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ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

the sign of hubur lead by kingu. with haste they fled through the palace of death stopping only at the corpse of ishtar the beautiful queen mistress of the gods lady of all the harlots of ur bright shining one of the heavens beloved of enki lay hung and bleeding from a thousand fatal wounds. ereshkigal sensing their presence cried out. kugaaru armed with fire looked upon the queen of corpses with the ray of fire kalaturru armed with flame looked upon the queen of the graves with the rays of flame. and ereshkigal mighty in cutha turned her face upon the corpse of inanna sixty times they sprinkled the water of life of enki upon the corpse of ishtar sixty times they sprinkled the food of life of enki upon the corpse hung from a stake they directed the spirit of life inanna arose. the dark wat

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

knew him for one of their own* this christian teaching (not its qabalistic equivalent) is incomplete. the bride (the soul) is united, though only by marriage, with the son, who then presents her to the father and mother or holy spirit. these four then complete tetragrammaton. but the bride is never united to the father. in this scheme the soul can never do more than touch tiphareth and so receive the ray from chokmah. whereas even st. john makes his son say i and my father are one. and we all agree that in philosophy there can never be (in truth) more than one; this christian dogma says never less than four. hence its bondage to law and its most imperfect comprehension of any true mystic teaching, and hence the difficulty of using its symbols a.c. liber lviii 38 in spiritual dealings, the

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d as you say these words you imagine your love going forth to the east, like a great spreading ray of light; and first you think of all your friends, those whom you love, and suffuse them with your thoughts of love; and then you reflect upon all those innumerable beings in that eastern quarter whom you know not, to whom you are indifferent, but whom you should love, and you suffuse them also with the ray of your love; and lastly you reflect upon all those who are opposed to you, who are your enemies, who have done you wrongs, and these too, by an effort of will you suffuse with your love "till there is not one being in all that eastern quarter of the earth whom you have passed over, whom you have not suffused with thoughts of love with heart of love grown great, and mighty, and beyond all

the lodge is properly tiled. 8 this christian teaching (not its qabalistic equivalent) is incomplete. the bride (the soul) is united, though only be marriage, with the son, who then presents her to the father and mother or holy spirit. these four then complete tetragrammaton. but the bride is never united to the father. in this scheme the soul can never do more than touch tiphereth and so receive the ray from chokmah. whereas even st john makes his son say "i and my father are one" and we all agree that in philosophy there can never be (in truth) more than one; this christian dogma says "never less that four" hence its bondage to law and its most imperfect comprehension of any true mystic teaching, and hence the difficulty of using its symbols. it is consequently of the very last importanc

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incense of the temple. his ensign is the svastika.14 "goddess of the scale of the balance at the white pillar" is the name of the dadouchos, and she is thoum-aesh-neith, or perfection through fire manifesting upon the earth. the grade of neophyte "the opening" the officers and members being assembled the kerux proceeds to the right of the hierophant and facing west raises his wand, as a symbol of the ray of divine light from the white triangle of the three supernals, and cries "hekas, hekas, este, bebeloi!"15 250 in order to warn the evil and uninitiated to retire so that the triangle may be formulated upon the altar. the hierophant then calls upon all present to assist him in opening the hall of the neophytes, and bids the kerux see that the hall is properly guarded. 12 more fluidic. 13 o

tives, then sendeth he, as before said, a thought-ray from his spiritual consciousness, illuminated by his higher will, directly unto the part of his sphere of sensation or m. m. of the u.40 which is consonant with the symbol employed. there, as in a mirror, doth he perceive its properties as reflected from the macrocosmus shining forth into the infinite abyss of the heavens; thence can he follow the ray of 321 reflection therefrom, and while "concentrating his united "consciousness" at that point of his sphere of sensation, can receive the "direct reflection" of the ray from the macrocosmus. but if instead of concentrating at that actual point of the sphere of sensation, and thus receiving the "direct ray" as then reflected into his thought, and uniting himself with the ray of his thought

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d believed him far from that place. but taking my hand 59 he drew me not without pain into the ark. here (quoth he) forget all that thou hast seen and heard; for in this ark they are not lawful. so i obeyed him, else i had drawn after me the raft that had brought me hither. then he questioned me, saying: what lieth above the ark? and i answered him: the house of the silver ray, that is lighted by the ray of gold "he" how many roofs hath the ark "i" one "he" thou must pass through this one. yet thou lookest eagerly upon the four walls of the ark "i" i seek a door "he" the door is in the roof "i" lead me to it, i pray thee "he" fix thine eyes upon it "i" sir, i will. yet i pray thee to tell me thy name "he" thou didst know it of old, didst thou not "i" the son of the mountain "he" the stone

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

ields power on all the rays. the sixth initiation marks the point of attainment of the christ, and brings the synthetic ray of the system under his control. we need to remember that initiation gives the initiate power on the rays, and not power over the rays, for this marks a very definite difference. every initiate has, of course, for his primary or spiritual ray one of the three major rays, and the ray of his monad is the one on which he at length gains power. the love ray, or the synthetic ray of the system, is the final one achieved. those who pass away from the earth after the fifth initiation, or those who do not become masters in physical incarnation, take their subsequent initiations elsewhere in the system. all are- 12- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust in the

hrist for the welfare of christianity; other masters hold similar posts in relation to the great oriental faiths, and the various occidental schools of thought. in the department of the mahachohan a large number of masters, in fivefold division, work in connection with the deva evolution, and with the intelligence aspect in man. their divisions follow those of the four minor rays of attribute: 1. the ray of harmony or beauty. 2. the ray of concrete science or knowledge. 3. the ray of devotion or abstract idealism. 4. the ray of ceremonial law or magic, just as the three departmental heads represent the three major rays of: i. will or power. ii. love or wisdom. iii. active intelligence, or adaptability. the four rays or attributes of mind, with the third ray of intelligence, as synthesised

is error, to work out the retributive karma, and then to reinstate him in their regard and respect when due amends have been made. all people do not develop exactly along the same or parallel lines, and therefore no hard or fast rules can be laid down as to the exact procedure at each initiation, or as to just what centres are to be vivified, or what vision is to he accorded. so much depends upon the ray of the disciple, or his development in any particular direction (people do not usually develop evenly, upon his individual karma, and also upon the exigencies of any special period. this much can be suggested, however: at the first initiation, that of the birth of the christ, the heart centre is the one usually vivified, with the aim in view of the more effective controlling of the astral

isters the third initiation. why has this become possible? because now the fully consecrated physical body can safely bear the vibrations of the two other bodies when they return to its shelter from the presence of the king; because now the purified astral and controlled mental can safely stand before that king. when purified and controlled they stand and for the first time consciously vibrate to the ray of the monad, then with prepared bodies can the ability to see and hear on all the planes be granted and achieved, and the faculty of reading and comprehending the records be- 51- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust safely employed, for with fuller knowledge comes added power. the heart is now sufficiently pure and loving, and the intellect sufficiently stable to stand t

and the adaptation of force in the wise furthering of the ends of evolution. when this has reached a certain stage, the units forming the groups have learned to work together, and have thus stimulated each other; they can now proceed to a further expansion of knowledge, resulting in a further capacity to help. at the third initiation there is revealed to the initiate the purpose of the subray of the ray to which he belongs, that upon which his ego finds itself. all egoic units are upon some subray of the monadic ray. this knowledge is conferred upon the initiate so as to enable him eventually to find for himself (along the line of least resistance) the ray of his monad. this subray bears upon its stream of energy many groups of egos, and the initiate is therefore made aware not only of hi

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

is dominant characteristic, and the sign of his place in cosmic evolution. this threefold fire may be expressed in ray terms as follows: first, we have the animating fires of the solar system, which are the fires of the primordial ray of active intelligent matter; these constitute the energy of brahma, the third aspect of the logos. next are to be found the fires of the divine ray of love-wisdom, the ray of intelligent love, which constitutes the energy of the vishnu aspect, the second aspect logoic. 4(4) finally are to be found the fires of the cosmic mental plane, which are the fires of the cosmic ray of will. they might be described as the rays of intelligent will and are the manifestation of the first aspect logoic, the mahadeva aspect.5(5) therefore we have three cosmic rays manifesti

ray of intelligent love, which constitutes the energy of the vishnu aspect, the second aspect logoic. 4(4) finally are to be found the fires of the cosmic mental plane, which are the fires of the cosmic ray of will. they might be described as the rays of intelligent will and are the manifestation of the first aspect logoic, the mahadeva aspect.5(5) therefore we have three cosmic rays manifesting: the ray of intelligent activity. this is a ray of a very demonstrable glory, and of a higher point- 24- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust of development than the other two, being the product of an earlier mahakalpa, or a previous solar system.:6(6) it embodies the basic vibration of this solar system, and is its great internal fire, animating and vitalising the whole, and penetr

opyright 1998 lucis trust of development than the other two, being the product of an earlier mahakalpa, or a previous solar system.:6(6) it embodies the basic vibration of this solar system, and is its great internal fire, animating and vitalising the whole, and penetrating from the centre to the periphery. it is the cause of rotary motion, and therefore of the spheroidal form of all that exists. the ray of intelligent love. this is the ray which embodies the highest vibration of which our solar logos or deity is capable in this present solar system. it is not yet vibrating adequately nor has it yet attained the peak of its activity. it is the basis of the cyclic spiral movement of the body logoic, and just as the law of economy is the law governing the internal fires of the system so the

ation of which our solar logos or deity is capable in this present solar system. it is not yet vibrating adequately nor has it yet attained the peak of its activity. it is the basis of the cyclic spiral movement of the body logoic, and just as the law of economy is the law governing the internal fires of the system so the cosmic law of attraction and repulsion is the basic law of this divine ray. the ray of intelligent will. little as yet can be said about this ray. it is the ray of cosmic mind and in its evolution parallels that of cosmic love, but as yet its vibration is slower and its development more retarded. this is definitely and deliberately so, and is due to the underlying purpose and choice of the solar logos, who seeks on his high level (just as do his reflections, the sons of m

ysical plane in connection with man to the akasha and its fivefold manifestation on the plane of the solar system. this fire is the basic vibration of the little system in which the monad or human spirit is the logos, and it holds the personality or lower material man in objective manifestation thus permitting the spiritual unit to contact the plane of densest matter. it has its correspondence in the ray of intelligent activity and is controlled by the law of economy in one of its subdivisions, the law of adaptation in time. 2. there is next the fire or spark of mind which is the correspondence in man to solar fire. this constitutes the thinking self-conscious unit or the soul. this fire of mind is governed by the law of attraction as is its greater correspondence. later we can enlarge on

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

in the head (and all are found within a comparatively small area) are the symbols in physical matter of the three great aspects manifesting as the seven. as the aspirant therefore assumes the position of the ruler of the senses and as the analyser of all his sense perceptions, he gradually becomes more mentally concentrated, and the advanced yogi can identify himself at any moment with any one of the ray energies to the exclusion where- 49- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust desired of the others. the student is warned not to imagine that this "gracious peace" can be achieved through definite meditation upon any specific sense. through an understanding of the laws of creation and of sound, through a consideration of the sounding board of the mouth and the method whereby speec

with the control of the psychic nature. it is important to emphasise this. these seven ways have a direct relation to the four initiations of the threshhold, for there is no major initiation for any son of god who has not achieved a measure of psychic peace. students will find it of interest to work out these seven ways to peace in relation to one or other of the seven rays, assigning the way to the ray wherever it seems to them appropriate. 40. thus his realisation extends from the infinitely small to the infinitely great, and from annu (the atom or speck) to atma (or spirit) his knowledge is perfected. this translation does not adhere to the exact sanskrit terms. it conveys nevertheless the exact meaning of the original which is the one thing of vital importance. an old verse from one o

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

l; some react to their surroundings mentally rather than emotionally "the point on which to seek illumination is whether the path for some is not to serve because they know rather than love god, who, after all, is but their innermost selves. is this not the path of the occultist and of the sage rather than of the mystic and the saint? when all is said and done, is it not a question, primarily, of the ray one is on and the master under whom one serves one's apprenticeship? is not true knowledge a species of intellectual love? if a poet can pen an ode to intellectual beauty why may not we express appreciation of a unity that is conceived of the head rather than of the heart? hearts are well enough in their way but they are not suited to the world's rough usage "can one do aught but accept hi

bringing the personality under the peculiar racial thought form. the sub-ray on which a man is found, that minor ray which varies from incarnation to incarnation, largely gives him his coloring for this life. it is his secondary hue. forget not, the primary ray of the monad continues through the aeon. it changes not. it is one of the three primary rays that eventually synthesise the sons of men. the ray of the ego varies from round to round, and, in more evolved souls, from race to race, and comprises one of the five rays of our present evolution. it is the predominating ray to which a man's causal body vibrates. it may correspond to the ray of the monad, or it may be one of the complementary colours to the primary. the ray of the personality varies from life to life, till the gamut of th

be one of the complementary colours to the primary. the ray of the personality varies from life to life, till the gamut of the seven sub-rays of the monadic ray has been passed through. therefore, in dealing with people whose monads are on a similar or complementary ray it will be found that they approach each other sympathetically. we must remember however that evolution must be far advanced for the ray of the monad to influence extensively. so the majority of cases come not under this category. with average advanced men, who are struggling to approximate themselves to the ideal, similarity of the egoic ray will produce mutual comprehension, and friendship follows. it is easy- 67- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust for two people on the same egoic ray to comprehend each

r perception which comes from the experience undergone on the mount of illumination is a different thing to the joy experienced on the mount of blessing. the heart leads in the one, the head leads in the other. to answer categorically: the path of knowledge is that of the occultist and the sage; that of love is that of the mystic and the saint. the head or the heart approach is not dependent upon the ray, for both ways must be known; the mystic must become the occultist; the white occultist has been the saintly mystic. true knowledge is intelligent love, for it is the blending of the intellect and the devotion. unity is sensed in the heart; its intelligent application to life has to be worked out through knowledge. it is of prime value to recognize the tendency of the life purpose, and to

ries. i realise that the teaching given here is both deep and abstruse, but it is needed for the few, and their numbers will increase as time elapses. the complexity of the subject is also increased by the fact that each ray holds within its teaching a different approach and a different method for those souls who are found responsive to its peculiar impulse. i give here the seven keys for each of the ray methods. these can be studied in relation to the above tabulations and in connection with the four words we have been considering. we must- 165- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust remember that 'to will' is the prerogative of spirit 'to know' is the function of the soul 'to dare' is the duty of the personality, and 'to be silent' is the ultimate dharma or destiny of the m

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

copyright 1962 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1990 by lucis trust synopsis of a treatise on the seven rays volume i section one i. introductory remarks ii. certain questions and answers iii. ten basic propositions section two i. the seven creative builders the seven rays ii. the rays and the kingdoms in nature iii. the rays and man iv. some tabulations on the rays volume ii i. the egoic ray ii. the ray of the personality i ii. humanity today volume iii i. the zodiac and the rays- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust ii. the nature of esoteric astrology iii. the science of triangles iv. the sacred and non-sacred planets v. the three major constellations vi. the three crosses vii. the rays, constellations and planets volume iv i. the basic causes of disease ii. the basic requirements for healing

time, so will be the quality of the civilisation, the type of forms which will make their appearance in the kingdoms of nature, and the consequent stage of awareness (the state of consciousness) of the human beings who are carried into form life in that particular era. these embodied lives (again in all four kingdoms) will be responsive to the peculiar vibration, quality, colouring and nature of the ray in question. the ray in manifestation will affect potently the three bodies which constitute the personality of man, and the influence of the ray will produce changes in the mind content and the emotional nature of the man and determine the calibre of the physical body. i am aware, therefore, that in giving out this relatively new teaching upon the rays i may, in my endeavour to shed fresh

ities emerging from the three aspects and determining the forms of expression on the physical plane, but we shall have a practical method of analysis whereby we can arrive at a right understanding of ourselves as ensouling entities, and at a wiser comprehension of our fellowmen. when, through our study, we ascertain for instance that the tendency of our soul ray is that of will or power, but that the ray governing the personality is that of devotion, we can more truly gauge our opportunity, our capacities and our limitations; we can more justly determine our vocation and service, our assets and our debits, our true value and strength. when we can add to that knowledge an analysis which enables us to realise that the physical body is reacting preeminently to the soul ray, whilst the emotion

. he was constantly reminding the people that he was not what he appeared to be, neither was he the father in heaven, and he is ever referred to by those who know and love him in terms of quality. he demonstrated to us the quality of the love of god, and in himself he embodied not only that which he had evolved of the seven ray qualities, but also as do few of the sons of god a basic principle of the ray of the solar logos himself, the quality of love. this we shall study more closely when we take up the consideration of the second ray of love-wisdom. the seven rays are therefore embodiments of seven types of force which demonstrate to us the seven qualities of deity. these seven qualities have consequently a sevenfold effect upon the matter and forms to be found in all parts of the univer

ty-appearance. he colours his appearance with his quality and animates it with his life. because all appearances are expressions of quality and the lesser is included in the greater, every form in nature and every human being is found upon one or other of the seven qualifying rays and his appearance in a phenomenal form is coloured by the quality of his basic ray. it is qualified predominantly by the ray of the particular life upon whose emanation he issued forth, but it will include also in a secondary measure the six other ray types. let us therefore posit as a symbolical analogy the fact of a central life (extraneous and outside our solar system yet within it during the process of manifestation) which decides within itself to take a material form and to incarnate. a vortex of force is s

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

ly mistake is in the realm of time, for they affirm prematurely that which some day they will be. when initiation becomes possible, it indicates that two great groups of energies (those of the triple integrated personality and those of the soul or solar angel) are beginning to fuse and blend. the energy of the soul is beginning to dominate and to control the lower types of force, and according to the ray of the soul so will be the body in which that control will begin to make its presence felt. this will be elaborated later in the section dealing with the rays as they govern the various bodies, mental, emotional and physical. it should be remembered that very little egoic control need be evidenced when the first initiation is taken. that initiation indicates simply that the germ of soul li

of the individualisation process and functioning increasingly as the solar angel, because focussed primarily in the inner spiritual body. awareness of the presence is thus steadily developed. this fact merits the deep study and meditation of all disciples. as the three rays which govern the lower triplicity blend and synthesise and produce the vital personality, and as they in their turn dominate the ray of the dense physical body, the lower man enters into a prolonged condition of conflict. gradually and increasingly, the soul ray "the ray of persistent and magnetic grasp, as it is occultly called, begins to become more active; in the brain of the man who is a developed personality, an increased awareness of vibration is set up. there are many degrees and stages in this experience, and th

him and through him the energies of the two rays pour and conflict. gradually, as the battle continues to rage, he becomes a more active factor, and drops the attitude of the detached and uninterested onlooker. when he is definitely aware of the issues involved, and definitely throws the weight of his influence, desires, and mind on to the side of the soul, he can take the first initiation. when the ray of the soul focusses itself fully through him, and all his centres are controlled by that focussed soul ray, then he becomes the transfigured initiate, and takes the third initiation. the ray of the personality is occultly "extinguished" or absorbed by the ray of the soul, and all the potencies and attributes of the lower rays become subsidiary to and colored by the soul ray. the disciple

elf-assertive man, the personal self. 3. the personality rays then become one ray and in their turn become subservient to the dual ray of the soul. again, therefore, three rays are blended and fused. 4. the soul rays dominate the personality and the three become again the one, as the dual ray of the soul and the blended ray of the personality vibrate to the measure of the highest of the soul rays the ray of the soul's group, which is ever regarded as the true egoic ray. 5. then, in time, the soul ray begins (at the third initiation) to blend with the ray of the monad, the life ray. the higher initiate is therefore a dual and not a triple expression. 6. in time, however, this realised duality gives place to the mysterious, indescribable process called identification which is the final stage

three lower kingdoms, becomes focussed in the fourth kingdom in nature, the human, through the agency of a "cycle of crisis, and becomes subjected to the influence of soul energy in one of the seven ray aspects. the quality of the form aspect, as- 12- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust embodied in the personality and expressed by the phrase "the ray of the personality, becomes subject to the quality of the egoic ray. those two great influences play upon and affect each other, interacting all the time, producing modifications and changes until, slowly and gradually, the ray of the personality becomes less dominant, and the ray of the soul steadily assumes prominence. eventually it will be the soul ray that will be expressed, and not th

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

at businessmen and organisers of all kinds. executives are found with these energies in their equipment. however, only when a man is highly developed and nearing the path of discipleship is it possible for the esoteric student accurately to surmise what his ray may be. people of all kinds and professions are found on all the rays. the conflict in a disciple's life is found to lie in the fact that the ray of his soul and the ray of his integrated personality are posed against each other. at- 4- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust the same time, his emotional nature, his mental equipment and his physical brain are also controlled by some one or other of the rays and in this fivefold relationship lies hid much of the problem of the evolving human being. the tibeta

so you are. but not as often as you think. it is so easy for aspirants to confound the second ray vibration as it expresses itself through a second ray group such as my group of disciples with my individual vibration. disciples need to train themselves to distinguish: 1. the vibration of the second ray of love-wisdom. 2. the vibration of the master m. or the master k.h. should they happen to use the ray vibration for purposes of stimulating a group. 3. my vibration, which is naturally strongly coloured by the second ray. 4. the vibration of a second ray group which is an aggregate of all the notes and tones of the disciples in the group. 5. the vibration of advanced second ray disciples. this can at times be confused with mine- 87- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 luci

se of all aspirants thus conditioned mentally, the paramount cause of their non-magnetic behaviour, using that word in its psychological implications. i would remind you that being non-magnetic at your stage of development means that (even though you may have some measure of soul contact) you cannot radiate that soul life to others as you would like to do, for your dominant fifth ray mental body (the ray of concrete science, as you know) is insulated, isolated and has a natural tendency to that discrimination which leads to separativeness. the reverse effect is also true. the radiation of others can be also shut off and hence your inability to register telepathic impressions. the value of a fifth ray mind is however very great, for it means a keen and useful mind and (ponder on this) an op

ask this life is to make this possible so that, in your next life, you can have an astral body conditioned by the second ray. your ability to go forward in the face of obstacles in order to attain your ideal is your outstanding asset, and one that will land you eventually at your goal. your major difficulty, at this time, is your fifth ray mind. is this not true, my brother? you have a third ray (the ray of intelligent activity) physical body. this is largely controlled, interiorly, by your fifth ray mind. again you see the dominance of this type of energy in your equipment of expression. your rays are, therefore: 1. the soul ray the third ray of active intelligence. 2. the personality ray the sixth ray of devotion. 3. the ray of the mind the fifth ray of concrete science. 4. the ray of th

dy. this is largely controlled, interiorly, by your fifth ray mind. again you see the dominance of this type of energy in your equipment of expression. your rays are, therefore: 1. the soul ray the third ray of active intelligence. 2. the personality ray the sixth ray of devotion. 3. the ray of the mind the fifth ray of concrete science. 4. the ray of the astral body the sixth ray of devotion. 5. the ray of the physical body the third ray of activity. this analysis should throw much light upon your problem for you will note the dominance of the third major ray and the sixth minor ray of devotion. january 1938 my brother: i have earlier indicated to you the point of view from which i personally gauge the capacity and growth of the group and from that angle i am pleased with the progress you

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

re usually five dominant ray energies active at any time) coming into play: 1. those energies which are passing out of manifestation, as the sixth ray of devotion is at this time passing out. 2. those energies which are coming into manifestation or incarnation, as the seventh ray of ceremonial order is at this time emerging into expression. 3. those energies which are at any given time expressing the ray type of the bulk of the manifesting humanity. today these ray types are predominantly the second and the third. relatively large numbers of first ray egos are also to be found acting as focal points for certain first ray forces. 4. those energies which are today being invoked as the result of human need and human demand for succour. this demand curiously enough remains largely in the realm

diate future and which must inevitably lead to definite and tangible happenings. any deep student of human affairs could follow the same line of reasoning and come to approximately the same conclusions, provided he loved his fellowmen enough to see them truly as they were and allow, consequently, for the appearance of the unexpected. and, secondly, what i may say to you is based on a knowledge of the ray influences which are at this time so powerfully and effectively affecting humanity and its coming civilisation and culture. i would ask you, therefore, to read what i have to say with an open mind; i would beg you to relate my words to present world conditions and to see, emerging from the realms of subjectivity- 15- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust those forces and po

and ancient religious form which was existent and potently alive in that part of the world for many centuries. in spite of these facts, the higher and more living energy of the seventh ray is the most active at this time and its resultant idealism and consequent new age concepts are playing upon the sensitive minds of the race and preparing humanity for a great and much needed change. the work of the ray of ceremonial order is to "ground" or make physically visible the results of bringing spirit and matter together. its function is to clothe spirit with matter, producing form. 2. the nations and the rays. in connection with this discussion which governs and influences the leading nations of the world, the student should bear in mind the fact that all are today primarily conditioned by the

nd the elucidation of the things of the spirit, then they will carry revelation to the world. when their egoic ray dominates the third ray and when the separative action of the fifth ray is transmuted into the revealing function of this ray, then france will enter into a period of new glory. her empire will then be of the mind and her glory of the soul. it is obvious that the governing faculty of the ray of will or power is the outstanding characteristic of great britain. england is an exponent of the art of control and her function has been to produce the first tentative grouping of federated nations the world has seen and to demonstrate the possibility of such a grouping. the united states is doing a somewhat similar thing and is fusing the nationals of many nations into one federated st

ssociated in its form aspect with brazil, russia and italy; hence the early influx of certain types of emigrants into the country and hence also the pull of the south american countries upon the american consciousness, and the growth (rightly or wrongly) of the ideal of pan-america. these relations are all on the form side and emerge out of the personality rays or energy of the nations concerned. the ray of love or inclusiveness, the ray of active intelligence showing itself so predominantly in the electrical civilisation of modern times, and the fifth ray of exact science are all potently active at this time, for they are all pouring their energies onto our planetary life. the incoming seventh ray of order is surely, even if slowly, imposing order and a new rhythm of life upon mankind. th

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

ecomes actuated by the energy of the idea, vitalised by the recognition of the soul, and the idea then takes its first real step towards embodiment. an ideal is only an embodied idea. these are the first steps towards materialisation. embodiment becomes possible. thus illusion is produced. v. distortion now sets in. this is brought about by various causes. these might be enumerated as follows: 1. the ray type of the ego colours the man's interpretation of the idea. it colours the emerging thoughtform. symbolically speaking, the pure light is changed into coloured light. the idea is then "clothed with colour, and thereby the first veil descends" 2. the point in evolution which the man has reached has also its effect, plus the quality of the integration existing between the three aspects of

ed thoughtform. c. the wrong material consequently attracted for the building of the thoughtform. d. a shifting focus of attention, owing to the dimness of the seen ideal. e. the rapport of the mind, with the sensed idea, is not stable. 3. the quality of the development of the mental body of the disciple produces the next "veiling" of the idea, as it is called. the idea has become changed through the ray colouring of the soul, and now a still more distorting change is brought about by the ray type of the mental body itself, which may be, and usually is, different to that of the soul ray. these are the second steps towards materialisation. the form of the embodiment is qualified. thus illusion is produced. vi. this illusion demonstrates in seven ways usually: 1. through wrong perception of

. right perception is therefore essential for each mind, functioning correctly. aspirants must learn to distinguish between: a. an idea and an ideal. b. between that which is embodied, that which is in process of being embodied, and that which is awaiting disintegration. c. between that which is constructive and that which is destructive. d. between the old and the new forms and ideas. e. between the ray ideas and forms as they colour the higher presentations. f. between ideas and thoughtforms, and between those which are purposely created by the hierarchy and those which are created by humanity. g. between racial thoughtforms and group ideas. i could list many more differentiations, but the above will suffice to show the need for right perceptions, and to indicate the roots of the prevale

lay between these two which when a point of balance has been achieved sweeps the man on to the probationary path, on to the path of discipleship, and right up to the gate of initiation. there, standing before the gate, he recognises the final duality which awaits resolution. the dweller on the threshold and the angel of the presence. the nature of these glamours differs with different people, for the ray quality determines the type of glamour or illusion to which a man will easily succumb, and that kind of glamour which he will the most easily create. disciples have to learn to differentiate between: 1. the glamours or glamour already existent in his environment, to which he will easily be attracted, or which he will easily attract, for they constitute the line of least resistance. 2. the

e. disciples have to learn to differentiate between: 1. the glamours or glamour already existent in his environment, to which he will easily be attracted, or which he will easily attract, for they constitute the line of least resistance. 2. the glamour that he creates as he tackles life through the medium of a particular equipment, which is coloured by the experiences of past incarnations, and by the ray quality under which he has come into being. this subject is so intricate that it will serve no useful purpose for me to go into detailed particulars. i can indicate the major glamours (and under this term i include the various maya and illusions) to which the ray types predispose the man. if you then apply these to the three vehicles of manifestation as well as to the personality and the s

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

divine plan- 52- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust to that knowledge germinated and formed in the solar system previous to this they add that which the present solar system has to give and to mature; the magnetic attractiveness of the second ray of love-wisdom in one of its three major forms or rays of aspect, implemented by the four rays of attribute. this power to use the ray energies to attract and impress the constantly expanding revelation is the clue to all the work going forward today, and to this activity we give the name of the science of impression. it involves the constant opening up of a new environment an environment which reaches all the way from the lowest grade of daily living, undertaken by the least developed of human beings, to that point upon

es and are, therefore, finally conditioned by the three major energies to which i- 76- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust referred earlier in this section. i do not feel it to be necessary to enlarge upon this basic relation; it is that which integrates the human soul into the vast general whole and makes the individual an intrinsic part of the sum total. the centres and the ray energies there is one aspect of the science of impression upon which i have not yet touched and that is the place of the centres as focal points, as transmitters or as agencies for the seven ray energies. it is known to esotericists that each of the seven centres comes under the influence or is the recipient of some ray energy, and there is a general acceptance of the fact that the head ce

of second ray energy of love-wisdom, whilst the third ray of active creative intelligence passes through and energises the throat centre. these rays of aspect do find expression through the three centres above the diaphragm, and on the larger scale through shamballa, the hierarchy and humanity. it is, however, equally true that shamballa is primarily second ray as it is expressed, because that is the ray of the present solar system of which shamballa is a part; and that the first ray, or its dynamic life aspect, is focused in the heart, for the heart is the centre of life. the great centre which we call humanity is predominantly governed by the third ray of active intelligence. this ray energy arrives at the throat centre via the head and the heart centres. i am pointing this out for two r

the three planetary centres. i would have you ponder on this statement for it has practical value. 3. the monad, as you know, is to be found on the cosmic second etheric level, called the monadic plane. when the antahkarana has been built, then cosmic etheric substance can be slowly substituted for the ordinary and familiar etheric substance which "substands" the dense physical body of a man. 4. the ray upon which the monad is to be found one of the three major rays and, therefore, related to one of the three major centres conditions: a. the disciple's absorption into one of the three departments of hierarchical work, i.e, a first ray soul will go normally into such an ashram as that of the master m. in the department of the manu; a second ray disciple will pass into a second ray ashram s

e made when the etheric body has in it an adequate measure of the substance of the lowest of the cosmic ethers, the buddhic substance; this is basic for all, on all the rays, for at the end of the age, when cosmic etheric substance composes the etheric vehicles of the initiate, the three rays become the two rays, and later another absorption takes place into the second ray of love-wisdom which is the ray of our present solar system. you can see, therefore, what conditioning factors the various energies become when appropriated and used, and how their substance, or rather the presence of certain energies in the etheric body of the personality, are essential before certain initiations can be taken. the theme is too complex to be enlarged upon here, but i would ask you to consider with care t

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

efore: 1. linked with every other planetary life. 2. animated by energy pouring into it from the seven solar systems, of which ours is one. 3. actuated by three streams of force: a. coming from solar systems other than our own. b. our own solar system- 16- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust c. our own planetary life. proposition two each one of the ray lives is the recipient and the custodian of energies coming from 1. the seven solar systems. 2. the twelve constellations. proposition three it is the quality of a ray life manifesting in time and space which determines the phenomenal appearance. before we penetrate further into the consideration of our theme, i would like to emphasise two points: first of all, that we are considering esot

8 lucis trust 3. solar plexus centre. 1. throat centre. ii. 2. heart centre. 3. ajna centre. 1. ajna centre. iii. 2. head centre. 3. centre in the medulla oblongata. unfortunately the organising principle is not as simple as the above tabulation would make it appear, for the emphasis, the focus and the mode of arranging and of vitalisation, and the appearance of these esoteric triangles vary with the ray type. this science of triangles of energy underlies the new esoteric science both in astrology and in the science of laya-yoga or the science of the centres. both this ancient yoga and the still more ancient astrological science have now to be studied upon a higher turn of the spiral. up till the present time, the teaching about the centres has been inherited from atlantean times and couch

ii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust "it would repay the student to contemplate the interesting succession of triangles that are to be found and the way in which they must be linked by the progression of the fire before that fire can perfectly vivify them, and thence pass on to other transmutations. we might enumerate some of these triangles, bearing always in mind that, according to the ray, so will proceed the geometric rising of the fire, and according to the ray, so will the points be touched in ordered sequence. herein lies one of the secrets of initiation, and herein are found some of the dangers entailed in a too quick publication of information concerning the rays. 1. the pranic triangle. a. the shoulder centre. b. the centre near the diaphragm. c. the spleen. 2. man c

ray and as the present first ray types are expressing themselves through personalities which are on all the rays, i would simply ask you to consider what i have to say from the angle of character effects, of problems presented and of quality unfolded. it is well-nigh impossible to be more explicit until such time as the science of the rays has been further developed; the astrologer must ascertain the ray type before he will be able to cast the adequate horoscope of the soul. my remarks are therefore general and not specific and are universal and not particular. i impose no doctrine. i indicate phases of speculation which might prove illuminating and fruitful. aries is one of the constellations of the cardinal cross of the heavens. this is the cross of god, the father, and, therefore, of th

frequently when the ruler of a sign is given as the sun or the moon i shall speak of one of the hidden planets, uranus or vulcan. these are interchangeable in their use and it is difficult to tell to which the esoteric planet refers unless you have been told. hence my above reference to uranus. in connection with aries, which expresses or is the agent primarily of the first ray of will or power, the ray of the destroyer, it should be stated that first ray energy comes from the divine prototype in the great bear, that it becomes transmuted into the force and activity of the planetary logos of the first ray, and works out as his triple activity under the guidance of the three ruling planets mars, mercury and uranus. mars embodies sixth ray force which leads to idealism, destructive fanatici

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

s of healing which govern the "work of restitution (as it is called in the occult terminology) as practiced by the initiates of the world. these determine the techniques which must be employed. you will note that these methods and techniques are conditioned by the rays (of which i have written elsewhere*(1) and that therefore the healer has to take into consideration not only his own ray but also the ray of the patient. there are therefore seven ray techniques, and these require elucidation before they can be applied intelligently. in the third place, i shall lay emphasis upon psychological healing and upon the need to deal with the patient in his inner life, for the basic law underlying all occult healing may be stated to be as follows: law i all disease is the result of inhibited soul li

venth ray. b ase of the self-interest. h eart diseases. white magic. organisation. s pine pure selfishness. t umors. black magic. please remember in studying this tabulation that it is a generalisation, and only a partial listing of the types of disease which can be the result of the inflow of energy. it is only intended to be suggestive; the complexity of the human equipment and the intricacy of the ray energies are such that no hard and fast rules can be laid down. the ray forces manifest differently, according to ray type and point in evolution. there is therefore no contradiction here to the previous tabulations. if you bear in mind that every human being is basically an expression of five ray forces- 32- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis tr

energies are such that no hard and fast rules can be laid down. the ray forces manifest differently, according to ray type and point in evolution. there is therefore no contradiction here to the previous tabulations. if you bear in mind that every human being is basically an expression of five ray forces- 32- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the ray of the soul, 2. the ray of the personality, 3. the ray governing the mental body, 4. the ray governing the astral equipment, 5. the ray of the physical nature, it will become apparent that for the average person two such tabulations would have to be drawn up. 1. there would be required the positive analysis of the astral forces as they express the personality. 2. an analysis of the soul fo

uberculosis? the diseases of inhibition are numerous and serious, as you will note from the above enumeration. it should be noted that where desire is rampant and uncontrolled and no inhibition is present, such diseases as the syphilitic disorders, homosexuality and inflammations and fevers appear. according to the temperament so will be the types of disease, and the temperament is dependent upon the ray quality. people on the different rays are predisposed to certain disorders. the psychologists are right in their basic differentiation of human beings into the two major types extroverts and introverts. these two types produce their own qualities of disease, which demonstrate as ill health through over-expression or inhibition. we have considered our second point under the healing of disea

ions determined by the condition of the etheric centres. these, in their turn, are conditioned by the point in evolution and gained experience of the incarnate soul, by the specific polarisation of the soul in incarnation, and by the rays (personality and soul) of the man. forget not, that the five aspects of man (as he functions in the three worlds) are determined by certain ray forces; you have the ray of the soul, the ray of the personality, and the rays of the mental, the astral and the physical bodies. all these will, in the coming new age, be definitely considered and discovered, and this knowledge will reveal to the healer the probable condition of the centres, the order of their awakening, and their individual and basic note or notes. the new medical science will be outstandingly b

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

ment" required for the process of functioning as conscious souls, not only in the three worlds of instinctual and intellectual living, but in the world of spiritual being also, and yet with complete continuity of consciousness and with a complete triple integration. not all can pass into the higher grades, and this must be appreciated. the gauging of ability will be based upon an understanding of the ray types (the science of esoteric psychology, on a- 38- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust comprehension of the condition of the glandular and physiological equipment, upon certain specific tests, and upon the new form of astrology. i would here make a simple request to the earnest student. ponder on the following four statements: 1. the antahkarana expresses the quality of t

ly developed. second: the recognition of the facts of esoteric astrology. when this becomes possible there will be an opportunity to train the child from its earliest breath. a careful record will be kept of that exact moment, the moment of birth, or of the first breath, often accompanied by the first cry. character delineations will be noted and compared with the developing subject and also with the ray chart, and the relation of these two the horoscope and the ray chart will be subjected to a careful analysis every seven years. these processes will guide the educator in the necessary steps which should be taken wisely to hasten the child's unfoldment. modern ordinary astrology, with its prevision factor, its emphasis upon the nonessential points and upon the physical concerns of the inca

pose and its directed intentional destiny that is of importance; and also that when a form proves inadequate, or too diseased, or too crippled for the expression of that purpose, it is from the point of view of the hierarchy no disaster when that form has to go. death is not a disaster to be feared; the work of the destroyer is not really cruel or undesirable. i say this to you who am myself upon the ray of love and know its meaning. there are two lines of destruction: that which is meted out by human beings with no understanding of the life purposes, who act blindly and ignorantly, prompted by selfish desire, by love of power or by hatred; there is also that which is permitted by the soul in due and right time, and it comes when a new vehicle of expression is demanded by the indwelling li

wer and the upper lights, so that one light shines forth in physical manifestation and a synthesis of light is consequently brought about. d. technically speaking, two light bodies exist the vital or etheric body and the soul vehicle. one is the result of aeons of incarnating life and becomes in time a powerful repository of energies gathered out of a wide range of contacts, though conditioned by the ray type in its three aspects. the etheric body exists and is today functioning powerfully. the soul body is in process of being slowly constructed, and is that "house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" to which the new testament refers (ii cor. 5: l. it is interesting to note that the old testament refers to the etheric body (ecc. 12:6-7) and its construction, and the new testament

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

ous to use except as prescribed by a master and used under his watchful eye, just as there are many medicines available to the public which are not safe except as directed by a physician. an examination of the text will reveal many factors knowable only to a master which made these meditations safe and the breathing exercises useful while he was watching the effects. for example: he knew not only the ray qualities of all the vehicles but also the degree of response to ray stimulant of any particular vehicle in relation to total, balanced progress. he knew also the conditioning rays of the previous incarnation which may appear as a "hangover" not to be developed but to be transcended- 2- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust he knew the astrological characteristi

ruction. the world tension increases and will increase; anxiety grows and there is no sign of its immediate lessening; the darkest hour of human life is upon us and it frequently brings to the earnest disciple the experience terrible yet beautiful to which has been given the name of the "dark night of the soul" this dark night takes different forms and different degrees of intensity, according to the ray, the type and the point in evolution of the disciple. from it you cannot escape. but one error emerges if careful thought is given to this dark night as pictured by the mystics down the ages. their emphasis has, in the past, been laid upon the suffering which the personality experiences and the agony through which the personality goes. but in reality and from the angle of the facts, that i

initiation at which time the potency of the monad can begin to make its presence felt, linking heart and head and solar plexus. there is an intermediate stage in which the heart and the ajna centre become aligned and related. this stage is omitted from the enumeration given above owing to the fact that it is of a sevenfold nature and the method of transition and of transference is dependent upon the ray quality. one new item of information comes naturally here. the throat centre is not included in these relationships between centres above the diaphragm as it is to them what the sacral centre is to the solar plexus a point of pure creative activity, set in motion by the interplay of the other centres but particularly is the throat centre energised and actuated eventually by the sacral cent

it will pass through the heart, leaving its due quota of energy, and finally reach the head centre. 6. then focus yourself in the heart, believing that a triangle of energy has been formed between the head, the heart and the solar plexus. vision it then as composed of the energy of light, something resembling a triangle of neon light. the colour of this neon light so-called will be dependent upon the ray of the soul. 7. then again repeat the mantram of unification, beginning "the sons of men are one" 8. standing, therefore, in the centre of the heart see the energy of your group brothers as the radiating spokes of a great wheel of light. this wheel has twenty-four spokes and at the centre of the wheel, like the hub of the wheel, can be found your master (d.k. then slowly with love, mention

the preceding instruction anent the antahkarana and expound to you from the group angle a paragraph there given; i will here rephrase it. it is a reflection a conscious focussed attitude carried forward in all life circumstances, which automatically registers the events conditioning the life of humanity. it therefore creates a stream of ascending energy which is tinctured by the life quality and the ray characteristics of the group personnel. along this stream both the ascending and the descending life quality and ray characteristics can pass at will and the disciple will increasingly register the "things of the spirit; he will consequently acquire the facility to penetrate into the world of the hierarchy and reach eventually the door to the way of the higher evolution. he will, again con

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on that which is desired into the fabric of the group life, producing incidentally (though none the less certainly) needed changes and the wise reconstruction of the individual life. ponder upon this. if the above is true of the o.m. and of its group effects, it is infinitely more true of the great invocation. words of power (and this is true also of the o.m) are all of second ray origin. this is the ray of the manifestation of consciousness. they are, therefore, intended for soul use because the soul is the expression of the second aspect of divinity, and only the soul can really employ these words and sounds and thus produce the desired results which are always in line with the divine plan. it is frequently forgotten that they must be used by the soul in a dynamic manner, involving the s

to manifestation. they embody the quality and the force of a particular ray. next century, when the seventh ray has achieved complete manifestation and the piscean influence is entirely removed, the seventh ray avatar will appear. his work will demonstrate the law, order and rhythm of the creative process as it works out on the physical plane, blending spirit and matter. and as this ray is called the ray of ceremonial order or ritual, he will be largely instrumental in producing those conditions which will permit of the reappearance upon earth of the mysteries of initiation, of which the hierarchy is the custodian. he is necessarily connected with the great white lodge on sirius. this fact does not, however, concern us now, for we await the coming of a still greater avatar. 4. transmitting

appear. it is the dynamic quality of the power aspect which must be guarded against, not in the sense that it must not be permitted expression, but in the sense that it must be motivated by love, harnessed to gentleness, and qualified by understanding. the problem, therefore, will be to integrate first ray workers into the new group of world servers in such a manner that the destructive aspect of the ray will not cause difficulty, produce disruption or any obliteration of the dominant love note which should be the outstanding characteristic of all workers with the plan at this time. otherwise, the precipitation of the crisis of love will be hindered. i would ask for an intensification of love between all of you, and a growth of real understanding. forget not, at the same time, that love is

ynamic, electrical energy made its first impact on earth (after the great council held in 1825, it first of all awakened men's thinking in a new and comprehensive way, producing the great ideologies; it aroused their massed desire, and registered obstruction on the physical plane. it found its course impeded and discovered it was faced with barriers. this energy from shamballa, being an aspect of the ray of the destroyer, proceeded to "burn up" in the fires of destruction, all such hindrances upon the planes in the three worlds. this was the deeply esoteric and unrecognised cause of the war the beneficent bringing to an end of the impediments to the free flow of spiritual energy down into the third centre; this was the factor which called "evil from its hidden place" and brought the opposi

m (according to their ray, and were therefore subject to impression. had they been advanced disciples or initiates, their work would have been futile, for their presentation of the plan would not have been adapted to the level of the intelligence of the then totally uneducated masses composing labour. this master works primarily with the intelligentsia, and he is therefore a third ray master upon the ray of active intelligence. his ashram is occupied with the problems of industry, and the goal of all the thinking, all the planning and all the work of impressing receptive minds is directed towards spiritualising the concepts of the labour party in every country, and of industrialists, thus turning them towards the goal of right sharing, as a major step towards right human relations. this ma

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

this pronouncement, issuing from a point of tension, is the word of the soul as it integrates with the threefold personality when that personality is consciously ready for such a fusion. the hold of the soul upon its instruments of expression, the network of the seven centres and the subsidiary centres, becomes intensified and energy pours in, forcing the acquiescent personality fully to express the ray type of the soul, and therefore subordinating the ray of the personality (and its three subsidiary rays) to the dominating soul energy. this first great integration is a fusion of force with energy. here is a statement of deep import, embodying one of the first lessons an initiate has to master. it is one which can only be properly comprehended through life experience, subject to interpret

ich at any one time forms a triangle with our sun and sirius" and a representative from venus are of- 92- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust greater far greater advancement. otherwise, all initiates of the sixth degree, and a few of the masters who have undergone specialised training because they are upon the first ray of will or power (the ray conditioning shamballa itself, form part of the great council. many masters and chohans, however, after serving upon the planet in various capacities, working with the law of evolution, pass out of our planetary life altogether. all the above information concerning the lives which are far in advance of the disciples of the world contains little of moment for you, except in so far as it fal

in time and space) of the great illusion, in its three forms of illusion, glamour and maya. there are seven points of energy through which different aspects of the force needed to produce the desired effects within the veils of maya can flow, and these correspond to the seven ray types or qualities. but the major type of energy with which the initiate works upon the physical plane is the seventh, the ray or energy of ritual, of ceremony, of order and of law. the work done within the veils is one of rearrangement and the ordination and coordination of the forces, present as existent maya; this must provide, in time and space, the forms through which the plans of the hierarchy can materialise, the souls of all forms can be subjected to the needed experience, and so progress towards the fulfi

us "manifestation" and to explain the dualism of all existence and the relation of spirit-matter, are by no means the real explanation of the divine purpose; they are based on man's own essential dualism; they are the highest explanation of his own divine nature which he can achieve at this time. this is a point to be remembered. they are his response to the second ray of mutual attraction, which the ray of love-wisdom is sometimes called. they are not an expression of his response to the will of god, and only indicate the limitations of his definition of divine purpose. as you will note, they really define nothing. nor can i help you to recognise this third aspect and the eternal purpose of the lord of the world. just as a soul seeks incarnation in order to carry forward some fixed- 157

mitations psychological and physical which restrict man's free expression of divinity. we dealt with a major condition which has to be faced and comprehended if humanity is ever to step- 209- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust off the ordinary path of evolution on to the path of discipleship and of initiation. man has to become aware of the ray effects, of the place the centres play in his advance and unfoldment, and of the play of energies and forces which produce the difficulties and the diseases, and can at the same time cure them and bring about the liberation of the man. from the consideration of limitations we passed on to an entirely new theme and an entirely new concept as regards man's education when he has reached a rel

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animals. the "wind" or ether, standing in this case for the agent of transmission by which those influences are carried down from the two luminaries and diffused upon earth, is referred to as the "nurse; while "spiritual fire" alone makes of man a divine and perfect entity. now what is that "spiritual fire? in alchemy it is hydrogen, in general; while in esoteric actuality it is the emanation or the ray which proceeds from its noumenon, the "dhyan of the first element" hydrogen is gas only on our terrestrial plane. but even in chemistry hydrogen "would be the only existing form of matter, in our sense of the term* and is very nearly allied to protyle, which is our layam. it is the father and generator, so to say, or rather the upadhi (basis, of both air and water, and is "fire, air and wa

orarily the human astral selves; and it is they who give, or build, the physical tabernacle of man, for the monad and its conscious principle, manas, to dwell in. but the "solar" lhas, spirits, warm them, the shadows. this is physically and literally true; metaphysically, or on the psychic and spiritual plane, it is equally true that the atman alone warms the inner man; i.e, it enlightens it with the ray of divine life and alone is able to impart to the inner man, or the reincarnating ego, its immortality. thus, as we shall find, for the first three and a half root-races, up to the middle or turning point, it is the astral shadows of the "progenitors" the lunar pitris, which are the formative powers in the races, and which build and gradually force the evolution of the physical form toward

of these dhyanis- amitabha (the o-mi-to fo, of china, included: e.g, on the 19th day of the second month, on the 17th day of the eleventh month, and on the 7th day of the third month, etc, etc- gives the occultist the greatest facilities for performing what are called "magic" feats. the future of an individual is seen, with all its coming events marshalled in order, in a magic mirror placed under the ray of certain constellations. but- beware of the reverse of the medal, sorcery[[vol. 2, page] 180 the secret doctrine. stanza viii. evolution of the animal mammalians- the first fall (28) how the first mammals were produced (29) a quasi-darwinian evolution (30) the animals get solid bodies (31) their separation into sexes (32) the first sin of the mindless men- 28. from the drops of sweat (a;

the lhas (the spirits, the "sons of wisdom) who had not built men (who had refused to create, wept, saying- 34 "the amanasa (the 'mindless) have defiled our future abodes (a. this is karma. let us dwell in the others. let us teach them better, lest worse should happen" they did- 35. then all became endowed with manas (minds. they saw the sin of the mindless. but they had already separated before the ray of divine reason had enlightened the dark region of their hitherto slumbering minds, and had sinned. that is to say, they had committed evil unconsciously, by producing an effect which was unnatural. yet, like the other six primitive brother or fellow races, even so this seventh, henceforth degenerated race, which will have to bide its time for its final development on account of the sin c

s of her votaries. but they seem to forget that her linen may be fine and white outwardly (like the "whitened sepulchre, but that the rottenness she is inwardly filled with, is not "the righteousness of saints (v. 8. ibid, but rather the blood of the saints she has "slain upon the earth (chap. xviii. 24) thus the remark made by the great initiate (in luke x. 18- one that referred allegorically to the ray of enlightenment and reason, falling like lightning from on high into the hearts and minds of the converts to that old wisdom-religion then presented in a new form by the wise galilean adeptt- was distorted out of recognition (as was his own personality, and made to fit in with one of the most cruel as the most pernicious of all theological dogmas (vide at the end of stanza xi "satanic myt

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the luminous sons of manvantaric dawn. in the unknown darkness in their ah-hi paranishpanna. the producers of form from no-form- the root of the world- the devamatri and svabhavat, rested in the bliss of non-being. 2. where was silence? where the ears to sense it? no, there was neither silence nor sound; naught save ceaseless eternal breath, which knows itself not. 3. the hour had not yet struck; the ray had not yet flashed into the germ; the matripadma had not yet swollen. 4. her heart had not yet opened for the one ray to enter, thence to fall, as three into four, into the lap of maya. 5. the seven sons were not yet born from the web of light. darkness alone was father-mother, svabhavat; and svabhavat was in darkness. 6. these two are the germ, and the germ is one. the universe was still

ation of the seventh eternity thrills through infinitude. the mother swells, expanding from within without, like the bud of the lotus. 2. the vibration sweeps along, touching with its swift wing the whole universe and the germ that dwelleth in darkness: the darkness that breathes over the slumbering waters of life. 3. darkness radiates light, and light drops one solitary ray into the mother-deep. the ray shoots through the virgin egg, the ray causes the eternal egg to thrill, and drop the non-eternal germ, which condenses into the world-egg[[vol. 1, page] 29 the secret doctrine. 4. then the three fall into the four. the radiant essence becomes seven inside, seven outside. the luminous egg, which in itself is three, curdles and spreads in milk-white curds throughout the depths of mother, th

"selfexistent lord" like a mirror, each becomes in turn a world- stanza iv. 1. listen, ye sons of the earth, to your instructors- the sons of the fire. learn, there is neither first nor last, for all is one: number issued from no number. 2. learn what we who descend from the primordial seven, we who are born from the primordial flame, have learnt from our fathers. 3. from the effulgency of light- the ray of the ever-darkness- sprung in space the re-awakened energies; the one from the egg, the six, and the five. then the three, the one, the four, the one, the five- the twice seven the sum total. and these are the essences, the flames, the elements, the builders, the numbers, the arupa, the rupa, and the force of divine man- the sum total. and from the divine man emanated the forms, the spar

nconsciousness, by secretly endowing the former with some indefinite quality that corresponds, on a higher plane than our thoughts can reach, with what we know as consciousness in ourselves. but this is not any kind of consciousness that we can manage to distinguish from what appears to us as unconsciousness[[vol. 1, page] 57 the germ of life. stanza ii- continued. 3. the hour had not yet struck; the ray had not yet flashed into the germ (a; the matri-padma (mother lotus) had not yet swollen (b (a) the ray of the "ever darkness" becomes, as it is emitted, a ray of effulgent light or life, and flashes into the "germ- the point in the mundane egg, represented by matter in its abstract sense. but the term "point" must not be understood as applying to any particular point in space, for a germ

ygen and hydrogen, thus giving a specific meaning to a term used by occultists in a generic sense, and which is used in cosmogony with a metaphysical and mystical meaning. ice is not water, neither is steam, although all three have precisely the same chemical composition- stanza iii- continued. 2[[3 "darkness" radiates light, and light drops one solitary ray into the waters, into the mother deep. the ray shoots through the virgin-egg; the ray causes the eternal egg to thrill, and drop the non-eternal (periodical) germ, which condenses into the world egg (a (a) the solitary ray dropping into the mother deep may be taken as meaning divine thought or intelligence, impregnating chaos. this, however, occurs on the plane of metaphysical abstraction, or rather the plane whereon that which we call

BLUE EQUINOX

into a land of pestilence and evil; ye shall encamp in the river of a foolish city forgotten; there shall ye meet with me. liber lxv 89 63. there will i make mine habitation; as for bridal will i come bedecked and anointed; there shall the consummation be accomplished. 64. o my darling, i also wait for the brilliance of the hour ineffable, when the universe shall be like a girdle for the midst of the ray of our love, extending beyond the permitted end of the endless one. 65. then, o thou heart, will i the serpent eat thee wholly up; yea, i will eat thee wholly up. the equinox 90 v 1. ah! my lord adonai, that dalliest with the magister in the treasure-house of pearls, let me listen to the echo of your kisses. 2. is not the starry heaven shaken as a leaf at the tremulous rapture of your love

ereth in itself the curse of the infinite universe, having made its own confession of the mystery of transgression; where it is wedded solemnly with the ring of space and eternity, and where the oil, the holiest breath, with its first whisper dedicateth its new life to a further death. i was cold as earth: the night had given way. one star hung bright over the church, now grey; i rose up to greet the ray that thrilled through elm and chestnut, lit the grass, made diamonds of it, and bade the weir.s long smile of spray leap with laughter for the day. the birds woke over all the weald the sullen peasants slouched afield; the lilies swayed before the breeze that murmured matins in the trees; the trout leapt in the shingly shallows soared skyward the great sun, that hallows. the pagan shrines

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

qabalistic tree of life, and whatever system he may be working, whether he be assuming the god-forms of egypt or evoking the inspiration of iacchus with chant and dance, he has the diagram of the tree at the back of his mind. it is in the symbolism of the tree that western initiates are drilled, and it supplies the essential ground plan of classification to which all other systems can be related. the ray upon which the western aspirant works has manifested itself-through many different cultures and developed a characteristic technique in each. the modern initiate works a synthetic system, sometimes using an egyptian, a greek, or even a druidic method, for different methods are best suited for different purposes and conditions. in all cases, however, the operation he designs is strictly rel

llumination consists in the introduction of the mind to a higher mode of consciousness than that which is built up out of sensory experience. in illumination the mind changes gear, as it were. unless, however) the new mode of consciousness is connected up with the old and translated into terms of finite thought, it remains as a flash of light so brilliant that it blinds. we do not see by means of the ray of light that shines upon us, but by means of the amount of that ray which is reflected from objects of our own dimension upon which it lights. unless there are ideas in our minds which are illuminated by this higher mode of consciousness, our minds are merely overwhelmed, and the darkness is more intense to our eyes after that blinding experience of a high mode of consciousness than it wa

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

breaking such a rapport if for any reason it is desired to discontinue its use. to astral vision the telepathic link appears as a ray of light, a shining cord, or some similar thought-form, because it is in this form that it is usually formulated by the person who is making the magnetic link. it sometimes happens, however, if the operator has a high grade of initiation, that instead of connecting the ray direct to the person with whom he desires to be in touch, he will formulate an astral animal at the end of it to which he transfers a modicum of his own consciousness. this animal-form is called a watcher; it does not act on its own initiative unless attacked, when it defends itself according to the nature of the species in whose likeness it is made. the use of a watcher is to obtain a rec

DONALDTYSON EVILEYE

ful. most important of all, the effect was believed fatal if the person "overlooked" by the evil eye actually met the malicious gaze directly. there are various ways to turn aside or at least lessen the harmful effects of this baleful sidelong glance. laughter was thought to weaken its power. other forms of ridicule, such as a bared backside, were also effective. a mirror could be used to reflect the ray back upon the person sending it out. similarly, a shiny object such as a large, bright piece of jewelry attracted the focus of the person projecting the malicious ray, so that it did not enter the eye of the victim directly. another good defense was to carry the image of an eye as jewelry or embroidered into clothing or as a tattoo- the belief was that the ray from this artificial eye woul

g it out. similarly, a shiny object such as a large, bright piece of jewelry attracted the focus of the person projecting the malicious ray, so that it did not enter the eye of the victim directly. another good defense was to carry the image of an eye as jewelry or embroidered into clothing or as a tattoo- the belief was that the ray from this artificial eye would extend itself first and displace the ray from the evil eye. these artificial eyes were sometimes realistic, but often they were highly stylized and almost unnoticed in the pattern of cloth or the decoration on metalwork. a popular gesture to defuse the power of the glance involved making a fist in which the thumb is thrust between the index and middle finger. this hand gesture was also used as the pattern for a charm to be carrie

tchcraft. nor is there any similarity between the modern witch and the ugly fantasy that existed in the minds of the medieval witch-finders. in addition to those accused of sorcery and witchcraft, certain animals were also believed by the ancient greeks and romans to have the power of the evil eye. one such beast was the european wolf. it was thought that if a wolf approached a man unseen and set the ray of its gaze upon him, the man would at once be struck speechless with paralyzing fear. the wolf was then free to attack and kill the man, since he could neither run away nor cry out to attract the attention of others. this spell of the evil eye would persist, even if the wolf came out from hiding so that the man could look upon it. however, if it happened that the man saw the wolf first, t

th paralyzing fear. the wolf was then free to attack and kill the man, since he could neither run away nor cry out to attract the attention of others. this spell of the evil eye would persist, even if the wolf came out from hiding so that the man could look upon it. however, if it happened that the man saw the wolf first, the gaze of the wolf would lack its paralyzing effect. it was believed that the ray from the eye of the man extending itself to the wolf prevented the ray from the wolf's eye from reaching the man- the same theory that caused individuals to wear images of eyes on their clothing. no such complication existed in the myth of the basilisk, a serpent whose gaze falling upon a man at once made him immobile. we still have a remnant of this ancient belief in the form of the folk

ELIPHAS LEVI THE CONJURATION OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS

movest on the wing of the winds. when thou breathes! forth, infinite spaces are peopled! when thou inhalest, all that comes from thee returns to thee! endless movement in eternal stability, be thou eternally blest! we praise thee and bless thee in the changing empire of created light, of shadows, of reflections and of images; and we long unceasingly for thine immutable and imperishable light. let the ray of thy intelligence and the heat of thy love penetrate even to us; then what is movable will become fixed; the shadow will become a body; the spirit of the air will become a soul; the dream will become a thought, and we shall no longer be borne away by the tempest, but shall hold the bridle of the winged steeds of the morning, and shall direct the course of the evening winds that we may fl

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

e: it was not done, as i had imagined, by guiding my hand or by impressing my mind, but was by directing on to the pen a ray which looked like a blue light. the force so directed caused the pen to move in obedience to the will of the directing spirit. in order to show me that the hand was a mere instrument not essential to the experiment, the pen was removed from the hand, and kept in position by the ray of light which was directed upon it. to my great astonishment it moved over the paper and wrote as before. i cried out with astonishment and was warned to keep still lest i should break the conditions. horace greeley quoted in putnam s monthly magazine the experience of former senator james f. simmons of rhode island in obtaining direct writing by a pencil dropped through the ring of a pai

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

ight, the magic lamp must be so situated that its single ray shall upon the altar smoke. the purpose of the preparations is to furnish the magic agent with elements of corporeal appearance, and to ease as much as possible the tension of imagination, which could not be exalted without danger into the absolute illusion of dream. for the rest, it will be easily understood that a beam of sunlight, or the ray of a lamp, coloured variously, and falling upon curling and irregular smoke, can in no way create a perfect image. the chafing-dish containing the sacred fire should be in the centre of the oratory, and the altar of perfumes hard by. the operator must turn towards the east to pray, and the west to invoke; he must be either alone or assisted by two persons preserving the strictest silence;

FAUST

satan s power. true- as it seems- you re on the throne, secured by right, but woe! in the lord god s, in father pope s despite. which when the pontiff learns, swift judgment he ll deliver, his holy bolt will crush your sinful realm forever. he has not yet forgot- the day that you were crowned, a solemn time- you had the sorcerer unbound. and from your crown, where christian honour hung suspended, the ray of pardon first on that damned head descended. but smite your breast, and straightway from your wicked gain give back a moderate mite unto the holy fane; that broad and hilly space where your tent stood erected, where by an evil spirits -league you were protected, where to the prince of lies you lent attentive ear, devote the land to holy use in pious fear, with hill and forest dense, as f

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

in that reformation. the best centre from which to start on this would be rome itself where he would get into touch with the pope. people like giordano bruno are immunised from a sense of danger by their sense of mission, or their megalomania, or the state of euphoria bordering on insanity in which they constantly live "although i cannot see your soul, he makes an english admirer say of him "from the ray which it diffuses i perceive that within you is a sun or perhaps some even greater luminary."3 when he was an infant in nola, a huge serpent of very ancient appearance came out of an aperture in the wall of the house/ serpents in the cradle are a sign of a heroic destiny, as we know from the history of hercules. there is little doubt that bruno thought of himself as a messiah, an illusion

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

alah page 44 it is energy and the order within energy- the balance of the forces. isaac myer writes the harmony is represented by the circle, by the serpent, an emblem of both satan and wisdom, with its tail in its mouth. in the physical universe it is the luminiferous aether, the vital caloric, the electro-magnetic azoth. it is the ambient fluid which penetrates, permeates, vitalizes all things, the ray detached from the glory of the sun, fixed by the weight of the atmosphere, and crystallized by the central attraction, to our earth. in the words of the erudite yehudah ha-levi (a.d. 1140: gthere is not any life without motion, nor motion without inspiration, no inspiration without struggle, no struggle without opposition; oppositions are everywhere essential, but the divine power concilia

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

hile it may take many forms in the traditions that abound on planet earth, the essential characteristics are the same. when applied to traditional models of the universe, the horizontal bar of the cross becomes the earth, midgard, physical reality and the axis mundi becomes the pillar that spans the worlds. it is sometimes images as a vertical series of planes, worlds or dimension, a tree, a ray (the ray of creation of gurdjieff) or a pillar. indeed it is the beanstalk that jack climbed to reach the world of the giants! the axis mundi and the sacred tree the axis mundi is the pillar and at its center is the nexus of earth, the earth turns on this center and its horizontal (physical) reality is formed. the turning marks the cycle of time" if you are calm, clear-headed and rationally decisiv

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF AIR

rth thy breath, and endless space is peopled; thou, who drawest in thy breath and all that cometh from thee, returneth unto thee! ceaseless movement, in eternal stability, be thou eternally blessed! we praise thee and we bless thee in the changless empire of created light, of shades, of reflections, and of images- and we aspire without cessation unto thy immutable and imperishable brilliance. let the ray of thine intelligence and the warmth of thy love penetrate even unto us! then that which is volatile shall be fixed, the shadow shall be a body, the spirit of air shall be a soul, the dream shall be a thought. and no longer shall we be swept away by the tempest, but we shall hold the bridles of the winged steeds of dawn. and we shall direct the course of the evening breeze to fly before th

GOLDEN DAWN PRAYERS OF THE ELEMENTALS

t forth thy breath, and endless space is peopled; thou who drawest in thy breath, and all that cometh from thee returneth unto thee! ceaseless motion in eternal stability, be thou eternally blessed! we praise thee and we bless thee in the changelss empire of created light, of shades, of reflections, and of images, and we aspire without cessation unto thy immutable and imperishable brilliance. let the ray of thy intelligence and the warmth of thy love penetrate even unto us! then that which is volatile shall be fixed; the shadow shall be a body; the spirit of air shall be a soul; the dream shall be a thought. and no more shall we be swept away by the tempest, but we shall hold the bridles of the winged steeds of dawn. and we shall direct the course of the evening breeze to fly before thee!

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U3

nd that balanced and with its correlatives, then sendeth he a thought-ray from his spiritual consciousness, illuminated by his higher will, directly unto the part of his sphere of sensation which is consonant with the symbol employed. there, as in a mirror, doth he perceive its properties as reflected from the macrocosmos, shining forth into the infinite abyss of the heavens. thence can he follow the ray of reflection therefrom, and while concentrating his united consciousness at that point of his sphere of sensation, can receive the direct reflection of the ray from the macrocosmos. thus, receiving the direct ray as then reflected into his thought, he can unite himself with the ray of his thought so as to make one continuous ray from the corresponding point of the macrocosmos unto the cen

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z1

e course of the sun; he passes the place of hierophant, he shall salute with the sign. when he enters or quits the temple, he shall salute the hierophant's throne when within the portal. 17 the symbolism of the opening of the 0= 0 grade of neophyte the opening ceremony begins with the cry of the watcher within who should come to the right front of the hierophant and raise his wand. this symbol of the ray of the divine light from the white triangle of the supernals descends into the darkness and warns the evil and uninitiated to retire, so that the white triangle may be formulated upon the altar through the combined effect of the formulae of the opening ceremony. having done this, he sees that the entrance is properly guarded. then the hierophant calls to the hiereus to test the members by

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z3

though to the mind of the candidate, an imperfect one. therefore, it is to him, as expressed in the answer of the hegemon, a light dimly seen through the darkness, yet heralding a glory beyond. the speech of the hierophant formulates the forces of the hidden central pillar. after this, the candidate passes to the altar of the univese, which receives the influences of the three pillars, as though the ray from the divine would descend into the darkness of the mind, for then, but not until then, is he fitted to realize what are the first things necessary to the search for the shining light. the hierophant now leaves his throne and passes between the pillars, either halting there during the prayer or halting at the places of harpocrates, or that of the evil triad, or east of the altar. it doe

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

r chest, her eyes were glazed and staring, and altogether her appearance was even more hideousthan before. the dervish then carefully closed the shutters of the only window, and we should have been intotal obscurity but that there was a hole bored in it, through which entered a bright ray of sunlight that shotthrough the darkened room and shone upon the girl. he arranged her drooping head so that the ray should fallupon the crown, after which, motioning us to remain silent, he folded his arms upon his bosom, and, fixinghis gaze upon the bright spot, became as motionless as a stone image. i, too, riveted my eyes on the samespot, wondering what was to happen next, and how all this strange ceremony was to help me to find ralph. by degrees, the bright patch, as if it had drawn through the sunb

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

uld have been preserved to us with so wonderfully little alteration is surely a marvellous thing; it would be inexplicable but for the fact that the great powers behind evolution have taken an interest in the matter, and gradually brought people back to the true lines when they had swerved somewhat away from them. this business was always in the hands of the chohan of the seventh ray, for that is the ray most especially connected with ceremonial of all kinds, and its head was always the supreme hierophant of the mysteries of ancient egypt. the present holder of that office is that master of the wisdom of whom we often speak as the comte de s. germain, because he appeared under that title in the eighteenth century. he is also sometimes called prince rakoczi, as he is the last survivor of th

to the coloured ray from his lamp a similar coloured ray shone upon him from the altar. he then handed his lamp to his little acolyte, who carried it back to his chair, and set it in its socket; and then the r.w.m. walked round the table to the other side. 868. then the w.s.w, from his place, said: gi give the light of strength, h and uncovered his light, which also was set in its socket so that the ray of light fell on the edge of the table exactly opposite to him. the r.w.m. slipped up that little door, and the corresponding light shone out. then the w.j.w. unveiled the light of beauty, and after him each member in turn mentioned his own quality, saying: gi give such and such a light, h and each time the r.w.m. raised the little door opposite to the speaker, and the corresponding colour

o him. the r.w.m. slipped up that little door, and the corresponding light shone out. then the w.j.w. unveiled the light of beauty, and after him each member in turn mentioned his own quality, saying: gi give such and such a light, h and each time the r.w.m. raised the little door opposite to the speaker, and the corresponding colour shone forth- always the double ray, that which the man gave and the ray from the centre which answered it. 869. when all the forty members had uncovered their lights in that way, the r.w.m. said: 870. gthe circle is complete; let the light shine. h 871. with these words he opened the top of the table, sliding back the two semi-circular doors, so that a strong cylindrical beam of white light flashed up to the roof. the coloured rays of the qualities were perhap

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

or forms and, though by his union therewith he too is a channel of the divine life, he seems to me to lose the enormous advantage of the collective effort made by the oc-cultist, which is so greatly strengthened by the help of the higher beings whose presence he invokes. both these paths lead to god; to some of us the first will appeal irresistibly, to others the second; it is largely a matter of the ray to which we belong. the one is more outward-turned in service and sacrifice; the other more inward-turned in contemplation and love. 24. the knowledge of the occultist 25. the student of occultism, therefore, learns to awaken and train for scientific use the powers latent within him, and by their means he is able to see far more of the real meaning of life than the man whose vision is limi

erman. even here our masonic ceremonies reflect in symbol something of those higher glories, giving the key to the whole vast plan. far above the grade of adept, he who is the christ stands as the lord of love, the teacher of angels and men, and along this line of interpretation his high stage of evolution is reflected in the 18, which is essentially a degree of christhood. equal with him, but on the ray of rule, stands the manu, whose rank is mirrored at an almost infinite distance in the 30; and as the crown of the whole hierarchy there reigns the one initiator(*ibid, ch. xiv) whose life and light and glory are adumbrated in the splendour of the 33. thus the whole wondrous plan of masonic initiation is a shadow of things seen above in the mount; and herein lies the greatness of our might

hich the anglo-saxons and scandi-navians belong, is striving to awaken the intellect working in the concrete mind, and so is producing the scientific and industrial nations which lead the world to-day. 543. this cyclic change of ray, which is also part of the great plan, produces other, but no less definite modifications in the corporate consciousness. in greece we saw something of the fifth ray, the ray of knowledge, working upon the fourth sub-race with its love of beauty, resulting in that intellectual type of art so characteristic of the classical age; the middle ages show forth the qualities of the sixth ray, the ray of devotion, working upon the fifth or teutonic sub-race, and producing as its characteristic intellectual fruit scholastic philosophy with its hair-splitting intellectua

by the spiritual king in the hands of his successor, whom to-day we revere as the lord christ, whose coming we await with hearts filled with longing love. 793. he, too, will surely take the sacred vessels of the mysteries and fill them anew with his own wonderful life; he, too, will mould them according to the needs of his people and the age in which they live. for the influence of the sixth ray, the ray of devotion which inspired the christian mystics and the glorious gothic architecture of the middle ages is passing away, and the seventh ray is beginning to dominate the world- the ray of ceremonial magic which brings the especial cooperation of the angelic hosts, of which masonry itself with its many coloured pageant of rites is a splendid manifestation. thus in the coming days when the

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

journey far into a land of pestilence and evil; ye shall encamp in the river of a foolish city forgotten; there shall ye meet with me. 63. there will i make mine habitation; as for bridal will i come bedecked and anointed; there shall the consummation be accomplished. 64. o my darling, i also wait for the brilliance of the hour ineffable, when the universe shall be like a girdle for the midst of the ray of our love, extending beyond the permitted end of the endless one. 65. then, o thou heart, will i the serpent eat thee wholly up; yea, i will eat thee wholly up. 22 v 1. ah! my lord adonai, that dalliest with the magister in the treasure-house of pearls, let me listen to the echo of your kisses. 2. is not the starry heaven shaken as a leaf at the tremulous rapture of your love? am not i t

LIBER LVII

nswering this problem is also* this christian teaching (not its qabalistic equivalent) is incomplete. the bride (the soul) is united, though only by marriage, with the son, who then presents her to the father and mother or holy spirit. these four then complete tetragrammaton. but the bride is never united to the father. in this scheme the soul can never do more than touch tiphareth and so receive the ray from chokmah. whereas even st. john makes his son say .i and my father are one. and we all agree that in philosophy there can never be (in truth) more than one; this christian dogma says .never less than four. hence its bondage to law and its most imperfect comprehension of any true mystic teaching, and hence the difficulty of using its symbols. a.c. on the qabalah 45 true. my discovery of

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

to the death of the one contending in wisdom with the god, and here something similar happens: night, the eleventh category, has ended. thor has the last word, and in his final half-stanza he uses the gmagic h meter galdralag. gin one breast/ i never saw/ more ancient wisdom/ with great deceits/ i declare you trapped/ you are gdayed out, h dwarf/ now the sun shines in the hall. h we surmise that the ray of sunlight shatters the dwarf or turns him to stone, as in many dwarf legends; a giantess is turned to stone under precisely the same circumstances in a heroic eddic peom, helgakvida hjorvardssonar. neither thor nor dwarfs are ordinarily known for skill at verbal dueling, and despite tantalizing hints associating some dwarfs with wisdom, most have none. this and other evidence has been us

MORALS AND DOGMA

their blood and life at the same time with the labor of their hands. these degrees are also intended to teach _more_ than morals. the symbols and ceremonies of masonry have more than one meaning. they rather _conceal_ than _disclose_ the truth. they _hint_ it only, at least; and their varied meanings are only to be discovered by reflection and study. truth is not only symbolized by light, but as the ray of light is separable into rays of different colors, so is truth separable into kinds. it is the province of masonry to teach _all_ truths--not moral truth alone, but political and philosophical, and even religious truth, so far as concerns the great and essential principles of each. the sphynx was a symbol. to whom has it disclosed its inmost meaning? who knows the symbolic meaning of the

feeble glimmerings of light. when the strife between these and the good angels shall have continued the appointed time, and these spirits enveloped in darkness shall long and in vain have endeavored to absorb the divine light and life, then will the eternal himself come to correct them. he will deliver them from the gross envelopes of matter that hold them captive, will re-animate and strengthen the ray of light or spiritual nature which they have preserved, and re-establish throughout the universe that primitive harmony which was its bliss. marcion, the gnostic, said "the soul of the true christian, adopted as a child by the supreme being, to whom it has long been a stranger, receives from him the spirit and divine life. it is led and confirmed, by this gift, in a pure and holy life, lik

properties of the numbers which precede it, it concludes the abacus or table of pythagoras. to the mysterious societies, this number typified the assemblage of all the wonders of the universe. they wrote it thus t[greek: theta, that is to say, unity in the middle of zero, as the centre of a circle, or symbol of deity. they saw in this figure everything that should lead to reflection: the centre, the ray, and the circumference, represented to them god, man, and the universe. this number was, among the sages, a sign of concord, love, and peace. to masons it is a sign of union and good faith; because it is expressed by joining two hands, or the master's grip, when the number of fingers gives 10: and it was represented by the tetractys of pythagoras. the number 12, like the number 7, is celeb

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are exactly the same. the only exception is that one is tiny and the other is incomparably greater. an example for this is a map. a short line on a map may represent a river that flows for five hundred miles. another example is that when one observes an eclipse through the use of a pinhole, he will be able to see every detail of the sun in the tiny ray that passes through the pinhole, even though the ray is infinitesimal relative to the greatness of the sun and is not at all comparable to it. nonetheless, it is all there. not a single detail of the surface of the sun is missing. the birth of the emotions now, within zeir anpin there are different aspects and levels. for example, there is the external expression of the emotions, the internal felt emotions, and the intellect of the emotions

ent than other encompassing lights, which are round. something which is round is equidistant on all sides. this is not the case in regard to the encompassing light of binah which is not equidistant. this is because, when it comes to understanding, there always is a part he understands, and a part which is concealed from him, which he has yet to understand) in contrast, the open mem) refers to how the ray from the encompassing light is revealed in divisions and combinations of letters of thought. the name: elokim we may now understand the name elokim which is the aspect of the divisions of the combinations of letters of thought. elokim is the aspect of gevurah (concealment and restraint, as in the verse "for a sun and a shield is y-h-v-h elokim. in other words, the name elokim conceals the

onetheless, through the secondary "light" of the letters of the chochmah as they come into binah, the primary "essential light" of chochmah is recognized. it is only viewed through the screen and partition of the letters, which is called a masach. this may be understood by how a television works. behind the television screen there is a "ray gun" which emits a ray onto the back of the screen. when the ray hits the phosphorus points on the screen, they light up. what the viewer sees on the television screen is not the original light of the "ray gun, but the secondary light of the phosphorus. furthermore, the ray gun itself is just receiving the letters of binary code, which receives from the letters of the television waves, which receive from the letters of the broadcast, which receives from

he binah of the divine soul is invested in the comprehension of the natural animal soul (the binah of the animal soul. this being the case, in the excitement and arousal of the animal soul through divine contemplation and comprehension, is invested the excitement of the divine soul from its binah. however as explained before, the difference between them is like the difference between the light of the ray of g-dliness itself and the light as it is seen through a masach (screen. nonetheless, from the above it is apparent that the physical and tangible comprehension of the animal soul brings revelation to the divine soul and that they are literally intertwined and interdependent. therefore, the sublimation of one s self to the g-dly "nothingness" will, literally, be commensurate to his compre

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nd that balanced and with its correlatives, then sendeth he a thought-ray from his spiritual consciousness, illuminated by his higher will, directly unto the part of his sphere of sensation which is consonant with the symbol employed. there, as in a mirror, doth he perceive its properties as reflected from the macrocosmos, shining forth into the infinite abyss of the heavens. thence can he follow the ray of reflection therefrom, and while concentrating his united consciousness at that point of his sphere of sensation, can receive the direct reflection of the ray from the the golden dawn: volume i book one macrocosmos. thus receiving the direct ray as then reflected into his thought, he can unite himself with the ray of his thought so as to make one continuous ray from the corresponding poi

thy breath, and endless space is peopled: thou, who drawest in thy breath, and all that cometh from thee, retumeth unto thee! ceaseless motion, in eternal stability, be thou eternally blessed <90> we praise thee and we bless thee in the changeless empire of created light, of shades, of reflections, and of images- and we aspire without cessation unto thy immutable and imperishable brilliance. let the ray of thy intelligence and the warmth of thy love penetrate even unto us! then that which is volatile shall be fixed; the shadow shall be a body; the spirit of air shall be a soul; the dream shall be a thought. and no more shall we be swept away by the tempest, but we shall hold the bridles of the winged steeds of dawn. and we shall direct the course of the evening breeze to fly before thee!

asses the place of hierophant, he shall salute with the sign. and when he enters or quits the temple, he shall salute the hierophant's throne when within the portal <105> the symbolism of the opening of the= grade of neophyte the opening ceremony begins with the cry of the 'watcher within" who should come to the right front of hierophant and raise his wand. this enterer of the threshold symbol of the ray of the divine light from the white triangle of the three supernals thus descends into the darkness and warns the evil and uninitiated to retire, so that the white triangle may be formulated upon the altar through the combined effect of the formulae of the opening ceremony. having done this, he sees that the entrance is properly guarded. and then the hierophant calls to the hiereus to test

gh to the mind of the candidate, an imperfect one. therefore it is to him, as expressed in the answer of the hegemon, a light dimly seen through the darkness, yet heralding a glory beyond. the speech of the hierophant formulates the forces of the hidden central pillar. after this, the candidate passes to the altar of the universe, which receives the influences of the three pillars, as though then the ray from the divine would descend into the darkness of the mind, for then, but not till then, is he fitted to realise what are the first things necessary to the "search for the shining light <139> the hierophant now leaves his throne and passes between the pillars, either halting there during the prayer or halting at the places of harpocrates, or that of the evil triad, or east of the altar. i

ole body throbs and pulses with the divine power. adonai ha-aretz. 0 thou who art the king of earth, taking the earth for thy footstool, i invoke thee and adore thee. dwell thou within my heart, i beseech thee, to awaken that which shall prove a true channel for the working of thy divine power. may this ceremony for the evocation of the earth angel axir which i am about to perform, be a focus for the ray of thy illuminating power. to the end that i may use this consecration to progress further in the great work, and thereby help others who may come within my sphere of influence. trace the earth pentagram and in it the sigil and hebrew letters of auriel. picture the name in the lungs, and vibrate it several times by the vibratory formula, circulating the force thereafler. grant unto me the

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ho breathest forth and the limitless immensities are peopled; thou who drawest in and all which came forth from thee unto thee returneth; endless movement in the eternal stability, be thou blessed for ever! we praise thee, we bless thee in the fleeting empire of created light, of shadows, reflections and images; and we aspire without ceasing towards thine immutable and imperishable splendour. may the ray of thine intelligence and the warmth of thy love descend on us: that which is volatile shall be fixed, the shadow shall become body, the spirit of the air shall receive a soul, and dream be thought. we shall be swept away no more before the tempest, but shall bridle the winged steeds of the morning and guide the course of the evening winds, that we may flee into thy presence. o spirit of s

he magic lamp must be so situated that its single ray shall fall upon the altar smoke. the purpose of these preparations is to furnish the magic agents with elements of corporeal appearance, and to ease as much as possible the tension of imagination, which could not be exalted without danger into the absolute illusion of dream. for the rest, it will be understood easily that a beam of sunlight or the ray of a lamp coloured variously and falling upon curling and irregular smoke can in no way create a perfect image. the chafing-dish containing the sacred fire should be in the centre of the oratory and the altar of perfumes hard by. the operator must turn towards the east to pray, and the west to invoke; he must be either alone or assisted by two persons preserving the strictest silence; he m

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of life. still, staring into space, gnawing his livid lip, he looks upon the darkness, convinced that darkness is forever and forever. place, there! place! room yet in your crowded cells. another has come to the slaughter-house. as the jailer, lamp in hand, ushered in the stranger, the latter touched him and whispered. the stranger drew a jewel from his finger. diantre, how the diamond flashed in the ray of the lamp! value each head of your eighty at a thousand francs, and the jewel is more worth than all! the jailer paused, and the diamond laughed in his dazzled eyes. o thou cerberus, thou hast mastered all else that seems human in that fell employ! thou hast no pity, no love, and no remorse. but avarice survives the rest, and the foul heart's master-serpent swallows up the tribe. ha! ha!

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rmous power, and vibrate the word "ve-gedulah" a ray of light should be commenced here in the imagination, and visualized to penetrate the breast until it reaches the right shoulder, when the remaining word "ve-gevurah" is vibrated. thus is formulated the horizontal shaft or the cross-bar of this cross of light.8 the first gesture traced a light-beam from head to foot, while the second one traced the ray from shoulder to shoulder. interlocking the fingers on the breast, and vibrating the final word "le-olahm amen" the student should endeavor to see a cross of light actually standing wihn him. none but very few may hope at once to succeed in feeling h s, in obtaining the pulsing sensation of a cross of light vibrating w i t h. it will require persistent and regular exercise before this sens

f, and finally that the semblance of a vast figure with head in the clouds of space is obtained, the feet resting securely on earth. in fad, from &us exalted point of view, the earth seems but a small globe beneath the feet. having obtained ths sense of expansion, and it may be accompanied by a heightened sense of consciousness or of ecstasy, then let hun visualize during the first vibration that the ray of light descends from the heavens upon hs head, penetrating him and eventually illumining the region of his feet whch are set firmly upon the earth. the sense of expansion is a definite one, rendering the performance of the gestures of the qabalistic cross a much more vital and significant experience. the reasons given for the necessity of this astral expansion lies in the fact that the a

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. what could this object be? a wave of thoughts flowed into my mind when suddenly, a brilliant ray left the object and struck me, it pierced me completely, while an indescribable serenity flowed into me. upon that all my fear left me and a moment later, the brilliant ray became thinner and disappeared, as if absorbed by the machine, just like the spot on a television set when it is turned off. as the ray disappeared, this object, which i later understood to be one of these "flying saucers" began to move and left an arc in the sky before disappearing. when i pulled myself together, i rapidly discovered more and more that something extraordinary had happened to me: a sort of re-dimension of my personality, my voice even changed to a gentle tone. ever since then an inner voice has begun to in

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the sign of hubur lead by kingu. with haste they fled through the palace of death stopping only at the corpse of ishtar the beautiful queen mistress of the gods lady of all the harlots of ur bright shining one of the heavens beloved of enki lay hung and bleeding from a thousand fatal wounds. ereshkigal sensing their presence cried out. kugaaru armed with fire looked upon the queen of corpses with the ray of fire kalaturru armed with flame looked upon the queen of the graves with the rays of flame. and ereshkigal mighty in cutha turned her face upon the corpse of inanna sixty times they sprinkled the water of life of enki upon the corpse of ishtar sixty times they sprinkled the food of life of enki upon the corpse hung from a stake they directed the spirit of life inanna arose. the dark wat

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. the nature of the vortex explains why ancient hebrew and babylonian writ- ings said that god manifested out of a whirlwind. all creative acts of god must pass through the point by means of spiral motion. it is the only way to get from there to here. it is also why the dervishes of turkey spin themselves into delirium and call their god the axis of the world. i symbols of the spiral acting along the ray abound. the cone is the traditional headgear of the wizard. cave paintings in france depict men dancing in cone, s common- shaped hats. merlin, the counselor druid at the court of king arthur i ly pictured in illustrations as a magician in a tall sky-blue cone hat with stars and planets painted on it. in the popular press, witches are always shown wearing black cone hats-the black color in

white head; and that this first point is without dimension. the magus will see that the creation of his or her personal universe is analogous to the creation of the manifest universe by the all, and that his or her true self is in unity with the unmanifest-the magus and the all are one-and the magus will realize it was only willful foolishness that blinded him or her to this simple truth. i t is the ray that joins the desirer to the object of desire. the ray is will in action. merely to look at anything is to send forth a ray of intent, for an understand- ing of even the simplest matter is the result of a creative mental effort to size up, to put into perspective, to touch, to taste, or to recall a mental image. the per- sonal universe is a creation of the will acting along numerous rays

y the will. a reciprocating ray occurs when the point of awareness is sent forth along a ray, then looks back from that new viewpoint at the place it has left. this initiates a returning pulse of will that oscillates back and forth with infinite quickness, so that the awareness seems to occupy two points at once. in reality it is shifting from one point to the other so rapidly they seem to merge. the ray is most often symbolized by a line, or a beam of light, extending from the eye (the primary sense organ in modern humans) to the object of desire. the ancients believed, quite naturally, that this was the mechanism by which the sense of sight operated-that through the eye was put forth a power that touched the object looked upon. only when science began to analyze the nature of light was t

long a ray to the object of hatred. it is considered most effective when it enters the eye of the intended victim. common folk will swear they can feel such attacks on the surface of their skin, which begins to prickle, and will maintain that to meet the gaze of the evil eye is fatal, for then one is caught like a bird under the gaze of a ser- pent and bereft of the powers of speech and movement. the ray is a kind of geometric metaphor for the temporary shifting of the point of self from one place in the personal universe to another. in reality the self does not and cannot move; it is the fixed center of the universe. but its perspective on the per- sonal universe changes, giving the appearance of the shifting of awareness. it would be better to say that the personal universe moves in rela

enemy's mind and body, falls under the direct and easy control of the attacker. this can occur uncon- sciously when a strong-willed person sends forth a glare of envy or spite and wishes ill on the head of a neighbor+specially if this is done in a somewhat cold-blooded and detached way. or it can be deliberately brought about through magical means. in seemingly projecting the point of self along the ray, the attacker gains access to his or her foe's subconscious, if only for an instant when the other is surprised, and leaves within the personal sphere of the foe a seed of hatred, which is interpret- ed by the victim's subconscious mind as self-hatred. the hate matures like the chick of a cuckoo in its foreign nest, and eventually it succeeds in killing the fondest hopes and plans that are

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into the eyes of another person, and would arouse hostility in the mind of that person that would partially block the projection of your will, but a news anchor is especially vulnerable since he or she cannot look away from the camera, and cannot put on a mask of anger or hostility. on the contrary, a person reading the news live must always maintain an open, neutral expression, and this invites the ray of your will to enter through the gateway of the left eye. it makes no difference how far away the subject of the experiment may be geographically provided the image is a live image, not an image on tape or digital disk. make sure the broadcast is live-twenty-four-hour news channels run taped news for most of the day, although it appears to be live. any person live on the television can be

the star's blue-white fire straight downward so that it passes through the roof of your house, the ceiling of your practice room, and the top of your skull, to focus at the center of your chest between your nipples. this place in your body is known as your heart-center. allow your awareness to slide down the interior channel of this ray into your chest. concentrate your will on the focal point of the ray. visualize inside your torso a spark of light that grows into a shining sphere three inches across. as the spark expands into the sphere, its color dims and changes from blue-white to a softer yellow-white, the color of the sun. mentally draw energy from the star down the channel of the ray and into the sphere so that the sphere radiates more and more strongly. when you sense that the sphe

s. as the spark expands into the sphere, its color dims and changes from blue-white to a softer yellow-white, the color of the sun. mentally draw energy from the star down the channel of the ray and into the sphere so that the sphere radiates more and more strongly. when you sense that the sphere at your heart-center cannot hold any more energy from the star, sever the link between the sphere and the ray, and observe with your inner awareness as the ray snaps upward like a contracting rubber band that has been released at one end. from your point of view within the sphere, project its golden light outward in all directions. imagine its light spreading throughout the interior of your entire body, up and down your torso, into your head, along your arms and legs, even to the tips of your fing

e to pass through the center of the earth. the second shines outward through the right and left sides of the pillar. the third ray shines outward through the front and back of the pillar. all three rays intersect in the star at right angles, and are infinite in length. contemplate the three rays for half a minute or so. 88 standing exercises draw the rays back into the star in reverse order-first the ray passing through the front and back of the pillar, then the ray passing through the sides, and finally the ray passing through the top and bottom. release the star and watch it rise straight up from the golden sphere, exiting the pillar at the top and ascending through the air until once more it shines brilliantly in the night sky. the sphere remains within the pillar, glowing warmly. becom

great cross. momentarily feel the column of your body in union with the earth beneath your feet. speak the words "the cross grounds me" bring your hands together in front of your chest palm to palm in the traditional prayer gesture. momentarily visualize three perpendicular rays of white light extending out from the bright center of a three-inch golden sphere located in the middle of your chest. the ray exiting through the front of your body between your nipples also passes between the joined palms of your hands. speak the words "the star centers me" allow your arms to fall to your sides and assume the standing pose. hold an awareness in your mind that you are both grounded to the earth, and centered in the universe by the three rays extending from your chest. let the rays withdraw into t

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y lives in the causal world. an in depth analysis takes us to the conclusion that the human specter is a den of filthy demons. the conclusion is that the human being becomes a legion of demons that continue on. indeed, the physical human person dies. the human being is not immortal nor powerful yet; however, the human beings believe themselves to be so, but the breaking point of arrogance is that the ray of death fulminates them and from the tower of babel they roll into the abyss. this is the fatality. arcano xvi estudiemos ahora el arcano diecis is del tarot. este es el arcano de la torre fulminada. esta es la torre de babel. dos personajes son precipitados al fondo del abismo, uno de stos personajes al caer con la cabeza hacia abajo y las piernas y brazos abiertos hacia la derecha e izq

thee a crown of life -revelation 2: 10 blessed by the one who incarnates the spirit of wisdom (chokmah; those buddhas who do not renounce nirvana can never incarnate the cosmic christ, who is beyond the inner buddha. our inner buddha has to seek the cosmic christ within its own unknowable profundities. the cosmic christ is the glorian, the incessant eternal breath profoundly unknowable to itself, the ray that joins us to the abstract absolute space. hieroglyph hieroglyphic of this arcanum: the crown of life is amidst the four mysterious animals of sexual alchemy. in the middle of the crown, truth is represented as a naked woman who has a little stick in each hand (the priest and the priestess; this is sexual alchemy. we can incarnate the truth only by working in the flaming forge of vulcan

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how the planetary energies relate to the interior chakras. examine the following associations: saturn/indigo ray: corresponds to the first or root chakra; associated with the tone a; energy reservoir of the body, often called kundalini; stimulates deliberation and concentration; also rules skeletal system; deficiency causes eccentric personality, inability of system to rid itself of wastes; it is the ray of introspection and the color that bridges the finite and the infinite. sun/orange ray: corresponds to the heart chakra; tone d; a high energy state that is also somewhat relaxed; related to breathing and helpful in relief of pain; good for mental energy and recuperation from fatigue; excessive use can cause fevers; acts as a tonic; stimulates discrimination, guidance in making decisions;

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

ld is assigned, but time should in fact be thought of as an illusion, since the world is not accorded independent ontic status. the playful etymology that links olam and he elem drives home the point that the world is a garment that reveals the light of the infinite (or ein sof) by concealing it, for had the light not been concealed, the world would have been extinguished in the infinite, just as the ray of sunlight is absorbed the orb of the sun.289 just it is meaningless to speak of time prior to creation when contemplating the divine, linear circularity (a)temporal poetics 111 so it is pointless to speak of time when considering what will be after the world is destroyed. we may conceive of time, therefore, as a bridge suspended over an abyss bounded by the nothing-that-is-everything at

ferences cited in n. 285, this chapter. see shmuel schneersohn, liqqutei torah: torat shmu el, sefer 5627, p. 435: if existence were by means of the name yhwh alone, the worlds could not have come to be in the aspect of a being that is a separate entity [yesh we-davar nifrad] as they are now, but rather they would have been utterly nullified [betelim be-takhlit ha-bittul] like the annihilation of the ray of the sun in the sun. in order for the worlds to be in the aspect of a being that is a separate entity, it is by means of the name elohim, which conceals and hides the name yhwh, even though yhwh is elohim [see n. 286, this chapter, and everything is one. and see op. cit, p. 96; idem, liqqutei torah: torat shmu el, sefer 5632, vol. 2, p. 384; idem, liqqutei torah: torat shmu el, sefer 563

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shown others the way of return to the spiritual centre, he returns to its source. he hands it from darkness to light across the altar into the safe keeping of the hegemon. in the 0=0 grade kerux represents man, the alchemist, who in the beginning is the homeless wanderer intent on his search for the philosopher's stone. gradually, he brings the candidate to the goal of his secred quest, added by the ray of light from his own spirit, dim and faint though it is. but now he must sacrifice even his own spiritual light. it is only when he has renounced his own individual spirit that the higher powers can be moved into action. for kerux this represents a kind of death. the death of the self. he realizes that he himself is nothing and can do nothing, and that all his abilities and powers, togeth

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ng eyes rpeirev oaae aphrodite has ofijxata fiapfiaipovra, 3, 397, twinkling, shimmering eyes (see suppl. figures of greek divinities show a circle of rays and a nimbus round the head^ on indo-grecian coins mithras has commonly a circular nimbus with pointed rays^ in other representations the rays are wanting. mao (deus lunus) has a halfmoon behind his shoulders; aesculapius too had rays about his head. in what century was the halo, the aureole, first put round the heads of christian saints? and we have also to take into account the crowns and diadems of kings. ammian. marc. 16, 12 mentions chnodomarius, cujus vertici flammeus torulus aptabatur. n. cap. 63 translates the honorati c

eroes shines out of their eyes (luminum vibratus, oculorum micatus, saxo gram. 23: ormr i cmga. the golden teeth of gods and heroes have been spoken of, p. 234. in the miirchen sons are born with a star on the forehead, kinderm. 96. straparola 4, 3; or a golden star falls on the forehead, pentam. 3, 10. the dioscuri had a star or fkme shining on their heads and helmets: this may have reference to the rays encircling the head (p. 323, or to constellations being set in the sky. in some cases the heroic form is disfigured by animal peculiarities, as siegfried's by his horny skin, and others by a scaly; the mtirchen have heroes with hedgehog spikes. the legend of the merovings, imperfectly handed down to us, must be founded on something of the kind. avhen clodio the son of faramund with his qu

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name shem- ha-mephorasch. thus the sun itself embraces the whole creation in its rays. the 7 hebrew yods on each side falling through the air, refer to the solar influence descending. the wall is the circle of the zodiac and the stones are its various degrees and divisions. the two children standing respectively on water and earth, represent the generating influence of both brought into action by the rays of the sun. they are the two inferior or passive elements, as the sun and the air above them are the superior and active elements, of fire and air. furthermore, these two children resemble the sign gemini, which unites the earthly sign of taurus with the watery sign of cancer and this sign was by the greeks and romans referred to apollo or the sun. hiero: returns to place. heg: leads theo

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

, if this seems more meaningful. each person present can again add blessings* leave the candle and incense to burn away and bury any ash or wax afterwards in the earth beneath a tree. a healing ritual with sunlight and moonlight this is a very magical form of healing and can be carried out either alone or as a group activity. quartz crystal balls were traditionally used medicinally to concentrate the rays of sunlight upon a diseased or painful area of the body or in the direction of some internal organ. this clear crystal stone has always been associated with energising powers and with healing. in its spherical form of completeness, it is perhaps the ultimate healing and magical stone. you can buy tiny spheres quite cheaply and these work just as well as a large crystal ball. sunlight is g

e, soon to herald the new day; we offer this light, joining with our ancestors and those as yet unborn to call forth radiance* leave the candles in a safe place and when you awaken, even if it is not fully day, light the third candle, replacing and re-lighting the others if they are almost burned down, saying: the sun comes forth from the cave, in joy and glory and promise; we join our light with the rays of the new morning* spend the morning out of doors, if possible, collecting greenery, or making tiny clay figures of the nativity figures, santons as they are called in france, to create a personalised nativity, including figures to represent your family and friends* at noon, light the fourth candle, again after replacing any that are burned through, saying: i rejoice that the light surro

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utterly true without doubt that angelic magic is higher than that form of talismanic magic which has its basis in the astrological positions of the heavenly bodies; and can therefore do more, and be also independent of astrological considerations, because the matter is relegated to a higher plane than this' and one wherein the laws of physical nature do not obtain. but certainly when working with the rays of the sun, we shall more easily find his occult force of heat attainable when he himself is producing that effect upon the earth, i.e, when he is in the sign of the lion; while when he is in that of the bull' his force will be rather that of germination, etc, when in the northern hemisphere. and the same with the other planets. also if working by the indian tatwas, we shall find it neces

her plane for their own. 14 so it would be if he applied it to the angelic working; but equally it would be an error which, though not so great, would still entail failure, to apply laws exclusively of the angelic plane to those experiments which would mainly depend on the physical rays of the planets; though undoubtedly the angels of a planet govern its rays. but the angels of mars do not govern the rays of jupiter, nor those of the latter the rays of mars. 15 the grimoires of black magic would usually come under this head. but, nevertheless, the extravagant words therein will be usually found to be corruptions and perversions of hebrew, chaldee, and egyptian titles of gods and angels. but it is undoubtedly evil to use caricatures of holy names; and these for evil purposes also. yet it is

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n hmkj is the root of blue, and this is reflected into dsj; in hnyb is the root of red, and this is reflected into hrwbg. and thus is the first reflected triad completed. the beams of dsj and trapt meet in jxn and yield green. the beams of hrwbg and trapt meet in dwh and yield a tawny orange. the beams of dsj and hrwbg fall in dwsy and yield purple. and thus is the third triad completed. and from the rays of the third triad are these three colors shown in twklm, together with a fourth which is the synthesis. for from the orange tawny of dwh and the greening nature of jxn is reflected a certain greenish citrine, citron; from the orange tawny mixed with the puce of dwsy proceedeth a red russet brown, russet; and from the green and the puce cometh a certain other darkening green, olive, the s

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 tree of life, acting throughout the planet. the remaining squares represent the \ybwrk and the eternal m, the three alchemical principles, the three elements, the seven planets, and the twelve signs, all operating in and differentiating the rays of each planet. note that in all, the 31 central upper square alone remains white and unchanged, representing the changeless essence of the divine spirit, thus developing all from the one, through the many under the government of one "the colors of the varying squares may be either represented by the color of the planet and the color of the force therein mixed together, or by these colors

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of light and of life. his colour is gold. his essence is to be found in gold, and in all golden objects and plants. he is sometimes called uduu. his gate is the fourth you will pass in the rituals that follow. his step on the great ladder of lights is gold. this is his seal, which you must engrave in gold, when the sun is exalted in the heavens, alone on a mountain top or some such place close to the rays, but alone. being finished, it should be wrapped in a square of the finest silk and lain aside until such time as it is needed. the number os shammash is twenty and this is his seal: the god of mars is the mighty nergal. he has the head of a man on the body of a lion, and bears a sword and a flail. he is the god of war, and of the fortunes of war. he was sometimes though to be an agent of

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supposed theoretically impossible that man should ever know the chemical composition of the fixed stars. it is known that our senses are adapted to receive only an infinitesimal fraction of the possible rates of vibration. modern instruments have enabled us to detect some of these suprasensibles by indirect methods, and even to use their peculiar qualities in the service of man, as in the case of the rays of hertz and rontgen. as tyndall said, man might at any moment learn to perceive and utilise vibrations of all conceivable and inconceivable kinds. the question of magick is a question of discovering and employing hitherto unknown forces in nature. we know that they exist, and we cannot doubt the possibility of mental or physical instruments capable of bringing us into relation with them

allowing love to influence their political actions. the magician, however well he succeed in making contact with the secret sources of energy in nature, can only use them to the extent permitted by his intellectual and moral qualities. mohammed's intercourse with gabriel was only effective because of his statesmanship, soldiership, and the sublimity of his command of arabic. hertz's discovery of the rays which we now use for wireless telegraphy was sterile until reflected through the minds and wills of the people who could take his truth, and transmit it to the world of action by means of mechanical and economic instruments (22) every individual is essentially sufficient to himself. but he is unsatisfactory to himself until he has established himself in his right relation with the univers

is only one of its "vayus. vayu means air or spirit. the idea is that all bodily forces are manifestations of the finer forces of the more real body, this real body being a subtle and invisible thing> there is some ground for the belief that there is a definite substance<material" in the crude sense of victorian science; we now know that such phenomena as the rays and emanations of radioactive substances occupy an intermediate position. for instance, mass is not, as once supposed, necessarily impermeable to mass, and matter itself can be only interpreted in terms of motion. so, as to "prana, one might hypothesize a phenomenon in the ether analogous to isomerism. we already know of bodies chemically identical whose molecular structure makes one acti

trant, and refuses to appear. let the magician consider the cause of such disobedience! 133 it may be that the place or time is wrong. one cannot easily evoke water-spirits in the sahara, or salamanders in the english lake district. hismael will not readily appear when jupiter is below the horizon<nature of the connexion between the rays of the actual planet called jupiter and the jupiterian elements which exist in various degrees in terrestrial objects> in order to counteract a natural deficiency of this sort, one would have to supply a sufficient quantity of the proper kind of material. one cannot make bricks without straw. with regard to invocations of the gods, such considerations do not apply. the gods are beyond mos

s. to resent destiny is thus to abdicate our sovereignty, and to invoke death. indeed, we have decreed the doom of death for every breach of the law of life. and every failure to incorporate any impression starves the particular faculty which stood in need of it. this section b invokes air in the east, with a shaft of golden glory- section c. the adept now invokes fire in the south; flame red are the rays that burst from his verendum- section d. he invokes water in the west, his wand billowing forth blue radiance- section e. he goes to the north to invoke earth; flowers of green flame flash from his weapon. as practice makes the adept perfect in this work, it becomes automatic to attach all these complicated ideas and intentions to their correlated words and acts. when this is attained he

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

chemical composition of the fixed stars. it is known that our senses are adapted to receive only an infinitesimal fraction of the possible rates of vibration. modern instruments have enabled us to detect some of these suprasensibles by indirect methods, and even to use their peculiar qualimagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 42 ties in the service of man, as in the case of the rays of hertz and roentgen. as tyndall said, man might at any moment learn to perceive and utilize vibrations of all conceivable and inconceivable kinds. the question of magick is a question of discovering and employing hitherto unknown forces in nature. we know that they exist, and we cannot doubt the possibility of mental or physical instruments capable of bringing us in relation with them)

an, however well he succeeds in making contact with the secret sources magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 46 of energy in nature, can only use them to the extent permitted by his intellectual and moral qualities. mohammed's intercourse with gabriel was only effective because of his statesmanship, soldiership, and the sublimity of his command of arabic. hertz; discovery of the rays which we now use for wireless telegraphy was sterile until reflected through the minds and wills of the people who could take his truth, and transmit it to the world of action by means of mechanical and economic instruments) 12* it is no objection that the hypocrite is himself part of nature. he is an "endothermic" product, divided against himself, with a tendency to break up. he will see

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE BANNED LECTURE

i feel it useless to speculate. the one thing of which i feel certain is that 800 children is a lot. i don t know over how many years these practices were supposed to have spread. as i think you must all feel sure by now, i know nothing whatever of my subject. but scientific experiment in those days was always a very prolonged operation. they thought nothing of exposing some unknown substance to the rays of the sun and moon for periods of three months at a time, in the hope that in some mysterious way the first stage of some dimly visaged operation might be satisfactorily accomplished. and even if they sacrificed a child every day, it would have taken a matter of two and a half years to dispose of 800 children. besides, it must have taken more than a few minutes to kidnap a child with the

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

al none may doubt; that no parallel advance to that of science has been made in the last fifty years is certain. the reason is obvious. philosophy has had two legitimate weapons introspection and reason; and introspection is not experiment. 1 a few weeks after writing these words i came across the following passage in tyndall s scientific materialism which i had not previously read: two-thirds of the rays emitted by the sun fail to arouse the sense of vision. the rays exist, but the visual organ requisite for their translation into light does not exist. and so, from this region of darkness and mystery which now surrounds us, rays may now be dartin, which require but the development of the proper intellectual organs to translate them into knowledge as far surpassing ours as ours surpasses t

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wheel, for they all gather themselves into a wheel that spins with incredible velocity. it hath many colours, but all thrilled with white light, so that they are transparent and luminous. this one wheel is forty-nine wheels, set at different angles, so that they compose a sphere; each wheel has forty-nine spokes, and has forty-nine concentric tyres at equal distances from the centre. and wherever the rays from any two wheels meet, there is a blinding flash of glory. it must be understood that though so much detail is visible in the wheel, yet at the same time the impression is of a single, simple object. it seems that this wheel is being spun by a hand. though the wheel fills the whole aire, yet the hand is much bigger than the wheel. and though this vision is so great and splendid, yet th

nning (his attribution is salt; the wolf mercury, and the raven sulphur) now the lamb grows small again, there is again nothing but the wheel, and the hand that whirleth it. and i said "by the word of power, double in the voice of the master; by the word that is seven, and one in seven; and by the great and terrible word 210, i beseech thee, o my lord, to grant me the vision of thy glory" and all the rays of the wheel stream out at me, and i am blasted and blinded with the light. i am caught up into the wheel. i am one with the wheel. i am greater than the wheel. in the midst of a myriad lightnings i stand, and i behold his face (i am thrown violently back on to the earth every second, so that i cannot quite concentrate) all one gets is a liquid flame of pale gold. but its radiant force ke

ee, and overshadoweth thee, and at any moment he may come upon thee unawares. the voice of paz is ended. biskra, algeria "december" 16, 1909. 9- 10.30 a.m. the cry of the 3rd aethyr, which is called zon there is an angry light in the stone; now it is become clear. in the centre is that minute point of light which is the true sun, and in the circumference is the emerald snake. and joining them are the rays which are the plumes of maat, and because the distance is infinite, therefore are they parallel from the circumference, although they diverge from the centre. in all this is no voice and no motion. and yet it seems that the great snake feedeth upon the plumes of truth as upon itself, so that it contracteth. but ever so little as it contracteth, without it gloweth the golden rim, which is

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rect by the path of the moon-ray unto the ineffable crown? modesty is misplaced here! very good. then how aspire? who is it that standeth in the moon-ray? the holy guardian angel. aye! o my lord adonai, thou art the beginning and the end of the path. for as thou hb:heh hb:taw hb:aleph thou art also 406 hb:vau hb:taw tau the material world, the omega. and as he hb:aleph hb:vau hb:heh thou art 12, the rays of the ineffable crown.(a disaster has occurred; viz. a sudden and violent attack of that which demands a tabloid of pepsin, bismuth, and charcoal and gets it. on my return, 11.34, i continue. and as hb:yod hb:nun hb:aleph ani "i" thou art also hb:nun hb:yod hb:aleph 2 the negative, that is beyond these on either side! but this illness is a nuisance. i must have got a little chill someho

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c; these are divided into thirty-six rays to represent the thirty-six decantes; and then again into seventy-two quinaries. thus the sun itself embraces the whole creation in its rays. the seven hebrew yodhs falling through the air refer to the solar influence descending "the two children, standing respectively on water and earth, represent the generating influences of both, brought into action by the rays of the sun. they are the two inferior and passive elements, as the sun and the air above them are the superior and active elements of fire and air" furthermore, these two children resemble the sign gemini (which the greeks and romans referred to castor and pollux, which unites the earthly sign of taurus and the watery sign of cancer. the "hiereus" then shows the theoricus the tablet of "t

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st a bird of the air should carry the matter [the "third adept" then points out to the aspirant that beneath the letters cxx he will find the following v+ x^ which is equivalent to "post annos lux crucis patebo "at the end of the years, i, the light of the cross, will disclose myself (the door of the vault is then opened [the "second adept" then points out to the aspirant that the vault is lit by the rays of the symbolic rose, and that in the middle of the vault stands the circular altar6 with these devices: a.g.r.c "ad gloriam rosae crucis" or a.c.r.g "ad crucis rosae gloriam" followed by "hoc universi compendium unius mihi sepulchrum feci "ie "unto the glory of the rosy cross, i have constructed this sepulchre for myself as a compendium of the universal unity" the rest of the altar symbo

and this is reflected into chesed. in binah is the root of red, and this is reflected into geburah, and thus is the first reflected triad completed. the beams of chesed and tiphereth meet in netzach and yield green. the beams of geburah and tiphereth meet in hod and yield orange-tawny. the beams of chesed and geburah fall in jesod and yield purple, and thus is the third triad completed. and from the rays of the third triad are these three colours shown in malkuth, together with a fourth, which is their synthesis. for from the orange-tawny of hod and the greening nature of netzach is reflected a certain greenish citron_ citrine. from the orange-tawny of mixed with the puce of yesod, prodeedeth a red- russet brown--russet. and from the green and the puce there cometh a certain other darkeni

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rays (in this, as in all similar exposures, it matters not if such nights be overclouded, so long as the vessel be placed in such a position that it "would" receive the direct rays, did the cloud withdraw) p. the curcurbite is again to be placed on the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist performs an invocation of the forces of the sun to act in the curcurbite. it is then to be exposed to the rays of the sun for twelve hours each day: from 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m (this should be done preferably when the sun is strongly posited in the zodiac, but it "can" be done at some other times, though "never" when he is in scorpio, libra, capricornus or aquarius) q. the curcurbite is again placed upon the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist repeats the words "child of earth, long hast t

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rty- i chanced upon a couple, living in south russia. boy and girl they were still; but, as it were, they unwittingly founded a strange sect of self-mutilated followers, and, being the only man alive who witnessed the beginnings thereof, i will undertake to keep you interested for more than sixteen minutes with their history" the room was now darkened, and three large globes of crystal, set under the rays of a lamp, stood alone, attracting the eyes. the first globe was limpid and colourless, the second was of the palest amethyst, the third of a rich yellow. worlds were revolving within. then elph nor broke the silence again "she was a little girl and he was a little boy" 295 "she looked like a penny toy" murmured the neptunian of the party. none of the others smiled, for the ancient was al

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122. 134 see chapter v, 43-51. 135 compare the abramelin instructions with these. 136 the nada. 137 compare eliphas levi "doctrine and ritual of magic" p. 195. 138 imagine the objective world to be represented by a sheet of paper covered with letters and the names of things, and our power of concentration to be a magnifying glass: that power is of no use, should we wish to burn that paper, until the rays of light are "focussed" by moving the glass or paper with our hand we obtain the right distance. in the above the will takes the place of the hand. concentration has progressed so far as to train the mind to remain fixed on one object then dhy na or meditation may be practised. and when this power of dhy na becomes so intensified as to be able to pass beyond the external perception and br

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e to the surrounding need must grow the capacity for discreet reservation, and the use of the discriminating faculty. when we can wisely use, discreetly withhold, and soundly discriminate, we give the surest guarantee to the watching teachers of the race that we are ready for a fresh revelation. we must resign ourselves to the fact that the only way in which we can find the clue to the mystery of the rays, systems, and hierarchies, lies in the study of the law of correspondences or analogy. it is the one thread by which we can find our way through the labyrinth, and the one ray of light that shines through the darkness of the surrounding ignorance. h. p. blavatsky, in "the secret doctrine" has told us so, but as yet very little has been done by students to avail themselves of that clue. in

t the first initiation one-fourth atomic matter, at the second one-half atomic matter, at the third three-quarters atomic matter, and so on to the completion. since buddhi is the unifying principle (or the welder of all, at the fifth initiation the adept lets the lower vehicles go, and stands in his buddhic sheath. he creates thence his body of manifestation. each initiation gives more control on the rays, if one may so express it, although this does not adequately convey the idea. words so often mislead. at the fifth initiation, when the adept stands master in the three worlds, he controls more or less (according to his line of development) the five rays that are specially manifesting at the time he takes the initiation. at the sixth initiation, if he takes the higher degree, he gains pow

aken the fifth initiation whilst occupying earlier vehicles. his body is not a young one, and he is a tibetan. he is very devoted to the master k. h. and occupies a little house not far distant from the larger one of the master, and from his willingness to serve and to do anything that has to be done, he has been called "the messenger of the masters" he is profoundly learned, and knows more about the rays and planetary hierarchies of the solar system than anyone else in the ranks of the masters. he works with those who heal, and co-operates unknown and unseen with the seekers after truth in the world's great laboratories, with all who definitely aim at the healing and solacing of the world, and with the great philanthropic world movements such as the red cross. he occupies himself with var

tary force through the medium of the buddha. 2. to hold the principal of the quarterly conferences. 3. to admit to the ceremony of initiation those who are ready in all grades. three other initiation ceremonies take place during the year: 1. for the minor initiations administered by the bodhisattva, all of which are in the department of the mahachohan, and on one or other of the four lesser rays, the rays of attribute- 62- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. for the major initiations on one or other of the three major rays, the rays of aspect, which are administered by the bodhisattva, and are therefore the first two initiations. 3. for the higher three initiations at which sanat kumara wields the rod. at all initiations the lord of the world is present, but at the fi

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

of force, three major centres and four minor. these seven centres of logoic force are themselves so constituted that they form corporate entities. they are known as a. the seven planetary logoi. b. the seven spirits before the throne. c. the seven rays. d. the seven heavenly men. the seven logoi embody seven types of differentiated force, and in this treatise are known under the names of lords of the rays. the names of the rays are ray i..ray of will or power..1st aspect ray ii..r. ay of love-wisdom..2nd aspect ray iii..ray of active intelligence 3rd aspect these are the major rays. ray iv..ray of harmony, beauty and art. ray v..ray of concrete knowledge or science. ray v..ray of devotion or of abstract idealism. ray vii..ray of ceremonial magic or order. ii. there is a basic law called th

s, using the spinal column as its main artery, but working in close connection with certain central ganglia, wherever located, and having a special association with the spleen [chart i evolution of matter] in the etheric body, which is an exact replica of its denser counterpart, we have the organ of active or radiatory fire, and, as is well known, the vehicle of prana. its function is to store up the rays of radiatory light and heat which are secured from the sun, and to transmit them, via the spleen, to all parts of the physical body. hence in the future it will come to be recognised that the spine and the spleen are of the utmost importance to the physical well-being of man, and that when the spinal column is duly adjusted and aligned, and when the spleen is freed from congestion and in

y. what is encountered during that approach such as planetary bodies, for instance will be affected by the akashic current, the electrical current, or the pranic current in some way, but all of these currents are only the internal fires of the system when viewed from some other point in universal, though not solar, space. it is, therefore, obvious that this matter of fire is as complex as that of the rays. the internal fires of the solar system become external and radiatory when considered from the standpoint of a planet, while the internal fires of the planet will affect a human being as radiation in exactly the same way as the pranic emanations of his etheric body affect another physical body as radiatory. the point to be grasped in all these aspects is that one and all have to do with m

i in the uppermost part of the etheric body, the head and shoulders, and passed down to the etheric correspondence of the physical organ, the spleen, and from thence forcibly transmitted into the spleen itself. these golden hued pranic entities are in the air above us, and are specially active in such parts of the world as california, in those tropical countries where the air is pure and dry, and the rays of the sun are recognised as being specially beneficial. relations between man and this group of devas are very close, but fraught as yet with much danger to man. these devas are of a very powerful order, and, along their own line, are further evolved than man himself. unprotected man lies at their mercy, and in this lack of protection, and man's failure to understand the laws of magnetic

o may wisely be considered together, for the inter-relation is so close that it is not possible to discuss them separately. primarily the functions of the etheric body are three in number: 1. it is the receiver of prana. 2. it is the assimilator of prana. 3. it is the transmitter of prana. 1. the receiver of prana. the etheric body may therefore be described as negative or receptive in respect to the rays of the- 54- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust sun, and as positive and expulsive in respect to the dense physical body. the second function that of assimilation is strictly balanced or internal. as stated earlier, the pranic emanations of the sun are absorbed by the etheric body, via certain centres which are found principally in the upper part of the body, from whence

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

d, manifesting or latent. much the same idea is covered in this sutra as in the previous one. in time and space all characteristics have relative values. the goal is one; the origin is one, but owing to the differing rates of vibration of the seven great breaths or streams of divine energy, every life borne forth upon them differs and is distinctive. the stage of development of the seven lords of the rays is not equal. the unfoldment of the life of the various planetary logoi, or of the seven spirits before the throne of god, is not uniform and the atoms in their bodies, or the monads who constitute their vehicles are therefore not uniform in unfoldment- 146- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust this is a vast subject and cannot be more than touched upon here. students will fin

amic or astral body and thus be also etherically invisible. however, that time is still distant- 155- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust w. q. judge, in his commentary, makes certain interesting remarks, as follows "another great difference between this philosophy and modern science is here indicated. the schools of today lay down the rule that if there is a healthy eye in line with the rays of light reflected from an object such as a human body the latter will be seen, and that no action of the mind of the person looked at can inhibit the functions of the optic nerves and retina of the onlooker. but the ancient hindus held that all things are seen by reason of that differentiation of satwa one of the three great qualities composing all things which is manifested as luminosit

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he omniscience of the soul will be manifested on earth. let me close this chapter with some words written by a hindu mystic and some by a modern christian mystic, typical examples of the two points of view of the mystic and the knower. the hindu says "they are called brahmins only that have an inner light working in them..the human soul is a lamp not covered over with a bushel. the lamp emits not the rays of the flesh but the rays of mental light to illuminate all humanity and is therefore the channel for the world soul. the rays of mental light assist all humanity in its mental growth and expansion, and the lamp is therefore one of the eternal world brahmins. it gives light unto the world but takes nothing that the world can give" the christian writes "i saw a life ablaze with god! my fat

rfect in the practice of the four stages of meditation (analysis, reflection, fondness, bliss. these are the four progressive mental states, leading to complete concentration of mind, producing ecstatic illumination "he was a most learned professor in the science of the mind, having proved the mind to be, beyond dispute, the beginning and end of all visible phenomena, both material and spiritual, the rays whereof, being allowed to shine unobstructedly, develop themselves, as he knew, into the three-fold manifestation of the universal divine being, through their own free, inherent power."6(118) thus we have the same procedure mental activity, contemplation, union and illumination. the method in chinese buddhism one of the main contributions to the process of enlightenment is an understandin

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leap over racial and religious barriers. when this is present also there is an assured belief in the continuity of life and its correlation to the life after death. to sum up the situation, it must be noted that the groups in the past have stood for certain aspects of truth and have demonstrated certain ray characteristics. the new group will express all the aspects and have in it members on all the rays. the majority of the workers in the many groups have carried forward certain details of the plan, and added their quota of energy to the forward urge of humanity, but they have for the most part done this without any true understanding of what they were accomplishing, and without any real comprehension of that body-soul relationship which leads to really intelligent work, unless we except

or rays, and in this thought you find the secret of soul unity. during manifestation, owing to the seven types of energy impacts, playing upon the matter of space, one finds the seven types of soul, the seven fields of expression, and the seven grades of consciousness and of ray characteristics. these differentiations as you well know are like the colouring that the prism takes when subjected to the rays of the sun, or to the tracery of pattern found in reflection upon a limpid pool. astrology and the energies to these two energies, a third group of energies must be added, and these are the basis of much of our astrological research. they emanate from the twelve constellations which form our solar zodiac. their effect is infinite and the permutations of these three groups of energies lead

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

bsequent development of the, as yet, quiescent brain cells) which must eventually produce a co-ordination of the thinking faculty, and resultant illumination. the nature of our septenary universe must be considered, and the relation of the threefold human being to the divine trinity must be noted. a general idea of the entire symbolic picture is of value. each student, as he takes up the study of the rays, must steadily bear in mind that he himself-as a human unit-finds his place on one or other of these rays. the problem thus produced is a very real one. the physical body may be responsive to one type of ray force, whilst the personality as a whole may vibrate in unison with another. the ego or soul may find itself upon still a third type of ray, thus responding to another type of ray ene

depression, lack of emotional control keep you from taking fresh hold and with joy and interest making that needed progress which will fit you for more active and useful service. that none of you may be hindered by the past or by the present, but may live as onlookers, is the prayer, constant and believing, of your teacher. the tibetan. i. introductory remarks. 1. the three objectives in studying the rays. 2. definition of the words: life-quality-appearance. 3. the seven rays enumerated. 4. the function of christianity. chapter i introductory remarks i. the three objectives in studying the rays the study of the rays, and a true and deep comprehension of the inner significance of the teaching, will do for us three things: a. it will throw much light upon the times and cycles in the unfoldin

of the psychologists and the psychoanalysts in connection with their ray indications, and as the newer sciences come into wise use and their proper sphere, we shall gain much and the teaching will find corroboration. we shall see emerging a new approach to the ancient truths, and a new mode of investigating humanity. in the meantime let us concentrate upon the clear enunciation of the truth anent the rays, and seek to tabulate, outline and indicate their nature, purpose and effects. the seven rays, being cyclic in appearance, have continuously passed in and out of manifestation and have thus left their mark down the ages upon mankind, and therefore hold the clue to any true historical survey. such a survey still remains to be made. b. a second result of the study of the rays will be to cla

orm life. the idea that a renewed effort towards the goal of spiritual light is the cause of trouble or precipitates disaster is not a statement of fact. the extent of the discipline to be undergone by a disciple is settled and known by his soul before he even takes a body; it is determined by law. it is this problem of energy units and their mutual interplay which underlies the entire subject of the rays which we shall seek to investigate. every group in the world is a nucleus for the focussing and interplay of the seven types of force, just as every human being is also a meeting place for the seven types of energy, two in the ascendant and five less potent. every group can consequently be a creative centre and produce that which is an expression of the controlling energies and of the dir

demonstrated if those who are interested in this treatise on the seven rays can attune themselves to think clearly, and with a poised and illumined mind seek to understand what is relatively a new aspect of truth. in undertaking to reveal something anent the nature of the seven rays, i feel it necessary to remind all of you who take up this study that any speculation as to the emanating source of the rays must remain profitless until there is developed within each student that apparatus of response and that sensitive mechanism which will enable him to register a wider field of contacts than is at present possible. many are as yet in the initial stage of registering an awareness of a field of expression which they know exists the field of soul awareness but which is not yet for them their n

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assumption of the virgin and the birth of the virgin mary. one is celebrated on august 15th and the other on september 8th. each year, the sun can be seen entering the sign virgo about the time of the assumption, and the entire constellation is enveloped and lost to sight in the radiant glory of the sun. about september 8th the constellation virgo can be seen slowly reappearing as it emerges from the rays of the sun. this is spoken of as the birth of the virgin. easter day is always decided astronomically. these facts warrant the most careful consideration. this information should be in the hands of all christian people, because then and only then can they arrive at a full and clear understanding of what, in his cosmic nature, christ came to earth to do. that event was of far greater impor

unt, where he put on the perfected bliss body, now fully organised as a vehicle of consciousness. in that he returned to the body of flesh, to re-animate it. the cross bearing that body, or the entranced and rigid body, if no cross had been used, was lifted out of the sarcophagus and placed on a sloping surface, facing the east, ready for the rising of the sun on the third day. at the moment that the rays of the sun touched the face, the christ, the perfected initiate or master, re-entered the body, glorifying it by the bliss body he was wearing, changing the body of flesh by contact with the body of bliss, giving it new properties, new powers, new capacities, transmuting it into his own likeness. that was the resurrection of the christ, and thereafter the body of flesh itself was changed

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ury. then revelation may be possible, as there will be more initiates in the world, and inner vision and inner hearing will be more generally recognised and present. when man arrives at a better understanding of the etheric body and its seven force centres (which are all related to the seven rays, and in their expression show the seven characteristics and techniques which are here tabulated anent the rays) then some further light can intelligibly be thrown upon the nature of the seven types of electrical phenomena which we call the seven rays. on the path of return and in connection with the process of detachment, which marks the progress of the soul towards release and the ending of the period of appropriation, certain passages in a treatise on white magic give clearly the intended techni

ality .s eventh ray. mental body. first ray. astral body. fifth ray. physical body. third ray. students may find it of value to study themselves and others in conformity with the above, and to establish their personal formulae. this should be done in conjunction with a consultation of their horoscopes. this will be discussed more at length after we have considered the astrological implications of the rays, in the succeeding volume. the law of sacrifice, therefore, can never be eliminated in our earth scheme, as far as the human and subhuman reactions to sorrow and pain are concerned, nor can it be eliminated on the planets saturn and mars. it is relatively unknown in the other schemes. bliss and sacrifice are synonymous terms as far as our solar logos is concerned, and also for the majorit

- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust than will the disciples and aspirants whose egoic ray is out of manifestation. this recognition will lead to a careful study of times and seasons, thus there will be no waste effort, and real advantage can be taken of the qualifications and aptitudes of the servers available. all will be in conformity with the plan. a consideration of the rays in or out of manifestation, and a recognition of the disciples and servers available on the physical plane at any one time, is part of the work of the masters in the hierarchy. the emergence of the new group of world servers today is an indication that there are enough egoic ray types in physical manifestation, and that a sufficient number of personalities are responding to soul contact

nd they produce the manifestation of consciousness on earth in any and every form. we shall first deal mainly with the greater whole, without emphasising the differentiation into rays. the seven rays, as has often been stated, colour or qualify the divine instincts and potencies, but that is not all. they are themselves determined and controlled by these potencies. it must never be forgotten that the rays are the seven major expressions of the divine quality as it limits (and it does so limit) the purposes of deity. god himself hews to a pattern, set for him in a still more distant vision. this purpose or defined will is conditioned by his instinctual quality or psyche, in just the same way as the life purpose of a human being is both limited and conditioned by the psychological equipment

and form is another way of expressing this same triplicity. these definitions have been made of a real simplicity and also exceedingly brief. intricacy of definition does not necessarily ensure correctness, and the clear outlines of a truth are oft lost in a maze of words. i. the appropriation of the bodies the final definition which is given here, leads up to our consideration of the subject of the rays. the personality is the fusion of three major forces and their subjection (finally and after the fusion) to the impact of soul energy to the impact of soul energy. this impact is made in three different stages or in what are occultly termed "three impulsive movements" using the word "impulsive" in its true connotation and not in the usual emotional and enthusiastic significance. these imp

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ationship lies hid much of the problem of the evolving human being. the tibetan tells the members of his group which five rays condition them and students will learn much by a study of what he says. in the cases where i happen to know the disciple concerned personally and something of his problems, it was amazingly interesting to me to note how infallibly right the tibetan was in his diagnosis of the rays involved. in reading these instructions will you please remember that though the tibetan usually speaks of the soul, he also uses the word "ego" interchangeably, meaning thereby the spiritual ego and not the personal ego of the psychologists. we have not felt it wise to give the meditations assigned or the breathing exercises, except in a few cases. they were strictly individual and suite

is we decided to do in two ways: 1. through the collaboration of all the masters of the great white lodge, working through their own disciples. 2. through the specifically focussed activity of the masters morya and koot hoomi and myself, their servant and disciple. through the first method, the new group of world servers came into being and the disciples and aspirants of the world, working on all the rays and under the guidance consciously or unconsciously recognised of the masters who are specifically pledged to help humanity. thus a vast powerhouse and station of light has been formed. it is a diffused and widespread light and its channels are to be found all over the world, in every country and in every major city. this you know and with this branch of the work (to which i am personally

but most difficult to express as a living factor in one's life. we are going to work with frankness henceforth and with freedom, and i your master and your friend will mince no words with you or with any of my group. there is not time, such is the immediate urgency to train workers and it is surely needless with a group such as this. you will remember that i gave much time to the consideration of the rays which governed the various aspects and vehicles of each of the group members, and i trust that a careful analysis of what i said has enabled each of you to know yourselves and to understand your problems more truly and more fully. today i seek to indicate the vehicles of force through which the two major rays are predominantly focussed, reminding you that the task is to relate two energie

h has always enabled you to rationalise yourself into a confidence in the rightness of your decisions and into a surety that your particular life choices and your preferred circumstances are correct and justified. this energy and force are reinforced also by the controlling force of your physical body which gives you a third ray brain. second, your personality ray is focussed in your astral body. the rays three, five and six are your controlling factors. this gives you devotion and mental control and it should give you real balance but, unfortunately, it does not, because the mind aspect is unduly emphasised and you are afraid of devotion. yet it is your devotion, my brother, which has brought you to us and not your mental ability. it is your devotion which has led you steadily all these y

star within its tiny orbit kept its place and slow revolved. its contacts with the circle's edge proved adequate"`there is but one great circle' came a voice `not many little spheres. some stars are small and time must feed their flame. some stars are suns and shed their light on every hand. seek out a sun and feed its life. shed forth your rays and live" july 1937 brother of old: in dealing with the rays which control and dominate your life i would remind you that it is your first ray mind that gives you undoubted mental influence. this is felt most strongly by all who contact you. being definitely in touch with your soul (which is in its turn under second ray influence) you have a combination of forces which is definitely useful, both to yourself and others. your mental body is governed

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

rm as a means only for the accomplishment of its designs. a closer study of the forces which are producing the outer turmoil may serve to clarify your vision and restore confidence in god's plan and its divine love and loveliness. let us, therefore, consider these forces and their originating centres, and thus acquire perhaps a new vision and a more constructive point of view. 1. the influence of the rays today. first: the most obvious and powerful force in the world today is that of the first ray of will and power. it works out in two ways: 1. as the will of god in world affairs, which is ever the will-to-good. steadily if you study human history intelligently you will see that there has been a regular and rhythmic progression toward unity and synthesis in all departments of human affairs

recognition. in the process of so doing much will be learnt of the balancing group of initiates and adepts who work entirely with the material side of life and in whom (for this major cycle) the love aspect of the soul remains totally undeveloped, whereas the mind nature is potently expressing itself. if you will study what i have earlier given anent certain of the higher and lower expressions of the rays you will see how these two fields of endeavour that of the hierarchy, animated by love and that of the opposite pole, the black lodge, working entirely through mind and substance are engaged and their close relationship will emerge. you will realise then that the margin of difference is very slight and is to be found solely in intention, in the underlying purpose and the concrete objectiv

is the dominant potent and main controlling factor at this time, and by a soul ray which is sensed only by the disciples and the aspirants of any nation. this soul ray must be evoked into an increased functioning activity by the new group of world servers, for this is one of their main objectives and tasks. this must never be lost to sight. much could be written about the historical influence of the rays during the past two thousand years and of the way in which great events have been influenced or brought about by the periodic ray influence. interesting as it is and indicative of the present national trends and problems, all that i can now do is point out the energies governing each nation, and leave you to study and note their effect and to comprehend their relation to the present condi

f active intelligence showing itself so predominantly in the electrical civilisation of modern times, and the fifth ray of exact science are all potently active at this time, for they are all pouring their energies onto our planetary life. the incoming seventh ray of order is surely, even if slowly, imposing order and a new rhythm of life upon mankind. the effect of these incoming energies and of the rays which are active at any one time is felt in the following sequential order: 1. the sensing of an ideal. 2. the formulation of an theory. 3. the growth of public opinion. 4. the imposition of the new and developing pattern upon the evolving life. 5. the production of a form, based upon that pattern. 6. the stabilised functioning of the life within the new form- 30- the destiny of the natio

e formulation of an theory. 3. the growth of public opinion. 4. the imposition of the new and developing pattern upon the evolving life. 5. the production of a form, based upon that pattern. 6. the stabilised functioning of the life within the new form- 30- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust it should be remembered that each ray embodies an idea which can be sensed as an ideal. the rays in time produce the world pattern which moulds all planetary forms and thus bears witness to the inner potency of the evolutionary processes. this pattern-forming tendency is being recognised today by modern psychology in connection with the human being and his emotional or thought patterns are being charted and studied. so it is with the nations and races also. every ray produces three m

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

asis has been put, during the aryan age, upon the necessity for the study of raja yoga, and the cultivation of submission to its discipline. only through raja yoga can a man stand steady in the light, and only through illumination and the achievement of clear vision can the fogs and miasmas of glamour be finally dissipated. only as the disciple learns to hold his mind "steady in the light" and as the rays of pure light stream forth from the soul, can the glamour be discovered, discerned, recognised for what it essentially is and thus be made to disappear, as the mists of earth dissolve in the rays of the rising sun. therefore i would counsel you to pay more adequate attention to your meditation, cultivating ever the ability to reflect and to assume the attitude of reflection held steady th

ose it, however, by pointing out to you the very practical nature of that which i have communicated and would urge you to find out in your own practical experience the nature of the battle you have each to fight. to aid you in this, i am going to help you in one very definite way- 55- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust it will be of service to you if i indicate to you each of you the rays which govern your threefold personality. you will then be in a position to handle yourselves with greater wisdom, to trace more easily the causes of difficulty and to study more intelligently the effect you may have upon each other and upon those you contact in daily life. i will elaborate in detail the training which should be given to each of the three bodies, taking one of the vehicles

to give you a much more careful and intensive training. will you profit by it? in the interim and in order that you can apprehend the truth of what i shall later tell you, will you study yourselves with care during the next six months and see if what i later suggest is not true? use the information given in a treatise on the seven rays as your guide in this self-analysis; i would remind you that the rays govern the three bodies in the following order: 1. rays governing the mental body .r ays 1.4.5. 2. rays governing the astral body. rays 2.6. 3. rays governing the physical body .r ays 3.7. thus you will note that all the rays play their part in the mechanism of man, making all circumstances the vehicles of opportunity and all conditions the medium of development. this statement as to the

ant) of his ray influence is one of the first steps towards understanding the nature of his problem and the method of release. the psychology of the future will direct attention to the discovery of the two rays which govern the soul and personality. having done this through a study of the physical type, emotional reactions and mental tendencies, attention will then be directed to the discovery of the rays governing the specialised vehicles. when these five rays (egoic, personality, physical, astral and mental) have been approximately ascertained, then the following factors will need consideration: 1. the nature, quality and stability of the glandular system- 70- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the point attained in evolution. this will be done by a careful considerat

r: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust of their inter-relation over a vast period of time. 10. therefore, the five types of energy which i indicated to you as of importance in your own lives when i gave you indications as to the nature of your five controlling rays, govern also the relation between the dweller and the angel, both in the individual and in humanity as a whole. these five are the rays of the physical body, the astral ray, the mind ray, the personality ray and the soul ray. 11. the rays which govern humanity and which condition humanity and the present world problem are as follows: a. the soul ray. 2nd. humanity must express love. b. the personality ray. 3rd. developing intelligence for transmutation into love-wisdom. c. mind ray. 5th. scientific achievement. d. astral

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

cused in the heart, for the heart is the centre of life. the great centre which we call humanity is predominantly governed by the third ray of active intelligence. this ray energy arrives at the throat centre via the head and the heart centres. i am pointing this out for two reasons which must form part of your thinking as you study this science: 1. all the centres come under the influence of all the rays, and this must surely be obvious in relation to average and undeveloped human beings. were this not so, such human beings would he unable to respond to first ray, second ray and third ray energy, for the centres above the diaphragm are, in their case, inactive. 2. in time and space and during the evolutionary process, it is not possible to say which centre is expressing the energy of any

ergies. this cannot be done. at the end of the world cycle, when divine purpose is fulfilled and the evolutionary process has brought about the changes and adjustments needed for the full expression of the will of sanat kumara, then the situation will be different and men will know (as the members of the hierarchy know) which centres express the seven ray energies. it must be remembered also that the rays of attribute shift and change constantly; for instance, humanity as the planetary throat centre is under the constant influence of the seventh ray, as is the solar plexus centre of the planet. to that sub-diaphragmatic centre i give no name. though the human throat centre is primarily expressing the third ray, there is an interesting situation to be noted in this connection: two ray energ

t this time. the throat centre of the average integrated personality is governed by the third ray and is strongly energised by third ray energies (again seven in number, whilst the throat centre of the spiritual aspirant, of disciples and initiates below the third initiation is responding primarily to seventh ray influence, and this is peculiarly the case now as the seventh ray is in incarnation. the rays which are manifesting at any particular time affect powerfully all the other centres as well as the one through which they are normally expressing. this is a point oft forgotten. it is needless for me to point out that as man progresses upon the path of return he consistently comes under the impression of the centre of which he is an integral part: that is, first of all, the planetary thr

an ashram as that of the master m. in the department of the manu; a second ray disciple will pass into a second ray ashram such as mine (d.k) or that of the master k.h. and therefore into the department of the christ; a third ray soul will be absorbed into one of the ashrams (and there are many) functioning under the lord of civilisation, the master r. b. all who come into incarnation upon one of the rays of attribute the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rays find their way finally on to one of the three major rays of aspect. the changes of shifts in ray focus are made when the etheric body has in it an adequate measure of the substance of the lowest of the cosmic ethers, the buddhic substance; this is basic for all, on all the rays, for at the end of the age, when cosmic etheric substance

nd how their substance, or rather the presence of certain energies in the etheric body of the personality, are essential before certain initiations can be taken. the theme is too complex to be enlarged upon here, but i would ask you to consider with care the various statements i have- 91- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust made and then seek illumination within yourself. the rays are the seven emanations from the "seven spirits before the throne of god; their emanations come from the monadic level of awareness or from the second cosmic etheric plane. in a certain sense it could be said that these seven great and living energies are in their totality the etheric vehicle of the planetary logos. the evolutionary processes can equally well be stated to be those of eli

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

volume iii by alice a. bailey copyright 1951 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1979 by lucis trust- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust- 2- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust tabulations tabulation i tabulation ii tabulation iii tabulation iv tabulation v tabulation vi tabulation vii tabulation viii tabulation ix tabulation x chapter i the zodiac and the rays what i have to say first on this subject is entirely of a preliminary nature. i seek to lay the ground for a somewhat new approach a far more esoteric approach to the science of astrology. certain things i may say will probably be regarded by the academic and uninspired astrologer as revolutionary, or as erroneous, as improbable or unprovable. as yet, however, astrology has not really pro

ray .v irgo" 4. cancer. moon. 4th ray. none. 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .n one. 6. virgo. mercury .4 th ray .g emini" 7. libra .v enus. 5th ray .t aurus" 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. aries" 9. sagittarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .p isces" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .n one. 11. aquarius. uranus. 7th ray. none. 12. pisces. jupiter. 2nd ray .s agittarius" a. the non-sacred planets are italicised. b. all the rays are represented except the first. this is interesting, as the mass of the people move within their horoscopes and the will aspect is latent but unexpressed. tabulation v. the unorthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with disciples and initiates note: in charts connected with the path, progress is from aries to pisces through taurus, etc. const

8 lucis trust 11. aquarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 12. pisces. pluto. 1st ray. taurus" note: in connection with disciples and the zodiacal signs, gemini and libra are two constellations which through their rulers express 5th and 7th ray energy. for some occult reason, they remain unrelated to any other of the signs. the relation between the other constellations through the planets, as expressing the rays, is as follows: 1. taurus and pisces, through vulcan and pluto, are related to ray 1. transmutation of desire into sacrifice and of the individual will into the divine will. the world saviour 2. leo and aquarius, through the sun and jupiter, are related to ray 2. development of the individual consciousness into world consciousness. thus a man becomes a world server. the world server 3. sa

reactions, therefore, to the planetary influence and to the energy of the various constellations change with equal steadiness and allowance must be made for this. it is consequently essential that the modern astrologer begin to study the point in evolution of the subject, prior to casting his horoscope. he must ascertain his approximate place upon the path of evolution. to this end, the study of the rays is most necessary through an investigation as to quality and characteristics and life objectives. astrologers will eventually be able to cast the horoscope of the soul, which is sensitive to different combinations of forces to those controlling the personality life. the disciple and the initiate respond distinctively to the incoming influences and their response differs from that of the u

de of evolution (which is the inadequate translation of an occult phrase given to a world cycle in the masters' archives) these energies are stepped down into forces and are literally sixteen all told from the angle of manifestation, i would remind you and make literally: 7+7+2=16=7. in these numbers the mystery of our evolutionary process lies hid. always, however, the emphasis must be laid upon the rays of energy and quality as they pour through the zodiacal constellations and the planets. the new astrology therefore is necessarily based upon an understanding of the rays. the following tabulation is fundamental in its implications in this connection and upon it all that i have to say will be based. seven stars of the great bear are the originating sources of the seven rays of our solar s

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

can be made that an individual and a group can heal and that thought can play its potent part in the healing process, but not thought alone and unaided. thought can be the directing agency of forces and energies which can disrupt and dispel disease, but the process must be aided by the power to visualise, by an ability to work with particular forces as is deemed advisable, by an understanding of the rays and their types of energies, and also by a capacity to handle light substance, as it is called. to these powers must be added the ability to be en rapport with the one to be healed, plus a loving heart. in fact, once these conditions are met, too much use of the thinking faculty and too potent a use of the mind processes can arrest and hinder the healing work. thought has to condition the

en rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the downward trend..producing transformation. once the head centre is awakening and the disciple is consciously active in the work of directing the energies to the centres and thereby governing his personality life, there is a scientific undertaking of energising the centres in a certain ordered rhythm which is again determined by the rays, by circumstance and by karma; thus all the bodily energies are swung into correct spiritual activity. with the process involved we cannot here deal, beyond pointing out that this downward trend can be roughly regarded as falling into three stages: 1. the stage of energising the creative life, via the throat centre, thus bringing: a. the head centre and the throat centre, b. these two and

isease and this in a far subtler form than is surmised. the germs of ancient known and unknown diseases are to be found in the layers of the soil and the subsoil; these can still produce virulent trouble if presented with proper conditions. let me state that nature never intended that bodies would be buried in the ground. the animals die and their bodies return to the dust, but return purified by the rays of the sun and by the breezes which blow and disperse. the sun can cause death as well as life, and the most virulent germs and bacteria cannot retain their potency if submitted to the dry heat of the sun's rays. moisture and darkness foster disease as it emanates from and is nourished by bodies from whence the life aspect has been drawn. when, in all countries throughout the world, the r

and photography are closely related because the human being is electrical in origin and nature? this must be demonstrated on the physical plane by the aid of the needed sensitive apparatus. february, 1944- 225- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust part two the basic requirements for healing we are now entering upon a new section of our discussion on the rays and disease. it is essentially far more practical in scope than the highly speculative section (speculative to all of you) which we have just concluded. much that i have there told you is, for you, in the nature of questionable truth (using this word "questionable" in its real sense; i.e, as promoting questions. for the most intuitive of you, it was at its best a "possibly accurate" hypot

ray. it works out, therefore, in an overactivity and growth of the body cells whose will-to-live becomes destructive to the organism in which they are to be found. i have here only given you a hint, and one that is not of wide usefulness at this time. a great deal of occult research remains to be done by the medical profession along these lines, but this will only be possible when the science of the rays is better understood and when the evidence substantiating the presence of five basic energies in every human being (the energies of his five conditioning rays) can be ascertained; men will learn some day to determine with ease their ray type, and the rays which govern their three-fold personality. along every line of man's expanding understanding, the opportunity for that which is new to

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

lopment will also enable him greatly to assist, thus offsetting the destructive tendencies of the first ray worker. he has never been destructive in his application of truth. c.d.p. is working continuously with the children of the world (including those who died victims of the horrors of war, preserving inviolate her affiliation with my ashram but working in a group composed of disciples upon all the rays and whose personalities in their last incarnation were upon all the many nationalities; they are doing what they can and must be done to salvage the consciousness of the children and to preserve them from complete disintegration. k.e.s, who died prior to the reorganisation of the new seed group, is now subjectively affiliated with the group and must be regarded by you as a fellow worker

s 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 outer world of men, thus duplicating in their numbers what christ experienced when he "descended into hell" many things have to be considered; the objectives in view of the masters concerned, the rays in manifestation, and many astrological relationships. in this deciding judgment sanat kumara is being aided by certain members of the great council at shamballa, by the christ and by the seven masters who are responsible for the seven groups of ashrams. he is also reaching certain conclusions as to the groups of disciples who have hitherto been under training during the final stages of t

called in the east or in the west) upon the financial reservoir of the world. this is a hard thing to bring about, for the subtle energies of the inner worlds take much time in producing their effects upon the objective, tangible plane of divine manifestation. money is not yet used divinely, but it will be. nevertheless, the task is well in hand and is engaging the attention of disciples upon all the rays, under the guidance and the impression of the powerful seventh ray ashram now already in process of externalisation. the effect of human meditation at this time is to change conditions, to invoke the higher, spiritual potencies, to work with concentration both vertically and horizontally within the world of men and within the kingdom of god. this vertical and horizontal activity holds the

learn much. i shall not be able to give you full and adequate interpretations or write you at length upon each hint, but i will give you enough to enable you to go deeper into significances than would otherwise be possible. because we are considering the seven rays, do not waste your time attempting to assign the seven hints to the seven ray influences or to the seven principles. disciples on all the rays can work with these hints in terms of the seven rays, if they so choose; but these seven terms of ray interpretation have to be used on each hint, a task which is too great for our present endeavour. these seven hints are used in all ashrams as teaching measures, and when i first gave them to you (scattered through the papers during the past few years, beginning in 1941 and more definitel

ching measures, and when i first gave them to you (scattered through the papers during the past few years, beginning in 1941 and more definitely isolated for your reflection since 1945) i did not mention this fact. you can see, however, the richness of the contribution of the disciples since the inauguration of the new technique. since that time, disciples in all the ashrams, and therefore on all the rays, delved into meaning and arrived at revelation. i have given you these seven hints in their simple modern rendering. i will try and give them to you in their more esoteric presentation, as they are thus preserved in the archives of the hierarchy. hint one. as i have given this hint to you, the wording is as follows "the changes brought about in the hierarchy have been the result of the wo

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

nkers of the day. this period does not lie so far ahead as you might imagine, particularly if the first move in this direction is made by the new group of world servers. this first move involves a right comprehension of goodwill. these three systems, which are the three major systems, correspond to the three major rays of synthesis, of idealism, and of intelligence, which are only other names for the rays of will or power, of love-wisdom and of active intelligence. 4. government by dictatorship. this type of government divides itself into three parts: a. rule by a monarchy, limited usually today by the will of the people, or rather by the politicians of the period, but symbolic of the ultimate rule of the hierarchy under the kingship of the lord of the world. b. rule by the leader of some

out of the plan for the production of certain syntheses and to bring humanity to certain realisations and decisions. a close study of this tabulation will bring you much of knowledge. however, it only expresses the present situation in this interim period between the old piscean age which is passing and the new aquarian age which is coming in. it depicts this present world cycle. the emphasis of the rays changes in connection with the last two types of energy expressions quite constantly, because they are symbolic (in this day and age) of the personality nature in its physical and emotional forms. i wonder whether you can grasp the implications of this paragraph. when the mind aspect (the third aspect of the personality) is more fully developed, then the focus of the effort of the dark fo

ive along these lines, for the destruction of evil is the work of the first ray, and in so destroying its effects purity is achieved; the fostering of good then becomes possible and is the work of the second ray, of the builders; and the bringing of spiritual energy into contact with substance, and consequently with matter, is the unique work of the seventh ray because it is now in manifestation. the rays which are active and in manifestation at this time and in this cycle are there in conformity to the plan and in preparation for the externalisation of the hierarchy and the reappearance of the christ. these rays are particularly involved, and therefore the initiates and the disciples in the ashrams of the masters are also particularly implicated. the science of applied purification is als

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

e hierarchy stands, and that it has stood for thousands of years, and is the expression of the accumulated wisdom of the ages. you must tell them above all else that god is love, that the hierarchy is love, and that christ is coming because he loves humanity. this is the message which you must give at this time. and with this responsibility i leave you. work, my brothenacopyright 1998 lucis trust the rays and the initiations a treatise on the seven rays volume v by alice a. bailey copyright 1960 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1988 by lucis trust part one the fourteen rules for group initiation preliminary remarks it might be here of value, my brothers, if i again laid emphasis upon the fact that the formless world is only entered when the aspirant has acquired somewhat the capacity to ce

ation with the purpose of manifestation. human lives demonstrate the quality of rajas, of mobility, of constant and conscious change in order to ascertain what is the real and through the medium of experience demonstrate the true nature of rhythmic response. subhuman lives express the guna of tamas or of inertia. they work blindly and have no ability to- 2- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust respond consciously to the plan. they are the sumtotal of the "units of inertia" just as the human units are called "the points of light moving within the square" this may have its appeal to masons. this subject of the use or misuse of energy is capable of infinite expansion, and in my other books where i give you more upon the centres i have

the faculty of mind control, so that the thinker grips and holds steady the mental processes and learns to regard the mind as the interpreter of the states of consciousness, as the transmitter of egoic intent to the physical brain and as the window through which the ego, the real man looks out upon vast and (to the majority) unknown fields of knowledge- 3- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust ii. an emergence into manifestation of the subjective aspect in man. one of the objects of evolution is that the subjective reality should eventually be brought forward into recognition. this can be expressed in several symbolic ways, all of them dealing with the same one fact in nature: the bringing to the birth of the christ within. the shi

tests leading to initiation. when a man is beginning to demonstrate the qualities of his ray and to prove of gradually increasing importance to his group, he will be prepared through tests, through trials, and through temptations for those final 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

when the highest type of energy inherently possible dominates. if the lower energy of the aggregate of the form-atoms is the controlling factor three things will take place: 1. the form itself will grow by accretion and will become ever more potent, until the dominant voice of its 'lunar lords' will stifle all other voices and the man be swept back into- 5- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust inertia blindness bondage 2. many people are not only under the control of some one or other of their forms but are the captives of all the three. in studying the lower threefold man and the energies or lives that seek to control him it should be remembered that they fall into three categories: a. the individual tiny lives which we call the a

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

ules remembered that his teacher had said "we rise by kneeling" casting aside his club, hercules knelt, grasped the hydra with his bare hands, and raised it aloft. suspended in mid-air, its strength diminished. on his knees, then, he held the hydra high above him, that purifying air and light might have their due effect. the monster, strong in darkness and in sloughy mud, soon lost its power when the rays of the sun and the touch of the wind fell on it. convulsively it strove, a shudder passing through its loathsome frame. fainter and fainter grew its struggles till the [142] victory was won. the nine heads drooped, then with gasping mouths and glazing eyes fell limply forward. but only when they lifeless lay did hercules perceive the mystic head that was immortal. then hercules cut off th

ugust 15th and the stars of which it is composed are lost sight of in the glory of the sun's rays. at the time of the ancient picturing of the zodiac, august 15th would see the actual disappearance of the cluster virgo, but now the time is not exact, though the church perpetuates the original date. on or about september 8th the constellation can be seen from our planet slowly emerging from out of the rays of the sun and reappearing. this we speak of as the birth of the virgin. two other indications can be given to show how widely and deeply the zodiac has affected our religious beliefs. one will be seen as we study the significance of the twelve sons of jacob and the pronouncements made by their father, and the other emerges as we study the origin of the cross. the crosses the subject of t

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

eive of ain suph, of god as the boundless, the unlimited, undifferentiated, illimitable one; and the third stage is ain suph aur--boundless light, universal light-"let there be light" was formulated, and "there was light" the passive has put on activity; the conscious god has awaked. let us now endeavour to conceive of the concentration of this effulgence, let us formulate a gathering together of the rays of this illumination into a crown of glorified radiance, and we recognise ktr, kether, the crown, the first sephira, first emanation of incomprehensible deity, the first conceivable attribute of immanent manifested godhead: also named adm oilah, adam oilah, the heavenly man, and autik yomin, the ancient of days. the devout rabbi bows his head and adores the sublime conception. he is repre

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

d at first all the gods roared withlaughter, but when they understood the case, they grew serious, and asked one another how it wasto end.then the great father-god said: behold the earth, which is in darkness and gloom! i will change the sister into a moon, and herbrother into a sun. and so shall she ever escape him, yet will he ever catch her with his light, whichshall fall on her from afar; for the rays of the sun are his hands, which reach forth with burninggrasp, yet which are ever eluded.and thus it is said that this race begins anew with the first of every month, when the moon beingcold, is covered with as many coats as an onion. but while the race is being run, as the moonbecomes warm she casts off one garment after another, till she is naked and then stops, and thenwhen dressed the

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

e degree of natural heat protects against the cold; an excess of it destroys life. it is not necessary that the substance of the sun should touch the earth. twelve keys of basil valentine 48 of 95 the sun can heat the earth by shedding thereon its rays, which are intensified by reflection. this intermediate agency is quite sufficient to do the work of the sun, and to mature everything by coction. the rays of the sun are tempered with the air by passing through it so as to operate by the medium of the air, as the air operates through the medium of the fire. earth without water can produce nothing, nor can water quicken anything into growth without earth; and as earth and water are mutually indispensable in the production of fruit, so fire cannot operate without air, or air without fire. for

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

of the ocean in the intermediate space, amid the body parts and corpses of enemies, the violence demon tsi marwa (tsi dmar ba) whistles violently. his face is gathered in a wrathful grimace and his upper teeth gnaw his lower lip. he is endowed with the marks of a hero. he brandishes a red silken spear in his right hand. with his left hand he holds the lasso of the might demons, which shines like the rays of the sun. he throws it as fast as lightning and gathers the life-energy of the enemy. with the fourth finger of his right hand he spins the red lasso. on his right he carries a tiger-skin quiver and on his left a leopard-skin bow case. he rides a black horse with white heels. on his head he wears a helmet of leather adorned with vulture feathers, and on his body he wears an armored coat

monkeys. there are one hundred dge slong [fully ordained monks] lifting their rattling-staffs, and one hundred black-hat magicians wielding their demon-daggers; one hundred women shake out their hair, and one hundred men brandish their swords and shields.233 de nebesky-wojkowitz also states that all of pehar s retinue and entourage are mere manifestations of himself, their forms originating from the rays of light that radiate from his body; this is an ability shared by tsiu marpo. likewise, pehar can reabsorb these manifestations 230 see de nebesky-wojkowitz 1998, p. 107. 231 this imagery agrees with de nebesky-wojkowitz s claim that deities possessing an oracle originate from the seed syllable on the shied that hangs from the oracle s chest, as described above. 232 de nebesky-wojkowitz 1

enemies, hindering demons, and disparaged corpses, the violence demon, king of the war gods, fierce and horrible, tsi marwa sends out violent whistles. his face is gathered in a wrathful grimace and his upper teeth gnaw his lower lip; he is endowed with the marks of a hero (2b) his right hand brandishes a red spear with silk. his left hand [brandishes] the lasso of the might demons, which is like the rays of the sun, and by [throwing it] as fast as lightning he gathers the life-energy of the enemy. and also, with the fourth finger of his right hand he spins the red lasso of might demons. on his right he carries a tiger-skin quiver and on his left he carries a leopard-skin bow case. he rides a black horse with white heels. on his head he wears an excellent helmet of leather adorned with vul

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

) the lower astral body or the personal self. the former, whether imprisoned in a vegetable or an animal body, is endowed with, is indeed itself, that force. owing to its identity with the all-force, which, as said, is inherent in the monad, it is all-potent on the arupa, or formless plane. on our plane, its essence being too pure, it remains all-potential, but individually becomes inactive: e.g, the rays of the sun, which contribute to the growth of vegetation, do not select this or that plant to shine upon. uproot the plant and transfer it to a piece of soil where the sunbeam cannot reach it, and the latter will not follow it. so with the atman: unless the higher self or ego gravitates towards its sun the monad- the lower ego, or personal self, will have the upper hand in every case. for

nd since that "all" cannot be divided in its absoluteness, therefore that sensed creator (we say creators) can be at best but the mere aspect thereof. to use the same metaphor- inadequate to express the full idea, yet well adapted to the case in hand- these creators are like the numerous rays of the solar orb, which remains unconscious of, and unconcerned in, the work; while its mediating agents, the rays, become the instrumental media every spring- the manvantaric dawn of the earth- in fructifying and awakening the dormant vitality inherent in nature and its differentiated matter. this was so well understood in antiquity, that even the moderately religious aristotle remarked that such work of direct creation would be quite unbecoming to god[[aprepes toi theo. plato and other philosophers

needed a body to clothe his too subjective divinity, satan. but the "innumerable incarnations of spirit" and "the ceaseless pulse and current of desire" refer, the first one, to our doctrine of karmic and cyclic rebirths, the second- to eros, not the later god of material, physiological love, but to the divine desire in the gods, as well as in all nature, to create and give life to beings. this, the rays of the one "dark" because invisible and incomprehensible, flame could achieve only by themselves descending into matter. therefore, as continued in the appendix: 12 "many names hath god given him (satan, names of mystery, secret and terrible" 13 "the adversary, because matter opposeth spirit. time accuseth even the saints of the lord" 28, 29, 31 "stand in awe of him, and sin not; speak hi

he "coats of skin" of men thickened, and they fell more and more into physical sin, the intercourse between physical and ethereal divine man was stopped. the veil of matter between the two planes became too dense for even the inner man to penetrate. the mysteries of heaven and earth, revealed to the third race by their celestial teachers in the days of their purity, became a great focus of light, the rays from which became necessarily weakened as they were diffused and shed upon an uncongenial, because too material soil. with the masses they degenerated into sorcery, taking later on the shape of exoteric religions, of idolatry full of superstitions, and man, or hero-worship. alone a handful of primitive men- in whom the spark of divine wisdom burnt bright, and only strengthened in its inte

a double stream of water (the water of life and new birth, which stream is interlaced in the shape of a cross and full of small ansated crosses. this is allegorical of the awakening of the candidate[[vol. 2, page] 559 its early significance (now an initiate, when the beams of the morning sun (osiris) strike the crown of his head (his entranced body being placed on its wooden tau so as to receive the rays. then appeared the hierophants-initiators, and the sacramental words were pronounced, ostensibly, to the sun-osiris, addressed in reality to the spirit sun within, enlightening the newly-born man. let the reader meditate on the connection of the sun with the cross in both its generative and spiritually regenerative capacities- from the highest antiquity. let him examine the tomb of bait-o

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

ime in space, which contains the germ and throws off periodically the efflorescence of this germ, the manifested universe; whereas, the gnostic ophis contained the same triple symbolism in its seven vowels as the one, three and seven-syllabled oeaohoo of the archaic doctrine; i.e, the one unmanifested logos, the second manifested, the triangle concreting into the quaternary or tetragrammaton, and the rays of the latter on the material plane[[vol. 1, page] 74 the secret doctrine. the kabalists- between the former, the embodiment of divine wisdom in the region of the spiritual, and the latter, evil, on the plane of matter* jesus accepted the serpent as a synonym of wisdom, and this formed part of his teaching "be ye wise as serpents" he says "in the beginning, before mother became father-mot

e all correlations, as science says "when a given quantity of heat, assisted by a steam engine, is transformed into mechanical work, we speak of steam power (or force. when a falling body strikes an obstacle in its way, thereby generating heat and sound- we call it the power of collision. when electricity decomposes water or heats a platinum wire, we speak of the force of the electric fluid. when the rays of the sun are intercepted by the thermometer bulb and its quicksilver expands, we speak of the calorific energy of the sun. in short, when one state of a determined quantity of motion ceases, another state of motion equivalent to the preceding takes its place, and the result of such a transformation or correlation is- force. in all cases where such a transformation, or the passage of one

idea. kabalistically speaking, the "architect" is the generic name for the sephiroth, the builders of the universe, as the "universal mind" represents the collectivity of the dhyan chohanic minds[[vol. 1, page] 580 the secret doctrine. plato, lighted a fire which we now call the sun* and which is not the cause of either light or heat, but merely the focus, or, as we might say, the lens, by which the rays of the primordial light become materialised, are concentrate upon our solar system, and produce all the correlations of forces" this is the ether, as just explained in the views of metcalfe, repeated by dr. richardson, save the submission of the former to some details of the modern undulatory theory. we do not say that we deny the theory, but assert only that it needs completion and rearr

BOOK OF ENOCH

106.3] and when he was taken from the hand of the midwife he opened his mouth and spoke to the lord of righteousness. 106.4] and his father lamech was afraid of him, and fled, and went to his father methuselah. 106.5] and he said to him "i have begotten a strange son; he is not like a man but is like the children of the angels of heaven, of a different type and not like us. and his eyes are like the rays of the sun and his face glorious. 106.6] and it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels and i am afraid that something extraordinary may be done on the earth in his days. 106.7] and now, my father, i am entreating you and petitioning you, to go to our father enoch, and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling is with the angels" 106.8] and when methuselah heard the

nswered me, and said "because of a great matter i have come to you, and because of a disturbing vision, have i come near. 106.10] and now hear me, my father, for a child has been born to my son lamech, whose form and type are not like the type of a man. his colour is whiter than snow, and redder than the flower of the rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool. and his eyes are like the rays of the sun; and he opened his eyes and made the whole house bright. 106.11] and he was taken from the hand of the midwife, and he opened his mouth, and blessed the lord of heaven. 106.12] and his father lamech was afraid and fled to me. and he does not believe he is sprung from him but thinks him to be from the angels of heaven. and behold, i have come to you, so that you may make known t

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

sacrifice of the magician before they will honor the requests but it having been made they are amiable to the demands made. each of these orders rule 490 leagues of spirits except those ruled by tagaririm, whose dominion is sevenfold that of the others. the qliphoth these be they who be unclean and evil, even the distortion and perversion of the sephiroth: the fallen restriction of the universe, the rays of the coils of the stooping dragon. eleven are their classes, yet ten are they called. seven are the heads, yet an eighth ariseth. seven are the infernal palaces, yet do they include ten. in the tree of life, by the waters of the river, in the garden of wisdom, is the serpent of the paths; it is the serpent in the celestial eden. but the serpent of the temptation is that of the tree of k

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

, if this seems more meaningful. each person present can again add blessings* leave the candle and incense to burn away and bury any ash or wax afterwards in the earth beneath a tree. a healing ritual with sunlight and moonlight this is a very magical form of healing and can be carried out either alone or as a group activity. quartz crystal balls were traditionally used medicinally to concentrate the rays of sunlight upon a diseased or painful area of the body or in the direction of some internal organ. this clear crystal stone has always been associated with energising powers and with healing. in its spherical form of completeness, it is perhaps the ultimate healing and magical stone. you can buy tiny spheres quite cheaply and these work just as well as a large crystal ball. sunlight is g

e, soon to herald the new day; we offer this light, joining with our ancestors and those as yet unborn to call forth radiance* leave the candles in a safe place and when you awaken, even if it is not fully day, light the third candle, replacing and re-lighting the others if they are almost burned down, saying: the sun comes forth from the cave, in joy and glory and promise; we join our light with the rays of the new morning* spend the morning out of doors, if possible, collecting greenery, or making tiny clay figures of the nativity figures, santons as they are called in france, to create a personalised nativity, including figures to represent your family and friends* at noon, light the fourth candle, again after replacing any that are burned through, saying: i rejoice that the light surro

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

abir b. hayyan al-kufi. 800-866 al-kindi wrote "on rays (de radiis. al-kindi's theory would tend to imply that the "occult qualities" of plants and stones are a kind of signification "all terrestrial things emit "rays" which exist everywhere simultaneously thereby permitting the magician who understands these things to effect change at a distance. these "rays" of terrestrial things are related to the rays of the stars and planets, thus heaven and earth exist in a reciprocal relation to each other. more than this the human voice can effect change. thus the arts of the trivium (grammar, logic and rhetoric) have esoteric/magical correlates"-robert zoller 825 al-razi(abu bakr muhammad ibn zakariyya, born at rhagae near tehran 836 thabit ibn qurrah (thebit)exiled'sabian' of harran iun baghdad "

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

vine. it is also a symbol of bringing forth and invoking the higher genius. there is a much more hidden meaning in the symbology of the cross as it relates to corpus cristi and the solstice. the cross is a symbol of the invisible middle pillar. this is covered in early order documents "the law of the convoluted revolution of the forces" the cross relates to the central axis of the l that receives the rays of the a. remember, in our system, it is this axis that we measure. the center point of the l rather than the equator. thus, we see in the qabalistic cross the symbology of the sun and its' life giving rays passing over the l. this is osiris/christ energy united in unison through the qabalistic cross. let us be aware always that no banishings can be done in the vault. in addition, no invo

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

ecular structure of everything has to cope with dramatically changing conditions. this will affect the thinking, behaviour, and physical bodies of all lifeforms. we are now beginning to see the mainstream scientific community confirming phenomena long predicted by psychics and felt instinctively by sensitive people. cosmic rays of (in modern times) unprecedented power are being detected. normally the rays are measured in millions of electron volts, but scientists at the dugway proving grounds in utah, have measured cosmic rays with an energy of 320 billion, billion electron volts. this had previously been considered "impossible. something similar has also been measured by scientists in japan. roger highfield, the science editor of the london daily telegraph wrote "something out there- no-o

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

term "jesus of nazareth" or "jesus the nazarene. the town of nazareth did not exist during the alleged life of jesus. there is no mention of it in any records or on any maps, even though detailed roman records were kept at that time. it was founded after the gospel stories were circulating. the nazarite sect banned the cutting of hair, except in certain solar rituals, because the hair represented the rays of the sun. this could be the real origin of this custom that still continues today in the sikh religion. the nazarenes or nazarites wore black, as did the babylonian brotherhood, and this was inherited by the christian church. today the arabic word for christians is nasrani and in the muslim koran they are the nasara or nazara. this comes from the hebrew word, nozrim, which derived from

jesus were crucified for the sins of the people. it is an ancient ritual. jesus, the "son" on the cross, is the sun at the spring equinox on one level and the dying balder on another. the crown of thorns is symbolic of the halo, which the ancients portrayed around the head of all of their sun gods (see figure 33. the points around the head of the statue of liberty and other illuminati deities are the rays of the sun or crown of thorns. the words attributed to jesus "my god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me" were taken from the passover ritual at jerusalem, according to some researchers. the cross itself is not a uniquely christian figure 33: the ancients depicted their sun gods with a "halo" around their heads. this is an image of the sun god bel or bil on a british standing stone god sav

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

ay. referencesto the lion and the grip of the lions paw in the master mason degree of freemasonryoriginate with this same stream of mystery school symbolism. initiates into the rites ofmithra were called lions and were marked on their foreheads with the egyptian cross.the first degree initiates had a golden crown placed on their heads, representing theirspiritual self, and this crown, symbolising the rays of the sun, can be found on thestatue of liberty in new york harbour. all these rituals went back thousands of yearsto babylon and the stories of nimrod, queen semiramis, and tammuz, their version ofjesus. mithra was said to be the son (sun) of god who died to save humanity and givethem eternal life. one classic symbol of mithra was as a lion with a snake curled aroundhis body, while he h

the world. this very phrase, light of theworld, was used by the aryan-phoenicians to symbolise the onetrue god thousands of years before the alleged birth of abraham, thequite wrongly named creator of the one-god concept.25 they alsosymbolised the one true god, the sun, with the one true cross 26 thechristians portray jesus with a halo around his head and thatsexactly how the phoenicians depicted the rays of the sun around thehead of their sun god, bel or bil. this can be seen on a phoenicianstone dating to about the 4th centurv bc (see figure 14. the sunwas at the heart of the egyptian religion and at noon when the sunwas at the peak of its daily journey, they prayed to the mosthigh. at this time, they said the sun was going about his fatherswork in the temple. the virgin mothers associat

re. it was the universal religion inspiredby the same, ultimately extraterrestrial, sourcethousands of years before christianity. sun andfire worship was the focus of religions in india where their festivals charted the sunscycle through the year,27 and in the jesus story you see constant symbolic references tothis and to astrology and mystery school symbolism. the crown of thorns is the symbolof the rays of the sun, just like the crown of spikes around the head of the statue ofliberty. the cross is also sun and astrological symbolism, as you saw earlier with thecross and the circle. leonardo da vinci, the grand master of the priory of sion (sun),used this same symbolism in his famous painting of the last supper (see figure 16).he divides the 12 disciples into four groups of three with jes

d americansbelieve she is the symbol of their liberty in the land of the free. nothing could befurther from the truth. the statue of liberty was given to new york by frenchfreemasons and her mirror image stands on an island in the river seine in paris (seepicture section for this and other symbols in this chapter. these statues of liberty arerepresentations of queen semiramis and isis et al, with the rays of the sun around herhead. the ancients symbolised the sun in this way. and they are not holding the torchof liberty, but the torch of the illuminated ones, the reptilian-aryan elite. the statue ofliberty is a brotherhood symbol which says: we control this country and we aretelling you so, but you are too stupid to see it! the torch is the most obviousbrotherhood signature.352when the bro

DAVID ICKE RELATED THE HIDDEN GEARS OF FREEMASONRY

perpetrated on the american people by the brotherhood. it was given by french freemasons, a mirror image stands on an island in the river seine in paris. initiates into the rites of mithra were called lions and were marked on their foreheads with the egyptian cross. the first degree initiates had a golden crown placed on their heads, representing their spiritual self, and this crown, symbolizing the rays of the sun, can be found on the statue of liberty in ny harbor. all these rituals went back thousands of years to babylon and the stories of nimrod, queen semiramis, and tammuz, their version of jesus mathra was said to be the son (sun) of god who died to save humanity and give them eternal life. one classic symbol of mithra was a lion with a snake curled around his body, while he holds t

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

the analogy of physics, which tells us that the sky only appears blue and luminous owing to the reflection of light from the innumerable dust particles floating in the atmosphere; absolutely dustless air is unilluminated, and our sky would have the darkness of interstellar space if it were not for these dust particles. we also learn from the study of physics that we see objects solely by means of the rays of light they reflect from their surfaces. when there is little or no reflection, as with black cloth, it is almost invisible in a dim light, a property made much use of by conjurers and illusionists. 56. it is the formative, concreting function of malkuth which finally renders tangible and definite what was, upon the higher planes, intangible and indefinite, and this is its great service

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

he maintained that these sensitive emanations could also be found among animals and plants, drawing an argument from the fact that if inert substances, such as the earth and magnet seem to be, have their emanations and their poles, living forms must also have them. william maxwell, a seventeenth-century scottish physician, wrote: there is a linking together of spirits, an incessant outpouring of the rays of our body into another. the philosopher descartes asserted that all space is filled with a fluid matter that he held to be elementary, the foundation and fountain of all life, enclosing all globes and keeping them in motion. the idea of emanation and magnetism is also found in newton s doctrine of attraction, which he called the elvis encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 4

ich gave off a secondary radiation and it could be stored in an inverted test tube in the same way as a gas. other mysterious emanations were claimed by prosper blondlot of the university of nancy, france, in 1903. he asserted that the human brain and nerves give off rays that are capable of penetrating aluminum, black paper, and other opaque objects. he named them n-rays after the town of nancy. the rays were believed to consist of at least four groups of ether vibrations. they were said to be of long wavelength and near electromagnetic waves in frequency. they could be obtained from various sources other than the roentgen tube, and certain bodies seemed to have the property of retaining or storing the rays for a considerable amount of time. the human body was said to emit them continuous

least four groups of ether vibrations. they were said to be of long wavelength and near electromagnetic waves in frequency. they could be obtained from various sources other than the roentgen tube, and certain bodies seemed to have the property of retaining or storing the rays for a considerable amount of time. the human body was said to emit them continuously. although nonluminous in themselves, the rays would increase the glow of any phosphorescent body they touched. a small spark or flame was similarly influenced. the existence of n-rays was supposedly demonstrated in photography; pictures taken without the rays were very faint, while those obtained while the n-rays were in action were much stronger. dr. jules regnault held it probable that the n-rays only constituted part of the radiat

ccasionally during levitations. the spirit teachings delivered through home s mouth by his control were sometimes absurd. the control, criticizing the knowledge of scientists, said that the sun was covered with beautiful vegetation and was full of organic life. when lord adare asked, is not the sun hot? the control answered no, the sun is cold; the heat is produced and transmitted to the earth by the rays of light passing through various atmospheres. lord adare, then earl of dunraven, describes home s character in the 1924 edition of experiences in spiritualism with d. d. home: he had the defects of an emotional character, with vanity highly developed (perhaps wisely to enable him to hold his own against the ridicule and obloquy that was then poured out upon spiritualism and everyone conne

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

i .and here it is before me now after all these years in this screwed up bit of paper for any scientist to analyse. ectoplasm was seen as a sensitive substance. it was to be handled with caution and protected from the light. gustav geley observed that the shock of sudden light was proportional to the duration of the light and not to its intensity. a magnesium flash would hurt the medium less than the rays of a pocket lamp. if the ectoplasm had solidified, the danger of injuring the medium was less, but a danger nevertheless. reportedly, the medium could suffer if the phantom was hurt, but the injury did not necessarily appear on the corresponding part of the medium s body. a phantom hand could be pierced through with a knife and the medium might shriek with pain, yet his hands would bear n

the air above him. home explained that the spirit making the experiment was obliged to form a material substance to retain the fluid. dr. eugene crowell, author of the identity of primitive christianity with modern spiritualism (2 vols, 1875.79, took a small vial filled with pure water to a seance with the medium henry slade to have it magnetized. he writes: we were seated in a well-lighted room, the rays of the sun falling upon the floor, and no one present but us. twice the medium said he saw a spirit hand grasping the vial, and i supposed the spirits were magnetising it and kept my eyes directing towards it, but i saw nothing, when suddenly at the same instance we both saw a flash of light apparently proceeding from the vial and the latter disappeared. i immediately arose and inspected

y inches high, exhibiting numerous colors, and ending in a luminous smoke, which rose to the ceiling and illuminated it. the experiments were controlled by ashburner and gregory. according to the sources from which the energy proceeded, reichenbach, a chemist, employed the following nomenclature: crystallod, electrod, photod, thermod, and so on. he claimed that this peculiar force also existed in the rays of the sun and the moon, in animal and human bodies. the force could be conducted to distances yet unascertained by all solid and liquid bodies, bodies may be charged with od, or od may be transferred from one body to another. reichenbach believed this transference was apparently affected by contact. but mere proximity, without contact, was sufficient to produce the charge, although to a

51, were noteworthy in this respect because they included the taste of brimstone, salt, and soot. in the presence of the angelic brethren, pictures were drawn on the windowpanes by invisible hands and were seen to move about. physiological explanations of visions have, from the earliest times, been offered. plato observed: the eye is the organ of a fire which does not burn but gives a mild light. the rays proceeding from the eye meet those of the outward light. with the departure of the outward light the inner also becomes less active; all inward movements become calmer and less disturbed; and should any more prominent influences have remained they become in various points where they congregate, so many pictures of the fancy. democritus held that visions and dreams are passing shapes, idea

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

when he said: spiritus intus alit, totamquc infusa per artus mens agitat molem ct magno se corpore miscet.1 it is to attract the spiritus of a particular planet that animals, plants, food, scents, colours, and so on associated with that planet are to be used. the spiritus is borne upon the air and upon the wind, and it is a kind of very fine air and also very fine heat. it is particularly through the rays of the sun and of jupiter that our spirit "drinks" the spirit of the world. now there is nothing about the spiritus theory in the passage in the enneads which seems to be the chief basis of ficino's commentary, and, though it may be obscurely referred to elsewhere by plotinus, i have not been able to find in that philosopher any such clear-cut definition of the spiritus mundi as the vehic

n mercurius trismegistus, zoroaster, orpheus, pythagoras, porphyry, lamblichus, plotinus, proclus, plato.1 book i or natural magic after chapters on the theory of the four elements, he comes to the occult virtues in things and how these are infused "by 1 agrippa, de occult, phil, i, 1 and 2; ed. cit, pp. 1-4. 131 cornelius agrippa's survey of renaissance magic the ideas through the world soul and the rays of the stars."1 this is based on the first chapter of ficino's de vita coelitus comparanda, which is quoted verbally, and agrippa has understood that ficino is there talking about the star images as the medium through which the ideas descend "thus all the virtues of inferior things depend on the stars and their images. and each species has a celestial image which corresponds to it."2 in a

love emblems from the vaenius collection, showing lovers wounded by darts from the eyes of the lady, or from cupid's bow, together with sacred love emblems showing arrows of divine love wounding the heart, or rays from divine love penetrating the soul' it is in exactly the same kind of way that bruno uses the petrarcan conceits in the eroici furori, save that, with him, the darts of divine love, the rays from the divine light, which penetrate the heroic enthusiast reach him from god in nature. in view of his strong criticisms of the results of the protestant reformation in england, it might not have been difficult, in the confused elizabethan atmosphere to confuse bruno's message with the orthodox counter reformation, as george abbot, afterwards archbishop of canterbury, perhaps did when

light of this profound belief, kircher interprets all egyptian monuments and obelisks, as having written on them in the hieroglyphs the truths of ficinian hermetism. kircher is much preoccupied with isis and osiris as the chief gods of egypt. in one of his discussions of their meanings he says: the divine dionysius testifies that all created things are nothing else but mirrors which reflect to us the rays of the divine wisdom. hence the wise men of egypt feigned that osiris, having given charge of all things to isis, permeated invisibly the whole world. what else can this signify save that the power of the invisible god penetrates intimately into all ?2 here "egyptian" divine immanence combines with pseudo- dionysian light mysticism to produce that acute sense of the divine in things so ch

lled "panpsychism. kircher's passion for egypt leads him into elaborate geographical researches, in the course of which he comes to the egyptian city called hehopohs, or "civitas solis, the city of the sun. he says that the arabs called this city "ainschems, that is "the eye of the sun, and that in the temple of the sun in it there was a marvellous mirror, constructed with great art to flash back the rays of the sun.3 we seem to be here in the miraculous atmosphere of the city of adocentyn, the arabic version of the city of the 1 kircher, op. cit, i l l, p. 568. 2 ibid, i, p. 150. 3 ibid, i, pp. 29-30. cf. also iii, p. 331, on the "solarian" obelisk at heliopolis. 418 after hermes trismegistus was dated sun in picatrix, though kircher does not name that work nor make any connection between

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neate 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 /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (20 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:55 am] which administer to this sense are the most astonishing parts of the animated creation, and render the eye a peculiar object of admiration. of all the faculties, sight is the noblest. the structure of the eye, and its appurtenances, evinces the admirable contrivance of nature fo

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as isaiah says: gi form the light, and create darkness: i make peace, and create evil :i the lord do all these things. h 20 the spirit which we sense through our third eye is not god as the primordial cause, or no-thing, but as it were the thought of this cause. ghe constituted in the first place a point of light, which became the divine thought. h 21 our consciousness is the mirror which catches the rays of this thought; there-fore all thoughts are images of god's thought, and the more spiritual, alive, our consciousness becomes, the more perfect are these images, which are not illusions but symbols of reality. simon ben yohai stretched out his hands and cried: secret wisdom of the qabalah page 15 now ponder well upon all that i have this day revealed unto you! and know that none of these

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

rgin. she is standing, one foot upon a crescent and the other on a serpent's head, in the mouth of which is the sprig of an apple tree on which is an apple. the tail of the serpent is wound about a globe which is partially enveloped in clouds. on one arm of the virgin is the child, and in the hand of the other arm she carries the sacred lotus. her head is encircled with a halo of light similar to the rays of the sun. one is frequently disposed to query: do the initiated in the romish church regard these images as legitimate representations of mary, the wife of joseph and mother of christ, or are they aware of their true significance? certainly the various accessories attached to this figure betray its ancient origin and reveal its identity with the egyptian, chaldean, and phoenician virgin

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al powers and lastly of the sex relations.52themagical masonthe second half of the second volume of the greathistoriacontained seven parts; on prophecy, prophetic sleep, divin255 ation, memory, on nativities, on good and evilspirits;:on physiognomy and character, on chiromancy or the study of a meaning in the lines of the hand, and metaphysical ideas on the pyramidal form, especiallyas related to the rays of the sun, and their power on the earth. in1621appeared a further part of the work, calledtheosophic,cabalisticalandphysiological:it is in this portion that our frater chiefly delighted, and it is here that his vast learning in hebrew cabalistic lore and his wonderful mental ingenuity is chiefly displayed. he discourses at great length on the name jehovah, the tetragrammaton, and its rel

of ain suph, of god as the boundless, the unlimited- undifferentiated, illimitable one; and the third stage is ain suph aur- boundless light, universal light-'letthere by light' was formulated, and 'there was light. the passive has just put on activity: the conscious god has awaked. let us now endeavour to conceive of the concentration of this effulgence, let us formulate a gathering together of the rays of this illumination into a crown of glorified radiance, and we recognisekether- the first sephira, first emanation of deity, the first conceivable attribute of immanent manifested godhead. the devout rabbi bows his head and adores the sublime conception.theconscious god having arisen in his energy, there follow immediately two further emanations, the trio subsiding into the symbol of a r

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sk those who wear those mystical robes of the ancients to remember what they signify separately and collecth'ely; foritis notalightthing to represent materially theforcesoftheineffablenm1e'[clavicularosicrucianano.11.issuedbythes.r.i.a, 1888]3.theqliphoth oftheqabalahthese be they who be unclean and evil, even the distortion and perversion of the sephiroth: the fallen restriction of the universe, the rays of the coils of the stooping dragon. eleven are their classes, yettenare they called. seven are the heads, yet an eighth ariseth, seven are the infernal palaces, yet do they include ten. in the tree of life, by the waters of the river, in the garden of wisdom, is the serpent of the paths; it is the serpent of the celestial eden. but the serpent of the temptation is that of the tree of kno

na. or, to put it in perhaps a more intelligible form to those who are not familiar with the eastern language, the blue vault of the sky may be compared to a hollow and transparent glass globe surrounding the atmosphere of the earth. now, every action of every human being, every motion that is made upon the face of the earth, immediately produces a picture which is carried upon the light rays, on the rays of taijas. an absolute proof of that lies in the fact that if an electric flash say, or something that you can see a long distance off, is made some six miles away from you, it is an absolutely measurable space of time between the occurrence of that flash, and the time that you see it. during that time the picture of that flash has been travelling along a ray of light, or, as we might say

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hem your own. find a comfortable place where you will not be interrupted, and where you are exposed to the sun. do not perform it in the middle of the day, choose a sensible period when the heat is not too strong. lie down either on a comfortable chair or the ground. close your eyes, allow the suns rays to fall on the back of the eyes. meditate on the light world, and visualise yourself absorbing the rays from the sun. do this for around 5-10 minutes, it can be increased to around 20 minutes, but not more each day. an interesting variation is to watch the inside of the eyelids and notice the strange colours and shapes formed by the light falling on the eyes. visualise these as x factors entering the psychic system of the body and use your visualisation skills to form them into shapes and s

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.m. as a tool and symbol for traveling and skrying in the spirit vision. this complete symbol should be constructed by the z.a.m. and each portion of it studied and committed to a deep understanding. the instruction on the complete pentagram diagram remains unpublished and available only to our order. first, you will observe that the portion (the top point) is attributed to the scepter of hermes, the rays of c, and the. this is the point of quintessence, the alchemical b. the color is of purity and is therefore colored white. the sephiroth attributed unto its two angles are rtk and hmkj. the two side points or arms of the pentagram are attributed unto m on the left and n on the right. the left arm attributed to the element of m is represented by the sword, z, and man. the kerubic emblem of

iroth of hrwbg and trapt. it is here that the o and m dependency is revealed. the pentagram under the presidency of the name hwchy is formulated in two ways in the hexagonal center. these letters should be painted in the white color of on the black background on which the entire pentagram symbol is painted. the top portion of the pentagram is symbolized by the scepter of hermes, the letter c, and the rays which issue forth from the five corner angles of the pentagram. the scepter of zeus, or jupiter, is emblematic of the left side, while the scepter of neptune and poseidon is emblematic of the right side of the pentagram. beyond the bottom two feet of the pentagram are the scepter of pluto, dis, orphaus hades in the o angle, and the scepter of demeter or ceres in the l angle. the letters o

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wsy, which is a more easily attacked position. for the automatic consciousness is the translator of the ruach unto the nephesch. from twklm is formed the whole physical body under the command and presidency of the nephesch. the nephesch is the subtle body or the refined astral light upon which, as on an invisible pattern, the physical body is extended. the physical body is permeated throughout by the rays of the ruach, of which is the material completion. the nephesch shineth through the material body and formeth the magical mirror or sphere of sensation. this magical mirror or sphere of sensation is an imitation or copy of the sphere of the universe. the space between the physical body and the boundaries of the sphere of sensation, is occupied by the ether of the astral world. that is to

auty and love of vital sensation. its dwh and jxn is expressed by physical well-being and health. its dwsy is by physical desire and gratification. its twklm, by absolute increase or dominion of matter in the material body. the nephesch is the real, actual body of which the material body is only the result through the action of the ruach, which by aid of the nephesch, formeth the material body by the rays of the ruach, which do not ordinarily proceed beyond the limits of the physical body. that is to say, in the ordinary man, the rays of the ruach rarely penetrate into the sphere of sensation. shining through infinite worlds and darting its rays through the confines of space in this sphere of sensation, is placed a faculty even as a light is placed within a lantern. this is, in a certain s

he physical body. that is to say, in the ordinary man, the rays of the ruach rarely penetrate into the sphere of sensation. shining through infinite worlds and darting its rays through the confines of space in this sphere of sensation, is placed a faculty even as a light is placed within a lantern. this is, in a certain sense, placed in the appeture of the upper part of the ruach where it acts on the rays from hmkj and hnyb which govern the reason- tud. this faculty can be thrown downward into the 6 ruach, and thence, can radiate into the nephesch. it consists of seven manifestations answer to the hexagram, and it is like the soul of the microprosopus or the \yhla of the human tetragrammaton. therefore, in the head, which is the natural and chief seat, are formed the seven apertures of the

r f and c. the mouth is under b, the messenger and the speaker. the spiritual consciousness is a focus of the action of the neschamah. the lower will power should control the descent of the spiritual consciousness into the ruach, and then into the nephesch, for the consciousness must descend into the nephesch before the image of the sphere of sensation can be perceived. this so because it is only the rays of the ruach permeating the ruach that can take cognizance thereof. this faculty of the spiritual consciousness is the seat of thought. thought is a light proceeding from the radiation of this spiritual consciousness, traversing the ruach as light traverses air, and encountering thereafter the symbols reflecting in the sphere of sensation, or "magical mirror of the universe" these symbols

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ange, increase and decrease upon created things and it ruleth the sphere of action of y and the nature of mankind. and ydc is a god who sheddeth benefits, omnipotent and satisfying, and yjla is the god of life, the living one. its archangel is layrbg the prince of change and alteration. and the name of the order of angels is \ybwrk or kerubic ones who are also called the order of angels. and from the rays of this triad there appear three colors in twklm together with a fourth which is their synthesis. thus, from the orange tawny of dwh and the green 6 nature of jxn, there goeth forth a certain greenish citrine color, yet pure and translucent withal. from the orange tawny of dwh mingled with the puce of dwsy there goeth forth a certain red russet brown, russet yet gleaming with a hidden fir

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the 4 s rays) in this, as in all similar exposures, it matters not if such nights be overclouded so long as the vessel be placed in such a position the direct rays) n. repeat process set forth in section l. p. the curcurbite is again to be placed on the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist performs an invocation of the forces of the a to act in the curcurbite. it is then to be exposed to the rays of the a for twelve hours each day from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m (this should be done preferably when the a is strongly posited in the zodiac, but it can be done at some other times, though never when it is in h, g, j or k. q. the curcurbite is again placed upon the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist repeats the words: child of earth, long hast thou dwelt, etc. then, holding above

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up above the head as if touching the rtk. as the step is completed, bring the hands over the head forward. thrust them out direct from the level of the eyes horizontally with arms extended, fingers straight, palms downwards, and the hands directed towards the object it 10 is wished to charge or to affect. at the same time, sink the head until the eyes look exactly between the thumbs. in this way, the rays from the eyes, from each finger and from the thumbs, must all converge upon the object attacked. if any of them disperse, it is a weakness. thus performed, this sign is a symbol of tremendous attacking force and of projection of will power. it should be employed in all cases where force of attack is required, especially in charging of a talisman and the like. generally, it is best to have

only the fingers appropriate thereto, keeping the rest folded back in the hand. herewith, also, may be combined the attribution of the planets to the head (f to the right nostril, b to the mouth, etc, as explained in the microcosm lecture, sending at the same time an imaginary ray of the color of the planet desired from the part of the head attributed to it. when finished, be careful to withdraw the rays again or they will remain like so many outlets of astral force and thus exhaust you. the best way to protect yourself against this is to give the sign of silence immediately. for the first sign should always be answered by the second. the secret names of the saluting signs are, the attacking sign, or the sign of the enterer of the threshold. the sign of silence 1. this is simply that of s

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reated by thy design, and it is by thy command that the nile doth flow. thou art the lord of intelligence, and knowledge proceedeth from thy mouth to educate all that liveth, and even in death dost thou causeth the hearts of men to rejoice. thou who risest in the double house of flame, make thy face to shine upon me, and bestow upon me the light of your strength. i invoke thee to exalt my soul in the rays of thy glory and to manifest unto me that which i seek. step 12 pause while circulating the force within. say: this is the lord of the gods! this is the lord of the universe. this is he whom the winds fear. this is he who having made voice by his commandments is lord of all things, king, ruler and helper. i am he, the bornless spirit having sight in the feet, strong and immortal o, i am h

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

urther potent symbol representing the binding together of concentrated positive and negative forces of nature and of the elements, under the name of yahdnhy we must always remember that ynda is the key of hwhy. 11 the enneangle is referred to the ninth sephira of dwsy. it is representative of the power of the ennead and the enneagon. it also shows the operating power of nature by the dispersal of the rays of the seven planets, and of the head and tail of the dragon of the moon, otherwise known as cauda and caput draconis. when we reflect on the enneagram from every third point, we find that we arrive at the triple ternary operating both in the seven planets with the cauda and caput draconis of 5 and also with the alchemical principles counterchanged and interwoven. it is not akin much to t

ngles united with a circle which alludes to the triple ternary of the three alchemical principles, q3p. when reflected from every fourth point, it is not so much in harmony with the nature of the 5 as when the enneagram is reflected from the fifth point. the decangle represents the power of the decad and the decagon. the decagon shows the power of the decad operating in nature by the dispersal of the rays of the ten sephiroth. the number of degrees of the great circle cut off between its angles is thirty-six. the decagram reflected from every third point is especially in harmony with twklm. this shows the triad operating through the angle of two pentagons with a circle. it also alludes to the three alchemical principles, plus, plus the four elements in their positive and negative form, all

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tion in space: it tilts at about 23.5 to the vertical, an angle from which it can vary by as much as 1.5 on either side over periods of 41,000 years. it completes a full precessional cycle once every 25,776 years.19 it spins on its own axis once every twenty-four hours. it orbits the sun once every 365 days (actually 365.2422 days. the most important influence on its seasons is the angle at which the rays of the sun strike it at various points on its orbital path. equinoxes and solstices. let us also note that there are four crucial astronomical moments in the year, marking the official beginning of each of the four seasons. these moments (or cardinal points, which were of immense importance to the ancients, are the winter and the summer solstices and the spring and autumn equinoxes. in th

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self to the atmosphere you will see that these currents form themselves into a gigantic spinning wheel. everyone who enters khr will probably see this wheel slightly differently. crowley saw it as one wheel composed of forty-nine smaller wheels set at different angles to make a 218 sphere. each wheel had forty-nine concentric tires at equal distances from the center. he also noticed that whenever the rays from arty two wheels met, there would be a blinding flash of light. an interesting feature was that although the wheel was seen in such minute detail, the overall impression was of a single, simple object. crowley saw the jovial god, jupiter, spinning the wheel as though it were a toy. another way of viewing this wheel is as if the rim were a huge emerald snake and in the center, a scarle

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st interesting diagrams and illustrations of the atomic law. in fact, the point which dalton tried to present in a veiled way has not been fully offered to the workers in chemistry before. assuming (and this may not be an assumption at all) that the atoms do have certain rays emanating from them, we can best illustrate these emanations by making them diagrammatic. therefore, we will consider that the rays issue from the center of each atom and go outward from the atom in straight lines. for a very good reason we will assume that these rays form an aura around each atom, and that this aura is in the form of a square.(i must repeat that this may not be an assumption at all. we find, however, that there are four emanations from each atom which form diagonal lines in the square aura surroundin

a to p. the atoms are drawn in their proportion to one another, and the square of aura surrounding each atom is drawn in proportion to the size of the atoms. thus we can plainly see by the size of the square aura the difference in the aura of each of these sixteen atoms. behind all the laws known to chemistry for the combining of certain atoms, or the mixing of certain elements, is this law: that the rays from each atom must meet and find harmony with the rays of other atoms if they would blend or unite. this law is illustrated in figure 4 on plate 3. there are four atoms of azote (nitrogen) in their square auras at the top of figure 4. you will note that the rays from these four atoms, forming the square auras around each atom, unite or meet. because these rays join in this manner the fou

atoms of azote because the diagonal rays, or the potential rays of all the atoms in the combination of figure 4, meet and unite perfectly. this is shown in figure 4 by the heavy dark diagonal lines running through four squares and which represent the potential rays. to make this more clear. figure 6 has three different atoms and their auras enlarged. here we find that because of the difference of the rays forming the auras of those atoms, not one of the rays in one of those atoms or auras meets with the others. no matter how you may place or try to unite those three atoms.whatever they may be.they will not make the perfect association desired. by this we learn that when the potential rays of atoms unite there is one form of mixture; and that when all the rays meet (as in the upper four squ

meets with the others. no matter how you may place or try to unite those three atoms.whatever they may be.they will not make the perfect association desired. by this we learn that when the potential rays of atoms unite there is one form of mixture; and that when all the rays meet (as in the upper four squares of figure 4) there is another mixture of a purer and unmodified nature. and.when none of the rays unite we find that the atoms do not give a true mixture of any kind. thus we see that theoretically, at least, there is a great deal to study and learn about the potentiality of atoms and the emanations of atoms; for in the potentiality and in the rays lies the secret of the combination of atoms and the formation of matter. this, then, is the great work of rosicrucian chemistry, and in ou

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early years of akhenaten s reign, aten was identified with various manifestations of the creator sun god such as ra- horakhty and shu. later these references to other deities were purged, and aten was redefined as the light which comes from the solar disk. this could not really be depicted, so the disk-and-rays image of aten may be no more than an elaborate hieroglyphic writing of the god s name. the rays only hold out life to the king and the female members of the royal family. everyone else was expected to receive life from akhenaten and his chief queen, nefertiti, in return for absolute loyalty. the worship of the most popular creator god, amun-ra, was banned, and the cults of other deities were neglected or ignored. akhenaten tried to abolish most of the complex mythology that had grow

hown inside the eye, representing the sun that will be born in the red sky of dawn. deities, themes, and concepts 129 figure 28. a king is given power over foreign lands by sekhmet, one of the goddesses who could be known as the eye of ra. relief in the temple of seti i at abydos (courtesy of richard pinch) the unblinking gaze of the eye of ra could embody the dangerous aspects of the sun s heat. the rays of the sun were compared with arrows shot by a divine archer to destroy the wicked. they could dry up the water of life and turn fertile land into desert. a myth with many variants deals with a quarrel between ra and his daughter, the eye goddess. she goes off into the deserts to the south or west of egypt and lives as a savage lion or a wild cat (see the distant goddess under linear time

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y lose its consciousness till the day of its new incarnation? i cannot understand it *1) isvara is the collective consciousness of the manifested godhead, brahma, i.e. the collective consciousness of the host of dhyan chohans (see secret doctrine; praj a is their individual wisdom *2) taijasi means the 'radiant, as a consequence of its union with buddhi, i.e. manas, the human soul, enlightened by the rays of the divine soul. hence manas-taijasi can be described as radiant intellect, the human reason enlightened by the light of the spirit; and buddhi-manas is the revelation of the divine plus the human intellect and self-consciousness (these two footnotes reversely translated from dutch[ editor) a. you cannot, because you will mix up an abstract representation of the whole with its casual c

s individualized "thought" is what we theosophists call the real human ego, the thinking entity imprisoned in a case of flesh and bones. this is surely a spiritual entity, not matter, and such entities are the incarnating egos that inform the bundle of animal matter called mankind, and whose names are manasa or "minds" but once imprisoned, or incarnate, their essence becomes dual: that is to say, the rays of the eternal divine mind, considered as individual entities, assume a two-fold attribute which is (a) their essential inherent characteristic, heaven-aspiring mind (higher manas, and (b) the human quality of thinking, or animal cogitation, rationalized owing to the superiority of the human brain, the kama-tending or lower manas. one gravitates toward buddhi, the other, tending downward

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fore my eyes stood out with more than natural clearness and reality. v i had been lying with my face away from my uncle's chair, so that in this sudden flash of awakening i saw only the door to the street, the more northerly window, and the wall and floor and ceiling toward the north of the room, all photographed with morbid vivid ness on my brain in a light brighter than the glow of the fungi or the rays from the street outside. it was not a strong or even a fairly strong light; certainly not nearly strong enough to read an average book by. but it cast a shadow of myself and the cot on the floor, and had a yellowish, penetrating force that hinted at things more portent than luminosity. this i perceived with unhealthy sharpness despite the fact that two of my other senses were violently as

and stumbling over the rocky debris toward the well-remembered incline to the depths below. vii from that point forward my impressions are scarcely to be relied on- indeed, i still possess a final, desperate hope that they all form parts of some daemonic dream or illusion born of delirium. a fever raged in my brain, and everything came to me through a kind of haze- sometimes only intermittently. the rays of my torch shot feebly into the engulfing blackness, bringing phantasmal flashes of hideously familiar walls and carvings, all blighted with the decay of ages. in one place a tremendous mass of vaulting had fallen, so that i had to clamber over a mighty mound of stones reaching almost to the ragged, grotesquely stalactited roof. it was all the ultimate apex of nightmare, made worse by th

n altogether too familiar. as the figures spread throughout the courtyard, i felt my fears increase. suppose i could find no egress from this building on the street side? the fishy odour was detestable, and i wondered i could stand it without fainting. again groping toward the street, i opened a door off the hall and came upon an empty room with closely shuttered but sashless windows. fumbling in the rays of my flashlight, i found i could open the shutters; and in another moment had climbed outside and was fully closing the aperture in its original manner. i was now in washington street, and for the moment saw no living thing nor any light save that of the moon. from several directions in the distance, however, i could hear the sound of hoarse voices, of footsteps, and of a curious kind of

cond. what i saw- or fancied i saw- was a disturbing suggestion of undulant motion far to the south; a suggestion which made me conclude that a very large horde must be pouring out of the city along the level ipswich road. the distance was great and i could distinguish nothing in detail; but i did not at all like the look of that moving column. it undulated too much, and glistened too brightly in the rays of the now westering moon. there was a suggestion of sound, too, though the wind was blowing the other way- a suggestion of bestial scraping and bellowing even worse than the muttering of the parties i had lately overheard. all sorts of unpleasant conjectures crossed my mind. i thought of those very extreme innsmouth types said to be hidden in crumbling, centuried warrens near the waterfr

with a speech machine standing close by, ready to be connected at any moment. this, i reflected, must be the encased brain i had heard talking during the frightful conference; and for a second i had a perverse impulse to attach the speech machine and see what it would say. it must, i thought, be conscious of my presence even now; since the sight and hearing attachments could not fail to disclose the rays of my flashlight and the faint creaking of the floor beneath my feet. but in the end i did not dare meddle with the thing. i idly saw that it was the fresh shiny cylinder with akeley s name on it, which i had noticed on the shelf earlier in the evening and which my host had told me not to bother. looking back at that moment, i can only regret my timidity and wish that i had boldly caused

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

e more closely to the ground level and even descend to basement corridors. every now and then we could trace certain disturbing marks in the debris or litter underfoot; and after we had passed outside the radius of the gasoline scent, we were again faintly conscious- spasmodically- of that more hideous and more persistent scent. after the way had branched from our former course, we sometimes gave the rays of our single torch a furtive sweep along the walls; noting in almost every case the well-nigh omnipresent sculptures, which indeed seem to have formed a main aesthetic outlet for the old ones. about 9:30 p.m, while traversing a long, vaulted corridor whose increasingly glaciated floor seemed somewhat below the ground level and whose roof grew lower as we advanced, we began to see strong

HP LOVECRAFT THE NAMELESS CITY

s city, the city told of in strange tales but seen by no living man, yet i defied them and went into the untrodden waste with my camel. i alone have seen it, and that is why no other face bears such hideous lines of fear as mine; why no other man shivers so horribly when the night wind rattles the windows. when i came upon it in the ghastly stillness of unending sleep it looked at me, chilly from the rays of a cold moon amidst the desert's heat. and as i returned its look i forgot my triumph at finding it, and stopped still with my camel to wait for the dawn. for hours i waited, till the east grew grey and the stars faded, and the grey turned to roseate light edged with gold. i heard a moaning and saw a storm of sand stirring among the antique stones though the sky was clear and the vast r

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

n altogether too familiar. as the figures spread throughout the courtyard, i felt my fears increase. suppose i could find no egress from this building on the street side? the fishy odour was detestable, and i wondered i could stand it without fainting. again groping toward the street, i opened a door off the hall and came upon an empty room with closely shuttered but sashless windows. fumbling in the rays of my flashlight, i found i could open the shutters; and in another moment had climbed outside and was fully closing the aperture in its original manner. i was now in washington street, and for the moment saw no living thing nor any light save that of the moon. from several directions in the distance, however, i could hear the sound of hoarse voices, of footsteps, and of a curious kind of

ond. what i saw- or fancied i saw- was a disturbing suggestion of undulant motion far to the south; a suggestion which made me conclude that a very large horde must be pouring out of the city along the level ipswich road. the distance was great and i could distinguish nothing in detail; but i did not at all like the look of that moving column. it undu-lated too much, and glistened too brightly in the rays of the now westering moon. there was a suggestion of sound, too, though the wind was blowing the other way- a suggestion of bestial scraping and bellowing even worse than the muttering of the parties i had lately overheard. all sorts of unpleasant conjectures crossed my mind. i thought of those very extreme innsmouth types said to be hidden in crumbling, centuried warrens near the waterfr

HP LOVECRAFT THE WHITE SHIP

at night the streets and the gardens are lit with gay lanthorns fashioned from the three-colored shell of the tortoise, and here resound the soft notes of the singer and the lutanist. and the houses of the cities of cathuria are all palaces, each built over a fragrant canal bearing the waters of the sacred narg. of marble and porphyry are the houses, and roofed with glittering gold that reflects the rays of the sun and enhances the splendor of the cities as blissful gods view them from the distant peaks. fairest of all is the palace of the great monarch dorieb, whom some say to be a demi-god and others a god. high is the palace of dorieb, and many are the turrets of marble upon its walls. in its wide halls many multitudes assemble, and here hang the trophies of the ages. and the roof is o

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

idual, but a great number of them, sometimes even crowds of people. a magician who can manage all this with his hands is then known for having blessing hands. the mystery of blessing or laying on of hands depends on this. the exercise of this stage will have answered its purpose if you have learned how to accumulate vital power not only in the whole body but in each single part of it, and to emit the rays of this accumulated force directly to the outside. when you master this exercise, the third stage of the magic physical training will be completed. appendix to step iii the scholar who has arrived at this point of his magic development will already observe a general transmutation of his individuality. his magic faculties will increase in all the spheres. as to the mental sphere, he will h

r make you realize a certain truth. now let the light flow through your hands onto the surface of the mirror and accumulate there until all of the light has passed from your body into the mirror. form the light into a brilliant white ball emitting extremely intense rays. repeat this loading several times at short intervals until you are quite sure that the mirror has been so intensely loaded that the rays are penetrating right through your body, spirit and soul, releasing the influence you have been wishing for. now with the help of your willpower and imagination, combined with a firm conviction, bind this light to the surface of the mirror for so long a time as you need it, and then dissolve it again. you have to be so firmly convinced of the effect and the influence of the light that not

you will soon accomplish your task. in any case, you will get a pleasant surprise by working in this manner, and later on you can hardly do without this practice when performing your meditations. if you keep the mirror loaded, you have to protect it from other people looking at it. the best thing to do is wrap it in silk, because silk is well known to be a splendid insulator. you can also direct the rays fro your mirror onto your bed, allowing them to work all night long influencing your subconscious to achieve the desired purpose while you sleep. your self-suggestion will reinforce the effect and produce a quicker success. it is quite obvious that you will not only arouse cognitions and faculties in this manner, bringing them to a higher level of development, but your soul and your spiri

ble the magic mirror is in the hands of a magician and how many possibilities it offers. a wise magician will certainly never abuse his magic mirror and dishonor it by trying to exert bad influences with the help of it. 11. the magic mirror as a protective implement a magic mirror also can be used as a defensive or protective tool. the impregnation of the emissive power has to be modified so that the rays of light will detain the undesirable influences or throw them back to their starting place. in any case you have to load the impregnation of the room or mirror with akasa, transferring the quality of intangibility and impenetrability into it. any accumulation of the akasa principle is impossible, but the wish impregnation for the sake of a dynamic effect can be repeated frequently. it is

ISIS UNVEILED

imply a 'ccunddence* and yet there are wideq>read traditions of the existence of certun sub- terranean and immense galleries, in the neighborhood of ishmonia the 'petrified city' in which are stored numberless manuscripts and rolls. for no amount of money would the arabs go near it. at night, they say, from the crevices of the desolate ruins, sunk deep in the unwatered sands of the desert, stream the rays from lights carried to and fro in the galleries by no human hands. he afrits study the literature of the antediluvian ages, according to their belief, and the jinn learn from the magic rolls the lesson of the following day. llie encydopaedia briumnica [earlier editions, in its article on alexandria, says "when the temple of serapis was demolished. the valuable library was pillaged or dest

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

we are nourished, directly by etheric absorption or by partaking of the earth s food chain. as to what proportion is absorbed ethereally by most people, the armenian seer and teacher, g. i. gurdjieff, said we obtain 70% of our energy from breathing, which he calls our first food. the sun derives its vitality by feeding on the refuse of space, attracting rays from outer space with its great force. the rays consumed are life.atoms, many at a far higher vibration rate than physical, that have flowed from the other suns of space. so the suns feed divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 85 each other, with the new energy component being acquired as the cosmic rays stream through interstellar space, the rays having come mainly from the stomachs of other suns. the

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

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

of the statutes of institution had wholly perished long before his time. there was a transcript existing in the reign of henry the fifth, in an old book called registrum ordinis chartaceum. though the order was instituted so long ago as in the year 1344, it was not till the reign of charles the second that the knights were empowered to wear the star they use at present embroidered on their coats. the rays are the glory round the red cross. sir john froissart, the only writer of the age that treats of this institution, assigns no such origin as the picking-up of the countess of salisbury's garter; nor does he adduce the words of the motto of the garter as having been spoken by king edward the third when encountering the laughter of his court, and assuring them that he would make the proudes

(red and white roses; rhodion, rhodes knights of rhodes or of malta, the successors of the templars) typify the ten original signs of the zodiac red-rose, five signs (aspiration or ascension; white-rose, five. signs (or leaves, descension (or con -descension, or s.s, or holy ghost (the key of the whole apotheosis, according to the mystical jacob boehmen. the whole is radiant (notwithstanding that the rays are green; otherwise expressive of the linea viridis seu benedicta viriditas: rosicrucian (see pages 162-164) from the seed-spot, or golden sun (grand astronomical central flame, in the centre. this double-rose, barbed or thorned, sol, is (in this form) the tudor rose (the rose-en-soleil, be it remembered, was another of the tudor badges; denoting the union of the houses of york and lanca

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

ely. we have advocated levitation as an explanation before; thus the levitation of a few snow crystals in trivial as compared to the kicking, squirming body of oliver lerch, or the 1,200-ton blocks at baalbek. so we have, by elimination, a mechanical device passing through the air, emitting some sort of ray of heat or energy, at regular intervals of time and distance. what sort of device, and why the rays? close, someone is telepathing to his infierior (sic) receivor. i suggest that this ray was something in the nature of radar, and that it either adjusted the distance of the machine from the ground or acted as a repulsion medium to sustain the machine in flight. the slight pressure in the prints could hardly account for the latter, so let's guess that the rays were for guidance or navigat

the air, are common knowledge. there are myriad cases where lights, balls of fire, luminous points and areas, and ball lightning which do not seem to be attached to or emanate from any solid object, have been observed. two recent sightings will serve to establish our basis of judgement. quite so! the following letter, to the editor of fate, march 1951 bears careful scrutiny. i ask that you recall the rays we suggested in "marks and footprints "my husband and i live alone in a little hidden hollow in nye county, nevada, known as the old burns ranch. it is almost completely surrounded by bleak gray hills, and is located a crooked mile back from the paved highway that runs to the little town of beatty, eight miles distant "the nearest human habitation is a cattle ranch a mile away by coyote t

KETAB E SIYAH

that forsook the shelter of the inner parts of the ships were struck to the floor by the weight of rain. moon and stars illumined not that first night but the fleet was cast into utter darkness for those torches lighted to drive back the shadows 272 were extinguished by the storm. even as the dawn was marked scarcely was that black veil lifted for the clouds heavy with great burden permitted not the rays of the sun to fall upon the lands or seas. despite the wind that lashed and the rain that beat as a rod upon the back i stood with utanapishtim at the bow and watched what noah's hand had wrought and none saw my tears for the rain. came to us there the admiral of the fleet to speak with the king of shurupuk and voice his fear at the tempest that cast the ships hither-thither and made most

to die as robbers. above his head they wrote "behold, the king of the jews" upon his head did the soldiers place a crown woven of briars and they divided his clothes amongst them. now the sun rose, hot, unmerciful, and his throat was parched with thirst. soaring higher, as though delighting in every new suffering that it wrought, the cruel orb of flame seared his flesh bereft of cloth to ward off the rays. now his strength was lost to him like steam and his hope melted in him like wax. higher and yet higher rose the sun and ever more savagely did it burn him. jesu, nailed upon a tree, would have wept at this fate but had now tears to weep that were not dried to salt by the heat. to the elohim that betrayed he would have raised his voice 350 but his tongue would not move and stuck to his pa

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

d is received. transformation of our nature- 377- 30 fear of the creator the light of the creator fills all of creation. although we swim inside this light, we cannot perceive it. the pleasures that we feel are but tiny rays, which, with the creator s mercy, reach us; since without any pleasure we would end our existence. we feel these rays as forces that attract us to certain objects, into which the rays enter. the objects themselves are of no consequence, which becomes evident to us when, at some point, we stop being interested in things that once posed a great attraction to us. the reason for receiving only the small amount of light, rather than the entire light of the creator, is that our egoism acts as a barrier. if our egoistic desires are present, we cannot perceive the light, due t

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

the charge not been inside the field, it would not have felt the effect of the magnetic field; in fact, it would not even know that the field exists. pa r t i i i: p e r c e p t i o n o f r e a l i t y 144 similarly, when leaving earth s atmosphere, we discover that outer space is dark. it may sound strange, considering that sunrays spread out across space, but if there is nothing that stands in the rays way and captures them, we cannot detect the existence of the light. another good example of this principle can be observed when we watch sunlight come in through an open window into a room with some dust in the air. we can only detect the rays by their reflection off the dust in the air. in other words, if the creature does not feel a certain thing, it cannot say that it exists on the out

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

resent, and the apprentice is led by a trustworthy guide through the labyrinth which protects the central shrine from careless and idle inquirers. places that were obscure become illuminated; dark allusions are changed to crystal clarity; walls which seem solid melt away; confidence replaces doubt; glimpses of the goal are caught through rifts in the clouds; and the earth-born mists vanish before the rays of the rising sun. instead of fragments of half-understood traditions, confused and uninterpreted, we find in our hands a splendid science and a reservoir of power which we can use for the uplifting of the world. we no longer ask: gwhat is the great work? we see gthat it is nothing less than a concerted effort to carry out the duty that is laid upon us, as those who possess the light, to

and within all things unchanging, yet containing all the elements of change. of this circle it may be truly said that it has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere; for it is omnipresence made manifest in symbol. furthermore, the circle enshrines a profound truth of creation. it is generated by radiation from a centre; that is to say, its circumference is determined by the limits of the rays going out from the centre in all directions. it is this radiation which in the deepest sense constitutes the circle itself; for centre and circumference are but alternating moments in the process of radiation. by this we may understand that creation, or the radiation from the divine centre of all living things, is not an action performed at some particular moment by god, but is continuous

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

ured upon her worshippers to the music of the shaken sistrum was of brilliant blue light veined with delicate silver, as of shimmering moonbeams, the very touch of which brought upliftment and ecstasy. 66. osiris was the embodiment of god the father in a mighty planetary spirit. his symbol was the sun, and the influence which he outpoured was a dazzling glory of light shot through with gold, like the rays of the sun caught upon the surface of a lake. the influence of horus, who represented the divine child, was the glowing rose and gold of the eternal love which is perfect wisdom. 67. animal deities 68. the egyptians also followed the ancient practice of regarding certain animals as mirroring various aspects of the divine, because of their outstanding qualities. thus they took the intellig

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

deliberately go off to geburah? why not aspire direct by the path of the moon-ray unto the ineffable crown? modesty is misplaced here! very good. then how aspire? who is it that standeth in the moon-ray? the holy guardian angel. aye! o my lord adonai, thou art the beginning and the end of the path. for as thou hta thou art also 406= wt tau the material world, the omega. and as he awh thou art 12, the rays of the ineffable crown (a disaster has occurred; viz, a sudden and violent attack of that which demands a tabloid of pepsin, bismuth, and charcoal.and gets it. on my return, 11.34, i continue) and as yna ani .i. thou art also ya the negative, that is beyond these on either side! but this illness is a nuisance. i must have got a little chill somehow. its imminence would account for my lack

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

none may doubt; that no parallel advance to that of science has been made in the last fifty years is certain. the reason is obvious. philosophy has had two legitimate weapons .introspection and reason; and introspection is not experiment. 1 a few weeks after writing these words i came across the following passage in tyndall.s .scientific materialism. which i had not previously read .two-thirds of the rays emitted by the sun fail to arouse the sense of vision. the rays exist, but the visual organ requisite for their translation into light does not exist. and so, from this region of darkness and mystery which now surrounds us, rays may now be darting, which require but the development of the proper intellectual organs to translate them into knowledge as far surpassing ours as ours surpasses

LIBER SAMEKH

lives. to resent destiny is thus to abdicate our sovereignty, and to invoke death. indeed, we have decreed the doom of death every breach of the law of life. and every failure to incorporate any impression starves the particular faculty which stood in need of it. this section b invokes air in the east, with a shaft of golden glory. section c the adept now invokes fire in the south; flame-red are the rays that burst from his verendum* section d he invokes water in the west, his wand billowing forth blue radiance [lat, lit. gthing to be feared h; a term used by levi (rituel de haute magie, cap. vii) for the magic wand( gto which, however, an allegorical significance may perhaps be attributed h. waite, book of ceremonial magic] point ii 19 section e he goes to the north to invoke earth; flow

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

t of all, to view a worthy life as the most acceptable sacrifice to god, and his body as an altar sacred to the deity. sun worship played an important part in nearly all the early pagan mysteries. this indicates the probability of their atlantean origin, for the people of atlantis were sun worshipers. the solar deity was usually personified as a beautiful youth, with long golden hair to symbolize the rays of the sun. this golden sun god was slain by wicked ruffians, who personified the evil principle of the universe. by means of certain rituals and ceremonies, symbolic of purification and regeneration, this wonderful god of good was brought back to life and became the savior of his people. the secret processes whereby he was resurrected symbolized those cultures by means of which man is ab

the foundation of the gnostic system, which for many centuries prevailed in asia, egypt, and even the remote west" click to enlarge mithras slaying the bull. from lundy's monumental christianity. the most famous sculpturings and reliefs of this prototokos show mithras kneeling upon the recumbent form of a great bull, into whose throat he is driving a sword. the slaying of the bull signifies that the rays of the sun, symbolized by the sword, release at the vernal equinox the vital essences of the earth--the blood of the bull- which, pouring from the wound made by the sun god, fertilize the seeds of living things. dogs were held sacred to the cult of mithras, being symbolic of sincerity and trustworthiness. the mithraics used the serpent a an emblem of ahriman, the spirit of evil, and water

y. many of the ancient peoples had more than one solar deity; in fact, all of the gods and goddesses were supposed to partake, in part at least, of the sun's effulgence. the golden ornaments used by the priestcraft of the various world religions are again a subtle reference to the solar energy, as are also the crowns of kings. in ancient times, crowns had a number of points extending outward like the rays of the sun, but modern conventionalism has, in many cases, either removed the points or else bent: them inward, gathered them together, and placed an orb or cross upon the point where they meet. many of the ancient prophets, philosophers, and dignitaries carried a scepter, the upper end of which bore a representation of the solar globe surrounded by emanating rays. all the kingdoms of ear

ng his initiation (vide ante "at midnight i saw the sun shining with a splendid light" the midnight sun was also part of the mystery of alchemy. it symbolized the spirit in man shining through the darkness of his human organisms. it also referred to the spiritual sun in the solar system, which the mystic could see as well at midnight as at high noon, the material earth bring powerless to obstruct the rays of this divine orb. the mysterious lights which illuminated the temples of the egyptian mysteries during the nocturnal hours were said by some to he reflections of the spiritual sun gathered by the magical powers of the priests. the weird light seen ten miles below the surface of the earth by i-am-the-man in that remarkable masonic allegory etidorhpa (aphrodite spelt backward) may well re

verse. truth is the divine lamb worshiped throughout pagandom and slain for the sins of the world, and since the dawn of time the savior gods of all religions have been personifications of this truth. the golden fleece sought by jason and his argonauts is the celestial lamb--the spiritual and intellectual sun. the secret doctrine is also typified by the golden fleece--the wool of the divine life, the rays of the sun of truth. suidas declares the golden fleece to have been in reality a book, written upon skin, which contained the formul for the production of gold by means of chemistry. the mysteries were institutions erected for the transmutation of base ignorance into precious illumination. the dragon of ignorance was the terrible creature set to guard the golden fleece, and represents the

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

them, cross them" the old rune says. in order to facilitate lighting, a spirit such as alcohol may be sprinkled on them, or a bed of quick-lighting charcoal laid underneath. in order to light the balefire, you are going to employ what is variously known as need fire, wildfire, elf fire or living fire. this is a flame produced either by friction of wood on wood or from the flame of a taper lit by the rays of the sun, concentrated by a burning glass or concave mirror. however, many witches nowadays simply use matches, going on the assumption that the main thing to avoid is the use of metal, as would have been the case in the old days of tinder-boxes and flints. the fire seen to be resident in nonmetallic substances or the sun is what is required so now you have your coven assembled, the cir

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON PENTACLES

d numbers, added to that of the name elohim, is exactly equal to the total numerical value of the twenty-five letters in the square. figures 11 and 12. the holy pentacles page 61 figure 13. the third pentacle of saturn. this should be made within the magical circle, and it is good for use at night when thou invokest the spirits of the nature of saturn. editor s note. the characters at the ends of the rays of the mystic wheel are magical characters of saturn. surrounding it are the names of the angels: omeliel, anachiel, arauchiah, and anazachia, written in hebrew. figure 14. the fourth pentacle of saturn. this pentacle serveth principally for executing all the experiments and operations of ruin, destruction, and death. and when it is made in full perfection, it serveth also for those spiri

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

ng ritual "harmony is born within the circle. we are joined within this rite as children of the goddess, she who rides the night sky. thy dance of shadows and dream casting visions. an eye which drips the blood of the moon, to which a cloaked night gives compassion. she who holds the spirits who traverse a sky of endless processions. hark! come forth, manifest in the power zone of yesod, in which the rays cascade with silver tones of life.a fire warms the earth in your honor, to that of amber visions so clear in their ecstasy. widdershins around a cackling fire, your many children dance, born of witchblood and invoking the sign of hecate, dark goddess of the moon. we call your essence down, just as we dance. in spirit. in flesh! oh morpheus, hypnos and thanatos your sight burns with life.w

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

gicians live by is never swim upstream, never go against the wind. magicians believe that rays are arriving to earth, or the material universe, from the stars, and these rays contain within them certain trends. these rays make individual people, and whole societies, predisposed to certain behaviors. like tides on the ocean, these behavioral trends wax and wane, and can be predicted. at times when the rays of the heavens make people aggressive, this is the time when the magician seeks to cause strife; when the rays from he stars suggests a time of peace, the magician seeks to induce favors and garner friendships. mostly, magicians concern themselves with the celestial effects brought on by the 7 magical--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 52 planets (the moon, the sun, mars, venus, jupiter

und in the literary works of h.p. lovecraft, who used the terms ancient ones and elder gods to refer to the titans and angels, respectively. a fact related in his novels, and echoed by a few in the occult, is that the ancient ones are chained in darkness, and that there is a certain celestial radiation arriving from space that is utterly toxic to these titans. there is a day coming, however, when the rays of the stars will no longer be toxic to the old ones, and this day will be marked by some kind of rare astronomical event. after this event in the sky, the wicked god azag-thoth, also called hades and pluto, will free and lead the titans out of their prison. the black magicians also have a long list of titles for lilith, and have much reverence for her because she is among those who give

niverse in a dark underworld called the igigi. azag-thoth is described as the embodiment of chaos, extremely powerful, and rendered sightless in some battle. the mad god sits upon a black throne, where he rules the dead spirits of the outer void. the black man of the sabbat, baphomet is considered the messenger of azag-thoth and his will made fresh. when the stars assume the correct positions and the rays that come from them are no longer poisonous, azag--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 81 thoth will lead the old ones (the aforementioned titans) out of the abyss, and into the world of man; the old ones intend on ruling the earth as they once did. in this new age the human race will of coarse be reduced to slaves and food (we already are slaves and food, but in the future we ll know we

aking magog his mother and consort. this race of giants which desecrated the earth was eventually defeated by the heroics of jehovah, satan, and the other arch-angels. after a massive rock was hurled to earth, the titans were destroyed and the angels seized dominion over the earth. the souls of magog, gog, and the dead race of giants are said to be locked in the earth, waiting to be released when the rays of the stars are no longer poisonous to them. dagon, he who allegedly bound leviathan, is also said to be the son of gog. a bit about me i m just a guy from florida who found out about 9/11 in spring of 2006. as my research began to expand, i felt like someone who was plunged into a fog, and yet never saw things more clearly. all those times my grandmother explained to me the things my ge

MORALS AND DOGMA

f the candidate for light "let men of narrow minds withdraw" he says "with closed ears. we transmit the divine mysteries to those who have received the sacred initiation, to those who practise true piety, and who are not enslaved by the empty trappings of words or the preconceived opinions of the pagans" to philo, the supreme being was the primitive light, or the archetype of light, source whence the rays emanate that illuminate souls. he was also the soul of the universe, and as such acted in all its parts. he himself fills and limits his whole being. his powers and virtues fill and penetrate all. these powers [greek? e, dunameis] are spirits distinct from god, the "ideas" of plato personified. he is without beginning, and lives in the prototype of time [a, aion. his image is the word [gr

mediate or first emanation from god: and it was god himself, developed or manifested in that particular mode, and in action. and by that word everything that is was created--and thus tertullian says that god made the world out of nothing, by means of his word, wisdom, or power. to philo the jew, as to the gnostics, the supreme being was the _primitive light, or _archetype of light-_source_ whence the rays emanate that illuminate souls. he is the _soul_ of the world, and as such acts everywhere. he himself fills and bounds his whole existence, and his forces fill and penetrate everything. his image is the word [logos, a form more brilliant than fire, which is not pure light. this word dwells in god; for it is within his intelligence that the supreme being frames for himself the types of ide

ght of the rose will revere the memory of him who taught it, and look indulgently even on those who assign to him a character far above his own conceptions or belief, even to the extent of deeming him divine. hear philo, the greek jew "the contemplative soul, unequally guided, sometimes toward abundance and sometimes toward barrenness, though ever advancing, is illuminated by the primitive ideas, the rays that emanate from the divine intelligence, whenever it ascends toward the sublime treasures. when, on the contrary, it descends, and is barren, it falls within the domain of those intelligences that are termed angels. for, when the soul is deprived of the light of god, which leads it to the knowledge of things, it no longer enjoys more than a feeble and secondary light, which gives it, no

hings. they imitated the life of the contemplative sects of the orient; thus approximating to the tranquility of the first men, who lived exempt from trouble and crimes in the bosom of a profound peace. one of the most precious advantages promised by their initiation was, to put a man in communion with the gods, by purifying his soul of all the passions that interfere with that enjoyment, and dim the rays of divine light that are communicated to every soul capable of receiving them, and that imitate their purity. one of the degrees of initiation was the state of inspiration to which the adepts were claimed to attain. the initiates in the mysteries of the lamb, at pepuza, in phrygia, professed to be inspired, and prophesied; and it was claimed that the soul, by means of these religious cere

of the stars, and in their periodical returns. by these are explainable all the metamorphoses of that soul, personified as jupiter, as bacchus, as vishnu, or as buddha, and all the various attributes ascribed to it; and also the worship of those animals that were consecrated in the ancient temples, representatives on earth of the celestial signs, and supposed to receive by transmission from them the rays and emanations which in them flow from the universal soul. all the old adorers of nature, the theologians, astrologers, and poets, as well as the most distinguished philosophers, supposed that the stars were so many animated and intelligent beings, or eternal bodies, active causes of effect here below, animated by a living principle, and directed by an intelligence that was itself but an

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

endeavoured to dissuade him from so perilous an undertaking; but his son, deaf to all advice, pressed his point with such pertinacity, that helios was reluctantly compelled to lead him to the chariot. page 70 phaethon paused for a moment to admire the beauty of the glittering equipage, the gift of the god of fire, who had formed it of gold, and ornamented it with precious stones, which reflected the rays of the sun. and now helios, seeing his sister, the dawn, opening her doors in the rosy east, ordered the hours to yoke the horses. the goddesses speedily obeyed the command, and the father then anointed the face of his son with a sacred balm, to enable him to endure the burning flames which issued from the nostrils of the steeds, and sorrowfully placing his crown of rays upon his head, de

ighty storm arose, and in the morning they found themselves stranded on the treacherous quicksands of syrtes, on the shores of libya. here all was a waste and barren desert, untenanted by any living creature, save the venomous snakes which had sprung from the blood of the medusa when borne by perseus over these arid plains. they had already passed several days in this abode of desolation, beneath the rays of the scorching sun, and had abandoned themselves to the deepest despair, when the libyan queen, who was a prophetess of divine origin, appeared to jason, and informed him that a sea-horse would be sent by the gods to act as his guide. scarcely had she departed when a gigantic hippocamp was seen in the distance, making its way towards the argo. jason now related to his companions the par

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atched them within seconds. the goddess congratulated tadatsune for his bravery but warned him not to try to cross over the river himself, or he would surely meet the same fate. tadatsune bowed to her and retraced his steps. mountain goddess sengen-sama is the beneficent goddess of mount fuji. pilgrims come from all over japan to worship her. they climb to the top of the mountain to revere her in the rays of the rising sun. dragon dragons are a symbol of the fertilizing power of rain. taka-okami, the dragon god of the mountains, and kura-okami, the dragon god of the valleys, were created from the blood spilled when izanagi killed the fire god (see p. 121. they control rain and snow. sacred tree sengen-sama holds a branch of the sacred sakaki tree in one hand, and a magical jewel in the oth

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physical body of man comes from the soul, so too, in the macrocosm, it must be this life force; the soul of the world, if you will, which animates everything in the universe. everything that takes place must be a direct result of this enlivening force which causes it. an example is the influence of the sun on our planet. everything on our planet gets its sustenance and life force from the sun. if the rays of the sun were too intense or not intense enough, everything would die. were the sun too close, we would all burn up and were it too far, we would all freeze. the weather on the planet is a direct result of the influences of the sun. the clouds are caused by the evaporation of ocean water and the winds are whipped up through the collision of warm and cold atmospheric fronts. the weather

n powers our entire economies. the weather caused by the sun, determines the amount of money spent on heating or air conditioning. one will need to purchase clothes suited for the weather; warm clothes for the winter and cool ones for the heat of the summer. moreover, food prices will be determined by its availability, all of which is dependant on the weather. the weather, in turn is dependant on the rays of the sun, the tides of the moon and other planetary influences. the entire planet is dependant on these forces. were theses influences greater or smaller than necessary, world chaos would erupt. but, in actuality, the sun, moon and planets, in and of themselves, are no more alive than anything else in the universe, and certainly no more than the human body. therefore, it appears that th

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

gh by the destructive force of his lower self. after being symbolically buried, triumphantly he rises from the tomb of osiris in a glorious resurrection through the descent of the white light of the spirit. the intervening grades occupy themselves with the analysis of that light as it vibrates between the light and the darkness, and with the establishment within the candidate's personal sphere of the rays of the many-coloured rainbow of promise "before all things" commences a phrase in one ritual "are the chaos, the darkness, and the gates of the land of night" it is in this dark chaotic night so blindly called life, a night in which we struggle, labour and war incessantly for no reasonable end, that we ordinary human beings stumble and proceed about our various tasks. these gates of the f

, the spiritual aspects of the elements, and the action of the sun <93> upon all life by a differentiating process. even as the whole of nature is the embodiment of a dynamic will, the visible form and vehicle of a spiritual consciousness. the lotus flower grows from the darkness and gloom of the secret depths, through the waters, ever striving to open its blossoms on the surface of the waters to the rays of light of the sun. so is the true magical or spiritual will secreted within the hidden depths of the soul of man. unseen, sometimes unknown and unsuspected, it lies latent though the whole of the life. by these rites of magic, its symbols and exercises, we are enabled to assist its growth and development, by piercing through the outer husks of the restricting shell, until it bursts into

nd decrease upon created things and it ruleth the sphere of action of the moon and the nature of mankind. and shaddai is a god who sheddeth benefits, omnipotent and satisfymg, anda1 chai is the god of life, the living one. its archan el is gabriel the prince of change and alteration. and the name of the or d er of angels is kerubim or kerubic ones who are also called the order of an els. and from the rays of this triad there appear three colours in $lkuth to ether with a fourth which is their synthesis. thus from the orange tawn of 5 od and the green nature of netzach, there goeth forth a certain greenis k 'citrine' colour, yet ure and transluient withal. from the orange tawny of hod mingled rnth &e puce of yesod there oeth forth a certain red russet brown 'russet' yet gleamin with a hidde

yesod, which is a more easily attacked position. for the automatic consciousness is the translator of the ruach unto the nephesch. from malkuth is formed the whole physical body under the command and presidency of the nephesch. the nephesch is the subtle body of refined astral light upon which, as on an invisible pattern, the physical body is extended. the physical body is permeated throughout by the rays of the ruach, of which it is the material completion. the nephesch shineth through the material body and formeth the magical mirror or sphere of sensation. this magical mirror or sphere of sensation is an imitation or copy of the sphere of the universe. the space between the physical body and the <209> boundary of the sphere of sensation is occupied by the ether of the astral world; that

, and love of vital sensation. its hod and netzach, by physical well-being and health. its yesod, by physical desires and gratifications. its malkuth, by absolute increase and domination of matter in the material body. the nephesch is the real, the actual body, of which the material body is only the result through the action of ruach, which by the aid of the nephesch, formeth the material body by the rays of ruach, which do not ordinarily proceed beyond the limits of the physical body. that is to say, in the ordinary man the rays of ruach rarely penetrate into the sphere of sensation. shining through infinite worlds, and darting its rays through the confines of space, in this sphere of sensation is a faculty placed <210> even as a light is placed within a lantern. this is a certain sense p

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

omit the ceremony, and some neglect it altogether. i have been informed that the duty is only incumbent upon these latter on particular occasions, such as during the pilgrimage to sheikh adi, when it is performed with more than common solemnity. large parties frequently encamp at the foot of the mountain which hems in the sacred valley on the south, and begin the ascent at early dawn. as soon as the rays of the sun touch the ground beneath them, they bow down and reverently kiss a stone, which they then place upon some other close by. we crossed this mountain on our return from the shrine, and found its surface covered with these piles, which frequently consisted of eight or ten stones raised one above the other. the same practice is observed by the heathen in india, fn. 1. nineveh and it

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

signed to it. it is undoubtedly contagious to breathe the same air as diseased persons, and to be within the circle of attraction and expansion which surrounds the wicked. when the magnetic atmosphere of two persons is so equilibrated that the attractive faculty of one draws the expansive faculty of the other, a tendency is produced which is termed sympathy; then imagination, calling up to it all the rays or reflections analogous to that which it experiences, makes a poem of the desires which captivate will, and if the persons differ in sex, it occasions in them, or more commonly in the weaker of the two, a complete intoxication of the astral light, which is termed passion par excellence, or love. love is one of the great instruments of magical power, but it is categorically forbidden to t

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

cend those who transgress the laws and reject god; whither their perverse will leads them they go, eager to destroy what is forbidden to them. there stands the stern-eyed judge holding his equal balance and giving to each one his merits and his deserts. the second part, which freezes, rolls about the foreshorn sands which it is the first to generate from the near-by vapor when it is mingled. with the rays of venus's star. this star, the arabs say, makes shining gems when it passes through the fishes while its waters look back at the flames. these gems by their virtues benefit the people who wear them, and make many well and keep them so. these too the maker distinguished by their kinds as he did all things, that we might discern from their forms and from their colors of what kinds they are

RUBY TABLET OF SET

uced here. it is a return to the initial sigil, with the following changes: the curved-line fires of hell are replaced by the black flame, whose emanations are rays, not flickering tongues. there are nine rays, each in strict mathematical proportion to the pentagram or trapezoid. the sourcepoint of the black flame completes the pentagram, as called for in the book of coming forth by night. two of the rays of the flame complete the inverse pentagon about the pentagram, creating a total of nine golden section trapezoids in the entire sigil. the three 6's are restored, but with no curved lines. the set-headed and -tailed tcham scepter of ancient khem rises from the black flame, its head at the center of the pentagram. its tail, against the three central rays of the flame, forms a "w" denoting

se title is daimon of incindiarism. through the power of that art which is mine to command do i unite form and function within the depths of my eternal being, and am thus become essence in my own right, my self a being unique. a neb kekui set! hail set, lord of darkness! ami pert em kehr! who comes forth by night! i call forth the goddess blumoza, whose seat is behind the constellation draco. may the rays of the goddess be channelled through the nine angles. i shall receive into my being the elder essence of the draconian current which first came into being long ages past. the cults of the dragon of the deep waxed strong in the temples of ancient xem. when thuban sank down from earth's polar axis the setian priesthood gave way to the priesthoods of mentu and later of amon-ra. for in those

he second and fourth sephiroth, the creative and the material. atu vii, the chariot, connects binah (3) and geburah (5, understanding and strength. its position on the left pillar indicates that much of its influence and import is passive, rather than active. note that the four sphinxes which draw the chariot are not moving. in crowley's discussion of this trump, the only active motion is that of the rays within the grail. this card is potential. atu iv, the emperor, connects netzach (7) and yesod (9, occult intelligence and pure intelligence. like path 5 above, it connects the right and center pillars, but is much lower on the tree, with much more physical/mundane import. the emperor is regal and noble, but very active and interested in the world. this is the card of practical magic. 40ag

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

flight was being restored to him, as he became ethereal, woven of illumined air- he could simply step, this minute, off this blackened parapet and soar away above the old grey river- or leap from any of its bridges and never touch land again. so: it was time to show the city a great sight, for when it perceived the archangel gibreel standing in all his majesty upon the western horizon, bathed in the rays of the rising sun, then surely its people would be sore afraid and repent them of their sins. he began to enlarge his person. how astonishing, then, that of all the drivers streaming along the embankment- it was, after all, rush-hour- not one should so much as look in his direction, or acknowledge him! this was in truth a people who had forgotten how to see. and because the relationship b

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, who may have been a brother of amenhotep iv s mother, queen tiy. amenhotep iv and nefertiti had six daughters. akhenaten 10 world religions: biographies in the first year of his rule amenhotep iv worshipped a minor god, aten (also spelled aton, a local variation of the sun god. aten was the egyptian word for the sun as seen in the sky, and aten was portrayed as a disk with rays shining from it. the rays sometimes had human hands at the ends, holding out the ankh, or symbol of life, to the king and queen. it is unknown what drew amenhotep iv to this minor deity. it may have been the idea of the sun as the source of all life. some also believe that amenhotep iv was sickly and the warmth of the sun eased his discomfort. other historians say that there was a more practical reason for the pha

excerpts from these verse-prayers, as found on the divine life society web site: glory to the shri krishna sankirtana [chanting of god s names by worshippers, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. this sankirtana movement is the prime benediction [blessing] for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. it increases the ocean of transcendental [beyond the universe or material existence] bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious. o my lord, your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus you have hundreds and millions of names. there are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. o my

SEPHER HA BAHIR

h) and discussions that are taught on high. 193. and what is the meaning of the verse (genesis 49:24, from there is the shepherd, the rock of israel. from there is nourished the rock of israel. what is the meaning of from there? we say that this is the supernal righteous one (tzadik. what is it? it is [the precious stone called] socheret. and the stone that is below it is called dar. and what are the rays mentioned in the verse (habakkuk 3:4, he has rays from his hand? these are the five fingers of the right hand. the bahir 53 section v mysteries of the soul 194. rabbi rahumai said: this i received [from the tradition. when moses wanted to know about the glorious fearsome name, may it be blessed, he said (exodus 33:18, show my please your glory. he wanted to know why there are righteous wh

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

anoni; or why did i hear thee without anger, why did thy command seem to me not a thing impossible? as the strings of the instrument obey the hand of the master, thy look modulates the wildest chords of my heart to thy will. if it please thee, yes, let it be so. thou art lord of my destinies; they cannot rebel against thee! i almost think i could love him, whoever it be, on whom thou wouldst shed the rays that circumfuse thyself. whatever thou hast touched, i love; whatever thou speakest of, i love. thy hand played with these vine leaves; i wear them in my bosom. thou seemest to me the source of all love; too high and too bright to be loved thyself, but darting light into other objects, on which the eye can gaze less dazzled. no, no; it is not love that i feel for thee, and therefore it is

room. perhaps it will visit me again before i die "talk not of him, of the demi-fiend" cried glyndon, fiercely, and stamping his foot "thank the heavens for any fate that hath rescued thee from him "hush" said viola, gravely. and as she was about to proceed, her eye fell upon the child. it was standing in the very centre of that slanting column of light which the sun poured into the chamber; and the rays seemed to surround it as a halo, and settled, crown-like, on the gold of its shining hair. in its small shape, so exquisitely modelled, in its large, steady, tranquil eyes, there was something that awed, while it charmed the mother's pride. it gazed on glyndon as he spoke, with a look which almost might have seemed disdain, and which viola, at least, interpreted as a defence of the absent

uhland "an den tod" then towards the garden of the star lift up thine aspect warm with love, and, friendlike link'd through space afar, mount with him, arm in arm, above. uhland "poem to death" he stood upon the lofty balcony that overlooked the quiet city. though afar, the fiercest passions of men were at work on the web of strife and doom, all that gave itself to his view was calm and still in the rays of the summer moon, for his soul was wrapped from man and man's narrow sphere, and only the serener glories of creation were present to the vision of the seer. there he stood, alone and thoughtful, to take the last farewell of the wondrous life that he had known. coursing through the fields of space, he beheld the gossamer shapes, whose choral joys his spirit had so often shared. there, g

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

y is the worship of serpents. the religion of ancient egypt was closely interwoven with the worship of sun and serpent. the deity, kneph, was pictured as a serpent in a fiery circle''he was regarded as the first emanation of the supreme being, the good genius of the world, the demiurgus, the efficient reason of all things, and the architect of the universe. kneph is identified with the sun, hence the rays of glory around his head. both serpent and sun were emblems of the celestial father. as the solar deity, kneph became the cristos of the gnostics. was regarded as the spiritual sun of enlightenment, or wisdom."61 in the egyptian pantheon "osiris himself was said to have been the son of kneph. and he was essentially identical with kneph" the worship of isis, the moon-goddess, was equally e

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

herefore of their identity.178 he continues by describing the way of life and development which the soul should seek: it must be quiet. let us assume that quiet too is the body that wraps it round quiet the earth, quiet the air and the sea, quiet the high heavens. then picture the soul flowing into this tranquil mass from all sides, streaming into it, spreading through it until it is luminous. as the rays of the sun lighten and gild 160 christianity as mystical fact the blackest cloud, so the soul by entering the body of the universe gives it life and immortality.179 the profound affinities between this conception of the world and christianity are unmistakable. the community of the followers of jesus proclaimed: that which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen wit

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

the homage and veneration comes from the masons and their fellow illuminists. these confused and perverted men mistakenly believe they are illumined (enlightened) by their solar deity, the great architect, jahbuhlun, or lucifer. they have even arranged for osiris' watchful eye, the all-seeing eye, to be pictured on each and every u.s.a. one dollar bill. it is the eye in the capstone surrounded by the rays of the sun announcing to the whole world the coming of a new age, a new world order (novus ordo seclorum. what a grand surprise these wicked men have in store for them when jesus christ, lord of lords, returns. ii thessalonians 2 says that the opposers of christ the leaders of illuminati and their hordes of rapt followers shall be utterly destroyed by the brightness of his coming. until t

THE BOOK OF THE ELDER KINGS GOLDEN DAWN

: thou shalt transmute the base lead into the subtle aurum solis by rising on the stairway of the heavens in thy secret laboratorium on earth. here is the excellent way! the steps of the stairway are seven; the laboratorium is our holy house of song and our holy rose garden, which thou knowest so well. yet to those who are vulgar, it is a secret even though they themselves possess it. 21. six are the rays, and the seventh is in the centre, hidden yet ever glorious. these are the six forces of our one life, and that which is in the centre is the palace of the stars. we are come to uplift thee to that grand palace of the sun where burns the immortal flame of the vast unknown! we are come to uplift thee to the home of the starry wisdom of the highest! thus we say unto thee, hear thou our holy

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

the nocturnal predator, they can hunt down his grave or coffin and place thereon a branch of the wild rose to keep him locked within. if that doesn t work, then the only courses of action remaining are to pry open his coffin during the daylight hours while the vampire lies slumbering and pound a wooden stake through his heart or, perhaps a bit safer, destroy the coffin while he is away and allow the rays of the early morning sun to scorch him into ashes. in 1982, parapsychologist stephen kaplan, director of the vampire research center in elmhurst, new york, discovered a vampire subculture living among the general population. kaplan estimated that there were approximately 21 real vampires living secretly in the united states and canada. he spoke to many of these self-professed creatures of

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

the pentagram are extended as dotted lines to form an inverse pentagon. the white disks have the following text, clockwise from top "intelligence "progres "amour "sagesse "lumiere. the points have the following text, same order "dans ses rapports avec l' etre "dans ses rapports avec la science "dans ses rapports avec la justice "dans ses rapports avec la raison "dans ses rapports avec la verite. the rays have the following text, clockwise from upper right "genie "enthousiasme "harmonie "beaute "rectitude. the following words are in the center, in three rows "l'esprit saint est. the rash man who dares to look at the sun without protection becomes blind, and from that moment for him the sun is black. we are forbidden to say more on this subject; we shall conclude our revelation by the figur

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

are the colors of each center to be visualized whilst vibrating the name. this notably changes and stimulates the reaction of the sephirah. care is needed, and that is why it is recommended that for months the student should not apply himself to this color scheme, contenting himself exclusively with the visualization of the light-centers as white in color. kether is of pure white brilliance, and the rays that it emits and radiates upon the personality are of the same hue. lavender-blue is the color that is traditionally associated with daath. tiphareth is gold, whilst yesod is purple or puce. it is when we approach the consideration of the malkuth color that we experience some difficulty. tradition gives us several scales of color all of which are of equal efficacy. the sphere of malkuth

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

of light and of life. his colour is gold. his essence is to be found in gold, and in all golden objects and plants. he is sometimes called uduu. his gate is the fourth you will pass in the rituals that follow. his step on the great ladder of lights is gold. this is his seal, which you must engrave in gold, when the sun is exalted in the heavens, alone on a mountain top or some such place close to the rays, but alone. being finished, it should be wrapped in a square of the finest silk and lain aside until such time as it is needed. the number os shammash is twenty and this is his seal: the god of mars is the mighty nergal. he has the head of a man on the body of a lion, and bears a sword and a flail. he is the god of war, and of the fortunes of war. he was sometimes though to be an agent of

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

the intuitional, or psychic powers. that is to say, in the occult sciences the feminine qualities of the mind are often of superior value to the masculine, or rational. the woman is seated to show that will united to science is immovable. isis unveiled--arcanum iii. in divination, arcanum iii may be read briefly as marriage or action. arcanum iii is figured by a woman seated within a radiant sun. the rays from this sun number thirty, the number of degrees in one zodiacal sign. the woman is crowned with twelve stars, to represent the twelve signs through which the sun passes each year. her feet rest upon the moon, symbol of the feminine in nature. and the cube upon which she sits represents the cross of matter, where rays of sun and moon meet, and so signifies the union of male and female f

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

unar opposites, saturn- jupiter. the second illustration is from the work azote des philosophes by basil valen- tine. it shows a hermaphrodite, symbolic of mercury and the magus, standing tri- umphant atop the chaotic dragon, which is supported by the earth. within the earth is the alchemical symbol for squaring the circle. above the head of the her- maphrodite is mercury framed in a star. notice the rays that emanate from mer- cury and distinguish it from the other planets. over the right shoulder of the figure is the sun, and over the left shoulder is the moon. below the sun is mars-venus. below the moon is jupiter-saturn. in the third illustration, also from azote, which shows the process of putrefac- tion, a dying man lies inside an alchemical vessel above which are, on the right side

power the cross, the magus must consider each arm in a separate act of will, then balance the two against each other to realize the peace that resides at the point of intersection. the cross should be drawn first from top to bottom, then from left to right, on the object to which it is applied from the perspective of the centerpoint of that object. these are the natural lines of descending force. the rays of the sun descend from heaven to earth. the orb of the sun travels in an arc from left to right across the face of the world. when the cross is made over a charm or other object, the beam of the cross is drawn from right to left, from the viewpoint of the magus. but when the cross is made by the magus over his or her own body, the beam is inverted and drawn from the left to the right sho

ted there is loss of being. the manifest returns to the unmanifest. these spirals are the two serpents that twine around the life centers of the body, one ascending and the other descending. they can also be applied fruitfully to the ten apples on the tree of the sephiroth. perhaps an understanding of the four elements in a cycle can be gained through another metaphor. think of yod as the heat in the rays of the rising sun. these strike the surface of the water, the first he, and produce vapor, the vau. the water is the means by which the energy in the sunlight becomes the energy, or movement, in the vapor. the vapor rises into the air, then at dusk descends and touches the chill earth, the second he, where it is transformed into dew. as it returns to its original form it warms the earth

l of spirit suggests the radial emanation of the five elemental principles. a three-dimensional verification of the six-spoked spirit wheel is found in the diamond shape used in chapter two to represent the tenth emanation from the all. as will be recalled, this is a pyramid of four facets with its reflection congruent to its base: spirit earth the top point is the element spirit. from it descend the rays of fire, water, and air, and these form the triangle of the base. the lower point, not directly connected to the point of spirit, is elemental earth. it is formed by the reunion of the reflected rays of the three primary elements. the diversifying action exhibited in the upper pyramid (unity into trinity) is inverted in the lower pyramid (trinity into unity. this is a visual metaphor for

ceans close and also draws the blood of young women. for these reasons it was given the sign of the crescent. the earth stands between the moon and sun, which seem to 0 revolve around it. it is both fixed, in that it does not move, and change- able, as witnessed by the storms and seasons. the earth can be warm like the sun and also cool like the moon. it was perceived as the meet- ing place where the rays from the other two bodies mingled and har- monized. for this reason the earth was assigned the symbol of giving and taking, action and reaction, warmth and coolness-the cross. since humanity is the microcosm of the greater universe, the three primary symbols of the sun, moon, and earth can be assigned to the human body, result- ing in this figure: the circle of the head stands for the war

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

a god of healing, but can also cause sickness and death with the arrows of his golden solar bow. at his shrine in the center of the garden maze, you may consult his oracle through the mediation of his solemn white-robed priest, who utters the inspired responses of the god. xx the last judgement hebrew letter: shin (tooth) correspondence: fire path: thirty-first clouds roil in the sky-shutting out the rays of the sun, which lights them with lurid red and orange. from the clouds sound the tones of strident trumpets. in the ancient graveyard in which you stand beside an old stone church, a rumbling is heard from the ground. the sods above the graves split apart as the rotting coffins push their way to the surface and burst open, releasing naked men, women, and children whose bodies are miracu

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ld outward in front of the chest is a version of the sign of the enterer, also called the sign of horus, the projecting sign charging an object 101 and the attacking sign. when the forearms are crossed over the heart-center to form an x, the posture is very similar to the sign of osiris &sen. crowley was especially fond of using the sign of the enterer for projecting occult power. he advised that the rays from the eyes be directed along the thumbs. the hand gesture illustrated by israel regardie in his golden dawn shows the extended hands turned inward palm to palm, with the thumbs on top and the fingers inclined upward at a slight angle. the palms do not appear to touch, but this is unclear in the illustration. i have experimented with various hand positions, and have found that the great

arms up above the head as if touching the kether, and as the step is completed bring the hands over the head forwards. thrust them out direct from the level of the eyes horizontally-arms extended, fingers straight, palms downwards, the hands directed towards the object it is wished to charge or to affect. at the same time, sink the head till the eyes look exactly between the thumbs. in this way, the rays from the eyes, from each finger and from the thumbs, must all converge upon the object attacked. if any of them dsperse, it is a weakness. thus performed, this sign is a symbol of tremendous attacking force and of projection of will power, and it should be employed in all cases where 102 standing exercises force of attack is required-especially in charging of talismans and the like. gener

n various ways. it is essential that you are able to draw the pentagram upon the air from any point in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions. you should practice using paper and a pen until you can form the pentagram in all ten possible ways without hesitation. your pentagrams must be regular, all of the points equally separated around the circumference of an invisible circle, and all of the rays or beams of the figure of equal size and length. this requires practice. to avoid confusion, i will emphasize that the pentagram is drawn with a single uninterrupted line that crosses in straight segments from point to point, and ends on the same point where it began. do not make the mistake of outlining the star, or confuse it with the pentagon, which is a completely different geometric

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idle to speculate which angel resided within the brilliant radiance of the shamir. perhaps it was michael, who is the great warrior angel. i am more inclined to think that the light of metatron, the highest of all angels, shone from the depths of the stone. the third river of power flowed from any occult symbols that may have been inscribed upon the ring at the time of its making. these drew down the rays of the planets and the fixed stars or signs, or attracted the energies of the four earthly elements. among these symbols is the pentagram and the hexagram, either of which may have been on solomon's ring. a fourth river of power flowed forth from the material substance, or substances, that formed the ring, or were enclosed within the ring. these were such things as the metal gold, of whic

ed hands. the hands are one model of the tree of the sephiroth. there is only one messiah. however, this heavenly christ can exhibit different aspects of himself, depending on which of his powers is called appendix a: the keys 191 forth. in this key, christ is strongly shaped by imagery of the left side, signifylng dominance and rule. he calls himself the "god of justice (din,t he fifth sephirah. the rays of sun and moon are both swords. his hands are not merely clasped, but "trussed" together. he is the christ who delivers "a law to govern the holy ones* and "a rod with the ark of knowledge" the iron rod is a symbol of the authority of the mounted christ of revelation 19:ll-21, who is the child of the woman "clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of tw

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to the celestial influences you wish to contact through working with all of the senses. agrippa said in the first of his three books of occult philosophy: one operative virtue that is diffused through all kinds of things: by which virtue, indeed, as manifest things are produced out of occult causes, so a magician doth make use of things manifest to draw forth things that are occult, viz, through the rays of the stars, through fumes, lights, sounds, and natural things which are agreeable to those celestial, in which. there is a kind of reason, sense and harmony, and incorporeal and divine measures and orders (p 121. in addition to having some clear ideas about the associated symbols to be used in the talisman one was going to make to invoke venusian energy, for example, one could also prep

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