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. the grand word with feet toe to heel and fingers locked in a sign of brotherly and sisterly harmony and love, lean forward to whisper the grand word of the neophyte grade in each other's ear. the name of the egyptian god of silence, harparkrat, is then uttered in seperate syllables, harr-paar-krat. all of the above is performed smoothly and without awkwardness. examine the drawings and practice to become proficient so that 48 when the opportunity arises, you will be able to share this greeting with your fellow brother and sister. as the order grows to its world wide status and develops relations with other temples, we want to greet other golden dawn practitioners in the classic style. hopefully, as our correspondence membership grows, more study groups and teaching sanctuaries will evolv

do magic, we are magic. it is suggested that planning a daily routine for ritual work is very helpful to one's growth. we can now say that magic without the use of banishings would be like a football game without a football, or a dinner without the silverware. banishings and invocations work hand in hand. one can't do without the other. in addition, a simple formula may be referred to in helping to become a successful occultist: persistence, hard work, practice. sounds easier said than done? well let it be known that one great secret of getting ahead is getting started. in one's pursuit of accomplishing the great work, let's add coolidge's words of persistence and determination:"nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessf

s as being "numb" will be glad to know that over a long period of 89 performing the l.b.r.p. daily, your sphere of sensation is slowly but surely becoming accustomed to the energies. so when you have internally reached a state of openness, you can then judge for yourself that the presence of the archangels are truly undoubted. this exercise involves a method to help the aspiring occultist be able to become familiar and aware of the archetypal energies found in the mystical tarot. it allows one to be open to the symbolism as well as the occult powers they wield. in daily use this simple method helps develop one's visualization and basic scrying abilities. meditating with the major arcana can bring forth many helpful energies into one's life. this meditation is also helpful in that it is a p

ath while relaxing all muscles in your body. you may also like to include a ritual cleansing bath, using a few drops of essential oil or salt. step 2 perform the l.b.r.p..step 3 shuffle the major arcana cards and pick one card at random, or work through them systematically one at a time. set aside the rest of the cards. step 4 revert again to the four fold breath, calming the mind and allowing it to become blank. step 5 now look at the card selected. do not project your consciousness into the card. simply take note of every detail in the card itself. step 6 close your eyes and attempt to see the card with all its details in your mind's eye. slowly start to dismantle the card piece by piece like a jigsaw puzzle until your mind is a blank white screen. step 7 when your mind has been cleared

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

it timidly in usages kept up by stealth; at the same time there were christians who in simplicity or error continued to practise superstitious ceremonies by the side of christian ones. such doings, not yet extinct here and there among the^ adain of bremen again copies ruodolf, pertz 9, 286. 102 gods. common people, but withdrawn from all regulating guidance by heathen priests, could not fail soon to become vulgarized, and to appear as the mere dregs of an older faith, which faith we have no right to measure by them. as we do not fail to recognise in the devils and witches of more modern times the higher purer fancies of antiquity disguised, just as little ought we to feel any scruple about tracing back the pagan practices in question to the untroubled fountainhead of the olden time. prohib

rsed and quarrelled with hei'sreckr: visbrast i vols liki, fornald. sog. 1, 487; but it is also retained in many stories of the devil, who assumes at departure the body of a raven or a fly (exit tanquam corvus, egressus est in muscae similitudine. at other times, and this is the prettier touch of the two, the gods allow the man to whom they have appeared as his equals, suddenly as they are going, to become aware of their divine proportions: heel, calf, neck or shoulder betrays the god. when poseidon leaves the two ajaxes, one of them says, ii. 13, 71: i-xyca yap fierotriade ttobwv i]be kvrjfiawv pev ejvcov air i6 vt o; dpiyvcotoi, se deoi irep. so, when venus leaves aeneas, virg. 1, 402: dixit, et avcrtens rosea cervice refulsit et vera incessu patuit dea. ille ubi matrem agnovit, ta\i fug

een discovered hitherto in any other dialect^ though undoubtedly it belongs to a genuine teutonic root, and is formed like thorn, corn, horn &c, and would have been in ohg. uorn, pi. norni; but even swedish and danish know it no longer (see suppl. in the three proper names it is impossible to mistake the forms of verbal nouns or adjectives: urffr is taken from the pret. pi. of versa (vars, ursum, to become, verffandi is the pres. part, of the same word, and shdd the past part, of skula, shall, the auxiliary by which the future tense is formed. hence we have what was, what is, and what shall be, or the past, present and future, very aptly designated, and a fate presiding over each^ at the same time the very names prove that the doctrine of norns was originally not foreign to any of the teut

3 8 INITIATION CEREMONY

hearse the prayer of the undines or water spirits (knocks) terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth; king of the deluge and of the rains of spring; thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains, thou who commandest moisture which is as it were the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants, we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us thy mobile and changeful creatures in the great tempests of the sea, and we shall tremble before thee. speak to us also in the murmur of the limpid waters and we shall desire thy love. o vastness wherein all the rivers of being seek to lose themselves, which renew themselves ever in thee, o thou ocean of infinite

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

locked together during a breast feed; waking to silence in the middle of the night, only to hear the baby wake and cry out moments later; being able to recognise one's own child's cry in a room full of noisy babies 'being a pagan has brought all of these experiences into a spiritual focus that has brought me closer to the goddess in a way that i don't think could have happened if i hadn't chosen to become a parent. it has allowed me to experience the mother aspect first-hand; it gave new meaning to the moon cycles of a woman, it allowed me to become the microcosm of the great earth mother as i watched my own body grow and give birth to a new life. it gave me the protective instinct of sekhmet [the lion-headed egyptian goddess of fertility, when i realised that i would fight to the death t

olves transferring and absorbing power directly from a creature or an object, such as an animal, a bird, a crystal, a metal, the wax of an empowered candle or even the earth itself. this principle is central to the potency of talismans and amulets; for example, traditionally, hunters might wear the pelt of a lion to bring them the beast's courage and ferocity. so, by the same token, if you wished to become pregnant, you might make love in a newly ripening cornfield (near the edge so as not to damage the crops; alternatively, you might try one of the ancient power sites of earth, close to the phallus of the chalk cerne abbas fertility giant that is carved in the hillside at cerne in dorset. attracting magick this type of magick embraces both sympathetic and contagious magick to bring you so

tection and will heal sorrow. it purifies all forms of pollution and negativity, endows strength and endurance and encourages fidelity. ruled by the sun. bistort bistort is potent in relieving wounds of all kinds, emotional as well as physical, also throat, mouth and tongue problems, especially when mixed with echinacea, myrrh and goldenseal. it aids fertility, so can be carried by women who wish to become pregnant. it will repels those who come to a home with malice or ill intent. bistort also increases abundance and prosperity and psychic awareness. ruled by saturn. black cohosh this herb is particularly associated with older women. for this reason, it is good for problems associated with the menopause. as a protective herb, it brings courage and love, especially in late-flowering relati

s that the sun would die. spirit guides: guardians from another dimension who advise and protect humans. they may be deceased relatives, wise teachers, for example native americans, angels or evolved essences who never assumed mortal form. talisman: a charm or amulet that has been charged with specific healing or magical energies to make it powerful and to attract health, wealth or luck. it tends to become more powerful the more it is used. tarot: a pack of 78 highly illustrated cards often used in rituals to represent people or qualities that are being sought in a spell. threefold law: a law in wicca that states that whatever you do or send to others, good or bad, will be returned to you threefold- a great incentive to positive thought and action. thurible: see censer. transcendent: term

ABRAMELIN1

s the contemporary both of nicholas flamel and pernelle, and also of the mystical christian rosenkreutz, the founder of the celebrated rosicrucian order or fraternity in europe. like the latter, he appears to have been very early seized with the desire of obtaining magical knowledge; like him and flamel, he left his home and travelled in search of the initiated wisdom; like them both, he returned to become a worker of wonders. at this period, it was almost universally believed that introduction v the secret knowledge was only really obtainable by those who were willing to quit their home and their country to undergo dangers and hardships in its quest; and this idea even obtains to an extent in the present day. the life of the late madame blavatsky is an example in point. this period in whi

good (d) that consequently whenever the evil demons can escape from the control of the good, there is no evil that they will not work by way of vengeance (e) that therefore sooner than obey man, they will try to make him their servant, by inducing him to conclude pacts and agreements with them (z) that to further this project, they will use every means that offers to obsess him (h) that in order to become an adept, therefore, and dominate them; the greatest possible firmness of will, parity of soul and intent, and power of self-control is necessary (q) that this is only to be attained by self-abnegation on every plane (i) that man, therefore, is the middle nature, and natural controller of the middle nature between the angels and the demons, and that therefore to each man is attached natu

ABRAMELIN2

liar spirits will fly in haste to serve him (13) these three books of this present operation ought to be read and re-read an infinitude of times; so that in the space of six months before commencing, he who operateth should be fully instructed and informed therein; and if he be not a jew, he should further be conversant with many of the customs and ceremonies which this operation demandeth, so as to become accustomed unto that retirement which is so necessary and useful (14) should he who performeth this operation during the six months or moons commit voluntarily any mortal sin prohibited by the tables of the law, be certain that he will never receive this wisdom (15) sleep in the day-time is entirely forbidden, unless absolutely requisite, owing to some infirmity, or to old age, or to deb

down; but should the illness become very much worse, so that remedies become necessary unto the health of the body, and that you have to undergo blood-letting; then do not harden yourself against the will of the lord, but having made a brief prayer, thank him for having visited you in this manner. and having made use of remedies which oblige you to leave off the operation already begun, so as not to become as it were your own murderer, and notwithstanding that it grieveth you to the heart to be forced so to do, yet nevertheless conform yourself unto his holy will. and when you shall have regained your accustomed health, in his own good time shall you return unto the operation, feeling sure that he will grant you his aid. such a forced desistance doth not hinder you from awaiting a fitting

ABRAMELIN3

lim and alh= god of the mighty ones. tamerid from hebrew thmr= straight like a palm-tree, and id= put forward. oralisv= from hebrew= orl= superfluous, and ish= the substance. notedvn, from nth= to stretch out and dn= to contend or rule. no. g is a double acrostic of d g squares. sarapi from hebrew shrp= to burn. arairp from hebrew ar= a river, and rph= to abate or slacken. rakkia from hebrew rkk= to become faint, to become softened. aikkar from hebrew okr= to trouble or disturb. priara from prr= to shatter or break up. iparas from hebrew prs= to break in pieces, to divide, or part in sunder. this will give a formula of trouble. the sacred magick 127 no. h is a double acrostic of d g squares. malach from hebrew mlch= salt; also that which is easily dissolved; to dissolve. amanec from mnk= a

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

the utmost the authority of the chiefs of the order, and that i will not initiate or advance any person in the first order, either secretly or in open temple, without due authorization and permission; that i will neither recommend a candidate for admission to the first order without due judgment and assurance that he or she is worthy of so great a confidence and honor, nor unduly press any person to become a candidate; and that i will superintend any examination of members of lower grades without fear or favor in any way, so that our high standard of knowledge be not lowered by my instrumentality" 14 hrwbg "furthermore, that i will perform all practical work connected with this order in a place concealed and apart from the gaze of the outer and uninitiated world, and that i will not displa

ALEE J BOOK OF AIWASS

ze them- man creates gods in his own image. the gods of different cultures are similar because they share our human qualities and are projections of our own divinity. it was as if you were standing in a darkened room with a bright halo emanating from behind your head- you point to the shadow cast in front of you and exclaim "i see saint peter. or satan" so the deities we give prayers and thoughts to become part of the tapestry of the universal unconscious and attach themselves to various archetypes, which are impersonal. what i am saying is, archetypes are also a natural conduit to the daemonic resonance we spoke of. and so, when a religious person tells me they prayed to mother mary and received an inspirational message in a dream which helped change the course of their life, i simply smi

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

the incident is a landmark in his life. it upsets him completely for years. in the east, an absolutely automatic and thoughtless act of kindness to a native is liable to attach him to you, body and soul, for the rest of his life. in other words, it is going to upset him; and as a budding yogi he has got to refuse it. but even the refusal is going to upset him quite a lot; and therefore he has got to become 'fixed' in refusal; that is to say, he has got to erect by means of habitual refusal a psychological barrier so strong that he can really dismiss the temptation without a quiver, or a quaver, or even a demisemiquaver of thought. i am sure you will see that an absolute rule is necessary to obtain this result. it is obviously impossible for him to try to draw the line between what he may r

o survive will have to think and act for themselves according to their desperate needs, and not by some rotten yard-stick of convention. why, even the skill of the workman has almost decayed within a generation! forty years ago there were very few jobs that a man could not do with a jackknife and a woman with a hair-pin; today you have to have a separate gadget for every trivial task. if you want to become yogis, you will have to get a move on. lege! judica! tace! love is the law, love under will (part 3 of 8* yoga for yahoos. third lecture. niyama* do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. 1. the subject of my third lecture is niyama. niyama? h'm! the inadequacy of even th noblest attempts to translate these wretched sanskrit words is now about to be delightfully demonstrated. the

practical purposes impossible. incidentally, one's real country- that is, the conditions- in which one happens to be born is the only one in which yama and niyama can be practised. you cannot dodge your karma. you have got to earn the right to devote yourself to yoga proper by arranging for that devotion to be a necessary stage in the fulfilment of your true will. in hindustan one is now allowed to become 'sanyasi- a recluse- until one has fulfilled one's duty to one's own environment- rendered to caesar the things which are caesar's before rendering to god the things which are god's. woe to that seven months' abortion who thinks to take advantage of the accidents of birth, and, mocking the call of duty, sneaks off to stare at a blank wall in china! yama and niyama are only the more criti

er, you will find in a few minutes that they have moved gently apart, without your noticing it. freud would doubtless inform you that this is due to an instinctive exacerbation of infantile sexual theories. i hope that no one here is going to bother me with that sort of nauseating nonsense. 15. now it is necessary, in order to hold a position, to pay attention to it. that is to say: you are going to become conscious of your body in ways of which you are not conscious if you are engaged in some absorbing mental pursuit, or even in some purely physical activity, such as running. it sounds paradoxical at first sight, but violent exercise, so far from concentrating attention on the body, takes it away. that is because exercise has its own rhythm; and, as i said, rhythm is half-way up the ridge

will be prescribed for you' 19. now one of the most interesting and irritating features of your early experiments is: interfering thoughts. there is, first of all, the misbehaviour of the object which you are contemplating; it changes its colour and size; moves its position; gets out of shape. and one of the essential difficulties in practice is that it takes a great deal of skill and experience to become really alert to what is happening. you can go on day-dreaming for quite long periods before realising that your thoughts have wandered at all. this is why i insist so strongly on the practices described above as producing alertness and watchfulness, and you will obviously realise that it is quite evident that one has to be in the pink of condition and in the most favourable mental state

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

! she could not think now she might remove this stupid high priest, her own nominee! so i answered her "assume the form of osiris, and all will be well in the temple of osiris" mocking her, for i knew that she could not. yet so drunken was she upon love and wine that there and then she performed the ritual of adoration and assumption. then i in merry mood put out my power, and caused her in truth to become osiris, so that she went icy stark,and her eyes fixed. then she tried to shriek with fear, and could no; for i had put upon her page 35 gulf.txt the silence of the tomb. but all the while i feigned wonder and applause, so that she was utterly deceived. and being tired of mocking her, i bade her return. this she did, and knew not what to say. at first she pretended to have received a grea

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

home in rhode island, where he lived with his two aunts. born on august 20, 1890, howard phillips lovecraft would come to exert an impact on the literary world that dwarfs his initial successes with weird tales magazine in 1923. he died, tragically, at the age of 46 on march 15, 1937, a victim of cancer of the intestine and bright's disease. though persons of such renown as dashiell hammett were to become involved in his work, anthologising it for publication both here an abroad, the reputation of a man generally conceded to be the "father of gothic horror" did not really come into its own until the past few years, with the massive re-publication of his works by various houses, a volume of his selected letters, and his biography. in the july, 1975, issue the atlantic monthly, there appear

ummu the power given to marduk to fashion the universe from the flesh of tiamat. giveth wisdom concerning the condition of the life before the creation, and the nature of the structures of the four pillars whereupon the heavens rest. his word is alalalabaaal and the seal is: the thirty-fifth name is zulummar giveth tremendous strength, as of ten men, to one man. lifted the part of tiamat that was to become the sky from the part that was to become the earth. his word is anndarabaal and his seal is: the thirty-sixth name is lugalabdubur destroyer of the gods of tiamat. vanquisher of her hordes. chained kutulu to the abyss. fought azag-thoth with skill. a great defender and a great attacker. his word is agnibaal and his seal is this: the thirty-seventh name is pagalguenna possessor of infinit

nd their seasons; and they dwell between the sun's spaces, and are not of them, but of the stars, and, as it is said, of the very igigi themselves although this is not altogether known. and to summon these and other demons, the herb aglaophotis must be burnt in a new bowl that must be the evil times, and at night. and the akhkharu may be summoned, which sucketh the blood from a man, as it desires to become a fashioning of man, the blood of kingu, but the akhkharu will never become man. and the akhkharu may be summoned, if its sign be known, and it is thus: and the lalassu may be called, which haunteth the places of man, seeking also to become like man, but these are not to be spoken to, lest the priest become afflicted with madness, and become unto a living lalassu which must needs be slai

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

still better. the sigil is taken from a gnostic talisman, and refers to the sacrament. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 182 [185] 88 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta pi-eta gold bricks teach us your secret, master! yap my yahoos. then for the hardness of their hearts, and for the softness of their heads, i taught them magick. but..alas! teach us your real secret, master! how to become invisible, how to acquire love, and oh! beyond all, how to make gold. but how much gold will you give me for the secret of infinite riches? then said the foremost and most foolish; master, it is nothing; but here is an hundred thousand pounds. this did i deign to accept, and whispered in his ear this secret: a sucker is born every minute. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

d to an unsuitable object, as when one tries to crack a stone, thinking it a nut (4) the first requisite for causing any change is through qualitative and quantitative understanding of the conditions (illustration: the most common cause of failure in life is ignorance of one's own true will, or of the means by which to fulfil that will. a man may fancy himself a painter, and waste his life trying to become one; or he may be really a painter, and yet fail to understand and to measure the difficulties peculiar to that career (5) the second requisite of causing any change is the practical ability to set in right motion the necessary forces (illustration: a banker may have a perfect grasp of a given situation, yet lack the quality of decision, or the assets, necessary to take advantage of it (

ord in which the character of this operation is described, just as abrahadabra describes the operation of the great work. it may be stated without unfairness, as a rough general principle, that the farther from original equality are the two sides of the equation, the more difficult is the operation to perform. thus, to take the case of the personal operation symbolized by the grades, it is harder to become a neophyte, 1 degree= 10square, than to pass from that grade to zelator, 2 degree= 9square. initiation is, therefore, progressively easier, in a certain sense, after the first step is taken. but (especially after the passing of tiphareth) the distance between grade and grade increases as it were by a geometrical progression with an enormously high factor, which itself progresses<
d the commentaries thereon. it explains existence> so sayeth the holiest of the books of the ancient qabalah (siphra tzeniutha 1. 2) one countenance here spoken of is the macrocosm, the other the microcosm<microcosms whose law is "love under will. but it is also magick for an unit which has attained perfection (in absolute nothingness, 0 degree, to become "divided for love's sake, for the chance of union> as said above, the object of any magick ceremony is to unite the macrocosm and the microcosm. it is as in optics; the angles of incidence and reflection are equal. you must get your macrocosm and microcosm exactly balanced, vertically and horizontally, or the images will not coincide. this equilibrium is affirmed by the magician in arran

, having undertaken the work of a magus to establish the word of his law on the whole of mankind. he will succeed, without doubt, but he hardly expects to see more than a sample of his product during his present incarnation. but he refuses to waste the least fraction of his force on works foreign to his work, however obvious it may seem to the onlooker that his advantage lies in commanding stones to become bread, or otherwise making things easy for himself. these considerations being thoroughly understood we may return to the question of making the magical link. in the case above cited frater perdurabo composed his talisman by invoking his holy guardian angel according to the sacred magick of abramelin the mage. that angel wrote on the lamen the word of the aeon. the book of the law is thi

amatist's pen, or one's incantation a popular song. many ends, many means: it is only important to remember the essence of the operation, which is to will its success with sufficiently pure intensity, and to incarnate that will in a body suitable to express it, a body such that its impact on the bodily expression of the idea one wills to change is to cause it to do so. for instance, is it my will to become a famous physician? i banish all "hostile spirits" such as laziness, alien interests, and confliction pleasures, from my "circle" the hospital; i consecrate my "weapons (my various abilities) to the study of medicine; i invoke the "gods (medical authorities) by studying and obeying their laws in their books. i embody the "formulae (the ways in which causes and effects influence disease)

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

to an unsuitable object, as when one tries to crack a stone, thinking it a nut) 4. the first requisite for causing any change is thorough qualitative and quantitative understanding of the condition (illustration: the most common cause of failure in life is ignorance of one's own true will, or of the means by which to fulfill that will. a man may fancy himself a painter, and waste his life trying to become one; or he may be really a painter, and yet fail to understand and to measure the difficulties peculiar to that career) 5. the second requisite of causing any change is the practical ability to set in right motion the necessary forces (illustration: a banker may have a perfect grasp of a given situation, yet lack the quality of decision, or the assets, necessary to take advantage of it)

rly unless you are aiming at a definite goal. but this is not the case. thinking of the goal actually serves to distract the mind. in these few words is included the whole method without all the bombastic piety of the servile doctrine of mysticism about the surrender of the will. nor is this idea of surrender actually correct; the will must be identified with the divine will, so-called. one wants to become like a mighty flowing river, which is not consciously aiming at the sea, and is certainly not yielding to any external influence. it is acting in conformity with the law of its own nature, with the tao. one can describe it, if necessary, as "passive love; but it is love (in effect) raised to its highest potential. we come back to the same thing: when passion is purged of any "lust of res

ed out of school into factory in their teens? they have learnt only just enough to facilitate the swallowing of the magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 257 gross venal lies of the radio and the yellow press; or, if motherwit has chanced to warn them, they learn a little- very little- more, getting their science from a shilling handbook and so on, till they know just enough to become dangerous agitators. no, anything like a real education demands leisure, the conversation 13 of the wise, the means to travel, and the rest. there is only one solution: to pick out the diamonds from the clay, cut them, polish them, and set them as they deserve. attempt no idiot experiments with the muck of the mine! you will observe that i am advocating an aristocratic revolution. and so

f they were to destroy the order- or, at the very least, unhorse the master. this is, of course, absurd in itself, because if they had crossed the abyss, they would understand why it is impossible. it would be like "destroying electricity" or "debunking" the venus of milo. the maximagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 274 mum of success possible in such an operation would be to become a "black-brother" but what happens in practice, so far as my own experience goes, is complete dispersion of the mental faculties amounting to suicide; i could quote no less than four cases in which actual physical self-murder was the direct result. chapter lxxv. the a. a. and the planet cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. you write "am i to understand that the a

led the divine, one proceeds by the exaltation= intoxication? yes, of a sublime sort) of the consciousness to identify oneself with those "celestial" beings. in yoga, various practices prevent the body and its functions from interrupting the mental process. then, one inhibits that process magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 321 itself: the stilling of "thoughts" allows one to become aware of mental functions beyond the intellectual; these functions have their own peculiar properties and powers. each sheath, as one goes deeper, is discarded as "unreal" finally one apprehends that nothing which is the only true and real form of existence (but then it does not exist: in these regions of thought words always become nightmares of selfcontradiction. this is as it should b

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

he can do on his fingers or on a string of beads< if these breaks seem to become more frequent instead of less frequent, the student must not be discourage; this is partially caused by his increased accuracy of observation. in exactly the same way, the introduction of vaccination resulted in an apparent increase in the number of cases of smallpox, the reason being that people began to tell the truth about the disease instead of faking. soon, however, the control will

will of the general was instantly echoed by every member of the order; hence the society of jesus became the most formidable of the religious organizations of the world. that of the old man of the mountains was perhaps the next best. the defect in loyola's system is that the general was not god, and that owing to various other considerations he was not even necessarily the best man in the order. to become general of the order he must have willed to become general of the order; and because of this he could be nothing more. to return to the question of the development of the will. it is always something to pluck up the weeds, but the flower itself needs tending. having crushed all volitions in ourselves, and if necessary in others, which we find opposing our real will, that will itself will

action of the spirit under the figure of a deadly poison. for to each individual thing attainment means first and foremost the destruction of the individuality. each of our ideas must be made to give up the self to the beloved, so that we may eventually give up the self to the beloved in our turn. it will be remembered in the history lection< how the adepts "who had with smiling faces abandoned their homes and their possessions- could with steady calm and firm correctness abandon the great work itself; for this is the last and greatest projection of the alchemist" the master of the temple has crossed the abyss, has entered the palace of the king's daughter; he has only to utter one word, and all is disso

ALEISTER CROWLEY TAO TEH KING

nd one becomes as a babe. by purifying oneself from samadhi one becomes whole((here we see once more the doctrine of being without friction. internal conflict leads to rupture. again, one's pranayama is to result perfect pliability and exact adjustment to one's environment. finally, even sammasamadhi is a defect, so long as it is an experience instead of a constant state. so long as there are two to become one, there are two) 2. in his dealing with individuals and with society, let him move without lust of result. in the management of his breath, let him be like the mother-bird((i.e, brooding like the spirit, quiet, without effort) let his intelligence((binah) comprehend every quarter; but let his knowledge((daath) cease((he must absorb (or understand) everything without conscious knowledg

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

op in other ways more useful to society. the most peculiar of their methods was the search for genius. it was the business of the experts to pay the most serious and reverent attention to all that a child did, and whenever they failed to understand the workings of its mind, to place it under the charge of a special guardian, who did his utmost to comprehend sufficiently to be able to encourage it to become yet more unintelligible. apud eos membrum virile membrano lucido erat; ob quod qualis circumscisio die nativitatis facta erat. vix credere dignum est, tanquam verum, feminarum montes venereales similutidine facies fuere, facies demonicae, sardonicae, satyricae, cujus os erat os vulvae, res horribiles atque ridiculosa. ferunt similia de virorum membris, quae fingunt sicut imagines homuncu

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r. these centres are those of love, life and language. duality is the condition of all three. it will appear later how it is that none and two are identical; they are distinct in our minds only because those minds are conscious, and therefore think of "two" as their own state. but the unconscious mind thinks nothing, and is nothing. yet it is the same mind. nuith selects three centres of her body to become "two" with hadit; for she asks me to declare her in these three. infinite freedom, all-embracing, for physical love; boundless continuity for life; and the silent rhythm of the stars for language. these three conceptions are her gift to us. al i,7 "behold! it is revealed by aiwass the minister of hoor-paar-kraat" the old comment 7. aiwass- see introduction. he is 78, mezla, the "influenc

the concealed child becomes the conquering child, the armed horus avenging his father osiris. so also our own silent self, helpless and witless, hidden within us, will spring forth, if we have craft to loose him to the light, spring lustily forward with his cry of battle, the word of our true wills. this is the task of the adept, to have the knowledge and conversation of his holy guardian angel, to become aware of his nature and his purpose, fulfilling them. why is aiwass thus spelt, when aiwaz is the natural transliteration of oivz weh note: this word is not certain? perhaps because he was not content with identifying himself with thelema, agape, etc. by the number 93, but wished to express his nature by six letters (six being the number of the sun, the god-man, etc) whose value in greek

carried out unknown to the candidate by the secret magick power of the beast. those who are accepted by him for initiation testify that these ordeals are frequently independent of his conscious care. they are not, like the traditional ordeals, formal, or identical for all; the candidate finds himself in circumstances which afford a real test of conduct, and compel him to discover his own nature, to become aware of himself by bringing his secret motives to the surface. some of the rituals have been made accessible, that is, the magical formulae have been published. see "the rites of eleusis "energized enthusiasm "book 4, part iii "etc. note the reference to 'not' and 'all. also the word 'known' contains the root gn 'to beget' and 'to know; while 'concealed' indicates the other half of the

rder to appreciate these truths, it is necessary to educate the mind to thought of an order which is at first sight incompatible with rationality. i may here digress for a moment in order to demonstrate how this vision led directly to the understanding of the mechanism of certain phenomena which have hitherto been dismissed with a shrug of the shoulders as incomprehensible "example no. 1. i began to become aware of my own mental processes; i thought of my consciousness as the commander-in-chief of an army. there existed a staff of specialists to deal with various contingencies. there was an intelligence department to inform me of my environment. there was a council which determined the relative importance of the data presented to them- it required only a slight effort of imagination to thi

durabo. the new comment the reference appears to be to the old prophecies of 'daniel' and 'john. the first qabalistic allusion is yet (an xiv? in) undiscovered. an xvii sol in libra. i think it proper to insert here the account of the true meaning of this verse, though it more properly belongs to the appendix. but the circumstances are so striking that it is well worth the while of the lay reader to become acquainted with the nature of the reasoning which attests the praeterhuman character of the author of this book. it follows, in the words in which it was originally written, an xvii sol in gemini, moon in cancer, june 8, 1921 e.v, with no preliminaries, in my magical diary, at the abbey of thelema in cephaloedium of trinacria. these verses are very subtly worded. how should i understand

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ys; and being weary and anhungered and athirst seeks a seat at the table of adepts, and a portion of the bread of spiritual experience, and a draught of the wine of ecstasy. it is then thoroughly understood that the aspirant is seeking to solve the great problem. and he may conceive, as various schools of adepts in the ages have conceived, this problem in three main forms. 1. i am not god. i wish to become god. this is the hindus conception. i am malkuth. i wish to become kether. this is the qabalistic equivalent. 2. i am a fallen creature. i wish to be redeemed. this is the christian conception. i am malkuth the fallen daughter. i wish to be set upon the throne of binah my supernal mother. this is the qabalistic equivalent. 3. i am the finite square; i wish to be one with the infinite cir

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blue-pig-people, from the t.s. to the g.d. we must distinguish by methods, not by results. a. c. most seriously assure you that honest laborious experiment will be found to verify them in every particular that whatever arguments are brought forward destructive of the reality of dhyana, apply with far more force to the normal state, and it is evident that to deny the latter seriously is ipso facto to become unserious. whether the normal testimony may be attacked from above, by insisting on the superior reality of dhyana and fortiori of samadhi, which i have not experienced, and consequently do not treat of, being content to accept the highly probably statements of those who profess to know, and who have so far not deceived me (i.e. as to dhyana, is a question which it is not pertinent to th

one who has done this is called a buddhist. and this holding of right views, in pali sammaditthi, is the first step upon the noble eightfold path. the second stage is right aspiration sammasankappo. having realised the woe and transitoriness and soullessness of all life, there rises in the mind this right aspiration. when all things suffer, we at least will not increase their burden, so we aspire to become pitiful and loving, to cherish illwill toward none, to retire from those pleasures of sense which are the fruitful cause of woe. the will, we all know, is ever readier than the mind, and so, though we aspire to renounce the pleasures of sense, to love and pity all that lives, yet perhaps we often fail in the accomplishment of our aspiration. but if the desire to become pitiful and pure b

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since admission is not formal but real. worldly intelligence seeks this sanctuary in vain; fruitless also will be the efforts of malice to penetrate these great mysteries; all is indecipherable to him who is not ripe; he can see nothing, read nothing in the interior. he who is fit is joined to the chain, perhaps often where he though least likely, and at a point of which he knew nothing himself. to become fit should be the sole effort of him who seeks wisdom. but there are methods by which fitness is attained, for in this holy communion is the primitive storehouse of the most ancient and original science of the human race, with the primitive mysteries also of all science. it is the unique and really illuminated community which is absolutely in possession of the key to all mystery, which k

or four years of my youth. for months and months i read feverishly to conquer my doubts, and then i read almost as eagerly to confirm my scepticism "i still remember the glow of surprise and hope which came over me the first time i read that spinoza, one of the heroes of my thought, had also made his living by polishing glasses. he was the best workman of his time, the book said, and i determined to become the best workman of my time; and, from that moment, i took to my trade seriously, strenuously "i learned everything i could about glass, and began to 61 make my own material, after the best recipes. i got books on optics, too, and studied them, and so, bit by bit, mastered the science of my craft "i was not more than nineteen or twenty when my father found out that i was a much better wo

ious to see whether perfect eyes help or hurt my art. you know i am a painter' he went on, throwing his hair back from his forehead 'and each of us painters sees life in his own way, and beauty with certain peculiarities. it would be curious, wouldn't it? if talent came from a difference between one's eyes "i smiled at his eagerness, and took down his name, then altogether unknown to me; but soon to become known and memorable above all other names: dante gabriel rossetti. i made the glasses and he was enthusiastic about them, and brought me a little painting of himself by way of gratitude "there it is" said penry, pointing to a little panel that hung by his bedside "the likeness of an extraordinary man- a genius, if ever there was one. i don't know why he took to me, except that i admired

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oys; and being weary and anhungred and athirst seeks a seat at the table of adepts, and a portion of the bread of spiritual experience, and a draught of the wine of ecstasy. it is then thoroughly understood that the aspirant is seeking to solve the great problem. and he may conceive, as various schools of adepts in the ages have conceived, this problem in three main forms. 1. i am not god. i wish to become god. this is the hindu conception. i am malkuth. i wish to become kether. this is the qabalistic equivalent. 110 2. i am a fallen creature. i wish to be redeemed. this is the christian conception. i am malkuth, the fallen daughter. i wish to be set upon the throne of binah my supernal mother. this is the qabalistic equivalent. 3. i am the finite square; i wish to be one with the infinite

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their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom. with the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the sacrament, the wine of the 82 sabbath; and in the holy assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my father. thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. so sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. therein is manifested the glory of my father, who is truth (this wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and i reel under the intoxication of it. and every thou

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hank god. i may say in self-defence that i would never have let her in but for the accident of my being outside the room and the door left open, so that she was inside on my return. let me get into asana."the fifth day" 12.26. so beginneth the fifth day of this great magical retirement. with two and twenty breath-cycles did i begin. this practice was a little easier; but not much better. it ought to become quite simple and natural before one devotes the half-minute of kambhakam (breath held-in) when one is rigid to a strong projection of will toward adonai, as has been my custom. i hope to-day will be more hard definite magical work, less discourse, less beatific state of mind which is the very devil! the real calypso, none the less temptress because her name happens to be penelope. ah lo

od earth. a seven- foot tent and the starlight who wants more? 1.35. well, i've woke myself writing this. the point that really struck me was this: what would happen if by severe training i forced my "astral body" damn it! isn't there a term for it free from l.-prostitution?(one speaks of "les deux prostitutions" so it's all right. my scin-laeca, then what would happen if i forced my scin-laeca to become a whirling dervish? i couldn't get giddy, because my semicircular canals would be at rest. i must really try the experiment.[scin-laeca. see lord lytton's "strange story. ed. 1.58. i will now devote myself to sleep, willing adonai. lord adonai, give me deep rest like death, so that in very few hours i may be awake and active, full of lion-strength of purpose toward thee! 7.35. my heroic

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he last moment you pull him out of the water and restore life by artificial respiration. further, it is not teaching him how to swim, or how to improve his powers of swimming. in the 1= 10 ritual the neophyte enters the first sphere of the elements, the element of earth, and is at once liable to fall prey to the terrible worldly obsessions of the path of hb:taw. this dark path he journeys up only to become child of the 292 fickle element of air whose sign is the ever-changing moon. the next step brings him under the unstable condition of water and the seemingly unbalanced influences of mercury. but if he has passed through the paths of hb:shin and hb:resh with cunning and earnestness he will understand why it is necessary to enter the grade of the element of water by the paths of the sun a

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ritical" glyphs, as it were in small type, an annotation of approval or otherwise. thus, a chain of thought a-b-c will have three approving pictures in a fainter key; the soul justifying the sequence. should one continue a-b-c-e an opposing glyph will warn of the falsity, or at least cast doubt upon it. in the generally unstable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. let me give an example "thought "criticisms and their glyphs" 1. man a man reaping- meaning "good- go on" a horse "true- mill's definition" 2. featherless biped. three horses in a field "are there no other featherless bipeds" a stream "stop--stop--stop" 3. was it mill? a tombstone on a hill "was it locke" 4. locke? locke? a ba

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the night season! let this sacred perfume be burnt before it in the heat of day! at frequent times do this; and especially after thou has employed it in a work of love. and if thou dose treat it ill, if thou dost use it unworthily, if thou dost expose it to the gaze of the profane, then let its spirit return unto the god that give it, and let its power be assumed by its evil and averse antithesis to become a dreadful vampire, ever to prey upon thee, that the vengeance of the gods may drink its fill. but, and if thou does well and faithfully, ye shall be unto each other as a support and a blessing, and the blessing of god the vast one shall be ever upon you in his name :hb:heh hb:vau hb:shin hb:heh hb:yod and now in and by this very name i license all spirits to depart, save that one whose

rrent of glory, of that greater glory which alone can be comprehended by one who is an adept: yet again, but the shadow of that supreme glory which is neither the shrine nor the flame, but the life of the master. from the commencement of this history we have ever found frater p. valiantly battling with the elemental forces. as a hoodwinked neophyte he was led into the colossal darkness of malkuth to become a zelator in the hidden mysteries of earth. here he found a kingdom seemingly so balanced in its scintillating intelligence that he little suspected that its overwhelming glory was but the reflection of the supernal flame on the dark face of the waters in which slept the invisible coils of the drowsing serpent of human will. here, on account of its intense darkness, all became to him cle

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d fortresses of iron, crimson as the blades of a million murderous swords; i swear to thee by the smoke-wreath of the volcano, to open the secret shrine of thy bull's breast, and tear out as an augur the heart of thine all-pervading mystery. 13. o thou silver axle of the wheel of being, thrust through the wings of time by the still hand of space; i swear to thee by the twelve spokes of thy unity, to become unto thee as the rim thereof, so that i may clothe me majestically in the robe that has no seam. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 18 the chapter known as cancer the twelvefold certitude of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve certitudes and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou sov

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rious maladies of the soul, describe the dark and clinging splendours of opium! the lover of the shining berenice, egoeus, the metaphysician, speaks of an alteration of his faculties which compels him to give an abnormal and monstrous value to the simplest phenomenon "to muse for long unwearied hours, with my attention riveted to some frivolous device on the margin or in the typography of a book; to become absorbed, for the better part of a summer's day, in a quaint shadow falling aslant upon the tapestry or upon the floor; to lose myself, for an entire night, in watching the steady flame of a lamp, or the embers of a fire; to dream away whole days over the perfume of a flower; to repeat monotonously some common word, until the sound, by dint of frequent repetition, ceased to convey any id

creature of god, he is condemned to live. and none of those whom he wishes to seduce consents to buy from him on the same conditions his terrible privilege. in fact every man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul. it is easy to grasp the analogy which exists between the satanic creations of poets and those living beings who have devoted themselves to stimulants. man has wished to become god, and soon_ there he is, in virtue of an inexorable moral law, fallen lower than his natural state! it is a soul which sells itself bit by bit. balzac doubtless thought that there is for man no greater shame, no greater suffering, than to abdicate his will. i saw him once in a drawing-room, where they were talking of the prodigious effects of hashish. he listened and asked questions w

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ver we will. we can produce entrancing sounds at will, beautiful sights at will, subtle tastes and delicious perfumes; and after a time actual forms, living creatures, men and women and elementals. we smite the rock, and the waters flow at our blow; we cry unto the heavens, and fire rushes down and consumes our sacrifice; we become magicians, begetters of illusion, and then, if we allow ourselves to become obsessed by them, a time comes when these illusions will master us, when the children we have begotten will rise up and dethrone us, and we shall be drowned in the waters that now we can no longer control and be burnt up by the flames that mock obedience, and scorn our word. directly we perform a miracle we produce a change: a change is mara the devil, and not god the changeless one. and

them. 305 v he sought ljubov. she, who was like a shoot out of the stem of jesse, who did not judge after the sight of her eyes, who could stretch out her hand on the den of the basilisk and play on the hole of the asp, without ever coming to grief, fell a-trembling with an unconscious knowledge of that which was going to happen. it dawned upon her that she had come to a point where the road was to become broad under her feet and of an easier walk than the dark path upon which she had of late journeyed. i was hiding behind a tree when pitr approached her, and so i witnessed their meeting. he, also, was quaking with excitement. brandishing his two hands, somewhat red with the blood of his victim, he spoke pantingly "ljubov, my little sister" he said "i have two fine jewels for thee. feel t

ce does not see the objection to gods and especially to siva holding sports, neither do we. but you must play square, even if you are a god; it is not cricket to slay the whole of the opposing eleven each time you are bowled. but perhaps siva had a reputation to keep up; we'll ask kali. vishnu. ritual, faith, and morals. by f. h. perrycoste. watts and co. if you should be so depraved as to desire to become a rationalistic author, you must buy a pair of sissors, some stickphast, and a parcel of odd vols. at hodgson's containing: buckle, draper, gibbon lecky, and old dictionary or two of quotations and some of the christian fathers. the process then is easy; it consists in cutting these to pieces and in sticking them together in all possible combinations, and publishing each combination unde

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he worker) and the seer. the unwinding of the hoodwink from the eyes of the seer, for in most men the seer in, like a mummy, wrapped in the countless rags of thought, is what yoga purposes to do: in other words to accomplish no less a task than the mastering of the forces of the universe, the surrender of the gross vibrations of the external world to the finer vibrations of the internal, and then to become one with the subtle vibrator- the seer himself. we have mentioned the six chief systems of yoga, and now before entering upon what for us at present must be the two most important of them- namely, hatha yoga and raja yoga, we intend, as briefly as possible, to explain the remaining four, and also the necessary conditions under which all methods of yoga should be practised. gana yoga. uni

ero" e. 3a. and porphyry informs us that "in the mysteries honour to parents was enjoined, and not to injure animals("de abstinentia" iv, 22. highest virtue. that is why in all the religious orders in the world that have produced spiritual giants, you will always find this intense chastity insisted upon..62 if people practise raja-yoga and at the same time lead an impure life, how can they expect to become yogis?63 80 this argument would appear at first sight to be self-contradictory, and therefore fallacious, for, if to obtain ojas is so important, how then can it be right to destroy a healthy passion which is the chief means of supplying it with the renewed energy necessary to maintain it? the yogi's answer is simple enough: seeing that the extinction of the first would mean the ultimate

ds. in the centre of this yoni is placed the mystical moon, which is continually exuding an elixir or dew95- this moon fluid of immortality unceasingly flows through the ida. in the untrained, and all such as are not yogis "every particle of this nectar (the satravi) that flows from the ambrosial moon is swallowed up by the sun (in the m l dhara chakkra)96 and destroyed, this loss causes the body to become old. if the aspirant can only prevent this flow of nectar by closing the hole in the palate of his mouth (the prahmarandra, he will be able to utilize it to prevent the waste of his body. by (91) drinking it he will fill his whole body with life, and "even though he is bitten by the serpent takshaka, the poison does not spread throughout his body."97 further the "hatha yoga pradipika" in

a continuous chain of sorrowful universes and states of oblivion than an unaccounted-for state of sorrow and an unaccountable finality. it is as rational or irrational to ask where "brahman" came from, as it is to ask where "karma" came from. both are illusions, and as discussion of the same will only create a greater tangle than ever, let us cut the gordian knot by leaving it alone, and set out to become arahats, and enter the house which so mysteriously stands before us, and see what is really inside it, instead of mooning in the back garden and speculating about its contents, its furniture, the size of its rooms, and all the pretty ladies that scandal or rumour supposes that it shelters. to work! over the garden wall, and with romeo cry: can i go forward when my heart is here? turn bac

rn to brihad ranyaka upanishad. there in 1, 6, 3. we find a mystical formula which reads "amritam satyena channam" this means "the immortal (brahman) veiled by the (empirical) reality" and immediately afterwards this is explained as follows "the pr na("i.e" the atman) to wit is the immortal, name and form are the reality; by these the pr na is veiled" once again we are back at our starting-point. to become one with the pr na or atman is to enter nibb na, and as the means which lead to the former consisted of concentration exercises such as pr n y ma, etc; so now shall we find almost identical exercises used to hasten the aspirant into nibb na. frater p. by now was well acquainted with the yoga philosophy, further he was beginning to feel that the crude animism employed by many of its expou

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rified by the astronomers ramin and lanin, who attempt an astrological view, grounded on the state of the heavens at patmos on the 30th september 395, at 5 o'clock at night. jupiter- the white horse- was then in sagittarius; whilst saturn- the pale horse- was in scorpio; the sun in virgo, and the moon under her feet. john chrysostom was then in patmos, and immediately after 395 was called to rome to become a presbyter; but rome finding that the "second coming" did not take place, it is argued that he was deprived and banished as a "false prophet" against this we have the fact that chrysostom does not mention the book, but the date assigned agrees with criticisms as the book now stands. we must defer to the superior knowledge of this modern "unveiler" though personally i am inclined to acce

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te 'you'll make it cloudy' she told him 'later i'll teach you how to use it, but you've had enough for one day. now come and get your tea' it would be years before he discovered that he was the last of a line of witches dating back to the fifteenth century; that the initiation from which he was still smarting was a pale replica of those once carried out in sparta when males were emasculated so as to become priests ofthe moon goddess. ages would pass before he tried turning his powers to evil to gain himself a fortune; before his misuse of them lost him the person he loved. this was 1933 and alex sanders was just a bewildered child who believed he and his grandmother were the last two witches left unburnt. 14 2 :jff(agic ctcbilbboob left to himself, alex might have ended his foray into witc

taken him to see as a child. there, beside the shrivelled figure, he could feel the same faint pity that had stirred him so long ago and he was able to forget his aimless selfishness for a few hours .one of the women who lived at riversdale at this. time was fascinated by the witch knives and swords that he had collected, and although she believed in neither witchcraft nor the .occult, she agreed to become a part-initiate so that she could sit in the circle with him to help draw down power. night after night she went through the actions, repeating the runic chants required of her without result, until one evening she heard the sound of an explosion 'it sounded like a gunshot' she exclaimed 'there's no one in the house besides us, is there' alex assured her that what she had heard had not y

stant he was aware that he was being commanded by another witch. it was a simple task for his familiars to discover which one. alarmed, he began looking for reasons 86 why maxine sh?uld eed him. was she in trouble, or danger? t e truth surprised him, for at no time had he given her the shghtest encour gement to be anything other than a pupil. he sat down with the tarot cards to see what was going to become ofher. llwtttbwtbbing although she was disappointed when alex did not respond to. her summons. maxine continued to practise magic. especially mind-reading. she refused. to have anything to do with the crystal after her first attempt for it had the hypnotic effect of making her feel she was about to be drawn inside it and trapped. alex assured her that this was common to most clairvoyants

ith covens in,france and belgium 'but is there anyone more experienced in witchcraft and its magic than you?'mr g.was insistent. alexreplied thatifthere weresucha person, he had not met him.ereve heatd ofhim 'why are the priests of kati so interestedjnwitchcraft? are yon seeking initiation' the .man smiled and,assured him.that they. were entirely satisfied with their own. religion and had no wish to become witches 'but we do have need of you: he wellton 'let me explain; kali is the an.cientgoddess of destruction who lends us herpoweisto do our will solongasweworship her in theway she. prefers. during'oneof our .pilgrimages.to old shrines,we came upon a mined temple erected to the goddess .many generations ago andlater desecrated by modern adherents of hinduism who have taken much of the ol

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in a secret place; and it is good that this should be near your sleeping place, and that you handle them each night before retiring. notes l published in janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way l they say it comes from gbg's bos (text b/c) l they say gbg's original (text a) may be found in the key of solomon and in high magic's aid. the charge to new initiates o thou who hast declared intent to become one of us, hear then that which thou must know to do: single is the race, single of men and of gods, from a single source we both draw breath, but a difference of power in everything keeps us apart, for we are as nothing but the gods stay forever. yet we can, in greatness of minds, be like the gods. though we know not to what goal by day or in the night, fate has written that we shall ru

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s not time to deal with the other powers, nor can i enumerate what they all may be. healing by touch will be amongst them. the manipulation of the magnetic fluids, and conscious creation by means of colour and sound, are others. all that really concerns us at this time is that we should consciously take ourselves in hand, seek to come ever more and more under control of the inner ruler, endeavour to become radio-active, and to develop group consciousness. lecture vii- 50- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust cosmic evolution[ it might well be considered ridiculous for anyone to undertake to give a lecture on cosmic evolution, because, of course, it is a subject which neither i nor any other mortal knows anything about, and consequently we are utterly unable to express o

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ot around which everything revolves) to the group centre- 41- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust a disciple is one who realises simultaneously the relative insignificance of each unit of consciousness, and also its vast importance. his sense of proportion is adjusted, and he sees things as they are; he sees people as they are; he sees himself as he inherently is and seeks then to become that which he is. a disciple realises the life or force side of nature, and to him the form makes no appeal. he works with force and through forces; he recognises himself as a force centre within a greater force centre, and his is the responsibility of directing the energy which may pour through him into channels through which the group can be benefited. the disciple knows himself to be

force realisation. b. force application. c. force utilisation. the initiate of every degree, from the humble initiate of the first degree, making for the first time his contact with a certain type of specialised force, up to the emancipated buddha of the seventh degree, is dealing with energy of some kind or other. the stages of development of the aspirant might be expressed as follows: 1. he has to become aware, through discrimination, of the energy or force of his own lower self. 2. he has to impose upon that energetic rhythm one that is higher, until that lower rhythm is superseded by the higher, and the old method of expressing energy dies out entirely. 3. he then is permitted, by gradually expanding realisations, to contact and under guidance to employ certain forms of group energy, u

s, and to understand how karma in the three worlds can be negated. the relation of that hierarchy of spiritual beings who are connected with the law of karma as it affects man is demonstrated to him, and he knows with first-hand knowledge that the lords of karma are no myth, or symbolical units, but are highly intelligent entities who wield the law for the benefit of humanity, and thus enable men to become fully self-conscious and self -reliant in the occult sense, and to become creators through perfected knowledge- 100- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust at the third initiation "the secret of fohat" is given to him, and then the mystery of the threefold body of the triple logos is his, and the why of the phenomena of the dense liquid and gaseous bodies of the supreme b

icrocosm is but an infinitesimal part. rule 5. let the applicant see to it that the solar angel dims the light of the lunar angels, remaining the sole luminary in the microcosmic sky- 114- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust to fulfil this injunction all applicants need to do two things, first, to study their origin, to realise their own true psychology occultly understood, and to become scientifically aware of the real nature of the ego, or the higher self, functioning in the causal body. then they have to assert upon the physical plane, through the medium of the three lower bodies, their innate divinity, and to demonstrate in ever increasing degree their essential value. secondly, to study the constitution of man, to understand the method of functioning in the lower na

le essence or fluid which emanates from human and animal bodies, and even from things. it is a psychic effluvium, partaking of both mind and body. it is electro-vital, and also electro-mental. auric egg. an appellation that has been given to the causal body owing to its form. bodhisattva. literally, he whose consciousness has become intelligence, or buddhi. those who need but one more incarnation to become perfect buddhas. as used in these letters the bodhisattva is the name of the office which is at present occupied by the lord maitreya, who is known in the occident as the christ. this office might be translated as that of world teacher. the bodhisattva is the head of all the religions of the world, and the master of the masters and of the angels. buddha (the. the name given to gautama. b

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

nations of the sun are absorbed by the etheric body, via certain centres which are found principally in the upper part of the body, from whence they are directed downwards to the centre which is called the etheric spleen, as it is the counterpart in etheric matter of that organ. the main centre for the reception of prana at present is a centre between the shoulder blades. another has been allowed to become partially dormant in man through the abuses of so-called civilisation, and is situated slightly above the solar plexus. in the coming rootrace, and increasingly in this, the necessity for the exposure of these two centres to the rays of the sun, will be appreciated, with a corresponding improvement in physical vitality and adaptability. these three centres, 1. between the shoulder blades

ortant point to emphasise. these deva activities in relation to self-consciousness (which is the distinctive characteristic of humanity) can best be studied in the large, or through the consideration of groups, of races, and of the life of the scheme, the manifestation of one of the heavenly men. when the student brings his study of deva work down to the terms of his own individual life he is apt to become confused through too close a juxtaposition. the greater builders are the solar pitris, whilst the lesser builders are the lunar ancestors. i would here explain the occult meaning of the word "ancestor" as used in esotericism. it means literally initiatory life impulse. it is that subjective activity which produces objectivity, and concerns those emanatory impulses which come from any pos

e on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust subtler matter, and yet which seek form according to law, and touch upon their specific intent on dense physical levels. we can consider this in connection with the cosmic entities who seek existence on the physical plane of the cosmos, our solar systemic planes, or the reincarnating jivas who are driven by the law towards earthly manifestation in order to become fully conscious, and acquire (by means of sentient existence, added faculty and power. h. p. b. has said that rebirths may be divided into three classes:49(218) a. those of avatars. b. those of adepts. c. those of jivas seeking development. to those who are endeavouring to grasp somewhat the mystery of rebirth and its laws and purpose, and who are confused when considering the mystery of

ee worlds, are on the road towards individualisation, they are nearer the human stage than the substance of the three other kingdoms. they occupy a place in the deva evolution analogous to that which a man holds in the human kingdom (note that i say kingdom, not evolution) who is nearing the path. the goal for the devas (below the rank of solar pitris) is individualisation, and their objective is to become men in some future cycle. the goal for a man is initiation, or to become a conscious dhyan chohan, and in some distant cycle to do for the humanity of that age what the solar pitris have done for him, and make their self-conscious expression a possibility. the goal for a solar pitri is, as said earlier, to become a logoic ray.66(233- 493- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis tr

angle, that of the lesser cycles. it corresponds to the fifth period in human evolution, that in which man treads the path. the logos is now treading the cosmic path. the fact that the fifth spirilla is in process of awakening. this has to be effected before the interplay of energy between the egoic lotus and the etheric centres becomes so powerful as to awaken man's physical brain, and cause him to become aware of the inner currents. this takes place usually when the fifth petal is organised. this whole question can also be viewed in a larger manner from the standpoint of the five kumaras. it must be remembered that the aggregate of the etheric centres of any particular group of men form the force centres or minute "energy units" in the larger petals of their group centre. these again for

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

of the 6 th l ivea.copyright 1998 lucis trust the light of the soul its science and effect a paraphrase of the yoga sutras of patanjali with commentary by alice a. bailey copyright 1927 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1955 by lucis trust "before the soul can see, the harmony within must be attained, and fleshly eyes be rendered blind to all illusion. before the soul can hear, the image (man) has to become as deaf to roarings as to whispers, to cries of bellowing elephants as to the silvery buzzing of the golden fire-fly. before the soul can comprehend and may remember, she must unto the silent speaker be united, just as the form to which the clay is modelled is first united with the potter's mind. for then the soul will hear, and will remember. and then to the inner ear will speak the voi

ciousness into that of the real or spiritual man, he must begin working from that new stand-point or vantage point. the idea has been expressed by some translators as the condition in which the aspirant becomes aware "of the rain cloud of knowable things" the raincloud has not precipitated sufficiently for the rain to fall from heavenly heights onto the physical plane or for the "knowable things" to become known to the physical brain. the cloud is perceived as the result of intense concentration and the stilling of the lower modifications, but until the soul or master has assumed control the knowledge of the soul cannot be poured into the physical brain via the sixth sense, the mind. the science of yoga is a real science and only as students approach it by the correct stages and employ the

, knowledge of the spiritual life, and emancipation. there is the way of yoga as outlined by patanjali whereby, through the use of the will, discrimination between the self and the not-self is achieved and pure spirit is arrived at. this is the way for the fifth or aryan race, for those whose function it is to develop the fifth principle or mind and thus become true sons of mind. it is their part to become the five-pointed star, the star of the perfected man, in all his glory. through following this way the five planes of human and superhuman evolution are dominated and atma (or the will of god, the father aspect) stand revealed through the medium of buddhi (or the christ consciousness, having for its vehicle, manas or higher mind. the other way is the may of pure devotion. through intense

of the throat centre. red light. g. quality of the heart centre .r adiant or magnetic light. in this sutra meditation upon light and radiance is enjoined and we learn that through this light and the ability to use it, knowledge of the spirit can be arrived at. at the centre of the "heart chakra" dwells brahma, says the old scripture and he reveals himself in the light. the aspirant has therefore to become aware of the "point of light within become aware of the wheel with twelve spokes" and as that point of light is dwelt upon, it reveals a road which must be travelled should the aspirant seek to arrive at his goal. the first thing which is revealed is darkness. this should be remembered. in terms of occidental mysticism this brings about the "dark night of the soul" we will not, however

therefore, life in the three worlds, for the correspondence between avidya on the physical plane as experienced by man in incarnation is to be found on all planes. it is a limitation of spirit itself and a necessary corollary of form-taking. the spiritual unit is born blind and senseless. it comes into form at the beginning of the ages and cycles of rebirth in a state of total unawareness. it has to become aware of that which is around it; to do this it has first to develop the senses whereby contact and awareness become possible. the method and process through which the human being has evolved five senses or avenues of approach to the not-self are well known and any standard physiological text book can supply the needed information. three factors must be borne in mind in connection with t

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

outward things, whate'er you may believe. there is an inmost centre in us all, where truth abides in fulness; and around wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in..and to know rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, than in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without."14(49) the whole object of the science of meditation is, therefore, to enable man to become in outer manifestation what he is in inner reality, and to make him identify himself with his soul aspect and not simply his lower characteristics. it is a quick process for the unfolding of the reasoning consciousness, but in this instance must be self-applied and self-initiated. through meditation, the mind is used as an instrument for observing the eternal states, and becomes in time

ercises entails very real dangers. it is impossible to put this too strongly. there are many schools giving breathing instruction at this time, and many exponents of breathing as a means to spiritual development. it has nothing whatever to do with spiritual development. it has much to do with psychical development, and its practice leads to much difficulty and danger. it is possible for instance, to become clairaudient or clairvoyant through the practice of certain breathing exercises, but where there is no true understanding of the process or right control by the mind of the "versatile psychic nature, the practicer has only succeeded in forcing entrance into new fields of phenomena. he has developed faculties he is totally unable to control, and he finds very often that he is unable to sh

ion and will are three very potent factors in all creative processes. they are the subjective causes for many of our objective effects. at the beginning, visualization is mostly a matter of experimental faith. we know that through the reasoning process, we have arrived at an understanding that, within and beyond all manifested objects, there lies an ideal object or ideal pattern, which is seeking to become manifest upon the physical plane. the practice of visualization, imagination and the use of the will are activities that are calculated to hasten the manifestation of this ideal. when we visualize, we use our highest conception of what that ideal might be, clothed in some sort of material, usually mental, because we are not yet in a position to be able to conceive of higher forms or type

hts take form. two things have produced the occurrence, if it has really happened and is not the result of a vivid and overstimulated imagination. the power of the creative imagination is only just beginning to be sensed, and it is quite possible to see just what we desire to see, even if it is not there at all. the desire of the aspirant to make progress, and his strenuous effort, has forced him to become awake or aware upon the psychic plane, the plane of vain imaginings, of desire and its illusory fulfillments. in that realm, he contacts a thought-form of the christ or of some great and revered teacher. the world of illusion is full of these thought-forms, constructed by the loving thoughts of men down the ages, and the man, working through his own psychic nature (the line of least resi

ion might be mentioned. people find themselves becoming over-sensitive. the senses work overtime and all their reactions are more acute. they "take on" the conditions, physical or psychic, of those with whom they live; they find themselves "wide open" to the thoughts and moods of other people. the cure for this is not to lessen the meditation periods these should be continued as per schedule, but to become more mentally interested in life, in the thought world, in some subject which will tend to develop the mental capacity and so bring about the ability to live in the head and not in the emotional region. focussed attention to life and its problems, and some potent mental occupation will effect a cure. it is for this reason that wise teachers of meditation parallel the meditation work with

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

th rule touches upon three factors which engage the attention of the creating agent before the physical form emerges into view on the exterior plane. these three are: 1. the condition of the waters. 2. the safety of the one who thus creates. 3. steady contemplation. we will deal briefly with these three and then we will consider the three factors which the disciple needs to relate if he ever aims to become an active and potent co-operator with the hierarchy. these are the eye, the heart, the throat. the interpretation and significance of these rules can be carried forward along several lines. for our purposes, the one followed will be that relating to the disciple and his work, and will deal with his training in the magical work of the ego, as that ego occupies and employs a physical form

ent life and activity. the first hindrance to the potency of the work comes through the failure of the disciple to carry on these activities simultaneously. the second cause of failure lies in his neglecting to consider the condition of the waters or the state of the emotional substance into which this mental form must go and so gather to itself the matter of the astral plane which will enable it to become a- 93- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust functioning entity on that plane. if it cannot do this, it becomes simply and eventually a dead form on the plane of mind, for it will lack that motivating power of desire which is necessary to carry it forward to completion on the physical plane. it is interesting to remember this: if a thought-form is sent forth into the emoti

f all forms) and does not work with their astral bodies. this has been oft forgotten by teachers both in the east and in the west. in working with souls the true technique of evolution is carried forward, for it is the soul within the forms in every kingdom in nature which is responsible for the developing work of, and within, the form. may i say therefore to students that their main objective is to become aware of the soul, to cultivate soul consciousness, and to learn to live and work as souls. until such time as their use of their apparatus becomes voluntary they would be well advised to train their minds, study the laws governing manifestation, and learn to include all that which we now cover by the word 'higher' a misnomer, but it must suffice. second, when the use of the subjective i

ne (like unto a spider's thread) which can be followed back until the source of the lower manifestation is reached and the soul consciousness is entered. the above language is symbolic and yet vitally accurate but is expressed thus in order to convey information to those who know, and protect those who as yet know not "the path of the just is as a shining light" and yet at the same time a man has to become that path itself. he enters the light and becomes the light and functions then as a lamp set in a dark place, carrying illumination to others and lighting the way before them. the next point that a master has to consider before admitting a man into his group is whether or no such a step is karmically possible or whether there exist in a man's record those conditions which negate his admi

the two impacts upon the sentient body must be recognised as different. the question has to be asked: is this reaction a response to personality life or is it a response to the soul consciousness? does this impulse which seeks to sweep my sentient body into activity come from the divine life within me or is it coming from the form aspect in any of its manifestations? does it cause my astral body to become active in such a way that those who are en rapport with me are hurt thereby or helped? are they hindered or aided? a close study of one's emotional reactions brings one to the consideration of that basic characteristic which cannot be over-emphasized in view of the world's present condition. harmlessness. i tell you that the achieving of harmlessness in the positive sense (not in the neg

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

ence either in the body or out of the body, and which is the undying immutable being, belief in whom has sustained countless millions down the ages? is the soul a fiction of the imagination and has science satisfactorily disproved its existence? is consciousness a function of the brain and of the allied nervous system, or shall we accept the idea of a conscious dweller in the form? does our power to become aware of and to react to our surroundings find its source in the body-nature, or is there an entity who beholds and takes action? is this entity different to and separable from the body, or is it the result of the body type and life, and so either persists after the body disappears, or disappears with it and is lost? is there nothing but matter or energies in constant movement which prod

e of mystery for man today; he has knowledge on these matters. but the rarer levels of the physical plane lie hid and are, for man, his next field of discovery. the ceremonial ray brings with it the means whereby that knowledge may be acquired and revealed to all, and thus not be the sole property of the wise and of the occultists. the three higher etheric levels, with their denizens, are waiting to become the property of all, and with their inhabitants comes the next approximation. it is possible at this time to foretell certain events which will come to pass during the next one- 83- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust hundred years. first, in about ten years time the first ether, with all that is composed of that matter, will be recogn

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

business had been done and the "many things" undergone. we read that even on the cross the plan still engrossed his attention, and with his final "it is finished,"25 he passed through the gates of death to a joyful resurrection. the gradual revelation of the plan and its service always accompanies the initiation process; the individual learns to subordinate his life to the will of the father, and to become as christ became the servant of that will. the initiation process itself is only a part of the general plan for the race, and the paths of discipleship and of initiation are but the final stages of the path of evolution. the earlier steps on the path are concerned with human living and experiencing, but the final stages, after the new birth, are concerned with spiritual unfoldment. what

urney of existence lies behind the christ, and he, with his mother, journeys the last part of the way. consecrated from past aeons to this very work of world salvage, he has first of all to submit himself to the ordinary processes of birth and childhood. christ came forth from nazareth, the place of consecration, and went up to bethlehem, the house of bread, where in a peculiar way he himself was to become the "bread of life"51 to a hungry world. he was set apart, or set himself apart (as do all awakened sons of god) for the work of redemption. he came to feed the hungry, and in this connection two verses in the bible convey light upon his- 43- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust task and its preparation. isaiah tells us that "bread corn is bruised,"52 and christ himself t

in this initiation, he stood on a level with his brethren and demonstrated purity and peace. let us remember that "from the point of view of others only that man is original who can lead them beyond what they already know, but this he cannot do until he has become their equal in their knowledge."24 this is a point to be remembered. christ was purified. but ahead of him lay the temptations. he had to become in his consciousness (either anew or through the recovery of an ancient past of test and trial) our equal in all points of sin, of weakness and of human frailty, and of human success and achievement. christ had to demonstrate his moral greatness as well as his divinity and his perfection as man attaining maturity. he had to pass through the tests to which every would-be citizen of the ki

, through another apostle, matthew, have told us about it. we remain as onlookers, but it is an experience in which we shall some day share. this we have forgotten. we have taken to ourselves the language of the fourth great event in christ's life, and many of us have attempted to share and enter into the meaning of the crucifixion. we have looked on at the transfiguration, but have not attempted to become actively transfigured. but that must some day happen to us, and only after the transfiguration can we dare to climb mount golgotha. only when we have achieved expression of divinity in and through the lower personal nature shall we have attained to that of worth and value which can be permitted, under the divine plan, to be crucified. this is a forgotten truth. yet it is all part of the

ecognising and believing in the cosmic christ "the lamb slain from the foundation of the world,"21 then the new birth becomes possible, for the life of that universal christ, animating every form of divine expression, can then consciously and definitely carry the man forward into a new manifestation of divinity? the "blood is the life,"22 and it is the living christ that makes it possible for all to become citizens of that kingdom. it is the life of christ in each of us which makes us sons of the father, not his death which makes us sons. nowhere in the gospel story does an opposite statement find support. christ, at the communion service, gave- 101- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust his disciples the cup to drink, saying "this is my blood of the new testament, which is

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

eep study and meditation of all disciples. as the three rays which govern the lower triplicity blend and synthesise and produce the vital personality, and as they in their turn dominate the ray of the dense physical body, the lower man enters into a prolonged condition of conflict. gradually and increasingly, the soul ray "the ray of persistent and magnetic grasp, as it is occultly called, begins to become more active; in the brain of the man who is a developed personality, an increased awareness of vibration is set up. there are many degrees and stages in this experience, and they cover many lives. the personality ray and the egoic ray at first seem to clash, and then later a steady warfare is set up with the disciple as the onlooker and dramatic participator. arjuna emerges into the aren

ive, with the major emphasis in the solar plexus centre. this centre eventually becomes the great clearing house for all the lower forces and marks the period of the shift into a higher body, the astral body. this was characteristic of atlantean racial development. 3. the awakening of the throat centre and the shift of much of the lower energy into the throat activity. the ajna centre also begins to become active, producing integrated and creative personalities. this stage is characteristic of the present aryan race. 4 the awakening of the heart centre and the shift of the solar plexus energy into that centre, thus producing groups and the entrance of a new and fuller sense of spiritual energy. the shift of emphasis is then into those states of awareness which reveal the kingdom of god. th

y his small life activity into the world activity. it is this we call illumination for lack of a better word. all knowledge is a form of light, for it throws light into areas of awareness of which we have hitherto been unconscious. all wisdom is a form of light, for it reveals to us the world of meaning which lies behind the outer form. all understanding is an evocation of light, for it causes us to become aware of, or conscious of, the causes which are producing the outer forms which surround us (including our own) and which condition the world of meaning of which they are the expression. but when this fact is first seen, grasped, and when the initial revelation has come, when the place of the part in relation to the whole is sensed, and when the world which includes our little world is f

opposites (soul and personality) are blended, can and will produce the at-one-ment. the result of these realisations in consciousness leads inevitably to struggle, conflict, and aspiration plus constant frustration; this process produces those adjustments which must be made as the man becomes increasingly aware of the goal and increasingly "alive. the life expression (the threefold lower man) has to become accustomed to the new fields of consciousness and the opening areas of awareness, and to become used to the new powers which emerge, making the- 323- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust man able to enter more easily the wider fields of service which he is discovering. it might be stated here in a broad and general sense that 1. stimu

nsible for many forms of heart trouble and for the various difficulties connected with the autonomic nervous system, particularly in relation to the vagus nerve. the prevalence of various forms of heart disease at this time, particularly among the intelligentsia, professional and financial classes, is due to the awakening of this centre and to the discovery of an unrecognised capacity in humanity to become group conscious, and to undertake group service. the thymus gland, which controls in a peculiar manner the life aspect in man, is closely connected with the heart centre, as might be expected. this gland must eventually become more active in the adult than is now the case, just as the pineal gland in the coming human races will no longer be an atrophied organism with its true functions n

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

preserving of that open mind which is ever ready for the unexpected presentation and able (when the spiritual vision is strong enough) to achieve a quick reversal of all preconceived ideals. this must be done when it is deemed spiritually wise and it involves also that waiting attitude which expects the new vision to appear, the newer truths to emerge into formulated clarity and the new potencies to become increasingly effective. such attitudes are peculiarly difficult for those disciples who have the sixth ray of devotion and idealism dominant in their energy equipment, for the ideals of a sixth ray aspirant crystallise most rapidly and are quickly distorted thereby. the temporary ideal (intended to guide the undeveloped aspirant) can become a barrier, separating him from truth and from t

ntion from the world of men. waste not time in anxiety as to the phenomenal achievement. that must inevitably come if the fiery aspiration of each of you and the power to persist is steadfastly nurtured. you can now resume more active meditation and a breathing exercise which i will give to you. in your meditation seek to keep the whole process in the head and remember that for you the problem is to become an "extrovert of the heart type" instead of being, as you are, an "introvert of the head type" therefore, for you the way of release is the way of love and the note of love should colour all your meditation. proceed therefore carefully to follow all instructions, remembering that, for you, i seek to avoid all emphasis on the form side. the subject of your meditation could be summed up in

all themes are of spiritual moment. you should only evidence interest in the self during the hour of the evening review which i would ask you still carefully to continue. it is of real profit to you. life for you at this time holds much of service. see to it that you crystallise not. as one gets older in the physical sense (a thought which you ever evade, my brother) there is always the tendency to become set in one's life rhythms and objectives; the life theme is steady and the danger of rigidity is very real. see to it that you keep flexible and fluid and learning all the time. teach, my brother, from the living experiences which you undergo and not from an accumulated series of life episodes. this thought warrants your careful consideration. only thus can your words and your life influ

den gate which lie ahead are not so dim and distant. their outline is more clear and the "sound which issues forth" conveys now somewhat to your inner sense of hearing. you are, as i believe i earlier told you, a pledged sannyasin. that carries with it joy, but responsibility; discipline but realised gain. the work to be done by a sannyasin lies ever in the realm of increasing realisation. he has to become aware and conscious of each step that he takes and its result, of each motive that impels and its effect, and of each objective gained and its consequence. the fruits of discipline have to be clearly understood by him without any attachment to the results of the work. this alert awareness must be fostered by you, my brother. a condition of increased sensitivity in yourself to yourself an

y for an inner freedom, preserved inviolate, is for you an urgent one, but you are learning fast the lesson that freedom is a state of mind and not a condition of being. the fear of an isolated loneliness has oft beset you, yet you have realised at the same time that that type of loneliness is oft the setting of the disciple. the increased sensitivity of a disciple's vehicles causes him gradually to become aware of the true world of subtler values. for what you are being prepared you have been told and know. you know also that a deeper attachment to humanity, paralleling a finer and more clear-cut and clearly realised detachment is for you, therefore, a major objective. i have in this last sentence summed up for you your immediate problem, and i tell you also for your encouragement that yo

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

ousness of the children of today and of those who will yet be born, the significance and the importance of right human relations? can they then continue this educational process for a long enough time? here lies the test of the true intentions of the united nations. the spiritual potentialities of the german people must not be forgotten. we must look forward towards that which they can be trained to become. practically speaking, they can more easily be changed under right methods of teaching and conditioning than any other nation in europe. germany still expresses the herd consciousness. this must be transmuted into group consciousness the consciousness of the free individual who collaborates with other men of goodwill for the benefit of the whole. great britain great britain has been a gr

s of others, the encroachments of individual desire upon group requirements for personal gain, will emerge in right perspective and at the right time. educators will need to remember that thousands of children have looked on constantly at evil deeds perpetrated by older people; this will have perverted their outlook, given them wrong standards and undermined right senior authority. a child is apt to become anti-social when he is not understood or when circumstances demand too much of him. a right atmosphere, the imparting of a few correct principles, and much loving understanding are the prime requirements in the most difficult transitional period with which we are faced. an organized way of living will help much but the children we are considering have known little discipline. the work of

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

ions, aspirants (trained by senior disciples) find their way to- 46- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust christ, who administers the first two initiations; but in these words he is referring to still higher states of unfoldment. through these initiations, administered by the christ, the disciple becomes an agent of the love of god; the higher initiations enable him, however, to become, stage by stage, an agent of the will of god. the first group knows and understands the second stanza of the invocation "from the point of love within the heart of god, let love stream forth into the hearts of men; the group which (in the aquarian age) the christ himself will "nourish" and prepare will know the meaning of the third stanza "from the centre where the will of god is known

s a great natural law upon our planet. 2. it is a process, instituted and carried forward under the law of evolution. 3. it is closely related to and conditioned by the law of cause and effect. 4. it is a process of progressive development, enabling men to move forward from the grossest forms of unthinking materialism to a spiritual perfection and an intelligent perception which will enable a man to become a member of the kingdom of god. 5. it accounts for the differences among men and in connection with the law of cause and effect (called the law of karma in the east) it accounts for differences in circumstances and attitudes to life. 6. it is the expression of the will aspect of the soul and is not the result of any form decision; it is the soul in all forms which reincarnates, choosing

awareness (physical, emotional and mental) and through that livingness bringing into activity those registering and those recording cells within the brain substance which have hitherto not been susceptible to the higher impression. through this expanding area of registration or, if you prefer it, through the development of a finer recording instrument or responsive apparatus, the mind is enabled to become the transmitter of higher values and of spiritual understanding. thus the individual becomes aware of areas of divine existence and of states of consciousness which are always eternally present but which the individual man was constitutionally unable to contact or to register; neither the mind, nor its recording agent, the brain, were able to from the angle of their evolutionary developm

christ himself; he worked with men very frequently through others, reaching humanity through the medium of his twelve apostles, regarding paul as substituting for judas iscariot. the buddha tried the same system but the relation of his group was, in the first instance, to him and not so much to the world of men. christ sent his apostles out into the world to feed the sheep, to seek, to guide and to become "fishers of men" the relation of the disciples of the christ was only secondarily to their master but primarily to a demanding world; that attitude still controls the hierarchy, yet with no loss of devotion to the christ. what the buddha had instituted symbolically and in embryo became factual and existent under the demands of the piscean age. in the age into which we are now emerging, t

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

tiate between his own astral body and the glamours which affect and sway and submerge him. his problem upon the mental plane is more clearly defined, even if it is equally difficult. 3. astral glamour is a form of energy and an energy of great potency, owing to three factors: a. it is of such an ancient rhythm, being inherent in astral substance itself, that it is most difficult for a human being to become aware of it or to understand it; it is the result of the age-long activity of human desire. b. it is a corporate part of a man's own energy nature, and therefore constitutes for him the line of least resistance; it is part of a great world process and therefore a part of the individual life process also, and is, in itself, not wrong but an aspect of reality. this realisation necessarily

oup members were still struggling with glamour and it needed a longer time for them to adjust themselves to recognition of it when encountered. the major task of this group was to dissipate some of the universal glamour by a united indicated meditation. certain of the group members also were facing or had major adjustments in their lives, and it took a little time for the needed subjective rhythm to become established. but they all worked with understanding, perseverance and enthusiasm, and it was not long before the group work was started. you would find it of value to consider the following questions: 1. what is the method whereby ideas are developed from the moment of impressing the mind of some intuitive? broadly speaking, they pass through the following stages, as you have oft been to

dea may consequently become an illusion with great facility and prove a disastrous conditioning factor in the life of the man who registers it. you might well ask here if the hierarchy itself is not conditioned by an idea and, therefore, is itself a victim of general and widespread illusion. apart from the fact that the directors of the hierarchy and the custodians of the plan are never permitted to become such until they are free from the incentive of illusion, i would remind you that all ideas stream into the planetary consciousness along the channel of the seven rays. thus, the hierarchy is wide open, in any case, to the seven major groups of ideas which are the idea of god for any specific point in time- 78- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust expressed in seven major w

ion can be clarified and incidentally individual illusion also. the unfoldment of human awareness has been progressive down the ages, and has been dependent upon two major and related factors: 1. the factor of the gradual development of the human mind through the processes of evolution itself. this might be regarded as the innate capacity of that which we call the mind, the chitta, or mind stuff, to become more and more sensitive to the impact of the phenomenal world, and to the impression from the higher worlds of being. the mind is the instrument which registers the process of "becoming" but it is also during the later stages of human unfoldment capable of registering the nature or function of being. becoming is revealed through the medium of the intellect; being, through the medium of t

saying "so let it be, and help me in my own life to end all glamour and untruth" it will take aspirants some time to gain facility in this work, but it is surely obvious that in learning what is an entirely new technique of service each step must be mastered and practised- 139- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust for quite a long time. every new branch of learning takes some time to become familiar and this one is no exception. but the effort is well worth while both from the individual angle and as an act of service to humanity. that all the groups may learn to function in the light and that glamour may disappear from all your lives so that you may walk freely in that light and use that light for others is the wish of my heart for you. formula for the dissipation of glamo

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

stage of immediate response to thought, unlimited by speech or other medium of expression. disciples will endeavour to work in both ways, and the medium of normal human relations and that of supernormal subjective relations must be studied by them and expressed by them. in this way the time of bridging and the period of transition can be spanned. it will take about five hundred years for the race to become normally telepathic, and when i say normally i mean consciously. this bridging work must be carried forward by disciples in three ways: 1. by an endeavour to understand- 20- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust a. the medium of transmission. b. the method of transmission. c. the manner of reception. d. the mode of inter-related activity. 2. by the cultivation of s

ucis trust the problem of the aspirant as he "engenders" his magnetic aura is himself to withdraw, and thus lessen the extent and the power of the astral aura, and extend and increase the potency of the mental aura. it should be remembered that the large majority of aspirants are definitely polarised in the astral nature, and that therefore their problem is to achieve a different polarisation and to become focussed upon the mental plane. this takes time and vast effort. eventually as mentioned above the radiation of the soul is substituted in place of the hitherto present emotional activity of the aspirant; this emanation is, in reality, a radiation from the love petals of the egoic lotus. the moment an aspirant begins to work consciously at his own unfoldment and to consider and deal with

iousness when brought together by divine purpose, constitute the essential dualism of our manifested life. all that we are able to recognise of that purpose is the hierarchical plan, and this only disciples and advanced aspirants can judge and recognise. this plan is based upon knowledge of divine guidance in the past, the recognition of progress out of that past into the present, plus the effort to become sensitive to the right emergence of that plan (embodying ever an aspect of the purpose) in the immediate future. the purpose is related to the past, the present and the future; the agents of the plan are impressed from shamballa, via the nirmanakayas; the process is then repeated, and advanced humanity become the recipients, the sensitive recipients, of the plan as transmitted to them by

souls awaiting incarnation in human form on earth, as was the case with the vast majority of these visiting solar angels. statement four. alignment between the head centre and the heart centre upon the involutionary arc was thus set up; another expansion took place which resulted, as you know well, in the creation of a new kingdom in nature, the fourth or human kingdom. this kingdom was destined to become and is today the third major centre in the planetary life. then another alignment, but one which is still contained upon the involutionary arc, took place. statement five. today, an evolutionary alignment is taking place. the planetary centre which we call humanity is active and vibrant, and it is now possible to "progress along the upward way and create the line which links the lesser w

the antahkarana is constructed or in process of construction. 2. energy from the planetary centre, the hierarchy, utilises the heart centre. this centre is the agent of divine love (expressing basically the will-to-good) working through the soul of the individual aspirant or disciple; this becomes possible when contact with the soul has been attained in some measure and the aspirant is on the way to become a soul-infused personality. 3. energy from the third planetary centre, humanity, utilises the throat centre, working through the integrated personality, and therefore only when a relatively high degree of evolutionary unfoldment has been attained. the throat centre only becomes creatively and spiritually active when the lower nature has been to some degree subordinated to idealistic aspi

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

the hierarchy. 2. they produce an effect upon unevolved man, enabling him to function as an ordinary, unenlightened human being. it should be noted here, however, that all the energies zodiacal, systemic, and planetary have a definite effect upon all the lives in all forms in all kingdoms of nature. nothing can escape these radiatory and magnetic influences. the goal of evolution for humanity is to become consciously and livingly aware of the nature of these energies and begin to know them and to use them. this is the field of occultism as the hierarchy has always told men. it might be stated that the disciple has to become consciously aware of the planetary influences and begin to use them for the carrying out of soul purpose. the initiate has to be aware of the zodiacal influences which

rgy or electric fire, solar fire and fire by friction. each hierarchy manifests a triple energy or an aspect of each of the above, and that necessitates a ninefold differentiation, for the two first are triple, as is the third. it is the rejection of the triadal lives by units in the fourth hierarchy, that of the human monads, which precipitates a man eventually into the eighth sphere. he refuses to become a christ, a saviour and remains self-centred. we have dealt with the first three hierarchies which are regarded as ever "seeing the face of the ruler of the deep" or as being so pure and holy that their forces are in realised contact with their emanating source. we now take up for brief consideration two hierarchies which closely concern ourselves, the human self-conscious entities. thes

ance of that basic combination of signs, that "triangle in the consciousness" of humanity: cancer leo aquarius. mass awareness individual awareness group awareness. instinctual consciousness intelligent consciousness intuitive consciousness. then, from the standpoint of achievement in capricorn, he works for several lives around the zodiacal path, descending into the sea of the mass consciousness to become what is called in the ancient books "the crab, who clears the ocean of matter which flows around the soul of man" and eventually to become a functioning world saviour in pisces. he descends into the world of men to save mankind and to further the plan. he is then "the fish who swims free in the ocean of matter" the initiate has always to express, in each sign of the zodiac, the consummat

nd strife, brought to the individual through the influence of the planetary ruler, mars, the god of war, a needed purification takes place. the same purification, but this time through vision, comes to the developed man through the activity of the subjective ruler of the planet, mercury, who is the illuminating principle which releases the mind, directs the way of man through life and enables him to become aware of the divine plan which underlies all his fiery experience. 2. scorpio, which brings about eventually the death of the personality and with which we shall later deal when we come to consider that sign. esoterically as well as exoterically, scorpio is the sign of death and burial in the earth, of descent into the depths in order to be lifted again on to the heights (the mountain to

all contacts in the cycle of manifestation. he is, at this stage, negative, fluid and endowed with an instinctual consciousness which contains within itself the potentiality of the intuition. but the seed of the intuition is dormant. the mind which is the instrument of reception from the intuition is, at this stage, unawakened. 2. sagittarius here the ordinary man begins to demonstrate a tendency to become more focussed and the fluidity and negativity of pisces become concentrated upon the attainment of that which is desired. the man demonstrates one-pointed selfish instincts and though he may be, for instance, friendly and kind, it is through a desire for popularity. this is a good expression of the individual sagittarian subject and shows also the tendency of the soul to turn all evil ev

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

r that i was a perfectly useless person. i could make beautiful lace, but nobody wanted lace and, in any case, i couldn't get the materials for lace making in america. i had no particular gifts; i could not use a typewriter; i could not teach; i did not know what to do. there was only one industry in this district and that was the sardine industry and rather than let the children starve i decided to become a factory hand and work in a sardine cannery. i remember the time of crisis when i came to this decision. it was a major spiritual crisis. as i have earlier pointed out, i had arrived in america with much questioning in my mind as to the spiritual verities which could be believed. the theological course which i took on arrival did not help me at all. any theological course would undermin

spiritual angle, we ourselves have been used to initiate. looking back over the years it is now very apparent to us what has been definitely accomplished by the hierarchy through our instrumentality. when i say this i am giving no indication of bragging or self satisfaction. we are only one of many groups through which the masters of the wisdom are working, and any group that forgets this is apt to become smug isolationist and, therefore, in imminent danger of collapse. we have been permitted to do certain things. other disciples and groups have been responsible for initiating other projects under the guidance of their own masters. all these projects if carried- 130- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust forward under hierarchical inspiration and in a spirit of true humi

herefore, lies the significance of the second advent of the christ. he will come bringing his disciples with him. the masters will again some day be present upon earth as they were millions of years ago during the infancy of mankind. then they left us for a while and disappeared behind the veil which separates the seen from the unseen. this they did in order to give man time to develop free will, to become an adult using his mind, making his own decisions, orienting himself finally towards the kingdom of god and consciously endeavoring to tread the path of return. this has taken place on such a large scale that it now appears possible that within the coming century the masters may emerge from their silence and again be known among men. to this end the tibetan has been working and many of u

stion and by indicating what is the work that the new group of world servers are seeking to do but no authoritative requests have been made in my name nor will they ever be made. the sumtotal of all these activities has been good; the misunderstandings have been few and have been inherent in the personal equipment and attitude of the critical. criticism is wholesome as long as it is not permitted to become destructive. personal training parallelling these major activities, i have since the year 1931 been training a group of men and women, scattered all over the world, in the techniques of accepted discipleship, academically understood. out of the many possible neophytes, i indicated to a.a.b (in 1931 and later) a group of approximately 45 people some known to her personally and some quite

ow himself and struggles to work as a conscious soul and not just as an active personality. he learns to control and direct his lower nature through a technical understanding of its constitution and to pour through it the light, love and power of the soul. through alignment, concentration and meditation, he establishes a permanent contact with his inner spiritual being and is then well on the way to become a useful server of humanity. 2. an esoteric school is an extension into the physical outer world of the inner group or ashram of a master. just as the individual disciple is taught to regard himself as a channel for the soul, and as an outpost of the consciousness of the master, so the true esoteric school is the outpost of some subjective spiritual group or ashram, conditioned and impre

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

lism which coloured his life and thoughts and which gave motive to all he sought to do, was his true self, that one reality. he recognises then that assimilation into and identification with that one reality enables duality to be transmuted into unity and the sense of- 71- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust search to be transformed into the effort to become what he essentially is a son of god, one with all sons of god. having accomplished that, he finds himself one with the one in whom we live and move and have our being. next, i would point out that the lowest expression of the mystical condition, and one with which we are becoming increasingly familiar, is that which is called a "split personality; when this condition is present, the pers

ishes personality contacts which veer between the stages of wild devotion and utmost hate on the part of the person affected by the disciple's energy. this produces constant turmoil in the disciple's life, until he has become adjusted to the effects of his energy distribution, and also frequent disruption of relationships and frequent reconciliations. when the disciple is of sufficient importance to become the organising centre of a group, or is in a position to begin to form, esoterically, his own ashram (prior to taking some of the major initiations, then the difficulty can be very real and most disturbing. there is, however, little that can be done by the disciple, except to attempt to regulate the outgoing energy of love. the- 75- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric heali

art centre. this, in reality, means that emotional energy, desire and ambition (in the race of men as a whole) are striving upwards towards the higher way. it should be noted here that the transference of solar plexus energy per se is the task of all aspirants to the path of discipleship at this particular time, plus the gradual awakening of the heart centre. the first members of the human family to become group conscious are naturally the aspirants and the disciples, and these set the pace for the rest of humanity. this they achieve through the pressure of life itself and of circumstances, and not by the following of set rules or specific meditations. later, prior to a certain major initiation, such rules and measures may be applied so as to give the initiate immediate and conscious contr

and purpose but not the will or purpose of the dominant mind or minds in the group. thus these can work out on the physical plane in right expression. however, when the group members are primarily occupied with their own ideas, their plans, their problems, and how they can use whatever light and knowledge may be received, they negate any possibility of such creative use of the united imagination. to become entirely free from this will take much careful cultivation and self-surrender to the soul. on healing energy. the question is sometimes asked by beginners "can we clearly distinguish between the healing energy, as expressed by the soul and by the personality? can we have some understanding of the part that love has to play in the art of healing" i can answer with brevity. when we come to

; the emotional nature will be stronger in this case than in the more advanced type and the task of the healer consequently harder. he will have, very frequently, to combat anxiety, emotional reactions of diverse kinds, fear and forebodings. the psychological condition will therefore be fluid, and the healer will have much to do to aid the patient to preserve a constancy of emotional reaction and to become calm and quiescent. this quiet reaction has to be attained if the healing energies are to pass effectively to the right centre and its controlled area. this can be brought about by the establishing of a harmonious rapport between the healer and the patient, prior to any healing process. healers in the new age will also establish their own clientele, just as physicians do today, and so le

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

, rapid response, and physical coordination as the result of intention, must be emphasised. the child must be taught to hear and see, to make contacts and to use judgment; and his fingers must then respond to creative impulses to make and produce what he sees and hears. thus are laid the elements of the arts and crafts, of drawing and of music. in the next ten years the mind is definitely trained to become dominant. the child is taught to rationalise his emotional and desire impulses, and to discriminate the right from the wrong, the desirable from the undesirable, and the essential from the nonessential. this can be taught him through the medium of history and the intellectual training which the cycle of his life makes compulsory under the laws of the country in which he lives. a sense of

at will the lower attention in any desired manner. thus all aspects of man, spiritual and natural, can be focussed where needed. this bridging work has in part already been done. humanity has as a whole already bridged the gap between the emotional astral nature and the physical man. as i said elsewhere: we might generalise in the following manner as to the stages of growth and consequent ability to become the agent of ever increasing powers, tapping the resources of dynamic energy in the three worlds: lower types of humanity use the sutratma as it passes through the etheric body. average men utilise almost entirely that part of the sutratma which passes through the astral plane. their reactions are largely based on desire, and are emotional. intellectual men utilise the sutratma as it pas

s. nevertheless, until modern educators begin to admit the possibility that there are central units in man which underlie the tangible and visible mechanism, and will also admit the possibility of a central powerhouse of energy behind the mind, progress in education will be relatively at a standstill; the child will not receive the initial training and the foundational ideas which will enable him to become a self-directed, intelligent human being. psychology, with its emphasis upon the three aspects of man thought, emotional feeling, and the bodily organism has already made a vital contribution and is doing much to bring about radical changes in our educational systems. much remains to be done. the interpretation of men in terms of energy and the grasping of the seven types of energy which

f initiation it will be apparent to you, therefore, that the whole goal of the future and of the present effort, is to bring humanity to the point where it occultly speaking "enters into light" the entire trend of the present urge forward, which can be noted so distinctly in the race, is to enable the race to acquire knowledge, to transmute it into wisdom by the aid of the understanding, and thus to become "fully enlightened" enlightenment is the major goal of education. it is precisely in this region of thought and of recognition that the distinction is found between the work of the buddha and the work of the christ. the buddha achieved "enlightenment" and was the first of our humanity to do so. lesser grades of enlightenment have been frequently achieved by many previously incarnating so

e beneficial and would increase his knowledge, and should therefore be regarded as good. bear in mind, however, that energies per se are neither bad nor good. the great white lodge, our spiritual hierarchy, and the black lodge employ the same universal energies but with different motives and objectives; both groups are groups of trained esotericists. the esotericist in training has, therefore: 1. to become aware of the nature of the forces which constitute his personality equipment and which he himself magnetically brought into expression in the three worlds. they form a combination of active forces; he must learn to differentiate between strictly physical energy, which is automatic in its response to other and inner energies, and those which come from emotional and mental levels of consci

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

personality to undue pressure and strain, to world conditions and clearer vision. vision reveals both the light and the dark, a thing which is oft forgotten. disciples are fortunate if the major results work out in the physical body. the reactions of the physical body are the least important and do the least harm to others. where they work out in an emotional or mental condition they are then apt to become a problem of fellow disciples, adding to their strain and necessitating an effort upon their part to carry the brother through with the least damage to the group. in this group work you need to remember that increasingly there will be no individual life. this is as it should be. increasingly disciples should be aware of each other and tune in with ease on each other; increasingly the bon

reacting to this inflow of energies, and with consequent conflict; with some of you it has produced a definite crisis and one that you have not yet resolved; with one or two of you in this group, it has led to a seething inner turmoil accompanied by an overemphasised introspection. this will be apt (if too protracted) to hinder your exoteric service. it is needless to remark that all of you need to become so sensitive to the quality of my ashram, and so preoccupied with the opportunity to serve which confronts every disciple these days, that your own personal development, your unique problem (so regarded by you) and your reactions should be forgotten. you need to remember that you are not as interesting to your soul as you may think. from the angle of the master, it is the ability of the

thinking. 7. the fundamental doctrines of the ageless wisdom, recognised all over the world and as expounded in my books, constitute the foundational teaching of the arcane school. this is so, not because they are my books but because they are part of the continuity of the ageless wisdom and constitute the latest emanation of the ageless wisdom issued by the hierarchy. they must not be permitted to become a bible of a sect, as has been the case with the secret doctrine and the theosophical society. this incidentally has been a profound disappointment to the hierarchy. a.a.b. must not be turned into an occult authority. those connected with the great white lodge favour no bibles or authorities only the freedom of the human soul. the teaching matters, not the source or the form. let me reit

might interpret wrongly and in any case you know not my intentions where your brother is concerned. your thought might emphasise a concrete meaning whereas i might have in view a totally different application. keep your mind, therefore, off your brother's instructions. your duty lies in the daily releasing of steady illumined love, free from all criticism. it is not your duty to aid your brother to become a better occultist and disciple. that is his concern, his soul's concern and mine. many of the hints given and the sentences in which they are embodied are taken from an old book of rules for disciples. some are directly from me, your master, and are applicable to your problems or your duty. part v the meditation work assigned to you thus far falls into three parts: a. the stage of raisi

appeal. note here the beautiful interlocking and the fine interrelation which has been established by our planetary logos. this new invocation expresses this complete interdependence in an unique manner. precipitation of the new and long awaited energies is brought about in three ways: 1. by the direct action of the hierarchy as its members train their disciples to tap this source of inspiration, to become sensitive to the awaited impression, and to bring down that which is needed for the enlightenment and restoration of mankind to its original high spiritual state. there is a higher condensation awaiting precipitation, but to humanity that will form a "raincloud of unknowable things" and necessitates not, therefore, your consideration. 2. by the disciples and aspirants of the world who pr

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

oning is the easiest activity for the members of the hierarchy and constitutes the sine qua non prior to association with that hierarchy. it was realised that many people could be trained in the appreciation of this possibility and slowly developed to the point where theory could pass into practice. yet these people would not be equipped throughout their natures in such a way that they were ready to become part of the occult hierarchy, even in the stage of accepted disciples. it was the realisation of the need for a bridging group which would be neither entirely negative nor entirely positive which prompted some of the masters (who are connected with the hierarchy) to form the new group of world servers. these people belong to neither group and yet they can function more or less in relatio

i would point out that just as the energies released by use of the first three phrases of the invocation relate to the head, shamballa; to the heart, the hierarchy; and to the throat centre, humanity; so the right use of this fourth phrase will bring into conscious, functioning activity the centre between the eyebrows, the ajna centre in individual man and in humanity as whole. this centre begins to become active and to function dynamically, governing and directing the individual energies, once any real measure of personality integration has been achieved. it is, as you know, the fourth centre found above the diaphragm in the human body and the phrase which awakens it (both individually and in the group) is this fourth phrase. there is, therefore, a numerical relationship. when used wisely

and the ravages of physical pain which are felt by all those upon whom the war has had its dire effects, and upon whom it has laid the hand of suffering. such a sensitivity and such a sympathetic response are apt to produce a condition of negativity and a psychic preoccupation with the immediate situation among all workers, and thus render them deaf to the call of their actual duty or else liable to become distraught by the dual effort of being effective in service, whilst at the same time fighting off emotional reactions. the capacity of the worker to respond, therefore, to the inner voices and to serve dispassionately and selflessly is seriously handicapped. i challenge all workers and all members of the new group of world servers to leave their personal problems behind. this is a time o

? it is feeling and fanatical adherence to a loved ideal which frequently stand between a disciple and effective service on the physical plane. it is old habits of thought and the determined effort to interpose some mystical dream between conditions as they are and conditions as they could be, if disciples took right action, which have prevented effective service. but, my brother, all things have to become new and that means a new vision, a new idealism, and a new life technique. past ideals, past dreams and past efforts to tread the path and express brotherhood have produced most successfully a certain changed attitude in the race, a new orientation to the life of the spirit, and a focussed intention to move forward. that was the desired goal and that goal has now been reached. the right

ore general undertaking of raising the mass consciousness. the arcane school was therefore formed for two purposes: a. primarily to aid the hierarchy in its work during the world crisis a crisis for which the hierarchy has been long prepared. the arcane school was not and is not the only group with this objective, but it is definitely among the most influential. b. to train probationary disciples to become accepted disciples, so that the hierarchy could find those who could safely carry spiritual power and be channels of love and understanding to the world. you can see, therefore, that the arcane school is not so much engaged in helping the individual as in aiding the hierarchy to salvage humanity. for this work, training is required, and the arcane school provides this. 3. the fact of the

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

elf-conscious, existences. these four lunar lords constitute what the ageless wisdom teaching calls "the four sides of the square" they are the "lower quaternary "the imprisoning cubes" or the cross upon which the inner spiritual man is to be crucified. these four elementals have an intelligence all their own, are upon the involutionary arc, are following the law of their own being when they tend to become powerful, and thereby fully express that which is in them. c. a dominant controlling lunar lord who is that which we understand by the term the 'lower personality; he (if the personal pronoun can be used) is the sumtotal of the physical, astral and mental elementals, and it is this power which at present forces the 'fiery energies' of the body to feed the lower three centres. the etheric

to thought which will make the initiate what he ought to be, because his conscious mind is free for group functioning. this is a concept which must be increasingly cultivated "as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is" the lower mind should be the organ of heart expression and be as unconscious in its functioning as is the rhythm of the heart itself the physical heart. the higher mind is intended to become increasingly the field of the initiate's effort, and hence the constant need for him to build the antahkarana. in this rule we are therefore dealing with the work to be done by a group of pledged disciples and initiates; they are learning together to make an approach to shamballa (involving the will element; this is as much a goal of the hierarchy as approach to the hierarchy is the goal

bjective of all training given to the disciple is to shift his conscious awareness from the point where he is to levels which are higher than those in the three worlds of definitely human evolution; the intention is to teach him to function on those planes of conscious contact which are as yet so subjective that he only accepts them as existent in theory. the trained initiate knows that they have to become his natural habitat, and that eventually he has to relegate the ordinary and normal human experience to the three worlds of daily expression. these become eventually the worlds that exist below the threshold of consciousness; they are relegated to the realm of the subconscious recoverable consciously, if necessary for right service of humanity, but as much- 90- a treatise on the seven ra

christ himself; he worked with men very frequently through others, reaching humanity through the medium of his twelve apostles, regarding paul as substituting for judas iscariot. the buddha tried the same system, but the relation of his group was, in the first instance, to him and not so much to the world of men. christ sent his apostles out into the world to feed the sheep, to seek, to guide and to become "fishers of men" the relation of the disciples of the christ was only secondarily to their master, and primarily to a demanding world; that attitude still controls the hierarchy, yet with no less of devotion to the christ. what the buddha had instituted symbolically and in embryo became factual and existent under the demands of the piscean age. 3. the third great change has been in the r

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

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

es as the aspirant, reverses himself, and begins to work through the twelve signs of the zodiac, only now working from aries to pisces via taurus (anti-clockwise, instead of working in the ordinary human retrogressive fashion, from aries to taurus via pisces (clockwise. finally, the changing focus of the life and the steady application to the twelve labors in the twelve signs enables the disciple to become the triumphant victor. then he can comprehend the significance of the fourth key thought and can exclaim in unison with the cosmic deity "listen to this great secret. although i am above birth and rebirth, or law, being the lord of all there is, for all emanateth from me, still do i will to appear in my own universe and am therefore born by my power and thought and will (the bhagavad git

he world of souls, and to vision group ends and group objectives. now he has to learn to use the- 22- the labours of hercules life force with unselfish intent, and not for the satisfaction of his personal greeds. the three initial impulses in aries three outstanding urges characterize this sign. there is, as we have seen, the urge to begin. this may express itself simply as the urge to take form, to become involved in matter; or it may reverse the process and focus itself in the urge to achieve liberation from form, and the emergence of the soul from the prison of the form nature. then this urge is followed by the consequent urge to create, that activity of the deity which results in the formation of worlds of expression and satisfies his desire to incarnate in a solar system, and to begin

ominantly the sign of instinct; but the sublimation of instinct is the intuition. in the same way, as matter has to be lifted up into heaven, so instinct has to be likewise lifted up, and when it has been thus transcended and transmuted, it manifests as intuition (symbolized by the doe. the intermediate stage is that of the intellect. the great need of hercules now is to develop his intuition and to become familiar with that instantaneous recognition of truth and reality which is the high prerogative and potent factor in the life of a liberated son of god. meaning of the story eurystheus, therefore, sent hercules to capture the golden horned keryneian doe or hind. the word "hind" comes from an old gothic word, meaning "that which must be seized, in other words, that which is elusive and di

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

eal, but only as conceivable by humanity. for example, the kabalah demonstrates the grouping of the ten sephiroth into three pillars; the pillar of mercy, the pillar of severity, and the pillar of mildness between them: these may also be associated with the three mother letters, a, m, sh; aleph, mem and shin. then again by two horizontal lines we may form three groups and consider these sephiroth to become types of the three divisions of man's nature, the intellectual, moral, and sensuous (neglecting malkuth, the material body, thus connecting the kabalah with mental and moral philosophy and ethics. by three lines again we consider the sephiroth to be divisible into four planes, upon each of which i have already said you must conceive the whole ten sephiroth to be immanent. by a series of

ANATHEMA OF ZOS

d for love in desire. shall nothing change except through your accusing diet? in that ye are cannibals, what meat should i offer? having eaten of your dead selves savored with every filth, ye now raven to glutton of my mind's motion? in your conflict ye have obtained? ye who believe your procreation is ultimate are the sweepings of creation manifest, returning again to early simplicity to hunger, to become, and realize-ye are not yet. ye have muddled time and ego. think ye to curb the semen sentimentally? ye deny sexuality with tinsel ethics, live by slaughter, pray to greater idiots-that all things may be possible to ye who are impossible. for ye desire saviors useless to pleasure. verily, far easier for madmen to enter heaven than moral lepers. of what difference is life or death? of wha

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

he conjuration to the goddess, 22 wassoon rewarded by the attention and devotion of a brave and wealthy cavalier, who was indeed asadmirable a suitor as any one could desire. but the mother, who was far more bent on gratifying vin-dictiveness and cruel vanity than on her daughters happiness, was infuriated at this, and when thegentleman came to her, she bade him begone, for her daughter was vowed to become a nun, and anun she should be or die.then the young lady was shut up in a cell in a tower, without even the company of her governess,and put to strong and hard pain, being made to sleep on the stone floor, and would have died ofhunger had her mother had her way.then in this dire need she prayed to dianato set her free; when lo! she found the prison door unfas-tened, and easily escaped. t

is the mother was seriously frightened, for she knew the spirit of her child, and wasafraid lest the girl already had a lover, and would make a great scandal over the blow; and turning itall over, she thought of an elderly lady of good family, but much reduced, who was famous for herintelligence, learning, and power of persuasion, and she thought, this will be just the person toinduce my daughter to become pious, and fill her head with devotion and make a nun of her. soshe sent for this clever person, who was at once appointed the governess and constant attendant ofthe young lady, who, instead of quarrelling with her guardian, became devoted to her.however, everything in this world does not go exactly as we would have it, and no one knows whatfish or crab may hide under a rock in a river

rom her, and would not yield to her wishes; he was the light which fliesinto the most distant parts of heaven, the mouse which flies before the cat.then dianawent to the fathers of the beginning, to the mothers, the spirits who were before the firstspirit, and lamented unto them that she could not prevail with lucifer. and they praised her for hercourage; they told her that to rise she must fall; to become the chief of goddesses she must becomea mortal.and in the ages, in the course of time, when the world was made, dianawent on earth, as didlucifer, who had fallen, and dianataught magic and sorcery, whence came witches and fairies andgoblins all that is like man, yet not mortal.and it came thus that dianatook the form of a cat. her brother had a cat whom he loved beyond allcreatures, and

rom slavery,and so ye shall be free in everything;and as the sign that ye are truly free,ye shall be naked in your rites, both menand women also: this shall last untilthe last of your oppressors shall be dead;and ye shall make the game of benevento,extinguishing the lights, and after thatshall hold your supper thus: page 10 translation.tis true indeed that thou a spirit art,but thou wert born but to become againa mortal; thou must go to earth belowt o be a teacher unto women and menwho fain would study witchcraft in thy school.yet like cains daughter thou shalt never be,nor like the race who have become at lastwicked and infamous from suffering,as are the jews and wandering zingari,who are all thieves and knaves; like unto themye shall not be..and thou shalt be the first of witches known;a

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

the sky and the stars are my habitation, the earth is my spouse. though i must die and be buried, yet vulcan causes me to be born anew. therefore, hungary is my native land, and my mother encloses the whole world. when all that were present had received these his sayings, he thus continued: cause that which is above to be below; that which is visible, to be invisible; and that which is palpable, to become impalpable. again, let that which is below become that which is above; let the invisible become visible, and the impalpable, palpable. here you see the perfection of our art, without any defect, or diminution. but that in which death and life, destruction and resurrection dwell, is a round sphere, with which the goddess of fortune drives her chariot, and imparts the gift of wisdom to men

and are developed, perfected, and matured by the gentle coction of natural fire, until they have attained their highest perfection. if the fruit of a tree be plucked before it is ripe, it is unfit for use; and if the potter fail to harden his vessels in the fire, they cannot be employed for any good purpose. in the same way you must exercise considerable patience in preparing our elixir, if it is to become all that you wish it to become. no fruit can grow from a flower that has been plucked before the time. he who is in too great a hurry, can bring nothing to perfection, but is almost sure to spoil that which he has in hand. remember, then, that if our stone be not sufficiently matured, it will not be able to bring anything to maturity. the substance is dissolved in a bath, and its parts r

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

found in the architecture of samy monastery, intentionally structured like a ma..ala (figure 21. thus, the ma..ala becomes a method of control, superimposing the order of a buddhist universe on a hostile land. on a smaller scale, the ma..ala is initially used to establish the abode of a deity before continuing with a ritual program. with the ma..alas of tutelary deity, the ultimate ritual goal is to become fully associated with that deity as an expedient means toward enlightenment. in the case of tsiu marpo, as well as otherworldly deities, the goal is to establish his presence at the site of the ritual by first drawing the ma..ala of tamdrin. the first chapter of the warlord s tantra sets the scene by visually situating the reader within tamdrin s ma..ala "in the pure realm of the unsurpa

emptiness for the purpose of generating the exalted realm where the symbolic activity of the ritual is brought to fruition. this generation of the exalted realm and communing with the deity out of emptiness is the foundational practice required in order to accomplish the ritual details outlined in these texts. the highest purpose of deity yoga is soteriological, imitating a boddhisattva in order to become a bodhisattva, thus achieving enlightenment. however, this practice is also used for the more pragmatic goals of these ritual texts. the ritual performer becomes tamdrin or possibly padmasambhava in order to command tsiu marpo to perform that which is requested of him: protection. 139 see bentor 1996, p. 1. 140 see williams 2000, pp. 192-276. 86 1.2 tsiu marpo and retinue iconography onc

aid to be pyrite or magnetite; a black cubic stone used in medicine; also considered a soul-stone for might demons. see gyatso 1998, p. 70. 167 the opening with sealing wax. fasten a whip cord of five-colored silk to the copper handle and set just that on the cushion. the invited violence demons are dissolved again and again; and having scattered the choicest portion and the offerings, when bound to become whatever, the vow-holders follow like dogs, and whatever deed with which they are entrusted, it will be completed without interruption" speaking thus, one completes the second procedure of advising one s own life-energy and heart. samaya. rgya rgya rgya. 3. third stage [summon] by means of secret life stone and life wheel (316.4-317.3 "homage to glorious tamdrin! regarding the key points

BLACK SERPENT1

rs grow larger. the dominionists believe that they will not have to forcefully take over the country. they expect that people will naturally and peacefully convert to their way of doing things. it's only a matter of "spreading the power of god's word" in other words, it's a matter of milking the first amendment for all it's worth and proselytizing until this particular brand of christianity grows to become the largest in the u.s; then, once they have become the majority, remove the first amendment and begin incorporating biblical commandments and punishments into american law. now i bet that many of my demonolator and satanist readers are probably sweating at the brow by now. however, let's keep a good head on our shoulders. there are certain things we need to keep in mind about these domi

oted a great deal of time to conversing with people of other religions. some of these have been neopagans of various varieties. some of them have been atheists. it's especially important for devil and demon worshipers to make friends with atheists, because most of the people who debunked the "satanic ritual abuse" scare of the 1980's were atheists and secular humanists. normally, it is quite easy to become friends with people such as these, so long as one makes it clear to them that one is not interested in converting or proselytizing to them. forming alliances with atheists and people in other minority religions is good, because there is safety in numbers. and satanists and demonolators, by themselves, do not have very great numbers at all (especially those of us who vote) 14 but more usu

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

is is the mind of the practitioner which has been liberated through antinomian practices and thought, by this determined focus that the will of the black adept has transformed he or she into a daemonic being. within ancient persian practice, the ahriman (satan) created daemon akoman (meaning evil mind) is the luciferian mind which seeks liberation and independence from the mass or herd mentality, to become something other by the forbidden or evil path of magick or witchcraft. certain tools within the craft sinister are often considered haunted objects, empowered by ongoing ritual practice by the witch or sorcerer which gives the fetish a seeming life independent from their own, however always usually in accordance to their will. ritual instruments such as the tibetan kangling, a trumpet ma

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

other- is a philosophical necessity. separate them and that which is left is a gross superstition under a mask of emotionalism. but why "geometrize" as plato has it, why represent these emanations under the form of an immense arithmetical table? the question is well answered by the author just cited. his remarks are quoted in part ii "the theogony of the creative gods "mental perception" he says "to become physical perception, must have the cosmic principle of light: and by this, our mental circle must become visible through light; or, for its complete manifestation, the circle must be that of physical visibility, or light itself. such conceptions, thus formulated, became the groundwork of the philosophy of the divine manifesting in the universe" this is philosophy. it is otherwise when we

credit every star or planet with being inhabited (and there are men of science- m. flammarion among others- who believe in this fervently, on logical as well as on astronomical data. the moon being an inferior body to the earth even, to say nothing of other planets, the terrestrial men produced by her sons- the lunar men or "ancestors- from her shell or body, cannot be immortal. they cannot hope to become real, self-conscious and intelligent men, unless they are finished, so to say, by other creators. thus in the puranic legend, the son of the moon (soma) is budha (mercury "the intelligent" and the wise, because he is the offspring of soma, the "regent" of the visible moon, not of indu, the physical moon. thus mercury is the elder brother of the earth, metaphorically- his step-brother, so

are inferior lha (spirits, possessed of a dual body (an astral within an ethereal form. they are the fashioners and creators of our body of illusion "into the forms projected by the lha (pitris) the two letters (the monad, called also 'the double dragon) descend from the spheres of expectation* but they are like a roof with no walls, nor pillars to rest upon "man needs four flames and three fires to become one on earth, and he requires the essence of the forty-nine fires* to be perfect. it is those who have deserted the superior spheres, the gods of will* who complete the manu of illusion. for the 'double dragon' has no hold upon the mere form. it is like the breeze where there is no tree or branch to receive and harbour it. it cannot affect the form where there is no agent of transmission

e semi-esoteric allegories, that these beings were returning nirvanees, from preceding maha-manvantaras- ages of incalculable dura[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] yogis are shown in the puranas to be far more powerful than the gods. secondary gods or temporary powers in nature (the forces) are doomed to disappear; it is only the spiritual potentiality in man which can lead him to become one with the infinite and the absolute* see book i, stanzas iii. to v. the triangle becomes a pentagon (five-fold) on earth[[vol. 2, page] 80 the secret doctrine. tion which have rolled away in the eternity, a still more incalculable time ago- he would hardly understand the text correctly; while some vedantins might say "this is not so; the nirvanee can never return; which is true during

vil? if primeval man was meant to remain a half-witted, or rather witless, being, then his creation was aimless and even cruel, if produced by an omnipotent and perfect god. but adam and eve are shown, even in genesis, to be created by a class of lower divine beings, the elohim, who are so jealous of their personal prerogatives as reasonable and intelligent creatures, that they will not allow man to become "as one of us" this is plain, even from the dead-letter meaning of the bible. the gnostics, then, were right in regarding the jewish god as belonging to a class of lower, material and not very holy denizens of the invisible world[[vol. 2, page] 96 the secret doctrine. darkness in the realms of truth. good and evil are twins, the progeny of space and time, under the sway of maya. separate

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

nd atoms" and also "theophania "bodhisatvas and reincarnation" etc, etc) in its absoluteness, the one principle under its two aspects (of parabrahmam and mulaprakriti) is sexless, unconditioned and eternal. its periodical (manvantaric) emanation- or primal radiation- is also one, androgynous and phenomenally finite. when the radiation radiates in its turn, all its radiations are also androgynous, to become male and female principles in their lower aspects. after pralaya, whether the great or the minor pralaya (the latter leaving the worlds in statu quo, the first that re-awakes to active life is the plastic a'kasa, father-mother, the spirit and soul of ether, or the plane on the surface of the circle. space is called the "mother" before its cosmic activity, and father-mother at the first s

lute, must be omnipresent, hence not an atom but contains it within itself. the roots, the trunk and its many branches are three distinct objects, yet they are one tree. say the kabalists "the deity is one, because it is infinite. it is triple, because it is ever manifesting" this manifestation is triple in its aspects, for it requires, as aristotle has it, three principles for every natural body to become objective: privation, form, and matter* privation meant in the mind of the great philosopher that which the occultists call the prototypes impressed in the astral light- the lowest plane and world of anima mundi. the union of these three principles depends upon a fourth- the life which radiates from the summits of the unreachable, to become an universally diffused essence on the manifest

as the great illusion. he marks the places for the shining ones (stars) and turns the upper (space) into a shoreless sea of fire, and the one manifested (element) into the great waters (c "bright space, son of dark space" corresponds to the ray dropped at the first thrill of the new "dawn" into the great cosmic depths, from which it re-emerges differentiated as oeaohoo the younger (the "new life, to become, to the end of the life-cycle, the germ of all things. he is "the incorporeal man who contains in himself the divine idea- the generator of light and life, to use an expression of philo judaeus. he is called the "blazing dragon of wisdom[[footnote(s* lanoo is a student, a chela who studies practical esotericism "tri-dasa" or three times ten (30, alludes to the vedic deities, in round num

ested ray of the unknown all, are the very root of spiritual man" unless we want to believe the unphilosophical dogma of a specially created soul for every human birth- a fresh supply of these pouring in daily, since "adam- we have to admit the occult teachings. this will be explained in its place. let us see, now, what may be the occult meaning of this stanza. the doctrine teaches that, in order to become a divine, fully conscious god- aye, even the highest- the spiritual primeval intelligences must pass through the human stage. and when we say human, this does not apply merely to our terrestrial humanity, but to the mortals that inhabit any world, i.e, to those intelligences that have reached the appropriate equilibrium between matter and spirit, as we have now, since the middle point of

r-mother" he is an abstract philosophical idea. he produces nothing yet by himself; he is simply that potential creative power in virtue of whose action the noumenon of all future phenomena divides, so to speak, but to reunite in a mystic supersensuous act, and emit the creative ray. when the "divine son" breaks forth, then fohat becomes the propelling force, the active power which causes the one to become two and three- on the cosmic plane of manifestation. the triple one differentiates into the many, and then fohat is transformed into that force which brings together the elemental atoms and makes them aggregate and combine. we find an echo of this primeval teaching[[vol. 1, page] 110 the secret doctrine. in early greek mythology. erebos and nux are born out of chaos, and, under the actio

BLUE EQUINOX

this, then, up to arms! win thine own freedom for thyself! strike hard! ii of love it is written that .love is the law, love under will. herein is an arcanum concealed, for in the greek language agaph, love, is of the same numerical value as qelhma, the equinox 108 will. by this we understand that the universal will is of the nature of love. now love is the enkindling in ecstasy of two that will to become one. it is thus an universal formula of high magick. for see now how all things, being in sorrow caused by dividuality, must of necessity will oneness as their medicine. here also is nature monitor to them that seek wisdom at her breast: for in the uniting of elements to opposite polarities is there a glory of heat, of light, and of electricity. thus also in mankind do we behold the spri

years, he began to turn his attention toward the mysteries, and to investigate spiritualism, chiefly with the idea of disproving it. from this year his interest in the occult seems to date, and it was about this time that he first consciously aspired to find, and get into touch with, a true occult order. this aspiration was, as we shall see, fulfilled three years later, when he had an opportunity to become a probationer of the a.a, and immediately grasped it; but during those three years his researches led him into varied paths: spiritualism, faithism and other isms on the one hand, and .the europe .the leicester. and .the cosy corner. on the other: last, but not least, into marriage, a difficult thing to put on one side and perhaps best left on the other. having then plunged wholeheartedl

he great white brotherhood, who have heard the voice of god in all its sweetness, who have made that message a part (nay all) of my being, who have held my beloved in my arms, who have become my beloved and lost myself therein, who have for ever given up my lower self, who have conquered death, who have felt the pain of the whole world, who have found wisdom, love and power, who have given up all to become nothing, i who have seen the need of the world, have found that books (hitherto my dearest companions) have no longer any word to say to me.have found that knowledge (relative) or what i thought was knowledge, is of no avail to supply the need of all that other part of my being that my great god-love would give it. i who have conquered fear and death, am now confronted with the fact that

d give way before the power of nothing. april 16th, 8:30 a.m. finished reading the life of buddha, and then, lying down, composed myself for meditation. breathed regularly and deeply for a time, afterwards stopping all entries two or three times (shanmukhi mudra) presently i passed into a state which was practically desireless. i could feel the goal, but the wish to help others made it impossible to become the state i contemplated. after this, i was surprised, on letting all breath out of the body, to feel a sudden lightness, as if i were about to float. this being unexpected, caused me to turn my thoughts to the body, after which, although i tried, i could not get back to the previous liber clxv 147 state. i estimate that i remained in the condition mentioned for over an hour, as it was 1

which, although i tried, i could not get back to the previous liber clxv 147 state. i estimate that i remained in the condition mentioned for over an hour, as it was 12 o.c. when i looked at the time. in fact, it may have been nearer two hours. the above meditation left frater v.i.o. with a feeling of .nearly but not quite. he had, to some extent, gazed at the goal of nothingness, but had failed to become that goal. the following day there is despondency and dissatisfaction. on april 22nd reason again holds sway, and he tries to use it to discover just where he is, of course without success, since reason can never explain that which is beyond reason. i think at this point he also began to make another grave error; he tried to compare his experiences with those of john st. john, with the r

BOOK OF JASHAR

gins with god's first word, at the moment of creation, and god remains a central character throughout the story. the initial image is one of intense unity. everything comes out of one explosive point and one profound word. the wording of the first sentence suggests that god's own existence also begins at the moment of creation. if not, then god was silent before creation. readers today are likely to become defensive and distracted when we find god included as a character in a story. we assume that an author is demanding that we should believe a story if he has written god into it, so we prepare to be force-fed some dogma, and we become unable to appreciate the story as a work of fiction. these expectations must be dropped before we can appreciate this manuscript. it is written in counterpo

rst king. here, however, nimrod's talents include much more than just the killing ability of a hunter. he is portrayed as a shrewd leader, who has a keen sense of how to motivate and control the people around him, as he uses both material rewards and mythological stories to gain his soldiers' loyalty. so nimrod forms his band of landless hunters into a disciplined army, and then he uses this army to become master of all the noahite communities. nimrod's use of mythological story-telling to teach loyalty to his soldiers is just what we should expect from a platonic philosopher-king at the start of his career. when he tells stories to mold his army, he incidently gives us the name "jinn" for the patterns that existed in the first age after creation, and we may guess that our own knowledge of

BOOK OF PLEASURE

on the capability of the vitality. to believe at all as such is a concentration and schooling to exclude the implied by adopting a hypothesis or faith that reflects non-worryingly or deceitfully rationalizes the rejected. truth is not the truth of formula. the centre of belief is love for one's self, projecting environment for fulfilment but allowing its distortion to simulate denial, an ambition to become ulterior to self-desire, but you cannot get further than the centre, so one multiplies (believes) in order to be more unaware of the fundamental. now this refusal to believe what one believes and exactly as one believes, is the first condition for all the book of pleasure (self love) get any book for free on: www.abika.com 18 those who are in desire in any sense whatsoever; the man who i

t and preservation. therefore belief, to be true, must be organic and sub-conscious. the desire to be great can only become organic at a time of vacuity, and by giving it (sigil) form. when conscious of the sigil form (any time but the magical) it should be repressed, a deliberate striving to forget it, by this it is active and dominates at the unconscious period, its form nourishes and allows it to become attached to the sub-consciousness and become organic, that accomplished, is its reality and realization. he becomes his concept of greatness. so belief becomes true and vital by striving against it in consciousness and by giving it form. not by the striving of faith. belief exhausts itself by confession and non-resistance, i.e, consciousness. believe not to believe, and in degree you wil

is concept of greatness. so belief becomes true and vital by striving against it in consciousness and by giving it form. not by the striving of faith. belief exhausts itself by confession and non-resistance, i.e, consciousness. believe not to believe, and in degree you will obtain its existence. timeliness depending on your morality, give to the poor. if the ambitious only knew it is as difficult to become incapable as it is to become great. they are mutual as accomplishments and equally satisfying. the sub-consciousness. all geniuses have active sub-consciousness, and the less they are aware of the fact, the greater their accomplishments. the sub-consciousness is exploited by desire reaching it. so consciousness should not contain the "great" desire once the ego has wished: and should be

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

a balance. some prefer to worship in a group (coven, while others are for solitary worship. with the large number of different denominations, then, there is now more likelihood of everyone finding a path they can travel in comfort. religion has come a long way from its humble beginnings in the caves of pre-history. witchcraft, as one small facet of religion, has also come a long way. it has grown to become a world wide religion, legally recognized. today, across america, it is not at all unusual to find open wiccan festivals and seminars taking place in such unlikely places as family campgrounds and motels such as the holiday inn. witches appear on television and radio talk shows; they are written up in local and national newspapers and magazines. witchcraft courses are given in colleges

tions i gave above, for making a handle, or you can pattern it after the handle you have removed(see figure 3.5. again, if you wish you can carve the handle or etch the blade with your craft name (in one of the magickal alphabets detailed later) or your magickal monogram. some truly beautiful athames have been made and adapted. i have seen, for example, an eighteenth century short bayonet adapted to become a magnificent athame. i have also seen handles made from deer hooves. start work on yours now. in some traditions of the craft (e.g. gardnerian) the knife may only be used in the circle, for ritual use. in other traditions (e.g. scottish) the witch is encouraged to use the tool as often as possible, the feeling being that the more it is used, the more mana (or "power) it will acquire. sw

t it would not be mandatory just a matter of personal preference. a question often asked is "how valid is self initiation" to some traditions it is not valid at all (though one might question the whole "validity" of those traditions themselves. certainly you couldn't self-initiate yourself as a gardnerian, for example. but the point here is, how valid is it to you? if you are sincere; if you wish to become a witch and to worship the old gods; if you have no ulterior motives. it is valid, and don't listen to anyone who says it is not. obviously if you want to be part of a particular tradition and that tradition has its set initiation rite (as with gardnerian, as i just mentioned, then you must go through that particular rite to join that tradition. but no one tradition has the right to say

ady welcome all" squire "i bring news of one who has traveled far, seeking that which we enjoy" maiden "long has been her journey, but now she feels an end is near" priest "of whom do you speak" squire "of she who, even now, waits outside our temple, seeking entry" priestess "who caused her to come here" maiden "she came herself, of her own free will" priest "what does she seek" maiden "she seeks to become one with the lord and the lady. she seeks to join with us in our worship of them" priestess "who can vouch for this person" squire "i can. as her teacher* i have shown her the ways; pointed her in the right direction and set her feet upon the path. but she has chosen to take this step and now bids you give her entrance" priest "can she be brought before us" squire "indeed she can" priest

ead, the two ends are tied with a bow at the right shoulder. part should obviously be played by the person who has been working with the initiate up to this point, details for entering and exiting a cast circle in lesson ten. lesson four: getting started/ 47 this tsee 48/ auckland's complete book of witchcraft priest.(name, why do you come here" initiate "to worship the gods in whom i believe and to become one with them and with my brothers and sisters of the craft" priestess "what do you bring with you" initiate "1 bring nothing but my true self, naked and unadorned" priestess "then i bid you enter this our circle of worship and magick" squire admits them to the circle. they stand just within, still in the east. priest and priestess move around to them; priest carrying the censer and prie

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

CHAOS MAGICK AND LUCIFERISM

ve unknowingly given. it was later when peter carroll, ray sherwin and christopher bray took up the various magical traditions and ran with them, did chaos magick form from the proverbial ashes. chaos magick is not a system within itself. it is actua lly a definition of action, course of study and a non- lineal way of looking at the subjective universe. everything can be changed, altered and will to become something else. if you are sure it won t happen, it probably will and can. chaos magick can be as dangerous as it is beneficial. it demands a mind which is able to understand the fragile nature of being what is known as i and what our potential of growth is. it also demands one to know thyself. many misunderstand chaos magick as being dogmatic when this could not be further from the trut

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

erm, as for instance frederick douglass, who remarked of one conjure practitioner in his acquaintance "he professed to believe in a system for which i have no name"[18] the words used to describe them accentuate the uncommon qualities that were associated with conjurers. these supernatural practitioners were often thought to possess extraordinary powers.such as the ability to control the weather, to become invisible, to fly, or to shape-shift at will. many demonstrated a genius for receiving and interpreting communications from the realm of spiritual forces. most of all, unusual and discernible physical traits set the conjurers apart from other persons. a fascinating enumeration of bodily deformities particular to conjure specialists, such as distinguishing birthmarks or abnormalities such

rg/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 institute described a specialist from his hometown who he said had made a "fortune" from conjuring activities "i heard him say out of his own mouth" insisted the student "that he made over five hundred dollars a week, sometimes" a black senator in north carolina, william h. moore, was said to have left his seat in the state congress to become a conjure doctor in 1878. moore, in the words of a hostile white legislator "prospered sufficiently on the ignorance of his patients to maintain a handsome horse and buggy and many other comforts" following his departure from state politics. the virginia historian philip alexander bruce, writing in 1888, noted that nomadic "trick" doctors were perceived to be economically threatening to

itch and the conjurer possessed similar attributes. each was believed to have the ability to harm others with lethally potent substances, or with the malevolent exercise of spiritual power "witches an f root men" stated one informant "hab duh same magic powuh" like many conjurers, a witch was an anomalous being with supernatural abilities, such as the capacity to undergo physical metamorphosis or to become invisible. the witch or conjurer was described as a solitary being who consorted with animal familiars or congregated with like practitioners in secret associations. but the similarities between witch and conjurer went only so far. unlike the conjurer, who chose to attack his victims, the witch had involuntary power. a conjurer often manipulated supernatural forces using charms, roots, o

culture between spirituality and physical well-being. a sixty-year old ex-slave in georgia told how he had become "sin-sick" and remorseful over the state of his soul, as a young man "one day while i was very sick" he recounted "i saw the heavens open and [a] voice said to me, eif you are sick, behold i am a doctor! f" after receiving his healing this man "promised\ 99\ to serve the lord and try to become a christian" similar accounts of supernatural healing characterized the ministries of african american religious practitioners, to be discussed below [19] black americans drew from a broad selection of meanings in their interpretations of affliction. their attitudes were sometimes strongly predestinarian "disease and death were unalterably fixed in the plans of providence" observed w. s

cured her of "madness" when she was "hoodooed" by her adulterous husband and his mistress. the minister\ 117\ she claimed "had power above. she had a strong power to heal" she professed "i just c thank god that he enabled me to get myself back to be myself from that way they fixed me" another congregant commended a spiritual medium for helping her after a series of "unlucky" accidents caused her to become sick "i was nothing but a shell" she declared "i went up there to [the medium] and she told me to fast and pray on monday for my health and fast and pray on wednesday for my strength. c she sure has helped me a lot. i tell you i came out" spiritual churchgoers attested to recovery from ailments that ranged from alcoholism and substance abuse, to crippling disabilities and handicaps. spir

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

cach es par cy devant: mais depuis peu de jours sont retrouv es et expliqu es par i.j hearts/cups to air and spades/swords to fire> 1583-1628 johan daniel mylius 1583 dr john dee and his associate edward kelley in prague, in the company of the emperor rudolph ii (the son of maximilian ii. william schaw was appointed master of works for all royal building projects for king james vi (later to become james i of england. 1584-1653 johann valentin andreae 1584 edward kelley's vision of four castles john dee and edward kelley in cracow bruno's expulsion of the triumphant beast published. in london, alexander dickson the scottish disciple of bruno, published a book on the hermetic art of memory: on the shadow of reason and judgement. hermetic concepts later become an influence on scottis

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

herein. the virgin wondered at it, and well observed whereabout i was, whereupon she replied, well then, let us both be quit; and then desired the solution from the rest. but i had already made them wise. so the next began thus. in the city where i live, a virgin was recently condemned to death, but the judge, being somewhat pitiful towards her, caused it to be proclaimed that if any man desired to become the virgin s champion, he should have free leave to do it. now she had two lovers; the one presently made himself ready, and came into the lists to await his adversary; afterwards the other also presented himself, but coming somewhat too late, he resolved nevertheless to fight, and willingly suffer himself to be vanquished, so that the virgin s life might be preserved, which also succeed

COLLIER IRENE CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

following the confucian fashion. this will make the kingdom secure from evil forever.5 journey to the west is an excellent example of how chinese mythology evolves from many different sources. palmer and xiaomin point out: the story. illustrates more clearly than anything else the dynamic processes involved in chinese mythology. for this is a culture where not only do historical individuals rise to become gods through imperial order, but characters from stories or novels are elevated by popular demand and belief.6 the pilgrimage 119 alchemy the process of mixing chemicals and potions that will transform something common into something special. some of the goals of alchemy included changing base metals into gold, achieving immortality, and curing disease. banquet an elaborate meal that ser

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

npleasant experience in that the chief and all second order members must resolve their negatories as the chief adept hangs on the cross of obligation. the black chain of twenty-two links shows the mundane with our negativity and sins. it is not my intention in this paper to pursue a discussion on karma vs. sin, but let us remind ourselves that we must always strive to our higher, divine self, and to become more than human. anything less than this is a negative action to our spiritual development within. we call it negative karma or sin. the ceremony continues, the chief officers re-enter the vault and remove book t. it is then placed on the altar. now, hru is invoked to aid the order in its timeless search for the mysteries of divine light. this quest must never be forgotten and should be

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

hey are of speaking in public, something that has never bothered me very much, but then i've never had my pants fall down either, which may be what they are really afraid of. anyway, even the hermit in the backwoods secretly desires the day when he can return to his fellows instead of trying to blow them up. there is a problem with this, however. the way our society is constructed it is very easy to become totally isolated, even in the midst of a mass of humanity. all it takes is to be placed in a situation where one cannot connect with one's fellows. this can be true of everyone and if the natural desire for a mate is combined with this state of affairs, it can be very troublesome indeed. this is one situation where a thought-form can come in handy. the first thing you have to do is progr

and then bring up the subject of your snack last night. at this point you should hear all about her dream. using the box as an aid in remote viewing is a bit more difficult. it takes some practice and time, so be patient. in case you don't already know what remote viewing is, it is the ability to see things mentally at a distance with enough accuracy that you can cause the people guarding area 51 to become very nervous and start tapping your phone. just kidding. if the government had to listen to everyone who does psychic stuff in this country they would have no time to listen to each other and learn the secrets of the next presidential campaign. still, just in case you want to have some fun and there may be a truth to the story about a giant computer somewhere waiting for certain words, b

at even granting you are sane enough not to believe anything that is said on television (unlike archie bunker and the dumbest generation, the continuous bombardment of this garbage is eating away at your subconscious, which is exactly what the network bean counters have in mind. they are hoping that by the time is over you will feel sick and go out and by the patent medicines. i do not expect you to become an anti-television fanatic; in fact i hope you avoid becoming a fanatic of any type, but i want you to be aware of the corrosive effects of watching too many commercials. it is best that you time shift your watching with a vcr so you can avoid them, or failing that, mute the television every time one comes on. this will give you the satisfaction of knowing that the advertisers have spent

icking up the flashing light, sends the image to brain, not in a steady flow, but in quick bursts. the more rhythmic the bursts, the more likely they are to activate that part of the brain which controls the sending of psychic impulses. notice i said brain instead of mind. what we are working with here is nothing more than electrical activity, which in some unknown way causes the psychic capacity to become activated. so let s get on with it. by now you know how to control what goes out of your mind when you transmit. even if you have trouble holding an image, and lots of people have real trouble with that, the teleflasher solves that problem for you. you can lock onto a target with an accuracy that is the envy of cruise missile designers. so now you have to decide what you are going to do

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

period of the cathars and the crusades spawned many brotherhood offshoots, which continue to significantly influence events- secret societies like the knights hospitallers of st. john, known today as the knights of malta. nor was this merely a phenomenon of the christian and jewish world. similar secret societies were created within all cultures, and the arab brotherhood grand lodge in cairo was to become a major manipulator of events. the aim of this negative brotherhood structure is to persuade the mass of the people to believe any old nonsense while the manipulators keep for themselves the knowledge of the nature of life and creation and how to exploit the power of the mind, the earth's energy fields, and the global energy grid (the network of energy lines known by different cultures a

five arrows corporation of toronto, canada. the name comes from the rothchild symbol of an eagle with five arrows in its talons, signifying the five sons.3 the fortune expanded by colossal leaps as the rothschilds manipulated governments and worked through the brotherhood network to create wars and revolutions, often lending money to both sides in the ensuing conflicts. you will see that this was to become a standard practice for the banking elite. it is easy to create conflict and war; you only need to control a dictator or government, ensure that they have the means to build up a powerful army, and then encourage or instruct them to invade other countries. those countries will, understandably, defend themselves and presto! you have a war. i have heard it said that no-one gains from wars

to finance the (elite-engineered) crimean war in which tens of thousands died. 42..and the truth shall set you free lionel also acted as agent to the russian government for twenty years.7 he was succeeded by his eldest son, nathan mayer, who became the first lord rothschild when he was raised to the peerage and took his seat in the british house of lords in 1885. the first lord rothschild went on to become the governor of the bank of england, with untold power to influence the world financial system. the 'old lady of threadneedle street (as the bank of england is called) has always been, and remains, an arm of the global elite. the rothschild representatives across the world continued to manipulate events to expand their power and to serve a longer-term agenda which mirrored that of the br

taly, the black nobility supported robert bruce in his conquest of scotland and it was this same genetic line and secret society which ensured that william of orange became king of england, scotland and ireland.11 through william, the black nobility created the bank of england and the notorious east india company rapidly expanded to capture asia and the far east for the british (global elite) and to become the biggest drug running operation the world had yet seen. the political and economic union of england and scotland was designed to force scotland into this spider's web of money lending and control. we have a united kingdom all right- united in its subservience to the manipulated money system controlled by the few. the elite bankers were now manipulating with ever greater influence acro

pread belief in one-life-and-that's-it. he suggested in the mid- 1800s that the potential of the mind is developed by genetic inheritance. this is patent nonsense, but it did provide the justification for the eugenics (racial purity) movement that would follow and lead both to adolf hitler and the population control policies of today. his work, origin of species, to give it a shortened title, was to become the basis for 'scientific' thinking and its mindset dominates what we bravely call science to this day. his most famous theory, that of the survival of the fittest, didn't even appear in the first four editions. he lifted it from the writings of a contemporary, herbert spencer, who had lifted it from someone else. the word 'evolution' did not appear until the sixth edition, in 1872. i un

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

hing seems to disappear, and we have now a sedated man. what i'm saying is that what we have against us is not a simple predator. it is very smart, and organized. it follows a methodical system to render us useless. man, the magical being that he is destined to be, is no longer magical. he's an average piece of meat "there are no more dreams for man but the dreams of an animal who is being raised to become a piece of meat: trite, conventional, imbecilic" castaneda, 1998 the plot any thousands of years ago, way back in "pre-history, there was a highly developed civilisation in the pacific, which has become known as lemuria, or mu. these peoples and others also founded another great culture on a landmass in the atlantic, which we know as atlantis. the knowledge that created these advanced so

and the indus valley in what is now the indian continent. but they are wrong on both counts, i would suggest. sumer was not the start of what is called civilised society on this planet. it was the most significant one to emerge after the catastrophe that destroyed the global society of the "golden age- atlantis and lemuria, or mu. sumer was not the beginning; it was the start-over-again which was to become the centre of another virtually global empire. indeed sumer, babylon, egypt, and the indus valley civilisations had actually begun tens of thousands of years before history records them. after the cataclysms, these advanced cultures in egypt and the indus valley, which "suddenly" and unexplainably manifested at a very high level of development, were not independent of sumer, as the histo

and saw the ancient records of the "motherland" of mu or lemuria going back between 12,000 and 70,000 years. he saw how it was the centre of a global empire that included atlantis. in his book, the children of mu (be books, albuquerque, new mexico, first published in 1931, he shows how the various racial types on mu, including blue-eyed blonds, peopled the world.15 these lemurian races went east to become the mayans of central america and the other builders of the fantastic structures of the american continent. they went west to people asia, china, india, and elsewhere, and created colonies in what became egypt and sumer. all genetic and cultural roads, he says, lead back to lemuria-mu, the "motherland, and the very advanced civilisation that existed tens of thousands, possibly hundreds o

gather at bohemian grove in northern california wearing their hooded robes for their infamous rituals under a 40-foot stone owl, as detailed in the biggest secret. i will mention more about this later on. the freemasons and other secret societies within the illuminati web have sirius as their focus. it is known as the eastern star- the very name for the freemasonic organisation that allows women to become initiates.23 sirius is the first star to rise in the east in the latitudes of egypt. the symbol of the eastern star is the symbol of satanism, the inverted pentagram, and that is their symbol for sirius (figure 2. the pentagram within a circle is used by satanists in their rituals to draw other dimensional demonic entities into this world or to "draw down the kingdom of satan into manife

entre for diana worship at ephesus and other locations along the turkish coast. the "canaanites" also descended from atlantis/lemuria.57 mark amaru pinkham describes the migration of atlanteans to "canaan" in the return of the serpents of wisdom "one branch of these atlantides were the tyrrhenians, the people after whom the present tyrrhenian sea is named. the tyrrhenians eventually split in half to become the etruscans and the carians or phoenicians, a tribe which eventually migrated to canaan (pronounced ka-nan with the k sound of the serpents, a territory on the asia minor coast, which can be translated as the "land of the fire serpent".58 running for cover as these colonies and settlements were established, the serpent bloodlines from atlantis and lemuria were placed into the positions

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

ugh the european union, the united nations, the world tradeorganisation, the multilateral agreement on investment, and the stream of otherglobalising bodies like the world bank, international monetary fund and the g-7/g-8summits. behind this constant and coordinated centralisation is a tribe of interbreedingbloodlines which can be traced to the ancient middle and near east. they emerged fromthere to become the royalty, aristocracy and priesthood of europe before expanding theirpower across the world, largely through the great british empire. this allowed the tribeto export its bloodlines to all the countries the british and european powers occupied,including the united states where they continue to run the show to this day. there havebeen just over 40 presidents of the united states and 33

ists completed their own independent studies whichsuggested that about 4,800 bc a huge body, which we now know as jupiter,careered into our solar system. the outer planets were thrown into disarray andjupiter eventually crashed into a planet which orbited between the present jupiterand mars. the physicists said the remains of this planet became the asteroid beltand that part of jupiter broke away to become what we now call v enus. as v enus,then a vast chunk of matter, was projected into space, it destroyed the atmosphereand life of mars before it was caught by the earths gravitational field, the studyclaimed. v enus made several orbits of the earth before its momentum hurled it intoits current position in the solar system. it was those orbits, the physicists said, thatbrought devastation

e. the first level of the druidschool was the ovate who was dressed in green, the druidic colour for learning. thesecond was the bard, who wore sky blue representing harmony and truth. they had thetask of memorising some of the 20,000 verses of druidic poetry within which themysteries were hidden. the third, the druid, would be dressed in a white robe, theirsymbolic colour for purity and the sun. to become an arch-druid, a spiritual leader,you had to pass six levels of degree. the druids had total power over the population fora long time and some deeply unpleasant rituals emerged after their mystery schoolnetwork was taken over by the babylonian brotherhood. the basic moral code wastaught to all people, but the secret knowledge was, as with all these networks, preservedfor initiates under

make-believe behind these tales.they are symbolic, not literal. another point. if solomon didnt exist, why should webelieve that his father, king david, did? i keep reading accounts of his life and the onlysources quoted are the old testament texts written by the levites! there is no otherevidence. its a con. so is the idea of the king david-jesus bloodline being taken tofrance by mary magdalene to become the merovingians as suggested in many booksover recent years. as the scholar and researcher, l. a. waddell, points out:there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek orroman reference, for the existence of abraham or any of the jewish patriarchs or prophetsof the old t estament, nor for moses, saul, david, solomon, nor any of the jewish kings,with the mer

a guycalled aeneas of a royal (that is reptilian) bloodline went with the remnants of hispeople and settled in italy. there he married into the royal family of the latins andthrough this bloodline later emerged the roman empire. according to many traditions,the grandson of aeneas, a man called brutus, landed in britain around 1,103 bc with agroup of trojans, including some from colonies in spain, to become king of the britonsand found the city of new troy- london.lucius calpurnius piso, the head of the family, was married to the greatgranddaughter of herod the great. according to reuchlins research, piso, who usedmany pseudonyms, produced his ur marcus, the first version of the gospel of mark,in about 60ad. one of the friends who encouraged him was the famous roman writer,annaeus seneca, b

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lzschlag, vienna austria, as a guardian of the earth. he was born into a family of "woodsmen" or forest wardens whose duty was to oversee a section of the mountains and forests in austria. their motto was "fidus in silvis silentibus("faithful to the silent forests. from childhood, viktor was at home in the forest. he was a close observer of nature, the animals, earth, trees, and waters. water was to become his lifelong passion and he determined, at an early age, to discover the laws and secrets of water. schauberger saw water as a living substance filled with life and life's energies. when viktor reached adulthood, he naturally went into the service of the government, working for a local prince, a large landowner, as a forest warden. near the end of wwi he had earned a position of responsi

l enervate a person. 47 it was found that mose (i.e, about 70) of the yang energy points of ley lines have water springs associated with them. experimental evidence shows that water is attracted to aetheric energy so it is natural that ley lines are frequently associated with water. rivers, mountains and other natural and man-made structures influence ley-lines and cause the energy flow intensity to become stronger or weaker. so we can see that if ley lines are influenced by natural and man-made structures then the leys can be controlled and the energy manipulated. those with their inner sight can sometimes see the ley lines under special conditions. dowsers (i.e, motor sensitives) readily detect them with dowsing instruments such as rods, aura meters, etc. 3.3 energy grids according to do

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in, at first, minor ways and then in major ways. this, however, is what is, traditionally, called lesser magic since it involves the direct application of the will rather than the performance of a ritual or ceremony. greater magic, magic involving the invocation of spirits, should not be abused. rather than commanding the demon to bring you the woman you desire, learn from the spirit and attempt to become more like it. eventually you will become a living demon of lust and will enjoy the pleasure of many women. i say, therefore, that ritual magic should be used only for the invocation of spirits and for increasing your knowledge and power (through identification with the spirits that you invoke) and not for the conjuration of lust, compassion, or the destruction of your enemies. this is a

than by simply acting upon our will and not worrying about the consequences to others. love is the law, love under will. it is the nature of man to love and to seek union with another. when the will of two beings are joined in love, it is as two stars forming a binary system. by will, love is purified and then there is rapture in the heavens. the word of the aeon of set was xeper. this word means to become or to come into being. it refers to the continual expansion of consciousness to new levels of awareness and understanding. xeper is continuous and extends through all cycles of expansion. the dialectic method of thesis/ antithesis/ synthesis is the process through which xeper occurs. at any moment, a person manifests the synthesis of all that he has experienced previously in the causal p

t i have said previously, this should be clear. at any point, an individual (re)manifests the synthesis of all that he has experienced previously. thus, remanifest is also a constant since it is always the immediate and never what has been or what will be. in the aeon of lucifer i make a brief reference to xem, stating that xem can be any destination but realizing that the ultimate goal of man is to become god, xem becomes deitus. for anyone unfamiliar with setian philosophy, this statement requires some explanation. the word xem was spoken during the aeon of set and immediately received great popular support within the temple as a word of the aeon. xem means, essentially, to be. or, in another context, it means i am or i have become. while it was meant to be an aeon-enhancing word, it act

n possibly bypass the aeon of lucifer to the next aeon which will follow. there was some dispute within the temple of set as to the validity of the word xem since i am seemed to contradict the word of the aeon, xeper or come into being. eventually, the temple of set dropped its support of the word xem. xeper takes on a greater significance when united with thelema. the meaning is no longer simply to become, but rather will to become. together, it refers to the application of the magical will to the process of expansion of consciousness. it is through the application of the magical will that the process of becoming may be sped up. a man may say, i have willed to come into being. but what, you may ask, is the ultimate aim of this expansion of conscious awareness? is it simply to expand indef

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the mundane world of the past, and achieve a real understanding of and a real balance with nature herself. we need to strive to free ourselves of this planet of ours, at first in artistic visions and dreams, and then in practical reality as we reach out toward other planets around other stars. we need to dream great visions again, as we need to strive to make these visions real. thus, do we need to become inspired by greatness- we need to dream of and create new civilizations, new aeons, new empires to stretch ourselves in, to explore and discover, and to use to create an entire new species of higher beings who are fulfilling the promise of existence latent within them. in essence, we need to capture and express the numinous itself and mould that numinous through a unique work or works of

t and therefore the individuals in question deserved the titles regardless of their knowledge or previous commitment. michael aquino, claiming to be in contact with satan (in the ancient egyptian form of set, wrote the book of the coming forth by night in which he declared the start of the aeon of set, a succession to the aeon of horus. the word of the aeon was xeper, an egyptian word which means to become or to come into being. the egyptian god xepera was associated with the scarab beetle and was the god of expansion of consciousness. michael aquino claimed to be the second beast from the book of the revelation of jesus to st. john the apostle and the spiritual son of aleister crowley described in the book of the law. in contrast to the church of satan s professed atheism, the temple of s

ently until opportunity presented itself and then struck. he was falsely accused and, in the later part of 1997, convicted of sexual assault. while the accusation was not serious in itself, his refusal to accept a plea bargain resulted in a sentence of six months in jail and eighteen months probation. this was not the last time he would spend in jail. enraged at his conviction, he made the choice to become a criminal. after his release, he committed a series of frauds on the internet. when he was finally arrested a year later and charged with obtaining money by false pretences he fled british columbia and carried out more fraudulent activities in the provinces of saskatchewan and nova scotia while on the run from the police. when he was finally apprehended entering the us at the maine bord

nd, imagines him as a spirit. in dealing with the question of "acquired" knowledge, we may consider that all knowledge humankind has acquired resides in someone's mind. reading the mind of an unknown subject thousands of miles distant, the magician may acquire instant knowledge of various "arts and sciences. this does not prove the objective existence of demons, only the ability of the human mind to become a powerful "receiver" and "transmitter" of telepathic signals. unlike the mundane, who are influenced continuously by thoughts which are not their own, the magician may "receive" the information he desires without being controlled by the desires or aims of others. there is an interesting phenomenon which occurs in magic and which involves the creation of thought-forms. the magician can c

the thing which his "higher self" has truly willed to occur. expanding upon the law of thelema, michael aquino conceptualized and proclaimed the word xeper, by which the sorcerer may "become" and ultimately attain his true will and the realization of his "higher self. without thelema, xeper could never have been, for it is by thelema that xeper is possible. xeper is the egyptian word which means "to become. in this context, it means the achievement of one's higher self (what in abramelin magic is called the "knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel) many "aeon strengthening" words were also spoken during the aeon of set. magus lewis conceptualized the cycle by which one "became" and declared it in the word remanifest. magus flowers conceptualized the unknown, the hidden, and

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

results through the fall into darkness (i.e death posture. the death posture is a formula in which the sorcerer enters a state of exhaustion and essentially blacks out and forgets the meaning of his rite. by doing this, he falls into unconsciousness or delirium from which the concept of i does not exist. this is the sethian test if you will, from testing the essence of yourself does your ability to become something better manifest into something greater. observe the illustration by aos entitled the death posture, here the skull masked individual ascends from the sigil itself, on the very left hailed by set who stands upon the alpha and omega, called also azoth and azothoz7, a dualistic sigillic formula of the adversary. here set is the lord of sorcery, by his nature of opposition does the

arkness. in the zurvanite myth ahriman first perceived his own being and chose to exit the womb before his brother, who was born of light. ahriman was called dark and stinking by his father zurvan, who by casting aside his first born, allowed ahriman to go forth from the heavenly realm to choose his own devices within the physical and spiritual world. ahriman has free will to choose his own path, to become in both planes of existence based on that desire. the writer eznik11 presented a zoroastrian statement of ahriman- it is not the case that i am unable to do anything good myself, but that i do not wish it; and to make this thing certain, i have produced the peacock. offerings to ahriman (arimanius) were made by magi who sought to make beneficial sacrifices to darkness. according to pluta

g the creatures -the denkard13 it is suggested also by the arabs that this king s name was zohak, while the mogs suggested that he was bivarasp, whom of which existed in the time of noah, was most feared for his murdering of many kings. ahriman appeared in the legend of zohak14 first visited zohak, the son of king mirtas, disguised as a noble visiting. his words were empowering, as one who sought to become something other- if thou wilt listen to me, and enter into a covenant, i will raise thy head above the sun thus the prince listened to ahriman. he later took the throne and became king. ahriman taught him the arts of magic and zohak slowly became what the just called a tyrant king. it was soon after that ahriman appeared to the king as a youth who was a cook. he was employed to prepare d

conception of) god-head must ever evolve it s own inertia for transmutation to its very opposite because it contains it..the idea of god ever means the forgetfulness of supremacy and godliness. so must be supplanted by fear. the book of pleasure, austin osman spare within the practice of magic the lore of iblis provides a powerful initiatory model for the sorcerer. essentially the initiate seeks to become like satan, by antinomian methods of separating the self from the natural or mundane world. one may seek to ask how this works, and why would you want to do it? luciferians do not consider satan to be a completely malefic spirit, rather a balanced force of both dark and light. many luciferian rites involve the symbolism of black21, red22 white23 and green24 as being different points of t

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

etia. word of power: a word or name, often unintelligible, that is supposed to carry an occult potency. many of the so called barbarous names mentioned by the ancient greeks were undoubtedly once names of gods and goddesses that became corrupted over time. work, great: the work of achieving enlightenment and unity with divinity. some people would say unity with one's own higher self. classically, to become more than human. the work of adeptship. work, magickal: the series of ritual actions conducted in order to realize a ritual desire (q.v, such as the performance of the great work (q.v) of alchemy (q.v. a working is an extended series of rituals designed to attain a single object. worlds, four: a traditional way of looking at the tree of life (q.v) as being composed of four divisions or "

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ne of the classics of occultism. when the secrets of the mysteries are given forth in this manner and with this spirit, i, for one, decline to believe that they are either betrayed or profaned, but rather that the author is duly accredited to speak on behalf of those who can bind or loose, irrespective of tradition or, oaths of secrecy. it is a curious fact that this is the third book of its kind to become available at the present moment. i see from an article in the november number of this magazine that foyle's are issuing crowley's magick in a cheap edition, thus rendering it available for the general student, who has probably never heard of, or could not afford to purchase, the privately printed edition which appeared in paris a couple of years ago. the third person of this unholy trini

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

says "i may say no more on this point, not even whether i myself have or have not received it" but as this portentous hint is elaborated by the late mrs macgregor mathers in her introduction to the new edition of his book in the following plain-spoken words "simultaneously with the publication of the qabalah in 1887, he received instructions from his occult teachers to prepare what was eventually to become his esoteric school" it may be justifiable to say that if he did receive the unwritten qabalah, it has for some years ceased to be unwritten, for after a quarrel with macgregor mathers, aleister crowley, the well-known author and scholar, published the lot. his books are now rare and hard to come by, and being much valued by the more scholarly of esotericists, their price has gone up out

atters further by an analogy with astrology, and say that a sephirah in the feminine pillar is well-dignified when it is functioning in its negative aspect, and illdignified when functioning positively; and that in the masculine pillar the position is reversed. thus binah, saturn, is well-dignified when providing stability and endurance, but ill-dignified when the overplus of resistance causes it to become actively aggressive and we get obstruction and the accretion of effete matter. on the other hand, chesed, mercy, is well-dignified when ordering and preserving all things harmoniously; but illdignified when mercy becomes sentimentality and it usurps the sphere of saturn, preserving that which the fiery energy of mars, its opposite number, the sephirah geburah, should sweep out of existen

otion to this great work. devotion is a very important factor in the way of initiation that leads to the higher consciousness, and we must therefore examine it carefully and analyse it into the factors of which it consists. devotion might be defined as love for something higher than ourselves; something that evokes our idealism; which, while we despair of becoming equal to it, yet makes us aspire to become like it "beholding as in a glass the glory of the lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory" when a stronger emotional content is infused into devotion and it becomes adoration, it carries us across the great gulf fixed between the tangible and the intangible, and enables us to apprehend things that eye hath not seen, nor ear heard. it is this devotion, rising to adoratio

s of the lesser mysteries go straight up the central pillar to tiphareth, and do not follow the line of the lightning flash. in tiphareth the initiate takes the first grade of adepthood, and from there returns, if he so desires, to learn the technique of the magician relative to the personality of the tree, that is to say the macrocosmic unit of incarnation. if he does not desire this, but wishes to become free from the wheel of birth and death, he proceeds up the central pillar, which is also called by the qabalists the path of the arrow, and passes over the abyss into kether. he who enters this light cometh not forth again. 15. yesod is also the sphere of the moon; therefore to understand its significance we must know something about the way in which the moon is regarder in occultism. it

s the feet are firmly planted on mother earth, no stability is possible. there are altogether too many top-heavy mystics who like to think that the divine man ends at the neck like a cherub, and give no place to the generative organs of yesod, or the anus of malkuth. they need to learn the lesson that the heavenly dream taught to st peter, that nothing which god made is unclean unless we allow it to become so. we should recognise the divine life in all its functions, and so bring the manhood up into godhead and sanctify it. cleanliness is next to godliness, especially internal cleanliness. if we evade and avoid a thing, how are we to keep it clean and wholesome? the taboos of a primitive people have been altogether overdone in our civilised life, with disastrous consequences to the health

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

the stolid, materialistic type of person can live with impunity in haunted houses that drive the sensitive to madness and suicide. it is also well known that psychic work cannot be performed if there is food in the stomach; the best results are always obtained when fasting. the obvious corollary of these facts is that if we want to keep the psychic centres closed, we should not allow the stomach to become empty. the person who is facing a psychic attack should not go more than two hours without food. certain important psychic centres are in the head. one of the simplest ways of checking their activity is by drawing the blood down from the head. this can be done effectually by a hot bath or putting the feet in hot mustard and water. another important centre is the solar plexus; during a ps

ral ones for a period of some months at least. there are occasions, however, when a person is so completely overshadowed and dominated that he cannot perform this operation for himself. the magical operation of substitution can then be performed, if he can find a friend ready to undertake the task. in order to perform this operation, the two friends agree that it shall be done, but the one who is to become the substitute does not tell the original victim when he proposes to undertake the operation lest that latter should be so completely in the hands of the dominator that he should give the game away involuntarily. choosing a time at which he is sure his friend is asleep, the substitute concentrates upon him and imagines himself to be standing beside him, and visualises the cord or ray of

DONALDTYSON CORONZON

record of omnia vincam. in his autobiography crowley wrote concerning his concept of the nature of coronzon "the name of the dweller in the abyss is choronzon, but he is not really an individual. the abyss is empty of being; it is filled with all possible forms, each equally inane, each therefore evil in the only true sense of the word- that is, meaningless, but malignant, in so far as it craves to become real (confessions, page 623. to understand this surprising analysis, you must realize that for crowley, the abyss did not lie beneath the lowest sephirah, malkuth, the sphere of the four elements, but was a gulf that divided the tree of the sephiroth just below the three highest spheres, known collectively as the supernals. to reach the supernals in a spiritual sense, it was necessary fo

DONALDTYSON UFO

me, the fact that virtually all serious ufo photos consist of fuzzy dots, and nothing more than fuzzy dots, it very telling. it means that when a photo is clearer, it can eventually be identified as something common, such as a bird or an airplane. only the extremely poor quality photos resist such identification. the poorer the quality of the ufo photo, the more likely it is to defy analysis, and to become a candidate for an alien spaceship among ufo fanatics, who, like fox mulder on the tv show the x-files "want to believe" i do not think, as many scientists do, that the vast distances between star systems makes interstellar travel impossible. we are not in a position to know what is possible or impossible for an advanced, extraterrestrial race, any more than an australian aborigine of th

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

pe of eternal existence and the symbol of immortality; as such he usurped not only the attributes of ra, but those of every other god, and at length he was both the god of the dead and the god of the living. as judge of the dead he was believed to exercise functions similar to those attributed to god. alone among all the many gods of egypt, osiris was chosen as the type of what the deceased hoped to become when, his body having been mummified in the prescribed way, and ceremonies proper to the occasion having been performed and the prayers said, his glorified body should enter into his presence in heaven; to him as "lord of eternity" by which title as judge of the dead he was commonly addressed, the deceased appealed to make his flesh to germinate and to save his body from decay.[1] the va

he goddess maat[5] embraceth thee at the two seasons. may he give splendour, and power, and triumph, and (5) a coming-forth [i.e, resurrection] as a living soul to see horus of the two horizons[6] to the [1. the numbers in parentheses indicate the lines of the papyrus. 2. the god khepera is usually represented with a beetle for a head; and the scarab, or beetle, was sacred to him. the name means "to become, to turn, to roll" and the abstract noun kheperu may be rendered by "becomings" or "evolutions" the god was self-created, and was the father of all the other gods; men and women sprang from the tears which fell from his eyes; and the animal and vegetable worlds owed their existence to him. khepera is a phase of tmu, the night-sun, at the twelfth hour of the night, when he "becomes" the r

ELIPHAS LEVI THE CONJURATION OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS

et fons vitae, et ablutio pecatorum. amen. 7 prayer of the undines terrible king of the sea! thou who boldest the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the hollow places of the earth! king of the deluge and of rains, of springtime! thou who openest the sources of streams and fountains! thou who commandest the moisture (which is like the blood of the earth) to become the sap of plants! we adore and invoke thee! speak to us, ye moving and changeable creatures! speak to us in the great commotions of the sea, and we will tremble before thee. speak to us also in the murmur of the limpid waters, and we will desire thy love. o immensity in which all the rivers of being lose themselves, which ever spring up anew in us! o ocean of infinite perfections! heigh

ELLIS LOW TWELVE 1907

discovered. i cannot help suspecting that in all the instances of these alleged initiations, a similar course was followed, and that no woman was ever made so much as a real entered apprentice. doubtless the awfulness of the oath and penalty had much to do in keeping her lips sealed regarding the little she had learned. no free mason needs to be reminded that it is simply impossible for any woman to become a member of our order. introduction vii sands of copies were sold. in 1897 jogand-pages publicly confessed that everything written by him against the order was a deliberate falsehood. the greatest blow ever received by free masonry in this country was in 1826, and it did not recover therefrom for twenty years. the particulars of this affair are given in the succeeding pages. from that ti

ed his cigar for a minute without 26 low twelve speaking, while he gazed thoughtfully at the opposite side of the room "i hardly know how to answer your question. there are mighty few indians that can be trusted. i have met a few noble characters, but i can't name an apache who is fireproof. i may be doing chato injustice, but it seems to me impossible for an indian who has been as devilish as he to become thoroughly changed. nothing except a conversion to christianity will do that. you mustn't be surprised if some day you discover that there is a perfect understanding between geronimo and chato, and the warm spring leader receives through some means timely warning of all your campaigns against him" this statement made me uneasy. it was not the first time i had heard it; it was shared by m

r water hole, we found it either dry or so befouled by the hostiles that had been ahead of us that one would have died of thirst before touching the water. our poor horses suffered with us, and more than one succumbed, not so much from exhaustion as from thirst. there were times when the muddiest pool that could hold the fluid in solution would have been welcomed like iced nectar by us. we seemed to become mere automata, moving without will of our own, but held to the fearful work by a blind, aimless, dogged persistency that nothing but death could stop. the throbbing afternoon was well advanced when vikka and i reined up our ponies on the edge of a stretch of sand that was hot enough to roast eggs. a mile or more to the westward loomed a mountain spur, whose blue tint throbbed in the flam

ike of you" with which he deliberately packed his trunk and went off to new haven, without waiting for me to get back a suitable reply, which i didn't think of until he was aboard of the cars on the way to the junction, there to board the new york train and to go farther eastward. we had each been in college a year when the great civil war came. it was not long before i saw that missouri was sure to become one of the most harried states in the union. nowhere was the strife so merciless and vicious as in the border states, where hundreds of families were broken up by the fratricidal struggle. i was not sorry when my father sent for me to leave college, but i was pained to learn upon arriving home that the general disarrangement of business had brought a reverse io6 camping on his trail to h

to the bar of the state of new york. in september of the same year he enlisted as a private in company b, first rhode island cavalry. young bliss's ability caused him to be made quartermaster-sergeant soon after, quickly followed by his promotion to first lieutenant, which rank he held until mustered in as captain of company c, in august, 1862. having enlisted as a soldier, captain bliss set out to become a thorough one. he was a daring and skilful horseman, he had fenced with foils when a schoolboy, and became one of the finest swordsmen in the army. he was known as a man of undaunted bravery, always ready and eager to obey the orders of his superior officers, and never flinching in the face of any peril, no matter how great nor how hopeless the chance of victory might seem. captain blis

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

nded the church of satan reporting walpurgisnacht (april 31) in 1966 as its birthday, the organization described the event as the opening the floodgates to a revolution and proclaimed the event as year one, announcing a new era in history [1. anton lavey had regularly studied occultism at home together with his so-called magic circle of devotees a few years earlier, and it was this group that was to become the church of satan [2, p. 29. membership figures are kept secret by the church of satan, leaving friends and foes guessing at membership figures differing by several orders of magnitude. the membership card provides no indication of the size of the organization, as all membership cards issued today display the number 100261 (see figure 1. while the actual membership number probably lies

c. lending further credibility to the church of satan s view the behavior of many new high priests of various new and improved church of satans (not necessarily including or limited to the organizations mentioned above) seem rather focused on being high priests and little else. finally, it is common to observe rebellious behavior against the original organization among break-out sects. it is easy to become a member of the church of satan and with the grapes thus within easy reach the church of satan s sour-grapes argument is not air-tight, however. furthermore, varying versions of the sour-grapes argument tend to be uncritically used against any hostile non-follower, ex-follower, or organization, indicating that perhaps this argument provides an explanation that is too simple. there may be

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en stories of friendly contact with extraterrestrials who brought a message of warning about the current trend of society which should be countered by a new awareness of the earth s role in the larger world of spiritual realities. the people claiming these kinds of relationships with extraterrestrials were labeled contactees and largely dismissed by ufologists. the first reports that fit what was to become the general pattern of abduction stories came in the 1960s. in 1961, a new hampshire housewife, betty hill, reported a ufo sighting to nicap (the national investigations committee on aerial phenomena. during the course of the follow-up interviews by nicap investigators, unclear parts of the account came to the fore. among these were a missing two hours. the sighting had taken place while

biographical information is entitled the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech. this title is rather misleading and not strictly accurate, for abra-melin had absolutely no hand in the opening part of the work, which consists of an account of abraham s own youth and early travels in search of wisdom, along with advice to the young man aspiring to become skilled in occult arts. the second part, on the other hand, is either based on the documents that abra-melin handed to abraham or on the confidences the egyptian sage disclosed to abraham. this part of the manuscript deals with the first principles of magic in general, and includes such chapters as how many, and what are the classes of veritable magic? what we ought to take into consider

nd are said to be able to prolong their lives for centuries. adepts are also known as the great white brotherhood, rishis, rahats, or mahatmas. ordinary people who earnestly desire to work for the betterment of the world may become chelas, or apprentices to adepts, in which case the latter are known as masters, but the apprentice must first have practiced self-denial and self-development in order to become sufficiently worthy. the master imparts teaching and wisdom otherwise unattainable (and thus resembles the guru in the hindu tradition) and helps the apprentice by communion and inspiration. helena petrovna blavatsky alleged that she was the apprentice of such masters and claimed that they dwelled in the tibetan mountains. the term adept was also employed by medieval magicians and alchem

rology. sources: waite, arthur edward. the occult sciences. 1891. reprint, secaucus, n.j: university books, 1974. the aetherius society founded by sir george king (1919.1997, a british occultist and flying saucer contactee from the west country, whose mother had formerly run a healing sanctuary. he was in his apartment one morning in march 1954 when a voice informed him: prepare yourself. you are to become the voice of interplanetary parliament. it was king s habit to meditate daily, and while so engaged several days later, he was visited by an indian yoga master who informed him of his mission: the cosmic intelligences had selected him as their primary terrestrial channel. king began to communicate with an entity named aetherius, a venusian who was one of the cosmic masters of the interpl

however, that his scientific skill was recognized by a few of the men of his own time. born in swabia, germany, he entered the dominican order in 1223, taught in paris and cologne, and became the teacher of thomas aquinas. the term magnus, which is usually applied to him, is not the result of his reputation but is the latin equivalent of his family name, de groot. as with many other men destined to become famous, he was distinctly stupid as a boy, but from the outset he showed a predilection for religion. one night the blessed virgin appeared to him, which caused his intellect to metamorphose, acquiring extraordinary vitality. albertus therefore decided that he must show his gratitude to the madonna by entering the priesthood, and eventually he won eminence in the clerical profession. in

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various religious systems that prevailed throughout that continent and survived into the middle ages as witchcraft. christians regarded the practice of magic, at least the popular forms practiced in the pagan culture competing with their religion, as foreign to the spirit of their faith. thus the thirty-sixth canon of the ecumenical council held at laodicea in 364 c.e. forbade clerks and priests to become magicians, enchanters, mathematicians, or astrologers. it ordered, moreover, that the church should expel those who employed ligatures or phylacteries, because, it said, phylacteries were the prisons of the soul. the fourth canon of the council of oxia in 525 c.e. prohibited the consultation of sorcerers, augurs, and diviners, and condemned divinations made with wood or bread, while the

ince the 1970s, western sex magick and tantra have been the subject of many books and articles, and sycretistic forms of sexually oriented practices have begun to emerge. maitland, edward (1824.1897) co-founder with anna bonus kingsford of esoteric christianity and the hermetic society. born october 27, 1824, at ipswich, england, maitland graduated from caius college, cambridge, 1847. he intended to become a clergyman, but had many reservations about the church, and instead spent some years traveling in california and australia, studying life firsthand. upon returning to england, he devoted himself to developing the intuitional faculty as to find the solution of all problems having their basis in man s spiritual nature. through his close friendship with anna kingsford, he became an ardent

small fees; thus, after a good harvest he is allowed in some villages five gantangs of padi, one gantang of rice (beras, and two chupaks of emping (a preparation of rice and cocoa-nut made into a sort of sweetmeat) from each householder. the pawang used to regulate taboos, and employ a familiar spirit known as hantu pusaka.a hereditary demon. he also acted as a medium and divined through trance. to become a magician, you must meet the ghost of a murdered man. take the midrib of a leaf of the ivory cocoa-nut palm (pelepah niyor gading, which is to be laid on the grave, and two midribs, which are intended to represent canoe-paddles, and carry them with the help of a companion to the grave of the murdered man at the time of the full moon (the 15th day of the lunar month) when it falls upon a

people simply looking at it, since the material itself was only the intermediary of some unknown force. sources: martel, roy. the mysterious power of linda martel. guernsey, channel islands: toucan press, 1973. martello, leo louis (1931.2000) contemporary wiccan priest. martello was born on september 26, 1931, in dudley, massachusetts. he attended assumption college and hunter college and went on to become a spiritualist minister. in the early 1960s he founded the temple of spiritual guidance and the spiritual independents movement. through the 1960s he concentrated on his skills as a psychic reader and wrote a series of short booklets: your pen personality (1961, its in the cards (1964, and how to prevent psychic blackmail (1966. by the end of the 1960s, however, he had begun to identify

ean system of kick-punching, and t ai chi chuan (originally a self-defense art, now a system of physical exercises to harmonize body and mind. the various forms of martial arts have, as their basis, the attainment of spiritual enlightenment and peace, from which point remarkable feats of skill and strength in self-defense or attack can be generated. in the process of training, practitioners claim to become aware of a subtle vital energy named ch i or ki. ch i is accumulated, amplified, and directed by willpower to specific parts of the body, which develop strength and resilience. this process is sometimes preceded by a sudden exhalation of breath, often accompanied by a shout or yell. the intake of breath that follows appears to result in hyperventilation of the system, generating vitality

ESOTERISM AND THE LEFT HAND PATH

exits in nature, but is hidden from the civilized modern man. the tree of knowledge is more than a metaphor. the middle levels that faivre mentions are represents the astral worlds and the different levels that the magician passes during the alchemical initiation. the magical system of dragon rouge is an initiatoric system where the magician gradually enters certain levels. since the goal is not to become one with god, the path towards the divine is an important process to learn how to control the divine fire. the last criteria of faivre is the perhaps most important aspect of the alchemical initiation process of dragon rouge. the transformation from our human nature to a godlike nature is the goal of the left hand path. unlike many satanists or theories in new age, dragon rouge does not

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

ddle east the si x- da y war erupted the following june and of further ufo appearances, this time of cro s s- shaped craft, in the fall. he said a t h i rd wo r l d war was almost inevitable at some point in the not-distant future. if it was fought with nuclear weapons, he hinted, extraterrestrials would int e rvene in some unspecified fashion. a new o rd e r, in which earthlings would be trained to become cosmic citizens, would be put in place. i noticed that karne sometimes had difficulty with his breathing, shuttlewood wrote. from time to time, as i shot questions at him. he glanced at the pale gold disc on his wrist. he replied to certain queries immediately, shaking his head in the negative over others, after looking at his watch (shuttlewood, 1978. at one point shuttlewood asked if g

gures suddenly 100 fairies encountered a man is pulled back before he enters a fairy circle (fortean picture library) took after a child and nearly caught him. up close, the children got, in williams s words, a full and clear view of his ancient, swarthy, grim complexion. during the chase another of the male figures shouted at the pursuer in an unknown language (jones, 1979. williams, who went on to become a prominent man of the cloth, never forgot the incident but was never able to explain it. i am forced to classify it among my unknowables, he wrote (jones, 1979. the inherent implausibility of fairies notwithstanding, sightings have been recorded even in recent years. on august 10, 1977, while patrolling in the early morning hours, a hull, england, police constable came upon a fog bank i

ned in view for two or three minutes. the experience sparked hopkins s interest in ufos. though for the next years that interest was confined to the occasional reading of ufo literature, in 1975 he participated in the investigation of a multiply witnessed close encounter of the third kind in a new jersey park directly across the hudson river from eighty-eighth street in manhattan. hopkins went on to become actively involved in research on abductions. he also became hugely influential in bringing wider attention to the subject and shaping attitudes toward it. hopkins brought mental-health professionals into his work, which often involved the use of hypnosis to retrieve ostensible memories of abductions masked by amnesia. his first book on the subject, missing time (1981, detailed his case s

errestrials. london: century. horsley, sir peter, 1997. sounds from another room: memories of planes, princes and the paranormal. london: leo cooper. stuttaford, thomas, 1997. air marshal s flight of fancy. london times (august 14. jerhoam jerhoam is a state of consciousness who channels through john oliver. he is here, he says, to help humans incorporate the great knowledge of the soul into life to become more aware. to become more awake, to become more loved, and to know how to express love in many ways. he also seeks to reconnect with students from that time, persons who have reincarnated and live on earth now. many centuries ago thousands of years before the great pyramid was constructed jerhoam occupied a physical body, teaching at the great school of ancient wisdom. further reading a

riginal, however, in setting a secret civilization within mount shasta. the next writer to do so, harvey spencer lewis (writing as wishar c. cerve, identified the inhabitants as survivors of lemuria, the pacific ocean s version of atlantis. according to lewis s lemuria: lost continent of the pacific (1931, when lemuria split and sank, its east coast crashed into part of north america s west coast to become the states of washington, oregon, and california. many of the surviving lemurians took up residence inside shasta. lewis claimed that persons living near shasta occasionally encountered distinguished- looking men in white robes as they walked out of the forest. sometimes these beings, who stood seven feet tall, did business in local stores, using gold nuggets to make their 182 mount shas

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so a child takes not its mother s breast quite willingly in the beginning, though soon nourishes itself with zest. so at the breasts of wisdom nursed, each day you ll lust for them the more athirst. student i ll cling about her neck with joy, but say what means thereto i shall employ. mephistopheles ere you go on, explain your views. which is the faculty you choose? student i d like right learned to become; what is on earth i d gladly comprehend, to heaven itself my range extend, know all of nature and the sciences. mephistopheles then you are on the proper way but must not let yourself be lured astray. student body and soul i m for it bent; yet there would please me, i must say, a little freedom and divertisement upon a pleasant summer holiday. mephistopheles make use of time, its course

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

primarily upon a conventional, dualistic understanding of scriptures, the principal intention of the majority of religious jews is to cultivate purity and righteousness for the redemption of their souls and to secure a place in heaven in the company of the righteous. from a qabalistic perspective, this would correspond to ascending the tree via the column of the right way of the angels of elohim) to become like angels and gain access to the lower heavens. while many contemporary religious students of the jewish kabbalah make pretense to mystical aspirations, it has become more of an intellectual exercise than the active pursuit of mystical awakening for most of them. the small minority who do aspire to mystical awakening are an eclectic group. they range from mainstream orthodox jews to th

ty becomes manifest in the throat sefirah knowledge/first. each letter bears a characteristic root vibration or seed sound (sans. bija. the alef a of unity/omkara is therefore called the seed of seeds (bija of bijas. vocalization of the seed sounds is enabled by the vowels in the throat sefirah knowledge/first. the vowels also empower the undifferentiated names in the supernal sefirah wisdom/east to become manifest with a characteristic vibrational signature in the world of creation (see figure 3.5 on page 89. the sinatic alef is written by scribing the vertical line first (central column, from the top point (sefirah crown/above) downwards (see figure 3.2. then the horizontal line is scribed from right to left (column of the right. finally, the diagonal line is drawn from the left end-poin

is referred to in the feminine about 10-15 percent of the time in the torah, though often mistranslated or ignored. it is important to note that, despite the medieval injunctions of the rabbinate, the ancient qabalah is not sexist. the mystical qabalah establishes the unity and equality of the male and female aspects of the lord hvhy( honor thy father and thy mother, and offers equal opportunity to become masters of the name and great servants of our lord. among books on the subject of the qabalah, there is some confusion regarding how the letters yod y, heh h, and vav v are respectively ascribed to the supernal sefiroth. many authors ascribe only the upper tip of the yod y to the sefirah crown/ above and the rest of the letter with sefirah wisdom/east. the upper heh h is thereby associat

their bodies in sleep or trance. a smaller number are seen to maintain a simultaneous awareness in the waking state of asiyah, and the higher astral states of yetzirah. hence, while in the waking state, they may literally see the form of their chosen ideal everywhere, in everything. while this station is more desirable than entrapment in the lower psychic states, it can still present a temptation to become addicted to the bliss of this experience, preventing further progress up the tree. overcoming such an addiction is no small task, and often requires the intervention of an advanced spiritual mentor. also, frequent intense ananda samadhis can be especially taxing to the nervous system of most humans. 8 ,0, some souls, possessed of extraordinary strength of mind and personal resolve, are n

erally filtered through the astral senses of the geviyah, there is the exclusive vision of yourself at the feet of, so to speak, your beloved small face chosen ideal. for a mystical qabalist, this would be the lord hvhy. this experience is accompanied by great waves of bliss that can get quite intense (and potentially addictive. for one reason or another, you may find yourself unable or unwilling to become active in your geviyah. most people will sporadically become conscious in their dream state, and be blessed with more or less occasional ecstatic visions originating from the dream state. the frequency of such experiences is not a testimony to one s spiritual advancement. some people have one profound experience that changes and effects them for their entire life. others have numerous ex

FLY THE LIGHT

oth. this movement is thus symbolized as the fly god, beelzebub, as a form of the adversary. fly the light begins with alone and divided, an atmosphere of post-industrial chaos and the machinery of a new religion- luciferian youth. this album does not move in the clean and shiny future as we so often visualize, but a past of when machinery and mankind were at odds with each other, when one wished to become another by the subconscious desire of mankind. pounding rhythm, abrasive and chanting vocals, harmonies and disharmonies move in layers over industrial and ebm stylized songs, with an element darkness and chaos intensely behind the surface- like a tv screen flashing images which can only be hinted at binaural beats and phi frequencies used in the musick of p 75 are programmed around nume

FOCUS OF LIFE

ing in the valley of fear" kia of the effigies speaks of zos in soliloquy: i bring a sword that contains its own medicine: the sour milk that cureth the body. prepare to meet god, the omnifarious believing,-thyself the living truth. die not to spare, but that the world may perish. nature is more atrocious. learning all things from thee in the most sinister way for representation: from thy thought to become thereafter. having suffered pleasure and pain, gladly dost thou deny the things of existence for freedom of desire-from this sorry mess of inequality-once so desired. and is fear of desire. the addition of the 'i' of a greater illusion. desire is the conception i and induces thou. there is neither thou nor i nor a third person-loosing this consciousness by unity of i and self; there woul

duce thyself to pleasure. there is only one sin-suffering. there is only on virtue-the will to self-pleasure. the greatest- the greatest non-morally. the origin of morality is obedience to the earliest form of government. in youth, all things have to obey their parents. o, my aged ikkah, loose this the navel cord, that my youth may pass! the most important outcome of human effort is that we learn to become righteous thieves: to possess more easily of others for self-advantage. in this incessant glorification of work, i discover a great human secret "do thou the work-i my pleasure" as above so below, this is never sufficiently realized. remorse? nay, do unto thyself all things, fearlessly. finality is reached when ye have learned to digest everything. what is all man-slaughter but what ye h

, the suffering shall be ecstatic. how do i know? not by farcical dialogue with self but through contact with its undulations. are we not ever standing on our own volcano? what is beyond man-something more dishonest or a further beast? one thing is desired, another is thought; and a different becomes. everything loved obtains an obscene disease. these dream postures are ominous pophecy of thyself to become-the obscure wish. o joy and woe! which is the higher morality-to love man while being man or to reincarnate as woman to fulfil desire? death is that degeneration, an alternation of ego in consciousness [i.e, desire, its metamorphosis into separate entities for that purpose: serving its own. man's living virtues are those unfamiliar with names. his absurd i is ever supralapsarian. man has

yr carouses, my grotesque concubine of chaos! remember o death, my frenzied longing that has no name [oh, forget my first kiss of love, now withered as a fallen leaf. make this my sexuality complete, all knowing, so that i may again procreate the lusty self-love in isolation" then aaos spake unto the ferryman "o time, of nothing now am i ashamed to admit parentage. what i generate is future, body to become. i have learned and unlearned in equal labouring this universe. hard has been my faith and denial. that which is incomprehensible have i made,-have i impelled inwards to make secure for reaction. my knowledge is but the murmuring of a few words with ever changing intonation and meaning. for i have suffered that which shall never be forgotten or spoken: thus much have i realized of life

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

s out into hymns of praise. he seems to reach this illumination through contemplation of the world or the cosmos, or rather through contemplation of the cosmos as reflected in his own nous or mens which separates out for him its divine meaning and gives him a spiritual mastery over it, as in the familiar gnostic revelation or experience of the ascent of the soul through the spheres of the planets to become immersed in the divine. thus that religion of 4 hermes trismegistus the world which runs as an undercurrent in much of greek thought, particularly in platonism and stoicism, becomes in hermetism actually a religion, a cult without temples or liturgy, followed in the mind alone, a religious philosophy or philosophical religion containing a gnosis. the men of the second century were thorou

ptio veritas invidia bonum fraus lumen ira vita temeritas malitia it is probable that this gospel according to hermes trismegistus meant a great deal to ficino, who desperately feared the stars. like the creation by the word in pimander, it may well have seemed to him to accord with st. john "in him was life; and the life was the light of men, and to as many as received him "to them gave he power to become the sons of god."1 (3) egyptian reflection of the universe in the mind. the mind to hermes. corpus hermeticum xi2; optimist gnosis (the mens is supposed throughout to be addressing hermes) eternity is the power of god, and the work of eternity is the world, which has no beginning, but is continually becoming by the action of eternity. therefore nothing that is in the world will ever peri

ritings to be studied, and these writings, in addition to their echoes of moses and their prophetic understandings of christianity before christ, also prophetically shadowed the teachings of the divine plato. lactantius wrote his divine institutes in the context of the rather superficially christianised empire of constantine, and his apologetics in that work are directed towards persuading pagans to become christians by emphasising how much in paganism is close to christianity, or prophetic of christianity. between lactantius and augustine there had taken place the pagan reaction under the 1 e. garin, medioevo e rinascimento, p. 155, mentions salutati and manetti as writers influenced by the asdepius before ficino's revival of hermetism. 58 hermes trismegistus and magic apostate emperor ju

rom the light supernal.3 thus ficino's natural or spiritus magic, aiming no higher than the planets and particularly at the sun, would yet have an angelic continuation stretching out beyond and above it. though ficino, or so i believe, would make no attempt to "operate" with angels, beyond the normal christian prayers and supplications, nor try to reach the virtues which move the heavens in order to become a worker of miracles' ficino, pp. 965-75- 2 ibid, pp. 976-86. 3 this transition is definitely made in the de sole, which first discusses the planet sol and its central importance and, in the last chapter, compares the sun to the trinity and the nine orders of angels de sole, cap. xii; ficino, p. 973. 120 pseudo-dionysius and theology of a christian magus the angelic continuation beyond t

tents of the universe correspond. the system will be dealt with more fully in the book on the art of memory, and the mad method in its magic will be better understood when seen in the context of other memory systems. 2 see above, p. 25. 3 see above, p. 32. 198 giordano bruno: first visit to paris mens on which all things below depend, bruno hopes, i believe, to achieve this "egyptian" experience, to become in true gnostic fashion the aion, having the divine powers within him. by imprinting the figures of the zodiac on the fantasy "you may gain possession of a figurative art which will assist, not only the memory, but all the powers of the soul in a wonderful way' when you conform yourself to the celestial forms "you will arrive from the confused plurality of things at the underlying unity

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

izon (this may take our brethren a little work. all is in truth, so thus we accept no truth (but infinite variation. now this is all fine and dandy but what have we just presented here( the bus driver just now intones last stop in the ride free zone. how appropriate) horizon is a paradigm of unity in extension. an artistic creation, a re-creation. we now have the glittering stars, let us coalesce to become as a blazing sun. the horizon is also the birth and death of the moon. this is the cup of our lady (yet to be seen. the scarlet brotherhood is the army of babalon. she does not accept membership on a cosmic scale, but is a coordinator and filter. it is through her that we advance (up to a point. we may choose whatever initiation scheme we desire, but thee angel guides us (so it is you sh

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

of the imagination through writing, and at the age of 15 produced his first horror story, the beast in the cave by 1914, he had submitted a series of articles to the united amateur press association and to local newspapers, ranging in content from astronomy and philosophy, to his early stories of the occult and the supernatural. also at this time, he began the epistolary communications which were to become one of the main pleasures of his life (at one time, lovecraft had over a hundred regular correspondents, and in fact, his extant letters considerably outweigh his fiction- one estimate puts the total number of letters written by lovecraft at over 100,000) however, it was not until 1917 that lovecraft seriously considered writing in earnest. the family had been forced to leave the house i

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

d willed unconscious. one should never put too great a strain on the universe. but this is a general problem in practical magic, and the sigil magician is not the only one compelled to tackle it, as it also applies to the ceremonial magician, the s orcerer and the theurgist. experience shows that it is quite feasible to include the time factor in the sentence of desire. for example, gthis my wish to become healthy again this month, h etc. but an overloaded psychic time schedule in manager fashion would definitely be too much for our magical faculty. in the chapter gbut how does it work? h we will take a closer look at time factors and control of success. thus, you should try for a proper balance between wishy-was 22/ practical sigil magic a sen up with a writ and tence of desire of the gth

gil, the more effective the operation. as with talismans, amulets and magical rituals in general, the intent to forget a desire or magical operation is one of the greatest tasks for a magician if s/he wants to experience success quickly. experience with meditation and thought control will certainly pay off now. you may have h eard the story of the man who came to his guru and asked him what to do to become enlightened. gnothing, h the guru answered gjust go on living as you did before. oh, yes, there is one thing, though: avoid thinking of the monkey. h very pleased, the man thanked his guru and returned home. but while on his way home, his thoughts began circling remorselessly: gi must not think of the monkey, i must not think of the monkey. h5 why forgetting a sigil is of such prim t too

stic nostalgia/ 89 perience atavisms in states of dream only, until y of awareness. again, this method calls for a l all experiences. h thus, we may, for example, create sigils from the following sentences of desire .i want to experience the karma of a cat .this my wish to experience the karma qe a reptile in my dreams .this my will to obtain thee con- sciousness of a bird of prey .this my desire to become a unicel-lular organism n my dreams. in regard to the first sentence of desire, pete carroll in liber null& psychonaut mentions incredible results (p.203) it is advisable, especially in the beginning, to ex ou have become more familiar with them. only then should you experience atavisms in everyday life and, of course, in rituals. you could append the word gimmediately h to the above sen

, including magic in theory and ractice. p mathers.samuel liddell macgregor mathers (1854-1918) was one of the founders of the hermetic rder of the golden dawn and even ole. through him came many of the unique and impressive rituals and magical techniques. the books he translated and edited on magic, including the sacred agic of abramein the mage, ms on and the kabbalah unveiled, have helped many to become magicians. his autocratic nature lead to schisms in the golden dawn, and he eventually had magical wars with aleister crowley. he died in the influenza epidemic that rocked the world after world war i. nominalism, existing only as names. o.t.o (ordo templi orientis; 128/ practical sigil magic be ass ideas known s the thelemic current. numerous groups calling recent years. nown as the ten

FREEMASON BLUEBOOK

of our order, he may the better be enabled to display the beauties of brotherly love, relief and truth, to the honor of thy holy name. amen. response.so mote it be. ii. o thou, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, bless us in the exercise of those kind and social affections thou hast given us. may we cherish and display them as our honor and our joy. may this, our friend, who is now to become our brother, devote his life to thy service, and consider a right the true principles of his engagements. may he be endowed with wisdom to direct him in all his ways; strength to support him in all his difficulties; and beauty to adorn his moral conduct. and may we each and all walk within compass, and square our actions by the dictates of of conscience and virtue. may we appreciate and

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL 2

an water can sink below its level, it would, indeed, be very wrong for aspirants to discipleship to live an entirely celibate life for the sake of self- advancement when conditions permit them to wed; furthermore, the expenditure of the creative force at the few times in a life when it is legitimately required for propagation would not seriously interfere with the spiritual development undertaken to become the philosopher's stone, and the soul- growth gained by assuming the duties of parenthood would far outweigh any possible loss. what the rosicrucians teach then is that marriage between people who will limit their use of the creative function to the purpose of propagation is eminently good, noble and productive of great soul-growth, but that unmarried aspirant should live an absolutely c

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

and to pour the molten sea. christ was liberated on the cross through spiritual centers located where the nails are said to have been driven, and elsewhere. and one who has prepared the molten sea is also instructed by the teacher how to pull the plugs and soar into the higher spheres or, as the masonic saying is, to "travel in foreign countries" this is in harmony with the dictum of christ that to become his disciple one must leave father and mother. that is one of the hard sayings of the gospel and generally misunderstood because it is taken to refer to our physical father and mother in the present life, whereas in the esoteric point of view something very different was intended. to get the idea let us once more call to mind that the lucifer spirits by the introduction of iron into the

er and mother. that is one of the hard sayings of the gospel and generally misunderstood because it is taken to refer to our physical father and mother in the present life, whereas in the esoteric point of view something very different was intended. to get the idea let us once more call to mind that the lucifer spirits by the introduction of iron into the system made it possible for the human ego to become an indwelling spirit, but continued oxidation of the blood renders the body undesirable as a habitation in time and death ensues. therefore, though the lucifer spirits helped us into the body, they are also truly angels of death, and the progeny of samael and eve are subject thereto as well as the children begotten by her and adam, for all are flesh. the sun is the center of life and rul

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

fected or divine is george h. steinmetz, writing in, freemasonry: its hidden meaning, new york, macoy publishing and masonic supply co, 1948, p. 63. also, steinmetz wrote this belief in his book, the lost word: its hidden meaning, new york, macoy publishing and masonic supply co, 1953, p. 148. another masonic writer, j.d. buck, blasphemously writes "it is far more important that men should strive to become christ's than that they should believe that jesus was christ [j.d. buck, mystic masonry, illinois: indo-american book co, 1913, sixth edition, p. 138] let us hear that terribly blasphemous statement again "it is far more important that men should strive to become christ's than that they should believe that jesus was christ" again we see freemasonry is revealed not to be christian. the un

, and indian monuments. vishnu is represented reposing on a coiled serpent, whose folds form a canopy over him [pike, morals and dogma, teachings of the 25th degree, knight of the brazen serpent, p. 500] notice that the column on the left not only has a serpent encircling a globe, but notice also that the globe itself has wings. another source quotes h.g. wells as saying that the winged globe is "to become the symbol of the new world order when it overtly rules the world [fritz springmeier, the watchtower and the masons, portland, oregon, 1992, p. xi] that means the masonic column on the left depicts the symbol of the final kingdom of antichrist, his new world order. you see again that we have a strong connection between freemasonry and the coming kingdom of antichrist. freemasonry depicts

himself erect in the center of the lunette, like the mast of a ship["point within a circle" short talk bulletin, august, 1931, masonic bulletin designed to read within the lodges, p. 4] sex within a circle the circle is commonly used to depict the female sexual organ. satanists love to use the "eight-step path of enlightenment (right) they believe a person needs to go through eight separate steps to become fully enlightened spiritually. the final step which is the eighth step, is the sex act. notice that the very center of this symbol is a very small circle. this symbol is the ultimate female sexual representation. probably the most famous of all obelisks in the world, is the washington monument. it is believed that the spirit of the egyptian sun god, ra, resides within the obelisk, and th

FULL MOON RITUALS

constant- he rounds the circle with his dear sister. once again, warm hugs are exchanged and greetings passed. once again, deer tells himself that the certainty of this moment is what matters, and that what comes next- while indescribably glorious- will fade. however, no amount of self-reassurance can slow the racing of his heart as he watches owl gracefully move about him. tonight he is supposed to become a still point of an ever-moving cosmos. as always, the sheer joy of sharing being with higher powers is tempered by the anxiety regarding the many expectations which accompany that role. as their dance continues, deer becomes absorbed in the myriad points of light which- reflected from the mirrored shards in owl's dress- spiral and dance about him. even as his mind and heart steady, his

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

e gmother of god h) the female, or negative, force of jah (yh- the heh of which is ever seeking to reunite with the od. in its lower aspect od represents microcosmic man; in its higher it represents the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. as man is a trinity in unity inhibited by a gleam of the supernal shin- the shin which, volatilizing into light, enabled tetragrammaton to become visible-so also is the od threefold in nature. it represents not only the pillars of severity, mercy, and mildness, but also formation, reformation, and transformation; activity, passivity, and equilibrium; and good, evil, and deliverance. thus it is not one od but three odin, which to unite must climb the three trunks of the inseparable trees and, interlacing in kether, the crown, refor

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

',who'served at the altar in a miserable catholic church'(sly,p.74)e .thepriest-in-chargeofthe church was fr james scratton,5'an eccentric elderly gentleman' and 'a ceremonial ne'er255 do-well'whocould offer no help to waite over his 'difficulties 'there was never a poor pitiful cleric more well-intentioned and more completely incompetent. nor would he help his server when the boy wished to study to become a missionary priest; it was left towaite-whothoughtthat 'heavenmighthelp thosewhosought to help others!-to act in hisplace,when 'against allexpectation [i] managed to have the lad placed'(sly,p.74).ofitself this is insufficient to prove the identity of the young serverwithgabriel,butthere is more: among hisboundmanuscripts waite preserved a series of poemswrittenin1882-theyare entitled '

chit may be made64a.e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_aswithallofgranville's children (including ludivina, his daughter by dora) she remained unmarried and her only memorial is the figureofthedragoninbelleandthedragon,waite's curious fairy tale-a 'ludibrium' he called thestuart-menteath family('theravensofravendale) and their doings at toftrees. central to thestoryisthedesireoftheheroinemelusine (dora) to become a 'great poetess'inthemannerofthemystic (waite; andwhatshe achieved in fictionsheachieved also in fact.orso it seemed. in december1894thepallmall gazette described a recently published poem as'aworkofrealmeritand genuine poetical feeling, andthe 1ablet, in may 1895, praised the same poem for its 'word-pictures, oftenofconsiderable beauty'.whatthey were praising wasavalon:apoeticromance,o

ions mighthavearisen every month. the offices of thebritishmailwere in catherine street, strand, and so farasjournalismwas concerned81there began forthwith to be open vision and prophecies on his part of radiant days to come. the hansard union had crashed terribly, elliott had nothing on hand, and if things were narrowwithme they must have approached desperation' in his case. he' resolved at once to become an occult publisher, beginningwiththe already famouslexicon.by hook or by crook he would see lord stafford; and my part in the business was(1)to raise a mortgage on eastlake lodge, for there must be money to startwithand an office to give him a local habitation, from which letters could be written and expected business transacted;(2)to be prepared and' to provide whatever was needed, for

ophyte, zelator, theoricus, practicus, and philosophus. each grade above that of neophyte was relatedtooneof the ten sephiroth of the kabbalistic treeof life, and these continued beyond theouterorder into a yet more secret second order, whose rituals were distinctly magical.thesecond order, therosaerubeaeetaureaecrucis,had existed from the beginningbuthad worked no rituals, and memberswhoadvanced to become adepti of the secondorderdid so by means of passing examinations. in 1892 this changed, for mathers had developed hisownhighly impressive initiatory109_'goldendemonsthatnonecanstay_ 108rituals, baseduponthemythofchristian ro sencreutz, for the5=6(each grade was numbered) gradeofadeptus minor.andwhereastheouterorderrepresented theoretical occultism,thesecondorderexisted fortheworkingofspe

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

homiman condemned him for this as 'impure and mischievous. within theorderhe was known by his motto of'resurgam, and under this name he contributed an article on the rosicrucians to a. e. waite's joumaltheunknownworld;it contained the following remarkable claim regarding the order's private papers 'doubtless the higher chiefs take means for removing any importantmssfrom those whom they see about to become incapacitated either by illness or death. as for treachery, it is not likelythatany very important secrets would be given to a member until his fidelity was thoroughly assured; and every initiate of an occultorderknows that his wilful perjury would be followed by unpleasantconsequences-possibfy acoroner'sinquest,and averdictof'deathfromsyncope'.7at the time this appeared waite wasnota me

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

lephilosophiamoralismight be amended. butitis added 'these things were to them a laughing matter, for being a new thing unto them they feared that their great name should be lessened, if they should now begin to acknowledge their many years' errors, to which they had grown accustomed, and wherewith they had gained them enough' that was the secret, the secret of the failure of christian rosenkreuz to become a public teacher, and such the reason why the idea occurred to him of founding a new order who should work for a general reformation in silence and secrecy, lind undisturbed by the scoffs of a world either too ignorant or too self-seeking to be taught. some pages further on the general agreement of the members is given. 1.thatno public profession of any superior knowledge should be made:

which are believed to induce spiritual enlightenment and extended powers of the human senses, especially in the directions of clairvoyance and clairaudience. their teaching does not neces255 sarily include any indian or egyptian symbolism. during recent years a new impetus to the study of rosicrucian ideals has been given by theosophical and anthroposophical societies to students who are aspiring to become initiates. in 1916, frater dr r.w. felkin started for new zealand tothehistory oftherosicrucians 39iiiiitinue the work of the rosicrucians in that colony. the aim of the societas rosicruciana in anglia is:to afford mutual aid and encouragement in working out the great problems of life, and in discovering the secrets of nature; to facilitate the study of the system of philosophy founded u

utonly apparent to humanity.forexample, the kabalah demonstrates the grouping of the ten sephiroth into three pillars; the pillar of mercy, the pillar of severity, and the pillar of mildness between them; these may also be associated with the three mother letters, a, m, sh, aleph, mem and shin.thenagain by two horizontal lines we92themagical masonmay form three groups and consider these sephiroth to become types ofthethreedivisions of man'snature,the intellectual, moral,andsensuous (neglecting malkuth the material body)thusconnectingthekabalah with mental and moral philosophyandethics. by three lines again we consider a single groupofthe sephirothtobe divisible intofourplanes, corresponding to thefourplanesuponeach of which i have already said youmustconceive the wholetensephiroth to be im

gious worship of all ages and peoples, and also in the emblematic uses of stones as exhibited in our ceremonies and rituals. it has been found from the earliest times that men were disposedtoerect stones to represent their gods, and from/ simple, unhewn stones we find they progressed to the use of hewn pillars, and still later to pillars fashioned by sculpture into the likeness of animals and men to become objects of reverence and worship as representing gods or deified ancestors. in later times, when the art of building had made progress, particular stones and portions of a building received special workmanship as well as particular names; for example, note the corner stone, the key stone, and the cape stone; and at last complete buildings of stone were erected for the worship of god- alt

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

the golden dawn. from 1888 the story of macgregor mathers is the story of the golden dawn,butbefore then, in 1885, he had moved to london, joined anna kingsford's hermetic society, in which he delivered his first major lecture" and publishedthe kabbalah unveiled,his most successful and influential work.5and before 1888 he had met mina bergson, the sister of the philosopher henri bergson, who was to become successively the first initiate of the golden dawn and mathers' wife. after their marriage, in june 1890, they lived at forest hill close to the horniman museum, of which mathers had been made curator;butby 1892 they had moved to paris, where they remained- save for a prolonged visit to london for theequinoxandlooking glasscases of 1910 and 1911- until mathers' death from influenza in 19

die, near forres in morayshire, studied law at cambridgeandmoved to edinburgh, where he practisedbothlaw and occultism with equal enthusiasm helping to found the scottishlodgeof the theosophical society in 1884, to maintain its independence fromthelondonlodges and to preserve its emphasis on esoteric christianity. in 1890 he joined the isis-uraniatempleofthegolden dawn.iprogres255 sing wellenough to become imperator of the amen-ra temple when it was founded at edinburgh in 1893.norhadhe neglected his more general hermetic studies, contributing regularly to thetransactionsoithe, scottish lodge (of which he was now president) and issuing a strange book onthetrue churchofchrist(1893. his path through the goldendawn was somewhat tortuous, involving quarrels with his fellows in amen-ra, an ambi

to somewhat undeserved disrepute,butto the profound knowledge possessed by the chaldeans of old, and still accessible to the diligent student. the importance of this knowledge can hardly be overesti255 mated for our own progress and development, and to this again the familiar knowledge of the alphabet is essential. the symbols of the zodiacal signs and of the planets must be so perfectly known as to become instinctive, and the elementary terms of the science of astrology. the third important subject of the first beginning is the hebrew alphabet. the great jewish system of occultism known as the cabalah has survived and been proved for thousands of years.itis not necessary for the student in the early grades of our order to acquire any knowledge of hebrew as a language, but a knowledge of t

ct is worn out or obliterated by its contrary action;andthus itisthat all evil actions have a strong tendency to repeat themselves when certain times recur.whenthe time recurs at which. this picture. is again thrown back upon the spotofearth where that person lived, recurs the tendency in himself to repeat the action.whenthe pic lure of that action hassofarpassed from it original positive forceas to become negative, it hauntswitha constant remorse.thatis a similar phenomenon to the seeing of a complementary colour when you have looked long upon a bright colour. lookforalong time at a red disc, and after a bit you will see a green one floating before you. so with a prominent action, an evil action, first will come the tendency to repeat it; as that wearsout,and a negative state .of that pic

nothingbutan eye, nothingbutthe perceptive faculty. now through that hollow sphere are running the tatwic currents which have called those stars into existence. and i will just remind you for a moment of these currents. there is the akasa, which produces the capacity, the potentiality of motion, which causes the ether- that is to say, the absolutely undifferentiated matter which fills thatspace255to become so differentiated as to become capable of motion, causes it to become granular. and following that, operates the vayu tatwa which sweeps these granules into a circular motion. upon that again operates the taijas tatwa, which sweeps the moving particles into a glowing incandescent mass of fire mist, in fact. and so is born the first nebula, the nebula which hereafter shall take the formof

GILBERT R A CHAOS OUT OF ORDER THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE

nd yet he was at manchester at the time and in 1847 published his first book, how are worlds made? being a new system of cosmogonical philosophy, at haslingden. he next appears, according to himself, as a civil engineer engaged in a coastal survey of northern ireland12[12. after this he emigrated to america, appearing in new york in 1855 to act as associate editor of the new york evening post and to become one of the pioneers in the construction of the illinois central railroad( obituary, p. 59. also in new york he lost his first wife, ellen, who died on 11 july 1857, and found his true vocation, for on march 9th, 1856, he was ordained a minister of the new church, by the rev. b. f barrett( obituary, p. 59. his relations with the church were, however, destined to be equivocal. there were i

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wished to use a pseudonym-'doctor of hermetic science- to hide his connection with an anthology of the writings of andrew jackson davis, an early american spiritualist47[47. the first copy of the book on saint-martin sent to 'papus' had almost certainly been forwarded to edouard blitz, the head of the martinist order in america, who became a frequent correspondent of waite and who encouraged him to become a freemason. waite refers to blitz in his autobiography as one 'who had been long and intimately acquainted with the occult schools of paris, but was a mason under an orthodox obedience, probably in the united states'48[48] and adds 'i cannot remember whether i was already a mason 43[43] ibid, p. 73 44[44] ibid, p. 459 45[45] letter from waite to papus, london, 25 may 1901. original in t

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n of books written by harun yahya. there is no doubt that these features result from the wisdom and lucidity of the qur'an. the author modestly intends to serve as a means in humanity's search for god's right path. no material gain is sought in the publication of these works. considering these facts, those who encourage people to read these books, which open the "eyes" of the heart and guide them to become more devoted servants of god, render an invaluable service. meanwhile, it would just be a waste of time and energy to propagate other books which create confusion in peoples' minds, lead man into ideological chaos, and which, clearly have no strong and precise effects in removing the doubts in peoples' hearts, as also verified from previous experience. it is apparent that it is impossibl

out to lift and preserve all things, he receives the triple crown of godhood, and joins that throng of master masons, who in their robe of blue and gold, are seeking to dispel the darkness of night with the triple light of the masonic lodge.46 this is to say that according to the false belief of masonry, human beings are gods, but only a grand master reaches the fullness of this divinity. the way to become a grand master is to fully reject the belief in god and the fact that human beings are his servants. this fact is briefly touched on by another writer, j.d. buck, in his book mystic masonry: the only personal god freemasonry accepts is humanity in toto. humanity therefore is the only personal god that there is.47 evidently, masonry is a kind of religion. but, it is not a monotheistic rel

was a fertility god and isis was his wife. according to the legend, osiris was the victim of a crime of passion by which isis became a widow. so, the masonic widow is isis. an article in mimar sinan explains the matter in the following way: global freemasonry dcc the osiris-isis legend is the topic of many articles and lectures and is the closest of the ancient egyptian myths to masonry. the test to become a priest of the temple of isis is the masonic initiation itself. it would be tedious to have to repeat it. there, light was one of the most important elements; in order to be buried in the darkness of the east, the morning sun begins to descend after noon and takes on osiris' duty every day, just like horus who more brilliantly took the place of his murdered father. so, the "widow" whose

a guinea, which was popularly believed to reveal the secrets of the "medmenham monks. the monks' most important precursor is the hell-fire club founded around 1719 in london by philip, duke of wharton (1698-1731. wharton was a prominent whig politician, freemason, and atheist who sought to ridicule religion by publicly presiding over festive gatherings with "satanic" trappings and wharton went on to become grand master mason of the london grand lodge in 1722 by 1739, dashwood was on the homeward leg of his journey. on his way, he stopped in florence to see the abbe nicolini, and it was there that he met lady mary wortley montagu [who] would eventually join. dashwood in the divan club..unfortunately things were not going well for freemasonry in italy. pope clement xii had recently issued th

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c and literary form they too are essentially what they are called principles. they are not personalities, they are not personal deities. accordingly gnosis is a form of perception, feed by the minds and fueled by the emotions. it does not, however, greatly emphasize devotion (bhakti) that is focused or obsessed with image, sound, form and so forth. while we understand and use the power of images, to become devoted to one such image is to ignore its true nature. indeed, obsession with an image of the divine can lead away rather than to the higher principles. there are myriad spiritual forms throughout the great chain of being. in the gnostic system, there are many, many names for them. as they are in the dimensions below the upper world they are partial representations of aspects of the div

s and secularists, it is nevertheless the key focus of guenon s work. in his magnum opus "the reign of quantity and the signs of the times, guenon succinctly outlines the process of spiritual degeneration. as man thinks he is evolving, he is simply accelerating his own destruction- living standards and technology may advance, but only at the cost of spirit. this metaphysical entropy causes matter to become successively more physical, more solid, and on a spiritual level- more malefic. society becomes centred on globalism (witness the new world order, rather than on nations and individuals and there is an emphasis on scientific advances rather than simplicity. as we reach the later phases of this degeneration (the present period, anti-traditions and forms of anti-gnosis arise purporting to

ed to aries and it the imagery of the sacrifice of rams to the father god are throughout that period. horus is pisces, the imagery is related to jesus as the fisherman, the ocean of mankind, the fish as christian symbols is also founder as a symbol of horus as fisherman. horus as a semi-solar image is found throughout religions of that period, christianity representing the misapplication of horus to become a violent martial force. maat is aquarius, the outpouring of truth and gnosis. the first date in our heraldic cycle is 1844, it is the initiation whereby the process of change from pisces to aquarius began. there are many other hidden indicators of this date, in the biblical tradition there are specific prophecies that focus on this date. the 2300 year prophecy of the cleansing of the sa

ions. hence, the druids and those of the celtic faith probably had more in common with the original israelite gnosis that modern judaism and christianity. we can see how the struggle between various divergent traditions has been edited into the old testament, joseph s coat of many colours, for example, a sumerian symbol of a qadesh priest became a simple piece of clothing. baal has been demonised to become the enemy of the people of israel yet we know that the early priests of israel actually accepted baal as part of their faith and there are other examples too numerous to mention. in some sense the creation story and other tales in the old testament echo this re-writing of history, while they certainly contain images and icons of the original aryan faith, they also reflect the distorted t

ribes are lost- but is this really so? or has history also been twisted by scribes and politicians? we know that josephus writing in 70 ce states "the ten tribes did not return to palestine only two tribes service the romans after palestine became a roman province. according to second esdras (a book within the new testament apocrypha) the ten tribes moved a thousand miles west to southeast russia to become the people history knows as the scythians. in race and civilisation roger pearsons writes" nordic scythians overran palestine in the seventh century bc and the history of the sacae or scythians with their many tribes and branches is well worth following. they originated in south-east europe and moved through asia as far as turkestan and afghanistan, even into india to the indus. many ear

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pattern of spirit. from this we can begin to see how the alpha event fits into our model. however, there is more, since the alpha event changed the quality of our energy source, it also changed the resulting spectrum- we now have reality as a hologram, a mirage or illusion. this hologram, in terms of the esoteric tradition, contaminated the planes and caused the lowest reaches of the desire plane to become what we know as physical. it also caused a breach in the spiritual world, and formed what is known in gnosticism as the great schism. the great schism the church teaches that god is the source of all perfect and that the whole world, visible and invisible, is his creation. yet one does not need to be a philosopher to observe that in this world of ours moral and physical evil- suffering

traditional views of reincarnation are. reincarnation is not some carefully graded developmental process, but an opportunity to escape the lower worlds, to return to the dimension where real evolution takes place. luckily for us, there is a knowledge, a wisdom, a gnosis. a knowledge that can awaken us to the falseness of our everyday masks and personas, and assist in the process of breaking free to become what we really are. this transformation is never easy. to go beyond everything that exists in the lower worlds takes a special awareness, a special will and that is what being a gnostic is all about. real integration is a complete existential disappearance from this entire nature field, by confluence with another life-spirit, and by the genesis of another existence adapted to this other

ed within the gnostic system. some basic correlations are fouund in figures 18 and 19. x gnostic theurgy page 73 the aim of transfiguration is the total transformation of the individual. it is not enough to refine or purify the earthly elements (the dialectic, the earthly must be totally replaced with elements of light. as discussed in our last study the chaotic mind must be rectified and trained to become the scribe or adept, as the mind changes other transformations will begin in reaction. one of the most important is the development of the light body. while the physical organism itself can- not be transformed the essence which controls and motivates it (the electro- magnetic field, has a special role in the transfiguration process. for the gnostic to explore and learn within the spiritu

the great mystery (ephesians 5:32) and the administration of the mystery (ephesians 3;9. this teaching was a special process for a unique class. certain gnostics would feel the call to move from the path of terrestrial salvation and enter a new phase of development, that of celestial deification. this is the nexus of the new specialised teaching, that some of the gnostic brethren would be called to become part of the hierarchy itself, in other words, gods themselves! this special path is known as the celestial path, the path of the serpent of wisdom or the path of the chosen ones. initiates on this path were known in the cathar tradition as parfait; or the perfected ones. this secret doctrine or teaching has been known in many of the orthodox churches since the earliest of days, but has g

ation 13:3-4 the celestial class are those who have reached perfection through the transfiguration and achieved a state of godhood. they continue to incarnate on earth, working with the divine will (logos. at the omega day the 144,000, in conjunction with the celestial class, will fulfil the role of the "left hand of god, cleansing the planet in preparation for his return. they will be translated to become immortals within the heavenly hierarchy. the terrestrial class are those who achieve perfection at the resurrection. they apply and follow the gnostic principles through many lives as they transform from earthly to heavenly substance. they follow the will of the pleroma and are reborn as his children on the restored new earth. him that overcometh will i make a pillar in the temple of my

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rces which are translated as shadow aspects of the sorcerers psyche. these shadows of the self are essential to our own selfdevelopment and becoming as individuals. it requires that the witch be well disciplined and also well balanced, save from the gates of failure and madness. to look into the eye of set and lilith-hecate or even ahriman is to face off forces which would devour any not prepared to become bearers of the black flame, a luciferian spirit themselves. once this pact is made, when the sigillium diaboli is upon the mind, spirit and body, then there is no turning back only the ascension of the spirit as beyond the mortal clay. 6 in the modern world of magicians, sathan is our initiator and stimulator of the psyche. one should remember, in pre-islamic lore satan/azazel is conside

s, based primarily in the element air. they are commonly associated with lucifer and are the higher articulated solar and lunar shadow forms of the initiatic guide, by one conjoined with the demonic spirit the self develops in balance, rather than repression and self-deception. such angels are fallen, and contain a demonic or infernal aspect to their character. approach this with respect and seek to become like the essence you so seek. the angelick spirits of the shemhamphorasch are the guardians who lead one to the threshold (azazel, shaitan. spirits should be invoked as how lucifer would command by resolve and silent perception. do not act upon impulse; rather refine your thought to work for you. consider the higher articulation of the spirit and how this may associate with the balanced

rder within the self which comes through this changing and evolving chaos of self. the body of light/body of shadow is directly tied in with the holy guardian angel/angelic familiar/higher self. the ritual of the holy guardian angel, azal ucel and the invocation of the adversary may be employed to achieve contact with this individualistic guide or initiatic genius. when you invoke, allow yourself to become enflame into points of ecstasy, you will grow from this. the body of light the body of light is the astral double which is used to align with the angelic familiar/higher self. this daimon is called azal ucel, being the sigillic word combination of lucifer+ azazel, being the torch bearer and awakener through rebellion. the body of light may be developed by meditation, yoga and other acts

n infernal aspect not so visible in the flames of self. as you stare into the eyes of azazel, called lucifer or azal ucel, a lightning flash comes from his left eye into yours. as this flash strikes you, a voice is heard within your mind, a single question is asked. you will know this question as this moment occurs. move yourself and your body of light into this angelic being, and allow your self to become engulfed in his fire. let the eyes open in the astral plane with the eyes of lucifer; you shall awaken in this light. practice this frequently, until you feel an instinctual communication with this force. you are becoming in the luciferian light. the body of light is used in scrying and of tarot workings as well. allow the self to listen to the instincts which grant you foresight, this s

high sorcery, one should already have sought an operation of will and the discovery of the angel-serpent samael, the illuminator of the path itself. the common logic behind this theory is that you would not take an operation without knowing where you wish to go, the plan of how you shall achieve your goal. theurgy (high sorcery) is the luciferian principle of self-development, the magician seeks to become like lucifer. the ritual let the sorcerer cast a circle about him/her, the leviathanic ourobouris circle counter clockwise, then in the same fashion, move widdershins in your alignment with the four daemon princes and subprinces, in your own design. summon then with an enflamed mind, the dragon-serpent which is the angelic essence of the soul, the eye of azal ucel shall burn forth from t

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF WATER

e the practicus sign facing west recite the prayer of the undines: terrible king of the sea, thou who hast the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring; thou who openest the sources of rivers and of fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee! speak thou unto us, thy mobile and changeful creatures, in the great tempests of the sea, and we shall tremble before thee. speak unto us also in the murmur of limpid waters, and we shall desire thy love. o vastness! wherein all the rivers of being seek to lose themselves- which renew themselves ever in thee. o thou ocean of infinite p

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truth! amen. the prayer of the undines or water spirits. terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterraean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring. thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us, thy mobile and changeful creatures, in the great tempests, the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 2 6/27/2004 7:59 am thou unto us, thy mobile and changeful creatures, in the great tempests, and we shall tremble before thee. speak

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

of the 17th century ee the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 1 of 3 6/27/2004 7:55 am the supreme banishing ritual of the pentagram the supreme banishing ritual of the pentagram (sbrp) for this ritual the adept will need the sword of the hiereus and his ceremonial regalia. the ritual can be performed in a room that is to become a permanent temple space. it can also he performed to clear a room that must be used out of necessity for both temple and secular purposes. whenever the need for clearing an area of unwanted energies arises, the sword of vengeance can be employed with much success. if you are banishing a room which is to be re-dedicated as a temple space, clear the area of all objects and furniture. 1 fa

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ower triad on the tree of life. the superior planets are l, k, f. the inferior planets are c, b, and 5. each hexagram is counter charged with its exact opposite. thus, k superior is counter charged with b inferior. let the adept study closely the diagram of the hexagram on the tree of life. in the center is placed the fire of the sun. superior inferior l 5 k b f c let the z.a.m. take due care not to become sloppy in his or her workings as so many of the uninitiated, and give the 5=6 signs when doing the supreme ritual of the hexagram. these signs work in harmony with the hexagram, and in fact, add force and power to the ritual. as the pentagram is the signet star of the microcosm, the hexagram is the signet star of the macrocosm. therefore, the hexagram is to be employed in all invocations

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the utmost the authority of the chiefs of the order, and that i will not initiate or advance any person in the first order, either secretly or in open temple, without due authorization and permission; that i will neither recommend a candidate for admission to the first order without due judgment and assurance that he or she is worthy of so great a confidence and honor, nor unduly press any person to become a candidate; and that i will superintend any examination of members of lower grades without fear or favor in any way, so that our high standard of knowledge be not lowered by my instrumentality. hrwbg: furthermore, that i will perform all practical work connected with this order in a place concealed and apart from the gaze of the outer and uninitiated world, and that i will not display o

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the utmost the authority of the chiefs of the order, and that i will not initiate or advance any person in the first order, either secretly or in open temple, without due authorization and permission; that i will neither recommend a candidate for admission to the first order without due judgment and assurance that he or she is worthy of so great a confidence and honor, nor unduly press any person to become a candidate; and that i will superintend any examination of members of lower grades without fear or favor in any way, so that our high standard of knowledge be not lowered by my instrumentality. geburah: furthermore, that i will perform all practical work connected with this order in a place concealed and apart from the gaze of the outer and uninitiated world, and that i will not display

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U3

r it is written "not unto my name but unto thy name be the power and the glory" study well this lesson, for it is the nature of the human animal to pass over such a seemingly simplistic lesson and want to dig deeper into more complex material. but in this writing is deeply hidden secret mysteries that must be meditated on in order for it to be understood. remember, as an adeptus minor our task is to become more than human and to gradually raise ourselves up to the illuminated divine within us. at the same time, the higher genius shall descend, thus, bringing about our highest potential and true angelic and divine naturee u4 skrying in the spirit vision g.h. frater d.d.c.f. r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the symbol, place, direction or plane being known whereon it i

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM10

a covering and a guard. khabs om pekht. konx om pax. light in extension. before all magical manifestation cometh the knowledge of the hidden light" step 23 stand in the east and face west. make the sign of the enterer and project your consciousness out of your body. force your consciousness to look at your body. see your body begin to fade as the shroud surrounds it at your will. will the shroud to become so dense so that you can barely see your own body. be careful not to lose control as divine ecstasy comes over you. re-enter your body, and make the sign of silence. vibrate with power "hoorporcratist" reformulate the shroud and circumambulate three times. face east, and forcibly formulate the shroud. say: 10 "thus, have i formulated unto myself this shroud of darkness and of mystery as

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"lvx, lux, the light of the cross (all quit the tomb) chief adept "in the grand word, yehashuah, and by the keyword i.n.r.i. and through the concealed word, lvx, i have opened the tomb of the adepti (the bell rings twenty-one times) chief adept "fraters and sorors of the rosea rubea et aurea crucis, it is to the ends that we unseal our hearts which through the force of our ruach, we have allowed to become encased in matter. let us this day open the tomb of christ of whose heart is the center. let this allow us to unite our hearts with yehashuah. may the heart of yehashuah be my heart, and may my heart transform into the heart of yehashuah. for it is from the heart that life springs forth the glory of the sun, and the unspoken word of the logos that prepares us for the endless night's jour

the utmost the authority of the chiefs of the order, and that i will not initiate or advance any person in the first order, either secretly or in open temple, without due authorization and permission; that i will neither recommend a candidate for admission to the first order without due judgment and assurance that he or she is worthy of so great a confidence and honor, nor unduly press any person to become a candidate; and that i will superintend any examination of members of lower grades without fear or favor in any way, so that our high standard of knowledge be not lowered by my instrumentality. geburah: furthermore, that i will perform all practical work connected with this order in a place of concealment and apart from the gaze of the outer and uninitiated world, and that i will not di

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ed throughout the land. once more isis set off to save her husband. she made a small boat of papyrus reeds, coated with pitch, and embarked on the nile in search of the remains. when she had found them she worked powerful spells to reunite the dismembered parts of the body so that it resumed its old form. thereafter, in an intact and perfect state, osiris went through a process of stellar rebirth to become god of the dead and king of the underworld from which place, legend had it, he occasionally returned to earth in the guise of a mortal man.5 although there are huge differences between the traditions it is bizarre that osiris in egypt and thunupa-viracocha in south america should have had all of the following points in common: both were great civilizers; both were conspired against; both

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

a intends the beast to be any who can enter consciously into lea. you will be the beast yourself when you enter this aethyr. the guide is a part of your own psyche. it is that part which is dying as you learn and grow in enochian magick. zen buddhism teaches that we are never the same one moment to the next. li fe is a series of little deaths or changes. on a longer time scale, we die as children to become adults. the bachelor dies to become the husband and father, and so on. life requires death. this is an esoteric concept which is very hard to put correctly into words but is seen directly in the aethyrs. in lea you are progressing spiritually to a special level. at this point in your growth you are ready to become something else than what you were before. you are approaching the importan

change, and the grade of ipsissimus the mystery of selflessness, which is cal led also the mystery of pan. let the magus then contemplate each in turn, raising it to the ul timate power of inf ini ty. wherein sorrow is joy, and change is stabili ty, and self lessness is self aleister crowley, liber b vetmagi the vrelp (va r- e l -peh, the myst i ca l se e r o f enochian magick, is one who aspires to become a magus. a magus is one who has mastered the third aethyr, zom. the vrelp is an important stage in the development of any enochian magician and one in which each magician works to at tain. to aid in this development, use the magick square for vrelp as a talisman: this magick square adds gematrically to 680, where 68 is the number for the word adna which means "obedience (68x 10=680. aiq

s as the watchtowers should illuminate the inside of the circle. outside the circle should be total darkness (this ritual is best conducted at night. step 2. begin by facing the altar. take your sword in your right hand. hold the talisman of niakod in your left hand and say, it is my will to touch and kiss the awesome void of the outer abyss. concentrate on the goal of this ritual. will your mind to become calm and receptive. 357 step 3. leave the altar and stand before the watchtower of earth. point your sword at this tablet and say, in the holy name of mordialhktga i, command you, mighty ikzhikal, great king of earth: let me now pass through your watchtower of earth. concentrate on earth. circle this table while vibrating the name tex. then circle the table a second time whi le vibrating

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individual archetypes known as archangels, one per sphere into clearer categories like- a light sky, a hard metal, a wet ocean. then originated and created consciousness was handed over to whole specialist orders of intelligences called angels, one type per sphere into the next condition of: 3. yetzirah or formation. here everything gets shaped and formed into the likeness of what it was supposed to become such as light sky over the earth, hard metal of iron under the earth, wet ocean of salt sea in the earth. lastly the processed consciousness was produced as some time-space-event in physical terms at the world of 4. assiah orexpression. here things become located with very definite placement, such as light sky at noon over this place on earth, wet ocean of salt sea in such a size, depth

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

otions were attached to these enchanted rides in the 14th or 15th century: no devil shews his face in it. sticks and staves however seem to be later expedients of witchery: neither night-wives nor furious host nor valkyrs need any apparatus for traversing the air; nightwives had already calves and goats attributed to them, p. 1058. there is a very curious phrase 'to luake a hedge-stick' which has to become a he-goat and fetch the loved one to her lover; originally perhaps no other sticks were meant but such as, on bestriding, immediately turned into beasts (see suppl. as witches slip through keyholes and cracks in the door, p. 1074, they are able to squeeze themselves into the narrowest space, even betwixt wood and bark (conf. suppl. on p. 653. thus in h. sachs ii. 4, 10 the devil first pe

e stones from it. so centonovelle cap. 31' quando i'uomo trova la donnola^ nella via' thefux's angang is interpreted variously: as bad in that passage from ihre, as good by lithuanian superst. n, 9. domestic animals, such as the traveller keeps on his own premises, and does not meet for the first time in the woods, are hardly available as omens: they are too common, too tame and dependent on man, to become significant to him. yet they say, if on setting out early you meet swine, you will not be welcome where your steps are taking you; if sheep, you will. according to some, the wayfarer is a welcome guest if the sheep present themselves on his right hand, and unwelcome if on his left. the etruscans, when a new magistrate rode into his province, observed what horses and oxen he fell in with

lf chases you. human diseases. llcil many other names of diseases i suppress; a still greater number must have eluded my research. my design was, out of this neglected mine of wealth in our language to bring specimens that should prove what mythical fancies the people associated with the origin of diseases. like other evils, they seemed to be destined and devised by gods, spirits, magicians; nay, to become themselves malign living agents (p. 1153. much remains obscure: what is meant by ulfheit, that plague of plagues (p. 442 n? what by the haupt-geschein which is exorcized in ayrer's fastn. sp. p. 148-9, and turns up in other stories too (schm. 3, 366? now in eenner 12180 we find' ir habt daz houbt-geschide (rh. vermide, meaning apparently folly, infatuation. if 'headsheen' be right, i wou

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ssion of wide range and presumably old, which is used by turns for one and another phase of the moon s light, oftenest for plenilunium, but some times also for interlunium: mhg. wedel: im was unkunt des manen wedel/ martina 181 c; nhg. wadel, wadel, but more among the common folk and in the chase than in written speech. pictorius 480, staid. 2, 456, tobler 441b have wedel, wadel full-moon, wddeln to become full-moon, when her horns meet, i.e, when she completes her circle. keisersperg s postille 138b: ietz so ist er niiw, ietz fol, ietz alt, ietz die erst qvart, ietz die ander qvart, ietz ist es wedel; here full-moon and wedel are not so clearly defined as in another passage of keisersperg (oberlin 1957) on march: wan es ist sein wedel, sein volmon. in dasy podius: plenilunium, der volmon

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s of the supreme grand lodge include the right, as members of the international council, to sponsor lodges in territories, countries, nations, or lands other than north or south america where at time of the issuance of such sponsorship or such papers of authority there is no supreme or grand lodge of the rosicrucian order affiliated with the international rosicrucian council in existence or about to become chartered and authorized by a superior body. when, after a designated time, the functioning and procedure of administration of the sponsored body meets the approval of the supreme grand lodge of this jurisdiction it may appeal to the international council for recognition of the newly formed body as an independent jurisdiction, providing the territory or land in which it is located is not

vitality as we take in through breathing. in normal breathing, or what we should call subnormal breathing, we merely take in a small amount of the positive, which reaches the negative cells of the blood and charges only a small portion of the negative with the positive. by deeper breathing, or by holding the breath, as explained in our monographs, we cause more of the negative cells of the blood to become charged with the positive vitality of the air and thereby make our blood stronger or greater in its vitality. other breathing exercises show us in our lessons how we can take on an additional amount of positive energy for psychic experiments and for special healing work. all of this, of course, is explained in detail in the monographs [86] chart 3 [87] explanation of chart 3 principal ar

as a profession, because its logic and required research alone continued to appeal to him. abstract subjects began to engross him more and more. he read works on oceanography, archaeology, and geology, especially those topics which entered the realm of speculation. his discussions with his father led his interest into the fields of ontology, metaphysics, and mysticism. his father never urged him to become a rosicrucian member or student. however, the answers he received to his questions.and which were not available through any other source of knowledge. aroused his admiration for the rosicrucian teachings, and he crossed the threshold of the order by a special dispensation while still a youth. the rosicrucian teachings touched a responsive chord and satisfied a previously misunderstood ye

or the worldwide jurisdiction (the americas, australasia, europe, africa, and asia) a.m.o.r.c. cecil a. poole was born in monmouth, oregon, on sunday, august 11, 1907. his family were early pioneers in the old oregon territory, having come from missouri and michigan over the oregon trail. his great-grandfather, a methodist circuit rider in the willamette valley, was instrumental in helping oregon to become a state of the union. inheriting the sturdy, questing pioneer spirit of his forebears and being influenced by the orthodox religious views of his family, mr. poole first considered the ministry as a vocation. he entered willamette university, a denominational school, located at salem, oregon. there, however, he found himself more drawn to psychology and music. he planned to become a thea

ome. at eleven he was sent to boarding schools in grenoble. after passing his baccalaureate, he spent his vacation at bourgd'oisans where he met mrs. edith lynn. he asked her if she would help him improve his english. she agreed and on his birthday, in 1941, brought him some reading matter and copies of some 1939 rosicrucian digests along with a booklet explaining the rosicrucian order. he wanted to become a member immediately, but because of the war such was not possible. for four years, he studied at the faculty of law in grenoble and received from mrs. lynn mystical instruction that left an indelible impression on him. after military training, he participated in the first years of the occupation of germany as an ordnance officer. at this time mrs. lynn returned to england, writing a las

strict veracity i have no possible reason to doubt, came from burnham with a relative to transact some business in london, and during the timeofmy absence from home with his relation, he took up from sheer curiosity a small oval mounted crystal, which i had been using (without effect) shortly before, and then stood upon the table; and after examining it and trying to guess its use, he observed it to become clouded, this at first he attributed to his breath, but upon further observing it, the cloud, as he expressed it, appeared to open like a pair of ostrich's legs, which gradually resolved itself into the formofa skeleton. he has since told me that at the same time he felt so great an oppression of giddiness and alarm, that he immediately replaced the crystal, and was a considerable time b

nd. i look upon him as a sincere , although not a believer in the . he will meet his reward. question bymrowen, put bymrh.-thedoctrine of rewards and punishments,mrowen says, is entirely opposed to his views. man being inallthings entirely the creature of ,160therosicrucianseerexecuted, to compel every from , that shall be born and shall remain within those conditions, to become good, wise, united to his fellows, and happy through life? c.a.-itcould be done in a great measure; but there would be great difficulty in keeping all to that system of education.9.-lsnot the time arrived, in the due of 's creative process, to introduce these conditions with this practice over the ?c.a.-itwould be well now to begin any system of education that might tend to