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ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

quite capable of criticising this illusion by memory, and they admit the deception. well, in the same way the phenomena of high magick and samadhi have an authenticity, and confer an interior certainty, which is to the experience of waking life as that is to a dream. but, apart from all this, experience is experience; and the real guarantee that we have of the attainment of reality is its rank in the hierarchy of the mind. 13. let us ask ourselves for a moment what is the characteristic of dream impressions as judged by the waking mind. some dreams are so powerful tht they convince us, even when awake, of their reality. why then do we criticise and dismiss them? because their contents are incoherent, because the order of nature to which they belong does not properly conform with the kind o

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ept the magical hierarchy as a more or less convenient classification of the facts of the universe as they are 20 known to us; and as our knowledge and understanding of those facts increase, so should we endeavour to adjust our idea of what we mean by any symbol. at the same time let us reflect that there is a certain definite consensus of experience as to the correlation of the various beings of the hierarchy with the observed facts of magick. in the simple matter of astral vision, for example, one striking case may be quoted. without telling him what it was, the master therion once recited as an invocation sappho's "ode to venus" before a probationer of the a. a. who was ignorant of greek, the language of the ode. the disciple then went on an "astral journey" and everything seen by him w

square, than to pass from that grade to zelator, 2 degree= 9square. initiation is, therefore, progressively easier, in a certain sense, after the first step is taken. but (especially after the passing of tiphareth) the distance between grade and grade increases as it were by a geometrical progression with an enormously high factor, which itself progresses<hierarchy of the grades should be "destroyed, and replaced by- a ring system of 13 grades all equal. there is, of course, one sense in which every grade is a thing-in-itself. but the hierarchy is only a convenient method of classifying observed facts. one is reminded of the democracy, who, on being informed by the minister of the interior that the scarcity of provisions was due to the law of s

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

s; another woman shall awake the lust& worship of the snake; another soul of god and beast shall mingle in the globed priest; another sacrifice shall stain the tomb; another king shall reign; and blessing no longer be poured to the hawk-headed mystical lord" the old comment 34. this prophecy, relating to centuries to come, does not concern the present writer at the moment. yet he must expound it. the hierarchy of the egyptians gives us this genealogy: isis, osiris, horus. now the 'pagan' period is that of isis; a pastoral, natural period of simple magic. next with buddha, christ, and others there came in the equinox of osiris; when sorrow and death ware the principal objects of man's thought, and his magical formula is that of sacrifice. now, with mohammed perhaps as its forerunner, comes

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

y that he has mastered a lesson, and that the rationale of a subject, and the method of procedure, are his to use intelligently. these moments of intelligent apprehension follow the evolving monad throughout his long pilgrimage. what has been misinterpreted somewhat at this stage of comprehension is the fact that at various periods the emphasis is laid on different grades of expansion, and always the hierarchy endeavours to bring the race to the point where its units will have some idea of the next step to be taken. each initiation marks the passing of the pupil in the hall of wisdom into a higher class, marks the clearer shining forth of the inner fire and the transition from one point of polarisation to another, entails the realisation of an increasing unity with all that lives and the e

ntality of the masters and of the christ, and through their sacrifice in taking physical incarnation for the helping of the world. man unites with the monad at the fifth initiation, through the instrumentality of the lord of the world, the solitary watcher, the great sacrifice. man becomes one with the logos through the instrumentality of one about whom naught may be said. chapter iii the work of the hierarchy though the subject of the occult hierarchy of the planet is of such a profoundly momentous interest to the average man, yet its real significance will never be understood until men realise three things in connection with it. first, that the entire hierarchy of spiritual beings represents a synthesis of forces or of energies, which forces or energies are consciously manipulated for th

alise three things in connection with it. first, that the entire hierarchy of spiritual beings represents a synthesis of forces or of energies, which forces or energies are consciously manipulated for the furtherance of planetary evolution. this will become more apparent as we proceed. secondly, that these forces, demonstrating in our planetary scheme through those great personalities who compose the hierarchy, link it and all that it contains with the greater hierarchy which we call solar. our hierarchy is a miniature replica of the greater synthesis of those self-conscious entities who manipulate, control, and demonstrate through the sun and the seven sacred planets, as well as the other planets, greater and smaller, of which our solar system is composed. thirdly, that this hierarchy of

solar. our hierarchy is a miniature replica of the greater synthesis of those self-conscious entities who manipulate, control, and demonstrate through the sun and the seven sacred planets, as well as the other planets, greater and smaller, of which our solar system is composed. thirdly, that this hierarchy of forces has four pre-eminent lines of work: to develop self-consciousness in all beings. the hierarchy seeks to provide fit conditions for the development of self-consciousness in all- 14- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust beings. this it produces primarily in man through its initial work of blending the higher three aspects of spirit with the lower four; through the example it sets of service, sacrifice, and renunciation, and through the constant streams of light

for the development of self-consciousness in all- 14- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust beings. this it produces primarily in man through its initial work of blending the higher three aspects of spirit with the lower four; through the example it sets of service, sacrifice, and renunciation, and through the constant streams of light (occultly understood) which emanate from it. the hierarchy might be considered as the aggregate on our planet of the forces of the fifth kingdom in nature. this kingdom is entered through the full development and control of the fifth principle of mind, and its transmutation into wisdom, which is literally the intelligence applied to all states through the full conscious utilisation of the faculty of discriminative love. to develop consciousn

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

o the following two factors: first. each major ray has its subrays, which correspond to all the seven- 101- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust second. many of the guides of the race transfer from one ray to another as they are needed, and as the work may require. when one of the masters or initiates is transferred it causes a complete re-adjustment. when a master likewise leaves the hierarchy of our planet to take up work elsewhere, it frequently necessitates a complete re-organisation, and a fresh admission of members into the great white lodge. these facts have been but little realised. we might here also take the opportunity to point out that we are not dealing with earth conditions when we consider the rays, nor are we only concerned with the evolution of the monads u

e origin of manas, or mind 1. cosmic manas. a. the process of individualisation. b. the method of initiation. 2. planetary manas. a. consciousness and existence. b. will and ordered purpose. 3. human manas. a. man and the planetary logos. b. the logos of our scheme. c. venus and the earth chain. 4. manas and the earth chain. a. the earth chain and the incarnating monads. b. the fourth kingdom and the hierarchy. c. a prophecy. d. a summation. ii. the position of manas 1. manas and karma. 2. manas and karmic purpose. iii. the present stage of manasic development- 201- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. in the planets. 2. in the system. 3. on the earth. iv. the future of manas 1. the characteristics of manas. a. discrimination. b. ordered activity. c. adaptability. 2. dev

the type of electrical fire which is flowing through it. the "seven brothers" or the seven types of fohatic force, express themselves through the seven centres, and the one who is animating our scheme stands revealed at the third initiation. it is by knowledge of the nature and quality of the electrical force of our centre, and by realisation of the place our centre holds in the body logoic, that the hierarchy achieves the aims of evolution. it will be obvious that the heavenly man who stands for the kundalini centre, for instance, will work differently, and have a different purpose and method, from his brother who stands for the heart centre in the body logoic, or to the heavenly man who embodies the logoic solar plexus. from this it is apparent that: a. the type of electrical force b. th

, found outside the solar sphere. to the above realisation, we must add yet the further fact that the fourth creative hierarchy is the one whose evolution we are considering, and it will be apparent to the most superficial student that in these thoughts lies hidden the clue, not only to man but to the entire cyclic evolution in which he is taking part. the fourth creative hierarchy is essentially the hierarchy of manas. this is no play on words, but a statement of deep occult significance. the statement has been made with entire accuracy that five hierarchies out of the twelve have passed out and that seven remain. of these seven, our human hierarchy is the fourth, making it literally the ninth when counting the entire twelve. in this connection it would be well to link up the statements t

rm. psychically the link is of a different nature, and such a link is found between the planetary logos of the scheme we call venus, and the logos of our scheme. this psychic interaction has its cyclic ebb and flow, as ebbs and flows all life force. in lemurian days came a period of close interaction which brought about an incarnation on the physical planet of the logos of our scheme, the head of the hierarchy, and the one initiator. this could not have been effected had not the planetary logos of the venus scheme been in a position to link up closely with ours. c. venus and the earth chain. this question of the coming of the lords of flame to the planet earth is deeply involved (as stated above) in the relationship existing between the heavenly man of the earth scheme and the lord of the

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

pportunity has only just arrived. the east has preserved rules for us since time immemorial. here and there orientals (with a few western adepts) have availed themselves of those rules and have submitted to the discipline of this exacting science. thus has been preserved for the race the continuity of the secret doctrine, of the ageless wisdom, and thus has been gathered together the personnel of the hierarchy of our planet. in the time of the buddha and through the stimulation he produced there was a great gathering in of arhats. these were men who had achieved liberation through self-initiated effort. this period, in our aryan race, marked a climax for the east. since then the tide of spiritual life has steadily flowed westward, and we may now look for a corresponding climax in the west

ut emancipation from all the physical forms which that energy may take, eventuates when dispassion towards these objective forms is practiced. it might be useful if we note that the sympathy dealt with concerns our relation to all other pilgrims, or towards the fourth kingdom in nature; tenderness covers our relation to the animal or third kingdom; steadiness of purpose deals with our relation to the hierarchy of the planet, and dispassion concerns our attitude to all the reactions of the lower personal self. the comprehensiveness of this sutra is therefore apparent and concerns all the brain vibrations of the disciple. the physical body is consequently looked upon as a vehicle for the expression of: a. helpfulness to our fellow men, b. tender handling of the animal kingdom, c. service on

sion concerns our attitude to all the reactions of the lower personal self. the comprehensiveness of this sutra is therefore apparent and concerns all the brain vibrations of the disciple. the physical body is consequently looked upon as a vehicle for the expression of: a. helpfulness to our fellow men, b. tender handling of the animal kingdom, c. service on the physical plane in cooperation with the hierarchy, d. discipline of the physical appetites and dispassion in regard to all forms which appeal to the- 47- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust appetites and to the senses, whether called harmful or not. all alike must be transcended. thus peace is achieved, peace of the chitta or mind stuff, peace of the brain reactions and eventually complete quiet and calm. the idea is we

special emphasis upon it. as has been earlier pointed out, pranayama is a term which can be used to cover three processes, all interrelated and allied. 1. the science of rhythmic living, or the regulation of the acts of daily life through the organisation of time and the wise utilisation of space. through this the man becomes adept, a creator on the physical plane and a cooperator in the plans of the hierarchy as they demonstrate in cyclic evolution. 2. the science of the breath, or the vitalisation of the lower man through inhalation and exhalation. man knows himself occultly to be a "living soul" and utilizes the factor of the breath. through this he becomes aware of the unity of life and the relationship existing between all forms wherein the life of god is found. he becomes a brother a

of the nature therefore of the soul which is the product of this union, and is the son, produced by the union of the father-spirit and of the mother-matter, 3. a development whereby the soul begins to identify itself with the spiritual aspect and not with the phenomenal world of forms. this later stage is greatly aided and hastened through the practice of raja yoga and hence the determination of the hierarchy to give this science to the critical discriminating west. it should be borne in mind that the soul passes through great stages in the unifying process and that the word yoga covers the evolutionary development of the human monad. 1. the union of the soul with the form and its identification with the matter aspect, 2. the union of thinking man or the self-conscious reflection in the t

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ou are further developed, you will understand the above" this should be made clear. to the master of the wisdom, the nature of the spirit, or that positive centre of life which every form hides is no more a mystery than is the nature of the soul to the esoteric psychologist. the source of the one life, the plane, or state from which that life emanates is the great hidden mystery to the members of the hierarchy of adepts. the nature of spirit, its quality and type of cosmic energy, its rate of vibration and its basic cosmic differentiations are the study of initiates above the third degree and the subject of their investigations. they bring to that study a fully developed intuition, plus that mental interpretive capacity which their cycle of incarnation has developed. they employ the awaken

ness of the great sum totals, is arrived at by man through the development, first of all, of his individual consciousness, the sum total of the lives of his animal, emotional and mental natures, plus the spark of divinity dwelling within the form which they make. then comes awareness of his group, as specified for him in that group of disciples, working under some one master who represents to him the hierarchy. the hierarchy might be defined as the sum total of those sons of men who are no longer centered in the individualised self-consciousness, but who have entered into a wider realisation, that of the planetary group life. there are stages in this realisation, mounting all the way from that tiny group recognition of the probationary disciple up to the completed group awareness of the li

ure and the lower three. the higher three are: 1. the spiritual hierarchy of our planet, nature spirits or angels and human spirits, who stand at a peculiar point on the ladder of evolution. of these sanat kumara, embodying a principle of the planetary logos is the highest, and an initiate of the first degree is the lowest, with corresponding entities in what we call the angel or deva kingdom. 2. the hierarchy of rays certain groupings of the seven rays in relation to our planet. 3. a hierarchy of lives, gathered by an evolutionary process out of our planetary evolution and from four other planets, who embody in themselves the purpose and plan of the solar logos in relation to the five planets involved- 30- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust in narrowing the concept down

et. 3. a hierarchy of lives, gathered by an evolutionary process out of our planetary evolution and from four other planets, who embody in themselves the purpose and plan of the solar logos in relation to the five planets involved- 30- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust in narrowing the concept down to the microcosm, the ego or soul acts verily as the middle principle connecting the hierarchy of monads with outer diversified forms which they use sequentially in the process of: a. gaining certain experiences, resulting in acquired attributes. b. working out certain effects, initiated in an earlier system. c. cooperating in the plan of the solar logos in relation to his (if one may use a pronoun in speaking of a life which is an existence and yet is an extended concept) kar

which has been occultly lighted on the plane of the mind. light ever signifies two things, energy and its manifestation in form of some kind, for light and matter are synonymous terms. the thought of the man and the idea of the soul have found a point of rapport, and the germ of a thought form has come into being. this thought form, when completed, will embody as much of the great plan (on which the hierarchy is working) as the man can vision, grasp, and embody on the mental plane. this, in the early stages of a man's aspiration, in his first steps along the path of discipleship, and for the first two initiations, is covered by the word "service. he grasps, gropingly at first, the idea of the unity of the life, and its manifestation as the brotherhood existing between all forms of that di

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

path at the close of the age, and with that one-third who will be held over for later unfoldment. we are training men and women everywhere so that they can be sensitive to the plan, sensitive to their group vibration, and thus able to co-operate intelligently with the unfolding purpose. it is a mistake to think that the plan is to train aspirants to be sensitive to the vibration of a master or to the hierarchy. that is but incidental and of minor importance. it is for the purpose of training aspirants so that group awareness may be developed that these books have been written. recognise clearly that you personally do not count, but that the group most surely does. teaching is not given only in order to train you or to provide you with opportunity. all life is opportunity, and individual re

and will lift the aspirant's eyes away from himself and his own growth to a vaster conception and a universal ideal. the mark of the initiate is his lack of interest in himself, in his own unfoldment and his own personal fate, and all aspirants who become accepted disciples have to master the technique of disinterestedness. their eyes have also to be lifted away from the group of workers and from the hierarchy which they constitute and to be fixed on wider horizons and vaster realms of activity. they great creative plan, its laws and technique of unfoldment, and the work of the builders of the universe was dealt with; emerging out of the mass of imparted facts, and underlying all the teaching, was the idea of a great life with its own psychology and ideas. it was an attempt to give a synth

ty. this is true of the human being, of the christ in incarnation; it is equally true of the cosmic christ, of god incarnate in the solar system. in the system a similar fusion and blending is going on, and the separated aspects are entering into an evolutionary relationship, resulting in an eventual synthesis of appearance and quality, and then of quality and purpose. it might be noted here that the hierarchy as a whole is distinguished by the sign o..oo; the new group of world servers by the sign oo..o; and the unevolved masses by o o o. forget not, that in all three groups, as in nature, there are the intermediate stages composed of those who are on their way to a transitional accomplishment. the work before all students of this treatise on the seven rays is the fusion of quality and ap

ts unique contribution, and in this way develops man by a system or technique which is qualified by the ray quality and is therefore specific and unique. let me point out to you the modes of this group teaching: ray i. higher expression: t he science of statesmanship, of government. lower expression: modern diplomacy and politics. ray ii. higher expression: t he process of initiation as taught by the hierarchy of adepts. lower expression: religion. ray iii. higher expression: m eans of communication or interaction. the radio- 35- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust telephone, telegraph and the power to travel. lower expression: the use and spread of money and gold. ray iv. higher expression: t he masonic work, based on the formation of t

rld today is due to the presence on the astral plane of a first ray disciple of the planetary logos. his work it is to clear the way for the manifestation of these other four major disciples, who are primarily builders; they will enter on their work when the task of the wreckers of form has been accomplished. i should like here to give a suggestion, for it is necessary that some of the methods of the hierarchy should begin to be understood. the work of what in the west is called "the christ principle" is to build the forms for the expression of quality and life. that is the characteristic work of the second aspect of divinity. the work of the antichrist is to destroy forms, and this is essentially the work of the first expression of divinity. but the work of the destroyer is not the work o

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

rison the soul within their types of consciousness. this connotes identification with form life. the other connotes identification with all that lies outside of form expression and is released from it. what that may be lies beyond the grasp of our present advanced humanity, and is only known in its true significance by such great existences as the christ, the buddha and those of analogous rank in the hierarchy of lives. the qualities generated and developed through the first of these identifications persist and colour the conscious realisation, and it must be remembered that the final identification is the result of the experience gained through the medium of the first. these qualities will vary according to the dominance of- 17- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology

he bridge is built. one thing only need be added in connection with this building of the antaskarana, and that is the statement of the significant fact that the more people can achieve this linking of the higher and lower aspects of the human nature, the more rapidly will the task of salvaging the world proceed. the more painstakingly and persistently this work is carried forward, the sooner will the hierarchy of the planet resume its ancient task and status in the world, and the sooner will the mysteries be restored and the world function, therefore, more consciously in line with the plan- 46- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust every single unit of the human family who achieves success upon the path of discipleship may be, in himself

rough meditation, discipline and service, most definitely made a contact with their own souls, and can therefore become channels for soul expression, and mediums for the distribution into the world of soul energy, so men and women, who are oriented to soul living in their aggregate, form a group of souls, en rapport with the source of spiritual supply. they have, as a group, and from the angle of the hierarchy, established a contact and are "in touch" with the world of spiritual realities. just as the individual disciple stabilises this contact and learns to make a rapid alignment and then, and only then, can come into touch with the master of his group and intelligently respond to the plan, so does this group of aligned souls come into contact with certain greater lives and forces of ligh

iorate conditions in this needy world. it will open men's eyes to the basic realities, which are, as yet, only dimly sensed by the thinking public. humanity itself must apply the necessary correctives, believing it can do so in the strength of its own sensed wisdom and strength; yet all the time, behind the scenes, stand the grouped world aspirants, working silently, in unison with each other and the hierarchy, and thus keeping the channel open through which the needed wisdom, strength and love can flow. there are, therefore, to be found in this great task the following relations and groupings. these must be considered, and are as follows: 1. the forces of light and the spirit of peace, embodied lives of tremendous group potency. 2. the planetary hierarchy. 3. the buddha. 4. the christ. 5

e words "the law of polar union" the whole process concerns consciousness, and the results worked out in consciousness, with the subsequent physical plane happenings, dependent upon the conscious realisations of the men of good will in, or out of, the new group of world servers. this work, carried forward successfully and intelligently, should make it possible to inaugurate a new relation between the hierarchy and mankind. this effort could mark (and let us hope it will) the beginning of a new type of mediatory work a work carried forward by a salvaging group of servers, who are in training for the establishing of that group which will eventually save the world under the law of sacrifice. this mediatory work, however, involves the recognition of the law of magnetic impulse, and a desire to

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

therto withheld. he is regarded as having reached a stage in his unfoldment at which he can make his own decisions and proceed with rapidity, if he so chooses. certain definite reasons have prompted me to make these instructions available for aspirants everywhere after requesting permission from those who received them. one is the need to bring to the attention of the general public the fact that the hierarchy exists, that its members are interested in human progress and that there is a definitely planned system of training offered by them which can lead a man out of the human kingdom into the kingdom of god; that this moving forward upon the path of evolution out of the fourth kingdom into the fifth can be brought about consciously, scientifically and with the full consent and cooperation

othesis in the first place, a conviction that this hypothesis is backed by adequate testimony and planned experience. the reasoning mind of the disciple can then take the successes and failures he encounters in his training and learn the intended lessons; he finds that progress upon the path brings a man into closer, conscious touch with those who have walked this way before and that the way into the hierarchy is a way of discipline, of increasing enlightenment, of service to his fellowmen and of a growing responsiveness to contacts and to individuals of which the average human being knows nothing. a second reason for publishing this book is the need to change the point of view of the general public as to the nature of these masters who take pupils and who, whilst giving them the training

ving them the training needed to enable them to take initiation (as it is called, reach the mass of men through their means. so much stupidity has been demonstrated in writing and talking about the relationship of master and disciple that it was felt both by me and this group of disciples that the sanity, the breadth of vision, the lack of authority, and the understanding evidenced by a member of the hierarchy could do nothing but good. we found also that he was quite ready for his instructions to be made public. a third reason was the desire to make clear a point which is continually emphasised by the tibetan as it is by all masters and which is of major importance to every aspirant. only those who are beginning to come under the influence and the control of their own souls and are, there

for his instructions to be made public. a third reason was the desire to make clear a point which is continually emphasised by the tibetan as it is by all masters and which is of major importance to every aspirant. only those who are beginning to come under the influence and the control of their own souls and are, therefore, mentally focussed and attuned, are eligible for the training offered by the hierarchy. devotion, emotional reactions and sentiment are not enough. esoteric training is also an impersonal matter; it is concerned with the development of soul consciousness and with the expansion of that consciousness to include, and not exclude, all forms of life through which pulses the life and love of god. the true disciple is ever inclusive and never exclusive. it is this- 2- discipl

y helped prepare them for the press. i would like also to thank those who helped me to get the text ready for publication, particularly joseph lovejoy who gave days of labour to the book; he has for years helped me prepare the tibetan's books for publication. i hope all who read this book will receive the inspiration that we who have prepared it have received; i hope also that their confidence in the hierarchy and in the existence of christ and his disciples, the masters, may receive such an impetus that many more will attempt to tread the way and join the great number of aspirants in every country who are seeking to tread the path by becoming the path itself. october 1943 alice a. bailey the great invocations- 5- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust let the for

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

onomic difficulties of the past two hundred years and in the theological impasse of the orthodox churches) has been to take and not give, to accept and not share, to grasp and not to distribute. this has involved the breaking of a law which has placed humanity in a position of positive guilt. war is the dire penalty which mankind has had to pay for this great sin of separateness. impressions from the hierarchy have been received, distorted, misapplied and misinterpreted and the task of the new group of world servers is to offset this evil. humanity has never really lived up to the teaching given it. spiritual impression, whether conveyed by the christ, by krishna or by buddha (and passed on to the masses by their disciples) has not yet been expressed as it was hoped. men do not live up to

t height which he has visioned. there is no other explanation of the capacity of the human spirit to emerge out of darkness, out of evil and death into life and goodness. this emergence has been the unfailing history of man. something is always happening to the human soul which projects him nearer to the source of all good and nothing on earth can arrest this progress nearer to god. 3. christ and the hierarchy the third great spiritual and essential truth is the fact of christ, the living christ, present among his people, fulfilling his promise "lo, i am with you always, even unto the end of the world, and increasingly making his presence felt as men approach closer to him and his group of disciples and world workers. the church emphasis has been (and is today) upon the dead christ. men ha

n work intelligently with that will these are the truths upon which the future spiritual teaching will be based. the fact of the existence of this hierarchy and its supreme head, the christ, is consciously recognized by hundreds of thousands today, though still denied by the orthodox. so many know this truth and so many people of integrity and worth are cooperating consciously with the members of the hierarchy that ecclesiastical antagonisms and the belittling comments of the concrete minded are of no avail. men are moving out from under doctrinal authority into direct, personal and spiritual experience; they are coming under the direct authority which contact with christ and his disciples, the masters, ever confers. christ in every man, the guarantee of our eventual spiritual attainment;

consciousness and demonstrating their close and recognized relation to god. let these men rise up, and in their spiritual might let them eliminate out of the churches those materially minded and narrow doctrinaires who keep the church as it is today; let them intensify the fire in their hearts and draw closer with deliberation and understanding to the christ they serve; let them gather closer to the hierarchy those they are seeking to help; let them discard without fighting, comment or fury the doctrines which hold the people in a mental prison and present those few and true teachings to which the hearts of all men everywhere respond. let them have courage and cheer, optimism and joy, for the forces of evil have been greatly weakened and the masses of men are rapidly awakening to the true

d immanent in all forms and will enable them to participate in that great planetary movement now slowly taking place whereby god immanent is entering into a closer relation with god transcendent, via the spiritual hierarchy of the earth. the keynote of the new world religion is divine approach "draw near to him and he will draw near to you" is the injunction, emanating in new and clear tones from the hierarchy today. the great theme of the new world religion will be the unifying of the great divine approaches; the task ahead of the churches is to prepare humanity, through organized and spiritual movements, for the fifth imminent approach; the method employed will be the scientific and intelligent use of invocation and evocation and the recognition of its stupendous potency; the objective o

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

nds to bring about right human relations, all modes of acquiring real knowledge, all methods of transmuting knowledge into wisdom and understanding, all that expands the consciousness of humanity and of all subhuman states of awareness and sensitivity, all that dispels glamour and illusion and that disrupts crystallisation and disturbs static conditions will come under the realistic activities of the hierarchy which he supervises. he will be limited by the quality and the calibre of the invocative appeal of humanity and that, in its turn, is conditioned by the attained point in evolution. in the middle ages of history and earlier, it was the churches and the schools of philosophy which provided the major avenues for his subjective activity, but it will not be so when he is objectively and

tion into two new fields of endeavour: first, into the field of world-wide education, and secondly, into the sphere of implementing intelligently those activities which come under the department of government in its three aspects of statesmanship, of politics and of legislation. the common people are today awakening to the importance and responsibility of government; it is, therefore, realised by the hierarchy that before the cycle of true democracy (as it essentially exists and will eventually demonstrate) can come into being, the education of the masses in cooperative statesmanship, in economic stabilisation through right sharing, and in clean, political interplay is imperatively necessary. the long divorce between religion and politics must be ended and this can now come- 8- the reappea

fact of that hierarchy, who believe in the masters of the wisdom, the disciples of the christ, and who will not be surprised when this group of sons of god, surrounding their great leader, the christ, makes its appearance on earth. the churches in all countries have familiarised the public with the phrase "the kingdom of god; the esotericists and occultists everywhere have publicised the fact of the hierarchy during the past century; the spiritualists have laid 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 o

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

ll be increasingly the case. thirdly, both of these groups the general public and the world aspirants in their varying degrees have, among them those who stand out from the general average as possessing a deeper insight and understanding; they occupy a no-man's-land, intermediate on the one hand between the masses and the esotericists and, on the other, between the esotericists and the members of the hierarchy. forget not, they also use this great invocation and that not a day goes by that the christ himself does not sound it forth. on the surface, the beauty and the strength of this invocation lie in its simplicity and in its expression of certain central truths which all men, innately and normally, accept the truth of the existence of a basic intelligence to whom we vaguely give the name

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

its retardation for lack of understanding. humanity is today more sensitive to ideas than ever before, and hence the many warring ideologies and hence the fact that in defence of their plans even the most recalcitrant of the nations has to discover some idealistic excuse to put before the other nations when occupied with any infringement of recognised law. this is a fact of great significance to the hierarchy for it indicates a point reached. the major ideas in the world today fall into five categories which it would be well for you to bear in mind: 1. the ancient and inherited ideas which have controlled the racial life for centuries aggression for the sake of possession and the authority of a man or a group or a church which represents the state. for purposes of policy such powers may w

h will govern the people throughout the world and will embody in itself the best elements of the monarchial, the democratic, the totalitarian and the communistic regimes. most of these groups of ideologies have latent in them much beauty, strength and wisdom, and also a profound and valuable contribution to make to the whole. each will eventually see its contribution embodied under the control of the hierarchy of the lords of compassion and the masters of the wisdom. the restoration of the ancient atlantean control by the spiritual forces is still in the future but the aquarian age will see the restitution of this inner and spiritual guidance on a higher turn of the spiral. all this must inevitably be brought about by the work of those who function on one or other of the five controlling r

olution and to produce widely divergent civilisations and culture one of which would be the perpetuation and crystallisation of that which now exists and the other would be so entirely new, as an outgrowth of the present world upheaval, that it is difficult for the average student to conceive of its nature. these five energies together will determine the trend of world affairs. the problem before the hierarchy at this time is so to direct and control these powerful activities that the plan can be rightly materialised and the close of this century and the beginning of the next see the purposes of god for the planet and for humanity assume right direction and proportion. in this way, the new culture for the relatively few and the new civilisation for the many during the coming age will start

the world picture as one of outstanding chaos, of striving ideologies and warring forces, of the persecution of minorities, of hatreds which are working out into a furious preparation for war, and of world anxiety and terror does not really mean that you are seeing the picture as it is in reality. you are seeing what is superficial, temporal, ephemeral and entirely concerned with the form aspect. the hierarchy is primarily occupied, as you know well, with the consciousness aspect and with the unfoldment of awareness, using form as a means only for the accomplishment of its designs. a closer study of the forces which are producing the outer turmoil may serve to clarify your vision and restore confidence in god's plan and its divine love and loveliness. let us, therefore, consider these forc

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

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

the world. one of the things which the developed intuition can do is to break the glamour and illusion which invade the life. one of the things that a group of aspirants, whose intuitional interplay is established, can accomplish, is to aid in the work of smashing world glamour. such work can be done when you have awakened the intuition, and when your inter-related understanding is firm and true. the hierarchy will be able to use the world aspirants as an instrument for the breaking of group glamour wherever it may be found. i refer to this possibility in order to incite you all to more rapid and steady growth and effort. you have been told that one of the needs lying before all aspirants is to arrive at that intuitional knowledge and that intelligent understanding of glamour, both individ

es of men, for millions of years, are responsible. i would point out to you that, in lemurian days, glamour and illusion were relatively unknown from the human standpoint. there were no mental reactions and but little emotional response to environment. men were largely instinctual animals. glamour began to be found in atlantean days, and since that time has steadily precipitated, until today when the hierarchy looks at humanity it appears to be walking in a deep and constantly changing density of currents which hide and distort, and which swirl around the sons of men and prevent their seeing the light as it is. this is all the more obvious when it is remembered that the other kingdoms of nature are relatively free from glamour and illusion. in our race, the aryan, the world illusion is gat

g creative power of mankind, and have been subordinated to the wishes of men, through the use of language with its power to limit and distort. the illusion is also precipitated more potently than would otherwise be the case by the effort of many devoted idealistic men to impose these distorted thoughtforms upon the mental bodies of the masses. this constitutes one of the major problems with which the hierarchy today has to concern itself; it is also one of the first factors which a master has to consider in connection with any aspirant and disciple. glamour, as we have seen, is of more ancient standing and of earlier emergence than is illusion. it has little in it of the mental quality and is the major factor controlling the majority. the objective of all training given on the path of disc

en fighting glamour in their own individual lives, and for the most part successfully. i make reference to this because in an experimental group such as this, it is well to anticipate such a situation; such wrestling will naturally occur, because only that which is experimentally known becomes a true content of the equipment of the disciple. earlier i referred to the fact that part of the plan of the hierarchy embraces the starting of small groups such as this one which would have the definite objective of providing the active means whereby the world glamour today so potent and deep can be dissipated. the time has not yet come for dealing with the world illusion on a large scale, for the race is not adequately mental nor has the illusion (which is, as i have stated, pre-eminently the resul

copyright 1998 lucis trust ideal, between an idea and a thoughtform, or between an intuitive and a mental concept. this is one of the ways of producing illusion found most commonly among aspirants. the mental atmosphere in which we all dwell is one of illusion. it is also an atmosphere or area of conscious contact wherein thoughtforms of all kinds are to be found. some of them are placed there by the hierarchy for man's finding; some of them are men's thoughtforms, built around ideas; some of them are very ancient ideals and have been discarded, but still persist as thoughtforms; some of them are entirely new, and therefore are not yet potent, but most attractive. all of them have been created by man at some stage or another of his individual and racial development. many of them are the sh

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

s you can surmise, a process of stepping down rates of vibration until they are sufficiently heavy to affect physical plane matter and thus make possible the building of organised effects on the physical plane. these disciples have hitherto worked very much alone except when karmic relationships have revealed them to each other, and telepathic intercommunication has been fundamentally confined to the hierarchy of adepts and initiates, both in and out of incarnation, and to their individual work with their disciples. it is, however, now deemed possible to establish a resembling condition and a telepathic relation between disciples on the physical plane. no matter where they may find themselves, this group of mystics and knowers will eventually find it feasible to communicate with one anothe

es which are an integral part of the whole. they react, however, unconsciously and unintelligently. advanced humanity, the mystics and the knowers, are becoming increasingly aware of the mind which directs the evolutionary process. when this awareness is cultivated and the individual mind is brought consciously into contact with the mind of god as it expresses itself through the illumined mind of the hierarchy of adepts, we shall have the steady growth of omniscience. this is the whole story of telepathic interplay in the true sense; it portrays the growth of that oligarchy of elect souls who will eventually rule the world, who will be chosen so to rule, and who will be recognised by the mass as eligible for that high office through the coordination that they have established between: 1. t

eople. 3. telepathic communication is also- 8- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust a. between a master and his disciples or disciple. b. between a master and his group and a group or groups of sensitives and aspirants on the physical plane. c. between subjective and objective groups. d. between the occult hierarchy and groups of disciples on the physical plane. e. between the hierarchy and the new group of world servers in order to reach humanity and lift it nearer the goal. this concerns the new science of group telepathic communication, of which herd or mass telepathy (so well known) is the lowest known expression. this instinctual telepathy which is shown by a flight of birds, acting as a unit, or that animal telepathy which serves to govern so mysteriously the

tact between an inner group of disciples, functioning consciously on the subjective levels, and the outer form that group takes. i refer to an inner group and a different outer group or groups. these groups, on both levels, can be either good or bad, according to the quality or calibre of the group personnel and their motives. this opens up a wide range of contacts and is one of the ways in which the hierarchy of masters work, as individuals. it is, however, not possible for groups upon the outer plane to respond to this type of contact until the bulk of their members have the heart centre awakened. in this connection a most interesting point should be noted. the awakening of the heart centre indicates inclusiveness, group appreciation and contact, also group thought and group life-activit

s, as you know, the symbol. it shines alike upon the good and the bad; and group activity, as a result of heart awakening, can include the bad groups as well as the good groups. therefore you can see the necessity of awakening the head centre and bringing in the control of the soul aspect; and hence the emphasis laid upon character building and the need for meditation. 10. telepathic work between the hierarchy of masters as a group or a part of the hierarchy, and groups of disciples. there is little i can tell you about this, and you would not and could not understand. the experiment we are now making, in connection with the new group of world servers, is related to this form of telepathic work. some of these forms of telepathic work have necessarily their distorted reflections on the phys

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

, the interplay of energies, the nature of what lies behind the great illusion, the deluding "appearances of things as they are" and the destiny of our planet, of the kingdoms in nature and of humanity as a whole these will constitute the major part of our theme. it is immaterial to me whether modern astrologers accept or reject these presented ideas. i will endeavour to give you certain facts as the hierarchy recognises them; i will indicate, if i can, the subjective realities of which the outer illusion is but the phenomenal appearance, conditioned by men's thoughts throughout the ages; i will emphasise the fact of the livingness of the sources from which all the energies and forces which play upon our planet flow and emanate; i will endeavour, above all else, to demonstrate to you that

e primary effect that they have is upon our planetary logos and this effect reaches us through him, pouring through that great planetary centre to which we have given the name of shamballa. it is, therefore, capable of evoking the major response from the monads, and these monads express themselves through the kingdom of souls and through the human kingdom; it consequently expresses itself through the hierarchy and through humanity as a whole. this is a point of real importance and should be noted and connected with all the teaching you have had upon this most interesting theme of the three major planetary centres. it is the work of the zodiacal influences to evoke the emergence of the will aspect of the heavenly man and of all monads, souls and personalities who constitute the planetary bo

at i am here saying. properly understood, it accounts for much that is happening in the world at this time. as these influences pour through our planet and thence to the centres of force upon the planet, they produce a dual effect: 1. they produce an effect upon advanced man, galvanising the centres above the diaphragm into activity and enabling him to respond to the radiation and the activity of the hierarchy. 2. they produce an effect upon unevolved man, enabling him to function as an ordinary, unenlightened human being. it should be noted here, however, that all the energies zodiacal, systemic, and planetary have a definite effect upon all the lives in all forms in all kingdoms of nature. nothing can escape these radiatory and magnetic influences. the goal of evolution for humanity is t

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

the sixth creative hierarchy has measured up to cosmic opportunity and is itself nearing liberation. the following is a tabulation showing some of the astrological relationships in connection with 1. the constellation of the great bear. 2. the pleiades or the seven sisters. 3. sirius. 4. the seven solar systems. tabulations i and ii the seven creative hierarchies in active planetary expression 1. the hierarchy of creative powers is divided esoterically into seven (4 and 3) within the twelve great orders. 2. three hierarchies are in this greater cycle of profound significance, the fourth or human creative hierarchy and the two deva hierarchies, the fifth and the sixth. 3. the fourth creative hierarchy is in reality the ninth and that is why it is called the hierarchy of initiates. this can

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

very self-conscious; and pisces, because that sign is the sign of the mediator or the intermediary. i am inclined myself to pisces, because i have a pisces husband, because my very dear eldest daughter was also born in that sign and we always understood each other so well that we frequently used to quarrel. also, i have definitely acted as an intermediary in the sense that certain teaching which the hierarchy of masters wanted to get out to the world during this century is contained in the books for which i have been responsible. anyway, no matter what my rising sign, i am a true gemini subject and that sign has apparently conditioned my life and circumstances. my childhood general and rather inchoate unhappiness was founded on several things. i was the plainest of an exceedingly good loo

t me and said, with rather a withering inflection "am i to understand that you believe yourself to be a disciple" for the first time in my life i was up against the competitive technique of the theosophical society. it was, however, a wholesome lesson for me and i profited thereby. learning to hold one's tongue is essential in group work, and one of the first lessons which any one affiliated with the hierarchy has to learn. during all this time the children were growing and learning and were increasingly a delight to- 88- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust me. there was nothing in walter evans' very brief occasional letters to indicate a change of heart and i began again to consider the necessity of getting a divorce. as the end of the war approached, i consulted a law

and papers endorsing the united nations and the need to defeat the axis powers, and that the tibetan was not responsible for the anti-nazi point of view of these articles. this, again, was not true. the pacifists took the orthodox and idealistic point of view that because god is love it would be impossible for him to be anti-german or anti-japanese. because god is love, he had no alternative, or the hierarchy either, working under the christ, to do anything else but stand firmly on the side of those who were seeking to free humanity from slavery, evil, aggression and corruption. the words of the christ have never been more true "he that is not with me is against me" the tibetan in his writings at that time took a firm and unshakable stand, and today (1945) in view of the unspeakable atroc

to the requests of the masters and a bad theosophist. books were being published at adyar by mr. leadbeater that were psychic in their implications and impossible of verification, carrying a strong note of astralism. one of his major works, man: whence, how and whither, was a book that proved to me the basic untrustworthiness of what he wrote. it is a book that outlines the future and the work of the hierarchy of the future, and the curious and arresting thing to me was that the majority of the people slated to hold high office in the hierarchy and in the future coming civilisation were all mr. leadbeater's personal friends. i knew some of these people worthy, kind, and mediocre, none of them intellectual giants and most of them completely unimportant. i had travelled so widely and had met

o individual. only one of them has ever given me cancer rising and he had insight and sympathy with my problem of publicity, and i think that inclined him to make cancer my rising sign. however, i believe that my rising sign is pisces. i have a pisces husband and a pisces daughter and pisces is the sign of the medium or the mediator. i am not a medium but i have been a kind of "middleman" between the hierarchy and the general public. i would have you note that i say the general public and not occult groups. i know and believe that the general public is more ready for a sane knowledge of the masters and more prepared for a normal and sensible interpretation of occult truth than are the members of the average occult group. the children were now reaching the age where the normal physical care

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

an influenza patient (when the worst throes of the disease are upon him "there is nothing the matter. pay no attention. get up and go about your business" it is no use saying to men today "do not fear. leave off worrying. all will be well" they will not believe you, for one thing and that is fortunate, for it is not true. things are not well and humanity and the planetary life are not well. this, the hierarchy knows, and is working for the amelioration of the conditions. when the throes of the "planetary influenza" are over (and the patient will not die, then investigation can be made and effort produced which can prevent a recurrence. at present, all that can be done is to keep the patient quiet and also keep the fever down. this is the work of the new group of world servers and the intel

victim (prior to the third initiation) to the terrific inflow of soul energy the energy of the second aspect coming to him from: a. his own soul, with which centre of energy fusion is rapidly taking place. b. his group or the ashram with which he, as an accepted disciple, is affiliated. c. his master, with whom he has spiritual relation and to whose vibratory influence he is ever susceptible. d. the hierarchy, the energy of which can reach him through the medium of all the three above factors. all these streams of energy have a definite effect upon the centres of the disciple, according to his ray and his specific polarisation in this incarnation. as each centre is related to one or other of the glands, and these in their turn condition the blood stream, and also have a specific effect up

ntly and systematically, both outgoing and withdrawing, serving in the world and living the life of reflection, play their useful part. many psychological difficulties arise whilst this process is being mastered, leading to psychological cleavages, both deep-seated and superficial. the goal of all development is integration integration as a personality, integration with the soul, integration into the hierarchy, integration with the whole, until complete unity and identification has been achieved. in order to master this science of integration whose basic goal is identity with the one reality, the disciple progresses from one unification to another, making mistakes, arriving often at complete discouragement, identifying himself with that which is undesirable until, as soul-personality, he r

great beauty and extensive radiation, plus dynamic effectiveness. they serve to relate the initiate to all parts of the planetary life, to the great council at shamballa, and to the lord of the world, the final initiator via the buddha and one of the three buddhas of activity. the buddha, in a most peculiar sense, relates the initiate to the second aspect of divinity that of love and therefore to the hierarchy; the buddhas of activity relate him to the third aspect of divinity, that of active intelligence. thus the energy of will, of consciousness and of creativity meet in him, providing the synthesis of the divine aspects. h. this is the only one of the seven centres which at the time of perfected liberation retains the position of an inverted lotus, with the stem of the lotus (the antahk

the radiant beauty and the glory of the spiritual man" a. it corresponds to the physical sun and is the expression of the personality, integrated and functioning first of all as the disciple, and finally as the initiate. this is the true persona or mask. b. it achieves this functioning activity fully by the time the third initiation is taken. i would remind you that this initiation is regarded by the hierarchy as the first major initiation, a fact which i have already communicated. it is the organ for the distribution of the energy of the third aspect the energy of active intelligence. e. it is related to the personality by the creative thread of life, and is therefore closely connected with the throat centre (the centre of creative activity, just as the head centre is related to the centr

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

tter organ of expression within the living organism, humanity. it is therefore a platitude and truism to state that humanity is today passing through a crisis of immense proportions. the causes of this crisis must be sought in many factors. they lie in the past, in the growth through evolution of certain basic tendencies in man; in past mistakes, present opportunities and the powerful activity of the hierarchy of love*(1) the future is of great promise, provided man can learn the lessons of the present which have been clearly presented to him; he must accept them and understand clearly the nature of his problem and of the crisis with its many ramifications and various implications. the seething turmoil in which the masses of the people are now living and the emergence of one or two key peo

o the world as a whole. this in no way indicates neglect of individual or national problems or undertakings but it seeks to incorporate them into the whole as integral and effective parts, and thus avoid the separative attitudes which have brought about the downfall of our modern world. the college or the university should in reality be the correspondence in the field of education to the world of the hierarchy; it should be the custodian of those methods, techniques and systems of thought and of life which will relate a human being to the world of souls, to the kingdom of god, and not only to other human beings upon the physical plane; not only to the world of phenomena but also to the inner world of values and quality. again i repeat, this fitting of a man for citizenship in the kingdom o

to the needs of the youth of the period. the nature of esotericism educators in the new age will lay an increasing emphasis upon the esoteric approach, and it might be of service if i here attempted to define esotericism in terms of the general average intelligence of esoteric students and their point in evolution. i would remind you that true esotericism is a far deeper thing (from the angle of the hierarchy) than you can appreciate. one of the most inadequate of the definitions of esotericism is that it concerns that which is concealed and hidden and which, even though 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

. he thus acquires entrance into the world of meaning. events, circumstances, happenings and physical phenomena of every kind are simply symbols of what is occurring in the inner worlds, and it is into these worlds that the esotericist must enter as far as his perception permits; he will sequentially discover worlds which will call for his scientific penetration. 4. for the majority of aspirants, the hierarchy itself remains an esoteric realm which demands discovery and which will accept penetration. i am choosing my words with care in an effort to- 45- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust evoke your esoteric response. beyond this point of humanity's destined goal i seek not to go; to initiates and disciples who have not yet taken the initiation of transfiguration, the highe

rovide the needed literature and present their case far more successfully than i can. the protagonists of an ideology can express their beliefs and objectives more fervently and hopefully than is possible to me. i shall write for you as one who sees the pattern emerging more clearly than you, because i can see it both from the inside and the outside, and also from the blueprints in the custody of the hierarchy. i shall write as one who has, in conference with workers in the hierarchy, sought to comprehend the objectives and to cooperate with the immediate plans in this time of planetary crisis and upheaval, of drastic changes, and of the stepping up of humanity to new levels of living and higher states of consciousness; as one who has studied somewhat deeply into the records of the past an

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

er with the problems incident to the probationary path nor of the path of initiation. the master djwhal khul has stated that in the new age the field of training for the disciple is in the new group of world servers. the decision to publish the record (or most of it) was an unexpected development to the tibetan but welcomed by him. he said that this act attracted the attention of other members of the hierarchy. the appearance of the first volume has already proved a major addition to the entire esoteric field, especially in terms of what modern discipleship really is, and the practical realistic attitude that a master has to his chela. this second volume brings additional teaching both in the general text and in the remaining personal instructions which are amazingly frank and direct. a fe

tives presented themselves all of them concerned with the group work per se; none of them concerned you, as individuals. i could continue with the groups as they existed but, brother of mine, what more could i say, or do or teach them? the constant impartation of teaching and of information, the constant pointing out of failure, and the constant individual training are no part of the technique of the hierarchy certainly not as far as the individual aspirant is concerned. where world values and where group consciousness are involved, the indication of needed change, the cyclic bringing about of the presentation to the soul of the ageless wisdom and the training of the world disciples such is the definite and ordained technique of the hierarchy. but this is not their method of work with pers

rtance are of no moment in the eyes of the masters. so much of the thought life of a disciple is occupied with a ceaseless interrogation and consideration of himself. what i shall say may be very brief and very scant. i am only seeking to indicate and not to direct; i intend to point out, but not dictate to you, modes of eradication. the times are serious and the world disciples are hard pressed. the hierarchy and its affiliated groups are seeking active help and cooperation in the work of salvage. all disciples and aspirants are needed, and all can give much if the desire, the loving heart and the consecrated mind are united in service. i ask aid in the task of reconstruction. i ask for your consecrated help. i ask you to discipline yourselves anew, to hold back nothing, either objective

d love. the struggle is so hard and oft you feel alone. there is strength in all of you or i would not have chosen you to serve your fellowmen with me; there is weakness in all of you which can evoke your brothers' strength and thus you will be strong; there is love in all of you but it needs expression, and for that the group exists; there is light in all of you and with that light you serve. as the hierarchy stands as a centre of light and strength to humanity, so do your souls stand to you, and as your master i blend my light with yours and thus increase the efficiency of your service; i blend my love with the love which pours forth from the soul towards each of you, and thus i deepen the relation of love between each and all of you. it is not often that i speak to you in this manner, b

ntres of the other group members. this will result in the forming of seven great centres of energy which will constitute the group centres, fed and enlightened by the energy transmitted by each individual- 13- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust c. the fusion (consciously undertaken) of the individual soul with the group soul and consequently a conscious rapport with the hierarchy, which is inherently the kingdom of souls. the first meditation affects the three centres in the individual disciple and also, and consequently, his astral body. they can when related, awakened and functioning, and when the two points in the solar plexus are balanced and "enlightened" a word which i shall frequently use in connection with the centres evoke response from the love-peta

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

tre where the will of god is known let purpose guide the little wills of men the purpose which the masters know and serve. from the centre which we call the race of men let the plan of love and light work out. and may it seal the door where evil dwells. let light and love and power restore the plan on earth. 1945 section one introductory remarks the period of transition- 2- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust march 1934 one of the results of the world condition at this time is the speeding up of all the atomic lives upon and within the planet. this necessarily involves the increased vibratory activity of the human mechanism, with a consequent effect upon the psychic nature, producing an abnormal sensitivity and psychic awareness. it would be of value here to rem

ion, of the christ and of certain of his great disciples, the masters of the wisdom, is directed or focussed at this time on human affairs, and that some of them are also preparing to break their long silence and may appear later among men. this necessarily has a potent effect, first of all upon their disciples and on those who are attuned to and synchronized with their- 3- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust minds, and secondly, it should be remembered that the energy which flows through these focal points of the divine will will have a dual effect and be destructive as well as constructive, according to the quality of the bodies which react to it. different types of men respond distinctively to any inflow of energy, and a tremendous psychic stimulation is at t

er psychic powers, by the apparent deterioration of the physical body, as shown in the spread of disease, and by the extraordinary increase in insanity, neurotic conditions and mental unbalance. all this is the result of the tearing of the planetary web, and at the same time it is a part of the evolutionary plan and the providing of the opportunity whereby humanity may take its next step forward. the hierarchy of adepts has been divided in opinion (if so unsuitable a word can be applied to a group of souls and brothers who know no sense of separateness, but only differ over problems of "skill in action) over the present world condition. some believe it to be premature and consequently undesirable and providing a difficult situation, whilst others take their stand upon the basic soundness o

ergy, pouring through from the astral plane and (in a lesser degree) from the lower mental plane, is brought in contact with bodies that are unresponsive at first, and over-responsive later; it pours into brain cells which, from lack of use, are unaccustomed to the powerful rhythm imposed upon them; and humanity's equipment of knowledge is so poor that the majority have- 4- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust not sense enough to proceed with caution and to progress slowly. therefore, they are soon in danger and difficulty; their natures are oft so impure or so selfish that the new powers which are beginning to make their presence felt, and so opening up new avenues of awareness and contact, are subordinated to purely selfish ends and prostituted to mundane objec

ad upheaval and consequent disaster to so many should seem to you unfair, let me remind you that this one life is but a second of time in the larger and wider existence of the soul, and that those who fail and are disrupted by the impact of the powerful forces now flooding our earth will nevertheless have their vibration "stepped up" to better things along with the mass- 5- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust of those who achieve, even if their physical vehicles are destroyed in the process. the destruction of the body is not the worst disaster that can overcome a man. it is not my purpose to cover the whole ground possible in relation to the situation in the field of psychism caused by the inflow of astral energy at this time. i seek to confine myself to the ef

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ernal or cosmic fact clothed in a suitable form will fail to receive its meed of recognition and understanding. introductory statement- 7- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust i have called you from refreshment to labour at this time (october 1942) because the coming few days are exceedingly busy ones for me as they are for all members of the hierarchy. i seek to give you some further instructions anent the hierarchy itself*(1) students at this time would do well to remember that all basic and fundamental changes taking place upon the physical plane are necessarily the result of inner subjective causes, emanating from some level of the divine consciousness, and therefore from some plane other than the physical. the fact that tremen

d of the world, our planetary logos. 2. the lords of liberation, focussed in their high place, as they become conscious of the invocation of humanity and become more closely related to the three buddhas of activity. 3. the great council at shamballa and the planetary hierarchy. 4. the buddha and his arhats as they unitedly cooperate with the christ and his disciples, the masters of the wisdom. 5. the hierarchy, the embodiment of the fifth kingdom in nature, and its magnetic attractive rapport with the human kingdom, the fourth. 6. the effect of all these great groups of lives upon humanity, and the inherent consequences as they work out in the subhuman kingdoms. a study of the above in terms of forces and energy will give some idea of the underlying- 8- a treatise on the seven rays- volume

the terms good and evil, which have significance only in the human consciousness and its inherent limitations. these descending energies, as they pass through any of the major levels of consciousness which we call planes, produce reactions and responses, dependent upon the state of the conditioning consciousness, and (strange as this may seem to you and well-nigh unintelligible) the effects upon the hierarchy are even more compelling and transmuting than they are upon humanity. i would add also that the point of lowest descent of the energies has now been reached, and the nature of the present opportunity is therefore changing. these energies have now passed what we might call the turning point and have reached their point of ascension, with all that that phrase implies. as they descend

d of him, and his energy spreads before him" this is a great mystery and can only be understood (and then merely theoretically) if you bear in mind that all our planes even the very highest are the subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. when this fact is somewhat grasped there comes a simplification of thought. as a consequence of all this, great and fundamental readjustments are going on within the hierarchy itself and within that intervening area of the divine consciousness to which we give the- 9- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust name (as far as humanity is concerned) of the spiritual triad an area covered by the higher mental planes, the buddhic and the atmic levels of awareness and of divine activity. the downpouring avat

ed disciples, and many disciples are taking initiation. to this fact of hierarchical upheaval paralleling and intensifying the upheaval upon the physical plane can be traced the process of preparation which i have instituted among some disciples, thus hastening the period and point of attainment, provided i receive due cooperation from them (discipleship in the new age, vols. i and ii) as regards the hierarchy itself, speaking esoterically and technically, its members (many of them) are "being abstracted from the middle point of holiness and absorbed into the council of the lord" in other words, they are passing onward into higher work and are becoming custodians of the energy of the divine will and not simply the custodians of the energy of love. they will work henceforth as power-units

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capricorn, fulfiled the law under saturn, initiated the era of intelligent brotherhood under venus, and is the perfect example of the capricorn initiate, who becomes the world server in aquarius; and the world savior in pisces. cancer admits the soul into the world center which we call humanity. capricorn admits the soul into conscious participation in the life of that world center which we call the hierarchy (esoteric astrology, p. 168) the three symbolic constellations jesus is often called the good shepherd, and he has been depicted many times as the shepherd leading his sheep. the thought of the sheepfold has been closely associated in the minds of people with christ. connected with the sign cancer are three constellations: ursa major, ursa minor and argo. the common occidental names

scorpio where his equilibrium is upset and desire seems rampant when he had thought he had got rid of it. he is fluidic, and he had thought he was balanced. the mind which he was quite sure was beginning to control his personality does not seem to function. as we study hercules, we see ourselves. remember that there are three things the disciple has to do in scorpio. he has to demonstrate, not to the hierarchy, not to the onlooker, but to himself, that he has overcome the great illusion; that matter, form, cannot hold him any longer. hercules has to demonstrate to himself that form is simply a channel of expression whereby he contacts a great field of divine manifestation. from reading some books on religion one might come to the conclusion that form, emotion and mind are all evil, undesir

in 1936 it appears to have been the ashramic view that the status of humanity would not permit more than an over-shadowing by the christ. when the reappearance of the christ, dictated by the tibetan, appeared in 1948, the discipline of the war, the destruction of material values, the suffering and the mental growth of humanity had produced an effect which we are told exceeded the expectations of the hierarchy. in the book on the reappearance the following statements are found "the point of decision, as it is called in all hierarchical circles, was reached during- 116- the labours of hercules the period the full moon of june 1936 and the full moon of june 1945. the point of decision covered, therefore, nine years, a relatively brief time; it resulted in the decision arrived at by the chris

n, the tenth sign, the birth sign of all the sun gods. on the path of discipleship, he has, secondly, to demonstrate that he has overcome illusion, that the magical glamor that matter imposes upon spirit no longer deludes. this is dramatically shown in the labor performed in scorpio, the killing of the nine-headed hydra. after capricorn, he becomes a server of humanity, consecrated to the work of the hierarchy, and this spiritual dedication to service finds its expression in the two last signs of the zodiacal round, those of aquarius and pisces [227] in virgo (august 22- september 21, the virgin, therefore, the first of the disciple signs, he performs his sixth labor, and seizes the girdle of hippolyte, the queen of the amazons. it is interesting to note that the first labor on the probati

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our swineherd, though i shepherd unto goats? my pleasure does not obtain among vermin with vain ideas-with hopes and fears of absurd significance. not yet am i over-weary of myself. not ye shall i palliate abomination, for in ye i behold your parents and the stigmata of foul feeding. in this ribald intoxication of hypocrisy, this monument of swindlers' littlenesses, where is the mystic symposium, the hierarchy of necromancers that was? honest was sodom! your theology is a slime-pit of gibberish become ethics. in your world, where ignorance and deceit constitute felicity, everything ends miserably-besmirched with fratricidal blood. seekers of salvation? salvation of your sick digestion; crippled beliefs: convalescent desires. your borrowed precepts and prayers-a stench unto all good nostril

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o themselves, and by the mere force of association of ideas and habit, into the theological groove. purely brahmanical considerations, based on greed of power and ambition, allowed the masses to remain in ignorance of great truths; and the same causes led the initiates among the early christians to remain silent, while those who had never known the truth disfigured the order of things, judging of the hierarchy of "angels" by their exoteric form. thus as the asuras had become the rebellious inferior gods fighting the higher ones in popular creeds, so the highest archangel, in truth the agathodaemon, the eldest benevolent logos, became with theology the "adversary" or satan. but is this warranted by the correct interpretation of any old scripture? the answer is, most certainly not. as the ma

d legends which everywhere abound relating to this subject" this "mysterious being" is the mythical dragon, i.e, the symbol of the historical, actual adept, the master and professor of occult sciences of old. it is stated already elsewhere, that the great "magicians" of the fourth and fifth races were generally called the "serpents" and the "dragons" after their progenitors. all these belonged to the hierarchy of the socalled "fiery dragons of wisdom" the dhyan chohans, answering to the agnishwatta pitris, the maruts and rudras generally, as the issue of rudra their father, identified with the god of fire. more is said in the text. now clement, an initiated neo-platonist, knew, of course, the origin of the word "dragon" and why the initiated adepts were so-called, as he knew the secret of

not possibly know anything of the modern perversion of thought "though there is such a thing as knowledge of the secrets of nature (p. 152. but they have become "secrets" only in our race, and were public property with the third. gradually, mankind went down in stature, for, even before the real advent of the fourth or atlantean race, the majority of mankind had fallen into iniquity and sin, save the hierarchy of the "elect" the followers and disciples of the "sons of will and yoga- called later the "sons of the fire mist" then came the atlanteans; the giants whose physical beauty and strength reached their climax, in accordance with evolutionary law, toward the middle period of their fourth sub-race. but, as said in the commentary- the last survivors of the fair child of the white island

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that their whole personality is merged in their compound sixth and seventh principles- or atma-buddhi, and that they have become the "diamond-souled (vajra-sattvas* the full mahatmas. the "concealed lord (sangbai dag-po "the one merged with the absolute" can have no parents since he is self-existent, and one with the universal spirit (svayambhu* the svabhavat in the highest aspect. the mystery in the hierarchy of the anupadaka is great, its apex being the universal spirit-soul, and the lower rung the manushi-buddha; and even every soul-endowed man is an anupadaka in a latent state. hence, when speaking of the universe in its formless, eternal, or absolute condition, before it was fashioned by the "builders- the expression "the universe was anupadaka (see part ii "primordial substance[[foot

nal in this world (or great kalpa 'age. by the one a man goes never to come back, by the other he returns" now these names "fire "flame "day" the "bright fortnight" etc, as "smoke "night" and so on, leading only to the end of the lunar path are incomprehensible without a knowledge of esotericism. these are all names of various deities which preside over the cosmo-psychic powers. we often speak of the hierarchy of "flames (see book ii) of the "sons of fire" etc. sankaracharya the greatest of the esoteric masters of india, says that fire means a deity which presides over time (kala. the able translator of bhagavatgita, kashinath trimbak telang, m.a, of bombay, confesses he has "no clear notion of the meaning of these verses (p. 81, footnote. it seems quite clear, on the contrary, to him who

tos delivering and helping her on the right path. note well "christos" with the gnostics meant the impersonal principal, the atman of the universe, and the atma within every man's soul- not jesus; though in the old coptic mss. in the british museum "christos" is almost constantly replaced by "jesus[[vol. 1, page] 133 the god of man and the god of the ant. they are entities of the higher worlds in the hierarchy of being, so immeasurably high that, to us, they must appear as gods, and collectively- god. but so we, mortal men, must appear to the ant, which reasons on the scale of its special capacities. the ant may also, for all we know, see the avenging finger of a personal god in the hand of the urchin who, in one moment, under the impulse of mischief, destroys its anthill, the labour of ma

he later theological translations she became "the father, son and (the female) holy ghost- the sakti or energy- the essence of the three. thus in the esotericism of the vedantins, daiviprakriti, the light manifested through eswara, the logos* is at one and the same time the mother and also the daughter of the logos or verbum of parabrahmam; while in that of the trans-himalayan teachings it is- in the hierarchy of allegorical and metaphysical theogony "the mother" or abstract, ideal matter, mulaprakriti, the root of nature- from the metaphysical standpoint, a correlation of adi-bhuta, manifested in the logos, avalokiteshwara- and from the purely occult and[[footnote(s* this stanza is translated from the chinese text, and the names, as the equivalents of the original terms, are preserved. th

tma-buddhi, spiritsoul (c (again) the three from the one (d, the four from the one (e, and the five (f, from which the three, the five and the seven (g- these are the three-fold and the four-fold downward; the "mind-born sons of the first lord (avalokiteswara) the shining seven (the "builders* it is they who are thou, me, him, o lanoo; they who watch over thee and thy mother, bhumi (the earth (a) the hierarchy of creative powers is divided into seven (or 4 and 3) esoteric, within the twelve great orders, recorded in the twelve signs of the zodiac; the seven of the manifesting scale being connected, moreover, with the seven planets. all this is subdivided into numberless groups of divine spiritual, semi-spiritual, and ethereal beings. the chief hierarchies among these are hinted at in the g

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of the infernal hierarchy and so should all groups that are truly left path, small and large, from the top to the bottom. translator's note: the algolic spiritual hierarchy is somewhat reflected in the grimoire "the threefold coercion of hell by doctor johannes faust" translated into english by k.h.w. however, the names of the infernal spirits have been somewhat distorted in this german classic. the hierarchy of the o.a.i. is indeed following these ancient principles as shown in this chapter, and so is the hierarchy of all branches of the o.a.i. caput quartum: the infernal alphabet of doom part 1: letters from f through g 4.1. the first letter of the infernal alphabet is f; it is ruled by lucifer, who is emperor supreme of the great infernal empire. 4.2. the second letter of the infernal

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cking order of power here, but i am confident about the various elements involved, at least. i believe that at the highest levels of the global elite are shadowy people who are not known to the public. i would say that the force behind the house of rothschild is right up there, but i do not believe they are at the top. they too will be taking orders and maybe the habsburg dynasty is above them in the hierarchy. the elite's power stems from their misuse of the esoteric knowledge and their conscious connection to their 'gods, the prison warders. perhaps no-one i name in this book will be at that level. people such as henry kissinger, are yes-men, and super-gofers, albeit highpowered ones. many of the others will be used without their knowledge, or full knowledge, of what they are part of. i

thing is, they don't realise it. i had intended to use the opportunity at the conference to talk about the underlying manipulation which is creating the problems the green party was set up to address, and the way that pollution-free energy sources are being suppressed which supercede anything the green movement has been promoting. the membership did not get the opportunity to hear this, however. the hierarchy in this 'anti-hierarchy' party had decided what they should and should not hear. much better to do that than to have a black-and-white belief system challenged. it has become another robot radical party, at the hierarchy level, which talks of freedom, but refuses to live it. you see this attitude constantly expressed in the various forms of robot radicalism, represented in the uk by

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r system in one galaxy? we do? in that case i have some seafront property in the gobi desert you might like to buy. very large beach, too. the llluminati bloodlines through the 1990s, as i researched the way the world is controlled and manipulated today, it was clear that for some reason the ruling families and their offshoots were obsessed with interbreeding with each other. the higher you go in the hierarchy the more this genetic obsession prevails. when you follow these bloodlines back into history, you find that they have always interbred with themselves. the bloodlines of the 43 american presidents from george washington to george w. bush go back to european royal and aristocratic families who have famously interbred and still do to keep the gene pool "pure. their genealogy, and that

planation of it."19 according to ancient texts, noah said that the people must not know about the child melchizedek, because they would kill him if they saw his strange appearance. the "badge of the priesthood" was the same as the divine right to rule, it was code for the reptilian bloodlines. the priesthood of melchizedek became one of the most famous and powerful, and today the highest level of the hierarchy of the mormon church is called the melchizedek priesthood. the mormon church is a 100%-owned subsidiary of the illuminati reptilians, and the mormon temple in salt lake city, utah, sits atop an underground reptilian base, say military insiders. the mormon church is a front for widespread satanic activity and rituals among its ruling elite, although the vast majority of mormons have n

e unholy alliance 99 kings and dictators, have throughout history dominated mankind. their publication, the jaredite advocate, condemns the watchers as being. like super-gangsters, a celestial mafia ruling the world. the anunnaki have been protected from exposure all this time by the "middle men" they have placed between themselves and humanity. i call this the hybrid priesthood. in ancient times the hierarchy of the priesthood were the only ones allowed to "see god (the gods. the levite priesthood of the hebrews is just one example of how only the priests were allowed to approach the deity, as outlined in the hebrew torah. according to various descriptions, even most of the sumerian priests never looked the gods in the face. the priests controlled all the administration of the state on be

of spirits, i was a human and spiritual focus of corporate satanic energy into the 'body of christ'"4 phillip eugene de rothschild, like arizona wilder, talks of the involvement of josef mengele, and the overwhelming memory that most of his victims have is his eyes "i'll never forget his eyes, they say, one after the other. having looked into the eyes of ted heath, who is nowhere near as high in the hierarchy as mengele was, i know exactly what they mean. phillip de rothschild says he saw mengele giving a "tongue-lashing" to his rothschild father and this confirms my own research that shape-shifter mengele was very high indeed in the illuminati. i'm sure there are those who will be extremely surprised by the claim that long after the war josef mengele, the "angel of death" in nazi germany

s and their smart clothes have no idea about any of this. when i visited salt lake city in 1999, two lovely mormon girls gave me a tour of the temple site. one was from thailand, the other from hong kong. they had been working day and night back home to earn the money to pay for their flight to america and all their expenses for the "privilege" of serving the church in this way. they told me what the hierarchy told them to tell all the visitors, and they repeated their script without question. i told them a few facts about the "jesus" story and they said they had no idea this information existed. i asked them if there was any significance in the fact that the founders of the mormon church were freemasons. they looked at each other in bewilderment and eventually one said "what are freemason

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e middle and near east in the ancient world and, over the thousands ofyears since, have expanded their power across the globe. a crucial aspect of this hasbeen to create a network of mystery schools and secret societies to covertly introducetheir agenda while, at the same time, creating institutions like religions to mentally andemotionally imprison the masses and set them at war with each other. the hierarchy ofthis tribe of bloodlines is not exclusively male and some of its key positions are held bywomen. but in terms of numbers it is overwhelmingly male and i will therefore refer tothis group as the brotherhood. even more accurately, given the importance of ancientbabylon to this story, i will also call it the babylonian brotherhood. the plan they termtheir creat work of ages, i will ca

owledge of who they are and the agenda they areseeking to implement. another comment the psychic lady made was that in her alteredstate of consciousness, hillary clinton appeared as a reptile, while her husband, billclinton the us president, was only overshadowed and controlled by one. this isinteresting because my own research, and that of others, has revealed hillary clinton tobe much higher in the hierarchy than bill, who, while of a crossbreed bloodline, is apawn in the game, to be used and discarded as necessary. it is not always that the mostpowerful people are placed in what appears to be the most powerful jobs. often they arenot. they are the string-pullers of those who appear to have the power.there is another key difference between the full-bloods and the crossbreeds.everything i

te race, whatever itsorigin, has been the main vehicle of the anunnaki crossbreeding programme for thetakeover of planet earth. researchers believe that the reptilians are the controllers ofthe so-called greys, the classic extraterrestrial figure of modern times with their bigblack eyes. the greys feature in most of the abduction accounts. jason bishop iii in hiswritings on this subject says that the hierarchy of control is: draco (winged reptilian);draco (non-winged; greys; humans. there also appears to be a reptilian alliancewith some other extraterrestrial groups.it is suggested that human sacrifice to the gods in the ancient world, particularlyof children, was for the benefit of reptilians who demanded these rituals (a trait of thereptile brain is ritualism. i am sure this is true and

he truth not sound fantastic in a world of such denial and illusion?three of the principle elements of the babylonian religion were fire, serpents and thesun. i should explain their focus on the sun because it is a vital part of the story. most55of the global population worshipped the sun for its obvious gifts of heat and light and theeffect this had on their crops and well-being. however, within the hierarchy of the babylonbrotherhood and other elite groups which had the advanced knowledge, they focused onthe sun for other reasons too. they understood the true nature of the sun as amultidimensional consciousness which extends across the solar system on unseenfrequency levels. even in this physical dimension, the suns emissions of magnetic energyare constantly affecting us second by second

he dark spot on neptune, the redspot on jupiter and the main area of sunspot activity, north and south, on the sun.33 thisall fits like a glove, because sunspots are emissions of incredibly powerfulelectromagnetic energy from the sun, and volcanoes are obvious emissions of energyfrom the planets. not surprisingly, therefore, 19.5 degrees is the point of energyexchange between rotating spheres and the hierarchy of the ancients knew this. thesumerians knew, for instance, about the cycle of what is called precession. this is theeffect of the earths wobble which slowly moves the planet on its axis so that it facesdifferent star systems or astrological houses over many thousands of years. as theirrecords show, the sumerians knew that it took 2,160 years for the earth to movethrough each house a

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w phrase "el melech neh-ehmahn" which means in english "god is a faithful king" amrita: in alchemy (q.v) and sex magick (q.v) it is the magically transmuted first matter (q.v. amulet: a type of charm (q.v) which is similar to a talisman (q.v, but is designed to keep forces and entities, etc (like bad luck, illness, etc) away from the wearer. angel: from the greek, meaning "messenger" an entity in the hierarchy of heaven. each has no free will, and has one purpose. they are the intermediaries between god and humankind. they bear teachings, warnings, and messages of all kinds from heaven to earth, and carry out the orders of god. each angel is under the command of a superior, known as an archangel (q.v. angel (holy guardian (h.g.a: an expression meaning your higher self. to some practitioner

to the paths on the tree of life (q.v) and are used in pathworking (q.v. arcana, minor: minor or lesser secrets. the fifty-six (56) cards of the tarot (q.v) comparing to the modern-day deck of playing cards, but having an extra court card for each of the four suits. traditionally numerical rather than pictorial, they relate to the sephiroth (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. archangel: an entity in the hierarchy of heaven. they are more powerful than an angel (q.v) and have free will. they also bear teachings, warnings, and messages of all kinds from heaven to earth (q.v) and carry out the orders of god. they are obedient to divinity and are each associated with an aspect of divinity represented by a "god" name. arch bishop: the word "bishop" comes from the greek "episokopos" meaning "to loo

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and organised evil. the great faiths of the ancient world all had their evil gods as well as their beneficent deities, and they did not call these evil gods devils. in hinduism we have shiva and kali; in the egyptian system we have set and besz and typhon; in the grecian pantheon there are pluto and hecate. all the other faiths, also, have their angelic choirs, their archons, or builders, and all the hierarchy of heaven. protestant christianity alone has forgotten its angiology, the creator has to be both architect of the universe and bricklayer, forming man from the dust of the ground without assistance. if we refer to paradise lost, however, we shall find that milton was familiar with both divine and infernal hierarchies, and that these were graded and charted according to a definite sys

he technique of occultism. the question of mystical consciousness is, however, outside the scope of our present enquiry, which is concerned with psychic methods and the traditional technique of the occultist. different temperaments will employ different methods, and the mystical method does not appeal to everybody. the occultist does not ignore the christ-force, however; he recognises it as among the hierarchy of supreme forces of the universe, although he may not be prepared to assign to it the exclusive position which it occupies in the heart of the christian mystic. in the western tradition it is symbolised by tiphareth, the central sephira of the ten holy sephiroth of the qabalistic tree of life. the christ-force is the equilibriating, compensating, healing, redeeming, purifying factor

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gurus, but my teachers lack physical bodies. return hcahome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about coronzon (aleister crowley's drawing of coronzon at lunch) coronzon (more commonly, but perhaps less correctly, spelled choronzon) is an angelic being first named in the transcripts of the conversations that took place between the elizabethan mathematician and magician dr. john dee and the hierarchy of spiritual beings who identified themselves as the angels that had instructed the patriarch enoch in the holy magic of god. these angelic conversations occurred between the years 1582 and 1587, through the mediumship of dee's hired crystal scryer, the alchemist edward kelley. one or more times a week kelley, under dee's guidance, established communication with the enochian angels i

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ety. by this time the issue of ufos had become a matter of public concern, and ufo contactees like king were offering an answer. before the decade was out, king had attracted a following in the united states, and an american headquarters was established in los angeles. king developed a picture of the cosmos as ruled by an extraterrestrial hierarchy similar to the theosophical spiritual hierarchy. the hierarchy sent spiritual energy to the planet, which could be used to fight the forces of evil, especially those coming from evil extraterrestrials. spaceships position themselves above the earth at special times of the year, considered the best moments for transmitting the energies from outer space. king authored a series of books spelling out the theology and practices of what emerged as a n

lterers and their formidable offspring. the classic writers have perpetuated similar beliefs of the hero race, all of them born either from the love of the gods for women, or of the preference shown for a goddess by some mortal man. the persian, jewish, and muslim accounts of angels all evince a common origin, and they alike admit a difference of sex. in the latter, the name of azazil is given to the hierarchy nearest the throne of god, to which the mohammedan satan (eblis or haris) is supposed to have belonged; also azreal, the angel of death, and asrafil (probably the same as israfil, the angel of the resurrection. the examiners, moukir and nakir, are subordinate angels who are armed with whips of iron and fire, and interrogate recently deceased souls as to their lives. the parallel beli

ave continued daily for almost 20 years and even at the height of fighting in the 1990s from the breakup of the country, pilgrims continued to flock to the area. the apparitions have been the source of a barrage of books supportive of the young people who have been the subject of mary s attention. however, they have also acquired some strong critics within the church, both scholars and members of the hierarchy, who have condemned the phenomena. no definitive ruling has yet occurred. in the midst of the ongoing debates concerning some of the recent apparitions, the most spectacular of mary s appearances occurred in cairo, egypt, where not only thousands saw her, but pictures were taken. investigations have been filed to offer reasonable alternative mundane explanations. however, mary appear

age. among the several programs nurtured by the school was the new group of world servers, founded in 1932. the group sought to unite people of goodwill as harbingers of a coming civilization. five years later the school launched the triangles program to bring together groups of three people to work together in spiritual service. the primary task of a triangle is to channel spiritual energy from the hierarchy to the world. to assist the triangles, she released what is possibly her most famous piece of writing, a prayer called the great invocation. bailey also began to announce the coming of the new age and the accompanying appearance of the christ. this coming arariel encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 84 of the new age savior was also encouraged by the repeating of the gr

uced by madame helena petrovna blavatsky, cofounder of the theosophical society, and described in some detail in her most important book, the secret doctrine. blavatsky taught that both individuals and the human race were engaged in an upward evolutionary process. at the same time, she pictured a hierarchy of masters headed by a being known as the solar logos. those masters at the lowest level of the hierarchy regularly interacted with humanity. the masters el morya and koot hoomi have had a special role in the formation and guidance of the society. one of the early members of the society, a. p. sinnett, also received regular communications from the masters that became the basis of two important theosophical texts, esoteric buddhism and the mahatma letters to a. p. sinnett. together, the m

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helix press, 1964. morya, master one of the masters originally contacted by helena petrovna blavatsky, cofounder of the theosophical society. according to theosophical teachings there exists a spiritual hierarchy composed of individuals who have finished their round of earthly reincarnations and have evolved to the spiritual planes, from which they guide the affairs of humanity. those members of the hierarchy closest to humanity are the lords of the seven rays (of the light spectrum. each ray represents a particular virtue, which the lord of that ray exemplifies. master morya, frequently referred to as simply master m, is the lord of the first ray and exemplifies will or power. he is one of the two hierarchical founders of the theosophical society. blavatsky claimed a majority of her comm

at orders of spiritual existence.gods, demons, heroes or demi-gods, and souls. you will naturally be desirous to learn how the apparition of a god or a demon is distinguished from those of angels, principalities, or souls. know, then, that their appearance to man corresponds to their nature, and that they always manifest themselves to those who invoke them in a manner consonant with their rank in the hierarchy of spiritual natures. the appearances of gods are uniform, those of demons various. the gods shine with a benign aspect. when a god manifests himself, he frequently appears to hide sun or moon, and seems as he descends too vast for earth to contain. archangels are at once awful and mild; angels yet more gracious; demons terrible. below the four leading classes i have mentioned are pl

neled messages were distributed worldwide through a newsletter and tapes. weiss also gave psychic development workshops. last known address: p.o. box 180786, austin, tx 78718. sources: weiss, jane. reflections by anoah. austin, tex: planetary light association, 1986. planetary logos according to the theosophy scheme of creation, the planetary logos or ruler of seven chains is one of the grades in the hierarchy assisting in the creation and guidance. it is the supreme logos who initiates this work, but he is helped by the seven. the seven receive from the logos the inspiration and each carries on the work in his own planetary chain (see also logos; planetary spirits) sources: jinarajadasa, c. the early teachings of the masters, 1881.1883. chicago: theosophical press, 1923. planetary spirits

6. rakoczi, the master the prince one of the masters originally contacted by helena petrovna blavatsky, cofounder of the theosophical society. according to theosophical teachings there exists a spiritual hierarchy composed of individuals who have finished their round of earthly reincarnations and have evolved to the spiritual planes, from which they guide the affairs of humanity. those members of the hierarchy closest to humanity are the lords of the seven rays (of the light spectrum. each ray represents a particular virtue, which the lord of that ray exemplifies. the prince rakoczi is the master of the seventh ray, concerned with ordered service or ceremonial magic. he is involved with the ceremonial aspect of religion and magic, especially the ancient mysteries. he is also occupied with

lined to man, and he thus hears them united. from his ongoing conversations with the angelic beings, he wrote a number of books. these may be divided into expository books, notably the apocalypse revealed, the apocalypse explained, and arcana celestia; books of spiritual philosophy, such as intercourse between the soul and the body, divine providence and divine love and wisdom; books dealing with the hierarchy of supernatural spheres, such as heaven and hell and the last judgment; and books outlining the teachings of the new church, such as the new jerusalem, the true christian religion, and canons of the new church. of these works, his divine love and wisdom most succinctly presents his entire religious system. god he regarded as the divine man. spiritually god consists of infinite love

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

h has no beginning, but is continually becoming by the action of eternity. therefore nothing that is in the world will ever perish or be destroyed, for eternity is imperishable. and all this great body of the world is a soul, full of intellect and of god, who fills it within and without and vivifies the all. contemplate through me (that is through the mens) the world, and consider its beauty. see the hierarchy of the seven heavens and their order. see that all things are full of fight. see the earth, settled in the midst of the all, the great nurse who nourishes all terrestrial creatures. all is full of soul, and all beings are in movement. who has created these things? the one god, for god is one. you see that the world is always one, the sun, one, the moon, one, the divine activity, one;

ials he is to sing an orphic hymn to the sun, invoking him as the divine henad, as the mind, and as the soul. this is the neoplatonic triad under which the emperor julian worshipped the sun. as walker says the triad is not actually mentioned in the de vita coelitus comparanda. but it is alluded to by plotinus in that passage in the enneads on which ficino's work is a commentary, as the example of the hierarchy of the ideas.3 diacceto's solar rites thus bring out something which is implicit in the de vita coelitus comparanda and they probably reflect ficino's own practices. if so, ficino's magic was a religious magic, a revival of the religion of the world. 1 francesco da diacceto, opera omnia, ed. bale, 1563, pp. 45-6; cf. walker, pp. 32-3. on diacceto, see kristeller, studies, pp. 287 ff

motion and the quality of candor. the empyrean, where all is stable and the lumen of which is a quality of light superior to candor. in the stable and lucens empyrean is accommodated the trinity expressed in the nine orders of angels of dionysius. there are legions of angels in the orders and their number exceeds the faculty of human computation. the nine orders are: seraphim, cherubim, thrones; the hierarchy of the father. dominions, virtues, powers; the hierarchy of the son. principalities, archangels, angels; the hierarchy of the spirit.3 ficino interprets dionysius as having said that the first order drinks its liquor from the trinity direct (liquorem suum a sola' r. roques, l'univers dionysien, paris, 1954, pp. 240 ff. 2 recent scholarship is tending to put the pseudo-dionysian writi

on. cf. also thorndike history of magic and experimental science, i i, pp. 964-5. bruno knew cecco d'ascoli's work, for he mentions it in one of the commentaries in his de immenso et innumerabilibus "nee mentitus est cicco acsculano floron spiritus, qui de umbra lunae interrogatus quid esset, respondit: ut terra terra est (op. lat, i (i, p. 377. cecco in fact mentions the spirit floron "who is of the hierarchy of the cherubim" precisely in one of his quotations from solomon's liber de umbris idearum (the sphere, etc, ed. thorndike, p. 398. since bruno mentions his own lost work on the sphere in the context of these quotations from cecco d'ascoli (see below, p. 323, note 1) it seems not impossible that he may have used cecco's necromantic commentary in his lectures on the sphere at toulouse

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rthamptonshire, england: the aquarian press, 1972 ff. 6. this term, which was coined by the author of this study, describes a certain type of magic which is based on subjective empiricism, or individual experiences without prior postulates. the opposite is dogmatic magic, which demands a fair amount of faith from its practitioners, austin osman spare and his theory of sigils/ 13 such as belief in the hierarchy of astral entities, correspondences, gnostic dualism, etc we are not saying here that these concepts cannot be found at all in pragmatic magic but merely that they are only considered as possible models of explanation amongst others of equal value. the pragmatic magician is perfectly free to abandon them if s/he achieves the desired success without their help. s/he is, therefore, ind

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

rful creative activity commences, is shaped like a double ram's horn, which also resembles a hammer. it is also worthy of notice that in the ancient norse mythology, the vanir or water deities are said to have been conquered by the assir, or fire gods. the hammer wherewith the norse god thor struck fire from the sky finds its counterpart in the thunderbolt of jove; like hiram, the assir belong to the hierarchy of fire, the lucifer spirits, the sons of cain, striving for positive mastership through individual effort, and therefore upholding the male ideal, which is diametrically opposite to that of the hierarchy which works in the plastic element water. in the present day temples of the latter order, magic water stands at the door, and all who enter are required to apply this lethal liquid

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

6 the inner meaning of the tower of babel is that any attempt to possess the secrets of heaven in order to divulge them to the uninitiated on earth must lead to misunderstanding and anarchy- a confusion of tongues, that is of false symbols. a universal pentacle cannot be constructed for the unpurified multitudes, for the multitudes can only comprehend parables. we have now descended a long way in the hierarchy of evil. from the divine we have touched bottom in the magical, and yet all we have explained is included in the words of the emerald tablet of hermes trismegistus: gthat which is above is like that which is below, and that which is below is like that which is above, for the operations of the wonders of the one thing. h gto deny hell h, writes eliphas levi, gis also to deny heaven h

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

sists in the indefinite development of a given group of possibilities subject to certain special conditions of manifestation; and it should be clearly understood that. in the case of the human being, this extension is in no very confined to the corporeal part of the individuality, but includes all its modalities, of which the corporeal state is properly only one. the vertical direction represents the hierarchy, likewise and a fortiori indefinite, of the multiple states, each of which, when similarly considered in its integrality, is one of those groups of possibilities corresponding to one of the" worlds" or degrees, which are included in the total synthesis of" universal man. in this cruciform representation, the horizontal expansion therefore corresponds to the indefinitude of possible m

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

milar fashion, see our later study on jacob s ladder, then as we delve deeper into the mind we find hierarchies of memory (fig 14) while on the surface there exist individual memories. as we go deeper timelines merge and a collective gnostic theurgy page 61 unconscious results. in some sense the first floors of the house might be our own, but the courtyard and library belong to all. as we examine the hierarchy we find strata on strata of unconscious material- familial, national, racial, cultural, human and perhaps even beyond. each strata includes material relevant to that specific focus. within these memory conglomerates are images which have been invested with certain value and certain symbolic power. these are known as archetypes. archetypes according to jung the contents of the persona

(ephesians 5:32) and the administration of the mystery (ephesians 3;9. this teaching was a special process for a unique class. certain gnostics would feel the call to move from the path of terrestrial salvation and enter a new phase of development, that of celestial deification. this is the nexus of the new specialised teaching, that some of the gnostic brethren would be called to become part of the hierarchy itself, in other words, gods themselves! this special path is known as the celestial path, the path of the serpent of wisdom or the path of the chosen ones. initiates on this path were known in the cathar tradition as parfait; or the perfected ones. this secret doctrine or teaching has been known in many of the orthodox churches since the earliest of days, but has generally been unde

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: only through wisdom can we prove ourselves a devoted servant to our sacred order and fraternity. hnyb: through deep understanding of the inner mysteries, we become aware of our need to maintain a strict veil between the "truly initiated" and those beginning the path. dsj: here we see the importance of becoming the benevolent king to those in the lower grades, while at the same time, maintaining the hierarchy of our order in that mercy will abound and not lead to strife and schism as in the past. hrwbg: let the adept be strict and stern in protecting his personal magical secrecy and the secrecy of our knowledge. even if portions are printed in books, there is no excuse for a loose tongue. it does not benefit oneself or humankind to throw "pearls before swine" trapt: be as christ. be osiri

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individual. this is the case of the higher genius working in harmony with the lower will and ruling over the nephesch in such a way that the nephesch now begins to serve in the great work "then also this shalt thou know, that the nephesch of man shall become as the genius of the evil persona, so that the evil persona itself shall be as the power of the divine in the qlippoth" here, we clearly see the hierarchy within man now working in perfect integration and harmony. thus, the nephesch takes on the appearance in the qlippoth as the divine ruler or genius. thus, the true will, the divine will, now emanates from the divine through the higher genius, the lower will, and the nephesch, in all aspects. even the qlippoth serve unto the great work "thought" is a mighty force when projected with a

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

re 90 is the number for sonf which means "to reign" using aik bkr, the word nemo reduces to 9, the number for "stability through change" also zim is equal to 153 which reduces to 9. nemo is the title of the silent watcher who tends the garden in zim. it is therefore a magical grade in the great white brotherhood (white refers to the color of the magick used, not to race) which is sometimes called the hierarchy of compassion. it is this esoteric organization that keeps the spirit of love and brotherhood alive in the world. if you have love for your fellow man in your heart, then you are already a member of this organization. it is this organization or lodge that periodically sends selected members into our world to keep truth alive and to stir the human mind to see beyond itsel f. such bein

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

creed and issued june, 1915, at a meeting of the first american supreme council held in the city of new york, n.y [19] part two extracts from the constitution and statutes of the grand lodge of the ancient, mystical order rosae crucis worldwide jurisdiction (the americas, australasia, europe, africa, and asia) article i.section 1 this lodge is a separate and distinct body created and chartered by the hierarchy of the supreme grand lodge of the ancient, mystical order rosae crucis, worldwide jurisdiction (hereinafter referred to as the grand lodge of amorc, or as grand lodge. section 2 this grand lodge is subordinate to and derives its existence and powers from the imperator and the board of directors composing the supreme grand lodge of amorc. it is chartered as the grand lodge of the gene

erience in both business and mysticism; however, his greatest value remains in his deep love for the order and its humanitarian ideals. frater schaa still enjoys his nature walks and is now able to share them with his dearly loved life-companion, june. the schaas own a small cottage close to rosicrucian park and have two cats to share their hearth and yard. soror schaa is also a devoted member of the hierarchy.[141] raymond bernard, f.r.c. supreme legate of the rosicrucian order, a.m.o.r.c. for europe raymond bernard was born in bourg-d'oisans (isere) france, on may 19, 192-3, at 8:00 p.m. with a just and kind father and a gentle and understanding mother, he grew up happily in a united home. at eleven he was sent to boarding schools in grenoble. after passing his baccalaureate, he spent hi

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ed to dead channels. to the work then. some loose structure being required (or so i thought, i devised a hierarchy based on the work of psychologist abraham maslow- ranging from .survival demons. such as hunger or thirst, working up towards .ego. demons- the need for self-respect or a particular self-image, and more abstract conceptions: the hunger for knowledge or wisdom. the deeper the level of the hierarchy, the more primal the desires and urges. the techniques: flooding and vomiting (eating and excreting- to flood awareness with specific images, to bring forth (evoke) the demon, giving it form .flesh. and eventually a name or a 9 sigil. the scrambled personality tapes were to act as auditory sigils- storms of emotion whipped up by intensive remembering (replaying) sets of memories. let

ilure .you are hamal, guilt not yet erased. this was the beginning of the formation of an alphabet of binding. the second half of this operation consisted of experimenting with this alphabet, binding the demons into magical weapons for later use. when the initial phase of the work was done, i 10 slept for about 18 hours, and awoke clear of the frenetic delirium which had been built up. commentary the hierarchy of human needs traditionally, demons and devils are organised according to ranks and hierarchies with .princes. ruling lesser demons. the grimoires seem to imply that if hell exists, then it is a bureaucracy, and so by the same token, earthly bureaucracies are demonic structures- as anyone who has had any dealings with the dhss will readily testify. the hierarchy used in the babblogu

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

tual is insufficent; the authority gained via the process must have the assent and acceptance of a rite s patron spirits. certain of these rites are unknowingly shared by differing lineages of old craft, often being used as an adjunct to teacher-pupil induction. i rf: you are sometimes referred to as magister of the cultus sabbati, can you tell us what this means to you personally and in terms of the hierarchy of the tradition? ac: the cultus has several important offices of power which have been a part of the tradition for as long as oral memory attests. in terms of general interpretation, these are positions of authority held by specific individuals, based upon the possession of specialised knowledge, skills, experience, and the command of respect. however, these offices may also be inte

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ey machines are threatened or who have something to lose. not everyone in the world wants to create a planet where the gods of fame, money, sex or power are kept in their proper perspective or a planet where the power goes back to the people. for example, saying that god is everywhere including within us and that we can go direct to experience god via the divine inner plane channels will threaten the hierarchy of priest power and the foundation of many churches, just as much as new energy sources of cheap sustainable power, will (and do) threaten the existing energy barons with their fossil fuel monopolies, just as preventative holistic medicine programs threaten some traditional medical factions whose livelihoods depend on people remaining in the cycle of illness and disease. 21) not ever

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

t. augustine identified him with the falling star in the passage from isaiah 14:12 quoted above. the basis of this association was that the devil was 154 luciferian children of satan formerly a great archangel who rebelled against god and was tossed out of heaven. the legend of the rebellion and expulsion of lucifer, as formulated by jewish and christian writers, describes lucifer as the chief in the hierarchy of heaven, and as preeminent among all created beings in beauty, power, and wisdom. to this anointed cherub was apparently allotted power and dominion over the earth; and even after his fall and exclusion from his old domain, he still seems to retain some of his power and ancient title to sovereignty. according to the writings of the rabbis and church fathers, his sin was pride, whic

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

ish helmets (statens historika museum, stockholm) die for stamping the decorative plaques on seventh-century swedish helmets (statens historika museum, stockholm) wise/ and to grow and to thrive/ a word for me from a word/ sought a word/ a deed for me/ sought a deed. h all this, apparently, from his gtaking up h the runes. within the mythological present odin uses his wisdom to order himself atop the hierarchy of all creatures. in the eddic poem harbardsljod he outwits thor and even makes it impossible for that god to cross a body of water, which is part of thor fs everyday functioning. in vafthrudnismal he defeats the wisest of giants in a contest of wisdom. in grimnismal he carries out an ecstatic wisdom performance while hung in the fire of the human king geirrod, who falls on his sword

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e third world, c 1 to c 10, the globes become hierarchies of celestial creatures, called the choirs of yetzirah. here again, all are included within the ring c 1, the power which controls the yetziratic world and which includes within itself and controls the entire world d. the order of the globes and the names of the hierarchies composing them are as follows: from b 10 came c 1, the third crown; the hierarchy is the cherubim, chaioth ha kadosh, the holy animals. from c 1 came c 2, the third wisdom; the hierarchy is the cherubim, orphanim, the wheels. from c 2 came c 3, the third understanding; the hierarchy is the thrones, aralim, the mighty ones. from c 3 came c 4, the third mercy; the hierarchy is the dominations, chashmalim, the brilliant ones. from c 4 came c 5, the third severity; th

wisdom; the hierarchy is the cherubim, orphanim, the wheels. from c 2 came c 3, the third understanding; the hierarchy is the thrones, aralim, the mighty ones. from c 3 came c 4, the third mercy; the hierarchy is the dominations, chashmalim, the brilliant ones. from c 4 came c 5, the third severity; the hierarchy is the powers, seraphim, the flaming serpents. from c 5 came c 6, the third beauty; the hierarchy is the virtues, melachim, the kings. from c 6 came c 7, the third victory; the hierarchy is the principalities, elohim, the gods. from c 7 came c 8, the third glory; the hierarchy is the archangels, ben elohim, the sons of god. from c 8 came c 9, the third foundation; the hierarchy is the angels, cherubim, the scat of the sons. from c 9 came c 10, the third kingdom; the hierarchy is

able creator from whose substances it was individualized. p. 120 also ten archdemons, corresponding to the ten archangels of briah. the black magicians use these inverted spirits in their efforts to attain their nefarious ends, but in time the demon destroys those who bind themselves to it. the ten orders of demons and the ten archdemons of the world of assiah are as follows: d 1, the evil crown; the hierarchy is called thaumiel, the doubles of god, the two-headed; the archdemons are satan and moloch. from d 1 came d 2, the evil wisdom; the hierarchy is called chaigidiel, those who obstruct; the archdemon is adam belial. from d 2 came d 3, the evil understanding; the hierarchy is called satharial, the concealment of god, the archdemon is lucifuge. from d 3 came d 4, the evil mercy; the hie

e d 2, the evil wisdom; the hierarchy is called chaigidiel, those who obstruct; the archdemon is adam belial. from d 2 came d 3, the evil understanding; the hierarchy is called satharial, the concealment of god, the archdemon is lucifuge. from d 3 came d 4, the evil mercy; the hierarchy is called gamchicoth, the disturber of things; the archdemon is astaroth. from d 4 came d 5, the evil severity; the hierarchy is called golab, incendiarism and burning; the archdemon is asmodeus. from d 5 came d 6, the evil beauty; the hierarchy is called togarini, the wranglers; the archdemon is belphegor. from d 6 came d 7, the evil victory; the hierarchy is called harab serap, the dispensing raven; the archdemon is baal chanan. from d 7 came d 8, the evil glory; the hierarchy is called samael, the embroi

asmodeus. from d 5 came d 6, the evil beauty; the hierarchy is called togarini, the wranglers; the archdemon is belphegor. from d 6 came d 7, the evil victory; the hierarchy is called harab serap, the dispensing raven; the archdemon is baal chanan. from d 7 came d 8, the evil glory; the hierarchy is called samael, the embroiler; the archdemon is adramelek. from d 8 came d 9, the evil foundation; the hierarchy is called gamaliel, the obscene; the archdemon is lilith. from d 9 came d 10, the evil kingdom; the hierarchy is called nahemoth, the impure; the archdemon is nahema. the qabbalists declare that the worlds, intelligences, and hierarchies were established according to the vision of ezekiel. by the man of ezekiel's vision is symbolized the world of atziluth; by the throne, the world of

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his, even to before earliest babylonian times. he was one of the nephelim, and in eastern fable, he is accounted one of the seventy-two lords of the djinn. your experiment should be performed during clear weather, when the moon is two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, or fourteen days old, and thereby, of course, always on the increase. so great is the power of vassago, however (he is a "prince" in the hierarchy, that he is not bound by any sidereal or solar rules of time, and therefore may be summoned at any hour of the day or night. he is to be called only in matters of extreme perplexity, when all lesser methods of divination have availed you naught. although he is "good by nature" it is extremely important to remember that he is one of the seventytwo from of old, a being formed out of pr

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er worlds; the details of this, i do not know. it is also said that the vampire s golden age of ruling man in the open came to an end with the coming of the renegades. the renegades, some of which apparent remain to this day, are an organized group of vampires who still have a soft-spot for humans. this group apparently led armies of humans into the temples of the gods and destroyed them, forcing the hierarchy underground. the members of the renegades are generally younger vampires who had only recently (relative to vampires) undergone the ritual of death and rebirth. my guess is when the time of the renegades ends, the hierarchy will once more rule in the light. this hierarchy has gone by many names throughout the ages, but today they are known as the illuminati. the illuminati is a organ

MORALS AND DOGMA

ing the best years of his life at the court of philippe le bel. the roman de la rose is the epic of old france. it is a profound book, under the form of levity, a revelation as learned as that of apuleius, of the mysteries of occultism. the rose of flamel, that of jean de meung, and that of dante, grew on the same stem. swedenborg's system was nothing else than the kabalah, minus the principle of the hierarchy. it is the temple, without the keystone and the foundation. cagliostro was the agent of the templars, and therefore wrote to the free-masons of london that the time had come to begin the work of re-building the temple of the eternal. he had introduced into masonry a new rite called the _egyptian, and endeavored to resuscitate the mysterious worship of isis. the three letters l. p. d

ars, that became for all the secret associations, of the rose-croix, of the illuminati, and of the hermetic freemasons, the reason of their strange rites, of their signs more or less conventional, and, above all, of their mutual devotedness and of their power. the gnostics caused the gnosis to be proscribed by the christians, and the official sanctuary was closed against the high initiation. thus the hierarchy of knowledge was compromitted by the violences of usurping ignorance, and the disorders of the sanctuary are reproduced in the state; for always, willingly or unwillingly, the king is sustained by the priest, and it is from the eternal sanctuary of the divine instruction that the powers of the earth, to insure themselves durability, must receive their consecration and their force. th

ion, by papal rome. so the philosophers reasoned, while the priests, without replying to them or even smiling at their errors, wrote, in those hieroglyphics that created all dogmas and all poetry, the secrets of the truth. when truth comes into the world, the star of knowledge advises the magi of it, and they hasten to adore the infant who creates the future. it is by means of the intelligence of the hierarchy and the practice of obedience, that one obtains initiation. if the rulers have the divine right to govern, the true initiate will cheerfully obey. the orthodox traditions were carried from chaldea by abraham. they reigned in egypt in the time of joseph, together with the knowledge of the true god. moses carried orthodoxy out of egypt, and in the secret traditions of the kabalah we fi

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h gimel. only chokhmah and binah besides have this privilege, and they are of the supernals. unless the adept leaves everything he has and is, and jumps off chesed into the abyss, on the slim chance of getting to binah, and without even knowing whether he will get there, he must resign himself to receive her influence through geburah and through tiphareth, which are technically his "inferiors" in the hierarchy. therefore, what ra-hoor-khuit is saying is, let the adept exempt take the oath of the abyss! for, as it is written "unbalanced force is iniquity: mercy untempered by severity is but weakness that would permit abuse, and tolerate the manifestation of evil. again, see liber vii, vii, 36-39. 19. that stele they shall call the abomination of desolation; count well its name& it shall be

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he divine plan are great beings referred to as masters of the physical and spiritual planes. the evolution of america owes much to the seed thoughts of four masters kuthumi, el morya, rogoczy, and djwhal khul. some of the founders of america may have been consciously or unconsciously students of these teachers, just as some contemporary americans are pupils of these masters. in fact, the motto of the hierarchy of world teachers is identical with america s destiny the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of god (p. 95) another writer, from the opposite camp, confirms the assertions of heironimus. willy peterson writes: in order to reach their aims of world unity and thus engage the whole world in service to the plan, enlightened freemasons and new agers have been pushing for collectivist m

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 djwhal khul is a part of] and contain the entire clue to the evolutionary process, hidden in numbers, in ritual, in words and in symbology; these veil the secret of man s origin and destiny, picturing to him in rite and ritual, the long, long path which he must tread, back into the light (ibid, p.121-22) so what do we have here: the new age tells its disciples that they are

[of which djwhal khul is a part of] and contain the entire clue to the evolutionary process, hidden in numbers, in ritual, in words and in symbology; these veil the secret of man s origin and destiny, picturing to him in rite and ritual, the long, long path which he must tread, back into the light (ibid, p.121-22) so what do we have here: the new age tells its disciples that they are working for the hierarchy. the teachings of the new age are giving by the hierarchy. the movement for the installement of the antichrist is giving the go-ahead by the hierarchy djwhal khul s number one message for new age disciples is prepare men for the reappearance of the christ. this is your first duty (the externalization of the hierarchy, p.614) the ancient mysteries, being practiced by both freemasonry

are giving by the hierarchy. the movement for the installement of the antichrist is giving the go-ahead by the hierarchy djwhal khul s number one message for new age disciples is prepare men for the reappearance of the christ. this is your first duty (the externalization of the hierarchy, p.614) the ancient mysteries, being practiced by both freemasonry and the new age, were giving to humanity by the hierarchy. the real purpose of masonry taught to man, from the hierarchy is the expediting of the spiritual evolution, to transform their nature into a god-like superman. the serpent caused the fall in the garden of eden by giving eve this very same message. man is a god in the making. and as the mystic myths of egypt, on the potter s wheel, he is being molded. when his light shines out to lif

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of chatzot here is midday, and refers to the fact that some consider it preferable to read the torah portion after midday on friday, but the context of the rest of the passage seems to indicate that gmidnight h is intended. 6 midrash talpiot, s.v. chanoch. 7 genesis 5. the arizal on parashat noach (2) 31 him into an angel (specifically, the angel metatron8. metatron occupies a pivotal position in the hierarchy of angels, and serves, among other things, to protect the realms of holiness from the forces of evil. the word for gshoe h in hebrew (na fal or min fal) is derived from the root meaning gto close h or gto lock. h the foot is the interface between man and the earth, or allegorically between holiness and mundane non-holiness. in order that man not be injured by the stones and thorns on

nd as the head, i.e, the tail elevated to and usurping the role of the head, proper divine consciousness. this also alludes to the [primordial] snake. originally, he was the tail and adam was the head, but [because of the primordial sin] this was inverted and the snake became the head and adam the tail. adam here personifies the good inclination, or divine consciousness. sin consists of reversing the hierarchy between divine and material consciousness. this is the mystical meaning of the verse, ghe will hit you on the head and you will bit him in the heel. h5 1 exodus 14:25. 2 3:205b. 3 ch. 32. 4 isaiah 9:14. 5 genesis 3:15. the arizal on parashat beshalach (2) 14 man hits the snake on the head because the snake has usurped man fs role as the leader; the snake bites the heel because by sin

by the holy beasts. if the creature is ritually pure [tahor [it descends, etc] from the holy chariot, and if it is ritually impure [tamei] it derives from the impure chariot. the gdivine chariot, h a vision of a person riding a chariot, is described most vividly in the first chapter of the book of ezekiel, but appears elsewhere in the bible as well. it is generally understood to be a depiction of the hierarchy of divine powers through which g-d channels his life force into the world. each detail of the vision embodies a different aspect of this organization of life powers, and all the details eventually find their way into various manifestations in this world. the gholy beasts h here are the four celestial creatures that bear the divine chariot. gthis was their appearance: they were human

ns, and of behavior and expression function together as units. for this reason, the ascent they undergo on shabbat occurs relative to these energy levels. a gworld h in kabbalah is a level of consciousness, a grealm h in which whatever is there shares a common awareness of g-d. a lower world sustains less divine consciousness; a higher world, more. the ascent of the worlds on shabbat one notch in the hierarchy of consciousness thus means that each level temporarily is able to sustain a level of g-d-awareness that is normally too high for it. normally, if someone or something on the level of chesedgevurah- tiferet of asiyah would acquire the consciousness of chochmah-binah-da fat of asiyah, that would mean that he has ascended from the previous level up to the higher one. on shabbat, howeve

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in the human soul thought, love and action; in the family father, mother and child. the triad is the end and supreme expression of love; we seek one another as two only to become three. there are three intelligible worlds which correspond one with another by hierarchic analogy; the natural or physical, the spiritual or metaphysical, and the divine or religious worlds. from this principle follows the hierarchy of spirits, divided into three orders, and again subdivided by the triad in each of these. all these revelations are logical deductions from the first mathematical notions of being and number. unity must multiply itself in order to become active. an indivisible, motionless and sterile principle would be unity dead and incomprehensible. were god only one he would never be creator or f

itiation will know in turn if they discover the great arcanum by means of the very numerous and precise indications which we have given them. why are these simple and pure truths for ever and of necessity concealed? because the elect of intelligence are always few on earth and are encompassed by the foolish and wicked, like daniel in the den of lions. moreover, analogy instructs us in the laws of the hierarchy, and absolute science, being an omnipotence, must be the exclusive possession of the most worthy. the confusion of the hierarchy is the actual destruction of societies, for then the blind become leaders of the blind, according to the word of the master. give back initiation to priests and kings, and order will come forth anew. so, in my appeal to the most worthy, and in exposing myse

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palmary question, whether the real evocation and real conjuration of spirits are things possible, and whether such possibility can be demonstrated scientifically. to the first part of the question it may be replied out of hand that everything which is not an evident impossibility can and must be admitted provisionally. as to the second part, we affirm that in virtue of the great magical dogma of the hierarchy and of universal analogy, the kabalistic possibility of real evocations can be demonstrated; concerning the phenomenal reality consequent upon magical operations accomplished with sincerity, this is a matter of experience. as already narrated, we have established it in our own persons, and by means of this gritual h we shall place our readers in a position to renew and confirm our ex

violent death have, in our own days, exceeded the sin of adam; having rashly gathered the fruits of the tree of knowledge, which they did not know how to use for their nourishment, they have cast them to the beasts and reptiles of the earth. so is the reign of superstition inaugurated, and it must persist until the period when true religion shall be constituted again on the eternal foundations of the hierarchy of three degrees and of the triple power which that hierarchy exercises blindly or providentially in the three worlds. 28 chapter iv the conjuration of the four the four elementary forms separate and distinguish roughly the created spirits which the universal movement disengages from the central fire. the spirit toils everywhere and fructifies matter by life; all matter is animated;

catholicism its apostates. what has been the consequence? the substitution of a cast-iron level for the intellectual and symbolical level. to preach equality to what is beneath, without instructing it how to rise upward, is not this condemning us to descend ourselves? and hence we have stooped to the reign of the carmagnola, the sanscullotes and marat. to restore tottering and distracted society, the hierarchy and initiation must be again established. the task is difficult, but the whole intelligent world feels that it is necessary to undertake it. must we pass through another deluge before succeeding? we trust earnestly not, and this book, perhaps the greatest but not the last of our the ceremonial of initiates 57 audacities, is an appeal unto all that is yet alive for the reconstitution

it is one of health and long life for children born on it. 12. the victim, or hanged man. birth of samuel. prophetic and kabalistic day, favourable to the fulfilment of the great work. 13. death. birthday of canaan, the accursed son of chain. baleful day and fatal number. 14. the angel of temperance. blessing of noah on the fourteenth day of the moon. this day is governed by the angel cassiel of the hierarchy of uriel. 15. typhon, or the devil. birth of ishmael. day of reprobation and exile. 16. the blasted tower. birthday of jacob and esau; the day also of jacob's predestination, to esau's ruin. 17. the glittering star. fire from heaven burns sodom and gomorrah. day of salvation for the good and ruin for the wicked: dangerous on a saturday. it is under the dominion of the scorpion. 18. t

of the chiefs of the people; let the priestly art and the royal art assume once more the double sceptre of antique initiations, and the world will re-issue from chaos. burn no more holy the book of hermes 147 images, destroy no more temples; temples and images are necessary for man; but drive out the merchants from the house of prayer; let the blind no longer be leaders of the blind; reconstruct the hierarchy of intelligence and holiness; recognize only those who know as the teachers of those who believe. our book is catholic, and if the revelations it contains are likely to alarm the conscience of the simple, we are consoled by the thought that they will not read it. we write for unprejudiced men and have no wish to flatter irreligion any more than fanaticism. if there be anything essent

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e words "absolute "opposition "balance, and others with technical meanings within the temple of set will generally be used in the technical sense throughout this article, and will not be capitalized here] we will normally capitalize the names of the opposites we discuss, rather than placing those names in quotes. we feel capitalized names are easier to read in this quantity than quoted names. ii. the hierarchy expanding the taxonomy as we have (with the valuable aid of those attending the workshop, we found a hierarchy of opposites, where many sets of opposites seemed to be lower than or subsumed into a higher set of opposites. as the grand master compiled this taxonomy for publication in dialogues, he found that all opposites we had identified at that time could be placed into this hierar

n the other. examples: mortality depends upon life. balance depends upon one's state of initiation. in the taxonomy we provide a hierarchic code for each set of opposites, referring to that set's level in this hierarchy. these codes are subject to change from one version of the taxonomy to another. there will be textual notes discussing many sets of opposites, perhaps discussing their position in the hierarchy, or why we've classified them the way we have. these notes will be in the same order, and flagged with the same hierarchic code, so you can find them (not all opposites are discussed) iii. syntax this section discusses how we list each set of opposites within the taxonomy. most pairs of opposites have a wide range of potential values between the two extremes. others have just the two

one of the opposites, then we will indicate the name which encompasses both opposites, eg "temperature: hot- cold. sometimes a name might not be known. it is the grand master's opinion that xeper and maat both have opposites, but none of the order's initiates have been able to identify the names of those opposites. such missing names will be flagged by question marks. iv. classifications besides the hierarchy discussed above, we have identified four additional areas of classification which can be applied to these opposites. we call these four areas of classifica tion "opposition "polarity "objectivity, and "variation. the hierarchical code for each pair of opposites will be found in the left margin of the taxonomy. the codes which represent the four classifications will be encoded at the

eir opposite. despite the discussions by these two revered philosopher magicians, the grand master still insists that xeper is a directional dynamis, in a positive direction, and that its opposite is also a directional change, but in a negative direction. we therefore accept the unintended offer of dynamis and stasis as undirectional opposites, and place xeper and its opposite lower than these in the hierarchy. opposition 1a2a1 consciousness- unconsciousness o 1 o f 1a2a1a dynamis- stasis b 1 o i balance is acceptable here, unlike consciousness above and xeper below. total and constant dynamis would not give the consciousness any time to reflect, plan, and direct. some time to rest, recover, and prepare is required to support one's optimal xeper. hierarchy only that which lives and is cons

ot satisfied with either of these, and welcomes suggestions. polarity this is a bipolar set of opposites. both xeper and its opposite are active changes, often willful or at least intentional; they are simply changes in opposite directions. hierarchy initiation is a process brought about when xeper is directed by wisdom. it is a form of xeper, and that is why we place initiation/mundanity here in the hierarchy. hierarchy only that which at least from time to time evidences consciousness can ever exhibit wisdom or foolishness (or any level of wisdom between, and therefore this set of opposites is of lower order than consciousness. hierarchy 1a2a1a1 xeper? o 2 o i 1a2a1a2 initiation- mundanity o 1 o i 1a2a1b wisdom- foolishness o 1 o i 1a2a1b1 intelligence- stupidity o 1 o i intelligence is

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hrough dreaming, fiction, speculation, and magick, this infamous grimoire has earthed itself. this is purely in keeping with the goetic tradition, and many sorcerers strive to manifest material by similar means. the spirits speak to us through our dreaming minds, this they have done from the beginning. such have been the origins of the deepest, most profound initiations. chapter one; shining ones the hierarchy of heaven in comprehending the nature of the devils and demons that are traditionally the source of the black witchcraft power, it is necessary to consider and meditate upon the forms and names of those angelic mysteries from which they are understood v wilful or not v to have descended. from moses onwards kabalists, esotericists and occultists attributed angels governing the powers

response from our deeper minds. angelology, like the pantheistic cosmologies that precede it, reflects our human psychology. that is, the various spheres of angelic influence, love, protection, vengeance, even death and disease, are human concerns. approaching as rationalist, artist or mystic we may seek to fathom in the study of angels some insight into ourselves. the first circle highest triad the hierarchy of heaven may be seen as a series of circles surrounding the singularity of god, an emanation of pure thought of the highest vibration whose frequency steadily decreases as it travels away from the core. these transmissions first become an orbiting region of limitless light (ain soph, and as it condenses further it begins to manifest as matter. the world we commonly perceive and expe

ap into their power. for example, a rite to attract material wealth might call upon the names of mammon and astaroth for added power. such might be inscribed upon a talisman, or intoned as a mantra to aid the trance during some other form of ritual. this is quite apart from the more extreme forms of sorcery, where the spirits might be more actively evoked to manifestation. having considered first the hierarchy of heaven, here follows a brief roll call of those who have fallen, their descendants, and also in some sense their ancestors. the primary sources of these names are the classical grimoire. these as a whole imitate the work of one book; this being the goetia itself, otherwise called the lesser key of solomon. yet the traditions of black witchcraft are none of them frozen in time, and

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eans that an organization does not restrict the experiences of its members- it does not, for instance, impose upon them any binding authority which the members have to accept or face 'expulsion' just as it does not lay down for them any codes of behaviour or ethics. that is, it does not promulgate a dogma which the members have to accept as it does not require those members to be obedient to what the hierarchy says. there is no "proscription" of certain views, or individuals or other organizations as there is no attempt to make members conform in terms of behaviour, attitudes, views, opinions, expressions or anything else. if there are any of these things, the organization so doing these things is most certainly not an organization of the left hand path even though it may use some of the m

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ferent cities or communities. when a city conquered one of its neighbors, its god was believed to have conquered the defeated city s god. something like this may have happened in ancient egypt, where several different gods and goddesses occasionally had similar or complementary responsibilities. in some cases, such beliefs led to the concept of a supreme god or deity responsible for all creation. the hierarchy of the gods became organized and so, too, did religion itself. shamans began to form a distinct class in the clan and tribe. these men and women became the first clergy, or priesthood, and were believed to have magical powers and to have the ability to cure illness, which was thought to be caused by spirits, or supernatural beings. this class of shamans began to organize the belief s

connected by a central government or by a sense of national identity. each clan was headed by a chieftain, and each worshipped a divinity, a kami. part of the chieftain s job was to oversee the ceremonies devoted to the kami. these clans were often in conflict with one another. when one clan overran another, the kami of the defeated clan became subject to that of the conquering clan. in this way the hierarchy, or order, of the kami constantly shifted. later, when the japanese began to form a more centralized government with a supreme emperor at its head, this belief in kami was used to give authority to the emperor. because the emperor claimed direct descent from amaterasu, the sun goddess, the emperor s clan was more powerful than any other clan and possessed the right to rule japan. two

nturies shinto became a way of gaining the support of the people and creating a sense of intense patriotism, or devotion to one s country. in 1871 the ministry of divinities was formed to establish a hierarchy, or structure of authority, of shinto shrines. at the highest level was the ise shrine to amaterasu that became a national symbol for the divine rule of the japanese emperor. at the base of the hierarchy were smaller shrines throughout the country. in 1872 the ministry of divinities was replaced by the ministry of religion, which required people to register at local shinto shrines (rather than at buddhist temples. the ministry required that the nation s young people be taught an official history of the nation s origins and to respect the emperor as divine. further, the government ena

al forces. the origins of kami can be found in early japanese history. japanese society was divided into separate clans. each of these clans was headed by a chieftain, and each clan worshipped a kami. part of the chieftain s job was to oversee the ceremonies devoted to the kami. when one clan overran another, the kami of the defeated clan became subject to that of the conquering clan. in this way the hierarchy (classification of a group according to rank) of the kami was shifted about. later, when the japanese began to form a centralized government with a supreme emperor at its head, this belief helped support the emperor s authority. because the emperor descended directly from amaterasu, the sun goddess, the emperor s clan was more powerful than any other clan and thus possessed the right

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to call out a new, completely cult loyal presenting system. shatter codes programmed under trauma will be used to destroy or bury non-cult loyal alters "military bases will be set up, in each locality (actually, they are already here, but are covert. in the next few years, they will go above ground and be revealed. each locality will have regional bases and leaders to which they are accountable. the hierarchy will closely reflect the current covert hierarchy "about five years ago, when i left the illuminati, approximately 1% of the us population was either part of the illuminati, sympathetic to it, or a victim of mind control (and therefore considered useable. while this may not sound like many, imagine 1% of the population highly trained in the use of armaments, crowd control, psychologi

nancial resources, backing their enterprises, which means that in reality they can engage the best lawyers, accountants, etc. to help cover their trail as well" one of the more amazing aspects of the american illuminati is there efficiently organized and almost corporate-like structure. being one day groomed for a top level position, svali learned the highly-detailed u.s. structure, including how the hierarchy are chosen and organized. from top to bottom with incredible detail, this is what svali had to say "the illuminati have 3 main branches: the germanic branch, which oversees the others, the british branch, which handles finances, and the french/russian branch. all three branches are represented in both the united states and canada, as well as every country in the world "the illuminati

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developed through a description of antinomianism on a microcosmic level, and then further developed as a formulaic convention upon a macrocosmic level. the purpose of revealing that the polaric constituents of the antinomian environment, and its movement of activity and ideas- the lhp- was to reveal them as what plato would call a first form. secondary to this, the purpose was also to demonstrate the hierarchy of lhp spiritual relevance, from the infinitely large, to the intimate and personal. we must now begin to apply this antinomian character to our immediate realms of conscious perception. the instantaneous and synchronous environment within, and from without of ourselves. the previous lessons of polarity and resonance are coming closer to utility with this chapter. as set forth, the a

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rose cross over the flashing tablet. step 8 use any appropriate words around the talisman to be consecrated. make the invoking pentagram five times over it as if the pentagram were standing upon it. vibrate the letters of the triplicities involved with the suffix -al added. step 9 read any invocation required while tracing the proper sigils from the rose as you pronounce the names. always follow the hierarchy. step 10 the first portion of the operation is to initiate the work from yourself. the second is to attract the force in the atmosphere into the vortex you have formed. step 11 read the elemental prayer as utilized in the grade rituals. 6 step 12 close with the rose cross and perform the necessary banishing ritual. do not banish over the newly wrapped telesmata. wrap the telesmata ca

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angel of a sephiroth, planet, or even path. let the adept be reminded that even demons may have their name ending in la these beings also draw their power from the divine energies, therefore, the la is frequently added to the names of evil spirits. thou mayest build up an image astrally before thee or thou mayest construct a painting of the actual resemblance. let the adept be cautious to vibrate the hierarchy pertaining to thy force. always and especially when working with telesmatic figures, invoke the highest divine names. telesmatic images cannot apply to the world of tylzta (in only a limited sense into ayrb, a telesmatic image in ayrb would be thou conceded) telesmatic forms are thusly attributed unto aryzty. let the adept be warned not to apply a telesmatic image 3 to a divine name

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mans, masons, and other occultists, i declare without hesitation that what these men are doing knowingly in some cases, unwittingly in others, is calling on, that is invoking devils from an invisible realm("beyond the ordinary human sphere. the occult and the masonic communities can call these evil presences by any coverup name they wish the great white brotherhood, shamballa, planetary entities, the hierarchy, etc, but, in fact, the working of magic, i am convinced, is nothing less than the invocation, or inviting, of devils. this, indeed, is a very dangerous activity; yet the illuminati has designed its many rituals, signs, codes, symbols, architecture, art, and other devices so that the world around us has become a veritable grand theater of the occult. because of the illuminati, the wh

exist certain otherworldly spiritual hierarchies, entities that aid the elitist in creating a powerful effect upon the world. as witchcraft teacher paul huston explains "there simply exists power to be tapped to do good or to do evil..there exist certain entities who will aid you in your spells..you may call these entities gods, spirits, or watchers; or depersonalize them as powers or forces."17 the hierarchy these gods, entities, powers, or forces are said to be hierarchically arranged: the megalomania and rage of the psychopaths 41 "at the top, we have great entities often known as watchers, mighty ones, or gods..which can be contacted to bring a certain power to your rituals. then there are spirit entities or demons halfway between men and gods in their constitution..of course there ar

e is an inevitability..which is at once its horror and its joy..once an accepted disciple has definitely undertaken the work in preparation for initiation, there is for him no turning back. he could not if he would. he has heard the voice of his master. occult obedience gives place to enlightened will. he can now be trusted to walk and work alone because he is unalterably one with his group, with the hierarchy, and finally with shamballa (hell).21 the carrot and stick approach thus, we see in use by the top ranks of the elite the carrot and stick approach. if the fledgling initiate strays from the fold, or, worse, reveals any of the secrets of the brotherhood, he will get the stick of punishment. but if he cooperates, he will be rewarded. he will find himself in the enviable position of be

ea that divinity lies in the heart of every person, but needs to be "realized" or awakened. devotion to the secret chiefs within the illuminati structure, the initiate is taught in no uncertain terms that he must devote his whole heart to the "secret chiefs" the top elite who comprise the inner circle. his life must be dedicated to the goals they have set, for they, in turn, are being directed by the hierarchy, the spirit beings (satan and his demons) who have given them the plan. in other words, the life of every illuminist is a divine temple, and through ritual, magic, and loyal devotion the great work of alchemical transformation is to be accomplished within the individual heart and within the world at large. ordo ab chao order must come out of chaos. a number of meanings as the evidenc

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, davis; served as professor of psychology at john f. kennedy university; and published more than 150 scientific papers and written several books on his research, such as the presence of other worlds: the psychological/ spiritual findings of emanuel swedenborg (1974) and the natural depth in man (1974. in a landmark research paper, the clinical psychologist noted the striking similarities between the hierarchy of the unseen world described by the swedish inventor-mystic emanuel swedenborg (1688 1772) and the alleged hallucinations of his patients in a state mental hospital. van dusen began to seek out those from among the hundreds of chronic schizophrenics, alcoholics, and brain-damaged persons who could distinguish between their own thoughts and the products of their hallucinations. he wo

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that many hotels and office buildings in europe and the united states do not have a room number 13. in scandinavian mythology there were 12 aesir or gods living in relative harmony until the god loki came among them, making the 13th. loki was cruel and evil, and according to the myths, he took special delight in causing human misfortunes. because he was evil, and because he was the 13th member of the hierarchy of the gods, the number 13 came to be looked upon as an omen of ill luck. another explanation for the origin of this superstition also comes from scandinavian mythology, which states the winged valkyries, who waited to escort the heroes fallen in battle to valhalla, were 13 in number. the most popular explanation for the superstition surrounding the number 13 is that there were 12 ap

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ns. the illuminati were already utilizing the classes and grades of freemasonry, so the initiates of the illuminati would easily amalgamate with the more established society. to appear to become one with the freemasons would allow illuminism to spread more widely and rapidly, and weishaupt and knigge had great confidence that they would soon attain complete control over the blended organizations. the hierarchy within the freemasons were not long in discovering that the two interlopers had joined the fraternal brotherhood with less than honorable motives, and in 1782, a group within the masons called the strict observance demanded that a council be held at wilhelmsbad to examine the true beliefs of weishaupt and the illuminati. knigge fs powers of persuasion effectively blocked the attempt

orcery, magic and alchemy. translated by j. courtenay locke. new york: causeway books, 1973. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: meridian books, 1960. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. marie laveau (c. 1794.1881) marie laveau succeeded sanite dede as the voodoo queen (high priestess) of new orleans sometime around 1830. no one in the hierarchy of voodoo priests and priestesses disputed laveau fs rise to that position, for it was widely known that she was gifted with powers of sorcery and the ability to fashion charms of unfailing efficacy. laveau was a creole freewoman, and by profession a hair dresser. her prestige among the white establishment was assured when the son of a wealthy new orleans merchant was arrested for a

were desecrated or destroyed. in addition to denigrating the ancient gods of egypt, akhenaton moved his capital city to tel el amarna, thus denying the region of thebes and karnak their prestige as sacred ground. akhenaton fs crusade against the plurality of egyptian religion was short-lived, however, and when he died, the boy-king tutankhamen (c. 1370.1352 b.c.e) spent his brief reign restoring the hierarchy of the old gods, including amon-ra. construction on the great hypostyle hall was begun during the reign of ramses i (reigned 1320.1318 b.c.e, continued by his son seti i (reigned 1318.1304 b.c.e, and completed by ramses ii, one of the longestreigning of egyptian pharaohs (1304.1237 b.c.e) and a devotee of amon-ra. ramses ii also extended the temple of amon by adding a series of court

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

gs; tested by torture, 8 they were found faithful. they showed to the multitude a living immortality in their death, and they watered the earth with a blood whose heat could not be extinguished, because they were burning with the ardours of charity. it is by charity that the apostles built up their creed. they said that to believe together was worth more than to doubt separately; they constituted the hierarchy on the basis of obedience- rendered so noble and so great by the spirit of charity, that to serve in this manner is to reign; they formulated the faith of all and the hope of all, and they put this creed in the keeping of the charity of all. woe to the egoist who appropriates to himself a single word of this inheritance of the word; he is a deicide, who wishes to dismember the body o

o say, the impossibility of logically explaining the unknown. for the jew, god is separate from humanity; he does not live in his creatures, he is infinite egoism. for the mussulman, god is a word before which one prostrates oneself, on the authority of mohammed. for the christian, god has revealed himself in humanity, proves himself by charity, and reigns by virtue of the order which constitutes the hierarchy. the hierarchy is the guardian of dogma, for whose letter and spirit she alike demands respect. the sectarians who, in the name of their reason or, rather, of their individual unreason, have laid hands on dogma, have, in the very act, lost the spirit of charity; they have excommunicated themselves. the catholic, that is to say the universal, dogma merits that magnificent name by harm

ry of the most holy trinity. between speculative theism, and anthropomorphiosm, there is only one possible medium: the mystery of incarnation. between immoral fatality, and draconic responsibility, which would conclude the damnation of all beings, there is only one possible mean: the mystery of redemption. the trinity is faith. 80 the incarnation is hope. the redemption is charity. the trinity is the hierarchy. incarnation is the divine authority of the church. redemption is the unique, infallible, unfailing and catholic priesthood. the catholic church alone possesses an invariable dogma, and by its very constitution is incapable of corrupting morality; she does not make innovations, she explains. thus, for example, the dogma of the immaculate conception is not new; it was contained in the

r. madrolle, who is, to say the least of it, a bit eccentric. he is an old man of good family. he wrote at first on behalf of catholicism in the most exalted way, received most flattering encouragements from ecclesiastical authority, and even letters from the holy see. then he saw vintras; and, led away by the prestige of his miracles, became a determined sectarian, and an irreconcilable enemy of the hierarchy and of the clergy. at the period when eliphas levi was publishing his "dogme et rituel de la haute magie" he received a pamphlet from mr. madrolle which astonished him. in it, the author vigorously sustained the most unheard of paradoxes in the disordered style of the ecstatics. for him, life sufficed for 138 the expiation of the greatest crimes, since it was the consequence of a sen

ssed in retreat and asceticism, whose memory makes us shudder even now. 205 god and the devil are the ideals of absolute good and evil. but man never conceives absolute evil, save as a false idea of good. good only can be absolute; and evil is only relative to our ignorance, and to our errors. every man, in order to be a god, first makes himself a devil; but as the law of solidarity is universal, the hierarchy exists in hell as it does in heaven. a wicked man will always find one more wicked than himself to do him harm; and when the evil is at its climax, it must cease, for it could only continue by the annihilation of being, which is impossible. then the man-devils, at the end of their resources, fall once more under the empire of the god-men, and are saved by those whom one at first thou

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

y be referred to the divine presence in each of the worlds in terms of communication, complexity, and meaning. information, in terms of coherence, organisation, or "a non-random pattern, is that which is resultant of the fact that, as r.a. wilson demonstrates "life is an ordering, selecting, coherencemaking process. the physicist schrondinger put it simply that "life feeds on negative entropy (b) the hierarchy briefly, the evidence for hierarchy as a fundamental part of the scala natura is constantly about and within us, from the hierarchy of the cells within us to the hierarchy of any organisation or the hierarchy of star systems. during a talk given at the arcane school conference, mark braham phrased it thus "hierarchization is the process through which successive levels of increasing c

s to the hierarchy of any organisation or the hierarchy of star systems. during a talk given at the arcane school conference, mark braham phrased it thus "hierarchization is the process through which successive levels of increasing complexity, flexibility, and co-ordination in form, function and behaviour are established, ranging from the relatively simple to the relatively complex" the higher up the hierarchy an item or individual is, the more is their co-ordinating function on a scale of complexity (such as a queen in a beehive, a sun in a solar system, or a company director. this is important to consider in defining which world is to be considered or worked with for the practical kabbalist. it may be that some contemplations or workings are best effected in assiyah or with the elemental

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

meditates for a moment and then prays for a harmony among, concord and faithfulness of brothers: we beseech thee, o god, unique dispensator of peace, preserver almighty of all things thou hast created, may our brothers and sisters remain forever faithful to the mystique and to the works of our order- which they have freely chosen and accepted when joining the order. may they remain submissive to the hierarchy and discipline of the order and never fail in their promise. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates for a while and now prays for the dignitaries and masters of the order: deign, o god almighty and eternal, we thy servants implore thee humbly, to 21 direct and guide masters and dignitaries of our order. deign to protect their souls and illumine their minds so that they may a

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

wever, of many of the most learned among the ancients, that the principles of the jewish religion were originally the same as those of the greek, and that their god was no other than the creator and generator bacchus,4 who, being viewed 1 symmach. ep. 10& 61. themist. orat. ad imperat. 2 odyss. z, ver. 207. 3 see pope s odyssey. 4 tacit. histor. lib. v. of priapus 113 through the gloomy medium of the hierarchy, appeared to them a jealous and irascible god; and so gave a more austere and unsociable form to their devotion. the golden vine preserved in the temple at jerusalem,1 and the taurine forms of the cherubs, between which the deity was supposed to reside, were symbols so exactly similar to their own, that they naturally concluded them meant to express the same ideas; especially as ther

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

the 'gold of the gods. the reptilians and their crossbreeds drink blood because they are drinking the person's life-force and because they need it to exist in this dimension. they will often shape-shift into reptilians when drinking human blood and eating human flesh, i am told by those who have seen this happen. blood drinking is in their genes and an elite high priestess or 'mother goddess' in the hierarchy, who performed rituals for the brotherhood at the highest level, told, me that without human blood the reptilians cannot survive in this dimension. her name is arizona wilder, formerly jennifer ann green. interestingly, she said that the reptilians had been pursuing the aryan peoples around the universe, because the blood of the white race was particularly important to them for some

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

essed by the ontic presumption of a continuous chain of being extending from and unified within the supreme cause of all causes (sibbat kol ha-sibbot, knowledge of the sefirot is adduced from the cosmos. the hierarchical relation is problematized, however, by the fact that the mundane is discerned from the divine in the same measure that the divine is discerned from the mundane. the subversion of the hierarchy is expressed in the inversion of chronological time a rmed at the conclusion of the passage in language reminiscent of the hermeneutical dictum discussed above: ein muqdam u-me uhar ba-torah. just as the reader need not assume an absolute temporal order operative in scripture that would prevent undermining the criterion of before and after, so one need not presume that in the nature

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