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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

satisfactorily explained: the early diffusion over half europe of the heathen nomenclature of the days of the week. these names are a piece of evidence favourable to german heathenism, and not to be disregarded. the matter seems to me to stand thus^ from egypt, through the alexandrians, the week of seven days (e^so/ia, which in western asia was very ancient, came into vogue among the romans, but the planetary nomenclature of the days of the week apparently not till later. under julius caesar occurs the earliest mention of 'dies saturni' in connection with the jewish sabbath, tibuu. 1, 3, 18. then tjxiov rjfiepa in justin mart, apolog. 1, 67 'epfiov and a^posctr^ rjfiepa in clem. alex, strom. 7, 12. the institution fully carried out, not long before dio cassius 37, 18, about the close 1 ou

the eomans had previously had a week of nine days, nundinae=noveudinae. christianity had adopted from the jews the hebdomas, and now it could not easily guard the church against the idolatrous names of days either (see suppl. but these names, together with the institution of the week, had passed on from eome to gaul and germany, sooner than the christian religion did. in all the eomance countries the planetary names have lasted to this day (mostly in a very abridged form, except for the first day and the seventh: instead of dies solis they chose dies dominica (lord's day. it. domenica, sp. domingo, fr. dimanche; and for dies saturni they kept the jewish sahbahim, it. sabbato, sp. sabado, fr. samedi(=sabdedi, sabbati dies. but the heathen names of even these two days continued in popular us

iation of the alamanns and bavarians when we come to the third day; how could it have arisen at a later (christian) time, when the idea of the heathen god that does duty for mars had already become indistinct? how came the christian clergy, supposing that from them the naming had proceeded, ever to sanction such a divergence? the nations that lie behind us, the slavs, the lithuanians, do not know the planetary names of days, they simply count like the greeks^ not because they were converted later, but because they became acquainted with latin culture later. the finns and lapps 1 conf. pet. er. miiller om saxo, p. 79- the indian nations also name their days of the week after planets; and it seems worth remarking here, that wednesday is in sanskrit budhuvaras, tamil budhunld/ramei, because s

em, were named after chcru, hcru= eor, from whom their name can be derived^ after this weighty consonance of facts, which opens to us the meaning of the old national name, and at the same time teaches that' heru' was first of all pronounced' cheru' and last of all' eru, er' i think we may also bring in the gallic war-god hesus or esiis (lucan 1, 440, and state, that the metal iron is indicated by the planetary sign of mars, the as' tires tacen' and consequently that the rune of zio and eor may be the picture of a sword with its handle, or of a spear.2 the scythian and alanic legends dwell still more emphatically on the god's sword, and their agreement with teutonic ways of thinking may safely be assumed, as mars was equally prominent in the faith of the scythians and that of the goths. the

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ts are a powerful way of concentrating energies. you can, of course, buy ready-made drawstring purses in different colours, which make instant excellent herb pouches, but making herbal sachets is very straightforward. rather than giving you set formulae for herb poppets and sachets, i have listed a wide range of herbs so that you can mix and match them to your own special needs. i have also given the planetary associations, so that you can, for example, make a venus sachet by using all her herbs, excellent for healing a broken heart, encouraging the growth of trust, increasing loving energies around you and at the same time strengthening the heart, chest and lungs. practitioners tend to mingle two or three different herbs to increase the strength of the sachet and you can add a few drops o

have time for a bath, you can melt your soap in a bowl or bucket and pour it down a drain. 12- planets and angels different days of the week and hours of the day and night are associated with specific energies and each particular time is ruled by a planet and an archangel. though these were primarily centred on ceremonial magick, they can also be used to give focus and potency to informal spells. the planetary and angelic hours can also be applied to the everyday sphere, for example by choosing the appropriate day and even hour for beginning a money-making scheme or a first meeting with a potential business partner or lover. you can further amplify the salient qualities and strengths of these times by using oils, incenses, coloured candles and crystals linked with the specific planets and

e planet and angel of the day, though angelic magick tends to be used, not surprisingly, for rituals with a more spiritual and ecological or global focus. as you discover particular combinations that work well, you can add them to your book of shadows. planetary magical days of the week though i have written primarily about the significance of the different days, i have also listed the effects of the planetary hours. the planets have had a special place in both ritual magick and astrology, since the ancient babylonians and chaldeans first observed them wandering across the sky (the word 'planet' derives from the greek planetes, meaning 'wanderer) against the fixed constellations of the zodiac. the ancients knew of only five planets- mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. uranus, neptune

n magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that have become woven into the western astrological and magical traditions. astrologers believe that the positions of the planets in the zodiac at the time of an individual's birth can influence and indicate that person's fate. in magick, the planetary strengths can be applied to any purpose under the as above, so below' principle that stresses the interconnectedness of the whole universe. you can create your own spells by using the associations, much as you create recipes by knowing the qualities and blending power of individual ingredients. and just as in cookery, those spells or recipes where you break away from the set formula

orsetail, solomon's seal metal: lead or pewter saturn rules capricorn, 22 december-20 january, and is co-ruler of aquarius, 21 january-18 february. these sun periods are most potent for saturn spells and for those born under these signs at all times. magical hours the hours of the day are also influenced by the planets. to choose the best time for a spell, you should consult first pages 227-32 on the planetary days and then page 235 where i explain the planetary hours. for example, if you were carrying out a love spell in which you wanted rapid results, perhaps for a special meeting, you could work on a friday, venus's day, on both her hours- sunrise and the third hour after sunset. if you wanted courage in love, you would use a mars hour on a friday. if you needed to communicate your feel

oonrises and moonsets. you will need a calculator if you decide to use the exact planetary hours. you can calculate a week or even a month ahead if there is a period in which you intend to do a lot of magical work. in this way you can maximise the energies of specific hours and choose a good time for anything from asking for a rise at work to sorting out the budget with a reluctant partner. enter the planetary and angelic hours in your diary or the appropriate section in your book of shadows. these calculations can also keep bored children amused on rainy afternoons- just tell them stories about the angels and planets first. children also adapt quickly to angelic time- after all, it's far more fun if you change sad old bedtime into st michael's hour and have a bedtime story by the light of

ABRAMELIN1

. introduction xviii at the risk of repeating myself i will once more earnestly caution the student against the dangerous automatic nature of certain of the magical squares of the third book; for, if left carelessly about, they are very liable to obsess sensitive persons, children, or even animals. abraham s remarks concerning the errors of astrology in the common sense, and of the attribution of the planetary hours are worthy of careful note. yet i have found the ordinary attribution of the planetary hours effective to an extent. in all cases where there is anything difficult or obscure in the text, i have added copious explanatory notes; so many indeed as to form a species of commentary in parts. especially have those on the names of the spirits cost me incredible labour, from the diffic

ABRAMELIN2

days is still more useless, the election of hours and minutes whereof the ignorant make so much, is further a very great error. wherefore i have resolved to write this particular chapter, in order that this error might appear more plainly evident unto him who readeth it, and that he may draw profit therefrom so as to operate with judgment. 7 of abramelin the mage 51 the sixth chapter. concerning the planetary hours and other errors of the astrologers. t is true that the wise in astrology do write of the stars and of their movements, and that these attaining thereto do produce divers effects in inferior and elemental things; and such are, as we have already said, natural operations of the elements; but that they should have power over the spirits, or force in all supernatural things, that

implore the favour of the sun, of the moon, and of the stars, when the object would be to have converse with angels and with spirits. would it not be an extravagant idea to demand from the wild beasts the permission to go hunting? but what else is it, when they23 have elected a certain day, when they have divided it up into many false divisions such as hours, minutes, etc. here, they say, we have the planetary hours, and the planet appropriate to each hour. o what planets! o what fine order! tell me, i pray you, what advantage you get by this division. you will reply: a very great one, because it shows us in all things, either good or bad fortune! i tell you, and i repeat absolutely, that this is in no way true; that they produce thus a change of the time and of the air, i in part concede;

o each hour. o what planets! o what fine order! tell me, i pray you, what advantage you get by this division. you will reply: a very great one, because it shows us in all things, either good or bad fortune! i tell you, and i repeat absolutely, that this is in no way true; that they produce thus a change of the time and of the air, i in part concede; but do me the grace to tell me how ye do divide the planetary hours. i know that ye begin the first hour of the day with the planet which itself giveth the name unto the day, as sunday is ascribed to the sun, monday to the moon, tuesday to mars, wednesday to mercury, thursday to jupiter, friday to venus, and saturday to saturn; then ye divide the length of the day into twelve equal portions which ye call hours, and to each hour ye assign its pl

its elevation25 its day lasteth until it riseth anew, and after that it hath set its night endureth; so that as well in the days of the sun as in those of the moon and of the others, the days of all the planets be mingled, only that one commenceth sooner than another, according to which nature they be mingled together in the celestial signs. now it is requisite that i should tell unto you what be the planetary hours! know then that each planet hath only an hour during the which it is very powerful, being over you and above your head, that is to say when it is in the meridian. then, naturally, will sometimes arrive the hours of two planets together and beginning at the same moment; they then produce an effect according unto the nature, quality, and complexion of these stars.26 but all this

ADDTLS

signs; and 8, 9, and 10 to the mutable signs. thus in the a tablet, the great cross shows the tarot and decanate attributions as shown. the great cross of the air tablet showing tarot and decanate attributions diagram i the attribution of the sephiroth to the ten squares of the sephirotic cross is shown on the admission badge to the 27th path of p, and reproduced in one of the knowledge lectures. the planetary attributions to the sephirotic cross as used in the enochian system are rather different from those used on the tree of life. but the system that is here employed is constant, and applies to each of the sixteen sephirotic crosses on the four tablets. in this mode of attributing the planets to the sephiroth on the calvary cross of the lesser angles, l is excluded, and k and the tarot

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

le the rescuing symbol of the golden cross united to the red rose of seven times seven petals. as it is written 'he descendeth into hell' but the whiteness above shines the brighter for the blackness which is beneath "thus mayest thou comprehend that the evil helpeth forward the good. and between the light and the darkness vibrate the colors of the rainbow, whose crossed and reflected rays, under the planetary presidency are shewn forth in these seven walls "remember that thou hast entered by the door of the planet c, whose symbol includes the whole ten sephiroth of the tree of life. each wall of the tomb is said mystically to be in breadth five feet and in height eight feet, thus yielding forty squares, of which ten are marked and salient, representing the ten sephiroth in the form of the

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

e the most inconsistent concept the sumerians possesses with reference to the craft is the naming of the goddess as a deity, not of the moon (as the craft would have it, but of the planet venus. the moon was governed by a male divinity, nanna (like inanna but minus the initial 'i, and was considered the father of the gods by the earliest sumerian religion. it should be noted, however, that all of the planetary deities, termed "the zoned ones" or zonei in greek, and indeed all of the sumerian deities, had both male and female manifestations, showing that the sumerians definitely recognised a yin-yang composition if the universe (the "male moon" idea is, the editor is given to understand, common to so-called aryan mythologies. there is also evidence to show that every god and goddess also ha

ere is also evidence to show that every god and goddess also had both a good and an evil nature, and evil gods were banished in the exorcism formulae of that civilisation as well as the lesser forms of demon. the horned moon as mentioned, the god of the moon was called nanna by the sumerians. by the later sumerians and assyrians, he was called sin. in both cases, he was the father of the gods (of the planetary realm, the zonei, and was depicted as wearing horns, a symbol familiar to the witches as representative of their god. the horn shaped crown is illustrative of the crescent phases of the moon, and were symbolic of divinity in many cultures around the world, and were also thought to represent certain animals who were horned, and worshipped for their particular qualities, such as the go

ians, enki. further, the greek spelling of enki was ea, by which he is most commonly known in the european texts which treat of sumeriology. in the greek alphabet, ea would appear as ha. q.e.d: aum.ha betrays the essential sumerian character of that book. after the initial testimony, we come to the chapter entitles "of the zonei and their attributes, zonei is, of course a greek word and refers to the planetary, or heavenly bodies; for they are "zoned, i.e, having set courses and spheres. they are also known as such in the chaldean oracles. the 'spirits' or bodies that exist beyond the zonei are called the azonei, meaning "un-zoned. whether this refers to the so-called "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever t

ifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the whole name in cuneiform, was assume. grant made much of "the goddess fifteen" in his study of crowley's system as related to tantricism, without mentioning the name by which this goddess is quite well-known, or even mentioning her native country! after the chapter on zonei, we come to the "book of entrance" which is really a system of self-initiation into the planetary spheres and may have something to do with the planetary arrangement of the steps of the ziggurats of mesopotamia, which were seven storeyed mountains. not much is revealed to the potential candidate for initiation as to how these "gates" work, or what he might find there, save to say that the key of one gate lies in mastering the gate before it. the mad arab was either keeping a sacr

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

are probably inaccessible, but secondary figures for directions and transits, together with progressed horoscopes, to say nothing of prenatal, mundane, and even horary figures. to appreciate the entire mass of data, to balance the elements of so vast a concourse of forces, and to draw a single judgment therefrom, is a task practically beyond human capacity. besides all this, the actual effects of the planetary positions and aspects are still almost entirely unknown. no two astrologers agree on all points; and most of them are at odds on fundamental principles<astrologers are ignorant of their own subject, as of all others> this science had better be discarded unless the student chances to feel strongly drawn toward it. it is used by the master therion himself with

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

rds of your own that i have altogether missed. no doubt, a really great teacher would have said "beware! use my dictionary, and mine alone! all others are spurious" but then i'm not a r.g.t. of that kind. for a start, of course, you should put down the words that are bound to come in your way in any case: numbers like 11, 13, 31, 37, and their multiples; the names of god and the principal angels; the planetary and geomantic names; and your own private and particular name with its branches. after that, let your work on the astral plane guide you. when investigating the name and other words communicated to you by such beings as you meet there, or invoke, many more will come up in their proper connections. very soon you will have quite a nice little sepher sephiroth of your very own. remember

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

rown. the words "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" extend in space across and just below the bases of the pillars. foliage extends about the base of the cross: four tendrils arch upward to left and three to right, six leaves each, topped by moon mercury venus sun mars jupiter saturn in order from left to right. a similar spray extends in arches downward, three to left and four to right with the planetary symbols reversed in order. there is a sort of thatch of tendrils extending in a downward crescent from the base of the cross. the words "the knowledge of evil" extend across the figure in space below the lower tendril spray. in may, 1899, three months after p. had passed through the ceremony of 3= 8, he was sufficiently prepared for the further advancement to the grade of 4= 7. ritua

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

were a lamb slain in the glamour of those eyes. thus was i made pure: for there, what impunity could live? i was told that not many had been so far back: none further: those who "could" go farther would not, since that would have reabsorbed them into the beginning, and that must not be to him who hath sworn to uplift the standard of sacrifice and sorrow, which is strength (i forgot the angels in the planetary whirl. they regarded me with curiosity: and were totally unable to comprehend my explanation that i was a "man, returning in time to behold the "beginning of things" now was i able to stand in my sephiroth: and the crown of twelve stars "was upon my head! i then went into the centre of the earth (i suppose) and "stood upon the" 250 top of an high mountain. the many dragons and guardi

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

measure than the little atom of the chemist. we might extend the idea still further and consider a planet as an atom. perhaps there is a life within the planet that holds the substance of the sphere and all forms of life upon it to itself as a coherent whole, and that has a specific extent of influence. this may sound like a wild speculation, yet, judging from analogy, there may perhaps be within the planetary sphere an entity whose consciousness is as far removed from that of man as the consciousness of man is from that of the atom of chemistry. this thought can again be carried still further, till it includes the atom of the solar system. there, at the heart of the solar system, the sun, you have the positive centre of energy, holding the planets within its sphere of influence. if you ha

ness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust the process of involution. this is the period in which the limiting of the life within the form or sheath proceeds, and it is a long slow process, covering millions upon millions of years. this great cycle is participated in by every type of life. it concerns the life of the solar logos manifesting through a solar system. it is part of the life cycle of the planetary spirit manifesting through such a sphere as our earth planet; it includes that life which we call human, and sweeps into the path of its energy the tiny life which functions through an atom of chemistry. it is the great process of becoming, and that which makes existence and being itself possible. this period of limitation, of a gradually increasing imprisonment, and of an ever deepe

logos, or god, is working out through the solar system. it is the demonstration of his psychic quality, for god is intelligent love, and the fulfilment of his determined purpose, for god is intelligent loving will. for all the different grades and types of atoms there is a goal and a purpose also. there is a goal for the atom of chemistry; there is a point of achievement for the human atom, man; the planetary atom will also some day demonstrate its basic purpose, and the great idea which lies back of the solar system will some day be revealed. is it possible for us in a few brief moments of study to get a sound conception of what that purpose may be? perhaps we can get some broad, general idea if we approach the subject with sufficient reverence and sensitiveness of outlook, bearing caref

atom of substance, being but the expression of a life manifesting through a spheroidal form and working out an intelligent purpose. then we reached our consummation, and viewed the solar system as a cosmic atom, energised by the life of the logos. we have, therefore, under consideration, four kinds of atoms: first, the atom of the chemist and physicist. secondly, the human atom, or man. thirdly, the planetary atom, energised by a planetary logos, or the heavenly man. fourthly, the solar atom, indwelt by the solar logos, or the deity. if we are right in our fundamental concept, if there is a grain of reality in our hypothesis, and if there is a substratum of truth in our idea of the atom from which the elements are compounded, it is to be recognised as a life working intelligently through

ame sense as the atom of substance may some day achieve the consciousness of a human being? may it not be that this is what browning had in his mind when he said "mankind, made up of all the single men; in such a synthesis the story ends" here he holds up before us a concept of a greater man, who is the synthesis or sumtotal of all the lesser units. perhaps that synthesis may be the great life or the planetary entity who lies back, of our planetary manifestation, and who is the sumtotal of the group consciousness. i suggest that just as self-consciousness is the goal for all the sub-human forms of life, and as group consciousness, or the consciousness of the heavenly man, is the goal for the human being, so for him, also, there may be a goal, and for him the achievement may be the developm

to the deity himself. thus opens up before us a wonderful picture, and a vista of possibility. thus may the life of god be seen in its essential triple manifestation, working out in an ever-expanding consciousness; demonstrating in the atom of substance, and expanding through the medium of form, until it finds one point of culmination in man, then proceeding on its course till it demonstrates as the planetary consciousness, which is the sumtotal of all the states of consciousness upon our planet, the earth, until we arrive at the fundamental basic life, who holds all the planetary evolutions synthesised within his greater sphere, the solar system. thus, in summing up, we have four states of intelligent activity, which we might term consciousness, self-consciousness, group consciousness, a

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

ations which set a man free from the three worlds, and enable him to function in the body of vitality of the logos and wield that force, the initiate becomes the five-pointed star and it descends upon him, merges in him, and he is seen at its very centre. this descent is brought about by the action of the initiator, wielding the rod of power, and puts a man in touch with the centre in the body of the planetary logos of which he is a part, and this consciously. the two initiations called the sixth and seventh take place on the buddhic and atmic planes; the five-pointed star "blazes forth from within itself" as the esoteric phrase has it, and becomes the seven-pointed star; it descends upon the man and he enters within the flame. again, the four initiations, prior to that of the adept, mark

up, and becomes god-conscious. the great will or purpose of the logos becomes his. the fostering of the various attributes of divinity, the tending of the seed of self-consciousness in all beings, is the work of those entities who have achieved, who have entered into the fifth kingdom and who have there made their great decision, and that inconceivable renunciation which leads them to stay within the planetary scheme, and thus co-operate with the plans of the planetary logos on the physical plane. to transmit the will of the planetary logos they act as the transmitter to men and devas or angels, of the will of the planetary logos, and through him of the solar logos. each planetary scheme, ours amongst the others, is a centre in the body logoic, and is expressing some form of energy or forc

courage which is the result of that experience, and which, having itself been produced by ages of endeavour, failure, and renewed endeavour, and having in the long run led to triumph, can now be placed at the service of the race; by a purpose which is enlightened and intelligent, and which is co-operative, adjusting itself to the group and hierarchical plan and thus fitting in with the purpose of the planetary logos; and finally they are distinguished by a knowledge of the power of sound. this final fact is the basis of that aphorism which states that all true occultists are distinguished by the characteristics of knowledge, dynamic will, courage, and silence "to know, to will, to dare, and to be silent" knowing the plan so well, and having clear, illuminated vision, they can bend their wi

hy on the planet, nor to consider the conditions preceding the advent of those great beings. this can be studied in other occult books in the occident, and in the sacred scriptures of the east. suffice it for our purpose to say that in the middle of the lemurian epoch, approximately eighteen million years ago, occurred a great event which signified, among other things, the following developments: the planetary logos of our earth scheme, one of the seven spirits before the throne, took physical incarnation, and, under the form of sanat kumara, the ancient of days, and- 18- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust the lord of the world, came down to this dense physical planet and has remained with us ever since. owing to the extreme purity of his nature, and the fact that he is

gnetic sphere of influence. in him we live and move and have our being, and none of us can pass beyond the radius of his aura. he is the great sacrifice, who left the glory of the high places and for the sake of the evolving sons of men took upon himself a physical form and was made in the likeness of man. he is the silent watcher, as far as our immediate humanity is concerned, although literally the planetary logos himself, on the higher plane of consciousness whereon he functions, is the true silent watcher where the planetary scheme is concerned. perhaps it might be stated thus: that the lord of the world, the one initiator, holds the same place in connection with the planetary logos as the physical manifestation of a master holds to that master's monad on the monadic plane. in both cas

is a tremendous difference in degree, for his point in evolution is as far in advance of that of an adept as that adept's is in advance of animal man. this will be somewhat elaborated in the next section of our subject. with the ancient of days came a group of other highly evolved entities, who represent his own individual karmic group and those beings who are the outcome of the triple nature of the planetary logos. if one might so express it they embody the forces emanating from the head, heart, and throat centres, and they came in with sanat kumara to form focal points of planetary force for the helping of the great plan for the self-conscious unfoldment of all life. their places have gradually been filled by the sons of men as they qualify, though this includes very few, until lately

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

to man- 12- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 5. just as god is the macrocosm for all the kingdoms in nature, so man is the macrocosm for all the sub-human kingdoms. 6. the goal for the evolution of the atom is self-consciousness as exemplified in the human kingdom. the goal for the evolution of man is group consciousness, as exemplified by a planetary logos. 2(2) the goal for the planetary logos is god consciousness, as exemplified by the solar logos. 7. the solar logos is the sum-total of all the states of consciousness within the solar system. 3(3) stanzas of dyzan stanza i the secret of the fire lieth hid in the second letter of the sacred word. the mystery of life is concealed within the heart. when the lower point vibrates, when the sacred triangle glows, when the

d of manas. it is urgent that we here remember that they are fire viewed in its third aspect, the fire of matter. in their totality these seven lords form the essence of the cosmic lord, called in the occult books, fohat.23(21) this is so in the same sense as the seven chohans,24(22) with their affiliated groups of pupils, form the essence or centres in the body of one of the heavenly men, one of the planetary logoi. these seven again in their turn form the essence of the logos. each of the seven lords of fire25(23) are differentiated into numerous groups of fire entities, from the deva-lords of a plane down to the little salamanders of the internal furnaces. we are not dealing with the fiery essences of the higher planes at this stage in our discussion. we will only enumerate somewhat bri

. everything is, in its- 42- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust totality, the result of action taken by cosmic essences and entities in earlier solar systems, which is working out through the individual atoms, and through those congeries of atoms which we call forms. the effect of the personality ray upon the internal fires is therefore, in effect, the result of the influence of the planetary logos of whatever ray is implicated, as he works out that portion of karma which falls to his share in any one cycle, greater or lesser. he thus brings about and eventually transmutes, the effects of causes which he set in motion earlier in relation to his six brothers, the other planetary logoi. we get an illustrative parallel in the effect which one individual will have upon anothe

ana34(31) i. the nature of the etheric body. 1. its purpose and description. 2. eight statements. ii. the nature of prana. 1. solar prana. 2. planetary prana. 3. the prana of forms. iii. the function of the etheric body. 1. it is the receiver of prana. 2. it is the assimilator of prana. 3. it is the transmitter of prana. 4. disorders of the etheric body. iv. macrocosmic and microcosmic ethers. 1. the planetary logos and the ethers. 2. cosmic and systemic ethers. 3. protective purpose of etheric body. v. death and the etheric body. 1. microcosmic death. 2. macrocosmic pralaya. i. the nature of the etheric body- 43- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust in our consideration of the internal fires of the system we shall find much of very real interest to the coming generation of

nd its meaning confined to the sanity of the body corporeal, to the co-operative action of the atoms of the physical body of man, and to the full expression of the powers of the physical elemental. in days to come it will be realised that the health of man is dependent upon the health of all allied evolutions, and upon the co-operative action and full expression of the matter of the planet and of the planetary elemental who is himself a composite manifestation of the physical elementals of all manifested nature. second. in the study of the etheric body and prana lies the revelation of the effects of those rays of the sun which (for lack of better expression, we will call "solar pranic emanations" these solar pranic emanations are the produced effect of the central heat of the sun approachi

nker on the astral plane, the plane of desire and of necessity, stands to the physical body as the logos on the cosmic astral plane stands to his system. as we continue the study we will work out the correspondence in the cosmos, the system, and in the three worlds, for we need to remember that the analogy must be perfect. 1. man, the microcosm, the manifesting monad, or one. 2. the heavenly man, the planetary logos, or the manifesting group. 3. the grand man of the heavens, the macrocosm, the solar logos, the manifestation of all groups and of all evolutions within his body, the solar system. all these bodies the body of a man, a planetary logos, and a solar logos are the product of desire originating on the planes of abstract mind, whether cosmic, systemic, or mind in the three worlds, w

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

orm aspect is incorrect knowledge. the soul alone perceives correctly; the soul alone has the power to contact the germ or the principle of buddhi (in the christian phraseology, the christ principle) to be found at the heart of every atom, whether it is the atom of matter as studied in the laboratory of the scientist, whether it is the human atom in the crucible of daily experience, whether it is the planetary atom, within whose ring-pass-not all our kingdoms of nature are found, or the solar atom, god in manifestation through the medium of a solar system. christ "knew what was in man" and therefore could be a saviour. 9. fancy rests upon images which have no real existence. this means that these images have no real existence in so far as they are conjured up by men themselves, constructed

h people judge they have seen one of the brothers (or masters of the wisdom, whereas all they have perceived is a thought form of one of them; the wish being father to the thought they are the victim of that form of incorrect perception called by patanjali, fancy. 2. those thought forms which are created by the race, the nation, the group or the organization. group thought forms of any kind (from the planetary form to that constructed by any band of thinkers) form the sum total of the "great illusion" herein lies a hint to the earnest aspirant. 3. that thought form created by a man since his first appearance in physical form, and called the "dweller on the threshold" being created by the lower personal self and not by the soul, it is impermanent and is simply held together by the man's low

chieved working forward towards further realisation, 3. the overcoming of the difficulties incident to the limitations of the vehicles of consciousness and to karma, 4. the occult tests which are imposed upon the pupil when he shows ability, 5. the triumph of the pupil- 32- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 6. the recognition of his triumph and attainment by the guides of the race, the planetary hierarchy, 7. the vision of what lies ahead. thus does the unfoldment proceed and in each cycle of endeavor the evolving son of god comes into his birthright and takes the position of a knower "one who has heard the tradition, experienced the dissolution of that hitherto held, seen that which is hidden from those who abide by the tradition, substituted that which is newly seen, donat

man so that they function as a coordinated unit on earth, the man learns to sound the word on the physical plane with the object of awakening the forces which are latent within him and thereby arouse the centres. thus he participates increasingly in the creative, magical and psychical work of manifestation, with the object ever in view of benefiting his fellow men and thus furthering the plans of the planetary hierarchy. 29. from this comes the realization of the self (the soul) and the removal of all obstacles. when the master within is known, the assertion of his power becomes increasingly felt, and the aspirant submits his entire lower nature to the control of that new ruler. it should be noted here that the eventual complete removal of all obstacles transpires after the- 38- the light

s of spiritual unfoldment, that two factors must be taken into account which are based on the fact of manifestation itself: 1. the fact of the not-self towards which the divine points of spiritual life are attracted, and which in the period of evolution absorbs them, 2. the fact of the limitations which form-taking necessitates. the above two factors must be recognized as true of the solar logos, the planetary logos, a man or an atom. every form of divine life (the infinitesimally small and the infinitely great) veils or hides a fraction of spiritual energy. the result to the point of spiritual existence is necessarily a shutting in, a cutting off, and a circumscribing of itself, and only the contacts of existence itself and the struggle of the spiritual unit within the form can bring abou

the third initiation, and the old commentary proceeds "within the hall of learning, the central mystery is contacted. the method of release is seen, the law is well fulfilled, and man emerges well-nigh adept" finally, the man enters the hall of wisdom to which he was admitted occasionally (and with increasing frequency) after the first great initiation, and learns of the place his group holds in the planetary plan, catching a glimpse also of the cosmic scheme. ignorance (as we understand the term) is, of course, negated, but it cannot be too frequently emphasized that there remains much unknown even to the adept, and that the christ himself, the great world teacher, knows not all that is the content of the awareness of the king of the world. the yoga sutras of patanjali only deal, however

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

hich is the result of the union of the spirit with sentient matter in the human kingdom and which produces a psychic centre which we call the soul of man. this psychic centre is a force centre, and the force of which it is the custodian or which it- 9- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust demonstrates, brings into play a responsiveness and an awareness which is that of the soul of the planetary life, a group consciousness which brings with it faculties and knowledge of a different order than that in the animal soul. these supersede eventually the powers of the animal soul which limit, distort, and imprison, and give man a range of contacts and a knowledge which is infallible, free from error, and which admits him to "the freedom of the heavens. the effect of the free play o

r the dominance of the spirit, an analogous two stages are likewise seen: first, the disciple becomes aware not only of his group and allied groups, but his consciousness is expanded until it might be called planetary consciousness. secondly, he begins to merge that planetary awareness into something more synthetic still, and gradually develops the consciousness of the greater life which includes the planetary life as man includes in his physical expression such living organisms as his heart or brain. when this takes place, he begins to comprehend the significance of spirit, the one life back of all forms, the central energy which is the cause of all manifestation. the first reaction of the average student on reading the above is to think immediately of the body nature as it expresses some

an be solved and these questions answered. their solution is one of the ordinary revelations and attainments of initiation. the only true biologists are initiates of the mysteries, for they have an understanding of life and its purpose and are so identified with the life principle that they think and speak in terms of energy and its effects, and all their activities in connection with the work of the planetary hierarchy are based on a few fundamental formulas which concern life as it makes itself felt through its three differentiations or aspects: energy, force, matter. it should be noted here, that only as a man understands himself can he arrive at an understanding of that which is the sum total that we call god. this is a truism and an occult platitude but when acted upon leads to a reve

k 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 life in whom all forms have their being, the consciousness of the planetary logos, that "spirit before the throne" who manifests through the form of a planet, as man manifests through his form in the human king

entre which receives this energy is the analogy to the energising spirit. the vital body is the expression of the soul energy and has the following function: 1. it unifies and links into one whole the sum total of all forms. 2. it gives to every form its particular quality, and this is due to: a. the type of matter drawn into that particular part of the web of life. b. the position in the body of the planetary logos, for instance, of any specific form. c. the particular kingdom in nature which is being vitalised. 3. it is the principle of integration and the cohesive force of manifestation, from the strictly physical sense. 4. this web of life is the subjective analogy to the nervous system, and beginners in the esoteric sciences can, if they remember this, picture to themselves a network

ners in the esoteric sciences can, if they remember this, picture to themselves a network of nerves and plexus running throughout the entire body, or the sum total of all forms, coordinating and linking, and producing an essential unity. 5. within that unity is diversity. just as the varied organs of the human body are inter-related by the ramification of the nervous system, so within the body of the planetary logos are the various kingdoms in nature and the multiplicity of forms. back of the objective universe is the subtler sensitive body one organism, not many, one sentient, responsive, connected form. 6. this sensitive form is not only that which responds to the environment but is the transmitter (from inner sources) of certain types of energy, and the object of the treatise might here

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

irst ray egos, there are no pure first ray types on the planet. all so-called first ray egos are on the first subray of the second ray, which is in incarnation. a pure first ray ego in incarnation at this time would be a disaster. there is not sufficient intelligence and love in the world to balance the dynamic will of an ego on the ray of the destroyer. just as the human family has a relation to the planetary logos of our earth which is best expressed by stating that it constitutes his heart and brain, so does the sum total of analogous evolutions within the entire solar system constitute the heart and brain of the solar logos. intelligent activity and love are the outstanding characteristics of a developed son of god, whilst their lower reflections sex and desire are the characteristics

a ray-group, and there appears the disciple, the initiate and the master. when the soul adds to sentiency, quality, self-awareness and group consciousness, a consciousness of divine synthetic purpose (called by us the plan, then we have that state of being and knowledge which is distinctive of all upon the path of initiation, and includes those graded lives, from the more advanced disciple up to the planetary logos himself. but forget not that when we make these distinctions it is nevertheless one soul that is functioning, acting through vehicles of varying capacities, of differentiated refinements and of greater and lesser limitations, in just the same sense as a man is one identity, working sometimes through a physical body and sometimes through a feeling body or a mental body, and some

iple manifesting entity as is the solar deity himself. love will be their outstanding characteristic, and through that attractive magnetic force the new forms will come into being which will permit of purer ray types, and thus of more truly expressive appearances. a great deal of the destructive energy extant in the world 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 cal

dy it and seek to understand the significance of this process. in the understanding of these aspects of light comes a truer perspective as to the nature of the fires in the human expression of divinity. it must never be forgotten that the soul of all things, the anima mundi, as it expresses itself through all the four kingdoms in nature, is that which gives to our planet its light in the heavens. the planetary light is the sum total of the light, dim and uncertain, to be found in all atoms of radiatory and vibratory matter or substance, which compose all forms in all kingdoms. added to this, there is, within the planet and also within each kingdom in nature, the correspondence to the etheric body with its centres of radiant energy, found underlying or "substanding" the outer physical form

light, dim and uncertain, to be found in all atoms of radiatory and vibratory matter or substance, which compose all forms in all kingdoms. added to this, there is, within the planet and also within each kingdom in nature, the correspondence to the etheric body with its centres of radiant energy, found underlying or "substanding" the outer physical form. man's etheric body is a corporate part of the planetary etheric body, and constitutes its most refined and most highly developed aspect. as the aeons pass away there is a growing intensity of light radiating forth from our planet. this does not necessarily mean that a dweller on neptune would see our planet glowing with an increasingly brighter light, though this does happen in a few cases in the universe. but it means that, from the stan

he brain, and thus the way of the human being becomes increasingly illumined. the brain is like the eye of the soul, looking out into the physical world- 89- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust in the same sense the soul is the eye of the monad, and in a curious and occult sense, the fourth kingdom in nature constitutes on our planet the eye of the planetary deity. the brain is responsive to the seven senses: 1. hearing 5. smell 2. touch 6. the mind, the common-sense 3. sight 7. the intuition or the synthetic sense. 4. taste through these seven senses contact with the world of matter and of spirit becomes possible. the seven senses are, in a peculiar way, the physical plane correspondences of the seven rays, and are closely related to an

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

ed over matter. after the advent of christ, the door stood wide open for all time, and the kingdom of god began to form on earth. in- 114- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust the long processes of time four great expressions of divine life, four forms of god immanent in nature, have appeared upon our planet. we call them the four kingdoms of nature. they constitute, symbolically, the planetary reflection of the four arms of the zodiacal cross upon which the cosmic christ can be seen crucified. down the ages human beings have symbolised the cosmic christ immolated upon the cross of matter, and thus have perpetuated in the consciousness of the race the knowledge of that event; so in a planetary sense, the four kingdoms of nature do the same, portraying the spirit of god stre

at it may be resurrected into true and vital life for the meeting of the people's need. let a living christ be its theme, and not a dying saviour. christ has died. about that let there be no mistake. the christ of history passed through the gates of death for us. the cosmic christ is still dying upon the cross of matter. there he hangs fixed until the last weary pilgrim shall find his way home.19 the planetary christ, the life of the four kingdoms of nature, has been crucified on the four arms of the planetary cross down the ages. but the end of this period of crucifixion is close upon us. mankind can descend from the cross as christ did, and enter into the kingdom of god, a living spirit. the sons of god are ready to be manifested. today as never before "the spirit himself bears witness w

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

nd the plan of the creator, as it is known and expressed by the seven spirits before the throne, the seven planetary logoi. but at this point we can only hint at a great mystery, which is that all that the highest of the sons of god on our manifested planetary world can grasp is a partial realisation of the purpose and plan of the solar logos, as it is grasped, apprehended and expressed by one of the planetary logoi who is (in his place and term of office) conditioned and- 3- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust limited by his own peculiar point in evolution. a seventh part of the unfolding plan is being expressed by our particular planetary life, and because this great being is not one of the seven sacred lives and is therefore not exp

t begins with the process of individualisation and consummates in the dominant personality. 2. with the egoic consciousness, which is that of the solar angel as it begins with the preparation for initiation on the path of discipleship and consummates in the perfected master. 3. with the monadic realisation. this is a phrase that means absolutely nothing to us, for it concerns the consciousness of the planetary logos. this begins to be realised at the third initiation, dominating the soul and working out through the personality. man, the average human being, is a sum total of separative tendencies, of uncontrolled forces and of disunited energies, which slowly and gradually become coordinated, fused, and blended in the separative personality. man, the solar angel, is the sum total of those

h is a paradoxical sentence with deep meaning) and others in working off the effects of the earlier initiated causes. this is a point not often emphasised. still later cycles of lives bring these two aspects consciousness and form into a greater rapport, and thus produce an entirely different type of life. the correspondence to these cycles can be seen working out in the life and consciousness of the planetary logos, as that great life seeks expression through the medium of the four kingdoms in nature. however (and this is the fact of supreme importance, all this activity, all this directed unfoldment, all this evolving purpose and livingness, all the events in all the kingdoms of nature, and all the phases of life-conditioning in the human family, plus the kaleidoscope of events, the emer

lower. but the lesson needs to be learned (and it is the lesson which man is now engaged in learning) that death as the human consciousness understands it, pain and sorrow loss and, disaster, joy and distress, are only such because man, as yet, identifies himself with the life of the form and not with the life and consciousness of the soul, the solar angel, whose awareness is potentially that of the planetary deity, whose greater awareness (in his turn) is potentially that of the solar deity. the moment a man identifies himself with his soul and not with his form, then he understands the meaning of the law of sacrifice; he is spontaneously governed by it; and he is one who will with deliberate intent choose to die. but there is no pain, no sorrow, and no real death involved. this is the m

is conditioned by a temperament, an attitude and an orientation that is that of a "divine rebel" it is only rebellion that produces pain and sorrow, but this rebellion is inherent and innate in the deity of our planet himself, the "one in whom we live and move and have our being" it is, therefore, a tendency greater than the individual unit. it is only possible to express this amazing truth about the planetary life under a veil of symbology and in terms of human thought. in this there is ever a risk, for men interpret all they read and hear and experience in terms of themselves. the old commentary says "he entered into life and knew it to be death "he took a form and grieved to find it dark "he drove himself forth from the secret place and sought the place of light, and light revealed all

of great importance. let me be more explicit, by means of the following statements: 1. only three planetary schemes are aware of pain and sorrow as we understand those terms; none of them know it so well or feel it so much as does our planetary logos. 2. pain and sorrow are the result of rebellion, and of divine discontent. the instinct to betterment, based on discontent, has necessarily involved the planetary temperament or attitude which recognises the dualities- 62- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. there is a stage to be reached in the human consciousness, where that which lies behind the dualities the stage of essential oneness can, and will be recognised. 4. when this takes place, the consciousness of our humanity will then

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r the thoughts of those who personify the mind of god, the universal mind, and to register the thoughtforms of those who are as far beyond the hierarchy of masters as they, in their turn, are beyond the disciples of the world. those lives who carry out the ideas of the divine mind, exist in their graded orders, and with the detail of their groupings we are not concerned, except with the fact that the planetary brotherhood is in telepathic rapport with those who are responsible for the planetary conditions in the solar system, with the great council, therefore, at shamballa. they are also in immediate telepathic rapport with each other. the slowly manifesting powers of the radio and the sensitive workings of the perfecting radio mechanisms and of television are but the response in physical

would ask you to ponder deeply upon the various aspects of the outlined plan or system of group work which i have brought to you, for it is a tentative endeavour to externalise upon earth, certain phases of hierarchical endeavour. the energy used in the telepathic work is the "chitta (as the hindus call it) or the mind-stuff which underlies and is the very substance of manifestation itself. god, the planetary life or logos, however, works with the higher correspondence of this mind-stuff and the forces of the mental plane are the reflection or rather the densification of this higher mental substance. these forces, this mind-stuff, is constantly in flux and in motion. this produces that thoughtform-making activity of the mental world which is set in motion by minds working either individua

e groups with which i am engaged as part of the activity of my ashram are essentially seed groups. they are intended to be outposts of the hierarchical consciousness as it focusses itself through me in the same sense as an individual accepted disciple is an outpost of his master's consciousness in the world. that is the connection which i seek to emphasise the externalisation of the inner work of the planetary hierarchy for the first time in history and a precipitation (if you like that term) of an inner and ready condition. the new age is upon us and the integration of humanity in the three worlds warrants definite changes in technique though not in the basic plans. all this is, however, an experiment and i would remind you that it is an experiment which i and several other initiates are

hat at present. can you accept such a simple rule apparently simple? in this way the etheric body of this group of disciples will be animated by the golden energy and the light of love and thus a network of light will be- 62- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust established which will form a focal point of energy in the etheric body of humanity itself and eventually in the planetary etheric body also. 3. the general group objective. this is the shifting of consciousness of all integrated human beings in increasingly large numbers on to the etheric levels of consciousness and activity. this entails conscious work on those levels as energy units, each contributing his individual share and his special quota of energy to the sum total of available etheric energy and

es, who stand ready to be taught when opportunity offers, ought to continue steadfastly with their work even when apparently there is no inner contact. these disciples offer no strain to the inner teacher and, in the last analysis, make the most progress. you have given your life to the craft of teaching and consequently there is now given to you a more expansive view of the underlying purpose of the planetary, educational movement. in this- 129- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust movement, those of you who have some inner vision and who can grasp the magnitude of the plan to bridge the gap between the higher and lower mind can contribute much to our endeavour, for you can build on mental levels. i am pointing this out, because, for you, this inner mental work

1998 lucis trust 1. relax and focus yourself in the soul. then sound the o.m, breathing it out upon the world of men and saying to yourself inaudibly "the will of god moves the world" this is the thought lying behind your use of the o.m. 2. then ponder upon the significance of time as an expression of the will, realising that this expression is a thought instantaneous and effective in the mind of the planetary logos. think out carefully some of the implications of this last statement. 3. then say slowly and thoughtfully "the past has gone. i am that past. it makes me what i am. the future comes. i also am the coming destiny and, therefore, i am that. the present flows from out the past. the future colours that which is. i make the future also by my present knowledge of the past and the bea

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

nding of this highest spiritual centre to which if we believe the gospel story christ himself was always attentive. frequently we read in the new testament that "the father spoke to him" or that "he heard a voice" unheard by others, or that the words were heard "this is my beloved son" several times, we read, the seal of affirmation (as it is spiritually called) was given to him. only the father, the planetary logos, the "one in whom we live and move and have our being (acts xvii.28, the lord of the world, the ancient of days (dan. vii.9) can speak this final affirmative word. there are, as well we know, five crises or initiations which concern the master jesus the birth at bethlehem, the baptism, the transfiguration, the crucifixion and the resurrection but lying behind this obvious and p

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

mic energies, are the conditioning factors of france in incarnation at the present time- 39- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust france 1. pisces with its rulers: jupiter and pluto> the nation 2. leo with its ruler: the sun. 3. virgo with its rulers: mercury, moon, jupiter> paris. 4. capricorn with its rulers: saturn and venus. 5. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 2. love-wisdom, via jupiter and the sun. these are the most powerful. b. ray 1. power or will, via pluto. this is also the destroyer ray and can bring the death of the leo influence. c. ray 3. active intelligence, via saturn. this cooperates with the third ray personality of france, and at this time saturn offers most definite opportunity through the focus of power now

rove interesting to the detached and open-minded student. germany 1. aries with its rulers, mars, mercury and uranus> the nation. 2. pisces with its rulers, jupiter and pluto. 3. scorpio with its rulers, mars and pluto> berlin. 4. leo with its ruler, the sun. 5. the soul ray. harmony through conflict. 4th. 6. personality ray. will or power. 1st. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 6. idealism or devotion, via mars which rules aries and is the double ruler of scorpio. this produces the fanaticism and unreasoning devotion and blind acceptance of conditions, so distinctive of the country at this time. it is virtue misdirected. b. ray 4. harmony through conflict, via mercury, thus cooperating with the soul ray intensifying the conflicting conditions

ng through the zodiacal signs and the ruling planets: great britain 1. gemini with its rulers, mercury, venus and the earth> nation. 2. taurus with its rulers, venus and vulcan. 3. leo with its ruler, the sun> capital. 4. libra with its rulers, venus, uranus and saturn. 5. the soul ray love-wisdom. 2nd. 6. the personality ray will or power. 1st. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 4. harmony through conflict, via mercury, leading to a definite link with germany (as a study of the earlier tabulation will show. it accounts for the warlike history of great britain, but works out at the present time in the harmony of the empire. b. ray 5. concrete knowledge or science, via venus. it is interesting to note that it is this ray which links great britai

rulers of libra. here you have a clue as to why the british empire covers the earth, for there is a close connection between the earth, as a whole, and great britain. it links great britain also with the third ray personality of france. d. ray 1. will or power, via the planet vulcan. there is in the first ray as it expresses itself through vulcan very little of the destroyer aspect as there is in the planetary influence of pluto, another agent of the first ray. again you find in this ruler of great britain's taurian personality, a link with the first ray german personality. it accounts also for the forging of the chains which tie the empire together, making it a unity through the will of the people. e. ray 2. love-wisdom, via the sun, ruler of leo which governs the soul of london, and whic

owing conditioning forces make the story of italy sufficiently clear: italy 1. leo with its ruler, the sun> nation 2. sagittarius with its rulers, jupiter, the earth and mars. 3. taurus- with its rulers, venus and vulcan> capital. 4. leo with its ruler, the sun. 5. soul ray ideals, devotion. 6th. 6. personality harmony through conflict. 4th. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming through the planetary rulers: a. ray 2. love-wisdom, via the sun and jupiter. this again relates italy to the second ray soul of great britain and tends to a basic understanding. i would here point out that in this second ray influence it is the wisdom aspect more than the love aspect which is dominant. love is in reality, understanding wisdom in active expression. b. ray 3. active intelligence, via the e

uarius with its rulers, uranus, jupiter and the moon> nation. 2. gemini with its rulers, mercury, venus and the earth. 3. cancer with its rulers, the moon and neptune> capital- 48- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. sagittarius with its rulers, jupiter, the earth and mars. 5. the soul ray love-wisdom. 2nd. 6. personality ray idealism devotion. 6th. 7. indirect influences via the planetary rulers are many, and the rays conditioning this country are consequently many, owing to the mixture of races found there. of these influences there are eleven in all, for the earth presents two aspects and the moon veils both vulcan and uranus. a. ray 7. order and magic, via uranus. this influence is inherited from the atlantean world, which still rules the territorial aspect of the

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

of illusion. hence the increasing interest in meditation as the weight of the world glamour is increasingly realised, and hence the vital necessity for right understanding of the way- 15- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust of mind control. another point which should be noted is that in the crystallisation of this material age comes the great opportunity to strike a deadly blow on the planetary dweller on the threshold. the reaction at this time, through the stress of circumstances, is bringing about a more spiritual understanding and a reorganisation of human values, and this is part of the process whereby a vital part of the world glamour may be dissipated if only all men of goodwill within the world aura adhere to their appointed task. when the buddha was on earth and ac

ne of the greatest in the world. what constitutes the prime difficulty of any disciple is the fact that the battleground of his life involves every aspect of his nature. the whole man is involved. technically, the word maya should only be used in two cases: 1. in reference to the united glamour-illusion to which a man who is an integrated personality responds. 2. in speaking of the limitations of the planetary logos of our planet. in the above remarks i have given you much food for thought not only as regards your own personal problems (for all of you are subject to these conditions, but i have also indicated to you what is the nature of glamour. the word is used in all esoteric books and teaching to cover the conditions which are differentiated under the words maya, illusion and glamour i

y, than he is with the realisation of a due and proper sense of proportion and of spiritual values. he over-estimates his experience and himself. instead of redoubling his efforts and thus establishing a closer contact with the kingdom of souls and loving all beings more deeply, he begins to call attention to himself, to the mission he is to develop, and to the confidence that the master and even the planetary logos apparently have in him. he talks about himself; he gestures and attracts notice, demanding recognition. as he does so, his alignment is steadily impaired; his contact lessens and he joins the ranks of the many who have succumbed to the illusion of sensed power. this form of illusion is becoming increasingly prevalent among disciples and those who have taken the first two initia

n of ideas with which i dealt in my last instruction. you are thus beginning to develop that discrimination which will lead to right choice of life themes. in this instruction i seek to cast some light upon the glamour which confronts the disciple as an individual and also consider the aspect of glamour with which he must deal as a world server in training. speaking symbolically, i would say that the planetary astral body (viewing it from soul levels) is lost in the depths of a surrounding fog. when at night you look out at some clear sky, you see the stars and suns and planets shining with a clear cold brilliancy and with a twinkling blazing light which penetrates for many millions of miles (or light years as they are called) until the human eye registers them and records the existence of

he capacity to grow and to unfold, to orient the type and to express in time and space the archetype or pattern, and to outline and determine the structure of the kingdoms into which science divides the natural world. these are but a few of the innate, inherent characteristics of substance itself, inherited and conditioning our present manifestation of divine life. 2. the life or manifestation of the planetary logos, the "one in whom we live and move and have our being" is determined by his own nature. to us, that great life embodies perfection and the qualities which distinguish him are those to which we direct our highest aspiration. but, from the angle of those lives who are ahead of him upon the cosmic path (i speak symbolically and in terms of human experience) he is among the "imperf

ill reveal the "middle way" between the pairs of opposites? 8. how can i see god? or else the form of god? many such questions arise in the mind of the aspirant. they indicate dilemma, bewilderment, a realisation of surrounding glamour, a stage of illusion and a condition of impotency. against the disciple are fighting all the forces of his own nature, and also those of humanity as a whole and of the planetary state. he feels helpless, inert, feeble and hopeless. he cannot even see the way out. only one clear fact remains and that is the fact of the soul, of the immortal identity, the warrior behind the scenes, the charioteer, krishna, the christ within. the bhagavad gita can be read entirely from the standpoint of the disciple's combat with glamour and students would be well-advised so to

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

ough the medium of many minds. no one person can claim individual right to the enunciated principle or truth. several minds have registered it. it is usually stated, however, in a wide generalisation, that these people have tapped the inner thought currents or have responded to the play of the universal mind. literally and technically this is not so. the universal mind is tapped by some member of the planetary hierarchy according to his mental bias and equipment, and the immediate needs sensed by the working adepts. he then presents the new idea, new discovery, or the new revelation to the group of adepts (telepathically, of course, my brother) and, when it has been discussed by them, he later presents it to his group of disciples. among them he will find one who responds more readily and

o can enter into the divine mind, owing to his having transcended human limitation; the thought-directed receiver is the man, in exoteric expression, who has aligned his brain, his mind, and his soul. it is a fact that omnipresence, which is a law in nature and based on the fact that the etheric bodies of all forms constitute the world etheric body, makes omniscience possible. the etheric body of the planetary logos is swept into activity by his directed will; energy is the result of his thoughtform playing in and through his energy body. this thoughtform embodies and expresses his world purpose. all the subhuman forms of life and the human forms up to the stage of advanced man are governed by divine thought through the medium of their energy bodies which are an integral part of the whole

might be said that consciousness itself, which is the goal on this planet of all the evolutionary process, is simply the demonstrated result of the science of contact. it is likewise the goal in some form or other and at some stage or other of all planetary existences within the solar system itself. the unfoldment of this conscious response is, in reality, the growth of the sensitive awareness of the planetary logos himself. the human mechanism and its ability to respond to its environment (as science well knows) has been developed in response to an inner urge, present in every human being and in all forms of life, and to the "pull" and magnetic effect of the surrounding environment. step by step, the forms of life upon the physical plane, down through the ages, have unfolded one sense aft

effort- 38- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust technically speaking, it is the hierarchy which is "impressed" from shamballa, and humanity which is reached by the hierarchy via the method of invocation and evocation. within the human family two things occur as the result of this received and recognised activity of a phase of the science of contact. linking groups within the planetary life 1. telepathic relationship is set up. this, my brother, has ever existed between members of the human family and, as previously explained, is of two kinds: solar plexus telepathy, instinctual, uncontrolled, widely prevalent and allied to many of the surprising activities of forms of life other than the human, i. e, the instinct of the homing pigeon or the method whereby cats and

of less importance. there are, in reality, no man-made ideas. there are only ideas as grasped by the intelligentsia and then as "stepped down" by humanity's constant reaction to glamour, to emotional or astral conclusions, and to selfish interpretations. it must be remembered that the activity of all these "impressing agencies" is felt in a wide and general sense throughout the entire planet and the planetary aura. no kingdom in nature escapes this impact, and it is thus that the purpose of the lord of the world is carried out. being, coherence and activity are thus blended into one created and creative whole; life, quality and appearance respond unitedly to the imposed intention of the planetary logos and yet, at the same time, remain creatively free as regards their reaction to these co

upon the consciousness of the animal kingdom will produce planetary results. at present this is not so. it will only come when the animal kingdom (as a result of human understanding) becomes invocative. 2.the self-generated karma of the animal kingdom which is largely being worked off in its relation to mankind today. the karmic entity holding a type of rule within the third kingdom is a part of the planetary dweller on the threshold. planetary sequence of impression you will note, therefore, the amazing planetary sequence of impression all of it emanating from- 45- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust the highest possible sources, though stepped down and regulated to the receiving factors; all of it concerned to a greater or less degree (according to the quality o

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

elations and group integrity are coming to the fore in the human consciousness. as this takes place, the personality which is individual, separative and self-centred will recede increasingly into the background, and the soul, non-separative, group conscious and inclusive, will come more and more to the fore. interest, therefore, in the individual horoscope will gradually die out, and increasingly the planetary, the systemic and the universal picture will stand out in the awareness of the individual; he will then regard himself only as an integral part of a far more important whole and his world group will interest him far more than himself, as an individual. i shall not, therefore, deal with the subject of esoteric astrology from the standpoint of the horoscope at all. universal relationsh

and also from the environment in which man (both inner and outer man) finds himself. two other points should here be added. first: the individual etheric body is not an isolated and separated human vehicle but is, in a peculiar sense, an integral part of the etheric body of that entity which we have called the human family; this kingdom in nature, through its etheric body, is an integral part of the planetary etheric body; the planetary etheric body is not separated off from the etheric bodies of other planets but all of them in their totality, along with the etheric body of the sun constitute the etheric body of the solar system. this is related to the etheric bodies of the six solar systems which, with ours, form a cosmic unity and into these pour energies and forces from certain great

ll attention, at this point, to some comments i made in a treatise on cosmic fire which are apposite and helpful. i am somewhat paraphrasing "astrology is concerned with the effect produced in the substance of the sheaths by the influences, vibrations, etc, of the various planets. these are, esoterically, the influences of the solar centres. the forces, emanating from the solar centres, play upon the planetary centres. this is hidden in the karma of the heavenly man. when true esoteric astrology comes into being, more anent this will be given. astrological students are today only learning the abc of this stupendous subject and are occupied with the exoteric fringes of that great veil which has been thrown wisely over planetary lore (a treatise on cosmic fire, p. 1051) the following is a li

age of development and as he nears the path (technically understood. man learns first of all to control his reactions to the planets as they rule and direct his personality affairs from their different "stations" in the twelve houses of his horoscope. there are two ways in which this is done: first: by having the horoscope duly cast and then taking steps to determine what should be done to negate the planetary influences where it is deemed desirable to control the personality reactions. this has to be done by the applied power of thought. this necessitates complete confidence in the understanding and interpretation of the astrologer and the recognition of the exact moment of birth. one wonders if these conditions of the exact moment and the completely wise astrologer are ever to be found a

of the spiritual observer, and by cultivating the power to respond to the soul. then, from the angle of that soul, the man must learn to control circumstance and the attendant reactions of the personality. the following attitudes and positions taken by the esoteric astrologer should also be noted- 10- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. that the planetary influences indicate the trend of the outer life circumstances. when correctly interpreted for the average man and for the unevolved man, they can and do indicate the personality destiny and fate; they do condition and completely control the man who has no conscious soul experience. the moment that a man becomes aware of his own soul and is endeavouring to control his own "path in lif

he soul. 3. the moon. this type of force (coming from certain planets and not from the moon) indicates that which is past. it, therefore, summarises limitation and the present handicaps. it governs the physical body and shows where the prison of the soul is to be found. the next statement which i would like to make, and which grows normally out of the above, is that the zodiacal, the systemic and the planetary energies act either as hindering or as stimulating forces, according to the type of vehicle or body upon which they play; the nature of these vehicles and their capacity to attract, to respond, to reject, to absorb and to transmute is entirely dependent upon the point in evolution attained and also upon the general planetary condition and psychology to be found in the human family at

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

n manner, the unity of all manifestation and that all existence the material world, the spiritual realm, the aspiring disciple, the evolving animal and the beauty of the vegetable and mineral kingdoms constituted one divine and living whole which was moving on to the demonstration of the glory of the lord. i grasped faintly that human beings needed the christ and the buddha and all the members of the planetary hierarchy, and that there were happenings and events of far greater moment to the progress of the race than those recorded in history. i was left bewildered, because to me (at that time) the heathen were still heathen and i was a christian. deep and fundamental doubts were left in my mind. my life was henceforth coloured (and is today) by the knowledge that there were masters and sub

t he had been given back to me in a nearer and more intimate way. i found that he was "the master of all the masters and the teacher alike of angels and of men" i found that the masters of the wisdom were his pupils and disciples, just as people like myself were pupils of some master. i learnt that when i, in my orthodox days, talked about christ and his church i was really speaking of christ and the planetary hierarchy. i found that the esoteric presentation of truth in no way belittled christ. he was, indeed, the son of god, the first born in a great family of brothers, as st. paul has told us, and a guarantee to us of our own divinity. the third teaching which i came across and which pulled me up short for a long time was the dual belief in the law of re-birth and the law of cause and e

and who are pledged to work without cessation for the promotion of international understanding, economic sharing and religious unity. the second part of the group in the organisation of the new group of world servers is composed of the men and women of goodwill. these are not strictly speaking spiritual aspirants. they are not particularly interested in the plan and have little or no knowledge of the planetary hierarchy. they do, however, want to see right relations established among men. they want to see justice and kindness prevail on earth. under the direction of the world disciples and their helpers these people can be trained in practical and effective ways of expressing goodwill. in this way they can do basic and foundational work in preparing the world for a fuller expression of the

the necessity to tread the path and (usually) takes the place of the ultimate and final authority. this phase in the history of esotericism has been good, preparatory work. it has brought to the attention of the general public the nature of the secret doctrine, of the esoteric teaching and of the inner government of the world. the fact of the existence of the masters of the wisdom as they work in the planetary hierarchy under the direction of the christ has been widely presented, either in terms of orthodox theosophy, of hindu metaphysical speculation or under christian terminology. much knowledge has been imparted. the intricate process of divine creation, and the consequent manifestation of god, bring much mental stimulation and mental unfoldment but frequently little real understanding

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

- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust possess the varying functions which enable the soul to express itself on the physical or objective plane as part of a greater and more inclusive organism. the physical body is the response apparatus of the indwelling spiritual man and serves to put that spiritual entity en rapport with the response apparatus of the planetary logos, the life in which we live and move and have our being. 2. the etheric body, which has one main objective. this is to vitalise and energise the physical body and thus integrate it into the energy body of the earth and of the solar system. it is a web of energy streams, of lines of force and of light. it constitutes part of the vast network of energies which underlies all forms

v: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust an integral part of humanity, an organism in a greater organism. conditions existing in the whole will be reflected in the unit self, and many of the ills from which man suffers today are the effect upon him of conditions existing in the fourth kingdom in nature as a whole. for these he is not held responsible. 3. the effect upon his physical body of the planetary life, which is the expression of the life of the planetary logos, who is an evolving entity. the implications of this are largely beyond our ken, but the effects are discernible. i am not interested primarily in training individuals in order to make them more efficient healers. it is group healing at which i aim, and it is the work which is done in formation which interests me at thi

mind and of the emotional nature, and in the life of inhibited or excessive sex expression, must be sought the causes of all disease. from the beginning of our studies, i would like to point out that the ultimate cause of disease, even if known to me, would fail to be comprehended by you. the cause lies back in the history of the distant past of our planet, in the career (occultly understood) of the planetary life, and that- 6- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust it has its roots in what is largely designated "cosmic evil" this is a perfectly meaningless phrase, but one that is symbolically descriptive of a condition in consciousness which is that of certain of the "imperfect gods" given the initial premise that deity itself is working towa

e and corruption and the tendency towards dissolution are found everywhere. i am choosing my words with care. 6. disease is not, therefore, the result of wrong human thought. it existed among the many forms of life long before the human family appeared on earth. if you seek verbal expression, and if you want to talk within the limits of the human mind, you can say with a measure of accuracy: god, the planetary deity, is guilty of wrong thinking. but you will not be expressing the truth, but only a tiny fraction of the cause, as it appears to your feeble finite mind, through the medium of the general world glamour and illusion. 7. from one angle, disease is a process of liberation, and the enemy of that which is static and crystallised. think not, from what i say, that therefore disease sho

ges in evolutionary development which are characteristic of those upon the more advanced stages of the path. it will be seen, therefore, that man comes into incarnation having inherited predispositions to disease which come: 1. from his own past; i.e, effects which are the result of causes initiated in earlier incarnations. 2. from the general racial heritage of humanity. 3. from the condition of the planetary life. these latter causes lift the whole problem out of the usual comprehension of the average man. a human being is also predisposed to trouble if he has succeeded (as a result of a long evolutionary history) in awakening in some fashion, however slight, the centres above the diaphragm. the moment that that occurs he becomes subject, for a long cycle of lives, to difficulties connec

f people today are atlantean in their consciousness. i want briefly to touch upon the most common of all causes of trouble: worry and irritation. they are more prevalent at this time than ever before, and for the following reasons: 1. the world situation is such, the problems and uncertainty are such, that scarcely a person in the world at this time is exempt. everyone is more or less involved in the planetary situation. 2. the intercommunication between people has increased so much, and men live so much in massed groups large or small that it is inevitable that they produce an effect upon each other as never before "if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it" is a statement of truth, ancient but new in application and today realised for the first time. 3. the increased sensitiv

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

aceful civilization of the orient the overpowering concept of its culture, and the aggressive "individualism" of the occident the ideal of western man. accordingly, we need not only the political synthesis of a world federation in which the eastern and western hemispheres function like the right and left lobes of man's brain, with the seat of the world brain serving as the point of decussation of the planetary nerves, but we need also a planetary way of life, a planetary ethics, and a planetary way of feeling to supply the powerful drive we shall require for the great tasks that lie ahead of us. the time to resynthesize the objective and subjective, the extrovert and the introvert civilizations and to achieve a great orchestration of culture is now. japan was not aggressive until the count

identally, to redeem, salvage and purify them so that the substance of the next solar system will be of a higher order than that of the present one, and consequently more responsive to the will aspect of the logos. viewed from this angle, esotericism is the science of redemption, and of this all world saviours are the everlasting symbol and exponents. it was to redeem substance and its forms that the planetary logos came into manifestation, and the entire hierarchy with its great leader, the christ (the present world symbol, might be regarded as a hierarchy of redeemers, skilled in the science of redemption. once they have mastered this science, they can then pass on to the science of life and deal with the energies which will eventually hold and use the qualified- 47- education in the new

l solar system. their activity will produce a great spiritual and planetary fusion, of which the fusion of personality and soul (at a certain point upon the path of evolution) is the symbol in the microcosmic sense. you can see by this the close relation between the work of the individual aspirant or disciple as he redeems, salvages and purifies his threefold body of manifestation and the work of the planetary logos as he performs a similar task in connection with the "three periodical vehicles" through which he works: his personality vehicle, his soul expression and his monadic aspect. by means of all that i have said you will realise that i am endeavouring to take the vagueness out of the word "esotericism" and to indicate the extremely scientific and practical nature of the enterprise u

out elaboration- 82- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the fusion of man's differentiated spiritual aspirations, as expressed today in many world religions, into the new world religion. this new religion will take the form of a conscious unified group approach to the world of spiritual values, evoking in its turn reciprocal action from those who are the citizens of that world the planetary hierarchy and affiliated groups. 2. the fusion of a vast number of men into various idealistic groups. these will form in every realm of human thought and they in turn will gradually be absorbed into ever larger syntheses. i would call your attention to the fact that if the various educational groups found in the world today, in every country, were to be listed, certain underlying an

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

g to our attention the entire subject of the centres and this we will approach from the angle of invocation and evocation. the teaching upon the etheric body naturally follows upon any instructions which i may give anent telepathic communication and the manipulation of energy by the initiate-disciple, via the centres, via the group centres and when of very high development and initiate degree via the planetary centres. i have not yet given you much on this theme but there is much that will later be said. i shall, however, have to deal with it only briefly and tentatively, as the majority of aspirants and disciples are not yet ready for this particular study. vi. i shall, once a year, give to each of you a measure of individual help, personal instruction and individual meditation. the clue

s some of you may get increased light upon the usefulness of the attempt if i tell you the interesting fact that at the time of the full moon it is almost as if a door suddenly opened wide, which at other times stands closed. through that door, ingress is possible; through that door or opening, energies can be contacted which are otherwise shut off; and through that door approaches can be made to the planetary hierarchy and to reality which are at other times not possible. in this statement, you have the rude outlines of a science of approach which has been little known up to the present time, even to advanced disciples, but which it is intended during the new age to develop. it is a part of the true and emerging technique of the path. i would like somewhat to change your work in connectio

achieved. it necessitates the ability to think in terms of the whole, an appreciation of the next step which humanity must take in the imminent great approach (for this must be a reciprocal approach, an understanding of the lessons of the past and a vision, based not on love or on soul-sight but on a conviction as to the immediate purpose of sanat kumara, as he works it out through the christ and the planetary hierarchy. this conviction is based, as far as the hierarchy is concerned, on pure reason; it is based, as far as humanity is concerned, through its disciples, on intuitive perception, implemented by love and expressed intelligently. upon this i would ask you to ponder, and as you ponder, make the needed changes in your personal approach to the problem. the third point grows out of t

es. such interpretations are man-made and are not true interpretations of the parable or word picture which christ gave to his disciples nearly two thousand years ago- 42- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust the judgment referred to has relation to a mysterious process which is going on in the thinking (if one dare use such a word for such a comprehensive process) of the planetary logos. he is deciding at this time the mode by which a momentous event or happening within the hierarchy shall take shape; he is timing the process of its externalisation; he is deciding which ashrams shall be externalised and who, within those ashrams, should and must proceed with the purely inner and subjective work, and who should be chosen to work consciously and openly in the ou

hts of the one in whom we live and move and have our being, just as the activities, the orientation and the thinking of a human being carry the cells and the atoms of his body along the line of his wishes. energies are but the rhythm of his breathing and the results of the systolic and the diastolic action of his heart. from these energies we cannot escape, but in a mysterious and peculiar manner the planetary logos directs them or withholds them to suit the recognised planetary needs of the period. at this time the "eye of his direction" is turned towards a needy and waiting world, and particularly towards the large number of waiting people who hold within themselves the potencies of discipleship. they are the hope of the world. this outpouring of directed energy means a great stimulation

h humanity has inevitably set up as a result of registered pain and through which the observing disciple must move. 2. the glamour induced upon the astral plane as the result of three intermingling and inflowing streams of energy: a. the energies set in motion by the uprising cry of humanity itself, which inevitably shapes and moulds astral substance. b. the new inflowing spiritual energies which the planetary logos is steadily bringing to bear upon human life and upon all forms of physical existence. these must traverse or cut across the astral realm in reaching the physical plane. c. the retreating forces of evil which are endeavouring to make a last desperate stand upon the astral plane. these three types of force (when brought into relation with each other) are producing an unparallele

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

brotherhood and of illumination, it will also bring about states of reaction and the letting loose of psychic forces which today menace the uncontrolled and ignorant, and warrant the sounding of a note of warning and of caution. 3. a third factor is as follows. it has been known for a long time by the mystics of all the world religions and by esoteric students everywhere, that certain members of the planetary hierarchy are approaching closer to the earth at this time. by this i want you to infer that the thought, or the mental attention, 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 ha

spiritualistic movement. all true spiritual thinkers and workers are much concerned at this time about the growth of crime on every hand, by the display of the lower 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 co

sed through the religions of the world and the groups of idealistic esoteric seekers after reality. these latter are the glory of every age and the positive germ of the subjective unfolding impulse which is basically the source of all current phenomenal appearance. this group of religionists and esoteric aspirants in their turn constitute the negative pole to the positive impression and energy of the planetary or occult hierarchy. consequently, we have: negative groups positive groups the masses the intelligentsia the churches and religions the esotericists, aspirants and occultists the esotericists, in their turn the planetary hierarchy broadly speaking, these groups divide themselves into the extroverted groups and the introverted groups, into the objective and the subjective levels of c

yet they can function more or less in relation to both. this, as you well know, has been done with quite a measure of success and this large group now exists and is magnetic enough to draw forth response from the mass of world aspirants and servers (who represent the current civilisation and current culture) and at the same time to absorb and thus transmit knowledge, wisdom, force and light from the planetary hierarchy. it has now been deemed possible to form groups within the new group of world servers whose members can begin to prepare themselves to express both the phenomenal and the impulsive, the- 23- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust negative and the positive, the material and the spiritual with such a measure of success that, in due time, there can exi

f these groups. let me endeavour to indicate to you in what manner these groups can measure up to the threefold demand or opportunity mentioned above. 1. they conceal and nurture the germ or seed of the new civilisation of the aquarian age. 2. they bridge between the old groups and the new group, between the mass of men (of whom the foremost find their way into the new group of world servers) and the planetary hierarchy. 3. they will constitute in the future an aspect of the hierarchy and its work upon the outer physical plane. you will note that the first opportunity concerns the spirit aspect or the vital impulsive life aspect of divinity; that the second concerns the soul aspect or the subjective consciousness aspect of divinity; whilst the third concerns the body aspect or the physical

ise the racial consciousness and bring in illumination. it should be remembered that it is inspiration which is the goal of all true telepathic work, and illumination which is the reward of effort and the real instrument for the dissipation of world glamour. thus these groups can nurture the germ of the future culture, act also as bridging units, and externalise certain departmental activities of the planetary hierarchy the next great desire of its members. turning now to the work of the third group, we find ourselves concerned with the task of the magnetic healers of the world. this has been dealt with elsewhere (esoteric healing. i will here refer to one or two points of more general interest, and to their threefold opportunity. it is of interest to note that the work of this group is pe

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

stages in development which will put into his power: the knowledge of certain laws governing matter and form- 4- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the keys of the mysteries connected with energy, with polarity, and with group relation. certain words of power which will give him control over the elemental forces of nature. insight into the planetary plans. upon these i need not enlarge, nor need i take up with you here the subject of initiation (discipleship in the new age, volumes i and ii. the first work to be done is the stimulating of aspirants and the preparing of the few earnest ones to tread the path of discipleship. the final point of our theme concerns: v. the basic essential of pure character. this is something more th

ankind to great paralleling and originating happenings which involve the following groups: 1. the emanating avatar and his relationship to the lord 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 su

icants: when the disciple nears the portal, the greater seven must awaken and bring forth response from the lesser seven upon the double circle. for disciples and initiates: let the group find within itself response to the greater seven groups which carry out the hierarchical will with love and understanding. the group contains all seven, the perfect group. the lesser seven, the greater seven and the planetary seven form one great whole, and these the group must know. when this is realised and the law of the supplementary seven is understood let the group understand the three and then the one. this they can do with the united breath and the unified rhythm. rule ix. for applicants: let the disciple merge himself within the circle of the other selves. let but one colour blend them and their

steadily and ever more clearly hearing the sound emanating from the central spiritual sun and penetrating all forms of divine life upon our planet via our planetary logos who hears it with clarity and with understanding the sound of the lowest syllable of the ineffable name of the- 35- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust one in whom all the planetary logoi live and move and have their being, for they are centres in the life which is expressing itself through the medium of a solar system. you can see how little use there is in my enlarging further upon this. its sole usefulness is to give an expanding impulse to the consciousness of the disciple and to stir his imagination (the seed of the intuition, so that even whilst occupied i

ty as a separate identity disappears, the soul emerges in all its glory, and the first faint sound of the originating sound breaks upon the ear of the transfigured initiate. this is the voice referred to in the biblical account of the transfiguration. this voice says "this is my beloved son" the initiate registers the fact that he has been accepted by shamballa and has made his first contact with the planetary logos, the hierophant, the initiator at the third initiation, just as the christ, the master of all the masters, is the initiator and the hierophant at the first two initiations. the word, however, with which we are now dealing is not the sacred word itself, but a signal or sound of acceptance. it is translated in this rule by the phrase: accepted as a group. this refers- 37- a treat

and will work out on mental levels, just as the earlier two demands worked out on the physical and astral levels. i would interject here that even though there is no astral plane, from the standpoint of the master, yet thousands of millions recognise it and labour in its delusive sphere and are there aided by the initiated disciple working from the higher corresponding levels. this is true of all the planetary work, whether accomplished by initiates and masters, working directly in the three worlds, or from higher levels, as work the nirmanakayas (the creative contemplatives of the planet, or from shamballa from the council chamber of the lord of the world. all the efforts of the hierarchy or of the "conditioning lives (as they are sometimes called) of shamballa are dedicated to the furthe

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

e symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor v the slaying of the nemean lion the myth the number five the story of the myth the field of the labor the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor vi seizing the girdle of hippolyte- 2- the labours of hercules the myth introduction interpretations of the myth the two ways the constellations and stars the mutable cross and the planetary rulers significance of the sign and its polar opposite keynotes labor vii the capture of the erymanthian boar the myth prologue reflections of a libran the rulers of libra and its opposite sign the constellations and stars some highlights from the lecture by alice bailey labor viii destroying the lernaean hydra the myth introduction psychological analysis of the myth the nine heads o

through the old and new testaments, and today our great economic problem still remains to furnish bread, a symbol of food, to a hungry world: bread [121] for the body and bread for those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. all this as part of the nurturing function of the mother of the world, who nourishes the form and also the christ-consciousness latent in the form. the mutable cross and the planetary rulers virgo is one of the arms of the mutable cross, with its opposite sign of pisces, and the airy gemini and fiery sagittarius completing the four arms. it is the common cross of those who have probationary status. its description is as follows "the mutable cross is the cross of the holy spirit, of the third person of the christian trinity, as it organizes substance and evokes sen

but denotes a way, or steps and is used for the way or path which the sun appears to follow amongst the stars in the course of a year" the zodiac, therefore, is the path or way. when christ spoke to his disciples as the cosmic christ, he told them "i am the way, and to this it is possible to give an astrological significance, for all three types of lives tread this cosmic way, the cosmic christ, the planetary spirit and the human being. it is interesting to note that the zodiac is spoken of as an illusion and as an imaginary path, an appearance. webster's dictionary, for instance, defines the zodiac as "the imaginary path of the sun through the heavens, and in all books of reference upon the subject the emphasis is laid upon the fact that it is all appearance, the great illusion. one writ

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e kings. 49. who re-descended, who made peace with the fifth, who taught and instructed it[[vol. 2, page] 22 the secret doctrine. stanza i* beginnings of sentient life (1) the lha, or spirit of the earth (2) invocation of the earth to the sun (3) what the sun answers (4) transformation of the earth- 1. the lha (a) which turns the fourth (globe, or our earth) is servant to the lha(s) of the seven (the planetary spirits (b, they who revolve, driving their chariots around their lord, the one eye (loka-chakshub) of our world. his breath gives life to the seven (gives light to the planets. it gave life to the first (c "they are all dragons of wisdom" adds the commentary (d (a) lha is the ancient word in trans-himalayan regions for "spirit" any celestial or superhuman being, and it covers the wh

rihaspati (jupiter; the third under lohitanga (the "fiery-bodied" venus, or sukra; the fourth, under soma (the moon, our globe also, the fourth sphere being born under and from the moon) and sani, saturn* the krura-lochana (evil-eyed) and the asita (the dark; the fifth, under budha (mercury "so also with man and every 'man' in man (every principle. each gets its specific quality from its primary (the planetary spirit, therefore every man is a septenate (or a combination of principles, each having its origin in a quality of that special dhyani. every active power or force of the earth comes to her from one of the seven lords. light comes through sukra (venus, who receives a triple supply, and gives one-third of it to the earth. therefore the two are called 'twin-sisters' but the spirit of t

me given to them- the yah-oudi- as an insult. yet they have, or would have if they only wished it, as undeniable a right to call themselves the ancient yah-oudi "jah-hovians" as the brahmins have to call themselves brahmins, after their national deity. for jah-hovah is the generic name of that group or hierarchy of creative planetary angels, under whose star their nation has evolved. he is one of the planetary elohim of the regent group of saturn. verse 26 of genesis, ch. iv, when read correctly, would alone give them such a right, for it calls the new race of men sprung from seth and enos, jehovah, something quite different from the translation adopted in the bible "to him also, was born a son, enos; then began men to call themselves jah or yah-hovah" to with men and women, the "lords of

dd millions old- where were the other manus spoken of, unless the allegory means what the esoteric doctrine teaches us about the 14 being each multiplied by 49[[vol. 2, page] 309 the blinds of exotericism. appearance of two manus or dhyan chohans; and hence a minor manvantara is the duration of the seven races on any particular planet, and a major manvantara is the period of one human round along the planetary chain. moreover, that, as it is said that each of the seven manus creates 7 x 7 manus, and that there are 49 root-races on the seven planets during each round, then every root-race has its manu. the present seventh manu is called 'vaivasvata' and stands in the exoteric texts for that manu who represents in india the babylonian xisuthrus and the jewish noah. but in the esoteric books

the idei (or idaeic finger) with the adepthealer by metals. the true etymology of the name lares (now signifying "ghosts) must be sought in the etruscan word "lars "conductor "leader" sanchoniathon translates the word aletae as fire worshippers, and tabor believes it derived from al-orit "the god of fire" both are right, as in both cases it is a reference to the sun (the highest god, toward whom the planetary gods "gravitate (astronomically and allegorically) and whom they worship. as lares, they are truly the solar deities, though faber's etymology, who says that "lar" is a contraction of "el-ar" the solar deity, is not very correct. they are the "lares" the conductors and leaders of men. as aletae, they were the seven planets- astronomically; and as lares, the regents of the same, our p

ir attributes being recognised in these two capacities by the name of the temples to which they respectively belonged, and those of their priests. they all belonged, however, to the septenary creative and informing groups of dhyan chohans. the sabeans, who worshipped the "regents of the seven planets" as the hindus do their rishis, held seth and his son hermes (enoch or enos) as the highest among the planetary gods. seth and enos were borrowed from the sabeans and then disfigured by the jews (exoterically; but the truth can still be traced about them even in genesis* seth is the "progenitor" of those early men of the third race in whom the "planetary" angels had incarnated- a dhyan chohan himself, who belonged to the informing gods; and enos (hanoch or enoch) or hermes, was said to be his

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ice. 93 speech and mind. 95 the ogdoad and the heptad. 99 the stellar "sons of light. 103- stanza v- fohat: the child of the septenary hierarchies. 106 the fiery whirlwind and the primordial seven. 106 they produce fohat. 108 the correlation of the "gods. 113 evolution of the "principles" of nature. 119 the mystery of the fire. 121 the secret of the elements. 123 the square of the tabernacle. 125 the planetary spirits and the lipika. 129 the ring "pass not. 130 the sidereal book of life. 131 the soul's pilgrimage and its "rest. 134- stanza vi- our world, its growth and development. 136 the logos. 136 mystery of the female logos. 137[[vol. 1, page] xi contents. page. the seven layu centres. 138 the "elementary germs. 139 the evolution of the elements. 140 the building of the worlds. 145 a n

of life. 131 the soul's pilgrimage and its "rest. 134- stanza vi- our world, its growth and development. 136 the logos. 136 mystery of the female logos. 137[[vol. 1, page] xi contents. page. the seven layu centres. 138 the "elementary germs. 139 the evolution of the elements. 140 the building of the worlds. 145 a neutral centre. 147 "dead" planets- the moon. 149- theosophical misconceptions. 152 the planetary divisions and the human principles. 153 the moon. 155 transmigrations of the ego. 159 the septenary chain. 161 relation of the other planets to the earth. 163- explanations concerning the globes and the monads. 170 the lunar chain and the earth chain. 172 the earth, the child of the moon. 173 classification of the monads. 175 the monad defined. 177 the lunar monads- the pitris. 179 a

in the minds of students, when meeting with statements such as this, may be outlined here "we can understand" they say "the necessity for concealing from the herd such secrets as the vril, or the rock-destroying force, discovered by j. w. keely, of philadelphia, but we cannot understand how any danger could arise from the revelation of such a purely philosophic doctrine, as, e.g, the evolution of the planetary chains" the danger was this: doctrines such as the planetary chain, or the seven races, at once give a clue to the seven-fold nature of man, for each principle is correlated to a plane, a planet, and a race; and the human principles are, on every plane, correlated to sevenfold occult forces- those of the higher planes being of tremendous power. so that any septenary division at once

tantial unity- the "living source of life- is as the "un[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 10 the secret doctrine. accepts revelation as coming from divine yet still finite beings, the manifested lives, never from the unmanifestable one life; from those entities, called primordial man, dhyani-buddhas, or dhyan-chohans, the "rishi-prajapati" of the hindus, the elohim or "sons of god" the planetary spirits of all nations, who have become gods for men. he also regards the adi-sakti- the direct emanation of mulaprakriti, the eternal root of that, and the female aspect of the creative cause brahma, in her a'kasic form of the universal soul- as philosophically a maya, and cause of human maya. but this view does not prevent him from believing in its existence so long as it lasts, to

mencement of a new "day" or new activity of brahma- the symbol of the universe. in esoteric parlance, brahma is father- mother-son, or spirit, soul and body at once; each personage being symbolical of an attribute, and each attribute or quality being a graduated efflux of divine breath in its cyclic differentiation, involutionary and evolutionary. in the cosmicophysical sense, it is the universe, the planetary chain and the earth; in the purely spiritual, the unknown deity, planetary spirit, and man- the son of the two, the creature of spirit and matter, and a manifestation of them in his periodical appearances on earth during the "wheels" or the manvantaras (see part ii "days and nights of brahma[[vol. 1, page] 42 the secret doctrine. stanza i- continued. 6. the seven sublime lords and th

ed sign, the breath crystallized into the word* he who believes in all this, has also to believe in the multiple combination of the seven planets of occultism and of the kabala, with the twelve zodiacal signs; to attribute, as we do, to each planet and to each constellation an influence which, in the words of ely star (a french occultist "is proper to it, beneficent or maleficent, and this, after the planetary spirit which rules it, who, in his turn, is capable of influencing men and things which are found in harmony with him and with which he has any affinity" for these reasons, and since few believe in the foregoing, all that can now be given is that in both cases the symbol of hansa (whether "i "he" goose or swan) is an important symbol, representing, for instance, divine wisdom, wisdom

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the divination. 6. if right, spread out the pack containing the significator, face upwards. count the cards from him, in the direction in which he faces. the counting should include the card from which you count. for knights, queens and princes, count 4. for princesses, count 7. for aces, count 11. for small cards, count according to the number. for trumps, count 3 for the elemental trumps; 9 for the planetary trumps; 12 for the zodiacal trumps. make a "story" of these cards. this story is that of the beginning of the affair. 7. pair the cards on either side of the significator, then those outside them, and so on. make another "story" which should fill in the details omitted in the first. 8. if this story is not quite accurate, do not be discouraged. perhaps the querent himself does not kn

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ts are a powerful way of concentrating energies. you can, of course, buy ready-made drawstring purses in different colours, which make instant excellent herb pouches, but making herbal sachets is very straightforward. rather than giving you set formulae for herb poppets and sachets, i have listed a wide range of herbs so that you can mix and match them to your own special needs. i have also given the planetary associations, so that you can, for example, make a venus sachet by using all her herbs, excellent for healing a broken heart, encouraging the growth of trust, increasing loving energies around you and at the same time strengthening the heart, chest and lungs. practitioners tend to mingle two or three different herbs to increase the strength of the sachet and you can add a few drops o

th, you can melt your soap in a bowl or bucket and pour it down a drain. 12- planets and angels [insert pic p226- different days of the week and hours of the day and night are associated with specific energies and each particular time is ruled by a planet and an archangel. though these were primarily centred on ceremonial magick, they can also be used to give focus and potency to informal spells. the planetary and angelic hours can also be applied to the everyday sphere, for example by choosing the appropriate day and even hour for beginning a money-making scheme or a first meeting with a potential business partner or lover. you can further amplify the salient qualities and strengths of these times by using oils, incenses, coloured candles and crystals linked with the specific planets and

e planet and angel of the day, though angelic magick tends to be used, not surprisingly, for rituals with a more spiritual and ecological or global focus. as you discover particular combinations that work well, you can add them to your book of shadows. planetary magical days of the week though i have written primarily about the significance of the different days, i have also listed the effects of the planetary hours. the planets have had a special place in both ritual magick and astrology, since the ancient babylonians and chaldeans first observed them wandering across the sky (the word 'planet' derives from the greek planetes, meaning 'wanderer) against the fixed constellations of the zodiac. the ancients knew of only five planets- mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. uranus, neptune

n magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that have become woven into the western astrological and magical traditions. astrologers believe that the positions of the planets in the zodiac at the time of an individual's birth can influence and indicate that person's fate. in magick, the planetary strengths can be applied to any purpose under the as above, so below' principle that stresses the interconnectedness of the whole universe. you can create your own spells by using the associations, much as you create recipes by knowing the qualities and blending power of individual ingredients. and just as in cookery, those spells or recipes where you break away from the set formula

orsetail, solomon's seal metal: lead or pewter saturn rules capricorn, 22 december-20 january, and is co-ruler of aquarius, 21 january-18 february. these sun periods are most potent for saturn spells and for those born under these signs at all times. magical hours the hours of the day are also influenced by the planets. to choose the best time for a spell, you should consult first pages 227-32 on the planetary days and then page 235 where i explain the planetary hours. for example, if you were carrying out a love spell in which you wanted rapid results, perhaps for a special meeting, you could work on a friday, venus's day, on both her hours- sunrise and the third hour after sunset. if you wanted courage in love, you would use a mars hour on a friday. if you needed to communicate your feel

oonrises and moonsets. you will need a calculator if you decide to use the exact planetary hours. you can calculate a week or even a month ahead if there is a period in which you intend to do a lot of magical work. in this way you can maximise the energies of specific hours and choose a good time for anything from asking for a rise at work to sorting out the budget with a reluctant partner. enter the planetary and angelic hours in your diary or the appropriate section in your book of shadows. these calculations can also keep bored children amused on rainy afternoons- just tell them stories about the angels and planets first. children also adapt quickly to angelic time- after all, it's far more fun if you change sad old bedtime into st michael's hour and have a bedtime story by the light of

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

troubadour 1135-1202 joachim of fiore fl. 1136 bernardus silvestris. cosmographia, or de mundi universitate. school of chartres. neoplatonic epic poem about the creation of the macrocosmos and the microcosmus, or mankind himself, whose body and soul parallel the material (earthly) and celestial regions of the great world. beings such as nature (nature, divine wisdom (nous, primeval chaos (silva, the planetary beings (usiarchs, the celestial and earthly principles (urania and physis) and others strive to fill the world with light, life, love, and beauty. their efforts culminate in the creation of the human being, which embraces both heavenly and earthly natures. c.1138- c.1215 guiraut de bornelh -troubadour at the court of alfonso ii of aragon, and went on a crusade. called by his contempo

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

the divine spirit, being added thereto, the name becometh hwchy or hcwhy, the latter when the letter c placed between ruling l and the other three letters of the tetragrammaton" it is apparent that the symbology is also directly connected to the round altar. see the diagram below: c q n w hwchy the second adept now purifies with the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. this is performed with the planetary wand of the second adept. this wand is ruled under the governance of the head of the phoenix, this being the mystical symbol of osiris. let us never forget that the phoenix rose from the ashes, the symbol of the resurrected self from the physical pull of the mundane. this wand displays the 4 seven rainbow colors of the planetary forces that vibrates between the light and the darkness

DARK GODS

m of destructive/negative energy. associated with rites of sacrifice. f sharp major key for chant. karu samsu: word of power along the 12th path to be chanted in the key of a flat major. according to tradition it means `i invoke the sun' nemicu: bringer of wisdom. to be vibrated. mactoron: word of power of 14th. path chanted in key of a minor. legend recalls it as representing the name for one of the planetary homes of the dark gods, later famed as an early star gate. atazoth: the most powerful of the dark gods. the name itself (which correctly describes the entity only when chanted properly) signifies in one sense the purpose of the cosmic cycles and the opening of the gates since `atazoth' as a word means `an increasing of azoth' see chant illustration. davcina: female form along the 19t

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

e changes in our environment. in the uk, the water tables in london, birmingham and other cities are rising rapidly, some by two metres and more per year. this has fundamental consequences for daily life.6 hard as it may be to accept at first, the geological and weather catastrophes are created largely by the human mind and the wavelengths it broadcasts. the way the collective mind thinks affects the planetary mind, gaia, and if she becomes imbalanced emotionally and mentally, this has physical effects, just as it does in the human body. but such a scale of physical change does not have to be. it is within our minds and hearts to make this transition far smoother than that. as more people deprogramme and allow their minds and hearts to open, they will cease to be part of the old vibration

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

re part of a network designed to close down the true potential of the grid and disconnect the human energy field from the cosmic one. every planet and star has an energy grid and these connect with each other in a vast cosmic web. we in turn connect with this network through our human energy grid, the meridian system on which acupuncture is based. if you can disconnect the human energy field from the planetary and cosmic grid you put people in a disconnected vibrational prison. still today, the illuminati place structures like nuclear power stations and motorway (freeway) intersections on the vortex points for the same reason. a busy road has been built through the centre of the massive avebury stone circle (vortex) in wiltshire, england. it is like throwing a spanner into an electrical sy

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

ientmesopotamian and central american records do not include v enus in their planetaryaccounts, only later does it appear. there was an obsession with v enus in manycultures, with human sacrifices being made to it.the unofficial study by the physicists has never been published, but let us considerthe evidence for some of its claims. when you sprinkle particles on a vibrating plateyou can recreate the planetary orbits of the solar system. when vibratory waves movingoutward from the plates centre meet waves moving in the other direction, a so-calledstanding wave is formed as the two collide. this causes the particles to build up andcreate a series of concentric circles. these will be equally spaced if single frequenciescollide with each other, but if, as with the solar system, a spectrum of

ofthe structure i am describing, it is notonlv dossible to follow the sameagenda across the generations, it isperfectly straightforward. why dont big corporations or banks cease to exist when onegeneration of leadership retires or dies? because the next generation takes over. exactly.so it is with the brotherhood and its agenda. perhaps the astrologer might consult hisown birth chart and identify the planetary conjunction which is closing his eyes to theobvious and the planet which impels him, like billions of others, to dismiss and condemninformation they have made no attempt to read, check, or understand.in may 1954 came the first official meeting of the next organisation in the roundtable web, the bilderberg group (bil, which was named after the bilderberg hotel inoosterbeek, the nether

DEITUS

pheres illustrated are essentially archetypal. they have been described countless times in grimoires and magical treatises. in the physical world there are four elemental spheres: earth, air, fire, and water. there are also the four great watchtowers: north, east, south, and west. above the earth are the seven planetary spheres: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn. beyond the planetary spheres are the fixed stars and the primum mobil, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the heavenly spheres. beneath the earth lies the land of the dead (hades, the tartaran abode (hell, and the realm of the abominations of chaos. all spirits, demons, angels, and other beings of an archetypal nature are said to reside in one of the archetypal spheres. there are, for example, many rank

an archetypal nature are said to reside in one of the archetypal spheres. there are, for example, many ranks or orders of angels such as seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, virtues, archangels, etc. each angelic choir is said to reside in a particular heavenly sphere. similarly, the fallen angels may reside in earth, air, fire, water, or in the tartaric depths. spirits which dwell in the planetary spheres are often called olympic spirits. these include lunar, mercurial, venereal, solar, martial, jovial, and sanguine spirits. traditionally, all spirits may be invoked or summoned to appearance by the magician using certain formulas of invocation or evocation. magicians of the middle ages would fast for many days and go without sleep or rest. they would also abstain from sexual i

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nine lords of the abyss, the magician may call upon the 72 lords of the djinn. the 72 lords rule over the 72 divisions of the earth. invoking these 72 lords gives the magician power over all the demons which dwell upon the earth but not the demons which dwell in the firmament, in the tartaran abode, or in the abyss of chaos. power over these spirits is gained by entering the underworld, crossing the planetary spheres, and finally descending to the depths of chaos. the descriptions which follow are taken from a very old grimoire known as the goetia or lesser key of solomon. these descriptions are provided so that the magician may note the fear with which medieval sorcerers approached the invocation of demonic spirits. surely, a being with the powers described would be able to destroy the m

easts of a woman and the erect penis of a man. to attain union with the "forces of darkness, the sorcerer will summon both male and female beings into himself. the marriage should be in the form of a male/female union, however, regardless of the practitioner's sexual inclinations since magical marriage follows a natural balance (yin/yang, anima/animus) which exists in the physical world] crossing the planetary spheres preliminary statement i have crossed the gates of hell and i have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. i shall cross the planetary sphere, the seven spheres above the earth. i shall now cross the *first of the seven planetary spheres *or second, or third, as appropriate the lunar sphere hecate, i invoke thee. hecate, i summon t

seven planetary spheres *or second, or third, as appropriate the lunar sphere hecate, i invoke thee. hecate, i summon thee. hecate, i conjure thee. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. open wide thy gate that i may cross. open wide thy gate that i may ascend the planetary spheres. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the lunar sphere. the mercurial sphere thoth, i invoke thee. thoth, i summon thee. thoth, i conjure thee. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself. come for

drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the lunar sphere. the mercurial sphere thoth, i invoke thee. thoth, i summon thee. thoth, i conjure thee. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself. open wide thy gate that i may cross. open wide thy gate that i may ascend the planetary spheres. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the mercurial sphere. the venerial sphere ishtar, i invoke thee. ishtar, i summon thee. ishtar, i conjure thee. come forth, ishtar, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, ishtar, and manifest thyself. co

m chalice, then say) i have crossed the mercurial sphere. the venerial sphere ishtar, i invoke thee. ishtar, i summon thee. ishtar, i conjure thee. come forth, ishtar, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, ishtar, and manifest thyself. come forth, ishtar, and manifest thyself. open wide thy gate that i may cross. open wide thy gate that i may ascend the planetary spheres. come forth, ishtar, and manifest thyself. come forth, ishtar, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the venerial sphere. the solar sphere azael, i invoke thee. azael, i summon thee. azael, i conjure thee. come forth, azael, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, azael, and manifest thyself. come fort

(drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the venerial sphere. the solar sphere azael, i invoke thee. azael, i summon thee. azael, i conjure thee. come forth, azael, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, azael, and manifest thyself. come forth, azael, and manifest thyself. open wide thy gate that i may cross. open wide thy gate that i may ascend the planetary spheres. come forth, azael, and manifest thyself. come forth, azael, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the solar sphere. the martial sphere abaddon, i invoke thee. abaddon, i summon thee. abaddon, i conjure thee. come forth, abaddon, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, abaddon, and manifest thyself. co

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

of that religious faith. see planetary hours. hours, planetary: a division of the day and night into sections ruled by the energies of the planets. to determine the length of each planetary hour, divide the daylight hours by twelve. they will be different in length than the night hours (to determine the length of which you divide the total time of darkness by twelve. except on the equinoxes when the planetary hours are all sixty minutes in length. humors: the four elemental qualities that make up the human body according to the ancients. when they are in balance, health results; imbalance creates sickness. hypnagogic state: a state between sleep and wakefulness, which can tend in either direction. in this state, the consciousness becomes intermittently invaded by images and impulses from

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

1889. reprint, talent, ore: eastern school press, 1983. astro communications services astro communications services, the original company that attempted to computerize astrology, was founded as astro computing services in 1973 in white plains, new york, by neil franklin michelsen, a systems engineer with ibm. he began work on astrology in 1971 with a computer in his home and inputted the data for the planetary positions for each day of the year through the twentieth century and then for the daily changes in the astrological houses. the primary tool that an astrologer needs for the construction of a horoscope are the ephemeris (which shows the position of the planets day-by-day) and the table of houses (which shows how the astrological houses are divided on the chart. in 1976, michelsen pub

e rising generation, theaters, exhibitions, public festivals, and national amusements; increase in the population; and music and musical taste, sculpture, painting, and the advancement of the fine arts in general. sixth house. the sixth house is that of health, but it also denotes work, particularly service work, pets, and servants. it is usually considered a difficult house because only a few of the planetary configurations that can take place in it are fortunate. it is of the nature of virgo. when the ruler of the ascendant (rising sign) is placed in the sixth house it denotes a low station in life and, depending on other aspects of the horoscope, may indicate that the native will not rise above menial employment. in horary astrology the sixth house points out servants and cattle, depend

e last house, which partakes of the character of pisces, is the house of the unconscious. it denotes sorrow, anxiety, and all kinds of suffering. yet here difficult planets are weaker, according to some writers, and good planets stronger than in certain other houses. very few configurations in the twelfth house are esteemed good for the native, but even unfortunate effects are greatly modified by the planetary influences. in horary questions this house signifies imprisonment, treason, sedition, assassination, and suicide. in political questions it points out deceitful treaties, unsuccessful negotiations, treachery in the offices of state, captivity to princes, and general ill fortune. this house also denotes the criminal code, punishment of culprits, dungeons, and circumstances connected w

tle new to add to popular belief in astrology in the present revival except its linking with modern technology in the use of an ibm computer for rapid calculation of horoscopes. for some time the giant astroflash computer was a familiar sight to commuters at the lexington avenue entrance to grand central station, new york. in spite of its pseudoscientific basis, deriving from outmoded theories of the planetary system, astrology can point to documented successes, particularly by astrologers who combine their calculations with an intuitive faculty of interpretation. there is also scientific evidence for the influence of lunar and solar rhythms on human activity. one interesting development in modern astrology has been the research of the french statistician michel gauquelin and his wife fran

it is the most frequently cited research validating astrology. sources: collins, rodney. the theory of celestial influence. london: stuart& watkins, 1955. eisler, robert. the royal art of astrology. london: herbert joseph, 1946. gauquelin, michel. the cosmic clocks. chicago: henry regnery, 1967. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. astrology 109. cosmic influences on human behavior: the planetary factors in personality. new york: stein& day, 1973. rev. ed. new york: asi publishers, 1978. dreams and illusions of astrology. buffalo, n.y: prometheus books, 1978. reprint, london: glover& blair, 1980. scientific basis of astrology. new york: stein& day, 1969. reprinted as astrology and science. london: p. davies, 1970. hone, margaret. modern textbook of astrology. london: fowler

ch superiors. he also had obsessive fears about being under threat of occult attack from jesuits, whom he designated the black brethren. yeats apparently regarded ayton with friendly but amused skepticism. in his book the trembling of the veil (1922, yeats wrote: this old man took me aside that he might say. i hope you never invoke spirits.that is a very dangerous thing to do. i am told that even the planetary spirits turn upon us in the end. i said, have you ever seen an apparition? o, yes, once, he said. i have my alchemical laboratory in a cellar under my house where the bishop cannot see it. one day i was walking up and down there when i heard another footstep walking up and down beside me. i turned and saw a (1707) from latin into english. he also transcribed a number of alchemi girl

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le aum; the mandukya upanishad. bombay, 1895. radha, swami sivananda. mantras: words of power. spokane, wash: timeless books, 1994. shiva montra from mantra on net. http :www.mantraonnet.com. february 26, 2000. woodroffe, sir john. the garland of letters (varnamala: studies in the mantra-shastra. madras, india: ganesh, 1951. manu according to theosophy, a grade in the theosophical hierarchy below the planetary logoi, or rulers of the seven chains. the charge given to manus is that of forming the different races of humanity and guiding humanity s evolution. each race has its own manu, who represents the racial type. this theosophical concept derives from hindu mythology of manu (man; thinker, a series of fourteen progenitors of the human race, each creation being destroyed in a mahayuga (va

etter operating out of a post-new age vision of planetary transformation. it was founded in 1994 by david sunfellow out of his realization of the power of the internet as a tool for communication and cooperation among humans on a global scale. nhne operates through an online mailing list to which news stories are regularly sent and an extensive webpage that carries news and reports of interest to the planetary transformation movement, the name given by sunfellow to the post-new age. nhne has set as its mission the tracking of planetary transformation and using the internet to bring together a group of people in cyberspace to focus upon the basic age-old religious/ philosophical questions of who are we? where did we come from? and why are we here? having rejected the use of traditional (and

scious. steinkopff, 1930. reprint, new york: helix press, 1964. sargent, epes. planchette, or the despair of science. boston, 1869. planchette encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1218 truthseeker, a. the planchette mystery: being a candid inquiry into the nature, origin, import, and tendencies of modern signs and wonders. new york: samuel r. wells, 1870. planetary light association the planetary light association was founded in 1983 by jane weiss, a channel. she claimed that the messages she channels come from anoah. described as a member of the melchizedek order of the white brotherhood, the groups of advanced beings believed to be guiding the course of human history, anoah spoke at golden circle sessions to assist the transition into the new age, which many hoped would arr

which many hoped would arrive during the next generation. these channeled 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 mas

an constructions (such as the massive earth drawings on the plains of nasca in peru, which many believe were built to guide ufo landings. such sites have become the object of pilgrimages. sources: corbett, cynthia l. power trips. santa fe, n.mex: timewindow publications, 1988. sutphen, dick. sedona: psychic energy vortexes. malibu, calif: valley of the sun publishing, 1986. ppcc bulletin organ of the planetary professional citizens committee, established as an international organization concerned with ufos and the orgone energy concepts of wilhelm reich. it was edited by jerome eden, and superseded his personal journal, the eden bulletin. ppcc operated as a small organization in the 1970s and 1980s and supported the idea ufos were connected with the development of global deserts. it was pu

rom the time of the settlement in palestine until the establishment of the monarchy under saul (i samuel 9:9. in scotland it is equated with the possession of second sight. seer (software) an astrology software program that purportedly indicates from their star signs how well business partners will perform with each other. from the proposed partners date and place of birth, the program calculates the planetary conjunction believed to determine personal characteristics and behavior patterns. an index of business compatibility is then generated using a scale from 0 to 30. seer was marketed by british-born peter mackenzie through the triangle group in california, and customers are said to have included pizza hut and motorola. the package was also tested on a koba television program. seik kass

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i: amherst press, 1959. son of the sun. los angeles: devorss and company. jung, c. g, 1959. flying saucers: a modern myth of things seen in the skies. new york: harcourt, brace and company. anoah anoah, associated with the melchizedek order of the white brotherhood, consisting of wise extraterrestrial and spiritual entities, channeled through austin, texas, psychic medium jann weiss in the 1980s. the planetary light association, which at its peak had some 3,200 members around the world, distributed books and tapes of these channeling sessions. it also held workshops at which enthusiasts listened to anoah discuss the transi- anoah 23 the cover of the secret of the saucers by orfeo angelucci (fortean picture library) tion from an old age to a new age of expanded consciousness and cosmic awar

autions that though potentially highly significant, the experiment has not been repeated by other researchers (dash, 1997. see also: tulpa further reading dash, mike, 1997. borderlands. london: heinemann. owen, iris m, and margaret sparrow, 1976. con- juring up philip. new york: harper and row. planetary council celeste korsholm, a sedona, arizona, channeler and metaphysical counselor, learned of the planetary council one day in 1991. in an out-of-body state, she met the twelve ascended masters who compose the ruling body of earth s solar system. over the next few years, they returned individually to channel the histories of the planets and their futures. each planet, she learned, is like a university. each of us comes from somewhere else, from a higher dimension of existence known as the

ndergone much turbulence, much of it caused by the tenth planet, phoenix. this huge planet s three thousand plus year orbit is at right angles to the plane of all the other planets orbits, korsholm explains (korsholm, 1995, and when the other planets are on the same side of the sun as it, its powerful magnetic force field causes havoc on the surfaces of those worlds, both destroying and creating. the planetary council must always monitor the location and effects of phoenix. its members also deal with the periodic arrival of groups from other solar systems. some are highly evolved and benign, others less developed and belligerent. according to korsholm, the members of the planetary council are: horus, representing the sun, coordinates the council s work with that of higher space intelligenc

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

evolves. within the qabalistic worldview, the forty days that noah is said to have spent in the ark occurs two planes removed in the world of b riyah (creation. the genetic information regarding noah and his wife and all fauna and flora thereby existed in a formless state, as vibrational signatures in the world of b riyah (creation. this information then reemerged with the regeneration of life on the planetary mass in the world of asiyah (activity in matter. this extraordinary idea is also found in ancient sanskrit texts in the account of the incarnation of vishnu as matsya the fish, where the flood is called pralaya( dark night of brahma. 0' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8- 0' the primary texts that are largely the source for the core ideas, meditation practices, and all the various forms of the tree of

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

o the practice of a most ancient theologian and one who foresaw the trinity.2 it thus has underlying it the same type of historical error as that which induced his profound respect for the hermetica. ficino used to sing the orphic songs, accompanying himself probably on a lira da braccio.3 they were set to some kind of simple monodic music which ficino believed echoed the musical notes emitted by the planetary spheres, to form that music of the spheres of which pythagoras spoke. thus one could sing sun hymns, or jupiter hymns, or venus hymns attuned to those planets, and this, being re-enforced by the invocation of their names and powers, was a way of drawing down their influences. the spiritus theory also lies behind this vocal or aural magic, as it does behind the sympathetic and talisma

living within the world-view of thomas aquinas but within that of the new neoplatonism, of the prisci theologi with hermes trismegistus at their head, of ficino. one can say, either that the intense emphasis on the sun in this new worldview was the emotional driving force which induced copernicus to undertake his mathematical calculations on the hypothesis that the sun is indeed at the centre of the planetary system; or that he wished to make his discovery acceptable by presenting it within the framework of this new attitude. perhaps both explanations would be true, or some of each. at any rate, copernicus' discovery came out with the blessing of hermes trismegistus upon its head, with a quotation from that 1 n. copernicus, de revolutionibus orbium caelesiium, thorn, 1873, pp. 16-17. 2 ib

ine of 1581, the product of the festival tradition which she founded, catherine saw jupiter and mercury descending from heaven in response to the incantatory music and singing, it is doubtful, great artist though she was, whether she saw this as a purely artistic representation. more probably, for her, such a performance was in the nature of an extended and complicated talisman, an arrangement of the planetary gods in a favourable order, invoked by favourable incantations, resulting, not only in a marvellous work of art, but in a magical action by which something was done, by which the favour of the heavens was actually drawn down in aid of the french monarchy and for the pacification of the wars of religion.l all the writers so far mentioned in this chapter have been catholics, but in phi

s and thomas aquinas. in the renaissance, it became fashionable among neoplatonists and hermetists. it was now understood as a method of printing basic or archetypal images on the memory, with the cosmic order itself as the "place" system, a kind of inner way of knowing the universe. the principle is already apparent in the passage in ficino's de vita coelitus comparanda in which he describes how the planetary images or colours, memorised as painted on the vaulted ceiling, organised for the man who had so memorised them, all the individual phenomena which he perceived on coming out of his house.2 the hermetic experience of reflecting the universe in the mind3 is, i believe, at the root of renaissance magic memory, in which the classical mnemonic with places and images is now understood, or

es, with variations. the circean incantations or cantus is said to be ad memoriae praxim ordinatusi and is followed by an art of memory.4 if we think back for a moment to the solar rites described by ficino's disciple, diacceto, in which the solar talisman was cultivated with rituals and orphic hymns, until the imagination was emotionally disposed to receive a "kind of imprint",5 it may seem that the planetary incantations of circe were disposing the imagination to receive imprints of planetary images. the adept would then proceed to the art of memory with an imagination already stamped with celestial images, the necessary prehminary for magic memory. i am not sure if this is the right explanation of the unexplained connection between the incantations and the following art of memory, but i

ercurio egizio sapientissimo" is for bruno the name of the divine wisdom itself,3 and the spaccio della bestia trionfante outlines a coming religious and moral reform. the peculiarity of the reform in the spaccio is that it begins in the heavens; it is the images of the constellations of the zodiac and of the northern and southern constellations which are reformed or cleansed through a council of the planetary gods which is summoned by jupiter for this purpose. amongst the speakers in this celestial council conducting the celestial reform are the divine sophia, isis, and momus. the idea of a reform beginning in the heavens with the rearranging or cleansing of the celestial images (whence the lower world is reformed through the reform of the celestial influxes upon it) might have been sugge

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

e that in this volume we concentrate on creating personal, that is to say, individual sigils. this is a completely different approach compared to the tendency of many other books, which usually prefer to list traditional, largely mutilated or inaccurately reproduced sigils taken from the gmagical cookbooks' of generally obscure authors with little or no practical experience of their own. although the planetary sigils xii/ practical sigil magic discussed at the end of this study are taken from the work of agrippa nettesheim, who is above all criticism in this respect, a single glance at other standard works about magical symbols will show that most magicians and alchemists in the middle ages (the supposed gpeak h of occidental magic) largely developed their own sigil language using a rather

d it would lead away from the subject of this study. before we begin with spare's theory of sigils, it is perhaps useful to write a few words about the part sigils play in a magical working. occidental magic is known to rest on two main pillars, namely on will and on imagination. connected with these are analogous thinking and symbolic images. for example, agrippa uses a special sigil for each of the planetary intelligences. these are not, as has been assumed for quite some time, arbitrarily constructed, nor were they received by grevelation, h but rather they are based on cabbalistic considerations.5 4/ practical sigil magic the hermetic order of the golden dawn also employed sigils as gimages of the souls' of magical entities, which enabled the magician to establish contact with them; no

omantic agony (london, 2, 1970, p. 413, n.59. 3. the edition used here is a canadian reprint by 93 publishing (montreal, 1975. 4. kenneth grant, images and oracles of austin osman spare (york beach, me: samuel weiser, inc, 1975. 5. first, numbers were assigned to the hebrew letters, and second, the cameas, or magical number squares, were related to the different planets. for example, the names of the planetary intelligences were converted into numerical values and then the pertinent numbers in the squares were connected with one another, the whole resulting in a sigil. the late israel regardie gives a detailed introduction into this method in how to make and use talismans (wellingborough, northamptonshire, england: the aquarian press, 1972 ff. 6. this term, which was coined by the author o

tical sigil magic ters: the magical camea of mars follows, one version in numbers, the other in hebrew let ou will note that the numbers 200, 90 and 30 do not ap e, two rcs are drawn. let fs have a look at this sigil in its camea figure 27. in this example, the traditional sigils really have een constructed consciously. ng pages gether with the sigils of their intelligences and demons, as well as the planetary seals, which have been developed with a very similar but slightly different method. y pear in the magical square; deleting the zeros in our demon fs name gives us 2, 9 and 3. thus, we get the following order of numbers (again from right to left: 3/1/2/9/2/2. usually the sigil begins with a curlicue and ends with a stroke. if any one number is covered twic a in b to complete the pictu

ore, these corrections might confuse those readers unfamiliar with the subject if they suddenly come across different versions of one and the same sigil in other traditional books. for practice, however, i advise you to redraw the sigils and correct them where necessary. th a r constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 111 the magical cameas of the planets( gtables h) and the seals and sigils of the planetary powers, intelligences and demons (following agrippa of nettesheim, de occulta philosophia, vol. 2, 1533) table of saturn numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of saturn his intelligence his demon divine names in accord with the numbers of saturn numbers divine names in hebrew 3. ab. 9. hod. 15. yah. 15. hod. 45. ext. tetragrammaton. 45. agiel, intelligence of saturn. 45. zazel

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cient brethren consecrated as a day of rest from their labors, thereby enjoying frequent opportunities to contemplate the glorious works of the creation and to adore their great creator. peace, unity and plenty* of the globes. the globes are two artificial spherical bodies, on the convex surface of which are represented the countries, seas, and various parts of the earth, the face of the heavens, the planetary revolutions, and other particulars. the sphere, with the parts of the earth delineated on its surface, is called the terrestrial globe; and that with the constellations, and other heavenly bodies, the celestial globe. the use of the globes. maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (16 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:55 am] their principal use, beside serving as map

distinguish objects, and in an instant of time, without change of place or situation, view armies in battle array, figures of the most stately structure, and all the agreeable variety displayed in the landscape of nature. by this sense we find our way in the pathless ocean, traverse the globe of earth, determine its figure and dimensions, and delineate any region or quarter of ii by it we measure the planetary orbs, and make new discoveries in the sphere of the fixed stars. nay, more: by it we perceive the tempers and dispositions, the passions and affections of our fellowcreatures, when they wish most to conceal them; so that, though the tongue lie and dissemble, the countenance would display the hypocrisy to the discerning eye. in fine, the rays of light maine masonic text book file//c /

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

ration. but their vulgar wonder will perhaps cease when they are told that la place has proved that, if the periodical aberrations of the moon be correctly calculated, the great year must be extended to a greater length even than 4,320,000 years of the maha yug of the hindoos, and certainly no period can be called a year of our planetary system which does not take in all the periodical motions of the planetary bodies" it is thought that as soon as these ancient astronomers perceived that the equinoxes preceded, they would at once attempt to determine the rate of precession in a given time; the precession, however, in one year was so small that they were obliged to extend their observations over immense periods. jones informs us that the hindoos first supposed that the precession took place

d regularly recorded" to arrive at the knowledge necessary for the invention of the neros, and that such observations would have been impossible without the aid of the telescope. on the subject of the great learning of an ancient race, sir w. drummond says "the fact, however, is certain, that at some remote period there were mathematicians and astronomers who knew that the sun is in the centre of the planetary system, and that the earth, itself a planet, revolves round the central fire--who calculated, or like ourselves attempted to calculate, the return of comets, and who knew that these bodies move in elliptic orbits, immensely elongated, having the sun in one of their foci--who indicated the number of the solar years contained in the great cycle, by multiplying a period (variously calle

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ews. the proper abode of demons is gai hinnom, and there are seven portions in hell, each part named and having its special qualities and inhabitants. the original rosicrucians of medieval europe and their successors through recent centuries, have at all times widely proposed the existence of beings of a more refined nature than man, who are concerned in the regulation of the forces of nature, of the planetary powers, of the zodiacal stars, and especially of the four elemental states. they peopled all our woods and waters, our air, and all fire with controlling beings, each under separate personal rule. these they do not worship, but consider them as capable of being propitiated by learned men, and the inferiors among them as being subject under certain conditions to mastery by the magicia

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inhabitants of this inferior subtle domain. this strange and dark prophecy as found in is also a key to a deeper understanding of the real nature of aquarius. while the new-agers claim it will be an age of love and mung-beans, since the ruler of aquarius is saturn, we can expect a bumpy ride first. while saturn is also the lord of the golden age (the satya yuga, this emphasises the dual nature of the planetary daemon, tester, destroyer and guardian of the the gnostic handbook page 60 garden of eden. the key philosophical emphasis within guenon s historical analysis is on the duality of quantity and quality, quality being the character of the golden age (and indeed the principle of gold see our discussions of this later) and quantity, the kali yuga attribute. whether it be the decay of the

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

er, it went upwards and saw the fourth power which took seven forms. the first form is darkness, the second desire, the third ignorance, the fourth is the excitement of death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, the sixth is the foolish wisdom of the flesh and the seventh is the wrathful wisdom. these are the seven powers of wrath. it is also interesting to note that the magicians who designed the planetary kamea s or talismans knew this very well. each planet had a spirit and an intelligence, a light side and a dark side, a force of light and a fallen vortex. when we apply our understanding of this schism to our model of the planes and worlds, we begin to get an accurate representation of the state of the universe (fig 9) gnostic theurgy page 39 we can see how the lower planes are in a

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE HEXAGRAM

the founders. this lesser invoking ritual should be used as a daily ritual which will help invoke the energy and call the spiritual forces into ones temple or ritual space. it is recommended to be perfomed in the mornings for as long as one is in the practicus gra fthe lesser ritual of the hexagram after learning to banish the elements, which is the purpose of the lbrp, one should learn to banish the planetary influences. the banishing ritual of the hexagram (brh) serves this purpose. like the lbrp, though, it is a minor banishing for lesser workings. before attempting to consecrate any magical weapons both the supreme ritual of the pentagram and hexagram should be learned. however, with this ritual and the lbrp, rituals such as israel regardie's middle pillar exercise can be performed -fr

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un. when the adept is invoking a planet using the hexagram, it is traced in two triangles. the first triangle commences from the angle of the planet. put simply, begin from the sephira the planet is assigned to. the second triangle of the hexagram commences from the opposite angle of the first triangle. the symbol of the planet is traced in the center. the order has a very specific way of tracing the planetary symbols. this information appears in unpublished material written by s.l. macgregor mathers, g.h. frater s.r.m.d. l k f a c b y y q p as stated earlier, the two triangles are traced from opposite angles on the tree. 8 for the first triangle begin with: for the second triangle begin with: saturn l luna y jupiter k mercury b mars f venus c venus c mars f mercury b jupiter k luna y satu

evil and hurtful symbol. and for this reason is it that the symbols of the elements are not usually traced as sigils, but are replaced by kerubic emblems of k, e, b, and the" addendum: important points 1. when you desire to attract the force of the zodiac in the supreme ritual, trace in the center of the hexagram the planet that rules the zodiacal force desired and the sign of the zodiac beneath the planetary sign. 2. if the desired force is not sufficient, trace also the invoking pentagram of the sign. 3. when invoking a planet, vibrate the divine name of the sephira which rules the planet, the seven lettered name atyrara, and also the particular letter of that name which corresponds to that specific planet. illustrations: a a l r r" a a? r r a i y! t t- a a 5 4. when invoking a planetar

s that the planet is situated at the time. 21 5. always consecrate and guard your place of working by using the b.r.h. 6. after performing the b.r.h, then perform the l.i.r.h, tracing the four forms for the specific angle of the planet that is required (remember, for each planet the mode of tracing varies. 7. when dealing with a, use all six planetary methods of tracing for each form. also, trace the planetary symbol within the center of each, and then vibrate the name atyrara. 8. then, after the above planetary work has been done, turn unto the quarter of the planet of the heavens and trace the invoking hexagram and pronounce the proper names. also, thou may invoke what angels and forces of that nature that may be required. trace their sigils in the air in the center of the supreme hexagr

of that nature that may be required. trace their sigils in the air in the center of the supreme hexagram. 9. when thou art finished, perform the banishing ritual of that planet, and give them the license to depart. 10. if you are charging a talisman, remove the talisman from the working space before banishing so as not to dis-empower the talisman. 11. in the case where you may wish to invoke all the planetary forces, perform the l.i.r.h. using l, then turn to the quarter of the respective planets and use the supreme ritual of the hexagram to invoke their forces. remember always to properly banish planetary forces when you are done working, using the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. 12. in all cases, remember to complete the circle of working following the course of the sun. specia

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d in order of exaltation. these are as follows: 1. p 2. r 3. b 4. d 5. g 6. t 7. k please note that t and k are incorrect in regardie's, the golden dawn. the inner three petals allude to the three mother letters. these relate to the three elements of m (a, o (c, n (m. notice that o and n are counter changed with m as the reconciler. this gaurantees that the forces of the arms should not over ride the planetary and zodiacal forces in the rose of creation. in other words, the petals of the elements are on the opposite side of the arm elements. the rose is a perfect symbol. the hermetic rose is a fitting symbol of the entire, manifested universe. in another adept manuscript, we will cover the proper method of extracting sigils from the rose. it is a perfect emblem to extract sigils in that it

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

rth. caosgo: of the earth. caosgon: be to the earth. caozlor: increase. capimali /capmiali: successively/ time after time. capimao: time/ period/ season/ while. capimaon: the numbers of time/ the length of. capimoa: while. capmi ali: successively. cara: subservient angel of fire angle of fire tablet. carbaf: sink. carma: come out (cf. niis. carmara: the first king, ruling the kings and princes of the planetary hours. cars: such. 15 casarm: in whom/ to whom/ unto whom/ whom. casarma: whom/ whose. casarman holq: of whom it is measured. casarman vpaahi: under whose wings. casarmg: in whom. casarmi: under whom. casasam: abiding. cbalpt /cabalpt: divine name of six letters, ruling earth of earth. cbm: cacodemon of earth angle of air tablet. cca: cacodemon of fire angle of air tablet. ccaa: subs

kerubic angel of fire angle of air tablet. gvas: subservient angel of air angle of fire tablet. gzdx: angel, companion of xgzd. ha (meaning unknown) haath: works (n. habioro: senior of mars on the air tablet. hagone: name of mercury (corrected) heptagon 1. hagonel: angel (filius filiorum lucis, associated with mercury, also, the angelic prince ruling, with king. carmara, the kings and princes of the planetary hours. hah: cacodemon of water angle of earth tablet. hal (meaning unknown) hals: subservient angel of earth angle of air tablet. ham/ hami: creature/ creatures. haniel: name of netzach outer heptagon. hap: cacodemon of water angle of fire tablet. harg: hath planted. has: cacodemon of air angle of fire tablet. hath: works (n. hbr: cacodemon of water angle of fire tablet, counterpart

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above, and say "o mighty being, the locks of whose head are formed from the divine white brilliance of the eternal crown, who are clothed with the garment of purity, and girt with the golden girdle of the sun of beauty, in whose right hand are grasped with an absolute rule the seven mighty archangels who govern the seven states of mortal man, grant unto me the power, i beseech thee, to rise above the planetary darkness wherein i must live, here on earth, until my regeneration is accomplished. out of the darkness may the light arise for me. o thou, from whose mouth cometh the sword of flame, rend, i beseech thee, with that sword the evils of darkness which hide from my spirit's vision, that golden light wherein osiris dwells, so that i may be enabled to enter the secret chamber of my own so

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

imes, our species seems to have retained a confused but resonant memory of a terrifying global catastrophe. where do these myths come from? why, though they derive from unrelated cultures, are their storylines so similar? why are they laden with common symbolism? and why do they so often share the same stock characters and plots? if they are indeed memories, why are there no historical records of the planetary disaster they seem to refer to? could it be that the myths themselves are historical records? could it be that these cunning and immortal stories, composed by anonymous geniuses, were the medium used to record such information and pass it on in the time before history began? and the ark went upon the face of the waters there was a king, in ancient sumer, who sought eternal life. his

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

rse is in equilibrium; therefore he that is without it, though his force be but a feather, can overturn the universe. be not caught within that web, o child of freedom! be not entangled in the universal l e, o child of truth! aleister crowley, the book of l es, every spiritual ego is a ray of a "planetary spirit" according to esoteric teaching. h.p. blavatsky, glossary to the voice of the silence the planetary influences in the four great crosses are shown in figures 1 to 4, appendix d. how these forces influence the calvary crosses is shown in figures 16 to 31, appendix a. the primary meanings of these signs are given below. sun: will power, vitality, creativity. it rules over leo. moon: instinct, habit, personality, feeling, memory, imagination, receptivity. it rules cancer. mercury: pow

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

at comes to the same thing, may have been regarded as tables of the sky; in saying which, i am not thinking of the egyptian sun-table, but more immediately of the bio&um yppa/ sidera extollere, of the voluspa (saem. lb, the three creative bors synir having set up as it were the tables of the firmament: biosr is the goth, biuds, ohg. piot (pp. 38. 68. as the stationary stars had chairs and tables, the planetary ones, like other gods, had steeds and cars ascribed to them (see suppl. 1 the two principal stars are the sun and moon, whose gender and appellations i have discussed in gramm. 3, 349. 350: a mhg. poet calls the sun daz merere lieht, 3 the greater light, fundgr. 2, 12. i, is worth mentioning that some of the eddie names for the moon are still preserved in patois dialects of up. germa

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

, and the seeress instantly remarked,'heis here as before 'i was burnt in 1693, in the summer, and1have not now progressed beyond the state i then found myself in. i had mistaken the appearance of the spirits that came to me upon earth.1had given myself up to their guidance without inquiring to what order they belonged, and i found whenitwas too late that i had been encouraging and communing with the planetary spirits, and not with those who can direct and counsel to their home. i believed from the information i received from those that visited me that the planets were the abode of men after death, that they formed the different degrees and modes of happiness, that some were evil and some good, and that the greatest felicity was enjoyed by those who were allowed to enter the sun. they neve

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

l of the evidence of my own senses, and a determinedwill to regard the whole vision as a fancy of my overwrought mind, had taken firm hold of me "my mind" i argued "what is it? shall i believe with the superstitious and the weak that this production ofphosphorus and grey matter is indeed the superior part of me; that it can act and see independently of myphysical senses? never! as well believe in the planetary 'intelligences' of the astrologer, as in the'daij-dzins' of my credulous though well-meaning friend, the priest. as well confess one's belief in jupiterand sol, saturn and mercury, and that these worthies guide their spheres and concern themselves withmortals, as to give one serious thought to the airy nonentities supposed to have guided my 'soul' in itsunpleasant dream! i loathe and

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

law. whether by radiation or emanation-we need not quarrel over terms-the universe passes out of its homogeneous subjectivity onto the first plane of manifestation, of which planes there are seven, we are taught. with each plane it becomes more dense and material until it reaches this, our plane, on which the only world approximately known and understood in its physical composition by science, is the planetary or solar system-one sui generis, we are told. q. what do you mean by sui generis? a. i mean that, though the fundamental law and the universal working of laws of nature are uniform, still our solar system (like every other such system in the millions of others in cosmos) and even our earth, has its own program of manifestations differing from the respective programs of all others. we

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

stricken person' he had ever known. samuel liddell mathers (who later called himself count de glenstrae or count macgregor, with westcott a co-founderof the g.d, presented him to yeats with the words 'he unites us to the great adepts of the past' yeats continued: this old man took me aside that he might say 'i hope you never invoke spirits- that is a very dangerous thing to do. 1am told that even the planetary spirits turn upon us in the end' 1 said 'have you ever seen an apparition 'oh yes, once, he said 'i have my alchemical laboratory in a cellar under my house where the bishop cannot see it. one day 1 was walking up and down there when 1 heard another footstep walking up and down beside me. 1 turned and saw a girl 1 had been in love with when 1was a young man, but she died long ago. sh

a sine qua non in making the quintessence of balm, and i fear you must defer it till another year. household slops continually put on a certain area of soil, and then dug well up, trenched and exposed to frost in winter, make a very good compost. further digging up so as to mix it well will be necessary. you could get balm in covent garden market i suppose, but it would not have been gathered in the planetary hour. you must not overdo it with any manure. there is plenty of artificial manure in the market from which you might select. even a little guano well mixed will do. i think that as letters have originally been taken from the symbols ofthe planets, there may be some kind of antagonism in them. this is taught by mathers in our lectures of the ii chacombe vicarage 28 june 1889 the lett

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

h adversity in the form of a new invasion from outer space- this time by half-fungous, half-crustacean creatures- creatures undoubtedly the same as those figuring in certain whispered hill legends of the north, and remembered in the himalayas as the mi-go, or abominable snow men. to fight these beings the old ones attempted, for the first time since their terrene advent, to sally forth again into the planetary ether; but, despite all traditional preparations, found it no longer possible to leave the earth s atmosphere. whatever the old secret of interstellar travel had been, it was now definitely lost to the race. in the end the mi-go drove the old ones out of all the northern lands, though they were powerless to disturb those in the sea. little by little the slow retreat of the elder race

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

organs so ill adapted to it. the carter-facet had soon learned with horror that the silver key was unable to effect his return to human form. it was, as he deduced too late from things he remembered, things he dreamed, and things he inferred from the lore of yaddith, a product of hyperborea on earth; with power over the personal consciousnessangles of human beings alone. it could, however, change the planetary angle and send the user at will through time in an unchanged body. there had been an added spell which gave it limitless powers it otherwise lacked; but this, too, was a human discovery- peculiar to a spatially unreachable region, and not to be duplicated by the wizards of yaddith. it had been written on the undecipherable parchment in the hideously craven box with the silver key, an

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

it feeds her. it allows for growth because she is free. for the first time in her life she is what she is. as a star elizabeth taylor burton vibrates to the number eight. we know to begin with that elizabeth taylor vibrated to the number eight, so being mrs burton has allowed her to be elizabeth taylor, and if there's anything to numerology at all, she has become herself with this last marriage. the planetary patterns coincide with particular events. not necessarily because the planets themselves influence us, but possibly due to mathematical cycles evolving into particular events. for instance, uranus takes about eighty-four years to go around the sun, which means we are dealing with a mathematical influence rather than a planetary one- perhaps. there may be an influence that as yet has

ned to me just the opposite of what the astrologer forecast. to not have even one of the good things happen and each day to see something else go wrong- i don't get it. i just don't understand. i am in tears. andrea g. you have the same birth date and astrological conditions as hundreds of persons who have been very successful. you obviously went to some astrologer and paid him to figure out what the planetary positions were at the time of your birth, and what these positions might mean by way of influence- what the conditions were. the planetary pattern indicated a period when you [could] meet men successfully, but only if you got out of the back room and into the sunshine outdoors! the planets won't shove him through the door. if you were looking for a man and a burst of creative energy

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

, not weight. all ingredients must be pulverized. the metals can be filed. put all the ingredients together and mix well to obtain a real solid fluid condenser. the electrum magicum of the old alchemists is a superb fluid condenser composed of: 30 grams of gold 30 grams of silver 15 grams of copper 6 grams of tine 5 grams of lead 3 grams of iron 15 grams of mercury as one can see, it contains all the planetary metals, and from this alloy magic mirrors, bells and similar object have been made. the solid fluid condensers i have recommended are very good, reliable, and have proved useful many times. 10. preparation of magic mirrors two kinds of magic mirrors exist: the concave mirror and the flat mirror. normal mirrors are suitable for both kinds, which must be spread with silver-amalgam or b

ISIS UNVEILED

y and of p unning. he is t^ union of all tliat is most base in matter, with the hate, envy, and craft of a spiritual intelligence" after that, always in spite at the perfection of man, dda-baoth created the three kingdoms of nature, the mineral, vegetable, and animal, with all evil instincts and properties. impotent to annihilate the tree di knowledge, which grows in his sphere as in every one of the planetary regions, but bent upon detaching 'man' from his spiritual protectress, dda-baoth forbade him to eat of its fruit, for fear it should reveal to man- 409. c. w. king: tkt qnottia. etc, p. 97; 2iid edit. 410. this low, ho, or jeliotali ia quite diitinct from the god of tlie mysurka, uoi betd mkred by id! the natioiu of aatiquity. we will afaow the differcooe prwa n tly. 411. king: the o

dying the idea of dualism, or the struggle between good and evil, spirit and matter, which is found in every cos- mogony, and the source of which is again to be sought in india. the itpea and antitypes represent uie heroes of this gnostic pantheon, bor- rowed from the most ancient mythopoeic ages. but in these personages, ophis and ophiomorphos, sophia and sophia-achamoth, adam-kad- mon and adam, the planetary genii and the divine aeons, we can also kcognise very easily the models of our biblical copies the euhemerized patriarchs. the archangels, angels, virtues and powers, are all found, under other names, in the vedas and the buddhistic system. the avestic supreme being, zero-ana, or 'boundless time' is the type of all these gnostic and kabalistic 'depths 'crowns' and even of the chal- d

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

k. but it is the ninth house that we will consider as important as the house of signification. the geomantic figure found in that house will be considered as the significator. this too should be written down at the top of the form no. 1. this procedure helps to give order and form to one's mind, direction to the elementals, and a clear answer to the divination. the next matter to be considered is the planetary rulership. here follows a list of the planetary meanings: 1. saturn. older people and old plans. debts and their repayment. agriculture, real estate. death and 40 a practical guide to geomantic divination wills. stability and inertia. time, patience, and testing. 2. jupiter. abundance, plenty, growth, expansion, generosity. spirituality, visions, dreams, long journeys. bankers, credi

ys and removals. changes and fluctuations. the personality. what planet would publication come under? generally speaking, both the writing and publication are considered forms of communication, which are thus ruled by the planet mercury. put this down on the form at the top of the page. all is now in order. note the variations possible. had the question related to success, not merely publication, the planetary ruler would have been either jupiter or the sun. were the question 'will a practical guide to geoman-tic divination endure for a long time' its planetary the house 41 rulcrship would have been saturn. if one had asked whether women rather than men would become attracted to the book, venus would have had to be the planetary ruler. enough has been said on this topic to indicate that ca

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

ery on the hill with its sea breezes and invitation to be fit. i look around at all that we have achieved over the last decade as i have experimented with my fitness and pushed myself to extremes, and rested and then pushed again; how we ve held the door open to controversy and been bathed uncomfortably in its gray light and quietly closed it again. now finally able to bundle all the work up into the planetary peace program and the divine nutrition game, there is a sense of completion and also peace and all is well with my world. the art of creating the perfect external environment that can nourish us deeply can be helped by the ancient tradition of feng shui as well as the utilization of bio-shield devices and field re-weaving techniques. our outer living environment is a reflection of ou

ain us or be strengthened to support us. via our moment to moment reaction to events in our life, we are constantly redefining our inner energy field, our personal biofield. that auric space that surrounds us. and also our community biofield. we know that every thought, word and action that we have leaves an energy imprint in these fields, and that the sum total of it all also leaves an impact on the planetary fields. we know that just by our very existence alone, we are influencing fields. field creation or the fine tuning of an existing field requires us to address a few important issues such as how we wish to retune and imprint each field and the outcomes we would like the new imprinting to deliver. the first law of alchemical action requires us to be clear about what we wish to change

ed to be aware of what is around us, to acknowledge what has gravitated or been pulled into our field via the law of resonance. so step 7 means taking the time out to assess life honestly. for our life mirrors it all, just as how we see and relate to the world is a mirror of our own consciousness. is our personal world as we wish it. if it s not as we wish it to be, then why not. how do we fit in the planetary game. how do we see the world. what do we want for humanity. for our children, our future? divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 177 this step requires us to get clear so that the universal intelligence that surrounds us can support us more easily. step 8. next, we identify the target. for example, in answering my call to be in a sanctuary at the be

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

an is uncertain. hume has pointed out that there is no sequence between one and two. other philosophers have ingeniously detected that our senses are all one, or all none. man is the picture painted upon external matter, and external matter is the individuality that surveys the picture. in the world of physics, colours are tones in other senses, and tones are colours; sevenfold in either case, as the planetary powers and influences are septenary which, in the ideas of the rosicrucians, produce both. talisman of the jaina kings. chapter the seventh. mythic history of the fleur-de-lis. he maypole is a phallus. the ribbons depending from the discus, or ring, through which the maypole pierces, should be of the seven prismatic colours those of the rainbow (or r gne beau. according to the gnosti

ages would be celebrated on this day, as popularly bearing the mark of ill-luck, which supposition few would like openly to defy, or, according to the familiar expression, fly in the face of. may is also forbidden for marriages, although it days. the hermetic brethren had certain rules that they observed in relation to this view of the power of precious stones to bring good or bad fortune through the planetary affinities of certain days, because they imagined that the various gems, equally as gold and silver, were produced through the chemic operation of the planets, working secretly in the telluric body. they thought that gold and silver, and all the gems, had but one foundation in nature, and were simply augmented, purified, and perfected through the operation of the hermetic or magnetic

man's emotions, and therefore of the man. heavenly music is produced from impact upon the paths of the planets, which stand as chords or strings, by the cross-travel of the sun from note to note, as from planet to planet; and earthly music is microscopically an imitation of the same, and a relic of heaven; the faculty of recognition arising from the same supernatural musical efflux which produced the planetary bodies, in motived projection from the sun in the centre, in their evolved, proportional, harmonious order. the rosicrucians taught that the harmony of the spheres is a true thing, and not simply a poetic 198 the rosicrucians. dream: all nature, like a piece of music, being produced by melodious combinations of the cross-movement of the holy light playing over the lines of the planet

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

slightly different. it is my belief that the possibility of gravity control, or at least gravity reactance, has been strongly indicated by the phenomena listed in this book. he may know of this principle but he needs to 41 have a permanent or very close "node" to fathom the thing. or one that frequently touches earth in the same spot or even general area. nowadays such "dead-spots" don't revisit the planetary surface as described& so now this principle cannot be discovered, even if known. the home of the ufo's there seems to be something of periodicity in events of celestial and spatial origin. this has been called to our attention by john philip bessor in the saturday evening post as early as may, 1949; but no one has thus far been able to catalogue and classify enough of this data to de

ence and "life" 43 have refused acceptance for 200 ages, how could they ever adjust to what they refuse to accept? observations by harrison, gould, perrine, swift, brooks and others demonstrate incontrovertibly that some of the objects seen by astronomers are subject to volitional and purposeful controls, whether they are cometary (nebulous (sic) type (as per harrison, perrine, gould, bone, or of the planetary (structural) sorts (as per watson, swift, lescarbault, gruitheinsen, et al. the astronomical literature from 1885 to the present has been but sketchily included and researched. if it is but a fraction as prolific as that of the "comet years" there is, indeed, a wealth of ufo lore awaiting some research. it is to be doubted if there is as much in later years, because it became increas

ave been blown off this planet by erratic muvian scientists when they erred in their explosions of hydrogen, and that some of these things are coming home after several eons in orbital isolation, and (2) they may be a part of the space ships or be attracted by them as they pass, drawing them up and then, through some spatial phenomenon, dropping them at a later date. bode's law indicated a gap in the planetary sequence between mars and jupiter, and near the beginning of the nineteenth century small planetoids began to be discovered at the designated place. they now number much over a thousand, and it is suspected that millions of small pieces of space debris occupy this belt. astronomical science has never fully accepted the idea that a planet exploded in that location, but a case can be m

a coalition of ufo enthusiasts, amateur astronomers and radio hams? dr. bone's crude observation of the discoid object was of the greatest importance in confirming dr. gould's discovery of 1882, and the observations of bone and tebbutt established the great parallax which has enabled us to show the proximity of those objects. there are apparently two classes of dirigible ufo's to look for. one is the planetary, disclike things seen near the sun and moon, as by watson and swift, and the other is the cometary type as seen by harrison. the cometary ones can be swept for, just as are comets, and with the identical equipment special comet-seeking telescopes with structure, and lenses designed for that purpose. any telescope can be used and there are many idle ones. i do not believe that large n

igned for that purpose. any telescope can be used and there are many idle ones. i do not believe that large numbers of cometary ufo's will be found, although i am not sure. observers near large centers of population, atom plants or industrial sites will probably have the most success. but while the number of expected objects is small, the searching is easier than for discs (red is b and jemi) 150 the planetary discs, like those of watson, are difficult to see because they stay nearly in line with the sun and moon and are lost in the glare of sunlight. even so, this assures that they will be in a very limited part of the sky. why not devise ways to search the regions near both sun and moon, especially at new moon with telescopes and radar? because of the glare, radar would seem to offer the

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

iting, or the units for measuring time and angles. science and knowledge of stars has always. though with varying success. been important in european culture. much from the babylonian beliefs about constellations and planets have reached our days. planets had an important place in babylonian astral religion, they were observed as much for calendrical as astrological purposes, and the qualities of the planetary gods were carried on to greek and rome. the following started out as an attempt to compose a list of planets together with corresponding gods who lend their names and qualities to the planets. though it was easy to find such a list about greece and rome, texts concerning mesopotamia included miscellaneous facts subdivided into general categories only (e.g. pannekoek 1961. the reasons

later writings in problematic cases as the consensus is that mesopotamia was on the highest level of astrological and astronomical development in the late babylonian period (kugler 1909/10: 27; barton 1994: 20.22. 12 figure 3. neo-assyrian prediction about lunar eclipses. hunger 1992, text no. 535, plate xiv (tablet 80.7.19, 103; obverse) for transliteration and translation see hunger 1992: 293. the planetary gods of mesopotamia the mesopotamian pantheon is quite tangled because different cultures and ages have added to it. e.g. sumerians honoured ca 1000 gods, about fifty of whom were considered the main gods, and especially important were seven gods. the great seven. the functions of different gods tended to vary by city states, but of the great seven an was universally the god of heave

named separately in the list. first of all, this is valid about i.tar, but such splitting can be seen in case of four other planets with the exception of the moon and the sun. quite often, planet names tend to have the determinative of gods (kugler 1907: 62. thus we can suppose that except in the case of the moon and the sun we have to be much more careful about drawing strict connections between the planetary gods and planets than we would have thought initially. the same is suggested by brown: gmuch is said about planets grepresenting h or gstanding for h gods or constellations. h the relations of planets with gods are intricate, and deserve a separate study and much more accurate terminology than we are currently used to (brown 2000: 54. the tangle is further increased by the fact that

taries. in case of planets, the determinatives dingir (d) and mul (mul) can and have been used interchangeably. the moon the moon, akkadian sin (but (w)arhu as a celestial body only) is generally the first planet in texts, and moongod is the personification of wisdom and father of sungod. from the beginning of mesopotamian history till the end of cuneiform cultures he was considered the eldest of the planetary gods, thus his cult proliferated although he never played a great role in mythology. this archetypal place in the pantheon could be the reason why in the main parts of mesopotamia there never were alternative moongods (though there were some in the periphery, e.g. among the hittites and aramaic. sin was depicted as a horned bull (qarnu) and a efruit that grows by itself f (enbu .a in

LAITMAN M KABBALAH REVEALED

to move forward, we must cultivate a mindset that enables us to form a united human family, a planetary civilization. however, this civilization should not be a monolithic culture where everyone follows the same ideas, and one person or nation dictates those ideas to everybody else. rather, it should be a diverse civilization whose elements join together to maintain and develop the whole system, the planetary civilization of humankind. 18 kabbalah revealed this diversity is the element of harmony, the element of peace. every society that has survived has possessed it. only western and westernized societies have forgotten it. in the process of creating technical and economic progress, they have fragmented the integrity, the oneness of the system. it is high time we restore it. as i learned

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

in that book, but i would refer to it those students who wish to pursue further this most interesting subject. as there are several editions of the book i am unfortunately unable to give an exact page reference, but the diagram will easily be found. 183. in tattu the crown of flowers round the edge of the disc seems to have been taken to symbolize the hosts of the dhyan chohans, including perhaps the planetary logoi. the four chains of lilies flowing down from that crown bore to the egyptians a signification connected with the tetraktys, or perhaps with a reflection or expression of that mystery, while the triple band of lilies round the lower edge of the chapiter was taken as signifying the action in matter of the three aspects of the logos- the buds denoting the action of the holy spirit

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

ating officer may know what he is really doing when he pours forth the traditional offerings of corn, wine, oil and salt, symbols which they themselves have chosen from time immemorial to represent their especial powers. this ancient piece of ritual, when performed by an i.m. duly commissioned to consecrate a lodge, produces stupendous results in the inner worlds; for it amounts to a call made to the planetary spirits at the head of the four lines to recognize the new lodge and to dedicate it to the service of t.g.a.o.t.u. 96. the call is answered. as the corn is scattered in the north, a great golden angel of earth descends in majesty, followed by his angel-train, some of whom are left behind to be the channels of the power of his hierarchy whenever the lodge is opened in due and ancient

g the books of euclid, but we study them now for themselves, and not as a guide to something higher. the old philosophers pondered upon them because they led to the understanding of the true science of life. 382. another toy with which bacchus played was a top, the symbol of the whirling atom pictured in occult chemistry. yet another was a ball which represented the earth, that particular part of the planetary chain to which the thought of the logos is specially directed at the moment. also he played with a mirror. the mirror has always been a symbol of the astral light, in which the archetypal ideas are reflected and then materialized. thus each of those toys indicates an essential part in the evolution of a solar system. 383. the hidden mysteries 384. the two divisions of the lesser and

LIBER CXX

materials in crowley s diary has the same numeration as liber cxx, samekh. in the matter of the directions, there are several markouts that make unclear whether he intends to use the ordinary elemental directions: e. air, s. fire, w. water, n. earth (as is implied in liber samekh, and used in the lesser pentagram, star ruby and others) or if he intends the directions of the cherubic signs (as in the planetary stations: e. fire, s. earth, w. air, n. water (used in the lesser hexagram, the star sapphire and others) or even the directions in liber reguli: n. air, s. fire, e. earth, w.water. the only set of directions that agree with the order of the spell itself (ignoring markouts on the directions) and go in order of the verse to be said, is that of the elemental directions, which i have us

LIBER LXXVIII

the divination. 6. if right, spread out the pack containing the significator, face upwards. count the cards from him, in the direction in which he faces. the counting should include the card from which you count. for knights, queens and princes, count 4. for princesses, count 7. for aces, count 11. for small cards, count according to the number. for trumps, count 3 for the elemental trumps; 9 for the planetary trumps; 12 for the zodiacal trumps. make a gstory h of these cards. this story is that of the beginning of the affair. 7. pair the cards on either side of the significator, then those outside them, and so on. make another gstory, h which should fill in the details omitted in the first. 8. if this story is not quite accurate, do not be discouraged. perhaps the querent himself does not

LIBER SEPTEM REGUM SANCTORUM

s, he is made to kneel thereat& the black officer comes forward threatening him with his scourge& saith: hiereus: who art thou? hegemon (for cand: i am the aspirant to the sacred& sublime order of a\a& i seek the aid of osiris. 1 missing in this copy. but the text implies that the temple contains (i) an altar of some kind, probably in the west (near the entrance to the room (ii) seven thrones for the planetary stations, probably arranged in a heptagon, with the fourth in the east (iii) a dais of seven steps in the east, beyond the station of sol, with a throne atop it, and (iv) a small side room, a dark dungeon. 2 they should also have appropriate masks and weapons. 3 see the golden dawn adeptus minor ritual. 4 the traditional emblems of osiris. the scourge was probably a flail used for th

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

las. his head--that of a cock--represents phronesis, that bird being the emblem of foresight and of vigilance. his two arms hold the symbols of sophia and dynamis: the shield of wisdom and the whip of power" the gnostics were divided in their opinions concerning the demiurgus, or creator of the lower worlds. he established the terrestrial universe with the aid of six sons, or emanations (possibly the planetary angels) which he formed out of, and yet within, himself. as stated before, the demiurgus was individualized as the lowest creation out of the substance called pleroma. one group of the gnostics was of the opinion that the demiurgus was the cause of all misery and was an evil creature, who by building this lower world had separated the souls of men from truth by encasing them in morta

its power, caused simon to resemble jesus. iren us makes the following statement concerning the cosmic sacrifice of the christ "when the uncreated, unnamed father saw the corruption of mankind, he sent his firstborn, nous, into the world, in the form of christ, for the redemption of all who believe in him, out of the power of those that have fabricated the world (the demiurgus, and his six sons, the planetary genii. he appeared amongst men as the man jesus, and wrought miracles (see king's gnostics and their remains) the gnostics divided humanity into three parts: those who, as savages, worshiped only the visible nature; those who, like the jews, worshiped the demiurgus; and lastly, themselves, or others of a similar cult, including certain sects of christians, who worshiped nous (christ)

peoples, a water vessel alone is often used. edward upham, in his history and doctrine of budhism, describes aquarius as being "in the shape of a pot and of a color between blue and yellow; this sign is the single house of saturn" when herschel discovered the planet uranus (sometimes called by the name of its discoverer, the second half of the sign of aquarius was allotted to this added member of the planetary family. the water pouring from the urn of aquarius under the name of "the waters of eternal life" appears many times in symbolism. so it is with all the signs. thus the sun in its path controls whatever form of worship man offers to the supreme deity. there are two distinct systems of astrological philosophy. one of them, the ptolemaic, is geocentric: the earth is considered the cent

gement of the seven planets (the sun and moon being regarded as planets in the old astronomy) is identical with the candlestick symbolism of the jews--the sun in the center as the main stem with three planets on either side of it. the names given by the pythagoreans to the various notes of the diatonic scale were, according to macrobius, derived from an estimation of the velocity and magnitude of the planetary bodies. each of these gigantic spheres as it rushed endlessly through space was believed to sound a certain tone caused by its continuous displacement of the thereal diffusion. as these tones were a manifestation of divine order and motion, it must necessarily follow that they partook of the harmony of their own source "the assertion that the planets in their revolutions round the ea

the second heaven, the sacred vowel e (epsilon; the third, h (eta; the fourth, i (iota; the fifth, o (omicron; the sixth, u (upsilon; and the seventh heaven, the sacred vowel w (omega. when these seven heavens sing together they produce a perfect harmony which ascends as an everlasting praise to the throne of the creator (see iren us' against heresies) although not so stated, it is probable that the planetary heavens are to be considered as ascending in the pythagorean order, beginning with the sphere of the moon, which would be the first heaven. many early instruments had seven strings, and it is generally conceded that pythagoras was the one who added the eighth string to the lyre of terpander. the seven strings were always related both to their correspondences in the human body and to

h to couch their religious and philosophical doctrines. the ancient city of ecbatana as described by herodotus, its seven walls colored according to the seven planets, revealed the knowledge of this subject possessed by the persian magi. the famous zikkurat or astronomical tower of the god nebo at borsippa ascended in seven great steps or stages, each step being painted in the key color of one of the planetary bodies (see lenormant's chaldean magic) it is thus evident that the babylonians were familiar with the concept of the spectrum in its relation to the seven creative gods or powers. in india, one of the mogul emperors caused a fountain to be made with seven levels. the water pouring down the sides through specially arranged channels changed color as it descended, passing sequentially

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

ering witchcraft by paul huson proudly brought to you by toc mastering witchcraft by paul huson a practical guide for witches, warlocks and covens contents: book cover (front (back) scan/ edit notes foreword introduction 1- first steps 2- preliminary preparations 3- divination 4- spells for lovers 5- counter magic and protection 6- vengeance and attack 7- the coven and how to form one appendix 1- the planetary hours appendix 2- glossary of witch words and terms bibliography (removed) scan/ edit notes format: v1.5 (pdf- no security) genera: wiccan/ witchcraft extra's: pictures included copyright: 1970/ 1972 first scanned: august/ 12/ 2002 foreword in the circle of firelight which we are pleased to call an enlightened scientific civilization, we usually feel secure in the knowledge that most

nding repetitious and unnecessarily wary. herbs and incense of love to conclude this chapter on amatory matters, here are a few simple recipes for the various incenses mentioned in the preceding pages, plus a list of amatory magical ingredients you may wish to experiment with on your own. love incense first, an incense to be used with all general works of love such as the composition of philters, the planetary spell, etcetera. traditionally, witches used to make this of musk, lignum aloes, red coral powder, tincture of ambergris, and rose petals, mingled with a few drops of pigeon's blood and the desiccated brain of a sparrow! however, modern witches generally omit the last two ingredients and substitute an old culinary standby, the white of an egg, strangely enough. this, apart from its m

to habondia that these two goddesses are often related to one another in magical legend as mother and daughter, thus tying in superficially with the old greek myth of demeter and persephone. however, many modern witches consider habondia and hertha to be but different aspects of the same power, which they refer to simply as the goddess. it was mother hertha that you invoked as the third power in the planetary spell of the last chapter. as a beginner witch who intends to pursue the path, it is essential that you place yourself and your home under some sort of protective spell from the outset. there are a good many amuletic spells for doing this. here are two of them. the first is suitable only if you happen to live in a house as opposed to an apartment. on the day of the new moon, purchase

ne, if not consumed by itself. thus concludes this witchcraft primer. many things, of course, remain to be said and will have to wait for a later date. the rudiments, however, are here presented. the old gods are not dead. they still live, ever ready to harken to man and his requests. you need but ask; the way is open to you. let us celebrate the return of the old ones! so mote it be! appendix 1- the planetary hours when your magical operation is not organized to coincide with a specific event, such as your victim's sleeping or waking hours, if you plan on being true to a fully traditional point of view, try to perform your witchcraft on the relevant "planetary day" at the right "planetary hour" failing this, simply the right planetary hour will suffice, always and in every instance observ

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

lansdowne mss. is the veritable keys of solomon translated from the hebrew into the latin language by the rabbin agognazar. it is in french, exquisitely written in printing letters, and the pentacles are carefully drawn in colored inks. though containing similar matter to the others, the arrangement is utterly different; being all in one book, and not even divided into chapters. the antiquity of the planetary sigils is shown by the fact that, among the gnostic talismans in the british museum, there is a ring of copper with the sigils of venus, which are exactly the same as those given by the mediaeval writers on magic. where psalms are referred to i have in all instances given the english and not the hebrew numbering of them. in some places i have substituted the word azoth for alpha and

metals, herbs, plants, aquatic, a rial, and terrestrial animals, and temple incense, which are proper to each of them, as also in what quarter of the universe they ask to be invoked. neither are omitted, the conjurations, seals, characters, and divine letters, which belong to them, by means of which we receive the power to sympathize with these spirits. the key of solomon page 8 table 1: table of the planetary hours hours from hours from sun. mon. tues. wed. sunset to sunset midnight to midnight thurs. fri. sat. merc. jup. ven. sat. 8 1 sun. moon. mars. moon. mars. mer. jup. 9 2 ven. sat. sun. sat. sun. moon. mars. 10 3 mer. jup. ven. jup. ven. sat. sun 11 4 moon. mars. mer. mars. mer. jup. ven. 12 5 sat. sun. moon. sun. moon. mars mer. 1 6 jup. ven. sat. ven. sat. sun. moon. 2 7 mars. mer

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nner of calling them forth to visible appearance: in 5 parts, viz (1) the first part is a book of evil spirits, called goetia, showing how he bound up those spirits, and used them in general things, whereby he obtained great fame (2) the second part is a book of spirits, partly evil and partly good, which is named theurgia-goetia, all a rial spirits, etc (3) the third part is of spirits governing the planetary hours, and what spirits belong to every degree, of the signs, and planets in the signs. called the pauline art, etc (4) the fourth part of this book is called almadel or solomon, which containeth those spirits which govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and to be sought for by divine seeking, etc, and are called theurg

ing them forth to visible appearance: in 5 parts, viz (1) the first part is a book of evil spirits, called goetia, showing how he bound up those spirits and used them in things general and several, whereby he obtained great fame (2) the second part is a book of spirits, partly evil and partly good, which is called theurgia-goetia, all aerial spirits, etc (3) the third part is of spirits governing the planetary hours, and of what spirits do belong to every degree of the signs, and of the planets in the signs. this is called the pauline art, etc (4) the fourth part of this book is called almadel of solomon, the which containeth those spirits which do govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and are called theurgia, and are to be

and the manner of calling them forth to visible appearance: in 4 parts (1) the first part is a book of evil spirits, called goetia, showing how he bound up those spirits and used them in several things, whereby he obtained great fame (2) the second part is a book of spirits, partly good and partly evil, which is named theurgia-goetia, all a rial spirits, etc (3) the third part is a book governing the planetary houses, and what spirits belong to every degree of the signs, and planets in the signs. called the pauline art (4) the fourth part is a book called the almadel of solomon, which contains twenty chief spirits who govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and called theurgia, and are to be sought after by divine seeking. the

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he day& as many for the night, with an inumerable company of servants, whereof we shall make mention of 24 chief dukes that belong to the day& as many for the night, with their seals as followeth. note the 12 first that belong to the day& of the night hath 40 servants apiece to attend them when they appear& all these of the day are to be called in the day& those of the night in the night. observe the planetary motions in calling, for the two first that belongeth to the day are intended for the first planetary hour, of the 2 next for second planetary hour of the day& so successively on till you have gone through the day to the night& through the night till you come to the 2 first of the day again& they are all of good nature& are willing to obey& do your will, their names& seals are as foll

e place &c. the seal of geradiel whereof of one of the chiefe& first is called geradiel; who hath 18150 servants to attend him; for he hath no dukes nor princes- therefore he is to be invocated alone; but when he is called, there comes a great number of his servants with him; but more or less according to the hour of the day or night he is called in; for the 2 first hours of the day [according to the planetary motion] and the 2 second hours of the night, there comes 470 of his servants with him; and in the 2 second hours of the day& the 2 third hours of the night there comes 500 of his servants with him& in the 2 third hours of the day and the 2 fourth hours of the night there comes 930 of his servants with him; and in the 2 fourth hours of the day& the 2 fifth hours of the night there com

next of these wandering princes is called buriel; who hath many dukes and other servants, which doth attend on him to doe his will, they are all by nature evil; and are hated by all other spirits; they appear rugish& in the forme of a serpent lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 38 with a virgins head; and speaketh with a mans voyce, they are to be called in the night [because they hate the day] and in the planetary hours, whereof wee shall mention 12 of the chiefe dukes that answereth to the 12 planetary hours in the night; who hath 880 servants to attend on them in the night; their names and seals are as followeth &c. the 12 dukes are as followeth: merosiel his seal almadiel; his seal cupriel; his seal busiiel his seal saruniel his seal casbriel his seal nedriel his seal futiel; his seal drusi

comely shape, to do my will in all things that i shall desire of you &c" theurgia goetia 39 hidriel his seal the 3rd. of these wandring princes is called hidriel, who hath 100 great dukes besides 200 lesser dukes& servants without number; whereof we shall mention 12 of the chiefe dukes who hath 1320 servants to attend them; they are to be called in the day, as well as in the night accordingly to the planetary motion; the first beginneth with the first hour of the day or night; and so successively on; till you come to the last; they appear in the forme of a serpent with a virgins head& face; yet they are very courteous and willing to obey; they delight most in or about waters& all moyst grounds &c. their names& seals are as followeth: morfatiel; his seal chalmoriel; his seal pesariel; his

eal chariel his seal the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty and potent prince &c" lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 40 pirichiel; his seal the 4th, in order of these wandring princes is called pirichiel; he hath no princes nor dukes; but knights; whereof we shall mention 8 of the chiefe; these being sufficient for practise; who hath 2000 servants under them; they are to be called according to the planetary motion; they are all good by nature and will do your will willingly, their names and seals are as followeth: damarsiel; his seal cardiel; his seal almasor, his seal (or almariel) nemariel; his seal menaziel; his seal demediel; his seal hursiel; his seal cuprisiel; his seal the conjuration "i conjure thee; o thou mighty& potent prince pirichiel; who wandreth &c" theurgia goetia 41 emo

al the 5th. wandring spirit is called emoniel, who hath one hundred princes& chief dukes besides 20 under dukes& a multitude of servants to attend them, whereof we shall mention 12 of the chief princes or dukes who hath 1320 (under) dukes& other inferior spirits to attend them, they are all by nature good& willing to obey. and they are to be called in the day as well as in the night& according to the planetary order, it is so they inhabit mostly in woods, their names& seals are as followeth: ermeniel seal panuel seal edriel seal carnodiel seal dramiel seal pandiel seal vasenel seal masinel seal cruhiel seal armisiel seal caspaniel seal musiniel seal the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince emoniel, who wanderest &c" lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 42 icosiel his seal the

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ary hours, described in the greater key of solomon and many other places. the problem with this is that the procedures described in the remainder of the book suggest that an entirely different system is being used to determine the invoked powers. to create the seal for the angels of a particular hour, the magician first casts the astrological chart for that hour in the day the work is to be done. the planetary glyph to be drawn in the center of the seal is the planet ruling the sign on the ascendant of the chart. the glyphs of the remaining planets are drawn counterclockwise around the rim of the seal, starting with the fastest planet and ending with the slowest. finally, for reasons not explained, the sign that is on the cusp of the twelfth astrological house is drawn in the center next t

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

most all cultures) arcane powers of protection and magic. this apotropaic barrier,often referred to as by native peoples as the the great web in the sky, was put thereobviously to prevent the atlanteans from ever leaving this place. the earth was to betheir tomb. the higher angelic intelligences which rule our solar system may have erected the cosmicbarrier after relative normalcy had returned to the planetary grid. the facts are not clear as tohow it got there or what agency is really responsible. c. s. lewis refers to this barrier andthe quarantine of the bent ones in his writings, terming the earth tomb of the aliens, thul-candra (the silent planet. before their discovery of the existence of the stargate, the nephilim intended to oneday vacate this planet that has long been their terrib

bhogavati is also mentioned in the bhagavata purana 1.11.11. its another nameis putkari.bhagavata purana gives the following description of bila-svarga, the subterranean regions comparedfor their opulence to heaven (5.24.7-15):my dear king, beneath this earth are seven other planets, known as atala, vitala, sutala, talatala,mahatala, rasatala and patala. i have already explained the situation of the planetary systems of earth.the width and length of the seven lower planetary systems are calculated to be exactly the same asthose of earth. in these seven planetary systems, which are also known as the subterranean heavens [bila-svarga],there are very beautiful houses, gardens and places of sense enjoyment, which are even more opulentthan those in the higher planets because the demons have a

ive very auspiciously and do not fear death from anything but death's established time, which isthe effulgence of the sudarshana chakra of the supreme personality of godhead. atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation313 appendix e: dragons and serpents when the sudarshana disc enters those provinces, the pregnant wives of the demons all have miscar-riages due to fear of its effulgence. the planetary system below talatala is known as mahatala. it is the abode of many-hooded snakes,descendants of kadru, who are always very angry. the great snakes who are prominent are kuhaka,taksaka, kaliya and susena. the snakes in mahatala are always disturbed by fear of garuda, the carrierof lord vishnu, but although they are full of anxiety, some of them nevertheless sport with their wives,chi

ahatala. it is the abode of many-hooded snakes,descendants of kadru, who are always very angry. the great snakes who are prominent are kuhaka,taksaka, kaliya and susena. the snakes in mahatala are always disturbed by fear of garuda, the carrierof lord vishnu, but although they are full of anxiety, some of them nevertheless sport with their wives,children, friends and relatives.beneath mahatala is the planetary system known as rasatala, which is the abode of the demoniac sonsof diti and danu. they are called panis, nivata-kavacas, kaleyas and hiranya-puravasis [those living inhiranya-pura. they are all enemies of the demigods, and they reside in holes like snakes. from birththey are extremely powerful and cruel, and although they are proud of their strength, they are alwaysdefeated by the s

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es to end it and re-establish the primitive harmony; the four distinct parts of the soul of man; and the migrations of impure souls, until they are sufficiently purified to share with the spirits of light the contemplation of the supreme being whose splendor fills the universe. the word was also found in the ph nician creed. as in all those of asia, a word of god, written in starry characters, by the planetary divinities, and communicated by the demi-gods, as a profound mystery, to the higher classes of the human race, to be communicated by them to mankind, created the world. the faith of the ph nicians was an emanation from that ancient worship of the stars, which in the creed of zoroaster alone, is connected with a faith in one god. light and fire are the most important agents in the pho

fertilized the new doctrine, which produced a new society under the name of gymnosophists; and a large number, fleeing to ireland, planted their doctrines there, and there erected the round towers, some of which still stand, solid and unshaken as at first visible monuments of the remotest ages. the ph nician cosmogony, like all others in asia, was the word of god, written in astral characters, by the planetary divinities, and communicated by the demi-gods, as a profound mystery, to the brighter intelligences of humanity, to be propagated by them among men. their doctrines resembled the ancient sabeism, and being the faith of hiram the king and his namesake the artist, are of interest to all masons. with them, the first principle was half material, half spiritual, a dark air, animated and i

ed, celsus says, by certain harmonic relations, those of the fourth. thus there was an intimate connection between the sacred science of the mysteries, and ancient astronomy and physics; and the grand spectacle of the sanctuaries was that of the order of the known universe, or the spectacle of nature itself, surrounding the soul of the initiate, as it surrounded it when it first descended through the planetary gates, and by the equinoctal and solstitial doors, along the milky way, to be for the first time immured in its prison-house of matter. but the mysteries also represented to the candidate, by sensible symbols, the invisible forces which move this visible universe, and the virtues, qualities, and powers attached to matter, and which maintain the marvellous order observed therein. of t

the square is an instrument adapted for plane surfaces only, and therefore appropriate to geometry, or measurement of the earth, which appears to be, and was by the ancients supposed to be, a plane. the compass is an instrument that has relation to spheres and spherical surfaces, and is adapted to spherical trigonometry, or that branch of mathematics which deals with the heavens and the orbits of the planetary bodies. the square, therefore, is a natural and appropriate symbol of this earth and the things that belong to it, are of it, or concern it. the compass is an equally natural and appropriate symbol of the heavens, and of all celestial things and celestial natures. you see at the beginning of this reading, an old hermetic symbol, copied from the "materia prima" of valentinus, printed

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

ry esoteric society whose influence on the creation of modern freemasonry is less obvious but no less significant. the collective "glyph" of this vast organization was the number 4, which figured in the personal mark of every master of this brotherhood, frequently drawn atop a secondary figure representing an internal group to which the signatory belonged. for example, a hexagram "solomon's seal" the planetary sign of saturn, or the monogram of mary designated a group concerned with alchemy and hermetic studies, whereas the heart, such as the one found on playing cards, indicated a branch in which mysticism, particularly that of the kabbalah, was studied and practiced. see amberlain, le martinisme (paris: niclas, 1946, 48 and 55. 244 from the art of building to the art of thinking founding

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ntractors during the apollo missions, a typesetter, a free-lance writer and a practicing astrologer. he has never been to a writers'workshop, owns no cats, and is entirely ignorant of the martial arts. godwin believes in maintaining the open-minded, balanced attitude advocated by the middle path of cabalism. donald tyson of halifax, nova scotia, was born in 1954. his work on the sigils drawn from the planetary kameas (magic squares) has been incorporated into this printing of the golden dawn and is presented in depth in an appendix to his annotated version of the three books of occult philosophy of heinrich cornelius agrippa, forthcoming from llewellyn. tyson is the author of many books and articles on such subjects as the philosophy of magic (the new magus, the history and use of runes (r

is formed from the angles of the cross, l v x. he leads phil. once round and then to heg. who awaits them in the s. heg. the seraphim in the vision of isaiah are described as having six wings-'with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly."that is, his synthesis is to be found in the hexagram and in the idea of the seven, more especially dominating the planetary region. but the kerubim of ezekiel have each 4 faces- those of the lion, the bull, the man and the eagle <173> counterchanged with each other by revolution, whence the symbolic forms of the wheels beside them, wherein was the spirit; and with two of the wings they covered their bodies and two were stretched upwards one to another. so the synthesis of the kerubim is found in the revol

surmounting the whole. this key is an emblem of tremendous force; many and universal are its mysteries. hiereus and 3rd ad. go to diagram of pan. hiereus this drawing represents the symbolic figure of pan, the greek god of nature. he stands upon the cube of the universe, holding in his right hand the pastoral staff of rural authority, and in his left the 7 reeded pipe symbolical of the harmony of the planetary spheres <184> the nine circles represent the sephiroth with the exception of kether, exactly those which are included in the symbol on the tree of life. the ruddy face is the heat of the earth- the horns are the rays- the body contains the elements and the cube is the firm basis. observe that the higher part of the figure is human, growing more bestial as it nears the earth. 3rd ad

rescuing symbol of the golden cross united to the red rose of seven times seven petals. as it is written "he descendeth into hell" but the whiteness above shines the brighter for the blackness which is beneath, and thus mayest thou comprehend that the evil helpeth forward the good. and between the light and that darkness vibrate the colours of the rainbow, whose crossed and reflected rays, under the planetary presidency are shewn forth in these seven walls. remember that thou hast entered by the door of the planet venus, whose symbol includes the whole ten sephiroth of the tree of life. each wall of the the ceiling of the vault the floor of the vault the circular altar the rose and cross at the head of pastos (49 petals) the side of the pastos the wall of the vault 246 the golden dawn: vo

of the seven sides the seven sides are all alike in size and shape and subdivision, and the forty squares on each side bear the same symbols. but the colouring is varied in the extreme, no two sides are alike in tint, and none of the squares <282> are identical in colour excepting the single central upper square of each wall, that square bearing the wheel of the spirit. the seven walls are under the planetary presidency, one side to each planet. the subsidiary squares represent the colouring of the combined forces of the planet; the symbol of each square is represented by the ground colour, while the symbol is in the colour contrasted or complementary to that of the ground. now these planetary sides are found to be in a special order, neither astronomical nor astrological. the common orde

er end of the scale, in any notable position on the old lines. there is, then, a new key to their order to be found and used, and such as are very intuitive see it at a glance. the planets are in the order of the rainbow colours, and in colours because this adeptus minor grade is the especial exponent of colours. you adepti are in the path of the chamelion- hodos chamelionis <283> if now you take the planetary colours and affix the planets and arrange them in the order of the solar spectrum and then bend up the series into a ring and make the chain into a heptagrarn, and turn the whole about until you get the two ends of the series to meet at the eastern point, you will have this mysterium: violet-jupiter. indigo-saturn. blue-moon. green-venus. yellow-mercury. orange-sun. red-mars. science

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. it is produced by the interception of two horizontal and two vertical lines, forming nine squares, as follows: this arrangement is called aiq beker. reading from right to left we have aleph= 1, yod= 10, qoph= 100. in the second chamber are beth= 2, caph= 20, and resh= 200. thus aiq bkr. this arrangement of aiq beker is considered important in the formation of sigils or symbols from the names of the planetary spirits. it is first necessary to reduce those letters and their numbers to tens or units by means of the above. for example, in the case of zazel, the spirit of saturn, the letters are zayin= 7, aleph= 1, zayin= 7, and lamed= 30. the only letter which requires reduction in this instance will be lamed which reduces to 3. the next step is to trace a continuous line on the magical squa

has been suggested before in a somewhat different area. students of alchemy, familiar with what is called the lesser circulation, are taught that certain herbs are attributed to the influence of certain planets. such herbs can be prepared alchemically (see the alchemist s handbook, paracelsus research society, salt lake city, 1961, and a different one be self-administered every day. in this way, the planetary influences of a high potency are organismally absorbed to produce subtle farreaching effects: physically, mentally, and spiritually. the planetary talismans the appropriate one worn on the person daily are calculated to induce the same results, with far less effort and bother in their preparation. the principles already described will cover their construction. these personally design

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

s the discovery of gravitation about 1660, and picard gives thedimensions of the earth: keplar establishes his three famous laws; the procession of the equinoxes isaccounted for by the law of gravitation; the theories of tides are established, and the solution of theearth's oblateness: the inequality of the moon222s motion by the sun's attraction, is set at rest; the greatlaws of the stability of the planetary system are firmly determined by the law of universalgravitation. the rings of saturn and her 8 attending satellites are announced, followed by herschel222sdiscovery of uranus in 1781, and then her four moons; this again by the tidings of the new planetneptune and his satellite, and in quick succession no less than 130 asteroids between the orbits ofmars and jupiter, then. the startli

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

ble abounded in its miracles, and history, attempting to estimate this unknown power, became confused with fable; it undermined or consolidated empires by its oracles, caused tyrants to tremble on their thrones and governed all minds, either by curiosity or by fear. for this science, said the crowd, there is nothing impossible, it commands the elements, knows the language of the stars and directs the planetary courses; when it speaks, the moon falls blood-red from heaven; the dead rise in their graves and mutter ominous words, as the night wind blows through their skulls. mistress of love or of hate, occult science can dispense paradise or hell at its pleasure to human hearts; it disposes of all forms and confers beauty or ugliness; with the wand of circe it changes men into brutes and ani

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and a balance in the other. to equilibrate forces they must be maintained simultaneously and caused to act alternately: the use of the balance represents this double action. the same arcanum is typified by the warning to the imprudent 53 dual cross in the pantacles of pythagoras and ezekiel: see the plate which appears at chapter 18 in the gdoctrine h, where the crosses equilibrate each other and the planetary signs are in permanent opposition. thus venus is the equilibrium of the works of mars; mercury moderates and fulfils the operations of the sun and moon. saturn balances jupiter. it was by means of this antagonism between the ancient gods that prometheus, that is to say, the genius of science, contrived to enter olympus and carry off fire from heaven. is it necessary to speak more cle

ual h. without the tarot the magic of the ancients is a closed book, and it is impossible to penetrate any of the great mysteries of the kabalah. the tarot alone interprets the magic squares of agrippa and paracelsus, as we may satisfy ourselves by forming these same squares with the keys of the tarot, and reading off the hieroglyphs thus collected. hereinafter follow the seven magical squares of the planetary genii according to paracelsus: 132 the ritual of transcendental magic the book of hermes 133 by casting up each column of these squares, you will obtain invariably the characteristic number of the planet, and, finding the explanation of this number by the hieroglyphs of the tarot, you proceed to seek the sense of all figures, whether triangular, square or cruciform, which you find to

RUBY TABLET OF SET

resent new material, and previously unpublished documents. whilst his work is absurdly convoluted from the setian black magical standpoint, one thing that cannot be doubted is the strength of zalewski's dedication and integrity. his enochian contributions are interesting in shedding a fresh perspective on the golden dawn techniques of skrying, and for their presentation of the heptarchia mystica, the planetary side of the enochian system which is often overlooked. j) robert turner- turner, a dee scholar, is noteworthy for having reprinted dee's papers on the planetary-based heptarchia mystica, along with convincing evidence that casaubon's (and most people since casaubon) plate of the holy table was reversed by a printer's error. his little book also contains an interesting biography of de

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

e impression of something more than temporary. we had another idea. we thought we could bless by our -14- thoughts the very material out of which arms are made" the description of the altar as a "natural talisman' by the world goodwill group also is significant. talisman is a term which means a stone, or other object, engraven with figures or characters to which is attributed (he occult powers of the planetary influences and celestial configurations under which it was made. altars "among the ancients, were generally made of turf or stone. usually in a cubical form. altars were erected long before temples."12 the shaft of light upon ihe altar in the meditation room casts a shadow to the north 'the use of the north as a symbol of darkness (i s. a portion of the old sun worship, of which we f

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

se manifestation. the downward projection could also be linked to an inverted letter w, meaning a nail. this suggests the nailed to the cross of matter putting it in rather grim terms, but terms which serve to show the parallel between cosmic and christian symbolism. being upside down, as the w is, it is a symbol of sacrifice or reflection-exemplified for example in the tarot card the hanged man. the planetary sign of the path of t, is l, a sign composed of the cross and the moon, and thus apt for linking twklm and dwsy. the full descent of the into matter is exemplified by the crucifixion, the beautiful naked hermaphrodite of dwsy on the t or cross of the thirty-second path. on the card we notice the female figure naked, except for a k-shaped scarf, dancing within a wreathed oval. her att

TELESMATA AND FLASHING TABLETS

planetary hour. rushed work gets rushed results. be patient, and you will derive maximum results. 7. talismans or magical symbols should be given a time limit. this time limit should be expressed in the consecration ceremony. when the time limit has expired, they should be carefully discharged and then destroyed. use the pentagram ritual- s.b.r.p. and the appropriate hexagram ritual according to the planetary or zodiacal nature. the above also includes a flashing tablet. warning: do not destroy a talisman without discharging it first. to throw a jupiter talisman in a fire is to cause severe torture to the forces employed in the talisman. these forces may later react upon you. 4 8. let the adept create a flashing tablet in two colors in proper proportion. one color should not dominate the

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

not on any relative moral scale. in essence, the ends justify the means. in such a relativistic theology, black magic is no lesser in moral standing than is white magic. black is white, bad is good, and all things are reversed. power is the ultimate aphrodisiac oh, how thrilling to the egomaniacal illuminati is the realization that they possess 32 codex magica and wield such awesome power within the planetary realm. power is addictive. former secretary of state and illuminati insider extraordinaire henry kissinger once smiled and confided "power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" to communicate ultra secret, coded, visual messages of an evil and conspiratorial nature to each other or to the whole group by way of the world's most influential media, with no fear of being reprimanded or of ever be

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

n that planet. eventually, the descendents of lemuria, the immigrant martians, had truly become space people, traveling independent of any planet in self-sustaining ships, moving through space wherever they chose. fry established understanding incorporated in 1955 as a means of better spreading the teachings of alan, who had told him that he had been chosen to act as the liaison between earth and the planetary members of the galactic confederation. the space people warned that humans must learn to live in peace, or they were likely to destroy themselves with nuclear power, thereby replicating the disaster t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d invaders from outer space 273 thespace people, according to fry, were descendents of the lost con

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an account of human actions to god after one passes from the physical plane. they cannot, however, interfere in any way with human free will, which always must make the choice between good and evil. in their capacity to help, though, these angels can be called upon to assist humans in various ways. it is these archangels, then, that the magi evoke in their ceremonies. accompanying the concept of the planetary spirits, or archangels, was something the egyptians called ghekau h or word of power. the word of power, when spoken, released a vibration capable of evoking spirits. the most powerful hekau for calling up a specific spirit in ceremonial magic is that spirit fs name. gto name is to define, h cried count cagliostro, a famous occultist of the eighteenth century. and, to the magi of the

prize, began as a skeptic and ended up a believer in astrology. astronomer gustaf stromberg (1882.1962) of the mount wilson observatory believed in the charts of astrology as well as the science of astronomy. french psychologist and statistician michael gauquelin (d. 1991) spent more than 30 years investigating astrology, exhaustive research that led him to give verification to the importance of the planetary positions at a person fs birth. british astronomer and fellow of the royal astronomical society percy seymour (1901.1980) set forth his theory that astrology is neither magical nor mystical.but in fact.magnetic. during world war ii (1939.1945, allied intelligence knew that adolf hitler (1889. 1945) and a number of his inner circle of the nazi high command, such as his deputy rudolf h

nscribed also within the circle were the seals of the spirits to be evoked. next, a triangle was drawn to the side of the magic circle, and it was in this triangle that the spirit would manifest. the magician then commenced with the conjuration, the first order of business being the evocation of the magician fs own guardian spirit. this was a further assurance of protection. then the evocation of the planetary spirit was attempted. still other rites demanded that the magician draw a circle containing solomon fs seal (star of david) with a rectangle superimposed over it, a cross within the center diamond formed by the seal. solomon fs seal was especially recommended for summoning air spirits. according to peter of abano (an occult author who lived from 1250 to 1318, this summoning should ta

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

e the most inconsistent concept the sumerians possesses with reference to the craft is the naming of the goddess as a deity, not of the moon (as the craft would have it, but of the planet venus. the moon was governed by a male divinity, nanna (like inanna but minus the initial 'i, and was considered the father of the gods by the earliest sumerian religion. it should be noted, however, that all of the planetary deities, termed "the zoned ones" or zonei in greek, and indeed all of the sumerian deities, had both male and female manifestations, showing that the sumerians definitely recognised a yin-yang composition if the universe (the "male moon" idea is, the editor is given to understand, common to so-called aryan mythologies. there is also evidence to show that every god and goddess also ha

ere is also evidence to show that every god and goddess also had both a good and an evil nature, and evil gods were banished in the exorcism formulae of that civilisation as well as the lesser forms of demon. the horned moon as mentioned, the god of the moon was called nanna by the sumerians. by the later sumerians and assyrians, he was called sin. in both cases, he was the father of the gods (of the planetary realm, the zonei, and was depicted as wearing horns, a symbol familiar to the witches as representative of their god. the horn shaped crown is illustrative of the crescent phases of the moon, and were symbolic of divinity in many cultures around the world, and were also thought to represent certain animals who were horned, and worshipped for their particular qualities, such as the go

ians, enki. further, the greek spelling of enki was ea, by which he is most commonly known in the european texts which treat of sumeriology. in the greek alphabet, ea would appear as ha. q.e.d: aum.ha betrays the essential sumerian character of that book. after the initial testimony, we come to the chapter entitles "of the zonei and their attributes, zonei is, of course a greek word and refers to the planetary, or heavenly bodies; for they are "zoned, i.e, having set courses and spheres. they are also known as such in the chaldean oracles. the 'spirits' or bodies that exist beyond the zonei are called the azonei, meaning "un-zoned. whether this refers to the so-called "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever t

ifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the whole name in cuneiform, was assume. grant made much of "the goddess fifteen" in his study of crowley's system as related to tantricism, without mentioning the name by which this goddess is quite well-known, or even mentioning her native country! after the chapter on zonei, we come to the "book of entrance" which is really a system of self-initiation into the planetary spheres and may have something to do with the planetary arrangement of the steps of the ziggurats of mesopotamia, which were seven storeyed mountains. not much is revealed to the potential candidate for initiation as to how these "gates" work, or what he might find there, save to say that the key of one gate lies in mastering the gate before it. the mad arab was either keeping a sacr

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

h kindliness and firmness, being on guard against their tricks. this being said, it is enough; for to have them is but the pains to call them forth from their homes. and the spirits of the elemental tablets given by dr. dee and sir edward kelly are the best, being very perfect in their nature and faithful, affectioning (sic) the human race. and if not so powerful as, they are less dangerous than, the planetary spirits; for these are more boisterous, and by distraction stars are easily perturbed and afflicted. call them therefore by the keys of enoch as is written in the book ye know of; and let there be after the calls an evocation by the wand; and let the marrow of the wand be preserved within the pyramids of the letters that make up the name of the spirit. now unless ye be well skilled i

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

that the meanings of the planets derive from long centuries of observation, or were grafted onto the planets from ancient myths. these were later considerations. in the begin- ning, the magi of persia observed seven wandering bodies, and applied to this set of elements a complete circle of meaning. the fundamental symbols reveal how this totality of meaning was divided among the seven elements of the planetary set. mars is the cross over the circle. in modern usage the cross has been changed to an arrow -symbol of will that suggests the fiery aspect of the planet. it is the mixed essence of the malleable yet substantial earth and the blazing sun. mars represents recklessness and force and is the symbol of con- quest. because it is an inversion of the natural order, the earth over the sun

re to fire; venus is of the nature of water; jupiter has the mediating qualities of air; and sat- urn has the coldness and heaviness of earth. two of the wandering bodies repre- sent opposite extremes of hot and cold, good and evil-the sun is the extreme of light, the moon is the extreme of shadow. the final ancient planet, mercury, is the balance of forces and best suited to occupy the center of the planetary hierarchy. anyone who has understood this basic exposition of the planetary glyphs will at once appreciate that other combined forms of the three basic symbols are pos- sible. in fact, there are six possible ways to combine the three symbols of sun, moon and earth. mercury is only one of the six. even though the five other mer- cury-variants have not been assigned planets in traditio

f the planet for which the day is named. no one can deny the sheer elegance of this system, which may, indeed, be the explanation for the order of the days of the week. however, an adherence to plan- etary hours is an unnecessary restriction of the powers of the magus. all planetary forces are equally effective at all times. if one believes the position of a planet (the physical representative of the planetary god-form) regulates its powers, that belief causes the planet's magic to be more potent when the planet is in a particular heav- enly position. for example, those times when a planet is at the zenith of the heav- ens, or rising above the horizon, or in a particularly harmonious sign of the zodiac, are considered more powerful than other times. the belief that the planets are allotted

xample, those times when a planet is at the zenith of the heav- ens, or rising above the horizon, or in a particularly harmonious sign of the zodiac, are considered more powerful than other times. the belief that the planets are allotted certain days of the week in which to act is a degeneration of the ancient belief that there was an astrological correspon- dence between the physical planets and the planetary gods. both views are false. all power stems from the mind of the magus, and this power is everywhere and always the same. this statement will not be acceptable to many people, but let the fools be foolish and the wise be wise. the truth was always understood by adepts of the highest attainment. it is written in the ancient magical manuscript of abramelin the mage: whenever ye shall s

can recognize and come to anticipate. there is no essential affiliation between helios and sunday. if the sun were ritually invoked and medi- tated upon each thursday, then thursday would become the day of helios for the magus. however, since the mind is so strongly governed by habit, it is useful to make habit work for the magus rather than to fight against it. in the human body, the microcosm, the planetary forces are represented by seven imaginary centers located along the axis of the spine. in the east these cen- ters are called chakras. they are found, roughly speaking, at the crown of the head, on the brow between and slightly above the eyes, at the pit of the throat, in the cen- ter of the chest near the heart, at the solar plexus, in the pit of the stomach just below the navel, an

er- cise, and states that it is far better for the student to work out such problems inde- pendently than to blindly accept the opinions of others. by mentally entering any of the chakras, the magus can experience the essence of the related planet with his or her senses from inside the planet. in effect, the white light of his or her spirit is refracted through a filter colored with the nature of the planetary being. each chakra is a filter of a different color corresponding to the planet and the sephiroth or sephirah to which it relates. if the magus chooses to enter the crown center he or she will feel a oneness with the light. the brow center will give a feeling of penetrating intellect and clarity of per- ception. the throat center causes a burgeoning of the subtle powers of intuition

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

the geomantic symbols painted in their appropriate colors, for these make perfect 'doors' through which the seer can pass. and while these symbols are also attributed to the elements, the visions acquired from the geomantic symbols using the names of the appropriate rulers and genii will be quite distinct in character from those of the tattwa cards. the hebrew letters, the tarot cards and sigils, the planetary and zodiacal signs, and sigils of every description may be used to yield the symbolic door to a subtle plane."144 the geomantic symbols are formed by randomly poking four rows of holes into the ground with a stick and counting up the number of holes in each row. an even number of holes results in two small marks that usually resemble stars or crosses, but an odd number of holes in a

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

classical texts on geometry-dee was famed for his brilliant introduction to the elements of euclid, and he was a skilled mathematician and geometer. each theorem of the monad involves the examination of a different symbolic aspect of a single geometric figure, which dee called the hieroglyphic monad, using its mathematical proportions as an aid to understanding. this curious symbol is similar to the planetary glyph of mercury, except that a dot has been added to the middle of the circle and the sign of aries attached to the bottom of the cross. for dee, the hieroglyphic monad represented in a graphic way the entire universe, which he believed might be understood by a close examination of the glyph's parts and proportions. he considered the work of supreme importance-it was dedicated to th

axis, and the horizontal axis. however, if we add a central point that interrupts the two axes and breaks them in the middle, to these three parts we can add the four l-shaped quarters of the figure for a total of seven possible forms (see illustration on opposite page. from the circle of the sun, the semicircle of the moon, the cross of the elements, and the sign of aries, dee forms all seven of the planetary glyphs, rightly observing that the glyphs of the planets are merely combinations of these basic symbols. for example, the sign of jupiter (3)is made up of the crescent of the moon over the cross of the earth. he makes the error, as it seems to me, of assuming that the sign of aries is an essential component of the planetary glyphs. i believe that the arrow in the glyph of mars is no

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

en and earth that our scholastic consciousness does not even suspect, and the science of alchemy is reborn when corroborating the transmutations of metals. the man and the woman must equilibrate their forces; they must become alchemists, so that they can return to the ain soph. circe offers the tempting cup and ulysses rejects her with his sword. in the sacred sign of the infinite are represented the planetary genie s brain, heart, and sex. this struggle is terrible, brain against sex, and sex against brain, and what is even more terrible is heart against heart. you know this. on the altars of the temples of the great white lodge the masters used to place three glasses of loria, three glasses of alchemy. each one of these three sacred glasees of the temple contains a precious balm: the red

ne solar consciousness, then life, light and heat will no longer occupy only the astronomical place of the sun, but the entire solar system will then shine like the sun. this is the case of the gigantic sun of antares, which is a million times more rarified than our sun. the light of the solar system of antares is not only concentrated in its sun, because each one of its planets has become a sun. the planetary humanities enjoy the solar consciousness; the outcome of this joy is the splendors of the solar system of antares. the ten sephiroth when speaking of the ten sephiroth, in reality, there are twelve. the ain soph is the eleventh, and the twelfth sephirah is its tenebrous antithesis within the abyss. these are twelve spheres, or universal regions, which mutually penetrate and interpene

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

and physical health. the late swiss scientist dr. hans jenny and his co-workers have been using sound frequencies in physical regeneration of certain organs of the body. at the turn of this century, the great christian qabalist dr. paul foster case said that in the future, humankind would re-discover the ancient pythagorean principles of healing through sound and color, and advised meditation on the planetary chakras in the body (which each have a different color) for maintenance of a healthy etheric body. the wonder-working pythagoreans also applied their understanding of number to astronomy, devising a system of nine concentric circles or spheres to represent the heavenly bodies. soon it came to be understood that the relationships existing in these heavenly planets had direct counterpa

ms which have of late become such a fascination in my life, since i have been working with the eight planetary squares for quite some time. i have discovered that planetary squares hold many hidden references to the tree of life through their numeric symbolism (called in qabalah, gematria. i stumbled upon the amazing technique of creating "flashing color tablets (to be explained in due course) of the planetary seals made from magical squares (or kameas) which have been used in the magical tradition since the renaissance. many of the renaissance scientists and philosophers have not been given proper credit for the depth of their perception of reality. kepler's analysis of the solar system was heavily influenced by his perception of the mystical influence of number, often describing god in g

said that mathematics and magic are so intimately connected that nothing successful could ever be achieved by the magician without a thorough understanding of numbers. the neo-platonic reasoning of his day intuited that numbers were the direct thoughts of a governing creator and geometry was the means whereby the true essences of number were first made manifest. this may have been the reason why the planetary squares were themselves considered talismans. a magic planetary square is an array of numbers arranged so that the sum of any row is equal to the sum of any column. they have been esteemed for their magical and mathematical properties for thousands of years in other traditions besides hermeticism, in places such as china, india, and the middle east. the planetary spirit of the magic

re regarded as "numerical illustrations of cosmic laws. every (ancient) structure was laid out according to one of the patterns which magic squares reveal (1969, p. 110. we will look briefly at some illustrations of this idea in later chapters. if this thesis is correct, then magical planetary squares date back very far indeed. this important revelation. that geometry is related to the numbers in the planetary squares.was also noted by the great occultist, eliphas levi, who said more than a century ago that they may have been influential in the construction of the ancient wonders of the world. these geometric forms are the basis of all talismanic magical work. modern advances in physics continue to give credibility to ancient beliefs, sometimes in amazing ways. one theory implies that in t

to encompass you, or you seem to pass through it. then you will be in the magical or imaginative landscape of the energy evoked by the telesmatic figure. you may then choose to just observe (but try not to become too passive) or you may want to dialogue with whatever kind of figure emerges. any talismanic design could be used for this purpose (for example, our lodge came up with the idea of using the planetary seals, although the flashing tablet effect works best if used with one or two pairs of complementary colors. you could start with simple designs such as this one, provided you are clear about the energy you are evoking (see chapter three for description of the basic types of tattwa images and other correspondences) these could later be incorporated into a larger, more comprehensive t

c energy through compensatory magical workings. if the student finds him or herself hampered by poor concentration or burdened with a negative outlook on life, he or she should try and remedy these deficiencies. this could be done in a variety of ways in the golden dawn tradition, but for our purposes the means employed are limited to the uses of talismanic art. in examining the charts related to the planetary chakras, the student should seek out specific characteristics he or she feels would correspond to aspects of the personality that could be more properly balanced. after several trial sessions of using talismanic art in this compensatory way, one should begin to sense a definite clearing in the mental and physical vehicles, as well as a strong feeling of grounding. any session of usin

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

of 3000 brethren. the present author is a past master of this lodge of literary freemasons. the four masters of ireland of the first half of the 17th century compiled a history of ireland from b.c 2242 to a.d. 1616. 58. magic squares were first known by the work of a greek, emanuel moscopulos, still existing in mss. of the 16th century in the national library of paris. cornelius agrippa then gave the planetary squares, which have been many times copied in subsequent books. from a more mathematical point of view, they have been much studied in france by m. bachet and m. frenicle, m. poignard of brussels and de la hire. m. de la loubere gives information of the use of magic squares by the indians of surat. to the number 4 belong the several forms of the cross, maltese, greek, passional, st

wledge, as an inscription at the temple of apollo at delphi shows, numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott where e i meant the sun and its nearest planet, i.e, sun and mercury; and mercury was often represented as a dog, following a sun man. the oracle of claros (macrobius, saturnalia, i. 18) said that ia (the gnostic deity) was the sun and the first and last of the planetary set, hence the 7 concentric spheres. duncan assigns these minerals and animals to the 7 heavenly bodies known to the ancient world and are as follows: table of planets, aniiimals and metals planet animal metal moon bull silver mercury serpent quicksilver venus dove, copper sun lion gold mars wolf iron jupiter eagle pewter saturn ass lead numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir

of seven are unknown. we acknowledge but five senses in man, but there are two more awaiting perception by process of evolution. these ten sephiroth are not only viewed as triads from above below, but are also imaged in three columns entitled the pillars of severity and mercy, with the median of benignity or mildness. but this scheme is not for this treatise, nor can the sephirotic alliance with the planetary symbols, the angelic host, the divine names and the book of thoth, or tarot be here described. these subjects present a mine of wisdom concealed in the rituals of the kabalistic chabrath zereh aur bokher, from whose parent stem the rosicrucian fraternities also may have arisen. these rituals contain a more complex scheme of the mediaeval occult symbolism than exists in any other form

WILLIAM WESCOTT THE CHALDEAN ORACLES OF ZOROASTER TRANSLATION

he was said to be of a fiery nature, his natural tendencies being active, energetic and fiery, for in the constitution of such a one the fiery ether predominates. and these ethers were stimulated, or endowed with a certain kind of vibration, by their presidents, the planets; these latter being thus suspended in orderly disposed zones. unto the planets, too, colour and sound were also attributed; the planetary colours are connected with the ethers, and each of the planetary forces was said to have special dominion over, or affinity with, one or other of the zodiacal constellations. communion with the hierarchies of these constellations formed part of the chald an theurgy, and in a curious fragment it is said "if thou often invokest it (the celestial constellation called the lion "then when

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

tting down a a: that is twice a together, which differ the word. which thou shalt note to the end of thy work: wheresoever thou shalt find two a's together the first is not to be plated within the name, but rather left with his inward power. thou shalt find 7 names proceeding from three general parts of the circumference" the actual order given in the manuscripts for these names is as follows: 10 the planetary association given above is at best an arbitrary one, and differs from the association given by regardie in the addendum to "the concourse of the forces" part 2. the association presented here is based on the association to the olympic planetary spirits hagith 4; och 1; phaleg 5; bethor 6; ophiel 3; aratron7; phul2. the order of the planets are taken from the tabula bonorum, though th

daughters (2) every daughter bringeth forth her daughter (3) every daughter her daughter bringeth forth a son (4) every son hath his son" from this, we can determine that further names can be extracted from the squares. in the manuscripts, the above quotations describe the archetypal figures who delivered the following names to dee and kelley. the filias bonitatis (delivered by 7 women in green: the planetary order is sometimes related to the metals that each angel held when they appeared to kelley. 15 the filii lucis (delivered by 7 men in white) the filiae filarum lucis (delivered by 7 wenches in white: 16 the fili filorum lucis (delivered by 7 boys in purple: concerning the next set of names at the center of the seal the angel uriel says "the next five names thou shalt dispose in their

k is to be left on top of the seal. 18 19 in all cases of astral and alchemical workings, the seal can be opened using the following ritual. in the dee manuscripts the seal was cited as colorless, but since the order uses the seal for wore direct ritual purposes, it could be colored in the sphere of yesod in the queen scale, with some of the characters in the complementary color. since levanel is the planetary angel situated in the center of the seal, and its controlling point, the whole seal colored in the purple of yesod does produce some startling effects in the ceremony. introduction to the ritual of opening the seal dei aerneth campbell's notes on this were very sketchy. they read as follows "garstin insisted that one stand in the east facing the west while invoking each name from the

ed into a composite name representing a king, prince, or governor. figure 51 shows a tablet made up from the first section of the bonorum. notice that planets are arranged in the same column-andrank format as in the elemental tablets. by use of this same formula, the astral planes of the bonorum can be projected into and studied by direct observation. a pyramid is formulated from each square from the planetary order, with no two pyramids being identical to each other in color. a typical truncated pyramid, with numbered sides, is shown in figure 52. the sides of each pyramid are colored as follows: 1. this is made up from the color of the planetary section you are working on, from the paths of the king scale, and has the sigil of the planet in the complementary color on it. 2. this is the c

y section you are working on, from the paths of the king scale, and has the sigil of the planet in the complementary color on it. 2. this is the color of the planet by way of column. 3. this is the color of the planet by way of rank. 4. this is the color of the element the planet is in. the truncated pyramid square, given in figure 53, shows the full pyrami d associations for baligon, the king of the planetary hour of venus. figures 54 through 58 are five examples of the construction of these pyramid tablets. the remaining two can easily be worked out and are left as an exercise. 91 92 93 94 95 96 egyptian god-forms of the bonorum over each pyramid square, an egyptian god-form rules in much the same manner as in the four elemental tablets [see our enochian magick: a practical manual for de

five examples of the construction of these pyramid tablets. the remaining two can easily be worked out and are left as an exercise. 91 92 93 94 95 96 egyptian god-forms of the bonorum over each pyramid square, an egyptian god-form rules in much the same manner as in the four elemental tablets [see our enochian magick: a practical manual for details eds. the allocation is designated by way of rank the planetary hours. note: each god-form is colored according to the pyramid square he or she represents, in exact proportion (complementary colors can also be used. sample egyptian god-forms are shown in figures 59 through 65. figures 66 through 72 show seven additional tablets generated from the tabula bonorum. each of these are taken from the name of the planetary king of the day, and each name

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