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f that evil. lastly, do not be daunted by the difficulties of occult study and remember that every obstacle can at length be conquered by perseverance. hiero: before you can pass on to the next higher grade of this order you will have to make yourself perfect in the following: 1) the names and alchemical symbols of the four elements. 2) the names, astrological symbols and elemental attribution of the twelve signs of the zodiac. 3) the names and astrological symbols of the seven planets, also their houses, exaltation and triplicity in the zodiac. 4) the names, characters and numerical values of the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet. 5) the names and english meanings of the ten qabalistic sephiroth. a mss. lecture on these subjects of study may be obtained on application. when you kn

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ers of the north, and there are also numberless names of angels, archangels, and spirits ruling the element of earth. kerux: comes forward retrieves fylfot cross from altar and hands it to hierophant. hiero: the hermetic cross, which is also called fylfot, hammer of thor, and swastika, is formed of 17 squares out of a square of 25 lesser squares. these 17 represent the sun, the four elements, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. in this grade, the lights on the pillars are unshaded, showing that you have quitted the darkness of the outer world. you will leave the temple for a short time. kerux: escorts neophyte out of temple, instructs neophyte in knocks and returns to temple entrance. 1= 10 zelator grade part ii part ii outer order officers hierophant: red robe, red& white nemyss, gold sho

phases of ten degrees of each sign. on one side of each triangle is the permutation of the divine name yod heh vau heh, which is referred to that particular sign, while in the opposite side of it is the name of one of the 12 tribes which is also attributed to it. now the 22 sounds and letters of the hebrew alphabet are the foundation of all things. three mothers, seven double and twelve singles. the twelve single letters are allotted to the 12 directions in space, and those diverge to infinity, and are in the arms of the eternal. these twelve letters he designed and combined, and fortified with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they

rections in space, and those diverge to infinity, and are in the arms of the eternal. these twelve letters he designed and combined, and fortified with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve leaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, symbolized by the letter heh, the first of the single letters, and by its number 5, the pentagra

great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, symbolized by the letter heh, the first of the single letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse while in christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs are referred to christ and his twelve apostles. heg: leads neophyte to hiereus and then returns to his place and is seated. hiereus: leads neophyte to the south, and says: hiereus: on the southern side of the holy place stood the seven branched candlestick, wherein was burned pure olive oil. it is an image of the mystery of the elohim, the seven creative ideas. the symbolic drawin

ncement to the next grade of theoricus you will be required to pass an examination in certain subjects. 1) the names and alchemical symbols of the three principles of nature. 2) the metals attributed in alchemy to the seven planets. 3) the names of the alchemical particular principles, the sun and moon of the philosophers, the green lion, the king and queen. 4) the names and astrological value of the twelve houses of heaven. 5) the names, astrological symbols and values of the aspects of the planets. 6) the meaning of the querent and quesited. 7) the four great classes of astrology. 8) the arrangement of the ten sephiroth, hebrew and english, in the tree of life. this is especially important. 9) the three pillars of the same. 10) the names of the four orders of elemental spirits. 1) the na

taking the earth for foundation, didst hollow its depths to fill them with thy almighty power. thou whose name shaketh the arches of the world, thou who causest the seven metals to flow in the veins of the rocks, king of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean workers, lead us into the desirable air and into the realm of splendor. we watch and we labour unceasingly, we seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the holy city, by the buried talismans, by the axis of the loadstone which passes through the center of the earth. o lord, o lord, o lord! have pity upon those who suffer. expand our hearts, unbridle and upraise our minds, enlarge our natures. o stability and motion! o darkness veiled in brilliance! o day clothed in night! o master who never dost withhold the wages of thy work

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been done in blameless ignorance or from deliberate purpose, but scarcely by any men except such as were previously familiar with heathenism. even the ;n"orse priesthood is but very imperfectly delineated in the eddas and sagas. a noteworthy passage in the ynglingasaga cap. 2 which regards the ases altogether as colonists from asia, and their residence asgard as a great place of sacrifice, makes the twelve principal ases sacrificial priests (hofgogar: skyldu jjeir rasa fyrir biobum ok domum manna 1 milli (they had to advise about sacrifices and dooms; and it adds, that they had been named diar (divi) and drottnar (domini. this representation, though it be but a conjecture of snorri's, shows the high estimation in which the priestly order stood, so that gods themselves were placed at the h

fro. midland he longs to be away where the swans sing on the cool shore; a water-plant, the spongia marina, bears the name of niar&ar vdttr, niors's glove, which elsewhere was very likely passed on to his daughter freyja, and so to mary, for some kinds of orchis too, from their hand-shaped root, are called mary's hand, lady-hand, god's hand (dan. gudshaand. as dionysus stands outside the ring of the twelve olympian gods, so morsr, freyr and freyja seem by rights not to have been reckoned among the ases, though they are marshalled among them in sn. 27-8. they were vanir, and therefore, according to the view of the elder edda, different from ases; as these dwelt in asgars, so did the vanir in vanaheim, the alfar in alfheim, the lotnar in lotunheim. freyr is called vaningi, sa;m. 86. the van

"c?i?ic la lune avec les dcnts^ fischart in several places speaks of this' ivoj/ dcs mons' and most fully in his aller practik grossmutter' derhalben dorft ihr nicht mehr fiir ihn betten, dass ihn gott vor den vmfcn wolle hchutcn, denn sie werden ihn diss jahr nicht erhaschen (need not pray for the moon, they won't get her this year^ in several places there circulate among the people rhymes about the twelve hours, the last two being thus distinguished' um elfe kommen die ^volfc, um zwolfe bricht das gcivolhe' at 11 come the wolves, at 12 bursts the vault, i.e, death out of the vault. can there be an echo in this of the old behef in the appearing of the wolf or wolves at the destruction of the world and the bursting of heaven's vault? in a lighted candle, if a piece of the wick gets half de

swedish tables in geijer (hafder""118. 121. 475) give inge, neorch, fro; some have neoroch for neorch, both being corruptions of neorth. now, was it by running ingvi and freyr into one, that the combination ingvifrerjr (transposed into as. frea ingwina) arose, or was he cut in two to make an additional link 1 the skaldskaparmal in sn. 211^ calls yngvifreyr osin's son, and from the enumeration of the twelve or thirteen ases in sn. 21> it cannot be doubted that yngvifreyr was regarded as equivalent to the simple freyr, inguio. hartung. 347 bears the name of ingvingar= ynglingar. and then, what the norse genealogy is unable to carry farther up than to ingvi, tacitus kindly completes for us, by informing us that inguio is the son of mannus, and he of tvisco; and his ingacvones are one of two

ABRAMELIN2

his is the conjuration of the first day. the conjuration of the second day. on the following day, having performed the ordinary orison, and the aforesaid ceremonies, you shall briefly repeat the aforesaid conjuration unto the said spirits, bringing to their remembrance their promises and oaths made on the preceding day to send unto you the eight sub-princes;77 and address the conjuration unto all the twelve together, and in a little while they will appear visibly, the eight sub-princes in the form which hath been commanded them; and they will promise and swear unto you (allegiance, as will be more fully shown in the following chapter. the names of the eight sub-princes are described hereafter in the nineteenth78 chapter. the conjuration of the third day. the conjuration of the third day is

of: chapter ii (to obtain information concerning, and to be enlightened upon, all sorts of propositions, and all doubtful sciences) chapter viii (to excite tempests) chapter xii (to know the secrets of any person) chapter xiii (to cause a dead body to revive, and perform all the functions which a living person would do, and this during a space of seven years by means of the spirits) chapter xiv (the twelve symbols for the twelve hours of the day and of the night, to render oneself invisible unto every person) of abramelin the mage 97 chapter xv (for the spirits to bring us anything we may wish to eat or to drink, and even all (kinds of food) that we can imagine) chapter xvii (to fly in the air, and travel any whither) chapter xix (for every description of affection and love) chapter xx (t

saxonia, who had only children who were minors, and the eldest was between of abramelin the mage 103 twelve and thirteen years of age, unfit for the government and management of his estate, the which his own relatives would have seized upon and appropriated unto themselves; and by this means i provided (against the contingency, and prevented that estate from falling into other hands. chapter xiv (the twelve symbols for the twelve hours of the day and of the night, to render oneself invisible unto every person) to render oneself invisible is a very easy matter, but it is not altogether permissible, because that by such a means we can annoy our neighbour in his (daily) life, for we can easily employ the same for producing various effects, and we can also work an infinitude of evils (herewith

re is much more quaint and obscure than that of the first book; and is evidently the translation of abraham the jew from a more ancient writer. 2 i.e, the revelation, or apocalypse. 3 this whole passage about the signification of these numbers is very obscurely worded in the original. i take the meaning to be the following: the arts or methods of magical working are twelve, if we class them under the twelve signs of the zodiac. the second number mentioned above, 5, is perfect because of its analogy with the pentagram that potent symbol of the spirit and the four elements; 6 is the number of the planets (as known to the ancients, without the recently discovered herschel and neptune. as the chaldean oracles of zoroaster say" he made them six, and for the seventh, he cast into the midst there

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t a small o is placed at the end of each word in the last square towards the right hand. amigdel is from mgdl, a strong tower. no. d is a square of c f squares. iosua, the well-known hebrew name, signifies "he shall save. no. e is also a square of c f squares. peger is from pgr= a dead inactive carcase whether of man or of beast. the sacred magick 159 the fourteenth chapter. he twelve symbols for the twelve hours of the day and of the night, to render oneself invisible unto every person. a l a m a l a l a m a l a a t a t a n (1 (2) t s a p h a h s a p h a h i t n e r a n a o r i s (3) c a s a h a d o d a s o m o s a d o p a h a s a c (4) a l a t a h l a t a h r o g a t (5) c o d e r o d e r (6) s i m l a h i m l a h s i i r i s of abramelin the mage 160 notes to chapter xiv (a) the symbols

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of the zodiac, depending upon the letter of the name referred to that group. each zodiacal sign, being divisible into three decanates, or divisions of ten degrees, it follows that each of three decanates of the sign may be referred to one of the squares in any group of three squares. the sign refers to the group, the decan refers to one square of that group. the rule governing the attributions of the twelve signs to the great cross is: the four kerubic or fixed signs (b, e, h and k) are referred to the squares of the linea spiritus sancti. the four cardinal signs (a,d, g, and j) are referred to the left side of the linea dei patris filiique, and the four mutable signs (c, f, i, and l) the right side of the linea dei patris filiique. the decanate system as employed by the order will be fou

h the significance of the tarot cards. they begin with the attribution of the first decanate of a to the planet f, and ending with the last decanate of l also ruled by f. the order of planets for the decanates follows the order of sephiroth on the tree of life: l, k, f, a, c, b, and y. there are 36 small cards of the tarot, as explained in the appropriate documents, attributed to the decanates of the twelve signs. therefore to each of the decanate squares on the great cross will be attributed one of the small cards of the 17 tarot. 2, 3, and 4, of each of the four suits of tarot are referred to cardinal signs, 5, 6, and 7 to the kerubic or fixed signs; and 8, 9, and 10 to the mutable signs. thus in the a tablet, the great cross shows the tarot and decanate attributions as shown. the great

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f life. each wall of the tomb is said mystically to be in breadth five feet and in height eight feet, thus yielding forty squares, of which ten are marked and salient, representing the ten sephiroth in the form of the tree of life, acting throughout the planet. the remaining squares represent the \ybwrk and the eternal m, the three alchemical principles, the three elements, the seven planets, and the twelve signs, all operating in and differentiating the rays of each planet. note that in all, the 31 central upper square alone remains white and unchanged, representing the changeless essence of the divine spirit, thus developing all from the one, through the many under the government of one "the colors of the varying squares may be either represented by the color of the planet and the color

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

rned success [science= b material success [success] 7= k unstable effort [futility' b success unfulfilled [failure] 8& c shortened force [interference! f prudence 9% c despair and cruelty [cruelty$ f material gain [gain] 10! c ruin# f wealth table v 26 cxxxvii. signs of the zodiac. cxxxviii* planets ruling col. cxxxvii. cxxxix. planets exalted in col. cxxxvii. cxl. twelve banners of the name cxli the twelve tribes. 15 a! h w h y dg gad 16 b= w h h y \yarpa ephraim 17 c< h h w y hcnm manesseh 18 d& y h w h rkccy issachar 19 e( h y w h hdwdy judah 20 f# y w h h yltpn napthali 22 g' h y h w rca asshur 24 h* y h h w d dan 25 i> h h y w mynb benjamin 26 j% w h y h lwbz zebulon 28 k) h w y h bwar reuben 29 l$ w y h h wumc simeon cxlii. angels ruling houses. cxliii. twelve lesser assistant angels

huonidie 20 isis thumis pi-osiris thoptius panotragus aphut 22 zeuda serucuth omphta aterechinis ophionius arepien 24 arimanius sentacer merota tepiseuth panotragus senciner 25 tolmophta eregbuo tomras sagen zeraph chenen 26 soda themeso riruphta epima monuphta homoth 28 brondeus oroasoer vucula astiro proteus tepisatras 29 rephan archatapias sourut thopibui phallophorus atembui clxxiii* genii of the twelve hours (levi. 15 papus, sinbuck, rasphuia, zahun, heiglot, mizkun, haven 16 sisera, torvatus, nitibus, hizarbin, sachluph, baglis, laberzerin 17 hahabi, phlogabitus, eirneus, mascarun, zarobi, butatar, cahor 18 phalgus, thagrinus, eistibus, pharzuph, sislau, schiekron, aclahayr 19 zeirna, tablibik, tacritau, suphlatus, sair, barcus, camaysar 20 tabris, susabo, eirnils, nitika, haatan, ha

he attributions in agrippa (tom. ii cap. x; hence the duplication of left and right eye, ear and nostril. line 15. budge has hands. line 32 bis. the hebrew is alim chayyim, the living gods. col. xxiii. nothing and neither p nor p) and beaten and scattered corpse each denote two different meditations. col. xxxv. agrippa (de occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) b venus c phoebus d mercury e jupiter f ceres g vulcan h mars i diana j vesta k juno l neptune. crowley included most of these, omitting only jupiter and phoebus. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow their traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c si

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" the temple as in dclxxi or in any other convenient manner. 5. standing at the appropriate quarters, at the edge of the circle, let him banish the 5 elements by the appropriate rituals. 6. standing at the edge of the circle, let him banish the 7 planets by the appropriate rituals. let him face the actual position of each planet in the heavens at the time of his working. 7. let him further banish the twelve signs of the zodiac by the appropriate rituals, facing each sign in turn. 8. let him at each of these 24 banishings make three circumambulations widdershins, with the signs of horus and harpocrates in the east as he passes it. 410 9. let him advance to the square of malkuth in the tau, and perform a ritual of banishing malkuth. but here let him not leave the square to circumambulate the

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numbers with perhaps a few exceptions (e.g. 41817) are composed of their primes. each of these ideas may be explained, investigated, understood, by means very various. firstly, the hebrew, greek and arabic numbers are also letters. then, each of these letters is further described by one of the (arbitrarily composed "elements of nature" the four (or five) elements, the seven (or ten) planets, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. all these are arranged in a geometrical design composed of ten "sephiroth (numbers) and twenty-two "paths" joining them; this is called the tree of life. every idea soever can be, and should be, attributed to one or more of these primary symbols; thus green, in different shades, is a quality or function of venus, the earth, the sea, libra, and others. so also abstra

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hecy of the future. the manifested shall repeat itself again and again, always a clear thin note, always a simplicity of music, yet ever less and less disturbing the infinite silence until the end. 112 chapter xv the lamen the breastplate of lamen of the magician is a very elaborate and important symbol. in the jewish system we read that the high priest was to wear a plate with twelve stones, for the twelve tribes of israel (with all their correspondences, and in this plate were kept the urim and thummin<divination> the modern lamen is, however, a simple plate which (being worn over the heart) symbolizes tiphereth, and it should therefore be a harmony of all the other symbols in one. it c

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the constellation draco; serpent (lit. gcurls h; see i.r.q. 834; cf. 450& 510) ylt whole; irreproachable; perfect; wholeness; sincerity; perfection mt dead tm 441 a hind tly) truth tm) a live coal tlxg you (masc. pl) mt) 442 the ends of the earth cr) ysp) 443 virgo: a virgin (title of malkuth; a city hlwtb the house of god (cf. 498; also a place name) l) tyb 444 the sanctuary #dqm frogs (drpc 445 the twelve single letters q c( s n l y+ x z w h sorcerer hp#km 446 destruction; death twm the ankles mylwsrq 447 initials of the three above and the three beneath (cf. 203& 248 )br rmd 448 lofty twmb 449 most dazzling light xcxwcm rw) cloak tyl+ 450 tablets (e.g. of moses) twxwl the fruit of the tree c( yrp transgression(#p goodwill (grace, acceptance, favour, will) without end lwbg ny)b nwcr dwel

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s. 25 by gematria, 864, jryw cmc, shemesh va-yerich, sun and moon, and \ycdq cwdq, qadesh qadeshim, holy of holies. draw your own conclusions (possibly along the lines of you can prove anything with gematria if you try hard enough) t.s. liber lviii 15 which all convey the meaning of to be; it is the only word that will bear so many transpositions without its meaning being altered. they are called the twelve banners of the mighty name and are said by some to rule the twelve signs of the zodiac. these are the twelve banners: hwhy, whhy, hhwy, yhwh, hywh, wyhh, yhhw, hhyw, hyhw, whyh, hwyh, ywhh. there are three other tetragrammatic names, which are hyha, eheieh, existence; ynda, adonai, lord; and alga, agla. this last is not, properly speaking, a word, but is a notariqon of the sentence ynda

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cles, so also at a touch this gold philosophical dissolveth his being, ofttimes with a great and terrible explosion, ofttimes so softly and subtly that no man may perceive it, be he never so acute, nay, as a needle for sharpness or for fineness as a spyglass of the necromancers! yet herein lieth the core of the matter that in this explosion aforesaid naught whatever is left either of the seven or the twelve or of the three mother seeds that lie concealed therein. but in a certain mystical way the other ten are shadowed forth, though dimly, as if the brazen serpent had become a 92 sword of lightning. yet is this but a glyph; for in truth there is no link or bond between them. for this animal gold is passed utterly away; there is not any button hereof, nor any feather of the wings of the sph

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tutes for it the name adonai, adni, lord. the radical meaning of the word is "to be" and it is thus, like ahih, eheieh, a glyph of existence. it is capable of twelve transpositions, which all convey the meaning of "to be; it is the only word that will bear so many transpositions without its meaning being altered. they are called the "twelve banners of the mighty name" and are said by some to rule the twelve signs of the zodiac. these are the twelve banners- ihvh, ihhv, ivhh, hvhi, hvih, hhiv, vhhi, vihh, vhih, hihv, hivh, hhvi. there are three other tetragrammatic names, which are ahih, eheieh, existence; adni, adonai, lord; and agla. this last is not properly speaking, a word, but is a notariqon of the sentence, athh gbvr lovlm adni, steh gebor le0olahm adonai "thou art might, for ever, o

is suffering from indigestion brought on be a surfeit of ill-cooked theosophy. the theories spring up and choke the narrative, and it becometh unfruitful. georgos. the deuce and all. by george rafflovich. published by the equinox. price 3"s" 6"d" and 1"s" net. i can find no words of any known language strong and emphatic enough to express my admiration of this extraordinary volume. twelve tales! the twelve pointed star of genius! an introduction that is a revelation! magical knowledge thrown away! psychology never at fault! truly the book to read again and again. but, mind you, do not let it fall into the hands of elderly people "they "would never die" george raffalovich. poems. by victor ratcliffe. cambridge, 1910. the title of this little volume is misleading. cantab. bracken. by john t

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its center! even as we say; glory unto the rose that is nuit the circumference of all, and glory unto the cross that is the heart of the rose! 31 therefore do i cry aloud, and my scream is the treble as the bellowing of the bull is the bass. peace in the highest and peace in the lowest and peace in the midst thereof! peace in the eight quarters, peace in the ten points of the pentagram! peace in the twelve rays of the seal of solomon, and peace in the four and thirty whirlings of the hammer of thor! behold! i blaze upon thee (the eagle is gone; it is only a flaming rosy cross of white brilliance) i catch thee up into rapture. falutli, falutli. o it dies, it dies. bou saada. 3 these are intended to show symbolically that the bull is the same as the eagle "november" 28, 1909. 9.30-10.15 a.m

purification. i am the daughter of the house of the invisible. i am the priestess of the silver star. and she catches me up to her as a mother catches her babe, and holds me up in her left arm, and sets my lips to her breast. and upon her breast is written "rosa mundi est lilium coeli" and i look down upon the open book of the mysteries, and it is open at the page on which is the holy table with the twelve squares in the midst. it radiates a blaze of light, too dazzling to make out the characters, and a voice says "non haec piscis omnium (to interpret that, we must think of 'iota chi theta upsilon sigma, which does not conceal "iesous christos theon uios soter" as traditionally asserted, but is a mystery of the letter nun and the letter qoph, as may be seen by adding it up 'iota chi theta

appear to be veiled masters, sitting absolutely still and silent. nor can any one be distinguished from the others. and the angel sayeth: behold where thine angel hath led thee! thou didst ask fame, power and pleasure, health and wealth and love, and strength, and length of days. thou didst hold life with eight tentacles, like an octopus. thou didst seek the four powers and the seven delights and the twelve emancipations and the two and twenty privileges and the nine and forty manifestations, and lo! thou art become as one of these. bowed are their backs, whereon resteth the universe. veiled are their faces, that have beheld the glory ineffable. these adepts seem like pyramids- their hoods and robes are like pyramids. and the angel sayeth: verily is the pyramid a temple of initiation. veri

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10 ritual "this grade is especially referred to the element earth, and therefore, one of its principal emblems is the great watch-tower on the terrestrial tablet of the north. you will observe that the hermetic cross, which is also called fylfat. is formed of seventeen squares taken from a square of twenty- five lesser squares. 263 these seventeen squares represent the sun, the four elements, and the twelve signs. in this grade the lamps on the pillars are unshaded, showing that you have quitted the darkness of the outer" illustration. approximated below_ diagram 14. the hermetic cross. the neophyte then retires for a short time before commencing the second ritual of this grade, which consists chiefly of symbolic explanations: the "hierophant" says "while the 0= 0 grade represents the port

ck_ k. e. r. u. x. lights. unshaded_ hiereus_ diagram 15. arrangement of the temple in the 1= 10 ritual (second part. the "hegemon" then explains the symbolic drawing of the zodiac, which is most complicated, but consists mainly of twelve circles and a lamp in the centre to represent the sun "the whole figure represents the rose of creation, and is a synthesis of the visible universe. furthermore the twelve circles represent the twelve foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse, while in the christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs typify our saviour and the twelve apostles."2 after which the hiereus says "at the southern side of the holy place stood the seven-branched candlestick. the symbolic drawing before you represents its occult meaning. the seven circles which surround t

ese again represent, on a higher plane, the seven lamps before the throne."3 264 illustration described from page 265 "diagram 16. the rose of creation" this is a twelve-pointed star made up of four line-drawn equilateral triangles, effectively two hexagrams placed one on top of the other and rotated to produce a symmetrical duo-decagram. there are small circles touching the outer tips of each of the twelve points. four identical circles are placed tangent to the horizontal and vertical line elements in the central portion of the figure. in the exact center is an upright pentagram, also lineal, with a smaller circle in its own center. illustration described from page 265 "diagram 17. the seven-branched candlestick" this is a seven pointed star or heptagram with one point to top. there is a

e vault of heaven; in the depths of the earth; in the abyss of the waters, and in the all-presence of fire: heaven cannot speak their fulness, earth cannot utter it. yet hath the creator bound them in all things. he hath mingled them through water: he hath whirled them aloft in fire: he hath sealed them in the air of heaven: he hath distributed them through the planets: he hath assigned unto them the twelve constellations of the zodiac" he then explains that to the thirty-second path of the sepher yetzirah is attributed the seven abodes of assiah; to the four elements, the kerubim, and the qliphoth.5 267 it represents the connecting-link between assiah and yetzirah. it is the rending of the veil of the tabernacle; and it is the passing of the gate of eden. after which he enters upon the sy

iagram 47. the symbol of sulphur on the tree of life. the alchemical symbols of sulphur and of salt on the tree of life are then shown. after which the "hiereus" explains the tablet of the trinity operating through the sephiroth; and the "hegemon" that of the seven yetziratic palaces23 containing the ten sephiroth; and 281 the qliphoth24 with their twelve princes, who are the heads of the evil of the twelve months of the year. the "hierophant" then confers upon the practicus the title of "lord of the twenty-seventy path" and the third part of the ritual comes to an end. illustration on page 282 described "diagram 48. the trinity operating through the sephiroth" this is a standard tree of life, with the sephiroth represented as white rings and all twenty-two paths represented as lines. seph

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gram, p. 144, the sigil of hismael should be used. in marking points fix attention on sigil and on the question proposed; the hand should not be moved from the paper till complete. it is convenient to rule lines to guide the eye. the daughters are derived by reading the mothers horizontally. the four nephews, figures ix-xii, are thus formed: chapter v the general meaning of the sixteen figures in the twelve houses herein follows a set of general tables of the sixteen figures in the twelve houses, for the better convenience of forming a general judgment of the scheme. under the head of each figure separately is given its general effect in whatever house it may happen to fall. thus, by taking the house signifying the thing demanded, and also that signifying the end of the matter (fourth hous

est in what is called its house; very strong in its exaltation; strong in its triplicity; very weak in its fall; weakest of all in its detriment. a figure is in its fall when in a house opposite to that of its exaltation; in its detriment when opposite to its own house. the following list shows the essential dignities; that is to say, they follow the dignities of their ruling planets, considering the twelve houses of the scheme as answering to the twelve signs, thus: asc. to aries, 2 to taurus, 3 to gemini &c. 12 to pisces. therefore mars figures will be strong in asc. and weak in 7th and so on "see" chapter i. for attribution of figures to planets* is strong in dignities of jupiter and venus* is strong in dignities of saturn and mars* table of essential dignities weh note: these tables of

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d cross, which the chief adept carries upon his breast, is then explained to mean "the key of sigils and of rituals; and that it 209 represents the force of the twenty-two letters in nature as divided into a three, a seven and a twelve "many and great are its mysteries" the explanation of the rose and cross being ended, the third adept first explains his wand as having marked on it the colours of the twelve signs of the zodiac between light and darkness, and that it is surmounted by the lotus flower of isis, which symbolizes the development of creation. then, secondly, the adeptus major explains his as "a wand terminating in the symbol of the binary, and surmounted by the tau cross of life, or the head of the phoenix, sacred to osiris" on it are marked the seven colours of the rainbow betw

ed by the lower arm of the inner calvary cross at the junction of the two lower petals. the next ring outward from the center is composed of seven petals, each holding one of the seven double letters of the hebrew alphabet. clockwise from 1 o'clock: hb:koph, hb:taw, hb:gemel, hb:dalet, hb:bet, hb:resh, hb:peh. the last ring outward from the center is composed of twelve petals, each holding one of the twelve single letters of the hebrew alphabet. clockwise from top: hb:heh, hb:qof, hb:tzaddi, hb:ayin, hb:samekh, hb:nun, hb:lamed, hb:yod, hb:tet, hb:chet, hb:zain, hb:vau. the door of the vault is guarded by the elemental tablets,4 and by the cherubic emblems, and upon it is written the words "post centum viginti annos patebo" which the chief adept explains as follows] the 120 years refer sym

h, and thus mayest thou at length comprehend that even the evil helpeth forward the good "and between that light and that darkness vibrate the seven colours of the rainbow" which are shown forth in the seven walls, each of which consists of forty squares representing the ten sephiroth; the four cherubim; the eternal spirit; the three alchemic principles; the three elements; the seven planets, and the twelve signs. upon the altar is placed the black calvary cross charged with a rose of twenty-five petals representing the counterchanged action of the spirit and the four elements [all quit vault] illustration on page 222 described "diagram 75. the wall of the vault" this is a rectangular grid of squares, five across by eight high. a representation is below, save that the top row scorpio symbo

is called strait, let him invoke her who abideth therein, in the path called daleth, even our lady isis""the invocation""of" 68 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i. no. 2. 69 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. 1, no. 2. 70 see the lesser key of solomon: the goetia "isis" and i beheld a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun: and the moon was at her feet: and on her head was the diadem of the twelve stars. hear me, our lady isis, hear and save. o thou, queen of love and mercy! thou, crowned with the throne! thou, horn d as the moon! thou, whose countenance is mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain! hear me, our lady isis, hear and save! o thou, who art in mater manifest! thou bride and queen as thou art mother and daughter of the crucified! o thou, who art the lady of th

a shroud of darkness; a formula of defence: that i may become invisible, so that seeing me men see not, nor understand the thing that they behold! come unto me, o ma, goddess of truth and justice! thou that presidest over the eternal balance. auramooth, come unto me, lady of the water! thoum-aesh-neith, come unto me, lady of the fire! purify me and consecrate, for i am aeshoori the justified. for the twelve stars of light are on my brow: wisdom and understanding are balanced in my thought! wrath in my right hand and the thunderbolts; mercy in my left hand and the fountains of delight! in my heart is aeshoori and the symbol of beauty. 71 see 5= 6 ritual "supra" 72 see "liber o" the equinox, vol i. no. 2. 73 note that the whole operation may be performed mentally and in silence, and that on

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gain upon the axe, that my song of praise unto thee may be one song! 10. for i am thy chosen virgin, o my god! exalt thou me unto the throne of the mother, unto the garden of supernal dew, unto the unutterable sea! amen, and amen of amen, and amen of amen of amen, and amen of amen of amen of amen. 9 the chapter known as aries the twelvefold affirmation of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve affirmations and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou show-clad volcan of scarlet fire, thou flame-crested pillar of fury! yea, as i approach thee, thou departest from me like unto a wisp of smoke blown forth from the window of my house. 2. o thou summer-land of eternal joy, thou rapturous garden of flowers! yea, as i gather thee, my harvest is but as a drop of due shimmering in the golden c

crown of the universe, thou diadem of dazzling brightness! yea, as i burn up before thee, my 11 light is but as a falling star between the purple fingers of the night. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space; glory and glory upon glory everlasting. amen and amen, and amen. 12 the chapter known as taurus the twelvefold renunciatiion of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve renunciations and by the unity thereof. 1. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee the kisses of my mistress, and the murmur of her mouth, and all the trembling of her firm young breast; so that i may be rolled a flame in thy fiery embrace, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. 2. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator

self's day, whose glory blindeth thy glory; so that i may become as a rushlight in thine abode, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 15 the chapter known as gemini the twelvefold conjuration of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve conjurations and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou consuming eye of everlasting light set as a pear betwixt the lids of night and day; i swear to thee by the formless void of the abyss, to lap the galaxies of night in darkness, and blow the meteors like bubbles into the frothing jaws of the sun. 2. o thou ten-footed soldier of blue ocean, whose castle is built upon the sands of life and d

ght. 12. o thou fat of an hundred fortresses of iron, crimson as the blades of a million murderous swords; i swear to thee by the smoke-wreath of the volcano, to open the secret shrine of thy bull's breast, and tear out as an augur the heart of thine all-pervading mystery. 13. o thou silver axle of the wheel of being, thrust through the wings of time by the still hand of space; i swear to thee by the twelve spokes of thy unity, to become unto thee as the rim thereof, so that i may clothe me majestically in the robe that has no seam. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 18 the chapter known as cancer the twelvefold certitude of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve certitudes and by

ar of ancient wine. i know thee! o thou dawn-wing'd courtesan of light, who makest me to reel with one kiss of thy mouth, as a leaf cast into the flames of a furnace. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 21 the chapter known as leo the twelvefold glorification of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve glorifications and by the unity thereof. 1. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the lion rampant of the dawn: thou hast crushed with thy paw the crouching lioness of night, so that she may roar forth the glory of thy name. 2. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the lap of the fertile valleys: thou hast adorned their strong limbs with a robe of poppi

; for i behold thee in the lotus- flower within my heart: thou hast 23 emblazoned my trumpet with the lion- standard, so that i may blare forth the glory of thy name. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 24 the chapter known as virgo the twelvefold beseechment of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve beseechments and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou mighty god, make me as a fair virgin that is clad in the blue-bells of the fragrant hillside; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may ring out the melody of thy voice, and be clothed in the pure light of thy loveliness: o thou god my god! 2. o thou mighty god, make me as a balance of rubies and jet that is cast in the lap of the sun;

f the universe; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may become as a crown upon thy brow, and flash forth the exceeding fire of thy godhead: o thou god, my god! o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 27 the chapter known as libra the twelvefold gratification of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve gratifications and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou green-cloaked maenad in labour, who bearest beneath thy leaden girdle the vintage of thy kisses; release me from the darkness of thy womb, so that i may cast off my infant wrappings and leap forth as an armed warrior in steel. 2. o thou snake of misty countenance, whose braided hair is like a fleecy dawn of swooning maidens; hunt me as

fire that are welded in the furnace of war; press thy cool kisses to my burning lips, so that the folly of our passion may weave us into the crown of everlasting light. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 30 the chapter known as scorpio the twelvefold denial of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve denials and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou god of the nothingness of all things! thou who art neither the formless breath of chaos; nor the exhaler of the ordered spheres: o thou who art not the cloud-cradled star of the morning; nor the sun, drunken upon the mist, who blindeth men! i deny thee by the powers of mine understanding; guide me in the unity of thy might, and lead me to the

the unity of thy might, and kindle me with the grey flame of thine all-pervading nothingness. for thou art all and none of these in the fullness of thy not-being. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 35 the chapter known as sagittarius the twelvefold rejoicing of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve rejoicings and by the unity thereof. 1. ah! but i rejoice in thee, o thou my god; thou seven-rayed rainbow of perfect loveliness; thou light-rolling chariot of sunbeams; thou fragrant scent of the passing storm: yea, i rejoice in thee, thou breath of the slumbering valleys; o thou low-murmuring ripple of the ripe cornfields! i rejoice, yea, i shout with gladness! till, as the mingling b

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er in the dark; and at the midnight thou shalt go to the mid-stream's smoothest flow, and strike upon a golden bell the spirit's call; then say the spell "angel, mine angel, draw thee nigh" making the sign of magistry with wand of lapis lazuli. then, it may be, through the blind dumb night thou shalt see thine angel come, hear the faint whisper of his wings, behold the starry breast begemmed with the twelve stones of the twelve kings! his forehead shall be diademed with the faint light of stars, wherein the eye gleams dominant and keen. thereat thou swoonest; and thy love shall catch the subtle voice thereof. he shall inform his happy lover: my foolish prating shall be over! olympas. o now i burn with holy haste. this doctrine hath so sweet a taste that all the other wine is sour. marsyas

weak may "dare" to follow. this path must necessarily be a difficult one; illusions and delusions must be expected, temptations and defeats encountered with equanimity, and fears and terrors passed by without trembling. the labours of hercules are a good example of the labours the aspirant, who would be an adept, must expect. however, there is not space here, nor is this the place, to enter into the twelve mystic works of this man who became a god. yet let us at least note three points_ that the tenth labour was to slay geryon, the "three-"headed and "three-"bodied monster of gades; that the eleventh was to obtain apples from the garden of the hesperides, where lived the "three" daughters of hesperus; and that the last was to bring upon earth the "three-"headed dog cerberus, and so 143 un

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s violently shaken from the outside "come in" he said. the door was pushed open, then shut again, but no one had entered. the disciples exchange a glance of amusement; one of them said "has a lady entered" they were all made merry by that exhibition of neptunian spirit of apropos. but elph nor pistouillat, like the french southerner he was, missed the courteous element in life, and began to curse the twelve young men. he was a bad-tempered man, and a very theatrical one. he rose and walked to him who had caused them all to laugh "i know you, sir" elph nor said, purple in the face "i know you, unwholesome monkey. your father was a dealer in pork sausages and cooked ham, a trader in swine. nothing better could be expected from you than your pig- like groans" his blood was boiling already, an

ing out of steam. he walked in the dark to a large cupboard at the far end of his room and took from a shelf twelve little wax figures which he stood on a small table. rapidly he mumbled an invocation, an incantation, and a depreciation. then he walked to the fireplace, took the red-hot poker which he kept ever ready for the purpose of lighting his charcoal, and returned with it to the table. 301 the twelve disciples felt that something was going to happen, but knew not what. an awful feeling overcame their will; they dared not move. then, suddenly, the twelve of them jumped up and fell on the floor, curling themselves, howling with intense pain and agony, all in a sweat, their bodies aching with all the torments of fire. the could hear the old man, by his table, cursing them and hitting t

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e climax- oh, how tense and dumb the expectant hush intoxicating! hush! the heart's beat! across the moor some dreadful god rides fast, be sure! the listening palamede bites through his thin white lips- what hoofs are those? are they the quest? how still and blue the sky is! hush- god knows- god knows! then on a sudden in the midst of them is a swart god, from hoof to girdle a goat, upon his brow the twelve-star diadem and the king's collar fastened on this throat. thrill upon thrill courseth through palamede. life, live, pure life is bubbling in his blood. all youth comes back, all strength, all you indeed flaming within that throbbing spirit-flood! 103 yet was his heart immeasurably sad, for that no questing in his ear he had. nay! he saw all. he saw the curse that wrapped in ruin the wo

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ars been made to interpret the book, theologically and historically. the learned dr e. v. kenealy made sense out of it, but overdid the subject. he believed it to represent the apocalyptic church of adam, and found in its addresses to the "seven churches" the existence of a great asian hierarchy of the seven temples of the "twenty-four ancients" and further, in its various characters, the acts of the twelve divine incarnations, or messengers, who follow each other at periods of 600 years, as taught in regard to the manifestations of vishnu. then, in 1906, we have a book of the astronomer, nicholas marazoff, verified by the astronomers ramin and lanin, who attempt an astrological view, grounded on the state of the heavens at patmos on the 30th september 395, at 5 o'clock at night. jupiter

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of the coven for the mass. 151 pptnbtx j) t!cbt agit of atttr witches believe that matter exudes emanations that can affect people in the way that ultra-violet rays and x-rays operate. this transference of energy can, they maintain, be harnessed according to the time of the year when they are born, and initiates are presented with a list of materials supposed to have sympathetic magic for each of the twelve signs of the zodiak, and are advised to be guided by it. they are: aquarius the water bearer. 22 january to 21 february. lucky stones: zircon, gamet, ruby, jet, black onyx. lucky number: two. lucky day: saturday. lucky flowers: snowdrop and foxglove. lucky tree: pine. animal: dog. bird: cuckoo. metal: platinum. colours: electric blue, electric green. pisces the fishes. 22 february to 21

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e" and in that god of love we "live and move and have our being" and will to the end of aeonian manifestation (c) the seven planes of divine manifestation, or the seven major planes of our system, are but the seven subplanes of the lowest cosmic plane. the seven rays of which we hear so much, and which hold so much of interest and of mystery, are likewise but the seven sub-rays of one cosmic ray. the twelve creative hierarchies are themselves but subsidiary branches of one cosmic hierarchy. they form but one chord in the cosmic symphony. when that sevenfold cosmic chord, of which we form so humble a part, reverberates in synthetic perfection, then, and only then, will come comprehension of the words in the book of job "the morning stars sang together" dissonance yet sounds forth, and disco

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, and it will be apparent to the most superficial student that in these thoughts lies hidden the clue, not only to man but to the entire cyclic evolution in which he is taking part. the fourth creative hierarchy is essentially the hierarchy of manas. this is no play on words, but a statement of deep occult significance. the statement has been made with entire accuracy that five hierarchies out of the twelve have passed out and that seven remain. of these seven, our human hierarchy is the fourth, making it literally the ninth when counting the entire twelve. in this connection it would be well to link up the statements that have been made to the effect that the five kumaras or heavenly men who definitely embody the manasic principle (or the five rays over which the systemic correspondence t

ce in the egoic body. a. the astral permanent atom. b. the atomic triangle- 298- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the spirillae and the egoic ray. a. the composition of the permanent atoms. b. the planes and fiery energy. c. the three fires. 4. summary. iii. the egoic lotus 1. wheels or centres of energy. a. centres of force. b. the causal body, the monadic heart centre. 2. the twelve-petalled lotus. a. the knowledge petals. b. the love petals. c. the sacrifice petals. 3. summary. i. the nature of the egoic or causal body the subject of the egoic ray and its relation to the second fire is one of vital import to three types of people: those who are interested in the true psychology, or in the evolution of the psyche; those who are on or nearing the path, and hence are

principal centres of force. there are others, but we are not here concerned with them. these latter have achieved a certain specific goal, and are the embodiment of centres which are now quiescent or out of manifestation, the logoic kundalini having turned its attention elsewhere. under another enumeration they make the ten of the esoteric life, and can also be enumerated as twelve, thus forming the twelve-petalled lotus, or the heart centre in the body of the one about whom nought may be said. on the fourth cosmic ether the buddhic plane, are found the etheric centres of the logos. there are to be found the esoteric planets and the sun, viewed as the centre of the buddhic principles, and from thence the logos animates his dense physical manifestation. finally, on the three lower planes w

e vision of the clairvoyant as fiery wheels or the flaming petals of a lotus. b. the causal body. monadic heart centre. in studying the egoic body it should be remembered that the causal body is the correspondence in the monadic manifestation to the heart centre. it is a flaming wheel of fire within the monadic auric egg, which embraces the five planes of monadic manifestation; it is also seen as the twelve-petalled lotus. of these twelve petals, the innermost three are unrevealed, or are embryonic, and hence the causal body is frequently considered as a nine-petalled lotus, or as a wheel of fire with only nine spokes or whorls. this is essentially true as regards the evolutionary process, but when a man has succeeded in awakening or unfolding the nine petals, or in arousing the fire of th

at the three major initiations) the inner three are revealed. they respond to the monadic vibration, to the aspect of pure spirit; it is the stimulation or revelation of these inner petals, by the one initiator at the third and fourth initiations which brings about the final conflagration and the blazing up of the causal body with the subsequent liberation of the central positive life or fire. 2. the twelve-petalled egoic lotus solar fire is dual. it is the fire of matter or substance and the fire of mind blended. this makes man the six-pointed star of light, for each of these fires is triple. the fire of mind is also in essence dual, bringing in another triplicity, thus making the nine. when a man has awakened the nine fires, and has unfolded the nine petals, and when he has received the

fire of mind is also in essence dual, bringing in another triplicity, thus making the nine. when a man has awakened the nine fires, and has unfolded the nine petals, and when he has received the stimulus which is imparted at initiation, through being brought into conscious contact with the electric spark of his own particular heavenly man, they all blend and merge. the inner three which complete the twelve, and which are concerned with the final, and essentially spiritual stages, of his evolution, are really related more intimately to the evolution of the heavenly man, and are connected with the stimulus which he receives himself in contacting the logoic electric spark, or the pure spirit aspect of the logos. it should here be noted that this ninefold development is hinted at in the secre

trust each of these fires can also be studied in a threefold manner and under three aspects. the monad will aspect electric fire flame s piritual will. love-wisdom solar fire light spiritual love. active fire by friction heat spiritual intelligence intelligence. the ego will a tma e lectric fire the spark c onscious the jewel will. in the lotus love- b uddhi solar fire t he rays conscious wisdom the twelve- love. petalled lotus. active manas fire by friction substance conscious intelligence the perma- activity. nent atoms. the personality will m ental body electric fire lower mind t hought love astral body solar fire kama desire activity physical body fire by friction prana activity i seek to emphasise here the fact that in this threefold manifestation there is a ninefold unfoldment. it s

from the central point, it is not at first apparent. at the moment of individualisation, the dim outline of a form such as earlier described has made its appearance on mental levels, and (which is a point not as yet recognised by students) it becomes apparent that a period on mental levels has transpired given over to a preparation for the imminent event. through the activity of the solar angels the twelve petals have gradually taken form, as the point of electric fire at the heart has begun to make itself felt even though not as yet localised. then the first three petals take shape, and close down upon the vibrant point, or "jewel" under the potency of the law of attraction. one by one the nine other petals take shape as the vibrations begin to affect solar substance, the three types of

sible to control and bend them to the will of the- 499- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust greater builders. much of the earlier energy-substance in systemic construction has been passed on into that force-matter which we call that of the lunar pitris, and its place has gradually been taken by this type of energy, gathered in from the greater sphere in which our logos has place. the twelve evolutions are after all but the twelve types of energy, manifesting ever in three groups of forces, and again as one group when synthesised during the process of manifestation. they are fourfold in interaction, and have a systemic ebb and flow about which little is known. third, the fact of the coming into incarnation of the informing "life" of this low grade substance, who is an entit

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is the second aspect, and therefore the real meaning of this sutra is that through intense devotion to, and love of ishvara, the christ in manifestation, that christ or soul may be contacted or known. ishvara is god in the heart of every child of god; he is to be found in the cave of the heart; he is to be reached through pure love and devoted service, and when reached he will be seen seated upon the twelve petalled lotus of the heart, holding in his hands the "jewel in the lotus" thus the devotee finds ishvara. when the devotee becomes the raja yogin then ishvara will reveal to him the secret of the jewel. when christ is known as king upon the throne of the heart, then he will reveal the father to his devotee. but the devotee has to tread the path of raja yoga, and combine intellectual kn

that term and all the aggregations of forms which are to be found in its environment. the trained seer has learnt to dissociate that which pertains to his own aura and the aura of the planet (which is in actuality the akashic record. he can distinguish between those records which are- 151- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust a. planetary, b. hierarchical or pertaining to the work of the twelve creative hierarchies as they bring to concretion the plan of the logos. c. imaginative forms, the result of the desire-thought activity of the myriads of men, animated by desire for some form of experience or other. d. the historical record pertaining to races, nations, groups and families in their two great divisions on the physical plane and on the astral. it should be borne in mind t

as can be seen if we study humanity as a whole. the heart centre opens before the head centre. love must ever be developed before power can be safely used. therefore the light of love must be functioning before the light of life can be consciously employed. as the lotus centre of the heart opens and reveals the love of god, through meditation a synchronous unfoldment takes place within the head. the twelve petalled lotus in the head (which is the higher correspondence of the heart centre, and the intermediary between the twelve petalled egoic lotus on its own plane and the head centre) awakens. the pineal gland is gradually brought from a state of atrophy to full functioning activity and the centre of consciousness is transferred out of the emotional nature into the illuminated mind consc

nitiation has to be trodden consciously by the thinker functioning through the central organ in the head, and from there intelligently traversing the path which leads through the three worlds to the realm or kingdom of the soul. it might be stated here that the awakening of the heart centre leads a man to consciousness of the source of the heart centre within the head. this in turn leads a man to the twelve-petalled lotus, the egoic centre on the higher levels of the mental plane. the path from the heart centre to the head, when followed, is the reflection in the body of the building of the antaskarana on the mental plane "as above, so below" 4. through perfectly concentrated meditation in the head. this carries on automatically the increased stimulation and awakening of the centres up the

ay that this sutra forms the background for all astrological investigation and from an appreciation of its meaning will eventuate an understanding of: 1. the relation of our solar system to the other six constellations which (with ours) form the seven force centres of which the seven great spiritual influences of our system are the reflections and agents. 2. the path of our sun in the heavens and the twelve signs of the zodiac through which our sun apparently passes. therefore it will be apparent that this sutra is the key to the purpose of the seven and the twelve upon which all our creative processes are built- 167- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the meaning of the twelve labours of hercules in their relation to man, the microcosm. 4. the purpose of our planet, gaine

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mystics and the occultists concern themselves. 5. the relation between the centres below the diaphragm and those above, or between: a. the centre at the base of the spine and the thousand petalled lotus, the head centre. in this the four petals of the basic centre become the many, or the quaternary is lost in the universal. b. the sacral centre and the throat. in this there comes a union between the twelve creative hierarchies and the quaternary, and the secret of the sixteen petals of the throat lotus is seen. c. the solar plexus centre and the heart, in which the ten of the perfect man in this solar system is lost in the consummated twelve. as the twelve creative hierarchies (in their outer and creative aspect) are contacted by the man, who is the perfected quaternary from the standpoin

s, and then we have forty-eight plus two equals fifty, the number of the perfected personality, for five is the number of man and ten is that of perfection. symbolically also, if the sum total of the forty-eight petals of the five centres is added to the ninety-six petals of the centre between the eyebrows, the number one hundred and forty-four appears. this number signifies the completed work of the twelve creative hierarchies, twelve times twelve, and thus the bringing together of the subjective soul and the objective body in perfect union and at-one-ment. this is the consummation. to these figures, one hundred and forty-four add that of the number one thousand (the number of the petals in the lotus of the head centre) and you have the number of the saved in the book of revelations, the

elled by desire, produces that form of life which we call the personality, so the mind aspect, as part of the purpose working out through the universal mind, in its form produces that manifestation which we call a manasaputra, the great son of mind on the mental plane. hence it is the mind principle in humanity which brings into manifestation the egoic body, the causal vehicle, the karana sarira, the twelve-petalled lotus. we are of course talking entirely in terms of the form aspect here. the reason for this lies back on the cosmic planes, whereon the planetary logos has his life. from the cosmic astral plane comes the impulse which produces form existence and concrete expression for all form-taking is the result of desire. from the cosmic mental plane comes the will-to-be in time and spa

iousness and of ray characteristics. these differentiations as you well know are like the colouring that the prism takes when subjected to the rays of the sun, or to the tracery of pattern found in reflection upon a limpid pool. astrology and the energies to these two energies, a third group of energies must be added, and these are the basis of much of our astrological research. they emanate from the twelve constellations which form our solar zodiac. their effect is infinite and the permutations of these three groups of energies lead to the infinite complication which we find in nature. the claims of the astrologers as to the reality of the energies playing upon the human organism can be seen to be true; their claims as to their capacity to interpret are for the most part unfounded. so lit

and service, plus the discipline of the lunar bodies, a man comes consciously and definitely under his soul ray, then he comes as definitely under the influence of one or other of the seven solar systems, as they focus their energy through one or other of the constellations and subsequently one or other of the seven sacred planets. eventually, there will be twelve sacred planets, corresponding to the twelve constellations, but the time is not yet. our solar system, as you know, is one of seven. when a man has arrived at this point in evolution, birth months, mundane astrology, and the influences which play upon the form aspect become of less and less importance. this circle of solar systems affects paramountly the soul and it becomes the focal point of spiritual energies. this is the probl

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i copyright 1998 lucis trust the one who sees the right the visioner of reality the divine robber the devotee of life the hater of forms the warrior on the march the sword bearer of the logos the upholder of the truth the crucifier and the crucified the breaker of stones the imperishable flaming one the one whom naught can turn the implacable ruler the general on the perfect way the one who leads the twelve curiously enough, this sixth ray lord has always been a loved enigma to his six brethren. this comes out in the questions which they addressed to him on one occasion when they met "under the eye of the lord" to interchange their plans for united, divine, harmonious action. they asked these questions in a spirit of heavenly joy and love, but with the intent to throw some light upon the s

ions to the solar system, which is the basis of astrological research, will be considered later. i seek to point out here only the dual fact that the seven rays are themselves 1. expressions of energies emanating from the seven solar systems, which are, in their turn, animated by the life of the "one about whom naught may be said" 2. influenced by, and therefore under the astrological control of, the twelve constellations whose energies are contacted by our solar system during the course of the journey of our sun through the greater zodiac, during the vast period of approximately 25,000 years, and in a lesser degree during the course of the twelve months of the year, wherein the lesser path of the zodiac is trodden. the complexity of the subject is very great, and only the broad general ou

the knowledge that the fact of spirit, the immediacy of love and the synthetic scope of the plan provide a foundation upon which he can place his feet, take his stand with assurance, and then go forward in certain confidence of an assured goal. our second statement of fact is therefore: ii. each one of the rays is the recipient and custodian of energies coming from 1. the seven solar systems. 2. the twelve constellations- 98- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust each ray passes these energies through its body of manifestation (a planet, and thereby imparts them to the planetary form, and to all forms upon and within it. these differentiated forms are therefore animated by energy coming from the cosmic life, from the solar deity, and from

right 1998 lucis trust each ray passes these energies through its body of manifestation (a planet, and thereby imparts them to the planetary form, and to all forms upon and within it. these differentiated forms are therefore animated by energy coming from the cosmic life, from the solar deity, and from the planetary life, and are consequently coloured by qualities from the seven solar systems and the twelve constellations. this blend of energies, working on substance, produces the forms, and each subjective form, in its turn, produces the outer appearance. it is not possible for us to study these forces and qualities in detail, especially in connection with an individual human being, for the scale is so minute, relatively, and the detail to be considered is so intricate. but the nature of

turn, produces the outer appearance. it is not possible for us to study these forces and qualities in detail, especially in connection with an individual human being, for the scale is so minute, relatively, and the detail to be considered is so intricate. but the nature of the qualities and energies can be somewhat grasped as we study the seven ray lives with their seven psychological types, and the twelve creative hierarchies, as outlined for us in the secret doctrine. the 7+12=19, and if you add to these 19 expressions of the life the 3 major aspects of deity, which we call the life of god the father, the love of god the son, and the active intelligence of god the holy ghost, you arrive at the mystic number 22 which is called (in esotericism) the number of the adept. this simply means t

forces is unreal, except for the purpose of intelligent understanding. the readers of this treatise who really want to profit by this teaching must train themselves ever to think in terms of the whole. the arbitrary tabulations, the divisions into triplicities and septenates, and the diversified enumeration of forces which are seen as emanating from the seven constellations, the ten planets, and the twelve mansions of the zodiac, are but intended to give the student an idea of a world of energies in which he has to play his part. from the standpoint of esoteric psychology, it should be noted that all the schools of psychology go astray in their handling of the human unit, for just this reason; they do not judge a man as a synthetic whole, and owing to the lack of knowledge, and to the fai

for man" d. cyclic manifestation so the work proceeds. the rays stream forth in: 1. a solar cycle, such as the present one, in which the second ray of love-wisdom is the major ray, and all the others are but subsidiary to it. 2. a planetary cycle, such as those we have just considered in connection with the races, the five above enumerated and their five controlling rays. 3. cycles connected with the twelve signs of the zodiac. these are primarily two in number: a. those which are connected with a complete zodiacal round, about 25,000 years. b. those which are connected with each of the twelve signs, and which come in and out of manifestation approximately every 2,100 years. 4. those cycles when certain rays are in power for a period of racial evolution, such as the five- 168- a treatise o

city. b. the love type .f ull of love and fusing power. c. the active type. full of action, and manipulating energy. d. the artistic type .f ull of the sense of beauty and creative aspiration. e. the scientific type. full of the idea of cause and results. the mathematical type. f. the devotee type. full of idealism. g. the business type. full of organising power. given to ritualistic ceremony. 3. the twelve astrological groups. these we shall consider in dealing with the rays and the zodiac, and so shall not touch upon them here. 4. the division of human beings into three esoteric groups: a. those unawakened to the "i" consciousness. these are called esotericaliy "the darkened sparks" b. those awakened to the condition of individuality. these are called "the flickering lights" c. those awa

are ray influences and those which are of an astrological nature, such as the rising sign, or the governing planets? the energies which astrologically affect a human being are those which play upon him as a result of the apparent progress of the sun through the heavens, either once every twenty-five thousand years or once every twelve months. those that constitute the ray forces do not come from the twelve constellations of the zodiac, but emanate primarily from a world of being and of consciousness which lies behind our solar system, and which themselves come from the seven constellations which form the body of manifestation of the one about whom naught may be said. our solar system is one of these seven constellations. this is the world of deity itself, and of it a man can know nothing

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lly on 25th march) to celebrate the crossing of the equator by the sun; and (10) simultaneously the outburst of lights at the holy sepulchre at jerusalem. there is (11) the crucifixion and death of the lamb-god, on good friday, three days before easter; there are (12) the nailing to a tree (13) the empty grave (14) the glad resurrection (as in the cases of osiris, attis and others; there are (15) the twelve disciples (the zodiacal signs; and (16) the betrayal by one of the twelve. then later there is (17) mid-summer day, the 24th june, dedicated to the birth of the beloved disciple john, and corresponding to christmas day; there are the festivals of (18) the assumption of the virgin (15th august) and of (19) the nativity of the virgin (8th september, corresponding to the movement of the go

relation to initiation "the accomplishment of the age of twelve years signifies a full period of evolution when an initiation was undergone by the christ soul. this took place in the inner mind (the temple) and corresponded to an awakening of the logical and intuition sides of the soul. these are the father-mother principle, indicated by the presence of the parents."61 and again "this number (of the twelve disciples) is typified by many things in the old testament; by the 12 sons of jacob, by the 12 princes of the children of israel; by the 12 running springs in helim; by the 12 stones in aaron's breastplate; by the 12 loaves of the shew-bred; by the 12 spies sent by moses; by the 12 stones of which the altar was made; by the 12 stones taken out of jordan; by the 12 oxen which bare the br

s sent by moses; by the 12 stones of which the altar was made; by the 12 stones taken out of jordan; by the 12 oxen which bare the brazen sea. also in the new testament, by the 12 stars in the bride's- 49- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust crown, by the 12 foundations of jerusalem which john saw, and her 12 gates."62 all these recurrences of twelve probably have their origin in the twelve signs of the zodiac, that imaginary belt in the heavens through which the sun appears to pass on its journey in the course of a year, and during its greater cycle of approximately 25,000 years. having completed the preparatory work, by his twelfth year christ again underwent an intuitive experience, going up from nazareth (the place of consecration) to the temple, where that intuition l

one which he shared with his three favourite disciples, with the three people closest to him. his demonstrated self-control, and henceforth his immunity from temptation, as we can understand it, had been succeeded by a period of intense activity. he had also laid the foundation of the kingdom of god which it was his mission to found, and whose inner structure and skeleton outline were built upon the twelve apostles, the seventy disciples whom he chose and trained, and the groups of men and women everywhere which responded to his message. so far he was successful. now he faced another initiation and a further expansion of consciousness. these initiations, to which he subjected himself on our behalf, and to which we may all in due time aspire, constitute in themselves a living synthesis of

he outcome of great eschatological excitement."18 the same writer goes on to point out "we have therefore three revelations of the secret of messiahship, which so hang together that each subsequent one implies the foregoing. on the mountain near bethsaida was revealed to the three the secret which was disclosed to jesus at his baptism. that was after the harvest. a few weeks later it was known to the twelve, by the fact that peter at caesarea phillippi answered jesus' question out of the knowledge which he had attained upon the mountain. one of the twelve betrayed the secret to the high priest. this last revelation of the secret was fatal, for it brought about the death of jesus. he was condemned as messiah although he had never appeared in that role."19 this evokes in its entirety the que

saviours, not excepting the christ of the west, have been eternally crucified, as reminders to man of the divine intent based upon the divine sacrifice. the early fathers recognised this truth, and realised that the story written in the heavens had a definite relation to humanity and to the evolution of human souls. clement of alexandria tells us that "the path of souls to ascension lies through the twelve signs of the zodiac" and the church festivals today are based, not upon historical dates in connection with the outstanding religious figures to which they refer, but upon the times and the seasons. we saw how in the birth at bethlehem the date was fixed astronomically nearly four centuries after christ was born. the combination of virgo with the star in the east (sirius, and the three

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ntually cause a reorganisation of the methods employed up to date to aid and liberate man. this we shall endeavour to elucidate as one of the points in volume iii of a treatise on the seven rays, and it will contribute an entirely new approach. 4. the effect of the relation of the seven rays to the zodiacal forces. it should be remembered that there is a close interplay between the seven rays and the twelve signs of the zodiac. another task of the psychologist is to investigate the effect or the relation of the seven centres of force, which are to be found in the human body, in the etheric counterpart of the physical body. many of the modern physical ills and a large number of undesirable psychological conditions will then be traced to their true source. this is the over-stimulation, plus

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mporarily working in my ashram; your contact with me is intended to be a group contact and, as a group, you will seek to strengthen the tie between us. this, therefore, is an act of group service to be rendered selflessly and with no personal expectancy. owing to the pressure of time and of urgency in service, i am one of several teachers who have pledged themselves for the next few years to keep the twelve hours prior to the full moon of each month open for contacts with their disciples, so that at any time during that twelve hours, the world servers and disciples can make an attempt to reach us. this will somewhat facilitate your work for you need not, therefore, keep the exact hour of the full moon, unless this is easily possible. service in the world these days requires constant pressu

t is the method whereby the first ray destroyers work and it is all part of the divine work. to you, my brother, i would say (and you will understand: strength is yours, because you have steadily trodden the lonely path of the disciple. wisdom is yours and this you use in the helping of the little ones. beauty must be now the object of your attention. in meditation, i would have you meditate upon the twelve-petalled lotus of the heart, visualising it as a deep rose in colour with a heart of gold. i choose the colour rose, for it will vitalise the astral counterpart of the heart centre, both in the spine and in its higher aspect in the head centre. my brother need not infer from this that he loves not, but the pronounced first ray type needs what is occultly called "the rose of attachment"

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roblems with which humanity is faced at the portal of the new age will not be found by deciding upon some line of action and forcing it on public attention by propaganda and by campaigning. it will come by advocating and developing a spirit of goodwill (with its results: a right atmosphere and a sound attitude) and an understanding heart. the christian era was ushered in by a mere handful of men, the twelve apostles, the seventy disciples and the five hundred who recognized the message of the christ. the new era in which christ will "see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied, is being ushered in by the hundreds of thousands of the men of goodwill now active in the world and who can become still more active if recognized, reached and organized- 70- problems of humanity copyright 1998

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nadic realisation showed itself. let us look at each one of them for a moment: 1. there is, first of all, his statement to his parents in the temple "wist ye not that i must be about my father's business" we should note here that he was twelve years old at the time and, therefore, the work with which he had been occupied (as a soul) was finished; twelve is the number of completed work, as witness the twelve labours of hercules, another son of god. the symbolism of his twelve years is now replaced by that of the twelve apostles, the symbol of service and sacrifice. he was also in the temple of solomon, which is the symbol of the perfect life of the soul, just as the tabernacle in the wilderness is the symbol of the imperfect ephemeral life of the transient personality; christ was, therefore

be physically present on earth and the kingdom which they rule, with its laws and modes of activity, is familiar to many and has been throughout the centuries. christ is the world healer and saviour. he works because he is the embodied soul of all reality. he works today, as he worked in palestine two thousand years ago, through groups. there he worked through the three beloved disciples, through the twelve apostles, through the chosen- 26- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust seventy, and the interested five hundred. now he works through his masters and their groups, and thereby greatly intensifies his efforts. he can and will work through all groups just insofar as they fit themselves for planned service, for the distribution of love, and come into conscious alignmen

n his name is a modernised one, given to an ancient hero-teacher. his name is hercules. he presented to the world, through the form of a pictorial and world drama (symbolic in nature) the concept of a great objective, only to be reached as the result of struggle and difficulty. he pointed to a goal toward which men must make their way, no matter what the obstacles; these obstacles he portrayed in the twelve labours of hercules which were dramas and not factual occurrences. he thus pictured for those who had eyes to see and hearts to understand the nature of the problem to be solved upon the path of return to god; he depicted the prodigal son's journey back to the father's house, and the tests and trials which all disciples, aspirants and initiates have to face and which all those who today

t approach will enable humanity to grasp not only its relation to the spiritual life of our planet, the "one in whom we live and move and have our being" but will also give a glimpse of the relation of our planet to the circle of planetary lives, moving within the orbit of the sun and the still greater circle of spiritual influences which contact our system as it pursues its orbit in the heavens (the twelve constellations of the zodiac. astronomical and astrological investigation has demonstrated this relationship and the influences exerted but there is still speculation and much foolish claiming and interpretation. yet the churches have ever recognized this and the bible has testified to it "the stars in their courses fought against sisera (judges v.20 "who can withstand the sweet influen

cave of the heart, and indicate the training needed to bring about that great spiritual event in the life of the individual man. i give this one instance to you in order to indicate the possibilities for spiritual unfoldment that could be given through an understanding of these influences and in order to revivify the ancient faiths by expanding them into their larger undying relationships. thus, the twelve annual festivals will constitute a revelation of divinity. they will present a means of bringing about relationship, first of all, during three months with the three great spiritual centres, the three expressions of the divine trinity. the minor festivals will emphasise the interrelation of the whole, thus lifting the divine presentation out of the individual and the personal, into that

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e has always been here and astrologers would do well to experiment with this suggestion i have made anent the moon and (instead of working with the moon) let them work with vulcan when dealing with the undeveloped or average man and with uranus when considering the highly developed man. they would find some interesting and convincing results eventuate. students would also do well to remember that the twelve constellations which constitute our particular zodiac are themselves the recipients of many streams of energy coming to them from many sources. these blend and fuse with the energy of any particular constellation and transmuted and "occultly refined" eventually find their way into our solar system. i would like to call attention, at this point, to some comments i made in a treatise on c

isters of the pleiades. 3. sirius, the dog star- 9- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the seven solar systems of which ours is one. ii. 2. the seven sacred planets of which ours is not one. 3. the five non-sacred planets or "hidden" planets. 1. the seven planetary centres. iii. 2. the seven centres of force in the human etheric body. iv. 1. the twelve zodiacal constellations. we thus have a ninefold energy impact. this is a major chart but it should be remembered that there are other impacts of relative insignificance. to these would be added other streams of energy which definitely play upon and affect our planetary life, such as those coming from that great star, betelgeuse, or from antares and other stupendous suns and solar syste

respond. an understanding of that response and the conscious intelligent control of individual reactions are supremely necessary to man but only become possible at a fairly advanced stage of development and as he nears the path (technically understood. man learns first of all to control his reactions to the planets as they rule and direct his personality affairs from their different "stations" in the twelve houses of his horoscope. there are two ways in which this is done: first: by having the horoscope duly cast and then taking steps to determine what should be done to negate the planetary influences where it is deemed desirable to control the personality reactions. this has to be done by the applied power of thought. this necessitates complete confidence in the understanding and interpre

his own "path in life" the influence of the planets, per se, definitely weakens and steadily becomes less and less; his personality chart appears inconclusive and often most inaccurate. it is the force flowing through the planets and not the force of the planets themselves which then governs and controls. the man then becomes receptive to the subtler and higher energies of the solar system and of the twelve governing constellations. 2. that the sun sign, as it is called, indicates the nature of the man, physical, mental and spiritual. it holds the secret of the personality ray and of the man's responsiveness or lack of responsiveness to the soul, the real man. it indicates also the integration already achieved and the present point of unfoldment of the soul qualities, of the present availa

tes finally the lowest centre at the base of the spine to the highest centre, the head centre. this is a correspondence to the relation of the earth to the sun. think this out. as we work and study over these matters, let us bear in mind always the fact that we are considering the seven rays and their inter-relations in the cosmic process. we are concerned esoterically with: 1. the seven rays and the twelve signs of the zodiac. 2. the seven rays and the twelve creative hierarchies. 3. the seven rays and the planets as they govern the twelve houses of expression. as we ponder and think and as we correlate the various aspects of the teaching, we shall find three propositions emerging which govern the inflow of life to the planet and to the individual man. these have been laid down earlier in

olar systems, of which ours is one. 3. actuated by three streams of force: a. coming from solar systems other than our own. b. our own solar system- 16- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust c. our own planetary life. proposition two each one of the ray lives is the recipient and the custodian of energies coming from 1. the seven solar systems. 2. the twelve constellations. proposition three it is the quality of a ray life manifesting in time and space which determines the phenomenal appearance. before we penetrate further into the consideration of our theme, i would like to emphasise two points: first of all, that we are considering esoteric influences and not astrology, per se. our subject is the seven rays and their relationship to the z

rmines the phenomenal appearance. before we penetrate further into the consideration of our theme, i would like to emphasise two points: first of all, that we are considering esoteric influences and not astrology, per se. our subject is the seven rays and their relationship to the zodiacal constellations or in other words the interaction of the seven great lives which inform our solar system with the twelve constellations which compose our zodiac. secondly, that we have necessarily to study these energies and their interplay from the angle of their effect upon the planet, and incidentally, their effect upon the forms in the various kingdoms of nature and particularly in connection with the fourth kingdom, the human, and with individual man average man, the disciple and the initiate. we sha

nto three groups- 17- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. those coming from certain great constellations which are to be found active in relation to our solar system and which, from the most ancient days, have always been related in myth and legend to our system. to these constellations, ours is related in a peculiar way. 2. those coming from the twelve zodiacal constellations. these are recognised as having a definite effect upon our system and our planetary life. 3. those coming from the planets found within the periphery of the sun's sphere of influence. from a certain point of view, one can generalise largely and say that these are the correspondences in the solar system to the three great centres of force which produce and control

se largely and say that these are the correspondences in the solar system to the three great centres of force which produce and control manifestation and evolutionary progress in the human being: 1. the great exterior, yet controlling, constellations are analogous to that centre of force which we call the monad and to its universal will-to-power which is distinctive of the first divine aspect. 2. the twelve constellations might be regarded as embodying the soul aspect and, for the present, their effect upon the individual must be regarded and should be studied in terms of consciousness and of the development of the life of the soul. this is in essence the will-to-love. 3. the planets, twelve in number (seven sacred planets and five non-sacred, are effective (using the word in a technical s

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he place who were wrong but that it was i. i had been so occupied with the problems of alice la trobe-bateman, who had made what seemed to be an unfortunate marriage, that i had forgotten to be alice evans, a human being. when mildred was born i was very ill and it was then that i discovered the people of this little town. mildred was ten days overdue; the temperature was 112 degrees on my porch; the twelve children next door were terribly noisy; i had been very ill for days; and then the cesspool fell in. i pictured dorothy, who was then two and a half, trotting about and falling into the cesspool. walter was no help. he just disappeared about his parochial duties. i had a good little jewish nurse who was getting frightened about me and kept phoning for the doctor who delayed coming. the

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been adequately developed and have reached a fairly high stage of unfoldment. feeling in the heart is often confused with thinking. the ability to think in the heart is the result of the process of transmuting desire into love during the task of elevating the forces of the solar plexus into the heart centre. heart thinking is also one of the indications that the higher aspect of the heart centre, the twelve-petalled lotus found at the very centre of the thousand-petalled lotus, has- 95- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust reached a point of real activity. thinking as a result of correct feeling is then substituted for personal sensitivity. it gives us the first faint indications, likewise, of that state of being which is characteristic of th

dequate to them, to excuse the iniquity of their action. palestine was taken by the jews because it was "a land flowing with milk and honey" and the claim was made that the act was undertaken in obedience to divine command. later, the symbolism gets most interesting. they divided into two halves: the israelites with headquarters at samaria, and the jews (meaning two or three special tribes out of the twelve) locating around jerusalem. dualism ran through their religious beliefs; they were schooled by the sadducees or the pharisees, and these two groups were in constant conflict. christ came as a member of the jewish race and they renounced him. today the law is working, and the jews are paying the price, factually and symbolically, for all they have done in the past. they are demonstrating

ause it must be upon our hearts and not upon our canvases. we arrive at knowledge of him because he is ours, as we are his. do you understand that whereof i speak? he is the world healer and saviour. he works because he is the embodied soul of all reality. he works today, as he worked in palestine two thousand years ago, through groups. there he worked through the three beloved disciples, through the twelve apostles, through the chosen seventy, and the interested five hundred. ponder on this fact, little emphasised. now he works through his masters and their groups, and thereby greatly intensifies his efforts. he can and will work through all groups just in so far as they fit themselves for planned service, for the distribution of love, and come into conscious alignment with the greater po

ernacles. 2. his appearance as truth itself (silent yet present) before the bar or judgment seat of pilate repudiated by the world of men but recognised by the hierarchy. 3. his radiant appearances after the resurrection initiation: a. to the woman at the sepulchre symbolising his contact with humanity. b. to the two disciples on the way to emmaus symbolising his contact with the hierarchy. c. to the twelve disciples in the upper chamber symbolising his contact with the council chamber of the lord of the world at shamballa- 306- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust you can thus see the factual nature of the results to which i earlier referred in this instruction. the disciple who has eliminated (in the technical sense as well as in the mystic

energy descend, carrying its dual lines of life and its magnetic force. let that magnetic living force withdraw and supplement that which is present in the seventh, opposing four and six to three and seven, but dealing not with five. the circular, inclusive vortex descending to the point disturbs, removes and then supplies and thus the work is done. the heart revolves; two hearts revolve as one; the twelve within the vehicle, the twelve within the head and the twelve upon the plane of soul endeavour, cooperate as one and thus the work is done. two energies achieve this consummation and the three whose number is a twelve respond to the greater twelve. the life is known and the years prolonged. if this ancient statement is read in the light of any knowledge you may have (and you probably ha

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this preparation involved confidence, which swept the brain (the focus of the physical plane expression) into the right condition; aspiration, which held the astral body in the right attitude; and dedication, which was the intelligent process, motivated by free will and involving mental concentration, which enabled the confident aspirant to "hold the mind steady in the light" b. then, there were the twelve hours on the day of the full moon, wherein a consciously achieved contact (dependent upon the success of the previous three days' work by the group) became a definitely proven possibility. by training you in these early stages in the attempt to contact me, i- 38- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust was laying the ground for two eventualities: your future co

on it is valuable to bear in mind- 128- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust that the first meditation has relation to the heart centre in the spine, and that this second meditation is only effective when the disciple can work with the heart centre in the head. as soon as this becomes possible, the disciple realises three things: 1. the relation of the heart centre to the twelve-petalled lotus in the head. 2. the necessity of directing the energy of love (the product of the activity of the heart centre) to the service of humanity via the ajna centre. 3. the establishing of a triangle in the etheric body, composed of a line of energy between: a. the twelve-petalled lotus in the head. b. this lotus and the ajna centre. c. the ajna centre and the heart centre. thi

hetic meanings and you must discover for yourselves what they are- 132- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust this you have not yet done, and in neither of these two ways have you truly meditated on the given words. it is essential that there be a reorganisation of your meditation technique in these two directions. your entire meditation work is too concrete. there are the twelve words which i earlier gave you (page 144. please use one each month in your meditation work. meditation vi. the new invocation. spiritual inflow i wonder, brother of mine, if you have grasped the momentous significance of this presentation of a cosmic, planetary and individual alignment exercise, prayer or invocation? it provides, as a result of its correct use, a spiritual inflow right

ll moon each month, and the second interlude might come at the close of every three months of work, at the time of the third new moon. you will have to work this out for yourself, but in doing so you could establish a basic rhythm in your life which you would never regret. you could work along the following lines of rhythmic abstraction: 1. twelve brief, abstract monthly interludes at the time of the twelve yearly full moons. 2. four brief quarterly abstractions at the time of the four new moons, dependent upon the date of the initial, major interlude. 3. two longer periods of interludes or of abstraction at the time of may and june full moons. these points of inner abstraction, of interludes in your subjective life, can be carried on without interfering with your objective life of service

tus. 1. visualisation exercise. a. achieve alignment as rapidly as possible. b. hold in the mind, imaginatively, the straight line of the spinal column, the head centre, the sutratma and the antahkarana thus linking the centres in the body with the soul. c. then carry the line which your imagination has constructed, from the centre at the base of the spine to the closed lotus bud in the centre of the twelve-petalled egoic lotus. 2. having done this, recognise your identity with all souls who constitute in their entirety the one soul. 3. then sound the om as a soul, as far as in you lies, breathing it out from soul levels with no fixed objective in your mind. do this six times. 4. then sound the om again after a pause (thus making seven in all) sending it out into the ajna centre and from t

ective in your mind. do this six times. 4. then sound the om again after a pause (thus making seven in all) sending it out into the ajna centre and from there carry it down to the heart centre and hold it there for later use. do this as a soul whose nature is love. 5. then, bearing in mind that the heart centre is the repository of twelve forces or energies, seek to develop them by pondering upon the twelve virtues through which these energies express themselves, taking one each month for a year. a. group love, embracing individuals- 461- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust b. humility, signifying your personality attitude. c. service, indicating your soul's preoccupation. d. patience, signifying the embryonic immortality and persistence which is a soul charac

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

gy is, as you know, focussed in sanat kumara, the ancient of days (as he is called in the christian bible, the lord of shamballa, who is the embodiment of the personality of the planetary logos. the love force is focussed through the two great spiritual lords of the hierarchy, the buddha and the christ, who are both embodiments of the heart centre of the planetary logos, for the buddha represents the twelve-petalled lotus in the head, of which the christ represents the counterpart, the twelve-petalled lotus of the heart centre. this is a fact seldom grasped or even mentioned. the petals of the throat centre are represented at this time by certain of the leading world rulers, whose activity is responsible for the rapid creation of the new world with its rapidly altering civilisations and cu

he new testament, where the coming one is seen coming forth to the rescue of the people "riding upon a white horse" in the occident we have for long thought in terms of the "lamb, slain from the foundations of the world" and in this statement lies a profound astrological truth. it refers to that great round of the zodiac (a period of approximately 25,000 years) in which the sun passes through all the twelve signs of the zodiac. the period to which reference is made started in the sign aries, the ram. the orient, however, harks still further back, to a much earlier period and to a still more ancient date, remote in the night of time, when the greater world cycle started in the sign sagittarius, the archer. the symbol of this is sometimes (towards the latter part of the cycle) depicted as an

roach will enable man to grasp not only his relation to the spiritual life of our planet, the "one in whom we live and move and have our being" but will also give him a glimpse of the relation of our planet to the circle of planetary lives moving within the orbit of the sun, and the still greater circle of spiritual influences which contact our solar system as it pursues its orbit in the heavens (the twelve constellations of the zodiac. astronomical and astrological investigation has demonstrated this relationship and the influences exerted, but there is still speculation and much foolish claiming and interpretation. yet the churches have ever recognised this relationship, and the bible has testified to it "the stars in their courses fought against sisera "who can withstand the sweet influ

to their larger undying relationships. we have, therefore, the following: shamballa..the will aspect of god..wesak..may full moon (taurus) hierarchy..t.he love aspect of god..e. aster..a. pril full moon (aries) humanity..d.ivine intelligence..g. oodwill..j. une full moon (gemini) the remaining nine full moons will be concerned with the divine characteristics and their development in mankind. thus the twelve festivals will constitute a revelation of divinity. they will present a means of bringing about relationship, first of all during three months with the three great spiritual centres, the three expressions of the divine trinity. the minor festivals will emphasise the inter-relation of the whole, thus lifting the divine presentation out of the individual and the personal into that of the

archy copyright 1998 lucis trust the kingdom which they rule, with its laws and modes of activity are familiar to many, and have been throughout the centuries. christ is the world healer and saviour. he works because he is the embodied soul of all reality. he works today, as he worked in palestine two thousand years ago, through groups. there he worked through the three beloved disciples, through the twelve apostles, through the chosen seventy, and the interested five hundred. now he works through his masters and their groups, and thereby greatly intensifies his efforts. he can and will work through all groups just in so far as they fit themselves for planned service, for the distribution of love, and come into conscious alignment with the great potency of the inner groups. esotericists, o

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

that i must be about my father's- 204- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust business" i would have you note that: a. he was twelve years old at the time, and therefore the work upon which he had been occupied as a soul was finished, for twelve is the number of completed labour. the symbolism of his twelve years is now replaced by that of the twelve apostles. b. he was in the temple of solomon, ever a symbol of the causal body of the soul, and he was therefore speaking on soul levels and not as the spiritual man on earth. c. he was serving as a member of the hierarchy, for he was found by his parents teaching the priests, the pharisees and the sadducees. d. he spoke as an expression of the substance aspect (he spoke to his mother)

and soul, as occupied with the process of bridge building. he never for one second loses his sense of conscious identity. b. he is aware of the point of focussed tension which he has succeeded in producing and that three streams of energy have contributed to it the focussed energy of the personality, poised in the lower concrete mind, the inflowing magnetic energy of the soul, streaming out from the twelve petals of the three tiers plus the innermost tier of the egoic lotus, and the energy of the "jewel in the lotus" all streaming into the centre of tension on the mental levels of the lower mind. c. he is aware of as much of the consciousness of his ray energy as can enter into his awareness; this is his egoic ray energy and not personality force. he endeavours to see himself as a point o

individualisation. down through the ages, these sons of god have come, evoked by human invocation; in their turn, they have invoked certain aspects of the divine nature, deeply hidden in mankind all related hitherto to consciousness and to responsiveness of the part to the whole. eventually hercules came forth and opened the door on to the path of discipleship, his work being preserved for us in the twelve labours of hercules. these epitomised the various tests to which all disciples are subjected, prior to the various initiations. shri krishna came and opened the door through which mankind could pass to the second initiation. the buddha, a still greater- 345- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust figure, the one who is known as th

n recognised. this creative crisis has been made possible by three major happenings: 1. the conclusion of a twenty-five thousand year cycle or movement around what is called the lesser zodiac. this connotes a major cycle of experience in the life of our planetary logos. it is related to the interplay between the planetary logos and the solar logos as the latter responds to energies emanating from the twelve zodiacal constellations. 2. the end of the piscean age. this simply means that the energies coming from pisces during the last two thousand years are now being rapidly superseded by energies coming from aquarius. these result in major changes in the life of the planetary logos and potently affect his body of manifestation through the medium of his three major centres: shamballa, the hie

the first initiation of the birth of the christ and the beginning of the conscious unfoldment of the christ life and awareness, the life of the initiate has undergone a pronounced reorientation. he is now capable of an equally pronounced and often fanatical adherence to the programme of aspiration and of devotion to the good (as he sees it at this stage. this is symbolised for us in the story of the twelve year old jesus who was so conscious that he "must be about his father's business" that he defied his parents, caused them distress, and astonished those older than he by his spiritual poise and knowledge. this he offset by going down to galilee and being "subservient" to his parents. a somewhat similar attitude (without the developed and inclusive understanding manifested by the christ)

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

acal sign the path of the soul through the zodiac testimony as to the effectiveness of zodiacal energies on earth life the crosses journey through the signs- 4- the labours of hercules the zodiac the presiding one looked forth upon the sons of men, who are the sons of god. he saw their light and where they stood upon the way which leads back to the heart of god. the way sweeps in a circle through the twelve great gates, and, cycle after cycle, the gates are opened and the gates are shut. the sons of god, who are the sons of men, march on. dim is the light at first. selfish the trend of human aspiration, and dark the deeds resultant. slowly men learn and, in learning, pass between the pillars of the gates time and again. dull is the understanding but in the halls of discipline, found in eac

rfected, son [5] of god, who definitely takes the lower nature in hand and willingly subjects it to the discipline which will eventually produce the emergence of divinity. out of an erring but sincerely earnest human being, intelligently aware of the work to be accomplished, a world savior is formed. two great and dramatic stories have been held constantly before the eyes of men down the ages. in the twelve labors of hercules, that path of discipleship is depicted, and his experiences preparatory to the great concluding cycle of initiation meet with a ready response from every aspiring man. in the life and work of jesus the christ, that radiant and perfected son of god, who "has entered for us within the veil, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps, we have portrayed the fiv

xperiences preparatory to the great concluding cycle of initiation meet with a ready response from every aspiring man. in the life and work of jesus the christ, that radiant and perfected son of god, who "has entered for us within the veil, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps, we have portrayed the five stages of the path of initiation, which are the climaxing episodes for which the twelve labors have prepared the disciple. the oracle has spoken, and down the ages the word has sounded forth: man, know thyself. this knowledge is the outstanding attainment upon the path of discipleship, and the reward of all the work done by hercules. the nature of discipleship it might be of value here if we considered briefly the nature of discipleship. it is a word in constant use among

summation. such is the goal towards which hercules worked, and such is the goal before humanity as a whole, whose ultimate group achievement will be brought about by the many individual perfections. astrological connotations a secondary object of this study is to present an aspect of astrology which will differ from that usually expressed. we shall trace the story of hercules as he passed through the twelve signs of the zodiac. in each sign he expressed its characteristics, and in each sign, he achieved some fresh knowledge of himself, and through that knowledge demonstrated the power of the sign and acquired the gifts which the sign conferred. in each of the signs we shall find him surmounting his natural tendencies, controlling and governing his destiny, and demonstrating the fact that t

which souls are controlling their personalities. the casting of the horoscope of the soul will not be based on our three dimensional knowledge, for the laws of time and space have no hold over the soul (esoteric astrology. we will therefore in this study deal with an astrology which will be non-mathematical and which will have no relation to the casting of horoscopes. it will concern itself with the twelve types of energy by means of which consciousness of the divine reality is brought about through the medium of form. in no distant heaven and in no subjective state did hercules arrive at this knowledge. in the physical body, handicapped and limited by the tendencies conferred on him by the sign in which he performed the labor, he attained understanding of his own essential divinity. thro

time he knew that his problem was to express spiritual being and energy. he had to know in fact and in experience that he was god, immanent in nature; that he was the self in close relation to the not-self; he had to experiment with the law of- 10- the labours of hercules cause and effect, and this from the standpoint of the initiator of the causes in order to produce intelligent effects. through the twelve signs of the zodiac he passed, struggling to work subjectively and trying to reject the lure and the pull of the outer tangible form. the second key thought can be expressed in the words "the conception of a concealed deity lies at the heart of all religions" this is the mystic realization and the object of the search that humanity has carried on down the ages. the exponents of the worl

conclusions of the scientific enquirer, in the mathematical computations of the astrologers, and in the testimony of the mystic, however, we can see a steadily emerging manifestation of this concealed divinity. little by little, through the study of history, of philosophy and of comparative religion, we see the plan of that deity becoming significantly apparent. in the passage of the sun through the twelve signs of the zodiac, we can see the marvellous organization of the plan, the focusing of the energies and the growth of the tendency towards divinity. now, at last, in the twentieth century, objective and subjective have become so closely blended and merged that it is almost impossible to say where one begins and another ends. the veil that hides the concealed deity is wearing thin, and

oment that the intellectual altitude has been achieved, the "silent beholder" awakens into activity. hercules starts upon his labors. the human being, hitherto swept along on the urge of the evolutionary tide, and governed by desire for experience and for material possession, comes tinder the control of the divine indweller. he emerges as the aspirant, reverses himself, and begins to work through the twelve signs of the zodiac, only now working from aries to pisces via taurus (anti-clockwise, instead of working in the ordinary human retrogressive fashion, from aries to taurus via pisces (clockwise. finally, the changing focus of the life and the steady application to the twelve labors in the twelve signs enables the disciple to become the triumphant victor. then he can comprehend the signi

f hercules himself. it is a most interesting story, and one that has been treated by many writers. discussion as to the details of his life, and argument as to the sequence of events, are not any part of our objective. the various accounts differ in detail, according to the bias of the historian, and can be studied in the many classical histories [17] and dictionaries. we will deal here only with the twelve famous labors, and of them we read "hercules, by the will of jupiter, was subjected to the power of eurystheus, and obliged to obey him in every demand. he consulted the oracle of apollo and was told that he must be subservient for twelve years to the will of eurystheus, in compliance with the commands of jupiter; and that, after he had achieved the most celebrated labors, he should be

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

l scheme of creation, drawing a parallel between the origin of the world, the sun, the planets, the elements, seasons, man and the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet; dividing them into a triad, a heptad and a dodecad; three mother letters a, m, and sh are referred to primeval air, water and fire; seven double letters are referred to the planets and the sevenfold division of time, etc: and the twelve simple letters are referred to the months, zodiacal signs and human organs. modern criticism tends to the conclusion that the existing ancient versions were compiled about a.d. 200. the "sepher yetzirah" is mentioned in the talmuds, both of jerusalem and of babylon; it was written in the neo-hebraic language, like the mishna. the "zohar" or" sohar" spelled in hebrew zhr or zuhr "the boo

and a philosophic system, may remain for ever an unknown datum, but if we regard it, as i believe is correct, as the esotericism of the religion of the hebrews, the foundation dogmas are doubtless almost as old as the first promulgation of the main principles of the worship of jehovah. i cannot now attempt any glance at the contentions of some doubting scholars, who question whether the story of the twelve tribes is a historic fact, or whether there ever were a moses, or even a king solomon. it is sufficient for the present purpose that the jewish nation had the jehovistic theology and a system of priestly caste, and a coherent doctrine, at the time of the second temple when cyrus, sovereign of all asia, 536 b.c, holding the jews in captivity, permitted certain of them to return to jerusa

hat spiritual wisdom is attained by thirty-two paths, typified by the ten numbers and the twenty-two letters; these ten again being symbols of the divine emanations, the sephiroth, the holy voices chanting at the crystal sea, the great sea, the mother supernal, binah; and of the twenty-two occult forces of the nature of the universe symbolised by the three primary elements, the seven planets, and the twelve zodiacal influences of the heavens, which tincture human concerns through the path of our sun in its annual course. i have given the names and definitions of the thirty-two paths at the end of my edition of the" sepher yetzirah" now to show the close connection between the kabalah and orthodox judaism, we find the rabbis cataloguing the books of the old testament into a series of twenty

ions of the thirty-two paths at the end of my edition of the" sepher yetzirah" now to show the close connection between the kabalah and orthodox judaism, we find the rabbis cataloguing the books of the old testament into a series of twenty-two (the letters) works to be read for the culture of spiritual life; this twenty-two they obtained from the thirty-nine books of the o.t. canon, by collecting the twelve minor prophets into one treatise; ruth they added to judges; ezra to nehemiah; while the two books each of samuel, kings, and chronicles, they called one each. the canon of thirty-nine works was fixed in the time of ezra. returning to the books which illustrate the kabalah, whatever may be the authenticity of their alleged origins, it cannot be denied that those ancient volumes, sepher

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

he candidate hangs on the black cross of suffering. although black is symbolic of evil, in this instance, it is also the charging or flashing color of white. as the candidate hangs upon the cross the arrow of i within the aspirant is formulated upward into trapt. all has been done to bring the aspirant to a state of equilibrium (see the 14th key in the portal initiation. the three, the seven, and the twelve are bound as one in the aspirant. the rose of the aspirant is formulated- twenty-two petals, the five grades preceeding love forged this cross. the aspirant is now in touch with his yechidah (in rtk only as yet. the crucifixion on the cross of pain and suffering has served the candidate well in that now he is equilibriated. the invocation of h v a follows after the obligation/oath is ta

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

him: conception, perception, and memory. and the third light is daveithai, who has been placed over the third aeon. and there are three other aeons with him: understanding, love, and idea. and the fourth aeon was placed over the fourth light eleleth. and there are three other aeons with him: perfection, peace, and wisdom. these are the four lights which attend the divine autogenes (and) these are the twelve aeons which attend the son the apocryphon of john http//www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_nt/apocjn.html 4 of 12 8/16/2006 5:17 pm of the mighty one, the autogenes, the christ, through the will and the gift of the invisible spirit. and the twelve aeons belong to the son of the autogenes. and all things were established by the will of the holy spirit through the autogenes "and from the fo

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

anishing now with incredible rapidity it has even struck afrench writer that a franciscan in a railway carriage is a strange anomaly and a few more yearsof newspapers and bicycles (heaven knows what it will be when flying-machines appear) will proba-bly cause an evanishment of all.however, they die slowly, and even yet there are old people in the romagna of the north who knowthe etruscan names of the twelve gods, and invocations to bacchus, jupiter, and venus, mercury,and the lares or ancestral spirits, and in the cities are women who prepare strange amulets, overwhich they mutter spells, all known in the old roman time, and who can astonish even the learnedby their legends of latin gods, mingled with lore which may be found in cato or theocritus. with oneof these i became intimately acqua

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

described our stone as the vegetable stone. but that name was suggested to them by the fact that it grows and increases in size, like a plant. know also that animals only multiply after their kind, and within their own species. hence our stone can only be prepared out of its own seed, from which it was taken in the beginning; and hence also you will perceive that the soul of an animal must not be the twelve keys of basil valentine 10 of 95 subject of this investigation. animals are a class by themselves; nor can anything ever be obtained from them that is not animal in its nature. but our stone, as it has been bequeathed to me by the ancients, is derived from two things, and one thing, in which is concealed a third thing. this is the purest truth, and a most faithful saying. for male and f

ry of life, and yearn to die. for his wisdom and mercy, and for the gracious gift which he has bestowed upon me so long ago, i am bound to render god thanks, now and evermore. amen. when the old man had thus spoken, he vanished from their sight. but all who had heard him went each man to his house, and meditated on his words by day and by night. twelve keys of basil valentine 23 of 95 here follow the twelve keys of basilius valentinus, the benedictine, with which we may open the doors of the knowledge of the most ancient stone and unseal the most secret fountain of health. twelve keys of basil valentine 24 of 95 first key let my friend know that no impure or spotted things are useful for our purpose. for there is nothing in their leprous nature capable of advancing the interests of our art

mit. but, notwithstanding that my conscience doth bear me witness in the sight of the most high, before whom all concealed matters are laid bare, that i have twelve keys of basil valentine 74 of 95 written no falsehood, but have so exposed the truth that understanding men can require no further light (that which is laid down in the theoretical part being borne out and confirmed by the practice of the twelve keys, yet have i been impelled by various considerations to demonstrate by a shorter way what i have written in the said treatise, and thus cast further light thereon, whereby also the lover of the desired wisdom may obtain an increased illumination for the fulfilment of his desire there are many who will consider that i am speaking too openly, and will hold me answerable for the wicked

moon belongs to the spirit of the sun, as the female answers to the male, by the copulation or conjunction of the spirit of mercury or its oil. the spirit lies hid in mercury, the colour you must seek in sulphur, and their coagulation in salt; then you have three things which together are capable of once more generating a perfect thing. the spirit is fermented in the gold with its own proper oil; the twelve keys of basil valentine 80 of 95 sulphur is found in abundance in the property of precious venus. this kindles the fixed blood which is sprung from it, the spirit of the salt of the sages imparts strength and firmness, though the spirit of tartar and the spirit of urine together with true vinegar, have great virtue. for the spirit of vinegar is cold, and the spirit of lime is intensely

gh some of my predecessors have left it in writing that our fire is not common fire, i may tell you that it was only one of their devices for hiding the mysteries of our art. for the material is common, and its treatment consists chiefly in the proper adjustment of the heat to which it is exposed. the fire of a spirit lamp is useless for our purpose. nor is there any profit in horse vdung, nor in the twelve keys of basil valentine 82 of 95 other kinds of heat in the providing of which so much expense is incurred. neither do we want many kinds of furnaces. only our threefold furnace affords facilities for properly regulating the heat of the fire. therefore do not let any babbling sophist induce you to set up a great variety of expensive furnaces. our furnace is cheap, our fire is cheap, and

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ing, say from the psychological or astronomical aspect, will be found quite correct from the physical or metaphysical[[vol. 2, page] 23 the action of the great breath. reckoned according to the enumeration devised later by people who had forgotten, or who had an inadequate notion of, the real mysteries, and included neither the sun, the moon, nor the earth. the sun was the chief, exoterically, of the twelve great gods, or zodiacal constellations; and, esoterically, the messiah, the christos (the subject anointed by the great breath, or the one) surrounded by his twelve subordinate powers, also subordinate, in turn, to each of the seven "mystery-gods" of the planets "the seven higher make the seven lhas create the world" states a commentary; which means that our earth, leaving aside the res

magic, breaks the palisade in pieces, hews to atoms seven pickets, chops the serpent wall to fragments. when the monster little heeding. pounces with his mouth of venom at the head of lemminkainen. but the hero, quick recalling, speaks the master words of knowledge, words that came from distant ages, words his ancestors had taught him (d) in china the men of fohi (or the "heavenly man) are called the twelve tien-hoang, the twelve hierarchies of dhyanis or angels, with human faces, and dragon bodies; the dragon standing for divine wisdom or spirit; and they create men by incarnating themselves in[[footnote(s* j. w. alden, new york* it has been repeatedly stated that the serpent is the symbol of wisdom and of occult knowledge "the serpent has been connected with the god of wisdom from the ea

ords, the science of occult knowledge; and the nagas of the exoteric buddhist are not "the fabulous creatures of the nature of serpents. beings superior to men and the protectors of the[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 27 man's dual and triple nature. seven figures of clay- earth and water- made in the shape of those tien-hoang, a third allegory (compare the "symbols of the bonzes. the twelve aesers of the scandinavian eddas do the same. in the secret catechism of the druses of syria- a legend which is repeated word for word by the oldest tribes about and around the euphrates- men were created by the "sons of god" descending on earth, where, after culling seven mandragoras, they animated these roots, which became forthwith men* all these allegories point to one and the same

nce to mean god, it by no means follows that we have to worship thirty-three crores of gods" and he adds suggestively "these beings, as may be naturally inferred have a certain affinity with one of the three component upadhis (basic principles) into which we have divided man (vide theosophist, feb, 1887, et seq) the names of the deities of a certain mystic class change with every manvantara. thus the twelve great gods, jayas, created by brahma to assist him in the work of creation in the very beginning of the kalpa, and who, lost in samadhi, neglected to create- whereupon they were cursed to be repeatedly born in each manvantara till the seventh- are respectively called ajitas, tushitas, satyas, haris, vaikunthas, sadhyas, and adityas: they are tushitas (in the second kalpa, and adityas in

ribes? nowhere. but there is a trace, and a good one, that the jews have tried to deceive people with the help of those names. for, see what happens ages after the ten tribes had wholly disappeared from babylon. ptolemy philadelphus, desiring to have the hebrew law translated for him into greek (the famous septuagint, wrote to the high priest of the jews, eleazar, to send him six men from each of the twelve tribes; and the seventy-two representatives (of whom sixty were ghosts apparently) came to the king in egypt and translated the law amid miracles and wonders. see butler's "horae biblicae" josephus, and philo judaeus[[vol. 2, page] 201 the transformation of the earth. in these red-haired and hair-covered monsters, the fruit of the unnatural connection between men and animals, the "lords

entative patrons of the secret wisdom. asclepios is the son of the sun-god apollo- and he is mercury; nebo is the son of bel-merodach; vaivasvata manu, the great rishi, is the son of vivisvat- the sun or surya, etc, etc. and while, astronomically, the nagas along with the rishis, the gandharvas, apsarasas, gramanis (or yakshas, minor gods) yatudhanas and devas, are the sun's attendants throughout the twelve solar months; in theogony, and also in anthropological evolution, they are gods and men- when incarnated in the nether world. let the reader be reminded, in this connection, of the fact that apollonius met in kashmir buddhist nagas- which are neither serpents zoologically, nor yet the nagas ethnologically, but "wise men" the bible, from genesis to revelations, is but a series of histori

son" as added by jesus then and there (ibid v. 22- the church "of christ" less than any one else. the initiates alone understood the secret meaning of the term "father and the son" and knew that it referred to spirit and soul on the earth. for the teachings of christ were occult teachings, which could only be explained at the initiation. they were never intended for the masses, for jesus forbade the twelve to go to the gentiles and the samaritans (matt. x. 8, and repeated to his disciples that the "mysteries of heaven" were for them alone, not for the multitudes (mark iv. 11[[vol. 2, page] 232 the secret doctrine. and religions have committed equal errors in their misinterpretation of this tenet, which is one of the most profoundly philosophical and ideal conceptions of ancient thought. f

ical allegory. nevertheless, the great zodiacal allegory is based upon historical events, and one can hardly interfere with the other; and it stands also to reason that every student of occultism knows what that astronomical and zodiacal allegory means. smith shows in the nimrod epic of the assyrian tablets the real meaning of it. its "twelve cantos" refer to the "annual course of the sun through the twelve months of the year. each tablet answers to a special month, and contains a distinct reference to the animal forms in the signs of the zodiac; the eleventh canto being "consecrated to rimmon, the god of storms and of rain, and harmonizes with the eleventh sign of the zodiac- aquarius, or the waterman (nineteenth century, 1882, p. 236. but even this is preceded in the old records by the p

ies of gods, of demi-gods, and of mortals "now" says panadoras "it is before that time (menes, that the reign of the seven gods who rule the world took place. it was during that period that those benefactors of humanity descended on earth and taught[[footnote(s* histoire de l'astronomie ancienne[[vol. 2, page] 369 what the priests told herodotus. men to calculate the course of the sun and moon by the twelve signs of the ecliptic" nearly five hundred years before the actual era, herodotus was shown by the priests of egypt the statues of their human kings and pontiffs-piromis (the archi-prophets or maha-chohans of the temples, born one from the other (without the intervention of woman) who had reigned before menes, their first human king. these statues, he says, were enormous colossi in wood

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eibban in burmah; or moksha in india* the "12" nidanas (in tibetan ten-brel chug-nyi) the chief causes of existence, effects generated by a concatenation of causes produced (see comment. ii[[vol. 1, page] 39 the causes of being. ence, which is absolute being, existence, and consciousness. they were not, because the universe was, so far, empty, and existed only in the divine thought. for it is (b) the twelve nidanas or causes of being. each is the effect of its antecedent cause, and a cause, in its turn, to its successor; the sum total of the nidanas being based on the four truths, a doctrine especially characteristic of the hinayana system* they belong to the theory of the stream of catenated law which produces merit and demerit, and finally brings karma into full sway. it is based upon th

to have fathomed the mystery of electricity in its true essence; and thirdly, to credit man with being the septenary symbol, on the terrestrial plane, of the one great unit (the logos, which is itself the seven-vowelled sign, the breath crystallized into the word* he who believes in all this, has also to believe in the multiple combination of the seven planets of occultism and of the kabala, with the twelve zodiacal signs; to attribute, as we do, to each planet and to each constellation an influence which, in the words of ely star (a french occultist "is proper to it, beneficent or maleficent, and this, after the planetary spirit which rules it, who, in his turn, is capable of influencing men and things which are found in harmony with him and with which he has any affinity" for these reaso

et the ancients knew of and worshipped seven great gods, excluding the sun and earth. which was that "mystery god" they set apart? of course not uranus, discovered only by herschel in 1781. but could it not be known by another name? says the[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 100 the secret doctrine. so to say, the adityas are, in their primitive most ancient meanings, the eight, and the twelve great gods of the hindu pantheon "the seven allow the mortals to see their dwellings, but show themselves only to the arhats" says an old proverb "their dwellings" standing here for planets. the ancient commentary gives an allegory and explains it "eight houses were built by mother. eight houses for her eight divine sons; four large and four small ones. eight brilliant suns, according t

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

s heaven and the earth, the root and the flower, the action and the thought. it is in the sun, and is as present in the glow-worm. not an atom can escape it. therefore, the ancient sages have wisely called it the manifested god in nature" it may be interesting, in this connection, to remind the reader of what mr. subba row said of the forces- mystically defined. see "five years of theosophy" and "the twelve signs of the zodiac" thus he says "kanya (the sixth sign of the zodiac, or virgo) means a virgin, and represents sakti or mahamaya. the sign. is the 6th rasi or division, and indicates that there are six primary forces in nature (synthesized by the seventh. these sakti stand as follows (1) parasakti. literally the great or supreme force or power. it means and includes the powers of ligh

stoutly denied by the protestants only at their own risk and peril. two instances may be given. ammianus marcellinus teaches that ancient divinations were always accomplished with the help of the spirits of the elements "spiritus elementorum, and in greek[[pneumata ton stoicheion (1. i, 21. but it is found now that the planets, the elements, and the zodiac, were figured not only in heliopolis by the twelve stones called "mysteries of the elements" elementorum arcana, but also in solomon's temple, and, as pointed out by various writers, in several old italian churches and even at notre dame de paris where they can be seen to this day. no symbol- the sun included- was more complex in its manifold meanings than the lunar symbol. the sex was, of course, dual. with some it was male, e.g, the h

l aspect- one divine, the other infernal. all were the virgin mothers of an immaculately born son- the sun. raoul rochetti shows the moon-goddess of the athenians- pallas, or cybele, minerva, or again diana- holding her child-son on the lap, invoked in her festivals as[[monogenes theou "the one mother of god" sitting on a lion, and surrounded by twelve personages; in whom the occultist recognises the twelve great gods, and the pious christian orientalist the apostles, or rather the grecian pagan prophecy thereof. they are both right, for the immaculate goddess of the latin church is a faithful copy of the older pagan goddesses; the number (twelve) of the apostles is that of the twelve tribes, and the latter are a personification of the twelve great gods, and of the twelve signs of the zodi

gon, is called in the secret books- the "four hidden dragons of wisdom" and the "celestial nagas" now, as shown, the seven-headed or septenary dragon-logos had been in course of time split up, so to speak, into four heptanomic parts or twenty-eight portions. each lunar week has a distinct occult character in the lunar month; each day of the twenty-eight has its special characteristics; as each of the twelve constellations, whether separately or in combination with other signs, has an occult influence either for good or for evil. this represents the sum of knowledge that men can acquire on this earth; yet few are those who acquire it, and still fewer are the wise men who get to the root of knowledge symbolized by the great root dragon, the spiritual logos of these visible signs. but those w

agriculture, vol. ii, p. 217, both schemal and samael represented a particular divinity. with the kabalists they are "the spirit of the earth" the personal god that governs it, identical de facto with jehovah. for the talmudists admit themselves that samael is a god-name of one of the seven elohim. the kabalists, moreover, show the two, schemal and samael, as a symbolical form of saturn, chronos, the twelve wings standing for the 12 months, and the symbol in its collectivity representing a racial cycle. jehovah and saturn are also glyphically identical. this leads in its turn to a very curious deduction from a roman catholic dogma. many renowned writers belonging to the latin church admit that a difference exists, and should be made, between the uranian titans, the antediluvian giants (als

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red by the order. we desire you therefore presently to note, and to cause the same to be circulated throughout the order, and among those of the profane who may seem worthy to join it, these matters following concerning the duties and privileges of members of the earlier degrees of the o.t.o. as regards material affairs. and for convenience we shall classify these as pertaining to the equinox 210 the twelve houses of the heavens, but also by numbered clauses for the sake of such as understand not the so-called science of the stars. first, therefore, concerning the duties of the brethren. yet with our order every duty is also a privilege, so that it is impossible wholly to separate them. liber ci 211 of the duties of the brethren first house 1. there is no law beyond do what thou wilt. yet

BOOK OF ENOCH

rs presented this to enoch as a theatrical drama so that he could see it and ask questions at the same time. it was no doubt a deliberate policy not to give actual names so that different readers in different eras would assume they new the names. when i read this, i think it obviously refers to jesus, but many ages had a chosen one. the number of righteousness (47.4, that is reached, may refer to the twelve times twelve thousand predicted to survive in the biblical book of revelations. sheol is mentioned at 51.1, it is the name for hell used in early times and it is also mentioned in the book of genesis and book of job, it means the grave- but more than just a hole in the ground. the mountains leap like rams at 51.4, this phrase also occurs in the bible (psalms 114.4& 6. there is a rare me

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ible materially, and is the throne of the forces of the spirit. woe unto whomsoever shall make war upon her, when thus established! the spheres of influence of the court cards of the tarot pack the princesses rule the four parts of the celestial heavens which lie around the north pole, and above the respective cherubic signs of the zodiac, and they form the thrones of the powers of the four aces. the twelve cards, the four kings, queens and princes rule the dominion of the celestial heavens, between the realm of the four princesses and the zodiac, as is hereafter shewn. and they, as it were, link together the signs. v. the lord of the flame and the lightning; the king of the spirits of fire knight of wands a winged warrior riding upon a black horse with flaming mane and tail: the horse its

he details omitted in the first. 8. if this story is not quite accurate, do not be discouraged. perhaps the querent himself does not know everything. but the main lines ought to be laid down firmly, with correctness, or the divination should be abandoned "second operation" development of the question 1. shuffle, invoke suitably, and let querent cut as before. 2. deal cards into twelve stacks, for the twelve astrological houses of heaven. 3. make up your mind in which stack you ought to find the significator "e.g" in the seventh house if the question concerns marriage, and so on. 4. examine this chosen stack. if the significator is not there, try some cognate house. on a second failure, abandon the divination. 5. read the stack counting and pairing as before "third operation" further develo

to find the significator "e.g" in the seventh house if the question concerns marriage, and so on. 4. examine this chosen stack. if the significator is not there, try some cognate house. on a second failure, abandon the divination. 5. read the stack counting and pairing as before "third operation" further development of the question 1. shuffle, etc, as before. 2. deal cards into twelve stacks for the twelve signs of the zodiac. 3. divine the proper stack and proceed as before. book t page 25 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 "fourth operation" penultimate aspects of the question 1. shuffle, etc, as before. 2. find the significator: set him upon the table; let the thirty-six cards following form a ring round him. 3. count and pair as before "fifth operation" final res

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malkuth nahemah behemoth and leviathan are two evil forms, of which the first is the synthesis of the qliphoth already described under the head of behemiron in the qliphoth of the months of the year (the 11th. the leviathan are, as it were, numberless dragon forms united together, so that each of his scales is, as it were, a separate evil serpent. of the descending hierarchy called the decans of the twelve signs the arch-devils these are the daemons which rule over the twelve signs; they are presiding under the supreme rule of the infernal dignitaries paimon, amaimon, egym and uriens. aries 0- 4 march 21- 25 ipos aries 5- 9 march 26- 29 glasya-labolas aries 10- 14 march 30- april 3 furfur aries 15- 19 april 4- 8 marax aries 20- 24 april 9- 14 renove aries 25- 29 april 15- 19 botis taurus

ach has eleven angels which accompany them; they are ruled by galgalliel, who rules over the globe of the sun; and they rule under the dominion of the seven great angelick princes. the hosts and choir of angels the host of angels are eleven in number and these are their names: sallisim, parashim, gibborim, sebahim, geduthim, memunnim, sarim, haylim, mesarethim, malhakim and degalim. the angels of the twelve signs aries malchidael taurus asmodel gemini ambriel cancer muriel leo verchiel virgo hamaliel these are the angels which assist the magician in all his experiments; all according to their offices. it is unlawful that you should call upon the seraphim, but all the rest may be called upon for furtherance in matters divine. concerning the talismans. it is necessary to construct talismans

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ire is the domain of the seven infernal grand dukes, whose names are: mephistophilis, ariel, anifel, marbuel, aziel, aziabel, and barbuel. 3.15. the third realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the five grand ministers and secret infernal counsels, whose names are: asmodeus, leviathan, baal, belphegor, and lucifuge. 3.16. the fourth realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the twelve dukes, whose names are: ashmunaday, kedemel, set, hasmoday, sorath, hekate, lilith, barzabel, behemoth, nambroth, zazel, and hismael. 3.17. study well what the spirits of the infernal hierarchy have to tell you, and all the power will be yours. 3.18. the structure of the o.a.i. is following the principles of the infernal hierarchy and so should all groups that are truly left path, small

BOOK OF PLEASURE

ity, begot tetragrammaton. duality being unity, is time, the complex of conception, the eternal refluctuation to the primeval reality in freedom-being trinity of dualities, is the six senses, the five facets of sex-projecting as environment for self-assimilation in denial, as a complete sexuality. being tetragrammaton of dualities is twelvefold by arrangement, the human complex, and may be called the twelve commandments of the believer. it imagines the eternal decimal, its multiplicity embracing eternity, from which spring the manifold forms, which constitute the book of pleasure (self love) get any book for free on: www.abika.com 8 existence. vitalized by the breath of self-love, life is conscious of one. self being its opposing force, is alternately conflict, harmony, life and death. the

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to that in the same way as described above. it should work quite well. saxon wands the saxon wands are very good for obtaining a direct, prompt answer to a question. in a way they are similar to the oriental i-ching, though far less complicated. seven wands are needed. these are made from wood dowel. there should be three, each nine-inches in length; and four, each twelve-inches in length. one of the twelve-inch wands should be marked, or decorated in some way, as the witan wand. actually, you can decorate all of the wands with runes and symbols, if you wish, but make sure the witan wand stands out from the others. kneeling, lay the witan wand on the ground before you; horizontally "across" you. take the other six wands and hold them out over the witan wand. close your eyes, and holding th

to do with friendship, physical attraction, feeling, peace-making, pleasures; associated with musicians, jewelers, actors, dress-makers, artists and nurses. mars is for action, with great energy and courage. may be brutal and may be jealous; frequently the cause of sexual problems. impulsive, loyal, fearful of the unknown; associated with soldiers, surgeons, sportspeople and craftspeople. each of the twelve zodiac signs is spoken of as being "ruled" by one of the planets. what this means is that there is a close affinity between the two. where a lesson nine: divination/ 129 130/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft planet is classed as being "watery" or "fiery, so the sign or signs that it rules are of that type. the sign aries is ruled by the planet mars. taurus is ruled by venus. gemin

ibra by venus; scorpio by mars; sagittarius by jupiter; capricorn by saturn; aquarius by saturn (some astrologers prefer uranus) and pisces by jupiter (again some say by neptune. generally it can be said that a fiery sign would not get along well with a water sign, nor would a water sign get along with an air sign. an air sign, however, would do well with a fire sign, and so on. let's now look at the twelve divisions, the spheres of influence, on the chart and see what each is concerned with. they are numbered on the chart. the first one is the sphere influencing the physical appearance; the body. the second deals with money; gaining or losing, investing, etc. the third sphere is that of communications and transportation, letter-writing and transport. also it deals with relatives and close

ping and running about. if the person has a sore throat, see her shouting and singing and laughing. always think positive and send out positive energies. i would especially recommend a study of the following books: aromatherapy: the use of plant essences in healing raymond lautic& a. passebecq the complete book of natural medicines david carroll' the bach flower remedies nora weeks& victor bullen the twelve healers edward bach handbook of bach flower remedies philip m. chancellor alpha brain waves jodi lawrence the science and fine art of fasting herbert m. shelton power over pain without drugs neal h. olshan yogi therapy swami shivananda saraswati the foot book: healing the body through reflexology devaki berkson homeopathic medicine at home maesimund panes& joseph heimlich helping yourse

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be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact. next: note sacred texts egypt ehh index vol. i vol. ii vol. iii the book of am-tuat by e. a. wallis budge [1905] this book is an ancient egyptian cosmological treatise which describes the tuat, the underworld that the boat of the sun god, ra, traverses during the night hours. each chapter deals with one of the twelve hours of the night. a hallucinogenic travelogue of the netherworld, this extensively illustrated book depicts hundreds of gods and goddesses that appear nowhere else in the literature. title page note contents the book am-tuat: the title of the work chapter i: the first division of the tuat, which is called net-ra chapter ii: the second division of the tuat, which is called urnes chapte

7. benth, 8. afa, 9. tchehtcheh. ii. twelve divine beings, who are. described as the "goddesses who unfold the portals in the earth" their names are--1. qat-a, 2. nebt-meket, 3. sekhit, 4. ament-urt, p. 10 [paragraph continues] 5. sheftu, 6. ren-thethen, 7. hekent-em-sa-s, 8. qat-em-khu-s, 9. sekhet-em-khefiu-s, 10. huit, 11. hunt, 12. nebt-ankh. click to view (left) the nine ape-warders (right) the twelve goddesses of the gates. each goddess stands with her arms hanging by her sides. p. 11 iii. nine seated gods, each with his hands raised in adoration of ra; they are called the "gods who praise ra" the first three are man-headed, and are called hetch-a, maa-a, and hes-a, the second three are jackal-headed, and are called neb-ta-tesher, ap-uat, and ap-sekhemti, the third three are crocodi

ings, in the form of women, who are described as "the goddesses who guide the great god" their names are--1. tentenit, 2. sbai, 3. mat-neferu-neb-set, 4. khesefet-smatet, 5. khuai, 6. maket-ari-s, 7. urt-amt-tuat, 8. her-ab-uaa-set, p. 12 [paragraph continues] 9. mesperit, 10. ushem-hat-kheftiu-s, 11. sheset-kerh-maket-neb-s, 12. teset-tesheru, click to view (left) the nine praisers of ra (right) the twelve goddesses who guide ra. in the lower register are the following- 1. nine seated apes, who are described as the "gods p. 13 who sing to ra as he entereth into the tuat" their names are--1. am-kar, 2. khenti-she-f, 3. hen, 4. heken-em-ben-f. 5,6. 7. hethti, 8. pa-theth, 9. click to view (left) the nine singing apes (right) the twelve light-giving uraei. ii. twelve serpents, who throw fire

their names are- 1. ka-tuat, 2. hetem-ab, 3. ara, 4. aau, 5. hemhem, 6. ka-neteru, 7. tuati, 8. hekennu-ra, 9. aa-ater. p. 15 iv. twelve goddesses, with their arms hanging by their sides, who are described as "those who give praises to ra as he passeth over urnes" their names are--1. maa-neter-s, 2. art-neter-s, 3. hekent, 4. net, 5. apert-re, click to view (left) the nine praisers of ra (right) the twelve goddesses who sing to ra. 6. ab, 7. nebt-het, 8. hra-seni, 9. tefnut, 10. nutet, 11. ament, 12. ast. p. 16 the address which the sun-god makes to the gods in the first division of the tuat reads: 1- p. 17 p. 18 the majesty of this god standeth up after he hath taken up his position in this court, and he addresseth words to the gods who are therein, saying "open ye to me your doors, and

g for you, who are united unto your stars and who yourselves rise up for ra in the horizon which is in the tuat each day, o be ye in his following, and let your stars guide his two hands so that he may journey through the beautiful ament in peace. and, o ye gods who stand up, who dwell in our land, light up ye your stars in the sky so that [i] may unite [myself] with the master of the horizon" 2. the twelve goddesses of the hours, who face to p. 157 the right, having each a star on her head. their names are- 1. hekennutheth. 2. nebt-en. 3. nebt-nebt. click to view goddesses of the hours. click to view goddesses of the hours. 4. tuatheth. 5. amentet-ermen. 6 [name erased] 7. anith. 8. aunith. p. 158 9. tait. 10. arit-khu. 11. arit-aru. 12. uaat-testes. the text relating to the goddesses of

the serpent ankh-neteru, which is by his den in the tuat, and he resteth in [his] place every day. this great god speaketh to him in [his] name of na [and the space covered by] his forepaws and legs is one thousand three hundred cubits long; he liveth upon the sound of the rumblings of the earth. the servants who are loyal to his service come forth from [his] mouth every day" the text relating to the twelve goddesses reads "those who are in this picture take the towing rope of the boat of ra when it cometh forth p. 265 from the serpent ankh-neteru, and they tow this great god into the sky, and lead him along the ways of the upper sky. it is they who make to arise in the sky gentle winds and humid breezes, and it is they who order those who live [upon earth] to place themselves in the great

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ess, and thus making two gods. but the darkness is the fountain of existence, whence the universe floweth forth, and thick darkness, which is my habitation, is the substance of all outward appearance. 5 five-score and thirty is the eye which is the wellspring of outward appearance. that eye is the one, multiplied through the sephiroth [148] a y i n it is the sun of life and light, shining through the twelve tribes of heaven, and spreading their power through the tree of life, to make all things new. yet does every beam of that sun cast a shadow also, for in all creation are light and darkness mixed, and, their equilibrium is the mystery of mystery. one, and not two, is the beginning and end of all; but two are the aspects it presenteth to mankind, because men are subject to the illusion of

e total manifestation of the sephiroth. the" four-and-twenty thrones of primal forces" are the "thrones of the elders" mentioned in the first chapter of the apocalypse, written by one who was a profound qabalist. the number 24 is the result of the multiplication of the digits in 406 (4 x 6, the number of the letter-name th v. the twenty-four thrones are the positive and negative manifestations of the twelve forces corresponding to the twelve signs of the zodiac "instruction" or "erudition" is the meaning of the hebrew maskil, m sh k i l. this word is a title of the sephirah yesod, foundation. its numeration is 400, that of the character tav. the source of all things is likewise the goal of all endeavors, and that source is the true self of every seeker for light. therefore the author says

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

. 3. 50. culin "concerning negro sorcery" p. 282; richard dorson, negro tales from pine bluff, arkansas, and calvin, michigan (bloomington: indiana university press, 1958, p. 207; steiner "practice of conjuring in georgia" p. 174. 51. georgia writers' project, drums and shadows, pp. 1, 4. 52. myrta lockett avary, dixie after the war: an exposition of social conditions existing in the south during the twelve years succeeding the fall of richmond (garden city, n.y: doubleday and page, 1906, p. 234; philip alexander bruce, the plantation negro as a freeman: observations on his character, condition, and prospects in virginia (new york: g. p. putnam, 1889, pp. 119.22; charles c. jones, jr. negro myths from the georgia coast, told in the vernacular (boston: houghton mifflin, 1888, p. 171. 53. b

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ry latin text, liber hermetis, translated from the greek, gives special attention to the decans "man is called by the informed, a world, since he is wholly correspondent with the world s nature. indeed at the moment of conception there spurts from the seven planets a whole complex of rays that bear on each part of the man. and the same thing happens at the birth-hour, according to the position of the twelve signs" c. 420 "de nuptiis philologi et mercurii" martianus capella 475-525 boethius c. 475 horapollo of nilous hieroglyphica. suda refers to him as a leader of one of the last pagan philosophical schools in menouthis near alexandria, under the reign of emperor zeno (474-491. 500 ce (circa) pseudo-dionysius the areopagite flourished, probably a native of syria. 507: the frankish leader c

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

ings must first have been brought there. the ships were twelve in number, six of ours, and six of the old lord s, who caused his ships to be freighted with well appointed soldiers. but he himself came to us in our ship, where we were all together. in the first the musicians, of which the old lord also had a great number, seated themselves; they sailed before us to shorten the time. our flags were the twelve celestial signs, and we sat in libra. besides other things our ship also had a noble and curious clock, which showed us all the minutes. the sea was so calm, too, that it was a singular pleasure to sail. but what surpassed all the rest was the old man s discourse; he knew so well how to pass away our time with wonderful stories, that i could have been content to sail with him all my lif

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istorical reasons, too. it means transformation, new birth, a new order. hence you find jesus and twelve disciples and the grand master himmler and twelve other 'knights' in the grand council of the ss. it is the same knowledge, used with different intent. osiris, the god of egypt, had twelve followers according to legend, buddha had twelve disciples, as did the aztec god, quetzalcoatl. there are the twelve knights of king arthur's round table, twelve sons of jacob, twelve princes of ishmael, twelve tribes of israel, twelve signs of the zodiac. the bilderberg group steering committee has 39 members (13+ 13+ 13) and it chooses its locations on esoteric principles.15 it is the same with the global institutions. geneva, the home of the league of nations and many other global elite fronts, is

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a ritual and eaten it. two other women raised as catholics told her that they had seen the abusers shape-shift into reptilians and eat a human sacrifice. jane said that joseph smith, the founder of the mormons, was from "the occult bloodlines (very true) and the whole official story was a lie "the 246 children of the matrix leaders are mostly reptilian" she said "one witness says that only one of the twelve [mormon] apostles did not shape shift at the ritual" she goes on "i was so mad to find out that the alien abuse was connected to the ritual abuse in the church when i had believed the church was true [now i know that..our families are from occult bloodlines of england and europe. this has gone on for hundreds and thousands of years."9 for certain, satanic ritual goes on within the mormo

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the pope still wears a mitreshaped like a fish head to symbolise nimrod. this is also the significance of hisfishermans ring. the chair of st peter in the v atican was claimed to be a holy relic, butin 1968 it was exposed by a scientific commission as being no older than the 9th centurymore significantly, according to the catholic encyclopaedia, is that it is decorated bytwelve plates portraying the twelve labours of hercules. this same work claims thathercules was another name for nimrod before becoming a deity of the greeks.9 in 1825,pope leo xii authorised the production of a jubilee medal and it depicted a woman in apose that was blatant symbolism of queen semiramis. she had a crucifix in her lefthand, a cup in her right and on her head was a seven rayed crown like the one on thestatu

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

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increase continually on the earth. thus you are become the skirts of justice and truth. in the name of the same, your god, lift up, i say, yourselves. behold his mercies flourish and his name is become mighty amongst us. in whom we say move, descend and apply yourselves unto us as unto partakers of the secret wisdom of your creation (lavey) behold, saith satan, i am a circle on whose hands stand the twelve kingdoms. six are the seats of living breath, the rest are as sharp as sickles, or the horns of death. therein the creatures of earth are and are not, except in mine own hands which sleep and shall rise! in the first i made ye stewards and placed ye in the twelve seats of government, giving unto every one of you power successively over the nine true ages of time, so that from the highes

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hereas the same degree of apathy in the sanguine type may mean a complete breakdown of the whole personality. the analogies between material and mental things can be very misleading; whereas the analogies between mental and material things can be very enlightening. mystical qabala page 187 26. the four elements correspond to the four temperaments as described by hippocrates, the four tarot suits, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the seven planets. if the implications of these statements are worked out, it will he seen that herein are contained some very important keys. 27. the element of earth corresponds to the phlegmatic temperament; the suit of pentacles; the signs of taurus, virgo, and capricorn; and the planets venus and luna. 28. the element of water corresponds to the bilious tem

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vil not only work by their own power, but also serve the sorcerer as a point of concentration for his meditations. harmful effects are also produced by objects which have been used in black magic and have become impregnated with 62 of 103 the forces they were employed in generating. odds and ends of magical equipment turn up in some queer places. i was present at an auction in a country town when the twelve signs of the zodiac, neatly painted on a blackboard, came up for sale. various of my friends have picked up magical treasures, such as altar lamps and incense burners that obviously came out of ritual lodges, but the prize of the collection was a magical rod that was put up to auction along with a bundle of fire-irons. large crystals for scrying are frequently seen in antique shops. all

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

ountain range which, as the egyptians thought, supported the sky.[6] the region of the tuat was a long, mountainous, narrow valley with a river running along it; starting from the east it made its way to the north, and then taking a circular direction it came back to the east. in the tuat lived all manner of fearful monsters and beasts, and here was the country through which the sun passed during the twelve hours of the night; according to one view he traversed this region in splendour, and according to another he died and became subject to osiris the king, god and judge of the kingdom of the departed. the fields of aaru and hetep. the abode of the blessed. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod08.htm (2 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:23:43 am] the souls of the dead made their way to their abode in

later egyptians peopled certain parts of the tuat, wherein the night sun pursued his course, and where the souls of the dead dwelt; for this we must turn to the composition entitled the" book of what is in the tuat" several copies of which have come down to us inscribed upon tombs, coffins, and papyri of the xviiith and following dynasties. the tuat was divided into twelve parts, corresponding to the twelve hours of the night; and this book professed to afford to the deceased the means whereby he might pass through them successfully. in one of these divisions, which was under the rule of the god seker, the entrance was guarded by a serpent on four legs with a human head, and within were a serpent with three heads, scorpions,[5] vipers, and winged monsters of terrifying aspect; a vast deser

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as taken the earth as a support, and who has dug abysses in order to fill them with the omnipotence! thou whose name makest the arches of the world tremble! thou who makest the seven metals circulate in the veins of stone; monarch of seven luminaries! rewarder of subterranean workmen! bring us to the desirable air and to the kingdom of light. we watch and work without respite. we seek and hope by the twelve stones of the holy city, for the talismans which are buried by the magnetic nail which passes through the center of the earth. lord! lord! lord! have pity upon those who suffer! enlarge our hearts! let us be free and raise up our heads! exalt us! o stability and movement! o day invested by night! o darkness veiled in light! o master who never retainest the wages of thy workmen! o silver

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uildings. 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 angeles: aetherius society, 1963. the practices of aetherius. hollywood, calif: aetherius society, 1964. the twelve blessings. london: aetherius press, 1958. you are responsible. london: aetherius press, 1961. the story of aetherius society. hollywood, calif: aetherius society, n.d. aetherius speaks to earth see cosmic voice aetities (or aquilaeus) a precious stone of magical properties, composed of iron oxide with a little silex and alumina, and said to be found in the stomach or neck of the eagle

odus 25:18.20; isaiah 6:2.3; ephesians 3:10) and the book of enoch. vartan (or vertabied, the thirteenth-century armenian poet and historian, described them under the same terms, but expressly stated: these orders differ from one another in situation and degree of glory, just as there are different ranks among men, though they are all of one nature. this description, and all others resembling it (the twelve heavenly worlds of plato, and the heaven of the chinese, for example, can be understood as landmarks serving to denote the heights human intelligence has reached at various times in the attempt to represent the eternal and infinite in precise terms. seventeenth-century mystic jakob boehme recognized the whole deep between the stars, as the heaven of one of the three hierarchies, and pla

tle method of healing, and many physicians have reported favorably on it. much of the efficacy of the bach remedies seemed to depend upon the fact that they were never mass produced but rather prepared individually with care and love for human beings, a fact that suggests that their value may have rested largely on a placebo effect. sources: bach, edward. heal thyself. london: c. w. daniel, 1931. the twelve healers and other remedies: a simple herbal treatment. 3d ed. london: c. w. daniel, 1936. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. bach, edward 139 bach, edward, and f. j. wheeler. the bach flower remedies. new canaan, conn: keats, 1977. chancellor, p. handbook of the bach flower remedies. london: c. w. daniel, 1971. weeks, n. the medical discoveries of edward bach. london: c

e trunk of a high tree while these words were uttered: tarry, pipkin, in this tree, till such time as full ye be. chain, forming a in spiritualism, a popular practice entails the joining of hands of sitters around a table, whereby it is believed that a magnetic current is established and reinforced. baron de guldenstubbe gave the following directions for forming a chain: in order to form a chain, the twelve persons each place their right hand on the table, and their left hand on that of their neighbor, thus making a circle round the table. observe that the medium or mediums if there be more than one, are entirely isolated from those who form the chain. dr. lapponi, in his hypnotism and spiritism (1906, gave an alternative account of the proper procedure for the forming a chain. he [the med

an excellent medium. the six electrical or negative dispositions, which are generally recognized by their emotional qualities and their sensibility, are placed at the right of the medium, the most sensitive of all being next to him. the same rule is followed with the positive personalities, who are at the left of the medium, with the most positive among them next to him. in order to form a chain, the twelve persons each place their right hand on the table, and their left hand on that of the neighbour, thus making a circle round the table. observe that the medium or mediums, if there be more than one, are entirely isolated from those who form the chain. camille flammarion stated that the sexes are alternated to reinforce the fluids. it has also been asserted that the seance may be as produc

chronologique et mythologique (1806) he maintains a common origin for the astronomical and religious opinions of the greeks, egyptians, chinese, persians, and arabians. depuis died on september 29, 1809. du potet de sennevoy, baron (jules denis) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 462 durandal a magical sword belonging to roland, hero of medieval legends relating to charlemagne and the twelve peers of france. durville, gaston son of hector durville, brother of henri durville, jointly involved in publications concerned with animal magnetism and nature therapy. his publications included les succes de la medecine psychique, le sommeil provoque et les causes qui le determinent: magnetisme, hypnotisme, suggestion, etude etiologique de l hypnose. with hector and henri durville, he

hers, beginning broadcasts on woq in 1922. in 1924 unity purchased its own radio station. that same year fillmore began one of the most important unity projects, unity daily word, now daily word, a day-by-day devotional booklet and the organization s most popular publication over the years. during the 1930s fillmore wrote a number of the books for which he is widely remembered today. they include the twelve powers of man (1930, which explores some of humanity s psychic potentials; metaphysical bible dictionary (1931, a guide to metaphysical bible interpretation; prosperity (1934, the fillmores answer to the depression; and jesus christ heals (1931. in 1933 myrtle died, and charles married cora g. dedrick. he retired from the pulpit of unity church and began a period of lecturing and travel

rles fillmore: herald of the new age. new york: harper& row, 1974. fillmore, charles s. christian healing: science of being. kansas city, mo: unity school of christianity, 1909. jesus christ heals. kansas city, mo: unity school of christianity, 1931. metaphysical bible dictionary. kansas city, mo: unity school of christianity, 1931. prosperity. kansas city, mo: unity school of christianity, 1936. the twelve powers of man. lee s summit, mo: unity school of christianity, 1930, 1955. fillmore, mary caroline myrtle page (1845.1931) myrtle fillmore, cofounder of the unity school of christianity, was born mary caroline page on august 6, 1845, in pagetown, ohio. she was raised in a devout methodist family and given the best education available for females in her day. she attended oberlin college

ed in flowering plants. his discoveries were introduced to the world in a 1931 text, heal thyself. having found the 12 basic substances, he turned his search to additional essences that could help people with specific problems. through the 1930s, 26 such essences were isolated. periodically as a set of new discoveries was made, he published a new edition of his book, the last appearing in 1936 as the twelve healers and other remedies: a simple herbal treatment. he died shortly thereafter and his remedies were largely unnoticed through the war years. his work was carried on by several close associates who worked out of his home, which had been transformed into the dr. edward bach healing center. the idea of flower essences was rediscovered in the 1960s by an american herbalist, leslie j. ka

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ecious stone, whose name derives from the sanskrit sanipriya, i.e, dear to the planet saturn. next to the diamond, it is the hardest mineral; its true color is blue, but it may also be red, yellow, violet, green, or brown. it was also known in ancient times as lapis lazuli. according to folklore, the vision seen by moses and the law given to him were inscribed on sapphire. the sapphire was one of the twelve stones on the jewish high priest s breastplate, located on the second row in the middle. it attained an eschatological significance as a foundation stone for the new jerusalem (isaiah 54:11 and rev. 21:19. when roman catholics select a new pope, a gold ring set with a sapphire is traditionally placed on his ring finger, symbolizing marriage to the church. buddhists ascribed sacred magic

n believed that understanding these relationships could have great value in the treatment of disease. sardius (or sard) a precious stone that is a variety of cornelian, varying in color from pale yellow to reddish orange. according to ancient tradition, it is an antidote to the onyx. it was believed to prevent unpleasant dreams, to make its possessor wealthy, and to sharpen the wit. it was one of the twelve stones in the breastplate of the jewish high priest and a foundation stone of the new jerusalem yet to appear (revelation 21:20. sardou, victorien (1831.1908) famous french dramatist and member of the academie francuise who attracted considerable attention in spiritistic circles in the 1860s with curious automatic drawings, signed bernard palissy, of jupiter. he was born on september 5

assembled volumes from some of the most important voices in contemporary astrology for the series, but contributed what most consider to be his finest volume, the gods of change. unfortunately, at the height of his career, he passed away in london on may 12, 1992. sources: sasportas, howard. the gods of change: pain, crisis, and the transits of uranus, neptune, and pluto. new york: arkana, 1989. the twelve houses. wellingborough, northamptonshire, uk: aquarian press, 1985. sasportas, howard, and liz greene. the development of personality. vol. 1. seminar in psychology astrology. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1987. the dynamic of the unconscious. vol. 2. seminar in psychology astrology. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1989. the luminaries: sun and moon. vol. 3. seminar in psychology

psychic sciences, founded 1928, published in nice, france, and later in carthage, tunisia. it was edited by francis rolt wheeler. contributors included ernesto bozzano, lewis spence, and jollivet castelot. seer (or seeress) a traditional term for a person who manifests clairvoyance or precognition. in ancient israel the term was replaced by judge. the judges used their psychic abilities to guide the twelve tribes from the time of the settlement in palestine until the establishment of the monarchy under saul (i samuel 9:9. in scotland it is equated with the possession of second sight. seer (software) an astrology software program that purportedly indicates from their star signs how well business partners will perform with each other. from the proposed partners date and place of birth, the

ted that the psychic extras obtained by spirit photographers may be the thoughts of the sitters (though most now agree that they were more likely the product of fraud. hereward carrington offered some curious evidence out of his experiences with mrs. a. e. deane as did frederick bligh bond, who experimented with the same medium. bond prepared a diagram of four by three squares and made, in one of the twelve squares, a cross of two diagonal lines and drew a small circle over the crossed lines. after he deposited this diagram with the principal of the british college of psychic science, he went to meet deane. she drew upon a blackboard a similar diagram and asked for a perfect circle over the center of the two intersecting lines. the camera was loaded by carrington and he did the development

spontaneous psi phenomena. he published articles on connections between psi, psychiatry, and medicine in various journals. sources: pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. urim and thummim literally lights and perfections, a means of divination employed by the ancient hebrews. the objects were placed on a breastplate, which bore the names of the twelve tribes of israel, that was worn over the heart of the high priest when he went before the lord (ex. 28:30. it was believed to consist of a species of casting lots. the use of urim and thummim was not for determining questions concerning individuals, only for questions of national import. answers were usually given in a brief fashion, yes or no, or the designation of one tribe out of the

le one of the largest inhabited castles in the world. windsor castle, in berkshire, england, is one of the royal residences and headquarters of the order of the garter. it is frequently cited as a haunted house, filled with numerous notable specters. queen elizabeth, henry viii, charles i, and some of the georges have all been reputed to haunt the castle, and herne the hunter is also said to roam the twelve-acre great park. in february 1897, lieutenant carr glynn of the grenadier guards was sitting in the library reading in the twilight when he heard the rustle of a silken dress and, looking up, saw the ghost of queen elizabeth i glide across the room. he buckled on his sword and reported the matter. the story attracted the attention of the country for some weeks. sir richard holmes and hi

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x) medes great cloud n twklm bahar (ass) edom whirlwind m the above paper was in full or part given to members of the 4=7 grade, later it was changed to the 5=6 grade. because of inherent changes of just having knowledge of these names within the sphere of sensation, we have limited access to this paper to adeptus minor only. g.h. frater n.o.e.l. 6 the princes of the twpylq these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the twpylq who are the heads of the months of the year. wryryub (beiriron: so called because they are derived from the fourth evil force, namely lams the black. their colors are dull red and black, and their form is that of a dragon-lion, for a. wrymyda (adimiron: whose colors are like \d (blood, mingled with n, a sickly yellow and grey. their form is that of a lio

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

rces exhausted, he had been living with nelson and madeleine rodeffer in maryland. he died of a heart attack at their home on the evening of april 23. see also: contactees; orthon; ramu; williamson, george hunt; yamski further reading adamski, george, 1955. inside the space ships. new york: abelard-schuman, 1961. flying saucers farewell. new york: abelard-schuman, 1962. special report: my trip to the twelve counsellors meeting that took place on saturn, march 27 30th, 1962. vista, ca: science of life. bennett, colin, 2000. breakout of the fictions: george adamski s 1959 world tour. the anom- alist 8 (spring: 39 84. ellwood, robert s, 1995. spiritualism and ufo religion in new zealand: the international transmission of modern spiritual movements. in james r. lewis, ed. the gods have landed:

s, and then the ship went on to the moon for another meal and a good rest. he, teddy, and big bo went for a short walk before embarking for venus. during one brief stop they saw the ruler of the region engaged in painting. he was clad, like nelson himself, in bib overalls. venus, like mars and the moon, turned out to be a pleasant place without war or conflict, where people lived in harmony under the twelve laws of god (essentially the ten commandments and a couple of verses from the new testament. on venus, the races were strictly segregated. nelson also was told that his own parents were venusians. bucky became a regular visitor at nelson s house. they spent christmas 1956 together. on another occasion, he brought a fully cooked venusian turkey with him. on yet another christmas, bucky t

ot been repeated by other researchers (dash, 1997. see also: tulpa further reading dash, mike, 1997. borderlands. london: heinemann. owen, iris m, and margaret sparrow, 1976. con- juring up philip. new york: harper and row. planetary council celeste korsholm, a sedona, arizona, channeler and metaphysical counselor, learned of the planetary council one day in 1991. in an out-of-body state, she met the twelve ascended masters who compose the ruling body of earth s solar system. over the next few years, they returned individually to channel the histories of the planets and their futures. each planet, she learned, is like a university. each of us comes from somewhere else, from a higher dimension of existence known as the source, and enters through star gates such as lyra, orion, sirius, and t

n [pseud. of yonah fortner, 1960. a note on the evolution of extraterrestrialism. saucer news 7, 4 (december: 6 9. steinberg, gene, 1977. dr. yonah aharon originator of the ancient astronaut theory. ufo report 4, 2 (june: 26 27, 74 78. 276 y hova zagga zagga hails from the planet zakton at the far side of the milky way galaxy. zakton is some seventy-five thousand light years beyond gemini. one of the twelve members of the galactic council, he was sent to saturn. from there he transited to earth, entering the body of a boy at the instant of birth. zagga claims that on his home planet children are conceived not by sexual intercourse but by pure thought. people do not have names. he was given the appellation zagga only after he volunteered for the earth mission. in letters to saucerian writer

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

ased upon astronomical information in the book itself, the work of the chariot translator attributed authorship of the sefer yetzirah to master abraham in the nineteenth century bce. an adjunctive note to the translation points out that the procession of the equinoxes acts as an unforgeable clock, allowing us to determine that the correspondence of the constellations given in the sixth chapter to the twelve hebrew months (with no variations in the six texts considered) occurred during the time of abraham, circa 4000 years ago. allowing for 4' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% an optimal variation of plus or minus 800 years ago, it is still not anywhere within the range of medieval times. a check on the data logs of the old chaldeans, egyptians, and greeks indicated that no one had astronomical knowledge o

them, he weighed them at opposites, and he formed through them: seven stars in the universe, seven days in the year :2% e= i2 seven gates in the body of male and female. and through which he engraved seven universes, seven heavens, seven earths, seven seas, seven rivers, seven sabbatical years, seven jubilees, and the holy temple. therefore he cherished the seventh ones under all the heavens. 10 the twelve simple letters, also called the borders and everlasting arms of the tree, are gates that connect the directional sefiroth among one another. chapter five, verse 2 gives an exact delineation of how the simple letters are assigned to the diagonal borders on the tree. the reader will note that the way the text assigns the simple letters to the respective borders differs significantly from

t there is insufficient mass for the reversal to occur, and that the negative expansion energy of space is causing our universe to expand forever. it is therefore interesting to consider the implication of this verse of the sefer yetzirah within the context of this debate. twelve simple letters: heh h vav v zayin z chet x tet u yod y lamed l nun n samek c ayin i tzade o qof q. their foundation is the twelve borders of a diagonal: east-above border, east-north border, east-below border, south-above border, south-east border, south- below border, west-above border, west-south' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% border, west-below border, north-above border, north-west border, north-below border. and they continually become wider for ever and ever, and they are the arms of the universe. 11 the text then goes

nal: east-above border, east-north border, east-below border, south-above border, south-east border, south- below border, west-above border, west-south' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% border, west-below border, north-above border, north-west border, north-below border. and they continually become wider for ever and ever, and they are the arms of the universe. 11 the text then goes on to respectively designate the twelve constellations, twelve months, and twelve organs in the body of male and female as formed from the simple letters. for the reader s convenience, all of the correlations given by the sefer yetzirah for the mother, double, and simple letters are given in tables 4.1 through 4.3. the fifth chapter ends by mentioning three allusions: the sunset, the wall, and the battle. the sunset (figure 4

ice that the gate assignments on luria s tree in figure 5.9 are very different from those in the tree diagrams in the work of the chariot s version of the sefer yetzirah. in luria s composite tree, the mother letters are respectively placed in the three :2 h' 8 :2" 2" f "1" 2: e2 2" 0 horizontal gates; the double letters are placed in the seven vertical gates; and the simple letters are placed in the twelve diagonal gates. while all of the trees specified by the sefer yetzirah are two-and three-dimensional trees of perfection, it is a matter of some curiosity that luria s trees are all flat and fallen. 2 f 0#5 fallen tree with gates (luria) 0' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8- 0- 0' the preceding chapters presented a varied array of trees of life yielded by the primary sources of the mystical qabalah. the

krit: the auspicious: a principal name of vast face in the tantric tradition. shushumna (sanskrit: the central channel of the chakric tree. corresponds to the central column of the qabalistic tree. sifra detzniyutha (aramaic: book of that which is concealed: first of three core texts at the root of the sefer hazohar. silsilah (arabic: the chain of spiritual transmission in sufism. simple letters: the twelve hebrew letters that link the directional sefiroth to one another in the sefer yetzirah. sinatic hebrew: original hebrew alphabet that appeared circa nineteenth century bce. sirata (arabic: straight path: name for the gate of the alef over the abyss of the invisible sefirah knowledge/first on the fallen tree in the opening surah of the qur an. siriya latifa (arabic: thoracic center on th

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ruth comes the good, accompanied by life and light, and all the remaining punishments are driven out. the decade of the powers has cancelled the dodecade of the punishments. when his regenerative experience is completed, trismegistus leads tat out of the "tent (translated tabernaculum by ficino) under which he had been and which was constituted by the circle of the zodiac. as festugiere explains, the twelve vices or "punishments" come from the twelve signs of the zodiac which oppressed tat when he was still material and under the influence of matter. festugiere compares this with the ascent through the spheres in the pimander, where there are seven vices with the planets which 29 ficino's "pimander" and the "asclepius" the initiate abandons on his upward path' the punishments of matter are

y these when addressing venus. he must know the images of venus and know how to inscribe these on talismans made of the right venus materials and at the right astrological moment. such images were held to capture the spirit or power of the star and to hold or store it for use. not only the planets had attached to each of them a complicated pseudo-science of occult sympathies and image-making, but the twelve signs of the zodiac each had their plants, animals, images, and so on, and indeed so had all the constellations and stars of the heavens. for the all was one, united by an infinitely complex system of relationships. the magician was one who knew how to enter into this system, and use it, by knowing the links of the chains of influences descending vertically from above, and establishing

the lists of plants, animals, stones and the like grouped according to their occult sympathies with the stars, the lists of images of planets, signs, decans, with instructions as to how to make magical talismans from them. the following are only a few examples from this vast and complex literature ascribed to hermes trismegistus. there is a treatise supposedly by hermes on the names and powers of the twelve signs of the zodiac2; others on which plants go with the signs and the planets3; a book of hermes trismegistus to asclepius on the occult virtues of animals4; a treatise on astrological medicine dedicated by hermes to ammon the egyptian which describes how to treat illnesses caused by bad stellar influences by building up links with the methods of sympathetic magic and talismans to draw

s of the thirty-six decans' grouped with the signs of the zodiac to which they belong. the images of the decans of aries. first decan "a huge dark man with red eyes, holding a sword, and clad in a white garment" second decan "a woman clad in green and lacking one leg" third decan "a man holding a golden sphere and dressed in red" and so the list goes on, for all the thirty-six decans belonging to the twelve signs, all with weird and barbaric images. having fully dealt with talismans and their manufacture in his first two books, the author of picatrix discusses in his third book2 what stones, plants, animals, and so on go with the different planets, signs, and so on, giving full fists, what parts of the body go with the signs, what are the colours of the planets, how to invoke the spirits o

by his scholarly methods. pico draws ten conclusiones from hermes trismegistus, which come just before the cabalist conclusions. the ninth of these hermetic conclusions is as follows: 9 decern intra unumquemque sunt ultorcs, ignorantia, tristitia, inconstantia, cupiditas, iniustitia, luxuries, inuidia, fraus, ira, malitia.2 pico is quoting from corpus hermeticum xiii as translated by ficino where the twelve "punishments" of matter are translated as "ultores" and their names are translated3 exactly as pico gives them here, except that he has left out two of them, making only ten "punishments" or evil material forces, instead of twelve. it will be remembered that in corpus hermeticum xiii, the twelve "punishments, deriving from the zodiac and representing man under the power of the stars, ar

of the coming of christ, and twelve hebrew prophets. i would suggest that lactantius and the siena pavement teach us to look for the greatest gentile prophet, hermes trismegistus, as likely to be present in the room of the sibyls, and i think he is there, as the prophetic figure with the zodiac (pi. 3) who ends the series of the planets, above the sibyls. in the next room are twelve prophets with the twelve apostles; the christianity foretold by hebrew and gentile prophets has arrived, represented by the apostles. in the following rooms come the seven liberal arts, with astrology the most prominent, seven saints, and seven scenes from the life of the virgin. it is, so far, a perfectly orthodox programme. but very strange are the egyptian scenes in the room of the saints. the emblem of the

stag's head, on a dragon, with an owl which is eating a snake in his right hand.4 bruno's planet images are close to those given by agrippa,5 though with some variations. next come twenty-eight images for the mansions of the moon, and one image of the draco lunae6; all these correspond very closely indeed to those given by agrippa.7 finally, bruno gives thirty-six images which he associates with the twelve houses into which a horoscope is divided.8 these images are peculiar and have not yet been traced to any known type. probably bruno invented them (agrippa, his chief authority, says that one can make up astrological images for special purposes).9 1 ibid, p. 135. the decan images run from p. 135 to p. 141. they are grouped with the twelve signs of the zodiac of which they are "faces; the

aries and taurus and other animal forms of the zodiac, or their images recall shameful actions of the gods, like the lyre which reminds of the thefts of mercury, or hercules and perseus, who are his own bastards. the assembled gods in their conclave are therefore to consider each in turn the images of the constellations, beginning with the bear and the other northern constellations, passing along the twelve signs of the zodiac, and concluding with a survey of the southern constellations.2 jupiter had perhaps provided each member of the celestial board with a copy of one of those illustrated editions of hyginus, which have cuts of the constellation images beside the letterpress describing their shameful mythological associations (one of bruno's later mnemonic works is illustrated by cuts of

f its satire on monks. in england, it was used as a school textbook; see foster watson, the zodiacus vitae, london, 1908, p. 5. there was an english translation by barnabe googe (reprinted with an introduction by r. tuve, scholars' facsimiles and reprints, new york, 1947- 223 giordano bruno in england: the hermetic reform palingenius. in this didactic latin poem, palingenius goes through in order the twelve signs of the zodiac attaching to them his moral teaching, the overcoming of vices by virtues. since the poem is punctuated by outbursts of enthusiasm or furor in which the mens makes ascensions into the heavens, it seems to me that the writer has been influenced by hermetic teachings,1 and that these are also reflected in his presentation of his ethics in the cosmological setting of the

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eth, who are themselves dependent upon divine favor, and when it sees the power and potency of the rulers of temporal fame is then ready to rush to them, and leave the spiritual for the material. this from the microcosmic angle of matter. from the cosmic angle or view point we note again that solomon's temple is the solar universe and hiram abiff, the grand master, is the sun which travels around the twelve signs of the zodiac, enacting there the mystic drama of the masonic legend. at the vernal equinox the sun leaves the watery sign of pisces, which is also feminine and docile, for the belligerent, martial, energetic, fiery sign aries, the ram or lamb, where it is exalted in power. it fills the universe with a creative fire which is immediately seized upon by the innumerable billions of n

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1 in all there are, therefore, 400 sephiroth in the world scheme, and as 400 is the numerical value of u, tau,th, the last letter of the hebrew alphabet, 400 completes the cycle of the creative voice or logos. as the threefold order is intellectually important, so is the fourfold order physically important, the two multiplied together making 12 and representing the zodiac (see plate v on page 34, the twelve months of the year, etc, and consequently the entire creative cycle symbolized by two interlaced six-pointed stars or seals of solomon; the one being the great work below and the other the great work above. there are four manifestations- the no-thing, the intellectual world, the sensuous world, and the physical world; also the four elements air, fire, water, and earth, the four living b

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ate of 60 years and a fraction of a year, and thus that the precession for a sign was in 1824 years, and for the circle in 21,888 years. subsequently they discovered, or thought they had discovered, the soli-lunar period of 608 years, hence they attempted to make the two go together. both, however, proved to be erroneous. in referring to the fact that among the ancient romans existed the story of the twelve vultures and the twelve ages of 120 years each, higgins remarks "this arose from the following cause: they came from the east before the supposition that the precession took place a degree in about 60 years, and 1824 years in a sign had been discovered to be erroneous; and as they supposed the neros made a correct cycle in 608 years, and believed the precessional cycle to be completed i

ypt in honor of neith. the tokens distributed among friends were cakes made of paste in the form of babies. these cakes were called yuledows. dow means to "grow bigger" or "to increase" the kalends of january at rome were sacred to janus and juno to whom sacrifices were offered. the etruscans also worshipped janus who was the god (or goddess) of the year. although this deity does not appear among the twelve gods it is said to be the parent of them all. it was represented as having two faces. upon one were the letters representing 365, and upon the other were the keys of life and death. according to bryant this deity was called junonius, from the goddess juno, whose name resolves itself into juneh, a dove. in the hebrew this name is identical with yoni or yuni--the female principle. on the

ese occurrences baruch, the angel of the good one, was sent to the prophets to warn them against the wiles of edem, but in the same manner nass, the devil, enticed them away, they being allured by him to their own destruction. again elohim selected hercules, an uncircumcised prophet, and sent him to quell the disturbance caused by naas or edem and to release the father from their power "these are the twelve conflicts of hercules which he underwent, in order, from first to last, viz: lion, and hydra, and boar, and the others successively. for they say that these are the names of them among the gentiles, and they have been derived, with altered denomination, from the energy of the maternal angels. when he seemed to have vanquished his antagonists, omphale (now she is venus) clings to him and

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larges on its activities and provides us with florence's justification 'when the first group was formed by mrs emery she told us that d.d.c.f. approved of such groups, as also did s.a. and that indeed s.a. had once formed such a group himself.theobjects of the group were: to concentrate forces of growth, progress and purification, every sunday at noon, and the progress was rst, the formulation of the twelve workersnearbutnot in 36; and formulation round london; 3rd, formulation round the earth; 4th, formulation among the constellations.thengradually reverse the process, bringing the quintessenceofthe greater forces to the lesser.theprocess was to take about an hour."thegroup had disbanded by190iso it seems that annie horniman'sbanishing ceremony was to little avail,ifitever took place. flo

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cal scheme of creation, drawing a parallel between the origin of the world, the sun, the planets, the elements, seasons and man, and the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet, dividing them into a triad, a heptad and a dodecad: three mother letters a, m, and sh, referred to primeval air, water and fire; seven double letters referred to the planets and the seven-fold division of time, etc, and the twelve simple letters referred to the months, zodiacal signs, and human organs. modern criticism tends to the statement that the existing ancient versions were compiled abouta.d.200.thesepher yetzirahis mentioned in thetalmuds,both of jerusalem and of babylon, and is written in the neo-hebraic language, like themishnah.we must next consider thezohar,or 'book of splendour, a collection of many

and a philosophic system, will remain for ever an unknown datum,butif we regard it- as, i believe, is correct- as the esotericism of the religion of the hebrews, the foundation dogmas are doubtless almost as old as the first promulgation of the main principles of the worship of jehovah. i cannot now attempt any glance at the contentions of some doubting scholars, who question whether the story of the twelve tribes is a historic fact, or whether there ever were a moses. it is sufficient for my present purpose that the jewish nation had the jehovistic theology and a complete system of priestly caste, and a coherent doctrine, at the time of the second temple, when cyrus, sovereign of all asia, holding the jews in captivity, permitted certain of them to return to jerusalem for the express purp

uences of the heavens which tincture human concerns through the path of our sun in annual course. now, to show the close connection between the kabalah and orthodox judaism, we find the rabbis cataloguing the books of the old testament into a series of twenty-two (the letters) works to be read for spiritual life; this twenty-two they obtained from the thirty-nine books of the canon, by collecting the twelve minor prophets into one treatise, ruth they added to judges, ezra to nehemiah, while the two books each of samuel, kings and chronicles, they called one each.thecanon of thirty-nine works was fixed in the time of ezra. returning to the books which illustrate the kabalah, what255 ever may be the authenticity of their alleged origins, it cannot be denied that those ancient volumes,sepher

pon the occult sciences to the symbolism of the kabalistic jehovah, the sacred name of god, composed of the four letters, yod, heh, vau, heh, the symbolism of which is sometimes later on replaced by the christian tetrad ofinriin allied ideas of the microcosm-man as a reflection of the macrocosmic god. this notable type of four was closely related to the symbols of the four triplicities into which the twelve signs of the zodiac were divided, to the four winds of heaven, to the four points of the compass, to the square, and to thefourdirections-upand down, right and left: to the four character255 istic human temperaments, sanguine, nervous, lymphatic and bilious, to the four limbs and the four senses of man, also to the four elements of the alchemists, and to the fourarchangels255michael, ga

esult from spilling salt, of seeing a single magpie, of walking under a ladder and of hearing a dog howl at night.thenwe hear of the misfortunes likely to occur from a work undertaken on a friday, and from being one of thirteen at any function.theevil omen of friday the day of venus, goddess of love, is difficult to explain: while the maliceofthirteen is associated for some mysterious reason with the twelve apostles of jesus.summaryas a result of this survey of the history of divination we must conclude that the desire of man for prescience as to the events of his earth life has always existed, and does still exist. almost as universal has been and is the desire to discover what is the fate ofmanafter the obvious death of his material body. the earnest desires and the arduous labours of me

ersion, this quotation becomes 'canst thou lead forth themazzarothin their season' in the margin we find 'themazzaroth'may be read 'the signs of the zodiac' this wordmazzarothis also found in ii kings xxiii, 5, where josiah224themagical masonexterminated those who worshipped and burnt incense to baal 'to the sun, the moon and to the planets and to all the host of heaven.'therevised version gives 'the twelve signs' as an alternative to 'the planets'.theauthors of the old septuagint bible did not know what the hebrew word mazzaroth meant, for they simply wrote the word in greekletters-mazouroth.the vulgate bible readsluciferumin the first quotation andduodecimsigna,the twelve signs, in the second. st chrysostom translated the word intozodia,animals, meaning the zodiac: other interpreters wri

either in greece or in alexandria. no true babylonian monument showing all twelve signshas yet been found. the earliest extant greek reference to the zodiac is in the writing of aristotle. in the second dream of joseph, the son of the patriarch jacob, he narrates that the sun, moon and eleven stars made obeisance to him; hence it has been argued that joseph himself with the eleven stars refer to the twelve constellations of the zodiac, and again that the twelve stones in the breastplate of the high priest refer to the zodiac (josephus. each ofthese twelve signs has been assigned to a definite son of jacob, but without much authority; the rosicrucian ritual has one form of allotment, the hermetic g.d. society had a different one, and several printed books contain other varied schemes of di

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t and a woman, and she rideth upon a serpent scorpion; andlilith,a woman outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. to these four (babel, ionia, media, edom) are attributed four kingdoms, and they are also classed under the sephiroth as shewn.thetwelve princes of the qliphoth who are the heads of the months of the year these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the qliphoth who are the heads of the months of the year:(1)bairiron- so called because they are derived from the fourth evil, namely samael, the black. their colours are dull red and black, and their form is that of a dragon-lion.26thesorcerer and his apprentice"(2) adimiron'-whose colours are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and gray. their form.isthato

bstituted for the wheel.theazoth lecture3946. these are the geomantic figures arranged in planetary attributioninthe tree of life. brepresents the three supernal sephiroth summed upinbinah, while caput and cauda draconis are referred to malkuth.[official publicationofthea:.0..copied from mathers' msbyj.w..brodie-innes,c.1910.)5.twelve signs and twelve tribesthetwelve tribes are thus attributed to the twelve zodiacal signs:[aries]'y'gad[taurus]c$ephraim[gemini]iimanasseh[cancer]l2z5issachar[leo]stjudah[virgo]tij1naphtali[libra==asher[scorpio]111dan[sagittarius]tbenjamin[capricorn]v")zebulon[aquariusj=reuben[piscesjv;simeonofthese especially(c$)thebull (j )the lion (111) the scorpion (but in good symbolism the eagle) and=)the man are to be noted as forming the kerubic figures of ezekiel and

is the only one of the sons of jacob who at his birth was called by two names, for rachel called him 'ben-oni',buthis father benjamin, and in the sign of (t )the two natures of man and horse are bound together in one symbol. we shall find much light upon the connection between the signs and the tribes shown by the blessings of jacob, and of moses, from the former of which the armorial bearings of the twelve tribes are derived. let us note also that as in the tribes levi was withdrawn, and the two tribes of ephraim and manasseh substituted for the simple one of joseph, so in the new testament, judas is withdrawn from the number of the twelve apostles and his place filled by another, matthias, who is chosen by lot to fill his place.thefollowing is the order by birth of the children of jacob:

bore gad('y),and asher).leah again bore issachar=(qo);zebulon()and dinah (a daughter. rachel bore joseph, whose sons were manasseh (n) and ephraim::s),but died at the birth of benjamin (t),whom she wishedtocall ben-oni. in the wilderness the tabernacle was pitched in the midst, and immediately surroundingitare the tents of levi. at a distance towards the four cardinal points are the standards of the twelve tribes erected there. on the east, judah=the kerubic sign of the lion, with issachar=(qo )and zebulon=(11).on the south, reuben=the kerubic sign of the man, aquarius, with simeon),and gad('y).on the west, ephraim=the kerubic sign of the bull, with manasseh( n) and benjamin (t);and on the north, dan=the kerubic sign of the eagle(tl),with asher=)and naphtali (ji.l7).save the kerubic emble

th gad: he dwelleth as a lion,andteareth thearmwiththecrown ofthehead,and he provideththefirstpartfor.himself because there, in aportionofthelaw-giver, was he sealed; and he camewiththe headsofthepeople,he executedthejustice ofthelord,andhis judgements with israel.'thearmorial bearingsofgad are, white, atroopof cavalry. all this coincides wellwiththemartialanddominantnatureof aries,theonly one of the twelve signs in which the superiorplanetsalonebearsway, for it is thehouseofmars,exaltation of(0)andtriplicity of( 0 )and(2).thesymbolism of-thelionis alsoproperto('y')on account of its solar, fieryandmartialnature.ofephraim(ts )and( n) manasseh, classedtogetherundertheirfather'sname,jacob says,'iosephis a fruitfultwelvesigns and twelve tribes 43bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose br

hy covenant. they shall teach jacob thy judgments and israel thy law: they shallputincense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar, bless,loi;d,his substance, and accept the works of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that" hate him, that they rise not again' the armorial bearings of simeon are- yellow, a sword. these are the blessings of the twelve tribes of israel, whose names were engraven upon the twelve stones. of the high priest's breastplate, upon which, according to some traditions, certainflashesoflight appeared playing over certain of the letters, and thus returning the answer of the deity to the consulter. of the oracle byurim,bycomparing these blessings with that nature of the signs attributed to the particular tribes;

ese blessings with that nature of the signs attributed to the particular tribes; we have been thus enabled to trace more or less clearly the connection between them, and also the derivation of the armorial bearings ascribed to them in royal arch. freemasonry.[a 'lecture for members of the g.d' preserved among the papers of.the revd w.a. ayton. it also has a longer title: on the connection between the twelve tribes of israel and. the twelve zodiacalsigns]"note: elisions in mathers' text have beenrestoredbetween brackets.numerousother individualwordsare at variance from the authorized versionofthe old testament, which he used for thislecture.6.address onthe.pillarsto explain their symbolism briefly and concisely is the object of the present address. in the explanation ofthesymbols of theo=0

the twenty-two. the numbers from one to ten are said to symbolise the spirit, air, water, fire, height, depth, east, west, north, south. the twenty-two letters are divided into three mother letters, a, m, sh, referring to air, water, and fire; seven double letters, b, g, d, k, p, r, th, referring to the seven planets, etc; and twelve simple letters, h, v, z, ch, t, i, l, n, s,0,tz,q, referring to the twelve signs of the zodiac, etc. christian, the disciple of levi, in his recent work on magic, has made the explanation of the twenty-two hieroglyphics of the tarot form part of the initiatory ceremonies of the egyptian mysteries of crata repoa. the symbols of three of the twenty-two trumps of the tarot were thus restored by eliphas levi.7. the chariot.a cubical chariot with four columns, surm

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quarius. at the same time this energy restated much of the teachings of the solar tradition since it had become garbled through the ages. however, since this knowledge was filtered through crowley s unconscious, difficulties arise. the current of 93 he outlined is the piscean current, agape (love, thelema (will) and logos (word) all are aspects of it and 93 reduces to 12- the zodiac and of course the twelve disciples, twelve being the sacred number of completion within biblical numerology. there are many difficulties as crowley disciples transformed his gnostic vision into a counter culture cult. the relevance is in crowley declaration of the revelation. further activity of this period include jehovah s witnesses who still believe jesus returned (in spirit) during this period (1914 in some

ook page 79 the aim of life the aim of life is to offer man a chance to gain salvation, to enter the path of transfiguration. since time immemorial the pleroma has outlined an escape route, a path by which man may awaken the true self and grasp the gift of immortality. and immortality is a gift, in all mythologies we find a quest for immortality, a trial that leads to a reward of life eternal. in the twelve labours of hercules we have a series of initiations which lead to eternal life, while in the quest for the golden fleece (of immortality) we have jason overcoming immense odds to grasp it. the divine will offers man many chances to gain immortality and these chances take place in many lives. reincarnation within gnostic thought is not the same as it is within eastern philosophy. reincar

new wine into old wineskins. if he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. no, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. luke 5:37,38 this system of graduated knowledge, different teachings for different levels of salvation is also clearly intimated in the work of jesus himself. jesus taught in a carefully structured hierarchy composed of the twelve disciples, the seventy and the multitudes. it can be readily seen that this structure of teaching is mirrored in the multiple paths to salvation. the celestial path, the terrestrial path and the multitudes who may follow the ethical codes but do not enter the path. it is not simple to explain the nature of the celestial path nor the calling to it. however, it is imperative for the gnost

is the way in which the lord of wisdom reveals himself to man. jesus certainly acknowledged these triple levels in the way in which he taught his message. there is clear evidence within the new testament that jesus used parables to reveal certain teachings to different classes of disciples. in this structure of teaching there is wisdom for the multitudes (the people of israel, the seventy and for the twelve disciples and these levels clearly refer to the three degrees of truth. the disciples came to him and asked "why do you speak to the people in parables" he replied, the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. mat

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different appreciations of the divine mysteries, jesus spends an inordinate amount of time discussing the importance of parables, and seems to delight in using stories with multiple meanings. even the numerical descriptions of his disciples in the gospels have such an application. there are 12 disciples, 70 outer disciples and then the multitudes. here we have an obviously hierarchical structure. the twelve disciples who are symbolic of twelve signs of the zodiac and the twelve tribes of israel. they may be related to the innermost teachings- the esoteric mysteries. the seventy disciples who are symbolic of the seven rays and the seven days of creation etc. they may be related to the mesoteric or intermediate teachings. the multitudes who are symbolic of the exoteric or outer teachings. to

many suppose it continues eternally and that everyone is at some point reconciled. this is a strange and unusual adaptation of the theory, and not one found in any of the earlier esoteric traditions. the whole gist of reincarnation in earlier esotericism is that it is a weeding process whereby the awakened achieve immortality and the rest cease to exist. this approach abounds in myth and legend- the twelve labours of hercules, the search for the holy grail, the quest for the golden fleece- all are focused on a tribulation to achieve a goal, with a real sense of ruin if one looses. what is the use of a divine quest if everyone achieves the same end with some simply taking more time than others. no, reincarnation is a process of opportunities, opportunities that if missed, have dire consequ

eternal, sublime and most holy ordained and created the universe in twenty two mysterious paths. namely out of the seraphim who art three: idea, word and word in form, which are in him one and the same. they consist of a decade out of nothing and twenty two fundamental letters (which) he divided into three holy divisions the three mother letters, fundamental or first elements,the seven double and the twelve single letters. sepher yetzirah. the mother letters are mem, shin and aleph. they are attributed to the three elements- fire, air and water. the double letters are nun, beth, resh, kaph, pe, daleth and tau. they are attributed to the seven planets of the hebraic astrological system, they are seen illustrated in the sevenfold candelabrum used in kabbalistic liturgy. the single letter are

buted to the three elements- fire, air and water. the double letters are nun, beth, resh, kaph, pe, daleth and tau. they are attributed to the seven planets of the hebraic astrological system, they are seen illustrated in the sevenfold candelabrum used in kabbalistic liturgy. the single letter are gimel, he, vau, zain, cheth, teth, yod, lamed, samekh, ayin, tzaddi and qoph. they are attributed to the twelve signs of the zodiac, they are seen illustrated in the twelve tribes of israel and the twelve disciples. this progression of letters also outlines the formation of the tree of life. the gnostic theurgy page 105 three mother letters are the supernals and when added to the seven double letters- we have the ten sephira. if we then add the twelve single letters, we have the twenty two paths

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ng the earth for foundation, didst hollow its depths to fill them with thy almighty power. thou whose name shaketh the arches of the world! thou who causest the seven metals to flow through the veins of the rocks! king of the seven lights! rewarder of the subterranean workers! lead us into the desirable air and into the realm of splendor. we watch and we labor unceasingly, we seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the holy city, by the buried talismans, by the axis of the lodestone which passes through the center of the earth. o lord, o lord, o lord! have pity upon those who suffer. expand our hearts, detach and upraise our minds, enlarge our natures. o stability and motion! o darkness veiled in brilliance! o day clothed in night! o master who never dost withhold the wages of thy workme

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aking the earth for foundation, didst hollow its depths to fill them with thy almighty power. thou whose name shaketh the arches of the world, thou who causest the seven metals to flow in the veins of the rocks, king of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean workers, lead us into the desirable air and into the realm of splendour. we watch and we labour unceasingly, we seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the holy city, by the buried talismans, by the axis of the lodestone which passes through the centre of the earth o lord, o lord, o lord! have pity upon those who suffer. expand our hearts, unbind and upraise our minds, enlarge our natures. o stability and motion! o darkness veiled in brilliance! o day clothed in night! o master who never doest withhold the wages of thy workme

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us the three alchemical principles of nature acting within the alchemical operations of the elements. the white rays shining forth from behind the angles (between arms) is as the divine light coming forth from rtk in its center. the letters painted on the angles refers to the analysis of the keyword. remember, it is through the analysis of the keyword that our sacred vault is opened. next we have the twelve signs of the zodiac on the twelve petals. they follow the standard order: uppermost h a w b z c j d f e y f 4 lowermost l g n h s i u j x k q l the seven double letters located in the middle row under the outer circle of the zodiac are allotted to the planets. they are listed in order of exaltation. these are as follows: 1. p 2. r 3. b 4. d 5. g 6. t 7. k please note that t and k are in

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of the rose and cross" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, what is its meaning" second adept "it is the key of sigils and of rituals, and represents the force of the twenty-two letters in nature, as divided into a three, a seven, and a twelve; many and great are its mysteries" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the wand which thou bearest" third adept "a simple wand having the colors of the twelve signs of the zodiac between the light and the darkness, and surmounted by the lotus flower of isis. it symbolizes the development of creation" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, thy wand and its meaning" second adept "a wand terminating in the symbol of the binary and surmounted by the tav cross of life, or the head of the phoenix, sacred to osiris. the seven colors between light and da

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rvoir the adept may draw the reserved forces of the light, which is a matter that again calls for meditation. the lamen of the dadouchos is thus explained in the grade of zelator "the hermetic cross, which is also known as fylfot, hammer of thor, and swastika, is formed of seventeen squares taken from a square of twenty-five lesser squares. these seventeen fitly represent a, the four elements and the twelve signs of the zodiac" in addition to this, the lamen has a more extended meaning. the hermetic cross, the bolt of whirling flame which is represented by the cross of four axes whose heads may be either double or single and turned in either direction, is a symbol of terrific strength and represents the o of the cleaving its way in all directions through the darkness of matter. therefore

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se) come unto me, oh thamaah, goddess of truth and justice who presides over the eternal balance of this hall of dual manifestation of truth. auramooth, come unto me, thou lady of the purifying waters of life. thaum- aesh-neith, come unto me, lady of the consuming fire, purify me and consecrate me who is aeeshoorist, the justified one, lord of life, triumphant over death. upon my brow are arrayed the twelve stars of light. wisdom and understanding are balanced in my neschamah. hrwbg and power are on my right hand, and the thunderbolts of f! dsj on my left hand, and the sweet fountains of magnificence. in my heart is hwchy, the reconciler who is the symbol of the red 5 rose on the golden cross. my two thighs are as mighty pillars on the right and on the left supporting me; splendor and vict

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

instrumentation. in this, there may lie a clue to one of the great mysteries of the past. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 232 chapter 29 the first crack in an ancient code the plane of the earth s orbit, projected outwards to form a great circle in the celestial sphere, is known as the ecliptic. ringed around the ecliptic, in a starry belt that extends approximately 7 north and south, are the twelve constellations of the zodiac: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpius, sagittarius, capricornus, aquarius and pisces. these constellations are irregular in size, shape and distribution. nevertheless (and one assumes by chance) their spacing around the rim of the ecliptic is sufficiently even to bestow a sense of cosmic order upon the diurnal risings and settings of th

axis (again from the west towards the east. from these two movements two illusions result: 1 each day as the planet turns from west to east, the sun (which is of course a fixed point) appears to move across the sky from east to west. 2 roughly every thirty days, as the spinning earth journeys along its orbital path around the sun, the sun itself slowly appears to pass through one after another of the twelve zodiacal constellations (which are also fixed points, and again it appears to be moving in an eastwest direction. on any particular day of the year, in other words (corresponding on our diagram to any point we care to choose around the inner concentric circle marking the earth s orbit, it is obvious that the sun will lie between an observer on the earth and one of the twelve zodiacal co

the french mathematician schwaller de lubicz, what herodotus is transmitting to us (perhaps unwittingly) is a veiled and garbled reference to a period of time that is, to the time that it takes for sunrise on the vernal equinox to precess against the stellar background through one and a half complete cycles of the zodiac.26 as we have seen, the equinoctial sun spends roughly 2160 years in each of the twelve zodiacal constellations. a full cycle of precession of the equinoxes therefore takes almost 26,000 years to complete (12 x 2160 years. it follows that one and a half cycles takes nearly 39,000 years (18 x 2160 years. in the time of herodotus the sun on the vernal equinox rose due east at dawn against the stellar background of aries at which moment the constellation of libra was in oppos

re not likely to be earlier than this and may in fact have been built for djer, but this remains to be proven. 29 a sudden strong gust of wind blew across the desert, scattering sheets of sand. i took refuge for a while in the lee of the looming walls of the khasekhemwy enclosure, close to the point where the university of pennsylvania archaeologists had, for legitimate security reasons, reburied the twelve mysterious boats they had stumbled on in 1991. they had hoped to return in 1992 to continue the excavations, but there had been various hitches and, in 1993, the dig was still being postponed. in the course of my research o connor had sent me the official report of the 1991 season,30 mentioning in passing that some of the boats might have been as much as 72 feet in length.31 he also not

christian or of any of the other eras by which we express chronology? one obvious solution would be to make use of the beautiful predictability of the earth s axial precession, which has the effect of slowly and regularly altering the declination of the entire star-field in relation to a viewer at a fixed point, and which equally slowly and regularly revolves the equinoctial point in relation to the twelve zodiacal constellations. from the predictability of this motion it follows that if we could find a way to declare: we lived when the vernal equinox was in the constellation of pisces we would provide a means of specifying our epoch to within a single 2160-year period in every grand precessional cycle of 25,920 years. the only drawback to this scheme would become evident if a civilizatio

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

a of 45 iao (see the formula of iao later in this manual. this word can also be used in magical operations in the form of a magick square as shown below. the gematric value of this square is 96 where 96= 48 x 2. each letter of the word lahalasa is used twice in the square. 46 the effects of multiple letters in a square and all these things deceived me not, for 1 expanded them by my subtlety finto the twelve rays of the crown. and these twelve rays were one. aleister crowley, liber ararita some of the watchtower squares have multiple letters. two squares (one in water and one in earth) have four letters each, and two squares (one in water and one in earth, have three letters each. fifty-five squares have two letters each. multiple letters express the variety of forces acting in these region

albanum or peppermint. step 2. recite the third cali as follows "behold" declares your god "1 am a circle on whose hands stand twelve kingdoms. six of these are seats of life, the rest are like sharp sickles, or like the horns of death. because of this, the creatures of earth live or die only in my own hands, which sleep and then rise again "in the beginning i made you stewards, and placed you in the twelve seats of governxnent. 1 gave every one of you an appropriate level of power over the 456 trae ages of time. my intent was that from the highest vessels and the fartherest corners of your governments, you might work my power and pour clown the fires of life and multiply upon the earth. thus you have become the skirts of justice and truth" ln the narre of this same god, lift yourselves up

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

in the heroes and wise-women: mannus begot three sons, heads of races (p. 345. 395, heimdall founded three orders, the ynglinga saga 2, 7 calls odin's fellow-gods his twelve princes (hofdingjar; westmar has twelve sons (saxo lii peeface. gram. p. 68; there were thirteen valkyrs (p. 421, and three noriis. in welf's retinue are twelve heroes (p, 395; king charles's twelve might indeed be traced to the twelve apostles^ and the poem itself points to that, but the same thing is found in numberless myths and legends. the might of the godlike king flashes forth yet again in his heroes. to my thinking, polytheism almost everywhere arose in innocent unconsciousness: there is about it something soft and agreeable to the feelings; but it will, when the intellect is roused, revert to the monotheism f

m. 2 ildef. v. arx, buchsgau p. 230. staid. 1, 208" furious host: hackelbernd. 921 hackelharend, haclcejhernd, hackelherg, hackelhlocl: this eachelhdrend was a huntsman who went a hunting even on sundays, for which desecration he was after death (like the man in the moon, p. 717) banished into the air, and there with his hound he must hunt night and day, and never rest. some say, he only imnts in the twelve nights from christmas to twelfth-day; others, whenever the storm-wind howls, and therefore he is called by some the jol-jager (from yawling, or tule^ once, in a ride, hachelberg left one of his howids behind in fehrmann's barn at isenstadt (bpric. minden. there the dog lay a whole year, and all attempts to dislodge him were in vain. but the next j^ear, when hackelberg was round again wi

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a there is a mondsee, ohgr. mdninseo (lunae lacus, in austria a mdnhart (lunae silva^ aovva v\tj in ptolemy; 2 we may safely credit both with mythic associations. as time is more easily reckoned by the changes of the moon, which visibly mark off the week (p. 126-7, than by the sun, our ancestors seem to have had, beside the solar year, a lunar one for common use, whose thirteen months answered to the twelve of the solar year. the recurring period of from 29 to 30 days was therefore called menops, mdnod, from mena, mano. hence also it was natural to count by nights, not days: nee dierum numerum sed noctium computant, sic constituunt, sic condicunt, nox ducere diem videtur/ tac. germ. c. 11. and much in the same way, the year was named by its winter, which holds the same relation to summer a

with may fires, an account has been given; the festive gatherings of may-day night will be described more minutely in the chap, on witches. at this season brides were chosen and proclaimed, servants changed, and houses taken possession of by new tenants. with this i conclude my treatment of summer and winter; i.e. of the mythic meanings mixed up with the two halves of the year. an examination of the twelve solar and thirteen lunar months 1 is more than i can undertake here, for want of space; i promise to make good the deficiency elsewhere. this much i will say, that a fair proportion of our names of months also is referable to heathen gods, as we now see by the identifi cation of may with summer, and have already seen in the case of hrede (march) and eastre (april, p. 289. phol, who had

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

to the rosicrucian historian fr. wittemans, represents a latin motto meaning "mature is completely renewed by fire" the letters upon the smaller rays represent invocative names of latin, egyptian, and greek origin. the petals of the large rose on the cross are twenty-two in number, and stand for the twenty-two letters of the hebrew kabalistic alphabet. the outer circle of twelve petals represents the twelve single letters of this alphabet, and in particular the twelve signs of the zodiac. the next circle of seven petals symbolizes the seven double letters.in particular the seven astrological planets. the innermost circle of three petals represents the three mother-letters.air, fire, and water. at the center of the large rose is the microcosmic rose cross, an unfolded cube with a five-petal

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

ugh the intercession of his son, god saves those who believe in him, but through his own love and charity to the creation (the human race) he saves others. father and son were one long before the world was created. for the good of mankind the son descended to the earth, took the form of man, and died for salvation of souls. judas iscariot is not condemned to everlastingmisery-heis now the same as the twelve apostles and one ofthem-hewas only the instrument by which the son of man was betrayed.itwas ordered that he should beso-he(ludas) went out of sight of man and starved himself-destroyed not hanged.itis his will that mankind should be saved. to effect that he allows us in our different way to inform man according to our degrees of knowledge as we get higher and nearer tohim255nothing is

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

ame many and the many gods became one, so life came out of death. other sources envisaged the sun god in an eternal voyage across the skies above and below the earth. at sunset, the day boat of the sun left the upper sky to be replaced by the barques for the moon and the stars (see boats in deities, themes, and concepts. the night boat carrying the sun god was towed on water and over sand through the twelve regions of the underworld. 92 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 19. symbolic image of the solar cycle painted on a coffin. two baboon deities adore the ram-headed god inside the solar disk (courtesy of geraldine pinch) just as the creator had to overcome darkness and chaos to create the world, the sun and his defenders had to subdue the monsters that embodied darkness and chaos. jus

he primeval dark before light was created. a middle kingdom text asks how the creator, who has sia, hu, and maat (the divine order) always with him, can have allowed egypt to descend into chaos. in new kingdom underworld books, sia and hu are often shown standing in the solar barque with ra. sia acts as a spokesman for ra during the nocturnal journey of the sun. he gives the order to open each of the twelve gates of the underworld. see also eye of ra; maat; ra references and further reading: s. bickel. la cosmogonie gyptienne avant le nouvel empire. orbis biblicus et orientalis 134. fribourg, switzerland, and g ttingen, germany: 1994, 100 112. e. hornung. conceptions of god in ancient egypt: the one and the many. translated by j. baines. ithaca, ny: 1982, 76 77. primary sources: pt 250; ct

n when she was angry but coming like a sweet breeze when she was appeased. meretseger s mountain was one of the entrances to the underworld. snakes were said to sleep below the earth like the dead every night and come alive again by day. the visions of the underworld painted on the walls of the royal tombs writhe with snakes. snake-headed demons and fire-spitting snakes punish evil souls. each of the twelve gates of the underworld has a snake guardian, and the solar barque and the corpse of osiris were protected by the coils of the mehen snake, a kind of counter-apophis (see, for example, figure 38. time itself was depicted as an endless snake that swallows up the hours. one of these images, the ouroboros or tail-in-mouth serpent, passed into other cultures as a symbol of infinity (see fig

es guarding seth s bull form or its severed leg. this is one of the few recognizable parts of the star maps that decorate the ceilings of some royal tombs. the babylonian concept of the stars of the zodiac was introduced into egypt by the greeks. three decan stars were assigned to each zodiacal sign. nut could be shown on coffins or temple ceilings surrounded by the hours of the day and night and the twelve signs of the zodiac. see also boats; eye of ra; feline deities; hippopotamus goddesses; horus; isis; moon; nut; osiris; satet and anuket; seshat 208 handbook of egyptian mythology references and further reading: j. p. allen. cosmology of the pyramid texts. in j. p. allen et al. religion and philosophy in ancient egypt. yale egyptological studies 3. new haven: 1989, 1 28. jane b. sellars

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in this "summary" all the lengthy speeches of amen-ra, and the answers of the gods, and, of course, all pictures are omitted. the oldest copies of the book am-tuat are found in the tombs of thothmes iii, amen-hetep ii, and amen-hetep iii, at thebes. 1 the most complete and best illustrated copy is that which is found on the walls of p. 82 the tomb of seti i. at thebes; here we have eleven out of the twelve sections of the book am-tuat, and the first six divisions of the summary of the work. the texts and pictures of this fine copy have been completely published by m. lef bure, assisted by mm. bouriant, loret, 1 and naville, and m. maspero has translated and discussed the work at length in one of the most important of his luminous dissertations on egyptian mythology. 2 the next fullest cop

and the mountain respectively. one sceptre is mentioned in the text, which is somewhat obscure in meaning; it seems, however, that the jackal-headed sceptre uttered words on behalf of the god afu-ra, and that the other p. 110 typified him, taking the place of the ram-headed god with a human body which we have in the book am-tuat. on each side of the boat are twelve gods, who presumably represent the twelve hours of the day, and the twelve hours of the night; one group is called "neteru set( or semt, i.e "gods of the mountain" and the other "neteru set-amentet" i.e "gods of the mountain of the hidden land" the gods of the mountain are the offspring of ra himself, and they "emerged from his eye (vol. ii, p. 85, and to them has amentet been given as an abode. next: chapter vi. second divisio

eaded form of osiris, which the god has taken "which the double bull has swallowed (or, absorbed; let the god be at peace with that which he hath created" the gods also say "praised be ra, whose ba hath set himself in order with the earth-god" thus it is quite clear that the "boat of the earth" is the abode of the "earth-god" to the right of afu-ra, as he passes through this division or hour, are the twelve "holy gods who are in the tuat" each in his shrine, with its doors thrown wide open; they are guarded by a huge serpent called seti. these gods are in mummied form, and represent a large class of the beatified dead which exists in the realm of osiris. according to the text which refers to them afu-ra finds the shrines closed when he appears, and the gods within weeping and lamenting; at

t his word the doors fly open, and the occupants of the p. 128 shrines obtain air and food and adore him, but when he has passed on the doors of the shrines close again, and the gods betake themselves to lamentations until he reappears on the following night. thus another class of the dead owes its revivification, light, and food to the beneficence of afu-ra rather than to osiris. a little beyond the twelve shrines is a group of twelve gods, who are partially immersed in the "lake of boiling water; in front of each is a large plant. the waters of this lake have the peculiar property of appearing cool to the taste and touch of the gods who live on it, and who feed upon the plants which grow in it. it is important to notice that the lake is said to be boiling hot, and that "the birds betake

serpent tchetbi has in no way resisted his progress. the region now entered by afu-ra has no connexion with the land of seker, and it appears to be a continuation of the dominions of khenti-amenti. immediately in front of the boat are nine sepulchres, each containing a god in mummied form; these are the "gods who are in the following of osiris, who dwell in their caves (vol. ii, p. 123. next come the twelve hour-goddesses who stand in two groups; between the groups is the monster serpent hereret, which spawns twelve serpents to be consumed by the twelve hour-goddesses. as afu-ra goes on his way he adjures the tuat gods to take p. 141 him to the eastern part of heaven, so that he may visit the habitations of the god ares (or sar, and when he has come to them, he orders the doors to open, an

nd allots to them meat and drink. the hour-goddesses are the daughters of ra, and their work is to guide their father through the night; six of them represent the first six hours of the night, and the other six the last six. these are here (vol. ii, p. 123) depicted together, whilst in the book am-tuat each appears in the boat of afu-ra in the hour to which she belongs. on the right of afu-ra are the twelve gods who "carry their doubles (vol. ii, p. 131) and who live upon the offerings which are made to them and upon what is given to them by tesert-baiu, i.e, the place of holy souls. their duty is to offer their kau or doubles to the god, whom they address as the "lord of years and of everlastingness which hath no diminution (vol. ii, p. 130. beyond these gods are two lakes, viz, the lake

enti to be the "governor of the tuat" to such purpose that the spirits of the blessed( khu) look upon him with awe, and the dead, i.e, the damned (mit) are in terror of him. here we have the proof of the existence of the belief that osiris was enabled to travel safely through the tuat by means of the spells, and incantations, and magical formulae, and words of power which were uttered by heru-ur. the twelve gods who are in front of the shrine ascribe praise and dominion to khenti-amenti, and declare that his son horus has restored to him his crown, and crushed his p. 143 enemies, and made strong osiris-khenti-amenti. to these afu-ra makes no answer, but he calls upon horns to avenge him on those who work against him, and to cast them to the master of the lords of the pits, so that they may

t, and which has been opened by the monster serpent teka-hra that guarded it, is towed along by four of the gods of this section of the p. 144 [paragraph continues] tuat. the ministers of the god consist of nine gods whose hands and arms are covered, and twelve gods who are under the direction of heri-qenbet-f; the nine gods are called kheru-ennutchi, i.e "those who hold the serpent ennutchi" and the twelve gods baiu reth ammiu tuat, i.e, the "souls of men who dwell in the tuat (vol. ii, pp. 144, 145. the exact functions of ennutchi are not known, but his presence is baleful, and afu-ra straightway calls upon the group of gods to destroy him; the god would press on to the next gate, nebt-ahau, but ennutchi can travel to that point, and he must therefore be removed. the next group of gods i

he papyrus of ani (see above, p. 44, most wonderful grain grew. thirdly, an everlasting supply of offerings made upon earth was assured them, and in this respect they were coequal with hetepi, the chief god of the field of peace (or, field of offerings. thus the religion of osiris undoubtedly taught that those who were good on this earth were rewarded in the next world. on the right of afu-ra are the twelve gods called heniu-ammiu-tuat, i.e "those who sing praises in the tuat" and the twelve gods called kheru-ennuhu-em-uat, i.e "those who hold the cord in the tuat" and the four henbiu gods (vol. ii, pp. 148-150. the first company of gods are, as we learn from the text, engaged in praising afu-ra, and they have been rewarded with the exalted office which they hold in ament because they prai

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of the half ruined door, which bore the marks ofmany a similar depredation, and, holding the chip between his thumb and finger he began blowing on it atregular intervals, alternating the blowing with mutterings of some kind of weird incantation, till suddenly,and without any apparent cause for its ignition, there appeared a spark on the chip and it blazed up like a drymatch. the dervish then lit the twelve lamps at this self-generated flame. during this process, tatmos, who had sat till then altogether unconcerned and motionless, removed heryellow slippers from her naked feet, and throwing them into a corner, disclosed as an additional beauty, asixth toe on each deformed foot. the dervish now reached over into the circle and seizing the dwarf's anklesgave her a jerk, as if he had been lif

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

and on monday aznd july we go to visrt fnends near cheltenham for some time. after that we have visitors here, and then we probably must visit mrs a's brother in suffolk. our time is about disposed of, but we shall see further on. mrs ayton joins me in kind regards. got all hay up yesterday! 1 wilhelm heinrich schussler was a german author of books on homoe.opathy. ayt?n may have read c. hering, the twelve tissue r medtes of dr sch.lissler (1874. occultists were particularly identified with hom?eopathic remedies at that time. during the 1890s the membership of the golden dawn included at least half a dozen quali ed p ysicians who were homoeopaths. the schussler remedies are still available, ee dr g. w. carey and 1. e. perry, thezodiac and the salts of sahxuion (an american publication, zn

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azing his car on one occasion, and the barking of the dogs telling of unholy woodland presences on the other. on august fifteenth i received a frantic letter which disturbed me greatly, and which made me wish akeley could put aside his lonely reticence and call in the aid of the law. there had been frightful happening on the night of the 12-13th, bullets flying outside the farmhouse, and three of the twelve great dogs being found shot dead in the morning. there were myriads of claw-prints in the road, with the human prints of walter brown among them. akeley had started to telephone to brattleboro for more dogs, but the wire had gone dead before he had a chance to say much. later he went to brattleboro in his car, and learned there that linemen had found the main cable neatly cut at a point

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

the open like a full-blast appendix operation- a chemical imbalance in their body, for instance, or something that nobody can diagnose. and the twelfth circle has to do with anything that may be keeping you imprisoned; but the twelfth circle is your subconscious, so it can open up into a beautiful area too, depending upon how you use your subconscious strength. once you learn the significance of the twelve circles, the next thing to do is choose a spellcasting time each week. you can only do this once a week; you cannot do it every day, and even if you just want to do it for readings, you still must limit yourself to once a week. wednesday night is considered best for cards. wednesday is ruled by mercury and it has to do with inspiration and insight, so most witches utilize that evening f

facts. it's time to think, time to make amends. two of clubs indicates tremendous power in whatever circle it falls. there will be a fantastic intensity of emotion in connection with any circle where this card is placed. fate triggers sky-high explosions of luck. speaking of wild cards, there is one really wild spell that can benefit any life. put all the aces and all the deuces, selectively, in the twelve circles; then support them by some of your appropriate royalty cards, choosing the ones you want. throw in an eight, and it'll be like a match in a powder keg; you'll just have a big blast of fantastic events. ideal for the dynamic amid the dull. it's a terrific spell, and it works very dramatically. you'll need a tremendous amount of energy before you cast this serious card spell, so i

INDUCTION CHARM AND THE INITIATION

the spiritual guardians of plants and beasts. it is not hard to perform, but it is lasting and binding, and if any hint of insincerity is in your heart when you perform this rite, it will not work. there is no getting out of this oath and pact, and it should never be taken lightly. you should do it around one of the old holy or hidden festival days of the old waysespecially around hallows eve or the twelve nights of yule. but the tide of lammas is a good time as well, underscoring the sacrifice of one way of life and the birth of a new. it should be done at night, or at dusk, and the workings of it are simple- days before, you should have been doing various devotions, trance works, internal communions, even walking the left-way road if you can, to communicate your intentions. you should h

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

d in compact with the devil, it could hardly be presumed that they should be such constant attenders upon divine service, both in public and private" unfortunately his brother on the bench was not so open-minded. judge macartney, who is almost certainly the counsel for the plaintiff in the lostin case, differed altogether from him, and thought that the jury might well bring them in guilty. p. 221 the twelve good men and true lost no time in doing so, and, in accordance with the statute, the prisoners were sentenced to a year's imprisonment, and to stand in the pillory four times during that period. it is said that when placed in this relic of barbarism the unfortunate wretches were pelted by the mob with eggs and cabbage-stalks to such an extent that one of them had an eye knocked out. and

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ve faith which seems to have actuated the above-named bishop. this best, sincerest, and most unfortunate of christians, addressing the 'unknown' exclaims "o father of the worlds. father of the aeons. artificer of the gods, it is holy to pruse* but syneaus had hypatia for instructor, and this is whywe find him confessing in all 466" ye bkrecoodeiuiied and killed the jiut" uti jamea in his eputleto the twelve tribea (v, 6. 467. por^yry nukea s diitincuoii between what he calls "the antique or orutdal phuotophu, and the properly gredan syitetn, that of the neo-platonista. kiiu> wmyt that j1 ttiem leligkuu and irstemb are branche* of one antique and common idigioii, the asiatic or buddhistic (ta* qnottici and uuir bemaau, pp. 1. 13, etc; 2iid ed. 468. s6d, at son cf tme mao, p. 23. j^ b. hymn

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

nswers than does the yi. the method of operation, however, is not too dissimilar: reliance upon the laws of chance, the geomantic intelligences, or the operation of the unconscious psyche. for my purpose, they are equivalent terms. these sixteen figures are attributed, first, to the four primitive elements of earth, air, fire and water. and then to the seven planets of the ancients, as well as to the twelve signs of the zodiac. only a few elementary descriptions need to be given here in reference to the signs and symbols. experience will provide further elaboration. method 21 chapter two method to erect a geomantic chart is the essence of simplicity. the ancient method, which had its origins in the pre-civilizcd nomads of the desert, was to make some markings on sand or on the earth: thus

on the question and repeat it many limes to distract the mind from counting. 10. if you use the pebbles or dice, similarly verbalize the question. 11. count sixteen lines of dots, or throw the pebbles or dice sixteen times. the mechanical part of the divination is over. 12. construct the first four figures, and derive from them the remaining eight. 13. construct the witnesses and judge. 14. enter the twelve geomantic figures on the chart. 15. if need be, make a reconciler. the mechanical part of obtaining the necessary geomantic symbols completed, it remains only to interpret what you have entered on form no. 2. some imagination and ingenuity needs to be employed, but the following tables of general interpretation should take the slack out of the first several attempts to divine. as one ga

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ort, in these mythologies, as also in all the christian churches, meets us at every turn. but we must not mix up heathen ideas and christian ideas in these matters. egyptian torso (british museum) moorish arch (cathedral of cordova) chapter the nineeenth. mystic christian figures and talismans. ur engraving borrows from the west front of laon cathedral, france, a catherine-wheel (or rose) window. the twelve pillars, or radii, are the signs of the zodiac, and are issuant out of the glorified centre, or opening rose, the sun or beginning of all things. king arthur s round table displays the crucified rose in its centre. in the tables* alternating with tying-knots, of the order of the garter, which most noble order was originally dedicated, be it remembered, to the blessed lady, or to the vir

pter the thirtieth, for particular facts very important in the authentic history of the garter. origin of the order of the garter. 159 tion of the object, will be perceived upon close and delicately respectful consideration. there is great obscurity as to the character of abraxas, the divinity of the gnostics. the eons, or degrees of advance in the zodiacal circle, are thirty in number to each of the twelve signs, and consequently there are 360 to the entire astronomical circle, or 365, counting for each day of the solar year. the inscription upon the gnostic gems, ceou, is probably intended for qeou; for the arabs yet substitute the s for the th in their pronunciation (gnostics, p. 233; matter, histoire critique du gnostidsme. in this s and the th standing for it, lie all the mysteries of

llustrates the origin of the purifications by fire and water) there are seven planets in the solar system. these seven planets are signified in the seven-branched candlestick of the jewish ritual. the number is a sacred number. these seven prophets, or angels, have each twelve apostles, places, stella, stalls, or regions or dominions (stalls as stables, for the exercise of their powers. these are the twelve divisions of the great circle, or the twelve signs of the zodiac. all this is cabalistic, magical, sabaistical, and astrological. the name ashtaroth or astarte has been derived from ashre, aster, ast, star, or starred; in the same way as the word sephi-roth comes from the hebrew root, roth. on the black sacred stone( kebla, or cabar) at mecca, there appears the figure of a human head cu

r- fig. 82. mudros of phoenicia (dr. hyde) fig. 83. mahody of elephanta (capt. pyke) fig. 84. muidhr of inismurry. fig. 85. pillar-stone, hill of tara. tical, or "phallic' shape, as indicated in the diagrams on pp. 222, 223. these forms, in their infinite variety, are the parents of all architecture. 218 the rosicrucians. the zodiac itself is, in certain senses, a genesis, or history of creation. the twelve signs may be interpreted as the twelve acts of the divine drama. some of the fig. 86. fig. 87. fig. 88. brixworth church, northhamptonsh, supposed circa 670. tower in dover castle, circa 400. turret at the east end of st. peter s church, oxford, circa, 1180. mosques in the east are surmounted with twelve minarets, and the number twelve occurs frequently in connection with the theology o

ntly, or the axe of the sacrifice and the rods for the scourging of the victim first, if human, and afterwards for his burning, the rods being the firewood. lictors have their name probably from llec. from this peculiar cutwater arose the dragonbeak, the prow, or frow, the figure-head and fiddlehead. they have all a feminine origin. fig. 174 represents s. johan (st. john, from an early woodcut of the twelve apostles. his right hand is raised in the act of the holy sign, whilst his left clasps the chalice of the s.s, or sacrament of wine; in the cup is a salamander, signifying the h.g. this is st. john the 242 the rosicrucians. apostle, the author of the apocalypse; or the sanctus spiritus, who baptises in the mystic eucharist with the holy ghost and with fire. fig. 174. the following are t

ses. mystic cross or anchor (type of the crucifixion, or redeemer. gnostic amulet) hieroglyph of translation (the cross( crucifixion) salient out of the crescent (new) moon, man (saviour, born of woman. chapter the thirty-second. astro-theosophical (extra-natural) system of the rosicrucians the alchemic magisterium or stone. he letters of all languages are significant marks or symbols, which have the twelve, or rather the original ten, signs of the zodiac for their beginning. of these letters there is a certain group which has, in the characters of all languages, a secret hieroglyphical, hagiographical reference, to the originally single, and afterwards double, sign, virgo-scorpio, which is supposed to give the key to the secret or cabalistic story of creation. these letters are s and z, l

saviour of the world, or the rescuer of the world, or the deified man, or the sacrifice came into the world. woman has the intermediate office of reconciling and con306 the rosicrucians. astro-theosophic chart (no. 1) a, alpha. western or roman rite. w, omega (north celestial pole. south meridian (south celestial pole. mysterium. mysterium. dominion of themoon in man s body, as she passes through the twelve zodiacal signs. regulating the seasons, and the hours of the day and night) man s side (sun) dexter. wine. bread. twin westerntowers, or spires. galilee, west porch for the people. west. sun sets. night. northtransept (chief nail) right hand. male: sacred pillar jachin. female: sacred pillar boaz. southtransept (second nail) left hand. nave, from navel, body ship, or ark. place of fons

s in number" twelve" let the judicious reader remark that twelve times thirty are three-hundrecl-and-sixty, which is not the number of the degrees of this symbolical plan. there are twelve divisions in this ark. the centre space is that through which the dove or raven, escaped-out into the open in search of its new home, or into the restored world when the waters went down or disappeared. each of the twelve spaces in the accompanying plan contains twentyfive degrees which make an aggregate of three hundred degrees. the mythical figure contained in the ark is presumably that of noah. it is also evidently the symbolical figure of the saviour, and typically only that of noah; for the hands are crossed, and the feet and hands bear the marks of the incision the nails of the crucifixion (or pass

s. he then goes to rome, and thence to britain, where he preaches the gospel and performs thirty-four miracles. he settles in the island yniswitrin, isle of glass (the greal is of emerald, and consequently green, or glastonbury, where he founds an abbey (glastonbury abbey, and institutes the round table (arthur did this, in imitation of the holy supper, which was partaken-of at a round table with the twelve disciples in their mythical double-places, twenty-four in all, and with the double chief-seat, or cathedra, for the president, or the saviour. lastly, the apostle of the britons builds a palace, in which he preserves his precious relics, the sacred cup (refused to the laity as a communion, which takes the name of san greal, the bloody spear (the upright of the st. george s cross, to who

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of death but would rather share of life. if you would release, o mot, the dead from this dark place i would take them to me and stir them once more to new life. to the dead is this my gift. ask not again of me this thing, to such a will shall i never yield" long months abided ishtar in sheol and long months did she withstand every approach of the archon that lived upon those shadowed plains. 316 the twelve hallowed days of yule were come and passed yet she abided there and ereshkigal returned not nor came any to redeem the shedim priestess. long were the months of sheol and no sun was there to illumine day so that all time was lost to ishtar. so as was time lost to her so was she bereft of hope, knowing not what while she had waited for some sign to come that she was remembered. so is it

ire is the domain of the seven infernal grand dukes whose names are: mephistophilis, ariel, anifel, marbuel, aziel, qaziabel, and barbuel. 3.15. the third realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the five grand ministers and secret infernal counsels, whose names are: asmodeus, leviathan, baal, belphegor, and lucifuge. 3.16. the fourth realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the twelve dukes, whose names are: ashmunaday, kedemel, set, hasmoday, sorath, hekate, lilith, barzabel, behemoth, nambroth, zazel, and hismael. 3.17. study well what spirits of the infernal hierarchy have to tell you, and all the powers will be yours. 3.18. the structure of the o.a.i. is following the principles of the infernal hierarchy and so should all groups that are truly left path, small an

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FOUR

fire. it is the admission badge for the path of shin, representing the simple fire of nature and the latent or hidden fire. the three upper triangles (note figure is in 2 dimensional space) refer to fire- solar, volcanic and astral. the lowest or basal triangle represents the latent heat. the greek cross this admission badge for the path of resh has thirteen squares. it is referred to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac, arranged in triplicities. the cup of stolistes it is the admission badge to the grade of practicus. it is referred to the tree of life as shown in the diagram. it embraces nine of the sephiroth exclusive of kether. yesod and malkuth are referred to the lower triangle the former to the apex and latter to the base. like the caduceus, it furthers represents water, fire

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE THREE

h. wands to atziluth, cups to briah, swords to yetzirah, and pentacles to assiah. the honours of the tarot pack are, as it were, the vice-gerants of the great name (yhvh, in the qabalistic world to which each suit is referred. they also symbolize father, mother, son, daughter; birth, life, death, resurrection. the fylfot cross the 17 squares out of a square of smaller squares, refer to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac and the four elements. they are arranged so that the fixed signs, mutable and cardinal signs are placed in juxtaposition. the caduceus this form of the caduceus of hermes is that of the three mother letters, shin, aleph. and mem. it represents air, as the mediator between fire above and water below. this symbol has another meaning on the tree of life. the upper part

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

ou must do (although there is not a single word about vegetarianism. such is the virtue of kabbalah: the very study builds in the student the right outlook on life. k e e p i n g f i t q: if someone does things to strengthen to become more fit for the spiritual work, do these acts become spiritual acts, if that is the purpose of keeping fit? t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 404 a: during the twelve years that i served as personal secretary and assistant to rav baruch ashlag, i regularly went swimming with him, or on walks in the park or went with him to a gymnasium. he was between the ages of 75 and 86 at the time! he made great efforts to keep physically fit so that he could lead and accompany dozens of young students. moreover, we took voice lessons so that he could talk for hou

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

gs those experiences into the physical body, so that he becomes aware even on this plane of the joys and sorrows of his fellow-men. forces from the spleen centre, such as have been described in chapter v, are playing through this chakra also, but this time it is the yellow ray which goes to the heart, and after doing its work there passes to the brain and permeates it, directing it principally to the twelve-petalled flower in the midst of the highest force centre at the crown of the head. the connection of this especial centre with the second degree is obvious when we remember its characteristics of companionship and service, its association with t.g.g.o.t.u, the second member of the trinity, and the buddhic principle in man. 591. the prayer which is offered just before the lodge is declar

orch, and kneels for a few moments of prayer, how often have i seen that glow flash out into a sun-like radiance in immediate response to her earnest thought of devotion! the holy presence is never absent, but it certainly exhibits itself in greater activity in answer to an appeal. is the angel fs force-centre something like a faint reflection of that? 825. perhaps another analogy may be found in the twelve stars which, following the beautiful description in the apocalypse, are so often shown in medieval paintings round the head of the blessed virgin mary. all these represent powers; perhaps they correspond in some way to the points of light which the angels leave in our aura. the star always floating over the head of an initiate betokens the power of the king, upon which he can draw at an

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

n colonized by the atlanteans, who restored the splendour of the egyptian temples and established once more the hid-den mysteries which had been celebrated in the great pyramid. this empire lasted up to the time of the aryanization of egypt in 13,500 b.c; it was ruled by a great dynasty of divine kings, among whom were many of the heroes whom greece later regarded as demigods, such as herakles of the twelve labours, whose tradition was handed on to classical times. 55. it was to this people about 40,000 b.c. that the world teacher came forth from the white lodge, bearing the name of tehuti or thoth, called later by the greeks hermes; he founded the outer cult of the egyptian gods and restored the mysteries to the splendour of byegone days. 56. he came to teach the great doctrine of the inn

records, bear witness to this belief, and point the way to a truth in the background. there is the beautiful legend of joseph of arimathaea and the holy thorn of glastonbury; there is the story told by theodoret and fortunatus that s. paul visited britain, which appears to receive some confirmation from s. clement of rome; while eusebius, the great ecclesiastical historian, mentions that some of the twelve apostles visited the british isles(*foundation stones. austin clare, p. 16) indeed it was not until the twelfth century that celtic christianity was finally brought into line with the usages of roman catholicism(*enc. brit, loc. cit) 488. the holy island of iona, once the heart of the old celtic church, lies off the west coast of scotland among the inner hebrides. it was called hy or ic

degrees worked by the council of emperors of the east and west 1758 list of degrees of the rite of perfection list of corresponding degrees of the ancient and accepted scottish rite 1 apprentice 2 companion 3 master 4 secret master 5 perfect master 6 intimate secretary 7 intendant of the buildings 8 provost and judge 9 master elect of nine 10 master elect of fifteen 11 illustrious elect chief of the twelve entered apprentice fellow craft master mason the same" 8 7 the same illustrious master elect of fifteen sublime knight elected the same tribes 12 grand master architect 13 knight royal arch 14 grand elect, ancient perfect master 15 knight of the sword or of the east 16 prince of jerusalem 17 knight of the east and of the west 18 knight rose-croix 19 grand pontiff or master ad vitam 20 g

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

deserving individuals as the old testament patriarchs (e.g, abraham, moses, etc) who died before the christian gospel was preached? placing them in a limbo realm, from which christ later rescued them and conducted them to heaven, solved this problem. the story of the messiah s harrowing of hell and rescue of infernal prisoners is actually older than christianity. in the pre-christian testament of the twelve patriarchs, for example, the future messiah rescued captives from a hell ruled by beliar (baal. later compositions, such as the gospel of bartholomew, the gospel of nicodemus, and the teachings of silvanus, merely placed jesus in a role that had already been carved out in earlier narratives. from a broader perspective, the motif of a human being descending to the underworld for the purp

ntering into a wrestling match with a human being and being defeated is totally out of character for the mighty yahweh, many scholars have interpreted this passage as a considerably modified retelling of an earlier (now lost) story about jacob wrestling with a demon. jacob was the third patriarch of the hebrews. he is considered the father of the chosen people, and his sons represent the heads of the twelve tribes of the children of israel. jacob had an important dream on his way to haran to take a wife from among the daughters of his uncle laban. the purpose of this dream is to confirm the abrahamic covenant directly to jacob, and to assure jacob that, although he is in distress, he is yet the object of god s love and care. god s manifestation completely alters jacob s view of his own pur

LIBER 777

ed success [science= b material success [success] 7= k unstable effort [futility' b success unfulfilled [failure] 8& c shortened force [interference! f prudence 9% c despair and cruelty [cruelty$ f material gain [gain] 1010! c ruin# f wealth table v 26 cxxxvii. signs of the zodiac. cxxxviii* planets ruling col. cxxxvii. cxxxix. planets exalted in col. cxxxvii. cxl. twelve banners of the name cxli the twelve tribes. 15 a! h w h y dg gad 16 b= w h h y \yarpa ephraim 17 c< h h w y hcnm manesseh 18 d& y h w h rkccy issachar 19 e( h y w h hdwdy judah 20 f# y w h h yltpn napthali 22 g' h y h w rca asshur 24 h* y h h w d dan 25 i> h h y w mynb benjamin 26 j% w h y h lwbz zebulon 28 k) h w y h bwar reuben 29 l$ w y h h wumc simeon cxlii. angels ruling houses. cxliii. twelve lesser assistant angels

huonidie 20 isis thumis pi-osiris thoptius panotragus aphut 22 zeuda serucuth omphta aterechinis ophionius arepien 24 arimanius sentacer merota tepiseuth panotragus senciner 25 tolmophta eregbuo tomras sagen zeraph chenen 26 soda themeso riruphta epima monuphta homoth 28 brondeus oroasoer vucula astiro proteus tepisatras 29 rephan archatapias sourut thopibui phallophorus atembui clxxiii* genii of the twelve hours (levi. 15 papus, sinbuck, rasphuia, zahun, heiglot, mizkun, haven 16 sisera, torvatus, nitibus, hizarbin, sachluph, baglis, laberzerin 17 hahabi, phlogabitus, eirneus, mascarun, zarobi, butatar, cahor 18 phalgus, thagrinus, eistibus, pharzuph, sislau, schiekron, aclahayr 19 zeirna, tablibik, tacritau, suphlatus, sair, barcus, camaysar 20 tabris, susabo, eirnils, nitika, haatan, ha

corpse each denote two different meditations. col. xxxiv. line 13: add selene who was a personification of the moon as distinct from the goddesses with lunar aspects such as artemis, hekate, etc. similarly helios was a personification of the sun. see betz (ed. the greek magical papyri in translation. col. xxxv. agrippa (de occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) g vulcan b venus h mars c phoebus i diana d mercury j vesta e jupiter k juno f ceres l neptune. crowley omitted jupiter and phoebus from these for some reason. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow the traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c simon d

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he dissolution of all things, should move him not. 10. yea, verily, i the lord viceregent of his kingdom, i, adonai, who speak unto my servant v.v.v.v.v. did rule and govern in his place. 6 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 11. yet also did i formulate the word of double power in the voice of the master, even the word 418. 12. and all these things deceived me not, for i expanded them by my subtlety into the twelve rays of the crown. 13. and these twelve rays were one. 7 iv r 0. also the little child, the lover of adonai, even v.v.v.v.v, reflecting the glory of adonai, lifted up his voice and said: 1. glory to god, and thanksgiving to god! there is one god alone, and god is exceeding great. he is about us, and there is no strength save in him the exalted, the great. 2. thus did v.v.v.v.v. become m

even in the hollow sphere of outward brilliance. 8. so that all became splendid. 9. and having firmly established them in order and disposition, 10. he proclaimed the perfection, the bride, the delight of god in his creation. 11. but though thus he worked, he tried ever his work by the star 418. 8 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 12. and it deceived him not; for by his subtlety he expanded it all into the twelve rays of the crown. 13. and these twelve rays were one. 9 v y 0. in the place of the cross the indivisible point which hath no points nor part nor magnitude. nor indeed hath it position, being beyond space. nor hath it existence in time, for it is beyond time. nor hath it cause or effect, seeing that its universe is infinite every way, and partaketh not of these our conceptions. 1. so wr

er college. 7. yea, even i the man beheld this wonder. 8. and i could not deliver it unto myself. 9. that which established me is invisible and unknowable in its essence. 10. only they who know it may be known. 11. for they have the genius of the mighty sword 418. 10 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 12. and they are not deceived by any of these things; for by their subtlety do they expand them all into the twelve rays of the crown. 13. and these twelve rays are one. 11 vi t 0. deeper and deeper into the mire of things! farther and farther into the never-ended expansion of the abyss. 1. the great goddess that bendeth over the universe is my mistress; i am the winged globe at her heart. 2. i contract ever as she ever expandeth. 3. at the end it is all one. 4. our loves have brought to birth the fa

en only was the fire qadosh extinguished, when the enterer was driven back from the threshold, 9. and the lord of silence was established upon the lotus flower. 10. then was accomplished all that which was to be accomplished. 14 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 11. and all and one and naught were slain in the slaying of the warrior 418, 12. in the slaying of subtlety that expanded all these things into the twelve rays of the crown, 13. that returned unto one, and beyond one, even unto the vision of the fool in his folly that chanted the word ararita, and beyond the word and the fool; yea, beyond the word and the foooliber arcanorvm tin atv toa tahuti qvas vidit asar in amenti svb figvra ccxxxi liber carcerorvm tin qliphoth cvm suis geniis a d d e n t v r s i g i l l a e t nomina eorvm a a public

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dark; and at the midnight thou shalt go to the mid-stream fs smoothest flow, and strike upon a golden bell the spirit.s call; then say the spell .angel, mine angel, draw thee nigh. making the sign of magistry aha! 27 with wand of lapis lazuli. then, it may be, through the blind dumb night thou shalt see thine angel come, hear the faint whisper of his wings, behold the starry breast begemmed with the twelve stones of the twelve kings! his forehead shall be diademed with the faint light of stars, wherein the eye gleams dominant and keen. thereat thou swoonest; and thy love shall catch the subtle voice thereof. he shall inform his happy lover: my foolish prating shall be over! olympas. o now i burn with holy haste. this doctrine hath so sweet a taste that all the other wine is sour. marsyas

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

some climax.oh, how tense and dumb the expectant hush intoxicating! hush! the heart fs beat! across the moor some dreadful god rides fast, be sure! the listening palamede bites through his thin white lips.what hoofs are those? are they the quest? how still and blue the sky is! hush.god knows.god knows! then on a sudden in the midst of them is a swart god, from hoof to girdle a goat, upon his brow the twelve-star diadem and the king fs collar fastened on this throat. thrill upon thrill courseth through palamede. life, live, pure life is bubbling in his blood. all youth comes back, all strength, all you indeed flaming within that throbbing spirit-flood! yet was his heart immeasurably sad, for that no questing in his ear he had. nay! he saw all. he saw the curse that wrapped in ruin the world

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

x, and a bouquet of roses was before him. in the centre of the nave was a great cross.a gcalvary cross of ten squares, h measuring, say, six feet by five.painted in red upon a white board, at whose edges were rings through which passed gilt staves. at each corner was a banner, bearing lion, bull, eagle and man, and from the top of their staves sprang a canopy of blue, wherein were figured in gold the twelve emblems of the zodiac. knights and dames being installed, suddenly a bell tinkled in the architrave. instantly all rose. the doors opened at a trumpet 18 liber dcccxi peal from without, and a herald advanced, followed by the high priest and priestess. the high priest was a man of nearly sixty years, if i may judge by the white beard; but he walked with the springy yet assured step of th

es which they wore. these fell, twin lakes of gold. i now saw her dressed in a garment of white watered silk, lined through-out (as it appeared later) with ermine. the high priest's vestment was an elaborate embroidery of 20 liber dcccxi every colour, harmonized by exquisite yet robust art. he wore also a breastplate corresponding to the canopy; a sculptured gbeast h at each corner in gold, while the twelve signs of the zodiac were symbolized by the stones of the breast-plate. the bell tinkled yet again, and the herald again sounded his trumpet. the celebrants moved hand in hand down the nave while the organ thundered forth its solemn harmonies. all the knights and dames rose and gave the secret sign of the rose croix. it was at this part of the ceremony that things began to happen to me

LIBER LVII

tutes for it the name ynda, adonai, lord. the radical meaning of the word is .to be. and it is thus, like hyha, eheieh, a glyph of existence. it is capable of twelve transpositions, which all convey the meaning of .to be; it is the only word that will bear so many transpositions without its meaning being altered. they are called the .twelve banners of the mighty name. and are said by some to rule the twelve signs of the zodiac. these are the twelve banners. hwhy, whhy, hhwy, yhwh, hywh, wyhh, yhhw, hhyw, hyhw, whyh, hwyh, ywhh. there are three other tetragrammatic names, which are hyha, eheieh, existence; ynda, adonai, lord; and alga, agla. this last is not, properly speaking, a word, but is a notariqon of the sentence ynda \lwol rwbg hta, ateh gibor le-olahm adonai .thou art mighty for ev

LIBER LXXVIII

and is the throne of the forces of the spirit. 12 liber lxxviii woe unto whomsoever shall make war upon her, when thus established! the spheres of influence of the court cards of the tarot pack the princesses rule the four parts of the celestial heavens which lie around the north pole, and above the respective cherubic signs of the zodiac, and they form the thrones of the powers of the four aces. the twelve cards, the four kings, queens and princes rule the dominion of the celestial heavens, between the realm of the four princesses and the zodiac, as is hereafter shewn. and they, as it were, link together the signs. v the lord of the flame and the lightning; the king of the spirits of fire knight* of wands a winged warrior riding upon a black horse with flaming mane and tail: the horse its

the details omitted in the first. 8. if this story is not quite accurate, do not be discouraged. perhaps the querent himself does not know everything. but the main lines ought to be laid down firmly, with correctness, or the divination should be abandoned. second operation development of the question 1. shuffle, invoke suitably, and let querent cut as before. 2. deal cards into twelve stacks, for the twelve astrological houses of heaven. 3. make up your mind in which stack you ought to find the significator, e.g. in the seventh house if the question concerns marriage, and so on. 4. examine this chosen stack. if the significator is not there, try some cognate house. on a second failure, abandon the divination. 5. read the stack counting and pairing as before. a description of the cards of t

venth house if the question concerns marriage, and so on. 4. examine this chosen stack. if the significator is not there, try some cognate house. on a second failure, abandon the divination. 5. read the stack counting and pairing as before. a description of the cards of the taro 55 third operation further development of the question 1. shuffle, etc, as before. 2. deal cards into twelve stacks for the twelve signs of the zodiac. 3. divine the proper stack and proceed as before. fourth operation penultimate aspects of the question 1. shuffle, etc, as before. 2. find the significator: set him upon the table; let the thirtysix cards following form a ring round him. 3. count and pair as before [note that the nature of each decan is shewn by the small card attributed to it, and by the symbols gi

LIBER XV CHYMICAL JOUSTING OF PERARDUA

lso at a touch this gold philosophical dissolveth his being, ofttimes with a great and terrible explosion, ofttimes so softly and subtly that no man may perceive it, be he never so acute, nay, as a needle for sharpness or for fineness as a spyglass of the necromancer! yet herein lieth the core of the matter that in this explosion liber lv 4 aforesaid naught whatever is left either of the seven or the twelve or of the three mother seeds that lie concealed therein. but in a certain mystical way the other ten are shadowed forth, though dimly, as if the brazen serpent had become a sword of lightning. yet this is but a glyph; for in truth there is no link or bond between them. for this animal gold is passed utterly away; there is not any button thereof, nor any feather of the wings of the sphin

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

figure 20. a representation of a chapter of the royal arch, john harris, c. 1820. arch. there are many openly kabbalistic symbols here. in the east there are banners depicting the four sacred beasts, the ox, the lion, the eagle, and the man: the archetypes of the inhabitants of the four worlds taken from the vision of ezekiel. arranged down the sides of the picture are banners with the devices of the twelve tribes of israel, they are analogous to the twelve signs of the zodiac, and they represent the twelve archetypal human groups. the central feature of this space is the pedestal surrounded by six candles. kabbalisticaly, the archetypes shown here are to be found around the tiferet of beriah, and it seems pretty clear that we are looking at a representation of that world of the spirit. fi

dles. kabbalisticaly, the archetypes shown here are to be found around the tiferet of beriah, and it seems pretty clear that we are looking at a representation of that world of the spirit. figure 21 shows the same space in diagrammatic form. i have taken it from the inside of the front cover of the domatic ritual book. the same features are present: the pedestal, the four banners in the east, and the twelve banners down each side of the space. the principal officers of the chapter all sit in the east, the candidate is placed in the west on the kneeling stool at the bottom of the drawing. he is accompanied and guided through the ceremony by three companions called sojourners. on the jewel worn by every royal arch mason are inscribed two latin sentences. translated, the first says "only the

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

cribes the figure as follows "upon her head is an episcopal mitre, adorned on the lower part with towers and pinnacles; over the gate of the city is a crescent, and beneath the circuit of the walls a crown of rays. the goddess wears a sort of surplice, exactly like the surplice of a priest or bishop; and upon the surplice a tunic, which falls down to the legs; and over all an episcopal cope, with the twelve signs of the zodiac wrought on the borders. the figure hath a lion on each side, and holds in its left hand a tympanum, a sistrum, a distaff, a caduceus, and another instrument. in her right hand she holds with her middle finger a thunderbolt, and upon the same am animals, insects, and, as far as we may guess, flowers, fruit, a bow, a quiver, a torch, and a scythe" the whereabouts of th

up and down from earth to heaven, and from heaven to earth" the so-called chair of st. peter, in rome, was believed to have been used in one of the pagan mysteries, possibly that of mithras, in whose subterranean grottoes the votaries of the christian mysteries met in the early days of their faith. in anacalypsis, godfrey higgins writes that in 1662, while cleaning this sacred chair of bar-jonas, the twelve labors of hercules were discovered upon it, and that later the french discovered upon the same chair the mohammedan confession of faith, written in arabic. initiation into the rites of mithras, like initiation into many other ancient schools of philosophy, apparently consisted of three important degrees. preparation for these degrees consisted of selfpurification, the building up of the

acknowledged his fifth son skiold as its sovereign, and passed over to sweden, where gylf, who did homage to the wonderful stranger, and was initiated into his mysteries, then ruled. he soon made himself master here, built sigtuna as the capital of his empire, and promulgated a new code of laws, and established the sacred mysteries. he, himself, assumed the name of odin, founded the priesthood of the twelve drottars (druids) who conducted the secret worship, and the administration of justice, and, as prophets, revealed the future. the secret rites of these mysteries celebrated the death of balder, the beautiful and lovely, and represented the grief of gods and men at his death, and his restoration to life (general history of freemasonry) after his death, the historical odin was apotheosize

er his death, the historical odin was apotheosized, his identity being merged into that of the mythological odin, god of wisdom, whose cult he had promulgated. odinism then supplanted the worship of thor, the thunderer, the supreme deity of the ancient scandinavian pantheon. the mound where, according to legend, king odin was buried is still to be seen near the site of his great temple at upsala. the twelve drottars who presided over the odinic mysteries evidently personified the twelve holy and ineffable names of odin. the rituals of the odinic mysteries were very similar to those of the greeks, persians, and brahmins, after which they were patterned. the drottars, who symbolized the signs of the zodiac, were the custodians of the arts and sciences, which they revealed to those who passed

om ginnungagap, the great cleft in chaos into which the primordial frost giants and flame giants had hurled snow and fire. the three gods--odin, vili, and ve--slew ymir and from him formed the world. from ymir's various members the different parts of nature were fashioned. after odin had established order, he caused a wonderful palace, called asgard, to be built on the top of a mountain, and here the twelve sir (gods) dwelt together, far above the limitations of mortal men. on this mountain also was valhalla, the palace of the slain, where those who had heroically died fought and feasted day after day. each night their wounds were healed and the boar whose flesh they ate renewed itself as rapidly as it was consumed. balder the beautiful--the scandinavian christ--was the beloved son of odin

after day. each night their wounds were healed and the boar whose flesh they ate renewed itself as rapidly as it was consumed. balder the beautiful--the scandinavian christ--was the beloved son of odin. balder was not warlike; his kindly and beautiful spirit brought peace and joy to the hearts of the gods, and they all loved him save one. as jesus had a judas among his twelve disciples, so one of the twelve gods was false--loki, the personification of evil. loki caused h thr, the blind god of fate, to shoot balder with a mistletoe arrow. with the death of balder, light and joy vanished from the lives of the other deities. heartbroken, the gods gathered to find a method whereby they could resurrect this spirit of eternal life and youth. the result was the establishment of the mysteries. the

te was liberated not only for the period of his life but for all eternity, for never thereafter was he divested of those soul qualities which after death were his vehicles for manifestation and expression in the so-called heaven world. in contrast to the idea of hades as a state of darkness below, the gods were said to inhabit the tops of mountains, a well-known example being mount olympus, where the twelve deities of the greek pantheon were said to dwell together. in his initiatory wanderings the neophyte therefore entered chambers of ever-increasing brilliancy to portray the ascent of the spirit from the lower worlds into the realms of bliss. as the climax to such wanderings he entered a great vaulted room, in the center of which stood a brilliantly illumined statue of the goddess ceres

quaternary material nature. if each base line be considered a square from which ascends a threefold spiritual power, then the sum of the lines of the four faces (12) and the four hypothetical squares (16) constituting the base is 28, the sacred number of the lower world. if this be added to the three septenaries composing the sun (21, it equals 49, the square of 7 and the number of the universe. the twelve signs of the zodiac, like the governors' of the lower worlds, are symbolized by the twelve lines of the four triangles--the faces of the pyramid. in the midst of each face is one of the beasts of ezekiel, and the structure as a whole becomes the cherubim. the three main chambers of the pyramid are related to the heart, the brain, and the generative system--the spiritual centers of the h

e and then vanishes into the darkness of the night to wandering the lower worlds and later rise again triumphant from the embrace of darkness. to the egyptians the sun was the symbol of immortality, for, while it died each night, it rose again with each ensuing dawn. not only has the sun this diurnal activity, but it also has its annual pilgrimage, during which time it passes successively through the twelve celestial houses of the heavens, remaining in each for thirty days. added to these it has a third path of travel, which is called the precession of the equinoxes, in which it retrogrades around the zodiac through the twelve signs at the rate of one degree every seventy-two years. concerning the annual passage of the sun through the twelve houses of the heavens, robert hewitt brown, 32

MEANING OF MASONRY

active, save that in dreams the will is not functioning as a consciously directive instrument as is hypothetically the case with one who, having attained mastership, has all his faculties under volition and control. yet all this interior work, so rapidly summarized and symbolically enacted in the ceremony, is not the work of a day nor the casual task of a weakling. the ancients referred to it as the twelve labours of hercules, whilst its arduousness is further graphically described by the initiate poet virgil in the sixth aneid and by more recent illuminates. nor, even when its nature is fully apprehended, is it a work to be lightly undertaken. throughout the ceremony the utmost humility is enjoined upon the candidate as the e ssential qualification for entering upon this process of self

ing the lion, ox, man and eagle are a very ancient glyph, declaring among other things the story of the soul's evolution and its progress from the passional wild-beast stage to one which, while still sensuous and animal, is docile and disciplined for service, and thence to the stage of human rationality, which at length culminates in upward-soaring spirituality. similarly the displayed banners of the twelve israelitish tribes are again but fi gures of their prototypes, the twelve zodiacal sections of those heavens which could not exist or be discernible to the outward eye were they not also the phenomenalized aspect of a reality cognizable by the inward eye; whilst, gathered beneath these emblems, are those who represent the tribes of no terrestrial nation, but are the" tribes of god" the

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

of this sphere are of the blind dragon-force called leviathan or 56 ourabourus. in qlippothic workings, this sphere relates to lilith. the earth malkuth nahemah nahemoth (nhmath: nobrexiel+ heteriel+ molidiel+ a'ainiel+ thauhedriel lilith, the evil woman, who has many forms, changes afterwards to a black skinned and fur covered, monkey-like demon whose eyes are pitch black. these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the qlippoth who are the heads of the months of the year. bairiron aries (march 20 april 19th -active fire they are from the dragon spirit, the one of flames, the fourth evil force; samael the black. their colors are black and they appear as a dragon-lion. adimiron taurus (april 20 may 20 -fixed earth whose colors are blood, mixed with water and dull yellow and gra

MORALS AND DOGMA

ntermoriantur, ali que divers vel prioribus contrarioe renescantur et deinde pubescant_ titles of degrees as herein given have in some instances been changed. correct titles are as follows: 1--apprentice. 2--fellow-craft. 3--master. 4--secret master. 5--perfect master. 6--intimate secretary. 7--provost and judge. 8--intendant of the building. 9--elu of the nine. 10--elu of the fifteen. 11--elu of the twelve. 12--master architect. 13--royal arch of solomon. 14--perfect elu. 15--knight of the east. 16--prince of jerusalem. 17--knight of the east and west. 18--knight rose croix. 19--pontiff. 20--master of the symbolic lodge. 21--noachite or prussian knight. 22--knight of the royal axe or prince of libanus. 23--chief of the tabernacle. 24--prince of the tabernacle. 25--knight of the brazen ser

e of libanus. 23--chief of the tabernacle. 24--prince of the tabernacle. 25--knight of the brazen serpent. 26--prince of mercy. 27--knight commander of the temple. 28--knight of the sun or prince adept. 29--scottish knight of st. andrew. 30--knight kadosh. 31--inspector inquisitor 32--master of the royal secret. morals and dogma. lodge of perfection. morals and dogma [illustration] i. apprentice. the twelve-inch rule and the common gavel. force, unregulated or ill-regulated, is not only wasted in the void, like that of gunpowder burned in the open air, and steam unconfined by science; but, striking in the dark, and its blows meeting only the air, they recoil and bruise itself. it is destruction and ruin. it is the volcano, the earthquake, the cyclone--not growth and progress. it is polyphe

spasmodically, but regularly and incessantly, as the vapors rise and the springs run, and as the sun rises and the stars come up into the heavens, then we may be sure that great results will be attained and a great work done. and then it will most surely be seen that masonry is not effete or impotent, nor degenerated nor drooping to a fatal decay [illustration [illustration] xi. sublime elect of the twelve; or prince ameth [elu of the twelve] the duties of a prince ameth are, to be earnest, true, reliable, and sincere; to protect the people against illegal impositions and exactions; to contend for their political rights, and to see, as far as he may or can, that those bear the burdens who reap the benefits of the government. you are to be true unto all men. you are to be frank and sincere

ia, withered, affords no shade; that masonry no longer marches in the advance-guard of truth? no. is freedom yet universal? have ignorance and prejudice disappeared from the earth? are there no longer enmities among men? do cupidity and falsehood no longer exist? do toleration and harmony prevail among religious and political sects? there are works yet left for masonry to accomplish, greater than the twelve labors of hercules; to advance ever resolutely and steadily; to enlighten the minds of the people, to reconstruct society, to reform the laws, and improve the public morals. the eternity in front of it is as infinite as the one behind. and masonry cannot cease to labor in the cause of social progress, without ceasing to be true to itself, without ceasing to be masonry [illustration [ill

are endowed with the requisite amount of intellect and intelligence. this knowledge of god, so written there, and of which masonry has in all ages been the interpreter, is _the master mason's word. within the temple, all the arrangements were mystically and symbolically connected with the same system. the vault or ceiling, starred like the firmament, was supported by twelve columns, representing the twelve months of the year. the border that ran around the columns represented the zodiac, and one of the twelve celestial signs was appropriated to each column. the brazen sea was supported by twelve oxen, three looking to each cardinal point of the compass. and so in our day every masonic lodge represents the universe. each extends, we are told, from the rising to the setting sun, from the so

heir meaning. not only the egyptians, says diodorus siculus, but every other people that consecrate this symbol (the phallus, deem that they thereby do honor to the active force of the universal generation of all living things. for the same reason, as we learn from the geographer ptolemy, it was revered among the assyrians and persians. proclus remarks that in the distribution of the zodiac among the twelve great divinities, by ancient astrology, six signs were assigned to the male and six to the female principle. there is another division of nature, which has in all ages struck all men, and which was not forgotten in the mysteries; that of light and darkness, day and night, good and evil; which mingle with, and clash against, and pursue or are pursued by each other throughout the universe

ons, for contemning the heathen divinities, declares it false, because, in the construction of the tabernacle, in the vestments of the sacrificers, and in the sacred vessels, the whole world was in some sort represented. of the three parts, he says, into which the temple was divided, two represent earth and sea, open to all men, and the third, heaven, god's dwelling-place, reserved for him alone. the twelve loaves of shew-bread signify the twelve months of the year. the candlestick represented the twelve signs through which the seven planets run their courses; and the seven lights, those planets; the veils, of four colors, the four elements; the tunic of the high priest, the earth; the hyacinth, nearly blue, the heavens; the ephod, of four colors, the whole of nature; the gold, light; the

ich the seven planets run their courses; and the seven lights, those planets; the veils, of four colors, the four elements; the tunic of the high priest, the earth; the hyacinth, nearly blue, the heavens; the ephod, of four colors, the whole of nature; the gold, light; the breast-plate, in the middle, this earth in the centre of the world; the two sardonyxes, used as clasps, the sun and moon; and the twelve precious stones of the breast-plate arranged by threes, like the seasons, the twelve months, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. even the loaves were arranged in two groups of six, like the zodiacal signs above and below the equator. clemens, the learned bishop of alexandria, and philo, adopt all these explanations. hermes calls the zodiac, the grent tent--tabernaculum. in the royal arc

ris, and transmuted the legend of his descent among the winter signs, into a fable of his death, his descent into the infernal regions, and his resurrection. the moon became isis, the wife of osiris; and winter, as well as the desert or the ocean into which the sun descended, became typhon, the spirit or principle of evil, warring against and destroying osiris. from the journey of the sun through the twelve signs came the legend of the twelve labors of hercules, and the incarnations of vishnu and buddha. hence came the legend of the murder of khurum, representative of the sun, by the three fellow-crafts, symbols of the three winter signs, capricornus, aquarius, and pisces, who assailed him at the three gates of heaven and slew him at the winter solstice. hence the search for him by the nin

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

never at any time took firm root in rome, nor entered largely into the actual life and sympathies of the nation, his worship being unattended by the devotional feeling and enthusiasm which characterized the religious rites of the other deities. he still, however, retained in rome his [101]greek attributes as god of fire, and unrivalled master of the art of working in metals, and was ranked among the twelve great gods of olympus, whose gilded statues were arranged consecutively along the forum. his roman name, vulcan, would seem to indicate a connection with the first great metal-working artificer of biblical history, tubal-cain. poseidon (neptune. poseidon was the son of kronos and rhea, and the brother of zeus. he was god of the sea, more particularly of the mediterranean, and, like the

ONYX TABLET OF SET

protect the temple by removing distracting influences. 9. give them priest rowlett's nine steps. it will help them cut through the rhp trappings of most recovery groups. remind them and yourself to be gentle with our own selves and that everything is temporary. introduction to the setian nine steps by priest rowlett the setian nine steps is a plan for recovery from addictions that is adapted from the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous. interwoven with this analysis are a few parts of my own story regarding my addiction to alcohol. my story is not a unique one in the annals of addiction history. indeed,i've met and listened to hundreds of people just like myself who have overcome addictions and started on the long process of "giving themselves back to themselves" and who have learned how

to offer other perspectives with the focus on creating ahealing environment for others. when practicing these steps, understand that the design is geared towards what is common to most chemical addictions and as such, can accommodate the initiate who seeks recovery. the program is intended to work for those who approach the nine steps with fierce honesty and a dedication to changing their lives. the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous (included for comparison purposes) 1. we admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him. 4. made a searching and fearless moral inventory of oursel

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

was to find and take these apples and give them to eurystheus, his cousin and master. golden apples the golden apples belonged to hera, who had been given them as a wedding present by her grandmother gaia. eurystheus did not believe that hercules could win them, and when hercules did so, eurystheus gave them back, not wishing to incur the goddess anger. they were returned to the garden by athena. the twelve labors 1. hercules strangled the nemean lion and wore its invulnerable pelt as armor, with its head as a helmet. 2. hercules killed the nine-headed hydra whose heads grew back in duplicate each time one was cut off. 3. hercules captured the bronzehoofed, golden-horned ceryneian hind, sacred to artemis. he blamed the sacrilege on eurystheus. 4. hercules captured and killed the erymanthia

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

concealed and appears to be a completely separate entity from the analogue. in the same way, this world is an allegory of an allegory or an expansion of an expansion etc, of the name of g-d. if it is understood correctly it reveals g-d all the more. however, if it is misread or misunderstood it may conceal g-d s light totally. the lower unity from all the above we may understand the statement of the twelve sons of yisrael to their father. they told him "hear o israel, the l-rd our g-d, the l-rd is one("shma yisrael, havayah elokeinu, havayah echad. it is explained in the talmud that what they were saying was that just as in your heart there is only one (only g-d exists, so too in our hearts there is only one. as explained above, yaakov is tiferet of the world of atzilut, which is totally

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

f holiness. 12 genesis 11:3. the arizal on parashat noach (2) 56 nonetheless, he did not rectify [them] that much, so isaac came and rectified [them] more than he did, using gevurah. the gevurah [isaac revealed] struck [the forces of evil] and thereby elevated those souls from the realm of evil. then jacob came and rectified [them] even more. using tiferet. and when [his sons, the progenitors of] the twelve tribes came and went down to egypt, these sparks were refined there and all ascended and were [totally] rectified. who was pharaoh? nimrod [this can be seen from the fact that] just like [nimrod] said, gcome, let us build ourselves a city, h so did pharaoh say, gcome, let us be wise with them. h13 he decreed against the [israelites f] sons, saying, gthe newborn boys should be thrown int

13th mazal; we now see how the verb describing his act of prayer thus alludes to this. this is the mystical meaning of the word gand he entreated, h which refers to the mazal of gand he acquits, h via which isaac prayed, as i explained. now, there are twelve letters in the spelling-out of the name adni, which is associated with the mazal of gand he acquits h [as we have stated. these correlate to the twelve [letters] that the mazal of gstoring h comprises, as we have seen. the twelve letters that the mazal of gstoring h comprises are the twelve letters in the three names havayah that indicate the divine consciousness of the three sefirot of the mind, which manifest as the beard when the intellect descends into the emotions. therefore, rebecca was worthy of giving birth to twelve tribes, bu

e names havayah that indicate the divine consciousness of the three sefirot of the mind, which manifest as the beard when the intellect descends into the emotions. therefore, rebecca was worthy of giving birth to twelve tribes, but because she said, gwhat is this [zeh] for me? h2 because of the pain of her pregnancy, and also because esau destroyed her womb, her son jacob was privileged to father the twelve tribes [instead of her. the numerical value of the word for gthis h (zeh, zayin-hei) is 12. so rebecca fs statement can mean, gwhat do i need the twelve for? h with the above in mind, we can understand the sages f injunction, geat bread with salt. h3 this statement alludes these two mazal fs. the [usual] word for gbread h is lechem, whose numerical value is the same as that of the three

hers. by reported their behavior to their father, joseph was in fact trying to safeguard the integrity of yesod. they also derided [their half-brothers] the sons of the handmaidens, and this is clearly a violation of the principle of peace. they called them slaves when they were in fact free men, the opposite of slaves. here again, they were in fact guilty of what they were accusing joseph of. of the twelve brothers, reuben, simeon, levi, judah, isaachar, and zebulun were the sons of jacob fs first wife, leah; joseph and benjamin were the sons of his second wife, rachel; dan and naftali were the sons of rachel fs handmaiden, bilhah; and gad and asher were the sons of leah fs handmaiden, zilpah. the six sons of leah taunted the four sons of the handmaidens as being slaves by birth, i.e, unw

netheless an attribute on its own as well. it is therefore not enough, as we said, to simply impose artificial harmony on the other attributes; there must be the purity of intention (signified by the purity of sexual energy, the energy of yesod) as well. furthermore, it is well known that the tribes were not meant to reflect the ten sefirot but rather twelve extremities, which exist in malchut as the twelve cattle, as is explained elsewhere. 2 1 chronicles 29:10. the arizal on parashat vayeisheiv 191 it was known in ancient times that a central prerequisite for establishing the people of the covenant, the family that would develop into the nation that would carry the divine message to the rest of humanity, was a family of twelve sons, all of whom would be worthy of this mission. thus, we s

at miketz 204 knowledge of good and evil. for this reason the verse states that[ gthey stood c] on the banks of the river, h but not in the river.7 (likkutei torah) 41:5 seven ears of grain c healthy and good these are also from the world of beriah. pharaoh is the aspect of malchut of atzilut, where gall the lights are uncovered. h malchut [of atzilut] is clothed in beriah, which is the river and the twelve cattle upon which the sea [of solomon] stands. this is the meaning of g[pharaoh was] standing over the river. h the river is also yesod of atzilut, the river that pours forth its bounty to pharaoh,8 who is the kaneh. the single stalk of wheat [mentioned in verse 5. kaneh together with one for the kole9l is gematria 156, the equivalent of the gematria of yosef (likkutei torah) 41:4 the c

translated from sefer halikutim 29 cf. the hagadah shel pesach. parashat bo [third installment] in this parashah, g-d tells moses, gthis month will be for you the first of the months; it will be for you the first of the months of the year. h1 since this communication occurred two weeks before the exodus,2 this verse establishes that the month of the exodus, nisan, is to be counted as the first of the twelve months. this verse thus establishes the basis of the jewish calendar. as rashi puts it,3 g[g-d] showed [moses] the new moon and said, ewhen you see the moon renewed [like this, consider that day the first of the month. h furthermore, nisan is always supposed to be in the spring.4 however, since the jewish calendar is based lunar months, it is necessary to intercalate the year when the l

y and depression of evil, for it has been cured of all these. in other words, the future tense of the verse should be read as the past: gsince you diligently heeded the voice c h etc [15:27] then they came to elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they encamped by the water. there are twelve rivers of pure, spiritual water surrounding paradise, corresponding to the twelve tribes of israel. every [soul of each] tribe immerses in its respective river in order to be cooled from the fire of purgatory and healed of its wounds [16:1-2] they moved on from elim, and the entire community of israel came to the desert of sinn, which is between elim and sinai, on the fifteenth of the second month after they had left egypt. there, in the desert, the entire community

] vav fs, i.e, gand it traveled c, h gand it went c, h and gand he extended c, h12 each of which possess 72 letters, and with which [moses] split the sea, i.e, the gsea of the end, h which is the latter hei [of the name havayah. we have seen previously that these three verses form 72 three-letter divine names.13 inasmuch as the vav produces another vav [when spelled out, as vav-vav, it alludes to the twelve paths that appeared in the sea when [moses] split it. the numerical value of vav is 6, so twice vav is 12. we are taught that a dry pathway through the sea appeared for each of the twelve tribes. what struck this vav in order to transform it into three vav fs? the power of the yud of the name havayah, above the vav. the intensity of the insight-experience of chochmah is what serves to p

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

d through several of these order documents. one matter which i have never seen taken up by astrological writers is that concerning starting the zodiac with the star regulus in leo. the teaching emphasizes that were this done, the constellations and the signs would coincide "within the zodiac" wrote louis macniece in his book astrology "there are twelve constellations. these bear the same names as the twelve signs used by the astrologers, but astrologically they have nothing to do with the case. if you are told that the sun was in that particular sign when you were born between march 31 and april 30-this does not mean that you were born under the actual group of stars &own as aries. once upon a time d e sun was (or appeared to be) amag tgat goup at that time of vear, but he is not there now

had not yet been won by self-induced and self-devised efforts, and when peace and harmony prevailed both within and without by right of heritage rather than through personal labour. the diagram appears in the water grade of practicus, since water is a fitting representation of this placid peace. at the summit of the diagram stands the apocalyptic woman clothed with the sun of glory, crowned with the twelve stars, and the moon lying at her feet. her symbolism pertains to the supernal essence of mind, representing thus the type and symbol of the glittering augoeides, the neschamah. introduction 33 speaking of an analogous psychological conception in his commentary to the secret of the golden flower, dr. c. g. jung remarks that this figure represents "a line or principle of life that strives

lities, but what is infinitely more of practical worth, their actual projection in this way from within outwards, the physical fashioning and painting of these instruments, also works an effect. they bring to life the man that was asleep. they react upon their maker. they become powerful magical agents, true talismans of power. thus, the lotus wand is declared in the ritual to have the colours of the twelve introduction 4 7 signs of the zodiac painted on its stem, and it is surmounted by the lotus flower of isis. it symbolises the development of creation the wand has ever been a symbol of the magical will, the power of the spirit in ation. and its description in the instruction on the lotus wand is such that it is seen to embrace the whole of nature- the sephiroth, the spiritual aspects of

cups briah swords yetzirah pentacles assiah 68 the golden dawn: volume i book one the honours of the tarot pack are, as it were, the vice-gerants of the great name, in the qabalistic world to which each suit is referred. they also syrnbolise father, mother, son, daughter, birth, life, death, resurrection <131> the fylfot cross the 17 squares out of a square of lesser squares, refer to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac and the four elements: this form of the caduceus of hermes is that of the three mother letters placed on one another thus: the caduceus has another meaning on the tree of life. the upper part wings touch chokmah and binah: these are the three supernal. the seven lower sephiroth are embraced by the twin serpents whose heads rest upon chesed and p geburah <132> the mea

et. the solid triangle or tetrahedron, or pyramid of fire, the admission badge for the path of shin, represents the simple fire of nature and the latent or hidden fire. the three upper triangles refer to fire- solar, volcanic and astral, while the lowest or basal triangle represents the latent heat. the greek cross of 13 squares, the admission badge for the path of resh, is referred to the sun in the twelve signs of the zodiac, and also in the midst of the four elements. the cup of stolistes, the <138> admissionbadge to the grade of= m, is thus referred to the tree of life. it embraces nine of the sephiroth, exclusive of kether. fourth knowledge lecture 0 yesod and malkuth are referred to the triangle below, the former to the apex, the latter to the base. like the caduceus, it further repr

division of 5, in the celestial heavens, so that with the other names a very complete hierarchy is given. thus every sign of the zodiac has an archangel, angel, angel of its corresponding house, and a vast sub-hierarchy. too much space would have been consumed to detail the methods by which these names are given. so i have contented myself to list, simply, all the archangelic and angelic names of the twelve zodiacal signs, and state that they are very important names, and their arrangement should be carefully studied. the documents on tarot attribute two of these angels to each of the 36 small cards, and the anglicised transliteration of their names will there be found. but i have thought it advisable here to give the hebrew letters and spelling so that the student may have them at his han

are borne upon the banners of the north, and there are also nurnber <57> less names of angels, archangels, and spirits ruling the element of earth. kenuc comes forward and hands fyzfot cross to hiero: hiero the hermetic cross, which is also called fylfot, hammer of thor, and swastika, is formed of 17 squares out of a square of 25 lesser squares. these 17 represent the sun, the four elements, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. in this grade, the lights on the pillars are unshaded, showing that you have quitted the darkness of the outer world. you will leave the temple for a short time. kenuc takes neophyte out <58> second part 0-rn 2nd park branchrd m p f 15mir)rr) iizziiz1 hagrmon b1ock w hi be pillor facing wesk piliav facing east [gi 1 iorcus.2d o silicnl temple arranged as in diagram

on one side of each triangle is the permutation of the divine name yod heh vau heh, which is referred to that particular sign, while in the opposite side of it is the name of one of the 12 tribes which is also attributed to it. the golden dawn: volume i1 book two now the 22 sounds and letters of the hebrew alphabet are the foundations of all things. three mothers, seven double and twelve simples. the twelve simple letters are allotted to the 12 directions in space, and those diverge to infinity, and are in the arms of the eternal. these twelve letters he designed and combined, and formed with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they ar

directions in space, and those diverge to infinity, and are in the arms of the eternal. these twelve letters he designed and combined, and formed with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve loaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, syrnbolised by the letter heh, the first of the simple letters, and by its number 5, the pentagr

REGARDIE TALISMANS

lmost every conceivable source are employed to provide character and to give specificity to the dynamic purpose for which the talisman has been constructed. planetary and zodiacal symbols are most common. in addition, symbols and designs have been freely developed from the basic sixteen geomantic symbols whose origin is lost in the dimness of time past. these sixteen symbols, though attributed to the twelve signs and seven planets, may still be further reduced to the four elements, as indicated on a chart in the appendix. only a little imagination is then required to transform the conventional symbol into a variety of shapes and forms, emblems, etc, which carry the geomantic meaning into activity. from these latter alone, it is possible to construct a beautiful and effective talisman, with

ms, etc, which carry the geomantic meaning into activity. from these latter alone, it is possible to construct a beautiful and effective talisman, without any supplemental aid. for example, the following is an example of a talisman using exclusively geomantic symbols that i made many years ago. it still strikes me as a good design. the basis of most talismans of old time were predicated either on the twelve signs of the zodiac or upon the seven planets known at that time. in other worlds, most subjects in which one could be interested were classified under one or other of these two sets of symbols. in the last resort, however, since the planets were said to rule the twelve zodiacal signs, the planets became the more prominent categories into which talismanic purposes could be divided. clas

ss not necessarily a new symbol in itself. however, it is not any antecedently known type of rose-cross symbol. it has no parallels in occult or symbolic history. the novelty consisted of drawing the twenty-two hebrew letters in the petals of the rose according to the archaic attributions of the sepher yetzirah. they were placed in a certain order. the so-called twelve single letters, referred to the twelve signs of the zodiac, were placed in the outermost circle of rose petals. within this ring were the seven double letters attributed to the seven planets. inside this second ring, was a third subdivision of large petals where were found the three mother letters so-called, referred to the three prime elements of fire, water and air. this resulted in the development of a simple but ingeniou

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

e a sacred number with the yezeedees. the reader will remember, that the two lamps on the senjak, already described, had each seven burners. we are reminded here of the worship of the sabeans, of whom gibbon thus writes "they adored the seven gods, or angels, who directed the course of the seven planets, and shed their irresistible influence on the earth. the attributes of the seven planets, with the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the twenty-four constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres, were represented by images and talismans; the seven days of the week were dedicated to their respective deities" it in worthy of note, moreover, that the sceptre engraved on the front of the temple of sheikh adi has seven branches. p. 126 what places they are to be exhibited. the honour of

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

hou art peter (petrus, and upon this rock (petram) i will build my church. this stone, say the masters in alchemy, is the true salt of the philosophers, which is the third ingredient in the composition of azoth. now, we know already that azoth is the name of the great hermetic and true philosophical agent; furthermore, their salt is represented under the figure of a cubic stone, as may be seen in the twelve keys of basil valentine, or in the allegories of trevisan. once more, what is this stone actually? it is the foundation of absolute philosophy, it is supreme and immovable reason. before even dreaming of the metallic work, we must be fixed for ever upon the absolute principles of wisdom; we must possess that reason which is the touchstone of truth. never will a man of prejudices become

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the earth as a support, didst furrow the abysses to fill them with thine omnipotence; thou whose name doth shake the vaults of the world, thou who causest the seven metals to flow through the veins of the rock, monarch of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean toilers, lead us unto the desirable air and to the realm of splendour. we watch and we work unremittingly, we seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the holy city, by the hidden talismans, by the pole of loadstone which passes through the center of the world! savior, savior, savior, have pity on those who suffer, expand our hearts, detach and elevate our minds, enlarge our entire being! o stability and motion! o day clothed with night! o darkness veiled by splendour! o master who never keepest back the wages of thy laboure

intelligence of light and life. it is the secret of the pentagram; it is the highest dogmatic and practical mystery of traditional magic. thence unto the grand and ever-incommunicable maxim there is only one step. the kabalistic figures of abraham the jew, which imparted to flamel the first desire for knowledge, are no other than the twenty-two keys of the tarot, imitated and resumed elsewhere in the twelve keys of basil valentine, there the sun and moon reappear under the figures of emperor and empress; mercury is the juggler; the great hierophant is the adept or abstractor of the quintessence; death, judgement, love, the dragon or devil, the hermit or lame elder and finally all the remaining symbols are to be found with their chief attributes, almost in the same order. it could have been

ancients the use of this key was permitted to none but the high priests, and even so its secret was confided only to the flower of initiates. now, this was the key in question (1) a hieroglyphic and numerical alphabet, expressing by characters and numbers a series of universal and absolute ideas (2) a scale of ten numbers, multiplied by four symbols and connected with twelve figures representing the twelve signs of the zodiac (3) plus the four genii of the cardinal points. the symbolical tetrad, represented in the mysteries of memphis and thebes by the four forms of the sphinx. man, eagle, lion and bull. corresponded with the four elements of the old world, water being signified by the cup held by the man or aquarius; air by the circle or nimbus surrounding the head of the celestial eagle

RUBY TABLET OF SET

sula by 265 bce. in 287 bce a law was enacted specifying that assembly acts should become law whether or not approved by the senate. there was continuous political strife among faction leaders such as marius, sulla, pompey, and julius caesar (whose assassination in 44 bce signaled the end of the republic and the beginning of the roman empire. roman law is traditionally dated to the publication of the twelve tables ca. 450 bce. juries decided questions of fact; judges (praetors) interpreted the applicable laws. there were three branches of roman law (1) civil law [ius civile: enacted laws particular to rome (2) law of the people [ius gentium: laws considered to apply to all peoples, foreign and domestic, and (3) natural law [ius naturale: per stoicism. cicero's two principal works, the repu

tis sophia "in the beginning she (pistis sophia) was in the thirteenth aeon with her companion aeons. by order of the first mystery, she gazed into the height and saw the light of the veil of the treasure of light, and desired to ascend into that glorious realm, but could not. she ceased to do the mystery of the thirteenth aeon and ever sang hymns to the light she had seen. hereupon the rulers in the twelve aeons below hated her, because she had ceased to do their mystery- the mystery of intercourse or sexual union- and desired to go into the height and be above them all" it may be remarked that the name pistis-sophia is itself a "barbarous" formation, not properly paralleled in greek. there is some evidence that the gnostic "sophia (philosophy) was also named by other gnostics "pistis (fa

then zoroaster, and the names are fantastically coupled. we may add that the functions assigned to zorokothora-meljisedek have nothing to so with those of the biblical melchisedec or the persian zoroaster! only the mere names were borrowed by the gnostic. 2. the mystery of the first mystery "but he who shall have received the complete mystery of the first mystery of the ineffable, that is to say, the twelve mysteries of the first mystery, one after another. shall have the power of exploring all the orders of the inheritance of light, of exploring from without within, from within without, from above below, and from below above, from the height to the depth, and from the depth to the height, from the length to the breadth, and from the breadth to the length; in a word, he shall have the powe

e major planets or a supernova than any god-guided phenomenon. still, no random association is too unbelievable when power seekers ply their trade on the sheep. acts of irrational faith grant any number of illogical things the status of truth. the bible itself tells us little of jesus' childhood except for his city of birth, the alleged postpartum attendant marvels, and a rather unlikely story of the twelve-year old jesus showing off before the learned heads of the jerusalem temple [it is possible he was what we now call "street-wise, and may have had a first-hand picture of real life as opposed to theory, but it is doubtful he was able to trip up the jerusalem philosophers. intelligent he was, but that smart? no] and yet, the temple incident is a foreshadowing of his ambition and future p

satanic age and those of the initiates operating within the frame-work of the church of satan. the uttering of a word, whether it is of the first or second kind as explained by ipsissimus crowley, cannot take place without the magical and philosophical trends of the time in which it occurs reaching a juncture at which another door, or "way out" must be taught. that has been the case with each of the twelve magi to date, and will continue as a standing rule: the emergence of a word takes place at a time of specific need. it is not a thing geared to convenience or comfort. a review of #6n will supply the information necessary to understanding the rise and fall of the c/s under the leadership of magus lavey and those factors leading up to the book of coming forth by night. the magus who utte

rite requesting them. the trail of the serpent and other publications of the order are distributed to order members at no charge to the initiate or the temple of set. non-members of the order receive their limited subscription of the trail of the serpent at no charge. non-members of the order can purchase the gems of the trail volumes through the ruby tablet of set editor. each year articles from the twelve previous issues are compiled into a single volume and published in sequential order. there is no charge for this for order of leviathan members, who receive their copies at the same time the original camera-ready copy goes to magister menschel for the ruby tablet. as of xxviii there are five gems volumes available. also available to non-members of the order through the ruby tablet of se

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make mahound a prophet. in sum, baal had arrived at godlessness. he began, stumblingly, to move beyond the idea of gods and leaders and rules, and to perceive that his story was so mixed up with mahound's that some great resolution was necessary. that this resolution would in all probability mean his death neither shocked nor bothered him overmuch; and when musa the grocer grumbled one day about the twelve wives" of the prophet _one rule for him, another for us, baal understood the form his final confrontation with submission would have to take. the girls of the curtain- it was only by convention that they were referred to as "girls, as the eldest was a woman well into her fifties, while the youngest, at fifteen, was more experienced than many fifty-year-olds- had grown fond of this shamb

e had plenty, many of the men of jahilia seeking her out for her maternal and also grateful charms- the story of how mahound had married her and ayesha, on the same day, when ayesha was just a child "in the two of us" she would say, exciting men terribly "he found the two halves of his dead first wife: the child, and the mother, too" the whore "hafsah" grew as hot-tempered as her namesake, and as the twelve entered into the spirit of their roles the alliances in the brothel came to mirror the political cliques at the yathrib mosque "ayesha" and "hafsah, for example, engaged in constant, petty rivalries against the two haughtiest whores, who had always been thought a bit stuck-up by the others and who had chosen for themselves the most aristocratic identities, becoming "umm salamah the makh

the copt. strangest of all was the whore who had taken the name of "zainab bint khuzaimah, knowing that this wife of mahound had recently died. the necrophilia of her lovers, who forbade her to make any movements, was one of the more unsavoury aspects of the new regime at the curtain. but business was business, and this, too, was a need that the courtesans fulfilled. by the end of the first year the twelve had grown so skilful in their roles that their previous selves began to fade away. baal, more myopic and deafer by the month, saw the shapes of the girls moving past him, their edges blurred, their images somehow doubled, like shadows superimposed on shadows. the girls began to entertain new notions about baal, too. in that age it was customary for a whore, on entering her profession, t

het they required a better grade of husband than some spurting stone, which was almost idolatrous, after all; and to say that they had decided that they would all become the brides of the bumbler, baal. at first the madam tried to talk them out of it, but when she saw that the girls meant business she conceded the point, and told them to send the writer in to see her. with many giggles and nudges the twelve courtesans escorted the shambling poet into the throne room. when baal heard the plan his heart began to thump so erratically that he lost his balance and fell, and "ayesha" screamed in her fright "o god, we're going to be his widows before we even get to be his wives" but he recovered: his heart regained its composure. and, having no option, he agreed to the twelvefold proposal. the ma

ded, baal saw that the women had gone. umar gave the eunuchs a word of advice on his way out "get lost" he suggested "tomorrow i may have orders about you. not many people get lucky two days running" when the girls of the curtain had been taken away, the eunuchs sat down and wept uncontrollably by the fountain of love. but baal, full of shame, did not cry. o o o gibreel dreamed the death of baal: the twelve whores realized, soon after their arrest, that they had grown so accustomed to their new names that they couldn't remember the old ones. they "were too frightened to give their jailers their assumed titles, and as a result were unable to give any names at all. after a good deal of shouting and a good many threats the jailers gave in and registered them by numbers, as curtain no. 1, curt

e, for which everything he had done since had been an attempt at reparation. but now an unusual thing happened. the crowd packed into that tent of judgment, knowing that this was after all the famous satirist baa, in his day the owner of the sharpest tongue and keenest wit in jahilia, began (no matter how hard it tried not to) to laugh. the more honestly and simply baal described his marriages to the twelve "wives of the prophet, the more uncontrollable became the horrified mirth of the audience. by the end of his speech the good folk of jahilia were literally weeping with laughter, unable to restrain themselves even when soldiers with bullwhips and scimitars threatened them with instant death "i'm not kidding" baal screeched at the crowd, which hooted yelled slapped its thighs in response

SATANIC BIBLE

abe fafenu izodizodope, od miinoagi de ginetaabe: vaunu na-na-e-el: panupire malapireji caosaji. pilada noanu vaunalahe balata od-vaoan. do-o-i-ape mada: goholore, gohus, amiranu! micama! yehusozod ca-ca-com, od do-o-a-inu noari micaolazoda a-ai-om. casarameji gohia: zodacare! vaunigilaji! od im-ua-mar pugo pelapeli ananael qo-a-an (english) behold, saith satan, i am a circle on whose hands stand the twelve kingdoms. six are the seats of living breath, the rest are as sharp as sickles, or the horns of death. therein the creatures of earth are and are not, except in mine own hands which sleep and shall rise! in the first i made ye stewards and placed ye in the twelve seats of government, giving unto every one of you power successively over the nine true ages of time, so that from the highes

SCHEM HA MEPHORESH

d that the tree of life which bare twelve manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. and there shall be no more curse; but the throne of god and of the lamb shall be in it. this is exemplified in the drawing taken from the 3-8 altar diagram. the twelvemanner of fruits yielded every month answer to the signs of the zodiac and the twelve tribes of the sons of jacob. also to the twelve apostles. the healing leaves are those of schem ha-mephoresch or the divided name of zauir anpin, the microprosopus, the christ, the lamb of elohim, whose throne is in the tree, from which throne issues the river of the waters of life. 3 the seventy two leaves of the tree of life are zauir anpin or microprosopus. now the twelve sons of jac

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ker of heaven wherein thou art firmly established. hymn to ra. internet ancient history sourcebook. http//www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/ ra-ani.html. ancient religions of egypt and mesopotamia 54 world religions: almanac astrology, or predicting the future from the movement of the stars, also became a central practice of babylonian religion. the babylonians were the first to divide the sky into the twelve zones of the zodiac. they followed the movements of planets and stars with great care in an effort to foretell the will of the gods. priests also made a good living in the sale of magic charms and formulas to drive away evil spirits. egyptian worship egyptians also had cults that worshipped their own particular god or goddess. the priests made daily offerings to their gods through the s

pment: greco-roman philosophy some believe the beginning of early greek philosophy can be traced to contact with ancient egypt and babylonia. by the seventh century bce egyptians had allowed ionian (from the west coast of modern-day turkey) traders to establish a seaport on a branch of the nile river about greco-roman religion belief. greco-roman religion was polytheistic, believing in many gods. the twelve main gods formed a pantheon, or group. all the gods could involve themselves in human affairs and often acted very much like humans. followers. all greek and roman citizens were obliged to follow the religion. this symbolized their obedience and loyalty to the state. name of god. the main god in the ancient greek religion was zeus, who was known to romans as jupiter. symbols. images of

saraswati, is called on to provide success in life. a third major festival is called kumbh mela, or urn festival, possibly the world s largest religious pilgrimage. kumbh mela occurs four times every twelve years in the indian cities of prayag, haridwar, uijain, and nashik. the dates of kumbh mela are determined astrologically, based on the position of the sun, the moon, and jupiter. once during the twelve-year cycle, the maha kumbh mela, or great urn festival, is held at prayag and is attended by millions of people. the kumbh mela, which features ritual baths on the banks of the cities rivers, spiritual discussions, singing of devotional aartis or hymns, and mass feeding of holy persons and of the poor, is based on a legend that dates back thousands of years. the legend is that demons an

anges river in india. later, they were recorded in sanskrit, the literary (formal, written) language of india. the core of these texts, and the oldest of them, are the anga texts, which explain jain doctrine and the jain way of life, discuss religious and moral questions, and provide regulations for jain nuns and monks. the word anga means limbs, and the anga texts are collectively referred to as the twelve limbs. there are twelve anga texts because it is believed that mahavira assigned the task of compiling eleven of the books to his followers, while he himself compiled the twelfth. one of the most important jain texts is the akaranga sutra, which contains the teachings of mahavira himself, passed down by one of his followers. the akaranga sutra is important because it describes how a per

eat vows of jainism (nonviolence, truthfulness, not stealing, celibacy, and nonattachment) apply to monks and nuns, who wish to give up worldly possessions totally and live lives of contemplation and service. of course not all jains are monks and nuns. many, generally referred to as householders, live ordinary family lives and work in familiar jobs. jain householders normally commit themselves to the twelve vows of jain living. the twelve vows are divided into three categories. the first category consists of the five great vows. householders, however, adapt these vows for everyday living. for example, monks and nuns take a vow of nonviolence, which prohibits them from killing any living creature, even accidentally, as much as possible. householders might not be able to avoid killing living

tistic styles, such as cubism (portraying images as fragmented) and surrealism (a style that is dreamlike or fantastic, and uses vibrant colors. among his paintings is the well-known i and the village, which shows a cubist influence in the way parts of the painting appear to fracture like stained glass. he also worked in sculpture, ceramics, and stained glass. among his stained glass creations is the twelve tribes of israel, which appears in the synagogue of the hadassah- hebrew university medical center in jerusalem. the long course of jewish history has resulted in numerous historical contributions from jews, as well. the fact that being jewish also has social and cultural aspects attached to it means that jewish influences can be found in virtually all areas of life. sikhs, for instance

ear a male child who would carry on abraham s line and the covenant, or agreement, with god that promised that abraham and his heirs would be blessed. the child would be called isaac, meaning he laughs, because abraham laughed at the idea of having a son at the age of one hundred. ishmael, the first-born son, would be blessed as the father of twelve rulers, which both jews and arabs believe to be the twelve arab tribes. bargaining with god a short time later, god appeared again, disguised as a visitor with two companions, and abraham proved himself a generous host to these world religions: biographies 5 abraham strangers. god let abraham know that he was going to destroy the cities of sodom and gomorrah because of their wickedness. abraham bargained with god in order to save lot, who still

jews god s blessing of abraham was passed on to abraham s son, isaac. isaac had two children, esau and jacob. esau, as the oldest, was chosen to receive the blessing after his father. jacob, however, tricked his brother out of his birthright by offering the hungry esau a bowl of soup in exchange for his inheritance. jacob, who later became known as israel, had a dozen sons, and these sons formed the twelve tribes of israel. judah, issachar, and zebulun settled in the north of canaan, while ruben, simeon, and gad settled in the south. benjamin made his home in the west, as did ephriam and menassah, the children of joseph, jacob s favorite son. dan, asher, and naphtali moved to districts in the east. the tribe of jacob s third son, levi, was set apart to serve the holy temple in jerusalem

have obeyed me (genesis 22:17 18. abraham s wife sarah reportedly lived to be 127 years old. when she died, abraham buried her in the cave of machpelah near hebron and eventually took another wife, keturah, who bore him many children. abraham left all his possessions to his son isaac, who married rebekah. they became the parents of jacob and esau. jacob, in turn, had a dozen sons who later formed the twelve tribes of israel. abraham is said to have lived to the age of 175, although this has never been confirmed. he was buried next to sarah. the importance of abraham the life of abraham has had a profound influence on hebrew( jewish) culture right up to the modern day. it was abraham who refused to follow polytheism and pursued the belief in one god, and it was to abraham that god promised

SEPHER HA BAHIR

hat was written on aaron s forehead. the explicit name containing 72 letters and the explicit name containing twelve letters were given over by the blessed holy one to [the angel] mesamariah, who stands before the curtain. he gave it to elijah on mount carmel, and with them he ascended and did not taste death. 112. these are the explicit holy exalted names. there are twelve names, one for each of the twelve tribes of israel: ah-tzitzah-ron aklithah-ron shemaqtharon demushah-ron ve-tzaphtzaphithron hurmyron brach yah-ron eresh gadra-aon basavah monahon chazhavayah havahayryhah the bahir 30 ve-harayth-hon all of them are included in the heart of heaven. they include male and female. they are given over to the axis, the sphere and the heart, and they are the wellsprings of wisdom. 113. rabbi

zah-ron aklithah-ron shemaqtharon demushah-ron ve-tzaphtzaphithron hurmyron brach yah-ron eresh gadra-aon basavah monahon chazhavayah havahayryhah the bahir 30 ve-harayth-hon all of them are included in the heart of heaven. they include male and female. they are given over to the axis, the sphere and the heart, and they are the wellsprings of wisdom. 113. rabbi rahumai sat and expounded: what are the twelve tribes or israel? but this teaches us that the blessed holy one has twelve rods [on high. the word shevet is the same for both tribe and rod] what are they? what is this like? a king had a beautiful fountain. all his brothers has no water other than this fountain, and could not endure thirst. what did he do? he made twelve pipes for the fountain, and named them afters his brothers child

is thus written [regarding the stones set up near the jordan (joshua 4:9, twelve stones. what it the reason? it is because the torah was originally likened to water in the world. only later was it put in a permanent place. water, however, is here one day and elsewhere the next. 166. what are the seventy date palms? this teaches us that the blessed holy one has seventy structures. these draw from the twelve simple ones. just like water is simple, so are these simple. how do we know that the date palm is a structure? because it is written (song of songs 7:8, your structure is like a date palm. besides that, there are seventy kinds of date palms. it is therefore written that there were seventy date palms. one was not like the other, their functions were all different, and the taste of one wa

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

arths, seven seas, seven rivers, seven deserts, seven days, seven weeks from passover to pentecost, and every seventh year a jubilee. mayer lambert gives--beth to saturn and the hebrew sabbath--that is saturday; gimel to jupiter and sunday; daleth to mars and monday; kaph to the sun and tuesday; peh to venus and wednesday; resh to mercury and thursday; and tau to the moon and friday. chapter v 1. the twelve simple letters are h h, vau, zain, cheth, teth, yod, lamed, nun, samech, oin, tzaddi and qoph (43) they are the foundations of these twelve properties: sight, hearing, smell, speech, taste, sexual love, work, movement, anger, mirth, imagination (44) and sleep. these twelve are also allotted to the directions in space: north-east, south-east, the east above, the east below, the north abo

sleep. these twelve are also allotted to the directions in space: north-east, south-east, the east above, the east below, the north above, the north below, the south-west, the northwest, the west above, the west below, the south above, and the south below; these diverge to infinity, and are as the arms of the universe. 2. these twelve simple letters he designed, and combined, and formed with them the twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac, whose signs are teth, shin, tau, samech, aleph, beth, mem, oin, qoph, gimel, daleth, and daleth (45) the twelve are also the months of the year: nisan (46) yiar, sivan, tamuz, ab, elul, tishri, hesvan, kislev, tebet, sabat and adar. the twelve are also the twelve organs of living creatures (47) the two hands, the two feet, the two kidneys, the spl

fire, air and water. three mothers, seven doubles and twelve simple letters and sounds. 3. behold now these are the twenty and two letters from which jah, jehovah tzabaoth, the living elohim, the god of israel, exalted and sublime, the dweller in eternity, formed and established all things; high and holy is his name. supplement to chapter v note--this is a modern illustration of the allotment of the twelve letters; it is not found in the ancient copies of the "sepher yetzirah" 1. god produced h predominant in speech, crowned it, combined and formed with it aries in the universe, nisan in the year, and the right foot of man. 2. he produced vau, predominant in mind, crowned it, combined and formed with it taurus in the universe, aiar in the year, and the right kidney of man. 3. he produced

et in the year, and the liver of man. 11. he produced tzaddi, predominant in taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it aquarius in the year, and the gullet in man. 12. he produced qoph, predominant in mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it pisces in the universe, adar in the year, and the spleen of man. note--mediaeval authorities and modern editors give very different allocations to the twelve simple letters. chapter vi section 1. three fathers and their generations, seven conquerors and their armies, and twelve bounds of the universe. see now, of these words, the faithful witnesses are the universe, the year and man. the dodecad, the heptad, and the triad with their provinces; above is the celestial dragon, t l i (49) and below is the world, and lastly the heart of man. the

other; and the elohim set good over against evil, and made good things from good, and evil things from evil: with the good tested he the evil, and with the evil did he try the good. happiness (50) is reserved for the good, and misery (51) is kept for the wicked. 3. the three are one, and that one stands above. the seven are divided; three are over against three, and one stands between the triads. the twelve stand as in warfare; three are friends, three are enemies; three are life givers; three are destroyers. the three friends are the heart, the ears, and the mouth; the three enemies are the liver, the gall, and the tongue (52) while god (53) the faithful king rules over all. one above three, three above seven, and seven above twelve: and all are connected the one with the other. 4. and af

r than the tenth century. the words "sepher yetzirah" are written in hebrew from right to left, spr ytzyrh, samech peh resh, yod tzaddi yod resh heh; modes of transliteration vary with different authors. yod is variously written in english letters as i, y, or j, or sometimes ie. tzaddi is property tz; but some write z only, which is misleading because the hebrew has also a true z, zain. chapter i the twelve sections of this chapter introduce this philosophic disquisition upon the formation and development of the universe. having specified the subdivision of the letters into three classes, the triad, the heptad, and the dodecad, these are put aside for the time; and the decad mainly considered as specially associated with the idea of number, and as obviously composed of the tetrad and the h

SETH IN THE MAGICKAL TEXTS

cil of nicaea i; trans. j.a. baker (london 1964) 121-127 (theologie du judeo-christianisme, histoire des doctrines chretiennes avant nicee, i, bibliotheque de theologie [tournai 1958] 171-177. 20 see kropp, zaubertexte 1.25. f.j. dolger, ixyu, 5 vols (munster 1928-43) 1.267-268, discusses a couple of gems where the name of iao as well as the name of ichthys denotes the good shepherd surrounded by the twelve apostles. cf. also his discussion on p. 270-272. 21 see worrell "a coptic wizard's hoard, american journal of semitic languages and literatures 46 (1930) 239-262. standing in the tradition inaugurated by wunsch (see n. 5, worrell says that the god is "set- typhon-seth.the good, the evil, the powerful god, the storm demon, the hebrew patriarch, the gnostic christ, the ass-headed on the c

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

sthenes 3 we learn that the egyptians were skilled in the art of casting nativities, and that knowing the exact moment of the birth of a man they proceeded to construct his horoscope. nectanebus employed for the purpose a tablet made of gold and silver and acacia wood, to which were fitted three belts. upon the p. 229 outer belt was zeus with the thirty-six decani surrounding him; upon the second the twelve signs of the zodiac were represented; and upon the third the sun and moon. 1 he set the tablet upon a tripod, and then emptied out of a small box upon it models of the seven stars 2 that were in the belts, and put into the middle belt eight precious stones; these he arranged in the places wherein he supposed the planets which they represented would be at the time of the birth of olympia

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

same myths may give expression to 74 christianity as mystical fact a variety of spiritual events. hence it is not a contradiction when interpreters of myth relate a particular story now to one and now to another spiritual fact. from this point of view we can follow a thread through the multiplicity of the greek myths. to begin with we may consider the saga of heracles. a new light is thrown upon the twelve labors imposed on the hero, deepening their significance, when we notice that before the culminating, most difficult labor he has himself initiated in the mysteries of eleusis. in the service of eurystheus, king of mycenae, he has to descend into the underworld and bring back with him the hell-hound cerberus. to enable him to descend into hell, heracles has to be initiated; the role of

ry school in which the use of parables was not considered necessary. much light is shed on the role of actual historical events and imaginative parable in the synoptic gospels by the narrative of the cursing of the fig tree. this appears in mark where we read: jesus entered jerusalem and went to the temple. he looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to bethany with the twelve. the 104 christianity as mystical fact next day as they were leaving bethany, jesus was hungry. seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. when he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. then he said to the tree, may no one ever eat fruit from you again (11:11ff) luke gives this same episode in the form of

SZYMANSKI GREG SEARCHING FOR THE ILLUMINATI DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE VATICAN

silence' is, unless the person was spoken to, true- or unless they had to go forward and kiss the ring. gs: all right, let's move on. i think we've, uh. sv: yeah. gs: a question i've wanted to ask you, and this is such a wide subject. i've had a chance to talk to you for a number of days, and i've done some stories about it. you go back home, you're twelve years old. you say you were schooled in the twelve disciplines. sv: yes [12 disciplines, from svali's online book: 1. to not need. 2. to not want. 3. to not wish. 4. survival of the fittest. 5. the code of silence. 6. betrayal is the greatest good. 7. not caring. 8. time travel" the child will be taught spiritual principles of "traveling" both internally and externally, with set ups, role playing, and guided exercises reinforced with tr

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

ho think they are omnipotent gods must take extreme delight in putting things over the masses whom they consider inferior and sub-human. twelve keys to understanding moreover, after long and careful consideration i propose that in addition to these factors, there are at least twelve other reasons, or factors, why the illuminati persist in their seemingly delusional and infantile behavior. each of the twelve reasons is represented by one of the key words listed below: 28 codex magica secrecy magic build power pride elitism signal wealth please invocation encourage rebellion it is important we examine these twelve keys to understanding why the illuminati do what they do. we have already covered the topic of the elite's obsession with secrecy in chapter one. in the following sections and page

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

ity, begot tetragrammaton. duality being unity, is time, the complex of conception, the eternal refluctuation to the primeval reality in freedom-being trinity of dualities, is the six senses, the five facets of sex-projecting as environment for self-assimilation in denial, as a complete sexuality. being tetragrammaton of dualities is twelvefold by arrangement, the human complex, and may be called the twelve commandments of the believer. it imagines the eternal decimal, its multiplicity embracing eternity, from which spring the manifold forms, which constitute existence. vitalized by the breath of self-love, life is conscious of one. self being its opposing force, is alternately conflict, harmony, life and death. these four principles are one and the same-the conception considered as the co

ity, begot tetragrammaton. duality being unity, is time, the complex of conception, the eternal refluctuation to the primeval reality in freedom-being trinity of dualities, is the six senses, the five facets of sex-projecting as environment for self-assimilation in denial, as a complete sexuality. being tetragrammaton of dualities is twelvefold by arrangement, the human complex, and may be called the twelve commandments of the believer. it imagines the eternal decimal, its multiplicity embracing eternity, from which spring the manifold forms, which constitute existence. vitalized by the breath of self-love, life is conscious of one. self being its opposing force, is alternately conflict, harmony, life and death. these four principles are one and the same-the conception considered as the co

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

his bouts with alcoholism doomed the marriage from the beginning. his public displays of drunkenness had become so humiliating that his faithful spirit control, fletcher, threatened to leave ford unless he began to exercise some degree of self-control. ford continued to drink and fletcher left the medium. soon thereafter, ford entered a deep depression and suffered a complete physical breakdown. the twelve-step program of alcoholics anonymous managed to help ford attain a level of control over his drinking problem, though he was never able to give up alcohol completely. in the 1950s, fletcher returned as his spirit control, and ford began once again to provide demonstrations of afterlife communications that many individuals found provided proof of survival of the spirit after death. among

s prayer has long been esteemed as without equal or rival as a prayer. short and mysterious, the seventeenth-century bishop jeremy taylor (1613 1667) declared, and like the treasures of the spirit, full of wisdom and latent senses. jesus prayed a great deal throughout the gospels. in addition to his giving of the wellknown prayer quoted above, he prayed at his baptism (luke 3:21, before he chose the twelve (luke 6:12, before his invitation to all humankind to come unto him (matthew 11:25 27, at the feeding of the 5,000 (john 6:11, before his transfiguration (luke 9:28 29, for little children (matthew 19:13, at the last supper (matthew 26:26 27, in 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 religious phenomena 225 prayer is a basic element of

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she practices the system of ecological design known as permaculture. m delving deeper starhawk. dreaming the dark: magic, sex, and politics. new york: beacon, 1982. the spiral dance: a rebirth of the ancient religion of the great goddess. san francisco: harpersanfranciso, 1999. truth or dare: encounters with power, authority and mystery. new york: harper& row, 1987. starhawk and hilary valentine. the twelve wild swans: journies into magic, healing and action. san francisco: harpersanfrancisco, 2000. starhawk, m. macha nightmare, and the reclaiming collective. the pagan book of living and dying: practical rituals, prayers, blessings, and meditations on crossing over. san francisco: harpersanfrancisco, 1997. starhawk fs website [online] http//www.starhawk. org. 26 february 2002. doreen valie

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

ragam yod-heh-vau-heh. in the divine tetragram, the iod, as we have just said, symbolizes the productive and active principle- the he hb:heh represents the passive productive principle, the cteis- the vau symbolizes the union of the two, or the lingam, and the final he is the image of the second reproductive principle; that is to say, of the passive reproduction in the world of effects and forms. the twelve simple letters, hb:qof hb:tzaddi hb:ayin hb:samekh hb:nun hb:lamed hb:tet hb:chet hb:zain hb:vau hb:heh and hb:yod or hb:mem, divided into threes, reproduce the notion of the primitive triangle, with the interpretation, and under the influence, of each of the letters of the tetragram. one sees that the philosophy and the religious dogma of the qabalah are there indicated in a complete b

sses is to condemn it to suicide. dupuis failed to understand the universal religious dogma of the qabalah, because he had not the science of the beautiful hypothesis, partly demonstrated and realized more from day to day by the discoveries of science: i refer to "universal analogy" deprived of this key of transcendental dogma, he could see no more of the gods than the sun, the seven planets, and the twelve signs of the zodiac; but he did not see in the sun the image of the logos of plato, in the seven planets the seven notes of the celestial gamut, and in the zodiac the quadrature of the ternary circle of all initiations. 187 the emperor julian, that "adept of the spirit" who was never understood, that initiate whose paganism was less idolatrous than the faith of certain christians, the e

same directions as the vau. the figure is completed by two lines of flourished symbols at the bottom: larger upper line looks like: 3 or h (bottom end of corner vau) z p 7 r 3(or h) 4 (reversed, but is intended to represent the seven planets starting with saturn and ending with jupiter. the smaller lower line looks like: m z p z 3(or h) n 7 m n 3(or h) f (reversed) n, but is intended to represent the twelve signs of the zodiac. these symbols are somewhat doubtful in identity, owing to the obscuration of using letter and number shapes to conceal the standard astrological symbols and to the jumbled sequence. this key is that of the tarot. there are four suits, wands, caps, sic swords, coins or pentacles, corresponding to the four cardinal points of heaven, and the four living creatures or sy

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

utable; mem, god the arcane; and heh, god of god. another explanation gives: ch: allocated to chesed, produces the animals k: the description assigned to kaph by papus is worth quoting in full "designates the first heaven, corresponding to the name of god yod expressed in one letter, that is the primary cause which sets all that is mobile in movement..govern[s] the sky of the fixed stars, notably the twelve signs of the zodiac which the hebrews call galgol hamnazeloth; the intelligence of the second heaven is called raziel. his attribute signifies the vision of god and the smile of god" m: allocated to chesed and geburah. h: attributed to geburah, force and power, the numeration being pachad (peh-cheth- daleth, fear and judgement. the divine name of chockmah (or embodiment of chockmah in t

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

refer to the diagram of the pentagram and its enclosing pentagon (see figure 12, p. 189. the pentagon is a figure that is implied, if not actually traced, when drawing a pentagram. in length every line of the pentagon is composed of thrteen units. the number thirteen is associated with a multitude of occult references: twelve spheres are needed to surround a central (thirteenth) sphere; moses and the twelve tribes of israel; jesus and the twelve apostles; the sun and the twelve signs of the zodiac. in addition, many important qabalistic words have the numerical value of thrteen, including achad (yilk "unity" and ahavah( 7 1 7 k "love" other words tied to this number include gahah (ti "healing" or "health; ziv (lt "glory; and hegeh (717 "to separate" or "to imagine" the thrteenth key of the

for the hebrew letters in "the musical qabalah come from the golden dawn notebooks of allan bennett. among bennett's students were dion fortune and aleister crowley. paul foster case applied these correspondences to form a system of invocation and healing which is still being taught by the builders of the adytum (bota. in the golden dawn system, four scales of color are used, each one assigned to the twelve astrological signs, the seven ancient planets, and the three most ancient elements. in western music, the scale is divided into twelve semi-tones. bennett assigned the twelve semi-tones of the chromatic scale (chroma is greek for "color) to the twelve signs, beginning with the note c and the sign aries. as each of the signs had a color associated to it, bennett had, by ths process, deri

divided into twelve semi-tones. bennett assigned the twelve semi-tones of the chromatic scale (chroma is greek for "color) to the twelve signs, beginning with the note c and the sign aries. as each of the signs had a color associated to it, bennett had, by ths process, derived colors for each of the musical notes as well. since all the colors allotted to the planets and elements were included in the twelve colors of the rainbow associated with the signs, they were assigned notes based on color (in the king scale of the golden dawn, thus: 244 the balance between mind and g i c color note sign planet element red c aries mars fire red-orange c# taurus orange d gemini sun yellow-orange d# cancer yellow e leo mercury air yellow-green f virgo green f# libra venus blue-green g scorpio blue g# sa

o set the music between middle c and the b above it, dropping below middle c occasionally for melodic convenience. wlrule i chose ths particular range arbitrarily and purely for the sake of convenience, i also enjoy the melodies it produces, and i have experienced their power both alone and in a formal ceremonial hall with a dozen experienced ceremonial qabalists. it would be equally valid to use the twelve tones from g to the f# above it, for instance, or any other octave. if singing (chanting) the names as written here is too high or too low for your voice, don't transpose-reset the same notes beginning your octave at the comfortable bottom of your range. you will get a somewhat different but equally valid melody. in chanting the various words and names, sing one note for each hebrew let

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

nd the smoke and steam of the earth vanish, and the social harlot, whose painted buttocks have heaved and hog-wallowed through the centuries, shall be seized and hurled from the rock of tarpeia, and smothered with the goatish kisses of her lechery midst the charnel glitter of her gold. and the vestal-courtezan will rise before us, purple and white, clothed in the sun, and set between the moon and the twelve stars of heaven. so another league will be accomplished toward that city which is god. we have already seen in gthe mother fs tragedy h and gthe fatal force, h that the love of the mother, though it could not cause the shadow to travel backwards one degree on the face of the dial, it at least clothed in a white garment of chastity, not only the amorous music-hall artiste, but even the i

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

ue to the masculine, or rational. the woman is seated to show that will united to science is immovable. isis unveiled--arcanum iii. in divination, arcanum iii may be read briefly as marriage or action. arcanum iii is figured by a woman seated within a radiant sun. the rays from this sun number thirty, the number of degrees in one zodiacal sign. the woman is crowned with twelve stars, to represent the twelve signs through which the sun passes each year. her feet rest upon the moon, symbol of the feminine in nature. and the cube upon which she sits represents the cross of matter, where rays of sun and moon meet, and so signifies the union of male and female forces. from her brow the sacred serpent thrusts its head as a symbol of enlightenment. in her right hand she carries a scepter surmount

h is supported by two trees, each having six cut branches. his hands are tied together, forming a down-pointing triangle, above which one leg crosses the other in the form of a cross. from the hands gold pieces drop to the earth. it is the sign of a violent death, coming unexpectedly by accident, or in the expiation of a crime, or accepted voluntarily through heroic devotion to truth and justice. the twelve cut branches indicate the destruction of the twelve houses of the horoscope, signifying the extinction of life. the cross above the triangle, a symbol the reverse of that on arcanum iv, indicates that material forces have gained the ascendency and subdued the mind. the coins dropping upon the earth signify wasted effort and the ebbing of the life forces. they also indicate that the effo

of existence from which the soul sips the nectar of wisdom, gaining thereby the strength to attain immortality, symbolized by the butterfly. the moon--arcanum xviii. in divination, arcanum xviii is deception, false friends, or secret foes. arcanum xviii is figured by two pyramids at the edge of a road. the moon above, half obscured by clouds, sheds a pale twilight. one of the pyramids, symbol of the twelve houses of the horoscope, is black, representing an ignorant and unspiritual life. the other pyramid is white, symbolizing a life enlightened by science and spiritual wisdom. in front of it is shown a door, or exit, indicating that those thus enlightened are not earth-bound, but pass freely, when their earthly life is completed, to a life in the higher spheres. in the road before the pyr

soaring upward through the wreath, sustained by two wings. the young girl symbolizes purity of life. she is modestly clothed to indicate simplicity of living and moderation in desires. she kneels as she plays the harp to indicate absolute devotion to the higher laws, and prayerful aspirations to live a spiritual life. the harp has three strings, signifying harmony of body, intellect and emotions. the twelve flowers of the wreath above are the twelve zodiacal signs in which all experience is gained. the three blossoms of each flower indicate that both souls, as represented joined in the winged linga, have garnered the flowers of zodiacal experience on all planes, physical, astral and spiritual. the head of the lion signifies the creative forces of the solar sign, leo, and the courage which

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

th regard to the zurvanite view of evolution, ahriman and ahura mazda emanated from zurvan, endless time. ahriman was essentially one who beheld the light from which life could emerge from, however it was cloaked in darkness. this light became passed on to the physical manifestations of ahriman s power, wolves, serpents, scorpions, worms, flies and other such creatures were considered of ahriman 'the twelve signs of the zodiac. are the twelve commanders on the side of ohrmazd, and the seven planets are said to be the seven commanders on the side of ahriman. and the seven planets oppress all creation and deliver it over to death and all manner of evil: for the twelve signs of the zodiac and the seven planets rule the fate of the world and direct it- the dawn and twilight of zoroastrianism o

angel of evil. this name is sammal malchira and is a manifestation of angro mainyush or ahriman. in the ascension of isaiah, belial is called beliar; for the angel of lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world and is called mantanbuchus or ahriman. in another text, belial has seven spirits of deceit which emanate from his being, that is they are connected with his existence. in the testaments of the twelve patriarchs the seven demons are identical to the archdaevas of ahriman. what things i saw concerning the seven spirits of deceit, when i repented. seven spirits therefore are appointed against man, and they are the leaders in the works of youth [and seven other spirits are given to him at his creation, that through them should be done every work of man. the first is the spirit of life

d by it strength is produced, for in food is the foundation of strength. the seventh is the power of procreation and sexual intercourse, with which through love of pleasure sins enter in. wherefore it is the last in order of creation, and the first in that of youth, because it is filled with ignorance, and leadeth the youth as a blind man to a pit, and as a beast to a precipice -the testaments of the twelve patriarchs the septuagint follows a specific hebraic consideration that belial, being beli ol is the one who has thrown off the yoke of heaven and is thus without a master. the luciferian finds connections in the path of history and mythology and seeks to make them work for he or she in the modern world. the spirit of belial is of the mastery of the earth, identified with the element of

THE BOOK OF GATES

f ram that was the symbol of the god khnemu; this animal disappeared from egypt before the xiith dynasty, but the tradition of him remained. in the middle of the scene sails the boat of the sun. the god is symbolized by a beetle within a disk, which is enveloped in the folds of a p. 81 click to view part of the horizon over which the boat of the sun passes to enter the tuat at eventide. in it are the twelve gods of the funeral mountain. p. 82 serpent having its tail in its mouth. in the bows stands the god of divine intelligence, whose name is sa, and in the stern, near the two paddles, stands heka, i.e, the personification of the word of power, or of magical utterance. the god who usually accompanies sa is hu. the text which refers to the sun-god reads "ra saith unto the mountain--send fo

ch refers to the sun-god reads "ra saith unto the mountain--send forth light, o mountain! let radiance arise from that which hath devoured me, and which hath slain men and is filled with the slaughter of the gods. breath to you, o ye who dwell in the light in your habitations, my p. 83 click to view part of the horizon over which the boat of the sun passes to enter the tuat at eventide. in it are the twelve gods of set-amente.t p. 84 splendours shall be to you. i have decreed their slaughter, and they have slaughtered everything which existeth. i have hidden you from those who are upon the earth, restoring the crown (or, tiara) to those who are on the mountain. the gods say-'let this jackal-headed sceptre emit the words of this great god who joineth together his members. come then unto us

eir apparel in the tuat" click to view the-twelve holy gods who are in the tua.t on the right hand side of this division of the tuat the boat of the sun passes twelve shrines, each of which has its doors thrown wide open, and so permits us to see a god in mummied form standing inside it these gods are described as "the holy gods who are in the p. 109 [paragraph continues] tuat" along the front of the twelve shrines stretches an enormous serpent, the duty of which is to protect those who stand in them. beyond the shrines is a long basin or lake of boiling water, with rounded ends, in which stand up to their waists twelve mummied gods, with black heads, who either have white bodies, or are arrayed in white apparel; in front of each god grows a large ear of wheat. these gods are described as

se up before my disk, and put ye yourselves in a (right state by means of my beams. the duties which ye shall have in the tuat are in conformity with the things which i have decreed for you' their food consisteth of flesh, and their ale is [made] of the red [barley, and their libations are of cool water. there is lamentation to them after they have heard their doors close upon them" in respect of the twelve goddesses of the hours it is said"[these are] they who stand upon their lake, and it is they who guide ra in a straight line by means of their instruments. to them ra saith-"hearken, o ye goddesses of the hours of the night p. 127 sky. work ye, and eat ye, and rest ye in your gateways, with your breasts towards the darkness, and your hind-parts towards the light. make to stand up the se

ings are under the guard of the jackals which have set themselves on the edge of your lake' they say unto ra-'immerse thyself, o ra, in thy holy lake, wherein the lord of the gods immersed himself, whereunto the souls of the dead approach not; this is what thou thyself hast commanded, o khuti' their food consisteth of bread, their drink is [made] of the red [barley, and their p. 131 click to view the twelve gods who carry their doubles. click to view the twelve gods of the lake of life. click to view the ten living uraei of the lake of the uraei. p. 132 vessels of drink are filled with wine. there is lamentation among them when they hear their doors close upon them. their food is given unto them as lord[s] of their sceptres round about this lake" the paragraph which refers to the uraei rea

ded by magical ceremonies. thou hast the mastery, o osiris, thou hast the sovereignty, o khenti amenti, thou hast whatsoever is thine as governor of the tuat, o thou whose forms (or, attributes) are exalted in the hidden place the beatified spirits hold thee in fear, and the dead are terrified at thee. thy crown hath been restored unto thee, and i, thy son horus, have reckoned thy weakness there" the twelve gods who are in front of the shrine of khenti amenti say "let him of the tuat be exalted! let khenti amenti be adored! thy son horus hath restored to p. 136 thee thy crown, he hath protected thee by means of magical ceremonies, he hath crushed for thee thine enemies, he hath brought to thee vigour for thy arms, o osiris, khenti amenti" in reply to this address of the twelve gods khenti

heir meat consisteth of cakes of bread, and their ale is of the tchesert drink, and their libations are [made with] cool water. their food is given unto them by the guardian of the things which are in the shrine. and horus saith unto these gods-'smite ye the enemies of my father, and hurl ye them down into your pits because of that deadly evil which they have done against the p. 137 click to view the twelve gods before the shrine. heru-ur. click to view the twelve gods behind the shrine. osiris khent-amenti. the goddess of flame (nesert) click to view the master of earths. the four masters of their pits. p. 138 great one [which] found) him that begot me. that which belongeth to you to do in the tuat is to guard the pits of fire according as ra hath commanded, and i set [this] before you so

e stern. in front of those who tow the boat are nine shrouded gods, with projecting elbows; each of these holds in his hands a part of the body of a long, slender serpent, and the group is called "those who hold ennutchi" in front of these are p. 141 click to view the gate of the serpent teka-hra. p. 142 twelve bearded beings, who are advancing towards a god, who is styled [the god "of his angle" the twelve gods are described as baiu reth-ammu-tuat, i.e "the souls of the men who are in the tuat" the texts read- click to view the boat of ra being towed by the gods of the fifth division of the tua.t p. 144 "the gods of the tuat draw along this great god, and he journeyeth through the hidden place [ra saith 'draw ye me along, o ye gods of the tuat, and sing praises unto me, o ye who are at th

on of the tuat are--1. twelve male beings bowing in adoration; they are described as "those who make adorations in the tuat" 2. twelve male beings who bear in their hands a cord for measuring plots of ground and estates; these are called "holders of the cord in the tuat" four gods, standing upright, each holding the symbol of life in his right hand, and a sceptre in the left. p. 148 click to view the twelve gods who make adoration in the tua.t the passage in the text which refers to the adorers reads"[these are] they who make songs to ra in amentet and exalt heru-khuti [these are they who] knew ra upon earth, and who made offerings unto him. their offerings are in their place, and their glory p. 149 is in the holy place of ament. they say unto ra-'come thou, o ra, progress through the tuat

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f the womb: 49:26 the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 49:27 benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 49:28 all these [are] the twelve tribes of israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 49:29 and he charged them, and said unto them, i am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of ephron the hittite, 49:30 in the cave that [is] in the field of machpelah, which [is] before mamre, in

come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 24:3 and moses came and told the people all the words of the lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, all the words which the lord hath said will we do. 24:4 and moses wrote all the words of the lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of israel. 24:5 and he sent young men of the children of israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the lord. 24:6 and moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 24:7 and he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, all that the lord hath

an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 28:19 and the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 28:20 and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. 28:21 and the stones shall be with the names of the children of israel, twelve, according to their names [like] the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 28:22 and thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends [of] wreathen work [of] pure gold. 28:23 and thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 28:24 and thou shalt put the two wreathen [chains] of gold in the two rings [which are] on the ends of the breastplate. 28:25 and [the other] two ends

emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 39:12 and the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 39:13 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper [they were] inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 39:14 and the stones [were] according to the names of the children of israel, twelve, according to their names [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 39:15 and they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends [of] wreathen work [of] pure gold. 39:16 and they made two ouches [of] gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 39:17 and they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 39:18 and the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in

d over jordan, that the lord spake unto joshua, saying, 4:2 take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 and command ye them, saying, take you hence out of the midst of jordan, out of the place where the priests feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4:4 then joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5 and joshua said unto them, pass over before the ark of the lord your god into the midst of jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of israel: 4:6 that this may be a sign among you [that] when your children ask [their father

de, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. 47:13 thus saith the lord god; this [shall be] the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of israel: joseph [shall have two] portions. 47:14 and ye shall inherit it, one as well as another [concerning] the which i lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 47:15 and this [shall be] the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of hethlon, as men go to zedad; 47:16 hamath, berothah, p

aith he unto his disciples, the harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few; 9:38 pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 10:1 and when he had called unto [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power [against] unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 10:2 now the names of the twelve apostles are these; the first, simon, who is called peter, and andrew his brother; james [the son] of zebedee, and john his brother; 10:3 philip, and bartholomew; thomas, and matthew the publican; james [the son] of alphaeus, and lebbaeus, whose surname was thaddaeus; 10:4 simon the canaanite, and judas iscariot, who also betrayed him. 10:5 these twelve jesus sent forth, and commanded t

h men this is impossible; but with god all things are possible. 19:27 then answered peter and said unto him, behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 19:28 and jesus said unto them, verily i say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of israel. 19:29 and every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 19:30 but many [that are] first shall be last; and the last [shall be] first. 20:1 for the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an householder, which

id, friend, i do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 20:14 take [that] thine [is] and go thy way: i will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 20:15 is it not lawful for me to do what i will with mine own? is thine eye evil, because i am good? 20:16 so the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 20:17 and jesus going up to jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 20:18 behold, we go up to jerusalem; and the son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 20:19 and shall deliver him to the gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify [him] and the third day he shall rise again. 20:20 then came to him the mother of zebedee s children

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n, the fourfold name of god. the forms of the name may be grouped under the ele- ments in order of the increasing violence done to their natural arrangement of letters: fire: i-h-v-fi water: h-v-a-i a: v--1 earth: a -1-h-v i-h-a-v h-v-1-13 v-a-h-i a-i-v-h i-v-a-h h-a-i-v v-i-h-i3 a-h-v-i the permutations of the tetragrammaton display a distinct pattern, which is revealed numerically: the order of the twelve banners given here differs slightly from the common- ly encountered order, although the two ordering obviously had the same ultimate source. the more familiar sequence of the banners employed in golden dawn occultism is: ih* ih, iv; hv, hvia hm; vi%1, vih, v&h; hv, vh, vi. as can be readily seen by comparing the two lists of banners, the golden dawn arrangement has misplaced the three b

on each elemental trine counterclockwise, in the order cardinal, fixed, muta- ble. this seemed reasonable at the time, but recent application of the banners to the tetragram (see page 146) has demonstrated in a graphic way the need to apply the three banners of each element to the zodiac in a sunwise direction, in the order cardinal, mutable, fixed. it must be stressed here that this placement of the twelve overt banners of tetragrammaton on the signs of the zodiac by elemental association with the ini- tial hebrew letters in the banners is original. the more usual practice of both golden dawn magicians and hebrew kabbalists is to place the banners in a linear sequence on the signs counterclockwise, beginning with aries (ih, then tau- rus (ih, then gemini (iv, and so on. however, in the op

gnore. all three banners that start with yod, the letter of fire, must be placed on fire signs. and so for the rest. it will be at once clear why it is so important to distinguish the first he in the divine name of god from the second he. they are the same letter, but their posi- tions in each banner give them different elemental associations. this distinction is even more vital when dealing with the twelve occult banners of tetragrammaton, which are the mirror opposites of the twelve overt banners. the twelve occult banners are formed by inverting the positions of the first and second he in each banner. thus, the overt banner of aries is ihva. the cor- responding occult banner of aries is i h. since both these forms possess the same letters in the same order, there is no way to distinguis

vides the figure into two crescents, and thus represents the active power of the moon; and the fixed motion cuts the figure into four quarters, a per- fect expression of the power of the earth. you will recall the significance of these three primary glyphs from the examination of the planets (see chapter 13. the tetragram may be used to invoke and banish all twenty-four banners of tetragrammaton, the twelve occult forms along with the twelve overt forms. the rules for its use are quite simple, and follow the principles established for the use of the pentagram and common hexagram. to invoke any of the overt banners, trace its glyph on the tetragram in the order of its letters. notice that the first diag- onal segment of each overt banner follows a clockwise direction when it is invoked simi

tablish their identity. however, when inscribing the tetragram sigils on talismans or other objects, it is necessary to indicate the point of beginning with a small cross, and the point of ending with a small arrow, in order to show the motion that forms and distinguishes them. the magus will find that it makes an excellent meditation exercise upon tetra- grammaton to mentally trace the sigils of the twelve overt banners on the tetra- gram in succession, at the same time linking them with their corresponding sign of the zodiac by means of their initial letters (elements) and shapes (motions. once understood, the tetragram makes it impossible to forget the correct order of the banners, which can be recalled easily without the need for memorization merely by understanding their graphic patte

es nothing with it which will signify to the reader, there is no cause for explanation" 21 the present author is not so cavalier as waite, and will attempt to explain why this change is necessary in the golden dawn system. as can be seen from the table at the beginning of this chapter, both these cards fall upon hebrew single letters. there are twelve single letters, a natural correspondence with the twelve signs of the zodiac. when the fool is placed at the beginning of the trumps, and on the first hebrew letter, aleph, trump viii (in the marseilles deck, justice) falls on the ninth hebrew letter, teth, which is the single letter that receives the sign leo. trumph xi (in the marseilles deck, strength) falls on the twelfth hebrew letter, lamed, which is the single letter that receives the

, and silence-but the one characteristic that binds them all is emptiness. it is useful in practical magic to assign these fourteen colors to the major sym- bols. when the symbols are drawn and used in a working, the appropriate colors give them a greater impact on the psyche. the great symbols in magic are the one wheel of spirit, the trinity of motions, the five elements, the seven planets, and the twelve zodiac signs. the wheel of spirit receives white because it is the center and embodies all qualities within it. the symbol should be drawn with six spokes, rather than the traditional eight, to suggest the color wheel with its three primaries and three secondaries: three motions the three motions are assigned the primary colors and can be graphically presented by a circle divided into t

traditional placements results in the most appropriate color assignment to each planet (see illustration at the top of page 264. seven purple planets finally, the colors of the zodiac are derived from the cardinal, fued, and mutable divisions of signs. since neither the zodiac nor the color wheel are subject to alter- ation, assigning the proper colors to the signs is simply a matter of rotating the twelve colors of the wheel over the twelve signs of the zodiac until the best match occurs, while bearing in mind that the primary colors must fall on appropriate signs of motion. it is necessary to reflect the zodiac and view it from the back, just as it was in assigning it to the four emblematic beasts-the lion, eagle, angel, and bull. this act brings the zodiac to earth, where it may be int

colors are called "flashing" because when brought together they appear to flicker and pulse due to retinal fatigue. as with so much of modern magic, the flashing colors were developed and extensively employed in the hermetic order of the golden dawn. this new system of color provides colors for the inner light, the three motions, the five (counting spirit) elements, the seven traditional planets, the twelve signs, and the outer darkness. it is an easy matter to apply it to the thirty-two paths on the tree of the sephiroth. the colors of the astrological powers (motions, planets, and signs) assigned to the paths from eleven to thirty-two on the tree can also be given to the paths themselves. for example, path sixteen, which joins chokrnah with chesed, receives the hebrew letter vau, the tar

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group consisted of twelve members who met every sunday at noon to "concentrate forces of growth, progress and purification."132t hey occasionally came together in the same physical place, but as dr. robert william felkin (1858-1922, one of the original members of the group later testified "meetings were not necessary for the work of the felkin meant that physical meetings were unnecessary because the twelve met on the astral planes. the name of the group derived from the symbol of the "star maps and tree of life projected on a sphere."134m aps of the celestial northern and southern hemispheres showing the spherical projection of the ten sephiroth of the tree of life are reproduced in israel regardie's the golden dawn,'35 and it was these or maps very like them that were used by farr and he

e met on the astral planes. the name of the group derived from the symbol of the "star maps and tree of life projected on a sphere."134m aps of the celestial northern and southern hemispheres showing the spherical projection of the ten sephiroth of the tree of life are reproduced in israel regardie's the golden dawn,'35 and it was these or maps very like them that were used by farr and her group. the twelve members stationed themselves at intervals around a circle. at the center was a being known as "the egyptian astral" who was the master from whom farr received 130. colquhoun, 34. 131. howe, 170, 132. ibid, 250. 133. ibid, 251. 134. ibid, 247. 135. regardie, golden dawn, 605. chapter seven: the golden dawn 105 her group's teachings, and who controlled the work of the group. this rather m

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by the majority of ritual magicians and pagans practicing magic today, even though many of them have no idea where these symbolic relationships originated. the most important of these correspondences is the assignment of the four philosophical elements, spirits, angels and names of power to the four points of the compass. also important is the relationship between the twenty-two tarot trumps and the twelve zodiac signs, seven astrological planets, and three simple elements. it is essential that beginners learn both the occult correspondences and the basic ritual techniques taught by the original golden dawn, even if they have no special interest in the order and no intention of studying its complex ceremonies and system of magic as a whole. the golden dawn correspondences are the nearest

the seven, beneath the high priestess, the eight; beneath the sun, the nine; beneath the last judgement, the ten. the use of tarot trumps to form the circle and triangle is superior to the methods of tape or coins, since the arrangement of the trumps creates a powerful symbolic machine that aids in evocation. in this present exercise trumps are placed according to golden dawn occult associations. the twelve trumps linked to the signs of the zodiac in the golden dawn system constitute the circle. trumps of the evoking into the triangle 305 fixed zodiac signs are placed in the four directions, because these are the signs of the kerubic beasts and the archangels of the elements, and each direction has its own element. in each quarter, the trump corresponding to the cardinal sign of that quart

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e fascinating ancient history and modern magical use of the name. it examines the symbolic relationship of the letters from a numerical and a graphic perspective. the significance of the dual threefold and fourfold composition of the name, which is so vital to its true understanding, is treated in depth. from this analysis, a bridge is constructed linking the four elements, the seven planets, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. tetragrammaton is shown to be the primeval binary code that forms the basis for the genetic pattern of dna and the language of modern computers and digital storage systems. it is also the foundation for two ancient methods of divination-the sixty-four hexagrams of the i ching of china and the sixteen geomantic figures of medieval europe. introduction xv presented he

have preferred to analyze my sources independently, and where i disagree with the golden dawn, i have not hesitated to make changes in the occult correspondences. these departures from the golden dawn system have been pointed out to avoid confusion. much of the work i am doing is completely new, and i sometimes make mistakes myself. in my book the new magus? where i presented the correct order of the twelve banners of tetragrammaton for the first time, i applied each elemental trine of banners to its corresponding elemental trine of signs counterclockwise around the zodiac, in the order cardinal, fixed, mutable, because this is the usual order of the signs and i saw no reason to depart from it. however, in developing the invoking and banishing sigils of the banners presented in the present

us, i was unable to take advantage of this new information, which is completely set forth in chapter v. this book offers the most complete treatment of the name, both in theory and practice, that has ever been presented. the sections on the sigils of the tetragram, the hieroglyphic monad of john dee, the angels known as the wings of the winds, the banner rings, the divination by urim and thummim, the twelve stones of the tribes of israel, the breastplate of aaron, the ring of solomon, and the enochian watchtowers and keys, all represent groundbreaking work in magic. it is my sincere hope that some of the innovations presented here will find their place in the day-to-day practices of kabbalists, ritual magicians, and astrologers over the years to come. lvx donaltdy son march 21,1994 bedford

mercury. the paired planets venus-mars and jupiter-saturn may be related to the fourfold ihvh itself, because these four planets have in them the principle of earth, yet are not complete individually, but only when considered as a set. these three principles, under the names cardinal, fixed, and mutable, together with the four occult elements fire, water, air, and earth, combine in pairs to form the twelve signs of the zodiac. not surprisingly, there are twelve possible permutations of the letters of the name, and these make up distinct names in their own right (were it not for the repetition of the letter h, twenty-four permutations would be possible. the twelve overt banners of tetragrammaton are individually assigned to the signs of the zodiac, which they rule through the authority of

s of the zodiac, which they rule through the authority of highest divinity. to evoke the particular potential of a sign, or summon its resident spirits, the banner ruling that sign is physically drawn and vibrated upon the air with the tongue and lips. the usefulness of tetragrammaton in dealing with the powers of the zodiac can scarcely be overstressed. a new technique for graphically projecting the twelve banners is presented in chapter v. in traditional magic, the ordering of the twelve forms of the name is incorrect, as i have demonstrated in my book, the new magus* from the underlying numerical pattern of the banners. very likely the true arrangement was known but was concealed from the vulgar to prevent its misuse. the key to the correct arrangement lies in the letters that begin eac

een these triplets, and it is logical to begin such a series with ihvh, the base form of tetragrammaton from which the others are derived, by linking it to aries, a fire sign and traditionally the first sign of the zodiac *new millennium magic, an updated and expanded version of the new magus, will be available in may 1996 from llewellyn worldwide, ltd. 18 tetragrammaton the corrected sequence of the twelve banners, and their corresponding signs, is as follows: b,vav ihvm 'v aries 3 fire-cardinal ithc pc' o (4 v va ihhv sagittarius 0 fire-mutable t m4i-f? r7cc (4 ahvv mh e o fire-fixed dava hvri -6z cancer water-cardinal 7hc i o t (7) van g' hvih 3 i s c e s water-mutable the m oon (181 084a hhiv'/flji scorpio 7 water-fixed boa4 1( 1) ava-v vhih- libra> air-cardinal (4 (11) 4 8 v vhhi .a g

take precedence and supplant the traditional meanings, because these symbolic meanings represent the actual make-up of the figures. from these examples, it is clear why the kabbalists regarded tetragrammaton not merely as a blueprint of the world, but as the basic fabric of reality. it is this fundamental nature of the name that gives it so much power in modern ritual magic. the tetragram t o use the twelve overt banners of tetragrammaton easily during rituals, they must be converted into a set of sigils. a sigil is a graphic representation of a significant word, usually a name, that may be projected onto the air, or inscribed upon a physical surface, for the purpose of calling forth or commanding the spiritual intelligence of that name, or controlling the lesser spirits ruled by the intel

he two-dimensional representation of the tetrahedron, the meaning of which was examined in the previous chapter. as was pointed out, when we look directly down upon one of the edges of a transparent tetrahedron, its outline traces a cross with equal arms enclosed in a square. to each point of this figure is ascribed a letter of tetragrammaton. the result is the tetragram, from which the sigils of the twelve banners are extracted (see figure on preceding page. the invoking sigil of any banner is formed by tracing its lines on the tetragram from letter to letter, beginning with the first letter in the banner. the banishing sigil is formed by mentally inverting the two hs in the 32 tetragrammaton banner, then tracing the lines from letter to letter as before. this inversion of the first and s

formed by tracing its lines on the tetragram from letter to letter, beginning with the first letter in the banner. the banishing sigil is formed by mentally inverting the two hs in the 32 tetragrammaton banner, then tracing the lines from letter to letter as before. this inversion of the first and second h causes the banishing sigil to be the exact mirror opposite of the invoking sigil. in fact, the twelve banishing sigils are based upon the set of twelve hidden, or occult, permutations of the name that result if the hs in each banner are inverted. since there is no way to distinguish the first h in a banner from the second h, unless one is marked, inversion does not change the spelling of the banners. the banishing sigil for the overt form of a banner is actually the invoking sigil for i

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dos. el poderoso mantram i.a.o. resume el poder m gico del tri ngulo de "elementos principios: i (ignis) fuego; a (aqua; o origo (principio esp ritu) i. a. o. es el mantram supremo del arcano a.z.f. quien quiera hacer subir por el canal medular al alma del mundo, debe trabajar con el azufre (fuego, con el mercurio (agua, y con la sal (tierra filos fica. s lo as se nace en esp ritu y en verdad. 22 the twelve secret keys of basil valentine (basilius valentinus, the benedictine of erfurt are found within the arcanum a.z.f. the entire secret of the great work is enclosed within the azoth series of basil valentine. azoth is the sexual creative principle of nature. the magnum work has been realized when the rose of the spirit blooms upon the cross of our body. the three principle-elements are th

n enfermo. entonces ellos acudir n al llamado. 24 the sulfur (fire) totally burns without leaving any residuals. sulfur is the shin of the zohar. the water (the ens-seminis) is the mem of the zohar. by means of successive transmutations, fire and water are reduced to the kabbalistic aleph (this is what the alchemist calls alkaest4. this is how the i.a.o. is performed, and this is the way to open the twelve faculties of the soul. the soul is christified, the kundalini blooms upon our fertile lips made verb. the ternary5 is the word, plenitude, fecundity, nature, the generation of the three worlds. the third arcanum of kabbalah is that woman dressed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and crowned with twelve stars. the symbol of the queen of heaven is the empress of the tarot. she i

a estrella de salom n tiene doce rayos. seis masculinos, seis femeninos. la estrella de salom n es el s mbolo perfecto del sol central. en el sello de salom n se hallan resumidas todas las medidas zodiacales. 44 the entire sexual genesis of the zodiac is hidden in the seal of solomon. the inner relation that exists between the zodiac and the invincible central sun is found in the seal of solomon. the twelve rays of the brilliant star crystallize by means of alchemy in the twelve zodiacal constellations. when the student enters into the temple of the sphinx he studies the great book of nature, where all of the cosmic laws are written. indeed, very few are the ones who can open the book and study it. the ordeal of the sanctuary is very terrible. very few are the human beings who have succeed

s diez sephirotes conocidos, devienen de sephira, la madre divina, que reside en el templo coraz n. 75 the direct key for the direct knowledge it is necessary that our gnostic disciples learn how to get out their physical body in order to travel with their internal vehicles with complete consciousness in order to penetrate within the different sephirothic regions. it is necessary to directly know the twelve spheres of universal vibration, where all of the beings of the universe develop and live. the disciple must concentrate on the chakra of the heart, which is where the cosmic divine mother abides. the disciple must beseech the sephirah, the mother of the sephiroth; begging her to take him out from his physical body and take him to the different departments of the kingdom in order to stud

proweoa tan utilizado por las escuelas de la gran cadena de oro nos permite traer a la imaginaci n consciente, cualquier imagen de los mundos superiores. entonces vemos clarividentemente. el alkimista debe utilizar este mantram durante el trance de magia sexual para ver el quetzal. 82 arcanum 12 we must now study the twelfth arcanum of tarot. chinese tradition mentions the ten trunks (shikan) and the twelve branches. it is necessary to know that the seven chakras and the five senses are the twelve faculties. the universe emerged from the chinese hoel-tun; this is the primordial chaos. the ten trunks and the twelve branches emerged from the chaos, which in alchemy is the ens seminis, the lapis philosophorum or the philosophical stone. the entire misterium magnum is found enclosed within thi

lcan fell under this subtle temptation and were converted into terrible, perverse demons. the narrow door there are many students of occultism who are convinced that many paths exist in order to reach god. there are some who affirm that three paths exist; there are others who state that seven paths exist, and still others who believe that twelve paths exist. we state that the three, the seven and the twelve are reduced to one, which is sex. we have carefully studied the four gospels and have not found within any of the four gospels such an affirmation that states that there are multiple ways to reach god. conclusion: such an affirmation is absolutely false; indeed such an affirmation is a sophism in order to cheat those who are na ve. cuando dichos tomos sat nicos intentan subir por entre

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

many of the charts and correspondence tables have the seven planetary spirits at their center. the ancients did not know about the three other planets which astrologers use today, although the empty space on the tree for the hidden sphere of daath was integrated into qabalah at a very early stage and incorporates much of what we now recognize as plutonian energy. the more ancient understanding of the twelve signs and their planetary rulers is demonstrated in figure 3-d, which shows how the whole scheme was viewed within the concept of the cycle of the seasons. figure 3-d figure 3-e the seven-pointed star known as the heptagram or septagram is the classic representation of the seven planets of the ancients (see figure 3-e. it represents binah (saturn) and her six children on the tree: start

by a cross or a cubic stone. this stone, according to levi, is the keystone of the temple, or the structural foundation of masonry and occultism. on the tree, it is represented by the sephirah of chesed, often known as gedulah (gdvlh, which means majesty or magnificence. gedulah has a numerical value of forty-eight, or 12x4, which suggests the multiplication of the powers of the four elements by the twelve signs of the zodiac. the divine name attributed to this sephira, al or el, is the ending of many angelic names. in her book archetypes on the tree of life, which examines case's interpretation of the tarot keys, m. c. compton writes: as a symbolic image, the letter lamed (l) represents a serpent unfolding, or the wing of a bird which raises, extends and unfolds itself. we understand the

ter, beth. because tiphareth lies at the end of the third letter, gimel, case points out that this sephira was brought into manifestation before chesed or geburah, the fourth and fifth sephiroth (see tree diagram on page 2. the symbol of tiphareth, the hexagram, is also called the star of the macrocosm because lines drawn from its center to its six points and intersections divides the circle into the twelve houses of heaven, and thus it is a symbolic map of the universe. when we use the golden dawn banishing ritual (see regardie's middle pillar) and say the affirmation "behind me shines the six-rayed star" we are implying that all powers represented by the hexagram are behind us, or backing us up. it will be noticed that when the hexagram is laid on the tree, it not only includes the munda

development of tattwa-meditation techniques in the western tradition over the past 100 years or so. three of the tattwa colors.red, blue, and yellow.are the primary colors, and therefore their corresponding opposites, as well as other combinations, such as with indigo and violet, become possible when painted on the tattwa cards. the twenty talismanic cards on pages 168-187 are the combination of the twelve zodiacal signs and the eight planets we have covered thus far in our explorations. the student can photocopy these for use in making talismanic mandalas. we are also employing an alternative version of coloring the tattwas based on blavatsky's interpretation. with these we will have a full range of color that, when used together, create a proper balance for the harmonizing of the etheri

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

o one knew when jesus was supposed to have been born, december 25 finally began to catch on. by 529, it was a civic holiday, and all work or public business (except that of cooks, bakers, or any that contributed to the delight of the holiday) was prohibited by the emperor justinian. in 563, the council of braga forbade fasting on christmas day, and four years later the council of tours proclaimed the twelve days from december 25 to epiphany as a sacred, festive season. this last point is perhaps the hardest to impress upon the modern reader, who is lucky to get a single day off work. christmas, in the middle ages, was not a single day, but rather a period of twelve days, from december 25 to january 6. the twelve days of christmas, in fact. it is certainly lamentable that the modern world h

that if one opens all the doors of the house at midnight all the evil spirits will depart, that you will have one lucky month for each christmas pudding you sample, that the tree must be taken down by twelfth night or bad luck is sure to follow, that 'if christmas on a sunday be, a windy winter we shall see, that 'hours of sun on christmas day, so many frosts in the month of may, that one can use the twelve days of christmas to predict the weather for each of the twelve months of the coming year, and so on. remembering that most christmas customs are ultimately based upon older pagan customs, it only remains for modern pagans to reclaim their lost traditions. in doing so, we can share many common customs with our christian friends, albeit with a slightly different interpretation. and thus

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

nations of antiquity. almost all the twelves will be found to be allied, either obviously or in a concealed manner, with the signs of the zodiac, twelve signs or partitions of the great circle of the heavens twelve times thirty degrees forming the perfect cycle of 360 arithmetical degrees of the circle. each sign was further subdivided into three decans. there are many of the learned who believe the twelve sons of jacob and twelve founders of tribes, are allegorical only. we may mention the twelve grand points of masonry, which used to form a part of the lectures in the craft degrees. twelve events in the ceremony of initiation, referred to the sons of jacob, are given by mackey: 1. to reuben was referred the opening of the lodge he was the first-born son. 2. to simeon, the preparation of

he-goat olive aphrodite venus dove he-goat myrtle helios sol cock bull laurel hermes mercury ibis dog hazel zeus jupiter eagle hart horsechestnut demeter ceres sparrow sow apple hephaistos vulcan goose ass box aries mars magpie wolf dog-wood artemis diana daw hind palm hestia vesta heron lion pine hera juno peacock sheep thorn poseidon neptune swan horse elm the astrologers associated colors with the twelve signs of the zodiac, thus- numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott table of colors& zodiiiac siiigns zodiac sign color attribute pisces white aquarius blue capricorn black or brown sagittarius yellow or green scorpio brown libra black or crimson virgo black and blue leo red and green cancer green and brown gemini red aries white taurus white and yellow

ott zodiac sign element direction aquarius air western fixed- capricorn earth southern cardinal- sagittarius fire eastern common- scorpio water northern fixed fruitful libra air western cardinal- virgo earth southern common barren leo fire eastern fixed barren cancer water northern cardinal fruitful gemini air western common barren taurus earth southern fixed- aries fire eastern cardinal- lastly, the twelve signs are allotted to the planets as their houses- 105. table of zodiiiac and planets zodiac sign planet pisces night house of jupiter aquarius day house of saturn numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign planet (uranus) capricorn night house of saturn sagittarius night house of mars scorpio- libra day house of venus virgo night house of mer

cer sole house of luna gemini day house of mercury taurus night house of venus aries day house of mars this is very fully explained by coley in his astrology, and also by john middleton in his astrology, 1679. herodotus tells us that the egyptians founded the system of a twelve-god theology, euterpe iv. the hebrews certainly at times worshipped the sun, moon, seven planets, and the star rulers of the twelve zodiacal signs see 2 kings, xxiii. 5, and job, xxxviii. 32. dunlop, in his vestiges, remarks that of the names of the twelve months in use among the jews, several are identical with names of deities, as tammuz, ab, elul, bul. groups of twelve gods are to be noticed in the religions of many of the ancient nations, as the chaldeans, etruscans, mamertines, romans etc. numbers--th eir occu

WILLIAM WESCOTT THE CHALDEAN ORACLES OF ZOROASTER TRANSLATION

til media through which the operation of the grosser elements is effected by the grosser elements i mean what we know as earth, air, water and fire the principles of dryness and moisture, of heat and cold. these subtil ethers are really the elements of the ancients, and seem at an early period to have been connected with the chald an astrology, as the signs of the zodiac were connected with them. the twelve signs of the zodiac are permutations of the ethers of the elements four elements with three variations each; and according to the preponderance of one or another elemental condition in the constitution of the individual, so were his natural inclinations deduced therefrom, thus when in the astrological jargon it was said that a man had aries rising, he was said to be of a fiery nature, h

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

9, 225, 233. 68. compare bahir, 15, pp. 125 127. in the parable preserved in this passage, reference is made to the spring, the garden, and the fruit-bearing tree 240 notes to pages 126 127 planted in the garden and sustained by the spring overflowing with living water (ma ayan nove a mayim hayyim. see ibid, 82, p. 169, where the spring is described as possessing twelve pipes, which correspond to the twelve tribes of israel. on the twelve springs, see also 111, p. 197. in 105, p. 189, the king is said to have seven gardens and in the middle garden there is a beautiful spring that flows from the source of living water (ma ayan na eh nove a mi-maqor mayim hayyim. see also 121, p. 205, where the pipe is linked exegetically with the verse you are a garden spring, a well of living waters that f

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

to use it. learn to put it to work to improve your life. this series will help you do just that. forthcoming books by pat zalewski z-5: secret instructions for initiation into the golden dawn enochian chess the tarot of the golden dawn enochiana table of contents preface ix introduction advanced enochian magic of the golden dawn xi author's introduction xv chapter 1 the book of truth 1 chapter 2 the twelve gates 29 chapter 3 the tablets of bonorum 75 chapter 4 the holy table 129 chapter 5 visionary experiences 157 appendix a the four elemental weapons 171 appendix b 173 appendix c the lotus wand 175 appendix d the lesser invoking/banishing ritual of the pentagram 177 appendix e the grade signs 179 appendix f the l.v.x. signs 181 appendix g the middle pillar exercise 185 appendix h sign an

n further, four moves from t yields 22.h. b.4 is specially put; y.14 moves to 22 from t. then 6.b is special. from 6.b it is all plain moving by 6 to right "from the plain cross, which equals th.4, proceed counting in each case forward as by numbers giving: this yields the name thahaaothe for the earth tablet "count here not by 4 or 6, but by numbers given to right if over; to left if under "from the twelve-rayed circle, we begin with the middle circle on the sigillum, the greek omega, for the number of rays is twelve around the circle to give: this yields ohoohaatan for the fire tablet "count 12 in any case neglecting the numbers over or under, always forward" at this point, i would mention that only one of these four names are to be found in the dee manuscripts that i have examined: thaa

through the angelic forces which thy represent. i charge thee to guard my sphere and keep me from evil and the unbalanced forces so that they do not penetrate my abode of mysteries. inspire and sanctify me that i may direct your vortex of strength to"(do signs of the 5=6 grade, or above) note: at this point the main part of the ceremony which the seal has helped direct is then performed. 28 29 2 the twelve gates on the aethyrs crowley was the first golden dawn member to visit each of the aethyrs; his adventures were later recorded in his book the vision and the voice. however, the 30 aethyrs were a subject the golden dawn covered only briefly in the order's enochian papers. according to taylor, the information on the 30 aethyrs included in "the concourse of the forces" was nothing but an

aethyrs; his adventures were later recorded in his book the vision and the voice. however, the 30 aethyrs were a subject the golden dawn covered only briefly in the order's enochian papers. according to taylor, the information on the 30 aethyrs included in "the concourse of the forces" was nothing but an introduction. more detailed information was reserved for the members of the higher grades. on the twelve tribes lecture the mathers lecture on the twelve tribes given in this chapter differs slightly from the one published by r. a. gilbert; primarily in the enochian associations given at the start of the discussion of each tribe. garstin considered this lecture very important, as each tribe governed certain groupings of governors. the enochian names show that mathers was already doing work

e twelve tribes given in this chapter differs slightly from the one published by r. a. gilbert; primarily in the enochian associations given at the start of the discussion of each tribe. garstin considered this lecture very important, as each tribe governed certain groupings of governors. the enochian names show that mathers was already doing work in this area. according to taylor, the lecture on the twelve tribes was introduced to the temple by campbell, who brought it back from england in the late 1920s. the information contained in it was reserved for members of the 6=5 or higher levels. 30 the kabbalistic association of the enochian aethyrs and their governors are from taylor's diary notes on campbell's lecture. taylor received the information from garstin. the associations were part o

l, who brought it back from england in the late 1920s. the information contained in it was reserved for members of the 6=5 or higher levels. 30 the kabbalistic association of the enochian aethyrs and their governors are from taylor's diary notes on campbell's lecture. taylor received the information from garstin. the associations were part of mathers' unpublished papers. figure 17 is a diagram of the twelve tribes drawn by mathers for his a. 0. order, which i copied from campbell's papers. the various governors given here are not the same as those given by the order. i found limited information on the governors in taylor's diary notes, which strongly resemble those published by crowley in his equinox, vol. i, nos. 7& 8. the version contained in this chapter is based on the dee manuscripts

they were derived from some of the additional letters added to the squares and then traced the same way as the governors. this could be the reason for the additional 33 letters and confusion when dealing with at least three and possibly four different systems, one placed on top of the other. this is, of course, pure speculation on my part and it will take time and effort to prove or disprove it. the twelve gates "and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of israel (revelation 21:12) there are 30 enochian aethyrs (or aires, which are described in the dee manuscripts as 30 concentric circles. the closest to the earth, and the most material, is tex, the thirtieth aet

overnors of the enochian aethyrs. the names are worked out by a series of sigils drawn from each capital letter through the lower-case letters of the tablets, as shown in figures 7 through 10. these are, in turn, allied to "the four triads are the names of god extracted from the four lines of the holy spirit, which govern all creatures on the earth (both visible and invisible. they are carried on the twelve banners (dee mss) these are, of course, the twelve holy names which are derived from the three holy names of each tablet. these names are then arranged according to the diagram of the shewbread, as given in the 1=10 ritual of zelator, which shows the associated astrological correspondences of the angelic kings and tribes of israel (see figure 17 "the call of the 30 aethyrs summons the 9

ity back to the seven archangels of the heptagon in the holy seal the sigillum dei aemeth as follows: zadkiel, cumael, raphael, hainiel, michael, and gabriel. these archangels are from the world of briah, the angels from the world of yetzirah with the 30 aethyrs, and their governors from assiah. these assignations will be discussed in depth later. from the mathers lecture on the "zodiac signs and the twelve tribes of israel" one is able to establish the functions of the three holy names of each tablet as shown in the diagram of the shewbread (figure 17. the angelic names are kings who rule the 30 aethyrs and the 12 tribes. ethese kings are not to be confused with the kings of the watchtower squares eds. holy name aozpi tribe gad sign aries angelic name olpaged "of gad, jacob says 'gad, a t

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