oak sprigs, acorns, ears of grain, etc. after the circle has been cast, the coven stands in a ring facing inwards, men and women alternately. the high priest stands to the west of the altar and the high priestess to the east, facing each other. the high priestess recites: hps: farewell, o sun, ever-returning light, the hidden god, who ever yet remains, who now departs into the land of youth through the gates of death to dwell enthroned, the judge of gods and men, the horned leader of the hosts of air- yet even as he stands unseen about the circle, so dwelleth he within the secret seed- the seed of newly-ripened grain, the seed of flesh; hidden in earth, the marvellous seed of the stars. in him is life, and l

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dge are far greater than the menace of too little. with knowledge comes responsibility and power two things for which the race is not yet ready. therefore, all we can do is to study and correlate with what wisdom and discretion may be ours, using the knowledge that may come for the good of those we seek to help, and recognising that in the wise use of knowledge comes increased capacity to receive the hidden wisdom. coupled also with the- 6- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust wise adaptation of knowledge to the surrounding need must grow the capacity for discreet reservation, and the use of the discriminating faculty. when we can wisely use, discreetly withhold, and soundly discriminate, we give the surest guarantee to the watching teachers of the race that we are ready

s trust and the secret of good and evil is revealed. it leads to the cross and to that utter sacrifice which must transpire before perfect liberation is attained, and the initiate stands free of all earth's fetters, held by naught in the three worlds. it leads through the hall of wisdom, and puts into a man's hands the key to all information, systemic and cosmic, in graduated sequence. it reveals the hidden mystery that lies at the heart of the solar system. it leads from one state of consciousness to another. as each state is entered the horizon enlarges, the vista extends, and the comprehension includes more and more, until the expansion reaches a point where the self embraces all selves, including all that is "moving and unmoving" as phrased by an ancient scripture. initiation involves

e of will in sacrifice, and to him is then committed the key to the threefold mystery of energy. this energy in its threefold aspect he became aware of, in the other two halls. at the third initiation, and at the fourth and fifth, the three keys to the three mysteries are given to him. the key to the mystery sensed in the first hall, the mystery of brahma, is handed to him, and he can then unlock the hidden energies of atomic substance. the key to the mystery of sex, or of the pairs of opposites, is thrust into his hand, and he can then unlock the hidden forces of the will aspect. the dynamo of the solar system is shown to him, if it might be so expressed and the intricacies of the mechanism revealed. the three solar mysteries. the three mysteries of the solar system are: 1. the mystery of

rly all that can be seen in the three worlds, in the past and in the future. rule 13. four things the disciple must learn and comprehend before he can be shewn that inmost mystery: first, the laws of that which radiates; the five meanings of magnetisation make the second; the third is transmutation, or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly the first letter of the word which has been imparted, or the hidden name egoic. this rule cannot be enlarged upon. it concerns mysteries and subjects too immense to be fully handled here. it is included in these rules so that it may form a subject for meditation, for study, and for group discussion. the final rule is very brief and consists of five words. rule 14. listen, touch, see, apply, know. these words concern what the christian might aptly call t

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for fire. the lords of flame look on; they chant aloud "the time is come, that time for which we wait. let the flame become the fire and let the light shine forth" the effort of the flame within the crystal cave becometh ever greater. the cry goes forth for other aid from other flaming souls. the response comes. the lord of flame, the ancient one, the mighty lord of fire, the point of blue within the hidden diamond, the youth of timeless aeons, assisteth in the work. the inner burning light and the outer waiting fire, together with the rod, meet on the sphere of crystal, and lo, the work is done. the crystal rends and quivers. seven times the work proceeds. seven the efforts made. seven the applications of the rod, held by a lord of flame. three are the lesser touches; four the divine assi

ord unknown. the sevenfold lesser word forms part of the vaster chord. the now becomes the time that was. the aeon mergeth into space. the word of motion hath been heard. the word of love succeedeth. the past controlled the form. the now evolves the life. the day that is to be sounds forth the word of power. the form perfected and the life evolved hold the third secret of the greater wheel. it is the hidden mystery of living motion. the mystery, lost in the now but known to the lord of cosmic will- 19- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust stanza ix the thirty thousand million watchers refused to heed the call "we enter not the forms" they said "until the seventh aeon" the twice thirty thousand million hearkened to the call and took the forms designed. the rebellious ones la

of buddhi to pour through for the saving of the race, and the lighting of those who stumble in dark places. he must demonstrate the laws of radioactivity in his own life on the physical plane. his life must begin to radiate, and to have a magnetic effect upon others. by this i mean he will begin to influence that which is imprisoned in others, for he will reach through his own powerful vibrations the hidden centre in each one. i do not mean by this the physical or magnetic effect that many quite unevolved souls have upon others. i refer to that spiritual radiation that is only responded to and realised by those who themselves are becoming aware of the spiritual centre within the heart. at this stage the man is recognised as one who can speak occultly "heart to heart" he becomes a stimulato

e dynamic use of will in sacrifice, and to him is then committed the key to the three fold mystery of energy. of this energy in its threefold aspect he became aware in the other two halls. at the third, fourth and fifth initiations the three keys to the three mysteries are given to him. the key to the mystery sensed in the first hall, the mystery of brahma, is handed to him and he can then unlock the hidden energies of atomic substance. the key to the mystery of sex, or of the pairs of opposites, is thrust into his hand, and he can then unlock the hidden forces within all forms. the key to the mystery of sacrifice and to the secret of the silent watchers in the cosmos is revealed to him, and he learns to unlock the hidden energies of the will aspect. the dynamo of the solar system is shown

reat qualities which (from the standpoint of the past, the present and the future) characterise the natures of all the manifesting entities gods, men and devas. from the standpoint of the central factor in manifestation, man, it should be realised that knowledge was inherent in the previous solar system, and is the faculty of which he has to avail himself. it is there available for his use. it is the hidden energy of the planetary logos which he has to learn to focus through his physical brain, and thus apply. love is the faculty inherent in the present. it is the hidden energy of the planetary logos of- 519- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust which he must avail himself and focus in his heart centre and thus apply. sacrifice is the faculty which will be his in the future

them in naming them" speech is literally a great magical force, and the adepts or white magicians, through knowledge of the forces and power of silence and of speech, can produce effects upon the physical plane. as we well know, there is a branch of magical work which consists in the utilisation of this knowledge in the form of words of power and of those mantrams and formulae which set in motion the hidden energies of nature and call the devas to their work. speech is one of the keys which opens the doors of communication between men and subtler beings. it gives the clue to the discovery of those entities who are contacted on the other side of the veil. but only he who has learned to keep silent, and has arrived at the knowledge of the times to speak can pass this veil and make certain es

doctrine we are told that there are seven branches of knowledge mentioned in the puranas. s. d, i, 192. correspondences can here be worked out in connection with: a. the seven rays, the lords of sacrifice, love and knowledge. b. the seven states of consciousness. c. the seven states of matter or planes. d. the seven types of forces. e. the seven initiations and many other septenates. the gnosis, the hidden knowledge, is the seventh principle, the six schools of indian philosophy are the six principles. s. d, i, 299. these six schools are: a. the school of logic..proof of right perception. b. the atomic school..system of particulars. elements. alchemy and chemistry. c. the sankhya school..system of numbers. the materialistic school. the theory of the seven states of matter or prakriti. d

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e ray wherever it seems to them appropriate. 40. thus his realisation extends from the infinitely small to the infinitely great, and from annu (the atom or speck) to atma (or spirit) his knowledge is perfected. this translation does not adhere to the exact sanskrit terms. it conveys nevertheless the exact meaning of the original which is the one thing of vital importance. an old verse from one of the hidden scriptures runs as follows and serves to elucidate the idea of this sutra "within the speck god can be seen. within the man god can reign. within brahma both are found; yet all is one. the atom is as god, god as the atom" it is an occult truism that; as a man arrives at a knowledge of himself, under the great law of analogy he arrives at the knowledge of god. this knowledge covers five

soul is so hidden that we only become aware of the form of our brother, and fail to see his soul. the moment we contact our own soul and live by its light we see the soul of our brother, become aware of his light and our entire approach to him is changed. herein lies the clue to our limitations. herein lies the promise of our success. latent faculty, when developed, will reveal to us a new world. the hidden powers of the soul when brought to full expression will make us aware of a new world and reveal to us a scheme of life and a kingdom of being hitherto negated by us, because not seen. hence the need for every investigator of the mysteries of existence to bring to his search his full equipment, and hence the necessity therefore for this process of soul unfoldment to be carried forward an

d to him in the "secret place upon the mount of god" and he cooperates with it intelligently upon the physical plane; he hears the voice of the silence and obeys its injunction, working steadily at the task of spiritual living in a world consecrated to things material. all this is possible to the man who has stilled the versatile psychic nature and has mastered the kingly science of raja yoga. in the hidden literature of the adepts the following stanzas sum up the state of the man who has achieved, who is master and not servant, conqueror and not slave "the fivefold one hath entered into peace, yet walks our sphere. that which is dense and dark now shineth with a clear pure light, and radiance poureth from the seven sacred lotuses. he lighteneth the world, and irradiateth the nethermost pl

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e soul and its world through what we might call an introverted use of the mind and its intense focussing upon a new and unusual field of contact. then "the mind stuff reflecting both the knower (the self) and the knowable, becomes omniscient..it becomes the instrument of the self and acts as a unifying agent."12(47) all things will stand revealed to the man who truly meditates. he will comprehend the hidden things of nature, and the secrets of the life of the spirit. he will also know how he knows. thus, meditation brings about union, or at-one-ment. the occidental mystic may speak of the at-one-ment, whilst his brother in the orient may speak of raja yoga, or of union and of liberation, but they mean the same thing. they mean that the mind and the soul (the christ within us or the higher

spiritually, to see below the surface and so contact the idea which gave birth to the form. gradually, as he gains practice in doing this, he arrives at a knowledge of truth and is no longer taken in by the illusory aspects of the form. this, in its most practical application, will lead a man for instance, to negate the form aspect which his fellowman may assume, and deal with him on the basis of the hidden divine reality. this is no easy thing to do, but it is possible through training in spiritual reading. the third requirement is obedience to the master. this is no servile attention to the commands of some supposed hidden teacher, or master, functioning mysteriously behind the scenes, as so many schools of esotericism claim. it is much simpler than that. the real master, claiming our- 4

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t of a self-conscious identity. this developed unit has eventually to be merged, with full intelligent participation, in the greater consciousness of which it is a part. before we take up our subject it might be of value if we defined certain words which will be in constant use, so that we will know what we are talking about, and the significance of the terms we use. 1. occult. this term concerns the hidden forces of being and those springs of conduct which produce the objective manifestation. the word "conduct" is used here deliberately, for all manifestation, in all the kingdoms of nature, is the expression of the life, purpose and type of activity of some being or existence, and thus is literally the conduct (or outer nature or quality) of a life. these springs of action lie hid in the

, and all that force motivates, one is in reality evading the issue, attempting the impossible and hiding truth behind a form of words. this cannot however be avoided until such time as the soul-consciousness is touched and known and the formless one can be perceived through the clear light of the intuition. one of the first lessons we need to learn is that our minds, being as yet unresponsive to the hidden intuitions, make it impossible for us to say with assurance that such a condition is this, that or the other; that, until we can function in our soul-consciousness, it is not for us to say what- 20- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust is or what is not; that until we have submitted ourselves to the needed training we are in no position to deny or affirm anything. our at

the present purposes he has three bodies of light to consider: there is the radiant body of the soul itself, found on its own plane, and called, frequently, the karana sarira or the causal body. there is the vital or etheric body, the vehicle of prana which is the body of golden light, or rather the flame coloured vehicle. there is the body of "dark light, which is the occult way of referring to the hidden light of the physical body, and to the light latent in the atom itself. these three types of energy are referred to in the old commentary under the following symbolic terms "when the radiant light of the solar angel is fused with the golden light of the cosmic intermediary, it awakens from darkness the rush light of anu, the speck" the "cosmic intermediary" is the term given to the ethe

ous to the student unless straightened out and perfected. a chela is subjected constantly to the play of force coming to him from three main sources: 1. his own ego, 2. his master, 3. the group of co-disciples, and unless he is strong, purified and controlled, these forces will serve but to stimulate undesirable conditions, to foster that which should be eliminated and to bring to the surface all the hidden weaknesses. that this has to be done inevitably is so, but much must be done along this line before admission into a group of disciples; otherwise much of the master's valuable time will perforce be given to the elimination and nullifying of the effects of the chela's violent reactions on other chelas in the same group. it is better to wait and work gradually and- 110- a treatise on whi

et knowledge end in wisdom. let the point vibrating become the point quiescent, and all lines gather into one. let the soul realise the one in many and let the word go forth in perfect understanding 'i am the worker and the work, the one that is" fourth ray "let the outer glory pass away and the beauty of the inner light reveal the one. let dissonance give place to harmony, and from the centre of the hidden light, let the soul speak: let the word roll forth 'beauty and glory veil me not. i stand revealed. i am" fifth ray "let the three forms of energy electric pass upward to the place of power. let the forces of the head and heart and all the nether aspects blend. then let the soul look out upon an inner world of light divine. let the word triumphant go forth 'i mastered energy for i am en

st lose all desire for the things of self and must be willing at any cost to pay the price of knowledge. if proof is to be given to the world of the subjective realm of reality it will be bought with the heart's blood, for- 202- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust only "in the blood of the heart" can power be safely gained and wisely wielded. as you go on and, as aspirants, study the hidden laws of nature, you will realize the need for the price paid. the spiritual unfoldment of the disciple's character must keep pace with his inner knowledge. this knowledge grows in three ways: 1. by definite expansions of consciousness, which open up to the disciple a realization of the points to be attained. this produces in his mind a formulation of what lies ahead to be grasped and is

oes its fiery work. moisture likewise is seen; dense fog, and to the pain is added sad bewilderment, for they who use the fire of mind during the early stage are lost within a light illusory "fierce grows the heat; next comes the loss of power to suffer. when this stage has been outgrown, there comes the shining of the unobstructed sun and the clear bright light of truth. this is the path back to the hidden centre "use pain. call for the fire, oh, pilgrim in a strange and foreign land. the waters wash away the mud and slime of nature's growth. the fires burn the hindering forms which seek to hold the pilgrim back and so they bring release. the living waters, as a river, sweep the pilgrim to the- 207- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust father's heart. the fires destroy the

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

body of manifestation. potentially they express his quality and appear phenomenally according to the point in evolutionary expression which has been reached "as he is, so are we in this world" but only as yet potentially, the goal of evolution being to make the potential into the real, and the latent into the expressed. the work of the esotericist is just this very thing: to bring out of latency, the hidden quality. 4. the function of christianity- 23- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust i have now laid down the basic premise that all that is known to us is a manifesting divine entity, expressing itself through three aspects which (for the purposes of this treatise and because they are more in line with the terminology of emerging modern

ity and purpose of his planetary life, and discovers himself as a part of a ray life, which is appearing through the form of a planet and is embodying an aspect of the divine purpose and energy. after the third initiation he glimpses the quality and purpose of the solar system; he sees his ray life and energy as a part of a greater whole. these are but modes of expressing the emerging quality and the hidden purpose of the graded lives which inform all appearances and colour them with quality b. the soul can be regarded as the principle of intelligence an intelligence whose characteristics are mind and mental awareness, which in turn demonstrate as the power to analyse, to discriminate, to separate, and to distinguish, to choose or to reject, with all the implications conveyed in these term

ic christ. each of these seven streams or emanations of energy was coloured by a divine quality, an aspect of love, and all of them were needed for the ultimate perfecting of the latent and unrevealed purpose. the will of deity coloured the stream of energy units which we call by the name of the ray of will or power, the first ray, and the impact of that stream on the matter of space insured that the hidden purpose of deity would inevitably and eventually be revealed. it is a ray of such dynamic intensity that we call it the ray of the destroyer. it is not as yet functioning actively. it will come into full play only when the time comes for the purpose to be safely revealed. its units of energy in manifestation in the human kingdom are very few. as i earlier said, there is not a true first

shines as light electric. fierce are its rays. it burns all forms, yet touches not the life of god incarnate. from the one who is the seven goes forth a word. that word reverberates along the line of fiery essence, and when it sounds within the circle of the human lives it takes the form of affirmation, an uttered fiat or word of power. thus there is impressed upon the living mold the thought of (the hidden, inexpressible ray name) let dynamic power, electric light, reveal the past, destroy the form that is, and open up the golden door. this door reveals the way which leads towards the centre where dwells the one whose name cannot be heard within the confines of our solar sphere. his robe of blue veils his eternal purpose, but in the rising and the setting sun his orb of red is seen. his w

again in active manifestation. he is always, however, more or less in power where the human family is concerned, for there is a numerical alliance between the fourth ray, the fourth creative hierarchy, or the human monads, and the fourth kingdom in nature. his power is always consequently active. the perceiver on the way the link between the three and three the divine intermediary the hand of god the hidden one the seed, that is the flower the mountain whereon form dies the light within the light the corrector of the form the one who marks the parting of the way the master the dweller in the holy place the lower than the three, the highest of the four the trumpet of the lord. the aphorisms connected with this fourth ray are not easy of comprehension. they require an exercise of the intuiti

d to an analysis of the three rays which still remain to be considered. the fifth purpose of deity ray v. concrete knowledge or science the thunders crash around the mountain top; dark clouds conceal the form. the mists, arising from the watery sphere, serve to distort the wondrous. found within the secret place. the form is there. its note is sounding forth. a beam of light illuminates the form; the hidden now appears. knowledge of god and how he veils himself finds consummation in the thoughts of man. the energies and forces receive their secret names, reveal their inner purpose, and all is seen as rhythm, a returning on itself. the great scroll can now be read. god's purpose and his plans are fixed, and man can read the form. the plan takes form. the plan is form. its purpose is the rev

r seven. because the work is ready; the craftsmen are prepared. god has created in the light. his sons can now create. what can else be done "naught" came the answer from the greater seven "let the work proceed. let the sons of god create" these words will be noted by many as of deep significance and as indicating a wide intention (during the coming cycle) to open the door wide into the temple of the hidden mystery to man. one by one we shall undergo the esoteric and spiritual counterpart of the psychological factor which is called "a mental test" that test will demonstrate a man's usefulness in mental work and power, it will show his capacity to build thought-forms and to vitalise them. this i dealt with in a treatise on white magic, and the relation of that treatise to the magical work o

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e sought, and the needed instruction as to the way he should go. the prophet of old said. a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, for he shall be with them; the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein."16 it is a way that leads from that which lies without to that which dwells within. it reveals, step by step, the hidden life which every form and symbol veils and hides. it assigns to the aspirant certain tasks which lead to his understanding, and produces an inclusiveness and wisdom which meet his deeply sensed need. he passes from the stage of enquiry to what the tibetans call "straight knowledge" upon that path vision and hope give place to realisation. initiation after initiation is undergone, each o

t and devotion are often confused with each other. pure love is an attribute of the soul and is all-inclusive, and it is in pure love that our relation to god and to each other consists "for the love of god is broader than the measure of man's mind, and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind" so runs the old hymn, and thus is expressed that love which is the attribute of deity and also the hidden attribute of every son of god. sentiment is emotional and unstable; devotion can be fanatical and cruel; but love blends and fuses, understands and interprets and synthesises all form and all expressions, all causes and all races, into one flaming heart of love, knowing no separateness, no division and no disharmony. to bring about this divine expression in our daily life takes the utmo

ist enabled man to hear this in the past; he will enable man to do so again today. some day, as all masons know, these words which have been spoken periodically will be superseded- 24- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust by a word which is known among them as the "lost word" when that word is finally spoken humanity will be enabled to climb to the final peak of human achievement. the hidden divinity will then shine forth in its glory, through the medium of the race. the height of material achievement has perhaps been reached. now comes the opportunity for that subtle divine self to manifest through the agency of the experience which we call the "new birth" and which christianity has ever taught. the effect of all that is now transpiring upon earth is to bring to the surfac

of the spirit of life, the breath of god. what the new word will be which will "come forth from the centre" we do not know, for it will not be heard until the race is ready. but there is a common word of power which will be given into the custody of our race if we measure up to our opportunity and, through the new birth, enter into the kingdom of god. it is this word which will quicken into life the hidden soul of man and galvanise him into a renewed spiritual activity. as the race grows in sensitivity, as the aspirants- 34- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust of the world in all the many religions cultivate the ability (through meditation) to hear the voice which can tune out all other voices, and as they learn to register the sound which will obliterate all other sounds

(the place of renewed consecration, and was subject unto them. and jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with god and man."64 frequently in the gospel story, we find the word "down" occurring. christ went with his mother "down into egypt; he went "down to nazareth; and again and again he comes down from the mountain-top or from the place of solitude to do his duty among men. after the hidden experience in egypt (for no account of this is given to us in the bible, and after the revelation in the temple and the acceptance of the task to be accomplished, christ returns to the place of duty. in this case, and after the birth initiation, for a period of thirty years, we are told, he functioned as a man in the daily life of the carpenter's shop and in the home with his parents. t

ry human being is the "word incarnate" the son of god made flesh. this is "christ in us, the hope of glory" but as yet only a hope for the mass of men. christ is not yet made manifest. he is hidden and veiled by the form. mary is seen, not the christ. 2. as the wheel of life (the galilee experience) carries us from one lesson to another, we approach nearer and nearer to the indwelling reality and the hidden deity. but the christ child is still hidden in the womb of the form. 3. in due time, the personality physical, emotional and mental is fused into one living whole. the virgin mary is ready to give birth to her son. 4. the long journey draws to a close, and the hidden christ child is born at the first initiation. this truth dr. inge touches upon in these words "macarius, following method

experiments of the race lies this great ideal, divinely inspired and summarised for us by christ in his life and teaching. christ gave the greatest of all ideas that god is love and that love could manifest in human form, and, thus manifested, could constitute a possibility for all men. his life was the demonstration of a perfection such as the world had never previously seen. the soul, which is the hidden christ in all, mediates between the spirit (the father) and the human being. christ emphasised this when he called attention to man's essential divinity, speaking of god as "our father" as he was the father of christ. it was the light which he came to show and which he saw also (hidden and veiled) in all, enjoining upon us that we should let that light shine forth."5 he challenged us to

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l destroy all obstacles. nothing can stop my progress to my goal. around me lies that which i have destroyed. what must i do' the answer comes 'order from chaos, o pilgrim on the way of death, this is the way for you. love you must learn. dynamic will you have. the right use of destruction for the furtherance of the plan, must be the way for you. adherence to the rhythm of the planet will release the hidden blessed one and order bring" ray two "the blessed one built him an ark. stage by stage he built it, and floated upon the bosom of the waters. deeply he hid himself, and his light was no more seen, only his floating ark. his voice was heard 'l have built and strongly built, but am a prisoner within my building. my light is hidden. only my word goes forth. around me lie the waters. can i

on. within the veil was latent thought. the thought reached forth 'behind this veil of maya i stand, a blessed one, but unrevealed. my energy is great, and through my mind i can display the glory of divinity. how can i, therefore, demonstrate this truth? what shall i do? i wander in illusion' the word went forth 'all is illusion, o dweller in the shadows. come forth into the light of day. display the hidden glory of the blessed one, the glory of the one and only. the glory and the truth will rapidly destroy that which has veiled the truth. the prisoner can go free. the rending of the blinding veil, the clear pronouncing of the truth, and practice right will render to the blessed one that golden thread which will provide release from all the maze of earth existence" ray four "the blessed on

he builders. the will to power in order to cooperate. power realised as the major weapon of love- 24- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust identification with the rhythm of the whole. the cessation of isolation. ray two the power to build for selfish ends. capacity to sense the whole and to remain apart. the cultivation of a separative spirit. the hidden light. the realisation of selfish desire. longing for material well-being. selfishness, and subordination of all soul powers to this end, leading to building wisely, in relation to the plan. inclusiveness. a longing for wisdom and truth. sensitivity to the whole. renunciation of the great heresy of separativeness. the revelation of the light. true illumination. right speech through gene

knowledge end in wisdom. let the point vibrating become the point quiescent, and in all lines gather into one. let the soul realise the one in many, and let the word go forth in perfect understanding 'i am the worker and the work, the one that is" ray four "let the outer glory pass away and the beauty of the inner light reveal the one. let dissonance give place to harmony, and from the centre of the hidden light, let the soul speak: let the word roll forth 'beauty and glory veil me not. i stand revealed. i am" ray five "let the three forms of energy electric pass upward to the place of power. let the forces of the head and heart and all the nether aspects blend. then let the soul look out upon an- 53- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis tru

sent in man, and the energies already in objective use on this planet. what we shall say will not be of great simplicity, for it is hard, even for the advanced disciple, to see the purpose of certain of these factors. that which is here set forth on these matters must await later developments during the coming century, and certain lines of scientific and spiritual unfoldment must eventuate before the hidden implications can be adequately comprehended. if it seems simple and clear it might be wise to distrust the obvious interpretation. the matter is abstruse. it is well to ponder on the thought here presented, but not to be quick to assume understanding. there are many ways in which the work of the hierarchy can be expressed, and according to the type of mind will be the interpretation- 13

ll, and is caused by the impulsion of the sensed and innate purpose of god. however (and this is a point oft forgotten) this tendency is motivated by the recognition of the planetary logos, that his plan is conditioned in its turn, and is an integral part of a still larger plan that of the solar deity. god, the solar logos, is likewise conditioned by a still higher life purpose. 2. the quality of the hidden vision. a. this quality, on the form side, produces physical sight, astral illusion and concrete knowledge. on the life side it produces illumination. this includes the widespread illumination reflected by our planet in the heavens, as well as that which makes an individual man a light-bearer, and which will eventually enable humanity (as a whole) to constitute a station of light upon e

hidden wonder which must be revealed than the revelation of meaning. this is beginning to happen today. c. it is the result of the ability sometimes adequate and sometimes inadequate of the inner consciousness to reveal its measure of control by the plan, and its response to the larger intent. it is upon this response that the members of the hierarchy are today counting, as they endeavor to bring the hidden meaning to the fore in the consciousness of man. 5. the factor of analysis. this factor may surprise those who suffer from the misuse of the power to discriminate, to analyse and to criticise. it is, however, a basic, divine quality, producing wise participation in the plan and skill in action. a. on the form side, it manifests as the tendency to separate, divide and to place in contrad

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rce upon the line of the major first ray. fortunately for you, it was the aspect of organisation and the tendency to the occult life which were expressed through these energies and not the destroyer aspect or the over-critical mind, as might have been the case. you are not destructive; your outstanding qualities, if i might so express it, have been the power to organise and rule, and also love of the hidden realities- 307- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust your mental body has been outstandingly a fourth-ray one, giving you a love of harmony which has aided you in organisation rule, a love of beauty which enabled you to see the real, and a discrimination which has enabled you to gather around yourself that which unfolded beauty to you books and beautiful thin

ation for certain steps forward upon the path. a clear vision of yourself is needed, and at each turn upon the way you have to face three realities: 1. the little or lower self. 2. the dweller upon the threshold, in cases such as yours. 3. the angel of the presence. be not so occupied with the personality self, seek more frequently the company of the angel, which hides and veils (and yet reveals) the hidden glory of the spirit. your faults are there, as are the faults of all upon the way. many pass much time and thus slow down their active spiritual expression by an undue interest and a too intent focussing upon the liabilities and limitations. recognise this, my brother, and then pass on. they are not all you have to show; they do not give the entire picture. five years ago you evidenced

times handicaps your life expression. i told you to dwell more constantly in the light which streams from the face of the angel of the presence. this you have sought to do. but you forgot one thing and this has come powerfully to light. the light which streams from the "face of the angel (which is the face of the soul, reveals. how does it reveal, my brother? it reveals by bringing to the surface the hidden things, and the germs of weaknesses, thus revealing defects and liability. i would here point out that when this happens, the sum total of that which is revealed can contribute a glamour, a rising fog, a miasma of poisonous nature. it is like the effect of a dawning sun in the early morning on a hot day which draws upwards the mists and thus temporarily forms a fog between itself and th

oots of being, of distorting all attitudes to life and of bringing into activity the creative imagination as its potent servant. suspicion ever lies, but lies with such apparent truth that it seems only correct and reasonable. this tendency you have fought for long, and a good measure of success is attending your efforts. give not way to suspicion; but be careful not to cast it away from you into the hidden depths of yourself, whence again it must inevitably raise its head. end its power in your life by doing three things: a. by assuming more definitely the attitude of the onlooker, who sees all people and happenings through the light of love and from the angle of the eternal values. b. by leaving everybody free to live their own lives and to shoulder their own responsibilities, knowing th

elf, and the beauty of that which lies revealed within you, prompts me to offer you this opportunity for specialised training. you have been puzzled over this choice, having no particular admiration for the quality of your personality. is this not so? i am choosing my words with care. you are prone to be disgusted with yourself an inchoate and oft unrealised disgust. that is due to the ferment of the hidden spiritual life which you have yet to offer to your fellowmen. you have a faculty for understanding which you have seldom used, and a power to work as a psychologist which is as yet entirely unrealised by yourself, either mentally or in fact. it is this hidden something that i have realised and sought to draw forth. your life setting had to be changed before it was possible for you to re

a power that maketh all things new; it lives and moves in those who know the self as one. may that peace brood over us, that power uplift us, till we stand where the one initiator is invoked, till we see his star shine forth "may the peace and the blessing of the holy ones pour forth over the worlds" september 1936- 414- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust my brother: the hidden gift of the intuition, released through love, is what you have to give your group. the technical foundation of truth is there but being the same, practically in detail, as that which your brothers already possess in greater or less degree, they need not that help from you. they need the intuitive understanding which the soul possesses, and they need it displayed through love, unblinded

ul, must consciously walk. that vision must, however, be brought down to a lower level of consciousness. the area of your natural being which is as yet the most inhibited, is that of emotional reaction. be not afraid of emotional devastation, my brother. some disciples might ask me what i mean by that. i need not explain to you, for you will recognise that whereof i speak. i enlarge not here upon the hidden significance which is apparent to you. it interested me to see that you discerned the seed thought which was intended to arouse your resistance. it was, for you, the most important of them all. the idea is not negative, as you suppose. the personalities of the "weary pilgrims on the way" are indeed tired and worn. humanity today is very weary. the vehicles have been used for many cycles

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

s group of sons of god, surrounding their great leader, the christ, makes its appearance on earth. the churches in all countries have familiarised the public with the phrase "the kingdom of god; the esotericists and occultists everywhere have publicised the fact of the hierarchy during the past century; the spiritualists have laid the emphasis upon the aliveness of those who have passed over into the hidden world of being, and their guides have also borne testimony to the existence of an inner, spiritual world. all this creates a unique preparedness which presents the christ with unique opportunities and unique problems. all these spiritual forces and many others, both within and without the world religions and the philosophical and humanitarian groups, are working at this time under direc

the platform upon which the required teaching can be based and the structure which can express (when freed of its jewish names and nomenclature, which are long out of date, though right three thousand years ago) the history of man's moving forward upon the path of return. it is these mysteries which christ will restore upon his reappearance, thus reviving the churches in a new form, and restoring the hidden mystery which they long have lost through their materialism. masonry has also lost the true livingness it once possessed but, in its forms and rituals, the truth is preserved and can be recovered. this christ will do. he will also revive these mysteries in other ways; not all will seek the church or masonry for the revitalising of their spiritual life. the true mysteries will also revea

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

cient and symbolic form, translating them as well as i can from the ancient records, stored in the hall of wisdom, and available to all earnest disciples, such as you. the six rules of the path (rules of the road) i. the road is trodden in the full light of day, thrown upon the path by those who know and lead. naught can then be hidden, and at each turn, a man must face himself. ii. upon the road the hidden stands revealed. each sees and knows the villainy of each (i can find no other word, my brother, to translate the ancient word which designates the unrevealed stupidity, the vileness and crass ignorance, and the self-interest which are distinguishing characteristics of the average aspirant) and yet there is, with that great revelation, no turning back, no spurning of each other, and no

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

him to his knees, and then the lifting up into the light; until the lion has been tamed, the secret of the sphinx revealed, and then the revelation of the inner light; until the man has lifted up his water-pot and joined the ranks of those who are the water-bearers, and then the flowing of the stream of life will fill his water-pot and drain the rancid pool and cleanse its source and thus reveal the hidden way which leads unto the innermost light, hid by the final cross. then, from the cross of man, the initiate finds his way, passes the angel and leaves behind the inner torn veil, mounts the major cross and passes into day, the final day. the wheel for him stands still. the sun and stars, for him, fade out. a great light is seen and" the three crosses on mount golgotha were biblical symb

relationships is of more importance than appears in his individual life, which the orthodox horoscope seeks to elucidate. it only determines his little destiny and unimportant fate. esoteric astrology indicates his group usefulness and the scope of his potential consciousness. i would remind you here that frequently when the ruler of a sign is given as the sun or the moon i shall speak of one of the hidden planets, uranus or vulcan. these are interchangeable in their use and it is difficult to tell to which the esoteric planet refers unless you have been told. hence my above reference to uranus. in connection with aries, which expresses or is the agent primarily of the first ray of will or power, the ray of the destroyer, it should be stated that first ray energy comes from the divine pro

and shows also the tendency of the soul to turn all evil eventually into good. the lessons of life are being learned and experiment is going on. 3. virgo in virgo, the man who was fluid in pisces and emotionally selfish and full of desire in sagittarius, begins to focus still more intently and to reason and think. the latent soul is becoming interiorly active; a germination process is proceeding; the hidden man is making his presence felt. the intellect is awakening and instinct after passing through the emotional stage is being transmuted into intellect. 4. gemini in the undeveloped man or the average man, the experiences undergone on three arms of the mutable cross have brought him to the stage where the "dream of life" can be changed into the recognition of the reality, and the great il

iumship in its true meaning is expressive of the mass consciousness impressibility, negativity and receptivity. these points will become clearer as we study the signs and their many inter-relations. the thought i wish to convey to you here is that at this stage the influence of pisces on the involutionary arc, and as the sun retrogrades through the signs, is felt largely in the anima mundi and in the hidden, incarnated and imprisoned christ; the germ of the christ life is psychically impressed, becoming constantly more sensitive to these psychical impressions, swept by desire which ever changes, constantly aware of all impinging contacts, but unable as yet to interpret them correctly, for the mind has not been awakened adequately in virgo. this hidden christ is unable to free itself from "

about by a more permanent and directed life tendency- 74- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the man at this stage has within him the potencies and the characteristics of the indwelling christ, but they are not manifesting and are only latent possibilities for he is as yet entirely controlled by his form nature (the prison) and his environment. the hidden powers of the soul are negative and the powers of the form nature are positive and beginning to find increasingly potent expression. the natural spiritual tendencies of man are inhibited (for pisces is often a sign of inhibition and hindrances) and the natural animal and personality powers particularly the emotional are the obvious and visible qualities of the man. a good deal of symbol

man. a good deal of symbolism connected with the latent christ and the outer expressive personality can be seen if a study is made of the biblical story of jonah and the whale. i have not time to enlarge upon it here, but it is a parable concerned with the piscean stage of consciousness and the awakening of the christ consciousness with the consequent dispute which that entails. jonah stands for the hidden imprisoned christ, alive to the perils of the situation, and the whale of large size stands for the bondage of incarnation and for the personality. it is in this dual sign that the imprisoned soul and the personality enter upon that process which will transmute 1. the lower nature into the higher manifestation. 2. the lower psychical powers into the higher spiritual faculties, i.e. a. n

m. only the future will make clear man's reaction. according to other astrologers, the three decanates are governed by venus, mercury and the moon. you can here see the relation of astrology to the normal or to the reversed wheel of life. the moon which here takes the place of saturn hides the planet uranus. in this case uranus, the occult planet, stands for exoteric science which penetrates into the hidden side of form life, and thus we have the period wherein man is not alert enough or conscious enough to seize upon opportunity and turn it to esoteric or soul ends, but can identify himself with the more advanced aspects of form. the energy which produces opportunity, illumination, and brotherly love as expressed and attained upon the fixed cross, demonstrates upon the mutable or common c

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

ough suspected, still remains unknown. the inference is that to be an esotericist is to be among those who seek to penetrate into a certain secret realm to which the ordinary student is not permitted to penetrate. if this were all that it is, then every scientist and every mystic would represent the approach of the mental type and of the developed emotional type to the world of esotericism and of the hidden realities. this would not, however, be accurate. the mystic is never a true esotericist, for he is not dealing in his consciousness with energies and forces, but with that vague "something other (called god, the christ, the beloved) and therefore, in reality, with that which satisfies the hunger of his soul. the scientist who is now so rapidly dealing with and entering into the world of

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

he stated in exact percentages. even with this knowledge given us we could not know which centre to stimulate next nor how much. moreover djwhal khul has said that given a consecrated active life of selfless service to one's fellowman the centres will unfold naturally and safely without attention to them. the master also knew the basic and planned purpose of the soul for the present incarnation, the hidden hindering karmic forces working out and the latent spiritual capacities previously achieved which could be wisely called upon. someday we shall have occult schools of meditation giving training for initiation. there are none such today. those claiming to give such training are false teachers, often sincere but self-deluded. this also has been stated both by the tibetan and by a.a.b. fos

on, and one or two hints may here be imparted. formula one concerns, as i have told you, integration into a master's group, and it has two uses if i might so express it from your particular point of view. one produces a group- 171- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust inclusiveness, which integrates you with your group brothers into my group and brings a revelation of the hidden side of a chela's life. when i say this i refer to his new astral conditioning. this is given the name of the revelation of group feeling. this subject is vaster in its implications than you might surmise, for it concerns united group sensitivity or response, outwards to the world of men, inwards to the hierarchy, and upwards to the monad. it does not concern the sum total of the petty

ality must ascertain and recognise as involving responsibility. c. others again will deal with the building of the antahkarana which will link the spiritual triad and the soul-infused personality. such a hint was once given by a master to one of his disciples, by way of illustration. he said "learn that all ashrams are found upon the antahkarana" it took the disciple a full two years to arrive at the hidden significance of this trite statement. can you arrive at it in any quicker time- 288- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust d. still other formulated hints deal with the particular initiatory process with which the disciple is faced. it is for that reason that i earlier remarked that my one effort at this time, as far as you as a group are concerned, is to ind

ce with the hierarchical plan in order to bring about the precipitation of the planetary purpose into the outer field of manifestation. you may say that there is little new in these things which i am telling you and that is somewhat true, but not entirely so. the use of the three words which i have been attempting to elucidate for you brings in, however, an exceedingly deep occult apprehension of the hidden mysteries and of the spiritual realities: the conception of a goal to which penetration must be made; of a fresh area of consciousness in which the initiate must be stabilised and polarised; and the result the dynamic use of hitherto unknown energies. these are made available to the initiate because he is initiate and must proceed to carry out what has been revealed to him of the hierar

; it is one which nevertheless exists and at times presents to you a problem. i would also ask you to ignore it increasingly, and in the decisions which you will have to make during the next twelve months please act with a positive belief in yourself and, without questioning, choose the field of largest opportunity. august 1942 1. the note sounds clear for you today, my chela and my friend. it is the hidden note of sacrifice. but sacrifice is not the thing you think it is. 2. the wisdom of the eye is yours. let the radiation of your heart follow the eye's direction. 3. live not upon the surface of events; you dwell deep at the centre and the springs of life. 4. the next ten years will hold for you three crises. make them opportunities for expansive work. 5. the diadem, the robe of rose, th

er says this word to you and through my lips: you know the point achieved. move on. 4. three groups there are which you must aid and fuse them into one. and this upon the inner side. 5. joy comes through pain and not alone through strength achieved or in the service wrought. it takes all three. these three you have. 6. the gift of play must come to you, my brother. play upon the earth and play in the hidden place and sport yourself within the playground of the gods. september 1943 my brother, friend and co-worker: have you lately read the statement which i gave you in my previous instruction? it carries for you your instructions for the future and gives you as you now read it far more of teaching value than it did a year ago. these instructions still hold good. you have had a most difficul

is the truth as you see it which changes and conditions your life. you must therefore regard my suggestions as valuable, but regard them primarily as the subject of a defined spiritual investigation to be carried forward with an open mind and a willingness to recognise them as correct and just when your own conclusions and your intuitive response justify your agreeing. here are my conclusions: 1. the hidden beauty seeking expression in your life is the power to use words to arrest others and to put them, as a consequence, upon the path of return. this will undoubtedly surprise you, but your apparent inability to write, for instance, a fluent letter or an eloquent appeal, or to evoke the words of arresting power which you feel seething within you, are only indicative of a pronounced persona

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

new age influences. 6. the levelling of all classes and distinctions so that the spiritual values may appear and the spiritual hierarchy manifest on earth. 7. the fact of the approach of the hierarchy towards external contact with humanity. i would suggest that you read my earlier writings on the great approaches*(4) 8. the power and significance, politically considered, of the great invocation. the hidden source of the outer turmoil january 1939 another angle from which the world situation can be viewed with profit is to look for the hidden source of the outer turmoil. this is seldom what men think it is, for the source lies in the realm of energies and forces. as i explained elsewhere (the destiny of the nations, pages 3-47, there are three great streams of energy working powerfully in

nteract the effects of the oncoming culture and civilisation, to bring blindness to the peoples and to feed steadily the existing fires of hate, of separateness, of criticism and of cruelty. these forces, as far as the intelligent peoples of the world are concerned, work insidiously and cloak their effort in fair words, leading even disciples to express hatred of persons and ideologies, fostering the hidden seeds of hatred found in many human beings. they fan to fury the fear and hate of the world in an effort to preserve that which is old and make the unknown appear undesirable, and they hold back the forces of evolution and of progress for their own ends. these ends are as inscrutable to you as are the plans of the ruler of shamballa. these are forces which it is well for you to recognis

d wisely distribute the two invocations. the one will invoke the rider from the secret place and aid in his evocation, for it is the rider from the secret place who is referred to and invoked in the first invocation; the other will invoke the lords of liberation. the blended invocation and the united call from the different levels of the human consciousness will bring a mighty appeal to bear upon the hidden centres of the "saving force" it is this united appeal which must now be organised. thus the mass of humanity will be stimulated to move forward into light, and the new world cycle, beginning in aquarius, will be definitely inaugurated- 222- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust by humanity itself. the only way to victory april 1942 i have been working with a.a

ory to their entrance into the great international thoughtform. all who work with far vision and all who hold before any seething and bewildered nation an ideal for the whole are under his wide inspiration. internationalism is the aim of his endeavour. with him works the great angel or deva of the spiritual plane, referred to in the treatise on cosmic fire as the lord agni; he seeks to touch with the hidden spiritual fire the head centres of all intuitive statesmen. three great groups of angels the gold, the flame coloured and the white and gold work on mental levels with those lesser angels or devas who vitalise thoughtforms and who keep alive the thoughts of the guides of the race for the benefit of humanity- 330- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust the master

him to be simply the foundation for the science of purification or if i may use a word made familiar to you through the war experience of de-contamination. this will be brought into full expression by the working disciples who will be responsible for the preparation of the world for the reappearance. this purificatory process falls into the following stages: 1. the stage wherein the tainted area, the hidden evil, or the diseased factors are recognised and duly contacted in order to ascertain the extent of the purificatory measures required. this is a point of danger for the disciple. 2. the process of discovering the magnetic areas, magnetised in past centuries, and even aeons, by members of the hierarchy. this is done so as to make available the transmission of energies there stored. in t

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

e disciple must learn and comprehend before he can be shown the inmost mystery: first, the laws of that which radiates; the five meanings of magnetisation make the second; the third is transmutation or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly, the first letter of- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the word which has been imparted, or the hidden name egoic. for disciples and initiates: let the group get ready to reveal the hidden mystery. let the group demonstrate the higher meaning of the lessons learnt, and these are four and yet are one. let the group understand the law of synthesis, of unity and fusion; let the threefold mode of working with that which is dynamic carry the group together towards the higher three where the w

ry government, and though he may not be a member of the council at shamballa (for only a limited number of initiates are so placed, he nevertheless has the right to move on identical levels and to prepare himself for those higher evolutionary processes which will give him entrance to the cosmic astral plane. this will enable him to "see through" and to recognise "cosmic glamour" and will give him the hidden key to the world of feeling and of sentiency of which our feeling-response and our emotional and intuitional sensitivity are but the dim and distorted reflections. this is a factor of some importance to have in mind if a right sense of proportion is to be developed. the initiate has learnt on earth that the astral plane is in fact non-existent at least for those of the higher degrees of

sp the whole inner synthesis will we arrive at the merest hint of the nature of that exalted consciousness which has brought our planet and all that is within and upon it into being. rule thirteen let us now descend to thoughts more practical and within the range of comprehension, and consider the thirteenth rule somewhat in detail. it runs as follows: rule xiii. let the group get ready to reveal the hidden mystery. let the group demonstrate the higher meaning of the lessons learnt, and these are four and yet are one. let the group understand the law of synthesis, of unity and fusion; let the threefold mode of working with that which is dynamic carry the group together towards the higher three where the will of god holds sway; let transfiguration follow transformation, and may transmutatio

ding rule, as given to initiates and to advanced disciples. rule xiii. for applicants. four things the disciple must learn and comprehend before he can be shewn the inmost mystery: first, the laws of that which radiates; the five meanings of magnetisation make the second; the third is transmutation or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly, the first letter of the word which has been imparted, or the hidden name egoic. in this earlier rule, the disciple is told that before he can advance to the mysteries which will be revealed to him sequentially as he advances along the path of initiation, there are four things which he must "learn and comprehend" these are: 1. the laws of that which radiates. 1 would call your attention to the fact that this does not refer to the laws of radiation. that

on is the mode whereby force is transmuted or changed into energy. this means (where a disciple is concerned) the transmutation or changing or stepping up of personality force into egoic energy. 4. he must know the "hidden name egoic" or the first letter of the imparted word. two things should be noted here. the "word" here does not refer to the sacred word but to the name of the planetary logos, the hidden name of sanat kumara who is the soul of the world in all its phases, the manifesting ego of the logos on the cosmic mental plane. only the first letter of that "ineffable name" is permitted expression to initiates until the fourth initiation. you will see, therefore, how vast a field this instruction on rule xiii covers. the higher correspondences of these four requirements are expresse

and to the reorganising of the structures of world thought, world politics, plus the redistribution of the world's resources in conformity to divine purpose. then and only then will it be possible to carry the revelation further. it is with the above indicated sequence in mind that i come to the analysis of the sentences in rule xiii, beginning with the first: 1. let the group get ready to reveal the hidden mystery. the readiness here referred to has nothing to do with personal preparedness or with the group unity which i have so often emphasised. it does not refer to individual purity or consecration or to mental development or to group relationships, as they work out in harmony and understanding. i am considering something far different to all these factors which are regarded as automati

t and conform to rule xiii for disciples and initiates) have become so merged with the soul (within themselves and within all other selves) that the situation is reversed. it would now be an effort for such people to think and react as personalities. i word the problem thus, so as to clarify it for you, if possible. when this stage of centralisation is achieved, then the group can begin to reveal the hidden mystery. all that i can tell you about that mystery is that it concerns the purpose and the reason for which our planetary logos took incarnation and became the informing life of our planet, the earth; it concerns the necessity, inherent in his own nature, to reach a point upon the cosmic ladder of evolution which would make him as a result the informing life of a sacred planet. forget

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

ature. upon this path he submits himself to a forcing process, so that the flower of the soul can unfold more quickly. the inevitability of human perfection underlies his willingness to make the attempt to tread the path. this perfection can be attained in two ways. it can be the result of slow and steady evolutionary growth, carried forward under nature's laws, cycle after cycle, until gradually the hidden god can be seen in man and in the universe. or, it can be the result [6] of systematized application and discipline on the part of the aspirant, producing a more rapid unfoldment of the power and life of the soul. in one analysis of discipleship, it has been defined as "a psychic resolvent, which eats- 7- the labours of hercules away all dross and leaves only the pure gold behind" it is

g a more rapid unfoldment of the power and life of the soul. in one analysis of discipleship, it has been defined as "a psychic resolvent, which eats- 7- the labours of hercules away all dross and leaves only the pure gold behind" it is a process of refining, of sublimation and of transmutation, carried steadily forward until at length the mount of transfiguration and of illumination is attained. the hidden mysteries and the forces, latent in human beings, need to be discovered and require to be utilized in a divine manner and in line with divine purpose, intelligently apprehended. when they have thus been utilized, the disciple finds himself en rapport with the universal and similar divine energies and powers, underlying the operations of the natural world. thus he becomes a worker under

ergies and the growth of the tendency towards divinity. now, at last, in the twentieth century, objective and subjective have become so closely blended and merged that it is almost impossible to say where one begins and another ends. the veil that hides the concealed deity is wearing thin, and the work of those who have achieved knowledge, the program of the christ and of his church, the plans of the hidden band of world workers, the rishis and the occult hierarchy of our planet, is now focused upon leading humanity on to the path of discipleship, and training many of the more advanced so that they can become the knowers and initiates of the new age. thus men will pass out of the hall of learning into the hall of wisdom, from the realm of the unreal to the real, and from the outer darkness

nteresting to note also that we are told in the kabalah "the eighteenth path is called the house of influence. and from the midst of the investigation the arcana and hidden sense are drawn forth which dwell in its shade and which cling to it from the cause of all causes (sepher yetzira, no. 30. this is what hercules, at the age of eighteen, is setting out to do. he must tread the path whereon all the hidden things can be brought forth into the light; he has reached the point where he can achieve knowledge of himself and can begin to investigate the hidden forces of nature. this is the problem of all disciples. the next episode in his career is his marriage and the birth of three children, a symbolic way of expressing the truth that he made at-one-ment with psyche, the soul. from that union

nd locate sirius, the dog star, the story of our past, present and future is dramatically pictured. we have the story of our past in lepus, the hare, fleet of foot, deceived, mad, bound to the wheel of life, identified with the matter aspect, and ever the enemy of "the coming prince. in canis minor, we have the story of the aspirant, of our present lot. dwelling within us is the inner [70] ruler, the hidden divinity, the redeemer. we go forth conquering and to conquer, but we have to do it as the burdened disciple, bearing for others and serving. in canis major we have portrayed our future and a consummation, glorious beyond all present realization. were all religions and all scriptures of the world to be lost, and were there nothing left to us except the starry heavens, the story of the z

t decry this symbol) someone has used the following words to express the cadence of cancer when first entered "a sorrowful little voice underground, a low, half-captured, half-evasive melody" not yet has the work been consummated. all that is to be heard is the note of possible achievement. all that is to be found is a deep inner urge and discontent which gradually becomes so strong that it lifts the hidden, struggling individual out of his environment of stabilized world condition and makes him the earnest aspirant, who knows no rest until he has emerged out of the water and climbed steadily on until he finds himself on the summit of the mount in capricorn, the birth not the consummation of the world savior "christ was born in capricorn, fulfiled the law under saturn, initiated the era of

t last in pisces, the opposite sign, the world savior is born. as in leo, this is a cave experience "in the womb of time, and should be characterized by warmth, quietness, deep experiences and "slow, yet powerful crises. it is a synthetic sign. on this point the tibetan says "the symbology of virgo concerns the whole goal of the evolutionary process, which is to shield, nurture and finally reveal the hidden spiritual reality. this, every form veils but the human form is equipped and fitted to manifest it in a manner different from any other expression of divinity and so make tangible and objective that for which the whole creative process was intended (esoteric astrology, pp. 251-2) this synthetic quality is further emphasized by the fact that eight other signs (all except leo, libra and c

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

opriate the knowledge of a grade beyond him it would be to him but folly, disappointment and darkness. students have often been offered a doctrine, or assertion, or explanation, which their intellect has rejected as absurd, or as sheer superstition; which same dogma they have later in life assimilated with every feeling of esteem. occultism in this resembles freemasonry; we are either admitted to the hidden knowledge, or we are not; and if we are not admitted, we never believe any secret of its ritual even if it be offered to us. the secrets of occultism are like freemasonry; in truth they are to some extent the secrets that freemasonry has lost. they are of their very nature inviolable; for they can only be attained by personal progress; they might be plainly told to the outsider, and not

of their very nature inviolable; for they can only be attained by personal progress; they might be plainly told to the outsider, and not be understood by him. for if anyone has been able to divine and to grasp such a secret, he will not tell it even to his dearest friend; for the simple reason that if his friend is unable to divine it for himself, its communication in mere words would not confer the hidden knowledge upon him. the whole kabalistic theories are of a nature similar to the secrets of freemasonry; there was much doctrine that was never written nor printed: these works often describe imagery which seems folly, and contain doctrines that at first seem absurd; yet they enshrine the highly spiritual teachings which i have shortly outlined. the mere reading of these volumes is of l

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

manner, and it replied: in the name of the fairy diana!be thou attired more richly than a prince!so he passed to the hall, where he was wooed by beautiful ladies, but his answer to them all wasthat his love was at monterone.then he saw or knew no more, but on awaking found himself in monterone, and so changed to ahandsome youth that no one knew him. so he married his beautiful lady, and all lived the hidden lifeof witches and wizards from that day, and are now in fairy land.note.as a curious illustration of the fact that the faith in diana and the other deities of the roman mythol-ogy, as connected with divination, still survives among the italians of the people, i may mentionthat after this work went to press, i purchased for two soldi or one penny, a small chapbook in whichit is shown ho

hyp-ocrite who pursued amours in silent secrecy.thus as the moon endymion lay with her,so did hippolytus and verbio.(on which the reader may consult t ertullian,de falsa religione, lib. ii. cap. 17, and pico demirandula, la strega.)but there is an exquisitely subtle, delicately strange idea or ideal in the conception of the apparentlychaste clear cold moon casting her living light by stealth into the hidden recesses of darkness andacting in the occult mysteries of love or dreams. so it struck byron 21 as an original thought thatthe sun does not shine on half the forbidden deeds which the moon witnesses, and this is empha-sised in the italian witch-poem. in it the moon is distinctly invoked as the protectress of a strangeand secret amour, and as the deity to be especially invoked for such l

ncestral spirits, and in the cities are women who prepare strange amulets, overwhich they mutter spells, all known in the old roman time, and who can astonish even the learnedby their legends of latin gods, mingled with lore which may be found in cato or theocritus. with oneof these i became intimately acquainted in 1886, and have ever since employed her specially to col-lect among her sisters of the hidden spell in many places all the traditions of the olden time knownto them. it is true that i have drawn from other sources, but this woman by long practice has perfect-ly learned what few understand, or just what i want, and how to extract it from those of her kind.among other strange relics, she succeeded, after many years, in obtaining the following gospel,which i have in her handwriting

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tamorphoses, suggests in the artist s mind a vision of the active trafficking of creatures between one world and the other. all of the janus-headed, multi-faced, theriomorphic swarms which proliferate in spare s paintings threaten to break out of their world and spill into ours. the soul is the ancestral animals. a.o.s spare is a sorceror and a shamanic artist he attempts to represent the occult, the hidden, the unseen, to illustrate the unseeable, to portray sensations and subconscious energies: to delineate and draw into focus the astral forms of the spirits and shells who swarm about him in his everyday world. few are capable of perceiving these layers of existence, even fewer of making a lifelong attempt to illustrate this hidden inner world. the shaman is a person who deliberately rem

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iblis, understood the immortality of the psyche is between the path of the not-seen, the shadow and darkness which cultivates the black flame itself. the witchcraft tradition was explored in essence by the practitioners of yatuk dinoih[2, or persian witchcraft of which emerged from the sorcerous shadow-god ahriman, the darkness which would create flesh. ahriman is a pitch-black representative of the hidden and the secret, from which the profane should not see. ahriman and its female counterpart, az[3, are the early fountainheads of the gnosis of the sabbat or al-zabbat, the freedom from the trappings of flesh and the awakening of the nightside consciousness. this is the primal gnosis of sorcery itself, which is the dark well of the elixir of the adept, the one who drinks of the dual ecsta

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

asambhava s disciples. for this reason, these incarnations are called "treasure-revealers (gter ston. termas can take several forms. they can be actual texts hidden in caves or under holy images "mental texts" concealed within the minds of treasure-revealers and discovered through meditation or visionary experiences; or sacred objects such as statues and ritual implements that, once found, excite the hidden memories of treasure-revealers that contain the teachings. one other way that treasures are concealed is by the use of..kin.-script, a series of characters that look tibetan but are illegible upon closer examination (figure 2. a few of these characters may be discovered on a small piece of parchment that signifies a treasure. only a treasure-revealer can decipher these few letters, whic

s shifted from political to spiritual. by this process, the cult of avalokite.vara expanded in popularity, and in this view tibet itself came to supersede india as a land of buddhist origins.69 the evolution of tsiu marpo s dwelling place is intriguing because it is cumulative rather than progressive. tsiu marpo is tied to the prestigious buddhist country of khotan, the might demon lands and thus the hidden lands of tibetan deities, india and its buddhist past, central tibet, and finally samy monastery, the first buddhist monastery in tibet. tsiu marpo continues to be associated with his previous dwellings and their significance despite new sacred geography. see childs 2004, pp. 74-97; diemberger 1993; reinhart 1978; acharya and dokham 1998; and sardar-afkhami 1996 for more on tibetan hidd

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on which all initiates, past, present or secret, have brought to the current and how it manifests today. no longer should those of luciferian nature be forced to denounce the darkness inherent within us all; witchcraft as with the human or daemonic spirit is both dual natured, light and shadow, bestial and angelic, ad infinitum. the word black within the context of writing here is in reference to the hidden nature of the sinister craft, it is both the depths of initiation which runs deep in our souls, and the future possibility by the atavistic urges which may be harnessed into powerful tools of refining and strengthening our consciousness. the order of phosphorus is an initiatory guild of practitioners of sorcery from a left hand path point of view. the word black is described by idries s

ing wise and equally with understanding. shah writes further that black holds a connection with hidden wisdom, thus the phrase, dar tariki, tariqat which means in the darkness, the path. the order of phosphorus is symbolic of fire illuminated from clay, of light emerging from darkness. the magicians and witches of this 'skir-hand' guild are 2 equally focused on not only low sorcery, but utilizing the hidden nature of darkness to reveal light within themselves. here we find the foundation and essence of baphomet, the father of wisdom. the sabbatic god is both the union of the beast and the whore, ahriman (satan, samael) and az (lilith, babalon) which beget cain (by the circle of leviathan, the serpent of the depths. an initiatory image of cain as baphomet (by soror lilitu azhdeha) may be fo

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bers. in its "32 paths of wisdom" the number 3 is repeated four times, and the number 4 five times. therefore, the wisdom of god is contained in numbers (sephrim or sephiroth, for sepher (or s-ph-ra when unvowelled) means "to cipher" and therefore, also, we find plato stating that the deity geometrizes in fabricating the universe. the kabalistic book, the sepher jezirah, opens with a statement of the hidden wisdom of alhi in sephrim, i.e, the elohim in the sephiroth "in thirty and two paths, hidden wisdom, established jah, jhvh, tzabaoth, elohi of israel, alhim of life, el of grace and mercy- exalted, uplifted dweller on high, and king of everlasting, and his name- holy! in three sephrim: viz- b-s'ph-r, v-s'ph-r, v-siph-o-r "this comment sets forth 'the hidden wisdom' of the original text

hood of old, lie latent hints of sciences as yet undiscovered during the present cycle. well acquainted as may be a scholar with the hieratic writing and hieroglyphical system of the egyptians, he must first of all learn to sift their records. he has to assure himself, compasses and rule in hand, that the picture writing he is examining fits, to a line, certain fixed geometrical figures which are the hidden keys to such records, before he ventures on an interpretation "but there are myths which speak for themselves. in this class we may include the double-sexed first creators of every cosmogony. the greek zeus-zen (aether, and chthonia (the chaotic earth) and metis (water, his wives; osiris and isis- latona- the former god also representing aether, the first emanation of the supreme deity

-typhon could not be that evil. in the "book of the dead" it is commanded (v. 13) that chapter clxiii. should be read "in the presence of a serpent on two legs" which means a high initiate, a hierophant, for the discus and ram's horns* that adorn his "serpent's" head in the hieroglyphics of the title of the said chapter denote this. over the "serpent" are represented the two mystic eyes of ammon* the hidden "mystery god" this passage corroborates our assertion, and shows what the word "serpent" meant in antiquity. but as to the nagals and nargals, whence came the similarity of names between the indian nagas and the american nagals "the nargal was the chaldean and assyrian chief of the magi (rab-mag, and the nagal was the chief sorcerer of the mexican indians. both derive their names from n

ond the snowcapped summits of kap, or caucasus, there is a great continent now concealed from all. that it is reached by those who can secure the services of the twelvelegged progeny of the crocodile and the female hippopotamus, whose legs become at will twelve wings; or by those who have the patience to wait for the good pleasure of simorgh-anke, who promised that before she dies she will reveal the hidden continent to all, and make it once more visible and within easy reach, by means of a bridge, which the ocean devs will build between that portion of the "dry island" and its severed parts* this relates, of course, to the seventh race, simorgh being the manvantaric cycle. it is very curious that cosmas indicopleustes, who lived in the sixth century a.d, should have always maintained that

hat displayed in its sanskrit origin. the svastica, the sacred sign and the instrument for kindling sacred fire, may explain it better "prometheus, the fire-bringer, is the pramantha personified" goes on the author "he finds his prototype in the aryan[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 414 the secret doctrine. leaving for a few pages the main subject, let us pause and see what may be the hidden meaning of this, the most ancient as it is the most suggestive of traditional allegories. as it relates directly to the early races, this will be no real digression. the subject of aeschylus' drama (the trilogy is lost) is known to all cultured readers. the demi-god robs the gods (the elohim) of their secret- the mystery of the creative fire. for this sacrilegious attempt he is struck d

ns got their knowledge of "the bundle of wonderful things" the sabha and mayasabha, mentioned in the mahabharata, the gift of mayasur to the pandavas. it is from them that they learnt aeronautics, viwan vidya (the "knowledge of flying in air-vehicles, and, therefore, their great arts of meteorography and meteorology. it is from them, again, that the aryans inherited their most valuable science of the hidden virtues of precious and other stones, of chemistry, or rather alchemy, of mineralogy, geology, physics and astronomy. several times the writer has put to herself the question "is the story of exodus- in its details at least- as narrated in the old testament, original? or is it, like the story of moses himself and many others, simply another version of the legends told of the atlanteans"

osed. the forty-nine stanzas and the few fragments from the commentaries just given are all that can be published in these volumes. these, with some still older records- to which none but the highest initiates have access- and a whole library of comments, glossaries, and explanations, form the synopsis of man's genesis. it is from the commentaries that we have hitherto quoted and tried to explain the hidden meaning of some of the allegories, thus showing the true views of esoteric antiquity upon geology, anthropology, and even ethnology. we will endeavour in the part which follows, to establish a still closer metaphysical connection between the earliest races and their creators, the divine men from other worlds; accompanying the statements proffered with the most important demonstrations o

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ny religions. 311 the jews and their system. 313 moses copied from sargon. 319 identity of ancient symbols. 323- iii. primordial substance and divine thought. 325 divine thought, or cineritious matter. 327 ether and intelligence. 330 the seven prakritis. 335 the mystic fire. 339 one tree of knowledge. 341- iv. chaos- theos- kosmos. 342 the union of chaos and spirit. 343 the birth of mind. 345- v. the hidden deity, its symbols and glyphs. 349 the gnostic idea. 351 international correlation of gods. 355[[vol. 1, page] xiii contents. page. vi. the mundane egg. 359 egg-born logoi. 363 the winged globe. 365- vii. the days and nights of brahma. 368 human gods and divine men. 369 the rebirth of gods. 371 the puranic prophecy. 377- viii. the lotus as a universal symbol. 379 exoteric and esoteric

with the tenets of the wisdom religion of antiquity- are but a very small portion of the whole. the hindu reformer limited his public teachings to the purely moral and physiological aspect of the wisdom religion, to ethics and man alone. things "unseen and incorporeal" the mystery of being outside our terrestrial sphere, the great teacher left entirely untouched in his public lectures, reserving the hidden truths for a select circle of his arhats. the latter received their initiation at the famous saptaparna cave (the sattapanni of mahavansa) near mount baibhar (the webhara of the pali mss. this cave was in rajagriha, the ancient capital of mogadha, and was the cheta cave of fa-hian, as rightly suspected by some archaeologists* time and human imagination made short work of the purity and

al of this work the erroneous ideas of the public in general with regard to pantheism will be modified. it is wrong and unjust to regard the buddhists and advaitee occultists as atheists. if not all of them philosophers, they are, at any rate, all logicians, their objections and arguments being based on strict reasoning. indeed, if the parabrahmam of the hindus may be taken as a representative of the hidden and nameless deities of other nations, this absolute principle will be found to be the prototype from which all the others were copied. parabrahm is not "god" because it is not a god "it is that which is supreme, and not supreme (paravara" explains mandukya upanishad (2.28. it is "supreme" as cause, not supreme as effect. parabrahm is simply, as a "secondless reality" the all-inclusive

a mystic expression, both "vehicles" inculcating that man may escape the sufferings of rebirths and even the false bliss of devachan, by obtaining wisdom and knowledge, which alone can dispel the fruits of illusion and ignorance. 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. to the untrained eye of the savage, a painting is at first an unmeaning confusion of streaks and daubs of color, while an educated eye sees instantly a face or a landscape. nothing is permanent except the one hidden absolute existence which contains in itself the noumena of all realities. the existences belonging to

d of the lotus; for the lotus plant exists not only as a miniature embryo in its seed (a physical characteristic, but its prototype is present in an ideal form in the astral light from "dawn" to "night" during the manvantaric period, like everything else, as a matter of fact, in this objective universe; from man down to mite, from giant trees down to the tiniest blades of grass. all this, teaches the hidden science, is but the temporary reflection, the shadow of the eternal ideal prototype in divine thought- the word "eternal" note well again, standing here only in the sense of "aeon" as lasting throughout the seemingly interminable, but still limited cycle of activity, called by us manvantara. for what is the real esoteric meaning of manvantara, or rather a manu-antara? it means, esoteric

time, answering to the biblical, or rather zoroastrian "i am that i am" the same doctrine is found in the kabala, as witness the following extract from an unpublished ms. by mr. s. liddell mcgregor mathers, the learned kabalist "the three pronouns[[hebrew, hoa, atah, ani; he, thou, i; are used to symbolize the ideas of macroprosopus and microprosopus in the hebrew qabalah. hoa "he" is applied to the hidden and concealed macroprosopus; atah "thou" to microprosopus; and ani "i" to the latter when he is represented as speaking (see lesser holy assembly, 204 et seq) it is to be noted that each of these names consists of three letters, of which the letter aleph[[hebrew, a, forms the conclusion of the first word hoa, and the commencement of atah and ani, as if it were the connecting link betwee

uently for the issue, of that one ray (the logos, which contains in itself the other seven procreative rays or powers (the logoi or builders. hence the choice by the rosecroix of the aquatic fowl- whether swan or pelican* with seven young ones for a symbol, modified and adapted to the religion of every country. en-soph is called the "fiery soul of the pelican" in the book of numbers (see part ii "the hidden deity and its symbols and glyphs) appearing with every manvantara as narayan, or swayambhuva (the[[footnote(s* whether the genus of the bird be cygnus, anser, or pelecanus, it is no matter, as it is an aquatic bird floating or moving on the waters like the spirit, and then issuing from those waters to give birth to other beings. the true significance of the symbol of the eighteenth degr

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o.t.o. is a body of initiates in whose hands are concentrated the wisdom and knowledge of the following bodies: 1. the gnostic catholic church 2. the order of the knights of the holy ghost. 3. the order of the illuminati. 4. the order of the temple (knights templar. 5. the order of the knights of st. john. 6. the order of the knights of malta. 7. the order of the knights of the holy sepulchre. 8. the hidden church of the holy graal. 9. the hermetic brotherhood of light. 10. the holy order of rose croix of heredom. 11. the order of the holy royal arch of enoch. 12. the antient and primitive rite of masonry (33. 13. the rite of memphis (97. 14. the rite of mizraim (90. the equinox 198 15. the ancient and accepted scottish rite of masonry (33. 16. the swedenborgian rite of masonry. 17. the or

BOOK OF ENOCH

return; and how one is more honoured than the other is. and their magnificent course, and how they do not leave their course, neither adding nor subtracting from their course. and how they keep faith in one another, observing their oath. 41.6] and the sun goes out first, and completes its journey at the command of the lord of spirits- and his name endures forever and ever. 41.7] and after this is the hidden, and visible, path of the moon, and it travels the course of its journey, in that place, by day and by night. one stands opposite the other, in front of the lord of spirits, and they give thanks, and sing praise, and do not rest, because their thanksgiving is like rest to them. 41.8] for the shining sun makes many revolutions; for a blessing and for a curse. and the path of the journey

BOOK OF PLEASURE

ned by its bondage, great power not by disintegration. is it not because our energy (or mind stuff) is already over bound and divided, that we are not capable, let alone magical? some believe any and every thing is symbolic, and can be transcribed, and explain the occult, but of what they do not know (great spiritual truths) so argument a metaphor, cautiously confusing the obvious which developes the hidden virtue. this unnecessary corpulency, however impressive, is it not disgusting (the elephant is exceeding large but extremely powerful, the swine though odious does not breed the contempt of our good taste) if a man is no hero to his servant, much less can he remain a mystic in the eyes of the curious; similarity educates mimicry. decorate your meaning, however objectionable (as fact, af

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

aveling the tangled threads; you may only decipher part of the mystery. don't worry about this for it is quite natural in the beginning. continue to affirm that you will remember. continue to faithfully record all of the details that you can. as you do, you will find that the symbols will gradually begin to clear, as you and your higher self develop a dialogue that you can consciously understand. the hidden symbol in one dream will suddenly be revealed in another. when this begins to happen you should start to compile your own personal dream dictionary. take a notebook that is not used for any other purpose and divide it into alphabetical sections. as you discover the meanings of new symbols, write them down. soon you will find that you have an extensive set of personal symbols which will

a large hoop of cardboard) on a rope, from a tree and to set it swinging. the witches then take turns trying to throw a spear through the hoop, from various distances. another popular pastime is target archery. an interesting "game" is dowsing. let someone hide a quarter somewhere in/on the ground (or in the house, if inside. tape another quarter to a forked stick, as a "witness, and try to find the hidden one. several people can search at the same time. pendulums can also be used (see lesson eight. the quarter goes to the one who finds it, of course. i'm sure you can come up with many more exciting and fun games yourself. the point is that sabbats should be fun. they are a time for celebration. the religious side is very important, of course, but follow it with fun, games, good food and

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shape those astral shadows images that are causal to material events when you learn to communicate your own desires and goals using the tarot's powerful symbol language and the meditative and/or ritual techniques taught in this book to energize and imprint new patterns in the astral light. this book teaches you both how to read the tarot cards: seeing the likely outcome of the present trends and the hidden forces now at work shaping tomorrow's circumstances, and then as never before presented to the public how you can expand this same system to bring these causal forces under your conscious control. the magick of the tarot mobilizes the powerful inner resources of psyche and soul (the source of all magick, all seemingly miraculous powers) by means of meditation, ritual, drama, dance for t

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h is called best-aru-ankhet-kheperu chapter x. the tenth division of the tuat, which is called metet-qa-utchebu chapter xi. the eleventh division of the tuat, which is called re-en-qerert-apt-khatu chapter xii. the twelfth division of the tuat, which is called then-neteru sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 1 the book am-tuat the title of the work "the writings and the drawings of the hidden palace which appertain to the souls, and the gods, and the shadows, and the spirits, which compose the beginning of the horn of ament, of the horizon of ament [which is] the utmost boundary of the thick darkness of the horizon of amentet, containing the knowledge of the souls of the tuat, and the knowledge of the secret souls, and the knowledge of the doors and the ways through and on w

written above it, which reads"[the god cometh to] this court, he passeth through it in the form of a ram, and he maketh his transformations therein. after he hath passed through this court, the dead who are in his following do not [go with him, but they remain in this court, and he speaketh p. 9 words unto the gods who are therein. if copies of these things be made according to the ordinances of the hidden house, and after the manner of that which is ordered in the hidden house, they shall act as magical protectors to the man who maketh them" in the upper register are the following- i. nine apes, who are described as "the gods who open the gates to the great soul" their names are--1. un-ta, 2. ba-ta, 3. maa-en-ra, 4. abta, 5. ababen, 6. aken-ab, 7. benth, 8. afa, 9. tchehtcheh. ii. twelve

ion in ament. thy boat is to thee, and it is thy right, thou art guided along, and those who convey thee over the water and who dwell in the earth make calamities to come upon apep straightway on thy behalf. thy protector is the star-god (sba, thou art praised and adored, thy soul passeth on, thou goest onward and thy body is equipped with power, and the regions) are opened [to thee. the doors of the hidden land are opened [before thee, osiris cometh unto thee, osiris avengeth thee, and thy word is maat against thy enemies. thou goest to rest, thou goest to rest in ament, and thou comest into being in the form of khepera in the east" this great god sendeth forth words to the gods who dwell in the, tuat and to those who inhabit urnes, saying "open ye your hidden doors so that the god af may

ra, i.e "green face (see p. 79. 8. the god hetep, who carries the crook of osiris mentioned above (no. 2 (see p. 79. 9-11. three gods, each of whom carries an ankh in his p. 70 left hand, whose names are sem-ankh, an-her, and ut-met (see pp. 79, 83. 12. the goddess nebt-ankh (see p. 80. the text which refers to these beings reads "those who are in this picture, in their forms of their bodies, are the hidden [travellers] upon the way of the holy country whose secret things are hidden. they are the guardians of the way of the holy [land] for those who enter into the hidden place of the tuat, and they keep ward over anpu in his forms as he tows them along, when he entereth in by them in the holy land" in the upper register are- 1. a goddess, wearing the crown of the north, apparently a form o

nd, and a staff with a curled end in the left; facing him is a headless god called ab-tuat (see pp. 79, 83. p. 75 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 77 10. a goddess of the south (nekhebet) and a goddess of the north. of the last group of figures it is said "those who are in this picture are in the form wherein horus hath made them; they are the warders of the serpent nehepu, who guide him to the hidden thing which is on this secret way (see p. 83. in the lower register are- 1. a large boat, each end of which terminates in the head of a woman; lying along the bottom of the boat is the serpent hetch-nau (see pp. 63, 67. concerning him it is said "he 1 who is in this picture. in his boat great, is the [serpent] which guardeth the aheth chamber; he standeth up at the mouth of the hidden p

g (see p. 67. 4. the divine mummy form benni, seated (see p. 71. 5. a lion-headed goddess called hen-kherth (see p. 71. 6. a goddess, with a pair of horns on her head, in a sitting position, but with no throne to sit upon; her name is thest-apt (see p. 71. of these beings it is said "those who are in this picture are in the forms wherein horus made them, and they stand on the ground of re-stau in the hidden place" 7. the male serpent amen (see pp. 75, 77. 8. the female serpent hekent, which has a human head growing out of its body, a little distance from the tip of its tail; the human head faces the serpent amen. of the male serpent it is said "he p. 79 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 80 p. 81 who is in this picture is the guardian of the secret passages which lead to the aheth cham

ned to thee the earth to such an extent that thou hast passed over the beautiful land, and the roads concerning which ra hath spoken to thee, o osiris. thou criest out, o ra, to the land of seker, and horus hath life upon his sands. come to khepera, o ra! come to khepera! work ye with the cord, o ye who make khepera to advance, so that it may give the hand (i.e, help) to ra whilst he passeth over the hidden ways of ra, in the horizon [come] in peace, in peace, o ra of the beautiful p. 87 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 88 p. 89 [paragraph continues] ament. in the middle of the scene we see that the ground rises (see p. 103) and forms a kind of hollow mound, the highest point of which terminates in the head of a woman, which faces to the right; immediately above her head is a scarab

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

danger, and offers protection against both physical and psychic attack. it is a colour for keeping secrets and for smoothing down potential conflict and keeping one's counsel when to do otherwise would be unwise. grey candles are best used on wednesday when mercury cannot be seen and on saturday. black another colour of saturn and also the kings of the underworld- the roman pluto, the bestower of the hidden wealth that lay within the earth, and the greek hades, who abducted persephone (proserpine, thus causing winter. black is the colour not only of death, but also of regeneration. this belief goes back to ancient egypt when the annual flooding of the nile carried with it black silt, which brought new life to the land each year. in magick, black is the colour of endings that carry within t

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nes and tempo approach, will led the listener to assume something, to invariably come into contact with the demon or angel in question. this is activated by his/her subconscious alone, and is even more so on governmental levels. science and government have used many of these methods long ago to uncertain ends. chaos magick teaches the individual the price of knowledge, and the pleasure of seeking the hidden light of prometheus. the rise of godhood through many of the chaos magick methods is only strengthened by the practice of discipline as well. sharp focuses of developed mental strength through such techniques developed in the western world by aleister crowley only prove the initial discussion of will and focus. god itself is not understanding of any of us; in fact it seeks to devour our

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

is crucial towards development and the understanding of magick as we know it. in this defining concept, the understanding of discipline is sometimes lost. discipline is the most important factor of magickal training, even within sorcery and witchcraft. the mind and body must be in fine tuned shape for the rigors of the left hand path and it s possibilities towards the light of lucifer or adonai (the hidden self, associated with god or the source of light. the illuminates of thanateros has some very strong initiates within their ranks at many points, one being the austrian former lodge, temple pleasuredome which operated from 1988 until 1990 whe n temple founder michael dewitt was excommunicated due to his support for peter carroll in the infamous ice magick wars. the ice magick wars are d

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

qabalistic cross. let us be aware always that no banishings can be done in the vault. in addition, no invoking pentagrams or hexagrams can be made directly inside the chamber of the vault. thus, the altar must be re-charged outside the confines of the vault. next, four knocks are given with the words vibrated tkrp. this spells the word paroketh. paroketh is the veil of the vault of tiphareth and the hidden tabernacle. here, we begin to see our ancient light with our more ancient fraters and sorors as well as our rosicrucian link. the third adept is asked "what does the mystic name of our founder signify" he replies "the rose and cross of christ" this connects us to a strong christian symbol. let us, however, remember that one does not need to be christian to realize the invoking power of

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the history of their own period."5 it is equally sobering to think that even though the round table network was directing the policies of the then most powerful country and empire in the world, the people didn't know such an organisation existed, never mind what it was doing. ask anyone today, including most historians, about the rhodes and milner round table and they will reply "the round what" the hidden hand that controls the direction of the world is indeed very well hidden from the public eye. the round table extended its influence across the atlantic to the united states. it was there that the power blocs which would control political and economic policy and the communications industry- to the present day- were being assembled in the early years of this century. these were the organ

87, memphis, tennessee) 24 a century of war, pl59 25 gary allen, the rockefeller file, p146-147 26 submission to the nolan committee on standards in public life, p37-38, paragraphs 130-134 27 a century of war, pl82 28 benazir bhutto, tochter der macht: autobiographie (droemer knaur, munich, 1989) 29 foreign affairs magazine (autumn 1984 edition) 30 gary allen, the rockefeller file, pl9 chapter 12 the hidden hand "he who gains most advantage from a crime is the one most likely to have committed it" the roman playwright, seneca he covert force which is responsible for all those apparently unconnected economic events is also at large in the national and global political arena. the hidden hand of the elite and its pyramid of deception can be shown to be behind a stream of officially unconnecte

instigating trouble across the planet toward a common end. the vietnam war so many events and implications were triggered by the war in vietnam. the united states embarked on that debacle, the public were told, to challenge the spread of 'communism. we have already seen that 'communism' was the creation of the same elite who publicly promote 'capitalism. there is, therefore, another reason 252 t the hidden hand 253 behind a war that killed so many on both 'sides. retired air force colonel l. fletcher prouty was chief of special operations for the joint chiefs of staff during the kennedy years and he was directly in charge of the global system providing military support for the covert activities of the cia. he wrote a book called the secret team and in the film, jfk, the character colonel

nly person to have tried a suspect with the murder of the president. this was clay shaw. garrison's case against shaw was severely damaged by the intimidation and murder of his main witnesses and shaw was found not guilty. later it became known that shaw had been working for the cia all along. shaw was also a director of permindex, a mossad front company which operated as an assassination bureau. the hidden hand 255 garrison established that witnesses to the assassination were threatened when they gave a version of events that did not match the official line. many people who gave evidence to the warren commission which 'investigated' the assassination said that their statements were altered in the report and in some cases their signatures were forged on statements they did not make. there

s words 'we' lost the war. by 'we' he didn't mean the united states. when kennedy said 'we, he meant the non jews. joe kennedy believed that it was the jews who had won world war ii "kennedy said 'i've done everything i can to fight the jewish power over this country. i tried to stop world war ii, but i failed. i've made all the money i need and now i'm passing everything i've learned to my sons. the hidden hand 257 "i don't go with the 'loser, kennedy told me 'i've joined the "winners" i'm going to work with the jews. i'm teaching my boys the whole score and they're going to work with the jews. i'm going to make jack the first irish catholic president of the united states and if it means working with the jews, so be it. i have sympathy with what you're doing hooker, kennedy said 'but i'm

d "mr. president, my people have a right to exist .and that existence is in danger".15 according to the research of michael collins piper in final judgement..in his final days as prime minster (ben-gurion) ordered israel's mossad to orchestrate the assassination of john f. kennedy. based upon additional evidence uncovered, we believe that mossad took the necessary steps and achieved that goal."16 the hidden hand 259 mossad certainly had many close connections with others who wished to see an end to kennedy, especially the cia and meyer lansky. kennedy had both of those in his sights also. while kennedy had accepted campaign money from lansky and the mafia, he really wanted to destroy them. once in office he appointed his brother bobby as attorney general and he began a massive drive agains

ation which recognised israel as a jewish homeland, funded the nazis and created mossad and the terrorist underground in palestine. israel was founded by, and has always been controlled by, the rothschilds and the rest of the elite. the "jewish homeland" scam is just a smokescreen and jewish people are pawns in the game. the leaders and participants in this terror network later became leaders and the hidden hand 261 prime ministers of the new israel. people like david ben-gurion, menachem begin, yitzhak rabin, and yitzhak shamir, the head of the mossad assassination squad at the time of kennedy's murder. the anti-defamation league is a mossad (rothschild) front in the united states and further afield. as we have seen, it evolved from an organisation set up before the first world war to bra

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al, and cultural- and through every side in the major "debates. the reason is simple: if you want to know the outcome of a game before the game has even started, you need to control all sides. the manager of a football team cannot dictate the result if he only controls one side. if, however, he is managing both sides, he can decide the result before a ball is kicked. so it is with the illuminati, the hidden hand behind the events that affect our lives and our world every day. but, by the end of this book, if you are open-minded enough to complete it, the hand will be hidden no more. the truth is not only out there. a lot of it is right here. sources 1 jim shaw, the deadly deception (huntington house inc, lafayette, louisiana, 1988, p 103 2 morals and dogma of the ancient and accepted scott

self-govern, at least for a while, based on the knowledge, structure, beliefs, and myths of their former controllers. since then, the reptilian anunnaki have been manipulating from behind the scenes and through their hybrid bloodlines, and they are on the brink of replacing their formerly overt global empire (their old world order) with their covert global empire (their new world order. they are the hidden force behind the introduction of the global centralisation of power that is exploding all around us today. the anunnaki, at least after the final atlantis cataclysm, sought to hide their reptilian form by keeping out of public view as much as possible. now you see them, now you don't the reptilian bloodlines covertly operating within human society created many of the ancient mystery sch

ati, who dictate their actions and agenda. those who will not do as they are told are assassinated, brought down by "scandal, fall to "ill-health, or are subjected to a media campaign of abuse that persuades the people to remove them. in the sumer empire you had the reptilian "gods" dictating to their priesthood, who dictated to the administrators of finance and state. the same structure remains. the hidden anunnaki dictate to their "priesthood, the initiates and bloodlines of the illuminati, who dictate to the administration of finance and state. their agenda is to create a global version of that structure- the world government, central bank, army, and currency. the mystery school network of old, with its fiercely compartmentalised levels of initiation, has evolved into the global secret

at orgasm, and this is a common way that these entities take possession of people. when a possessed person has sex with someone, it opens up the energy connection for his or her sexual partner to be possessed also. this is one reason why the illuminati encourage a sexual free-for-all. there is nothing wrong with sex as such. in fact it is wonderful and we would not be here without it. but knowing the hidden agenda is vital to avoid some serious consequences. people have said that "extraterrestrials" that abduct them or appear in their bedrooms have forced them to have sex and i am sure that these "extraterrestrials" are at least mostly other-dimensional entities. it is also possible for fourth-dimensional "demonic" entities to possess a physical body and have sexual union with a human who

d kosovo are all part of that. an organisation called kissinger associates is always heavily involved in manipulating such conflicts. henry kissinger, the illuminati's roving manipulator, controls the company, of course. one of the founding directors was his buddy, lord carrington, chairman of the bilderberg group for nearly ten years and a secretary-general of nato. there is no better example of the hidden hand than the common connections between the major "peace negotiators" during the war in bosnia. the peace negotiators appointed by the european union in bosnia were: lord carrington (chairman of the bilderberg group, president of the royal institute of international affairs, trilateral commission member, and kissinger associates; he was followed by lord david owen (bil, tc; and then ca

bylon, the former lands of sumer, and across into india before dying in babylon at the age of 33. during his rule of egypt he founded the city of alexandria "city of the serpent's son, later one the greatest centres for esoteric knowledge in the ancient world. alexander was taught by the greek philosopher, aristotle, who had been taught by plato, who had been taught by socrates. the bloodline and the hidden advanced knowledge have always gone together. this key bloodline comes down through the most famous egyptian queen, cleopatra (60-30bc, who married the most famous roman emperor, julius caesar, and bore him a son, who became ptolemy xiv. she also bore twins with mark anthony, who has his own connections to this line and its many offshoots; the bloodline also connects to herod the great

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ugh to engage its brain, it would see that these eventsare not just going to happen- they are happening. the momentum for the centralisedcontrol of global politics, business, banking, military and media is gathering pace by thehour. the microchipping of people is already being suggested and, in many cases,underway. whenever a hidden agenda is about to be implemented there is always theperiod when the hidden has to break the surface for the final push into physical reality.this is what we are seeing now in the explosion of mergers between global banking andbusiness empires, and the speed at which political and economic control is beingcentralised through the european union, the united nations, the world tradeorganisation, the multilateral agreement on investment, and the stream of otherglob

find throughout the gospels and the old testament. the early christians,an offshoot of the essenes-therapeutae, did the same, as did the romans and all thegentile nations surrounding judea.35 the writer, philo, who lived at the alleged time ofjesus, said in his treatise on the contemplative life, that when the therapeutae prayedto god, they turned to the sun and they studied in order to discover the hidden (coded)meaning of sacred books. he wrote that they also meditated on the secrets of naturecontained in the books under the veil of allegory.36 that is precisely the way the bible iswritten. today this secret language is used in the logos, coats of arms and flags, ofcompanies, countries and other brotherhood-controlled organisations.interconnected with the essenes and a theme which links

ower of conditioning and accepting the official line attracts millions of people to stratfordfrom all over the world to see the home of the man who didn t write the shakespeare plays!this is only one small example of how the official fairy story called history is used tocontrol current behaviour and perception. what else in history isnt true? just abouteverything. behind the shakespeare plays was the hidden hand behind most historicalevents of significance- the brotherhood networks. and nothing sums up the attitude of thisgroup better than the words bacon/dev ere wrote for the witches in his play, macbeth:fair is foul and foul is fair. as manly p. hall, the freemasonic historian, wrote of bacon:165he was a rosicrucian, some have intimated the rosicrucian. if not actually the illustriousfat

symbol on the dollar bill.16 wallacehad a guru, the russian mystic and artist, nicholas roerich, who spent many yearstravelling through nepal and tibet studying with the lamas and searching for the lostcity of shamballa, the legendary home of the secret occult adepts or masters who aresaid to have secretly influenced world affairs throughout history. they are variouslyknown as the secret chiefs, the hidden masters, or the great white brotherhood andsome researchers believe they are the force behind the creation of the freemasons,sufis, knights templar, rosicrucians, theosophical society, and the hermetic order ofthe golden dawn.17 i think these people are reptilians, some of them anyway. roerichwas involved in the formation of the league of nations, the first attempt at worldgovernment, a

igure 27:the structure thebabylonian brotherhood isseeking to introduce earlyin the new millennium.275gemeinschaft. this translates as. the european economic community! hitler lost thewar, at least on the surface, but we got the same policy anyway because it was part ofthe agenda. if i summarise how the european union has been engineered and thepeople and organisations behind it, you will see how the hidden hand operates and bemore aware of the tactics being employed to do exactly the same in the americas, thepacific region, and africa. a united states of europe under centralised control was theaim of the knights templar way back in the 12th and 13th centuries and under theirdifferent names and incarnations this same force has achieved that target via thefreemasons, the bilderberg group, a

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guising himself as type 1. some masonic lodges may not have any members who are of type 2. therefore that lodge could be innocent. however, there are lodges in the world which are run by type 2. because of this, if one says freemasonry is satanic, they are correct. if one says freemasonry is not, they are correct as well "elite freemason" refers to someone who is recognized as being involved with the hidden gears of freemasonry. this mason is of type 2 and has revealed themselves to us through the books they have written. he is also aware of the luciferic design in washington d.c. and all the other secrets associated with world control. two organizations, one visible, the other invisible researching this subject is like stripping away the paint and plaster from the walls of freemasonry (sc

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rd which means "to become. in this context, it means the achievement of one's higher self (what in abramelin magic is called the "knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel) many "aeon strengthening" words were also spoken during the aeon of set. magus lewis conceptualized the cycle by which one "became" and declared it in the word remanifest. magus flowers conceptualized the unknown, the hidden, and declared it in the word runa. as a traveler might walk for days and never reach the horizon, runa is that horizon. as a traveler might walk for days only to find that everywhere he sleeps is "here" not "there, remanifest is "here. xeper is the process of "becoming; runa is the horizon of all that is unknown and beyond your understanding; remanifest is "here (the point at which you

een friends. he governeth 40 legions of spirits. his seal is this which is to be worn as aforesaid, etc (8) barbatos- the eighth spirit is barbatos. he is a great duke, and appeareth when the sun is in sagittary, with four noble kings and their companies of great troops. he giveth understanding of the singing of birds, and of the voices of other creatures, such as the barking of dogs. he breaketh the hidden treasures open that have been laid by the enchantments of magicians. he is of the order of virtues, of which some part he retaineth still; and he knoweth all things past, and to come, and conciliateth friends and those that be in power. he ruleth over 30 legions of spirits. his seal of obedience is this, the which wear before thee as aforesaid (9) paimon- the ninth spirit in this order

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and brings that which we desire spiritually and physically. as shaitan states that he is presently at hand and trust in me and call upon me in time of need indicates the very nature of the holy guardian angel, you must recognize this force as a part of yourself by the opposing formula which is mirrored as satan, a symbol and force of rebellion. it is once you have gone forth through the gates of the hidden27 that you begin to ascend into the psychological state of lucifer, the adversary. the essence of shaitan is flame, and continual motion. to understand this beyond any coherent or sinister symbolism is the result of passing the test of appearance. the student of magick must be willing to trespass the laws of nature to discover the identity of the soul, the very gift of magick itself. me

he powers within. here yalabaoth understood the power of creation, and began to work independently from all other archons "and when the light had mixed with the darkness, it caused the darkness to shine. and when the darkness had mixed with the light, it darkened the light and it became neither light nor dark, but it became dim. the apocryphon of john here we see the significance of darkness, and the hidden fire of self knowledge and that samael mixed both to beget his creations. this is the model of the sorcerer that by will and desire does become able to create accordingly. here we are able to read that the fire of heaven was taken from barbelo and used by yaltabaoth "this is the first archon who took a great power from his mother. and he removed himself from her and moved away from the

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l-embracing glyph of the soul of man and of the universe, by virtue of its logical association of symbols, evokes images in the mind; but these images are not randomly evolved, but follow along well-defined association-tracks in the universal mind. the symbol of the tree is to the universal mind what the dream is to- the individual ego- it is a glyph synthetised from subconsciousness to represent the hidden forces. 14. the universe is really a thought-form projected from the mind of god. the qabalistic tree might be likened to a dream-picture arising from the subconsciousness of god and dramatising the subconscious content of deity. in other words, if the universe is the conscious end-product of the mental activity of the logos, the tree is the symbolic representation of the raw material o

ntities. certain aspects of consciousness were developed in response to certain phases of evolution, and therefore embody the same principles; consequently they react to the same influences. a man's soul is like a lagoon connected with the sea by a submerged channel; although to all outward seeming it is land-locked, nevertheless its wateraevel rises and falls with the tides of the sea because of the hidden connection. so it is with human consciousness, there is a subconscious connection between each individual soul and the world-soul deep hidden in the most primitive depths of subconsciousness, and in consequence we share in the rise and fall of the cosmic tides. 16. each symbol upon the tree represents a cosmic force or factor. when the mind concentrates upon it, it comes into touch with

a glyph, that is to say a composite symbol, which is intended to represent the cosmos in its entirety and the soul of man as related thereto; and the more we study it, the more we see that it is an amazingly adequate representation; we use it as the engineer or the mathematician uses his sliding-rule, to scan and calculate the intricacies of existence, visible and invisible, in external nature or the hidden depth of the soul. 3. it is represented, as will be seen from diagram iii, as a set of ten circles arranged in a certain pattern, and connected among themselves by lines. the circles are the ten holy sephiroth, and the connecting lines are the paths, twenty-two in number. 4. each sephirah (which is the singular form of the word of which sephiroth is the plural) is a phase of evolution

looding of light, as in the case of the christian mystic, but a specific energising and illumination according to the sphere opened up; hod gives understanding of sciences, yesod understanding of life-force and its tidal modes of functioning. when hod is contacted we become filled with enthusiasm and energy for research; when yesod is contacted we enter deeply into psychic consciousness and touch the hidden life-forces of the earth and our own natures. these are matters of experience; those who have used the method know what it yields them. whatever may be the rational foundations of the system, as an empirical method it yields results. 22. if we want to study a sephirah-in other words, if we want to investigate the aspect of nature to which it refers-we not only study it intellectually an

e it conforms to none of the requirements we are accustomed to think of as determining existence. this concept of other modes of existence is implicit in our philosophy and must ever be borne in mind, for it is the key to kether, and kether is the key to the tree of life. 8. the yetziratic text descriptive of kether, like all the sayings of the sepher yetzirah, is a hidden saying. it calls kether the hidden intelligence, and this appellation is confirmed by several other of the titles given to kether in qabalistic literature. it is the concealed of the concealed, the inscrutable height, the head which is not. here again we get confirmation of the idea that the crown is above the head of the celestial man, adam kadmon; that pure being stands behind manifestation and is not absorbed into it

hall we know even as we are known" iii 18. eheieh, i am that i am, pure being, is the god-name of kether, and its magical image is an ancient bearded king seen in profile. the zohar says of this ancient bearded king that he is all tight side; we do not see the magical image of kether full-face, that is to say complete, but only partially. there is an aspect which must ever be hidden from us, like the hidden side of the moon. this side of kether is the side that is towards the unmanifest, which the nature of our manifested consciousness prevents us from comprehending, and which must ever be a sealed book to us. but accepting this limitation we may gaze in contemplation upon the aspect of kether, the profile of the ancient bearded king, presented to us reflected downwards into form. 19. anci

mythology, and that the rose is the flower of venus, we get a clue to the significance of the symbolism. the lines of force, crossing over on the tree, go from geburahmars to netzach-venus through tiphareth, the place of the redeemer, the centre of equilibrium, in the same way that caesed and hod connect up, as is clearly indicated in the yetziratic text, which says of hod that it has its root in the hidden places of gedulah, the fourth sephirah. 43. realising, then, the intimate relationship between the diagonal pairs that form the four corners of the central square [page 186] of the tree, we understand the linked relationship indicated by the form of the rose with its five petals. 44. the sword, the spear, the scourge, and the chain are all such characteristic weapons of mars that no com

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dissection of the mind under psycho-analysis, i realised that there was very much more in the mind than was accounted for by the accepted psycho logical theories. i saw that we stood in the centre of a small circle of light thrown by accurate scientific knowledge, but around us was a vast, circumambient sphere of darkness, and in that darkness dim shapes were moving. it was in order to understand the hidden aspects of the mind that i originally took up the study of occultism. i have had my full share of the adventures of the path; have known men and women who could indubitably be ranked as adepts; seen phenomena such as no seance room has ever known, and borne my share in it; taken part in psychic feuds, and stood my watch on the roster of the occult police force which, under the masters o

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s son at the festivals of amentet. it will make him perfect before ra and before the gods, and he shall dwell with them. it shall be recited on the ninth day of the festival. vignette: the deceased making offerings before a god. chapter cxliv. the chapter of going in. vignette: seven pylons. chapter cxlva [without title] this chapter has no vignette. chapter cxlvb [the chapter] of coming forth to the hidden pylons. this chapter has no vignette. chapter cxlvi [the chapter of] knowing the pylons in the house of osiris in the field of aaru. vignette: a series of pylons guarded each by a god. chapter cxlvii [a chapter] to be recited by the deceased when he cometh to the first hall of amentet. p. xliii theban version: list of chapters. vignette: a series of doors, each guarded by a god. chapter

(506) each god taketh upon himself, and be eateth the flesh of those who come to fill their bellies with the magical charms ill the lake of fire. unas is (507) equipped with power against the shining spirits thereof, and he riseth up in the form of the mighty one, the lord of those who dwell in power. unas hath taken his seat with his side turned towards seb (508) unas hath weighed his words with the hidden god) who hath no name, on the day of hacking in pieces the firstborn. unas is the lord of offerings, the untier of the knot, and he himself maketh abundant the offerings of meat and drink (509) unas devoureth men and liveth upon the gods, he is the lord to whom offerings are brought, and he counteth the lists thereof. he that cutteth off hairy scalps and dwelleth in the fields hath nett

ding a disk between the hands. in the centre, between osiris and the deceased, is a pool of water with three sycamore) trees on each side, and at each corner a palm tree bearing clusters of dates; and from it there springs a vine laden with bunches of grapes. in british museum papyrus no. 10,472 the god seated in the shrine wears the crown of the god tanen, and is called "ptah-seker-ausar, within the hidden place, great god, lord of ta-sert, king of eternity, prince of the everlasting" text: saith horus, the son of isis "i have come unto thee, o unnefer, and i have brought the osiris ani unto thee. his heart is [found] righteous coming forth from the balance, and it hath not sinned against god or goddess. thoth hath weighed it according to the decree uttered unto him by the company p. 261

, he is ra, the first-born of the gods. his mother suckleth him, she giveth her breast from the sky [rubric] the words of this chapter are to be said after [the deceased] is laid to rest in amenta, etc. text [chapter xxii][2 (1) chapter of giving a mouth (2) to osiris ani, the scribe and teller of the holy offerings of all the gods. may he be victorious in neter-khert (3 "i rise out of the egg in the hidden land. may my mouth be given (4) unto me that i may speak with it before the great god, the lord of the underworld (5) may my hand and my arm not be forced back by the holy (6) ministers of any god. i am osiris, the lord of the mouth of the tomb; and osiris, the victorious scribe ani, hath a portion 3 with him (7) who is upon the [1. the god addressed is anubis, who in the vignette is sh

(139) thou hast created that which is in kheraba, and that which is in annu. every god feareth thee, for thou art exceeding great and terrible; thou [avengest] every (140) god on the man that curseth him, and thou shootest out arrows. thou livest according to thy will; thou art uatchit, the lady of flame. evil cometh (141) among those who set themselves up against thee. p. 291 what then is this? the hidden in form, granted of menhu (142) is the name of the tomb. he seeth [what is] in [his] hand, is the name of the shrine, or (143 (as others say, the name of the block. now he whose mouth shineth and whose head moveth is (144) a limb of osiris, or (as others say, of ra. thou spreadest plates vii.-x. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod18.htm (13 of 14 [8/10/2001 11:27:39 am] thy hair an

is the block of the god. let not this my heart be taken away from me by (3) the fighter[5] in annu. hail thou who dost bind osiris, and who hast seen set! hail thou who returnest after smiting and destroying him (4) this heart sitteth and weepeth in the presence of osiris; it hath with it the staff for which it entreated him. may there be given unto me for it, may there be decreed unto me for it the hidden things[6] of the heart in the (5) house of usekh-hra; may [1. see naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 40. 2. understanding some word like; see the text in lepsius. 3. brugsch believes that the word means the liver or kidneys, or some special organ; see w rterbuch, p. 421. 4. reading; another variant has "i am ra" 5 i.e, the being represented in the vignette. 6 var. ta ab "warmth of heart] p

of souls. i have put away my faults (10) i have done away mine offences. i have cast out the sins which were a part of me. i, even i, am pure (11) i, even i, am mighty. o ye doorkeepers, i have made my way [unto you. i am like unto you. i have come forth by day. i have walked with my legs, and i have gotten the power of the footstep wherewith do walk the shining ones of light (12. i, even i, know the hidden ways to the doors of the field of aaru; and (13, though my body be buried, yet let me rise up; and may i come forth and overthrow all my foes upon earth" appendix[1: rubric. if this chapter be known [by the deceased, he shall come forth by day in neter-khert, and he shall go in again after he hath come forth. if this chapter be not known, he shall not enter in after he hath come forth

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de by a host of competing groups who can work more freely in the post-newtonian environment. in addition, largely as a result of the new age movement of the 1980s, metaphysical and occult religions enjoy an acceptability in the west not seen since the scientific revolution. this acceptability is evident in the amount of favorable press given to psychic and occult phenomena. the new age and beyond the hidden underlying reality described as the invisible spiritual structure of the universe is known as esotericism. this structure is enlivened by the cosmic energy or power that energizes the world at a more abstract level than the various forms of energy defined in classical physics. the esotericist characterizes the reality beyond that depicted by physicists in their observations of the world

and at that point adelphi and stelle went their separate ways. adelphi continues with its program of building a city on an island in the pacific ocean. the adelphi organization publishes a newsletter, adelphi quarterly, and can be reached at po box 2423, quinlan, tx 75474. website: http//www.adelphi.com. sources: the adelphi organization. http//www.adelphi.com. march 8, 2000. kieninger, richard. the hidden christ. dallas, tex: paragon press, 1989. observations. 4 vols. chicago: stelle group, 1971.79. spiritual seekers guidebook and hidden threats to mental and spiritual freedom. quinlan, tex: stelle group, 1986. adcock, c(yril) j(ohn) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 10 kossy, donna. kooks: a guide to the outer limits of human belief. portland, ore: feral house, 1994. ku

, 1957. redgrove, h. stanley. alchemy: ancient and modern. london: rider, 1922. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1969. bygone beliefs. london, 1920. reprinted as magic& mysticism: studies in bygone beliefs. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1971. sadoul, jacques. alchemists and gold. new york: g. p. putnam s sons, 1972. reprint, london: neville spearman, 1972. silberer, herbert. the hidden symbolism of alchemy and the occult arts. new york: dover books, 1971. reprint, magnolia, mass: peter smith, 1972. thompson, charles j. alchemy: source of chemistry& medicine. london, 1897. reprint, sentry press, 1974. valentine, basil. triumphal chariot of antimony. london, 1656. waite, a. e. the alchemical writings of edward kelly. new york: samuel weiser, 1973. alchemists through the

lso wrote a number of additional books on occult and ancient astronaut themes. originally published in french, they had a wide appeal in their english editions, with their constant themes of paranoia, conspiracy, and alternative history. sources: bergier, jacques. extraterrestrial visitations from prehistoric times to the present. chicago: henry regnery, 1973. reprinted as mysteries of the earth: the hidden world of the extra-terrestrials. london: sidgwick and jackson, 1974. secret doors of the earth. chicago: henry regnery, 1975. bergier, jacques, and info editors. extraterrestrial intervention: the evidence. chicago: henry regnery, 1974. pauwels, louis, and jacques bergier. the eternal man. london: souvenir, 1972. impossible possibilities. new york: stein and day, 1971. le matin des magi

s the time of hesept, the fifth king of the 1st. dynasty, who reigned about 4350 b.c, and the custom of painting the boat upon papyrus is probably contemporaneous. the words of power were not to be spoken until after death. they were a great mystery, but the eye of no man whatsoever must see it, for it is a thing of abomination for every man to know it. hide it, therefore, the book of the lady of the hidden temple is its name. this would seem to refer to some spell uttered by isis-hathor that delivered the god ra or horus from trouble, or was of benefit to him, thus was concluded to be equally efficacious in the case of the deceased. many spells were included in the book of the dead for the purpose of preserving the mummy against molding and for assisting the owner of the papyrus to become

i ramana maharshi of tiruvannamalai, south india, one of the greatest modern hindu mystics. brunton s books greatly influenced the occult revival and growth of eastern religion from the 1930s onward, stimulating popular interest in yoga, meditation, and the teachings of gurus. in 1956 he retired to switzerland and devoted himself to meditation. during these years he wrote the inner reality (1959, the hidden teaching beyond yoga (1959, and the secret path (1959. his thoughts and insights on the spiritual life, which he recorded in a series of notebooks numbering some 7,000 pages, were an exposition of the synthesis of eastern mysticism and western rational thought. they were published posthumously as the notebooks of paul brunton: perspectives (1984. brunton died july 27, 1981, in vevey, sw

s of their own countrymen, thinking them not sufficiently intelligent to rightly use it. the lower orders, superstitious and moneygrasping, often prostitute their magic gifts to gain and fortunetelling. their clairvoyant fortune-tellers, surpassing wandering gypsies in hitting the past, infest the temples, streets and roadsides, promising to find lost property, discover precious metals and reveal the hidden future. ghosts the chinese were strong in the belief that they were surrounded by the spirits of the dead. indeed ancestor-worship constituted a powerful feature in the national faith, involving the likelihood and desirability of communion with the dead. upon the death of a person they used to make a hole in the roof to permit the soul to effect its escape from the house. when a child w

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y believed that if the animal familiar of a witch is wounded, the wound will manifest on the witch herself (see werewolf. this is called repercussion. it was also widely assumed that if the magician procures the name of a person he can gain dominion over that person. this arose from the idea that the name of an individual is the same as the person himself. the doctrine of the incommunicable name, the hidden name of the god or magician, has many examples in egyptian legend, usually the deity taking extraordinary care to keep his name secret so that no one might gain power over him. the spell or incantation is connected with this concept. associated with these, to a lesser degree, is magic gesture, usually introduced for the purpose of accentuating the spoken word. gesture is often symbolic

mantras can also be found in buddhist tantrism, known as vairayana. the verses of the hindu sacred scriptures, the vedas (veda means knowledge, are regarded as mantras, because they have been transmitted from a divine source, rather like the christian concept of the bible as having power as the word of god. hindus, however, also believe that words and phrases have special powers as expressions of the hidden forces of nature. the vibrations of molecules which create the particular sounds of the mantras are thought to resonate with shabda or vach (primal essence of creation) divine creation becomes manifest in form throughout nature, and the latent reality behind form may be affected by correctly uttering the sounds that represent the ideal reality. these mantras were discovered by ancient s

ary appearing at medjugorje? washington, d.c: word among us press, 1984. laurentin, rene, l. rupcic, and rene lejeune. messages and teachings of mary at medjugorje. milford, ohio: the riehle foundation, 1988. o carroll, michael. medjugorje: facts, documents, theology. dublin: veritas, 1986. pelletier, joseph a. the queen of peace visits medjugorje. worchester, mass: assumption, 1985. sevric, ivo. the hidden side of medjugorje. saint francois du lac, canada: psilog, 1989. meehl, paul e(verett (1920) professor of psychology who has written on parapsychology. he was born january 3, 1920, at minneapolis, minnesota, and was educated at the university of minnesota (b.a. summa cum laude, 1941; ph.d, 1945. meehl joined the faculty of the psychology department at the university of minnesota and ser

n, 1909. quimby, phineas p. the complete writings. edited by ervin seale. 3 vols. marina del rey, calif: devorss, 1987. the quimby manuscripts. edited by horatio dresser. new york: thomas y. crowell, 1919. reprint, new york: julian press, 1961. trine, ralph waldo. in tune with the infinite. new york: thomas y. crowell, 1897. troward, thomas. the edinburgh lectures on mental science. london, 1904. the hidden power and other papers on mental science. new york: dodd, mead, 1917. new thought (organ) quarterly organ of the international new thought alliance (inta, the major ecumenical organization bringing together the congregations of the large new thought groups (divine science, religious science, and the unity school of christianity) with the many small and independent congregations that fol

to system, and in 1955 he founded new isis lodge. however, when grant began working the higher degrees using his own material, germer expelled him from the order. after germer died in 1962, there was no one in england to challenge grant s authority, and for a decade he operated unchallenged. in 1969 grant co-edited the confessions of aleister crowley, and in 1973 he published aleister crowley and the hidden god, the first of a series of books on the thelemic magical tradition. as these books appeared, they described his work with the kabala (the hebrew system of magic that became very popular in western magic in the twentieth century. he described his experiences exploring the qliphoth, the negative side of the kabalistic work. while some accused grant of flirting with black magic, other m

nities of the world are celebrated. ah! filthy, evil, ah! vain nothingness. in his preface to ripley revived (london, 1678, he gave some account of those who wrote on alchemy to whom he felt himself chiefly indebted. for my own part, i have cause to honour bernard trevisan, who is very ingenious, especially in the letter to thomas of boulogne, when i seriously confess i received the main light in the hidden secret. i do not remember that ever i learnt anything from raymond lully. i know of none like ripley, though flamel be eminent. lenglet du fresnoy, in his histoire de la philosophie hermetique (1742, referred to numerous unpublished manuscripts by eirenaeus philalethes, but nothing is known about these today. sources: philalethes, eirenaeus. enarratio methodica trium gebri medicinarum

fication of the individual with the one consciousness: 1) statement of being (the facts of reality; 2) uncovering the lie or error (the claims of the senses; 3) argument (resting of claims; 4) summing up the results; and 5) establishing the absolute. the prophet encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1244 lectures and classes were conducted on such topics as translation, and releasing the hidden splendor, and there was also an inner circle named high watch, for those who complete three classes of development. the name prosperos derived from the magician prospero in shakespeare s play the tempest. through his magical powers, prospero could interpret, project, rationalize and imagine life as he wishes, but on his island he was interconnected with caliban the monster (who parallel

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on that like attracts like. in many magical environments aleister crowleys definition of magic is accepted. according to crowley: magic is the science and art of causing change to occur in accordance with will. this is a definition that is also used in dragon rouge. dragon rouge views magic as a practical philosophy of the will which enables the progression of the individual and a knowledge about the hidden. dragon rouge www.dragonrouge.ourosicrucian thoughts on the ever-burning lamps of the ancients. by w. wynn westcott frater roseae crucis. the ordinary englishman of to-day considers the idea of a lamp which should be everburning only less absurd than the idea of perpetual motion. to the dabbler in modern science it is but little less absurd, but to the deepest thinkers, and to rosicruci

EVERBURNING LAMPS

e who brooded over the chaos, and this spirit may by patent submission to deity, and by active efforts at power, draw down to itself a commission to work wonders, and so do "not as other men do" the great tendency of the modern times has been to reduce all men to a level, a dead level, of mediocrity, an effort fatal to the supremacy of individuals, and which has tended to discourage research into the hidden mysteries of nature and science, as opposed to the parrot- like study of what are known as modern sciences, a study of enormous value to mankind, but yet not the stepping stones on the direct road to deity. history then narrates the lives of many men, who, from the exhibition of uncommon powers and transcendent abilities and wisdom, are pointed out as the possessors of what we may fairl

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

f a series of tales amazing stories was running about an alleged underground realm populated by deros, demonic entities in possession of a fantastic atlantean technology, which they used to torment surface humans. in a variant of the legend, robert ernst dickhoff s agharta: the subterranean world (1951) contended that two and a half million years ago martians landed at antarctica, then 14 agharti the hidden world of shangri-la as depicted in the film lost horizon, directed by frank capra, 1937 (photofest) a tropical region, and created the first humans. then reptoid (that is, biped reptilian) venusians attacked, forcing the martians and their human associates to create two huge underground cities, connected by tunnels of vast length, in order to protect themselves. one of these cities was

received. when the meeting is over, keith will return to meet with the leaders of the churches and the nations. he will demand the release of the scrolls for all human beings to see and understand. the master explained that earthlings cannot now tell the difference between good and evil because the scrolls suppressed ancient religious documents have not been available to them. the scrolls contain the hidden history of humanity, revealing all the truths that god, jesus, and mary wanted humans to know but were concealed because they did not suit the purposes of earthly political leaders and church authorities. keith himself, the master asserted, had this knowledge within himself, though it had not yet been released into his conscious mind. at the time of the lifting which is what the landani

ill begin on the planet mercury. blavatsky claimed as her source for these revelations an archaic manuscript a collection of palm leaves made impermeable to water, fire, and air, by some specific unknown process. on the first page is an immaculate white disk within a dull black ground. on the following page, the same disk, but with a central point (blavatsky, 1889. these stanzas of dzyan recorded the hidden history of the cosmos and all of its inhabitants, including the human race. other scholars, however, contend that blavatsky drew on contemporary scientific and occult literature and embellished it considerably, though not quite beyond recognition. see also: atlantis; lemuria further reading blavatsky, h. p, 1889. the secret doctrine, london: theosophical publishing company. de camp, l

ries amaz- ing had featured along with shaver matters, and he left the science-fiction magazine the following year. not long afterward, palmer moved to amherst, wisconsin, where he started mystic (later search) and other worlds (later flying saucers. these publications carried articles by and about shaver. between 1961 and 1964, palmer published sixteen issues of a trade-paper-formatted magazine, the hidden world, devoted entirely to the shaver mystery. shaver died in 1975. palmer, who had continued to champion the mystery while disputing some of shaver s interpretations, died two years later. though to all but a few shaver s claims were outlandish and absurd, even grotesque, shaver did not strike those who knew him as a hoaxer. there seemed little doubt that shaver believed what he said

anean races. in his most frequent telling, however, it occurred first through telepathic messages from a mysterious woman, then as mental voices emanating from depraved creatures known as deros (from detrimental ro- bots, though they were not robots as such; see explanation on next page. these experiences seem to have occurred in the early 1930s. always vague on dates, 224 shaver mystery cover of the hidden world magazine, spring 1961, containing articles on the shaver mystery (fortean picture library) shaver was also vague on what was happening in his life amid his growing realization of, and interaction with, the reality of a literal underground. it appears, from uncertain though not entirely implausible inference, that he spent some time in a mental hospital, and he may also have served

of palmer s role in the affair is that this complex man was both believer and exploiter. see also: atlantis; brodie s deros; hollow earth; lemuria; mount lassen further reading kafton-minkel, walter, 1989. subterranean worlds: 100,000 years of dragons, dwarfs, the dead, lost races and ufos from inside the earth. port townsend, wa: loompanics unlimited. palmer, ray, 1961. invitation to adventure. the hidden world a-1 (spring: 4 14, 1980. the dero and the tero. gray barker s newsletter 12 (july: 7. shaver, richard s, 1945. i remember lemuria! amazing stories 19, 1 (march: 12 70. steinberg, gene, 1971. the caveat emptor interview: ray palmer. caveat emptor 1 (fall: 9 12, 26, 1973. the caveat emptor interview: richard s. shaver. caveat emptor 10 (november/ december: 5 10. wright, bruce lanier

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

and islamic cousins. a more in-depth look at the core ideas of mystical christianity within the context of the universal mystical qabalah will appear later in the book when the peshitta and the revelation of john are discussed in more detail. starting in the late fifteenth century ce, a movement arose among some jewish converts to christianity in spain to ascribe a distinctly christian context to the hidden meanings of qabalistic doctrines. this movement gained momentum from speculation among florentine platonists that the qabalah contained a lost revelation that explains the secrets of the catholic faith. this cross-pollination led to the emergence of a distinctly christian cabala founded by giovanni pico della mirandola (1463-1494. pico s writings, and subsequently those of john reuchlin

ba qadusha (greater holy assembly) and idra zuta qadusha (lesser holy assembly, also contain some wonderful verses pertaining to the allusions of the beards of the two faces. the hairs of the beards are the atziluthic letters evoluting into divine names in the world of creation. the beards each have nine formations or strands manifest in small face, with four more inside the skull of vast face as the hidden brain. the strands of the names of vast face generally convolute to the atziluthic letter ayin i, and those of small face to the atziluthic letter alef a. the beards of the two faces with their nine respective formations of names are shown in figures 3.3 and 3.4. the beard of faith, not (al, is mentioned because it is the most precious of all. it egresses from the ears round about the f

is the most precious of all. it egresses from the ears round about the face, the white locks [strands of names] ascending and descending, 2" 2' 8 +0 separating into thirteen of that most splendid of splendors. 10 the formations of the beard are found to be thirteen, that is the upper one [vast face. in the lower one [small face] they are beheld in nine. 11 each hair is said to be the breaking of the hidden fountains that issue forth from the hidden brain [vast face. 12 and all those threads [i.e. convoluting names] go out from the hidden brain and are disposed in the weights [i.e. sefiroth. 13 2 f# vast face beard (sifra detzniyutha +4' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% 2 f #3 small face beard (sifra detzniyutha' in speaking of two faces, it must always be remembered that we are talking about an absolute

prophet mohammed and islam, regard master yeshuvah as the exclusive and only incarnation of the lord hvhy, and are waiting for the last to appear as the second coming of master yeshuvah who will vanquish satan (lamc, samael) and take (only) twice born christians to heaven. mainstream religious muslims, who officially don t believe in the possibility of messiah (notwithstanding their tradition of the hidden maghdi, and the messianic beliefs of some sufis),35 have an ambiguous respect for master mosheh and the people of the book. they regard master yeshuvah (called isa in the qur an) as an immaculately conceived master of the highest rung. they are waiting for the last to take action on the day of judgment (yom ah-din, when allah will resurrect the souls of the faithful in paradise. 2" 2' 8

abalistic terms, each of the rabbis embodies a specific sefirah, and the nature of the respective sefiroth colors what they say. figure 5.2 displays a circular form of the tree derived from several verses in the idra rabba. it presents the entire group of zoharic rabbis in relation to their respective sefiroth. all of the sefiroth emanate from a central, invisible sefirah described in the text as the hidden brain of vast face. the names and locations of the sefiroth on the idra rabba tree are distinctly different from those commonly found in other zoharic tree diagrams. 2 f 0# zoharic rabbi tree 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% the work of the chariot trust translation of the idra rabba also contains two other diagrams. figure 5.3 on page 140 depicts the first verse: 1. tradition- rabbi shimeon spoke

your torah. figure 5.4 on page 141 depicts, in a different way, the dynamic composite of the greater holy assembly and the lesser holy assembly presented in figure 5.2. in this diagram, the central invisible sefirah surrounded by the six crowns of the directional sefiroth is shown separated from the four central column sefiroth, called the holy crowns of small face. a line is seen to descend from the hidden brain of the ayn through vast face (the one, and then downward from vast face to the spirit of small face (the many. 2 f 0# one column by itself :2 h' 8 :2" 2" f "1" 2: e2 2" 3 2 f 0#3 holy crowns of vast face and small face (idra rabba) 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8-,8- 0' the revelation of john is an enigmatic, mystically obscure text. it was originally written in aramaic, though many translati

e pronounced shem ayn yisroel yod heh vav heh elohenu yod heh vav heh echa--d. in the torah, the letters ayin i (in shem ayin ims) and dalet d (in echad dxa) are greatly enlarged. together, they make the secret root name od di (pronounced ood, the literal meaning of which is often said to be eternity. 14 in this root mantra, shem ayn ims is the not (al, the negatively existent mysterious unknown, the hidden of hidden ones. yisroel (larsy) is the supernal israel, the witness states (alef worlds) of vast face in atziluth, and the name hvhy is the small face totality archetype. elohenu (vnyhla, our elohim) refers to the creative aspect of small face in general, and the consciousness of our local star (sun) in particular. the mantra then returns to the station of small face with the repetition

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he navel within the microcosm. through the hollow reed i bring down the mystick fire from heaven and draw to the earth the royal flame of the sun by my enchantments. the witch now makes burnt offerings of resinous perfumes and aromatic oils to the fire, worshipping it as the light of the horned goat-angel and also contemplating it as the fiery essence of the daimon/genius within. horned father of the hidden craft, mighty tubal qayin, o brother of naamah-lilith, who didst descend as a serpent of the lightning upon earth s ancient mountains, o bringer of light, hear the prayer. in the brazen citadel, in the hall of flames i call upon thee, goat-angel of the golden horns, master of the primal fire, azael-qayin, appear in thy brilliance. thou art he: who fell from the sun to consecrate humanki

daimon within by the ancient pact. let the forces of the goat be raised and the dragon-serpent of naamah- lilith be stirred through all five senses perfectly focussed upon the fire within the mortal flesh. o flame-breathing daemon and wizardly smith, who forgest the iron weapons of victorious liberation, the precious jewels of wisdom and beauty, hearken to me why am sprung from thy cunning seed, the hidden house of azazel. i am of the children of tubal-qayin. thy mark burns upon my brow: of thy clan and stock am i cunning-wo/man. waken and feed the flaming serpent within my blood, kindle the shinning fire of my inheritance. by goat and serpent, great tubalo, thou coal-black smith, let the warmth of thy sorcerous power glow bright in my spirit and flesh by the holy threefold name azza: uzz

FOCUS OF LIFE

dost perish from the poison of yesterday's armour and righteousness! o incomprehensible synonymy! o thou who art neither the vigorous kiss of my twin sexes nor its writhings of hatred and black shame. nothing is discovered of thee until i invented it: from the ceaseless resurrection of earlier deliberations. o thou syzygy of my i and self! thou becomest volatile to whatsoever is sensed. art thou the hidden wish for madness and hysteric love? o thou "untamed" within, thou shall not lose virtue-for thee i will not domesticate while generating. o idiocy! where is that path where i may wander naked in frenzy, a trespasser against all things reasonable? o time! saith good and evil 'come, come! ego, i come "laughing aloud, zos answered. knowledge alone is transitory, the illusion subsequent to

ere saw he a sign of life-the sky was dead and breathless. stumbling along till his body sicken ed. wearily he paused to rest and looking down, noticed the litter of a manuscript. stooping, he chose the nearest fragment, and this was what he read "i too was once a mighty pleasure garden of all things that enchanted the sense s; possessing men and women of every desirable form and nationality. all the hidden treasures of nature were exhibited with art and cunning accident. no desire could be ungratified. what am i now? a putrid mess and dust of dead habitations. an empty wine skin destroyed and gone rotten! o, stranger, what is the cause of my desolation" aaos, sitting down, mused long to himself "when the very ground beneath one's feet collapses, what is secure? what chance of escape- but

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

ording to the story, the shadow out of time, the great race were able to effect mind transference with any living being, and had accumulated a vast collection of information on the various cultures that exist in the universe. this completes the pantheon of non-human entities. in turn, the worship of the great old ones is continued on earth by secret societies whose traditions and rituals preserve the hidden knowledge of these elder races. lovecraft documents three such cults, the cult of cthulhu, the esoteric order of dagon, centred in innsmouth (actually newburyport, massachusetts, and the starry wisdom sect. in the haunter of the dark, lovecraft describes how the latter sect held meetings in a church in providence, where it communed with an avatar of nyarlathotep via a magical object kno

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

iples of the secret doctrine. he initiated seventy elders into the mysteries,3 which they transmitted from mouth to ear. generally speaking, the initiates led an ascetic life in order to separate themselves from the ignorant and unwise, so that they might guard against divulging their doctrines. in these distant days the mysteries of nature, and what is now called physical science, formed part of the hidden cult. thus pythagoras, anaximander, nicetas, heraclides, aristarchus, seleneus, and ecphantus believed in the rotundity of the earth or in its movement; the first of these philosophers holding that each star was a world possessing its own atmosphere and surrounded by immense spaces of ether.4 but this knowledge was never popularized for fear of upsetting religion, by means of which auth

bension, 1932. a garden of pomegranates, israel regardie, 1932. q.b.l. or the bride's reception, frater achad, 1922. the anatomy of the body of god, frater achad, 1925. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 11 chapter i the wisdom of the qabalah the qabalah the qabalah is not a holy book as are the vedas, the bible, and the koran. it is not a book at all: instead it is a secret traditional knowledge, the hidden thought of israel, which, like gold embedded in rock, is to be found only after much labour in many hebrew works, such as the torah, the talmud, the mishna, midrashim, zohar, and scores of other books, the bewildering nature of which may be recognized in a few minutes by glancing through a talmudic miscellany by paul isaac hershon. the word hlbq (qblh) is spelt in many ways, such as qab

e heaven to divide the day from the night h. 13 wisdom is not only the creator of the universe but also the mediator between the uncreated and the created- god and man. in the form of 'hokmah, the son of kether, wisdom renders comprehensive the abstract thought in an association of ideas. philo names it messiah, and st. john christ. st. paul says: but we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which god ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the lord of glory. 14 referring to christ as the sun, this same apostle says: who is the image of the invisible god, the firstborn of every creature: for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, v

- christ between the aggressive and passive thieves. as christ expires, his secret wisdom of the qabalah page 60 soul is liberated and the veil of the temple (the pyramid) is rent in the midst. the three flames, or odin, of the letter shin represent the od, aur, and ob, the active, equilibrating, and passive forces of life. a trinity in unity. the messianic act, or great work, consists in freeing the hidden shin from the elemental pyramid in which it is imprisoned. then the four elements vanish and the splendour of the shekinah enwraps, like a caul of light, the divine child- the messiah. from this esoteric doctrine it will be seen that the messiah does not come from outside, he does not descend upon the pyramid; in place he comes from inside and dissolves the pyramid. the christian idea o

ing more than symbols? yes: as to this there can be no doubt. they are not truth, for at most they are but the reflections of truth upon the mind of a mathematician- just as the symbols of the first chapter of genesis were the reflections of truth upon the mind of some early poet, living not in a mathematical civilization, but in a pastoral one. sir james jeans, who has done so much to popularize the hidden meanings of present-day science, openly acknowledges this. he tells us that, whilst formerly the scientist looked upon the world as a collection of ghard bits h, today he looks upon it as a collection of gelectrical waves. h these are, he says, of two kinds- hbottled-up waves, which we call matter, and unbottled waves, which we call radiation of light h. 1 these waves only exist in our

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

s chiefs to govern theorderfor the ensuing year. brodie-innes felt that as a chief he should rule for life,but,as it turned out, he was to be disappointed in his desire to govern the order.noneof this concerned waite, for before1903he took littlepartintheaffairsoftheorder(which he dubbed "the houseofthe hidden stairs) and showed no interest in its tribulations.'ididnotgo yesterday to the house of the hidden stairs, he recorded in his diary(7december1902.'i had no wish to hear the final part of the triad onthe''groups question. i cannot dancetothese children however much they may pipe and sing' he had, however, worked during1901on the order's'ritualsub-committee' until its suspension, and in january1903yeatswroteto him seeking support for his efforts to have the sub-committee revived. at th

ived. at this time waite evidently had little interest in the futureoftheorderand hadnotconsideredwhathisownrole in that future might be. he received yeats's letter on10january:thefraterdemonest deus inversus [yeats'smottoin theorder],otherwise frater diabolus and yet otherwise brother devil, wellknownpoet, also polytheist, idolater, vision-monger and theurgist, of the brotherhood of the house of the hidden stairs, writes me under the hand oftheimpossible soror fortiter et recte [anniehorniman]askingwhetheri willjoinhim in petitioning the unspeakable triad to reappoint the ritual sub-committee, more especially as regards the 2=9 ritual on which he and i worked together,butowing to throes, convulsions and revolutions the revision was suspended and our labours threaten to be wasted. they had

was preparing the meal in aroomwhichopened towards the back part of the house and is, i believe, on ordinary occasions the poet's bedroom.he made excuses to avoid long discussions on lady gregory and ancient irish romances,butdiscussed the grail legends, waite's books and the golden dawn_'goldendemonsthatnonecanstay'115 he told me that the unfortunate frater-[waite omits the name] of the house of the hidden stairs had suddenly lost his wife and he evidently found that this was irreparable otherwise than in the conventional way for she had looked after him most faithfully in the periodic fits of drink-craving which came over him. this scandal i had not heard previously.yeats promised to send on the 'pile of mss (they proved to bedisappointing-waitesent them back and observed that it 'wasnot

ings on mysticism, and argued that the mystic is most certainly practical,because he is doing the one thingworthdoing-gettingback whence he came. it seems to me that the historical basis on which mysticism rests is the primordial factthatwe came out of the great centre andthatour destiny and our rest are in the centre; there can be only one business in life, which is the interior understanding of the hidden meaning ofthatvoluntary poverty, perpetual chastity and entire obedience bywhichwe ultimately return.as to prayer,'ido not see, he wrote,'thatit can be otherwise in his [the mystic's] case than that the answers to prayer are standing continually aroundhimand this much more closely than the hills around jerusalem; while the attitude of the mystics to the atonement 'outside all doctrinal

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in effect, andhughelliott (nobis est victoria) as cancellarius. privately felkincommunicated-tohis own satisfaction-with the secret chiefs by meansofautomatic writing, and they convinced himofthe genuinenessofthe cipher manuscripts and sent him a new adeptus minor ritual. he was also promised new rituals for the higher gradesof6=5 and 7=4 by other astral entities known as thesunmasters.thesewere 'the hidden mastersofasunorder, still, we are told, in existence, and to which these chiefs belonged, closely connected with and in255 fluencing the golden dawn, and which started in edinburgh some time in the earlynineties,'brodie-innes also was supposed to have had contact with thesunmasters but there is no evidence,except-perhaps-onthe astral plane, that there ever was asuntemple in edinburgh. o

n which thou art set: to wit, the word, the sign, and the way. guard well that secret knowledge, remembering the four oathsofthy initiation: to dare, to will, to learn, and to conceal. but as to this book, have no fear lest the profane and those unlearned in philosophie discover aught therein, since, even as the ark within the temple, all truth here dwells behind a veil; which veil the priests of the hidden wisdom alone may pass.'6theheroine discovers, too, the value of sounds and calls 'constance was now impelled to chant, in a loud tone and with a grave intense and crescent determination, the strange oldheb255rew spell.thewords drew fromher-sheknew not for whatreason-along and rhythmic cry; a wailing music, with curious ululative prolongationsofthe vowel sounds. it came from some obscure

kwood. elemental forces, ancient worship, egyptian settings and the doctrinesofkarma and reincarnation that permeate his work may have been drawn from other sources, but they were the stock in trade of the golden dawn and he was an active member for at least ten years. one novel,thehumanchord(1910),isbuilt solely around the desire for forbidden knowledge: the true uttering of the t etragrammaton, the hidden name of god.themagicianofthe storyisa clergyman, improbably called philip skale, who seeks the aid of two occult innocents to further his designofuttering the word of power. unlike the charactersofevelyn underhill or charles williams who are similarly con255 cerned with magical utterance, he is neither ignorant nor evil. he explains his theory to his assistant:'by repeating your outer n

ss and the masterofdarkness, and i am called fortitude by the unhappy. i keep the gatewayofthe west; i watch over the work of the lesser officers and over the receptionofthe candidate.'hierophant:'myplace is on thethroneof the east, symbolizing the rising sun. i rule and govern the hall and its membersofevery grade, according to the lawsofthe order, as he whose image i am governs all who work for the hidden knowledge. my robe is red becauseofuncreated fire. i bear the sceptre and the bannerofthe east. i am the expounderofmysteries. i am power, light, mercy and wisdom.fraterstolistes,i direct you to purify the hall and the members with water.'thestolistes passes to e, faces hierophont, makes a cross with cup and sprinkles thrice.heproceeds in succession to s.w. and n, facing each point, whe

.hiereus:'am'hegemon:'pekht'hiereus:'konx'hegeman:'om'hierophant:'pax'hegemon:'light'hierophant:'in'hiereus:'extension'116thegoldendawnthethreechiefofficers remove their sceptres and sword from above the headofthe candidate.thekeruxpasses to n.e. of altar and raises his lamp.hierophant(pointing to lamp 'in all your darkened wanderings the lamp of the kerux went before you, signifying the light of the hidden knowledge' all officers return to their stations, except the hegemon. all members are seated.hierophant:'letthe neophyte be led to the eastofthe altar.'thehegemon leads accordingly by n. to e. and places the neophyte half way between the altar and the pillars, facing the east.hierophant:'honoured hiereus, you will now impart to the neophyte the sacred signs, token and words, together wi

ax, which were uttered in the eleusinian mysteries. they refer to the same mode oflight as that which is symbolised by the staff of the kerux.tothe east of the cubical altar are the pillars which are referred by our secret tradition to seth, hermes and solomon.theybear certain hieroglyphical texts from the xviith and cxxvth chapters of the ritual of the dead.theyare the door-postsofthe gateway of the hidden wisdom, they are the emblemsofeternal equilibrium,ofthe dual powersofday and night, love and hatred, severityand mercy, fixed and volatile, work and rest, the subtle force of the loadstone, with its dual polarity, and the eternal outpouring and inpouring of the heart of god.thelamps that burn with a veiled light upon their summits point out that the path of the hidden knowledge is the s

t is the place of the guardian against those multitudes which sleep through light and waken in twilight.thechairofthe hegemon who is seated between the pillars, with mitre-headed sceptre, is the placeofbalanced power betwixt the ultimate light and the ultimate darkness. these meanings are further indicated by our insignia and the colours of our robes.thewandofthe kerux is a beam from the light of the hidden wisdom, and his lantern is an emblem of the ever-burning lamp borne by the guardianofthe mysteries.theseal of the stolistes at the gate of the north, signifyingcold, is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water.theseal of the dadouchos in the south, signifying heat, is the place of the guardianofthe lake of fire and the burning bush' a pause.hierophant:'frater keru

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ll the namesofthebrethren, with some few other things; this he would transfer in another more fitting vault, for where or when fra r.c. died, or in what country he was buried, was by our predecessors concealed and unknown to us. in this tablet stuck a great nail somewhat strong, so that when he was with force drawn out, he took with him an indifferent big stone out of the thin wall, or plaster of the hidden door, and so18themagicalmasonunlooked for, uncovered the door, wherefore we did with joy and longing throw downtherest ofthewall, and cleared thedoor,uponwhichthatwas written in great letters,'postcxx.annos patebo,'withtheyearofthelordunderit; therefore we gave god thanks,andlet it restthatsame night because first we would overlookourrotam.inthe morning following we opened the door and

ng problem- did speculative masonry arise from the rosicrucians? i am given to understand that the german rosicrucians say that before the masonic revival of 1717 these were identical in europe. let us not forget, that not only as rosicrucians, but even as freemasons, we are pledged, not only to brotherhood and benevolence,butalso to look below the surface of things, and to seek and to search out the hidden secrets of nature and of science. let us bear in mind that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,butthat deeper study reveals the roots of knowledge, as well as increases our store of information. let us not, with folded arms, float with the tide of indolence,butever strive after increase of that true knowledge which is wisdom andthehistory oftherosicrucians 47remember that 'to labour

al dove who brooded over the chaos, and this spirit may by patient submission to deity, and by active effortsutpower, draw down to itself a commission to work wonders, and so do'notas other men do .thegreat tendency of the modern times has been to reduce allmen to a level, a dead level of mediocrity, an effort fatal to the supremacy of individuals, and which has tended to discourage research into the hidden mysteries of nature and science, as opposed to the parrot-like study of what are known as modern sciences, a study of enormous value to mankind,butyet not the stepping stones on the direct road to deity. history then narrates the lives of many men, who, from the exhibition of uncommon powers and transcendent abilities and wisdom, are pointed out as the possessors of what we may fairly c

r did appropriate the knowledge of a grade beyond him, it would be tohimbutfolly, disappointment and darkness. i have myself often been offered a doctrine, or assertion, or explanation, which my intellect has rejected as absurd, or as sheer superstition; which same dogma1have later in life assimilated with every feeling of esteem, occultism in this resembles freemasonry; we are either admitted to the hidden knowledge, or we are not;andifwe are not admitted, we never believe any secret of its ritual even if it be offered to us.thesecrets of occultism are like freemasonry; intruththey are to some extent the secretsthatfreernasonyhas lost.theyare of their very nature inviolable; for they can only be attained by personal progress; they might be plainly told to the outsider, and not be understo

yare of their very nature inviolable; for they can only be attained by personal progress; they might be plainly told to the outsider, and not be understood by him.forifanyonehas been able to divine and to grasp such a secret, he will not tell it even to his dearest friend; for the simple reason that if his friend is unable to divine it for himself, its communication in mere words would not confer the hidden knowledgeuponhim.theold kabalistic works are of a nature similar to the secrets of freemasonry; there ismuchdoctrine that is never written or printed: these works often teem with imagery which seems folly, and with doctrines that seem absurd; yet they enshrine the highly spiritual teachings which i have shortly outlined this evening.themere reading of these volumes is oflittle avail; th

man, acting and reacting upon him although invisible and unperceived in common life by our senses.theoncoming of the last quarter of the last century was marked by a recrudescence of the spiritual life, although of a heterodox character: it was set in motion by a russian lady, h. p. blavatsky, who was inspired by a supreme passion for oriental wisdom, and having been successful in gaining much of the hidden teaching of the hindoo adepts she fluttered the english religious impassive calm by the great critical destruc255 tive workisisunveiled,which condemned in severe terms some errors and failures of the christian churches, and followed it up by an attempt to convince western europe and america of the value of the cosmogonical and supra-terrestrial lore of the brahmin and kshatriya pundits

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avel the mystery entirely and evidently was completely misled by the trump representing the hanged man no. 12 which he considered was simply the mistake of some illiterate card255 manufacturer instead of being a hieroglyph fraught with deep meaning, or in other words, that its inverted position was not intentional. eliphaz levi, not only a clever man, but a deep occult student, and an initiate of the hidden knowledge, rated these singular cards at an inestimable value; and saw in them the key of alltheqabalistic and egyptian knowledge. furthermore, be it remembered that he had in his possession those cypher80thesorcerer and his apprenticemss of the order of the ar.0, as a cypher note of recent date signed with the initials a.l.c. testifies; further stating that he had made use of some of t

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(appendix iv: martinism and the masonic rite of swedenborg) studies in mysticism (hodder& stoughton, 1906 (part ill, chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 concern freemasonry) the secret tradition in freemasonry and an analysis of the inter-relation between the craft and the high grades in respect of their term of research (rebman, 1911) 2 vols. some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism (anarnosa, n.m.r.s, 1916) the hidden church of the holy graal, its legends and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester associat

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completely different from that of christianity, celebrate heretical masses, and perform rituals of black magic. according to the common views of many researchers, this "something" was the kabbalah. the meaning of the word kabbalah is "oral tradition" encyclopedias and dictionaries define it as an esoteric, mystical branch of jewish religion. according to this definition, the kabbalah investigates the hidden meaning of the torah and other jewish religious writings. but, when we examine the matter more closely, we discover that the facts are quite something else. these facts lead us to the conclusion that the kabbalah is a system rooted in pagan idolatry; that it existed before the torah, and became widespread within judaism after the torah was revealed. this interesting fact about the kabba

ack to the priests of ancient egypt (the magicians of pharaoh's regime. it is, in fact, the kabbalah which was passed on from there by a number of jews. the kabbalah assumed a form that enabled ancient egyptian and other pagan doctrines to insinuate themselves into judaism and de- global freemasonry gg velop within it. kabbalists, of course, assert that the kabbalah simply explains in more detail the hidden secrets of the torah, but, in reality, as jewish historian of the kabbalah, theodore reinach, says, the kabbalah is "a subtle poison which enters into the veins of judaism and wholly infests it."26 it is possible, then, to find in the kabbalah clear traces of the materialist ideology of the ancient egyptians. the kabbalah a doctrine opposed to creationism god reveals in the qur'an that

walking around with one bare foot. but, masons, living in their secret world, regard these strange ceremonies as very normal, and find psychological satisfaction in the mystical atmosphere of their lodges. after these ceremonies, they sit and talk with one another about their beliefs that "atoms have spirits and come together to form living things" that "the world attained its balance because of the hidden intelligence in magma" or that mother nature has created us very well" and other myths. this whole charade is staged only to preserve tradition, and is so clearly devoid of reason that it is amazing that such a system of ideas could still survive and be defended. the masons' blind attachment to their traditions clearly shows the great importance they give to the idea of the "landmark" a

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(appendix iv: martinism and the masonic rite of swedenborg) studies in mysticism (hodder& stoughton, 1906 (part ill, chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 concern freemasonry) the secret tradition in freemasonry and an analysis of the inter-relation between the craft and the high grades in respect of their term of research (rebman, 1911) 2 vols. some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism (anarnosa, n.m.r.s, 1916) the hidden church of the holy graal, its legends and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester associat

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unless you are totally separated from the world and centred on the treasury of light you are under dialectic dominion (whether you admit it or not. secondly, within the psyche will be many gnostic theurgy page 80 dialectic programs that we carry with us into the spiritual life, they must be rooted out and destroyed. the promise offered to those who correctly use this chakra include the eating of the hidden manna and the gift of the white stone with a new name engraved on it. these promises are highly symbolic, the hidden manna represents a special stage known in the alchemical process of self transformation. it is also sometimes known as the white powder, it is a stage prior to the philosophers stone. this substance is symbolic of the processes of internal transformation that are working

on the tree of life gnostic theurgy page 117 this destructive current is known as the y factor, and also has twin poles, the x and y factors create a solar cross of four energy forces (fig 33) the solar sphere is, hence, the focus of the mystery tradition, whether it be apollo, mithra, christ, horus or ra, we can see the secret teachings in application. the solar sphere itself became a symbol of the hidden mysteries. at rising it is the logos, at the height it is the christ, at setting it is sophia. this represents the doorway through which fallen mankind can awaken. i am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. john 10:9 the imagery of the solar sphere is central to our understanding of the technology of the gnosis. these forces c

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torch which would ignite me, immolate me in your presence, as your child on the path of shadow unto light. samael great dragon transformed, i summon thee as fulmino-lucifer, the morning star of the east, the serpent-angel of the emerald crown who fell to earth awaken now and open forth the gates of the imagination by air and dream. mahazael father of the witch spirit, who blesses and curses under the hidden and bright moon, i do summon thee forth unto me, initiator of flame and iron, come thou forth unto this circle. horned beast and angel perfected, awaken to my northern calls of the earth! in hearth and forest shall you walk with me; in shadowed valley shall you walk as me; in desert and mountain shall you carry my body in thy circle of being! mahazael, incarnate within! azael as the can

this is a spirit of the witchcraft which makes men and women cunning in the black and hidden arts and speech/communication. under the will of the sorcerer, naiberius brings knowledge on how one may restore lost dignity and honor. he governs 19 legions of spirits. y glasya-labolas being a might president and earl, glasya-labolas appears in the form of a dog with wings. he inspires the learning of the hidden and black arts, and is an author (creator) of bloodshed and manslaughter. glasya-labolas is a demon of cursing, whom causes situations of danger to occur. also being a spirit of divination, he may bring the union of friends and foes as well. glasya-labolas commands 36 legions of spirits as well. z bune bune/bime is a duke, who appears as a dragon with three heads one like a dog, one as

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have performed these banishings and purification's with n and o, you will then say the call from the chaldean oracles. for nit is "so therefore first, the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud resounding sea" for o it is "and when all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of fire" these could be said while you are circumambulating around the temple after you have purified each quarter and have ended in the east. so, for example, after you have purified all four quarters with n and have ended in the east, circumambulate one complete time saying the call of n, upon completing this continue on with consecrating al

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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 with the movements of left, right and center and a large cross. let the adept then recite the following "and when after all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of fire" step 5 let the adept now taking up the wand by the white band, circumambulate (in the direction of the sun) and desoil three times. step 6 upon completion, let the adept now return to the west of the altar, facing east, and recite the adoration to the lord of the universe. let the adept include the sign of the enterer and the sign of

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dept take the incense (we recommend that our rosicrucian fraternity use the traditional rose and amber incense blend. consecrate the four quarters by o, tracing a cross in each quarter and waving the censer thrice in the form of the o triangle. recite the following "and when after all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of fire" step 5 setting down the censer, let the adept hold the lotus wand by the white portion and circumambulate, desoiling three times, giving the signs of the neophyte when passing in the east (the rending of the veil is also acceptable. step 6 moving to the west of the altar and facing east, recite the adoration to the lord of the univers

u 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 the air while vibrating appropriate divine 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

ent, 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 strengthen the hidden force and occult virtue of this (name of the implement, that i may be enabled with it to perform those magical operations for which it 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

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n the east, he gives the 5=6 signs, and the analysis of the keyword) chief adept (advances to the altar without his wand, taking the cross from the altar, goes to the south, raises the cross above his head and slowly circumambulates the chamber with sol, repeating "and when, after all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of fire" chief adept (on reaching the south, he faces south, and makes with the cross the invoking pentagram of fire, saying "oip teaa pedoce. in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the south (chief adept replaces the cross on the lion. takes the cup, goes to the west, sprinkles w

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esis of the office of the hiereus as in regards to the temple, as opposed to his office as in regards to the outer world. for these reasons, it should always be worn by the hiereus. the banner of the west completes the symbols of the hiereus. it is thus explained in the zelator grade "the white triangle refers to the three paths 10 connecting twklm with the other sephiroth, while the red cross is the hidden knowledge of the divine nature which is to be obtained through their aid. the cross and triangle together represent life and light" in addition to this explanation from the zelator grade, it represents eternally the possibility of rescuing the evil and in it, the trapt cross is placed within the white triangle of the supernals as thereby representing that sacrifice as made only unto the

kerux is ano-oobist empe-eeb-te "anubis of the east" sentinel is ano-oobi em-pemen-te "anubis of the west" the kerux is the herald, the guardian and watcher within the temple, as the sentinel is the watcher without, and therefore is his charge the proper disposition of the furniture and stations of the temple. he is also the proclaimer. his peculiar ensigns of office are: the red lamp to signify the hidden o over which he watches. the magic staff of power to represent a ray of the divine light which kindles the hidden o. two potions whereby to produce the effect of blood. 13 he is the guardian of the inner side of the portal, the sleepless watcher of the gods and the preparer of the pathway to divine wisdom "watcher for the gods" is the name of kerux, and he is ano-oobist, the herald befo

ptic and egyptian hieroglyphics, light in extension, or may light be extended in abundance upon you. konx om pax is the greek corrupted pronunciation of this, put here to link it with its rightful origin. the grade of neophyte has o or the circle for its number, as if hiding all things under the negative symbol. this is placed within a circle and a square connected by equal lines, as if affirming the hidden quality of their origin in rtk where all things are one, and the consequent universal application of the secret formulae. 20 the egyptian god-forms of the neophyte grade the stations of the god-forms used in our symbolism come under two headings: 1. visible stations 2. invisible stations the visible stations are the places of the officers, each of whom has a special astral shape suitabl

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f opening. 6. f hierophant states that he has received a dispensation from second order, and commands hegemon to prepare candidate. candidate prepared. speech of hegemon. 7. g admission of candidate. first barring by kerux. first baptism of the candidate with o and n. 8. h the candidate is conducted to the foot of the altar. hierophant asks, wherefore has thou come, etc. candidate replies, i seek the hidden light, etc. 9. i candidate is asked whether he is willing to take the obligation. he assents and is instructed now to kneel at the altar. 3 10. j administration of the obligation, and raising the neophyte from the kneeling position. 11. k candidate is placed in the north. oration of the hierophant, the voice of my higher self, etc. hierophant commands the mystic circumambulation in the

t thee. q. now, address the shroud of darkness, thus: shroud of concealment, long has thou dwelt concealed. quit the light, that thou mayest conceal me before men. then, carefully formulate the shroud of concealment around thee and say, i receive thee as a covering and as a guard. then the mystic words. r. still formulating the shroud, say, before all magical manifestation cometh the knowledge of the hidden light. then move to the pillars and give the signs and steps, words etc. with the sign of the enterer, project now thy whole will in one great effort to realize thyself actually fading out and becoming invisible to mortal eyes. in doing this, thou must obtain the effect of thy physical body actually gradually becoming partially invisible to thy natural eyes, as though a veil or cloud we

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commencement of the formulation of the angle of rtk. the hoodwink is again slipped up giving a still further glimpse of the nature of the divine light, though to the mind of the candidate, an imperfect one. therefore, it is to him, as expressed in the answer of the hegemon, a light dimly seen through the darkness, yet heralding a glory beyond. the speech of the hierophant formulates the forces of the hidden central pillar. after this, the candidate passes to the altar of the univese, which receives the influences of the three pillars, as though the ray from the divine would descend into the darkness of the mind, for then, but not until then, is he fitted to realize what are the first things necessary to the search for the shining light. the hierophant now leaves his throne and passes betwe

the hierophant s throne, the red calvary cross is astrally formed above the astral white triangle on his forehead, so that so long as he belongs to the order, he may bear that potent and sublime symbol as a link with his higher self and as an aid in searching out the forces of the divine light, if he will. the higher soul or genius now returns to the invisible station of harpocrates, the place of the hidden center, yet continuing to retain the link formed with the candidate. the address of the hierophant is intended simply to affect the distinct formulation of the symbols of the 0= 0 grade of neophyte in the candidate. it is 8 therefore, only when this is finished, that the watcher, anubis, announces that the candidate has been duly admitted as an initiated neophyte. the hiereus is charged

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the shrine. egg of divine darkness, shroud of concealment, long hast thou dwelt concealed. quit the light, that thou mayest conceal me before men" step 22 carefully formulate the shroud about you. with all power, make it complete above and below. say "i receive thee as a covering and a guard. khabs om pekht. konx om pax. light in extension. before all magical manifestation cometh the knowledge of the hidden light" step 23 stand in the east and face west. make the sign of the enterer and project your consciousness out of your body. force your consciousness to look at your body. see your body begin to fade as the shroud surrounds it at your will. will the shroud to become so dense so that you can barely see your own body. be careful not to lose control as divine ecstasy comes over you. re-en

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therefore first, the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud, resounding sea" put down the cup on the altar. 4 step 5 take up the incense and wave it as you pass round to the east, south, west, and north while saying "and when after all the phantoms are vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of fire" put down the incense. step 6 take up the lotus wand. circumambulate with a three times, grasping the wand by the white band. return to the west, face east, and say the adoration "holy art thou lord of the universe. holy art thou whom nature hath not formed. holy art thou the vast and mighty one, ruler of the light and of the darkness"

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names of the brethren, with some few other things. this he would transfer into a more fitting vault, for where or when our brother r.c. died, or in what country he was buried, was by our predecessors concealed and unknown to us. in this table stuck a great nail somewhat strong, so that when it was with force drawn out it took with it an indifferent big stone out of the thin wall or plastering of the hidden door, and so, unlooked for, uncovered the door, whereat we did with joy and longing throw down the rest of the wall and cleared the door, upon which was written in great letters: post cxx annos patebo with the year of the lord under it. therefore we gave god thanks, and let it rest that same night, because first we would overlook our rota- but we refer ourselves again to the confession

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the white band, perform the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. perform the full lvx signs. step 2 advance to the altar without the wand and take therefrom the fire wand. face south, raise the wand above your head, and slowly circumambulate in the path of a, saying "and when, after all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless o, that o which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of o" step 3 on reaching south, make the invoking fire pentagram and the sign of the lion's head. say "oip teaa pedoce. in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the south" step 4 replace wand on altar, take cup and go west. sprinkle to the west and circumambulate temple in the path

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e of the great archangel of fire michael, i consecrate thee with fire" magus of fire (he then lights the four red lamps at the edge of the circle, starting in the east and ending at the fifth lamp sitting on the center altar, while saying at the beginning of the lighting "and when all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe. hear thou the voice of fire (returns to position) chief adept (moves to the east, takes air dagger and draws the invoking pentagram of air "i exorcise all evil and impure spirits by the powers of air and in the name of exarp and oro ibah aozpi (faces west, swings/ and makes a cross in the air and says "in the name of shaddai el chai, all mighty and everlasting go

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liefs thought to represent the olmecs themselves. santha and i had intended to drive straight on from villahermosa into the yucatan peninsula, which lay north-east. the journey to monte alban would involve a huge detour, but we decided to make it, in the hope that it might shed further light on the olmecs. besides, it promised to be a spectacular drive over immense mountains and into the heart of the hidden valley where the city of oaxaca lies. we drove almost due west past the lost site of la venta, past coatzecoalcos once again, and on past sayula and loma bonita to the road-junction town of tuxtepec. in so doing, by degrees we left behind countryside scarred and blackened by the oil industry, crossed long gentle hillsides carpeted in lush green grass, and ran between fields ripe with cr

e to indicate what the purpose of this strange architectural feature might have been (although several scholars have hazarded guesses).15 indeed the only thing that is clear is that it was engineered at the time of the construction of the pyramid and was not the result of an intrusion by tunnelling tombrobbers. 16 the question remains open, however, as to whether tombrobbers might have discovered the hidden entrance to the shaft, and made use of it to siphon off the treasures from the king s and queen s chambers. such a possibility cannot be ruled out. nevertheless, a review of the 12 secrets of the great pyramid, p. 58. 13 the geography of strabo (trans. h. l. jones, wm. heinemann, london, 1982, volume viii, pp. 91-3. 14 secrets of the great pyramid, p. 58. 15 in general, it is assumed to

line of invitations which had encouraged caliph ma mun and his diggers to break into the central passageways and chambers of the monument, which had waited for waynman dixon to test the hypothesis that the walls of the queen s chamber might contain concealed shafts, and which had then waited again until arousing the curiosity of rudolf gantenbrink, whose high-tech robot revealed the existence of the hidden door and brought within reach whatever secrets or disappointments, or further invitations might lie behind it. the queen s chamber we shall hear more of rudolf gantenbrink and upuaut in later chapters. 16 march 1993, however, knowing nothing of this, i was frustrated to find the queen s chamber closed, and glared resentfully through the metal grille that barred its entrance corridor. i

ceived and handed down by them from pre-dynastic times.18 it was the latter parts of these texts, dating to a remote and impenetrable antiquity, which had particularly aroused my curiosity when i had begun to research them a few months previously. i had also been amused and a little intrigued by the strange way that nineteenth century french archaeologists appeared almost to have been directed to the hidden chamber of the pyramid texts by a mythological opener of the ways. according to reasonably welldocumented reports, an egyptian foreman of the excavations at saqqara had been up and about at dawn one morning and had found himself by the side of a ruined pyramid looking into the bright amber eyes of a lone desert jackal: it was as if the animal were taunting his human observer. and inviti

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

y alien. borderlands. second quarter, 1993, page 21. one thing i want this book to do is to demonstrate how, with a little effort and intuitive ability, you can decode the ufonaut s secret cipher and find your way to the heart of the ufo mystery..and hopefully back again in one piece. the cipher, it turns out, is based in the english language, using the classical decoding techniques of the qabala the hidden wisdom of the ancient hebrew civilization. qabala was originally applied to hebrew and aramaic words. a classical scholar versed in these techniques, languages and texts could perhaps find the previous cipher of the ufonauts or ancient astronauts by applying the principles of extraterrestrialism to qabalistic studies. in the 1950s and 1960s rabbi yonah ibn aaron came close to doing just

r hand, fearing the power of the black lodge as a political entity and eroding its hold on esoteric eastern religion as a practical necessity had provoked the british to effectively dismantle the classical eastern manifestation of the black lodge, and western occultists visiting the east in the 19th and early 20th century already could only find watered-down remnants and secret adepts carrying on the hidden wisdom in either form. the great white brotherhood survived in tibet along with the dark lodges, and, since the chinese occupation, many of its chiefs have found their way to india and around the world. as far as is known, the last classical chakra-puj to be observed by a westerner was in the 1930s, while the last ancient intact body of adepts of the eastern black lodge, ironically dedi

illumination depends upon their character and predisposition. this is all that one must grant to consider the great brotherhood, or secret chiefs, as well as their opposition plausible. in medieval tibet, this was known as the whispered succession. it is an open part of the literature of tantric yoga, and the often-invoked tibetan connection of adepts and publicists comes quickly to mind. it was the hidden church of karl von eckartshausen that brought aleister crowley to the path, and small wonder; von eckartshausen wrote in the 18th century of..the society of the elect, which has continued from the first day of creation to the present time; its members, it is true, are scattered all over the world, but they have always been united in the spirit and in one truth. it is from her that all t

cal knowledge, should at the same time not only be ready and willing to devote himself in every sense to a blind and unreasoning obedience to those secret chiefs. israel regardie described mathers fateful encounter in this way: while walking in the bois de bologne one day, meditating. mathers claimed triumphantly that he was approached by three men. he asserted that these were adepts belonging to the hidden or secret third order, and therefore belonged to that category of men described in the cloud upon the sanctuary. apparently, so he claims, they had materialized themselves, and in that tense emotional and spiritual atmosphere of psychical phenomena, confirmed him in the sole rulership of the order. mathers observed that, for his part, i believe they are human beings living on this earth

ut, has a cipher value of 192, as in secret master. terry r. wriste: um? so? ahg: so, have i been dealing with a secret chief all these years? trw: c mon. you know how i got into this stuff. it was the shaver thing and- ahg: o.k. so, let s take this from there. you met dick shaver in? trw: that d be 1961 or 62. anyhow, ray palmer was then reprinting a lot of the shaver stuff from the 1940s, about the hidden world, which shaver claimed was the survival of an antediluvian civili- zation that had moved inside the earth, while palmer and others thought this was more esoteric, something fourth dimensional or whatever. ahg: i thought it was charming mythology, kind of the demons of the shadow mind vs. the self in jungian terms. nicap told me it was all bunk, so, naturally, i wrote the guy. trw:

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

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

opriate banishing rituals of the pentagram and hexagram. the enochian pentagram and hexagram rituals are given later in this manual. step 2. enter your body of light. hold your wand before you. stand facing the watchtower of fire in the south. see fue radiate from your wand and say: behold, all the phantoms have vanished, arad i see that sacred and formless fire; the fire that llames and consumes the hidden depths of the universe, and i hear the voice of fire. trace the fire pentagram before you, and then trace a flaming red enochian letter k (k) within it. maintain this flaming letter and say, oip-teaa-pdoke (oh-ee-peh teh-ah-ah peh-doh-keh) in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, i invoke you, angels of the watchtower of the south. then vibrate the great holy narre of

ou 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 three lowest aethyrs, tex, ru, and bag, you wi l l be ready for an adventure in loneliness; a meeting with yourself alone. this takes place in the 27th aethyr, zaa, the aethyr of solitude. the three governors of zaa are: saziami sah-zodee-ah

en dawn. as such he (or she as the case might be) has realized that right and wrong are relative views and that morality itself is a yardstick devised by society and used by society for society. he sees himself as an embodiment in time, space and form of the sun-not the physical sun which is itself but an embodiment, but the spiritual sun, the sun of the sun (in egyptian teachings it was known as the hidden god, amen, which is the source of all manifestation. all things are alive (i.e, things= beings) because all things express this living sun. all things are conscious because all things express the conscious sun. some beings are no longer aware of these facts and therein has ignorance risen up in the world. but all things/beings are under the law of karma and therefore they create their o

sing the banishing rituals of the pentagram and hexagram. use a strong heavy-bodied incense (for example, musk) for this ritual. create a pantacle inscribed with the name axir, the number 566, and his sigil from the rose. place it on the altar before you. step 2. open the ritual as follows: hold your wand in your right hand, face south and say, i see the holy and formless fire which darts through the hidden depths of the universe. i hear the voice of fire. oip-teaa-pdoke (oh-ee-peh teh-ah-ah-peh-doh-heh) i invoke you, angels of the watchtower of the south. hold your cup in your right hand, face west and say, i see the holy and formless water which flows through the hidden depths of the universe. i hear the voice of water. 346 mph-arsl-gaiol (em-peh-heh-ar-ess-el-gah-ee-oh-leh) i invoke you

of the south. hold your cup in your right hand, face west and say, i see the holy and formless water which flows through the hidden depths of the universe. i hear the voice of water. 346 mph-arsl-gaiol (em-peh-heh-ar-ess-el-gah-ee-oh-leh) i invoke you, angels of the watchtower of the west. hold your dagger in your right hand, face east and say, i see the holy and formless air which blows through the hidden depths of the universe. i hear the voice of air. oro-ibah-aozpi (oh-roh-ee-bah-ah-oh-zod-pee) i invoke you, angels of the watchtower of the east. hold your pantacle in your right hand, face north and say, i see the holy and formless earth which lies at the hidden depths of the universe. i hear the voice of earth. mor-dial-hktga (moh-ar-dee-ah-leh-heh-keh-teh-gah) i invoke you, angels of

me forth axir (ah-etzee-ar) and manifest yourself before me. step 7. you should be able to see the angel axir forming in the air above the triangle. if not, repeat step 6 until he so appears. as he materializes before you, say: o mighty axir (ah-etzee-ar) perform all of my demands help me in the great work. purify my earthy self and fix herein the glory of mine holy guardian angel that i may find the hidden stone whereon a new spiritual name shall be written. teach me the mystery of the earthy self and how it may be made creative. swear by the mighty seal that i hold before you that you will do this for me. 350 whenever i call upon you by word or will or magical ceremony, you will be a perpetual link of communication between the lords of earth and my human soul. step 8. commune with this a

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an exit ore torvus colore tcuiquam corvus, s. gallenlied, 11, 3. er was swarz als ein rahe, tund. 51, 17. diabolus in effigie hominis nigerriini, caasar heisterb. 7, 17. der swarze hellewirt, ms. 2, 254. der hellewirt der ist siuarz, parz. 119, 26. der helle- io, walth. 33, 7. der helsce more, fundgr. 1, 25. der hewe-grdve, anegenge 39, 46. as a dark colour hides, the evil spirit gets the name of the hidden, the secret: os. dernea wihti (spiritus latentes, hel. 31, 20. 92, 2. but in our folktales he is also indicated as grayman, graymanikin, conf. graa told, dan.y. 1, 169. 180, which reminds of wuotan and of berhtold; i therefore lay stress on the fact, that as berhta and berhtolt hand empty spindles (pp. 274-9, the mark legend tells exactly the same of the devil' you must not spin of a th

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nce of elves, nixes, and goblins there runs a low under-current of the unsatisfied, disconsolate: they do not rightly know how to turn their glorious gifts to account, they always require to lean upon men. not only do they seek to renovate their race by intermarriage with mankind, they also need the counsel and assistance of men in their affairs. though acquainted in a higher degree than men with the hidden virtues of stones and herbs, they yet invoke human aid for their sick and their women in labour (pp. 457. 492, they borrow men s vessels for baking and brewing (p. 454 n, they even celebrate their weddings and hightides in the halls of men. hence too their doubting whether they can be partakers of salvation, and their unconcealed grief when a negative answer is given. 1 bruder rausch (f

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

tory represent ideas, emotions, situations, etc. other than their [162] literal nature and meaning. in rosicrucian allegories, this symbolic meaning is philosophic and mystical. a ritual drama is an allegory based on ritual or initiatic rites and may constitute in itself a ritual or initiation. amen.a hebrew word introduced into the egyptian mystic rites at an early date as a term used to express the hidden and invisible god, or a truly inspired representative of god. in this latter sense the term is used in the christian bible just once; in rev. iii: 14, jesus is called "the amen. but at a much earlier date the same word, with the same mystic vowel sounds, was used to designate the name of the god of thebes, and the term amen-ra came to express the name and hierarchy of a powerful god amo

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f vinegar, and drinking it with water, i was better again, but for three weeks after i felt a debility; and the strangest part of the matter is, that when i remember the circumstance, and look for some time upon any dark object, this ashy pale figure presents itself veryvividlyto my sight. after this i no longer dared to make any experiments withit"'tand in support of this singular development of the hidden properties of nature, the following curious receipt,'howtomakeaghost,'is extracted from themonthlymagazinefor june,1848-'ifchloride of barium is put upon a plate in a dark cellar, and the hand placed beneath it, so soon as the warmth of the hand has penetrated the plate, the form of the hand is delineated in phosphoric delineations on the upper surface of the plate' thus the heat commun

e assur255 anceofthe mjost] e[xcellent] zlerubabel] i am afraid i shallbutvery inadequately fill. accepting that office, i beg you will m.w. chief adept, accept my grateful acknowledgement and be kind enough to convey to the officers and brethren my best thanks with the assurance that i shall at all times be most happy to render them any assistance in my power when extending their researches into the hidden mysteries of nature and science. i have the honour to remain m.w. chief adept, every fraternally yours, fred hockley sec.g.s.l, p.m.no.8,ii67,r.a.4 1irwin's title as head of the bristol college sria, which in its first42603therosicrucianseer167 liverpool rd, n.iomarch1872dearbro. irwin, i have this evening seized the opportunityofreplying to your favorofthe 21st feb. and also to our mut

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e king needed to identify with gods in crisis and share in their triumph in overcoming the forces of destruction. underworld books underworld book is a general term for a type of mortuary text used in royal tombs and cenotaphs of the new kingdom. it is taken from an egyptian term for the genre to which these books belonged: that which is in the underworld. the earliest of these books, the book of the hidden chamber (now known as the amduat, may be derived from solar rituals performed by the king at heliopolis and other temples. the versions on the walls of the tomb of thutmose iii and his successor amenhotep ii look as if they have been directly copied from a papyrus scroll (e.g. figure 45. this gives us an idea of what these temple copies must have been like. by the end of the new kingdom

m the african python, which can open its mouth wide enough to swallow a person. apophis is probably the unnamed snake demon who tried to swallow the nun, the primeval waters, but was forced to cough them up again. the eyes of apophis seem to have been particularly feared, and he was said to make a terrible roaring sound. the movement of his body could cause earthquakes, and he was associated with the hidden sandbanks that were a danger to boats on the nile. it has been suggested that a combination of the snake and crocodile forms of apophis may be the origin of the dragons of medieval legend. in egyptian accounts of the nightly journey of the sun through the underworld, apophis usually attacks in the seventh and the twelfth hours of the night. powerful deities stand in the prow of the sola

tants of medieval egypt, the great sphinx became known as the father of terror. the statue was believed to guard hidden treasure, which it sometimes revealed to the deserving. according to one legend, the great sphinx kept the sand from overwhelming giza until a zealous holy man destroyed its power by mutilating the statue s face. in modern times, the great sphinx has been seen as the guardian of the hidden wisdom of the lost kingdom of atlantis or as the symbol of an ancient galactic master race who built a second sphinx on mars. see also feline deities; horus; montu; ra; seth references and further reading: p. jordan, riddles of the sphinx. stroud, england: 1998. g. posener (ed. sphinx. in a dictionary of egyptian civilization. translated by a. macfarlane. paris: 1962, 267 268. primary s

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ra, and that the other p. 110 typified him, taking the place of the ram-headed god with a human body which we have in the book am-tuat. on each side of the boat are twelve gods, who presumably represent the twelve hours of the day, and the twelve hours of the night; one group is called "neteru set( or semt, i.e "gods of the mountain" and the other "neteru set-amentet" i.e "gods of the mountain of the hidden land" the gods of the mountain are the offspring of ra himself, and they "emerged from his eye (vol. ii, p. 85, and to them has amentet been given as an abode. next: chapter vi. second division of the tuat. i. the kingdom of khenti-amenti-osiris according to the book am-tuat sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 111 chapter vi. second division of the tuat. i. the kingdom o

ent; a serpent was the best means of transport for the god, because it could glide easily along the sandy floor of the rocky corridor. from the "mouth of the boat" which is drawn by four gods, rays of light are emitted; this light is not strong enough to enable afu-ra to see the beings who are on each side of him (vol. i, p. 66, but knowing they are there, he cries out to them, and they hear him. the hidden gods who march in front of the boat are few in number, and the names of many of them are unfamiliar; some of them are connected with osiris, and all of them are under the control of anpu, or anubis, and perform some act which helps the boat along. among them may be specially noted thoth and horus, above whose outstretched hands is the eye which is here identified with sekri (vol. i, p

ck of the last-named serpent are fourteen heads, which, as m. maspero has well shown, re resent the gods of the first fourteen days of the month, and they are being carried by the serpent to fill the eye which thoth and horus are bringing through re-stau. the beings to the right and left of afu-ra are ancient gods of the kingdom of seker, and each guards some door or corridor in it which leads to the hidden chamber of seker himself. next: fifth division of the tuat. i. the kingdom of seker according to the book am-tuat sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next fifth division of the tuat. i. the kingdom of seker according to the book am-tuat. this division, or hour, or circle, as it is described in the text, is called ament, and it contains the secret ways, and the doors of the hidde

f the enemies of osiris; in each of the seven undulations of the serpent stands a god, who is adjured by horus to aid in the work of destruction. from the text we learn that the chief offences with which these enemies are charged is the "putting of secret things behind p. 171 them, the dragging forth of the sacred object sekem from the secret place, or sanctuary, and the profanation of certain of the hidden things of the tuat; because of these things they are doomed to have their bodies first hacked in pieces, and then burned, and their souls utterly annihilated. next: chapter xii. tenth division of the tuat. i. kingdom of temu-khepera-ra according to the book am-tuat sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 172 chapter xii. tenth division of the tuat. i. kingdom of temu-khepera

vestibule of the world of light. on the right of the path of the boat of afu-ra are gods and goddesses of the south and north who stablish crowns on the head of ra when he appears in the sky; gods who give names to ra and all his forms; gods and goddesses who lament when ra has gone out from ament, and who drive away set; and gods with bowed heads who sing praises to ra and keep guard p. 190 over the hidden door. the souls of these gods follow after ra, and accompany him on his way, but their bodies stay always where we see them. their guardian is (vol. ii, pp. 296-299) the god called mati, who has the head of a cat or lion. on the left of the path of the boat of afu-ra is a company of his ministers who perform various important duties for him. four of them carry disks, and give the comman

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

was very mysteriously mur- halloo, take care! diable, you will upset us over theprecipice" he hurriedly exclaimed, unceremoniously snatching from me the reins, and giving the horse aviolent pull "you do not mean prince obrenovitch" i asked aghast "yes, i do; and him precisely. to-night i have to be there, hoping to close a series of seances by finallydeveloping a most marvellous manifestation of the hidden power of the human spirit; and you may come withme. i will introduce you; and besides, you can help me as an interpreter, for they do not speak french" as i was pretty sure that if the somnambule was frosya, the rest of the family must be gospoja p, ireadily accepted. at sunset we were at the foot of the mountain, leading to the old castle, as the frenchmancalled the place. it fully des

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, in the celebrated solemnities called the eleusinia, in greece. from the hierophants of samothrace, egypt, and the initiated brahmins of the india of old, down to the later hebrew rabbis, all preserved, for fear of profanation, their real bona fide beliefs secret. the jewish rabbis called their secular religious series the merkabah (the exterior body "the vehicle" or, the covering which contains the hidden soul-i.e, their highest secret knowledge. not one of the ancient nations ever imparted through its priests its real philosophical secrets to the masses, but allotted to the latter only the husks. northern buddhism has its "greater" and its "lesser" vehicle, known as the mahayana, the esoteric, and the hinayana, the exoteric, schools. nor can you blame them for such secrecy; for surely y

ience. there are mystics who have made great discoveries in chemistry and physical sciences, almost bordering on alchemy and occultism; others who, by the sole aid of their genius, have rediscovered portions, if not the whole, of the lost alphabets of the "mystery language" and are, therefore, able to read correctly hebrew scrolls; others still, who, being seers, have caught wonderful glimpses of the hidden secrets of nature. but all these are specialists. one is a theoretical inventor, another a hebrew, i.e, a sectarian cabalist, a third a swedenborg of modern times, denying all and everything outside of his own particular science or religion. not one of them can boast of having produced a universal or even a national benefit thereby, not even to himself. with the exception of a few heale

and not one only in name. occult sciences are not, as described in encyclopedias, those imaginary sciences of the middle ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology -for they are real, actual, and very dangerous sciences. they teach the secret potency of things in nature, developing and cultivating the hidden powers "latent in man" thus giving him tremendous advantages over more ignorant mortals. hypnotism, now become so common and a subject of serious scientific inquiry, is a good instance in point. hypnotic power has been discovered almost by accident, the way to it having been prepared by mesmerism; and now an able hypnotist can do almost anything with it, from forcing a man, unconsciousl

are three, and have been so from the beginning. 1. to form the nucleus of a universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, color, or creed. 2. to promote the study of aryan *2) and other scriptures, of the world's religions and sciences, and to vindicate the importance of old asiatic literature, namely, of the brahmanical, buddhist, and zoroastrian philosophies. 3. to investigate the hidden mysteries of nature under every aspect possible, and the psychic and spiritual powers latent in man especially. these are, broadly stated, the three chief objects of the theosophical society *1) see also appendix at the end of this file *2) h.p.b. means the original indo-germanic race from northern india (see h.p.b, the theosophical glossary, london, 1892 and also the glossary at the en

h is the things it did, the thoughts it had, the "self" it wove with woof of viewless time crossed on the warp invisible of acts* before beginning and without an end, page 99 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt as space eternal and as surety sure, is fixed a power divine which moves to good, only its laws endure. it will not be despised of anyone; who thwarts it loses, and who serves it gains; the hidden good it pays with peace and bliss, the hidden ill with pains. it seeth everywhere and marketh all; do right-it recompenseth! do one wrong- the equal retribution must be made, though dharma tarry long. it knows not wrath nor pardon; utter-true, its measures mete, its faultless balance weighs; times are as naught, tomorrow it will judge or after many days* such is the law which moves to r

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 theology after the time of the captivity of the jews in babylon. all the works that fall under the esoteric category are termed cabalistic. caste originally the system of the four hereditary classes into which indian population was div

the "man of sorrow" became christos himself. paul, the initiate, knew this, and meant this precisely, when he is made to say in bad translation "i travail in birth again until christ be formed in you" the true rendering of which is" until you form the christos within yourselves" but the profane, who knew only that chr stos was in some way connected with priest and prophet, and knew nothing about the hidden meaning of christos, insisted, as did lactantius and justin martyr, on being called page 149 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt chr stians instead of christians. every good individual, therefore, may find christ in his "inner man" as paul expresses it, whether he be jew, muslim, hindu, or christian. christ see chr stos. christian scientist a newly-coined term for denoting the practi

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

the city editorship of vanity fair and was a regular correspondent to lucifer' gardner's masonic career was brief. he was initiated in montefiore lodge no. 1017 (whose membership was almost entirely jewish) in october 1886 (aet. 29) but resigned in june 1889, three months after he began to correspond with ayton. it is possible that freemasonry did not satisfy his desire for further knowledge of 'the hidden mysteries of nature and science- the phrase is masonic- and supposed that alchemy and theosophy ala blavatsky would provide a better guide to the territory that interested him. in 19 2 he claimed to possess a library of over 10,000 books on alchemy and occultism, including 'a fine set of the works of thomas taylor, the platonist. he found his way to the g.d. in 1894 but resigned from th

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

d influenced his art profoundly, and he shewed me a morbid statue whose contours almost made me shake with the potency of its black suggestion. he could not recall having seen the original of this thing except in his own dream bas-relief, but the outlines had formed themselves insensibly under his hands. it was, no doubt, the giant shape he had raved of in delirium. that he really knew nothing of the hidden cult, save from what my uncle's relentless catechism had let fall, he soon made clear; and again i strove to think of some way in which he could possibly have received the weird impressions. he talked of his dreams in a strangely poetic fashion; making me see with terrible vividness the damp cyclopean city of slimy green stone- whose geometry, he oddly said, was all wrong- and hear with

ed so disastrous to myself and mine. for at last my uncle insisted on joining the search i had commenced, and after a certain night in that house he did not come away with me. i am lonely without that gentle soul whose long years were filled only with honour, virtue, good taste, benevolence, and learning. i have reared a marble urn to his memory in st. john's churchyard- the place that poe loved- the hidden grove of giant willows on the hill, where tombs and head stones huddle quietly between the hoary bulk of the church and the houses and bank walls of benefit street. the history of the house, opening amidst a maze of dates, revealed no trace of the sinister either about its construction or about the prosperous and honourable family who built it. yet from the first a taint of calamity, so

became certain that the surface brought out by the peeling of several coats of paint was sensibly darker than any ordinary interior paint or the wood beneath it was likely to have been. a few more careful tests with a thin knife, and he knew that he had come upon an oil portrait of great extent. with truly scholarly restraint the youth did not risk the damage which an immediate attempt to uncover the hidden picture with the knife might have been, but just retired from the scene of his discovery to enlist expert help. in three days he returned with an artist of long experience, mr. walter c. dwight, whose studio is near the foot of college hill; and that accomplished restorer of paintings set to work at once with proper methods and chemical substances. old asa and his wife were duly excited

o so haunting were these formulae, and so frequently did he come upon them, that before the doctor knew it he was repeating them under his breath. eventually, however, he felt he had secured all the papers he could digest to advantage for the present; hence resolved to examine no more till he could bring the sceptical alienists en masse for an ampler and more systematic raid. he had still to find the hidden laboratory, so leaving his valise in the lighted room he emerged again into the black noisome corridor whose vaulting echoed ceaseless with that dull and hideous whine. the next few rooms he tried were all abandoned, or filled only with crumbling boxes and ominous-looking leaden coffins; but impressed him deeply with the magnitude of joseph curwen's original operations. he thought of th

se this district might be held to harbour the more advanced cases. one detail that annoyed me was the distribution of the few faint sounds i heard. they ought naturally to have come wholly from the visibly inhabited houses, yet in reality were often strongest inside the most rigidly boarded-up facades. there were creakings, scurryings, and hoarse doubtful noises; and i thought uncomfortably about the hidden tunnels suggested by the grocery boy. suddenly i found myself wondering what the voices of those denizens would be like. i had heard no speech so far in this quarter, and was unaccountably anxious not to do so. pausing only long enough to look at two fine but ruinous old churches at main and church streets, i hastened out of that vile waterfront slum. my next logical goal was new church

or even to the present. the more i laughed at such theories, the more these stubborn friends asseverated them; adding that even without the heritage of legend the recent reports were too clear, consistent, detailed, and sanely prosaic in manner of telling, to be completely ignored. two or three fanatical extremists went so far as to hint at possible meanings in the ancient indian tales which gave the hidden beings a nonterrestrial origin; citing the extravagant books of charles fort with their claims that voyagers from other worlds and outer space have often visited the earth. most of my foes, however, were merely romanticists who insisted on trying to transfer to real life the fantastic lore of lurking "little people" made popular by the magnificent horror-fiction of arthur machen. ii as

interested. h. w. a. it would be difficult to describe my sentiments upon reading this strange document for the first time. by all ordinary rules, i ought to have laughed more loudly at these extravagances than at the far milder theories which had previously moved me to mirth; yet something in the tone of the letter made me take it with paradoxical seriousness. not that i believed for a moment in the hidden race from the stars which my correspondent spoke of; but that, after some grave preliminary doubts, i grew to feel oddly sure of his sanity and sincerity, and of his confrontation by some genuine though singular and abnormal phenomenon which he could not explain except in this imaginative way. it could not be as he thought it, i reflected, yet on the other hand, it could not be otherwis

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

intending an early flight; however, heavy winds- mentioned in our brief, bulletin to the outside world- delayed our start till nearly nine o clock. i have already repeated the noncommittal story we told the men at camp- and relayed outside- after our return sixteen hours later. it is now my terrible duty to amplify this account by filling in the merciful blanks with hints of what we really saw in the hidden transmontane world- hints of the revelations which have finally driven danforth to a nervous collapse. i wish he would add a really frank word about the thing which he thinks he alone saw- even though it was probably a nervous delusion- and which was perhaps the last straw that put him where he is; but he is firm against that. all i can do is to repeat his later disjointed whispers abou

of where we were- both being on the mountainward edge of the city, one less than a quarter of a mile toward the ancient river course, and the other perhaps twice that distance in the opposite direction. the abyss, it seems, had shelving shores of dry land at certain places, but the old ones built their new city under water- no doubt because of its greater certainty of uniform warmth. the depth of the hidden sea appears to have been very great, so that the earth s internal heat could ensure its habitability for an indefinite period. the beings seemed to have had no trouble in adapting themselves to part-time- and eventually, of course, whole-time- residence under water, since they had never allowed their gill systems to atrophy. there were many sculptures which showed how they had always fr

ner world, of whose existence we had not known before, but which we were now eager to find and traverse. from the evident scale of the carvings we deduced that a steeply descending walk of about a mile through either of the neighboring tunnels would bring us to the brink of the dizzy, sunless cliffs about the great abyss; down whose sides paths, improved by the old ones, led to the rocky shore of the hidden and nighted ocean. to behold this fabulous gulf in stark reality was a lure which seemed impossible of resistance once we knew of the thing- yet we realized we must begin the quest at once if we expected to include it in our present trip. it was now 8 p.m, and we did not have enough battery replacements to let our torches burn on forever. we had done so much studying and copying below t

HP LOVECRAFT EX OBLIVIONE

e peace through the valley and the shadowy groves, and wonder how i might seize them for my eternal dwelling-place, so that i need no more crawl back to a dull world stript of interest and new colours. and as i looked upon the little gate in the mighty wall, i felt that beyond it lay a dream-country from which, once it was entered, there would be no return. so each night in sleep i strove to find the hidden latch of the gate in the ivied antique wall, though it was exceedingly well hidden. and i would tell myself that the realm beyond the wall was not more lasting merely, but more lovely and radiant as well. then one night in the dream-city of zakarion i found a yellowed papyrus filled with the thoughts of dream-sages who dwelt of old in that city, and who were too wise ever to be born in

HP LOVECRAFT THE ALCHEMIST

of peasant, by name, michel, usually designated by the surname of mauvais, the evil, on account of his sinister reputation. he had studied beyond the custom of his kind, seeking such things as the philosopher's stone or the elixir of eternal life, and was reputed wise in the terrible secrets of black magic and alchemy. michel mauvais had one son, named charles, a youth as proficient as himself in the hidden arts, who had therefore been called le sorcier, or the wizard. this pair, shunned by all honest folk, were suspected of the most hideous practices. old michel was said to have burnt his wife alive as a sacrifice to the devil, and the unaccountable disappearance of many small peasant children was laid at the dreaded door of these two. yet through the dark natures of the father and son ra

onicle: henris, roberts, antoines, and armands snatched from happy and virtuous lives when little below the age of their unfortunate ancestor at his murder. that i had left at most but eleven years of further existence was made certain to me by the words which i had read. my life, previously held at small value, now became dearer to me each day, as i delved deeper and deeper into the mysteries of the hidden world of black magic. isolated as i was, modern science had produced no impression upon me, and i laboured as in the middle ages, as wrapt as had been old michel and young charles themselves in the acquisition of demonological and alchemical learning. yet read as i might, in no manner could i account for the strange curse upon my line. in unusually rational moments i would even go so fa

HP LOVECRAFT THE CALL OF CTHULHU

d influenced his art profoundly, and he showed me a morbid statue whose contours almost made me shake with the potency of its black suggestion. he could not recall having seen the original of this thing except in his own dream bas-relief, but the outlines had formed themselves insensibly under his hands. it was, no doubt, the giant shape he had raved of in delirium. that he really knew nothing of the hidden cult, save from what my uncle's relentless catechism had let fall, he soon made clear; and again i strove to think of some way in which he could possibly have received the weird impressions. he talked of his dreams in a strangely poetic fashion; making me see with terrible vividness the damp cyclopean city of slimy green stone- whose geometry, he oddly said, was all wrong- and hear with

HP LOVECRAFT THE NAMELESS CITY

y grew, till it soon reverberated frightfully through the low passage, and at the same time i became conscious of an increasing draught of old air, likewise flowing from the tunnels and the city above. the touch of this air seemed to restore my balance, for i instantly recalled the sudden gusts which had risen around the mouth of the abyss each sunset and sunrise, one of which had indeed revealed the hidden tunnels to me. i looked at my watch and saw that sunrise was near, so bracing myself to resist the gale that was sweeping down to its cavern home as it had swept forth at evening. my fear again waned low, since a natural phenomenon tends to dispel broodings over the unknown. more and more madly poured the shrieking, moaning night wind into the gulf of the inner earth. i dropped prone ag

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

se this district might be held to harbour the more advanced cases. one detail that annoyed me was the distribution of the few faint sounds i heard. they ought naturally to have come wholly from the visibly inhabited houses, yet in reality were often strongest inside the most rigidly boarded-up facades. there were creakings, scurryings, and hoarse doubtful noises; and i thought uncomfortably about the hidden tunnels sug-gested by the grocery boy. suddenly i found myself wondering what the voices of those denizens would be like. i had heard no speech so far in this quarter, and was unaccountably anxious not to do so. pausing only long enough to look at two fine but ruinous old churches at main and church streets, i hastened out of that vile waterfront slum. my next logical goal was new churc

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

enly said to his learned host "do not need to be told the particularly alien rhythm to which those cowled shapes on the hexagonal pillars chanted and nodded. you are the only one else- in america- who has had a taste of the outer extension. that clock- i suppose it was sent to you by the yogi poor harley warren used to talk about- the seer who said that he alone of living men had been to yian-ho, the hidden legacy of eon-old leng, and had borne certain things away from that dreadful and forbidden city. i wonder how many of its subtler properties you know? if my dreams and readings be correct, it was made by those who knew much of the first gateway. but let me go on with my tale" at last, continued the swami, the swaying and the suggestion of chanting ceased, the lambent nimbuses around the

HP LOVECRAFT WHAT THE MOON BRINGS

n it. nor had my flesh trembled without cause, for when i raised my eyes i saw that the waters had ebbed very low, shewing much of the vast reef whose rim i had seen before. and when i saw that the reef was but the black basalt crown of a shocking eikon whose monstrous forehead now shown in the dim moonlight and whose vile hooves must paw the hellish ooze miles below, i shrieked and shrieked lest the hidden face rise above the waters, and lest the hidden eyes look at me after the slinking away of that leering and treacherous yellow moon. and to escape this relentless thing i plunged gladly and unhesitantly into the stinking shallows where amidst weedy walls and sunken streets fat sea-worms feast upon the world's dead. 1998-1999 william johns last modified: 12/18/1999 18:4444witchcraft for

INDUCTION CHARM AND THE INITIATION

, wolf and fox, badger and toad and bull, goose and raven, serpent and hare, horse, swine and stag, beasts of the land and air, and unseen places, by pact and oath i am sealed to you as friend, brother (or sister) and pupil, guardian and receiver. i shed my blood for you; from my left hand i shed it, i bind myself to the land and your spirit. support me, protect me, shelter me on the witching way the hidden road to wisdom let your power answer to my will, in the holy meadow, the ring of art, in my days and nights, as my power will answer to your will and rely on you. speak to me in vision, do not abandon me to the grave, nor hand me over to hard fate utterly, nor those whom my love protects. bestow on me the birth of mastery, birth to the deathless, and ever your ways and will i will keep

like you remember your oath to the powers of green growing things and beasts- because to break them may spell the end of whatever power you have received back in your contract. continuing on, you address the powers you are making this oath to- animal spirits and plants, but chiefly to the great queen and the old one or the white king, you say support me, protect me, shelter me on the witching way the hidden road to wisdom let your power answer to my will, in the holy meadow, the ring of art, in my days and nights, as my power will answer to your will and rely on you. here is where you enter into the binding part of the contract- in exchange for their support, protection, and shelter on the witching road to wisdom, and in exchange for their power answering to your will, during petitions whe

ction be extended to those whom my love protects- those whom you love become protected as well. this is a great gift, and all the more reason for you to uphold your end of the pact, with no reservations. broadly speaking, what you will uphold is a life of protecting the land that you have become one with, and the creatures who dwell on it and within it- and you will uphold the values expressed in the hidden tradition- the belief in the sacredness of life, and the central importance of truth, chief among those. this moving oath is ended with the initiate swearing him or herself to them once more, and taking a new name to be used in the witching way- the name that spirits and beings in the unseen will know you nspsychonaut 75 a luciferian& vampyric self-liberation ritual december 22nd, 2002

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

mh: what exactly does the cultus sabbati represent in its outer and public form? ac: cultus sabbati very literally re-presents the sabbatic craft tradition; as a term in the outer it reorientates the actualities and inner dimensions of the tradition via public texts and images books, articles, and artistic forms. in this sense it may best be described as a magical projection an imaging- forth of the hidden to the seen. rf: since the cultus is a closed circle, admitting through formal invitation only, one has to ask the purpose of such an outer mask. why publish, why be seen? ac: this is a line of questioning we apply to ourselves in order to test our own rationale. in one very significant respect, the magical projection of the cultus has operated as a pharos for the curren, that is, a bea

this being said sabbatic craft, as a unifying term denoting a tradition, relates solely to the specific lineages convergent and operative in the cultus sabbati as an initiatic body. however, one can also speak of the sabbatic current as an initiatory line of spirit-power that can inform all who are receptive to its impetus, and which when engaged with beyond names may be understood as a key unto the hidden design of arte. being born of vision, i would say the origin of sabbatic craft lies truly in the circle itself. rf: can you say more about the ritual symbolism of the sabbatic craft on an inner level, particularly in relation to consciousness? ac: at an inner level of understanding one can speak of sabbatic craft in more subtle ways. the mythic elements of the witches sabbath can be tre

INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVEN FACES OF DARKNESS

g is in getting the results. only when the circuit becomes self-sustaining have you obtained the goals of the system. when you have changed the subjective universe, produced the change in the objective, and then integrated the new fact into the subjective have you obtained to magic. then you have taken the dry bones of the past and made it into a living system that enables you to communicate with the hidden secret side of the universe. when you achieve results, you have opened the mouths of the gods. a distillation of the above threefold system could be contained int eh egyptian sentence ir shti shta-tu! which could be translated variously as "inquire of the books of magic" or "seek the mysteries" or "travel through difficult territory" the egyptian word shta -ti may have been etymological

ty, my hands raised in praise of thy true name. if i enter the secret seat, i speak with set. but if one veils his face when his glance falls upon secret things, he may enter the house of osiris and see the secret things that are therein. this book is not for the pious who would veil their gaze, and trust to have secret things revealed to them in a later life. it is for those who would seek after the hidden things now. it is not for those who would come forth by daylight to see what is revealed by the light of another, but for those who would come forth by night and see by their own light. an excerpt from chapter one: the nature and goals of the left hand path sovereignty and the stages of initiation the left hand path is a quest for sovereignty. it seeks four types of rulership: l rulersh

disagreed with a family member over the thanksgiving day menu, and wound up with a fight that scarred you both for life. the left hand path magician comes to realize that such "slips" and seeming "accidents" are the key to power. but this does not mean that he or she believes that every event is fated. it means that learning to control one's life rationally becomes a talisman to effect control of the hidden aspects of life as well. thus magicians will enter a phase where none of their actions are random or accidental, and learn to watch themselves as a great source of mystery, from which even more being can be gained. fear of the future we are compelled to act, but not know the consequences of our actions. as humans we deal with this with a form of auto -hypnosis called cognitive dissonanc

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

e a pantheon in their own right, it is in keeping with the customs of our nameless faith and the mystery of the iconostasis, that our deities are often syncretised with the saints and deities of the so-called mortal faiths of man, that is, with the revered and divine personae of our localities presiding churches and holy sites. it is thus our custom to call many souls to walk in the procession of the hidden faith. what follows below is a call, adapted from the dragon-book of essex, for evoking the sovereign witch-father mahazhael. it is intended for the use of a covine or working lodge of arte. the lord mahazhael is revered as the guardian of the northern station and is considered to be the blessed consort of our lady liliya. his time is that of the midwinter sun, the season of misrule and

ISIS UNVEILED

he profuse ornamenta- tion of the library-walls, that there have even been popes who uved and died within the precincts of the palace without ever suspecting their existence. but these popes were neither sylvester ii, benedict ix, digitizecoy google ao isis dnveued john xx, nor the vlth and vllth gregory; nor yet the famous bor^ of tozicological memory. neither were those who remained ignorant of the hidden lore friends of the sons of loyola. where, in the reoords of emxipean magic, can we find cleverer endianters than in the mysterious solitudes of the cloister? albertus magnus, the famous bishop and conjurer of ratisbon, was never sur- passed in his art. roger bacon was a monk, and thomas aquinas one of the most learned pupils of albertus. trithemius, abbot of the spanheim benedictines

miraculoua" ducoveries of important documentj, at the moot opportune moments, with a premeditjited dedgn. k it ao strang that the cuitodiani ta 'pagan' lore, seeing that the proper moment had arrived, should cause the needed document, book, or relk to fall as if by accident in the right man's way? geologic] surveyors and explorers even as conipeteat as humboldt and tschudi. have not dis- covered the hidden mines from which the peruvian locos dug their treasure, althou^ the utter confesses that the present degenerate indians have the secret. in 1839 perring. the archaeologist, offered the sheik of an arab village two purses of gold, if he wdidd help him to discover the entrance to the hidden pasaage leading to the epulchial diambers in the north pj^amid of dahahor. but tfaou^ hit men were

if we lay aside the claims advanced on his behalf by his deifiers, he did but what other kabalists did; and only they at that epoch, when, for two centuries the sources of prophecy had been complete^ dried up, and from this stagnation of public 'miracles* had originated the skepticism of the unbelieving sect of the sadducees. describing the 'heresies' at those days, theodoret, who has no idea of the hidden meaning of the word christos, the anointed messenger, complains that they (the gnos- tics) assert tha thia meaaenger or deugatut changea kia body from time to hme "and goea into (dher bodiea, and at each time ia differently mani- feated. and these [the overshadowed prophets] use incantations and invocations of various demons and baptisms in the confession of their principles, they embra

stic tenna, such as heroma (fuuness, archona, aeons, etc. as to the 'first-born' the first, and the 'only-begotten' these are as
world. hippolytus shows the word 'logos' as existing among the brachmanes "the brachmanet say that the god is light, dot such as one sees, nor such as the sun and fire; but they have the ood logos, not the articulate, but the logos of the gnosis, through whom the hidden mtsteries of the gnosis are seen by the wise .the ^cto and the fourth gotpd teem with gnostic expressions. ilie kabalistic phrases "god's first-bom emanated from tlie most high" together with thai lohieh im the "sjnrii of the anointing" and again "they called him the anointed of the highest" are reproduced in spirit and substance by the author of the qorpd according to john "that waa'tj

bumouf, the great authority of the french school, announces his opinion in the same spirit "we must learn one day" he observes "that all ancient traditions disfigured by emigration and legend belong to the history of india" such is the opinion of colebrooke, inman, king, jacolliot, and many other orientalists. we have said above that according to the secret computation peculiar to the students of the hidden science, messiah is the fifth emanation or potency. in the jewish kabala, where the ten sephiroth emanate from adam kadmon (placed below the crown, he comes fifth. so in digitizecoy google 260 isis dnveiud the gnostie system; so in the buddhistic, in which the fifth buddha maitreya, will itppear at his last advent to save mankind before the final destruction of the world. if vishnu is r

st reaaons in the world to suspect the contrary. when they find that 1, all his sayings are in s pythagorean spirit, when not verbaum repetitions; 2, his code of ethics is purely buddhistic; 3, his mode of action and walk in life, essenean; and 4, his mystical mode of ex- pression, his parables, and his ways, those of an initiate, whether grecian, chaldaean, or magian (for the 'perfect' who spoke the hidden wisdom, were of the same school of archaic learning the world over, it is difficult to escape from the logical conclusion that he belonged to that same body of initiates. it is a poor compliment paid the supreme, this forcing upon him four gospels, in which, contradictory as they often are, there is not a single narrative, sentence, or peculiar expression, whose parallel may not be foun

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

f man) on its operations of fire. 73 stony doors: stone caving the thing fire, unseen, as its sepulchre; stroke warning the magical thing forth. whence comes that trail of fire from the cold bosom of the hard, secret, unexploding flint? children as from what hard, rocky breast; yet hiding its so sacred, sudden fire-birth! who and what science-philosopher can explain this wondrous darting forth of the hidden something, which he shall try in vain to arrest, but which, like a spirit, escapes him? if we ask what fire is, of the men of science, they are at fault. they will tell us that it is a phenomenon, that their vocabularies can give no further account of it. they will explain to us that all that can be said of it is, that it is a last affection of matter, to the results of which (in the wo

ficult, through language, to make this idea intelligible; but it is the real mystic dogma of the ancient guebres, or the fire-believers, the successors of the buddhists, or, more properly, bhuddists. what is explosion? it is the lancing into the layers of worlds, whereinto we force, through turning the edges out and driving through; in surprisal of the reluctant, lazy, and secret nature, exposing the hidden, magically microscopical stores of things, passed inwards out of the accumulated rings of worlds, out of the (within) supernaturally buried wealth, rolled in, of the past, in the procession of being. what is smoke but the disrupted vapour-world to the started soul-fire? the truth is, say the fire-philosophers, in the rousing of fire we suddenly come upon nature, and start her violently

rst observatory where the movements and the story of the stars were at the outset noted, and handed as from the earliest expositors of the secrets of the heavens. this procession of twelve 298 the rosicrucians (in the origin it was the procession of ten, under the name of the zodiac, tells, in its signs the history of the making of the world, according to the chald ans and egyptians, and also, in the hidden way, according to the account in the bible. as the little and the large have sometimes a closer connection than is ordinarily supposed, we will pass on now to some more familiar and commonplace examples. it may be worth while to dwell with greater minuteness on the little-understood origin of those light auxiliary troops, as they were organised originally, the modern hussars. this irreg

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

cal knowledge was rediscovered by the alchemists and cabalists. only during the past hundred years or so has western culture been open minded enough to permit widespread investigation of the subject. only since the start of the twentieth century has science shown much interest in it al all. parapsychology and psychic phenomena through parapsychology, we are at last beginning to gain insights into the hidden nature of man. parapsychology is a branch of psychology which studies psychic phenomena. remarkable evidence has been gathered on numerous cases of psychic phenomena. knowledge gained from parapsychology studies can be applied, so far as it goes, to the much broader based, much more theoretical study and practice of magick. thus, the human mind and body appears to broadcast psychic ener

KARR DON NOTES ON EDITIONS OF SEFER YETZIRAH IN ENGLISH

e torah is written with black fire on white fire. this statement is interpreted to mean that the torah contains both open and secret knowledge. the actual scroll of the torah is written in straight lines of black ink letters separated by white spaces, the parchment, itself. the black letters are clearly visible, so the black is the open knowledge, while the while spaces show nothing and represent the hidden wisdom* on-line at http//www.fredreissbooks.com/wst_page3.html. 20073 17 part 2: studies on sefer yezirah franck, adolphe. the kabbalah. the religious philosophy of the hebrews. french original: la kabbale ou la philosophie religieuse des hebreux, paris: 1843. german translation by adolph jellinek: die kabbala, oder die religion- philosophie der hebraer, liepzig: 1844. 2nd french editio

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f noble chadel, unfailing, unfading. now, from the spire of opal and ruby, i addressed my worthy disciples, resounding, the story of my wanderings in the arcane wilderness of caverns, bored out by primeval beasts, winding like serpents through the earth's foundations, telling again the deeds and thoughts of mine and of the new path, the new victory "my shedim, noble race, bright ones, builders of the hidden spires of deep chadel, who have stamped down upon the walls of heaven and nourished the dream of tomorrow with blood shed in battle and libations spilt from the sword-blade of your false brothers' blood, long days and nights have passed since once we contested the field before the gates of heaven and fought in most mortal conflict against a foe to whom, like us, death had become but a f

make too soon the journey beneath the earth and, in rising, reveal us in our quest to the wrathful eyes of heaven. 141 we stole amongst the sleeping beasts of earth, the roosting eagles upon the trees, cold lizards made languid by the chill of night, antelopes and wild horses slept upon the grasses that nourished their swift frames. not so much as a leaf did we rouse as we journeyed in stealth to the hidden valley. all was quiet and still, unknowing of the momentous deed to be enacted. onwards and yet onwards went shedim hopes, closer and yet closer to the goal and the prize. now the forbidden rift was in our sight, the laughter of the flowing river ringing in our ears and its fragrant spices upon the breezes that we breathed. at the entrance and the exit of the river to the enchanted vall

him to sing of heaven and, over and over, tutored him in that which he should speak until he was completely given over to those lies that they taught him. yet even when he was but a child did those of heaven perceive his destiny and that which would be wrought by him. michael looked down from his prison-tower where he ever watched all those about whether without or else within, ever guarding for the hidden knife or else the cup brim-full of venom. no ease was there for michael, fallen far from adonai yahweh's favour even as he had cast me far and now the traitor was betrayed by a thousand imagined threats. he saw on earth below this jesu and fear cleaved strong to him. despite the madness that howled within and drew to his sight alone visions of ten thousand hidden blades each clutched by

rt sands we came, he that marched with medina alone saw me at mecca's foremost rank. he alone descried my sword, bright with the borrowed light of the sun. now as the horns sounded across the dunes and each side went against the other, i joined combat with gabriel once more as i had fought him in the flood. 364 the men that fell bloody to the sand and those that exulted in the death perceived not the hidden war fought that day. they knew nothing of the scythe and sword, those two that once were brothers, contesting above them, in winged flight, the very fate of earth and heaven. mecca perceived not her champion and medina knew not their champion matched. weaving, darting, soaring, striking, once more were elohim and shedim at war. so long were my eyes turned from mankind, sore with the mou

or my children. night and day i watched as germany waxed great and the prophet of gabriel, hitler, was yet more greatly perverted by the deception of the elohim. now did the nephilim build machines that flew upon the wind and hurled down flame to destroy the cities of the foe. now were germany's hosts upon the banks of the volga now was france under them. again and again were they strengthened by the hidden hand of gabriel. the shedim looked upon the earth and they were dismayed. as i sat within the spire of opal and ruby. came to me there three of the shedim: abaddon, dagon and moloch. of these three that sought audience spoke moloch for them. as he approached me at the mirror. with these words did he counsel "satanael, commander of our hearts, for two thousand years have we been idle and

il against them. now, then, all ye who have followed my commandments and my teachings, reject all the teachings and sayings of such as are without. i have not taught these teachings, nor do they proceed from me. o ye that have believed in me, honor my symbol and my image, for they remind you of me. observe my laws and my statutes. obey my servants and listen to whatever they may dictate to you of the hidden things. 410 the hymn of sheikh adi my understanding surround the truth of things, and my truth is mixed up in me. and the truth of my descent is set forth by itself; and when it was known it was altogether in me. all who are in the universe are under me, and all the habitable parts and the deserts, and every thing created is under me. and i am the ruling power, preceding all that exists

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lation of the opening lines is as follows "i have come from afar to look upon thy beauties. my hands salute thy name of justice. i have come from afar, where the acacia tree grew not. where the tree thick with leaves is not born. where there com not beams from herb or grass. i have entered the place of mystery. i have communed with set. sleep came upon me, i was rapped therein, bowing down before the hidden things. i was ushered into the house of osiris. i saw the marvels that were there. the princes of the gates in their glory. the illustrations in this chapter represent the hall of truth as seen through the open leaves of its door. the hall is presided over by a god who holds his right hand over the cage of a hawk, and his left over the food of eternity. on each side of the god is a corn

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out ourselves. nothing is closer and more important to us than this knowledge, because it teaches us about ourselves, the world we live in, and about our own destiny. everything we learn about ourselves and the world, we reveal by ourselves and within ourselves. all this happens while our feelings and accumulating knowledge are concealed from others, which is why kabbalah is called the science of the hidden. f r e q u e n t ly a s k e d q u e s t i o n s 103 question: who is a kabbalist? a kabbalist is a person who, on the outside, is like any other person. a kabbalist does not have to be clever or learned. there is nothing unusual in the outward appearance. they are ordinary people who, through studying kabbalah, acquired an additional sixth sense, a sensation of the concealed part of the

sophers will delight in its illumination, laymen will also enjoy the satisfying answers to the riddles of life that only authentic kabbalah provides. now, travel through the pages and prepare for an astonishing journey into the upper worlds. introduction to the book of zohar: is the second in a series written by kabbalist and scientist rav michael laitman, which will prepare readers to understand the hidden message of the zohar. among the many helpful topics dealt with in this companion text to 109 the science of kabbalah, readers are introduced to the language of roots and branches, without which the stories in the zohar are mere fable and legend. introduction to the book of zohar will certainly furnish readers with the necessary tools to understand authentic kabbalah as it was originally

presents the first steps, an initial course on kabbalah, based solely on authentic teachings passed down from kabbalist teacher to student over thousands of years. offered within is a sequence of lessons revealing the nature of the wisdom and explaining the method of attaining it. for every person questioning who am i really? and why am i on this planet? this book is an absolute must. a guide to the hidden wisdom of kabbalah (with ten complete kabbalah lessons: provides the reader with a solid foundation for understanding the role of kabbalah in our world. the content was designed to allow individuals all over the world to begin traversing the initial stages of spiritual ascent toward the apprehension of the upper realms. kabbalah for beginners: by reading this book you will be able to ta

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rael s role 161 completes the historic cycle, and all of humanity as one body can now achieve equilibrium with nature. in a manifesto called messiah s horn, baal ha- sulam says that redeeming the world from its plights depends solely on disseminating the correction method: we are in a generation that is standing at the very threshold of redemption, if we will only know how to spread the wisdom of the hidden in the masses. he emphasizes that the wisdom of kabbalah must be brought to everyone in the world, and compares it to the voice of the shofar (a ram s horn blown on jewish holidays: and the dissemination of the wisdom in the masses is called a shofar. like the shofar, whose voice travels a great distance, the echo of the wisdom will spread throughout the world t h e b i rt h o f t h e p

e as the time when the correction of the world would have to take place. therefore, when the nation returned to israel, the great kabbalist, rav abraham isaac hacohen kook, who was also the first chief rabbi of israel, was very outspoken: now the times have come for everyone to know that the salvation of israel and the salvation of the entire world depend solely on the appearance of the wisdom of the hidden light of the internality of the secrets of the torah (kabbalah) in a clear language letters of the raiah, p. 92. only when we are what we should be will humanism return to humanity, the highest virtue, whose essence will be able to the spiritual light concealed within its quality; and it will israel s role 173 naturally soar in its entirety, and with pride it will know its happiness sef

r. although scientists and philosophers will delight in its illumination, laymen will also enjoy the satisfying answers to the riddles of life that only authentic kabbalah provides. now, travel further reading 205 through the pages and prepare for an astonishing journey into the upper worlds. introduction to the book of zohar: this volume is a required preparation for those who wish to understand the hidden message of the zohar. among the many helpful topics dealt with in this text, readers are introduced to the language of roots and branches, without which the stories in the zohar are mere fable and legend. introduction to the book of zohar will certainly furnish readers with the necessary tools to understand authentic kabbalah as it was originally meant to be, as a means to attain the up

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ity is, how can i know what to do to attain it? because in the beginning, we don t realize that what we really want is to discover the creator, we also don t realize that we will need a new method to search for him. this desire is so utterly different from anything we ve ever felt before, it is unclear even to us. this is why the method of discovering and satisfying it is designated the wisdom of the hidden. as long as all we wanted was food, social status, and xat most, knowledge xwe didn t need the wisdom of the hidden. we had no use for it, so it remained hidden. but its concealment does not mean that it was abandoned. on the contrary, for five thousand years kabbalists have been polishing and refining it for the time when people would need it. they have been writing simpler and simpler

osophers will delight in its illumination, laymen will also enjoy the satisfying answers to the riddles of life that only authentic kabbalah provides. now, travel through the pages and prepare for an astonishing journey into the upper worlds. introduction to the book of zohar is the second in a series written by kabbalist and scientist rav michael laitman, which will prepare readers to understand the hidden message of the zohar. among the many helpful topics dealt with in this companion text to the science of kabbalah, readers are introduced to the language of roots and branches, without which the stories in the zohar are mere fable and legend. introduction to the book of zohar will certainly furnish readers with the necessary tools to understand authentic kabbalah as it was originally mea

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; its outer form; its abstract form, and its essence we can only perceive the outer form of the object as it appears to us and, after examining it, the material of which it consists. but we have no understanding of the removed form of the object, that is, its non-material qualities (its essence. inner qualities and outer aspects- 201- 17 merging with the creator kabbalah is called "the science of the hidden" because it reveals to the one who learns it that which was previously hidden. the true picture of existence is revealed only to the one who apprehends it, as is written in the poem by rabbi ashlag: the miracle truth will radiate, and the mouth will only utter that truth, and all that will be revealed in confidence you will see, but no other! kabbalah is the teaching of that which is se

usly; secondly, you can move forward but not backward; thirdly, one who reaches the end can move as one likes, according to one s desires. if we believe that someone is talking about us, we become interested in what they are saying. that which is desired but is concealed is known as a "secret" if we read the bible and feel that it is talking about us, then we are considered to have begun studying the hidden wisdom of kabbalah, where we will read about ourselves, although we are not yet aware of this- 270- attaining the worlds beyond as we progress on the spiritual path, we will realize that the bible speaks about us, and then the bible will transform from being concealed to being revealed. those who read the bible without posing questions about themselves cannot discern in the bible either

he hidden wisdom of kabbalah, where we will read about ourselves, although we are not yet aware of this- 270- attaining the worlds beyond as we progress on the spiritual path, we will realize that the bible speaks about us, and then the bible will transform from being concealed to being revealed. those who read the bible without posing questions about themselves cannot discern in the bible either the hidden or the revealed parts; to those individuals, the bible appears simply as a historical account or a collection of legal statutes. for those who study kabbalah, it is said the bible speaks only of the present. from the point of view of egoism, there is nothing more strange and unnatural, unreal and absurd, then "selling" oneself into slavery to the creator, to erase in oneself all thought

and intentions are considered to be "concealed" they can differ greatly from the way others perceive them, and can even differ from our owns perception of our intentions. sometimes, we are not aware of exactly what prompts us towards this or that action. our true inner intentions that motivate us are often concealed from us, as well as from outside observers. for this reason kabbalah is known as the hidden part of the bible, the hidden wisdom, since it instructs us about intentions and how to direct them towards the creator. thus, this knowledge should be concealed from everyone, sometimes even from the individual in question. it is imperative to believe that everything in this world happens according to the will of the creator, is governed by him, sent by him, and controlled by him. ther

e cognition of the spiritual world- 345- experience. in other words, these forces prompt us to be satisfied with the knowledge that we already possess, to be content with the peel (klipa) while leaving the actual "fruit" aside. therefore, our intellects cannot understand the purpose of working for the sake of the creator, as the interference caused by impure forces does not allow us to understand the hidden meaning of kabbalah. in a spiritual object, the light that fills its top half, from the rosh (head) to the tabur (navel, is called "the past" while the light that fills its bottom half is called "the present" the surrounding light that did not yet enter the object, but is still awaiting its turn to be revealed is called "the future" if one has fallen spiritually and the egoistic desires

miniature world that consists of a multitude of desires, which are called "nations" we must know that none of our desires are suitable for spiritual ascent, except the desire to advance toward the creator; this desire is known as "israel (from the hebrew words yashar, straight, and el, god, meaning "straight to the god. only by choosing this desire over all the others can that individual receive the hidden wisdom of kabbalah. the concealment of one s spiritual level is one of the imperative conditions of a successful spiritual ascent. concealment of this type implies the performance of actions so that they are not noticeable to others. most important, however, is the concealment of a person s thoughts and aspirations. if a situation arises in which a kabbalist must express a point of view

st as a person should strive to feel the insignificance of his inborn characteristics, so too should he be proud of his spiritual work and purpose (talmud, brachot) a person who strives toward the creator is known as his child (talmud, shabbat, in contrast with those who want to be rewarded for their studies (by respect, knowledge, or money. grasp the creator. kabbalah is known as the teaching of the hidden (nistar) because it can only be grasped by a person to the degree that he is able to alter his inner qualities. therefore, he cannot pass along his perceptions to others, but he can and should help others to overcome the same path (rambam, ilchot yesodot torah) who can imagine a world that is not filled by the creator (talmud, shabbat) kabbalistic quotes- 433- an individual must imagine

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ysics in particular. instead, it positioned science as a tool that uncovers a limited part of reality, rather than the absolute truth. the actual reality is hidden from us; we cannot discover it by means of scientific research. in recent years, many scientists have become interested in various religions, new age theories, and mysticism. they are trying to find new tools and new ways to understand the hidden parts of reality, those unattainable by using conventional research methods. this scientific predicament has escalated into a crisis since the turn of the century, challenging our ability to expose the full picture of the world we live in, and to understand the rules that govern both nature and humanity. once humanity exhausted its desire for knowledge and erudition and the visible real

ods. this scientific predicament has escalated into a crisis since the turn of the century, challenging our ability to expose the full picture of the world we live in, and to understand the rules that govern both nature and humanity. once humanity exhausted its desire for knowledge and erudition and the visible reality had been researched, a new desire surfaced to know the highest of concepts and the hidden part of reality. this is the stage of the evolution of desires that humanity has reached today. this is the background for the appearance of the wisdom of kabbalah, which offers humanity a new perspective, a scientific worldview that kabbalists discovered thousands of years ago. our current desire to know all of reality shows that humanity is ready to be exposed to kabbalah. f o r e wo

upled with a scientific approach. kabbalah develops tools within us that welcome us into a comprehensive reality and provide means to research it. kabbalah, science and the meaning of life presents the fundamentals of the science that explores the aspects of reality hidden from scientists. when we discover those hidden parts, our knowledge of the world we live in will be complete. by uniting both the hidden and the revealed, we will prepare ourselves for accurate scientific research and the discovery of the genuine formulae. by uncovering the hidden, our view of the world will become complete, liberated from the boundaries of relative perception and we will be able to unveil the existence of every part of reality, beyond time, space and motion. the wisdom of kabbalah grants all the above t

past giants left behind. the kabbalah that we study today contains the same knowledge that was passed on from abraham through all the generations. i was privileged to spend twelve years beside baal hasulam s eldest son and successor, kabbalist rabbi baruch shalom ashlag, and from him i received this knowledge. t h e n a t u r e o f m a t t e r 27 the wisdom of kabbalah is a method for discovering the hidden part of reality, that imperceptible realm of reality that our five senses cannot grasp. it develops another sense in us, one that perceives the reality that exists beyond our present perception. kabbalah says that the whole of reality consists of a substance called the will to receive pleasure. this will to receive pleasure is essentially a desire to be filled with delight, enjoyment; i

we are pa r t i: k a b b a l a h m e e t s q ua n t u m p h y s i c s 66 assisted by kabbalists, those who are already there, who teach us how to acquire these attributes. they explain how one can develop an additional, internal sense, a soul, through special activities. using that sense, we can perceive an additional reality that was previously hidden; hence the epithet of kabbalah the wisdom of the hidden. perceiving that hidden reality brings us to understand the formulae by which it operates us, the goal to which it is leading us, and the way in which it is executing these formulae. the kabbalist is inside that reality and is an integrated part of it, a part that justifies it. in that state, a person is called a tzadik, and this is the tzadik s nature. 125 degrees comprise the justific

insights surface, pertaining to the reality in which one lives. one begins to feel the operations at the backstage of matter, the forces that operate the visible, perceptible matter. a kabbalist continues to feel the same reality as before with the ordinary five senses, but at the same time perceives the forces beyond the perceptual boundaries of the five senses with the help of the sixth sense. the hidden reality becomes more and more lucid, and the existence of another reality beyond the picture of this world becomes apparent. the revelation of the spiritual reality is divided into three phases, called ibur (gestation, katnut (infancy, and gadlut (adulthood. in the first phase, the ibur, we can see our state, but cannot understand it. in the second phase, the katnut, we understands that

one another, as if cells of a single body. this finding brought researchers to hypothesize that the general law for every part of reality is the law of love. the only problem is that the researchers cannot raise themselves to that level and be that nature. if scientists could change their nature in accordance with what they believe is present beyond the physical level, they would find that beyond the hidden material lies a very real, rock-solid reality, as real as the one they know now. they could perceive the forces, their interconnections, and their systems. but for a researcher to discover all that, there must be congruence of form between the researcher and the level of these forces. we can compare this to walking into a completely dark room. first, we do not see the objects in the roo

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ey information. t h e s t u d y o f k a b b a l a h 93 q: can a gentile study kabbalah? a: anyone who is interested can study kabbalah. kabbalah books have been available for everyone s scrutiny for thousands of years. you can go into any store and purchase any book you want on kabbalah. no one will ask who you are. no secrets are taught in kabbalah. the wisdom of kabbalah is called the wisdom of the hidden, not because it is secret in and of itself, but because it reveals things that were hidden before we began to study. it reveals everything that surrounds us. however, the wisdom of kabbalah is comprised of two parts: flavors of the torah and secrets of the torah. the flavors of the torah investigate the structure of the spiritual worlds, man s soul, and how one should correct oneself. e

ah and secrets of the torah. the flavors of the torah investigate the structure of the spiritual worlds, man s soul, and how one should correct oneself. everyone is permitted to study that part. this material is written about in books of kabbalah sold all over the world and translated into english, russian and other languages. anyone can learn the flavors of the torah. the secrets of the torah is the hidden part of the torah. nothing is written about it in any book. that part is taught only after a person has acquired the flavors of the torah, attained the structure of the spiritual worlds as well as one s own completely, and recognized and partaken of the process of creation. a person who has attained that level, where physical life and death do not exist, sees the entire process from beg

if we have no light? a: there is a hidden effect to the light; its influence can be aroused only by reading genuine kabbalah texts. the screen is acquired through study, absorbing the texts, and connecting with the rav. therefore, it is important to read genuine texts, because even without understanding t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 152 them we advance forward in the right direction. the hidden light does influence! as for the time a person is in our world, it is said in the introduction to the study of the ten sefirot that whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do (ecclesiastes 9, 10. this is so because only after tremendous efforts can a person attain the effect of the hidden upper light. this will give one the power to be redelivered, enter the upper worl

eir books, where we can read about the spiritual world. kabbalah, as we ve said above, is an applied science. if we do not learn from our own experiences and do not work on correcting ourselves, we cannot understand what we read in books. thus, because they speak of things that have no expression in this world, we will know nothing about kabbalah. for this reason, kabbalah is called the wisdom of the hidden because we cannot see the hidden, only the revealed. being scientists of kabbalah does not mean reading many books, but rather attaining the upper degrees of revelation. the extent of the revelation of the upper one reflects the degree of the kabbalist. although the will to receive becomes revealed further and further until it reaches its true limitless measure, it is invisible to other

ce them. a person should come to kabbalah when ready. you can offer others a book, but nothing more. if they react, then the seed (the point in the heart) already exists in their soul. if no response is returned, then perhaps in a few life cycles the person will want what we want today. o n e s s o u l s h a l l t e ac h o n e q: is it true that there are souls that are connected to the wisdom of the hidden and souls that are connected to the revealed wisdom? does each soul have its own spiritual root, by which it can fulfill itself? a: you are quoting from the words of rabbi shimon bar-yochai, who speaks of a corrected aim of man s desires, for the creator, meaning those who are already in the process of climbing the ladder from our world to the infinite. to such people there are two type

ulfill itself? a: you are quoting from the words of rabbi shimon bar-yochai, who speaks of a corrected aim of man s desires, for the creator, meaning those who are already in the process of climbing the ladder from our world to the infinite. to such people there are two types of soul: one that is named the revealed torah, which stems from the term, ohr pashut (lit. simple light, and the wisdom of the hidden, which is revealed on certain conditions. there is indeed a meaning to the words of rashbi (rabbi shimon bar-yochai) that relates to our world as well: one who is drawn to the revealed torah should study only that, and one who takes after kabbalah can study kabbalah. i always stress the words of our sages: one s soul s o u l, b o d y a n d r e i n c a r n a t i o n 269 shall teach one

t is why we cannot describe what happens correctly. the link between our world and the other worlds is inconceivable because we have no conception of the spiritual worlds. only a kabbalist feels both worlds at the same time, but cannot explain that sensation to one who cannot feel spiritual substance. the wisdom of attaining the upper world is personal and is therefore designated as the wisdom of the hidden. only one who attains it can see the results, and no one else. the pharaoh of the world of atzilut is the collective uncorrected will to receive that had been created by the creator. it is always in the height of the degree of the creator, but opposite him. therefore, the correction of pharaoh in the world of atzilut means a complete correction of malchut, which is the whole of creation

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the reception of the light of the creator in the middle. there is a certain duality here. from the creator s perspective, everything is clear and foreseen, including the sin of the first man and its detailed process of correction. everything has its place and time. in fact, everything is already at the end of correction. but for us, it is all a secret. man has yet to discover the rules governing the hidden. we must move ahead with faith above reason, with the unknown pressing and encouraging us to strain to find the creator and maintain constant contact with him of our own choice. but we and the creator have opposite characteristics, and because of our egoism we are afraid to connect with him because we don t know what the good inclination is, let alone pure altruism! from the perspective

ecause they are able to receive the upper knowledge, eternal pleasure, and the force of the creator. the method that allows them to move beyond the boundaries of our nature and its limitations is called the wisdom of kabbalah. such wisdom reveals how any person can understand the reality beyond our world and perceive the actual reality, the seemingly external one. kabbalah is called the wisdom of the hidden because this wisdom is hidden to everyone who is confined to the framework of our five senses. this method enables us to receive additional desires to the ones we are born with, and in them receive the actual sensation of reality. although this method is complex, serious, and profound, it is one that anyone can understand and use. furthermore, kabbalists claim that until we attain the r

actually the only thing that the creator created, but we can and should change the aim of our desire from receiving for me to receiving for the creator. thus, the desire to feel pleasure does not change, only the aim. for that reason, the method for changing the aim is called the wisdom of kabbalah, and because the aim is concealed from the eye, the wisdom of kabbalah is also called the wisdom of the hidden. it teaches how to receive by changing the aim. consequently, the important thing is the aim behind every act, the purpose for which one does what one does. the 125 rungs of the ladder are degrees of gradual correction of the aim of the soul from receiving for me to receiving for the creator. pa r t t wo: p h a s e s o f s p i r i t ua l e v o l u t i o n 71 the five degrees of the will

itual degree and extent of sensation of the upper light (attainment of the creator) that will be achieved. it is said that a mitzva without an aim is like a body without a soul. this means that a mitzva without an aim is dead in the spiritual sense. it is in a degree called still. the purpose of kabbalah is to teach us how to aim correctly. that is the reason that kabbalah is called the wisdom of the hidden. only the individual can know what he or she aims for, and sometimes even that is unclear to the person involved. therefore, kabbalah teaches us to examine our exact intentions so we will eventually begin to feel our egoism and our real essence the desire to enjoy without any reservations or consideration of the needs of others. in the beginning of our spiritual quest, we cannot quite u

ne changes oneself. if people changed their qualities, we would be able to communicate in a spiritual language and perform spiritual acts. we all receive and suffer according to the level we are on. turning anguish into something spiritual requires a screen. this cannot be given at whim. such a demand creates a barrier, a separation. that is why the wisdom of kabbalah is also called the wisdom of the hidden (for those who have not attained it. in the preface to the book of zohar, baal hasulam depicts four levels of recognition: matter, form clothed in matter, abstract form, and essence. our science can only deal with what concerns the matter and the form clothed in the matter. a form without matter is a completely abstract concept that cannot be clearly analyzed. the essence, the thing pa

ttain this great purity, except by the study of the wisdom of kabbalah, the easiest way suitable for those without knowledge as well. but through the study of the literal torah alone, it is impossible to attain purity but for singled out individuals, and with great efforts, but not for the majority of the people (rabbi yehuda ashlag, introduction to talmud eser sefirot. the attainment begins from the hidden torah, and only afterwards does one attain the remaining portions of the torah, and only in the end does one attain the revealed torah (the vilna gaon, the siddur. i have seen it written that the prohibition from above to refrain from open study in the wisdom of truth was only for a limited period, until the end of 1490, but from then on the prohibition has been lifted and permission wa

the study of the ten sefirot. in addition, rabbi ashlag wrote a great number of complementary books, including matan torah (the giving of the torah, the book of introductions, beit shaar hakavanot (gatehouse of intentions, and others. i recommend studying kabbalah only according to the books of this great kabbalist, because they are written in a simple and clear language, and offer insight to all the hidden knowledge of the zohar and the sources that preceded it. i also recommend reading the books of rabbi pa r t f o u r: p r o p e r s t u d y 271 baruch ashlag and the books that i published. i don t recommend reading other sources for fear the text will be misunderstood. however, once a student acquires the basics of the wisdom of kabbalah through studies in the books of rabbi ashlag, any

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

o f c o n t e n t s part one: the beginning..9 chapter 1.1 the great illusi ethe hidden life in freemasonry by c. w. leadbeater 33 (edited and re-formatted by brother w *december 2005) the theosophical publishing house adyar, madras, india 1926 second edition, plate 0. foreword it is once more my privilege to usher into the world, for the helping of the thoughtful, another volume of the series on the hidden side of things written by bishop charles w. leadbeater. true mason that he is, he is ever trying to spread the light which he has received, so that it may chase away the darkness of chaos. to look for the light, to see the light, to follow the light, were duties familiar to all egyptian masons, though the darkness in that ancient land never approached the density which shrouds the west

tion before. it is the same world, and yet so different, merely because he can see more of it, and move about in it in a new way. every caterpillar is a potential butterfly; and we have the advantage over these creatures in that we can anticipate the butterfly stage, and so learn much more about our world, come much nearer to the truth, enjoy life much more, and do much more good. we should study the hidden side of every-day life, for in that way we shall get so much more out of it. the same truth applies to higher things- to religion, for example. religion has always spoken to mankind of unseen things above- not only far away in the future, but close around us here and now. our life and what we can make of it largely depend upon how real these unseen things are to us. whatever we do, we s

the production of the book would not have been possible. c. w. l. second edition in this second edition a few trifling corrections have been made, and some additional information has been given with regard to certain higher degrees. c. w. l. contents foreword author's preface chapter i introductory personal experience. egyptian evidences. preservation of rituals and symbols. the egyptian outlook. the hidden work. the egyptian race. the grand lodges. the ordinary lodges. the history of masonry. chapter ii the lodge form and extension. orientation. the celestial canopy. the altar. pedestals and columns. orders of architecture. meaning of the three columns. the pillars of the porchway. chapter iii the fittings of the lodge the ornaments. the mosaic pavement. the indented border. the blazing s

apter ix the higher degrees the masonic plane. the ceremony of installation. the mark degree. the holy royal arch. still higher. the rose croix. black masonry. white masonry. how to use the powers. our relation with angels. chapter x (chapter ix in first edition) two wonderful rituals the workings in egypt. the form of the temple of amen-ra. the building of the temple of amen-ra. the unveiling of the hidden light. the offerings. the descent of osiris. the distribution of the sacrament. the re-union of osiris. the shining of the light. the pledge and the blessing. the ceremony of the holy angels. the lodge and officers. the triangle of adepts. the arrival of the angels. the building of the temple of the angels. the ceremony in the temple. the effect of the festival. chapter xi (chapter x in

in the year 1561 he was born as francis bacon. of that great man we hear in history little that is true and a great deal that is false. the real facts of his life are gradually becoming known, largely by means of a cipher story which he wrote secretly in the many works which he published. that story is of entrancing interest, but it does not concern us here. a sketch of it may be found in my book the hidden side of christian festivals, from which i am epitomizing this account(*op. cit, p. 303) 31. a century later we are told that he took birth as jozsef rakoczi, a prince of transylvania. we find him mentioned in the encyclopedias, but not much information is given. after that considerable mystery surrounds his movements. he seems to have travelled about europe, and he turns up at intervals

beginning, of a condition of mind in which no one feared any-thing excepting wrong, and its possible results in delaying unfoldment; in which men looked forward with perfect certainty to their progress after death, because they knew all about it; in which their one desire was not for salvation but for advancement in evolution, because such advancement brought them greater power to do effectively the hidden work which god expected of them? 45. i am not suggesting that every one in ancient egypt was altruistic, any more than are all the people in modern england. but i do say that the country was permeated with joy and fearlessness so far as its religious ideas were concerned, and that every one who by any stretch of courtesy could be described as a religious man was occupied not with though

the charge than are the hindus. all men knew and worshipped the one god, amen-ra, the gone without a second h, the centre of whose manifestation on the physical plane is the sun; but they worshipped him under different aspects and through different channels. in one of the hymns addressed to him it was said: 49. the gods adore thee, they greet thee, o thou the one dark truth, the heart of silence, the hidden mystery, the inner god seated within the shrine, thou producer of beings, thou the one self. we adore the souls that are emanated from thee, that share thy being, that are thyself. o thou that art hidden, yet everywhere mani-fest, we worship thee in greeting each god-soul that cometh forth from thee and liveth in us. 50. the ggods h were not considered to be equal with god, but rather t

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

karma to be employed in this department of his service; may we never forget how great is our privilege; may we never fail to take the fullest advantage of this opportunity which he has given us! s c m c i c bd glimpses of masonic history by c. w. leadbeater theosophical publishing house, adyar 1926 (edited and re-formatted for pdf by brother w. note this should really be considered as part ii of the hidden life of freemasonry and is mentioned by the author in the preface* contents author s preface chapter i schools of masonic thought the origins of masonry. the authentic school. the anthro-pological school. the mystical school. the occult school. the knowledge of the occultist. the occult records. the sacramental power. the form and the life. orthodoxy and heresy. chapter ii the egyptian

ng of traditions. the transmission of the new rites. the essenes and the christ. kabbalism. the spiritualization of the temple. the loss of the divine name. chapter v the greek mysteries the eleusinian mysteries. the origin of the greek mysteries. the gods of greece. the officials. the lesser mysteries. the greater mysteries. the myths of the greater mysteries. the magic of the greater mysteries. the hidden mysteries. the school of pythagoras. the three degrees. other greek mysteries. chapter vi the mithraic mysteries zarathustra and mithraism. mithraism among the romans. the mithraic rites. the roman collegia. the work of king numa. the colleges and the legions. the introduction of the jewish form. the transition to the operatives. chapter vii craft masonry in mediaeval times evolutionary

ermont. the council of emperors. stephen morin. frederick the great. the charleston transformation. the spread of the scottish rite. chapter xii the co-masonic order the restoration of an ancient landmark. the succession of co-masonry. the co-masonic rituals. the future of masonry appendix i. i. degrees of the rite of perfection ii. principal masonic events from 1717 author s preface when i wrote the hidden life in freemasonry, it was at first my intention to devote my second chapter to a brief outline of masonic history. i soon found that that plan was impractical. the most compressed account that would be of any use would occupy far more space than i could spare, and would entirely overweight the book with what is after all only one department of its subject. the obvious alternative is t

ar more space than i could spare, and would entirely overweight the book with what is after all only one department of its subject. the obvious alternative is to publish the historical sketch separately; hence this book, which is really but a second volume of the other. the keynote of both volumes, and indeed the only reason for their publication, is to explain precisely what the title indicates- the hidden life in freemasonry- the mighty force in the background, always at work yet always out of sight, which has guided the transmission of the masonic tradition through all the vicissitudes of its stormy history, and still inspires the utmost enthusiasm and devotion among the brn. of the craft to-day. the existence and the work of the head of all true freemasons is the one and sufficient rea

of students in the co-masonic order, and is gradually attracting adherents in masculine masonry also. since one of its chief and distinctive tenets is the sacramental efficacy of masonic ceremonial when duly and lawfully performed, we may perhaps not improperly term it the sacramental or occult school. the term occultism has been much misunderstood; it may be defined as the study and knowledge of the hidden side of nature by means of powers which exist in all men, but are still unawakened in the majority- powers which may be aroused and trained in the occult student by means of long and careful discipline and meditation. 22. the goal of the occultist, no less than that of the mystic, is conscious union with god; but the methods of approach are different. the aim of the occultist is to atta

dents of the kabbala in later ages: as above, so below. the masonic rites are thus rites of the probationary path, intended to be a preparation for true initiation, to be a school for training the brn. for the far greater knowledge of the path proper. 36. the sacramental power 37. to the occult student masonry has also another aspect, of the greatest importance, concerning which i have written in the hidden life in freemasonry it is not only a wonderful and intricate system of occult symbols enshrining the secrets of the invisible worlds; it has also a sacramental aspect which is of the utmost beauty and value not only to its initiates but to the world at large. the performance of the ritual of each degree is intended to call down spiritual power, first to assist the bro. upon whom the deg

ferred to awaken within himself that aspect of consciousness which corresponds to the symbolism of the degree, as far as it can be awakened; secondly to aid in the evolution of the members present; and thirdly and most important of all, to pour out a flood of spiritual power intended to uplift, strengthen and encourage all members of the craft. 38. some years ago i undertook an investigation into the hidden side of the sacraments of the catholic church, and published the results of that investigation in a book called the science of the sacraments. those who have read that book will remember that the shedding abroad of spiritual power is one great object of the celebration of the holy eucharist, and of other services of the church, and that it is attained by the invocation of an angel to bu

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

vely by freeman b. dowd, edward h. brown (1907, and r. swinburne clymer (1922, author of numerous books, who was recently succeeded by his son, emerson m. clymer. authority of the order is represented by the council of three, whereas the highest office is held by the hierarch of eulis. the order s literature is distributed by the beverly hall corporation in quakertown, pennsylvania. fraternity of the hidden light 93 see also magic and magical groups for further reading: clymer, r. swinburne. the rosicrucian fraternity in america. quakertown, pa: rosicrucian foundation, 1935. randolph, paschal beverly. eulis, affectional alchemy. quakertown, pa: confederation of initiates, 1930. fraternity of light the fraternity of light, formed in philadelphia by a group of cabalistic magicians, derives f

h priest, and the high priestess are the heads of the fraternity, whereas the circle of the pentacle, and the brotherhood of the cup represent the core of the fraternity. see also magic and magical groups for further reading: melton, j. gordon. the encyclopedia of american religion. detroit, mi: gale research, 5th ed, 1996. the path of light. philadelphia: fraternity of light, 1974. fraternity of the hidden light fraternity of the hidden light is the english name of the fraternity known as fraternitas l. v. x. occulta. very similar to the builders of the adytum, it originated from the american section of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (ogd. it is claimed that, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the head and three officers of the ogd reorganized the order as a mystery school

ance, and whose higher self is in control of their lives. finally, the third level is composed of the great adepts and masters of the ages, guiding the fraternity from the inner realms. paul a. clark is the present head of the fraternity. 94 fraternity (society) of the inner light see also magic and magical groups for further reading: clark, paul a. the book of the rose. covina, ca: fraternity of the hidden light, 1985. fraternity (society) of the inner light violet mary firth was born in 1891 to a family of christian scientists. in her twenties she was a law analyst at a medical-psychological clinic in london, and began to study psychology to work on her own development. in 1919 she was initiated into the alpha et omega lodge (aeo) of the stella matutina, the hogd offshoot presided over b

i (grandson to the president, forrest j. ackerman (later, the publisher of famous monsters of filmland and acknowledged expert on science fiction, author fritz leiber, local eccentric dr. cecil e. nixon (creator of the musical automaton isis) and underground filmmaker kenneth anger. from this crowd lavey distilled what he called a magic circle of associates who shared his interest in the bizarre, the hidden side of what moves the world. as his anton lavey, the founder of modern religious satanism (archive photos) 146 lavey, anton szandor expertise grew, lavey began presenting friday night lectures summarizing the fruits of his research. in 1965, lavey was featured on the brother buzz show, a humorous children s program hosted by marionettes. the focus was on lavey s addams family lifestyle

LIBER 777

-clxxxiii and clxxxvi, not all columns throughout as the editors of 777 revised state t.s. 34 notes to table of correspondences col. ii: 0-10 are the names of the numbers or emanations; 11-32 the letters spelt in full. line 1. some of the common titles of kether are: twcp hdqn the small point. lz tt the profuse giver. hnwcar hdqn the primordial point. hdwwh acyr the white head. ma amen. alpwm rwa the hidden light. alp the hidden wonder. hlum \wr inscrutable height. ypna ]yra long of nose \ypa ]yra long of face. ymwy the ancient of days [also name of seven inferiors] hyha rca hyha existence of existences. yqytud aqytu ancient of ancient ones. acydq aqytu holy ancient one. fwcp rwa the simple light. yrmfd hrymf concealed of the concealed acyr the head ymynp rwa the inner light wylu the most

LIBER ALEPH

oet called an incarnation of the zeitgeist, that is, of the spirit or will of his period. so every poet is also a prophet, because when that which he sayeth is recognized as the expression of their own thought by men, they translate this into act, so that, in the parlance of he folk vulgar and ignorant .that which he foretold is come to pass. now then the poet is interpreter of the hieroglyphs of the hidden will of man in many a matter, some light, some deep, as it may be given unto him to do. moreover, it is not altogether in the word of any poem, but in the quintessential flavour of the poet, that thou mayst seek this prophecy. and this is an art most necessary to every statesman. who but shelley foretold the fall of christianity, and the organisation of labour, and the freedom of woman;

tifieth the will, loosing him from bodily fatigue, morphine, which purifieth the mind, making the thought safe, and slow, and single, heroin which partaketh as it seemeth, of the nature of these twain aforesaid albeit in degree less notable than either of them, and alcohol, which is food, that is, fuel, for the whole man. to water, attribute hashish and mescal, for they make images, and they open the hidden springs of pleasure and of beauty. morphine, for its ease, hath also part in water. air ruleth ethyl oxide, for it is as a sword, dividing asunder ever part of thee, making easy the way of analysis, so that thou comest to learn thyself of what elements thou art compact. lastly, of the nature of earth are the direct hypnotics, which operate by repose, and restore thy strength by laying t

ere will i call to witness the common event of .good resolutions. that defy the lightning of destiny, being puffed up by the mind of an indigestible ideal putrefying within thee. thence cometh colic, and presently the poison is expelled, or else thou diest. but resolutions of true will are mighty against circumstance. n the book of wisdom or folly 129 dy de vitiis voluntatis secret (of defects of the hidden will) earn moreover concerning this hell, or hidden wisdom, that is within thee, that it is modified, little by little, through the experience of the conscious mind, which feedeth it. for that wisdom is the expression, or rather symbol and hieroglyph, of the true adjustment of thy being to its environment. now, then, this environment being eroded by time, this wisdom is no more perfect

LIBER CXX

of his father osiris. i have stretched out my arms at the word of osiris; i am entered in, i am justified, i come forth worthy at the gate. i am pure at the palace of the passage of souls; i have destroyed the evil that clung to my members upon earth. hail, ye twin hawks upon your pinnacles, ye that guard the gate of the abyss, for i am made as ye! i am he that cometh forth by day. i have passed the hidden ways; yea, i am he, the bornless spirit, having sight in the feet; strong and the immortal fire! i am he, the truth! i am he, that 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 earth. i am he, whose mouth ever flameth! i am he, the begetter and manifester unto the light. i am he, the grace of the w

LIBER LVII

y bathe in his lustral and illimitable light? it must first here be spoken of the exoteric qabalah to be found in books, a shell of that perfect fruit of the tree of life. next we will deal with the esoteric teachings of it, as frater p. was able to understand them. and of these we shall give examples, showing the falsity and absurdity of the uninitiated path, the pure truth and reasonableness of the hidden way. for the student unacquainted with the rudiments of the qabalah we recommend the study of s. l. mathers .introduction. to his translation of the three principal books of the zohar,3 and westcott.s .introduction to the study of the qabalah. we venture to append a few quotations from the former document, which will show the elementary principles of calculation. dr. westcott.s little b

be put before the first, it makes br, rab, great. if after the third be placed the fifth and fourth, it gives cya, aish, man. if to the two first be joined the two last, they give tyrb, berith, covenant. and if the first be added to the last, it gives bt, theb, which is sometimes used for bwt, thob, good. there are three qabalistic veils of the negative existence, and in themselves they formulate the hidden ideas of the sephiroth not yet called into being, and they are concentrated in kether, which in this sense is the malkuth of the hidden ideas of the sephiroth. i will explain this. the first veil of the negative existence is the ya, ain, negativity. this word consists of three letters, which 9 [however this involves counting the third letter (but not the second) as writ large for which

ts ordinary representation in arabic numerals, where the circle 0 represents the negative, and the 1 the unity. thus, then, the limitless ocean of negative light does not proceed from a centre, for it is centreless, but it concentrates a centre, which is the number one of the manifested sephiroth, kether, the crown, the first sephira; which therefore may be said to be the malkuth or number ten of the hidden sephiroth. thus .kether is in malkuth, and malkuth is in kether. or, as an alchemical writer of great repute (thomas vaughan, better known as eugenius philalethes) say (in euphrates, or the waters of the east, apparently quoting from proclus .that the heaven is in the earth, but after an earthly manner; and that the earth is in the heaven, but after a heavenly manner. but in as much as

elekh, my lord the king, and rah ynda, adonai ha-aretz, lord of earth] 14 liber lviii to the sephira which immediately follows it. but there is no sephira anterior to kether, nor is there a sephira which succeeds malkuth. by these remarks it will be understood how chokmah is a feminine noun, though marking a masculine sephira. the connecting link of the sephiroth is the ruach, spirit, from mezla, the hidden influence. i will now add a few more remarks on the qabalistical meaning of the term alqtm, metheqela, balance. in each of the three trinities or triads of the sephiroth is a duad of opposite sexes, and a uniting intelligence which is the result. in this, the masculine and feminine potencies are regarded as the two scales of the balance, and the uniting sephira as the beam which joins t

nt of shiva upon shakti in samadhi. the roman a shows the same through the shape of the pentagram, which it imitates. sa, ruin, destruction, sudden death. scil, of the personality in samadhi. lpa, thick darkness. cf. st. john of the cross, who describes these phenomena in great detail \oa, the hindu aum or om.47 llwhm, mad.the destruction of reason by illumination. hlwo, a holocaust. cf. sa. alp, the hidden wonder, a title of kether. 114. omd, a tear. the age of christian rosenkreutz. 120 ]ms, samech, a prop. also ydswm, basis, foundation. 120= 1 2 3 4 5, and is thus a synthesis of the powers of the pentagram [also 1+ 2+ 15= 120] hence its importance in the 5= 6 ritual, q.v. supra equinox, no. iii.48 i however disagree in part; it seems to me to symbolise a lesser redemption than that asso

and the sublime zero .and therefore their breaths stink. 543. good, but only carries us back to the mother. 666. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the 78 [victor neuburg, according to a note by crowley in a copy of equinox i (5, as transcribed by yorke. t.s] 79 [364= inter alia, alpwm roa, the hidden light, a title of kether, and fch, the adversary. t.s] 80 [vide al i. 22. t.s] 52 liber lviii lion (leo my rising sign81) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

said mahabrahma, who had assumed the guise of a cowherd .i kiss your worshipful trilbies :1 i prostrate myself before your eminent respectability .sir. said the holy man, none other than our lord himself .thou seekest illumination. mahabrahma smirked and admitted it .from negative to positive. explained the thrice-honoured one .through potential existence eternally vibrates the divine absolute of the hidden unity of processional form masked in the eternal abyss of the unknowable, the synthetic hieroglyph of an illimitable, pastless, futureless present .to the uttermost bounds of space rushes the voice of ages unheard of save in the concentrated unity of the thought-formulated abstract; and eternally that voice formulates a word which is glyphed in the vast ocean of limitless life.2 do i ma

y in the light and peace of buddh. aum! i take my refuge, slowly working out his law of good. aum! i take my refuge lowly in his pitying brotherhood. 120 epilogue when the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance with the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom of the wind.s cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley.s gloom; then i walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways of the immemorial places shut behind the starry rays; of the east and all its splendour, of the west and all its peace; and the stubborn lights grow tender, and the hard sounds hus and cease. in the wheel of heaven revolving, mysteries of death and birth, in the womb of time dissolving, shape anew a heaven and ear

LIBER SAMEKH

is in tiphareth, whose office is redemption, and he deplores the events which have cause the apparent sorrow from which he has just escaped. he is also aware, even in the height of his ecstasy, of the limits and defects of his attainment.26 line 4 this refers to the phenomena which accompany his attainment. line 5 this means the recognition of the angel as the true self of his subconscious self, the hidden life of his physical life. line 6 the adept realizes every breath, every word of his angel as charged with creative fire. tiphareth is the sun, and the angel is the spiritual sun of the soul of the adept. line 7 here is summed the entire process of bringing the conditioned universe to knowledge of itself through the formula of generation* a soul implants itself in sensehoodwinked body a

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

hoenir appeared to have the qualities of a chieftain, and the vanir immediately employed him in that capacity. but hoenir relied exclusively on the counsels of mimir, and when mimir was not present, hoenir responded to queries by saying, glet others decide. h the vanir therefore deduced that they had been cheated, and they beheaded mimir and sent the head to odin, who preserved it and listened to the hidden things it had to say to him. thus, hoenir was, indirectly at least, a contributor to odin fs arsenal of techniques for acquiring and mastering wisdom. for the most part, the survivors of ragnarok are pairs of second-generation gods: baldr and hod, magni and modi, vidar and vali. but voluspa, stanza 63, adds hoenir to the list. the line in question says that after unsown fields grow and

s by saying: 230 norse mythology thor stands in a boat with a raised hammer near the bottom of an eleventh-century rune stone from altuna. from his left hand dangles the ox-head bait while the serpent coils below (national museum of denmark) glet others decide. h the vanir therefore deduced that they had been cheated. they beheaded mimir and sent the head to odin, who preserved it and listened to the hidden things it had to say to him. thus in voluspa, stanza 46, as the seeress describes the onset of ragnarok, she has these things to say: mim fs sons sport, and the world tree trembles at the old gjallarhorn. loudly blows heimdall, the horn is aloft, odin is speaking to mim fs head. note first that the form of the name here is mim, not mimir. this suggests that more than one figure may have

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

he sweat of ecstasy. this is your great moment of reality. the living flesh! these selffrightened saints who bleat "all is illusion. offer fewer alternatives to reality than half a wet dream. they expect too much without payment. to reap without sowing, and by luck to forfeit debt, so they imagine, and hope that death will be the end. know thyself: such knowledge reveals little but the redundant. the hidden and the unknown are affinities, ever ubiquitous and much inhibited. if mankind had mistrusted all teaching it would long ago have embraced equity. dreams are a patchwork of hopes and fears seeking realization in imaginative reality. often now the best conative. man is a potentiality of anything becoming actuality. the least and the greatest. seek thy way through that which is, into that

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

ms of the profane, those who knew not the ways of the cunning folk and their work. it was because of the times of persecution that many kept their art secret, working and weaving their webs of sorcery and magickal illumination unseen by outside folk. the sabbat is the meeting place of the feri, lycanthrope, vampire and the sorcerer s shades which act as familiars. it is the great manifestation of the hidden law, and that we may, by imagination, become lucifer in our self. it is through the chalice of lilith, revealed as babalon, that we seek the union of the goddess. the witches sabbath has long been a misunderstood and often misrepresented expression of magickal art. it should be considered that the witches sabbat cult is an expression of not only folk magic and lore, but that of a modern

s the communion, contact and initiation into the witches sabbat mysteries, envision the fire behind each spirit and call them, welcome them into your mind, the vast arcana of previous incarnations. aware, you shall emerge now as a god or goddess, they shall remain immortal through you as you. belief is negated by exhaustion and thus the sigil and its seed will be planted. asmodeus ashmodai brings the hidden eye, which does not bleed when looked into which a laughing child devours on sight, eager to 25 awaken from the earth i walk, hidden in perception and form. as the last storm approaches, my name is thus revealed. lucifer shall the fires of heaven be brought down, by your gift of perception? shall all know from which clay becomes fire, and the profane are no longer. the wings of djinn be

your gift of perception? shall all know from which clay becomes fire, and the profane are no longer. the wings of djinn beside that of the dragon, black and billowing answer to your shadowy presence. from this a torch is revealed. lilith from your loins great pleasure is shown, felt and ravished upon ecstasy from the children who feed nightly the bed chamber welcomes your passion shall you reveal the hidden moon, which acts as a door for such sight and beauty? beast and angel, i seek the addiction of your sweet veins. leviathan 26 when silence is broken, yet the profound depths asleep shall i know the oceans calm violence from passion a struggle of life brings both angels and demons, which become separate and alone. those who dive the depths will become as draconis, the ourobouris eternal

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

rmes--the mutilated hermetic fragments--the book of thoth--poimandres, the vision of hermes--the mystery of universal mind- the seven governors of the world. 37 the initiation of the pyramid the opening of the great pyramid by caliph at mamoun--the passageways and chambers of the great pyramid--the riddle of the sphinx--the pyramid mysteries--the secret of the pyramid coffer-the dwelling place of the hidden god. 41 isis, the virgin of the world the birthdays of the gods--the murder of osiris--the hermetic isis--the symbols peculiar to isis--the troubadours--the mummification of the dead. 45 the sun, a universal deity the solar trinity-christianity and the sun--the birthday of the sun--the three suns- the celestial inhabitants of the sun--the midnight sun. 49 the zodiac and its signs primit

e of the spirit. as a rough and unfinished block, man is taken from the quarry and by the secret culture of the mysteries gradually transformed into a trued and perfect pyramidal capstone. the temple is complete only when the initiate himself becomes the living apex through which the divine power is focused into the diverging structure below. w. marsham adams calls the great pyramid "the house of the hidden places; such indeed it was, for it represented the inner sanctuary of pre-egyptian wisdom. by the egyptians the great pyramid was associated with hermes, the god of wisdom and letters and the divine illuminator worshiped through the planet mercury. relating hermes to the pyramid emphasizes anew the fact that it was in reality the supreme temple of the invisible and supreme deity. the gr

gold and bearing in his hand the sevenfold key of eternity. this was the lionfaced hierophant, the holy one, the master of masters, who never left the house of wisdom and whom no man ever saw save he who had passed through the gates of preparation and purification. it was in these chambers that plato--he of the broad brow--came face to face with the wisdom of the ages personified in the master of the hidden house. 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 long

ous code to which plato could have subscribed. the unfolding of man's spiritual nature is as much an exact science as astronomy, medicine or jurisprudence. to accomplish this end religions were primarily established; and out of religion have come science, philosophy, and logic as methods whereby this divine purpose might be realized. the dying god shall rise again! the secret room in the house of the hidden places shall be rediscovered. the pyramid again shall stand as the ideal emblem of solidarity, inspiration, aspiration, resurrection, and regeneration. as the passing sands of time bury civilization upon civilization beneath their weight, the pyramid shall remain as the visible covenant between eternal wisdom and the world. the time may yet come when the chants of the illumined shall be

ll stand as the ideal emblem of solidarity, inspiration, aspiration, resurrection, and regeneration. as the passing sands of time bury civilization upon civilization beneath their weight, the pyramid shall remain as the visible covenant between eternal wisdom and the world. the time may yet come when the chants of the illumined shall be heard once more in its ancient passageways and the master of the hidden house shall await in the silent place for the coming of that man who, casting aside the fallacies of dogma and tenet, seeks simply truth and will be satisfied with neither substitute nor counterfeit. next: isis, the virgin of the world sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 45 isis, the virgin of the world it is especially fitting that a study of hermetic symbolism should begin wi

for as 'tis not the length of the beard, or the coarseness of the habit which makes a philosopher, so neither will those frequent shavings, or the mere wearing [of] a linen vestment constitute a votary of isis; but he alone is a true servant or follower of this goddess, who after he has heard, and been made acquainted in a proper manner with the history of the actions of these gods, searches into the hidden truths which he concealed under them, and examines the whole by the dictates of reason and philosophy" during the middle ages the troubadours of central europe preserved in song the legends of this egyptian goddess. they composed sonnets to the most beautiful woman in all the world. though few ever discovered her identity, she was sophia, the virgin of wisdom, whom all the philosophers

ete number of primitive letters, to which a complementary sign is added, like zero to the nine numerals" levi's hint may be construed to mean that the twenty-one figures in the center section of the table represent the twenty-one major trumps of the tarot cards. if this be so, is not the zero card, cause of so much controversy, the nameless crown of the supreme mind, the crown being symbolized by the hidden triad in the upper part of the throne in the center of the table? might not the first emanation of this supreme mind be well symbolized by a juggler or magician with the symbols of the four lower worlds spread out on a table before him: the rod, the sword, the cup, and the coin? thus considered, the zero card belongs nowhere among the others but is in fact the fourth dimensional point f

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

ve-mentioned witch legend are but figurative forms of these mighty ones. although the legend is overlaid with later gnostic overtones such as the latinized names "diana" and "lucifer" these are not inappropriate, and indeed they preserve many of the seeds of truth "gnostic" itself in its etymological derivation means much the same as "witch "one who knows "one who concerns himself or herself with the hidden wisdom" it is the tattered remnants of the wisdom of the watchers, or gods, which constitutes the lore of the witch. the wisdom was said to have been borne away from the lost lands prior to the cataclysm by certain survivors, who knew the minds of the watchers, and fled the oncoming doom. the knowledge is said to have been preserved until such a time as bit by bit in devious manners it

best advantage. of course, you can work against the tide, but it is self-defeating for the beginner, and is best left for times of emergency or until such a time as you have reached a degree of sureness in your practice. the sun and the moon are the two great hands of our cosmic clock. whereas the hour hand or sun governs the seasons of the year, the moon or minute hand governs the sea tides and the hidden workings of the deep mind. as such, this heavenly body rather than the sun is the main concern of witches. in european mythology the sun has always been seen as a symbol of a male divinity, the moon a female one. however, worship of the moon as a supreme deity evolved much earlier than that of the sun. it is said among witches that in england at least the cult of the moon goddess predat

raingle] with salt water from your cup, chanting these words "so therefore he who would govern the works of fire must first asperge with lustral water of the loud resounding sea" then with the thurible, trace in the air above the star the upright triangle, chanting "and when after all the phantoms are banished, thou shalt perceive that holy formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe: hear thou the voice of fire" finally, retrace the whole star yet again with the athame, this time in silence, visualizing the symbol glowing in blue light. the design on the third piece of paper must be written with your pen of art in blood- your own or that of a beefsteak, chicken, or lamb chop from the supermarket again will do. you should wipe your pen of art

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

ge 5 took counsel together that a certain number of men should renew the sepulchre in his (solomon s) honour; and when the sepulchre was dug out and repaired the ivory casket was discovered, and therein was the key of secrets, which they took with joyful mind. and when they had opened it none among them could understand it in account of the obscurity of the words and their occult arrangement, and the hidden character of the sense and knowledge, for they were not worthy to possess this treasure. then, therefore, arose one among them, more worthy (than the others, both in the sight of the gods, and by reason of his age, who was called ioh grevis, and said unto the others: unless we shall come and ask the interpretation from the lord, with tears and entreaties, we shall never arrive at the kn

vetousness, and the iniquity of mine idle words. give unto me, thy servant, a wise understanding, penetrating and subtle heart, to acquire and comprehend all sciences and arts; give unto me capacity to hear, and strength of memory to retain them, so that i may be able to accomplish my desires, and understand and learn all difficult and desirable sciences; and also that i may be able to comprehend the hidden secrets of book one page 21 the holy writings. give me the virtue to conceive them, so that i may be able to bring forth and pronounce my words with patience and humility, for the instruction of others, as thou hast ordered me. o god, the father, all powerful and all merciful, who hast created all things, who knowest and conceivest them universally, and to whom nothing is hidden, nothin

t say the following words: vegale, hamicata, umsa, terata, yeh, dah, ma, baxasoxa, un, horah, himsere; o god the vast one send unto me the inspiration of thy light, make me to discover the secret thing which i ask of thee, whatsoever such or such a thing may be, make me to search it out by the aid of thy holy ministers raziel, tzaphniel, matmoniel; lo, thou hast desired truth in the young, and in the hidden thing shalt thou make me known wisdom. recabustira, cabustira, bustira, tira, ra, a, karkahita, kahita, hita, ta. and thou shalt hear distinctly the answer which thou shalt have sought. figure 9. the key of solomon page 52 chapter xiv how to render thyself master of a treasure possessed by the spirits. the earth being inhabited, as i have before said unto thee, by a great number of cele

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fear by wisdom, and the spirits will descend from heaven to serve thee. i, solomon, thy father, king of israel and of palmyra, i have sought out and obtained in my lot the holy chokmah, which is the wisdom of adonai. and i have become king of the spirits as well of heaven as of earth, master of the dwellers of the air, and of the living souls of the sea, because i was in possession of the key of the hidden gates of light. i have done great things by the virtue of the schema hamphorasch, and by the thirty-two paths of yetzirah. number, weight, and measure determine the form of things; the substance is one, and god createth it eternally. happy is he who comprehendeth the letters and the numbers. the letters are from the numbers, and the numbers from the ideas, and the ideas from the forces

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 1

een friends. he governeth 40 legions of spirits. his seal is this which is to be worn as aforesaid, etc (8) barbatos- the eighth spirit is barbatos. he is a great duke, and appeareth when the sun is in sagittary, with four noble kings and their companies of great troops. he giveth understanding of the singing of birds, and of the voices of other creatures, such as the barking of dogs. he breaketh the hidden treasures open that have been laid by the enchantments of magicians. he is of the order of virtues, of which some part he retaineth still; and he knoweth all things past, and to come, and conciliateth friends and those that be in power. he ruleth over 30 legions of spirits. his seal of obedience is this, the which wear before thee as aforesaid (9) paimon- the ninth spirit in this order

MEANING OF MASONRY

th which he is affiliated at the root essence of his being. these studies, brethren, so lightly touched upon in our passing-ceremony, so glibly referred to as we recite our ritual, when undertaken with the seriousness that attached to them in the old mystery-systems are not without just reason described in our own words as" serious, solemn and awful" the depths of human nature and self knowledge, the hidden mysteries of the soul of man are not, as real initiates well know, probed into with impunity except by the" properly prepared" the man who does so has, as it were, a cable-tow ar ound his neck; because when once stirred by a genuine desire for the higher knowledge that real initiation is intended to confer, he can never turn back on what he learns thereof without committing moral suicid

w, probed into with impunity except by the" properly prepared" the man who does so has, as it were, a cable-tow ar ound his neck; because when once stirred by a genuine desire for the higher knowledge that real initiation is intended to confer, he can never turn back on what he learns thereof without committing moral suicide; he can never be again the same man he was before he gained a glimpse of the hidden mysteries of life. and as the angel stood with a flaming sword at the entrance of eden to guard the way to the tree of life, so will the man whose initiation is not a conventional one find himself threatened at the door of the higher knowledge by opposing invisible forces if he rashly rushes forward in a state of moral unfitness into the deep secrets of the centre. better remain ignoran

onsequent disgust at the" husks" of things instigated the prodigal son to aspire to return home. similar repletion and revolt drives many a man to lose all desire for external things and to seek for peace within himself and there redirect his energies in quest of possessions which are abiciing and real. this is the moment of his true" conversion" and the moment when he is ripe for initiation into the hidden mysteries of his own being. the first and second degrees of masonry imply that the candidate has undergone lengthy discipline in the renunciation of external things and the cultivation of desire for those that are within. but, notwithstanding that he has passed through all the di scipline of those degrees, he is represented at the end of them as being still not entirely purified and to

ep and winding stairway to thy throne; be unto us the lesser warden, and in the meridian sunlight of our understanding speak to us in sacraments that shall declare the splendours of thy unmanifested light; be thou also unto us the greater warden, and in the awful hour of disappearing light, when vision fails and thought has no more strength, be with us still, revealing to us, as we may bear them, the hidden mysteries of thy shadow; and so, through light and darkness, raise us, great master, till we are made one with thee, in the unspeakable glory of thy presence in the east. so mote it be. chapter iv. the holy royal arch of jerusalem. freemasonry, under the english constitution, reaches its climax and conclusion in the order of the holy royal arch. there exists a variety of other degrees r

yet to learn of a third and middle pillar that synthesized and comprised them both--that of the strength of the supreme virtue of love, when towards the object of all desire it pours from a pure and perfect heart. the greek's quest of wisdom was something much more than a mere desire for larger information and maturer judgment about one's place in the universe. merely to know certain facts about the hidden side of life profits nothing unless the knowledge is allowed to influence and adapt our method of living to the truths disclosed. then the knowledge becomes transmuted into wisdom; one becomes the truth one sees; and a man's life becomes truth made substantial and dynamic. but to bring this about one must first be informed about or initiated into certain elements of the truth and be per

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

clay of mortal flesh. cain is the temple maker and witch begetter, that which opens the gates of hell and heaven, the initiator of witch blood. cain is envisioned as a middle eastern man, bearded and dark, wisdom filling his eyes. cain is also viewed as a bearded and horned human-beast, covered in gray and green earth, who is decorated with human and animal bones, his familiars. cain is sought in the hidden places of the earth, for he is the ancient and knows the unknown secrets of the earth. cain also appears as the wizened old man, robed and hooded who walks the path of old oak ways within the fog. he carries a book of art, given with the belt of the devil by those rites cain became the witch father, born of azazel and lilith. cain is the adversary of flesh, who causes storms and chaos j

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

uction of that which is ill. the manifestation of both the black and red temple (that of death and sexual magick. there is no evil in the heart for the essence lives intently on it's message. every man and every woman have their animalistic urges, from which atavisms develop and exist. we are throwing open the gates of saturn (the gates of death, hidden knowledge, they are the resurgent atavisms, the hidden spirits and archetypes of shadow and night, the black sun shining with life and wisdom- the torch bearer (1) behind the darkness. love, health, wisdom and beauty are the finest forms of existence. the shadows in the night which glow under the moon exist to dance with you, to guide towards a glimpse of the night of pan, to gather on the astral plane at the witches' sabbath. come close, i

your future work. chapter two the book of night -elementals of mind and space- vampiric or vampyric sorcery is a technique of evoking and directing energies which are qlipothic in nature and/or origin. the kabbalah defines the qlipoth as unbalanced or negative energies which exist beyond the sphere of da ath, which is dual in it's qualities. da ath is often represented as a power zone of wisdom, the hidden knowledge. one may ask, what is the key? the key is the subconscious, the dark matter of the brain. vampyrism is also the will-directed internal focus of exploring the immortal aspects of the vampyre in shadow and dream form. it is a process of sinister or left-handed alchemy, being the adversarial path of luciferian self-development. elementals are different from spirits in that they w

ost of the matter of the brain. fear not the powers of your mind, embrace the shadows! i had two partners who seemed to hold a genuine interest in magick until they were faced with the rites we had planned. the sigil was painted and drawn on both a parchment and a back drop for the altar, giving an ominous direction for the rite, submerged in the applications of astral vampirism. we were invoking the hidden vampiric aspects of the subconscious, given form by our collective will and focus. we sought to bring forth a spirit fueled by blood, from which i gave the offering of will. towards the end of the invocations, one of the magickians became ill and had to exit the chamber, while the other persisted on with my mantras. before i had completed the other had decided this was not for him and r

n fears and pains, without these reasons necessarily being clear. it will however be seen at once that this aspect of the training makes for a devilishly strong individual. belief vampirism is the extension of the astral mind and night side reality. all that is transformable from the flesh to dream is subject to change on this level. one must learn to separate him/her self (which most students of the hidden arts have done already) from the sleeping world of people, lost in crowds, lost to themselves and dedicated only to skimming by in their lives. the successful magickian is one who realizes that the universe is composed of simplistic beliefs which are only connected with the extension of the mind. if you believe it, and act towards it then it is real. the sorcerer realizes that gods are

he bat offers flight, excellent night vision (in bat assumed forms on the dream plane, from personal experience and others testimony, you are usually able to see perfectly compared to the bats' own lack of eyesight) and a heightened predatory instinct involving the smell for blood and the speed of quick attack. the beast-wolf form is excellent for sexual congress and demonic awakenings, exploring the hidden aspects of the self on numerous levels. smoke and mist are ideal for observing and surrounding or positioning near desired prey or enemy. many other forms are possible, depending on the individual preference of the sorcerer. dream sorcery the dangerous side of astral projection. the discipline of dream magick is based on the affinity of darkness and the spirit. the spirit or astral doub

the techniques we have worked with whether of the sethian witchcraft, the zos kia cultus or vampiric sorcery are based upon images rather than mere words, however i sought to lay them out in a context which can be discernible. once knowledge is obtained it is up to the individual as to whether it should be freely given. knowledge of the self is fundamental to your ability to practice this art of the hidden. the statement "know thyself" is significant in that therein lies the key to personal power. it has been said this is not accurate since the self is ever changing. the key essence of this statement is that even though the exterior and first layer of the interior is always changing, the basis of the individual, learned through childhood and teenage years remains within the ever changing

at which inspires you is the fountainhead of the gods, to dare the methods of belief and change as the spirit guides you. to go beyond all physical limits and mental obstacles is to instinctively pass beyond and face any thing which would further develop and strengthen the self. fear pushes the true individual, the very pulp of it all to the surface and therefore can be most useful in discovering the hidden obstacles which could hinder you in a dire situation. 43 43 to keep silent secrecy is the honor of the sorcerer, the very essence of the genetic make up which defines who a person is. to taste of the ecstasy of lilith and hecate, to know of their essence and to utilize it demands the responsibility of the individual who undertakes the path. the oath of the sorcerer is everything that he

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

is place. came they to man and taught him the secret, the word thatonly a man can pronounce; swift then they lifted the veil from the serpent and cast him forthfrom the place among men (emerald tablets of hermes. and so in numerous movies, not all of which are created by perverse personages, we see thegreat tale cryptically and repeatedly insinuated (see highlander, the hunger, scanners,superman, the hidden, conan the barbarian, sword and the sorcerer, battle star galac-tica, v, beastmaster, the dark crystal, cocoon, red sonja, lifeforce, invasion of the bodysnatchers, the invisible man, frankenstein, dracula, flash gordon, trancers, bladerunner ,terminator, the omen, the time bandits, the devil rides out, quatermass, dr. who,blake s seven, space 1999, star trek, the last wave, they live

o its very foundations ifthe full story of their malevolence ever becomes known. and there are other kinds ofmalign individuals operating at the behest of the brotherhood of the snake. thesevampiristic criminals are still operating in the streets of all major cities, torturing theirvictims and offering them as sacrifices to the dark macrobes. mind control is amethod which has long been refined by the hidden masters, and they use it constantlyand in many permutations. many of todays so-called serial killers are performing,consciously or unconsciously, acts that have their roots in the darkest of rituals.atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation95 their satanic majestys request when the macrobes were contacted, they emphasized that mere killing was not sufficient.the deaths have t

manipulation we see the motif in several movies (see stargate, moonraker, city of evil, war of theworlds, quatermass, nosferatu-the v ampyre, the devil rides out, life-force, things tocome, koyannisqatsi, etc, certain artwork (see hypnosis, rodney matthews, roger dean,and h. r. giger) and other works of science-fiction. some of the movies with themes per-taining to our thesis are commissioned by the hidden masters to provide mankind updateson the progress they are making. of course, the information registers on a subliminal levelonly, but we are still being told, which is the main point. it is in accordance with the pactbetween the forces of light and darkness. the atlanteans bloodkin do not like the human traits within themselves, nor do theyrelish human beings. they have always preferre

to be exactly like oneanother; and as the mold in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant powerin the governmentit establishes a despotism over the mind(john stuart mill) the second method is by the instigation of changes to the environment of the animal.though these are almost always beyond the awareness of the creature, they areextremely impactive. by exercising both methods, the hidden masters accomplish allthe behavioral changes they require. the results are apparent for anyone who cares tosee them. to repress rebellion is to maintain the status quo, a condition which binds the mortal crea-ture in a state of intellectual or physical slavery. but it is impossible to chain man merely byslaving his body; the mind also must be held, and to accomplish this, fear is the ac

ning the nature and machinations of thechildren of the nephilim, the state of our world, and our minds needs to be addressed.light never battles darkness, so when you see a fight it is always between two dark forces (v ernon howard)epilogue: time to change the road youre on132atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation despite the evidence, people still find the story of the nephilim and the hidden histo-ries of our planet hard to accept, and futility is the general reaction, because the so-called good have rarely accessed the strength implicit in the word. nor have theybeen operating according to their own rules of engagement. the adversary has dictatedthe game plan almost from the outset, giving themselves a headstart toward the real-ization of their goals, by insinuating, with

under him, calledthe time of this compilation of this record doomsday, in respect of what was being lost to them for-ever. the norman invaders, suggestively built their castles on hills, called moat and baileys. theirgreatest nemesis were the forest dwelling welsh, who carried the symbol of the red dragon and whopreserved the druidic schools well into modern times.logograms and hierograms used by the hidden mastersletter g used by freemasons (phre-maison/ sons of the sun, commonly seen with the compass and ruler, which symbolize technology. like its number, 7, is really a sigil of the serpent. gthis letter is well known in occult and fraternal enclaves, as are the numbers 7 and 13. the name george, which is strongly connected with the serpent or dragon, was suggestively given toseveral wor

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

bjects in motion, people i don t know, landscapes i ve never witnessed. while in a visibly empty room, why do i sometimes feel like i m not alone? i had questions and, only because i was ready to know, they had answers. truly, all roads were leading to the occult. the occult essence in all things [3.3] the word occult simply means hidden. this is not only a reference to hidden knowledge, but also the hidden properties that all things possess. in the occult, all objects and spaces not only have chemical and physical properties, but hidden occult properties as well. take holy water for instance. when making holy water, the magician or catholic priest performs a ritual that includes prayers that cleanse the water. after this, the waters hidden properties are clean despite the fact that a chem

ud does no more than produce a series of sound waves, which would effect the demon no more, or less, than any other pattern of sound waves. the sound waves produced by saying bismillah should not be any more capable of cleaning occult properties, or driving away evil spirits, than saying purple spider monkey. don t let the mere illustration of holy water, however, bring you to the conclusion that the hidden essence that lay in all things is no more than a 1-dimensional scale, ranging from 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

the undead, not only out of fear, but out of loyalty, because it was common knowledge among ancient man that they too had the option of rising out of the human condition an becoming vampires themselves. daily contact between the two races was common in those times. this ruling class of vampires has long guided humanity, politically, culturally, and even genetically. this hierarchy, also known as the hidden masters, has repeatedly broken the human spirit in order to maintain control of the masses. much of what we call history is nothing more than the deliberate manipulation of global politics by this hierarchy. make no mistake, their kind is extremely hierarchical. this elite has long sought to increase our numbers, as a rancher oversees cattle, to ensure themselves a food source. this ove

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

s you enter the circle, which may be under the dark moon (new moon, behold the skull which has been inscribed with the sigils of belial and marchosias, you're your temple area with an x, representing the crossroads. unto those who come to the crossroads (known also as the ghostroads) are inbetween the sun and the moon, from the living and the dead. face the altar "sekah, sekah, zrazza umpesha "by the hidden light known under the black sun, by the prayers whispered in silence unto the blood dripping moon i summon forth the adversary, noctulia- hecate, goddess before me this night. i call forth my lord, the devil, whom is a shadow of my self, just as i, isolate and individual between the dual essence of azoth, from which the toad awaits, shall the secret gates be opened "i call upon thee, sa

t beside in darkness- whom i fly with in dreaming flesh, encircle me! buiti ahriman s hammer and knife- those who summon against me shall taste thy blades of burning metal in dreams! kundak- flying nightmare come forth unto me! as you enter the gates, envision each demon and what they represent to you. the gates of arezura is a mirror of yourself, a new level of coming into being. you have passed the hidden place, a new initiation is presented to you. drink from this cup of serpent wisdom. indwelling take this time to ponder and perceive yourself in the following- what makes me different, independent and individual? what do i like about myself? what are my weaknesses and how may i overcome them? what is the essential "i? how may i develop my "immortal essence? allow yourself to be consumed

MORALS AND DOGMA

the great patriots whose names are immortal. if the deity had been merely and only all-wise and all-mighty, he would never have created the universe* it is genius that gets power; and its prime lieutenants are force and wisdom. the unruliest of men bend before the leader that has the sense to see and the will to do. it is genius, that rules with god-like power; that unveils, with its counsellors, the hidden human mysteries, cuts asunder with its word the huge knots, and builds up with its word the crumbled ruins. at its glance fall down the senseless idols, whose altars have been on all the high places and in all the sacred groves. dishonesty and imbecility stand abashed before it. its single yea or nay revokes the wrongs of ages, and is heard among the future generations. its power is imm

infinite and the invisible with any chain of evidence? ask the small sea-waves what they murmur among the pebbles! how many of those words that come from the invisible shore are lost, like the birds, in the long passage? how vainly do we strain the eyes across the long infinite! we must be content, as the children are, with the pebbles that have been stranded, since it is forbidden us to explore the hidden depths. the fellow-craft is especially taught by this not to become wise in his own conceit. pride in unsound theories is worse than ignorance. humility becomes a mason. take some quiet, sober moment of life, and add together the two ideas of pride and man; behold him, creature of a span, stalking through infinite space in all the grandeur of littleness! perched on a speck of the univer

might be in the inner apartment of the temple a favored few, to whom alone the more valuable secrets were entrusted, and who could wield effectually the influence and power of the order. originally the mysteries were meant to be the beginning of a new life of reason and virtue. the initiated or esoteric companions were taught the doctrine of the one supreme god, the theory of death and eternity, the hidden mysteries of nature, the prospect of the ultimate restoration of the soul to that state of perfection from which it had fallen, its immortality, and the states of reward and punishment after death. the uninitiated were deemed profane, unworthy of public employment or private confidence, sometimes proscribed as atheists, and certain of ever-lasting punishment beyond the grave. all person

esthood possessed one third of egypt. they gained much of their influence by means of the mysteries, and spared no means to impress the people with a full sense of their importance. they represented them as the beginning of a new life of reason and virtue: the initiated, or esoteric companions were said to entertain the most agreeable anticipations respecting death and eternity, to comprehend all the hidden mysteries of nature, to have their souls restored to the original perfection from which man had fallen; and at their death to be borne to the celestial mansions of the gods. the doctrines of a future state of rewards and punishments formed a prominent feature in the mysteries; and they were also believed to assure much temporal happiness and good-fortune, and afford absolute security ag

hos, according to valentinus, exalted above all possibility of designation; of whom, properly speaking, nothing can be predicated; the [greek??at? ast] of basilides, the [greek] of philo. from this incomprehensible essence of god, an _immediate_ transition to finite things is inconceivable _self-limitation_ is the first beginning of a communication of life on the part of god--the first passing of the hidden deity into manifestation; and from this proceeds all further self-developing manifestation of the divine essence. from this primal link in the chain of life there are evolved, in the first place, the manifold powers or attributes inherent in the divine essence, which, until that first self-comprehension, were all hidden in the abyss of his essence. each of these attributes presents the

erefore is unable himself to comprehend the whole scope and meaning of the work which he performs. as an organ under the guidance of a higher inspiration, he reveals higher truths than he himself can comprehend. the mass of the jews, they held, recognized not the angel, by whom, in all the theophanies of the old testament, god _revealed_ himself; they knew not the demiurge in his true relation to the hidden supreme god _who never reveals himself_ in the sensible world. they confounded the type and the archetype, the symbol and the idea. they rose no higher than the demiurge; they took him to be the supreme god himself. but the spiritual men among them, on the contrary, clearly perceived, or at least _divined, the ideas veiled under judaism; they rose beyond the demiurge, to a knowledge of

e whatever for unity; together with an effort to destroy all unity, to extend its own inherent disunion to everything, and to rend everything asunder. this principle has no power to posit anything; but only to negative: it is unable to create, to produce, to form, but only to destroy, to decompose. by marcus, the disciple of valentinus, the idea of a? t??t [logos tou ontos, of a word, manifesting the hidden divine essence, in the creation, was spun out into the most subtle details--the entire creation being, in his view, a continuous _utterance_ of the ineffable. the way in which the germs of divine life [the sp? ata p?e? at. spermata pneumatika, which lie shut up in the eons, continually unfold and individualize themselves more and more, is represented as a spontaneous analysis of the sev

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ntioned in the book of the law which conceal secret matters were already at that time possessed of a certain significance for me. some unconscious cooperation of a mind might be alleged as the determinant factor in the choice of those numbers, their subsequent inter-connexions, and so on explained by the commentators' ingenuity, and the confirmation of independent facts by coincidence. similarly, the hidden numbers such as 3.141593,395,31,93, may be ascribed to the commentators, and denied to the intention of the text; at least, by that class of pharisee which strains at the butterfly of the soul, preferring to swallow any hippopotamus if it be slimed thickly enough with the miasmal swamp-mire of materialism. but 718 is expressed openly; its nature is described sufficiently and unambiguous

ankind steadily, ever since the days of its dictation. this is a much more convincing proof than any that could have been presented by the scribe. also, personal research brings evidence of the intelligence behind the writing, and of other intelligences who evidently "are of us" more: even had crowley prepared all the keys himself, and 'play acted' the rest of his life, the extraordinary reach of the hidden meanings of the book of the law, its psychological depth, the almost unbelievable wealth of its insight, would be sufficient evidence of the exceptional quality of the mind who wrote it. were we to believe that it was the "scribe and prophet" himself the author, this would just be added justification for obeying him. for surely this would have been a man much more worthy of obedience th

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

on its glassy bosom. thaumas married the lovely electra (whose name signifies the sparkling light produced by electricity, daughter of oceanus. her amber-coloured hair was of such rare beauty that none of her fair-haired sisters could compare with her, and when she wept, her tears, being too precious to be lost, formed drops of shining amber. page 121 phorcys and ceto personified more especially the hidden perils and terrors of the ocean. they were the parents of the gorgons, the graa, and the dragon which guarded the golden apples of the hesperides. leucothea. leucothea was originally a mortal named ino, daughter of cadmus, king of thebes. she married athamas, king of orchomenus, who, incensed at her unnatural conduct to her step-children,[43] pursued her and her son to the sea-shore, wh

us was introduced into rome at the same time as that of aphrodite, and was identified with a native italian divinity named mutunus. asclepias (asculapius. asclepias, the god of the healing art, was the son of apollo and the nymph coronis. he was educated by the noble centaur chiron, who instructed him in all knowledge, but more especially in that of the properties of herbs. asclepias searched out the hidden powers of plants, and discovered cures for the various diseases which afflict the human body. he brought his art to such perfection, that he not only succeeded in warding off death, but also restored the dead to life. it was popularly believed that he was materially assisted in his wonderful cures by the blood of the medusa, given to him by pallas-athene. page 206 page 207 it is well to

gulf, clustering round him, eager to quaff the blood of the sacrifice, which would restore to them for a time their mental vigour. but mindful of the injunction of circe, odysseus brandished his sword, and suffered none to approach until tiresias had appeared. the great prophet now came slowly forward leaning on his golden staff, and after drinking of the sacrifice proceeded to impart to odysseus the hidden secrets of his future fate. tiresias also warned him of the numerous perils which would assail him, not only during his homeward voyage but also on his return to ithaca, and then instructed him how to avoid them. meanwhile numbers of other shades had quaffed the sense-awakening draught of the sacrifice, among whom odysseus recognized to his dismay his tenderly-loved mother anticlea. fro

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

hat they are using witchcraft to do what everyone would want to use it for- to gain money, power and sex. the magic word that will bring money to you there is an ancient magic word used in the orient, which is said to have remarkable powers. you may recognize this word, for it has been around for thousands of years. yet it still retains all its power and potency. the word is om, and it represents the hidden truths and secrets of the universe. the repeated utterance of this one word can bring many of your desires to pass. the word is not important. it is the vibrations that count. try it. say om slowly, over and over, making it rhyme with home. say the word aloud a few times, so that you can listen to yourself saying it. after you have said the word four or five times, you will feel the vib

jehovah or yahweh, and sometimes adonai. please do not try to understand it now, you will not be able to until you have mastered the middle pillar ritual revealed in this chapter. but once you are ready for it, i think you will find it to be one of the most profound and rewarding experiences in your life. here, too, are the secret names of god that magical adepts have used for centuries to invoke the hidden powers of the cabala, and a most powerful ritual that will send any unfriendly spirits back where they came from in short order, never to return. one tradition surrounding the cabala is that magic spells and rituals based upon its system possesses an extremely potent effect over all forms of matter. such magical formulae are naturally much sought after and books containing them are hard

. a great calmness will surge through your mind, and your skin will prickle with a vibrant current of raw magic power. it remains only to circulate it and then direct it to change circumstances and situations to your benefit. the sacred names of power the names used in the first part of the ritual are ancient hebrew names of god that have a mystic power of their own. they are a true invocation to the hidden occult power of the cabala, and powerful adepts have used them for centuries. by saying the names, you are attuning yourself with the power of those adepts, and the still greater powers of the cabala. the correct phonetic pronunciation of those names is as follows: the first sacred name of power is pronounced: eh-he-yeh. the second sacred name of power is pronounced: yeh-ho-vo el-ohheem

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

not rash to state that such a system of logic equally deserves the label of rationalist, because it simultaneously addresses the two poles of thought (discursive and intuitive. modern scholars, moreover, universal freemasonry 217 have recovered from many of the preventive measures taken against symbolism, notably that displayed against the alchemists since the time of lavoisier. they have grasped the hidden meaning of their writings and have understood that the symbol is a suitable kind of approach and even an expression of the truth. accordingly it is a priori of the transcendent. in the next chapter we will see that the organized implementation of symbolism occurs through ritual in order to transmit the profound and traditional teachings of freemasonry. signs of recognition we can divide

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

ellow mask and dwelleth all alone. but beware o man, beware, of those who tread in darkness the ramparts of kadath, for he that beholds their mitred-heads shall know the claws of doom. of kadath ye unknown what man knoweth kadath? for who shall know of that which ever abides in strange-time, twix yesterday, today and the morrow. unknown amidst ye cold waste lieth the mountain of kadath where upon the hidden summit an onyx castle stands. dark clouds shroud the mighty peak that gleams 'neath ancient stars where silent brood the titan towers and rear forbidden walls. curse-runes guard the nighted gate carved by forgotten hands, and woe to he that dare pass within those dreadful doors. earth's gods revel where others once walked in mystic timeless halls, which some have glimpst in sleeps dim v

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

the era of separation of many religions and sectarianism. today we are working again towards a world universal religion (ibid p.31) to biblical students these are shocking admissions and it adds fuel to the charge of a masonic antichrist in our midst. it is these mysteries which christ will restore upon his reapearance, alice bailey reveals, thus reviving the churches in a new form, and restoring the hidden mystery (the reappearance of the christ, p. 122) bailey is giving these revelations by her channeled master djwhal khul a disembodied ascended master. her christ is indeed the antichrist in the strictest sense of the word. antichrist means substitute for or in place of christ. she goes on to say that these ancient mysteries were originally given to humanity by the hierarchy [of which dj

PATH OF INITIATION

y the path is kept shaded with secrecy, and for no other reason. when those of pure heart, ready to cast away all for the wisdom born of the underworld and ready to sacrifice for love of the land show themselves, they are taken into the group and introduced to its mysteries. there is no other qualification. it is a strange love, a strange desire that the old ones use to lure people to the ways of the hidden craft. human witches cannot and should not stand in the way of this, for in so doing, they fail in their true role as guardians. the "outward" initiations that people in groups perform are supposed to be mere representations of a great and timeless pattern of transformation, great and timeless realities that no human being or group can claim a monopoly on, as they underlie all works of

ese five stages are achieved, the witch or initiate's "fate" is transformed; altered into a new path of internal growth that causes a unknowable route into a new condition, beyond this life (and beyond the death of the candidate. the route of this new condition is the third road to elfland, the destination is mastery, the faery/fetch metamorphosis or the deathless transformation into the ranks of the hidden company, or the grand array. during the remains of an initiate's life, the affects of these five experiences, and the further attendant transformations, cause wisdom to blossom in the soul of the candidate (as the soul is now united with the spirit) and it causes the special modes of perception and understanding to open in the candidate (gradually) that are the source of many mythical s

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

gyptian gods a ll the gods of ancient egypt are, like the hindu gods, aspects of the great divine essence, named in one account of the creation as nebertcher, lord to the uttermost limit. re, the sun god, represents the creative consciousness of this all-powerful god, and the rest of the gods, brought into being by re, represent other aspects. egyptian gods were also interrelated or merged: amun, the hidden, the chief god worshipped at karnak, was a god of the air, but as amun-re he was a sun god and as amun-min, a fertility god. known by various names, most of the gods could also be depicted in animal as well as human form. mother of the stars nut s union with her brother geb and the birth of her children, the stars (often shown as decoration on her clothing, infuriated her father shu, wh

then rise and travel across the sky until the following twilight, when apophis would be lying in wait once more. if apophis were ever to vanquish re, the sun would not rise. this daily cycle of death and rebirth came to symbolize the life cycle of humankind, who hoped after death to find a new birth. from the middle kingdom, the visible sun god re was complemented by an invisible divinity, amun, the hidden one, who as amun-re was worshiped as the king of gods. scarab beetle the scarabeus, or dungbeetle, is the symbol of re in his role as khepri, the rising sun. rolling along a ball of dung, the scarab beetle is a symbol of the sun itself. it was also a symbol of self-generation and rebirth, because of the way the young appear from the ball of dung. into the underworld here, the sky goddes

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

nding, the spirits lost all perception of time and space; knowing the great loss that had occurred. lucifer awoke before the others. his crown, shattered; lost with the thronefight of godhood was somewhere upon this earth. lucifer stood erect, gathering his surroundings and sense of self "i stand and emerge yet still, born of god yet unto only myself. the secrets of the universe shall be mine and the hidden light is destined" the other angels still remained unconscious, threatening to enter the great abyss of non-form if such would remain for any period of time "i call ye forth to awake and arise as yourselves, gods in the light of heaven. hell is ours yet we must make a heaven within ourselves. the universe is kind and all we shall ever need will be provided as long as we are here to take

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

zilut now for the explanation of the matter of the "inner keter of atzilut: this is called keter of keter (desire of desire. it is the inner revelation of desire (arich) and pleasure (atik) and is the inner light of keter. it likewise, has ten sefirot. however, the next level of keter, which is chochmah of keter (insight of desire, constitutes the intellectual reason for the desire and is called "the hidden reason of the desire (ta am kamoos laratzon. it too has a chesed and a netzach. all this is still in a way of unlimited desire, even though chochmah of keter is a revelation that has already come out from the hidden essential desire, as mentioned above. it is for this reason that the emotions of the pleasure and desire are called "the preceding days (yemay kedem, meaning that they "prec

nd binah proper, come about in a limited fashion, and are according to the limitations of revealed intellect only, as will be explained. the unlimited aspect of keter continues down as far as the aspect of the malchut of keter, which is the very most external level of keter. it is specifically from the external aspect of keter that there comes about a division into three lines. this is because in the hidden reason for the desire (which is chochmah of keter and is external relative to keter of keter, the desire is already regarded as being divided to into chesed, gevurah and the intermediate quality of tiferet. however in keter of keter, which is beyond the hidden reason for the desire, there is only the simple essential desire without any reason at all. this is because in actuality, desire

l desire without any reason at all. this is because in actuality, desire is something which transcends reason altogether. there is not even a hidden reason for the desire on this level. this is because it is an essential desire which is above the intellect. therefore, this level of desire is higher than the division into right and left etc. even though it becomes revealed from the lowest level of the hidden desire of adam kadmon (primal man. about this difference between keter of keter and chochmah of keter it states "and the curtain shall be for you a separation between the holy and the holy of holies. this is referring to the aspect of the parsa (space) between keter of keter and chochmah of keter, which is called krooma d avirah (the "airy membrane" that exists between the skull and the

ing to the aspect of the parsa (space) between keter of keter and chochmah of keter, which is called krooma d avirah (the "airy membrane" that exists between the skull and the brain) for this reason we say in our prayers "may it be desirable before you, meaning before or "higher" than the parsa. this is to say that we appeal to g-d on the level of his desire (keter of keter) which transcends even the hidden reason for the desire (chochmah of keter. because of this it can override the intellect and reason of the desire and change from a desire to be stern to a desire to be kind, or the like. inclusion and subdivision as mentioned above, it is specifically in tikkun where there can be an inclusion of one sefirah with its opposite, and where a composition of two opposite sefirot can take plac

ed in analytical thought at all. for example, when one moves his hand to pick something up, he does not need to think about it. the desire goes immediately from the nerves of his brain to the action of moving his hand, without becoming enclothed in thought at all. now, of course, there is thought here too. the thought here, though, are the letters particular to the desire. this thought is called "the hidden thought of arich anpin("machshava stima ah d arich anpin" or "binah of arich anpin. this principle, that thought and desire are interchangeable, applies even to the highest levels. this being the case, the "primal desire (ratzon hakadoom) of adam kadmon is often called "the primal thought (machshavah hakedoomah) of adam kadmon, because it too becomes immediately enclothed in its letters

desire of the quintessential singularity before tzimtzum, these three levels exist, so too they exist after tzimtzum. as mentioned above, these three levels of thought exist in the primal thought (machshavah hakedoomah. following that, they exist in the thought of adam kadmon. these three levels of thought then exist in the thought of atik yomin and arich anpin. similarily, in a human being, from the hidden thought in the essence of his soul, the thought descends further and further through all the above levels until it finally comes out in revealed thought, enclothed in the emotions of the heart, which is called leah. these three levels, thought, speech and action, are also included on the level of leah, as explained (generally speaking, these three levels of thought, speech and action, c

and investigate every detail in depth, so that he will come to truly grasp its true essence. furthermore, it is specifically the imparting of this "knowledge of g-d" to others which will usher in the messianic age, as the rambam (maimonides) rules concerning the time of mashiach "the entire occupation of the world will be only to know g-d, therefore the jewish people will be great sages who know the hidden matters and grasp the knowledge of their creator according to the capacity of man, as it says, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of g-d as the waters cover the ocean floor" de ah et hashem the knowledge of g-d by rabbi a. markel& shimon markel copyright 2004 part two: contemplation& meditation what is contemplation hitbonenut now that we have explained the entire chaining

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

otions are still concealed within the intellect, while the lower half of z feir anpin is called the grevealed world, h for only there do the emotions fully assert themselves. 1 genesis 29:16-31. the arizal on parashat vayeitzei 156 thus it is written in the zohar:2 gcome see, when jacob served [laban] for the first seven years, a voice went out and said, efrom the world to the world, f3 [meaning] the hidden, supernal world, the jubilee c. h before this, it is written, gcome see, the jubilee is everywhere hidden and is not revealed, while the sabbatical year is revealed. h according to the zohar, when jacob had finished serving laban for the first seven years, and laban tricked him into marrying leah, g-d said to jacob, git is written, eblessed be g-d, the g-d of israel, from the world to t

of consciousness. the fact that the jubilee is the fiftieth year associates it naturally with ima, for there are gfifty gates of understanding [binah. h4 based on this, the zohar identifies the jubilee year with the upper half of z feir anpin, where ima is manifest, and the sabbatical year with the lower half of z feir anpin, where ima is no longer manifest. in this imagery, the jubilee is leah, the hidden world, and the sabbatical year is rachel, the revealed world. thus, there is a hidden world and a revealed world. now, leah extends opposite seven sefirot of z feir anpin: keter, chochmah, binah, da fat, chesed, gevurah, and the upper third of tiferet.i.e, until the chest. these [were manifest as] the seven years in which jacob worked for leah. they were hidden from him, for he did not

hesed and tiferet are characterized by downward movement.the ghave h giving to the ghave-not h and the ghigher h having mercy on the glower h.gevurah is characterized by upward movement, the ghave-not h judging itself critically and aspiring to ascend to a higher level. this upward aspiration toward purification was expressed by isaac fs well-digging, where dirt (obstructions, evil) is removed so the hidden good (the subterranean well) can be revealed. isaac: yitzchak: yud-tzadik-chet-kuf= 10+ 90+ 8+ 100= 208. bor: beit-vav-reish= 2+ 6+ 200= 208. specifically [they cast him] into the nukva of z feir anpin, the attribute of isaac, to the location of its left arm, where simeon was spiritually located. as we know, the masculine principle in general is associated with the right side, that of c

d world. h the ephod covered mostly the back of the priest. the skirt-part covered the buttocks and the back of the thighs and was only slightly wrapped around the front of the body; the shoulder straps rose out of the skirtpart in the back and extended up to the shoulders, only gpeeking h over the shoulders to the front in order to be fastened by chains to the choshen. it thus is associated with the hidden partzuf of leah. every partzuf comprises three axes, the right axis of its sub-sefirot chochmah-chesed-netzach, the left axis of its sub-sefirot binah-gevurah-hod, and its middle axis of da fat-tiferet-yesod. the two shoulder straps embodied the left and right axes of leah. also [the word tamim further alludes to the two feminine partzufim, as follows] the numerical value of the [letter

is idea in that context as well. this is the mystical significance of all three elevens mentioned above. we will now explain these eleven curses [individually. the first, gcursed be he who makes a graven or molten image, h6 corresponds to the evil known as arich anpin of kelipah. therefore it is said about [this image that the one who makes it that] ghe puts it hiding. h this refers mystically to the hidden realms of creation, for arich anpin hides and is clothed within the world of atzilut, as is known. kelipah( gshell h) is a synonym for evil, and in the present context a particularly apt one, since evil is here described as the phenomenon of divine energy surrounding its powers rather than entering them to fuse with them. idolatry is obviously the general, overall statement of rebellion

gher perspective on life in which the spiritual is ascendant over the material. moses then said: gwhen i proclaim the name of g-d, give greatness to our gd. h this, too was to answer the question of why both exoteric and esoteric dimensions of the torah are necessary. the answer given here is that the torah is similar to the name havayah, which also possesses both a hidden and revealed dimension. the hidden dimension is the name itself, as it is written; the revealed dimension is the way it is pronounced, as the name adni. this is similar to our sages f explanation of the verse: gthis is my name forever, and this is my remembrance for all generations. h15 the word for gforever h [l folam] can be phonetically interpreted to mean gto conceal h [l faleim].16 the word for gmy remembrance h [zi

re you, o g-d h, those hearing the blessing respond baruch hu uvaruch shemo. gblessed be he and blessed be his name. h 15 exodus 3:15. 16 in modern hebrew: l fha falim. pesachim 50a. the arizal on parashat haazinu 827 thus we see that g-d fs name possesses both a hidden and revealed dimension. if you then ask, but why does g-d fs name itself need to have a hidden and revealed dimension? would not the hidden dimension [i.e, the name havayah] be enough, seeing that it is the main and essential name of g-d? to answer this question, moses continues: gthe rock, perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are just. h gthe rock h refers to the name adni, which in turn refers to g-d fs attribute of stern justice. as is known, the name havayah refers to the divine attribute of mercy, while the name adn

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

y 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 sun. so is the true magical or spiritual will secreted within the hidden depths of the soul of man. unseen, sometimes unknown and unsuspected, it lies latent though the whole of the life. by these rites of magic, its symbols and exercises, we are enabled to assist its growth and development, by piercing through the outer husks of the restricting shell, until it bursts into full bloom- the flower of the human spirit, the lotus of the higher soul "look for the

tion of the opening lines is as follows "i have come from afar to look upon thy beauties. my hands salute thy name of justice. i have come from afar, where the acacia tree grew not. where the tree thick with leaves is not born. where there come not beams from herb or grass. i have entered the place of mystery. i have communed with set. sleep came upon me, i was wrapped therein, bowing down before the hidden things. i was ushered into the house of osiris. i saw the marvels that were there. the princes of the gates in their glory" the illustrations in this chapter represent the hall of truth as seen through the open leaves of its door. the hall is presided over by a god who holds his right hand over the cage of a hawk, and his left over the food of eternity. on each side of the god is a corn

station and duties? my place is within the portal. my duties are to see that the furniture of the hall is properly arranged at the opening, to guard the inner side of the portal, to admit the fratres and sorores, and to watch over the reception of the candidate; to lead all mystic circumambulations canying the lamp of my office, and to make all reports and announcements. my lamp is the symbol of the hidden knowledge, and my wand is the symbol of its directing power. honoured hegemon, your station and duties? my station is between the two pillars of hermes and solomon and my face is towards the cubical altar of the universe. my duty is to watch over the gate-way of the hidden knowledge for i am the reconciler between light and darkness. i watch over the preparation of the candidate and ass

of judgment and the banner of the evening twilight, which is the banner of the west, and i am called fortitude by the unhappy. hierophant stands holding sceptre and banner of the east. my station is on the throne of the east in the place where the sun rises, and i am the master of the hall, governing it according to the laws of the order, as he whose image i am, is the master of all who work for the hidden knowledge. my robe is red because of uncreated fire and created fire, and i hold the banner of the morning light which is the banner of the east. i am called power and mercy and light and abundance, and i am the expounder of the mysteries. he sits down. frater stolistes and frater dadouchos, i command you to purify and consecrate the hall with water and with fire. 120 the golden dawn: v

es a cross over candidate with his censer, and waving it three times, says: dad i consecrate thee with fire. hiero conduct the candidate to the foot of the altar. inheritor of a dying world, why seekest thou to enter our sacred hall? why seekest thou admission to our order? hegemon speaks for candidate. 122 the golden dawn: volume i1 book two heg my soul wanders in darkness and seeks the light of the hidden knowledge, and i believe that in this order knowledge of that light may be obtained. hiero we hold your signed pledge to keep secret everything that relates to this order. i now ask you, are you willing to take a solemn obligation in the presence of this assembly, to keep the secrets and mysteries of our order inviolate? heg (prompts candidate to say) i am. hiem there is nothing contrar

ht. hiereus konx. heg om. hiero pax. heg light. hiero in. hieveus extension. the officers take down their scepfres and sword. kerux moves to north east of the altar and raises his lamp. hierophant points to the lamp to direct candidate's attention. hiero in all thy wandering in darkness, the lamp of the kerux went before thee, though it was not seen by thine eyes. it is the symbol of the light of the hidden knowledge. the officers return to their places, hierophant to his throne. hegemon and candidate remain west of the altar. let the neophyte be led to the east of the altar. hegemon places him to the east, near but not between the pillars, and then takes his place outside the white pillar. honoured hiereus, give the neophyte the secret signs, token and words, together with the present pas

the hiereus at the gate of the west is the place of the guardian against the multitudes that sleep through the light and awaken at the twilight. the throne of the hegemon seated between the columns is the place of balanced power, between the ultimate light and the ultimate darkness. these meanings are shown in detail and by the colour of our robes. the wand of the kerux is the beam of light from the hidden wisdom, and his lamp is an emblem of the ever-burning lamp of the guardian of the mysteries. the seat of the stolistes at the gate of the north is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water- of cold and moisture. the seat of the dadouchos at the gate of the south is the place of the guardian of the lake of fire and the burning bush <36' frater kerux, i command you t

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

mberlessstarlets shall wake in the wake of formalhaut.the conductor and companions proceed to 4th ancient whose three tapers have just been lighted.herald222s lights still burning.2nd ancient, 3rd sign: from the great deep, the womb of moisture, the welling of the fountains, the great oceanof the world, nature has entered upon its travail; the waves have become confined, the mountainsstand forth, the hidden treasures in. their seed are implanted in the bowels of the earth, secretly laidup, the metals, the mineries, the material of quarries which shall yield their riches in due time.millions of wonders doth the very face of the earth offer up, herbs, flowers, trees with leaves, seeds,and fruits; beasts and worms; birds and insects, and the angelic stars in the firmament. how can weutter suf

cient,9th sign: the reapers have gathered in their store, the rich gifts of nature have been gathered, andprovision for the future hath been stored. the autumnal equinox hath been reached, and the steps ofthe ascending signs to perfection have been passed. the sciences have opened their store ofknowledge, the kingdoms of the earth, vegetable, animal and mineral have yielded of theirabundance from the hidden treasure-house.libra, the equinoctial point hath warned us by its scales the man is old, and will be shortly gatheredto the earth whence he came. the four stars in quadrangle are poised, and man tends to his longhome.conductor with companions proceed to 1st herald whose two lights have been lit. light of 1stancient out. as 1st herald recites gradually put out lights of suffragan and tre

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

e abysses to fill them with thine omnipotence; thou whose name doth shake the vaults of the world, thou who causest the seven metals to flow through the veins of the rock, monarch of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean toilers, lead us unto the desirable air and to the realm of splendour. we watch and we work unremittingly, we seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the holy city, by the hidden talismans, by the pole of loadstone which passes through the center of the world! savior, savior, savior, have pity on those who suffer, expand our hearts, detach and elevate our minds, enlarge our entire being! o stability and motion! o day clothed with night! o darkness veiled by splendour! o master who never keepest back the wages of thy labourers! o silver whiteness! o golden splend

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

culties without losing the rhythms of kirk's speech, will make him more accessible. the rest i leave r.j. stewart to (as kirk would have put it) discover. we have argued over kirk the length of scotland, and, with the encouragement of friends, will likely do so till kirk, or for that matter king arthur, returns. but we all wholeheartedly agree that kirk's experience of that secret commonwealth of the hidden people is one that must be shared with a new generation. http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_vi.htm (3 of 6 [10/9/2001 12:32:27 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages vi-xiv) jennifer westwood london, 1990 preface xi robert kirk robert kirk was a seventeenth-century scottish clergyman. his major literary work, now virtually forgotten, though of revolutionary importance in his own

ibed by robert kirk in his secret commonwealth: the physical translation or transportation of a human into the faery realm or underworld. thomas the rhymer a scottish traditional ballad, based upon a historical person. thomas the rhymer, also known as lord learmont, thomas of ercledoune and 'true thomas' lived during the thirteenth century. he is an extremely important person in the exposition of the hidden tradition, and forms one of a number of historical persons who may be termed justified men. these individuals are not necessarily connected in any fraternal manner, least of all by the spurious nonsense about 'secret orders' that has been forced into commercial popularity in recent years. they are connected through time, however, by a common thread of purpose and symbolic lore. in magic

RUBY TABLET OF SET

ut] sin and virtue: the names are defined as opposites, yet these are two sides of the same coin [shu] name a virtue, and someone will call it sin. describe a sin, and someone will see a virtue. how then do we rate behavior good or evil, virtue or sin [tefnut] two measures define a sin, or a virtue. two measures that seek the why and what of any sin or virtue. as shuti is both the visible shu and the hidden tefnut, so is one measure seen and visible, and the other measure is hidden, unseen [shu] behaviors are seen, as are their results. what is the behavior? is it noble, enlightened, the act of a god being born? or is it low, blindly reactive, the act of an animal? what are the results? are you truly better off? is the aeon, the temple, and humanity improved? or did the behavior bring fort

representative of the radical reappraisal among jews who, clinging to their one god, have experienced genocide repeatedly for their trust. on the other side is irving greenburg who states "there is a god who cares, human beings have infinite value" but later on he admits "the holocaust suggests a divine presence far more subtle and elusive than hitherto estimated" also "he controls himself. he is the hidden presence, not the intervening presence [because] his people continue to exist in defiance of all logic and all force" rubenstein states that judaism is "largely a this-worldly religion. it focuses attention upon the requirements of i and thou in here and now. the christian church claimed that some of the tragic inevitabilities of the human condition had been overcome through the career

wish posture is one of realism before existence, rather than one of seeking an escape from the world's necessities" he most poignantly states the dilemma of the modern jew who, faced with the reality of this world, isn't sure what or where his god is, if indeed he exists at all. those who tenaciously hold on to the mystical traditions of the kaballah do so at the price of involved explanations of the hidden god. in utter disillusionment, rubenstein states not only for the jew, but for many of the denominations in the judeo-christian religions. the time of the death of god does not mean the end of all gods. it means the demise of the god who was the ultimate actor in history. i believe in god, the holy nothingness, known to mystics of all ages, out of which we have come and to which we shal

and we watch for them. they shall sleep, and we shall die, but we shall return through them. we are their dreams, and they shall awaken. hail to the ancient dreams! h invocation of set and the great old ones celebrant: gin the name of set, the prince of darkness, we embark upon the journey inward to seek truth about our selves. o majesty of set, lord of the secret spheres and dark tunnels beyond the hidden gate, hear us, look upon us, and go with us on this journey. enfold us with the powers of darkness; let them become one with us as we are become one with the eternal set, whose seat is behind the constellation of the thigh. as we turn our eyes and ears within to seek our question and come to know our most exalted and sublime selves, arm us with the pentagram of set and the sceptre of tc

eter of eldritch lore and forbidden knowledge, patron of this pylon here gathered, help us to know ourselves and to find the key of the mysteries in the secret center of our being wherein all power dwells. h ghail anpu-upuat! guide through the night and into the dark places, guardian of the gate and opener of the way, show forth the lonely path through the desert and between the dark towers, past the hidden plateau of leng and the cold waste of unknown kadath, unto the final farthest mountain's peak of undefiled wisdom and ultimate selfhood where we shall live and reign forever! h ghail maat! beautiful and terrible lady of the mirror and keeper of the scales wherein our hearts are weighed, show us the truth about our selves and our lives that we may see truly, face thee with confidence and

nceton university press, 1961. the full record of this working was sent to the priesthood of set on november 6, x/1975, and is now in the ruby tablet of set. 14. kenneth grant, co-editor of many of crowley's works with john symonds, has repeatedly and exhaustively tried to connect set with crowley's philosophy in general and with aiwass in particular [cf. page #226 in grant's aleister crowley and the hidden god and page #x of grant's introduction to the magical record of the beast 666] crowley's own writings, however, do not substantiate this. crowley practically ignored set, except for an occasional mention of the god in an osirian-mythos context. in his principal discussion of the devil on page #296 of magick (london: routledge& kegan paul ltd, 1973, for instance, he does not even includ

of change is not going to simply come about due to wearing an inverted pentagram, as the key later indicates. it calls for awareness and action and a tearing down of walls which would block the path to xem. it is one of the continuing great steps in personal evolution, as magus barrett aptly describes it. the things we have to learn are the theory and dynamics of taking steps; these are found in the hidden and mundane keys spoken of. keys are all about us, from the words of the book of coming forth by night to observing the humans and doing not as they do.look about and within yourself. set has said "the fate of my gifted race rests in balance" and the ways one can apply that to the self are myriad. in the xem working, it was the heart of the aspirant versus maat's feather, and this is th

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

e being called forth culminating with the absorption in silence of the force in action that has been compelled through signs and rituals set forth in the void. there should also be said that this essay is solely a reflection of personal quality upon the matters set forth in this excellent grimoire of the arte and is intended to shed light on the mere composition of the text rather than to explain the hidden points its compass stretches towards. in some sections of the essay this will be hinted towards, but not explained. one important aspect of sorcery has been left out tho u, or rather has not been clearly stated. that is the influence of what might be named as the charge or the stellar fluidity that must enter the ritual and electrify the effects, also known as the azoth. this is quoted

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

eorge, affectionately "just look at you, mister" but bhupen grew serious "i always saw gibreel as a positive force" he said "an actor from a minority playing roles from many religions, and being accepted. if he has fallen out of favour, it's a bad sign" two days later, salahuddin chamchawala read in his sunday papers that an international team of mountaineers, on their way to attempt an ascent of the hidden peak, had arrived in bombay; and when he saw that among the team was the famed "queen of everest, miss alleluia cone, he had a strange sense of being haunted, a feeling that the shades of his imagination were stepping out into the real world, that destiny was acquiring the slow, fatal logic of a dream "now i know what a ghost is" he thought "unfinished business, that's what" o o o allie

SATANIC RITUALS

t taught these teachings, nor do they proceed from me (do not mention my name nor my attributes, lest ye regret it; for ye do not know what those who are without may do (pause, gong is struck *no longer mandatory v o ye that have believed in me, honor my symbol and my image, for they remind you of me. observe my laws and statutes. obey my servants and listen to whatever they may dictate to you of the hidden things (pause, gong is struck) chand-il-manhatie sobayaka rosh halatie. hatna mesarmen dou jaladie, meskino raba. my understanding surrounds the truth of things, and my truth is mixed up in me, and the truth of my descent is set forth by itself, and when it was known it was altogether in me. and all the habitable parts and deserts, and everything created is under me, and i am the ruling

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

also believed to exist within the human psyche at the point where the conscious and the unconscious meet and it is from this point that the satanic magician draws forth his magical power through the medium of satanic ritual. magical use of the abyss from this perspective varies according to the tradition of the order of nine angles one may utilise the tarot cards as pathworking images to explore the hidden side of the human psyche, the side that normally remains untouched in the abyss. alternatively the individual may undertake a specific ritual that draws forth the powers or energies contained within the abyss as they are, that is without any form of imagery or symbolism. this ritual involves a long and arduous walk- 80 miles over two days for males, 56 miles for females- followed by a c

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

claimed to be the messenger from god that the bab had predicted and that subh-i azal had had several of his opponents killed. baha u lla h spent the next seven years in baghdad and his fame began to spread. he continued writing about his spiritual discoveries. some of the most important of these texts were the kitab-i-iqan, or the book of certitude (freedom from doubt, and kalimat-i-maknunih, or the hidden words. with kitab-i-iqan completed in 1862, baha u lla h finished the bab s bayan, which had been left incomplete, with only eleven of its proposed nineteen chapters written. in completing the bab s work, baha u lla h was also claiming leadership of the babis. world religions: almanac 71 baha in an attempt to strengthen his position as leader, subh-i azal also claimed to have completed

re related to one another. under the leadership of abdu l-baha, baha gained many new followers, particularly in the west. after his death he was buried in the shrine of the bab. mary evans picture library/the image works. world religions: almanac 79 baha baha u lla h wrote three more mystical works that are composed in short verses and provide spiritual truth. these include kalimat-i-maknunih, or the hidden words; haft-vadi, or seven valleys; and chihar-vadi, or four valleys. in the hidden words baha u lla h compresses the basics of spiritual knowledge into short passages or prayers, seventy-one in arabic and eighty-two in persian. baha u lla h wrote many more books and letters, and also spoke publicly on the faith s principles and ideas. sacred symbols three symbols are typically associat

ple had already claimed to be the messenger of god that the bab spoke of. he also learned that subh-i azal had had several of his opponents killed. baha u lla h s became even more well-known in baghdad during the next seven years, and he continued writing texts of his teachings and spiritual discoveries. a couple of the most important of these were the kitab-i- iqan, or the book of certitude, and the hidden words. in 1862 baha u lla h completed the bab s bayan, a book of laws for the babis, which had been world religions: biographies 45 baha u lla h left unfinished with only eleven of its proposed nineteen chapters written. baha u lla h used his authorship of these works to argue that he should be the leader of the babis, but he still did not reveal that he was the messenger of god. subh-i

ine 55 excerpt from the epic of gilgamesh 61 excerpt from the odyssey 73 excerpt from shri guru granth sahib 85 excerpt from wicca: a guide for the solitary practitioner 97 excerpt from paper on hinduism 109 chapter 3: religion as a guide to living 121 excerpt from the analects of confucius 125 excerpt from gaina sutras 137 excerpt from dao de jing 149 excerpt from the dhammapada 165 excerpt from the hidden words of baha u lla h 175 v excerpt from avesta, as reproduced in the divine songs of zarathushtra 185 excerpt from the philosophy of atheism 193 excerpt from the bible 203 where to learn more xxxiii index xxxv vi world religions: primary sources contents reader s guide religion influences the views and actions of many people in the world today in both political and personal ways. in so

rviving document written by the japanese. part scripture, part history, and part folktale and myth, it represents an effort to document much of the history of early japan. it also contains an account of the creation of the world. 1603 the sikh sacred scripture, shri guru granth sahib, is compiled by the guru shri arjan dev ji (1563 1606. c. 1857 baha u lla h, the founder of the baha faith, writes the hidden words. the purpose of the book is to take the most important elements from the teachings of all religions to find their inner essence, or true meaning. 1889 the british scholar thomas henry huxley discusses his belief in agnosticism in his essay agnosticism and christianity. 1893 swami vivekananda delivers his paper on hinduism at the world parliament of religions in chicago. his speech

or and respect all life by following the five great vows. these vows include not harming any living thing, not lying or stealing, and not becoming too involved with worldly, or material, concerns. the akaranga sutra relays the causes of sin so that jains can avoid it and live a moral( honorable and decent) life. 121 the analects of confucius 125 gaina sutras 137 dao de jing 149 the dhammapada 165 the hidden words of baha u lla h 175 avesta 185 the philosophy of atheism 193 bible 203 moral living is also central to daoism, where following the way leads to an honorable life and spiritual understanding. daoism s main religious text, the dao de jing, emphasizes that all things, living and nonliving, are connected, and that a moral person should live in harmony with them. one of the best ways t

ng others were important. equally important, however, were showing love, compassion (sympathy and kindness, and forgiveness to others. according to jesus, these emotional and spiritual expressions bring one closer to god in a way that simply behaving properly cannot achieve. the baha religion also states that there is more to being close to god than living a moral life. the kalimat-i-maknunih, or the hidden words of baha u lla h, tells baha s to be humble and love all of creation, 122 world religions: primary sources religion as a guide to living but it also urges them to show their devotion to god by serving others. an example of this type of service is work supporting peace efforts or the elimination of poverty. efforts to achieve positive results such as peace, education for those who h

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

elic world are arranged in very different order by various kabalistic rabbis. the thirty-two paths of wisdom translated from the hebrew text of joannes stephanus rittangelius, 1642: which is also to be found in the "oedipus aegyptiacus" of athanasius kircher, 1653 (these paragraphs are very obscure in meaning, and the hebrew text is probably very corrupt) the first path is called the admirable or the hidden intelligence (the highest crown: for it is the light giving the power of comprehension of that first principle which has no beginning; and it is the primal glory, for no created being can attain to its essence. the second path is that of the illuminating intelligence: it is the crown of creation, the splendour of the unity, equalling it, and it is exalted above every head, and named by

which these themselves are united. the seventh path is the occult intelligence, because it is the refulgent splendour of all the intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of intellect, and by the contemplation of faith. the eighth path is called the absolute or perfect intelligence, because it is the means of the primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave, nor rest, except in the hidden places of gedulah (4) magnificence, from which emanates its own proper essence. the ninth path is the pure intelligence, so called because it purifies the numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined without diminution or division. the tenth path is the resplendent intelligence, because it is exalted abo

SIFRA DETZNIYUTHA

r crowns9 were not found, and the earth was nullified, until the head (sar, rosh)10 desired by all desires formed and communicated the garments of splendor.11 that weight arises from the place which is not him. those who exist as not are weighed in hy.12 in his body exists the weight. not unites and not begins. in hy have they ascended, and in hy do they ascend, who not are, and are, and will be. the hidden within the hidden13 is formed and found in: 1) one skull,14 2) filled with the dew of bdellium, 3) an envelope of clear and concealing air,15 4) those that are pure wool are hanging even balanced,16 5) the will of all wills17 that is revealed with the prayers of those below, 6) the open eye18 that does not slumber but watches constantly, the eye below is by means of the eye of the super

congregation heavy with iniquity, seed of evildoers, children..124 seven grades: v v y h h v h v h h d vy emits d d h h y vh h h emits v d v v 125 the son (rb, bar) conceals adam who is male and female, which are v d. and it is written: children that deal corruptly. it created six (tysarb, b reshith, it created (arb, bara).126 it created six is the word. it created is half a word. father and son. the hidden and the manifest. the eden of above is hidden and concealed. the lower eden comes forth in its strides and is revealed ,yhla hy hvhy. at (ta) adonai ehyeh (hyha ynda)127 right and left into one united. the heavens and as it is written: and the beauty and the victory..128 into one united. the earth(/rah) as it is written how mighty is your name in all the earth,129 the whole earth is ful

o restore the spirit177 in hy. and this horn is of the jubilee, heh h. and the jubilee is heh h. and the heh h is the blower of the spirit unto all. and all return to their place, thus it is written: ahh hvhy elohim(,yhla hvhy hha).178 when heh h appears unto heh h,179 ,yhla hvhy, the perfect name from not and it is written the lord hvhy alone shall be exalted in the day of that.180 up to here is the hidden and adorned concealment of the king, this is the book of that which is concealed, happy is he that (enters and) comes out, and knows its paths and ways. 20 appendix i181 sifra detzniyutha in chapter three, after the verse:182 and elohim said the waters will swarm with movement of living being.183 there is an extensive addition from the sixteenth century ce, 5300 s jewish era (another in

efirah crown/above. 11 the garments of splendor are the manifest sefiroth. 12 hy( yah or yod heh) constitute the first two letters of the name hvhy, indicating the action described is in the world of creation (b riyah. the yod y corresponds to world of emanation, upper heh h to the world of creation, the vav v to the world of formation, and the lower heh h to the world of making. 13 hidden within the hidden is atiqa ha atiqim in aramaic. hidden one (atiqa) is a prominent name of vast face in the zohar. 14 the skull of vast face. 15 the envelope is the skin. 16 the pure wool (sufim ,ypvc) are the hairs which hang from the skull. 17 the will(]vor ratzon) corresponds to the forehead. 18 the open eye is the eye of providence, the ayin i (vast face. 19 the hollow pillar is an allusion to the no

50 the hairs of the beard are the atziluthic letters convoluting into divine names. see fig. 51 man sya, ish, pronounced eesh as in leash. 52 adam kadmon, celestial man, vast face. in the eleventh chapter of the bhagavad gita, this is described as the universal form (vishvarupa) of vast face as mahavishnu. 53 jeremiah 2:6. 54 son, rb, bar; he i.e. small face. 55 these four are inside the skull as the hidden brain, composed of the three roots of the tree and sefirah crown/above. 56 these are the nine sefiroth, which emanate from sefirah crown/above in atziluth. 57 this path is the gate of the alef connecting sefirah knowledge (of the ayn)/the first to sefirah beauty/the last. 58 sefirah beauty/the last. 59 proverbs 19:11. 60 the offerings of spices are the jaws. 61 the two apples are the ch

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

d and be of benefit to him. the words of power read-"o amen, o amen, who art in heaven, turn thy face upon the dead body of thy son, and make him sound and strong in the underworld" and again we are warned that the words are "a great mystery" and that "the eye of no man whatsoever must see it, for it is a thing of abomination for [every man] to know it. hide it, therefore; the book of the lady of the hidden temple is its name" an examination of mummies of the late period shews that the egyptians did actually draw a figure of the cow upon papyrus and lay it under the head of the deceased, and that the cow is only one figure among a number of others which were drawn on the same papyrus. with the figures magical texts were inscribed and in course of time, when the papyrus had been mounted upo

eads, who is being adored by apes, is a mystical form of khnemu, one of the great gods of reproduction, who in still later times became the being whose name under the form of khnumis or khnoubis occupied such an important position among the magical names which were in use among the gnostics. the two following prayers from the hypocephalus will illustrate the words of power addressed to amen, i.e, the hidden one, quoted above--1 "i am the hidden one in the hidden place. i am a perfect spirit among the companions of ra, and i have gone in and come forth among the perfect souls. i am the mighty soul of p. 120 saffron-coloured form. i have come forth from the underworld at pleasure. i have come. i have come forth from the eye of horus. i have come forth from the underworld with ra from the hou

SIX ANGLED RITE OF THE ROYAL SUN OF THE GOAT LORD

umn equinox invocatory name: wandil (wahn dill) poetic stream: autumn, the doorway of the blessed water in the pale bloom unseen life comes to sleep, risen above to sink below the fading green sigil 4: the sign of the devil's trident invocatory name: routa (roo tah) poetic stream: the old puck-angel raises a fork a threefold sharpened wand one tine for heaven, earth and hell three for the king of the hidden land sigil 5: the sign of mars invocatory name: samael (sam eye el) poetic stream: heavenly steel, earthly steel, the mark of cain is red lifted above, a touch to the forehead above bodies of men struck dead sigil 6: the sign of the spring equinox invocatory name: bhouck (boo k) poetic stream: spring, the year's faithful king fire in every leaf and furrow life from below, risen above to

SIX WAYS OF KNOWLEDGE

hese modes of interacting with the world and the self are a means to unify the self, and prepare it for the journey to the stars. as the will of the magician increases, the other-centric forms came be made to manifest much more easily. i will deal with six modes of perception in the order we usually discover them. touch (self-centric. the verb "to grasp" is amn which sounds like amn the word for "the hidden" this punning association lead to the story of amun creating the world by masturbation. this act is a sacred one for any black magician, obviously. in the book of knowing the spiral force of re and felling apep, the unnamed god who came into being as xepera, masturbates and then takes his seed into his mouth and says his name- which at that moment is heka= magic. the act of stroking one

ng is the method of keeping the right amount of excitement in your life at all times. making sure that your life feels right. for those so inclined this verb may be explored in various forms of dominant sexuality. touch (other-centric. the verb "to receive" is shesp. in addition to meanings related to touch, it can mean to conceive, or (shesp aha) to set out on a journey. this is a method whereby the hidden parts of the self can communicate with the obvious parts of the self. methods of using shesp include viewing every gift you receive as a message for your self to your self. if your mother buys you a hammer for your birthday- it's yourself telling you need to fix something. if you win a prize during a airplane flight, perhaps you should really pay attention to this journey. another metho

SORCERIES OF ZOS

book of pleasure, with an introduction by kenneth grant (montreal, 1975 (6) this was to have been divided into two parts: the book of the living word of zos and the zoetic grimoire of zos; in the present chapter it is referred to simply as the grimoire (7) vide infra (8) see previous chapter (9) the significance of the number eight as the height, or ultimate one, is explained in aleister crowley& the hidden god (10) i.e. the assumption of the 'go-dform' of death (11) see arthur osborne: ramana maharshi and the path of self knowledge, london, 1954 (12) see shri haranath: his play and precepts, bombay, 1954 (13) i.e. 1913 (14) the 5 =6 ritual was published in volume i, no.3. in 1910 (15) see chapter i (16) by qabalah, hand=yod=10; eye=ayin=70. the total, 80=pe (mouth, the goddess, uterus, or

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

f what? the mural and altar are admittedly symbols "by symbolism the simplest, the commonest objects are transformed, idealized, and acquire a new and, so to say, an illimitable value."18 an expert19 on these subjects has written "under occult dominion art, music and politics all lend to the same end: confusion, a calculated and inducted confusion: for minds that are confused will obey and bow to the hidden masters "the rule of the triangle and the ellipse, together with a crude geometry in modern art, is the rule. in aesthetics "standing before a meaningless cubist canvas at an art exhibition one day, a puzzled amateur asked 'but what does it mean' to which the painter replied 'it's not a question of what it means, it's a question of what is its effect on the observer "consciously or unco

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

the evolutionary science of the west, the evidence of recurring 2. rudolf bultmann (1884 1976, a german theologian and professor who attempted to demythologize the new testament by utilizing the modern terminology of existentialist philosophy; his theories became the starting point for most twentieth-century theological debate. xii christianity as mystical fact patterns in myth and research into the hidden structures of the mind. h. p. blavatsky s idea of a unity behind it all touched a nerve of the age, and an attempt to explain the extraordinary and undeniable unity of religious phenomena has remained a central strand in twentieth-century thought, persisting far outside the theosophical circles where it was first nurtured.3 but from the beginning steiner followed his own critical line

spanning time past and time to come. the empirical personality is a product of the self; but that is henceforth only a subordinate part of its creative life within. now is created something higher than the senses can grasp, something for which the personality is a mere instrument of its creative power, something in humanity that is divine. this is the divinization experienced in the mysteries.12 the hidden god for the mystai that power which illuminated them from within was what they called their true spirit, the spirit of which they themselves were the product. it was as though a new being had penetrated them and taken possession of their faculties. such a being stood between them, in their ordinary identities, and the supreme cosmic power or godhead. it was the true self or daimon that

discovered in the human mind, if one wishes to see them at work in outer nature. the deeper meaning of the world, which is expressed as an eternal law of necessity, appears in the human soul and first achieves immediacy and actuality there. the meaning of the cosmos is revealed in the soul. that meaning is not to be found in what we perceive by sight, hearing or touch; it must be brought up from the hidden depths of the soul, for it is there that the eternal laws lie hidden. to find the eternal, one must go down into the psychic depths. in those depths is god the eternal harmony of the cosmos. 38 christianity as mystical fact thus, the human psyche is not limited to the confines of the body, enclosed within the skin; for what come to birth in the human soul are the laws which govern the s

of mysteries within judaism, which could be brought out of the obscurity of secret rites into the religion of the people, is also certain. a fully developed mysticism existed in pharisaism, alongside the priestly wisdom that had there become outer formalism. a mystery- wisdom is described here, just as it is elsewhere.103 it is said that an initiate discoursed on wisdom, and his hearers realized the hidden sense of his words. they cried: old man, what have you done? would that you had been silent! you think that you can sail the boundless ocean without sail or mast. what are you attempting? to ascend upward? you cannot. to descend into the depths? an immeasurable abyss opens before you!104 this comes from the kabbala (mystical tradition. we also hear of the four rabbis who sought the way

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

eries were revealed. it was through the historical events in palestine, which drew back the veil from what had previously been kept hidden in the mysteries. something was introduced into the history of the world through the appearance of christ, and it is this which constitutes the new mystery. the initiates of former ages had seen in the spirit how events were leading toward the manifestation of the hidden christ; but with the christian initiate it is a matter of the hidden effects which spring from the christ who now has been revealed. chapter 9 jesus in his historical setting the foundation on which christianity sprang up is to be found in the mysteries. all that was further required was the conviction that their spirit should be extended into life in general more than had been the case

155 we therefore behold these things which you [god] have created, because they are; but they are, because you see them. and his further comment on what and how we see them is also striking: and we see externally that they are; but inwardly that they are good.171 all this has its origins in plato. like plato, philo interprets the destiny of the human soul as the denouement in a cosmic drama, when the hidden god awakens from the spell.172 he describes inner events in which the soul is active by saying that wisdom follows within human beings the ways of her father, looking upon the archetypes and shaping forms in accordance with them.173 thus it is not of merely personal significance for someone to give expression to these forms; rather they are the eternal wisdom the life of the world. his

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

ght. therefore, in the address of the hiereus, the neophyte hears "even the banner of the east sinks in adoration before him" as though that symbol, great and potent though it be, lowers itself before the vast and mighty one. symbolism of the banner of the west on the banner of the west, the white triangle refers to the three paths connecting twklm with the other sephiroth; while the red cross is the hidden knowledge of the divine nature which is to be obtained through their aid. the cross and triangle together represent life and light. in addition to this explanation from the zelator grade, it represents eternally the possibility of rescuing the evil. but in it, the trapt cross is placed within the white triangle of the supernals as thereby representing that sacrifice made only unto the h

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

ized into matter. it is within matter that both energy and momentum can be created and then transferred intofurther extensions of ideas relative to original issuing source- the word. the corollary being that through retraction, the path back to the abstract complex can be followed past the point of its initial inception into consciousness. it is an extension of thought into darkness, the unknown, the hidden and occult. now, this concept of a tool has to be understood in a somewhat slightly different manner than that of a saw or hammer. a saw and a hammer help build a house, but the concept of something necessary to be built ushered in the necessity for the saw and hammer. it was this cognition that made the saw and hammer necessary. the structure is imposed upon the psyche first. this is t

l documented. their actual impact upon the total environment is determined by the intent of the one undergoing the experience. the left hand path goes beyond the experience, and realizes with full knowledge that the only way possible to be aware of these states is if something has observed them. awareness and true oneness are mutually exclusive states as already explained. each initiate must face the hidden one. chapter 2. the crossroads i went down to the crossroads tried to flag a ride, nobody seemed to know me, everybdy passed me by. robert johnson, crossroad blues the mechanistic nature of the universe extends itself in various ordered manifestations. each element of activity in the universe finds itself mirrored to lesser and greater degrees within other manifestations in that univers

product of the subjective universe (that which is perceived in thought) is much more fluid and diffuse. the concept of density will be discussed more thoroughly in chapter 5. they are both born out of the interactions of energy. the environments and boundaries that the mind and the physical senses reside within are called proxemic spaces. this is a term first coined by edward t. hall in his book the hidden dimension9, while hall s book dealt mainly with proxemics as an anthropological examination of the relationship between culture and of each man s territory. the concept was later extrapolated upon and further developed within a lhp initiatory paradigm by dr. michael a. aquino in his groundbreaking essay for the order of the trapezoid entitled, proxemic magic8. i, myself, further develop

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

ing america's richest and most powerful caught in the act as they perform occult magic. once you understand their covert signals and coded picture messages, your world will never be the same. destiny will be made manifest. you will know the truth and everything will become clear. texe marrs is author of over 37 books, including the #1 bestseller dark secrets of the new age and circle of intrigue: the hidden inner circle of the global illuminati conspiracy. a retired career u.s. air force officer, he has taught at the university of texas at austin and has appeared on radio and tv talk shows across america. last night i saw upon the stair a little man who wasn't there. he wasn't there again today. oh gee, i wish he'd go away! old nursery rhyme table of contents introduction: the occult scrip

this book. i'd like, therefore, to give credit to: lawrence patterson, publisher of criminal politics magazine and one of the world's leading experts on global finances and investments. alex jones, well-known radio personality and top-notch producer of many videos documenting the rise of the police state. dr. cathy burns, author of the excellent masonic and occult symbols illustrated, as well as the hidden secrets of the eastern star. dean grace, author of a little guide to the all-seeing eye symbol on our dollar bill. ralph epperson, author of masonry: conspiracy against christianity, the unseen hand, and other fine books. dr. gail riplinger, author of the bestselling classic, new age bible versions. david meyer, occult researcher and publisher of last trumpet newsletter. michael hoffman

ecognized as such or not recognized."11 as you'll discover in codex magica, the elite use many symbols and signs to hide and obfuscate their magical work and alchemy. in the blue lodge (the first three caution!-you are entering the forbidden zone 19 degrees, the initiate takes an oath of obligation, pledging: i will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal, any of the arts, parts, or points of the hidden mysteries of ancient free masonry. 12 the order of the eastern star, the women's masonic organization, informs its new members that the order teaches them of their duties and obligations "by means of secret signs and passwords."13 the initiate is further instructed that she must bind herself "to preserve the most sacred secrecy respecting the work of the order."14 symbols are more than

eful info is reserved for the masonic muckety-mucks, though it may be discovered with diligent investigation by others, too, no matter how much the masonic order vainly attempts to conceal and deny. as albert pike relates "what is most worth knowing in masonry is never very openly taught. the symbols are displayed, but they are mute. it is by hints only. that the initiate is put upon the track of the hidden secret" 22 how does one finally discover the inner secrets of freemasonry? my own experience provides the answer. it has taken me many years of meticulous research and study of the ancient mystery religions of babylon, sumeria, greece, rome, china, etc. i have spent many nights reading old textbooks and treatises on medieval and occult subjects; conducted intensive investigation of the

itual significance of masonic rituals, degrees, and symbols" zain points out that the name jahbuhlun is masonry's grand omnific word, the name of their omnipotent deity. he further shows the significance of the fact that the name jahbuhlun has nine letters and is made up of three syllables, jah, buh, lun. in the ritual for the royal arch degree, since there are three royal arch masons pronouncing the hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun 55 name three times each, altogether, says zain, twenty-seven syllables are pronounced. this, he explains, represents "the twenty-seven days it takes the moon to pass through the circle of zodiacal signs."3 interestingly, in the ritual drama, the three masons doing the pronouncing of jahbuhlun are said to have come from babylon! so, we have a ritual the 13th

deeds possible for his hidden deity, baphomet, aka lucifer, aka satan, aka jahbuhlun. now, the fatal (ending in spiritual death) sign that is taught for this degree is the one you will find men giving in the photographs in this chapter. notably, only higher-level initiates and adepts will typically be seen giving this evil sign stamping them as demon-possessed disciples of satan. i call this sign the hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun. from washington to rothschild regrettably, america's first president, george washington, exhibited this sign, if the 56 codex magica painter of one of his most famous portraits is to be believed. subsequent presidents, men like franklin pierce and rutherford hayes, were disciples of jahbuhlun, as was president teddy roosevelt. we also have communists karl m

of the york rite, the mason initiated is asked the question "are you a royal arch mason" his answer is required to be "i am that i am."8 in other words, in this degree's ritual the mason has not only acknowledged that the devil, in the guise of jahbuhlun, is his sacred lord, but he now is declaring that he, himself, a mere man, is the great i am! in other words, he is saying "i am god" uncovering the hidden hand now you see why i entitled this chapter "the hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun" in the early degrees, the mason is told that the name of god has been lost. he's even told that he should use a substitute name for god, mahabone. but later, after he's swallowed whole the rotten fabric of degree ritual after degree ritual, the bamboozled and propagandized fellow is finally told that

THAGIRION

be called a level everything of it self. beyond is the higher divine levels, the star sphere or the transcendental plane that could be called a level more than itself. this is the goal for a draconian magician. tiphereth corresponds with the sun in the form of light, while thagirion represents the black sun. the black sun represents the sun in its inner form where it shines inside man and reveals the hidden qliphotic worlds. the ordinary sun is the outer sun that shines on the ordinary world. the black sun is the god set in the typhonian alchemy, while the ordinary sun is sets twin horus. in old norse mythology balder corresponds with the ordinary sun and his blind brother h der or loke with the black sun. h der is similar with odin and also odin corresponds with the black sun. thagirion i

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

ned by its bondage, great power not by disintegration. is it not because our energy (or mind stuff) is already over bound and divided, that we are not capable, let alone magical? some believe any and every thing is symbolic, and can be transcribed, and explain the occult, but of what they do not know (great spiritual truths) so argument a metaphor, cautiously confusing the obvious which developes the hidden virtue. this unnecessary corpulency, however impressive, is it not disgusting (the elephant is exceeding large but extremely powerful, the swine though odious does not breed the contempt of our good taste) if a man is no hero to his servant, much less can he remain a mystic in the eyes of the curious; similarity educates mimicry. decorate your meaning, however objectionable (as fact, af

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se his or her eyes and the lips and to keep secret the rites of the cult. in ancient greece, postulants of the mystery religions had to undergo a rigorous initiation that disciplined both their mind and body. in order to attain the self-mastery demanded by the priests of the mysteries, the neophytes understood that they must restructure their physical, moral, and spiritual being to gain access to the hidden forces in the universe. only through complete mastery of oneself could one see beyond death and perceive the pathways of the after-life. many times these mysteries were taught in the form of a play and were celebrated in sacred groves or in secret temples away from the cities. in contemporary usage, the word cult generally carries with it negative connotations and associations. in moder

ections for names, words, and hidden phrases. according to rips, only the hebrew bible may be used, because god gave the hebrew characters to moses one at a time, with no spaces or punctuation. the colleagues published a peer reviewed paper in the statistical science journal in 1994 regarding their findings when they applied the code to the book of genesis. since then, research has indicated that the hidden code exists throughout all the books of the tanakh in the original hebrew. rips and his associates tested the book of genesis to see if the code could pick out the names of the 66 rabbis who had the longest entries in various jewish annals. the bible code revealed all 66 names, together with either the rabbis birth date or death date. in test after test, the bible code found people, pla

aining of body, soul, and spirit. in order to attain the self-mastery demanded by the priests of the mysteries, the newcomers understood that they would undergo a complete restructuring of their physical, moral, and spiritual being. the priests, the hierophants, preached that only by developing one s faculties of will, intuition, and reason to an extraordinary degree could one ever gain access to the hidden forces in the universe. only through complete mastery of body, soul, and spirit could one see beyond death and perceive the pathways to be taken in the afterlife. many times these mysteries were taught in the form of a play and celebrated away from the cities in sacred groves or in secret temples. in contemporary usage, the word cult generally carries with it very negative connotations

oul, and spirit. they had heard from former initiates that in order to attain the mastery demanded by the priests of the mysteries that the newcomers would undergo a complete restructuring of their physical, moral, and spiritual being. according to the credo of the mysteries, only by developing one s faculties of will, intuition, and reason to an extraordinary degree could one ever gain access to the hidden forces in the universe. only through complete mastery of body, soul, and spirit could one see beyond death and perceive the pathways to be taken in the afterlife. only when one has conquered fate and acquired divine freedom could he or she, the initiate, become a seer, a magician, an initiator. the greek philosopher pythagoras (c. 580 c. 500 b.c.e) learned the secret doctrine of numbers

the seeker appeared to be one who sincerely desired to learn the truth of the mysteries, he would be led through a corridor to an underground crypt where a large statue of isis hid the doorway to an inner sanctuary. the goddess s face was veiled, with an inscription that advised all initiates that no mortal could ever lift her veil and look upon her true features until the moment of death. within the hidden sanctuary were two columns, one colored black, the other red. the priest explained to the novice that the red column represented the ascension of the spirit into the light of osiris, while the black one signified the captivity of the spirit in physical matter. whoever sought the mysteries risked madness or death, the initiate was warned. once the door closed behind him, he would no long

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se his or her eyes and the lips and to keep secret the rites of the cult. in ancient greece, postulants of the mystery religions had to undergo a rigorous initiation that disciplined both their mind and body. in order to attain the self-mastery demanded by the priests of the mysteries, the neophytes understood that they must restructure their physical, moral, and spiritual being to gain access to the hidden forces in the universe. only through complete mastery of oneself could one see beyond death and perceive the pathways of the after-life. many times these mysteries were taught in the form of a play and were celebrated in sacred groves or in secret temples away from the cities. in contemporary usage, the word cult generally carries with it negative connotations and associations. in moder

s of mental abnormality into blood fetishism and obsessive blooddrinking may gradually develop a psychosis that can force them to mutilate or even kill others. on february 1, 2002, a 23-year-old woman who said that she became a vampire in london, then murdered a man in germany and drank his blood, was jailed for the crime. according to psychologists, the true lair of the vampire must be sought in the hidden recesses of the human mind, rather than in secluded burial vaults. the desire to assume the guise of a vampire, is highly suggestive of pathologically immature, dependent personalities, who cannot fend for themselves in normal everyday living, but who must attach themselves to a more productive personality, just as the vampire attaches itself to those hosts on whose blood it feeds. such

ted with respect, the nisse remains an effective guardian over hearth and outbuildings. he does demand payment for the performance of his duties, and the wise householder will be certain to leave hot porridge on the step at night and to make it known that the nisse is free to take whatever grain from the bin that he might require for his own needs. closely related to the nisse are the huldrefolk, the hidden people, the fairy folk of scandinavia, who are generally quite benign if treated with respect. if one should be foolish enough to anger them or violate their territory, they can become extremely malicious. generally, though, as the following story illustrates, the hidden people are quite reasonable. in 1962, the new owners of a herring-processing plant in iceland decided to enlarge thei

e foolish enough to anger them or violate their territory, they can become extremely malicious. generally, though, as the following story illustrates, the hidden people are quite reasonable. in 1962, the new owners of a herring-processing plant in iceland decided to enlarge their work area. according to icelandic tradition, no landowner must fail to reserve a small plot of his or her property for the hidden folk, and a number of the rural residents earnestly pointed out to the new proprieters that any extension of the plant would encroach upon the plot of ground that the original owners had set aside for the little people who lived under the ground. the businessmen laughed. for one thing, they didn t harbor those old folk superstitions. for another, they had employed a top-notch, highly qu

ughed. for one thing, they didn t harbor those old folk superstitions. for another, they had employed a top-notch, highly qualified construction crew who possessed modern, unbreakable drill bits and plenty of explosives. but the bits of the unbreakable drills began to shatter one after another. an old farmer came forward to repeat the warning that the crew was trespassing on land that belonged to the hidden folk. at first the workmen laughed at the old man and marveled that such primitive superstitions could still exist in modern iceland. but the drill bits kept breaking. finally, the manager of the plant, although professing disbelief in such superstitions, agreed to the old farmer s recommendation that he consult a local seer to establish contact with the hidden folk and attempt to make

eaking. finally, the manager of the plant, although professing disbelief in such superstitions, agreed to the old farmer s recommendation that he consult a local seer to establish contact with the hidden folk and attempt to make peace with them. after going into a brief trance-state, the seer returned to waking consciousness to inform the manager that there was one particularly powerful member of the hidden folk who had selected this plot as his dwelling place. he was not an unreasonable being, however. if the processing plant really needed the plot for its expansion, he would agree to find another place to live. the hidden one asked only for five days without any drilling, so that he could make his arrangements to move. the manager felt a bit strange bargaining with a being that was invis

needed the plot for its expansion, he would agree to find another place to live. the hidden one asked only for five days without any drilling, so that he could make his arrangements to move. the manager felt a bit strange bargaining with a being that was invisible and as far as he had previously been concerned, imaginary. but he looked over at the pile of broken drill bits and told the seer that the hidden one had a deal. work on the site would be shut down for five days to give him a chance to move. after five days had passed and the workmen resumed drilling, the work proceeded smoothly and efficiently until the addition to the plant was completed. there were no more shattered bits on the unbreakable drill. m delving deeper booss, claire, ed. scandinavian folk& fairy tales. new york: gra

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se his or her eyes and the lips and to keep secret the rites of the cult. in ancient greece, postulants of the mystery religions had to undergo a rigorous initiation that disciplined both their mind and body. in order to attain the self-mastery demanded by the priests of the mysteries, the neophytes understood that they must restructure their physical, moral, and spiritual being to gain access to the hidden forces in the universe. only through complete mastery of oneself could one see beyond death and perceive the pathways of the after-life. many times these mysteries were taught in the form of a play and were celebrated in sacred groves or in secret temples away from the cities. in contemporary usage, the word gcult h generally carries with it negative connotations and associations. in mo

uch as male/ female, light/dark, and so forth. those who believe in the wisdom of i ching maintain that within the 64 sections there exist teachings for every possible situation that anyone will encounter throughout his or her life. within the hexagrams are represented numerous archetypal situations in catergories such as gthe rise to power, h gproper relationships, h gnegativity, h and so forth. the hidden meanings of the hexagrams were divined by ancient chinese sages who were in tune with the philosophy of the tao, which views human beings as creatures of nature and teaches that instincts, feelings, and imagination should be allowed to have free reign. taoism is in sharp contrast to confucianism, which envisions humankind as rational and moral creatures who have responsibilities to thei

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

done, regenerates the participants, into people who are fully aware of their one- ness with the otherworld and the transformative powers it contains. nothing can beat the simple, traditional, and earthy or primal feel of blessing the bread and red drink in the name of the horned one and his lady, and drinking and eating, and sharing the remains with the ground, blessing them and offering them to the hidden people below- the feeling of connection and sharing that emerges from this powerful and simple rite is precisely the blessing, the point of the housle. that feeling of union and bliss, or of power and shared strength and closeness, which is the heart of so much of the craft-religion, is the feeling and presence of the regeneration of which we will be speaking soon. you have been regener

ark queen of elfhame (a name that usually refers to her mother) is the sexual force of the mother, the haunting, seductive and lovely, but dangerous daughter of the earth. she is the living force of the countryside, the heath- and her name horn conceals a secret that unlocks immortality. lady horn is the spirit that teaches the wise; she is the mistress of the craft and all families and covens of the hidden craft. her cats are forever present. when she rode up above, on the serpent-tracks, her name was lady tara de rosilea. she was the queen of the heath, and the spirits of the land (the wanes) and the hidden folk within and below it. her primary attributes are fire, cunning, and sexuality. she is the dame venus of legends and lore, as well as the queen of the underworld, or the kore. dr

form, and so must be seen as the lightbringer perfected after his fall. remember that time is not linear; this event, this perfection, has already occurred in the non- linear otherworlds, which act as the eternal and internal basis for this world. when the lightbringer (whom we call orvendale) is met, he is already surrounded by the culminating light of his perfection, the light of the true fire, the hidden fire, clear light of the deepest reality, which he embodies. this is why both the child and the lightbringer are both called master. orvendale and the child are also likewise also both called the son of light, but for different reasons- orvendale is the son who bears light, who grants it, who is the channel of it from its source to others, and the child is the son who is light, what the

and death- they now represent the true immortal state- which is not either this nor that- it is a mysterious third state that is separate from all dualities, and yet, somehow mysteriously related to them. it is (as thomas then saw, after he ate the housle with the queen) the mysterious third road between the road that leads to life and the road that leads to death. the third road is the way that the hidden company follow, the way of the master-men and master-women. it is the hidden road that the witch-way reveals to those who understand. to truly exist, to be aware of what you really are, is not to be an individual, nor is it to be one with all. those are just dualities, neither of which truly sums up what we are. we are both of those things, yet fully neither, because we are something st

and the heart of true life. after these moments of silence have passed, following the horn or the bell, or the meditation, the rite leader holds his or her hands over the cup, and says: i saw the master come forth in a great light from the east, and he was the light. i saw time, sorrow, and death pass away. only truth remained. gathered around him were blessed souls of the realized ones, they of the hidden company, the holy grand array. from the master s radiant tongue came words, and he became the words, as they were spoken. he said: behold, i make all things new. the rite leader offers a sip of the wine to each member of the gathering, with the words behold: i make all things new, to which the person responds, from earth, come fire, and then takes a sip. the rite leader drinks last, say

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

e negation of mercy and of love "the affirmation of the absolute reign of force, and its eternal antagonism, from above to beneath, and from beneath to above "the glorification of tyranny and of revolt "the hieroglyphic sign of the unclean rite, with which, rightly or wrongly, the templars were reproached; it is the sign of disorder and of eternal despair" such, then, are the first revelations of the hidden science of the magi with regard to these phenomena of supernatural manifestations. now let it be permitted to us to compare with these strange signatures other contemporary apparitions of phenomenal writings, for it is really a brief which science ought to study before taking it to the tribunal of public opinion. one must then despise no research, overlook no clue. in the neighbourhood

he unknown young priest spoken of. in the course of the night between the 1st and 2nd of january, 1857, eliphas levi was awakened suddenly by the emotions of a bizarre and dismal dream. it seemed to him that he was in a dilapidated room of gothic architecture, rather like the abandoned chapel of an old castle. a door hidden by a black drapery opened on to this room; behind the drapery one guessed the hidden light of tapers, and it seemed to eliphas that, driven by a curiosity full of terror, he was approaching the black drapery. then the drapery was parted, and a hand was stretched forth and seized the arm of eliphas. he saw no one, but he heard a low voice which said in his ear "come and see your father, who is about to die" the magus awoke, his heart palpitating, and his forehead bathed

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

of phosphoru o the magician's kabbalah by fp the classical esoteric model of the universe as practised by a working magician, with unique details of the theories and practices of modern magic for the general reader. this book demonstrates the integration of kabbalah with the leading edge of scientific thought in the realms of psychology and cosmology, as well as providing an unparalleled guide to the hidden world of the modern occultist. acknowledgements i acknowledge the lessons of my teachers and colleagues of the invisible college, particularly frater daleth for the operation of sol; soror jasinth for love and company in the circle of the moon; soror brina for reopening eden; and the participants in the illuminated congregation of melchizedek, past, present and future, who seek to maint

world (4, the number of materialisation) from chockmah, to which i have attributed svph. note that again it is also the reflection of itself (2+2= 4) in order to manifest. avr, the "light" has the value of 207, which reduces to 9, the number of teth, the snake of wisdom. thus, the light and the snake are brought together (as the zorastorian verse reads. that fire that darts and flashes throughout the hidden depths of the universe (and 418 is the value of kbvd zyv h-nchsh "the bright glory of the snake, and hence the great work completed as the snake reaches kether and the light floods down it. the word rbh, meaning "archer" has the value of 207 also, thus showing the process of "shooting" up the middle pillar of the tree in the mystical process of attaining the avr rather than the magical

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 two of wands represents the energy of fire, which is in its highest aspect as "that invisible fire that darts and flashes throughout the hidden depths of this universe (zoroaster. the implied "dominion" is that of the "pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result (liber al, i.44. the magus has surrendered his will by merging and recognising his ultimate identity as identical to that of the universal process. the two of cups is the highest emotion of love, that is to say, the unity of all dualities in one

d yod. i virgo isis n scorpio apophis r sun osiris i virgo isis thus, as with the tetragrammaton of yhvh, the formula repeats a key letter to indicate that events cycle through growth, death, rebirth and growth again. tiphareth might be the top of one mountain, but is also the beginning of another climb altogether. chapter ten; netzach, the rose in the lamplight the sepher yetzirah deems netzach "the hidden intelligence, for it pours forth a brilliant splendour onto all intellectual virtues which are looked upon with the eyes of the spirit and the ecstasy of faith" in most readings, netzach is described as the seat of the emotions, partnering hod, the seat of the intellect. as the base of the positive pillar, and as the first of the sephiroth in the creative process below the veil of parok

e circles of an s-matrix or the tree of life is "blurred and unspecified" as one scientist puts it. the sepher yetzirah says this of the sephiroth "their end is lost in infinity. the word of god moves in them; leaving and returning ceaselessly like a whirlwind, they execute the divine word in an instant" the paths, on the other hand, as kircher puts it, are "luminous roads by which one can attain the hidden centres. that is to say, the paths are the observable symptoms of the process depicted by the sephiroth, but only through our knowledge of the paths can we come to appreciate the nature of the sephiroth, which in themselves remain unknowable. in a sense, we are in the position of playing a cosmic version of the children's' game of "battleships, where the crosses we make on the sheet of

y the sephiroth, but only through our knowledge of the paths can we come to appreciate the nature of the sephiroth, which in themselves remain unknowable. in a sense, we are in the position of playing a cosmic version of the children's' game of "battleships, where the crosses we make on the sheet of guesses everytime we choose a position where the battleship is not eventually outline the shape of the hidden vessel. magical initiation is the process of removing the guesses and that which is left, as arthur conan doyle puts it "however improbable, must be the truth" or at least, certainly narrow down the area which is the truth. the classic text dealing with the paths is that found in the sepher yetzirah. however, it reads very much like a series of unintelligible zen koans, and it may be th

on levels of meaning and is woven into a whole. the star card shows this as the pouring forth of water, as does the zodiacal sign of aquarius which is also attributed to this path and card. on the other side of the tree, path 30 is where "astrologers derive the speculations and perfection of their science according to the movement of stars. this path is thus related to the science (hod) regarding the hidden substructure (yesod) of the world (malkuth, and aims to comprehend the processes running through path 28. the tarot card relating to the path is that of the "sun, which is obviously the centre of any form of astrology or early astronomy (vi) the final triad of the tree is that of the paths leading to malkuth. we have already examined the central path, and here we will look at the two pa

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

voluntary decision of the evolving psyche to seek a balanced position, the middle way a place which partakes of both the opposites and yet which is not subject to their equal but opposing pulls. it has been emphasized that the fundamental task of both analytical psychology and magic is to attempt to bring into operation the higher genius-or to bring into full working consciousness the content of the hidden and buried unconsciousness. we should remember the parables of the archaic philosophical religions whose fundamental tenet was that within man was a spirit, a dynamic center of consciousness which, because of its contact and association with matter, had been plunged into a profound sleep, a state of somnambulism. the problem is: how may this slumbering level of the primeval consciousnes

for he can be assured that the exercise is not nearly as obscure or terrifying as it sounds. practice will make perfect, and the realization of the goal to be acquired will provide sufficient confidence to enable him to pursue the practice still further until complete mastery is acheved. in this way his mind being made quiescent, and h s body and emotional apparatus purified, the consciousness of the hidden grades or levels of h s being may gently and gradually ascend and manifest to h s perceptions, thus assisting h in his inward growth, in the conquest of ignorance and the acquisition of self-knowledge. before closing this chapter, one final set of directions remains to be communicated with regard to this practice. once skill has been acquired in performing accurately and effectually thi

n one of the positions mentioned above. a tape recorder should be set up ahead of time to record the entire session. as you sit, calmly articulate any thought, idea, memory, or feeling that happens to arise, into the microphone. speak indiscriminately, without planning what to say next. at the end of the session, play back what has been recorded. this practice will give the student a good idea of the hidden contents within the psyche. some of it may seem shocking to the student who has not always been mentally "honest" with him or herself. the student may experience the opening of a floodgate of pent-up feelings or thoughts that have been censored for years. however, the simple act of becoming aware of these hidden thoughts is part of the process of being able to come to terms with them. t

ctory" referring to the seventh sephirah on the tree of life. neurosis: any of various mental or emotional disorders arising from no apparent organic lesion or change and involving symptoms such as insecurity, anxiety, depression, and irrational fears. not as detrimental as psychosis, a person with a particular neurosis can otherwise function normally. notariqon: a qabalistic method for obtaining the hidden meanings of hebrew words by viewing them as acronyms of phrases, or vice versa. oedipus complex: an unconscious sexual desire in a child, especially a boy, for the parent of the opposite sex, that is usually combined with hostility to the parent of the same sex. this complex, if unresolved, may result in neurosis and an inability to form normal sexual relationships in adulthood. orgone:

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

led "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever the case may be, the zonei seem to include the seven philosophical planets, i.e, including the sun and moon as planetary bodies, along with mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. each has their own seal and their own number. kenneth grant, author of aleister crowley and the hidden god, may be interested to know (or may already know) that the number of the sumerian goddess of venus, hence of love and war, is fifteen. in many of the ancient tablets of that period, she is actually referred to as "the fifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the whole name in cuneiform, was assume. grant made much of "the goddess fifteen" in his study of crowley's system as related to

e origins of oriental civilisation new york, 1959 fossey, c. la magie assyrienne paris, 1902 de la fuye, a "le pentagramme pythagoricien, sa diffusion, son emploi dans la syllabaire cuneiforme" babyloniaca paris, 1934 genouillac "les dieux de l'elam" recueil de travaux relatifs a la philologie et a l'archaeologie egyptiennes et assyriennes. paris, 1904 (ed. maspero) grant, k. aleister crowley and the hidden god new york, 1974 the magical revival new york, 1973 gray, j. near eastern mythology new york, 1969 griffith& thompson the leyden papyrus new york, 1974 hooke, s.h. babylonian and assyrian religion oklahoma, 1975 middle eastern mythology new york, 1975 king, l. babylonian magic and sorcery london, 1896 history begins at sumer new york, 1959 kramer, s.n. mythologies of the ancient world

sorcery no evil in the world or under it over the world or inside the world may seize me here! barra ante malda! barra ange ge yene! zi dingir anna kanpa! zi dingir kia kanpa! gaggamannu! a conjuration against the seven liers-in-wait they are seven they are seven in the depths of the ocean, they are seven in the shining heavens, they are seven they proceed from the ocean depths they proceed from the hidden retreat they are neither male nor female these which stretch themselves out like chains they have no spouse they beget not children they are strangers to charity they ignore prayers they scoff at wishes they are vermin that come forth from the mountains of mashu enemies of our master enki they are the vengeance of the ancient ones raising up difficulties obtaining power through wickedne

devil the evil larvae showing no true signs unto mortal man. and the dead will rise and smell the incense! the urilia text the following is the text of urilia, the book of the worm. it contains the formulae by which the wreakers of havoc perform their rites. these are the prayers of the ensnarers, the liers-in-wait, the blind fiends of chaos, the most ancient evil. these incantations are said by the hidden priests and creatures of these powers, defeated by the elders and the seven powers, led by marduk, supported by enki and the whole host of igigi; defeaters of the old serpent, the ancient worm, tiamat, the abyss, also called kutulu the corpse-enki, yet who lies not dead, but dreaming; he whom secret priests, initiated into the black rites, whose names are writ forever in the book of cha

THE PATH OF KABBALAH

and the reception of the light of the creator in the middle. there is a certain duality here. from the creator s perspective everything is clear and foreseen, including the sin of the first man and its detailed process of correction. everything has its place and time. in fact, everything is already at the end of correction. but for us, it is all a secret. man has yet to discover the regularity in the hidden. we must pace ahead with faith above reason with the unknown pressing and encouraging us to strain to find the creator and maintain the constant contact with him of our own choice. but we and the creator have opposite characteristics to the creator, and because of the egoism we are afraid to connect with him, because we don t know what the good inclination is, let alone pure altruism! f

because they have an ability to receive the upper knowledge, eternal pleasure and the force of the creator. the method that allows them to exit beyond the boundaries of our nature and its limitations is called the wisdom of kabbalah. it tells us how any person can understand the reality beyond our world and perceive the actual reality, the seemingly external one. kabbalah is called the wisdom of the hidden because it is hidden to everyone who is confined to the framework of our five senses. this method enables us to receive desire-properties in addition to the ones we re born with, and in them receive the actual sensation of reality. although this method is complex, serious and profound, it is one that anyone can understand and implement. further more, kabbalists claim that before we atta

in fact, the only thing that the creator created, but we can and should change the aim of the desire from receiving for me to receiving for the creator. thus, the desire to feel pleasure does not change, only the aim. for that reason, the method for changing the aim is called the wisdom of kabbalah, and because the aim is concealed from the eye, the wisdom of kabbalah is also called the wisdom of the hidden. it teaches how to receive by changing the aim. consequently, the important thing is only the aim behind every act, the purpose for which one does what he does. the 125 rungs of the ladder are degrees of gradual correction of the aim of the soul from receiving for me to receiving for the creator. the five degrees of the will to receive, beginning with the weakest (keter) and ending with

al degree and the extent of sensation of the upper light, being the attainment of the creator that he will have. it is said that a, mitzva without an aim is like a body without a soul. this means that a mitzva without an aim is dead in the spiritual sense. it is in a degree called still. the purpose of kabbalah is to teach us the right aim. that is the reason that kabbalah is called the wisdom of the hidden. no person but man himself can know what he aims for, and sometimes even he cannot be certain of his intentions. therefore, kabbalah teaches man to examine what his precise intentions are, so that he will eventually begin to feel his egoism and his real essence, which is the desire to enjoy without any reservations or consideration of the other and the other s needs. in the beginning of

. if people would change their properties, we would be able to communicate in a spiritual language and perform spiritual acts. anyone receives and suffers according to the level he is in. turning the anguish into something spiritual requires a screen. that cannot be given just like that; such a demand creates a barrier, a separation. that is why the wisdom of kabbalah is also called the wisdom of the hidden (for those who have not attained it. in the preface to the zohar, baal hasulam depicts four levels of recognition: matter, form dressed in matter, abstract form and essence. our science can only deal with what concerns the matter and the form dressed in the matter. a form without a matter is a completely abstract concept that cannot be clearly analyzed. the essence, the thing that bring

ain this great purity, except by the study of the wisdom of kabbalah, which is the easiest way, suitable for the unknowledgeable as well. but through the study of the literal torah alone, it is impossible to attain it but for singled out individuals, and with great efforts, but not for the majority of the people (rabbi yehuda ashlag, introduction to talmud eser sefirot "the attainment begins from the hidden torah, and only afterwards does one attain the remaining portions of the torah, and only in the end does one attain the revealed torah (the vilna gaon- the book of "siddur. i have seen it written that the prohibition from above to refrain from open study in the wisdom of truth, was only for a limited period, until the end of 1490, but from then on the prohibition has been lifted and per

g wrote on the ari s tree of life is called, the study of the ten sefirot. in addition, rabbi ashlag wrote a great number of complementary books such as matan torah, the book of introductions, beit shaar hakavanot and others. i recommend studying kabbalah only according to the books of this great kabbalist, because they are written in a simple and clear language, and can provide an insight to all the hidden knowledge of the zohar and the sources that preceded it. i also recommend reading the books of rabbi baruch ashlag and the books that i published. i don t recommend reading other sources for fear the text will not be understood properly. however, once a student acquires the basics of the wisdom of kabbalah through his studies in the books of rabbi ashlag, he can read any available liter

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

es of the brethren, with some few other things; this he would transfer in another more fitting vault: for where or when fra: r.c. died, or in what country he was buried, was by our predecessors concealed and unknown unto us. in this table stuck a great naile somewhat strong, so that when he was with force drawn out, he took with him an indifferent big stone out of the thin wall, or plaistering of the hidden door, and so unlooked for uncovered the door; wherefore we did with joy and longing throw down the rest of the wall, and cleared the door, upon which that was written in great letters, post 120 annos patebo, with the year of the lord under it: therefore we gave god thanks and let it rest that same night, because first we would overlook our rotam; but we refer our selves again to the con

THE SHADOWED ONES

r falls in honesty. this is the essence of the adversary who is two who may be sought by light or shadow. azazel may be known in various forms as shaitan the adversary, set, ahriman a shadow form of this fallen angel, lucifer and azal ucel. seek the daemon by invocation and instinct, seek his essence by the will itself. belial a watcher who fell with azazel, who was given lordship of the gates of the hidden place, called hades or hell by some. in this inferno and darkened place does the spirit test itself, and is either illuminated and empowered by fire or consumed by it. those who are like azazel emerge as gods and goddesses, yet who find a new fear are torn apart and devoured by the serpents and demons which would bend to the will of the daring. belial grants the power of will to the kno

allenge of self-excellence. the children of this adam know not those things which are determined, wherefore they oft-times fall into error. the beasts of the field, and of heaven, and the fish of the sea, all of them are in my hand and under my control kitab el-jelwa i am the dragon clothed in the feathers of the peacock, that which is sacred unto me. i formed this bird to represent the beauty of the hidden soul, what may become from the balance of the mind. by becoming like me you shall to gain control in your world, thus the balance of the earth and the body temple of man and woman must be recognized. seek my bride of earth and stars with my own union so that you may become as my son or daughter. to join in communication with my brothers and sisters, those watchers who reside in the eart

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

f-sacrifice of love, and as such i think we should principally read it, the poetry of life and hope, and not the mystic throbs of some deep aspiration. charicles and archais are the golden children of the tree of life; she is under the curse of jove. as all pure love has been under the anathema of some god. and he, blinded by his love, sets the mystic key in the secret lock, opening to his desire the hidden corridor of knowledge; the spell falls hissing as a snake. the picture of their meeting is beautiful indeed. thus we find archais: she lay within the water, and the sun made golden with his pleasure every one of small cool ripples that surround her throat, mix with her curls, and catch the hands that float like water-lilies on the wave.*1. chance bowed herself across the sunny bars, and

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

nd spiritual wisdom. in front of it is shown a door, or exit, indicating that those thus enlightened are not earth-bound, but pass freely, when their earthly life is completed, to a life in the higher spheres. in the road before the pyramids are two dogs, one white and the other black; while between them, in a circle of white, crawls a scorpion. this dim, moonlight scene represents a seance room, the hidden perils of which are more redoubtable than those to be seen. the false radiance of the moon indicates the glamor that surrounds such an occasion. the good and the bad, the ignorant and the learned, symbolized by the pyramids, are gathered there at the edge of the road into the beyond. to such a place there may be attracted lying spirits, as signified by the black dog; friendly spirits, a

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

belief and rendering it transvaluative through desire (zos kia an introductory essay on the art and sorcery of austin osman spare, by gavin semple, flugur limited, oct. 31, 1995) for which much of the latent experience of belief can be absorbed into an eros-thanatos combination of life making elementals. the publication "a book of satyrs" was published and further demonstrated austin's talent for the hidden and truth- devoured reality beyond the watchful and often passed eye. austin osman spare signed the oath of a probationer in the presence of aleister crowley in 1909, assuming the magickial name of yihoveaum, which spare would later have a slight falling out with crowley, thus never reaching beyond the probationer initiation of the a:a. spare continued to develop and tap into what is to

alphabet of desire for the aspiring sorcerer who will always be apt to transverse the spheres of both light and shadow, the angelic and the demonic. further reading: the witches sabbat (fulgur limited) from inferno to zos (fulgur limited) zos speaks by kenneth and steffi grant (fulgur limited) cults of shadow by kenneth grant (skoob) nightside of eden by kenneth grant (skoob) aleister crowley and the hidden god by kenneth grant (skoob) chaos magick and luciferian sorcery by michael ford 2001 confusion is the result of a system of failure. in order to build and proceed into any useful areas one must be willing to strip away belief that have been programmed since birth. we all have this challenge, as within modern society this is a consistent and often reoccurring problem. when peter carroll

nes and tempo approach, will led the listener to assume something, to invariably come into contact with the demon or angel in question. this is activated by his/her subconscious alone, and is even more so on governmental levels. science and government have used many of these methods long ago to uncertain ends. chaos magick teaches the individual the price of knowledge, and the pleasure of seeking the hidden light of prometheus. the rise of godhood through many of the chaos magick methods is only strengthened by the practice of discipline as well. sharp focuses of developed mental strength through such techniques developed in the western world by aleister crowley only prove the initial discussion of will and focus. god itself is not understanding of any of us; in fact it seeks to devour our

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

y is crucial towards development and the understanding of magick as we know it. in this defining concept, the understanding of discipline is sometimes lost. discipline is the most important factor of magickal training, even within sorcery and witchcraft. the mind and body must be in fine tuned shape for the rigors of the left hand path and its possibilities towards the light of lucifer or adonai (the hidden self, associated with god or the source of light. the illuminates of thanateros has some very strong initiates within their ranks at many points, one being the austrian former lodge, temple pleasuredome which operated from 1988 until 1990 when temple founder michael dewitt was excommunicated due to his support for peter carroll in the infamous ice magick wars. the ice magick wars are de

THE BINDING OF SHADOWS

, who brought to man and woman the knowledge of the serpent, attend my being in the protection of the kin of witchblood! touching the genitals recite: malkuth (the kingdom) facing the west, make the sign of the invoking pentagram averse, and envision the waters circling you, forming great tempests with serpents and dragons seeking to devour that which would attack you. by the call of shemyaza may the hidden knowledge and protection be revealed. by the desire of my many forms shall be passed from the grave to life touching the right shoulder, say ve-geburah (and the power) touching the left shoulder, say ve-gedulah (and the glory) facing the south, make the sign of the inverse pentagram, symbolizing the matter of the flesh and the psyche which allows the spirit- god to emerge. baraqijal, al

THE BOOK OF GATES

e allotteth unto them estates which are situated in this field. baiu-shetaiu (i.e, hidden souls) is the name of the gods who are in this field, and whosoever knoweth their names upon earth shall be able to approach to the place where osiris is, and there shall be given unto him water for his field. net-neb-ua-kheper-auatu is the name of this field. whosoever shall know these hidden similitudes of the hidden souls in the correct forms wherein they are depicted in ament of the tuat--now the beginning of such representations should be from amentet-[these figures i say] shall act as magical protectors to that man upon earth [and] in neter-khert, regularly and unfailingly. whosoever knoweth these, when he is making his journey past them shall escape from their roarings, and he shall not fall do

xt p. 13 the fourth hour. the majesty of this great god, having been towed along, afterwards taketh up his position in the secret circle of amentet, and he performeth the affairs of the gods of the tuat who are therein by means of his voice, but he seeth them not. ankh-kheperu is the name of the gate of this circle. ament-sethau is the name of this circle. whosoever knoweth this representation of the hidden roads of re-statet, and the holy paths of the ammehet, and the secret doors which are in the land of seker, the god who is upon his sand, shall be in the condition of him that eateth the bread-cakes which are [made] for the mouth of the living gods in the temple of tem. whosoever knoweth this shall be in the condition of him that is maat on the ways, and he shall journey p. 14 over the

ho is upon his sand, and he neither looketh upon nor gazeth at the secret figure of the earth which containeth the flesh of this god. the gods who are in [the train of] this god hear the words of ra, who crieth unto them from where this god is. aha-neteru is the name of the door [of this city. ament is the name of the circle of this god [and in it are] the secret path of amentet, and the doors of the hidden palace, and the holy place of the land of seker [with his] flesh, and [his] members [and his] body, in the divine form which they had at first. baiu-amu-tuat is the name of the gods who are in [this] circle. their forms (aru) who are in their hour, p. 17 and their secret shapes (kheperu) neither know, nor look upon, nor see this image (or, similitude) of seker (or, the hawk) himself. wh

members [and his] body, in the divine form which they had at first. baiu-amu-tuat is the name of the gods who are in [this] circle. their forms (aru) who are in their hour, p. 17 and their secret shapes (kheperu) neither know, nor look upon, nor see this image (or, similitude) of seker (or, the hawk) himself. whosoever shall make these representations according to the image which is in writing in the hidden places of the tuat, at the south of the hidden palace, and whosoever shall know them shall be at peace, and his soul shall unite itself to the offerings of seker, and the goddess khemit shall not hack his body in pieces, and he shall go on his way towards her in peace. whosoever shall make offerings to these gods upon earth-[these offerings, i say, shall act as magical protectors to tha

is boat to perform the plans (or, affairs) of the gods of the tuat, the gathering together [of them] by their names, the manifestations of their shapes (or, forms, and [their] secret hours, such are the things of which the secret representation of the tuat is not known to men and women. whosoever shall make [a copy of] this image in writing, according to the representation of the same which is in the hidden things of the tuat, at the south of the hidden palace, and whosoever shall know them shall be in the condition of one who awardeth offerings in abundance in the tuat, and he shall be united to the offerings of the gods who are in the following of osiris, and his parents (or, kinsfolk) shall make the offerings which are obligatory on the earth. the majesty of this great god sendeth forth

along. he maketh his way by means of the words of power of isis, and by means of the words of power of semsu, and the utterances of this great god himself [act as] magical protectors, and perform the slaughters of apep in the tuat, in this circle, in his windings in the sky. whosoever shall make [a copy of] these [pictures] according to the similitudes which are in writing at the northern side of the hidden palace in the tuat, they shall act as magical protectors for him that maketh them in heaven and in earth. and whosoever knoweth them shall be a soul of souls with ra. and whosoever shall make (i.e, recite) the words of power of isis and the words of power of semsu, shall make to be driven back the apep of ra in amentet. whosoever shall do [this] in the hidden palace of the tuat, and who

s in the holy embrace) of the serpent mehen. aha-an-urt-f is the name of the gate of this city. tebat-neteru-set is the name of this city. as for the secret circle of amentet, this great god maketh his way over it in his boat, by means of the towing of the gods who are in the tuat. whosoever shall make [a copy of] these things according to the similitude which is in writing on the north [wall] of the hidden palace in the tuat, and whosoever shall know them by their names, shall be in the condition of one who is fully provided with swathings on the earth, and he shall never be repulsed at the secret gates, and he shall have abundant offerings in the great funeral hall regularly and unfailingly for millions of years. nebt-usha is the name of the hour of the night which guideth this great god

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

ay the dogs devour my carcass; may i be mutilated and no more a man (black guard applies sword in penal sign) saladin: noble emir, release your prisoner (done. 1st feet. 2nd hands. 3rd hoodwink) saladin (shaking hands with the candidate) noble guest, welcome to our camp! be seated on my right hand (candidate seated) i greet you as a brother with the title of minerval, man of earth, a seeker after the hidden wisdom. also, i present you with this sacred scroll28 (done) study it well; it is the charter of universal freedom. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c1.html (2 of 6 [12/28/2001 2:02:26 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. noble emir, i charge you with the pleasant duty of proclaiming the arrival of our guest to our fellow soldiers! blac

all these will we devote to the performance of the great work. these secrets they indeed possessed, and the tradition handed down through centuries hath not been lost. o highly favoured of god! o chosen from among men! o thou on whom the grace of our lord jesus christ hath fallen! it is to thee that we reveal the secret ineffable and not to be divined. to thee do we entrust the arcanum arcanorum, the hidden treasure of the wise. without it all is cold, inertia, death; within it fire, energy, genius, creation. this is the key to every door in the kingdom of heaven; this is the sceptre of the realms that are! the possession and right use of this secret giveth an hundred powers; yea, verily, five score is the numeration of the reward thereof. for this mystery is of jove himself whose letter i

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

leanse me from my sin. 51:3 for i acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me. 51:4 against thee, thee only, have i sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest [and] be clear when thou judgest. 51:5 behold, i was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 51:6 behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 51:7 purge me with hyssop, and i shall be clean: wash me, and i shall be whiter than snow. 51:8 make me to hear joy and gladness [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice. 51:9 hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 51:10 create in me a clean heart, o god; and renew a right spirit within me. 51:11 cast me not a

h and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power: 2:5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of god. 2:6 howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 2:7 but we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery [even] the hidden [wisdom] which god ordained before the world unto our glory: 2:8 which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it] they would not have crucified the lord of glory. 2:9 but as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which god hath prepared for them that love him. 2:10 but god hath revealed [them] unto us

god. 4:2 moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 4:3 but with me it is a very small thing that i should be judged of you, or of man s judgment: yea, i judge not mine own self. 4:4 for i know nothing by myself; yet am i not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the lord. 4:5 therefore judge nothing before the time, until the lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of god. 4:6 and these things, brethren, i have in a figure transferred to myself and [to] apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. 4:7 for who maketh thee to differ

en away. 3:17 now the lord is that spirit: and where the spirit of the lord 2 corinthians page 664 [is] there [is] liberty. 3:18 but we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory [even] as by the spirit of the lord. 4:1 therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 4:2 but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of god deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man s conscience in the sight of god. 4:3 but if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4:4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of christ

your souls. 3:1 likewise, ye wives [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 3:2 while they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear. 3:3 whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3:4 but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of god of great price. 3:5 for after this manner in the old 1 peter page 702 time the holy women also, who trusted in god, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: 3:6 even as sarah obeyed abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as l

of israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 2:15 so hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the nicolaitanes, which thing i hate. 2:16 repent; or else i will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 2:17 he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches; to him that overcometh will i give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it] 2:18 and unto the angel of the church in thyatira write; these things saith the son of god, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass; 2:19 i know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy wo

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can be indicated by a square with one corner uppermost so that it forms a diamond shape to suggest cutting and piercing. passive materiality can be suggested by a square with vertical and horizontal sides. these two forms can be found in abyssinian amulets, apache beadwork, moroccan metalwork and embroidery, and in the art of many other cultures: if the square encloses the diamond, it represents the hidden life force that lies sleeping in inanimate stone and metal. the diamond in the square is a symbol of the natural order. it is the spark of life in the embryo receiving its form within the nurturing walls of the womb. it is usually a female symbol-for example, it appears in the cross of uri, who is the hawaiian female force of creation. inverted, with the square inside the diamond, the u

ellent symbol for deflecting psychic force. moroccan artists sometimes emphasize the origin of the octagram by first painting two crosses and then painting over them the double square. in this way the crosses are physically embodied in the charm, although partially hidden under the second layer of paint. the octagram has also been used as a devil trap to protect the home or other property against the hidden invasion of demonic forces. upon looking at the octa- gram, the demons are believed to become transfixed and bound up in the eight- sided center of the symbol. for this purpose, however, a spiral such as that used by the ancient babylonians is more effective. t he nonagram has three forms. the common nonagram is made up of three overlapping equilateral triangles rotated so that their ni

elite circle of the chosen. in its highest form it symbolizes death as a worldly being and rebirth as a spiritual being. initiation can be received voluntarily or involuntarily, depending on whether the candidate seeks to enter the circle (the quest) or is called to enter by higher spirit forces (the calling. in the quest the candidate recognizes consciously the value, material or spiri- tual, of the hidden wisdom that the members of the circle possess and resolutely sets out to attain the benefit of that wisdom and power for his or her personal use. tennyson's poem sir galahad suggests the spirit of the quest "0 just and faithful knight of god! ride on! the prize is near" so pass i hostel, hall, and grange; by bridge and ford, by park and pale, all-arm'd i ride, whate'er betide, until i f

g the god-form and is a kind of invocation. if the magus wished to become more attractive, through this method he or she might create a ritual to take on the god-form of apollo or aphrodite, and view the world through the eyes of that lesser deity for a time. if done correctly and repeat- edly, this would give the magus great personal charm and beauty of a combined physical and psychic character. the hidden forces of beauty channeled through the magus by the focusing lens of the god-form would transform the personality of the magus by reaction and alter the physical body as well. beauty would be inevitable. its exact quality would depend on the assets and defects of the magus, both physical and mental, for magic always seeks the easiest course to its objective. if the magus were crippled o

ast the wax ball into a fire, speaking an incantation for the complete destruction of the spirit. a competent magus will suffer no threat from telesmatic images. the danger lies in becoming fond of such beings, or even growing to love them. if this happens the magus may lack the will to kill them, and then his or her danger becomes great. at first subservient and fawning, the spirits will draw on the hidden powers of the higher self of the magus and grow stronger day by day, until at last they are too powerful to command; for spirits grow stronger at the expense of the magus, who correspondingly weakens. the liberated spirits will work all manner of mischief, from malice or exuberance, and will torment the magus unmercifully unto death. the jewish folk tale of the golem should be taken as

anslated into another tongue, have not the same force in them."52 the third reason for secret alphabets is their utility in the construction of seals, amulets, talismans, and pentacles. because the letters are unknown except to the initiated, and because they embody in their very shapes magical power, they may be used on seals and other ritual objects to represent the esoteric names of spirits or the hidden functions of the objects, and also to infuse those objects with poten- cy. hebrew was used in the golden dawn to inscribe the names of angels on the four elemental weapons, for example, and the hebrew alphabet was employed in the construction of spirit sigils. the main occult alphabets employed in modern magic are hebrew and its eso- teric mutations, greek, ogham, enochian, and runes. t

t its own path is straight and leads directly to its destination. eventually the child realizes that its own path is the shortest route to its ultimate goal. the child continues year after year, ignoring the cries of others asking it to depart with them across the sands, not knowing what its ultimate destination will be but convinced that it cannot be shared. the very emptiness and endlessness of the hidden way before the child draw it ever onward. at last, when the child has grown aged and tired of wandering, it reaches a tall doorway of shining gold and passes through. its eyes are opened, and it is bathed in a beautiful white radiance that washes away its cares and returns to it the heart of a newborn infant. then it knows the reason for its weary years of wandering alone in the desert

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selves unable. commonly, the elapse of time is greater in the human realm than in the fairy realm; a man who believes himself gone but a day may find that a year has passed. this is the case in the scottish folk tale cnoc an t-sithein (the fairy knoll. a man on the isle of barra was out walking when he heard beautiful music coming from under the ground. he lifted a broad, flat stone and descended the hidden stair beneath to discover the piper, who kindly invited him to stay for a meal. after eating, the man returned to his home, only to discover that four generations had passed. less frequently, the time distortion is reversed, and those who believe themselves to have spent years living in fairyland discover that only a few hours have elapsed in the human world. scholars commenting on this

irah. the translation is from the 1887 edition of sepher yetzirah by william wynn westcott, one of the original human chiefs of the golden dawn. meditation on these verses is sometimes helpful in conceiving the astral appearance of the paths on the tree. 1. kether (crown) divine name: eheieh (i am) archangelic name: metatron correspondence: primum mobile "the first path is called the admirable or the hidden intelligence (the highest crown: for it is the light giving the power of comprehension of that first principle which has no beginning; and it is the primal glory, for no created being can attain to its essence" 2. chokmah (wisdom) divine name: yah (lord) archangelic name: raziel correspondence: zodiac "the second path is that of the illuminating intelligence: it is the crown of creation

our of all the intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of the intellect, and by the contemplation of faith" 8. hod (glory) divine name: elohim tzabaoth (god of hosts) archangelic name: michael correspondence: mercury "the eighth path is called the absolute or perfect intelligence, because it is the means of the primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave, nor rest, except in the hidden places of gedulah, magnificence, from which emanates its own proper essence" chapter thirteen: pathworking 233 9. yesod (foundation) divine name: shaddai el chai (the almighty living one) archangelic name: gabriel correspondence: moon "the ninth path is the pure intelligence, so called because it purifies the numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and

f blood and pain from his wounds and his bindings, coupled with his hunger and thirst, at last induced his astral double to leave his body and fly downward to the roots of the tree. there are several significant details we may deduce from this important poem. the runes were an infernal device. they were not of the heavenly realms, but of the underworld, the dark realm of hel, goddess of the dead, the hidden shadow world of monsters and devils, of necromantic sorceries and blood magic. woden did not look upward when suspended from the tree; he gazed downward at the very roots of the tree, the depths of which no man has knowledge. the runes were carved into the roots of the tree. we know this because runes are not tangible things, but are symbols similar to letters of the alphabet. there is

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ning grass on top of the pillar and pile high around its foot. see the bare gray branches of the forest trees against the grayness of the sky. let winter give way to spring as the snow melts and the new leaves bud and unfurl. allow spring to warm and dry into summer, bringing the year full circle before slowing time to its normal rate. project your awareness downward under the soil, tracing along the hidden sides at the base of the pillar. become aware that the pillar is only a finger of stone projecting up from a much larger mass of bedrock. follow this stone down and down, deep beneath the earth. feel the fissures in the rocks and the water that wells within them. continue ever deeper, until the coolness of the rock gives way to warmth, then heat, and the darkness is replaced by a red gl

el above the painted white circle on the floor, and the four guardians of the quarters who stand just outside the limit of the astral circle, facing outward with their wings spread. walk in a complete circle clockwise around the altar, speaking the following in a clear voice so that your words resonate inwardly in the astral temple "see that holy and formless fire, which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe" as you walk, visualize a swirling vortex of light form in the air above the altar. it is shaped like the inverted funnel of a tornado, but bright instead of gray, and it turns clockwise. the funnel of the vortex of light has its focus in the blue-white star high overhead and opens wider as it extends downward to surround the altar. within the center of the spinni

e radiance of the white ray connecting the candle flame with the star, so that the vortex slowly turns from silver-gray to a golden white. after completing the second circuit around the altar, continue walking counterclockwise for a third circuit. speak these words so that they vibrate in your chest and resound in the astral temple "see that holy and formless fire, which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe" complete the third circling of the altar and stand in the east, facing west. for a few moments contemplate the counterclockwise vortex, which has turned completely white and whirls furiously around the beam linking the candle with the star. the beam has become pale and flickers along its length. focus your will upon the place where this beam touches the candle fl

the white candle burning on top of the black marble altar, and of the flaming astral circle that floats upon the air at heart level at the limits of the place you intend to cleanse. walk in a complete circle clockwise around the altar, speaking the following in a clear voice so that your words resonate inwardly in the astral temple "see that holy and formless fire, which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe" as you walk, visualize a swirling vortex of light form in the air above the altar. it is shaped like the inverted funnel of a tornado, but bright instead of gray, and it turns clockwise instead of counterclockwise. the funnel of the vortex of light has its focus in the blue-white star high overhead and opens wider as it extends downward to surround the flame of t

d of your breath and fall silent, the circle reverts to its usual pale golden-white color. lower your arms to your sides, pull back your extended right foot, and resume the standing posture. walk counterclockwise for a third circuit. as you do so, speak these words so that they vibrate in your chest and resound in the astral temple "see that holy and formless fire, which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe" when you reach the eastern quarter once again, stop and stand facing north. inhale a deep breath, hold it four beats as you visualize the hebrew letter mem in your heart-center, and make the sign of the enterer to the north. as you expel your breath, vibrate the hebrew mother letter mem strongly so that the air of the astral temple resounds. the beginning and end

and gaze upward through the domed skylight that forms the central part of its ceiling, you can see the single brilliant blue-white star shining in the blackness of space directly overhead. spin slowly clockwise on your body axis while speaking the following in a clear voice so that your words resonate inwardly in the astral temple "see that holy and formless fire, which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe" as you rotate, visualize a swirling vortex of light form in the air all around you. it is shaped like a bright cone and turns clockwise. the inverted funnel of the vortex of light has its focus in the blue-white star high overhead and opens wider as it extends downward to surround your body. within the center of the spinning cone, a column of white light descends

he spinning funnel of the vortex. the sound of the swirling vortex becomes louder. when you complete your second rotation and once again face the eastern quarter, continue spinning slowly in a third counterclockwise rotation on your body axis. speak the following words so that they resound in the astral temple. 302 moving exercises "see that holy and formless fire, which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe" visualize the whirling vortex around your body darken and weaken. the light shining upward through the beam that links the star with your heart-center is now very pale and weak. it is barely visible to your inner perception. when you complete the third rotation, stop turning with your body facing eastward. continue to gaze upward at the star with your arms spread

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ght side to implant the seminal sparks that form the vital nuclei of all manifest things, sustaining and animating them in the universe. the male angels are responsible for sudden inspirations, insights, and creative ideas; acts of will; expansive impulses; higher consciousness; acts of inclusion and wholeness; visionary schemes and noble sacrifices; acts of genius; transcendence; indeed, for all the hidden, vital energies that give rise to and sustain manifest forms. it may be objected that the female wings have all the undesirable features and the male wings all the desirable ones. there is some truth in this argument, but the polarity of good and bad is unavoidable. the wings on the left side do not represent living women, where negative and positive are almost equally mixed with only a

h enochian word with a letter value of 31 is intended to stand here for the house of death. it would also be difficult to establish with assurance the values of enochian words, since, apart from the numbers in the keys, dee left no guide. aleister crowley considered 31 a vitally important number, because it is one third of 93, the number of lashtaz1. he regarded 31 as the secret key that unlocked the hidden meaning of his angel inspired work liber a1 vel legis (the book of the law. this numerical key was supplied to him by his disciple frater achad. see his remarks concerning 31 in his autobiography, the confessions ofaleister crowley (penquin arkana, 1989, pages 801-2 and 835. the final part of the key is identical to the end of the first key. the angel nalvage indicates as much to dee, s

whilst the lowest designation, or the deity in nature, the more general term elohim, is translated, god. in the qabbalah the name 717' yhvh, expresses a he and a she, two persons in one deity, i.e, the unity of the holy one, blessed be hq, i.e, he, and his she'keen-ah. see also the jewish liturgy, for pentecost, also the daily "in the name of unity, of the holy and blessed ha and his she'keen-ah, the hidden and concealed he, blessed be yhvh forever" hii is said to be masculine and yah feminine, together they make the 7nh 717, i.e, one yhvh. one but of a male-female nature. the she'keen-ah is always considered in the qabbalah as feminine (qabbalah [i8881 [new york: weiser, 19741, p. 175) appendix b: commentaries on tetragrammaton the letter of kether is (yod, of binah 7 (heh, together yah

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king circumstances this point is brought home to him. entered, passed, raised the candidate is, however, subjected to like personal experience in each of the craft degrees, and it calls to be understood thus. in the entered apprentice degree it is because of a new life which he is to lead henceforth. in the fellowcraft, it is as if the mind were to be renewed, for the prosecution of research into the hidden mysteries of nature, science, and art. but in the sublime degree of master mason it is in order that he may enter fully into the mystery of death and of that which follows thereafter, being the great mystery of the raising. the three technical and official words corresponding to the successive experiences are entered, passed, and raised, their craft-equivalents being apprentice, craftsm

nceforth symbolically a son of the queen of heaven- born as a man originally and reborn in a divine manner- has its correspondence on a much higher plane of symbolism with the divine birth in bethlehem, according to which a child was "born" and a son "given" who, in hypothesis at least, was the son of god, but son also of mary- one of whose titles, according to latin theology, is queen of heaven. the hidden life in egypt and nazareth corresponds to the life of seclusion led by the mystae during their period of probation between the lesser and greater mysteries. the three years of ministry are in analogy with the temple-functions of the mystagogues. but lastly, in egypt and elsewhere, there was the mystic experience of the pastos, in which the initiate died symbolically; as jesus died upon

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it hath entailed the deepest misery for him and death" in answer to these words thoth, turning to isis and nephthys, bade them to fear not, and to have no anxiety about horus "for" said he "i have come from heaven to heal the child for his mother" he then pointed out that horus was under protection as the dweller in his disk (aten, the great dwarf, the mighty ram, the great hawk, the holy beetle, the hidden body, the divine bennu, etc, and proceeded to utter the great spell which restored horus to life. by his words of power thoth transferred the fluid of life of ra, and as soon as this came upon the child's body the poison of the scorpion flowed out of him, and he once more breathed and lived. when this was done thoth returned to the boat of ra, the gods who formed its crew resumed their

the sycamore. verily my words are made to command the uttermost limit of the night. i speak unto you [o scorpions] i am alone and in sorrow because our names will suffer disgrace throughout the nomes. do not make love, do not cry out to the tesheru fiends, and cast no glances upon the noble ladies in their houses. turn your faces towards the earth and [find out] the road, so that we may arrive at the hidden places in the town of khebt.[fn#215] oh the child shall live and the poison die! ra liveth and the poison dieth! verily horus shall be in good case (or, healthy) for his mother isis. verily he who is stricken shall be in good case likewise [fn#215] the island of chemmis of classical writers. and the fire [which was in the house of usert] was extinguished, and heaven was satisfied with t

ld is bitten, the babe hath suffered pain and is not.[fn#238] horus is bitten, he the son of un-nefer, who was born of auh-mu. horus is bitten, he in whom there was nothing abominable, the son, the youth among the gods. horus is bitten, he for whose wants i prepared in abundance, for i saw that he would make answer[fn#239] for his father. horus is bitten, he for whom [i] had care [when he was] in the hidden woman [and for whom i was afraid when he was] in the womb of his mother. horus is bitten, he whom i guarded to look upon. i have wished for the life of his heart. calamity hath befallen the child on the water, and the child hath perished [fn#238] he is nothing, i.e, he is dead [fn#239] i.e, become an advocate for. then came nephthys shedding tears and uttering cries of lamentation, and

is eyes; and he who is under the knife is protected likewise. horus is protected as the great hawk[fn#248] which flieth through heaven, earth, and the other world (tuat; and he who is under the knife is protected likewise. horus is protected as the holy beetle, the mighty) wings of which are at the head of the sky;[fn#249] and he who is under the knife is protected likewise. horus is protected as the hidden body,[fn#250] and as he whose mummy is in his sarcophagus; and he who is under the knife is protected likewise. horus is protected [as the dweller] in the other world [and in the] two lands, who goeth round about 'those who are over hidden things; and he who is under the knife is protected likewise. horus is protected as the divine bennu[fn#251] who alighteth in front of his two eyes; a

he gods go round about him to make his funeral bed; and he who is under the knife is protected likewise [fn#242] i.e "be of good courage [fn#243] the sun-god [fn#244] the sun and moon [fn#245] osiris [fn#246] bes [fn#247] probably the ram, lord of tattu, or the ram of mendes [fn#248] heru-behutet [fn#249] the beetle of khepera, a form of the sun-god when he is about to rise on this earth [fn#250] the hidden body is osiris, who lay in his sarcophagus, with isis and nephthys weeping over it [fn#251] the bennu was the soul of ra and the incarnation of osiris [fn#252] see the names of osiris and his sanctuaries in chapter cxlii. of the book of the dead [and thoth said "wake up, horus! thy protection is established. make thou happy the heart of thy mother isis. the words of horus shall bind up

? for as 'tis not the length of the beard or the coarseness of the habit which makes a philosopher, so neither will these frequent shavings, or the mere wearing of a linen vestment, constitute a votary of isis. he alone is a true servant or follower of this goddess who, after he has heard, and has been made acquainted in a proper manner with the history of the actions of these gods, searches into the hidden truths which lie concealed under them, and examines the whole by the dictates of reason and philosophy [fn#264] the hermopolis here referred to is the city of khemenu in upper egypt, wherein was the great sanctuary of thoth [fn#265] i.e, righteousness, or justice. the goddess referred to is probably maat. iv. nor, indeed, ought such an examination to be looked on as unnecessary whilst t

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ver 17. al-mughni.the enricher 18. al-ghani.-the independent 19. al- ami.the collector 20. al-muksit.the equitable 21. dhu'l-jalah wa'l ikram.the lord of majesty and liberality 22. malik ul-mulk.the ruler of the kingdom 23. ar-ra'uf.the kind 24. al-afuw.the pardoner 25. al-muntakim.the avenger 26. at-tawwab.the acceptor of repentance 27. al-barr.the righteous 28. al-wali.the governor 29. al-batin.the hidden 30. az-zahir.the evident 31. al-akhir.the last 32. al-halim.the clement the 99 islamic god-names 33. al-azim.the grand 34. al-ghafur.the forgiving 35. ash-shakur.the grateful 36. al-ali.the exalted 37. al-kabir.the great 38. al-hafiz.the guardian 39. al-mukit.-the strengthener 40. al-hasib.the reckoner 41. al-jalil.the majestic 42. al-karim.the generous 43. ar-rakib.the watcher 44. al-m

n us, and much of the psychological interpretation of carl jung uses alchemical allegories. herbs, too, are rooted in ancient lore and are connected to planetary correspondences. many of the charts and correspondence tables have the seven planetary spirits at their center. the ancients did not know about the three other planets which astrologers use today, although the empty space on the tree for the hidden sphere of daath was integrated into qabalah at a very early stage and incorporates much of what we now recognize as plutonian energy. the more ancient understanding of the twelve signs and their planetary rulers is demonstrated in figure 3-d, which shows how the whole scheme was viewed within the concept of the cycle of the seasons. figure 3-d figure 3-e the seven-pointed star known as

we use the golden dawn banishing ritual (see regardie's middle pillar) and say the affirmation "behind me shines the six-rayed star" we are implying that all powers represented by the hexagram are behind us, or backing us up. it will be noticed that when the hexagram is laid on the tree, it not only includes the mundane spheres of jupiter, mars, venus, mercury and the moon, but also daath/pluto, the hidden sphere at its top point (see figure 8-a. figure 8-a figure 8-b: traditional figure 8-c: agrippa's kamea daath is separated from the spheres below it since it resides in the abyss. one of the words with the numerical vibration of six is bid, bd, which means something separated, isolated, or unique. we will look at daath more in chapter twelve. for now we note that the magical square of t

essenger of the gods. centres of the mercurial influence, like the great pyramid, were places of initiation into the mysteries, for within their labyrinths could be found the spirit whom god had sent to speak directly with men. in the presence of hermes, nothing was concealed except the person of god. the pyramid was built as a meeting place for mercury and for those who sought his instruction in the hidden secrets of creation (john michell, the view over atlantis, 1969, p. 127. we noted earlier that there is a strong hypothesis that the pyramid was constructed according to the magical square of mercury, and one of the most astonishing features of magical squares is that so many of their numbers are found in the dimensions of sacred sites. john michell goes on to say that the scientists of

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: accompanied by six of his wisest men, the yellow emperor journeyed to chu-t zu mountain, to speak to the mystic ta kuei. in the wilderness of hsiang ch eng, the procession lost its way. after wandering for some time, the men came upon a boy tending horses. do you know the way to chu-t zu mountain? they asked him. i do, the boy replied. in that case, they said, would you know where we might find the hidden dwelling of the hermit ta kuei? yes, he answered, i can tell you. what a fascinating child! said the emperor to his companions. he knows this much he stepped from his chariot. let me test him, and called the boy to him. tell me, said the yellow emperor. if you were in charge of the empire, how would you go about ruling it? i know only the tending of horses, the boy replied. is ruling th

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ian says i for 1, was taken from i in the middle of the greek mia, female of eis, i and v for 5 because it was the fifth vowel. to remember hebrew numerals note a, i, q=1, 10, 100. and in greek a, i, r, a=1, 10, 100, 1000. according to the canon, of 1897, anonymous work, 32. a vesica piscis (the figure formed by the intersection of two equal circles) whose dimensions are 26 and 15, is a symbol of the hidden rule or canon by which natural laws were represented to initiates in the secret wisdom of the ancient mysteries. the greek gods zeus, jupiter and apollo, the sun god, have the same numerical relation. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott# 33. part four numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott chapter four the indivi

WOLFSON ELLIOT ALEF MEM TAU KABBALISTIC MUSINGS ON TIME TRUTH AND DEATH

ence of time on space, but rather the conjunction of temporality and spatiality in their separateness. to be/hold the site of the moment marks the uniqueness of da-sein in belonging to truth as the essential enswaying of being as enowning (der erwesung des seins als ereignis, the enowned encleavage of the turning between belongingness and the call, between abandonment by being and enbeckoning. in the hidden essential sway of time-space, dasein discerns the enquivering of the resonance of be-ing itself (das erzittern der schwingung des seyns selbst).216 time-space is the ab-ground, the foundation that is the inbetween of the turning (das inzwischen der kehre, the inabiding (inst nd- thinking time/ hermeneutic suppositions 33 liches, which is determined as the now and the here, the originary

the unity of the divine essence in duality shows itself as profoundly interwoven with what is innermost, even with the language itself, of the old testament. more specifically, the proof is elicited from the repeated use of the plural name elohim with verbs in the singular, and from the conjunction of the two names, yhwh and elohim. schelling relates this archaic pairing to a distinction between the hidden and manifest dimensions of god, an approach that resonates with kabbalists distinction between ein sof and the sefirot.240 yhwh, whose true pronunciation is unknown, consisting as it does of the pure, so-called silent letters (lauter sogenannten ruhenden buchstaben; literis quiescentibus, is the name of the essence that 36 chapter one is pure breath, pure spirit, or pure will without ac

no differentiation into past, present, and future. 106 the full implication of scholem s view can be gleaned from another comment. in support of his (eminently sensible) claim that cosmogony and theogony are two aspects of one continuous reality, the rhythm of creation mirroring the inner movement of divine life, scholem writes: the act which results beyond and above time in the transformation of the hidden into the manifest god, is paralleled in the time-bound reality of every other world. 107 i do not take issue with the main point scholem is making in the second citation, but his distinction between the world of emanation above time and the time-bound nature of all the other worlds in the cosmic chain is problematic. moreover, i am not certain of the defensibility of scholem s attempt i

instruction, do not forsake my torah (prov 4:2, that is to say, the treasure of the oral torah. and the holy one, blessed be he, said: if they guard this attribute in this world, for this attribute is considered to be in the category of this world [nehshevet bi-khelal ha-olam ha-zeh, and it is the oral torah, they will merit the life of the world-to-come [yizkku le-hayyei ha-olam ha-ba, which is the hidden good [ha-tov ha-ganuz. and what is it? the glory [uzzo] of the holy one, blessed be he, as it is written, and the splendor will be like the light [we-nogah ka-or tihyeh (hab 3:4. in the future, the splendor [nogah] taken from the first light will be like the light if my children fulfill the torah and commandment that i have given to instruct them,77 as it is written, my son, heed the di

su, creation, p. 19. according to izutsu, the notes to pages 170 174 259 title refers to one who has realized in the experience of wajd the wahdat al-wujud, the finding of being, the oneness of existence, the formless form, hidden under the apparent forms of the phenomenal world of differentiation (farq. in other words, the binocular vision is the coincidentia oppositorum of the one and the many, the hidden and the revealed, the face and the veil. 78. zohar 1:190a. 79. in the text attributed to eybeschuetz, shem olam, p. 100, the rabbinic notion that truth is the divine seal (hotama de-gushppanqa) is interpreted to mean that truth contains falsehood (emet kolel sheqer. 80. the discerning ear will hear the traces of sufi doctrine in my formulation, fana and baqa, passing and abiding, and th

aven: yale university press, 2004. there is more to the phenomenology of time than meets the eye. in the many faces of time, edited by john b. brough and lester embree, 67 84. dordrecht: kluwer academic publishers, 2000. buber, martin. i and thou. a new translation with a prologue and notes by walter kaufmann. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1970. buren, john van. the young heidegger: rumor of the hidden king. bloomington: indiana university press, 1994. byers, damian. intentionality and transcendence: closure and openness in husserl s phenomenology. madison: university of wisconsin press, 2002. calcagno, antonio. giordano bruno and the logic of coincidence: unity and multiplicity in the philosophical thought of giordano bruno. new york: peter lang, 1998. caputo, john d. demythologizing

183 194. winona lake: eisenbrauns, 1992. saxl, fritz. veritas filia temporis, in philosophy and history: essays presented to ernst cassirer, edited by raymond kiblansky and henry j. paton, 197 222. oxford: clarendon press, 1936. sch fer, peter. daughter, sister, bride, and mother: images of the femininity of god in the early kabbala. journal of the american academy of religion 68 (2000: 221 242. the hidden and manifest god: some major themes in early jewish mysticism. translated by aubrey pomerance. albany: state university of new york press, 1992. jewish mysticism in the twentieth century. in jewish studies at the turn of the twentieth century: proceedings of the 6th eajs congress, toledo, july 1998, vol. 2: judaism from the renaissance to modern times, edited by judit tarharona borr s a

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

gel is based within his connection (i label the gender male due to the solar aspects of this spirit, while lilith is female and lunar) 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

(samael) and eve, thus the father of witchcraft! what should be considered is not that samael (or ashmodai) are considered evil in any moralistic way, however that samael is the solar and aggressive force of becoming. when one invokes samael, they become the dragon of darkness. the dragon is in reference to the primal force of the reptilian mind, cold and calculating while the darkness is itself the hidden source of knowledge. lilith is known as the queen of demons in hebrew lore, but also she has manifested throughout different cultures and times. kali is one of the 17 names of lilith, represented as the devouring black mother of india, who absorbs through time itself. kali is the proactive female, the mother which devours its young. while lilith is itself, a force of the subconscious, l

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram (see appendix d. purify the temple by water while vibrating "and first the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud resounding sea" consecrate the temple by fire while vibrating "and when all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depth of the universe" 21 take up the lotus wand, holding it by the white band, and circumambulate deosil three times, making the 0.0 signs each time you pass east, as shown in appendix e. halt in the east, between the pillars. face east. raise the wand to the east and say adorat ion "holy art thou, lord of the universe! holy art thou, whom nature bath not formed! holy ar t thou, vast a

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that these were better out in the open for all to use. both of our feelings were adequately summed up in regardie's book what you should know about the golden dawn (falcon press, in which he wrote: obligations to personal allegiance, whether tacit or avowed, is the ideal method of enhancing the personal reputation of those who for many years have sat resolutely and persistently upon the pastas of the hidden knowledge. if by any chance the hidden knowledge were removed from their custody, their power would be gone. for in most cases their dominion does not consist in the gravitational attraction of spiritual attainment or even ordinary erudition. their power is vested solely in the one fact, that they happen to be in possession of the private documents for distribution to those to whom they

ur different play positions. these games must be recorded and presented to the chiefs (d) the adept will study and perform a divination game of enochian chess (e) two sets of enochian tablets will then be constructed (1) the tablets in their english form and (2) the tablets in the pyramid form with full associations on them (f) consecrate a talisman and have it tested by chiefs (g) do a thesis on the hidden meanings of the three rosicrucian manifestoes (h) note: no skrying is to be done at this level; only study the procedure involved. section 2 theoricus adeptus minor (th.a.m) 29. lecture on astrological associations to the serviant squares 30. notes on ritual of invisibility 31. notes on ritual of transformation workings for this level and records of these visionary workings to be sent t

pahr wrath (the firmament of) kaelzod y you (unto you) nounca yourselves amirann chapter five the 6=5 and 7=4 rituals of the r.r. et a.c. according to tradition, these rituals were written through the trance mediumship of the felkins with the astral masters of the third order. the general opinion at whare ra was that the 6=5 grade is an incredibly beautiful ceremony to experience. it is here that the hidden doorway of the mars wall is revealed, and the shekinah enters the vault, with black veil and lamp. to the postulant, it appears as if the lamp is floating in mid-air. this is the first of the rituals where the shekinah takes over the astral body of the adept, and lifts it out of the vault. it then takes it to meet the various forms. in my own case, and others within both the whare ra an

urn unto the light. thy spirit withdrew unto the stars which never diminish, now let it return to bring power unto thy soul. thy brow is like unto the king's, thy lips are open, thy heart is upon its throne. thou hast knowledge, thou hast life, yes movement is restored unto thy hands and feet; thy father dwelleth in thee, 0 son of the most high. thou art the son of the great one and thou has seen the hidden things. thou shalt not die a second time, for thou has gained the mastery. arise then and come forth, that in the power of silence thou mayest save mankind. i send thee forth, fail not nor falter, but remember that which thou hast received" turn up light of vault. shek. withdraws. ch.ad. and 2nd enter vault. ch. goes to e. and 2nd to w. they bend down and take post.'s. hands, placing th

gh the different forms of energy governing it, until a complete cycle is done. the egyptian zodiac has 37 decans: the first is the actual leaving of the body to meet this godform, while the next 36 are aspects of its journey. the 36 bells were rung to bring things in line with modern astrological studies. with the appearance of the shekinah, the postulant meets the anima of the sphere of geburah; the hidden knowledge of that sphere. the fivefold anointing of the astral body makes the centers aware in the astral (the five basic centers. the postulant is lifted out of the pastos, and the linen around him is removed; he is reborn. the signs of nephthys are given: the signs of adoration on the left and right side. the claw grip shown symbolizes the postulant gripping the hands of the helpers

i have knowledge and i have truth; yea movement is restored unto my hands and feet "i have passed through the gate of fomalhaut "i have come forth from the star sothis "i have received the heart of the lion "i am crowned with the crown of 72 rays "now let my soul be called into thy presence, and my spirit laid upon thine altar "oh my father, i have come before thee and thou has caused me to enter the hidden abode. strengthen thou me as thou has strengthened thyself, and show thyself unto thy son. oh thou who returnest and withdrawest thyself: let thy will be done" sh "0 mystery which is without in the worlds, because of which we hath come into existence "this is the whole outgoing and the whole upgoing which hath emanated all emanations, and all that is therein, because of which, all myste

on the throne of the east. there is a momentary pause. celebrant fratres et sorores, of the holy order of the .6 .6, brethren of the concealed sanctuary, i say unto you that the light is extended. that the channels of its communication are free and fair and gracious.-1 assist me, i pray you, to open the secret door which leads from the grade of theoricus, by a path of temperance and prudence, to the hidden portal in tiphereth and the sanctuary of the second order. all rise. celebrant honourable prater kerux, lampbearer of the outer order, guardian of the gate of the wise, assure yourself that those present have received the offices of mercy which are conferred upon all who have opened the gate of satnech, and have traversed the middle path. the kerux comes up with the sun to the east of t

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