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he book of the dead. they are the symbols of the two powers of day and night, love and hate, work and rest, the subtle force of the lodestone and the eternal out-pouring and in-pouring of the heart of god. the lamps that burn, though with a veiled light upon their summits, show the pathway to hidden knowledge, unlike the pathway of nature which is a continual undulation, the winding to and fro of the serpent which is the straight and narrow way between them. it was because of this that i passed between them, when you came to the light, and it was because of this that you were placed between them to receive the final consecration. they are two contending forces and one which unites them eternally, and two basal angles of the triangle and one which forms the apex. such is the origin of creat

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dead. they are the symbols of the two powers of day and night, love and hate, work and rest, the subtle force of the lodestone and the eternal out-pouring and in-pouring of the heart of god. the lamps that burn, though with a veiled light, upon their summits show that the pathway to hidden knowledge, unlike the pathway of nature- which is a continual undulation, the winding hither and thither of the serpent- is the straight and narrow way between them. it was because of this that i passed between them, when you came to the light, and it was because of this that you were placed between them to receive the final consecration. two contending forces and one which unites them eternally. two basal angles of the triangle and one which forms the apex. such is the origin of creation, it is the tri

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origin in alliteration, but held its ground even in prose (sn. 64) and in the locke loje, loke lovmand, loke lejemand of the later folk-songs. this laufey (swed. lofo) is first of all the name of a place, which was personified, and here again there is doubtless reference to an element. by his wife slgyn loki had a son nari or narvi, and by a giantess angrloda three children, the aforesaid fcnrir, the serpent idrm.unrjandr and a daughter hd. it is worthy of notice, that he himself is also called loirir (aiirius, and one of his brothers helhlindi, which is likewise a name of 05inn. i just throw out these names, mostly foreign to our german mythology, in the hope of enlisting for them future inquiry. once again we must turn our attention to a name already brought forward among the gods of the

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nemyss, red shoes, red collar, lamen, sword. hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, black collar, red shoes, lamen, scepter. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash, red rope, hoodwink required materials for the altar 2 red tapers 12 square calvary cross 18th key of the tarot required materials for the temple part i banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: shin, tau, qoph tablet of the serpent of brass diagram of qabalah of nine chambers diagram of hexagram of tiphareth diagrams of geomantic figures of 8 radii enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part i the opening (the throne of the hierophant, beside which is a cup of water and the banner of the east, is placed before the dais n.e. the seat of the hegemon is before the dais in the

of all the heavenly bodies ever rising in the east and setting in the west. the crayfish is the sign cancer, and was anciently the scarabus or khephra, the emblem of the sun below the horizon as he ever is when the moon is increasing above. also when the sun is in the sign pisces, the moon will be well in her increase in cancer as shown by the crayfish emblem. hiero: leads practicus to tablet of the serpent of brass in east. hiero: this is the serpent nehushtan which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by the serpents of fire in the wilderness. it is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole, that is, twined round the middle pillar of the sephiroth. and the word used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents, is the same as the name of the angels o

ord used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents, is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim, around the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah and severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy, and hence it is said in the new testament, that it is a type of christ, the reconciler. and the serpent is of brass, the metal of venus, whose sphere is called nogah or external splendor, as shown further in the alchemic symbol of the planet venus, wherein the circle of the sun is exalted above the cross of corrosion. and therefore it is said in the zohar, that alone of the shells is the serpent nogah found in holiness, and he is called the bilanx of justice. why then is he called the ex

rein the circle of the sun is exalted above the cross of corrosion. and therefore it is said in the zohar, that alone of the shells is the serpent nogah found in holiness, and he is called the bilanx of justice. why then is he called the external or false splendor? because he indeed uniteth the paths but comprehendeth not the sephiroth. nevertheless he is also the celestial serpent of wisdom. but the serpent of temptation is the serpent of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and not that of the tree of life. hiero: resumes his seat. heg: leads practicus to hiereus. hiereus (indicating tablet) this is the so-called qabalah of nine chambers. in it the letters are classed together, according to the similarity of their numbers. thus, in one chamber you will see gimel, lamed and shin classed

een taken from the 42 first letters of the history of creation, as far as beth of the word "bohu" by various transmutations which are described at length in the sepher pardes. heg: leads practicus to tablet in north. heg: these are the qlippoth with their 12 princes, who are the heads of the 12 months of the year. in the central square are placed samael and asmodai. at the south east are the man, the serpent and the elder lilith, the wife of samael. at the north east angle are the ox and the ass, the aggareth, the daughter of machalath. at the north west angle are the scorpion and asimon the unnamed one, and nehemah. and at the south west are the lion and the horse, the younger lilith, the wife of asmodai. hiero: i have much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of lord (lady) of the 2

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rystal: moonstone and opal incenses or oils: myrrh and jasmine samael samael is the archangel who rules the planet mars (see page 229. samael's day is tuesday. he is sometimes called the severity of god and as such is an angel of cleansing and of righteous anger. one of the seven regents of the world and said to be served by two million angels, he is also called the dark angel who in the guise of the serpent tempted eve. this is a very ancient concept in which kings and rulers were constantly tested to prove worthy of their sacred trust and so he is not an angel to invoke lightly. samael is also the avenger who offers protection to the weak and vulnerable and cleanses doubts and weakness, replacing them with spiritual courage to stand against what is corrupt, especially those who abuse pow

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sins of presumption and spiritual pride" third "thou knowest the arrangement of the ten sephiroth on the tree of life; now what symbolic weapon doth their natural succession form (aspirant answers unprompted) third "and what symbolic creature is traced by the natural succession of the paths (aspirant answers unprompted) second "oh aspirant, let this be a sign unto thee. for the flaming sword and the serpent of wisdom shall be the symbol which shall produce thee admission. return thou then and divest thyself of these ornaments. they are not humble enough to entitle thee to be received. very honored frater hodos chamelionis, clothe him in the black robe of mourning, bind him with his hands behind his back, symbolic of the binding force of his obligations, and put a chain about his neck, the

jor, it shall be done (hodos chamelionis salutes and retires with aspirant, strips him of all ornaments, brings him back to the door in a plain black robe, roped and carrying diagram of sword and serpent. gives one gentle knock. third adept opens door) 10 (serpent on the tree of life) third "by the aid of what symbol do ye seek admission" hodos (shows diagram "by the aid of the flaming sword, and the serpent of wisdom" second "whom bringest thou there" hodos "mighty adeptus major, i bring with me one who has passed the trials of humiliation, and has symbolically chosen to return to the womb. he humbly desireth admission to the tomb of the mystical mountain" second "let the aspirant be assisted to kneel (aspirant is brought to the door of the tomb between the third adept and hodos. all face

hnyb, d, hrwbg, m" third (indicates sword and serpent "the colors of the minutum mundum are also the key to those which compose the admission badge of the sword and serpent; and thus, by their aid it may be the better examined and comprehended. the one is ascending, the other is descending; the one is fixed, the other is volatile; the one unites the sephiroth, the other the paths. furthermore, in the serpent of wisdom is shown the ascending spiral, and in the sword the rush of the descending white brilliance from beyond rtk, differentiated into various shades and colors, darkening more and more as they near twklm" 29 mountain of abiegnus chief (indicates diagram of mountain "this is the symbolic mountain of god in the center of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation, t

ain of god in the center of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation, the mystic mountain of abiegnus. below and around it are darkness and silence, and it is crowned with the light ineffable. at its base is the wall of enclosure and secrecy, whose sole gateway, invisible to the profane, is formed of the two pillars of hermes. the ascent of the mountain is by the spiral path of the serpent of wisdom. stumbling on betwteen the pillars is a blindfolded figure, representing the neophyte, whose ignorance and worthlessness while only in that grade is shown by the 0= 0, and whose sole future claim to notice and recognition by the order is the fact of his having entered the pathway to the other grades, until at length he attains to the summit "i now proceed to instruct you in t

ow colors, and the floor whose prevailing hue is black; thus showing the powers of the heptad between the light and the darkness. on the ceiling is a triangle enclosing the rose of 22 petals, within a heptangle formed of a heptagram reflected from the seven angles of the wall. the triangle represents the three supernal sephiroth; the heptagram, the lower seven; the rose represents the 22 paths of the serpent of wisdom "the floor has upon it also the symbol of a triangle enclosed within a heptagram, bearing the titles of the averse and evil sephiroth of the twpylq, the great red dragon of seven heads, and the inverted and evil triangle. thus, in the tomb of the adepti do we tread down the evil powers of the red dragon (chief adept stamps thrice on diagram, and so tread thou upon the evil po

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

as yet unclear as to what the combination shub ishnigarrab (shub niggurath) might actually mean. there was a battle between the forces of "light" and "darkness (so-called) that took place long before man was created, before even the cosmos as we know it existed. it is described fully in the enuma elish and in the bastardised version found in the necronomicon, and involved the ancient ones, led by the serpent mummu-tiamat and her male counterpart absu, against the elder gods (called such in the n) led by the warrior marduk, son of the sea god enki, lord of magicians of this side, or what could be called "white magicians- although close examination of the myths of ancient times makes one pause before attempting to judge which of the two warring factions was "good" or "evil. marduk won this b

(called such in the n) led by the warrior marduk, son of the sea god enki, lord of magicians of this side, or what could be called "white magicians- although close examination of the myths of ancient times makes one pause before attempting to judge which of the two warring factions was "good" or "evil. marduk won this battle- in much the same way that later st. george and st. michael would defeat the serpent again- the cosmos was created from the body of the slain serpent, and man was created from the blood of the slain commander of the ancient army, kingu, thereby making man a descendent of the blood of the enemy, as well as the "breath" of the elder gods; a close parallel to the "sons of god and daughters of men" reference in the old testament. yet, though the identity of the victor is c

side with the vanquished, believing the ancient ones to be a source of tremendous, and most unbelievable, power. worship of the ancient ones in history "let them curse it that curse the day, who are skilful to rouse leviathan- job 3:8 s.h. hooke, in his excellent middle eastern mythology, tells us that the leviathan mentioned in job, and elsewhere in the old testament, is the hebrew name given to the serpent tiamat, and reveals that there was in existence either a cult, or scattered individuals, who worshipped or called up the serpent of the sea, or abyss. indeed, the hebrew word for abyss that is found in genesis 1:2 is, hooke tells us, tehom, which the majority of scholars take to be a survival of the name of the chaos-dragon tiamat or leviathan that is identified closely with kutulu or

htened- celibacy that the church espoused. for the orgone of wilhelm reich is just as much leviathan as the kundalini of tantrick adepts, and the power raised by the witches. it has always, at least in the past two thousand years, been associated with occultism and essentially with rites of evil magick, or the forbidden magick, of the enemy, and of satan. and the twisting, sacred spiral formed by the serpent of the caduceus, and by the spinning of the galaxies, is also the same leviathan as the spiral of the biologists' code of life: dna the goddess of the witches the current revival of the cult called wicca is a manifestation of the ancient secret societies that sought to tap this telluric, occult force and use it to their own advantage, and to the advantage of humanity as was the origina

he past few years, jaws, the exoricst and, perhaps, the godfather, are an indication that the essence of sumerian mythology is making itself felt in a very real way in this, the latter half of the twentieth century? after the long and poetic magan text, comes the urillia text which might be lovecraft's r'lyeh text, and is subtitled "abominations. it has more specifically to do with the worship of the serpent, and the nature of the cults that participate in the concelebration of sin. again, more conjurations and seals are given, even though the reader is charged not to use them; an inconsistency that is to be found in many grimoires of any period and perhaps reveals a little of the magicians's mentality; for there is very little that is evil to the advanced magus, who cares not if he deals

in "cthdh 666" ctha-lu, kutulu the ancient ones satan; teitan tiamat azathoth aiwass) azag-thoth the dunwich horror choronzon pazuzu shub niggurath pan sub ishniggarab) out of space the abyss absu; nar mattaru ia! io! iao! ia (jah; ea; lord of waters) the five-pointed grey star carven the pentagram the ar, or ub (plough sign; the original pentagram and the sign of the aryan race) vermis mysteriis the serpent erim (the enemy; and the sea as chaos; gothic; orm, or worm, great serpent) this is, of course, by no means a complete list but rather an inspirational sampling. meditation upon the various things mentioned in the mythos will permit the scholar to draw his own conclusions; research upon the etymology of both lovecraft's and crowley's respective literature enables the occultist to disco

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

child. aum! all words are sacred and all prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve the first half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. but thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all, in the dark. i,57: invoke me under my stars! love is the law, love under will. nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. there is the dove, and there is the serpent. choose ye well! he, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the house of god. all these old letters of my book are aright; but* is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise* in ms, the symbol found here is usually interpreted as the hebrew letter tzaddi. i,58: i give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not f

all their numbers who are of us. the five pointed star, with a circle in the middle& the circle is red. my colour is black to the blind, but the blue& gold are seen of the seeing. also i have a secret glory for them that love me. i,61: but to love me is better than all things: if under the night-stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. for one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour& pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. i char

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

which its seal is to be made (some spirits have two ranks, thus: rank planet metal prince jupiter tin earl mars iron king sol gold duke venus copper president mercury mercury (hmm) marquis luna silver note that in rendering the names of the demons into hebrew, some suffixes like ion, ius, etc. have been dropped. an alternative set of attributions and hebrew spellings can be found in the sword and the serpent by denning and phillips, and godwin s cabalistic encyclopedia. notes 56 cols. clxvii clxxi. a completely different set of names for the dekans and the gods referred to them may be found in budge s gods of the egyptians, vol. ii pp 304-310. i am unaware of crowley s source for these attributions: generally the names seem at the very least somewhat hellenized. notes to crowley s notes 1

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cted by placing the letters c. a. t. in that order. it is no wonder that magick has excited the ridicule of the unintelligent, since even its 6 educated students can be guilty of so gross a violation of the first principles of common sense<tree of life by turning the serpent of wisdom upside down! yet he could not even make his scheme symmetrical: his little remaining good sense revolted at the supreme atrocities. yet he succeeded in reducing the whole magical alphabet to nonsense, and shewing that he had never understood its real meaning. the absurdity of any such disturbance of the arrangement of the paths is evident to any sober student from such exampl

ely for destruction, and is entirely absorbed in its own sphere (or cylinder, on einstein's equations) of action. this work is to be regarded as "holiness to the lord. the hebrews, in fact, conferred the title of qadosh (holy) upon its adepts. its effect is to consecrate the magicians who perform it in a very special way. we may take note also of the correspondence of nine with teth, xi, leo, and the serpent. the great merits of this formula are that it avoids contact with the inferior planes, that it is self-sufficient, that it involves no responsibilities, and that it leaves its masters not only stronger in themselves, but wholly free to fulfil their essential natures. its abuse is an abomination> 27 chapter v the formula of i.a.o. this formula is the principal and most characteristic fo

e the breath of life as opposed to that of speech. impelled by these considerations, the master therion proposed to replace the m of aum by a compound letter mgn, symbolizing thereby the subtle transformation of the apparent silence and death which terminates the manifested life of vau by a continuous vibration of an impersonal energy of the nature of generation and knowledge, the virgin moon and the serpent furthermore operating to include in the idea a commemoration of the legend so grossly deformed in the hebrew legend of the garden of eden, and its even more malignantly debased falsification in that bitterly sectarian broadside, the apocalypse. sound work invariable vindicates itself by furnishing confirmatory corollaries not contemplated by the qabalist. in the present instance, the m

in the case of crucifixion death is given by stabbing<wand, drowning or poisoning for the cup, beheading for the sword, crushing for the disk, burning for the lamp, and so forth> one may remark that warm-blooded animals only are used as victims: with two principal exceptions. the first is the serpent, which is only used in a very special ritual<serpent is not really killed; it is seethed in an appropriate vessel; and it issues in due season refreshed and modified, but still essentially itself. the idea is the transmission of life and wisdom from a vehicle which has fulfilled its formula to one capable of further extension. the development of a wild fruit by repeated plantings

serpent is not really killed; it is seethed in an appropriate vessel; and it issues in due season refreshed and modified, but still essentially itself. the idea is the transmission of life and wisdom from a vehicle which has fulfilled its formula to one capable of further extension. the development of a wild fruit by repeated plantings in suitable soil is an analogous operation. weh addenda: the serpent is the phallus. the vessel and the seething are likewise sub rosa> the second the magical beetles of liber legis (see part iv) 98 one word of warning is perhaps necessary for the beginner. the victim must be in perfect health- or its energy may be as it were poisoned. it must also not be too large<sacrifice (e.g) of a bull is sufficient for a large number of people; hence it is co

him not only fill his whole being to the uttermost with the force of the names; but let him formulate his will, understood thoroughly as the dynamic aspect of his creative self, in an appearance symbolically apt, i say not in the form of a ray of light, of a fiery sword, or of aught save that bodily vehicle of the holy ghost which is sacred to baphomet, by its virtue that concealeth the lion and the serpent that his image may appear adorably upon the earth for ever. let then the adept extend his will beyond the circle in this imagined shape and let it radiate with the light proper to the element invoked, and let each word issue along the shaft with passionate impulse, as if its voice gave command thereto that it should thrust itself leapingly forward. let also each word accumulate authori

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re not spiced by equally contin- 35* this passage appears to be a direct hint at the formula of the ix o.t.o, and the preparation of the elixir of life. 53 magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 95 ual defeat. the purest documents of the white school are found in the sacred books of thelema. the doctrine is given in excellent perfection both in the book of the heart girt with the serpent and the book of lapis lazuli. a single passage is adequate to explain the formula. 7. moreover i beheld a vision of a river. there was a little boat thereon; and in it under purple sails was a golden woman, an image of asi wrought in finest gold. also the river was of blood, and the boat of shining steel. then i loved her; and, loosing my girdle, cast myself into the stream. 8. i gathe

s knox om pax- four invaluable treatises and a preface on mysticism and magick. liber aleph- the book of wisdom or folly. this book contains some of the deepest secrets of initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems. liber ararita- this book describes in magical language a very secret process 56 of initiation. liber cordis cincti serpente- the book of the heart girt with the serpent: an account of the aspirant with his holy guardian angel. liber 418- the vision and- first published in equinox i, 5. the voice a new publication was issued subsequently with the full text, an introduction, and extensive commentary by the master therion. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 337 liber legis- the book of- this book is the foundation of the law the

y by the master therion. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 337 liber legis- the book of- this book is the foundation of the law the new aeon, and thus of the whole work. liber vii- the book of- gives in magical language an lapis lazuli account of the initiation of a master of the temple. this is the only parallel, for beauty of ecstasy, to the book of the heart girt with the serpent. liber trigrammaton- describes the course of creation under the figure of the interplay of three principles. the book corresponding to the stanzas of dzyan. little essays toward truth (formerly called the wine of the graal- a collection of 17 essays which constitute in themselves a complete system of initiation. magick in theory and practice- a complete work on magick, with appendices

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t found until quite recently (vide fuller, the star in the west. let us take another example from this rich storehouse of magick lore. little bo peep she lost her sheep, and couldn't tell where to find them. leave them alone! and they'll come home, dragging their tails behind them "bo" is the root meaning light, from which spring such words as bo-tree, bodhisattva, and buddha. and "peep" is apep, the serpent apophis. this poem therefore contains the same symbol as that in the egyptian and hebrew bibles. the snake is the serpent of initiation, as the lamb is the saviour. this ancient one, the wisdom of eternity, sits in its old anguish awaiting the redeemer. and this holy verse triumphantly assures us that there is no need for anxiety. the saviours will come one after the other, at their ow

of knowledge opens the gate of the city of the pyramids. it is also written, liber ccxx, iii, 11 "let the woman be girt with a sword before me" but this refers to the arming of vedana with sanna, the overcoming of emotion by clarity of perception. it is also spoken, liber lxv, v, 14, of the sword of adonai "that hath four blades, the blade of the thunderbolt, the blade of the pylon, the blade of the serpent, the blade of the phallus" but this sword is not for the ordinary magician. for this is the sword flaming every way that keeps eden, and in this sword the wand and the cup are concealed- so that although the being of the magician 92 is blasted by the thunderbolt, and poisoned by the serpent, at the same time the organs whose union is the supreme sacrament are left in him. at the coming

hat which is above, and that which is above had become that which is below. if a diamond be worn, it is for the light which is before all manifestations in form; if an opal, it is to commemorate that sublime plan of the all, to fold and unfold in eternal rapture, to manifest as the many that the many may become the one unmanifest. but this matter is too great for an elementary treatise on magick. the serpent which is coiled about the crown means many things, or, rather, one thing in many ways. it is the symbol of royalty and of initiation, for the magician is anointed king and priest. 108 it also represents hadit, of which one can here only quote these words "i am the secret serpent coiled about to spring; in my coiling there is joy. if i lift up my head, i and my nuit are one; if i droop

it is the symbol of royalty and of initiation, for the magician is anointed king and priest. 108 it also represents hadit, of which one can here only quote these words "i am the secret serpent coiled about to spring; in my coiling there is joy. if i lift up my head, i and my nuit are one; if i droop down mine head and shoot forth venom, there is rapture of the earth, and i and the earth are one" the serpent is also the kundalini serpent, the magical force itself, the manifesting side of the godhead of the magician, whose unmanifested side is peace and silence, of which there is no symbol. in the hindu system the great work is represented by saying that this serpent, which is normally coiled at the base of the spine, rises with her hood over the head of the yogi, there to unite with the lo

is also the kundalini serpent, the magical force itself, the manifesting side of the godhead of the magician, whose unmanifested side is peace and silence, of which there is no symbol. in the hindu system the great work is represented by saying that this serpent, which is normally coiled at the base of the spine, rises with her hood over the head of the yogi, there to unite with the lord of all. the serpent is also he who poisons. it is that force which destroys the manifested universe. this is also the emerald snake which encircles the universe. this matter must be studied in liber lxv, where this is discussed incomparably. in the hood of this serpent are the six jewels, three on each side, ruby, emerald, and sapphire, the three holy elements made perfect, on both sides in equilibrium. 1

"a'.a" the great white brotherhood which is giving this method of attainment to the world "see" equinox i "adeptus minor" a grade of adeptship "see" equinox iii "aethyrs "see" equinox v and vii "aima" the great fertile mother nature "ama" the great mother not yet fertile "amoun" the god amen= zeus= jupiter, etc, etc "ankh" the symbol of "life" a form of the rosy cross "see" equinox iii "apophis" the serpent-god who slew osiris "see" equinox iii "babalon, our lady "see" equinox v, the vision and voice, 14th aethyr "babe of the abyss "see" equinox viii, temple of solomon "bhagavadgita" scared hymn of india, translated by sir edwin arnold in the "song celestial "binah" understanding, the 3rd "emanation" of the absolute "caduceus" the wand of mercury "see" equinox ii and iii "chela" pupil "ch

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light, joy hxm# 354 grew fat; anointed n#d a temporary remitting h+m# demons myd# 355 thought; idea hb#xm year; sleep hn# pharaoh (derived from the egyptian for ggreat house h) h(rp sphere; number; emanation hryps 356 expiations, atonements myrwpk a young mule rpw( spirits of the living nyyxd nyxwr 357 iniquity)#wn 358 shame hn#g shiloh shall come (gn. 49:10) hly )by gmessiach h: the messiah xy#m the serpent that initiated eve #xn (taking the three hehs in hwhyh) as concealing the mothers# m, we get iota: alpha: omega) mw)y) the breastplate of the high priest n#x renewed, restored #dwxm 359 the sacred wind my# satan: the adversary n# 360 shin: a tooth ny# the messiah hy#mh the sinew [of the thigh; the weakening (gn. 32:32& cf. hn#h, below. k.d. p.235) h#nh the change; the teaching; the sle

s: horus: osiris. they (a+ b+ r+ h+ d) add to 212 (q.v. finally) is the crown, b the wand, d the cup, h the sword, r the r.c. see the equinox vol. i, nos. v and vii for further details )rb)d)h)rb) the angelic word of the aeon given in liber 418 hn#)k)m ra-hoor rwwh )r heru-ra-ha )h )r wrh sin (the wicked lilith; atonement t)+x curse iao w)y rr) saving grace dsx rcwn 419 teth: a serpent ty+ hadit, the serpent flame (cf. 28 and liber al 2:49) tydh unity twdx) 420 it was htyh a large earthenware jar; a barrel, tub, cask tybx vapour, smoke n( peace-offerings myml# glowing stones; burning coals mypcr oppression kt the work h#(mh 421 to meditate ddwbth 422 the vast countenance: a title of kether nypn) kyr) the golden line [that encircleth the world] qwry wq 424 living creatures twyx 425 a lion f

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rong woman('m) closing the mouth of a serpent (s) or dragon, and from this we have the xith card of the bohemian tarot, and the legend in the apocalypse. in the mystic greek used by the gnostics we find similar traces, sophia being from s ph, giving the idea of 'serpent breath' i.e. wisdom. iao is phallos, kteis, proktos. the word logos means the boy (g) naturally engendered of the virgin (l) and the serpent (s. theos (root o, first written 0) means the sun in his strength and also the lingam-yoni conjoined. christos is 'the love of passion of the rising sun (r) and the serpent (s. the i and t indicate certain details which are foreign to the present discussion. neuma (atlantean n m) is the 'arch of the woman, maria, the woman of the sun* the words meithras and abraxas are again derived fr

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plies rather a release from the limits of personality than anything else. the scarlet woman and i are peculiarly representative of nuit and hadit by virtue of our attainments in making our consciousness omniform as they re. it must not be supposed that our original individualities can claim any special prerogatives as such. al i,18 "burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent" the old comment 18. the serpent is the symbol of divinity and royalty. it is also a symbol of hadit, invoked upon them. the new comment for the images in this and the next verse see the stele of revealing, to which they allude. the serpent is the uraeus, with the powers of life and death, wise, ecstatic, immortal; winged and hooded, that he may go as a god swiftly and silently. it refers in this place especially to h

process of initiation thereto was continuous over years, and contained the most sublime mystic experiences- beyond any yet recorded by man- as mere incidents in its terrific pageant. the "equation" is the representation of truth by word. al i,57 "invoke me under my stars! love is the law, love under will. nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. there is the dove, and there is the serpent. choose ye well! he, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the house of god. all these old letters of my book are aright; but* is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise *in ms, a mark in this place is commonly read as the hebrew letter tzaddi. the old comment 57 "invoke me" etc. i take literally. see liber

place is commonly read as the hebrew letter tzaddi. the old comment 57 "invoke me" etc. i take literally. see liber nv for this ritual. love under will- no casual pagan love; not love under fear, as the christians do. but love magically directed and used as a spiritual formula. the fools (not here implying aleph fools, for iii, 57, says, all fools despise) may mistake. this love, then, should be the serpent love, the awakening of the kundalini. the further mystery is of pe and unsuited to the grade in which this comment is written. the last paragraph confirms the tarot attributions as given in 777, with one secret exception. the new comment "love is the law, love under will, is an interpretation of the general law of will. it is dealt with fully in the book "aleph. i here insert a few per

's body as shown in the stele. the earth-point marks the position of her feet, the fire-point, that of her hands, the other three points- air, spirit, and water respectively- refer to "my secret centre, my heart, and my tongue" al i,61 "but to love me is better than all things: if under the night-stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. for one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour& pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. i char

orshipper" the old comment 8. he is symbolized by harpocrates, crowned child upon the lotus whose shadow is called silence. yet his silence is the act of adoration; not the dumb callousness of heaven toward man, but the supreme ritual, the silence of supreme orgasm, the stilling of all voices in the perfect rapture. the new comment harpocrates is also the dwarf-soul, the secret self of every man, the serpent with the lion's head. now hadit knows nuit by virtue of his 'going' or 'love' it is therefore wrong to worship hadit; one is to be hadit, and worship her. this is clear even from his instruction "to worship me" in verse 22 of this chapter. confer, cap.i, v.9. we are exhorted to offer ourselves unto nuit, pilgrims to all her temples. it is bad magick to admit that one is other than one'

dieth not and the fire that is not quenched' that is 'the secret serpent coiled about to spring' and 'the flame that burns in every heart of man- hadit. in other words, we take up arms against falsehood; we cannot help it if that falsehood forces the king it has imprisoned to assent to its edicts, even to believe that his interests are those of his oppressor, and to fear truth as once jehovah did the serpent. al ii,25 "ye are against the people, o my chosen" the old comment 25. the cant of democracy condemned. it is useless to pretend that men are equal; facts are against it. and we are not going to stay, dull and contented as oxen, in the ruck of humanity. the new comment by 'the people' is meant that canting, whining, servile breed of whipped dogs which refuses to admit its deity. the mo

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e fire we are created, and to which we shall return; and in one father of life, mystery of mystery, in his name chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon the earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breathes. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in her name babalon. and i believe in the serpent and the lion, mystery of mystery, in his name baphomet. and i believe in one gnostic and catholic church of light, life, love and liberty, the word of whose law is velhma. and i believe in the communion of saints. and, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, i believe in the miracle of the mass. and i confess one baptism of wisdom whereby we acc

of the sun! the deacon brings the crown from the high altar (the crown may be of gold or platinum, or of electrum magicum; but with no other metals, save the small proportions necessary to a proper alloy. it may be adorned with divers jewels, at will but it must have the uraeus serpent twined about it, and the cap of maintenance must match the scarlet of the robe. its texture should be velvet) be the serpent thy crown, o thou priest of the lord! kneeling, she takes the lance, between her open hands, and runs them up and down upon the shaft eleven times, very gently. be the lord present among us! all give the hailing sign. the people: so mote it be. iv of the ceremony of the opening of the veil the priest: thee therefore whom we adore we also invoke. by the power of the lifted lance! he rai

ver thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous. during this speech the priestess must have divested herself completely of her robe. see ccxx i:62. the priestess: but to love me is better than all things; if under the night-stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. for one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour and pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. i c

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ay. this adds up to 17. but first of all it strikes us that i, a, and o are the three letters associated with the three letters h in the great name of six letters, hwhyha, which combines hyha and hwhy, macroprosopus and microprosopus. now these feminine letters h conceal the three mothers of the alphabet a, m, and c. replace these, and we get awmyca, which adds up to 358, the number alike of cjn, the serpent of genesis, and the messiah. we thus look for redeeming power in iao, and for the masculine aspect of that power. now we will see how that power works. we have a curious dictionary, which was made by a very learned man, in which the numbers from 1 to 10,000 fill the left hand column, in order, and opposite them are written all the sacred or important words which add up to each number.3

ded form of the doctrine of feminism which is so popular with the emasculate. the sephiroth are grouped in various ways. there is a superior triad or trinity; a hexad; and malkuth: the crown, the father, and the mother; the son or king; and the bride. also, a division into seven palaces, seven planes, three pillars or columns: and the like. the flashing sword follows the course of the numbers and the serpent nechushtan or of wisdom crawls up the paths which join them upon the tree of life, namely the letters. it is important to explain the position of daath or knowledge upon the tree. it is called the child of chokmah and binah, but it hath no place. but it is really the apex of a pyramid of which the three first numbers form the base. now the tree, or minutum mundum, is a figure in a plan

the accurs d. 340 \c the name. 341. the sum of the 3 mothers, aleph, mem, and shin. 345. hcm, moses. note that by transposition we have 543, hyha rca hyha, existence is existence, i am that i am, a sublime title of kether. moses is therefore regarded as the representative of this particular manifestation of deity, who declared himself under this special name. 358. see 32. jycm, messiah, and cjn, the serpent of genesis. the dogma is that the head of the serpent (n) is bruised, being replaced by the letter of sacrifice, and yod, the letter alike of virginity (y= c) and of original deity (y= the foundation or type of all the letters. thus the word may be read: the sacrifice of the virgin-born divine one triumphant (j, the chariot) through the spirit, while cjn reads death entering the (realm

at the head of the serpent (n) is bruised, being replaced by the letter of sacrifice, and yod, the letter alike of virginity (y= c) and of original deity (y= the foundation or type of all the letters. thus the word may be read: the sacrifice of the virgin-born divine one triumphant (j, the chariot) through the spirit, while cjn reads death entering the (realm of the) spirit. but the conception of the serpent as the redeemer is truer. see my explanation of the 5=6 ritual (equinox, no. iii. 361. rah ynda, the lord of the earth. note 361 denotes the 3 supernals, the 6 members of ruach, and malkuth. this name of god therefore embraces all the 10 sephiroth. 365. an important number, though not in the pure qabalah. see the canon. meiqras and abraxas in greek. 370. really more important for part

scription to zoroaster is late (medieval/ renaissance; fragment 186 in the westcott edition. cf. the hermetic discourse the eighth reveals the ninth (nhc vi 52.1 63.32; in some versions of hermeticism and graeco-egpytian magick the 9th sphere (counting upwards) lies beyond the sphere of the planets and fixed stars and is the realm of the divine t.s. liber lviii 34 scholion g. 9= f, a serpent. and the serpent is the holy ur us, upon the crown of the gods. scholion d. 9= ix= the hermit of the tarot, the ancient one with lamp (giver of light) and staff (the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this, two, is the same ancient as in 0, aleph, the fool, and aleph= 1. scholion e. 9= dwsy= 80= p= mars= 5= h= g= lmg= 73= hmkj= the mother= binah= 3= ba= the father (1+ 2= mystic number of chokmah= chokmah=

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s of the reat serpent theli coiled round the universe, he knew how deep the slaver of that snake had entered into us, infecting us, rotting our very bones with poisonous drunkenness. and so his cutting irony drink no intoxicating drinks! when i go to take pansil* it is in no spirit of servile morality; it is with keen sorrow gnawing at my heart. these five causes of sorrow are indeed the heads of the serpent of desire. four at least of them snap their fans on me in and by virtue of my very act of receiving the commands, and of promising to obey them; if there is a little difficulty about the fifth, it is an omission easily rectified and i think we should all make a point about that; there is great virtue in completeness. yes! do not believe that the buddha was a fool; that he asked men to

ust end. i find evidence everywhere, even in our garbled and mutilated version of the hebrew scriptures, that jehovah s power was limited in all sorts of ways. at the fall, for instance, tetragrammaton elohim has to summon his angels hastily to guard the tree of life, lest he should be proved a liar. for had it occurred to adam to eat of that tree before their transgression was discovered, or had the serpent been aware of its properties, adam would indeed have lived and not died. so that a mere accident saved the remnants of the already besmirched reputation of the hebrew tribal fetich. 1 an expression they carefully avoid using. a.c. 2 i retain this sly joke from the first edition. when buddha was asked how things came to be, he took refuge in silence, which his disciples very convenientl

e did call forth four servants to keep him in the midst of the way, and the lion roared before him to bid the opposers beware of his coming. on the bull he rode, and on his left hand and his right marched the eagle and the man. but his back was uncovered, seeing that he would not turn. and the spirit of the path met him. it was a young girl of two and twenty years, and she warned him that without the serpent5 his ways were but as wool cast into the dyer s vat. two-and-twenty scales had the serpent, and every scale was a path, and every path was alike an enemy and a friend. so he set out, and the darkness grew upon him. yet could he well perceive a young maiden6 having a necklace of two-and-seventy* it would require many pages to give even a sketch of this remarkable document. the qabalisti

he freed the lion one buffet of his hand dashed her back six paces! and with another blow smote its head from its body. and he ran to her and by force embraced her. struggled she and fought him: savagely she bit, but it was of no avail: she lay ravished and exhausted on the lybian plain. across the mouth he smote her for a kiss, while she cried: o! thou hast begotten on me twins. and mine also is the serpent, and thou shalt conquer it and it shall serve thee: and they, they also for a guide! she ceased; and he, having come to the world s end, prepared his chariot. foresquare he builded it, and that double: he harnessed the two sphinxes that he had made from one, and sailed, crabfashion, backwards, through the amber skies of even. wherefore he attained to see his children. lovers they were

number of g. 2, the number of the card g. 2 the equality of three and eight is attributed to binah, a high grade of theurgic attainment. 3 scil. juggler, the 1st key. the magical weapons correspond to the kerubim. 4 the key marked 0 and applied to aleph, 1. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 115 hammer of thor. arcanum. griphus i. griphus ii. griphus iii. griphus iv. griphus v. griphus vi. griphus vii. the serpent should be his at last. none for the fool, they laughed back nay, even his maiden queen. for she would not any should know thereof. yet all were right, both he and they. but truth ran quickly about; for that was the house of truth; and mercury stood far from the sun. yet the suggler was ever in the sign of sorrow, and the fig tree was not far. so went our father to the fool s paradise o

went our father to the fool s paradise of air. but it is not lawful that i should write to you, brethren, of what there came to him at that place and time; nor indeed is it true, if it were written. for alway doth this arcanum differ from itself on this wise, that the not and the amen,1 passing, are void either on the one side or the other, and who shall tell their ways? so our father, having won the serpent crown, the ur us of antient khem, did bind it upon his head, and rejoiced in that kingdom for the space of two hundred and thirty and one days2 and nights, and turned him toward the flaming sword.3 now the sword governeth ten mighty kingdoms, and evil, and above them is the ninefold lotus, and a virgin came forth unto him in the hour of his rejoicing and propounded her riddle. the firs

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gling that most puissant spell of the giant gods of hell with the four ingredients of the evil elements; 38 ambergris from golden spar, musk of ox from mongol jar, civet from a box of jade, mixed with fat of many a maid slain by the inchauntments cold of the witches wild and old. he had crucified a toad in the basilisk abode, muttering the runes averse mad with many a mocking curse. he had traced the serpent sigil in his ghastly virgin vigil "sursum cor" the elfin hill, where the wind blows deadly chill from the world that wails beneath death's black throat and lipless teeth. there he had stood- his bosom bare- tracing life upon the air with the crook and with the flail lashing forward on the gale, till its blade that wavereth like the flickering of death sank before his subtle fence to th

down to the right and surmounted by the hebrew letters left to right: dalet through aleph, below this the ribbon whirls in a downward left spiral horn of two loops to a point- try reading that in one breath! ranked on the right edge in a column occupying the center half of the edge is a column of seven silver stars of seven points each, one point to top. at the lower right, just above the tip of the serpent's tail (described below) is a lion of assyrian style between two outward arched cresents. the lower crescent is golden and the lion's only visible hind foot rests on the center of the crescent. the upper crescent is silver and gripped by the lion's left paw at the lower horn. the face of the lion is directly at but not touching the center of this crescent. the right paw of the lion tou

aligned that their horn tips could be connected by parallel lines about 45 degrees from the horizontal, upper to the left and lower to the right. the lion is green on white with gold accents, tail arched upward in a crescent and tipped in gold. the eye is red and the tongue extends in red as well. there are black accents about the edges of the mane and below the chin. at the lower left, framed by the serpent to left and below, is an assyrian winged bull, flank view and facing right. the fore quarters stand on a silver sphere, while the hind quarters stand on a gold cube in parallel projection with the full face to the lower left. the assyrian king's head is crowned and bearded as usual and colored in orange and and gold over yellow. there are two silver horns issuing from the back of the h

ndant to chin like an old man's beard. a gout of flame in four points issues triangularly downward from the mouth, and this is divided by a very forked tongue in gold brown (divides 1/8 inch from mouth and extends one inch past division point) such that the two outer points of flame are separated from the two inner by the fork. a golden dodecagram (twelve pointed star) in a ring is directly below the serpent's head, situated such that the tongue of the serpent frames the upper arc of the ring and the head of the serpent appears in medium coeli like a nemesis above the wheel of fortune. the ring is divided into twelve silver and twelve brown-gold bands, with a red zodiacal symbol over each gold and silver band, gold to widdershins and silver to deosil. the star in the center points to each

ly prepared a red dragon, or as some alchemists will have it, a fiery flying serpent, whereby he should eat up that sphinx of his, that he had nourished with such ingenium and care. now this red dragon hath seven fiery coils, proper to the seven silver stars. also was his head right venomous and greedy, and eight flames were about it; for that sphinx had two wings and four feet and two horns; but the serpent is one, even as the king is one "he slayeth the great dragon called stooping or twisted" now then is this work utterly burnt up and abolished in that tremendous heat that is in the mouth and belly of the dragon; and that which cometh forth therefrom is in no wise that which went in. yet are these twelve the children of those two-and twenty. so when he had broken the cucurbite, he found

htful trees, in the blue rapture of the wonderful weather. at the end of a long glade of ilex that reached up to a marble palace stood a woman, fairer than all the women of the earth. imperceptibly they drew together- she was in his arms. he awoke with a start. a woman 104 indeed lay in his arms and showered a rain of burning kisses on his face. she clothed him about with ecstasy; her touch waked the serpent of essential madness in him. then, like a flash of lightning, came his master's word to his memory- kill it! in the dim twilight he could see the lovely face that kissed him with lips of infinite splendour, hear the cooing words of love "kill it! my god! adonai! adonai" he cried aloud, and took her by the throat. ah god! her flesh was not the flesh of woman. it was hard as india-rubber

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hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod weh note: sic. should be: hb:heh hb:yod hb:heh hb:aleph and hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod, macroprosopus and microprosopus. now these feminine letters hb:heh conceal the "three mothers" of the alphabet, hb:aleph, hb:mem, and hb:shin. replace these, and we get hb:aleph hb:vau hb:mem hb:yod hb:shin hb:aleph, which adds up to 358, the number alike of hb:shin hb:chet hb:nun, the serpent of genesis, and the messiah. we thus look for redeeming power in iao, and for the masculine aspect of that poser. now we will see how that power works. we have a curious dictionary, which was made by a very learned man, in which the numbers 1 to 10,000 fill the left hand column, in order, and opposite them are written all the sacred or important words which add up to each number. we ta

form of the doctrine of feminism which is so popular with the emasculate. the sephiroth are grouped in various ways. there is a superior triad or trinity; a hexad; and malkuth: the crown, the father, and the mother; the son or king; and the bride. also, a division into seven palaces, seven planes, three pillars or columns, and the like. 88 the flashing sword follows the course of the numbers; and the serpent nechushtan or of wisdom crawls up the paths which join them upon the tree of life, namely the letters. it is important to explain the position of daath or knowledge upon the tree. it is called the child of chokmah and binah, but it hath no place. but it is really the apex of a pyramid of which the three first numbers for the base. now the tree, or minutum mundum, is a figure in a plane

d. 340. shm- the name. 341. the sum of the "3 mothers" aleph, mem, and shin. 345. mshh, moses. note that by transposition we have 543, ahih ashr ahieh "existence is existence "i am that i am" a sublime title of kether. moses is therefore regarded as the representative of this particular manifestation of deity, who declared himself under this special name. 358. see 32. mshich, messiah, and nchsh, the serpent of genesis. the dogma is that the head of the serpent (n) is "bruised" being replaced by m, the letter of sacrifice, and god, the letter alike of virginity (hb:yod= virgo) and of original deity (hb:yod= the foundation or type of all the letters. thus the word may be read "the sacrifice of the virgin-born divine one triumphant (hb:chet, the chariot) through the spirit" while nchsh reads

(n) is "bruised" being replaced by m, the letter of sacrifice, and god, the letter alike of virginity (hb:yod= virgo) and of original deity (hb:yod= the foundation or type of all the letters. thus the word may be read "the sacrifice of the virgin-born divine one triumphant (hb:chet, the chariot) through the spirit" while nchsh reads "death entering the (realm of the) spirit" but the conception of the serpent as the redeemer is truer. see my explanation of 5= 6 ritual (equinox, no. iii. 361. adni hartz, the lord of the earth. note 361 denotes the 3 supernals, the 6 members of ruach, and malkuth. this name of god therefore embraces all the 10 sephiroth. 365. an important number, though not in the pure qabalah. see "the cannon" mu epsilon iota theta rho alpha sigma and alpha beta rho alpha ch

example. thesis. the number nine is the highest and worthiest of the numbers. scholion alpha "the number nine is sacred, and attains the summits of philosophy" zoroaster. scholion beta. nine is the best symbol of the unchangeable one, since by whatever number it is multiplied,the sum of the figures is always 9 "e.g" 9 x 487= 4383. 4+ 3+ 8+ 3= 18. 1+ 8= 9. scholion gamma. 9= hb:tet, a serpent. and the serpent is the holy uraeus, upon the crown of the gods. scholion delta. 9= ix= the hermit of the tarot, the ancient one with lamp (giver of light) and staff (the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this, too, is the same ancient as in 0, aleph "the fool" and aleph= 1. scholion epsilon. 9= isvd= 80= p= mars= 5= hb:heh= g =gml= 73= chkmh= the mother= binah= 3= ab= the father( 1+ 2) mystic number of

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is not necessary to say, for his angel shall have entreated him kindly, and showed him in what manner he may be most perfectly involved. and unto him that hath this master there is nothing else that he needeth, so long as he continue in the knowledge and conversation of the angel, so that he shall come at last into the city of the pyramids. lo! two and twenty are the paths of the tree, but one is the serpent of wisdom; ten are the ineffable emanations, but one is the flaming sword. behold! there is an end to life and death, an end to the thrusting forth and the withdrawing of the breath. yea, the house of the father is a mighty tomb, and in it he hath buried everything whereof ye know. all this while there hath been no vision, but only a voice, very slow and clear and deliberate. but now t

the enochian word for god, and eve, whom he created 20 the fourth of the mystic numbers of jupiter is 136. for love, is tempted by the snake, nechesh, who is messiah her child. and the snake is the magical power, which hath destroyed the primordial equilibrium. and the garden is the supernal eden, where is ayin, 70, the eye of the concealed one, and the creative lingam; and daleth, love; and nun the serpent. and therefore this constitution was implicitly in the nature of eden("cf" liber l, i, 29, 30, so that the call of the aethyrs could not have been any other call than that which it is. but they that are without understanding have interpreted all this askew, because of the mystery of the abyss, for there is no path from binah unto chesed; and therefore the course of the flaming sword wa

the vision overcometh me. my sense is stunned; my sight is blasted; my hearing is dulled. and a voice cometh: thou didst seek the remedy of sorrow; therefore all sorrow is thy portion. this is that which is written "god hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all" for as thy blood is mingled in the cup of babalon, so is thine heart the universal heart. yet is it bound about with the green serpent, the serpent of delight. it is shown me that this heart is the heart that rejoiceth, and the serpent is the serpent of death for herein all the symbols are interchangeable, for each one containeth in itself 135 its own opposite. and this is the great mystery of the supernals that are beyond the abyss. for below the abyss, contradiction is division; but above the abyss, contradiction is unity. and t

f, and return into the world. so i did that which was commanded me, and returned. biskra "december" 17, 1909. 9.30- 11.30 a.m. the cry of the 2nd aethyr, which is called arn in the first place, there is again the woman riding on the bull, which is the reflection of babalon, that rideth on the beast. and also there is an assyrian legend of a woman with a fish, and also there is a legend of eve and the serpent, for cain was the child of eve and the serpent, and not of eve and adam; and therefore when he had slain his brother, who was the first murderer, having sacrificed living things to his demon, had cain the mark upon his brow, which is the mark of the beast spoken of in the apocalypse, and is the sign of initiation. 148 the shedding of blood is necessary, for god did not hear the childre

was the blood of his brother. this is a mystery of the sixth key of the taro, which ought not to be called the lovers, but the brothers. in the middle of the card stands cain; in his right hand is the hammer of thor with which he hath slain his brother, and it is all wet with his blood. and his left hand he holdeth open as a sign of innocence. and on his right hand is his mother eve, around whom the serpent is entwined with his hood spread behind her head; and on his left hand is a figure somewhat like the hindoo kali, but much more seductive. yet i know it to be lilith. and above him is the great sigil of the arrow, downward, but it is struck through the heart of the child. this child is also abel. and the meaning of this part of the card is obscure, but that is the correct drawing of th

against typhon, so that his head was cloven asunder, and the black triangle dissolved in lightnings. 157 but as he parted his voice broke out again: nor canst thou win her with the sword, for her eyes are fixed upon the eyes of him in whose hand is the hilt of the sword. despair! despair! and the echo of that cry was his word, which is identical, although it be diverse: nor canst thou win her by the serpent, for it was the serpent that seduced her first. despair! despair (yet he cried thus as he fled) i am leviathan, the great lost serpent of the sea. i writhe eternally in torment, and i lash the ocean with my tail into a whirlpool of foam that is vemonous and bitter, and i have no purpose. i go no whither. i can neither live nor die. i can but rave and rave in my death agony. i am the cr

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n the pastos; and with thy winged globe thou wilt touch the rosy cross upon my breast, and i shall wake into life the true life that is union with thee. so therefore perinde ac cadaver i await thee. 12.43. i wrote, by the way, on some previous day (iv. 12.57 a.m. that i used the supreme formula of awaiting. ridiculous mouse! is it not written in the book of the 74 heart that is girt about with the serpent that "to await thee is the end, not the beginning" it is as silly as rising at midnight, and saying,"i will go out and sleep in the sun. but i am an irishman, and if you offer me a donkey-ride at a shilling the first hour and sixpence the second, you must not be surprised at the shrewd silliness of my replying that i will take the second hour first. but that is always the way; the love

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rden of eden,7 and the holy of holies: before you stands the tree of life formed of the sephiroth and their connecting paths. the connecting paths are twenty-two in number, and are distinguished by the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet, making with the ten sephiroth themselves the thirty-two paths of wisdom of the sepher yetzirah" the letters, he then points out to him, form the symbol of the serpent of wisdom, and the sephiroth the flaming sword "the two pillars right and left of the tree are the symbols of the active and passive, male and female- adam and eve. the pillars further represent the two kerubim of the ark; the right, male- metatron; and the left, female- sandalphon. above them ever burn the lamps of their spiritual essence, the higher life, of which they are the partak

lements of water 277 and earth" the four yodhs refer to the four letters of the holy name. the dogs are the jackals of anubis guarding the gates of the east and the west symbolised by the two towers. the cray-fish is the sign cancer, the scarabaeus or god kephera "the emblem of the sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the moon is increasing above" the "hierophant" then leads the practicus to the serpent of brass, and says "this is the serpent nehushtan, which moses made 'and he set it upon a pole- that is, he twined it about the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah (seraphim, fiery serpents) or severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy. this serpent is also a type of christ the reconciler, also it is known as nogah amongst the s

ent nehushtan, which moses made 'and he set it upon a pole- that is, he twined it about the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah (seraphim, fiery serpents) or severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy. this serpent is also a type of christ the reconciler, also it is known as nogah amongst the shells, and the celestial serpent of wisdom 'but the serpent of the temptation was the serpent of the tree of the knowledge of good and of evil, and not the serpent of the tree of life" illustration on page 278 approximated below_ aries_ gemini_ taurus aquarius cancer scorpio leo_ virgo_ libra_ sagittarius_ capricorn_ pisces_ diagram 38. the calvary cross of twelve squares. illustration on page 278 described "diagram 39. the serpent of brass. th

elow the top circle is a calvary cross. the top arm of this cross shows the sword that defines the sephiroth on usual depictions of the tree of life. to the left of this top arm are two large heads topped by hebrew letters, and there is another pair to the right. left to right these are: bull(hb:heh, man(hb:vau, eagle(hb:heh) and lion(hb:yod. all these face left. the cross arm is bare, except for the serpent described below. the lower arm is obscured by drawings: top to bottom; a circle, a male head and torso leaning forward with arms hanging, a circle, a female head and arms clasping the next element to be described. in the hands of the female figure there is a large ringed circle. this circle contains the smaller circles described in diagram #27. beginning with tail at the intersection p

be described. in the hands of the female figure there is a large ringed circle. this circle contains the smaller circles described in diagram #27. beginning with tail at the intersection point of the cross, an eight headed serpent loops the female figure in the lower third of the drawing. the tail continues clockwise around the lower circle, and stands out to the left to form the vertical body of the serpent. from this body eight necks and heads extend. two go to each extreme arm of the cross. two go to the on the lower arm of the cross above and below of the male head and torso. one rests on the top of the head of the woman on the lower arm of the cross. two heads reach to points just a bit below the extreme ends of the cross piece, and one head bites the tail tip at the center of the cro

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d this one by. he took the drug for months "with no other symptom than increased appetite" and in his general attitude to hashish-intoxication 33 (spoken of often in the "nights) shows that he regards it as no more than a vice, and seems not to suspect that, vice or no, it had strange fruits; if not of the tree of life, at least of that other tree, double and sinister and deadly. nay! for i am of the serpent's party; knowledge is good, be the price what it may. such little fruit, then, as i may have culled from her autumnal breast (mere unripe berries, i confess) i hasten to offer to my friends. and lest the austerity of such a goddess be profaned by the least vestige of adornment i make haste to divest myself of whatever gold or jewellery of speech i may possess, to advance, my left breas

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fices, prepared to give thee body and form. herein are blended the magical elements of thy body, the symbols of thy mighty being. for the sweet scent of the mace is that which shall purify thee finally from the bondage of evil. and the heat of the magical fire is my will which volatilises the gross matter of thy chaos, enabling thee to manifest thyself in pleasing form before us. and the flesh of the serpent is the symbol of thy body, which we destroy by water and fire, that it may be renewed before us. and the blood of the serpent is the symbol of the magic of the word messiah, whereby we triumph over nahash. and the all-binding milk is the magical water of thy purification. 182 and the fire which flames over all [assistant lights hell-broth] is the utter power of our sacred rites! come f

d""the great invocation of amoun."16 hail unto thee, lord of mercy! hail, i say, unto thee, the father of the gods! o thou, whose golden plumes stream up the sky in floods of light divine! thou, whose head is as a sapphire, or the vault of the unchanging sky! thou, whose heart is pitiful; where the rose dawn shines out amid the gold! thou, unchanging and unchangeable; whom the eagle follows; whom the serpent doth embrace; o thou that standest on the scorpion! thee, thee, thee, thee, i invoke! o thou! from whom the universe did spring! thou, the all-father, thou whose plumes of power rise up to touch the throne of the concealed! mighty! merciful! magnificent! thee, thee, thee, thee, i invoke! behold! thou hast lifted up thy voice and the hills were shaken! yea, thou didst cry aloud and the

:chet_ leo hb:tet_ virgo hb:yod_ libra hb:lamed_ scorpio hb:nun_ sagittarius hb:samekh_ capricorn hb:ayin_ aquarius hb:tzaddi_ pisces hb:qof (black_ illustration on page 211 described "65. the chief adept's wand" the top of the wand is a winged-sun disk or ba-hadit. extending down from this to either side along the upper quarter of the wand shaft are two uraeus serpents, facing to left and right. the serpent to the right wears the egyptian red crown and that to the left the white crown. the shaft is divided into five sections with the lower four marked to the left by the symbols of the elements and the middle three with the hebrew mother letters to the right. the five sections of the shaft are marked from top to bottom thusly: white, dee red hb:shin, air yellow hb:aleph, water blue hb:mem

he aspirant unto higher things [the aspirant then retires and divests himself of his ornaments, and is clothed in the black robe of mourning with his hands bound behind him, and a chain about his neck. the introducer then conducts him back to the door and gives a loud knock "third adept [opens the door and says] by the aid of what symbol do ye seek admission "introducer" by the flaming sword, and the serpent of wisdom [the aspirant is then made to kneel facing east between the second adept and the third adept, the second adept offering up a prayer which ends. o god, the vast one; thou art in all things. o nature, thou self from nothing, for what can i else call thee? in myself i am nothing; in thee i am self, 212 and exist in thy selfhood from nothing. live thou then in me, and bring me un

diagonal scroll crosses from left and up to right on this arm, with "i.n.r.i" inside. there is a small figure of the crucified and thorn- crowned christ on the cross, corpus occupying only the lower arm and the two side arms, with substantial extension of cross beyond the figure. the head is in the center intersection, canted slightly downward to the left. coiling about and below the base arm is the serpent of seven heads, one horn each, mouths open and tongue drooping. the lower coil is complexly looped. two heads are in space, near two dots to left and right below the cross-piece. two more are parallel to these on the cross-piece, after looping the arms of the corpus. one head is just touching the i.n.r.i. scroll with a horn, near a dot just above the head of the corpus. one head dips s

adept" then explains the colours of the crook and the scourge, pointing out that the crook is divided into the colours symbolic of kether, air, chokmah, taurus, chesed, leo, aries, tiphereth, capricornus and hod. and the scourge into those colours symbolzing netzach, scoripo, tiphereth, gemini, binah, cancer, geburah and water. the "third adept" then explains the admission badge of the sword and the serpent, saying. the one is descending, the other ascending; the one is fixed, the other is the volatile; the one unites the sephiroth and the other the paths. furthermore in the serpent of wisdom is shown the ascending spiral, and in the sword the rush of the descending white brilliance from beyond kether. illustration on page 221 described "diagram 73. the emblems on the altar" this is a cir

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f the great serpent theli coiled round the universe, he knew how deep the slaver of that snake had entered into us, infecting us, rotting our very bones with poisonous drunkenness. and so his cutting irony_ drink no intoxicating drinks! when i go to take pansil,9 it is in no spirit of servile morality; it is with keen sorrow gnawing at my heart. these five causes of sorrow are indeed the heads of the serpent of desire. four at least of them snap their fangs on me in and by virtue of my very act of receiving the commands, and of promising to obey them; if there is a little difficulty about the fifth, it is an omission easily rectified_ and i think we should make a point about that; there is a great virtue in completeness. 309 yes! do not believe that the buddha was a fool; that he asked men

er the body to go under cancer, under the tail to go under leo, over the body to pass beneath virgo, under body twice to go behind libra, under the body and under scorpio, over the tail and under sagittarius, under body and head beneath capricorn, over body and under aquarius, over body and under pisces, thence under body followed by over body and under aries with the tip just within the mouth of the serpent's head. in all loopings, the scute plates of the underbelly are toward the center of the cross and the back is outward, all viewed from the side. stop press reviews nature's help to happiness by john warren achorn, m.d. w. rider and sons. 1s. net. this is the best book ever written on health. go out and hold naked nature to your breast; and you will be well. you sleep in or you sleep o

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e like an aspen, quiver like light upon a rainy river! marsyas. do what thou wilt! is the sole word of law that my attainment heard. arise, and lay thine hand on god! arise, and set a period unto restriction! that is sin: to hold thine holy spirit in! o thou that chafest at thy bars, invoke nuit beneath her stars with a pure heart (her incense burned 47 of gums and woods, in gold inurned, and let the serpent flame therein a little, and thy soul shall win to lie within her bosom. lo! thou wouldst give all_ and she cries: no! take all, and take me! gather spice and virgins and great pearls of price! worship me in a single robe, crowned richly! girdle of the globe, i love thee! pale and purple, veiled, voluptuous, swan silver-sailed, i love thee. i am drunkness of the inmost sense; my soul's

114 an origin in fire of gold they set them out, the garlanded of old, who comb the mount of evil, strong and stout to wrest from venus' brow the comb "the fiery wind, the web unspun "the nine stars and the circling sun" not theirs to wander lost and lone, adream by mountain lake, and sea; not theirs to bear a face of stone away from human mystery: they pondered o'er the runes of time, they slew the serpent of the slime. the brutish brain, the nervous hands, the conscious power of thew and mind; the agony of burning sands, the blithe salt breezes blowing blind_ the birth-pangs of the emperor thought, of earth and pain the wonder-wrought. they hurled them blindly on the breast of foaming hate, of wild desire: 115 from time they held the old bequest, the passioned pangs, the flash of fire

he must trap voltaire in his own arguments by absorbing the whole of voltaire_ eighty volumes and more_ until there is no voltaire left, and as he does so, apply to each link of voltaire's armour the fangs of the pyrrhonic serpent; and where that serpent bites through the links, those links must be discarded; and where its teeth are turned aside, those links must be kept. similarly must he apply the serpent to st. ignatius, and out of the combination of the strongest links of both their armours fashion for himself so invulnerable a coat of mail that none can pierce it. thus, instead of burying one's reason in the sands of faith, like an ostrich, one should rise like a phoenix of enlightenment out of the ashes of both freethought and dogma. this is the whole of philosophic scientific illum

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difference between hatha and raja yoga" plate iii of instructions no. ii is quite theosophical, and the third rule out of the probationers' pledge "i pledge myself never to listen, without protest, to any evil thing spoken falsely, or yet unproven, of a brother theosophist, and to abstain from condemning others" seems to have been consistently acted upon ever since. 79 compare with the kundalini the serpent mentioned in paragraph 26 of "the book of concealed mystery" note too the lotus-leaf that backs the throne of a god is also the hood of the cobra. so too the egyptian gods have the serpent upon the brow. 80 provided the other exits are duly stopped by practice. the danger of yoga is this, that one may awaken the magic power before all is balanced. a discharge takes place in some wrong

brosial moon is swallowed up by the sun (in the m l dhara chakkra)96 and destroyed, this loss causes the body to become old. if the aspirant can only prevent this flow of nectar by closing the hole in the palate of his mouth (the prahmarandra, he will be able to utilize it to prevent the waste of his body. by (91) drinking it he will fill his whole body with life, and "even though he is bitten by the serpent takshaka, the poison does not spread throughout his body."97 further the "hatha yoga pradipika" informs us that "when one has closed the hole at the root of the palate. his seminal fluid is not emitted even through he is embraced by a young and passionate woman" now this gives us the key to the whole of this lunar symbolism, and we find that the soma-juice of the moon, dew, nectar, sem

to leave it again two days later on an expedition to the nevado de touca. on the 16th of april he journeyed to amecameca, from which place he visited soror f, by projection, and thence up popocatapetl, encamped on whose slopes he resolved the hb:shin of hb:shin into seven mental operations: 1. ray of divine white brilliance descending upon the ak sic egg set between the two pillars. 2. aspire by the serpent, and concentrate on flashing sword. imagine the stroke of the sword upon the da th junction (nape of neck. 3. make the egg grow gray, by a threefold spiral of light. 4. make the egg grow nearly white (repeat spiral formula) 5. repeat 2. above head. triangle of fire (red. 6. invoke light. withdraw. see golden dawn symbol. 7. let all things vanish in the illimitable light. on the 22nd of

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eyond the splendour of the world, false glittering of the gold, a serpent is in slumber curled in wisdom's sacred cold. life is the flaming of that flame. death is the naming of that name, the forehead of the snake is bright with one immortal star, lighting her coils with living light to where the nenuphar sleeps for her couch. all darkness dreams the thing that is not, only seems. that star upon the serpent's head is called the soul of man. that light in shadows subtly shed the glamour of life's plan. 32 the sea whereon that lotus grows is thought's abyss of tears and woes. leave sirenusa! even greece forget! they are not there! by worship cometh not the peace, the silence not by prayer. leave the illusions, life and time and death, and seek that star sublime, until the lotus and the sea

adiant light; i call thee, ash! i adore thee, ash("over lamp) ash! ash! ash! i caress thee! i kiss thee! i suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! ohooatan("three times("the water flames. behold! the fire of god upon the altar as i have sworn by djinn and by shin and by the space between("returns to his throne. bro. mars. 1. hail, sister of the scorpion! sor. scorpio. hail, lord of the eagle and the serpent! bro. mars. amen. i appoint you to lead the army. sor. scorpio. let us carry the holy symbols with sacred song and dance round the altar of mars["the song< is sung as all march round five times deosil before" 50 mars "in procession headed by" scorpio, aries, capricornus] strike, strike the louder chord! draw, draw the flaming sword! crowned child and conquering l

wer in the wise heart, from the last giddy hour of dead endurance, from the slippery steep, and narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs and folds over the world its healing wings. gentleness, virtue, wisdom, and endurance- these are the seals of that most firm assurance which bars the pit over destructions's strength; and if, with infirm hand, eternity, mother of many acts and hours, should free the serpent that would clasp her with his length, these are the spells by which to reassume an empire o'er the disentangled doom. to suffer woes which hope thinks infinite; to forgive wrongs darker than death or night; 54 to defy power, which seems omnipotent; to love, and bear; to hope till hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates; neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; this

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the gallows. she had passed through anticipation; she was content to await what might be. at the door she whispered, hushed in awe of the real silence of the room with its monotonous hiss, in his ear "you have the lamp. i almost begin to wonder if you have not the ring"'this is a secret sign" he quoted"'and thou shalt not disclose it unto the profane' to-night yours be the ring- the eternal ring, the serpent to twine about my heart "ah! could i crush it" he closed the door. like a priest celebrating his first high mass he led her through paris. neither spoke. only as they mounted the steps of the cafe he took her arm and said, sharply and sternly "attention! from this moment i am edgar rolles, and you are ida pendragon. no more: not a thought of our real relation. man and woman, if you wil

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name of this centre is one of the secrets of the final initiation, the seventh. these are the only correspondences that may as yet be imparted. what lies beyond the solar ring-pass-not may be of intellectual interest,78(67) but, for the purposes of microcosmic evolution it is a matter of no vast import. 3. the centres and kundalini. as stated, it is not possible to impart much about kundalini, or the serpent fire. it might be of value, however, briefly to enumerate what has been said: a. kundalini lies at the base of the spine, and, in the normal average man, its main function is the vitalisation of the body. b. kundalini makes three at-one-ments during the period of evolution: 1. with the radiatory fires of the body or prana at a point between the shoulder blades. 2. with the fires of min

e fourth cosmic ether (the buddhic plane) stimulates at present his lower quaternary, our three worlds of human endeavour. the direction of the force lies here, and not until the next round- 385- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust (when three-fifths of the human kingdom will be developing the buddhic vehicle, will the point of equilibrium for him be reached, and the direction of the serpent fire be directed higher. this holds the clue to much. a further clue to the sad condition to be seen in the world (especially along sex lines) lies in the fact that those units of the human family who contribute to the constitution of this particular centre out of the seven, are frequently at this stage over-vitalised, the physical vehicle vitality indicating to them the line of least

goic body; they are those through whom self-consciousness becomes a fact. in the next solar system they too will no longer embody the type of consciousness towards which man aspires; he will have to rise to still greater realisations, and again by occultly "putting his foot upon" them these higher realisations will become possible. in this solar system he has to mount by the putting his foot upon the serpent of matter. he rises by domination of matter and becomes himself a serpent of wisdom. in the next solar system he will mount upward by means of the "serpent of wisdom" and by the domination and control of the agnishvattas, achieve something of which even the illuminated mind of the highest dhyan-chohan can not yet conceive. a. the fifth principle. the solar angels are the pitris, the bu

fe, and in whom it is waxing stronger spiritual men, aspirants, disciples of various degrees, initiates and adepts will be left to pursue the natural course of evolution on this scheme. the mystery of capricorn is hidden in these five and in the biblical words "the sheep and the goats."36(206) the christian hints at this when he speaks of the christ reigning on earth a thousand years during which the serpent is imprisoned. the christ principle will triumph for the remainder of the manvantara, and the lower material nature and mind will be held in abeyance until the next round, when fresh opportunity will arise for certain groups of the discarded, though the majority will be held over until another system. something similar again will take place on the fifth chain but as it concerns a centr

volution, or what ray and in which scheme they may be. the basic truth here involved may be better grasped if the following occult phrases are studied "within the hall of ignorance kama-manas rules. the man, weighed down by much misplaced desire, seeks for the object of his heart's attention within the murky halls of densest maya. he finds it there but dies ere garnering all the longed-for fruit. the serpent stings him, and the joy desired recedes from out his grasp. all seeking thus the selfish fruits of karma must each despise each other; hence strife and greed, ill-will and hatred, death and retribution, karmic invocation and the thunderbolt of vengeance characterise this hall. within the hall of learning intellect rules and seeks to guide. desire of a higher kind, the fruit of manas an

returning to it when the form is in advanced decomposition. the connection is not purely a physical one, but it is also psychic. when the real nature and method of the kundalini, or serpent fire, is known, this relation will be better understood, and the history of the second round assume a new importance- 528- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the secret of life lies hidden in the serpent stage, not the life of the spirit, but the life of the soul, and this will be revealed as the "serpent of the astral light" is truly approached, and duly studied. one of the four lipika lords, who stand nearest to our planetary logos, is called "the living serpent" and his emblem is a serpent of blue with one eye, in the form of a ruby, in its head. students who care to carry the symbo

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ve been used and developed. these are: 1. the five commandments (see: book ii. sutras 28 and 29) 2. the five rules (see: book ii. sutras 32 to 46) 3. right poise (see: book ii. sutras 46 to 48) this is a point often forgotten by aspirants to yoga, and hence the disasters and trouble so often seen amongst those who prematurely occupy themselves with the awakening of the centres and the arousing of the serpent fire. only when the entire relation of the aspirant to the social economy (as dealt with in the commandments, only when the task of purifying and regulating the threefold lower nature has been worked at (as outlined in the rules, and only as a balanced and controlled condition of the emotional nature has been brought about and right poise achieved, can the aspirant to raja yoga safely

er: 1. that on the physical plane the perceiver uses the five senses in order to arrive at the field of knowledge. 2. that all our three planes in the three worlds constitute the dense physical body of that one in whom "we live and move and have our being" 3. that on the astral or emotional plane, the lower powers of clairvoyance and clairaudience are used by the perceiver and when misused reveal the serpent in the garden. 4. that on the mental plane psychometry and symbology (including numerology and geometry) are used by the perceiver to arrive at an understanding of the lower mental levels. 5. that only when these three are seen as lower and as constituting the form aspect does the perceiver arrive at a condition where he can begin to understand the nature of the soul and comprehend the

pecifically to do with the physical body, its conscious (not subconscious and automatic) functioning and all the various practices which give man control over the different organs and the entire mechanical apparatus of the physical body. the latter has to do with the etheric body, with the force centers or chakras found in that body and with the distribution of force currents and the awakening of the serpent fire. it might be pointed out that if we divide the human torso into three departments it might be stated that: 1. karma yoga resulted in the awakening of the four centres below the diaphragm, 2. bhakti yoga resulted in their transmutation and transference into the two centres above the diaphragm, yet in the torso, the heart and the throat. 3. raja yoga synthesises all the forces of th

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able aspects of his life, just as the fertilising of a garden full of weeds will produce a stupendous crop of them, and so crush out the weak and tiny flowers. meditation is dangerous where there is wrong motive, such as desire for personal growth and for spiritual powers, for it produces, under these conditions only a strengthening of the shadows in the vale of illusion and brings to full growth the serpent of pride, lurking in the valley of selfish desire. meditation is dangerous when the desire to serve is lacking. service is another word for the utilisation of soul force for the good of the group. where this impulse is lacking, energy may pour into the bodies, but lacking use and finding no outlet will tend to over-stimulate the centres, and produce conditions- 121- a treatise on white

re all the three bodies synchronously. let me illustrate: when you are practicing your daily breathing exercise keep your count with accuracy, listen attentively for the sound that "soundeth in the silence" of the interlude. at the same time think of yourself as the soul, the imposer of rhythm, and the voice that speaks. this is something which can be acquired by practice by each of you. discover the serpent of illusion by the help of the serpent of wisdom and then will the sleeping serpent mount upwards to the place of meeting. rule six the devas of the lower four feel the force when the eye opens; they are driven forth and lose their master- 123- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the work of the eye the work of the eye we have for consideration now one of the simplest

his way, finding the clue or thread which will lead him out of the maze, and holding fast to each tiny fragment of reality as it presents itself to him, learning to distinguish truth from glamour, the permanent from the impermanent and the certainty from the unreal. as- 130- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the old commentary puts it "let the disciple seize hold of the tail of the serpent of wisdom, and having with firmness grasped it, let him follow it into the deepest centre of the hall of wisdom. let him not be betrayed into the trap set for him by the serpent of illusion, but let him shut his eyes to the colourful tracery upon its back, and his ears to the melody of its voice. let him discern the jewel, set in the forehead of the serpent whose tail he holds, and by

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re is (17) mid-summer day, the 24th june, dedicated to the birth of the beloved disciple john, and corresponding to christmas day; there are the festivals of (18) the assumption of the virgin (15th august) and of (19) the nativity of the virgin (8th september, corresponding to the movement of the god through virgo; there is the conflict of christ and his disciples with the autumnal asterisms (20) the serpent and the scorpion; and finally there is the curious fact that the church (21) dedicates the very day of the winter solstice (when any one may very naturally doubt the re-birth of the sun) to st. thomas, who doubted the truth of the resurrection!"40 any student of comparative religion can investigate the truth of these statements, and at the end will stand amazed at the persistence of go

en can function as individuals. christ, in his teaching, emphasised the significance of the individual and in his life demonstrated the supreme value of the individual, his perfecting, his service and- 113- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust his ultimate sacrifice in the interests of the whole. the constellation aquila is always regarded as interchangeable with the sign scorpio, the serpent, and it is therefore frequently used in this connection when considering the fixed cross of the cosmic saviour. scorpio is the serpent of illusion from which the christ nature finally frees us, and it is to the illusory wiles of this serpent scorpio that adam succumbed in the garden of eden. the "face of the ox" is the biblical symbol for the sign taurus, the bull, which was the religi

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equent cooperation with it. then comes the third and final stage with which we need not concern ourselves wherein there is a complete blending of the bodily forces (focussed through the ajna centre) with the soul forces (focussed through the head centre. it is at this time that there comes the final evocation of the personality will (purified and consecrated) which has been "sleeping, coiled like the serpent of wisdom" at the base of the spine; this surges upward on the impulse of devotion, aspiration and enlightened will and thus fuses itself in the head with the spiritual will. this is the final raising, by an act of discriminating determination, of the kundalini fire. this raising takes place in three stages, or impulses: 1. the stage wherein the lower energies are carried to the solar

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feels his way (with pain and many tears) on to another cross a cross of blinding light, of fiery pain, of bitter woe, and yet the cross of liberation. it is a stationary cross, fixed in the heavens, and guarded by the angel. behind the cross, another cross appears, but that he may not reach (the angel guards the way) until the bull has rent and torn the man, and then the light shines forth; until the serpent dread has wrestled with the man and brought him to his knees, and then the lifting up into the light; until the lion has been tamed, the secret of the sphinx revealed, and then the revelation of the inner light; until the man has lifted up his water-pot and joined the ranks of those who are the water-bearers, and then the flowing of the stream of life will fill his water-pot and drain

le of reaching the goal for this world period, and that from the earthy foundations of scorpio the personality can be so tested that it shows fitness for the world service demanded in aquarius. this is beautifully expressed for us in the legend of hercules, the sun-god who overcomes the nine-headed hydra or serpent of desire by being forced to his knees and from that position of humility lifts up the serpent into the air, and then deliverance comes. 4. in aquarius in this sign, the long effort of the soul is consummated and concludes the- 86- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust experience of the disciple upon the fixed cross. the man then takes the third initiation and becomes free from personality control, taking the next two initiations

nurturing principle of the universe. this aspect we shall study in leo and see there the unfoldment of that self-conscious entity and personality which in virgo becomes the mother of the christ child. eve is the symbol of the mental nature, and of the mind of man attracted by the lure of knowledge to be gained through the experience of incarnation. eve, therefore, took the apple of knowledge from the serpent of matter and started the long human undertaking of experiment, experience and expression which was initiated from the mental angle in our aryan times. isis stands for this same expression down on to the emotional or astral plane. eve has no child in her arms; the germ of the christ life is as yet too small to make its presence felt; the involutionary process is yet too close; but in i

oposition of that divine trinity of- 367- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust life-quality-appearance (considered in the opening pages of volume i; thus also to the creativity of the three major rays; thus to their basic relation and thus to their enduring and persistent synthesis. the circle of revelation is rounded out; the cycle is completed; the serpent of matter, the serpent of wisdom and the serpent of life are seen to be one whole and behind the three "stands the eternal dragon for ever spawning forth the triple serpent, for ever saying: go forth and come thou back" thus speaks the old commentary in reference to this matter. three words are concerned with this triple manifestation: attraction, subtraction, abstraction and these thr

rology copyright 1998 lucis trust 9 "neptune a. presides over and makes possible the 2nd initiation. b. is one of the major synthesising planets. c. is an absorbing or abstracting planet. d. is connected with the perfecting process (c.f. 899) 10 "neptune is the repository of the `solar flames (c.f. 1154) the planet pluto references in the secret doctrine 1 "pluto is a deity with the attributes of the serpent. he is a healer, a giver of health, spiritual and physical and of enlightenment (s.d ii. 30. note) 2 "under the legend, orpheus seeks in the kingdom of pluto, his lost soul. krishna rescues from pluto his six principles (ii. 30) being the seventh himself. he is the perfect initiate, the whole of his six principles merging into the seventh (s.d. iii. 142) the planet saturn references in

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2. it is therefore the centre where the essential dualism of the manifested divinity man or planetary logos meet and produce form. 3. the nature of this divinity is only revealed when the second aspect has accomplished its work, through the medium of the third aspect, but under the directing will of the first aspect. 4. it is the centre where the "serpent of god" undergoes two transformations: a. the serpent of matter lies coiled. b. this serpent is transformed into the serpent of wisdom. c. the serpent of wisdom is translated and becomes the "dragon of living light" 5. these three stages are nurtured by the life and energy pouring down through the entire length of the spinal column, via the etheric correspondence of the spinal cord, and in time and space this downpouring (plus the simulta

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

eeping fire of kundalini will go forward with safety and sanity and the whole system will be brought to the requisite stage of "aliveness" i cannot too strongly advise students against the following of intensive meditation processes for hours at a time, or against practices which have for their objective the arousing of the fires of the body, the awakening of a particular centre and the moving of the serpent fire. the general world stimulation is so great at this time and the average aspirant is so sensitive and finely organised that excessive meditation, a fanatical diet, the curtailing of the hours of sleep or undue interest in and emphasis upon psychic experience will upset the mental balance and often do irretrievable harm. let the students in esoteric schools settle down to steady, qu

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

eachers, free from the fear of fear, and free indeed from all desire "boast not, my son, but prove to me the nature of this freedom which you sense. again in leo, will you meet the lion. what will you do? again in gemini, the teachers whom you slew will cross your path. have you indeed left them behind? what will you do? again in scorpio, will you wrestle with desire. will you stand free, or will the serpent meet you with his wiles and pull you down to earth? what will you do? prepare to prove your words and liberty. boast not, my son, but prove to me your freedom and your deep desire to serve" the teacher sat in silence and hercules withdrew and faced the first great gate. then the presiding one, who sat within the council chamber of the lord, spoke to the teacher and bade him call the go

e of the disciple. he has made the at-one-ment and knows himself to be soul in body and not soul and body, and this realization has now to color all his actions. whilst in the cradle, history relates, the lusty infant killed two serpents, again emphasizing duality. in this act he forecast the future in which he demonstrated that the physical nature no longer controlled, but that he could strangle the serpent of matter and that the great illusion no longer had him imprisoned. he slew the serpent of matter and the serpent of illusion. if the serpent symbology is studied, we shall find that three serpents are depicted: one standing for the serpent of matter, another for the serpent of illusion, and the third for the serpent of wisdom. this last serpent is only discovered when the other two ha

the christ force, in the new cycle of discipleship, seeking to express itself, which produces the condition of turmoil and the difficulties which characterize that stage. it is of value perhaps to note the following "number eight is the circle which we have already found to be the container of all the potencies out of which the light shall bring perfection, but now twisted or turned upon itself. the serpent no- 16- the labours of hercules longer swallows its tail, thus completing its cycle, but writhes and twists in space and out of the contortions of its writings it brings forth a perverted image of itself. but in eighteen we have the vision of the straight and narrow path: the dot has unfolded into the one and become the axis around which our life turns. at this step the initiate has fa

e, which have become the four fixed signs of the zodiac, and as the four powerful sacred animal signs are both cosmical and spiritual, they represent the basic elements resembling our human principles. the sign leo represents fire or spirit; taurus, earth or body; aquarius, air or mind; and scorpio represents water likened to the soul. leo, as the lion, is the strength of the lower nature, and is the serpent of force which, if directed upward, overcomes. taurus, the bull, is always the symbol of creative force. aquarius, the man, is the light-bearer, or light-bringer. scorpio, the scorpion, is often transmuted with aquila, the eagle. which rises at the same time with scorpio; they are closely linked in symbolism. scorpio is 'the monster of darkness, who stings to death, and yet preserves a

at length with sadness to the teacher, nereus spoke of failure "the first of the five lesser tests is passed" replied the teacher, and failure marks this stage. let hercules proceed" finding no sacred tree upon the northern way, hercules turned towards the south and in the place of darkness continued with his search. at first he dreamed of quick- 35- the labours of hercules success, but antaeus, the serpent, met him on that way and wrestled with him, overcoming him at every point [56 "he guards the tree" said hercules "this i was told, so near him must be the tree. i must break down his guard and, thus destroying him, break down and pluck the fruit" yet, wrestling with much strength, he conquered not "where lies my fault" said hercules "why can antaeus conquer me? e'en when an infant i de

this i was told, so near him must be the tree. i must break down his guard and, thus destroying him, break down and pluck the fruit" yet, wrestling with much strength, he conquered not "where lies my fault" said hercules "why can antaeus conquer me? e'en when an infant i destroyed a serpent in my cot. with my own hands i strangled it. why fail i now" wrestling again with all his might, he grasped the serpent with both hands, lifting it high in air, away from off the ground. and lo! the deed was done: antaeus, vanquished, spoke "i come again in different guise at the eighth gate. prepare again to wrestle" the teacher, gazing from afar, saw all that happened, and to the great presiding one who sits within the council chamber of the lord he spoke, reporting on the deed "the second test is pas

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

ve a relation with some other words having the same number; thus certain numbers became representative of several ideas, and were considered to be interpretative one of the other. for example, messiah spelled, mshich, numbered 358, and so does the phrase iba shilh, shiloh shall come; and so this passage in genesis 49 v. 10, was considered to be a prophesy of the messiah: note that nachash, nchsh, the serpent of moses, is also 358. the letter shin, sh, 300, became an emblem of divinity by corresponding with ruach elohim, ruch alhim, the spirit of the living god. notaricon, or abbreviation, is of two forms; one word is formed from the initial and final letters of one or more words; or the letters of one name are taken as the initials or finals of the words of a sentence. for example, in deut

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

now anubis. hodos, or the introducing adept, is themis. themis is a greek goddess of justice. she is titan like, thus she fits better than maat. anubis now challenges the aspirant who exalteth his ego and lower self with proclamations. the aspirant is seeking the kingdom of heaven by horus and force. horus, the chief guardian of the sacred tomb will not allow him to enter the tomb. the sword and the serpent are presented unto the aspirant who is now clothed in black to show his uninitiated state and the darkness in which he lives and dies. his hands are bound which symbolizing that only one of the pillars is free, the trunk of his body, the middle pillar. the serpent and the flaming sword represent wisdom and strength. the slow and subtle movement of the serpent and the rush of the lighte

of iao has been fulfilled. osiris has risen. now, the chief adept is osiris glorified. the chief stands as the new adept who has risen. the higher genius 9 has descended into rtk and is now available to the new adept. the great work must still be accomplished, but now it is possible. the pastos is empty for it will never be wanted again. in the southeast and the northeast are the minutum mundum; the serpent and the flaming sword are on the altar and the beautiful mountain of sacred initiation, abiegnus. the risen osiris sees the empty pastos and is shown its occult symbology. the new adept is called to glory by the chief adept, who the aspirant has often seen as just a person, but now sees him as the divine link with the third order and a representative of his higher genius. the chief ade

APOCALYPSE MOSES

and i will relate to you how the enemy deceived us. 2 it befell that we were guarding paradise, each of us the portion allotted to us from god. 3 now i guarded in my lot, the west and the south. but the devil went to adam's lot, where the male creatures were (for god divided the creatures; all the males he gave to your father and all the females he gave to me) chapter 16. 1 and the devil spake to the serpent saying, rise up, come to me and i will tell thee a word whereby thou mayst have profit" 2 and he arose and came to him. and the devil saith to him "i hear that thou art wiser than all the beasts, and i have come to counsel thee. 3 why dost thou eat of adam's tares and not of paradise? rise up and we will cause him to be cast out of paradise, even as we were cast out through him" 4 the

lf from the wall of paradise, and when the angels ascended to worship god, then satan appeared in the form of an angel and sang hymns like the angels. 2 and i bent over the wall and saw him, like an angel. but he saith to me "art thou eve" and i said to him "i am" 3 'what art thou doing in paradise" and i said to him "god set us to guard and to eat of it" 4 the devil answered through the mouth of the serpent 'ye do well but ye do not eat of every plant" 5 and i said "yea, we eat of all. save one only, which is in the midst of paradise, concerning which, god charged us not to eat of it: for, he said to us, on the day on which ye eat of it, ye shall die the death" chapter 18. 1 then the serpent saith to me "may god live! but i am grieved on your account, for i would not have you ignorant. bu

we hide, but i was afraid, because i am naked, and i was ashamed before thy might (my) master" 3 god saith to him "who showed thee that thou art naked, unless thou hast forsaken my commandment, which i delivered thee to keep (it" 4 then adam called to mind the word which i spake to him (saying "i will make thee secure before god; and he turned and said to me "why hast thou done this" and i said "the serpent deceived me" chapter 24. 1 god saith to adam 'since thou hast disregarded my commandment and hast hearkened to thy wife, cursed is the earth in thy labours. 2 thou shalt work it and it shall not give its strength: thorns and thistles shall spring up for thee, and in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread (thou shalt be in manifold toils; thou shalt be crushed by bitterness, but

thou be and shalt not rest; by heat shalt thou be tired, by cold shalt thou be straitened: abundantly shalt thou busy thyself, but thou shalt not be rich; and thou shalt grow fat, but come to no end. 4 the beasts, over whom thou didst rule, shall rise up in rebellion against thee, for thou hast not kept my commandment" chapter 25. 1 and the lord turned to me and said "since thou hast hearkened to the serpent, and turned a deaf ear to my commandment, thou shalt be in throes of travail and intolerable agonies; 2 thou shalt bear children in much trembling and in one hour thou shalt come to the birth, and lose thy life, from thy sore trouble and anguish. 3 but thou shalt confess and say 'lord, lord, save me, and i will turn no more to the sin of the flesh' 4 and on this account, from thine own

ou shalt bear children in much trembling and in one hour thou shalt come to the birth, and lose thy life, from thy sore trouble and anguish. 3 but thou shalt confess and say 'lord, lord, save me, and i will turn no more to the sin of the flesh' 4 and on this account, from thine own words i will judge thee, by reason of the enmity which the enemy has planted in thee" chapter 26. 1 but he turned to the serpent (in great wrath) and said "since thou hast done this, and become a thankless vessel until thou hast deceived the innocent hearts, accursed art thou among all beasts. 2 thou shalt be deprived of the victual of which thou didst eat and shalt feed on dust all the days of thy life: on thy breast and thy belly shalt thou walk and be robbed of hands and feet. 3 there shall not be left thee e

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

tree of knowledge of good and evil, which is the epinoia of the light, they stayed in front of it in order that he (adam) might not look up to his fullness and recognize the nakedness of his shamefulness. but it was i who brought about that they ate" the apocryphon of john http//www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_nt/apocjn.html 9 of 12 8/16/2006 5:17 pm and to i said to the savior "lord, was it not the serpent that taught adam to eat" the savior smiled and said "the serpent taught them to eat from wickedness of begetting, lust (and) destruction, that he (adam) might be useful to him. and he (adam) knew that he was disobedient to him (the chief archon) due to light of the epinoia which is in him, which made him more correct in his thinking than the chief archon. and (the latter) wanted to bri

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

is the gateway for demons and angels in copulation. if one seeks not the sexual genii, the antinomianian path is brought forth by a solitary and capable mind, which is beheld by the sethian psyche, or kingdom of shadows. the luciferian essence is found within the eyes of cain, the father of witchblood, buried deep within the dark well of the watchers, from which our mind is of the deep. leviathan the serpent guards this gateway of the arcana of sleep, from which the twilight brings the nightside of the immortal, those who pass the veil of the birth caul of lilith through the essence of the adversary. the birth caul itself is a vampyric reference to folklore of europe. called specifically the amniotic membrane, which is a birth caul which almost guarantees in european folk lore that one wil

a mirror or exteriorized (viewed as a form outside the self) form of the primal self, the dragon is also a form of ourselves developed and initiated into the luciferian mysteries. the dragon itself as the adversary is viewed in the initiatory context as both shaitan and lilith, the beholders of night. the dragon itself is considered the center point of the sabbatic arcanum, the initiatory path of the serpent, which coils and encircles the spirit or psyche of the individual. arimanius frowned, the author foul of evil, how with shades from his dire mansion, he deformed the works of oromazes, turned to noxious heat the solar beam, that foodful earth might parch (yasht xix.11,12) the black dragon is symbolized as ahriman, the averse force of darkness and shadow. ahriman in zoroastrian terms is

in the actual draining of blood. the blood itself is symbolic, as an invocation to the dark well of the fallen angels, the subconscious or imagination (iblis, shaitan. az is connected with the word, azhi, meaning a serpent. the chaos of the divine feminine or lunar essence is explored through a godform relation to this goddess, thus the magician invokes az to understand the feminine within. it is the serpent and dragon which are the immortal avatars of the well of the imagination, the blood pool of immortality and the endless existence of the psyche. death and the grave exists a challenge and significance within the shadow sabbatic path, being of two primary points. one is that death and darkness is a challenging image and concept which the magician must overcome mentally to invoke a highe

BLACK SERPENT1

g a chalice of water (with sea salt) in one hand and a dagger in the other (doesn't matter which) approach each point and kneel reciting the enn for leviathan and dip the dagger into the water and sprinkle it above each candle. finally, invite the fifth element from the center of the ritual space. kneel at the altar in prayer "we pray thee leviathn, bestow upon us the strength of your design. let the serpent wise deal death to the lies of our enemies. allow our empathy to be our protection. allow our anger to be swift with justice. be present that our enemies will not conquer us. we are as the swift flowing tide ebbing to and fro. we humbly pay homage to thee in our offer of sea salt and water that you may know our respect for your vast strength. we offer requests of healing and emotional

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

ns and witches of this 'skir-hand' guild are 2 equally focused on not only low sorcery, but utilizing the hidden nature of darkness to reveal light within themselves. here we find the foundation and essence of baphomet, the father of wisdom. the sabbatic god is both the union of the beast and the whore, ahriman (satan, samael) and az (lilith, babalon) which beget cain (by the circle of leviathan, the serpent of the depths. an initiatory image of cain as baphomet (by soror lilitu azhdeha) may be found in the book of cain and represents the black lord of the sabbat as a form of the adversary. a representation of this path may be found in my publications, luciferian witchcraft: a book of the serpent which contains the grimoires book of cain, goetic sorcery, yatuk dinoih, nox umbra, the paitis

e blackened forge and his mother lilith-az, does the initiatic stream of the watchers survive. those of the yatu or sorcerous path of ahriman within the circle of ritual evocation, known as azothoz, does the therion atavistic shadows emerge from the darkness of flesh. azothoz in the lore of the circle represents the alpha and omega, being the beginnning and end which is also the primal current of the serpent, or az azhi dahaka, the dragon king of persian sorcerous lore. the great work as within the model of the witches sabbat proves a challenging and darksome journey wherein the initiate drinks deep from 10 the skull cup filled with the venom d blood of seth-an, who then eats of the flesh of abel and whose blood is offered to his own angel-demon, the very essence and representation of the

seen as a rational and strengthening practice; that dedication requires more than curiosity and the results and benefits are known to those who are willing to 11 instinctually dedicate themselves. the current of luciferian sorcery is a powerful and multicultural gnosis; it speaks to those who may hear it and uplifts those who dare practice it. further reading: luciferian witchcraft: a grimoire of the serpent by michael w. ford book of the witch moon by michael w. ford liber hvhi: a grimoire of the qlippoth and infernal sorcery by michael w. ford liber satangelica by nathaniel j. harris (privately circulated) witcha: a book of cunning by nathaniel j. harris (mandrake of oxford 2004) ecstasies: deciphering the witches sabbath by carlo ginzburg the sufis by idries shah secret societies by idr

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

e origin of evil. this "creator" is neither good nor bad per se, but its differentiated aspects in nature make it assume one or the other character. with the invisible and the unknown universes disseminated through space, none of the sun-gods had anything to do. the idea is expressed very clearly in the "books of hermes" and in every ancient folk lore. it is symbolised generally by the dragon and the serpent- the dragon of good and the serpent of evil, represented on earth by[[footnote(s* for a clearer explanation of the origins, as contained in the esotericism of the bhagavad gita, see the notes thereon published in the "theosophist" for february, march and june, 1887, madras[[vol. 2, page] 26 the secret doctrine. the right and the left-hand magic. in the epic poem of finland, the kalewal

dragon of good and the serpent of evil, represented on earth by[[footnote(s* for a clearer explanation of the origins, as contained in the esotericism of the bhagavad gita, see the notes thereon published in the "theosophist" for february, march and june, 1887, madras[[vol. 2, page] 26 the secret doctrine. the right and the left-hand magic. in the epic poem of finland, the kalewala* the origin of the serpent of evil is given: it is born from the "spittle of suoyatar. and endowed with a living soul by the principle of evil" hisi. a strife is described between the two, the "thing of evil (the serpent or sorcerer, and ahti, the dragon "magic lemminkainen" the latter is one of the seven sons of ilmatar, the virgin "daughter of the air" she "who fell from heaven into the sea" before creation, i

ghter of the air" she "who fell from heaven into the sea" before creation, i.e, spirit transformed into the matter of sensuous life. there is a world of meaning and occult thought in these few lines, admirably rendered by dr. j. m. crawford, of cincinnati. the hero lemminkainen, the good magician "hews the wall with might of magic, breaks the palisade in pieces, hews to atoms seven pickets, chops the serpent wall to fragments. when the monster little heeding. pounces with his mouth of venom at the head of lemminkainen. but the hero, quick recalling, speaks the master words of knowledge, words that came from distant ages, words his ancestors had taught him (d) in china the men of fohi (or the "heavenly man) are called the twelve tien-hoang, the twelve hierarchies of dhyanis or angels, with

hat came from distant ages, words his ancestors had taught him (d) in china the men of fohi (or the "heavenly man) are called the twelve tien-hoang, the twelve hierarchies of dhyanis or angels, with human faces, and dragon bodies; the dragon standing for divine wisdom or spirit; and they create men by incarnating themselves in[[footnote(s* j. w. alden, new york* it has been repeatedly stated that the serpent is the symbol of wisdom and of occult knowledge "the serpent has been connected with the god of wisdom from the earliest times of which we have any historical notice" writes staniland wake "this animal was the especial symbol of thot or taut. and of all those gods, such as hermes) and seth who can be connected with him. this is also the primitive chaldean triad hea or hoa" according to

d science" not only is he "the intelligent fish" but his name may be read as signifying both "life" and a serpent (an initiated adept, and he may be considered as "figured by the great serpent which occupies so conspicuous a place among the symbols of the gods on the black stones recording babylonian benefactions" esculapius, serapis, pluto, knoum and kneph, are all deities with the attributes of the serpent. says dupuis "they are all healers, givers of health, spiritual and physical, and of enlightenment" the crown formed of an asp, the thermuthis, belongs to isis, goddess of life and healing. the upanishads have a treatise on the science of serpents- in other words, the science of occult knowledge; and the nagas of the exoteric buddhist are not "the fabulous creatures of the nature of se

the planet. it is with its regent, the informing dhyan chohan[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] have chosen the crescent for their national arms. venus has always been identified, since the establishment of roman catholic dogmatism, with satan and lucifer, or the great dragon, contrary to all reason and logic. as shown by the symbologists and astronomers, the association between the serpent and the idea of darkness had an astronomical foundation. the position which the constellation of draco at one time occupied showed that the great serpent was the ruler of the night. this constellation was formerly at the very centre of the heavens, and is so extensive that it was called the great dragon. its body spreads over seven signs of the zodiac; and dupuis "who" says staniland w

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

f pascal and the kabalists "whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere" a conception which enters into the compound idea of this emblem. the "mundane egg" is, perhaps, one of the most universally adopted symbols, highly suggestive as it is, equally in the spiritual, physiological, and cosmological sense. therefore, it is found in every world-theogony, where it is largely associated with the serpent symbol; the latter being everywhere, in philosophy as in religious symbolism, an emblem of eternity, infinitude, regeneration, and rejuvenation, as well as of wisdom (see part ii "tree and serpent and crocodile worship) the mystery of apparent self-generation and evolution through its own creative power repeating in miniature the process of cosmic evolution in the egg, both being due t

or saka. it is curious that jehovah's name in hebrew should also be one, echod "his name is echod: say the rabbins. the philologists ought to decide which of the two is derived from the other- linguistically and symbolically: surely, not the sanskrit? the "one" and the dragon are expressions used by the ancients in connection with their respective logoi. jehovah- esoterically (as elohim- is also the serpent or dragon that tempted eve, and the "dragon" is an old glyph for "astral light (primordial principle "which is the wisdom of chaos" archaic philosophy, recognizing neither good nor evil as a fundamental or independent power, but starting from the absolute all (universal perfection eternally, traced both through the course of natural evolution to pure light condensing gradually into for

ientific idea of this emblem (the dragon) into the absurd superstition called the "devil" they took it from the later zoroastrians, who saw devils or the evil in the hindu devas, and the word evil thus became by a double transmutation d'evil in every tongue (diabolos, diable, diavolo, teufel. but the pagans have always shown a philosophical discrimination in their symbols. the primitive symbol of the serpent symbolised divine wisdom and perfection, and had always stood for psychical regeneration and immortality. hence- hermes, calling the serpent the most spiritual of all beings; moses, initiated in the wisdom of hermes, following suit in genesis; the gnostic's serpent with the seven vowels over its head, being the emblem of the seven hierarchies of the septenary or planetary creators. hen

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-mother, the fiery dragon moved in the infinitudes alone (book of sarparajni) the aitareya brahmana calls the earth sarparajni "the serpent queen" and "the mother of all that moves" before our globe became egg-shaped (and the universe also "a long

until it had incubated cosmic matter and made it assume the annular shape of a serpent with its tail in its mouth- which symbolises not only eternity and infinitude, but also the globular shape of all the bodies formed within the universe from that fiery mist. the universe, as well as the earth and man, cast off periodically, serpent-like, their old skins, to assume new ones after a time of rest. the serpent is, surely, a not less graceful or a more unpoetical image than the caterpillar and chrysalis from which springs the butterfly, the greek emblem of psyche, the human soul. the "dragon" was also the symbol of the logos with the egyptians, as with the gnostics. in the "book of hermes" pymander, the oldest and the most spiritual of the logoi of the western continent, appears to hermes in

ive, positive and negative, like day and night: it is the first light in creation (eliphas levi's kabala- the first light of the primordial elohim- the adam "male and female- or (scientifically) electricity and life (c) the ancients represented it by a serpent, for "fohat hisses as he glides hither and thither (in zigzags. the kabala figures it with the hebrew letter teth[[hebrew, whose symbol is the serpent which played such a prominent part in the mysteries. its universal value is nine, for it is the ninth letter of the alphabet and the ninth door of the fifty portals or gateways that lead to the concealed mysteries of being. it is the magical agent par excellence, and designates in hermetic philosophy "life infused into primordial matter" the essence that composes all things, and the sp

BLUE EQUINOX

little child miught not endure thee. and lo! 50. i was alone in a great park, and by a certain hillock was a ring of deep anamelled grass wherein greed-clad ones, most beautiful, played. 51. in their play i came even unto the land of fairy sleep. 52. all night they danced and sang; but thou art the morning, o my darling, my serpent that twinest thee about this heart. 53. i am the heart, and thou the serpent. wind thy coils closer about me, so that no light nor bliss may penetrate. 54. crush out the blood of me, as a grape upon the tongue of a white doric girl that languishes with her lover the moonlight. 55. then let the end awake. long hast thou slept, o great god terminus! long ages hast thou waited at the end of the city and the roads thereof. awake thou! wait no more! 56. nay, lord! b

e taint of thy father the ape, of thy grandsire the blind worm of slime. 10. i gazed upon the crystal of the future, and i saw the horror of the end of thee. 11. further, i destroyed the time past, and the time to come.had i not the power of the sand-glass? the equinox 78 12. but in the very hour i beheld corruption. 13. then i said: o my beloved, o lord adonai, i pray thee to loosen the coils of the serpent! 14. but she was closed fast upon me, so that my force was stayed in its inception. 15. also i prayed unto the elephant god, the lord of beginnings, who breaketh down obstructions. 16. these gods came right quickly to mine aid. i beheld them; i joined myself unto them; i was lost in their vastness. 17. then i beheld myself compassed about with the infinite circle of emerald that enclos

the equinox 82 63. they that ever desired thee shall obtain thee, even at the end of their desire. 64. glorious, glorious, glorious art thou, o my lover supernal, o self of myself. 65. for i have found thee alike in the me and the thee; there is no difference, o my beautiful, my desirable one! in the one and the many have i found thee; yea, i have found thee. liber lxv 83 iv 1. o crystal heart! i the serpent clasp thee; i drive home mine head into the central core of thee, o god my beloved. 2. even as on the resounding wind-swept heights of mitylene some god-like woman casts aside the lyre, and with her locks aflame as an aureole, plunges into the wet heart of the creation, so i, o lord my god! 3. there is a beauty unspeakable in the heart of corruption, where the flowers are aflame. 4. ah

or me the lustral water, the great ablution, the dissolving of the soul in that resounding abyss. the equinox 88 52. i have a little son like a wanton goat; my daughter is like an unfledged eaglet; they shall get them fins, that they may swim. 53. that they may swim, o my beloved, swim far in the warm honey of thy being, o blessed one, o boy of beatitude! 54. this heart of mine is girt about with the serpent that devoureth his own coils. 55. when shall there be an end, o my darling, o when shall the universe and the lord thereof be utterly swallowed up? 56. nay! who shall devour the infinite? who shall undo the wrong of the beginning? 57. thou criest like a white cat upon the roof of the universe; there is none to answer thee. 58. thou art like a lonely pillar in the midst of the sea; ther

e 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? am not i the flying spark of ight whirled away by the great wind of your perfection? 3. yea, cried the ho

ll adore thee. 12. thou shalt be lovely and pitiful toward them; thou shalt heal them of the unutterable evil. 13. they shall change in their destruction, even as two dark stars that crash together in the abyss, and blaze up in an infinite burning. 14. all this while did adonai pierce my being with his sword that hath four blades; the blade of the thunderbolt, the blade of the pylon, the blade of the serpent, the blade of the phallus. the equinox 92 15. also he taught me the holy unutterable word ararita, so that i melted the sixfold gold into a single invisible point, whereof naught may be spoken. 16. for the magistry of this opus is a secret magistry and the sign of the master thereof is a certain ring of lapis-lazuli with the name of my master, who am i, and the eye in the midst thereof

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

e 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 knowledge of good and evil, the antithesis and opposer of the other: the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse, the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou therefore the celestial serpent, as of brass, glistening with green and gold, the color of vegetation and of

of the temptation is that of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the antithesis and opposer of the other: the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse, the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou therefore the celestial serpent, as of brass, glistening with green and gold, the color of vegetation and of growth: banish thou therefore the evil and seek the good. for as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of adam be lifted up, raised through the balance of strife and of trial, through the pathway of eternal life. and when, like our master, thou art extended on that tree, through suffering and through pain, let thy countenance be raised up towards the light of the holy one to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself, but for those who have not

pain, let thy countenance be raised up towards the light of the holy one to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself, but for those who have not yet attained to the pathways, even though they be thy tormentors. balanced between the spiritual and the material, the type of reconciler, remember the symbol of the brazen serpent. mark thou well the difference between the two serpents, for before the serpent of brass of numbers, the serpent of fire could not stand. but at the fall, the serpent of evil arising in the tree surrounded malkuth, and linked her thus into the outer and the qliphoth, for this is the sin of the fall, even the separation of the material plane from the sephiroth through the interposition of the coils of the stooping dragon. thus, therefore, must malkuth be cleansed

e seventh palace containeth yesod and malkuth. unto yesod are referred the gamaliel, or obscene ones, whose form are those of corrupting, loathsome bull-men, linked together. thereunto are also referred nachashiel, evil serpents, and obriel. thereunto belongeth the blind dragon-force. unto malkuth is attributed lilith, the evil woman, afterwards changing to a black, monkey-like demon. the name of the serpent, nachash, hath the same number as that of the messiah, who will root out the qliphoth from the world. these are the evil chiefs: 1. kether satan or moloch 2. chokmah beelzebub 3. binah lucifuge 4. chesed ashtaroth 5. geburah asmodai 6. tiphereth belphegor 7. netzach baal 8. hod adramalach 9. yesod lilith 10. malkuth nahemah behemoth and leviathan are two evil forms, of which the first

BUDGE E

er net-ra into urnes, saying "hail, thou who risest as a mighty soul (kha-ba-aa, who hast received [the things which belong to] the tuat, af, thou guardian of heaven. thou livest, o af, in ta-tesert. come thou, and cast thou thine eye in thy name of living one, khepera, at the head of the tuat. traverse thou this field, o thou who hast might, bind thou with fetters the hau serpent, and smite thou the serpent neha-hra. there is rejoicing in heaven, and there are shouts of gladness upon the earth at the entrance of thy (literally, his) body. he who shineth sendeth forth light, and the uru gods give light [at dawn; destroy thou] the p. 41 darkness which is in ament in thy name of sekher-shetau-ur-a, illumine thou the thick darkness, o af. his jawbones are to him, and ra taketh up his position

, p. 46 i.e "the boat which capsizeth; it contains three hawk-headed forms of the god horus, and is steered by two male figures, who stand one in the bows and the other at the stern. in the middle of the boat stand the hawk-god bak, and the hawk-goddess baket, and behind them, standing on a snake, is the click to view the boat of rest. third form of horus. between the front steersman and baket is the serpent teka-hra, i.e "fiery face" and the aft steersman bears a name of similar meaning, nab-hra. the second boat is called uaa-herer, p. 47 i.e "the boat of rest" and has in the middle an osiris god in the form of a mummy; each end of the boat terminates in the head of a cynocephalus, and it is steered by two beings, one of whom is called tesem-hra-f, i.e "he whose face is like a knife" and

has in the middle an osiris god in the form of a mummy; each end of the boat terminates in the head of a cynocephalus, and it is steered by two beings, one of whom is called tesem-hra-f, i.e "he whose face is like a knife" and the other khen-en-urt-f, click to view the boat of the branch. i.e "the ferryman who resteth not" the osiris god stands between two gods, one of whom is called au-matu, and the serpent which stands on its tail between the steersman in the bows and the first god is called set-em-hra-f. p. 48 the third boat is called pa-khet "the branch" and each end terminates in the head of a lion. in the middle of it stands the form of osiris, who is called shefshef, and he wears on his head a pair of ram's horns; his arms and the upper click to view the four forms of osiris. portio

ad of a lion. in the middle of it stands the form of osiris, who is called shefshef, and he wears on his head a pair of ram's horns; his arms and the upper click to view the four forms of osiris. portion of his body are swathed. behind him stands the mummied form called am-ta, and before him the god neb-uast. of the two steersmen, only the name of the second, khen, or khennu is given; the name of the serpent p. 49 which stands on its tail is set-em-maat-f. the procession of boats is met by four forms of osiris, who stand with the upper portion of their bodies swathed. their names are--1. neb-net, 2. meni, ara-tcheru, 4. maa-tcheru. the text written above the boats reads- p. 50 "this great god journeyeth over net-neb-ua-kheper-aut (i.e, the water of the lord one, the creator of food [he who

move side by side along the ground "upon their bellies. of them it is said "those who are in this picture make their passage to every place each day (see p. 67. 6. the scorpion ankhet, and a large uraeus. of these it is said "those who are in this picture stand in re-stau at the head of the way [to guard it" behind these stands a god, who appears to be making an offering of two libation vases to the serpent. of him it is said "he who is in this picture is the guide of the holy way (see p. 71. 7. a three-headed serpent, with a pair of hawk's wings, and two pairs of human legs, and of him it is said "he who is in this picture in the tuat is the warder of this holy way of re-stau; he liveth upon the abundance [which cometh] from his wings, his body [and] his heads, p. 74 [paragraph continues

1. 7. a three-headed serpent, with a pair of hawk's wings, and two pairs of human legs, and of him it is said "he who is in this picture in the tuat is the warder of this holy way of re-stau; he liveth upon the abundance [which cometh] from his wings, his body [and] his heads, p. 74 [paragraph continues (see pp. 71, 75. 8. the god ap-tuat, who holds a sceptre, in his right hand, and stands before the serpent neheb-kau, which has two heads on one end of its body, and one head, instead of a tail, at the other. of the god ap-tuat it is said "he who is in this picture is in the form which horus made, and he openeth [the way] for the two gods on this way" of the serpent neheb-kau it is said "he who is in this picture is at his place net-mu, by the holy way of passage of re-stau, and he journeye

CALLING TO THE FIRST OF WITCH BLOOD

gnite within, my soul, my initiator by giving to the daemon did my eyes open anew. i conjure thee, o wanderer who bears a black thorn stick i adjure thee, who the blood of abel did ignite your senses who lifted thee up into the flames of your father in iblis shadow did you awaken in the arms of lilith, the moon. i summon thee, cain of old, whose words open the gates of hell i invoke thee, cain of the serpent skin, who is the first of witch blood i conjure thee, cain who is the earthly devil, who is the master of spirits encircle and awaken within my flesh, my blood, my mind. by thy depths of which i walk herein shall i become reborn in the name and mark of the devil, whom i swear my spirit unto i am myself the redeemer and bringer of the infernal pact which holds no bounds nor mortal strai

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

number [46] c o m m e n t ox d a l e t h and that which may be thought of as subsisting between any two consecutive numbers. even in common parlance this is true. if we ask "what comes between 1 and 2" the correct answer is, of course" nothing. 2 the idea that the universe is created with the letters of the alphabet is a commonplace of qabalistic doctrine. it is found also in hindu teaching (see the serpent power and shakti and shakta, by arthur avalon. what is meant is that the powers designated by the letters are the building-forces of the cosmos. 4 binah, understanding, is named a i m a, the mother. in this paragraph she is called "the desirable one, or "the precious thing, because the number of the word a i m a is 52, and this is also the number of the noun ch m d, khamad, which means

darkness whereof it is written "and moses drew near unto the thick darkness where god was; and again "tetragrammaton said that he would dwell in the thick darkness" ye shall know that this darkness is egypt, and by the wisdom hidden in that darkness did moses lead israel forth. in the darkness which is egypt is the darkness of number, concealing the one in the cloud of the many. of that darkness the serpent is a sign, that great serpent, the royal snake of egypt [91] t h e b o o k of t o k e n s 2 this is the serpent of temptation, yet from it cometh forth redemption. for the serpent is the first appearance of the anointed one, and that which casteth adam out from the garden of the east, even that shall bring him back once more to paradise. thus in teth is shown the secret of the going fo

t serpent, the royal snake of egypt [91] t h e b o o k of t o k e n s 2 this is the serpent of temptation, yet from it cometh forth redemption. for the serpent is the first appearance of the anointed one, and that which casteth adam out from the garden of the east, even that shall bring him back once more to paradise. thus in teth is shown the secret of the going forth and the return, for teth is the serpent coiled around the tau. this is the sign of the name of names, which none may utter. again, it is the symbol of the tree of divine perfections, encircled by the power of the letters wherewith is formed the whole creation. 3 and because the tally referreth to counting, and so to all the works of number, by this letter do i show first, that all things are brought forth through number, and

cometh from the sun, and to rule this, thou must learn to count [92] t e t h count aright, and thou shalt have oil for thy lamps, for the oil for lighting. containeth the secret of the letter teth. this is the oil which riseth like a serpent, the oil which thy father jacob poured upon the stone in the house of strength. 4 verily, he who knoweth the secret of that stone, knoweth also the secret of the serpent, and in him shall be fulfilled the saying "when israel was a child, then i loved him, and called my son out of egypt" and he who knoweth this shall be a measurer of mercy, and all his works shall be rooted in the strength of my law [93] comment on teth* t e t h, pronounced tayth. transcribed as" t. the number 9. meaning: serpent. the intelligence of the secret of all spiritual activiti

ws, are equivalent numerically to 380. the uraeus, or royal serpent, is the characteristic symbol of egypt. those versed in egyptian wisdom will know how truly it may be said that the secret wisdom of that land is "hid in number. in egypt pythagoras learned the great mathematical principles embodied in his system. the same truths are summed up in the great pyramid. 2 nachash, n ch sh, the name of the serpent of temptation, is equivalent by number, 358, to messiach, m sh i ch, the anointed one, or redeemer "the serpent coiled around the tau" refers to the ancient form of the letter teth, a circle (suggesting the serpent holding its tail in its mouth) enclosing a cross, which was the ancient form of the letter tav (or tau. a circle enclosing a cross is a mathematical symbol of [94] c o m m e

ane, by taking the initial b as a preposition signifying" in, and then it will be translated "in grace. there is also a yet deepei significance in this reading, because khane, ch n is an abbreviation for the words chokmah nesethrah, ch k m h n s th r h, the secret wisdom, i. e, the qabalah. hence wc may assume that the mystical trial by fire has something to do with initiation into the qabalah. 3 the serpent of temptation is nachash, n ch sh, whose name is the number 358, the number of the name messiah. m sh i ch. 4 "the time of the decree" is moade, m v o d, and the number of this word is 120, the same as that of the letter [142] c o m m e n t on s a m e k h name, samekh, s m k. 120 is also the symbolic hebrew number of the perfected life of man" his days shall be an hundred and twenty ye

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

rystal: moonstone and opal incenses or oils: myrrh and jasmine samael samael is the archangel who rules the planet mars (see page 229. samael's day is tuesday. he is sometimes called the severity of god and as such is an angel of cleansing and of righteous anger. one of the seven regents of the world and said to be served by two million angels, he is also called the dark angel who in the guise of the serpent tempted eve. this is a very ancient concept in which kings and rulers were constantly tested to prove worthy of their sacred trust and so he is not an angel to invoke lightly. samael is also the avenger who offers protection to the weak and vulnerable and cleanses doubts and weakness, replacing them with spiritual courage to stand against what is corrupt, especially those who abuse pow

CASTING THE CIRCLE

d, and in your image we become. prince of light and prince of darkness emerge as one! bless this circle! hail lilith, she who would bless our lives with joy and beauty, and the love of our kin. we seek the sorcerous path! by the power of the toad, sacred of hecate and the powers of night, avail the lunar current unto our selves, so that we shall emerge in the dark light of saturn! by the power of the serpent, sacred of asmodeus and lilith, bringers of the craft of olde, that we shall emerge in the waking dawn of phosphorus! by the power of the goat, oz as known to the secret. bring us union and that opposites are joined, that we shall emerge knowing both good and evil! this circle is hereby sacred, blessed by the light of shaitan the double headed one! perform the witches rune "bagabi lach

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

death by conjury" acta ethnographica academiae scientiarum hungaricae 19 (1970: 173; norman whitten "contemporary patterns of malign occultism among negroes in north carolina" journal of american folklore 75 (1962: 313. 33. georgia writers' project, drums and shadows, p. 27; handy "negro superstitions" p. 736. see also saxon et al, gumbo ya-ya, p. 248. in some africanderived folklore traditions, the serpent was viewed as a symbol of spiritual power (hurston, mules and men, pp. 203.15. in an interesting parallel, a seventeenthcentury catechism by kongolese christians describes the spoken confession of sins as corresponding with the manifestation of deadly scorpions emerging from the mouth with the penitent's words; cited in john thornton "sin and evil in kongo christianity (manuscript, 199

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

bove described. upon this stood the six aforementioned particulars, and he himself (the bird) made the seventh. first of all the little fountain was set before him, out of which he drunk a good draught. afterwards he pecked the white serpent until she bled a great deal. this blood we had to receive into a golden cup, and pour it down the bird s throat, who was greatly averse to it. then we dipped the serpent s head in the fountain, upon which she revived again, and crept into her death s-head, so that i saw her no more for a long time after. meantime the sphere turned constantly, until it made the desired conjunction. immediately the watch struck one, upon which another conjunction was set going. then the watch struck two. page 74 finally, while we were observing the third conjunction, and

COLLIER IRENE CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

ily parts then become the many components of the universe, including gods, man and animals. in saharan africa the world was originally made out of the numerous segments of the sacrificed cosmic serpent minia, god s first creation an event remembered in animal sacrifice in the region to this day. there is a similar cosmic drama in an assyro-babylonian myth when the celestial king marduk slaughters the serpent tiamat, the feminine principle of chaos, and divides her enormous corpse: from one half marduk constructs the vault of heaven, from the other the solid earth .2 the story of panku also introduces one of the most important concepts in chinese thought: yin and yang. authors martin palmer and zhao xiaomin of the international consultancy on religion, education, and culture (icorec) explai

DANCE OF THE WITCHES

e your time and really get deeply involved in every detail. now you return to the center, and face the altar. hold your hands out toward it, and slowly approach it, kneeling once at the eastern edge of the circle, which is also a tip of the triangle. as you kneel, cross your hands on your chest. say, silently "you chewed off the goat's tail; the spear-leek grew in the print of your hoof. you gave the serpent's gift to the foremother and forefather of us all you came from above, and rule over a kingdom below, bless me, deliverer whose flesh and blood i have always eaten" now comes the fun part. standing, you begin to go in a counterclockwise steady pace around the circle, but you must chant something as you do- a quaint thing someone taught me that goes like this" hobbe ho hou, john 'i co

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

egyptians, the one portrayed as the dog or jackal-headed god and associated with osiris, the "sun god" of egypt.25 there was also a goddess called anukis who sails in a celestial boat with sothis and satis, again the three stars of sirius perhaps because they are associated with goddesses, and sottis was the greek term for sirius. the symbol of the dog or wolf is often found in cults that worship the serpent or reptilians. credo mutwa, the zulu shaman, says that their legends call sirius the "star of the wolf. the leader of the reptilian "gods" known as the anunnaki is named in the sumerian tablets as an (later anu. he was represented by the jackal or dog. associated with sirius in egyptian belief was orion and, interestingly, modern ufo researchers figure 2: the inverted pentagram, the cl

m bramley in the gods of eden (avon books, new york, 1993) calls this the brotherhood of the snake. you can see snake and serpent symbolism in the logos of llluminati companies and the logo of the leading uk communications network, british telecom, is one example (figure 7. lemurian kings and queens were 13thlevel initiates of the "dragon bloodline, according to the lemurian fellowship. as i with the serpent cult or serpent brotherhood through the ages, the lemurian initiated were worshippers of the sun. but was it our sun or was it sirius, the brightest star in the sky? records discovered in india by the leading author and researcher on lemurian history, colonel james churchward, confirmed this sun worship. one of lemuria's names, apparently, was "the empire of the sun" and the sun symbol

woman and not a man as officially claimed. wherever the reptilian bloodlines have located, the worship of a serpent goddess has always been the centre of their rituals under names like athene, barati, isis, semiramis, el, artemis, diana, and hecate. other atlantean/lemurian colonists were known as the pelasgians("peoples of the sea, the danaans, and the female amazons.50 the pelasgians worshipped the serpent moon goddess dana, later diana (artemis, and the atlantean goat god called pan. they first landed on the peloponnese in greece and settled in arcadia, according to ancient greek records. arcadia has always been a sacred place to the illuminati bloodlines and was apparently a name for atlantis. the danaans left atlantis to settle in asia minor (now turkey, greece, and the islands of the

h rothschild("red-shield, became a code name for the bloodlines. red= sirius? these guys don't choose their locations or their names by accident. malta, too, was an important centre by 3500bc and the home of a major mystery school. under malta is a vast network of tunnels and megalithic temples where secret rituals took place- and still do. malta's original name was lato, named after mother lato, the serpent goddess.53 the knights templar secret society was formed in the late 11th century to protect the reptilian bloodline or "le serpent rouge, the red serpent or serpent blood, together with their associated order, the highly secretive priory of sion.54 the goals of the knights templar and the illuminati were, and are, to place these serpent bloodlines in all positions of power worldwide a

they became known as tuatha de danaan or the "people of the sea. these carried the anunnaki reptilian bloodlines. the female amazons were another branch of the atlanteans and lemurians and myths say they came from a paradise called hesperides or hespera, a name for atlantis.56 they, too, followed the goddess athene or nieth and venerated her symbol, the double-headed axe. they founded shrines to the serpent goddess in many places, including the famous centre for diana worship at ephesus and other locations along the turkish coast. the "canaanites" also descended from atlantis/lemuria.57 mark amaru pinkham describes the migration of atlanteans to "canaan" in the return of the serpents of wisdom "one branch of these atlantides were the tyrrhenians, the people after whom the present tyrrheni

the present tyrrhenian sea is named. the tyrrhenians eventually split in half to become the etruscans and the carians or phoenicians, a tribe which eventually migrated to canaan (pronounced ka-nan with the k sound of the serpents, a territory on the asia minor coast, which can be translated as the "land of the fire serpent".58 running for cover as these colonies and settlements were established, the serpent bloodlines from atlantis and lemuria were placed into the positions of ruling royal power, just as they had been, at least in the latter stages, before those continents sank. these are the same bloodlines that run the world today. just before each of the cataclyms, many atlantean and lemurian royal bloodlines and initiates fled to other parts of the world, heading mostly for high place

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

the dragon-ruler of the world, was called hu and from this, very appropriately i would suggest,we get the term, hu-man. the winged-disc symbol of the sumerians, which is found allover the ancient world, was normally featured with two serpents. the symbolism of theserpent and its association with ancient gods abounds throughout the world. thereverend john bathhurst deane in his book the worship of the serpent,3 wrote..one of (the) five builders of thebes (in egypt) was named after the serpent-god of thephoenicians, ofhion. the first altar erected to cyclops at athens, was to ops, theserpent-deity. the symbolic worship of the serpent was so common in greece, that justinmartyr accuses the greeks of introducing it into the mysteries of all their gods. thechinese. are said to be superstitious i

. are said to be superstitious in choosing a plot of ground to erect a dwellinghouse or sepulchre: conferring it with the head, tail and feet of diverse dragons which liveunder the earth.21the idea of fire breathing dragons and evil serpents which appear in legends andtexts all over the world could easily originate from the reptilian gods who onceoperated openly thousands of years ago. these were the serpent people of ancient texts,including the bible, where the serpent is a regular theme. of course, the serpent hasbeen used to symbolise many things and not every reference will be literally a reptile,certainly not. but many of them are. there is also a common theme of a sacred placebeing guarded by a serpent or dragon. we have the serpent in the garden of eden andthe serpent/dragon theme i

eir consciousness would have survivedbecause consciousness is energy and energy is indestructible. it can only be transmutedinto a different form. what happened to that dinosaur consciousness that dominated theearth for 150 million years? as weve seen, the earliest accounts of assyria, babylon,old testament history, china, rome, america, africa, india and elsewhere, featurestories of the dragons. the serpent symbol has also been found in ancient britain,greece, malta, egypt, new mexico, peru and all over the pacific islands. there is anunmistakable resemblance between some dinosaurs and ancient depictions of dragons.several species of small indo-malayan lizards with webbed wings look so much likedragons that they have been given the name draco after the star constellation fromwhich the rep

because you are no longer on its wavelength. so it is with human consciousness. somepeople (everyone if the truth be told) can tune their consciousness to other wavelengthsand connect with information and consciousness operating on that frequency. we callthis psychic power, but it is merely the ability to move your dial to another station. itis from one of these other stations or dimensions, that the serpent race, the anunnaki,is controlling this world by possessing certain bloodline streams. but as my researchcontinues, it is clear that the fourth dimensional reptilian controllers are themselvescontrolled by fifth dimensional entities. where does it end? who the hell knows. yeah,yeah, yeah, i know it sounds off the wall, but the truth usually does. you can put thebook down now if it is to

tremelywhite, albino white? the royal hierarchy of the draco.the text of the shahnemeh says of zal:no human being of this earthcould give such a monster birth,he must be of the demon race,though human still in form and face,if not a demon, he at least,appears a party-coloured beast.48zal later marries a foreign princess called rudabeh, thedaughter of mehrab, the king of karbul, and a descendantof the serpent king, zahhak, who was said to have rulediran for a thousand years. this was one of the reptilianbloodlines and in keeping with this, rudabeh is describedas tall as a teak tree, ivory white etc, the familiar featuresof the watcher-human offspring. these descriptionsabound for the royal lines of iran and the near east, as dotheir comparison with trees because of their great height.it see

terbreeding of theblue blood families and their offshoots. this is why since the earliest times of knownhistory, the blue blood heirs married their half-sisters and cousins, just as the anunnaki didaccording to the sumerian tablets. the most important gene in this succession is passed on bythe female line, so the choice of female sexual partner has been vital to them.it is highly significant that the serpent king bloodline should originate from iranbecause it is from this region of iran, kurdistan, armenia, turkey and the caucasusmountains, that these reptile-human bloodlines emerged to take over the world. abrotherhood insider, a russian, said there was a massive vortex, an interdimensionalgateway, in the caucasus mountains where the extraterrestrials entered this dimension.that would exp

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deliberately misleads its members. this behavior of course, is not limited to just members of freemasonry, it extends to the entire human race. freemasonry is a worship of lucifer by the top 5% of all masons. you can spot evidences of satanism all over the world. there are numerous masonic/satanic symbols on this web site, all of which originate from this secret society called "the brotherhood of the serpent/snake" many call it "big brother" without even realizing its extraterrestrial origins. it was also known in ancient egypt as "the mystery schools" freemasonry is the secret organization famous for its use of christianity as a tool for control. the king james version of the bible, edited by sir francis bacon (a 33rd degree freemason, is used to create order in society through the implem

er application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft. the seething energies of lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply this energy" page 48 'the secret doctrine' by helena petrovna blavatsky "lucifer represents..life..thought..progress..civilization. liberty..independence..lucifer is the logos..the serpent, the savior" on pages 171, 225, 255 (volume ii "it is satan who is the god of our planet and the only god" pages 215, 216, 220, 245, 255, 533 (vi "the celestial virgin which thus becomes the mother of gods and devils at one and the same time; for she is the ever-loving beneficent deity..but in antiquity and reality lucifer or luciferius is the name. lucifer is divine and terrestial lig

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er to bring about their punishment. he was never the enemy of god but at times the enemy of man. the name satan in hebrew means adversary. it is recounted in the bible that the jews were carried away as captives into babylon. when later freed by the persians, the jews were exposed to the religion of zoroaster. the jews adopted zoroastrian belief of a war in heaven between ahura-mazda and ahriman, the serpent, with yahweh taking the role of ahura-mazda and satan assuming the part of the serpent ahriman. satan, a minor angel in hebrew mythology, became equal in power with god. the belief of a war in heaven between god and satan was carried into europe by the early christians. in christian mythology, lucifer became the highest of the angels, created in the perfect image of god, who fell from

hich the demonic bible is written. when dee translated his keys from the demonic bible he named them the enochian keys. they are not, as is commonly believed, named for the enoch who "walked with god" but rather for enoch, the son of cain. cain was the first man to perform the rituals of the demonic bible and he murdered his brother as a sacrifice to the ancient ones. his son, enoch, was given to the serpent from birth. this demonic language revealed to dee during his scrying experiments is written in an ancient script which has been passed down for centuries by practitioners of the black arts (many of them unaware of its origins. this script has been called by various names, but is most commonly known today as the "theban script" or the "witch's alphabet. the formulas in this book were re

rd, emperor, your highness, your honor, etc. satan is a title which means literally adversary. lucifer is latin for light bearer. in hebrew, belial means wicked one. these names, and many of the others, are titles given to the dark god or dark goddess. the original and true name for the devil is that used by the ancient sumerians. in her original form, the devil is female. she is the ancient one, the serpent of chaos, tiamat, mother of the gods and the abominations of chaos. most of the names for the devil are titles of honor addressed to her. the devil is thought of as masculine in form because centuries of christian dogma converted the dark goddess/female serpent into a dark god/masculine dragon. while most of the names for the devil are simply titles, some are actual names such as astar

s in one moon. a most noble power. his word is aggha and his seal: the twenty-seventh name is hegal as the power above, a master of the arts of farming and agriculture. bestows rich harvests. possesses the knowledge of the metals of the earth, and of the plough. his word is burdishu and his seal thus: the twenty-eighth name is sirsir the destroyer of tiamat, hated of the ancient ones, master over the serpent, foe of kutulu. a most powerful lord. his word is this apirikubabadazuzukanpa and his seal: the twenty-ninth name is malah trod the back of the worm and cut it in twain. lord of bravery and courage, and gives these qualities to the priest who desires it, or to others the priest may decide. the word is bachachadugga and the seal: the thirtieth name is gil the furnisher of seed. beloved

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ays foundations of power and awe, from which lived on even beyond his name being denounced and demonized. the names of the form of set as apep are indeed many, some of which are saatet-ta (darkener of the earth, hau-hra (backward face, tutu (doubly evil one, hemhemti (devourer, all of which describe the storm demon who is called also kharebutu the fourfold fiend. in the gnosis of set who overcame the serpent for apep to become him presents a powerful gnosis for the aspiring sorcerer. apep also bore the name of rerek, a monster serpent form of set who had many helpers being serpents, noxious creatures and demons. it is further connected that thoth was said to have gotten the knife to slay the bull from set, thus making parallel the name of smain with set, being violence. one specific dwelli

that is called the lord of the south is connected with set in this aspect. this is the seker god who early on was considered close to set before his transformation in accordance with osiris. the home of set is khepesh, the constellation. set was considered the eighth child of the gods of annu, and was of nuit. as the god of darkness and storms he was alone the one who could withstand the stare of the serpent apep, thus controlling the storm demon and later it becoming a part of sethan himself. set as being not only the lord of the south, he later was associated with the north, becoming the lord of the northern sky in the egyptian book of the dead. his primary associations were hostility, war and storms. thus set may be viewed as a deific force of motion and opposition. the combat which too

hority (revelation 13:2) slowly zohak became a demon, a dragon king whose companions were the druj and other demons of ahriman. in later lore zohak became the storm fiend, azi dahaka, who is ahriman s most powerful daeva. the initiatory focus and lore of zohak is presented in the paitisha15 as a force to be invoked and controlled within the transformation mirrored through the ritualistic focus of the serpent within the mind and body. essentially in zoroastrian lore, zohak or azi dahaka is the second in command of ahriman s children, he is for a lack of a better term considered a prototype for an antichrist in that he expands the opposite gnosis against zoroaster. the jewish scriptures were first composed by him (i.e. zohak, and deposited in the fortress of jerusalem. and through zohak men

olent and obstinate, of six eyes (i.e. greedy) of thousands of evil designs, possessed of the great evil powers of the dev and the druj. denkard another figure in zoroastrian infamy is the sorcerer ahktya or akht. the word akht itself means filth, and the word akha which means evil and bad. the other name which was connected with akhtya was kabed-us-spae and akht-jadu. this obscure 15 the book of the serpent, draconian and persian sorcery by michael w. ford, succubus publishing. 14 figure was said to be a powerful sorcerer who was a manifestation of the power of the daevas, he could astrally project into hell and communicate with ahriman, and was considered a nomadic demon. it is owing to the passions of wolves and khrafastras that men are like devs; and hesham, the invisible power of the

woman seek to become something better, this is the very essence of magick energy in motion, change and ascension. samael was the greatest prince in heaven. the celestial animals and the seraphim had six wings each, but samael had twelve. he took his cohorts and went down, and saw all the creatures whom the holy one, blessed be he, had created, and found among them none as astute and malicious as the serpent. and the serpent's appearance was like that of a camel. and samael mounted him and rode him. and the tora cried and shrieked and 28 noon is considered in the middle east to be the time of satan. 26 said "samael, the world has just been created, is this the time to rebel against god" the serpent went and said to the woman "is it true that you are commanded not to eat the fruit of this t

ved and bare cain. and his aspect was unlike that of the other humans and all those who came from his side were called sons of god- kabbala: zohar 1:37a here we see that the magical act of sexual union creates a god like individual, who in this instance is cain. cain is considered to be a son of satan, a manifestation of that very solar force within man and woman. in religious lore, samael who is the serpent or dragon, was said to have injected filth which spawned cain, his son in flesh- when the serpent mounted eve, he injected filth into her. israel who stood at mount sinai, their filth ceased; the other nations who did not stand at mount sinai, their filth has not ceased. talmud: b. shab. 146a aleister crowley made reference to cain and his mark of initiation, which some witches disagre

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

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they sometimes are in old diagrams by a flash of lightning, which is often depicted as hilted like a fiery sword, represent the successive divine emanations which constitute creative evolution; whereas the paths represent the successive stages of the unfolding of cosmic realisation in human consciousness; in old pictures a serpent is often depicted as twined about the boughs of the tree. this is the serpent nechushtan "who holdeth his tail in his mouth" the symbol of wisdom and initiation. the coils of this serpent, when correctly arranged [page 26] upon the tree, cross each of the paths in succession and see to indicate the order in which they should be numbered. witb the help of this glyph, then, it is a simple matter to arrange all the tables of symbols in their correct positions upon

e becoming, rashith ha gilgalim, the first swirlings, the commencement of whirling motions as it is called by the qabalists- primum mobile as it is called by the alchemists. chokmah, the second sephirab, is called by the rabbis mazloth, the sphere of the zodiac. here we have introduced the concept of the circle with its segments. creation has moved onwards. out of the primordial egg has developed the serpent that holdeth his tail in his mouth, as mme blavatsky chronicles in her invaluable storehouses of archaic symbolism, the secret doctrine and isis unveiled. 16. in a similar manner to that in which kether overflowed into chokmah does chokmah overflow into binab, the third sephirab. the paths pursued by the emanations in these successive overfiowings is represented upon the tree of life b

of any equilibrated triangle, but is said to be the receptacle of the influences of all the others. secondly, it is a fallen sephirah, for it was cut off from the rest of the tree by the fall, and the coils of the stooping dragon arising from the world of shells, the kingdoms of unbalanced force, separate it from its brethren. behind the shoulder of the queen, the bride of microprosopos (malkuth, the serpent rears his head, and here is said to be the place of severest judgments. the sphere of malkuth abuts upon the hells of the averse sephiroth, the qliphoth, or evil demons. it is the firmament whereby elohim separated the supernal waters of binah from the infernal waters of leviathan. 32. the signification of the qliphoth must be considered flilly in due course; but having referred to the

ousness descends plane by plane, and only begins to manifest when the polarising sephi roth are in equilibrium; therefore the modes of consciousness are assigned to the equilibrating sephiroth upon the middle pillar, but the magical powers are assigned to the opposing sephiroth, each at the end of the beam of the balance of the pairs of opposites. 15. the way of initiation follows the coilings of the serpent of wisdom upon the tree; but the way of illumination follows the path of the arrow which is shot from the bow of promise, qesheth, the rainbow of astral colours that spreads like a halo behind yesod. this is the way of the mystic as distinguished from that of the occultist; it is swift and direct, and free from the danger of the temptation of unbalanced force that is met with in either

orce, in contradistinction to the fluidic activity of netzach. 32. the assignation of the mighty archangel michael to hod again gives us food for thought. he is always represented as trampling upon a serpent and piercing it with a sword, and frequently holds in his hand a pair of balances, symbolic of equilibrium and expressive of the same idea as the yetziratic words "mean of the primordial" 33. the serpent upon which the great archangel treads is primitive force, the phallic serpent of the freudians; and this glyph teaches us that it is the restrictive "prudence" of hod which "shortens" primitive force and prevents it from overflowing its boundaries. the fall, be it remembered, is represented on the tree by the great serpent with seven heads which overpasses the bounds set for it and rai

an ideal to be pursued. 22. it is in the sphere of malkuth that civilisation has wrought for the last thousand years. it does not ii ced any astrologer to tell us that the great war marked the end of an epoch, and that we are now in the dawn of a new phase. according to qabalistic doctrine, the lightning flash, having come down the tree till it ends in malkuth, is now replaced by the symbolism of the serpent of wisdom, whose coils loop upwards on the paths till its head rests beside kether. the lightning flash represents the unconscious descent of force, building the planes of manifestation, passing from active to passive and back again in order that equilibrium may be maintained. the serpent coiling upon the paths represents the dawn of objective consciousness and is the symbol of initiat

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any reason wishes to seal it with the kerubim of the elements instead of the archangels, as is more commonly done, and feels himself unequal to the task of drawing a presentable eagle, the symbolic form of the kerub of air, he will use the zodiacal sign for scorpio. the evolutionary connection between the snake and the bird is well known to biologists; but long ages before darwin, initiates used the serpent and the eagle to represent the unsublimated and sublimated aspects of the life-force. the scorpion connects with the serpent through the dragon. i had a very curious experience myself in connection with the element of air. i am betraying no secrets if i say that certain grades of initiation refer to the elements, for the fact is too generally known, and too obvious, for it to be any mo

r. z. the same group have to their credit a recurring series of scandals in connection with unnatural vice. if this were merely vice as such it would not come within the purview of these pages, but it appears to be used systematically as a means of obtaining occult power. those who have any knowledge of the deeper aspects of occultism know that sex force is one of the manifestations of kundalini, the serpent- fire that according to tantric philosophy lies coiled at the base of the spine, or in the terms of western occultism, the sacral plexus. the control and concentration of the kundalini force is an important part of the technique of practical occultism. there is a right way of directing it through thought-control, the technique of which i have explained in my little book, the problem of

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ith the angelic language, and its power and authority, and of course because they are winged. they are mentioned as a group in the book of enoch in connection with the fallen watchers who sin with the daughters of man, where these four archangels are primary servants and agents of god's judgement. it is clear from the words of gabriel to john dee that coronzon is to be regarded as synonymous with the serpent described in genesis. this serpent is almost always treated as the same as fallen lucifer, later to be known as satan, the archangel who led a rebellion in heaven, and for this crime was cast down by god into an abyss or pit. curiously, in gabriel's account of the fall of man, adam's name is not used, and eve is not mentioned in any way. we might regard gabriel's references to man as s

arden at the time of the fall. the myth of lilith, adam's wife before eve, supports such a speculation, although lilith is often regarded as a demonic spirit rather than a human being. perhaps there was a colony of human beings in the garden. gabriel, who is a servant and messenger of god, naturally portrayed coronzon as envious and spiteful of the happiness of man in the garden, for which reason the serpent "began to assail him, and so prevailed" gabriel is transmitting the standard propaganda of heaven. but if you actually look at genesis, you find that the serpent merely pointed out to eve that god was deceiving her about the fruit of the tree of knowledge (see genesis 3:1-7. god stated that if adam and eve ate the fruit, they would die; the serpent told eve that she would not die, but

look at genesis, you find that the serpent merely pointed out to eve that god was deceiving her about the fruit of the tree of knowledge (see genesis 3:1-7. god stated that if adam and eve ate the fruit, they would die; the serpent told eve that she would not die, but would become "as gods, knowing good and evil" and when eve and later adam ate the fruit, this is exactly what happened. god lied. the serpent told the truth. it was this obvious, but strangely, seldom acknowledged, truth, that led the gnostics, who began as serpent worshippers, to present the serpent in the garden as the savior of mankind, the benevolent being who began the process by which mankind would be restored to their rightful status as gods. the gnostics viewed the hebrew god of genesis as a kind of malicious evil de

hich mankind would be restored to their rightful status as gods. the gnostics viewed the hebrew god of genesis as a kind of malicious evil demon who had kept man in a state of ignorance in the prison of the garden so that man would not realize his own innate divinity, and at the same moment recognize that he was superior to his spiteful master. how we regard coronzon thus depends on how we regard the serpent of genesis. if we are good, unquestioning christians and jews, we will look upon this serpent as the persecutor of mankind, the view we have been commanded to accept in scripture and by the leaders of religion. but if we are hermetics or gnostics, or even more open-minded kabbalists, we may suspect that the gnostic opinion has virtue, and that the serpent initiated the reformation and

elation "and there was war in heaven: michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him (revelation 12:7-9. the serpent of genesis is identified as the devil or satan. moreover, the serpent is said to be a dragon. this is not as strange as might first appear. in past times, dragons and serpents were often confused together- a great snake such as a python was called a dragon by the romans, for example. dragons were sometimes called "worms" in ancient anglo-saxon literature. another important point to gat

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r i, which represent the two eyes of ra. chapter xxxviiia. the chapter of living upon the air which is in the underworld. vignette: the deceased holding a sail, emblematic of air. chapter xxxviiib. the chapter of living upon air and of repulsing the two merti. vignette: the deceased attacking three serpents, a knife in his right hand and a sail in his left. chapter xxxix. the chapter of repulsing the serpent in the underworld. vignette: the deceased spearing a serpent. chapter xl. the chapter of repulsing the eater of the ass. vignette: the deceased spearing a serpent which is biting the neck of all ass. chapter xli. the chapter of doing away with the wounding of the eyes in the underworld. vignette: the deceased holding a knife in the right hand and a roll in the left. chapter xlii [the c

g into a phoenix. vignette: a phoenix. chapter lxxxiv. the chapter of changing into a heron. vignette: a heron. chapter lxxxv. the chapter of changing into a soul, of not going into the place of punishment: whosoever knoweth it will never perish. this chapter has no vignette. chapter lxxxvi. the chapter of changing into a swallow. vignette: a swallow. chapter lxxxvii. the chapter of changing into the serpent sa-ta. vignette: a serpent. chapter lxxxviii. the chapter of changing into a crocodile. vignette: a crocodile. chapter lxxxix. the chapter of making the soul to be united to its body. vignette: the soul visiting the body, which lies on a bier. p. xxxix theban version: list of chapters. chapter xc. the chapter of giving memory to a man. the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sa

lord of wisdom, and (501) his mother knoweth not his name. the gifts of unas are in heaven, and he hath become mighty in the horizon (502) like unto tmu, the father that gave him birth, and after tmu gave him birth (503) unas became stronger than his father. the ka's of unas are behind him, the sole of his foot is beneath his feet, his gods are over him, his ur i are [seated (504) upon his brow, the serpent guides of unas are in front of him, and the spirit of the flame looketh upon [his [1. pyramid of teta, 1. 327; ibid, t. v, p. 50. 2. see maspero, recueil, t. iv, p. 59, t. v, p. 50; and revue de l'histoire des religions, t. xii, p. 128] p. lxxx soul. the (505) powers of unas protect him; unas is a bull in heaven, he directeth his steps where he will, he liveth upon the form which (506)

a long section of the text contains nothing but formul, the recital of which was intended to protect the deceased from various kinds of snakes and worms.[1] these are exceedingly ancient, indeed, they may safely be said to form one of the oldest parts of the funeral literature of the egyptians, and we find from the later editions of the book of the dead and certain coptic works that the dread of the serpent as the emblem of physical and moral evil existed among the egyptians in all generations, and that, as will be seen later, the belief in a limbo filled with snakes swayed their minds long after they had been converted to christianity. the charms against serpents in the pyramid texts of the vth and vith dynasties have their equivalents in the xxxist and xxxiiird chapters of the book of t

been cast into the place of outer darkness, he saw a ditch more than two hundred feet deep filled with reptiles, each of which had seven heads, and all their bodies were covered as it were with scorpions. here also were serpents, the very sight of which terrified the beholder, and to one of them which had teeth like iron stakes was the wretched man given to be devoured; for five days in each week the serpent crushed him with his teeth, but on the saturday and sunday there was respite. another picture of the torments of hades is given in the martyrdom of macarius of antioch, wherein the saint, having restored to life a man who had been dead six hours, learned that when he was about to die he was surrounded by fiends, some of whom had the faces of dragons, others of lions, others of crocodil

ay i smite the ass; may i crush (15) the evil one; may i destroy apep[2] in his hour[3; may i see the abtu[4] fish at the time of his creation, and the ant fish in his creation, and the (16) ant[4] boat in its lake. may i see horus in charge of the rudder, with thoth [1, more fully "the great house of the old man" i.e, the great temple of ra at heliopolis: see brugsch, dict. g og, p. 153. 2 apep, the serpent, personifying darkness, which horus. or the rising sun must conquer before he can re-appear in the east. 3 compare the following scenes which represent apep in the form of a serpent and crocodile and ass being pierced by the deceased. plate i. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod13.htm (3 of 6 [8/10/2001 11:24:37 am] 4 the abtu and the ant fishes are sometimes depicted on coffins s

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e, non-composite metal; all nature strives to return to its original purity, and all metals would return to gold if they could; nature is simple and not complex, and works upon one principle, namely, that of sexual reproduction. it was not easy, as will readily be believed, to follow the mystical explanations of the sheikh. air was referred to by him as the vulture, fire as the scorpion, water as the serpent, and earth as calacant; and only after considerable cross-questioning and confusion of mind was i able to disentangle his arguments. finding his notions so entirely medieval, i was anxious to discover whether he was familiar with the phlogistic theory of the seventeenth century. the alchemists of old had noticed that the earthy matter which remains when a metal is calcined is heavier t

d by a curious multitude, he scooped up the egg, and in full view of the people, broke the shell and exposed to their admiring eyes a little, wriggling serpent. when a few days had elapsed, he judged the time ripe for a second demonstration. gathering together a huge crowd from every part of paphlagonia, he emerged from the temple with the large macedonian snake coiled about his neck. the head of the serpent was concealed under the prophet s arm, and an artificial head, somewhat resembling that of a human being, allowed to protrude. the assembly was astonished to find that the tiny serpent of a few days ago had already attained such remarkable proportions and possessed the face of a human being, and they appeared to have little doubt that it was indeed apollo come to abonotica. by means of

prophet s arm, and an artificial head, somewhat resembling that of a human being, allowed to protrude. the assembly was astonished to find that the tiny serpent of a few days ago had already attained such remarkable proportions and possessed the face of a human being, and they appeared to have little doubt that it was indeed apollo come to abonotica. by means of ingenious mechanical contrivances, the serpent was apparently made to reply to questions put to it. in other cases sealed rolls containing the questions were handed to the oracle and returned with the seals intact and an appropriate answer written inside. his audacity and ready invention enabled alexander to impose at will upon the credulous people of his time, and these, combined with a strong and attractive personality, won and p

o digest it. in ancient times, there was said to be a sacred wood at lavinium, near rome, where alphitomancy was practiced in order to test the purity of women. the priests kept a serpent or a dragon in a cavern in the wood. on certain days of the year the young women were sent there, blindfolded, and carrying a cake made of barley flour and honey. those who were innocent had their cakes eaten by the serpent, while the cakes of the others were refused. sources: waite, arthur edward. the occult sciences. 1891. reprint, secaucus, n.j: university books, 1974. alpiel an angel or demon who, according to the talmud, presides over fruit trees. alraun images shaped from the roots of mandrake (see mandragoras) or from ash or briony. the term was popular in germany, where it was also used to indicat

so successful was asclepius in the art of healing that zeus was fearful that he would make mankind immortal, so he killed him with a thunderbolt. apollo retaliated by attacking the cyclopes who had forged the thunderbolt, and zeus was eventually prevailed upon to admit asclepius to the ranks of the gods. the worship of asclepius centered in epidaurus, and the cock was offered to him in sacrifice. the serpent and the dog were sacred to him, and his symbol of the serpent coiled about a staff still remains as the sign of medical practice. asclepius is also featured in the hermetic literature connected with hermes trismegistus( thrice-greatest hermes. sources: edelstein, emma jeanette levy. asclepius: a collection and interpretation of the testimonies. new york: arno press, 1975. ashcroft-nowi

and officiating chief justice of bengal, november 1915. upon returning to england, he was reader in indian law at oxford university, 1923.30. he published scholarly translations of rare hindu esoteric religious scriptures and became a leading authority on hindu tantra and yoga. sources: avalon, arthur. the garland of letters: varnamala; studies in the mantra-shastra. madras, india: ganesh, 1922. the serpent power. madras, india: ganesh, 1924. shakti and shakta. 3d ed. madras, india: ganesh, 1929. avatar a term used in hindu religion to indicate the incarnation of a deity. avatara is a sanskrit word meaning descent, and the hindu gods take on animal or human form in different ages for the welfare of the world. in hindu mythology, the god brahma (originally known as the creator prajapati) b

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

ngsborough, northamptonshire, uk: aquarian press, 1974. king, francis. the rites of modern occult magic. new york: macmillan co, 1970. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. ordo rosae rubeae et aureae crucis 1151 yeats, william butler. is the r. r. et a. c. to remain a magical order? privately printed, 1901. ordo stellae et serpente the ordo stellae et serpente (order of the star and the serpent) is a magical order in the thelemic tradition founded on june 21 (the summer solstice, 1999, in sacramento, california. it is headed by several advanced teachers, adepti of the inner continuum, who serve as personal mentors of the order s newer members. neophytes begin their work with basic studies in occult wisdom, including instruction in gemantria, numerology, astrology, and tarot

as developed by sloane, the religion emerged in the context of the neo-pagan revival of the late 1960s. it differed from wicca by refusing to turn the horned god into a fertility god. the coven dissolved following sloane s death in the early 1980s. ouroboros (or uroboros) ancient greek alchemical symbol of a serpent eating his tail. the mystical work the chrysopoeia of kleopatra has a drawing of the serpent ouroboros eating his tail, with the text one is all. another emblem illustrates the symbols of gold, silver, and mercury enclosed in two concentric circles with the text one is the serpent which has its poison according to two compositions and one is all and through it is all and by it is all and if you have not all, all is nothing. the symbol of ouroboros has also been interpreted as

nds, and of the hesperides. these not only contain descriptions of the primeval paradise, but also include the traditions of the tree of knowledge and of the original promise made to the woman. the garden of the hesperides produced golden fruit, guarded by a dangerous serpent.this fierce reptile encircled with its folds a mysterious tree.and hercules procured the fruit by encountering and killing the serpent. the story of the constellation, as related by eratosthenes, is applicable to the garden of eden and the primeval history of mankind. this serpent, said that ancient writer, alluding to the constellation, is the same as that which guarded the golden apples, and was slain by hercules. for, when the gods offered presents to juno on her nuptials with jupiter, the earth also brought golden

ain by hercules. for, when the gods offered presents to juno on her nuptials with jupiter, the earth also brought golden apples. juno, admiring their beauty, commanded them to be planted in the garden of the gods; but finding that they were continually plucked by the daughter of atlas, she appointed a vast serpent to guard them. hercules overcame and slew the monster. hence, in this constellation the serpent is depicted rearing its head aloft, while hercules, placed above it with one knee bent, tramples with his foot upon its head, and brandishes a club in his right hand. the greeks placed the garden of the hesperides close to mount atlas, and then claimed it was far into the regions of western africa, yet all knowledge of its asiatic site was not erased from the classical mythologists. ap

certain gods, saints, or beneficent beings, who in waking or sleeping hours would guard the speaker from maleficent powers. for example: matthew, mark, luke and john, bless the bed that i lie on. of a deeper significance were those spells thought to be spoken by a dead egyptian on his journey through amenti (the kingdom of the dead, by which he warded off the evil beings who would hinder his way. the serpent who would bite the dead was addressed thus: o serpent come not! geb and shu stand against thee. thou hast eaten mice. that is loathsome to the gods. thou hast gnawed the bones of a putrid cat. e. a. w. budge stated in his book egyptian magic (1899, the book of the dead says, whoever readeth the spells daily over himself, he is whole upon earth, he escapes from death, and never doth any

psychology. 5th ed. tantra 1529 a popular knowledge of tantric anatomy came to the west through theosophy. western scholar sir john woodroffe (1865.1936) wrote several pioneering books on tantra and translated tantric scriptures under a pseudonym, arthur avalon. the various systems of tantric yoga based on the tantras have spread in the west through the twentieth century. sources: avalon, arthur. the serpent power. london: luzac& co, 1919. shakti and shakta. 3d ed. madras, india: ganesh, 1929. tantra of the great liberation (mahanirvana tantra. london: luzac, 1913. reprint, new york: dover publications, 1972. chakravarti, chintaharan. tantras: studies on their religion and literature. calcutta, india: punthi pustak, 1963. feuerstein, georg. the shambala guide to yoga. boston& london: shamb

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

hey who be unclean and evil; even the distortion and perversion of the sephiroth, the fallen restrictions of the universe; the sloughing 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 of the celestial eden. but the serpent of temptation is that of the tree of knowledge of good and of evil. it is the antithesis and the opposer; the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse; the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou, therefore, the celestial serpent as of brass; glistening with green and gold, the colors of vegetation and of g

of the apocalypse; the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou, therefore, the celestial serpent as of brass; glistening with green and gold, the colors of vegetation and of growth. banish thou, therefore, the evil and seek the good, thou who wouldst know the life of ages, thou who would follow in the footsteps of our master, o brother of the order of the golden dawn! for as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up and raised through the balance of strife and of trial, through the pathway of eternal life. and when, like our master, thou art extended upon the tree through suffering and through pain, let thy countenance be raised up towards the light of the holy one, to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself, but for those who have

suffering and through pain, let thy countenance be raised up towards the light of the holy one, to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself, but for those who have not yet attained unto the pathway, even though they may be your tormentors. balanced between the spiritual and the material, the type of reconciler, remember the symbol of the brazen serpent. mark thou well the difference betwixt the serpent of evil and the serpent of good, for before the serpent of brass, the serpent of fire could not stand. but at the fall, the serpent of evil, arising in the tree, surrounded twklm and linked her thus to the outer and to the twpylq, for this is the sin of the fall; even the separation of the material plane from the sephiroth, through the interposition of the coils of the stooping dragon

mg (gamaliel) or obscene ones, whose forms are those of corrupting loathsome bull-men linked together. thereunto are also referred the laycjn (nachashiel, the evil serpents, and the a'briel layrbu. hereunto also belongeth the (blind) dragon-force. unto twklm is attributed tylyl, evil woman, with the appearance of a beautiful woman, but then changing into a black, monkey-looking demon. the name of the serpent cjn (nachash) has the same number as that of hycm the messiah; who will root the twpylq out of the world. these are the evil chiefs: 1. rtk- satan and moloch 2. hmkj- lucifuge 3. hnyb- beezelbulb 4. dsj- ashtaroth 5. hrwbg- asmodeus 6. trapt- belphasor 7. jxn- baal 8. dwh- adramalech 9. dwsy- lilith 10. twklm- nahemah these names can hardly be referred to any one sephira, seeing their

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

n e. sheepishly admits to having an incredible orgasm while being totally repulsed by the intru d e r s g rotesque appearance. within two months a second female from the same town re p o rt e d independently the same type of reptilian inva d e r, with the same surprising and embarrassing orgasmic response (carpenter, 1993. some observers believe that the reptilians are satanic entities related to the serpent who led adam and eve astray. they maintain that hundreds of thousands of these creatures as many as one hundred fifty-thousand in new york alone live in underground bases, feasting on children whom they lure into their lairs. according to some, however, the reptilians are vegetarians. john rhodes writes that the reptilians travel from their home region alpha draconis in mother ships wi

, otherwise known as the present human race. the creation occurred via what would now be called genetic engineering, and it was done by a renegade band of elohim called the jehovah. the jehovah, knowing that their experiment was an unauthorized one, removed their creation to an obscure location what the bible calls the garden of eden on mars. in due course, another extraterrestrial race, known as the serpent people, learned of the garden and visited it, curious about experiments that had created women. the serpent people gave the heretofore- innocent inhabitants of the garden wisdom and scientific knowledge, and they also introduced them to sexual intercourse and reproduction. many of the adamic women bore children sired by the serpent race. the jehovah were furious when they found out abo

serpent people, learned of the garden and visited it, curious about experiments that had created women. the serpent people gave the heretofore- innocent inhabitants of the garden wisdom and scientific knowledge, and they also introduced them to sexual intercourse and reproduction. many of the adamic women bore children sired by the serpent race. the jehovah were furious when they found out about the serpent people s interference, but it was too late for them to continue their domination of adamic man. the individual jehovah most responsible for the experiment, 232 sky people noah-i, was driven from mars. with his creations, he flew back to earth in a spaceship (noah s ark) and populated the earth. according to trench, all human conflict stems from mankind s dual nature. only if we achieve

ibn aharon, visitors from other worlds landed on earth and interacted with its most advanced ancient civilizations, notably those of the chaldeans and the atlanteans. the chaldeans, who possessed an advanced technology, were especially close to aliens, even intermarrying with one group, the elohim. another group was the titans, who helped the chaldeans vanquish the malevolent alien race known as the serpent people. eventually, warfare among alien races broke out on the earth s surface. in the midst of this conflict, one alien showed up around 1340 b.c. shaday elili athunu, otherwise known as y hova, befriended a local malcontent named abraham, whom he promised to protect if he, his family, and his people followed him. y hova is known to humans as god. fortner stated that the god of israel

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

ajar. this teaching is based on an exegesis of the name keturah( attached, which professes that when hajar was sent away by abraham at sarah s insistence, she strayed after the idols of her ancestors. but, in time, she renounced the idol worship and re-attached herself to a life of virtue. 37 woodroffe, sir john. mahanirvana tantra (the great liberation, ganesh, madras, 1953. woodroffe, sir john. the serpent power (satchakracidrupini and padukapanchakra, ganesh, madras, 1958. the vedas are sacred hindu scriptures. it is said that brahma (the creative aspect of vast face as brahman) sang a veda and thereby created the solar system. the sanatana dharma is the sacred tradition of the aryan hindus. 38 woodroffe, sir john. introduction to tantra shastra, ganesh, madras, 1958. jivashakti is the

m. the sanatana dharma is the sacred tradition of the aryan hindus. 38 woodroffe, sir john. introduction to tantra shastra, ganesh, madras, 1958. jivashakti is the energy of embodied consciousness. prana is the life force, synonymous with ruach in qabalah and qi in taoism. the hissing referred to in the quote is the sound of the nervous system. 39 woodroffe, sir john. chintamanistava (included in the serpent power, ganesh, madras, 1958. 40 rabbi luria s song of the sabbath has numerous verses, for which this is the refrain. this song is prominently found in most jewish prayer books. 41 virabhava means mood of the hero. in their pure manifestation, virabhava tantrikas are men who have' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% overcome the driving impulse of lust, enabling them to engage in powerful sexual discipl

FLY THE LIGHT

g at different frequencies in each ear, causing then by the difference of the number between tones, the brainwave itself. this process can be very intense, and combined with lyric and musical approach, can be a deprogramming and luciferian tool of self-awakening. psychonaut 75 encourage individuals to look at fly the light as like a grimoire itself, a book of sonic black magick, and to view it as the serpent which speaks to you, offering a knowledge only if you have the desire to be independent and strong. fly the light is not just a ceremony, it is movement, pumping industrial, chaos and synthesizer driven songs layered with vocal disharmonies and distinct structures. psychonaut 75 has created a unique sound which brings a touch of dirtiness and filth to ebm and synthesizer driven industr

f cain according to some lore. the line of i am no longer abel to conceal what i have become, cain is revered in hereditary and independent luciferian witchcraft covens as the first witch and satanist who had joined in a covenant with the devil in nod. in addition some initiatory grimoires present cain as being the son of samael (satan) and lilith (through possession of eve via the fruit given by the serpent. cain is thus a symbol of the self which transforms itself through dissatisfaction. fly the light is in part a symbol of the transformation through the seven heads of the dragon of the apocalypse via the angel of prostitution who rides the beast. the son of satan is also represented as a serpent. the dragon itself holds significance in that it is a relation to diabolism, in zoroastrian

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

rue that the mosaic genesis, like the egyptian genesis, says that man was made in the image of god and was given dominion over all creatures, but it is never said in the mosaic genesis that this meant that adam was created as a divine being, having the divine creative power. not even when adam walked with god in the garden of eden before the fall is this said of him. when adam, tempted by eve and the serpent, wished to eat of the tree of knowledge and become like god, this was the sin of disobedience, punished by the exile from the garden of eden. but in the egyptian genesis the newly created man, seeing the newly created seven governors (the planets) on whom all things depend, wishes to create, to make something like that. nor is this treated as a sin of disobedience.1 he is allowed into

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

be considered in absolute value, so the order of the terms under the operation does not matter. today is 11/20/98. running under the influence of ma-huang. a connection! a communication (implied) from my hga. the sigils themselves were precluded by some automatic drawings in the shapes of a phoenix, coatyl, firesnakes moving forward([1. the explosion of the bird (it's death and it's life for [2. the serpent with it's tail coiled up([3. the formula of liber al vs. iii:76 is in the pursuit of ones hga. grant uses the word ipsos as it's word. i need to find this beings name. as of now it seems like a dark phoenix (x-men) today is 11/21/98. as i read through more material concerning typhon-set (ophidian pathways) i become more convinced that this contact was genuine, as i have had little to n

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ilosopher. the alchemical process of kindling and elevating it is accomplished in the spinal cord where the salt, sulphur, mercury and azoth are found. it is raised to incandescence by high and noble thought, by meditation upon spiritual subjects, and by altruism expressed in the daily life. the second half of the creative energy thus drawn upward through the spinal canal is a spinal spirit-fire, the serpent of wisdom. gradually it is raised higher and higher and when it reaches the pituitary body and the pineal gland in the brain, it sets them to vibrating, opening up the spiritual worlds and enabling man to commune with the gods. then this fire radiates in all directions and permeates the whole body and its auric atmosphere, and man has become a living stone, whose luster surpasses that

erpentine uraeus was therefore an apt symbol of the wisdom of the wearer. it will be remembered that according to the bible story the lucifer spirit appeared to eve as a serpent, a son of wisdom. cain according to the masonic legend, was born from this union with eve. it is also stated that the lucifer spirit then left eve, who thus became a widow, and cain was thus the son of the lucifer spirit, the serpent of wisdom, and eve, the widow. every initiate to this day has the serpent symbol on his brow and is known to his fellows by that token as a son of the widow and the lucifer spirit. therefore we shall trace hiram abiff to his next embodiment by that mark, and as evidence given by a party against his own interest is particularly valuable according to law, we call special attention to the

he voluntary clairvoyant and the initiate, represented by the egyptians as having the serpentine uraeus in the forehead, were called naim by the hebrews who used the male suffix to designate the positive spiritual faculty which they possess. and the latin catholic version of the new testament (luke, chapter vii, verses 11 to 15) speaks of the person raised by christ as the widow's son of nain. as the serpent is not fully unfolded until the ninth arch of the lesser mysteries has been passed and the candidates become aspirants to the greater mysteries, and further because the lodge of phree messen (children of light) of ancient egypt are now transferred to the various branches of the anglo-saxon race, where the sound nain means "nine" the original word has been corrupted to mislead all not e

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t to anyone upon the slightest examination of facts. the boy's voice changing at puberty, the mental deficiency resulting from over-indulgence of the passional nature, and the inarticulate speech of the mentally defective with many other facts which might be added prove this assertion. according to the bible, our earliest parents were forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge, but eve, seduced by the serpent, did eat and later induced the man to follow her example. who the serpents are and what the tree of knowledge is may also be determined from certain passages in the bible. we are told, for instance, that christ exhorted his disciples to be "wise as serpents and harmless as doves" the so-called curse pronounced upon eve after her confession declares that she must bear her children in so

knew eve and she bore abel "how can i bear a child seeing i know not a man" et cetera, it is very evident that the tree of knowledge is a symbolical expression for the creative act. then it is plain that the serpents taught eve how to perform the creative act and that eve instructed adam. therefore, christ designated the serpents as harmful while admitting their wisdom. to get at the identity of the serpent it is necessary to invoke the esoteric teaching, which points them out as the martial lucifer spirits, rulers of the serpentine sign scorpio. their initiates, even so late as the egyptian dynasty, wore the uraeus or serpent symbol in the forehead as a sign of the source of their wisdom. as a consequence of this unauthorized use of the creative force, humanity ceased to be ethereal and

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

under the mythologic and horned form of the god pan; thence came the he-goat of the sabbat, brother of the ancient serpent, and the light-bearer [pike, morals and dogma, p. 102] since the satanic bible lists pan as one of the infernal names of satan, we need to look further into the occult for more information on pan. however, we now know that, from pan came the he-goat of the sabbat, brother of the serpent, and the light-bearer [lucifer, because albert pike, the #1 freemason of all history, has just told us. one thing more to keep in mind. they have planned their debut of their anti-christ. he will be on the scene soon, you can bet on it. it's all part of their new world order. freemasonry is truly evil, it is deceptive, it is the work of the devil. listen to new age author, bill cooper

o stars up and the goats head is called the goats head of mendes by most satanists, but black magick satanists call him samael. thus, hall is admitting that freemasonry is the worst kind of black magick satanism possible! now you should no longer be deceived, no matter what propaganda freemasonry is trying to put forth to deceive you! freemasonry proven to worship satan, as it adores and worships the serpent part 4 of 5 serpent worship in freemasonry the serpent is a very important symbol within both freemasonry and christianity. it was also important in ancient civilizations. it shouldn't be a shock to you to learn that freemasonry worships the serpent. most pagan groups have done this for the past 5,000 years. remember the serpent in eden? albert pike speaks greatly about the importance

of 5 serpent worship in freemasonry the serpent is a very important symbol within both freemasonry and christianity. it was also important in ancient civilizations. it shouldn't be a shock to you to learn that freemasonry worships the serpent. most pagan groups have done this for the past 5,000 years. remember the serpent in eden? albert pike speaks greatly about the importance of the worship of the serpent in morals& dogma in the various pagan mysteries' religions of antiquity. you will recall that on another page pike was quoted saying that "masonry is identical to the ancient mysteries" which means that all their teachings in all their books are precisely the same as the ancient, pagan, satanic mysteries "the serpent entwined around the egg, was a symbol common to the indians, the egyp

pagan, satanic mysteries "the serpent entwined around the egg, was a symbol common to the indians, the egyptians, and the druids. it referred to the creation of the universe [p. 496; teaching of the 25 degree, knight of the brazen serpent] freemasonry does not believe that the universe was created by the god of the bible. this statement really supports that concept, as it dogmatically states that the serpent entwined around the egg is a symbol of the creation of the universe. freemasonry idolizes the druids. pike not only mentions the druids in this sentence, but other masonic authors are even bolder in their admission that freemasonry venerates them because their mysteries' religion is identical to the druids. our mode of teaching the principles of our profession [masonry] is derived from

urchward, states that masons are "our present druids [albert churchward, signs and symbols of primordial man: the evolution of religious doctrine from the eschatology of the ancient egyptians, london, england, george allen and company, ltd. 1913, second edition, p. 189. another masonic author, george oliver, also noted freemasonry's connection with the druids "the druids had a high veneration for the serpent. their great god, hu, was typified by that reptile; and he is represented by the bards as 'the wonderful chief dragon, the sovereign of heaven [george oliver, signs and symbols, new york, macoy publishing and masonic supply company, 1906, p. 36; emphasis and capitalization in the original] at least, this satanic view of the serpent and the dragon being identical beings is consistent wi

d astrology, and offered human sacrifices [dr. c. burns, masonic and occult symbols illustrated, p. 28] wonderful. this statement means that freemasonry practices both white magic and black magick witchcraft. the illuminati practices black magick witchcraft, and so will antichrist! albert pike then reveals that other mysteries' religions throughout the globe and at different times also worshipped the serpent, in various ways. for example [quotes below taken from morals and dogma, p. 496-500] 1 "the phoenicians represented the god nomu (kneph or amun-kneph) by a serpent" 2 "in egypt, a sun supported by two asps was the emblem of horhat the good genius; the serpent with the winged globe was placed over the doors and windows of the temples as a tutelary god [the word "tutelary" means "guardia

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

ines, which drew largely on qabalistic knowledge. all is expressed in one proposition: gthat which is above is like that which is below, and that which is below is like that which is above, for the fulfilment of the wonders of the one thing. h according to eliphas levi this universal principle is gthe telesma of the world h.32 to symbolize this supreme truth, hermes, so legend affirms, duplicated the serpent on his caduceus and so set it against itself in eternal equilibrium (see plate i on page 18 and 19) in the visible world, man is the centre, just as god is the centre of the invisible world. god created man in his own image. adam was made of the same earth out of which was raised the sanctuary of the earth. and the earth on which was the sanctuary was the synthesis of the four cardinal

revealed himself as yhvh, the shin comes first; in messiah (hywm) and the exoteric jesus (ovwy) it comes second; in the esoteric yeheshuah (hvwhy) it comes in the middle; and in serpent (whk) it comes last. in yeheshuah it is the letter of mercy, for it is the central equilibrating fire; in all the others it is the letter of wrath, for it is out of equilibrium, and particularly so in shaddai and the serpent. in actual conception these three sephiroth form a trinity in unity of knowledge, that which knows and that by which it is known; they unite in themselves everything and are themselves united to the no-thing (4) dsc 'hesed, grace, love, mercy, or compassion. from 'hokmah emanate six sephiroth, secret wisdom of the qabalah page 29 which, as we have explained, symbolize the dimensions of

, the second from adam qadmon to metatron, the third from metatron to sammael, and the fourth from the angelic sammael to his demoniacal counterpart; for we are told that glife in the present dispensation is cut short through the influence of the evil serpent, whose dominion is symbolized by the darkened moon h. 11 the mention of the gevil serpent h presupposes the existence of a ggood serpent h- the serpent of yetzirah. to simplify this problem it is necessary to enter more deeply into the idea of the fall. sammael of necessity revolts against deity, as symbolized by metatron, and of necessity he is cast out of heaven- that is out of the yetziratic world. in the assiatic world, the world of matter, in order to redeem himself, of necessity he has to tempt the earthly adam. his task there i

emons, of which the first two orders are without form, the third is of darkness, and the remaining seven represent all human vices (activities. these seven infernal halls [or hells] are sub-divided into endless compartments, so as to afford a separate chamber of torture for every species of sin. the prince of this region of darkness is called satan in the bible. he is the same evil spirit, satan, the serpent, who seduced eve. 13 we are also told that: the ten sephiroth of atziluth have scintillated and brought forth the ten sephiroth of briah, and from the energy of these ten of briah sparkled forth the scintillations of the world yetzirah, and through these the ten sephiroth of the world assiah were sealed. 14 secret wisdom of the qabalah page 40 these are the seals of st. john's apocalyp

o us that the god of assiah is the reversed sammael of yetzirah, who is the reversed metatron of briah, who is the reversed adam qadmon of atziluth. in brief, sammael in assiah is the reversed adam qadmon three times removed; he is the gdark shadow of the manifestation of the great androgene of good h. 15 he is metatron in an active form, just as when in yetzirah he is metatron in a passive form- the serpent above and the serpent below. he is tetragrammaton reversed; and this was grasped by picus de mirandula when he wrote in his kabbalistic conclusions. the letters of the name of the evil demon who is the prince of this world are the same as those of the name of god. tetragrammaton- and he who knows how to effect their transposition can extract one from the other. 16 in brief, as the sorc

tral light between the horns of the baphomet of mendes- the panlike satan of the templars. when erect it is the rod of aaron and the brazen serpent of moses (see plate vii on page 44) its three teeth, or tongues, represent three vaudin and consequently may be translated into the number 666, the solar number and the number of the beast in the apocalypse. according to the siphrah d'tzniuthah, it is the serpent which runs with 370 leaps. 25 it gleaps over mountains and hastily runs up over hills h. the serpent holds its tail in its mouth with its teeth. it is perforated on both sides. when the perfect one [or the archangel metatron] is raised up, the serpent is changed into three spirits. 26 secret wisdom of the qabalah page 43 plate 7: the brazen serpent secret wisdom of the qabalah page 44

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istorical and traditional evidence of the same thing, found in the early literature of various nations, in the customs, and popular usages"[6] as tree- and sun-worship, or the adoration of nature's processes, finally became interwoven with phallic faiths, its history can be understood only after these later developments in the religious stream have been examined, or after the true significance of the serpent as a religious emblem, and the various ideas connected with the traditional tree of life, have been exposed [6] essays on symbolism, p. 84. the palm, the pine, the oak, the banian, or bo, and many other species of trees, have, at different times, and by various nations, been invested with divine honors; but, in oriental countries, by far the most sacred among them is the ficus religios

continuation of existence.[9 [9] ancient faiths embodied in ancient names, vol. ii, p. 448. within the legends underlying the jewish religion, it will be remembered that the tree appears mysteriously connected with the beginning of life and is interwoven with the first ideas of human action and experience. the literal sense, however, of the allegory in genesis concerning the woman, the tree, and the serpent, and its meaning as generally accepted by laymen and the uneducated among the priesthood, has little in common with its true significance as understood by the initiated. in vedic times, the home tree was worshipped as a god, and to the exhilarating properties in its juice was ascribed that subtle quality which was regarded as the life-giving, or creative, energy supposed to reside in h

] the fact will doubtless be remembered that a similar belief was entertained concerning the birth of julius caesar. within the churches and in the streets of many cities of germany are to be observed figures of this traditional virgin. 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 jo

n and reveal its identity with the egyptian, chaldean, and phoenician virgin of the sphere. the fact has already been observed that in the original representation of the "temptation" in the cave temple of india, it is not the woman but the man who is the tempter, and a singular peculiarity observed in connection with this ancient female deity is that it is she and not her seed who is trampling on the serpent, thus proving that originally woman and not man was worshipped as the savior. another significant feature noticed in connection with this subject is that the oldest figures which represent this goddess are black, thus proving that she must have belonged to a dark skinned race. this image, although black, or dark skinned, had long hair, hence not a negress. the most ancient statue of ce

that she must have belonged to a dark skinned race. this image, although black, or dark skinned, had long hair, hence not a negress. the most ancient statue of ceres was black, and pausanias says that at a place called melangea in arcadia there was a black venus. in the netherlands only a few years ago, was a church dedicated to a black goddess. the virgin of the sphere who treads on the head of the serpent represents universal womanhood. she is the virgin of the first book of genesis and mother of all the earth. she represents not only creative power but perceptive wisdom. although this goddess is usually seen with the lotus in her hand, she sometimes carries ripe corn or wheat. the mother of gotama buddha was called mai or maya, after the month in which the earth is arrayed in her most

gins to be recognized in human affairs, we find that the male energy in the deity, instead of appearing as a child in the arms of its mother, is represented as a man, and that he is of equal importance with the woman; later he is identical with the sun, the woman, although still a necessary factor in the god-idea, being concealed or absorbed within the male. it is no longer woman who is to bruise the serpent's head, but the seed of the woman, or the son. he is bacchus in greece, adonis in syria, christna in india. he is indeed the new sun which is born on the 25th of december, or at the time when the solar orb has reached its lowest position and begins to ascend. it is not perhaps necessary to add that he is also the christ of bethlehem, the son of the virgin. nowhere, perhaps, is the grow

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other notions from different heathen nations, was rather that of a great morally evil being leading men to physical evil in acts. at the time of jesus satan was assumed to have gained immense physical powers of evil working among men: the books of the apocrypha clearly show this. in the book of wisdom is found first the worddiabolos-thedevil, and he is there taken to be the being who appeared as the serpent of genesis. in this book satan or the devil is first shown as residing in a hell with legions, subordinate evil spirits.theuncanonical book of enoch, which appears to have been composed aboutthesame period, gives us the earliest narrative of the fall of satan and his evil associates. he is there shown not only as an enemy to man,butas a rebel to god. in the new testament we find the co

venty nations, while the souls of the jews gotoparadise.inanother place the seventy princes before mentioned are said to be also the rulers over planets and great stars of the firmament, for every nation and city is relatedtothe prince of some star in the firmament. a further assortment of the race of devils is of animal type; the chief allusions aretothe goat, the ox, and the ass, with of course the serpent or dragon, rahab, the harlot demon was said to ride an ass, samael an ox, machalath was carried by a scorpion, and lilith by an un-named dragon. it is not meant that the ox and ass are demonic oftheir race, but that some demons resemble such animals. the kabalists wrote of different types of demons existing as the opposites of the angelic beings of each sephira or eman255 ation from go

this bull was killed by the evil ahriman, and that from its side came gayomort, the first man; from its tail all vegetable life was produced, from its blood wine was created, and from its seed all varieties of animals were evolved. in mithraic sculpture we find mithras slaying the bull at the order of ormuzd, whose word is brought by his messenger the crow or raven. ahriman is represented only by the serpent who is to poison all human life at its source. we may all of us invent some allegorical explanation of these scenes, and no one can be sure of offering the truth, but one point is certain, and that is that the bull has been at all times the symbol of generation, or virility, of fertility and rebirth; and that its death, even as providing food, leads again to life. porphyry tells us tha

of us all, and horus became the274themagical masontype of the beneficient son and sun. hence arose a public worship of this triad, and to them prayers for future happiness were directed, and to these deities temples were built, and public worship directed. supplementary to the cult of the triad was a system of adoration of sacred animals as emblems of the gods, notably of the bull or cow, and of the serpent.thebulls, called apis and mnevis, were very famous, and isis was often pictured and sculptured as cow-headed. at a later date a new deity, serapis, was developed in egypt. he appears to have been a form of osiris and apis in combination. the worship of serapis also took root in greece.theslight and scanty details of the ancient religious mysteries of egypt centre round the names of osi

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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 knowledgeofgoodand evil, the antithesis and opposer of the other: the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse, the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou therefore the celestial serpent, as of brass, glistening with. green and gold, the colour of vegetation and of

nd opposer of the other: the red coiled stooping dragon of the apocalypse, the serpent of the terrestrial eden. regard thou therefore the celestial serpent, as of brass, glistening with. green and gold, the colour of vegetation and of growth: banish thou therefore the evil and seek the good, thou who wouldst follow in the footsteps of our master, brother of the golden dawn. for as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of adambelifted up, raised through the balance of strife and of trial, through the pathway of eternal life. and when, like our master, thou art extended on that tree, through suffering and through pain, let thy countenance be raised up towards the light of the holy one to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself,butfor those who have not yet

up towards the light of the holy one to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself,butfor those who have not yet attained unto the pathways, even though they be thy tormentors.24 the sorcerer and his apprenticebalanced between the spiritual and the material, the type of the reconciler, remember the symbol of the brazen serpent. mark thou well the difference between the two serpents, for before the serpent of brass of numbers, the serpent of fire could not stand. but at the fall, the serpent of evil arising in the tree surrounded malkuth, and linked her thus into the outer and the qliphoth, for this is the sin of the fall, even the separation of the material plane from the sephiroth through the interposition of the coils of the stooping dragon. thus, therefore, must malkuth be cleansed

ones, whose forms are those of corrupting, loathsome bull-men, linkedtheqliphoth of the qabalah 29together. thereunto are also referred nachashiel, evil ser255 pents, and obriel. thereunto belongeth the blind dragon255force.unto malkuth is attributed lilith, the evil woman, and the appearance is that of a woman, at first beautiful but afterwards changing to a black, monkey-like demon. the name of the serpent, nachash, hath the same number as that of messiah, whowillroot out the qliphoth from the world. these are the evil chiefs: 1. kether- satan or moloch 2. chokmah- beelzebub 3. binah- lucifuge 4. chesed- ashtaroth 5. geburah- asmodeus 6. tiphereth- belphegor 7. netzach- baal 8. hod- adramalech 9. yesod- lilith 10. malkuth- nahemah-accordingto the opinion of some, but these names can hard

that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0lord.'moses says 'dan is a lion's whelp, he shall leap from bashan' the armorial bearings of dan are green, an eagle. these things fit with the martial and fierce nature of this sign, in which (r3)principally bears sway. to the sign (tt\)thetwelve signs and twelve tribes 45egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign. in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle.thehorse's heels which the serpent bites are found in the centaur figure of (t )which follows (m )in the zodiac. of benjamin (t )jacob says 'benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shal

system very much akin to the pythagorean system of numbers, especially in regardtothe occult meaning of odd and even numbers. mrs lee laid particular stress on the arrangement of the pips on the cards, pointing out its similarity to the arrangement of spots on dice and dominoes (the connection of this with the pythagorean system is obvious) in the light of this explanation the appropriateness of the serpent in the design of the two of pentacles is manifest. whether mrs lee's explanations were common to the gipsy tribes, or merely a system of her own, i cannot say. she seemed to regard it as very private, and only shown to me as a special mark of favour.thelast time i saw mrs lee was some twenty years ago at yetholm, when the son of the late queen esther was crowned gipsy king. mrs lee was

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created the material world. even among the gnostics there are many variations in interpretations of the fall. some traditions see the creator as the divine will or sophia, others see the creator as the demiurge and hence evil. some have two yahwehs, a true light lord and a false substitute. some sects refute the whole old testament saying it is the work of the false yahweh, while others even see the serpent in genesis as a premonition of the savior. for a more modern twist, one science fiction writer (with a penchant for occultism and a strange adaptation of psychology) outlined the gnostic myth in a more technological form. millions of years ago in the spiritual dimensions, a spirit entity decided he wanted more power than was his due, he created a sequence of mind traps or games. these

demiurge is usually applied. saturn is also sophia and through ialdaboath matter is created and yet we may ask why was it a sin for sophia to want to know or understand the divine will? it seems clear that this supposed error was actually the process by which sophia (and with her mankind) could enter matter and achieve an understanding of the divine will. this model is duplicated in genesis where the serpent tempts eve and eve is seen to fall, yet in reality eve begins a necessary journey into the material world, symbolized by putting on coats of skin and being dispelled from the garden. the entry into matter was hence painful but necessary. so while saturn/sophia may have caused the material world and its suffering and pain, it is through realizing that this world is only a classroom that

ccepted baal as part of their faith and there are other examples too numerous to mention. in some sense the creation story and other tales in the old testament echo this re-writing of history, while they certainly contain images and icons of the original aryan faith, they also reflect the distorted tradition established by the pharisaic priesthood. one of the best examples of this is the image of the serpent. the serpent was a sacred symbol of the israelite tradition, throughout the old testament it is also used as a symbol of wisdom. moses uses a serpent to heal the people of israel, in gematria the serpent has the same numerical as the christ and is seen as a type of jesus. yet, at the same time, the serpent is cursed in the priestly rendition of genesis and seen as a symbol of evil. and

srael, in gematria the serpent has the same numerical as the christ and is seen as a type of jesus. yet, at the same time, the serpent is cursed in the priestly rendition of genesis and seen as a symbol of evil. and the lord said unto moses, make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live numbers 21:8 the serpent clearly is the symbol of gnosis, wisdom and the earliest traditions. again, while we can see remnants of the gnostic faith in the myths and legends of genesis, we can also see clearly the later addition of elements that the fundamentalist priesthood could use to fight against the israelite tradition. while we do not aim to try and summarise the qadesh tradition here, it was an inner es

fication. it represented the highest class within the spiritual hierarchy and included forms of shamanism, ritual technology and gnostic science. it was the esoteric heart of the israelite people, regardless of the nature of the outer forms. it was similar to the inner grades of the essenes and gnostic sects and is at the heart of the gnostic faith. the gnostic handbook page 73 the sacred serpent the serpent is an image central to the gnosis, while this may at first seem unusual when we come to appreciate the esotericism of the serpent we can understand its significance. the major problem which arises with the iconography of the serpent or snake is the prejudice found in most christian literature, this all too clearly, however, comes from a misunderstanding of the image and distortion foun

unusual when we come to appreciate the esotericism of the serpent we can understand its significance. the major problem which arises with the iconography of the serpent or snake is the prejudice found in most christian literature, this all too clearly, however, comes from a misunderstanding of the image and distortion found in the old testament text. the bible as a whole has an ambivalent view of the serpent or snake, on one hand it seems to be represented as evil, even as an icon of the devil himself, while on the other it is used to represent wisdom and even perhaps salvation. the most obscure image is that found in numbers 21:8-9 and isaiah 15:29 where the serpent is used as an image of redemption. moses holds up the serpent (on a cross) to heal israel- most christian scholars agree tha

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e seven days of creation in genesis the four attributes of the churches the four attributes of each church help us to appreciate the unique nature of each of the energy centres. these centres are central to the process of transforming the electromagnetic field of the gnostic from the dialectic to the static. the kundalini or serpent power based in the lowest centre is energised in such a way that the serpent seed (the taint of the archons) is replaced by the serpent of wisdom (the gnostic theurgy page 77 messiah. it is interesting to find that this transition is reflected in the old testament tale of moses holding up the cross interwined with the serpent to heal the people of israel. the serpent mentioned is numerically equilvant to three hundred and fifty eight, which is also the number o

e pleroma. now surely this does not apply to modern fundamentalist christians who are supposedly reborn by a quick prayer at a revival meeting! gnostic theurgy page 127 no, being reborn is being transformed from one substance to another! the two paths there are two paths within the process of transfiguration. the first path is known as the terrestrial path (or that of the dove, the second that of the serpent (the celestial path. before anyone can enter the path of the serpent of wisdom (or the celestial path) they must have graduated from the terrestrial path first. the terrestrial path is the path of rebirth for most gnostics. it transforms the dialectic into the very substance of the treasury of light. in the new testament it is the path of the called. in the secret teachings of valentin

al path) they must have graduated from the terrestrial path first. the terrestrial path is the path of rebirth for most gnostics. it transforms the dialectic into the very substance of the treasury of light. in the new testament it is the path of the called. in the secret teachings of valentinus, those who enter the path of the dove are known as psychics, while those who follow the secret path of the serpent are known as pneumatics (fig 35) the two paths terrestrial path sacred law immortals on new spiritual earth. path of the dove, terrestrial, called ones. celestial path mysteries mastery of terrestrial path- initiation and deification -perfection on earth. path of the serpent of wisdom, celestial, chosen ones, parfait. fig 35 gnostic theurgy page 128 the path of the dove has seven stage

que class. certain gnostics would feel the call to move from the path of terrestrial salvation and enter a new phase of development, that of celestial deification. this is the nexus of the new specialised teaching, that some of the gnostic brethren would be called to become part of the hierarchy itself, in other words, gods themselves! this special path is known as the celestial path, the path of the serpent of wisdom or the path of the chosen ones. initiates on this path were known in the cathar tradition as parfait; or the perfected ones. this secret doctrine or teaching has been known in many of the orthodox churches since the earliest of days, but has generally been understood by the orthodox in a way that is very different from its original gnostic meaning. gods essence is inaccessibl

existed gnostic theurgy page 190 except to those who were properly prepared. in some sense this is out of a sense of pragmatism, while reproduction sustains the fallen system, it at least, fulfils the task of giving bodies for souls to incarnate into and hence gain the possibility of transfiguration. in the gnostic apostolic tradition these two cults are reconciled in the paths of the dove and of the serpent. historically speaking, there are many examples of these cults as opposing traditions, as reconciled in esoteric brotherhoods, or as corrupted by the demiurgic forces. it should be clearly stated that the earth cult can only be of value in connection with that of the sky, pagan movements (ancient and modern) which worship the earth are simply sustaining the dominion of the demiurge. as

a family, spend lifetimes exploring and growing, leave our spiritual growth to later in life. the old hinu tradition was that life could be a stroll through its various stages and conditions. we could divide our lives into sectors and as old men and women we could retire to the forest and contemplate god. even within the gnostic tradition we have extolled the virtues of the paths of the dove and the serpent and the slow and steady hierarchical progress of the soul. there is one large problem however, that looms in front of us. time is short! ragnarok is coming, armageddon is around the corner. it is no use enrolling in the high school if you know that the school will burn down before graduation. as the final trumpets begin to blow and the blood laps against our ankles, we need to seriousl

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use of this edition. the author wishes to thank- jack ehrhardt, ms. napper, frater scorpius nokmet, frater a.s.l, dana dark, a special thank you to fellow initiate marie buckner, ugly shyla and mother, robert mahar, shemyaza of immortal coil designs, magus books and all of the brothers and sisters of the order of phosphorus. lucifer triumphans! 3 illumination spell of the seeker the perception of the serpent s mind who in the dream of the celestial and infernal shall walk between the worlds. unto the angelic soul and fiery essence of the serpent, who comes as shadow but is revealed as light. i charge thee to open the gates of this book to those who are of its blood one who may take the knowledge of the pages in the in-between worlds of dreams do come forth, that the seeker shall be transfo

as shadow but is revealed as light. i charge thee to open the gates of this book to those who are of its blood one who may take the knowledge of the pages in the in-between worlds of dreams do come forth, that the seeker shall be transformed in new shadow to the presence of the emerald light. i charge thee with guarding this book by the dreams of those unwilling to grow and become in the light of the serpent-angel. by air and dream we enter the circle 4 5 the preliminary definition of magick& black magick it is significant to explain the definitions within the context of this book, to not only in some manner set the foundation but also the suggestion of a successful application of this grimoire. this book is not meant for the individual to develop profane behavior, antisocial actions nor a

struct the circle of the dragon as one uses in this goetia, encircling the self in the announced conjurations of the four quarters. azazel i summon thee fire-djinn of the southern quarter, be the torch which would ignite me, immolate me in your presence, as your child on the path of shadow unto light. samael great dragon transformed, i summon thee as fulmino-lucifer, the morning star of the east, the serpent-angel of the emerald crown who fell to earth awaken now and open forth the gates of the imagination by air and dream. mahazael father of the witch spirit, who blesses and curses under the hidden and bright moon, i do summon thee forth unto me, initiator of flame and iron, come thou forth unto this circle. horned beast and angel perfected, awaken to my northern calls of the earth! in he

nt the dark ways of their own sorcerous making. such daemonic forces are but in some ways mirrors of our self, we must gain by association and invocation. this, by this work alone, will strengthen and develop the very self of the sorcerer, the ever changing luciferian and promethean essence from which the body and mind it itself a grand grimoire of shadowed knowledge. our soul must be enflamed as the serpent and must work accordingly as the devil in flesh, the tester of the limits and the initiator upon earth. work always with a goal in mind and do not dabble with the spirits of the goetia. you have been warned. working with angelic spirits angelic(k) spirits are celestial or empyrean forces, based primarily in the element air. they are commonly associated with lucifer and are the higher a

he sun, sortha n-din thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao thiaf! east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from the shedding of the dragon, bring now forth the serpent essence of my soul! melek tau us, beautiful spirit of fire, i summon thee forth! photeth north- set-an, isolator and strengthening force of storms, that chaos which i have tempered in thy elegance of darkness. i go forth and become as the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! sende

ul spirit of fire, i summon thee forth! photeth north- set-an, isolator and strengthening force of storms, that chaos which i have tempered in thy elegance of darkness. i go forth and become as the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! sender of nightmares ascend through me! ooo west- let now the serpent encircle me, leviathan the coiling dragon of timeless being. i summon your essence unto me! great chthonic daimon of endless being, i seek to drink deep of your cup and behold the mysteries of the depths! mriodom aoth, sabaoth, atheleberseth, abraoth! by the very circle of which i build i walk unto the crown of lucifer that emerald which shines the essence of heaven and hell. that ange

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r. i am he, the bornless spirit having sight in the feet, strong and immortal fire. i am he the truth. i am he who hate that evil should be wrought in the world. i am he that lighteneth and thundereth. i am he from whom is the shower of the life of the earth. i am he whose mouth ever flameth. i am he, the begetter and manifester unto the light. i am he, the grace of the world, the heart girt with the serpent is my name. i am the sun in his rising, and i have passed through the hour of cloud and of night. i am amoun, the concealed one, the opener of the day. i am osiris onnophris, the justified one, lord of light, triumphant over death. there is no part of me that is not of the gods. i am the preparer of the pathway, the rescuer unto the light. let the white brilliance of the divine spirit

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r. i am he, the bornless spirit having sight in the feet, strong and immortal fire. i am he the truth. i am he who hate that evil should be wrought in the world. i am he that lighteneth and thundereth. i am he from whom is the shower of the life of the earth. i am he whose mouth ever flameth. i am he, the begetter and manifester unto the light. i am he, the grace of the world, the heart girt with the serpent is my name. i am the sun in his rising, and i have passed through the hour of cloud and of night. i am amoun, the concealed one, the opener of the day. i am osiris onnophris, the justified one, lord of light, triumphant over death. there is no part of me that is not of the gods. i am the preparer of the pathway, the rescuer unto the light. let the white brilliance of the divine spirit

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e darkness can manifest there from, so shall thou become irresistible. step 10 pause, and then invoke ra as follows, utilizing the ra god form as well: o thou, the giver of life and of warmth to all; thou who upon thy boat did sail over the heavens illuminating all of creation, thee, thee do i invoke. o thou whose eyes burn as hot as solar o, and whose head is crowned with the disk of scarlet and the serpent of gold, thee, thee do i invoke! o thou, lord of the radiant light and the creator of rays, thee, thee do i invoke. o thou majesty! thou whose glory is so brilliant that none can resist thy dazzling beauty, thee, thee do i invoke and call forth from thy throne in the sky! step 11 assume the god form of ra. say: 12 thou art the flame that causeth thine enemies to fall paralyzed with ter

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t as an autonomous participant and representative of the tradition. his or her name is entered into the book of lineages and the names of fellow brethren are communicated. within the ambit of the lineage in which the above process is actuated there are no grades or degrees beyond the principal initiation ritual, although it must be stated that some traditional lineages, such as the black boar and the serpent-cross, do utilise graded structures. in the case of the black boar lineage, for example, a three degree system is operated, broadly based upon the apprentice, journeyman, and master grades of freemasonry and medieval craftsmans' guilds. in this system the first degree corresponds to the dedication rite; the second degree marks a mid-way stage- suitable if someone does not possess the r

tance, the pages of a rite are formally given by a master or mistress to an aspirant and the spiritual wardens of the book are bestowed as familiars or guides to the book's new owner. in cases where face-to-face tuition cannot be accomplished, a one-to-one mode of textual transmission is sometimes utilised, most often accompanied by a psychic linking between bestower and recipient. the lineage of the serpent-cross is one such example of a sabbatic lineage externally supported by textual transmissions and internally augmented via psychic connectivity. in its case, the original motivation of the lineage is oneirically derived and its method of implementation is in accord with dream-tuition. where the lonely road guides us, where the black book- the grimoire unknown- is revealed as a tome of

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

aring intricate symbolic statements. as in the codex, these statements focus attention on the belief that the world has already passed through four epochs, or suns. the first and most remote of these is represented by ocelotonatiuh, the jaguar god: during that sun lived the giants that had been created by the gods but were finally attacked and devoured by jaguars. the second sun is represented by the serpent head of ehecoatl, the god of the air: during that period the human race was destroyed by high winds and hurricanes and men were converted into monkeys. the symbol of the third sun is a head of rain and celestial fire: in this epoch everything was destroyed by a rain of fire from the sky and the forming of lava. all the houses were burnt. men 9 from the vaticano-latin codex 3738, cited

ogy, p. 240. see also encyclopaedia britannica, 1991, 9:855, and lewis spence, the magic and mysteries of mexico, rider, london, 1922, pp. 49-50. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 106 resemblance to viracocha, the pale god of the andes, who came to tiahuanaco in the time of darkness bearing the gifts of light and civilization. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 107 chapter 14 people of the serpent after spending so long immersed in the traditions of viracocha, the bearded god of the distant andes, i was intrigued to discover that quetzalcoatl, the principal deity of the ancient mexican pantheon, was described in terms that were extremely familiar. for example, one pre-colombian myth collected in mexico by the sixteenth-century spanish chronicler juan de torquemada asserted that

d11 but slightly different gods sharing the symbol of the snake. quetzalcoatl/kukulkan/itzamana was quite explicitly portrayed in many of the mexican and mayan accounts as having been accompanied by attendants or assistants. certain myths set out in the ancient mayan religious texts known as the books of chilam balam, for instance, reported that the first inhabitants of yucatan were the people of the serpent. they came from the east in boats across the water with their leader itzamana, serpent of the east, a healer who could cure by laying on hands, and who revived the dead. 12 kukulkan, stated another tradition, came with nineteen companions, two of whom were gods offish, two others gods of agriculture, and a god of thunder. they stayed ten years in yucatan. kukulkan made wise laws and th

ildren s toys. geographic magazine, volume 76, august 1939, pp. 183-218 passim 9 matthew w. stirling, great stone faces of the mexican jungle, national geographic magazine, volume 78, september 1940, pp. 314, 310. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 127 chapter 17 the olmec enigma after tres zapotes our next stop was san lorenzo, an olmec site lying south-west of coatzecoalcos in the heart of the serpent sanctuary the legends of quetzalcoatl made reference to. it was at san lorenzo that the earliest carbon-dates for an olmec site (around 1500 bc) had been recorded by archaeologists.1 however, olmec culture appeared to have been fully evolved by that epoch and there was no evidence that the evolution had taken place in the vicinity of san lorenzo.2 in this there lay a mystery. the olmec

l metaphor. it has, for example, five gates to each of which leads a road bridging the crocodileinfested moat that surrounds the whole site. each of these roads is bordered by a row of gigantic stone figures, 108 per avenue, 54 on each side (540 statues in all) and each row carries a huge naga serpent. furthermore, as santillana and von dechend point out in hamlet s mill, the figures do not carry the serpent but are shown to pull it, which indicates that these 540 statues are churning the milky ocean. the whole of angkor thus turns out to be a colossal model set up with true hindu fantasy and incongruousness to express the idea of precession.14 12 ibid, p. 196. 13 skywatchers of ancient mexico, p. 143. 14 hamlet s mill, pp. 162-3; see also atlas of mysterious places, pp. 168-70. graham han

eas they might take on something of the manner and belief systems of a religious cult, developing a clear sense of mission and of shared identity. no doubt they would make use of powerful and easily recognizable symbols to strengthen and express this sense of common purpose: the men might wear distinctive beards, for example, or shave their heads, and certain archetypal imagery like the cross and the serpent and the dog might be used to link the members of the cult together as they set out on their civilizing missions to relight the lamps of knowledge around the world. 21 2 peter 3:10. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 473 i suspect, if the situation were bad enough after the cataclysm, that many of the civilizers would fail, or meet with only limited success. but let us suppose that

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

feld jones. 53 9 frater achad frater achad, as much as crowley and later frater lamed, is responsible for cracking the cipher. his gnostic view of reality has been summarized by his followers thusly: the qabalists tell us that the sephiroth were emanated by means of the flaming sword, or lightning flash, which descended from kether to malkuth. they also say that this was followed by the ascent of the serpent of wisdom who thus formed the paths. they showed his head at the top of the tree, in the path leading from kether to chokma, which is the first path of the flaming sword. all the known authorities have then continued to number the remaining 22 of the 32 paths of wisdom from path 11 (joining kether to chokma) to path 32 (joining yesod to malkuth. one may now question how it was that the

e known authorities have then continued to number the remaining 22 of the 32 paths of wisdom from path 11 (joining kether to chokma) to path 32 (joining yesod to malkuth. one may now question how it was that the serpent who formed the paths by ascending the tree could possibly have started at the top, and why previous commentators have never taken this vital idea into consideration -the sword and the serpent [official qblh text] charles stansfeld jones is an enigmatic historical figure for orthodox thelemic magicians. proclaimed by aleister crowley to be his magical child, a ranking member of the a:.a. and a national grand master of the ordo templi orientis (oto, he is inherently a force to be dealt with seriously. crowley tells us in his autobiography, what i had really done was therefore

r or the stars directly or indirectly tend to be transformative and thus of the great white brotherhood. ciphers for decoding messages between the black lodges and their alien sponsors have always existed. but confusions of a deliberate nature exist; the ancient gnostics uncovered a cipher which clearly indicates that the story of the garden of eden in its conventional form is turned on its head. the serpent is clearly the symbol of knowledge, wisdom, the kundalini yogic force, the will-current that is, it is the symbol of liberation and self-mastery. the jealous gods, as read in the original manuscripts, are clearly the forces of blockage, self-denial and repression which is to say, the intelligences governing the black lodge. this knowledge of good and evil and life and death has been th

GREY W G CONDENSATION OF KABBALAH

upposed to get back to god by a reversal of the process. the kabbalists certainly could not get back togod by the lightening-flashmethod, so another idea came to them- the edenic serpent of the legendary fall must show the ascent by a slow and careful crawling progression from branch to branch. these branches were represented by connecting the spheres /together by direct paths as per figure 1. so the serpent-ascent meant going upwards and traversing each branch at least once until coming out clear on top at zero, thus completing the course of cosmos. see figure 2. now came the problem of identifying the branches or paths. the system was logically 0- 1, 1- 2, 1- 3, 1- 6, 2- 3, and so on through the whole design. this gave an immediate association and location to the paths. see figure 3. eac

harpened their wits to a point where they became capable of coping with every kind of human contingency. exercises in the control and application of consciousness are never wasted and this was what the practice of kabbalah amounted to. a discipline directing all their energies toward divinity. so, starting from their human status in this mundane world, kabbalists steadily worked their way back by the serpent-paths of their tree, a path at a time. tree-progress is a model of patient pursuit and typifies the ideal kabbalistic approach of higher forms of life. managing the methodology of the serpent approach to the tree was the hardest. once that was mastered, the rest became much a matter of repetition and reiteration. eventually it became possible to select any path required, and successive

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

e treasure; but his voice was drowned in the teri-ible roar that suddenly arose' out with the coin, out with the coin' was the cry, and the terrified man flung all the money away, and began to flee; in a moment worm and treasure sank into the mountain, and the earth closed up again, the uproar was over and the sun shone sweetly; only a few coins remained, which when thrown away had fallen outside the serpent ring (reusch's samland no. 3. the great hoard on which fdfnir lay was made up of gold that the gods had been obliged to hand over for the covering and cramming of otter, but which loki had pi-eviously taken from the dwarf andvari. sigur'sr, having got it into his power after slaying the dragon, conveyed it all safely away on grani's back, hence gold was named byrd'r grana (granonis sar

s dich der geier schende' wackera. lesebuch 788, 21. fundgr. 2, 320. 998 devil. whose figure is assumed is the coch: chanticleer and swine build together at the devil^s dike (p. 1023, and from under the cloak of the human-shaped devil peep out cock's claws in the same way as the cloven hoof. incomparably older and more widely diffused is the manifestation of the devil as a snake, worm, or dragon. the serpent that beguiled in paradise was taken for the devil himself. beside antiquus hostis, he is antiqims anguis, anguifer hostis, letifer unguis, serpens (greg. m. opp. 1, 111. jonas bobb. pp. 5. 15. yita burguudofarae p. 427. vita s. romani p. 743, serpens antiqims, caes. heisterb. 7, 35, the old dragon, as. draca, el. 765. the belief is founded chiefly on rev. 20, 2, and on the interpretati

a, et diu per pedes suspensus, oculum perdens evasit* alb. argent (ed. basil. 1569) p. 167 (see suppl. water, springs, fire (pp. 1166. 1173) have power to preserve health or restore it (pp. 586-8. 605-6. 618-9. 621 4; especially a spring that has burst out of the rock at the bidding of a god or saint. the snake that lies coiled round the holywell, or is seen beside it (p. 585-8n, maybe likened to the serpent-rod of aesculapius. healing water or oil trickles out of rocks and walls. the mother that was walled in (p. 1143) continued for a time to nourish her babe through a hole in the wall, till at last she died. at that hole there is a continual dropping, women whose milti has run dry go there to got healed: the mother's milk had streamed so ion or that it sets other breasts flowing too. i k

icere, detestari, strictly damnare, goth, vargjan, os. wai'agian. as. cursian, engl, curse. the on. hoen precatio, as. hen (p. 31) both border on imprecatio (see suppl. cursing 'becrying, becalling' may indeed be done aloud, but as a rule both blessing and cursing require soft murmured whispered speech. ohg. jmispalon sibilare, graff 4, 1239, as. jnvistuan, as whistling and hissing are imputed to the serpent who fascinates; mhg. wispeln' wispeln wilde vogel zemt, hunde ez letzet und lemt^ renn. 22370; the asp will hear no wispehvort, ms. 2, 202 'aller wiirmel (insects) wispel unde miirmel' mart. 74, for murmehi is the same thing too, ohg. murmulon, murmiiron, our mummelu, mompeln, to mumble. paul. diac. 1, 13 in describing manumissio per sagittam, adds' imvnirmurantes, ob rei firmitatem, q

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

ie. several temples claimed to be the burial place of these primeval deities. amun and his female counterpart amunet were often regarded as part of the eight and personified hidden power. when amun became a national god, a new theology made amun the invisible, unknowable force that began the movement toward independent life. in some accounts the eight join together to be fertilized by the seed of the serpent amun kem-atef, the first primeval god who gave birth to the primeval gods. 2 the serpent may have been considered an appropriate form for the spirit of the creator because of its undivided body or because it periodically renewed itself by shedding its skin. when creator gods such as amun or atum are spoken of as serpents, they usually represent the positive aspect of chaos as an energy

s, it is only after the hero, bata, leaves egypt for the remote valley of the pine that he meets the ennead. in the tale known as the shipwrecked sailor, an egyptian survives a shipwreck in the red sea and is washed ashore on a paradise island. when he makes an offering to the gods to thank them for the food he finds on the island, a giant humanheaded serpent appears. the sailor is terrified, but the serpent promises that no harm will come to him and that he will be reunited with his family. the serpent reveals that there were once seventy-five snakes on the island, suggesting that he may be the creator sun god who traditionally had seventy-five forms. the serpent eventually sends the sailor back to egypt laden with treasure but warns him that he will never find the island of the spirit ag

seventy-five forms. the serpent eventually sends the sailor back to egypt laden with treasure but warns him that he will never find the island of the spirit again. the hero of this tale does not behave heroically in the sense of being particularly strong, brave, or selfless. all the sailor does is show the proper attitude for humans by giving thanks to the gods even in adversity and by believing the serpent s message of hope. in most egyptian tales, intelligence and natural eloquence or book learning are more admired than feats of arms or willingness to die with honor. the main characters are often priest-magicians (see imhotep and magicians in deities, themes, and concepts) who deal with threats from ghosts, demons, and foreign sorcerers by using spells, amulets, and rituals. the ability

to thoth about the children of nut, a term that can refer to the fourth generation of the great ennead or to the gods in general. the children of nut are accused of making rebellion, war, and carnage and of dividing up the wholeness of creation. thoth, who was in charge of fixing the length of all creatures lives, decrees that their years will be cut short. in the tale of the shipwrecked sailor, the serpent deities are suddenly destroyed by fire. only the great serpent (the creator) and his little daughter (the eye goddess/maat) survive the holocaust. the serpent god warns the sailor that when he leaves, the island of the spirit will sink beneath the sea. this evokes an image of the primeval mound, the place of creation, being covered by the nun again. in coffin texts spell 1130, after th

n. she was a more protective mother to the kings of deities, themes, and concepts 187 egypt, and in memphis she was worshipped as the consort of ptah and the mother of nefertem. in the pyramid texts, sekhmet was named as a parent of the king when he was reborn into the celestial afterlife. in the coffin texts, she was identified with the red crown of lower egypt and with the fire-spitting uraeus: the serpent who is upon her father. she was said to be the one who wields the knife on the night of the great battle between the forces of order and chaos. in new kingdom funerary literature, sekhmet often stands in the solar barque to defend ra from the apophis serpent. users of the book of the dead hoped to destroy their supernatural enemies as sekhmet the great would. king rameses ii claimed th

HEAVEN HELL

rs p. 32 -35 the fourteen aats p. 38 -41 sekhet-hetep. from the papyrus of nebseni p. 43 sekhet-hetep. from the papyrus of ani p. 45 sekhet-hetep. from the papyrus of kua-tep p. 53 sekhet-hetep. from the coffin of sen p. 55 sekhet-hetep. from the papyrus of anhai p. 59 sekhet-hetep. from the papyrus of ptolema c period p. 61 nekht spearing the eater of the ass. p. 113 the boat of the earth p. 126 the serpent asht-hrau p. 149 nebseni being weighed against his heart p. 159 the scales of osiris, with weights p. 159 the judgment hall of osiris p. 161 nekht spearing the pig of evil p. 163 the apes working the net p. 184 next: chapter i. origin of illustrated guides to the other world sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 1 the egyptian heaven and hell chapter i. origin of illustra

aat v. aatenkhu. the spirits here live upon the inert and feeble. its god was probably osiris. p. 39 click to view aat iii. click to view aat iv. click to view aat v. aat vi. ammehet, which is presided over either by sekher-at or sekher-remus. this was sacred to the gods, the spirits could not find it out, and it was accursed for the dead. aat vii. ases, a region of burning, fiery flame, wherein the serpent rerek lives. aat viii. ha-hetep, a region containing roaring torrents of water, and ruled over by a god called qa-ha-hetep. a variant gives the name of this aat as ha-sert, and that of its god as fa-pet. click to view aat vi. click to view aat vii. click to view aat viii. p. 40 click to view aat ix. click to view aat x. aat ix. akesi, a region which is unknown even to the gods; its god

t, in height, a statement which seems to indicate that a belief in the existence of men of exceptional height in very ancient days was extant in egypt traditionally. other facts to be gleaned from the list of aats concerning sekhet-aaru are that--1. one section at least was filled with fire. 2. another was filled with rushing, roaring waters, which swept everything away before them. 3. in another the serpent rerek lived. 4. in another the spirits lived upon the inert and the feeble. 5. in another lived the "destroyer of souls" 6. the great antiquity of the ideas about the aats is proved by the appearance of the names of hap, the nile-god, sept, or sothis, and the hippopotamus-goddess, hebt-re-f, in connection with them. the qualification for entering the aats was not so much the living of

t-uaa-khesfet-seba-em-pert-f. division xii. name--kheper-kekiu-khau-mest. p. 100 name of the gate--then-neteru. hour-goddess--maa-nefert-ra. the divisions of the tuat according to the book of gates are usually marked by gates, which are guarded by serpents; they are as follows- division i. name of guardian gods--set and tat. name of the region--set-amentet, western vestibule. division ii. name of the serpent--saa-set. division iii. name of the serpent--aqebi. name of the gate--septet-uauau. division iv. name of the serpent--tchetbi. name of the gate--nebt-s-tchefau. p. 101 division v. name of the serpent--teka-hra. name of the gate--arit. division vi. at the entrance to this division is the judgment hall of osiris. name of the serpent--set-em-maat-f. name of the gate--nebt-aha. division vi

--saa-set. division iii. name of the serpent--aqebi. name of the gate--septet-uauau. division iv. name of the serpent--tchetbi. name of the gate--nebt-s-tchefau. p. 101 division v. name of the serpent--teka-hra. name of the gate--arit. division vi. at the entrance to this division is the judgment hall of osiris. name of the serpent--set-em-maat-f. name of the gate--nebt-aha. division vii. name of the serpent--akha-en-maat. name of the gate--pestit. division viii. name of the serpent--set-hra. name of the gate--bekhkhi. division ix. name of the serpent--ab-ta. name of the gate--aat-shefsheft. division x. name of the serpent--sethu. name of the gate--tcheserit. p. 102 division xi. name of the serpent--am-netu-f. name of the gate--shetat-besu. division xii. names of the serpents--sebi, and re

tered this division (arrit) he calls upon the gods to let him proceed, and he asks for light and guidance from them; he bids one set of apes to open the doors to him, and the other to welcome him. as he is provided not only with the word of power, but has also the knowledge how to utter it, the gods straightway bid him enter the place where osiris p. 108 [paragraph continues]khenti-amenti dwells. the serpent goddesses sing hymns to him, and they lighten the darkness by pouring out fire from their mouths, the god takes possession of the grain which is in net-ra, his word has its due effect upon every one, and the punishments which he adjudges to the condemned are carried out duly. as for the dead who are in this division they do not journey on with the god, but they are left behind (vol. i

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

anugita (sans) one of the upanishads. a very occult treatise. apollo belvidere of all the ancient statues of apollo, the son of jupiter and latona, called phoebus, helios, the radiant, and the sun-the best and most perfect is the one of this name, which is in the belvidere gallery in the vatican, at rome. it is called the pythian apollo, as the god is represented in the moment of his victory over the serpent python. the statue was found in the ruins of antium in 1503. apollonius of tyana a wonderful philosopher born in cappadocia about the beginning of the first century; an ardent pythagorean, who studied the phoenician sciences under euthydemus, and pythagorean philosophy and other subjects under euxenus of heraclea. according to the tenets of the pythagorean school he remained a vegetari

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

d; though he adds that the streetlights form a bulwark which cannot be crossed. of the shining trapezohedron he speaks often, calling it a window on all time and space, and tracing its history from the days it was fashioned on dark yuggoth, before ever the old ones brought it to earth. it was treasured and placed in its curious box by the crinoid things of antarctica, salvaged from their ruins by the serpent-men of valusia, and peered at aeons later in lemuria by the first human beings. it crossed strange lands and stranger seas, and sank with atlantis before a minoan fisher meshed it in his net and sold it to swarthy merchants from nighted khem. the pharaoh nephren-ka built around it a temple with a windowless crypt, and did that which caused his name to be stricken from all monuments and

INFERNAL SABBAT LIVE

nnical attitudes of the church and its sterile followers were not accepted. the black mass was created as a means of liberation and rebellion through the reversed rites of blasphemy of orthodox thought. in the invocation of satan, this archetype of selfliberation was means of release, of seeking knowledge and freedom within the self to have the choice of free thought, action and deed. this is why the serpent is considered an aspect of satan or lilith, the serpent is long viewed as a symbol of wisdom and fertility. the christian satan was taken from the early mythological folklore of islam, from which satan s (meaning to oppose or the adversary) name was azazel. in the koran and accepted traditions such as the ahadith, azazel is said to be made of fire similar to the djinn, yet not of light

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

a corner together with the respective goddess. this symbolic expression, called laya-yoga in india, is unequivocal and means the key for the first stage of yoga. there are several explanations of this sign, but the correct one is that the square represents the earth, the triangle the three kingdoms of the material, astral and mental world, the phallus the generative power or the imagination, and the serpent the path and the knowledge. the fact is well known to the scholar that the earth principle is composed of four elements, and it does not need any comment. the growing yogi first has to learn to know and control the three worlds. consequently, the muladhara chakra is nothing else but an initiating diagram corresponding to the first tarot card. such an unsophisticated definition like thi

phase of development the yogi scholar recognizes brahma as the godhead in the most subtle manifestation. brahma is the eternal, the inscrutable, the universal, the indefinable, the steady and the calm, and therefore the positive part. brahma does not create out of himself, but all that has been created has been done so by his shakti, the female principle. shakti in the muladhara chakra represents the serpent winding round the phallus and using the imagination, its creative power. a lot more could be said about this center, but the experienced magician will be satisfied with these hints to understand that a parallel exists between religious and initiating systems. consequently the shakti or kundalini power represents the imagination that the magician has to develop systematically. casting a

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

rm-clouds are a halo around thee. thy face is the skull, the death s-head oracle, laughing in all adversity. thine eyes reveal the dual abyss, shining bright in voidful darkness. thy heart is a seething spider s nest, strung on a fiery web between the bone-beams of thy breast. thy phallus is the minaret of joy rais d for the world s delight; unto whom all djinn must turn in prayer and from whence the serpent s holy seed is scattered- to baptise the world in all misrule! thine are the hooves of the he-goat, cloven to walk in all worlds alike. here reveal thyself a -dancing, gleaming in splendour on the burial mound! hail to thee as the corpse-king, pround as any man in the bed of marriage! in they four hands, seen and unseen, are the weapons of thy dominion- the signs of the power that thou

ISIS UNVEILED

ctly relating to the hindu kriahna, according to the brfthmanas. it is to say the least atrange that the christians claim to base their religion upon a pro- phecy of the bibu which exists nowhere in that book. in what chapter or verse does jehovah, the' lord god' promise adam and eve to send them a redeemer who will save humanity" i will put enmity between thee and the woman" says the lord god to the serpent "and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" in these words there is not the slightest allusion to a bedeemer, and the subtlest of intellects could not extract from them, as they stand in the third chapter of genena, anything like that which the christians have contrived to find. on the other hand, in the traditions and in manu, brahma p

gs of orpheus, and so strictly adhered to by his votaries, is incompatible with the lasciviouaneas and gross immorality of the popular rites. the fable of aristaeus pursuing eurydice into the woods where a serpent occa^ dons her death* is a very plain allegory which was in part explained in the earueat timea. aristaeus is bnial power, pursuing eurydice, the esoteric doctrine, into the woods where the serpent (emblem of every sun-god, and worshiped under ita grosser aspect even by the jews) kills het; i. e, forces truth to become still more esoteric, and seek shelter in digitizecoy google 130 isis dnveiled the underworld, which is not the hell of our theologians. moreover the fate of orpheus, torn to pieces by the bacchantes, is another allegory to show that the gross and popular rites are

axaran is the word for si^t- keing or vision. pnrfessot wuder thinks that as the word zemana is nowhere to be found in the avetta but only in the later parst books, it came from the mayans, who composed the persian sacred caste in the sassan period, but were originally assjnians "turan, of the poets" be says "i con- sider to be aturia, or assyria; and that zohak (az-dahoka, dei-okes, or astyages, the serpent-king, was aiisjrrian, median, and bai^lonian when those countries were united" this opinion does not, however, in the least affect our statement that the secret doctrines of the magi, of the pre-vedic buddhists, of the hierophants of the egyptian thoth or hermes, and of the adepts of what- ever age and nationahty, including the chaldaean kabalists and the jew- ish tuaars, were idxruica

n* who is bythos depth as well as sophia, and as having produced conjointly ophis and sophia (double-sexed unity again, male and female wisdom, one being considered as the unrevealed boly spirit or elder sophia the pntuma the intellectual 'mother of all things; the other the revealed one or opku, ty hfying divine wisdom fallen into matter, or god-man jesus, whom the gnostic ophites represented by the serpent (ophis. fecundated by the divine light of the father and son, the highest spirit and ennoia, sophia produces in her turn two other emanations one perfect christos, the second imperfect sophia-achamoth* from nis^n 'hokhamoth (simple wisdom, who becomes the mediatrix between the intellectual and material worlds. christos was the mediator and guide between god (the higher, and everything

adiating head, and was held from days of the highest antiquity as an emblem of wisdom, or thoth, the instructor and savior of humanity, the *son of god "oh men, live soberly. win your immortality" exclaims hermes, the thrice-great trismegistus "instructor and guide of humanity, i will lead you on to salvation* thus the oldest sectarians regarded ophis, the agathodumon, as identical with christos; the serpent being the emblem of celestial wisdom and eternity, and, in the present case, the antitype of the egyptian chnuphis-serpent. these gnostics, the earliest of our christian era, held "that the supreme aeon, having emitted other aeons out of himself, one of them, a female, prunikoi (concupiscence, descended into the chaos, whence, unable to escape, she remained suspended in the mid-space

ared in mind beyond the limits of the seven spheres, and ^orified the supreme father, him that ia above ilda-baoth. hence the latter, full of jealousy, cast down his eyes upon the lowest stratum of matter, and begot a potency in the form of a serpent, whom they [ophites] call his son. eve, obeying him as the son of god, was persuaded to eat of the tree of knowledge" it is a self-evident fact that the serpent of the genesis, who appears suddenly and without any preliminary introduction, must have been the antitype of the persian arch-devs, whose head is askmog, the "two- footed serpent of lies" if the bii -serpent had been deprived of his limbs before he had tempted woman unto sin, why should god specify as a punishment that he ^ould go "upon bis belly? nobody supposes that he walked upon t

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

destiny. flora. goddess of nature and pleasure, teaches us to honor inner and outer growth and the beauty of spring and flowers. venus. goddess of grace and physical and spiritual love, venus guides us through both our calm and stormy emotions. minerva. goddess of knowledge, dawn, war and wisdom. patron of the arts, crafts, guilds and medicine. works with the nature symbols of wisdom, the owl and the serpent. and some of the north american indian goddesses. changing woman. brings abundance and teaches harmonious living and of love, hospitality and generosity. she also brings the wisdom of nature and teaches the honoring of our cycles. a shape-shifter. eagle woman. allows us to soar beyond stereotypes and break limiting bonds yet still be wise and nurture. represents spirit, valor, spiritua

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signs "in the zodiacal heavens each sign with its ten decans, or decumens, or lenders of hosts. they are also astronomically called stalls, or stables. we may here refer to porphyry, horapollo, and chifflet s gnostic gems. the speckled beetle was flung into hot water to avert storms (pliny, nat. hist, lib. xxxvii, ch. x) the antiquary pignorius has a beetle crowned with the sun and encircled with the serpent. amongst the gnostic illustrations published by abraham gorl eus is that of a talisman of the more abstruse gnostics an onyx carved with a beetle which threatens to gnaw at a thunderbolt. see notes and queries; bee mythology. the lilies are said not to have appeared in the french arms until the time of philip augustus. see montfau on s monumens de la monarchie fran aise, paris, 1729, a

proach him. summits of eastern minerats. chapter the twenty-first. myth of the scorpion, or the snake, in its many disguises. ne of the targums says that ayh a serpent, tempted adam, or the first man, and not hwj, eve, his wife. here we have the object of adoration of the ophites the female generative power the destroying, regenerating power among the ophites, and, indeed, the gnostics generally. the serpent was called the megalistor, or great builder of the universe (maia, or bhuddist illusion. here again we recognise, under another name (ophites, the cyclopes, or the builders of the circular temples at stonehenge and everywhere else. mr. payne knight has repeated an observation of stukeley, that the original name of the temple at abury was the snake s head. and he adds, it is remarkable

r is fire (or division produced by fire; metron is ten (or measures or spaces numbered as ten. the whole word means, and the entire object bearing this name means, the original ten measures or parts of the fiery ecliptic or solar wheel, or the ten original signs of the zodiac. therefore the pyramids are commemorative altars raised to the divinity fire. the ophites are said to have maintained that the serpent of genesis was the logoj, and the saviour. the logos was divine wisdom, and was the bhudda, or buddha, of india. the brazen serpent was called logoj, or the word, by the chaldee paraphrast (basnage, lib. iv. ch. xxv) it is very certain that, in ancient times, the serpent was an object of adoration in almost all nations. the serpentworshippers seem to have placed at the head, or nearly

divine wisdom, and was the bhudda, or buddha, of india. the brazen serpent was called logoj, or the word, by the chaldee paraphrast (basnage, lib. iv. ch. xxv) it is very certain that, in ancient times, the serpent was an object of adoration in almost all nations. the serpentworshippers seem to have placed at the head, or nearly at the head, of all things (maia, and most intimately connected with the serpent, a. certain principle which they called sophia. this is clearly a translation of the word bhudda into greek. it also reminds us that the old. bhuddas are always under the care of the cobra-capella. this is evidenced in all the memnonian or egyptian heads; and in the asp (or fleur-de-lis, more or less veiled or altered, displayed as the chief symbol upon the universal sphynxes. the serp

he wilderness, is termed in the targum a saviour. it was probably a serpentine crucifix, as it serpent-worship. 201 is called a cross by justin martyr. all the foregoing is allegorical, and hides deep gnostic myths, which explain serpent-worship, united with the adoration paid to a perpendicular. the three most celebrated emblems carried in the greek mysteries were the phallus, i; the egg, o; and the serpent, f; or otherwise the phallus, the loni or umbilicus, and the serpent. the first, in each case, is the emblem of the sun, or of fire, as the male, or active, generative power. the second denotes the passive nature, or feminine principle, or the element of water. the third symbol indicates the destroyer, the reformer, or the renewer (the uniter of the two, and thus the preserver or perpe

dicates the destroyer, the reformer, or the renewer (the uniter of the two, and thus the preserver or perpetuator eternally renewing itself. the universality of the serpentine worship (or phallic adoration) is attested by emblematic sculpture and architecture all over the world. this does not admit of denial. its character and purpose are, however, wholly misunderstood. not only is the worship of the serpent found everywhere, but it everywhere occupies an important station; and the farther back we go, the more universally it is found, and the more important it appears to have been considered. the destroyer or serpent of genesis is correctly the renovator or preserver. in genesis there is a tree of knowledge and a tree of life. here we have the origin of the ophites, or oriental emblematica

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entics, walking or jogging. review questions 1) what is a chakra? list them. 2) name the three major nadies. which nadi is hot? 3) what is pranayama? book list arthur diekman, the observing self. w.y. evans-wentz, tibetan yoga and secret doctrines. sandra gibson, beyond the mind. king and skinner, techniques of high magic. swami sivananda, kundalini yoga. john woodroffe (pseud. for arthur avalon, the serpent power. the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 20* magick 6- thoughtforms and spirits* although there are hundreds of kinds of divination, the principle ones are astrology, geomancy, the tarot, the i ching, and direct psychic means (especially clairvoyance. true divination is more than a mechanical system, for it implies true psychic interpretation (receiving. some

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proof shall we bring to make firm our prosecution so that with cunning and clever words the adversary cannot escaped his deserved fate? what arguments can we devise that can thwart his and overthrow him and give us victory in god's judicious court? how shall we bring testament to his evil and thus stem its monstrous tide? if we cannot bring proof of his sin then how can we deliver our father from the serpent's tongue? yet what proof is there of his guilt that we can show before our lord whose eyes see all truth and yet now see not this perfidy that has the seed of ruin in its cankered womb. what testimony then shall expound his guilt that all the world may know of it and make him accursed for his crime, driving him ever as a broken exile, 10 once haughty and noble when he was great and wor

ther, it sorrows me that you can speak those words you have but you are blameless for speaking thus for all blame is to the deceiver and his lies that have confounded thus his brothers whom he should have loved yet betrayed to his malign intent. yet also it dismays me that this is so and his tongue is so clever that it thus deceives we whose wisdom can know all truth. yet i am not so befuddled by the serpent and his cunning speech for i am less in power to only him and god and so cannot be thus enspelled by him but there is no shame for you lesser ones who had not the wisdom or the strength, given to you by birth and blood, to penetrate the falsehood of the wholly false. yet let me awaken you from satan's glamour and show you the truth in what has come to be. cast back your minds with know

h such tongue and words has he come to you, most high, and, in your most perfect love, has deceived you to his true purpose for what father looks for fault in his favourite son. yet he has transgressed far indeed, bartering guidance for error. my father, i beg of you, act most judiciously in this matter. cast the scales of blindness from your eyes and gaze upon the truth, awful though it is. that the serpent, satan, should think thus and contemplate rebellion against you 15 that is the well-spring of his being is surely crime enough. but he goes amongst his brothers who should do nought but cherish you and, with perverse and unholy speech, seduces them to share his crime and, in thus doing, gives impetus to his sin, translating evil thought unto evil design, making action of foul conspirac

he deep vaults of earth that are filled with many stones, shining with the light of stars, and that run with rivers of molten gold, the bones and blood of mighty gog, the giant and father of giants who lead his children in gross rebellion against us, the most noble elohim, until he was defeated you, my brother, when you caused the stone of earth to yawn open, like a maw of blackest night, beneath the serpent-feet of the giant-father thus casting the beast into the heart of the earth and then, in mighty upheaval, crushed the skull of that titanic brute between the vast and ancient stones of the deeps of the inner earth. yet to those who would enjoin rebellion against him he grants them only the terrible fire 27 of his most formidable wrath. an evil reward, indeed! but to those who repent of

proof shall we bring to make firm our prosecution so that with cunning and clever words the adversary cannot escaped his deserved fate? what arguments can we devise that can thwart his and overthrow him and give us victory in god's judicious court? how shall we bring testament to his evil and thus stem its monstrous tide? if we cannot bring proof of his sin then how can we deliver our father from the serpent's tongue? yet what proof is there of his guilt 71 that we can show before our lord whose eyes see all truth and yet now see not this perfidy that has the seed of ruin in its cankered womb. what testimony then shall expound his guilt that all the world may know of it and make him accursed for his crime, driving him ever as a broken exile, once haughty and noble when he was great and wor

ther, it sorrows me that you can speak those words you have but you are blameless for speaking thus for all blame is to the deceiver and his lies that have confounded thus his brothers whom he should have loved yet betrayed to his malign intent. yet also it dismays me that this is so and his tongue is so clever that it thus deceives we whose wisdom can know all truth. yet i am not so befuddled by the serpent and his cunning speech for i am less in power to only him and god and so cannot be thus enspelled by him but there is no shame for you lesser ones who had not the wisdom or the strength, given to you by birth and blood, to penetrate the falsehood of the wholly false. yet let me awaken you from satan's glamour and show you the truth in what has come to be. cast back your minds with know

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it points out that our passions should be sacrificed. the qlippoth are the evil demons of matter and the shells of the dead. the altar of incense in the tabernacle was overlaid with gold. ours is black to symbolize our work which is to separate the philosophic gold from the black dragon of matter. this altar diagram shows the ten sephiroth with all the connecting paths numbered and lettered, and the serpent winding over each path. around each sephira are written the names of the deity, archangel and angelic host attributed to it. the twenty-two paths are bound together by the serpent of wisdom. it unites the paths but does not touch any of the sephiroth, which are linked by the flaming sword. the flaming sword is formed by the natural order of the tree of life. it resembles a flash of lig

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he sign of the deity, and to make that more evident, in the middle of it is usually inscribed the letter g, for god. in the old jewish form of masonry they had instead of that letter their sacred word yhvh, standing for jehovah. in co-masonic lodges the usual form of this figure is a serpent curled round with its tail in its mouth, a symbol of eternity. this was the original form, but the head of the serpent was altered so as to form the letter g. the sacred fire below the star is a reflection of it; in some lodges, as for example at adyar, in india, it hangs just underneath the ceiling on a pulley arrangement, and is lowered that light may be taken from it and carried to the candles. the blazing star also represents the sun, the dispenser of innumerable blessings to mankind and the world

ignificance. the flower of the rose has the threefold connotation of love, secrecy and fragrance, while the cross bears also the threefold meaning of self-sacrifice, immortality and holiness. so when these two emblems are taken in conjunction, as they always are in the name rose-croix, they betoken the love of self-sacrifice, the secret of immortality, and the sweet fragrance of a holy life. 791. the serpent represents eternity; the double triangle, spirit and matter; the pelican is another ancient symbol of self-sacrifice, as the eagle is of victory. 792. it is significant that up to this point the aspirant, having complied with certain requirements, may apply for advancement, may demand recognition of his progress. but now that he is coming in sight of higher degrees he may no longer mak

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ts seven centres or chakras. when a candidate had been initiated, he was often described as one who had been touched with the thyrsus, showing that it was not a mere emblem, but had also a practical use. it also indicated the spinal cord, ending in the medulla, while the serpents were symbolical of the two channels called in eastern terminology ida and pingala; and the fire enclosed within it was the serpent-fire which in sanskrit is called kundalini. it was laid by the hierophant against the back of the candidate, and thus used as a strong magnetic instrument in order to awaken the forces latent within him, and to free the astral body from the physical, so that the candidate might pass in full consciousness to the higher planes. to help him in the efforts that lay before him the priest in

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presents the carnal instincts of man, or the opposite of the spiritual nature, the pentagram is inverted to perfectly accommodate the head of the goat its horns, representing duality, thrust upwards in defiance; the other three points inverted, or the trinity denied. the hebraic figures around the outer circle of the symbol which stem from the magical teachings of the kabala, spell out leviathan, the serpent of the watery abyss, and identified with satan. these figures correspond to the five points of the inverted star (136) peter h. gilmore see also church of satan; lavey, anton for further reading: bessy,maurice. a pictorial history of magic and the supernatural. london: spring books, 1964. first published as histoire en 1000 images de la magie. paris: editions du pont royal, 1961. howar

nts say that lucifer was jealous of god s love of adam, but in any event it was some form of pride lucifer declared himself as great as god, and led a rebellion of angels against the celestial order. defeated, the devil and his followers were tossed out of heaven, and subsequently have continued to war against god by attempting to ruin the earth, god s creation. traditional theology even portrays the serpent who conversed with eve in the garden as satan in disguise, thus attributing the fallen prince of angels with responsibility for causing humankind to fall. a less well known alternative narrative, which is best preserved in the apocryphal book of enoch, is that a group of angels lusted after mortal females. they then fell after leaving their heavenly abode and copulating with them. this

the evil demiurge. pointing to the discrepancy between the jealous, vengeful god of the old testament and the teachings of the gentle jesus, the gnostics asserted that jesus was a teacher sent from the pleroma to guide us back to our true home, and that the father to which he referred was different from yahweh. some gnostics carried this inversion even further, making such biblical characters as the serpent in the garden of eden story and cain gnostic heroes. although not many contemporary groups would identify themselves as gnostics in the traditional sense, one often finds that modern satanists have carried out a similar inversion of values. god, particularly the god worshiped by christians, is actually repressive and evil, whereas satan is good. one of the few groups to explicitly make

en to the ancient vedic god, indra, who slew the drought-demon vritra. despite the proliferation of demon slaying, however,hinduism does not posit any master devil or any other conception of absolute evil. instead, 114 hinduism demons play an essential role in the overall harmony of the cosmos, providing an important counterpoint to the gods. thus, for example, in the story of krishna s defeat of the serpent demon kaliya, krishna is in the process of killing the giant snake when kaliya begs him for mercy: i am not capable of honoring nor of praising you, overlord of the gods, but please take pity on me, o god whose sole thought is compassion! the race of snakes into which i was born is a cruel one; this is its proper nature. but i am not at fault in this matter. for it is you who pour fort

moses at the time of his death. sammael is regarded in rabbinic literature as chief of the satans and as the angel of death. in the secrets of enoch he represents the prince of demons and a magician. sammael is mentioned in a number of sources, such as talmud yalkut, where he represents esau s guardian angel, and in sotah, where he is regarded as edom s angelic prince guardian. he is equated with the serpent who tempted eve and, by seducing her, became the father of cain in the sayings of rabbi eliezer. in the zohar he is the dark angel who wrestled with jacob at peniel. sammael is also cited in waite s the holy kabbalah, as the severity of god, and as fifth of the archangels of the world of briah, where he corresponds to the sefira geburah. in baruch iii and in the ascension of isaiah, sa

derlying monotheistic view. islam shares with christianity a number of concepts about satan. he is found in the koran as al-shaytan (the demon, and was conceived of as a tempter. he is also associated with the lower human principle, the flesh, or the nafs, and has the power to lead humans astray by disguising his identity and inducing humans to do evil deeds. in the biblical literature, satan and the serpent are often interchangeable, particularly in the apocalyptic literature. but in the third century, the christian philosopher origen fully established the association between satan and the snake. in the following centuries the snake was conceived of as either the tool of satan, or as his incarnation. satan, however, is not only the symbol of death and evil. in judeo-christian and islamic

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and let him be exceeding proud and joyous "this is the first practice of ethics("ccxx. ii" 18, 19, 20, 21. 9. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the snake that giveth knowledge and delight and bright glory, who stirreth the hearts of men with drunkenness. this snake is blue and gold; its eyes are red, and its spangles green and ultra-violet (that is, as the most exalted form of the serpent kundalini "this is the sixth practice of intelligence("ccxx. ii" 22, 50, 51. 10. let him further identify himself with this snake "this is the second practice of meditation("ccxx. ii" 22. 11. let the aspirant take wine and strange drugs, according to his knowledge and experience, and be drunk thereof (the aspirant should be in so sensitive a condition that a single drop, perhaps even t

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ra d wryrybu a abiriron 23 \ym maim water. 24 brqu akrab scorpio c wrytcjn necheshthiron 25 tcq qesheth sagittarius b wrycjn necheshiron 26 ydg gedi capricorn e wrygdgd dagdagiron 27. mars. 28 yld deli aquarius d wrymyhb bahimiron 29 \ygd dagim pisces c wrymycn nashimiron 30. sol. 31 ca ash fire. 32. saturn. 32 bis ra aretz earth. 31 bis ta ath spirit. table of correspondences 4 ix. the sword and the serpent x. mystic numbers of the sephiroth xi* elements (with their planetary rulers. xii* the tree of life. 0. 0. 1 1 root of d 1st plane, middle pillar 2 3 root of b 2nd plane, right pillar 3 6 root of c 2nd plane, left pillar 4 10 c 3rd plane, right pillar 5 15 b 3rd plane, left pillar 6 21 d 4th plane, middle pillar 7 28 b 5th plane, right pillar 8 36 c 5th plane, left pillar 9 45 d 6th pl

r silver/mercury alloy for the presidents: liber 777 56 rank planet metal knight saturn lead prince jupiter tin earl mars iron king sol gold duke venus copper president mercury mercury (hmm) marquis luna silver in rendering the names of the demons into hebrew, some suffixes like ion, ius, etc. have been dropped. an alternative set of attributions and hebrew spellings can be found in the sword and the serpent by denning and phillips, and godwin s cabalistic encyclopedia. cols. clxvii clxxi. a completely different set of names for the dekans and the gods referred to them may be found in budge s gods of the egyptians, vol. ii pp 304-310. i am unaware of crowley s source for these attributions: generally the names seem at the very least somewhat hellenized. notes to crowley s notes 1 because j

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nd a transmutation of its formula and nature. here, o my son, is the one secret of success in this great work: invoke often. t the book of wisdom or folly 91 gm de formula lun (of the formula of the moon) hus then concerning operations of the tao with the yang and the yin is there enough; for thine own art of beauty shall divine for thee, and devise new heavens. but in all these is the formula of the serpent with the head of the lion, and all his magick is wrought by the radiance and creative force hereof. and this force leapeth continually from plane to plane, and breaketh forth from his bonds, so that constraint is labour. now then learn that the yin hath also a formula of force. and the nature of the yin is to be still, and to encircle of limit, and it is as a mirror, reflecting diverse

all, and their corruption and disintegration is also the victory of babalon. n liber aleph vel cxi 140 ei rhapsodia de domina nostra (rhapsody on our lady) lessed be she, ay, blessed unto the ages be our lady babalon, that plieth her scourge upon me, to mega qhrion, to compel me to creation and to destruction, which are one, in birth and in death, being love! blessed be she, uniting the egg with the serpent, and restoring man unto his mother, the earth! blessed be she, that offereth beauty and ecstasy in the orgasm of every change, and that exciteth thy wonder and thy worship by the contemplation of her mind many-wiled! blessed be she, that hath filled her cup with every drop of my blood, so that my life is lost wholly in the wine of her rapture! behold, how she is drunken thereon, and st

owest, so for our convenience conventionally to distinguish them. this then is the adept, who doth will with solid energy as the bull, doh dare with fierce courage as the lion, doth know with swift intelligence as the man, and doth keep silence with soaring subtilty as the eagle or dragon. moreover, this sphinx is an eidolon of the law, for the bull is life, the lion is light, the man is liberty, the serpent love. now then his sphinx, being perfect in true balance, yet taketh the aspect of the feminine principle that so she may be partner of the pyramid, that is the phallus, pure image of our father the sun, the unity creative. the signification of this mystery is hat the adept must be whole, himself, containing all things in true proportion, before he maketh himself bride of the one unive

rpio (of the drragon which is eagle, serpent, scorpion) hreefold is the nature of life, eagle, serpent, and scorpion. and of these the scorpion is he that, having no lion of light and of courage within him, seemeth to himself encircled by fire, and, driving his sting into himself, he dieth. such are the black brothers, that cry: i am i, they that deny love, restricting it to their own nature. but the serpent is the secret nature of man, that is life and death, and maketh his way through the generations in silence. and the eagle is that might of live which is the key of magick, uplifting the body and its appurtenance unto high ekstacy upon his wings. it is by virtue thereof that the sphinx beholdeth he sun unwinking, and confronteth the pyramid without shame. our dragon, therefore, combinin

se four powers, and that with equity. s the book of wisdom or folly 159 #g de libra, in qua quattuor virtutes quipollent (of the balance, in which the four powers are of equal power) y gnana yoga cometh thy man to knowledge; by karma yoga thy bull to will; by raja yoga is thy lion brought to his light; and to make perfect thy dragon, thou hast bhakta yoga for the eagle therein, and hatha yoga for the serpent. yet mark thou well how all these interfuse, so that thou mayst accomplish no one of the works separately. as to make gold thou must have gold (it is the word of the alchemists, so to become the sphinx thou must first be a sphinx. for naught may grow save to the norm of its own nature, and in the law of its own law, or it is but artifice, and endureth not. so therefore is it folly, and

f our lady, thy lion and thy dragon grow in like measure, for the excess of the feminine is dead weight. the intellectual without virility is a dreamer of follies, and the laborious giant without courage is a slave. b liber aleph vel cxi 162# de natura silentii nostri (of the nature of our silence) he nature of this silence is shewn also by the god harprocrates, the babe in the lotus, who is also the serpent and the egg, that is, the holy ghost. this is the most secret of all energies, the seed of all being, and therefore must he be sealed up in an ark from the malice of the devourers. if then by thine art thou canst conceal thyself in thine own nature, this is silence, this, and not nullity of consciousness else were a stone more perfect in adeptship that thou. but, abiding in thy silence

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was destroyed. 19. then the sun did appear unclouded, and the mouth of asi was on the mouth of asar. 20. then also the pyramid was builded so that the initiation might be complete. 21. and in the heart of the sphinx danced the lord adonai, in his garlands of roses and pearls making glad the concourse of things; yea, making glad the concourse of things. liber ccxxxi 4 the genii of the 22 scales of the serpent and of the qliphoth a a .u-iao-u .a. o[ b be .qaoooabitom. g gitwnosapfwllois. d dhnaxartarwq [x= st. h hoo-oorw-ix. w vuaretza.[a secret name follows. z zoowasar. j chiva-abrahadabra-cadaxviii. f qal .xer-a-dekerval. y iehuvahaxan .qatan. k kerugunaviel. l lusanaherandraton. m malai. n nadimraphoroioz .qalai. s salaqlala-amrodnaq .ix. o oaoaaaooo.-ix. p puraqmetai-aphmetail. x xanqaxe

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e an aspen, quiver like light upon a rainy river! marsyas. do what thou wilt! is the sole word of law that my attainment heard. arise, and lay thine hand on god! arise, and set a period aha! 31 unto restriction! that is sin: to hold thine holy spirit in! o thou that chafest at thy bars, invoke nuit beneath her stars with a pure heart (her incense burned of gums and woods, in gold inurned, and let the serpent flame therein a little, and thy soul shall win to lie within her bosom. lo! thou wouldst give all.and she cries: no! take all, and take me! gather spice and virgins and great pearls of price! worship me in a single robe, crowned richly! girdle of the globe, i love thee! pale and purple, veiled, voluptuous, swan silver-sailed, i love thee. i am drunkness of the inmost sense; my soul.s c

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d might not endure thee. and lo! 50. i was alone in a great park, and by a certain hillock was a ring of deep anamelled grass wherein greed-clad ones, most beautiful, played. 51. in their play i came even unto the land of fairy sleep. 10 liber lxv 52. all night they danced and sang; but thou art the morning, o my darling, my serpent that twinest thee about this heart. 53. i am the heart, and thou the serpent. wind thy coils closer about me, so that no light nor bliss may penetrate. 54. crush out the blood of me, as a grape upon the tongue of a white doric girl that languishes with her lover the moonlight. 55. then let the end awake. long hast thou slept, o great god terminus! long ages hast thou waited at the end of the city and the roads thereof. awake thou! wait no more! 56. nay, lord! b

the taint of thy father the ape, of thy grandsire the blind worm of slime. 10. i gazed upon the crystal of the future, and i saw the horror of the end of thee. 11. further, i destroyed the time past, and the time to come.had i not the power of the sand-glass? 12. but in the very hour i beheld corruption. 12 liber lxv 13. then i said: o my beloved, o lord adonai, i pray thee to loosen the coils of the serpent! 14. but she was closed fast upon me, so that my force was stayed in its inception. 15. also i prayed unto the elephant god, the lord of beginnings, who breaketh down obstructions. 16. these gods came right quickly to mine aid. i beheld them; i joined myself unto them; i was lost in their vastness. 17. then i beheld myself compassed about with the infinite circle of emerald that enclos

l thee to the multitude. 63. they that ever desired thee shall obtain thee, even at the end of their desire. 64. glorious, glorious, glorious art thou, o my lover supernal, o self of myself. 65. for i have found thee alike in the me and the thee; there is no difference, o my beautiful, my desirable one! in the one and the many have i found thee; yea, i have found thee. 16 iv 1. o crystal heart! i the serpent clasp thee; i drive home mine head into the central core of thee, o god my beloved. 2. even as on the resounding wind-swept heights of mitylene some god-like woman casts aside the lyre, and with her locks aflame as an aureole, plunges into the wet heart of the creation, so i, o lord my god! 3. there is a beauty unspeakable in the heart of corruption, where the flowers are aflame. 4. ah

glad. 51. but for me the lustral water, the great ablution, the dissolving of the soul in that resounding abyss. 52. i have a little son like a wanton goat; my daughter is like an unfledged eaglet; they shall get them fins, that they may swim. 53. that they may swim, o my beloved, swim far in the warm honey of thy being, o blessed one, o boy of beatitude! 54. this heart of mine is girt about with the serpent that devoureth his own coils. 55. when shall there be an end, o my darling, o when shall the universe and the lord thereof be utterly swallowed up? 56. nay! who shall devour the infinite? who shall undo the wrong of the beginning? 57. thou criest like a white cat upon the roof of the universe; there is none to answer thee. 58. thou art like a lonely pillar in the midst of the sea; ther

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 the flying spark of ight whirled away by the great wind of your perfection? 3. yea, cried the holy one, and

ll adore thee. 12. thou shalt be lovely and pitiful toward them; thou shalt heal them of the unutterable evil. 13. they shall change in their destruction, even as two dark stars that crash together in the abyss, and blaze up in an infinite burning. 14. all this while did adonai pierce my being with his sword that hath four blades; the blade of the thunderbolt, the blade of the pylon, the blade of the serpent, the blade of the phallus. 15. also he taught me the holy unutterable word ararita, so that i melted the sixfold gold into a single invisible point, whereof naught may be spoken. 16. for the magistry of this opus is a secret magistry and the sign of the master thereof is a certain ring of lapis-lazuli with the name of my master, who am i, and the eye in the midst thereof. 17. also he s

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

nd open the pastos; and with thy winged globe thou wilt touch the rosy cross upon my breast, and i shall wake into life.the true life that is union with thee. so therefore.perinde ac cadaver.i await thee. 12.43. i wrote, by the way, on some previous day (iv. 12.57 a.m) that i used the supreme formula of awaiting. ridiculous mouse! is it not written in the book of the heart that is girt about with the serpent that .to await thee is the end, not the beginning.?2 it is as silly as rising at midnight, and saying .i will go out and sleep in the sun. but i am an irishman, and if you offer me a donkey-ride at a shilling the first hour and sixpence the second, you must not be surprised at the shrewd silliness of my replying that i will take the second hour first. 1 [see the fama fraternatis, the f

LIBER DCLXXI VEL PYRAMIDOS

not thou up against me, a witness! oppose me not, judge, in my quest! 6 liber dclxxi accuse me not now of unfitness before the great god, the dread lord of the west (change this part to your own motto. work the scansion correctly: speak fair words for ou mh. may he flourish in the place of the weighing of hearts by the marsh of the dead, where the crocodiles nourish their lives on the lost, where the serpent upstarts. for though i be joined to the earth, in the innermost shrine of heaven am i. i was master of thebes from my birth; shall i die like a dog? thou shalt not let me die, but my khu that the teeth of the crocodiles sever shall be mighty in heaven for ever and ever! yea! but i am a fool, a flutterer! i am under the shadow of the wings! i am a liar and a sorcerer. i am under the sha

LIBER HAD

ceeding proud and joyous. this is the first practice of ethics (ccxx. ii. 18, 19, 20, 21. svb figvra dlv 3 9. let the aspirant apply himself to comprehend hadit as the snake that giveth knowledge and delight and bright glory, who stirreth the hearts of men with drunkenness. this snake is blue and gold; its eyes are red, and its spangles green and ultra-violet (that is, as the most exalted form of the serpent kundalini) this is the sixth practice of intelligence (ccxx. ii. 22, 50, 51) 10. let him further identify himself with this snake. this is the second practice of meditation (ccxx. ii. 22. 11. let the aspirant take wine and strange drugs, according to his knowledge and experience, and be drunk thereof (the aspirant should be in so sensitive a condition that a single drop, perhaps even t

LIBER LVII

. this adds up to 17. but first of all it strikes us that i, a, and o are the three letters associated with the three letters h in the great name of six letters, hwhyha, which combines hyha and hwhy, macroprosopus and microprosopus. now these feminine letters h conceal the .three mothers. of the alphabet a, m, and c. replace these, and we get awmyca, which adds up to 358, the number alike of cjn, the serpent of genesis, and the messiah. we thus look for redeeming power in iao, and for the masculine aspect of that power. now we will see how that power works. we have a curious dictionary, which was made by a very learned man, in which the numbers from 1 to 10,000 fill the left hand column, in order, and opposite them are written all the sacred or important words which add up to each number.3

ded form of the doctrine of feminism which is so popular with the emasculate. the sephiroth are grouped in various ways. there is a superior triad or trinity; a hexad; and malkuth: the crown, the father, and the mother; the son or king; and the bride. also, a division into seven palaces, seven planes, three pillars or columns: and the like. the flashing sword follows the course of the numbers and the serpent nechushtan or of wisdom crawls up the paths which join them upon the tree of life, namely the letters. it is important to explain the position of daath or knowledge upon the tree. it is called the child of chokmah and binah, but it hath no place. but it is really the apex of a pyramid of which the three first numbers form the base. now the tree, or minutum mundum, is a figure in a plan

the accursed. 340 \c.the name. 341. the sum of the .3 mothers. aleph, mem, and shin. 345. hcm, moses. note that by transposition we have 543, hyha rca hyha .existence is existence .i am that i am. a sublime title of kether. moses is therefore regarded as the representative of this particular manifestation of deity, who declared himself under this special name. 358. see 32. jycm, messiah, and cjn, the serpent of genesis. the dogma is that the head of the serpent (n) is .bruised. being replaced by the letter of sacrifice, and yod, the letter alike of virginity (y= f) and of original deity (y= the foundation or type of all the letters. thus the word may be read .the sacrifice of the virgin-born divine one triumphant (j, the chariot) through the spirit. while cjn reads .death entering the (rea

the head of the serpent (n) is .bruised. being replaced by the letter of sacrifice, and yod, the letter alike of virginity (y= f) and of original deity (y= the foundation or type of all the letters. thus the word may be read .the sacrifice of the virgin-born divine one triumphant (j, the chariot) through the spirit. while cjn reads .death entering the (realm of the) spirit. but the conception of the serpent as the redeemer is truer. see my explanation of the 5=6 ritual (equinox, no. iii. 361. rah ynda, the lord of the earth. note 361 denotes the 3 supernals, the 6 members of ruach, and malkuth. this name of god therefore embraces all the 10 sephiroth. 365. an important number, though not in the pure qabalah. see .the canon..55 meiqras and abraxas in greek. 370. really more important for p

r in turn. for example. thesis. the number nine is the highest and worthiest of the numbers. scholion a .the number nine is sacred, and attains the summits of philosophy. zoroaster.61 scholion b. nine is the best symbol of the unchangeable one, since by whatever number it is multiplied, the sum of the figures is always 9, e.g. 9 487= 4383. 4+ 3+ 8+ 3= 18. 1+ 8= 9. scholion g. 9= f, a serpent. and the serpent is the holy uraus, upon the crown of the gods. scholion d. 9= ix= the hermit of the tarot, the ancient one with lamp (giver of light) and staff (the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this, two, is the same ancient as in 0, aleph .the fool, and aleph= 1. scholion e. 9= dwsy= 80= p= mars= 5= h= g= lmg= 73= hmkj= the mother= binah= 3= ba= the father (1+ 2= mystic number of chokmah= chokmah=

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

s of the reat serpent theli coiled round the universe, he knew how deep the slaver of that snake had entered into us, infecting us, rotting our very bones with poisonous drunkenness. and so his cutting irony.drink no intoxicating drinks! when i go to take pansil* it is in no spirit of servile morality; it is with keen sorrow gnawing at my heart. these five causes of sorrow are indeed the heads of the serpent of desire. four at least of them snap their fans on me in and by virtue of my very act of receiving the commands, and of promising to obey them; if there is a little difficulty about the fifth, it is an omission easily rectified.and i think we should all make a point about that; there is great virtue in completeness. yes! do not believe that the buddha was a fool; that he asked men to

e did call forth four servants to keep him in the midst of the way, and the lion roared before him to bid the opposers beware of his coming. on the bull he rode, and on his left hand and his right marched the eagle and the man. but his back was uncovered, seeing that he would not turn. and the spirit of the path met him. it was a young girl of two and twenty years, and she warned him that without the serpent5 his ways were but as wool cast into the dyer.s vat. two-and-twenty scales had the serpent, and every scale was a path, and every path was alike an enemy and a friend. so he set out, and the darkness grew upon him. yet could he well perceive a young maiden6 having a necklace of two-and-seventy* it would require many pages to give even a sketch of this remarkable document. the qabalisti

he freed the lion.one buffet of his hand dashed her back six paces .and with another blow smote its head from its body. and he ran to her and by force embraced her. struggled she and fought him: savagely she bit, but it was of no avail: she lay ravished and exhausted on the lybian plain. across the mouth he smote her for a kiss, while she cried .o! thou hast begotten on me twins. and mine also is the serpent, and thou shalt conquer it and it shall serve thee: and they, they also for a guide. she ceased; and he, having come to the world.s end, prepared his chariot. foresquare he builded it, and that double: he harnessed the two sphinxes that he had made from one, and sailed, crabfashion, backwards, through the amber skies of even. wherefore he attained to see his children. lovers they were

d cried .one for the fool. seeing 1 3, the number of g. 2, the number of the card g. 2 the equality of three and eight is attributed to binah, a high grade of theurgic attainment. 3 scil. juggler, the 1st key. the magical weapons correspond to the kerubim. 4 the key marked 0 and applied to aleph, 1. dona virginis. puella urget sophiam sodalibus. the sophic suggler. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 83 the serpent should be his at last .none for the fool. they laughed back.nay, even his maiden queen. for she would not any should know thereof. yet all were right, both he and they. but truth ran quickly about; for that was the house of truth; and mercury stood far from the sun. yet the suggler was ever in the sign of sorrow, and the fig tree was not far. so went our father to the fool.s paradise o

went our father to the fool.s paradise of air. but it is not lawful that i should write to you, brethren, of what there came to him at that place and time; nor indeed is it true, if it were written. for alway doth this arcanum differ from itself on this wise, that the not and the amen,1 passing, are void either on the one side or the other, and who shall tell their ways? so our father, having won the serpent crown, the ur us of antient khem, did bind it upon his head, and rejoiced in that kingdom for the space of two hundred and thirty and one days2 and nights, and turned him toward the flaming sword.3 now the sword governeth ten mighty kingdoms, and evil, and above them is the ninefold lotus, and a virgin came forth unto him in the hour of his rejoicing and propounded her riddle. the firs

hey are a triangle,3 he said, they think as the picture-folk. base they are, and little infinitely. ain elohim. they think, being many, they are one.4 they think as the rhine-folk think. many and none. ain elohim. they think the erect5 is the twined, and the twined is the coiled, and the coiled is the twin, and the twin are the stoopers. they think as the big-nose-folk. save us, o lord! 1 nechesh the serpent and messiach the redeemer. 2 abigenos, abiagnus, biagenos, abiegnus, metatheses of the name of the mystic mountain of initiation. the next paragraph has been explained in the essay .qabalistic dogma. 3 the belief in a trinity.ignorance of daath. 4 belief in monism, or rather advaitism. crowley was a monist only in the modern scientific sense of that word. 5 confusion of the various mys

LIBER O

hapaty swami) of .liber hhh (341) in equinox i (5) and appendix vii of magick. 3 most of these columns appear in the expanded appendix v of the .blue brick. edition of magick, thus: 777 magick description i. 0 key scale ii, iii. 1, 2 hebrew names of numbers and letters, english translation. v [omitted] god-names in assiah. vi, vii. 9, 11 heavens of assiah, english translation. ix. 7 the sword and the serpent. xi. 12 the elements (with their planetary rulers. xii. 8 the tree of life. xiv. 14 general attribution of tarot. xv. xviii. 55. 58 the colour scales. xix. 24 selection of egyptian gods. xxxiv. 26 some greek gods. xxxv. 27 some roman gods. xxxviii. 28 animals, real and imaginary. xxxix. 29 plants, real and imaginary. xl. 30 precious stones. xli. 33 magical weapons. xlii. 31 perfumes. x

LIBER SAMEKH

im not only fill his whole being to the uttermost with the force of the names; but let him formulate his will, understood thoroughly as the dynamic aspect of his creative self, in an appearance symbolically apt, i say not in the form of a ray of light, of a fiery sword, or of aught save that bodily vehicle of the holy ghost which is sacred to baphomet,22 by its virtue that concealeth the lion and the serpent that his image may appear adorably upon the earth for ever. let then the adept extend his will beyond the circle in this imagined shape, and let it radiate with the light proper to the element invoked, and let each word issue along the shaft with passionate impulse, as if its voice gave command thereto that it should thrust itself leapingly forward. let also each word accumulate author

LIBER STELLAE RUBEAE

ritten it in symbols that cannot be understood. 34. i who reveal the ritual am iao and oai; the right and the averse. 35. these are alike unto me. 36. now the veil of this operation is called shame, and the glory abideth within. 37. thou shalt comfort the heart of the secret stone with the worm blood. thou shalt make a subtle decoction of delight, and the watchers shall drink thereof. 38. i, apep the serpent, am the heart of iao. isis shall await asar, and i in the midst. 39. also the priestess shall seek another altar, and perform my ceremonies thereon. 40. there shall be no hymn nor dithyramb in my praise and the praise of the rite, seeing that it is utterly beyond. liber stella rubea 4 41. thou shalt assure thyself of the stability of the altar. 42. in this rite thou shalt be alone. 43

LIBER V VEL REGULI

li sh is fire as t is force; conjoined they express ra-hoor- khuit .the angel.8 represents the stele 666, showing the gods of the aon, while .strength.9 is a picture of babalon and the beast, the earthly emissaries of those gods. sht is the dynamic equivalent of la and la. sh shows the word of the law, being triple, as 93 is thrice 31. t shows the formula of magic declared in that word; the lion, the serpent, the sun, courage and sexual love are all indicated by the card. in la note that saturn or satan is exalted in the house of venus or astarte and it is an airy sign. thus l is father- mother, two and naught, and the spirit (holy ghost) of their love is also naught. love is ahbh, 13, which is achd. unity, 1, aleph. who is .the fool. who is naught, but none the less an individual one, who

t sodomitic and incestuous lust which is the traditional formula for producing demi-gods, as in the cases of mary and the dove, leda and the swan, etc. the card is xi, the number of magick avd: aleph .the fool. impregnating the woman according to the word of yod, the angel of the lord! his sister has seduced her brother beast, shaming the sun with her sin; she has mastered the lion, and enchanted the serpent. nature is outraged by magick; man is bestialized and woman defiled. the conjunction produces a monster; it affirms regression of types. instead of a man-god conceived of the spirit of god by a virgin in innocence, we are asked to adore the bastard of a whore and a brute, begotten in shamefullest sin and born in most blasphemous bliss. this is in fact the formula of our magick; we insi

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

ird house. so i said .it seems to me that they are all in perfectly good order. but they took me up in the air, and then i saw that the outsides were horribly disfigured with great advertisements, and every single house had written all over it: first house this is his majesty.s favourite residence. no other genuine. beware of worthless imitations. come in here and spend life! come in here and see the serpent eat his tail! so i was furious, as you may imagine, and had men go and put all the proper numbers on them, and a little sarcastic remark to make them ashamed; so they read: via f v. serpens domus iv v. benignitas ratio natura naturata adeptum oportet rationis facultatem regnare liber xcv 16 fifth house, and mostly dream at that. seventh house. external splendour and internal corruption

e is gray, because the light and dark flash by so quick it.s all blended into one; and in it lives my lover, and that.s all i care about. the first house is so brilliant that you can.t think; and there, too, is my lover and i when we are one. you wouldn.t understand that either. and the last thing i shall say is that one begins to see that there isn.t really quite a wide-wide-wide-wake-world till the serpent outside has finished eating up his tail, and i don.t really and truly understand that myself. but it doesn.t matter; what you must do is first to find the fairy prince to come and ride away with you, so don.t bother about the serpent yet. that.s all. explicit opusculum in capitulo quarto vel de collegio summo. via a v. bos domus ii v. sapientia. domus i v. corona suxpliber xli (thien t

LIBER XV CHYMICAL JOUSTING OF PERARDUA

ly prepared a red dragon, or as some alchemists will have it, a fiery flying serpent, whereby he should eat up that sphinx of his, that he had nourished with such ingenium and care. now this red dragon hath seven fiery coils, proper to the seven silver stars. also was his head right venemous and greedy, and eight flames were about it; for that sphinx had two wings and four feet and two horns; but the serpent is one, even as the king is one. the chymical jousting of brother perardua 3 he slayeth the great dragon called stooping or twisted. now then is this work utterly burnt up and abolished in that tremendous heat that is in the mouth and belly of the dragon; and that which cometh forth therefrom is in no wise that which went in. yet are these twelve the children of those two-and-twenty. s

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

in in voluspa howls before the cave gnipahellir: gthe bond will burst/ and the wolf run free. h fenrir was the son of loki and the giantess angrboda, one of a brood of three. in light of the binding of fenrir, we may be justified in regarding the exile of his siblings.the midgard serpent to the outer waters of the sea and hel to the world of the dead.as a kind of binding. no fetters are used, but the serpent does lied coiled about the earth, biting its own tail, and this linking of mouth to tail might be taken as a kind of binding. like fenrir, the midgard serpent will be gunbound h from the ocean at ragnarok and will kill thor. there is no parallel gunbinding h for hel, however. loki is the most important and studied of the bound monsters in scandinavian mythology. his binding occurs, acc

igure. he hosts thor when the latter appears in the form of a young man, but he clearly has doubts about the lad fs abilities. thor is able to dispel these doubts, and when the two go fishing it is thor who pushes the envelope. they venture into uncharted waters, and when thor hooks the midgard serpent, the giant.apparently out of fear, not any solidarity with his jotun kin.cuts the line, so that the serpent probably survived the encounter, according to snorri. hymir apparently does not, as thor smacks him overboard. according to hymiskvida, hymir is the father of ty lr, one of the asir, and this makes hymir unique (loki has a giant father, farbauti, but loki is only deities, themes, and concepts 189 numbered among the asir, not a real member of the group. if hymir really succeeded in maki

ars the head off one of hymir fs oxen (stanza 19. the scene shifts abruptly to the fishing expedition. thor asks hymir to row further out, but the giant demurs (stanza 20. hymir fishes up two whales, but then thor casts his line (stanza 21. with the ox head as bait, he fishes up the midgard serpent (stanza 22, draws it aboard, and smashes it with his hammer (stanza 23. as the whole cosmos reacts, the serpent sinks into the sea (stanza 24. hymir is downcast as they row back to shore (stanza 25, and he asks thor to help him moor the boat (stanza 26).thor hauls it all the way up to the giant fs house (stanza 27. hymir bids thor break a cup (stanza 28, but he cannot (stanza 29. the woman counsels him to throw it at the head of the giant (stanza 30. thor does so and breaks the cup (stanza 31. t

further delayed because one of thor fs goats is lame, which loki caused (stanza 37. the giants were paid with blows (stanza 38, and thor got the kettle for brewing beer (stanza 39. in gylfaginning snorri relates the story of the fishing expedition, and although hymiskvida must have been his principal source, there is a huge difference: snorri says that in his fear the giant cut the line, allowing the serpent to sink into the water and making it unclear whether the hammer thrown after it struck the target with any effect. the poem, on the other hand, seems to suggest that thor killed the serpent or at least dealt it a mighty blow. preben meulengracht sorensen has explained the differences between the versions as involving not only a time difference but also differing conceptions of the rela

ight be paralleled by the building of the home of a chieftain in iceland. midgard serpent mighty beast sunk in the sea encircling the earth, a son of loki, and thor fs greatest opponent. the midgard serpent, also known as jormungand (mighty-snake, was one of the three in the monstrous brood sired by loki on angrboda. when odin saw the danger the three posed, he had them fetched, and he dispatched the serpent into the sea, hel into the underground realm of the dead, and the wolf fenrir to a cave after he had been bound (not without some inconvenience, especially for ty lr. we have this story from the gylfaginning section of snorri sturluson fs edda, where he says this about the serpent: deities, themes, and concepts 229 brooch found in oland, sweden, depicting a beast reminiscent of the mid

wolf fenrir to a cave after he had been bound (not without some inconvenience, especially for ty lr. we have this story from the gylfaginning section of snorri sturluson fs edda, where he says this about the serpent: deities, themes, and concepts 229 brooch found in oland, sweden, depicting a beast reminiscent of the midgard serpent (werner forman/art resource) and when they came to him, he threw the serpent into the deep sea that lies around all lands, and that serpent grew so much, that he lies in the middle of the ocean around all lands and bites his tail. here a word on medieval cosmology may be in order. the world was a flat disk, with the earth in the center and the sea all around. thus the serpent is about as far away from the center, where men and gods lived, as hel might be under

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

this spirit traced in flour on the floor. this activates the area of neither-neither from which the sorcerer walks between the worlds of dream (nightside) and waking (dayside "by the rights of pleasure may flesh procreate from within. mother of the sabbath, lilith i awaken to the mysteries of our craft. i dedicate my being to the path from which my blood dictates. by the mysteries of the goat and the serpent i come to thee. i walk now the witches sabbat path, reborn under the luciferic shadows and promethean light! cain, wanderer of the desert dawn, embraces now my way, which is our way, that thy mysteries are revealed through dedication! shaitan asmodeus belial lilith hecate eko, eko lucifer" 14 much of the doctrine of the order of phosphorus flows from the grimoires the book of the witch

o seek knowledge, wisdom and areas of personal growth and betterment is the great desire of humanity itself. this is why essentially the left hand path is the foundation for human advancement, as it teaches us to become like lucifer or lilith itself, independent, knowledge seeking and self-deified. the black magickian often called witch or warlock are the individuals who taste from the chalice of the serpent, the wisdom of asmodeus. the universe seeks for all to flow according to its way, from which we work through in order to ultimately emerge through the left hand path. before one provides the vehicle of material and spiritual union, the announcement of the path to nature itself should be observed. the initiate should go forth into the woods in the dawn, remove all clothes the cover his

he sun, sortha n-din thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao thiaf! east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from the shedding of the dragon, bring now forth the serpent essence of my soul! melek tau us, beautiful spirit of fire, i summon thee forth! photeth north- set-heh, isolator and strengthening force of storms, that chaos which i have tempered in thy elegance of darkness. i go forth and become as the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! send

l spirit of fire, i summon thee forth! photeth north- set-heh, isolator and strengthening force of storms, that chaos which i have tempered in thy elegance of darkness. i go forth and become as the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! sender of nightmares ascend through me! ooo west- let now the serpent encircle me, leviathan the coiling dragon of timeless being. i summon your essence unto me! great chthonic daimon of endless being, i seek to drink deep of your cup and behold the mysteries of the depths! mriodom aoth, sabaoth, atheleberseth, abraoth! by the very circle of which i build i walk unto the crown of lucifer that emerald which shine the essence of heaven and hell. that angel

t is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the goddivinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of blackened light is the light of azazel, or shaitan embodied on earth through cain, the initiator of the sethanic path of witchcraft. east lucifer as azazel in the earthbound form, the mentioning of twelve wings in reference to the serpent angel. lucifer is the freedom of will from which the individual may seek to strengthen and illuminate the self in ones own discovered light, or black flame. north the cold north is the direction of not only cain as the lord of horsemen, but also of set-heh the adversary. set is the egyptian god of chaos, storms and darkness. the isolator, set is the adversarial god of change, strength

forms. athame the blade of holy magick or greater black magick workings, used in ceremonial or solitary practice. pathally a black handled knife. azazel called the guardian of the goat, azazel is one of the 200 original fallen angels, according to lore. it is considered that azazel is the same as shemyaza, the leader of the watchers. the zohar makes reference (in vayeze 153a) about the rider upon the serpent is the evil azazel. in islamic lore, azazel is the same as eblis and considered by other lore as the first star (in reference to any angels) which would reveal him as lucifer. azoth the beginning and end in its spiritual aspect, azoth is a form of life and death. from between comes the possibility of manifestation. ba- the soul in egyptian mythology. when the immortal physically dies

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

logy. seker seems to also be a god associated with the early manifestation of set, in the tuat, one of the tunnels which were under the control of seker were guarded by a serpent with four legs, scorpions, vipers and other winged demons. the arabic word tawfan according to e.a. wallis budge may hold a connection to the name typhon, considering the arabic means storm. apep was known universally as the serpent-devil which held power over storms, darkness and night. set made his forms in darkness as well, yet as sutekh his adversarial nature was that he existed both in the tuat or underworld in the seeming form of apep (once he mastered this chaotic aspect) and man-god on earth. at kom ombo as well as other places set was called nubti and sutekh, although later identified with the god baal, w

f the adversary in ancient egypt (as set and apophis) were many, a few examples are: nak, sabau, apophis, suti, baba, smy, hemhemti, pakerbeth, saatet-ta, qerneru, tutu, nesht, hau-hra, iubani, amam, sebaent- seba, khak-ab, khan-ru,uai sau, beteshu, kharubu the four times wicked the smaiu and mesu betshet were the children of rebellion, those who were shape shifters and cult members who venerated the serpent as their god. as it was written in genesis the serpent was subtle than any beast and refers to the cunning and mindful approach it had towards anything done. the material associated with set-typhon is iron, called often the bone of typho. it was by this strength in which set held dominion over all at some point in time, his forms many and his will and hunger to exist was greater than t

he daemons and angels of the self as familiars or guides are all an expression of owns being. before one becomes cloudy in the waters of wicca, the pure source must be revealed. to better explain the luciferian path in the terms of which is offered in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon, an assessment of the basic tools, god forms and models of belief are given here: apep the serpent-demon of chaos and the abyssic waters of the tuat. apep is the early embodiment of the sumerian tiamat or the sevenheaded dragon of the apocalypse. in early persian manifestation, ahriman and the archdaevas. in egyptian lore, apep is by cipher and study nothing more than set revealed, his primal draconian aspect of self. apep embodies the very essence of set and may even be considered

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

, naked and awake through the eyes of lilith and asmodeus. the awakening and dedication chant (performed by candlelight indoors or out. if outdoors, cast your circle in flour "by the rights of pleasure may flesh procreate from within. mother of the sabbath, lilith i awaken to the mysteries of our craft. i dedicate my being to the path from which my blood dictates. by the mysteries of the goat and the serpent i come to thee. i walk now the sabbatic path, reborn under the luciferic shadows and promethean light! cain, wanderer of the desert dawn, embrace now my way which is our way, that thy mysteries are revealed through dedication! shaitan asmodeus belial lilith hecate eko, eko lucife eluciferian witchcraft-the mystery revealed by michael ford 2001 there is a path which reveal the manes of

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT THE MYSTERY REVEALED

o seek knowledge, wisdom and areas of personal growth and betterment is the great desire of humanity itself. this is why essentially the left hand path is the foundation for human advancement, as it teaches us to become like lucifer or lilith itself, independent, knowledge seeking and self-deified. the black magickian often called witch or warlock are the individuals who taste from the chalice of the serpent, the wisdom of asmodeus. the universe seeks for all to flow according to its way, from which we work through in order to ultimately emerge through the left hand path. the two paths are essentially united consciously, from which each individual will be able to unite the microcosm with the macrocosm, the angelic and the demonic, the shadow and the light, all opposites in union. this is t

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

needle and masons' marks. 77 the pythagorean theory of music and color pythagoras and the diatonic scale--therapeutic music--the music of the spheres--the use of color in symbolism--the colors of the spectrum and the musical scale--zodiacal and planetary colors. 81 fishes, insects, animals, reptiles, and birds jonah and the whale--the fish the symbol of christ--the egyptian scarab--jupiter's fly- the serpent of wisdom--the sacred crocodile. 85 fishes, insects, animals, reptiles, and birds, part ii the dove, the yonic emblem--the self-renewing phoenix--the great seal of the united states of america--bast, the cat goddess of the ptolemies--apis, the sacred bull--the monoceros, or unicorn. 89 flowers, plants, fruits, and trees the flower, a phallic symbol--the lotus blossom--the scandinavian

ut, lest these secret processes fall into uncultured hands and be perverted, the great arcanum was always concealed in symbol or allegory; and those who can today discover its lost keys may open with them a treasure house of philosophic, scientific, and religious truths. click to enlarge the orphic egg. from bryant's an analysis of ancient mythology. the ancient symbol of the orphic mysteries was the serpent-entwined egg, which signified cosmos as encircled by the fiery creative spirit. the egg also represents the soul of the philosopher; the serpent, the mysteries. at the time of initiation the shell is broke. and man emerges from the embryonic state of physical existence wherein he had remained through the fetal period of philosophic regeneration. next: the ancient mysteries and secret s

of december, the birth of the sun god was celebrated. the secret teachings of the druids are said by some to be tinctured with pythagorean philosophy. the druids had a madonna, or virgin mother, with a child in her arms, who was sacred to their mysteries; and their sun god was resurrected at the time of the year corresponding to that at which modern christians celebrate easter. both the cross and the serpent were sacred to the druids, who made the former by cutting off all the branches of an oak tree and fastening one of them to the main trunk in the form of the letter t. this oaken cross became symbolic of their superior deity. they also worshiped the sun, moon, and stars. the moon received their special veneration. caesar stated that mercury was one of the chief deities of the gauls. the

at 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 rats were held sacred to him. the bull is esoterically the constellation of taurus; the serpent, its opposite in the zodiac, scorpio; the sun, mithras, entering into the side of the bull, slays the celestial creature and nourishes the universe with its blood. click to enlarge the birth of mithras. from montfaucon's antiquities mithr

osite image, inscribed with the actual name abraxas, to be a gnostic pantheos, representing the supreme being, with the five emanations marked out by appropriate symbols. from the human body, the usual form assigned to the deity, spring the two supporters, nous and logos, expressed in the serpents, symbols of the inner senses, and the quickening understanding; on which account the greeks had made the serpent the attribute of pallas. his head--that of a cock--represents phronesis, that bird being the emblem of foresight and of vigilance. his two arms hold the symbols of sophia and dynamis: the shield of wisdom and the whip of power" the gnostics were divided in their opinions concerning the demiurgus, or creator of the lower worlds. he established the terrestrial universe with the aid of si

became hopelessly confounded with the doctrine he represented and eventually became the symbol of the greek school of the ancient wisdom. thus orpheus was declared to be the son of apollo, the divine and perfect truth, and calliope, the muse of harmony and rhythm. in other words, orpheus is the secret doctrine (apollo) revealed through music (calliope. eurydice is humanity dead from the sting of the serpent of false knowledge and imprisoned in the underworld of ignorance. in this allegory orpheus signifies theology, which wins her from the king of the dead but fails to accomplish her resurrection because it falsely estimates and mistrusts the innate understanding within the human soul. the ciconian women who tore orpheus limb from limb symbolize the various contending theological factions

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circle. this is the form of the magical circle of king solomon, the which he made that he might preserve himself therein from the malice of these evil spirits (see frontispiece, figure 153) this magical circle is to be made 9 feet across, and the divine names are to be written around it, beginning at ehyeh, and ending at levanah, luna (colours- the space between the outer and inner circles, where the serpent28 is coiled, with the hebrew names written along his body, is bright deep yellow. the square in the centre of the circle, where the word master is written, is filled in with red. all names and letters are in black. in the hexagrams the outer triangles where the letters a, d, o, n, a, i, appear are filled in with bright yellow, the centres, where the t-shaped crosses are, blue or green

brew is always written from right to left, instead of from left to right like ordinary european languages. the small maltese crosses are placed to mark the conclusion of each separate set of hebrew names. these names are those of deity angels and archangels allotted by the qabalists to each of the 9 first sephiroth or divine emanations. in english letters they run thus, beginning from the head of the serpent+ ehyeh kether metatron chaioth ha-qadehs rashith ha-galgalim s.p.m (for "sphere of the primum mobile+ lah chokmah ratziel auphanim masloth s.s.f (for "sphere of the fixed stars" or s.z. for "sphere of the zodiac+ iehovah eolhim binah tzaphquiel aralim shabbathai s (for "sphere) of saturn+ el chesed tzadquiel chaschmalim tzedeq s. of jupiter+ elohim gibor geburah kamael seraphim madim s

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

e first born of witch blood in the circle of the dragon s emerald crown. azazel gathered all in this secret place, which was of fire and blackened earth. lucifer called this place helan, the meeting place of spirits. the held their court here, encircled in sacred communion. azazel spoke of perception and what they wished to become and do as their own desire, they were free. did his mind become as the serpent, isolate and independent that as flame which was sacred and beautiful, azazel now could understand both good and evil, the darkness and the light. lucifer, my angelick initiator, my soul and father, understood that he was both demon and angel, that he was beauty and ugliness. all of those in the circle of spirits made a sacred pact to go forth into the world of horrors and do their wil

r who would either cut me to shreds or raise me up as god. the angel transformed into a very familiar dreaming body which taught me the ways of nature, yet he was a blackened shadow which held a spirit possessed knife very good cain, my son of flesh, go forth unto your deep desire and seek her of the blood of flame i shall walk with you again in a familiar way, take a leaf from my book and behold the serpent s tongue and sight, that shall guide you unto her the angel vanished, who i call father. i slept a dreamless sleep. i continued walking; the desert sun drained my body. i ached and felt very thirst, having little water to sooth my burning throat. i understood what i was to do, and that nothing, save death would stop me. i could see this leaf of the ancient book, decorated in what was d

e spoke to me of what i was to become, and that i had passed through a rite of passage. i was to become immortal and forever a spirit who walked the path of the dragon, who was my father. in the darkness of the caves, i grew strong again and learned arts which were taught to me by lilith. she was terror, yet kindness in one kiss. i understood that she was the first wife of adam, who then drank of the serpent s wisdom and became immortal in the shadows, she walked between time. i learned how to extend and make flesh my shadow, and desires that i slowly became like my father, who was the prince of the air and of flame. lilith showed me the knowledge of dreams, how she may always speak to me from this inbetween time. i first understood the ecstasy of transformation, of become like a beast, an

braced the black flame just as set-an of egypt, that i shall dwell in the places of the earth lest seen, but in this path one may find me. by forest or desert some may call me, and i may answer calls of initiation into the circle of the witch born. in the fire of the adversary do i walk for eternity, my father s soul illuminating those who seek me. i am vampyre and i am the sorcerer of light from the serpent s tongue. the invocation of cain -the blackened fires of the forge- cain is the earthen initiator of magick, the sorcerous enfleshed spirit of lucifer and lilith, cain is also the one who walks with the dragon the path of the nightside. in one hand is the fetish of cain the skull of abel whom holds the gnosis of the shade king, azrael, the western gate of twilight and realm of ghosts

and lord of the blackened fires of the forge, who tasted the blood mark as an x upon the brow. o cain, who was awakened by the skull bearing omen of abel lord of beasts and initiator of sorcerous fire, werewolf shapeshifter! let me see within and beyond the caul of lilith s veil! father and brother of the caves wherein are ancient shades, who hold the book of dreaming which is the primal word of the serpent- cain, lord of beasts and transformation, i summon thee, invocate thee within shall your lightening strike upon the forge and illuminate my spirit! my brow marked in blood, horned walker of worlds! strike now with thy hammer, shall the eye of the serpent open forth! unveiled in the nightside do i come forth! that i walk the path of dragon born, caster of the first circle of emerald and

he forge and illuminate my spirit! my brow marked in blood, horned walker of worlds! strike now with thy hammer, shall the eye of the serpent open forth! unveiled in the nightside do i come forth! that i walk the path of dragon born, caster of the first circle of emerald and crimson flame. gatekeeper and horned shape shifter open forth the fiery path! illuminate the blackened flame! shall i awake the serpent born in the devil s skin cain i summon thee! tubal-qayin as it is sometimes spelled is the blacksmith whose forge is the heart of the sabbatic craft. the child of asmodeus (called often samael) and lilith, is considered the bringer of gnosis to humanity. other legends give tubal cain as the child of samael and eve, and that in congress the dragon spit filth into her and bore cain. tuba

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reened. to face da ath and control its elementals and energies is to transpose the abyss and awaken towards a glorious morning! vampirism is a belief system of altered thinking and new focus. it is not at all different from the beliefs of any serious magus or sorcerer who seeks to build the black walls of individual strength. the subconscious holds ever key needed to awaken these primal atavisms: the serpent, the wolf, the dragon, the bat, the owl and raven are all at our command. the new age of shamanic tribal transformation and atavistic resurgence is at hand. 20 20 the vampiric path is not necessarily a life long dedicated focus, it is night side. in other words any other personal path of magickal power and study such as thelema (2, chaos (3, voudon (4, etc. can be a primary focus of th

are "habitations of the phantom forms generated by sexual desires and morbid cravings constantly produced by dwellers of earth (8) within the realm of the qlipoth, subsisting through the plane of da'ath, is the greatest depth of night where the great red dragon sleeps. among the coils of the dragon are the shells of the dead, the spirits or lower demonic energies which flow between the dreams of the serpent. these demonic forces must not be trusted, however but controlled and sent forth to work your will. the vampiric sorcerer will over time, gain enough psychic strength to open the qliphoth and begin to transverse the current of this shadow astral plane. this means also the lion trainer will be sleeping with the lions. such daemonic forces should be dealt with carefully in this aspect, f

g something strong and honorable. the essence of the initiation is to dedicate the sorcerer to the life long path of magick, wherein a great and beautiful flower awaits those of awakened and enlightened paths, the making of a god or goddess. the self is god and goddess, since you ultimately answer to yourself. make your self happy before attempting to do so with others. sabbat symbolism refers to the serpent that sheds his skin, enabling the rise to the stars of midnight and dawn, and entry to haunting mist and subterranean cavern. i stress the issue of sorcery being extremely personal to the individual who practices it. one who approaches magick as impersonal will obviously be a failure since successful sorcery demands a strong and focused conviction and frame of mind. one must understand

ent shall observe with your calling. they are the watchers often revealed as demons. know their nature well. a witch would now perform a dedication chant, an example would be "by the rights of pleasure may flesh procreate from within. mother of the sabbath, lilith i awaken to the mysteries of our craft. i dedicate my being to the path from which my blood dictates. by the mysteries of the goat and the serpent i come to thee. i walk now the luciferian path, reborn under the luciferic shadows and promethean light! shaitan asmodeus belial lilith hecate eko, eko" the witch would now make a cut and draw blood, letting it drop into the soil. this would be followed by the vision of a brilliant white light which is followed by the ascent of the morning star, lucifer. this symbolism is based on the

d to be kissed. this is however, a powerful point of initiative symbolism representing the darker aspects of witchcraft. the most significant point before beginning a life travel down the luciferian path is to understand the symbolism which represents knowledge and wisdom. the devils mark is but a glyph of what is considered awakening or the emergence of the primal atavism, and its opposite being the serpent. the serpent, as represented throughout history means wisdom and awakening, while to christians is normally a symbol of evil. the osculum infame should be practiced as either solitary or within the coven you are to join. it is essential and imperative that one is also knowledgeable and strong enough to choose his or her coven in a business like, intelligent manner. do not join simply b

ment of becoming, open the gates of the dead to protect my very being spirit and flesh. noctifer observe! touch the forehead and recite: ateh (unto thee) facing the north, make the sign of the invoking pentagram averse, and envision the graves of the earth opening forth and encircling you, protecting you from all outside forms. by the light of azazel, who brought to man and woman the knowledge of the serpent, attend my being in the protection of the kin of witchblood! touching the genitals recite: malkuth (the kingdom) facing the west, make the sign of the invoking pentagram averse, and envision the waters circling you, forming great tempests with serpents and dragons seeking to devour that which would attack you. by the call of shemyaza may the hidden knowledge and protection be revealed

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ngels, the watchers, the els, the ari, elders,atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation3 from the end of heaven sons of zadok, sons of seth, the uranids, cyclopeans, promethians, olympians, theelect, asuras, the illies, fomorians, the necromancers, rayless ones, bent ones, thedogons, dagons, the ana, amaraka, nagas, the rakshasas, dragon kings, naddred,the brotherhood of the snake, and the serpent people. they were also referred to asthe djedhi (see jedi. the bible takes the position that the nephilim were a malign presence and insists thattheir leaders committed a great sin by interfering with the evolution of humankind: and the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the devil and satan,the deceiver of the whole world, he was cast down to earth and his a

ere probably the cro-magnon, engis, homoerectus or neanderthals. there could have been some other race altogether, but given thesuppression of data in these subjects, it is doubtful if we will ever know the truth about ourearth ancestors. recent findings seem to indicate that both neanderthal and cro-magnonraces were genetically interfered with and were the victims of hybridization. unluckily for the serpent masters, this first-born progeny eventually began to chafeagainst their imposed servitude. their human qualities and sensibilities were such thatthey were not only lofty of intellect, but were possessed of a moral and spiritualdimension utterly lacking in their extraterrestrial masters. as a result of this, theyopenly began to resist their creators whom they disliked and came to physic

ually began to chafeagainst their imposed servitude. their human qualities and sensibilities were such thatthey were not only lofty of intellect, but were possessed of a moral and spiritualdimension utterly lacking in their extraterrestrial masters. as a result of this, theyopenly began to resist their creators whom they disliked and came to physically out-number. it is written that these sons of the serpent would not recognize the superi-ority of their masters, since they lacked the exalted qualities. finally, after anunspecified period of time, the majority of the sons of the serpents leave the gar-dens of edinu (atlantis) and vacate the continent of appalachia, relocating to theisland of oceania, later known as lemuria, where todays pacific ocean is. here theyestablish a thriving civili

, from that time onward,would consider their first born avowed adversaries. atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation27 chapter 5the race of adam in a late sumerian mythit is declared that men were created to relieve the gods of the oner-ous task of tilling their fields. men were to do that work for them and provide them with foodthrough sacrifice (joseph campbell, occidental mythology)the serpent masters deduced that the first time round they had made a fundamentalmistake. they had given their progeny the same intellectual capacities that they them-selves possessed, which meant their creations also understood all about genetic sci-ence. this time, it was decided that such invaluable knowledge would be completelywithheld and that the biological and cerebral centers of higher int

r for the nephilim and their offspring. it refers to knowledge, especially of thearcane kind. it refers to the technological mastery that they possessed. even in hebrew, forinstance, the root nhsh, that is, serpent means to decipher, to find out, implying thatthe nephilim were scientists. the opposing sides both used and continue to use the serpentsymbol, but with certain differences. the sons of the serpent, with the human dna andhuman sensibilities, use the serpent usually in a winged form, or with a crown, or even asmulticolored. often referred to as the uraeus, the agatho daimon, the feathered serpent, oreven the phoenix, it is a positive symbol, and like the dragon with five toes is connected towisdom, white magic, and mystical practice. the plain non-winged, non-crowned, generallythe

nough proof of whom they serve. thefollowing passage reveals the wrath of the atlanteans, not only toward their firstborn, but also toward the eves:because thou hast done this, though art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of thefield; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall you eat all the days of thy life (genesis 3:14) in eve s scene at the treenothing is said to indicate that the serpent who appeared andspoke to her was a deity in his own right, who had been revered in the levant for at leastseven thousand years before the composition of the book of genesis (joseph campbell,occidental mythology)the appellation satan, in hebrewbelongs by right to the first and cruelest adversary ofall other godsjehovah, not in the serpent which spoke only words of sympathy and wisdom.(m

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sacrifice the sense of i. i recognize that religion must start within and be a mirror of my desire. i affirm my body as a temple of darkness and fire. i affirm my soul as the daemon-god upon the throne in this black tower. the twin serpents are my key to continued vitality and initiation, i will seek to raise and then create my desire upon earth. i recognize my eye is but the eye of set, that as the serpent i shall command my presence upon earth. i shall be a manifestation of the archdaevas upon earth. my actions will be thought out and i will exercise my will in each action. i recognize there is no other god than myself. i am the serpent. urvan ameretat me nemah'ya i (i worship my immortal soul) vangh da va uz-d i (i shall raise up the daemon within) we drink from the sun at midnight, th

(witchcraft. life is the great gift of ahriman, as isolate consciousness (the soul or psyche) is separate from the natural order. the black order of the dragon is entirely spiritual in nature, aimed at the theory of gaining immortality via the psyche. it is the physical path of exhaustion, of when the spirit and flesh are one and become stronger with insight and determination. the core essence of the serpent is the eye which hides within the flesh. therein is the power ch an, of nothingness and silence. such is the glaze which captivates and announces the mastery of presence. it is the spirit of light which is self-illumination, the black flame. who is the teacher commanding and striking down the ego. the luciferian realizes the ego must be stripped and burnt away to reveal the black flame

s and silence. such is the glaze which captivates and announces the mastery of presence. it is the spirit of light which is self-illumination, the black flame. who is the teacher commanding and striking down the ego. the luciferian realizes the ego must be stripped and burnt away to reveal the black flame of immortal being. this being or serpent fire within is always mutating, changing, becoming. the serpent then ensorcels the spine to become the foundation of leviathan. 15 luciferian will is the satori, which is an endless chalice of blood of fire you may sip the venom of this cup yet you shall never take your fill. as the self is always progressing and mutating into a godlike being the serpent hungers for more those who fail become the feast of the shades of the void. those who become ar

chalice of blood of fire you may sip the venom of this cup yet you shall never take your fill. as the self is always progressing and mutating into a godlike being the serpent hungers for more those who fail become the feast of the shades of the void. those who become are the avatars of set s endless power of being. i am of ahriman s flesh. the wolf is the skin which cloaks the hunger of struggle. the serpent is the skin which directs the gaze of the eye. the bat is the thirst within called trshna, to fall into the abyss and the graal of dragon s blood from the eye of set does his form become darkness, ahriman. that spark within to awaken the senses. from which as shadow do i fall into nothingness to reach a cup to sate the deepest thirst to then discover the five flames of angra mainyu and

ritual would be in a chamber where much of your magical work already happens. this type of rite is directed at inward energy and is centered around atavisms the abyssic dead is relating to the subconscious. utilize the varcolaci/astwihad sigil and 64 focus intently. one may use the leviathan sigil also, above a mirror directly above the altar facing the west. 2. announcement of self i am vampyre, the serpent who comes forth to awaken as a dragon before thee. i call to the darkness and the oceans of the abyss! i call to the darkness to rise us and nourish me, giving flesh to my shadow and my desire. i am the beast which shall rise from the sea, cloak in the radiance of my own divinity. 3. the calling of the depths the practitioner will hold a dagger to the south, making each direction count

o live to coil and strike when the time is right sharpen my instinct in the dream and flesh o eternal dragon born of falling insight whose kingdom is called hell to some let my paradise be found spacious darkness mastered! so it shall be! 71 the mirror of arashk the ritual of arashk should be a focus on transformation. the druj are indeed dragons of becoming and ever changing. it is no doubt that the serpent is a symbol of chaos but also encircled, controlled order and wisdom. as will be seen, the druj is a symbol of selftransformation. use the false speech which is written about in the avesta this is the language of the serpent, the barbarous tongue. create your own shadow tongue, it should be a language which means something to you it must stimulate the imagination. the vampyre magickian

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

mpiric (spiritual) sex magick and ancient buddhism/bon po, including workings and descriptions of kali and her various mythological guises. adamu features numerous discipline-building excercises which will set the focus for serious initiatory practionthe soul travelers: by michael wynn@ hollywoodinsiders.net chapter 1- the great name game--pg 3 the collective hallucination [1.1--pg 3 the story of the serpent [1.2--pg 5 story of the flood [1.3--pg 6 paradise lost, the tower of babel, and the savior [1.4--pg 9 the great name game [1.5--pg 12 hidden history [1.6--pg 16 the stargates [1.7--pg 18 chapter 2- universe.com--pg 19 quantum confusion [2.1--pg 19 the onion of reality [2.2--pg 22 dreamscape [2.3--pg 25 on the inside looking out [2.4--pg 30 meet the neighbors [2.5--pg 32 the jinn [2.6

a collective story regarding creation and history. the most well-known and prototypical of these creation stories comes from the bible. in the first book of the bible, god creates the universe, earth, animals, and humanity in 6 days, resting on the seventh day. the first 2 humans, named adam and eve, were given a paradisiacal land called the garden of eden. it is at this point a character called the serpent, who is unambiguously described as the enemy of god, tricks eve into eating the fruit from a tree that the most high god forbade. the serpent s claim was that the fruit god so adamantly forbade was capable of remaking eve as the gods. after biting into the forbidden fruit, eve s eyes were opened and she came to know good and evil. eve then convinces her husband, adam, to also eat of th

fruit from a tree that the most high god forbade. the serpent s claim was that the fruit god so adamantly forbade was capable of remaking eve as the gods. after biting into the forbidden fruit, eve s eyes were opened and she came to know good and evil. eve then convinces her husband, adam, to also eat of the fruit, thereby opening his eyes as well. when god discovered what the primal couple( and the serpent) had done, adam and eve were banished from paradise. adam and eve leave the garden, and begin having children to the east. as human kind began to multiply, the serpent, also called the sons of god [angels] began to lust after human women and soon began to procreate with our race. the offspring of this union, beings who were half human and half angel, would be called the nephilim. these

nto disorder as its inhabitants no longer spoke a single language. this act of confusing the languages accomplished god s original intent for humanity, because it caused humanity to finally split up and occupy the whole earth and, most importantly, not reach heaven. although the bible stories are the most well-known, especially in the west, they are not the first and they are not unique. story of the serpent [1.2] humanity s relationship with the serpent is indeed a strange one. the nature of the reptile is alien to our own, so humans have a natural aversion to reptiles. humans are characterized by both the cold blooded way of the reptile, and compassionate sympathies that violate our sense of self-preservation and seem to stem from a mystical place in the soul. and if a human were forced

d compassionate sympathies that violate our sense of self-preservation and seem to stem from a mystical place in the soul. and if a human were forced to choose between the death of a reptile, and the death of a mammal, he or she would most probably consign that serpent to death rather than the likes of a bunny rabbit. so it s quite curious that humans have, for so many thousands of years, revered the serpent and frequently associated it with the gods. there s hardly a single point on the globe, or in history, whose local population did not associate the gods with serpents and dragons (or the wisdom brought by the gods. in the bible, the serpent is often spoke of as an enemy of god, and in one case the bible refers to satan as that old serpent. even though the whole of the bible identifies

ld serpent. even though the whole of the bible identifies the serpent with evil, even jesus was heard saying be as harmless as doves, and as wise as serpents. the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 5 problem with this statement taken literally is that reptiles aren t exactly the geniuses of the animal kingdom; warm-blooded animals are, on the average, more intelligent than reptiles. considering the serpent to be a creature of wisdom is an interesting choice considering that the serpent is mostly instinctual. egypt, a civilization dating back to 2500bc (allegedly, also has a pantheon of gods associated with the serpent. in fact it is nearly unheard of for an egyptian god to be depicted without a serpent. even the pharaohs (kings) of egypt wore a ureaus on their headpiece. the ureaus was a

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en shall the secret of the essence be revealed in your sunless palace of night. approach the tomb "gate of black earth, nephilimic tomb in the sunless palace of azrail, open forth the dreaming fields of night, from thy vessel, born of lilith's womb shall the vampyre shade awaken hekak vozath ka-sath-ompos shu-seth-evoi-zrazza (by the magic of secret names shall set strengthen the shadow tongue of the serpent) by the blackened fire of my spirit, born in the shadows of the adversary, shall the dragon coil in my being! let the moon be born again in the darkness, from which my desires arise from the grave.the arcane of my self is great, such is the being of which i am! emerge again, awaken from yours sleep of thanatos" the binding of chains the vampyre rite of transformation the sorcerer who h

the vampyre rite of transformation the sorcerer who has developed the lesser and greater familiar, the very spirit and shadow of the moon and the sun, shall at one time seek a permanence of self isolation in the night. the vampyre is a symbol of survival beyond flesh, the spirit like djinn whom has tasted the elixir of hecate, the blood of the moon as the formula of transformation. the wisdom of the serpent in the union of lilith and cain, those guardians of the blood path of the vampyre. the sorcerous daemon ahriman is the gateway of shadow knowledge and possession, that as darkness descends, our spirits merge with the familiar and fetish, from the grave soil shall out great forms of night black shadows emerge, tasting the umbra-pleasures of dreaming.the shape shifter is one who in the b

balances elegance and nobility with predatory instincts, the beast itself. it is this balance of being which allows self-improvement and introspection, ultimately to create a self-deified and productive god and goddess. the luciferian essence is found within the eyes of cain, the father of witchblood, buried deep within the dark well of the watchers, from which our mind is of the deep. leviathan the serpent guards this gateway of the arcana of sleep, from which the twilight brings the nightside of the immortal, those who pass the veil of the birth caul of lilith through the essence of the adversary. the birth caul itseif is a vampyric reference to folklore of europe. called specifically the amniotic membrane, which is a birth caul which almost guarantees in european folk lore that one wil

lilitu, ghost and phantom keeper, who shall gather the manes from the grave, fly now unto this circle "by the vulture, who shall feast upon the corpse of those aspects i care not to remain as myself, i shall become like to understand the feast of the dumb supper. in dreaming we shall commune "i seek the grave and my mortal death, with the shroud i wrap my body in shall be blessed with the kiss of the serpent queen, the black eyed goddess who wakes me from this sleep- cain-baphomet, horned black one of the infernal sabbat, unveil the cloak of shades to seek the knowledge of your consort, hecate-luith, whom holds the skull cup of blood, that of her children given unto the offering of death in life. i drink now the elixir ofundeath "o vampyric king and queen of the circle, who has tasted the

arman- friftar- akatash i do conjure thee, manifest in this circle. let no harm come unto me, those who summon against me shall only strengthen me to ahriman i speak thy hymns of shadow "my name is darkness; for which i create from the abyss in the material world i create according to my will that i rise up in opposition in the dawn and twilight i become druj, the dragon which does emerge through the serpent of my tongue in this circle, against the sun i speak the names of power kundak attend! carry me unto the infernal sabbat! astwihad- vampyre haunter of night, encircle me kindred spirit- i summon thee ashemaogha, the evil eye which shall burn always within, the gift of akhtya -i may curse and bless with sight i become the serpent of the dark places of the earth i become the gray shadow

he backward path, druj do come forth! who would give life to the dead, come now from the cold north- from the mouth ofarezura- taprev, mitrokht- azi dahaka- come forth unto this circle i empower my being and through the sorcerous path do i walk! to know- to will- to keep silent akhtya i summon- akhtya i become akhtya in dreams i commune! facing the south and the white candle "i initiate myself on the serpent's hidden path i awaken to the shadows ofahriman i am embraced by the cold and fiery embrace ofaz in the darkness i am born, of the vampyres kiss in the light of dawn i emerge- awake in the flame of the dragon -djinn so it is done! the gates of arezura this is a ritual from which the initiate opens the gates of hell, that is the meeting place of sorcerers and witches- those who travel i

MORALS AND DOGMA

of evil ones. to the seven _amshaspands_ he opposed seven _archdevs, attached to the seven planets; to the _izeds_ and _ferouers_ an equal number of _devs, which brought upon the world all moral and physical evils. hence _poverty, maladies, impurity, envy, chagrin, drunkenness, falsehood, calumny, and their horrible array. the image of ahriman was the dragon, confounded by the jews with satan and the serpent-tempter. after a reign of 3000 years, ormuzd had created the material world, in six periods, calling successively into existence the light, water, earth, plants, animals, and man. but ahriman concurred in creating the earth and water; for darkness was already an element, and ormuzd could not exclude its master. so also the two concurred in producing man. ormuzd produced, by his will an

e hundred and sixty-five intelligences compose altogether the fullness or _plenitude[[greek? a] of the divine emanations. with the ophites, a sect of the gnostics, there were seven inferior spirits [inferior to ialdabaoth, the demiourgos or actual creator _micha l, suri l, rapha l, gabriel, thauthabaoth, erataoth, and _athaniel, the genii of the stars called the bull, the dog, the lion, the bear, the serpent, the eagle, and the ass that formerly figured in the constellation cancer, and symbolized respectively by those animals; as _ialdabaoth, iao, adona, elo, ora, and _astapha_ were the genii of saturn, the moon, the sun, jupiter, venus, and mercury. the word appears in all these creeds. it is the _ormuzd_ of zoroaster, the _ainsoph_ of the kabalah, the _nous_ of platonism and philonism, a

definition of the supreme being, that he is at once alpha and omega, the beginning and the end--he that was, and is, and is to come _i.e, time illimitable, is zoroaster's definition of zerouane-akherene. the depths of satan which no man can measure; his triumph for a time by fraud and violence; his being chained by an angel; his reprobation and his precipitation into a sea of metal; his names of the serpent and the dragon; the whole conflict of the good spirits or celestial armies against the bad; are so many ideas and designations found alike in the zend-avesta, the kabalah, and the gnosis. we even find in the apocalypse that singular persian idea, which regards some of the lower animals as so many devs or vehicles of devs. the guardianship of the earth by a good angel, the renewing of t

ration; and thence a race of men, children of light, who adored heaven and its stars as the supreme being; and whose different gods were but incarnations of the sun, the moon, the stars, and the ether _chrysor_ was the great igneous power of nature, and _baal_ and _malakarth_ representations of the sun and moon, the latter word, in hebrew, meaning queen. man had fallen, but not by the tempting of the serpent. for, with the ph nicians, the serpent was deemed to partake of the divine nature, and was sacred, as he was in egypt. he was deemed to be immortal, unless slain by violence, becoming young again in his old age, by entering into and consuming himself. hence the serpent in a circle, holding his tail in his mouth, was an emblem of eternity. with the head of a hawk he was of a divine natu

feathers, in stature reaching the clouds, his arms and legs covered with scales, serpents darting from him on every side, and fire flashing from his mouth. horus, who aided in slaying him, became the god of the sun, answering to the grecian apollo; and typhon is but the anagram of python, the great serpent slain by apollo. the word typhon, like eve, signifies _a serpent, and _life.[2] by its form the serpent symbolizes life, which circulates through all nature. when, toward the end of autumn, the woman (virgo, in the constellations seems (upon the chald an sphere) to crush with her heel the head of the serpent, this figure foretells the coming of winter, during which life seems to retire from all beings, and no longer to circulate through nature. this is why typhon signifies also a serpent

ike a long rivulet; while on the opposite side was the handle, which, with similar lateral extension, bore on its summit an asp, curling its body into folds, and stretching upward, its wrinkled, scaly, swollen throat" the salient basilisk, or royal ensign of the pharaohs, often occurs on the monuments--a serpent in folds, with his head raised erect above the folds. the basilisk was the phoenix of the serpent-tribe; and the vase or urn was probably the vessel, shaped like a cucumber, with a projecting spout, out of which, on the monuments of egypt, the priests are represented pouring streams of the _cruz ansata_ or tau cross, and of _sceptres, over the kings. in the mysteries of mithras, a sacred cave, representing the whole arrangement of the world, was used for the reception of the initia

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

+9+9+30+ 5= 93. hoor-paar-kraat is the fool, and aiwass his minister. this throws light on the function of this ipsissimus. he is the hierophant of the magi, just as 666, his pupil, is, at present, the hierophant of the masters of the temple. 57. invoke me under my stars! love is the law, love under will. nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. there is the dove, and there is the serpent. choose ye well! he, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the house of god. all these old letters of my book are aright; but is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise "love is the law, love under will, is an interpretation of the general law of will. it is dealt with fully in liber aleph. see chapters 105

ast no right but to do thy will" this note is for members of the grades of practicus, philosophus, and dominus liminis. but the zelator will be wise if he tries to fathom it, since he "begins to study the formula of the rosy cross" 61. but to love me is better than all things: if under the night- stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. for one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour& pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. i char

eddling in his affairs! 8. who worshipped heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for i am the worshipper. again hadit (aiwass speaking for him, of course) lays down the law in no uncertain manner. he is heru-pa-kraath, and who worships him is doing ill, not only to himself or herself, but to mankind as a whole "i am the worshipper. harpocrates is also the dwarf-soul the secret self of every man, the serpent with the lion's head. now, hadit knows nuit by virtue of his 'going' or 'love. it is therefore wrong to worship hadit; one is to be hadit, and worship her. this is clear even from his instruction "to worship me" in verse 22 of this chapter. confer cap. i, verse 9. we are exhorted to offer ourselves unto nuit, pilgrims to all her temples. it is bad magick to admit that one is other than

dieth not and the fire that is not quenched; that is 'the secret serpent coiled about to spring' and 'the flame that burns in every heart of man' hadit. in other words, we take up arms against falsehood; we cannot help it if that falsehood forces the king it has imprisoned to assent to its edicts, even to believe that his interests are those of his oppressor, and to fear truth as once jehovah did the serpent. the above is very romantic, of course; kings are not 'fighting to make them masters like ourselves; they fight when they fight at all to avoid interference with their kingdoms. low men, not being aware of their true wills, tend to invade the prerogatives of others with tiresome frequency. from fighting to make them masters like us' to 'fighting to save them from themselves' to 'dying

ained, hadit being not "be they damned" be they sent to hell. hell, of course, is the abode of had it t he flame that burns in every heart of man. also, hell= h+ l+ l= 65, the number of adonai& dead "yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death" those who can't "know hadit" which of course is the same as being known by hadit, since you are hadit in life in manifestation, do so when the serpent finishes eating its own tail 'amen" this is the signature of the sentence, the amen in this case being the same amen that speaks to the "churches" in revelations. this is, of course, one of the pseudonyms, or magickal mottoes, of aiwass, who was the hierophant in the past aeon. in the past aeon only the four elements had been, so to speak "published. the element of spirit- a kasha, tha

to the new conditions of a larger life. just so a schoolboy who has mastered his work dies to school, reincarnates in cap& gown, triumphs in the tripos, dies to the cloisters, and is reborn to the world. note that the atu 'death' in the tarot refers to scorpio. this sign is threefold: the scorpion that kills itself with its own poison, when its environment (the ring of fire) becomes intolerable; the serpent that renews itself by shedding its skin, that is crowned and hooded, that moves by undulations like light, and gives man wisdom at the price of toil, suffering, and mortality; and the eagle that soars, its lidless eyes bent boldly upon the sun 'death' is, to the initiate, an inn by the wayside; it marks a stage accomplished; it offers refreshment, repose, and advice as to his plans for

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

y one, for hera, being extremely jealous of her, persecuted her with inveterate cruelty, and sent the dreadful serpent python[14] to terrify and torment her wherever she went. but zeus, who had observed with the deepest compassion her weary wanderings and agonized fears, resolved to create for her some place of refuge, however humble, where she might feel herself safe from the venomous attacks of the serpent. he therefore brought her to delos, a floating island in the agean sea, which he made stationary by attaching it with chains of adamant to the bottom of the sea. here she gave birth to her twin-children, apollo and artemis (diana, two of the most beautiful of the immortals. according to some versions of the story of leto, zeus transformed her into a quail, in order that she might thus

ated to asclepias in many parts of greece, but epidaurus, the chief seat of his worship,.where, indeed, it is said to have originated,.contained his principal temple, which served at the same time as a hospital. the statue of asclepias in the temple at epidaurus was formed of ivory and gold, and represented him as an old man with a full beard, leaning on a staff round which a serpent is climbing. the serpent was the distinguishing symbol of this divinity, partly because these reptiles were greatly used by the ancients in the cure of diseases, and partly also because all the prudence and wisdom of the serpent were deemed indispensable to the judicious physician. his usual attributes are a staff, a bowl, a bunch of herbs, a pineapple, a dog, and a serpent. his children inherited, for the mos

by priests, specially appointed for the purpose. the most famous of these institutions was the oracle of apollo at delphi, which was held in general repute all over the world. people flocked from far and near to consult this wonderful mouth-piece of the gods, one month in the year being specially set apart for the purpose [195] the priestess who delivered the oracles was called the pythia, after the serpent python, which was killed by apollo. having first bathed in the waters of the castalian spring, she was conducted into the temple by the priests, and was seated on a sort of three-legged stool or table, called a tripod, which was placed over the mouth of a cave whence issued sulphurous vapours. here she gradually became affected in a remarkable manner, and fell into an ecstatic conditio

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

is prepare men for the reappearance of the christ. this is your first duty (the externalization of the hierarchy, p.614) the ancient mysteries, being practiced by both freemasonry and the new age, were giving to humanity by the hierarchy. the real purpose of masonry taught to man, from the hierarchy is the expediting of the spiritual evolution, to transform their nature into a god-like superman. the serpent caused the fall in the garden of eden by giving eve this very same message. man is a god in the making. and as the mystic myths of egypt, on the potter s wheel, he is being molded. when his light shines out to lift and preserve all things, he receives the triple crown of godhood (manly p. hall, the lost keys of freemasonry, p. 92) european mysticism was not dead at the time the united

PATRON OF SORCERY

etian power over the hypotic gaze of apep, serpent and neter of chaos that threatened the solar barque "oh dark's disturber, thunder's bringer, whirlwind, night- flasher, breather-forth of hot and cold. i'm he who searched with you the whole world and found great osiris, whom i brought you chained. i'm he who joined you in war with the gods! i'm he who closed heav'ns double gates and put to sleep the serpent who must not be seen" later in the same text the magician addresses the rising sun..you who are fearful, awesome, threatening, you who're obscure and irresistable, and hater of the wicked, you i call, typhon, in hours unlawful and unmeasured" as mentioned elsewhere, the rising sun was one of the symbols of xepera, the ancient egyptian concept of self-creation. fragments of egyptian are

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

eld up the sky. when atlas returned, he refused to take up his burden again, but hercules persuaded him to do so while he arranged a pad on his head. as soon as atlas had the sky on his shoulders, hercules took the apples and ran. the garden of the hespe rides by frederic leighton (1830 96) this painting shows three of the hesperides asleep in their garden beneath the golden-apple tree guarded by the serpent ladon. hercules eleventh task was to find and take these apples and give them to eurystheus, his cousin and master. golden apples the golden apples belonged to hera, who had been given them as a wedding present by her grandmother gaia. eurystheus did not believe that hercules could win them, and when hercules did so, eurystheus gave them back, not wishing to incur the goddess anger. th

56 57, which had gone mad. 8. hercules captured the flesheating mares of diomedes. 9. hercules acquired the belt of ares the war god from hippolyta, queen of the amazons. 10. hercules took possession of the cattle belonging to the threeheaded monster geryon. 11. hercules stole the golden apples of the hesperides. 12. hercules kidnapped cerberus, guardian dog of the underworld. hera charged ladon, the serpent, to prevent anyone from stealing the golden apples, and also to stop the hesperides from eating them. jason and the golden fleece 52 jason, the son of king aeson who was usurped by his half-brother pelias, was brought up by the centaur cheiron (see p. 39. when he grew up, he went to his uncle s court to press his claim to the throne. pelias, warned to beware a claimant wearing one sand

help. medea, witch and lover medea, a witch with a fiery and ruthless temperament, was madly in love with jason. when she thought he was plotting with her brother apsyrtus to leave her behind, she boiled with rage, longing to set the argo on fire, and hurl herself into the flames. although medea used her magic to help him, jason was terrified of her. her aid was substantial not only did she charm the serpent that guarded the golden fleece, but she also restored jason s father aeson to his lost youth by replacing the blood in his veins with a magic potion. she even removed the usurper pelias by persuading him she would rejuvenate him as well. but once his daughters had cut him up as she directed, she simply boiled him in her cauldron, and refused to bring him back to life. after being rejec

her cauldron, and refused to bring him back to life. after being rejected by jason, and taking her terrible revenge (see above, medea married king aegeus of athens, where she enters the story of another hero, theseus (see pp. 54 55. taken from a greek vase, this illustration shows medea and jason beneath the sacred oak tree on which the golden fleece was hung. medea has charmed, or put to sleep, the serpent guardian and jason, with his protectress hera standing behind him, has taken down the fleece, which now hangs over his arm. hermes, who first advised phrixus to sacrifice the golden ram to zeus (see above) stands behind medea. jason and the golden fleece 53 the golden fleece by herbert james draper (1864 1920) this painting shows jason, medea, and the crew of the argo fleeing from king

he gods uprooted mount mandara to use as their churning stick. afterward, when the devas had beaten the enraged asuras in battle, the gods replaced the mountain in the himalayas. asuras the anti-gods known as asuras were the enemies of the gods, or devas. the two groups are locked in constant warfare, but neither side can triumph. asura originally meant god, but mutated to mean demon. world snake the serpent vasuki, with which the gods churned the ocean, is the king of all the serpents or nagas. he is also known as shesha and ananta. he lives in the primal ocean, wrapped around the earth, and serves as a bed for the god vishnu. one thousand mouths even the endless energy of the asuras was sapped by the heat and flames issuing from vasuki s 1,000 mouths. whenever one of them yawns, it cause

PHOSPHORUS

ht initiator and goddess of the moon! i affirm my awakening into the throne of baphomet! visualize cain coming forth, bearded and horned with one hammer and a bloodied hand he reaches forth and places an x in blood on your brow the mark of the witch. cain now shines with a violet light, a fire which is both brilliant and darkly beautiful. behold, i am encircled in the witch fire this shall become the serpent path of leviathan! i look forth now to the light in the darkness! behold, lilith emerges to look to her child, my very being dedicated to her. visualize lilith approaching you, she casts a red cloth over your head, the very mark of her children born in the night waking caves of the red sea. lilith now shines in a crimson light, a fire which burns with lust and demonic strength of spiri

eption i invoke thee! i do affirm hecate, goddess of crossroads, enchanter of nightmares, guardian of shades and the howling beasts, bless my path with your eyes which are always seeing bless me with the fallen star of azazel, as lightening i awake! i do affirm ahriman, prince of darkness and the beast in flesh spectral shadow who is lucifugus, bless my rites with the astral shape of the toad and the serpent dragon open thy eye as algol! i do affirm lucifer azazel, fire born angel of the abyss, who comes forth in the earth as the devil and djinn of flame before me is algol my essence, my desire, my will within me sparks the black flame of set, the forge of cain! within me now is algol this demon star is my image of becoming! i summon this flame to encircle me, immolate me and open the ways

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

light of god. god itself defined as the individual self and the light of knowledge "the significant symbol of wisdom given to us by research is lucifer, the bringer of light. everybody is searching for perception, wisdom is a child of lucifer. the chaldean astrologers, the egyptian priests, the indian brahmans; they are all children of lucifer. already the first man became a child of lucifer when the serpent taught him good and evil. what they got to know by perception was the sacred cosmic mystery. in front of it they kneeled in devotion. it was the light that showed their souls to their destiny. in devotion they received wisdom which became faith, religion. what lucifer had brought to them, shined godlike in front of their psychic eyes. owing to lucifer they had god. it means to disunite

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

at our passions should be sacrificed. the qlippoth are the evil demons of matter and the shells of the dead. the altar of incense in the tabernacle was overlaid with gold. ours is black to symbolise our work which is to separate the philosophic gold from the black dragon of matter. this altar diagram (page 123) shows the ten sephiroth with all the <122> connecting paths numbered and lettered, and the serpent winding over each path. around each sephirah are written the names of the deity, archangel and angelic host attributed to it. the twenty two paths are bound together by the serpent of wisdom. it unites the paths but does not touch any of the sephiroth, which are linked by the flaming sword. the flaming sword is formed by the natural order of the tree of life. it resembles a flash of li

by the flaming sword. the flaming sword is formed by the natural order of the tree of life. it resembles a flash of lightning. together the sephiroth and the twenty two paths form the 32 paths of the sepher yetzirah or book of formation. the two pillars either side of the altar represent: active: the white pillar on the south side. male. adam. pillar of light and fire. right kerub. metatron <123> the serpent on the tree of life second knowledge lecture passive: the back pillar on the north side. female. eve. pillar of cloud. left kerub. sandalphon <124> the second meditation let the zelator meditate on a straight line. let him take a ruler or a pencil and by moving it a distance equal to its length, outline a square. having done this, let him, after quieting his mind with the rhythmic brea

ary forms in one symbol. saturn is composed of the cross and the crescent showing that lead is corrosive internally and luna externally. jupiter is the reverse. mars is solar internally but corrosive externally. venus is opposite. copper is externally of the nature of gold, but intermlly corrosive. hence the name of the sphere of venus is nogah-denoting external splendour but internal corruption. the serpent nehushtan, which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by serpents of fire in the wilderness, is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole-that is, twined it round the middle pillar of the sephiroth. and the word used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, s

rd used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim. round the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah or severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy-and hence it is said in the new <166> testament that it is a type of christ, the reconciler. and the serpent is of brass, the metal of venus, whose sphere is called nogah, or external splendour, as shewn further by the alchemical symbol of venus, wherein the circle of the sun is exalted above the cross of corrosion. and therefore it is said in the zohar that "alone of the shells is the serpent nogah found in holiness" and he is called the balance of justice. why, then, is he called the extern

he circle of the sun is exalted above the cross of corrosion. and therefore it is said in the zohar that "alone of the shells is the serpent nogah found in holiness" and he is called the balance of justice. why, then, is he called the external or false splendour? because he indeed uniteth the paths, but comprehendeth not the sephiroth. nevertheless, he is also the celestial serpent of wisdom. but the serpent of the temptation is the serpent of the tree of knowledge of good and of evil, and not that of the tree of life. here is a method of writing hebrew words by the yetsiratic attribution of the alphabet, whence results some curious hieroglyphic symbolism. thus tetragrammaton will be written by virgo, aries, taurus, aries. eheieh,by air, aries, virgo, aries. from yeheshua, the qabalistic m

bols of the two powers of day and night, love and hate, work and rest, the subtle force of the lodestone and the eternal out-pouring and in-pouring of the heart of god. the lamps that bum, though with a veiled light, upon their summits show that the pathway to hidden knowledgelunlike the pathway of <35> nature- which is a continual undulation, the winding hither and neophyte ritual 129 thither of the serpent- is the straight and narrow way between them. it was because of this that i passed between them, when you came to the light, and it was because of this that you were placed between them to receive the final consecration. two contending forces and one which unites them eternally. two basal angles of the triangle and one which forms the apex. such is the origin of creation- it is the tri

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

my way and guidance. mine are all existences together, they are my gift and under my direction. and i am he that possesseth all majesty, and beneficence and charity are from my grace. and i am he that entereth the heart in my zeal; and i shine through the power of my awfulness and majesty. and i am he to whom the lion of the desert came, i rebuked him and be became like stone. and i am he to whom the serpent came, fr. 1 and by my will i made him like dust. and i am he that shook the rock and made it tremble, and sweet water flowed therefrom on every side. and i am he that brought down an authentic verity- a book whereby i will guide the prudent ones. and i am he that enacted a powerful law, and its promulgation was my gift. and i am he that brought from the fountain water limpid and sweete

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

of light ad life, the celestial andglorious soul.it is not without some force that the 'emerald tablet' of hermes trismegistus receives considerationand importance. the three principles of elementary matter being body, soul and spirit, arerepresented by alchemists as sulphur, mercury and essential salt. the central or primal generativepower they termed in their magic language mercury, green-lion, the serpent, or seed; the whichgiving a seminal impression to animal, vegetable or mineral kingdom caused production. thisphoenix power so long sought for by our chemists, is now presumed to be within the knowledge ofgualdi: in its impure state it has solved the enigma of the transmutation to silver and gold. it is theprimitia or primordium solution, the i.n.r.i, and is doubtless contained within

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religion; if wise, the rule of your wisdom. but if you are wicked, for you it will be an infernal torch; it will lacerate your breast like a poniard; it will rankle in your memory like a remorse; it will people your imagination with chimeras, and will drive you through folly to despair. you will endeavour to laugh at it, and will only gnash your teeth; it will be like the file in the fable which the serpent tried to bite, but it destroyed all his teeth. let us now enter on the series of initiations. i have said that revelation is the word. as a fact, the word, or speech, is the veil of being and the characteristic sign of life. every form is the veil of a word, because the idea which is the mother of the word is the sole reason for the existence of forms. every figure is a character, ever

entrance of solomon's kabalistic temple. in the kabalah these pillars explain all mysteries of antagonism, whether natural, political or religious. they elucidate also the procreative struggle between man and woman, for, according to the law of nature, the woman must resist the man, and he must entice or overcome her. the active principle seeks the passive principle, the plenum desires the void, the serpent's jaw attracts the serpent's tail, and in turning about upon himself, he, at the same time, flies and pursues himself. woman is the creation of man, and universal creation is the bride of the first principle. when the supreme being became a creator, he erected a jod or a phallus, and to provide a place in the fullness of the uncreated light, it was necessary to hollow out a cteis or tr

d by the weight of the atmosphere and the power of central attraction; this body of the holy spirit, which we term the universal agent, while it was typified by the ancients under the symbol of a serpent devouring its tail; this electromagnetic ether, this vital and luminous caloric, is depicted in archaic monuments by the girdle of isis, twice-folded in a love-knot round two poles, as well as by the serpent devouring its own tail, emblematic of prudence and of saturn. motion and life consist in the extreme tension of two forces. i would thou wert cold or hot, said the master. as a fact, a great sinner is more really alive than is a tepid, effeminate man, and the fullness of his return to virtue will be in proportion to the extent of his errors. she who is destined to crush the serpent's h

delilah! the hercules of science, who exchanges his royal sceptre for the distaff of omphale, will soon experience the vengeance of dejanira, and nothing will be left for him but the pyre of mount oetna, in order to escape the devouring folds of the coat of nessus. sexual love is ever an illusion, for it is the result of an imaginary mirage. the astral light is the universal seducer, typified by the serpent of genesis' this subtle agent, ever active, ever vigorous, ever fruitful in alluring dreams and sensuous images; this force, which of itself is blind and subordinated to every will, whether for good or evil; this ever-renewing circulus of unbridled life, which produces vertigo in the imprudent; this corporeal spirit; this fiery body; this impalpable omnipresent ether; this monstrous se

light and propagates darkness; it may be called equally lucifer and lucifuge; it is a serpent but it is also an aureole; it is a fire, but it may belong equally to the torments of infernus or the sacrifice of incense offered up to heaven. to dispose of it, we must, like the predestined woman, set our foot upon its head. in the elementary world water corresponds to the kabalistic woman and fire to the serpent. to subdue the serpent, that is, to govern the circle of the astral light, we must place ourselves outside its currents: in other words, we must isolate ourselves. for this reason apollonius of tyana wrapped himself completely in a man32 the doctrine of transcendental magic tle of fine wool, setting his feet thereon and drawing it over his head. then he bent his back in semicircular fa

ned in a natural and magical sense. the astral light, or soul of the world, was the instrument of adam's omnipotence; it became afterwards that of his punishment, being corrupted and troubled by his sin, which intermingled an impure reflection with those primitive images which composed the book of universal science for his still virgin imagination. the astral light, depicted in ancient symbols by the serpent devouring its tail, represents alternately malice and prudence, time and eternity, tempter and redeemer; for this light, being the vehicle of life, is an auxiliary alike of good and evil, and may be taken not only for the fiery form of satan but for the body of the holy ghost. it is the instrument of warfare in angelic battles, and feeds indifferrealization 39 ently both the flames of

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e rebellion of the first angel and that of the first murderer. all those errors, all those shadows, all those monstrous idols of anarchy which india opposes in its symbols to the magical trimurti, have found priests and worshippers in christianity. the demon is mentioned nowhere in genesis; an allegorical serpent deceives our first parents. here is the common translation of the sacred text: gnow, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the lord god had made. h but this is what moses says: this signifies, according to the version of fabre d'olivet: gnow, original attraction (cupidity) was the entraining passion of all elementary life (the interior activity of nature, the work of jhoah, the being of beings. h but herein fabre d'olivet is beside the true interpretation

ed by the symbolical letters of the tarot signifies rigorously 14 i nun.-the power which produces combinations. 5 x he.-the recipient and passive producer of forms. 21 e shin.-the natural and central fire equilibrated by double polarization. thus, the word employed by moses, read kabalistically, gives the description and definition of that magical universal agent, represented in all theogonies by the serpent; to this agent the hebrews applied the name of od when it manifested its active force, of ob when it exhibited its passive force, and of aour when it revealed itself wholly in its equilibrated power, as producer of light in heaven and gold among metals. it is therefore that old serpent which encircles the world and places its devouring head beneath the foot of a virgin, the type of ini

intrepid gaze of his soul corresponds to those two eyes which the ascending point of our pentagram ever presents open. 38 chapter vi the medium and mediator two things, as we have shown, are necessary for the acquisition of magical power. the emancipation of will from servitude and its instruction in the art of domination. the sovereign will is represented in our symbols by the woman who crushes the serpent's head and by the radiant angel who restrains and constrains the dragon with lance and heel. in this place let us affirm without evasion that the great magical agent. the double current of light, the living and astral fire of the earth. was represented by the serpent with the head of an ox, goat or dog, in ancient theogonies. it is the dual serpent of the caduceus, the old serpent of g

the earth. was represented by the serpent with the head of an ox, goat or dog, in ancient theogonies. it is the dual serpent of the caduceus, the old serpent of genesis, but it is also the brazen serpent of moses, twined about the tau, that is, the generating lingam. it is, moreover, the goat of the sabbath and the baphomet of the templars; it is the hyle of the gnostics; it is the double tail of the serpent which forms the legs of the solar cock of abraxas. in fine, it is the devil of m. eudes de mirville and is really that blind force which souls must overcome if they would be freed from the chains of earth; for, unless their will can detach them from this fatal attraction, they will be absorbed in the current by the force which produced them, and will return to the central and eternal f

riental mythologies, and can be comprised in a series of pantacles. the initiator clothed in white, standing between seven golden 60 the ritual of transcendental magic candlesticks and holding seven stars in his hand, represents the unique doctrine of hermes and the universal analogies of the light. the woman clothed with the sun and crowned with twelve stars is the celestial isis, or the gnosis; the serpent of material life seeks to devour her child, but she takes unto herself the wings of the eagle and flies away into the desert. a protestation of the prophetic spirit against the materialism of official religion. the mighty angel with the face of a sun, a rainbow for nimbus and a cloud for vestment, having pillars of fire for his legs, and setting one foot upon the earth and another on t

the luminous pentagram radiating on the astronomical cross, the incarnation in humanity of the sovereign sun celebrated by the emperor julian; it is the luminous and living manifestation of that ruach- elohim which, according to moses, brooded and worked upon the bosom of the waters at the birth of the world; it is the man-sun, the monarch of light, the supreme magus, the master and conqueror of the serpent, and in the fourfold legend of the evangelists, khunrath finds the allegorical key of the great work. one of the pantacles of his magical book represents the philosophical stone erected in the middle of a fortress surrounded by a wall in which there are twenty impracticable gates. one alone conducts to the sanctuary of the great work. above the stone there is a triangle placed upon a w

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k the last penny (luke 12:5859) the adversary was one of the dark angels who hands the soul over to another to be put into new body, which they considered to be the "prison. they believed that we will only be free when we have committed all sins "paid back the last penny. we must sin to be saved. antiarchal gnostics honored the rebels of the bible; cain, esau, judas, the sodomites, and of course, the serpent. there is an entire school of gnostic groups, called ophites (greek for serpent, who are categorized in the group based on their reverence for the serpent. he was seen as an incarnation of the redeemer, which they called the logos, who brought divine knowledge to humankind. some of these groups are clearly of old origins, probably going back to the dionysian cults, egyptian mysteries

n their reverence for the serpent. he was seen as an incarnation of the redeemer, which they called the logos, who brought divine knowledge to humankind. some of these groups are clearly of old origins, probably going back to the dionysian cults, egyptian mysteries, and oriental snake worshipping religions. a few ophite groups were also antiarchal, like the cainites and nicolations, claiming that the serpent should be revered because it defied the demiurge and was cursed. like most gnostics though, most ophite groups were in the ascetic category. while the ascetic gnostics avoided sex, most antiarchal gnostics were very sexually active. some considered sex to be the path to enlightenment. the phibionites (meaning unknown) believed that by having sex 730 times, each time naming the ruler of

angel of light: 2 corinthians 11:14-15 and no marvel; for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. as i see this transformation, it is the biblical authority for remanifestation "righteousness according to works" a liar: genesis 3:4-5 and the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die: for jehovah doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. the lie of jehovah is the truth of satan. the first sin was the sin of knowledge. what knowledge? the knowledge of godhood. a murderer: john 8:44 ye are of your father satan, and the lusts of your father ye w

ion differ from neo-paganism, or does it" it would have been difficult for anyone to have given a lucid response on the spot, as the matter goes beyond the question of worshipping something in the natural order or not, without a discussion of the factors that characterize a religious effort as neo-pagan. classification: v2- 290.p- 1 author: ruth nielsen ii date: october, xxv publication: trail of the serpent html revision: sept. 14, 1998 ce subject: neo-paganism reading list: 3c the original discussion derived from comments in an article from gnosis, which in brief stated that pagan organizations were now having to use the same arguments for freedom of religious expression in this country as have the orthodox judeo-christian religions. elements of neo-paganism the term "neo-paganism" impli

ust be purified into. part iii the answers to the third part of this test are to be written in statement form, and several questions require explanations of the answers given, hence simple words or phrases are unsatisfactory. while the answers need not be lengthy, they should be as complete as possible- reflecting your understanding (as well as knowledge) of the subject. 1. explain the promise of the serpent in the garden of eden. 2. what is a telesmic image; its purpose; its construction? 3. what is the significance of a magickal name and what are the guidelines for selecting one? 4. what is meant by the term "holy guardian angel" 5. explain what is meant by macrocosm and microcosm. 6. what is gematria? 7. how does a magician master the natural and magickal forces? 8. what is necromancy?

ct alone will enable man to confront problems purely in the realm of the objective universe, but the uninitiated intellect is inadequate where the entire universe. including metaphysical realities. is concerned. this is the realm of the magi. 57. invoke me under my stars! love is the law, love under will. nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. there is the dove, and there is the serpent. choose ye well! he, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the house of god. all these old letters of my book are aright; but tzaddi is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. nuit is to be invoked during the hours of darkness "love is the law, love under will" became one of crowley's key aphorisms [general

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

ed by arab and berber mystics. this cell is the octagon of the cells and the importance of the 8 watchers are properly introduced as the preservators of the i and also the expressions of the essence of the elder gods and through this guardians of the spaces of the double-houses. these conjurations are called properly enough octriga this cell are connected to the letter teth, connected to the leo, the serpent and lust, in addition we have the letter resh connected with the sun and the head. this cell speaks of the integration of the infernal lust in the building of the magus. the apples of eden has been eaten and the serpent is glowing in its gnostic rain of golden and moon-like jewels. it s hue ready to shine forever upon the path of the crooked way. the importance of the oracle is clearly

ition we have the letter resh connected with the sun and the head. this cell speaks of the integration of the infernal lust in the building of the magus. the apples of eden has been eaten and the serpent is glowing in its gnostic rain of golden and moon-like jewels. it s hue ready to shine forever upon the path of the crooked way. the importance of the oracle is clearly understood in the light of the serpent being the bringer of light and the head being the sun it self. this is the joining of the great inner sage with its great afflatus in the outer that is responsible for the growth of the mage. in this cell the watchers are really watching in the guise of the elder gods and the oracular states are fostered through the dreaming state. cell 9 being the aat of the 10th and 21st letters of t

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eps, ghostbusters, tag. ellowen deeowen, london. the fall of angels, gibreel reflected, was not the same kettle as the tumble of woman and man. in the case of human persons, the issue had been morality. of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they shouldst not eat, and ate. woman first, and at her suggestion man, acquired the verboten ethical standards, tastily apple-flavoured: the serpent brought them a value system. enabling them, among other things, to judge the deity itself, making possible in good time all the awkward inquiries: why evil? why suffering? why death- so, out they went. it didn't want its pretty creatures getting above their station- children giggled in his face _something straaange in the neighbourhood. armed with zapguns, they made as if to bust him l

t- the question that's asked here remains as large as ever it was: which is, the nature of evil, how it's born, why it grows, how it takes unilateral possession of a many-sided human soul. or, let's say: the enigma of iago. it's not unknown for literary--theatrical exegetes, defeated by the character, to ascribe his actions to "motiveless malignity. evil is evil and will do evil, and that's that; the serpent's poison is his very definition- well, such shruggings-off will not pass muster here. my chamcha may be no ancient of venice, my allie no smothered desdemona, farishta no match for the moor, but they will, at least, be costumed in such explanations as my understanding will allow- and so, now, gibreel waves in greeting; chamcha approaches; the curtain rises on a darkening stage. o o o l

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paradoxes are resolved by this knowledge. the first triad vibrate at the highest frequency, through the first three choirs. thus the seraphim are the purest, whilst the thrones are the point at which matter first appears. 1st choir: seraphim the fiery flying serpents of lightning, from the hebrew ser meaning higher being and rapha meaning healer. the name thus suggests the image of the caduceus, the serpent or dragon as a symbol of healing sacred to aesculapius, and the ourobouros of the gnostic ophites. their appearance before humankind is as six winged and four headed beings. the prophet isiah saw flaming angels above the throne of god; each had six wings: two covered the face, two covered the feet and two were used for flying. it is they who endlessly circle the throne of god, chanting

a place for man, whom he also heals of his illnesses. in enoch i he is declared to be one of the four presences set over all the diseases and all the wounds in the children of men. he heals abraham of the pain of his (belated) circumcision, and in the prayer of joseph heals jacob of his wounded knee, sustained whilst fighting with uri-el. as with the seraphim, rapha-el is commonly associated with the serpent. he is a chief ruling over the second heaven, and the order of virtues, regent of the sun, and the angel of science and knowledge. guardian of the tree of life in eden, and according to his own admission in the book of tobit, one of the seven angels of the throne. although officially a virtue he has the six wings of a seraph, yet at the same time is of the cherubim, dominions and power

ague, angel of hell (revelation 9:7-11. whose name milton uses to describe the pit of hell. chief of the demonic locusts, whose faces are human and whose tails are scorpion. the name of the sixth hell, corresponding to chesed. the hebrews borrowed their seven layered gehenna from the babylonians, whose dark prince is also called arsi-el (black sun. within the central pit of the bottom layer lives the serpent angel apollyon, the fallen apollo, king of locusts. again, we see the incorporation and demonisation of pagan dieties of the previous age. abraxas, abrasax, abraxis (greaco-oriental, gnostic) whose name means king, adds to 365, and the hebdomad of letters is assosciated with the seven planets. who has the head of a cockrel and snakes for legs (abrasax, abraxis, and in scientific litera

rehoboam and grand-daughter of david. ahriman (middle persian, modern farsi, from angru mainyu. whose name was given by zarathustra, and to whom the mithraics offered sacrifice. who counters every act of creation with an act of anticreation. the embodiment of all evil, who inhabits the cthonian darkeness, from where he delivers us the gifts of sickness, death, blackness and smoke. whose symbol is the serpent. invoked as arimanius. ahrimanes (middle persian. angels that followed ahriman in the revolt against ormazd. expelled, they lived upon the earth but were rejected. thus, they hate humankind. now they reside in the space between the stars and earth. aim (goetia. 23rd spirit, duke commanding twenty-six legions. a man with three heads, being a serpent, a calf, and a handsome man with two

rs as a peacock accompanied by loud noises. teaches geometry, mensuration and astronomy. turns men into birds. andromalius (goetia, 72nd spirit. earl commanding 36 legions, who appears as a man holding a large serpent. retrieves stolen good, punishes miscreants, finds out all underhand dealings, and locates hidden treasure. aniquiel one of the nine great dukes of hell, specifically named as being the serpent in the garden. ariton (goetia. demon king of water, and the west. ashmedai, asmodaios, asmodeus, asmoday (goetia, 32nd spirit, latin asmodeus, talmudic asmeddai, meaning being of judgement. ex- cherubim, more of a philosopher than a fiend. originally a persian deity, it is supposedly he who killed the seven bridegrooms of sarah and fought rapha-el, before being banished to upper egypt

lls fortunes, reconciles. buer (goetia, 10th spirit. president commanding 50 legions. appears as a centaur. teaches moral and natural philosophy, virtues of plants, heals all human distempers, gives good familiars. byleth once a prince of powers. cain (hebrew qayin, attainment. son of adam, slayer of abel in the first murder. in some accounts the first of the witch blood lineage, the offspring of the serpent or of the watchers. camio, camael (goetia, 53rd spirit. formerly of the angelic order of angels. appears as a thrush, a man carrying a sharp sword, seems to answer in burning ashes or coals. gives understanding of the speech of birds, bulls, dogs and other animals, and of the voices of the waters. foretells the future. in occult lore he also is identified as the angel governing the sph

SATANIC BIBLE

s and goddesses called upon, which make up a large part of the occupancy of the royal palace of hell: the four crown princes of hell satan (hebrew) adversary, opposite, accuser, lord of fire, the inferno, the south lucifer (roman) bringer of light, enlightenment, the air, the morning star, the east belial (hebrew) without a master, baseness of the earth, independence, the north leviathan (hebrew) the serpent out of the deeps, the sea, the west the infernal names abaddon (hebrew) the destroyer adramelech- samarian devil ahpuch- mayan devil ahriman- mazdean devil amon- egyptian ram-headed god of life and reproduction apollyon- greek synonym for satan, the arch fiend asmodeus- hebrew devil of sensuality and luxury, originally "creature of judgement" astaroth- phoenician goddess of lasciviousn

comes the devil, beelzebub. both baal and beelzebub are identical to the dung beetle or scarabaeus of the egyptians which appeared to resurrect itself, much as the mythical bird, the phoenix, rose from its own ashes. the ancient jews believed, through their contact with the persians, that the two great forces in the world were ahura-mazda, the god of fire, light, life, and goodness; and ahriman, the serpent, the god of darkness, destruction, death, and evil. these, and countless other examples, not only depict man's devils as animals, but also show his need to sacrifice the original animal gods and demote them to his devils. at the time of the reformation, in the sixteenth century, the alchemist, dr. johann faustus, discovered a method of summoning a demon- mephistopheles- from hell and m

represents the carnal instincts of man, or the opposite of spiritual nature, the pentagram is inverted to perfectly accomodate the head of the goat- its horns, representing duality, thrust upwards in defiance; the other three points inverted, or the trinity denied. the hebraic figures around the outer circle of the symbol which stem from the magical teachings of the kabala, spell out "leviathan, the serpent of the watery abyss, and identified with satan. these figures correspond to the five points of the inverted star. the symbol of baphomet is placed on the wall above the altar. candles the candles used in satanic ritual represent the light of lucifer- the bearer of light, enlightenment, the living flame, burning desire, and the flames of the pit. only black and white candles are to be u

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ody into which it later developed. accounts of the performance of l'air epais ultimately strengthened the charges of king philip iv of france in his campaign to abolish the rich order, which was banished in 1331. the templars had been exposed to the dualistic concepts of the yezidis in the near east they had seen pride glorified and life praised as never before, when they entered the courtyard of the serpent and the sanctuary of the peacock, where indulgence became tantamount to greater power. as a result, they developed what was destined to become one of the most significant rites of satanism. martyrdom, once believed desirable, was considered with disgust and ridicule, and fierce pride was to become the templars' last image to the world. the philosophy of sheik adi and the yezidis, appli

, die nut ein mensch verk nden kann. seht, ich habe den schleier der schlange und sende ihn unter die menschen. oh h re! die schlange lebt, an einem platz, der offen ist f r die welt. appear among men and be driven back no longer. come forth and creep into the great councils of those without, and stop the way of those who would detain us. i decree that the glamour be lifted, revealing the face of the serpent. by the sounds ye shall see the face of the serpent, so learn well the word that only a man can pronounce. thus, i lift the veil from the serpent and cast him forth among men. oh hear! the serpent liveth, in a place that is open at times to the world. unsichtbar geht sie mitten unter uns und so beschleichen wir die nacht unsichtbar so gut wie m glich und neu durch die winkel m gen wir

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

enuma elish, a creation story at the center of which is the creator-god marduk. in this epic, humans are depicted as slaves of the gods. at one point marduk says, let me create a primeval man./the work of the gods shall be imposed (on him, and so they shall be at leisure. other mesopotamian epics and poems speaks of events similar to those in the judeo-christian bible, including the temptation by the serpent in the garden of eden. consider the following. explain how weather, climate, and geography could influence and shape the view of the world held by ancient peoples. compare the account of the flood in tablet xi of the gilgamesh epic with a flood story from another culture or religious tradition, focusing on similarities and differences. an example is the flood survived by noah and his f

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med (gathered) all the beasts of the field and all the flying things of the heaven, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call each thing. this explains the verse (genesis 5:2, male and female he created them. it is also written (genesis 1:28, and god blessed them. 199. the soul of the female comes from the female, and the soul of the male comes from the male. this is the reason why the serpent followed eve. he said, her soul comes from the north, and i will therefore quickly seduce her. and how did he seduce her? he had intercourse with her. 200. his disciples asked: tell us how this took place. he replied: the wicked samael made a bond with all the host on high against his master. this was because the blessed holy one said [regarding man (genesis 1:26, and let him rule over

he replied: the wicked samael made a bond with all the host on high against his master. this was because the blessed holy one said [regarding man (genesis 1:26, and let him rule over the fish of the sea and the flying things of heaven [samael] said, how can we cause him to sin and be exiled from before god? he descended with all his host, and sought a suitable companion on earth. he finally found the serpent, which looked like a camel, and he rode on it. he then went to the woman and said to her (genesis 3:1, did god also say, from all the trees of the garden [you shall not eat [he said, i know that he did not forbid all the trees] but i will seek more i will add in order that she should subtract. she replied, he did not stop us from anything besides (genesis 3:2) the fruit of the tree tha

said to the blessed holy one, master of all worlds: when i was alone, did i ever sin before you? but the woman that you placed with me enticed me from your word. it is thus written (gensis 3:12, the woman that you placed with me [gave it to me, and i ate. the blessed holy one said to her, is it not enough that you sinned? but you also caused adam to sin. she replied to him, master of all worlds: the serpent enticed me to sin before you [god] took the three of them, and decreed upon them a sentence of nine curses and death. he then cast the wicked samael and his group from their holy place in heaven. he cut of the feet of the serpent and cursed it more than all the other animals and beasts of the field. he also decreed that it must shed its skin every seven years. samael was punished and m

SET IN EGYPTIAN THEOLOGY

his prince of darkness was well regarded. one persistant token of this regard is the tcham scepter, having the stylized head and tail of set. the tcham scepter is frequently found in portraits of other other gods as a symbol of magical power. in some texts he is hailed as a source of strength, and in early paintings he is portrayed as bearer of a harpoon at the prow of the boat of ra, warding off the serpent apep. yet the warlike and resolute nature of set seems to have been regarded with ambivalence in egyptian theology, and the portrayal of this neter went through many changes over a period of nearly three thousand years. pictures of a god bearing two heads, that of set and his daylight brother horus the elder, may be compared to the oriental yin/yang symbol as a representation of the un

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th his members, as it were, regenerative power. the kings that were nullified are here sustained, the judgments of the male are severe in the beginning, mild in the end. those of the female are vice versa. vy h h yv the channels of connection are shrouded beneath his covering. yod y small in this very form he is found. but if judgments are to be mitigated, necessarily the ancient one is required. the serpent came upon the female and a nest of impurity was formed within her, establishing a dwelling for evil. thus it is written: and she conceived, and she gave birth to qain,103 the nest of the dwelling of the evil spirits, storms and demons, and blows to qain within hy. he formed in that adam(,da, by twos, by the general principle and the particular, which are contained in the particular and

m are seven runners that give testimony, and not do they remain in their places. 18 the tree that mitigates is placed within.156 birds attach themselves and nest on its branches.157 below it shelters that chayah (hyx, living being) that rules over this tree, which has two paths to walk, seven pillars surround it,158 with the four chayot (tvyx, living beings) that are moved in the four directions, the serpent turns swiftly with three hundred and seventy leaps, leaps over the mountains, skips over the hills, as it is written: leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.159 its tail is in its mouth, in its teeth. he is pierced through on two sides, when it moves, the body is transformed into three directions.160 it is written: and chanokh walked with elohim.161 and it is written: give

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

len from the room to weep at the thought that thou didst not love her. and yet, underneath this outward abstraction of the artist, the natural fondness flowed all the same; and as she grew up, the dreamer had understood the dreamer. and now, shut out from all fame himself; to be forbidden to hail even his daughter's fame! and that daughter herself to be in the conspiracy against him! sharper than the serpent's tooth was the ingratitude, and sharper than the serpent's tooth was the wail of the pitying barbiton! the eventful hour is come. viola is gone to the theatre, her mother with her. the indignant musician remains at home. gionetta bursts into the room: my lord cardinal's carriage is at the door, the padrone is sent for. he must lay aside his violin; he must put on his brocade coat and

of the whole existing world treats as a chimera, or imposture; if i promised to show thee how to command the beings of air and ocean, how to accumulate wealth more easily than a child can gather pebbles on the shore, to place in thy hands the essence of the herbs which prolong life from age to age, the mystery of that attraction by which to awe all danger and disarm all violence and subdue man as the serpent charms the bird, if i told thee that all these it was mine to possess and to communicate, thou wouldst listen to me then, and obey me without a doubt "it is true; and i can account for this only by the imperfect associations of my childhood, by traditions in our house of "your forefather, who, in the revival of science, sought the secrets of apollonius and paracelsus "what" said glyndo

had lighted with fitful gleams the mind of camille desmoulins, had fascinated glyndon more than the qualities of any other agent in the revolution. and when (for camille desmoulins had a heart, which seemed dead or dormant in most of his contemporaries) that vivid child of genius and of error, shocked at the massacre of the girondins, and repentant of his own efforts against them, began to rouse the serpent malice of robespierre by new doctrines of mercy and toleration, glyndon espoused his views with his whole strength and soul. camille desmoulins perished, and glyndon, hopeless at once of his own life and the cause of humanity, from that time sought only the occasion of flight from the devouring golgotha. he had two lives to heed besides his own; for them he trembled, and for them he sc

with plumed chivalry, and the air rustled with silken braveries. young louis, the monarch and the lover, was victor of the tournament at the carousel; and all france felt herself splendid in the splendour of her gorgeous chief! now there is neither throne nor altar; and what is in their stead? i see it yonder the guillotine! it is dismal to stand amidst the ruins of mouldering cities, to startle the serpent and the lizard amidst the wrecks of persepolis and thebes; but more dismal still to stand as i the stranger from empires that have ceased to be stand now amidst the yet ghastlier ruins of law and order, the shattering of mankind themselves! yet here, even here, love, the beautifier, that hath led my steps, can walk with unshrinking hope through the wilderness of death. strange is the p

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the sun as here seen. this amulet is made of p. 59 various substances, and was chiefly employed as a pendant of a necklace. 14. the amulet nefer, this amulet signifies "happiness, good luck" etc, and represents a musical instrument; it was made of carnelian, red stone, red porcelain, and the like, and was a very favourite form for the pendants of necklaces and strings of beads. 15. the amulet of the serpent's head, this amulet was placed on the dead body to keep it from being bitten by snakes in the underworld or tomb. it is made of red stone, red jasper, red paste, and carnelian. as the goddess isis is often typified by a serpent, and red is a colour peculiar to her, it seems as if the idea underlying the use of this amulet was to vanquish the snakes in the tomb by means of the power of

of the words of the xxxivth chapter of the book of the dead, which are often inscribed upon it. the text reads "o serpent! i am the flame which shineth upon the opener of hundreds of thousands of years, and the standard of the god tenpu" or as others say "the standard of young plants and flowers. depart ye from me, for i am the divine lynx" some p. 60 have thought that the snake's head represents the serpent which surmounts the ram's head on the urhekau instrument used in performing the ceremony of "opening the mouth" 1 the kher-heb priest touching the statue of the deceased with the urhekau instrument to effect the "opening of the mouth (from the papyrus of ani, plate 15) 16. the amulet of the menat, this amulet was in use in egypt as early as the vith dynasty, and it was worn or held or

having been made, we are told that the deceased shall be "like unto a god with the gods of the underworld; he shall never, never be turned back; his flesh and his bones shall be like p. 122 those of one who hath never been dead; he shall drink water at the source of the stream; a homestead shall be given unto him in sekhet-aaru; he shall become a star of heaven; he shall set out to do battle with the serpent fiend nekau and with tar, who are in the underworld; he shall not be shut in along with the souls which are fettered; he shall have power to deliver himself wherever he may be; and worms shall not devour him" 1 again, the words of power which form the clxvth chapter to be effectual were ordered by the rubric to "be recited over a figure of the god of the lifted hand, which shall have p

g stage and figures of workmen provided with tools; he then recited words of power over them and they became living, breathing men, and the search for the box began. having worked for three days and three nights they came to the place where the box was. ptah-nefer-ka dispersed the serpents and scorpions which were round about the nest of boxes by his words of power, and twice succeeded in killing the serpent coiled round the box, but it came to life again; the third time he cut it into two pieces, and laid sand between them, and this time it did not take its old form again. he then opened the boxes one after the other, and taking out the gold box with the book inside it carried it to the royal barge. he next read one of the two formula, in it and so enchanted or bewitched the heavens and t

the country of meru (meroe, and the crocodiles which come forth from the river, and the bite of all poisonous reptiles which crawl forth from their holes. get thee back, o crocodile mak, thou son of set! move not by means of thy tail! work not thy legs and feet! open not thy mouth! let the water which is before thee turn into a consuming fire, o thou whom the thirty-seven gods did make, and whom the serpent of ra did put in chains, o thou who wast fettered with links of iron before the boat of ra! get thee back, o crocodile mak, thou son of set" these words were to be said over a figure of the god amen painted on clay; the rod was to have four rams' heads upon one neck, under his feet was to be a figure of the crocodile mak, and p. 175 to the right and left of him were to be the dog heade

bles, and "one carried out their decree" i.e, they sentenced her to death and she was executed. similarly, in another story, the seven hathors came to see the son who had been born to a certain king in answer to his prayers to the gods, and when they had seen him they said "he shall die by means of a crocodile, or a serpent, or a dog" the story goes on to say how be escaped from the crocodile and the serpent, and though the end is wanting, it is quite clear that he was wounded by an accidental bite of his dog and so died. 2 the moral of all such stories p. 224 is that there is no possibility of avoiding fate, and it is most probable that the modern egyptian has only inherited his ancestors' views as to its immutability. 1 a man's life might, however, be happy or unhappy according as the ho

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with which enabled the devotee to reify his 'inherent dream. she was known as the 'whore of hell' and her function was analogous to that of the scarlet woman of crowley's cul tt,he suvasini of the tantric kaula circle, and the fiendess of the cult of the black snake. the chinese ku, or harlot of hell, is a shadowy embodiment of subconscious desires concentrated in the alluringly sensuous form of the serpent of shadow goddess. the mechanics of dream control are in many ways similar to those which effect conscious astral projection. my own system of dream control derives from two sources: the formula of eroto-comatose lucidity discovered by ida nellidoff and adapted by crowley to his sex-magical techniques, and spare's system of sentient sigils explained below. sleep should be preceded by s

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

ssociated with the cult has drawn many naive supporters into its fold who would recoil in horror from its evil teachings were the truth only known to them. the secret doctrine of the cult has been carefully guarded from public scrutiny and investigation. nevertheless, this study cuts to the very heart of the meaning of that doctrine and the symbolism employed by the cult. it uncovers the trail of the serpent. it arms christians with the knowledge they must have if they are to detect and destroy this insidious menace which threatens the very foundation of christian civilization. 5- part i the united nations meditation room the meditation room is 30 feet long, 18 wide at the entrance (which faces north north-east, and 9 wide at the other end. it is therefore wedgeshaped. its only entrance is

g the continuity of life and the immortality of the soul (ibid, march-april 1960, pp. 6-7) m. oldfield howey tells us in the encircled serpent (david mackay co, philadelphia, pa, 192, p. 84, that in the symbolism of egypt the "serpent is constantly represented as surmounting a cross. the brazen serpent. was a palladium or talisman in [he form of a serpent coiled around the mystic tau, or t [also] the serpent set up by moses was originally the egyptian. sun-god, who was now known to his people as jehovah (lbid, p. 83) joseph von hammer, in the history of the assassins (eng. trans, 1835) explains the tau as the figure of the phallus (see also source 9, p. 791 "among the egyptians, the lotus was the symbol of osiris and isis. it was esteemed a sacred ornament by the priests (ibid, p. 477) the

undalini or sex force. in the encircled serpent (howey, op. cit, the chapter on the caduceus contains references (page 72) to the ancient use of the symbol without wings, as seen in the mural. the caduceus is also the symbol of peace, the propaganda term associated with the u.n. the serpents are male and female; the sun-god and the moon-god; and are symbols of generation. buddha was symbolized by the serpent and in mythology is identical with mercury. the center sphere and the outer circles around it form the all-seeing eye. this bisected sphere overlays an isoceles triangle bounded on one side by the diagonal line. according to manly palmer hall, in his occult treatise -18- on the secret destiny of america,24 the all-seeing eye is that of the great architect of the universe (whenever it a

lory has not been correctly realized upon a single die used for great seal purposes. the primary significance of a glory was to denote the presence of god" heraldry borrowed this emblem directly from the scriptures (ps. lxiii, 2; 1 kings viii, 11, etc. yet, as totten pointed out, not a single ray of light breaks through the clouds. god thus becomes a captive within the circle (which can represent the serpent, as jehovah is a captive of the cabalists (see sephiroth, part 1. totten discovered that the state department had the constellation of stars. by its arrangement. constitutes the most serious deviation from the fundamental law which authorized the establishment of the seal. the honorary a. loudon snowden, superintendent of the mint of the united states, objected to the appearance of the

rchies placed their gods in triads, headed by one god, ra "a sort of fount and origin of deity" san was the second member of the second triad, accompanied by his wife.51 the first triad consisted of ana (pluto, the "lord of darkness or death" belus (jupiter, the son of the egyptian osiris and the god whose temple was the original of the tower of babel;52 and hoa (neptune, strongly connected "with the serpent of scripture and. the tree of life" hoa's wife was the mother of belus.53 the cabalists lifted their entire sephirotic tree of life representing jehovah from the triads of the chaldean-babylonian pantheon (see sephirolh, part 1. the egyptian pantheon was even more ancient, dating from the 27th to the 30th centuries b.c. or even earlier, according to some sources. the sungods of egypt w

n" age during which the "saturnian" kingdom shall return. saturn was the father of osiris. the other motto, annuit coeptis "favor my daring undertaking" was not a supplication to god; in conjunction with the other motto it can only refer to saturn or osiris. the reign of saturn was called "the golden age" even though he received human sacrifices and devoured his own children. he was symbolized by the serpent biting its own tail.60 the sun and the serpent ophiolatry 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

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he older mysteries had to undergo must be recapitulated. as osiris was threatened by the evil typhon, so now there is the great dragon, the ancient snake to be defeated. from far back the wisdom of the mystai had used the snake as its symbol of knowledge. the snake knowledge may be a seductive force, however, unless human beings bring to life within themselves the son of god. he it is who crushes the serpent s head: the great dragon was hurled down that ancient snake who is called the devil and satan and seduces all the world he was hurled down upon the earth, together with his angels. 149 the mystery-temple the christian mystery was to replace the many mysteries of the ancient world with its unique, archetypal mystery- event. in jesus the logos had become flesh, and he was to become the t

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

and hailing sign and the sign 177 of admiration and astonishment 10 "i gruesomely swear that i'm on the square" more revealing signs 189 of llluminati cultists 11 "cross my heart and hope to die" the mysterious "x" factor 205 12 that ravenous dark bird sublime mysteries of the illuminati's 241 double-headed eagle 1 3 the riddle of the great seal of the united states, and the all-seeing eye 265 of the serpent of wisdom 14 "silence, slaves, or we'll cur your throat from ear to ear' 285 15 up to their necks in mischief 295 16 hand on heart sign of devotion to the chiefs 307 17 triangles up, triangles down, triangles, triangles all around 327 18 black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 361 19 part devil, part angel 393 20 the merovingian dynasty, the priory of sion, and the spear o

hus its primary sign denotes a "fellow workman" a commoner. in other words, it represents the masses of common people. it represents, adds mackey, the "stage of manhood" and the maturation of humanity by progression of man's "reasoning faculties and..intellectual powers."5 in essence, the fellow craft degree represents man progressively brought to a high status of possessing the supreme wisdom of the serpent. man as a whole becomes god through reason. therefore, the promise of the serpent made to adam and eve is realized "ye shall be as gods" for he's a jolly good fellow 83 wisdom of the serpent those who display this sign, the sign of the fellow craft, to their fellows in the craft (the illuminist, magical cult) are those chosen and ambitious of instructing the masses on the wisdom of the

t this: carved on the president's desk in the oval offices directly in front of clinton is the eagle, in the presidential seal or logo, with its face turned to the left. but on the carpet just in front of the desk one finds the presidential seal facing toward the right: two eagles, each facing in the opposite direction. this is clearly the double-headed eagle of freemasonry, a symbol representing the serpent, honored as the sun god in the mystery religions with its eagle-like, allseeing eye. in other words: lucifer! solar god of bill clinton and the illuminati. meanwhile, in clinton's left hand (see page 183 of codex magica) is a rose sign of the illuminati's blood covenant and the rosicrucian order. you will also find here a photo of former yugoslav serb leader slobodan milosevic, likewis

this force was known to the ancients. it is a universal agent, whose supreme law is equilibrium..it was adored in the secret rites of the sabbat or the temple under the hieroglyphic figure of baphomet or the hermaphroditic goat of mendes. there is a life-principle of the world, a universal agent, wherein are two natures and a double current..it is the body of the holy spirit, the universal agent, the serpent devouring his own tail..force attracts force..5 the jewish cabalists speak in mysterious, guarded terms of this same potent force. they say it is produced from the uniting of the two triangles, male and female, in the sex act, releasing the generative energy of creation. the result symbolized is, of course, the jewish star of david, known as the seal, or symbol, of solomon or simply as

k jehovah" it is the epitome of the "as above, so below" doctrine. as lavey put it, it represents "the third way" to the illuminati, nothing is static, everything is deceit; the force is dynamic, ever-changing, the quicksand of light that diffuses and reappears only to disappear again. dark is light and light is dark and no one can divine a difference. satan is therefore god and god is satan, and the serpent chases its own tail. forever. the invisible light this is all insanity, of course, but to the illuminist it is reason. thus, francis adams moore, in the lucis trust publication, the beacon, wrote an article entitled'"the invisible sun" in it, moore speaks of "the ageless wisdom: the ageless wisdom teaches that this darkness out of which visible light came, is actually the pure light th

he is the magus, the god-like human being integrated on all planes, the will liberated through gnosis, or knowledge. his gesture refers to the basic occult principle "that which is above is as that which is below" this design illustrates the ultimate blasphemy for its message is that satan is deity of the universe, that he shall be king over all realms, above and below, and that the reign of he, the serpent, shall stand for all eternity. the scottish rite textbook, a bridge to light, by rex hutchens, 33rd degree, outlines the knowledge and symbols used for the various degrees of freemasonry. in this book, hutchens restates the principles of albert pike's 19th century classic, morals and dogma. according to these principles, the oroboros serpent shown in this design (levi's occult magic of

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effable sound of our mystic union! 8. halt: halt! now eat the fruit and drink the wine. we are come! our will is one: our will is done! 9. come with us, and we shall uplift thee to the celestial palace of the stars: thou shalt partake of the ineffable glory! we are the ecstasy of thine aspiration to accomplish the great work: we are the purity of thine invocation to the highest! 10. now by way of the serpent, or by way of the arrow, or by some other known or unknown way of initiation, wilt thou attain union with us. whatever thy operation or formulae of initiation, we shall uplift thee into our holy palace if thou wilt but know and follow thy way. and every way leadeth unto us! 11. know thy will! and in freedom do thy will! master thyself, and be free! all is intended for thine attainment

THE CRAFT GRIMOIRE OF ECLECTIC VERSION 2

list amber k, covencraft: witchcraft for three or more ian corrigan, the portal book: basic teachings of celtic witchcraft aleister crowley, magick in theory and practice scott cunningham, earth power (natural magick book 1) earth, air, fire& water (natural magick book 2) melita denning& osborne phillips, the magical philosophy series: vol. 1, the foundations of high magick vol. 2, the sword and the serpent vol. 3, mysteria magica ed fitch, a grimoire of shadows magical rites from the crystal well donald tyson, how to make and use a magic mirror page 19 grimoire of eclectic magick) at the crossroads( are you a natural witch? the truth is, everyone has the ability within them. it is only a matter of choosing to learn how to use your gifts. this book was never designed to teach you that. bl

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inear earthworks, they were found along the central axis. the most common burial position was the flexed, with arms and legs over the chest. early settlers in the ohio valley in the 1700s were greatly impressed by the great serpent mound on brush creek in adams county, ohio. the mound is approximately five feet high, and its length is 30 feet, diminishing in height toward the head and the tail of the serpent. near the open jaws of the serpent is another much smaller, oval mound. there are other such serpentine mounds near the mississippi river at mcgregor, iowa; another structure in licking county, ohio, resembles an alligator. at prairie du chien, wisconsin, there is a circular mound enclosing a pentagram. the outer circle measures 1200 feet, and the pentagon is 200 feet on each side. the

, a favorite of public officials and individuals alike. the oracle was said to relay prophetic messages and words of counsel from python, the wise serpent son of the mother-goddess delphyne or from the moon-goddess artemis through their priestess daughters, the pythonesses or pythia. according to myth, the god apollo murdered delphyne and claimed the shrine and the pythia for himself, imprisoning the serpent seer in the recesses of a cave beneath the temple. the historian plutarch (c. 46 120 c.e, author of plutarch s lives, served for a time as high priest at the delphic oracle and explained why its oracles had remained popular while others had fallen into disrepute. in his opinion, the gods had declined to speak through the other oracles because their devotees had insulted them by asking

g love affairs and disreputable business transactions. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mystery religions and cults 265 plutarch also described how the oracle worked. the priestess went into a small chamber called the adyton where she would inhale sweet-smelling fumes that issued from fissures in the rocks. the fumes, supposedly released by the serpent deep within the cave, would place the pythia in a trance that would allow her to see the future and to make predictions. plutarch asserted that such trance states occasionally deepened into delerium, even death. while some researchers have touted the accuracy of the oracle at delphi, other scholars have protested that the predictions of the pythia were too often made in extremely ambig

a man, but was a being of spirit, much like an angel. they also believed that it was satan who created the material world after his expulsion from heaven when god the father, taking pity on his once bright star lucifer, allowed him seven days to see what he might create. the bodies of adam and eve were animated by fallen angels and directed by satan to beget children who would follow the ways of the serpent. to counter the lust of the flesh inspired by the devil, the cathars preached abstinence before marriage, chastity, vegetarianism, and nonviolence. they believed in a progressive doctrine of reincarnation with the spirits of animals evolving into humans. in their view, it was a dualistic universe, with good and evil having equal strength, and they considered their time in the world as

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gives one this impression. off shore on the atlantic seacoast of north america, there is a sea serpent that has been paying periodic visits to the cape ann area and gloucester, massachusetts, for more than 340 years. an englishman named john josselyn, who was returning to london, made the first sighting of the creature as it lay coiled like a cable on a rock at cape ann. seamen would have killed the serpent, but two native american crew members protested such an act, stating that all on board would be in danger of terrible retribution if the sea creature was harmed. on august 6, 1817, amos lawrence, founder of the mills which bore his name, t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mysterious creatures 93 sighted the sea monster and issued a

single horn nine to 12 inches long on its head. on that same august day, a group of fishermen spotted the marine giant near eastern point and shouted that it was making its way between ten pound island and the shore. they said later that they could clearly see the thing s backbone moving vertically as it appeared to be chasing schools of herring around the harbor. shipmaster solomon allen judged the serpent to be between 80 and 90 feet in length. generations of gloucester residents and tourists have sighted the cape ann sea serpent, often as they sailed the harbor and nearly always stating that they were frightened by the appearance of a huge snakelike creature at least 70 feet in length. in april 1975, some fishermen saw the monster up close and personal and were able to provide one of t

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usually cooked and eaten. the traditional belief structure of the yoruba envisioned a chief god named olorun, who remains aloof and unknowable to humankind, but who permitted a lesser deity, obatala, to create the earth and all its life forms. there are hundreds of minor spirits whose influence may be invoked by humankind, such as ayza, the protector; baron samedi, guardian of the grave; dambala, the serpent; ezli, the female spirit of love; ogou balanjo, spirit of healing; and mawu lisa, spirit of creation. each follower of vodun has his or her own gmet tet, h a guardian spirit that corresponds to a catholic fs special saint. vodun has a supernatural entity that is unique among the practitioners of sorcery.the zombi, those dread creatures of the undead who prowl about at night doing the b

is through their priestess daugh- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 154 prophecy and divination painting depicting aegeus of athens consulting the oracle of delphi (fortean picture library) ters, the pythonesses or pythia. then, according to myth, the god apollo murdered delphyne and claimed the shrine and the pythia for himself, imprisoning the serpent seer in the recesses of a cave beneath the temple. the name of delphi means gwomb, h and suggests the journey that the seekers of prophetic knowledge had to take as they entered the cave of the pythoness and descended deeper into the mystical recesses of the oracle, deeper into the womb of mother earth. the pythia would await the seekers while seated upon a three-legged seat, or tripod

oup, 2001. kelly, edward. the stone of the philosophers. edmonds, wash: holmes publishing group, 1990. smith, patrick. a light from out of the darkness: on the composition of the stone of the philosophers. edmonds, wash: holmes publishing group, 2001. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 208 objects of mystery and power philosopher fs stone and the serpent of alchemy from the 1622 edition of philosophia reformata by j. d. mylius (fortean picture library) the spear of destiny the spear of destiny, also known as the holy lance, is in christian tradition the spear that the roman soldier longinus thrust into the side of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) as he hung on the cross( gthen came the soldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the o

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

at in the end, fire would consume the universe, leaving behind the purified world of renewal. this cunning fire/substance is the common element that runs through all things, from beginning to end, and which at the end, returns to the source or the beginning, making a great circle, completing the universal cycle, and leading to a new, regenerated and perfected world, ready for a new cycle. this is the serpent swallowing its own tail; this fire is the first and the last, and it brings regeneration and renewal. a person who became aware of this force would immediately experience its renewing effect. that person s body and mind, which can be seen as the world or cosmos reflected as a human form, would be both metaphorically destroyed and actually regenerated by this force- all because they bec

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

being of humans, and which made craft possible. what is important to realize here is that he is the source of the light- the light itself, and the being who shared it with mankind, was the son of this being. harmonics to this can be seen in christianity- lucifer was the son of god, his firstborn archangel who then led a rebellion, and in so doing, underwent a fall into the world, where he brought the serpent s gift to the primal parents of humankind- granting them cunning, the power to recognize good and evil, and to shape the world in accordance with their own desires and wishes, on their own power. just as the fire-bearing daughter and the earth/all mother overlap, so do the firebringer/lightbringer son and the earth or primal all father. as the primal father represents the source, so do

er of craft to man, the culture- inventor, who also bestowed the capacity for the word- or language- on man. the christian idea was that this endowment was against the will of the father god- and some pagan mythologies present a similar portrait; the best example is how prometheus had to steal fire from zeus and the gods to give it to mankind, and how he suffered for that, much in the manner that the serpent/enlightener of the eden story suffered. what most people don t realize is that the suffering element comes not purely from the divine reality, but from a mixture of the human experience of the fire along with what the son represented. to begin with, the cunning fire is dangerous, just like physical fire. with it, mankind was capable of great wonders, and great horrors. innocence was go

housle was not for the deceased, then the offerings are left, in reverence and silence, at an appropriate place, on the ground, in natural bodies of water, at the roots of trees, etc. as they are being left, the leader says: as some is taken, so is this given, by the sons and daughters of dame wisdom: for what is taken is truly given and what is given is truly taken the first and last are wed as the serpent s tail and head. renewal is always. here is shown a mystery. a bell is rung as above to conclude the rit 2-1 the holy rosary of the brethren of the r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r this material is private and has been lent to me on trust, to return on demand. it contains nothing of pecuniary value and nothing personal to myself. i hereby direct my legal representa

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

of the pommel beneath the snake tails are the letters "fin" to left and "al" to right. the point of the sword above the upper limit of the circle is buttoned by a fleur-de-lis. the two serpents are entwined about the sword to form a caduceus with two circles vertically circumscribed within the greater circle. these serpents are billed. there are two shaded bands on the two horizontal diameters of the serpent circles. five hebrew letters are along the sword, only the topmost upon the blade and the others beneath: top quarter- hb:yod, next quarter- hb:aleph, center- hb:shin, next quarter is probably but not certainly hb:mem, bottom quarter is an inverted hb:heh. the upper half of the upper serpent circle has aleph-heh-yod-heh just above the diameter bar, and the lower quarter of the lower se

h a vivifying light. thus also it is said in the zohar that at the beginning of our earthly period, when the elements disputed among themselves the surface of the earth, that fire, like an immense serpent, had enveloped everything in its coils, and was about to consume all beings, when divine clemency, raising around it the waves of the sea like a vestment of clouds, put her foot upon the head of the serpent and made him re-enter the abyss. who does not see in this allegory the first idea, and the most reasonable explanation, of one of the images dearest to catholic symbolism, the triumph of the mother of god? the qabalists say that the occult name of the devil, his true name, is that of jehovah written backwards. this, for the initiate, is a complete revelation of the mysteries of the tet

the tradition of seers, and can only stand before science in the name of that exceptional philosophy, which paracelsus called the philosophy of sagacity "philosophia sagax" chapter iv arcanum arcanorum the great arcanum- that is to say, the unutterable and inexplicable secret- is the absolute knowledge of good and of evil "when you have eaten the fruit of this tree, you will be as the gods" said the serpent. illustration on page 285 described: this is a pentagram with point down and a white ring in the center. at the ends of the points are black disks. the pentagram itself is black. there are words in white on the disks, from the upper right, clockwise "despotisme, mensonce "neant "ignorance "absurdite. there are words in white in the points, same order "contre toute justice "contre toute

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

attributed to this path is that of qoph, meaning "back of the head, where the more primitive parts of the brain reside, regulating these energies. netzach is spelt in hebrew, ntzch, nun-tzaddi-cheth. the tarot attributions of these cards is that of death, the star, and the chariot. the egyptian deities of this sequence are revealing of netzach, being typhon, nuit and hormakhu; typhon (or seth) is the serpent deity connected with storms, a natural phenomena appropriate to netzach, and was the pilot of the solar boat (tiphareth) who speared apophis, symbolic of the death atu connecting netzach to tiphareth. nuit resided in the "lower mansion of heliopolis, which is the house of the sun, and again refers to netzach's relationship to tiphareth, to which the sun is ascribed. she also was respon

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

nto the bosom of the archetype "by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates for awhile and then prays that the demoniacal spirits be chased away from the earth: o almighty and eternal god, creator and protector of the human race, thou who hast made the first man and in him all the preexistent souls to thine image and resemblance, deign, o lord, to consider thy servant fallen into the traps of the serpent. this ancient adversary of the earth shrouds its soul with the horrors of fright or benumbs its spiritual and reasonable faculties. thus destroy, o lord almighty, this diabolical power, upset the perfidious snares by chasing away the initial tempter, his angels and his ministers, far away from our universe. o almighty god, may thy servants be defended and protected in their souls and b

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

of the tree of life, page 53 of the golden dawn, or in part two, chapter nine of ths book. 2. the cross itself is a universal, pre-christian symbol. it is our belief that people have been crossing themselves, in one form or another, since the beginning of civilization. 3. the more common name for this sephrah is chesed, whch means "mercy" its other title, gedulah, means "glory" or "greatness" 4. the serpent is often a symbol of wisdom. on the qabalistic tree of life, the serpent of wisdom represents the paths that connect the various sephroth. in the story of the garden of eden, the serpent suggested that adam and eve eat fruit from the tree of knowledge. this means that they became sentient t m- ing beings who were set apart from "the unconsciousness of nature" 5. a tingling sensation ca

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

ll seeing flying freaks. on may 21, 1973, a group of men in a woods near kristianstad, sweden, reported an incredibly huge black bird which passed within one hundred feet of them. one witness had a camera with a telephoto lens and attempted to take a picture, but his film jammed. camera malfunctions are remarkably common among would-be ufo photographers, and even those who try to take pictures of the serpent at loch ness. it almost seems as if some outside force fouls up cameras when monsters and ufos are around [4] charles bowen, ed, the humanoids (london: neville spearman, 1969- 4- take the train take the train i "from bad axe to bethesda the happy news comes in" wrote an anonymous "talk of the town" contributor in the new yorker, april 9, 1966 "flying saucers. we read the official expla

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

as yet unclear as to what the combination shub ishnigarrab (shub niggurath) might actually mean. there was a battle between the forces of "light" and "darkness (so-called) that took place long before man was created, before even the cosmos as we know it existed. it is described fully in the enuma elish and in the bastardised version found in the necronomicon, and involved the ancient ones, led by the serpent mummutiamat and her male counterpart absu, against the elder gods (called such in the n) led by the warrior marduk, son of the sea god enki, lord of magicians of this side, or what could be called "white magicians- although close examination of the myths of ancient times makes one pause before attempting to judge which of the two warring factions was "good" or "evil. marduk won this ba

(called such in the n) led by the warrior marduk, son of the sea god enki, lord of magicians of this side, or what could be called "white magicians- although close examination of the myths of ancient times makes one pause before attempting to judge which of the two warring factions was "good" or "evil. marduk won this battle- in much the same way that later st. george and st. michael would defeat the serpent again- the cosmos was created from the body of the slain serpent, and man was created from the blood of the slain commander of the ancient army, kingu, thereby making man a descendent of the blood of the enemy, as well as the "breath" of the elder gods; a close parallel to the "sons of god and daughters of men" reference in the old testament. yet, though the identity of the victor is c

side with the vanquished, believing the ancient ones to be a source of tremendous, and most unbelievable, power. worship of the ancient ones in history "let them curse it that curse the day, who are skilful to rouse leviathan- job 3:8 s.h. hooke, in his excellent middle eastern mythology, tells us that the leviathan mentioned in job, and elsewhere in the old testament, is the hebrew name given to the serpent tiamat, and reveals that there was in existence either a cult, or scattered individuals, who worshipped or called up the serpent of the sea, or abyss. indeed, the hebrew word for abyss that is found in genesis 1:2 is, hooke tells us, tehom, which the majority of scholars take to be a survival of the name of the chaos-dragon tiamat or leviathan that is identified closely with kutulu or

htened- celibacy that the church espoused. for the orgone of wilhelm reich is just as much leviathan as the kundalini of tantrick adepts, and the power raised by the witches. it has always, at least in the past two thousand years, been associated with occultism and essentially with rites of evil magick, or the forbidden magick, of the enemy, and of satan. and the twisting, sacred spiral formed by the serpent of the caduceus, and by the spinning of the galaxies, is also the same leviathan as the spiral of the biologists' code of life: dna the goddess of the witches the current revival of the cult called wicca is a manifestation of the ancient secret societies that sought to tap this telluric, occult force and use it to their own advantage, and to the advantage of humanity as was the origina

he past few years, jaws, the exoricst and, perhaps, the godfather, are an indication that the essence of sumerian mythology is making itself felt in a very real way in this, the latter half of the twentieth century? after the long and poetic magan text, comes the urillia text which might be lovecraft's r'lyeh text, and is subtitled "abominations. it has more specifically to do with the worship of the serpent, and the nature of the cults that participate in the concelebration of sin. again, more conjurations and seals are given, even though the reader is charged not to use them; an inconsistency that is to be found in many grimoires of any period and perhaps reveals a little of the magicians's mentality; for there is very little that is evil to the advanced magus, who cares not if he deals

in "cthdh 666" ctha-lu, kutulu the ancient ones satan; teitan tiamat azathoth aiwass) azag-thoth the dunwich horror choronzon pazuzu shub niggurath pan sub ishniggarab) out of space the abyss absu; nar mattaru ia! io! iao! ia (jah; ea; lord of waters) the five-pointed grey star carven the pentagram the ar, or ub (plough sign; the original pentagram and the sign of the aryan race) vermis mysteriis the serpent erim (the enemy; and the sea as chaos; gothic; orm, or worm, great serpent) this is, of course, by no means a complete list but rather an inspirational sampling. meditation upon the various things mentioned in the mythos will permit the scholar to draw his own conclusions; research upon the etymology of both lovecraft's and crowley's respective literature enables the occultist to disco

THE SIGIL OF ADVERSARY

to illuminate the ba and ka of the sorcerer, or to send forth desires of manifestation in the heat of the day. cursing is one possibility of this spell, and the name is sabaoth, the lord of the earth. the eleventh is hemhem, the roarer, a serpent with the face of a cat. this devil is one of apep, a form of set. hemhem is used to invoke storms in the self to crush and devour weakness. the tenth is the serpent of apep, who has the face of a white cat. this daemon may be used to ascend up in night, to visualize and send forth the spells of your desire. cursing or blessing, all of which shall become in your will. nine as the number of the trapezoid, the ensorcelment of the eye of the setanist and the ability to sway the minds of men and women to your cause. be careful in the use of this sigil

ect of your desire chant a mantra form of erbeth while doing so while facing a mirror. the sixth is the god of the night sun, seker (he who is shut in, a god of darkness who has a close connection to set in his beginning. use this sigil to invoke the power of death and to isolate the psyche, emerge and begin transforming in the midnight sun of the adversary. the fifth is lerthex, a name of typhon the serpent. this is the body and mind of the magician as he spirals his or her spells as a dragon. use lerthex to visualize a goal and then recite the name as a mantra to manifest the desire. may be used for protection, by imagining a great typhonic dragon to encircle your dwelling. the fourth is saatet-ta, the darkener of the earth. this is the ensorcelled daemon or daeva which the magician may

et-ta, the darkener of the earth. this is the ensorcelled daemon or daeva which the magician may manifest his will and send forth the shadow to bring forth his or her desires. this sigil may be used in dream sorcery, haunting or copulating as the vampire and incubi/succubi with your chosen .the third of the devourer, amam. use this sigil to encircle 9 times around the name of your enemy, to bring the serpent-devils of seba to bring storms against them. burn the sigil in the fire of the noon tide sun while invoking keteb of the twelfth. the second sigil of the adversary, being hau-hra, the backward face. this is one name of apep, the crocodile-demon shadow of set-heh, that which devours and causes destruction. the purpose of the setanic magician is to master apep within the self and master

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

eying homeward from rome. she raises the swimmer to her pearly car and carries him to her fair home, where in the following beautiful symbolic action she promises to restore him his lost love. archais. then aphrodite loosed a snake of gold from her arm fs whiteness, and upon his wrist clasped it. its glittering eyes of amethyst fascinate him. geven so, h the goddess cried, gi will bind on thy arm the serpent bride freed from her fate, and promise by this kiss the warmer kisses of thy archais. h *the tale of archais, vol. i, pp. 13, 14. the handmaidens of aphrodite gather round them, and their silver voices rise in one of those sweet clear songs, already so familiar to our ears, set like a gem in the gold of the narrative. the following rondel i choose for its simplicity and sweetness: sing

first toad-spotted dew; the first lewd heaving ecstasy of matter *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 178. the idea grows still more powerfully in the next verse: i see all nature claw and tear and bite, all hateful love and hideous: and the brood misshapen, misbegotten out of spite; lust after death; love in decrepitude. thus, till the monster-birth of serpent-man linked in corruption with the serpent-woman, slavering in lust and pain. creation fs ban. the horrible beginning of the human *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 198 (also tale of archais) in tannhauser, which is an intensely psychologic drama, we find the knight speaking thus to venus: ah, if pure love could grow material! there are pure women! and this is her answer: there you make me laugh! remember. i have known

in my heart the many were united: and i knew *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 191. and yet: i was wed unto the part and could not grasp the whole. thus, i was broken on the wheel of truth. fled all the hope and purpose of my youth, the high desire, the secret joy, the sin that coiled its rainbow dragon scales within. hope fs being, life fs delight, time fs eager tooth; all, all are gone; the serpent sloughs his skin! the quest is mine! here ends mortality in contemplating the eternal thee. here, she is willing. stands the absolute reaching its arms toward me. i am mute, i draw toward. oh, suddenly i see the treason-pledge, the royal prostitute *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 191. thus does he fail at the very threshold of his higher self. he hears echoing ggereth, i am t

is the emblem of good, the scorpion of evil, the eaglewinged serpent of good and evil; and it is with this doctrine of good and evil that we shall now deal. as there was darkness before syhla formed the light, and as knowledge is the outcome of ignorance, so is also virtue the outcome of vice. eritis sicut deus, scientes bonum et malum. it was satan, the lucifer of milton, the devil of blake, and the serpent of genesis, who was the author of wisdom *cwdn same as hycm and the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die: for god doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil .gen. iii, 4, 5. it was only by casting off god, and breaking away from the essentially bestial quality of unreason, that man paradoxical

ss: this world is shadow-shapen of the bitterness of pain. vain are the little lamps of love! the light of life is vain! life, death, joy, sorrow, age and youth are phantoms of a further truth. beyond the splendour of the world, false glittering of the gold, a serpent is in slumber curled in wisdom fs sacred cold. life is the flaming of that flame. death is the naming of that name. that star upon the serpent fs head is called the soul of man: that light in shadows subtly shed the glamour of life fs plan. the sea whereon that lotus grows is thought fs abyss of tears and woes. until the lotus and the sea and snake no longer are, and single through eternity exists alone the star, and utter knowledge rise and cease in that which is beyond the peace *the argonauts, vol. ii, pp. 110-111. buddhis

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

xiii. in divination, arcanum xiii may be read as death or transformation. arcanum xiii is figured by a skeleton reaping human heads, hands and feet. on the blade of the scythe wielded by time is a serpent and a scarabeus, and back of all is seen a rainbow. the progression of the scythe in its work is the emblem of the perpetual destruction and rebirth of all forms of being in the domain of time. the serpent on the scythe represents the virile energy that has carried the soul, symbolized by the scarab, in its pilgrimage of births and deaths through the mineral kingdom, the vegetable kingdom and the animal kingdom up to the estate of man. the skeleton mowing human heads, hands and feet signifies that the thoughts, works and understanding of man eventually pass from the earth. but the rainbo

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

ended the significance of the three united by focus from which nearly any magickal act was possible. gnosis is a state of closing but is fully aligned with the object or system sought. a gnosis state is possible to manifest desires through sigil methods outlined in the book of pleasure and briefly outlined here. it must be understand also the truth is by all contents a lie, the lie is the word of the serpent, lie indicates constant change, thus all magicians are as the adversary/opposer: constant change. the importance of sigils is that such can be any pertinent method of envisioning. sigils can be letters, signs or symbols. sigils can also be something, which cause a matter of focus for the mind. to invariably forget and absorb the ideas sought. personally, i have used musick (the act of

strictions to hinder you, listen to your guide and familiars which are the very messengers of the luciferic angel. death posture preliminary sensation. here we are able to see the alphabet of witches, the alphabet of desire as spare termed it. this very sigillic language is unique unto the sorcerer, it is a key to the depths and heights of the spirit, the language of the subconscious. please note the serpent which encircles the initiate, the death posture brings one within the very circle of azothoz, the alpha and omega and the very ophidian (sexual) essence of being. leviathan guards the quarters and coils in your rising shades and energy of the self. in essence, self love allows growth and discovery, as well as compassion towards others and utter hunger and destruction for those who have

the black adept, who then drinks in turn from the wound of lilith az, the fountain of trshna, or thirst, the very graal of the devil. the ophidian oracle the black (lilith az) and the red (samael) snake are the dual knowledge of kundalini, both represent the polarity of sexual magick and independent consciousness. here one may see the witch with her familiars and servitors, sexual playthings and the serpent of knowledge moving towards the yoni or eye of darkness. this is the essence of the path found in the grimoire adamu, forbidden sexual sorcery. vampires at play those who fell from the heavens and brought to man the gnosis of the black flame, also sought the elixir of life, their devouring desires sought to dance widdershins around the circle of flame, those who by dreaming path shared

kness. i am all sexuality. transudation of hecate here the hag or dark moon of hecate (lilith, by the way of crossroads sheds the flesh to go forth to the sabbat. this ecstasy brings spirit un-form, and the desire of her is shown in her familiars and servitors given spirit flesh. the hands of anubis and hekate are caressing those seeking the realm of the necromance, to dance the endless circle of the serpent s spine, the very dance of witches. the sorcerer he who calls upon the shades of his own alphabet of desire may also awaken to any length the blackened fire of the shadowed one, given from lofty fall above. here the sorcerer in ceremonial robe, calls upon his godforms and desires, that by serpent and flame shall they become flesh. the only thing true here is the lie which becomes the f

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

n, the north wind bore her blood to secret places. gunkel and bousset describe that tiamat who was the queen of the abyss and darkness, supported by her infernal spirits rebelled against the higher gods of which marduk was of. tabaet is said to be the name of tiamat, the book of enoch mentions this serpent to not just an abyssic demon, rather a fallen angel who beholds power in the noon tide sun. the serpent later with the use of seduction, tempted mankind to accept the gift of the black flame in the form of an apple, leading to the possibility of mankind being as gods if they chose to. tiamat may be a etymological form of what would become the adversary as ahriman/jahi or samael/lilith, the name itself being the enemy of the so-called righteous, depending on whoever associates with the te

ties, rather than talk in vague sentences about them. mysticism is not-knowing that which cannot be known. a vicious cycle, the new age is truly something which is not new, rather a bad filter of what could be a wonderful reality. evil is nothing but an opinion and more or less a perspective of the individual. the left hand path is defined as the process of selfdeification and using the energy of the serpent (called shakti) to transform the consciousness into a timeless being. the left hand path is about find what aspects of the self are the core elements of being, separating and understanding the automatic and socialstructuring which is fashioned by your environment. when you can discover these elements, many can change them to improve your material life, as well as heighten the spiritual

and manifest their own journey upon the path of the dragon. in the circle of evocation does the devil embodied awaken, it is the mirror of the creation of the initiate. no matter of which name is the adversary invoked, the shadow encircles the body and soul to reveal the blackened fire of life itself, the very essence illuminated. to walk upon the left hand path is to sip from the venom d cup of the serpent, to move against the sun by the way of lilith and hecate, to listen to the ancient lore of the watchers, to empower their fall and rise through the body of the initiate. the left hand path will become whatever way the adept walks once they move into the darkness to seek the light illuminated, the very essence of ahriman! bibliography the dawn and twilight of zoroastrianism by r.c. zaeh

THE BINDING OF SHADOWS

ment of becoming, open the gates of the dead to protect my very being spirit and flesh. noctifer observe! touch the forehead and recite: ateh (unto thee) facing the north, make the sign of the invoking pentagram averse, and envision the graves of the earth opening forth and encircling you, protecting you from all outside forms. by the light of azazel, who brought to man and woman the knowledge of the serpent, attend my being in the protection of the kin of witchblood! touching the genitals recite: malkuth (the kingdom) facing the west, make the sign of the invoking pentagram averse, and envision the waters circling you, forming great tempests with serpents and dragons seeking to devour that which would attack you. by the call of shemyaza may the hidden knowledge and protection be revealed

THE BOOK OF GATES

eat god through this country. next: the seventh hour sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 25 the seventh hour. the majesty of this great god taketh up his position in the secret place of osiris, and the majesty of this great god sendeth forth words into this to the gods who dwell therein. this god maketh to himself other forms for this hidden place in order to drive out of his path the serpent fiend apep by means of the words of power of isis, and the words of power of semsu. ruti-asar is the name of the gate of this city through which this god passeth. tephet-sheta is the name of this city. p. 26 this great god maketh his way over the road of ament in the holy boat, and he passeth in it over this road which is without water, without being towed along. he maketh his way by m

e of earth of neha-hra in the tuat is four hundred and fifty cubits in length, and he filleth it with the undulations of his body. the regions which belong to him are made (i.e, kept) for him, and the great god doth not make his way over him when he p. 27 maketh him to turn aside out of the way for him, from the secret place of osiris, when this god maketh his way through this city in the form of the serpent mehen. whosoever shall know this upon earth, the serpent neha-hra shall not drink his water, and the soul of him that knoweth it shall not be evilly entreated by the gods who are in this circle; and whosoever knoweth it the crocodile ab-shau shall not devour his soul. khesef-hai-heseq-neha-hra is the name of the hour of the night which guideth this great god through this circle. next:

me of the hour of the night which guideth this great god through this circle. next: the eighth hour sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 30 the eighth hour. when the majesty of this great god hath taken up his position in the secret circles of those who are in their sand, he sendeth forth words to them from out of his boat, and the gods tow along him that is in the holy embrace) of the serpent mehen. aha-an-urt-f is the name of the gate of this city. tebat-neteru-set is the name of this city. as for the secret circle of amentet, this great god maketh his way over it in his boat, by means of the towing of the gods who are in the tuat. whosoever shall make [a copy of] these things according to the similitude which is in writing on the north [wall] of the hidden palace in the t

and he sendeth forth words unto the gods who are therein. sekhen-tuatiu is the name of the gate of this city through which this great god passeth. re-en-qerert-apt-khat is the name of this city [this is] the secret circle of the tuat into which this great god passeth on his way, and [he] cometh forth at the eastern mountain of the sky, the eater of eternity. the form thereof is in the presence of the serpent petra, which dwelleth in this city, and they (i.e, the gods) place themselves in the train of [ra] when the birth of kheper upon earth is about to take place. whosoever shall make [a copy] of these [representations] according to the figures which are depicted on the east [wall] of the palace of ament in the hidden [places] of the tuat, and whosoever knoweth them shall be in the positio

d the eye of horus standing by thee even as do those [gods who watch "hail, ye gods who tow along the boat of the lord of millions of years, who bring [it] into the upper regions of the tuat, who make it to pass over nut, and who make the soul to enter into its sahu (i.e, spiritual body, let your hands be full of weapons, and grasp them and make them sharp, and hold chains in readiness to destroy the serpent enemy. let the boat rejoice, and let the great god pass on in peace, and behold, grant ye that the soul of osiris, king men-maat-ra, whose word is maat, may emerge from the thighs [of nut] in the eastern horizon of heaven, for ever and for ever" x. osiris, the king, the lord of the two lands, men-maat-ra setep-[en]-ra, whose word is maat, the son of ra, loving ptah-sekri, the lord of d

e who are in their mountain when they hear this door shut" in the centre of the scene we see the boat of ra being towed along by four gods standing, each of whom grasps the tow-line with both hands. the god is now in the form of a ram-headed man, who holds the sceptre in his right hand, and has the solar disk above his horns. he stands within a shrine which is enveloped in the voluminous folds of the serpent mehen, a serpent also stands on his tall before him. in front of the shrine stands sa, and behind it hekau. the gods who tow the boat are called tuaiu. p. 88 the sun's boat is met in this section by a company of thirteen gods, who are under the direction of a god who holds a staff in his hand. the names of the first seven gods are--nepemeh 1, nenha, 2, ba, heru, beha-ab, khnemu, and se

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

other secrets? c: i do. s: then i will entrust you with the pass grip and pass word, leading to the degree to which you seek admission. the pass grip is given by joining hands as you have been taught, and twisting the wrist sharply to the left. the pass word is agape, which means love in the greek language. look frankly and fearlessly into my eyes, and say with me: there is the dove and there is the serpent. choose ye well. you will now retire from the camp to a place prepared, there to undergo the necessary preparations for your devotion (e. takes out c) second point c. is prepared by having cords, with heavy weights, totalling 156 pounds, attached to his shoulders, file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c4.html (4 of 19 [12/28/2001 2:03:21 pm

all menace new k(night) with their swords) g.c: what is your name? k.s (for knight) i have no name. g.c: by what right do you demand admission? k.s (for knight) i have no right. g.c: who has the right? k.s: no one has the right (all drop swords. kt. enters as all retain station. k.s. at mirrors by w. s.b. to left of g.c) g.c: sir knight, you will lead the procession. let us travel in the path of the serpent (knight leads deosil. at each outward curve, new knight and all sweep down and out with thumb. they go round 7 times) g.c: unveil the graal (all sheathe swords. c.b. takes cup, drinks and offers to g.c. each, as he drinks says: 1. to the glory of nuit who is babalon who is isis. 2. to the glory of hadit who is chaos who is apophis. 3. to the glory of hoor khuit who is the beast who is

e spirit of the lord is upon me and i prophesy. unless ye repent, then will the lord root out your order from its place. i the lord will laugh at your calamity; i will mock when your fear cometh. ye shall be the scorn of evil men and your reproach shall be in the mouths of women. in the great name of baphomet do i exhort you that ye turn swiftly to the lord if so be that the mercy of the lion and the serpent may be upon you in the name of meithras abraxas iao sabao. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (4 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. go then, sir knights, rejoice in dame and squire, but let not your understanding be darkened, or your wisdom be baulked of its effect. in beauty behold the crown ineffable

in his resurrection; and the substance of the sacrament will be the elixir of life itself. it will be one and not two; neither male nor female, neither solid nor liquid. it will contain all possibilities, and without it no possibility could be. it is the fire of prometheus in the well-tended lamp of vesta; it is the kneph of the priests of memphis, the disc of the sun in the arms of khephra; and the serpent entwined about the egg. ask of our brethren the alchemists, and of the adepts of the rosy cross. the first answer: it is nothing but the lion with his coagulated blood, and the gluten of the white eagle; it is the ocean wherein both sun and moon have bathed. the others: it is the dew upon the rose that hath concealed the cross. ask of the ancients: they reply that the oldest of the god

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

en from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 2:23 and adam said, this [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. 2:24 therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2:25 and they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 3:1 now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the lord god had made. and he said unto the woman, yea, hath god said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3:2 and the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3:3 but of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, god hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye

n any beast of the field which the lord god had made. and he said unto the woman, yea, hath god said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3:2 and the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3:3 but of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, god hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 3:4 and the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die: 3:5 for god doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 3:6 and when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unt

was afraid, because i [was] naked; and i hid myself. 3:11 and he said, who told thee that thou [wast] naked? hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 3:12 and the man said, the woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and i did eat. 3:13 and the lord god said unto the woman, what [is] this [that] thou hast done? and the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and i did eat. 3:14 and the lord god said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 3:15 and i will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bru

e lord, that he take away the serpents from us. and moses prayed for the people. 21:8 and the lord said unto moses, make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 21:9 and moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 21:10 and the children of israel set forward, and pitched in oboth. 21:11 and they journeyed from oboth, and pitched at ije-abarim, in the wilderness which [is] before moab, toward the sunrising. 21:12 from thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of zared. 21:13 from thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of arnon, which [is] in the wilderness tha

nd princes walking as servants upon the earth. 10:8 he that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 10:9 whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 10:10 if the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom [is] profitable to direct. 10:11 surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. 10:12 the words of a wise man s mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 10:13 the beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness. 10:14 a fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell hi

pose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this [is] the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 14:27 for the lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it] and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 14:28 in the year that king ahaz died was this burden. 14:29 rejoice not thou, whole palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent. 14:30 and the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and i will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 14:31 howl, o gate; cry, o city; thou, whole palestina [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone i

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

were then extant. of these, probably, was orpheus, as well as thamyris, both of whose poems, plato says, could be read with pleasure in his time. 1 see sophocl. oedip. tyr, ver. 1436. 2 orph. hym. 5. 3 symph. i. 2. of priapus 21 matter, by the efforts of his divine strength. the incubation of the vital spirit is represented on the colonial medals of tyre, by a serpent wreathed around an egg;1 for the serpent, having the power of casting his skin, and apparently renewing his youth, became the symbol of life and vigour, and as such is always made an attendant on the mythological deities presiding over health.2 it is also observed, that animals of the serpent kind retain life more pertinaciously than any others except the polypus, which is sometimes represented upon the greek medals,3 probabl

he peculiar direction of it to the most beneficial purpose, the propagation of sensitive beings. of this there is a small bronze in the museum of mr. townley, of which an engraving is given in plate iii. fig. 2.1 sometimes this generative attribute is represented by the symbol of the goat, supposed to be the most salacious of animals, and therefore adopted upon the same principles as the bull and the serpent.2 the choral odes, sung in honour of the generator bacchus, were hence called tragwdiai, or songs of the goat; a title which is now applied to the dramatic dialogues anciently inserted in these odes, to break their uniformity. on a medal, struck in honour of augustus, the goat terminates in the tail of a fish, to show the generative power incorporated with water. under his feet is the

the british museum, this composition appears mounted on a pedestal, in the midst of a square area, sunk in a block of white alabaster.4 round the pedestal is a serpent, the emblem of life, with his head rested upon his tail, to denote eternity, or the constant return of time upon itself, whilst it flows through perpetual duration, in regular revolutions and stated periods. from under the body of the serpent springs the lotus or water lily, the nelumbo of linn us, which overspreads the whole of the area not occupied by the figures at the corners. 1 bagvat geeta, p. 81. 2 ibid. p. 74. 3 sonnerat, voyage aux indes, liv. ii. p. 180. 4 see plate xii. 50 on the worship this plant grows in the water, and, amongst its broad leaves, puts forth a flower, in the center of which is formed the seed-ve

rations of sensitive beings. the chim ra of homer, of which the commentators have given so many whimsical interpretations, was a symbol of the same kind, which the poet probably, having seen in asia, and not knowing its meaning (which was only revealed to the initiated) supposed to be a monster that had once infested the country. he describes it as composed of the forms of the goat, the lion, and the serpent, and breathing fire from its mouth.3 these are the symbols of the creator, the destroyer, and the preserver, united and animated by fire, the divine essence of all three.4 on a gem, published in the memoirs of the academy of cortona,5 this union of the destroying and preserving attributes is 1 plate iv, fig. 5, from a medal of agathocles, belonging to me. the same head is upon many oth

ited, se bagavat geeta, lect. ix. 76 on the worship which really existed. the bold and magnificent idea of a creation from nothing was reserved for the more vigorous faith, and more enlightened minds of the moderns,1 who need seek no authority to confirm their belief; for, as that which is self-evident admits of no proof, so that which is in itself impossible admits of no refutation. the fable of the serpent pytho being destroyed by apollo, probably arose from an emblematical composition, in which that god was represented as the destroyer of life, of which the serpent was a symbol. pliny mentions a statue of him by praxiteles, which was much celebrated in his time, called sauroktwn (the lizard-killer).2 the lizard, being supposed to live upon the dews and moisture of the earth, is employed

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

t carry with it the body of water. it was like the vibration of the string of a musical instrument, or the undulation of a serpent. this primal pulse of desire gave a quality to the infinite nothingness, which may be called light, or spirit. physical light is only a pale reflection of this light. nothingness came alive with pulsations that were as yet undirected and uniform- ly balanced. consider the serpent. undulations flow past its ribs, but the position of its ribs is not altered. when a snake is held up by its tail, the hand holding it can feel the power of the undulations that run down its sides, yet the snake is not moved. con- versely, when a snake is watched as it flows through the grass, it does not appear to move at all because the curves of its body stay in the same place; but

kly vanishes from sight, with an apparent speed that is much greater than its actual rate of progress. in petroglyphs and primitive art all around the world, one of the most com- mon symbols is the undulating line, which is taken to represent the body of a ser- pent and serpentine motion generally. people who live close to the land have leisure to watch the simple manifestations of nature, and in the serpent, they rec- ognized a great mystery. how can there be motion in something that does not move? when the waters of a lake rise and fall and yet stay in their place, how is it that waves travel across the surface? what is the wave itself? energy, a scientist might answer. but this is only a word for a mystery and no answer at all. perhaps a better understanding can be gained by considering

r con- temptible ways. t he primal pulse of desire that stirred in the boundless light of the unmani- fest could reach no end, could find no fulfillment by extending itself. retreating from the limitless all, it turned inward even as a serpent will curl up for comfort in the cold, and the pulse became a circle, which is a wave turning upon itself. this idea is represented by the ancient symbol of the serpent pierced by a sword that pins it to the ground: it is also implied in the oriental symbol of the yin and yang, which shows a wave enclosed by a circle. the fixing of a wave causes it to exhibit a circular motion (see diagram at the top of page 28. a circle marks the boundary between outward and inward going. it is the bal- ance of these two opposite tendencies. as such, it has no thickn

cle. the fixing of a wave causes it to exhibit a circular motion (see diagram at the top of page 28. a circle marks the boundary between outward and inward going. it is the bal- ance of these two opposite tendencies. as such, it has no thickness but merely divides, in the same way the present divides the past from the future. when the pulse of desire begins to rotate, a circle is created. this is the serpent with its tail held in its mouth: the circular tendency that arose before the formation of the first point is not a circle as the human mind normally understands it. a circle drawn on paper pre- supposes three-dimensional space. the primal circular desire took place before space-time, when there was no form, no point of self-awareness, only pure desire acting in a void. it did not act t

ers the mind back to the original princi- ple, even as does the physical sun. both spiral and sun are symbols of the underly- ing reality. sometimes the spiral is drawn with a wavy line, showing that the primitive artists intuitively recognized the close connection between serpentine and spiral motion-that one was a natural consequence of the other. in nature both are exhibited in the movement of the serpent, which progresses by means of the wave and, to conserve its inner heat, turns itself in a spiral through the circle of its body. the galaxy is a model of spiral motion, as are the paths of certain subatomic particles. all movement around a point is made up of the inward spiral of concen- tration and the outward spiral of dispersion acting in some degree of balance. when the balance is

om the limitless outer reaches of the all became a turning circle, then an inward spiral as the eye of god crossed the boundary of balanced forces and sought to find itself by manifesting a point. thus the spiral began as a negative motion of with- drawal and wrapping inward for protection, then became a positive and active striving to realize the center of self. referring this to the metaphor of the serpent, at the start the undulating ser- pent draws itself inward for protection from the cold. then it seeks to devour itself to appease its hunger. whereas at the circular stage of motion it held its tail in its mouth, in the spiral stage it begins to swallow its tail. this very common symbol of the dragon devouring its tail is always the desire of chaos to manifest itself through the point

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

today most people think of witches as exclusively women. there is a reason for this error. throughout history witches have been presented in literature and in art as female. medieval christian theologians held that women were by their nature more susceptible to evil influences than men. they derived this belief in part from the biblical fable of adam and eve because it was eve who was seduced by the serpent. due to this imagined vulnerability of women, theologians believed that more women than men became witches. however, many men were also accused of witchcraft and executed for it. an examination of the long lists of witch names in appendix 111 of margaret a. murray's witch-cult in western europe shows a ratio or roughly one man for every ten women. since the practice of shamanism in pag

agan diana was only one step away from satan, so it was maintained that witches flew on beasts controlled by the devil, or sometimes were carried through the air by the devil or by his demons. a later evolution gives the witch a stick to ride upon. this stick takes several forms. it can be a simple forked twig-forked to indicate duality and thus duplicity, after the manner of the forked tongue of the serpent. or it can be a homely farm implement such as a pitchfork, which had two prongs in early times, or a corn broom. witches are shown in old woodcuts straddling the broom or sitting astride it sidesaddle. usually the bush of the broom points forward, but there is no rule about this, and sometimes the handle of the broom is depicted foremost. this is the archetypal image of the flying witc

s on a stage with a great python that wraps its gleaming, multicolored coils around her naked body and weaves its head and neck in time with the music of the flute and drum. her long hair is bound up on the back of her head in a twisted braid, and chapter twelve: the tarot 219 her legs cross as she leaps in time to the music from one bare foot to the other. she uses two small white wands to guide the serpent, holding one in each hand and applying them so skillfully that there is never a threat of her being bitten. on the stage curtain behind her are painted four heads that represent the four winds at the corners of the world-the heads of an angel, an eagle, a bull, and a lion. the members of the audience in the small, dark theater strain with mingled wonder and horror as the python sways a

ife. golden dawn pathworking by contrast, pathworking in the golden dawn was the exploration of any connecting pathway on the tree. it could be done by following up the paths in their reverse order from the thirty-second to the eleventh-the first ten paths are assigned in the kabbalah to the ten spheres of the sephiroth. this tracing of the paths in reverse numerical order was known as the way of the serpent because it was conceived as the winding ascent of a serpent up the tree from its base to its crown. it was not absolutely necessary to explore the paths in order from lowest to highest, although this was the recommended way of getting an initial familiarity with them. any path could be accessed directly by projecting consciousness into the sephirah that formed its lower end. the lower

rojection. another method i have used to apply this pressure is with a 223. regardie, 462. chapter fifteen: training for soul flight 267 specially made circlet of copper. silver would be a superior material, but copper is inexpensive and easy to work, and its qualities are in general harmony with those of silver. i shaped my circlet into a serpent biting its own tail, and wear it with the head of the serpent over my forehead. it does not press directly upon my ajna chakra, but it serves to draw my attention to this center by its continual presence. any simple circlet of twine, fine chain, or wire that can be placed around the head will serve the same purpose. if you make a disk for this circlet that will hang over your forehead between your eyebrows, at your ajna chakra, its utility will b

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

y-switching is taking place. a useful 20 tetragrammaton physical model of this archetypal process is the electric motor. the axis of a motor turns smoothly in one direction even though the polarity of the electromagnets around that axis is being very rapidly switched back and forth from positive to negative. standing wave of ihvh the creation-destruction double helix of the name resembles closely the serpent staff of hermes (see illustration on opposite page. the mystical staff with its two united and intertwined snakes coiling around it has from ancient times represented life, the bringing forth of being from nothingness. it used to be believed that snakes entwined in this intimate manner were mating (actually, they were fighting. the staff of hermes is a two-dimensional physical represen

r of the north, are their resident compass points "course" also means a circular motion of a heavenly body, as in the course of the moon. finally, the word "course" can mean a continuous process of time, or a succession of events. again, we have the time metaphor that is so pervasive throughout the keys. notice that the messiah commands the spirits to "harken unto my voice" because (as is true of the serpent) all his power is in his jaws-that is, in his words. he says "i have talked of you, and i move you in power and presence" because, by his articulation of the qualities of the spirits, he brings them forth into manifest being. he actually creates them with his speech. existence is again equated with words where he says "whose works shall be a song of honor" not only do words frame and b

of the word of god, he who is the mounted version of the heavenly christ who rules all the nations of the world with a rod of iron, is persecuted by the red dragon, satan, forcing her to flee his vengeance "and to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent (rev. 12:14. we may gather from this that the plagues of the seven vials were of the same duration as the persecution of the mother of the word. a "time" is a year, but years in heaven are not reckoned in the same way as years upon the earth, the enochian angels inform dee, so for human purposes a time might better be equaled to the indefinite duration of an age. it should be noted tha

ut the tails of the horses of the armies of the four angels released from under euphrates are said to be those of serpents. there is a common folk myth that snakes sting with their tails, but in fact the tails of all snakes are quite harmless. the image is complicated by the additional information that these serpent tails of the horses have heads on them with which they could bite. it may be that the serpent tails on the horses were confused with scorpion tails by st. john, who then had to make them deadly by placing heads on the tails, so they could bite, since serpent tails cannot sting like scorpion tails. it is possible that this head-tail confusion is expressed in the key with the phrase'?leads of scorpions" the thunders that "5678 times in the 24th part of a moment roar with a hundre

he king of each watchtower in kelley's vision. the "eagle" would seem to be a reference to the mother of heavenly christ, who to escape from the wrath of satan is given wings by god "and appendix a: the keys 217 to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent (rev. 12:14. her place must be the quarter of the east, if this key is to be our guide. the enochian is missing for that portion of the english translation that reads in casaubon "they gathered themselves together and became (casaubon, p. 193. consequently, the meaning of this passage is in doubt. james gives "they gathered them together in the house of death (the enochian magick of dr

ause she harbors rebellious human beings. 234 tetragrammaton little wonder the gnostics regarded this patriarchal god of the old bstament as a misbegotten monster who made adam solely for the purpose of delivering sacrifices and worship, and then when adam became aware of his own divine spark and began to think for himself, turned against his creation like a petulant child. little wonder they saw the serpent in eden as an emissary of the true god, who is much higher and more detached than yaldabaoth (as they called the god of moses. that is why the gnostics worshipped the serpent. the serpent was the symbol of freedom and transcendent wisdom, twin birthrights of all human beings, withheld from adam by jealous yaldabaoth. in gnostic myth, the soul of the world voluntarily allows herself to

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

s imagined in the form of a coiled serpent (kundalini. the aim of kundalini yoga is to awaken this serpent power and to raise it through the seven energy centers where it will ultimately be united with the supreme masculine principle, the god, shiva, who is imagined as dwelling in a thousand-petalled lotus at the top of the head. crowley more or less accepts this basic system of seven chakras and the serpent power; yet, quite remarkably, he also adds a special set of lower chakras located beneath the lowest energy center (the muladhara or root, in the regions of the anus, the prostate gland (or urethra-cervix region in the female) and the base of the penis (or clitoris in the female. in other words, he has added a series of sub-chakras that are explicitly associated with the sexual organs

VOX SABBATUM

elf with the logos of yaltabaoth, who is the fallen djinn most high. remember that all gods speak through our flesh, the perfected angel-demon called lucifer is strength, will and isolate consciousness that stands alone. as you meditate and participate by dream or flesh remember the will that invokes change in a positive sense. you are the djinn of fire who begets both light and darkness, you are the serpent and the lion, the wolf and the goat. with the angelic higher self (the true will) you will join the bestial self (the daemon or shadow) as one. the luciferian sabbat may be conducted in the following manner. let the chamber (unless the rite is intended to be held outdoors) be decorated in more ambivalent forms of lucifer, such as illustrations of the fallen angel by gustave dore, fidus

east! i summon oroorrothos, dev of the cold north of arezura vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 26 i summon athuro, dev of water and the coiling waters of leviathan and tiamat! who stands in the center within me is az lilith, my bride! i call now my druj and dev of the deserts and mountains, those who through me are created! akoman isolate druj of the adverse mind zairi the venom maker, the kiss of the serpent araska dev of the evil eye akatash who opens the isolate way of the left hand path nas the druj of the shadow, awakener in the grave with blood! witness my ritual of the sun, from which i am the god of above and below! i ascend now into the sky, as the angel-djinn of light i am upon earth known as ahriman, arimanius, the dragon of darkness my religion is sorcery, that which is created

sun, from which i am the god of above and below! i ascend now into the sky, as the angel-djinn of light i am upon earth known as ahriman, arimanius, the dragon of darkness my religion is sorcery, that which is created from the self thus of self-love vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 27 my forms are many, human or a beautiful angel, crowned and winged in emerald, luminous as the peacock, as wise as the serpent. i may take the form of the serpent with a lions head, for i am the dragon and beast, who creates and destroys. on my left hand is belias, my shadow form over hades, on my right hand is cain, called elohim, my flesh born son of earth behind me is az lilith, my bride and druj spawning goddess, my inspiration of art! in front of me is aeshema, called the dev of the wounding spear, known

nto a coven of werewolves and sorcerers he began a point of initiation by pierre kissing his left hand, which was black and as cold as the dead, and denying christianity. he was led to a sabbat rite which others had green candles with blue flames. the sabbatic goat or black man is the focus point of the ritual sabbatum, the very act against the natural order which aligns the mind with the path of the serpent and dragon. the daemon may appear as one clothed in black, a toad or a cat traditionally. as the black man of the sabbat, one should seek to control and invoke the darkness into the very body you host. begin with a practice of meditation in the night, call the darkness within by the name ahriman19 and loose all form while staring into the mirror. this darkness may be willed and formed

WAITE ASPECTS OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM

, though the particular expression is unknown in scripture. by the hypothesis, the "fatal consequences" which followed would have reached their time on mount sinai, but the israelites, when left to themselves in the wilderness "sat down to eat and rose up to play" that which is concealed in the evasion of the last words corresponds to the state of eve in paradise, when, she had become infected by the serpent. to sum up as regards the sources, the lost word in masonry is derived from a kabalistic thesis of imperfection in the divine name jehovah, by which the true pronunciation- that is to say, the true meaning- is lost. it was the life of the house of doctrine, represented by the temple planned of old in israel. the master-builder is the spirit, secret or life of the doctrine; and it is th

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

have the effect of causing grievous harm to that person. isis noted that ra had become old and feeble, and that as he went about he dribbled at the mouth, and that his saliva fell upon the ground. watching her opportunity she caught some of the saliva of the and mixing it with dust, she moulded it into the form of a large serpent, with poison-fangs, and having uttered her spells over it, she left the serpent lying on the path, by which ra travelled day by day as he went about inspecting egypt, so that it might strike at him as he passed along. we may note in passing that the banyoro in the sudan employ serpents in killing buffaloes at the present day. they catch a puff-adder in a noose, and then nail it alive by the tip of its tail to the round in the middle of a buffalo track, so that whe

njects its poison, and the animal dies soon after. as many as ten buffaloes have been killed in a day by one puff-adder. the body of the first buffalo is not eaten, for it is regarded as poisoned meat, but all the others are used as food.[fn#22 [fn#22] johnston, uganda, vol. ii, p. 584. the authority for this statement is mr. george wilson, formerly collector in unyoro. soon after isis had placed the serpent on the path, ra passed by, and the reptile bit him, thus injecting poison into his body. its effect was terrible, and ra cried out in agony. his jaws chattered, his lips trembled, and he became speechless for a time; never before had be suffered such pain. the gods hearing his cry rushed to him, and when he could speak he told them that he had been bitten by a deadly serpent. in spite

ord of eternity, thou creator of everlastingness, who bringest to nought the gods who came forth from ra, thou lord of thy god, thou prince who didst make what made thee, who art beloved by the fathers of the gods, on whose head are the pure words of power, who didst create the woman (erpit) that standeth on the south side of thee, who didst create the goddess who hath her face on her breast, and the serpent which standeth on his tail, with her eye on his belly, and with his tail on the earth, to whom thoth giveth praises, and upon whom the heavens rest, and to whom shu stretcheth out his two hands, deliver thou me from those two great gods who sit in the east of the sky, who act as wardens of heaven and as wardens of earth, and who make firm the secret places, and who are called "aaiu-su"

t month of the season pert hath been called the festival of sailing from that day to this. then set took upon himself the form of a hissing serpent, and he entered into the earth in this district without being seen. and ra said "set hath taken upon himself the form of a hissing serpent. let horus, the son of isis, in the form of a hawk-headed staff, set himself over the place where he is, so that the serpent may never more appear" and thoth said "let this district be called hemhemet[fn#86] by name" and thus hath it been called from that day to this. and horus, the son of isis, in the form of a hawk-headed staff, took up his abode there with his mother isis; in this manner did these things happen [fn#86] this name means "the place of the roarer" hemhemti, being a well-known name of the evil

ass. the pythagoreans regarded typhon as a daemon, and according to them he was produced in the even number fifty-six; and eudoxus says that a figure of fifty-six angles typifies the nature of typhon [fn#324] the ass is associated with set, or typhon, in the texts, but on account of his virility he also typifies a form of the sun-god. in a hymn the deceased prays "may i smite the ass, may i crush the serpent-fiend sebau" but the xlth chapter of the book of the dead is entitled "chapter of driving back the eater of the ass" the vignette shows us the deceased in the act of spearing a monster serpent which has fastened its jaws in the back of an ass. in chapter cxxv. there is a dialogue between the cat and the ass [sec. xxxi. the egyptians only sacrifice red-coloured bulls, and a single black

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ight. this explains why the sign of the infinite appears above the head of the magician, and before him are the swords, the cups and pentacles [are before him, and [why] is he grasping the little magic wand that symbolizes the spinal medulla. when the solar and lunar atoms make contact in the coccygeal bone, the kundalini, the igneous serpent of our magical powers awakens, then we are devoured by the serpent and we become lofty divine magicians. ahora bien, los numeros 1260, se suma cabal sticamente as: 1 m s 2 m s 6 m s 0= 9. s mbolo de la "novena esfera. la novena esfera es el sexo. y los dos testigos tienen su ra z en el sexo. esos dos testigos, id y pingal, son los finos canales ganglionares por entre los cuales ascienden los tomos solares y lunares de nuestro sistema seminal, hasta el

f fire and water ascend; the spirit grasps the cane of seven knots (that cane is the spinal medulla. when a man and a woman learn how to avoid the sexual spasm and the ejaculation of the ens seminis, then the igneous serpent of our magical powers awakens. if you want to return to the father who dwells in secret, you must first return to the bosom of your divine mother kundalini. you need to raise the serpent of life through your medullar channel. this is alchemy. alchemy: you have forgotten your divine mother kundalini. you need to worship the divine and blessed mother goddess of the world. you have been ungrateful to your cosmic mother; she is the virgin of all religious cults; she is isis, mary, cibeles, adonia, insoberta, etc. the stone of grace is surrounded by nine delectable mountain

nt the occult powers you long for. pray to your divine mother; practice your esoteric exercises; you can ask your adorable mother for clairvoyance, telepathy, clairaudience, the faculties for astral projection, etc. you can be sure that your divine mother will listen to your pleadings. you must meditate profoundly everyday upon your divine mother, praying, supplicating. you need to be devoured by the serpent. one (1) is the man, two (2) is the woman; the man is one column and the woman is the other column of the temple. the two columns must not be too close nor too distant; there must be enough space so that the light can pass between them. it is necessary to transmute the lead of the personality into the pure gold of the spirit: this is alchemy. the moon must be transformed into the sun

be too close nor too distant; there must be enough space so that the light can pass between them. it is necessary to transmute the lead of the personality into the pure gold of the spirit: this is alchemy. the moon must be transformed into the sun. the moon is the soul; the sun is the inner christ. we need to be christified. no human being can return to the father without having been devoured by the serpent. no one can be devoured by the serpent without having worked in the flaming forge of vulcan (sex. the key of christification is the arcanum a.z.f. the mantra for the arcanum a.z.f. is i.a.o. i (ignis, fire; a (aqua) water; o (origo, principle, spirit. la madre lleva a su hijo (el verbo) en sus brazos. y est sentada entre las dos columnas que simbolizan al hombre y la mujer. adorad a la

nd of the night, and kissing her loving eyes, drinking the dew from her lips, breathing the sweet aroma of her body, we exclaim: oh thou, nut! eternal seity of heaven, who art the primordial soul, who art what was and what shall be, whose veil no mortal has lifted, when thou art beneath the irradiating stars of the nocturnal and profound sky of the desert, with purity of heart and in the flame of the serpent, we call upon thee! pray and meditate intensely. the divine mother teaches her children. this prayer must be performed while combining meditation with the state of slumber. then as in visions of dreams, illumination emerges; thus the divine mother approaches the devotee in order to instruct him in the great mysteries. la palabra juan se descompone as: i.e.o.u.a.n, el verbo (el drag n d

ah. the superior triangle is the resplendent dragon of wisdom whereas the inferior triangle is the black dragon. the sign of the infinite or the tau cross is found in the center of the two triangles; both are phallic (sexual) signs. the soul is found between the two triangles and has to decide between the white dragon and the black dragon. such a dilemma is absolutely sexual. the clue is found in the serpent. the rooster s legs of abraxas are made by the double tail of a serpent. the tempting serpent of eden exists as well as moses serpent of brass [nachash] interlaced around the tau, in other words, entwined around the sexual lingam (the phallus; the yoni is the uterus. normally the serpent is enclosed within the chakra muladhara (church of ephesus. the serpent slumbers in that coccygeal

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e perfected the art of inductive reasoning, or the ability to draw logical inferences from experience. the number eight is the number representing rhythm and renewal, and because of its shape, is the lemniscate, or infinity sign as well. this symbol is placed about the head of both the magician and the virgin (see figure 10-h) in key eight of most tarot decks. the number has a hidden reference to the serpent-power that this virgin, who is also a magician, has control of. this picture hints at her ability to act as a time-binder, uniting past to present to future. the serpent is the most frequent symbolic mythological image attributed to mercury. in astrology, the eighth sign is scorpio, which rules the area of the body connected to the reproductive organs, often referred to as the seat of

o, teba: nature 81: obdh, abodah: divine service, work 81: ksa, kebe: time of the full moon 81: ksa, kibbe: throne 81: h-mlah, ha-melah: the fullness 81: oculus (latin: eye 81: anima mundi (latin: soul of the world 369: sum of rows in kamea 369: chshmvdai, chasmodai: spirit of the moon 369: shhdny, shehadani: angel of the second decanate of gemini 369: nchvshh: brass (job 28: 2) 369: vhnchsh: now the serpent (gen. 3: 1) 369: ashibnv: i will bring back (locks) 369: b-mshkbh, be-miskba: her bed 369: h-shvtmi: the shuhamite (2 kings 4: 8) 369: hshmdk: you be destroyed (locks. destruction is the foundation of existence (book of tokens. that is: peh=80=yesod 3321: theosophic extension of the planetary line 3321: mlka b-thrshishim od b-rvch shchrim: intelligence of the moon: queen of the tarshis

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the universe for those who are willing to received the "divine blood transfusion, but only once they have acknowledged their need. as for satan however, his vampirial nature and that of the dark spirits which he had assimilated went to work in the realm of eden to search for yet another "host" that the luciferian hive could, parasite-like, attach itself to. the "serpent" was the ideal candidate. the serpent was, according to the book of genesis, originally an upright-standing being with a semblance of free agency and sentience. if this were not the case then the creator would not have "judged" this "beast, much less cursed it to go about upon it's belly. this curse has been suffered by many of the reptilian sub-species, however there are apparently some of the more "alien" branches which

seed and we will give you supernatural powers over man and nature, but first we must destroy adam's connection with his god from which his dominion-power comes. we will use his mate in order to do so, and adam who will not be deceived like his mate will be, shall nevertheless reject his god and do as we desire for fear of losing the love of his mate" these may not be the exact words used to gain the serpent's cooperation, however it was probably something very similar. so then, once adam lost his supernatural dominion and innocence, his connection with his creator having been severed by the dark cloud of guilt which adam had allowed himself to create- the divine dominion-flow having been severed at the human level- nature began to turn wild, harmony turned to chaos, love turned to selfish

waters. the renewed spirit of humankind would take dominion over the material forces of chaos within themselves and in turn without, or they would allow the forces of death, darkness, and destruction to continue as they had done since edenic times. however, back to eden, once the evil-one was in residence within the mind and body of the "serpent, the weak will of this beast was quickly overcome. the serpent had offered itself and also its "seed" to the luciferians, and they were intent on taking full advantage of this and in not giving up any ground. it is not too hard to imagine that the serpent may have acquired supernatural powers over humanity and nature, yet at the horrible price of losing all semblance of individuality and free will and identity over to the "luciferian hive. the rep

ent even more with "their" saurian/reptilian bodies, totally infiltrating the minds and very cells of these "thunder lizards, to such a great extent or degree that the two essentially became so integrated as to become indistinguishable [as suggested in revelation chapter 12, regarding the war in heaven between michael- the designated leader of the ultimate warriors of spirit, and "the dragon" or "the serpent- the self-proclaimed dictator of the ultimate warriors of flesh, conducting experiments by re-arranging the reptilian molecular structure and dna over time and cross-breeding the most agile, intelligent, and most "humanoid" reptilian sub-species with each other [some of which actually possessed "semi opposable" thumbs, until finally they were able to "mold" a reptilian form that could

ironment. we have allowed the "serpent" to steal our birthright and become our superiors when instead it should have been the other way around! true, there may have been pockets of humanity who had managed to break free and develop hyperspace technology in order to populate various colonial worlds, however so long as the military-industrial complexes of this planet keep selling our birthright to "the serpent" in exchange for the forbidden fruit of "occult-technology" such as genetic engineering, antigravity, and mind control "sciences" which are being used by this "cult of the serpent" to "play god" over us. the "serpent race" will merely continue to do what it has always done with the "human cattle" on this planet, which is to continue to feed on us like emotional, psychic and bioplasmic

ainous cliffs. the "nordics" also moved much of their civilization underground, into the "agharti" cavern networks, and from time to time as both sides spread their influence through the cracks and crevices of the earth, deadly clashes between the humans and the reptiloids broke out. in other cases human sorcerers greedy for personal gain would sell out their own kind and begin collaborating with the serpent race. such a case was described by robert e. dickhoff in his book "agharta, concerning one particular tibetan monk who led 400 warrior-monks down into the caverns to do battle with a collaborating "serpent" cult composed of humans and reptilians, who they had learned were causing all manner of chaos and destruction in the surface realm by projecting dark energies towards the minds of t

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s on human beings proverbs on nature proverbs on leadership more wisdom of the african world wisdom of the hindus and greeks frogs desiring a king the bat, the birds and the beasts the dog and the wolf the fox and the grapes the lion and the statue the man and his wives the two crabs hercules and the waggoner the man and the wooden god the miser the bundle of sticks the buffoon and the countryman the serpent and the file green book volume three oriental and monotheist wisdom zen koans see his buddha nature yueh holds it pai-yuns black and white the dry creek yueh-shan s lake living alone nan ch uan s rejection thoughts from confucius tao of pooh the stone cutter the cork te of piglet making the best of it sherlock on religion emperor s horses incognito three treasures fantasies live, but l

ges, there is a wood of beautiful fruit under the prow of thy little boat. a wood with blossom and fruit, on which is the vine s veritable fragrance, a wood without decay, without defect, on which are leaves of golden hue. we are from the beginning of creation without old age, without consummation of earth, hence we expect not that there should be frailty; sin has not come to us. an evil day when the serpent went to the father to his city! she has perverted the times in this world, so that there came decay which was not original by greed and lust he has slain us, through which he has ruined his noble race: the withered body has gone to the fold of torment, and everlasting abode of torture. 256 it is a law of pride in this world to believe in the creatures, to forget god, overthrow by disea

e audience laughed, but next day, sure enough, the countryman appeared on the stage, and putting his head down squealed so hideously that the spectators hissed and threw stones at him to make him stop. you fools! he cried, see what you have been hissing, and help up a little pig whose ears he had been pinching to make him utter the squeals. men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing. the serpent and the file a serpent in the course of its wanderings came into an armourer s shop. as he glided over the floor he felt his skin pricked by a file lying there. in a rage he turned round upon it and tired to dart his fangs into it; but he could do no harm to heavy iron and had soon to give over his wrath. it is useless attacking the insensible. 269 a green book of meditations volume 3

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1, 30, also amounting to 701, and the rabbis argued that numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott these two sets of three beings were identical. some christian kabalists point out that in genesis xlix. v. 10 we find yebah shiloh, yba shilh, shiloh shall come, which amount to 358. and that the word messiah, mshych is 40, 300, 10, 8 or 358. but so is also nachash, the serpent of moses, nchsh, 50, 8, 300. and i must remark that the claim to translate shilh, or, as some ancient hebrew mss. write it, shlh, by shiloh, in the sense of jesus christ, is farfetched. the word is simply rest, or peace, in its simplest meaning, but also is the scorpio of the chaldean zodiac (related to nachash, serpent) and judah, of whom jacob is talking in the prophecy, is the sign

le ancient egyptian hieroglyphic was formed of two serpents in connection with a globe or egg, representing the world. another celebrated pair, in connection with worship, is the association of a tree and a serpent, referring as some say to the mosaic account of the tree of knowledge and the tempter serpent. some have supposed that it is only since the condemnation on thy belly shalt thou go that the serpent has been limbless and obliged to crawl. note, it has been argued, and by a great churchman too, that the whole tale rests on error, and that for serpent we should read ape (rev. adam clarke. this is substituting one error for another. in the orgies of bacchus maenades, the worshippers had snakes twined in their hair and danced, singing eve, numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vi

s ix. and xi. the animal kingdom shows all sexual generation to arise from pairs of contrasted beings, the male and female; the microscope now discovers to us the spermatozoon and the ovum, but the truth was known of old to phinumbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott losophers of india, egypt and the gnostics, in whose lore we find human generation to spring from the serpent and the egg# 41. chapter s ix the triad. three, 3. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott hotius observes that the triad is the first odd number in energy, is the first perfect number and is a middle and analogy. the pythagoreans referred it to physiology; it is the cause of all that has triple dimension. it is also cause of good counsel, intelligenc

and what his fate may be at the judgement. four persons should offer up thank offerings; he who returns safe from a sea voyage, he who has safely crossed a desert, he who has recovered from an illness, numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott and he who is released from prison. these are referred to in psalm cvii. four men have died from original sin, the work of the serpent, for they themselves did no ill; benjamin, amram, the father of moses, jesse, the father of david, and chilah the son of david. sabbat 55. 2. at the end of the passion fast every hebrew should drink 4 glasses of wine, even if the price robs him of other necessaries. the talmud says that only 4 men had entered paradise (pardes, the garden of holiness; this meant the state of supernal co

tieth part of 5 other things; fire is one-sixtieth of hell; honey one-sixtieth of manna; the sabbath one-sixtieth of the sabbath hereafter; sleep of death; and a dream one-sixtieth of prophecy. talmud, berachoth, 57.2. even on the sabbath you may kill 5 things the fly in egypt; the wasp in nineveh; the scorpion of hadabia; numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the serpent of israel, and the mad dog anywhere. talmud, sabbat, 121. 2. in the first temple of solomon were 5 things, which were not in the second temple; the cherubic ark; the shekinah; the holy spirit, and the urim and thummim. talmud, yoma, 21. 2. rabies in the dog has 5 symptoms; its mouth gapes; it drops spittle; its ears hang down; it carries its tail between it legs, and it keeps to the si

he angel of death had no power over 6 holy persons; abraham, isaac, jacob, moses, aaron and miriam. bava bathra, 17. i. these died by the divine kiss of death, but it is not so definitely stated in the case of miriam, for fear of scandal. 71. the lion has 6 names in the book of job; ari, shchl, kpir, lish, lbia and shchtz. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the serpent has 6 names; nchsh, okshub, apoh, tzpouni, tnin and shrp. nachash the brazen serpent; okeshub, an asp, psalm cxxiv 4; opoh, an adder, isaiah xli. 24; tzephouni, the basilisk, isaiah, xiv 29; tanin, the serpent or crocodile; and seraph, a serpent of fire. see rabbi nathan, cap. 29. six blasts of the horn were blown on the eve of the sabbath and then the sabbath had begun. w. f. shaw say

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s to say, the turning and rotating suggest a circular motion indicative of the sefirotic activity, but the forms of the straight and restored light by which the latter is also described are manifestly linear. insofar as the world of discrete entities continues to exist, a condition to which cordovero refers in blatantly apocalyptic terms as long as the world is impaired on account of the filth of the serpent and the shell [kol od she-ha-olam be-qilqul me-zohamat ha-nahash we-haqelippah] the providential power of god is manifest under the guise of the time of action, zeman ha-ma aseh, which fluctuates in accord with the dual movement of procession and return. however, when the semblance of all particularity is annihilated and everything is brought back to the primal unity of nondifferentiat

minine [nuqba, and a foreign fire [esha nukhra ah, the strange fire [esh zarah, and thus it is written do not come at any moment to the shrine (lev 16:2, this is the feminine from the evil inclination [nuqveta min yeser ha-ra. the holy spirit [ruah qaddisha] is male [dekhar, and there is a spirit of impurity [ruah mesa ava, which is the evil inclination [yeser ha-ra, as it says, from the stock of the serpent sprouts an asp (isa 14:29. there is holy ground [afar qaddisha] and unholy ground [afar mesa ava].246 as still other zoharic comments demonstrate, the symbolic ascription of the strange fire to the feminine aspect of the demonic is enhanced by the exegetical link made to the expression the estranged woman, ishshah zarah. it is written they offered a strange fire before the lord (lev 10

ylonian talmud, yevamot 62a) is associated with the phallic potency of the divine, which is identified as the seventh attribute, the goodness of god, sabbath, the eternally living one (hei olamim, the all (ha-kol) in whose hand is the treasury of souls (osar ha-neshamot. 37. it is possible that the phallic connotation of nun is related to the association of this letter with the demonic potency of the serpent (nahash) in zohar 3:180b. see wolfson, along the path, p. 220 n. 158. 38. see bahir, 139, p. 223, where the palm-tree (tamar) is first identified as feminine and then as comprising masculine and feminine, for the branch of the tree is masculine and the fruit is masculine from the outside but feminine from the inside. the nucleus of the date is linked symbolically to the vagina, which i

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me" i encircle myself in the dragon's coils, the beast of my father arises within! i hold the skull of abel, being the vessel of my famulus! i hold the hammer of the forge, which i spark the cunning fire of becoming! my eyes hold the desert tales of ages forgotten, while my flesh fades my spirit is immortal! i wear the crimson caul of my mother, lilith, who speaks with me through dreams! i carry the serpent's skin of azal'ucel, my holy spirit! i am cain, loner and witch soul of the immortal fire! so it is done_ an invocation to the holy guardian angel, spirit of the adversary who resides in darkness and light- azal'ucel by michael w. ford i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the an

un, sortha'n-din- thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao- thiaf! 5 east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from the shedding of the dragon, bring now forth the serpent essence of my soul! melek tau'us, beautiful spirit of fire, i summon thee forth! photeth north- set-heh, isolator and strengthening force of storms, that chaos which i have tempered in thy elegance of darkness. i go forth and become as the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! send

l spirit of fire, i summon thee forth! photeth north- set-heh, isolator and strengthening force of storms, that chaos which i have tempered in thy elegance of darkness. i go forth and become as the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! sender of nightmares ascend through me! ooo west- let now the serpent encircle me, leviathan the coiling dragon of timeless being. i summon your essence unto me! great chthonic daimon of endless being, i seek to drink deep of your cup and behold the mysteries of the depths! mriodom aoth, sabaoth, atheleberseth, abraoth! by the very circle of which i build- i walk unto the crown of lucifer- that emerald which shine the essence of heaven and hell. that ang

this original legend which brought forth the separation of the god-divinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of "blackened light" is the light of azazel, or shaitan embodied on earth through cain, the initiator of the sethanic path of witchcraft. east- lucifer as azazel in the earthbound form, the mentioning of twelve wings in reference to the serpent angel. lucifer is the freedom of will from which the individual may seek to strengthen and illuminate the self in ones own discovered light, or black flame. north- the cold north is the direction of not only cain as the lord of horsemen, but also of set-heh the adversary. set is the egyptian god of chaos, storms and darkness. the isolator, set is the adversarial god of change, strength

atic path flourishes upon the direction chosen within the lunar (lilith hecate) or solar (lucifer saturnus samael) paths of self-deification. mastery over ones environment through lesser black magick and sorcery. the sorcerous path is one of obstacles and tests, strengthening the self and exploring the very essence of what we are. this sigil also represents the fall and obtaining the knowledge of the serpent. this is workable through developing ones own specific system of sorcery the alphabet of desire. ceremonial and solitary magick should be explored through the individual, from whence they become magick themselves, being that change and ones willed desire shall become flesh. one will begin the practical avenues of lesser black magick such as concepts as command to look, wherein ones own

hrough their tongues of deceit shall their will becomes flesh. this is the very model of the sorcerer from which the luciferian becomes the magus of leviathan, time itself. one obtains the essence of samael through the study of liber oz, from which the study of sex and death, known as thanateros, is understood and made manifest positively in the sorcerers own life. samael himself is attributed to the serpent, when in the zohar for when samael mounted eve, he injected filth into her, and she conceived and bare cain. tubal-cain is the father of witchcraft, the first of the witch blood in the circle of initiation. upon earth, in flesh, the mythological linage comes from this spirit. 21 lilith is one of the hebraic sources of evil, reflective of the female ability to not only produce children

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in may, when he impreg nates maia with mercurius whose mouth uttereth his father. and zain spelt fully is 67, the number of binah the all-mother. ayin is moreover the devil of lust, the goat of mendes, pan, baphomet; and spelt fully ayin is the erection and le aping and extension of the phallus; yod is the spermatoon, the solitary boy her mes, the virgin; while nun is the eagle of sexual ecstasy, the serpent of life through death, the scorpion or scarab of kephra, the womb which transmutes thro ugh corruption, the semen or fluid vehicle of the spirit, the elixir of magick, the blood, wine, and poison in the chalice. and yod repeating that god, and pr ophesying the vau that follows it, ends with daleth the letter of venus, the do or of the palace of love. then vau reproduceth itself in its

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un in may, when he impregnates maia with mercurius whose mouth uttereth his father. and zain spelt fully is 67, the number of binah the all-mother. ayin is moreover the devil of lust, the goat of mendes, pan, baphomet; and spelt fully ayin is the erection and leaping and extension of the phallus; yod is the spermatoon, the solitary boy hermes, the virgin; while nun is the eagle of sexual ecstasy, the serpent of life through death, the scorpion or scarab of kephra, the womb which transmutes through corruption, the semen or fluid vehicle of the spirit, the elixir of magick, the blood, wine, and poison in the chalice. and yod repeating that god, and prophesying the vau that follows it, ends with daleth the letter of venus, the door of the palace of love. then vau reproduceth itself in its spe

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n adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0 lord' moses says 'dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from bashan' the armorial bearings of dan are green, and an eagle. these things 38 fit with the martial and fierce nature of this sign, in which mars principally bears sway. to the sign scorpio the egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign' in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle. the horse's heels which the serpent bites are found in the centaur figure of sagittarius, which follows scorpio in the zodiac" holy name arsl tribe benjamin sign sagittarius angelic name zarzilg "of benjamin (sagittarius, jacob says

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t in detail and you will realize this. we begin by intoning the letters i.n.r.i. we recall the varied significance attributed to these letters jesus nazarenus rex judicorum. it is, of course, a form of the 4-fold name (yod he vau he, but its essential significance is not creative but redemptive. the sun in virgo accomplishing the transmutation of scorpio. the virgin mother treading on the head of the serpent that the father may be born anew in the son. it is the key to the whole rosicrucian philosophy, the redemtion of matter, transforming the human into the divine. the blending of the dew and fire in purification and consecration. the exaltation of the cross of light. so, from the four we pass to three the triangle of spirit rising from the cube of matter. isis the eternal virgin (under w

hy, the redemtion of matter, transforming the human into the divine. the blending of the dew and fire in purification and consecration. the exaltation of the cross of light. so, from the four we pass to three the triangle of spirit rising from the cube of matter. isis the eternal virgin (under whatever name we hail her. eternal mother, sophia, mary; osiris, father, and son jesus. and between them the serpent which must be transformed into the eagle. the destroyer who must become the transmuter. remember also that these 3 letters have a further significance thus 't' stands for the ego, the indestructible unit which survives from life to life "0" is the eternal spirit, embracing the universe, reaching out beyond the boundaries of time and space, yet revolving about the "i" and between them t

c aspect to be developed and explained with the advance of the candidate through the various stages. after the first grade comes the 1=10, where we find the first form of the sephiroth in the tree of life; this is the representation of the flaming sword descending, but it is not until the 2=9 comes that we begin to find the actual symbol of self sacrifice. the 2=9 altar diagram, then, represents, the serpent of wisdom twined through the paths. in the 4=7 grade however, you are shown the same serpent; its representation being that of the serpent nechushtan. this was the serpent of brass that moses made in the wilderness, and which was turned around the central pillar of mildness, having three cross bars upon it, representing a species of triple cross. dealing now with the altar diagram of t

iad, and finally, of malkuth. eve is the synthesis of creation and represents the mother of life, as the name chavah. the 3=8 diagram thus represents the establishment of life, i.e, created life, and it is the tree of knowledge of good and evil, because it is the balance point between good and evil; for in the material body we are placed to give victory to which we will. hence the significance of the serpent "ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil" but the knowledge of evil brought with it the descent into the qlippoth, and although malkuth is directly involved in the "fall" the sephiroth immediately above cannot be said to have actually entered into the knowledge of evil. therefore, in the allegorical account of the creation in genesis, it is said that man is checked from putting fort

d the darkness, and the gates of the land of night" note also the war of the titans who rise and fight against jupiter. the edomite kings therefore, are not altogether evil. they are the forces of restriction. the result therefore, on a higher plane in the tree, is that the great serpent rises to daath, and the four worlds belanced upon the tree itself; it will be observed that the cutting off by the serpent is between yetzirah and briah. thus, evil cannot arise into the world of briah, or indeed transcend the limits of yetzirah. but if we seek for the correspondence of evil in the worlds of briah and atziluth, it will be found to consist in a lesser form of good: a limiting, restricting and binding force without which you cannot have form on the higher planes. it is only in the worlds of

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