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ess and courage through the ceremony of my admission, and these points i generally and severally, upon this sacred and sublime symbol swear to observe without evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation of any kind whatsoever; under the no less penalty on the violation of any or either of them of being expelled from this order, as a wilfully perjured wretch, void of ah moral worth, and unfit for the society of all right and true persons, and in addition under the awful penalty of voluntarily submitting myself to a deadly and hostile current of will set in motion by the chiefs of the order, by which i should fall slain and paralyzed without visible weapon as if slain by the lightning flash. hiereus: suddenly lays the blade of his sword on the nape of the candidate's neck and withdraws it a

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

rit, i.e, irmin with iring, and irmiu-street alternates with iring-street, then in the god-myth also, there must have existed points of contact between irmin z=osinn and iring= heimdallr: well, heimdallr was a son of o'sinn, and the welsh milky way was actually named after gwydion, i.e, woden. from the irminscd four roads branched out across the country, eriksgata^ so king ilakon is admitted into the society of fjods, itennusr and bragi go to meet him' siti hakon met) heisin gos (hakonarmal^ dahhnann guesses it may be the upsul erik (d. 804. 3 aitd. blatter 1, 372-3. 3g2 heroes. extended in four directions, four such highways are likewise known to english tradition, though it gives the name of ermingestret to only one, and bestows other nriythic titles on the rest. of irniin and of iring

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any one who peruses this work. he stands a dim and shadowy figure behind the tremendous complication of central european upheaval at that terrible and instructive epoch; as adepts of his type always appear and always have appeared upon the theatre of history in great crises of nations. the age which could boast simultaneously three rival claimants to the direction of two of the greatest levers of the society of that era the papacy and the germanic empire when the jealousies of rival bishoprics, the overthrow of dynasties, the roman church shaken to her foundations, sounded in europe the tocsin of that fearful struggle which invariably precedes social reorganisation, that wild whirlwind of national convulsion which engulfs in its vortex the civilisation of a yesterday, but to prepare the re

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

lies with these conditions: the direct experience of spiritual truth. here, and here only, do we find a position in which the great religious minds of all times and all climes coincide. it is necessarily above dogma, because dogma consists of a collection of intellectual statements, each of which, and also its contradictory, can easily be disputed and overthrown. 3. you are probably aware that in the society of jesus the postulants are trained to debate on all these highly controversial subjects. they put up a young man to prove any startling blasphemy that happens to occur to them. and the more shocked the young man is, the better the training for his mind, and the better service will he give to the society in the end; but only if his mind has been completely disabused of its confidence i

ny "the poor devil' they say 'is bludgeoned into having no will of his own' that is pure nonsense. by abnegating his will through the practice of holy obedience his will has become enormously strong, so strong that none of his natural instincts, desires, or habits can intrude. he has freed his will of all these inhibitions. he is a perfect function of the machinery of the order. in the general of the society is concentrated the power of all those separate wills, just as in the human body every cell should be completely devoted in its particular quality to the concentrated will of the organism. 5. in other words, the society of jesus has created a perfect imitation of the skeleton of the original creation, living man. it has complied with the divinely instituted order of things, and that is

is that its greatest and most important achievements have been in the domain of science and philosophy. it has done nothing in religion; or, rather, where it has meddled with religion it has only done harm. what a mistake! and why? for the simple reason that it was in a position to take no notice of religion; all these matters were decided for it by the pope, or by the councils of the church, and the society was therefore able to free itself from the perplexities of religion, in exactly the same way as the novice obtains complete freedom from his moral responsibilities by sinking his personal phantasies in the will of the superior. 6. i should like to mention here that the spiritual exercises of st. ignatius are in their essence really admirable yoga practices. they have, it is true, a tin

ngine as a counterblast to the reformation. he was very wise to devise a plan, irrespective of its abstract merits as philosophy, which would most efficiently serve that single purpose. the only trouble has been that this purpose was not sufficiently cosmic in scope to resist internal forces. having attained the higher planes by practice of these exercises, they found that the original purpose of the society was not really adequate to their powers; they were, so to speak, over-engined. they stupidly invaded the spiritual sphere of the other authorities whom they were founded to support, and thus we see them actually quarrelling with the pope, while failing signally to obtain possession of the papacy. being thus thwarted in their endeavours, and confused in their purpose, they redoubled the

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

in so far as it lent its influence to the reformers of the christian church. its appeal was not at all to the people. it merely offered to open up relations with, and communicate certain practical secrets of wisdom to, isolated men of science through europe. this movement is generally known by the name of rosicrucianism. the word arouses all sorts of regrettable correspondences; but the adepts of the society have never worried themselves in the least about the abuse of their name for the purposes of charlatanism, or about the attacks directed against them by envious critics. indeed, so wisely have they concealed their activities that some modern scholars of the shallower type have declared that no such movement ever existed, that it was a kind of practical joke played upon the curiosity of

ts have been maintained inviolate. if, during the last few years, a considerable number of documents have been published by them, though not in their name, it is on account of the impending crisis to civilization, of which mention will later be made. there is no good purpose, even were there license, to discuss the nature of the basis of scientific attainment which is the core of the doctrines of the society. it is only necessary to point out that its correspondence with alchemy is the one genuine fact on the subject which has been allowed to transpire; for the rosicrucian, as indicated by his central symbol, the barren cross on which he has made a rose to flower, occupies himself primarily with spiritual and physiological alchemy. taking for "the first matter of the work" a neutral or ine

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

derations. 72 the teacher should then seek gently and firmly to key up the pupil, little by little, until obedience follows command without reference to what that command may be; as loyola wrote "perinde ac cadaver" no one has understood the magical will better than loyola; in his system the individual was forgotten. the will of the general was instantly echoed by every member of the order; hence the society of jesus became the most formidable of the religious organizations of the world. that of the old man of the mountains was perhaps the next best. the defect in loyola's system is that the general was not god, and that owing to various other considerations he was not even necessarily the best man in the order. to become general of the order he must have willed to become general of the or

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE BANNED LECTURE

em of filles de rais, and ask ourselves what we really know about hime as o posed to what we have heard about him. we know that he was a gentleman of good family, because otherwise he could not have held the offices which he did hold. we know that he was a brave soldier, and a comrade of joan of arc. we know that he had a passion for science, for the basis of his reputation was that he frequented the society of learned men. we know finally that he was accused of the same crimes as joan of arc by the same people who accused her, and that he was condemned by them to the same penalty. i do not think that i have left out any verfiable fact. i think that all the rest amounts to speculation. the real problem of gilles de rais amounts, accordingly, to this. here we have a person who, in almost ev

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

book for free on: www.abika.com 19 the work of our sister helena petrowna blavatsky was inaugurated at the very season of the birth on earth of our brother the master whose word is thelema, whose name is yet hidden under the form of a lion. for it was most needful to prepare his way that he might proclaim his law in every land that is upon the surface of the earth "and this work has been done by the society founded to that end by our sister. yet even so, behold! full fifty years have passed, and only now is the hour of power come upon our brother the lion to utter his word with full efficacy to the whole earth" now was he silent and my spirit was sore troubled; my face darkened, for i approached the mystery of sin. but the countenance of my teacher was glad; and his years fell from him li

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

lluminated government. it has never been exposed to the accidents of time and to the weakness of man, because only the most capable were chosen for it, and those who selected made no error. through this school were developed the germs of all the sublime sciences, which were first received by external schools, then clothed in other forms, and hence degenerated. according to time and circumstances, the society of sages communicated unto the exterior societies their symbolic hieroglyphs, in order to attract man to the great truths of their sanctuary. but all exterior societies subsist only by virtue of this interior one. as soon as external societies wish to transform a temple of wisdom into a political edifice, the interior society retires and leaves only the letter without the spirit. it is

tive storehouse of the most ancient and original science of the human race, with the primitive mysteries also of all science. it is the unique and really illuminated community which is absolutely in possession of the key to all mystery, which knows the centre and source of all nature. it is a society which unites superior strength to its own, and counts its members from more than one world. it is the society whose members form the republic of genius, the regent mother of the whole world. 13 liber librae svb figvra xxx 15 a. a. publication in class b. issued by order: d.d.s. 7= 4 premonstrator o.s.v. 6= 5 imperator n.s.f. 5= 6 cancellarius 16 liber librae svb figvra xxx o. learn first- oh thou who aspirest unto our ancient order- that equilibrium is the basis of the work. if thou thyself ha

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

orthodox levitation, and explain it by weight-lifting competitions among the angels; he must deny every heterodox levitation, or explain it by demonic power. and as one's bitterest enemies are always one's nearest relations, so his bitterest polemics are against the quietists who are absolutely indistinguishable from the orthodox, and in favour at rome until the intrigues of the beast of blood of the society of jesus destroyed molinos. father poulain even repeats the catholic truths about molinos's confession. but father poulain is a jesuit. at this stage a reviewer wants to get up and stamp such people into pulp. but the hour is not yet, though ferrer's blood adds its cry to that of his fellow-martyrs. rather let us consider the good points in father poulain's poultice. he understand the

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

tolen wills; they are now only excited by spiritual crises, catastrophes of the reason, triumphs of the intelligence. in these fields captain fuller is a master dramatist. mr. w. northam "robe maker and tailor" 9 henrietta st. covent garden, w.c. begs to inform those concerned that he has been entrusted by the a. a. with the manufacture of the necessary robes and other appurtenances of members of the society. the lesser key of solomon (goetia)"with full instructions and illustrations" price 1 1s. through the "equinox" only a few copies remain for st the equinox vol. i. no. ii 2nd part of three october 18, 1989 e.v. key entry and march 1, 1990 e.v. first proof reading against the 1st edition. done by bill heidrick, t.g. of o.t.o (further proof reading desirable) copyright (c) o.t.o. disk 2

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sh chiefs died and temple work was interrupted. such chiefs were eliphas levi, ragon, kenneth r. h. mackenzie, and fred hockley. these had received their power from even greater predecessors, 239 who are traced to the fratres rosa("sic) crucis of germany. valentine andrea("opera" a.d. 1614) has given an esoteric account of the s.r, probably he also edited the 'fama fraternitatis,'1 or 'history of the society' which must have been derived from the old records of c. r.'s2 pupils "the first order is a group of four grades: the second order is a group of three grades of adeptship "highest of all are those great rulers who severally sustain and govern the third order, which includes three magic titles of honour and supremacy; in case of a vacancy the most advanced 7= 4 3 obtains by decree the w

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an anonymous gift, to be nevertheless published in the records of the daily and periodical press all over the world" it is a big order for a man who despises money. my correspondent seems to know the powers which rule the world: capital and publicity. alas! the 1 we believe the author of this story to be as mad as his characters- ed. 2 after a long and painful inquiry the present writer found out the society referred to by his correspondent. it is the society for the prevention of tailbiting of puppies, and stands in great need of generous contributions. puppies will keep on losing part of their tails in spite of the s.p.t.b.p, because of that third power, fashion. as for the 1000, i may- or i may not. but we are digressing. to use an expression from the french, somewhat slangy, but expres

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he survival of man. by sir oliver lodge. methuen. 7"s" 6"d" net. one of the most unfortunate results of the divorce between science and religion has been the attempt of each of the partners to set up housekeeping for itself, with the most disastrous results. i shall not run my simile to death, but i shall explain how this train of thought began in my mind. sir oliver's book is mainly a defence of the society for psychical research, and a plea for more scientific investigation of psychic or spiritistic phenomena; and it seems to the reviewer that a scientific society that needs a defence at all, after nearly thirty years' work, has confessed itself to be largely a failure. sir oliver lodge, and indeed spiritualism generally, suffer enormously from their lack of knowledge, from their being d

nd. the only possible course for an honest man is to preserve absolute silence. thus, to my own knowledge mr. waite is an initiate (of a low grade) and well aware of the true attribution of the tarot. now, what i want to know is this: is mr. waite breaking his obligation and proclaiming himself (to quote the words of his own oath "a vile and perjured wretch, void of all moral worth, and unfit for the society of all upright and just persons" and liable in addition to "the awful and just penalty of submitting himself voluntarily to a deadly and hostile current of will. by which he should fall slain or paralysed as if blasted by the lightning flash_ or, is he selling to the public information which he knows to inexact? when this dilemma is solved, we shall feel better able to cope with the qu

them in an admirably concise and lucid form, and for metaphysicians his little volume will be indispensable_ globe. william rider& son, ltd, 164 aldersgate st, london, e.c. mr. w. northam robe maker and tailor 9 henrietta st, covent garden, w.c. begs to inform those concerned that he has been entrusted by the a. a: with the manufacture of the necessary robes and other appurtenances of members of the society "the book of the season" the maniac rebman ltd. price 6s. it is desirable, almost necessary even, for all those who wish to understand the dangers of the mystic path to read this extraordinary study of the contents of a maniac's mind. it may be obtained at the offices of this paper, or from rebman ltd, 129 shaftesbury avenue. and through all booksellers "see review on page 314" mr. geo

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makes it felony to raise your hat in the street. i once had the pleasure of meeting mr. coote, well-groomed in ultra- respectable broadcloth, and flaunting three virtues in his button-hole. i looked for some others in his heart, but drew blank. if he had any others, too, i suppose he would have worn the appropriate ribbons. the truth about coote-comstock crapulence is this. manx cats subscribe to the society for the suppression of persian cats. these funds go to support 338 a lot of holy souteneurs in idleness- and they find it pays to foam at the mouth from time to time against the other souteneurs who live on poor prostitutes instead of wealthy virgins. i should like, too, to ask mr. coote a rather curious question. we were talking about paternity. his then secretary, mr. hewston, had gi

ilance society made a practice of paying (on behalf of and at the expense of the fathers) allowances to the mothers of illegitimate children, of caring for the mothers, helping them to get work,and eventually marrying them to honest fellows of their own class. this seemed too sensible to be true. mr. hewston's honest heart had let him to misunderstand. mr. coote indignantly corrected this view of the society's work. they never did that sort of thing, he said "except in a few very special cases" now i want to know about these very special cases. are they by any chance those in which the fathers are reputable and pious persons, highly esteemed for their evangelicalism and philanthropy. there have been some ill-disposed persons who were not ashamed to assert that some of the methods of vigila

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

d sprung up. the members dabbled in magic and witchcraft, blackand white, the former for revenge and even murder, the latter for healing, divination and self-preferment. by the time levi died in 1875, he had paved the way for a renaissance in witchcraft. aleister crowley was born in the same year and he came to consider himself the reincarnation of levi. when crowley was in his twenties he joined the society of the golden dawn, of which w. b. yeats was a member, and he became a skilled magician. before long he was recognized as an incurable practitioner of black witchcraft, by which means he indulged 7 of competent writers have already dealt with this subjectdr margaret murray, for one, in her witch cult in western europe. i have merely attempted to portray the world of alex sanders, to de

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

attain to his holy essence; and the affirmation of eternity consists in being convinced that god always existed; and departure from familiar haunts means, for the novice, departure from the habitual pleasures of the lower soul and the forms of this world, and for the adept, departure from lofty stations and glorious states and exalted miracles; and separation from brethren means turning away from the society of mankind and turning towards the society of god, since any thought of other than god is a veil and an imperfection, and the more a man's thoughts are associated with other than god the more is he veiled from god, because it is universally agreed that unification is the concentration of thoughts, whereas to be content with other than god is a sign of dispersion of thought."14(126) aga

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

or federation, and their instructions were to get the ear of the leaders in various countries, and thus slowly and gradually awaken the masses (through them) to the true significance of that easily spoken, but little understood word- 110- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust brotherhood. this work is perhaps one of the hardest of the tasks which the society of organised minds has ever set itself. racial hatreds and national aspirations are so strong, and the ignorance of the masses is so great, that all the resources of the workers along the line of government and power (the first ray) were necessary to make the needed impact upon the public consciousness. there has been, and there still is, much to destroy before the nations are reduced

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

he management of the theosophical- 89- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust society in the united states, and still more so in adyar (the international centre, was at that time reactionary and old-fashioned whereas the new approach to life and truth, freedom of interpretation and impersonality were the characteristics which should have governed policies and methods but did not. the society was founded for the establishing of universal brotherhood but it was degenerating into a sectarian group more interested in founding and sustaining lodges and increasing the membership than in reaching the general public with the truths of the ageless wisdom. their policy of admitting nobody into the e.s. for spiritual teaching unless they had been for two years a member of the t.s. is

fied. all this time the situation at krotona was getting more acute. wadia had arrived at krotona (as the representative of mrs. besant) and was stirring up trouble and we collaborated with him to the full in order to swing back the theosophical society to its original impulse of universal brotherhood. we collaborated because at this time wadia seemed sound and sincere and to have the interest of the society truly at heart. the cleavage in the society was steadily widening and the line of demarcation between those who stood for the democratic point of view and those who stood for spiritual authority and the complete control of the theosophical society by the esoteric- 96- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust section was rapidly growing. the original platform of the t.s

pted the dictum of the e.s. members in every lodge, one was in disgrace and it was almost impossible for the individual, therefore, to work in the lodge. the sectional magazines and the international magazine, called "the theosophist" were pre-occupied with personality quarrels. articles were given up to the attack or the defense of some individual. a strong phase of psychism was sweeping through the society due to the psychic pronouncements of mr. leadbeater and his extraordinary control over mrs. besant. the aftermath of the leadbeater scandal was still causing much talk. mrs. besant's pronouncements about krishnamurti were splitting the society wide open. orders were going out from adyar, based upon what were claimed to be orders to the outer head by one of the masters, that every membe

cal society in disgust and bewilderment. i have often wondered what would have been the fate of the t.s. if they had had the grit to stay in, if they had refused to be ousted, and if they had fought for the spiritual basis of the movement. but they did not and a great number of the worthwhile people got out, feeling frustrated and handicapped and unable to work. i, personally, never resigned from the society and it is only during the past few years that i have let my annual dues lapse. i am writing about this somewhat at length because it was this situation or background that made it necessary for changes to take place and out of these our work for the next twenty years took shape- 97- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust the disciples of all the masters are everywhere i

tona utterly disillusioned, profoundly convinced that the t.s. was run strictly on personality lines, with the emphasis upon personality status, upon personality devotions, upon personality likes and dislikes and upon the imposition of personality decisions upon a mass of personality followers. we simply did not know what to do or along what line to work. mr. warrington was no longer president of the society and mr. l. w. rogers succeeded him. my husband was still national secretary and i was still editor of the national magazine and chairman of the krotona committee. i shall never forget the morning when, upon his assumption of office, mr. rogers took over, we went up to his office to tender to him our desire to continue to serve the t.s. mr. rogers looked at us and asked the question "is

at this time organised the committee of 1400 a committee pledged to endeavor to swing the theosophical society to its original principles. this committee was in miniature a tiny- 106- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust replica of the major world cleavage which has climaxed since 1939 in the world war. it was essentially a fight between the reactionary, conservative forces in the society and the new liberal forces which were working to see the original principles of the society restored. it was a fight between a selective, isolationist, superior group who regarded themselves as wiser and more spiritual than the rest of the membership and those who loved their fellow-men, who believed in progress and the universality of truth. it was a fight between an exclusive faction

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

a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust unreal. it is the unreality of its presentation which has led to the rejection of the theosophical society as an agent of the hierarchy at this time. earlier and prior to its ridiculous emphasis upon initiation and initiates, and prior to its recognition of the probationary disciples as full initiates, the society did good work. it however failed to recognise mediocrity and to realise that no one "takes" initiation and passes through these crises without a previous demonstration of a wide usefulness and of a trained intelligent capacity. this may not be the case where the first initiation is concerned, but where the second initiation is involved there must ever be the background of a useful dedi

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

an moses. now, what is the logical inference? most assuredly that which gives us the right to say that the story told of moses by ezra had been learned by him while at babylon[[footnote(s* on page 224 of assyrian antiquities mr. george smith says "in the palace of sennacherib at kouyunjik i found another fragment of the curious history of sargon. published in my translation in the transactions of the society of biblical archaeology, vol. i. part i. p. 46" the capital of sargon, the babylonian moses "was the great city of agadi, called by the semitics akkad- mentioned in genesis as the capital of nimrod (gen. x. 10 "akkad lay near the city of sippara on the euphrates and north of babylon (see isis, vol. ii. p. 442-3) another strange coincidence is found in the fact that the name of the neig

ture. this orientalistic etymology of kwan and yin is on a par with that of "yogini" which, we are told by mr. hargrave jennings "is a sanskrit word, in the dialects pronounced yogi or zogee, and is equivalent to sena, and exactly the same as duti or duti-ca- i.e, a sacred prostitute of the temple, worshipped as yoni or sakti (p. 60 "the books of morality" in india "direct a faithful wife to shun the society of yogini or females who have been adored as sakti. amongst the votaries of a most licentious description" nothing should surprise us after this. and it is, therefore, with hardly a smile that we find another preposterous absurdity quoted about "budh" as being a name "which signifies not only the sun as the source of generation but also the male organ (round towers of ireland; quoted b

BLUE EQUINOX

eally .spirits! most of these messages were obtained through a .mrs. chenoweth. a medium who has figured largely in the reports of the american society, though heaven only knows why, as she gives us a constant flow of the most terrible drivel which it is possible to conceive. looking through the socalled reports on this medium, one is impressed with the idea that it is criminal to waste time, and the society s money, obtaining such stuff, and criminal to keep pouring money down such a sink of nothingness. what is the hold which this medium seems to have over the venerable secretary of the society? is it more than a mere scientific interest? are there subtler motives which cause the head of the psychical movement in america to bow solemnly before the crude .teachings. obtained through this

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

325 the herb store p.o. box 5756, sherman oaks, ca 91403 kiehl pharmacy 109 third avenue, new york, ny 10003 golden gate herb research p.o. box 77212, san francisco, ca 94107 edwards health center 480 station road, quaker-town, pa 18951 atlantis rising 7915 s.e. stark, portland, or 97215 the magickal childe 35 west 19 street, new york, ny 10011 botanica box 88, station n, montreal, canada h2x 3n2 the society of herbalists culpeper house, 21 bruton street, berkeley square, london w.i, england in thomas middleton's play the witch (1612) the character hecate is made to stuff the mouth and nostrils of an unbaptised child before boiling him for hisfat(l. she recounts the materials as she uses them: hecate: the magickal herbs are down his throat; his mouth cramm'dfull, his ears and nostrils stuf

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

oted that african slaves bore great "prejudices" against converting to the christian faith, partly, he believed, because they were "strangely predisposed in favour of superstition and idolatry" the london-based secretary of dr. bray's associates, john waring, warned clergy of africans f fervent devotion to "the idolatrous rites and practices of their own country" francis varnod, a missionary with the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, wrote to his superiors of the spiritual disposition of slaves in south carolina, observing that "some of our negro-pagans have a notion of god and a devil, and dismal apprehensions of apparitions" other comments by white clergy in the eighteenth century provide an indeterminate picture of black spiritual life, vaguely characterizing a

sessed a majority of about fifteen thousand slaves and black freedpersons to eleven thousand whites. in that year, the city's governing authorities had taken steps to curtail the emerging political power of the african american population, using legal repression, harassment, and threats of violence. it was within such an atmosphere of racial discord that the conspiracy developed. as a freedman in the society of black methodists, an independent african american church, vesey was positioned to tap the spiritual resources of the black community for the advancement of his cause.[15] accounts of the events leading up to the discovery of the plot reveal that vesey, a well-todo carpenter who had purchased his freedom from a slaveowner, began recruiting participants from the city and the outlying

mes found its influence to be "too much for them" under his scrutiny he hoped that hamptonites would disavow such ideas and develop a deeply critical outlook toward black folk magic.[22] the collecting of conjuring stories and tales became part of an academic movement for some students and teachers at hampton. in 1893 hampton established the first african american folklore society in the country. the society was made up of black students and white staff and administrators who had an interest in connecting "the negro's african and american black magic page 82 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 past with his present" under hampton's new president, horace frissell, the hampton folklore society continued with the program of collecting a

, and arthur huff fauset was considerable; under his tutelage, they would transform the study of african american folk traditions. furthermore, partly because of his influence, several southern chapters of the american folklore society were established. throughout their lives both boas and newell remained enthusiastic in their support of the hampton folklore society, and newell gave an address at the society's inaugural meeting and provided funding and lecture time at professional conferences for bacon and her students. hoping to elevate conjure to a viable subject of academic inquiry among black and white intellectuals, bacon observed that for african americans "the time seems not far distant when they shall have cast off their past entirely, and stand as an anomaly among civilized races

at new-york in the years 1741.1742, 1810 (1810; reprint, new york: negro universities press, 1968, pp. 252.53, 264, 289, 368; ferenc szasz "the new york slave revolt of 1741: a re-examination" new york history 48 (1967: 224; thomas davis, a rumor of revolt "the great negro plot" in colonial new york (amherst: university of massachusetts press, 1985, p. 54. 4. letter of the reverend john sharpe to the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, in roswell randall hoes "the negro plot of 1712" new-york genealogical and biographical record 21 (1890: 162.63; scott\ 176 "slave insurrection in new york" p. 46. particularly among coromantee, an ethnic group inclusive of speakers of the akan and ga-adangme dialects, oaths unified warriors in preparation for combat. the oath secured

d "the religious life of the negro slave" harper's new monthly magazine, august 1863, p. 824. 8. charles c. jones, religious instruction of the negroes in the united states (1842; reprint, savannah: negro universities press, 1969, p. 128. the same concerns had been raised in the aftermath of another colonial insurrection in the new york plot, which involved catechumens from a missionary school of the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. in this case elias neau\ 177\ the anglican cleric who operated the school, found himself accused of fostering the slaves' desire for freedom. ultimately, neau and the members of his class were vindicated, but a negative association between black religion and black rebellion had been evoked and would persist for generations to come (se

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1 (1999) 1615 confessio fraternitatis steffan michelspacher cabala, spiegel der kunst unnd natur. james maxwell- admirable and notable prophecies. julianus de campis defence of the rosicrucians was published. 1616 chymische hochzeit(chemical wedding of christian rosenkreutz. philosophical letters of michael sendivogius were most probably written from brussels and were addressed to a new member of the society of unknown philosophers of cabala("novo cabalae philosophorum incognuorum dignissimo sodali) in france..linked itself to "les freres d orient" created in constantinople in 1090. the teachings of this society were conveyed from teacher to disciple and the their principle unifying form was the distinction of receiving "the initiation" which gave them the right to be known as "unknown sup

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-is-all-there-is. what a coincidence! another member of the lunar society was the unitarian, josiah wedgwood, founder of the famous pottery, and his daughter was to become the mother of charles darwin after she married dr robert darwin, the son of erasmus darwin. nothing like keeping it in the family! six of the lunar society's members were educated at edinburgh university, as was charles darwin. the society was a revolutionary organisation which supported the overthrowing of the monarchies and the undermining of god in the human belief system. benjamin franklin became a sort of shuttle 'diplomat' for the cause, in the same way that henry kissinger would come to be in the second half of this century. i cannot recommend too highly the book by the canadian scientist and researcher, ian t. ta

working toward the goal of total global power. rhodes's2 idea was to set up a secret society which would manipulate events in a way that would lead to the introduction of centralised global control. this society is known by several names but, for simplicity, i will call it throughout by one of them: the round table. it was structured on illuminati and freemasonic lines. there was an inner circle, the society of the elect (or initiates, who knew exactly what the game and the aim was, and an outer circle of friends, made up of influential people who could help the cause, but who didn't always know the full implications or ambitions of the round table. the table's manipulators were mostly those with 58..and the truth shall set you free the real power rather than those with the appearance of p

well made the point in his book, 1984, that those who control history control the present, and those who control the present control history. other branches of the round table were set up in other countries. by 1915, there were round table groups in britain, south africa, canada, australia, new zealand, india, and the united states. the coordination between them was improved by the publication of the society's magazine, the round table, which began in november, 1910. the 'achievements' i've listed, which have had such an effect on our lives to the present day, were not the result of democratic decision making, but of the manoeuvrings of a secret society called the round table, working from its own agenda. carroll quigley, a professor at georgetown university, was an 'insider' who was given

l karl marx really did was to update and codify the very same revolutionary plans and principles set down seventy years earlier by adam weishaupt, the founder of the order of the illuminati in bavaria" marx was a member of a secret society in the elite/illuminati/ brotherhood network, called the league of the just, which later became the communist league. the league of the just was an offshoot of the society of the seasons, which played a leading role in the french revolution. once again our eyes turn to germany, birthplace of the bavarian illumaniti. the league of the just was called the bund 64..and the truth shall set you free der gerechtan or simply the bund. this was the force behind the rise of marxism and he was yet another front man. interestingly, may 1st('may day, was chosen as t

e of that knowledge. the most obvious expression of illuminism was the bavarian illuminati officially created by the german professor, adam weishaupt, in may 1776, and controlled by the house of rothschild, the bankers to endless revolutions and wars. it was weishaupt who used his wing of the illuminati to infiltrate and take over freemasonry. weishaupt was trained as a jesuit, which is short for the society of jesus. the founder of the jesuits, the spaniard, ignatius loyola, formed a secret society within this apparently catholic order and the initiates were called the 'alumbrados' which means the 'enlightened, the 'illuminated. conflict followed between the jesuit 'illuminism' and weishaupt's german version, battles which the traditions of weishaupt mostly won although the jesuit network

was started in 1832-1833 by general william huntington russell and alphonso taft, a famous american family name. in 1876, taft was to be the secretary of war in the grant administration and his son, william howard taft, was the only man to be both president and chief justice of the united states. the skull and bones society is deeply racist and was founded on the fortune made from illegal drugs. the society was incorporated in 1856 as the russell trust and by a special act of state legislation, its trustees are exempted from filing corporate reports to the connecticut authorities. the initiation ceremonies for the skull and bones still take place at deer island in the st lawrence river. the island is owned by the russell trust association, along with most of the land on which yale univers

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me the sickness of the mind known as the puritan faith. this was used most effectively to instigate and justify the genocide of god save us from religion 221 the native americans. the real name of john calvin, the man who started all this, was jean cauin. he came from noyons in france and was educated at the illuminati's college du montagu. this is where ignatius loyola, the "catholic" founder of the society of jesus, the jesuits, was educated. the jesuits go very high in the illuminati network. cauin moved to paris and then to geneva, switzerland, where he was known as cohen. this name comes from cahen, the name for priest or prince in the ancient egyptian mystery schools. in geneva, he developed, or more likely someone else did, the "philosophy" known as calvinism. he changed his name ag

m again all the conquered foreign races, the modern slaves. and over and above all these will reign a new and exalted nobility of whom i cannot speak..but of all these plans the militant members will know nothing. the new man is living amongst us now! he is here. isn't that enough for you? i will tell you a secret. i have seen the new man. he is intrepid and cruel. i was afraid of him."21 this is the society planned by the reptilians and their reptile-nordic (aryan "master race" if we allow their new world order of global control to be introduced- hitler's "secret chiefs" were demonic reptilians and others. the obsession with hierarchy and ritual outlined there are character traits of the reptilian brain, as we calling the demons 293 shall see. one of hitler's heroes, the writer houston st

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the170christian church was split into rival and violent factions by the rosicrucian, martinluther, and the emergence of a vicious brand of the protestant faith called calvinism,later known as the puritans. its founder john calvin was actually jean caum fromnoyons, france, who was educated at the brotherhood-controlled, college du montagu.this is also where ignatius loyola, the catholic founder of the society of jesus, thejesuits, was educated. caum moved to paris and then to geneva, switzerland, where hewas known as cohen. this name relates to priest and goes back to the egyptianmystery schools. in geneva he developed, or someone else did, the philosophy knownas calvinism. he changed his name again from cohen to calvin to make it moreacceptable to the english who now became the prime targe

klin was its grand master. bancroftled a secret mission to ireland in 1779 and a year later lord stormont, the britishambassador to france, informed the king that a secret irish delegation had been to paristo see king louis xvi to propose an independent ireland. the ambassador said that:the delegates are all connected with franklin..18 in the years that followed abrotherhood secret society called the society of united irishmen was formed whichinvolved people like lord edward fitzgerald and wolfe tone.19 this was behind theirish rebellions of 1798 and 1803 and the conflict thus triggered has continued in irelandever since. you find the brotherhood involved in all the major world events in history.simon bolivar, known as the founder of bolivia in south america and the liberator ofv enezuela

eath them again all the conquered foreign races, the modern slaves. and over andabove all these will reign a new and exalted nobility of whom i cannot speak. but of allthese plans the militant members will know nothing. the new man is living amongst usnow! he is here. isnt that enough for you? i will tell you a secret. i have seen the newman. he is intrepid and cruel. i was afraid of him.7this is the society planned by the reptilians and their reptile-aryan master race if weallow the new world order to be introduced in the next few years. hitlers secret246chiefs are the reptilians and note the obsession with hierarchy and ritual, charactertraits of the r-complex or reptile brain. after hitler moved to germany, he spent a lot oftime in bavaria, from whence weishaupts illuminati had sprung a

en one, tony blair, the british prime minister elected on may 1st1997, was brought up in edinburgh and went to fettes, a private school there. his fatherwas a lecturer at edinburgh university.the vehicle for the opium trade from india to china and elsewhere, was the east indiacompany, a group of scottish merchants and freemasons who were aligned with theknights of st john of jerusalem (malta) and the society of jesus, the jesuits. someresearchers believe that the companys real masters were the banking families of northernitaly, the black nobility, but by then they were centred in london, anyway. the strategyused by the british in china has become a blueprint for invasion-by-drug-addiction eversince. they sponsored a mass addiction to opium until chinese society and vitality wastorn asunder

ong hispossessions by the rosicrucian, spencer lewis.5 some researchers say jefferson was agrand master of the rosicrucians. he was an expert in astronomy and astrology, as wasbenjamin franklin who wrote a best-seller on the subject called poor richard salmanac. lenfant had fought in the war of independence and he, like washington,was a member of the highly secretive and exclusive grouping called the society ofcincinnati. it was officially a secret society for american and french officers in the warof independence and it introduced hereditary membership which is passed on to theeldest son. washington was its president for life. the diary entries of washington andletters by jefferson relating to lenfant and the street plan have disappeared. lenfantwas dismissed after a year, but the street

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not engage in acts which would jeopardize his freedom or safety. the occasional deviant may commit some horrific crime in the name of satan, but the satanist is no more responsible for the crimes of the sociopath or child molester than a christian is for those of a deviant priest or minister who does the same. while self-interest keeps the satanist from breaking the laws or cultural standards of the society in which he lives, a satanist may question the definition of good and evil and the values and ethics which his society has determined to be correct. what is good and what is evil? the satanist asks. if you kill for your country you are called a hero, but if you kill to avenge a wrong which has been done you are called a criminal. questions like this are common among satanists for the s

s been done you are called a criminal. questions like this are common among satanists for the satanist realizes that the definition of right and wrong, of good and evil, changes from decade to decade and also from nation to nation. there is no absolute good or absolute evil. there are only man-made laws and codes of conduct. these laws and dictates are written and rewritten to meet the demands of the society we live in. occasionally, these laws are based on beliefs and values which are no longer accepted and must be changed. the satanist questions all that he has been taught to believe. he realizes that history is written by the victors of every war the winner becoming the hero and the defeated the villain. the values of the dominant society are the prevailing values of the world and it is

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f the devil and eve (through lilith in dreaming sorcery. the watcher of the twilight34 who is the lord of magick, therefore the opener of the way wears the mask of the beast and stands between both dawn and twilight. know it as the elixir of life, the syllubub of sun and moon. verily he steals the fire from heaven: the greatest act of bravery in the world. the book of pleasure, austin osman spare the society of the horseman s word in scotland in the 1800 s viewed cain as an archetype of malefic and diabolic power, and is presented in initiation ceremonies where the participant met a horned devil covered in animal skins and masked, many were taught to summon the devil by the means of certain phrases of the bible recited backwards35. in the toad rite36, ahriman is a primal or infernal spirit

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er: 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 the inner light. she wrote works including sane occultism and the mystical qabalah. futhark: a word made up of the first six rune (q.v) characters in the german rune alphabet: f-u-th-a-r-k. other rune alphabets are called by slightly different names due to variations in the pronunciation of the letters. the english rune alphabet is known as the futhorc- g- gabriel: pronounced "gahb

"to train "to educate" and "to weigh in the balance. more generally, an assistant of the mysteries who reconciles opposing forces during initiation, and assists the hierophant (q.v) and the hiereus (q.v) in initiating the same. in the order of the astral star (q.v) a senior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. the associate adept and a member of clergy (chief deacon/ deaconess) of a working lodge of the society whose station is at the white pillar in regular working, or at the middle of the hall during initiations to symbolize a balance and reconciliation of forces. heh-cha-loht: hebrew for "accent" see merkabah. heptagram: a star of seven (7) points drawn with a straight, single, unbroken, reflecting line. it's points are related to the seven traditional planets of astrology. the principle s

he applications of elemental (q.v) air (q.v) is needed. hiereus/ hiereia: from the greek meaning "priest or priestess" more generally, any priest (priestess) of the mysteries who assists the hierophant (q.v) in initiating members. in the order of the astral star, a senior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. the assisting adept and a primary member of clergy (priest/ priestess) of a working lodge of the society whose station is at the black pillar in regular working, or at the west end of the hall during initiations to symbolize a terrible and avenging force at the confines of matter, at the borders of the qlippohth being enthroned upon matter and robed in darkness (black. hierophant: originally, the high priest of the greek mysteries at eleusis. more generally, any priest of the mysteries wh

n matter and robed in darkness (black. hierophant: originally, the high priest of the greek mysteries at eleusis. more generally, any priest of the mysteries who reveals sacred secrets to initiates and candidates during initiation. in the order of the astral star, the chief officer of a stellar temple [s.t. the principle adept and ranking clergy (high priest/ high priestess) of a working lodge of the society whose station is at the east- the direction of light in regular working and initiations. in regular workings, it is customary for a past hierophant to stand as the warden of the east, so that the hierophant may direct the workings from the center of the circle. high magick: ritual or ceremonial magick. it is called "high" because it was first developed in places which were at a higher

iginally, an officer whose duty it was to summon the members of the general assembly. the kerux was originally a political office, but was eventually made a religious office with the responsibility of maintaining order, and maintained charge over all sacrifices. in the order of the astral star, a junior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. a member of clergy (deacon/ deaconess) of a working lodge of the society who serves as the warden of the north in regular workings. kether: hebrew for "crown. pronounced "keh-tehr" it is the first (1st) sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. it is at the top of the middle pillar on the tree. king, yi: an ancient book of wisdom from china, commonly called i ching. like the tarot (q.v, it has many spiritual purposes, but is popularly known for giving divina

sitory veils. sentinel/ phulax: from the french "sentinelle" meaning "a footpath, and from the latin "semita" meaning "a narrow way" the greek word "phulax" means "a watcher, or "a guard" originally, an officer whose duty it was to guard and protect the temple, especially at night or when no one else is around. the sentinel is the watcher without, just as the kerux (q.v) is the watcher within. in the society of the astral star, a junior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. a knighted member of the order, who holds the rank of sergeant (at arms) within a working lodge of the society. sensitive: 1) from the old french from the middle latin "sentire" meaning "to feel" 2) a lesser psychic (q.v) who has developed their specific discipline of extra sensory perception to an accuracy level between th

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ticticism, it may be as well to explain my position in relation to these two writers [page vi] i was at one time a member of the organisation founded by the former, but have never been associated with the latter. i have never known either of these gentlemen personally, macgregor mathers having died before i joined his organisation, and aleister crowley having then ceased to be associated with it. the society of the inner light, founded by the late dion fortune, has courses for those who wish seriously to pursue the study of the western esoteric tradition. information about the society may be obtained by writing to the address below. please enclose british stamps or international postal coupons in your letter if you wish a response. the secretary the society of the inner light 38 stelle's r

roximate to the degradation of the modern professional prostitute. 21. the function of the hetaira was to minister to the intellect of her clients as well as their appetites; she was a hostess as well as a mistress, and to her resorted the philosophers and poets to receive inspiration and sharpen their wits; for it was well realised that there is no greater inspiration to an intellectual man than the society of a vital and cultured woman. 22. in the temples of aphrodite the art of love was sedulously cultivated, and the priestesses were trained from childhood in its skill. but this art was not simply that of provoking passion, but of adequately satisfying it on all levels of consciousness; not simply by the gratification of the physical sensations of the body, but by the subtle etheric exc

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the right index finger, or more formally with a ritual instrument of projection such as the wand or sword. modern witches use a dagger called an athame. the correct way of drawing the pentagram is seldom taught, and perhaps is not that widely known. it was described in one of her books by the late dion fortune, a member of the golden dawn, and later the founder of her own occult society known as the society of the inner light. inscribe the pentagram on the air in front of your body with strong strokes as though drawing it with chalk upon a blackboard. it is important that the figure be regular. regular symbols have a natural affinity with the spirits of light, and irregular symbols resonate with the spirits of darkness. it is also vital to make the pentagram large- at least several feet a

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th the new scientific methodology, concluded that scientific observation could be used to investigate reports of supernatural phenomena, especially reports of ghosts and hauntings. this sparked the formation in 1862 of the ghost club in england. during the next two decades, the growth of spiritualism provided a fertile field for investigation, and in 1882 a new generation of investigators founded the society for psychical research in london to study actual phenomena occurring during spiritualist seances as well as other incidents of psychic phenomena. ix encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. introduction the period from 1882 to the beginning of world war ii could be described as a stormy marriage between spiritualism and psychical research by some, while others might call it a

golden dawn (gd, crowley believed that he had reached the exalted stage of the silver star and was thus a secret chief of the golden dawn. after 1906 crowley launched his own order of the silver star, or a a, using rituals and teachings taken from the golden dawn. in march 1909 he began publishing the magazine the equinox, as the official organ of the a a, including rituals of the outer order of the society in the second number. this alarmed members of the golden dawn, who wished their rituals to remain secret, and s. l. macgregor mathers, one of the golden dawn chiefs, took legal action to restrain crowley from continuing to publish the rituals. although a temporary injunction was granted, mathers did not have funds to contest an appeal setting this aside, and crowley continued to publis

george adamski: the untold story. beckenham, u.k: ceit publications, 1983. adare, lord (1841.1926) author of a remarkable work, experiences in spiritualism with d. d. home, printed privately in 1869 at the request of his father, earl of dunraven. to make this book accessible to a large public and in memory of his father to whose title he succeeded, the author agreed in 1924 to a second edition by the society for psychical research, omitting the attestation of some of the prominent witnesses of the phenomena. the probable reason for the privacy of the first publication was that the earl of dunraven, being a roman catholic, wished to avoid the censure of the church. the friendship of lord adare and daniel douglas home dated from 1867. it began at malvern in dr. gully s hydropathic establishm

he earth at special times of the year, considered the best moments for transmitting the energies from outer space. king authored a series of books spelling out the theology and practices of what emerged as a new occult religion. king claimed that he received a mystical consecration on july 23, 1958, from the master jesus for his mission; the lord buddha added his consecration on december 5, 1978. the society continues and has headquarters in both london and california, where it owns a complex of buildings. it may be contacted at 757 fulham road, london, sw6 5uu, england and 6202 afton place, los angeles, ca 90028. website: http/ www.aetherius.org. advanced spiritual church healing center encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 12 sources: king, george. the nine freedoms. los ang

of the period. a vast building was erected as grand chapter, containing an extensive library, museum of natural history, and a chemical laboratory. the architects published many works of freemasonry and awarded an annual gold medal to the author of the best historical memoir on the subject. branches of the order were established at worms, cologne, and paris, and it was said to be affiliated with the society of alethophilas, or lovers of truth, after which it named one of its grades. there were two temples, comprising the following degrees (1) apprentice of egyptian secrets (2) initiate into egyptian secrets (3) cosmopolitan (4) christian philosopher, and (5) alethophilos. higher grades (1) esquire (2) soldier, and (3) knight, thus supplying egyptian, christian, and templar mysteries to th

ino were the next mediums who engaged his attention. his wife was herself mediumistic and helped him in his work. in a case of partial dematerialisation (1896, he recorded testimonies of an astounding occurrence with d esperance. his most important book, animismus und spiritismus (1890, was published in answer to dr. edward von hartmann s spiritualism. f. w. h. myers reviewed it in proceedings of the society for psychical research, where he stated: i may say at once that on the data as assumed i think that mr. aksakof has the better of his opponent. in the book aksakof says that for the comprehension of mediumistic phenomena we have three hypotheses: 1. personism (or change of personality) may stand for those unconscious psychical phenomena that are produced within the limits of the medium

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sekiel (1870, and bismarck: his authentic biography by g. e. l. von bismarck-schoenhausen. he also edited early issues of a masonic periodical titled kneph in 1881. on april 21, 1873, mackenzie read a paper on eliphas levi to the rosicrucian society (societas rosicruciana in anglia, of which he became a member. he subsequently contributed papers to their journal, the rosicrucian. he resigned from the society in 1875 while preparing his royal masonic cyclopaedia. in subsequent years, he seems to have lived precariously on a modest income from journalism. he developed a system of astrological prediction of horse race winners and also became involved with the promotion of fringe masonic orders, such as sat b hai. he died july 3, 1886, before the formation of the hermetic order of the golden d

news. sources: madonna ministry. http//www.madonnaministry.org. april 4, 2000. madre natura an old and powerful secret society of italy whose members worshiped and idealized nature. it seems to have been founded by members of the ancient italian priesthood. it had a tradition that one of the popes became a member of the fraternity, and there appears to be some documentary evidence for this claim. the society accepted the allegorical interpretation that the neoplatonists placed upon the pagan creeds during the first ages of christianity. maeterlinck, maurice (1862.1949) famous belgian writer and poet and winner of the nobel prize in literature in 1911. he was born in ghent, belgium, on august 29, 1862, and educated at the college sainte-barbe and the university of ghent. for a time he lived

lutely impossible. it must rest with such men of science as crookes and wallace in london, perty in berne, butleroff in st. petersburg to search for the explanation of this phenomenal power, and to prove its reality. in january 1882, the great illusionist harry kellar witnessed a levitation of the medium william eglinton, in calcutta, india. kellar s account of this appeared in the proceedings of the society for psychical research (spr (vol. 9, p. 359: a circle having been formed, i was placed on mr. eglinton s left and seized his left hand firmly in my right. immediately on the extinction of the lights i felt him rise slowly in the air and as i retained firm hold of his hand, i was pulled to my feet, and subsequently compelled to jump on a chair and then on the table, in order to retain m

ecline of physical phenomena in the 1930s, the warfare between spiritualism and the world of stage conjuring faded, although it by no means died out. it entered the next era during the occult revival of the 1960s, with renewed claims of physical phenomena. as public attention to the paranormal again emerged, milbourne christopher, a modern illusionist skeptic and member of the occult committee of the society of american magicians, wrote several books attacking some of the more obvious problems with psychics and the occult. the continuing issues between magicians and psychics became a public controversy, however, with the advent of uri geller, an israeli psychic who claimed extraordinary powers of psychokinesis (starting old watches, bending metal spoons) and telepathy. he impressed several

ng overall guidance to human destiny. the brotherhood was said to be living in the himalayas of tibet. it included koot humi lal singh (k. h) and morya (m, the primary masters with whom blavatsky claimed contact. notes signed with the initials of these masters would be mysteriously precipitated out of the air or discovered in unexpected places. recipients of such letters included henry s. olcott, the society s president, and a. p. sinnett, editor of the anglo- indian newspaper the pioneer. sinnett was favorably impressed by such letters as well as other occult phenomena demonstrated by blavatsky, and played a prominent part in the affairs of the theosophical society. the material received by blavatsky from the mahatmas, both in the letters and in other communications, formed the basis of t

d a. p. sinnett, editor of the anglo- indian newspaper the pioneer. sinnett was favorably impressed by such letters as well as other occult phenomena demonstrated by blavatsky, and played a prominent part in the affairs of the theosophical society. the material received by blavatsky from the mahatmas, both in the letters and in other communications, formed the basis of the particular teachings of the society and constituted a new form of gnosticism. the reception of communications from the masters in some unusual and unlikely circumstances became one claim of the society to special revelatory knowledge. those claims, which had initially impressed some of the leaders of the society for psychical research, led it to delegate richard hodgson to investigate the phenomena in adyar, the madras h

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of duly directed effort may do so in a certain number of persons with specially favourable mental powers. we may be all born with an equal right to existence; but it is absurd to say we are all to be chiefs or magi, for, as we are told in the master's degree "some must rule, and some obey" in 1484 died christian rosenkreuz, our great prototype; he was such a man; by the dispositions he made, and the society he designed, he shook the whole christian world for a century of years, and laid the first stones of the edifice we are still building to-day. in his tomb, when it was opened by the fratres, in 1604, or 120 years after his decease, were found, besides other mysterious articles, lamps of a special and peculiar construction; hence the study of sepulchral lamps is one particularly germane

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estrials are engaged in constant warfare. from time to time, during crisis situations, the cosmic brotherhood will place its spaceships above earth and direct positive energy downward. society members receive the energy and make sure that it reaches its targets. over a three and a half year period, beginning in 1958, king climbed no fewer than eighteen mountains at the behest of the space people. the society maintains headquarters in london and los angeles, as well as chapters all over the world. see also: channeling; contactees further reading aetherius society, 1995. the aetherius society: a cos- mic concept. hollywood, ca: aetherius society. curran, douglas, 1985. in advance of the landing: folk concepts of outer space.new york: abbeville press. saliba, john a, 1995. religious dimension

ome planet, ummo. on the evening of the thirtieth, three persons reportedly watched a ufo land near a restaurant in santa monica, another madrid suburb. the next day, according to one of the witnesses, impressions, burn marks, and small amounts of a metallic substance attested to the ufo s presence. these alleged events seemed to confirm a prediction made by contactee fernando sesma, president of the society of the friends of space, on may 31. in a speech to a small group, he revealed that since 1965 he and two associates had been recipients of phone messages and written communications from ummites. they had informed him of a sighting to occur on june 1. they provided the exact geographical coordinates. the santa monica incident seemed to confirm the ummites statement. the written messages

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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 the society of the seven governors who love him and impart to him their powers. this egyptian adam is more than human; he is divine and belongs to the race of the star demons, the divinely created governors of the lower world. he is even stated to be "brother" to the creative word- demiurge son of god, the "second god" who moves the stars. it is true that he falls, but this fall is in itself an ac

ii, p. 319. 36 ficino's "pimander" and the "asclepius" which the 360 degrees of the circle of the zodiac are divided' note in the egyptian theological system here presented the great importance of the sun and the zodiac with its decans) finally, in the list of gods come the seven spheres who have as their ruler fortune or destiny. air is the instrument or organ of all these gods. having spoken of the society which unites gods and men, you must know, o asclepius, the power and force of man. just as the lord and father is the creator of the gods of heaven, so man is the author of the gods who reside in the temples. not only does he receive life, but he gives it in his turn. not only does he progress towards god, but he makes gods. do you mean the statues, o trismegistus? yes, the statues, as

he french embassy, no more mysterious love poetry emanating from its occupants, and philip sidney, to whom that mysterious love poetry had been dedicated, left england a month after bruno to fight against spain in the low countries, where he was killed in the following year. bruno told the venetian inquisitors that on this second visit to paris he lived for the most part at his own expense and in the society of "gentlemen whom i knew".2 this meagre information has been supplemented by the discovery of the mentions of bruno in the letters of jacopo corbinelli to gian vincenzo pinelli.3 corbinelli, an accomplished scholar, was employed by henri iii in various capacities and was perhaps on more intimate terms with that monarch than any other italian.4 he was employed by pinelli to send him re

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'occult' contemporaries.lightand luciftr might variously dispute his conclusions,butthey didnotchallenge his statements of fact; even the secular press, for the most part, praised hisefforts-althoughmrs sidgwick sneeredat his 'claims to learning' and pointed out his 'somewhat shallow and secondhand acquaintancewithat least his latin authorities' in her scathing review oftheoccultsciences(1891)for the society for psychical research. 267but occultists are rarely psychical researchers, and few readthesociety'sproceedings.waite's reputation remainedhigh-buttressedby his long and learned latters pub255 lished inlight,2and by the lambasting he gave criticswithin the occult camp.93lastly, in this doctrine, and in the principles connected therewith,lies the only adequate basis for a new religionwh

al titles for translating and editing, arranged under fiveheadings(witha sixth section for 'miscellaneous and unclassifiedworks):great texts102 a. e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_of christian mysticism; lesser textsofchristian mysticism;theliterature of the rosy cross; the archaeology .of freemasonry and templarism; and,theliterature of alchemy. according to the prospectus, the 'primary intention' of the society was'toplace within the reach of its members the great and memorable texts of christian mysticism, of all schools and periods, excluding nothing on the ground of difficulties in doctrine,butdistinguishing clearly the position of each text in relation to the chief schools of doctrine. two 'subsidiary objects, which followed from this, were'toillustrate the mysteries of sanctity as exhibi

' of the british section of the theosophical society which was.then embroiled in the 'leadbeater scandal. mead had joined the theosophical society in1884,becoming, in1889,the private secretary of madame blavatsky and sub-editoroflucifer.after her death he became editor of the journal, which he renamedthetheosophicalreview;edited the third volume ofthesecretdoctrine;and achieved such prominence in the society that he was appointed general secretary for europe. he did not, however, follow anniebesant-madameblavatsky's effective successor in thesociety-inher admiration for the seership of c. w. leadbeater, which mead felt was an 'insidious influence' in the society. in1906leadbeater was accused of teaching boyswhohad been placed in his care the practice of mutual masturbation,butwhenthe paren

influence' in the society. in1906leadbeater was accused of teaching boyswhohad been placed in his care the practice of mutual masturbation,butwhenthe parents of these boys complained privately to annie besant she refused to condemn her pederastic ally and upbraided the parents for making their accusations. they then made their complaints public, leadbeater was condemned by a judicial committee of the society and forced to resign, and all seemed to be well__thehiddenchurchandasecret tradition-.1qj but in1907colonelolcott,the president of the theosophical society, died and annie besant was elected to succeed him. shortly after this an american theosophist,drweller van hook, openly advocatedthe desirabilityof lead beater's sexual teachings and annie besant invited leadbeater to renew his memb

ions, and truly honest inside andout,-togather together a group of seekerswhodesired greatly and earnestly to be instructed by anywhohad competent knowledge of the many subjects which could enter into the wide programme ofourspiritual quest "esotericism"and''occultism" were to be eschewed as corrupting rather than helpful('thequest-oldand new, inthequestapril1926,p.297).he was also insistent that the society should have a quarterly journal, and having settled on a name for it,thequest,he decided to give the society the same name. towards the endof1908mead drew in anumberof his non-theosophical. friends, waite among them; a provisional constitution was drawn up, and the officersand committee of the society were elected. mead, of course, was presidentbutit was waite rather than any of the es

e name. towards the endof1908mead drew in anumberof his non-theosophical. friends, waite among them; a provisional constitution was drawn up, and the officersand committee of the society were elected. mead, of course, was presidentbutit was waite rather than any of the escapees from the theosophical societywhobecame vice-president, and it was waitewhowas responsible for the final form of words in the society's published 'objects. these were (i) to promote investigation and comparative studyofreligion, philosophy and science, on the basis of experience (ii) to encourage the expression of the idealinbeautiful forms. a preliminary meeting, to finalize the 'constitution, rules and regulations, was held on29january1909,to be followed by the inaugural public meeting at kensington town hall on11m

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om austria a permission to extend to england the knowledge of certain rosicrucian doctrines which he had received from students and initiates in that country, where he had resided for some years as an english tutor in the familyofan austriancount."this'austrian count' was onecountapponyi, from whom mackenzie is alleged to have received 'rosicrucian initiation .16 thegoldendawntheoriginal rules of the society stated that 'no aspirant shall be admitted into the society unless he be a master mason, and of good moral character, truthful, faithful and intelligent. he must be a man of good abilities, so as to be capable of understanding the revelations of philosophy and science; possessing a mind free from prejudice and anxious for instruction. he must be a believer in the fundamental principles

ins to justify this distinction 'at the constitution of our societas rosicruciana in anglia, it was decided to make it consist solely of freemasons, although it was recognized that on the continent many groups of rosicrucian initiates and adepts had admitted men who were not freemasons, and even learned women, to their grades and assemblies.thismay have been a departure from the original rules of the society, as first designed by c.r. our founder; it is a point left undecided by the early rosicrucianpublishedliterature, but there are extant documents to show that women were admitted in the 17th and 18th centuries.'5and just whowerethe original rosicrucians? they were first brought to public notice in1614to1616with the publication in germany of a seriesofcurious pamphlets, known as the rosi

of spiritualist thought in england. others were more circumspect and, whether from natural reticence or fear of episcopal wrath, carefully avoided publicity. one such group had affinities with the rosicrucians.theguild of the holy spirit was first brought to public noticein]anuary1881in the first issue of the spiritualist journallight,a brief note referred to the guild, saying:'theproceedings of the society are quite private, but it is known that the objects pursued are the study and practice of christian mysticism. although the attainment of startling phenomena was not contemplated, yet some satisfactory results even of this class have been arrived at during the two months' sittings.'thethird issueoflightcarried a letter from the founder of the guild, a 'clergyman of the church of englan

e s.r.i.a. nor was that all that hockley recorded. in addition to his '30 volumes' of conversations with angelic beings and departed human spirits he transcribed verymany unpublishedmanuscripts onalchemy,the kabbalah, talismanic magic, and on magical invocations, includingdrrudd'sninehierarchiesa/angels,which containsthe'18great calls and celestial invocations of the tables of enoch. thus, within the society of rosicrucian freemasons were to be found the rituals, and adepts with both the knowledge and will to use them, that lay at the very heart of themagicalsystemof the golden dawn. but spiritualism and freemasonry were not the only currents of thought in english occultism. in1875a third and even more influential movement made its appearance in new york and rapidly gained world-wide, enth

d and that she did.thetheosophical society had as its objects:'first-toform the nucleus of an universal brotherhoodofhumanity, without distinction of race, creed or colour.second-topromote the studyofaryan and other eastern literature, religions and.scien255 ces and vindicate its importance.third-toinvestigate the hid255 den mysteriesofnature and the physical powers latent in man' in keeping with the society's principalaim-thepromotion of indianphilosophy-bothfounders and the headquarters moved to bombay in1&]9,where they gained immediate support from both the english community and native indians, although madame blavatsky's principal work,isisunveiled(1877)was a mixture of indian, gnostic, kabbalistic and other concepts and beliefs. among their supporters in india was a. p. sinnett, the e

they delighted in the prospect of revelations from the mahatmas, koot hoomi and morya; they were less enchanted by the unprepossessing emissariesofthe masters when these ar255 rived in the shape of madame blavatsky and colonel olcott, neitherofwhom was fitted to move in english polite society. they were even further dismayed by the more mundane revelations of richard hodgson, the investigator for the society for psychical research, who reported in 1884 that the wondrous apported letters and objects sent miraculously by the masters to the theosophical society's headquarters at adyar were the result of trickery. he also exposed the mechanism for faking the 'miracles' and accused h.p.b.offraud.thefurore that followed this exposure was the firstofmany in the history of the theosophicalfoundati

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dation and the aims of the rosicrucian order, made such a stir throughout14themagical masoneurope, that even to-day there are extant six hundred tracts for and against the reality and thebonafidesof the doctrines of the order; which tracts were written and printed in germany and france alone, within a hundred years of the issue of the originalfamafraternitatis,or narrative of the establishment of the society of c.r. in estimating the relative importance of so voluminous a literature, we must remember that the era 1600-1700 was far different from the age in which we live.theprinting press, although available to the few and rich, was still a rarity, and the daily newspaper had not been thought of. certainly no book that has been printed within the last fifty years has created one tithe of th

or insignia, to the world. 3. that they should yearly meet in assembly and mutually instruct each other in the knowledge gained since last they met. 4. that every member should select a worthy person to succeed him as pupil. 5.thatthe letters c.r. should be their mark, seal and character, ever keeping them in mind of their founder, and of the christ spirit, and of the rose of silence. 6. to keep the society secret at least 100 years. this point was certainly well kept; but after that time many members did write themselves, no doubt by permission, as frater r.c. other references to their ideas and habits and unusual powers abound in thefama.forinstance, it is said, although they could not live longer than the time appointed by god, yet were they free from disease and pain. that fraterj.0.w

as and others did hit the mark, and wherein moses, enochandsolomon did excel, but especially in what that wonderful book the bible agreeth. all that same concurreth and makes a sphere or globe whose total parts are equidistant from the centre.there follows theconfessio fraternitatis,written to the learned in europe, and which is said to contain thirty-seven reasons of the purpose and intention of the society. curiously enough, that tract does not contain any series of thirty-seven reasons, or thirty-seven paragraphs, but is a very discursive relation of the doctrines of the fratres. as a whole its tenets differ from those of thefama,and are plainly tinctured with post-reformation ideas, indeed we find the pope called anti255 christ. so that it seems safe to decide that this tract is rather

ve here to ask to be allowed to say a few words of explanation. i have not come here to-nightbecausei am a theosophist;buton the contrary, i have been asked to speak upon the rosicrucians, because i have the pleasure to hold a high office intherosicrucian society of england, and so might reasonably be supposed to have studied the history of that order.butto avoid misconception, i wish to say that the society of rosicrucians in anglia is a masonic body -itis composed of freemasons who have gathered themselves together to study the old rosicrucianism and the origins of freemasonry, a connection which has been alleged to exist by many historians belonging to the outer world.themembers of this order, as such, make no claim to be in possession of the secret wisdom of the pupils of christian ros

; he died at paris in 1875.themetropolitan college holds meetings four times a year in london; it has for many years issued an annual report, which includes abstracts of the lectures read before the college.thewest of anglia province and college of bristol were formed in 1869, by major f.g. irwin, an adept who possessed a very large library of works on occult science; he was an advanced member of the society of students of magic called 'fratres lucis'.thecollege of manchester, liverpool and the northern counties was formed in 1871, and the yorkshire college (at sheffield) in 1877.theyorkshire college became dormant in the autumn of 1881, but was re-constituted under a contin255 uation warrant in 1910 as the province of hallamshire, with a collegebearing the same name.the'york' college, by

s, and yet have not received any permissiontodo so from anyone holding authority in any rosicrucian lodge having direct descent from the medieval fraternity.ipublished for the s.r.i.a, second edition, 1916.]3.therosicrucians, pastandpresent, at homeandabroadan address to thesoc.rosie.in angliaitis well at certain times to consider our status as rosicrucians, andtoremind ourselves of the origin of the society to which we belong, to notice how far we moderns have strayed from the original paths laid down by our founder, c.r, and to take a note of the kindred societies of rosicrucians which are now in being, so far as we know of them. with regard to past history we must notbesurprised that extant published records are very scanty, for the purpose of the rosicrucians was to be unknown to the p

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or anything else. and, further, all attractions of one person to another are again absolutely physical. they absolutely depend upon the har255 mony or the discord of the nerve vibrations operating in two individuals, whom for the purpose we must267 look upon as electric machines or machines of animal magnetism, or something of the kind.ifthose vibrations are harmonious, there occurs a pleasure in the society of each other, an affection, as we call it; if discord arises, the contrary. half of the trouble in understanding any of the higher and spiritual philosophies comes from regarding these, which are purely physical phenomena, as being something higher. those of us whose karma it is to have totryto teach to a certain very small extent a few others who are trying to get along on the path

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the veneration of the virgin mary and recital of the athanasian creed; while individual members studied renaiss-ance alchemy, the theurgy of alexandria, hermetic authors, the philosopher s stone, the divine science of numbers, and the mystical interpretation of dreams4[4. even less is known of the rituals they practised, but when two english swedenborgians, william bryan and john wright, visited the society in 1789, they were finally initiated into the mysteries of their order, after a certain process of examination, probation, and injunction of secresy 5[5. subsequently they were most solemnly introduced to what was called the actual and personal presence of the lord; which, it appears, was effected by the agency of a comely and majestic young man, arrayed in purple garments, seated on a

denborg and freemasonry it is unusual to find such diverse authorities as a. e. waite, the revd. a. f. a. woodford, and h. w. coil agreeing on matters of masonic history, but on this issue they are at one. woodford states bluntly, we deny that swedenborg was a freemason; while coil is equally positive: swedenborg was not a freemason and at no time, had any connection with or gave any attention to the society. waite, for once, is both clear and concise on the question [swedenborg] connects with masonry only in a mythical sense. there is not the least reason to suppose that he belonged to the order 7[7. a detailed refutation of claims to the contrary is give by r. l. tafel in his documents concerning the life and character of emmanuel swedenborg (1875, vol. 2, pp. 735 739, and the only conte

th a triangular flap; these had narrow borders, variously blue, blue and silver, blue and gold, and purple and gold, but presumably they were manufactured although none are known to have survived. mackenzie s irascibility, and difficulties over regalia were not the only problems that the rite faced. it had no financial reserves on which to call: in 1881 yarker reported that the entire receipts of the society amount to 73.12.9 in fees and dues and that although the rite had no debts, there are no funds in hand (with the exception of a trifle, 2.17.8, which has been handed to the supreme grand secretary for postages and petty expenses 37[37. promoting the rite had thus still to be done at the expense of the grand officers, who were also proving to be sadly mortal. the supreme grand treasurer

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ong the masonic brethren, they naturally identify these splendid inanities of occult nomenclature with the mysterious and awe-inspiring rosicrucians. the origin of the rose-cross degree is involved in the most profound mystery. its foundation has been attributed to johann valentin andreas, but this is an ignorant confusion, arising from the alleged connection of the theologican of wurtemberg with the society of christian rosencreutz'11[11. merely impolite references such as these could have been ignored, but not so his final chapter 'modern rosicrucian societies, which printed (pp. 416-22) the 'rules and ordinances of the rosicrucian society of england' quoted verbatim from the rosicrucian12[12. this was followed by an accurate account of the society's history and concluded by waite's own

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et's learn our islam, the miracles in our bodies, the world of our little friends: the ants, honeybees that build perfect combs, skillful dam builders: beavers. the author's other works on quranic topics include: the basic concepts in the qur'an, the moral values of the qur'an, quick grasp of faith 1-2-3, ever thought about the truth, crude understanding of disbelief, devoted to allah, abandoning the society of ignorance, the real home of believers: paradise, knowledge of the qur'an, qur'an index, emigrating for the cause of allah, the character of the hypocrite in the qur'an, the secrets of the hypocrite, the names of allah, communicating the message and disputing in the qur'an, answers from the qur'an, death resurrection hell, the struggle of the messengers, the avowed enemy of man: sata

the qur'an, answers from the qur'an, death resurrection hell, the struggle of the messengers, the avowed enemy of man: satan, the greatest slander: idolatry, the religion of the ignorant, the arrogance of satan, prayer in the qur'an, the theory of evolution, the importance of conscience in the qur'an, the day of resurrection, never forget, disregarded judgements of the qur'an, human characters in the society of ignorance, the importance of patience in the qur'an, general information from the qur'an, the mature faith, before you regret, our messengers say, the mercy of believers, the fear of allah, jesus will return, beauties presented by the qur'an for life, a bouquet of the beauties of allah 1-2-3-4, the iniquity called "mockery" the mystery of the test, the true wisdom according to the q

are the ultimate realities such as that man is created by god and is responsible to him. in short, masons aim at destroying the elements of faith that constitute the essence of religion. they want to reduce the role of religion as merely a cultural element that expresses its ideas on a number of general moral questions. the way to accomplish this, according to the masons, is to impose atheism on the society in the guise of science and reason. ultimately though, their goal is to remove religion from its position as even a cultural element, and establish a totally atheist world. in an article by isindag, in the magazine mason, entitled "positive science the obstacles of mind and masonry" he says: as a result of all this, i want to say that the most important humanistic and jj humanism revis

, hermeticism is the ancient greek version of ancient egyptian philosophy. master mason selami isindag explains the origins of this philosophy and its place in modern masonry: in ancient egypt there was a religious society that bequeathed a system of thought and belief to hermeticism. masonry held something similar to this. for example, those who had come to a certain level attended ceremonies of the society, revealed their spiritual thoughts and feelings and trained those who were at a lower level. pythagoras was a hermeticist trained among them. again, the organization and the philosophical systems of the alexandrian school and of neoplatonism had their origins in ancient egypt and there are some significant similarities between them and masonic rites.60 isindag is much more overt about

hey appeared and no one has the right to change them or cancel them. an expression of masonry's traditionalism: symbols that have not changed for centuries. the theory of evolution revisited dhd the rules that have been accepted as masonry's constitution have been preserved unchanged for centuries. global freemasonry dhe dhf the theory of evolution revisited they are written and unwritten laws of the society. the unwritten laws can be learned only from the rituals and rites of the lodge. there are six written laws that can be found under the title "the obligations of a freemason" first published in the english constitution in 1723. 117 let us examine these words closely: an organization called masonry exists. the members of this organization have for centuries followed a number of laws who

empire. this "unholy sodality" as it has been called, styled themselves, with suitably a depiction of strange ceremonies in an eighteenth century masonic lodge. global freemasonry dhk gothic flair "the friars of st. francis of medmenham" though they have been immortalized by their popular epithet "the hell-fire club" in that gossipy age there was much speculation about the infernal activities of the society, and in 1765, charles johnstone published a roman a clef entitled chrysal, or the adventures of a guinea, which was popularly believed to reveal the secrets of the "medmenham monks. the monks' most important precursor is the hell-fire club founded around 1719 in london by philip, duke of wharton (1698-1731. wharton was a prominent whig politician, freemason, and atheist who sought to r

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ong the masonic brethren, they naturally identify these splendid inanities of occult nomenclature with the mysterious and awe-inspiring rosicrucians. the origin of the rose-cross degree is involved in the most profound mystery. its foundation has been attributed to johann valentin andreas, but this is an ignorant confusion, arising from the alleged connection of the theologican of wurtemberg with the society of christian rosencreutz'11[11. merely impolite references such as these could have been ignored, but not so his final chapter 'modern rosicrucian societies, which printed (pp. 416-22) the 'rules and ordinances of the rosicrucian society of england' quoted verbatim from the rosicrucian12[12. this was followed by an accurate account of the society's history and concluded by waite's own

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pearances and these must be appreciated for what they are. similarities are noted, comparisons are useful but we must not believe that similar systems are the same esotericism and modern language when we consider the gnosis an important issue regarding language arises. the issue is that many (perhaps most) of the concepts, beliefs and mental structures we have are artificial, they have evolved as the society around us would like them to evolve. hence to really understand the gnosis there is a great need for you to put aside your pre-conceptions. this will be difficult as so many words have connotations which have been deliberately programmed to have us react in certain ways. we have developed certain "understandings" of philosophy, religion, democracy, politics etc. all of which may or may

is tradition the gods are known as el or the mighty ones, one of the more important is baal. associated with these gods are goddesses, the major being is known as athirat. together baal and athirat form the basis of the pagan canaanite tradition. as israel became more nationalistic and political the el tradition was suppressed. at the same time a fundamentalist and literalist extreme arose within the society and this new tradition was the yahwahist stream. yahweh becomes the mighty one, baal is vanquished and replaced with the tradition of the coming warrior messiah, with the goddess relegated to the shadows. the history of israel is, in some sense, the battle between these two streams or religious traditions and between these two streams and the gnosis! in studying the old testament we ne

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, they are nevertheless of value. as time progressed annie besant and charles leadbeater (members of the inner gnostic theurgy page 216 school of theosophy) became convinced that the change they were sensing was physical rather than spiritual and they trained a young man named krishnamurti to be the embodiment of the new current. this misinterpretation brought undue stress and finally calamity on the society when krishnamurti rejected the role of world messiah. it is interesting however, to see how occultists and christians can both misinterpret the equinox of the gods and look for physical rather than spiritual manifestations. gurdjieff gurdjieff, like blavaskty and crowley, is another character than is either loved or loathed. he was born in 1872 in alexandropol on the russian-persian bo

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wn for the work eventually published as the ra material. secret cipher of the ufonauts 13 layne, meade, founder of the venerable borderland sciences research foundation. layne was for many years the editor of bsrf s round robin and other journals, and he worked closely with trance channeler mark probert. layne was also a student of the work of frater achad. at one time, layne had been a member of the society of the inner light, a direct offspring of the hermetic order of the golden dawn. at the end of the 19th century, this society developed its rituals from certain rosicrucian cipher manuscripts based in the teachings of the third order, or secret chiefs, or ascended masters which are identical with the space people in contact lore. that so much cipher material shows up in and around layn

questions and all answers are personal opinions -and the only sound rule and reply to lift s problems is to question nothing but to faa all situations with detachment. maharaja natcha of the inner circle meade layne, to review our premise, was best known among ufologists as the founder of borderland sciences research founda-tion (bsrf. he had an impressive metaphysical library and was a member of the society of the inner light, one of several organizations that arose from the fragments of the seminal turnof- the-20th-century ritual occult body called the hermetic order of the golden dawn. layne s successor, riley crabb, recently passed away, but borderland sciences continues as a foundation, publishing the journal of borderland research (p. o. box 6250, eureka, ca 95502, with some emphasis

ll as their opposition plausible. in medieval tibet, this was known as the whispered succession. it is an open part of the literature of tantric yoga, and the often-invoked tibetan connection of adepts and publicists comes quickly to mind. it was the hidden church of karl von eckartshausen that brought aleister crowley to the path, and small wonder; von eckartshausen wrote in the 18th century of..the society of the elect, which has continued from the first day of creation to the present time; its members, it is true, are scattered all over the world, but they have always been united in the spirit and in one truth. it is from her that all truths penetrate into the world, she is the school of the prophets, and of all who search for wisdom, and it is in this community alone that truth and the

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es guarding treasure are found in the schenkofen cavern, in the reichenspitz, in the ziller valley. muchar's gasteinp. 145. vol. iii. g 980 translation. and as dame holda travels with the furious host and sits locked up in the mountain, she too is connected with the elves (p. 452. entrance into the caves of dwarfs is found as into enchanted mountains, and men are carried off to spend some time in the society of elvish sprites (p. 494, as they do in dame venus' mount (p. 935. that nibelung and schilbung wished to have their father's property divided, is asserted also in bit. 80; that they could not divide the treasure, is a highly mythic feature, which i shall illustrate further on, when i come to treat of wishing-gear. as a union with goddesses, wise-women, white-women, results in danger t

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s all too aware of the spuriousness of the claims of antiquity of origin put forward by many of them. more surprisingly, for a 'rosicrucian, he had no contact with the societas rosicruciana in anglia (sria) until six years after its formation, and then in a curious way.thesria had been 'revived' in 1865 by robert wentworth little, and despite claims by w. wynn westcott, in his official history of the society, that hockley andk.r.h.mackenzie had assisted at its formation, the letters to irwin clearly show that hockley's first contact with the sria was through irwin's bristol college of which he was elected a member in1872.it seems clear that irwin accepted hockley as a true rosicrucian adept, for there appears to have been no necessity for him to go to bristol to be inducted into the zelato

could not possibly become one. napoleon the rst emperor of france was a member of that society [what is their purpose/what do theystudy]'they study the occult sciences after an interview with an invisible power, which they have at stated times. the elders travel to jerusalem [where do theymeet]'you have seen their place of meeting in the crystal-it is in the[blank]they then return to the rest of the society with the instructionsthey receivefrom the invisible agent-upon this they act. they are not limitedto thewealthyforjean-jaquesrousseau was one of its firmest supporters. i will showyouvisionsthat will tend to enlighten you, but in the meantime i hope you will not join an english lodge' hockley either met aninvisiblepowerin france (the letters show he hadbeento paris, or chose to disrega

sed an american work, pub- lished by a society of believers in spirit manifestations at st louis, ohio, containing a statement of their having challenged the rev. n.c.rice, d.o, to publicly discuss two sets of propositions,-the first containing the doctrines as generally accepted by protestant and other dissenting christians, the second embodying the views and theorems laid down by the members of the society in their endeavour to establish an 'harmonial philosophy:-unfortunately,drrice, instead of openly and candidly declining thecorrespondencewithrobertowen167find words sufficient to express my own conviction of the great benefit resulting from its practice in all cases of spiritual intercourse, when used with a strong and fervent will, and with an earnest reliance upon the preserving pow

are actuated solely by a desire to attain truth. i received the followingreply:-c.a.'theways of the evil spirits are so numerous, and their powers so great, that no means can be formed of stopping them by tests or questions.ifone place is shut, they find another opened, perhaps larger and more convenient 'you as a man can do more under my guidance than i can spiritually 'will you write a work to the society, denouncing their spirits as evil..give the passages from your minutes, and quote the answers you have received in support of the doctrine of truth.correspondencewithrobertowen161death of christ, they will be saved everlastingly.12.-doesnot true and undefiled religion consist in a neverceasing desire and action to promote the happiness of man and of all created life, to the extent of t

nature or office. i called them only with intense desire, and they left me when they pleased. i knew of noexorcism-thosethat i believed to be good then i know now to be different. i went away from the convent and left the country with my book but half completed, and that i treasured more than my life, and, my spirit companions still attending me, i travelled to rome. i was introduced by them into the society of the rosicrucians, some of whom i cannot believe even now were human.ifthey were they had attained powers that man ought not to possess, for they did things that, callous as i was, and so well acquainted with sights earthly and ghostly, made me tremble with fear, and to believe that they. had the working of the universe. at that place my book was completed. i sought the same powers t

length into the 7th that is the worst. in that he enacts unceasingly the things he is most disgustedwith-thatwhich he most abhors, in fact that for which he was excluded the blissful state. in this way he remains while those who departed life happily are sweetly insensible to all around them until the judgementday-heenacts over and over again the things that heloathes-hewanders about seeking for the society of goodmen-hewishes forit-andlongs for it with a desire unknown to any mortal, but instead of that coming his ears are only assaulted with the yells and groans of those who are doomed to the same punishment themselves. return now to those we left upon the earth. the holes of the walls by which the evil spirits glide in andaway-theopening the entire of the top of the city, by which the

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ext world upon his knowledge of these, or copies of them which were buried with him, and upon the recitals of them at proper times and seasons by his relatives and friends, and upon offerings made upon earth to the gods on his behalf. once in the abode of the blessed he was free to go wherever he pleased, to travel from one sacred place to another, to visit his friends, to eat, to drink, to enjoy the society of his wives and women of pleasure, and to rejoice in a family life which was only a glorified duplicate of that which he had known on earth. the gods he knew there were much like himself, and the extent and fervour of the worship which he devoted to them was exactly in proportion to the assistance which they rendered to him; his chief anxiety was not to forget the words of power which

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

theosophical society 4 the wisdom-religion, esoteric in all ages 7 theosophy is not buddhism 12 exoteric and esoteric theosophy 15 what the modern theosophical society is not 15 theosophists and members of the t.s. 18 the difference between theosophy and occultism 23 the difference between theosophy and spiritualism 25 why is theosophy accepted? 32 the working system of the t.s. 37 the objects of the society 37 the common origin of man 38 our other objects 44 on the sacredness of the pledge 45 the relations of the t.s. to theosophy 49 on self-improvement 49 the abstract and the concrete 52 the fundamental teachings of theosophy 57 on god and prayer 57 is it necessary to pray? 61 prayer kills self-reliance 66 on the source of the human soul 69 the buddhist teachings on the above 71 theosoph

cal rebirths 183 what is karma? 186 who are those who know? 199 the difference between faith and knowledge, or blind and reasoned faith 201 has god the right to forgive? 205 what is practical theosophy? 209 duty 209 the relations of the t.s. to political reforms 213 on self-sacrifice 217 on charity 222 page 3 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt theosophy for the masses 224 how members can help the society 227 what a theosophist ought not to do 228 on the misconceptions about the t.s. 237 theosophy and asceticism 237 theosophy and marriage 240 theosophy and education 241 why then is there so much prejudice against the t.s? 248 is the theosophical society a money-making concern? 256 the working staff of the t.s. 260 the "theosophical mahatmas" 263 are they "spirits of light" or "goblins d

ain, it must be stated that, like all other ancient systems, theosophy is divided into exoteric and esoteric sections. q. what is the difference? a. the members of the theosophical society at large are free to profess whatever religion or philosophy they like, or none if they so prefer, provided they are in sympathy with, and ready to carry out one or more of the three objects of the association. the society is a philanthropic and scientific body for the propagation of the idea of brotherhood on practical instead of theoretical lines. the fellows may be christians or muslims, jews or parsees, buddhists or brahmins, spiritualists or materialists, it does not matter; but every member must be either a philanthropist, or a scholar, a searcher into ryan and other old literature, or a psychic st

other old literature, or a psychic student. in short, he has to help, if he can, in the carrying out of at least one of the objects of the program. otherwise he has no reason for becoming a "fellow" such are the majority of the exoteric society, composed of "attached" and "unattached" members. these may, or may not, become theosophists de facto. members they are, by virtue of their having joined the society; but the latter cannot make a theosophist of one who has no sense for the divine fitness of things, or of him who understands theosophy in his own-if the expression may be used-sectarian and egotistic way "handsome is, as handsome does" could be paraphrased in this case and be made to run "theosophist is, who theosophy does" page 13 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt -ooo- theosoph

hp blavatsky.txt understood that private research is encouraged in the t.s, provided it does not infringe the limit which separates the exoteric from the esoteric, the blind from the conscious magic -ooo- the difference between theosophy and occultism q. you speak of theosophy and occultism; are they identical? a. by no means. a man may be a very good theosophist indeed, whether in or outside of the society, without being in any way an occultist. but no one can be a true occultist without being a real theosophist; otherwise he is simply a black magician, whether conscious or unconscious. q. what do you mean? a. i have said already that a true theosophist must put in practice the loftiest moral ideal, must strive to realize his unity with the whole of humanity, and work ceaselessly for oth

l, shows that its beginnings were impeded by every obstacle that page 21 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt obscurantism and selfishness could suggest "the crown of the innovator is a crown of thorns" indeed! no pulling down of old, worm-eaten buildings can be accomplished without some danger. q. all this refers rather to the ethics and philosophy of the t.s. can you give me a general idea of the society itself, its objects and statutes? a. this was never made secret. ask, and you shall receive accurate answers. q. but i heard that you were bound by pledges? a. only in the arcane or "esoteric" section. q. and also, that some members after leaving did not regard themselves bound by them. are they right? a. this shows that their idea of honor is an imperfect one. how can they be right? a

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ternational editor ian read on a regular basis) 6. that i am a blood-drinking .vampire- this .fact. is recounted in 2 books- hearts of darkness by john parker (a socalled .investigative journalist. who purports to examine modern occultism- in the wake of the .satanic child abuse. scare) and the world.s greatest unsolved mysteries- i forget the authors offhand, but they are involved with assap and the society for psychical research. this one stems from a short story which deals with vampiric themes published in chaos international, entitled .droplets. as it was written in the first person, apparently some people have chosen to believe it was me baring my soul. oh dear! 22 functional spirits one approach to evocation is working with spirits which have a provenance over a particular situation

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

on last week and the bathing did me great good, so much so, that we are going there again next monday to stay till the following saturday week including sunday. i do not yet know our exact address, but if necessary a letter to 22 goldstone villas, west brighton, would find us. we go home tomorrow. when we think of coming to london is for the week including the equinox, 2 i st september, to attend the society i told you of, but it would be so inconvenient to get back to chiswick if our meeting is late at night, that i think we must just run up on purpose for that o our accustomed hotel, and come to you before or after that time. i will write about that further on. we should like for h.p.b. and the countess [wachtmeister] to be at 17 [lansdowne road] when we come to visit you, that we might

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ght upon either cult or image, and now the detective had come to the highest authorities in the country and met with no more than the greenland tale of professor webb. the feverish interest aroused at the meeting by legrasse's tale, corroborated as it was by the statuette, is echoed in the subsequent correspondence of those who attended; although scant mention occurs in the formal publications of the society. caution is the first care of those accustomed to face occasional charlatanry and imposture. legrasse for some time lent the image to professor webb, but at the latter's death it was returned to him and remains in his possession, where i viewed it not long ago. it is truly a terrible thing, and unmistakably akin to the dream-sculpture of young wilcox. that my uncle was excited by the t

ountain rumblings would recur with greater and greater violence; while at all seasons there were strange and portentous doings at the lonely farm-house. in the course of time callers professed to hear sounds in the sealed upper storey even when all the family were downstairs, and they wondered how swiftly or how lingeringly a cow or bullock was usually sacrificed. there was talk of a complaint to the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals but nothing ever came of it, since dunwich folk are never anxious to call the outside world's attention to themselves. about 1923, when wilbur was a boy of ten whose mind, voice, stature, and bearded face gave all the impressions of maturity, a second great siege of carpentry went on at the old house. it was all inside the sealed upper part, and

ed to me an undercurrent of persistent strangeness. something about them seemed so odd and provocative that i could not put them out of my mind, and despite the relative lateness of the hour i resolved to see the local sample- said to be a large, queerly-proportioned thing evidently meant for a tiara- if it could possibly be arranged. the librarian gave me a note of introduction to the curator of the society, a miss anna tilton, who lived nearby, and after a brief explanation that ancient gentlewoman was kind enough to pilot me into the closed building, since the hour was not outrageously late. the collection was a notable one indeed, but in my present mood i had eyes for nothing but the bizarre object which glistened in a comer cupboard under the electric lights. it took no excessive sens

omely ancestral. at times i fancied that every contour of these blasphemous fish-frogs was over-flowing with the ultimate quintessence of unknown and inhuman evil. in odd contrast to the tiara's aspect was its brief and prosy history as related by miss tilton. it had been pawned for a ridiculous sum at a stop in state street in 1873, by a drunken innsmouth man shortly afterward killed in a brawl. the society had acquired it directly from the pawnbroker, at once giving it a display worthy of its quality. it was labeled as of probable east-indian or indochinese provenance, though the attribution was frankly tentative. miss tilton, comparing all possible hypotheses regarding its origin and its presence in new england, was inclined to believe that it formed part of some exotic pirate hoard dis

, comparing all possible hypotheses regarding its origin and its presence in new england, was inclined to believe that it formed part of some exotic pirate hoard discovered by old captain obed marik. this view was surely not weakened by the insistent offers of purchase at a high price which the marshes began to make as soon as they knew of its presence, and which they repeated to this day despite the society's unvarying determination not to sell. as the good lady shewed me out of the building she made it clear that the pirate theory of the marsh fortune was a popular one among the intelligent people of the region. her own attitude toward shadowed innsmouth- which she never seen- was one of disgust at a community slipping far down the cultural scale, and she assured me that the rumours of d

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at he was the bitterest of sworn enemies to death, and had sunk his fortune and lost all his friends in a lifetime of bizarre experiment devoted to its bafflement and extirpation. something of the benevolent fanatic seemed to reside in him, and he rambled on almost garrulously as he sounded my chest and mixed a suitable draught of drugs fetched from the smaller laboratory room. evidently he found the society of a well-born man a rare novelty in this dingy environment, and was moved to unaccustomed speech as memories of better days surged over him. his voice, if queer, was at least soothing; and i could not even perceive that he breathed as the fluent sentences rolled urbanely out. he sought to distract my mind from my own seizure by speaking of his theories and experiments; and i remember

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f the deserted parapets of the castle. and my mother having died at my birth, my care and education devolved solely upon one remaining servitor, an old and trusted man of considerable intelligence, whose name i remember as pierre. i was an only child and the lack of companionship which this fact entailed upon me was augmented by the strange care exercised by my aged guardian, in excluding me from the society of the peasant children whose abodes were scattered here and there upon the plains that surround the base of the hill. at that time, pierre said that this restriction was imposed upon me because my noble birth placed me above association with such plebeian company. now i know tht its real object was to keep from my ears the idle tales of the dread curse upon our line that were nightly

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ight upon either cult or image, and now the detective had come to the highest authorities in the country and met with no more than the greenland tale of professor webb. the feverish interest aroused at the meeting by legrasse's tale, corroborated as it was by the statuette, is echoed in the subsequent correspondence of those who attended; although scant mention occurs in the formal publication of the society. caution is the first care of those accustomed to face occasional charlatanry and imposture. legrasse for some time lent the image to professor webb, but at the latter's death it was returned to him and remains in his possession, where i viewed it not long ago. it is truly a terrible thing, and unmistakably akin to the dream-sculpture of young wilcox. that my uncle was excited by the t

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

ed to me an undercurrent of persistent strangeness. something about them seemed so odd and provocative that i could not put them out of my mind, and despite the relative lateness of the hour i resolved to see the local sample- said to be a large, queerly-proportioned thing evidently meant for a tiara- if it could possibly be arranged. the librarian gave me a note of introduction to the curator of the society, a miss anna tilton, who lived nearby, and after a brief explanation that ancient gentlewoman was kind enough to pilot me into the closed building, since the hour was not outrageously late. the collection was a notable one indeed, but in my present mood i had eyes for nothing but the bizarre object which glistened in a comer cupboard under the electric lights. it took no excessive sens

omely ancestral. at times i fancied that every contour of these blasphemous fish-frogs was over-flowing with the ultimate quintessence of unknown and inhuman evil. in odd contrast to the tiara's aspect was its brief and prosy history as related by miss tilton. it had been pawned for a ridiculous sum at a stop in state street in 1873, by a drunken innsmouth man shortly afterward killed in a brawl. the society had acquired it directly from the pawnbroker, at once giving it a display worthy of its quality. it was labeled as of probable east-indian or indochinese provenance, though the attribution was frankly tentative. miss tilton, comparing all possible hypotheses regarding its origin and its presence in new england, was inclined to believe that it formed part of some exotic pirate hoard dis

, comparing all possible hypotheses regarding its origin and its presence in new england, was inclined to believe that it formed part of some exotic pirate hoard discovered by old captain obed marik. this view was surely not weakened by the insistent offers of purchase at a high price which the marshes began to make as soon as they knew of its presence, and which they repeated to this day despite the society's unvarying determination not to sell. as the good lady shewed me out of the building she made it clear that the pirate theory of the marsh fortune was a popular one among the intelligent people of the region. her own attitude toward shadowed innsmouth- which she never seen- was one of disgust at a community slipping far down the cultural scale, and she assured me that the rumours of d

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

re twisted in the unenlightened 17th century. we americans were originally puritans and any unconventional behaviour was taboo. an immoral affair may have seemed "witchy" merely because it was considered a terrible sin. we should remember that we were a bit "different" to begin with, as we left one society, the old world, in order to find a better one, the new world. obviously, people don't leave the society in which they are born unless there is some incompatibility in the first place. put enough of these "different" people together, and something is bound to happen. high-class, wellfed, well-adjusted people are not going to leave their communities. rarely will somebody make such a drastic move, uprooting himself from his native soil, for some kind of ideology. not if he is happy. the peo

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h, who is reputed a bad woman; and the child was playing by her that day she was upon her examination, and was taken ill presently after she was committed to bridewell. but i have not faith to believe it was anything but the hand of god. i have committed the girl p. 172 to bridewell, where she shall stay some time" 1 at one period in their history that peculiar people, known amongst themselves as the society of friends, and by their opponents as quakers, appear to have been most troublesome, and to have caused a good deal of annoyance to other religious bodies. not unnaturally their enemies credited any wild tales which were related about them to their detriment, especially when they had reference to their doctrine of the influence of the spirit. dr. more, in his continuation to glanvill's

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

4. wrote the law of love then toured with the law of love and its fabulous frequency of freedom agenda. 2005. wrote harmonious healing and the immortals way, then toured with the harmonious healing agenda. 2005. began work on the freedom of the immortals way plus continued with writing the enchanted kingdom trilogy& the prana program for third world countries. 2005. presented the prana program to the society for conscious living at the united nations building in vienna. nov. 2005. 2006. international tour with the prana program. 2007. international tour focus the second coming and second chance dances jasmuheen s books are now published in 17 languages. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 198 educational e-books http//www.selfempowermentacademy.com.au/h

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y glory in poverty, and declare that it is the state ordered for them; and this though they boast the illuminated. 25 universal riches. they decline all human affections, or submit to them as advisable escapes only appearance of loving obligations, which are assumed for convenient acceptance, or for passing in a world which is composed of them, or of their supposal. they mingle most gracefully in the society of women, with hearts wholly incapable of softness in this direction; while they criticise them with pity or contempt in their own minds as altogether another order of beings from men. they are most simple and deferential in their exterior; and yet the self-value which fills their hearts ceases its self-glorying expansion only with the boundless skies. up to a certain point, they are t

connected ideas of the word amber and the substance amber in relation to magic and sorcery, and for the recurrence of the word amber and its varieties in matters referring to the myssteries and the mythology generally of ancient times, the reader will please to refer to other parts of this volume. while excavations were in progress at a mound in orkney, described by mr. john stuart, secretary of the society of antiquaries of scotland, on july 18th, 1861, numerous lines of runes of various sizes were found on the walls and on the roof of a large vaulted chamber in the earth. when the discoveries were completed, the series of runes exceeded 700 in number; figures of dragons and a cross were also cut on some of the slabs. there are many mounds of various forms and sizes in this part of orkne

aged learned men who had made acquaintance with alchemical lore. at the supposed revival of rosicrucianism in paris, in march 1623, the brethren were said to number thirty-six; of whom there were six in paris, six in italy, six in spain, twelve in germany, four in sweden, and two in switzerland. in 1616, the famous english rosicrucian, robertas de fluctibus (robert fludd, published his defence of the society, under the title, apologia compendiaria, praternitatem de rosea-cruce, suspitionis et infamies maculis aspersam abluens, published in 1616 at frankfort. since this time, there has been no authentic account of the rosicrucians. we are now the first translators of robert fludd. amongst an innumerable multitude of images and symbolical figures, with which the walls i.e, those of the caver

rose by venus (see drummond s origines, vol. iii, p. 121. rus (which is ras in chaldee) in irish signifies tree, knowledge, science, magic, power. this is the hebrew r as. hence the persian rustan (val. col. hib. vol. iv. pt. i. p. 84. the ancient sardica, in lat. 40 50, is now called sophia; the ancient aquineum, buda, or buddha. these were, i believe, old names restored (vide d anville's atlas. the society bearing the name of the rossicrucians (or rosicruxians) is closely allied with the templars. their emblem is a monogram or jewel; or, as malicious and bigoted adversaries would say, their object of adoration is a red rose on a cross. thus: fig. 226. when it can be done, it is surrounded with a glory, and placed on a calvary. this is the naurutz, natsir, or rose of isuren, of tamul, or

el tyrants; which would be but too surely their fate if they were, through vain-glory, or temptation, or avoidable effects of force, to make known their wondrous gifts, or to disclose or betray the fact of the supernatural method of their existence clearly at the safest in being disbelieved, and being looked upon as lie or delusion. therefore these conclusive reasons, and others similar, impelled the society to hide from the world, not only their stupendous art, but also themselves. they thus remained (and remain) the unknown, invisible, illuminated rosicrucians, or brethren of the rosy cross; regarding whose presence and intentions no one knows anything, or ever did know anything, truly and in reality, although their power has been felt in the ages, and still remains unsuspectedly conspic

, of robert flood. a work of gassendi's bearing the title epistolica exercitatio, in qua precipua principia philosophi roberti fluddi deteguntur, et ad recentes illius libris adversus patrem marinum mersennum scriptos respondetur, was printed at paris in 1628. this piece was reprinted in the third volume of gassendi's works published at paris in 1658, under the title of examen philosophi fluddan, the society secret and unknown. 365 &c. flood wrote two books against mersennus, who had assailed his philosophy. the title of the first book was sophia cum moria certamen, in quo lapis lydius a falso structore patre marino mersenno, monacho reprobatus, voluminis sui babylonici in genesi figurata accurateexaminat. this work was published in folio at francfort in 1629. the name of the second book w

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

should have manifest motion in an hour. the fact that it did not, yet moved away later, is indicative of controlled motion. its stationary position suggests hovering. meteors came in for their share of attention during these years. the royal astronomical society had a committee which assembled meteor data for a long period of years, and published it regularly as a part of the permanent records of the society. many of these meteors were of remarkable characteristics. for instance, in the monthly notices of december 1880, w.f. denning describes a very "slow" meteor which took fifteen to twenty seconds to cross the sky and mentions a "stationary" meteor which seemed to be approaching the observer in a sinuous track. there are many references to unusual meteors during 154 these years, and ther

KARR DON NOTES ON THE STUDY OF EARLY KABBALAH JEWISH MYSTICISM IN ENGLISH

zra fs commentary on the creation (perush ha-torah: bereshit, perek 1-6) translated by michael linetsky. jason aronson, 1998. also see. del valle, carlos. gabraham ibn ezra fs mathematical speculations on the divine name, h in mystics of the book: themes, topics and typologies, edited by r. a. herrera (new york: peter lang, 1993. friedlander, m. essays on the writings of abraham ibn ezra. london: the society of hebrew literature/ trubner and co, 1873; rpt yerushalayim [mitshuf, 724 [1963 or 4. halbertal, moshe. concealment and revelation: esotericism in jewish thought and its philosophical implications, translated by jackie feldman. princeton. oxford: princeton university press, 2007, chapter 5 gesotericism and commentary: ibn ezra and the exegetical layer, h and chapter 6 gconcealment and

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

from which we all originated is absolutely motionless. hence, any motion is opposite to our nature. we are born and we grow as absolute egoists, caring only for ourselves. being egoists is what makes us opposite from the creator, who vitalizes all nature. however, as we fall under the influence of society, we begin to understand the need for mutual aid, though its measure and direction depend on the society s level of development. by creating our ill will (evil inclination) and by giving us kabbalah as a counterbalance, the creator enabled us to eliminate the manifestation of egoism and attain delight without shame. there are two kinds of laws in kabbalah those with regard to other people and those with regard to the creator. however, both of them are intended to make us similar to the cr

ifferent direction. nature, or the creator (which are actually the same, influences us through certain laws, which we are obliged to regard as objective and compulsory, and thus follow them. we must understand nature s laws, because failing to follow them is the cause of all our sufferings. it is common knowledge that humans are social beings. we cannot survive without the assistance of others in the society. thus, one who suddenly decides to isolate oneself from society will be subject to a life of suffering because that person will be unable to provide for his or her needs. nature obliges us to live among others like us, and by communicating with them, carry out two operations: to receive everything needed from society, and to give the society the product of our labors. violating either

d in spiritual development we must follow the opinion of developed individuals. this rule is called the natural law of governance. all the rules and laws of the science of kabbalah comprise the laws of nature s governance. while studying the interconnections between the laws that influence our world from above downward through kabbalah, it becomes clear that the law of the majority s influence in the society is a natural one. 41 c h a p t e r 6 t h e e s s e n c e a n d t h e p u r p o s e o f k a b b a l a h what is the essence of kabbalah? is the purpose of kabbalah aimed at life in this world or in the future one? who benefits from kabbalah, the creator or his creatures? kabbalists who attain the creator feel that he is absolutely kind. kthey explain that he cannot cause even the slight

will to receive pleasure, and the soul was filled with pleasure in accordance with its desire. however, once having received pleasure, the soul sensed shame. in our world, everyone who receives a gift or favor feels the same way. the extent of the sense of shame depends on the person s spiritual development. only this feeling keeps us constantly within limits and compels us to observe the laws of the society. the same sensation underlies our aspirations for knowledge, wealth, recognition by society, and honor. once it had felt a burning shame, corresponding to the received pleasure, the soul discovered that the only way to be rid of it was to stop enjoying the pleasure. however, since the creator s desire was to delight the soul, the soul agreed to accept this delight--not for its own sake

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er to promote building spirituality-oriented societies. nothing could be further from the truth. yehuda ashlag explains very clearly, and any sociologist and anthropologist will confirm, that human beings are social creatures. in other words, we don t have a choice but to live in societies because we are offshoots of one common soul. it is therefore clear that we must also conform to the rules of the society we live in and care for its wellbeing. and the only way to achieve that is if we adhere to the rules of the society we live in. however, ashlag also states that in any situation that is not related to society, society has no right or justification to limit or oppress the freedom of the individual. ashlag even goes as far as to call those who do so criminals, stating that concerning one

e who do so criminals, stating that concerning one s spiritual progress, nature does not oblige the individual to obey the majority s will. on the contrary, spiritual growth is the personal responsibility of each and every one of us. by doing so, we are improving not only our own lives, but the lives of the whole world. it is imperative that we understand the separation between our obligations to the society we live in and to our personal spiritual growth. knowing where to draw the line and how to contribute to both will free us from much confusion and misconceptions about spirituality. the (narrow) road to freedom 143 the rule in life should be simple and straightforward: in everyday life we obey the rule of law; in spiritual life we re free to evolve individually. it turns out that indiv

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e and each generation dictates its own norms, so that the rest can follow them. for that reason, there always exist new trends and new role models to which one can aspire. therefore, all that is dictated by the majority is considered to be beautiful, while those who uphold these values receive respect and honors. consequently, one is willing to devote great effort in order to attain that on which the society places great value- 174- attaining the worlds beyond as a result, it is difficult to acquire spiritual qualities, since the majority does not hold this aim in high esteem as they do the current trends. in truth, is it so very important to perceive the spiritual? in fact, spirituality is exceedingly important. yet, if this is so, why does the creator keep it hidden? the answer is, in or

ave in a way unnatural to our upbringing, and not perceived by our being as a natural need of the body, even the least significant action would generate from the body the question:why are we engaging in this activity and a seed of altruism- 385- what prompted us to leave the state of relative tranquility to do so? in this case, we will be confronted by a test and a choice, because neither we, nor the society from which we come, engages in the actions that we plan to undertake. there is no one who could serve as an example and no one to support our intentions. it is not even possible to gain comfort in the thought that others also think along the same lines as we do. since we cannot find any example either in our own upbringing or in society, we must come to the conclusion that it is the fe

ed bnei brak only two or three times, in my search for kabbalah books. that evening in bnei brak was just as cold, windy, and rainy. reaching the intersection of rabbi akiva and hazon- ish streets, i opened the window and yelled to a man across the street, dressed in long black attire "could you tell me where they study kabbalah around here" for people who are not familiar with the atmosphere and the society of the religious quarter, i must explain that my question sounded strange, to say the least. kabbalah was not taught in any of the institutions of learning or yeshivas. rarely would anyone have the boldness to declare that one had an interest in kabbalah. but the stranger across the street, without a hint of surprise, gave me an answer "turn left, proceed until you reach a citrus plant

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creator. but if the fetus has come to that state, a person feels a need to know the purpose of his life. without the answer to that question he simply cannot go on living. from this point forward, the advancement depends on man alone. some people develop their souls, meaning attain the sensation of the upper world, within a few lifetimes, and others must incarnate hundreds of times. it depends on the society that a person chooses for himself to develop in. t h e wo r l d o f t h e k a b b a l i s t q: while dressed in the physical body, does the soul exist only in our world? a: that is not necessarily the case. take, for example, the physical body of a kabbalist. in his emotions (his soul) he might be in the world of atzilut, but his physical body remains in our world, with all its maladie

ouls occurred, since the vessel was not broken. i am describing this in the words of this world, but you won t be able to comprehend it unless you grasp it by yourself. archaeology points at the bodies that existed before the year 0-0- 00, but there was no descending of the broken parts of adam into those physical bodies. baal hasulam, in his article, the solution, which describes the solution to the society of the future, writes that the earth was formed from gases. these condensed through millions of years until they produced a hard substance. then life appeared on it: vegetative, animate, and human. only afterwards did the soul, or, rather, the broken parts of the soul, adam, start to descend into man. adam consists of the upper part, called israel, and the lower part, called nations of

edom, but what in fact happens is that the kabbalist exits his own nature and becomes neutral with respect to the one and only factor that ordinarily controls him completely and without cease. only then can he take on the attributes of the creator, and activate his freedom of choice. q: since everything is determined above, where is the freedom of choice? a: man s only freedom is his environment, the society that influences him. you can read about it in the freedom by rav yehuda ashlag. everyone s situation is determined from beginning to end. the only way to go is forward. we should want to do it ourselves, consciously, but if we don t, nature will force us to want to progress. we cannot attain the final situation if we don t learn how to lead creation. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e

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onously and help one another in the correction process. each newly obtained spiritual degree helps us ascend to the next, until we finally reach the last degree, the attainment of eternity, perfection, and wholeness, the ability to view life and death from a new perspective. pa r t t wo: p h a s e s o f s p i r i t ua l e v o l u t i o n 101 c h a p t e r 2. 8 t h e r i g h t wa y t o a dva n c e the society we live in is flooded with the perpetual pursuit of beastly (corporeal) pleasures such as money, glory, and sex. it is impossible to sin in such a state, and it is just as impossible to keep mitzvot. this is simply not spirituality. however, there is hope in that situation, provided we are willing to restrict the use of these desires, or to better phrase it, direct our desires for spir

le who try to influence us, either consciously or unconsciously. even speaking to such a person can result in a loss of spiritual achievements that took months to attain. i do not wish to encourage isolation from society, but a beginning student must be extra careful regarding the knowledge that he or she absorbs. after all, our only free choice consists of choosing the right environment, meaning the society that we join and whose influence we are subject to. we are but egoistic points that should ripen to spiritual work. this point in our heart that opens and ripens is the root and the beginning t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 118 of everything. all other activities are but consequences and results of that point. the only thing that was created is a will to receive pleasure, meaning a de

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ence of two streams of tradition into germany, one emanating from britain through the celtic monks, and another coming from italy through s. boniface. the craft guilds of germany developed independently of monastic influence, but according to gould it is probable that in the twelfth century the skilled masons of the monasteries amalgamated with the craft builders in the towns, and together formed the society afterwards known throughout germany as the steinmetzen(*concise history of freemasonry, r. f. gould, p. 17) 532. we know from the torgau ordinances of 1462 that the stonemasons venerated the four crowned martyrs as their patron saints, and the strasburg constitutions of 1459 contain a devout invocation of the names of the father, son, and holy ghost; of our gracious mother mary; and of

erson and desaguliers, and a large and influential body of noblemen(*a. f. calvert. the grand lodge of england, cited in the builders, vol. x, p. 84) 594. at first very little seems to have been done, and it does not appear that the original founders of the grand lodge had the least idea of starting a world-movement; but with the advent of the duke of montague to the grand master s chair in 1721, the society rose into fame and success at one bound. 595. the first task was the compilation and digesting of the old gothic constitutions, which as we have seen had been handed down in the lodges from operative times; and this was done by anderson in 1721. the constitutions were printed in 1723, and a subsequent and somewhat altered edition in 1738, when the speculative system was firmly establis

rder of the rosy cross still remains something of a problem to the student. the glamour of the rosicrucian philosophy has not yet passed away, and an enormous mass of controversial literature has gathered about the order, many students affirming that it never existed at all, and that its famous manifestos were but an elaborate hoax played upon europe by a few unscrupulous jesters; others say that the society did exist, but that it was no more than an obscure lutheran sect which thus cleverly advertised its opinions; others, again, think that it was a genuine school of wisdom, in which the deeper knowledge of life s secrets was given to the few who were prepared by long discipline to receive it. 695. the literature of rosicrucianism 696. the order of the rosy cross was first made known to e

op. cit, p. 83) 699. this extraordinary document was followed in 1615 by another striking pamphlet, the confessio fraternitas r. c. ad eruditos europae, which was bound up in a latin work entitled: secretioris philosophiae consideratio brevio a philippo a gabella, philosophiae studioso, conscripta. in the confessio, which is divided into fourteen chapters, we have a guarded account of the aims of the society, the knowledge of nature s secrets contained within its different grades, the dawn of a new age of regeneration, and a consequent appeal to all those who had the welfare of mankind at heart, and who cared nothing for the folly and selfishness of the ungodly and accursed goldmaking mentioned in the fama, to join the order and partake of its privileges: 700. we affirm that we have by no

however, that andreas was the author of the fama and the confessio. 705. these three documents raised an indescribable storm of curiosity all over europe. numbers of students wrote open letters applying to be admitted into the order, and setting forth their qualifications; but none of these seem to have been openly answered. a multitude of pamphlets appeared, especially in germany, some attacking the society, and others no less valiantly defending it; while many charlatans arose, claiming to be brethren of the r.c, and relieving the credulous of their superfluous money. the most noted of the opponents of rosicrucianism was andreas libavius of halle, who wrote three treatises against the order, in the last of which, though posing as a critic, he advises all persons to join the order, becaus

f the theurgic neoplatonism of the third and fourth centuries of our era. many great names are associated with the order; among them was michael maier, who died in 1622, after writing the silentium post clamores (1617; the symbola aureae mensae (1617, and the themis aurea (1618- all of which expound and defend rosicrucian and alchemical philosophy. thomas vaughan, although not an actual member of the society, was in close sympathy with its tenets, and translated into english the fama fraternitatis and the confessio. there were robert flood, a great english rosicrucian philosopher, author of the tractatus apologeticus, the tractatus theologo-philosophicus, and other works; sincerus renatus, or sigmund richter, who published in 1710 the curious work, the perfect and true preparation of the p

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

e of the most elaborate theories is that of ideapatterns contained in g. n. m. tyrell s apparitions (1973, in which apparitions are believed to be hallucinations on the part of a percipient based on information received from the agent. science still has little knowledge about the nature of apparitions, even though there have been systematic studies since the late nineteenth century inaugurated by the society for psychical research. among its most important works are the research about apparitions, the results of which are reported in phantasms of the living (1886, and the 1889 census of hallucinations, about apparitional experiences of either the living or the dead. similar censuses were done in france, germany, and the united states. for further reading: cavendish, richard. the encycloped

consciousness or psyche. members( setians) can explore the temple s philosophy individually, or through local groups called archon 15 pylons. unlike the church of satan, which advocated a law of the jungle approach to society, the temple of set inclines more toward platonic idealism, encouraging setians to aspire to high standards of personal ethics despite the moral and cultural imperfections of the society around them. because of its descent from the church of satan, the temple of set is often popularly portrayed as satanic. aquino and other setians, while maintaining a proprietary interest in the satanic tradition, continually reemphasize that they consider satan/satanism as degenerate mythology only, of no relevance to temple of set metaphysics or social philosophy. continuing his acad

results of various actions (e.g, trying to disarm a trap or leap across a chasm, etc. any given session begins where the previous session ended. games can continue for years. a few gamers use a system called live action role play (larp) in which the players actually act out the roles of their characters. sometimes, they dress up in costumes as if in a live play. some gamers view larps negatively. the society in which dungeons and dragons is played is typically prescientific. weapons are at the spear and crossbow level. some characters may be imagined as having telepathic powers, others as being capable of casting magic spells. other fantasy roleplaying games are set in the wild west, in the far future, etc. players are usually in their teens to early thirties. many younger players will mee

aken when she joined the lodge, violet studied under j. w. brodie-innes. in 1922 she organized the community of the inner light as an outer court for the aeo. she and mrs. mathers clashed more and more as violet matured as a leader; when mrs. mathers expelled her in 1927, firth, now using the name dion fortune, took the (now) fraternity of the inner light with her. it is still active in london as the society of inner light, and is the ancestor of many other important magical organizations now functioning in england. fortune worked as a psychiatrist, specializing in helping people recover from and counter psychic attacks, the topic of her best-known book, psychic self-defense. see also magic and magical groups for further reading: fortune, dion. the esoteric orders and their works. st. paul

f woe. this is their commission: just to give people a sudden fright whenever they have filth or grime in the doorway of the house, the patio of the house. then they re struck, they re just punctured till they crawl on the ground, then die. and this is the domain of demon of filth and demon of woe. the aztec were a people from the north who conquered the earlier peoples inhabiting central mexico. the society encountered by the spanish embodied the influences of these earlier cultures, as well as the culture of the mayans. the aztecs left behind records of a far more elaborate conception of the postmortem realm than the other societies of mesoamerica, which is largely the result of the aztecs greater interest in death. the greater interest in death, in turn, seems to have been the result of

its heyday, the process was frequently portrayed as a group of devil worshipers. by the early 1970s, conflicts had emerged within the leadership. the de grimstons separated, and robert de grimston was ejected from the group in 1974. subsequently, certain practices and doctrines were changed, and the process was renamed the foundation faith of the new millennium (later the foundation faith of god. the society of the processeans (later called the church of the final judgement, a separate organization descended from the process, was founded in 1979 primarily as a secular community action group. these successor groups distanced themselves from the satanic aspects of robert de grimston s legacy. for further reading: bainbridge,william sims. satan s power. berkeley: university of california pres

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cesca. then, per contra, martin luther, being a giant of will, and also the eighth henry of england, as a mighty king, bent them to overturn the whole world that they might have satisfaction of their loves. and who shall follow them? for even now we find great churchmen, statesmen, princes, dramamakers, and many lesser men, overwhelmed utterly and ruined by the conflict between their passions and the society about them. wherein which party errs is no matter of moment for our thought; but the existence of the war is evidence of wrong done to nature. n liber aleph vel cxi 6# ultima thesis de amore (final thesis concerning love) herefore, o my son, be thou wary, not bowing before the false idols and ideals, yet not flaming forth in fury against them, unless that be thy will. but in this matte

eless, this one affliction shall touch nigh all that come to thee, and that is this great pox of sin, that is our bane inherited of the on of slain gods. look then first of all, when any postulant boweth before thee, whether there be not conflict and restriction in his mind, and in his will. if he deem good and evil to be absolute, instead of as relative to the health of this body, or the weal of the society of which he is a member, or what not, as it may be, instruct him. or, if he will say that he will sacrifice all for initiation, correct him, as it is written .but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. for it is conflict if he weigh one thing with another; and renunciation, being sorrowful, is not worthy of acceptance. but he must with joy unite all he is and hat

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

d the sex-excitement elevates the moral nature of the man by its close analogy with the highest ecstasy. it remains, however, always for him to make the final transmutation. unless he have the special secretion which i have postulated, the result will be commonplace. so consonant is this system with the nature of man that it is exactly parodied and profaned not only in the sailor's tavern, but in the society ball. here, for the lowest natures the result is drunkenness, disease and death; for the middle natures a gradual blunting of the finer feelings; for the higher, an exhilaration amounting at the best to the foundation of a life-long love. if these society grites h are properly performed, there should be no exhaustion. after a ball, one should feel the need of a long walk in the young m

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of complete and crushing defeats upon the british admirals, who though they had been on the water all their lives, had incomprehensibly omitted to acquire any truly accurate knowledge of the metaphysical systems of sho pi naour and ni tchze. gagain, hu li, the financial genius, who had hitherto been practically useless to his country on account of that ugliness and deformity which led him to shun the society of his fellows, was compelled by kwaw to exhibit himself as a freak. a fortnight of this cured him of shyness; and within three months he has nearly doubled the revenue and halved the taxes. your lordship has spent millions of yen; but is to-day a richer man than when your excellency went to sleep. h gi will go and see this kwaw, h said the daimio. the servants then admitted that the m

LIBER XXXIII AN ACCOUNT OF AA

lluminated government. it has never been exposed to the accidents of time and to the weakness of man, because only the most capable were chosen for it, and those who selected made no error. through this school were developed the germs of all the sublime sciences, which were first received by external schools, then clothed in other forms, and hence degenerated. according to time and circumstances, the society of sages communicated unto the exterior societies their symbolic hieroglyphs, in order to attract man to the great truths of their sanctuary. but all exterior societies subsist only by virtue of this interior one. as soon as external societies wish to transform a temple of wisdom into a political edifice, the interior society retires and leaves only the letter without the spirit. it is

tive storehouse of the most ancient and original science of the human race, with the primitive mysteries also of all science. it is the unique and really illuminated community which is absolutely in possession of the key to all mystery, which knows the centre and source of all nature. it is a society which unites superior strength to its own, and counts its members from more than one world. it is the society whose members form the republic of genius, the regent mother of the whole world [this work was first published in equinox i (1. the designation liber xxxiii was given in the gsyllabus h in equinox i (10. it is an adaptation by crowley (deleting or amending all specifically christian references) of letter ii of the cloud upon the sanctuary, a late 18th-century german work of christian m

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

d london: penguin books, 1995, is a wonderful collection of maps and includes illustrations in color and apt commentary. of the many older works on the viking age, none is encountered more frequently than gwyn jones, a history of the vikings, rev. ed (new york and london: oxford university press, 1984. it is engaging if a bit wordy. peter foote and david m. wilson, the achievement of the vikings: the society and culture of early medieval scandinavia (london: sidgwick and jackson, 1970, is unsurpassed in the detail of its expert coverage. a groundbreaking work was that of peter sawyer, the age of the vikings, 2nd ed (london: e. arnold, 1971. david wilson, the vikings and their origins: scandinavia in the first millennium (new york: mcgraw hill, 1970, is for the general reader. johannes bron

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m to have been using a much simplified ritual during the mid-i8th century. of specific interest to us is the fact that while the both grand lodges practiced a ritual which conferred three degrees, the antient grand lodge also conferred a fourth degree, the holy royal arch. the premier grand lodge refused to recognize that degree, saying "this grand lodge. has nothing to do with the proceedings of the society of royal arch masons";21 while. the antients. regarded [it] as the real kernel of their masonry"22 it is generally acknowledged, even by masons who do not admit a mystical orientation of the first three degrees, that the royal arch contains mystical material. later we will consider some of the writings of laurence dermott, as well as the masonic symbolic structure and the role which is

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ht i saw the sun shining with a splendid light; and i manifestly drew near to, the gods beneath, and the gods above, and proximately adored them" women and children were admitted to the eleusinian mysteries, and at one time there were literally thousands of initiates. because this vast host was not prepared for the highest spiritual and mystical doctrines, a division necessarily took place within the society itself. the higher teachings were given to only a limited number of initiates who, because of superior mentality, showed a comprehensive grasp of their underlying philosophical concepts. socrates refused to be initiated into the eleusinian mysteries, for knowing its principles without being a member of the order he realized that membership would seal his tongue. that the mysteries of e

irit" in which, according to their manifestoes, they met once a year to plan the future activities of their order? who was the mysterious person referred to as "our illustrious father and brother c.r.c? did those three letters actually stand for the words "christian rosie cross? was christian rosencreutz, the supposed author of the chymical nuptials, the same person who with three others founded "the society of the rose cross? what relationship existed between rosicrucianism and medi val freemasonry? why were the destinies of these two organizations so closely interwoven? is the "brotherhood of the rose cross" the muchsought- after link connecting the freemasonry of the middle ages with the symbolism and mysticism of antiquity, and are its secrets being perpetuated by modern masonry? did t

masonry? why were the destinies of these two organizations so closely interwoven? is the "brotherhood of the rose cross" the muchsought- after link connecting the freemasonry of the middle ages with the symbolism and mysticism of antiquity, and are its secrets being perpetuated by modern masonry? did the original rosicrucian order disintegrate in the latter part of the eighteenth century, or does the society still exist as an organization, maintaining the same secrecy for which it was originally famous? what was the true purpose for which the "brotherhood of the rose cross" was formed? were the rosicrucians a religious and philosophic brotherhood, as they claimed to be, or were their avowed tenets a blind to conceal the true object of the fraternity, which possibly was the political contro

ternity. upon moving the altar to one side a brass cover was disclosed. lifting this revealed a body, presumedly that of c.r.c, which, although it had lain there 120 years, was as well preserved as though it had just been interred. it was ornamented and attired in the robes of the order, and in one hand was clasped a mysterious parchment which, next to the bible, was the most valued possession of the society. after thoroughly investigating the contents of the secret chamber, the brass plate and altar were put back in place, the door of the vault was again sealed, and the brothers went their respective ways, their spirits raised and their faith increased by the miraculous spectacle which they had beheld. the document ends by saying in effect "in accordance with the will of father c.r.c, the

hey did not preserve a description of him. that his name was christian rosencreutz is most improbable, as the two were not even associated until the writing of the chymical nuptials. the second postulate those masonic brethren who have investigated the subject accept the historical existence of the "brotherhood of the rose cross" but are divided concerning the origin of the order. one group holds the society originated in medi val europe as an outgrowth of alchemical speculation. robert macoy, 33, believes that johann valentin andre, a german theologian, was the true founder, and he also believes it possible that this divine merely reformed and amplified an existing society which had been founded by sir henry cornelius agrippa. some believe that rosicrucianism represented the first europea

s rising from a rose was used in connection with their activities. the rosicrucian rose was drawn upon the round table of king arthur, and is the central motif for the links forming the chain from which the "great george" is suspended among the jewels of the order of the garter. hargrave jennings suspects this order of having some connection with the rosicrucians. p. 139 the work of investigating the society. one group of pseudo-rosicrucians went so far as to supply its members with a black cord by which they were to know each other, and warned them that if they broke their vow of secrecy the cord would be used to strangle them. few of the principles of rosicrucianism have been preserved in literature, for the original fraternity published only fragmentary accounts of its principles and ac

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of the witches sabbat goat is symbolic of masculine and feminine pro-creation and knowledge. the fire of hecate and lilith should be burned, robed or nude-the dedication towards the forces of night and of the witches sabbat way. the dagger should be your magickal weapon of air and fire. the lord s prayer backwards is utilized from witches sabbat lore to separate and release the subconscious from the society bounds of western dogmatic or restrictive religions. while the rite is sinister, to proclaim independence from ones restrictive conscious, this has been cultivated from birth by our cultures. this is not a satanic rite but one of luciferian provenance, the awakening from the sleepwalkers. this is to be noted, the infant shaky steps of what will come after this. throw your soul into the

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ve been sent to other planets by alienbeings in suitable protective vessels, that life is like a message in the bottle (p. 218)alister hardyprofessor of zoology at oxford from 1946 to 1963. in 1949, hardy astonished the british associationfor the advancement of the sciences by suggesting in his presidential address to the zoological sectionthat telepathy was relevant to biology. in the journal of the society for psychical research, hardywrote: assuming the reality of telepathy,the discovery that individual organisms are somehow inpsychical connection across space is, of course, one of the most revolutionaryever made.hardy professed himself to be a darwinian, but it was a strange variety of darwinism that enabled himto assert that there is a general subconscious sharing of a form and behavi

u.s. public health service recommends a child receive the first dpt shot at two months ofage, with subsequent shots given at 4, 6, and 18 months, and between the ages of 4 and 6. at the sametime, europe, sweden and several other countries routinely wait until after 6 months of age becauseof the improved antibody response in babies whose immune systems are more developed. 1991 annual conference of the society of homeopaths, manchester, england, september 91, richardmoskowitz, m.d. revelation that the english national health service pays a bonus to doctors withdocumented vaccination rates above specified averages. 1992 the u.s. senate adopts a resolution calling for the cia to reveal its budget to congress. the reso-lution is dropped for the second year in a row. 1992 lancet, journal of the

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

. 1. all living beings continue existence by feeding on another. we are predators, as luciferian, we acknowledge the power of the archetype of strength. samael or ahriman is indeed a symbol of strength and cunning. the food chain should never be ignored. you can adhere to predatory spirituality and still be a very productive member of society. the luciferian weaves their webs within the fabric of the society they live in. a luciferian who is belial-like or a lord of the earth would not be a prisoner because they cannot obey laws, a good example of a luciferian is one who runs a successful business or is the head of a charity for battered women. prey are the weak, predators are the strong. it is as simple as that. 2. look for ways to always gain knowledge. experience is the pathway to initi

MORALS AND DOGMA

in rebellion against temporal and spiritual tyranny, its lodges were proscribed in 1735, by an edict of the states of holland. in 1737, louis xv. forbade them in france. in 1738, pope clement xii. issued against them his famous bull of excommunication, which was renewed by benedict xiv; and in 1743 the council of berne also proscribed them. the title of the bull of clement is "the condemnation of the society of conventicles _de liberi muratari, or of the freemasons, under the penalty of _ipso facto_ excommunication, the absolution from which is reserved to the pope alone, except at the point of death" and by it all bishops, ordinaries, and inquisitors were empowered to punish freemasons "as vehemently suspected of heresy" and to call in, if necessary, the help of the secular arm; that is

nd. the generous man will be solicitous and inquisitive into the beauty and order of a well-governed family, and after the virtues of an excellent person; but anything for which men keep locks and bars, or that blushes to see the light, or that is either shameful in manner or private in nature, this thing will not be his care and business. it should be objection sufficient to exclude any man from the society of masons, that he is not disinterested and generous, both in his acts, and in his opinions of men, and his constructions of their conduct. he who is selfish and grasping, or censorious and ungenerous, will not long remain within the strict limits of honesty and truth, but will shortly commit injustice. he who loves himself too much must needs love others too little; and he who habitua

did not contribute to expel vice and introduce virtue into the mind. he taught that the two most excellent things were, to speak the truth, and to render benefits to one another. particularly he inculcated silence, temperance, fortitude, prudence, and justice. he taught the immortality of the soul, the omnipotence of god, and the necessity of personal holiness to qualify a man for admission into the society of the gods. thus we owe the particular mode of instruction in the degree of fellow-craft to pythagoras; and that degree is but an imperfect reproduction of his lectures. from him, too, we have many of our explanations of the symbols. he arranged his assemblies due east and west, because he held that motion began in the east and proceeded to the west. our lodges are said to be due east

o had surrendered an advantageous post or place, or the vessels of the state, to the enemy; all who had supplied the enemy with money; and in general, all who had come short of their duties as honest men and good citizens, were excluded from the mysteries of eleusis. to be admitted there, one must have lived equitably, and with sufficient good fortune not to be regarded as hated by the gods. thus the society of the initiates was, in its principle, and according to the true purpose of its institution, a society of virtuous men, who labored to free their souls from the tyranny of the passions, and to develop the germ of all the social virtues. and this was the meaning of the idea, afterward misunderstood, that entry into elysium was only allowed to the initiates: because entrance to the sanc

ears before the birth of alighieri, had not completed his _roman de la rose, which was continued by chopinel, a half century afterward. one is astonished to discover that the roman de la rose and the divina commedia are two opposite forms of one and the same work, initiation into independence of spirit, a satire on all contemporary institutions, and the allegorical formula of the great secrets of the society of the roses-croix. the important manifestations of occultism coincide with the period of the fall of the templars; since jean de meung or chopinel, contemporary of the old age of dante, flourished during the best years of his life at the court of philippe le bel. the roman de la rose is the epic of old france. it is a profound book, under the form of levity, a revelation as learned as

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

osited his lovely burden. eros, himself unseen, wooed her in the softest accents of affection; but warned her, as she valued his love, not to endeavour to behold his form. for some time psyche was obedient to the injunction of her immortal spouse, and made no effort to gratify her natural curiosity; but, unfortunately, in the midst of her happiness she was seized with an unconquerable longing for the society of her [152]sisters, and, in accordance with her desire, they were conducted by zephyrus to her fairy-like abode. filled with envy at the sight of her felicity, they poisoned her mind against her husband, and telling her that her unseen lover was a frightful monster, they gave her a sharp dagger, which they persuaded her to use for the purpose of delivering herself from his power. afte

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

chic research society of australia. thinking it involved actual research, you can imagine my dismay that it seemed to have been taken over completely by little old ladies with blue rinses trying to make contact with a loved one recently departed, i.e. spiritualism! all was not lost however; i remember a day in december 1978 when something uninvited came to visit. i had become a member a member of the society a mere four weeks earlier to study the mysteries of the soul and the universe, only to find the subject bewildering and full of apparent contradictions. the weekly meetings were confined to exercises in esp and lectures on the limitless virtues of spiritualism which ivan, the psychic who ran the class, believed were of main interest to the sitters. i had joined the organization in the

the view of the people who were with me that day, something very unusual (unusual, that is, for them) had happened. they had never before been confronted in the middle of the afternoon by a tall gray entity of apparently supernatural origin. they knew nothing about it or the reasons for its presence so they were forced to speculate. why would a ghostlike apparition suddenly appear in their midst? the society was like a second home to me in those days. i had a few friends there. one of them, ralph a government employee with an interest in paranormal phenomena was with me that day. he had been given the task of running the class whilst ivan was away on vacation, and as we talked on into the late afternoon it was difficult to know if we had really seen something in the room. we had to conside

nding over me. it made no sound and had no eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or anything like that it was just like a solid gray form. i screamed aloud and shouted for my parents, but the entity vanished before anyone else had time to see it. i would prefer to believe that my presence in the class that december did not cause the strange entity to appear. i certainly had no inclination of what was to come. the society no longer exists, now. but i remember. i remember the gray man, as i have come to call him and the effect his brief presence had upon the people gathered in the small room that fateful day. after leaving the society, i read as many books as i could on the subject of mind power, magic, witchcraft and the occult. i learnt a lot from those books on the basics of how rituals are formed and

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

n at least to transform. even in lands where roman law survived, however, it is not possible to speak of collegia in the strict sense of the term, for we must take into account the social, economic, and political evolution that led to the formation of feudal society. in the feudal world, individuals and groups must be envisioned in light of the bonds of suzerainty and vassalage that characterized the society of that time. there was no legal framework permitting the existence of autonomous professional associations. more important, individual freedom no longer guaranteed the work of the independent craftsman. an individual could become only a serf. the remnants of the collegia no longer offered any refuge except that provided by the bishops, who remained builders, and they were integrated p

een how in england and the frankish kingdoms the advocates of christianity appealed to the roman collegia and their remnants in the visigoth regions. this was widespread due to the fact that members of the collegia were regarded as the best artisans for propagating the faith by erecting churches in all areas where christianity had spread. when their existence became incompatible with the state of the society, however, it was around the church that new groups of builders began to form. as a self-contained body, the church had retained its own rights. it remained subject to roman laws. at this time, the church did not merely represent a belief and a form of worship; it also constituted a political organization. as a veritable state, it exercised all the attributes of one and extended its aut

lding also housed the offices of the carpenters, joiners, cabinetmakers, miniature furniture makers, and turners. this house stood there until the nineteenth century, when it was removed to accommodate the expansion of the hotel de ville. close by it, also on the rue de la mortellerie at the current location of the garden of the maire de paris, stood the so-called chapel of the haudriettes, which the society of masons and carpenters bought from the sisters of the assumption on december 22, 1764, in order to install the confederation of saint louis and saint blaise there after it was transferred from the rue saint jacques.49 other streets in this quarter that formed part of the templars' censive district also evoke the presence of builders: the rue du platre or plastriere, or the rue du jea

ion of its rites and symbols. it was reinvigorated though with certain adaptations when freemasonry began admitting "accepted" members, meaning accredited individuals who were foreign to the actual craft of masonry. these new members were attracted to the order for three reasons. first, masonry, along with all other corporations and brotherhoods, offered the only possible form for associations in the society of the time. in france, illicit assemblies were ranked as capital crimes until the end of the ancien regime. in his somme rurale, boutillier defined an assembly as illegal when it exceeded the number of three people. second, the nature of masonry, including its privileges, the renown of its masters and artisans, the kinds of matters that could be discussed in that company, and the prot

mathematician william oughteed; the doctors of theology john herwitt and john prarson; and the astrologer william lilly. with these men he founded a society whose purpose was to build the house of solomon, the ideal temple of the sciences, in imitation of the models imagined by sir thomas more and francis bacon. he persuaded the masons to allow them to meet on their premises. we should note that the society formed by ashmole, like those of more and bacon, was meant to remain secret. in 1724, a manuscript of ancient masonic constitutions was printed under the title the secret history of the free-masons. its preface presented the rosicrucians and masons as "brothers of the same fraternity or order" similarly, the daily journal of september 5, 1730, indicates that the modern freemasonry was

ts, despite the decline of their political fortunes, ceaselessly took advantage of the high grades of freemasonry to facilitate their undertakings. the jesuits are said to have been their most active allies at infiltrating these higher grades. at the same time, members of this religious order would have acted in their own interests, especially after 1762 during the seven years' war, at which time the society of jesus was dissolved in france and the order found its principal haven with the chief adversary of the king of france, frederic ii of prussia. later, in 1773, pope clement xiv decreed the complete suppression of the order. it was not restored until 1814 so that all its activity in between those two dates was more or less clandestine. while there is a telling lack of any historical ce

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

. understand this. until this point in his life, lot only had daughters, all of whom were already mature by this time. therefore, it is unlikely that he would have had sons had he remained in sodom and not have had incestuous relations with his daughters. therefore, the incest had to be arranged so he could father the nation that would carry the soul of the messiah latent within him. furthermore, the society of sodom was so degenerate that it presumably could not have ghosted h the soul of the messiah; therefore, g-d had to extricate it from there. lot fs daughters, thinking that g-d had destroyed humanity again, gave their father wine to drink in order that he repopulate the world through them. the sages say that g-d arranged for there to be wine in the cave where they fled in order for l

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

oon as possible where they will continue personal magickal work, writing, and teaching yoga. carl l weschcke, born september 10, 1930, b.s. in business administration, work toward doctorate in philosophy, d. ph. mag (honorary, certificate in clinical hypnosis. lifelong student of the occult, starting with theosophy, several years of work with crowley materials and as a correspondence student with the society of the inner light, study of jungian psychology and yoga. high priest in wicca, and administrator general aurum solis. president of llewellyn publications since 1960. david godwin, born in 1939 in dallas, texas, is a long-time student of esoteric lore. learned and knowledgeable about cabalistic practices, he has successfully mastered them and written a classic treatise on the subject e

tivate mental processes which are believed to induce spiritual enlightenment and extended powers of the human senses, especially in the directions of clairvoyance and clairaudience" the first chief of this society, its supreme magus so-called, was one robert wentworth little who is said to have rescued some old rituals from a certain masonic storeroom, and it was from certain of those papers that the society's rituals were elaborated. he died in 1878,a nd in his stead was appointed dr. w ir. w oodman. both dr. westcott and macgregor mathers were prominent and active members of this body. in fact, the former became supreme magus upon woodman's death, the office of junior magus being conferred upon mathers. one legend has it that one day westcott discovered in his library a series of cipher

rrespondence" the counting proceeds as follows from the first card dealt. king of cups-six of cups-5 of pentacles-hermit-4 of cups-fortitude-4 of swords-7 of cups-justice-5 of cups-king of swords-emperor-6 of cups again. king of cups "the enquirer's love of pleasure-going 6 of cups 5 of pentacles "brings about loss of money and business hermit "and he is forced to be more prudent "and not go into the society of others so much, which has already 4 of cups brought him anxiety (shown by 4 cups between 2 wands, contrary element weakening effect on this card) fortitude "he works more closely, 4 of swords "and begins to get better. 7 of cups 'yet he has not sufficient energy in his nature to stick to work for long" justice 'the retributive effect of this is 5 of cups "that he loses his friends<

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

e on the pavement, still holding the thong of the bell.repair now to the celebrant.the aspirant is conducted to the celebrant by the north.celebrant:here, for the present, we must rest, but we cannot leave the subject without offering to remove fromyour mind unpleasant impressions, if any exist, as to who the former rosicrucians were.rituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliasecond section13 the society, or fraternity of rosicrucians has been largely misrepresented, and the minds ofstudents greatly prejudiced. the want of intelligence would be simply amazing were it not evidentthat the mischievous ignorance of a few has been repeated successively without individual research.ignorance, prejudice, envy and conceit have taken possession of the minds of the critics andhistorians; yet the

ds ofstudents greatly prejudiced. the want of intelligence would be simply amazing were it not evidentthat the mischievous ignorance of a few has been repeated successively without individual research.ignorance, prejudice, envy and conceit have taken possession of the minds of the critics andhistorians; yet the unique and attractive rosaic doctrines interested vast masses of 17th century,although the society had taken its rise in the latter part of the 15th century.the lives of the rosicrucians were dramatic to a sensational degree. the practical branch of thesociety was in charge of alchemists and hermeticists, who while they claimed, and not withoutmuch reason, their ability to transmute metals to silver or gold, further sought for mental and moralpowers, rather than riches, which are th

ricus, your consent isrequired to certain promises: listen!pledgedo you promise on your word as a man, and pledge your honour as a rosicrucian, to foreverconceal, and never reveal, any of the secrets or mysteries of this grade of theoricus, to a zelator, orto any other person whomsoever, directly or indirectly, without the consent of the magus, hiscouncil, or by the authority of the ordinance, of the society of rosicrucians?candidate:i do.suffragan:do you promise that annually, on the day of our mystic assembly, you will meet with us in oursacred hall, or send in writing the cause of your absence, due notice having been given to you of thetime of such assembling?candidate:i do.suffragan:frater, you have now pledged yourself to our simple but essential precepts. i present you in allhumility

manifested in this hitherto unknown production or result among the theorici attractedthe attention of the alchemists of the grade of practicus, who pronounced the discovery of thetransmutation of silver.then the deep-toned bell was for the first time rung with no uncertain sound, and the brethrenassembled in the chapel for praise and prayer.a feeling of cupidity immediately seized the brethren of the society, and with caution of no lessthan 10,000 marks of this silver were disposed of in the various cities of europe, when the magusand his council forbade, under pains and penalties the further production of the metal inconsequence of its evident baneful effect upon the entire rosicrucian society, and the danger of theirorganisation being annihilated.this famed discovery took place in the ap

triangle resting on thecube, and as well the four circles embracing the sacred delta.all rise and form a circle, the chief adept, cond. of n. and practicus remaining in the centre.by the presence of these fraters, and in conformity with our society. we do proclaim our new initiatea philosophus entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges end prerogatives of the fourth grade of thefirst order of the society of rosicrucian.frater, you may now retire.second sectionthe philosophus is robed in green, and guided by the cond. of n. toward the entrance of the 4thapartment, astronomic hall; in which there are four astrologers and astronomers deeply immersedin their occupations. there is also a vacant seat and desk.before announcing themselves, the cond. says to the philosophus: these wise sages

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

ner of skinning the kid, then of salting, drying and bleaching the skin, are given in a number of clavicles and grimoires. some hebrew kabalists fell into similar follies, forgetting the anathemas pronounced in the bible against those who sacrifice on high places or in the caverns of the earth. all spilling of blood operated ceremonially is abominable and impious, and since the death of adonhiram the society of true adepts has a horror of blood. ecclesia abhorret a sanguine. the initiatory symbolism of pantacles adopted throughout the east is the key of all ancient and modern mythologies. apart from knowledge of the hieroglyphic alphabet, one would be lost among the obscurities of the vedas, the zend-avesta and the bible. the tree which brings forth good and evil, the source of the four ri

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

he earlier 1815 edition that had been, reputedly, edited by sir walter scott.[5] lang's introduction linked the text and traditions of second sight and fairy lore with the current fashion and enthusiasm among certain scholars and scientists for spiritualism and extra- sensory perception, with which he was involved, including introduction 3 comparisons to experiments and reports being assembled by the society for psychical research. the only modern and complete edition that reproduces kirk's text as exactly as possible from early manuscripts, is, as mentioned (in our preface, that edited by stewart sanderson for the folklore society [2, though there are a small number of incomplete or confused editions based on the nineteenth-century versions.[5] although researchers and experts from the ni

RUBY TABLET OF SET

beginning that sets the pattern for a political situation; successive rulers are relative imitations reflecting the beginning. this is the basis for machiavelli's being called the first political scientist, since he seeks an explanation of a state in what it is and has been rather than in its future goals or ideals. the founder(s) of a society must be excused for acts which are inexcusable after the society has been established. the grounds for this initial license are simply the forceful, initial establishment of good qualities and benefits of the resultant society. examples of such unprincipled founders in the prince are moses, romulus, and cyrus. each of whom attacked and destroyed rivals in order to found the important state in question. the principle of legality is secondary to that

ormation" a somewhat militant retrenchment by that church. from 1545 to 1563 the council of trent, a catholic church conference, met to resolve questions of dogma. once decided, these dogma were promulgated and enforced with a seriousness not found during the pleasure-loving papacy of the renaissance "if my own father were a heretic" said paul iv "i would burn him" in 1540 ignatius loyola founded the society of jesus (jesuits, characterized by extreme discipline and machiavellian social influence. loyola placed great stress on education, and by the 17th century jesuit-dominated universities were educating virtually all of catholic europe. after 1550 tensions between catholics and protestants had reached the stage of religious warfare, culminating in the terrible thirty years' war between d

or otherwise, to occasionally act above and beyond the written law "for the public good "the people shall be judge" whether the powers of government are being used to endanger the people. according to locke, an abusive executive is actually "warring" on the people by using the force they entrusted to him against them. thus he is no longer a political leader but a tyrant. he, not they, is outside the society. locke distinguished between rebellion and revolution. he approved of the former and disapproved of the latter, since revolution implies the overturning of the entire social order as opposed to ridding the society of a tyrant. locke bases his political philosophy upon reason, paying lip service to rational ideals. like hobbes he wants to build a system that will reflect "basic man" rat

w-age" and "aquarian age" would balk at the "neo-pagan" label, due to their strong ties with orthodox religions. they all arrive sooner or later at union with something-or-other. the question is "whose god(s) are false" it is obvious that a major problem of the human race is communication in religious matters, including understanding the basic beliefs that characterize the various factions. since the society we live in is largely influenced by judeo-christian beliefs, like it or not we are faced with their terminology when trying to communicate. by their designation, we are pagans, albeit neo-pagans, and the worst kind yet: satanists. anything that has any association with the devil is automatically pagan. i choose to reserve the designation "the devil" to refer to the christian aberration

e admixture of peace and love, formed by searching for the intelligence of the unknown. i am born transformed in the knowledge of the cosmic mind of iam. out of the masses i am tediously fashioned by the cosmic hand of iam. i assume ten thousand spectral hues- either spiritually, mentally, or physically- upon my maker' s will. i can masquerade as slave or sultan, and as all the other positions in the society of man. but social dogmas are not my aspiration- i serve ten million purposes in as many different places, times, and ways. my duties are unnumbered- infinite; pay heed to my utility. i admit the light of universal intelligence to body, mind, and soul; and yet repel the frailties of ignorance. i project the light that warns great men against all destruction, and concentrate the beams t

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

t, he is the master of the forge and the transgressor who made the yud possible, in one esoteric meaning of this complex mystery, because he took it to use. yud is the hand and cain is the blacksmith, the forger and the loner. also, the tarot gives the yud the influence of the hermit, properly enough- even if he multiplied with his line of witches, witches have through all ages been the loners of the society. a most, or rather moist delicate mys tery is expressed through the sexual daemon, lilitu. there are also spells included for the working of her influence (p. 320-323) connected to the rosary and through this the oracular state achieved by recitation or japa. this rosary consists of 22 beads for incubi, 22 for succubi, 44 for her. this is very dangerous undertakings and should only be

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

mr. sisodia, whisky-glass in hand, was asleep. the producer was evidently a hit with the stewardesses. they fussed around his sleeping person, detaching the glass from his fingers and removing it to a place of safety, spreading a blanket over his lower half, and trilling admiringly over his snoring head "doesn't he look poochie? just a little cuteso, i swear" chamcha was reminded unexpectedly of the society ladies of bombay patting him on the head during his mother's little soirees, and fought back tears of surprise. sisodia actually looked faintly obscene; he had removed his spectacles before falling asleep, and their absence gave him an oddly naked appearance. to chamcha's eyes he resembled nothing so much as an outsize shiva lingam. maybe that accounted for his popularity with the ladi

SATANIC BIBLE

, respectable person- the one who pays society's bills- should be the one given the least in return. it is he who must be ever conscious of his "moral obligations, and who is condemned for normally indulging in his natural desires. the satanic religion considers this a gross injustice. he who upholds his responsibilities should be most entitled to the pleasures of his choice, without censure from the society he serves. finally a religion (satanism) has been formed which commends and rewards those who support the society in which they live, instead of denouncing them for their human needs. from every set of principles (be it religious, political, or philosophical, some good can be extracted. amidst the madness of the hitlerian concept, one point stands out as a shining example of this "stre

SATANICON

e of civilization. the xian church and its pulpit-pounders have always made their living off the fears of the people: the fear of retribution if one does not submit to their doctrines and eternal punishment if one does not submit to their god. to be a false christ is to allow the worthless to perish while allowing the worthy to flourish. the second coming not of jesus but the re-birth of babylon! the society of satan! the true saviors of mankind; the enlighteners of truth are the antichrists! the satanic creed and the precepts of evilution are guidelines, which if adhered to, will serve as a catalyst for individuality, creativity, diabolical thought and the development of a strong ego* further, it is essential that the satanist maintain these evilutionary formulae if he/she is to be succes

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

slowly become aware of patterns of thought or emotion that he/she follows during a specific event, or events. this conscious awareness establishes that the individual usually reacts in a set way to set occurrences. by being aware of this the individual is then advised to cease reacting and thereby begin to control his or her psychological processes. whilst this method is most notably advanced by the society of dark lily, there are a number of satanic groups that also promote the idea of conscious awareness, which is eventually followed by conscious control of one's actions. another interesting concept that is connected to the role of the initiate is that the individual, once initiation is complete has become a part of a larger timeless tradition. this concept is mainly found in traditiona

is performed correctly the energy so raised may be directed by the chief celebrants according to their wills. from this perspective the black mass can effectively live up to its seventh century predecessor the mass of the dead and cause the death of an opponent or adversary. the importance of the black mass in modern satanism therefore has a number of purposes and even though some groups- such as the society of dark lily- regard its cathartic use as something of the past, such catharsis being performed intellectually- it still remains one of the most potent and blasphemous rites of black magic. one form of modern blasphemy is the mass of heresy of the order of nine angles. the theory behind this mass is based upon the assumption that christianity has produced an effect not only on the magi

nation of satanic black magic side 5 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 a collection of sacred-magick.com< the esoteric library ritualised sexual magic 'if sex magick is the most popular subject within occultism this merely proves that it is also the most misunderstood'(12) this introduction to the subject of ritualised sexual magic by the society of dark lily, indicates how some satanists view sex. this view is also true of the order of nine angles, who place sexual magic in a rational position amongst other forms of ritual magic. from these examples alone the true use of sex cannot simply be reduced to the uncontrolled indulgence of the satanist. to the satanist sex is a powerful force, a force that is to be respected not misu

ism rather than the satanists themselves. for the satanists say that it is the christian religion that has disrespected the most important act of the animal kingdom by reducing it to a sinful act. in satanism a number of different approaches to sex are taken and whilst groups such as the order of nine angles include numerous sexual elements in their rituals, including orgies, other groups such as the society of dark lily view sex as an important aspect of self-knowledge. from this perspective the satanist should understand and accept his or her sexuality, an understanding which requires 'a complete comprehension of one's attitude and behaviour in relation to [one's] sexuality'(13) by experimenting with one's own sexuality one should eventually find the mode of sexual expression that he or

d understand and accept his or her sexuality, an understanding which requires 'a complete comprehension of one's attitude and behaviour in relation to [one's] sexuality'(13) by experimenting with one's own sexuality one should eventually find the mode of sexual expression that he or she is best suited to and it is only by such sexual experimentation that this can be found. an anonymous article in the society's journal 'dark lily' entitled 'sex and the occult (dark lily 10) refers to the practical use of sex in the context of accessing the participants' subconscious mind. the author of this article goes on to say that by performing a sexual ritual the participants are able to access their own subconscious mind far quicker than is possible in other circumstances such as prolonged meditation

dividual psychologically, where the destruction of specific aspects of the individual's psyche are necessary for further development to be made. the use of sex is considered then, not to be- as the order of nine angles perceive it- drawing forth energy, but rather in the speed that the changes in consciousness are made and in the creation of balance and the restoration of health. even though both the society of dark lily and the order of nine angles differ in their conceptual approach to ritualistic sexual magic the order of nine angles rite of nine angles provides a prime example of a method of ritualistic sexual magic. the sexual nature of the rite may be performed in two ways. firstly, a priest and priestess perform the ritual naked upon an isolated hilltop. the rite itself involves the

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

rds were given responsibility for the arts and philosophy. they were the keepers of the people s traditions and preservers of the tribes memories. the ovates were the healers, the ones responsible for the processes of death and regeneration, or renewal. they were also prophets because they could speak with ancestral spirits. finally, the druids and druidesses (who gave the religion its name) were the society s professional class and included teachers, priests, astronomers, musicians, scientists, and judges. these were the specialists who conducted public rituals. the word druid comes from the indo-european words drus, meaning oak, and wid, meaning to know. so a druid was one who knew the oak, that is, could understand the mysteries of the ancient forests and could lead people in outdoor re

nt the many names of allah. 1377 the muslim historian ibn khaldu n publishes his muqaddima, in which he presents his theory for the rise and fall of civilizations. 1517 the german augustinian monk martin luther launches the protestant reformation, which divides christianity into two denominations, or branches: catholicism and protestantism. 1534 the spanish nobleman ignatius of loyola establishes the society of jesus, or the jesuit order, in 1534. 1536 john calvin publishes the first edition of institutes of the christian religion. in it, he argues that the authority of the pope should be rejected, that all humans are sinful and without any free will, and that eternal life is predetermined by god. 1698 1760 life span of israel ben eliezer, the founder of hasidism, a jewish mystical movemen

actually hold or follow) of the british and their religion. he dropped out of school to study on his own. around this time ceylon received a pair of interesting guests. one of these, helena blavatsky (1831 1891, was a founder of the theosophical anagarika dharmapala 108 world religions: biographies society, a mystical religious and philosophical movement that combines buddhist and hindu beliefs. the society is aimed at helping a western audience investigate the universe and humanity s place in it by becoming closer to the divine. blavatsky was accompanied by the society s cofounder, colonel henry steel olcott (1832 1907. the two had come to ceylon to learn more about buddhist principles. soon after their arrival they began studies with a bhikkhu, an ordained buddhist monk, and declared th

dharmapala and blavatsky toured india, the country of buddhism s origins. the religion had nearly died out there, however. dharmapala was distressed to find buddhist shrines, such as the mahabodhi temple at bodh gaya, in poor condition. when he returned to ceylon, dharmapala founded the maha bodhi society in order to restore the temple, which honors the site of buddha s enlightenment. the aims of the society soon broadened to include teaching and promoting buddhism in ceylon 110 world religions: biographies anagarika dharmapala and india. in 1892 he founded the maha bodhi journal to aid in this process. dharmapala became known outside asia when he traveled to chicago in 1893 as the theravada buddhist representative to the world parliament of religions. though he was a young man of only twe

, insisting that her students not be lazy as they practiced meditation, but she was kind and loving as well. she would greet her students by blessing them and stroking their hair, and she shared her blessings with people, animals, and even inanimate objects on the street. in the 1980s dipa ma traveled to the united states to teach her techniques at the insight meditation society in massachusetts. the society was created by three westerners, joseph goldstein, jack kornfield, and sharon salzberg. these three had traveled to calcutta frequently to meet with and learn from dipa ma. as quoted by amy schmidt in dipa ma: the life and legacy of a buddhist master, goldstein said, there may be a few times in our lives when we meet a person who is so unusual that she or he transforms the way we live

lore, gardner soon became interested in the history of the region where he had settled, and he discovered that it had deep roots in witchcraft. he became involved with an occult group, the fellowship of crotona, which was led by the daughter of an early member of the theosophical society. the theosophical society is a mystical religious and philosophical movement founded in new york city in 1875. the society combines buddhist and hindu beliefs and seeks to investigate the universe and humanity s place in it. the fellowship of crotona practiced both theosophy and rosicrucian rituals. the rosicrucians are an organization devoted to the study of ancient mystical, philosophical, and religious principles. the crotona group claimed to be a line of hereditary witches, with secret knowledge passed

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ve placed the notes in a separate form at the end of the work, and i have made a short definition of the subject-matter of each chapter. the substance of this little volume was read as lecture before "the hermetic society of london" in the summer of 1886, dr. anna kingsford, president, in the chair. some of the notes were the explanations given verbally, and subsequently in writing, to members of the society who asked for information upon abstruse points in the "sepher" and for collateral doctrines; others, of later date, are answers which have been given to students of theosophy and hermetic philosophy, and to my pupils of the study groups of the rosicrucian society of england. sepher yetzirah the book of formation chapter i section 1. in thirty-two (1) mysterious paths of wisdom did jah

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the accomplished scholar, the aspiring politician. it was one of those petits soupers for which the capital of all social pleasures was so renowned. the conversation, as might be expected, was literary and intellectual, enlivened by graceful pleasantry. many of the ladies of that ancient and proud noblesse for the noblesse yet existed, though its hours were already numbered added to the charm of the society; and theirs were the boldest criticisms, and often the most liberal sentiments. vain labour for me vain labour almost for the grave english language to do justice to the sparkling paradoxes that flew from lip to lip. the favourite theme was the superiority of the moderns to the ancients. condorcet on this head was eloquent, and to some, at least, of his audience, most convincing. that

this jargon of prophecy and menace be but artifices to dupe him? he felt an unjust resentment towards viola at having secured such an ally. but with that resentment was mingled a natural jealousy. zanoni threatened him with rivalry. zanoni, who, whatever his character or his arts, possessed at least all the external attributes that dazzle and command. impatient of his own doubts, he plunged into the society of such acquaintances as he had made at naples chiefly artists, like himself, men of letters, and the rich commercialists, who were already vying with the splendour, though debarred from the privileges, of the nobles. from these he heard much of zanoni, already with them, as with the idler classes, an object of curiosity and speculation. he had noticed, as a thing remarkable, that zano

n per cent for his money! after spending some days with the merchant, during which time he contrived to disorganise all the mechanism of the house, to turn night into day, harmony into discord, to drive poor mrs. mervale halfdistracted, and to convince her husband that he was horribly hen-pecked, the ill-omened visitor left them as suddenly as he had arrived. he took a house of his own; he sought the society of persons of substance; he devoted himself to the money-market; he seemed to have become a man of business; his schemes were bold and colossal; his calculations rapid and profound. he startled mervale by his energy, and dazzled him by his success. mervale began to envy him, to be discontented with his own regular and slow gains. when glyndon bought or sold in the funds, wealth rolled

ion "i was not alone, but the associate of my wanderings was not one in whom my soul could confide, faithful and affectionate, but without education, without faculties to comprehend me, with natural instincts rather than cultivated reason; one in whom the heart might lean in its careless hours, but with whom the mind could have no commune, in whom the bewildered spirit could seek no guide. yet in the society of this person the demon troubled me not. let me explain yet more fully the dread conditions of its presence. in coarse excitement, in commonplace life, in the wild riot, in the fierce excess, in the torpid lethargy of that animal existence which we share with the brutes, its eyes were invisible, its whisper was unheard. but whenever the soul would aspire, whenever the imagination kind

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gton with this masonic apron which is now preserved in the library of the grand lodge of pennsylvania, in philadelphia. it contains many occultic symbols, the meaning of which presumably is reserved for higherlevel masonic brethren. many, however, are outed and explained in this book, to the chagrin, i am sure, of the masonic brotherhood. emblem of the exclusivist order of cincinnati (also called the society of cincinnati) worn by elite members. the secret society met in private and was headed by george washington. artwork from a china set which displays symbols important to the society of the cincinnati, a secret order of elitist rich men begun after the revolutionary war, headed by george washington. the symbols include a strange crowned angel blowing a horn and a phoenix bird with a tor

et in private and was headed by george washington. artwork from a china set which displays symbols important to the society of the cincinnati, a secret order of elitist rich men begun after the revolutionary war, headed by george washington. the symbols include a strange crowned angel blowing a horn and a phoenix bird with a torch aflame in its head from which issues a swirling fire, or sun sign. the society of the illuminati was eventually disbanded when public awareness grew that this small band of conspirators seemed to be exercising undue control of governments. initiates of many occult societies, including masons and rosicrucians, select a mark peculiar to them which they affix to their signature. this is george washington's signature. see if you can find his "mark" 62 codex magica pr

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of humanity, in steiner s vision, was the christ energy, which the rest of the species must begin to imitate. at the turn of the twentieth century, steiner found that his lectures were wellreceived by those in the audience who were members of the theosophical society, so he began to make himself more familiar with their philosophy. in 1902, he became the general secretary of the german section of the society, but he began to feel uncomfortable with what he perceived to be their lack of enthusiasm about the place of jesus and christ consciousness in the overall scheme of spiritual evolution. although he accepted most of their teachings on reincarnation and highly approved of meditation, he came to believe that helena petrovna blavatsky (1831 1891) and other high-ranking theosophists were di

ott (1832 1907, a newspaperman fascinated with psychic phenomena, who established a group centered around her mediumship. in 1875, blavatsky, olcott, and william q. judge (1851 1896, an attorney, made the decision to move beyond the precepts of spiritualism and create a more sophisticated approach to spirit contact and mysticism, which they named the theosophical society. the threefold purpose of the society was 1. to form a universal brotherhood of man; 2. to study and make known the ancient religions, philosophies, and sciences; 3. to investigate the laws of nature and develop the divine powers latent in humankind. in 1877, blavatsky published her worldview of the occult, isis unveiled. in this work, she argues that the reason metempsychosis (reincarnation) has been ridiculed by scientis

ation known today as the sylvia browne corporation. soon the readings in her home with a dozen or so friends in attendance had grown to gatherings of two or three hundred people in churches and town halls. although she was raised predominantly a roman catholic, she was familiar with the jewish, episcopalian, and lutheran backgrounds of her extended family. in 1986, she established a church called the society of novus spiritus (new spirit, which, though based essentially upon christian gnostic the- 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 mediums and mystics 97 kevin ryerson, channeler (archives of brad steiger) ology, rejects the concepts of sin, guilt, and retribution and is devoted to the building of a spiritual community that loves both t

nuary of 1926, a seance was held in the headquarters of the british society for psychical research (bspr) with willy schneider. the meeting had been organized by researcher dr. e. j. dingwall (1890 1986) and was attended by douglas dexter, a professional magician, and dr. c. g. lamb of the engineering laboratory at cambridge. schneider was carefully inspected by dingwall the moment he set foot on the society s premises. the clothing that schneider changed into before the seance a set of pajamas and a dressing jacket was the property of the society. every precaution was taken to assure the investigators that whatever they might witness that night would be the result of psychic ability and not trickery. the medium was led to a seat, and luminous strips were taped around both his ankles and h

ce a set of pajamas and a dressing jacket was the property of the society. every precaution was taken to assure the investigators that whatever they might witness that night would be the result of psychic ability and not trickery. the medium was led to a seat, and luminous strips were taped around both his ankles and his wrists so that his slightest movement could easily be seen by the members of the society. during the seance, as an added precaution, the medium s hands would be held by two researchers. enclosed in a gauze cage were a luminous cardboard ring and a tambourine. the cage itself was set on a table several feet in front of schneider. as the seance progressed, the investigators were astonished to see the two enclosed objects float about in the gauze enclosure and dance like snow

tors were astonished to see the two enclosed objects float about in the gauze enclosure and dance like snowflakes through the air. the researchers found the phenomenon inexplicable, and dingwall concluded his report with the statement that the only reasonable hypothesis is that some supernormal agency produced the result. but even more impressive was the showing that willy s brother rudi made for the society six years later, on december 8, 1932. days before he was to conduct the seance, representatives from a firm of building contractors inspected the seance room to assure the society that no hidden apparatus of any kind existed that might in some way simulate psychic effects. with the assistance of society member lord rayleigh and the imperial college of science, infrared equipment was in

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two young women saw only the peaceful pre-dawn city. they knew, however, that just nine years previously, nearly 1,000 young canadians had lost their lives in the ill-fated dieppe raid. demonstrating an unusual presence of mind, the young englishwomen kept a record of the frightening sounds of war, noting the exact times of the ebb and flow of the invisible battle. they presented their report to the society for psychical research, whose investigators checked it against detailed accounts of the event in the war office. the times recorded by the women were, in most cases, identical to the minute of the raid that had taken place nine years before. another area which seems to be drenched with the powerful emotions of fighting and dying men is that of the small island of corregidor, where in t

disappointed when 10 witnesses arrived in the courtroom prepared to give evidence that the second will was in james chaffin s handwriting. after seeing the will, marshall chaffin s wife and son immediately withdrew their opposition. it seemed evident that they, too, believed the will had been written in the hand of the testator. james pinkney chaffin later told an investigator for the journal of the society for psychical research that his father had appeared to him before the trial and told him that the lawsuit would be terminated in such a manner. many of my friends do not believe it is possible for the living to hold communication with the dead, james pinkney chaffin said, but i am convinced that my father actually appeared to me on these several occasions and i shall believe it to the

esent. those homes which have a history of happy occupants, the psychoanalyst believed, are in little danger of becoming haunted. psychic investigator edmund gurney put forth the hypothesis that the collective sighting of a ghost is due to a sort of telepathic infection. one percipient sees the ghost and, in turn, telepathically influences another person, and so on. in his presidential address to the society for psychic research in 1939, h. h. price, a distinguished professor of logic at oxford university, put forth his psychic ether theory of hauntings. price hypothesized that a certain level of mind may be capable of creating a mental image that has a degree of persistence in the psychic ether. this mental image may also contain a degree of telepathic ability by which it can affect other

wn by mary ricketts, who, with her children, servants, and her brother, witnessed manifestations of a most eerie and frightening sort. ricketts was intelligent and widely read, and her reputation for truthfulness forever went unsullied. her brother, john jervis, was named baron jervis and earl st. vincent for his distinguished naval services. the hinton ampner case was published in the journal of the society for psychical research in april 1893. in 1757, mary had married william henry ricketts of canaan, jamaica, and they moved into the large country home outside of hinton ampner, england. from the very first there had been disturbances, the sound of doors slamming, the shuffling of footsteps. ricketts had spent many nights watching for the prowlers that he was convinced had somehow gained

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 ghosts and phantoms 47 something keeps walking around half the night turning all the lights on. located at 2482 san diego avenue in old san diego, the whaley house has been restored and is now owned and operated by the san diego historical society as a tourist attraction. often, while conducting tours through the old mansion, members of the society have heard eerie footsteps moving about other parts of the house when the rooms were visibly unoccupied. june reading, a former director of the whaley house, told of footsteps being heard in the master bedroom and on the stairs. windows, even when fastened down with three four-inch bolts on each side, would fly open of their own accord often in the middle of the night, triggering the b

the yacht valhalla sighted a sea monster off parahiba, brazil, on december 7, 1905, it was fortunate to have among its passengers e. g. b. meade-waldo and michael j. nicoll, two expert naturalists, fellows of the zoological society of britain, who were taking part in a scientific expedition to the south atlantic and indian ocean. meade-waldo prepared a paper on the sighting, which he presented to the society at its meeting on june 19, 1906. in his report, he told how his attention was first drawn to a large brown fin sticking out of the water, dark seaweed-brown in color, somewhat crinkled at the edge. the creature s fin was an astonishing six feet in length and projected from 18 inches to two feet from the water. under the water and to the rear of the fin, the zoologist said that he could

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shadows and struck with a fury that shattered the nerves and the resolve of their most stalwart foes. the very name of the secret society of killers has given the english language the words gassassin, h one who kills for fanatical or monetary reasons; gassassinate, h the act of killing suddenly and treacherously; and gassassination, h the murder of a prominent person. the original appellation for the society, the hashashin, is derived from the arabic ghashish, h a name for indian hemp (cannabis sativa, and the accusation was made by european crusaders and others that the assassins made liberal use of the narcotic effects of hashish to achieve their fierce courage and to eliminate their fear of death. most of the early members of the secret society were followers of the nizari branch of the

had been regarded as trusted servants but had only been hiding in his service until such time as the grand master ordered his assassination. as the power of hasan fs secret society became known throughout the east, a monarch never knew which of his seemingly faithful retinue was really an assassin only awaiting orders to murder him. between 1090 and 1256, there were eight grand masters who ruled the society of assassins. in 1256 and 1258, the mongols virtually destroyed the sect in iran and in syria. although the assassins scattered throughout the east and into europe, in 1272, the mamluk sultan baybars brought about their downfall as an organized sect. m delving deeper heckethorn, charles william. secret societies of all ages and countries. kila, mont: kessinger publishing, 1997. howard

howarth, stephen. the knights templar. new york: barnes& noble, 1993. the decided ones of jupiter in the early nineteenth century, southern italy suffered greatly from the raids of small gangs of bandits who would descend from 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 secret societies 5 between1090 and 1256, there were eight grand masters who ruled the society of assassins their hideouts in the mountains of calabria and abruzzi to rob travelers and to loot the villages. the authorities seemed unable to squelch the bands of thieves and protect the people, and only the vendettas and feuds between gangs themselves prevented the outlaws from uniting as one force to wreak greater havoc. then, in 1816, a man named ciro annunchiarico (d. 1818) beca

sfully brought the bandit gangs into a single striking force, leading them to rob, pillage, and burn under the banner of the skull and crossbones and the motto, gsadness, death, terror, and mourning. h by 1817, annunchiarico commanded 20,000 members of the secret society of the decided ones of jupiter the thunderer. the men were divided into camps of 300 to 400 members, and squadrons of 40 to 60. the society was structured along military lines and strict discipline was enforced. if ciro annunchiarico had so desired, he could easily have led an open revolution against any state government in southern italy. but annunchiarico, who claimed that the might of the great god jupiter flowed through his body, was more interested in personal aggrandizement than in political opportunities. annunchiar

will and any alleged crime they might commit was free of the taint of any sin. during the eighteenth century, the garduna had expanded its parameters of potential victims to include christians, as well as unbelievers, and they had begun selling their services of murder, kidnapping, robbery, and so forth to anyone who could afford them. they had become so powerful and daring that if any member of the society should be caught and imprisoned, the others thought nothing of attacking the prison and freeing him. at the height of its powers in the eighteenth century, the garduna instituted ranks within the society which could only be attained by acts of merit. at the head of the garduna was the great brother or grand master, who ruled the society from its headquarters in seville. following his o

ts of merit. at the head of the garduna was the great brother or grand master, who ruled the society from its headquarters in seville. following his orders were the commanders, the district chiefs, and the chiefs, the leaders of individual bands. under the chiefs came the swordsmen, well-trained men who were responsible for planning the criminal operations of the garduna. the true fighting men of the society were called the athletes, tough and ruthless individuals who were often escaped convicts, galley-slaves, and vicious criminals. below the athletes in rank were the gbellows, h elderly men who were regarded by their cities and villages as men of good character who acted as the disposers of stolen goods for the society. the lowest rank in the garduna was held by the ggoats, h the new rec

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eremoniesthey were near his person. in short, they were set apart to perform the duties and ceremonies alwaysassociated with priests and priestesses, and must be regarded as the priesthood of the horned god. it isprobably this body to which reginald scot[2] refers when he mentions that the witch went through threeadmission ceremonies. the first was when she accepted the devil's invitation to join the society "theyconsent privily, and come not into the fairies' assembly (the connection of witches and fairies should benoted "the order of their bargain or profession is double the one solemn and public, the other secret andprivate" this seems to indicate that after the public profession of faith, such as all converts had to make, thepriestess was admitted by a special and private rite. de lanc

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sense of the whole passage "eliphas n'etait pas a la question "eliphas was not under cross- examination "mauvais plaisant "vicious jester "si vous n'aviez pas. vous deviendriez "if you have not. you may become (this mistranslation turns a compliment into an insult "an awful and ineffaceable tableaux "peripeties "circumstances "il avait fait partie du clerge de saint germain l'auxerrois "he was of the society of st. germain l'auxerrois "bruit de tempete "stormy sound" we are obliged to mention this matter, as mr. waite (by persistent self- assertion) has obtained the reputation of being trustworthy as an editor. on the contrary, he not only mutilates and distorts his authors, but, as demonstrated above, he is totally incapable of understanding their simplest phrases and even their commonest

h has become their electro-magnetic atmosphere: and thus the companionship of the wicked is less fatal to the good than that of vulgar, cowardly, and tepid beings. strong antipathy warns us easily, and saves us from the contact of gross vices; it is not thus with disguised vices vices to a certain extend diluted 249 and become almost lovable. an honest woman will experience nothing but disgust in the society of a prostitute, but she has everything to fear from the seductions of a coquette. one knows that madness is contagious, but the mad are more particularly dangerous when they are amiable and sympathetic. one enters little by little into their circle of ideas, one ends by understanding their exaggerations, while partaking their enthusiasm, one grows accustomed to their logic that has lo

elieving that they alone are right there is but one step. one likes them, one approves of them, one is as mad as they are. the affections are free and may be based on reason, but sympathies are of fatalism, and very frequently unreasonable. they depend on the more or less balanced attractions of the magnetic light, and act on men in the same way as upon animals. one will stupidly take pleasure in the society of a person in whom is nothing lovable, because one is mysteriously attracted and dominated by him. and often enough, these strange sympathies began by lively antipathies; the fluids repelled each other at first, and subsequently became balanced. the equilibrating speciality of the plastic medium of every person is what paracelsus calls his "ascendant" and he gives the name of "flagum"

a hawk into a dove, one must first kill it, then cut it to pierces, so as to destroy even the least trace of its first form, and then boil it in the magic bath of medea. observe how modern hierophants proceed in order to accomplish human regeneration; how, for example, in the catholic religion, they go to work in order to change a man more or less weak and passionate into a stoical missionary of the society of jesus. there is the great secret of that venerable and terrible order, always misunderstood, often calumniated, and always sovereign. read attentively the book entitled "the exercises of st. ignatius" and note with what magical power that man of genius operates the realization of faith. he orders his disciples to see, to touch, to smell, to taste invisible things. he wishes that the

adness, a reasoned and willed vision, a real creation of intelligence and faith. thence-forward, when he preaches, the jesuit can say "what we have seen with our eyes, what we have heard with our ears, and what our hands have handled, that do we declare unto you" the jesuit thus trained is in communion with a circle of wills exercised like his own; consequently each of the fathers is as strong as the society, and the society is stronger than the world. chapter ii how to preserve and renew youth- the secrets of cagliostro- the possibility of resurrection- example of william postel, called the resurrected- story of a wonder-working workman, etc. one knows that a sober, moderately busy, and perfectly regular life usually prolongs existence; but in our opinion, 274 that is little more than the

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ra. the mystic seeks to get off the wheel of incarnation as soon as possible, speeding up the process of spiritual crowley's teachings, though based on golden dawn much more eastern in focus. 11. john laurence bendit (1898) was a psyduatrist, researcher. educated at cambridge university, as a psychiatrist from 1923 onwards. from secretary for the theosophical society in london, he was a member of the society for psychical research. in medicine was granted for his work in parapsychology, granted by a university in britain. his specialized between psychic ability and psychological works included paranormal cognition; the psychic and man incarnate. in 1939 he married phoebe daphne herself and a natural clairvoyant. mrs. bendit and co-authored some of his books. 12. see part two, chapter six f

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appear. immediately afterward, a great flush of color spread over the sea" may through august 1947 saw the first modern ufo wave in the united states. odd lights, glistening circular machines, and reddish flying cigars cap tured the american imagination. tiffany thayer, the eccentric novelist and founder of the fortean society, named after charles fort, chortled over the air force explanations in the society's journal, doubt. obviously the government was determined to cover up the true facts in this new situation. mystics and cranks quickly appeared, explaining the phenomenon as the work of people from outer space. the press gave the sensation a two-week run, then went back to the intricacies of the cold war. no one, not even the beady-eyed forteans, paid much attention to the giant birds

THE PATH OF KABBALAH

f the body and clothe it. the two world systems pure and impure act synchronously and help one another in the correction process. each newly obtained spiritual degree helps ascend to the next, until we finally reach the last degree, the attainment of eternity, perfection and wholeness, the ability to view life and death from a new perspective. 72 of 273 chapter 2.8 the right way to advance a talk the society we live is flooded with perpetual pursuit of beastly (corporeal) pleasures such as: money, glory, and sex. it is impossible to sin in such a state, but it is just as impossible to keep mitzvot. this is simply not spirituality. however, there is hope in that situation, provided a person is willing to restrict the use of these desires, or to better phrase it, direct his desires for spiri

iously or unconsciously. even partaking in conversation with such a person can result in a loss of spiritual achievements that took many months to come by. i have no wish whatsoever to encourage isolation from society, but a beginning student must be extra careful with regards to the knowledge that he perceives. after all, our entire free choice consists of choosing the right environment, meaning the society that we join and whose influence we are subject to. we are but egoistic points that should ripe to spiritual work. this point in our hearts that opens and ripens is the root and the beginning of everything. all other operations are but consequences and results of that point. the only thing that was created is a will to receive pleasure, meaning a desire to enjoy for one s own gratifica

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

nt to an ultimate blending of our extreme perfections and imperfections. vice and virtue. in one great monistic unity. he that would be wise must know all things, all things that his transient life can enable him to grasp. in the age which produced rabelais and boccaccio, vice was flagrantly open, and the lust which the early christians had first opposed and secondly absorbed, slowly burnt within the society of their days, till it burst out in the lecherous flames of a libidinous papacy. many witty and lascivious books, which in those times were openly enjoyed, have been handed down to us. in the north the puritanic upheaval, still so felt, set in; and in its first stages it probably was strictly anti-vicious, but in its second merely a screen to hide vice from the public gaze. this, in it

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sort of medical qualification at st. louis, probably at the city s eclectic medical college, notorious for its low standards, and practised medicine in several different states. apart from his frequent moves, possibly symptomatic of financial difficulties, his life seems to have been uneventful enough until his conversion to madam blavatsky s theosophy (c. 1878) and his admission to membership of the society that she had founded. hartmann spent the years 1883-85 at the theosophical headquarters situated at adyar, madras, playing a major part in the internal conflicts that almost destroyed the society and conducting a spirited, but hopeless, defence of madam blavatsky against the accusations of fraud made by madame coulomb and her husband. surprisingly enough, these latter efforts do not se

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

ance and impiety, is totally lost; and that which remaineth, is depraved with infinite lyes and superstitions. aphorism 35. the humane understanding is the onely effecter of all wonderful works, so that it be joyned to any spirit; and being joyned, she produceth what she will. therefore we are carefully to proceed in magick, lest that syrens and other monsters deceive us, which likewise do desire the society of the humane soul. let the magician carefully hide himself alwaies under the wings of the most high, lest he offer himself to be devoured of the roaring lion; for they who desire earthly things, do very hardly escape the snares of the devil. 24 the sixth septenary. aphorism 36. care is to be taken, that experiments be not mixed with experiments; but that every one be onely simple and

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

irst of these1 was found in an old church at rochestown, in the county of tipperary, where it had long been known among the people of the neighbourhood by the name given above. it was placed in the arch over the doorway, but has since been taken away. our second example of the shelah-na-gig2 was taken from an old church lately pulled down in the county cavan, and is now preserved in the museum of the society of antiquaries of dublin. the third3 was found at ballinahend castle, also in the county of tipperary; and the fourth4 is preserved in the museum at dublin, but we are not informed from whence it was obtained. the next,5 which is also now preserved in the dublin museum, was taken from the old church on the white island, in lough erne, county fermanagh. this church is supposed by the ir

ple, guil. neubrigensis, de rebus anglicis, lib. ii, c. 13, and walter mapes, de nugis curialium, p. 62. generative powers 181 rites, appear, indeed, to have found most favour among the peoples who spoke a dialect derived from the latin, and this we might naturally be led to expect, for the fact of the preservation of the latin tongue is itself a proof of the greater force of the roman element in the society, that from which these secret rites appear to have been chiefly derived. it is a curious circumstance, in connection with this subject, that the popular oaths and exclamations among the people speaking the languages derived from the romans are almost all composed of the names of the objects of this phallic worship, an entire contrast to the practice of the teutonic tribes the vulgar oa

looked upon by them as an act of holiness and religion. the child which was the fruit of this intercourse was taken on the eighth day and purified by fire, in the manner of the ancient pagans, so says the contemporary writer of this document, it was burnt to ashes in a large fire made for that purpose. the ashes were collected with great reverence, and preserved, to be administered to members of the society who were dying, just as good christians received the viaticum. it is added that there was such a virtue in these ashes, that an individual who had once tasted them would hardly ever after be able to turn his mind from that heresy and take the path of truth.1 1 congregabantur siquidem certis noctibus in domo denominata, singuli lucernas tenentes in manibus, et, ad instar letani, d monum

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

iate into unconsci usness. in ceremonies of initiation, there are two factors at work. one is the use of pain, hunger, and fatigue to induce an altered state of consciousness that is conducive to the 8. eliade, 112. 9. ibid, 84. 10 soul flight perception of spiritual beings. the other factor is the ordeal as a barrier that must be overcome in order to demonstrate worthiness to gain admission into the society of shamans. even in the second case, the spirits play a part, for if the spirits have embraced the initiate and support him through his ordeals, he is able to pass the ordeals with ease. the candidate's successful fulfillment of the ordeal shows the older shaman overseeing the trials that the spirits have accepted him. such an extreme approach to soul flight as a trial of endurance is

ed their directive, and was soon living with olcott in a seven-room apartment in new york that they referred to as the lamasery. their union appears to have been intellectual rather than sexual. an intense period of mediumship and writing culminated in the formation of the theosophical society. olcott was elected as chairman and became the organizational genius responsible for the rapid spread of the society. blavatsky's two greatest works, isis unveiled (1877) and the secret doctrine (1888, are bewildering in their scope and complexity. somehow, from their confusion, and from subsequent spirit messages received by blavatsky during seances, she and her closest followers were able to extract the essential ideas of theosophy. seven astral levels madame blavatsky claimed to receive her wisdom

that for this reason they are 122. howe, 114. 123. ibid, 115. 124. ibid, 130. no more than personal artifacts of the ego of the individual perceiving them is to place arbitrary limits on the scope and complexity of the mind. astral examination of initiates astral projection was used in a variety of ways in the golden dawn and related occult orders that evolved directly from its teachings, such as the society of the inner light founded by dion fortune (1890-1946, who had joined the golden dawn in 1919 while it was under the leadership of mo'ina mathers. perhaps the most interesting application was in the testing of potential candidates for initiation into these orders. the writer sir arthur conan doyle (1859-1930, who created that memorable character of fiction, the detective sherlock holme

e-to-face interrogation, she was told that she was not a fit candidate for initiation, but that she should wait a year and she would be reconsidered. thirteen months later, she again experienced the same sort of astral probing, although this time it was less intense than when she had sought admission to the alpha and omega lodge of the golden dawn. again she was rejected. the spiritual leaders of the society of the inner light were called masters, after the practice in theosophy, but it is evident that they were of a similar type to the spirits controlling the golden dawn. colquhoun wrote that, in both instances, this astral probing was set into motion by those connected with the secret chiefs of the respective societies, and that it did not resemble the melodramatic type of astral project

om of the trance medium and brought into the laboratory of the psychologist or parapsychologist, as he came to be known. a professor of psychology at duke university named joseph banks rhine (1895-1980) was the man most responsible for this rehabilitation of the study of "wild talents" that had first been observed in an analytical way during the seance by members of that venerable victorian body, the society for psychical research. rhine used the term extrasensoryperception to describe the apparent ability of some individuals to acquire information by means other than the use of their five physical senses. he did not coin the term esp-that term had been used by dr. rudolf tischner 118* soul flight (1879-1961) in his book telepathy and clairvoyance, originally published in german in 1920 an

lthough its exact location is never certain. sebottendorff believed that it was the center for a primordial race of pure blood, remnants of which stdl survived, guarded by beings of superhuman intelligence and abilities who were similar in conception to the mahatmas of theosophy or the secret chiefs of the golden dawn. by ritually establishing communication with the guardians of thule, members of the society hoped to enlist their aid in creating a revitalized aryan race that would exterminate the inferior races, which sebottendorff and his followers believed to be descended from interbreeding between aryans and animals. it is apparent that the thule of german fanatics, insofar as it can be said to have existed, was an astral land that could be visited by initiates of the thule society duri

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

owley's simultaneous reflection of and revolt against the world in which he lived more apparent than in his volatile sexual life -144- ii. the beast with two backs: crowley in the context of late and post-victorian england it is sex. how wonderful sex can be, when men keep it powerful and sacred, and it fills the world! like sunshine through and through one- d.h. lawrence, the plumed serpentxxvii the society that emerged in the nineteenth century- the bourgeois capitalist or industrial society- did not confront sex with a fundamental refusal of recognition. on the contrary, it put into operation an entire machinery for producing true discourses concerning it. not only did it speak of sex and compel everyone to do so; it also set out to formulate the uniform truth of sex. as if it suspected

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

useum at leyden. this savant transcribed and translated some passages from the festival songs of isis and nephthys, which is the first text in it, and these he published in recueil de travaux, paris, tom. iii, pp. 57-64. in 1886 by dr. birch's kindness i was allowed to work at the papyrus, and i published transcripts of some important passages and the account of the creation in the proceedings of the society of biblical archaeology, 1886-7, pp. 11-26. the legend of the creation was considered by dr. h. brugsch to be of considerable value for the study of the egyptian religion, and encouraged by him[fn#1] i made a full transcript of the papyrus, which was published in archaeologia (vol. lii, london, 1891, with transliterations and translations. in 1910 i edited for the trustees of the briti

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

knowledge of animals became useful. i think they had some extraordinary knowledge and love of animals which in later times descended to the horse whisperers in ireland, who, according to reliable stories, could tame the most savage horse by simply whispering to it. in my youth in scotland there was a sort of mystical secret society known as the horseman's word among farm servants. the members of the society were supposed to have dealings with the devil, and they certainly did have an uncanny power over horses. i believe the kirk and the trade unions combined crushed them, though they may still exist in secret. the secret taught in this society or cult was that men and animals were brothers, of the same stock, and should be thought of and treated as brothers. i think something like this wa

nd their mixture contained hemp and many other ingredients to tone it down. many primitive races use drugs to obtain elevation of the spirits, coca in south america, peyotil in mexico and many other substances. they have a varying effect on the nervous system, bringing about what might be the opening of the inner eye or perhaps hallucinations. alcohol has the effect of increasing precognition, as the society for psychical research records prove. another charge made against witches, the templars, the waldenses, the gnostics and many others was the 'osculum infame. this may have been a stock charge against anyone the clerics disliked, and seems to have been used on the principle that any stick is good enough to beat a dog with. it was first used against all the various sects of heretics, the

nstance, is hateful and cruel' but a witch friend suggests to me that the use of blood drawn from your own body might be permitted. the late aleister crowley used occasionally to perform a ceremony, gashing his breast and using his blood, and it is quite possible some witches do this. all i can say is, i have no knowledge of its being done. the same witch, in answer to a suggestion by a member of the society for psychical research, said 'i doubt whether performing a series of magical experiments to observe the result for the sake of psychic research would ever work. if people had only a ha'p'orth of practical experience they would never make such a proposition, because in successful magical operations one of the strongest stimuli is the emotional factor. before you can do any harm to your

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

ist so skilled a painter, so fluent a musician, the world s chief poet: i thought that he also deserved praise, that he wished to be extolled for his terrible visions i will certain, take his picture home and hang it beside the picasso. the birds will sing their love in the happiness between us. brotherhood collected by donald morrison, o.d.a.l. from faith and practice of london yearly meeting of the society of friends: the life of a religious society consists in something of principles it professes and the outer garments of organization it wears. these things have their own importance: they embody the society to the world, and protect it from the chance and change of circumstance; but the springs of life are deeper, and often escape recognition. they are to be found in the vital union of

es it professes and the outer garments of organization it wears. these things have their own importance: they embody the society to the world, and protect it from the chance and change of circumstance; but the springs of life are deeper, and often escape recognition. they are to be found in the vital union of the society with god and with one another, a union which allows the free flowing through the society of spiritual life which is its strength. such words as discipleship, fellowship, brotherhood, describe these central springs of religious fellowship. a starfish anonymous, collected by scharding one day a young man was walking along a deserted beach. he saw a frail old man bend over and pick up a starfish and put it back into the receding ocean. he watched for awhile, and to his amazem

WILLIAM WESCOTT GOLDEN DAWN HISTORTY LECTURE

ractical investigations whose origin is traced to the fratres rosae crucis of germany, which association was founded by christian rosenkreuz about 1398. he and the theologian, valentine andrea, have left us, in the works published about 1614, an account of the exoteric arrangements of the rosicrucian society. it seems likely it was andrea who published in 1614 the fama fraternitatis, or theory of the society, which must have been derived from the old records of the pupils of christian rosenkrawz. but even this arrival of mysticism was a new development of the older wisdom of the qabalistic rabbis and of that very ancient secret knowledge of the magic of the egyptians into which moses had been initiated. through the qabalah, indeed, europe became possessed of the ancient wisdom more than fr

o him as a province. almost at the same time, the horus temple no. 5 under the rule of v.h. fratre "vote vita mea" was also consecrated at bredford in yorkshire. these three temples have members also in the united states, hindustan, palestine, denmark, etc. the name of the order in various languages is: in hebrew: morning light shining society (chabrath (or chaorah) zoreh aour bakker) which means the society of the shining light of dawn. in latin: aurora. in german: die goldene demmerung. in french: l'aube d' or. reference may now be made to the society which was reconstructed by robert wentworth little, student of the mysteries. this society, which has branches in england, scotland and the united states, is allied with the g.d. it perpetuated one form of rosicrucian initiation which was c

of recent times: of d. anna kingsford, who was indeed illuminated by the sun of light; of madame blavatsky, leader of the t.s. no occult student, however wide apart his own favored path of wisdom, could fail to recognize in her a master mind in a woman's frame. i cannot fail to express the lament which followed the passing of d. william robert woodman, for many years known as the supreme magus of the society ros. in anglia which is exoteric in its outer grades but whose concerns are regulated by an inner circle of adepti who still hold the secrets of the r. c. and its masonic society. the eastern school of theosophy and occultism and our own hermetic society of the g.d. are fraternities of students whose predecessors must have come from the same stock of magi as the scientific priests of a

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

attained in the epoch a modality of consciousness that precedes the dyadic division precipitated by the structure of intentionality is called i only by equivocation.140 the epoch creates a unique sort of philosophical solitude which is the fundamental methodical requirement for a truly radical philosophy. in this solitude i am not a single individual who has somehow willfully cut himself off from the society of mankind. all of mankind, and the whole distinction and ordering of the personal pronouns, has become a phenomenon within my epoch; and so has the privilege of i-the-man among other men. 141 the i ascertained within the phenomenological bracket exhibits uniqueness and personal indeclinability( the always singular i) but it is at the same time a privileged member of 20 chapter one the

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

ch weekly concerts and plays were given. the culmination of the dramatic work was a shakespearean pageant. after two years of strenuous activity, harold large returned to london with the work so well organized, that the group was able to carry on. the silent meeting grew in strength, and after his departure other friends were added, a simple form of ritual was used, and it was given the title of "the society of the southern cross" from the beginning, definite guidance was received in rotation from three different sources, both eastern and western, the one that carried the group to the final stages of the quest being western. in 1910 the mission of help came to new zealand, and miss mclean arranged with father fitzgerald to meet members of the group at bishop court in napier (a city dose to

door for a chest wherein many things and books lay, including the vocabularium of paracelsus who lived from 1493 to 1541, or during the 120 years of closure previously referred to. this was an obvious inconsistency, and was in fact an intentional blind inserted for the purpose of disappointing the critics of that day (the critic is rarely or never an occultist. to ensure the exdusion of such men, the society cunningly authorized the publication of a tract, with an intentional blot in it which would condemn it immediately in their eyes and so kept such men from clamouring for admission) for be it remembered, the fama was an official manifesto; the publication of which was authorized by the (raters then empowered. subsequently, on account of the great stir roused by its publication, and espe

together, considering within thyself if they be sufficient to allure thee" the point of this, however, is that examination of the contents does not reveal the 37 reasons, nor do the hebrew letters representing that number form any word which might seem to be the secret meaning; but by temurah, two pregnant words are shown forth: thus lhb=30+5+2=flame, lux, light. illumination and lgd=30+3+4="for the society" or army. there is another reference to paracelsus in the fama which is of curious interest. it runs "although he was not of our fraternity, yet nevertheless ha th he diligently read over book m, whereby his sharp ingenium was exalted" now paracelsus was taught by johann trithemius of spanhiem, abbot of wurtzburg, and solomon trismosin. he also travelled in the east, and being taken ca

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

r master, the lord of magicians. know, then, that i have trod all the zones of the gods, and also the places of the azonei, and have descended unto the foul places of death and eternal thirst, which may be reached through the gate of ganzir, which was built in ur, in the days before babylon was. know, too, that i have spoken with all manner of spirit and daemon, whose names are no longer known in the societies of man, or were never known. and the seals of some of these are writ herein; yet others i must take with me when i leave you. anu have mercy on my soul! i have seen the unknown lands, that no map has ever charted. i have lived in the deserts and the wastelands, and spoken with demons and the souls of slaughtered men, and of women who have dies in childbirth, victims of the she-fiend

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

tan is undoubtedly a marvel. he has even succeeded in attaching a foul connotation to a colourless word like "certain "in a section of the city with a certain reputation women of a certain class suffering from certain diseases are charged with performing certain acts" is a common enough item in the newspapers. it allows the fullest play to the dirtiest imaginations- which appears to be the aim of the societies for the suppression of vice, and their like. al iii,28 "also ye shall be strong in war" al iii,29 "moreover, be they long kept, it is better; for they swell with my force. all before me" the new comment it is not altogether clear whether the beetles or the cakes are referred to in this strange passage. the proper way to discover the truth of this is to experiment. there is a consider

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

ows the door wide open to very definite dangers. fortunately, there is a movement within spiritualistic circles to right this obvious danger and to shift the present emphasis upon phenomena into the world of true values and right understanding. the subject is too vast a one for me to deal with here, except in illustration of the points which i am endeavouring to make, but one hint i will give. if the societies and organisations, connected with the spiritualistic movement and the psychical research groups, would seek for and find the natural sensitives (and not the trance mediums) and those who are naturally clair-audient and clair-voyant and would study their disclosures, their words, their reactions and their modes of working they would discover much about some of the natural and normal p

BOOK OF ENOCH

is book happen at a time when the runaways are quite old. i have wondered if they (the angels) lived longer than we would think was normal but there isn t enough detail to draw a conclusion. the majority of this section consists of a prophecy of doom for the runaways: they will see their families destroyed by fighting amongst themselves during their lifetime. they will suffer in the afterlife and the societies they founded will be wiped away by a flood. he says, at 10.22, that there will never again be another flood like the one to come. 10.1] and then the most high, the great and holy one, spoke and sent arsyalalyur to the son of lamech, and said to him: 10.2 "say to him in my name; hide yourself! and reveal to him the end, which is coming, because the whole earth will be destroyed. a del

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

e dogma throughout most of the known world, it was suicidal to speak of these alternative spiritual beliefs in public. not surprisingly, they were passed on in secret or hidden within legends and symbolic stories. thank goodness they were! but knowledge is neutral. it is how you use it that is negative or positive. the spiritual knowledge can be used and abused, and so can the secrecy inherent in the societies and mystery schools which, particularly at their higher levels, know spiritual realities denied to most people. in the same way that each higher level of initiate within the secret societies knows more than those below them, so the fourth dimensional prison warders ensure that they know far more than even those human vehicles at the top of the global pyramid of manipulation. today, a

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

ase ended in the reptilian agenda, another was immediately begun- thecold war- and it is so much easier to engender the fear necessary for that if people haveseen for themselves what happens when one of these devices explodes.after the war, the world was mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physicallydevastated. this allowed the banks to make vast fortunes lending money to governments torebuild the societies destroyed by a war the same banks had funded. this massivelyincreased the debt owed by nations to private banks and the control over those countriesincreased in proportion. the desperation for peace made the world open to the main reasonthe brotherhood had created the war -the formation of the united nations. problem-reaction-solution (see figure 22. the charter for the united nation

DEITUS

ic and refer to the rise of man as a god. the realization of deitus is the recognition that man has become a god. there is within man, however, a great dichotomy between light and dark, god and beast. in order to assume our place as gods upon the earth, we must recognize the reality that we have already become gods. we must put aside the religions and ideologies of the past, and the moralities of the societies of the past, all of which have hindered us from assuming our rightful place as heirs of creation. we must then assume the responsibilities which come with recognition of being gods and begin to act in a manner that reflects the wisdom, enlightenment, beauty, power, and majesty which is within us. it is not required of us that we become pure or blessed, or that we become all-loving an

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

ule, which he saw as a move by the boston headquarters church to set itself up as the mother church of the convention and require all societies to acknowledge its primacy. de charms and his congregation left the convention, and in 1840 he founded the central convention, which emphasized the writings of swedenborg. in reaction, the general convention changed its rules. it loosened its control over the societies, adopted a structure granting more equitable representation from the societies, and renounced any spiritual authority inherent in the boston headquarters. with his basic objection now resolved, de charms dissolved the central convention in 1852 and his philadelphia church and rejoined the general convention. the independent impulse of the central convention was preserved, however, by

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

reaten the establishment, they established secret laws among themselves. in order to protect themselves from the wrath of ignorant people, they took refuge in operative masonry which contained the discreet rules of their own trade. they inseminated this with their ideas which later influenced the formation of the modern speculative masonry we know today.62 in the above quotation, layiktez praises the societies that were the origin of masonry, and claims they kept themselves hidden to protect themselves from "ignorant people" if we can leave aside this subjective claim for a moment, we can understand from the quotation above that masonry is a present-day representation of societies that were founded in the ancient pagan civilizations of ancient egypt, ancient greece and rome. of these three

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

ent-day initiates of arte. speaking from my knowledge of the ophite-sabbatic lore within the cultus, its historical provenance is primarily rooted in oral transmission. nonetheless, beyond the passing of word from mouth to ear, there are many diverse linkages which prefigure the complex form seen in the present-day mythos. in previous generations traditional craft has shared certain features with the societies of horsemanry; reverence for cain is one such element. in turn, comparable ideas about the role of tubal-cain and naamah can be seen in the allied rites of freemasonry. traditional craft has also made good use of many ritual magic texts such as the key of solomon and agrippa s books of occult philosophy. these works also provide avenues for allied figures, such as lucifer, asmodeus

LAITMAN M KABBALAH REVEALED

n learned that there s a means for it xthe method of kabbalah, devised for just that purpose. but if we look around, we can clearly see that we are not headed for a positive future. we re in a crisis xa big one. even if we haven t been harmed by it, we have no guarantee we will remain unharmed. it appears that there is no area where the crisis has not left its mark, whether in our personal lives, the societies we live in, or in nature. crises in and of themselves are not necessarily negative; they simply indicate that the present state of things has exhausted itself, and that it s time to move on to the next phase. democracy, the industrial revolution, women s liberation, quantum physics, all of these appeared as results of crises in their fields. in fact, everything that exists today is t

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

els, who focus on delivering metaphysical information rather than messages from the dead. there are a number of religious movements that are based on the authority of channeled messages. most conservative christians would view all such mediumship and channeling as a form of demonic possession. typically, fundamentalist christians who are not charismatic also view pentecostal phenomena as demonic. the societies in the areas around ancient israel were ardent believers in possession and regularly practiced exorcism. such phenomena appear to have been far less prevalent in judaism, although it has been speculated that later writers may have edited out references to such practices. exorcism is, nevertheless, mentioned in hebrew scriptures (the old testament. early rabbinical literature also mak

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

its flowers, leaves, and ornamental volutes will lend propriety where it is due. the construction of temples of the ionic order to juno, diana, father bacchus, and the other gods of that kind, will be in keeping with the middle position which they hold; for the building of such will be an appropriate combination of the severity of the doric and the delicacy of the corinthian" p. 175 in describing the societies of ionian artificers, joseph da costa declares the dionysiac rites to have been founded upon the science of astronomy, which by the initiates of this order was correlated to the builder's art. in various documents dealing with the origin of architecture are found hints to the effect that the great buildings erected by these initiated craftsmen were based upon geometrical patterns der

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

as begun by the council of elders in asia minor over 11,000 years ago.they have compelled us to the heights of technological expertise at the expense ofother areas of human development, as lamented by innumerable philosophers, roman-tics, social critics, and activists. i wonder why progress looks so much like destruction (john steinbeck) the major advances in civilization are processes that wreck the societies in which theyoccur (alfred north whitehead)regarding the practicality of their meta-plan, they knew it would take centuries tocome to fruition. however, there was no choice but to commit to it, since it meant thatthey could finally vacate their prison earth and roam the infinite skies, or perhaps evenreturn to their own planet. the renaissance, the industrial age, and the present sil

ded,occult agenda. this move of englands aristocracy to launch an empire was the begin-ning of a new phase in the history of the serpent race. it signaled the beginning ofthe modern age. the later age of enlightenment and the subsequent industrial agewere also stages along the way, each defined by advancement in technology and geno-cide. the major advances in civilization are processes that wreck the societies in which theyoccur (alfred north whitehead)civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home (david watson) atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation93 chapter 15their satanic majesty s requestare we aware of the real reasons for genocide, for the mass slaughter which attendedcolonialization? its purpose is also one of occult significance. when dee entered

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

rson is undoubtedly a marvel. he has even succeeded in attaching a foul connotation to a colourless word like "certain "in a section of the city with a certain reputation women of a certain class suffering from certain diseases are charged with performing certain acts" is a common enough item in the newspapers. it allows the fullest play to the dirtiest imaginations which appears to be the aim of the societies for the suppression of vice, and their like. 28. also ye shall be strong in war 'war" is not necessarily to be interpreted in the usual sense "the struggle for lift" is also a form of war -or love. 29. moreover, be they long kept, it is better; for they swell with my force. all before me. it is not altogether clear whether the beetles or the cakes are referred to in this strange pass

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

times to the middle ages which never missed an opportunity to clamp down on guilds, brotherhoods, and other associations whose purposes appeared to conflict with canonical laws. the interdictions that were promulgated for this reason (and which could target only specific cases) provide us with valuable information on certain kinds of associations. on january 30, 1189, the council of rouen banned the societies and brotherhoods of clergy and laypeople that swore an all-encompassing oath of aid and protection to each other that could lead them to take actions that ran counter to canonical law and that might even lead to perjury. a century and a half later, on june 18, 1326, the council of avignon condemned certain fraternities and brotherhoods. from this action we have learned that these soc

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

levees so numerous and miscellaneous, nicot forced his way; and far from friendly or flattering were the expressions that regaled his ears "aha, le joli polichinelle" said a comely matron, whose robe his obtrusive and angular elbows cruelly discomposed "but how could one expect gallantry from such a scarecrow "citizen, i beg to advise thee (the courteous use of the plural was proscribed at paris. the societies populaires had decided that whoever used it should be prosecuted as suspect et adulateur! at the door of the public administrations and popular societies was written up "ici on s'honore du citoyen, et on se tutoye("here they respect the title of citizen, and they 'thee' and 'thou' one another) take away murder from the french revolution and it becomes the greatest farce ever played b

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r master, the lord of magicians. know, then, that i have trod all the zones of the gods, and also the places of the azonei, and have descended unto the foul places of death and eternal thirst, which may be reached through the gate of ganzir, which was built in ur, in the days before babylon was. know, too, that i have spoken with all manner of spirit and daemon, whose names are no longer known in the societies of man, or were never known. and the seals of some of these are writ herein; yet others i must take with me when i leave you. anu have mercy on my soul! i have seen the unknown lands, that no map has ever charted. i have lived in the deserts and the wastelands, and spoken with demons and the souls of slaughtered men, and of women who have dies in childbirth, victims of the she-fiend

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