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nd severity. the bases are cubical and black to represent the earth element in malkuth. the columns are respectively in black and white to represent the manifestation of the eternal balance of the scales of justice. upon them should be represented in counter-charged color any appropriate egyptian designs and emblematic of the soul "the scarlet tetrahedronal capitals represent the fire of test and trial, and between the pillars is the doorway of the region immeasurable. the twin lights which burn upon their summits are 'the declarers of the eternal truth' the base of the tetrahedra, being triangular, on the white pillar points east, while that on the black pillar points west, thus they complete the hexagram of tiphareth though seperate as it is fitting in the hall of dual manifestation of t

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

corn dollies would be hung over domestic hearths throughout winter. some were made into the shape of a corn mother or a cornucopia, or horn of plenty, and others were tied into knots that bound in the power and protection. this art continues today in rural places. the old name for this month in the celtic coligny calendar was claim-time, when debts would be collected and contracts were arranged. trial marriages for a year and a day were frequently set up at lammas, by young couples simply joining hands through a holed stone- they could renew the contract annually if they wished. lammas evolved over the centuries into an occasion for craft fairs and festivals, with people travelling from miles around to sell their wares. there were also parades by the trade guilds, and hiring fairs where w

ABRAMELIN1

oss thousands are denoted by a larger letter; thus an aleph larger than the rest of the letters among which it is, signifies not 1, but 1000. the finals are not always considered as bearing an increased numerical value. introduction xx (appendix b) employment of a child-clairvoyant by cagliostro. the well-known joseph balsamo, count cagliostro, is said to have been born at palermo in 1743. on his trial at rome in 1780, and at zurich in 1791, he was accused of having practised all kinds of impositions; of gold making, and of possessing the secret of prolonging life; of teaching cabalistic arts; of summoning and exorcising spirits; of having actually foretold future things especially in small and secret assemblies, and chiefly by means of a little boy whom he took aside with him into a separ

sing the secret of prolonging life; of teaching cabalistic arts; of summoning and exorcising spirits; of having actually foretold future things especially in small and secret assemblies, and chiefly by means of a little boy whom he took aside with him into a separate room, in order to fit him for divining. with regard to the manner in which he employed this child-clairvoyant, the documents of the trial give the following information: this child had to kneel before a small table, on which a vessel of water and some lighted candles were placed. he then instructed the boy to look into the vessel of water, and so commenced his conjurations; he next laid his hand on the head of the child, and in this position addressed a prayer to god for a successful issue of the experiment. the child now beca

ABRAMELIN2

some effect thereby, should be rejected, being works full of diabolical inventions;12 and ye should know that the demon maketh use of an infinitude of methods to entrap and deceive mankind. this i have myself proved, because when i have operated with the veritable wisdom, all the other enchantments which i had learned have ceased, and i could no longer operate with them, and i made a very careful trial of those which i had learned with the rabbin moses; the cause of which is that the deceit and fraud of the demon can never appear where the divine wisdom is. furthermore, the most certain mark of their falsity is the election of certain days; since there be those which god hath expressly commanded to sanctify, we can freely operate on all other days, and at all times. and whenever ye shall s

ion of this operation should not be more than seven years of age; it should be able to speak clearly, it should be active, and should comprehend what you teach it to the sacred magic 106 do, in order to serve you. and fear not that this child may be able to reveal and tell unto others anything of what he doeth; also he will not in the least remember that which he shall have done, and you can make trial thereof yourself by interrogating him after the seven days be past, and you will find that he will be able to tell you nothing of that which hath passed; the which is a very remarkable thing. when you shall have thoroughly decided to give this present operation unto any, and which should only be given as a free gift, as i have already said; remember to make such person give you seven florins

ABRAMELIN3

ague ideas, and habits and manners which be not good, then shalt thou temporise with him for a time, so as to bring up causes, occasions, or pretexts, so as not to give it unto him, even shouldest thou already have promised it to him. for it is better to undergo the displeasure of a mortal man than that of an eternal god, from whom thou hast received so great a grace. i have, however, myself made trial hereof, for to my great wonderment (once upon a time) when i was thinking that i was putting it to good use in giving it unto a certain person for whom i of abramelin the mage 210 had great respect; god himself intervened and did not permit my intention to be carried out, for that person began of his own accord to wonder whether the matter were true or no, and he doubted it much, believing t

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

ast one, thou art in all things. o nature, thou self from nothing, for what else can i call thee? in myself i am nothing. in thee i am self, and exist in thy self-hood from nothing. live thou in me, and bring me unto that self which is in thee. amen" second "let the hands of the aspirant be unbound (this is done, aspirant remains kneeling, and officers rise) third "think not, o aspirant, that the trial of humility through which thou hast passed was ordained but to jest with thy feelings. far from us be any such design, but it was intended to point out to thee that the truly wise man is but little in his own eyes, however great his attainments may appear to the ignorant, and that even the highest intellectual achievements are but as nothing in the sight of the lord of the universe, for he l

) second "unto thee, sole wise, sole mighty and sole eternal one, be praise and glory forever, who has permitted this aspirant who now kneeleth before thee to penetrate thus far into the sanctuary of thy mysteries. not unto us, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his head, and teach him the value of self-sacrifice, so that he shrink not in the hour of trial, but that thus his name may be written on high, and that his genius may stand in the presence of the holy ones, in that hour, when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits and his name in the presence of the ancient of days "it is written 'if any man will come after me, let him take up his cross, and deny himself, and follow me (third adept hands chain to aspirant, and takes wand

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

ichard burton said 'he noblest lives and noblest dies, who makes and keeps his self-made laws' 10. this is, of course, what every man of science has to do in every experiment. this is what constitutes an experiment. the other kind of man has only bad habits. when you explore a new country, you don't know what the conditions are going to be; and you have to master those conditions by the method of trial and error. we start to penetrate the stratosphere; and we have to modify our machines in all sorts of ways which were not altogether foreseen. i wish to thunder forth once more that no questions of right or wrong enter into our problems. but in the stratosphere it is 'right' for a man to be shut up in a pressure-resisting suit electrically heated, with an oxygen supply, whereas it would be '

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

t we examine the first woman that he shall touch with his hand, and she shall suffice" now when i heard this, i thought to test the god; and, spying in the crowd, i beheld in loose robes with flushed face and wanton eyes, a certain courtesan well-known in the city, and i touched her. then those of the priests that hated me were glad, for they wished to reject me; and taking aside into the hall of trial that woman, made the enquiry. then with robes rent they came running forth, crying out against the veiled one; for they found her perfect in virginity, and so was she even unto her death, as latter appeared. but the veiled one was wroth with them because of this, and appeared in her glittering veil upon the steps of her temple. there she stood, and called them one by one; and she lifted but

but man himself, man in his suffering and death, man in his purification and perfection. and he recited the formula of the osiris as follows, even as it hath been transmitted unto us by the brethren of the cross and rose unto this day "for asar un-nefer hath said: he that is found perfect before the gods hath said: these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. for the scent of the dying rose is the repressed sigh of my suffering; the flame-red fire is the energy of my undaunted will; the cup of wine is the outpouring of the blood of my heart, sacrificed to regeneration; and the bread and salt are the foundations of my body which i destroy in order that they may be renewed. for i am asar triumphant, even asar un-nefer the justified one! i am her w

the limb of the slave died, and he swelled up and rotted and turned green, and in shocking agony he died. so then i was compelled to cure myself magically, and this was a great loss of force. yet was i "far form the happy ones" although my lips hung on my fleshless face like bean-pods withered and blackened, and although there was not one inch of skin upon all my body that was not scarred. yet my trial was night its end. for the people of memphis, wondering at the frequent purchases of dead lepers made always by the same slave, began, as is the wont of the ignorant, to spread foolish rumours. at last they said openly "there is an holy hermit in the old cave by nile" the the barren women of the city came out stealthily to me in the hope that by my sanctity their dry sticks might blossom. bu

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

ather than of the innocents it was used to massacre. eventually, satanism, protestantism and judaism were inextricably woven together to form a patchwork quilt of evil that the church attempted to destroy during the middle ages, with fire and sword. as a matter of fact, a certain type of devil worship did exist during those times but, ironically, the acolytes of hell were usually never brought to trial; something which stems from the fact that many of those who celebrated and attended the infamous black masses of the period were roman catholic clergymen, many of whom has been pressed into his service at a young age by their parents, who wished to see their sons brought up well-fed and educated in those uncertain times, where the church was the sole power and refuge. the frustration at bein

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ils of the proper technique are discussed. weh note extension: the passage in quotations in this sentence nowhere appears in "the book of the law. crowley is evidently recapitulating several passages in a paraphrase. al ii, 22 starts this, and the verses cited in this note conclude it> the adept must therefore play the man, arousing himself to harden his soul. to this end, i, the beast, have made trial and proof of divers devices. of these the most potent is to set the body to strive with 297 the soul. let the muscles take grip on themselves as if one were wrestling. let the jaw and mouth, in particular, be tightened to the utmost. breathe deeply, slowly, yet strongly. keep mastery over the mind by muttering forcibly and audibly. but lest such muttering tend to disturb communion with the a

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

's if and henley's don't remember-the title; they may not be poetry- but they are honest food and damned good beer for the plebeian wayfarer. it was such manhood, not the left-wing high-brow bloomsbury sissies, that kept london through the blitz. pray forgive the digression) there is only one method to adopt in such circumstances as those of the aspirant to magick and yoga: the method of science. trial and error. you must observe. that implies, first of all, that you must learn to observe. and you must record your observations. no circumstance of life is, or can be irrelevant "he that is not with me is against me" in all these letters you will find only two things: either i tell you what is bad for you, or what is good for you. but i am not you; i don't know every detail of your life, ever

raked through the mildewed parchments of obsolete laws until they found some long-forgotten piece of mischief that might stop it. the withered husks of womanhood, idle, frustrated, spiteful and malignant, called up their forces, blackmailed the church into supporting them, and began a senseless string of prosecutions. notable in infamy stands out he name of mrs. ormiston chant. so here we had the trial of some harmless girl for "accosting" it was a scene from this that inspired raven hill's admirable cartoon. a "pale young curate" is in the witness box "the prisoner" he drawled "made improper proposals to me. the actual words used were "why do you look so sad, bertie" the magistrate "a very natural question" now, fifty years later, here am i in the dock. 1("how can you expect people to tak

f 36 english stupidity was that the only safe topic of conversation was the weather. and so my greeting was instantly construed as a deliberate insult! a typical example of the irrationality of the reactions of a sufferer! now, from this schoolboy level, let us rise and put the case a little more strongly. let us quit the shallows of social backchat for the gloomy and horrific abysses of a murder trial! to every man and woman that has not seen sex as it is, faced it, mastered it- you will find elsewhere in these letters sufficient on this matter- it is his secret guilt. imagine, then, how at any reference however remote, the "sinner" quails, his inmost mystery laid bare, his evil conscience holding up a tarnished mirror to his deformed magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abik

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

adonai: my lord (referred to malkuth; cf. 155& 361) ynd) weasels and other terrible animals myxw) palace, temple, mansion lkyh shone, gloried, praised llh silence! sh defective nzx a door post hzwzm a beating, striking hkm a lament, wailing yhn silence, quietness hymwd 66 the mystic number of the qliphoth, and of the great work food, victuals hlyk) thy god (deut. 4:24, 28:58) kyhl) a ship hyn) a trial, an experiment nwxb a wheel (the cognomen of shekinah) lglg miry nwy 67 binah: understanding hnyb zayin: a sword nyz a ship, fleet ynw) debased llz to embalm +nx 68 wise( ghe will understand that? h) nbyw to be wise mkx emptiness llx to pity sx lulav: a palm branch blwl life myyx 69 a manger, stable; an enclosure swb) myrtle sdh nations; gentiles myywg transgression, error, sin +s 70 hush, b

qb he affected( gnot h read) bc(y clusters; grapes mybn( the heel; the end bq( qabalist lbqm the golden image [of nebuchadnezzar (dan. 3 )bhd mlc 173 lighten mine eyes yny( lg i am hwhy thy god kyhl) hwhy ykn) 174 torches mydypl the splendour encircling him bybs wl hgwn 175 suction hqyny duplicity hlpkm a slipping, falling hlypn 176 an advisor, counselling c(wy to eternity mlw(l illegitimate lwsp trial, temptation nwysn 177 lord of lords mynwd)h nwd) the garden of eden nd( ng to cry out for help q(z plenitude of plenitudes ywlmh ywlm 178 the lower part, the loins myclx good pleasure, choice, decision, will cpx quicksilver yx psk constant, fixed (wbq 179 a binding hdq( 180 a spring, fountain (ct. 4:15; see 143) nyy(m 181 vicious; faulty hlwsp 182 a jealous (or, zealous) god (deut. 4:24 )nq

ealth *nwh hwhy of the gods is one hwhy *dx) hwhy myhl) hwhy prolonged; grew long *kyr) 712 between *nyb 713 the sphere of saturn y)tb# a turning, return; a response hbw#t abaddon: destruction, ruin (hell, as development of lw, 337; cf. 451 *nwdb) fed *nwz 714 fiery furnace )rwn nwt) justice: a title of geburah *nyd 715 secret hrtsn perfumed, fumigated trw+q defective *nzx 716 a matron )tynwr+m a trial, an experiment *nwxb miry *nwy 717 zayin: a sword *nyz 718 wise( ghe will understand that? h *nbyw arrows *mycyx 720 call to mind, account ytb#x thy navel (ct. 7:2) krr# wine *nyy honest; so, thus, just so, such, so much *nk image *mlc to be lovely, pleasant *m(n existing, stable *myyq 721 the primordial point hnw#)r hdqn vision *nwzx the heavenly man (lit. the gprimordial h or gexalted h ma

g. notariqon of kteis-phallus *pk cloud *nn( will be exalted *myry a vineyard *mrk the inept and the profane (lit. gto idols h, as likenesses of men or animals *mylyspl to gather, draw together *mcmc 822 chambers, rooms *myrdx 823 an image of stone, a shaped stone (lev. 26:1) tyk#m nb) letters [of the alphabet] twytw) 824 gemanations h (lit. gcarvings h; cf. 224 *myqwqx channels, pipes *my+hr 826 trial, temptation *nwysn contraction *mwcmc 827 meditation twddwbth 830 a spring, fountain (ct. 4:15; see 143 *nyy(m 831 aleph: an ox; a thousand *pl) 832 white crystal ryps tnbl the lord is a man of war: hwhy is his name hwhy hmxlm #y) hwhy wm# 833 holy living creatures: the angelic choir of kether #dqh twyx passing over error(#pr l( hbw( 834 paths *mykrd 835 the arms of the world (i.e. the unive

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

a further alteration was made in the system of government. the head of one of the 'houses of houses' was made supreme: the high house took no part in affairs of state. thus the atla was to all intents and purposes deposed, although the same reverence and sacrifice were paid to it as formerly. it became a 'constitutional monarch, in our modern jargon. the next thousand years were years of serious trial in other ways. the toil of repopulation was excessive, and there was a revolt or rather strike of the servile races, which was ended by the substitution of 'bread from heaven' for those products of the earth on which they had formerly been fed, a diet which proved so adapted to their natures that no labour troubles ever recurred. the greek legends of the wars between gods, giants, titans are

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

ion that self-fulfilment in the sensible world is but a symbol of the universal sublimity of the formula "love under will" the last two sentences demand careful attention. there is an apparent contradiction with verses 59, 60. we must seek reconcilement in this way: do not imagine that any king can die (v.21) or be hurt (v.59; strife between two kings can therefore be nothing more than a friendly trial of strength. we are all inevitably allies, even identical in our variety; to "love one another with burning hearts" is one of our essential qualities. but who then are the "low men" since "every man and every woman is a star" the casus belli is this: there are people who are veiled from themselves so deeply that they resent the bared faces of us others. we are fighting to free them, to make

if indeed it had yet been devised, on which point he is uncertain. the true square is as follows (it follows when it is discovered. the house of the prophet, not named by him, was chosen by him before he attached any meaning to the number 418; nor had he thought of attaching any importance to the name of the house. he supposed this passage to be mystical, or to refer to some future house. yet on trial we obtain at once- boleskine= beth-vau-lamed-shin-kaph-yod-nun= 418. the new comment pride is the quality of sol, tiphareth; might of mars, geburah. now leo- my rising sign- combines these ideas, as does ra-hoor-khuit. the christian ideas of humility and weakness as 'virtues' are natural to slaves, cowards, and defectives. the type of tailless simian who finds himself a mere forked radish in

rowley's views in the 20s not withstanding, about 1/3 of the present members of o.t.o. are jewish, the "paris working" was a homosexual love affair between crowley and victor newberg, and crowley wouldn't even be "up a tree" without the jewish qabalah! one of the best features of crowley is his absent-minded bigotry. no chance that any intelligent person would accept his opinions without repeated trial! in some versions of "liber aleph" the passage "never marry a nigger" appears after crowley was seriously "paved" by his quadroon wife of the time. for the european whites, it is a matter of record that crowley was sent a notice of expulsion from beastship by scarlet woman alostrael. and it is to be taken that 'the woman' is to take arms in his honour. this woman might be the scarlet woman

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

n s pro-fession for a similar, though more logical and betterworded, attack) coarse and violent language continues to disgrace lear s follower; only gloucester, the unconscionable ass and villian of scene i, has a word to say in his defence. in scene iii. we have a taste of edgar s quality. had this despicable youth the consciosness of innocence, or even common courage, he had surely stood to his trial. not he! he plays the coward s part and his disguise is not even decent. in scene iv. we are shown the heroic sisters in their painful task of restraining, always with the utmost gentleness of word and demeanour, the headstrong passions of the miserable king. lear, at first quiet in stating his fancied wrongs reg. i am glad to see your highness. lear. regan, i think you are; i know what reas

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

, were thy trials not many, couldst thou purge thy soul from the dross of earth? is it but now that the higher life is beset with dangers and difficulties; hath it not ever been so with the sages and hierophants of the past? they have been persecuted and reviled, they have been tormented of men; yet through this also has their glory increased. 4. rejoice therefore, o initiate, for the greater thy trial 17 the greater thy triumph. when men shall revile thee, and speak against thee falsely, hath not the master said "blessed art thou? 5. yet, oh aspirant, let thy victories bring thee not vanity, for with increase of knowledge should come increase of wisdom. he who knoweth little, thinketh he knoweth much; but he who knoweth much hath learned his own ignorance. seest thou a man wise in his own

i had preserved up to this time, i should now forfeit. i realised with shrinking and fear, that this new inquiry would still further remove me from the sympathy of my fellows "my prevision was justified. i had hardly got well to work- that is, i had only spent a couple of years in vain and torturing experiments- when i was one day arrested for debt. i had paid no attention to the writ; the day of trial came and went without my knowing anything about it; and there was a man in possession of my few belongings before i understood what was going on. then i was taught by experience that to owe money is the one unforgivable sin in the nation of shopkeepers. my goods were sold up and i was brought to utter destitution- the old man paused "and then sent to prison because i could not pay "but" i as

i suppose my face fell, for, after a while, he went on meditatively "there are faults in them, you see, shortcomings and faults in you, too, my friend. believe me, if i were sure that they would cheer or help you in life, i would let you use them quickly enough; but i am beginning to doubt their efficacy. perhaps the truth of things is not for man* when we entered the court on the day of penry's trial, morris and myself were of opinion that the case would not last long and that it would certainly be decided in our favour. the only person who seemed at all doubtful of the issue was penry himself. he smiled at me, half pityingly, when i told him that in an hour we should be on our way home. the waiting seemed interminable, but at length the case was called. the counsel for the prosecution g

cold, all dead" in a frightened voice she added "is that the future" penry leaned towards her eagerly "look at the light, child" he said "follow the light up and tell us what you see" again a strange hush; i heard my heart thumping while the child looked about her. then, pulling off the glasses, she said peevishly "i can't see anything more: it hurts my eyes* death in prison "matthew penry, whose trial for fraud and condemnation will probably still be remembered by our readers because of the very impressive evidence for the prosectuion given by canon bayton, of westminster, died, we understand, in wandsworth prison yesterday morning from syncope- extract from the "times, january 3, 1900. frank harris. 86 the chymical jousting of brother perardua with the seven lances that he brake 87 illus

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

di. sh e/ eo s. place of/ rs .evil triad_ apophrasz .satan typh/ hb:shin .on besz. hb:qof. hb:taw\ double_ altar. x /hiereus. horus kerux anubis of e+ w_ sentinel diagram 3. arrangement of the temple in the 0= 0 ritual. upon them should be represented in counterchanged colours any appropriate egyptian design emblematic of the soul. the scarlet tetrahedronal capitals represent the fire of test and trial, and between the balance is the porch way of the immeasurable region. the twin lights which flare on the summits are the "declarers of eternal truth" the pillars are really obelisks with tetrahedronal capitals slightly flattened at the apices so as to bear each a lamp. at the eastern part of malkuth, at its junction-point with the path of hb:taw, is placed the altar in the form of a double c

the three different languages repeat the three mystic words "khabs am pekht "konx om pax "light in extension" the "hierophant" then finally closes the ceremony by saying: 23 the "formula of osiris" is given in z. 1, and is as follows "for osiris onnophris hath said: he who is found perfect before the gods hath said: these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. for the secret of the dying rose is as the repressed sign of my suffering. and the flame-red fire as the energy of my undaunted will. and the cup of wine is the outpouring of the blood of my heart sacrificed unto regeneration and the newer life. and the bread and the salt are as the foundations of my body. which i destroy in order that they may be renewed. for i am osiris triumphant, even o

then most certainly should the neophyte, zelator, theoricus or practicus travel his own road unhelped by others; further, he should not be tempted by others, and when he is hopelessly entangled be relieved of his trials like the reader of a fairy-tale who invariably finds that after the most monstrous difficulties the hero and heroine always marry and live happily ever afterwards. it is a better trial of the powers of a swimmer to let him swim without a cork jacket, notwithstanding the fact that it is a greater trial by far if you order him to leap into the water with a millstone round his neck; but this is scarcely "cricket" even if at the 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 h

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

nsible works and bodies, being intermediate links existing to connect the father with matter, rendering apparent the images of unapparent natures, and inscribing the unapparent in the apparent frame of the world "there are certain irrational demons (mindless elementals, which derive their subsistence from the aerial rulers; where- fore the oracle saith, being the charioteer of the aerial, terres- trial and aquatic dogs "the aquatic when applied to divine natures signifies a government inseparable from water, and hence the oracle calls the aquatic gods, water walkers "there are certain water elementals whom orpheus calls nereides, dwelling in the more elevated exhalations of water, such as appear in damp, cloudy air, whose bodies are sometimes seen (as zoroaster taught) by more acute eyes

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

become one with thine immortal and imperishable essence! unto thee, sole wise, sole mighty, and sole eternal one, be praise and glory for ever; who hast permitted me to enter so far in the sanctuary of thy mysteries. not unto me, but unto thy name be the glory! let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon my head, and teach me the value of self-sacrifice: so that i shrink not in the hour of trial; but that my name may be written upon high, and that my genius may stand in the presence of the holy one: in that hour when the son of man is evoked before the lord of spirits; and his name in the presence of the ancient of days. o lord of the universe! grant thou that upon me may shine forth the light of my higher soul. let me be guided by the 199 help of my genius unto thy throne of glory

one; thou art in all things. o nature, thou self from nothing, for what can i else call thee? in myself i am nothing; in thee i am self, 212 and exist in thy selfhood from nothing. live thou then in me, and bring me unto that self which is in thee. amen. illustration facing page 212 the elemental tablets and cherubic emblems [the "third adept" then earnestly bids the aspirant not to look upon the trial of humility through which he has just passed as one ordained to jest with his feelings, but as a true manifestation of his own ignorance. the aspirant shortly after this rises to his feet and the "second adept" addresses him as follows] despise not sadness and hate not suffering. for they are the initiators of the heart; and the black robe of mourning, which thou wearest, is at once the symb

tsky at denmark hill; also 56 this letter was not published in "light" until january 11, 1902, as at the time the case was "sub judice" 57 in this letter d.d.c.f. signs himself g. s. l. macgregor mathers (comte macgregor de glenstrae. 58 s.d.a. 59 in this letter mr. mathers points out the perfectly pure intentions of the order; who could have doubted it after inspector kane's pronouncement at the trial of madame horos "it is a perfectly pure order? that he most certainly knew that she must be at least a 6= 5 on account of her power of performing miracles.60 as d.d.c.f. apparently much dreaded that madame horos might take over the command of the order in london, he, as we have seen, instructed p. to use cold steel and the macgregor tartan against her.61 he also informed p. that she had stol

diculous as assertion to make as that made by another member of the order, which was "that if indeed it were the promise of s.v.a.'s money that had satisfied d.d.c.f.'s conscience, then he most certainly must be a fraud" p, in his own subtle way, saw this, arguing that in the case where a great man claims to be a leader amongst men, it is permissible to suppose 60 one or two curious points in her trial are worth recording. laura horos, alias the swami, alias mrs. jackson, alias soror s.v.a, claimed to be princess editha lollito baroness rosenthal, countess of landfeld, daughter of louis i, king of bavaria, and lola montez (for lola montez see "lola montez: an adventuress of the forties" by edmund b. d'auvergne. in cape town she had promoted "the order of theocratic unity" which was also ca

ckson, alias soror s.v.a, claimed to be princess editha lollito baroness rosenthal, countess of landfeld, daughter of louis i, king of bavaria, and lola montez (for lola montez see "lola montez: an adventuress of the forties" by edmund b. d'auvergne. in cape town she had promoted "the order of theocratic unity" which was also called "the order of the atonement" and the "united templars" her whole trial was marked by the disgusting display of public eagerness to revel in the filth that was disclosed. at the time, from the coroneted aristocrat to the red-tied demagogue, all classes in england were smacking their filthy lips over such insinuating muck as "daisy is a dark little thing, bright and attractive, with hair down her back in thick curls, and looking even less that her age (sixteen "t

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 3

s with them and? certainly he deceives ruskin, but he deceives nobody else. genius, o weary one, is not an infinite capacity for taking pains; but genius has to take pains to express itself, and expression is at least half the battle. you, i think, have neither genius nor application; neither a healthy skin nor the soap-travail which might reveal it. still, one can never be sure; you might give a trial to the soap. if we had not a sufficiency of hard work before us in interpreting the masters of old, we might be tempted to waste more time on you; but there is blake. blake is more obscure than you are; but we have this guarantee, based on experience, that when we do attain to his meaning, it starts up 329 luminous, titanic, splendid. with you, we discover only commonplace_ the commonplace o

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g his body of all these tawdry trappings, this feminine under-wear, and by utterly discarding the copy-book precepts of baptistical buddhists, the four noble truths were none other than the complete yoga, and that in the three characteristics293 the summit of philosophy (the ruach) had been reached. the terrific strain of asana and pr n y ma, the two chief exercises of hathavidya, p, by months of trial proved to be 193 not only methods of great use as a sedative before commencing a magical operation, but methods of inordinate importance to such aspirants, who, having discarded the shibboleths of sect, have adopted the fatuities of reason. for it is more difficult for one who has no natural magical aptitude, and one who perhaps has only just broken away from faith and corrupted ritual, to c

d with no realization of the manner in which the drug affected those who did make the experiment successfully, i went to pass the evening at the house of an intimate friend. in music and conversation the time passed pleasantly. the clock struck ten, reminding me that three hours had elapsed since the dose was taken, and as yet not an unusual symptom had appeared. i was provoked to think that this trial was as fruitless as its predecessors. ha! what means this sudden thrill? a shock, as of some unimagined vital force, shoots without warning through my entire frame, leaping to my fingers' ends, piercing my brain, startling me till i almost spring from my chair. i could not doubt it. i was in the power of the hasheesh influence. my first emotion was one of uncontrollable terror- a sense of ge

uare, as of some european city, alone at the time of evening twilight, and surrounded by houses hundreds of stories high. i was bitterly athirst. i ran to the middle of the square, and reached it after an infinity of travel. there was a fountain carved in iron, every jet inimitably sculptured in mockery of water, yet dry as the ashes of a furnace "i shall perish with thirst" i cried "yet one more trial. there must be people in all these immense houses. doubtless they love the dying traveller, and will give him to drink. good friends! water! water" a horribly deafening din poured down on me from the four sides of the square. every sash of all the hundred stories of every house in that colossal quadrangle flew up as by one spring. awakened by my call, at every window stood a terrific maniac

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

rd of this custom is a palaeolithic painting found in a cave in the ariege district of southern france. it depicts a man clad in a stag's skin, with antlers on his head-the horned god, a symbol of benevolent power in primitive times. another, a man disguised as a jackal, carved on slate, dates back to archaic egypt. in about 1100 b.c. women and officers of the harem of rameses iii were brought to trial for making wax images of the pharaoh to the accompaniment of magic incantations. these images were fith-faths, still used by witches today against their enemies. history shows that, as a new religion succeeds the old, the i gods of the latter are invariably condemned as the devils of the former, and it was thus that the pagan god became the christian devil. ill spite of this, christianity an

k dog. alt ough, torture wa ostensibly still forbidden, witches could be tested. naked, with arms crossed and thumbs tied to their big toes, they were flung into the nearest deep water. if they s:mje they were innocent-but usually they were dead by the time they were hauled out. if they could swim it was certain proof of their guilt, and they could be hanged after what was only the formality of a trial. queen elizabeth went further than her father; she had an act passed condemning anyone who, by witchcraft, tried to foresee how long she would reign and who would be her successor. the t me of.the terror left no one secure. if they were seen out at night wit? strang men, young girls would be brought before the magistrates, her companion had cloven hoofs' the accusers would cry, or 'a tail hu

other 84 had been ill for sometime and now knew that she had cancer. when she discovered that her daughte had become a witch, she demanded. that she return to the roman catholic church whe eshe .could offer prayers for her. mother's recovery. maxine claimed that witchcraft was the true religion and offered to prove itby letting alex heal her with his powers. alex was reluctant to put his faith on trial 'i'll gladly heal you .he said,'but y u must forget about witchcraft. just try to think of there.being. only one god who helps everyone regardless of religions: he asked mrs morris if she would be. afraid if she saw a spirit 'i don't think so' she hesitated 'but what would it look like' he explained that it would probably look like a ball of fire in perpetual motion throwing out rays ofheat

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

ic stimulation which demonstrates in the activity of man on the path of probation and the path of initiation- 105- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust therefore man must recognise the cyclic nature of initiation, and the place of the process in time and space. this is a special period of activity in the cycle of a heavenly man, and it works out on our planet as a vast period of trial or initiatory testing; it is, nevertheless, equally a period of vitalisation and of opportunity. we must also endeavour to realise the fact that initiation may be seen taking place on the three planes in the three worlds, and the thought must ever be borne in mind of the relative value and place of the unit, or cell, in the body of a heavenly man. the point must here be emphasised that the m

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

on copyright 1998 lucis trust describes the transmutation of the emotional body, and the turning of the desire towards the way: abednego means "a servant of the sun" and thus emphasizes the fact that the sole function of the physical body is to be the servant of the son (sun, of the ego or soul (see daniel iii, 23-24. there is no escaping the fiery furnace, but the reward is commensurate with the trial. the significance of the second requirement, spiritual reading, must also be grasped. the word, to "read" is very obscure in its origin, and philologists seem to think that two words are responsible. one is the latin word "reri" to think, and the other the sanskrit word "radh" to be successful. perhaps both ideas are permissible, for it is certainly true that the man who can think the most s

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

g the causes which are responsible for the present effects, and pointing to the future and its possibilities, and to the nature of the unfolding potentialities- 6- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust this book will be based also upon four fundamental postulates which must be admitted by the student of the succeeding pages as providing an hypothesis worthy of his consideration and trial. no true investigator of the ageless wisdom is asked to give blind adherence to any presentation of truth; he is asked, however, to have an open mind and seriously to weigh and consider the theories and ideals, the laws and the truths which have guided so many out of darkness into the light of knowledge and experience. the postulates might be enumerated as follows and are given in the order

ries for the worker: fear of what the future holds, and, secondly, doubt as to the outcome of any effort. with most people it is a combination of the two. most aspirants have no basic doubt as to the ultimate issue, but they do doubt at times the working out of those issues in the present time, and they shrink back also from the path of endeavour, knowing and rightly knowing that it leads through trial and loneliness to the feet of the hierophant. they are likewise distressed by troubles and high vibrations which seem to emanate from high spiritual sources. strong vibrations will come with ever increasing frequency, and as the race progresses in evolution the vibrations will wax stronger and their reactions must be dealt with in wisdom. two things manifest when the spiritual vibration is e

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

the inner planes. these groups of accepted disciples on the inner side are sensitive organisms, and each member of these circles gathered around a master is aware of that which concerns his fellow disciples' spiritual unfoldment, within the radius of the circle in which he finds himself. these small outer attempts at a tentative duplication are in an embryonic condition as yet. it is a test and a trial effort, and may fail. the members of these tiny outer groups (whose membership and grouping are known only to those who form part of them) have to be willing to be instructed and developed as group units, with the other members of their group aware of their failures or successes. they have also to preserve complete silence as to the existence of the group, and a breaking of this silence warr

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

ich attend the path of every conscious son of god. the same writer says "in jesus' messianic consciousness the thought of suffering acquired now, as applied to himself, a mysterious significance. the messiahship which he became aware of at his baptism was not a possession, nor a mere object of expectation; but in the eschatological conception, it was implied as a matter of course that through the trial of suffering he must become what god had destined him to be. his messianic consciousness was never without the thought of the passion. suffering is the way to the revelation of messiahship!"16 christ's entire life was one long via dolorosa, but it was illumined always by the light of his soul and by the recognition of the father. though, as recorded in the new testament, it was divided into

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 kingdom must be subjected when called upon to prove his fitness for the privileges of that kingdom. o

h is the outer and visible symbol, and though faulty and weak in the interpretation of its essential teachings, it symbolises the form of the kingdom of god. but this is not the kingdom of the theologians. it is not entered through the acceptance of certain formal beliefs. it is entered by those who have passed through the new birth, and gone down to jordan. the citizenship of this kingdom was on trial in the person of christ, and so he goes down into the wilderness, there to be tempted of the devil. 3 in this intimate episode in the life of jesus christ we are given perhaps the first real insight into the processes of his innermost mind. the following words open the story and are significant- 68- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust "and lo a voice from heaven, saying, thi

ll three episodes and give the clue to the whole process. the ultimate temptation is doubt. the test we have all to face eventually, and which climaxed in christ's life until he vanquished it upon the gross, is the test of our divinity. are we divine? how must our divine powers express themselves? what can we do, or not do, because we are sons of god? that the details of each difficulty, test and trial may differ is relatively immaterial. that the tests may first be focussed in one aspect of our lower nature or another is equally unimportant. it is the general lifelong urge to divinity which is on trial. to the man who is but a little evolved the problem of divinity as a whole does not present itself. he can be preoccupied only with the detail, with the problem in the immediate foreground

unfolded in varying localities. but that is all. plato held that "confined in the body as in a prison. the soul seeks its pristine sphere of pure rationality by pursuing the philosophic life, by thinking the universal, by loving and living according to reason. the bodily life is but an episode in the eternal career of the soul, which precedes birth and proceeds after death. life in the flesh is a trial and a probation; death, the release and the return to the soul's destiny; to another term of probation, or to the realm of pure reason" in some place, consciously and willingly, we must learn to enter and work in the world of values, and so fit ourselves for citizenship in the kingdom of god. it was the demonstration of this that christ gave. the second thought which should be considered is

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

here in connection with the problems and the difficulties of the psychic powers as they unfold in humanity and on a higher turn of the spiral than in the past. as evolution proceeds, the human and animal psychic faculties become available to the disciple- 361- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust humanity has chosen to proceed by means of the "trial and error" method and it is in many ways a sound choice, but it is slow and leads to points of crisis and moments of almost intolerable difficulty in the history of the race. in the case of the mystic and the disciple who is endeavouring to gain control of these inherent instincts, the problem is today enhanced by the fact that the physical vitality of the race is so lowered and also so litt

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

d women who need not specific statements as to faults and characteristics. i seek only to make suggestion as to trends of thought. note here the word suggestion, for that is all i seek to give. the disciple must be left free to follow a suggestion or a hint as seems wise to him. this entire work might be termed an experiment in esoteric commonsense and in willingness to accept suggestion. it is a trial of the intuition and a test in discrimination. this work to which i have called you is also an experiment in impersonality, in willingness to work and learn, in freedom to choose or reject, in observation and in techniques. all have their value. this is an experiment likewise for me. i have worked hitherto with only three occidental chelas, of whom a.a.b. is one. the other two are totally un

pting to initiate is of real potential value; for the furthering of its success i seek your aid. make the idea and the ideals of group work in the new age your major study during the next six months. you will not regret so doing. november 1935 my brother and my fellow worker: for all disciples, in the truest and the most significant sense, the past few months have constituted an intense period of trial, of testing and of suffering. from this you have naturally not been exempt. let not this, however, sadden you and do not ponder too deeply upon your reactions to all that has happened. that you could weaken under it or that you could in any way relinquish your fiery aspiration has in no way caused me anxiety. of this, there is no fear. but that the strain could become so heavy that all your

stopped; the decision was the disciple's and not the tibetan's. to p. g. c. january 1936 my brother: as i begin my work with you, i seek first of all to make two things clear. i look for no blind obedience from you. such is not the way of the true disciple, nor is it your way. for this you may be glad. but i do look for evidence of that spiritual experimentation which will be willing to give fair trial for an adequate time to those things which do not run counter to your developing intuition. you yourself are becoming increasingly conscious that your spiritual independence (which is one of your most precious assets) can become too much emphasised and prove in some ways a hindrance. your position is clear and sound, but you fail somewhat to recognise the fact that your personality is not ye

fulness. to aid you and in order to evoke your second ray quality of soul and mind, i would suggest the following meditation. this should be run through rapidly and dynamically, prior to the group meditation. assume always the position of the "one behind the scenes" and say dynamically and with due intent "i am the one who never stands alone. those days of isolation lie behind. i stand alone when trial comes, for i am strong and need not drain the strength of others. i stand alone when blame descends, for i am true and know what i should do. i thereby shield the weak and leave them free. but in this work, i have no self but am the self the self which knows itself to be the self in all. and thus i do my work alone, yet not alone, and thus for aye i stand" then proceed with the group meditat

of futility (after so many years as a disciple) is seeking to swing him off the path. his characteristic life tendency of pushing unemotionally straight ahead will save him here, for he will penetrate the glamour in time and come out into the light of the "lighted way" but the clouds at times and at present seem to him very thick. l.t.s-k. is experiencing a new opportunity to "come clear" but the trial, testing and- 302- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust bewilderment are severe. he feels alone. he believes himself misunderstood and underrated. there can be many close to one and watching over one in a fog, and yet they can remain unrecognised. the point i am seeking to make as i give you all this brief r sum of the immediate and basic problems which confront e

eview on joy as it should be used, what will be the effect in my life, and what will be the effect in the life of the group i seek to serve? 5. can i honestly say that i serve joyously? 6. which do i desire the most, to serve joyously or to serve intelligently? do i know my reasons? 7. if this review work is a definitely scientific method of development, have i ever given the method of joy a fair trial? or the work of the review a fair trial? 8. what basis can i find in my study that this method of reviewing is the way for me, and that it will intensify my capacity for increased usefulness in service and thus speed my progress on the path? 9. is my progress on the path of importance? why? 10. if it is true that the blind must advance by touching, and by keeping hold, but that those with si

rsonal self? 5. if i use this review on the attitude of the observer as it should be used, a. what will be the effect in my life? b. what will be the effect in the life of the group i wish to serve? 6. can i honestly say that i can stand aside and observe with dispassion? 7. if this review work is a definitely scientific method of development, have i ever given the technique of observation a fair trial? do i feel it now to be desirable? why? 8. what basis can i find in my studies that this method of reviewing is the way for me, and that it will intensify my capacity for increased usefulness in service? 9. in what way can right observation speed my progress upon the path? 10. if it is true that the blind must advance by touching but that those with sight move forward by seeing, and by keepi

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

the summer of 1940 that the values of the spirit must take the place of those which have hitherto motivated her? does she realize that she has to regain the respect of the world a respect which she lost when she surrendered and sought collaboration, thus proving herself innately weaker than those much smaller nations which fought until forced to accept defeat? can france emerge from this time of trial, purified and able to demonstrate a new capacity to think in terms of unselfish international relations and not solely in terms of the material civilization which she demonstrated so wonderfully for so many centuries? she can and eventually she will. her brilliant intellect (when turned to the study of the things of the spirit) can outstrip the researchings of lesser minds; that clear percep

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

eed, the harvest of which he will garner in the new age. the tragedy of his appearance two thousand years ago has coloured the presentation of truth by the theologians and made them posit an unhappy story, producing a miserable and unhappy world. this tragedy was based on: 1. his discovery that humanity was not ready for that which he came to give and that for centuries much experience, teaching, trial and testing would be needed before his real work could begin. 2. his recognition that he himself needed a deeper relation with that centre which he always referred to as "the father's house; it was this realisation which led to his comment that his disciples could and would do "greater things" than he had done and that he had to go to his father- 53- the reappearance of the christ copyright

s will mark a significant turning point in human history and will be one of the results of christ's future scientific work (if i may use this term) with the hearts of men, bringing them into rapport with the heart of god. because of the magnitude of this theme and the wide extent of the psychological area in which the mass of men now live, i cannot further enlarge. this field of experience and of trial is well known to all aspirants and is the battlefield of millions. the christ within, as the controller of the individual life, can bring that battle to an end; the aspirant can emerge clear sighted and unafraid. the appearance of the christ among men will do the same thing for humanity as a whole, not in any vicarious sense but through the livingness of his presence, stimulating the christ

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

se energies as they find their way into the etheric vehicle. now comes the stage wherein he is in a position to find out the reality and the work of the seven centres which provide inlet and outlet for the moving forces and energies with which he is immediately concerned in this particular incarnation. he enters upon a prolonged period of observation, of experiment and experience and institutes a trial and error, a success and failure, campaign which will call for all the strength, courage and endurance of which he is capable. broadly speaking, the energy of the soul works through the highest head centre and is brought into activity through meditation and applied aptitude in contact. the energy of the integrated personality is focussed through the ajna centre, between the eyes; and when th

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

ds the path of discipleship; it is frequently prefaced in the earlier stages by much confusion, much astral psychism and frequent wrong interpretations. there is no need at this stage, however, for undue distress, because all that is needed is experience, and that experience is gained through experiment and its expression in the daily life. in no case is the truism of learning through a system of trial and error proved more correct than it is in the life and experience of the accepting disciple. when he is an accepted disciple, the errors decrease in number even though the trials (or the experimental use of the many varying energies) become more extensive and, therefore, cover a much wider range of activities. the processes of registration are founded upon what i might call invocative appr

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

the path of discipleship or who is already a disciple pledged or under observation will profit much from a deep and systematic study of this sign. i would suggest that the student bear in mind the position of this sign. scorpio stands midway between two signs of balance or of equilibrium sagittarius and libra. libra marks an interlude or a notable point of balance before the strenuous testing and trial of scorpio. sagittarius marks another point of balance which follows after that testing, for the archer has to acquire and hold a steady eye, hand and stance prior to firing the arrow which, when rightly directed and correctly followed, will carry him through the portal of initiation. in studying sagittarius, it becomes obvious that one of the major underlying themes is that of direction. th

ight group relations. 3. cruelty which is satisfaction with personality methods and which makes the mind the instrument of the sense of power. when these faults are realised and are overcome, the result is twofold: the establishing of right relations with the soul and also with the environment. these two results are the goal of all tests in scorpio. the keynotes of this sign are, therefore, test, trial and triumph. they can also be called struggle, strength and sagittarian attitudes. another angle of the experience in scorpio can be covered by two words: re-capitulation and re-orientation. in scorpio, two most occult factors emerge from the past and begin to engross the attention of the disciple. one is memory and the other is, as a consequence of the memory, the dweller on the threshold

isces stand in the same relation. pisces consummates the work carried forward in this major world cycle. some idea of the creative story above indicated can be gained if the tabulation of the nine constellations with their signs is studied. 1. aries..beginning..cardinal cross. 2. gemini..relation..mutable cross. 3. taurus..desire..fixed cross. 4. cancer..movement..cardinal cross. 5. scorpio..test trial..fixed cross. 6. sagittarius..direction..mutable cross. 7. aquarius..service..f. ixed cross. 8. pisces..salvation..mutable cross. 9. virgo..the mother mutable cross. one point of interest emerges: all the four arms of the mutable cross are represented in this interrelation, indicating the completed activity of the mutable cross or of the preparatory stage of evolution which has successfully

t possible. study, for instance, what i can still further add as to the influence of these related constellations and see whether it truly conveys to you any exact knowledge beyond a general idea of focussed energies and related forces. let me, therefore, add: the influence of mercury, as it relates aries and gemini to our earth, establishes in time and space a unique situation, for it incites to trial efforts or initiates a series of beginnings in order to relate opposing forces and produce certain planned and definite effects upon our planet, thus influencing the kingdoms in nature or an individual soul-in-form. a conflict is thus initiated which leads finally to balance. this leads to an intermediate consummation in libra. the influence of mercury as it relates virgo and gemini is to co

telligent discipleship; he formulates a conscious inner programme or purpose under the steady pressure of the life of the indwelling christ; he begins to exhaust and deny the demands and desires of the lower nature. this cycle of experience is followed by a painful life of conscious re-orientation a cycle wherein he achieves balance and begins to "stand in spiritual being" as a result of constant trial and testing. finally he stands ready for the ordeal and the accolade of fire, preceding the first initiation. at that final stage, humanity today stands. when (as is now the case) the influence of uranus is added to the other influences and the seventh ray is at the same time entering into a major cycle of activity on the earth, there is then present the energy needed to precipitate the cris

tionary cycle from individualisation to liberation, from the stage of primitive man to the emergence upon the stage of world affairs of a master of the wisdom, a buddha or a christ. 2. the cycle of aspiration from the stage of intelligent integrated man to that of the accepted disciple and from the experience of intellectual expression in the three worlds to that of the probationer who is seeking trial upon the path and is beginning to take his spiritual unfoldment consciously in hand- 281- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the cycle of initiation from the preparatory stage of accepted disciple to that of the master and the still higher grades. these seven crises are each re-enacted during the process of self-initiation into the worl

self is a part of a still greater zodiac and is also divided into three parts. the three-fold division of the zodiac is ruled by three constellations which are to this greater zodiac what the planets are to the decanates. the three ruling constellations are scorpio (on the fixed cross, taurus (also on the fixed cross, and pisces (on the mutable cross. this would necessarily be so because testing, trial, desire, illumination, matter, form and salvation are the keynotes of our solar system and of our earth in particular. this solar system is a system which is expressing the second aspect of divinity and hence the emphasis upon the forces pouring through scorpio, taurus and pisces. ponder on this. a hint is there conveyed anent our zodiac which is of supreme importance to the astrologer of th

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

change of heart and i began again to consider the necessity of getting a divorce. as the end of the war approached, i consulted a lawyer and was advised that i would have no difficulty. in january, 1919, i met foster bailey and later, after i had been granted my divorce, we became engaged to be married. divorce proceedings had been instituted before i met him. i had dreaded and feared the divorce trial but nothing could have been simpler. the evidence was too good and the witnesses too reputable. an old friend of mine of long standing, mrs. john weatherhead, went with me to the trial. i was sworn in; the judge asked me one or two questions as to residence and age of the children and then said "i have read the depositions of your witnesses, mrs. evans, take your decree and the custody of th

r two questions as to residence and age of the children and then said "i have read the depositions of your witnesses, mrs. evans, take your decree and the custody of the children. good morning next case" so that cycle ended. i was free and i knew that i had done the best thing for the children. california is one of the most difficult states in which to get a divorce and the rapidity of my divorce trial testifies to the rightness of my case and the correctness of my evidence. walter evans did not contest it. during 1919 foster bailey and i grew more and more active in theosophical work and associated very closely with us was dr. woodruff shepherd. i was then living on beechwood drive with the three children and foster bailey was living in a tent at krotona. he had been demobilised after the

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

, and deal with their pathology, give their cures or suggested treatment, indicate their direct causes and give, in detail, the processes of recovery? because, my brothers, there is little that i can add technically to what has already been ascertained by medical science anent the symptoms, the localities and the general trends in which diseased conditions are found. observation, experimentation, trial and error, success and failure have given to modern man a wide and definitely accurate knowledge of the outer aspects and effects of disease. time, and constant trained observation, have equally definitely indicated cures or ameliorative processes or preventive measures (such as vaccination for smallpox, and these have proved after many years to be helpful. investigation and experiment and t

s. to these increasingly will be added many psychological methods of healing, and these will go hand in hand with the two above; to these again the services of the spiritual healers will be added. in this way, a rounded-out approach to the whole man will be steadily developed, and the need for this is today recognised by forward thinking physicians everywhere. thus, and also through the method of trial and error, much will be learnt. the healing processes i outline and indicate through these laws and rules are basically new- 317- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust they are not based on affirmations, as in christian science and other mental healing cults; they are not posited on affirmed origins and on claiming results which will only be pos

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

rsons to live in. the psychological and social implications of the education for the new age must be stated as explicitly as possible. the next step is to test the validity of the principles in concrete applications. the testing must be done in terms of operational techniques relevant to the hindu psychology, rather than by western positivistic procedures. until this program has been given a fair trial, it is a waste of time to attempt to prejudge the issue. yet it is not necessary to consider the ancient east and the modern west approaches as two mutually exclusive alternatives. in some instances the approaches are merely two "languages" for stating universal truths about human nature and we are not faced with an either-or antithesis. intertranslation may reduce the strangeness of termino

science that substance and light are synonymous terms, and would recognise also that the light which they can bring to bear on substance (the application of energy to force) is equally substantial in nature, a far more intelligent approach would be made. the esotericist does deal with light in its three aspects, but it is preferable today to attempt a different approach until through development, trial and experiment the esotericist knows these triple differentiations in a practical sense and not just theoretically and mystically. we have to live down some of the mistakes of the past. i have given you many other definitions in my various books, and some of them were quite simple; they can carry meaning today and will come to have more abstruse significances to you later on. i would challen

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

ht 1998 lucis trust put your hand into that of the master and move forward with him and in the strength of your group, irradiated by the life and light of the hierarchy; i would ask you to be a strong hand in the dark to your fellowmen because you are affiliated with the hierarchy and the love and strength of the hierarchy can flow through you, if you so permit. i would remind you in this time of trial that i, your master, love and guard you, for your soul and my soul are one soul. be not unduly disturbed. there is no light or dark to the soul but only existence and love. rest back on that. there is no separation but only identification with the heart of all love; the more you love the more love can reach out through you to others. the chains of love unite the world of men and the world of

the world were under great and peculiar strain, many of them working off and handling severe personal karma, and some of them descending into the very depths of realisation depths where world iniquity and world sorrow confronted them and world issues were made very clear to them- 57- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust it was therefore a year of peculiar testing and trial, and the more advanced the disciple the greater has been his problem, involving as it has done both personal and world problems. the load upon them has been heavy. to this condition the members of the new seed group and those affiliated with them and with my ashram have been no exception. this new year holds in it great potentialities for expansion and growth and for the progress of all move

ous of impending possibilities. the significance of the proffered training has- 168- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust made its just appeal. others are so immersed in the tests and difficulties incidental to the clarification of the vision prior to the processes of initiation, that they have neither the time nor the strength to do more than live through the time of trial and, at the same time, to serve as best they can. both the vision and their service suffer from their failure to develop that divine indifference which is the hallmark of the true initiate. added to all this is the world situation with its inevitable all-enveloping psychic atmosphere, its attendant strains and its constant wearing anxiety, plus the hold which war sufferers have on all hearts

nature, and (if you will permit me to say so and will accept this statement) indicates definitely the dominance at this time of personality reactions. your second ray soul does not sanction detachment, and hence the conflict being waged within your consciousness. yet, my brother and my comrade, the deep and lasting love of two of your group brothers has steadily protected you during this time of trial and of difficulty, as has the love of a.a.b. she asks me not to tell you this, indeed she begs me not to do so, for she is sensitive interiorly to all that affects you. it is, however, right that you should know. so, brother of mine, we come back to the question of the reason for all this harshness in life and to the initiation for which you are preparing. in connection with this i would say

ve of the group members have the fourth ray of harmony through conflict controlling the mental body, hence consequent conflict and proffered opportunity, plus an expressed ambition for the achievement of psychic harmony between the soul of form and the soul itself. it is through the conflict between these two that harmony becomes possible. this is the ray of testing, the energy which brings about trial. people struggle with ideas, with attaining the goal of their current idealism and are driven by longing to find peace, joy and divine assurance. after the cycle of lives in which the mental ray varies from life to life, there arrives an incarnation wherein the ray of harmony through conflict dominates; then the disciple is specifically put to the proof and is tested and tried in order to de

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

nd oft fanatically belong to one or other of these ephemeral states of mind and passing human attitudes. i have no particular religious preferences, knowing as i do that all roads lead to god and that the sense of divinity is so- 140- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust dominant and inherent in the human heart that naught at any time can crush it out; life, experience, trial, pain and instinctive human orientation lead all men finally back into the light of god. i can and do, therefore, love all men, irrespective of nationality and present ideas, as do all with whom i am associated. looking upon the moving screen of time with a vision which reaches into the future and is inclusive of the past (for this is the prerogative of all trained world disciples) i know th

rning hither and thither for help and comfort. shall the demand, so widely prevalent at this time, for divine intervention- 158- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust rise so strongly to heaven that it will perforce draw forth a response and, at the same time, deprive mankind of its right to settle its own affairs, decide its own issues and make progress by the method of trial and error, by the success of its own clear vision and its firm determination to find the right way out of the situation? such intervention is possible, but it is not deemed desirable by the forces of spiritual knowledge. they are therefore holding their hand, feeling that this time humanity must be encouraged to battle to the end on behalf of its hope and its vision. men pray for peace but w

ity of materialising the plan, and particularly concerning the share in these plans which spiritual groups can undertake. i would have you remember that disciples learn to work with the plan by working; they learn to discover the inner expanding consciousness of humanity by the development of an increasing sensitivity to it; and they find their coworkers in the plan by the old and tried method of trial and error. the less evolved the disciple and worker, the larger the number of trials and the greater the number of errors. but the system works, for it is an eliminating as well as a perfecting process, and the residue which remains after due effort, can be trusted. you have those, finally, who remain and who are worthy of trust. why does this system work? because by its means the graces of

iful and the true. speaking esoterically, the personality of humanity will be integrated and reoriented towards the good life, a new and better way. for the attainment of these objectives, i summon you today and all whom you can reach. i should like to incorporate at this point part of what i said elsewhere. one thing you must constantly bear in mind. when the war is over, when this time of acute trial and tribulation have come to an end, a great spiritual awakening (of a quality and a nature quite unpredictable now) will arrive. the war will have taught humanity many lessons and will have torn the veil of self away from many eyes. values which have been hitherto expressed and understood only by those whose "eyes are on god" will be the goal and the desire of untold thousands; true underst

s other people and other allied nations. see the issues of this conflict clearly, and let no false and glamorous sentiment lead you to favour weakness towards the axis powers at this unique and critical moment. the form or forms of their tyranny must be broken and due payment made in all justice and discrimination to an outraged world. but the souls that implemented that tyranny must through sore trial and right spiritual direction be again led to walk in the light. the children of the axis nations must not be penalised for the wickedness or the weakness of their fathers; they must be educated in new and better ways and loved into right understanding of their relationships- 291- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust for two complete generations there must be a pea

umanity is non-existent, from the totalitarian point of view. would you, therefore, have the spiritual hierarchy of our planet work along totalitarian lines, enforcing peace and comfort, taking steps to arrest evil by force and working for the material well-being of men? or would you have the masters lead humanity itself, through right understanding, to take the needed action, even if it involves trial and error and a much slower process? would you have mankind standing on its- 439- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust own feet as intelligent agents of the divine plan? or would you have them treated as irresponsible children who must be energetically protected against themselves? is it not better for the rapidly awakening intelligence and activity of men (in ever

along which- 450- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust energy can flow in a new and electric fashion from shamballa, via the hierarchical minority referred to above, and into the large group of masters and initiates and disciples to whom is committed the task of consolidation. all this constitutes for the members of the hierarchy a definite process of testing out and of trial, prior to and preparatory to some of the higher initiations. again, the members of the hierarchy are not only sensitive to impression from the two other planetary centres (shamballa and humanity, but they are acutely aware of the forces of evil which are fighting furiously against the externalisation of the spiritual work. the energy which cosmic evil generates is active along three main cha

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

orders are indicative of human frailty and limitation. rules are, however, different. they are the result of tried experience and of age-long undertakings and assuming neither the form of laws nor the limitations of a command they are recognised by those for whom they exist and hence evoke from them a prompt intuitive response. they need no enforcement but are voluntarily accepted, and are put to trial in the belief that the witness of the past and the testimony of the ages warrant the effort required for the expressed requirements. this is true of the fourteen rules which we are now going to study. i would remind you that only the initiate consciousness will truly comprehend their significance, but also that your effort so to do will develop in you the beginning of that initiate conscious

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

lt, or hidden, spiritual intuition which will guide him in his now lonely journey; the aspirant is no longer identified and lost in the mass; he is no longer one of the sheep, safely guarded in the sheepfold; he is no longer one of the great herd of emigrants, but he has emerged out of the mass and has started on the lonely way of all disciples. then he treads the path of tribulation, of test and trial, wrestling by himself as an individual, from leo to capricorn, until the time comes when, with the aid of instinct, intellect and intuition, and driven by the urge of the christ life, he again merges himself with the mass and becomes identified with the group. he then becomes the world server in aquarius and has no sense of separateness. the lesson of the labor we have seen that the hind or

o his hand within the council chamber of the lord "the time for a dread labor now draws near. this man, who is a son of man and yet a son of god, must be prepared. let him look well unto the weapons that he owns and let him burnish bright his shield, and dip his arrows in a lethal brew, for dire and dread is the labor just ahead. let him prepare" but hercules, resting from his labors, wot not the trial which lay just ahead. he felt his courage strong. he rested from his labors, and time and time again, past the fourth gate he chased the sacred doe clear to the temple of the lord. time came wherein the timid hind knew well the hunter who pursued her, and gently came at his command. thus time and time again, he placed the doe upon his heart and sought the temple of the lord. thus rested he

d saviors in pisces. in aquarius the man is a serving master. that is the keynote i want you to hold in your minds. he can be a master because he has learned to serve, and he can serve because he is a master. those two go together. the ruler of the first decanate of aquarius is saturn. saturn gives us discipline; saturn opens for us the door of opportunity. saturn, through spiritual exercises and trial, strengthens our spiritual muscles and enables us to emerge out of darkness into light. hallmarks of the initiate hercules being the initiate is pledged to do three things, which can be summed up as the outstanding characteristics of all true initiates. if they are not present in some measure the man is not an initiate. 1. unselfish service. this is not the service that we render because we

anced (law, sex, money. polar opposite: aries. a fire sign (subjective, latent consciousness, will to incarnate. rulers: exoteric, venus; esoteric, uranus. keywords: from the angle of form "let choice be made; from the angle of soul "i choose the way which leads between the two great lines of force. scorpio, the scorpion element: water sign (as are also cancer and pisces. quality: conflict. test. trial. triumph. points of crisis. moments of reorientation. turning point in the life of humanity and of the individual. hercules became the triumphant disciple in scorpio. polar opposite: taurus. an earth sign (desire, and growth of soul light. rulers: exoteric and esoteric, the same, mars. keywords: from the angle of form "let maya flourish and let deception rule; from the angle of soul "warrior

hich is also the supreme test for humanity, and which, if we study the times and seasons, appears that to which humanity is subjected at the present time. the problem before hercules was his emancipation from illusion and the freeing of perception from the mists and miasmas, the glamor and the appearances, behind which reality veils itself. in this sign he passes successfully through his greatest trial and [228] thenceforth his problem changes. he has controlled and demonstrated his capacity to overcome desire; he is poised and balanced in his point of view; now, because he is no longer taken in by that which appears and because he can walk one-pointedly in the light, he becomes a world worker. this one-pointedness is demonstrated for us in sagittarius (november 23- december 22, the archer

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

some reason attached to the templar name and was obviously thrice magnified when the proposition arose that the great chivalry had continued to exist in secret from the days of philippe le bel even to the second half of the eighteenth century. there were other considerations, however, which loomed largely, and especially in regard to the sudden proscription which befell the order in 1307. of the trial which followed there were records available to all, in successive editions of the french work of dupuy, first published in 1685; in the german historical tractatus of petrus puteamus published at frankfort in 1665; in gurther's latin historia tempiarsorum of 1691; and in yet other publications prior to 1750. there is not a little evidence of one impression which was produced by these memoria

BALANONES TEMPLE OF SET FAQ

an work together, and to help them identify which level of initiation has been achieved by each other, we wear this symbol on different colored medallions, normally worn on necklaces of some kind, at formal gatherings. there are six levels of initiation recognized within the temple of set, each with its specific color medallion- the first degree member wears a white medallion. this is a period of trial membership, in which the member begins to explore our philosophies, our practices, and our society. the member can decide whether our organization is one which will help the member's personal growth, and if not he is welcome to leave at any time, with our good wishes. likewise, during this period we determine whether the member will function well within our society, will benefit from our act

h their personal growth. if not, then their membership is terminated, hopefully with no hard feelings. we title this degree "setian" which is also the generic name for all of our members. the term stands for all who pursue their self deification while in contact with the philosophical and magical stream of the temple- the second degree wears a red medallion. this is a member who has completed the trial membership and has been found to be compatible with and a valued contributor to the temple of set, just as we have been found to be useful to the member's own growth. more, through hard work the individual has opened him- or herself to the forces of becoming within the body-soul complex. this is a place of great excitement and achievement. we recognize our adepts by the quality of their adve

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

degree; they are more or less volatile in proportion to the mutual fitness of their bodies and souls. a metal that has the three conditions of fixedness is not affected by fire or overcome by any other outward agent. but there is only one metal that fulfils these conditions, namely, gold. silver also contains fixed mercury, and is not so quickly volatilised as the imperfect metals, but stands the trial of fire, and yields no food to voracious saturn. amatory venus is clothed with abundant colour, and her whole body is one pure tincture, not unlike the red colour which is found in the most precious of metals. but though her spirit is of good quality, her body is leprous, and affords no permanent substratum to the fixed tincture. hence the soul has to share the fate of the imperfect body, an

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

the whole evolution of the races was performed in them[[vol. 2, page] 420 the secret doctrine. cyclic evolution the "man-saviour" the solar bacchus or "dionysos" more than a man. dionysos is one with osiris, with krishna, and with buddha (the heavenly wise, and with the coming (tenth) avatar, the glorified spiritual christos, who will deliver the suffering christos (mankind, or prometheus, on its trial. this, say brahminical and buddhistic legends, echoed by the zoroastrian and now by the christian teachings (the latter only occasionally, will happen at the end of kaliyuga. it is only after the appearance of kalki-avatar, or sosiosh, that man will be born from woman without sin. then will brahma, the hindu deity; ahura-mazda (ormazd, the zoroastrian; zeus, the greco-olympian don juan; jeho

a) of brahma have become with the gnostics the "five words" written upon the akasic (shining) garment of jesus at his glorification: the words[[zama zama ozza paxama, ozai, translated by the orientalists "the robe, the glorious robe of my strength" these words were, in their turn, the anagrammatic blind of the five mystic powers represented on the robe of the "resurrected" initiate after his last trial of three days' trance; the five becoming seven only after his death, when the adept became the full christos, the full krishna-vishnu, i.e, merged in nirvana. the e delphicum, a sacred symbol, was the numeral five, again; and how sacred it was is shown by the fact that the corinthians (according to plutarch) replaced the wooden numeral in the delphic temple by a bronze one; and this one was

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

upper and the seven lower worlds. breaking in two, the shell becomes the heaven, and the meat in the egg the earth, the white forming the terres[ footnote(s* the latter appellations are all identical with anima mundi, or the "universal soul" the astral light of the kabalist and the occultist, or the "egg of darkness* weber "akad vorles" pp. 213, 214 et seq[[vol. 1, page] 366 the secret doctrine. trial waters. then again, it is vishnu who emerges from within the egg with a lotus in his hand. vinata, a daughter of daksha and wife of kasyapa("the self-born sprung from time" one of the seven "creators" of our world, brought forth an egg from which was born garuda, the vehicle of vishnu, the latter allegory having a relation to our earth only, as garuda is the great cycle. the egg was sacred t

BLUE EQUINOX

r its arrival. then, when hope was about dead, i obtained a trace of it. it came as a drink of sweet nectar to a thirsty pilgrim, and it is wonderful how much better i feel. the note re neophytes and probationers has set me at rest about the silence of fra p.a; and confirms, what all the while i have suspected, that his delay in answering is a test. this confirmation is cheering, however hard the trial may have been, in so far as i had made up my mind to work on, whether he writes or not, and had got quite used to the idea of having to work out my own path, without outside aid or encouragement. he was also pleased to find some of his own experiments more or less confirmed in liber hhh of which he writes: m.m.m. 2 .mentions the breath playing upon the skin, etc. i have experienced this, and

hat joy. said he .only those who are stuffed with straw can know it. then i left him, not knowing whether he had complimented or belittled it. a year passed, during which the scarecrow turned philosopher. and when i passed by him again i saw two crows building a nest under his hat. reviews 297 here is another: the new pleasure last night i invented a new pleasure, and as i was giving it the first trial an angel and a devil came rushing toward my house. they met at my door and fought with each other over my newly created pleasure; the one crying .it is a sin..the other .it is a virtue. good boy! a. c. india and the future. by william archer. alfred a. knopf. mr. archer has been through india, i should judge for as much as six weeks, with a typewriter and a provincial third-rate mind. edmund

suffer, act like him; and from the stronghold of your soul, chase all your foes away.ambition, anger, hatred, e.en to the shadow of desire.when even you have failed. 70. remember, thou that fightest for man.s liberation, each failure is success, and each sincere attempt wins its reward in time. the holy germs that sprout and grow unseen in the disciple.s soul, their stalks wax strong at each new trial, they bend like reeds but never break, nor can they e.er be lost. but when the hour has struck they blossom forth. but if thou cam.st prepared, then have no fear. these verses explain the cumulative effect of which we spoke. it is very hard to persist, because very often we seem to make no progress. there is the water on the fire, and nothing whatever appears to be happening. but without war

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success. but with very bad dignity it means luxury, dissipation. 4. war, conquest, victory, strife, ambition. 5. divine wisdom, manifestation, explanation, teaching, occult force voluntarily invoked. 6. inspiration (passive, mediumistic, motive power, action. 7. triumph, victory, health (sometimes unstable. 8. eternal justice. strength and force, but arrested as in act of judgment. may mean law, trial, etc. 9. wisdom from on high. active divine inspiration. sometimes "unexpected current" 10. good fortune, happiness (within bounds. intoxication of success. 11. courage, strength, fortitude, power passing on to action. obstinacy. 12. enforced sacrifice, punishment, loss, fatal and not voluntary, suffering. 13. time, age, transformation, change involuntary (as opposed to 18, pisces. or death

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

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

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

devils in most accursed wise; how witches injure cattle, raise and stir up hailstorms and tempests and cause lightning to blast both men and beasts. then follow remedies for the above. the third part of the book 'relating to the judicial proceedings in both the ecclesiastical and civil courts against witches and indeed all heretics, is perhaps the most important. it is here that the order of the trial is dealt with 'who are the fit and proper judges for the trial of witches?'is the first question. it goes on to the method of initiating a process; the solemn adjuration and re-examination of witnesses; the quality and condition of witnesses; whether mortal enemies may be admitted as witnesses. here we are told that 'the testimony of men of low repute and criminals, and of servants against t

b. as you are "born, these restrictions will fall from you. you will gain new knowledge as certain things are revealed to you, and then receive a new name. you will be welcomed to your new life by your brothers and sisters of the craft. the full initiation is a very moving experience many claim it to be the most moving of their entire lives. the usual process is that you find a coven and, after a trial period, are accepted into it and initiated. but supposing you are starting from scratch; a group of friends who are going to form their own coven and, basically, start their own tradition? how does the first person get initiated, so that s/he can initiate the others? similarly, if you are a solitary, not wanting to join a group, how do you go about it? the answer is, through self-initiation

that plants should always be referred to by their latin name for positive identification. getting the most out of herbs many medicinal preparations have been wasted or spoiled simply because the user did not prepare them or use them to best advantage. this naturally discourages many people from trying herbs again. since most herbs are mild in action, it is important that they be given sufficient trial for results. certain herbs must be prepared right and administered correctly in order to derive benefits. for instance, boneset herb (eupatorium perfoliatum: a hot infusion should be taken on retiring, to induce perspiration. in the morning, the cold infusion should be taken as a mild laxative. powdered slippery elm bark (ulmus fulva) is soothing to the bowels when taken as an enema. it is u

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

er, into false knowledge as well as into true, so that i am not less the ignorance of the deluded than the wisdom of the sage. for what thou callest ignorance and folly is my pure knowing, imperfectly expressed through an uncompleted image of my divine perfection. woe unto them who condemn these my works unfinished! behold, they who presume to judge are themselves incomplete. through many a fiery trial of sorrow must they pass, ere the clear beauty of my wisdom may shine from out their hearts, like unto a light burning in a lamp of alabaster. 6 i am the doer of all. nothing moveth but by my power. mine is the healing influence flowing down from consecrated hands, mine the venom of the adder's fang. nothing falleth but by me and in whatsoever riseth mine is the power that lifteth up. 7 my p

pleth upon his prey, so shalt thou conquer all the phantoms of delusion. 6 lo in that day shall the light that is bind fast every hideous shape of darkness, and all thy habitations shall be blest by the white brilliance which descendeth from the crown [114] comment on samekh* s a m e k h, pronounced saumek. transcribed as" s. the number 60. meaning: prop, support, the intelligence of probation or trial. 2 in hebrew" tried by fire" is bawkhan, b ch n, which adds to 60, the value of the letter samekh. furthermore, the sign sagittarius, attributed to samekh, belongs to the fiery triplicity. again b ch n may be read be-khane, by taking the initial b as a preposition signifying" in, and then it will be translated "in grace. there is also a yet deepei significance in this reading, because khane

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

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

corn dollies would be hung over domestic hearths throughout winter. some were made into the shape of a corn mother or a cornucopia, or horn of plenty, and others were tied into knots that bound in the power and protection. this art continues today in rural places. the old name for this month in the celtic coligny calendar was claim-time, when debts would be collected and contracts were arranged. trial marriages for a year and a day were frequently set up at lammas, by young couples simply joining hands through a holed stone- they could renew the contract annually if they wished. lammas evolved over the centuries into an occasion for craft fairs and festivals, with people travelling from miles around to sell their wares. there were also parades by the trade guilds, and hiring fairs where w

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

of his cause.[15] accounts of the events leading up to the discovery of the plot reveal that vesey, a well-todo carpenter who had purchased his freedom from a slaveowner, began recruiting participants from the city and the outlying lowcountry regions as early as 1818. by the summer of 1822 the conspiracy had taken shape. it involved perhaps as many as nine thousand persons, who. according to the trial report.intended to carry out "an insurrection among the blacks against all the whites" organizationally, the conspiracy was significant for the manner in which it galvanized participants from a variety of class and ethnic backgrounds. vesey gathered about him several "lieutenants" or co-organizers who recruited blacks from an assortment of occupations. the ranks of rebels included urban creo

he distributed\ 67\ crab-claw talismans he called cullah for invulnerability, and poison, which was to be used in a preemptive attack on the enemy. jack also conducted african-based rituals of oath taking among his gullah society members, who read psalms, prayed, and swore their allegiance to the movement. a fowl, eaten half-raw and shared among them, was their "evidence of union"[19] within the trial accounts and in subsequent interpretations of the events, gullah jack is referred to as a "sorcerer" a "doctor" a "necromancer" and a "voodoo" practitioner, but never as an african christian. given his affiliations, however, he might have qualified for this status. gullah religiosity combined missionary protestantism and african-derived spirituality, producing "a syncretic blend" that includ

ncy, the secretive nature of poisoning, and its tendency to inflict sudden, inexplicable illness and death, led many persons to connect them.[23] legal records illuminate a network of incidents of poisoning involving both africans and anglo-americans, slaves and freedpersons, that reach back to the eighteenth century. in many instances poisoning and supernaturalism were seen as twin evils. within trial accounts, depositions, and court reports spanning the chesapeake region and the lower south, conjurers were regularly identified as responsible for creating and administering poisons. in fact, the roles of poisoners and that of supernatural practitioners appear in some cases to be identical. poisoning was an aggressive response by enslaved blacks to the pervasive power that whites yielded ov

mary instigator of the crime.[24] in 1771 a "valuable man slave named sharper" of stafford county, virginia, was accused of attempting to procure "poison from a black magic page 44 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006\ 70\ negroe doctor or conjurer as they are call'd" with the purpose of "destroy[ing] white people" slaves convicted in a 1779 trial in johnston county, north carolina, were accused of giving "powder" and "attempting to conger [sic" by unknown means. in a 1783 case in louisa county, virginia, a slave was found guilty of "poisoning and conjuring" but was eventually pardoned by the governor on the grounds that the court had been deceived by his white accusers.[25] poisoning incidents culminated with the vigorous prosecution

century. from the mid-1700s to the turn of the century, proceedings against poisoners constituted some of the most frequent actions taken against african americans by local courts in south carolina, maryland, north carolina, and virginia. from 1715 to 1785 in north carolina, thirteen separate indictments were given in slave trials for poisoning. in virginia between 1740 and 1785 more slaves stood trial for poisoning than for any other crime except theft. criminal indictments in virginia in 1772 and 1810 alone resulted in the execution of some twenty slaves for poisoning. the occurrence of poisonings of whites by black bondpersons stimulated such anxiety that lawmakers in the south moved swiftly to enforce statutes that called for the strictest punishment. legislation from georgia required

were able to induce poisonings were taken very seriously by both blacks and whites and greatly feared for their powers to inflict supernatural harm. a dispute occurring at the turn of the nineteenth century illustrates the intimidation that the occasional poisoning specialist/conjurer could produce both within and outside their immediate communities. john, a north carolina bondman, was brought to trial in the general assembly in 1800 for the murder of a white slaveholder. in damaging testimony against him, other slaves "told of being rubbed by john and falling ill, of resorting to an eold negro conjurer f to ward off john's powers" and "of hearing john wish for a rattle snake's head" after boasting that he could create a toxin that "one of the most skilful [sic] doctors" of conjuration cou

uilty and ultimately executed for his role in the affair.[29] african american supernatural practitioners were known to use their reputations as poisoners for personal advancement and occasionally did so in decidedly intimate ways. one unusual case in north carolina raises the possibility that blacks were not above manipulating fears of occult powers and poisoning for sexual gain. an account of a trial of infanticide involving a white woman in the late eighteenth century, in which the defendant justified her actions in the murder of her illegitimate mulatto infant by saying that a "negro fellow" will, made her drink "under a pretence of curing her" and thus "by that means had carnal knowledge of her body" will threatened her, she claimed, after she was found with child, saying that "he wou

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14-26, bringing back with him to italy egyptian mummies and coptic manuscripts. 1586-1588 giordano bruno university teacher at wittenberg, preaching the coming of a magical reform movement politically associated with henry of navarre. bruno described german scholars as being the builders of the temple of wisdom, eulogising martin luther at his former university. the inquisition claimed at bruno s trial, that he intended to form a new sect under the name of "giordanisti, appealing particularly to the lutherans in germany 1586 alleged meeting at luneburg (hanover) between the representatives of the king of navarre, the king of denmark and the queen of england, on 27th july, intending to form a protestant league of defence against the catholic league, which was working at preventing the acces

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

one, it may be two, but for the most part none, was found perfect, it came at length to those honest gentlemen the vagabond cheaters, and rascally lapidem spitalanficum makers, who were set upon the scale with such scorn that i myself, in spite of all my grief, was ready to burst my belly with laughing, nor could the very prisoners themselves refrain. for the most part could not abide that severe trial, but were jerked out of the scale with whips and scourges, and led to the other prisoners, but to a suitable band. thus of so great a throng so few remained, that i am ashamed to reveal their number. however, there were persons of quality also amongst them, who notwithstanding were (like the rest) honoured with velvet robes and wreaths of laurel. the inquisition being completely finished, an

should with our good will have such a prerogative. we let this pass for a jest, and again began to discourse together. but our virgin could not leave tormenting us, and therefore began again. my lords, what about if we should let fortune decide which of us must lie together tonight? well, i said, if it may not be otherwise, we cannot refuse such an offer. now because it was concluded to make this trial after the meal, we resolved to sit no longer at table, so we arose, and each one walked up and down with his virgin. no, said the virgin, it shall not be so yet, but let us see how fortune will couple us, upon which we were separated. but now first arose a dispute how the business should be carried out; but this was only a premeditated device, for the virgin instantly made the proposal that

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

a three-year-old run? lies, crooks, and crime stuff we all deal with dishonest people and not all of them are publishers. some of them are editors. and all politicians are in that category. so as you look out at your world and realize that no one is to be trusted, you have to come up with some means to find out who, if anyone, is telling you the truth. this can get very expensive if you do it by trial and error and yet there are those rare, very rare, times when something that is too good to be true really is true. after all, people do win state lotteries, but no one in his right mind bets the farm on it. the pendulum can be a real help in finding out if someone is telling you the truth. this is something that works best over the phone, for the very simple reason that if you are talking t

a picture is a perfect witness sample. now, to lock in your own consciousness to what you are doing, put this picture in the witness can, write remote viewing on a piece of paper and put it in the can with it and then take a rate. verification of what you see is best found by watching the news so it is best to pick a location that is likely to be on it, like a courtroom where a highly publicized trial is taking place then all you need to do is watch the news and see if your information is accurate. anyway, with some imagination you can readily see how useful this can be so have at it. to stay healthy the subject of psychic healing is one which always produces some trouble in the mind of the writer, especially in my case because healing is most definitely not my thing and something i only

ou to avoid. at one time in my life i found myself hanging around with a group of religious-type people (hell, the girls were cute) and a faith healer came to town. being of a somewhat skeptical bent, i was unimpressed by his habit of pouring oil on people and pronouncing them cured of everything from arthritis to the dreaded spotted nose-drip. as you may well expect, my lack of faith was a great trial to my friends but they came to appreciate my point of view after one of their number who had been copiously greased with olive oil announced that his eyes were healed, threw away his glasses and drove into a tree on the way home. i insist that you do not make the same mistake. if you are under medical care, do not, even if the your pendulum, stick pad, instincts and the sacred chickens say y

e box dials to 0 and relax. close your eyes and think of england (sorry, couldn t resist it. think about what you want to contact and then start turning. as you get near to contact you will stop turning the dials and you should have a sort of visual image in your head of what you have encountered. now, if these instructions seem a bit sketchy, there is no way to make them more concrete. it is all trial and error. you learn this stuff through trial and error. once you have made your contact it is easier for you to communicate using the pendulum and chart. you can open your eyes because the machines will maintain the contact for you. there is one risk you should be aware of. part of the traditional prankishness of these beings is a certain perverse joy in taking control of the lives of those

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other. most of the people who fought that war did not want to be there. they wanted to be at home with their families and to watch their children grow. but because they had given up their right to think, they left their families and children, to kill and be killed. their minds were so overwhelmed by the mass hypnosis, that those who did stand up and challenge the official line were jailed without trial and few raised even a whimper against it. but by then, especially with the first world war and the great depression still powerfully affecting human responses, the collective mind was full of fear. it had lost confidence in itself. it was confused, bewildered, and looking to others to change the nature of the human condition. the human mind had also been programmed, not the least by its rece

ple who opposed the war or pointed out that it was being engineered by a secret force.14 this approach must be noted in any guide to freedom. it is one thing to use propaganda to feed public opinion a particular line, but if you are a manipulator, you also need to stop anyone who is voicing alternative information. what the british administration did was to use regulation 18b to imprison- without trial- those who sought to reveal who was really creating the war, and to justify this in the public mind with press claims of a subversive 'fifth column' at work in britain, in support of hitler. regulation 18b had been introduced before the war in response to bombings in london which had been blamed on the ira. it conveniently allowed people to be imprisoned purely on 'suspicion. there was no ne

ountries, which mirrors the methods and aims of p2. henry kissinger was believed by some to be a member of p2 or at least a major force in its policy and methods. p2 certainly has a powerful foreign membership, which gives it tremendous influence within european and us intelligence and banking. the italian prime minister, giulio pyramid power 189 andreotti was close to gelli. when andreotti stood trial for involvement with the mafia he named his character witnesses as the former united nations secretary general, perez de cuellar (a reputed p2 member, and .henry kissinger.9 the journalist, mino peccorelli, a member of p2, said it was actually run by the cia. he wasn't allowed to say it for very long, though. peccorelli was murdered by a means acknowledged as a mafia death-ritual for those w

of crisis' policy in the middle east, which has ensured the arab nations have remained divided and ruled. the shah reversed mossadegh's policy and denationalised the iranian oil industry. he and the cia also established savak, one of the most vicious intelligence agencies in the world. its operatives were trained by the cia and subjected their victims to sickening torture and imprisonment without trial. from about 1957 savak began a close relationship with the israeli/global elite intelligence arm, mossad, which also trained savak personnel. you thought israel and iran were different sides? not at the top level they aren't. the debt scam 233 another brave man to take on the seven sisters cartel was enrico mattel, the leader of italy's biggest non-communist resistance organisation in the se

na on the edge of the negev desert, which secretly went down six levels below ground. the hidden hand 265 the subterranean construction would be the place where nuclear weapons would be built."28 this was the nuclear programme, the very creation of rothschild, which president kennedy wanted to end. so here was lord victor rothschild (the man behind the use of regulation 18b to jail people without trial for exposing the second world war as a scam) with a stream of reasons to want kennedy out of the way. he was also closely connected to all the people and organisations which assassinated the president. at the time of kennedy's death, rothschild was working for shell oil, but this post was a front for his covert manipulation and wheeler-dealing within british intelligence on behalf of the eli

orleans was important in the plot. from there a man called guy bannister, a former fbi and naval intelligence operative, ran a 'detective agency, a cover story for it's cia intelligence work. according to the former cia contract agent, robert morrow, who was close to the new orleans operation, the immediate cia superior of bannister was .clay shaw, the permindex director, and the only man to face trial for the murder of kennedy, a charge he survived thanks to the murder and intimidation of key witnesses. one of bannister's close friends was a.i. bosnick, a leading figure in the new orleans office of the mossad-front, the anti- defamation league. bannister's office at 544 camp street in new orleans was also an informal branch of the renegade french intelligence cell, the oas, which provided

s arrest was to al gruber, a close associate of mickey cohen, the meyer lansky henchman in hollywood. it was cohen who worked with menachim begin to set up the john kennedy-marilyn monroe connection which ended in the film star's murder by the same crowd. gruber had arrived in dallas shortly before the kennedy assassination to visit ruby, a man he hadn't seen for ten years.45 ruby's lawyer at his trial was melvin belli, the friend and attorney of mickey cohen.46 at least one meeting has been confirmed between belli, cohen, and begin.47 jack ruby worked for al capone and spent most of his life operating within the organised crime syndicate, especially for it's boss of bosses, meyer lanksy. ruby has been portrayed as a mafia man to divert attention from his real employer- lansky. his associa

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

grecians call giants."19 the term, angel, which simply means messenger, became associated with these non-human entities that interbred with humans. the sumerian tablets go much further than genesis in explaining this interbreeding. they describe how the anunnaki systematically set out to create a slave race, later called homo sapiens, to serve their agenda and how they began this quest, amid much trial and error, using what we call today test-tube methods. this is described in the tablets, and they tell of how the sperm of anunnaki males was used to fertilise human eggs before they were transplanted to anunnaki females to be birthed. all this appears to have first happened hundreds of thousands of years ago, but has continued ever since on various scales. i think many of the stories mentio

force field to protect himself from attack and the tablets say "while he controlled the me, no arrow could approach him" enki, the chief scientist and engineer, creates a new weapon to penetrate zu's defences and he is eventually defeated. other anunnaki also made attempts to steal the me stones as the battle for power and control between them continued, just as it does today. zu (sin) was put on trial, but the outcome is not known. it is obvious, however, that the origin of the term "sin" in the bible relates to defying the will of i "god, the gods. the story of the battle between zu and ninurta describes the use of high-tech weaponry, and if anyone thinks that was not possible thousands of years ago, i am afraid the evidence suggests otherwise. at rajasthan in india, radioactive ash cove

aken to different locations to be abused. these included a grocery store, church, cemetery, and a crematorium. the children said they were forced to drink blood and urine and they saw the eyes of a baby ripped out and its body incinerated. others said that a rabbit was killed in front of them to show what would happen if they told their parents. the case was under investigation for four years, on trial for two and a half years, involved 124 witnesses, 50,000 pages of transcript, and cost almost $23,000 a day but in the end the case fell apart and those responsible escaped with their freedom. crucial to the children's stories was their description of a network of secret tunnels under the building, through which they said they were taken to be abused. it was claimed at the trial that there w

on one occasion as to describe the "spectre" of satanism as "hysterical nonsense. such remarks are so at odds with the worldwide evidence that they can only be the work of an uninformed idiot (quite possible) or someone who wishes the truth to remain undiscovered. as a result of such imbalanced coverage and, of course, the stunning nature of the children's evidence, most cases do not even come to trial. even when they do very few lead to conviction. the public would rather accept the allegations are not true because they don't want to believe that such horrors are happening. unfortunately they are, on a vast scale, and if you go into denial about it because you don't want to face the truth about your world, then you are helping to perpetuate this unspeakable treatment of children. as carol

r, or my name isn't charlie shufflebottom. prozac3 the story of prozac, produced by the george bush drug company, eli lilly, is the same tale of illuminati corruption to impose a mind suppressant on the population. in 1982, david dunner of the university of washington began to accept more than $1.4 million from lilly for research and seminars. some of this "research" was for conducting a clinical trial with 100 people for prozac. at the same time he was a member of the food and drug administration's psychopharmacologic drugs advisory committee, responsible for reviewing new drug applications for the fda. dunner was asked if he had any conflict of interest with eli lilly when he began to assess prozac for the fda, but he replied "no pending commitments at the present time" the fda accepted

ical evidence showing that more than 90% of the decline in death rates from infectious disease occurred before vaccination commenced. all medical journals acknowledged this decline was caused by improved sanitation, hygiene, better nutrition, and living standards. in other words, vaccination was not responsible for wiping out infectious disease as medical authorities claim. a tuberculosis vaccine trial in india involving more than 260,000 indians resulted in more cases of tb among the vaccinated than the unvaccinated. but this vaccine is still being given to australian children and others around the world. the cost of the whooping cough vaccine leaped from 11 cents in 1982 to $11.40 in 1987 because of the $8.00 a shot the company was putting aside to pay for legal and damages costs for the

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

cords had been found in thesynagogue of mulheim by a l. a. v an valckert. they were written in german and hadbeen lost since the napoleonic wars. an entry for june 6th 1647, from oliver cromwellto an ebenezer pratt, says (in modern language):in return for financial support will advocate admission of jews to england; this, however,impossible while charles living. charles cannot be executed without trial, adequate groundsfor which at present do not exist. therefore, advise that charles be assassinated, but willhave nothing to do with procuring an assassin, though willing to help with his escape.ebenezer pratts reply was on july 12th 1647:will grant financial aid as soon as charles removed and jews admitted. assassination toodangerous. charles should be given the opportunity to escape. his re

sfor which at present do not exist. therefore, advise that charles be assassinated, but willhave nothing to do with procuring an assassin, though willing to help with his escape.ebenezer pratts reply was on july 12th 1647:will grant financial aid as soon as charles removed and jews admitted. assassination toodangerous. charles should be given the opportunity to escape. his recapture will thenmake trial and execution possible. the support will be liberal, but useless to discuss terms171until trial commences.34this publication was so revealing that the brotherhood network had the publisher,lord alfred douglas, imprisoned on the basis of an alleged libel printed in his paperabout winston churchill. how it is possible to libel a satanist like churchill is rather hardto comprehend. that corresp

charles i was allowed to escape and in fact was hiddenon the isle of wight, just off the southern coast of england, where i am writing thissection. charles was recaptured and when he and parliament appeared to be close to anagreement that would spare his life, cromwell, by now lord protector, dismissed all themembers supporting an agreement. history calls what remained the rump parliament.another trial was ordered by cromwell because his agreement with his backers inamsterdam was that charles would be executed. the indictment against charles wasdrawn up by isaac dorislaus, the agent in england of manasseh ben israel, one of themain funders from amsterdam of the cromwell revolution the outcome of the trialwas the public beheading of charles and this was followed by cromwell allowing thejews

ers. the cover up was headed by the freemason, edwinstanton, who ordered blockades of all the roads out of washington dc, except for theone that booth used to escape. alongside this road a drunk of similar appearance andbuild to booth was murdered and his body burned in a barn. who officially found thisman? only edwin stanton who, of course, identified him immediately as booth.14 at theconspiracy trial into lincolns death in indianapolis in june 1865, some of the people195named as directly involved were: lord palmeston, the british prime minister and 33rddegree freemason who died in that same year; john wilkes booth, 33rd degreefreemason; judah p. benjamin, the voice of the london freemason bankers whoordered the assassination; and jacob thompson, a former secretary for the interior, whowi

echurchill was prime minister making arrangements to ensure that war would break out.ramsey was also jailed under a law called regulation 18b which was introduced justbefore the war, the government said, to deal with terrorism by the irish republican army(ira. another problem-reaction-solution. this was merely the excuse they used to havea law in place that would allow them to jail people without trial during the war and sokeep the lid on their game. one woman, an admirals wife, was jailed under regulation18b as she left a courtroom which had cleared her of all charges! the man behind this lawwas lord victor rothschild, one of the most important manipulators of the second half ofthe 20th century and a friend of winston churchill. it was churchill who began to useregulation 18b as soon as h

sh-american intelligence operation called project paperdipwhich sprung the main nazi leaders, scientists, engineers and mind control experts outof germany before the allied armies arrived. they were transported to south americaand the united states to continue their work for the reptilian agenda. the nazis whowere tried and hanged at the nuremberg trials were merely the pawns paraded beforea show trial to placate public anger. the kings, queens, bishops, and knights of thenazi regime escaped to continue their campaign against humanity via the networksarranged by their opposition, the united kingdom and the united states. among thenazis who escaped in project paperdip was the mass murderer and torturer, josefmengele. the cia was the creation of british intelligence and particularly its elit

time of the kennedyassassination. significantly, as i highlight at length in..and the truth shall set youfree, a number of key operatives in the murder of president kennedy were formeross agents posted to the british intelligence headquarters in london during thesecond world war. among them was clay shaw, the cia asset who is the only man to257be tried for his part in the kennedy assassination, a trial featured in the film, jfk. hewas cleared only because the main witnesses against him were murdered in the run upto his appearance in court. shaw was an advisor to the satanist and rothschild clone,winston churchill, and, like all the oss agents in wartime london, he danced to thetune of people like lord victor rothschild, the unofficial string-puller of the britishintelligence network.the fi

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god and yahweh was the devil. another gnostic sect, better known, was the knights templar. the knights templar fought in the crusades against the muslims but upon seeing how much more advanced the muslims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the 12th and 13th centuries, the various gnostic heresies were suppressed and many of their followers executed. the trial of the knights templar and the suppression of the various gnostic heresies were only a foreshadowing, however, of the witch-hunts and inquisitions which spanned the 14th to 17th centuries as the church condemned anyone suspected of paganism or witchcraft to death by burning. as the people labored under the oppression of the church, some began to see satan as a preferable master to jesus of n

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 border (october 30, 1999, he was wanted in three canadian provinces on a number of charges. he was deported from the us to stand trial. he received another six months in jail and three years of probation. during his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as having passed through an abyss. he claims to have literally and metaphorically (or metaphysically) died, traveled through a world of the dead, and returned to the land of the living. in that other place he experience

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

sed by its effect on the divining-rod in the hands of a sensitive person. whatever it may be that affects the diviner is probably the same thing that affects the occult attack. when we recall, moreover, that running water will throw hounds off the scent just as effectually as it will the alleged witch, we may feel that we cannot be accused of gross superstition if we give the old folk-tradition a trial and note the results. water, again, is the vehicle of purification. it is used in the rite of baptism by the church and in the preparation of the place by the occultist about to perform a ceremony. strictly speaking, there should be a trace of salt in the water thus employed, and both salt and water are blessed with powerful invocations when the priest is preparing holy water, whether for a

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

, no. 15,963] p. 257 presiding over the birth-chamber, and renenet[1] probably superintending the rearing of children. behind the meskhen is the soul of ani in the form of a human-headed bird standing on a pylon. on the right of the balance, behind anubis, stands thoth,[2] the scribe of the gods, with his reed-pen and palette[3] containing black and red ink, with which to record the result of the trial. behind thoth stands the female monster amam[4, the "devourer" or am-mit, the eater of the dead [1. the name of this goddess is probably connected with the word renen "to suckle" m. pierret identifies her with the goddess of that name who presided over harvests, and is described as the "lady of the offerings of all the gods (panth on, p. 61, having a snake's head, which in some instances is

e was self-created and self-existent, and was the "heart of ra" he invented writing, letters, the arts and sciences, and he was skilled in astronomy and mathematics. among his many titles are "lord of law "maker of law" and "begetter of law" he justified osiris against his enemies, and he wrote the story of the fight between horus, the son of osiris, and set. as "lord of law" he presides over the trial of the heart of the dead, and, as being the justifier of the god osiris against his enemies, he is represented in funereal scenes as the justifier also of the dead before osiris (see lanzone, dizionario, p. 1264 ff, and tav. cccciv, no. i; pierret, panth on, pp. 10-14; and brugsch, religion und mythologie, p. 439 ff. brugsch connects the name tehuti (thoth) with the old egyptian word tehu "i

he shenit[5] not cause my name to stink, and may no lies be spoken against me in the presence of the god![6] good is it for thee to hear"[7. thoth, the righteous judge of the great company of the gods who are in the presence of the god osiris, saith "hear ye this judgment. the heart of osiris hath in very truth been weighed, and his soul hath stood as a witness for him; it hath been found true by trial in the great balance. there hath not been found any wickedness in him; he hath not wasted the offerings in the temples; he hath not done harm by his deeds; and he uttered no evil reports while he was upon earth" the great company of the gods reply to thoth dwelling in khemennu "that which cometh forth from thy mouth hath been ordained. osiris, the scribe [1. ani's speech forms the text of ch

osiris" plate iv. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod16.htm (2 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:25:24 am] appendix: the usual title of this chapter [xxxb] is "chapter of not allowing the heart of [the deceased] to be driven away from him in the underworld"[1] it is an address by the deceased to his own heart, which he calls his ka or "double" within his body. it should be accompanied by a vignette of the trial of the heart in which the heart is weighed against the dead man himself, as in the ancient nebseni papyrus. in the ani papyrus, however, it will be observed that the heart is being weighed against the feather of the law, maat, a scene which often accompanies chapter cxxv. interesting variants of the vignettes of chapter xxxb. are given by naville (todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 43, where we find the

m the house of osiris. may he not (41) be rejected, may he not be turned back, may he enter in [as he] pleaseth, may he come forth [as he (42) desireth, and may he be victorious. may his bidding be done in the house of osiris; may he (43) walk, and may he speak with you, and may he be a glorified soul along with you.[5] he hath not been found wanting (44) there,[6] and the balance is rid of [his] trial"[6] appendix: after the first chapter m. naville has printed in his todtenbuch the text of a composition which also refers to the funeral, and which he has designated chapter 1b. it is entitled "chapter of making the [1. the day of the festival of seker was celebrated in the various sanctuaries of egypt at dawn "at the moment when the sun casts its golden rays upon the earth" the hennu boat

d one" the eighteenth pylon "lo, the lover of fire, the purifier of sinners, the lover of slaughter, the chief of those who adore, the lady of the temple, the slaughterer of the fiends in the night. she judgeth the feeble bandaged one" the nineteenth pylon "lo, the dispenser of light while she liveth, the mistress of flames, the lady of the strength and of the writings of ptah himself. she maketh trial of the swathings of pa-an" the twentieth pylon "lo, she who is within the cavern of her lord, clother is her name; she hideth what she hath made, she carrieth away hearts and greedily drinketh water. she judgeth the feeble swathed one" the twenty-first pylon "lo, the knife which cutteth when [its name] is uttered, and slayeth plates xi. and xii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod19.htm

t. i have not done evil (7) against the gods; i have not sinned with boasting" vignette: the deceased adoring a heart. text [chapter xxxa (i) the chapter of not (2) letting the heart of a man be driven away from him in the underworld [he saith "my heart, my mother; my heart, my mother. my heart of my life upon earth. may naught rise up (3) against me in judgment in the presence of the lord of the trial; let it not be said concerning me and of that which i have done 'he hath done deeds against that which is right and true; may naught be against me in the presence of the great plate xvi. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod23.htm (1 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:28:17 am] god, the lord of amenta. homage to thee, o my heart! homage to thee, o my heart! homage to you, o my reins![3] homage to you, o

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x-confederate will join with us in thanking god that he averted such a calamity. no one can question the devotion to principle on the part of the south, any more than he can question the bravery of her soldiers, the ability of her leaders and the genius of lee, her mighty commander. none understood more clearly the real situation and the real danger than the immortal lincoln. the furnace blast of trial had brought the real union leaders to the front, and they, too, comprehended the prodigious task that confronted them. despite the fact that the opening of the mississippi had cut the confederacy in twain, general jo johnston had seventy-five thousand men at dalton, ga, while lee with a slightly smaller army, all of whom were fire-tried veterans, held the rapidan river, as defiant and ready

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abalistically are sala, meaning messenger or envoy; the name as a whole therefore signifies thot, the messenger of the egyptians. althotas has also been identified with kolmer, the instructor of adam weishaupt (a german leader of the illuminati) in magic, and at other times with the comte de saint germain. the accounts concerning him are certainly conflicting, for whereas cagliostro stated at his trial in paris that althotas had been his lifelong preceptor, another account says that he met him first on the quay at messina. alu-demon ancient babylonian demon, said to owe his parentage to a human being; he hides himself in caverns and corners and slinks through the streets at night. he also lies in wait for the unwary, and at night enters bed-chambers and terrorizes people, threatening to po

magic, witchcraft, and sorcery (malevolent magic. settlers were aware of a range of magical practices such as image magic, and had a particular fear of curses aimed at them. should such curses come to pass they would often attribute it to the sorcery of the person pronouncing the course. as early as 1638 in massachusetts, jane hawkins was indicted for practicing witchcraft, though no record of a trial survived. less than a decade later, however, alice young was tried and executed in connecticut. hers was the first of a steady stream of trials and a number of executions prior to the famous outbreak at salem. the numerous accusations of witchcraft prepared the way for the events at salem village (now danvers, massachusetts, as did the writings of two leading ministers, increase mather (1639

ely damaged by robert calef s attack in more wonders of the invisible world (1700. eventually, on january 15, 1697, the jurors who had brought in the guilty verdicts joined in a day of fasting and repentance for the injustices of the trials. in 1702, samuel sewell, the judge who presided, publicly confessed his guilt and asked pardon for his role in the proceedings. calef s view of mather and the trial was largely adopted by later generations who came to deny the reality of witchcraft. his reputation was only resurrected when a vigorous reappraisal of witchcraft in seventeenth-century new england occurred by such scholars as chadwick hansen, paul boyer, stephen nissenbaum, and john putnam demos. the whole magical supernatural world present during the salem trials is also evident in the con

nded as excellent against the charms of magic. the amityville horror a well-publicized case of a modern haunting that turned out to be an elaborate hoax. on november 13, 1974, a large colonial house at 112 ocean ave, amityville, long island, new york, was the scene of a mass murder. twenty-four-year old ronald defeo shot his parents, two brothers, and two sisters with a high-powered rifle. at his trial, defeo claimed that he had been obsessed by voices who told him to kill, and his attorney entered a plea of insanity. the plea was not accepted, and defeo was sentenced to six consecutive life terms. in view of this horrific tragedy, the spacious dutch colonial house was offered for sale at a relatively low price, and was purchased by george lee lutz of long island. he and his wife, kathleen

a. then in 1971 sarkar was accused by a former follower of conspiracy to murder, and he was arrested and left in jail awaiting trail. in the meantime, prime minister indira ghandi proclaimed a national emergency in 1975 and banned ananda marga. members of the organization were involved in several violent incidents, some growing out of their public protests of their leader s imprisonment without a trial. brought to trial under the emergency, he was not allowed to bring any witnesses in his behalf and was convicted. in 1978 he was retried and found not guilty, and there was general agreement that sarkar was the victim of political persecution. since that time the movement has spread worldwide, and the era of social conflict seems to have ended. ananda marga was brought to the united states i

holic church had been known to sympathize with anti-military forces their university was scrutinized closely. besides the restriction of academic freedom, the investigations appropriate to parapsychology were under suspicion, in addition to being a government threat. even after democracy was restored in argentina, the military leaders thought responsible for these disappearances were never put on trial or officially questioned. while work has continued through two remaining research centers, a return to the previous level of activity has been slow to evolve. as of early 2000, the two research centers that do remain, are both in buenos aires. enrique novillo pauli teaches parapsychology at the universidad del salvador, and the institutio argentino de parapsicologia continues to issue cuader

william wilkinson, the wife of one of the pioneer english spiritualists, could draw, paint, and play music automatically, but she could not produce automatic writing. her husband developed both gifts. an interpretation of the flowers of joy, love, humility, faith, and the architectural designs emanating from under his wife s hand was forthcoming in his automatic scripts. after many weeks of vain trial, the power of automatic drawing burst forth on william wilkinson in the following way: after waiting less than five minutes it [the pencil] began to move, at first slowly, but presently with increased speed, till in less than a quarter-of-an-hour it moved with such velocity as i had never seen in a hand and arm before, or since. it literally ran away in spiral forms; and i can compare it to

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not having been invited to the wedding of an acquaintance, she had caused herself to be carried through the air in open daylight to the top of a neighbouring mountain, and there, having made a hole with her hands and filled it with water, she had, by stirring the water with certain incantations caused a heavy storm to burst forth on the heads of the wedding-party; and there were witnesses at the trial who swore they had seen her carried through the air. the inquisitors, however, confess that the witches were sometimes carried away, as they term it, in the spirit; and they give the instance of one woman who was watched by her husband; she appeared as if asleep, and was insensible, but he perceived a kind of cloudy vapour arise out of her mouth, and vanish from the room in which she lay.thi

turned to australia as a senior lecturer in the psychology department at the university of queensland in 1961. mangan published a number of articles on parapsychology and one important monograph, a review of the published research on the relationship of some personality variables to esp scoring level (1958. sources: mangan, gordon lavelle. an esp experiment with dual- aspect targets involving one trial day. journal of parapsychology (december 1957. evidence of displacement in a precognitive test. journal of parapsychology (march 1955. how legitimate are the claims for esp? australian journal of psychology (september 1959. parapsychology: a science for psychical research? queen s quarterly (spring 1958. a pk experiment with thirty dice released for high and low face targets. journal of para

rs. manson, patricia krenwinkle, susan atkins, and leslie van houten were found guilty of murdering actress sharon tate and four other people at her bel-air home in los angeles.voyteck frykowski, abigail folger, jay sebring, and steven parent, as well as leno la bianca and his wife rosemary, also in los angeles. nine weeks after the verdict, the jury voted death sentences for all the accused. the trial, which opened july 21, 1970, took 32 weeks. during 1976, a movie reconstructing the trial, titled helter- skelter, was shown on television in the united states. on february 18, 1972, the california state supreme court abolished the death penalty in california, converting the sentences of condemned persons to life imprisonment. manson and his accomplices now regularly appear at parole hearing

religion is eternal, whereas religious dogmas are but fleeting. his mediumship was temporarily removed. the powerful mediumship of d. d. home also lapsed from time to time, probably because he suffered from a tubercular diathesis. mediums who are conscious during the production of phenomena appear to suffer more than those in trance. the extrication of power from their organism seems a veritable trial for nerve and flesh. producing the phenomena is often equivalent to putting the body on the rack. the neoplatonist philosopher iamblichus says in divination: often at the moment of inspiration, or when the afflatus has subsided, a fiery appearance is seen.the entering or departing power. those who are skilled in this wisdom, can tell by the character of this glory the rank of the divinity wh

lization seance in bright daylight. he also excelled in slatewriting. an account by wallace of a puzzling slate-writing demonstration was certified by edward t. bennett, then assistant secretary to the society for psychical research, london. he convinced judge dailey, an american, that the dead returned through his body. monck s reputation was high. disaster struck monck in 1876 shortly after the trial of fellow medium henry slade. at a huddersfield seance on november 3, a conjurer named h. b. lodge suddenly demanded a search of the medium. monck ran for safety, locked himself into his room upstairs, and escaped through the window. as a further evidence of his guilt, a pair of stuffed gloves was found in his room. in the medium s luggage were found spirit lamps, a spirit bird, cheesecloth

in his room. in the medium s luggage were found spirit lamps, a spirit bird, cheesecloth, and reaching rods, as well as some obscene correspondence from women. there were other cases in which monck was caught in flagrant fraud. sir william barrett wrote of a piece of white muslin on a wire frame with a black thread attached being used by the medium to simulate a partially materialised spirit. the trial that followed the huddersfield exposure was a great sensation. wallace appeared as a witness for the defense and deposed that he had seen dr. monck in the trance state, when there appeared a faint white patch on the left side of his coat, which increased in density and spread till it reached his shoulder; then there was a space gradually widening to six feet between it and his body, it becam

erious monsters. london: aldus books, 1978. florescu, radu. in search of frankenstein. new york: new york graphic society, 1975. gould, rupert t. the case for the sea-serpent. london: philip allan, 1930. reprint, detroit: singing tree press, 1969. the loch ness monster and others. london: geoffrey bles; new york: citadel press, 1976. halpin, marjorie, and michael m. ames, eds. manlike monsters on trial: early records and modern evidence. vancouver, bc: university of british columbia press, 1980. heuvlmans, bernard. in the wake of the sea-serpents. new york: hill and wang, 1868. reprint, london: rupert hart- davis, 1968. on the track of unknown animals. new york: hill and wang, 1958. rev. ed. 1965. reprint, london: paladin books, 1970. hodgson, b. h. on the mammalia of nepal. journal of the

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tening with green and gold, the colors of vegetation and of growth. banish thou, therefore, the evil and seek the good, thou who wouldst know the life of ages, thou who would follow in the footsteps of our master, o brother of the order of the golden dawn! for as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up and raised through the balance of strife and of trial, through the pathway of eternal life. and when, like our master, thou art extended upon the tree through suffering and through pain, let thy countenance be raised up towards the light of the holy one, to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself, but for those who have not yet attained unto the pathway, even though they may be your tormentors. balanced between the spiritual and the mater

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

d his companions, who came to the cave on occasion, played together until the rescue was accomplished. ricardo gutierrez related that while walking through a forest one day in june 1970, his six-year-old nephew, arturo, who had been accompanying him, abruptly vanished. when the boy failed to reappear, the local authorities arrested gutierrez for murder. thirty-three days later, as the man awaited trial, a healthylooking, unconcerned arturo entered his house. asked where he had been, he said he had been living with the little men. they fed him food and honey-flavored milk and played games with him. the investigators interviewed local police, who confirmed the mysterious disappearance and the equally enigmatic reappearance. driving a six-ton truck between la tinaja and tierra blanca at 8 a.m

metimes are commun i c a t i ve. in one of ja c o b s s cases, a woman rep o rted being told that it was the aliens intention to take over the earth with the insectoids in charge of this new world ord e r. see also: abductions by aliens; mu the mantis being; nordics further reading jacobs, david m, 1998. the threat. new york: simon and schuster. lewels, joe, 1997. the god hypothesis: extraterres- trial life and its implications for science and reli- gion.mill spring, nc: wild flower press. intelligences from beyond (intelligences du dehors) intelligences du dehors intelligences fro m b e yo n d in english translation allegedly channeled through french contactee je a n- pi e r re pre vost. pre vost, a here t o f o re- o b s c u re s t reet merchant, had risen to public attention t h rough h

career on the contactee scene, claiming further contacts with mr. x and his associates, who he learned were from saturn. his space friends flew him around the world, to egypt, to the antarctic, and elsewhere. it all ended, however, after he told a california widow that from a spaceship he had seen quartz crystals with healing powers and persuaded her to invest in a worthless mining venture. at a trial in oakland in october 1961, a young astronomer named carl sagan assured the jury that human life could not exist on saturn. schmidt received a oneto ten-year sentence for grand theft. see also: contactees further reading flying saucer figure convicted, 1961. oakland [california] tribune, october 27. the kearney, nebraska, contact claim, 1957. csi news letter 10 (december 15: 12 13. schmidt

warfare. none of this is certain, only probable. if these things happen, mu says, the aliens may remove a group of women and children from the surface of the earth to protect them for the purposes of procreation. these would all be abductees whose genetic make-up had already been altered. see also: abductions by ufos; insectoids further reading lewels, joe, 1997. the god hypothesis: extraterres- trial life and its implications for science and reli- gion. mill spring, nc: wild flower press. muller s martians a medium s contacts with martians are the subject of a classic early work on abnormal psychology, theodore flournoy s from india to the planet mars (1899. flournoy, a prominent swiss psychologist, gives the medium the pseudonym helene smith in his book, but her real name was catherine

e abominable snowman, 1958. similar creatures, generally called bigfoot or sasquatch, are often reported in the forests of the pacific northwest of the united states and canada s far west (bettmann/corbis) fenwick, lawrence j, 1983. multiple abductions in canada. mufon ufo journal pt. i. 183 (may: 10 13; pt. ii. 184 (june: 3 6. halpin, marjorie, and michael m. ames, eds, 1980. manlike monsters on trial: early records and modern evidence. vancouver: university of british columbia press. slate, b. ann, 1976. gods from inner space. ufo report 3, 1 (april: 36 38, 51 52, 54. slate, b. ann, and alan berry, 1976. bigfoot. new york: bantam books. satonians satonians, according to the solar cross foundation, a onetime organization of contactee sympathizers, are evil space people. they look exactly

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

nus (margin: de vita coelitus comparanda. wherewith when he had acquainted that rare& excellent ornament of our land, the reverend bishop of durham that now is, but then deane of christs- church, it was at the first thought fit, to notifie to the illustrious reader, so much as they had discovered. but afterward hee who gaue the first light, did most wisely intreate, that once more they might make trial of him; and if he persevered to abuse himselfe, and that auditory the thirde time, they shoulde then do their pleasure. after which, iordanus continuing to be idem iordanus, they caused some to make knowne vnto him their former patience& the paincs which he had taken with them& so with great honesty of the little man's part, there was an end of that matter.1 what a marvellous scene! there is

n agent provocateur, though dee suspected him at the time. 2 see firpo, gli scritti di francesco pucci, pp. 114, 124, 134. to navarre's secretary, louis revol, pucci wrote that he was going to try "whether in italy i can do some good office with this pope clement for the public good (ibid, p. 120. 3 see above, p. 170. see above, p. 188. europa, rome, 1937. luigi firpo has studied pucci's life and trial in his article "processo e morte di francesco pucci, rivista di filosofia, 1949 (xl) and has compiled a bibliography of his writings, gli scritti di francesco pucci, turin, 1957. 344 giordano bruno: return to italy volumes of commentary on the pimander of hermes trismegistus. 1 and in 1591, the year of bruno's return, francesco patrizi published his nova de universis philosophia containing h

w information. it is not, however, the actual processo, the official report on the case giving the sentence, that is to say stating on what grounds bruno was finally condemned. this processo is lost for ever, having formed part of a mass of archives which were transported to paris by the order of napoleon, where they were eventually sold as pulp to a cardboard factory.2 at the end of the venetian trial, bruno fully recanted all the heresies of which he was accused and threw himself in penitence on the mercy of the judges.3 he had, however, by law to be sent to rome where the case dragged on. in 1599 an effort was made to clarify the situation by the famous jesuit, robert bellarmine, who, assisted by tragagliolo, drew up eight heretical propositions taken from his works which bruno was requ

gus.4 there are others, equally incoherent. the fact is that we do not have enough evidence (the 1 documenti, pp. 101-2. here he is not expressing his true opinion, for which see above, p. 228. 2 sommario, pp. 113-9. 3 sommario, pp. 12-13. it is most certainly true, as mercati states ibid, p. 12) that bruno was prosecuted for matters of faith. firpo agrees (7/ processo di giordano bruno) that the trial was strictly legal* scioppius' letter is printed in spampanato, vita di giordano bruno, pp. 798-805; his list of bruno's errors is given in sommario, p. 9. 354 giordano bruno: return to italy processo being lost) from which to reconstruct bruno's trial and condemnation.1 if the movement of the earth was one of the points for which bruno was condemned, his case in this respect is not at all t

bruno's, and the influence of telesio and porta are secondary to this (there is also an influence 1 campanella, del senso delle cose e della magia, ed. a. bruers, bari, 1925, p. 223. the original version of this work was written in latin about 1590-92, but the manuscript was stolen from campanella by some friars when he was at bologna in 1592, on his way to padua, and was used against him in the trial for heresy for which he was taken from padua to rome. this original version has been sought for in vain amongst the archives of the holy office. he wrote the book again in italian, from memory, probably about 1604 when he was in prison in naples. afterwards he wrote it again in latin, and this latin version was taken to germany by adami and published at frankfort in 1620; it was published ag

ori, the hermetic cult of the world expressed in a work of great poetic power. dedicated to sir philip sidney, leader of the elizabethan poets, and with its allusions to the chivalrous queen cult, the eroici furori is integrated into elizabethan literature. and at wittenberg, bruno identified himself sympathetically with the lutherans. his praise of heretic princes told heavily against him at his trial. these left-wing tendencies sharply differentiate bruno from campanella. one other comparison between bruno and campanella must be mentioned, though it cannot be developed here for it belongs to the history of the art of memory which i hope to treat in another book. we have seen that the chief form which bruno's magic takes is his adaptation of the hermetic theme of reflection of the world i

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following the pathway of a scarlet brother, when treading congress with the angel. there comes a time of suffering (see detailed above, the rite of suffering. the key is given for unleashing the denizens of hell upon the aspirant (opening the doorway of the abyss, this must be resonated. this is a win or lose situation as demonic forces attempt to tear the initiate apart for the duration of this trial. we see a doorway on it s side in the shape of daleth, with some form of monster coming out of it. iii/2b: this being the first explicit reference to the scarlet brotherhood. and our rejection of the concepts and truth of both the brother of the star and the babe of chrnzn. being exalted in scarlet. our school and way is, and has been. a paradigm for the new aeon if you will. the sigil of ou

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we all need comfort and consolation, let us turn reverently to god who, in the midst of the trials and tribulations that are a part of life, can alone endue us with that quietness of spirit and that peace of mind and heart which the world can neither give nor take away. let us pray. chaplin: god, our father in heaven: thou art the giver of life and light and love, our help and solace in times of trial and sorrow. thou hast assured us that when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, thou art with us. thy rod and thy staff comfort us. thou art our light and our salvation, our refuge and our strength in every time of trouble. we thank thee for the life of our brother. we thank thee that he was one of our fellowship and that we were privileged to labor with him in the mystic tie o

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

conveyed into it his wife, his children, and his friends "after the flood had been upon the earth, and was in time abated, xisuthrus sent out birds from the vessel, which not finding any food, nor any place whereupon they might rest their feet, returned to him again. after an interval of some days, he sent them forth a second time; and they now returned with their feet tinged with mud. he made a trial a third time with these birds; but they returned to him no more: from which he judged that the surface of the earth had appeared above the waters. he therefore made an opening in the vessel, end upon looking out found that it was stranded upon the side of some mountain, upon which he immediately quitted it with his wife, his daughter, and the pilot. xisuthrus then paid his adoration to the e

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

s arrived at and misshornimaneventually resigned. there was also the very differentbutequally serious problemofmmehoros and her husband. this pair of criminal adventurers had tricked mathersoutofpartingwithg.d. rituals and had set up in london a spurious temple of theirownthat was a cover for sexual debauchery. it couldnotlast, and in september 1901,mrhoros was chargedwithrape, foundguilty-aftera trial at whichthegoldendawnwas held up toridicule-andgaoled for fifteen years; his wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him.themore timid members immediately flockedoutof theorderas eagerly as theyhadearlier flocked in.thetroubledorderwasnowin urgent needofreconstruction,buta provisional plan forreform-whichwould have swept away examinations, secondorderrituals, a

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

. they appeared in londonin1901,setting up a bogus occult order and usingit to enable theo horos to seduce a succession of younggirls.eventually theywere arrested and charged:theo with rape and swamiviveananda-his wife-with aiding and abettinghim. bothwere foundguiltyand they were sentenced to terms of fifteenand sevenyears imprisonmentrespectively.none of this wouldhave much mattered had not the trial broughtto the public's notice the neophyte grade of the golden dawn, which had been used by mr and mrs horos in their murkyactivities.toaction 43the horrorofthe members, the golden dawn was held up to ridicule; some, like william peck in edinburgh, panicked and destroyed all evidenceoftheir membership; others quietly res255 ignedand the more determined members set about seeking a new name fo

yte grade of the golden dawn, which had been used by mr and mrs horos in their murkyactivities.toaction 43the horrorofthe members, the golden dawn was held up to ridicule; some, like william peck in edinburgh, panicked and destroyed all evidenceoftheir membership; others quietly res255 ignedand the more determined members set about seeking a new name for theorderin order to dissociate it from the trial.thiswas not settleduntiljune1902,when the membership was told that they belonged not to the g.d.butto the m.r, the letters standing for morgenrothe, the german equivalent of golden dawn.toadd to the order's misery dissension arose among the members over the 'secret groups' founded by florence farr. these had grown up for the purposeofproviding extra -curricular occult activities in the form

imperatorbutwassoon faced with dissen255 sion in the ranks from supporters of brodie-innes; each side mustered about fifteen second order adepti but peck was faced; with a number of resignations. he could yet count on at least two loyalsupporters-hiswife and daughter who had followed him eagerly into amen-ra. problems within the order peck could face, but not trouble from without. when the horos trial exposed the golden dawn to ridicule peck was terrified that his membership would be made public and he himself become a laughing-stock. westcott told f.l.gardner that peck 'was in a ghastly funk over the horos affair, and hurriedly burnt all his lectures, letters, jewels, robes, etc. he doubtless regretted also his choice ofmotto-veritas'etlux:truthand light. peck was not the only astronomer

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

titude of business, in ecclesiastes v.3; and in isaiah xxix. 7, 8, we read of the delusions of dreams.dreams189ofthesecond variety arethedreams of abimelech, genesisxx,6;andlaban,genesis xxx. 24; of pharaoh, and the chief baker and butler of the pharaoh of joseph (sesostris of the greeks; nebuchadnezzar in daniel ii.,1,2,3;andthe curious new testament dreamofpilate's wife respecting jesus and his trial and condemnation.ofthethirdsort are the dreams of abraham, see genesis xv. 1, where the wordvisionis used in the english version.ofjacob,in genesis xxxi. 10, 11, concerning the breedingofcattle.ofjoseph, in genesis xxxvii. 5-11 symbolical dreams of his rule over his brethren.ofsolomon,i.kings iii. 5. in a dream god asks solomon what gift he should prefer,andsolomon asked for an under255 stan

d for some inherent principle, as 'there is somesoulof goodness in things evil; and, lastly, for some mental principle in animals:'soulsof animals impose them255 selves into the trunks of men (shakespeare).itis commonly believed by christians that the creator sends down and implants a new soul into the material body of each infant born (creationism; that this soul is incarnated for the purpose of trial and retribution, and is to be rewarded after death by dwelling in a heaven of bliss, or to be punished in a hell of torment, and the christian church has said to all eternity. but there are several modern variations of this doctrine; for some divines assert, while others express a pious hope, that all men will be finally blessed, while others again declare that the wicked will not suffer ete

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rd thou therefore the celestial serpent, as of brass, glistening with. green and gold, the colour of vegetation and of growth: banish thou therefore the evil and seek the good, thou who wouldst follow in the footsteps of our master, brother of the golden dawn. for as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of adambelifted up, raised through the balance of strife and of trial, through the pathway of eternal life. and when, like our master, thou art extended on that tree, through suffering and through pain, let thy countenance be raised up towards the light of the holy one to invoke the divine brightness, not for thyself,butfor those who have not yet attained unto the pathways, even though they be thy tormentors.24 the sorcerer and his apprenticebalanced between t

roasted upon a wooden spit the image of king duffus, made of wax. the clavicula salomonis has particulars for making and consecrating the wax. other materials, however, were sometimes used. the details of the making of isabel goudie's moon-paste i have recorded inthe devil's mistress,the lacunae in the scottish accounts being supplied from morocco, the processes being obviously identical. in the trial of lady monro of fowlis, june 22, 1590, the material was clay. whereof also the basque before noted made his image of typhon. in this case the indictment bears:'inthe fyrst, thow art accusit of making twa picturis of clay, in companie with christiane roiss and marjorie neyne mcallister, alias loskie loncart, in the said christiane roissis westir chalmer in canorth, the ane made for the destr

ng sett on the north syde of the chalmer, the said loskie loncart tuik twa elf arrows and delyuerit ane to ye said katherine, and the uther ye said christiane roiss malcumsone held in her awin hand,egyptian ritual and modern witchcraft 133and thow shott two shottis with the said arrow heid att ye said ladie balnagoun, and loskie loncart shott thrie shottis at ye said young laird of fowlis.'inthis trial it is also recorded that certain images were made of butter, which is a curious parallel to certain ceremonies recorded by abbe hue of the tibetans. a distinction strikes one at once in comparing these modern rituals with that against apophi.thewax image in the latter case was that of the great bad god himself, and it was his name that was written in green ink. but the witches never, so far

arallel to its own equator. therefore there is in the earth a perpetual disharmony, a perpetual war between this strong characteristic of the whole solar system and the individual quality of the earth. the earth therefore appears in this view like an individual who is out of harmony with his surroundings, as we might say the square man in a round hole; and therefore is the earth always a place of trial and of suffering; therefore also it is that every individual on the earth, every human being, every man or woman who polarises his own or her own individuality in accordance with that of the earth, is in disharmony with the wider and stronger currents, viz, those of the solar system which surround it. therefore it is that the materialist must invariably and inevitably be in disharmony with a

two endsinthe same direction as the poles of the circle in which it revolves- i care not now whether we are speaking physically or metaphysically- it is accurately polarised; otherwise it is inaccurately polarised, it is in a condition of disharmony and of unrest. andthatrefers to the whole planet, and to every individual on its surface. but with this difference.theearth at present is a place of trial for the individual living upon its surface; therefore the earth is what we may call wrongly polarised. and i use the word 'wrongly' there merely as intending to convey the sense of unrest.itis not ultimately and finally wrong, because it is designed;butit is an unrestful position, an unstable position. and human beings areputin these material bodies which we now inhabit on this planet so unr

re born. now you might suppose from that that the ultimate state of this earth would be to get itself straight- in other words, to bring its own north pole into coincidence with the pole of its ecliptic. and that may be so, and it may very possibly be the ultimate destiny of this world that it should go straight. but206 the sorcerer and his apprenticeobserve, it would then no longer be a place of trial. whether it would be a-place of bliss i cannot say. my own thought, as drawn from the teaching of the higher divine science of all ages, is that when this occurs. supposing that in the mechanical evolution of the universe it should occur- the functionsoftheworld as a place of human residence will have passed by, that it will then be rapidly approaching the state of a dead planet. lcalled it

this occurs. supposing that in the mechanical evolution of the universe it should occur- the functionsoftheworld as a place of human residence will have passed by, that it will then be rapidly approaching the state of a dead planet. lcalled it my own idea, but i believe it is shared by many occultists.theplace of abode of a humanity which has developed itself beyond the necessity for the state of trial in whichitnow is, will, i think, probably be elsewhere. to know then the characteristic of the earth or of any planet, we have to know simply the obliquity of its axis, and then to know the exact nature of the tatwic currents which belong to that plane to which it is polarised. the rules of the old astrologers and the characteristics which they affixed to [he star groups give us a267 great c

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e in jerusalem, had adopted a number of strange mystical doctrines. there were also rumors that they were organizing strange rites to give form to these doctrines. finally, in 1307, the french king philip le bel decided to arrest the members of the order. some of them managed to escape but most of them were caught. pope clement v also joined the purge. following a long period of interrogation and trial, many of the templars admitted to heretical beliefs, that they had rejected the christian faith and insulted jesus in their masses. finally, the leaders of the templars, who were called "grand masters" beginning with the most important of them, jacques de molay, were executed in 1314 by order of the church and the king. the majority of them were put into prison, and the order dispersed and o

ad rejected the christian faith and insulted jesus in their masses. finally, the leaders of the templars, who were called "grand masters" beginning with the most important of them, jacques de molay, were executed in 1314 by order of the church and the king. the majority of them were put into prison, and the order dispersed and officially disappeared. some historians have a tendency to portray the trial of the templars as a conspiracy on the part of the king of france, and depict the knights as innocent of the charges. but, this manner of interpretation fails in several aspects. nesta h. webster, the famous british historian with a great deal of knowledge on occult history, analyzes these aspects in her book, secret societies and subversive movements. according to webster, the tendency to a

france, and depict the knights as innocent of the charges. but, this manner of interpretation fails in several aspects. nesta h. webster, the famous british historian with a great deal of knowledge on occult history, analyzes these aspects in her book, secret societies and subversive movements. according to webster, the tendency to absolve the templars of the heresies they confessed to during the trial period dh from the templars to ancient egypt is unjustified. first, during the interrogations, despite the standard claim, not all the templars were tortured; moreover, do the confessions of the knights appear to be the outcome of pure imagination such as men under the influence of torture might devise? it is certainly difficult to believe that the accounts of the ceremony of initiation give

they would surely have contradicted each other, have cried out in their agony that all kinds of wild and fantastic rites had taken place in order to satisfy the demands of their interlocutors. but no, each appears to be describing the same ceremony more or less completely, with characteristic touches that indicate the personality of the speaker, and in the main all the stories tally.6 anyhow, the trial of the templars ended with the termination of the order. but, although the order "officially" ceased to exist, it did not actually disappear. during the sudden arrest in 1307, some templars escaped, managing to cover their tracks. according to a thesis based on various his- di templars developed a pagan faith in christian guise. global freemasonry torical documents, a significant number of t

fers to this topic. god says that the israelites learned satanic sorcery rituals from sources outside their own religion: they follow what the satans recited in the reign of solomon. solomon did not become unbeliever, but the satans did, teaching people sorcery and what had been sent down to harut and marut, the two angels in babylon, who taught no one without first saying to him "we are merely a trial and temptation, so do not become unbeliever" people learned from them how to separate a man and his wife but they cannot harm anyone by it, except with god's permission. they have learned what will harm them and will not benefit them. they know that any who deal in it will have no share in the hereafter. what an evil thing they have sold themselves for if they only knew (qur'an, 2: 102) this

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from a single principle then everything must have its place and role and to suggest a separate ontologically evil force destroys this balance. so how does evil exist? this paradox is symbolized in the gnostic astrological traditions as the planet saturn. saturn is both sophia, wisdom and satan, the tester. in the old testament satan was not a rival to god but worked within gods court to test and trial the faithful. saturn is hence a dual image and it is to saturn that the title demiurge is usually applied. saturn is also sophia and through ialdaboath matter is created and yet we may ask why was it a sin for sophia to want to know or understand the divine will? it seems clear that this supposed error was actually the process by which sophia (and with her mankind) could enter matter and ach

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

is the pre-requisite for the consolamentum or the sacrament of perfection. again, we understand that this new appreciation of sexuality and its practical use within the celestial path may be difficult for those used to the straight-jacket morality of many modern religions. however, we can perhaps best defend our position in this regards, by repeating some of the defences used by an abbess in the trial of a 18th century dominician order of saint catherine, which was accused of immoral conduct. as our spirit is free, it is only the intention that can make an action wicked. it is enough, therefore, to lift ourselves in our minds to god and then nothing is sinful. to practise that which we mistakenly call impurity is true purity, which god wishes and bids us to practise and without which we h

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prayer "unto thee, sole wise, sole eternal and sole merciful one, be the praise and glory forever, who hath permitted me, who now standeth humbly before thee, to enter thus far into the sanctuary of thy mystery. not unto me, ynda, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon my head, and teach me the value of self sacrifice so that i shrink not in the hour of trial, but that thus, my name may be written on high, and my genius may stand in the presence of the holy one in that hour, when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits, and his name before the ancient of days" step 4 pause, then formulate the pillars. stand between them, and make the sign of. philosophus say "let us adore the lord and king of fire. holy art thou lord of the blazing f

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ars of mercy and severity. the bases are cubical and black to represent the l element in twklm. the columns are respectively black and white to represent the manifestation of the eternal balance of the scales of justice. upon them should be represented in counterchanged color any appropriate egyptian designs, emblematic of the soul. 5 the scarlet tetrahedronal capitals represent the o of test and trial, and between the pillars is the porchway of the region immeasurable. the twin lights which burn on their summits are "the declarers of the eternal truth" the bases of the tetrahedra, being triangular, points east on the white pillar, while that on the black pillar points west. thus, they complete the hexagram of trapt, though separate, as is fitting in "the hall of the dual manifestation of

ame with the element of o. at the west is the cup of wine, allied by its fluid form to the element of n. at the north are bread and salt, allied by their substance to the element of l. the elements are placed upon the altar according to the winds "for osiris onnophris who is found perfect before the gods, hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. for the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame-red fire as the energy of mine undaunted will: and the cup of wine is the pouring out of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the newer life, and the bread and salt are the foundations of my body, which i destroy in order that they may be renewed. for i am osiris triumphant, even osi

e hegemon is the calvary cross of six squares within a circle. this cross embraces trapt, jxn, dwh and dwsy, and rests upon twklm. also, the calvary cross of six squares forms the cube and is thus referred to the six sephiroth of the microprosopus which are dsj, hrwbg, trapt, jxn, dwh and dwsy" in addition to this explanation, it represents the black calvary cross of suffering as the initiator by trial and self abnegation, and the opener of the way into the comprehension of the forces of the divine light. it is therefore suspended from a black collar to show that suffering is the purgation of evil "before the face of the gods in the place of the threshold" is the name of hegemon, and she is the goddess thma-ae-st having the following coptic forms: thma-ae-st- this is as in regards to the m

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tep 4 trace the l hexagram with the sigil in the center "i entered this world as one who was alive, yet i was not. then i saw the light that shineth in the night standing upon a lonely hill, the light of the red rose upon the golden cross. oh thou beautiful one, thou red rose of life and light, teach me of death, teach me of life, teach me of self sacrifice, so that i may not shrink in my hour of trial, but that my name may be written upon high and my genius stand in the presence of the holy one, blessed be he" step 5 standing in the east facing west, expand your aura and create an animated shell of yourself from your own nephesch through your ruach. vibrate your power name (motto) into the creation of this form. step out of it and then go to the altar in the west facing east and look at y

e eternal and sole merciful one be the praise and glory forever, who hath permitted very honored frater/soror_ who now standeth humbly before thee to enter thus far into the santuary of the mysteries. not unto myself but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his/her head, and teach him/her the value of selfsacrifice so that he/she shrinks not in the hour of trial, but that thus his/her name may be written on high and his/her genius stand in the presence of the holy ones" step 17 go to each quarter and make the grade sign of that quarter following each one with the sign of osiris slain and risen. move back to the altar and say "and now, in the name and powers of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe, and i solemn

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watchtower, the four elements are brought to the center altar (one adept each brings forth one of the elements "behold, the holy symbol of (name of element (this is said while they set it on top of the altar) chief adept "for osiris onnophris, who found perfect before the gods hath said (point toward the altar 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, and glorified through trial. for the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering (lifts up the rose on high (first adept rings the bell during iao) all "iao" chief adept "the light of the cross (forms a cross (pause 'and the cup of wine is the pouring out of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the newer life (lifts the cup up on high (first adept rings the bell during iao) all

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became as nothing unto that highest self-hood which is the clear light of the spirit" step 11 go to the east of the altar. make the rose cross over the elements while vibrating the enochian spirit invocation. perform the qabalistic cross. step 12 "for osiris onnophris who is found perfect before the gods hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering. and the flame-red fire as the energy of mine undaunted will. and the cup of wine is the pouring out of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration unto the newer life. and the bread and salt are as the foundations of my body, which i destroy in order that they may be renewed. 4 for i am osiris triumphant. even osi

e eternal and sole merciful one be the praise and the glory forever, who has permitted_(his/her name, who now standeth invisibly and humbly before thee to enter thus far into the sanctuary of thy mystery. not unto us, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his/her head, and teach him/her the value of selfsacrifice so that he/she shrink not in the hour of trial. but that thus his/her name may be written upon high and his/her genius stand in the presence of the holy ones in that hour when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits and_(his/her name_ stands in the presence of the ancient of days" step 28 go to the altar "and now in the name and the power of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe, and ch

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prayer "unto thee, sole wise, sole eternal and sole merciful one, be the praise and glory forever, who hath permitted me, who now standeth humbly before thee, to enter thus far into the sanctuary of thy mystery. not unto me, ynda, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon my head, and teach me the value of self sacrifice so that i shrink not in the hour of trial, but that thus, my name may be written on high, and my genius may stand in the presence of the holy one in that hour, when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits, and his name before the ancient of days" step 4 pause, then formulate the pillars. stand between them, and make the sign of practicus. say "let us adore the lord and king of n. holy art thou lord of the mighty waters

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r self-hood which became as nothing unto that highest self-hood which is the clear light of the spirit" step 10 go to the east of the altar. make the rose cross over the elements while vibrating the enochian spirit invocation. make qabalistic cross "for osiris onnophris who is found perfect before the gods hath said 'these are the elements of my body perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame-red fire as the energy of mine undaunted will. and the cup of wine is the pouring out of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the 4 newer life. and the bread and salt are as the foundations of my body, which i destroy in order that they may be renewed" step 11 take on the god form of osi

ciful one be the praise and the glory forever, who has permitted (state earthly name, who now standeth humbly before thee as (whisper your power name) to enter thus far into the sanctuary of thy mystery. not unto us, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his/her head, and teach him/her the value of self sacrifice so that he/she shrink not in the hour of trial, but that thus, his/her name may be written upon high and his/her genius stand in the presence of the holy ones in that hour when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits and his/her name in the presence of the ancient of days" step 23 go to the west facing east behind the altar "and now, in the name and the power of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of

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lendor of the infinite light" step 20 open your eyes to the angelic kerux, your higher genius. return to your body. circumambulate with a, while drawing down the divine brilliance into the vortex, having formulated an angel torch-bearer who lights and leads the way saying "i am osiris, the sun veiled by night, united to the higher by purification perfected through suffering, and glorified through trial. i have come where the great gods are, through the power of the mighty name, hwhy, layqpx" step 21 then pass around, again, following the angelic kerux. say "i have passed through the gates of the firmament. give me your hands, o ye lords of truth, for i am made as ye. hail unto ye, for ye are the formers of the soul, hy, layzr" step 22 pass on and halt in the south. formulate the two pillar

hat i, even i, may go forward from that lower selfhood which is in me, unto that highest selfhood which is in god the vast one. manifest thyself unto me, in me, and by a material manifestation i do here offer unto thee the elements of the body of aeshoorist upon the place of foundation. for osiris onnophris hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering and glorified by trial. for the scent of the dying rose is as the suppressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame red fire as the strength of mine undaunted will. the cup of wine is as the pouring forth of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the newer life, and the bread and salt is as the foundation of my body which i destroy in order that it may be renewed' wherefore behold! into this brazen

ive the signs of 5=6. close by purifying with n and consecrating with o or by l.b.r.p. and b.r.h. perform the reverse circumambulation, and adoration toward the east. after this say "nothing now remains but to partake of the sacred repast composed of the elements of the body of osiris. for osiris onnophris hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, and glorified by trial. the rose is as the suppressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame red fire as the strength of mine undaunted will. the cup of wine is as the pouring forth of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the new life, and the bread and salt is as the foundation of my body which i destroy that it may be renewed" step 33 take elements astrally, then say "in the name of hwchy the r

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er "unto thee sole wise, sole eternal and sole merciful one, be the praise and glory forever. thou who hath permitted me, who now standeth humbly before thee, to enter thus far into the sanctuary of thy mysteries, not unto me adonai, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon my head and teach me the value of self sacrifice so that i shrink not in my hour of trial, but that my name may be written on high, and my genius stand in the presence of the holy one in that hour when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits and his name before the ancient of days. amen. invocation of o step 1 formulate pillars standing in the east (or stand between the temple pillars) make the sign of philosophus. say: let us adore the lord and king of o! twabx hwhy

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resolved into a historical one, the siegfried of our heroic lay into arminius, civilis and siegbert by turns, tanhauser into ulysses. preface. xxvll in all that i had gathered by a careful comparison of original authorities on sorcery and witches, he of course can see neither circumspectness nor moderation, who gravely imagines that witchcraft was once a reality, who from the minutes of a single trial in 1628 jumps at once to the greek dionysia, makes the devil dionysus, and warms up again the stale explanation of hexe (witch) from hecate. this is allowing the devil a great antiquity in comparison with those heroes; to me eeinhart and isengrim seem to reach up far higher than the -ninth century, and siegfried even beyond arminius, therefore a long way before the time when the term devil f

ourneys together, the same three ases that also co-operate in creating (p. 560, for losr and loki are apparently one (p. 241, and in this connexion loki has nothing base or bad about him. hoenir is called in sn. 106 sessi, sinui, mali o'sins (sodalis, comes, collocutor odini. these three ases set out on a journey, and at night seek a lodging; in the stories preserved to us no mention is made of a trial of hospitality. in a later saga o^inn with loki and hcenir rides to the chase (miiller's sagabibl. 1, 364; and a remarkable lay of the faroe isles (lyngbye pp. 500 seq) presents the same three, ouvin, honer and lokkji, not indeed as travelling, but as succouring gods, who when called upon immediately appear, and one after the other deliver a boy whom giant skrujmsli is pursuing, by hiding hi

the pond (horst's zauberbibl. 6, 368. 372-4. white's selborne p. 202' the people of tring in hertfordshire would do well to remember that no longer ago than 1751 they seized on two superannuated wretches, crazed with age and overwhelmed with infirmities, on a suspicion of witchcraft; and by trying experiments drowned them in a horsepond' the gazette des tribunaux no. 3055, june 4, 1835 relates a trial of supposed magicians, whose family had the hereditary faculty of charming lice away* it is true the sachsensp. ii. 13, 7 has' svelk l-erstenman ungeloinch (unbelieving) is, unde mit tovere umme gat oder mit vorgiftnisse (poisoning, unde des verwuunen wirt, den sal man upper hort hernen' schwabensp. 149. wackern. 174. lassb. gosl. stat. 38, 20. the words' oder wif standing after' kerstenman'

into the cat has most of all to do with the works and ways of home-sprites (pp. 503-9: there is nowhere the slightest hint of donning any belt or shirt. it is a common saying, that a cat of twenty years turns witch, and a witch of a hundred turns cat again. vintler (sup. g, 1. 232) notices the assumption of cat-shape. as was the case with night-wives (p. 1060, examples occur in almost every witch-trial, and particularly common is the story of the wounded cat, whom you afterwards recognise in a bandaged woman. cats meeting you are of double meaning. sup. i, 643. one should never hurt a strange cat; the witch might serve you out. a farmer took on to ail from the day of his wedding: on that day he had shied a stone at a cat that walked into his yard with a saddle on her. the saddled cat is a

n the poem cited on p. 1048 'und daz ein ivip ein sih tribe, sunder vleisch und sunder ribe, da niht inne waere' this i take to be a lie, says the author; his incredulity seems to rest on the tilting over, the sieve is void, has neither flesh nor bone. the sieve was also laid on a pair of tongs, which were held up between the two middle fingers. in denmark the master of the house himself took the trial in hand, balancing the sieve on the point of a pair of scissors. sup. dan. 132. this sieve-running (sieve-chasing, sieve-dance) must have been very common in france and germany in the 16-1 7th 1 sieve-running is described differently in the meckl. jalirb. 5, 108: a sieve inherited from kinsfolk is set up on its edge, an inherited pair of scissors is opened and its points stuck into the sieve

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f a faculty.and there is a marvelous demonstration! or he may go back over some experiment that puzzled him for weeks and now find a manifestation that was impossible before. such students are always urged to continue their studies and diligently test each principle, try each experiment, and apply each law in the way described in the weekly monograph. they should give each monograph a full week's trial, and then if no success has been attained.or not such success as was expected.go on with the next monograph as though success had been attained. try the new lesson diligently, and then the next lesson, and so on. after several months have passed, if the student goes back and reviews some of the experiments which were not successful, he will find that he has some slight or large degree of suc

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nd asked the advice of a very experienced physician, to whom i revealed the whole mystery. he maintained that the narcotic ingredients, which formed the figure, must of necessity violently affect the imagination, and might be very injurious according to circumstances; he also believed that the prepara255 tion which was prescribed contributed much to excite the imagination, and told me to make the trial for myself with a very small quantity and without any preparation whatever. i did so one day after dinner" when the physician had been dining with me; but scarcely had i cast the quantum of ingredients into the chafing dish, when a figure presented itself. i was however seized with such a horror, that i was obliged to leave the room. i was veryillduring three hours, and thought i saw the fig

y do so, i believe, from the response given to me by thec.a:-correspondencewithrobertowen177theforegoing responses i give, word for word, as received by me. i have not knowingly altered a letter; and i must now conclude. i trust you will accept this in the good faith with which it is sent; and if it may be themeans-d.v.-ofinducing but one of your members to give the formula an earnest and sincere trial, i shall indeed feel myself more than a thousand times repaid. i remain, gentlemen, yours faithfully,fred. hockleycroydon 5 december 1854 mydear sir,i have the great pleasure of sending you the response obtained this evening from the c. a, who as usual enters earnestly into your views, and, as you will perceive, expresses a wish that you should have another communication with him personally

blecdgold might be made of other substances for the substances which make that could be found separate, and were that the case gold might be easily made. ancient alchemists held thatcdmight be reduced to its own..9and sophiefrom which by a certain process the powder of projection might bemade-whichcombined with other metals in a certain state transmitted them into gold.thereare no objections to a trial but it cannot bedone-puregold has never yet been made, it is a natural production a combination of minerals, and nothing man can do will make it. may 1 ask if transmution, or projection of metals as understood by alchemists has ever been done has253orijbeen turned intocd?ithasnot-idepart in peace.crystalmsvol.7,pp.114-6thereare no torments that are everlasting. can any christian imagine that

lethargy which has oppressed me all winter.thecontinuous downfall of rain and consequent heavy atmosphere has completely paralysed me and i have returned home every evening so fatigued i find that the pressure on my brain has become so overpowering! that i appear to have dozed away all my evenings in listless, thoughtless reading and just at the worst our esteemed bro. hughan sent me a copy of a trial (not copied from the times) hockley v. hughan in which our bro. vainly tried to show that the veida was dead against me, although i obtained all the damages i claimed! but perhaps bro. hughan has some celtic blood in his veins and didn't know on which side he was fighting for though i allow he honourably paid the damages(acartevisite[photograph) of himself) which so much pleased my landlady

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ell 125 may derive from an initiation ritual for priests.59 the vignette for spell 125 supplements rather than illustrates the text. in one of the most famous of all egyptian images, the heart of the deceased person is shown being weighed against the feather that represents maat, the goddess of truth. if the heart were found to be heavy with sin, it would be devoured by a monster. in origin, this trial was just one of a series of perils that could be overcome by magic, but the popularity of spell 125 in the later new kingdom coincided with a new emphasis on god as a just but forgiving judge. in prayers of this period, people turn to gods such as thoth and amun to help them survive in an unjust society. other individuals humbly acknowledged that their sufferings were a just punishment for a

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is seen noting the result of the weighing. in the picture the beam of the balance is quite level, which shows that the heart of ani exactly counterbalances the symbol of righteousness. this result thoth announces to the gods in the following words "in very truth the heart of osiris hath been weighed, and his soul hath stood as a witness for him; its case is right (i.e, it hath been found true by trial) in the great balance. no wickedness hath been found in him, he hath not purloined the offerings in the p. 51 temples, 1 and he hath done no evil by deed or word whilst he was upon earth" the gods in their reply accept thoth's report, and declare that, so far as they are concerned, ani has committed neither sin nor evil. further, they go on to say that he shall not be delivered over to the m

r that ani was considered to have merited his reward in sekhet-hetepet by the righteousness and integrity of his life upon earth as regards his fellow-man, and by the reverence and worship which he paid to every god and every goddess; in other words, it is made to appear that he had earned his reward, or had justified himself by his works. because his heart had emerged p. 52 triumphantly from its trial the gods decreed for him the right to appear in the presence of the god osiris, and ordered him to be provided with a homestead in sekhet-hetep. there is no mention of any repentance on ani's part for wrong done; indeed, he says definitely "there is no sin in my body. i have not uttered wittingly that which is untrue, and i have committed no act having a double motive [in my mind" as he was

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

dicable scepticism, though i tried hard tobelieve. thus, partially relieved of my affliction and taught how to conjure the unwelcome visions away, istill remained, and do remain to this day, helpless to prevent their forced appearance before me now and then. it was after assuring myself of my unfitness for the exalted position of an independent seer and adept that ireluctantly gave up any further trial. nothing had been heard of the holy man, the first innocent cause of mymisfortune; and the old bonze himself, who occasionally visited me in my retreat, either could not, or wouldnot, inform me of the whereabouts of the yamabooshi. when, therefore, i had to give up all hope of his everrelieving me entirely from my fatal gift, i resolved to return to europe, to settle in solitude for the rest

vivid dream- so vivid indeed, so life-like,that from its terrible realism he felt sure that it was a vision rather than a dream. he had left his violin on a table by his bedside, locked in its case, the key of which never left him. since hehad strung it with those terrible chords he never let it out of his sight for a moment. in accordance with hisresolution he had not touched it since his first trial, and his bow had never but once touched the humanstrings, for he had since always practised on another instrument. but now in his sleep he saw himself lookingat the locked case. something in it was attracting his attention, and he found himself incapable of detachinghis eyes from it. suddenly he saw the upper part of the case slowly rising, and, within the chink thusproduced, he perceived tw

ecame arpeggios, and ended in shrill staccatos, like the notes of ahyena laugh. the same creeping sensation of terror, as he had before felt, came over him, and franz threw thebow away. he had recognized the familiar laugh, and would have no more of it. dressing, he locked thebe-devilled violin securely in its case, and taking it with him to the dining-room, determined to await quietlythe hour of trial. vithe terrible hour of the struggle had come, and stenio was at his post- calm, resolute, almost smiling. the theatre was crowded to suffocation, and there was not even standing room to be got for any amount ofhard cash or favouritism. the singular challenge had reached every quarter to which the post could carry it,and gold flowed freely into paganini's unfathomable pockets, to an extent a

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

uck by the .russian-doll. nature of the demons- that the roots of a cognitive value could be traced downwards into the levels of self-esteem, affiliation, and survival needs. 11 this idea seems to be implied in the zoomorphic image of the man-beast. if we deny our demons then they are indeed .outside. and the self becomes a fortress, for an army at war with itself. in contrast, the babblogue is a trial by catharsis, to understand and unify the dwellers within, rather than deny or subjugate them. the shaman.s journey the central theme of all .magical retirements. of this nature is the journey within. shamans world-wide, and the most powerful religious myths are concerned with this descent into chaos- the confrontation with death, the demon feast, trial by fire, communion with the dead- and

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

t have them, and revision is a long process. i should not have thought of asking you for them, if i had not a right to them. the t. enochian calls, i more especially want immediately, and i still hope you will be kind enough to send me them. the g.d. is now so disorganised that the obligation practically ceases to be binding. the horos case has given it its death-blow, not so much from the public trial, as from the fact that the ritual and the knowledge mss are not only in the hands of the police but also have been printed by the editor of "wings of truth' to whom, i suppose, they had been previously sold. what has become quite public, there can be no harm in your lending me, even if i were not entitled to them from any grade. 68 102 thealchemist of the golden dawn grove lodge, saffron wal

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

scarcely have wished the trouble of using another speech than his own, save perhaps in certain special formulae and incantations. accordingly he attacked the manuscript with the preliminary assumption that the bulk of it was in english. dr armitage knew, from the repeated failures of his colleagues, that the riddle was a deep and complex one; and that no simple mode of solution could merit even a trial. all through late august he fortified himself with the mass lore of cryptography; drawing upon the fullest resources of his own library, and wading night after night amidst the arcana of trithemius' poligraphia, giambattista porta's de furtivis literarum notis, de vigenere's traite des chiffres, falconer's cryptomenysis patefacta, davys' and thicknesse's eighteenth-century treatises, and suc

s brought about his quiet removal to parts unknown. certain documents by and about all of the strange characters were available at teh essex institute, the court house, and the registry of deeds, and included both harmless commonplaces such as land titles and bills of sale, and furtive fragments of a more provocative nature. there were four or five unmistakable allusions to them on the witchcraft trial records; as when one hepzibah lawson swore on july 10, 1692, at the court of oyer and terminer under judge hathorne, that 'fortie witches and the blacke man were wont to meete in the woodes behind mr. hutchinson's house, and one amity how declared at a session of august 8th before judge gedney that:'mr. g. b (rev. george burroughs) on that nighte putt ye divell his marke upon bridget s, jona

on. even the familiar olive mark on his hip was gone, while on his chest was a great black mole or cicatrice which had never been there before, and which made willett wonder whether the youth had ever submitted to any of the witch markings reputed to be inflicted at certain unwholesome nocturnal meetings in wild and lonely places. the doctor could not keep his mind off a certain transcribed witch-trial record from salem which charles had shewn him in the old non-secretive days, and which read 'mr. g. b. on that nighte putt ye divell his marke upon bridget s, jonathan a, simon o, deliverance w, joseph c, susan p, mehitable c, and deborah b' ward's face, too, troubled him horribly, till at length he suddenly discovered why he was horrified. for above the young man's right eye was something w

until they felt like takin' to the water an' quittin' the place. some was more teched than others, an' some never did change quite enough to take to the water; but mosily they turned out jest the way them things said. them as was born more like the things changed arly, but them as was nearly human sometimes stayed on the island till they was past seventy, though they'd usually go daown under for trial trips afore that. folks as had took to the water gen'rally come back a good deal to visit, so's a man ud often be a'talkin' to his own five-times-great-grandfather who'd left the dry land a couple o' hundred years or so afore "everybody got aout o' the idee o' dyin- excep' in canoe wars with the other islanders, or as sacrifices to the sea-gods daown below, or from snakebite or plague or sha

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

method would probably gain us immunity from straying, since there did not appear to be any strong air currents inside the primordial masonry. if such should develop, or if our paper supply should give out, we could of course fall back on the more secure though more tedious and retarding method of rock chipping. just how extensive a territory we had opened up, it was impossible to guess without a trial. the close and frequent connection of the different buildings made it likely that we might cross from one to another on bridges underneath the ice, except where impeded by local collapses and geologic rifts, for very little glaciation seemed to have entered the massive constructions. almost all the areas of transparent ice had revealed the submerged windows as tightly shuttered, as if the to

ly of trail-blazing paper was far from unlimited, and we were reluctant to sacrifice spare notebooks or sketching paper to augment it, but we did let one large notebook go. if worse came to worst we could resort to rock chipping- and of course it would be possible, even in case of really lost direction, to work up to full daylight by one channel or another if granted sufficient time for plentiful trial and error. so at last we set off eagerly in the indicated direction of the nearest tunnel. according to the carvings from which we had made our map, the desired tunnel mouth could not be much more than a quarter of a mile from where we stood; the intervening space showing solid-looking buildings quite likely to be penetrable still at a sub-glacial level. the opening itself would be in the ba

HP LOVECRAFT BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP

e, pre-radio period. these i had tested with a fellow-student, but achieving no result, had soon packed them away with other scientific odds and ends for possible future use. now, in my intense desire to probe into the dream-life of joe slater, i sought these instruments again, and spent several days in repairing them for action. when they were complete once more i missed no opportunity for their trial. at each outburst of slater's violence, i would fit the transmitter to his forehead and the receiver to my own, constantly making delicate adjustments for various hypothetical wave-lengths of intellectual energy. i had but little notion of how the thought-impressions would, if successfully conveyed, arouse an intelligent response in my brain, but i felt certain that i could detect and interp

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

until they felt like takin' to the water an' quittin' the place. some was more teched than others, an' some never did change quite enough to take to the water; but mosily they turned out jest the way them things said. them as was born more like the things changed arly, but them as was nearly human sometimes stayed on the island till they was past seventy, though they'd usually go daown under for trial trips afore that. folks as had took to the water gen'rally come back a good deal to visit, so's a man ud often b. a'talkin' to his own five-times-great-grandfather who'd left the dry land a couple o' hundred years or so afore "everybody got aout o' the idee o' dyin- excep' in canoe wars with the other islanders, or as sacrifices to the sea-gods daown below, or from snakebite or plague or sha

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

e guide reserved his horror and malignity for those who feared. as the radiations continued, carter eventually inter-preted them in the form of words "i am indeed that most ancient one" said the guide "of whom you know. we have awaited you- the ancient ones and i. you are welcome, even though long delayed. you have the key, and have unlocked the first gate. now the ultimate gate is ready for your trial. if you fear, you need not advance. you may still go back unharmed, the way you came, but if you chose to advance" the pause was ominous, but the radiations continued to be friendly. carter hesitated not a moment, for a burning curiosity drove him on "i will advance" he radiated back "and i accept you as my guide" at this reply the guide seemed to make a sign by certain motions of his robe w

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

izing, either. a sexy-looking girl was thought to have charms (which indeed she did, but these were invariably evil charms, and she could not be allowed to display them. on the other hand, things haven't changed too much on that score! an exotic, sexy-looking lady is frequently looked upon with suspicion and hostility in certain of our communities, even today. when accused witches were brought to trial, the questions they were asked were of the "when did you stop beating your wife" genre. women were asked to admit they were having sexual^ relations with the devil, and under torture they admitted it. i find it very difficult to accept the idea of the devil romping around and mating with all these warty women. if he did exist, it seems to me he could have done a lot better choosing ladies mo

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

masses, whilst most of it has been kept strictly secret but reserved only to high priests and adepts. every ritual answers a certain purpose, regardless whether the point in question be the banning witchcraft of tibet or the gestures of fingers (mudras) performed by the bali priests in their cults in the orient, or the exorcism ritual of magicians. the synthesis will always remain the same. at a trial, the hand with three fingers raised for the oath as confirmation of a truthful statement may also be regarded as a magical gesture. from the christian point of view the raised fingers symbolize the trinity. each of the numerous lodges and sects has its own rites. the lodges of the freemasons, for example, are all bound to a fixed sign, word and touch. a lot could be said about this problem f

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

lergy-man p. vii and his wife bewitched to death-bewitching of mr. moor--the fairy-possessed butler--a ghost instigates a prosecution--supposed witchcraft in co. cork--the devil among the quakers chapter vii a.d. 1688 an irish-american witch 176 chapter viii a.d. 1689-1720 portent on entry of james ii--witchcraft in co. antrim--traditional version of same--events preceding the island--magee witch-trial--the trial itself--dr. francis hutchinson 194 chapter ix a.d. 1807 to present day mary butters, the carnmoney witch--ballad on her--the hand of glory--a journey through the air--a "witch" in 1911--some modern illustrations of cattle- and milk- magic--transference of disease by a cailleach--burying the sheaf--j.p.'s commission--conclusion 224 irish witchcraft and demonology chapter i some rem

of a pamphlet of 1699, which may or may not have been locally printed, there is not the slightest trace of any witchcraft literature being published in the country until we reach the opening years of the nineteenth century. all our information therefore with respect to ireland comes from incidental notices in books and from sources across the water. we might with reason expect that the important trial of florence newton at youghal in 1661, concerning the historical reality of which there can be no possible doubt, would be p. 12 immortalised by irish writers and publishers, but as a matter of fact it is only preserved for us in two london printed books. there is no confusion between cause and effect; books on witchcraft would, naturally, be the result of witch- trials, but in their turn th

we cannot blame them for this; could anything else be expected from men who, clergy and laity alike, were saturated with the superstitions that were then so prominent in the two countries from which their ranks had been recruited? thus the seventeenth century was the period par excellence of witchcraft, demonology, and the supernatural in ireland. the most remarkable witch case of that time, the trial of florence newton in 1661, to which allusion has already been made, seems to have been largely influenced by what occurred in england, while the various methods suggested or employed as a test of that old woman's culpability are quite in accordance with the procedure adopted a few years previously by the english witch-finder general, the infamous matthew hopkins. after 1711 the period of de

ich cannot however be certainly proved, except in one particular instance towards the end of the reign of james i, though this was for the exceptional crime of practising sorcery (and therefore high treason) against that too credulous king. was its use ever legalised by act of parliament in either country? in scotland, on the other hand, it was employed with terrible frequency; there was hardly a trial for witchcraft or sorcery but some of the unfortunates incriminated were subjected to this terrible ordeal. even as late as 1690 torture was judicially applied to p. 20 extract evidence, for in that year a jacobite gentleman was questioned by the boots. but scotland, even at its worst, fades into insignificance before certain parts of the continent, where torture was used to an extent and de

m usher, has been preserved in add. mss. 1792, and published in hist. mss. comm. 15th report, appendix, part 3, but an examination of the original ms. reveals nothing in addition to the above passage; so, until the lost book is discovered, we must remain in ignorance with respect to the doings of this particular witch. the next notice of witchcraft in ireland occurs in the year 1578, when a witch-trial took place at kilkenny, though here again, unfortunately, no details have been preserved. p. 60 in the november of that year sessions were held there by the lord justice drury and sir henry fitton, who, in their letter to the privy council on the 20th of the same month, inform that body that upon arriving at the town "the jail being full we caused sessions immediately to be held. thirty-six

the required promise, and he commenced. muttering a spell as he stood before her, feathers sprouted thickly over him, his face became contracted and hooked, a corpse-like smell filled the air, and winnowing the air with beats of its heavy wings a gigantic vulture rose in his stead, and swept round and round the room as if on the point of pouncing upon her. the lady controlled herself through this trial, and another began. the bird alighted near the door, and in less than a minute changed, she saw not how, into a horribly deformed and dwarfish hag, who, with yellow skin hanging about her face, and cavernous eyes, swung herself on crutches towards the lady, her mouth foaming with fury, and her grimaces and contortions becoming more and more hideous every moment, till she rolled with a fearfu

elic--raising the devil in ireland--how he was cheated by a doctor of divinity--stewart and the fairies--rev. robert blair and the man possessed with a devil--strange occurrences near limerick--apparitions of murdered people at portadown--charmed lives-visions and portents--petition of a bewitched antrim man in england--archbishop usher's prophecies--mr. browne and the locked chest an interesting trial of a clergyman for the practice of unhallowed arts took place early in 1606--interesting and valuable, if for no other reason than that it is the first instance of such a case being discovered in the rolls at the record office (not counting those of the parliament of 1447, though we hope that it will not prove to be a unique entry, but rather the earnest of others. shorn of legal redundancie

ISIS UNVEILED

e opinion as a sentiment; some positively deny it; and only a few mainfain an attitude of attention and expectancy. impatient of restraint, longing for the return of the dark ages, the romish church frowns at the diabolical manifestations, and indicates what she would do to their champions had she but the power of old. were it not for the self-evident fact that she herself is placed by science on trial, and that she is handcuffed, she would be ready at a moment's notice to repeat in the nineteenth century the revolting scenes of former days. as to the protestant clergy, so furious is their common hatred toward spiritualism, that as a secular paper veiy truly remarks'"riey seem willing to undermine the public faith in all the spiritual pheno- mena of the past as recorded in the bible, if th

catholic spiun and pontifical italy, beyond question. and which, more than these two, has had access to ancient literature? spain was famous for her libraries; the moors were celebrated for their profound learning in alchemy and other sciences. the vatican is the storehouse of an immense number of ancient manuscripts. during the long interval of nearly 1500 years they have been accumulating, from trial after trial, books and manu- scripts confiscated from their sentenced victims, to their own profit. the cathoucs may plead that the books were generally committed to the sames; that the treatises of famous sorcerers and enchanters perished with their occui^ed authors. but the vatican, if it could speak, could tell a different story. it knows too well of the existence of certain closets and r

'demons' through magical incantations, unmolested by the authorities provided they held fast to the established dogmas and taught no heresy, on the other hand acts of unparalleled atrocity were perpetrated on poor, unfor- tunate fools. gabriel malagrida, an old man of seventy, was burnt by these evangelical jack ketches in 1761. in the amsterdam library there is a copy of the report of his famous trial, reprinted from the lisbon re- port. he was accused of sorcery and illicit intercourse with the devil, who had "disclosed to him /ufur) the prophecy imparted by the? arch-enemy to the poor visionary jesuit is reported in the following terms "the culprit hath confessed that the demon, imder the form of the blessed virgin, having commanded him to write the life of anti- christ, told him that h

the watch. horse and owner were both indicted by the sacred oflice fdevil, and both were burned, with a great ceremony of auto-da-fi at lisbon in 1601, as wizards^ this immortal institution of christianity did not remain without its dante to sing its praise "macedo, a portuguese jesuit" says the author of demonologia "has discovered the ori^ of the inquisition in the terres- trial paradise, and presumes to allege that god was the first who began the functions of an inquisitor over cain and the workmen of babel? nowhere during the middle ages were the arts of magic and sorcery 123. demenoutgia, p. 3 digitizecoy google 00 isis unveiled more pracused by the dergy than in spun and portugal. the moon were profoundly versed in the occult sciences, and at ttdedo, seville, an

tugal. the moon were profoundly versed in the occult sciences, and at ttdedo, seville, and salamanca there were, once upon a time, great schools of magic. the kabalists of the latter town were skilled in ail the abstruse sciences; they knew the virtues of precious stones and other minerals, and had ex- tracted from alchemy its most profound secrets. the authentic documents pertaining to the great trial of the mar- chale d'ancre, during the regency of marie de m^dicis, disclose that the unfortunate woman perished through the fault of the priests with whom, like a true italian, she surroimdedhersdf. she was accused by the people of paris of sorcery, because it had been asserted that she had used, after the ceremony of exorcism, newly-killed white cocks. believing herself constantly bewitched

"on his return he was delivered, as a matter of form, into the custody of the inquisitors of logrofio, but was acquitted and restored to bis libaty very soon" friar fietror a dominican monk of the fourteenth century tiie magician who presented the famous dr. eugenio torralva, a [ayncian attached to the house of the admiral of castile, with a demon named zequiel won his fame through the subsequent trial of torralva. the procedure and circumstances attendant upon the extraordinary trial are described in the original papers preserved in the archives of the inquia- tion. the cardinal of volterra, and the cardinal of santa cruz, bot^ saw and communicated with zequiel, who proved, during the whole< torralva's life, to be a pure, kind, elemental spirit, doing niany benefice 125. tliot. wri^t: nar

t bambebg and wobzbtlrg 61 actions and remaining faithful to the f^ndan to the last hour of his life. even the inquimtion acquitted toiralva on that account; and althou^ an immortahty rome and cuenca, in which town the trial of the physician took place in the years 1528 to 1530' the book of dr. w. g. soldan, of stuttgart, has become as famous in germany as bodin's book on denumomania in france. it is the most complete german treatise on sixteenth centuiy witchcraft. one interest- ed in learning the secret machinery underlying these thousands of legal murders, perpetrated by a clergy who pretended to believe in t

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

as the colour for the investiture of infants at baptism, and as the colour for children s coffins. blue or white (not white as meaning the s.s. in the sacred sense, but white as the synthesis of material elements, or of light, or of sinjacob s ladder. 161 lessness in irresponsibility) are children's colours at other times. there were two great ordeals by water, and by fire. the one is the occult trial baptism by water, in the sinister or left-handed sense, applied to those suspected of witchcraft. the other (more perfect and more perfecting) baptism is by symbolical fire. both rites were in use among the egyptians (refer to mystic heraldic formul elsewhere in our book) the three ordeals (or sacraments) of the ancient mysteries were by water, air, and fire. thus, also, the egyptian initiat

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

ken parker staggered up to the helmsman, pointing to a clearly visible coral reef "steer hard for her, m'hearty, and do the job real good" the brig crunched viciously, and the grinning skipper shouted all hands below for a lusty drink session, after which all rowed ashore. in haiti, someone talked. the plot failed when the insurance companies dug up evidence to indict the bribing shippers. at the trial in boston, the shippers admitted guilt. parker escaped conviction, as the judge ordered a new trial on the charge of barratry. perhaps the last echo of the marie celeste's evil fate intervened to cheat justice. for within three months parker died. six months later his mate was dead. all the conspiring firms by this time had bankrupted, and one of their members committed suicide. thus the log

KETAB E SIYAH

ell-spring of his being is surely crime enough. but he goes amongst his brothers who should do nought but cherish you and, with perverse and unholy speech, seduces them to share his crime and, in thus doing, gives impetus to his sin, translating evil thought unto evil design, making action of foul conspiracy. act swift, my father, else we are undone by the evil of the treacherous one. call him to trial and let us prosecute; there is not one amongst the elohim who will not testify to his crime. let him stand accused and condemned then cast him from the eternal light of heaven unto the searing flames of hell, no less does he deserve from us whom he has so betrayed and from you whom he has wronged with such audacity and impiety. no longer is he brother or son but rather deceiver, ruiner, vill

onger, liege. it serves us not. rather act delayless and judiciously before the villain's crime is full-worked and heaven and god are undone by his injurious wrong and perfidy. call the elohim to assembly as an audience before you. take out the balances of justice, weighing the perpetrator's crimes against most fearful sentence of which his evil is most deserving. call the elohim! summon satan to trial" having heard these words of spite, the lord of infinitude gravely nodded, giving his instruction to swift heralds who went on silver wings across the sky, burning like comets against the celestial dome, flying faster than a mongol's bolt, resounding long clarions of silver with voices louder than the dragon's roar, the dragon, leviathan, ancient and vast, bound deep beneath the briny swells

ell-spring of his being is surely crime enough. but he goes amongst his brothers who should do nought but cherish you and, with perverse and unholy speech, seduces them to share his crime and, in thus doing, gives impetus to his sin, translating evil thought unto evil design, making action of foul conspiracy. act swift, my father, else we are undone by the evil of the treacherous one. call him to trial and let us prosecute; there is not one amongst the elohim who will not testify to his crime. let him stand accused and condemned then cast him from the eternal light of heaven unto the searing flames of hell, no less does he deserve from us whom he has so betrayed and from you whom he has wronged with such audacity and impiety. no longer is he brother or son but rather deceiver, ruiner, vill

onger, liege. it serves us not. rather act delayless and judiciously before the villain's crime is full-worked and heaven and god are undone by his injurious wrong and perfidy. call the elohim to assembly as an audience before you. take out the balances of justice, weighing the perpetrator's crimes against most fearful sentence of which his evil is most deserving. call the elohim! summon satan to trial" having heard these words of spite, the lord of infinitude gravely nodded, giving his instruction to swift heralds who went on silver wings across the sky, burning like comets against the celestial dome, flying faster than a mongol's bolt, resounding long clarions of silver with voices louder than the dragon's roar, the dragon, leviathan, ancient and vast, bound deep beneath the briny swells

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

task and goal to correct and sweeten it. two paths of correction: 4. the path of acceptance of the spiritual laws of correction by everyone is called the path of light. it is preferable from the creator s perspective because his goal is to bestow joy to his created beings at all the stages of their existence. thus, we would not taste the bitterness of the fruit. 5. the path of suffering: through trial and error during a period of 6,000 years, humanity realizes the need to observe the laws of creation one way or another. reward is pleasure (the taste of the ripe fruit. we can only influence ourselves; we cannot influence anything outside of us. hence, correction can only be made when everyone works on selfperfection. a kabbalist is any person in our world who attains similarity to the crea

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

tinues to arise is which force will deliver the maximum benefit to us. when the opposing forces are equal, we cannot choose or prefer one over the other, as we feel we are between two forces that are influencing us. at this point, our only solution is to turn to the creator, so that he should draw us to the good side. thus we are obligated to consider everything that happens to us as if it were a trial from above. when we do so, we will speedily rise to the goal of creation. to understand the creation in general, and the particulars of what has happened to us, we must understand the creation s final goal. then we will understand the actions of the creator, since all of them depend on and emerge from the final goal. this is similar to our world, where, if we do not recognize the future resu

to us by the creator. at the end of the correction, it will become perfectly clear that all that happened was necessary for our benefit. but while each of us is on the path of rectification, to each of us this path appears to span many thousands of years, to be extremely long, bitter, bloody, and extraordinarily painful. no matter how prepared we may be for the next blow, as soon as we perceive a trial approaching, we forget that it comes from that singular power in the world from which everything derives. we forget that we are merely instruments in the hands of the creator, and begin to imagine ourselves to be independently acting units. consequently, we believe that unpleasant circumstances are caused by other humans, rather than recognizing them as instruments of the creator s will. thu

LAITMAN M THE PATH OF KABBALAH

t. pa r t o n e: t h e b e g i n n i n g 45 we are not accustomed to relying on our feelings. we want to understand first, and only afterwards to feel and act. but if our brains are the obstacles, why then were they given to us? they were given to us so that we would develop them and then go above them, above our reason, meaning that we must follow our feelings. the above reason route is based on trial and error. everyone who starts to walk in that direction must stumble in it and rise again with one s own strength, and begin to perceive daily circumstances as assistance from above for one s spiritual progress. there are many forces that were created by the creator, such as the evil eye, slander, etc. their one and only purpose is to teach us to control ourselves. the golden rule states: w

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

this, and nothing else, is the true meaning of the f c p c of f c, to uphold which the m.m. is pledged. it is no light matter to enter the first portal and become a freemason; it is an even more serious undertaking to take the o c of a m.m. and swear to be faithful unto death. let every m.m. ponder this well and re-affirm to himself, by all that he holds sacred, his determination, in all cases of trial and difficulty, to follow the noble example of the great symbolic figure who suffered death rather than be false to his oath(*the magic of freemasonry, p. 98) 673. the o. needs no comment, save perhaps a reference to the promise to attend meetings when called gif within the length of my c c t c h it has apparently been the custom to interpret this as meaning gwithin three miles h; it probabl

crease in effectiveness as he becomes more familiar with them. as bro. ward remarks: gthe spiritual benefit a man receives from freemasonry is in exact proportion to his desire and ability to comprehend its inner meaning. h(*the m.m. fs book, p. 3) 688. hiram abiff 689. it is only after the candidate has received this wonderful outpouring of spiritual strength that he is subjected to gthe greater trial of his fortitude and fidelity h which is involved in the symbolical part of the degree. a most remarkable drama now unfolds itself before him, and he finds himself quite unexpectedly enacting the part of its hero. the setting of the piece is well-arranged and effective; the darkening of the lodge, the verses which are sung, the music which is played, the special vestments adopted both for th

orld c the purification and subdual of the bodily and sensual tendencies c the work of detachment and self-purification is our entered apprentice fs work c [just as] the analysis, discipline and obtaining control of one fs inner world- of the mind, of one fs thoughts, one fs intellectual and psychic faculties- is the extremely difficult task of the fellow craft stage c [so] the glast and greatest trial h lies in the breaking and surrender of the personal will, the dying down of all sense of personality and selfhood, so that the petty personal will may become merged in the divine universal will, and the illusion of separate independent existence give way to conscious realization of unity with the one life that permeates the universe. for so only can one be raised from conditions of unrealit

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self to become a trained and useful servant of humanity both in this and in the other world. 192. the second great initiation corresponds to that stage of the christ-life which is typified by the baptism, in which an expansion of the intellectual faculties takes place, just as a wonderful opening out of the emotional nature is the result of the first initiation. it is at this stage that the inner trial typified by the temptation in the wilderness takes place in the life of the candidate. then comes the splendour of the transfiguration, when the monad descends and transforms the ego into the likeness of his own glory. 193. the fourth initiation 194. the fourth great initiation corresponds to the passion and resurrection of the christ; the candidate must pass through the valley of the shadow

p, and the bread and wine which was consecrated in open chapter in the course of a splendid ceremony was a veritable eucharist- a wonderful blending of the egyptian with the christian sacrament. 679. the suppression of the templars 680. the suppression of this great and powerful order forms one of the darkest blots upon the tenebrous history of the roman catholic church. the reports of the french trial were published by michelet, the great historian, in 1851-61 and an excellent digest of the evidence given both in france and england is contained in a series of articles which appeared in 1907 in ars quattuor coronatorum (xx, 47, 112, 269. we can give here but a brief outline of what took place, referring those who wish for a more detailed account to the sources quoted, and to the general li

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

eir recording studios for the supposedly baneful effects of their music were thrown b 19 20 baphomet (sigil of baphomet) out of court before they ever got rolling. in 1985, however, a nevada judge agreed to hear one such case involving the suicide of two young men, based on the accusation that a backward masked message on a judas priest album had subliminally urged them to do it. the case went to trial in 1990. after the judge blocked the testimony of a variety of self-proclaimed satanic experts, the trial devolved into technical argument between competing psychologists. the judge eventually decided in favor of judas priest and their record label. a similar case was brought against ozzy osbourne of black sabbath fame in 1991 with similar results. see also heavy metal music for further read

red to as sigils) used to represent the satanic. however, the complete graphic referred to as the sigil of baphomet the now familiar goat s head in an inverted pentagram encircled by hebrew letters spelling out leviathan did not become the foremost symbol of satanism in the public consciousness until after the founding of the church of satan in 1966. the word baphomet dates back to records of the trial of the knights templar, and there are ongoing discussions concerning its derivation and meaning. however, there is no clear evidence that the symbol that has come to be referred to as baphomet is similarly derived. the first artwork for an image of a goat face in a pentagram appeared in a 1931 book on freemasonry by oswald wirth (1931, 60. this was, however, only a pentagram containing a goa

asserted that she never knew dutroux. although the raid was terrifying, according to kindermans, and although the police confiscated their materials, no charges were filed and the investigation was redirected after authorities determined that there was no connection between the institut and dutroux. see also satanic ritual abuse for further reading: conradi, peter. satanic links to belgian murder trial. sunday times. london, uk, december 1996. linton, leyla. satanic sect raided by child-sex police. london times. london uk, december 24, 1996. robinson, bruce a. charleroi, belgium murder/ritual abuse case. http//www.religioustolerance.org/ra_charl.htm chick publications chick publications is a conservative christian publishing ministry obsessed with satan s machinations. jack t. chick, the m

ply a loyal member of god s heavenly host, then the story comes into focus. like the angel of death, satan is just an angel with an unpleasant job description. the notion that the term satan might refer to someone with the role of prosecutor is supported by psalms 109:6, where the author asks, with respect to someone who is vilifying him, that god appoint an accuser (i.e, a satan) to bring him to trial. essentially the same understanding of satan appears to be embodied in first chronicles, as the inspiration for king david s census, undertaken for the purpose of taxing the people: now satan, setting himself against israel, incited david to count the people (1 chronicles 21:1. although satan is thus portrayed as inspiring this action, david is nevertheless punished for it. the implicit reas

condemnation or reward (hell or heaven) or, in some christian churches, purgatory. some texts also mention a final judgment day, held at the end of time by god or by the son, jesus christ, which will culminate in the resurrection of the righteous and eternal damnation for sinners. in islam a notion of an imminent judgment day draws primarily from jewish literature; in the koran a description of a trial of the soul refers to a scale weighing good and evil deeds, and consequently to eternal reward (paradise) or penalty (hell. see also judaism; zoroastrianism for further reading: eliade,mircea, ed. encyclopedia of religion. new york:macmillan, 1987. macgregor, geddes. images of afterlife: beliefs from antiquity to modern times. new york: paragon house, 1992. van der leeuw, g. religion in esse

murders, however, occurred at actress sharon tate s home on august 9, 1969. these killings, the so-called tate homicides or tate murders, took the lives of abigail folger, steven parent, voiytek frykowski, jay sebring, and sharon tate (as well as her unborn child. two days afterward, leno and rosemary labianca were murdered at their homes. the final victim was donald shea, a former stuntman. the trial held the record for being the longest running trial with a sequestered jury in california legal history until the o. j. simpson trial in 1994. as with the simpson case, the manson trial became a media spectacle. although a tiny group, the manson family came to occupy a prominent role in the anticult discourse of the early 1970s. the family s firstplace status in anticult literature was not e

yone and even on animals; drug-taking; blood drunk or used in ceremonies; pornographic films; burial of children; transportation out of day-care centers in vans or airplanes to go to secret sites; urination and defecation; strangers appearing to molest children; and so on (182) in addition to being the most famous case of its type, it also has the distinction of being the longest-running criminal trial in u.s. history as well as the most expensive, costing over $15 million. mcmartin ritual abuse case 171 virginia mcmartin and her daughter peggy buckey owned the mcmartin preschool in manhattan beach, california. ray buckey, the son of peggy buckey, also worked there as a part-time aide. the case began on august 12, 1983, when a mentally disturbed woman a woman who was later diagnosed as suf

LIBER 141

ay differ, and there is no rule but what may be engraven upon her tracing-board by the burin of experience. vi of operations of this art, whether they should be single or multiple we have doubt also in this matter whether, if an operation fail, it be wise to reiterate. a single act implieth perfection, and full faith, in the adept; if he repeat, that is fear, and argueth imperfection in the first trial. yet possibly for great cosmic operations it may be well to perform a series of sacraments; but in this case the series should be arranged beforehand, and carried out regularly. as for example, the 16 operations of jupiter done in the city of paris during the passage of the sun from 10 capricorn to 22 aquarius an ix. in our experience, repetitions undertaken because of apparent failure have

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

r its arrival. then, when hope was about dead, i obtained a trace of it. it came as a drink of sweet nectar to a thirsty pilgrim, and it is wonderful how much better i feel. the note re neophytes and probationers has set me at rest about the silence of fra p.a; and confirms, what all the while i have suspected, that his delay in answering is a test. this confirmation is cheering, however hard the trial may have been, in so far as i had made up my mind to work on, whether he writes or not, and had got quite used to the idea of having to work out my own path, without outside aid or encouragement. he was also pleased to find some of his own experiments more or less confirmed in liber hhh of which he writes: m.m.m. 2, mentions the breath playing upon the skin, etc. i have experienced this, and

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, were thy trials not many, couldst thou purge thy soul from the dross of earth? is it but now that the higher life is best with dangers and difficulties; hath it not ever been so with the sages and hierophants of the past? they have been persecuted and reviled, they have been tormented of men; yet through this also has their glory increased. 4. rejoice, therefore, o initiate, for the greater thy trial the greater thy triumph. when men shall revile thee, and speak against thee falsely, hath not the master said, gblessed art thou! h? 5. yet, oh aspirant, let thy victories bring thee not vanity, for with increase of knowledge should come increase of wisdom. he who knoweth little, thinketh he knoweth much; but he who knoweth much hath learned his own ignorance. seest thou a man wise in his ow

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

s pro-fession. for a similar, though more logical and better-worded, attack) coarse and violent language continues to disgrace lear.s follower; only gloucester, the unconscionable ass and villian of scene i, has a word to say in his defence. in scene iii. we have a taste of edgar.s quality. had this despicable youth the consciosness of innocence, or even common courage, he had surely stood to his trial. not he! he plays the coward.s part.and his disguise is not even decent. in scene iv. we are shown the heroic sisters in their painful task of restraining, always with the utmost gentleness of word and demeanour, the headstrong passions of the miserable king. lear, at first quiet in stating his fancied wrongs .reg .i am glad to see your highness. lear .regan, i think you are; i know what rea

LIBER LXXVIII

success. but with very bad dignity it means luxury, dissipation. 4. war, conquest, victory, strife, ambition. 5. divine wisdom, manifestation, explanation, teaching, occult force voluntarily invoked. 6. inspiration (passive, mediumistic, motive power, action. 7. triumph, victory, health (sometimes unstable. 8. eternal justice. strength and force, but arrested as in act of judgment. may mean law, trial, etc. 9. wisdom from on high. active divine inspiration. sometimes gunexpected current. h 10. good fortune, happiness (within bounds. intoxication of success. 11. courage, strength, fortitude, power passing on to action. obstinacy. 12. enforced sacrifice, punishment, loss, fatal and not voluntary, suffering. 13. time, age, transformation, change involuntary (as opposed to 18, pisces. or deat

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he soul, especially at first. it actually suffers from the excess of its ecstasy, just as extreme love produces vertigo. the soul sinks and swoons. such weakness is fatal alike to its enjoyment and its apprehension: gbe strong! then canst thou bear more joy h sayeth the book of the law. the adept must therefore play the man, arousing himself, to harden his soul. to this end, i the beast have made trial and proof of divers devices. of these the most potents is to set the body to strive with [v.l. geffect h, but the reading given makes more sense in the context [al ii, 70] liber al vel legis ii: 61-68, where the details of the proper technique are discussed. point iii 33 the soul. let the muscles take grip on themselves as if one were wrestling. let the jaw and mouth, in particular, be tight

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ience, there is now serious concern that the traditional division between science and religion is coming to an end among a growing portion of the american public, which is further promoting our international isolation. and scientific isolation from the rest of the world is a frightening, dangerous prospect. this state of affairs is not exactly new in the united states. many will recall the scopes trial (also called the scopes monkey trial) of 1925, in which john t. scopes, a high school science teacher, was sentenced for teaching evolution to his students. back in those days, the state of tennessee had banned evolution from its science curriculum, a law that scopes who had been recruited by the american civil liberties union had evidently violated. later, another court overturned the verdi

liberties union had evidently violated. later, another court overturned the verdict. regardless of this outcome, it is disturbing that a state had at that time taken the ill-inspired initiative to enact legislation regarding the teaching of science, particularly in an area perceived as questioning the validity of a literal interpretation of the bible. the consequences of this legislation and the trial were that, for a time, america was seen as a scientifically backward country, particularly in europe. there, the issue of science potentially clashing with certain religious beliefs had been settled earlier (although not quite completely) and was certainly not expected to be legislated upon. in essence, science and faith had arrived at a state of modus vivendi in europe, with the united stat

tifically backward country, particularly in europe. there, the issue of science potentially clashing with certain religious beliefs had been settled earlier (although not quite completely) and was certainly not expected to be legislated upon. in essence, science and faith had arrived at a state of modus vivendi in europe, with the united states more or less following suit shortly after the scopes trial. and this is indeed the way it should be, because science and religion represent very different modes of knowledge and understanding. even though both can address similar questions (what is the origin of the universe? what is the origin of life, they tackle these questions from very different perspectives and on completely different levels. in brief, science does not need religion, and relig

ion, the rock could have been replaced by a snapping mechanism, still activated by a spring and bait, but no longer relying on gravity. at this point, the modern mousetrap would have been invented. even though this evolutionary pathway is totally theoretical, it is certainly logical. further, it is unlikely that humans came up with the idea of the modern mousetrap all at once, without episodes of trial and error. in other words, it was not impossible for mousetraps to evolve, and so behe s metaphor of mousetrap irreducible complexity does not succeed. after this foray into biology, medicine, and mousetraps, let us now see how creationism and neocreationist id thinking and achievements are positioned in the field of general science. are id and creation science sciences? it is true that cont

y building block availability and reaction mechanisms. in this way, the chances of some given hypercycle formation with these markovian rna molecules would have been constrained. physical conditions far from thermodynamic equilibrium existed and still exist in the vicinity of suboceanic hydrothermal vents, where temperature gradients are extremely steep. therefore, life originated by a process of trial and error, possibly according to a markov chain mechanism, with the first most fit liposomebounded hypercycles becoming able to multiply and overtake less fit hypercycles. this may have happened because, by pure chance, the fittest hypercycles happened to be more functional than others in the circumstances prevailing at the time. doubtlessly, many mutant hypercycles appeared in the rna world

t necessarily antagonistic to a religious framework. free thinking and religion have not meshed very well in the past. things got particularly bad when religion and state cooperated in matters of deciding which kind of thinking was orthodox and which was not. socrates in ancient greece and galileo in renaissance italy learned this to their detriment. and then there is the twentieth-century scopes trial in the united states. could this process repeat itself today in this country? we see and hear many activists trying to censor the teaching of evolution in public schools based on their religious beliefs. but, and this has never happened in history anywhere, we do not see scientists claiming that creationism and intelligent design (id) should not be taught in faith-based institutions or that

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ll things. he further declared the motion of god to be circular, the body of god to be composed of the substance of light, and the nature of god to be composed of the substance of truth. pythagoras declared that the eating of meat clouded the reasoning faculties. while he did not condemn its use or totally abstain therefrom himself, he declared that judges should refrain from eating meat before a trial, in order that those who appeared before them might receive the most honest and astute decisions. when pythagoras decided (as he often did) to retire into the temple of god for an extended period of time to meditate and pray, he took with his supply of specially prepared food and drink. the food consisted of equal parts of the seeds of poppy and sesame, the skin of the sea onion from which t

invited by the xibalbians to seat themselves upon a great stone bench, hunahpu and xbalanque declined to do so, declaring that they well knew the stone to be heated so that they would he burned to death if they sat upon it. the princes of xibalba then ordered hunahpu and xbalanque to rest for the night in the house of shadows. this completed the first degree of the xibalbian mysteries. the second trial was given in the house of shadows, where to each of the candidates was brought a pine torch and a cigar, with the injunction that both must be kept alight throughout the entire night and yet each must be returned the next morning unconsumed. knowing that death was the alternative to failure in the test, the young men burnt aras-feathers in place of the pine splinters (which they closely rese

huge beasts and birds--or the habitation where appeared one of great glory sitting upon the orb of the sun--and, lastly, does not the tamarind tree in the midst of the earth, that he was cold was the tree of knowledge, find its simile in the calabash tree, in the middle of the road where those of xibalba placed the head of hunhun ahpu, after sacrificing him for having failed to support the first trial of the initiation* these were the awful ordeals that the candidates for initiation into the sacred mysteries had to pass through in xibalba. do they not seem an exact counterpart of what happened in a milder form at the initiation into the eleusinian mysteries? and also the greater mysteries of egypt, from which these were copied? does not the recital of what the candidates to the mysteries

gainst the wrong man. giuseppe balsamo was born in 1743 of honest but humble parentage. from boyhood he exhibited selfish, worthless, and even criminal tendencies, and after a series of escapades disappeared. trowbridge(loc. cit) presents ample proof that cagliostro was not giuseppe balsamo, thus disposing of the worst accusation against him. after six months' imprisonment in the bastille, on his trial cagliostro was exonerated from any implication in the theft of the famous "queen's necklace" and later the fact was established that he had actually warned cardinal de rohan of the intended crime. despite the fact, however, that he was discharged as innocent by the french trial court, a deliberate effort to vilify cagliostro was made by an artist--more talented than intelligent--who painted

of the famous "queen's necklace" and later the fact was established that he had actually warned cardinal de rohan of the intended crime. despite the fact, however, that he was discharged as innocent by the french trial court, a deliberate effort to vilify cagliostro was made by an artist--more talented than intelligent--who painted a picture showing him holding the fatal necklace in his hand. the trial of cagliostro has been called the prologue of the french revolution. the smoldering animosity against marie antoinette and louis xvi engendered by this trial later burst forth as the holocaust of the reign of terror. in his brochure, cagliostro and his egyptian rite of freemasonry, henry r. evans also ably defends this much persecuted man against the infamies so unjustly linked with his name

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

the licence to depart, which runs thus: go, go, departed shade [name] by omgroma epin sayoc satony, degony, eparigon galiganon, zogogen, ferstigon. we licence thee depart into thy proper place and be there peace between us evermore. so mote it be! then, finally, as with all your other mercurial experiments, note down the results. in the final analysis, the best way to gain results is by a careful trial and error method, and this always depends on an accurate record being made. the results of your various researches should form a valuable part of your magical workbook. herbs and incenses for all divinations, great or small, whether the operation be one of mere sortilege such as casting the runes or a grand operation of necromancy, two easily accessible mercurial divination incense ingredien

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

scord; and other operations of the same kind which are given later on in this work. the hours of mercury are good for undertaking experiments relating to games, raillery, jests, sports, and the like. the hours of the sun, of jupiter, and of venus, particularly on the days which they rule, are good for all extraordinary, uncommon, and unknown operations. the hours of the moon are proper for making trial of experiments relating to recovery of stolen property, for obtaining nocturnal visions, for summoning spirits in sleep, and for preparing anything relating to water. the hours of venus are furthermore useful for lots, poisons, all things of the nature of venus, for preparing powders provocative of madness; and the like things. but in order to thoroughly effect the operations of this art, th

circle with the circle of art for better caution and efficacy. the key of solomon page 16 chapter iii concerning the arts. if thou wishest to succeed, it is necessary to make the following experiments and arts in the appropriate days and hours, with the requisite solemnities and ceremonies contained and laid down in the following chapters. experiments, then, are of two kinds; the first is to make trial of what, as i have said, can be easily performed without a circle, and in this case it is not necessary to observe anything but what thou wilt find in the proper chapters. the second can in no way be brought to perfection without the circle; and in order to accomplish this perfectly it is necessary to take note of all the preparations which the master of the art and his disciples must undert

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t degree. we are told seven or more years was the normal period, though less sufficed in worthy cases. the most severe tests of discipline, of purity, of self-balance were required before a neophyte was permitted to pass forward, and a reminiscence of these tests of fitness is preserved in our own working by the conducting of the candidate to the two wardens, and submitting him to a merely formal trial of efficiency. for it is impossible to-day, as it was impossible in ancient times, for a man to reach the heights of moral perfection and spiritual consciousness which were then, and are now, the goal and aim of all the schools of the mysteries and all the secret orders, without purification and trial. complete stainlessness of body, utter purity o f* strange houses of sleep by a. e. waite

ss and imperfection; and now stands on the s.e. side in the meridian sunlight of moral illumination (so far as the natural man may possess it, but yet still far removed from that fuller realization of himself and of the mysteries of his own nature which it is possible for the spiritual adept or master mason to attain. before that attainment is reached there remains for him" that last and greatest trial" by which alone he can enter into the great consolations and make acquaintance with the supreme realities of existence. in the places where the great mysteries have always been taught, what is ceremonially performed in our third degree is no mere symbolical representation as with us, but an actual, vital experience of a most severe character: one the nature of which can hardly be made intell

l progress to him who undertakes it, let me ask you to consider in all sacredness another physical phenomenon, the great mystery of which we perhaps think little of by reason of its frequency and of our familiarity with it. i refer to the incident--the great mystery, i might say--of child-birth. brethren, every child born into this world, coming into this life as into a great house of initiation, trial and discipline, passes, amid pain and travail, through a strait and narrow way and between the two pillars that support the temple of its mother's body. and thus in the commonplaces of life, in which for those who have clean hearts there is nothing common or unclean but everything is sacred and symbolic, the act of physical birth is an image and a foreshadowing of that mystical rebirth and o

rceptions that there may meet him. by the cultivation of this" strength" and the ability to" establish" himself upon the loftier conscious levels he co-ordinates the two pillars at the porchway of his inmost sanctuary--namely, the physical and psychical supports of his organism--and acquires the" stability" involved in regeneration and requisite to him before passing on to" that last and greatest trial" which awaits him" in strength will i establish my house that it may stand firm" man's perfected organism is what is meant by" my house" it was the same organism and the same stability that the christian master spoke of in saying" upon this rock will i build my church and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it" during all the discipline and labour involved in attaining this

ed to larger truth; light from the science and philosophy of the order itself which is proving his" porchway" to the ultimate sanctuary within; light from friendly helpers and instructors; above all, light from the sun in his own" heavens" streaming through the" dormer-window" of his illumined intelligence and slowly but surely guiding his feet into the way of peace. but now the last and greatest trial of his fortitude and fidelity, one imposing upon him a still more serious obligation of endurance, awaits him in the total withdrawal of this kindly light. hitherto, although guided by that light, he has progressed in virtue of his own natural powers and efforts. now the time has come when those props have to be removed, when all reliance upon natural abilities, self-will and the normal rati

y but a mystical death-in life of everything except the body--is the first and fundamental fact to be grasped before one may hope to realize or even to understand the mystery of the royal arch degree" mors janua vitae; death to self is the portal to true life. there is no other way. it is the unescapable law and condition of the soul's progress. but since it is a process involving a" most serious trial of fortitude and fidelity" and a grapple with oneself from which the timorous and self-diffident may well shrink, the mystery-systems have always exhibited an example for the instruction, encouragement and emulation of those prepared to make the attempt and the necessary sacrifice. to hearten them to the task the initiatory colleges have held up a prototype in the person of some great soul w

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

n to be inadequate and scientifically suspect, for it is far beyond thedictates of reason that darwin, wallace, aggasiz and lyell, etc, could get their factsso wrong by mere accident. the reasons why things went so wrong is understoodwhen it is realized how much was at stake for the establishment if scholars and themasses should ever connect the destruction on earth with the coming of extraterres-trial entities. the descendants of these visitors are now in total charge of the earth andobviously deem it essential that the history of the earth, of its geospheric and topo-graphical evolution, be made to appear the result of gradual changes and the effects ofice that descended upon the northern continents. it was of paramount importance thathumans did not look back to the pre-diluvian epochs

ledge of a kind flourishes and similar ideas become vogue. it is possible that many of the figures of early science were in the employ of the darkbrotherhood. history reveals how many scientists were adroit occultists. and so arethey today also, although it is very well covered up. the descent into our world of thisknowledge on a wholesale level gave rise to the age of enlightenment and the indus-trial age. in fact, like marlowe, william shakespeare was also aware of what wasgoing on behind the faade of events. cryptically, he referred to the occult plan in hisplays and seems to have warned against it. shakespeares plays contain complexatlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation89 the living macroscope alchemical and occult anecdotes, yet, for some strange reason few academic scho

world. for example, julius obsequens reproduced the following account from 216 b.c.in his book, prodigorium liber: things like ships were seen in the sky over italyone saw figures likeships (p. 11)appendix b: book abstracts228atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation charles fortcharles fort is probably the earliest writer of the twentieth century to seriously suggest that extraterres-trial have been involved in human affairs (p. 13)the gods at workfrom the mesopotamian records:when the gods like men bore the work and suffered the toilthe toil of the gods was great, the work was heavy, the distress was much (see p. 39.)applesthis fruit is usually portrayed as an apple, but that is the invention of later artists. the bible itself doesnot mention a specific fruit because the frui

gy of events immediately taken up by the upper class in europe and the united states, and it would become a cogni-tive foundation for the idea of the emergence of a strong state, in terms of programming an analyticalsystems substructurethe substructure being the children who, under this paradigm, are entities to bepossessed and controlledparadigm that would persist for 400 years. 1692 salem witch trial executions in new england. 1693 national debt begins in england. 1694 bank of england founded. 1695 royal bank of scotland founded. university of berlin founded. 1695 paris and rome experience ferocious epidemics of pertussis. 1696 first english property insurance company founded. 1698 tax on beards in russia instituted. 1699 philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever. 1700 from 1700 to 1830, the

war germany. records showthe annual death rate of german prisoners was 33. eisenhower redesignated the germans from pris-oners of war (protected by the geneva convention) to disarmed enemy forces (with unprotected sta-tus (other losses by james bacque. 1945 interpol reorganized with headquarters in paris. 1945 concentration camps released. nazi ss camp guards put into mauthausen. 1945 the doctors trial begins at nuremberg. during the trial, it would be revealed that many of theexperiments done on prisoners in the concentration camps were done following presidential experi-ments done by the u.s. on the civilian population in the early 1940's. 1945 dr. edwin katzen-ellenbogen, former member of the faculty at harvard medical school, sen-tenced to life in prison at nuremberg for his role at bu

rics committeeon infectious diseases, asserts that inactivated measles vaccine should no longer be administered. see1963. 1967 killed measles vaccine is discontinued in the united states. 1967 general vaccination program for mumps begins in the united states. 1967 onassis takes over las v egas. 1967 assassination of american nazi george rockwell in virginia. 1967 jack ruby dies of cancer awaiting trial. david ferrie found dead at hotel. 1967 cia operation phoenix launched. operation would lead to torture of 40,000 in vietnam. 1967 cia $21 million rain-making project over asia. would make 2,600 sorties by 1972. 1967 cia operation prometheus allows military takeover of greece. 1967 ex-oss commando and australian prime minister jim thompson disappears. 1967 tavistock institute fosters the not

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

computer programming, commands are sent to the computer in a very formalized way; computer programming languages are extremely structured and inflexible. another road-block to understanding magic, which sprang up because of my computer-nerd dispositions, was regarding the parameter of faith. in computer land, countless times have i succeeded brilliantly in solving a problem by a series of random, trial-and-error potshots that i was sure "won't work, and, as if it were part of the ritual, i didn't fail to utter that suspicion aloud either. in those cases, this won t work was followed by did that just work. but in magic, absolute faith is necessary. rule #1: faith. like every other path of spiritual development, magic requires faith. without belief and focus, you (your spells) are sure to fa

MORALS AND DOGMA

ellectual jugglery, balancing thoughts as a juggler balances pipes on his chin. in all congresses we have the inexhaustible flow of babble, and faction's clamorous knavery in discussion, until the divine power of speech, that privilege of man and great gift of god, is no better than the screech of parrots or the mimicry of monkeys. the mere talker, however fluent, is barren of deeds in the day of trial. there are men voluble as women, and as well skilled in fencing with the tongue: prodigies of speech, misers in deeds. too much talking, like too much thinking, destroys the power of action. in human nature, the thought is only made perfect by deed. silence is the mother of both. the trumpeter is not the bravest of the brave. steel and not brass wins the day. the great doer of great deeds is

nant are as much his instruments to enforce that law, as the diseases and public detestation, and the verdict of history and the execration of posterity are. no one will say that the inquisitor who has racked and burned the innocent; the spaniard who hewed indian infants, living, into pieces with his sword, and fed the mangled limbs to his bloodhounds; the military tyrant who has shot men without trial, the knave who has robbed or betrayed his state, the fraudulent banker or bankrupt who has beggared orphans, the public officer who has violated his oath, the judge who has sold injustice, the legislator who has enabled incapacity to work the ruin of the state, ought not to be punished. let them be so; and let the injured or the sympathizing be the instruments of god's just vengeance; but al

h mohammed destroyed. it is abundant as a bush in the desert of thur: and of it the "crown of thorns" was composed, which was set on the forehead of jesus of nazareth. it is a fit type of immortality on account of its tenacity of life; for it has been known, when planted as a door-post, to take root again and shoot out budding boughs over the threshold* every commonwealth must have its periods of trial and transition, especially if it engages in war. it is certain at some time to be wholly governed by agitators appealing to all the baser elements of the popular nature; by moneyed corporations; by those enriched by the depreciation of government securities or paper; by small attorneys, schemers, money-jobbers, speculators and adventurers--an ignoble oligarchy, enriched by the distresses of

vowed to make them the rule, the law, and the guide of your life and conduct. if you do so, you will be entitled, because fitted, to advance in masonry. if you do not, you have already gone too far [illustration [illustration] vii. provost and judge. the lesson which this degree inculcates is justice, in decision and judgment, and in our intercourse and dealing with other men. in a country where trial by jury is known, every intelligent man is liable to be called on to act as a judge, either of fact alone, or of fact and law mingled; and to assume the heavy responsibilities which belong to that character. those who are invested with the power of judgment should judge the causes of all persons uprightly and impartially, without any personal consideration of the power of the mighty, or the

ss, and yet embraces in itself all essential happiness. it nourishes, invigorates, and perfects it. virtue is the prize of the severely-contested race and hard-fought battle; and it is worth all the fatigue and wounds of the conflict. man should go forth with a brave and strong heart, to battle with calamity. he is to master it, and not let it become _his_ master. he is not to forsake the post of trial and of peril; but to stand firmly in his lot, until the great word of providence shall bid him fly, or bid him sink. with resolution and courage the mason is to do the work which it is appointed for him to do, looking through the dark cloud of human calamity, to the end that rises high and bright before him. the lot of sorrow is great and sublime. none suffer forever, nor for nought, nor wit

is moral education; the various circles of society, its advanced stages; kingdoms and republics, its universities. riches and poverty, gayeties and sorrows, marriages and funerals, the ties of life bound or broken, fit and fortunate, or untoward and painful, are all lessons. events are not blindly and carelessly flung together. providence does not school one man, and screen another from the fiery trial of its lessons. it has neither rich favorites nor poor victims. one event happeneth to all. one end and one design concern and urge all men. the prosperous man has been at school. perhaps he has thought that it was a great thing, and he a great personage; but he has been merely a pupil. he thought, perhaps, that he was master, and had nothing to do, but to direct and command; but there was e

e violated with impunity, but is sacred, like the ark of the covenant of god, which none could touch and live. a permanent constitution, rooted in the affections, expressing the will and judgment, and built upon the instincts and settled habits of thought of the people, with an independent judiciary, an elective legislature of two branches, an executive responsible to the people, and the right of trial by jury, will guarantee the liberties of a people, if it be virtuous and temperate, without luxury, and without the lust of conquest and dominion, and the follies of visionary theories of impossible perfection. masonry teaches its initiates that the pursuits and occupations of this life, its activity, care, and ingenuity, the predestined developments of the nature given us by god, tend to pr

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

zation that self-fulfilment in the sensible world is but a symbol of the universal sublimity of the formula 'love under will. the last two sentences demand careful attention. there is an apparent contradiction with verses 59, 60. we must seek reconcilement in this way: do not imagine that any king can die (v. 21) or be hurt (v.59: strife between kings can therefore be nothing more than a friendly trial of strength. we are all inevitably allies, even identical in our variety; to 'love one another with burning hearts' is one of our essential qualities. but who then are the 'low men, since 'every man and every woman is a star? the casus belli is this: there are people who are veiled from themselves so deeply that they resent the bared faces of us others. we are fighting to free them, to make

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

oet with his noblest thoughts, and the musician with his sweetest harmonies. like so many of the greek divinities, however, the refined conception of the muses is somewhat marred by the acerbity with which they punished any effort on the part [158]of mortals to rival them in their divine powers. an instance of this is seen in the case of thamyris, a thracian bard, who presumed to invite them to a trial of skill in music. having vanquished him, they not only afflicted him with blindness, but deprived him also of the power of song. another example of the manner in which the gods punished presumption and vanity is seen in the story of the daughters of king pierus. proud of the perfection to which they had brought their skill in music, they presumed to challenge the muses themselves in the art

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

is the large, square-ribbed crossing on the porch of moissac. this lombard ribbed crossing is fairly contemporay with or appeared even a little earlier than the ribbed crossing found in the structures of northern france. but because the two styles are completely different, neither one can be regarded as the precursor to the other. perhaps they may be viewed as the results of similar research and trial and error. perhaps the crossed ribs had been envisioned by the romans and employed later by the lombards. although lombard builders knew of this style at the end of the eleventh century, however, and even exported it, it must be pointed out that its use remained a limited construction procedure for them. thus we cannot see in it the principle of a new architecture and get a sense of its powe

tion against the templars, a sovereign and independent religious order, without a condemnation or dissolution of the order by the holy see. dissolution was forthcoming from rome in payment of a debt of gratitude owed the king of france. the action philip the fair took against the templars had nothing to do with the struggle against heresy, a pretext, at any rate, that no one believed. nor can the trial of the templars be explained simply by the greed of the king. it certainly seems that the destruction of the order in france was justified by reasons of national politics. it 80 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages falls into the framework of the struggle, ongoing at the time, between the king and the feudal authorities. the temple was in fact a sovereign entity o

one facing the rue de longport (the rue de brosse today) and the other overlooking the rue des barres* in reference this property is often referred to as old temple, small temple, or hotel of the garrison. its division into parcels prompted a legal action between the church wardens of saint gervais and the grand prior of malta, acting in the name of the "noble lords of the temple" the subsequent trial ended in an agreement following two acts of parliament on february 6 and 24, 1618+ the house, rebuilt in 1623, was demolished in 1945. following the transfer of its seat, the temple retained its port, mills, and barns in the barres area. in 1250 the road was called the ruelle aux moulins des barres; in 1293, the ruelle des moulins du temple; then the rue barres or barris. historical dictiona

PATH OF INITIATION

ill or the faery mound, a stage by which the limitations of the human being are defined through perception and understanding, and the "leap of faith" or the "longing for the beyond" is felt and expressed, from human to what is beyond human; this is the earth or land experience. 2. the 'year and a day' period (or a set period of a fixed time) of internal growth, or the "spiritual hermitage, or the trial-time; also, at times, instruction by otherworldly beings or their representatives; this is the station of the circling airs, that communicate knowledge. 3. the descent into the cavern of the black water and the two torches, or the initiatory chamber below (the chamber or cavern of enody or zerinthia) to the source, or to the presence of the initiatrix in the innerworld/underworld, the pale w

with trans-personal forces. this is the underworld initiation in which old patterns of thinking and living are destroyed and newer, better patterns are regenerated and the personality of the initiate is altered forever, and made better, wiser, capable of experiencing life in a new way. this is the descent into the dark waters below. 4. the meeting of the devil or the otherworldly guardian and the trial, followed by the bestowal of a first stage transformation. this stage is the fetch-awakening, at the threshold of the soul, wherein the puckril, the familiar or 'fetch beast, is identified or bestowed. this is the merging of the human nature and the animal nature; this is also a further "arrival" of outside forces that were called by the soul of the initiate. this is the kindling of the cunn

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

e grail kingdom they must do so anonymously, and that if their identity is revealed they must return. so lohengrin must go back to the keeping of the grail, leaving elsa only his sword, horn, and ring as heirlooms for his children. duelling sword the notion that guilt or innocence could be decided in single combat by knightly champions is commonplace in medieval romance. such a duel is not a mere trial of strength or skill for, as here, divine powers may aid the righteous. henry the fowler the emperor henry the fowler was a real historical figure, the first non- carolingian ruler of the german reich (916-36. his wife matilda was a descendant of widekund, the pagan ruler who led the saxon resistance to charlemagne, and although after her death she was venerated as a christian saint, she was

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

he rite had been established and had a considerable membership.22 burt, too, had a rather hectic masonic career.he was expelled by the grand lodge of new jersey in b i g g, charges having been preferred in b i g e, but in b i g i the action of the grand lodge was rescinded on a purely technical point,namely that sufficient time had not elapsed between service of notice on burt and the time of his trial. in b i h i grand master finch of michigan issued an edict warning the fraternity of that state against accepting the petition for affiliation of burt in any lodge in that jurisdiction.23 while all this was occurring the genuine sovereign sanctuary of america became dissatisfied with the conduct of harry j. seymour, and the grand officers determined to purchase him out at a cost of d, a a a

om the eth day of june, b i j a, and to notify the masonic lodge of which they are members of their renunciation. and all brethren, free and accepted masons, who shall be found to be and remain members of said clandestine rite after the said-mentioned volume j, c a a b b h j the spurious rites of memphis and misraim date, are hereby notified that they will thereupon forthwith be liable to masonic trial and punishment, in conformity with masonic law in such case made and provided. by order of the r. w. grand master. michael nisbet, grand secretary.2. many other grand lodges have taken similar action, but as the constitutional provision in each of these cases is practically the same as the ones already cited it is unnecessary to mention them in detail. unfounded claims of the rite of memphis

man who headed a clandestine massachusetts symbolic lodge, as shown by court records in the archives of the grand lodge of massachusetts. the testimony in the legal prosecution of the frauds is interesting reading. matthew mcblain thompson, of american masonic federation notoriety, also included the rites of memphis and misrain in his list of orders or degrees, as is shown by his testimony in the trial at salt lake city,utah, in b j c c,when he was convicted of fraudulent use of the mails of the united states, fined$ f, a a a, and sentenced to serve two years in the federal penitentiary. his pretension to scottish recognition was exposed by testimony showing that the grand lodge of scotland does not recognize these rites as belonging to freemasonry.32 the rite of memphis in england on octo

PROMETHEUS

ch is the dwelling-place of zeus, and moreover the guards of zeus were terrible: but he entered unobserved the building shared by athene and hephaistos for the pursuit of their arts, and stealing hephaistos's fiery art and all athene's also he gave them to man, and hence it is that man gets facility for his livelihood, but prometheus, through epimetheus' fault, later on (the story goes) stood his trial for theft -plato protagoras 320c-322a "and asia [was named] after the wife of prometheus; yet the lydians claim a share in the latter name, saying that asia was not named after prometheus' wife asia -herodotus the histories 4.45.3 and zeus, when prometheus had taken fire and given it to men, put him in chains and set an eagle at his side which devoured his liver. but when herakles saw him su

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

nk in the chain of the primogenesis of the jewish people. we are told that when the spies entered the land of israel, they found the inhabitants mourning over job fs passing, since his merit protected them.18 the arizal concludes by saying that this is why satan considered job a fair exchange for the jewish people, and why it was not unjust that g-d offered him as gransom h for israel. before his trial, he was the as yet unrectified terah, the source of the evil of idolatry that the jewish people were in the process of uprooting. but whereas the line of abraham was on the way to receive the torah, i.e, to replace idolatry with its opposite, the true spiritual path, job fs task and trial was merely to renounce idolatry and remain true to g-d throughout his test. since he thus represented th

of the essential moses but rather relevant to that part of moses that relates to the second generation. in other words: the part of chochmah that relates to binah. the pure moses, pure chochmah, is just 72, without the 130. moses is therefore fully justified in saying rav lachem, gthe 202 is for you, h gi am 202 only for your sake. h the arizal on parashat korach 604 in moses f speech before the trial of the incense that would demonstrate korach fs folly and cause the death of the rebels, he said, gthrough this you will know that g-d sent me to do all these deeds, that i did not make it up. h the latter phrase literally reads, gthat it is not of my own heart, h which can also be interpreted to mean, gthat it is not of my heart, of my own free will. h for he was forced to do it by g-d, aga

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

n, or lucifer, the lightbearer, who changed all things-by illuminating all things. thus the fall-as well as the fall of the year. this is succeeded by the advent of osiris the resurrection god who is quoted as stating "this is my body, which i destroy in order that it may be renewed."he is the symbolic prototype of the perfected solar man, who suffered through earthly experience, was glorified by trial, was betrayed and killed, and then rose again to renew all things. the final analysis of the keyword sums up the formula with the initials isis, apophis, osiris=iao, the supreme god of the gnostics (iao is pronounced eeah- oh) since the sun is the giver of life and light, the formula must refer to light as the redeemer. the order was predicated on the age-old process of bringing light to the

is dark chaotic night so blindly called life, a night in which we struggle, labour and war incessantly for no reasonable end, that we ordinary human beings stumble and proceed about our various tasks. these gates of the far-flung empire of the night indeed refer eloquently to the material bondage whichwe ourselves have created- a bondage whereby we are tied to our circumstances, to our selves, to trial of every kind, bound to the very things we so despise and hate. it is not until we have clearly realised that we are <37> enmeshed in darkness, an interior darkness, that we can commence to seek for that alchemical solvent which shall disperse the night, and call a halt to the continual projection outwards of the blackness which blinds our souls. as in the buddhist scheme, where the first no

s the rising of the light. and the hierophant, in this initial ceremony of neophyte, acts on behalf of the higher spiritual soul of man himself, that divine self of which too rarely, if ever at all, we become aware "the essence of mind is intrinsically pure" is a definition of the bodhisattva sila sutra, and it is this essential state of enlightenment, this interior self, osiris glorified through trial and perfected by suffering, which is represented by the hierophant on the dais. he is seated in the place of the rising sun, on the throne of the east, and-with but two or three exceptions never moves from that station in the temple. as the qabalah teaches, the everlasting abode of the higher self is in the eden of paradise, the supernal sanctuary which is ever guarded from chaos by the flam

irst, 0 practicus of our ancient order, that true equilibrium is the basis of the soul. if thou thyself hast not a sure foundation, whereon wilt thou stand to direct the forces of nature? know then that as man is born into this world amidst the darkness of nature and the strife of contending forces, so must his first endeavour be to seek the li ht through their reconciliation. thus, thou who hast trial and trouble of t f is life, rejoice because of them, for in them is strength, and by their means is a athwa opened unto that light divine. how shod it be ot k erwise, 0 man, whose life is but a day in eternity, a drop in the ocean of time? how, if thy trials were not many, couldst thou purge thy soul from the dross of earth? is it but now that the higher life is beset with dangers and diffic

ow, if thy trials were not many, couldst thou purge thy soul from the dross of earth? is it but now that the higher life is beset with dangers and difficulties; hath it not been ever thus with the sages and hierophants of the past? they have been persecuted and reviled, the have been tormented of men, yet through this has their glory increased. f;ejoice, therefore, 0 initiate, for the greater thy trial, the brighter thy triumph. when men shall revile thee and speak against thee falsely, hath not the master said "blessed art thou" yet, 0 practicus, let thy victories brinb thee not vanity, for with increase of knowl- edge should come increase o wisdom. he who knows little, thinketh he knows much; but he who knoweth much hath learned his own ignorance. seest thou a man wise in his own conceit

ierophant stands back and signs aquarius =s: before zelator with fan. hiero in the sign of the man, child of air, thou art purified. pass thou on. gives banner of the west to kenuc who leads zelator on, and hands the banner to hegemon in passing, while hiereus again reads: hiereus i am osiris, the soul in twin aspect, united to the higher by purification, perfected by suffering, glorified through trial. i have come where the great gods are, through the power of the mighty name. 158 the golden dawn: volume iz book two kerux and zelator have now reached hegemon who bars their way, lamp in <76> right hand- banner of west in left hand. heg the priest with the mask of the lion, spake and said "thou canst not pass by the gate of the southern heaven unless thou canst tell me my name" keyux mau th

gram of sword and serpent. gives one gentle knock. third adept opens door, saying. third by the aid of what symbol do ye seek admission? adeptus minor ritual 227 hodos (shms diagram) by the aid of the flaming sword, and the serpent <208> of wisdom. third takes badge, admits them, and recloses door. second whom bringest thou there? hodos mighty adeptus major, i bring with me one who has passed the trial of humiliation, and who humbly desireth admission to the tomb of the mystical mountain. second let the aspirant be assisted to kneel. aspirant is brought to curfained door of tomb between third adept and hodos chamelionis. all face east, and kneel. second from thine hand, 0 lord, cometh all good. the characters of nature with thy fingers thou hast traced; but none can read them unless he hat

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

and cross, and the flame upon the altar, that you willever conceal and never reveal to any person whomsoever, by any wilful act or process, any, even theleast, of the secrets or mysteries of the grade of practicus of this society of rosicrucians which youalready know or may be any manner whatever become possessed of, unless it be to a brother of thisgrade of practicus, and not unto him after due trial, strict examination or sure information by youhad that he is entitled to the same?candidate:i do.celebrant:your pledge of honour is accepted. relying on your faith we will proceed in. instructing you in thegreat work of the alchemists, the 'grand mysterium. to this end, we again place you in charge ofthe conductor who will escort you to the venerable ancients, as in the preceding degrees, fo

ever reveal to any person whomsoever, by any wilfulact or process any, even the least, of the secrets or mysteries of the grade of philosophus of thesociety of rosicrucians, which you already know, or may by any process whatsoever becomepossessed of, unless it be to a brother of this grade of philosophus and not unto him, until after duerituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus42 trial, strict examination or sure information by you had that he is constitutionally entitled to thesame; or by the sanction of the ordinances in presenting the ceremonies, or giving instruction toinitiates lawfully entitled to the same.practicus:to all of these i pledge my sacred honour.cond. of n. removes the green veil and moon from the head.chief adept:now look around you. those whose eyes are

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

names of kether, chokmah and binah for the divine world; of tiphereth, chesed and geburah in the moral the tetragram 23 world, and of jesod, hod and netsah in the physical world, which, together with the moral, is contained in the idea of the kingdom or malkuth, we shall explain in the tenth chapter this theogony as rational as it is sublime. now, created spirits, being called to emancipation by trial, are placed from their birth between these four forces, two positive and two negative, and have it in their power to affirm or deny good, to choose life or death. to discover the fixed point, that is, the moral centre of the cross, is the first problem which is given them to resolve; their initial conquest must be that of their own liberty. they begin by being drawn, some to the north, other

, details of which, as regards its principles, will be found in the corresponding chapter of the present doctrinal part, establishes a new pathological fact, which men of true science will admit without difficulty. the experience, repeated even to a third time, gave results truly extraordinary, but positive and unmixed with hallucination. we invite sceptics to make a conscientious and intelligent trial on their own part before shrugging their shoulders and smiling. the figure of the pentagram, completed in accordance with science and used by the author in his experiment, is that which is found at the head of this chapter, and it is more perfect than any in the keys of solomon or in the magical calendars of tycho brahe and duchentau. we must remark, however, that the use of the pentagram is

test detail scenes wherein lubricity seemed to vie with the monstrous and grotesque. such are the ordinary hallucinations of false mysticism and infringed celibacy. gaufridi and his mistress were obsessed by their mutual chimeras, and the brain of the one reflected the nightmares of the other. was not the marquis de sade himself infectious for certain depleted and diseased natures? the scandalous trial of father girard is a fresh proof of the deliriums of mysticism and the singular nervous affections which it may entail. the trances of la cadiere, her ecstasies, her stigmata, were all as real as the insensate and perhaps involuntary debauchery of her director. she accused him when he wished to withdraw from her, and the conversion of this young woman was a revenge, for there is nothing mor

ngular nervous affections which it may entail. the trances of la cadiere, her ecstasies, her stigmata, were all as real as the insensate and perhaps involuntary debauchery of her director. she accused him when he wished to withdraw from her, and the conversion of this young woman was a revenge, for there is nothing more cruel than depraved passions. an influential society, which intervened in the trial of grandier for the destruction of the possible heretic, in this case rescued father girard for the honour of the order. moreover, grandier and girard attained the same results by very different means, with which we shall be concerned specially in the sixteenth chapter. we act by our imagination on the imagination of others, by our sidereal body on theirs, by our organs on their organs, in s

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

us animals or men and women with impossible shapes take part; unbridled debauches where incubi project cold sperm. nightmare alone could produce or explain such scenes. the unfortunate cure gaufridy and his abandoned penitent madeline de la palud went mad through kindred delusions, and were burned for persisting in affirming them. we must read the depositions of these diseased beings during their trial to understand the extent of the aberration possible to an afflicted imagination. but the sabbath was not always a dream; it did exist in reality; even now there are secret nocturnal assemblies for the practice of the rites of the old world, some of which have a religious and social object, while that of others is concerned with orgies and conjurations. from this two-fold point of view we pro

demons, and here follow the official signatures of 1. i.e. the so-called fourth book of occult philosophy, which was originally attributed to agrippa, but which is now believed to be by some unknown author. 90 the ritual of transcendental magic the princes of hell, attested judicially. judicially, o m. le comte de mirville. and preserved in the archives of justice as convincing evidences for the trial of the unfortunate urban grandier: these signatures appear under a pact of which collin de plancy gives a facsimile reproduction in the atlas of his infernal dictionary. it has this marginal note: gthe draught is in hell, in the closet of lucifer h, a valuable item of information about a locality but imperfectly explored, and belonging to a period in no wise remote from our own, though anter

e unfortunate urban grandier: these signatures appear under a pact of which collin de plancy gives a facsimile reproduction in the atlas of his infernal dictionary. it has this marginal note: gthe draught is in hell, in the closet of lucifer h, a valuable item of information about a locality but imperfectly explored, and belonging to a period in no wise remote from our own, though anterior to the trial of young labarre and etalonde, who, as everyone knows, were contemporaries of voltaire. evocations were followed frequently by pacts written on parchment of goat skin with an iron pen and blood drawn from the left arm. the document was in duplicate: one copy was carried off by the fiend and the other swallowed by the wilful reprobate. the reciprocal engagements were that the demon should ser

ustrious admiral. that which tormented the dying man was not, however, a remorse but the hopeless terror of an anticipated hell. this darksome magical legend of bodin recalls the abominable practices and deserved fate of gilles de laval, lord of retz, who passed from asceticism to black magic and offered the most revolting sacrifices to conciliate the favour of satan. this madman confessed at his trial that satan had appeared to him frequently, but had always deceived him by promises of treasures which he had never delivered. it transpired from the judicial informations that several hundred unfortunate children had fallen victims to the cupidity and atrocious fancies of this monster. 93 chapter xvi witchcraft and spells what sorcerers and necromancers sought above all in their evocations o

hope. 19. the sun. birth of pharoah. a beneficent or fatal day for the great of earth, according to 104 the ritual of transcendental magic the different merits of the great. 20. the judgement. birth of jonah, the instrument of god's judgement. propitious for divine revelations. 21. the world. birth of saul, material royalty. danger to mind and reason. 22. influence of saturn. birth of job. day of trial and suffering. 23. influence of tenus. birth of benjamin. day of preference and tenderness. 24. influence of jupiter. birth of japhet. 25. influence of mercury. tenth plague of egypt. 26. influence of mars. deliverance of the israelites and passage of the red sea. 27. influence of diana, or hecate. splendid victory achieved by judas maccabeus. 28. influence of the sun. samson carries off the

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

he art [of seership. then will he see a multitude of wights like furious hardy men flocking to him hastily from all quarters, as thick as atoms in the air. these are not nonentities or phantasms [or] creatures proceeding from an affrighted apprehension [or] confused or crazed sense, but realities appearing to a stable man in his wakening senses and [thus] enduring [that is, undergoing] a rational trial of their being. these [beings, through fear, strike him breathless and speechless, but the seer or wizard, defending the lawfulness of his skill, forbids such horror, and comforts his novice [that is, pupil] by telling of zacharias being struck speechless at seeing of apparitions (luke 1:20. then he further maintains his art by vouching elisha to have had the same [vision] and [that he] disc

0/9/2001 12:36:30 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 102-111) commentary 111 only a few years before kirk assembled his treatise, major weir and his sister had been executed in edinburgh in 1670 for magical, necromantic, incestuous, and otherworldly practices. in her case, she freely admitted consorting with the queen of elfland who taught her supernatural skills in weaving. this famous trial and execution was all the more remarkable because weir had long been an earnest covenanter (one of the active political protestant movements of the time, and commander of the edinburgh city guard during the ascend-ancy of the puritanical revolutionary commonwealth government. these conflicts, incidentally, are the wars involving the english that tarbett refers to in his letter (page 41. sir

wer is explicitly linked with sexual arousal is no mere coincidence, but an applied use of the inner life energies for specific http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_138.htm (8 of 11 [10/9/2001 12:37:14 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds ends. thomas is bound to the queen for seven years (a period that appears in the ballads frequently in connection with vows, and applies to the old custom of 'trial' marriages derived from pre-christian cultural patterns based upon inner or magical laws. we find this pattern repeated in the ballad of lord bateman, which represents a similar pattern of operation. thomas mounts upon the milk white steed, and they ride off together 'and aye whene'er the bridle rang/the steed flew swifter than the wind' this concludes the first stage of the visionary sequen

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cently sued for allegedly inciting two teenagers to suicide through subliminal messages in their recordings. in 1991 anthony pratkanis of the university of california at santa cruz, who served as an expert witness for the defense, stated the boys in question "lived troubled lives, lives of drug and alcohol abuse, run-ins with the law. family violence, and chronic unemployment. what issues did the trial and the subsequent mass media coverage emphasize? certainly not the need for drug treatment centers; there was no evaluation of the pros and cons of america's juvenile justice system, no investigation of the schools, no inquiry into how to prevent family violence, no discussion of the effects of unemployment on a family. instead our attention was mesmerized by an attempt to count the number

ften include many animals at a time. animals sacrificed include various birds, sheep, goats, and turtles. the neck of the animal is punctured by a knife and the blood is drained. this method kills by severing the carotid arteries. for comparison purposes: shechita (kosher slaughter) involves the simultaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument, and is approved as humane. the trial court in this case found that the santeria method of slaughter is "less reliable, and therefore not humane" the animals are normally cooked and eaten after they are sacrificed. in 1987, a santeria priest planned to establish a church in the city of hialeah, florida. a few weeks later, the city council held an emergency public session. the minutes of that session show significant hostility to

ourt upheld the denial of benefits, holding that generally applicable criminal laws that incidentally affect religious practices need not be supported by a compelling state interest. this is in accord with much older supreme court precedent, such as reynolds v. united states (1879 (mormon polygamists convicted of transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes. procedural history after trial, the district court found the ordinances constitutional. the district court acknowledged that the ordinances were not "religion-neutral" and were prompted by the establishment of the santeria church, but found that the ordinances did not target religion "on their face" and that the regulation was incidental to compelling secular purposes, specifically: the health risk caused by the unsanitar

s to his coming death, and while it might have been that the talk of death and leaving was yet another p.r. tactic, this time aimed at his inner circle, it is equally possible that in taking himself too seriously, jesus at that time began experiencing a sort of fade to black syndrome (jesus could be hurt, but not the messiah) from there things went from bad to worse, culminating in the arrest and trial before pilate. pilate, feeling angry with the people for placing him in the situation in which he found himself, was no happier when hearing the ambiguous answers jesus gave. his last answer to pilate "thou wouldst have no power over me were it not given thee from above" is a display of the awareness of impotence. formerly he could do all. now he was a pawn in the hands of superior players

is referred to as "an osiris" i.e: a dead soul "ra-hoor-khuit" is correctly translated to "ra-harakte, master of the gods" this is a form of harwer (horus the elder. the great horus of pre-osirian legend, literally "horus of the horizon" in his solar aspect of xepera. ra-harakte had been the judge of the dead in non-osirian egypt, and he was also cast as the champion of set in the osirian-mythos trial between set and horus the younger. the curious term "hadit" is simply the islamic word for a divinely inspired utterance of any sort; hence it is not found on the xxvi dynasty monument. the "hadit" disc is hieroglyphically identified on the stele as "behdety, a form of horus the elder worshipped at behdet in the eastern nile delta. summarily the stele of revealing is not based upon the osiri

lyphs on the stele title the figure ra-harakhti. ra-harakhti("ra-horus of the two horizons) was a form of horus the elder identified with ra, especially in his aspects of atum and xepera.31 ra-harakhti was a rival "final judgment" god to osiris in addition to being a solar deity, which explains his presence on the funerary stele. he is also noteworthy for having defended set in the osirian-mythos trial between set and horus the younger [at one point in the debate, according to the legend, ra-harakhti was insulted and retired to his house in a huff. the proceedings resumed only after hathor had cheered the grouchy god with a strip-tease.32] the book of the law and the "stele of revealing" consequently, cannot be viewed as documents of the osiris/isis/horus the younger triad or cult. they re

, and it would be senseless to stop questing simply because the body can no longer function. what we are is being, not primarily body, though i must say we have some nice ones of those among us. and yes, i mean male and female. we've spoken of initiation in pyramid-xix, and key #2 again points out its importance. yet here another facet of initiation is presented: the ordeal aspect. an ordeal is a trial is a thing calling for the facing of one's self is not fun and games! it calls for a preparation that involves severe searching of the being to eliminate all which is unworthy of higher states. the ordeal of change is not going to simply come about due to wearing an inverted pentagram, as the key later indicates. it calls for awareness and action and a tearing down of walls which would block

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suicide of the brothel-keeper "well, if we can't hang the boss, we'll just have to make do with the workers" he shouted, and ordered his men to place the "tarts" under close arrest, a task the men performed with zeal. the women made a noise and kicked out at their captors, but the eunuchs stood and watched without twitching a muscle, because umar had said to them "they want the cunts to be put on trial, but i've no instructions about you. so if you don't want to lose your heads as well as your balls, keep out of this" eunuchs failed to defend the women of the curtain while soldiers wrestled them to the ground; and among the eunuchs was baa, of the dyed skin and poetry. just before the youngest "cunt" or "slit" was gagged, she yelled "husband, for god's sake, help us, if you are a man" the

d baal was surrounded by angry men demanding to know the reasons for this oblique, this most byzantine of insults. at this point baal took off his absurd turban "i am baal" he announced "i recognize no jurisdiction except that of my muse; or, to be exact, my dozen muses" guards seized him. the general, khalid, had wanted to have baa! executed at once, but mahound asked that the poet be brought to trial immediately following the whores. so when baal's twelve wives, who had divorced stone to marry him, had been sentenced to death by stoning to punish them for the immorality of their lives, baal stood face to face with the prophet, mirror facing image, dark facing light. khalid, sitting at mahound's right hand, offered baa! a last chance to explain his vile deeds. the poet told the story of h

tairs and doing nothing while he, chamcha, horned and captive, was dragged into the night; and feels the return of hatred, feels it filling him bottom--to--top with fresh green bile _never mind about excuses, it cries _to hell with mitigations and what-could-he-have-dones; what's beyond forgiveness is beyond. you can't judge an internal injury by the size of the hole. so: gibreel farishta, put on trial by chamcha, gets a rougher ride than mimi and billy in new york, and is declared guilty, for all perpetuity, of the inexcusable thing. from which what follows, follows- but we may permit ourselves to speculate a while about the true nature of this ultimate, this inexpiable offence- is it really, can it be, simply his silence on rosa's stairs- or are there deeper resentments here, gripes for

ned to stone, because all around the fucking insane _certifiable_ bastard's head there was this bright glow, you know, streaming out, like, from a point behind his head. a halo _say what you like, the three shop-attendants afterwards repeated to anyone who would listen _say what you like, but we saw what we saw. 3 the death of dr. uhuru simba, formerly sylvester roberts, while in custody awaiting trial, was described by the brickhall constabulary's community liaison officer, a certain inspector stephen kinch, as "a million--to--one shot. it appeared that dr. simba had been experiencing a nightmare so terrifying that it had caused him to scream piercingly in his sleep, attracting the immediate attention of the two duty officers. these gentlemen, rushing to his cell, arrived in time to see t

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s would be called "fascination "glamour, or the "evil eye. most of the victims of the witch trials were not witches. often the victims were eccentric old women who were either senile or did not conform to society. others were exceptionally attractive women who turned the heads of the men in power, and were not responsive to their advances. the real witches were rarely executed, or even brought to trial, as they were proficient in the art of enchantment and could charm the men and save their own lives. most of the real witches were sleeping with the inquisitors. this is the origin of the word "glamour. the antiquated meaning of glamour is witchcraft. the most important asset to the modern witch is her ability to be alluring, or to utilize glamour. the word "fascination" has a similarly occu

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

efore going to heaven. both interpretations are possible, depending on how one approaches the reading of holy texts. one person s myth can become another s historical fact. religion and science science and religion are two ways of examining the world. the scientific method limits its examination to questions dealing with objective interaction with the world. it uses experiments and the process of trial and error to arrive at conclusions about the world. it tries not to make assumptions without a body of facts and evidence to support the assumptions. science, in its many forms, can deal with many different types of questions, ranging from what makes people behave the way they do to what a distant star is made of. science, however, does not deal directly with questions of morality, such as h

reserved. egyptians also worried about passing the tests they believed they would face in the afterlife. elaborate manuals were written as guides to these tests. these included the book of amdurat, the book of gates, the book of caverns, and for those commoners wealthy enough to have a scribe make a copy for them, the book of the dead, also called spells for going forth by day. the most important trial the spirit faced before being allowed into the afterlife was the judgment of the dead. the deceased began by making confessions and acts of atonement, or apology, to the gods. anubis, the god of embalming, then led the person by the hand to the hall of maat. the deceased s heart was weighed on a scale against the feather of truth, a symbol of the goddess maat. if the heart was lighter than t

nces. christmas and easter are the two major holy days in the christian calendar. christmas observes the day of jesus s birth. easter recognizes his resurrection from the dead. phrases. there is no single phrase that unites all of christianity, though many would recognize and respond to a phrase such as may the lord be with you. 122 world religions: almanac christianity to make any defense at his trial, he was sentenced to death by the roman governor of the region, pontius pilate. jesus suffered a painful death by crucifixion (execution by nailing or binding a person to a cross) and was placed in a tomb. three days later it was discovered that the heavy stone that sealed the entrance to his tomb was moved and that his body was gone. according to the bible jesus later appeared to his discip

ving of a good life. he emphasized that one could live a good life by questioning one s own preconceived notions, particularly through a method of self-examination called elenchus. this method ultimately led to the well-known socratic method called the dialectic, or finding the truth through questioning and considering opposing beliefs and then modifying one s own beliefs. socrates was brought to trial and executed in 399 bce on the charges of disbelieving in the gods and corrupting the young people of athens through his teachings. the teachings of socrates gave rise to many schools. perhaps his most important student was plato, whose teachings and writings, such as the republic, have been among the most influential in western philosophy. plato s writings consist primarily of dialogues, or

ng. the mystery cults could not properly be called sects, as they were simply another way of honoring various gods. however, what could be called a schism or split in greek religion came about when the greek philosophers began to offer counter explanations to the myths about the workings of nature. there were several instances where philosophy conflicted with religion, but the most famous was the trial and execution of socrates. world religions: almanac 219 greco-roman religion and philosophy when he was seventy years old, he was charged with impiety: corrupting young people, insulting the gods of athens, and teaching about new gods. socrates argued that apollo, god of wisdom, had given him the duty to search for the truth and to encourage others to do the same. a jury of 501 athenians (la

rved in many battles in the effort to spread islam. by 630 ce ali and the prophet muhammad had brought all of the arabian peninsula under the control of an islamic state. archivo iconografico, s.a./corbis. world religions: biographies 21 al ibn ab ta lib convert to islam. all these issues helped spark a five-year civil war among muslims, called the first civil war (656 661, or fitnah, which means trial in arabic. ali had to battle various muslim groups during his entire rule. the first of these was an army led by a group of quraysh nobles, one of whom was muhammad s widow, a isha. ali s troops defeated these warriors at the battle of the camel at basra, iraq (so named because a isha rode a camel into battle. the male leaders were killed, and a isha was escorted back to yathrib. after the b

e of this negative sentiment. like another well-known philosopher before him, socrates (470 399 bce, aristotle was charged with impiety, or disbelief in the world religions: biographies 37 aristotle gods. instead of facing his accusers, aristotle left athens, saying that he would not give the athenians a chance to sin against philosophy again, for socrates had been put to death as a result of his trial. aristotle went to his mother s estate in chalcis on the island of euboea. the next year, 322 bce, aristotle developed stomach problems and died. the works historians think it likely that aristotle authored more than 170 books. of these, only about thirty are still in existence. these works cover aristotle s wide range of interests, but it is uncertain if they were ever meant to be published

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realizes that they have been lied to and deceived and has the fortitude to stand up, shake their fist at the sky and demand their inheritance returned, they get it and become one of stature among their peers. yes, not until a person realizes their untenable situation and reaches out to the force (lucifer) will the process of redemption and reawakening begin. this world is an arena of testing and trial where masters are separated from slaves. the subjective are culled from the objective and the weak removed from among the strong. this world is no prize. that is why it is said that "the meek shall inherit the earth" this planet is the consolation prize for losers who can never raise their sights to coexist in camaraderie and purpose with the magnificence of lucifer, the master of the univer

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

he signora pisani caught the infection, and in a few hours was even in a state more alarming than that of her husband. the neapolitans, in common with the inhabitants of all warm climates, are apt to become selfish and brutal in their dread of infectious disorders. gionetta herself pretended to be ill, to avoid the sick-chamber. the whole labour of love and sorrow fell on viola. it was a terrible trial, i am willing to hurry over the details. the wife died first! one day, a little before sunset, pisani woke partially recovered from the delirium which had preyed upon him, with few intervals, since the second day of the disease; and casting about him his dizzy and feeble eyes, he recognised viola, and smiled. he faltered her name as he rose and stretched his arms. she fell upon his breast, a

of an awful world. thy weal or woe are as nought in the eyes of his relentless wisdom. i would bid him spare thee, but he will heed me not. mejnour, receive thy pupil" glyndon turned, and his heart beat when he perceived that the stranger, whose footsteps he had not heard upon the pebbles, whose approach he had not beheld in the moonlight, was once more by his side "farewell" resumed zanoni "thy trial commences. when next we meet, thou wilt be the victim or the victor" glyndon's eyes followed the receding form of the mysterious stranger. he saw him enter the boat, and he then for the first time noticed that besides the rowers there was a female, who stood up as zanoni gained the boat. even at the distance he recognised the once-adored form of viola. she waved her hand to him, and across t

llen a victim to his intrusion "enter not this chamber till my return; or, above all, if by any search for materials necessary to thy toils thou shouldst venture hither, forbear to light the naphtha in those vessels, and to open the vases on yonder shelves. i leave the key of the room in thy keeping, in order to try thy abstinence and self-control. young man, this very temptation is a part of thy trial" with that, mejnour placed the key in his hands; and at sunset he left the castle. for several days glyndon continued immersed in employments which strained to the utmost all the faculties of his intellect. even the most partial success depended so entirely on the abstraction of the mind, and the minuteness of its calculations, that there was scarcely room for any other thought than those ab

was completed by the pupil; and then his mind, thus relieved from the drudgery and mechanism of employment, once more sought occupation in dim conjecture and restless fancies. his inquisitive and rash nature grew excited by the prohibition of mejnour, and he found himself gazing too often, with perturbed and daring curiosity, upon the key of the forbidden chamber. he began to feel indignant at a trial of constancy which he deemed frivolous and puerile. what nursery tales of bluebeard and his closet were revived to daunt and terrify him! how could the mere walls of a chamber, in which he had so often securely pursued his labours, start into living danger? if haunted, it could be but by those delusions which mejnour had taught him to despise, a shadowy lion, a chemical phantasm! tush! he lo

le thou openst the vessel that contains the elixir, and the light attracts towards thee those beings whose life is that light. beware of fear. fear is the deadliest enemy to knowledge" here the ciphers changed their character, and became incomprehensible. but had he not read enough? did not the last sentence suffice "beware of fear" it was as if mejnour had purposely left the page open, as if the trial was, in truth, the reverse of the one pretended; as if the mystic had designed to make experiment of his courage while affecting but that of his forbearance. not boldness, but fear, was the deadliest enemy to knowledge. he moved to the shelves on which the crystal vases were placed; with an untrembling hand he took from one of them the stopper, and a delicious odor suddenly diffused itself t

canst deliver thyself from those livid eyes, know that, while they haunt, they cannot harm, if thou resistest the thoughts to which they tempt, and the horror they engender. dread them most when thou beholdest them not. and thus, son of the worm, we part! all that i can tell thee to encourage, yet to warn and to guide, i have told thee in these lines. not from me, from thyself has come the gloomy trial from which i yet trust thou wilt emerge into peace. type of the knowledge that i serve, i withhold no lesson from the pure aspirant; i am a dark enigma to the general seeker. as man's only indestructible possession is his memory, so it is not in mine art to crumble into matter the immaterial thoughts that have sprung up within thy breast. the tyro might shatter this castle to the dust, and t

"i left that unhallowed and abhorred abode. i had one hope still, i would seek mejnour through the world. i would force him to lay at rest the fiend that haunted my soul. with this intent i journeyed from city to city. i instituted the most vigilant researches through the police of italy. i even employed the services of the inquisition at rome, which had lately asserted its ancient powers in the trial of the less dangerous cagliostro. all was in vain; not a trace of him could be discovered. i was not alone, adela" here glyndon paused a moment, as if embarrassed; for in his recital, i need scarcely say that he had only indistinctly alluded to fillide, whom the reader may surmise to be his companion "i was not alone, but the associate of my wanderings was not one in whom my soul could confi

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emple, bringing gold and silver and precious stones, many and divers, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and cedar logs. and woods decay not they brought me, for the equipment of the temple of god. 109. and among them also the queen of the south, being a witch, came in great concern and bowed low before me to the earth. and having heard my wisdom, she glorified the god of israel, and she made formal trial of all my wisdom, of all love in which i instructed her, according to the wisdom imparted to me. and all the sons of israel glorified god. 110. and behold, in those days one of the workmen, of ripe old age, threw himself down before me, and said "king solomon, pity me, because i am old" so i bade him stand up, and said "tell me, old man, all you will" and he answered "i beseech you king, i h

d the finger-ring on the mouth of the flask. and the demon blew through the middle of the finger-ring into the mouth of the flask, and going in blew out the flask. but the man promptly stood up to it and drew tight with his hand the mouth of the flask, in the name of the lord god of saba th. and the demon remained within the flask. and after that the youth remained in that land three days to make trial. and the spirit no longer blew against that city. and all the arabs knew that he had safely shut in the spirit. 121. then the youth fastened the flask on the camel, and the arabs sent him forth on his way with much honour and precious gifts, praising and magnifying the god of israel. but the youth brought in the bag and laid it in the middle of the temple. and on the next day, i king solomon

pleted of air. and i placed it under the stone, and (the spirit) girded himself up, and lifted it up top of the flask. and the flask went up the steps, carrying the stone, and laid it down at the end of the entrance of the temple. and i solomon, beholding the stone raised aloft and placed on a foundation, said "truly the scripture is fulfilled, which says 'the stone which the builders rejected on trial, that same is become the head of the corner' for this it is not mine to grant, but god's, that the demon should be strong enough to lift up so great a stone and deposit it in the place i wished" 124. and ephippas led the demon of the red sea with the column. and they both took the column and raised it aloft from the earth. and i outwitted these two spirits, so that they could not shake the e

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

adline read how cardinal paul marcinkus, head of the vatican bank from 1971 to 1989, was indicted by italian authorities (in 1982) as an accessory in the $3.5 billion collapse of banco ambrosiano, an italian financial institution with close ties to the vatican bank. although i tried many times without success to interview marcinkus, since he was from my hometown of chicago, the case never came to trial in italy, as courts corruptly ruled that as a "vatican employee he was immune from prosecution" the vatican bank also refused to admit legal responsibility for the bank of ambrosiano's downfall but did acknowledge "moral involvement, paying $241m(?169m) to creditors. little did i know that this story, the 1978 death of pope john paul i, the murder of the bank's president, robert calvi, found

lly became banco ambrosiano's fourth-largest stockholder, acquiring over the years at least 794,390 shares, or 1.589% of the bank's stock "a few months after sindona and calvi set up the bahamian bank in 1971, a "mr. paul marcinkus" was listed as a director "we used his name a lot in business deals" sindona said "i told him clearly that i put him in because it helps me get money" the calvi murder trial in april, 2005, a sicilian mobster, a roman crime boss and two others were indicted in connection with the 1982 hanging of roberto calvi, a financier dubbed "god's banker" for his close ties to the vatican. a reuters story added "calvi, once thought to have committed suicide, was found hanging from scaffolding under london's blackfriars bridge in june 1982 with bricks in his pockets and $15

ge in june 1982 with bricks in his pockets and $15,000 (8,000 pounds) on his person "but in the latest twist to the saga, prosecutors now say the mafia killed calvi for stealing from them and from italian financier licio gelli. gelli was the head of the p2 lodge- a shadowy masonic organization whose members once included prominent politicians, businessmen and military officers "the judge said the trial will start on oct 6 and will involve the convicted cosa nostra treasurer pippo calo, roman crime boss ernesto diotallevi, sardinian financier flavio carboni and his ex-girlfriend manuela kleinszig "the prosecutors' inquiry has focused on millions of dollars that flowed through the bank's offshore accounts in the weeks preceding calvi's death "shortly before calvi's hanging, the bank he heade

nto switzerland. october 1979: bomb explosion at the apartment of enrico cuccia, managing director of mediobanca and witness to sindona's threat to the life of giorgio ambrosioli. february 2, 1980: the vatican withdraws at the last moment its agreement that cardinals guiseppe caprio and sergio guerri and bishop paul marcinkus will provide videotaped depositions on behalf of michele sindona in his trial in the us on charges of fraud, conspiracy and misappropriation of funds in connection with the collapse of franklin national bank. may 13, 1980: michele sindona attempts suicide in jail. june 13, 1980: michele sindona sentenced to 25 years. july 8, 1980: roberto calvi attempts suicide while in jail on charges of fraud, etc. later released on bail and reconfirmed as chairman of banco ambrosia

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f evildoers. truly, the man who has taken vulgar and bloody oaths to defend the order and has vowed to protect its secrets against onslaught by would be interlopers and intruders is not above killing those who oppose his ambitious personal goals or who stand in the way of the attainment of the objectives of the order of the illuminati "in freemasonry it is permitted to kill" consider the military trial of the freemason, cabrinovic, assassin of the archduke ferdinand of austria, hungary, a fateful event that touched off the deadly and fiery conflict of world war i. cabrinovic's testimony at his trial provides us a graphic example of the rebellious spirit of the men of the secret societies and orders. asked if he had conspired with other freemasons to murder the archduke and thus set off a s

44 codex magica freemasonry and other secret societies of the illuminati: robespierre was a freemason; weishaupt was a freemason; napoleon was a freemason; lenin was a freemason; stalin was a freemason; mussolini was a freemason; truman and roosevelt were freemasons; ariel sharon is a freemason; bill clinton is a freemason; fidel castro is a freemason. is there no help for the widow's son? at his trial for conspiracy to commit homicide, satanist rebel charles manson was observed giving a variety of masonic hand signs, including the masonic sign of distress. the same sign was reportedly given by mormon founder joseph smith as he lay dying on the floor of an illinois jail on a variety of criminal charges. lying bleeding and desperate, smith's raspy voice could be heard crying out the plainti

n extreme circumstances in which a mason or other elitist finds himself in a crisis or in a bind. in such an emergency he gives the grand hailing sign of distress, sometimes called the "high sign" at that point, brethren who recognize the secret sign of alarm are expected to come to his rescue. comically, mass murderer charles manson was observed giving this sign and a number of others during his trial for conspiracy to commit murder. reportedly, manson believed the judge in his case was a 33 mason and would rescue him. it was all to no avail. likewise, mormon church founder joseph smith gave this sign while under siege of a lynch mob at the nauvoo, illinois jail where he had been incarcerated. 180 codex magica smith knew that the angry mob was comprised mainly of freemasons because he, to

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jewish lore and legend. new york: thames and hudson, 1991. apocalypse in apocalyptic visions, prophets see ahead to the end time. humankind s salvation lies in the future, and the meaning of the present is obscured in the chaos of survival on the earth s plane. in apocalyptic thought, humankind s destiny is viewed as steadily unfolding according to a great design of god. the present is a time of trial and tribulation, and its meaning will only be made clear in the last days before the final judgment occurs. placing the ultimate revelation of god at the end time seems to imply a history for god, as well as for his creation or at least an evolution, or transformation, from one sphere of activity to another. in the jewish tradition, apocalyptic thought presupposes a universal history in whic

rers, shapeshifters, and other heretics to confess their alliance with satan. the inquisitors would stay in a particular location for weeks or months, from which they would bring suit against any person suspected of heresy. lesser penalties were levied against those who came forward of their own volition and confessed their heresy than against those who ignored the summons and had to be placed on trial. the tribunal allowed a grace period of about a month for the accused to come to them and confess before the heretic would be arrested and brought to trial. the penances and sentences for those who confessed or were found guilty during the trial were pronounced by the inquisitors at a public ceremony known as the sermo generalis or auto-da-fe and might consist of a public whipping, a pilgrim

t severe penalty that the inquisitors could pronounce was life imprisonment; therefore, when they turned over a confessed heretic to the civil authorities, it was quite likely that person would be put to death at the stake. the wealthy and powerful knights templar were accused of heretical acts, such as invoking satan and worshipping demons that appeared as large black cats. in spite of a lengthy trial and 573 witnesses for their defense, the arrested templars were tortured en masse, burned at the stake, and their order was disbanded by pope clement v (c. 1260 1314. in 1313 as he was being burned to death on a scaffold built for the occasion in front of notre dame cathedral, jacques de molay (1243 1314, the knights templar grand master, recanted the confession produced by torture and procl

alliance with satan. with the albigensian heresy destroyed, the inquisition began to direct more of its attention toward witches. in 1320 bernard gui (c. 1261 1331) published practica, an influential instructional manual for inquisitors, in which he urged them to pay particular heed to arresting those women who cavorted with the goddess diana. four years later, in 1324, ireland s first witchcraft trial convened when alice kyteler was found guilty of consorting with a demon. separate from the inquisition that extended its jurisdiction over all the rest of europe, in 1478, at the request of king ferdinand ii (1452 1516) and queen isabella i (1451 1504, papal permission was granted to establish the spanish inquisition. more a political, than a religious, weapon, this inquisition persecuted th

exorcism when a shaman, or tribal medicine-holy person, performs a ceremonial ritual to expel the disincarnate spirits from a person. tanakh (also known as tanach) from the hebrew tenak, an acronym formed from torah. it is the sacred book of judaism, consisting of the torah the five books of moses, the nevi im the words of the prophets, and the kethuvim the writings. tribulation great affliction, trial, or distress. in christianity, the tribulation refers to the prophesied period of time which precedes the return of jesus christ to earth, in which there will be tremendous suffering that will test humanity s endurance, patience, or faith. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d religious phenomena 253 chapter 4 mystery religions and cults th

ies had its repercussion in the worlds of the divine, the intellectual, and the physical. the second test involved passing through a great furnace of flames. those initiates who refused, protesting that to enter such a wall of fire could only result in death, never got close enough to see that it was all a clever optical illusion and that there was a safe pathway through the middle. following the trial by fire was the trial by water, which offered no illusion, but only a walk through a chest-high dark and stagnant pool. two assistants helped pull the novice from the dank pool, escorted him to a room with a tub filled with warm and perfumed water, then left him to dry off and to dress in fine linens while awaiting the hierophant. exhausted from his ordeals, the initiate could enjoy the bath

o keefe, daniel lawrence. stolen lightning: the social theory of magic. new york: vintage books, 1983. rhodes, h. t. f. the satanic mass. london: arrow books, 1965. taylor, g. rattray. sex in history. new york: vanguard press, 1952. trevor-roper, h. r. the european witch-craze. new york: harper& row, 1967. williams, charles. witchcraft. new york: meridian books, 1960. catherine montvoisin at her trial in paris in 1680, catherine deshayes, la voisin (c. 1640 1680, boastfully stated that she had sacrificed more than 2,500 children who had their throats slit at her black sabbats. she also claimed that her poisonous potions brought about the deaths of many more jealous husbands, unfaithful wives, and unwanted parents than all the other professional poisoners of paris combined. in 1647, the li

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

government has been hiding in a secret underground base since the roswell crash in 1947 and save the day. the rock (1996) is a straightforward hollywood action thriller that surprises audiences at the end of the film when the character played by sean connery reveals that forbidden knowledge about the roswell ufo crash was among the reasons why he had been unjustly imprisoned for so long without a trial. in 1997 the motion picture men in black took one of the most sinister aspects of ufo research the alleged strong-arm tactics performed on witnesses of aerial phenomena by mysterious men dressed in black and transformed it into a special-effects comedy with tommy lee jones and will smith portraying agents of a secret government branch that keeps the aliens who walk among earthlings under sur

al symbol. transference the process of change that happens when one person or place is transferred to another. transience a state of impermanence, or lasting for only a brief time. remaining in a place only for a short time, or the brief appearance of someone or something. transmutation the act of transforming or changing from one nature, form, or state into another. tribulation great affliction, trial, or distress. in christianity, the tribulation refers to the prophesied period of time which precedes the return of jesus christ to earth, in which there will be tremendous suffering that will test humanity s endurance, patience, or faith. ufo literally an unidentified flying object, although the term is often used by some to refer to an alien spacecraft. ufologist someone who investigates t

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erved with three summonses, each of which gave them the opportunity of attending voluntarily. each summons also gave the accused a period of consent of six weeks and three days. because the tribunals of the vehm had gained a reputation of pronouncing only death sentences, few people attended the courts of their own volition. those who tried to escape were condemned without the usual pretense of a trial and vehm executioners were assigned to hunt them down. because the tribunals of the vehm were willing to accept the weakest of circumstantial evidence against any individual accused of a crime or an act of heresy, there appears to be no record of any of the secret courts ever finding anyone innocent. while no accurate records of their victims were ever kept, historians have estimated that th

n had begun operating in his jurisdiction, claiming mainly young women as their victims. when wilson raided the house of a local chief named nagogo, his men found a leopard mask, a leopard-skin robe, and a steel claw. acting on a tip from an informer, wilson ordered his police officers to dig near the chief fs house, where they found the remains of 13 victims. the chief was put in prison to await trial, and wilson set out on a determined mission to put an end to the leopard men fs reign of terror. but the local inhabitants were too terrified of the leopard cult to come forward. there were several more murders during the weeks that followed, including the wife and daughter of nagogo, the imprisoned chieftain. a desperate wilson hoped that the sight of the mutilated bodies of his family woul

e ancient egyptians, the arabs, and various pagan sources, and had thereby come under the scrutiny of the church and suspected of communicating with demons. although these individuals valiantly clung to precious fragments of ancient lore and insisted that they were practitioners of good magic, the clergy saw few distinctions between the magi and the witches that the inquisition sought to bring to trial for demonolatry and devil worship. it was not until the advent of the renaissance that the magi and their forbidden knowledge began to gain a certain acceptance among the courts of europe and the better educated members of the general populace. perhaps one of the greatest difficulties that the magi had with the orthodox clergy was their contention that angelic beings could be t h e g a l e e

d he taught at many european universities. in 1551, he was back in england and was received by king edward vi (1537.1553, who awarded him a pension of 100 crowns per annum. this stipend dee later exchanged for a rectory at upton-upon-severn. during queen mary i fs (1516.1558) reign (1553.58, dee was accused of trying to kill her by genchantments. h he was seized, confined, and tried. after a long trial that lasted until 1555, he was at last acquitted. when elizabeth i (1533.1603) ascended to the throne in 1558, she consulted with dee as to which day the stars deemed the most propitious hours for her coronation. pleased with his pronouncements, she continued to grant him the favor of her attention, and she made many promises of preferment.none of which were kept. disillusioned by the intrig

red worthy of judging him, he derided them, for they were essentially ignorant men who couldn ft even speak or write acceptable latin, the official language of the church. mirandola fs intellectual snobbery was illadvised, for he had offended bishops with power, two of whom had influence with the inquisition. mirandola fled italy, but he was arrested in france and placed in a dungeon to await his trial for heresy. it was only through the intervention of such substantial members of the artistocracy as lorenzo de medici that he was allowed to return to florence and be spared the certain tortures and likely death sentence at the hands of the inquisitors. innocent viii remained unforgiving; but in 1493, one year before pico mirandola fs death at the age of 31, alexander vi (1431.1503) accepted

n zell fs thought, such an injustice would be much as if the nazis had succeeded in eradicating judaism to the extent that, generations later, the common opinion of what the jewish faith was all about was derived solely from the anti- semitic propaganda of the third reich.just as the opinion of what wicca is all about has been largely derived from the tortured testimonies of those who were put on trial for witchcraft by the inquisition. zell fs analogy makes the point that today fs wiccans may no longer be tortured or burned alive at the stake, but they still suffer from persecution of character at the hands of unknowing, indifferent, or biased journalists, clergypersons, and educators. m delving deeper adler, margot. drawing down the moon: witches, druids, goddess-worshippers and other pa

ilk robes. cfor every witch burned, the hangman received an honorarium. he was not allowed to follow any other profession, therefore he had to make the best of his craft. h it was not long before the torturers had discovered a foolproof method for perpetuating their gory profession. under torture, nearly any witch could be forced to name a long string of her gfellow witches, h thereby turning the trial of a single individual into an ordeal for more than a hundred. one inquisitor boasted: ggive me a bishop, and i would soon have him confessing to being a wizard! h another declared that the holy inquisition was the only alchemy that really worked, for the inquisitors had found the secret of transmuting human blood into gold. the jesuit friedrich von spee (1591.1635) became an opponent of the

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part of the priests arewitches,[5] while madame bourignon in 1661 records at lille that "no assemblies were ever seen sonumerous in the city as in these sabbaths, where came people of all qualities and conditions, young andold, rich and poor, noble, and ignoble, but especially all sorts of monks and nuns, priests and prelates.[6]the political aspect of the organisation is well exemplified in the trial of the north berwick witches, when atthe instance of their grandmaster they attempted to kill james vi. another example is found among theelizabethan state papers;[7 "the names of the confederates against her majesty who have diverse andsundry times conspired her life and do daily confederate against her ould birtles the great devel, darnally thesorcerer, maude two-good enchantress, the ould

il" is said to have appeared inthe reign of rufus is very suggestive of this.in the thirteenth century the church opened its long drawn-out conflict with paganism in europe bydeclaring "witchcraft" to be a "sect" and heretical. it was not till the fourteenth century that the two religionscame to grips. the bishop of coventry in 1303 escaped probably because he belonged to both faiths, but thenext trial was fought out to the end. in 1324 the bishop of ossory tried dame alice kyteler in hisecclesiastical court for the crime of worshipping a deity other than the christian god. the evidence provedthe truth of the accusation, which the lady apparently did not deny, but she was of too high rank to becondemned and she escaped out of the bishop's hands. not so her followers, who paid at the stake

ter his place was filled either by election or byseniority from among the officers. in the witch-trials the existence of covens appears to have been wellknown, for it is often observable how the justices and the priests or ministers of religion pressed theunfortunate prisoners to inculpate their associates, but after persons to the number of thirteen or any multipleof thirteen had been brought to trial, or had at least been accused, no further trouble was taken in the matter.there is a statement on this custom by one of the leading legal authorities[6] who wrote in the middle of theseventeenth century, he says that the devil treated certain members of his congregation differently fromothers "the precepts of witchcraft are not delivered indifferently to every man, but to his own subjects, a

ys accompanied by his twelve berserks. both are legendarypersonages; hrolf was within the christian era though himself a pagan, but romulus was most certainlypre-christian, and his legend could not therefore be contaminated by christian beliefs. there is reason thento consider that the covens of the horned god took their rise before the introduction of christianity into theworld.there is only one trial in which the number thirteen is specifically mentioned, when isobel gowdie, statedthat in each coven of her district there were thirteen persons. in the other trials the number is indicated andcan be recovered by counting up the accused persons. as i have noted above, the old religion held its placelonger among the women than among the men. the coven of romulus consisted of thirteen men; if

me it ispossible that the earl of lothian may have been the chief of a coven and have been feared accordingly. fearcertainly prevented further enquiry in the case of the man-witch john stewart in 1618.[28] he was in prisonon the charge of being a witch, and was so fettered that in his own words he could not raise his hand "to takeoff my bonnet nor to get bread to my mouth. half an hour before the trial began he was visited by twoministers of religion. they had hardly left when the officers of the court were sent to bring him before thejustices, they found him already dead, strangled "with a tait of hemp (or string made of hemp, supposed tohave been his garter or string of his bonnet" he was carried out into the air and all means were used to bringhim round" but he revived not, but so ended

bring him before thejustices, they found him already dead, strangled "with a tait of hemp (or string made of hemp, supposed tohave been his garter or string of his bonnet" he was carried out into the air and all means were used to bringhim round" but he revived not, but so ended his life miserable by the help of the devil his master" in 1696john reid in renfrewshire[29] was in prison awaiting his trial for witchcraft, he was asked one night"whether he desired company or would be afraid alone, he said he had no fear of anything. the nextmorning he was found strangled, with his own neckcloth tied loosely round his neck and fastened to a smallstick stuck into a hole above the chimney-piece "it was concluded that some extraordinary agent had doneit, especially considering that the door of the

] that "the witches have their spirits, some hath one, some hath more, as two, three,foure, or five, some in one likenesse, and some in another, as like cats, weasils, toades, or mice, whom theynourish with milke or with a chicken, or by letting them suck now and then a drop of blood. though thedomestic familiar was recognised theoretically in scotland there is no mention of it in any scotchwitch-trial; it is found only in england, and there only on the east side with few exceptions.among the witches of hatfield peveril in essex in 1556[56] familiars could be hereditary and could also bepresented. elizabeth francis was taught her religion by her grandmother "when she taught it her, shecounselled her to renounce god and to give of her blood to sathan (as she termed it) which she delivered t

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spise its opinion "the world speaks evil of you, madam "yes, in truth, and the greatest evil that can be said "how so "it accuses me of sacrilege "you frighten me. of what sacrilege, if you please "of an unworthy comedy that i am supposed to have played in order to deceive two children, on the mountain of the salette "what! you must be "i am mademoiselle de la merliere "i have heard speak of your trial, mademoiselle, and of the scandal which it caused, but it seems to me that your age and your position ought to have sheltered you from such an accusation "come and see me, sir, and i will present you to my lawyer, m. favre, who is a man of talent whom i wish to gain to god" 173 thus talking, the two companions had arrived at the rue du vieux colombier. the lady thanked her improvised cavalie

panions had arrived at the rue du vieux colombier. the lady thanked her improvised cavalier, and renewed her invitation to come to see her "i will try to do so" said eliphas "but if i come shall i ask the porter for mille. de la merliere "do not do so" said she "i am not know under that name; ask for mme. dutruck "dutruck, certainly, madam; i present my humble compliments" and they separated. the trial of the assassin began, and eliphas, reading in the newspapers that the man was a priest, that he had belonged to the clergy of st. germain l'auxerrois, that he had been a country vicar, and that he seemed exalted to the point of madness, recalled the pale priest who, a year earlier, had been looking for the "grimoire" of honorius. but the description which the public sheets gave of the crimi

which the public sheets gave of the criminal disagreed with the recollection of the professor of magic. in fact, the majority of the papers said that he had black hair "it is not he, then" thought eliphas "however, i still keep in my ear and in my memory the word which would now be explained for me by this great crime 'you will soon learn something. before a little, you will hear speak of me" the trial took place with all the frightful vicissitudes with which every one is familiar, and the accused was condemned to death. the next day, eliphas read in a legal newspaper the account of this unheard-of scene in the annals of justice, but a cloud passed over his eyes when he came to the description of the accused "he is blond" 174 "it must be he" said the professor of magic. some days afterward

every one is familiar, and the accused was condemned to death. the next day, eliphas read in a legal newspaper the account of this unheard-of scene in the annals of justice, but a cloud passed over his eyes when he came to the description of the accused "he is blond" 174 "it must be he" said the professor of magic. some days afterwards, a person who had been able to sketch the convict during the trial, showed it to eliphas "let me copy this drawing" said he, all trembling with fear. he made the copy, and took it to his friend desbarrolles, of whom he asked, without other explanation "do you know this head "yes" said desbarrolles energetically "wait a moment: yes, it is the mysterious priest whom we saw at mme. a-'s, and who wanted to make magical evocations "oh, well, my friend, you confi

ostro was, however, far from being an initiate of the first order, since the great white brotherhood abandoned him<god "abandoned" christ. martyrdom is usually cited on the other side. besides, the fate of cagliostro is unknown- at least to the world at large- o. m> to the roman inquisition, before whom he made, if one can believe the documents to his trial, so ridiculous and so odious an explanation of the masonic trigram, l. p. d. but miracles are not the exclusive privilege of the first order of initiates; they are often performed by beings without education or virtue. natural laws find an opportunity in an organism whose exceptional qualifications are not clear to us, and they perform their work with their invariable precision and calm. the

ive us. such persons suffer from the contagious maladies of the spirit of perversity. the spirit of perversity has always for its secret motive 263 the thirst of destruction, and its final aim is suicide. the murderer of elisabide, on his own confession, not only felt the savage need of killing his relations and friends, but he even wished, had it been possible- he said it in so many words at his trial "to burst the globe like a cooked chestnut" lacenaire, who spent his days in plotting murders, in order to have the means of passing his nights in ignoble orgies or in the excitement of gambling, boasted aloud that he had lived. he called that living, and he sang a hymn to the guillotine, which he called his beautiful betrothed, and the world was full of imbeciles who admired the wretch! alf

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ving kindness, and has the same qualities as the magnamanious planet-god jupiter, this fits with the description of the path as "receiving divine influences and by benediction influencing all things that exist. diagram part c the middle pillar of equilibrium has three paths which compose it, being path 13, 25 and 32. in descending order, path 13 is called "inductive of unity, path 25 the path of "trial, and path 32 the "governing intelligence. the lower path, path 32, is seen in its cosmological aspect as governing the "operation of the seven planets. the tarot card attributed to this path is that of the "universe, and its meaning is "synthesis, indeed some cards show the planets as part of the symbology of the card. in terms of the ascending process, the path connects the world of events

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ather than of the innocents it was used to massacre. eventually, satanism, protestantism and judaism were inextricably woven together to form a patchwork quilt of evil that the church attempted to destroy during the middle ages, with fire and sword. as a matter of fact, a certain type of devil worship did exist during those times but, ironically, the acolytes of hell were usually never brought to trial; something which stems from the fact that many of those who celebrated and attended the infamous black masses of the period were roman catholic clergymen, many of whom has been pressed into his service at a young age by their parents, who wished to see their sons brought up well-fed and educated in those uncertain times, where the church was the sole power and refuge. the frustration at bein

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ath that leads to the spiritual world. the problem lies in our habits and our lack of trust. we are not accustomed to rely on our feelings. we want to understand first, and only afterwards feel and operate. but if our brain is the obstacle, why then was it given to us? so that we develop it, but then go above it, above our reason, meaning take after our feeling. the above reason route is based on trial and error. everyone who starts to walk in it must stumble in it and rise again with his own strength, and begin to perceive the daily circumstances as assistance from above to one s spiritual progress. there are many forces that were created by the creator such as the evil eye, slander etc. their one and only one purpose is to teach us to control ourselves. the golden rule states: walk humbl

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f peace) third point file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c4.html (9 of 19 [12/28/2001 2:03:21 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. s: o thou! lord of the west. i hereby invoke upon this candidate the powers of death, as he offers himself to partake with us the mysterious secrets of a master magician. endue him with such fortitude that in the hour of trial he fall not, but that, passing safely under our protection through the valley of the shadow of death, he may rise from the tomb of transgression, to shine as the stars forever and ever. aumn. send the candidate on his last journey with the sun (w. precedes and e. follows him; they go widdershins.34 solemn and slow music; or s. recites the invocation to hecate from orpheus) w: most mysterious

; they go widdershins.34 solemn and slow music; or s. recites the invocation to hecate from orpheus) w: most mysterious master, the candidate approaches the end of his last journey with the sun. s: our brother is weary; let him be refreshed with meat and drink (w. gives him a piece of bread dipped in the bitter cup (the weights are removed) s: you are now entitled to demand that last and greatest trial by which you can be admitted to the secrets of this degree. s: at your lustration, you, a naked soul, put on the frail garment of a mortal body. in the second degree you were taught how to live; in the third you will be finally instructed how to die. s: is the candidate prepared? e: the sun was his father, and the moon his mother. w: earth was his nurse, air bore him in its bosom. e: he has

rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c4.html (13 of 19 [12/28/2001 2:03:21 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o (they raise the coping stone) s: brethren, the master is slain, yet his word lives, for here, behold is written in his blood, upon the floor of this dry well, an el haqq, which is to say, i am the truth, noble emir, do you know the word by which man is raised from death to life? e: i do. s: make trial of that word (word of first) e: the word is in vain (repeat with w. and word of second) e: shall nothing endure but the truth? w: will you not make trial of the word of a master magician? s: it is my will (w. and e. take c. from well and support him) i am bound to our brother by seven bonds of brotherhood. my hand gripped his in sure relation (point by point done as said) as of true brother

nce of the powers of the word, and of this l. of p, duly constituted, consecrated, and congregated, of my own free will and accord do hereunder and hereon solemnly promise and swear that i will always hele, conceal, and never reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of this supreme degree to any one in the world unless it be a true, lawful, and perfect magician, and not even to him, until after due trial, strict examination, and full conviction that he is worthy of that confidence or in the body of a lodge of p.m.s. duly opened beneath the vault of heaven. i further solemnly pledge myself never to pronounce that solemn and mysterious name which may now for the first time be communicated to me, unless in the presence and with the assistance of two or more p.m.s. all these points i solemnly sw

e m.w.s. and g.m. should however retire to red room) second point (all present enter the red room, and assume insignia and stalls. the most reverend and perfect prelate advances from the red room. she takes postulant by the hand. the sack is removed) h.p: i come to conduct you from the depths of darkness and the valley of death. truth will direct you when you err silence will sustain you in every trial file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c7.html (6 of 14 [12/28/2001 2:04:51 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. love will comfort you upon your path (musick: tristan and isolde (the door of the red room is opened by g.m. who removes the black apron and collar. the postulant finds himself at the foot of the ladder. g.m. closes door behind him. all

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of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead] 9:20 if i justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me [if i say, i am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 9:21 [though] i [were] perfect [yet] would i not know my soul: i would despise my life. 9:22 this [is] one [thing] therefore i said [it] he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 9:23 if the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 9:24 the earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where [and] who [is] he? 9:25 now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 9:26 they are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey. 9:27 if i say, i will forget my complaint, i will leave off my heaviness, and comfo

son [as] every tree. 21:11 and he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 21:12 cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon [thy] thigh. 21:13 because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemn even the rod? it shall be no [more] saith the lord god. 21:14 thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite [thine] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. 21:15 i have set the point of the sword against all their gates

ting, which [i made] before titus, is found a truth. 7:15 and his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. 7:16 i rejoice therefore that i have confidence in you in all [things] 8:1 moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of god bestowed on the churches of macedonia; 8:2 how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 8:3 for to [their] power, i bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] willing of themselves; 8:4 praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 8:5 and [this they did] not as we hoped, but

ousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 11:34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 11:35 women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 11:36 and others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 11:37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 11:38 (of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth. 11:39 and these

hope by the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead, 1:4 to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 1:5 who are kept by the power of god through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1:6 wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1:7 that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of jesus christ: 1:8 whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 1:9 receiving the end of your faith [even] the salvation of [your] souls

t [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of god. 4:11 if any man speak [let him speak] as the oracles of god; if any man minister [let him do it] as of the ability which god giveth: that god in all things may be glorified through jesus christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. amen. 4:12 beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 4:13 but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of christ s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 4:14 if ye be reproached for the name of christ, happy [are ye] for the spirit of glory and of god resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he i

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. 184 the knights templar charges brought against them. 185 spitting on the cross, and the denial of christ. 188 the kiss. 189 intercourse with women prohibited. 190 the cat and idol worship. 194 baffomet, or baphomet. 198 von hammer s description of the templars images or idol. 199 the witches sabbath the last form which the priapeia and liberalia assumed in western europe 206 contents. xi page. trial of witches at arras, in france. 207 sprenger and others on witchcraft in the fifteenth century. 209 bodin s description of the sabbath ceremonies. 210 pierre de lancre s full account of the witches sabbath. 212 pictorial representation of the ceremonies. 245 similarity of the proceeding of the sabbath to those of the templars. 246 intermixture of priapic orgies with christian rites and cerem

s, the shining man vanished, and the meeting broke up. such were the secret ceremonies of the stedingers, according to the deliberate statement of pope gregory ix, who also charges them with offering direct worship to lucifer.1 but the most remarkable, and at the same time the most celebrated, affair in which these accusations of secret and obscene ceremonies were brought to bear, was that of the trial and dissolution of the order of the knights templars. the charges against the knights templars were not heard of for the first time at the period of their dissolution, but for many years it had been whispered abroad that they had secret opinions and practices of an objectionable character. at length the wealth of the order, which was very great in france, excited the cupidity of king philipp

been rubbed against the head, and which served for their protection.1 the ceremonies attending the reception into the order were so universally acknowledged, and are described in terms which have so much the appearance of truthfulness, that we can hardly altogether disbelieve in them. the denial was to be repeated thrice, no doubt in imitation of st. peter. it appears to have been considered as a trial of the strength of the obedience they had just sworn to the order, and they all pleaded that they had obeyed with reluctance, that they had denied with the mouth but not with the heart; and that they had intentionally spit beside the cross and not upon it. in one instance the cross was of silver, but it was more commonly of brass, and still more frequently of wood; on one occasion the cross

south through the countries in which the roman element of society predominated. the incidents of the sabbath are distinctly traced in italy as early as the beginning of the fifteenth century, and soon afterwards they are found in the south of france. towards the middle of that century an individual named robinet de vaulx, who had lived the life of a hermit in burgundy, was arrested, brought to a trial at langres, and burnt. this man was a native of artois; he stated that to his knowledge there were a great number of witches in that province, and he not only confessed that he had attended these nocturnal assemblies of the witches, but he gave the names of some inhabitants of arras whom he had met there. at this time it was in the year 1459 the chapter general of the jacobins, or friars pre

ften adopted. for we have heard more than fifty witnesses who assured us that they had been at the goat s heath to the sabbath held on the mountain of la rhune, sometimes on the open mountain, sometimes in the chapel of the st. esprit, which is on the top of it, and sometimes in the church of dordach, which is on the borders of labourd. at times they held it in private houses, as when we held the trial, in the parish of st. p, the sabbath was held one night in our hotel, called barbare-nena, and in that of master de segure, assessor-criminal at bayonne, who, at the same time d une land; et encore en lieu du tout hors de passage, de voisingage, d habitation, et de recontre: et communement ils l appellent aquelarre, qui signfie lane de bouc, comme qui dirait la lane ou lande o le boue convoq

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on with certain saints. all these derivations of the will of the all convey wisdom pertaining to the order- ly unfolding of the universe. in the same way the smallest material light instantly banishes darkness (which has no real existence but is merely the lesser concentration of light, so does the light of spirit have absolute power over the forces of evil. magi should seek the light in times of trial or when they are doubtful and afraid, any time they find themselves assailed by the darkness. if they seek with open hearts, it will come. as jesus, one of the greatest magi, rightly observed "ask, and it shall be given you (matthew 7:7. but if they play the hypocrite, they will seek in vain, and devils will mock them. the magi should ask the light for instruction in the art of magic. the li

light. layers of gold, and glittering jewels covered its bark, and buried the wood. still through the gold that garnished its side, i was 'ware of wounds where once it had bled, scars of a battle old. i was bowed with sorrow; but the vision filled me with fear when i saw that it changed its hue-now chased with gold, now stained with blood and streaming wet!6 here the pagan notion of the cross of trial is blended with the christian emphasis on the cross of glory, and this is very much the understanding of this ancient symbol that has come down to the modern west. the cross was often linked with the circle in ancient times. this form of glyph occurs in prehistoric carvings such as the hallristningar) and is a letter of the phoenician and older greek alphabets (q. the best known circle-cross

nation of the egyptians was not hell but eternal oblivion. souls that had defiled themselves were not fit to merge with the light. their life experience was so much chaff, good for nothing but to fuel the fires of the world. if the soul was found worthy, then great thoth would speak thus: his heart hath indeed been weighed, and his soul hath borne witness concerning it; it hath been found true by trial in the great balance. no evil hath been found in him, he hath not wasted the offerings in the temples, he hath not done harm by his deeds, and he hath uttered no evil report whilst he was upon earth.25 it should be obvious at once that st. peter, who waylays souls at the gates of heaven and opens his book to affirm their worthiness before admitting them, is analogous to the egyptian god thot

s alone and will have great power, but they will be wasted if the magus tries to share them with the larger world. in legend the norse god of magic, odin (the teutonic god woden) is said to have undergone this kind of personal sacrifice to achieve his spiritual illumination. in a beautiful and powerful excerpt from the havamal, an unknown bard takes on the voice of the god in order to sing of his trial and achievement: i trow that i hung on the windy tree, swing there nights all nine, gashed with a blade, bloodied for odin, myself a sacrifice to myself- knotted to that tree, no man knows whither the roots of it run. none gave me bread none gave me drink, down to the depths i peered, to snatch up runes with a roaring scream, and fell in a dizzied swoon. well-being i won, and wisdom too, i g

mode of living in harmony with the light. on a more mundane level, the magus uses the guardian to learn the mechanics of a personal system of magic that does not violate cosmic law. the guardian is relied on to remove psychic blockages and to unstop the springs of power so that the symbols of the art can be used with practical conse- quences. the guardian also provides guidance in times of great trial and confusion. the conversation of the guardian angel and the direct inspiration of the light can be distinguished in that the guardian meets the immediate personal needs of the magus, usually through the senses, while the light tends to be more abstract and careless of time. the direct inspiration of the light and the conversation of the guardian are two aspects of the same process of enlig

wer for the higher and evil to sacrifice the higher for the lower. when cast, it can make another person the unknowing sacrifice for a higher purpose. 8. wunjo (wyn: p (p) sound: w [w] english: w, v literally "joy" or perhaps "gloryw-the blessing of the gods. exaltation, ecstasy, illumination. perfect knowledge. the merging into the light of spirit. magically, this stage in the life-quest follows trial and carries with it wisdom and power. this is a very positive rune of blessing and happiness. cast upon another person, it can give insight into &fficulty and triumph over adversity. 9. hagalaz (haegl: h) sound: h [h] english: h literally "hail"-hardship and the winter of the soul. natural disaster. involuntary suffering without purpose. loss. death of a loved one or personal sickness. any i

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o gain admission into the society of shamans. even in the second case, the spirits play a part, for if the spirits have embraced the initiate and support him through his ordeals, he is able to pass the ordeals with ease. the candidate's successful fulfillment of the ordeal shows the older shaman overseeing the trials that the spirits have accepted him. such an extreme approach to soul flight as a trial of endurance is not recommended for the modern astral traveler, who will seldom be faced with the same degree of necessity that confronted the primitive shaman trying to solve a problem vital to the survival of his tribe. however, this method of altering consciousness is not unpracticed in modern western cultures, although it is almost never linked with astral travel by those who practice it

ch resulted in visions that were interpreted as divine revelations. music the second general technique employed by shamans to transform their consciousness involves rhythm and sound. it is the least dangerous of the three, but perhaps the most effective since it can be replicated with exactitude and does not reduce to a serious degree the vital energies of the body. a shaman undergoing an extreme trial of the flesh chapter one: sharnanic soul flight 11 m ayb e brought so near death when he finally achieves separation of the astral body that he is unable to fulfill his tasks in the astral world. the musical technique avoids this unfortunate outcome. as might be expected, rhythm is the most important component. the european shaman is renowned for his drum: a broad, flat instrument resembling

execution, anthony appeared and pointed out the real murderer. it was ascertained that anthony had never left spain.54 brewer described the same event somewhat differently, writing that anthony was in padua when his father was in danger of being put to death for manslaughter in lisbon. according to brewer's source, kinesman's lives of the saints (1623, an angel carried anthony to lisbon while the trial was in progress. anthony ordered the corpse of the victim brought into the court, and asked the corpse if his father was guilty. the corpse denied it, and anthony's father was released, whereupon the angel carried anthony back to padua that same night.55 saint anthony pulled much the same trick while preaching at the church of saint pierre de queyroix at limoges on holy thursday, 1226. he su

f unworthy of the aid of god."57 the king gave his consent, and joan rallied the army that liberated orleans, turning the tide of the war against the english. captured outside the city gates of compikgne by the french forces of the duke of burgundy, who was in alliance with the english against charles vii, she was sold to the english by the burgundians, interrogated by the inquisition, and put on trial for heresy. the voices in her head that had previously been accepted by the theologians as the voices of saints were now declared to be the voices of demons. she was accused of having consorted with fairies as a young girl, a common charge against witches. this contact with fairies supposedly took place at the site of a fairy tree, known as the charmed fairy tree of bourlemont, near joan's h

e miracles that fulfill the purposes of god. the experience of the prophets is the same as that of shamans and witches, with the difference that the soul flights of prophets were usually spontaneous, whereas those of shamans and witches were often induced. an exception is the ascent of moses to the top of mount sinai, where he remained forty days and forty nights (exodus 24:18. he engaged in this trial of physical endurance for the purpose of altering his state of consciousness, in a way little different from that of countless shamans around the world, who go alone into the wilderness and endure hunger and thirst to achieve what is called a "vision quest" success came in the form of the 59. murray, 239. chapter four: religious bilocation 51 astral vision of the laws inscribed by moses hims

need to allow your unconscious mind to modify it until it comes alive for you. ritual is the most intimate of activities. the reactions of each individual to each ritual are unique, and the factors that cause those responses are so complex that it is utterly impossible to predict them. the most effective ritual structure for each person must be arrived at through the use of intuition coupled with trial and error. the process is made easier if a sound basic ritual structure is adopted in the beginning. such a structure provides a stable symbolic foundation upon which to build your unique personal ritual. you can think of the basic ritual described below as a blueprint for a house. if designed well by the architect, the blueprint provides all the basic needs in a balanced way, but everyone w

in an audience hall within a great stone cathedral on a golden and jewel-encrusted throne, a crown of gold upon his head, wrapped in official robes of royal purple. at his feet kneel two priests who have been selected to plead a religious controversy he is presently judging. one priest argues in favor of the defendant, and the other argues for the prosecution. the defendant is not present at this trial nor would he be permitted to speak in his own defense. the determination of orthodoxy is purely a matter for the church to decide, and the hierophant has absolute power of judgment. around his throne rise the pillars of a great gothic cathedral. sunlight streams in through the stained glass windows and lies in bright panels across the flagstones of the floor. those who have come to hear the

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ial intelligence to enter into that clay figure and reside within it, where it could be consulted as an oracle on important questions. this is likely the truth behind the golem legend. rabbi loew probably created a manlike statue, then used the magic of the kabbalah to induce an angel of god to dwell within it and act as a protective and tutelary spirit for the jews of prague during their time of trial. there are two aspects to any name, both of which must be considered in magic-the internal name and the uttered name. the internal name is what we understand the meaning of a name to be, and the inner silent expression of that name, as when we seem to speak names in our dreams, or voice them silently in our own thoughts. it is vital in magic that we understand completely the words of power

blessings to the signs arrived at by one dr. hales, based upon the researches of a general vallancey (see text-book of astrology, reprinted by the american federation of astrologers, washington, dc, 1970, p. 6. fixed mutable cardinal 82 tetragrammaton it is obvious from references in scripture that the breastplate was a divinatory device used by the high priest or king of israel in times of great trial. within a pouch hidden inside the fold of the breastplate behind the twelve stones resided the two mysterious and sacred objects, urim and thummim. when moses robes aaron in the vestments of a priest, it is written "and he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate urim and thumrnim (lev. 89. when god instructs moses about the making of the priest's apparel, he says "and th

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the luminous path. arcanum 14 the two urns divine magnetism and human magnetism. the superior waters of heaven. during this time the disciple learns to be pure and chaste, because he understands the value of his seminal fluid. arcanum 15 (the electrical hurricane) typhon baphomet. the sixth hour of apollonius. here it is necessary to stay quiet, still, because of fear (this signifies the terrible trial of the guardian of the threshold, before which much valor is necessary in order to [conquer] defeat it. arcanum 16 the fulminated tower. seventh hour of apollonius. the fire comforts the animated beings and if any priest, purified enough, steals it and then he projects it and if he mixes it with the holy oil and then consecrates it, he will achieve the curing of all diseases simply by applyi

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these deficiencies. this could be done in a variety of ways in the golden dawn tradition, but for our purposes the means employed are limited to the uses of talismanic art. in examining the charts related to the planetary chakras, the student should seek out specific characteristics he or she feels would correspond to aspects of the personality that could be more properly balanced. after several trial sessions of using talismanic art in this compensatory way, one should begin to sense a definite clearing in the mental and physical vehicles, as well as a strong feeling of grounding. any session of using talismans for the purpose of working on aspects of the personality should also include the invocation of one's h. g. a. as regardie explains: the attainment is grounded upon a solid base, o

f the great abyss. the highest point of awareness of consciousness as an individualized or separated consciousness. please note that they are given in the order in which they are to be stimulated. if the student finds it frustrating that these relationships differ from another system he or she may be used to, then testing the tradition is in order. you can only find out what works best for you by trial and error. however, this system has been consistently tried and used experimentally for a good part of this century. the reason that some of the tones differ from those given in other esoteric schools.particular prior to the 20th century.is that international pitch has displaced the earlier use of concert pitch. what used to be called concert pitch was not a sufficient enough standard for mu

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ames were the 'tailltean marriages, a rather informal marriage that lasted for only 'a year and a day' or until next lammas. at that time, the couple could decide to continue the arrangement if it pleased them, or to stand back to back and walk away from one another, thus bringing the tailltean marriage to a eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 26 formal close. such trial marriages (obviously related to the wiccan 'handfasting) were quite common even into the 1500's, although it was something one 'didn't bother the parish priest about. indeed, such ceremonies were usually solemnized by a poet, bard, or shanachie (or, it may be guessed, by a priest or priestess of the old religion. lammastide was also the traditional time of year for craft festivals. the medie

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do not speak or think of it as a cross; but on reading this account it struck me that an observer at a little distance might easily mistake it for one. it is rather cross-shaped. if the templars used the old magic, they would be most likely to perform this rite, and rumours might spread about. the alleged templar rite of defiling the cross only became known to the world during the persecution and trial of 1307, ninety years after the high history was written. there are many traces of a fertility cult in the grail stories. the 'hallows' themselves seem to be connected with such cults. the grail, the cup or chalice, is like the celtic cauldron. it restored the dead, and brought fertility back to the land. the king, in the mabinogion, gives gawain a sword which each day drops blood. there is

weed out heresy, and they did this thoroughly. it is often said that witches have confessed to the most abominable practices. this is quite true, but it must be remembered why they did so. paul carus in the history of the devil, page 323 (archives of the international folk lore association, calls the malleus maleficorum, or witch-hammer, the most infamous work ever written. it advises beginning a trial with the question 'whether or not the person on trial believes in witchcraft, and adds 'mind that witches generally deny the question' if the culprit denies, then the inquisitor continues 'well then, whenever witches are burnt, they are innocently condemned' a denial of witchcraft sealed the doom of the accused at once, for, according to the witch-hammer 'the greatest heresy is not to believ

dure. according to page 330 'before the torture began, the accused was forced to drink the witch-broth, a disgusting concoction mixed with the ashes of burnt witches, and supposed to protect the torturers against the evil influence of witchcraft' the filth (carceris squaloris) of the, dungeons was used. the same page tells of the torture applied to a woman in the year 1631 on the first day of her trial. unfortunately he does not give the place, or whether it was by the inquisition or the reformed church; but this is a translation from konig, ausgeburten des menschenwahns, p. 130; also soldan, hexenprocesse, p. 269-70'(1) the hangman binds the woman, who was pregnant, and places her on the rack. then he racked her till her heart would fain break (2) when she did not confess, the torture was

as usually done by a play of words, giving him your body and soul, whether you be buried inside or outside the church, and then getting buried inside the church wall, that is, neither inside nor outside- in other words, cheating him. they seemed actually to have thought that the devil was too simple or too ignorant to buy the book and read it for himself. since writing the above, i have read of a trial in france, where a clerk was employed by a mysterious man dressed in black to copy one of these books. it was seriously alleged in court that this man in black was the devil, trying to obtain a copy of this book, to learn how to safeguard himself against such trickery. the accused was found guilty of attempting to aid the devil and was executed. this shows how childish were some of the charg

atrocious tortures. i suppose these books were sold to the type of people who believe nowadays in sixpenny fortune-telling pamphlets; they were made to sell, and the most famous among them was the grimoire of pope honorius. the whole question of belief in such pacts intrigues me, because a certain number of specimens do exist. it would seem that the belief was that at the last day, as at a great trial, the soul swore that it had never used any sorcery; it was on the point of gaining heaven, when suddenly a devil would produce the missing document from his files. it would be admitted as evidence, proved to be the accused's signature, and the devil would win the case and the soul. now each coven is independent, and during the fierce persecution the members of some of them may have used some

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32. 250 notes to pages 143 145 41. scholem, origins, p. 142. 42. wolfson, woman, pp. 166 204; idem, language, eros, being, pp. 142 189. 43. abulafia, christians, pp. 81 85, 101, 108 113. 44. wolfson, along the path, pp. 84 86. the analysis here is based on my previous discussion. compare the remark of nahmanides in his report of the barcelona disputation in 1263, translated in maccoby, judaism on trial, p. 134: the truth is that the messiah will come and he will be completely human, the son of a man and a woman from their intercourse just like myself. on the possible influence of marian veneration on the formation of the bahiric symbol of shekhinah, see sch fer, daughter, pp. 221 242; idem, mirror, pp. 147 216. although sch fer refers to my study on the jewish-christian context of a centra

e university press, 1998. lyotard, jean-fran ois. the confession of augustine. translated by richard beardsworth. frontispiece and photographic work by fran ois rouan. stanford: stanford university press, 2000. macann, christopher e. presence and coincidence: the transformation of transcendental into ontological phenomenology. dordrecht: kluwer academic publishers, 1991. maccoby, hyam. judaism on trial: jewish-christian disputations in the middle ages. rutherford: fairleigh dickinson university press, 1982. macdonald, scott. the divine nature. in the cambridge companion to augustine, edited by eleonore stump and norman kretzmann, 71 90. cambridge: cambridge university press, 2001. mach, michael. entwicklungsstadien des j dischen engelglaubens in vorrabbinischer zeit. t bingen: j. c. b. moh

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e others were mistaken in this concept as they no doubt accepted christ as their personal saviour. any christian will tell you that christ has to be first and accepts no other gods before him. the cosmic attribution of christ however, is an entirely different matter and can be taken into order teachings with just as much fervor as a personal one. christ epitomizes suffering and redemption through trial and tribulation and as such is a very potent force to invoke; this is the energy we call on in the r.r. et a.c. when we use his name. one of the best archetypal concepts i have ever seen was in crowley's trump: the magus which showed the crucified christ analogous to mercury. if we take another look at the d.w.b. formulae, it becomes blatantly obvious that the godforms called upon represent

ary of his mysteries (which is in the centre of the universe "not unto us, but unto his name be the glory (which is the name yhvh, with the addition of the letter shin "let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his head (these divine ones are angelic forces, and the higher self is that of the divine one "and teach him the value of self sacrifice, so that he shall shrink not in the hour of trial, but that thus; his name may be written on high (that is, the divine name formulated in him may be brought up, as it were, to the heights "and may stand in the presence of the holy one (which genius will be a might angelic power, and in a form far different from the petty personages we are here "in that hour, when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits, and his name, in the pre

for example, in the transit from the material that is without to the spiritual that is within. it is also the principle of sacramental life, the ascent of human nature that the divine may come down therein. as here depicted, the key of temperance is really a synthesis of tiphereth and of the path which leads thereto. that path in the sepher yetzirah is called the intelligence of temptation or of trial, because it is the test of merit which god applies to those whom he calls to his service. the sacred name of tiphereth is bound upon the breast of the figure before you; the star of the hexagram is beneath it. the splendour of her five-pointed crown is drawn from the five upper sephiroth, and she directs with her hands the influences of chesed and geburah upon the sephiroth that are below. s

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two would demand oast. aurvendill, eyrvendill; but if we start with on. orvendill, then as. earendel, ohg. erentil would seem preferable. the latter part of the compound certainly contains entil= wentil^ the first part should> whence did matthesius (in frisch 2, 439) get his" pan is the heathens' jvendel and head bagpiper? can the word refer to the metamorphoses of the' flute-playing demigod l in trials of witches "wendelis a name for the devil, mones anz. y, 124. 376 heroes. be either ora, earo (auris, or else on, or, gen. orvar (sagitta. now, as there occurs in a tale in saxo gram, p. 48, a horveudilus filius gervenclili, and in ohg. a name kerwentil (schm. 2, 334) and gerentil (trad. fuld. 2, 106, and as geir (hasta) agrees better with or than with eyra (auris, the second interpretation

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ws or spinsters, reluctant to give up their land rights, since being found guilty of witchcraft carried the penalty of the seizure of land. some researchers have suggested that as late as 1693 in salem, massachusetts, the desire to appropriate land was behind at least some of the mass accusations of witchcraft made at the time. one landowner, giles corey, was apparently an innocent witness at the trials at first. however, he himself was accused of witchcraft and was pressed to death- a torture in which heavy stones were placed on the victim's chest and which took three days to kill them- rather than confess, for if he had, his property would have been taken from his descendants. high-ranking practitioners of magick who attempted to conjure demons were usually male, and included both popes

ra came to be known as the burning times. matthew hopkins, who died in 1647, brought about the executions of at least 236 accused witches. he styled himself as witchfinder general and, with four hired assistants, instigated a reign of torture and terror especially in the eastern counties of england, amassing a huge fortune for himself in the process. in the colonies of america, the most notorious trials were those at salem, held between 1692 and 1693. during this period of mass hysteria, 141 people from the town and immediate area were arrested, and 19 were hanged. even a dog was hanged. dorcas good, a four-year-old child, was the youngest victim to be accused of witchcraft and imprisoned. she was released on bail after her mother was hanged, but her younger sibling died in prison. dorcas

en of heaven, who evolved into the babylonian goddess ishtar. innana was goddess of beauty, abundance, fertility and passion, famed for her loveliness and her lapis lazuli necklaces. she was the first goddess of the morning and evening stars, a legacy that has passed to aphrodite and venus. like many of the mother goddess icons, she descended into the underworld annually to face and overcome many trials, to bring back to life her shepherd god consort dumuzi. ishtar ishtar, the babylonian version of innana, also descended into the underworld each year to restore her consort tammuz to life. she was a fierce goddess of weapons and war. in ancient babylon, a sacred marriage took place each year between tammuz and ishtar. this was celebrated at the festival of akitu, or zag-mug, which marked th

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

he door in a plain black robe, roped and carrying diagram of sword and serpent. gives one gentle knock. third adept opens door) 10 (serpent on the tree of life) third "by the aid of what symbol do ye seek admission" hodos (shows diagram "by the aid of the flaming sword, and the serpent of wisdom" second "whom bringest thou there" hodos "mighty adeptus major, i bring with me one who has passed the trials of humiliation, and has symbolically chosen to return to the womb. he humbly desireth admission to the tomb of the mystical mountain" second "let the aspirant be assisted to kneel (aspirant is brought to the door of the tomb between the third adept and hodos. all face east and kneel) second "from thine hand oh lord, cometh all good. the characters of nature with thy fingers thou hast traced

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

no shade or clothing; and in the seventh month they laid me in a bed with a sorceress, that fed on the blood of young children, and, having been in prison for a long time, was bitterly an-hungered; and in the eighth month they gave me the aspic of nile, and the royal uraeus serpent, and the deadly snake of page 3 gulf.txt the south country, for playmates; but i passed scatheless through all these trials. and in the ninth month i was weaned, and my mother bade me farewell, for never again might she look upon my face, save in the secret rites of the gods, when we should meet otherwise than as babe and mother, in the garment of that second birth which we of khemi knew. the next six years of my life have utterly faded. all that i can recall is the vision of the greatness of our city of thebai

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

through the cycles of life and death. the pagan reader must labour to understand this in pater's "greek studies, and the christian reader will recognise it, incident for incident, in the story of christ. this legend is but the dramatization of spring. the magician who wishes to invoke bacchus by this method must therefore arrange a ceremony in which he takes the part of bacchus, undergoes all his trials, and emerges triumphant from beyond death. he must, however, be warned against mistaking the symbolism. in this case, for example, the doctrine of individual immortality has been dragged in, to the destruction of truth. it is not that utterly worthless part of man, his individual consciousness as john smith, which defies death- that consciousness which dies and is reborn in every thought. t

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

in and again in desperation. he has, perhaps, almost lost sight of it; it has become meaningless to him; he repeats it mechanically as he is tossed from wave to wave. but if he can stick to it he will come through. and, once he "is" through, things will again assume their proper aspect; 80 he will see that mere illusion were the things that seemed so real, and he will be fortified against the new trials that await him. but the unfortunate indeed is he who cannot thus endure. it is useless for him to say "i don't like the atlantic; i will go back to the fireside" once take one step on the path, and there is no return. you will remember in browning's "childe roland to the dark tower came: for mark! no sooner was i fairly found pledged to the plain, after a pace or two, than, pausing to throw

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who aspirest unto our ancient order- that equilibrium is the basis of the work. if thou thyself hast not a sure foundation, whereon wilt thou stand to direct the forces of nature? 1. know then, that as man is born into this world amidst the darkness of matter, and the strife of contending forces; so must his first endeavour be to seek the light through their reconciliation. 2. thou then, who hast trials and troubles, rejoice because of them, for in them is strength, and by their means is a pathway opened unto that light. 3. how should it be otherwise, o man, whose life is but a day in eternity, a drop in the ocean of time; how, were thy trials not many, couldst thou purge thy soul from the dross of earth? is it but now that the higher life is beset with dangers and difficulties; hath it no

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here is light even in this dreadful night through which he has to journey. he learns that though adonai is in kether, kether also is in malkuth; but the rituals which follow the 0= 0, excepting the portal, which consists more of symbols and their explanations than of rites and ceremonials, are more inclined to obsess than to illuminate. of course it may be urged that as they constitute four great trials, it is after all a greater test to be placed under a false guide than an honest one. but indeed, if this be so, then most certainly should the neophyte, zelator, theoricus or practicus travel his own road unhelped by others; further, he should not be tempted by others, and when he is hopelessly entangled be relieved of his trials like the reader of a fairy-tale who invariably finds that aft

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

iterally began to split after michael manifested himself and alex was compelled. to buy a new suit several sizes too large. it hung on him in folds but the moment he was 'taken'by michael, he filled it out. alex's reputation .was being tarnished by the wild parties his body attended when michael was in residence. he could understand a little better now the unfortunate victims of the ancient witch trials-i-for here he was possessed of a devil of his own making! in addition to his taking advantage of alex's body at will, michael had to be bribed to give informa. tion asked ofhim and for which he had been created. alex, who has frugal tastes, would recover from an involuntary trance to. find he had eaten a pound of chocolate biscuits demanded by michael in return for information. the spirit h

to cope with another child, she would be eligible. in some cases the girl friend of a witch-even if she were an unbeliever-might be helped. q: how is the abortion performed? a: by a herbal medicine. it is available without prescription but only two other witches, to my knowledge, have the formula. it must be used before the third month of pregnancy. q: what about the potions mentioned in the old trials of witches? a: you must remember that the vivid imaginations of the accusers compiled many. but we used to use an ointment made of aconite, deadly nightshade or belladonna, and. bats' blood. this, smeared on our bodies, gave an illusionof warmth. but that was centuries ago. the blood would have been harmless, but the other two, if rubbed into broken skin, could cause mild poisoning which mi

as, 1 suppose, jesus christ accepts christian martyrs. no witch was killed that night but many were scourged with real whips, and some sent out so much of their vital life-force into their familiars that they subsequently died. that week dense mists and fogs obscured the english ch;ume;l; the 126 invasion 'was called off. we believe it was due to witthcraft. q: you speak offamiliars. in old witch trials it was said that they were in.the form of dogs and cats. what ate they really? a: familiar is our term for a concentration of power, drawn from the godhead or the central reservoir of power, and sent to do our will. to an experienced witch, a familiar looks like. a ball or cone of fire. it is invisible to nonwitches. q: do politics play any part in witchcraft? a: none whatever. i have no po

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ortunity. by availing themselves of the present day of opportunity, and by conformity to the rules for treading the path, will come to many in the west the chance to take these further steps. that opportunity will be found by the man who is ready in the place where he is, and among the familiar circumstances of his daily life. it will be found in attention to duty, in the surmounting of tests and trials, and in that inner adherence to the voice of the god within, which is the mark of every applicant for initiation. initiation involves the very thing that is done from day to day by any who are consciously endeavoring to train themselves: the next point to be reached, and the next bit of work to be accomplished is pointed out by the master (either the god within or a man's master if he is co

t, if the sole purpose of his life is to serve and save the world, and if his brother's need is for him of greater moment than his own, then is the fire oflove irradiating his being, and the world can warm itself at his feet. this love has to be a practical, tested manifestation, and not just a theory, nor simply an impractical ideal and a pleasing sentiment. it is something that has grown in the trials and tests of life, so that the primary impulse of the life is towards self-sacrifice and the immolation of the lower nature. rule 2. when application has been made in triple form, then let the disciple withdraw that application, and forget it has been made. herein lies one of the initial tests. the disciple's attitude of mind must be that he cares not whether he takes initiation or not. sel

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ncarnation is one in which a planetary logos takes some initiation. he may, and does, pass through many incarnations without taking initiation. when he does take initiation, it is interesting to note that he does so during some incarnation in which he takes a vehicle of etheric matter as is the case at this time. the logos of our scheme is preparing for initiation and hence the terrific tests and trials, incident to life on our planet during this cycle, are easily accounted for. the logos of our scheme, sanat kumara, will take a major initiation in the middle of the fifth round, but is preparing for a minor one at this time. the logos of our scheme has been in physical incarnation (having a body of etheric matter) since the middle of the lemurian root-race, and will remain with us until wh

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

told that fear is a- 172- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust quality of evil (or of matter) which colours fundamentally or characterises the astral or sentient body of our planetary logos? what have you gained if i outlined to you the problem of the great life in whom we live and move and have our being as he, on his own cosmic plane, seeks liberation and faces his own peculiar trials and tests? how can words adequate be found to convey a cosmic struggle between lives so impersonal and exalted in consciousness that the words his, or he or tests prove simply laughable and convey no possible aspect of truth or reality whatsoever? cosmic evil, cosmic progression, or cosmic problems can well be left to that distant time when aspirants have taken the third initiation, have lo

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verge of another step forward; we are ready for another initiation; we are on the point of widening our horizon, and passing through an open door into a larger room. all that is transpiring is no indication of failure, of senseless confusion and blind upheaval. it is rather a process of temporary destruction for further rebuilding, and is but a correspondence in the racial life to those tests and trials which are always the lot of the disciple preparing for initiation. for this, christianity has prepared numbers of the race. the new interpretation and the next revelation are imminent- 23- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust this coming revitalisation of the essential and inner nature of humanity, with the consequent reorganisation of world affairs and of human life, is alr

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rjuna" experience which lies- 189- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust definitely ahead of many today. this is an interesting point upon which to think and reflect; it holds much of mystery and of difficulty in the sequence of human unfoldment. the individual aspirant is prone to think only in terms of himself, and of his individual tests and trials. he must learn to think in terms of the mass activity, and the preparatory effect where humanity, as a whole is concerned. the world war was a climaxing point in the process of "devitalising" the world maya, as far as humanity is concerned. much force was released and exhausted, and much energy also was expended. much was consequently clarified. many people are occupied today, in their indi

ey affect present opportunity or hinder the man who finds himself upon the path and is, therefore, taking his own evolution in hand. then he stands "midway between the pairs of opposites" and this means (as far as our particular interest at this time is concerned) that we shall find three stages in the mystical work, each of which will mark a definite point of crisis, with its attendant tests and trials: 1. the stage wherein transference is made of all the lower energies into the solar plexus, preparatory to carrying them to the throat and heart centres above the diaphragm. this stage covers not only the process of transference but also that of focussing the forces in the higher centres- 319- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust period

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y express my joy? 26. if i demonstrated joy, was it a task, or did i find it easy? 27. what activities and qualities of my lower nature need to be eliminated if i seek to serve more joyously? 28. what truthfully hinders my being full of joy? 29. how does a joyous spirit affect my fellowmen? 30. in what way can i most joyously serve my fellowmen? september 1937 my brother: the difficulties and the trials which the disciple experiences upon the way are, as you have discovered, only relative; they are oft offset by the pouring in of a sense of inner release. the compensations on the way are not so often considered as are the difficulties. in the human being- 306- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust there is ever a tendency towards sorrow and suffering which has ev

nd strain end when the experiencing soul learns to live within itself and to serve and work, to think and feel with the consciousness ever withdrawn to the "secret place of the most high" you will know whereof i speak, because that is one of the lessons which your soul has been teaching you during the past twelve months. physically, mentally and emotionally, you have been tried and tested and the trials which are applied to aligned personalities have been applied to you. the mark of the true aspirant is that all the three parts of the lower nature are linked more or less to the higher, thus producing a unity. this results in two things- 352- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. all the three parts of the personality can react simultaneously in some measure to

plied to you. the mark of the true aspirant is that all the three parts of the lower nature are linked more or less to the higher, thus producing a unity. this results in two things- 352- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. all the three parts of the personality can react simultaneously in some measure to the life and energy of the soul. 2. all the difficulties and trials (karmic or educational, testing or purifying) are felt in all the three bodies at once. this is good, but it complicates the disciple's progress for he has to fight on all three battlefields at once. i tell you this for your encouragement. that is all i have for you today, my brother. go in peace. january 1935 brother of old: have you realised how intense has been the testing time to which

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

which men must make their way, no matter what the obstacles; these obstacles he portrayed in the twelve labours of hercules which were dramas and not factual occurrences. he thus pictured for those who had eyes to see and hearts to understand the nature of the problem to be solved upon the path of return to god; he depicted the prodigal son's journey back to the father's house, and the tests and trials which all disciples, aspirants and initiates have to face and which all those who today compose the spiritual hierarchy have already faced. when this statement is considered, it must include also the christ who, we are told "was in all points tempted like as we are (heb. iv.15, but also passed triumphantly the tests and trials. at some also unknown date hermes came and, so the records say

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ling factors, with the first ray reaching full expression. in them, idealism, love-wisdom and indomitable will stood forth in all their divine power. it might be of interest to you to know just what rays controlled these sons of god: hercules, the sun-god, had a first ray soul, a second ray personality and a sixth ray astral body. these potencies and energies sufficed to carry him through all the trials and the labours of the disciple. the buddha had a second ray soul, a first ray personality and a sixth ray mind a very rare phenomenon. the christ had a second ray soul, a sixth ray personality (which accounted for his close relationship with the master jesus, plus a first ray mind. these three all embodied the essences of the spiritual life and all of them were enabled to set their seal up

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me measure prepared them for the prolonged conflict upon the astral plane which lies ahead of all aspirants prior to achieving initiation. it is the "arjuna experience" this is an interesting point upon which to ponder and explains much of mystery and of difficulty in the sequence of human unfoldment. the individual aspirant is apt to think only in terms of himself and of his individual tests and trials. he must learn to think of the mass occurrences and their preparatory effect where humanity is concerned. the world war was a climaxing point in the process of "devitalising" the world maya. much force was released and exhausted and much energy expended. much was consequently clarified. many people are occupied today in their individual lives with exactly the same process and conflict. on a

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

energy: 1. sirius working in a sevenfold manner through the seven rays and their seven groups as these constitute the active hierarchy. 2. the fixed cross a fusion of four major energies, pouring into our solar system, on to our planet and through humanity. 3. scorpio an aspect of the fixed cross, of peculiar and specialised potency upon the path of discipleship and preparing, with its tests and trials: a. the process of re-orientation, whereby a man mounts the fixed cross and leaves the mutable cross. b. the disciple for the first, second and third initiations. after the third initiation, its peculiar testing potency is no longer felt. 4. the hierarchy. the distributing agency to the various kingdoms in nature. 5. mars and saturn. both these planets are exceedingly potent in connection w

t of the personal self fades out and wanes in the blaze of glory which emanates from the angel. then the greater glory obliterates the lesser. this is, however, only possible when the personality eagerly enters into this relation with the angel, recognises itself as the dweller and as a disciple begins the battle between the pairs of opposites and enters into the tests of scorpio. these tests and trials are ever self-initiated; the disciple puts himself into the positive or conditioning environment wherein the trials and the discipline are unavoidable and inevitable. when the mind has reached a relatively high stage of development, the memory aspect is evoked in a new and conscious manner and then every latent pre-disposition, every racial and national instinct, every unconquered situation

a peculiar relation to the mode of human development and the former to the methods of the piscean age which is just passing. mars and mercury control and mars is particularly active, owing to the fact that mars is both the orthodox planet controlling the personality in scorpio and also the esoteric planet conditioning the unfoldment of the disciple. mars is the dominating factor in the tests and trials of the disciple, prior to the experience in sagittarius and the initiation in capricorn, and this for the following reasons: first, mars is definitely the planet which rules and controls the physical vehicle. mars appears first of all as the orthodox ruler in aries, the sign in which the first move is made towards bringing about objective manifestation, or physical incarnation. in scorpio

life, these experiences and vibratory activities intensify in character until the time comes when the reversal of the wheel takes place. then libra leads on to scorpio and the active soul life (active through the medium of the personality nature and not simply on its own plane) is registered, recorded and noted in virgo, and balanced and assessed in libra, eventually bringing about the tests and trials between the soul and the personality, which latter fights with power and determination to preserve the status quo of the balanced expression of these two where the preponderance of the personality influence is not possible. libra can also be spoken of in terms of the meditation process as taught both in east and west. it can, therefore, be regarded as the "interlude between two activities"

pisces, are interesting, and the fire signs, aries leo sagittarius, warrant study. fire always carries forward esoterically that which water has begun. in cancer, the purificatory waters of experience begin their beneficent work. this is begun upon the cardinal cross because that cross deals only with wholes and, therefore, with mass experience. in scorpio, the purificatory waters of testing and trials are applied. this takes place upon the fixed cross and their effect is drastic in the extreme. in pisces, the waters of purification are applied through daily life and the processes of incarnation; they apply to the "fish swimming in the waters of matter and finding there its sustenance" this is upon the mutable cross of ordinary material existence and experience. thus the influence of the

of time, and during this stage, the emphasis is upon the form which veils and hides the reality. the human soul and the divine soul (the essential duality) are there but their presence is not easily detected. in scorpio comes a point of transition, of change and of re-orientation. that which has been hitherto hidden appears and is brought to the surface by means of the experience, the tests, the trials and the "sting of life" in capricorn as a result of the effects of the influences of cancer, virgo and scorpio the disciple begins to demonstrate the capacity to express the life of two kingdoms, at least in some measure, and is a developed human being and also a citizen of the kingdom of god. therefore, for an initiate and for a period of three incarnations, the four signs of revelation (c

him powerfully. 3. in pisces, the influence of shamballa claims the initiate as its field of activity and the dualism- 189- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust of soul and spirit emerges instead of that of soul and body which has hitherto been of major importance. the power of the form to hold the soul in captivity has been negated and tests and trials of the initiate up to the third initiation are directed to this end. such is the way of the initiate. you will note the interesting fact that you have here nine signs which carry a man from the stage of imprisonment in form to the freedom of the kingdom of god, from the state of embryonic consciousness to the full flower of divine knowledge, from the condition of human awareness to the cons

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rating and has nothing to do with the rating of yourself behind which you hide your hurt and suffering soul and which you seem to impose upon your students everywhere. my rating is true, and you will weather these stormy waters and arrive in the quiet land of realities, free from all emotion, yet at the same time, full of unimpeded love. this is the reward of perseverance throughout the tests and trials of the second initiation. what i am seeking to do is to help, to indicate the nature of the tests and point out to you the reason why these tests and trials have overtaken you. everything may seem to fail you your knowledge of psychology, your groups of students, your friends and your brothers in the ashram. think not that this indicates the fourth initiation, the crucifixion. that initiati

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

ths will be refined, controlled and used, and he will demonstrate upon earth the powers of director, teacher or manipulator according to the major ray upon which his monad may be found. iv. a series of tests leading to initiation. when a man is beginning to demonstrate the qualities of his ray and to prove of gradually increasing importance to his group, he will be prepared through tests, through trials, and through temptations for those final stages in development which will put into his power: the knowledge of certain laws governing matter and form- 4- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the keys of the mysteries connected with energy, with polarity, and with group relation. certain words of power which will give him control ove

higher degrees of initiation. this knowledge constitutes the first step towards the comprehension of the secret of negation, towards a true understanding of the basis of the ever-existent pairs of opposites, and towards the knowledge which lies behind the significance of negation. the above sentence is in all probability of little meaning to you, but it nevertheless contains a truth for which the trials, experiences and initiations of planetary existence prepare the initiate. they endow him with those qualities which will enable him to contact cosmic evil and yet remain untouched, eventually to play his part in bringing the black lodge and its brotherhood to an unholy finish. the roots of the black lodge are on the cosmic astral plane, as the roots of the white lodge and its brotherhood ar

he field of the world for the future divine sowing. more i cannot tell you. all i have done is to give you a hint as to the significance of the initiations, instituted by the lord of the world. these are not, may i repeat, initiations to which the planetary logos is himself subjected. the world crises, which ever precede initiation on a planetary scale, are part of the preparatory work, tests and trials which make possible some cosmic initiation to which he has been and will eventually be subjected. with them we have no concern, nor would you understand if i were to be in any way explicit. the law of analogy and of correspondences breaks down at a certain point upon the path of understanding, and something new and utterly different enters in. the law of analogy holds good when considering

antahkarana he renounces the mutable cross of existence in the three worlds (the world of appearances, and after a period of time he transfers from that cross on to the fixed cross, which is set up in the world of meaning where he has steadily learnt to dwell. this covers the period of the first three initiations. now, being liberated through renunciation, he needs no longer to undergo the tests, trials, and difficulties which crucifixion on the fixed cross inevitably entails; he can now take his place upon the cardinal cross, with all its cosmic implications and opportunities which are then conferred. this as far as the individual is concerned is necessarily symbolic and figurative in its teaching. as far as the heavenly man is concerned, however, the application is not symbolic. it is fa

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

nces of that great and ancient son of god, hercules- 6- the labours of hercules or herakles, will be found to give us just such a synthetic picture. it leaves untouched no phase in the life of the aspirant and yet links him up with cosmic enterprise. its theme will be found to be so inclusive that all of us, struggling in our present modern life, can make application to ourselves of the tests and trials, the failures and achievements of this heroic figure, who strove, centuries ago, towards the same goal as we do. through a reading of his story, fresh interest may be evoked in the mind of the bewildered aspirant, and such a picture painted of universal sequential development and destiny that he will go forward with fresh courage. we shall trace the story of hercules and endeavor to show ho

of the passions and the separative mind must solve problems of this nature. 2. comfort. an eternal sense of dissatisfaction spurs man to ever greater heights of achievement. comfort is often a brake upon such striving. clogged down with possessions and blunted by the beguiling sense of comfort, the spirit wilts and fades. the prisoner of comfort sinks back in apathy, forgetting the struggles and trials that temper the keen blade of spiritual striving. the will to search, the impelling drive to solve the mystery in the acorn of life, is alien to the narcissistic inclination to make comfort a central motive in life. 3. money. the accumulation of money is a master passion that lies behind the activities of people and nations. ethical and human values are disregarded in the mad endeavor to ga

d as well as a son of man, can proceed upon the way with his face turned towards the light, irradiated by the joy of those who know. this old tale leaves untouched no phases in the life of the aspirant and yet links him ceaselessly with cosmic enterprise. its theme will be found to be so inclusive that all of us, immersed in the problems of life, can make application to ourselves of the tests and trials, the failures and achievements of this heroic figure, who strove, centuries ago, towards the same goal as we are striving. through the reading of this story, fresh interest in the spiritual life may be evoked in the mind of the bewildered aspirant, and he will go forward with fresh courage as he gains a sequential picture of universal development and destiny. we find, as we study this ancie

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

d circeand the othermedea. page 74 then he was overwhelmed with shame, and said, ere long the whole town will be here to witnessmy defeat. however, i will make one last appeal. so he cried: oh, vecchia! thou who didst mean me more kindly than i knew, pardon me, i beg thee, and rescueme from this trouble! and if, as i well ween, thou art a witch, and if i, by becoming a wizard, may befreed from my trials and troubles, then i pray thee teach me how it may be done, so that i may winthe young lady, since i now see that she is of thy kind, and that i must be of it to be worthy of her.then gianni saw the old woman sweep like a flash of light from a lantern up from the ground, and,touching him, bore him away from the ladder, when lo! the light was a cat, who had been anon thewitch, and she said:

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

gree, its spiritual sister is always present in ritual. the aspect which it assumes in the present case is otherwise known in masonry, the chapter representing the holy city, the new jerusalem, with its twelve gates, as a tabernacle of god with men. the candidate is represented therefore as seeking the light of glory and a perfect recompense, while that which he is promised is an end of toils and trials. he is obligated as at the gates of the city and is promised the grand secret of those who abide therein. the city is- spiritually speaking- in the world to come, and the reward of chivalry is there; but there is a reward also on earth within the bonds of the order, because this is said to be divine and possessed of the treasures of wisdom. the kind of wisdom and the nature of the great sec

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, the reputed forefather of israel, is only a jewish travesty of hermes, the god of wisdom, called also thoth, tat, seth, set, and satan. he is also typhon- the same as apophis, the dragon slain by horus; for typhon was also called set. he is simply the dark side of osiris, his brother, as angra mainyu is the black shadow of ahura-mazda. terrestrially, all these allegories were connected with the trials of adeptship and initiation. astronomically, they referred to the solar and lunar eclipses, the mythical explanations of which we find to this day in india and ceylon, where any one can study the allegorical narratives and traditions which have remained unchanged for many thousands of years[[footnote(s* see sanchoniathon in "eusebius" pr. ev. 36; genesis xiv "society of antiquaries of londo

date, representing the solar god, had to descend into the sarcophagus, and represent the energizing ray, entering into the fecund womb of nature. emerging from it on the following morning, he typified the resurrection of life after the change called death. in the great mysteries his figurative death lasted two days, when with the sun he arose on third morning, after a last night of the most cruel trials. while the postulant represented the sun- the all-vivifying orb that "resurrects" every morning but to impart life to all- the sarcophagus was symbolic of the female principle. this, in egypt; its form and shape changed with every country, provided it remained a vessel, a symbolic navis or boat-shaped vehicle, and a container, symbolically, of germs or the germ of life. in india, it is the

what this sentence in siphrah dzeniouta refers, viz- that the serpent manifests "once in a thousand days" nor is it more difficult to see whither the initiated writer of the siphrah is leading us, when he says "its head is broken in the waters of the great sea, as it is written 'thou dividest the sea by thy strength, thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters (lxxiv. 13. it refers to the trials of the initiates in this physical life, the "sea of sorrow" if read with one key; it hints at the successive destruction of the seven spheres of a chain of worlds in the great sea of space, when read with another key: for every sidereal globe or sphere, every world, star, or group of stars, is called in symbolism "the dragon's head" but however it may read, the dragon was never regarded as

te to crucify. the very construction of this sentence is mystic" so it is, but the spirit of it has been ever misunderstood "to crucify before (not against) the sun" is a phrase used of initiation. it comes from egypt, and primarily from india. the enigma can be unriddled only by searching for its key in the mysteries of initiation. the initiated adept, who had successfully passed through all the trials, was attached, not nailed, but simply tied on a couch in the form of a tau[[diagram (in egypt) of a svastika without the four additional prolongations (thus[[diagram, not[[diagram) plunged in a deep sleep (the "sleep of siloam" it is called to this day among the initiates in asia minor, in syria, and even higher egypt. he was allowed to remain in this state for three days and three nights

petermann in the year 1853. in the text itself the authorship of this book is ascribed to philip the apostle, whom jesus bids to sit down and write the revelation. it is genuine and ought to be as canonical as any other gospel. unfortunately it remains to this day untranslated* in the cycle of initiation, which was very long, water represented the first and lower steps toward purification, while trials connected with fire came last. water could regenerate the body of matter; fire alone, that of the inner spiritual man* see introduction by kashinath trimbak telang, m.a[[vol. 2, page] 567 truth between two contrasts. the clumsy translations of such words as prana, apana, etc, whose full esoteric meaning and application to individual functions can hardly be rendered in english. he says of th

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ot at all improbable that substances of a refractory nature might be so mixed with other substances, known or unknown to us, as to be capable of enduring vastly greater vicissitudes of heat and cold than is possible with terrestrial organisms. the tissues of terrestrial animals are simply suited to terrestrial conditions. yet even here we find different types and species of animals adapted to the trials of extremely dissimilar situations. that an animal should be a quadruped or a[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 608 the secret doctrine. discoveries of that very all-denying science that we are surrounded by myriads of invisible lives? if these microbes, bacteria and the tutti quanti of the infinitesimally small, are invisible to us by virtue of their minuteness, cannot there

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very nearly, if not quite as fully, over the two previous days; then, having got into the swing, i roughly attempted a short and incomplete review of my whole life, which although brief, was much fuller than i expected. i remembered things connected with early childhood quite accurately, but of course not with full connections. then something occurred that i really did not expect, and only later trials will prove if it was an illusion or not. having tried hard to pierce the blank, back of all, i had a sudden clear sensation of lying on a bed with people around, and in particular an elderly man in black velvet and knee breeches, whom i at once felt was my tutor, leaning over me. the ideas that came with this were that i was quite young, and had some disease like consumption, that the famil

when it is buried deep within the throbbing heart of earth. the proper place for a diamond is the neck of a courtesan. 60. when thou hast reached that state, the portals that thou hast to conquer on the path fling open wide their gates to !et thee pass, and nature.s strongest mights possess no power to stay thy course. thou wilt be master of the sevenfold path; but not till then, o candidate for trials passing speech. that we have correctly interpreted these obscure passages now becomes clear. no further personal effort is required. the gates open of themselves to the master of the temple. 61. till then, a task far harder still awaits thee: thou hast to fee! thyself all-thought, and yet exile all thoughts from out thy soul. the discourse again reverts to another phase of this task of vair

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5th, as the birthdate of]esus, was borrowed from mithraism which also believed in a second coming and indulged in the "eating of god. in many religions of the ancient world were found immaculate conceptions and sacrifice of the god for the salvation of the people. witchcraft ancient and modern raymond buckland, hc publications, ny 1970. some of the instruments of torture used in the bamberg witch trials lesson one: the history and philosophy of witchcraft 15 pagani and simply means "people who live in the country. the word "heathen" means "one who dwells on the heath. so the terms were appropriate for non-christians at that time, but they bore no connotations of evil and their use today in a derogatory sense is quite incorrect. as the centuries passed, the smear campaign against non-christ

ct of witchcraft was written from the church's point of view. later books had only these early works to which to refer so, not unnaturally, they were heavily biased against the old religion. in fact it was not until 1921, when dr. margaret alice murray produced the witch cult in western europe, that anyone looked at witchcraft with anything like an unbiased light. from studying the records of the trials of the middle ages, murray (an eminent anthropologist and then professor of egyptology at london university) picked up the clues that seemed to her to indicate that there was a definite, organized, pre-christian religion behind all the "hogwash" of the christian allegations. although her theories finally proved a little far-fetched in some areas, she did indeed strike some chords. wicca was

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ws or spinsters, reluctant to give up their land rights, since being found guilty of witchcraft carried the penalty of the seizure of land. some researchers have suggested that as late as 1693 in salem, massachusetts, the desire to appropriate land was behind at least some of the mass accusations of witchcraft made at the time. one landowner, giles corey, was apparently an innocent witness at the trials at first. however, he himself was accused of witchcraft and was pressed to death- a torture in which heavy stones were placed on the victim's chest and which took three days to kill them- rather than confess, for if he had, his property would have been taken from his descendants. high-ranking practitioners of magick who attempted to conjure demons were usually male, and included both popes

ra came to be known as the burning times. matthew hopkins, who died in 1647, brought about the executions of at least 236 accused witches. he styled himself as witchfinder general and, with four hired assistants, instigated a reign of torture and terror especially in the eastern counties of england, amassing a huge fortune for himself in the process. in the colonies of america, the most notorious trials were those at salem, held between 1692 and 1693. during this period of mass hysteria, 141 people from the town and immediate area were arrested, and 19 were hanged. even a dog was hanged. dorcas good, a four-year-old child, was the youngest victim to be accused of witchcraft and imprisoned. she was released on bail after her mother was hanged, but her younger sibling died in prison. dorcas

en of heaven, who evolved into the babylonian goddess ishtar. innana was goddess of beauty, abundance, fertility and passion, famed for her loveliness and her lapis lazuli necklaces. she was the first goddess of the morning and evening stars, a legacy that has passed to aphrodite and venus. like many of the mother goddess icons, she descended into the underworld annually to face and overcome many trials, to bring back to life her shepherd god consort dumuzi. ishtar ishtar, the babylonian version of innana, also descended into the underworld each year to restore her consort tammuz to life. she was a fierce goddess of weapons and war. in ancient babylon, a sacred marriage took place each year between tammuz and ishtar. this was celebrated at the festival of akitu, or zag-mug, which marked th

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

n read in the bible where god commanded, that all should be cut off, both men, women and children, and said, he believed, it was no sin for us to do so, for the lord had commanded us to do it.[17] ultimately the uprising failed when an informer betrayed the conspiracy. vesey, his lieutenants, and eighty of the plotters were captured; all were jailed, executed, or deported. in the aftermath of the trials, state legislators enacted a series of laws that severely curtailed the movement of slaves and free blacks by restricting their right to organize, thereby forcing many church leaders and religious functionaries underground or out of the south entirely.[18] although it is difficult to ascertain precisely how spirituality influenced the acts of those involved in the vesey conspiracy, it is cl

iefs surrounding witches and witchcraft. accepted by europeans and africans, witchcraft beliefs were carried by black slaves and white settlers arriving in the new world. the obsession with witchcraft in colonial american has been well documented, especially in new england, where witchery was seen as a religious threat to the covenanted community of puritan saints. the witchcraft persecutions and trials that extended over several generations in early america revealed deep fissures that divided communities along the lines of gender, class, and race, where those most likely to be suspected witches were indians, slaves, disorderly women, or bad neighbors, and not the benign cunning persons whose skills extended to healing, captivating reluctant sexual partners, or guiding wayward ships safely

imes, sunday, december 20, 1874, newbell puckett papers, cleveland public library; rawick, american black magic page 100 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 slave, georgia narratives vol. 13, pt. 4, p. 248. 42. this is not to say that congregations never formally censured church-going conjure practitioners. several nineteenth-century church trials reveal cases in which charges were brought against church-going conjurers for harmful magic or witchcraft, including two that resulted in expulsion of the members. transcripts can be found in the records of following church minutes: first baptist church of washington, d.c, june 11, 1830, betty orr expelled for conjuring practices; welsh neck baptist church of south carolina, october 1832, c

record. the most accessible compilations of primary sources relating to the vesey conspiracy can be found in these volumes. see also sterling stuckey, slave culture: nationalist theory and the foundations of black america (new york: oxford university press, 1987, pp. 46.51; mullin, africa in america, p. 50; creel, peculiar people, p. 154. 17. l. h. kennedy and t. parker, an official report of the trials of sundry negroes charged with an attempt to raise an insurrection in the state of south-carolina (charleston, 1822, reprinted in starobin, denmark vesey, pp. 21.22, 64; frey, water from the rock, pp. 322.23; harding "religion and resistance" pp. 185.86. the religious dynamic of the conspiracy has been acknowledged by scholars (creel, peculiar people, pp. 148.66; stuckey, slave culture, pp

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rockefellers' standard oil of new jersey, trustee of the roosevelt foundation, and close friend of the president; w.h. von rath (naturalised us, director of german general electric (a.e.g; and paul m. warburg, of the bank of manhattan. when the war ended and the investigations into its background began, three german members of that american i.g. board were found guilty at the nuremberg war crimes trials. the american representatives such as paul warburg were left untouched, as was his brother, max warburg, who, even though a jew, was allowed to leave nazi germany in 1939 without any restriction. the elite controlled even the arrests and trials resulting from the war and the horrors they themselves engineered. such operations were not only between two companies, they involved other elements

rst head of the cia. the latter would also serve on the warren commission, which was charged with investigating the assassination of president kennedy. i have highlighted some of the big names in the financing and manipulation of germany and her rearmament programme. but there was also direct support for the nazi party by these same banks and industrialists. among the documents from the nuremberg trials are the original transfer slips from i.g. farben, german general electric, osram, and others, authorising the transfer of funds into the nazis' national trusteeship account, hitler's election fund. representatives of companies owned or influenced by the rockefellers, american i.g, i.t.t, general electric, and ford can be shown to be at the heart of the nazi party.27 it is fascinating to see

ontrol of this tiny clique, which uses them in the most merciless ways to advance its own sick and diabolical ambitions, in league with an equally sick clique of non-jews. official history has been tampered with in the most extraordinary way, so that we continue to see the world in the childlike simplicity of good and evil, heroes and villains. it is rarely like that. after the war, the nuremberg trials sat in judgement on the germans. when you look behind the sanitised history books you see that those trials were a farce, a calculated exercise in revenge and manipulation, often punishing those without influence to cover the tracks of those who had it .like the americans on the boards of the us-nazi cartels and parent companies. these were show trials of those nazis not considered importan

a superior officer was not allowed at nuremberg. this meant that if they had disobeyed an order during the war they were shot, and if they obeyed the order they were hanged at nuremberg. the precedent for removing the defence of following orders was made by the war office in london in april 1944, just as the list of nazi war criminals was being compiled and the preparations made for the post-war 'trials. at that time the wording of paragraph 443 of chapter xiv of the british manual of military law was changed to reflect the wording of an article written in the british year book of international law for 1944 by dr hersch lauterpacht. the revised paragraph 443 reads as follows "the clearly illegal nature of the order- illegal by reference to generally acknowledged principles of international

ce fairly, they cannot claim to be any better than those they condemn. the american judge, justice wenersturm, the president of one of the tribunals, resigned and went home in disgust at the injustice and manipulation of it all. another american judge, edward l. van roden, was one of the three members of the simpson army commission which was appointed to investigate the methods used at the dachau trials at nuremberg. his findings were reported in the washington daily news and the british sunday pictorial in january 1949. he described the ways that 'confessions' were secured "posturing as priests to hear confessions and give absolution; torture with burning matches driven under the prisoner's finger nails; knocking out of teeth and breaking jaws; solitary confinement and near-starvation rat

ley park, close to woburn abbey, from where sefton delmer (agent to committee of 300 newspaper tycoon, lord beaverbrook) operated a british dirty tricks department. woburn was the home of the duke of bedford, marquess of tavistock. the british bureau of psychological warfare became known as the tavistock institute. after the war, donovan was special assistant to the us prosecutor at the nuremberg trials to ensure that british and american involvement with the nazis was not revealed. president truman disbanded the oss in 1945, but it was reformed as the cia in 1948 under the control of allen w. dulles, a major funder of adolf hitler. appropriately, dulles, a director of hitler's bankers, j. henry schroder (comm 300, chose them to handle cia funds. the cia is an arm of the tax-exempt foundat

bluebird, artichoke, mkdelta, and mknaomi. their even more advanced successors still go on today and the victims have often hit the global headlines as tone assassins. mkuitra began in the 1950s under the canada-based scottish psychiatrist, doctor ewen cameron, who became a close friend of cia chief allen dulles after cameron served as the canadian/united states psychiatrist at the nuremberg war trials. cameron was one of the psychiatrists who examined the man who claimed to be rudolf hess. that was an appropriate appointment because what cameron did to his 'patients' under the cia's mkuitra programme mirrored some of what the nazis did to their victims, too. under the supervision of people like the dulles brothers and other members of the us elite establishment, many of the nazi mind con

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of jennifer freyd. shirley and paul eberle are two more "experts" who spend their time rubbishing claims of child abuse, satanism, and recovered memories on behalf of the foundation. they wrote the politics of child abuse, a book that accuses mothers, mental health professionals, and prosecutors of feeding children stories about sexual abuse. since then they have been called as "experts" in abuse trials. but their real expertise appears to involve running, and contributing to, pornography magazines (see article by maria laurina at http//www.nostatusquo.com/aclu/nudisthallofshame/eberle.html. the eberles edit a soft-core magazine in california called the l.a. star, which contains promotion for their book the politics of child abuse. in the 1970s they were also involved in hard-core pornogra

rother, was the us secretary of state. the dulles family are cousins of the rockefellers (bloodline in other words. reinhard gehlen, the man appointed by the allen dulles to set up the cia network in europe, was one of hitler's ss chiefs. gehlen said it was not so much "employment" as a "gentleman's agreement" with dulles. meanwhile, the nazis considered expendable were sent to the nuremberg show trials, which were designed to cover up what really happened (see..and the truth shall set you free for the detailed story) the two "sides" in ireland what i have just described in relation to hitler and the nazis is the basic method of choosing and bringing to power the major political, economic, military, and media figures throughout the world. the decades of violence and civil war in northern i

ok about his "distinguished heritage that goes back from colonial days to the nobility of england. oh, i am surprised. his father's buddy, prescott bush (yale, skull and bones, was one of the funders of adolf hitler via the harriman empire. a harriman company, the united banking corporation (ubc) interfaced with the steel and banking network of fritz thyssen, who was acknowledged at the nuremberg trials as a major financial supporter of the nazi war machine. it was through the ubc, headed by prescott bush, that vast sums were channelled from the american illuminati bloodlines to fund hitler's military expansion (see..and the truth shall set you free. no wonder robertson lent his support for the "election" of president george w. bush, or "shrub" in 2000. 318 children of the matrix robertson

ective than a useless placebo and an fda statistician suggested to lilly that the test results be evaluated differently to indicate a more favourable result. this they did. an fda safety review established that lilly failed to report psychotic episodes during prozac's testing, but there was no reprimand. by 1987, two months before the fda approved prozac, 27 people had died in controlled clinical trials. 15 were suicides, six by overdose, four by gunshot and two by drowning. prozac was directly connected to all of them. twelve other people in the trials died, but the cause was not directly related to prozac. in 1991 the fda executive, paul leber, said he noted 358 children of the matrix "the large number of reports of all kinds on prozac (more than 15,000. but leber pressured personnel in

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to native americans or ancient indians. thehopi, you will recall, speak of originating within the earth. the ethiopian text, thekebra nagast (nagas were indian shape-shifting serpent gods, is thousands of yearsold, and it refers to the enormous size of the babies produced from the sexual orgenetic unions of humans and the gods. it tells how..the daughters of cain withwhom the angels (extraterres-trials) had conceived. were unable to bring forth theirchildren, and they died. it describes how some of these giant babies were deliveredby caesarean section. having split open the bellies of their mothers they came forthby their navels.46 in the ancient hebrew text, the book of noah, and its derivative, thebook of enoch, a strange birth is described of a non-human child, who turns out to benoah

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m the pages of history, however well authenticated. if such a transaction had taken place during the middle ages, the parish priest would have organised a witch-hunt. in the light of my own experiences i am not at all surprised that people who had acquired a reputation for the practice of witchcraft were lynched, the methods are so terrible and so intangible. we may think the records of the witch-trials are ridiculous, with their tales of wax images melting in front of slow fires, or the crucifying of christened toads, or the reciting of little jingles, such as "horse, hattock, to ride, to ride" but if we understand the use of mind-power we soon realise that these things were simply aids to concentration. there is no essential difference between sticking pins into a 7 of 103 wax image of a

t of occultism, the one counterchecking and explaining the other. because of my specialised knowledge people came to me when an occult attack was suspected, and their experience reinforces and supplements my own. moreover, there is a considerable literature on the subject to be found in quarters where one would least expect it- in accounts of folk-lore and ethnology, in the state records of witch-trials, and even under the guise of fiction. these independent records, by people in no way interested in psychic phenomena, confirm the statements made by those who have experienced occult attacks. on the other hand, we have to distinguish very carefully between psychic experience and subjective hallucination; we have to be sure that the person who complains of a psychic assault is not hearing th

ars before these matters eventuated, the work of a witch in connection with mr. cs epileptiform attacks was suspected and the nature of her relationship to him was indicated; and subsequent enquiries revealed the curious facts in connection with miss xs history and menage; let it also be noted that the happenings which subsequently occurred are such as have been recorded in many accounts of witch-trials. it is a scientific maxim that the power to foretell the course of phenomena is a good indication of the truth of a theory. chapter iii a case of modern witchcraft the part played by the ex-witch in occult attack is very marked. again and again do the investigations of independent psychics point to witchcraft in a previous incarnation when trouble of this sort is afoot. the motive is nearly

ignificance. it is a curious point that, during the brief twenty-four hours of the thing's life, the opportunity for an effectual vengeance presented itself. chapter v vampirism the alleged vampire has always been a popular character in tales of mystery and imagination. there is a considerable literature concerning his doings, from the famous novel dracula to serious studies of the medieval witch-trials, for which the reader is referred to the bibliography at the end of the book. in these pages, however, i do not want to avail myself of second-hand evidence, nor of incidents which took place in other centuries and under primitive conditions, for it might be argued that with the passing of such conditions from our midst, the problem of vampirism, like the problem of typhus, has gone too, an

oks on witchcraft, usually compiled by the professional witch-finders from the confessions of alleged witches extorted under torture, will find that the phenomena described fall into certain broad categories which are so constant in (lifferent ages and in different parts of the world that we are left with the impression that there must be some fire behind so much smoke. the state records of witch-trials in scotland, the reports of a priest charged with the task of extirpating witchcraft in northern italy, the archives of brittany, the stories of magic in classical literature, and finally, travellers' accounts of the practices of primitive people all over the world, all corroborate each other, agreeing as to the phenomena described, the explanations given by the witches of their methods, an

the intended victim. for instance, a small animal may be baptised with the victim's name, and then immolated, usually with torture, the operator meanwhile concentrating upon the personality of the original. the old device of making a wax image and melting it before a fire, or driving nails into a wooden statue, baptised with the name of the victim, are frequently met with in the records of witch-trials. the actual driving of the nail has no conceivable effect upon the victim, but it helps the concentration of the operator. the talismanic method in various forms is also employed. a talisman is a symbol representing a certain force, or combination of forces, depicted upon a suitable substance and magnetised by ritual. it can be made from anything which will retain magnetism; metals, preciou

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ultimate depravity are to be read in the marquis de sade's novel justine and in the nineteenth century french writer joris-karl huysmans' novel la bas. there is a general consensus among those who have researched the subject that the black mass is largely a literary fiction, and was never practiced by groups of witches (if groups of witches ever even existed. witches were accused during the witch trials by the inquisition of defiling the instruments and rituals of the church, but these accusations have very little merit. they appear to have been largely the perverted fantasies of the monks and priests who supervised the interrogations. tortured beyond endurance, it is no wonder that the accused women often admitted to these charges merely to bring about a temporary halt to their agony. the

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as the bythiae, and a tribe in pontus called the thibii. sometimes the pupils in the eyes of the thibii resembled the shape of a horse. it was said that the bodies of members of this tribe possessing the evil eye would not sink in water, not even when they were weighed down by the sodden mass of their clothing. it was common to refer to those accused of having the evil eye as witches. one of the trials used to test a witch during the middle ages and renaissance was to throw her into water and watch to see whether or not the accused witch sank. if the unfortunate person sank, she was declared innocent. presumably someone tried to fish her out before she drowned, although this is not stated when this form of witch test is mentioned in the histories. this method of testing a witch is at leas

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the magus who employs their help assumes a terrible responsibility, for he will have to expiate all the evil which he makes them do, and the greatness of his torments will be proportionate to the extent of the power which he will have exercised through their agency. in order to control elementary spirits, and thus become the king of the occult elements, we must have previously undergone the four trials of the ancient initiations. as these no longer exist, it is necessary to supply their place by analogous actions, such as exposing oneself without fear in a conflagration, of crossing a gulf upon the trunk of a tree or upon a plank, or scaling a steep mountain during a storm, or getting away from a cascade, or from a dangerous whirlpool by swimming. the man who fears water will never reign

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head to scan his surroundings. but there was something in such an act at which i revolted. unspeakable wretch though he was, and deserving of death ten times over, i shrank from a cold-blooded snuffing out of the apache leader. no; i should wait and give him the shadow of a chance. i have said that the smothering heat of the days was followed by a chilliness at night which was one of our greatest trials on that memorable campaign. the grim chieftain had a blanket about his shoulders, as if he needed it for comfort. as he stood his side was toward me and his rough, irregular profile was thus brought out plainly. the strained situation had lasted no more than a minute when it became plain to me that geronimo had come here to meet some one. his attitude was that of expectancy, and with all hi

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an would probably employ several of the common financial engines of other religions. the limited financial scam-like profiting may therefore be a perk for the religion s leaders, but it is hardly their primary concern. more seriously, michael aquino has noted that anton lavey filed for bankruptcy as a result of his and diane hegarty s divorce. the bankruptcy was eventually completed after lengthy trials, and included the liquidation of the church of satan [2, pp. 427 429. hence, the church of satan cannot demand payment from anyone, because there is no organization to receive the payment. only it name exists as a group description, somewhat like the term christianity can exist without a living christ. church of satan officials and members argue that evidently the church of satan exists, be

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d two other women were arrested. unfortunately, the girls fits did not end. they began to name residents of the village who were subsequently arrested. through the spring months the jails were filled with the accused who could not be tried as the colony was in the midst of a crisis.their charter had expired and had not been renewed. a court was finally and hastily established in june 1692 and the trials began. the first woman tried, briget bishop, was sentenced to death. there was little evidence to support the cases against the accused beyond the claims of the girls that spectres of the accused afflicted them and caused their fits. during the trials, when the accused appeared, they would often react as if their mere presence caused them harm. and, as the trials and executions continued an

ccused beyond the claims of the girls that spectres of the accused afflicted them and caused their fits. during the trials, when the accused appeared, they would often react as if their mere presence caused them harm. and, as the trials and executions continued and the number of accused grew, the situation in salem became a matter of colony-wide concern. cotton mather played an active role in the trials. he believed the devil was at work in salem, and authored the response of the boston ministers on the necessity of the trials. however, he warned against a too ready acceptance of spectral evidence. additionally, he spoke on the occasion of the hanging of former parish minister george burroughs. when burroughs flawlessly spoke the lord s prayer, which supposedly a witch could not do, mather

lly, he spoke on the occasion of the hanging of former parish minister george burroughs. when burroughs flawlessly spoke the lord s prayer, which supposedly a witch could not do, mather rose to quiet the crowd and allowed the execution to continue. however, it was mather who personally called upon governor phelps, who had spent much of the summer away from boston fighting the indians, to stop the trials which had reached such large proportions. in the end, the court sentenced 31 (including 25 women) to death. nineteen who pleaded not guilty were hanged. one giles cory refused to plead, thus making use of a legal provision that would prevent his property from being confiscated. one escaped jail and left the colony; two died in jail, and two who were pregnant survived and were freed. five jo

sentenced 31 (including 25 women) to death. nineteen who pleaded not guilty were hanged. one giles cory refused to plead, thus making use of a legal provision that would prevent his property from being confiscated. one escaped jail and left the colony; two died in jail, and two who were pregnant survived and were freed. five joined the 55 people who confessed and were later freed. reaction to the trials was widespread. among the most vehement detractors was thomas brattle, an educated citizen of boston, who attacked the proceedings and termed the whole affair utter nonsense. mather published a reply, defending the court and the idea of witchcraft, the wonders of the invisible world (1693, but the tide of public opinion was slowly turning against the complex of ideas underlying the trials

ed society of the period, constituting a kind of occult underground of the kind described in books like witchraft: its power in the world today by william seabrook (1940. the witch craze of the colonial period had long ago died out, although magical practices and beliefs could be found throughout the country s rural areas and in the poorer sections of the urban centers. the last of the witchcraft trials was held in the early eighteenth century, when there were a few cases in virginia. the twentieth-century revival of witchcraft and satanism owed more to the freedom of the cities and the new climate of religious and cultural pluralism of the post- world war ii era, undoubtedly strengthened by the widespread use of psychedelic drugs. one of the most widespread popular preoccupations has been

o longer give myself out to be a sceptic, as, for the time being, numerous facts incline me to believe in spiritualism. bible, occultism in the the bible, the holy book revered by jews and with the addition of the new testament, by christians worldwide, has been interpreted in the modern world, generally, as hostile to the occult. this has especially been the case in the wake of the late medieval trials in which witchcraft was reinterpreted as the work of satan. in the post-enlightenment world, in which many occult practices have disappeared, readers of the bible may miss the occult element in the text, as for example the casting of lots, a popular divinatory practice, to choose the successor of the apostle judas in the first chapter of the book of the act of the apostles. the bible versus

h the twentieth century, but in the early 1960s the writings of george s. thommen succeeded in popularizing the idea. thommen found a leading supporter in bernard gittelson. apparatus designed to simplify charting of biorhythm cycles have been developed and include the biomate (a manual computer, and the biolater (a small electronic calculator with mathematical functions. during the 1970s various trials attempted to verify the claims about biorhythm. the most notable were in the field of sports where, it was predicted, outstanding performances would tend to appear on days of biorhythmic highs. in fact, no such patterns emerged. no empirical data exists to support the biorhythm theory. sources: bainbridge, william s. biorhythms: evaluating a pseudoscience. skeptical inquirer (spring/summer

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ing the form of a mouse; and persons were found to testify that they had seen him perform this transmutation. the latter part of the work of the two inquisitors gives minute directions for the mode in which the prisoners are to be treated, the means to be used to force them to a confession, the degree of evidence required for conviction of those who would not confess, and the whole process of the trials. these show sufficiently that the unfortunate wretch who was once brought before the inquisitors of the holy see on the suspicion of sorcery, however slight might be the grounds of the charge, had very small chance of escaping out of their claws. the malleus contains no distinct allusion to the proceedings at the sabbath. the witches of this period differ little from those who had fallen in

r, from which she received three degrees (b.a, 1934; m.a, 1936; ph.d, 1947. she joined the faculty in psychology at the university even prior to completing her doctorate and stayed there through her career. she was a charter associate of the parapsychological association and the author of a variety of articles on parapsychology. sources: martin, dorothy r. an analysis of a second series of 25,000 trials. journal of parapsychology 2 (1938. chance and extra-chance results in card matching. journal of parapsychology 1 (1937. a review of all university of colorado experiments. journal of parapsychology 4 (1940. martin, dorothy r, and f. p. stribic. studies in extrasensory perception: an analysis of 25,000 trials. journal of parapsychology 2 (1938. martin, stuart (d. 1947) british spiritualist

ad witchcraft throughout new england. though counseling some degree of caution, especially in responding to the unsupported accounts of people claiming to be afflicted by a witch, they were early supporters of the inquiries at salem village (now danvers, massachusetts, in 1692. in fact, increase mather had chosen the governor, sir william phips, who was partly responsible for the salem witchcraft trials. however, as the trials proceeded, cotton mather especially became one of the strong forces arguing against the litigation. his personal visit with the governor was of great effect in this endeavor. in the years immediately after the trials, as the people of massachusetts came to see the error of what had occurred, the mathers were accused by some of the more skeptical voices in the communi

le that the lesser angels of the older magicians were the sylphs of paracelsus, and the more modern professors of the art. the nineteenth-century magus eliphas levi provided a method for the interrogation and government of elementary spirits, but he did not specify its source, and it was merely fragmentary. it is necessary, he claimed, in order to dominate these intelligences, to undergo the four trials of ancient initiation, and as these are unknown, their room must be supplied by similar tests. to approach the salamanders, therefore, one must expose himself in a burning house. to draw near the sylphs he must cross a precipice on a plank, or ascend a lofty mountain in a storm; and he who would win to the abode of the undines must plunge into a cascade or whirlpool. the air is exorcised by

gh a heavy chain in a bag swung by a strong man had been struck with his whole power upon the table, jarring the whole house. this was repeated three times, with decreasing force. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. movement (paranormal) 1063 in slate-writing experiments with henry slade, the slates were often pulverized. paul gibier reports in le spiritisme (1887: at ten different trials the slate held by slade under the table was broken into several pieces. these slates were framed in very hard wood. we endeavoured to break them in the same way by striking them against the table, but never succeeded even in cracking them. writing of a visit to a shaker village with the mediums miss king and h. b. champion, the reverend j. b. ferguson said of the latter: although a man of m

perhaps they point to a remnant of totemic belief. an almost ascetic habit of life was demanded, including prolonged fasting and purification. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. mysteries 1081 before the supplicants entered the higher grades, a ceremony called the sacrament was held where they partook of consecrated bread and wine. believers were also expected to undergo dramatic trials of strength, faith, and endurance, a stoical attitude and unflinching moral courage demanded as sign of fitness in the participant. the drinking of the sacred wine and the baptism of blood were supposed to bring to the initiate not only material benefit but wisdom. they gave the power to combat evil and the power to attain the immortality of their god. an order of priests was connected with

while the woman later recanted some of her statements, they had already made their way to the newspapers, and norton was forced to defend her attachment to pan. no sooner had the issue died, than a film of her and her husband performing a ritual to pan, which had been stolen from their apartment, found its way to the police. the film included some sex scenes, and the pair were arrested again. the trials of both the men who had stolen the film and of norton entertained the public for almost two years. in the midst of the publicity, a cafe where norton s paintings were hanging was raided and the owner fined. norton and greenlees were eventually found guilty of making obscene pictures. after the lengthy court proceeding, norton became reclusive and stayed out of the public eye for the remaini

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on sing, which angels sang around the grave s dark night, to bring assurance of new covenant and dower? chorus of women. rare spices we carried and laid on his breast; we tenderly buried him whom we loved best; cloths and bands round him, spotless we wound him o er; ah! and we ve found him, christ, here no more. chorus of angels. christ is ascended! blessed the loving one who endured, moving one, trials improving one, till they were ended! faust ye heavenly tones, so powerful and mild, why seek ye me, me cleaving to the dust? ring roundabout where tender-hearted men will hear! i hear the message well but lack faith s constant trust; the miracle is faith s most cherished child. i do not dare to strive toward yonder sphere from whence the lovely tidings swell; yet, wonted to this strain from

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

-gates (see figure 4.2. in occult literature, this path is often confused with the way of the wizard. the wizard moves up the tree in the identical manner as the saint, but in exactly opposite order and using different lettergates (see figure 4.2. the wizard s path begins with ritual purification to gain access to the column of the right through the gate of the yod y. the saint s path begins with trials by fire via the gate of the samek c to bankrupt the ego and engender complete surrender to the will of the divine. the wizard seeks to acquire power out of selfish desire for personal control, and the saint seeks to respond with righteous intent to the dictates of the divine will. for this reason, a wall of fire blocks the gate between the sefiroth power/fire and wisdom/east on the way of t

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leth, with some form of monster coming out of it. iii/2b: this being the first explicit reference to the scarlet brotherhood. and our rejection of the concepts and truth of both the brother of the star and the babe of chrnzn. being exalted in scarlet. our school and way is, and has been. a paradigm for the new aeon if you will. the sigil of our lady is shown. iii/3a: this being a reference to the trials of the shell of the magician when engaged in intercourse with the almighty. this obviously being an illusion (because we can represent it. but coming so close to this thing sends any fragment of self into burning pain& ecstasy. we reject (sort of) dissolution for the way of the dance. to extend creation. iii/3b: a reference to expression of our gnosis. not to get caught up on trivial things

is what we seek: nothing is true; everything is permitted. there is one maze and there are many mazes. iii/4a: buddhism? not quite. desire does trap one in many things. wanting to be a shaper, we cannot be trapped by desire, unless this is in desires needs iii/4b: a warning given for the aspirant. there are many traps and pitfalls along the way. a picture of the goal. iii/5a: another warning. the trials and initiations are of an astral nature (as all true initiations are. the greatest obstacle for the magus is his self. the surrender spoken of is not in a savior sense, but possibly one of the most difficult things to do. iii/5b: a few notes on the nature of the quliphoth, whose origins are of us. also a reference to the protective shield which preserves our leaps into the outer-spaces. iii

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st, save that noble contention, or rather emulation, of who best can work and best maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (29 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:55 am] agree* second section* prayer. thou, 0 god! knowest our downsitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. shield and defend us from the evil intentions of our enemies, and support us under the trials and afflictions we are destined to endure, while traveling through this vale of tears. man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. he cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee; thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; turn from him that he m

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

ounty courtjudgein connecticut, wasoneof washington's electors in the first presidential election.thelaw seems to. have been a favoured profession for the waite family, culminating in the appointment in1874of morrison waite (charles frederick's cousin) as chief justiceofthe united states of america.(otherconnectionswiththe law were sometimes less happy: in1680ajohnwaite wasajurorat the witchcraft trials in boston.)nordid the family sufferfrolp the stigmaofdissent, for unlike mostnewenglanders the waites were devoutepiscopalians."evidently there were other reasons for the lovells'disapproval-andnotbecause of a disparity in age, for although captain waite was younger than emma lovell(he was born on 8 march1824)it was by a matterofonlyeighteen months. it was, it seems,.notso much_-fromtheneww

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by the will to ascend.thespirit, that ray of the supreme which overshadows us, whose spark is'i',is standing ready to grasp and absorb that higher reflex of the self of the soul, which by reason of its purity and its development, has attained the standard of perfection. we arebutstudents of the higher life, and no adept among us can divine when and where anyone of you may be attacked, or by what trials, but we warn of the risks, and we are happily able to supply the panacea- the universal remedy. notinvain does the new testament of the christian teach the power of will, the efficacy of faith: for such power is not limited -butby the completeness of the faith and the intensityofthewill. let no one fear the powers ofevil-to you it is given to fight and to conquer, with purity and courage, a

is shown as an oldman,also, to suggest his inability to resist oppression and debasemment,theold-time pantomime used to begin with a prologue or a spoken introductionofthe personae: harlequin and colum255 bine were at times shown as king and queen, prince and princess, hero and heroine: the scenes of the performances showed incidents in their career, there were failures and successes, dangers and trials, escapes and rewards, and the drama wouldendwith the union of the heroic pair, represent255 ing the combination of the higher human principles by salvation, the heavenly marriage, and this longed-for consum255 mation was displayed by the grand final tableau, which we now call the transformation scene, of light, joy and glory, suggestiveofthebeatific reward of the virtuous soul which had sur

n grades of mystic initiation were intended to represent a form of metempsychosis, or a succession of births and lives, one stage to be passed in each of the planets before perfect purity and wisdom could be obtained by any individual ego (see origencontracelsum,vi, 22.)theold christian fathers are answerable for the assertion that the admission to the first grade of mithra was marked by terrible trials by fire, air and water; but these are doubtful authenticity, for so many mithraic caves were of too small a size to make it possibletocarry out elaborate tests.1. the1stgrade ofraven;its name was due to this bird being sacred to the sun.2. the 2ndgradeofgryphiushas been called the man of the secret or the occult man.3. in the 3rd grade of milesor soldier we know from tertullian that a crown

evi,h.p.blavatsky, p. christian, and th.i.lefaki. it appears that herodotus, pythagoras, plato and plutarch, were all received into the mysteries, either in egypt or greece.thegeneral opinion of ancient greek writers was that admis255 sion was difficult, that a high moral standard was demanded, that the proceedings were kept very private, the ritualofinitiation very impressive and exhausting, its trials very severe, and that the knowledge given related to the powers of the gods, the life trials of man, and after life of the soul. some authors declare that a belief in the unity of god was inculcated, while others say that the doctrine of re-incarnation was the chief secret of the teachings sometimes calledaporrheta.the opinion of socrates, 400b.c.,is said to have been that the sacredanessay

that a belief in the unity of god was inculcated, while others say that the doctrine of re-incarnation was the chief secret of the teachings sometimes calledaporrheta.the opinion of socrates, 400b.c.,is said to have been that the sacredanessayon the ancient mysteries 271mysteries assured to the initiated very pleasing hopes against the hour of death, and as well, afforded guidance through all the trials of life, teaching the control of the passions, and the necessity for truth and virtue. strabo,a.d.20, wrote:'thesecret celebration of the mysteries preserves the sanctity of the divinity, and at the same time imitates its powers, which are hidden from our senses in our common lives' sophocles, 400b.c.,wrote'ohthrice blessed are the mortals who contemplating the mysteries have descended into

of initiation.thestory which has been often quoted is shortly as follows: a youth well cultured at home, and loving what is good and true, finds in his travels that he is unable to withstand the temptations of the passions, and also develops a desire for unholy arts. he passes a time of debauchery, from which he is rescued by the widow byrrhena, a type of earthly wisdom; she warns him of further trials and promises to makehimher heir, and bids him beware of fatal curiosity. forgetting her warnings, he sins again, and finds himself changed into an ass, in which condition he has to pass through the vilest conditions. at last he is told he must obtain and eat a rose, the symbol of silence. by his carelessness he nearly dies from eating an unsuitable rose. he is at last saved by the goddess i

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. theempress.action, plan, undertaking, movement in a matter, initiative; r. inaction, frittering away of power, want of concentration, vacillation.4. theemperor.realisation, effect, development; r. stop255 page, check, immature, unripe.s.thehierophant,or pope.mercy, beneficence, kindness, goodness; r. over- kindness, weakness, foolish exercise of generosity.6. thelovers.wise dispositions, proof, trials sur255 mounted; r. unwise plans, failure whenputto the test.7. thechariot.triumph, victory, overcoming obstacles; r. overthrown, conquered by obstacles at the last moment.8.themis,or justice.equilibrium, balance, justice; r.62thesorcerer and his apprenticebigotry, want of balance, abuse of justice,inequality. bias .iii':19 .the bennit.prudence,caution, deliberation;prudence, timorousness, f

f the. recorded practices of witchesandwizards, of which themselves wereutterlyignorant.132 the sorcerer and his apprenticein the british museum is such a formula contained in the papyrus of nesi amsu, a scribe of amenra(no. 10188, dated in the twelfth year of pharaoh alexander, the son of alexander (i.e. alexander ii, about 312be,almost every detail of which may be paralleled from the witchcraft trials. it must be recited over the name of apophi, written in green ink on new papyrus, and over a wax figure of apophi inscribed with his name in green ink. this green ink was for some time a puzzle to me, for the black magic rituals mostly prescribe the writing of namesinblood, usually the blood of a crow, but occasionallyof other birds or beasts. but an old minister from the western islands, a

wherein it was said that one may perhaps be afflicted by ill-disposed fairies, and for remedy thereof a certain fairy name should be written in green, the same being the fairy colour, andifthis were buried by the doorstep of the afflicted person the fairies would be unable to attack him. the wax image of course appears constantly in all the literature of black magic.inthe first of the witchcraft trials in scotland buchanan relates that the witches roasted upon a wooden spit the image of king duffus, made of wax. the clavicula salomonis has particulars for making and consecrating the wax. other materials, however, were sometimes used. the details of the making of isabel goudie's moon-paste i have recorded inthe devil's mistress,the lacunae in the scottish accounts being supplied from moroc

re may be blackofwhite witches, using blackorwhite magic. within the latter category would come thebulkof psychic-healers who would unquestionably have been classed as witches in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. many women were burned in the persecutiondays against whom the only proved charges were that they healed. sick persons by someceremonial,a study of a good collection of witchcraft trials, such as. may be found for example in pitcairn'scriminaltrials,will leave no doubt that most of the christian scientists today would have stood a very poor chance two or three hundred years ago. the confessions of witches of those days contain lurid and graphic accounts of the worship of the devil, and there are certain jesuit writers today who would persuade us that. all freemasons are dev

outlook on the world? putting out of account the charlatans and impostors, of whom i fancy the middle ages could show quite as plentiful a crop as the modern world, how did the genuine witch or wizard, or those who believed themselves to be such, regard themselves and their art and powers- what were in short their experiences? the accounts of their victims are given in ample enough detail in the trials. the rituals may to a large extent be recovered. some are fully expounded in the great grimoire, and recorded by trithemius and others. the confessions of known witches, notably that of isabel goudie, which is perhaps the most fertile storehouse of later medieval formulae, prove that the older rituals were still practised in the seventeenth century. but the corruptions and omissions indicat

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clearly is the movement from one mode of saturn to another, from the demiurge to sophia. the knights templar did something similar where their large devil like baphomet figure actually represent the sophia, the goddess of wisdom (indeed, the world baphomet when decoded with the atbash gematric code gives the name sophia) if we accept that dualism is perceptional therefore pain, suffering and the trials of life are relathe gnostic handbook page 45 tive. pain and suffering may seem nearly intolerable from the perspective of those locked within it and for those experiencing the harder end of life. however, if we accept that as individuals we have many lives and that incarnation is for the purpose of development, then we may after some consideration comprehend the reality that pain and suffer

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banner is suspended from a gold colored bar by red cords, and the pole and base should be white. the base represents the purity of the foundation, and the shaft, the purified will directed to the higher. the golden cross bar is that whereon the manifested law of perfection rests, the banner itself, the perfect law of the universe, and the red cords and tassels, the divine self-renunciation whose trials and sufferings form as it were the ornament of the completed work. the whole represents the ascent of the initiate into perfect knowledge of the light. therefore, in the address of the hiereus, the neophyte hears "even the banner of the east sinks in adoration before him" as though that symbol, great and potent though it be, were yet but an inferior presentment of the higher, fitted to our

GOLDEN CHAIN AND THE LONELY ROAD

tions of an especial kind can be granted by the subjection or experiential immersion of the self in elemental power. to pass over fire is to learn the forge's secret. to fall amid the rushing waters and be spared is a blessing from the undines. to walk at night through storm-wind and gale, to ascend a great peak of barren rocks; each possesses its own arcana. we can submit ourselves to such vital trials and seek them out with an intrepid heart. to the master of the lonely road such ordeals are allies, companions and advisors upon a path with but few mortal compatriots. conclusion: initiation is a bridge with one end whilst it is evident that there is a broad range in the typology of sabbatic initiations as operative in the contemporary observance of the cunning-craft, such differentiation

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

. if the heart was heavy with sin it would tip the balance. the god thoth would note the judgement on his palette and the heart would immediately be devoured by a fearsome beast, part crocodile, part hippopotamus, part lion, that was called the eater of the dead .19 finally, let us turn again to egypt of the pyramid age and the privileged status of the pharaoh, which enabled him to circumvent the trials of the underworld and to be reborn as a star. ritual incantations were part of the process. equally important was a mysterious ceremony known as the opening of the mouth, always conducted after the death of the pharaoh 13 pre-hispanic gods of mexico, p. 37. 14 the gods and symbols of ancient mexico and the maya, pp. 128-9. 15 reproduced in national geographic magazine, volume 176, number 4

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as a proper narae^ compare what is said of the pfahl-mauer (stake-wall) further on (see suppl^ hagene was known as the valant aller kiinige, gudr. 168, 2. 196, 4; all kinfjs feared him like a devil. mone in ndrl. volkslit. 67 makes it mean' vaillaut de tous les rois- in the mehlwardein, a local farce 1837, p. 16' ei der fuld= devil; so in another, the bernemer kerb p. is* in the nordlingen witch-trials p. 47 an apollonia unfahlin* i fear some will take it into their heads to explain phol, plial by aphfrresis of the first syllable in deofol, diufal, pretty much as eblis is derived from diabolus. names taken from his figure. 993 ii. many names of the devil turn upon his outward form. the most striking feature is his lame foot: hence the liinhende teiifel((liable boiteux, hinke-hein (limping

geandmothee. 1007 wuotan was known as the god and inventor of gaming, and of dice in particular (pp. 150. 160: it was he that gave the allwinning die to player jack in the fairytale. but very commonly dice-playing is ascribed to the devil, in folktales he looks on at the game, especially if played during divine service on sunday, and he plays with men, who have to stake their own souls^ in witch-trials he is called schenzerlcin^ dicer, from schanzen to throw dice, schm. 3, 374; and he lies in wait for gamblers, renn. 11316 seq. judaism has devils, but knows nothing of she-devils; all power for good or evil it places in the hands of male beings (p. 396. to put it still more generally: gods are altogether the older, and a strict monotheism or dualism recognises gods alone; it is in the mell

related in latin; and the goth, luhjaleisei, gal. 5, 20 is(^apixakeia, sorcery, and leisei is like list in zouherlist, iw. 1284. even the goth, lekeis, ohg. lahhi (leech, medicus in the good honest sense, and lahhinon (mederi, lahhan (remedium) lie at the root of the words idchencermne enchantress, obei'l. bihteb. 46, lachsnen quackery, conjuring, lachsnerhi witch. staid. 2, 150. in hessian witch-trials of the 16th cent, the usual, nay the only term for bewitching is derren, prop, nocere; as even ohg. tarun acquired, beside nocere, the meanings fraudare, officere, illudere (see suppl. a part of the diviner's craft consisted in casting and interpreting lots. like the lat. sortilegium and sortilegus (m. lat. sortiarius, whence fr. sorcier, our old german words idiozan (graff 4, 1122, mhg. li

d down to them; no ecate or hecate appears in m. lat. or romance writings in the sense of witch, and how should the word have spread through all german lands? about the m. nethl. haghehexe. 1041 disse, strix, there is this to be said, that the mod. nethl. eghdisse, eydisse, haagdisse is lacerta, our eidechse, ohg. egidehsa, as. asexe: the lizard does seem to have played a part in magic, and witch-trials actually speak of witches giving birth to a lizard instead of the traditional elf, mark, forsch. 1, 2g0 (see suppl. in the span, hechicero -ra i see again only an accidental likeness (p. 1032 n; the span, hriixa, south fr. hruesche, means a baneful nightbird, but, like strix, it has passed into the sense of witch. l)rut, drude is often found as an equivalent for witch, though strictly it de

ymb. 4, 608, may be allowed, provided no borrowing of the teutonic and celtic custom from the eoman be inferred. eightly understood, the greek dionysia also present many points of comparison. witches' jaunt. 1051 festivals be enumerated, as ^in whitsuntide and autumn/ or 'on st walburg's, st john's and st bartelemy's/ we have still the usual holidays and assize-days of the mid. ages. danish witch-trials name' valdborg aften, s. hans aften, maria besogelsesdags aften* the people would never have given up their venerated season of justice to the witches, had not these been long in prescriptive possession (see suppl. still more plainly do the localities coincide. the witches invariably resort to places where formerly justice was administered, or sacrifices were offered. their meeting takes pl

nosed hag here evidently melts into the notion of the alrune who mingles with wood-schrats, p. 404, and of the wild wood-wife, p. 432; she is like the on. iarnvidja, p. 483. but what to my mind completely establishes this milder explanation of witches' doings, which leaves the devil out of the reckoning, is the collection of conjuring spells quoted in the appendix, vol. 3. taken mostly from witch-trials of the last few centuries, when the link between witch and devil was a lonsrestablished thing to the popular mind, they refer not to devilish doings at all, but everywhere to elvish or even christian. some of them se'em to be of high antiquity, of heathen origin, and to 1062 magic. have been handed down through a long course of oral tradition. their power to hurt or heal is founded on faith

en him and the attendant guardian spirit given him at birth, p. 875. the witches' devils hslve ptroper names so strikingly similar in witches' devils. 1063 formation to those of elves and kobolds, that one can scarcely think otherwise than that nearly all devils' names of that class are descended from older folk-names for those sprites. a collection of such namesj which i have culled out of witch-trials, may afford us a welcome glimpse into old elvish domestic economy itself. some are taken from healing herbs and flowers, and are certainly the product of an innocent, not a diabolic fancy: wolgemiit (origanum, schone (bellis minor, daisy, luzei (aristolochia, wegetritt (plantago, bliimchenhlau (conf. the marvelous flower, p. 971, peterlein (parsley; exactly such are the names of two fairies

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

e or two or more affiliated bodies; and between the general members affiliated with the grand lodge and known as sanctum members. its judicial powers shall also be of an appellate nature embracing the revision of all matters and controversies, or of discipline and the investigation of all such matters along with the exercise of such disciplinary authority and the direction of the procedure of all trials and hearings in regard to charges brought against any member or any affiliated body under this grand lodge, or similar matters. all members and affiliated bodies of this grand lodge shall use every means within the order for the adjustment of any controversies or preplexities. the members of this order or any of the affiliated bodies thereof shall not seek redress in the courts for any comp

man body was connected with every other part. therefore, our members will find in these charts and in the monographs of the sixth degree, a complete system that is not the personal opinion of any one man or the result of some discovery. it means that thousands of experiments had to be made to test the principle of each idea as it was revealed through experimentation, and that only after tests and trials by many thousands of our members in many lands for many years were we ready to put this matter into the teachings for practical application. the subject may look difficult when examined from these charts, but the monographs in the sixth degree are so simply worded and so intensely interesting that long before the student realizes that he has been studying he is really absorbing knowledge th

onstantly attuned to register various manifestations and demonstrations of nature. he lived the life of a hermit in many ways; isolated from all pleasure, building his own instruments, devising his own methods, and accumulating facts which would take a dozen volumes to record. and all this because he searched for the triangle and its law in everything that was or seemed to be. and among all these trials he made 200,000 meteorological observations which are still preserved in records owned by a foreign scientific society. in a letter to jonathan otley in 1796 (six years before he made public much of his discoveries) he said "i may answer that my head is too full of triangles, chemical processes, and electrical experiments to think much of marriage" in the matter which follows, i will attemp

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ce of pain from successful mesmerism has been often noticed. in no. xxxiii, p. 45, is the cure of ulcers in the leg with varicose veins, by a lady, the sister of a recently deceased distinguished cabinet minister.thepasses caused sharp, and at length intolerable, pain, even if a piece of paper intervened. even if the ointment was mesmerised it produced pain, but otherwise not: and the comparative trials were made without her knowledge. in no. xxv, the rev. mr sandby relates a cure by himself of intense tooth-ache; and states that, after mesmerising the patient, an athletic man, for ten minutes, and making him drowsy 'suddenly a shock or sensation passed over the top of his head, and herousedupin a most vigilant and active state' in the splendid cure of ovarian dropsy related in the last re

clairvoyant, hold a conversation after the same fashion with some third party resident in some accessible locality, who shall be quite unprepared for the conference; and if that third party shall subsequently confirm theprocesverbalof the dialogue, and admit that his 'reasoning faculty' did really feel conscious of the same spiritual conversation; and if this fact be well established by repeated trials, thenmrsandby will admit that a primafaciecase212therosiemcianseerinconclusion, it must still depend on our individual idiosyncracy, whether we believe the revelations of the spiritual world thus obtained are parallel truths or mere repetitions; but m. cahagnet has promised us a tangible proof in a volume of alchemical revelations, and we must forewarn him that in these sceptical days we sh

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

umph of horus. the two fighters disturbed the whole cosmos with their quarrel. the case needed to be brought before a divine tribunal so that right could be established and a peace made. this divine tribunal is usually headed by geb, though the ultimate authority is the creator sun god. the tribunal is said to assemble in various places, but most often in heliopolis. myths deal with two different trials. in what is probably the older tradition, it is osiris who is the plaintiff against seth. sometimes the body of osiris is said to be present in court supported by isis and nephthys. seth tries to justify his violence toward his brother but fails. osiris is vindicated as one true of voice, a term that came to be applied to all the virtuous dead. only then, some sources imply, could osiris co

the role of the crew of the divine barques. the small boat-shrines were sometimes transported between temples on actual boats. the most famous of these was the great noble boat image used as the main cult of amun-ra at karnak. a story dating to the early first millennium bce tells how a priest called wenamun was sent to lebanon to buy logs of cedar to make a new boat for amun-ra. he suffered many trials and adventures, including losing all the gold and silver that was meant to pay for the timber. the ending is missing, but the story probably concluded with wenamun s triumphant return to thebes with the precious cedar. see also apophis; horus; osiris; ra; sokar references and further reading: e. hornung. the valley of the kings: horizon of eternity. new york: 1990, chaps. 5 to 6. k. a. kitc

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

nists chr stians "it is only through ignorance that men call themselves christians, instead of chr stians" says lactantius the terms christ and christians, spelt originally chr st and chr stians, were borrowed from the temple vocabulary of the pagans. chr stos meant, in that vocabulary "a disciple on probation" a candidate for hierophantship; who, when he had attained it, through initiation, long trials and suffering, and had been anointed (i.e "rubbed with oil" as initiates and even idols of the gods were, as the last touch of ritualistic observance, was changed into christos-the "purified" in esoteric or mystery language. in mystic symbology, indeed, christes or christos meant that the "way" the path, was already trodden and the goal reached; when the fruits of the arduous labor, uniting

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

wn nature and situation. knowledge of the past, secured through a kind of mind-casting outside the recognized senses, was harder to glean than knowledge of the future. in the latter case the course was easier and more material. with suitable mechanical aid a mind would project itself forward in time, feeling its dim, extra-sensory way till it approached the desired period. then, after preliminary trials, it would seize on the best discoverable representative of the highest of that period's life-forms. it would enter the organism's brain and set up therein its own vibrations, while the displaced mind would strike back to the period of the displacer, remaining in the latter's body till a reverse process was set up. the projected mind, in the body of the organism of the future, would then pos

n enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront. uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor. keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners. no trials, or even definite charges were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular gaols of the nation. there were vague statements about disease and concentration camps, and (law) about dispersal in various naval and military prisons (inn) nothing positive ever developed. innsmouth itself was left almost depopulated, and it is even now only beginning to show signs of a sl

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

n enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront. uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor. keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners. no trials, or even definite charges were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular gaols of the nation. there were vague statements about disease and concentration camps, and law about dispersal in various naval and military prisons, inn nothing positive ever developed. innsmouth itself was left almost depopulated, and it is even now only beginning to show signs of a slugg

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

rebears had once dwelt, and where the ruined cellar of the great carter homestead still gaped to the sky. it was in a grove of tall elms near by that another of the carter's had mysteriously vanished in 1781, and not far away was the half-rotted cottage where goody fowler, the witch, had brewed her ominous potions still earlier. the region had been settled in 1692 by fugitives from the witchcraft trials in salem, and even now it bore a name for vaguely ominous things scarcely to be envisaged. edmund carter had fled from the shadow of gallows hill just in time, and the tales of his sorceries were many. now, it seemed, his lone descendant had gone somewhere to join him! in the car they found the hideously carved box of fragrant wood, and the parchment which no man could read. the silver key

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can be condensed to such a degree by unsatisfied passion that it can adopt bodily forms, seducing his victim to onanism and other artificial stimulation of the genital organs. thousands of people have fallen victims of phantoms by committing suicide as the result of disappointment in love or unsatisfied passions. this problem recalls the memory of true occurrences of the medieval succubi and the trials for witchcraft connected therewith. a very dangerous pleasure indeed! in the light of the two foregoing instances, the magician may observe the activity of the phantasms, and he will be able to form such specters himself. but do not forget: sooner or later, he always will run the risk of being influenced or mastered by them. he knows what is happening in the average individual, and how to p

t for himself which method is best suitable for him. if the magician thus ascends mentally, he will climb higher and higher until the earth looks like a small star, and while being completely removed from the globe and floating in the universe, he concentrates on the wish that his guide might appear before him or that he might be drawn toward the guide. if not instantly, then certainly after some trials, the guide or guardian angel or whatever you may call him will become visible to the magician. the first meeting with his spiritual leader will make a deep impression on the magician, since henceforth he has the opportunity of mutual intercourse from mouth to ear. first of all he will ask his genius when, how, and under what conditions he can contact him at any time. every scholar then of c

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

r senile behavior were vulnerable to being accused of witchcraft. contents chapter i some remarks on witchcraft in ireland 1 chapter ii a.d. 1324 dame alice kyteler, the sorceress of kilkenny 25 chapter iii a.d. 1223-1583 the kyteler case and its surroundings of sorcery and heresy--michael scot--the fourth earl of desmond--james i and the irish prophetess--a sorcery accusation of 1447--witchcraft trials in the sixteenth century -statutes dealing with the subject--eye-biters--the enchanted earl of desmond 46 p. vi chapter iv a.d. 1606-1656 a clerical wizard--witchcraft cured by a relic--raising the devil in ireland--how he was cheated by a doctor of divinity--stewart and the fairies--rev. robert blair and the man possessed with a devil--strange occurrences near limerick--apparitions of murd

ere put to death in england. others, possessing a little common sense, place the number at three thousand, but even this is far too high. yet it seems to be beyond all doubt that more witches were sent to the gallows at that particular period than at any other in english history. ireland seems to have escaped scot- free--at p. 14 least we have not been able to find any instances recorded of witch trials at that time. probably the terribly disturbed state of the country, the tremendous upheaval of the cromwellian confiscations, and the various difficulties and dangers experienced by the new settlers would largely account for this immunity. dr. notestein 1 shows that the tales of apparitions and devils, of knockings and strange noises, with which english popular literature of the period is f

the kyteler case, and the details of which we fear will never be recovered. the first part of this statement must be taken generally and not pressed too closely, as it is based almost entirely on negative evidence, i.e. the absence of information on the subject. england has a lengthy list of books and pamphlets, while scotland's share in the business may be learnt from the fine series of criminal trials edited by pitcairn in. the miscellanies of the abbotsford club, not to speak of other works; notwithstanding these, many cases in both england and scotland must have been unrecorded. ireland can produce nothing like this, for, as we have already shown, all printed notices of irish witchcraft, with one possible exception, are recorded in books published outside the country. nevertheless, if

place in a work exclusively devoted to one particular country, nor indeed could it be adequately dealt with in the space at our disposal; it is necessary, however, to say a few words on the matter in order to show by comparison how much pain and unhappiness the people of ireland escaped through the non-prevalence of this terrible cult amongst them. in the first place, to judge from the few witch-trials recorded, it may be claimed that torture as a means of extracting evidence was never used upon witches in ireland (excepting the treatment of petronilla of meath by bishop de ledrede, which seems to have been carried out is p. 19 in what may be termed a purely unofficial manner. it would be interesting indeed to work through the extant records for the purpose of seeing how often torture was

ficial manner. it would be interesting indeed to work through the extant records for the purpose of seeing how often torture was judicially used on criminals in ireland, and probably the student who undertakes the investigation will find that this terrible and illogical method of extracting the truth) was very seldom utilised. nor is it at all clear that torture was employed in england in similar trials. dr. notestein 1 thinks that there are some traces of it, which cannot however be certainly proved, except in one particular instance towards the end of the reign of james i, though this was for the exceptional crime of practising sorcery (and therefore high treason) against that too credulous king. was its use ever legalised by act of parliament in either country? in scotland, on the other

girdles were used for various purposes. bosc in his glossaire will have them to be the origin of the magnetic belts &c. that are so freely advertised at the present day. 44:1 fran ais, op. cit. chapter iii a.d. 1223-1583 the kyteler case and its surroundings of sorcery and heresy--michael scot--the fourth earl of desmond--james i and the irish prophetess--a sorcery accusation of 1447--witchcraft trials in the sixteenth century- statutes dealing with the subject--eye-biters--the enchanted earl of desmond in one respect the case of dame alice kyteler stands alone in the history of magical dealings in ireland prior to the seventeenth century. we have of the entire proceedings an invaluable and contemporary account, or at latest one compiled within a very few years after the death of petronil

e affair is shown by the more or less lengthy allusions to it in early writings, such as the book of howth (carew mss, the annals by friar clyn, the chartularies of s. mary's abbey (vol. ii &c. it is also rendered more valuable by the fact that those who p. 47 are best qualified to give their opinion on the matter have assured the writer that to the best of their belief no entries with respect to trials for sorcery or witchcraft can be found in the various old rolls preserved in the dublin record office. but when the story is considered with reference to the following facts it takes on a different signification. on the 29th of september 1317 (wright says 1320, bishop de ledrede held his first synod, at which several canons were passed, one of which seems in some degree introductory to the

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as we are. however, we ought not to heed, but pursue our own way" the literary resources of the vatican and other catholic repositories of learning must have been freely placed at the disposal of these modem authors. when one has such treasures at hand original manuscripts, papyri, and books pillaged from the richest heathen libraries; old trea- tises od magic and alchemy; and records of all the trials for witchcraft, and sentences for the same to rack, stake, and torture it is mighty easy to write volumes of accusations against the devil. we affirm on good grounds that there are hundreds of the most valuable works on the occult sciences, which are sentenced to eternal concealment from the pubhc, but are attentively read and studied by the privileged who have access to the vatican library

ling to seise upon ai^ pretense to fill their coffers. the persons most perse- cuted being those whose property was a matter of consideration. at bambei, as weu as at wutzburg, the bishop was a sovereign prince in his dominions. the prince-bishop, john george 11, who ruled bamberg. after several unsuccessful attempts to root out lutheranism, distinguished his reign by a series of sanguinary witch-trials, which disgrace the annals^ that city. we may form some notion of the proceedings of us wchlhy agent* from the statement of the most authentic historians ol this dty that between 1625 and 1630 not less than 900 trials took place in the two courts of bamberg and zeil; and a pamphlet published at bam- berg by authority in 1659 states the number of persons, whom bishop john george had caused t

them back to the days of the ante-vedic period in india. a condition of the strictest virtue and purity is required from the vaiu, or candidate, in india before he can become an initiate, whether he aims to be a simple fakir, a ptavhiia (public priest) or a sannf/dsi, a saint of the second degree of initiation, the most holy as the most revered of them all. after having conquned, in the terrible trials pre- liminary to admittance to the inner temple in the subterranean crypts of his pagoda, the aanny&ti passes the rest of his life in the temple, prac- tising the eighty-four rules and ten virtues prescribed to the yogis "no one who has not practised, during his whole life, the ten virtues which the divine manu makes incumbent as a duty, can be initiated into the mysteries of the council" s

agrae, and the higher ones at eleusinia, clemens alexandrinus, with a rancorous bigotry that one might expect from a renegade neo-flatonist but is astonished to find in this generally honest and learned father, stigmatized the mysteries as indecent and diabolical. whatever were the rites enacted among the neophytes before they passed to a higher form of instruction; however misunderstood were the trials of katharna or purification, during which they were submitted to every kind of probation; and however much the material or physical aspect might have led to calumny, it is but wicked prejudice which can induce anyone to say that under this external meaning there was not a far deeper and spiritual significance. it is positively absurd to judge the ancients from our own standpoint of propriet

r accepted as facts, the splendid imagery employed by proclus and apuleius in narrating the small por^ tion of the final initiation that they dared reveal, throws completely into the shade the plagiarized tales of the christian ascetics, faithful eopiet though they were intended to be. the story of the temptation of st. anthony in tlw desert by the female daemon is a parody upon the pre- liminary trials of the neophyte during the mikra, or minor mysteries of agrae those rites at the thought of which clement railed so bitterly, and which represented the bereaved demeter in search of her child, and her good-natured hostess baubo' without entering again into a demonstration that in christian, and especially irish roman cathohc, churches* the same apparently in- decent customs as the above pre

KETAB E SIYAH

d of man, he called in hell a council and said, the moment is a solemn one, for we have chosen to pass to man our knowledge. many skills shall we all teach him, each in his own fashion, but in three arts must he be well schooled, for the ways of his future lie within their synthesis. thus it is that i call first upon asmodeus to guide man in perception of truth and error, for before him lie great trials, and he shall not face the consequences of his options lightly. and so i came to earth and witnessed man entrapped in the unreason of barbarism and the extremes of his primitive emotions. sore put was he to organize and direct his thought, for the art of uriel had brought him hunger and cold, pain and fear, and the gnawing worm of 458 hopelessness. i saw him fling his crushed body upon the

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

erficial and often misleading concepts have appeared. bnei baruch reaches out to all those who are seeking awareness beyond the standard, people who are seeking to understand our true purpose for being here. bnei baruch offers practical guidance and a reliable method for understanding the world's phenomena. the authentic teaching method, devised by rabbi yehuda ashlag, not only helps overcome the trials and tribulations of everyday life, but initiates a process in which individuals extend themselves beyond their present boundaries and limitations. rabbi yehuda ashlag left a study method for this generation, which essentially trains individuals to behave as if they have already achieved the perfection of the upper worlds while still here in our world. in the words of rabbi yehuda ashlag "th

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

erficial and often misleading concepts have appeared. bnei baruch reaches out to all those who are seeking awareness beyond the standard, people who are seeking to understand our true purpose for being here. bnei baruch offers practical guidance and a reliable method for understanding the world s phenomena. the authentic teaching method, devised by rabbi yehuda ashlag, not only helps overcome the trials and tribulations of everyday life, but initiates a process in which individuals extend themselves beyond their present boundaries and limitations. 208 from chaos to harmony rabbi yehuda ashlag left a study method for this generation, which essentially trains individuals to behave as if they have already achieved the perfection of the upper worlds while still here in our world. in the words

LAITMAN M KABBALAH REVEALED

erficial and often misleading concepts have appeared. bnei baruch reaches out to all those who are seeking awareness beyond the standard, people who are seeking to understand our true purpose for being here. bnei baruch offers practical guidance and a reliable method for understanding the world s phenomena. the authentic teaching method, devised by rabbi yehuda ashlag, not only helps overcome the trials and tribulations of everyday life, but initiates a process in which individuals extend themselves beyond their present boundaries and limitations. rabbi yehuda ashlag left a study method for this generation, which essentially trains individuals to behave as if they have already achieved the perfection of the upper worlds while still here in our world. in the words of rabbi yehuda ashlag, th

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

therefore, attain a complete replenishment of light. such a state is known as "the goal of creation" or "the- 192- attaining the worlds beyond final correction" in addition, this state must be reached during one of our earthly lifetimes. spiritual gradations when we are gradually filled with the light of the creator, the stages of this process are called "spiritual gradations" or "worlds" life s trials and tribulations force us to move towards the goal of creation. however, if instead of pleasure the ego experiences great suffering, it is willing to forfeit the desire to "receive" in order to end the suffering, since receiving nothing is preferable to receiving torment. various afflictions pursue us until we forgo the urge "to receive" and want only "to give" the only difference between p

by him, and controlled by him. there are those who maintain that our sufferings are not sufferings, but rewards. correcting egoism- 281- this is true only with respect to those righteous people who can relate all circumstances and all ensuing consequences to the rule of the creator. only in such cases when people can live by their faith in the ultimate justice of the creator s rule, despite great trials and suffering, will curses be transformed into blessings. however, those trials that we cannot overcome by going beyond our reason s limitations bring us a spiritual decline, since only in maintaining faith above reason can we find support. once we have fallen out of faith and back to our dependence on reason, we must then wait to be saved. on the other hand, those who can withstand these t

ormed into blessings. however, those trials that we cannot overcome by going beyond our reason s limitations bring us a spiritual decline, since only in maintaining faith above reason can we find support. once we have fallen out of faith and back to our dependence on reason, we must then wait to be saved. on the other hand, those who can withstand these trials will ascend, since the suffering and trials increase the strength of one s faith. it is in these cases that the trials and the suffering will transform into blessings. a real plea to the creator must come from the depths of one s heart, which means that the entire heart must be in agreement about that which it wants to say to the creator. the plea must be said not with words, but with feelings, since only that which takes place in th

eator to the person. the process of self-evaluation should bring one to see how low one s state truly is, yet keep that person committed to the fulfillment of the creator s will, and to the aspiration of carrying out the direct and just laws of the spiritual world, contrary to one s "personal" well-being. the desire to be similar to the creator in one s qualities may derive from the suffering and trials one experiences, but it can also emanate from the perception of the creator s grandeur. then, an individual s choice involves asking the creator for advancement by means of kabbalah. all the actions we undertake must be motivated by our intention to perceive the grandeur of the creator, so that the perception and the realization of this aspect could help us become purer and more spiritual

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

erficial and often misleading concepts have appeared. bnei baruch reaches out to all those who are seeking awareness beyond the standard, people who are seeking to understand our true purpose for being here. bnei baruch offers practical guidance and a reliable method for understanding the world's phenomena. the authentic teaching method, devised by rabbi yehuda ashlag, not only helps overcome the trials and tribulations of everyday life, but initiates a process in which individuals extend themselves beyond their present boundaries and limitations. rabbi yehuda ashlag left a study method for this generation, which essentially trains individuals to behave as if they have already achieved the perfection of the upper worlds while still here in our world. in the words of rabbi yehuda ashlag "th

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

of your tapes, i heard that there are times when the student might hate his teacher. how can that be? right now i feel your kindness and your desire to help. why should that change? a: generally speaking, the attitude of a disciple toward the rav is identical to the disciple s relationship towards the creator. when the disciple doesn t feel the creator and his dominion completely, the challenges (trials, unpleasant feelings, disturbances, conflicts about the way, and continuous disappointments) that come from above lead one to protest to the rav. the individual actually thinks that the rav is the source of these ordeals. in fact, one becomes so angry with the rav that one believes the rav s passing or disappearance would end all the bad feelings, the void and the obstacles on the way to th

ers to life s questions has been underway. society has lost its ability to see reality for what it is and in its place easily formed viewpoints and opinions have appeared. bnei baruch reaches out to all those who seek awareness beyond the standard view. it offers practical guidance and a reliable method for understanding the world s phenomena. the group s unique method not only helps overcome the trials and tribulations of everyday life, but initiates a process in which individuals extend themselves beyond the standard boundaries and limitations of today s world. kabbalist rav yehuda ashlag left a study method for this generation, which essentially trains individuals to behave as if they have already achieved the perfection of the upper worlds, here in our world. in the words of rav yehuda

LAITMAN M THE PATH OF KABBALAH

he creator doesn t help us quite the contrary. he confuses us with all kinds of entanglements: discharge from work, disease, domestic problems, and a variety of failures. furthermore, he does it in concealment, without us knowing it is he who stands behind all that. an individual must go though quite a long period of being treated that way by the creator. one has no choice but to go through these trials to gain experience that will lead to eventual completeness, eternity, and adhesion with the creator. that time comes to its end when he reaches the decision that no one can help him but god himself. this causes him to make a heartfelt demand of the creator to open his eyes and heart, to bring him nearer to eternal adhesion with god. the desire of the creator is that when we ascend in the sp

spiritually because it is our nature to be lazy and egoistic, and pain is the only way we can be motivated to act. the wisdom of kabbalah enables us to reduce or even avoid suffering and to be cured before we feel illness. the study of kabbalah renders us with spiritual forces, understanding, and the ability to know what to do in this world. thus, we are able to avoid problems, disease, and other trials. q: how can you explain the fact that despite the bliss and divine pleasures of kabbalah, there isn t any kabbalah rush? a: the fact that the coarsest souls descend to our world in this generation does not necessarily imply that they are aware of what they need for their correction. every generation consists of layers of all the souls in previous generations. this is the reason the public i

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

himself surrounded by horrible noises, including the clanking of chains and the clashing of swords, which are intended to tell him of the din and confusion of the lowest sub-plane of the astral world, where are gathered after death those who are in bondage to sensual pleasures, or filled with fear, hatred, malice or revenge. afterwards the w.j.w. explains that this journey is a faint copy of the trials through which the candidate had to go in the ancient mysteries, when he was led through gloomy caverns, symbolizing the underworld, amid tumultuous sounds, in darkness, surrounded by perils which he could pot understand. it is not probable that the average decent person who presents himself for admission to the masonic fraternity will have after death any con-sciousness at all of passing th

ing of the grand lodge of england. in the scottish rite ritual worked in lodges under the auspices of the supreme council of france the three symbolical journeys exist, with noise and clashing of swords in the first, with a gcliquetis d farmes blanches h in the second, and perfect silence in the third, but there is no invocation of the elementals, although the journeys are compared to the ancient trials by earth, air, fire and water. 517. an interesting confirmation of the use of these trials or journeys is given in the transactions of the a.q.c, in an account of his own initiation by robert guillemand, the man who killed lord nelson at trafalgar by shooting him from a french ship. he was initiated during the siege of strasburg, and tile account, which is dated 1807, says: 518. it took pla

om a french ship. he was initiated during the siege of strasburg, and tile account, which is dated 1807, says: 518. it took place accordingly, with all the splendour circumstances admitted, in a hut about 15 ft. in length and 6 in breadth, where there was no room to stand up, but which served as a temple notwithstanding. after having made my journeys, which were not very long ones, under-gone the trials by fire and water, and the usual tricks, received the signs, words, touches, and other forms, the adjutant, who was our orator, addressed me a very fine speech, in which he explained to me the sublimity of the character i had just obtained, creating me a child of the light. 519. in masculine masonry in england swords are not brought into the lodge, and in the days when gentlemen used to wea

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he occultist. the occult records. the sacramental power. the form and the life. orthodoxy and heresy. chapter ii the egyptian mysteries the message of the world teacher. the gods of egypt. isis and osiris. animal deities. the practice of embalming. other deities. the brothers of horus. consecration. the purpose of the mysteries. the degrees of the mysteries. the mysteries of isis. the preliminary trials. the mystery language. the duality of each degree. the inner mysteries of isis. the mysteries of serapis. the inner degree of serapis the mysteries of osiris. the legend of osiris. the meaning of the story. the inner mysteries of osiris. the office of master. the higher black masonry in the mysteries. white masonry in the mysteries. the stages of the occult path. the first three initiations

ets and pleasant meats: the third day was likewise celebrate with like ceremonies, with a religious dinner, and with all the consummation of the adept order(*apul. met, xi, 23, 24. tr. william adlington a.d. 1566) 115. it is also reported that during the ceremony isis said: 116. i am nature- the parent of all things, the sovereign of the elements, the primary progeny of time. 117. the preliminary trials 118. the secrets communicated in the mysteries have been well and loyally kept, and no details about them are available, though we occa-sionally find guarded hints which give us a slight idea of their character. there is a picturesque account of the preparation for them given in mackey s lexicon of freemasonry which, although it does not appear to be substantiated by the records preserved i

the mystic insignia of their offices, who welcomed and congratulated him. on the walls he saw the various symbols of the egyptian mysteries, the signification of which was by degrees explained to him. 121. one cannot guarantee all the details of such an account, but it is true that severe tests more or less of the nature described were applied to candidates for the inner mysteries. none of these trials were im-posed on the man who wished to take merely the ordinary course of intensive culture; he might pass through the lesser and the greater without encountering anything more formidable than hard and long-continued study; and he would never even know that there was another stage (or rather a number of stages) lying altogether beyond those, in which he would have to face astral dangers of

lture; he might pass through the lesser and the greater without encountering anything more formidable than hard and long-continued study; and he would never even know that there was another stage (or rather a number of stages) lying altogether beyond those, in which he would have to face astral dangers of so serious a nature that it was considered necessary first to submit the candidate to severe trials of his courage and self-command. 122. in the early days of the mysteries, living pictures were materialized by the priests before the eyes of the candidate, so that he was enabled to see for himself what lay on the other side of death. in later days, when there was less knowledge among the hierophants, elaborate mechanical devices were shown to him, representing the realities of the astral

ee) were open to practically all who sought admission, provided that they were of good life and reasonably intelligent, that they were free, and that the t o g r had been heard in their favour. in due course they would pass on to the greater mysteries (the second and third degrees. but in each of these degrees there were also inner mysteries, as i have mentioned in connection with the preliminary trials. 130. the inner mysteries of isis 131. within and behind the outer mysteries of isis there were inner circles of students carefully chosen by the priests, the very existence of which was kept utterly secret, even from most of the initiates themselves. in these circles the practical occult teaching was given that enabled the student to awaken and train his inner faculties, so that he could s

: i know the power of the east, horus of the solar mount, the star of dawn. the story of the initiate is the story of the sun-god, the universal christ who is born into the heart of man, and his mystic birth is the purpose of the first great initiation. 191. if the candidate had not already passed through them, as most students in the mysteries would have done, he had at this stage to undergo the trials by earth, water, air and fire, learning with absolute certainty that none of these elements could in any way harm him in the astral body. all this was preparatory to the taking up of service on the astral plane, for the initiate had to fit himself to become a trained and useful servant of humanity both in this and in the other world. 192. the second great initiation corresponds to that stag

general ethical instruc-tions were delivered by the sage. but only the esoterics constituted the true school, and these alone pythagoras called, says iamblichus, his companions and friends. before admission to the privileges of the school, the previous life and character of the candidate were rigidly scrutinized, and in the preparatory initiation secrecy was enjoined by an oath, and the severest trials of his fortitude and self-command were imposed. the brethren, about six hundred in number, with their wives and children, resided in one large building. every morning the business and duties of the day were arranged, and at night an account was rendered of the day s transactions. they arose before day to pay their devotions to the sun, and recited verses from homer, hesiod, or some other po

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

troyed by a demon called ammit. according to other accounts, the person would be placed in a fiery pit, attended by evil-minded demons who tortured them. if, however, the heart balanced the feather, all was well and the person, now with a new body called the sahu, was free to enter the happy world of the sekhet aaru (field of rushes. the hardest part was over, but there were still some dangers or trials to face, as the sahu was not invulnerable. the book of the dead was still useful for spells to protect one from crocodiles, suffocation, and any number of other problems. the location of the land of the blessed is unclear, but it may have been conceived as up in the sky somewhere. in any case, finally arriving at the land of the blessed, the deceased would be able to make use of all the ite

witches for the purpose of ruining new england. perhaps because short had only recently been returned from being held captive by indians,mather tended to perceive her possession her captivity to spectres, as he called it as being a variant on indian captivity. in any event, both were portrayed as demonic captivities. mather was the most prominent clerical defender of the infamous salem witchcraft trials of 1692, and was especially active in efforts to alleviate the afflictions of some of the young girls who were being tormented by specters that were presumed to be acting under the direction of witches. the first people to be identified and mathers, samuel liddell 169 executed as witches (after the craze got rolling, almost anyone was susceptible to accusations of witchcraft) were either ou

ence of his guilt and an absence of proof that any crimes had actually occurred. finally, a rivera program on wrongly accused and convicted of child molest was aired on cnbc on december 12, 1995. during this program, he apologized for promoting the sra perspective. i want to announce publicly that as a firm believer of the believe the children movement of the 1980s, that started with the mcmartin trials in california, but now i am convinced that i was terribly wrong. and many innocent people were convicted and went to prison as a result. and i am equally positive [that the] repressed memory therapy movement is also a bunch of crap. see also manson, charles; crime; ingram ritual abuse case; satanic ritual abuse for further reading: brown, rebecca. he came to set the captives free. chino, ca

enochian keys are included in the latter section of the satanic bible. 1614 the rituale romanum, the catholic church s official exorcism manual, is issued during the papacy of pope paul v. it was not revised until 1999. 1674 death of john milton (1608 1674, puritan author of paradise lost. 1692 salem witch craze gets underway in salem now danvers massachusetts. during the course of the witchcraft trials, 141 people were arrested as suspects, 19 were hanged, and one was pressed to death. 1717 formal beginning of freemasonry, when four lodges met in london and established the grand lodge, in order to restore masonry. freemasonry influenced the rituals of ceremonial magic, and, in turn, the rituals of religious satanism. 1810 birth of alphonse-louis constant( eliphas levi, 1810 1875, a french

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great work is the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of thine holy guardian angel. in the eight thyr is the way thereof revealed. but i say: prepare thyself most heartily and well for that battle of love by all means of magick. make thyself puissant, wise, radiant in every system, and balance thyself well in thine universe. then with a pure will tempered in the thousand furnaces of thy trials, burn up thyself within thy self. in the preparation hou shalt have learnt how thou mayst still all thoughts, and reach ekstacy of trance in many modes. but in these marriages thy conscious self is bridegroom, and the not-self bride, while in this great work thou givest up that conscious self as bride to thy true self. this operation is then radically alien from all others. and it is hard

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

very nearly, if not quite as fully, over the two previous days; then, having got into the swing, i roughly attempted a short and incomplete review of my whole life, which although brief, was much fuller than i expected. i remembered things connected with early childhood quite accurately, but of course not with full connections. then something occurred that i really did not expect, and only later trials will prove if it was an illusion or not. having tried hard to pierce the blank, back of all, i had a sudden clear sensation of lying on a bed with people around, and in particular an elderly man in black velvet and knee breeches, whom i at once felt was my tutor, leaning over me. the ideas that came with this were that i was quite young, and had some disease like consumption, that the famil

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who aspirest unto our ancient order!.that equilibrium is the basis of the work. if thou thyself hast not a sure foundation, whereon wilt thou stand to direct the forces of nature? 1. know then, that as man is born into this world amidst the darkness of matter, and the strife of contending forces; so must his first endeavour be to seek the light through their reconciliation. 2. thou then, who has trials and troubles, rejoice because of them, for in them is strength, and by their means is a pathway opened unto that light. 3. how should it be otherwise, o man, whose life is but a day in eternity, a drop in the ocean of time; how, were thy trials not many, couldst thou purge thy soul from the dross of earth? is it but now that the higher life is best with dangers and difficulties; hath it not

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

sophic principles of the mysteries. every pagan nation had (and has) not only its state religion, but another into which the philosophic elect alone have gained entrance. many of these ancient cults vanished from the earth without revealing their secrets, but a few have survived the test of ages and their mysterious symbols are still preserved. much of the ritualism of freemasonry is based on the trials to which candidates were subjected by the ancient hierophants before the keys of wisdom were entrusted to them. few realize the extent to which the ancient secret schools influenced contemporary intellects and, through those minds, posterity. robert macoy, 33, in his general history of freemasonry, pays a magnificent tribute to the part played by the ancient mysteries in the rearing of the

f a great apartment roofed with shields. in the midst of the chamber stood a plant with seven blossoms, emblematic of the planers. in this room, which symbolized the house of the sir, or wisdom, the neophyte took his oath of secrecy and piety upon the naked blade of a sword. he drank the sanctified mead from a bowl made of a human skull and, having passed successfully through all the tortures and trials designed to divert him from the course of wisdom, he was finally permitted to unveil the mystery of odin--the personification of wisdom. he was presented, in the name of balder, with the sacred ring of the order; he was hailed as a man reborn; and it was said of him that he had died and had been raised again without passing through the gates of death. richard wagner's immortal composition

itutes the esoteric doctrine given to the initiates of the lesser mysteries. as the degree dealt largely with the miseries of those who failed to make the best use of their philosophic opportunities, the chambers of initiation were subterranean and the horrors of hades were vividly depicted in a complicated ritualistic drama. after passing successfully through the tortuous passageways, with their trials and dangers, the candidate received the honorary title of mystes. this meant one who saw through a veil or had a clouded vision. it also signified that the candidate had been brought up to the veil, which would be torn away in the higher degree. the modern word mystic, as referring to a seeker after truth according to the dictates of the heart along the path of faith, is probably derived fr

mmulites. the popular supposition that the sphinx was the true portal of the great pyramid, while it survives with surprising tenacity, has never been substantiated. p. christian presents this theory as follows, basing it in part upon the authority of iamblichus "the sphinx of gizeh, says the author of the trait des myst res, served as the entrance to the sacred subterranean chambers in which the trials of the initiate were undergone. this entrance, obstructed in our day by sands and rubbish, may still be traced between the forelegs of the crouched colossus. it was formerly closed by a bronze gate whose secret spring could be operated only by the magi. it was guarded by public respect: and a sort of religious fear maintained its inviolability better than armed protection would have done. i

ity, the great initiation, for his last words were "crito, i owe a cock to asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt (as the rooster was sacred to the gods and the sacrifice of this bird accompanied a candidate's introduction into the mysteries, socrates implied that he was about to take his great initiation) life is the great mystery, and only those who pass successfully through its tests and trials, interpreting them aright and extracting the essence of experience therefrom, achieve true understanding. thus, the temples were built in the form of the world and their rituals were based upon life and its multitudinous problems. nor only was the tabernacle itself patterned according to egyptian mysticism; its utensils were also of ancient and accepted form. the ark click to enlarge the an

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istianized form. they were the remaining offspring of the fallen angels. neither devils, like satan and his cohorts, nor angels, but somewhere between the two. neither good nor bad, merely indifferent. it is at this point that organized christianity began to take a hand, and bore down heavily on all those suspected of either having consorted with or actually being elves or "faery folk" the heresy trials of the waldenses, albigenses, and knights templar had spanned the twelfth, thirteen, and fourteenth centuries, as mother church consolidated herself and waged war against the forces of dissolution and darkness manifesting as rival doctrinal factions within her bosom. it was not till the fifteenth century that the actual cult of witchcraft became established as an entity in the mind of the c

fire which first breathed life into the clay of this world. it is to this remnant of the old wisdom in its most practical aspect that you shall be introduced in the following pages. this is what witchcraft is all about. theory and scholarship i shall leave to other books. the interested reader, should he wish to pursue magical theory in greater detail, or follow the historical thread of the witch trials back into the labyrinth of time, will find a list of some of the more useful works at the end of this book in the bibliography. 1- first steps the powers and their attainment having read the preceding pages, you now may be ready to take your first step, your initial, practical commitment to the way of witchcraft. for your first step, it will be sufficient for you to make a token gesture. th

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volved for the worker of shadow magick, it is up to the individual which path they take. i have always intended, from the beginning to present balance and insight into a dangerous psychic path. that of the shadow sorcerer is not that of mental weakness; however it often tests the mind on ever possible level. questions, answers, fears and pain await those who explore. fear not however, without the trials of life there is no true knowledge or experience. it is through consciously and willfully exploring areas of ourselves- analyze and become stronger because of it. devoid of this, there would be no great pleasure of life, no reward for hard work and no point of building the greatest strength of all- that of the mind! presented in this grimoire is a formula of magickal growth, which, if pract

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ee harvey oswald, who assassinated kennedy, was born in 1939.both assassins were known by their three names.both names are comprised of fifteen letters.lincoln was shot at the theater named kennedy.kennedy was shot in a car called lincoln.booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.booth and oswald were assassinated before their trials.and here's the kicker..a week before lincoln was shot, he was in monroe, maryland.a week before kennedy was shot, he was in marilyn monroe.strange forces in outer spacemysterious force holds back nasa probe in deep spaceby robert matthews, science correspondenta space probe launched 30 years ago has come under the influence of a force that has baffled scien-tists and could rewrite the laws

n assassination cabal as a key operative in the assassinationof kennedy. he was associated closely with the defense industrial security command (disc, thesecret police agency in the u.s. for munitions manufacturers. many disc executives are reported tohave been mafia. v on braun was also in charge of the security division of nasa. mccloy laterworked in u.s. intelligence. 1937 german manufacturing trials for nerve gas tabun begin using fluorides. 1937 henry coffin and john foster dulles lead the u.s. delegation to england to found the worldcouncil of churches as a peace movement guided by the pro-hitler factions in england. the coffinfamily, mainstays of the lobby for euthanasia and eugenics, survive the hitler era and are integrated intothe cia in the 1950's. 1937 the regime of hideki tojo

ch has been buried by the authorities, who maintain glibly that fluoride compoundsare safe in the water supply. atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation385 appendix f: general chronology of events 1959 u.s. army corps of engineers begins a three year period of publishing manuals entitled design ofunderground installations in rock. 1959 the united states never conducts its own clinical trials on pertussis vaccine, but instead relies (asit still does today) on data collected by britain's medical research council in clinical trials in englandin the 1950's for proof of vaccine safety and effectiveness in newborns and children. interestingly,britains trials on 50,000 british children were performed on children more than 14 months old. none ofthe children were newborns. 1959 national

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

t is wicked and unholy; allowing these sorcerers to indulge in things they can not in their day-lives (his day-life being a suit-n-tie government job, for instance. it is a massive gathering of demons and humans who have come to fornicate and make merry with each other. many of the stories and accounts of what occurs at the sabbat comes from modern-day satanic texts, and from records of the witch trials and inquisitions of the middle ages. despite the fact that there were many forced confessions, the attending witches told an extremely consistent story regarding the details of the sabbat. the earthly sabbat tends to be held in secluded places such fields, abandoned buildings, atop mountains, and mostly at midnight. the area is littered with demons and humans having sex in the most lascivio

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divided into seven steps or stages, to each of which was a gate, and at the summit an eighth one, that of the fixed stars. the symbol was the same as that of the seven stages of borsippa, the pyramid of vitrified brick, near babylon, built of seven stages, and each of a different color. in the mithraic ceremonies, the candidate went through seven stages of initiation, passing through many fearful trials and of these the high ladder with seven rounds or steps was the symbol. you see the lodge, its details and ornaments, by its lights. you have already heard what these lights, the greater and lesser, are said to be, and how they are spoken of by our brethren of the york rite. the holy bible, square, and compasses, are not only styled the great lights in masonry, but they are also technically

liberty is not only the common birth-right, but it is lost as well by non-user as by mis-user. it depends far more on the universal effort than any other human property. it has no single shrine or holy well of pilgrimage for the nation; for its waters should burst out freely from the whole soil. the free popular power is one that is only known in its strength in the hour of adversity: for all its trials, sacrifices and expectations are its own. it is trained to think for itself, and also to act for itself. when the enslaved people prostrate themselves in the dust before the hurricane, like the alarmed beasts of the field, the free people stand erect before it, in all the strength of unity, in self-reliance, in mutual reliance, with effrontery against all but the visible hand of god. it is

ead, fire in his eye, constantly seeking darkness and secrecy, and only emerging from his solitude to make solitude. after all, in a free government, the laws and the constitution are above the incapables, the courts correct their legislation, and posterity is the grand inquest that passes judgment on them. what is the exclusion of worth and intellect and knowledge from civil office compared with trials before jeffries, tortures in the dark caverns of the inquisition, alva-butcheries in the netherlands, the eve of saint bartholomew, and the sicilian vespers* the abb barruel in his _memoirs for the history of jacobinism, declares that masonry in france gave, as its secret, the words equality and liberty, leaving it for every honest and religious mason to explain them as would best suit his

uld overturn earth and heaven. let no one expect us to give them its explanation! he who passes behind the veil that hides this mystery, understands that it is in its very nature inexplicable, and that it is death to those who win it by surprise, as well as to him who reveals it. this secret is the royalty of the sages, the crown of the initiate whom we see redescend victorious from the summit of trials, in the fine allegory of cebes. the grand arcanum makes him master of gold and the light, which are at bottom the same thing, he has solved the problem of the quadrature of the circle, he directs the perpetual movement, and he possesses the philosophical stone. here the adepts will understand us. there is neither interruption in the toil of nature, nor gap in her work. the harmonies of heav

it sees the thumb-screws and the racks, the whip, the gallows, and the stake, the victims of diocletian and alva, the miserable covenanters, the non-conformists, servetus burned, and the unoffending quaker hung. it sees cranmer hold his arm, now no longer erring, in the flame until the hand drops off in the consuming heat. it sees the persecutions of peter and paul, the martyrdom of stephen, the trials of ignatius, polycarp, justin, and irenaeus; and then in turn the sufferings of the wretched pagans under the christian emperors, as of the papists in ireland and under elizabeth and the bloated henry. the roman virgin naked before the hungry lions; young margaret graham tied to a stake at low-water mark, and there left to drown, singing hymns to god until the savage waters broke over her h

ecility or derangement of his intellect, is incapable of governing himself, should, like a minor, be committed to the government of another. above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other. for no tower of pride was ever yet high enough to lift its possessor above the trials and fears and frailities of humanity. no human hand ever built the wall, nor ever shall, that will keep out affliction, pain, and infirmity. sickness and sorrow, trouble and death, are dispensations that level everything. they know none, high nor low. the chief wants of life, the great and grave necessities of the human soul, give exemption to none. they make all poor, all weak. they put su

importance. truth, a mason is early told, is a divine attribute and the foundation of every virtue; and frankness, reliability, sincerity, straightforwardness, plain-dealing, are but different modes in which truth develops itself. the dead, the absent, the innocent, and those that trust him, no mason will deceive willingly. to all these he owes a nobler justice, in that they are the most certain trials of human equity. only the most abandoned of men, said cicero will deceive him, who would have remained uninjured if he had not trusted. all the noble deeds that have beat their marches through succeeding ages have proceeded from men of truth and genuine courage. the man who is always true is both virtuous and wise; and thus possesses the greatest guards of safety: for the law has not power

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

ed in their task by a terrible hundred-headed dragon. this dragon never slept, and out of its hundred throats came a constant hissing sound, which effectually warned off all intruders. but what rendered the undertaking still more difficult was the complete ignorance of the hero as to the locality of the garden, and he was forced, in consequence, to make many fruitless journeys and to undergo many trials before he could find it. he first travelled through thessaly and arrived at the river echedorus, where he met the giant cycnus, the son of ares and pyrene, who challenged him to single combat. in this encounter heracles completely vanquished [248]his opponent, who was killed in the contest; but now a mightier adversary appeared on the scene, for the war-god himself came to avenge his son. a

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of the builders in ancient times, they were of a sacerdotal nature. among the egyptians, the priest embodied a special branch of human knowledge. each grade put its students through a predetermined series 6 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages of studies specific to the art or science that it professed. in addition, for each novitiate degree, students were subjected to trials of initiation the purpose of which was to ensure them a vocation and which added to the mysteries whose teaching was hidden from the public. it must be assumed that architecture, like all other sciences, was taught in secret. louis hautcoeur writes: the first architects known in egypt, in asia minor, performed sacred duties independent from their role as builders. imhotep, who built the fir

f paired vaults, like that inaugurated by the romans, as opposed to the system of inert stability, which emerged from the use of heavy materials and monolithic beds without the lateral thrusts used by the greeks and egyptians. the discovery of this miraculous artifice was not at all the result of luck; it could have emerged only from profound causes, a kind of imperious necessity, and a series of trials and errors.5 in actuality there is an art of transition characteristic of that period of time marking the passage from the roman and romanesque groined vault to the vault constructed from the crossed ribs and broken arches associated with flying buttress. this transition occurred only in france, the country where gothic architecture was born. in the other schools during this intermediary pe

oadways. before we look at these rights in detail, a short digression is necessary to examine several points in the history of public law. in the middle ages, the justice handed down by the lords appeared in two distinct forms: manorial justice and feudal justice.2 manorial justice was an infeudated dismemberment of public power. the lord served as the judge in civil, criminal, and administrative trials within his seigniorial borders and over all the inhabitants of his seigniorial domain. not all lords had an equally extensive authority, however. two degrees were recognized: high and low justice. high justice dealt with every criminal accusation that carried an afflictive penalty and all civil trials in which a legal battle could take place in other words, all major criminal cases. all oth

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r the circle of time to be completed, when they will become pure spirit once more. most people hunger for the world again. the guaray indians of bolivia tell of the soul s quest after death, when it is faced with the choice of two paths to reach tamoi, the grandfather, who lives in the west. one is wide and easy, the other narrow and dangerous. the soul must choose the hard path and overcome many trials before reaching its destination and being welcomed and refreshed. once washed in grandfather s restoring bath, the soul will be young once more, and able to laugh, hunt, live, and love once again in the land of the west. myths tell not only of what happens after death, but of how death arrived in the world according to the zulus, it was all a mistake. the great one sent the chameleon, unwab

breathing monster with the front legs of a lion, the body of a she-goat, and the tail of a snake, which was devastating his kingdom. bellerophon tamed the winged horse pegasus with a golden bridle given to him by athena, and, swooping down, riddled the beast with arrows and thrust a lump of lead between its jaws. the chimaera s breath melted the lead and it choked to death. when he survived other trials, iobates gave up trying to kill bellerophon and made him his heir instead. when he heard the accusation that had been made against him, bellerophon returned to argos and killed the queen, pushing her off pegasus back into the sea. he eventually died a blind, lame beggar, having offended zeus by trying to ride pegasus up to heaven. the tragedy of oedipus 48 riddle of the sphinx the sphinx wa

st. when he was 16, theseus mother aethra told him that aegeus was his father. she led him to the altar of strong zeus where aegeus had left his sword and sandals under a heavy rock so that if aethra bore him a son, the boy could reclaim them when he was strong enough and come to athens. theseus moved the rock with ease, claimed the tokens of his birth, and set out for athens. he encountered many trials along the way (shown here, which he overcame with a skill comparable to that of his cousin hercules. welcomed in athens as a hero, theseus was invited to a banquet at the king s palace. aegeus was unaware of theseus identity, but his wife, the witch medea (see p. 53, had her suspicions and tried to poison him. she failed, aegeus recognized theseus as his son and heir, and medea and her son

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

aour. the banner is suspended fromagold coloured bar by red cords, and the pole and base should be white. the base represents the purity of the foundation- the shaft, the purified will directed to the higher. the golden cross-bar is that whereon the manifested law of perfection rests; the banner itself, the perfect law of the universe, the red cords and tassels the divine self-renunciation, whose trials and sufferings form, as it were, the ornament of the completed work. the whole represents the ascent of the initiate into perfect knowledge of the light- therefore in the address of the hiereus the neophyte hears "even the banner of the east sinks in adoration before him,"as though that <92> symbol, great and potent though it be, were yet but an inferior preenterer of the threshold 337 sent

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same light our dreams come to us; it is this which befools the insane and misguides their dormant judgement in pursuit of the most bizarre phantoms. to insure vision without illusion in such light, a powerful will must help us to isolate reflections and attract rays only. to dream awake is to see in the astral light, and the orgies of the sabbath, described by so many sorcerers in their criminal trials, came to them solely in this manner. the preparations and the substances used to obtain this result were often horrible, as we shall see in the ritual, but the result itself was never doubtful. they saw, they heard, they handled the most abominable, most fantastic, most impossible things, we shall return to this subject in our fifteenth chapter; at the present moment we are concerned only w

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

e sign of the fundamental doctrine of hermes and the character of the seal of solomon: preparations 15 the purification of the magus consists in the renunciation of coarse enjoyments, in a temperate and vegetarian diet, in abstinence from intoxicating drink, and in regulating the hours of sleep. this preparation has been imposed and represented in all forms of worship by a period of penitence and trials preceding the symbolical feasts of life-renewal. as already stated, the most scrupulous external cleanliness must be observed: the poorest person can find spring water. all clothes, furniture and vessels made use of must be also washed carefully, whether by ourselves or others. all dirt is evidence of negligence, and negligence is deadly in magic. the atmosphere must be purified at rising a

orms we become masters of forms and make them serve our purposes. the astral light is saturated with such souls, which it disengages in the unceasing generation of beings. these souls have imperfect wills, which can be governed and employed by wills more powerful; then mighty invisible chains form and may occasion or determine great elementary commotions. the phenomena established by the criminal trials of magic, and quite recently by m. eudes de mirville, have no other cause. elementary spirits are like children: they torment chiefly those who trouble about them, unless indeed they are controlled by high reason and great severity. we designate such spirits under the name of occult elements, and it is these who frequently occasion our bizarre or disturbing dreams, who produce the movements

e true religion; black magic traduced the transcendent and luminous magic of true adepts, and horrible conventicles of sorcerers, ghouls and stryges took place in caverns or desert places, for dementia soon changes into frenzy and from human sacrifices to cannibalism there is only one step. the mysteries the sabbath have been described variously, but they figure always in grimoires and in magical trials. the revelations made on the subject may be classified under three heads: 1. those referring to a fantastic and imaginary sabbath; 2. those which betray the secrets of certain occult assemblies of veritable adepts; 3. revelations of foolish and criminal gatherings, having for their object the operations of black magic. for a large number of unhappy men and women, given over to such mad and

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d of man, he called in hell a council and said, the moment is a solemn one, for we have chosen to pass to man our knowledge. many skills shall we all teach him, each in his own fashion, but in three arts must he be well schooled, for the ways of his future lie within their synthesis. thus it is that i call first upon asmodeus to guide man in perception of truth and error, for before him lie great trials, and he shall not face the consequences of his options lightly. and so i came to earth and witnessed man entrapped in the unreason of barbarism and the extremes of his primitive emotions. sore put was he to organize and direct his thought, for the art of uriel had brought him hunger and cold, pain and fear, and the gnawing worm of hopelessness. i saw him fling his crushed body upon the alta

esire. no charge do i lay upon you, for you are now my brother and no longer my liege. but remember always the word we of hell have proclaimed. we need justify neither our existence nor our desires, but without a considered purpose- which belial has set forth in the diabolicon- both are without consequence. for nine years my church has shunned the darkness and sought the light. think not that the trials set before it were either random misadventures or the schemes of an unknown adversary. all were authored by me, the more to illustrate the paralysis of the god-churches. in truth they are engines of self-annihilation in design as in doctrine. this i will never permit my order to emulate. those who honor the name of satan have existed throughout the dim aeons of human history, as is well kno

and welcome there. on march 30, xiv i did a short working. here i realized that set has indeed been lucifer the light bringer- but the light under the bushel; no one is aware of set unless through horus, who is the light side, the "puppet" set up for the teaching; but set is underneath to be seen by the perceptive alone. his teachings aren't for the faint of heart, for they must go through great trials to face him (and their selves. footnotes 1. editor's note: this is a ritual ordeal of initiation into xem, as mentioned in key 2 of the book of opening the way, ruby tablet item v2-a17.2-2 2. on xemset 3. magus ronald k. barrett 4. the full quote is "take nourishment within the walls of xem and become her" xem. an updated analysis classification: v2- a17.26- 1 author: robert menschel iv dat

y does deal with that issue in a way, but if it has accomplished any purpose it goes further than the original idea. in its final form (the one you have just read, it speaks of a struggle to overcome misconceptions in order to arrive at a semblance of truth. although the nature of averne's struggle is mostly magical, i feel i can safely say that most of us have at one time or another gone through trials and tribulations of various sorts, in order to further refine ourselves, to grow. to xeper. and for some of us, i'm sure, along the line we have managed to create various "monsters" of our own. whether the monsters we created were based on real, physical and/or emotional events, or even if they came directly from the id, i think that in seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and overcomi

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loisters and grin at us from beneath the misericord. all around are the gargoyles, fear inspiring and atavistic. east anglia generally is often referred to as the witchcraft country. the memory of mathew hopkins has helped to keep witchcraft alive, and provided those that possess such tendency with more determination in its passing. the events that took place there, with especial reference to the trials of bury st.edmunds, essex, were a direct inspiration to the trials of salem, essex, new england. and so the trail leads onwards. the merging of catholic and pagan beliefs in witchcraft and magick generally may also be observed in vodu, macumba, the sorceries of malysia, in the secrets of the princes of little egypt, in the observances of the bonesmen, horse whisperers and blacksmiths, the t

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xist to xians they are hypocrisy, weakness, guilt, ignorance devils and demons exist to the satanist they are pride, selfishness, strength, creativity to be a xian is to be doomed to have never lived. god s commandment states you shall not kill. contrary to this, xians and their parentage are responsible for millions of murders i.e, the xian crusades, the st. bartholomew s day massacre, the witch trials and executions, the crimes of the inquisition xians are not god! they haven t the right to judge, nor do they have the right to kill another human being based upon religious prejudice according to their god s law. damn them! xians are the greatest opponents of occultism. yet, they claim to be the greatest fortune and misfortune tellers. xians want to become omnipotent and immortal as god; t

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

eceased pass various tests to prove his or her innocence of earthly sins, thus avoiding punishment by the gods and gaining access to a happy afterlife. it also included guidelines on how to navigate the dangers of the underworld, such as being devoured by world religions: almanac 49 ancient religions of egypt and mesopotamia an angry god, to reach the afterlife. one of the most important of these trials occurred at the start of the judgment of the dead. in the declaration of innocence prior to the weighing of the heart on the scales of truth the deceased declares that he or she has lived a good life without sin( the egyptian book of the dead, chapter 125, touregypt.net. hail to you, great god, lord of justice! i have come to you, my lord, that you may bring me so that i may see your beauty

itchcraft has often been mistakenly associated with bizarre rituals that may involve blood, animal sacrifices, unconventional sexual practices, and the like. throughout the history of christianity, many women and men have faced the wrath of the christian church 97 for supposed satan worship and witchcraft. in 1692, for example, nineteen people, mostly women, were executed after the infamous witch trials in the town of salem, massachusetts. the church and the community believed that these people had been practicing black arts as witches. the accused, however, were innocent victims of unfortunate events. modern practitioners of witchcraft strongly deny that they worship evil or engage in strange practices. they maintain that witchcraft, as practiced by wiccans and other groups, is an earth-c

he natural world, including, for example, the cycle of the seasons and the phases of the moon. most such groups have a strict code of behavior based on not doing harm to others. while various neo-pagan groups, including wiccans, follow different traditions and practices, they do have characteristics in common. many are either solitary practitioners (reflected in the title of scott the salem witch trials, carried out in salem, massachusetts, in 1692, punished men and women suspected of witchcraft, which at the time was mistakenly thought to be connected with black arts and the devil. the library of congress. 98 world religions: primary sources wicca: a guide for the solitary practitioner cunningham s book) or practice in very small groups, variously referred to as covens, circles, groves, k

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

tre upon great objects all your desires? the heart must rest, that the mind may be active. at present you wander from aim to aim. as the ballast to the ship, so to the spirit are faith and love. with your whole heart, affections, humanity, centred in one object, your mind and aspirations will become equally steadfast and in earnest. viola is a child as yet; you do not perceive the high nature the trials of life will develop. pardon me, if i say that her soul, purer and loftier than your own, will bear it upward, as a secret hymn carries aloft the spirits of the world. your nature wants the harmony, the music which, as the pythagoreans wisely taught, at once elevates and soothes. i offer you that music in her love "but am i sure that she does love me "artist, no; she loves you not at presen

, so sharpens the senses that those larvae of the air become to thee audible and apparent; so that, unless trained by degrees to endure the phantoms and subdue their malice, a life thus gifted would be the most awful doom man could bring upon himself. hence it is, that though the elixir be compounded of the simplest herbs, his frame only is prepared to receive it who has gone through the subtlest trials. nay, some, scared and daunted into the most intolerable horror by the sights that burst upon their eyes at the first draft, have found the potion less powerful to save than the agony and travail of nature to destroy. to the unprepared the elixir is thus but the deadliest poison. amidst the dwellers of the threshold is one, too, surpassing in malignity and hatred all her tribe, one whose ey

d at my genius in the dressing of fish. my singing, i trust, will not disturb you. i always sing while i prepare a salad; it harmonises the ingredients" and slinging his carbine over his shoulder, paolo sauntered from the room, and closed the door. glyndon was already deep in the contents of the following letter "when i first received thee as my pupil, i promised zanoni, if convinced by thy first trials that thou couldst but swell, not the number of our order, but the list of the victims who have aspired to it in vain, i would not rear thee to thine own wretchedness and doom, i would dismiss thee back to the world. i fulfil my promise. thine ordeal has been the easiest that neophyte ever knew. i asked for nothing but abstinence from the sensual, and a brief experiment of thy patience and t

re tedious labours of the easel. the defects of his person had embittered his mind; the atheism of his benefactor had deadened his conscience. for one great excellence of religion above all, the religion of the cross is, that it raises patience first into a virtue, and next into a hope. take away the doctrine of another life, of requital hereafter, of the smile of a father upon our sufferings and trials in our ordeal here, and what becomes of patience? but without patience, what is man? and what a people? without patience, art never can be high; without patience, liberty never can be perfected. by wild throes, and impetuous, aimless struggles, intellect seeks to soar from penury, and a nation to struggle into freedom. and woe, thus unfortified, guideless, and unenduring, woe to both! nicot

buffoonery, revolting in his speech, bull-headed, with black, sleek hair, with a narrow and livid forehead, with small eyes, that twinkled with a sinister malice; strongly and coarsely built, he looked what he was, the audacious bully of a lawless and relentless bar. dumas trimmed the candles, and bent over the list of the victims for the morrow "it is a long catalogue" said the president "eighty trials for one day! and robespierre's orders to despatch the whole fournee are unequivocal "pooh" said fouquier, with a coarse, loud laugh "we must try them en masse. i know how to deal with our jury 'je pense, citoyens, que vous etes convaincus du crime des accuses (i think, citizens, that you are convinced of the crime of the accused) ha! ha! the longer the list, the shorter the work "oh, yes" g

ever more" he murmured "o heritor of love and grief, never more wilt thou see me in thy visions; never more will the light of those eyes be fed by celestial commune; never more can my soul guard from thy pillow the trouble and the disease. not such as i would have vainly shaped it, must be thy lot. in common with thy race, it must be thine to suffer, to struggle, and to err. but mild be thy human trials, and strong be thy spirit to love and to believe! and thus, as i gaze upon thee, thus may my nature breathe into thine its last and most intense desire; may my love for thy mother pass to thee, and in thy looks may she hear my spirit comfort and console her. hark! they come! yes! i await ye both beyond the grave" the door slowly opened; the jailer appeared, and through the aperture rushed

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anics of desire. desire, energized will, and obsession, are the keys to unlimited manifestation, for all form and all power is latent in the void, and its god-form is the death posture. these theories have their roots in very ancient practices, some of which- in distorted form- provided the basis of the mediaeval witch cult, covens of which flourished in new england at the time of the salem witch trials at the end of the 17th century. the subsequent persecutions apparently obliterated all outer manifestations both of the genuine cult and its debased counterfeits. the principal symbols of the original cult have survived the passage of aeon- long cycles of time+ they all suggest the backward way- the sabbath sacred to sevekh or sebt, the number seven, the moon, the cat, jackal, hyaena, pig

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

ount historical occurrences, but to provide images of the course that will lead the soul to god. philo s conception renders everything a spiritual reality within a person s own being. the human experience is a subjective echo of god s cosmic experience. god s word, the logos, becomes a reality within the soul. god brought the jews out of egypt and led them to the promised land, subjecting them to trials and privations before giving 158 christianity as mystical fact them the land as their reward these were outward events. but one has to go through them as an inner experience, departing from the land of egypt (the perishable world, going through privations (the suppression of the sense-nature) until the promised land of the soul (the eternal) is attained. philo turns it all into a sequence o

ple can bear witness to them publicly. the ritual pattern enacted by the mystery-cults of the ancient world in the secrecy of their temple precincts was grasped by christianity in an event of world history. 29 but the publication of the mysteries had consequences. previously only the invited guests were admitted to the wedding feast (matthew 22. they had been carefully chosen through training and trials. now all are invited, both good and evil. now the prerequisite for entrance into the wedding hall is no longer one s individual training alone. the extent to which one has developed one s consciousness is no longer the only factor deciding whether or not one can participate in the fruits of initiation. christianity presents itself as the means by which everyone can find the way. even those

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

ya. the banner is suspended from a gold colored bar by red cords, and the pole and base should be white. the base represents the purity of the foundation- the shaft, the purified will directed to the higher. the golden cross-bar is that whereon the manifested law of perfection rests; the banner itself, the perfect law of the universe, the red cords and tassels, the divine self-enunciation, whose trials and sufferings form, as it were, the ornament of the completed work. the whole represents the ascent of the initiate into perfect knowledge of the light. therefore, in the address of the hiereus, the neophyte hears "even the banner of the east sinks in adoration before him" as though that symbol, great and potent though it be, lowers itself before the vast and mighty one. symbolism of the b

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

e process (sexual. in this, advanced masonic view, we have a man on top of a woman in the act of coitus, or sexual relations. both the compass and the square are "v" in configuration, and when this brass plate is turned upside down, we find the same, that one symbol, vshaped, still surmounts the other "v" symbol. 524 codex magica this ancient black and white drawing depicts an initiate undergoing trials in order to advance in the order. pointing to his head, on the floor, is the square, shaped as a 90 degree "v" when general george washington visited boston in 1789, this banner was carried by a group during a procession in honor of his visit. the "v" is the focal point of the emblem, but the three goat heads contained within the eggshaped device and the bearded goat head atop it are also s

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ved magical practices and witchcraft, the occult also became an object of persecution. the harsh treatment of the manichaean cathars in southern france is an example of society s reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in spite of persecution, the concept of witchcraft persisted and even flourished in early modern times. at least the fear of it did, as the salem witch trials richly illustrate. in the early decades of the twentieth century, schools of pagan and magical teachings were reborn as wicca. wiccans, calling themselves practitioners of the craft of the wise, would resurrect many of the old ways and infuse them with modern thoughts and practices. whatever its origin, the occult seems to be an object of permanent fascination to the human race. are we alon

ounsels of the divine mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer the penalty for some sins committed in a former life. plotinus (205 270 c.e, in the second ennead, writes that reincarnation is a dogma recognized throughout antiquity the soul expiates its sins in the darkness of the infernal regions and afterwards passes into new bodies, there to undergo new trials. reincarnation is not an approved doctrine in any of the orthodox christian, islamic, or judaic religions, which all hold fast to the belief that there is but one lifetime, one day of judgment, and a heavenly resurrection of the body for the righteous. reincarnation, the great wheel of return set in motion by one s karma, is accepted as a reality in the hindu and buddhist religions, as well

erned about heresies and false beliefs of church members than they were with misstatements of orthodoxy in the academic writings of its theologians. when carafa became pope paul iv in 1555, he approved the first index of forbidden books (1559) and vigorously sought out any academics who were prompted any thought that offended church doctrine or favored protestantism. although organized witchcraft trials continued to be held throughout europe, and even the american colonies, until the late seventeenth century, they were most often civil affairs and the inquisition had little part t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d religious phenomena 219 by the late sixteenth century, the power of the inquisition was beginning to wane. in such ordeals

tanic cults involved in satanic ritual abuse and sacrificing hundreds of babies, children, and adults. television and radio talk shows featured people who claimed to be former members of such demonic cults and those who had allegedly recovered memories of satanic abuse. for a time, certain communities developed a near-hysteria and a fear of satanists that recalled the time of the salem witchcraft trials. even at its most alarming peak of irrational belief in such murderous cults, however, few accused such religious satanists as anton lavey (1930 1997) and t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 288 mystery religions and cults thequr an warns that whoever follows the steps of satan will assuredly be bid to indecency and dishonor. his church

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ved magical practices and witchcraft, the occult also became an object of persecution. the harsh treatment of the manichaean cathars in southern france is an example of society s reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in spite of persecution, the concept of witchcraft persisted and even flourished in early modern times. at least the fear of it did, as the salem witch trials richly illustrate. in the early decades of the twentieth century, schools of pagan and magical teachings were reborn as wicca. wiccans, calling themselves practitioners of the craft of the wise, would resurrect many of the old ways and infuse them with modern thoughts and practices. whatever its origin, the occult seems to be an object of permanent fascination to the human race. are we alon

r to smallish entities that were direct offspring of the devil and sent from hell to do evil deeds to humans on earth. imps might well be called junior demons, and one of their principal assignments, according to christian authorities, was to disguise themselves as black cats, owls, ravens, or some other animal and serve as a witch s familiar. in many of the transcripts of the european witchcraft trials, the demonic spirit given by the devil to a witch to do his or her bidding was referred to as an imp. in most of the descriptions of imps given by witches or those theologians who claimed to have exorcised the entities, their appearance apart from the animals they possessed was always a solid black in color. since they were creatures without souls sired by the devil, imps were condemned to

t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mysterious creatures 83 stories of women who gave birth to werecreatures are common among the north american tribal myths. several individuals so accused were tortured and burned in basel; but the inquisitors in france have the dubious distinction of recording the most cases of werewolfism in all of europe 30,000 between 1520 and 1630. the werewolf trials began at poligny in 1521 when, after enduring the torture chamber, three men admitted to consorting with shewolves and demons in order to gain the power to transform themselves into wolves then they confessed to having killed and devoured many small children over a 19-year period. they were summarily burned at the stake. the famous case of gilles garnier, who was executed as a werewolf at d

h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 182 mysteries of the mind when instructed to bring the subject out of the trance, the hypnotist was again able to accomplish this by the force of his will, without once coming in contact with the subject during the entire course of the test. as work in this series of experiments continued, a few unforeseen problems began to develop. after a number of trials, the subjects became so accustomed to the surroundings and the preparations for the tests, that they would automatically fall into trance. such auto-hypnosis is not uncommon, even when the hypnotist is not trying to induce the trance state via telepathy. but even when this occurred, the effect of a telepathic impulse was striking. a subject could be put in a trance state two or three times

r that period, the bodies are unearthed, smoked, and wound in great swaths of cloth. the smoked corpse is placed upright in the hut where the person died and remains there for years. laying the body to rest. the followers of tao, a chinese belief system, envision the soul of the deceased crossing a bridge to the next life. ten courts of judgment await the new soul, and if it passes this series of trials, it may continue on the path to heaven. if it fails because of bad deeds during the person s lifetime, the soul must be punished before it is allowed to go to a better place. the family and friends of the deceased place the body in a wooden coffin and carry it to the graveyard. well aware of the trials awaiting the soul of their friend or relative in the afterlife, they pound drums, clang c

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ed magical practices and witchcraft, the occult also became an object of persecution. the harsh treatment of the manichaean cathars in southern france is an example of society fs reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in spite of persecution, the concept of witchcraft persisted and even flourished in early modern times. at least the fear of it did, as the salem witch trials richly illustrate. in the early decades of the twentieth century, schools of pagan and magical teachings were reborn as wicca. wiccans, calling themselves gpractitioners of the craft of the wise, h would resurrect many of the old ways and infuse them with modern thoughts and practices. whatever its origin, the occult seems to be an object of permanent fascination to the human race. are we a

ins were ever found. one of the cornerstones of masonry was its loyalty to its members, but the entire nation was offended by the manner in which the juries were stacked in favor of those masons who were accused of having murdered william morgan. the general population demanded justice, and they were shocked by the power of a secret society that could stonewall three special prosecutors. after 20 trials for murder and kidnapping, the local sheriff, who was a mason, and who was obviously an integral element in morgan fs abduction and disappearance, received the most severe judgment of all the defendants when he was sentenced to 30 months in jail. not only did an anti-mason sentiment swell within the country, but the anti-mason party was founded that elected governors in pennsylvania and ver

h man sworn to uphold the ten commandments and to eliminate all heresies, heretics, perjurers, traitors, and servants of satan. once anyone was suspected of violating one or more of the lord fs commandments or laws, he or she was brought before one of the holy vehm fs courts and was unlikely to escape the death sentence to be hanged. because of the great power that the vehm acquired, it conducted trials of noted outlaws and thieves unopposed in public places, such as village squares or market places, in the full light of midday. as its numbers and influence grew, the vehm had little reason to fear anyone speaking out against them, but the harsh and punitive secret courts conducted by the society, the heimliches gericht, were always held at midnight in order to create an even more sinister

ilized in destroying the secret society. the remainder of those apprehended were imprisoned for life and 500 were hanged. without exception, the thuggee condemned to be hanged went to their own deaths with the same lack of emotion with which they had murdered their victims. in many instances, their final request from the hangman was that they be permitted to place the noose around their own neck. trials of thuggee brought out many ghastly facts about the deadly skills of some of its members. a band of 20 confessed that they had participated in 5,200 murders. an individual named buhram, who had been a strangler for 40 years, had the highest lifetime score to his discredit.931. when asked if he experienced any feelings of remorse or guilt, he answered sharply that no man should ever feel com

dee dr. faust. marie laveau eliphas levi. simon magus pico della mirandola. pythagoras count saint-germain wicca people of wicca margot adler philip emmons (isaac) bonewits raymond buckland gavin frost and yvonne frost gerald brosseau gardner sybil leek margaret alice murray m. macha nightmare starhawk doreen valiente witchcraft familiars the inquisition.the time of the burning sabbats witchcraft trials england. france germany. salem, massachusetts scotland. spain witchhunters jean bodin. henri boguet matthew hopkins. pope innocent iii pierre de lancre introduction the practice of magic and sorcery began in paleolithic times, at least 50,000 years ago, when early humans began to believe that there was supernatural power in a charm, a spell, or a ritual to work good or evil. as such beliefs

women who carefully explain the belief structures, rites, and rituals of their particular expression of the craft. while there were no doubt hereditary witches who quietly practiced the old ways, there was little said publicly about witchcraft in great britain and europe until the beginning of the twentieth century.perhaps because of the grim historical records of the inquisition and its terrible trials for heresy and witchcraft that tormented the collective unconscious of the religiously minded. texts about witchcraft were published by christian scholars, and portrayed the craft as devil worship or demonic possession. then, in 1897, charles godfrey leland (1824.1903, an american who moved to england in 1870 to study gypsy love, published aradia: the gospel of the witches, which detailed t

nent archeologist sir flinders petrie (1853.1942, who permitted her to join him in his excavations at abydos in egypt. because she distinguished herself on this expedition, she was invited to join the staff at the university college. murray was known as an ardent feminist, and her passion for the political advancement of women may well have influenced her interpretation of the european witchcraft trials as being organized campaigns of terror against those women who still practiced the old goddess- centered religions. since her books on the history of witchcraft created little uproar among the academics of her day, there was no taint of sensationalism that prevented her from becoming a fellow of britain fs royal anthropological institute in 1926. in 1931, murray published the splendor that

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

s, who paid at the stake the penaltyof differing from the church. the next step was the investigation into the old religion at berne, given to theworld in nider's formicarius. here again the church could seize only the poorer members, those of highrank were too powerful to be sent to their deaths and went free.the fifteenth century marks the first great victories of the church. beginning with the trials in lorraine in1408 the church moved triumphantly against joan of arc and her followers in 1431, against gilles de rais the god of the witchesintroduction5and his coven in 1440, against the witches of brescia in 1457. towards the end of the century the christianpower was so well established that the church felt that the time had come for an organised attack, and in1484 pope innocent viii pub

unabatedheathenism.that the worshippers regarded the so-called "devil" as truly god is clearly seen in the evidence even whenrecorded by their fanatical enemies. in more than one case it is remarked that the witch "refused to call himthe devil, and in many instances the accused explicitly called him god. the following instances are notexhaustive, they cover a century and are taken from the actual trials as well as from the generalisations ofthose writers who heard the evidence at first-hand and had themselves tried many cases. danaeus[6] wassuch an author, he wrote in 1575 that the "witches acknowledge the devil for their god, call upon him, prayto him, and trust in him, and that when they go to the sabbath "they repeat the oath which they have givenunto him in acknowledging him to be thei

lack tied about with silk points, he instructed her to call him the god of the witcheschapter i. the horned god10mamilion "and in all her talk and conference she called the said mamilion her god. gaule, making a generalstatement about witch-beliefs and practices in 1646,[14] says that the witches "promise to take him for theirgod, worship, invoke, obey him. of the essex and suffolk witches, whose trials made such a stir in1646,[15] rebecca west "confessed that her mother prayed constantly (and as the world thought, veryseriously) but she said it was to the devil, using these words, oh my god, my god, meaning him and not thelord. ellen greenleife also "confessed that when she prayed she prayed to the devil and not to god".widow coman[16 "did acknowledge that she had made an agreement with h

be cloven-footed and to cast no shadows, and thosejustices of the peace appointed to try the political prisoners were seen often talking in a friendly way with thedevil.[23]this uninterrupted record of belief in a horned deity shows that underlying the official religion of the rulersthere still remained the ancient cult with all its rites almost untouched.in the depositions of the witches at the trials the horned god is very prominent at the great assemblies. thehorns and animal disguise were his "grand array, but in his ordinary intercourse with his flock the incarnategod appeared in the dress of the period. here again the congregation would see no difference between their the god of the witcheschapter i. the horned god11own and the christian priest, who also wore special vestments when

the weepingpraying populace are alike in all three cases.if then there were more than one robin hood at the same time in different parts of the country his ubiquity isexplained; the name would then mean robin with a hood, and would be the generic appellation of the god. inchapter ii i have called attention to the great importance of the head-covering among the fairy folk, and inmany of the witch-trials the "devil" is described as wearing a hood. the most celebrated historical robinhood was the earl of huntingdon in the reign of richard i, who being himself a plantagenet belonged byrace to the old religion. i have pointed out in my witch cult in western europe that more than one devilcan be identified, but in the earlier times the identification becomes increasingly difficult as the eccles

e things have gossamer wings, they float on a moonbeam,they play among the blossoms, they dance in the flowery meadows. everything about them is in miniature,and it would hardly be an alarming experience for a mortal to meet a fairy, a creature he could crush betweenhis finger and thumb. why then were our ancestors so afraid of fairies? the horror and fear of them is seen inall the records of the trials in which a witch is accused of visiting the fairy-folk.this horror is expressed in numerous popular rhymes and in popular tales as well as by the poets. a charm tobe said at night runs as followssaint francis and saint benedight, bless this house from wicked wight, from the nightmare and the goblin that is hight goodfellow robin; keep it from all evil spirits, fairies, weasels, rats, and fe

th century, but in this there are as manymen as women (plate x).cotton mather, in his account of the salem witches in 1692,[1] states that "the witches do say that they formthemselves much after the manner of congregational churches, and that they have a baptism, and a supper,and officers among them, abominably resembling those of our lord. his statement is abundantly proved bythe evidence in the trials, and the priesthood can be recognised in the covens. the word coven was used bothin england and scotland to designate a band of people of both sexes, who were always in close attendance ontheir god, who went to all the meetings, large or small, who performed the ceremonies either alone or incompany with the grandmaster, and who were conspicuous in the ritual. to them the god taught the pray

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

ial time in the form of reborn humans; this is a deep mystery that is central to the importance of the deep feminine. the masculine mysteries the masculine mysteries have been mostly discussed in the preceding sections; only a touch up is required here. the masculine mysteries revolve around the fire, and the descent of the fire-bringer into the realm of mortality, its (his) merging, incarnation, trials and ordeals, and finally death, rebirth, and triumph. the lord of fire and light, the son of the father, cannot and does not triumph without the force of the feminine to act as his firm basis, his ultimate source, as well as the perfect objects of his love, and finally, as his healer and redeemer, as we shall se. of course, the masculine mysteries have their origin in the primal figure of t

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

uered them, or rather thou has conquered them in me; and thou hast given me for a rest the deep peace of those who have no goal and no ambition but thyself. i love humanity, because men, as far as they are not insensate, are never wicked but through error or through weakness. their natural disposition is to love good, and it is through that love that thou hast given them as a support in all their trials that they must sooner or later be led back to the worship of justice by the love of truth. now let my books go where thy providence shall send them! if they contain the words of thy wisdom they will be stronger than oblivion. if, on the contrary, they contain only errors, i know at least that my love of justice and of truth will survive them, and that thus immortality cannot fail to treasur

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

discrimination. lamed, the letter attributed to the path, is the "ox goad, and symbolises the work of the initiate in balancing the "two cells" which st. catherine of siena speaks of, where..if you dwelt in self-knowledge alone, you would despair; if you dwelt in the knowledge of god alone, you would be tempted to presumption. one must go with the other, and thus you will reach perfection" c. the trials of the heart xiii. death: passing through the veil of paroketh, the path to which the death atu is attributed connects to netzach, one of the sephiroth involved with the active creation of life. this juxtaposition points to the awareness that life and death are not opposites, but phases in the same process. although even this duality is false (one presumes to someone above the abyss, it is

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

e arena of the stage magician. 3. keep in mind that this book was first printed in 1938, over a decade before gerald gardner published witchcraft today and started the religion of wicca, which is positive and life-affirming. regardie's reference to "such pathologies as witchcraff'refers to the medieval superstitions, hexes, and general hysteria that resulted in the inquisition and the salem witch trials. 4. unfortunately in modem times the "pathology of demonolatry" has a following among certain individuals who call themselves satanists. although many self-proclaimed satanists are merely practicing a rather juvenile philosophy created out of adolescent rebellion based on the rejection of the religious beliefs of their parents, others are simply unethical, dysfunctional sociopaths who have

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

in order to procure good and prevent evil. before the magus, upon a cubic stone, are placed a cup, a sword, and a piece of gold money in the center of which is engraved a cross. the cup signifies the mixture of the passions which contribute to happiness and unhappiness according as we are their masters or their slaves. the sword signifies the work, the struggle which traverses obstacles, and the trials which sorrow submits us to. the coin, sign of determined value, is the symbol of realized aspirations, of work accomplished; and shows the sun of power conquered by the perseverance and efficacy of the will. the cross, seal of the infinite, by which the coin is marked, announces the ascension of that power in the spheres of the future. the cube upon which these symbols rest typifies the phy

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

er service on certain nights (quoted in valiente, witchcraft for tomorrow, hale, 1978, p 32) i do not doubt that bits of pagan folklore survived on the continent through the first millenium- northern europe remained overtly pagan until the high middle ages. but what has this to do with wicca? farrar, for his part, explains the lack of references to a goddess in the testimony at the infamous witch trials by asserting that "the judges ignored the goddess, being preoccupied with the satan-image of the god (what witches do, p 33. but it is the evidence of that reign of terror which lasted from roughly 1484 to 1692 which brings the whole idea of a surviving religious cult into question. it is now the conventional wisdom on the witchburning mania which swept like a plague over much of europe dur

he said to me `sir, i beg you, for god's sake, confess something, whether it be true or not. invent something, for you cannot endure the torture which you will be put to; and, even if you bear it all, yet you will not escape, not even if you were an earl, but one torture will follow another until you say you are a witch. not before that' he said `will they let you go, as you may see by all their trials, for one is just like another (ibid, pp 12-13) for the graspers at straws, we may find an occasional line in a "confession" which is intriguing, as in the notations on the "confession" of one woman from germany dated in late 1637. after days of unspeakable torment, wherein the woman confesses under pain, recants when the pain is removed, only to be moved by more pain to confess again, she i

thology, the virgin mary. one more quote from dr. robbins, and i will cease to parade late medieval history before you. it comes from yet another priest, father cornelius loos, who observed, in 1592 that "wretched creatures are compelled by the severity of the torture to confess things they have never done, and so by cruel butchery innocent lives are taken (ibid, p 16. the "evidence" of the witch trials indicates, on the whole, neither the satanism the church and state would have us believe, nor the pagan survivals now claimed by modern wicca; rather, they suggest only fear, greed, human brutality carried out to bizarre extremes that have few parallels in all of history. but, the brutality is not that of `witches' nor even of `satanists' but rather that of the christian church, and the gov

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

ives us a complete and very interesting account of witchcraft as it then existed as an article of belief in germany. the authors discuss various questions connected with it, such as that of the mysterious transport of witches from one place to another, and they decide that this transport was real, and that they were carried bodily through the air. it is remarkable, how- 1 the account of the witch-trials at arras was published in the supplementary additions to mostrelet; but the original records of the proceedings have since been found and printed. 210 on the worship of the ever, that even the malleus maleficarum contains no direct allusion to the sabbath, and we may conclude that even then this great priapic orgie did not form a part of the germanic creed; it was no doubt brought in there

as some diversity in the manner of the proceedings of the sabbath in different countries, arising from difference in the character of the locality, in the master who presided, and in the various humours of those who attended. but all well considered, there is a general agreement on the principal and most important of the more serious ceremonies. wherefore, i will relate what we have learnt by our trials, and i will simply repeat what some notable witches deposed before us, as well as to the formalities of the sabbath, as to all that was usually seen qu il s essaye de contrefaire ou repr senter, est si sauvage et d r gl, et hors de tout sens commun, que le faux sacrificateur ayant dress quelque autel, faict semblant d y dire quelque forme de messe, pour se moquer des chrestiens: et y faict

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

e these ele- ments, which when inside the mental body are called humors-the sanguine (blood, or fire; the phlegmatic (phlegm, or water; the choleric (bile, or air; and the melancholic (black bile, or earth. the struggle to reconcile these elements is never completely successful, and continues throughout life. in the training of past magical schools, it is said by some writers that initiates faced trials by fire, water, air, and earth. only by physically confronting the most terrifying material forms of the elements was the initiate deemed suitable to proceed to higher matters. an initiate might be forced to walk through a wall of flame with no assurance of escape on the other side; to swim a raging river; to climb a difficult rock face; or to crawl through the bowels of the earth alone and

e or she must be wiped clean of all the graffiti that has been scrawled and scratched on the slate of the soul over the years, in order that a new name may be written on it. initiates may be asked to simulate the physical act of dying, through such ges- tures as lying in a coffin or (in circles with a christian mythos) being elevated on a cross in a dramatic recreation of the crucifixion. through trials of courage, they may be tested to determine that they are serious enough to treat the symbolism of the rite with respect, and strong-willed enough to keep from betraying the secrets of the lodge. usually these tests are symbolic in nature, although made to appear terrify- ingly real, and physical injury is not permitted to happen in a responsible group. the nineteenth-century french occulti

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

cussion, charles w. leadbeater wrote: the principle of sympathetic vibration mentioned above also provides the explanation of that strange and little-known phenomenon called repercussion, by means of which any injury done to, or any mark made upon, the materialized body in the course of its wanderings will be reproduced in the physical body. we find traces of this in some of the evidence given at trials for witchcraft in the middle ages, in which it is not infrequently stated that some wound given to the witch when in the form of a dog or a wolf was found to have appeared in the corresponding part of her human body' repercussion appears when the projected body is of so dense an astral composition that it acquires an almost physical reality, and is seen by others as though it were a solid m

o be effective, even those that might result in permanent injury or death. a shaman was expected to get results and often sacrificed the health of his mind and body in order to live up to his reputation. mind-altering techniques used by shamans generally fall into three groups (1) pain (2) music, and (3) drugs. pain exalting the mind through pain or fatigue inflicted on the body takes the form of trials of endurance. the discomfort is sustained for prolonged periods, allowing normal consciousness to slip gradually into the entranced state necessary for the separation of the astral body. frequently, the shaman denies himself water and food, denies himself sleep, exposes his body to the elements, and may even inflict injuries of various kinds upon himself, or have his disciples inflict these

ort a sense of leaving their own bodies, accompanied by an intense euphoria. for some recipients of the physical abuse, this is the ultimate objective, more important than any sexual release. from the early centuries of the present era until the renaissance, it was common for monks and nuns to chastise their bodies, or to have others inflict chastisement upon them, and also to engage in prolonged trials of endurance and deprivation. the most famous example is that of the christian fanatics known as stylites, or pillar saints, who lived on the tops of stone pillars, exposed to the elements both day and night. simeon the stylite of syria (died ad 460) spent thirty-seven years of his life on various pillars, the final one sixty-six feet in height. it has been speculated that those monks and n

nerating an out-of-body experience. ecstasy through dance and song is an uplifting experience that has no negative repercussions, apart from perhaps a gentle fatigue of the body that is without lasting effect. chapter two witches' flying ointment t raditional european witchcraft descends from shamanism, which is evident when we compare the abilities attributed to witches during the medieval witch trials with the powers of shamans. witches healed the sick. they performed divination and augury. they conversed with spirits and kept familiar spirits as their servants, usually in the forjms of small animals such as cats. witches were able to bewitch beasts, cause storms, ancl affect the growth of crops. spirits instructed them in the technical details of their profession. most significantly, it

the accused witch in order to fulfill the expectations of hopkins. if any man was haunted by evil spirits, it was surely hopkins, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent women. goddess of the witches as is the case with legends and stories about shamans, there is often confusion between the physical and spiritual in the medieval accounts of witchcraft. many records of the witch trials declare witches to have the power to physically fly through the air, as well as 14. robbins, 192. chapter two: witches' flying ointment 21 tfle ability to vanish from sight or transform themselves into cats or other creatures. the theologians, unwilling to grant any power to the witches themselves, ascribed the power ol' flight to the devil. francesco maria guazzo wrote "further i hold it t

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

ucault, the history of sexuality. volume i, 69. xxixas pamela thurschwell observes in her study of magic and science in the late nineteenth century "anxieties about the permeability and suggestibility of bodies and minds erupt in crises around sexuality. sexual and gender panic manifests itself in representative figures such as the new woman and the dandy, in public scandals such as oscar wilde's trials and in the reification of medicalizing, pathologizing and criminalizing discourses around homosexuality. deep and far-reaching anxieties about the stability of the traditional grounds of gender and sexuality pervade fin-de-siecle culture (literature, technology and magical thinking, 1880-1920 [cambridge: cambridge university press, 2001, 2. xxx crowley, the book of lies, which is also false

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

lla en la cabeza de los grandes iniciados. el loto de los mil p talos nos convierte en maestros del shamadi( xtasis. 58 the work in the laboratorium oratorium is a true mystical ceremony that must not be profaned by animal desire or by sinful thoughts. sex is the sanctum regnum of the temple. before entering the sanctum sanctorum, purify your mind from any kind of impure thought. esoteric ordeals/trials the initiatic ordeals [or trials] are enveloped in the arcanum eight. each initiation, each degree, has its ordeals. these initiatic ordeals become tougher each time, in accordance with the initiatic degree. the number 8 is the degree of job. this sign, this number, signifies trials and pains. these initiatic ordeals are performed in the superior worlds and in the physical world. eighth car

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

though their authors, know that witches exist, none of them seems to have asked a witch for her (1) views on the subject of witchcraft. for after all, a witch's opinions should have some value, even though they may not fit in with preconceived opinions. of course there are good reasons for this reticence. recently i was talking to a very learned continental professor who was writing up some witch trials of two hundred years ago, and he told me that he had obtained much information from witches. but, though invited, he had been afraid to go to their meetings. religious feeling was very strong in his country and if it were known that he was in communication with witches he would be in danger of losing his professorship. moreover, witches are shy people, and publicity is the last thing they w

ower with half the effort had she been in the traditional nakedness? all we can be sure of is that in ancient times it was recognised that witches did so and even journeyed to their meetings in that costume; but in later times the church, and more especially the puritans, tried to hush this up and invented the story of the foul old woman on a broomstick, to replace the story told at so many witch trials of wild dances in the moonlight by beautiful young witches. personally i am inclined to believe that while allowing for imagination there is something in the witches' belief. i think that there is something in the nature of an electromagnetic field surrounding all living bodies, and that this is what is seen by some people who call it the aura. i can sometimes see it myself, but only on bar

n catholic church said the cult was diabolic, and mr. pennethorne hughes's book also gives the impression that witchcraft is a cult of evil. mr. hughes says (page 128 'as the cult declined, any sort of common practice must have been lost, until by the nineteenth century the indoor practitioners of self-conscious diabolism merely conducted the black mass of inverted catholicism. at the time of the trials there was clearly some sort of formal service quite apart from the crescendo of the fertility dance. it would, in a catholic age, be very like the known pageantry of the church's own celebrations, with candles, vestments and a parody of the sacrament. it might be conducted by an unfrocked priest using hosts with the devil's name stamped on them instead of jesus, and the defiling of the cruc

n 'a witch is an old woman who flies through the air on a broomstick. now no witch ever flew through the air on a broomstick or on anything else, at least not until aeroplanes came in. there is indeed a fertility charm to bring good crops which is performed by riding on a pole, or broom, as a hobby-horse. doubtless ancient witches practised this rite, leaping high to make the crops grow. in early trials witnesses speak of seeing the accused riding on poles, or brooms, across the fields (not through the air, and this was often accepted as the evidence that they were practising fertility magic, which became a penal offence. in the castletown museum there is one of these poles for riding, the head being carved in the shape of a phallus to bring fertility. in the isle of man in 1617 a woman wa

to death in the market place. there was plenty of evidence that she was alone in her fertility-making attempt, but her young son was burnt with her, for it was well known that children were usually initiated when they were quite young. this just shows what a myth the old witch story is. the children were made witches when they were young, therefore witches were of all ages. indeed, reports of the trials often include such items as these 'convicted and burned, two witches, girls of 16, both young and damnably pretty' when practically all the witches were driven underground it is estimated that nine million people were tortured to death during the persecution in europe; any old woman who then lived by herself, and who was a nuisance or unpopular, was liable to be accused, especially if she k

red by the same characteristics: good friends but dangerous enemies, very strong, able to disappear at will, having great festivals at night and making use of poisoned arrows. they were persecuted or banished by the church, which charged them with performing indecent rites and dances. witches consorted with them and they often intermarried and became the fairy kin in later legends. scottish witch trials seem to think of witches and fairies as being the same people. as we have seen, they were thought to be experts in magic. though small they were exceedingly agile and had a great ability for work. they would work at night and be finished by daylight, so they were seldom seen for long, and unless they took service with a man they made off into their mounds at the slightest human interference

18, and again in 1320, pope john xxii issued ferocious bulls against witchcraft pronoun-ing it to be heresy. in the resulting persecution, which continued for centuries, the people of the heaths were practically exterminated. there were no more big sabbats, as the organisation was crushed and the surviving members were either in the households of nobles or among the secret cult members. the early trials show us what happened. people said 'we are good christians; we have always done these things so as to reap a good harvest' in many cases it was the parish priest who had led the fertility rites, and the people said they had not been told it was wrong; in fact the priest said it was right. at first only penances and fines were imposed, but as the church grew stronger torture and fire were us

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

decide what they were going to do about the information received. it was decided to prepare a meeting place for this master to preach his gospel. the project was eventually called tauhara, and has become a large international complex where those involved in esoteric studies can come and lecture. however, as of 1986, there has been no sign of the master's appearance. whare ra underwent many of the trials and tribulations of the other temples, but with a membership exceeding three hundred, it was to be expected. the first major split in the order came with felldn's other order, the o.t.r (order of the table round, an arthurian order in which felkin was bestowed a knighthood by neville meakin. this was originally a small family order. its members were mainly made up of the elite of whare rats

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