Michael Wynn's Occult Reference Library
THE ZODIAC

Return to Occult Library Index

0 0

4 cancer, the crab d 5 leo, the lion e 6 virgo, the virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fire are attributed: aries a leo e sagittarius i to earth are attributed: taurus b virgo f capricorn j to air are attributed: gemini c libra g aquarius k to water are attributed: cancer d scorpio h pisces l 52 to the ancients, six planets besides the sun were known. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and south nodes of the moon. that is the point where th

order beginning with aleph. after each letter, give the literal meaning and number. 7. name the three mother letters. 8. what are the two pillars referred to as in highlights of knowledge lecture one with hebrew? 9. the rituals of the dead in the egyptian custom as exemplified in the book of the dead or pert em hru, are a form of ceremonial rituals to enable man to do what? 10. name the signs of the zodiac starting with aries and ending with pisces. the tree of life 1. name the sephiroth following the path of the flaming sword. 2. queen scale color for victory: 3. queen scale color for strength: 4. queen scale color for foundation: 5. queen scale color for mercy: 120 6. queen scale color for tiphareth: 7. queen scale color for understanding: 8. queen scale color for malkuth: 9. queen scal

0 0 INITIATION CEREMONY

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 know these thoroughly

1 10 INITIATION CEREMONY

d 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 shoes, lamen, white col

ux: resumes his seat after handing neophyte over to charge of hegemon. hegemon leads neophyte to north, and says: heg: to the northern side of the holy place, stood the table of shewbread. the drawing before you represents its occult meaning. on it twelve leaves were laid as emblems of the bread of life, and it is an image of the mystery of the rose of creation. the 12 circles are the 12 signs of the zodiac, while the lamp in the center is symbolic of the sun, which is the source of heat and life. the four triangles whose twelve angles each touch one of the 12 circles are those of fire, earth, air, and water, and allude to the four triplicities of the zodiacal signs. the triangle inscribed within each of the 12 circles, alludes to the 3 decanates, or phases of ten degrees of each sign. on

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 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

3 8 INITIATION CEREMONY

ture rule over the worlds and works, so that the periods of all things may be accomplished. and above the shoulders of that great goddess is nature in her vastness exalted. thus far the voice of the kabiri. heg: conducts theoricus to hierophant's throne and hands to theoricus the solar creek cross. hiero: the solar creek cross is formed of 13 squares, which fitly refer to the sun's motion through the zodiac. these signs being further arranged in the arms of the cross according to the four elements with the sun in the center, represent that luminary as the center of the the 30th path of the sepher yetzirah. which answereth unto the letter resh is called the collecting intelligence, and it is so called because from it astrologers deduce the judgement of the stars, and of the celestial signs

r science according to the rules of their revolutions. it is therefore, the reflection of the sphere of the sun, and the path connecting yesod with hod, foundation with splendor. hierophant, theoricus and hegemon come to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 19th key of the tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. the sun has 12 principal rays which represent the 12 signs of the zodiac, they are alternatively waved and salient, as symbolizing the alternation of the masculine and feminine natures. these are again subdivided into 36 rays representing the 36 decanates or sets of 10 degrees in the zodiac, and these again into 72 typifying the 72 quinaries or sets of 5 degrees and the 72 fold name shem- ha-mephorasch. thus the sun itself embraces the whole creation in its

are again subdivided into 36 rays representing the 36 decanates or sets of 10 degrees in the zodiac, and these again into 72 typifying the 72 quinaries or sets of 5 degrees and the 72 fold name shem- ha-mephorasch. thus the sun itself embraces the whole creation in its rays. the 7 hebrew yods on each side falling through the air, refer to the solar influence descending. the wall is the circle of the zodiac and the stones are its various degrees and divisions. the two children standing respectively on water and earth, represent the generating influence of both brought into action by the rays of the sun. they are the two inferior or passive elements, as the sun and the air above them are the superior and active elements, of fire and air. furthermore, these two children resemble the sign gem

4 7 INITIATION CEREMONY

eyes formed the triangle of the measureless heavens, and their reflection formed the triangle of the measureless waters. and thus was formulated the eternal hexad, the number of the dawning creation. heg: turns up the lights and then conducts the practicus to the foot of hierophant's throne, handing practicus the calvary cross of 12 squares. hiero: the calvary cross of 12 squares fitly represents the zodiac, which embraces the waters of nu, as the ancient egyptians called the heavens; the waters which be above the firmament. it also alludes to the eternal river of eden divided into four heads which finds their correlatives in the four triplicities of the zodiac (places cross aside) the 29th path of the sepher yetzirah which answereth to the letter qoph, is called the corporeal intelligence

ation; virgo, aries, fire, taurus, aries; virgo born of a virgin, aries the sacrificial lamb; fire the fire of the holy spirit; taurus the ox of earth, in whose manger he was laid; and lastly aries, the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries; virgo, water; the firmament, the balanced force, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign operating in the zodiac) the virgin goddess and the waters of creation. returning to the spelling of yeheshuah, it is easy to see that the lamb is an appropriate symbol of jesus, from the prevalence of the aries symbol, whose fire is subdued and modified by its other associations. hiero: returns to his seat. heg: leads practicus to west. hiereus: in the theoricus grade you were shown the lineal figures attribu

re, reflected from every third point, relates to the 7 planets. the octagram formed of two squares, to the eight lettered name. the two forms of the enneagram refer to the triple ternary. the three forms of the dekagram relate to the duplicated heh, to the ten sephiroth and to malkuth. the three forms of the endekagram are referred to the qlippoth. the four forms of the dodekagram are referred to the zodiac, the three quaternions of angular, succedent, cadent and movable, fixed and common. the 4 triplicities and the 24 thrones of the elders (going to the second tablet) the term polygon is referred to a figure having only salient or projecting angles, the term polygram to a figure having reentering angles as well. the number of possible modes of tracing the lineal figures will then be trian

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

e world beginning to return and the light fading, gradually move away from the goddess form, letting the image fade* reconnect with your breathing and allow gentle pink or purple light to radiate within you, leaving you calm and in a deep pool of inner silence. if you have closed your eyes, open them slowly, blinking and stretching slowly, like a cat uncurling after sleep. 5- candles, colours and the zodiac i said earlier in the book that you would require tools for your magick. that is not quite true: in fact, you could practise magick with nothing but a candle. a candle is a self-contained magical system, for although it represents the fire element, it also containing the other three basic elements of magick: earth is represented by the unburned wax of the candle, air is the smoke, fire

tance, you can burn your own zodiacal candle at a time when you need confidence or to assert your identity. alternatively, you may burn any astrological candles whose strengths you need at a particular time, perhaps the courage of aries before a confrontation or travelling to an unfamiliar location. you might also use them in a love ritual. note also the influence of particular groups of signs of the zodiac. the cardinal signs- aries, cancer, libra and capricorn- are so-called because when the sun moved into these signs, it marked the beginning of a new season- spring, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the su

here for the new owners or tenants. bury the 'old home' crystal in the ground near your new front door when you move, to transfer positive energies with you and make the new home instantly yours. amulets very potent protection can be provided by amulets. these are charms that have been marked with a symbol to indicate the power they contain. this could be a protective god or goddess, or a sign of the zodiac or a planet that you feel has the power you need. alternatively, you might simply write the name of the person to be protected and surround it with a circle to keep out ill-wishing. you can make an amulet in any shape you wish, out of candle-wax or clay, or you could use wooden discs, cut from an old broom handle. the symbols may be engraved, using a sharp knife, or painted on. you can

ugh i have written primarily about the significance of the different days, i have also listed the effects of the planetary hours. the planets have had a special place in both ritual magick and astrology, since the ancient babylonians and chaldeans first observed them wandering across the sky (the word 'planet' derives from the greek planetes, meaning 'wanderer) against the fixed constellations of the zodiac. the ancients knew of only five planets- mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. uranus, neptune and pluto were discovered only after the invention of the telescope and so have not assumed the importance in magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that have become woven

d pluto were discovered only after the invention of the telescope and so have not assumed the importance in magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that have become woven into the western astrological and magical traditions. astrologers believe that the positions of the planets in the zodiac at the time of an individual's birth can influence and indicate that person's fate. in magick, the planetary strengths can be applied to any purpose under the as above, so below' principle that stresses the interconnectedness of the whole universe. you can create your own spells by using the associations, much as you create recipes by knowing the qualities and blending power of individu

ithic times. in the shamanic religions in siberia and lapland, the mother of the herds is still a central icon of power. during the neolithic period, the mother goddess was the bringer of fertility to the land as well as to animals and humans. gradually, she came to be seen as the wife of the great sky gods. she survives in the form of mary in the christian religion. mutable: the mutable signs of the zodiac are sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces, as when the sun enters them the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. oimelc: see imbolc. ostara: the celtic festival of the spring equinox. pentacle: a ritual item, symbol of the earth, consisting of a flat, round disc, engraved with a pentagram. pentagram: a five-pointed diag

ABRAMELIN2

nt 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 thereof the fire of the s

ADDTLS

of the tetragrammaton to the squares. according to these attributions, so are certain astrological, tarot, geomantic and hebrew symbols referred to the squares. it will be remembered that in attributing the letters of the name to the great cross, we subdivided the latter into groups or blocks of three squares each. every block was attributed to some one letter of tetragrammaton. now the signs of the zodiac are to be attributed to the great cross, and each of those twelve signs is to be referred to three squares constituting one group or block. the order of their attribution is governed by the letters of the great name already referred to the arms of the great cross. for instance, d signs (a,e, and i) are attributed to y, c signs (d, h and l) are attributed to c. airy signs (c, g, k) are a

der of their attribution is governed by the letters of the great name already referred to the arms of the great cross. for instance, d signs (a,e, and i) are attributed to y, c signs (d, h and l) are attributed to c. airy signs (c, g, k) are attributed to a. b signs (b, f, and j) are attributed to h final. thus, each group of three squares, constituting a single unit, is attributed to one sign 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

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

e complete symbol of the rose and cross" chief "mighty adeptus major, what is its meaning" second "it is the key of sigils and rituals, and represents the force of the 22 letters in nature, as divided into a three, a seven and a twelve. many and great are its mysteries" 6 chief "associate adeptus minor, what is the wand which thou bearest" third "a simple wand having the colors of the 12 signs of the zodiac between light and darkness and surmounted by the lotus flower of isis. it symbolizes the development of creation" chief "mighty adeptus major, thy wand and its meaning" second "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. the seven colors of the rainbow between light and darkness are attributed to t

rs are referred symbolically the five grades of the first order, to the revolution of the powers of the pentagram, and also the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written 'his days shall be 120 years' 120 divided by 5 equals 24, the number of hours in a day and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further, 120 equals the number of the 10 sephiroth multiplied by that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of m and the four elements typified in the wand which i bear (chief, second, and third adept enter the vault consecutively, chief passes to the east of the pastos facing west. second adept goes to the south facing north. third adept goes to the north facing south (officers all raise their wands to form a pyramid over the pastos and altar) chief "let us analyze

rades of the first order through which it is necessary for the aspirant to have passed before he can enter the tomb of the sacred mountain. 12 for the three months interval between the grades of practicus and philosophus are the regimen of the elements; and the seven months between the philosophus and the portal symbolize the regimen of the planets; while the elements and the planets both work in the zodiac; so that three plus seven multiplied by twelve yieldeth the number 120. second "o aspirant, ere thou canst enter the tomb of the adepti of the rose of ruby and the cross of gold, it is necessary to take a solemn obligation of secrecy, fidelity, fraternity, and justice. but as in all the previous obligations, there is nothing contained therein contrary to thy civil, moral, or religious d

wise entering into their composition, and thus are their positive colors found. unto the a is ascribed the yellow color of trapt. unto the c is ascribed the blue color of dsj. unto the d is ascribed the red color of hrwbg. the colors of b are to be found in twklm. those of the planets are in the rainbow scale; thus: l-indigo; k-violet; f-red, a-orange; b-yellow, c-green; 5-blue "unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: a-scarlet; b-redorange; c-orange; d-amber; e-greenish yellow; f-yellowish green; g-emerald; hgreenish blue; i-blue; j-indigo; k-purple; l-crimson. planets are in the rainbow thus: t l indigo k k violet m f scarlet r a orange d c green b b yellow 28 g y blue unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: h a scarlet w b red orange z c orange j d ambe

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

d assyro-babylonian religions. entries in parentheses refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u

shed bernhard, bennet and rice. new handbook of the heavens new york, 1948 budge, e.a. amulets and talismans new york, 1970 crowley, a. book four texas, 1972 the book of thoth new york, 1969 liber al vel legis new york, 1977 magick new york cumont, f. oriental religions in roman paganism new york, 1956 dornseiff. das alphabet in mystik and magie stoicheia 7, leipzig, 1925 drower, e.s. the book of the zodiac london,1949 fairservis, w.a. the origins of oriental civilisation new york, 1959 fossey, c. la magie assyrienne paris, 1902 de la fuye, a "le pentagramme pythagoricien, sa diffusion, son emploi dans la syllabaire cuneiforme" babyloniaca paris, 1934 genouillac "les dieux de l'elam" recueil de travaux relatifs a la philologie et a l'archaeologie egyptiennes et assyriennes. paris, 1904 (ed

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

n most of the allusions in this chapter. in paragraphs 5 and 6 the author frankly identifies himself with the beast referred to in the book, and in the apocalypse, and in liber legis. in paragraph 6 the book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 105 word "angel" may refer to his mission, and the word "lion-serpent" to the sigil of his ascending decan (teth= snake=spermatozoon and leo in the zodiac, which like teth itself has the snake-form. theta first written sun= lingam- yoni and sol) paragraph 7 explains the theological difficulty referred to above. there is only one symbol, but this symbol has many names: of those names babalon is the holiest. it is the name referred to in liber legis, 1, 22. it will be noticed that the figure, or sigil, of babalon is a seal upon a ring, and

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

w% j material works [works] 4& g rest from strife [truce! j earthly power [power] 5$ k defeat# b material trouble [worry] 6# k earned 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 lwb

ain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. this substituted attribution is alluded to in various places in liber aleph and magick in theory and practice, but was not spelt out in full in published writings until the book of thoth. the tables from 777 are based on the old golden dawn attributions; to work with the reversed attributions, lines 15 and 28 should be exchanged on all columns based on the zodiac or tarot (i.e, vi-viii, xi, xiv-xx, xxii-xlvii, xlix, cxxxvii-clxxiv, clxxvii-clxxxiii and clxxxvi, not all columns throughout as the editors of 777 revised state t.s. 34 notes to table of correspondences col. ii: 0-10 are the names of the numbers or emanations; 11-32 the letters spelt in full. line 1. some of the common titles of kether are: twcp hdqn the small point. lz tt the profuse

lath. at nw corner, the scorpion, and wmisa,3 the unnameable and hmuk.4 at sw angle, the lion and horse, and the younger lilith the wife of asmodai. col. ix. the cup of the stolistes has its rim and 2 and 3 and its foot in 10. the cadueceus is (easily) placed on the tree and divided into a, m, and c. the waxing moon in 4; waning in 5; full in 6. col. xi. the elements, of whose nature the signs of the zodiac partake, are shown by the symbol against them. col. xii. let 45 be a straight line. on 45 erect the equilateral bs 451, 459. from 4 and 5 draw straight lines 247, 358^ 45, and the straight lines 25^ 14, 43^ 15, 48^ 59, and 57^ 49, the points 2, 3, 7 and 8 marking the intersections. join 19, 12, 13, 23, 78, 79, 89. let 6 be the point of intersection of 19, 57, 48. on 78 erect an equilate

him. 10. taphsarim. and there are many other schemes. col. cii. add daath, ydna. col. ciii. add daath, cerebrum medium, cuius locus est in parte capitis postica. but these have many other attributions, and each is itself divisible: thus chesed and geburah of tiphareth are the breasts; tiphareth the heart; netzach and hod the testicles; jesod the membrum virile; and malkuth, the anus. the signs of the zodiac are variously given, and the planets agree with the face: thus' and, the ears% and, the nostrils! and, the eyes; and, the mouth. the hand: thumb, a; 1st finger, d; 2nd, c; 3rd, e; 4th b. these, however, vary somewhat.10 col. cvi. these abodes are enclosed in four circles: the waters of weeping, or creation, of oceanus, and the false sea. compare the classical four rivers of hell.11 col

e. they are said to be partly evil and party good, hence the apparently oxymoronic title. it is possible that the theurgia-goetia was based on the steganographia of trithemius by someone who did not realise that the latter was primarily a work of cryptography. the third book, ars paulina, contains a catalogue of angels for the 12 hours of the day and night, and for the 12 signs and 360 degrees of the zodiac; they are also attributed to the seven classical planets. the fourth book, ars almadel, is probably of medieval origin: it divides up the powers it summons into four altitudes, seemingly referred to the cardinal points of the zodiac. the fifth book of the lemegeton, ars nova, is rather a kind of appendix which appears in one ms where it occupies one and a half sides of a single folio le

ap. 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 simon d john e peter f andew g barthole

ols. cxxix cxxxii. these are the angels of the shem ha-mephorash or divided name of god, a full explanation of which would be beyond the scope of this footnote. on each row, the name on the left rules the card in question by day, the one on the right by night. cols. cxxxiii cxxxvi. words in square brackets are the book of thoth keywords for these cards where these differ from the titles. table v (the zodiac) col. cxxxix. the outer planets uranus, nepture) and pluto) and the nodes of the moon were not given in this table in 777, but appeared in these positions in the table the essential dignities of the planets in the book of thoth. in magick crowley added an additional column, the superior planetary governers of the signs; initially this referred the cardinal signs to the primum mobile, th

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

ance with rules which will be given in their due place.10 thus gm in oc la et cetera, form bases for these trilateral names. the symbolic representation of the universe 14 the following rules explain how the sides of the pyramids of which the squares are formed are attributed to the sephiroth, planets, elements and zodiacal signs.11 1. great central cross. this has 36 squares, for the decantes of the zodiac. on the left side of the pyramid, linea patris has the cardinal signs, the sign of the element itself at the top, in the order of tetragrammaton (fire, water, air, earth) going upwards. linea filii has the common signs in the same order. linea s.s. has the cherubic signs, that of the element on the left, in the same order, right to left. but the order of the decans in each sign is rever

s of the tribes are as follows: angel tribe quarter olpaged dan east gebabal asshur east s-e lavavoth gad south s-e ziracah reuben south zurchol simeon south s-w zinggen zebulon west s-w hononol judah west alpudus issachar west n-w arfaolg ephraim north n-w zarnaah manesseh north cadaamp benjamin north n-e zarzilg napthali east n-e james (1984) gives a set of attributions of these to the signs of the zodiac which results in a rather strange arrangement of the signs around the circle of the quarters; as i am not sure what his source for it was, it is here omitted. an alternate arrangement appears in zalewski (1990, based on some notes by mathers to a golden dawn lecture on the astrological attributions of the 12 tribes, but this appears to disregard dee s attribution of angels to tribes and

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

an insight into the function of the aspirant in this present life. equinox vii, p. 105 "liber cmxxxiv. the cactus" an elaborate study of the psychological effects produced by "anhalonium lewinii (mescal buttons, compiled from the actual records of some hundreds of experiments. unpublished "liber dcccclxiii. the treasure house of images" a superb collection of litanies appropriate to the signs of the zodiac. equinox iii, supplement "liber mmccmxi. a note on genesis" a model of qabalistic ratiocination. specially adapted to gana yoga "liber mcclxiv. the greek qabalah" a complete dictionary of all sacred and important words and phrases given in the books of the gnosis and other important writings both in the greek and the coptic. unpublished. 228 appendix ii. one star in sight. thy feet in m

-hook: 29 :qof-vau-pehfinal: back of head: 30 :resh-yod-shin: head: 31 :shin-yod-nunfinal: tooth: 32 :taw-vau: tau (as egyptian: 32 "bis :taw-vau: 31 "bis :shin-yod-nunfinal: 304& 305 table i: i: vi: vii: key scale: the heavens of assiah: english of column vi: 1 :resh-aleph-shin-yod-taw: sphere of the primum mobile :heh-gemel-lamed-gemel: lamed-yod-memfinal: 2 :mem-samekh-lamed-vau-taw: sphere of the zodiac: fixed stars: 3 :shin-bet-taw-aleph-yod: sphere of saturn: 4 :tzaddi-dalet-qof: sphere of jupiter: 5 :mem-aleph-dalet-yod: sphere of mars: memfinal: 6 :shin-mem-shin: sphere of sol: 7 :nun-vau-gemel-heh: sphere of venus: 8 :koph-vau-koph-bet: sphere of mercury: 9 :lamed-bet-nun-heh: sphere of luna: 10 :chet-lamed-memfinal: sphere of the elements :yod-samekh-vau-dalet: vau-taw: 11 :resh

draw the hexagram, 385 beginning from the point which is attributed to the planet you are dealing with (see "777" col. lxxxiii. thus to invoke jupiter begin from the right hand point of the lower triangle, dextro-rotary and complete; then trace the upper triangle from its left hand point and complete. 1\ 2# trace the astrological sigil- of the planet in the centre of# mercury/ your hexagram\ for the zodiac use the- hexagram of the planet which *2-*1 rules the sign you require("777, col. xxxviii) but draw\ the astrological sigil of the- sign, instead of that of the 1\ moon *1 planet *2 2# for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of caput draconis or cauda draconis. to banish, reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a conjuration first with ararita, and next with t

clxxi 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 circle, but use the

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

s 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 abstract ideas; dishonesty

statistics i made many years ago showed me to have been right 109 times out of 120, i think two things are fairly near probation; firstly, i am not guessing- that doesn't matter much; but, secondly, which is of supreme importance, there is a definite connection between the personal appearance and manner of the native, and magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 144 the sign of the zodiac which was rising when he first drew air into his lungs. let me add, to strengthen the argument, that on the few occasions where i have erred there has been a good astrological reason for it. e.g. i might plump for pisces rising when it was actually capricornus; but in that case saturn would have been afflicted by being in cancer, with bad aspects from venus and the moon, thus taking awa

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

0 stones of emptiness (is. 34:11) whwt ynb) lilith, queen of the night tylyl part; open wide q#p opening; vagina; bit, morsel tp hand-drum; bezel pt knowledge (pl (k.d. p.252) tw(d testimony (k.d. p.252) twd( 481 hills tw(bg bound to death; death penalty )tym byyx a ring t(b) the mighty one sings: a title of tiphareth nwryryd) 482 a looking-glass, mirror )yrlqps) 483 constellations; the sphere of the zodiac, referred to chokmah (but see 536) twlzm bearing iniquity nw)#wn 485 daughter of the spring-waters (is. 10:30, gdaughter of gallim h) mylg tb mockeries (job 17:2; cf. 435) mylth 486 a name of god cr) dmy hpkxb hwhy foundations twdwsy broken bread hswrp hcm 488 entrance, gateway, opening xtp ye shall worship wdwb(t 489 repayment, restoration; a weighing out of repayment lwmg ml#m evil sp

526 a lintel pwq#m 527 coins tw(b+m 529 gaffatura ollaris cum iusculo dulci h: g[will be] speaking of a pot with a sweet broth h hrydq yqyc 530 the rose tlcbx voices tlq to thee *kl 533 king of terrors twhlb klm 534 a certain name of god q#dlq 535 to walk *klh 536 the world of assiah (matter; referred to malkuth) hy#(h mlw( orbits [of the stars/planets (another aspect of the name of the sphere of the zodiac. see 483) twlsm a white cloak hnbl tyl+ 537 emanating; nobility; atziluth: the archetypal world twlyc) the marrow, or innermost part of the spine hrd#h +wx the opening of the uterus mxr r+p 538 daughter of the voice: echo (a method of divination by use of the ark of the covenant) lwq tb 540 loins; the upper part myntm creeping thing #mr 541 israel l)r#y towards, to thee *kyl) 542 the wo

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

s; it is 'zcrra, a sort of venomous throat-gargling. hence, possibly the gaelic 'scurr 'speak, english 'scaur' or 'scar' in yorkshire and the pennines 'zcrra' is also the name of the 'high house, and of the graven image referred to above. others traces may be found in folklore; some mere superstitions. thus the correct number for a banquet was thirteen, because if there were only one more sign in the zodiac, the year would be a month longer, and one would have more time 'for work. this is probably a debased egyptian notion. atlanteans knew better than anyone that the zodiac is only an arbitrary division. still it may be laid down that the impossible never daunted atlas. if one said "two and two make four" his thought would be "yes, damn it* i now explain the language of atlas. the third an

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

e, and time. but note that the mover is himself not moved. the "cube in the circle" emphasizes this question of dimensions. the cube is rectilinear (therefore phallic no less than the axle; its unity suggests perfection projected as a "solid" for human perception; its square faces affirm balance, equity, and limitation; its six-sidedness sets it among the solar symbols. it is thus like the sun in the zodiac, which is no more than the field for his fulfilment in his going. he, by virtue of his successive relations with each degree of the circle, clothes himself with an appearance of "matter in motion" although absolute motion through space is a meaningless expression (eddington, op, cit. none the less, every point in the cube- there are 2 of them- has an unique relation with every point in

in all kindness, the christians to the lions! the "babe in the egg" is harpocrates; it is his regular image. i am not very well satisfied with the old comment on this verse. it appears rather as if the amen should be the beginning of a new paragraph altogether. amen is evidently a synthesis of the four elements, and the invisible fifth is spirit. but harpocrates, the babe in the egg, is virgo in the zodiac indeed, but mercury among the planets. mercury has the winged helmet and heels, and the winged staff about which snakes twine, and it is he that goeth. now this letter is beth whose numeration is 2, and aleph-mem-nun is 91, which added to 2 makes 93. amoun is of course jupiter in his highest form. to understand this note fully one must have studied "the paris working; also one must be a

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

sh 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 \lwul rwbg hta, ateh gibor le-olahm adonai, thou art mighty for ever, o lord! a brief

en. all give the sign of the cross, and say: l. v. x. then the sign of osiris risen, and say: lux, the light of the cross. liber lviii 19 this formula, on which one may meditate for years without exhausting its wonderful harmonics, gives an excellent idea of the way in which qabalistic analysis is conduct. first, the letters have been written in hebrew characters. then the attributions of them to the zodiac and to planets are substituted, and the names of egyptian gods belonging to these are invoked. the christian idea of i.n.r.i. is confirmed by these, while their initials form the sacred word of the gnostics. that is, iao. from the character of the deities and their functions are deduced their signs, and these are found to signal (as it were) the word lux (rwa, which itself is contained

lligence, etc. etc. etc, in a flash whenever the number 3 is mentioned, we may profitably proceed to go through to the most important of the higher numbers. for this purpose i have removed myself from books of reference; only those things which have become fixed in my mind (from their importace) deserve place in the simplicity of this essay. 12. awh, he, a title of kether, identifying kether with the zodiac, the home of 12 stars and their correspondences. see 777. 13. dja, unity, and hbha, love. a scale of unity; thus 13 1= 1; 26= 13 2= 2; 91= 13 7= 7; so that we may find in 26 and 91 elaborations of the dyad the the septenary respectively. 14. an elaboration of 5 (1+ 4= 5, force; a concentration of 86 (8+ 6= 14, elohim, the 5 elements. 15. hy, jah, one of the ineffable names; the father a

e threhold, without whom the sanctuary might be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocalypse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, awh [it is wyx, zion, the city of the pyramids. ed.]51 175. a

the grand scale of 8. in greek numeration therefore ihsous the redeemer, connecting with 6 because of its 6 letters. this links greek and hebrew symbolism; but remember that the mystic iesous and yeheshua have no more to do with the legendary jesus of the synoptics and methodists than the mystic ihvh has to do with the false god who commanded the murder of innocent children. the 13 of the sun and the zodiac was perhaps responsible for buddha and his 12 disciples, christ and his 12 disciples, charlemagne and his 12 peers &c &c, but to disbelieve in christ or charlemagne is not to alter the number of signs in the zodiac. veneration for 666 does not commit me to admiration for napoleon and gladstone. i may close this paper by expressing a hope that i may have the indulgence of students. the s

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

scale seph and letters_ nothing. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:aleph 0 no limit. hb:peh-final hb:vau hb:samekh hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:aleph 0 limitless l.v.x. hb:resh hb:vau hb:aleph hb:peh-final hb:vau hb:samekh hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:aleph 1 s. of primum mobile hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:lamed hb:gemel hb:lamed hb:gemel hb:heh hb:taw hb:yod hb:shin hb:aleph hb:resh crown. hb:resh hb:taw hb:koph 1 3 s. of the zodiac hb:taw hb:vau hb:lamed hb:samekh hb:mem wisdom. hb:heh hb:mem hb:koph hb:chet 2 6 s. of saturn hb:yod hb:aleph hb:taw hb:bet hb:shin understanding. hb:heh hb:nun hb:yod hb:bet 3 10 s. of jupiter hb:qof hb:dalet hb:tzaddi mercy. hb:dalet hb:samekh hb:chet 4 15 s. of mars hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:dalet hb:aleph hb:mem strength. hb:heh hb:resh hb:vau hb:bet hb:gemel 5 21 s. of sol hb:shin hb

e 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 lord" a brief expla

n of osiris risen. all give the sign of the cross, and say- l.v.x. then the sign of osiris risen, and say- lux, the light of the cross. this formula, on which one may meditate for years without exhausting its wonderful harmonies, gives an excellent idea of the way in which qabalistic analysis is conducted. first, the letters have been written in hebrew characters. then the attributions of them to the zodiac an to planets are substituted, and the names of egyptian gods belonging to these are invoked. the christian idea of i.n.r.i. is confirmed by these, while their initials form the sacred word of the gnostics. that is, iao. from the character of the deities and their functions are deduced their signs, and these are found to signal (as it were) the word lux (hb:resh hb:vau hb:aleph, which i

nce, etc. etc. etc" in a flash whenever the number 3 is mentioned or seen, we may profitably proceed to go through the most important of he higher numbers. for this purpose i have removed myself from books of reference; only those things which have become fixed in my mind (from their importance) deserve place in the simplicity of this essay. 12. hva "he" a title of kether, identifying kether with the zodiac, and "home of the 12 stars" and their correspondences. see 777. 13. achd, unity, and ahbh love. a scale of unity; thus 13 x 1= 1; 26= 13 x 2= 2; 91= 13 x 7= 7; so that we may find in 26 and 91 elaboration of the dyad and the septenary respectively. 14. an "elaboration" of 5 (1+ 4= 5, force; a "concentration" or 86( 8+ 6= 14) elohim, the 5 elements. 15. ih, jah, one of the ineffable name

e threshold, without whom the sanctuary might be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocapyse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) x 12 "i.e" settled x 1-000 "i.e" on the grand scale. 148. maznim, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 x 13, the most spiritual form, 13, of the most perfect number, 12, hva [it is tzivn, zion, the city of the pyramids- ed]

eration therefore iota eta sigma omicron upsilon sigma the redeemer, connecting with 6 because of its 6 letters. this links greek and hebrew symbolism; but remember that the mystic iesous and yeheshua have no more to do with the legendary jesus of the synoptics and the methodists than the mystic ihvh has to do with the false god who commanded the murder of innocent children. the 13 of the sun and the zodiac was perhaps responsible for buddha and his 12 disciples, christ and his 12 disciples, charlemagne and his 12 peers &c &c, but to disbelieve in christ or charlemagne is not to alter the number of the signs of the zodiac. veneration for 666 does not commit me to admiration for napoleon and gladstone. i may close this paper by expressing a hope that i may have the indulgence of students. t

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

to it in its proper place, and after explaining "the diagram of the paths and the grades" enter upon the ritual of the 0 =0 grade of neophyte. it will be at once apparent to the reader that the diagram of the paths is simply the ordinary sephirotic tree of life, combined with the tarot trumps, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet, the thirty-two paths of the sepher yetzirah, the signs of the zodiac, and the signs of the planets and the elements. the following account of it is taken from s.a.'s copy no. 2 of the "ritual of the 24th, 25th, and 26th paths leading from the first order of the g. d. in the outer to the 5 =6, associate adept speaking "before you upon the altar is the diagram of the sephiroth and paths with which you are already well acquainted, having marked thereon the

31st. 32nd. 29th_ hb:shin hb:taw hb:qof_ hierophant/ red/ lamp_ banner of the west\ banner of the east water=\air_ t o_ a f stolistes dadouches b_ l e_ e a hegemon t r_ t facing east h_ table of seven shew bread branched candlestick_ 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 a

ths 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 symbolisms of the twenty-first

gels of and_ olympic talismans planetary spirits_ cup lamp_ hiereus hegemon_ water_ banner of west tablet of water_ planetary. tarot& symbols_ attributions compounded_ hb:taw_ diagram 30. arrangement of the temple for the 30th path in the 3= 8 ritual. and then enters upon the symbolism of the nineteenth key of the tarot, which resumes these ideas: the sun has twelve principal rays which represent the zodiac; these are divided into thirty-six rays to represent the thirty-six decantes; and then again into seventy-two quinaries. thus the sun itself embraces the whole creation in its rays. the seven hebrew yodhs falling through the air refer to the solar influence descending "the two children, standing respectively on water and earth, represent the generating influences of both, brought into a

ormed the triangle of the measureless heavens, and their reflection formed the triangle of the measureless waters "and thus was formulated in eternity the external hexad; and this is the number of the dawning creation" the hegemon having illuminated the temple, the "hierophant" then explains to the practicus the calvary cross of twelve squares "the calvary cross of twelve squares fitly represents the zodiac; which embraces the waters of nu, as the ancient egyptians termed the heavens, the waters which be above the firmament. it also alludes to the eternal river of eden, divided into four heads, which find their correlation in the four triplicities of the zodiac" illustration on page 277 approximated below_ hb:shin hb:taw hb:qof_ salt/ lamp air tablet salt brass_ serpent_ banner of east/ he

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

planet you are dealing with("see "777" col* 1 *2 lxxxiii- thus to invoke\ jupiter begin from the\ mars# right-hand point of- the lower triangle, 2# 1/ dextro-rotary and complete; then trace 4,9# 6,7. the upper triangle-*5,8. 10,3# from its left hand- point and complete. 2,11\*2,11. trace the/*1,12.sun 1,12# astrological sigil- of the planet in the 6,7-*4,9.centre of your 3,10. 5,8. hexagram. for the zodiac use-*2 *1 the hexagram of the- planet which/ venus\ rules the 25) sign# you require("777- col. cxxxviii; but 1# 2/ draw the astrological sigil of the sign, 1\ 2# instead of that of the- planet# mercury *2-*1- 1\ moon *1 *2 2# 25 for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of caput draconis or cauda draconis. to banish, reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a con

of god that destroyeth (literally "burns out) the sins of the world. as it is written in the ordinary of the mass: the priest goeth unto the south of the altar and prays "o agnus dei! qui tollis- qui tollis peccata mundi- dona nobis pacem" and this fire, this lamb of god, is "aries" symbol of the dawning year: whose colour also is as the red fire, and which is the head of the fiery triplicity in the zodiac. so also in the grade of neophyte in the order of the golden dawn the hierophant weareth a robe of flame-scarlet as symbolic of the dawn. note- it may be objected to this enunciation of the colours that hb:yod, the father, is fire; that hb:heh, the mother, is water; that hb:vau, the son, is air, and yellow instead of red. this also is true, but it relates to the governance of the elemen

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

hief 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 between light and darkne

the five grades of the first order, and to the revolution of the powers of the pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written "his days shall be 120 years" and and 120 divided by five yields 210 twenty-four, the number of hours in a day, and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further, 120 equals the number of the ten sephiroth multiplied by that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of the spirit and the four elements, typified in the wand which i bear. 4 for a further account of these see "the elemental calls of dr. dee" in sloane mss, british museum. illustration on page 211 described and aproximated "diagram 64. the lotus wand" the top of the wand is crowned by a stylized half-open lotus flower (see regardie's "the golden dawn" for a de

of the first order, through which it is necessary for the aspirant to have passed before he can enter the vault of the sacred mountain. for the three months' interval between the grades of practicus and philosophus is the regimen of the elements; and the seven months interval between the first and second orders symbolises the regimen of the planets. while the elements and the planets both work in the zodiac, so that (3+ 7) x 12 yieldeth the number 120. illustration on page 213 described "diagram 68. the cross of suffering" this is a calvary cross, evidently life-size. it has a scroll diagonally upward from left to right just below the top of the upper arm with the letters "i.n.r.i. there is a large open ring about the intersection of the arms, crossing the base of each arm in such fashion

water, hb:mem, is ascribed the blue colour of chesed. unto fire, hb:shin, is ascribed the red colour of geburah. the colours of earth are to be found in malkuth. those of the planets are in the rainbow thus: hb:taw saturn. indigo. hb:dalet venus. green. hb:koph jupiter. violet. hb:bet mercury. yellow. hb:samekh sic: hb:peh mars. scarlet. hb:gemel luna. blue. hb:resh sol. orange. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: hb:heh aries. scarlet. hb:lamed libra. emerald. hb:vau taurus. red-orange. hb:nun scorpio. greenish blue. hb:zain gemini. orange. hb:peh sic: hb:samekh sagittarius. deep blue. hb:chet cancer. amber. hb:ayin capricornus. indigo. hb:tet leo. greenish yellow. hb:tzaddi aquarius. violet. hb:yod virgo. yellow-green. hb:qof pisces. crimson. 220 further, thou wilt o

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 3

re the emanations of unity, the parts of that lingam, in kether, taro= 78= 6 x 13, the influence of that unity in the macrocosm (hexagram. the centre of the whole figure is tiphereth, where is a golden sun of six rays. note the reflection of the yonis to the triad about malkuth. also note that the triangle of yonis is hidden, even as their links are secret. from malkuth depends the greek cross of the zodiac and their spiritual centre (fig. 2. for colour scales see 777< 11_ rho 1alpha omega_ 2_ 3* 6_ 9/ 4 8 /10\ 7 5 /13\ 12" represents a six-fold star, points to top and bottom. the star is formed by a line inside which are six diamond shapes making a pointed petal star to the center. a. a. publication in class a a note upon liber dcccclxiii 1. let the student recite this book, particularly

f; but in itself it is equal to both its father and its mother; for it is father of fathers and mother of mothers. 0. therefore is it one whole, and not two halves; and being one is thirteen, which is called nothing when it is all-things. amen without lie, and amen of amen, and amen of amen of amen. 74 illustration facing page 74 partly described and partly aproximated "fig. 2. the greek cross of the zodiac "aries. emerald on scarlet. libra. scarlet on emerald. taurus. greenish blue on orange-red. scorpio. orange-red on greenish blue. gemini. royal blue on orange. sagittarius. orange on royal blue. cancer. indigo on amber. capricorn. amber on indigo. leo. violet on greenish yellow. aquarius. greenish yellow on violet. virgo. crimson on yellow-green. pisces. yelow-green on crimson. spirit

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3

iber dcccclxiii_ the treasure-house of images illustrations the slopes of abiegnus "facing page" 4 the student" 10 the complete symbol of the rose and cross" 210 the elemental tablets and cherubic emblems" 212 the lid of the pastos" 218 the ceiling of the vault the floor of the vault" 222 the circular altar the rose and cross "special supplement" the triangle of the universe" 4 the greek cross of the zodiac" 70 weh note: two different versions of this editorial exist in separate marketings of the 1st edition. both will be given. this first one seems to be the earlier version. editorial happy is the movement that has no history! at the beginning of our second year we have little to record but quiet steady growth, a gradual spreading of our tree of knowledge, a gradual awakening of interest

hat it "would" receive the direct rays, did the cloud withdraw) p. the curcurbite is again to be placed on the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist performs an invocation of the forces of the sun to act in the curcurbite. it is then to be exposed to the rays of the sun for twelve hours each day: from 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m (this should be done preferably when the sun is strongly posited in the zodiac, but it "can" be done at some other times, though "never" when he is in scorpio, libra, capricornus or aquarius) q. the curcurbite is again placed upon the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist repeats the words "child of earth, long hast thou dwelt &c, then holding above it the lotus wand by the white end, he says "i formulate in thee the invoked forces of light" and repeats the

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

itiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust they can eventually work. these formulas are based upon nine symbols which are now recognised: 1. the cross in its varying forms. 2. the lotus. 3. the triangle. 4. the cube. 5. the sphere and the point. 6. eight animal forms, the goat, the bull, the elephant, the man, the dragon, the bear, the lion, and the dog. 7. the line. 8. certain signs of the zodiac, hence the need for the study of astrology. 9. the cup, or the holy grail. all these symbols allied, interwoven, or taken in part, are combined to express one or other of the seven secrets. the initiate has to recognise them by sight as well as to hear them, and by an effort of the will to imprint them irrevocably upon his memory. this he is aided to do in three ways: first, by a long p

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

al kingdom.58(226) a further factor in cyclic computation lies in the effect of the following stars and constellations upon our system and upon any particular scheme within the system: a. the great bear. b. the little bear. c. the pole star, especially where our planet is concerned. d. the pleiades. e. the constellation of capricorn. f. draco. g. sirius. h. the various constellations and stars of the zodiac. the mystery is hidden in esoteric astrology, and until the subject of energy working through the etheric body, of radioactivity, and of the transmutation of all bodies from a lower state into a higher is better comprehended, the true mystery of the "influence" of these various bodies upon- 470- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust each other will remain at its present s

s, the one about whom naught may be said reach the monadic lives and produce stimulation or retardation according to the nature of the cosmic ideation. these are necessarily entirely outside the ken of average man and are only touched upon as no tabulation would be complete without them. 13. there is also to be borne in mind the play of energy which emanates from any one of those "twelve signs of the zodiac" with which astrology concerns itself. this type of force is primarily concerned with planetary stimulation, with the planetary logoi, and is hidden in their cyclic karma, a karma which of course will incidentally involve those monads and devas which form their bodies and centres- 624- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 14. we must not ignore the three great waves of e

lf in a fourth fundamental of the secret doctrine so that later students will have the three as they are now found in the proem to that book, plus the fourth.29(294) this might be expected in this fourth round. the true astrology will reveal the nature of this fourth proposition at some later date. more attention will eventually be paid to the planetary influences, and not so much to the signs of the zodiac where the nature of an ego is concerned. the great signs of the zodiac concern the heavenly man, and necessarily, therefore, the monads of every human being. the planetary influences must be studied to find out the quality of a man's ray, and this in the above indicated threefold manner. man is the monad, therefore, he expresses a small part of his enfolding life. in this solar system h

der to perfect themselves. they are called the "blissful dancing points of fanatical devotion" this is as near as we can get to the true description. they have also been described as the "revolving wheels which turn upon themselves, and find the open door to perfect bliss" the energy of path iv reaches us from sirius via the sun. this must be understood as a blind behind which one of the signs of the zodiac veils itself. the hierarchies concerned with this specific type of cosmic force hide themselves under the numbers fourteen and seventeen. this will serve as a complete blind to the average reader, but will carry to the pledged chela the hint needed to produce illumination. the method whereby the adept fits himself to pass upon this path is termed that of duplex rotary motion and "rhythm

) a (ca) b, b (ac, the two bracketed being equal and the third stronger or weaker. the two groups of six, and the group in which the three are equal, would make thirteen "this thirteen may be arranged as a circle of twelve, with one in the centre. the central one will be synthetic, and will be that class in which all three are equal. the physical correspondence of this will be the twelve signs of the zodiac with the sun at the centre, synthesising all of them. the spiritual correspondence will be the twelve creative orders with the logos at the centre, synthesising all" the arrangement is quite legitimate. the theosophist, vol. xxix, p. 100. compare also the twelve signs of the zodiac. 297 32: s. d, i, 233-250; iii, 565-566. 298 33: s. d, i, 238. 299 34: s. d, i, 239; iii, sections 43, 44

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

entity, god or man, and the appearance of any man in exoteric expression on the physical plane is dependent upon the rhythmic or cyclic outgoing or indrawing energy of the great life in whom he lives and moves and has his being. this is the basis of the science of astrology or the relationship of the planet, or planets to the human being and of their relation to the stars and the various signs of the zodiac. some knowledge of this is essential to the right control of the life currents, so that the disciple can avail himself of the "times and seasons" wherein progress can be expedited. iii. the process of illuminating the lower man becomes possible through the right control of the pranas and this "illuminating process" is an exact science for which these four means of yoga have prepared the

nd on the downward arc with the vegetable kingdom. e. the astrological record, or the forms taken on the astral plane under the influence of the planetary forces. these are in two great groups. 1. those forms or pictures in the akasha produced by the inflow of solar force via the planets. 2. those forms or pictures which are produced by the inflow of cosmic force from one or other of the signs of the zodiac, that is, from their corresponding constellations. these points are enumerated to show how impossible it is that the majority of the claims regarding past incarnations can be true. they are the result of a vivid imagination and the assumption that the flashes of astral sight which reveal glimpses of the akashic film give that which pertains to the one who sees. this is not the case any

orms 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, gained by the adept throu

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

cted that through its three objective manifestations, the triple nervous system, through the seven major plexi, the lesser nerve ganglia, and the many thousands of nerves, the entire objective man can be responsive to: a. the above mentioned types of force. b. energies generated in and emanating from any part of the planetary etheric web of life. c. the solar web of life. d. the constellations of the zodiac which appear to have a real effect upon our planet and of which astrology is as yet the immature study. e. certain cosmic forces which, it will be recognised later, play upon and produce changes in our solar system and consequently upon our planet and upon all forms upon and within that planetary life. this has been touched upon in the treatise on cosmic fire. to all of these the planet

to bring about certain planetary effects. this life is not that avatar but is in the nature of a forerunner of a st. john the baptist, who "baptiseth with water (astral emanations) and the holy ghost. more information along these lines is not possible, but mention is made of it, as the energies coming from these two factors must be borne in mind. 3. astral energies emanating from the new sign of the zodiac into which we are now entering, the sign aquarius. this sign, that of the water-carrier, is a living sign and an emotional sign. it will (through the effect of its potent force) stimulate the astral bodies of men into a new coherency, into a brotherhood of humanity which will ignore all racial and national differences and will carry the life of men forward into synthesis and unity. this

history this activity embraces mankind on a large scale in the entire three aspects of the personality consciousness. the physical bodies, the emotional and mental states of consciousness are all in a condition of potent upheaval. this unified triple activity is increased by a cycle of equally intense planetary activity, due to the coming in of a new age, the passing of the sun into a new sign in the zodiac and the preparation consequently going on to fit man to work easily with the new forces and energies playing upon him. at the centre of human life, the integrating group of new world servers must meet therefore a very real need. their work must primarily be to keep such a close link with the soul of humanity made up of all souls on their own level of being through their own organised so

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

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

bout 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 outline of the system, and the basic principles governing the law of evolution, can be dimly sensed and grasped. the sweep of the subject is so vast that the concrete mind and the rationalising nature lose themselves in the realised complexities and problems. but the illumined intuition, with its power t

pt 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 failure, as yet, of the in

anifestation 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 on the seven rays- vo

point in two ways, both of which account for the present orgy of sexual expression and for the widespread interest in the subject. we live today in a period of the world's history wherein three events of major importance are taking place, mostly unrealised and unobserved by the majority of people. the seventh ray of law and order is coming into manifestation; we are transitting into a new sign of the zodiac, and the "coming of christ" is imminent. these three great happenings are the cause of much of the present upheaval and chaos; at the same time they are responsible for the universal turning to spiritual realities which all true workers at this time recognise, and for the growth of understanding, of welfare movements and of the tendency to cooperation, of religious unity and of internat

ction, 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 awakened to the knowledge of the soul. these are called "the radiant sons of light" 5. t

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 until he has passed through t

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

son and message which christ brought to individual man he brought also to the nations, holding before them the hope of future world unity and world peace. he came at the- 13- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust beginning of that astronomical age which we call "the piscean age" because, during this period of approximately two thousand years, our sun is passing through that sign in the zodiac which we call pisces, or the fishes. hence the frequent references to fishes, and the appearance of the symbol of the fish in christian literature, including the new testament. this piscean age comes between the previous jewish dispensation (the two thousand years wherein the sun was passing through the sign aries, the ram) and the aquarian age into which our sun is now in process of tr

n his instructions to his disciples when he told them to go into the city, and said "when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in."15 this they did, and the great and holy feast of communion was later held in that house. the reference is undoubtedly to the future period wherein we enter into that house in the zodiac which is called "the water-carrier" and wherein also we shall all sit at the same table, and hold communion one with another. the christian dispensation comes between the two great world cycles, and just as christ consummated in himself the message of the past, and gave the teaching for the present, so he also pointed to that future of unity and understanding which is our inevitable goa

ed in the lives of the various solar gods, and antiquity teems with illustrations of them. isis of egypt, like mary of bethlehem, was our immaculate lady, star of the sea, queen of heaven, mother of god. we see her, in pictures, standing on the crescent moon, star-crowned, she nurses her child horus, and the cross appears on the back of the seat in which he sits on his mother's knee. the virgo of the zodiac is represented in ancient drawings as a woman suckling a child the type of all future madonnas with their divine babes, showing the origin of the symbol. devaki is likewise figured with the divine krishna in her arms, as is mylitta, or istar, of babylon, also with the recurrent crown of stars, and with her child tammuz- 40- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust on her kne

old as religion itself. whence came the signs, and how the meanings and symbols associated with them came into being, is lost in the night of time. they have existed in men's minds and thoughts and writings for thousands of years, and are our joint heritage today. the ancient zodiac of dendera (antedating christianity by several thousand years) is ample proof of this. in the sun's journey around the zodiac, this "man of the heavens" eventually arrives at pisces; this sign is exactly opposite the sign virgo, and is the sign of all world saviours. we have already seen that the age of christianity is the piscean age, and christ came to the holy land when our sun transitted into that sign. therefore that which was started and had its being in virgo (the birth of the christ child) is consummat

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 led him to a new real

rust in space. north, south, east and west stands the cosmic christ upon what is called "the fixed cross of the heavens" upon this cross god is eternally crucified "the sky is mystically spoken of as the temple and the eternal consciousness of god. its altar is the sun, whose four arms or rays typify the four corners or the cardinal cross of the universe, which have become the four fixed signs of the zodiac, and as the four powerful sacred animal signs, are both cosmical and spiritual. these four are known as the consecrated animals of the zodiac, while the signs themselves represent the basic fundamental elements of life, fire, earth, air and water."6 these four signs are taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, and they constitute pre-eminently the cross of the soul, the cross upon which the s

ting 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 kings (symbolised by

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

to serve marks a definite stage of advance upon the path, and until that stage is reached, spontaneous service, rendered in love and guided by wisdom, cannot be given. what is found up to that time is good intention, mixed motives, and oft fanaticism. this we will later elucidate. this law is the imposition upon the planetary rhythm of certain energies and impulses which emanate from that sign of the zodiac into which we are steadily moving. therefore, there is no escape. it is the effect of this force which, in some countries, is regimenting the masses in such a way that the individual serves the group by a forced negation of his personal self. his own ideas, his own personal well being and his own individuality are subordinated to the whole, and he is rendered relatively futile from the

se purpose works out into manifestation through these laws, which are regarded by us as great and inevitable natural laws and also spiritual laws. this effect produces a blending of energies which is both balancing and, at the same time, impelling. in december, 1935, the energies of capricorn were augmented by the pouring in of forces from a still greater constellation which is to our zodiac what the zodiac is to the earth. this augmentation will take place again in 1942. it must be remembered that, from certain angles, the circle of twelve signs or constellations constitutes a special unity which revolves within our universe of heavens as our planet revolves in the centre of our circle of influences. by means of this augmentation during the coming aquarian zodiacal cycle groups on earth c

ore, involves people at all stages of unfoldment and they should carefully consider them from the standpoint of energy activity a thing which has been little done as yet. the first of these three aspects could be stated as follows: we are passing at this time through a transition period wherein old energies are passing out and new ray influences are coming in. we are transiting into a new sign of the zodiac. therefore, the impact of the new forces, plus the withdrawal of the old, is apt to produce clearly felt effects upon humanity, as a whole, and upon mystics and aspirants in particular, and cause definite reactions. with these we shall shortly deal when we consider the influence of the rays today and in the aquarian age (a treatise on the seven rays, vol. iii and the destiny of the nati

nism of man. this is not yet being done but is a determining factor in the successful development of the human unit. therefore, it is of vital importance to educators, psychologists, parents and esotericists. there is, however, as yet no real recognition of the fact and the urgency of these incoming forces, nor is there any appreciation of the potency of the energies emanating from 1. the sign of the zodiac into which we are now passing. 2. the effect of the relation existing between the forces emanating from the sign aquarius and the sign leo which is its polar opposite and, therefore, closely related to it. the interplay of the two signs is, at this time, responsible for the appearance of the great and modern human movements, involving vast numbers of men and engineered usually by some d

ganisation 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 the under-developmen

tise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust b. the point in evolution reached by humanity. c. the crises which must inevitably occur when man, the integrated human being, meets man, the spiritual reality. d. the moment of opportunity which is upon us. this is the result of certain astronomical happenings, such as the pouring in of energy from a new sign in the zodiac, and the shift of the earth's pole. 3. the development of the new art. this will be expressive of a sensitive response to ideas. the art of the past expressed largely man's understanding of the beauty of god's created world, whether it was the phenomenal wonder of nature or the beauty of the human form. the art of today is as yet almost a childish attempt to express the world of feeling

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

end and the new astronomical cycle came into existence. the average christian is singularly unaware of the times and cycles through which our planet passes, under influence of solar progression. the at present dubious science of astrology has sidetracked the legitimate interest of humanity in the astronomical teaching and its spiritual interpretation of the passage of the sun through the signs of the zodiac. yet, in the new testament, that recognition is clearly revealed and colours the presentation of the entire gospel story. it is found also in the old testament. what was the sin of the children of israel in the desert but a reversion to the old mithraic worship which distinguished the time when the sun was "in the sign of taurus, the bull" as it is technically called. they fell down and

of the jewish dispensation which is of importance to the jews and unfortunately of importance to the christian religion, but of no importance to the untold millions in the other parts of the world; during this cycle came the buddha, shri krishna and sankaracharya; finally we have the age of pisces the fishes, which brought to us the christ. the sequence of the mysteries which each of the signs of the zodiac embodies will be clarified for us by the christ, because the public consciousness today demands something more definite and spiritually real than modern astrology, or all the pseudo-occultism so widely extant. in the era which lies ahead, after the reappearance of the christ, hundreds of thousands of men and women everywhere will pass through some one or other of the great expansions of

ty 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 influences of the pleiades (job xxxv

sages bear out this contention of the knowers. many church festivals are fixed by reference to the moon or a zodiacal constellation. investigation will prove this to be the case and when the ritual of the new world religion is universally established, this will be one of the important factors considered. the establishing of certain major festivals in relation to the moon and in a lesser degree to the zodiac will bring about a strengthening of the spirit of invocation and the resultant inflow of evoked influences. the truth lying behind all invocation is based upon the power of thought, particularly in its telepathic nature, rapport and aspect. the unified, invocative thought of the masses and the focussed, directed thought of the new group of world servers constitute an outgoing stream of

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

y realised. what i give you, therefore, under this point is new exoterically; attention will have to be paid to the information either as it comes from me or from other sources if there is to be real understanding of the situation and therefore useful cooperation with the forces of light. i will give you here the present personality influences of the nations, indicated by their governing signs of the zodiac, trusting that you will give due thought to what i impart and assuring you that they are of vital significance at this time, particularly if you compare them with what i gave you anent the rays of the nations in the first volume of a treatise on the seven rays. i would remind you that over the lapse of centuries nations are reborn several times or come into- 35- the destiny of the natio

any in germany but the negative piscean personality attitude provides a great obstacle and accounts for what has puzzled all who know and love the german people. at present, the influence of mars, of leo and of pisces in their lower octave or connotations, are dominant. that which can offset this unhappy situation is the influence of scorpio, the sign of discipleship and one of the death signs in the zodiac. the struggle for the soul of the people and its emergence into control is really taking place today in berlin and upon the decision of this conflict much depends. france whose soul is governed by pisces, the world saviour, can do much to release the piscean personality of germany. here lies the crux of the world problem. great britain, with her soul ray ruled by gemini (which understan

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

s also affected by certain inherited ideas which are the embodied thoughtforms of family, national and racial approaches to truth. these produce powerful illusions to which the individual man easily succumbs. there are also the inflowing forces of the sign into which the sun may be passing, such as the conditions found in the world today, due to the fact that our sun is passing into a new sign of the zodiac. therefore powerful and new energies are playing upon humanity, producing effects in all the three bodies. they are evoking glamours in the emotional nature and illusions in the mental nature. those easily subject to glamour become at this time conscious of an emphasised duality. the subject, as you will therefore see, is vast, and this science of the psychological influences and the re

chy. the one given above is a transient and fleeting personality ray of a minor incarnation. 12. in the aquarian age which is rapidly coming, the dweller will present slightly different personality forces: a. personality ray .5 th .b asic and determining. b. mind ray. 4th. the creative effect. c. astral ray. 6th. conditioning incentives. d. physical ray. 7th. incoming ray. 13. each great cycle in the zodiac is in the nature of an incarnation of the human family, and each great race is a somewhat similar happening; the latter is, however, of more importance where the human understanding and consciousness is concerned. the analogy is to the few important incarnations in the life of the soul in contra-distinction to the many unimportant and rapidly succeeding incarnations. of the important in

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

the seven rays volume iii by alice a. bailey copyright 1951 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1979 by lucis trust- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust- 2- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust tabulations tabulation i tabulation ii tabulation iii tabulation iv tabulation v tabulation vi tabulation vii tabulation viii tabulation ix tabulation x chapter i the zodiac and the rays what i have to say first on this subject is entirely of a preliminary nature. i seek to lay the ground for a somewhat new approach a far more esoteric approach to the science of astrology. certain things i may say will probably be regarded by the academic and uninspired astrologer as revolutionary, or as erroneous, as improbable or unprovable. as yet, however, astrology has

there may come to you an awakening of the intuition which will translate modern astrology into something of real moment and significance to the world. it is intuitional astrology which must eventually supersede what is today called astrology, thus bringing about a return to the knowledge of that ancient science which related the constellations and our solar system, drew attention to the nature of the zodiac and informed humanity as to the basic interrelations which govern and control the phenomenal and subjective worlds- 3- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. three basic statements. the statement is frequently made that astrology is an exact science but that is far from correct in spite of the many mathematical computations. astrology

hich govern and control the phenomenal and subjective worlds- 3- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. three basic statements. the statement is frequently made that astrology is an exact science but that is far from correct in spite of the many mathematical computations. astrology is based, curiously enough, upon illusion for, as well you know, the zodiac is naught but the imaginary path of the sun through the heavens, and this as it appears from the standpoint of our totally insignificant planet. the sun is not, as stated, in any sign of the zodiac. it simply appears to be so as it passes between our little sphere, the earth, and the constellations at any particular time or season. in ancient days it was believed that the earth was the

nderstanding. later, when further discoveries brought more light to the human mind, our planet was decentralised and the truth was more clearly seen, though much remains as yet to be discovered and may even be of as revolutionary a nature. from certain astrological angles, a similar process of decentralisation must take place and the solar system must no longer be regarded as a point around which the zodiac revolves or through which the sun passes in its great cycle of approximately 25,000 years. astrologers with insight may deny that this is the commonly accepted attitude. yet for purposes of clarity and in connection with the general public the inference is permitted and accepted by the ignorant. upon this theory anent the zodiac rests very largely what we call the great illusion, and i

ve 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 systems which are related to the constellations of the zodiac and whose force reaches us through these constellations and not directly. besides these, it should be remembered that technically we should also add the radiatory influence which comes direct to us from the planet, the earth, upon which we live. then, and only then, can you have a fairly complete analysis and picture of the energies to which the etheric body of man (conditioning the phy

then passes through the signs from aries to pisces. he begins patiently and consciously to function as a soul struggling towards the light until finally he emerges at the end of the path in pisces as a world victor and a world saviour. he then knows the significance of the triumph over death because he has surmounted and overcome desire. this reversal of the way a man travels through the signs of the zodiac will necessitate a readjustment of the method employed by astrologers when they are casting a horoscope of senior aspirants, of disciples and of initiates. according, therefore, to an individual's point of evolution upon the path or (in other words) the individual's place upon the wheel of life, the practising astrologer will arrange the interpretation of the horoscope. it will require

and the thought of the intuitive astrologer, dependent upon soul contact and much meditation, to determine the processes of astrological interpretation for those who are active and living souls at some one or other of the final stages upon the path. the casting of the horoscope of the average man or the undeveloped man presents no such difficulties. it might be added in addition that the signs of the zodiac are concerned primarily with the life expression of the heavenly man (as far as our planet is concerned) and therefore with the destiny and life of the planetary logos. they are also concerned with the great man of the heavens, the solar logos. i refer in this last instance to their effect as it makes itself felt in the solar system as a whole and with this effect there are few astrolog

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

istinction can be made between the tendencies of the personality established through many incarnations and the emerging purpose and will of the soul. when, however, one comes to a consideration of the astrological implications to astronomical happenings the story is very different. people hear the statement made that we are now transitting into the sign aquarius which means that from the angle of the zodiac, which is the imaginary path of the sun in the heavens, the sun appears to be going through the constellation aquarius. this is an astronomical fact at this time and has nothing to do with astrology. the influence, however, of the sign through which the sun may be passing at any particular world period is irrefutable and i can prove it to you here and now. prior to the jewish dispensati

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

ows as do all the qualities. 4. the soul is now in what esotericists call "a process of reversal" this produces a great interest in its reflection in the three worlds, and three things then happen: a. the lower concrete mind becomes subject to illumination from the soul. b. the energy of the soul ray increasingly pours into the personality, intensifying its conflict. c. the path of the man around the zodiac from aries via pisces to taurus is reversed and he then- 302- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust proceeds anti-clockwise. all these factors produce violent conflict upon the probationary path, which increases as the man steps upon the path of discipleship. the potency of the personality, dominant and being dominated, is that which induce

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ditions in the world and of the ancient east; one, too, which finds its counterpart in the 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 arche

p 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 influences of the pleiades; and ma

this contention of the knowers. many church festivals are fixed by reference to the moon or a zodiacal constellation. investigation will prove this to be increasingly the case, and when the ritual of the new world religion is universally established this will be one of the important factors considered. the establishing of certain major festivals in relation to the moon, and in a lesser degree to the zodiac, will bring a strengthening of the spirit of invocation and the resultant inflow of responsive influences. the truth lying behind all invocation is based upon the power of thought, particularly in its telepathic nature, rapport and aspect. the unified invocative thought of the masses and the focussed, directed thought of the new group of world servers constitute an outgoing stream of en

thers, the closer relation of the hierarchy to shamballa, the stimulation of its own interior life, and the readiness of humanity for revelation and for certain unexpected development, will condition the cycle into which we are now entering. this is, therefore, the most amazing period in the history of humanity. added to this, it must be borne in mind that we are entering another greater round of the zodiac, and this coincides with the lesser zodiacal activity because aquarius governs the greater immediate cycle of 25,000 years and is also the sign into which the sun is now moving for a period of 2300 years a most amazing happening and full of import in our planetary history; it is a coincidence of which our planetary logos is well aware and of which he is making full and intelligent use

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

d uses or to bad. it is not possible for the masters to turn energy to evil ends, but they necessarily have to master new techniques and the new methods of work called for by the new conditions; these can either affect the hierarchy itself or will produce reactions in the fourth kingdom and in the other kingdoms, producing rapidly changing orientation and attitudes. these forces and energies from the zodiac or from one or other of the seven rays have poured into and through our planetary life for countless aeons. each time that they cyclically make their appearance, the forms and substance in the three worlds upon which they impinge and through which they pass are different in the degree of evolutionary response and of sensitive reaction to impact. the response and the reactions of the hum

ciousness of the informing life of aries and of leo. his work is only now beginning to assume importance. i realise that this information has little meaning to you and lies beyond your understanding, but so was much that i gave you in a treatise on cosmic fire. its sole value for you lies in the revelation of the linking up and the interplay between all parts of our solar system, our universe and the zodiac. through these three great buddhas there is a basic relation, established aeons ago and steadfastly held, between our planet, three of the seven sacred planets, and six of the major constellations the three and the six which most uniquely concern the fourth kingdom in nature. other planets and other constellations are also related to the human family, but their relation is more aggressi

nt expression and is wholly inadequate, but i can find none other to substitute. the wording is totally blind and inadequate and will prove to you somewhat meaningless, except to the initiate who has experienced that turning. as esoteric astrologers know well, there comes a life cycle wherein the disciple reverses himself upon the wheel of life (the zodiacal wheel) and from going clockwise around the zodiac, he now begins to go anti-clockwise; he learns that the substance aspect of his nature may still be conditioned by the forces flowing through them sequentially and serially, and according to his horoscope and according to the exoteric mode of the zodiacal revolution; at the same time, the disciple is receiving energy currents from the reversed wheel whereon he, as a soul, finds himself

us, except in the one brief episode wherein he appeared to mary, weeping outside the door of the sepulchre. the other episodes are universal in their implications, as indicated by: 1. christ walking with the two disciples on the road to emmaus a symbol of the essential dualism of spirit and matter, as embodied in a world saviour. 2. christ appearing to the disciples in the upper room, symbolising the zodiac, for judas iscariot was there, standing for the sign at the time in power; the other eleven disciples representing the remaining signs through which the sun must pass. 3. pentecost. this event does not portray the triumph of orthodox christianity (as the theologians believe and teach, but signifies the universal dissemination of the christ consciousness throughout all time in the heart

n the foundation of a newly interpreted and enlightened christianity, having no relation to theology and being universal in nature. its present form, resting as it does on a jewish foundation which is nearly five thousand years old, must disappear. this must take place, not because it is jewish, but because it is old and reactionary and has not followed the evolutionary passage of the sun through the zodiac. that passage should and does symbolise human evolution, and just as the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness was their reverting to a dispensation and religious ritual which had passed and gone (the religion of the people in the time of taurus, the bull, symbolised by their falling down and worshipping the golden calf, so today modern masonry is in line to do the same; and t

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

appears, but at the seventh great absorption naught is left save iridescent fire. three times the fire envelops, three times the sun recedes; at time the fourth the work is done, and naught is left save flame primordial. that flame absorbs, revolves, receives, and remains. when all that is has traversed the flame, then time is nvialice bailey& djwhal khul the labors of hercules- table of contents the zodiac the purpose of this study (foreword) the nature of discipleship astrological connotations the world disciple today key thoughts hercules the disciple- the myth elaboration of the myth labor i the capture of the man-eating mares the myth the meaning of the myth the sign the three initial impulses in aries the sign of the mind constellations in aries the crux of the test labor ii the capt

rulers and constellations the lawgivers interpretation of the test labor xii the capture of the red cattle of geryon the myth interpretation of the story significant aspect of the sign the second coming of the christ the new group of world servers interpretation of the test the purpose of the study of the hercules myth summary of lessons learned in each zodiacal 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 afte

he 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 the stars incline, bu

divine sumtotal can alone reveal the vaster purpose. these are the ideas that must eventually supersede our personal concentrations. our small life histories must disappear in the larger picture. hercules astrologically enacted the life history of every aspirant, and demonstrated the part which the unit must play in the eternal enterprise. a great eastern teacher has expressed in connection with the zodiac and astrology this suggestive thought- 8- the labours of hercules "that astrology is a science and a coming science is true. that astrology in its highest aspect and its true interpretation will eventually enable man to focus his understanding and to function rightly is equally true. that in the revelations that astrology will make in time to come will be found the secret of the true co

lessly rushed are those which are possible to many thousands now. it will become apparent also how curiously applicable to modern conditions are the various details of the dramatic and oft-times amusing story of his efforts upon the path of ascension. each one of us is an embryo hercules, and each one of us faces the identical labors; each of us has the same goal to achieve and the same circle of the zodiac to encompass. the work to be done has for its prime objective the- 9- the labours of hercules elimination of all fear and the control of the natural forces of the human nature. these hercules has to face in every possible combination before he climbs the mount of initiation in capricorn and becomes the server of humanity. competition and selfish objectives have to be completely changed

matter are fear, individualism, competition and greed. these have to give place to spiritual confidence, cooperation, group awareness and selflessness. this is the lesson that hercules brings to us, and this is the demonstration [10] of the life of god which is being wrought out in the creative process, and which flowers forth more beautifully each time that the life of god makes its sweep around the zodiac which, the astronomers tell us, takes approximately twenty-five thousand years to accomplish. this is the story of the cosmic christ, crucified upon the fixed cross of the heavens; this is the story of the historical christ, given us in the gospel story and enacted two thousand years ago in palestine; this is the story of the individual christ, crucified upon the cross of matter, and in

s 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 world religions have emb

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

her spiritually, until only the strongest survive. let me tell you allegorically that you must put into the heavenly balance the ram, bull, cancer, scorpion, and goat. in the other scale of the balance you must place the twins, the archer, the water vbearer, and the virgin. then let the lion jump into the virgin s lap, which will cause the other scale to kick the beam. thereupon, let the signs of the zodiac enter into opposition to the pleiads, and when all the colours of the world have shewn themselves, let there be a conjunction and union between the greatest and the smallest, and the smallest and the greatest. twelve keys of basil valentine 63 of 95 if the whole world s nature were seen in one figure, and nothing could be evolved by art, nothing wonderful would be found in the universe

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

mmalian- the anthropoids included- in the animal kingdom[[footnote(s* see genesis ch. ii, v. 19. adam is formed in verse 7, and in verse 19 it is said "out of the ground the lord god formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto adam to see what he would call them" thus man was created before the animals; for the animals mentioned in chapter i. are the signs of the zodiac, while the man "male and female" is not man, but the host of the sephiroth; forces, or angels "made in his (god's) image and after his likeness" the adam, man, is not made in that likeness, nor is it so asserted in the bible. moreover, the second adam[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 2 the secret doctrine. the secret doctrine is not alone in speaking of primeval men born

al spirits, the "regents" being simply the supervisors. this is the first germ, the seed of that which grew later into the tree of astrology and astrolatry. the higher ones were the kosmocratores, the fabricators of our solar system. this is borne out by all the ancient cosmogonies: that of hermes, of the chaldees, of the aryans, of the egyptians, and even of the jews. heaven's belt, the signs of the zodiac (the sacred animals, are as much the bne' alhim (sons of the gods or the elohim) as the spirits of the earth; but they are prior to them. soma and sin, isis and diana, are all lunar gods or goddesses, called the fathers and mothers of our earth, which is subordinate to them. but these, in their turn, are subordinate to their "fathers" and "mothers- the latter interchangeable and varying

sts and astronomers, the association between the serpent and the idea of darkness had an astronomical foundation. the position which the constellation of draco at one time occupied showed that the great serpent was the ruler of the night. this constellation was formerly at the very centre of the heavens, and is so extensive that it was called the great dragon. its body spreads over seven signs of the zodiac; and dupuis "who" says staniland wake "sees in the dragon of the apocalypse a reference to the celestial serpent" remarks that "it is not astonishing that a constellation so extended should be represented by the author of that book as a great dragon with seven heads, who drew the third part of the stars from heaven and cast them to earth (dupuis, tome iii, p. 255. only dupuis never knew

as the birthplace of asuramaya "as great a magician as he was an astrologer and an astronomer" moreover, prof. weber refuses to assign any great antiquity to the indian zodiac, and feels inclined to think that the hindus never knew of a zodiac at all till "they had borrowed one from the greeks* this statement clashes with the most ancient traditions of india, and must therefore be ignored (vide "the zodiac and its antiquity. we are the more justified in ignoring it, as the learned german professor himself tells us in the introduction to his work (history of sanskrit literature) that "in addition to the natural obstacles which impede investigation (in india, there still prevails a dense mist of prejudices and preconceived opinions hovering over the land, and enfolding it as with a veil" ca

l power of their essence with the children of earth, but for reasons already suggested. however, allegory has indulged in endless fancies and theology taken advantage thereof in every country to make out its case against these first-born, or the logoi, and to impress it as a truth on the minds of the ignorant and credulous (compare also what is said about makara and the kumaras in connection with the zodiac) the christian system is not the only one which has degraded them into demons. zoroastrianism and even brahmanism have profited thereby to obtain hold over the people's mind. even in chaldean exotericism, beings who refuse to create, i.e, who are said to oppose thereby the demiurgos, are also denounced as the spirits of darkness. the suras, who win their intellectual independence, fight

to the position of evil spirits, of satan and his host, created in their turn by the unclean fancy of exoteric creeds. it was by kriyasakti, that mysterious and divine power latent in the will of every man, and which, if not called to life, quickened and developed by yogi-training, remains dormant in 999,999 men out of a million, and gets atrophied. this power is explained in the "twelve signs of the zodiac* as follows (b "kriyasakti- the mysterious power of thought which enables it to produce external, perceptible, phenomenal results by its own inherent energy. the ancients held that any idea will manifest itself externally, if one's attention (and will) is deeply concentrated upon it; similarly, an intense volition will be followed by the desired result. a yogi generally performs his won

by his wife surabhi, he was the parent of cows and buffaloes, etc, etc. in the secret doctrine, the first nagas- beings wiser than serpents- are the "sons of will and yoga" born before the complete separation of the sexes "matured in the man-bearing eggs* produced by the power (kriyasakti) of the holy sages" of the early third race[[footnote(s* an allegorical reference to the "sacred animals" of the zodiac and other heavenly bodies. some kabalists see in them the prototypes of the animals* in "hesiod" zeus creates his third race of men out of ash-trees. in the "popol vuh" the third race of men is created out of the tree tzita and the marrow of the reed called sibac. but sibac means "egg" in the mystery language of the artufas (or initiation caves. in a report sent in 1812 to the cortes by

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

ciple. 603 occult and physical science. 605- xv. gods, monads, and atoms. 610 the gods of the ancients- the monads. 613 the monad and the duad. 617 the genesis of the elements. 621 hermes and huxley. 625 the teaching of leibnitz. 627 the monads according to occultism. 632- xvi. cyclic evolution and karma. 634 karmic cycles and universal ethics. 637 destiny and karma. 639 karma-nemesis. 643- xvii. the zodiac and its antiquity. 647 the jewish patriarchs and the signs of the zodiac. 651 zodiacal cycles. 656 hindu astronomy. 661- xviii. summary of the mutual position. 668 science confesses her ignorance. 669 materialism is leading europe towards a catastrophe. 675- n.b- the index and glossary will be found at the close of volume ii[[vol. 1, page xvii] introductory "gently to hear, kindly to ju

6, is applicable to both or neither. consult the zends, vol ii, p. 228, and plutarch de iside, as compared by layard, academie des inscriptions, 1854, vol. xv[[vol. 1, page] 126 the secret doctrine. as those raised at tyre to the four elements, which were placed on pedestals whose four angles faced the four cardinal points: adding that "the angles of the pedestals had equally the four figures of the zodiac" on them, which represented the same orientation (antiquities i, viii, ch. xxii. the idea may be traced in the zoroastrian caves, in the rock-cut temples of india, as in all the sacred square buildings of antiquity that have survived to this day. this is shown definitely by layard, who finds the four cardinal points, and the four primitive elements, in the religion of every country, und

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, and the panchasyam, the five brahmas, or the five dhyani

ta of the biologist, now called the dark mystery of embryology (see text and note infra (f) the fifth group is a very mysterious one, as it is connected with the microcosmic pentagon, the five-pointed star representing man. in india and egypt these dhyanis were connected with the crocodile, and their abode is in capricornus. these are convertible terms in indian astrology, as this (tenth) sign of the zodiac is called makara, loosely translated "crocodile" the word itself is occultly interpreted in various ways, as will be shown further on. in egypt the defunct man- whose symbol is the pentagram or the five-pointed star, the points of which represent the limbs of a man- was shown emblematically transformed into a crocodile: sebakh or sevekh "or seventh" as mr. gerald massey says, showing it

rments, which, by absorbing oxygen from substances coming in contact with them, ruin the latter. thus the process is commenced by one cell robbing its neighbour of the source of its vitality when the supply is insufficient; and the ruin so commenced steadily progresses[[vol. 1, page] 264 the secret doctrine. avatar of vishnu, the chaldean oannes- the man-fish, recorded in the imperishable sign of the zodiac, pisces, and running throughout the two testaments in the personages of joshua "son of the fish (nun" and jesus; the allegorical "sin" or fall of spirit into matter, and the moon- in so far as it relates to the "lunar" ancestors, the pitris. for the present it may be as well to remind the reader that while the moon-goddesses were connected in every mythology, especially the grecian, wit

th, 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 light and heat (2) jnana

two testaments, is quite sufficient to class the bible among esoteric works, and to connect its secret system with indian, chaldean, and egyptian symbolism. the whole cycle of biblical glyphs and numbers as suggested by astronomical observations- astronomy and theology being closely connected- is found in indian exoteric, as well as esoteric, systems. these figures and their symbols, the signs of the zodiac, the planets, their aspects and nodes- the last term having now passed even into our modern botany to distinguish male and female plants (the unisexual, polygamous, monoecious, dioecious, etc, etc- are known in astronomy as sextiles, quartiles and so on, and have been used for ages and aeons by the archaic nations, and in one sense have the same meaning as the hebrew numerals. the earli

BLUE EQUINOX

dy of light, development of intuition, et cetera. course iv the zelator will be examined in the following books: liber ccxx. liber l vel legis sub figur ccxx as delivered by xciii unto dclxvi. this book is the foundation of the new on, and thus of the whole of our work. liber cmlxiii (only the short note pertains to class a) this book is a superb collection of litanies appropriate to the signs of the zodiac. liber cmxiii. liber viae memoriae. gives methods for attaining the magical memory or memory of past lives, and an insights into the function of the aspirant in this present life. liber iii. liber jugorum. an instruction for the control of speech, action and thought. liber xiii. graduum montis abiegni. an account of the task of the aspirant from probationer to adept. liber xvii. liber i

in the higher and leaving the lower. in this practice do you continue, bending your will like a great bow to drive the arrow of your consciousness through heavens ever higher and holier. but the continuance in this way is itself of vital value: for it shall be that presently habit herself shall persuade you that the body which is born and dieth within so little a space as one cycle of neptune in the zodiac is no essential of your self, that the life of which you are become partaker, while itself subject ot the law of action and reaction, ebb and flow, systole and diastole, is yet insensible to the afflications of that life which you formerly held to be your sole bond with existence. the equinox 116 and here must you resolve your self to make the mightiest endeavours: for so flowered are t

lion s skins as mr. bragdon. o. m. ogilvie.s astrological birthday book. by leo bernart. j. s. ogilvie publishing co. in the preface mr. bernart correctly states that the exact date and hour of birth are necessary to delineate a horoscope. yet he publishes a book which attempts such a delineation on the birthday alone. now, the birthday tells the astrologer nothing but the position of the sun in the zodiac at the time of birth, and this position varies to a small but sufficient extent in different years. this is indeed divining hercules not merely from his foot, but from a big toe which may not be his at all. the error is often amusingly illustrated in the book itself. for example, wm. t. stead and admiral farragut were both born on july 5th. on july 11th, john quincy adams and wanamaker

BOOK T

t, save by reason of the others: and then indeed it is mighty and terrible 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 warri

winged goat's head barren land, fan, light one side only, sceptre with cube, orb of gold dark dark prince winged bull's flowery land, bull, sceptre with orb and dark- dark book t page 10 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 of the thirty-six decans here follow the descriptions of the smaller cards of the four suits, thirty-six in number, answering unto the thirty-six decans of the zodiac. commencing from the sign aries, the "central" decans of each sign follow the order of the days of the week. thus- of the thirty-six decans here follow the descriptions of the smaller cards of the four suits, thirty-six in number, answering unto the thirty-six decans of the zodiac. commencing from the sign aries, the central decans of each sign follow the order of the days of the week

cator "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 result 1. shuffle, etc

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

gray, blue, purple, black 9 red,crimson, pink you would like to give her a record album as a 126/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft from the earth,the sun seems to describe a great circle in its travels. this path is called the ecliptic and the angle that it makes at any moment, as it rises above the eastern horizon, is called the ascendant. this name, ascendant, is also given to the sign of the zodiac that is rising at a given time. every four minutes the ascending sign is at a different angle over the horizon. it can therefore be seen that to obtain the correct sign and ecliptic, at the moment of birth, the time and place of birth must be accurately recorded. as the sun moves throughout the year, it passes through twelve different areas of sky and constellations. these are the house

odiac that is rising at a given time. every four minutes the ascending sign is at a different angle over the horizon. it can therefore be seen that to obtain the correct sign and ecliptic, at the moment of birth, the time and place of birth must be accurately recorded. as the sun moves throughout the year, it passes through twelve different areas of sky and constellations. these are the houses of the zodiac, and like the hand of a watch, sweep round. the dividing lines between the houses are known as cusps. the sun takes roughly a month to pass through each of the houses, which are as follows: aries march 21 through april 19 taurus april 20 through may 19 gemini may 20 through june 20 cancer june 21 through july 22 leo july 23 through august 21 virgo august 22 through september 22 libra se

the ephemeris. and just to round things off nicely, an extra ten seconds per hour (known as the acceleration on interval) must also be subtracted or added. with a person born, for example, in new york, further adjustment would be necessary since the ephemerides use g.m.t. as standard (e.g. 5:45 pm in new york would be 10:45 pm at g.m.t) example a person born at 11:45 am on august 31,1934, in new the zodiac as we know it is a combined invention of the egyptians and babylonians. above: an ancient egyptian map of the sky, the 'zodiac ofdenderah. astrology originally developed in mesopotamia and was more concerned with kings and peoples than with the destinies of individuals; above: a tablet giving astrological forecasts in cuneiform writing, derived from observations of the moon. from "man

n these positions a certain amount of leeway is permissible, and this is usually in the order of 10 to 12 for conjunction or opposition, and roughly 7 for sextile. these allowances are the orbs. interpretation interpretation of a horoscope is the hardest part as it is in any form of divination. the interpretation begins with listing the various aspects which appear; the relationship of the sun to the zodiac; the relationship of the moon; the ascendant's position; rising and by their signs. these traditional signs are: setting planets; positions above and below the horizon; relationships of the planets to the houses and to the zodiac signs; the decanates. all these aspects must be studied and explained. examples of what might be found are "mars square with saturn; jupiter and the sun in opp

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

e attributed to chokmah, wisdom, is jah, i h, and its numeral value is 15. the extension of 15, or the sum of the numbers from 1 to 15, is 120, so that in m k i n "strengthening" or "renewal" of powers, is manifested the plenitude of the numeral value of jah, i h. in this connection, also, note that jah, i h, is directly connected with chaiah, ch i h, the life-force, and with the cosmic cycles of the zodiac, since chokmah is said to be the seat of the life-force and the sphere of the zodiac. qabalistic alchemy assigns the metal gold to tiphareth, beauty, and this same sephirah is the heavenly son, ben, b n. the hebrew for "sublimity" or "glory" is gawawn, g a v n, which adds up to 60, the value of the letter samekh. the same number is represented by the emphatic hinnay, h n h" behold" visi

wenty 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 "behold, in th v, tav, is it concealed, for th v is a t

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

adonai. for 1 am thy lord, and the lord and his temple are one [2we wicca01.txt a practical guide to witchcraft and magic spells by cassandra eason contents [insert pic p005- book cover (front (back) scan/ edit notes introduction- the power of white witchcraft 1- the origins and practice of witchcraft 2- creating spells and rituals 3- beginning magick 4- gods and goddesses 5- candles, colours and the zodiac 6- herbs in magick 7- oils and incenses in magick 8- crystals and protective magick 9- healing magick 10- ritual magick 11- moon magick 12- planets and angels 13- seasons and festivals 14- magick for you spell template glossary further reading (removed) useful contacts (removed) index of spells (removed) index (removed) scan/ edit notes versions available and duly posted: format: v1.0 (

to return and the light fading, gradually move away from the goddess form, letting the image fade* reconnect with your breathing and allow gentle pink or purple light to radiate within you, leaving you calm and in a deep pool of inner silence. if you have closed your eyes, open them slowly, blinking and stretching slowly, like a cat uncurling after sleep [insert pic p088- 5- candles, colours and the zodiac i said earlier in the book that you would require tools for your magick. that is not quite true: in fact, you could practise magick with nothing but a candle. a candle is a self-contained magical system, for although it represents the fire element, it also containing the other three basic elements of magick: earth is represented by the unburned wax of the candle, air is the smoke, fire

tance, you can burn your own zodiacal candle at a time when you need confidence or to assert your identity. alternatively, you may burn any astrological candles whose strengths you need at a particular time, perhaps the courage of aries before a confrontation or travelling to an unfamiliar location. you might also use them in a love ritual. note also the influence of particular groups of signs of the zodiac. the cardinal signs- aries, cancer, libra and capricorn- are so-called because when the sun moved into these signs, it marked the beginning of a new season- spring, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the su

wners or tenants. bury the 'old home' crystal in the ground near your new front door when you move, to transfer positive energies with you and make the new home instantly yours. amulets [insert pic p160- very potent protection can be provided by amulets. these are charms that have been marked with a symbol to indicate the power they contain. this could be a protective god or goddess, or a sign of the zodiac or a planet that you feel has the power you need. alternatively, you might simply write the name of the person to be protected and surround it with a circle to keep out ill-wishing. you can make an amulet in any shape you wish, out of candle-wax or clay, or you could use wooden discs, cut from an old broom handle. the symbols may be engraved, using a sharp knife, or painted on. you can

ugh i have written primarily about the significance of the different days, i have also listed the effects of the planetary hours. the planets have had a special place in both ritual magick and astrology, since the ancient babylonians and chaldeans first observed them wandering across the sky (the word 'planet' derives from the greek planetes, meaning 'wanderer) against the fixed constellations of the zodiac. the ancients knew of only five planets- mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. uranus, neptune and pluto were discovered only after the invention of the telescope and so have not assumed the importance in magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that have become woven

d pluto were discovered only after the invention of the telescope and so have not assumed the importance in magick that they have in astrology. what is more, the first astronomers also counted the sun and the moon as planets and credited them with certain qualities that have become woven into the western astrological and magical traditions. astrologers believe that the positions of the planets in the zodiac at the time of an individual's birth can influence and indicate that person's fate. in magick, the planetary strengths can be applied to any purpose under the as above, so below' principle that stresses the interconnectedness of the whole universe. you can create your own spells by using the associations, much as you create recipes by knowing the qualities and blending power of individu

ithic times. in the shamanic religions in siberia and lapland, the mother of the herds is still a central icon of power. during the neolithic period, the mother goddess was the bringer of fertility to the land as well as to animals and humans. gradually, she came to be seen as the wife of the great sky gods. she survives in the form of mary in the christian religion. mutable: the mutable signs of the zodiac are sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces, as when the sun enters them the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. oimelc: see imbolc. ostara: the celtic festival of the spring equinox. pentacle: a ritual item, symbol of the earth, consisting of a flat, round disc, engraved with a pentagram. pentagram: a five-pointed diag

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

s from egypt and babylon. astrology is personalized in greece. alexander founds library of alexandria. 300? bce euclid 290 bc alexandria in egypt becomes center of astrological research. eratosthenes, arristyllus and timocharis are its leading astrologers. 285 septuagint, first greek trans. of the o.t. c. 250 bce salmeschiniaka. asrological work lists images and interpretations for each degree of the zodiac. c. 200 bce buddhism comes to central asia. nechepso egyptian pharaoh& petosiris, his priest, said to have invented astrology. astrological textbook bearing their names was written or translated into greek= an encyclopedia of cosmogony, astrology and magic, of which we have citations from the fourteenth book. 200-150 bce the book of the watchers.aramaic. parts of its text have been iden

commentary on the erythraean sibyl and the sayings of merlin. 1250? liber juratus (sworn book of honorius) compiled by honorius of thebes, son of euclid. 1250-1305 moses ben shem tob de leon. zohar (the book of splendor) 1250/57- 1315 petrus de abano -petrus aponensis- translator of the kabbalistic and astrological books of rabbi ibn ezra. in "astrolabium planum" he interpreted the 360 degrees of the zodiac plus the decans. 1251- 1259 mongke khan 1251: hulegu leads the mongol invasion of persia and establishes the ilkhanate. 1253-1341 ubertino of casale spiritual franciscan joachite leader. 1253-1255 william of rubruck, traveled through the mongol domains. 1254: a franciscan student, gerard of borgo san donnino, publishes the works of joachim of fiore with a commentary proclaiming them to

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

mler 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 regarded by the secret societies as one of the the super elite- the black magicians 215 planet's most important earth energy centres. you w

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

history the sun was portrayed as female.2 in japan, a country with a long history of serpent worship, the ruling clans claimed descent from the sun goddess. japanese tribes in ad238 were ruled by queen himiko, who was called the daughter of the sun. the goddess aditi, the hindu great mother, was depicted as the sun. she was said to be the mother of the adityas, who was symbolic of the 12 signs of the zodiac. the sun was the "garment" of the goddess, who was "clothed with the sun. when christians made mother mary their version of the goddess, they said that mary was a "woman clothed in the sun. tantric buddhism had the goddess as the sun. the ancient arabs worshipped the sun as the goddess atthar and referred to her as the "torch of the gods. the celts had a sun goddess called sulis, a name

ight of the world (the sun; he will come back on the clouds and everyone shall see him (the sun. jesus walks on water (the sun's reflection does that; jesus performed his father's work in the temple at the age of 12 and started his ministry at 30. the sun reaches it's daily peak at 12 noon when the ancients, like the egyptians, said that the sun was the "most high god. the sun enters each sign of the zodiac at 30 degrees, hence he starts his "ministry" at 30. jesus is claimed to have turned water into wine because that is what the sun does by making the grapes grow. there is much zodiac symbolism in the bible, as with the two fishes (pisces) and the 12 god save us from religion 207 baskets (zodiac signs) into which jesus places his multiplied loaves during the "feeding of the 5,000. jesus

introduced by the sumerians, not the christians, and appears to have originated, at least in the post cataclysmic era, in the phoenician/st george centre of cappadocia. john the baptist, and his association with water, further symbolises the water sign of aquarius, through which the sun travels to be "baptised, according to myth. the sun enters aquarius at 30 degrees and jesus is baptised at 30. the zodiac circle was renamed the crown of the circle of the holy apostles (zodiac signs) by medieval monks and they placed john the baptist in the position where aquarius is located (king arthur and the 12 knights of the round table are also sun and zodiac symbolism) in the roman julian calendar john the baptist dies on august 29th and john jackson points out in christianity before christ (americ

must have 12 disciples or followers? jesus had them, so did horus, buddha, king arthur, mithra, dionysus, and so many other symbols of the sun. we also have the 12 sons of jacob, 12 tribes of israel, the 12 gods of the greeks, egyptians, and persians. this fixation with 12 derives once again from sun symbolism with their disciples and followers representing the months of the year and the signs of the zodiac. the romans openly symbolised the sun as a living man and the signs of the zodiac as his disciples. and the christian religion was created in rome. mark, luke, matthew, and john, the names carried by the gospels, represent the four cardinal signs of the zodiac. these are also symbolised in christian cathedrals as a man (aquarius, an ox (taurus, a lion (leo, and an eagle (scorpio, togeth

d with the jesus credentials. the christian church dedicates the winter solstice, the day the sun "dies, to st thomas. the hebrews still have a month they call tammuz. thomas the "twin" is also symbolism. thomas means "twin" in the aramaic and syriac languages and the name didymus, also associated with thomas, comes from the greek "didymos, which was their name for the roman "gemini, the twins of the zodiac. acharya writes in her superb work, the christ conspiracy "it is said that thomas preached to the parthians and persians, but what is being conveyed is that these groups were followers of tammuz or dumuzi, as was his sumerian name. although it was alleged that thomas's tomb was in edessa, tradition also claims that he died near madras, india, where two of his tombs are still shown. this

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

olism is to understand the major religions. in theancient world they used one particular symbol (see figure 13) for the suns journeythrough the year. as we will see in a later chapter, this is still a fundamental symbolused by the babylonian brotherhood. it symbolised both the phoenician depictions ofbarati and was on the shield of her british expression, britannia. the ancients took thecircle of the zodiac (a greek word meaning animal circle) and inserted a cross to markthe four seasons. at the centre of the cross, they placed the sun. so many of the pre-christian deities were said to have been born on december 25th because of thissymbolism. on december 2lst-22nd, you have the winter solstice when, in the northernhemisphere, the sun is at the lowest point of its power in the annual cycle

code for initiates. they either madeup characters to fit their symbolism or vaguely based them on living people who theyusually massively misrepresented. here are some examples of codes in the bible. a commontheme in all mystery school traditions is of 12 disciples, knights or followers surrounding adeity. the number 12 is a code, among other things, for the 12 months of the year and thehouses of the zodiac through which symbolically travels the sun, the god, symbolised as13. this is the sacred 12 and one as some people describe it and it is one major reason whythe numbers 12 and 13 keep recurring. thus you have the 12 tribes of israel, 12 princes of83ishmael, 12 disciples or followers of jesus, buddha, osiris and quetzalcoatl. there isalso king arthur and his 12 knights of the round table

e zodiac through which symbolically travels the sun, the god, symbolised as13. this is the sacred 12 and one as some people describe it and it is one major reason whythe numbers 12 and 13 keep recurring. thus you have the 12 tribes of israel, 12 princes of83ishmael, 12 disciples or followers of jesus, buddha, osiris and quetzalcoatl. there isalso king arthur and his 12 knights of the round table (the zodiac circle, himmlerand his 12 knights in the nazi ss, and the woman (isis, semiramis) with a crown of 12stars in the book of revelation. in scandinavia and that whole northern region you findthe odin mysteries, again inspired by the same aryan race from the near east. in thistradition, you find twelve drottars presiding over the mysteries with odin. the sacred12 and one again. these stories

d by and for initiates of the mysteries andhere you find the same codes. the arbaindt (the forties) are stories which all relate to thenumber 40 and their calendar has 40 rainy and 40 windy days. their laws constantly referto 40. another series of arabian books, the sebaydt or seven are based on that number.these number codes have even deeper meanings than the more obvious ones of days,months and the zodiac. numbers also represent vibrational frequencies. every frequencyresonates to a certain number, colour and sound. some frequencies, represented bynumbers, colours and sounds, are particularly powerful. symbols also representfrequencies and they affect the subconscious without the person realising it is happening.this is another reason why certain symbols are seen in secret societies, nat

sacred easter offerings in egypt and persia,among other places. how ironic that the authorities at westminster abbey havequestioned whether they should have a christmas tree because it is a pagan symbol.the whole flippin religion is pagan!figure 16: the last supper by leonardo da vinci. look how he symbolises jesus as the sun and breaks upthe twelve disciples into four sets of three- the signs of the zodiac. it is a pictodal version of the sun circle andthe cross we saw earlier. 94along with the sun symbolism, the jesus story and its countless predecessors alsoinclude initiation symbolism from the mystery schools. the cross as a religious symbolcan be found in every culture, from the native americans to the chinese, india, japan,egypt, sumer, the ancient peoples of europe and central-south

corations of the gothic and other cathedrals and churchesrefer to the female goddess energy, the intuitive, creative force, which weaves andspins the fate of the world. this is also the symbolism of the spider woman legends ofthe native american traditions and the names of sacred places like spider rock inarizona. a book by fred gettings, the secret zodiac (routledge and kegan paul,1987, features the zodiac mosaic in the marble floor of the gothic church of sanminiato in florence, italy, which dates from 1207. gettings suggests that the churchwas built to align with a rare conjunction of mercury, v enus and saturn in the sign oftaurus at the end of may that year. astrology, which can be traced back to thebeginning of known history, was a very important art to the templars and was taught in

s of each other on march6 7.8 but it gets even stranger because these three, it emerges, were not the authors atall.9 someone, it is thought, had used the names of these three dead men as the authors toadd more mystery to the tale. there were 13 days between the three deaths and the depositof the document at the library. the 13 page document included short prose poemscorresponding to each sign of the zodiac and it listed 13 signs. it called the extra one,ophiuchus (the serpent holder, which it placed between scorpio and sagittarius. themost important number to the templars was 13 and this will become more and morerelevant as the story unfolds. i have long believed there were originally 13 signs to thezodiac. the text of le serpent rouge, which appears to mention the landscape aroundrennes

DEITUS

mes 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, dominions, powers, virtue

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

s considered to be the same as achieving enlightenment or cosmic consciousness. the principle work of an "adeptus minor" in the hermetic order of the golden dawn. apport: from the french meaning "to bring. in spiritism (q.v, any object brought to a seance by a spirit (q.v) or entity from the spirit world or the astral plane (q.v. aquarius "the water-bearer" in astrology (q.v, the eleventh sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of fixed (q.v) and air (q.v) and is ruled by the planet uranus (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color red. keywords include: unconventionally, rebelliously, humanitarianly, impersonally, with originality, with detachment, creatively. ararita: a hebrew, notarikon (q.v) for "eh-chahd rash, eh-chu-doh-toh rash, ye

od for a given state or commonwealth. archetype: a universal and imageless concept; here, in the sense coined and used by carl g. jung, psychiatrist, such a concept existing within the collective unconscious mind of humanity. archetypal image: the form in which an archetype is clothed by a particular culture, mythology, religion, or individual. aries "the ram" in astrology (q.v, the first sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of cardinal (q.v) and fire (q.v) and is ruled by the planet mars (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color red. keywords include: courage, forceful, animation, outgoing, ardently, egotistically, ardently, impulsively, vigorously, aggressively, enthusiastically. artificial elemental: an entity similar to an elementa

tting rid of suffering caused by one's desires- c- calls (keys, enochian: invocations (q.v) to the enochian (q.v) angels (q.v) dictated to john dee through his seer, the alchemist and rouge, edward kelley. the calls were used extensively in the magick of the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v, aleister crowley (q.v, and anton lavey. cancer "the crab" in astrology (q.v, the fourth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of cardinal (q.v) and water (q.v) and is ruled by the planet luna (the moon (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color orange-yellow. keywords include: home, indistinct, protectively, sensitive, caring, maternally, domestically, gaspingly, moodily. capricorn "the goat" in astrology (q.v, the tenth sign of the zodiac

"cardinalis" meaning "a hinge; that on which something turns" 1) in the roman catholic church, any of the officials appointed by the pope; 2) in the astral star, any of the members elected to the national board of directors- whether the term is temporary or is for life; 3) in astrology, a term used to identify one of the three qualities (also referred to as a triplicity) indicating that a sign of the zodiac (q.v) has the trait of making all planets within it as having a more dominant and forceful influence in the chart. cardinal signs include: aries (q.v, cancer (q.v, libra (q.v, and capricorn (q.v. catharsis, magickal: the release of magickal potency at the climax of a ritual or ceremony. it is usually accompanied by an emotional release, and in some forms of magick by physical climax. th

in hebrew. corresponds to the second sephirah on the tree of life (q.v. chiron: the newest planet of the terran solar system to be discovered (1977 c.e, lying between the orbits of saturn (q.v) and uranus (q.v. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the most noble of the centaurs who served as a philosopher, healer, and astrologer to the greek gods. attributed as being the second in command of the zodiac (q.v) sign virgo (q.v) by many modern astrologers, though the last word has yet to be written on this subject. keywords include: teaching, mentoring, student, apprentice, medicine, healing, ecology, recycling, death with dignity. chochma: in hebrew "wisdom" pronounced "hoh-khah-mah" the second (2nd) sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. it is the top of the right or masculine pillar

eremonial magick. in hebrew "strength. pronounced "gih-boor-ah" it is the fifth sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. gematria: a method of the literal kabalah (q.v) which assigns numbers to each of the hebrew letters. words of equal value are believed to have an important relationship with each other. a specific field of numerology (q.v. gemini "the twins" in astrology (q.v, the third sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of mutable (q.v) and air (q.v) and is ruled by the planet mercury (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color orange. keywords include: versatility, duality, with communication, intellectually, alertly, rationally, nervously. ghost(s: 1) when not caused by psycho kinetic activity (see psychonisis, in a living person

arriage was not a happy one. keywords include: spouse, wife, partnerships, law giver, judge, women's issues, weather, money, seduction and rape, sex as a weapon, abused persons, alternative lifestyle marriages. jupiter: the fifth planet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the roman god who served as the king and ruler of the gods. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) sign sagittarius (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) jupiter is attributed to the fourth sephirah (q.v, chesed (q.v. keywords include: abundance, expansion, abstract thought, excess, philosophy, religion, science, law, professions, higher learning, compassion, wisdom, long journeys, growth, generosity, santa claus, gregarious, optimism, faith, hope, lucky, ga

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

these writers in his method, but as his system does violence to many of the correspondences when placed upon the tree, the final test of all systems, and as the mathers-crowley system fits admirably, i think we may justly conclude that the latter is the correct traditional order, and i propose to adhere to it in these pages. 13. the qabalists further placed upon the paths of the tree the signs of the zodiac, the planets, and the elements. now there are twelve signs, seven planets, and four elements, making twenty-three symbols in all. how are these to be fitted on to the twenty-two paths? herein is another "blind" but the solution is simple. upon the physical plane [page 24] we are ourselves in the element of earth, therefore that symbol does not appear upon the paths which lead into the u

c standpoint, but rather the lower astral and etheric planes which, together, form the background of matter. upon the physical plane the divine emanations manifrst through what may not inapdy be called the ten mundane chakras, likening these centres of manifestation to the centres that exist in the human body, an exact analogy. these chakras are the primum mobile or first swirlings, the sphere of the zodiac, the seven planets, and the elements taken together-ten in all. 19. it will be seen from the foregoing that each sephirah will therefore consist, firstly, of its mundane chakra; secondly, of an angelic host of beings, devas or archons, principalities or powers, according to the terminology used; thirdly, an arch-angelic consciousness, or throne; and fourthly, a special aspect of the dei

heless, they are the forerunners of organic life. we might say that kether is the first activity of manifestation, movement; it is a condition of pure becoming, rashith ha gilgalim, the first swirlings, the commencement of whirling motions as it is called by the qabalists- primum mobile as it is called by the alchemists. chokmah, the second sephirab, is called by the rabbis mazloth, the sphere of the zodiac. here we have introduced the concept of the circle with its segments. creation has moved onwards. out of the primordial egg has developed the serpent that holdeth his tail in his mouth, as mme blavatsky chronicles in her invaluable storehouses of archaic symbolism, the secret doctrine and isis unveiled. 16. in a similar manner to that in which kether overflowed into chokmah does chokmah

ed by the qabalists, abba, the supernal father, and ama, the supernal mother. binah is also called the great sea, and shahathai, the sphere of saturn. as we continue, we shall find that the sephiroth are called successively the mystical qabala page 31 spheres of the planets, but binah is the first of the emanations to be so assigned; kether is called the first whirlings, and chokmah the sphere of the zodiac. 9. now saturn is the father of the gods; he is the greatest of the old gods that were the predecessors of the olympians over which jupiter rules. in the secret titles attributed to the tarot trumps, the path of saturn is called, according to crowley, the great one of the night of time. 10. we have, then, kether differentiating into an active male potency, chokmah, and a passive female

idered the natural sphere of the sephiroth as such, and for this reason it is called the world of emanations. it is here, and here only, that god acts directly and not through his ministers. in briah he acts through the mediation of the archangels, in yetzirah through the angelic orders, and in assiah through those centres which i have named the mundane chakras-the planets, elements, and signs of the zodiac [page 62] 4. we have, then, in these four sets of symbols a complete system of notation for expressing the mode of function of any given power at any given level, and this system of notation is the basis of ceremonial magic with its names of power, and also of talismanic magic and the tarot system of divination. it is for this reason that it is said of the "barbarous names of evocation"

means of their correspondences we can trace all manner of relationships, and these are very important in practical occultism, as will be seen later. 12. four important fourfold divisions find a place under them, thus enabling us to see their relationships among themselves. these are the four worlds of the qabalists; the four elements of the alchemists; the fourfold classification of the signs of the zodiac and the planets into triplicities, employed by the astrologers; and the four suits of the tarot pack used in divination. this fourfold classification resembles the rosetta stone which gave the key to the egyptian hieroglyphs, for on it were inscriptions in egyptian and greek; greek being known, it was possible to work out the meaning of the corresponding egyptian hieroglyphs. it is the

associations given by different authorities are the wands suit of the tarot pack and the element of fire. it will be apparent to anyone who has any knowledge of occult matters that as soon as we know the element to which a symbol is assigned, we know a good deal, for it opens up all the ramifications of astrology for us, and we can trace out its astrological affinities through the triplicities of the zodiac and the affinities of the planets with thern. as soon as we know what zodiacal and planetary associations exist, we are in a position to mystical qabala page 45 explore the correlated symbolism of any pantheon, for all the gods and goddesses of ah the systems that the human mind has ever invented have astrological associations. the stories of their adventures are really parables of the

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

e names of power in magic. each sephira, then, has its obverse side in the corresponding qlippottic demon. the initiated adept always gains control over the demonic force before he attempts to utilise the angelic force which, by the appropriated means, can be contacted in each sephira. if he does not do so, he contacts them both simultaneously. moreover, the planets, the elements and the signs of the zodiac are all intimately connected with the sephiroth, being arranged upon the tree of life in a pattern known only to initiates. 42 of 103 the initiated adept is exceedingly careful what he does when he is working with these potencies because he knows that he has always got the qlippoth in the background. the uninitiated occultist goes ahead gaily, juggling with such names of power as he has

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 such things need ca

DONALDTYSON PENTA

g the pentagram in golden dawn magic has become almost a universal feature of all systems of magic in english-speaking nations over the past century. in the golden dawn, the quintessence or fifth element of light or spirit is associated with the single upper point of the pentagram. the remaining four elements are assigned the lower points in the same pattern that is observed in the fixed signs of the zodiac, which are aquarius, scorpio, leo and taurus. each of these signs has an elemental attribution in astrology. the sign aquarius, located at the upper-left of the zodiac wheel, is linked with the element air, and consequently air is placed on the left arm of the pentagram. the sign scorpio, located at the upper-right of the zodiac, is linked with water, and so water is placed on the right

ch of these signs has an elemental attribution in astrology. the sign aquarius, located at the upper-left of the zodiac wheel, is linked with the element air, and consequently air is placed on the left arm of the pentagram. the sign scorpio, located at the upper-right of the zodiac, is linked with water, and so water is placed on the right arm of the pentagram. the sign leo, on the lower-right of the zodiac, is linked with fire, so fire is placed on the right leg of the pentagram. the sign taurus, on the lower-left of the zodiac, is linked with earth, so earth is placed on the left leg of the pentagram. once the elements are related to the points of the pentagram, it becomes possible to use this figure to invoke or banish the powers and spirits of each element by inscribing the pentagram i

DONALDTYSON SIGIL

okens do not embody the things they represent (astrological glyph of the planet neptune, from the book of signs (1930) by rudolf koch) a glyph, short for hieroglyph, is usually the pictorial representation of a letter. ancient egyptian and modern chinese, for example, use small pictograms in place of letters. in magic the term is sometimes employed specifically to denote the astrological signs of the zodiac and planets (gnostic amulet of chnoubis, one of the decans of cancer, for protection against stomach disease: from amulets and superstitions (1930) by e. a. wallis budge) amulet and talisman are frequently confused. an amulet is a small power object such as a pendant or ring that is usually worn on the body for protection. a talisman is a power object with a specific function, and may b

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

and to the ministering spirit, reschith hajalalim, who guides the primum mobile, and bestows the gift of being on all. these names are to be understood as pure essences, or as spheres of angels and blessed spirits, by whose agency the divine providence extends. 2. jah, attributed to the person of the messiah or logos, whose power and influence descends through the angel masleh into the sphere of the zodiac. this is the spirit or word that actuated the chaos and ultimately produced the four elements and all creatures, by the agency of a spirit named raziel, who was the ruler of adam. 3. ehjeh, attributed to the holy spirit, whose divine light is received by the angel sabbathi, and communicated from him through the sphere of saturn. it denotes the beginning of the supernatural generation, a

chology. 5th ed. aquarian educational group 81 the group s publishing affiliate has a website at http/ www.tsg-publishing.com. it may be contacted at p.o. box 7068, cave creek, az 85327. sources: saraydarian, torkom. a commentary on psychic energy. west hills, calif: t.s.g. enterprises, 1989. the flame of beauty, culture, love, joy. agoura, calif: aquarian educational group, 1980. the symphony of the zodiac. agoura, calif: aquarian educational group, 1980. aquarian foundation the aquarian foundation was a spiritualist church built around the mediumship of its founder rev. keith milton rhinehart. it was founded in 1955 and existed for several decades as a single congregation in seattle. rhinehart articulated an eclectic occult perspective that combined elements of theosophy and eastern reli

son discipline. venus is the best planet in this house, and saturn is the worst. there are numerous astrological house systems, each of which divides up the sky in a slightly different way. all of the commonly used house systems agree that the first house.seventh house axis should be drawn from the eastern horizon to the western horizon. all but one system.the equal house system.use the degree of the zodiac closest to the zenith as the place to begin the tenth house, with the point 180 degrees away (the nadir) designated as the cusp of the fourth house. hence with the exception of the equal house system, the differences between the most commonly used systems. placidian, koch, campanus.are relatively minor. sources: holden, ralph william. the elements of house division. essex, u.k: l. n. fo

cer, scorpio and pisces are called fruitful or prolific; and gemini, leo, and virgo, barren. sagittarius, because usually represented as a centaur, is said to produce humane character if located in the first 15 degrees (first half) of the sign, but a savage, brutal, and intractable disposition if found in the last 15 degrees. astrologers designate the 12 signs as follows: aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal fire sign. it is a positive, masculine sign, ruled by the planet mars. its symbol is the ram, and its glyph (symbol) is said to represent a ram s horns. it takes its name from the greek god of war. aries is associated with the head, and people with an aries sun sign (the sun is in the sign aries in their natal chart) are prone to headaches and injuries to the head and fac

ter these traits (aspects are the angular relationships between various points in a boroscope; in a natal chart the planets represent the various facets of one s psyche, and aspects between them indicate how these facets conflict or work together) this sign rules the head and face. as the first sign, the key phrase for aries is i am, representing the birth of awareness. taurus, the second sign of the zodiac, is a fixed earth sign. it is a negative, feminine sign, ruled by the planet venus. its symbol is the bull, and its glyph is said to represent a bull s head and horns. it takes its name from the greek word for bull. a sign known for its stubbornness, it is the source of our expressions bullheaded and stubborn as a bull. taurus is associated with the throat and neck. people with a taurus

, and southern. when influential in a nativity, it usually produces a person with a broad forehead, thick lips, dark curling hair, and melancholy, slow to anger, but when once enraged, violent, furious, and difficult to appease. places ruled by taurus are stables, cowhouses, cellars and low rooms, and all places used for or by cattle. the key phrase for taurus is i have. gemini, the third sign of the zodiac, is a mutable air sign. it is a positive, masculine sign, ruled by the planet mercury. its symbol is the twins, and its glyph is said to represent a set of twins. it takes its name from the latin word for twins. gemini is associated with the shoulders, arms, hands, and lungs. the native is tall and straight with long arms and well-formed hands astrological registration and communication

d. 106 and feet, rather dark complexion, brown hair, and hazel eyes. the native is strong and active in person, sound and acute in judgment, lively, playful, and generally skillful in business. places ruled by gemini are hilly and high grounds, the tops of houses, wainscoted rooms, halls and theaters, barns, storehouses, and stairs. the key phrase for gemini is i think. cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal water sign. it is a negative, feminine sign, ruled by the moon. its symbol is the crab, and its glyph is said to represent the two claws of a crab. it takes its name from the latin word for crab. a moody sign, it is the source of the expression crabby. cancer is associated with the breasts and the stomach. it is a cold, moist, nocturnal, and exceedingly fruitful sign, mor

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

r in spirit, and those that mourn. nine is the number of the muses and of the moving spheres. ten is completeness, because one cannot count beyond it except by combinations formed with other numbers. in the ancient mysteries, ten days of initiation were prescribed. in ten is found evident signs of a divine principle. eleven is the number of the commandments, while twelve is the number of signs in the zodiac, of the apostles, of the tribes of israel, of the gates of jerusalem. this theory of numbers agrippa applied to the casting of horoscopes. divination by numbers was one of the favorite methods employed in the middle ages. in magical rites, numbers played a great part. the power of the number three is found in the magic triangle, in the three prongs of the trident and fork, and in the th

t that time. he died on may 18, 1917, in london. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. maskelyne, john nevil 985 sources: maskelyne, john n. the fraud of modern theosophy exposed. london: g. routledge, 1913. modern spiritualism: a short account of its rise and progress, with some exposures of so-called spirit media. london: f. warne, 1876. masleh the angel who the jews believed ruled the zodiac. according to a rabbinical legend, masleh was the medium through which the power and influence of the messiah was transmitted to the sphere of the zodiac. masse, francois (1891) commissaire general of the french navy, with interests in parapsychology. he was born on may 10, 1891, at vendome, france. he entered the french navy and served in world wars i and ii, finally retiring as commis

among the members in new york city who left to found the independent theosophical society of new york. percival founded the theosophical publishing company of new york and emerged as a major writer, publisher, and distributor of theosophical literature. in 1904 percival launched the word, which became the official journal of the theosophical society of new york. he wrote several books, including the zodiac (1906, karma: the law of life (1910, and hell and heaven, on earth and after death (1911. increasingly during his years with the theosophical society of new york, percival worked on creating his own synthesis of knowledge. the beginning point of his thought was a personal mystical experience that had occurred in 1893. he described what happened to him as becoming conscious of consciousn

and first centuries b.c.e. in the mediterranean basin. at the beginning of the year, marked by the spring equinox, the sun rose in the constellation aries. after several centuries of observations, around 125 b.c.e, a greek astrologer named hip- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. precession of the equinox 1235 parchus discovered that very gradually the sun was moving in relation to the zodiac; that is, the precession of the equinoxes. there is some evidence that the phenomenon had been discovered earlier, but since hipparchus, western astrologers in general were aware of it. the precession is caused in part by the slant of the earth. it spins on an axis slanted at 23 degrees relative to its orbit around the sun. that slant immediately accounts for the seasons. as the earth m

bbles slightly. it is this wobble that causes it to move slightly backward each year. that movement is hardly noticeable, being only one degree every 71 years. most western astrologers use what is termed the tropical zodiac. the beginning of the year is marked by positioning 0 aries at the point where the sun is located on the spring equinox. however, that point changes slightly every year, hence the zodiac moves slightly every year. some astrologers use what is termed a sidereal equinox, in which the sun s true alignment with the constellations is retained. in the sidereal zodiac, the traditional relationship of the zodiac with the seasons of the year is lost. this movement is slight from year to year but over the centuries makes a real difference. it takes approximately 2,150 years for t

odern times in the east, stated r. c. thompson, from morocco to mesopotamia, books of magic are by no means rare, and manuscripts in arabic, hebrew, gershuni, and syriac can frequently be bought, all dealing with some form of magic or popular medicine. in suakin in the soudan i was offered a printed book of astrology in arabic illustrated by the most grotesque and bizarre woodcuts of the signs of the zodiac, the blocks for which seem to have done duty in other places. such books existed in manuscript in ancient days, as is vouched for by the story of the sibylline books or the passage in acts xix, 19; not a few of them that practised curious arts brought their books together, and burned them in the sight of all. it is curious to find the charm for raising hatred was practically the same am

n, ed. the yoga-sutras of patanjali. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1890. siderealist (journal) former publication for professional astrologers and students concerned with sidereal aspects of astrology. among astrologers, there are several systems of calculating the divisions of the horoscope chart and devising its relation to the actual stars that constitute the 12 signs of the zodiac. the sidereal zodiac places the division according to the present locations of these signs, which, because of a phenomenon known as the procession of the equinoxes, are constantly changing. in contrast, the tropical zodiac always measures the divisions from the position of the sun at the annual spring equinox. the siderealist included charts of public personalities in relation to star p

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

truth, deceit. with the arrival of truth 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

however, he gives as luxuria in the list of punishments in his commentary. since he does not list the powers in the commentary, we have no opposite for his luxuria, which should, of course, be castitas (or, if the endurance of the text had been translated, fortitudo' festugiere, iii, pp. 90, 154,156, etc. see also the valuable discussion of this treatise, and of the association of the vices with the zodiac and the planets, in m. w. bloomficld, the seven deadly sins, michigan, 1952, pp. 48 ff. 2 on the powers, see festugiere, i i i, pp. 153 ff* 3 ficino, p. 1856. festugiere, iv, p. 253. 30 ficino's "pimander" and the "asclepius" punishments powers ignorantia cognitio dei tristitia gaudium inconstantia constantia cupiditas continentia luxuria castitas? fortitudo? injustitia justitia decepti

ividual form can be born exactly the same as another; these forms change as many times an hour as there are moments within the circle in the interior of which resides the great god omniform (these thirty-six gods are the decans, or divisions of ten degrees into' ibid, pp. 304-5. 2 see above, p. 7. 3 c.h, ii, p. 319. 36 ficino's "pimander" and the "asclepius" which the 360 degrees of the circle of the zodiac are divided' note in the egyptian theological system here presented the great importance of the sun and the zodiac with its decans) finally, in the list of gods come the seven spheres who have as their ruler fortune or destiny. air is the instrument or organ of all these gods. having spoken of the society which unites gods and men, you must know, o asclepius, the power and force of man

ing 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 for himself a chain

s and magic zodiac' that strange people, the egyptians, had divinised time, not merely in the abstract sense but in the concrete sense that each moment of the day and night had its god who must be placated as the moments passed. the decans, as they came to be called in hellenistic times, were really egyptian sidereal gods of time who had become absorbed in the chaldean astrology and affiliated to the zodiac. they all had images, which vary in different lists of them, and these lists of the powerful images of the decans had come out of the archives of the egyptian temples. the decans had various aspects. they had definite astrological significance, as "horoscopes" presiding over the forms of life born within the time periods over which they presided, and they were assimilated to the planets

ifferent lists of them, and these lists of the powerful images of the decans had come out of the archives of the egyptian temples. the decans had various aspects. they had definite astrological significance, as "horoscopes" presiding over the forms of life born within the time periods over which they presided, and they were assimilated to the planets domiciled in their domain, and to the signs of the zodiac, three decans going with each sign as its three "faces. but they were also gods, and powerful egyptian gods, and this side of them was never forgotten, giving them a mysterious importance. the high place which the author of the asckpius assigns to the "thirty-six horoscopes" in his list of gods is a genuinely egyptian feature of that work, and in one of the stobaeus fragments we hear, w

hirty-six. we have said, my child, that there is a body which envelops the whole ensemble of the world: you should represent it to yourself as a circular figure, for thus is the all. i represent to myself such a figure, as you say, o father. represent now to yourself that, below the circle of this body, are ranged the thirty-six decans, in the middle between the universal circle and the circle of the zodiac, separating these two circles, and, as it were sustaining the circle of the all and circumscribing the zodiac, moving along the zodiac with the planets, and having the same force as the movement of the all, alternatively with the seven. pay attention to this: since the decans command over the planets and we are under the domination of the seven, do you not see how there 1 on the decans

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

n we might think. i encourage all to try this rite (rog, an attuning with hga, as one of the highest goals of the greatwork. this is the greatwork, to be a universe, to be absolute. it is so much beyond the "human" level now, that words really do not do it at all. the only thing i can say, and have been saying is "oh my god..oh my god" i can't even describe this shit man. it seems also related to the zodiac in some way (maybe, i can't be sure. let me write a little bit of the background which elicited these un-coverings. this night i invoked many deities: moglthox: to steal my corruption and purify me. harakhan: to bring me knowledge and wisdom of self. babalon: for her ecstasy and love. teckno: to transport me to babalon in his medium. tiyet: to purify my dreams& submind, and give me the

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

r null itself. the above notes should illustrate the structure of human emotions. any number of other systems of order may be used and developed. for example, the four elements earth, water, fire and air may be employed as major categories, as well as the ten sephiroth, the 22 paths of the cabbalistic tree of life (an approach may be found in liber null, pp. 77 and 86, the 1 2 energy qualities of the zodiac, timothy leary fs an 68/ practical sigil magic s own, truly origin o the basic structures of the human psyche, i.e, rchetypal patterns which should always implement in agic anyway. in other words, it does not really matter depends upon the structures of erception as influenced by the construct e brain r hormones. what is important is the fact that we can human beings nd thus in every ps

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

ves 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 nature spirits who th

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

ontrol of this wicked world until jesus christ returns. more and more satanism is uncover as time continues. freemasonry shares the belief in the serpent symbolizing time, as the second ouroboros indicates. listen to pike explain this briefly but clearly "a serpent-ring was a well-known symbol of time" ibid, p. 497] as pike is explaining the mason's spiritual belief about the serpent, he mentions the zodiac, bees and honey. listen "the virgin of the zodiac is bitten in the heel by serpens, who, with scorpio, rises immediately behind her; and as honey, the emblem of purity and salvation, was thought to be an antidote to the serpent's bite, so the bees of aristaeus, the emblems of nature's abundance, are destroyed through the agency of the serpent, and regenerated within the entrails of the

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

e. 74 the great omission. 79 the mystic way. 81 hebrew alphabet and correspondences 83 glossary of hebrew words and names 84 secret wisdom of the qabalah page 5 list of illustrations plates plate i the caduceus of hermes 18 the winged wand of egypt 19 ii the tree of life 25 iii the chaldean and hebrew cosmos 27 iv the four planes of the tree of life. 31 the three pillars of the tree of life. 33 v the zodiac 2 vii the brazen serpent 44 diagrams diagram 1. the divine man 20 2. the qabalistic chalice 35 3. the flaming sword 45 4. the good and evil pentagrams 53 5. the fourth dimension 75 6. the fourth dimension shown qabalistically 76 secret wisdom of the qabalah page 6 introduction the mystical foundations of the world order. life is shrouded in a mystery; this is the fundamental fact which

h+ od equal 70, the numerical value of dvs sod, secret; they are consequently occult numbers. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 26 this diagram represents a half-section, divided perpendicularly, of the inverted bowlshaped universe. ab, bc, ce, and eg are the four worlds. ab is the father, anu or kether; bc the sun, bel or ehokmah; ce the mother, ea or binah. above all is ao or el. the ayin. a is the zodiac, the great ocean called the deep and the abyss; b is the zone of the fixed stars; a to c is the upper firmament; and c to e the lower firmament. a to b is the zone of the spirits of heaven and b to c the zone of the planets. c to e is the zone of winds, storms, and clouds; e is the convex hollow earth shell; ff is the concave hollow underworld of seven zones; realm of the ghost world; a

er lights of a threefold nature. h 21 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

orms did not and could not exist, and the emanation of the existences could not proceed and be manifest. 9 sympathy and antipathy governed by harmony is the secret not only of the spiritual but of the moral and physical worlds. the letters od, heh, and vau are their symbols, and together they form yhv (gnostic lao, the ineffable name. this symbolism is universal because it is universally true. in the zodiac, scorpio, male, and virgo, female, are united by libra, the balance. the three divine essentials are necessity and liberty linked together by harmony. truth cannot exist without doubt, hope without fear, life without death; and so we find that, whatever the attempted explanation is, good and evil are necessary one to the other just as are the centripetal and centrifugal forces of the he

mirror thus created had received the reflection of the shekinah, they attempted to reflect this reflection on the unpurified minds of their followers. the result was not illuminism but madness, not for them only, but for those intoxicated by them. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 41 plate 6: the mystery of aleph (a) aleph (b) the beginning of motion through opposition (c) the whirling forces of the zodiac (d) the female swastika (e) the male swastika. the 17 squares of the swastika refer to iao, whose numerical value is 17. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 42 in the first chapter of genesis is depicted the fall of the yetziratic deity through inversion due to reflection; the glory of this deity, that is the shekinah within it, being the agent which renders the formation of a simulacrum

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

ar east, and their origin long anterior to our present era. this subject will be referred to later in these pages. the palm, which in course of time became the most sacred tree of egypt, is said to have put forth a shoot every month during the year. at christmas tide, or at the winter solstice, a branch from this tree was used as a symbol of the renewal of time or of the birth of the new year. on the zodiac of dendera, preserved in the national library at paris, are two trees, the one representing the east, or india and china, the other, the west, or egypt. the former of these trees is putting forth a pair of leaves and is topped by the emblems of siva, emblems which indicate the fructifying powers of nature, whilst the egyptian sacred tree, which is surmounted by the ostrich plume, the em

a beneficent savior or renewer of life. the principle involved in these processes represented fertility, life, reproductive energy. as applied to mortals, it comprehended the power to create combined with perceptive wisdom or knowledge. this idea, portrayed as it was by a mother and her child, linked woman with the stars. it produced the "virgin of the sphere" queen of heaven "isiac controller of the zodiac" at the same time that it made her the mother of all mankind. every year this virgin of the sphere as she appeared above the horizon at the winter solstice gave birth to the sun. astronomically this new sun was the regenerator, by which all nature was renewed. mythologically, after the higher truths contained in these doctrines were lost, it came to be the savior, the son of the virgin

he various incarnations of the sun which were worshipped by the early historic nations and those belonging to christianity is too striking to be the result of chance. buddha originally represented the sun in taurus. crishna was the sun in aries. the laborings and sufferings of hercules, a god who was an incarnation of the latter, portrays the history of the passage of the sun through the signs of the zodiac. all the principal events of christ's life correspond to certain solar phases; or, in other words, all ecclesiastical calendars are arranged with reference to the festivals which commemorate the important events of his life from his conception and birth to his ascension and reception in heaven. each and every one of the solar deities has been born at midnight, on the 25th of december, a

incarnations; that crishna was of later date; that, at the era of the birth of christ, eight of them had appeared on the earth, and that the other two were expected to follow before the end of the caliyug, or of the present age" with reference to the fact that the hindoo god originally represented wisdom or the logos, the same writer says "then here is divine wisdom incarnate, of whom the bull of the zodiac was the emblem. here he is the protagonos, or first begotten, the god or goddess mhtis of the greeks, being, perhaps, both male and female. buddha, or the wise, if the word were not merely the name of a doctrine, seems to have been an appellation taken by several persons, or one person incarnate at several periods, and from this circumstance much confusion has arisen"[172 [172] anacalyp

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

ces 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, gabriel, raphael and a

y werenotclosely related to their religion. in the iliad of homer, neither the sun nor moon is spoken of as driving a chariot,butin the odyssey aurora, the dawn is so described. according to the much later roman author manilius, the chariot of the sun had four horses, and the chariot of the moon only two. aristotle is the earliest writer whose works are extant in greek, who mentions the circle of the zodiac. euripides, however, speaks of hippo, daughter of chiron, as being able to divine future events by means of observations of the stars.itis of course true that recent writers on greek myths have asserted relations between the incidents of these myths and astronomical facts, and have explained that greek and roman religious ideals were connected with the worship of the sun, moon, and star

ple of israel. in ezekiel xiii. 7, 23, diviners are forbidden. in the new testament we find a note in actsxvi,16: a damsel has powers of divination, she brought her masters much money; paul cast out the spirit, and she lost her powers. in the bible there are many references to the stars, planets and zodiac. mazzaroth is a word found in job xxxviii. 32, and is now believed to refer to the signs of the zodiac. genesis i. 14:'letthe lights of the firmament..be for signs' deuteronomy xxxiii. 14 'blessed be the lord for the precious things put forth by the moon.'thepleiades, called kimah, and the constel255 lation orion, as kesib, are found mentioned in jobix.9. orion appears to have been also a name applied to nimrod the mighty hunter ruler. amos v. 8 speaks of the seven stars, and orion.thena

thousand years before jesus. the hebrew name mzrut,mazzaroth,occurs in job xxxviii v. 32, and in our bible weread-'canstthou bring forth mazzaroth in his season' this question is put by the lord god to job, speakingtohim from a whirlwind. in the revised version, 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, fo

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 write sirius, the dog star. schiaparelli prefers to consider that the mazzaroth were the five great planets.thequestion of the origin of the zodiac and its twelve signs has been much debated, and is still undecided. various authors have declared its origin from egypt, from china, from india, from babylon and from the greeks, either in greece or in alexandria. no true

zaroth were the five great planets.thequestion of the origin of the zodiac and its twelve signs has been much debated, and is still undecided. various authors have declared its origin from egypt, from china, from india, from babylon and from the greeks, 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

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

t of the fourth is black, signifying the earth; and which colour is obtained by the mixture of the three others. but the candidate is clad in the white robe, to point out to him that he should not be led aside by the attraction of the elements, but that he should steadfastly follow that path of spiritual purity which alone willleadhimto the divine light. now astrology points out that the signs of the zodiac partake of the nature of the elements, and that the four most important periods in the year are the respective entries of the sun into the four signs of taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, which are represented in the hebrew cherubim with the heads of the bull, the lion, the eagle (for the eagle replaces the scorpion, unless the symbolism is intended to be of destructive nature, and the

of the sephiroth which they connect. 34. there is a hieroglyphic form of writing hebrew words. by using the symbols to which the letters correspond in the yetziratic attribution. 35. this is the symbol of sulphur on the tree of life.kbg 225h 225t225y.mch225 chs225 n36. this is the symbol ofsalton the tree of life.ky .m36 the sorcererand his apprentice37. the calvary cross of 12 squares refers to the zodiac and to the eternal rivers of eden divided into four heads.naharn38. the four rivers of paradise issuing from the one river are: the spiritnaharthe one river.6pison6hiddekel'i'"1my'phrath\jgmox39. the square pyramid is attributed to the four elements: on the apex is the word ethmnmeaning essence: on the base is olamho'w,meaning world. 40. the calvary cross oftensquares refers to the ten

nature of this sign, in which (r3)principally bears sway. to the sign (tt\)thetwelve signs and twelve tribes 45egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign. in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle.thehorse's heels which the serpent bites are found in the centaur figure of (t )which follows (m )in the zodiac. of benjamin (t )jacob says 'benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil' moses says-'thebeloved of thelordshall dwell in safety by him; and the lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders' the armorial bearings of benjamin are- green, a wolf. these suit the character of (t )partly ke

s of the week of creation. now, according to the chinese, this representation belongstothe first agesoftheir empire, to the drying up of the waters of the deluge bylao;it may be concluded, therefore, that it is an original, or a copyofthetarot,and,underany circumstances, that the latter is of an origin anterior to moses,thatit belongs to the beginning of our time, to the epoch ofthepreparation of the zodiac, and consequentlythatit must own 6600 years of existence'*this is partly taken by vaillant from court de gebelin'smondeprimitif,vol. 8, p. 387.thetarot53but, notwithstanding the apparent audacity of this latter statement, itmustbe evident on reflection that thetarot,consisting, as it does, of the ten numbers of the decimal scale counter-changed with the tetrad, and of a hieroglyphical a

se aretaro,mat,andpagad.taro,he says, is pure egyptian; from tar,path,andro,ros,or rag, royal-the royal path of life.54 thesorcererand his267apprenticematis oriental,andmeans overpowered,murdered,crack255 brained; whilepagad,he adds, is also oriental, forpag,chief, or master,andgad,fortune. vaillant says:'thegreat divinity ashtaroth, as- taroth, isnoother than the indo-tartar tan-tara, the tarot, the zodiac' my derivation of the word, which i have never found given by any author, is from the ancient hieroglyphical egyptian word'tarn',torequire an answer. or to consult; ergo, that which is consulted, or from which an answer is required. this. appears to me to bethecorrectorigin of the word, whilethesecondtis anegyptianfinal, which is added to denote the femininegerder:thefollowingareinteres

ful tarot cards. it has been long known that the ordinary 52 card pack was susceptible of some peculiar numerical significa255 tions,e.g.:52 cards in the pack, suggest 52 weeks in the year. 13 cards in each suit, suggest 13 lunar months in the year, 13 weeks in the quarter. 4 suits in the pack, suggest 4 seasons in the year. 12 picture cards in the pack, suggest 12 months in the year, 12 signs of the zodiac. furthermore, if we add together:thepips on the plain cards of the four suitsthepipson the 12 picture cards twelve picture cards reckoned as 10 eachthenumber of cards in each suit we shall obtain the number of days in the year220 12120 13365but concealed behind their apparently arbitrary and bizarre designs, the tarot cards contain a far more complicated system of recondite symbolism. w

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, surmounted by an azure a

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

ribes an inner enclosure (gardh) as being built right within the center of midgard, the sacred space of human society. however, this enclosure, this true essence of midgard as asgard, can only be entered by crossing the bifrost. the gnostic handbook page 23 within asgard is also the halls of the gods, these are twelve in number and many relate them to the ideals or forms which are related through the zodiac. between asgard and midgard is the rainbow bridge or bifrost, a secret path which is taken by the gods when they join council meetings of the council of the gods at the well of urd, it is guarded by heimdall. the above worlds (including asgard) are considered facets of the other world (3rd c, while the underworld (5th c) includes those below. svartalfheim is the realm of the dark elves

ic order of the golden dawn we can find elements of the mediation rite within its equinox rituals, however, the emphasis has changed to emanating the forces only for those linked to the order and hence joined to its group mind. as we head further into the kali yuga it is the individuals task to use and transform the heavenly energies within him or herself. it is important to realize that energies the zodiac like those of the planets are ambivalent, they receive and relay forces of both positive and negative nattier. in a more medieval context, they are said to possess both spirits and intelligences. the gnostic tradition has always been unsure of astrology and see the heavenly forces as energies which must be reckoned with, not gods to be worshipped. the present change of cycle is that mov

ergy which was becoming aquarius. 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

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

ends 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 understand the alpha event we need to consider the vario

spirit. they are so fallen that they cannot even have a supernal form, so in its place is darkness. the seven lower realms are occupied by rephaim, qetebim, taga arim, seirim, teraphim, oirim and na aomoth. each comes with detailed descriptions; for example, qetebim are destroyers, the pestilence that walks in darkness. sephira. planet. angel. intelligence. spirit. kether. primum mobile. chokmah. the zodiac. binah. saturn (shabbathai. cassial agiel. zazel. chesed. jupiter (tzedek. sachiel. iophiel. hismeal. geburah. mars (madim. zamael. graphiel. bartzabel. tiphareth. sun (shemesh. michael. nakhiel. sorath. netzach. venus (nogah. hanael. hagiel. kedemel. hod. mercury (kokab. raphael. tiriel. taphthartharath. yesod. moon (levanah. gabriel. malkah be schad barschemoth ha-shartathan tarshisim

lements- 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 of the tree. if we a

more the gnosis is revealed to those who seek gnostic theurgy page 184 the path. it is a strange and terrible contradiction that today there is more gnosis than ever before, and less people than ever wanting it. the great year is a cycle of approximately 26,000 years, it is also know as the precession of the equinoxes. because the earth wobbles on its axis it moves backwards through the signs of the zodiac, a full cycle takes around 26,000 year. in each sign energy is radiated into earth consciousness, this radiation is mixed and includes light and darkness, x and y factors. in the modern gnostic view these energy forms radiate from the throne of ra which is positioned in the centre of our system. this seat exists within the solar logos, and these energies emanates from within it. accordi

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS B

spective pentagrams. 10 symbols: spirit wheel aquarius kerub leo kerub eagle kerub taurus kerub the attributions of the elements in their respective position are derived from the winds: east wind is attributed to m. southern wind bringeth into action the nature of heat and o. west wind bringeth rain and moisture, n. north winds are cold and dry like the l. the natural positions of the elements in the zodiac are different. o is in the east, l is in the south, m is in the west, n is in the north. let the adept be aware that when invoking, it is better to look toward the position of the winds. the earth is ever turning on her poles and thus more subject to their influence. but if the adept shall venture unto their abodes as in traveling in the spirit vision, it is better to take their positio

odiac are different. o is in the east, l is in the south, m is in the west, n is in the north. let the adept be aware that when invoking, it is better to look toward the position of the winds. the earth is ever turning on her poles and thus more subject to their influence. but if the adept shall venture unto their abodes as in traveling in the spirit vision, it is better to take their position in the zodiac. when tracing the pentagram of, thou shall give the 5=6 sign, for l, the zelator sign, for m, the theoricus sign, for n, that of practicus, and for o, the sign of the philosophus. the pentagram may be used for invoking or banishing zodiacal forces. each zodiacal sign has an elemental quality. let the adept use the pentagram that contains the elemental quality of the sign to be invoked o

e philosophus. the pentagram may be used for invoking or banishing zodiacal forces. each zodiacal sign has an elemental quality. let the adept use the pentagram that contains the elemental quality of the sign to be invoked or banished. take note of the following example: i l when tracing a symbol, commence in the left-hand position and follow the direction of the a. 11 when invoking the forces of the zodiac, make certain to erect an astrological scheme of the heavens for the time of working so that the adept will know what quarter or direction to face. the use of an ephemeris can be invaluable for this task. when working with the planets and in stubborn zodiacal cases, it may be more effective to use the hexagram ritual. the pentagram, when performed effectively, unites a force, a current

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS C C1

at the full moon is traced thus. at the new moon, it is a dark circle: 3. these last two forms are seldom employed and are not good in most cases. should the adept desire to invoke the head of the dragon, the north node of the moon, caput draconis, let him/her trace it thus: p. the tail, cauda draconis, is traced thus: q. these forces are most easily invoked when the sun or moon is within them in the zodiac or in conjunction. remember, from your study of geomancy, p is benevolent, and q is malefic, except in very few cases. when invoking either of these two forces, thou shall vibrate the names and letters as given with a standard 5 hexagram (caution: it is of great concern and care that the z.a.m. observes with due caution that p and q are invoked during an eclipse, for they are the powers

very few cases. when invoking either of these two forces, thou shall vibrate the names and letters as given with a standard 5 hexagram (caution: it is of great concern and care that the z.a.m. observes with due caution that p and q are invoked during an eclipse, for they are the powers of the eclipse. in order for an eclipse to occur, both the sun and the moon must be in conjunction with them in the zodiac. the sun and the moon, thus, being at the same time either in conjunction or in opposition with each other. 9 when performing the hexagram rituals, it is important to complete the circle in the temple or working area. do not trace a circle around each hexagram unless you wish to confine its force to one place as in the charging of telesmata. superior and inferior triads each angle of th

nd caution that the sephiroth are not to be invoked on every slight occasion. due care and solemnity must be used. this is especially true with the invoking of hmkj, rtk, and the supernals in general. see that thou use the divine names with reverence and humility "for cursed is he that taketh the name of the vast one in vain" when invoking a planet, or planets, draw the hexagram in the quarter of the zodiac where the planet thou invokest is. it is a good investment for the adept to purchase an ephemeris. let the adept, therefore, erect an astrological figure of the positions of the planets in the heaven at the actual time of working. the time when the planet rises above the horizon on its day of working is the most potent. in any event, the correct day and planetary hour must be employed f

on for the b.r.h. is to banish unwanted forces that may not be evil or hostile, but may not be in harmony with the work undertaken. the four forms these are the four good forms created by tracing the two triangles of the hexagram. the lesser ritual of the hexagram is based on these four forms. l y f k b c this is the fire hexagram. its affinity is with the eastern quarter, the position of fire in the zodiac (notice f, and k do not change sides. to achieve this from the basic hexagram, lower the inverted triangle, then reverse it by throwing the lunar angle up to the top from being lowest. l k y f b c the second form is the classical hexagram with the attribution of the angles as usual. the hexagram has an affinity with earth and is traced in the southern quarter. this is the position of ea

iac (notice f, and k do not change sides. to achieve this from the basic hexagram, lower the inverted triangle, then reverse it by throwing the lunar angle up to the top from being lowest. l k y f b c the second form is the classical hexagram with the attribution of the angles as usual. the hexagram has an affinity with earth and is traced in the southern quarter. this is the position of earth in the zodiac, and the sun at noon when it is at its culmination. 16 l b c y f k the third form has its affinity with air and is in the western quarter. this is in the position of air in the zodiac. l k y f b c this is water in the position of the zodiac. it has an affinity with the northern quarter. with each of these forms, the name atyrara is to be pronounced. the adept must be aware that there ar

thee not to do even this until thou hast arrived at a higher grade than that of z.a.m. remember, also, that the, if the apex is downward, is an extremely evil and hurtful symbol. and for this reason is it that the symbols of the elements are not usually traced as sigils, but are replaced by kerubic emblems of k, e, b, and the" addendum: important points 1. when you desire to attract the force of the zodiac in the supreme ritual, trace in the center of the hexagram the planet that rules the zodiacal force desired and the sign of the zodiac beneath the planetary sign. 2. if the desired force is not sufficient, trace also the invoking pentagram of the sign. 3. when invoking a planet, vibrate the divine name of the sephira which rules the planet, the seven lettered name atyrara, and also the

planets and use the supreme ritual of the hexagram to invoke their forces. remember always to properly banish planetary forces when you are done working, using the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. 12. in all cases, remember to complete the circle of working following the course of the sun. special note on elemental directions take notice that the positions of the elements are different in the zodiac, which equates to the macroprosopus, than that of the four winds. the zodiac is utilized for the hexagram rituals and the winds are used for pentagram ritual. repeated here is the tablet of shewbread. notice within it is hidden both the macrocosmic direction within the zodiacal and the direction of the four winds, the microcosm. 22. h w z j f y l n s u x q hwhy w h hy hh w y yhwh hywh y

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS D

e b, and in o, we would have e. e would bring violent heat, the heat of summer. a, however, would be good for beginnings, of warmth and spring. i would be good for the waning of heat and the entering of the cool period of autumn. so again, it is important that the adept study the zodiacal natures in the outer order grade material, so that if he would want to invoke a particular elemental based on the zodiac, or in other words, infused with zodiacal energies, he can become more specific. this gives the adept many more specifics than it does for an outer order member, for the outer order member is only taught the elementals of m, l, n and o. the adept can actually create elementals that have the nature of b, the nature of e, the nature of l, etc. remember, when doing this kind of work it is

however, the zodiacal wheel is also appropriate for the consecration of the lotus wand. to be more specific, an actual time figure of the constellations will aid the adept should he or she wish to chose to utilize this method. you may want to mark off your area of which you are going to do the consecration with some type of border line using masking tape or chalk and bordered with the symbols of the zodiac in its appropriate direction. have the lotus wand wrapped immediately following the end of the ceremony in white silk or linen. 5 step 1 begin in the east facing west, and while holding your lotus wand by the black end, say the proclamation of the kerux. you will then face east and perform the l.b.r.p, creating a positive environment free from negative influence in which to do your cons

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS E

cal 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 incorrect in regardie'

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS K

s" 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 darkness are attribute

revolution of the powers of the pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for this grade. it is written 'his days shall be one hundred and twenty years; and one hundred and twenty divided by five yields twentyfour, the number of hours in a day and of the thrones of the elders in the apocalypse. further, one hundred and twenty equals the number of the ten sephiroth multiplied by that of the zodiac, whose key is the working of the spirit and four elements typified in the wand which i bear (chief adept knocks four times. all face east. chief adept opens the vault wide, enters, passes to the eastern end, or place of the head of the pastos, the coffin of 9 christian rosenkreutz, and then faces west. second adept enters and passes to the south. third adept goes to the north. other mem

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS SADD

ght to left in upper two quarters; in lower two quarters read c from left to right. b names read left to right in upper two quarters; in lower two quarters read a from right to left. note: each square has a double attribution to the tetragrammaton. thus for example, column w rank y does not coincide in nature with column y rank w (anymore than a of d in the tattwas is the same as d of a) signs of the zodiac attributed to the great cross thou shall take notice that the wanderers and abiders are attributed to the great cross. each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is to be referred to three squares. thou will recall that each zodiacal sign is divisible into 3 decanates or divisions of 10 degrees. it thusly follows that each of the squares refers to a specific decanate. the zodiacal sign refers t

ns of the four triangles and the element of each. each tablet is comprised of four separate and distinct divisions. thou must consider each of these independently so as to produce a specific type of pyramid akin to the nature of that section. here be the rules for analyzing a pyramid. the rules are concise and direct and should be memorized. truncated pyramid great cross 24 triangle no. 1 sign of the zodiac, small card of the tarot. triangle no. 2 m triangle no. 3 the planet of the decan triangle no. 4 element symbol of the tablet the no. 2 square of the great cross is always m and painted white, indicating the operation of m within the element. triangle no. 4 is to be colored in the element of the tablet, thus we have yellow for a, blue for c red for d, and black for b. thou shall color t

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS SCONTINUED

nowing the attributions of the four triangles and the element of each. each tablet is comprised of four separate and distinct divisions. thou must consider each of these independently so as to produce a specific type of pyramid akin to the nature of that section. here be the rules for analyzing a pyramid. the rules are concise and direct and should be memorized. great cross triangle no. 1 sign of the zodiac, small card of the tarot. triangle no. 2 m triangle no. 3 the planet of the decan triangle no. 4 element symbol of the tablet the no. 2 square of the great cross is always m and painted white, indicating the operation of m within the element. triangle no. 4 is to be colored in the element of the tablet, thus we have yellow for a, blue for c red for d, and black for b. thou shall color t

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U1

r, the ruach. they are the mansions of the practical administration of the intellect, whose physical showing forth is by reflection in the ruach. in "the magical mirror of the universe" or the sphere of sensation, man is placed between four pillars of the tree of life as projected in a sphere. these keep their place and move not. but the man himself places in his sphere of sensation that point of the zodiac which ascended at the moment of his birth and conception (for the same degree of the zodiac ascendeth as both, otherwise the birth could not take place. which is to say that those times, the same degree of the zodiac that is ascending in the east of the heavens of the star whereon he is incarnated. thus does he remain during that incarnation, facing that particular point in his sphere o

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U7

court cards in its appropriate color. the active adept will have no trouble in finding a myriad of uses for these potent symbols. in addition to providing the above mentioned, addendum1 also provides the z.a.m. with the complete color scales for the sephiroth, planets, and zodiac in all four scales as related to the name, hwhy. addendum ii provides the z.a.m. with the correct sounds as related to the zodiac, the mother letters, and the planets. the wise and prudent adept will work to incorporate these audio symbols into his/her practical workings. let the z.a.m. of our sacred order study well this document and remember that gcolors are forces and the child of forces art thou. h addendum 1: collection of information on color by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. the 5 elements in the 4 scales of king, qu

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z1

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, it is born on the la

with large and shadowing wings; and she is a power of the great goddess hathor who unites the powers of isis and nephthys. to the sign k is she referred as a correlative, which represents springs of water breaking upon l; though as a zodiacal sign it is referred to m, the container of rain. the egyptian name of the sign k is phritithi. note "thou shalt not confound the kerubim with their signs of the zodiac, notwithstanding that the latter be under the presidency of the former, seeing that the kerub representeth a far more sublime potency, yet acting by a harmonious sympathy through the particular sign allotted unto their correspondence" the kerub of o has the face and form of a lion with large and clashing wings. he formulates behind the throne of the dadouchos and he is a power of the gr

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z2

a position the direct rays) n. repeat process set forth in section l. p. the curcurbite is again to be placed on the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist performs an invocation of the forces of the a to act in the curcurbite. it is then to be exposed to the rays of the a for twelve hours each day from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m (this should be done preferably when the a is strongly posited in the zodiac, but it can be done at some other times, though never when it is in h, g, j or k. q. the curcurbite is again placed upon the white triangle upon the altar. the alchemist repeats the words: child of earth, long hast thou dwelt, etc. then, holding above it the lotus wand by the white end, he says, i formulate in thee the invoked forces of light, and repeats the mystic words. at this point

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z3

d by the hegemon. then the officers, being careful to follow the course of the sun, deposit in turn, their insignia upon the altar, taking therefrom instead the mystical symbols of the body of osiris corresponding to their cardinal points. the hegemon takes the lamp of kerux. the kerux then circumambulates, halting at the cardinal points and facing them, representing the course of the sun through the zodiac in order to attract the solar ray. under the control of its superior, the light of osiris, and the adorations are performed at the stations of the kerubim to mark the limits of the circle. this time, it is with the lamp of the watcher of the gods and with the sign of the calvary cross of trapt that the hegemon seals in the center the solar light. the 13 formal assertion of the entry of

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM8

are united in as they come together. there is some information about the unicursal hexagram in various books which will be covered in higher grades for those of you who would wish to pursue this hexagram and its workings. in regards to the traditional hexagram, which is often times called the star of david or jewish star. it represents the force of the planets acting through the various signs of the zodiac. this is very powerful and effective in sealing the astral image of nature under the presidency of the sephiroth, as well as the seven palaces. the hexagram is especially attributed to a. this symbol is one of great power and of great strength. in it are both the combination of the pentagram and the cross, thus, forming a very potent and positive triad which are in harmony with each oth

en it is reflected from every forth point, it represents their restriction. however, from other reflections, it indicates the twpylq operation through nature. thus, we can say that the endecangle naturally represents the evil and imperfect nature of the endecad and the endecagon. this is highlighted by the dispersal of the eleven curses of mount ebal through the universe. the dodecangle refers to the zodiac. it represents the power of the dodecad. the dodecagon represents the influences of the zodiac through nature. however, the dodecagram represents its constriction. the number of degrees of the great circle cut off between its angles is thirty. this forms a weak astrological semi-sextile. one final note is that when using these lineal figures later in the forming of talismans under the d

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

re 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 the sun. to picture what is inv

around the dot, about half an inch away from it (3) enclose that circle in a second, larger, circle. the dot represents the sun. the smaller of the two concentric circles represents the earth s orbit. the larger circle represents the rim of the ecliptic. around the perimeter of this larger circle, therefore, you should now draw twelve boxes, spacing them evenly, to represent the constellations of the zodiac. since there are 360 in a circle, each constellation can be considered to occupy a space of 30 along the ecliptic. the dot is the sun. the inner of the two concentric circles is the earth s orbit. we know that the earth travels on this orbit in an anticlockwise direction, from the west towards the east, and that every twenty-four hours it also makes one complete rotation around its own

nificant of all was the constellation in which the sun was observed to rise on the morning of the spring (or vernal) equinox. because of the earth s axial precession, the ancients discovered that this constellation was not fixed or permanent for all time but that the honour of housing or carrying the sun on the day of the vernal equinox circulated very, very slowly among all the constellations of the zodiac. in the words of giorgio de santillana: the sun s position amongst the constellations at the vernal equinox was the pointer that indicated the hours of the precessional cycle very long hours indeed, the equinoctial sun occupying each zodiacal constellation for almost 2200 years.1 the direction of the earth s slow axial precession is clockwise (i.e, east to west) and thus in opposition t

at the vernal equinox was the pointer that indicated the hours of the precessional cycle very long hours indeed, the equinoctial sun occupying each zodiacal constellation for almost 2200 years.1 the direction of the earth s slow axial precession is clockwise (i.e, east to west) and thus in opposition to the direction of the planet s annual path around the sun. in relation to the constellations of the zodiac, lying fixed in space, this causes the point at which the spring equinox occurs to move stubbornly along the ecliptic in the opposite direction to the yearly course direction in which the vernal point shifts as a result of precession of the sun, that is, against the right sequence of the zodiacal signs (taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius, instead of aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. 2 1 ham

inst which the sun is seen to rise to change from month to month: aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. gemini. cancer. leo, etc, etc. at present, on the vernal equinox, the sun rises due east between pisces and aquarius. the effect of precession is to cause the vernal point to be reached fractionally earlier in the orbit each year with the result that it very gradually shifts through all 12 houses of the zodiac, spending 2160 years in each sign and making a complete circuit in 25,920 years. the direction of this processional drift, in opposition to the annual path of the sun, is: leo. cancer. gemini. taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius. to give one example, the age of leo, i.e. the 2160 years during which the sun on the vernal equinox rose against the stellar background of the constellation of leo

ass out of the sector of the fish and begin to rise against the new background of aquarius. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 235 the 25,776-year cycle of precession is the engine that drives this majestic celestial juggernaut along its never-ending tour of the heavens. but the details of exactly how precession moves the equinoctial points from pisces into aquarius and thence onwards around the zodiac are also worth knowing. remember that the equinoxes occur on the only two occasions in the year when the earth s tilted axis lies broadside-on to the sun. these are when the sun rises due east all over the world and day and night are of equal length. because the earth s axis is slowly but surely precessing in a direction opposite to that of its own orbit, the points at which it lies bro

ionally earlier in the orbit each year. these annual changes are so small as to be almost imperceptible (a one degree shift along the ecliptic equivalent to the width of your little finger held up to the horizon requires approximately seventy-two years to complete. however, as de santillana points out, such minute changes add up in just under 2200 years to a 30 passage through a complete house of the zodiac, and in just under 26,000 years to a 360 passage through a complete cycle of precession. when did the ancients first work out precession? in the answer to this question lies a great secret, and mystery, of the past. before we try to penetrate the mystery and to learn the secret, we should acquaint ourselves with the official line. the encyclopaedia britannica is as good a repository as

GREY W G CONDENSATION OF KABBALAH

orm of the elements. expressively controlled by the reshit ha-gilgalim (nebulae or first swirlings of matter. humanly by the intentions of procreation. all this projects into: 2 wisdom. origination by the god-aspect yhvh (yahweh, meaning i will be. creation by archangel raziel (herald or announcer of god. formation by the angel order of the ofanim(wheels orcycles ofgod. expressively by themazlot (the zodiac or circle of life. humanly by the supply of sperm cells in the male. 3 understanding or intuition. originatively processed by the god-aspect yhvh elohim (i will be gods or goddesses. creatively by archangel tzafkiel( watcher or observer of god. formatively by the angelic order of the aralim (thrones or seats. expressively by the planet shabetai (saturn. humanly by the supply of unfertil

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

pass by all the divine and angelical forces of saturn that constrain it. the magician's second line of defense is the magic circle. the r. r. et a. c. magic circle shown below is suitable to evoke any averse force from 9 this method was apparently rediscovered by "poke" runyon of the ordo templi astarte. 7 the tree of life. the outer ring contains the divine names that correspond to the signs of the zodiac in the same arrangement in which they appear on the rose cross lamen and in the correct colors. the second ring contains the divine names attributed to the planets and to the corresponding sephiroth in the order of the vault of the adepti's planetary walls. the inner ring contains the names of the archangels of the elements as well as the divine names of the sephiroth that are the root

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

n is/ the sun is red at even, for that she looketh on hell; and at morn, for that she doubteth whether she may complete her course as she is bidden. not only about the sun and moon, but about the other stars, our heathen antiquity had plenty of lore and legend. it is a very remarkable statement of jornandes cap. 11, that in sulla s time the goths under dicenaeus, exclusive of planets and signs of the zodiac, were acquainted with 344 stars that ran from east to west. how many could we quote now by their teutonic names? the vulgar opinion imagines the stars, related to each individual man as friend or foe. 1 the constellation that shone upon his birth takes him under its protection all his life through; this is called being born under a good or lucky star. from this guidance, this secret sym

tar (heumanni opusc. 453. 460, as the same word is used of the witch or wise-woman out on her midnight jaunt. the anglo-saxons called the eveningstar swdna steorra (bubulcorum stella, because the swains drove their herd home when it appeared. again, in o. iv. 9, 24 christ is compared to the sun, and the apostles to the eleven daystars, dagasterron here meaning not so much luciferi as the signs of the zodiac. there are no native names for the polar star (see suppl. twice the edda relates the origin of particular stars, but no one knows now what constellations are meant. the legend of orvandils-td and the as. earendel, ohg. orentil, has been cited, p. 374; this bright luminary may have meant the morningstar. then the ases, having slain the giant thiassi, had to atone for it to his daughter s

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

re 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-petaled rose at its center. four barbs emerge from behind this cross, pointing into the

means verily. the origin of the word is found in the sanskrit aum and also in om. amra.if you petition for special help and your petition is answered, you are obliged, by the law of amra, to make compensation by passing along to others some portion of the blessing you have received. appellation rite.(see naming) aquarian age.the position of the sun on the vernal equinox moves through the path of the zodiac westward at the rate of a sign in about 2200 years. this period is referred to astrologically as an age. due to this precession, the spring equinox does not begin in aries as it once did, but in pisces. when it crosses into the sign aquarius, the aquarian age will have begun. arcane.that which is not hidden, but visible only to those who attune to it or are ready for its revelation; mys

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

leasantbookeof thefamousdoctorandexpertastrologeanarcandam,oralcandrain,tofind the fataldestiny,constellation,complexionrsc.newlyturnedout offrenchinto ourvulgartongue,byw.warde.curiousoldwoodcuts-blackletter(london, 1617).thework had appeared in latin editions in paris in 1542 and 1555.theenglish edition was reprinted in 1626, 1630, 1652,1670, etc.,allin roman letter with the curious woodcuts of the zodiac. 8 cornelius agrippa von nettesheim (1486-1585, scholar, linguist and diplomat who numbered erasmus and collet among his correspondents. he regarded astrology as the foundation of all occult studies. hisdeoccultephilosophia(translated into english asthreebooksofoccultphilosophy,1651) has been described byr.a. gilbert as 'a compendium of natural magic and the spiritual magic of renaiss25

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

her planets such as mars, jupiter, and saturn. it is possible that the planet mercury was associated with seth. the constellation we know as the great bear was interpreted by the egyptians as several deities 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 refe

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

fascinating book claimed to be 'a treatise on trees, shrubs, and plants, etc, for the cure of diseases and ailments, of the human system (without medicine) by sympathy (positive and negative) on the soul plane, by "charubel (the great seer, a collegian who trained for the gospel 60 years ago, gave his whole life up for the love of nature and the study of the supernatural elements &c &c. author of the zodiac symbolised, the north pole star and region, the seer critic, the geozonic spheres, the occultist, astrographical revelations, psychological experiences &c' dear sir& bro [i.e, f. l. gardner, your letter by second post today. i can scarcely do more than acknowledge it today. i am absolutely harrassed by work &c. preparatory to going to london next week partly on occult matters and partly

ISIS UNVEILED

ment before my time, all the creation would crumble into dissolution in one instant" and v&madeva-modelyar describes the 'night of brahma' or the second period of the divine unknown existence, thus "strange noises are heard, proceeding from every point. these are the precursors of the night of brahma; duak rises ai the horvson and the sun passes away behind the thirtieth degree of makara (sign of the zodiac, and will reach no more the sign of the mina (zodiacal pieces, or fishes. the gurus of the pagodas appointed to watch the rdh-chakra [zodiac] may now break their circle and instruments, for they are hence- forth useless "gradually light pales, heat diminishes, uninhabitable spots multiply on the earth, the air becomes more and more rarefied; the springs of waters dry up, the great river

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

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 gco and mantia, divi

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

pearing to recognition after. the lapse sometimes of centuries. now, how do we explain and re-render the above rude couplet? the lady-bird is the virgin maria, isis, the mother and producer of nature; the house is the ecliptic it is figuratively on fire, or of fire, in the path of the sun; and the children at home are the months produced in the house of the sun, or the solar year, or the signs of the zodiac which were originally ten, and not twelve* each sign answering* lady-cow, lady-cow, all but a little one fly away home! under a stone: thy house is on fire, fly thee home, lady-cow, thy children are flown. ere it be gone. the lady-bird, or cow, is the virgin mary, the little one 42 the rosicrucians. to one of the letters of the primeval alphabet, which were in number ten. thus, re-read

the time of philip augustus. see montfau on s monumens de la monarchie fran aise, paris, 1729, also jean-jacques chifflet, anutasis de childerie, 1655. see also notes and queries, 1856, london, 2d series, for some under the stone or the mystic human possibility, is the infant saviour, born in the mysterious month of the propitiation, or the mystical astrological and astronomical escaped month of the zodiac; and the stone is the philosopher s stone. the lisses of france. 43 learned papers on the fleur-de-lis. in the early armorial bearings of the frankish kings, the lilies are represented as insects, sembed (seeded, or spotted, on the blue field. these are, in their origin, the scarab ei of the orientals; they were dignified by the egyptians as the emblems of the enlightened. if the reader

r fulness of light. this agrees precisely with the doctrines of the buddhists or bhuddists. the regulating, presiding genius was the pantheus. the pythagorean record quoted by porphyry (vit. pythag) states that the numerals of pythagoras were hieroglyphical symbols by means whereof he explained ideas concerning the nature of things. that these symbols were ten in number, the ten original signs of the zodiac, and the ten letters of the primeval alphabet, appears from aristotle (met, vii. 7. some philosophers hold, he says, that ideas and numbers are of the same nature, and amount to ten in all. see the gnostics and their remains, p. 229. but to return to the arms of france, which are the fleurs-de-lis, and to the small representative creature (sublime enough, as the farthest-off symbol whic

hen succeeds the turning-point, balances, or nave (navel, of the astronomical wheel, represented by the sign libra (g, which, be it remembered, was added by the imaginative (and therefore, practically inventive) greeks. the foregoing, up to libra, represent the ascending signs, or six of the spokes, so to speak, of the annual zodiacal wheel, circling to the zenith or vertex. the last six signs of the zodiac are called descending signs, and they are the sinister, autumnal, or changing, in reverse, monthly spaces, each of thirty degrees, and again comprising six radii of this celestial wheel, or this ezekiel's wheel. the turning-point is virgo- scorpio, which, until separated in the mythical interruption from without at the junction-point, between ascent and descent, were the same single sig

the emblematic difficulty among the master-masons, who constructed the earlier cathedrals, as to the addition and as to the precise value of the second (or feminine) tower at the western end (or galilee) of a church. valentinus is called the profoundest doctor of the gnosis. according to him, the eons (angels, or effusions) number fifteen pairs, which represent the thirty degrees of each sign of the zodiac. the name of the great gnostic deity, abraxas, is derived as follows: ab, or af( let it be; rax, or rak( adore; sas, or sax, for sadshi( name. the entire gnostic system was not derived either from the kabala, or from the grecian philosophy, but from the east, as mosheim long ago maintained: so declares the author of the gnostics and their remains; but it is a thorough mistake, both in h

hristian 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 virgin mary, the microcosmical, miniture king arth

spirits, or mystic rulers of the world, it is supposed astrologically that all mundane things were produced. the following three pages explain the mystic analogy between colours, language, music, and the seven angelic adverse intelligences, supposed by the gnostics to be operative in the dissonance of creation. these represent the descending half of the machataloth, as the cabalistic jews called the zodiac united. the whole is made up from abstruse sigmas, or the application of rosicrucianism on its hieroglyphic and representative side. 162 the rosicrucians. heraldic and figurative chart, according to the oldest heraldic systems (no. 1 (musical notes also) region elementary, whereon he saw angels ascending anddescending: and he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FIVE

rding to the letters to which they are attributed. the king and queen of the suit are placed besides chokmah and binah, the knight and knave by tiphareth and malkuth. the tarot trumps thus receive the equilibrium of the sephiroth they connect. admission badges used in the grade of philosophus first is the calvary cross of twelve squares. it admits to the path of qoph, the 29th path, and refers to the zodiac and to the eternal river of eden, divided into four heads as follows: naher- the river 1. hiddikel 2. pison 3. gihon 4. phrath euphrates the pyramid of the four elements admits to the path of tzaddi, the 28th path. on the sides of the pyramid are the hebrew names of the elements. on the apex is the word eth, meaning essence and on the base is the word olam, meaning world. the next badge

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FOUR

ission 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 and air, but in a d

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE THREE

, 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 and wings touch chok

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

ts of the earth: gnomes 2. the spirits of the air: sylphs 3. the spirits of the water: undines 4. the spirits of the fire: salamanders these are the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera. the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolized and attributed: kerub of air man aquarius kerub of fire lion leo kerub of earth bull taurus kerub of water eagle scorpio tetragrammaton means 'four-lettered name' and refers to the unpronounceable name of god symbolized by 'jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of

strology manual. make notes of the ideas and pictures which arise in your mind. the four worlds of the qabalah are: atziluth, archetypal pure diety twlyxa briah, creative archangelic hayrb yetzirah, formative angelic hryxy assiah, action matter, man, shells, demons hycu the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world, are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim \ylglgh tycar 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth twlzm 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai yatbc 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedek 'qdx 5. sphere of mars, madim \ydm 6. sphere of the sun, shemesh cmc 7. sphere of venus, nogah hgwn 8. sphere of mercury, kokab bkwk 9. sphere of the moon, levannah hnbl 10. spehere of the elements, olam yesodoth twdwsy \lwu the divine names attributed to the sephiroth kether's divine name is eheieh (hyha

LEMEGETON

epeated mention of the year 1641 and guns, shows a late redaction. the "table of practice" has similarities with dee's "holy table. in the former the seven seals have the characters of the seven planets, which also occur in the "magical calendar (published 1620, but with possible connections with trithemius) saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon the descriptions of the seals for each sign of the zodiac are evidently abstracted from paracelsus, the second treatise of celestial medicines, cf. archidoxes of magic translated by robert turner, 1656, pp. 136 ff. ars almadel in 1608, trithemius mentioned a long list of books on magic, including the book "almadel attributed to king solomon [7] ars almadel is also found in the hebrew manuscript of the key of solomon, ed. gollancz, sepher mapht

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

d satanic symbols hardly constitute a serious phenomenon. the difficulty with constructing occult crime as a major social threat is reflected in the 1993 mass market paperback, raising hell: an encyclopedia of devil worship and satanic crime. in addition to crowley, aleister edward 55 some of the usual sra cases, the author pulls in any crime with even the most tenuous link to the occult, such as the zodiac killer who murdered people according to their astrological sign. he even includes an entry on the overtly christian ku klux klan. perhaps more tellingly, in the few cases with genuine satanic elements such as the night stalker murders, one is forced to confront one of the basic premises of much occult crime thinking, namely the usually unstated assumption that satanism somehow causes in

LIBER O

e is used. draw the hexagram, 385- beginning from the point which is attributed to the planet you are dealing with (see 777 col. lxxxiii. thus to invoke jupiter begin from the right hand point of the lower triangle, dextro-rotary and complete; then trace the upper triangle from its left hand point and complete. 1\ 2# trace the astrological sigil- of the planet in the centre of/ your hexagram\ for the zodiac use the- hexagram of the planet which *2-*1 rules the sign you require (777, col. xxxviii) but draw\ the astrological sigil of the- sign, instead of that of the 1 *1 planet *2 2# for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of cauda draconis or caput draconis. to banish, reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a conjuration first with ararita, and next with the nam

LIBER 777

hook 29 [wq qoph back of head 30 cyr resh head (36) hla 31 yc shin tooth \yhla 32 wt tau tau (as egyptian (15) hy (3) ba 32 bis wt tau[ rah] ynda 31 bis yc shin. a a..a a [alga: hyha] hwchy table i (continued) 3 vi. the heavens of assiah. vii. english of col. vi. viii* orders of qliphoth. 0. 1 \ylglgh tycar rashith ha-gilgalim sphere of primum mobile (1) laymwat thaumiel 2 twlzm mazloth sphere of the zodiac (1) lawgwu ghagiel 3 yatbc shabbathai sphere of saturn (1) layratas satariel 4 qdx tzedeq sphere of jupiter (2) hlksug gha agsheklah 5 \ydam madim sphere of mars (3) bjlwg golachab 6 cmc shemesh sphere of sol (4) wryrgt thagiriron 7 hgn nogah sphere ofvenus (5) qrz bru a arab zaraq 8 kbwk kokab sphere of mercury (6) lams samael 9 hnbl levanah sphere of luna (7) laymg gamaliel 1010 twdws

5 8 24 300% c 6 7 25 325! b& 6 9 26 351$ e= 6 8 27 378. 7 8 28 406' d# 7 9 29 435% c 7 10 30 465. 8 9 31 496 hot and dry b 8 10 32 the serpent of wisdom follows the course of the paths or letters upwards, its head being thus in a, its tails in t. a, m, and c are the mother letters, referring to the elements; b, g, d, k, p, r, and t, the double letters, to the planets; the rest, single letters, to the zodiac. 528. 9 10 32 bis. cold and dry e. 31 bis. table i (continued) 5 xiii. the paths of the sepher yetzirah. xiv. general attribution of tarot. xv* the king scale of colour (y. 0. 1 admirable or hidden intelligence the 4 aces brilliance 2 illuminating i. the 4 twos kings or knights pure soft blue 3 sanctifying i. the 4 threes queens crimson 4 measuring cohesive or receptacular i. the 4 four

j material works [works] 4& g rest from strife [truce! j earthly power [power] 5$ k defeat# b material trouble [worry] 6# k earned 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 lwb

ain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. this substituted attribution is alluded to in various places in liber aleph and magick in theory and practice, but was not spelt out in full in published writings until the book of thoth. the tables from 777 are based on the old golden dawn attributions; to work with the reversed attributions, lines 15 and 28 should be exchanged on all columns based on the zodiac or tarot (i.e, vi-viii, xi, xiv-xx, xxii-xlvii, xlix, cxxxvii-clxxiv, clxxvii-clxxxiii and clxxxvi, not all columns throughout as the editors of 777 revised state t.s. 34 notes to table of correspondences col. ii: 0-10 are the names of the numbers or emanations; 11-32 the letters spelt in full. line 1. some of the common titles of kether are: twcp hdqn the small point. lz tt the profuse

lath. at nw corner, the scorpion, and wmisa,3 the unnameable and hmuk.4 at sw angle, the lion and horse, and the younger lilith the wife of asmodai. col. ix. the cup of the stolistes has its rim and 2 and 3 and its foot in 10. the cadueceus is (easily) placed on the tree and divided into a, m, and c. the waxing moon in 4; waning in 5; full in 6. col. xi. the elements, of whose nature the signs of the zodiac partake, are shown by the symbol against them. col. xii. let 45 be a straight line. on 45 erect the equilateral bs 451, 459. from 4 and 5 draw straight lines 247, 358^ 45, and the straight lines 25^ 14, 43^ 15, 48^ 59, and 57^ 49, the points 2, 3, 7 and 8 marking the intersections. join 19, 12, 13, 23, 78, 79, 89. let 6 be the point of intersection of 19, 57, 48. on 78 erect an equilate

him. 10. taphsarim. and there are many other schemes. col. cii. add daath, ydna. col. ciii. add daath, cerebrum medium, cuius locus est in parte capitis postica. but these have many other attributions, and each is itself divisible: thus chesed and geburah of tiphareth are the breasts; tiphareth the heart; netzach and hod the testicles; jesod the membrum virile; and malkuth, the anus. the signs of the zodiac are variously given, and the planets agree with the face: thus' and, the ears% and, the nostrils! and, the eyes; and, the mouth. the hand: thumb, a; 1st finger, d; 2nd, c; 3rd, e; 4th b. these, however, vary somewhat.10 col. cvi. these abodes are enclosed in four circles: the waters of weeping, or creation, of oceanus, and the false sea. compare the classical four rivers of hell.11 col

. they are said to be partly evil and party good, hence the apparently oxymoronic title. it is possible that the theurgia- goetia was based on the steganographia of trithemius by someone who did not realise that the latter was primarily a work of cryptography. the third book, ars paulina, contains a catalogue of angels for the 12 hours of the day and night, and for the 12 signs and 360 degrees of the zodiac; they are also attributed to the seven classical planets. the fourth book, ars almadel, is probably of medieval origin: it divides up the powers it summons into four altitudes, seemingly referred to the cardinal points of the zodiac. the fifth book of the lemegeton, ars nova, is rather a kind of appendix which appears in one ms. where it occupies one and a half sides of a single folio l

LIBER ALEPH

et diaboli, arcanis tou tarot fraternitatis r. c (of the paths of death and the devil, arcana of the tarot of the r.c. fraternity) t shall profit thee much, o my son, or i err, that i instruct thee in the mysteries of the paths of nun and of ayin, that in our rota are figured in the atu called death, and that called the devil. of these nun joineth the sun with venus, and is referred to scorpio in the zodiac. this path is perilous, for it seeketh the level, and may abase thee, except thou take heed unto the going. of its three modes, the scorpio destroyeth himself, as if it were a type of animal pleasure. next, the serpent is proper to works of change, or magick; yet is he poisonous also unless thou hast wit to enchant him. lastly the eagle is subtlest in this sort, so that this path is pro

guished by water; but upon earth it burneth freely, and is inflamed by the wind. understand also that which is written concerning the vesica, that it is the mother, giving ease, sleep, and death, which consolations are eschewed by the true man or hero. i liber aleph vel cxi 174% sequitur de his viis (further concerning these paths) ow the path of ayin is a link between mercury and the sun, and in the zodiac importeth the goat. this goat is called also strength, and standeth in the meridian at the sunrise of spring; and it is his nature to leap upon the mountains. so herefore he is a symbol of true magick, and his name is baphomet, wherefore did i design him as an atu of thoth, the fifteenth, and put his image in the front of my book, the ritual of high magick, which was the second part of

LIBER CHANOKH

rom the central tablet or black cross in accordance with rules which will be given in their due place.10 thus gm in oc la et cetera, form bases for these trilateral names. the following rules explain how the sides of the pyramids of which the squares are formed are attributed to the sephiroth, planets, elements and zodiacal signs.11 1. great central cross. this has 36 squares, for the decantes of the zodiac. on the left side of the pyramid, linea patris has the cardinal signs, the sign of the element itself at the top, in the order of tetragrammaton (fire, water, air, earth) going upwards. linea filii has the common signs in the same order. linea s.s. has the cherubic signs, that of the element on the left, in the same order, right to left. but the order of the decans in each sign is rever

s of the tribes are as follows: angel tribe quarter olpaged dan east gebabal asshur east s-e lavavoth gad south s-e ziracah reuben south zurchol simeon south s-w zinggen zebulon west s-w hononol judah west alpudus issachar west n-w arfaolg ephraim north n-w zarnaah manesseh north cadaamp benjamin north n-e zarzilg napthali east n-e james (1984) gives a set of attributions of these to the signs of the zodiac which results in a rather strange arrangement of the signs around the circle of the quarters; as i am not sure what his source for it was, it is here omitted. another arrangement appears in zalewski (1990, based on some notes by mathers to a golden dawn lecture on the astrological attributions of the 12 tribes, but this appears to disregard dee.s attribution of angels to tribes &c; it i

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

andwich does for me, at the same time taking over the ms. of liber 963,2 which has been given me to correct, and doing it. please the pigs, the visconti will cheer me up in the evening; and i shall get a good day in to-morrow. 1 [a quote from the entered apprentice ritual of freemasonry. t.s] 2[.liber cmlxiii (the treasure house of images) by j.f.c. fuller. a series of .litanies. for the signs of the zodiac, it was published in equinox i (3, and formed the bulk of a volume questionably titled the pathworkings of aleister crowley (new falcon. t.s] john st. john 49 6.35. still at liber 963. i should like to write mantrams for each chapter. 7.20. still at liber 963. i need hardly say that i am perfectly aware that in one sense all this working and ritual making and copying and illuminating is

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

ses 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 the thirties. the high p

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. i became suddenly aw

LIBER LVII

e 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 ever, o lord. a brief

n of osiris risen. all give the sign of the cross, and say. l. v. x. then the sign of osiris risen, and say. lux, the light of the cross. this formula, on which one may meditate for years without exhausting its wonderful harmonics, gives an excellent idea of the way in which qabalistic analysis is conduct. first, the letters have been written in hebrew characters. then the attributions of them to the zodiac and to planets are substituted, and the names of egyptian gods belonging to these are invoked. the christian idea of i.n.r.i. is confirmed by these, while their initials form the sacred word of the gnostics. that is, iao. from the character of the deities and their functions are deduced their signs, and these are found to signal (as it were) the word lux (rwa, which itself is contained

lligence, etc. etc. etc. in a flash whenever the number 3 is mentioned, we may profitably proceed to go through to the most important of the higher numbers. for this purpose i have removed myself from books of reference; only those things which have become fixed in my mind (from their importace) deserve place in the simplicity of this essay. 12. awh .he. a title of kether, identifying kether with the zodiac, the .home of 12 stars. and their correspondences. see 777. 13. dja, unity, and hbha, love. a scale of unity; thus 13 1= 1; 26= 13 2= 2; 91= 13 7= 7; so that we may find in 26 and 91 elaborations of the dyad the the septenary respectively. 14. an .elaboration. of 5 (1+ 4= 5, force; a .concentration. of 86 (8+ 6= 14, elohim, the 5 elements. 15. hy, jah, one of the ineffable names; the fa

e threhold, without whom the sanctuary might be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocalypse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, awh [it is wyx, zion, the city of the pyramids..ed.]52 175. a

cent truth in astrology) prepared a hostile horoscope which was printed in the great beast in posthumous revenge. t.s] 82 because cheth, 8, spelt .in full= tyj, 418. t.s. on the qabalah 53 zodiac was perhaps responsible for buddha and his 12 disciples, christ and his 12 disciples, charlemagne and his 12 peers &c &c, but to disbelieve in christ or charlemagne is not to alter the number of signs in the zodiac. veneration for 666 does not commit me to admiration for napoleon and gladstone. i may close this paper by expressing a hope that i may have the indulgence of students. the subject is incomparably difficult; it is almost an unworked vein of thought; and my expression must be limited and thin. it is important that every identity should be most thoroughly understood. no mere perusal will

LIBER LXXVIII

of the others: and then indeed it is mighty and terrible materially, 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 warri

ad winged ram fs head cards king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess herein are resumed the especial characteristics of the four court cards of the suits suits 24 liber lxxviii of the thirty-six decans here follow the descriptions of the smaller cards of the four suits, thirty-six in number, answering unto the thirty-six decans of the zodiac. commencing from the sign aries, the central decans of each sign follow the order of the days of the week. thus. card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands a established strength! 6, p. b material success" 9, s. c despair and cruelty% 3, c. d abundance# 6, w. e victory& 9, p. f material gain$ 3, s. g sorrow f 6, c. h pleasure! 9, w. i great strength" 3, p. j material words% 6, s. k ea

uestion 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 given in liber dcclxxv

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

lamb of god that destroyeth (literally burns out) the sins of the world. as it is written in the ordinary of the mass: the priest goeth unto the south of the altar and prays .o agnus dei! qui tollis.qui tollis peccata mundi.dona nobis pacem. and this fire, this lamb of god, is aries, symbol of the dawning year: whose colour also is as the red fire, and which is the head of the fiery triplicity in the zodiac. so also in the grade of neophyte in the order of the golden dawn the hierophant weareth a robe of flame-scarlet as symbolic of the dawn. note..it may be objected to this enunciation of the colours that y, the father, is fire; that h, the mother, is water; that w, the son, is air, and yellow instead of red. this also is true, but it relates to the governance of the elemental kingdoms, w

LIBER NU

ation. this is the first practice of ethics (ccxx. i. 22. 4. consider of six and fifty that 50 6= 0.12. 0 the circumference, nuit. the centre, hadit. 1 the unity proceeding, ra-hoor-khuit. 2 the world of illusion. nuit thus comprehends all in none. also 50+ 6= 56= 5+ 6= 11, the key of all rituals. and 50 6= 300, the spirit of the child within (note n#i= 72, the shemhamphorash and the quinaries of the zodiac, etc) this is the second practice of intelligence (ccxx. i. 25, 26. 2 liber n v 5. the result of this practice is the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of the body of nuit. in other words, the aspirant is conscious only of the infinite universe as a single being (note for this the importance of paragraph 3. ed) this is the first indication of the nature of t

LIBER O

earth alone is used. draw the hexagram, beginning from the point which is attributed to the planet you are dealing with (see .777. col. lxxxiii) thus to invoke jupiter begin from the right-hand point of the lower triangle, dextro-rotary, and complete; then trace the upper triangle from its lefthand point and complete. trace the astrological sigil of the planet in the centre of your hexagram. for the zodiac use the hexagram of the planet which rules the sign you require(.777. col. cxxxviii; but draw the astrological sigil of the sign instead of that of the planet. for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of< or. to banish reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a conjuration first with ararita, and next with the name of the god corresponding to the planet or sign

f the planets. lxxx [omitted] olympic planetary spirits. lxxxi. 74 metals. lxxxiii. 72 the attributions of the hexagram. xcvii, xcviii. 82, 84 parts of the soul and english translation thereof. xcix [omitted] archangels of assiah. c, ci [omitted] angels of assiah and english translation thereof. cxvii. 85 the soul (hindu. cxviii. 86 the chakkras or centres of prana (hinduism. cxxxvii. 90 signs of the zodiac. cxxxviii. 91 planets ruling signs. cxxxix. 92 planets exalted in signs. clxxv. 4, 41 hebrew letters. clxxvi. 6, 43 numerical value of hebrew letters. clxxvii. 11 yetziratic attributions of hebrew letters. clxxxii [omitted] the human body. still more of these were omitted in the first edition of mtp. 4 the equinox publication had .taphtatharath. which is not a reasonable transliteration

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

have said in the renaissance. but as the workmen began clearing the site for the rebuilding they discovered a vault (bottom half of figure 19) which was quite unknown and still in its original state pristine, undamaged, and completely unaffected by the destruction of the temple. what is the nature of this vault? what does it mean for us? well, on the floor around the pedestal we see the signs of the zodiac, and that is a clue. but it is unnecessary for us to speculate. the artist has given us a detailed picture in figure 20 which is a beautiful representation of the chapter of the royal figure 19. tracing board of the royal arch degree, john harris, c. 1820. figure 20. a representation of a chapter of the royal arch, john harris, c. 1820. arch. there are many openly kabbalistic symbols he

, 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. figure 21 shows the same space in diagrammatic form. i have taken it from

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

le of contents introduction the ancient mysteries and secret societies which have influenced modern masonic symbolism the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part two the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part three atlantis and the gods of antiquity the life and teachings of thoth hermes trismegistus the initiation of the pyramid isis, the virgin of the world the sun, a universal deity the zodiac and its signs the bembine table of isis wonders of antiquity the life and philosophy of pythagoras pythagorean mathematics the human body in symbolism the hiramic legend the pythagorean theory of music and color fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part one) fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part two) flowers, plants, fruits, and trees stones, metals and gems ceremo

d coffer-the dwelling place of the hidden god. 41 isis, the virgin of the world the birthdays of the gods--the murder of osiris--the hermetic isis--the symbols peculiar to isis--the troubadours--the mummification of the dead. 45 the sun, a universal deity the solar trinity-christianity and the sun--the birthday of the sun--the three suns- the celestial inhabitants of the sun--the midnight sun. 49 the zodiac and its signs primitive astronomical instruments--the equinoxes and solstices--the astrological ages of the world--the circular zodiac of tentyra--an interpretation of the zodiacal signs- the horoscope of the world. 53 the bembine table of isis plato's initiation in the great pyramid--the history of the bembine table--platonic theory of ideas--the interplay of the three philosophical zo

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 the statue is unknown

christianity" the rites of mithras were performed in caves. porphyry, in his cave of the nymphs, states that zarathustra (zoroaster) was the first to consecrate a cave to the worship of god, because a cavern was symbolic of the earth, or the lower world of darkness. john p. lundy, in his monumental christianity, describes the cave of mithras as follows "but this cave was adorned with the signs of the zodiac, cancer and capricorn. the summer and winter solstices were chiefly conspicuous, as the gates of souls descending into this life, or passing out of it in their ascent to the gods; cancer being the gate of descent, and capricorn of ascent. these are the two avenues of the immortals passing up and down from earth to heaven, and from heaven to earth" the so-called chair of st. peter, in ro

e could truly glorify mithras; for mithras was his own soul, standing as mediator between ormuzd, his spirit, and ahriman, his animal nature. in the second degree he was given the armor of intelligence and purity and sent into the darkness of subterranean pits to fight the beasts of lust, passion, and degeneracy. in the third degree he was given a cape, upon which were drawn or woven the signs of the zodiac and other astronomical symbols. after his initiations were over, he was hailed as one who had risen from the dead, was instructed in the secret teachings of the persian mystics, and became a full-fledged member of the order. candidates who successfully passed the mithraic initiations were called lions and were marked upon their foreheads with the egyptian cross. mithras himself is often

lood of the bull- which, pouring from the wound made by the sun god, fertilize the seeds of living things. dogs were held sacred to the cult of mithras, being symbolic of sincerity and trustworthiness. the mithraics used the serpent a an emblem of ahriman, the spirit of evil, and water rats were held sacred to him. the bull is esoterically the constellation of taurus; the serpent, its opposite in the zodiac, scorpio; the sun, mithras, entering into the side of the bull, slays the celestial creature and nourishes the universe with its blood. click to enlarge the birth of mithras. from montfaucon's antiquities mithras was born out of a rock, which, breaking open, permitted him to emerge. this occurred in the darkness of a subterranean chamber. the church of the nativity at bethlehem confirms

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 successfully the ordeals of initiation. like many other pagan cults, the odinic mysteries, as an institution, were destroyed by christianity, but the underlying cause of their fall was the corruption of the priesthood. mythology is nearly always the ritual and the symbolism of a mystery school. briefl

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

se stones you may care to use as the bezel of your ring or pendant: fascination gems amber diamond onyx beryl emerald peridot bloodstone jade sardonyx carbuncle jasper staurotides (cross-stone) carnelian jet ruby cat's-eye lapis lazuli turquoise coral moonstone zircon you may have your witch name engraved upon the ring or pendant either on the reverse surface or around the stone itself. sometimes the zodiac birth signs are also engraved, occasionally even a cabalistic word of power such as ararita, tetragrammaton, mehafelon, ananizapta, or shemhamphorash. incidentally, a very good idea which some witches resort to is to use a poison ring as their jewel. the inner cavity of the ring itself is very well suited for concealing either written charms to be carried about the person or philter pow

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 1

evil and partly good, which is named theurgia-goetia, all a rial spirits, etc (3) the third part is of spirits governing the planetary hours, and what spirits belong to every degree, of the signs, and planets in the signs. called the pauline art, etc (4) the fourth part of this book is called almadel or solomon, which containeth those spirits which govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and to be sought for by divine seeking, etc, and are called theurgia (5) the fifth part is a book of orations and prayers that wise solomon used upon the altar in the temple. the which is called ars nova, which was revealed unto solomon by that holy angel of god called michael; and he also received many brief notes written with the finger of g

reby did he acquire great renown (2) the second book is one which treateth of spirits mingled of good and evil natures, the which is entitled the theurgia-goetia, or the magical wisdom of the spirits a rial, whereof some do abide, but certain do wander and abide not (3) the third book, called ars paulina, or the art pauline, treateth of the spirits allotted unto every degree of the 360 degrees of the zodiac; and also of the signs, and of the planets in the signs, as well as of the hours (4) the fourth book, called ars almadel salomonis, or the art almadel of solomon, concerneth those spirits which be set over the quaternary of the altitudes. these two last mentioned books, the art pauline and the art almadel, do relate unto good spirits alone, whose knowledge is to be obtained through seek

is called theurgia-goetia, all aerial spirits, etc (3) the third part is of spirits governing the planetary hours, and of what spirits do belong to every degree of the signs, and of the planets in the signs. this is called the pauline art, etc (4) the fourth part of this book is called almadel of solomon, the which containeth those spirits which do govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and are called theurgia, and are to be sought for by divine seeking, etc (5) the fifth part is a book of orations and prayers which wise solomon did use upon the altar in the temple. the which is called ars nova, the which was revealed to solomon by that holy angel of god called michael; and he also received many brief notes written with the f

partly good and partly evil, which is named theurgia-goetia, all a rial spirits, etc (3) the third part is a book governing the planetary houses, and what spirits belong to every degree of the signs, and planets in the signs. called the pauline art (4) the fourth part is a book called the almadel of solomon, which contains twenty chief spirits who govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and called theurgia, and are to be sought after by divine seeking. these most sacred mysteries were revealed unto solomon. now in this book lemegeton is contained the whole art of king solomon. and although there be many other books that are said to be his, yet none is to be compared hereunto, for this containeth them all. though there be titl

mes are those of deity angels and archangels allotted by the qabalists to each of the 9 first sephiroth or divine emanations. in english letters they run thus, beginning from the head of the serpent+ ehyeh kether metatron chaioth ha-qadehs rashith ha-galgalim s.p.m (for "sphere of the primum mobile+ lah chokmah ratziel auphanim masloth s.s.f (for "sphere of the fixed stars" or s.z. for "sphere of the zodiac+ iehovah eolhim binah tzaphquiel aralim shabbathai s (for "sphere) of saturn+ el chesed tzadquiel chaschmalim tzedeq s. of jupiter+ elohim gibor geburah kamael seraphim madim s. of mars+ iehovah eloah va-daath tiphereth raphael malakim shemesh s. of the sun+ iehovah tzabaoth netzach haniel elohim nogah s. of venus+ elohim tzabaoth hod michael beni elohim kokav s. of mercury+ shaddai el

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 3

nnot err, for those that is attributed aries is of the same nature fiery& so the like in the rest, but if any planet be in that degree that ascends, then that angel is of the nature of the sign& planet both& observe the following method& you cannot but obtain your desire &c. here followeth a table of the signs& planets& their natures. these be the 12 angels that are attributed to the 12 signs (of the zodiac, because of those that hath not got the very degree of their nativity, so that they may make use of these angels, if be so that they know the sign that ascends. the other angels which are attributed to every degree of every sign of the zodiac are as followeth: fire earth air water fire earth air water fire earth air water aiel tual giel cael ol violl jael sosol swaia -seh casuiasah ausi

ign that ascends. the other angels which are attributed to every degree of every sign of the zodiac are as followeth: fire earth air water fire earth air water fire earth air water aiel tual giel cael ol violl jael sosol swaia -seh casuiasah ausim pasel lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 16 these be the angels of the signs& their seals followeth, being 12, every sign one. the angels of the degrees of the zodiac 1 bial letiel latiel sachiel mochiel coliel ibaich toliel taliel chahel chamel lachiel 2 gosiel niyael najael motiel satiel lonael eagiel joniel jamael tomael tosael nohiel 3 hacl sachiel sachael stiel aiel nosael lahael cosiel casiel jaajah jaajah sanael 4 ganiot gueliel gualiel sachiel mochiel sangiel uaviel laugael laugael casmel camiel gnasiel 5 zaciot ponoel pamel moliel satiel kna

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 5

assist me at this time and at all times (sphere of the primum mobile) iehovah. god almighty, god omnipotent, hear my prayer: hadonat. command thy holy angels above the fixed stars: ophanim. to be assisting and aiding thy servant: iophiel. that i may command all spirits of air, water, fire, earth, and hell: masloth. so that it may tend unto thy glory and unto the good of man. s. z (i.e, sphere of the zodiac) iehovah. god almighty, god omnipotent, hear my prayer: elohim. god with us, god be always present with us: binah. strengthen us and support us, both now and for ever: aralim. in these our undertakings, which we perform but as instruments in thy hands: zabbathai in the hands of thee, the great god of sabaoth. s. h.2 hesel3 thou great god, governor and creator of the planets, and of the

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

egins to adopt the god form of shaitan to master the spirits and djinn of the self all of those elements which command mastery of the self. night is the in-between point which later unveils the light, therefore being a barrier and initiation aspect of the self and such conceptual matter. the numerical 666, described by aleister crowley is the number of the beast11, which is inherent in the sun in the zodiac. the sun is also associated with the adversarial triad, being shaitan (set) typhon, apophras (apep) and besz, a god of transformation. the devil as an initiatory force is considered masculine, thus is represented by the phallus or source of creative life. in the tarot, the devil is attributed to capricornus, and the hebrew letter ayin, being an eye. the symbolism of the devil as the ini

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

or some reason, he knew existed. in about1580, the famous scholar and magician, dr. dee, discovered what he believed to be merlins secret inthe glastonbury plains. according to his recent biographer, richard deacon, he became interested inthe unusual arrangement of the prehistoric earthworks in the glastonbury area and had diagnosed thatthese objects when carefully mapped represented the signs of the zodiac and the stars (p. 10)commentit is obviously not by chance that dee suddenly makes such a discovery. he must have had books containing information of the prediluvian epoch. dee possessed most of the books that were said to have burned in the dissolution of the catholic monasteries, under henry viii (tudor. these books were kept at his house at mortlake, on the thames river.seismic upheav

ology, the parentsubject of common astrology and astronomy, exposes the occult roots of religion, government and bigbusiness. knowledge of these roots will empower, inform and clarify your perception of the seem-ingly complex dynamics of the world (includes 600+ digital slides).what connection do the symbols of government, religion, royalty and the corporate world have with the constellations and the zodiac? who was jesus christ? was he the founder of christianity? what has the church been concealing for 2,ooo years? what are the gospels, and why were there 12 disciples? who are the serpents of wisdom and why is the serpent symbol so feared and revered? what do the symbols on flags, heraldry and money mean? who are the biblical magi? why has the role of women been reduced by patriarchal ed

MORALS AND DOGMA

supplied man with the model for the first temples reared to the divinity. the arrangement of the temple of solomon, the symbolic ornaments which formed its chief decorations, and the dress of the high-priest, all had reference to the order of the universe, as then understood. the temple contained many emblems of the seasons-the sun, the moon, the planets, the constellations ursa major and minor, the zodiac, the elements, and the other parts of the world. it is the master of this lodge, of the universe, hermes, of whom khurum is the representative, that is one of the lights of the lodge. for further instruction as to the symbolism of the heavenly bodies, and of the sacred numbers, and of the temple and its details, you must wait patiently until you advance in masonry, in the mean time exer

and in the mysteries of mithras, carried to rome under the emperors, the ladder, with its seven rounds, was a symbol referring to this ascent through the spheres of the seven planets. jacob saw the spirits of god ascending and descending on it; and above it the deity himself. the mithraic mysteries were celebrated in caves, where gates were marked at the four equinoctial and solstitial points of the zodiac; and the seven planetary spheres were represented, which souls needs must traverse in descending from the heaven of the fixed stars to the elements that envelop the earth; and seven gates were marked, one for each planet, through which they pass, in descending or returning. we learn this from celsus, in origen, who says that the symbolic image of this passage among the stars, used in th

ities, from the highest to the lowest, in the obscurity of a dizzying mechanism; hanging the flight of an insect upon the movement of the earth; subordinating, perhaps, if only by the identity of the law, the eccentric evolutions of the comet in the firmament, to the whirlings of the infusoria in the drop of water. a mechanism made of mind, the first motor of which is the gnat, and its last wheel the zodiac. a peasant-boy, guiding bl cher by the right one of two roads, the other being impassable for artillery, enables him to reach waterloo in time to save wellington from a defeat that would have been a rout; and so enables the kings to imprison napoleon on a barren rock in mid-ocean. an unfaithful smith, by the slovenly shoeing of a horse, causes his lameness, and, he stumbling, the career

ge 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 south to the north, from the surface of the earth to the heavens, and from the same

of himself as of a whole assembly; that is, bountiful and cheerful to his friends, and charitable and apt to forgive his enemies; that loves his country, consults its honor, and obeys its laws, and desires and endeavors nothing more than that he may do his duty and honor god. and such a mason may reckon his life to be the life of a man, and compute his months, not by the course of the sun, but by the zodiac and circle of his virtues. the whole world is, but one republic, of which each nation is a family, and every individual a child. masonry, not in anywise derogating from the differing duties which the diversity of states requires, tends to create a new people, which, composed of men of many nations and tongues, shall all be bound together by the bonds of science, morality, and virtue. es

egyptian oriental philosophy. the secret pythagorean doctrines of numbers were preserved by the monks of thibet, by the hierophants of egypt and eleusis, at jerusalem, and in the circular chapters of the druids; and they are especially consecrated in that mysterious book, the apocalypse of saint john. all temples were surrounded by pillars, recording the number of the constellations, the signs of the zodiac, or the cycles of the planets; and each one was a microcosm or symbol of the universe, having for roof or ceiling the starred vault of heaven. all temples were originally open at the top, having for roof the sky. twelve pillars described the belt of the zodiac. whatever the number of the pillars, they were mystical everywhere. at abury, the druidic temple reproduced all the cycles by it

greece and sicily, osiris took the name of bacchus, and isis that of ceres, cybele, rhea and venus. bar hebraeus says "enoch was the first who invented books and different sorts of writing. the ancient greeks declare that enoch is the same as mercury trismegistus [hermes, and that he taught the sons of men the art of building cities, and enacted some admirable laws. he discovered the knowledge of the zodiac, and the course of the planets; and he pointed out to the sons of men, that they should worship god, that they should fast, that they should pray, that they should give alms, votive offerings, and tenths. he reprobated abominable foods and drunkenness, and appointed festivals for sacrifices to the sun, at each of the zodiacal signs" manetho extracted his history from certain pillars whi

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

is 11, as all their numbers who are of us. the five pointed star, with a circle in the middle& the circle is red. my colour is black to the blind, but the blue& gold are seen of the seeing. also i have a secret glory for them that love me. see liber nv for all this..who are of us" us= 6+60=66 "who are of the sun and use the positive current of force (6 x 11= 66. also, 66= 12, which is a number of the zodiac. us, therefore, indicates "those who belong to the sun, who use the force of aud, and who are of the woman 'that jetteth out the milk of the stars from her paps--the milky way, our particular galaxy. the law "is for all, but thelemites are defined as those who fulfil the above conditions. you must make no mistake. there are people who are of the sun, but use the force of aub; they are n

ce, and time. but note that the mover is himself not moved. the 'cube in the circle' emphasizes this question of dimension. the cube is rectilinear (therefore phallic no less than the axle; its unity suggests perfection projected as a 'solid' for human perception; its square faces affirm balance, equity, and limitation; its six-sidedness sets it among the solar symbols. it is thus like the sun in the zodiac, which is no more than the field for his fulfilment in his going. he, by virtue of his successive relation with each degree of the circle, clothes himself with an appearance of 'matter in motion, although absolute motion through space is a meaningless expression (eddington, space, time and gravitation. none the less, every point in the cube there are 2 of them has an unique relation wit

erein am i as a babe in an egg) i am not very well satisfied with the old comment on this verse (published in the equinox i, 7) it appears rather as if the amen should be the beginning of a new paragraph altogether (that is not so; see the facsimile of the mmss) amen is evidently a synthesis of the four elements, and the invisible fifth is spirit. but harpocrates, the babe in the egg, is virgo in the zodiac indeed, but mercury among the planets. mercury has the winged helmet and heels, and the winged staff about which snakes twine, and it is he that goeth. now, this letter is beth, whose numeration is 2, and amen is 91, which added to 2 makes 93. amoun is of course jupiter in his highest form. to understand this note fully one must have studied 'the paris working; also one must be an initi

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

hey once ruled. as foulness you shall know them and their accursedness shall stain the earth. of ye times and ye seasons to be observed whenever thou would'st call forth those from outside, thou must mark well the seasons and times in which the spheres do intersect and the influences flow from the void thou must observe the cycle of the moon, the movements of the planets, the sun's course through the zodiac and the rising of the constellations. ye ultimate rites shall be performed only in the seasons proper to them, these be: at candlemas (on the second day of the second month, at beltane (on the eve of may, at lammas (on the first day of the eighth month, at roodmas (on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, and at hallowmas (on november eve. call out to dread azathoth when the sun is in

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

cand you will be silent. h g-d told them to be silent since it was not proper that they awaken the face of the ox, inasmuch as they would later sin [by worshipping] the [golden] calf. they thereby unhitched one of the four animals of the chariot.21 it would not be proper for the jewish people to invoke the power signified by the ox when they themselves would misuse this manifestation later on. in the zodiac, the bull (taurus) follows the ram (aires. the exodus took place in the month of nisan, the zodiacal sign of which is aires. the passover sacrifice was a ram; by sacrificing it, the jewish people subdued the astrological power ascendent at that time. the mixed multitude, seeing that the sign of aires had been overcome, thought to invoke the next icon, the bull.22 by abusing the ox, the

azal, mazla (78. it is this thirteenth mazal that must shine upon abba and ima in order for them to couple. it is explained in kabbalah and chassidut that it is the thirteenth mazal that makes the entire set of mazalot into attributes of mercy. this is because numerically, twelve is a closed, rigid, perfect system, reflected in the physical world by the twelve lunar months and the twelve signs of the zodiac, in the jewish people by the twelve tribes, in the spiritual realm by the twelve permutations of the letters of the divine name havayah, and so on. in each of these sets, however, there is a (sometimes hidden) thirteenth element that adds the flexibility and adaptivity that makes the set alive, pliable and viable. this is perhaps most graphically seen with regard to the twelve lunar mon

ect her home only nine months after her remarriage to amram, moses f father.11 the fact that he was born early means, according to our above discussion, that moses f soul did not require the full gestation period of nine months in order to reach the level of maturity necessary for birth into this world, since it was a priori a superior soul. understand this, for binah includes the twelve signs of the zodiac. these are alluded to in the word binah itself, the first two letters of which [beit-yud] have the numerical value of 12. the numerical value of [the third letter of binah] nun, is fifty, alluding to the fifty gates of binah, and the [last letter of binah] hei, alludes to the five states of chesed or gevurah that exist within binah. binah, the central sefirah of the intellect, is the gm

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

er. i know at least a couple of books which have used them at great length, though without acknowledgement, but in this instance that does not mean very much. some abstruse teaching relative to the tarot and other germane matters is scat10 the golden dawn tered 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

up 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, thanks to what is known as the1 recession of the equinoies (a very slow shift in the sky as observed from theearth, that takes 25,800 years to come full circle. the signs that most modem astrologers deal with are 12 exactly equal sections of the total circle of the zodiac. each section measures 30" and it makes no difference what fixed stars are contained in it "this disconcerting fact provides ready ammunition for opponents of astrology as all students of the subject know, due to the precession of the equinoxes, the signs and the constellations are now separated by as much as a whole sign. this has led to two distinct schools in astrology, the tropical

flected or projected downwards into a more coarse degree of substance. they likewise reflect the negative and positive qualities of two of the supemals with the addition of a third factor, a resultant which acts as a reconciling principle. in passing, i should add that planetary attributions are given to these sephiroth as expressing the type of their operation kether is spirit, chokmah refers to the zodiac, and binah is attributed to saturn <26> the fourth sephirah is chesed, meaning grace or mercy; also gedulah is its other name, meaning greatness, and to it is referred the astrological quality called jupiter. its concept is one of construction, expansion and solidification. geburah is the fifth enumeration, power of might, and it is a symbol of creative power and force. its planetary at

f 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 the elements, and the action of the

in the east on the fratres and sorores of the order and lead them to the perfect day, when the glory of this world passes and a great light shines over the splendid sea" book one <99> book one first knowledge lecture 1. the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of: heat and dryness fire a heat and moisture air a cold and d yness earth b cold and moisture water v 2. the signs of the zodiac are twelve: 1. aries, the ram 2. taurus, the bull 3. gemini, the twins 4. cancer, the crab 5 .leo, the lion 6. virgo, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attrib

ancer, the crab 5 .leo, the lion 6. virgo, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus to fire belong aries, leo, sagittarius: thus to earth belong taurus, virgo, capricornus: thus to air belong gemini, libra, aquarius: thus to water belong cancer, scorpio, pisces. 3. to the ancients, six planets were known, besides the sun, which they classed with the planets. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and 50 first knowledge ledure 51 south nodes of t

the spirits of the air sylphs 3. the spirits of the water undines 4. the spirits of the fire salamanders second knowledge lecture 6 1 these are the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera' the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolised and attributed- kerub of air-man-aquarius zv.5 kerub of fire-lion-leo q kerub of earth-bull-taurus w kerub of water-eagle-scorpio tll or. tetragrammaton means four-lettered name and refers to the <121> unpronounceable name of god symbolised by jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of cr

REGARDIE TALISMANS

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. classical examples of th

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 ingenious schema from which

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

th 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 entertaining the sac

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

e form, system and harmony. therituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus37 fair urania, the goddess of astronomy, by the aid of the divine will, is to guide our mentalfootsteps. as the pure and heavenly teacher appointed 12 apostles to make known his holy laws, soastronomy, through the wondrous mower of the great creator of all things, has 12 instructors called"gates, or signs of the zodiac, which typify the 12 stones of foundation of the holy city. the mindof the father also decreed that all things should be divided into threes, and so the gates of the zodiacare divided into threes, accomplishing four in all, or the four seasons. there are three decades in amonth or sign and three months in a season. let us proceed and ponder.the conductor, practicus, and t. bearer approa

tive of the zodiacal system, around which you have nowpassed, under systematic instruction as to the creation of the heavens and the earth as also man andhis advancement from childhood to old age, together with some explanation of the changes of theseasons, and the appearance of the heavenly bodies in the different and succeeding signs it is well torefreshen your mind with a few familiar thoughts.the zodiac is a belt of stars extending eight degrees on each side of the elliptic, hence it is 16degrees wide, and is 360 degrees in making the circumference. 30 degrees is assigned to each monthor position of the sun in which is a group or constellation, hence there are 12 signs to complete thecircumference. the zodiac, or belt, has four principal points, two of which are solstitial and tworitua

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

letters are exceedingly arbitrary. he states, for the rest, that he derived his predictions from a hebrew kabalist, rabbi chomer, but does not pretend to understand him especially well. here follows a table of magical characters designed according to the zodiacal constellations by ancient astrologers: each of them represents the name of a genius, be he good or evil. it is known that the signs of the zodiac correspond to various celestial influences and consequently signify an annual alternative of good or evil. the names of the genii designated by the above characters are: for the ram, sataaran and sarahiel; for the bull, bagdal, and araziel; for the twins, sagras and saraiel; for the crab, rahdar and. phakiel; for the lion, sagham and seratiel; for the virgin, iadara and schaltiel; for t

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; fire by the wood w

SCHEM HA MEPHORESH

e shem ha mephoresch or 72 names of the deity, expounding the powers of the name yhvh. from these names 72 names of angels are formed by the addition of, in some cases, the suffice yh which signifies mercy and beneficence, or in others of the suffice al which signifies severity and judgment. or as it is said: and the name is in him, etc. these 72 angels rule over the 72 quinances or sets of 50 of the zodiac, and therefore each decanate or set of 100 of a sign has 2 quinances, and each sign has 3 decanates, which are again allotted to the planets in regular order. this is the formation as given above (each angel s name containing 5 letters and each name of deity 3. these then are the schem ha-mephoresch or 72 angels bearing the name of god, classed into nine sets of 8, each answering to the

ngel s name containing 5 letters and each name of deity 3. these then are the schem ha-mephoresch or 72 angels bearing the name of god, classed into nine sets of 8, each answering to the nine choirs of angels, and also divided into 4 great divisions of 18 each, each division under the presidency of one of the four letters of the name yhvh. they are further classed as belonging to the decanates of the zodiac as follows: 2 quinances to each decanate. the first division of 3 signs is under the presidency of y, the letter of fire. the second division of 3 signs, headed by the watery sign cancer, is under the presidency of h the letter of water. the third division of 3 signs headed by 2 the airy sign libra is under the presidency of vau, the letter of air. and the 4th division of 3 signs headed

john it is said 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 twe

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

n 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 statues kept in their

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

o 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 spleen, the liver, the gall, private parts

toes of the feet--this is that of circumcision; and as between the ten fingers of the hands and this is that of the tongue (57) and he formed the twentytwo letters into speech (58) and shewed him all the mysteries of them (59) he drew them through the waters; he burned them in the fire; he vibrated them in the air; seven planets in the heavens, and twelve celestial constellations of the stars of the zodiac- the end of "the book of formation- the fifty gates of intelligence attached to some editions of the "sepher yetzirah" is found this scheme of kabalistic classification of knowledge emanating from the second sephira binah, understanding, and descending by stages through the angels, heavens, humanity, animal and vegetable and mineral kingdoms to hyle and the chaos. the kabalists said tha

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

hat 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 olympias, and then told her

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

ould say, boustrophedon, they will give 72 columns of three letters each. then each column will be a word of three letters, and as there are 72 columns, there will be 72 words of three letters, each of which will be the 72 names of the deity alluded to in the text. and these are called the shemhamforesh" seventy-two is also the number of the quinaries or sets of five degrees in the 360 degrees of the zodiac.21 the number of triangles in the mural are difficult to count. there are 22. isosceles, equilateral, scalene, right-angled. triangles. there are also 22 numbered letters in the ancient hebrew alphabet, with values of 1 to 400. the triangle is an ancient emblem of deity; it is also a sign of the female element. however, if the apex of the triangle is pointed down it becomes the male ele

THE BLACK LODGE

nes should not be mixtured; but that there exists a harmonic relationship which is expressed in lxv v 23-29. by equilibrating all pairs of opposites, this harmony may be reached. the process is one of continuous growth. this, on its turn, is expressed in lxv iii 1-20. the four elements fire, water, air and earth (or tejas, apas, vayu and prithvi) correspond magically to the four cherubic signs of the zodiac, leo, scorpio, aquarius, and taurus; to the four powers of the sphinx, to dare, to will, to know and to keep silent; to the four magickal weapons the wand, the cup, the dagger and the pantacle; to the four cherubs who serve the logos (see the seal of the order of thelema; and to the four great princes of the demoniac world, whose obligation it is to serve the adept (cf the sacred magic

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

s, practices, activities, or body of thought that is all-encompassing and adhered to in an organized church or institution. elemental spirits a lower order of spirit beings, said to be usually benevolent and dwell in the nature kingdom as the life force of all things in nature, such as minerals, plants, animals, and the four elements of earth, air, fire and water; the planets, stars, and signs of the zodiac; and hours of the day and night. elves, brownies, goblins, gnomes, and fairies are said to be among these spirits. knockings/rappings tapping sounds said to be coming from deceased spirits in an attempt to communicate with or frighten the living. materialization something that appears suddenly, as if out of nowhere. in the paranormal it might be a ghost or spirit that suddenly appears t

ich is a device having a steel or iron core and is magnetized by an electric current that flows through a surrounding coil. elemental spirits a lower order of spirit beings, said to be usually benevolent and dwell in the nature kingdom as the life force of all things in nature, such as minerals, plants, animals, and the four elements of earth, air, fire and water; the planets, stars, and signs of the zodiac; and hours of the day and night. elves, brownies, goblins, gnomes, and fairies are said to be among these spirits. elixir something that is a mysterious, magical substance with curative powers believed to heal all ills or to prolong life and preserve youthfulness. from the arabic al-iksir and the greek xerion, meaning dry powder for treating wounds. enchantments things or conditions whi

of modern human beings. 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 glossary 327 g l o s s a r y horoscope from greek horoskopos, literally meaning time observer and from hora meaning time, or hour, referring to the time of birth. a diagram or astrological forecast based on the relative position in the heavens of the stars and planets in the signs of the zodiac, at any given moment, but especially at the moment of one s birth. hypnagogic relating to or being in the state between wakefulness and sleep where one is drowsy. from the french hypnagogique meaning literally leading to sleep. hypnopompic typical of or involving the state between sleeping and waking. coined from hypno and greek pompe, meaning a sending away. hypnosis the process of put

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

recipient with the instructions that it should be sent on to every person he or she knows who has an e-mail address. while many recipients of such an e-mail undoubtedly follow the recipe included and produce a good-tasting cookie, the recipe does not come from neiman-marcus. there is no neiman-marcus cafe at any of the famous department store s three dallas-area outlets. in its restaurants, named the zodiac, zodiac at north park, and the woods, the staffs do not sell recipes, but give them away free to any customer who may inquire about a particular item on the menu. there wasn t even a neiman-marcus cookie until quite recently when, in a goodnatured response to the widespread urban legend, the company developed a chocolate chip cookie and freely gives away its recipe. t h e g a l e e n c

ich is a device having a steel or iron core and is magnetized by an electric current that flows through a surrounding coil. elemental spirits a lower order of spirit beings, said to be usually benevolent and dwell in the nature kingdom as the life force of all things in nature, such as minerals, plants, animals, and the four elements of earth, air, fire and water; the planets, stars, and signs of the zodiac; and hours of the day and night. elves, brownies, goblins, gnomes, and fairies are said to be among these spirits. elixir something that is a mysterious, magical substance with curative powers believed to heal all ills or to prolong life and preserve youthfulness. from the arabic al-iksir and the greek xerion, meaning dry powder for treating wounds. enchantments things or conditions whi

of modern human beings. 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 glossary 307 g l o s s a r y horoscope from greek horoskopos, literally meaning time observer and from hora meaning time, or hour, referring to the time of birth. a diagram or astrological forecast based on the relative position in the heavens of the stars and planets in the signs of the zodiac, at any given moment, but especially at the moment of one s birth. hypnagogic relating to or being in the state between wakefulness and sleep where one is drowsy. from the french hypnagogique meaning literally leading to sleep. hypnopompic typical of or involving the state between sleeping and waking. coined from hypno and greek pompe, meaning a sending away. hypnosis the process of put

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

ill of the powers of heaven. the greeks enlarged the scope of astrology to include all the known sciences. empedocles, a greek philosopher of about 450 b.c.e, developed the idea that the universe is composed of four basic elements: fire, water, air, and earth. following the conquest of babylonia by alexander the great (356.323 b.c.e, it was found that chaldean astrologers had divided the signs of the zodiac into four triangles of three each and called the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d prophecy and divination 119 ancients held the celestial bodies in great regard. groupings by the same names as were empedocles fs four elements. aries, sagittarius, and leo were termed fire signs; cancer, scorpio, and pisces, water; libra, aquarius

viduals is determined by the pattern of the heavens at the time of their birth, plus their reactions to the stimuli found in their environment during growth and maturity. the quality of personality that determines how individuals react to their environment is 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 120 prophecy and divination astrological signs of the zodiac (corbis corporation) called temperament. hippocrates (c. 460.c. 377 b.c.e) described four kinds of temperament: sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic. the four temperaments of hippocrates were symbolized by linking choleric to fire and sanguine to air. water was the symbol of the phlegmatic temperament, and earth was that of the melancholic. the choleric and sanguine modes of

a rage if they learn that they have been deceived. gemini, the twins, may 22 to june 21, is an air sign. according to the ancient romans, the sign of gemini represents the twin sons, castor and pollux, who were born to leda, the queen of sparta, after jupiter seduced her, the king of the gods. the twins were highspirited, strong, and inseparable. geminis are among the most intelligent citizens of the zodiac; but they have a dual nature, and they frequently have difficulty in choosing between two courses of action. they are active, and they love freedom, change, and variety. in matters of health, nerves are liable to plague geminis, and they often prefer to live close to meadows and woods where they are able to gain vigor from the wind and the rains. cancer, the crab, june 22 to july 22, is

ies of love and romance. cancers hate to be flustered, and they like to take their time over important decisions. cancer people usually strive to be cheerful and avoid depressions. because of their natural affinity for water, whenever possible they make their homes on the coast or close to a lake or a large body of water. leo, the lion, july 23 to august 23, is a fire sign. leo, the fifth sign of the zodiac, represents the lion, king of beasts, and according to roman astrologers, the savage lion of nemea, slain by hercules. the typical leo is a rather impressive person who dearly loves to 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 prophecy and divination 121 thefour kinds of temperament are sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic. be i

virgo people belong to the intellectual class of individuals, and it is not an easy task for anyone to sway them once they have made a decision. on the negative side, they tend to be overly critical of others. they are quick to give vent to their opinions, and they can indulge in biting sarcasm if so moved. libra, the scales, september 23 to october 23, is an air sign. libra is the only symbol of the zodiac that does not represent either an animal or a human. long associated with harvest time and the fair measurement of crops, the scales may hearken back to ancient egypt and the belief that the god anubis weighed the souls of the dead to determine their worthiness. libra people are often attractive and conform to the idealistic picture of the model man or woman. however, libras tend to be

astrologers have deduced a connection between the motions of the planets and positions of the stars with every kind of terrestrial activity. their ability to predict future trends.even actual events.has been repeatedly demonstrated. h the gstar gospel, h outlined in the history of creation and origin of species (1967) by reuben luther katter, attaches religious interpretations to the 12 signs of the zodiac. katter stated that the star gospel, also called adamic theology, antedates the old testament by 2,500 years. the star gospel uses the same 12 zodiacal signs as does astrology, but begins with virgo and ends with leo. katter stated that, according to tradition, jacob and his 12 sons carried zodiacal tablets and banners into egypt and carried them out in the exodus. like astrology, the s

ed of a 12-year cycle. in the middle ages, magi, alchemists, scholars, and even the papacy embraced astrology. pope julius ii (1443.1513) trusted his astrologers to set the date for his coronation; pope paul iii (1468.1549) was guided throughout life by his horoscope; and pope leo x (1475.1521) established a chair of astrology at a major university. church scholars began to associate the signs of the zodiac with the 12 apostles, and cathedrals throughout europe were decorated with zodiacal symbols. danish astronomer tycho brahe (1546. 1601, who built the first astronomical observatory in the western world, practiced and defended astrology. brahe fs exact planetary figures allowed his pupil johannes kepler (1571.1630) to work out his great laws of motion. sir isaac newton (1642.1727, who fo

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

t 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 emperor julian, we sa

he 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 symbolic signs and num

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

begins to adopt the god form of shaitan to master the spirits and djinn of the self all of those elements which command mastery of the self. night is the in-between point which later unveils the light, therefore being a barrier and initiation aspect of the self and such conceptual matter. the numerical 666, described by aleister crowley is the number of the beast3, which is inherent in the sun in the zodiac. the sun is also associated with the adversarial triad, being shaitan (set) typhon, apophras (apep) and besz, a god of transformation. the devil as an initiatory force is considered masculine, thus is represented by the phallus or source of creative life. in the tarot, the devil is attributed to capricornus, and the hebrew letter ayin, being an eye. the symbolism of the devil as the ini

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

k by the lightning flash of creation. tau in chockmah tau is attributed to the universe card, and we can see that the universal creation implicit in kether as potential is first given expansion in the sephirah chockmah. as symbolic of manifestation, the universe card depicts chockmah as the first manifestation of unity, the first visibility of kether in the "first swirlings" of the primum mobile, the zodiac. indeed the "golden dawn" tarot card depicts the spheres of the zodiac arranged around the central figure of the atu (see later chapter for further explanations of the creative process of chockmah as depicted by the zodiac. spelt in full, tau is tau-vau, the universe and the hierophant. this affirms the hierophant as symbolic of god's wisdom (the translation of chockmah being "wisdom) a

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 the world of atziluth

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

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 tarot is titled "death" and it is attributed to scorpio, transformation, and change. the th

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

d assyro-babylonian religions. entries in parentheses refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u

shed bernhard, bennet and rice. new handbook of the heavens new york, 1948 budge, e.a. amulets and talismans new york, 1970 book four texas, 1972 the book of thoth new york, 1969 liber al vel legis new york, 1977 crowley, a. magick new york cumont, f. oriental religions in roman paganism new york, 1956 dornseiff. das alphabet in mystik and magie stoicheia 7, leipzig, 1925 drower, e.s. the book of the zodiac london,1949 fairservis, w.a. the origins of oriental civilisation new york, 1959 fossey, c. la magie assyrienne paris, 1902 de la fuye, a "le pentagramme pythagoricien, sa diffusion, son emploi dans la syllabaire cuneiforme" babyloniaca paris, 1934 genouillac "les dieux de l'elam" recueil de travaux relatifs a la philologie et a l'archaeologie egyptiennes et assyriennes. paris, 1904 (ed

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

kness into light. gquand l fhomme grandit dieu s feleve h. it was but a reconstruction of the same idea as held in exodus, xxxiii, moses was unable to look at god face to face; it was also the same idea as held by charles darwin. the theory of evolution. the growth of the protoplast into man, of evil into good. khephra, god of the morning emerging from the black thunders of night. above us flames the zodiac, the sign of the balance lies between virgo and scorpio, the eagle is the emblem of good, the scorpion of evil, the eaglewinged serpent of good and evil; and it is with this doctrine of good and evil that we shall now deal. as there was darkness before syhla formed the light, and as knowledge is the outcome of ignorance, so is also virtue the outcome of vice. eritis sicut deus, scientes

e as the kiss of new-born suns, and thy bliss as a flaming cloud of bridal stars. thou shalt sit on the throne of time in the centre etwixt the four corners of the universe; and in thy left hand shalt thou hold the balances of being, in which thou shalt weigh the suns, and moons, and all the hosts of heaven; and thy foot-stool shall be the abyss, and thy sceptre a sword of flaming fire, thy crown the zodiac set with the flashing stone of the wise. robed in glory, and wisdom, and understanding, a light of loveliness, thou, god-voiced with thunder and lightning, shalt breathe forth words of fire to flame forever through the empyrean of heaven and to resound without ceasing beyond the nadir of hell. thou shalt plunge into the mystery of all things and become as a sun unto thyself, and with th

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

right hernanubis, genius of good, strives to mount to the summit of the circumference. at the left, typhon, genius of evil, is precipitated. on a circular platform in equilibrium on the wheel, is poised a sphinx, holding in its claws a javelin. at the foot of the dual column two serpents raise their heads. this is the wheel of destiny. the circular platform upon which the sphinx stands represents the zodiac; and the sphinx, as a composite of the four constellations marking the zodiacal quadrants- eagle, lion, man and bull--signifies the passage of time. it holds a javelin in its claws to indicate that time is always fructifying events and ever ready to strike to right or left as the wheel turns under its impulsion, raising the humble and lowering the proud. the eight spokes of the wheel, e

bull represents the fructifying agent of nature and points out the necessity of labor in all progress. the eagle signifies that sex, as signified by the sign scorpio, has been turned into channels which lead to spirituality. and the head of the man indicates that both intuition and intelligence are necessary guides in unfolding the highest spiritual possibilities. these four emblems ranged around the zodiac typify the processes of evolution. they are the four forms of the egyptian sphinx, and also symbolize the passage of the sun through the four zodiacal quadrants. as applied to adeptship they point out that the neophyte must have energy and courage to sustain his efforts, must have knowledge to direct his energies properly, must labor ceaselessly for the realization of his aspirations, a

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

vanite 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 ohrmazd and ahriman b

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

rthy and welcome guest, i see that you are in need of repose. this noble emir will conduct you to a suitable lodging. therefore i bid you, for the present, hail and farewell (black guard conducts new member to join his fellow soldiers) note. if candidate be female the obvious emendations must be made. part two minervals should be made in batches, preferably 12 at a time, according to the signs of the zodiac. each goes through the first part separately, all coming in together for the second part. saladin: noble emir, have you attended to the necessities of our guests? black guard: i have, mighty saladin. saladin: let me assure myself of the same (black guard brings the candidates forward) worthy and valiant guests, i trust that so far you have had no reason to complain of our hospitality. a

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

as been expressed through many different metaphors, each true in part, but incomplete. one is grammatical-the subject, verb, and object. another is geometric-the elements of point, radius, and circle. eastern philosophy conceives the trinity as three kinds of essential motion-the rajasic, tamasic, and sattvic. these have found expression in astrology as the car- dinal, fixed, and mutable signs of the zodiac. briefly, this dynamic notion of the trinity states that everything in creation is made of motion, which can be linear, rotary, or vibratory in nature. these motions are never pure but always mixed. the rajasic, or cardinal, is the male principle; the tamasic, or fixed, is the female principle; and the sattvic, or mutable, is the neu- tral principle. to some extent these motions corresp

he element of formation, and the eagle has long been a symbol for the messenger or herald. air is the element of thought, the product of the impulse begun with fire, and angels are beings of the higher intellect. even with these considerations many occultists still maintain that at some time in the distant past a mistake was made and the eagle and angel were inverted from their rightful places in the zodiac. there is no way to prove or disprove this claim, so it seems best to use the traditional interpretations. in the heavens the four beasts are placed at the corners of the zodiac, each rep- resenting one of the elemental triads: lion-leo, eagle-scorpio, angel-aquarius, and bull-taurus. this assignment has been changeless for thousands of years. the beasts are also placed at the corners o

rious ways the beasts have been placed on the corners of the earth. all the methods have something to be said for them, and something to be said against. but the fault they share in common is that they are arbitrary, even capricious. what is needed is something to base the assignment on. this can be found in the heavens. all that is required is to transfer the rela- tionship of the four beasts in the zodiac, which has been hallowed by tradition and has much to logically recommend it, to the surface of the earth. this sounds obvi- ous, but the reason it has not been done is because the signs in the heavens must be inverted before they can be applied to the earth. imagine that you are looking at the zodiac in the sky, and further imagine that the zodiac is not an arc across the heavens, but

ly recommend it, to the surface of the earth. this sounds obvi- ous, but the reason it has not been done is because the signs in the heavens must be inverted before they can be applied to the earth. imagine that you are looking at the zodiac in the sky, and further imagine that the zodiac is not an arc across the heavens, but is elevated high enough above the earth so that it becomes a circle. if the zodiac is rotated so that leo, the lion, emblem of fire, falls to the bottom (equivalent to the south) and the beasts are applied to the compass, then the eagle, emblem of water, will touch the east. but this is clearly wrong: the west is accepted as the quarter assigned to elemental water. however, if you imagine the zodiac shrinking and falling flat onto the earth and yourself viewing it fro

ld not have made such an embarrassingly awkward job of it. in order to be valid, each of the three new planets must correspond in meaning to one of the five mercury-variants. if it does not cor- respond, it simply will not fit into astrology and cannot be forced to do so. these variants, which really bear no features of mercury but are distinct planets in their own right, can be assigned signs of the zodiac to rule by placing them in a second ring around the zodiac outside the ring of the traditional planets. each vari- ant rules a pair of signs on opposite sides of the zodiac, just as do the traditional planets. the outer ring is completed by the nodes of the moon. as is true of the sun and moon which compose them, each node rules only one sign: the relationship between the variants and t

y effective at all times. if one believes the position of a planet (the physical representative of the planetary god-form) regulates its powers, that belief causes the planet's magic to be more potent when the planet is in a particular heav- enly position. for example, those times when a planet is at the zenith of the heav- ens, or rising above the horizon, or in a particularly harmonious sign of the zodiac, are considered more powerful than other times. the belief that the planets are allotted certain days of the week in which to act is a degeneration of the ancient belief that there was an astrological correspon- dence between the physical planets and the planetary gods. both views are false. all power stems from the mind of the magus, and this power is everywhere and always the same. th

f what might naturally be expected to happen, but it stems from a simple principle. individuality arises not from essence but from permutation. three musical notes cannot produce nearly as interesting or unique a song as thirty. it is the same with all things, physical or mental. in simplicity is strength-in com- plexity is personality. the points of the dodecagram are magically expressed through the zodiac, a system of twelve archetypal forces loosely related to patterns of stars in the night sky. it should be understood that the symbolic figures and beasts of the zodiac did not arise from contemplation of the night sky, but were projected onto the star patterns by ancient chaldean philosophers who discerned in humanity and in table of dodecagram sign aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

temple to be visualized for kether, at the very top of the tree. this is appropriate because kether is so exalted in its nature that it is sometimes said not to be a part of the tree at all, but to exist above the tree, which is said to have chokmah for its first real sephirah. kether corresponds with the primum mobile, which does not have an astrological symbol or glyph. the symbol of chokmah is the zodiac, so when exploring the very highest of the connecting paths, the path of the fool that leads up from chokrnah to kether, you would visualize the zodiac in the floor of the astral temple of chokrnah. the tarot image of the fool would appear on the curtain masking the second door. at the end of the eleventh path, you would see the temple of kether only as a blinding and indistinct brightn

will help develop your inner sight. a few of the symbols suitable for this exercise are the cross, triangle, circle, square, pentagram, hexagram, sign of infinity, and spiral. slightly more complex symbols that can be used are the egyptian ankh, the egyptian eye, the masonic eye in the triangle, the celtic cross, concentric circles, the pentagram within a circle, and the signs of the planets and the zodiac. these are all twodimensional forms. they should be held in the mind with the eyes closed, as though they were being viewed floating on the darkness of space, formed from glowing light that has a soothing, pleasant golden-white color. this coloring is neutral in an occult sense. as you lie down to go to sleep, adopt a comfortable posture on your back with your arms at your sides or fold

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

awn invoking pentagram of air 256 moving exercises inhale another deep breath, and hold it four beats while visualizing the hebrew letters of the name ihvh (i, h= 7, v= 1, h= 7) written from right to left within the sphere of your heart-center. the letters flame brilliantly with a dazzling bluewhite radiance. inscribe with your index finger in the center of the yellow pentagram of air the sign of the zodiac sign aquarius-two zigzag lines one above the other, each with three peaks. first draw the upper zigzag line, then the lower line. as you project this symbol with yellow astral fire into the pentagram, vibrate on your breath the letters of the divine name so that the sound resonates in your chest, throat, and nose, and expands outward to the limits of the universe "yud-heh-vav-heh" conti

ll''0 h-ee-pay, tay-ay-ay, pay-do h-cay" inhale another deep breath, and hold it four beats while visualizing the hebrew letters of the name elohim (a= k, l= 5, h= 7, m= d) written from right to left within the sphere of your heart-center. the letters flame brilliantly with a dazzling blue-white radiance. inscribe with your index finger in the center of the ruby pentagram of fire the red glyph of the zodiac sign leo-an arched line with a curl on each end that vaguely resembles the mane of a lion. draw this glyph of leo from left to right. as spirit earth fire figure 39-4. golden dawn invoking pentagram of fire 260 moving exercises you project this symbol into the pentagram, vibrate on your breath the letters of the divine name so that the sound resonates in your chest, throat, and nose, an

ng the hebrew letters of the name adonai (a, d= 7, n= i, i) written from right to left within spirit earth fire figure 39-8. golden dawn invoking pentagram of earth supreme invoking ritual of the pentagram 267 the sphere of your heart-center. the letters flame brilliantly with a dazzling bluewhite radiance. inscribe with your index finger in the center of the green pentagram of earth the glyph of the zodiac sign taurus-a circle with a crescent on its top. first draw the crescent from left to right, then the circle below it beginning at the top of the circle and proceeding clockwise. as you project this green symbol into the pentagram, vibrate on your breath the letters of the divine name so that the sound resonates in your chest, throat, and nose, and expands outward to the limits of the u

e 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 quarter's element is put on the left of the tr

he planet mercury, the planet of balance and union that contains both solar and lunar principles. in the coin method, pennies are used to define the circle because they are composed of bronze, a mixture of copper (metal of venus) and tin (metal ofjupiter. the influence of both these planets is benign-jupiter is known as the greater fortune, and venus as the lesser fortune. twelve is the number of the zodiac, the circular band of stars that surrounds the earth. dimes are used to define the triangle because they signiftr a value of ten, the number of the tetractys, and dimes are composed of nickel and iron, metals used in the making of the swords and knives that are traditionally employed to control or punish lower spirits. copper is the metal of venus, whose symbolic shape is round; iron is

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

the western tradition of ceremonial magic. contemporary kabbalists and occultists discover in the arrangement of the four letters of the ineffable name the essential pattern of the entire universe. the many magical correspondences of its hebrew letters with the elements, the tarot, the magical instruments, the compass points, the winds, the sephiroth of the kabbalah, the planets and the signs of the zodiac, are examined in detail in chapter 111, where the vital role of tetragrammaton at the very heart of the western magical tradition is established beyond dispute. yet this book gives more than just the 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

t 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 here is a totally orig

agram. it is used in much the same way as the pentagram is employed in ceremonial magic for invoking and banishing the four elements. this technique will prove of immense value to occultists, both in their ritual work and as a mnemonic for the forms and associations of the banners. as i will demonstrate, it also provides a graphic explanation of the underlying relationship between the banners and the zodiac signs. the fivefold names of jesus, ihshvh and ihvshh, which were created by the christian kabbalists of the renaissance to supplant ihvh, are examined in both a theoretical and practical way, and their vital role in the hieroglyphic monad of john dee is revealed. clues provided by dee in his monad and in his enochian keys lead to the extraction, by traditional kabbalistic methods, of a

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 work, i became aware that each elemental trine of banners should have been applied to its elemental trine of signs clockwise, in the order cardinal, mutable, fixed. thi

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 highest divinity. to

le. the twelve overt banners of tetragrammaton are individually assigned to the signs 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 preve

ical 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 each banner. the letters of ihvh are linked to the four elements: i= fire, h= water, v= air, and the second h= earth. each letter begins three banners. similarly, each element is related to three signs of the zodiac. clearly a parallel relationship may be established between 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 lle

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

la gran obra (el magnus opus. las seis puntas de la estrella, son masculinas. las seis hondas entradas que existen entre punta y punta, son femeninas. total: la 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

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

ic 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 aleph- lamed connec

rds. more information about this relationship can be had from case's interpretation of the tarot and the hebrew letters (see bibliography. in both kameas the numbers in any two cells that are equidistant from the center always add up to twenty-six, which is the number of ihvh, tetragrammaton. there are twelve sets of these pairs and they represent the positive and negative aspects of the signs of the zodiac, balanced by the unifying point at the center. this is reflected in the phrase "together in unity" which equals sixty-five, the magic sum of the square of mars. the first principle number relating to mars is five, which is geburah on the tree of life. this is the special seat of will power on the tree and its principle divine name elohim gibor, means god of strength. to mars is attribut

o degrees. the number seventy-two is a magical number in qabalah which refers to the shem hamphorash, or the seventy-two-lettered name of god. it consists of seventy-two figure 7-h: alternate figure 7-1: traditional figure 7-l three-letter roots to which are added either an al or a ih ending, thus forming angelic attributions which correspond to one of the quinaries (divisions of five degrees) of the zodiac. furthermore, to each side of the pentagon is assigned one of the letters of the divine name elohim (alhim, which is attributed to both binah (ihvh elohim) and geburah (elohim gibor. the pentegram is a symbol of human dominion and is appropriately attributed to the power of geburah. it is sometimes known as the star of the will. figure 7-j: traditional figure 7-k: alternate 5: sephirah

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

ink that the customs surrounding the celebration of the spring equinox were imported from mediterranean lands, although there can be no doubt that the first inhabitants of the british isles observed it, as evidence from megalithic sites shows. but it was certainly more popular to the south, where people celebrated the holiday as new year's day, and claimed it as the first day of the first sign of the zodiac, aries. however you look at it, it is certainly a time of new beginnings, as a simple glance at nature will prove. in the roman catholic church, there are two holidays which get mixed up with the vernal equinox. the first, occurring on the fixed calendar day of march 25th in the old liturgical calendar, is called the feast of the annunciation of the blessed virgin mary (or b.v.m, as she

some covens prefer to celebrate on the old date and, at the very least, it gives one options. if a coven is operating on 'pagan standard time' and misses may 1st altogether, it can still throw a viable beltane bash as long as it's before may 5th. this may also be a consideration for covens that need to organize activities around the week-end. this date has long been considered a 'power point' of the zodiac, and is symbolized by the bull, one of the 'tetramorph' figures featured on the tarot cards, the world and the wheel of fortune (the other three symbols are the lion, the eagle, and the spirit) astrologers know these four figures as the symbols of the four 'fixed' signs of the zodiac (taurus, leo, scorpio, and aquarius, and these eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www

ion has set august 1st as the day lammas is typically celebrated. the celebration proper would begin on sundown of the previous evening, our july 31st, since the celts reckon their days from sundown to sundown. however, british witches often refer to the astrological date of aug 6th as old lammas, and folklorists call it lammas o.s('old style. this date has long been considered a 'power point' of the zodiac, and is symbolized by the lion, one of the 'tetramorph' figures found on the tarot cards, the world and the wheel of fortune (the other three figures being the bull, the eagle, and the spirit. astrologers know these four figures as the symbols of the four 'fixed' signs of the zodiac, and these naturally align with the four great sabbats of witchcraft. christians have adopted the same ic

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

serpent of moses, nchsh, 50, 8, 300. and i must remark that the claim to translate shilh, or, as some ancient hebrew mss. write it, shlh, by shiloh, in the sense of jesus christ, is farfetched. the word is simply rest, or peace, in its simplest meaning, but also is the scorpio of the chaldean zodiac (related to nachash, serpent) and judah, of whom jacob is talking in the prophecy, is the sign of the zodiac; leo for judah is a lion s whelp (the chaldean zodiac has a lion couchant, he crouches as a lion. in this sense, then, the scepter shall not depart from judah, i.e, power shall not leave leo, until leo, until shelah, shiloh or scorpio shall come up or rise. astronomy teaches that as leo passes away from the meridian, scorpio rises. the title comforter, menachem, mnchm, 40, 50, 8, 40, am

indu astrology, are surya for the sun, chandra for moon, kuja for mars, budhan for mercury, guru for jupiter, sukra for venus, and shani for saturn. then there are rahu, the upper lunar node, and ketu for the lower. jupiter is also named brihaspati. 81. the word septemtriones refers to the north, and is so called from its reference to the 7 stars of ursa major, also called the plough, and seen in the zodiac of denderah as the thigh. the talmudic berachoth, 14. i, says he who passes 7 nights without dreaming deserves to be called wicked. the kabalists describe seven classes of angels and are as follows: numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 1. ishim. 2. arelim. 3. chashmalim. 4. melakim. 5. auphanim. 6. serpahim. 7. kerubim. the judaic hell was seven nam

us, practicus, philosophus; minor, major and exempt adept; master, magus and king. some magi are known, but only magi know of a rex. rosicrucian private rituals give the correct names and kabalistic spelling of the ten heavens of the world of assiah, which is the material universe. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott h. p. blavatsky declared that a scheme of the zodiac of 10 signs preceded that of 12 signs, but i have been unable to verify the statement, by any ancient work. hebrew and talmudic references are as follows -10 men were necessary to form a legally convened meeting at the synagogue. in london, as much as 1000 (british pounds) a year has been spent in providing spare men for this duty. ten curses were pronounced against eve. see talmud, eir

ebrew language, the word eleven was expressed as achad osher, or one in ten# 102. chapter s ixteen twelve, 1 2. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott his number has a perfect and notable character and was highly esteemed by most 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

ite 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 104. the zodiacal s

enly city, given in revelations xxi, are jasper, sapphire, chalcedony, sardius, sardonyx, emerald, topaz, beryl, chrysolite, amethyst, jacinth and chrysophrasus. the 12 hebrew months were abib or nizan (march- april) and are, iyar or zif, sivan, thammuz, ab, elul, tisri, bul, chisleu, tebeth, shebat and adar; and the inter-calary month ve-adar. the 12 sons of jacob were related to the 12 signs of the zodiac by the rosicrucians in a correct order; other numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott schemes of attribution are given by athanasius kircher and others. that by sir william drummond is- aries to gad, taurus to ephraim, gemini to benjamin, cancer to issachar, leo to judah, virgo to naphtali, libra to asher, scorpio to dan, sagittarius to manasseh, capri

mew, thomas, matthew also called levi, james son of alphaeus, judas called lebbaeus and thaddeus, simon the canaanite, and judas iscariot. the venerable bede proposed to rename the signs with the names of the apostles, and a scheme of allotment is to be found in the sphere of marcus manilius, by edward sherburne, london, 1675. see notes and queries, vol. xiv, manchester, usa, pg. 211. westcott on the zodiac in society rosicrucian reports gives the christian allusions to the zodiac. 107. in an ordinary pack of playing cards there are 12 court cards, but in the tarot pack there are also 4 cavaliers. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the kabalists greatly esteemed the 12-lettered name of god, hih-hvvh-vihih, meaning fuit, est, erit, or- he was, is, wil

WILLIAM WESCOTT THE CHALDEAN ORACLES OF ZOROASTER TRANSLATION

the ethers of the elements as the subtil 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, h

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

al and fierce nature of this sign, in which mars principally bears sway. to the sign scorpio the egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign' in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle. the horse's heels which the serpent bites are found in the centaur figure of sagittarius, which follows scorpio in the zodiac" holy name arsl tribe benjamin sign sagittarius angelic name zarzilg "of benjamin (sagittarius, jacob says 'benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil' moses says 'the beloved of the lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders' the armorial

143 144 145 146 147 never come up with any system that in my view is satisfactory. however, i would like to quote from a letter of florence farr, dated 17th august 1901. though she was concerning herself primarily with the four elemental tablets and the tablet of union as a whole, the information she derives is interesting "the 19 letters (of the enochian alphabet) have to do with the degrees of the zodiac and the order of the linea spiritus sancti is a negotiation. those at the most important words (viz: oroibah etc) 10 lunations=9 solar months=40 weeks of parental life=10 squares of small crosses results in a tablet of40 lunar forces. the 30 squares of lesser angles does a month. 9 of great crosses=3636 forces relates slightly to the solar days" while the general golden dawn approach to

e is a special reason for using one of the other compartments. and in this matter remember that citrine is the airy part of earth; russet the fiery; olive the watery; black the earthy part of earth" 171 172 173 appendix b 174 175 appendix c the lotus wand according to the golden dawn's the lotus wand "the wand has the upper end white, the lower black. between these are the 12 colours referring to the zodiac signs, in the positive or masculine scale of colour. at the upper end of the white is fixed a lotus flower in three whorls of 26 petals: the outer 8, the middle 8, and the innermost 10. the calyx has four lobes or sepals of orange colour. the flower center is orange or gold. the lotus wand should be from 24 to 40 inches long, and of wood about half an inch thick. the several bands of wh

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

ese visionary workings to be sent to the praemonstrater. all phases of the below must be completed before advancing to the next level (a) the adept will do projection work into thte main tattwas and then into each sub-element (b) do a path working of the 22 trumps starting at the world (c) project into one pyramid square of each elemental enochian tablet. for example take the serviant square with the zodiac attribution of aries in the watery part of air tablet. its corresponding squares will be: the aries square in the watery part of fire, the aries square in the watery part of earth, and the aries square in the watery part of the water tablets. a small thesis on the differences of the visions is to be done and sent as above (d) project into enochian squares of a complete lesser angle (ser

Return to Occult Library Index



Related Matches
adept age air altar amen ancient ancients angel angels angle angles apocalypse aquarian aquarius aries assiah astral astrologers astrology astrological astronomical bible binah birth black blue bull cancer capricorn celestial chesed child chokmah christ christian christianity church circle circles consciousness constellation constellations cosmic creation cross crowley cycle darkness death degree degrees deity divination divine eagle earth east egypt egyptian element elements elemental elohim energy energies equinox esoteric evil father female fire five force forces form forms geburah gemini god gods goddess golden greek green heaven heavens heavenly hebrew hercules hexagram hierophant history holy human humanity influences invoked invoking isis israel jesus jupiter qabalah kerub kether key king knowledge leo libra lion living logos lord lotus lucis lunar magic magick magical malkuth mars material matter mercury mind modern months month moon mother mysteries mystery mystic natural nature north occult orange order osiris paths pentagram people physical pisces planetary planet planets positive power powers pyramid queen ram red religion religions ritual rituals roman rose sacred sagittarius saturn scorpio secret sephirah sephiroth serpent set seven sigil sky solar solomon sons soul south sphere spheres spirit spirits spiritual square squares star stars state sun symbol symbols symbolic symbolism tablet tarot taurus temple tetragrammaton three throne thrones tree triangle truth universal universe vault venus virgin virgo wand water waters west white wisdom world worlds yellow yetzirah yod zodiac zodiacal


http://www.hollywoodinsiders.net
MWLibCreator Ver.2 By:Michael Wynn