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orbit touches that of the ecliptic. these were named: caput draconis head of the dragon p cauda draconis tail of the dragon q since the discovery of two more distant planets, neptune and uranus, these two terms have been partially replaced by them. the effect of caput draconis is like neptune: n the effect of cauda draconis is like uranus: the names of the old planets are: sol a saturn l mars f venus c jupiter k mercury b moon 5 the hebrew alphabet the hebrew alphabet is given on the following page. each letter of this alphabet represents a number and has an additional meaning. five letters have a different shape when written at the end of a word, and also a different numerical value. of the finals, mem is distinguished by being the only oblong letter. the other four, kaph nun peh an

e direct mystical ascent to tiphareth from malkuth, the physical. netzach: the seventh emanation on the tree of life. netzach is regarded as the sphere of creativity, subjectivity, and emotions, a very clear contrast to the sphere of hod, which represents intellect and rational thought. netzach is the sphere of love and spiritual passion and is therefore associated with such deities as aphrodite, venus, hathor, and others that personify these qualities. hod: the eighth emanation on the tree of life. hod is associated with the planet mercury and represents intellect and rational thought. it also represents the structuring and measuring capacities of the mind as opposed to the emotional and intuitional aspects of netzach. hod has no exact parallel in the tarot, but is closely linked to the c

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eman wan (except) got unde mill; nib. 2308, 3^ this comfortable combination of/ with god has for its counterpart the opprobrious one of a tjioii with devil, ch. xxxiii. here too the got alone is enough: ingen vet min sorg utan gud; svenska visor 2, 7. that we are fully justified in 1 the dmission of and between the two datives is archaic, conf. zeitschr. f. d. a. 2, 190. 2 bilge waz primi, gralva venus! frauend. 192, 20; conf. 177, 14. 3 hie haert uns anders nieman dan got unde diu waltvogelltn; ecke 96. niemen bevinde daz wan er und ich und ein kleinez vogellin, das mac wol getriuwe sin; walth. 40, 15. birds play the spy on men's privacy. god. 17 referring these modes of speech so far back as to the heathen time, is shown by a remarkable passage in fornald. sog. 1, 380: ek hugsa engan kun

the o. french poem makes the afilicted youth bring an image of mary to bear on the heathen one, the mary takes the ring oil the other figure, and restores it to the youth. conf. kaiserchr. 13142. 13265. 13323 "forduni scoti chronicon 1, 407 (w. scott's minstr. 2, 136, relates tliis fable as an event of the 11th century: a nobleman playing at ball slips his ring on the finger of a broken statue of venus, and only gets it back with the help of a priest palumbus who understands magic. we see the story had spread at an early time, but it is old teutonic in its origin' wndeutsch' evid. a slip for itrdeutsch. even in a painting of mary, the infant in her lap hands her a casket to give to a suppliant, cod. pal. 341 fol. 63. similarly, statues turn the face aivaij, stretch out the arm to protect

r, that an observance liy the germani of sections of time must be inferred from the mere fact that certi dies were fixed for the sacrifices to mercury, tac. germ. 9^ jos. fuchs, gesch. von i\iainz 2, 27 seq (knpfert 4, no 7) describes a roman round altar, piob. of the 3rd or -ith century, on which are carved the .seven gods of the week (1 saturn, 2 apollo, 3 diana, 4 mars, 5 mercury, u jupiter, 7 venus, and in an 8lh place a genius. 128 gods. amongst us must be placed at latest in the fourth or fiftli century; it may not have taken place simultaneously in all parts of teutondom. our forefathers, caught in a natural delusion, began early to ascribe the origin of the seven days' names to the native gods of their fatherland. william of malmesbury, relating the arrival of the saxons in britain

patrios, scilicet saturnum, jovcm atque ceteros, qui mundum gubernant, colimus, maxime autem me^rurium, quem lingua nostra voden appellamus. huic patres nostri veteres dedicaverunt quartam feriam septimanae, quae in hunc hodiernum diem vodencsday appellatur. post ilium colimus deam inter ceteras potentissimam, vocabulo fream, cujus vocabulo friday appellamus. prea ut volunt quidani idem est quod venus, et dicitur preu, quasi proa a frodos [a-frod-ite= from froth] quod est spuma maris, de qua nata est venus secundum fabulas, unde idem dies appellatur dies veneris. anglo-saxon legend then, unconcerned at the jumbling of foreign and homespun fable, has no doubt at all about the high antiquity of the names among its people. gods. 129 saxo grammaticus, more critical, expresses his opinion (p

e days of the week translated into german are an experiment on tacitus's' interpretatio eomana^ e.g. in kussian: 1, voskresenie, resurrection (but o.sl. ne-delia, nocloing. 2, po-nedel'nik, day after-no-work. 3, vtdrnik, second day. 4, sereda, middle. 6, chetverg, fourth day. 6, piatnitsa, fifth day. 7, subbota, sabbath. trans^ it is striking, that in 0. bohem. glossaries (hanka 54. 165) mercury, venus and saturn are quoted in the order of their days of the week; and that any slav deities that have been identified with latin ones are almost sure to be of the number of those that preside over the week. and whilst of the slav gods, svatovit answers to mars (ziu, eadigast to mercury (wuotan, perun to jupiter (donar, iafza (golden dame, zolotababa, in hanusch 241 ^o) to venus (fria, and perhap

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oss of 13 cubes 19th key of the tarot (sun) required materials for the temple: banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: resh astrological symbols of planets diagram of tarot cards to hebrew letters enochian water tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs table of geomantic figures and ruling intelligences telesmatic symbols to each geomantic figure kamea of saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury and moon part ii path 30 advancement hiero: honoured hegemon, you have my command to present the theoricus with the necessary admission badge and to admit him (her. heg: rises, goes to door, opens it, presents theoricus with the greek cross of the 13 squares and admits him. heg: behold he hath placed his tabernacle in the sun. heg: leads theoricus to north east and places him before

rosion of metals is usually of the complementary color to that which they naturally approximate. thus, copper which is reddish becomes green in verdigris etc. mercury is the only one which unites these primary forms in one symbol. saturn is composed of the cross and the crescent, showing that lead is corrosive externally and lunar internally. jupiter is the reverse, mars is solar internally while venus is the opposite, for copper is externally of the nature of gold, but internally corrosive. wherefore, also the name of the sphere of venus nogah, denotes external splendor. heg: shows theoricus the 2nd tablet. heg: this shows the true and genuine attribution of the tarot trumps to the hebrew alphabet which has long been a secret among the initiates and which should be carefully concealed fro

arefully concealed from the outer world. as a mss. lecture on this subject is circulated among the members of the grade of practicus, i shall not further enter into its explanation. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the south. heg: before you is the tablet of the olympic or aerial planetary spirits with their seals, arathror of saturn, bethor of jupiter, phalegh of mars, och of the sun, hagith of venus, ophiel of mercury and phul of the moon. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the north. heg: this shows you the geomantic figures with their ruling intelligences, and genii; also the talismanic symbols allotted to each geomantic figure. these are derived from them by drawing lines to the points composing them, so as to form mathematical figures therefrom. a mss. lecture on geomancy is circulat

h is not properly speaking a sephira, but rather the conjunction of chokmah and binah. hiero: resumes his seat. heg: leads theoricus to hiereus and they go forward to west. hiereus (indicating it) this tablet before you shows the 7 planes of the tree of life answering to the 7 planets. thus, saturn answers to kether, jupiter to chokmah, and binah; mars to chesed and geburah; the sun to tiphareth; venus to netzach and hod, mercury to yesod and luna to malkuth. while this second tablet (indicating it) shows the four planes corresponding to the elements; the four worlds and the letters of the holy name. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in south. heg: this tablet shows you the meaning of the alchemical mercury on the tree of life of the first form of the alchemical sephiroth. here again it embra

her. the radix metallorum, the triple foliation at the bottom of the cross refers to fire symbolized by the addition of the sign aries thereto; and it further alludes to the 3 principles of sulphur, mercury and salt. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the north. heg: the tablet before you represents the symbol the planets resumed in a mercurial figure. in gradual descent we obtain luna, mars, sol, venus, and below saturn and jupiter, right and left. heg: places theoricus in a seat in west facing hierophant and returns to his own place. hiero: i now congratulate you on having passed through the ceremony of the grade of practicus and in recognition thereof i confer upon you the mystic title of monokeros de astris which means the unicorn of the stars, and i give you the symbol of mayim which i

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philosophus is present. hiereus: honoured fraters and sorors, give the sign of philosophus (done) hiereus (saluting) very honoured hierophant, all present have attained the grade of philosophus. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what particular element is this grade attributed? heg: to the element of fire. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus: to the planet venus. hiero: honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 29th, 28th and 27th paths of qoph, tzaddi and peh. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 29th path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of pisces. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 28th path allude? heg: to the reflection of the sphere of aquarius. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 27th p

for fiery serpents, is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim, around the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah and severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy, and hence it is said in the new testament, that it is a type of christ, the reconciler. and the serpent is of brass, the metal of venus, whose sphere is called nogah or external splendor, as shown further in the alchemic symbol of the planet venus, wherein the circle of the sun is exalted above the cross of corrosion. and therefore it is said in the zohar, that alone of the shells is the serpent nogah found in holiness, and he is called the bilanx of justice. why then is he called the external or false splendor? because he i

21 the number of the divine name, eheieh which as you already know is attached to kether. in the egyptian sense it is sirius, the dog star of isis sothis; around it are the stars of the seven planets, each with its sevenfold counterchanged operation. the nude female figure with the star of the heptagram on her brow is the synthesis of isis, of nephthys and of athor. she also represents the planet venus, through whose sphere the influences of chesed descend. she is aima, binah and tebunah, the great supernal mother, aima elohim pouring upon the earth the waters of creation, which unite and form a river at her feet; the river going forth from the supernal eden, which overfloweth and faileth not. note well that in this key she is completely unveiled, while in the 21st key, she is only partly

lack collar, red shoes, lamen, scepter. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash. required materials for the altar 3 red lamps white triangle and red cross calvary cross of 6 squares diagrams of eden before and after the fall lamen of 6 squared calvary cross required materials for the temple banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: kaph, nun, peh, tzaddi, qoph kamea and sigils of venus diagram of tree of life with daath diagram of tree of life in four worlds burnt offering diagram of brazen sea enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part iv advancement ceremony of philosophus hiero: honoured hegemon instruct the practicus in the proper alarm, present him with the necessary admission badge and admit him (hegemon goes without and inst

g the cross of life and of the waters of eden. you will note that it thus forms the alchemical emblem of sulphur. the red lamps at the angles of the triangles are the three fold forms of fire. hiero: pract: proceed to the east. hiero: the portals in the east and north east conduct to the higher. the others are those of the paths you have already traversed. this grade is also related to the planet venus. its kamea or mystical square is formed of 49 squares containing the numbers from 1 to 49 arranged so as to show the same sum each way. the ruling numbers are 7, 49, 175 and 1252. this tablet (indicating it) shows the mystical names and seals drawn from the kamea of venus. the seals are formed by lines drawn from and to, certain numbers upon the square. the name answering to 7 is aha, that a

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

or outdoor love spells and for casting your love net wide to attract an as yet unknown lover. freyja freyja is the viking goddess of love and sexuality and can be invoked for rituals to increase confidence in inner beauty and worth, for the increase of passion and for fertility in every aspect. a witch goddess, she is potent for all magick, especially astral projection and crystal and gem magick. venus venus, the goddess of love, is the roman form of aphrodite and by her liaison with mercury gave birth to cupid. although she had many lovers, she was the goddess of chastity in women and is a joybringer, and so represents not only sexual pleasure, but also innocent love and especially love in the springtime. her planetary associations mean she is the focus in all kinds of love rituals. as th

goddess of love, is the roman form of aphrodite and by her liaison with mercury gave birth to cupid. although she had many lovers, she was the goddess of chastity in women and is a joybringer, and so represents not only sexual pleasure, but also innocent love and especially love in the springtime. her planetary associations mean she is the focus in all kinds of love rituals. as the evening star, venus takes on a warrior aspect and so can be invoked in fighting for one's lover or tough love in relationships. deities for power these deities may be invoked for strength, success, energy, inspiration and increase. apollo apollo, the greek sun god, was twin brother of artemis, the moon goddess. as god of the solar light, apollo made the fruits of the earth ripen, and at delos and delphi where h

, for all mothering rituals and as a protectress of animals. innana innana was a sumerian goddess, known as the queen 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 p

the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars. taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous. ruled by venus. gemini, the heavenly twins: 22 may to 21 june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, choices, adaptability and short-distance travel. ruled by mercury. cancer, the crab: 22 june to 22 july. colour: silver. a cardinal water sign, for spells concerning the home and family, especially for protection and for gentle love and friendship. r

green or pale blue. a mutable earth sign, for spells to increase efficiency, for bringing order to a chaotic situation, for self-improvement and for healing. ruled by mercury. libra, the scales: 23 september to 23 october. colour: blue or violet. a cardinal air sign for rituals concerning justice and the law, for balancing options and priorities relationships, harmony and reconciliation. ruled by venus. scorpio, the scorpion: 24 october to 22 november. colour: burgundy or red. a fixed water sign, for increasing second sight, for passion and sex, secrets, inheritance and for claiming what is rightfully yours in any area of life. ruled by mars in the ancient system, now by pluto. sagittarius, the archer: 23 november to 21 december. colour: orange or yellow. a mutable fire sign, for optimism

ABRAMELIN1

ames employed are the very factors which make them of value. among them we find a form of the celebrated sator, arepo, tenet, opera, rotas, which is one of the pentacles in the key of solomon. abraham's formula is slightly different: and is to be used for obtaining the love of a maiden. the pentacle in my key of solomon the king is classed under saturn, while the above is applied to the nature of venus. i give the hebrew form (see appendix a, table of hebrew and chaldee letters) of equivalents: introduction xii or in latin letters: in the key of solomon it is (as being a pentacle) inscribed within a double circle, wherein is written the following versicle from psalm lxxii, v. 8 his dominion shall be also from the one sea unto the other, and from the flood unto the world s end. in the hebre

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is is in no way true; that they produce thus a change of the time and of the air, i in part concede; but do me the grace to tell me how ye do divide the planetary hours. i know that ye begin the first hour of the day with the planet which itself giveth the name unto the day, as sunday is ascribed to the sun, monday to the moon, tuesday to mars, wednesday to mercury, thursday to jupiter, friday to venus, and saturday to saturn; then ye divide the length of the day into twelve equal portions which ye call hours, and to each hour ye assign its planet; and ye do the same thing with the night, according to whether the days be long or short. thus do the hours become long or short. as for example, suppose that on a sunday the sun riseth at 7 o'clock and setteth at 5 o'clock in the evening, its co

ong or short. thus do the hours become long or short. as for example, suppose that on a sunday the sun riseth at 7 o'clock and setteth at 5 o'clock in the evening, its course will be ten hours, the which ye divide up into twelve equal parts, so that each hour is of fifty minutes length. i say, therefore, that the first planetary hour is of the sun, and is fifty minutes long; that the second is of venus; the third of mercury; and so on of the others; at last the eighth hour returneth unto the sun; the ninth unto venus; the tenth unto mercury; and so the day finisheth. then cometh the night, which is longer, that is to say, fourteen hours, and each planetary hour of this night will be seventy minutes, and in order to continue the regular succession as we have begun, the first hour of the nig

of the true rosicrucian wisdom, know that there is a certain force in the observance of the equinoxes. 21 abraham evidently means his guardian angel. 22 here abraham admits to an extent what i have urged in my previous notes. 23 i.e, the astrologers to whom abraham refers in the first sentence of the chapter. 24 i.e, the moon and monday; sun and sunday; mars and tuesday (tuisco is a name of mars; venus and friday (freya's day, after freya, the scandinavian goddess, etc. 25 et jusqua ceguil tremonte son jour dure jusqua cequil se leve derechef. 26 this is the initiated rosicrucian teaching, which is very different to that of the outer and uninitiated world. 27 this is the great point to be studied in all magical operations soever, and unless the whole heart and soul and faith go with the ce

ALEE J BOOK OF AIWASS

about the neck. you must be specific concerning the material the amulet is to be made from, its design, the kind of protection you desire. aiwass, lord egan's daemonic form, grants one astral projection experience. lucifer grants increased intelligence. pan (priapus) grants one sexual encounter with whomever you desire. bacchus grants that your unpaid debts shall be brought up to date. aphrodite (venus) grants the perfect male partner shall come to you. harpocrates grants the power of invisibility. hermes grants healing for a friend, loved one or relative. amon grants rain where you reside for two days. thoth grants you clairvoyance and clairaudience- the ability to see and hear spirits. athena grants clairsentience- experiencing realities or entities via physical senses. once more, you mu

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

is a star. for him all planets come; around him they all move, to him they all tend. it is this centralisation of faculties, their control, their motivation, which is the niyama of the sun. he is not only the heart but the brain of the system; but he is not the 'thinking' brain, for in him all thought has been resolved into the beauty and harmony of ordered motion. 12. the next of the planets is venus. in her, for the first time, we come into contact with a part of our nature which is none the less quintessential because it has hitherto been masked by our pre-occupation with more active qualities. venus resembles jupiter, but on a lower scale, standing to him very much as mars does to saturn. she is close akin in nature to the sun, and she may be considered an externalisation of his influ

, we come into contact with a part of our nature which is none the less quintessential because it has hitherto been masked by our pre-occupation with more active qualities. venus resembles jupiter, but on a lower scale, standing to him very much as mars does to saturn. she is close akin in nature to the sun, and she may be considered an externalisation of his influence towards beauty and harmony. venus is isis, the great mother; venus is nature herself; venus is the sum of all possibilities. the niyama corresponding to venus is one of the most important, and one of the most difficult of attainment. i said the sum of all possibilities, and i will ask you to go back in your minds to what i said before about the definition of the great work itself, the aim of the yogi to consummate the marria

e the marriage of all that he is with all that he is not, and ultimately to realise, insofar as the marriage is consummated, that what he is and what he is not are identical. therefore we cannot pick and choose in our yoga. it is written in the 'book of the law, chapter 1, verse 22 'let there be no difference made among you between any one thing and any other thing, for thereby there cometh hurt' venus represents the ecstatic acceptance of all possible experience, and the transcendental assumption of all particular experience into the one experience. oh yes, by the way, don't forget this. in a lesser sense venus represents tact. many of the problems that confront the yogi are impracticable to intellectual manipulation. they yield to graciousness. 13. our next planet is mercury, and the niy

ved. i can only explain this, if at all, by pointing out that, since all truth is relative, all truth is falsehood. in one sense mercury is the great enemy; mercury is mind, and it is the mind that we have set out to conquer. 14. the last of the seven sacred planets is the moon. the moon represents the totality of the female part of us, the passive principle which is yet very different to that of venus, for the moon corresponds to the sun much as venus does to mars. she is more purely passive than venus, and although venus is so universal the moon is also universal in another sense. the moon is the highest and the lowest; the moon is the aspiration, the link of man and god; she is the supreme purity: isis the virgin, isis the virgin mother; but she comes right down at the other end of the

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

gypt, and have become the symbols of the four evangelists of the christian new testament- an ironic and splendid result of the ignorance of the greek religious historians concerning the ancient mysteries! probable the most inconsistent concept the sumerians possesses with reference to the craft is the naming of the goddess as a deity, not of the moon (as the craft would have it, but of the planet venus. the moon was governed by a male divinity, nanna (like inanna but minus the initial 'i, and was considered the father of the gods by the earliest sumerian religion. it should be noted, however, that all of the planetary deities, termed "the zoned ones" or zonei in greek, and indeed all of the sumerian deities, had both male and female manifestations, showing that the sumerians definitely rec

e 'spirits' or bodies that exist beyond the zonei are called the azonei, meaning "un-zoned. whether this refers to the so-called "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever the case may be, the zonei seem to include the seven philosophical planets, i.e, including the sun and moon as planetary bodies, along with mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. each has their own seal and their own number. kenneth grant, author of aleister crowley and the hidden god, may be interested to know (or may already know) that the number of the sumerian goddess of venus, hence of love and war, is fifteen. in many of the ancient tablets of that period, she is actually referred to as "the fifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the

lects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ra

road leaf of a palm tree, having no other person about you who may watch you in its construction. being finished, it should be wrapped in a square of the finest silk and lain aside until such time as you desire its use, and then, it should be removed only when its light is in the sky. such is also the best time for its manufacture. the number of nebo is twelve and this is his seal: the goddess of venus is the most excellent queen inanna, called of the babylonians ishtar. she is the goddess of passion, both of love and of war, depending upon her sign and the time of her appearance in the heavens. she appears as a most beautiful lady, in the company of lions, and partakes of a subtle astral nature with the moon god nanna. when they are in agreement, that is, when their two plants are auspici

field, which is that field's fairest flower. her gate is the third you will pass in the rites that follow, and in which place you will be of a heart to stay; but turn you face to the road that leads beyond, for that is your genuine goal, unless the goddess choses you. her step on the ladder of lights, built of old in babylon and at ur, is white. this is her seal, which you must engrave on copper, venus being exalted in the heavens, with no one about watching its construction. being finished, it is to be wrapped in the purest silk and lain safely away, only to be removed when need arises, at any time. the number of inanna is fifteen, by which number she is frequently known in the incantations of the dispensation, her seal is the following. this god of the sun is the lord shammash, son of na

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

ther hereafter. to all impressions thus. let them not overcome thee; yet let them breed within thee. the least of the impressions, come to its perfection, is pan. receive a thousand lovers; thou shalt bear but one child. this child shall be the heir of fate the father. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 17 [18] commentary( delta) daleth is the empress of the tarot, the letter of venus, and the title, peaches, again refers to the yoni. the chapter is a counsel to accept all impressions; it is the formula of the scarlet woman; but no impression must be allowed to dominate you, only to fructify you; just as the artist, seeing an object, does not worship it, but breeds a masterpiece from it. this process is exhibited as one aspect of the great work. the last two paragraphs ma

in this book- father and son are not really two, but one; their unity being the holy ghost, the semen; the human form is a non-essential accretion of this quintessence. so far the chapter has followed the sephiroth from kether to chesed, and chesed is united to the supernal triad by virtue of its phallic nature; for not only is amoun a phallic god, and jupiter the father of all, but 4 is daleth, venus, and chesed refers to water, from which venus sprang, and which is the symbol of the mother in the tetragrammaton. see chapter 0 "god the father and mother is concealed in generation. but chesed, in the lower sense, is conjoined to microprosopus. it is the true link between the greater book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 20 and lesser countenances, whereas daath is the false

a course of action calculated to rob the creator of his cruel sport. note (18) this chapter was written to clarify chi-epsilon-psiiota- delta of which it was the origin. frater perdurabo perceived this truth, or rather the first half of it, comedy, at breakfast at "au chien qui fume. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 76 [79] 35 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta lambda-epsilon venus of milo life is as ugly and necessary as the female body. death is as beautiful and necessary as the male body. the soul is beyond male and female as it is beyond life and death. even as the lingam and the yoni are but diverse developments of one organ, so also are life and death but two phases of one state. so also the absolute and the conditioned are but forms of that. what do i love? ther

but forms of that. what do i love? there is no from, no being, to which i do not give myself wholly up. take me, who will! book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 77 [80] commentary( lambda-epsilon) this chapter must be read in connection with chapters 1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 16, 18, 24, 28, 29. the last sentence of paragraph 4 also connects with the first paragraph of chapter 26. the title "venus of milo" is an argument in support of paragraphs 1 and 2, it being evident from this statement that the female body becomes beautiful in so far as it approximates to the male. the female is to be regarded as having been separated from the male, in order to reproduce the male in a superior form, the absolute, and the conditions forming the one absolute. in the last two paragraphs there is a j

be analysed. the order of the element is that of jeheshua. the elements are taken rather as in nature; n is easily fire, since mars is the ruler of scorpio: the virginity of i suits air and water, elements which in magick are closely interwoven: h, the letter of of breath, is suitable for spirit; abrahadabra is called the name of spirit, because it is cheth: l is earth, green and fertile, because venus, the greenness, fertility, and earthiness of things is the lady of libra, lamed. in paragraph 7 we turn to the so-called jetziratic attribution of pentagrammaton, that followed by dr. dee, and by the hindus, tibetans, chinese and japanese. fire is the foundation, the central core, of things; above this forms a crust, tormented from below, and upon this condenses the original steam. around th

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

but not always identical to those in agrippa. cols. clv clxvi. i have added transliterations of the names of the spirits and numbers according to the order in which they appear in the goetia. planetary symbols indicate the rank of the spirit and the material from which its seal is to be made (some spirits have two ranks, thus: rank planet metal prince jupiter tin earl mars iron king sol gold duke venus copper president mercury mercury (hmm) marquis luna silver note that in rendering the names of the demons into hebrew, some suffixes like ion, ius, etc. have been dropped. an alternative set of attributions and hebrew spellings can be found in the sword and the serpent by denning and phillips, and godwin s cabalistic encyclopedia. notes 56 cols. clxvii clxxi. a completely different set of na

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god which not even the angels are able to pronounce 2 8 1 these names are seen written without the heptagram within the heptagon. by reading these obliquely are obtained names of angels called (1) fili bonitatis or filiol lucis. e me ese iana akele azdobn stimcul (2) fili lucis. i ih ilr dmal heeoa beigia stimcul [these are given attributions to the metals of the planets in this order: sol, luna, venus, jupiter, mars, mercury, saturn] the symbolic representation of the universe 4 sigillvm dei meth plate ii liber lxxxiv 5 (3) fili filiarum lucis. s ab ath ized ekiei madimi esemeli (4) filii filiorum lucis. l (el) aw ave liba rocle hagone(l) ilemese see all these names in the heptagram of the great seal. so also there are seven great angels formed thus: take the corner letter s, then the dia

magic. st paul, mn: llewellyn( second edition 1994. finally i will warn the reader that schueler& schueler s enochian books for llewellyn should not be regarded as a reliable source of information on either dee purist or golden dawn enochian magick, or anything else for that matter. endnotes part i 1: these talismans, the ensigns of creation, are referred to the seven planets (clockwise from top) venus, sol, mars, mercury, jupiter, saturn, luna. the details of the ensigns are not visible on the graphic of the holy table (plate i. the seven ensigns and an account of their reception can be found in mysteriorum liber tertius. 2: the letters on the holy table itself are derived from the names of the heptarchic kings and princes. the method is described in dee s libri mysteriorum quinti appendi

end of each table leg. 5: most of these names consist of a transliteration of the hebrew for the sphere of the planet with -el stuck on the end. see agrippa de occulta philosophia tom. iii cap. xxviii, where most of these names appear, the spirit of saturn is called sabathiel; the spirit of jupiter zedekiel; the spirit of mars, madimiel; the spirit of the sun semeliel, or semeschia; the spirit of venus nogahel; the spirit of mercury cochabiah, or cochabiel; the spirit of the moon, jareahel, or levanael. a corabiel is cited as one of the angels of the first heaven ruling monday in the heptameron of pseudo-abano, but there has no particular connection to mercury. crowley omits to mention the names formed from the letters written along the outer heptagon; the seven angels which stand in the p

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dentified with this abyss. yet this abyss is the crown of the mind. purely intellectual faculties all obtain here. this abyss has no number, for in it all is confusion. below this abyss we find the moral qualities of man, of which there are six. the highest is symbolised by the number four. its nature is fatherly<venus; so that the mother-idea is included. again, the sephira of 4 is chesed, referred to water. 4 is ruled by jupiter, lord of the lightning (fire) yet ruler of air. each sephira is complete in its way; mercy and authority are the attributes of its dignity. the number five is balanced against it. the attributes of five are energy and justice. four and five are again combined and harmonized in th

e reach the last of the purely mental qualities. it identifies change with stability. pendant to this sixfold system is the number ten< the balance of the sephiroth: kether (1 "kether is in malkuth, and malkuth is in kether, but after another manner" chokmah (2) is yod of tetragrammaton, and therefore also unity. binah (3) is he of tetragrammaton, and therefore "the emperor" chesed (4) is daleth, venus the female. geburah (5) is the sephira of mars, the male. tiphereth (6) is the hexagram, harmonizing, and mediating between kether and malkuth. also it reflects kether "that which is above, is like that which is below, and that which is below, is like that which is above" netzach (7) and hod (8) balanced as in text. jesod (9) see text. malkuth (10) contains all the numbers> which includes th

of what we mean by any symbol. at the same time let us reflect that there is a certain definite consensus of experience as to the correlation of the various beings of the hierarchy with the observed facts of magick. in the simple matter of astral vision, for example, one striking case may be quoted. without telling him what it was, the master therion once recited as an invocation sappho's "ode to venus" before a probationer of the a. a. who was ignorant of greek, the language of the ode. the disciple then went on an "astral journey" and everything seen by him was without exception harmonious with venus. this was true down to the smallest detail. he even obtained all the four colour-scales of venus with absolute correctness. considering that he saw something like one hundred symbols in all

the natural letter of air, and the final "mem" is the natural letter of water. together "aleph" and "mem" make "am- the mother within whose womb the cosmos is conceived. but "yod" is not the natural letter of fire. its juxtaposition with "he" sanctifies that fire to the "yod" of tetragrammaton. similarly we find "lamed" for earth, where we should expect tau- in order to emphasize the influence of venus, who rules libra "alhim, therefore, represents rather the formula of consecration than that of a complete ceremony. it is the breath of benediction, yet so potent that it can give life to clay and light to darkness. in consecrating a weapon "aleph" is the whirling force of the thunderbolt, the lightning which flameth out of the east even 24 into the west. this is the gift of the wielding of

espondence in the following note, see liber 777. the principal points are these: 31: atu :no: hebrew :no.:correspondence: other :of :of (tarot trump :atu: letters :let: in nature: correspondences :ter: the hiero: v :vau (a nail: 6 :taurus (an :the sun. the son in tephant (osi: english v: earthy sign: tragrammaton (see cap. ris throned: w, or vo: ruled by: iii. the pentagram& crowned: wel between: venus; the: which shows spirit with wand: o and u: moon exalt: master& reconciler of: ma'ajab and: ed therein: the four elements: ma'aruf: but male: four wor: liberty,i.e.:the hexagram which unshippers; the: free will: god and man. the consfour ele: sciousness or ruach. ments :parzival as the child in: his widowed mother's: care: horus, son of: isis and the slain: osiris :parzival as king: priest

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he four (or five) elements, the seven (or ten) planets, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. all these are arranged in a geometrical design composed of ten "sephiroth (numbers) and twenty-two "paths" joining them; this is called the tree of life. every idea soever can be, and should be, attributed to one or more of these primary symbols; thus green, in different shades, is a quality or function of venus, the earth, the sea, libra, and others. so also abstract ideas; dishonesty means "an afflicted mercury" generosity a good, though not always strong, jupiter; and so on. the tree of life has got to be learnt by heart; you must know it backwards, forwards, sideways, and upside down; it must become the automatic background of all your thinking. you must keep on hanging everything that comes you

on: www.abika.com 144 the sign of the zodiac which was rising when he first drew air into his lungs. let me add, to strengthen the argument, that on the few occasions where i have erred there has been a good astrological reason for it. e.g. i might plump for pisces rising when it was actually capricornus; but in that case saturn would have been afflicted by being in cancer, with bad aspects from venus and the moon, thus taking away all his rugged, male, laborious qualities, and in the ascendant might have been jupiter, suggesting many of the qualities of pisces: and so forth. 14 now let me start! you want me to explain the system- or no-system- which i use. i do not "move in a mysterious way my wonders to perform" for nothing could be simpler. for its origin i have to thank abramelin the

to conscious fraud. 28 in that case what about poor tiny aleister? do please allow me the happy young eagles of the old testament; what clearer prophecy of psychoanalysis, it's only the english for freud and jung and adler! no, by no means always fraud. yet at any s ance the "investigators" take no magical precautions soever- against, say, the impersonation of iophiel by hismael, or the doves of venus by the a'arab zareq. all they attempt especially at "demonstrations" and "materializations" is to guard with great elaboration and (as a rule) complete futility against the deceptions of the common conjuror. they are not expecting any genuine manifestation of the "spirit world" and this fact makes clear their true subconscious attitude. as for those mediums who possess magical ability, they

most careful to do as little damage as possible to the main current of my total energy. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 217 54 love is the law, love under will. yours fraternally, 666 chapter xxxiii the golden mean cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. you would think that one who like myself has the sun, the lord of his horoscope, in libra, with venus who rules that sign in close conjunction with him, with saturn trine, uranus sextile, mars square and luna quincunx to him, would wear the golden mean as a breastplate, flaunt it on my banneret, quarter it on my escutcheon, and grave it on the two-edged blade of my thrice trusty falchion! just so, objects that instinct itself "had you been born a few hours earlier, with aries rising, its lor

ion with him, with saturn trine, uranus sextile, mars square and luna quincunx to him, would wear the golden mean as a breastplate, flaunt it on my banneret, quarter it on my escutcheon, and grave it on the two-edged blade of my thrice trusty falchion! just so, objects that instinct itself "had you been born a few hours earlier, with aries rising, its lord mars aggravated by the square of sol and venus, you would indeed have bee a wild man of the woods, arrogant, bigoted, domineering, incapable of seeing a second side to any question, headstrong, haughty, a seething hell-broth of hate; and this fact disables your judgment" all perfectly true. my equable nature is congenitally hostile to extreme measures, except in imagination. i cannot bear sudden violent movements. climbing rocks, people

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nsition from the ancient to the modern tarot; the suit "hearts" in old packs of cards, and even in modern spanish and italian cards, is called "cups) is the letter "mem (the hebrew word for water, which has for its tarot trump the hanged man. this hanged man represents the adept hanging by one heel from a gallows, which is in the shape of the letter daleth- the letter of the empress, the heavenly venus in the tarot. his legs form a cross, his arms a triangle, as if by his equilibrium and self-sacrifice he were bringing the light down and establishing it even in the abyss. elementary as this is, it is a very satisfactory hieroglyph of the great work, though the student is warned that the obvious sentimental interpretation will have to be discarded as soon as it has been understood. it is a

the hilt of the sword should be made of copper. the guard is composed of the two crescents of the waxing and the waning moon- back to back. spheres are placed between them, forming an equilateral triangle with the sphere of the pommel. the blade is straight, pointed, and sharp right up to the guard. it is made of steel, to equilibrate with the hilt, for steel is the metal of mars, as copper is of venus. those two planets are male and female- and thus reflect the wand and the cup, though in a much lower sense. the hilt is of venus, for love is the motive of this ruthless analysis- if this were not so the sword would be a black magical weapon. the pommel of the sword is in daath, the guard extends to chesed and geburah; the point is in malkuth. some magi make the three spheres of lead, tin

s usually made of human bone. the bell itself is made of electrum magicum, an alloy of the "seven metals" blended together in a special manner. first the gold is melted up with the silver during a favourable aspect of the sun and moon; these are then fused with tin when jupiter is well dignified. lead is added under an auspicious saturn; and so for the quicksilver, copper, and iron, when mercury, venus, and mars are of good augury. the sound of this bell is indescribably commanding, solemn, and majestic. without even the minutest jar, its single notes tinkle fainter and fainter into silence. at the sound of this bell the universe ceases for an indivisible moment of time, and attends to the will of the magician. let him not interrupt the sound of this bell. let this be that which is written

s the final burning up of all things in shivadarshana. it is the absolute destruction alike of the magician and the universe. the thurible stands upon a small altar "my altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or gold< this altar stands in the east, as if to symbolize the identity of hope and annihilation. this brass contains the metals of jupiter and venus fused in a homogeneous alloy. this is then symbolical of divine love, and it is "open brass work" because this love is not limited in direction or extent; it is not particularized, it is universal. upon this altar stands the censer proper; it has three legs symbolical of fire<hebrew letter of fire, has three tongues of flame, and its value is 300> its cup is a hem

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lling, habitation (as body is of soul) hwn 62 healing )s) the sons ynb to commit; healing hnz between nyb 63 abaddon: destruction, ruin (hell, as development of lw, 337; cf. 451) nwdb) dregs, roll; faeces (globular; dung llg fed nwz the nose m+wx fervour hmyx hwhy in briah yh w)w yh dwy briah fs gsecret nature h (see s.d. 1:38-39) gs beaver, builder hnwb prophet )ybn 64 shine, glow: the sphere of venus (see s.b. 75) hgwn justice: a title of geburah nyd a sigh, groan, deep breath hxn) the golden waters (i.r.q. 996; cf. 97) bhz ym prophecy h)wbn serenity hnwg stocks ds 65 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

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on, go on in thy might; and let no man make thee afraid. love is the law, love under wi a the lost continent by aleister crowley ordo templi orientis p.o box 2303 berkeley, ca 94702 (c) copyright o.t.o. june 21, 1985 e.v. sun in cancer moon in leo an 81 e.n .pa the lost continent* preface last year i was chosen to succeed the venerable k-z--who had it in his mind to die, that is, to join them in venus, as one of the seven heirs of atlantis, and i have been appointed to declare, so far as may be found possible, the truth about that mysterious lost land. of course, no more than one seventh of the wisdom is ever confided to one of the seven, and the seven meet in council but once in every thirty-three years. but its preservation is guaranteed by the interlocked systems of "dreaming true" and

path to the sun. the practical side of magic was for the most part a mere utilization of known forces, such as are employed by modern science. but the resources of atlas were as great, and the advantages incomparably greater. the whole archipelago was a laboratory. there was no question of the 'cost of research; every man was devoted to it. every man thought only of the main problem 'how to reach venus' and its sub-issues. further, the main laws of magic had always been found to govern and include chemical and physical laws. in the early days of colonization zro was only known in its crude state; it was the genius of a single man that obtained the third state in its purity. from this state to the seventh it moved almost of itself, very much as radium does. the genius, having sufficient in

again, but was assuredly living at the time of the 'catastrophe. this man founded a school of philosophy, or rather, it founded itself on what it supposed him to have discovered; and this school disputes with the orthodox the credit of the final success. the lesser mysteries of the high house were concerned almost entirely with the creation of life, and the bridging of the gulf between earth and venus. these were connected intimately; the theory was that if atlantean brains could exist in bodies sufficiently subtle to traverse aether, the task was done. some of the experiments were crude enough, and, to our minds, horrible. they attempted to breed a new race by crossing with snakes, swans, horses and other animals* the greek legends of such monsters as chimaera, medusa, lamia, minotaur, t

in their own element. another school argued that as zro in vapour combined the virtues of the liquid and the solid zro, so a fiery state might be produced which would so impregnate their bodies as to make them 'mates of the aether. this school held that fiery zro already existed in nature "in the heart of the living atla, and asserted that those who died by absorption into atla passed straight to venus. many of them therefore tried hard to obtain messages from that planet. familiar with newton's first law of motion, they further held it possible to prepare zro in such a state that a current of it could never be deflected or dissipated, and so, if it could be made in sufficient quantity, a bridge to venus might be built by which they might travel. they therefore tunneled through the planet

s, which divided again by 3 in another manner, yield 1 "one would rather think of 48 as 37 plus 11 than as 4 times 12" is the statement of an elementary text-book dating from the earliest days of atlas. it was a sort of moral duty to teach the mind to think in this manner. the number 7 was the 'perfect number' with them as with us, but for very different reasons. it was the link between earth and venus, for one thing; i cannot explain why. it was 'the number of atla, and the 'house of success (two being the 'house of battle. it was also grace, softness, ease, healing and 'joy of zro' as well as 'play of phosphorus. many mathematicians, however, attacked it with rigour; there was at one time an almost general consent to replace it by 8, and its 'rapture-combination' 31, by 33. despite the i

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amson, disinherited adam, feeling his way along the table where they had piled countless papyri writ with woes of kings and sages woman-wrecked, and many a map of towns and temples torn and trampled beneath the feet of love, their ashes smouldering still, and smoky with song to witness how astarte's breath had kindled and consumed them. extinguished empires owned that their doom was the device of venus, her vengeance on virility. by paul sat buddha smiling, ananda's arm about his neck, while mohammed paced the floor impatiently between two warrior comrades, his belt bearing an iron key, a whip and a sword, wherewith to limit women's liberty, their love their life, lest to his loss they lure him. the beast is there also, aloof, attentive. he will not weigh the evidence in the balances of an

ds of osiris, dionysus, jesus, attis, adonis, and others. the ritual. aeon of horus aeon of osiris another prophet the beast 666 dionysus and shall arise (aleister crowley) others others are names for (perhaps) apollonius of tyana. in the conditions then obtaining, several magi were required and bring fresh "force& fire" of horus fever from the "skies" of nuit skies. another woman see comment on "venus" of the shall awake chapt. i. 15. adonis legends. we have no clue to her name. the lust and the might and worthiness the "holy ghost" worship of the of hadit within men; also or "satan" indwelling. snake the cult of the spermatozoon the key to magick in the snake apophis the destroyer. another soul of the union of aiwaz and pan as god and god and beast the beast in aleister goat; mary &c: cr

tomb, the eater of flesh, and there's no getting away from it. but apparently she is all right just so far as she is open, to enter or leave at one's pleasure, the gateway of eternal life. she is sakti, the teh, the magical door between the tao and the manifested world. the great obstacle than is if that door be locked up. therefore our lady must be symbolized as an whore (note daleth, the door= venus. the dove; free flowing; all this is linked up in the symbol. clearly, at last, the enemy is this shutting up of things. shutting the door is preventing the operation of change, i.e. of love. the objection to calypso, circe, armida, kundry, and co. is that one is liable to be shut up in their gardens. the whole of the book of the dead is a device for opening the closed vehicles, and enabling

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e dead in amennti, and here is the 42-fold name of the creative god. see liber 418. 44 \d, blood. see part ii. here 4 11= the corruption of the created world. 45. hm, a secret title of yetzirah, the formative world \da, adam, man, the species (not the first man. a is air, the divine breath which stirs \d, blood, into being. 49. a number useful in the calculations of dr dee, and a mystic number of venus. 50. the number of the gates of binah, whose name is death (50= n= by tarot, death. 51. a, pain. an, failure \wda, the country of the demon kings. there is much in the qabalah about these kings and their dukes; it never meant much to me. but 51 is 1 short of 52. 52. amya, the fertilised mother, the phallus (y) thrust into ama. also b, the son. note 52= 13 4, being mercy and the influence of

ses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, awh [it is wyx, zion, the city of the pyramids. ed.]51 175. a mystic number of venus. 203. abr, initials of ba, b, jwr, the trinity.52 206. rbd, speech, the word of power. 207. rwa, light. contrast with bwa, 9, the astral light, and dwa, 11, the magical light. aub is an illusory thing of witchcraft (cf. obi, obeah; aud is almost= the kundalini force( odic force. this illustrates well the difference between the sluggish, viscous 9, and the keen, ecstatic 11.53 210. pertains t

ic, meaning essence of, for a and t are first and last letters of the hebrew alphabet, as a and w are of the greek, and a and z of the latin. hence the word azoth, not to be confused with azote (lifeless, azotos, the old name for nitrogen. azoth means the sum and essence of all, conceived as one. liber lviii 32 406. wt, the letter tau (see 400, also hta, thou. note that aha (7, the divine name of venus (7) gives the initials of ani, hua, ateh i, he, thou; three different aspects of a deity worshipped in three persons and in three ways: viz (1) with averted face (2) with prostration (3) with identification. 418. pertains principally to part ii, q.v. 419. tyf, the letter teth. 434. tld, the letter daleth. 440. ylt, the great dragon.54 441. tma, truth. note 441= 21 21. 21 is hyha, the god of

. a magic square is one in which each file, rank, and diagonal add to the same number, e.g. saturn is 8 1 6, 3 5 7, 4 9 2, each square being filled in with the numbers from 1 upwared. the last of the magic numbers is the sum of the whole of the figures in the square, e.g. saturn 45.57 the complete list is thus: saturn 3, 9, 15, 45. jupiter 4, 16, 34, 136. mars 5, 25, 65, 325. sol 6, 36, 111, 666. venus 7, 49, 175, 1225. mercury 8, 64, 260, 2080. luna 9, 81, 369, 3321. generally speaking, the first number gives a divine name, the second an archangelic or angelic name, the third a name pertaining to the formative world, the fourth a name of a spirit or blind force. for example, mercury has za and dd (love) for 8, yd and ynd for 64, layrif for 260, and trtrtpt for 2080. but in the earlier num

e exposition of the path. 419. teth, the number of the laughing lion on whom babalon rideth. see liber 418. note 419+ 156= 575= 23 25, occultly signifying 24, which again signifies to them that understand the interplay of the 8 and the 3. blessed be his holy name, the interpreter of his own mystery! 434. daleth, the holy letter of the mother, in her glory as queen. she saves the 4 by the 7 (d= 4= venus= 7, thus connects with 28, mystic number of netzach (venus, victory. note the 3 sundering the two fours. this is the feminine victory; she is in one sense the delilah to the divine samson. hence we adore her from full hearts. it ought to be remembered, by the way, that the 4 is not so evil when it has ceased to oppress us. the square identified with the circle is as good as the circle. 441

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nother gesture of contemptuous pity, the last insult which may lead my antagonists to that surrender which is the truest victory. peace to all beings* vide infra, berashith. 5 curious position of poet. what is truth? said jesting pilate: but crowley waits for an answer. alternative theories of greek authors. browning s summary. i flung out of chapel1* and church, temple and hall and meeting-room, venus bower and osiris tomb,2 and left the devil in the lurch, while god3 got lost in the crowd of gods,4 5 and soul went down5 in the turbid tide of the metaphysical lotus-eyed,6 and i was anyhow, what s the odds? the life to live? the thought to think? shall i take refuge in a tower like once childe roland found, blind, deaf, huge, 10 or in that forest of two hundred thousand trees,8 fit alike t

ur greatest poet, a possibly jejune yet assurdly historic attempt to place of the first time william shakespeare on his proper pedastal as an early disciple of mr. george bernard shaw; and by consequence to carve myself a little niche in the same temple: the smallest contributions will be thankfully received. notes to ascension day 1. i flung out of chapel.1 browning, xmas eve, iii. last line. 3. venus bower and osiris tomb.2 crowley, tannha user. 5. god.3 hebrew \yhla, gen. iii. 5. 5. gods.4 hebrew \yhla, gen. iii. 5. the revisers, seeing this most awkard juxtaposition, have gone yet one step lower and translated both words by god. in other passages, however, they have been compelled to disclose their own dishonesty and translate \yhla by gods. for evidence of this the reader may look up

m as it really is, not as it is painted. note also (1) the increase of selfishness in pleasure (2) the diminution of his sensibility to physical charms. pure and sane is his early work; then he is carried into the outer current of the great vortex of sin, and whirls lazilky though the sleepy waters of mere sensualism; the pace quickens, he grows fierce in the mysteries of sapphism and the cult of venus aversa with women; later of the same forms of vice with men, all mingled with wild talk of religious dogma and a general exaltation of priapism at the expense, in particular, of christianity, in which religion, however, he is undoubtedly a believer till the last (the pious will quote james ii. 19, and the infidel will observe that he died in an asylum; then the full swing of the tide catches

ing: it was no house wherein our father might abide. but there he must abide. to destroy it i am come, he said. and through he passed out therewithal, yet twas his home until he had attained. so at last he came to a river, and sailing to its source he found a fair woman all naked, and she filled the river from two vessels of pure water. she-devil, he cried, have i gone back one step? for the star venus burned above. and with his sword he clave her from the head to the feet, that she fell clean asunder. cried the echo: ah! thou hast slain hope now! our father gladdened at appendix ii 112 adest rosa secreta eros. hermaphroditus. mors janua vitae. adeptus. terrae ultor anima terrae. that word, and wiping his blade he kissed it and went on, knowing that his luck should now be ill. and ill it w

anceth up and down as a very cork on waters of wailing. woman, he bade sternly, be still. cleave that with thy sword: or that must i well work? but she cleft the cords, bitter-faced, smiling goddess as she was; 1 the sacrifices are the ten sephiroth. 2 see table. 3 ancient form of the key of s. 4 considered as the agent of resurrection. 5 in the true key of m the tree is shaped like the letter d= venus or love. the figure of the man forms a cross above a triangle, with apex upwards, the sign of redemption. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 113 sapientiae lux viris baculum. femina rapta inspirit gaudium. pleiades. dignitates. amicitia. amor. sophia. and he went on. leave thine ox-goad, 1 quoth he, till i come back an ox! and she laughed and let him pass. now is our father come to the unstable la

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em hb:koph hb:chet 2 6 s. of saturn hb:yod hb:aleph hb:taw hb:bet hb:shin understanding. hb:heh hb:nun hb:yod hb:bet 3 10 s. of jupiter hb:qof hb:dalet hb:tzaddi mercy. hb:dalet hb:samekh hb:chet 4 15 s. of mars hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:dalet hb:aleph hb:mem strength. hb:heh hb:resh hb:vau hb:bet hb:gemel 5 21 s. of sol hb:shin hb:mem hb:shin beauty. hb:taw hb:resh hb:aleph hb:peh hb:taw 6 28 s. of venus hb:heh hb:gemel hb:vau hb:nun victory. hb:chet hb:tzaddi hb:nun 7 36 s. of mercury hb:bet hb:koph hb:vau hb:koph splendour. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:heh 8 45 s. of luna hb:heh hb:nun hb:bet hb:lamed foundation. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:samekh hb:yod 9 55 s. of the elements hb:taw hb:vau hb:dalet hb:vau hb:samekh hb:yod hb:mem-final hb:lamed hb:chet kingdom. hb:taw hb:vau hb:koph hb:lamed hb:mem 10 66 ai

:nun hb:bet hb:lamed foundation. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:samekh hb:yod 9 55 s. of the elements hb:taw hb:vau hb:dalet hb:vau hb:samekh hb:yod hb:mem-final hb:lamed hb:chet kingdom. hb:taw hb:vau hb:koph hb:lamed hb:mem 10 66 air hb:chet hb:vau hb:resh ox. hb:peh-final hb:lamed hb:aleph 11 78 mercury (planets follow house. hb:taw hb:yod hb:bet 12 91 luna sephiroth camel. hb:lamed hb:mem hb:gemel 13 105 venus corresponding) door. hb:taw hb:lamed hb:dalet 14 120 aries hb:heh hb:lamed hb:tet window. hb:heh hb:heh 15 136 taurus hb:resh hb:vau hb:shin nail. hb:vau hb:vau 16 153 gemini hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem hb:vau hb:aleph hb:taw sword. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:zain 17 171 cancer hb:nun-final hb:tet hb:resh hb:samekh fence. hb:taw hb:yod hb:chet 18 190 leo hb:heh hb:yod hb:resh hb:aleph serpent. hb

ire, sight hb:yod 31 hb:nun-final hb:bet assiah, material hb:shin hb:peh hb:nun 52 spirit earth, touch h 32bis hb:heh hb:dalet hb:yod hb:chet hb:yod< spirit, hearing hb:shin 31bis_ xvi. ix. viii. vii. the planets and their numbers printed value of hebrew letters& numbers. on tarot trumps col.vii. english equiv. symbols used in this article_ mercury 8 12 0 1 a hb:aleph 11 moon 9 13 i 2 b hb:bet 12 venus 7 14 ii 3 g hb:gemel 13 jupiter 4 21 iii 4 d hb:dalet 14 mars 5 27 iv 5 h hb:heh 15 sun 6 30 v 6 v hb:vau 16 saturn 3 32 vi 7 z hb:zain 17_ vii 8 ch hb:chet 18 xviii. xvii. xi 9 t hb:tet 19 english of col. parts of ix 10 i hb:yod 20 xvii. the soul x 20, 500 k hb:koph, hb:koph-final 21_ viii 30 l hb:lamed 22 the self hb:heh hb:dalet hb:yod hb:chet hb:yod 1 xii 40, 600 m hb:mem, hb:mem-final 2

in amennti, and here is the 42-fold name of the creative god. see liber 418. 44. dm, blood. see part ii. here 4 x 11= the corruption of the created world. 45. mh, a secret title of yetzirah, the formative world. adm, adam, man, the species (not "the first man. a is air, the divine breath which stirs dm, blood, into being. 49. a number useful in the calculations of dr. dee, and a mystic number of venus. 50. the number of the gates of binah, whose name id death (50= hb:nun= by tarot "death. 51. an, pain. na, failure. advm, edom, the country of the demon kings. there is much in the qabalah about these kings and their dukes; it never meant much to me, somehow. but 51 is 1 short of 52. 100 52. aima, the fertilised mother, the phallus (hb:yod) thrust into ama. also bn, the son. note 52= 13 x 4

eaven and tribes of israel) x 12 "i.e" settled x 1-000 "i.e" on the grand scale. 148. maznim, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 x 13, the most spiritual form, 13, of the most perfect number, 12, hva [it is tzivn, zion, the city of the pyramids- ed] 175. a mystic number of venus. 203. abr, initials of ab, bn, rvch, the trinity. 206. dbr, speech "the word of power" 207. avr, light. contrast with avb, 9, the astral light, and avd, 11, the magical light. aub is an illusory thing of witchcraft("cf" obi, obeah; aud is almost= the kundalini force("odic" force. this illustrates well the difference between the sluggish, viscous 9, and the keen, ecstatic 11. 210. pertains to

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n bou-saada and biskra "december" 8, 1909. 7.10-9.10 p.m. the cry of the 7th aethyr, which is called deo the stone is divided, the left half dark, the right half light, and at the bottom thereof is a certain blackness, of three divergent columns. and it seems as if the black and white halves are the halves of a door, and in the door is a little key-hole, in the shape of the astrological symbol of venus. and from the key-hole issue flames, blue and green and 116 violet, but without any touch of yellow or red in them. it seems as if there were a wind beyond the door, that is blowing the flame out. and a voice comes "who is he that hath the key to the gate of the evening star" and now an angel cometh and seeketh to open the door by trying many keys. and they are none of any avail. and the sam

he is like a flawless emerald, and upon the pillars that support the canopy 121 of her throne are sculptured the ram, and the sparrow, and the cat, and a strange fish. behold! how she shineth! behold! how her glances have kindled all these fires that have blown about the heavens! yet remember that in every one there goeth forth for a witness the justice of the most high. is not libra the house of venus? and there goeth forth a sickle that shall reap every flower. is not saturn exalted in libra? daleth, lamed, tau. and therefore was he a fool who uttered her name in his heart, for the root of evil is the root of breath, and the speech in the silence was a lie. thus is it seen from below by them that understand not. but from above he rejoiceth, for the joy of dissolution is ten thousand, and

the death of the past aeon, that of jehovah and jesus; ends with adumbraiton of the new, the vision of the stele of ankh-f-n-khonsu, whose discovery brought about in a human consciousness the knowledge of the equinox of the gods, 21. 3. 04. 25. appearance of the lion god of horus, the child of leo that incarnates him. the first angel is isis its mother. 173 24. now appears his mate, the heavenly venus, the scarlet woman, who by men is thought of as babalon as he is thought of as chaos. 23. here appear the cherubim, the other officers of the new temple, the earth and water assistants of the fire and air beast and scarlet woman. 22. here is the first key to the formula of horus, a sevenfold arrangement. a shadow of horus declares his nature. 21. this seems to be the vision of god face to fa

sed, therefore, he may seem shallow. one may quarrel for instance with his attempted disproof of the theory that the universe is a single phenomenon. one may assert that without experience of samadhi it is impossible to understand what is meant by the theory. mr. shirley cannot realize that time and space are accidental forms of our consciousness, no more essential to it than a harem skirt to the venus of milo. suppose a cinematograph show observed by a man on earth and a man on the sun (with a devil of a telescope) at 10.40, and their observations compared. the solar will regard the terrestrial as a prophet, for the latter can see at 10.40 what the former sees at 10.48 or thereabouts. with space it is the same thing. assumer a fourth dimension, and calcutta may rub streets with buenos ayr

nal rites of luna. in the former case an uraeus crown and purple nemmes, in the latter a silver nemmes should be worn. the practicus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving i i, and for the rites of mercury. in the former case an uraeus crown and green nemmes, in the latter a nemyss of shot silk, should be worn. the philosophus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving o o, and for the rites of venus. in the former case an uraeus crown and azure nemmes, in the latter a green nemmes, should be worn. the dominus liminis' robe is fitted for the infernal rites of sol, which must never be celebrated. the adeptus minor's robe is fitted for the rituals of sol. a golden nemmes may be worn. the adeptus' robe is fitted for the particular workings of the adeptus, and for the postulant at the first

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l return and humble myself before the lord 94 adonai. it is near the night of the full moon; in my life the full moon hath ever been of great augury. but to-night i am too poor in spirit to hope. lo! i was travelling on the paths of lamed and of mem, of justice and the hanged man, and i fell into both the pitfalls thereof. instead of the great balance firmly held, i found only libra, the house of venus and of the exaltation of saturn; and these evil planets, smiling and frowning, overcame me. and so for the sublime path of man; instead of that symbol of the adept, his foot set firmly upon heaven, his whole figure showing forth the reconciler with the invisible, i found but the stagnant and bitter water of selfishness, the dead sea of the soul. for all is illusion. who saith "i" denieth ado

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ne communicate with the second order, though cut off from it by a veil which may 242 illustration goes here. this is a tree of life with the sephiroth as circles, containing the information noted below on this approximation. the paths are straight lines, with the following data by number: 0. air. hb:aleph. fool. 11th. 1. mercury. hb:bet. magician. 12th. 2. moon. hb:gemel. high priestess. 13th. 3. venus. hb:dalet. empress. 14th. 4. aries. hb:heh. emperor. 15th. 5. taurus. hb:vau. hierophant. 16th. 6. gemini. hb:zain. lovers. 17th. 7. cancer. hb:chet. chariot. 18th. 11. leo. hb:tet. strength. 19th. 9. virgo. hb:yod. hermit. 20th. 10. jupiter. hb:koph. wheel of fortune. 21st. 8. libra. hb:lamed. justice. 22nd. 12. water. hb:mem. hanged man. 23rd. 13. scorpio. hb:nun. death. 24th. 14. sagittar

n of the figure. in the exact center is an upright pentagram, also lineal, with a smaller circle in its own center. illustration described from page 265 "diagram 17. the seven-branched candlestick" this is a seven pointed star or heptagram with one point to top. there is a small circle in the center. the points have the symbols of the planets inside, clockwise starting from the top: saturn, mars, venus, moon, jupiter, sun, mercury. touching the tip of each of the seven points from outside is a circle, seven in all. these seven circles each contain an equilateral triangle, smaller than a circumscribed one would be. these seven triangles each have an apex radially outward from the center of the figure. each of the seven triangles has a hebrew letter in the center (planetary correspondence, h

hb:mem, sardis, hb:bet. 2 "see 777" col. cxl, p. 27 "twelve banners of the name" and revelations, xxi, 19, 20. 3 "see 777" col. xxxvi, p. 11. illustration described from page 265 "diagram 18. the heptagram of seven days. this is a seven pointed star or heptagram with one point to top. the points have the symbols of the planets outside, clockwise starting from the top: saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury, moon. illustration described from page 265 "diagram 19. the altar of incense" the diagram is in two parts, one above the other. the upper part is shaped thusly, but the numbers here are a key to the description below, not a part of the diagram (not to scale/ 1/ 3 2/ 5 4/ 8 6 7\ 9_ 10_ content of the boxes in the above portion of the figure, top, center and bottom in each box: 1. hb

t in space off the lower arm of the cross. the words "the knowledge of good" are similarly situated in space at the height of the female's crown. the words "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" extend in space across and just below the bases of the pillars. foliage extends about the base of the cross: four tendrils arch upward to left and three to right, six leaves each, topped by moon mercury venus sun mars jupiter saturn in order from left to right. a similar spray extends in arches downward, three to left and four to right with the planetary symbols reversed in order. there is a sort of thatch of tendrils extending in a downward crescent from the base of the cross. the words "the knowledge of evil" extend across the figure in space below the lower tendril spray. in may, 1899, three m

the words "the knowledge of evil" extend across the figure in space below the lower tendril spray. in may, 1899, three months after p. had passed through the ceremony of 3= 8, he was sufficiently prepared for the further advancement to the grade of 4= 7. ritual of the 4= 7 grade of philosophus "the first part" this ritual is particularly attributed to the element of fire, and refers to the planet venus, and the twenty-ninth, twenty-eighth, and twenty-seventy paths of qoph, tzaddi and p. the adoration commences by the "hierophant" saying "tetragrammaton tzebaoth! blessed be thou! the lord of the armies is thy name" to this all answer "amen" the hierophant then orders all present to adore their creator in the name of elohim, mighty and ruling, in the name of tetragrammaton tzebaoth, and in t

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lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire. i' b n* a name: a l h i m v\ n o- i (elohim. k\ s i\ h n# i g n g 20 the signs of 4 degree= 7 square: raise the arms above the head and join the hands, so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle("see" illustration (the grade of 4 degree= 7 square is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of qof, tzaddi and peh are attributed to this degree. for other attributions "see "777" lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: a l (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3 degree= 8 square: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle

erpowering the intention of picturing inflicted pain. roderic, who, far from being a good man, was actually a freethinker, thought it a grimly apt symbol of the religion of our day. on his right stood a plaster muse, with a lyre, the effect being decidedly improved by some one who had affixed a comic mask with a grinning mouth and a long pink nose; on his left a stone plaque of lakshmi, the hindu venus, a really very fine piece of work, clean and dignified, in a way the one sanity in the room, except an exquisite pencil sketch of a child, done with all the delicacy and strength of whistler. the rest of the decoration was a delicious mixture of the grotesque and the obscene. sketches, pastels, cuts, cartoons, oils, all the media of art, had been exhausted in a 108 noble attempt to flagellat

ck my sheep to the fold. heyday! but the time was drear and long, for i lost my pipe and my mountain-song, and all the others of my sweet lays lost all their wonted gold. viii greece and rome and the pagan lands i knew ere the christ was born; i whistled songs between my hands, and blew through an old ram's horn. i was wise indeed! for i lost my way over the hills one summer's day, and near where venus' stature stands i lingered all forlorn. 133 ix laughing eyes and clear brown skin, and dark locks ripping wide, where the sunbeams play and the eddies spin i saw my face in the tide. but i knew the trick narcissus had done, so i shook back my hair to stare at the sun; my slim brown body i'd keep within the shade of the green hillside. x i found the groves of pan; i came at length to a daisie

f inside. there is a distorted face beneath the wolf, at about the position of the hip or genitalia. 140 a handbook of geomancy chapter i attributions of geomantic figures to planets, zodiac, and ruling genii-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig: 1 :aries :fire: m: puer :malchidael:bartzabel:mars: boy, yellow: beardless: 2 :taurus:earth: f: amissio: asmodel :kedemel :venus :loss, comprehended: without: 3 :gemini: air: m: albus: ambriel :taphthar-:mercury: white, fair: tharath: 4 :cancer:water: f: populus: muriel :chashmo :moon: people, congreg: dai: ation: 5: leo :fire: m: fortuna major: verchiel: sorath :sun: greater fortune :greater aid, safe: guard entering: 6: virgo:earth: f: conjunctio: hamaliel :taphthar-:mercury: conjunction: tharath: assembling: 7: lib

:gemini: air: m: albus: ambriel :taphthar-:mercury: white, fair: tharath: 4 :cancer:water: f: populus: muriel :chashmo :moon: people, congreg: dai: ation: 5: leo :fire: m: fortuna major: verchiel: sorath :sun: greater fortune :greater aid, safe: guard entering: 6: virgo:earth: f: conjunctio: hamaliel :taphthar-:mercury: conjunction: tharath: assembling: 7: libra: air: m: puella: zuriel: kedemel :venus: a girl, beautiful: 8 :scor :water: f: rubeus: barchiel :bartzabel:mars :pio: red, reddish: 9 :sagit-:fire: m: acquisitio :advachiel :hismael :jupiter :tarius :obtaining, compre: hending without :10 :capri-:earth: f: carcer: hanael :zazel :saturn :corn: a prison, bound :11 :aquar-:air: m: tristitia: cambiel :zazel :saturn :ius: sadness, damned: cross :12 :pisces:water: f: laetitia: amnixiel

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heptagon is point up and side down. within the inner heptagon is a unicursal heptagram, created by drawing lines between alternate vertices. only the uppermost point has any writing, the word "east. the symbols of the planets are placed in the seven triangles formed between the inner angles of the heptagram and the sides of the double heptagon: clockwise from the top right: jupiter, saturn, moon, venus, mercury, sun and mars. dashed lines are used below the lowest face of the heptagon to indicate that that face is a door hinged on the left to open outward into the middle of the rectangular room. these words are written between the dashed lines indicating the open position of the door (vertically down in the diagram) and the dashed arc that indicates the clearance of the door's swing "door

ns of the drawn diagonals of the resultant square. also in the lower arm, in the half just above this, is a hexagram composed of two clock-wise interlaced equilateral triangles, points to top and bottom. the center of this hexagram contains the symbol of the sun, while the points have just beyond them the symbols of the remaining six ancient planets thusly: clockwise from the top saturn, jupiter, venus, moon, mercury, mars. note that the alchemical and planetary symbols for mercury are 3 weh note: this figure is found in franz hartmann's "cosmology..secret symbols of the rosicrucians of the sixteenth and "seventeenth centuries, occult publishing co, boston, 1888, plate# 1, facing page 16. this was reprinted in facsimile by health research in 1969. the same is to be found in "secret symbols

this wand is shaped like the wes scepter, except that the slant top is clearly depicted as a head of anubis with elongated ears. the top of the shaft is white and the fork to the bottom completes a black band. between the white and black zones are seven bands with planetary symbols to the right and hebrew letters to the left. from top to bottom these are: mars hb:peh, sun hb:resh, mercury hb:bet, venus hb:dalet, moon hb:gemel, saturn hb:taw, jupiter hb:koph [all then face east; the chief adept opens wide the vault and places himself at the head of the pastos, the second adept to the south, and the third adept to the north; they raise their wands in a pyramid formation over the altar, and their "cruces ansatas" below "chief" let us analyse the key word: i "second" n "third" r "all" i "chief

otherwise not entering into their composition, and thus are their positive colours formed. unto air, hb:aleph, is ascribed the yellow colour of tiphereth. unto water, hb:mem, is ascribed the blue colour of chesed. unto fire, hb:shin, is ascribed the red colour of geburah. the colours of earth are to be found in malkuth. those of the planets are in the rainbow thus: hb:taw saturn. indigo. hb:dalet venus. green. hb:koph jupiter. violet. hb:bet mercury. yellow. hb:samekh sic: hb:peh mars. scarlet. hb:gemel luna. blue. hb:resh sol. orange. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: hb:heh aries. scarlet. hb:lamed libra. emerald. hb:vau taurus. red-orange. hb:nun scorpio. greenish blue. hb:zain gemini. orange. hb:peh sic: hb:samekh sagittarius. deep blue. hb:chet cancer. amber. hb

the periphery between the outer heptagon and the heptagram, along with the points of the heptagram, are inscribed with the following hebrew, oriented to be read from the center of the figure and planetary symbols from the outside; clockwise from top: hb:dalet hb:samekh hb:chet, jupiter, hb:taw hb:vau hb:koph hb:lamed hb:mem, saturn, hb:dalet hb:vau hb:samekh hb:yod, moon, hb:dalet hb:vau hb:heh, venus sic, hb:heh hb:tzaddi hb:nun, mercury sic, hb:taw hb:resh hb:aleph hb:peh hb:taw, sun, hb:heh hb:resh hb:vau hb:bet hb:gemel, mars. it would appear that the symbols for venus and mercury should be exchanged, and are deliberately incorrect in their placement on the diagram. the central triangle has the following hebrew just inside the points, clockwise from top: hb:resh hb:taw hb:koph, hb:heh

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will bet george hume barne a "cr me de menthe" that if mr. waite (even now) will ride on a camel from biskra to timbuktu with an ouled nail and the dancer m'saoud, he will produce absolutely first-rate poetry within six months. enough. but buy the book. a. quiller, jr. 114 an origin in fire of gold they set them out, the garlanded of old, who comb the mount of evil, strong and stout to wrest from venus' brow the comb "the fiery wind, the web unspun "the nine stars and the circling sun" not theirs to wander lost and lone, adream by mountain lake, and sea; not theirs to bear a face of stone away from human mystery: they pondered o'er the runes of time, they slew the serpent of the slime. the brutish brain, the nervous hands, the conscious power of thew and mind; the agony of burning sands, t

curcurbite shall slightly gleam. w. the distilled liquid is now to be poured from the receiver upon the residuum of dead head in the curcurbite, and the mixture at first will appear cloudy. it is now to be exposed to the sun for ten days consecutively (10= tiphereth translating the influence of kether. it is then again to be placed upon the white triangle upon the altar, upon a flashing tablet of venus: with a solemn invocation of venus to act therein. let it remain thus for seven days: at the end of that time see what forms and colour and appearance the liquor hath taken: for there should now arise a certain softer flash in the liquid, and an elemental may be evoked to test the condition. when this softer flash is manifest, place the curcurbite into the balneum mariae to digest with a "ve

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styx. even as out love- raging wild animals suddenly hoisted on the crucifix to radiate seraphic coronals, flowers, flowers- o let our light and darkness mix, adela, goddess and beast with me in the gondola! come! though your hair be a cascade of fire, your lips twin snakes, your tongue the lightning flash, your teeth god's grip on life, your face his lyre, 315 your eyes his stars- come, let our venus lash our bodies with the whips of her desire. your bed's the world, your body the world-ash, adela! shall i give the word to the man of the gondola? aleister crowley.1 316 1 weh note: this is a hyperbole of sexual intercourse "viz "the old man in the boat, etc. the three worms in the great vault is a coffin. in the coffin is the corpse of a very beautiful woman. the vault is deep under the g

le. yet is this true cynicism? doth he delight, the surly diogenes, in his solitary gambols- that insult both lydia and lalage? or is he doing it to tempt them- to coquette with them? is he a man deadly serious in positive constructive aim, yet so sensitive to ridicule that he will always seek to turn it off as a jest- and so a stultifier of himself? a christ crucified, not upon calvary, but upon venus berg, and so no redeemer? if so "ave atque vale" george bernard shaw, for a redeemer 348 from the overmen we want, and we will have; another we will not have. rather than your mock-crucified castrato-devilry, barabbas! but if it be your serious livelong purpose to slay all ideas by ridicule. then we must claim you as an adept, one fit for the scourge and the buffets, for the gives and the sl

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hing. he stabs the lamb, and splits the brains of that majestic-seeming king. he clips the wing and pares the claw- what turns to laughter all his joy, to wondering ribaldry his awe? the beast's a mere mechanic toy, fit to amuse an idle boy! 39 xv sir palamede the saracen hath come to an umbrageous land where nymphs abide, and pagan men. the gods are nigh, say they, at hand. how warm a throb from venus stirs the pulses of her worshippers! nor shall the tuscan god be found reluctant from the altar-stone: his perfume shall delight the ground, his presence to his hold be known in darkling grove and glimmering shrine- o ply the kiss and pour the wine! sir palamede is fairly come into a place of glowing bowers, where all the voice of time is dumb: before an altar crowned with flowers he seeth a

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nal rites of luna. in the former case an uraeus crown and purple nemmes, in the latter a silver nemmes should be worn. the practicus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving i i, and for the rites of mercury. in the former case an uraeus crown and green nemmes, in the latter a nemyss of shot silk, should be worn. the philosophus' robe is fitted for all rituals involving o o, and for the rites of venus. in the former case an uraeus crown and azure nemmes, in the latter a green nemmes, should be worn. the dominus liminis' robe is fitted for the infernal rites of sol, which must never be celebrated. the adeptus minor's robe is fitted for the rituals of sol. a golden nemmes may be worn. the adeptus' robe is fitted for the particular workings of the adeptus, and for the postulant at the first

triangle; a red cross; isis; the simple tatwas; a wand; and the like. i remained after some three weeks for 59 1/2 minutes at one time, wherein my thought wandered 25 times. now i began also to consider more complex things: my little rose cross;4 the 46 complex tatwas; the golden dan symbol, and so on. also i began the exercise of the pendulum and other simple regular motions. wherefore to-day of venus, the 22nd of february 1901, i being in the city of guadalajara, in the hotel cosmopolita, i do begin to set down all that i accomplish in this work: and may the peace of god, which passeth all understanding, keep my heart and mind through christ jesus our lord. let my mind be open unto the higher: let my heart be the centre of light: let my body be the temple of the rosy cross. ex deo nascim

h to make a crown; and on the third set sail for japan. during the voyage the following practices have been recorded: may 4th. prithivi-apas.177 45 m. also went on an astral journey to japan. in which i found myself crossing great quantities of coral-pearl entangled with seaweed and shells. after having journeyed for some time i came to a spot where i saw the form of a king standing above that of venus who was surrounded by many mermaids; they all had the appearance of having just been frozen. above the nymphs bowing towards them were many pale yellow angels chained together, and amongst them stood archangels of a pale silver which flashed forth rays of gold. above all was the formless light. the archangels showed me curious types of horned beings riding along a circle in different directi

follows: the first and second steps- right comprehension and right resolution, may from their purging nature fitly be compared to yama and niyama and also to the earthly and lunar natures of malkuth and yesod. the third and fourth- right speech and right action, in their yearning and striving are by nature as unbalanced as hod and netzach which are represented by fire and water and by mercury and venus respectively. then comes the fifth stage of poise- right livelihood; this is also a stage of exemption from worldly motion, and a stage which brings all below it to a finality and which may be compared to tiphereth in its solar aspect or to the manipura chakkra. the sixth and seventh stages- right effort and right thought, are stages of "definitely directed power" closely related to geburah

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ach being again split up into further subdivisions to enable the various correspondences to be seen at a glance. weh note: temple of solomon the king continues on the next diskette, with the table of dream-staesto whose suggestion these rites are due they are gratefully dedicated. vi the rite of saturn 1 the officers of the temple magister templi "the representative of binah, saturn" mater coeli "venus in libra, the house of saturn's exaltation" brother aquarius "the house of saturn; in chesed, because pisces is water "hope" brother capricornus "in thethrone of capricornus, the house of saturn; in geburah, because mars is exalted therein. he is mars in capricornus" brother capricornus emissarius. the leader of the chorus, or choragoge. scene "in the east is a veiled shrine, containing an a

piritui sancto. hermanubis. ut erat in principio. sphinx. et nunc est. c.i.c.t. et erit semper. all. amen. sphinx. fasting. hermanubis. song. typhon. feasting. c.i.c.t. grace. sphinx. music. hermanubis. dancing. typhon. love. c.i.c.t. the end. typhon "draws the veil" 43 the rite of mars officers brother sol in aries "white robe, white and gold nemmes, sceptre (mars) brother mars "red robe, sword (venus) sister scorpio "green robe, violin, sword (athena) brother aries "violet robe, spear (vulcan) brother capricornus "black robe, tom-tom, sword "a guard of" probationers "armed "mars is throned in the south, scorpio on his right, aries on his left. in the east is also a veil, behind which is sol in aries. in the north is capricornus, crouching, kept from the altar by the guard" 47 the rite of

the lord. leo. let us bury her in the consecrated mountain! scorpio-apophis. but in the earth the worms would devour my flesh; and this flesh is of mine offering to the lord. oh lord, let thy servants return unto their thrones that i may worship thee as i will. sol. 22-1-1-22 [aries "and" leo "return to their thrones [scorpio-apophis "plays her passionate melody, her siren melody, her despairing "venus in tannhauser" melody< she clasps the feet and knees of" sol "but he gives no sign of life["at the end "aries "and" leo "rise from their thrones- a pause] aries("loudly. 333-333. leo("louder. 333-333. aries. the hour of sacrifice is past. scorpio-apophis. the hour of sacrifice is to come. 69 leo. the sacrifice is not accepted. scorpio-apophis. the s

voluptuous melody<saint saens] aries. brother leo, what is the hour? leo. the evening star is arisen. aries. the sacrifice is accomplished. leo. what is the sacrifice? aries. man. leo. who is the priestess? aries. woman. leo. unto what god? aries. it is hidden from me. leo. let every man depart unto his house. aries. 1-333-1-1. leo. 1-333-1-1. scorpio-apophis. 1-1-333-1. 78 the rite of venus the officers venus "blue robe" taurus "orange robe" libra "green robe" pisces "crimson robe" luna in taurus "silver robe" saturn in libra "black robe "no officer has any weapon. venus is throned, and on her right are libra and saturn in libra, on her left taurus and luna in taurus, while at her feet lies pisces. her throne is an oyster-shell, as in the picture by botticelli. before it a veil

pisces "crimson robe" luna in taurus "silver robe" saturn in libra "black robe "no officer has any weapon. venus is throned, and on her right are libra and saturn in libra, on her left taurus and luna in taurus, while at her feet lies pisces. her throne is an oyster-shell, as in the picture by botticelli. before it a veil. without, an altar; and without the temple, a further veil" 81 the rite of venus prelude "full light" venus "seated before altar" libra "and" taurus "at its sides" venus. 7777777. libra. 7777777. taurus. 7777777. venus. brother libra, i command thee to declare the secret of venus. libra "recites swinburne's "hertha["all present recline and sleep] venus. having ears they hear not. brothers taurus and libra, let the veil be drawn["they do so" part i["twilight" venus "is en

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ud) give me wisdom as you have given me understanding! knowledge and grace and power? these are nothing and less than nothing. is not this a precious think that you have given into my charge? am not i too young among you to bear so wonderful a burden? it is the first time that i have dared so far. the abyss! the razor-edge! frail bridge and sharp! yet is it not a ray of the evening star, a ray of venus, of the love supernal" can i tell black from white? it seems i can- and then the certainty flickers, and i doubt. i doubt. i am always doubting. perhaps a wise man grows angry, and declares his will 'it shall be what o'cock i say it is' or. see! i lay the threads on her white breast. no doubt remains" then clear and loud "ave soror" 128 the girl, as it seemed mechanically, murmured the words

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loodstone, diamond. lucky numbers: aries, seven; mars, nine. lucky day: tuesday. flowers: gorse, wild rose, thistle. trees: holly, thorn, chestnut. animals: ram, tiger, leopard. bird: magpie. metal: iron. colours: bright green, pink, yellow, red, white. taurus the bull. 22 april to 21 may. lucky stonesr sapphire, emerald, turquoise, lapis lazuli, moss agate. lucky numbers: six for both taurus and venus. lucky day: friday. flowers: lily-of-the-valley, violet, rose, myrtle. trees: almond, apple, walnut, ash, sycamore. animal: bull. bird: dove. metal: copper. colours: all shades of blue, indigo, soft rose. gemini the twins. 22 may to 21 june. lucky stones: agate, chrysoprase, diamond, jade. lucky number: five. lucky day: wednesday. flower: snapdragon. trees: elder and filbert. animals: dog an

t to 21 september. lucky.stoncs: cornelian, jade, diamond, jasper. lucky numbers: virgo, ten; mercury, five. lucky day: wednesday. flowers: madonna lily, cornflower, valerian. tree: hazel. animal: squirrel. birds; parrot, magpie. metals: virgo, platinum; mercury,quicksilver. colours: pale blue, pale gold, yellow, jade green. lm.ra the scales. 22 september to 21 october. lucky stones: libra, opal; venus, lapis lazuli. lucky numbers: libra, eight; venus, six. lucky day: friday. flowers: violet, white rose. trees: almond, walnut. animals: hart, hare. bird: dove. metal: copper. colours: blue, violet. scorpio the scorpion. 22 october to 21 november. lucky stones: ruby, beryl, turquoise, topaz. lucky number: nine. lucky day: tuesday. flowers: heather, chrysanthemum. trees: holly, thorn. animals:

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dances and games follow closing of circle. great rite if at all possible by high priestess and high priest if no other. merry meet, merry part. notes l there are plenty of published samhain rituals, containing at least some of these elements. this is from what witches do by stewart farrar, fleshed out from lady sheba's book of shadows, as usual. l earth goddess aspect: crone astrological rulers: venus, saturn keys: law principle, solidity,auriel("lord of awe) rules: birth& death, body, growth, nature, stones& metals, material things, caves, chasms, silence, graves, fields, sanguine; sensation; calm, imperturbable virtues: strength, endurance, commitment, responsibility, thoroughness, practicality, wisdom, patience, sense of timing vices: dullness, lack of conscience, melancholy, boredom

qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l water deep body dryness, hotness, mind& body feel seperated, no empathy body puffiness, sinus (etc) flows, mood swings "touchiness, apathy goddess aspect: mother astrological rulers: venus, moon keys: love principle, fertility, gabriel (turns force into form) rules: emotions, love, sorrow, courage, astral planes, clairvoyance, tides, oceans, pools, streams, wells, womb melancholic; feeling; strong, excitatory virtues: compassion, tranquility, tenderness, forgiveness, modesty, fluidity in creativity, receptivity, influence vices: self-indulgence, negligence, cowardice, indiffer

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

ed therein, is expressing itself in terms of light, and that the process of initiation might therefore be regarded as one in which the different points of light (or human sparks) are stimulated, their radiance and temperature increased, and the sphere of influence of each light extended in radius. the three planetary schemes wherein the great experiment of initiation is being tried are the earth, venus, and one other. venus was the first sphere of experiment, and the success of the endeavour and the force generated was the cause of a similar effort being made on our planet. no planet increases its store of force, and consequently its sphere of influence, without incurring obligations and affecting other schemes; the interchange of force and energy between these two planets, earth and venus

e lord of the world, who touches it with his own mighty rod, causing a fresh recharging of its electric capacity. this ceremony takes place at shamballa. the rod of initiation known as the "flaming diamond" is used by sanat kumara, the one initiator. this rod lies hidden "in the east" and holds the fire hidden that irradiates the wisdom religion. this rod was brought by the lord of the world from venus, and once in every world period it is subjected to a similar process to that of the lesser rod, only this time it is recharged by the direct action of the logos himself, the logos of the solar system. the exact location of this rod is known only to the lord of the world and to the chohans of the rays, and being the talisman of this evolution the chohan of the second ray is under the lord of

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uence of other constellations. when this first aspect is better understood (in the next mahamanvantara) the work of the seven rishis of the great bear,65(57) and the supreme influence of sirius will be comprehended; in this present manifestation of the son, or of the vishnu aspect, we are concerned more closely with the pleiades and their influence via the sun, and, in relation to our planet, via venus. this subject of the first logos, manifesting only in connection with the other two in the system, is a profound mystery, which is not fully understood by even those who have taken the sixth initiation. the first logos embodies the "will to live" and it was through his instrumentality that the manasaputras came into objective existence in relation to the human and deva hierarchies. in this s

ogos. systemic kundalini goes forward to the vivification of these centres, and at this stage of development certain centres are more closely allied than others. just as in connection with our planetary logos, the three etheric planets of our chain earth, mercury and mars77(66) form a triangle of rare importance, so it may be here said that at the present point in evolution of the logoic centres, venus, earth and saturn form one triangle of great interest. it is a triangle that is at this time undergoing vivification through the action of kundalini; it is consequently increasing the vibratory capacity of the centres, which are becoming slowly fourth-dimensional. it is not yet permissible to point out others of the great triangles, but as regards the centres, we may here give two hints: fir

s, earth and saturn form one triangle of great interest. it is a triangle that is at this time undergoing vivification through the action of kundalini; it is consequently increasing the vibratory capacity of the centres, which are becoming slowly fourth-dimensional. it is not yet permissible to point out others of the great triangles, but as regards the centres, we may here give two hints: first. venus corresponds to the heart centre in the body logoic, and has an inter-relationship therefore with all the other centres in the solar system wherein the heart aspect is the one of greater prominence. second. saturn corresponds to the throat centre, or to the creative activity of the third aspect. as evolution proceeds, the other centres attain a more pronounced vibration and the fire (circulat

me may be, is as yet but partial, and his cosmic experience is as yet but imperfect. this necessarily affects the cells in his body in the same way that lack of astral control in the case of a human being, affects his vehicle. it might here be pointed out that the evolution of the heavenly men is unequal, and that our planetary logos has not the control, for instance, that the heavenly man of the venus chain has achieved. in each round one subplane of the cosmic astral plane is brought under control, and the consciousness of the heavenly man expands to include one subplane more. the planetary lord of venus has dominated and controlled the five subplanes and is working on the sixth. our planetary logos is engaged in a similar work on the fourth and fifth. the work, as in all cycles, overlap

ent. the interplay between the three dense physical planets will be perfected and man will pass at will from one to another. i would here point out the inadvisability of the method whereby the names of the globes in a chain, just as the names of a chain in a scheme, follow the planetary nomenclature. this has led to confusion. a clue tending towards the correct undertanding lies hid in the words "venus is the earth's primary."17(103) it is not permissible to say much about this mystery, that "venus is the earth's alter ego" nor is it advisable, but certain ideas may be suggested which if brooded on may result in a wider grasp of the beauty of nature's synthesis, and of the wonderful correlation of all that is in process of evolution. perhaps some idea may be gained if we remember that, in

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ords. the planned activity of every ray qualifies every form found within its body of manifestation. we come now to a technical statement which must be accepted for the sake of argument, being incapable of proof. all the lords of the rays create a body of expression, and thus the seven planets have come into being. these are their major expressions. the sun (veiling vulcan) jupiter saturn mercury venus mars the moon the energies of these seven lives however are not confined to their planetary expressions, but- 43- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust sweep around the confines of the solar system just as the life impulses of a human being his vital forces, his desire impulses, and his mental energies sweep throughout his body, bringing the

effect of activity in the solar lives of the solar system, and with these we cannot concern ourselves. it is not possible to handle the subject in such a way as to make it of constructive value to the average reader. what is not of immediate esoteric value at this time of world urgency may well be relegated to a later time. c. the planets and the kingdoms in the vegetable kingdom the influence of venus is predominant, amazing as this may seem to some occult students. venus and jupiter together powerfully influence this world of forms. it might be of interest to note that all the planets have a close relation to all the kingdoms, but that this relation should not be confounded with the planetary rays or with the fact that some of the planets are considered as "sacred planets" and some are n

ered that these are the cyclic influences dominant at this time, and that they change from cycle to cycle. for instance, a disciple who is upon the path is strongly influenced by mercury and by saturn, but when he begins his training for the first initiation he has to contend with the influences of pluto and vulcan; the training for the second initiation brings him under neptunian influences with venus and jupiter contending for control. the link with the vegetable kingdom is then strong, and hence the frequent recognition of "astral perfumes" which the disciple can note. before the first initiation, the static mineral world within him has been broken up- 155- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust at the third initiation, the moon and mars

nergies into the higher centres, and to transfer the focus of their attention from below to above the diaphragm. the work of the second decanate will enable those who are thus ready to fuse the personality and the soul, and thus, as i earlier pointed out, the light will shine forth and christ will be born within them. during the third decanate we shall see the rule of brotherhood inaugurated, and venus controlling by intelligent love; the group and not the individual will be the important unit, and unselfishness and cooperation will steadily take the place of separativeness and competition. in no department of life will these coming great changes show more potently than in the attitude of man towards sex, and in the readjustment of the marriage relationship. this new attitude will graduall

. i but indicate one of the rays, and i do not tell you whether it is the egoic or personality ray of the particular planetary logos. too much accuracy and too detailed information is not at this time good for humanity, which is yet too selfish to be entrusted with it. the planets and rays sacred ray non-sacred ray 1. vulcan .1 st ray. 1. mars. 6th ray. 2. mercury .4 th ray. 2. earth. 3rd ray. 3. venus. 5th ray. 3. pluto. 1st ray. 4. jupiter. 2nd ray. 4. the moon. 4th ray. 5. saturn. 3rd ray. veiling a hidden planet. 6. neptune. 6th ray. 5. the sun. 2nd ray. 7. uranus. 7th ray. veiling a hidden planet. i deal here with the major ray cycles and not with the minor cycles. two rays, you will note, are apparently not expressing themselves through the non-sacred planets; the seventh and the fif

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ugh the following planets: 1. the mental body expresses itself through the medium of the planet saturn. 2. the astral body expresses itself through the planet mars. 3. the physical body expresses itself through the planet earth. the potency of this life is such that he requires three complete schemes all three closely allied and interdependent through which to express himself. uranus, jupiter and venus are similarly allied in order to manifest or express a great life. these facts constitute a tremendous mystery, and in no way negate the truth that venus has a peculiar and intimate relation to the earth. the point here being stressed is difficult to express, but of great importance. let me be more explicit, by means of the following statements: 1. only three planetary schemes are aware of p

metry is the lowest expression. in the above paragraph and differentiations i have given you much food for thought and indicated a sequence of unfoldment which is individual, racial and universal. if we extend these ideas into their planetary connotations (which is interesting but probably quite useless to you) i would add that: 1. touch..is the keynote of the evolution proceeding at this time on venus. it is sensitivity to spiritual impression. 2. hearing..is the keynote of the evolution proceeding at this time on mars. it is spiritual telepathy and knowledge. 3. sight..is the keynote of the evolution proceeding at this time on the earth. it is spiritual vision leading to identification. let us now consider how the abuse of the lower psychic powers may be arrested temporarily until such t

s upon the mineral kingdom, particularly upon that peculiar product, gold, and that enigma, money. 4. venusian forces of great potency are also playing upon our planet. in this connection, i would suggest that astrologers would be well advised to pay more attention to the activity and the- 431- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust influence of venus. much emphasis has been laid upon saturn and mars in the charts now considered. in the future, equal emphasis will have to be paid to the planet venus, which in the aquarian age will supersede mars as a basic influence. 5. the forces of the planetary entity who is beginning to stir in his long sleep, and is therefore causing much of the physical, cataclysmic phenomena of the present time. wi

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ster at the centre of his group. 5. the christ, the heart centre of the hierarchy. 6. the life of the monad which begins to make itself felt at the third initiation. 7. the lord of life himself, the heart centre of shamballa. the line of relationship then extends from these onward and outward, and upward (spherically considered) to the life at the very centre of our earth's "alter ego" the planet venus, to jupiter and thence to the solar lord himself and on to a point in the sun, sirius. you can see, therefore, how different this stage is from what might be imagined. it is one which marks a new departure or beginning and a great transition. it is a stage which one enters through the open door of nirvana, the beginning of the path of the higher evolution. it is a stage which marks a specifi

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

igns (cosmic energy) and planets transmitting solar and cosmic energies, are the conditioning factors of france in incarnation at the present time- 39- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust france 1. pisces with its rulers: jupiter and pluto> the nation 2. leo with its ruler: the sun. 3. virgo with its rulers: mercury, moon, jupiter> paris. 4. capricorn with its rulers: saturn and venus. 5. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 2. love-wisdom, via jupiter and the sun. these are the most powerful. b. ray 1. power or will, via pluto. this is also the destroyer ray and can bring the death of the leo influence. c. ray 3. active intelligence, via saturn. this cooperates with the third ray personality of france, and at this time saturn offe

ring the death of the leo influence. c. ray 3. active intelligence, via saturn. this cooperates with the third ray personality of france, and at this time saturn offers most definite opportunity through the focus of power now to be found in paris. d. ray 4. harmony through conflict, via mercury. can france work for world harmony in the post-war period? e. ray 5. concrete science or knowledge, via venus. in this a realised cooperation with the soul ray, which is also the fifth ray, can bring about, through the french nation, a consummation of the piscean influence or genius. f. ray 4. this time through the moon, thus aiding the work of mercury and producing that needed internal conflict which will release france from leo and from the control of her self-centred personality. i would here cal

eality little to choose between them and are all equally indicative of personality control. this is, as you know, a thing to be overcome in all nations and individuals- 44- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust governing great britain, therefore, are the following energies, working through the zodiacal signs and the ruling planets: great britain 1. gemini with its rulers, mercury, venus and the earth> nation. 2. taurus with its rulers, venus and vulcan. 3. leo with its ruler, the sun> capital. 4. libra with its rulers, venus, uranus and saturn. 5. the soul ray love-wisdom. 2nd. 6. the personality ray will or power. 1st. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 4. harmony through conflict, via mercury, leading to a definite link with g

ray will or power. 1st. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 4. harmony through conflict, via mercury, leading to a definite link with germany (as a study of the earlier tabulation will show. it accounts for the warlike history of great britain, but works out at the present time in the harmony of the empire. b. ray 5. concrete knowledge or science, via venus. it is interesting to note that it is this ray which links great britain so closely with france and appears nowhere among the influences which affect the german nation. venus rules taurus and libra as well as gemini and hence the well developed lower concrete mind of the british nation. the intuitive mind however needs development. c. ray 3. active intelligence or adaptability, via the earth

hing forward towards a goal, irrespective of consequences and implications, yet essentially the inner straight line of foreseen and planned activity will hold italy true to the objective. the following conditioning forces make the story of italy sufficiently clear: italy 1. leo with its ruler, the sun> nation 2. sagittarius with its rulers, jupiter, the earth and mars. 3. taurus- with its rulers, venus and vulcan> capital. 4. leo with its ruler, the sun. 5. soul ray ideals, devotion. 6th. 6. personality harmony through conflict. 4th. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming through the planetary rulers: a. ray 2. love-wisdom, via the sun and jupiter. this again relates italy to the second ray soul of great britain and tends to a basic understanding. i would here point out that in th

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uld have you note, does not entail the attendance of the entire council. c. from a triangle of circulating energy, emanating from the two planets which with our planet- 25- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust the earth form a triangle in any particular cycle. this impression is received by the three buddhas of activity for distribution to the hierarchy. d. from the planet venus, the earth's alter ego. this makes its entrance via the lord of the world and three of his council who are chosen by him at any specific time to act as recipients. these are the major entering impressions, recorded by what is glibly called "the universal mind" the mind of god, our planetary logos. there are other entering impressions, but to them i do not refer, as any reference would be mea

. this process of expansion set up another focal point of energy, and the heart centre of the planet, the hierarchy came into being; thus two centres were created and en rapport, which constitutes a major event upon the involutionary arc; to this, little attention has hitherto been paid. it coincided with" the advent or the arrival of the lords of flame from the alter ego of our earth, the planet venus. they created the nucleus of the hierarchy which in that far, very distant time consisted of only forty-nine members; these were advanced human beings and not souls awaiting incarnation in human form on earth, as was the case with the vast majority of these visiting solar angels. statement four. alignment between the head centre and the heart centre upon the involutionary arc was thus set up

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

arth: 1. the quality of our solar system. god is a consuming fire but god is also love. this is the teaching of both esoteric and exoteric truth. 2. the quality of the logos of our planet as it pours through the chains, the rounds, the races, and the kingdoms of nature. 3. the quality of the earth's complementary planet, which is the earth's polar opposite, esoterically considered. this planet is venus. 4. the quality of the attraction of the three planets which produce an esoteric triangle of force- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust i have several times used the phrase "pass through" the centres and forms. this concept necessitates the idea of distributing centres to which the incoming energies may go and from which they may pass o

strology. 3. the creative hierarchies, giving the interim situation in this world cycle. tabulation iv. the orthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with ordinary man- 40- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ars. 6th ray .s corpio .s ame ruler. 2. taurus. venus. 5th ray. libra" 3. gemini. mercury .4 th ray .v irgo" 4. cancer. moon. 4th ray. none. 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .n one. 6. virgo. mercury .4 th ray .g emini" 7. libra .v enus. 5th ray .t aurus" 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. aries" 9. sagittarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .p isces" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .n one. 11. aquarius. uranus. 7th ray. none. 12. pisces. jupiter. 2nd ray .s agittarius" a

will aspect is latent but unexpressed. tabulation v. the unorthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with disciples and initiates note: in charts connected with the path, progress is from aries to pisces through taurus, etc. constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ercury .4 th ray .v irgo .s ame ray. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces" 3. gemini. venus. 5th ray. none. 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. scorpio" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .a quarius" 6. virgo. the moon. 4th ray. aries" 7. libra .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 9. sagittarius. the earth. 3rd ray .c apricorn" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .s agittarius- 41- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 11. aqua

attention to the fact that in tabulation iv, the relationship is between the planets which rule, and in tabulation v the emphasis is laid upon the conditioning ray. tabulation vi. planetary rulers in 3 tabulations constellation o rthodox d isciple h ierarchies 1. aries .m ars. mercury .u ranus- 42- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. taurus. venus. vulcan. vulcan. 3. gemini. mercury .v enus. the earth. 4. cancer. the moon. neptune. neptune. 5. leo. the sun. the sun. the sun. 6. virgo. mercury .t he moon. jupiter. 7. libra .v enus. uranus .s aturn. 8. scorpio. mars. mars. mercury. 9. sagittarius. jupiter. the earth. mars. 10. capricorn .s aturn. saturn. venus. 11. aquarius. uranus. jupiter. the moon. 12. pisces. jupiter. pluto. pluto

ht 1998 lucis trust centres. a. at the first initiation, the disciple has to contend with the crystallising and destroying forces of vulcan and pluto. the influence of vulcan reaches to the very depths of his nature, whilst pluto drags to the surface and destroys all that hinders in these lower regions. b. at the second initiation, the candidate comes under the influence of three planets neptune, venus and jupiter. the three centres solar plexus, heart and throat are actively involved. c. at the third initiation, the moon (veiling a hidden planet) and mars bring about a fearful conflict, but at the end the man is released from personality control. d. at the fourth initiation, mercury and saturn again bring about great changes and unique revelation, but their effect is very different to the

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

o get me an invitation. my motives in going, therefore, were not of the highest. i did not go to hear something new or interesting, or to get help. i went because i wanted to meet these two women. i found the lecture very dull and the lecturer very poor. i can imagine no worse lecturer anywhere. he began his talk with the flat statement "nineteen million years ago the lords of the flame came from venus and planted the seed of mind in man" except for the theosophists- 76- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust present i do not think anyone in the room knew what he was talking about. nothing that he said made any sense to me. one reason was that in those days i took my date of the evolutionary cycle from the bible and the bible places the date of creation as having happened

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

the four aspects of one vital circulatory system will the truth emerge. only as they are acknowledged to be the four major distributing agents of the combined rays of the individual man will the true nature of material phenomena be grasped. it might be added here that: 1. the etheric vehicle from the circulatory angle, is governed by the moon, as it veils vulcan. 2. the nervous system is ruled by venus. 3. the endocrine system is governed by saturn. 4. the blood stream is governed by neptune. these four systems are in reality the manifestation of the four aspects of matter in its lowest or purely physical expression. there are other aspects of expression of the fundamental substance, but these are the four of greatest importance- 87- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healin

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

dhas of activity, who embody within themselves the essence of the third ray of active intelligence, through which the third aspect can successfully project and express itself. it is these three buddhas who were instrumental in the amazing and occult process of implementing the mental principle upon our planet, and who through their creative meditation brought our planet, the earth, and the planet venus into direct alignment. this made possible the comings of the sons of mind and the formation of the fourth kingdom in nature, humanity. they are embodiments of the intuition, and control the inflow of intuitional energy into the minds of men. the point which i would have you bear in mind is that these intermediate groups of workers who know the power of meditation are primarily creative, and

e time it is the main distributing point of energy, from the angle of the kingdoms in nature, including the fifth kingdom. from the point of tension the life pattern of the planetary logos and his will become embodied and finally matured through the processes of evolution. 5. shamballa receives energy from various solar and extra-solar entities or centres of emphatic and energetic life; i.e, from venus, from the central spiritual sun, from the current conditioning constellation through which our sun may be passing, from the great bear and other cosmic centres. sirius, so important a factor in the spiritual life of the planet, brings its energies to bear direct upon the hierarchy, and energy from sirius does not normally enter our planetary life via shamballa. 6. shamballa is the head centr

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

waiting for the results of the activity of the will. these two groups are reflected in hierarchical circles by the nirmanakayas or the planetary contemplatives, and the custodians of the plan. the function of the registrants of the purpose is to keep the channel open between our- 45- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust earth, the planet venus and the central spiritual sun. the function of the custodians of the will is to relate the council, the hierarchy and humanity, thus creating a basic triangle of force between the three major centres of the planetary life. this is the higher expression (symbolic, if you like) of the six-pointed star, formed of two interlaced triangles. a replica of this fundamental triangle and of this symbo

tiate to the will of god, to the council at shamballa, to forces active on the planet pluto, and on another planet which must remain nameless, and also to the central spiritual sun. 2. the soul relates the initiate to the love of god, to the consciousness aspect of deity, to the hierarchy as a whole, entering it through the ashram of the master who has aided him to take initiation, to the planets venus and mercury, to the sun sirius, and to the heart of the sun. 3. the personality relates the initiate to the mind of god, to the intelligence principle of the planetary life, to humanity as a whole, to saturn and mars, and to the physical sun through its pranic aspect. 4. the life aspect of the planet, or that great ocean of forces in which all these three aspects live and move and have their

inner group of the council chamber at shamballa are now of greater advancement than he; the "supernal three" the "radiant seven" the "lives embodying the forty-nine fires" the "buddhas of activity" and certain "eternal spirits" from such centres of dynamic spiritual life as sirius, or from the constellation which at any one time forms a triangle with our sun and sirius" and a representative from venus are of- 92- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust greater far greater advancement. otherwise, all initiates of the sixth degree, and a few of the masters who have undergone specialised training because they are upon the first ray of will or power (the ray conditioning shamballa itself, form part of the great council. many masters and

is adequate to the task of drawing him forth from the hierarchical ashram, except in one case where vacancies in shamballa need to be filled. the progressive experience of the greater lives who work in the council chamber of sanat kumara form no part of our studies. many of these supreme workers, as you have read in a treatise on cosmic fire, found their way to our planet from our sister planet, venus, thereby in their turn establishing relationship. remember also that all the seven rays are the subrays of the great cosmic ray of love-wisdom, which is ever expressive of relationship, implemented under the law of attraction; it is this form of esoteric attraction which draws the master forth from his ashram, conditions his decision and eventually leads to his passing through the door which

he door on the periphery of our planetary ring-pass-not. then out of incarnation and working through the medium of the higher telepathy they receive instruction of a nature incomprehensible to us, from the members of the council chamber at shamballa, and primarily from two of the buddhas of activity. having learnt the technique and having passed certain tests, they move into the planetary life of venus, our earth's alter-ego, and there they complete their training, as far as our solar system can give it, finding their way eventually on to the cosmic mental plane. two things should be borne in mind in connection with this abstruse subject: first: these masters work primarily with the "psyche" or the soul aspect within the solar system. they are occupied with the subtler expressions of consc

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

that the bull's-eye lantern can be traced back to the bull's eve in taurus, and the pontifical bull, or the papal- 29- the labours of hercules enunciations which were regarded [45] as interpreters of god's voice, is a term in common usage today. it might well be asked here, in what way does taurus, the bull, become the bringer of illumination? we are told that in this sign the moon is exalted and venus is the ruler. the moon has always, from the standpoint of the esotericist, and among primitive agricultural peoples, been regarded as the form-building aspect. the moon is the symbol, therefore, of matter and is seen in many of our churches, closely connected with the virgin mary. the consummation of the work that is undertaken in taurus, and the result of the taurian influence, is the glori

all that at present prevents the glory, which is the soul, and the radiance which emanates from the god within the form, from shining forth in its full power, is the matter or form aspect. when that has been consecrated, purified and spiritualized, then the glory and the light can indeed shine through and the moon aspect can, therefore, be exalted in taurus. this is done through the influence of venus, the symbol of earthly and of heavenly love, of both spiritual aspiration and of carnal desire, and is fittingly, therefore, the ruler of this sign. she is, above everything else, love, the creator of beauty and rhythm and unity. the bull and the cow together represent creation, and so taurus and venus are closely linked. the following is of interest "the bull or cow is the symbol of this si

is of interest "the bull or cow is the symbol of this sign, and in the celestial chart it will be observed that the little group of stars called pleiades are represented just at the shoulder of the bull. now, in egyptian sculpture, or painting, the pleiades are sometimes represented by the figure of a dove with wings outspread over the bull's saddle. the dove as we remember, is the bird sacred to venus, and as the pleiades are part of the constellation taurus and, as we shall see, more taurian in nature, if possible, than taurus itself, the dove becomes a specially appropriate symbol for this little star-group (the zodiac: a life epitome, walter h. sampson, p. 24 [46] the theme of sex from this extract and many others which could be adduced, it is apparent how closely linked with sex, in i

he world; new impulses make their presence felt; new and undeveloped lines of approach to spiritual truth emerge, and many teachers will arise everywhere to help lead the race into a new state of spiritual awareness. being an air sign, we find that the conquest of the air proceeds with speed, and also a constant effort is made to unify and coordinate the many and varied aspects of human endeavor. venus is the esoteric ruler of gemini and governs the second decanate; for venus makes at-one, and through its influence the law of attraction and the bringing together of the polar opposites takes place. but all these changes and unifications naturally inaugurate a new state of awareness, a new state of being, and bring in a new age and a new world. consequently, new difficulties and problems ari

ties and problems arise and we find saturn governing the last decanate, for saturn is the planet of discipleship; the planet that brings about the difficulties, problems and tests that offer to the disciple immediate opportunity. it is saturn that opens the door into incarnation, and saturn that opens the door on to the path of initiation. mercury, the interpreter, and the illuminating intellect; venus, the principle of attraction and of at-one-ment; and saturn, the generator of opportunity: these three play their parts in the life of the aspirant as [68] he unifies higher and lower, passes through the five stages in this test, and visions the goal which ultimately he must achieve. the three symbolic constellations the three constellations to be found in connection with the sign are lepus

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

od an immense body of antique tradition survived innorthern italy, and how indifferent the learned were regarding it; there having been in very truth onlyone man, and he a foreigner, who earnestly occupied himself with collecting and preserving it.it is very probably that there were as many touching episodes among the heathen martyrs who wereforced to give up their beloved deities, such as diana, venus, the graces, and others, who wereworshipped for beauty, as there were even among the christians who were thrown to the lions. forthe heathen lovedtheir gods with a human personal sympathy, without mysticism or fear, as if theyhad been blood-relations; and there were many among them who really believed that such was thecase when some damsel who had made afaux pasgot out of it by attributing i

. but as night is the time sacred to secrecy, and as the true diana of themysteries was the queen of night, who wore the crescent moon, and mistress of all hidden things,including sweet secret sins and loved iniquities, there was attached to this myth far more thanmeets the eye. and just in the degree to which diana was believed to be queen of the emancipatedwitches and of night, or the nocturnal venus-astarte herself, so far would the love for sleepingendymion be understood as sensual, yet sacred and allegorical. and it is entirely in this sense thatthe witches in italy, who, may claim with some right to be its true inheritors, have preserved andunderstood the myth. page 39 n r r r r r but t ana, who was far more powerful than the witch, though not able to break the spell by which hewas c

french writer that a franciscan in a railway carriage is a strange anomaly and a few more yearsof newspapers and bicycles (heaven knows what it will be when flying-machines appear) will proba-bly cause an evanishment of all.however, they die slowly, and even yet there are old people in the romagna of the north who knowthe etruscan names of the twelve gods, and invocations to bacchus, jupiter, and venus, mercury,and the lares or ancestral spirits, and in the cities are women who prepare strange amulets, overwhich they mutter spells, all known in the old roman time, and who can astonish even the learnedby their legends of latin gods, mingled with lore which may be found in cato or theocritus. with oneof these i became intimately acquainted in 1886, and have ever since employed her specially

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

ual 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, and when the body dies the soul has to leave it. for its dwelling

ody, and when the body dies the soul has to leave it. for its dwelling has been destroyed by fire, and it is without a house wherein to abide. fixed salt has imparted to warlike mars a hard, firm, and durable body, which is evidence of the generosity of his soul; nor can fire be said to have twelve keys of basil valentine 15 of 95 much power over it. and if its strength be united to the beauty of venus, i do not say but that a precious and harmonious result may be obtained. for the phlegmatic or humid quality of the moon may be heated with the ardent blood of venus, and the blackness of venus removed with the strong salt of mars. you need not look for our metallic seed among the elements. it need not be sought so far back. if you can only rectify the mercury, sulphur, and salt (understand

ith many waters, who was immediately recognised as the moon, the wife of the sun. she fell on her knees, and with outspread hands, and flowing tears, besought them to liberate her husband v v the sun v v from the prison in which, through the crafty wiles of mercury, he was being detained by the planets. but vulcan refused to listen to her request; nor was he softened by the moving prayers of lady venus, who appeared in a crimson robe, intertissued with threads of green, and charmed all by the beauty of her countenance and the fragrance of the flowers which she bore in her hand. she interceded with vulcan, the judge, in the chaldee tongue, and reminded him that a woman was to effect the deliverance of the prisoner. but even to her pleading he turned a deaf ear. twelve keys of basil valentin

n, the judge, in the chaldee tongue, and reminded him that a woman was to effect the deliverance of the prisoner. but even to her pleading he turned a deaf ear. twelve keys of basil valentine 19 of 95 while they were still speaking the heaven was opened, and there came forth a mighty animal, with many thousands of young ones, which drove the warder before it, and opening its mouth wide, swallowed venus, its fair helper, at the same time exclaiming with a loud voice: i am born of woman, woman has propagated my seed, and therewith filled the earth her soul is devoted to mine, and therefore i must be nourished with her blood. when the animal had said these words with a loud voice, it hastened into a certain chamber, and shut the door behind it; whither its voracious brood followed, drinking o

s; and you must expect to observe successively black, grey, white, yellow, red, and all the different intermediate shades. in the same way, the matter of all the sages passes through the several varieties of colour, and may be said to change twelve keys of basil valentine 61 of 95 its appearance as often as a new gate of entrance is opened to the fire. the king shares his royal dignity with noble venus, and appears in splendid state, surrounded by all the dignitaries of his court. before him is borne a beautiful crimson banner, in which there is an embroidered representation of charity in green garments. saturn is the prefect of the royal household, and in front of him astronomy bears a black standard, with a representation of faith in yellow and red garments. jupiter is the grand marshal

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

every race in its[[vol. 2, page] 24 the secret doctrine. evolution is said to be born under the direct influence of one of the planets: race the first receiving its breath of life from the sun, as will be seen later on; while the third humanity- those who fell into generation, or from androgynes became separate entities, one male and the other female- are said to be under the direct influence of venus "the little sun in which the solar orb stores his light" the summation of the stanzas in book i. showed the genesis* of gods and men taking rise in, and from, one and the same point, which is the one universal, immutable, eternal, and absolute unity. in its primary manifested aspect we have seen it become (1) in the sphere of objectivity and physics, primordial substance and force (centripet

n, italy, asia minor, or syria. but on the isle of candia, and in karamania near the city of adan, they have a wonderfully human form; being very highly prized as amulets. they are also worn by women as a charm against sterility, and for other purposes. they are especially effective in black magic[[vol. 2, page] 28 the secret doctrine. light and heat from the sun than earth, or even the beautiful venus, which receives but twice that amount more than our insignificant globe" whether the fact was known in antiquity may be inferred from the prayer of the "earth spirit" to the sun as given in the text* the sun however, refuses to people the globe, as it is not ready to receive life as yet. mercury is, as an astrological planet, still more occult and mysterious than venus. it is identical with

ch of the seven regions of the earth, each of the seven* firstborn (the primordial human groups) receives its light and life from its own especial dhyani- spiritually, and from the palace (house, the planet) of that dhyani physically; so with the seven great races to be born on it. the first is born under the sun; the second under brihaspati (jupiter; the third under lohitanga (the "fiery-bodied" venus, or sukra; the fourth, under soma (the moon, our globe also, the fourth sphere being born under and from the moon) and sani, saturn* the krura-lochana (evil-eyed) and the asita (the dark; the fifth, under budha (mercury "so also with man and every 'man' in man (every principle. each gets its specific quality from its primary (the planetary spirit, therefore every man is a septenate (or a com

the fifth, under budha (mercury "so also with man and every 'man' in man (every principle. each gets its specific quality from its primary (the planetary spirit, therefore every man is a septenate (or a combination of principles, each having its origin in a quality of that special dhyani. every active power or force of the earth comes to her from one of the seven lords. light comes through sukra (venus, who receives a triple supply, and gives one-third of it to the earth. therefore the two are called 'twin-sisters' but the spirit of the earth is subservient to the 'lord' of sukra. our wise men represent the two globes, one over, the other under the double sign (the primeval svastica bereft of its four arms, or the cross[[diagram* the "double sign" is, as every student of occultism knows, t

or the cross[[diagram* the "double sign" is, as every student of occultism knows, the symbol of the male and the female principles in nature, of the positive and the negative, for the svastica or[[diagram] is all that and much more. all antiquity, ever since the birth of astronomy- imparted to the fourth race by one of its divine kings of the divine dynasty- and[[footnote(s* science teaches that venus receives from the sun twice as much light and heat as the earth. thus the planet, precursor of the dawn and the twilight, the most radiant of all the planets, said to give the earth one-third of the supply she receives, has two parts left for herself. this has an occult as well as an astronomical meaning "as it is above so it is below" is the fundamental axiom of occult philosophy. as the lo

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puto in china, where both deities have a number of monasteries (see part ii. kwan-shai-yin and kwan-yin[[footnote(s* hence all the higher gods of antiquity are all "sons of the mother" before they become those of the "father" the logoi, like jupiter or zeus, son of kronos-saturn "infinite time (or kala, in their origin were represented as male-female. zeus is said to be the "beautiful virgin" and venus is made bearded. apollo is originally bisexual, so is brahma-vach in manu and the puranas. osiris is interchangeable with isis, and horus is of both sexes. finally st. john's vision in revelation, that of the logos, who is now connected with jesus- is hermaphrodite, for he is described as having female breasts. so is the tetragrammaton= jehovah. but there are two avalokiteshwaras in esoteric

stern occultist will maintain that, whereas there are many yet undiscovered planets in our system, neptune does not belong to it, his apparent connection with our sun and the influence of the latter upon neptune notwithstanding. this connection is mayavic, imaginary, they say[[vol. 1, page] 103 the stellar "sons of light" but little, would have killed such comparatively small "houses" as mercury, venus and mars. as uranus was not known before the end of the eighteenth century, the name of the fourth planet mentioned in the allegory must remain to us, so far, a mystery. the "breath" of all the "seven" is said to be bhaskara (light-making, because they (the planets) were all comets and suns in their origin. they evolve into manvantaric life from primaeval chaos (now the noumenon of irresolva

eptenary, as is the chain to which the earth belongs (see "esoteric[[footnote(s* see the note which follows the commentary on the preceding page, and also the summary of the stanzas in the proem, page 22* many more planets are enumerated in the secret books than in modern astronomical works[[vol. 1, page] 153 descending and re-ascending states. buddhism. for instance, all such planets as mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, etc, etc, or our earth, are as visible to us as our globe, probably, is to the inhabitants of the other planets, if any, because they are all on the same plane; while the superior fellowglobes of these planets are on other planes quite outside that of our terrestrial senses. as their relative position is given further on, and also in the diagram appended to the commen

it is said, has cooled nearly six times as rapidly as the earth (winchell's "world-life "the moon, if the earth is 14,000,000 years old since its incrustation, is only eleven and two thirds millions of years old since that stage" etc. and if our moon is but a splash from our earth, why can no similar inference be established for the moons of other planets? the astronomers "do not know" why should venus and mercury have no satellites, and by what, when they exist, were they formed? because, we say, science has only one key- the key of matter- to open the mysteries of nature withal, while occult philosophy has seven keys and explains that which science fails to see. mercury and venus have no satellites but they had "parents" just as the earth had. both are far older than the earth and, befor

ultist will ever speak, much less explain the nature* let it now be distinctly stated, then, that the theory broached is impossible, with or without the additional evidence furnished by modern astronomy. physical science can supply corroborative, though still very uncertain, evidence, but only as regards heavenly bodies on the same plane of materiality as our objective universe. mars and mercury, venus and jupiter, like every hitherto discovered planet (or those still to be discovered, are all, per se, the representatives on our plane of such chains. as distinctly stated in one of the numerous letters of mr. sinnett's "teacher "there are other and innumerable manvantaric chains of globes which bear intelligent beings both in and outside our solar system" but neither mars nor mercury belong

BLUE EQUINOX

el lapidis lazuli, adumbratio kabbal gyptiorum sub figur vii, being the voluntary emancipation of a certain exempt adept from his adeptship. these are the birth words of curriculum of a.a. 31 a master of the temple. the nature of this book is sufficiently explained by its title. its seven chapters are referred to the seven planets in the following order: mars, saturn, jupiter, sol, mercury, luna, venus. liber vi. liber o vel manus et sagitt. the instructions given in this book are too loose to find place in the class d publications. instructions given for elementary study of the qabalah, assumption of god forms, vibrations of divine names, the rituals of pentagram and hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of obtaining astral visions so called, and an instruction i

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cles is "the queen of the thrones of earth" 19. the king of pentacles is "the prince of the chariot of earth" 20. the knave of pentacles is "the princess of the echoing hills: the rose of the palace of earth" no. card lord of decan in 21 5 of wands strife saturn leo 22 6 of wands victory jupiter leo 23 7 of wands valour mars leo 24 8 of pentacles prudence sun virgo 25 9 of pentacles material gain venus virgo 26 10 of pentacles wealth mercury virgo 27 2 of swords peace restored moon libra 28 3 of swords sorrow saturn libra 29 4 of swords rest from strife jupiter libra 30 5 of cups loss in pleasure mars scorpio 31 6 of cups pleasure sun scorpio 32 7 of cups illusionary success venus scorpio 33 8 of wands swiftness mercury sagittarius 34 9 of wands great strength moon sagittarius 35 10 of wan

mars scorpio 31 6 of cups pleasure sun scorpio 32 7 of cups illusionary success venus scorpio 33 8 of wands swiftness mercury sagittarius 34 9 of wands great strength moon sagittarius 35 10 of wands oppression saturn sagittarius 36 2 of pentacles harmonious change jupiter capricorn 37 3 of pentacles material works mars capricorn 38 4 of pentacles earthly power sun capricorn 39 5 of swords defeat venus aquarius 40 6 of swords earned success mercury aquarius 41 7 of swords unstable effort moon aquarius 42 8 of cups abandoned success saturn pisces 43 9 of cups material happiness jupiter pisces 44 10 of cups perfected success mars pisces 45 2 of wands dominion mars aries 46 3 of wands established strength sun aries 47 4 of wands perfected work venus aries 48 5 of pentacles material trouble me

s dominion mars aries 46 3 of wands established strength sun aries 47 4 of wands perfected work venus aries 48 5 of pentacles material trouble mercury taurus 49 6 of pentacles material success moon taurus 50 7 of pentacles success unfulfilled saturn taurus 51 8 of swords shortened force jupiter gemini 52 9 of swords despair and cruelty mars gemini 53 10 of swords ruin sun gemini 54 2 of cups love venus cancer 55 3 of cups abundance mercury cancer 56 4 of cups blended pleasure moon cancer no. card the twenty-two keys of the book letter attribution 57 the foolish man the spirit of gr:alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho aleph air 58 the magician the magus of power bet mercury book t page 2 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 such are the titles of the abodes or atouts of thooth; of

mes, and the centre one in four flames: thus yielding ten: the number of the sephiroth. two-and-twenty leaping flames, or yodh, surround it, answering to the paths; of these, three fall below the right branch for aleph, men, and shin, seven above the central branch for the double 59 the high priestess the priestess of the silver star gimel moon 60 the empress the daughter of the mighty ones dalet venus 61 the emperor sun of the morning, chief among the mighty heh aries 62 the hierophant the magus of the eternal vau taurus 63 the lovers the children of the voice; the oracles of the mighty gods zain gemini 64 the chariot the child of the powers of the waters; the lord of the triumph of light chet cancer 65 fortitude the daughter of the flaming sword tet leo 66 the hermit the magus of the voi

ownwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands aries established strength sun 6 of pentacles taurus material success moon 9 of swords gemini despair and cruelty mars 3 of cups cancer abundance mercury 6 of wands leo victory jupiter 9 of pentacles virgo material gain venus 3 of swords libra sorrow saturn 6 of cups scorpio pleasure sun 9 of wands sagittarius great strength moon 3 of pentacles capricorn material works mars 6 of swords aquarius earned success mercury 9 of swords pisces material happiness jupiter saturn 1. leo strife 5 of wands. 2. libra sorrow 3 of swords. 3. sagittarius oppression 10 of wands. 4. pisces abundant success 8 of cups. 5. taurus succ

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

ngels. the censur and suffumigations: the types of perfumes and incenses and their qualities or purposes have been described in many other books on the royal art of magick, some falsely so and others truely. here follows a list of the incenses and perfumes which may be used and their practical associations in this work: the incenses: myrrh saturnus saffron jupiter sulfur mars olibanum sol benzion venus storax mercurius jasmine luna dittany of crete terra the aspersion bowl: this is to be filled with clear water and blessed and is to be used in the consecration of the temple,weapons and tools of this work. it should never have been used for eating or any other purpose. as the operator of the aspersion exalts the water in prayers and blessings and then brings it low in aspersion, so does our

chigdal: chedeziel+ itqueziel+ golebriel+ dubriel+ alhaziel+ lufexiel saturn sateriel (sataral: saturniel+ abnexiel+ tagariel+ asteriel+ reqraziel+ abholziel+ lareziel+ jupiter gamehioth (gamchath: gabedriel+ amdebriel+ malexiel+ chedebriel+ a'othiel+ theriel mars galeb (gleb: gameliel+ lebrexiel+ ebaikiel+ barashiel sol tagaririm (tgrrm: taumeshriel+ gobraziel+ raqueziel+ rebrequel+ mephisophiel venus harab-serapel (hrb-srral: helebriel+ reteriel+ baruchiel+ satoriel+ refreziel+ reptoriel+ astoriel+ labreziel mercurius samael (smal: sheoliel+ molebriel+ afluxriel+ libridiel luna gamaliel (gmlial: gedebriel+ materiel+ lapreziel+ idexriel+ alephriel+ labraeziel terra nahemoth (nhmath: nobrexiel+ heteriel+ molidiel+ a'ainiel+ thauhedriel notice and warning *these are the qliphothic orders of

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

of those animals. if the tribe was to continue (and there was a high mortality rate in those days) then there had to be fertility of wo/man. again sympathetic magick played a part. clay models were made of the animals mating, and in an accompanying ritual the members of the tribe would copulate. there are many carved and modeled representations of the fertility goddess extant. generally known as "venus" figurines, the venus of willendorf is one of the best known. other examples include the venus of laussel and the venuses of sireuil and of lespugne. all are similar in that the feminine attributes of these figures are greatly over-emphasized. they have heavy, pendulous breasts, large buttocks, an oftimes swollen belly as though pregnant and exaggerated genitalia. there is invariably complet

attached, made from bent silver or copper wire or from wood. some witches refer to their goblet as a "chalice" but, to my mind, this smacks of the eucharistic cup of christianity so i tend to avoid it. some witches do not care to have deity figures on their altar. the majority, however, do. you can seek out actual statues, though good ones are not easy to come by (copies of boticelli's "birth of venus" irreverantly known as "venus on a half-shell! are ideal for the goddess. many witches search for years to find a statuette that exactly fits the mental image they have of the deity. antique stores and flea markets/ swap meets seem to be the best places to look. some wiccans use symbols, such as a sea-shell for the goddess and an antler for the god. i have seen candles used, also various che

, though the third should be a little condensed. a deep, clear life line running smoothly around its full length betokens a rich, full life with good health throughout. a line which is in the form of a chain shows probable poor health. if the line is chained in its latter portions, the subject should beware of bad health in her later years. a parallel to the life line, on the side of the mount of venus, shows useful luck and natural vitality working for the subject. this is always a good sign. on most palms you will note that there are a number of tiny lines which run from the line of the head to the life line.each of these indicates a goal of some kind that will be attained. if you work out the above time-scale carefully, you should be able to tell, within two years, when a major event wi

the point in time where the branch occurs, the subject's life can take one of two major courses. it is a time for consideration and careful planning. a break in the life line will mean trouble, and if the break occurs in both hands it can be fatal unless great care is taken. if, however, a new line begins outside the break, or is parallel to the life line and continues unbroken along the mount of venus, the trouble will not be too drastic. the head and the heart note the relative lengths of the head and heart lines, for this will tell whether the subject tends towards things intellectual or whether she leans on the emotions and their very useful adjunct, intuition. for many people these lines are nearly equal in length; for others there will be more or less difference. here the palmist sho

inger (later in life. the wristlets the wristlets at the base of the hand can be a very general indication of how long the life will probably last. each complete, well-formed wristlet shows a complete and full twenty years. but the wristlets will change considerably throughout life, and choices and way of living will be the final factor in determining just how long this life will be. the mount of venus the thumb and its base are under the influence of venus. the base, or mount of venus, can give an interesting picture of the warmth, kindness and affection which are in the subject. if the mount is warm, rounded, full and firm, she is under venus' best influences: pleasing as a friend, delightful in love, and a person whose kindness to others always brings a warm response. if, however, the m

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ives, fetter and bind with your hands [this] figure which is with you, so that i may journey past you in peace. whosoever knoweth this shall pass by the goddess in peace" the entrance into the sixth division of the tuat is made through a door in the lower register, which is guarded by a serpent "who openeth it himself" here, too, appears the large five-rayed star which is the symbol of the planet venus, and is described as the "living god which journeyeth, and journeyeth, and travelleth" next: chapter vi. the sixth division of the tuat, which is called metchet-mu-nebt-tuat. sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 116 chapter vi. the sixth division of the tuat, which is called metchet-mu-nebt-tuat. in the scene which illustrates the sixth division of the tuat, which is passed th

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of little lives and deaths [131] comment on nun* n u n, pronounced noon. transcribed as" n. the number 5o. meaning: fish. the imaginative intelligence. 1 the quotation "he had his dwelling in the great sea, and was a fish therein, is from the zohar, or book of splendor. the great sea, of course, is binah. 2 the prophet is jonah, i v n h, signifying "a dove. note well that the dove is the bird of venus, and that the "great fish" mentioned in jonah 1: 17 is dag gedul, d g g d v l, for which the numeral value is 50, the same as that of the letter nun. furthermore, the zodiacal sign scorpio, relating to reproduction, and ruled by mars, is attributed to nun. when the "great fish" swallows the "dove" the forces of venus and mars are conjoined. note also that nineveh, the capital of assyria, whe

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

or outdoor love spells and for casting your love net wide to attract an as yet unknown lover. freyja freyja is the viking goddess of love and sexuality and can be invoked for rituals to increase confidence in inner beauty and worth, for the increase of passion and for fertility in every aspect. a witch goddess, she is potent for all magick, especially astral projection and crystal and gem magick. venus venus, the goddess of love, is the roman form of aphrodite and by her liaison with mercury gave birth to cupid. although she had many lovers, she was the goddess of chastity in women and is a joy-bringer, and so represents not only sexual pleasure, but also innocent love and especially love in the springtime. her planetary associations mean she is the focus in all kinds of love rituals. as t

goddess of love, is the roman form of aphrodite and by her liaison with mercury gave birth to cupid. although she had many lovers, she was the goddess of chastity in women and is a joy-bringer, and so represents not only sexual pleasure, but also innocent love and especially love in the springtime. her planetary associations mean she is the focus in all kinds of love rituals. as the evening star, venus takes on a warrior aspect and so can be invoked in fighting for one's lover or tough love in relationships. deities for power these deities may be invoked for strength, success, energy, inspiration and increase [insert pic p061- seite 33 wicca01.txt apollo apollo, the greek sun god, was twin brother of artemis, the moon goddess. as god of the solar light, apollo made the fruits of the earth

, for all mothering rituals and as a protectress of animals. innana innana was a sumerian goddess, known as the queen 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 p

rch to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars [symbol- sym02] taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous. ruled by venus [symbol- sym03] gemini, the heavenly twins: 22 may to 21 june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, choices, adaptability and short-distance travel. ruled by mercury [symbol- sym04] cancer, the crab: 22 june to 22 july. colour: silver. a cardinal water sign, for spells concerning the home and family, especially for protection and for

lue. a mutable earth sign, for spells to increase efficiency, for bringing order to a chaotic situation, for self-improvement and for healing. ruled by mercury [symbol- sym07] libra, the scales: 23 september to 23 october. colour: blue or violet. a cardinal air sign for rituals concerning justice and the law, for balancing options and priorities relationships, harmony and reconciliation. ruled by venus [symbol- sym08] scorpio, the scorpion: 24 october to 22 november. colour: burgundy or red. a fixed water sign, for increasing second sight, for passion and sex, secrets, inheritance and for claiming what is rightfully yours in any area of life. ruled by mars in the ancient system, now by pluto [symbol- sym09] sagittarius, the archer: 23 november to 21 december. colour: orange or yellow. a mu

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

a study in personality reorganization (bachelor's thesis, virginia union university, richmond, 1933, pp. 136, 182, 123, 97, 152, 160, 180.82. lockley white's revised thesis\ 1erchronologia rorispergius (mach 37 -compiled by elias pandochaeus 144,000 bc geneticists believe that an ancestral human population of about 2000 individuals who lived somewhere in africa began to split up. 24,000 bc "black venus" figurine unearthed near the czech village of dolni vestonice in 1924. also one at willendorf. 11 cm tall. discovered in 1908. oldest paleolithic sculptures? oldest known portrayals of women? 100 small statuettes have been found. 6500 bc catal huyuk, neolithic site in turkey (central anatolia) flourished..at catul huyuk the goddess images were shown with the bull horns emerging from her womb

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

n my clothes, and according to my custom had gone down the stairs, it was still too early, and i found nobody else in the hall; so i entreated my page to lead me about a little in the castle, and show me something rare. he was now (as always) willing, and led me down certain steps under ground, to a great iron door, on which the following words in great copper letters were fixed (here lies buried venus, that beauty which has undone many a great man both in fortune, honour, blessing and prosperity) this i thus copied, and set down in my table-book. now after this door was opened, the page led me by the hand through a very dark passage, till we came again to a very little door, that was only now put to; for (as my page informed me) it was first opened yesterday when the coffins were taken ou

nknown tree, which continually dropped fruit into the vessel; and as often as the fruit fell into the vessel, it turned into water, and ran out from there into three small golden vessels standing by. this little altar was supported by these three animals, an eagle, an ox and a lion, which stood on an exceedingly costly base. i asked my page what this might signify. here, he said, lies buried lady venus, that beauty which has undone many a great man, both in fortune, honour, blessing and prosperity. after which he showed me a copper door on the pavement. here, he said, if you please, we may go further down. t page 60 i still follow you, i replied. so i went down the steps, where it was exceedingly dark, but the page immediately opened a little chest, in which stood a small ever-burning tape

pened a little chest, in which stood a small ever-burning taper, at which he kindled one of the torches which lay by. i was greatly terrified, and seriously asked how he dared do this? he said by way of answer as long as the royal persons are still at rest, we have nothing to fear. then i saw a rich bed ready made, hung about with curious curtains, one of which he drew aside, where i saw the lady venus stark naked (for he heaved up the coverlets too) lying there in such beauty, and in such a surprising fashion, that i was almost beside myself; neither do i yet know whether it was a piece thus carved, or a human corpse that lay dead there. for she was altogether immovable, and yet i dared not touch her. so she was again covered, and the curtain drawn before her, yet she was still (as it wer

on every corner there burned a small taper of pyrites, of which i had before taken no notice, for the fire was so clear that it looked much more like a stone than a taper. from this heat the tree was forced continually to melt, yet it still produced new fruit. now behold (said the page) what i heard revealed to the king by atlas. when the tree (he said) shall be quite melted down, then shall lady venus awake, and be the mother of a king. whilst he was thus speaking, in flew the little cupid, who at first was somewhat abashed at our presence, but seeing us both look more like the dead than the living, he could not in the end refrain from laughing, demanding what spirit had brought us there. i with trembling answered him, that i had lost my way in the castle, and had come here by chance, and

rsed themselves in the sea. i was at this time aware that cupid began to work with me too, which yet tended by a very little towards my credit, and forasmuch as my giddiness is not likely to be beneficial to the reader, i am resolved to let it rest as it is. but this was the very wound that in the first book i received on the head in a dream. and let everyone take warning by me of loitering about venus bed, for cupid can by no means brook it. after some hours, having gone a good way in friendly discourses, we came within sight of the tower of olympus, so the virgin commanded to give the signal of our approach by the discharge of some pieces, which was also done. and immediately we saw a great white flag thrust out, and a small gilded pinnace sent forth to meet us. now as soon as this had c

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

or the central american god, quetzalcoatl.7 descriptions of flying discs, flying boats, and celestial chariots, abound on all continents and in all cultures. still today we relate 'heaven' to the sky, because that is where the 'gods' of ancient time came from in their spacecraft. the aborigines of australia speak of three ancestral beings, called the djanggawul, who were connected with the planet venus, as was quetzalcoatl and the polynesian deity, kahuna.8 add to all these the many examples cited in the robots' rebellion and countless other books, linking ets with the creation and supervision of the earth races, and only a padlocked mind could dismiss at least the possibility- i would say probability- that extraterrestrials are at the heart of human history and the events that have shaped

ed their geometry, and it was in the 11th millennium bc, within the window period suggested for great geological upheavals on the earth, that orion reached the lowest point of its cycle. astrological events affect earthquakes and weather systems because of the vibrational change they create on earth, as does collective human thought. also on may 5th 2000, the sun and the planets, neptune, uranus, venus, mercury, and mars all align with each other. the vibrational effects of this are likely to be fantastic. another important date may well be december 21st 2012, when the calender system left by the mayans in central america more than 1600 years ago, predicted that a great cycle for the earth would end. it appears to me that may 5th 2000 is the moment when the freedom vibration begins to take

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

years ago, as the alternative researchers suggest, a timescale that would fit perfectly with the devastation of atlantis and lemuria-mu. the gathering evidence is that mars was destroyed in the same catastrophe, which, on earth, brought an end to that "golden age. in the 1950s, the russian-born writer and researcher, immanuel velikovsky, suggested in a series of books that the planet we now call venus (then a vast comet-like body) was the cause of both the demise of mars and the near-demise of the earth when it was hurled through the solar system! velikovsky was ridiculed and bitterly attacked by the "scientific" establishment and so he must have been saying something worth hearing. but his theme is now enjoying more and more sympathy. when the mariner 9 mission took pictures of venus, ma

c" establishment and so he must have been saying something worth hearing. but his theme is now enjoying more and more sympathy. when the mariner 9 mission took pictures of venus, many of velikovsky's earlier descriptions were proved correct, including what appeared to be a comet-like tail. mariner's pictures of mars also supported some of his theories. he pointed out that ancient peoples depicted venus as a very bright object trailing smoke following a very different orbit and trajectory than we see today. the chinese, toltecs, and mayans recorded this. the early sumerian astronomical accounts did not include venus, but the later chaldeans in the same region did so. they described it as a "bright torch in heaven" that "illuminates like the sun" and "fills the entire heavens" one of the maj

upiter and mars.54 the debris from this stupendous collision, sitchin's translations say, created what the sumerians called "the great band bracelet- the asteroid belt. the sumerian accounts differ in detail, but again the theme is the same. in their version of these events, the boeing physicists suggested that part of jupiter broke away on impact with another planet. this is the body we now call venus, they concluded. it was projected towards mars, destroying the atmosphere and life on that planet (the mars pathfinder mission established that martian rocks lack sufficient erosion to have been on the surface for more than 10,000 years).55 after devastating mars, the "venus" comet was caught by the gravitational pull of the earth, they said. it made several orbits of the earth, causing the

ack sufficient erosion to have been on the surface for more than 10,000 years).55 after devastating mars, the "venus" comet was caught by the gravitational pull of the earth, they said. it made several orbits of the earth, causing the tidal wave and devastation that ended the golden age, and hurled vast quantities of ionised ice at the poles. its momentum then hurled it into its present orbit as "venus" the planet. synchronistically, the most ancient mesopotamian and central american records don't include venus in their planetary accounts, but the later ones do, and there was a focus on venus with human sacrifices made to it. the biggest secret goes into this whole story in greater detail and you will see that it explains so many "mysteries. these include the sudden freezing of mammoths st

reater detail and you will see that it explains so many "mysteries. these include the sudden freezing of mammoths standing up in the process of eating because the ice did not slowly develop, it arrived in an instant. the ancient legends and myths of how the golden age ended are confirmed in every way by the scientific explanation of the geological and environmental affects of this "walk-about" by venus. most important in relation to our story, these conclusions by people like velikovsky, the boeing physicists, and increasing numbers of other researchers today, bring the time scale for the end of life on mars to within the period that saw the end of atlantis and lemuria-mu. brian desborough suggests, along with many others, including myself, that the golden age was the result of many extrat

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d the next thing you know youre an ice lolly.if this ionised ice did rain down from v enus, the biggest build up would have beennearest to the magnetic poles because they would have had the most powerfulattraction. again, that is the case. the ice mass in the polar regions is greater at thepoles than at the periphery and yet there is less snow and rain at the poles to create sucha build up.21 the venus scenario explains this. in the book of job, which is believed tobe an arab work much older than the rest of the bible, the question is asked: whencecometh the ice? i would say we could have the answer. this further explains how theancients could have had maps of what the north and south poles looked like before theice was there. the poles were ice-free until about 7,000 years ago. there was

the famous black stone. w. wynnwestcott, founder of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, wrote in his work, themagical mason, that the black stone supposed to have been brought to mecca byabraham, was used originally for ancient pagan ritual.29 again you see brotherhoodsymbolism in this new religion. the symbols of the crescent and the curved sword, thescimitar, are identified with the moon and venus, the morning star, the term used forlucifer. v enus was also a title for queen semiramis. muslims have bought the idea thatmoses, king david and jesus were divine prophets sent by the one all mighty god,when in fact all three are brotherhood inventions. their holy book, the koran, whichwas supposed to be inspired by god, mentions jesus in 93 verses and treats him as aliving person. islam was

strict(right, one of the mostimportant centres on theplanet for thebrotherhood.the red cross on thewhite background was asun symbol for thephoenicians, the logo ofthe knights templar, andis the flag of england. a reptile statue (above) foundin graves of the ubaid peoplewho lived in what is now iraqup to around 4,000 bc. motherand baby are depicted withlizardlike features. this culturepredates the venus cataclysmwhich probably forced thesurviving reptiliansunderground or into anotherdimension.the white horse at uffingtonin wiltshire (below, dated at3,000 bc, the time thephoenicians had arrived inbritain. the white horse was aphoenician symbol for thesun.gargoyles and flying serpents (above) havebeen placed all over the notre damecathedral in paris and many are smallerversions of serpent sym

the public eye in a way that no-oneunderstands. sinn fein, the political wing of the provisional ira in northern ireland,has a dove as its symbol for this reason. it is this dove symbolism which gives us thefictitious name of christopher columbus who in fact used to sign his name colon. thename columbus was invented as yet more brotherhood symbolism. the romans usedto worship a deity they called venus columba, v enus the dove. v enus and dove areassociated with queen semiramis in babylon. the word dove in french today is stillcolombre. columba is also an aphrodite goddess which symbolises the negative,death and destruction, aspects of the female energy. hence we have british columbia,columbia pictures, columbia university, columbia broadcasting (cbs, the spaceshuttle columbia, and distric

DEITUS

s a diagram entitled the map of the spheres. the spheres illustrated are essentially archetypal. they have been described countless times in grimoires and magical treatises. in the physical world there are four elemental spheres: earth, air, fire, and water. there are also the four great watchtowers: north, east, south, and west. above the earth are the seven planetary spheres: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn. beyond the planetary spheres are the fixed stars and the primum mobil, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the heavenly spheres. beneath the earth lies the land of the dead (hades, the tartaran abode (hell, and the realm of the abominations of chaos. all spirits, demons, angels, and other beings of an archetypal nature are said to reside in one of the arc

DEMONIC BIBLE

. stop now at the horror of these words and cower in fear for your immortal soul, or read on and discover true and undefiled wisdom. for enlightenment speaks to the brave. introduction to the 2nd edition lucifer, the light-bearer the name lucifer comes from the latin words lux (light) and fer (to bear. lucifer means, literally, light-bearer and was the name given by the romans to the morning star venus when it appeared in the eastern sky in the hours before dawn. lucifer, the light-bearer, the morning star, personified enlightenment, wisdom, and beauty. the cult of lucifer was associated with the worship of venus or aphrodite, the goddess of love and passion, and involved sexual acts of which the early christians did not approve. the acceptance of christianity as the official religion of r

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

splendor. levitation: the occult suspension of a physical body without apparent support. usually applied to the suspension of a human being. christian saints, hindu yogis, and victorian spirit mediums were sometimes credited with this ability. libra "the scales" in astrology (q.v, the seventh sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of cardinal (q.v) and air (q.v) and is ruled by the planet venus (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color green. keywords include: relate, balance, complement, expressive, diplomatically, socially, discontentedly, harmoniously, impartially. license to depart: granting an entity permission to leave an area to which it has been called. little nasties: a term used by donald michael kraig to denote non-physical d

first tarot deck known to exist is the griginnior deck of italy, in the 15th century. tau: greek for the letter "t" and a cross with the horizontal bar at the top of the vertical line. the shape of a traditional ceremonial/ritual magician's robe. taurus "the bull" in astrology (q.v, the second sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of fixed (q.v) and earth (q.v) and is ruled by the planet venus (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color red-orange. keywords include: stubbornness, patience, perseverance, deliberately, practically, obstinately, possesively, reliably. telekinesis: 1) from the greek "tele" meaning "far off or at a distance" and "kinesis" meaning "to move. 2) the psionic discipline of the movement of objects without obvious m

freedom, non-conformist, extremism, antiestablishment, revolutionary, unconventional, eccentric, detached, humanitarian, magnetism, electricity, astrology, scientist, experiment, sudden, discovery, unique, individual, surprise- v- veil of unknowing: a term used by don tyson to indicate the boundary between manifest being and the unknowable source called the unmanifest (q.v) or the ain soph (q.v. venus: the second planet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the roman goddess who served as the goddess of beauty. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) signs taurus (q.v) and libra (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) venus is attributed to the seventh sephirah (q.v, netzach (q.v. keywords include: harmony, relationship, balance

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

he can work with the manifestation of the force of that aspect of the [page 12] mystical qabala page 11 godhead (distinguished by the qabalists by the name of tetragrammaton elohim) in whatever system he may select. in the egyptian system it will be the isis of nature; in the greek, aphrodite; in the nordic, freya; in the druidic, keridwen. in other words, he possesses the powers of the sphere of venus in whatever traditional system he may be using. having attained a grade in one system, he has access to the equivalent grades of all the other systems of his tradition. 11. but although he may use these other systems as occasion serves, experience proves that the qabalah supplies the best groundwork and the best system upon which to train a student before he begins to experiment with the pag

, and aima, the bright fertile mother. we have already noted that she is called the great sea, marah, which not only means bitter, but also is the root of mary; and here we meet again the idea of the mother, at first virgin, and then with child by the holy spirit. 13. by the association of binah with the sea we are reminded that life had its primordial beginnings in the waters; from the sea arose venus, the archetypal woman. the association of saturn suggests the idea of primordial age "before the gods that made the gods had drunk at eve their fill" it suggests the most ancient rocks "within the shady stillness of the vale. sat grey-haired saturn, quiet as a stone" max heindel speaks of the lords of form as among the earliest phases of evolution, and an inspirational work in mystical qabal

and yesod. netzach is the basal sephirah of the pillar of mercy, hod is the basal sephirah of the pillar of severity, and yesod is upon the middle pillar of mildness or equilibrium, in direct alignment with kether and tiphareth. thus the third triangle is an exact replica of the second triangle upon a lower arc. 26. the meaning of netzach is victory, and to it is assigned the sphere of the planet venus; the meaning of hod is glory, and to it is assigned the sphere of the planet mercury; the meaning of yesod is foundation, and to it is assigned the sphere of the moon. 27.while the second triangle might not inaptly be termed the ethical triangle, the third may well be called the magical triangle; and if we assign to kether the sphere of the three in one, the undivided unity, and to tiphareth

is method in the dream-analysis of analytical psychology. we might describe it as the symbol-using power of the subconscious mind. it is an instructive experiment to toss a mass of irrelevant symbolism into the mind and watch it sort itself out in meditation upon the tree, rising into consciousness in long association-chains like dream analysis. 28. netzach is the sphere of the goddess of nature, venus. hod is the sphere of mercury, the greek analogue of the egyptian thoth, lord of books and learning. observing their opposition, we shall expect to find two different aspects represented in them, these finding their equilibrium in a third, yesod, the sphere of luna. we see then a triangle composed of the lady of nature, the lord of books, and the mistress of witchcraft; in other words, subco

posed of the lady of nature, the lord of books, and the mistress of witchcraft; in other words, subconsciousness and super- consciousness correlate in psychism. 29. anyone who is familiar with practical mysticism knows that there are three paths of superconsciousness-devotional mysticism, which correlates with tiphareth; nature mysticism, of the inebriating dionysian. type, which equates with the venus sphere of netzach; and intellectual mysticism of the occult type, which equates with hod, the sphere of thoth, lord of magic. tiphareth, as will be seen by reference to the diagram of the tree, belongs to a higher plane than any member of the third triangle; yesod, on the other hand, is drawing very near to the sphere of earth. 30. to yesod are assigned all the deities that have the moon in

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ll for mention because there are grounds for belief that upon more than one occasion, even in this country, aphrodisiacs have been employed as an adjuvant to occult practices. there was a certain firm which began to advertise extensively and was building up a nice business in what might be called "occultist's sundries" among other preparations which they supplied was "incense for the operation of venus" however, the firm came to an untimely end through the intervention of the police, both partners going to jail. but apart from the use of purely material means, it is not difficult to see what uses could be made of mental influence in this direction. i have seen several cases that looked extremely suspicious, but in these matters it is very difficult to get at the facts. the manner of attack

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union of chokmah (wisdom) and binah (understanding, but when the wellspring of chokmah is cut off, knowledge cannot result, and judgement must be unbalanced. there is no passage across the abyss. wisdom remains isolated upon the crown of the hill, a "widow" in the terminology of gabriel, protected by the four winds, shining in isolation with the "brightness of the morning (lucifer is the name of venus as the morning star) because chokmah cannot unite in marriage with binah. their sexual union, as intimated by gareth knight in the quote above, must occur through daath. on a lower, shadow level, the blindragon, coronzon, is required to sexually unite samael, the slant serpent, with lilith, the tortuous serpent. the union of the watchers with the beautiful daughters of man was a work of daat

DONALDTYSON UFO

zy dot or blob of light in the sky. in film records, this fuzzy blob is usually moving, or has the false appearance of motion due to movements applied to the camera during filming. sometimes it can be identified conjecturally as a natural object, such as light reflected from a cloud, or the orb of the moon reflected in a body of water or from a refraction layer in the atmosphere, or as the planet venus (an ever-popular ufo. these things give a convincing illusion of motion when filmed from a moving car or plane. when the fuzzy blob cannot be identified, it survives as a visual record of a ufo, in the literal sense of the term. ufo "fuzzies" may also be generated by light artifacts or defects within the mechanism of the still or movie camera. possible causes are incorrect focus, reflections

ELIPHAS LEVI SANCTUM REGNUM

[8/10/2001 11:29:28 oof the abbot trithemius is a very curious and interesting dissertation upon the ruling of the world by the seven great archangels, to each of whom in succession is alloted a period of 354 years and 4 months. the archangels are referred to the planets of the ancients, and their successive periods of dominion are taken in the following order- orifiel representing saturn anael venus zachariel jupiter raphael mercury samael mars gabriel luna michael sol the first course of these rulers ended in anno mundi 2480. the noachian deluge is placed at 1656, in the reign of samael. the destruction of the tower of babel (see tarot trump, no. xvi, page 63) occured in the second reign of orifiel; the life of abraham in the second reign of zachariel; the life of moses in the second r

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generation of post-new age channelers who are in contact with a wide range of both ascended masters and extraterrestrials. in her channeled material, amorah quan yin offers an alternative view of the origin of the human race detailed to her from the pleiadian emissaries of light. humans have an origin in the deeps of space, and earth inhabitants have a history that includes the former cultures of venus, mars, and maldek (the destruction of which created the present asteroid belt. the purpose of the pleiadian manifestation at present is the release of the patterns of restriction that are carryovers from these earlier connections. they hope to bring about the second coming of christ en masse, a time when many earthlings become actualized christed (blessed or anointed) beings. one instrument

em from men. it is he who, with his companions gaziel and fecor, shakes the foundations of houses, raises the tempests, rings the bells at midnight, causes specters to appear, and inspires a thousand terrors. anathema the name was given by the ancients to certain classes of votive offerings, to the nets that the fisherman laid on the altar of the sea nymphs, to the mirror that lais consecrated to venus, and to offerings of vessels, garments, instruments, and various other articles. the word was also applied to the victim devoted to the infernal gods, and it is this sense that is found among jews and christians, referring either to the curse or its object. the man who is anathematized is denied communication with the faithful, and he is delivered to the demon if he dies without absolution

is raphael, through whom its mighty power passes into the sphere of the sun, giving motion, heat, and brightness to it. 7. elion, the title of god as the highest. the angel is michael. the sphere to which he imparts its influence is mercury, giving benignity, motion, and intelligence, with elegance and consonance of speech. 8. adonai, master or lord, governing the angel haniel, and the sphere of venus. 9. shaddai. the virtue of this name is conveyed by cherubim to the angel gabriel and influences the sphere of the moon. it causes increase and decrease, and rules the jinn and protecting spirits. 10. elohim, the source of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, received by the angel jesodoth, and imparted to the sphere of the earth. the division of angels into nine orders or three hierarchies

ding questions of a political nature, the first house signifies the people in general, and being of the same nature as aries, all that is said of that sign may be transferred to this house. second house. the second house, which is of the same nature as the sign taurus, is the house of income and possessions. it signifies advancement in the world with respect to the wealth of the querent. jupiter, venus, mercury, and the sun in this house indicate good fortune. saturn, mars, the moon, and uranus are generally unfortunate, though much depends on other factors in the chart. in horary questions the second house signifies the money of the querent or the pecuniary success of any expedition of undertaking. it concerns loans, lawsuits, and everything by which riches may be gained or lost. in polit

lost. in political questions it signifies the treasury, public loans, taxes, and subsidies as well as the death of national enemies. third house. the third house is the house of kindred, particularly of the immediate family in which one was raised. in this house saturn signifies coldness and distrust; mars, sudden and hasty quarrels, all unaccountable estrangements; jupiter, steady relationships; venus, great love between brothers and sisters and good fortune by their means; the sun, warm attachment; and the moon, indifference or fluctuations in relationships. in horary questions the third house signifies the health, fortune, and happiness of the querent s parents, the querent s own patrimony and inheritance, and the ultimate consequences of any undertaking the person may be engaged in. in

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death on a person, the vestment must be black and the neck encircled with lead. the ring must be set with an onyx and the garlands twined of cypress, ash, and hellebore; the perfumes to be used were sulfur, scammony, alum, and assafoetida. for purposes of black magic, a seamless and sleeveless robe of black was donned, while on the head was worn a leaden cap inscribed with the signs of the moon, venus, and saturn. the wreaths were of vervain and cypress, and the perfumes burned were aloes, camphor, and storax (see also ceremonial magic; magic; magical diagrams; magical instruments and accessories) sources: knight, gareth. the practice of ritual magic. toddington, england: helios book service, 1969. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1976. levi, eliphas. transcendental magic. london: g. red

rman stories originated from the half-fish half-human gods and goddesses of early religions. the chaldean oannes and the philistine dagon are typical deities of this kind, and a representation of oannes with a human body down to the waist and a fish tail has been found on sculpture at khorsabad. such goddesses as derceto (atergatis) and semiramis have been represented in mermaid form. the classic venus, goddess of love, was born out of the sea foam, it is told, and was propitiated by barren couples who desired children. the mexican coxcox or teocipactli was a fish god, as were some peruvian deities. north american indians have a legend that they were led from asia by a man-fish. in classical mythology the tritons and sirens are represented as half-fish, half-human. in addition to legends o

inkle configurations and related each wrinkle on the forehead to a particular astrological sign. by this method, he claimed to be able, for example, to identify adulterous women and thieves. cardano divided the area of the forehead into seven positions, each assigned to one of the then-known heavenly bodies. beginning at the top, the areas were assigned in order to saturn, jupiter, mars, the sun, venus, mercury, and the moon. the assignment allows the forehead reading to be aligned with the horoscope. reading the forehead began with an assessment of the length, depth, and prominence of the lines. long unbroken lines indicate an honest person while x-shaped lines indicate a deceptive personality. a slight curve in the lines indicate a balanced personality, while wavy lines suggest that the

es morrigan, macha, and modron (a divine mother. she figured as a queen of the land of faerie and as such appears in french and italian romance. she first appeared in the arthurian legends in geiffrey of manmouth s twelfth-century volume, vita merlini. it was she who, on one occasion, threw excalibur into a lake. she usually presented her favorites with a ring and retained them by her side as did venus in tannhauser. her myth is a parallel of that of eos and tithonus and is possibly derived from a sun and dawn myth. sources: lacy, j. lacy, ed. the arturian encyclopedia. new york: garland publishing, 1986. moonsign book encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1052 morgawr a loch ness type monster observed and photographed in the area of falmouth, cornwall, england. on november 17

eunesse eternelle (everlasting youth (1962, and l occultisme devant la science (occultism and science (1963. omphalomancy a system of divination using the navel of the first newborn child to ascertain future conceptions by the mother. indications were obtained from the number of markings or bands on the navel. onec, omnec omnec onec is the name of a woman who claims to be an extraterrestrial from venus and is the subject of a book, from venus i came, published by wendelle stevens, best known for his promotion of the claims of swiss contactee billy meiers in north america. according to onec s account, she had lived for 210 years (earth time) on venus prior to taking on the form of a seven-year-old earth girl and came to earth in 1955 in a spaceship accompanied by her uncle. onec claims that

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n broke down a wall, and disclosed an ancient tomb; on the cover stone were the letters "p.m. r.c. cum uxore" in it an earthen urn was found; when fractured, a bituminous smoke issued; in the bottom was a lamp, which went out; the fragments were still oily; this became dry after exposure.-see "lowthorp, abridgment of philos. trans" vol. iii, sec. xxxv, also no. 185, p. 227. in a certain temple of venus in egypt there hanged a lamp which neither rain nor wind could put out, says, st. augustine, in his work "de civitate dei" lib. xxi, cap. 6, and he associates its make with magic, and the devil, as indeed do all roman catholic authorities whenever they mention any of these lamps. fortunius licetus describes this lamp in his work "de reconditis lucernis antiquorum" cap. vi, and see`"isidorus

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

h e d what grevler describes as a positively huge mother sh i p, which tinier ships, similar to the one they we re aboard, we re entering. once inside the mother ship, grevler and her friends went to the temple, visited by returning crews to thank the creator for a safe voyage. subsequently, either in the mother ship or in the smaller scout craft (her account is vague on this detail, she visited venus and saw beautiful buildings and a kind of university. at the latter, students were taught universal knowledge and trained in extrasensory perception. they also learned cosmic language which is expressed simply by symbols of various forms and colors, so that meanings are the same in any language (anchor, 1958. grevler had other space adventures. one was a visit to a depopulated, destroyed pla

ular occult and paranormal digest fa t e in 1950 and 1951, the photos along with accompanying text afforded ad a m s k i his first wide exposure. on november 20, 1952, as six others (including contactee and fringe archaeologist george hunt wi l l i a mson) watched from a distance, adamski obs e rved the landing of a saucer and the emergence of the beautiful, blond-haired ort h o n, a visitor from venus, who expressed concern about the human race s warlike ways (in later years adamski would tell confidants that his first contacts with extraterre s t r i a l s o c c u r red in his childhood, but he never said as much publicly) t h ree weeks later ort h o n returned in his scout craft over ad a m s k i s palomar ga rdens residence and allowed the ship to be photographed. the resulting pict u

according to flying saucer from mars (1954, englishman and author cedric allingham witnessed the landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft while vacationing in scotland in february 1954. a tall man, human in all ways except for an unusually broad forehead, stepped out of the vehicle. the occupant, who indicated that he was from mars, spoke in a friendly fashion, saying that he had earlier visited venus and the moon. he asked if earthlings would soon visit the latter world, and when allingham replied yes, the martian acted concerned. he wanted to know if a war would soon erupt on earth. after this conversation, which occurred mostly by gestures, the martian reentered his craft and flew away, though not before allingham had photographed him (from the back) and his ship. the book asserted tha

les: new age publishing company. andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka chief frank buck standing horse, an ottawa indian from oklahoma, met andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka onboard a spaceship that took him to several planets in july 1959. the ship, called vea-o-mus, landed around 10 p.m. on the evening of the twelfth. piloted by andra-o-leeka, the ship took off again, this time going to mars, then to venus. after a short stay there, a female pilot, mondra-oleeka, a venusian, relieved andra-o-leeka, and the ship went on to clarion, a planet hidden on the other side of the sun (clarion first ap- andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka 21 pears in contactee stories after truman bethurum reported meeting a scow [a small spacecraft] and its pilot, the beautiful aura rhanes, who hailed from that planet) af

opkins s martians; khauga; martian bees; mince-pie martians; monka; shaw s martians; smead s martians; wilcox s martians further reading brown, courtney, 1996. cosmic voyage: scientific re- mote viewing, extraterrestrials, and a message for mankind. new york: dutton books. bucky buck nelson, a sixty-five-year-old bachelor who lived on a remote farm in the ozark mountains of missouri, met bucky of venus on march 5, 1955. but his first sighting of spaceships took place when three of them hovered over his farm on july 3, 1954, and one shot a beam of light at him, healing his lumbago and restoring his eyesight to the degree that he no longer needed glasses. the following year on february 1, a saucer returned. this time a voice, speaking in clear english, came through a loudspeaker to ask if ne

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rologer; ask him, i pray you. circle on circle, hour and house he knows. tell us then what the heavenly aspect shows. murmurs. two rogues- each to the other knowndreamer and fool- so near the thronean ancient ditty- worn and weakthe fool will prompt- the sage will speakastrologer [mephistopheles prompting him. the sun himself is gold of purest ray, the herald mercury serves for love and pay; dame venus has bewitched you all, for she, in youth and age, looks on you lovingly. chaste luna has her humours whimsical; the strength of mars, though striking not, threats all; and jupiter is still the fairest star. saturn is great, small to our eyes and far; him as a metal we don t venerate, little in worth but heavy in his weight. ah, when with sol chaste luna doth unite, silver with gold, the worl

re, i saw them yesterday- or else the day before. but others like yourselves i ve never sighted, and i stand mute, amazed, delighted! the phorkyads intelligent this spirit seems to be. mephistopheles that no bard sings your praise amazes me. and say! how came it, how could it have been? your likeness, worthy ones, i ve never seen! on you the chisel should try out its art, and not on juno, pallas, venus, and that sort. the phorkyads immersed in stillest night and solitude, we three have never felt that thought intrude. mephistopheles how should it? since withdrawn from earthly view, here you see none, nor anyone sees you. but choose in other places to reside where art and splendour equally preside, where daily in quick time from marble blocks heroes leap into life in flocks, wherethe phorky

il my rarest mood, i pray! far other things await me here today: my daughters all i ve summoned here to me, the dorides, the graces of the sea. olympus not, nor yet your soil, can bear a form that is so dainty and so fair. from dragons of the sea, all in most winsome motion, they leap on neptune s coursers; in the ocean, their element, so tenderly at home they seem to float upon the very foam. on venus radiant, pearly chariot drawn, comes galatea, lovely as the dawn. since cypris turned from us her face, she reigns in paphos in the goddess place. and so, long since, the gracious one doth own, as heiress, templed town and chariot-throne. away! it spoils a father s hour of pleasure, harshness of tongue or hate of heart to treasure. away to proteus! ask that wondrous elf: how one can come to

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

ng down onto the earth from the stars of which the author of the asclepius speaks. it was believed that these effluvia and influences could be canalised and used by an operator with the requisite knowledge. every object in the material world was full of occult sympathies poured down upon it from the star on which it depended. the operator who wished to capture, let us say, the power of the planet venus, must know what plants belonged to venus, what stones and metals, what animals, and use only these when addressing venus. he must know the images of venus and know how to inscribe these on talismans made of the right venus materials and at the right astrological moment. such images were held to capture the spirit or power of the star and to hold or store it for use. not only the planets had

he form of a man, crowned, holding a raised sword in his right hand" an image of sol "the form of a king sitting on a throne, with a crown on his head and beneath his feet the figure (magic character) of the sun" 1 picatrix, lib. ii, cap. 12 (sloane 1305, ff. 52 recto ff. 2 the planet images are listed in lib. ii, cap. 10 (sloane 1305, ff. 43 recto ff. 52 hermes trismegistus and magic an image of venus "the form of a woman with her hair unbound riding on a stag, having in her right hand an apple, and in her left, flowers, and dressed in white garments" an image of mercury "the form of a man having a cock on his head, on a throne, having feet like those of an eagle, with fire in the palm of his left hand and having below his feet this sign (a magic character' an image of luna "the form of a

heir vital powers in their studies, and the old in whom these forces are in any case declining, are therefore advised to avoid as far as possible plants, herbs, animals, stones, and the like belonging to saturn, and to use and surround themselves with plants, herbs, animals, stones, people, belonging to the more fortunate, cheerful, and ufe-giving planets, of which the chief are sol, jupiter, and venus. ficino has many enthusiastic passages on the valuable "gifts" making for health and good spirits to be obtained from these planets, which he poetically describes more than once as "the three graces".2 the equation of beneficent astral influences with the three graces may be derived from a passage in the emperor julian's hymn to the sun.3 gold is a metal full of solar and jovial spirit and t

ts, which he poetically describes more than once as "the three graces".2 the equation of beneficent astral influences with the three graces may be derived from a passage in the emperor julian's hymn to the sun.3 gold is a metal full of solar and jovial spirit and therefore beneficial in combating melancholy. green is a health-giving and life-giving colour, and the reader is urged to come to "alma venus"4 and to walk in the green fields with her, plucking her flowers, such as roses, or the crocus, the golden flower of jupiter. ficino also gives advice on how to choose a non-saturnian diet, and thinks that the use of pleasant odours and scents is beneficial. we might be in the consulting room of a rather expensive psychiatrist who knows that his patients can afford plenty of gold and holiday

ue formam. 2 the resemblance of this image to one in picatrix is striking: forma regis supra cathedram sedentis& in sui capite coronam habentis, et coruum ante se, et infra eius pedes istas figuras (magic characters).3 in picatrix this is not a medical talisman, as in ficino, but will enable a king to overcome all other kings. for happiness and strength of body, ficino advises an image of a young venus, holding apples and flowers, and dressed in white and yellow (veneris imaginem puellarem, poma floresque manu tenentem, croceis& albis indutam* the comparable venus image in picatrix is: forma mulieris capillis expansis& super ceruum equitantes in eius manu dextra malum habentis in sinistra vero flores et eius vestes ex coloribus albis.5) an image of mercury described by ficino is "a helmete

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sic symbols. thus, we must choose from the rich treasury of our history of occult symbols. let us assume that the spirit: a) should be hard working; b) should have structural awareness and the ability to materialize itself; and c) it must furnish you with financial advantages. we want to utilize the symbols of earth and saturn. see figure 18. we may also want to create a spirit from the sphere of venus for erotic purposes. to this end, we might use the symbols in figure 19. a 48/ practical sigil magic the pictorial method/ 49 figure 18 figure 19 50/ practical sigil magic combined, these symbols may form one of the sigils in figure 20. figure 20 the following sy be used to form a sigil for achieving mystical insight into infinity: mbols may the pictorial method/ 51 see figure 21 for complet

ic table of the sun numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of the sun his intelligence his demons divine names in accord with the numbers of jupiter n d vau, letter of the holy prolonged he, letter of the holy name 3 e 1 n the sun 6 s the sun umbers6. ivine names in hebrew name 6. 6. loh. 11. akhiel, intelligence of. 66. orath, demon of. constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 115 table of venus numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of venus her intelligence her demons ivine names in accord with the numbers of venus numbe in hebrew. 49. e of. 1 enus. d rs divine names 7. aha hagiel, intelligencus. ven 175. kedemel, demon of venus. 232. beni seraphim, intelligence of v. 116/ practical sigil magic table of mercury numbers hebrew letters constructing sigils with planetary cameas/

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

called brotherhood/ abraham's seed dwelling typified by/ in the new jer-u-salem abraham ecclesiastical powers which means melchisedec is there shall be peace called king of division into races--nations- salem [peace] sects and peace hence there is war--oppression- prevailed slavery- saturn period unity and diversity vulcan period polarian epoch love and hate kingdom of god [1] heat [7- sun period venus period hyperborean epoch new galilee [2] fire [6] brotherhood- moon period [3] fire--male sex--state [5] jupiter period lemurian epoch water--female sex--church aryan epoch- earth period fire/male--air/nations atlantean epoch end of involution water/female--earth/races beginning of evolution [4- and the division of the rulership into state and church caused war and strife. the state espouses

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

ival in honor of him was called the vulcania in which human sacrifices were offered [percival george woodcock, short dictionary of mythology, new york, philosophical library, p. 152 "according to diel, he bears a family relationship to the christian devil [j.e. cirlot, translated by jack sage, a dictionary of symbols, new york, dorset press, 1991, p. 362 "it is fascinating to know that he married venus, another name for lucifer or the devil [woodcock, op. cit, p. 150-151; emphasis added] manly p. hall tells the mason that he can have the seething energies of lucifer in his hands, and then tells him to follow in the footsteps of the "christian devil" to whom "human sacrifices" are offered. the infernal names there may be some people who have read up to this point and still might be skeptica

ual connotations to masonic symbols sex in the "g" the letter "g" is displayed quite often in masonic symbols. the initiate is told that this letter stands for "god" and for "geometry" which the supreme architect of the universe used to design the universe. however, arthur waite, occultist and 33rd degree mason quotes eliphas levi who is also a 33rd degree, tells us that the letter "g" stands for venus, and that venus' symbol is a lingam, a stylized phallis [masonic author, arthur edward waite, the mysteries of magic: a digest of the writings of eliphas levi, chicago, delaurence, scott, and company, 1909, p. 217] albert pike states within morals and dogma [page 631-32] that the monad[#1] is male, and the duad[#2] is female. their sexual union produces the triad[#3, which is "represented by

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

which has to be stilled in order that shin, the shikinah, 9 or divine majesty, can be perfectly reflected. with the disintegration of tetragrammaton we sink into the carnal, or mundane, aspect of the mystery, the immediate consequences of this disruption being the birth of love and power, which before were united in a close embrace. the first is the feminine, or passive, quality in humankind, the venus force; and the second the active and masculine quality, the mars force. mystically their separation is evil, because it causes striving to reunite; but humanly these qualities are not wicked in themselves, though they may become sinful, for out of love can emerge lust and hatred, and out of power fear and cruelty. the demoniac can consequently become the diabolic. the disruption of tetragram

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

oombs, of the "temptation" or of the ancient tree-and-serpent myth in genesis. this drawing, in which it is observed that the jewish idea of woman as tempter is reversed, was copied from the inner walls of a cave in southern india. the picture is said to be a faithful representation of the version of the story as accepted in the east. of the myrtle, payne knight says that it "was a symbol both of venus and neptune, the male and female personifications of the productive powers of the waters, which appear to have been occasionally employed in the same sense as the fig and fig leaf" the same writer refers to the fact that instead of beads, wreaths of foliage, generally of laurel, olive, myrtle, ivy, or oak, appear upon coins; sometimes encircling the symbolical figures, and sometimes as chapl

mamma. if the word be taken to mean strength, then amon will mean (the first syllable being in regimine) the temple of the strength of the generative or creative power, or the temple of the mighty procreative power. if the word am means mother, then a still more recondite idea will be implied, viz: the mother generative power, or the maternal generative power: perhaps the urania of persia or the venus aphrodite of crete and greece, or the jupiter genetrix of the masculine and feminine gender, or the brahme mai of india, or the alma venus of lucretius. and the city of on or heliopolis will be the city of the sun, or city of the procreative powers of nature of which the sun was always an emblem" according to prof. w. r. smith, om means uniting or binding, a fact which is explained by the ea

er significant feature noticed in connection with this subject is that the oldest figures which represent this goddess are black, thus proving that she must have belonged to a dark skinned race. this image, although black, or dark skinned, had long hair, hence not a negress. the most ancient statue of ceres was black, and pausanias says that at a place called melangea in arcadia there was a black venus. in the netherlands only a few years ago, was a church dedicated to a black goddess. the virgin of the sphere who treads on the head of the serpent represents universal womanhood. she is the virgin of the first book of genesis and mother of all the earth. she represents not only creative power but perceptive wisdom. although this goddess is usually seen with the lotus in her hand, she someti

, or that the universe is embodied within the female [32] anacalypsis, book v, ch. iv. higgins thinks there is no subject on which more mistakes have been made than on that of the goddess isis, both by ancients and moderns. he calls attention to the inconsistency of calling her the moon when in many countries the moon is masculine. he is quite positive that if isis is the moon, ceres, proserpine, venus, and all the other female gods were the same, which in view of the facts everywhere at hand cannot be true. it is true, however, that "the planet called the moon was dedicated to her in judicial astrology, the same as a planet was dedicated to venus or mars. but venus and mars were not these planets themselves, though these planets were sacred to them"[33] higgins then calls attention to her

e most exalted of the deities, the first of the heavenly gods and goddesses, whose single deity the whole world venerates in many forms, with various rites and various names. the egyptians worship me with proper ceremonies and call me by my true name, queen isis" isis, we are told, is called myrionymus, or goddess with 10,000 names. she is the persian mithra, which is the same as buddha, minerva, venus, and all the rest. faber admits that the female principle was formerly regarded as the soul of the world. he says "isis was the same as neith or minerva; hence the inscription at sais was likewise applied to that goddess. athenagoras informs us that neith or the athene of the greeks was supposed to be wisdom passing and diffusing itself through all things. hence it is manifest that she was t

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

an inundation broke a wall, and disclosed an ancient tomb; on the cover stone were the letters 'p.m. r.c. cum uxore; initan earthen urn was found; when fractured, a bituminous smoke issued; in the bottom was a lamp, which went out; the fragments were still oily; this became dry after exposure. see lowthorp, abridgment ofphilos.trans.,vol.iii.,sec. xxxv, also no. 185, p.227. in a certain temple of venus in egypt there hanged a lamp which neither rain nor wind couldputout, says, st augustine, in hisworkdecivitatedei,lib. xxi, cap. 6, and he associates its make with magic, and the devil, as indeed do all roman catholic authorities whenever they mention any of these lamps. f ortunius licetus describes this lamp in his workdereconditislucemisantiquorum,chap. vi, and see isidorus,degemmis.ludovi

evil ones; but that our english worddemon,which was no doubt derived from the greek word, through the latin has commonly an entirely evil attribution.themedieval latin phrase,demonestdeusinversus,was penned after the word had lost its old signification. other words relating to evil powers have also been thus curiously debased, note the word lucifer, originally meaning light-bearer and allotted to venus as a morning star, has been degraded into its present use as a title of the modern christian conception of the one evil spirit. perhaps the key to an occult truth lies hid in this fact of the change of attribution in names from one extreme to the other, from divinity to malignancy.therecent revision of the new testament led to a controversy as to what was the modern position of the church re

in the possession oftheirancestors. sofar as can be judged the deities of the early greeks were not closely related to the sun and planets, although the later greeks identified their apollo with helios the sun, and artemis with the moon.theearlier greeks looked upon the sun as driving his chariot through the sky, but the sun was not an olympian god, and held a minor rank in the earliest pantheon. venus, the planet, was called hesperus, as the evening star, and there was the morning star eosphorus,butit was not until the time at any rate of pythagoras circa 612b.c.,that they were consideredtobe the same heavenly body.ithas been asserted by muller, the german savant, in his treatise on mythology, that the astro255 nomical greek myths were few, and they werenotclosely related to their religio

ng sun, and in hebrew called hilal, was the greek eosophoros. this name was not applied to satan until jerome so used it; milton adopted it.themoon was called irak and levanah, or labanah, and was considered the ruler of night.thesun was named shemesh, and chamah, and cheres; and was called the ruler of day.thehebrew word for star in general was kukab, but this word was also applied to the planet venus, especially by the kabalistic rabbis of the middle ages. i may mention a few notable astrologers individually: claudius ptolemy lived at alexandria in egypt, the great centre of learning in the first century,a.d.his works illustrated one of the earlier systems of astronomy, which have come down to us, and many astrological treatises are extant which bear his name. he was the eminent student

sfortunes and so were eclipses, both of the sun and moon. summer lightning was of excellent omen; forked lightning first seen on the right was fortunate, but on the left unlucky, and the same rule applied to the hearing of thunder: if heard in a clear skyitwas a happy omen to the old greeks and romans.theplanets saturn and mars have always had a bad reputation as afflicting man, while jupiter and venus were regarded as bearers of good fortune.206themagical masonchina there is still extant the curious chinese book of divination called the yi-king or book of changes; it is believed to date from 1100b.c.it teaches an art depending upon combinations of long and short lines in groups; the system is said by the chinese to be 8,000 years old. there is an english version of the work, with designs

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

d from chokmah through geburah into netzach. while malkuth is earth, the receptacle of the other three. 43. in the hegemon's badge on the tree of life, the cross embraces tiphereth, netzach, hod and yesod, and rests on malkuth. also the calvary cross of six squares refers to the six sephiroth of microprosopus, the sun and forms the cube opened out.38 thesorcererand his apprentice44. the symbol of venus on the tree of life embraces the whole of the sephiroth and is therefore the fitting symbol of the isis of nature. hence, also, its circle is always to be represented larger than that of mercury.0 267 267.'45. the mode of using the talismanic forms drawn from the geomantic figures is to take those yielded by the figures under the planet required, and to place them at the opposite ends of the

phtaliare-blue, a hind. of asher )jacob says 'out of asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties' moses says 'let asher be blessed with children, lethim beacceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. thy shoes shall be iron and brass, and as thy days, so shall thy strength be' the armorial bearings of asher are purple, a cup. allthiscoincides with the nature of venus and libra, while the feet refer to the sign pisces, which rule the feet, and in which(c?)is exalted. iron and brass are the metals of the friendly planets (d')and (c).of dan (tt\)jacob says 'dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of israel. dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for

from which an answer is required. this. appears to me to bethecorrectorigin of the word, whilethesecondtis anegyptianfinal, which is added to denote the femininegerder:thefollowingareinteresting metathesesofthelettersoftaro:tora(hebrew)=law;troa(hebrew)=gate;rota(latin)=wheel; ora t (latin==it speaks, argues, or entreats;taor(egyptian)=taur,thegoddess of darkness;ator(egyptian)=athol',theegyptian venus. amrlumley tells me that there is azendword 'tarisk, meaning'torequire an answer .thereare italian; spanish, and. germantarotpacks,andsincethetimeofetteillafrenchalso,butthese latter arenotse well adapted for occult study owing to etteilla's attempted 'corrections'ofthesymbolism,theitalian are decidedly the bestfordivination and practical occult purposes, and i shall, therefore, usethemas th

, and,and11 strength is referred totoandq,which causeth a transposition in the attribution, for these are cognate symbols. but at one time the82thesorcerer and his apprenticesword of justice wastheegyptian 'knife' symbol of the*'sickle of leo, while the scales represented the sun having'.just quitted the balance point of highest declination. similarly the female and the lionrepresentedthe idea of venus (lady) offire of vulcan (hinexalted).but'the earliest attribution was the lion-goddess (or lion-god of.'horus)to.q.andmatthegoddess oftruthwith herscales'to, and this is therefore better. alsowas attributed to.225..horus at one time. so unto the 'foolish man' is attributed air, moveable .and'.never permanent.the'juggler' isthenatural symbol of mercury, the god of tricksters and also of thede

-goddess (or lion-god of.'horus)to.q.andmatthegoddess oftruthwith herscales'to, and this is therefore better. alsowas attributed to.225..horus at one time. so unto the 'foolish man' is attributed air, moveable .and'.never permanent.the'juggler' isthenatural symbol of mercury, the god of tricksters and also of thedeeper.knowledge.the'high priestess'267 findeth her natural correla. tive in the]j 225venus is the 'empress';cy>is the emperor, forthesun is exaltedinthat martial and commanding sign. and so also with the others, in each shalt thou find its natural attribution.notebyv.h.fra.'srioghailmodhreamamongthegreeks and romans there existed a peculiar attribution of the deities to the zodiacal signs, thus:cy>minervatheowlt5venusthedoveiiapollothetripodalimercurytheturtle[i,jupitertheeagletjy

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into the english eleusinian mysteries of the chapter-room, where the monks assembled on all solemn occasions, the more secret rites were performed and libations poured forth in much pomp to the bona dea" sir robert walpole's son horace, one of dashwood's political enemies and certainly a stranger to the abbey, mocked "whatever their doctrines were, their practice was rigorously pagan: bacchus and venus were the deities to whom they almost publicly sacrificed; and the nymphs and the hogsheads that were laid in against the festivals of this new church, sufficiently informed the neighbourhood of the complexion of those hermits" the membership roll of the medmenham monks no longer exists, if it ever did, but the names most reliably associated with the group include dashwood's brother, john das

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

) we have deliberately chosen gnostic names here to prepare you for there use in our gnostic model of the universe as presented in the next chapter. chokmah and binah also form the polarity of male and female principles which give birth to the rest of the tree of life (they could also be easily related to the fire and ice of yggdrasil. geburah mars chesed jupiter tiphareth sun hod mercury netzach venus yesod moon malkuth earth these planes or world, which can be related to planets and realities bring together the remaining the gnostic handbook page 21 characteristics with the astral plane at the moon and the earth at the base. there are many attributions related to the kabbalah and as a system of classification it is extremely useful. again we must avoid the tendency towards reductionism a

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

world of the archons. fornication is the desire for union with things of the world and food offered to idols represents the false gods or idols we may have within ourselves. how many gnostics are still beguiled by internal demands for fame, money, achievement, material gain, and family. the promise offered to those who use this centre correctly is the gift of the morning star. the morning star is venus or lucifer and represents the state of "light bearing" this is an allegorical way to represent the awakening of the light or static fields within the gnostic. the church of sardis the church of sardis is the throat or visuddha chakra. it is given the title of "that which remains "as it is the portal before entering the higher chakras. it has a similar meaning in the kabbalistic systems. the

etailed descriptions; for example, qetebim are destroyers, the pestilence that walks in darkness. sephira. planet. angel. intelligence. spirit. kether. primum mobile. chokmah. the zodiac. binah. saturn (shabbathai. cassial agiel. zazel. chesed. jupiter (tzedek. sachiel. iophiel. hismeal. geburah. mars (madim. zamael. graphiel. bartzabel. tiphareth. sun (shemesh. michael. nakhiel. sorath. netzach. venus (nogah. hanael. hagiel. kedemel. hod. mercury (kokab. raphael. tiriel. taphthartharath. yesod. moon (levanah. gabriel. malkah be schad barschemoth ha-shartathan tarshisim ve-ad ruachoth schechalim. malkuth. earth. fig 25 gnostic theurgy page 99 to conclude to conclude this introduction to kabbalah, i wish to share with you a more poetic outline of the tree of life. this was originally publis

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF AIR

r move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF EARTH

r move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF FIRE

r move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF WATER

r move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LBRP

r move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER INVOKING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LIRP

r move back to the east. facing to the east extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me raphael (rah-fahy-el. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you visualize another figure and say "behind me gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword say "on my right hand michael (mee-chai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for

GOLDEN DAWN MEDITATION WITH THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

arkness (sign of silence) stand in one place, pivot clockwise and bow to each of the other archangels, fire, earth, then air. go to the west and give the practicus sign (see the archangel gabrriel respond by making the sign in return) begin meditation with the archangel gabriel "facing west standing or sitting with your eyes closed, visualize the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus. as clearly as possible visualize all the details of gabriel. the colors she may be the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 2 6/27/2004 8:03 am possible visualize all the details of gabriel. the colors she may be wearing, the clothes, the background, etc, but most importantly try to feel her presence. keep in m

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of the hexagram is represented by the hexagon. it is to be colored a golden yellow and is represented by the bow and shaft of the greek god apollo. the center portion of the hexagram is attributed unto trapt. in the center is the letter r which corresponds unto the fourth letter of the name atyrara. the right lower point is green. this arm is attributed to jxn and is represented by the girdle of venus. in the center of the right lower arm of the hexagram is the letter y, the fifth letter of the name atyrara. the left lower point is orange. this arm is attributed unto dwh and is represented by the caduceus of hermes. in the center of the left lower arm of the hexagram is the letter t. this is the sixth letter of the name atyrara. the bottom point is colored violet. this arm is attributed t

center. the order has a very specific way of tracing the planetary symbols. this information appears in unpublished material written by s.l. macgregor mathers, g.h. frater s.r.m.d. l k f a c b y y q p as stated earlier, the two triangles are traced from opposite angles on the tree. 8 for the first triangle begin with: for the second triangle begin with: saturn l luna y jupiter k mercury b mars f venus c venus c mars f mercury b jupiter k luna y saturn l note: l takes the place of the tud on the tree. a and the supernals are treated differently. method of invoking or banishing a the sun is treated in a different manner. when thou wishes to invoke the sun, all of the six invoking hexagrams of the planets must be traced in their regular planetary order. the symbol of a shall be traced in the

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

air tablet. aala/ ala: placed you. aala: put/ place (v) aana: kerubic angel of water angle of fire tablet. aanaa: kerubic name of water angle of fire tablet. aao ial pir gah: amongst the flames of first glory. aao: aaf/ among/ cacodemon of water angle of air tablet. aaodt: angel, also known as aadt. aaoth: name of mercury perimeter. aaozaif: senior of jupiter on the air tablet. aapdoce: senior of venus, on the fire tablet. aavan: angel, also known as aaan. aavna: angel, also known as aana. aax: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel axir. aaxp: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. ab: angel (filia filarum lucis) associated with luna. ab: name of jupiter heptagon 2. aba: cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. ababalond: of an harlot. abai: stooping. subservient angel of fire angle

en: dee's good angel that appeared to dee and kelley on nov. 1, 1583. ag l toltorn: no one creature. ag: none/ no/ not/ no one. agb: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel gbal. aglm/ agmlm: angel, companion of magl. aglm: kerubic angel of earth angle of water tablet. aglo: in thy. agmm: subservient angel of water angle of water tablet. aha: cacodemon of earth angle of air tablet. ahaozpi: senior of venus on the air tablet. ah-deh-er-reh/ ah-deh-reh: adre, angel. ahd: cacodemon of air angle of water tablet. ah-ee-ah-oh-ah-ee: aiaoai, divine name. ahli: subservient angel of water angle of earth tablet. ahmbicv: acmbicu, senior of air. ahmlicv: senior of mercury on the earth tablet. ahx: cacodemon of earth angle of water tablet. aia: cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. aiab: subservient an

of earth angle of air tablet. 5 aidrom: laidrom, senior of earth. aigra: angel, also known as aira ail: cacodemon of fire angle of water tablet. aio: cacodemon of earth angle of fire tablet. aira: subservient angel of air angle of earth tablet, also known as aigra. ais: cacodemon of fire angle of fire tablet. aisro: the promise. aixs: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. akele: name of venus heptagram point. alar: i have settled. alca: judgement) ald: sald, wonder. aldaraia: will of god) another title of the book of soyga. aldi: gathering (cf. aldon. aldon: gather up/ gird up. aldon daxil: gird up your loins. ale: cacodemon of water angle of water tablet. algb: subservient angel of water angle of earth tablet. alhctga: senior of venus on the earth tablet. alip: subservient angel

the third division of the aethyr deo (21. aspt: before/ in front of. assi: subservient angel of air angle of air tablet. ast: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel stim. astel (meaning unknown) asymp: with another. ataad: angel ruling taad and companions. atapa: commanding name of fire angle of water tablet. atdim: angel ruling tdim and companions. ath: angel (filia filiarum lucis) associated with venus, name of mars heptagon 2. ato: cacodemon of air angle of air tablet, cacodemon, counterpart of the angel tott. atogbo: demonic name (reversal of obgota) commanding cacodemons of air of water. atraah: girdle/ girdles/ your girdles. att: cacodemon of air angle of air tablet. attd: subservient angel of earth angle of fire tablet. auavox/ avavox: his pomp. audcal: gold/ philosophical mercury. au

ury. audropl: aydropl, governor. autp/aultp: angel, companion of utpa. ava: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel vasa. avabh: hyacinth/ hyacinthine. avabo: deomonic name (reversal of obava) commanding cacodemons of water of fire. avas: subservient angel of fire angle of water tablet. avavaco: thunders of increase/ thunders. avavox: pomp/ his pomp. ave: angel (filius filiorum lucis, associated with venus, name of mars heptagon 1. 9 avini: millstones. aviny: millstone/ millstones. avtotar: senior of mercury on the air tablet. axir: subservient angel of earth angle of earth tablet, also known as axtir. axp: cacodemon of fire angle of air tablet. axpa: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. axr: cacodemon of earth angle of water tablet. axtir: angel, also known as axir. axziarg: govern

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U7

h scorpio g blue-green i sagittarius g# blue j capricorn a indigo (blue violet) k aquarius a# violet l pisces b magenta (violet-red) the mother letters (with the new planets) letter planet scale color sounds flash on c shin. pluto c red f# green a aleph uranus e yellow a# violet m mem n neptune g blue d orange fundamental notes of the planets planet scale color planet sounds flash on f mars c red venus f# green a sun d orange moon g# blue b mercury e yellow jupiter a# violet c venus f# green mars c red 12 y moon g# blue sun d orange k jupiter a# violet venus e yellow l saturn a indigo f green-yelatconsecration ceremony for a venus talisman r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the magus should be garbed in the regalia of the hierophant, and should in addition, wear a seal

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tablet of union. formulate an astral banner of the east surrounding one's self "in the name of elohim and in the name of yhvh tzboath, i command ye, o ye dwellers in the realm of fire, that ye fashion for me a magical base in the astral light wherein i may invoke the divine forces to charge this talisman of nogah" step 7 go to the appropiate dirtection to begin the supreme invoking ritual of the venus hexagram. perform the keyword in the east. step 8 precede with the qabalistic cross, closing with the keyword. return to the altar so that the latter is between the operator and the previously ascertained position of venus. say "o thou divine one, who dwellest in the majesty and desire of netzach, the seventh sephira. yhvh tzboath, lord of hosts, ruling in glory, magnificence and grace, look

nus. say "o thou divine one, who dwellest in the majesty and desire of netzach, the seventh sephira. yhvh tzboath, lord of hosts, ruling in glory, magnificence and grace, look upon me, i beseech thee, as i perform this consecration ceremony. let a ray from thy perfection descend upon me, to awaken within my 4 being that which shall prove a channel for the working of thine abundant power. may this venus talisman which i have made be a focus of thy light and life and love so that it may awaken within my soul a clear vision and a stronger aspiration to the light" step 9 draw the letters yhvh tzboath in hebrew and its sigil in the air. then, trace the same over the heart region and vibrate la several times "grant unto me, thou great and lord of hosts netzach, the presence and power of thy holy

waken within my soul a clear vision and a stronger aspiration to the light" step 9 draw the letters yhvh tzboath in hebrew and its sigil in the air. then, trace the same over the heart region and vibrate la several times "grant unto me, thou great and lord of hosts netzach, the presence and power of thy holy archangel haniel that he may aid me with his power" step 10 draw the invoking hexagram of venus and in it the sigil of haniel. vibrate the name strongly "o ye gods of netzach, i conjure ye by the mighty name of yhvh tzboath lord of hosts, and by the name of haniel whose throne and seat ye are.elohim, come unto me now. manifest yourselves through me, and fill my sphere with your magic power to accomplish this work of the art" step 11 draw the sigil of elohim, and vibrate the name "comma

name strongly "o ye gods of netzach, i conjure ye by the mighty name of yhvh tzboath lord of hosts, and by the name of haniel whose throne and seat ye are.elohim, come unto me now. manifest yourselves through me, and fill my sphere with your magic power to accomplish this work of the art" step 11 draw the sigil of elohim, and vibrate the name "command unto me the presence of haniel, the angel of venus, and his intelligence, hagiel, that they may consecrate this most powerful symbol. hagiel(vibrate 7 times, i conjure ye potently to make manifest your presence within my soul that this talisman of venus may be charged. come now, o all ye powers and forces of the realm of nogah, obey ye now the name of yhvh tzboath, the divine ruler of your kingdom, and haniel, your archangelic ruler, and the

, obey ye now the name of yhvh tzboath, the divine ruler of your kingdom, and haniel, your archangelic ruler, and the mighty powers of the elohim. step 12 place the talisman outside the circle, in the west, and then slide it within the circle with the point of sword "creature of talismans. enter thou within this sacred circle that thou mayest become a dwelling place of hagiel, the intelligence of venus, a body for the manifestation of the majesty of netzach" step 13 5 the talisman should be purified with water and consecrated with fire "in the name of yhvh tzboath i proclaim, all ye powers and forces now invoked, that i, of the r.r. et a.c. have invoked ye in order to form a true and potent link between my human soul and that spirit of abundance and love and graciousness summed up in the n

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

much like our own at a time when the romans were still using their clumsy method.15 isn t it a bit odd that this otherwise unremarkable central american tribe should, at such an early date, have stumbled upon an innovation which otto neugebauer, the historian of science, has described as one of the most fertile inventions of humanity .16 someone else s science? let us now consider the question of venus, a planet that was of immense symbolic importance to all the ancient peoples of central america, who identified it strongly with quetzalcoatl (or gucumatz or kukulkan, as the plumed serpent was known in the maya dialects).17 unlike the ancient greeks, but like the ancient egyptians, the maya understood that venus was both the morning star and the evening 10 william gates s notes (p. 81) to d

ies of the mexican pyramids, p. 287. 14 the maya, p. 173. 15 the rise and fall of maya civilization, pp. 178-9. 16 cited in the maya, p. 173. 17 world mythology, p. 241. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 162 star .18 they understood other things about it as well. the synodical revolution of a planet is the period of time it takes to return to any given point in the sky as viewed from earth. venus revolves around the sun every 224.7 days, while the earth follows its own slightly wider orbit. the composite result of these two motions is that venus rises in exactly the same place in the earth s sky approximately every 584 days. whoever invented the sophisticated calendrical system inherited by the maya had been aware of this and had found ingenious ways to integrate it with other interl

approximately every 584 days. whoever invented the sophisticated calendrical system inherited by the maya had been aware of this and had found ingenious ways to integrate it with other interlocking cycles. moreover, it is clear from the mathematics which brought these cycles together that the ancient calendar masters had understood that 584 days was only an approximation and that the movements of venus are by no means regular. they had therefore worked out the exact figure established by today s science for the average synodical revolution of venus over very long periods of time.19 that figure is 583.92 days and it was knitted into the fabric of the mayan calendar in numerous intricate and complex ways.20 for example, to reconcile it with the so-called sacred year (the tzolkin of 260 days

age synodical revolution of venus over very long periods of time.19 that figure is 583.92 days and it was knitted into the fabric of the mayan calendar in numerous intricate and complex ways.20 for example, to reconcile it with the so-called sacred year (the tzolkin of 260 days, which was divided into 13 months of 20 days each) the calendar called for a correction of four days to be made every 61 venus years. in addition, during every fifth cycle, a correction of eight days was made at the end of the 57th revolution. once these steps were taken, the tzolkin and the synodical revolution of venus were intermeshed so tightly that the degree of error to which the equation was subject was staggeringly small one day in 6000 years.21 and what made this all the more remarkable was that a further s

a correction of eight days was made at the end of the 57th revolution. once these steps were taken, the tzolkin and the synodical revolution of venus were intermeshed so tightly that the degree of error to which the equation was subject was staggeringly small one day in 6000 years.21 and what made this all the more remarkable was that a further series of precisely calculated adjustments kept the venus cycle and the tzolkin not only in harmony with each other but in exact relationship with the solar year. again this was achieved in a manner which ensured that the calendar was capable of doing its job, virtually error-free, over vast expanses of time.22 why did the semi-civilized maya need this kind of high-tech precision? or did they inherit, in good working order, a calendar engineered to

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

wands= fire, yod, red cups= water, he, blue swords= air, vau, yellow pantacles= earth, he, black the colors of the lesser watchtower squares are determined from the astrological and planetary signs as follows: red= firey= sun, jupiter, aries, cancer, libra, capricom blue= watery= mars, taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius yellow= airy= saturas, mercury, gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces black= earthy= venus, moon, fire, air, water, saturn as a general role, complementary colors should be used when coloring the sides of truncated pyramids as follows: blue squares/pyramid sides have orange lettering yellow squares/pyramid sides have purple lettering black squares/pyramid sides have white lettering red squares/pyramid sides have green lettering 51 names of archangels, angels, and demons behold, is

e forces influence the calvary crosses is shown in figures 16 to 31, appendix a. the primary meanings of these signs are given below. sun: will power, vitality, creativity. it rules over leo. moon: instinct, habit, personality, feeling, memory, imagination, receptivity. it rules cancer. mercury: power of communicat ion, intel l igence, reason, mobility, self-expression. it rules gemini and virgo. venus: love, beauty, harmony. it roles taurus and libra. mars: passion, desire, energy, courage, initiative. it rules aries and scorpio. j piter: higher xni.nd, wisdom, optimism, spon74 taneity, enthusiasm, benevolence, generosity. it rules sagittarius and pisces. saturn: satan, contraction, crystal l ization, concentration, ambition, self-preservation, caution, responsibility, pessimism, stabilit

h every thing else, a karmic force will also seep iinto the object and link iit with iits creator. with proper use, your magical weapons will automatically become ppowerfultalismans. they will become charged with your own emotional and psychic energies. additional talismans can be made for specific ppurposesbut all should come under the following general headings: earth: taurus, virgo, capricorn, venus, moon, pentacle, black, north. water: cancer, scorpio, pisces, mars, cup, blue, west. air: gemini, libra, aquarius, saturn, mercury, sword, yellow, east. fire: aries, leo, sagittarius, sun, jupiter, wand, red, south. 94 when you practice the exercise to gain the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel, you will need to design and make your own talisman of iliatai. figure 5 sho

estow the enthusiasm of jupiter upon my wand (see energized enthusiasm entering finto your wand. alnkvod (ah-len-keh-voh-deh, i invoke you from the watchtower of fire to come forward and bestow the imagination of the moon upon my wand (see the power of imagination entering finto your wand. aapdoke (ah-ah-ped-oh-keh, 1 invoke you from the watchtower of fire to come forward and bestow the beauty of venus upon my wand (see beauty enter-mg finto your wand. anodoin (ah-noh-doh-ee-neh, 1 invoke you from the watchtower of fire to come forward and bestow the mobility of mercury upon my wand (see the power of motion entering finto your wand. 109 arinnap (ah-ree-neh-nah-peh, 1 invoke you from the watchtower of fire to come forward and bestow the ambition of saturn upan my wand (see the forces of amb

of jupiter upon my sword (see the discerning power of wisdom entering finto your sword. htnorda (heh-teh-noh-rah-dah),1 invoke you from the watchtower of air to come forward and bestow the instinct of the moon upon my sword (see the discerning power of the instinct entering finto your sword. ahaozpi (aha-oh-zod-pee, i invoke you from the watchtower of air to come forward and bestow the harmony of venus upon my sword (see the harmony of right discrimination entering into your sword. avtotar (ah-veh-toh-tah-rah, 1 invoke you from the watchtower of air to come forward and bestow the intelligence of mercury upon my sword (see the discriminative 111 power of intelligence entering into your sword. hipotga (hee-poh teh-gah, 1 invoke you from the watchtower of air to come forward and bestow the pr

GREY W G CONDENSATION OF KABBALAH

omosomes are combined into the best possible being here, and the ultimate physical sex of the individual decided. 7 victory and achievement. originatively governed by the god-aspect yhvh tzva ot (i will be hosts. creatively by archangel auriel (light of god, sometimes identified with haniel [grace ofgod. formatively by the angel order of the elohim god-goddesses. expressively by the planet nogah (venus. humanly this is where emotions and feelings begin in the foetus. 8 splendour, glory and honour. originatively by the god-aspect elohim tzva ot (god-goddesses of hosts. creatively by archangel rafael (healer of god. formatively by the angelic order of the b nay-elohim (sons of the god- goddesses. expressively by the planet kochav (mercury or hermes. humanly 9 this is where the unborn get the

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

none of these names seem to go very high up; yet, berhte at all events is introduced in poems of the 14-1 5th century, and the matter begins to wear another look the moment we can set her beside the carolingian berhta, beside the eddie biort (p. 1149, beside the deeply rooted tradition of the' white lady' of dame holda the legend was never written down till the 1 7th century; if holda was in the venus-mountain, which goes as far back as the 14th, she at once gains in importance; then further, in the 12th century we can point to pharaildis (p. 284; and if, to crown all, huldana in the stone inscription is correct (p. 266, we can have but little doubt of a gothic worship of hul 7o (p. 990. now, as bei'hta and holda are adjective names, i was fain to claim for nerthus also an adj. basis nair

at this produced having to be looked for in greece. must' honum hlo hugr i briosti' have somehow got into the edda from homer's iyexaaae se ol<^i\ov r/rop? the distinction, drawn in homer as well as the edda, between the speech of gods and of men may signify something to us, and yet be no harder to explain than the identity of zio with zeus, or of z6vvenus and venustus are made intelligible by the on. v nn and vtenstr, and even by the 0. sax. superlative wanumo. what is true of the greek and roman mythologies, that with all their similarity they are yet far from identical, has to be asserted with still more emphasis of the relation between the roman and german, inasmuch as greek literature left an infinitely deeper dint on the roman, than lati

enoch, antichrist, herodias, there come into view the same old myths about moon-spots, giants' buildings, a god of thunder and of storm, the preface. xxxvll gracious (holde) night-dame and the buruing of the world. and what arrests our attention still more is, that to the virgin mary we apply a whole host of charming legends about holda and frouwa, uorns and valkyrs, as the romans did those about venus, juno and the parcae; nay, in the fairy-tale, dame holle and mary can usurp the place of gray-hatted wuotan. what a tender fragrance breathes in those tales of mary, and what has any other poetry to put by the side of them? to the kindly heathen traits is superadded for us that sense of superior sanctity which encompasses this lady. herbs and flowers are named after mary, her images are carr

e scottish elf-queen (scott's minstr. 2, 149, 161, and of the /a?/s (keightley 1, 166^ hel rides a three-legged one, p. 844. 3 agricola's spr. 667. eyering 1, 781 6. headless figures, heasts two-legged, tliree-legged, redhot, are in many ghost stories; a headless wild hunter runs riot in the wetterau (dieffenbach's wett. p. 280, in pomerania a headless horseman (temme no. 140. straggele, eckhart, venus' mount. 935 gress: the people flock to meet and greet her, as they did to freyr (p. 213) or nerthus (p. 251. eckhart with his ivhite staff discharges the office of a herald, a chamherlahi, clearing the road before her. her living retinue is now converted into spectres (see suppl. eclikart the trustij, a notable figure in the group of old-teutonic heroes (heldensage 144. 190, reeve of the har

chamherlahi, clearing the road before her. her living retinue is now converted into spectres (see suppl. eclikart the trustij, a notable figure in the group of old-teutonic heroes (heldensage 144. 190, reeve of the harlungs, perhaps more exactly eklcewart, kriemhild's htimmerer, nib. 1338, 3) gets mixt up with the myths of gods. the appendix or preface to the heldenbuch makes him sit outside the venus-mount to warn people, as here he warns them of the furious host; so much the plainer becomes his vocation here, as well as the meaning of the venusberg. eckhart goes before the furious host with holda, he is also doomed to abide till the judgment-day at the mount of venus: the identity of holda and venus is placed beyond question. that mountain (some say the hoselberg or horselherg near eise

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

a messenger from heaven. the indians assigned the painted bow of heaven to their god indras. in our own popular belief the souls of the just are led by their guardianangels into heaven over the rainbow, ziska s oestr. volksm. 49. 110. as for that doctrine of the ed da, that before the end of the 1 chi-king ex lat. p. lacharme, interpr. jul. mohl, p. 242. 2 like the contrary effects of the planet venus on the two sexes in superst. 1, 167. 734 sky and staes. world bifrost will break, i find it again in the german belief during the mid. ages that for a number of years before the judgment-day the rainbow will no longer be seen: ouch hurt ich sagen, daz man sin (the regenpogen) nieht ensehe drizich jar (30 years) vor deme suontage/ diut. 3, 61. hugo von trimberg makes it 40 years (renner 19837

eze minne, fiiege dich in ihr herze, und gib ir minnen muot! notice too the naive question the daughter puts to her mother, ms. 2, 260a: nu sage mir ob diu minne lebe und hie bi uns uf erde si, aid ob uns in den luften swebe (or hovers in the air above us? she has heard of higher beings, whom she imagines living in the air, as the heathen valkyrs glided through it. the mother answers, speaking of venus: si vert unsihtic (travels viewless) als ein geist si en hat niht ruowe (no rest) naht noch tac; conf. p. 456. in the gute frau 576: do kam vrou smlde und ere, die wurden sine geverten (companions, die in kit dicke ernerten von aller slahte swgere (oft saved him from harm; 3 6] 1: im enschatte ouch niht sere, daz vrou scelde und vrou ere sich sin unterwunden (took charge, do si n uf der stra

hen he translates concordia, fides, pudicitia by gemeinmuoti, triiva, chiuski. i bring these examples to shew how familiar such personifications were even in the 9- 10th cent; they need not have been invented or introduced first by the mhg. poets. minna, even in ohg (p. 59, could signify not only caritas, but amor and cupido; and there is nothing offensive in veldek s lavinia and eneas addressing venus as minne (en. 10083. 10948; in hartmann, wolfram and walther, frou minne appears bodily (iw. 1537. 1638. parz. 288, 4. 30. 2915. walth. 14, 10. 40, 26. 55, 16, and hartmann, who is fond of interweaving dialogue, has a talk with her, iw. 2971 seq, a thing imitated in gute frau 328-46-80. a.frowe maze (modus, meetness) occurs in walth. 46, 33; a frou witze in parz. 288, 14. 295, 8; examples of

GRIMOIRE OF TURIEL

to second my undertakings. render them efficacious. the secret grimoire invocation for thursday (jupiter) come speedily ye olepid spirits who preside over the operation of this day. come, incomprehensible zebarel and all your legions, haste to my ass stance and be propitious to my undertakings, be kind and refuse me not your powerful aid and assistance. the secret grimoire invocation for friday (venus) come on the wings of the wind, ye happy genii who preside over the workings of the heart. come in the name of the great tetragrammaton; hear favourably the invocation that i make this day, destined to the wonder of love. be ready to lend me your assistance to succeed in what i have undertaken under the hope that you will be favourable to me. the secret grimoire invocation for saturday (sa t

t, leaves of agrimony, choves, powder of henbane. beat all into a powder. make thereof a paste with foxes blood and the brains of a magpie. the secret grimoire character of ophiel lord of mercury. perfumes the seed of an ash tree, the wood of the aloe, leaves of the scullcap herb, mandrake roots, and the end of a quili, made into small balls (pihis. the secret grimoire craracter of hagith lord of venus. perfumes musk, juniper berries, wood of loes, dried red roses, dried leaves of elder, pulvenzed, and made into a paste with the blood of a pigeon. the secret grimoire character of och lord of the sun. perfumes grains of bhack pepper, grains of hogsbane, powder of sulphur, made into a paste with the blood of a bat, and the brains of a black cat. part the second containing invocations, conjur

of the moori. uriel. naromiel. abuori. spirits of saturn. samael. bachiel. astel. messengers of saturn. sachieh. zoniel. hubaril. intefligences of saturu. mael. orael. valnum. spirits of jupiter. setchiel. chedusitanieh. corael messengers of jupiter. tunel (see secret grimoire of turiel. conieh. babiel. intelligences of ju/iter. kadiel. maltiel. huphatrieb. the secret grimoire estael. spirits of venus. thamael. tenariel. arragon. messengers of venus. coiznas. peajel penael. intelligences of venus. penat. thiel. rael teriapel. spirits of mercury. mathlai. tarmiel. baraborat. messengers of mercury. raphael. ramel. doremiel. intelligences of mercury. aiediat. modiat. sugmonos. sal!ales. the secret grimoire presiding spirits of jupiter. sachiel. castiel. asasiel. presiding spirits of venus. a

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

entagram, with the point downward, symbolizes water; the lower small triangle on the right, with the point upward, represents fire. on the lower arm of the figure, below the large rose, is a hexagram. symbol of the macrocosm.composed of two interlaced triangles. at its points are inscribed the six planets, according to the ancient astrological tradition: at the bottom is the moon, at its right is venus, followed in turn by jupiter, saturn, mars, and mercury. at the center of the hexagram is the sun. the order of arrangement of these symbols conforms to certain kabalistic rituals. the lower end of the longest arm is divided into four sections by two diagonal lines. these sections are colored according to the four colors of malkuth of the kabalistic "tree of life" the four sets of three rays

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

ut of the dark waters of chaos, the shining benu bird alighted on this primeval mound. its cry was the first sound ever heard. the earliest references to the benu bird seem to describe it as a yellow wagtail, but it was later shown as a type of heron (see figure 11. the word benu probably comes from an egyptian verb meaning to rise and shine. the benu bird may originally have been identified with venus as the morning star, making it the forerunner of the renewal of creation each dawn. the cry of the benu bird was the point at which time began. it was also the benu bird who would announce the end of time and the return of the world to chaos. from the pyramid texts onward, the benu bird was closely associated with the creator sun god. in heliopolis, the center of solar worship, the benu bird

s horns. hathor s name means domain (or mansion) of horus, which may make her the original mother of the celestial falcon. in the pyramid texts, the domain of horus was a special part of the sky where the dead king would be rejuvenated. as lady of the stars, hathor was associated with the nocturnal sky. as the eye of ra, she could be identified with the solar disk or the morning or evening star (venus. by the greco-roman period, hathor was honored as a moon deity. she was the goddess of all precious metals, gemstones, and materials that shared the radiant qualities of celestial bodies, such as gold, silver, copper, turquoise, lapis-lazuli, and faience. in pyramid texts spell 406, the eye of ra (here the solar disk) is upon the horns of hathor. this seems to be an early reference to the my

logists believe that this stellar afterlife was older than the solar afterlife, in which the fate of the king and humanity was tied up with the sun god. others argue that the sun, the moon, and the stars all formed part of a great celestial circuit in which the dead took part in various ways. in pyramid texts spell 245, the sky goddess nut assigns the dead king a place in heaven as the lone star (venus. the image of nut as a naked woman stretched above the earth has recently been interpreted as a representation of the milky way rather than of the sky in general. some egyptian texts refer to stars sailing on the sea below the belly of nut. the belly or flanks of nut in deities, themes, and concepts 207 cow form can be patterned with stars. the markings of the celestial cow sometimes resembl

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

conditioned and limited by time and space. the hiranya garbha "theegg (or the womb) of gold, from which brahma emerges, is often called the heavenly lotus. the god,vishnu- the synthesis of the trimurti or hindu trinity- during the "nights of brahma" floats asleep onthe primordial waters, stretched on the blossom of a lotus. his goddess, the lovely lakshmi, rising from thebosom of the waters, like venus-aphrodite, has a white lotus beneath her feet. it was at the churning of theocean of milk- symbol of space and of the milky way- by the gods assembled together, that lakshmi,goddess of beauty and mother of love (kama) formed of the froth of the foaming waves, appeared beforethe astonished gods, borne on a lotus, and holding another lotus in her hand. thus have arisen the two chief titles of

HEPTAMERON

er vos angeli fortes, sancti atque potentes, in nomine on, hey, heya, ja, je, adonay, saday& in nomine saday, qui creavit quadrupedia& anamalia reptilia& homines in sexto die& ad dedit potestatem super omnia animalia: unde benedictum sit nomen creatoris in loco suo& per nomina angelorum servientium in tertio exercitu, coram dagiel angelo magno, principe forti atque potenti& per nomen stell qu est venus& per sigillum ejus, quod quidem est sanctum& per nomina pr dicta conjuro super te anael, qui es pr positus diei sext, ut pro me labores &c. as before in the conjuration of sunday. the spirits of the air of friday are subject to the west-winde; their nature is to give silver: to excite men, and incline them to luxury; to reconcile enemies through luxury; and to make marriages; to allure men t

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

matter that the town constables or militia could cope with; and above all else the excitable crowd must be kept in ignorance, lest there be enacted in these already troublous times a repetition of that frightful salem panic of less than a century before which had first brought curwen hither. the right persons to tell, he believed, would be dr. benjamin west, whose pamphlet on the late transit of venus proved him a scholar and keen thinker; rev. james manning, president of the college which had just moved up from warren and was temporarily housed in the new king street schoolhouse awaiting the completion of its building on the hill above presbyterian-lane; ex-governor stephen hopkins, who had been a member of the philosophical society at newport, and was a man of very broad perceptions; jo

which had conquered time and had sent exploring minds into every age. i knew, too, that i had been snatched from my age while another used my body in that age, and that a few of the other strange forms housed similarly captured minds. i seemed to talk, in some odd language of claw clickings, with exiled intellects from every corner of the solar system. there was a mind from the planet we know as venus, which would live incalculable epochs to come, and one from an outer moon of jupiter six million years in the past. of earthly minds there were some from the winged, starheaded, half-vegetable race of palaeogean antarctica; one from the reptile people of fabled valusia; three from the furry pre-human hyperborean worshippers of tsathoggua; one from the wholly abominable tcho-tchos; two from t

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

ove tea on an odd number date: three, five, seven, nine et cetera, and continue for six weeks, every night. it is for people who have been alone for a long time. you can repeat this spell many times if you want, but it takes six weeks so don't wear yourself out. once you get the spell completed, you can reinforce it by having this tea, say, every friday night. friday is recommended because it's a venus-ruled day and has to do with love activities. you can also combine true love tea with the sexual seduction spell (once you get the thing rolling, and do the two spells at the same time. you can even throw in an emotional bondage spell, described later. there is also a love cake that's guaranteed to increase sexual vitality and to cure infidelity. it's an italian love cake known for over 300

honour of mars. the spanish and french named wednesday after mercury, but we use the germanic "wodensday" woden was the counterpart of the god mercury. thursday is thor's day. thor was the god who was comparable to jupiter and although the french and spanish named their thursday after jupiter, we stick to thor. thor and jupiter were the same gods in different parts of the world. friday comes from venus but we use the german "freitag" the equivalent goddess. saturday is saturn's day. it is not only witches who set aside special days. there are certain traditional days to do certain things; all sorts of tricky things that most women know about. a sunday marriage is blessed and, of course, this may be why so many more people get married on sunday than on any other day (sunday marriages are cu

hanges because of the connection with the phases of the moon. tuesday weddings mean arguments and a bit of inconstant behaviour (it's mars' day, which means a lot of strife and trouble and difficulties) wednesday is based on commercial, level-headed values, control over emotions. thursday is pretty good if you want to have a swinging affair and a lot of unexpected money coming in. friday, being a venus-ruled day, can be a day of sorrow. lovers face many tragic moments and they reach a point of separation and then make up again. it's a very emotional day. saturdays are for practical people. for example, two people marrying on wednesday, mercury's day, might do so for appearances or for commercial gain. a homosexual and a lesbian, for instance, might marry on wednesday. on the other hand, sa

ame and birthdate add up to four, it is a number five day, however. this can be done with every day of your life, and if you know the symbols that relate to the numbers you have a guiding key for every fraction of the future. according to the ancients, number one is symbolized by the sun, number two by the moon, number three by jupiter, number four by saturn, number five by mercury, number six by venus, number seven by uranus, number eight by mars and number nine by neptune. one old interpretation equates pluto to the number zero, but others place a value of twenty-two on pluto, which is an exception to the rule of reductions. if your birthdate adds up to 'twenty-two, this number is not converted to a four as the sum of two and two, because twenty-two has a special meaning from antiquity

that doesn't mean that everything about number five is funny, because another interpretation could be a series of tragic events. but whatever happens, happens quickly. a number five is a reactor, rising quickly to the occasion, and a number five day might be one in which many things are happening that require your immediate response. it could mean travel, too; a lot of movement. number six is the venus number, which vibrates to emotion. love, partnership, luxuries, riches and beautiful things are involved. it is the kind of day when you'd get a present from a loved one. if you're a number six type you are probably very extravagant. this type spends a lot of money on clothes, cosmetics and food; it's a sensual number. number seven, the uranus number, has to do with progressive thoughts, ins

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

h, concentrating on the sphere his wishes to visit, and according to his will, being attracted by the sphere. as there does not exist any perception of time and space for his spirit, he can visit any sphere instantly, either alone or in the company of his leader. according to the quabbalistic tree of life, he will reach in turns, first the sphere of the moon, next the one of mercury, then that of venus, of the sun, mars, jupiter and finally the sphere of saturn. on all spheres he will meet the organisms living there, and he will learn to know all about their laws and secrets. if the magician has gone so far as to be able to visit the universe, that is the spheric planetary system of the organisms and to master it, his mental training is completed. he has grown to be a perfect magician, he

ISIS UNVEILED

ebrew len; lacchus again is lao or jehovah; and baal or adon, like bacchus, was a phallic god "who shall ascend into the hill [the high place] of the lord" asks the holy king david "who shall stand in the place of his jtoiiiwau tctip? patdnu,xnv,s. kadesh may mean in one sense to denote, hauow, aandify, and even to initiate or to set apart; but it also means the ministers of lascivious rites (the venus-worship) and the true interpretation of the word kadesh is bluntly rendered in deuterotwmy, xxiii, 17; hosea, iv, 14; and genesia, zxzviii, from verses 15 to 22. the 'holy' kadeshuth of the bible were identical as to the duties of their office with the nautch-girls of the later hinda pagodas. the hebrew kadeskim or galli uved "by the house of the lord, where the women wove hangings for the g

d the true interpretation of the word kadesh is bluntly rendered in deuterotwmy, xxiii, 17; hosea, iv, 14; and genesia, zxzviii, from verses 15 to 22. the 'holy' kadeshuth of the bible were identical as to the duties of their office with the nautch-girls of the later hinda pagodas. the hebrew kadeskim or galli uved "by the house of the lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove" or bust of venus-astarte, says verse the seventh in the twenty-third chapter of i kings. the dance performed by david romid the ark was the 'circle-dance' said to have been pr^cribed by the amazons for the mysteries. such was the dance of the daughters of shiloh judges, zxi, 21, 23 et patsim, and the leaping of the prophets of baal 1 kings, xviii, 26. it was simply a characteristic of the sabaean worship, fo

the author gives a figure from a medieval woodcut the like of which we have seen by dozens in old psalters in which the virgin marv. with her infant, is repieaented as the queen of heaven on the "crescent moon, the emblem of virginity. being before the sun, she almost eclipses its light. than this, nothing could more completely identify the christian mother and child with isis and horus, ishtar, venus, juno, and a host of other pagan goddesses, who have been called 'queen of heaven 'queen of the universe 'mother of god 'spouse of god' the 'celestial virgin' the 'heavenly peace-makn* etc" such pictures are not purely astronomical. they represent the mole god and the female goddess, as the sun and moon in conjunction "the union of the triad with the unit" the horns of the cow on the head of

tributed by him to the same cause. their friendly relations had certainly led them, at a later period, to adopt the 'adonia' or the sacred rites over the body of the lamented adonis, as we find jerome plainly lamenting this circumstance "over bethlehem" he says "the grove of tham- muz, that is of adonis, was casting its shadow! and in the qbotto where formerly the infant jesus cried, the lover of venus was being mourned" it was after the rebellion of bar cochba that the boman emperor established the mysteries of adonis at the sacred cave in bethlehem; and who knows but this was the p^a or rock-temple on which the church was built? the boar of adonis was placed above the gate of jerusalem which looked toward bethlehem. munk soys that the "nazireate was an institution established before the

d pythagoread number) i x 8 t 2 engravedon it. the number five relates to the same kabalbtic computation. 601. paedagogu, iii, xi. digitizecoy google the hindc noachian legend 257 joshua, son of nun, or nave (nans, could have with perfect propriety adopted the image oi a thip, or even of a fish, for joshua means jesus, son of the fish-god; but it was really too hazardous to connect the emblems of venus, a^tarte, and all the hindo goddesses the argka, doce, and fiak with the' immaculate' birth of their god i this looks very much as if in the early days of christianity but little distinction was nude be- tween christ, bacchus, apouo, and the hindfi krishna, tlie incarnation of vishnu, with whose first avatar this symbol of the fish originated. in the hari'purdna, in the bhdgavata-purdna, as

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

ons, dreams, long journeys. bankers, creditors, debtors, gambling. success. 3. mars. energy, haste, anger. construction or destruction, according to context and application. danger, accidents, surgery, vitality, and magnetism. 4. sun. superiors, employers, executives, officials. power and success. life, money, growth of all kinds. illumination, imagination, mental power and creativity. health. 5. venus. social affairs, affections and emotions, women, younger people. all pleasures, including the arts: music, beauty, extravagance, luxury and self-indulgence. 6. mercury. business matters. writing, contracts, judgment, and short travels. buying, selling, bargaining. neighbours, giving and obtaining information. literary capabilities and intellectual friends. books, papers, communications, publ

in order. note the variations possible. had the question related to success, not merely publication, the planetary ruler would have been either jupiter or the sun. were the question 'will a practical guide to geoman-tic divination endure for a long time' its planetary the house 41 rulcrship would have been saturn. if one had asked whether women rather than men would become attracted to the book, venus would have had to be the planetary ruler. enough has been said on this topic to indicate that care, too, has to be exercised on this matter just as it has with regard to the formulation of the question itself. the presiding genius 43 chapter six the presiding genius all previous exoteric works dealing with geomancy are defective in this one particular area at least, the omission of that proc

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 80. bast. earth mother goddess of abundance and of relaxed play. protector of women in childbirth, mother of light and independence. some of the roman goddesses. fortuna. goddess of abundance and destiny. flora. goddess of nature and pleasure, teaches us to honor inner and outer growth and the beauty of spring and flowers. venus. goddess of grace and physical and spiritual love, venus guides us through both our calm and stormy emotions. minerva. goddess of knowledge, dawn, war and wisdom. patron of the arts, crafts, guilds and medicine. works with the nature symbols of wisdom, the owl and the serpent. and some of the north american indian goddesses. changing woman. brings abundance and teaches harmonious living and

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

o; but being a man, though a rustic and a clown, of courage, and most probably urged by his idea that the staircase led to some secret repository where treasure lay buried, he descended the first few steps cautiously, and tried to peer in vain down into the darkness. this seemed impenetrable; but there was some object at a vast, cold distance below. looking up to the fresh air and seeing the star venus the evening star shining suddenly like a planet, in encouraging, unexpected brilliancy, although the sky had still some beautiful placid sunset light in it, the puzzled man left the upper ground, and descended silently a fair, though a somewhat broken, staircase. here, at an angle, as near as he could judge, of a hundred feet underground, he came upopn a square landing-place, with a niche in

powers, was discovered to be the workmanship of an unknown contriver named maximus olibius, who must have possessed the profoundest skill in chemical art. on the greater urn some lines were inscribed in latin, recording the perpetuation of this wonderful secret of the preparation and the starting of these (almost) immortal flames. st. austin mentions a lamp that was found in a temple dedicated to venus, which, notwithstanding that it was exposed to the open weather, could never be consumed or extinguished. ludovicus vives, his commentator, in a supplementary mention of ever-burning lamps, cites an instance of another similar lamp which was discovred a little before his time, and which was considered to have been burning for a thousand and fifty years. it is supposed that the perpetuity of

e rosicrucians. to one of the letters of the primeval alphabet, which were in number ten. thus, re-read, the lines run: lady-bird, lady-bird (columba, or dove, fly away home! your house is of fire your children are ten! the name of the flying insect called in england lady- bird is b te -dieu in french, which means god-creature, or god's creature. the napoleonic green is the mythic, magic green of venus. the emerald is the smaragdus or smaragd. the name of the insect barnabee, barnbee, burning fire-fly, whose house is of fire, whose children are ten, is red chafer, rother-kaefer, sonnen-kaefer, unser- frawen kohlein, in german; it is sun-chafer, our lady s little cow, isis, or io, or c ow, in english. the children tenne (tin, or tien, is fire in some languages) are the earliest "ten signs "

et, although the above is all-essentially feminine, this is the country that imported amidst its frankish or saxon progenitors (clodio, the long-haired, to the example, who first passed the rhine and brought his female ultramarine to supersede and replace, in blazon, the martial, manly carmine or gules of the gauls) this is the country that adopted and maintains la loi salique. sign of the planet venus. chapter the eighth. sacred fire. he appearance of god to mortals seems always to have been in brightness and great glory, whether he was angry and in displeasure, or benign and kind. these appearances are often mentioned in scripture. when god appeared on mount sinai, it is said, the lord descended upon it in fire (exodus xix. 18. and when moses repeats the history of this to the children o

ig. 15 (b) cross (c) fig. 16. fig. 17. fig. 18. fig. 19. in figure c, the union of fig. 16 and fig. 17 forms the cross. fig. 18 is the mundane circle. fig. 19 is the astronomical cross upon the mundane circle. the union of fig. 18, fig. 17, and fig. 16, in this respective order, gives the crux-ansata, so continual in all the egyptian sculptures, which mark or sign is also the symbol of the planet venus, as below. fig. 20. the crux-ansata. fig. 21. mark of the planet venus. their origin is thus traced clearly to the same original meanings, which reappear under all sorts of disguises, and are varied in innumerable ingenious ways, in all the mythologies incessantly disclosing, and inviting, and as continually evading and escaping discovery. this abstruse mark particularly abounds in the egypt

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

is why their leader inter-connected their force-fields-to teach them ion level tele23 control without inducing a fear-block1 which they, too, get when "mowing the lawn" several well-documented volumes have been devoted to listings of sightings, to reports by everyone from boy scouts and families on picnics to astronomers and a man who claims to have had a conversation with a saucer passenger from venus. but our answers to the questions, our evaluation of the potential answers to the fascinating and sometimes frightening questions, end where others begin. in other words, we shall not devote ourselves to the recent sightings and reports which have flooded newspaper offices, official bureaus of the government and, for some strange reason, airports (presumably, the public feels that anything w

sighting by an astronomer could be a mistake or an illusion. but hundreds of sightings are involved, and dozens of serious, reliable astronomers. boy! if only he knew the thousands. many round things have been seen crossing the discs of the sun and moon, and some in space with no background. roundness implies spherical or discoid shapes. lights have been seen in space, some of them near mercury, venus, mars, and the moon, and some between us and those orbs, so that they might be on their surfaces. in the case of the moon, lights have been seen on the surface. there have been shadows on the moon and on the earth which could have been cast only by manipulated space contrivances. the advent of the great comets and the red spot on jupiter in the late 1870's was coincident with the mysterious

nstructions are the domiciles of the small-fry discs, spheres, 37 balls of light, etc, which are so frequently seen in proximity to the earth's surface and to our planes, rockets, air fields and cities. it is my belief that these constructions are few in number, not many (there is some possibility, in fact, that there may be only two of them) and that they do not come from distant planets such as venus, mars, jupiter or the vastly more distant stars. it is my belief that they are usually globular, sometime spindlelike, and that they are an indigenous part of earth-moon binary-planet system. i make this statement on the basis of hundreds of astronomical observations in which the rough determinations of parallax can be made. parallax shows these objects to be somewhere between a few hundred

indicate nodes in the gravitational field, at which planets, asteroids, and possibly comets and meteors tend to locate themselves. an extension of the theory to the satellite systems of the major planets indicates a similar system of nodes on smaller scales, where planets, rather than the sun, are gravitational centres. this indicates a sort of generality, and since these smaller planets, such as venus, earth, mars, do not have satellite systems (the moon is more of a companion than satellite and may have joined the earth through acquisition rather than formation, it might well be that these gravitational nodes are occupied to some degree by navigable construction "nodes" are the old traps& burial "grounds" here lay quite a few dead-ships they cannot get away. the old types couldn't but th

on as a diversionary measure. not so or else she'd have cornered the worlds diamond market by now as a dead-give-away that she'd caught one (takes a powerful magnetic "net" to do so) one with a reverse "snap neutralizer" in it. 8. the very number and variety of the ufo's which are constantly seen is almost a priori proof of an origin close to the earth. even the distance to nearby planets such as venus and mars seems too great to permit of such promiscuity. we can conclude that the ufo's are permanent because they have been here for many centuries. that we have so suddenly become aware to them may be due in part to an increased activity, but it is more likely the result of our own slow awakening from intellectual immaturity. exhaustive research has disclosed records of sightings covering t

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

728.1686/ old assyrian period 1850.1531 middle babylonian/ middle assyrian period 1531.1000 neo-babylonian/ neo-assyrian period (assurbanipal 668.631) 1000.626 late babylonian period (nebuchadnezzar ii 604.562) 626.539 persian period (achaemenides) 539.331 macedonian period (alexander the great 331.323) 331.150 parthian period 150 bc. 226 ad less if we did not have astronomic data about observing venus preserved on cuneiform tablets to compare to other sources to determine dates. unfortunately, there is not enough material to determine everything: up to ca 1500 bc, observation data allow at least three different interpretations with the difference between the long and short chronology is 120 years. though many reference books, e.g. encyclopaedia britannica use the middle chronology as a co

y n. postgate, who brings out the division of zodiac into subzodiacs on this tablet, while these subzodiacs are connected to different towns, plants, trees and stones (postgate 1997: 219. 14 as we can see later, every planet could be connected to several gods; in table 3 are presented the strongest interconnections (based mainly on the akkadian material, because. except for the sun, the moon, and venus. we do not know about the state of matters in sumerian period; thus these three are also the only ones that have numerical counterparts in the assyrian tree of life. table 2. main gods of mesopotamia, the planets connected to them, and their portfolios by akkadian tradition. saturn is hard to interpret, as it is connected to ninurta, but this leads us through nabu straight to mercury. at fir

omanic assyrian king, said all the stars to be letters in which his name is written (rainer 1995: 9. subsequently, sumer akkad planet main portfolio of the god in akkadian tradition an anu god of heaven enlil marduk (b l) jupiter main god, god of air and earth enki ea god of waters and wisdom nanna sin moon moongod, god of fertility and prosperity utu .ama. sun sungod, god of justice inanna i.tar venus goddess of love and war (ninurta) nabu mercury god of wisdom and writing (savior, redeemer) ninurta ninurta saturn god of war and hunting? nergal mars god of plague, famine, war, and the underworld 15 we bring an excerpt of a list of witnesses from a pact between the same assyrian king and median king ramataia (672 bc, signs denoting the planets are translated as modern planet names: in the

urta) nabu mercury god of wisdom and writing (savior, redeemer) ninurta ninurta saturn god of war and hunting? nergal mars god of plague, famine, war, and the underworld 15 we bring an excerpt of a list of witnesses from a pact between the same assyrian king and median king ramataia (672 bc, signs denoting the planets are translated as modern planet names: in the presence of the planets, jupiter, venus, saturn, mercury, mars, sirius, and in the presence of assur, anu, enlil, ea, sin, shamash, adad, marduk, nabu, nusku, urash, nergal, ninlil, ishtar of niniveh, ishtar of arbela i tar, by all the gods in [the cities of] assur, niniveh, kalah, arbela, kakzu, harran, by all the gods of assyria, by all the gods in babylon, borsippa, nippur, by the gods of sumer, all of them, by the gods of the

ackets (gossmann 1950. this classical catalogue contains the names of celestial bodies and related gods with data concerning them. e.g. mulgal (g62, akkadian kakkabu rabu ebig star f, can mean the moon, the bright star sirius, jupiter, saturn, and in astrological texts also a meteor. the combination mulrab-bu (g367) is pronounced and translated similarly to the previous one, but it means jupiter, venus, or the not too conspicious star oph in the constellation of ophiuchus (gossmann 1950: 18, 183. eplanet f can be met in three forms: dudu.idim, muludu.idim or mulbi-ib-bu. udu.idim, akkadian bibbu in itself means ewild sheep f; while fixed stars are a peacefully pasturing flock, planets as gtraveling h stars are wild sheep or even beasts lurking for sheep (hommel 1909: 217. however, it seems

KETAB E SIYAH

ky, all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding would hide beneath the eastern horizon or flee to the horizon to the west. to speed or halt or turn back the sun was my prerogative and pleasure. my rod commanded also the silver moon, that lights night's shadow with virginal beams. i could make her wax or wane as i willed. others too knelt to my vice regency: crimson mars and gentle venus, swift mercury of the dawn's new light, mighty jupiter and his four-fold train and dim saturn who augurs ill. the seas i commanded with a hand, directing their tides to grow and fall. a dozen dozen myriads of angels were my thegns 6 that rode at my left, at my right, at my back. indeed was my glory most great! most beautiful and most noble was i, and am, and the high favour bestowed upon my

all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding would hide beneath the eastern horizon or flee to the horizon to the west. to speed or halt or turn back the sun was my prerogative and pleasure. my rod commanded also the silver moon, that lights night's shadow with virginal beams. i could make her wax or wane as i willed. 67 others too knelt to my vice regency: crimson mars and gentle venus, swift mercury of the dawn's new light, mighty jupiter and his four-fold train and dim saturn who augurs ill. the seas i commanded with a hand, directing their tides to grow and fall. a dozen dozen myriads of angels were my thegns that rode at my left, at my right, at my back. indeed was my glory most great! most beautiful and most noble was i, and am, and the high favour bestowed upon my na

d and around, making itself a knotted mass. in this confusion, i wandered far from the city, leaving behind proud walls, bronze-burnished and studded with shining jasper, walking the twisted roads of the unlighted halls, hewn from the rock of the earth. in that half-conscious, unquiet travel i came there, amongst the high stone pillars, a great gulf, a deep ocean, unknowing of dawn and dusk, with venus as their herald or page, shining in the sky. this sea's sky was vaulted stone, dark and distant, shadow-veiled from the eyes that sought it. the swell of its abysmal waters resounded in echo about the great chamber, its farther shore obscured by countless columns, straining beneath the depth of stone. so clear, the waters that the very bed of the ocean was apparent to my eyes, twisted by the

chosen for himself consorts of weak-will, easily dominated by his own jealous authority and had raised those children of his to regard well what he desired. thus did he build false strength for himself and succour well his pride. not as noble as his father was noah. 234 so was his family swayed by his wrath and acceded to that which he desired. as the sun rose above the hills in the east, cupric venus going before, burning brighter than sirius, as the night passed away as the new day was inaugurated in the red dawn-light, noah went with his wives and sons into the desert beyond the city-walls and there prayed to lofty heaven and knelt in abasement more worthy of beasts to the throne of adonai yahweh. thus did he await the elohim, michael, with his family, giving them over to heaven as bea

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FIVE

the ten sephiroth in balanced disposition. it is also the opened out form of the double cube of the altar of incense. another badge is the hegemon s cross admitting to the grade of philosophus. this cross embraces tiphareth, netzach, hod, and yesod resting upon malkuth. this cross also refers to the 6 sephiroth of microprosopus and is the opened out form of the cube. finally we have the symbol of venus on the tree of life it embraces all ten sephiroth on the tree. it is a fitting emblem of the isis of nature. since it contains all the sephiroth its circle should be made larger then that of mercury shown in a previous diagram. another arrangement of the tree there are various formats of the sephiroth. the most frequent has already been given, but there is another in common usage and will be

er is relfected cross-wise from binah through chesed to hod. fire is reflected cross-wise from chokmah through geburah to netzach. malkuth therefore becomes the receptacle of the other three elements. the reflection of the elements down the tree meditation number five let the philosophus meditate upon the symbol of the fire triangle in all its aspects. let him contemplate the symbol of the planet venus until he realises the universal love which would express itself in perfect service to all mankind and which embraces nature both visible and invisible. let him identify himself with the powers of fire, consecrating himself wholly until the burnt sacrifice is consummated and the christ is conceived by the spirit. let him meditate upon the triplicity of fire- its attributes and correspondences

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FOUR

he geomantic figures and their zodiacal attributions! p puer& o puella@ v amissio* rubeus# albus( u acquisitio$ m populus) x carcer$ n via_ z tristitia% s fortuna major+ y laetitia% t fortuna minor q caput draconis^ w conjunctio r cauda draconis lineal figures of the planets below are the numbers and lineal figures of the planets: saturn 3 triangle jupiter 4 square mars 5 pentagram sun 6 hexagram venus 7 heptagram mercury 8 octagram moon 9 enneagram this topic is considerably elaborated in a very important document entitled polygons and polygrams. there are a number of drawings to illustrate each point made. the magical squares of the planets they are formed of the squares of the number of the planet, arranged so as to yield the same number each way. the number of the sum of each column of

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

angelic hayrb yetzirah, formative angelic hryxy assiah, action matter, man, shells, demons hycu the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world, are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim \ylglgh tycar 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth twlzm 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai yatbc 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedek 'qdx 5. sphere of mars, madim \ydm 6. sphere of the sun, shemesh cmc 7. sphere of venus, nogah hgwn 8. sphere of mercury, kokab bkwk 9. sphere of the moon, levannah hnbl 10. spehere of the elements, olam yesodoth twdwsy \lwu the divine names attributed to the sephiroth kether's divine name is eheieh (hyha, its archangel is metatron( wrffm, its choir of angels is the chayoth ha-qedesh (cdqh twyj) or 'holy living creatures. chokmah's divine name is yah (hy, its archangel is razie

a, and its spirit (darker aspect) is zazel (lzaz) jupiter is called tzedek. it's angel is sachiel, its intelligence is iophiel (layphy, and its spirit is hismael (lamsh. mars is called madim. its angel is zamael, its intelligence is graphiel (layparg, and its spirit is bartzabel (labxrb. the sun is called shemesh. its angel is michael, its intelligence nakhiel (laykn, and its spirit sorath (trws. venus is called noagh. its angel is hanael, its intelligence is hagiel (laygh, its spirit is called kedemel (lamdq. mercury is called kokab. its angel is raphael, its intelligence is tiriel (layryf, and its spirit is called taphthartharath (trtrtpt. finally, the moon is called levannah. its angel is gabriel, its intelligence is called malkah be tarshisim ve-ad ruachoth schechalim(\yljc twjwr duw \

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

ranged in line round the edge of the disc they indicated the great white brotherhood the jewels in the crown of mankind, hovering above the human race and directing its evolution. the four pendant flower-chains symbolized the holy four who reside at shamballa- the spiritual king and his three pupil-assistants, the sole representatives on earth of the lords of the flame who came down long ago from venus to hasten the evolution of mankind. the crossed palm-leaves between them typified the four devarajas, the principal agents through whom the decrees of the sons of the fire-mist are carried out. 180. the three bands of lilies which are arranged to hide the junction of the chapiter with the pillar were taken to represent the initiates of the three stages of the egyptian mysteries. the buds of

only recently that reliable measurements have been obtained by european astronomers of the average distance of the earth from the sun. when i was a boy we were taught that it was ninety-six million miles; then they got it down to ninety-three million; later, calculations were made from very careful measurements of the mean equatorial horizontal solar parallax, taken at the time of the transits of venus in 1874 and 1882, and they estimated it at ninety-two and a half million miles. i remember that mr. gladstone announced that in the house of commons, and it aroused great interest at the time. in the eleventh edition of the encyclopedia britannica it is given as 92,998,000 miles. the ancient egyptians made it 92,996,08 miles; who shall say that they may not have been nearer to the truth than

LEMEGETON

e nationale [6. although this text is based on earlier versions, repeated mention of the year 1641 and guns, shows a late redaction. the "table of practice" has similarities with dee's "holy table. in the former the seven seals have the characters of the seven planets, which also occur in the "magical calendar (published 1620, but with possible connections with trithemius) saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon the descriptions of the seals for each sign of the zodiac are evidently abstracted from paracelsus, the second treatise of celestial medicines, cf. archidoxes of magic translated by robert turner, 1656, pp. 136 ff. ars almadel in 1608, trithemius mentioned a long list of books on magic, including the book "almadel attributed to king solomon [7] ars almadel is also found in the h

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

raphy, consists of nine moving heavens, which are concentric with the earth, the fixed center of the universe, and around which they revolve at a velocity proportional to their distance from the earth. each heaven is presided over by one of the angelic orders, and exercises its special influence on human beings and their affairs. the seven lowest are the heavens of the planets: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, saturn. the eighth heaven, the sphere of the fixed stars, is the highest visible region of the celestial world, and the ninth heaven, the primum mobile, governs the general motion of the heavens from east to west, and by it all place and time are ultimately measured. finally, beyond and outside the heavens, lies the empyrean, where there is neither time nor place, bu

time (dalley 1989, 156. one of the more widespread mesopotamian stories involved the descent of the goddess ishtar to the underworld. the first version of this tale was recorded by the sumerians, whose name for ishtar was inanna. the second version was a later, akkadian text. ishtar was the most important goddess in all periods of mesopotamian history, the parallel of the mediterranean aphrodite/ venus. precisely why ishtar should have undertaken such a perilous journey is obscure. some interpreters have speculated that ishtar wished to usurp her sister and extend her rule to the underworld; others that she simply wished to visit her sister. before embarking, she has the wisdom to inform her chief minister that she is about to undertake a journey to the underworld, and instructs him to app

s of the great harlot of babylon, and of lilith, and of hecate, may my lust be fulfilled!(148) see also curses; lavey, anton szandor for further reading: lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969. marlbrough, ray l. charms, spells, and formulas. st. paul, mn: llewellyn, 1987. lucifer the name lucifer means light giver, and connotes star, applying to the morning or evening star venus, the brightest object in the sky apart from the sun and moon. it has been erroneously equated with the fallen angel satan, because of a misreading of a scriptural passage that applied to nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon, who in his glory and pomp had set himself among the gods, as it is reported in isaiah 14:12: how art thou fallen from heaven, o lucifer, son of the morning. just as the brill

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buted to this degree. see 777 lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire. i' b n* a name: myhla v\ n o- i (elohim. k\ s i\ h n# i g n g -380- the signs of 4= 7. raise the arms above the head and join the hands, so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of 4= 7) is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of q, z and p are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see 777 lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: la (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3= 8. raise the arm till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downwards (see illustra

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ly to be disregarded as superstition to assert that certain hours of the day and certain aspects of the stars are more favourable than others, but rather to be criticised and investigated according to the methods of true science. v of bodily states there is here a certain difficulty, in that the body being full of meat and wine is more apt for the preparation, as it is said "sine cereri et baccho venus friget" while for the consummation the body should be empty of all gross nutriment, so that the elixir may be sucked up eagerly, and, running nobly into every part, revivify the whole. it will in our opinion be best if a full meal be taken not less than three hours before the beginning of the ceremony, and after that no food, although stimulants whether of wine or subtler agents may be conti

28'6" valley of london* addenda (the following occurs on a loose page in the japanese vellum bound note-book in which de arte magica was written) man is god therefore can create spirits by ceremonial masturbation on talismans as god first did. to be done peri ton broton tais abrotais erotos "o thou who hast formulated thy father and made fertile thy mother" 1. great adepts babalon- nuit. 2. isis- venus- aphrodite- astarte. 3. artemis- vesta- maria. 4. nymphs. in all cases death to be entrance into copulation, begetting yourself on them for new incarnation. woman adepts use corresponding male goou: liber 777 vel p rolegomena s y m b o l i c a ad s y s t e m am sceptico-mystic vi explicand fundamentum hieroglyphicum sanctissimorum scient summ v a\a\ publication in class b i 777 the following

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mesh sphere of sol (4) wryrgt thagiriron 7 hgn nogah sphere ofvenus (5) qrz bru a arab zaraq 8 kbwk kokab sphere of mercury (6) lams samael 9 hnbl levanah sphere of luna (7) laymg gamaliel 1010 twdwsy \lj cholem yesodoth sphere of the elements (7) tylyl lilith 11 jwr ruach air [elements. see col. lxviii] 12 [planets follow sephiroth, corresponding] mercury [planets follow sephiroth] 13. luna. 14. venus. 15 hlt teleh aries b* wryryub ba airiron 16 rwc shar taurus e wrymyda adimiron 17 \ynwat teonim gemini wrymillx tzalalimiron 18 frs sarton cancer c wryrjyc shichiriron 19 hyra ari leo b wrybhlc shalehbiron 20 hlwtb betulah virgo e wryrpx tzaphiriron 21. jupiter. 22 \ynzam moznaim libra d wryrybu a abiriron 23 \ym maim water. 24 brqu akrab scorpio c wrytcjn necheshthiron 25 tcq qesheth sagit

(12; evangelists (4) and churches of asia (7. xxxvii. hindu legendary demons. 0. 1 jupiter god the 3 in 1 2 janus[[mercury] god the father, god who guides parliament 3 juno, cybele, hecate &c. the virgin mary 4 jupiter[[libitina] god the rain-make (vide prayer-book, god the farmer s friend 5 mars christ coming to judge the world 6 apollo[[bacchus, aurora] god the son (and maker of fine weather) 7 venus messiah, lord of hosts (vide prayer-book, r. kipling &c) 8 mercury god the holy ghost (as comforter and inspirer of scripture, god the healer of plagues 9 diana (as[[terminus, jupiter] god the holy ghost (as incubus) 1010 ceres ecclesia xsti, the virgin mary 11 jupiter[[juno, olus] matthew 12 mercury sardis 13 diana laodicea 14 venus thyatira 15 mars, minerva [the disciples are too indefinit

t (as comforter and inspirer of scripture, god the healer of plagues 9 diana (as[[terminus, jupiter] god the holy ghost (as incubus) 1010 ceres ecclesia xsti, the virgin mary 11 jupiter[[juno, olus] matthew 12 mercury sardis 13 diana laodicea 14 venus thyatira 15 mars, minerva [the disciples are too indefinite] 16 venus[[hymen. 17 castor and pollux [janus[[hymen. 18 mercury[[lares and penates. 19 venus (repressing the fire of vulcan. 20 [attis, ceres, adonis[[vesta, flora. 21 jupiter [pluto] philadelphia 22 vulcan[[venus, nemesis. 23 neptune[[rhea] john, jesus as hanged man 24 mars[[mors. 25 diana (as archer[[iris. 26 pan, vesta, bacchus. 27 mars pergamos 28 juno[ olus. 29 neptune. 30 apollo[[ops] smyrna 31 vulcan, pluto mark 32 saturn[[terminus, astr a] ephesus 32 bis ceres luke 31 bis [l

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

he goetia. planetary symbols indicate the rank of the spirit and the material from which its seal is to be made (some spirits have two ranks, thus (the original text has the seals of earls made in mixed copper and silver; mathers suggests copper/silver or silver/mercury alloy for the presidents: liber 777 56 rank planet metal knight saturn lead prince jupiter tin earl mars iron king sol gold duke venus copper president mercury mercury (hmm) marquis luna silver in rendering the names of the demons into hebrew, some suffixes like ion, ius, etc. have been dropped. an alternative set of attributions and hebrew spellings can be found in the sword and the serpent by denning and phillips, and godwin s cabalistic encyclopedia. cols. clxvii clxxi. a completely different set of names for the dekans

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ther part, communicating praise. now then learn also how this formula is that of the word abrahadabra. first, had is the triangle erect upon twin squares. of hadit need i not to write, for he hath hidden himself in the book of the law. this substance is the father, the instrument is the son, and the metaphysical ekstacy is the holy ghost, whose name is hriliu. these are then the sun, mercury, and venus, whose sacred letters are r (r, b (b, and d (d. but the last of the diverse letters is h (h, which in the tarot is the star whose eidolon is d (d; and herein is that arcanum concerning the tao of which i have already written. of this will i not write more plainly. but mark this, that our trinity is our path inwards in the solar system, and that h being of our lady nuith starry, is an anchor

n, to fortify my magical will with courage, and to turn it to the salvation of man. in the waterman was saturnus, to make mine intelligence sober, profound, and capable of labour. jupiter, with mercury his herald, was in scorpio, harmonizing me and my word according o the essence of my nature. then of the others, mars was exalted in the goat, for physical endurance of toil; sol was conjoined with venus in the balance, for judgment in art and in life, and for equability of temple. lastly, the moon was in the sign of the fishes, her loved abode, for a gift of sensitiveness and of glamour. what then am i? i am a transient effect of infinite causes, a child of changes. there is no i, o thou that art not thou, else were i segrated, a stagnation, a thing of hate and of fear. but ever-moving, eve

isdom or folly 173 #p de viis mortis et diaboli, arcanis tou tarot fraternitatis r. c (of the paths of death and the devil, arcana of the tarot of the r.c. fraternity) t shall profit thee much, o my son, or i err, that i instruct thee in the mysteries of the paths of nun and of ayin, that in our rota are figured in the atu called death, and that called the devil. of these nun joineth the sun with venus, and is referred to scorpio in the zodiac. this path is perilous, for it seeketh the level, and may abase thee, except thou take heed unto the going. of its three modes, the scorpio destroyeth himself, as if it were a type of animal pleasure. next, the serpent is proper to works of change, or magick; yet is he poisonous also unless thou hast wit to enchant him. lastly the eagle is subtlest i

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olume titled the holy books of thelema (equinox iii (9, additionally contains the .class a. libri 1, 10, 66, 90, 156, 231, 370 and 400, as well as a facsimile of the ms of liber al. t.s] svb figvra clxxv 7 cornelia and caius gracchus, and the love of bacchus and ariadne, and the love of cupid and psyche, and the love of endymion and artemis, and the love of demeter and persephone, and the love of venus and adonis, and the love of lakshmi and vishnu, and the love of siva and bhavani, and the love of buddha and ananda, and the love of jesus and john, and many more. also there is the love of many saints for their particular deity, as of st francis of assisi for christ, of sri sabhapaty swami for maheswara, of abdullah haji shirazi1 for allah, of st ignatius loyola for mary, and many more. now

n be suggested to the philosophus, that although his work will be harder his reward will be greater if he choose a deity most remote from his own nature. this method is harder and higher than that of .liber e. for a simple object as there suggested is of the same nature as the commonest things of life, while even the meanest deity is beyond uninitiated human understanding. on the same plane, too, venus is nearer to man than aphrodite, aphrodite than isis, isis than babalon, babalon than nuit. let him decide therefore according to his discretion on the one hand and his aspiration on the other: and let not one outrun his fellow. 42. further concerning the value of this method. certain objections arise. firstly, in the nature of all human love is illusion, and a certain blindness. nor is ther

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ontent until by assiduity he has well succeeded. let him add the moon, keeping well in mind the relative sizes of, and the distance between, the planet and its satellite. he will probably find the final trick of the mind to be a constant disappearance of the image, and the appearance of the same upon a smaller scale. this trick he must outwit by constancy of endeavour. he will then in add in turn venus, mars, mercury and the sun. it is permissible at this stage to change the point of view to the centre of the sun, and to do so may add stability to the conception. the practicus may then a the asteroids, jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune. the utmost attention to detail is now necessary, as the picture is highly complex, apart from the difficulty of appreciating relative size and distance

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sworn; i am his own daughter born. hermes. in thy blood the spark divine of olympus? psyche. even in mine! hermes. hark, then! at the hour of fears when the lordly lion rears in mid-heaven his bulk of bane violently vivid, shakes his mane majestical, and snake and bull lamp the horizon, and the full fire of the moon tops heaven, and spurs the stars, while mars ruddily burns, liber cccxxxv 26 and venus glows, and jupiter ramps through the sky astride of her, then, unattended, let the king press on the little secret spring that guards the garden, and entering lay once his hand upon him, even while in the white arms of his heaven he swoons to sleep. that dreadful summons from the wild witchery his woman.s, that shaft of shattering truth shall splinter the pine of his soul.s winter. then do t

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l a a 2 8 1 these names are seen written without the heptagram within the heptagon. by reading these obliquely are obtained names of angels called (1) fili bonitatis or filiol lucis. e me ese iana the symbolic representation of the universe 2 akele azdobn stimcul (2) fili lucis. i ih ilr dmal heeoa beigia stimcul [these are given attributions to the metals of the planets in this order: sol, luna, venus, jupiter, mars, mercury, saturn (3) fili filiarum lucis. s ab ath ized ekiei madimi esemeli (4) filii filiorum lucis. l (el) aw ave liba rocle hagone(l) ilemese see all these names in the heptagram of the great seal. so also there are seven great angels formed thus: take the corner letter s, then the diagonal next to it ab, then the next diagonal ath, then the fourth diagonal, where is i wit

, mn: llewellyn(.second edition. 1994. finally i will warn the reader that schueler& schueler.s .enochian. books for llewellyn should not be regarded as a reliable source of information on either .dee purist. or golden dawn enochian magick, or anything else for that matter. notes 42 notes to part i 1: these talismans, the ensigns of creation, are referred to the seven planets (clockwise from top) venus, sol, mars, mercury, jupiter, saturn, luna. the details of the ensigns are not visible on the graphic of the holy table (plate i. the seven ensigns and an account of their reception can be found in mysteriorum liber tertius; they are reproduced in turner (1989. 2: the letters on the holy table itself are derived from the names of the heptarchic kings and princes. the method is described in d

inches in diameter. 5: most of these names consist of a transliteration of the hebrew for the .sphere of the planet. with.-el. stuck on the end. see agrippa de occulta philosophia lib. iii cap. xxviii, where most of these names appear. the spirit of saturn is called sabathiel; the spirit of jupiter zedekiel; the spirit of mars, madimiel; the spirit of the sun semeliel, or semeschia; the spirit of venus nogahel; the spirit of mercury cochabiah, or cochabiel; the spirit of the moon, jareahel, or levanael. a corabiel is cited as one of the .angels of the first heaven ruling monday. in the heptameron of pseudo-abano, but there has no particular connection to mercury. crowley omits to mention the names formed from the letters written along the outer heptagon; the .seven angels which stand in th

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. he shall further show some acquaintance with and experience of liber o, caps. v, vi. whereof his record shall be his witness. 4. he shall commit to memory a chapter of liber dcccxiii. 5. besides all this, he shall make constant and profound reflections upon the path. let him remember that the word philosophus is no idle term, but that philosophy is the equilibrium of him that is in the house of venus that is the lady of love. 6. when the title of dominus liminis is conferred upon him, let him rejoice exceedingly therein; but beware, for that it is but the false veil of the moon that hangs beneath the sun. 7. let him not venture while a member of the grade of philosophus to attempt to withdraw from his association with the a a 8. he shall everywhere proclaim openly his connection with the

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hing. he stabs the lamb, and splits the brains of that majestic-seeming king. he clips the wing and pares the claw. what turns to laughter all his joy, to wondering ribaldry his awe? the beast.s a mere mechanic toy, fit to amuse an idle boy! 33 xv sir palamede the saracen hath come to an umbrageous land where nymphs abide, and pagan men. the gods are nigh, say they, at hand. how warm a throb from venus stirs the pulses of her worshippers! nor shall the tuscan god be found reluctant from the altar-stone: his perfume shall delight the ground, his presence to his hold be known in darkling grove and glimmering shrine. o ply the kiss and pour the wine! sir palamede is fairly come into a place of glowing bowers, where all the voice of time is dumb: before an altar crowned with flowers he seeth a

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will return and humble myself before the lord adonai. it is near the night of the full moon; in my life the full moon hath ever been of great augury. but tonight i am too poor in spirit to hope. lo! i was travelling on the paths of lamed and of mem, of justice and the hanged man, and i fell into both the pitfalls thereof. instead of the great balance firmly held, i found only libra, the house of venus and of the exaltation of saturn; and these evil planets, smiling and frowning, overcame me. and so for the sublime path of man; instead of that symbol of the adept, his foot set firmly upon heaven, his whole figure showing forth the reconciler with the invisible, i found but the stagnant and bitter water of selfishness, the dead sea of the soul. for all is illusion. who saith .i. denieth ado

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ot be content until by assiduity he has well succeeded. let him add the moon, keeping well in mind the relative sizes of, and the distance between, the planet and its satellite. he will probably find the final trick of mind to be a constant disappearance of the image, and the appearance of the same upon a smaller scale. this trick he must outwit by constancy of endeavour. he will then add in turn venus, mars, mercury and the sun. it is permissible at this stage to change the point of view to svb figvra dxxxvi 3 the centre of the sun, and to do so may add stability to the conception. the practicus may then add the asteroids, jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune.3 the utmost attention to detail is now necessary, as the picture is highly complex, apart from the difficulty of appreciating relat

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dead in amennti, and here is the 42-fold name of the creative god. see liber 418. 44 \d, blood. see part ii. here 4 11= the corruption of the created world. 45. hm, a secret title of yetzirah, the formative world \da, adam, man, the species (not .the first man. a is air, the divine breath which stirs \d, blood, into being. 49. a number useful in the calculations of dr dee, and a mystic number of venus. 50. the number of the gates of binah, whose name is death (50= n= by tarot .death. 51. a, pain. an, failure \wda, the country of the demon kings. there is much in the qabalah about these kings and their dukes; it never meant much to me. but 51 is 1 short of 52. 52. amya, the fertilised mother, the phallus (y) thrust into ama. also b, the son. note 52= 13 4, being mercy and the influence of

ses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, awh [it is wyx, zion, the city of the pyramids..ed.]52 175. a mystic number of venus. 203. abr, initials of ba, b, jwr, the trinity.53 206. rbd, speech .the word of power. 207. rwa, light. contrast with bwa, 9, the astral light, and dwa, 11, the magical light. aub is an illusory thing of witchcraft (cf. obi, obeah; aud is almost= the kundalini force(.odic. force. this illustrates well the difference between the sluggish, viscous 9, and the keen, ecstatic 11.54 210. pertains

1. ta .the. emphatic, meaning .essence of. for a and t are first and last letters of the hebrew alphabet, as and are of the greek, and a and z of the latin. hence the word azoth, not to be confused with azote (lifeless, azotos, the old name for nitrogen. azoth means the sum and essence of all, conceived as one. 406. wt, the letter tau (see 400, also hta .thou. note that aha (7, the divine name of venus (7) gives the initials of ani, hua, ateh.i, he, thou; three different aspects of a deity worshipped in three persons and in three ways: viz (1) with averted face (2) with prostration (3) with identification. 418. pertains principally to part ii, q.v. 419. tyf, the letter teth. 434. tld, the letter daleth. 440. ylt, the great dragon.56 441. tma, truth. note 441= 21 21. 21 is hyha, the god of

exposition of the path. 419. teth, the number of the .laughing lion. on whom babalon rideth. see liber 418. note 419+ 156= 575= 23 25, occultly signifying 24, which again signifies to them that understand the interplay of the 8 and the 3. blessed be his holy name, the interpreter of his own mystery! 434. daleth, the holy letter of the mother, in her glory as queen. she saves the 4 by the 7 (d= 4= venus= 7, thus connects with 28, mystic number of netzach (venus, victory. note the 3 sundering the two fours. this is the feminine victory; she is in one sense the delilah to the divine samson. hence we adore her from full hearts. it ought to be remembered, by the way, that the 4 is not so evil when it has ceased to oppress us. the square identified with the circle is as good as the circle. 441

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r that i am seriously wrong. that i show to my critics the open door to the above city of refuge my be taken as merely another gesture of contemptuous pity, the last insult which may lead my antagonists to that surrender which is the truest victory. peace to all beings* vide infra .berashith. 5 the sword of song 2 ascension day i flung out of chapel1* and church, temple and hall and meeting-room, venus. bower and osiris. tomb,2 and left the devil in the lurch, while god3 got lost in the crowd of gods,4 and soul went down5 in the turbid tide of the metaphysical lotus-eyed,6 and i was.anyhow, what.s the odds? the life to live? the thought to think? shall i take refuge in a tower like once childe roland. found, blind, deaf, huge, or in that forest of two hundred thousand trees,8 fit alike to

r greatest poet, a possibly jejune yet assuredly historic attempt to place of the first time william shakespeare on his proper pedastal as an early disciple of mr. george bernard shaw; and by consequence to carve myself a little niche in the same temple: the smallest contributions will be thankfully received. notes to ascension day 1. i flung out of chapel.1.browning, xmas eve, iii. last line. 3. venus bower and osiris tomb.2. crowley, tannha user. 5. god.3.hebrew \yhla, gen. iii. 5. 5. gods.4. hebrew \yhla, gen. iii. 5. the revisers, seeing this most awkard juxtaposition, have gone yet one step lower and translated both words by .god. in other passages, however, they have been compelled to disclose their own dishonesty and translate \yhla by .gods. for evidence of this the reader may look

m as it really is, not as it is painted. note also (1) the increase of selfishness in pleasure (2) the diminution of his sensibility to physical charms. pure and sane is his early work; then he is carried into the outer current of the great vortex of sin, and whirls lazilky though the sleepy waters of mere sensualism; the pace quickens, he grows fierce in the mysteries of sapphism and the cult of venus aversa with women; later of the same forms of vice with men, all mingled with wild talk of religious dogma and a general exaltation of priapism at the expense, in particular, of christianity, in which religion, however, he is undoubtedly a believer till the last (the pious will quote james ii. 19, and the infidel will observe that he died in an asylum; then the full swing of the tide catches

ng: it was no house wherein our father might abide. but there he must abide .to destroy it i am come. he said. and through he passed out therewithal, yet .twas his home until he had attained. so at last he came to a river, and sailing to its source he found a fair woman all naked, and she filled the river from two vessels of pure water .she-devil. he cried .have i gone back one step. for the star venus burned above. and with his sword he clave her from the head to the feet, that she fell clean asunder. cried the echo .ah! thou hast slain hope now. our father gladdened at intellectus. deus. h. et s. v. a. luna. quid umbratur in mari. deo duce comite ferro. vestigia nulla retrorsum 80 appendix ii that word, and wiping his blade he kissed it and went on, knowing that his luck should now be il

anceth up and down as a very cork on waters of wailing .woman. he bade sternly .be still. cleave that with thy sword: or that must i well work. but she cleft the cords, bitter-faced, smiling goddess as she was; 1 the sacrifices are the ten sephiroth. 2 see table. 3 ancient form of the key of s. 4 considered as the agent of resurrection. 5 in the true key of m the tree is shaped like the letter d= venus or love. the figure of the man forms a cross above a triangle, with apex upwards, the sign of redemption. adest rosa secreta eros. hermaphroditus. mors janua vitae. adeptus. terrae ultor anima terrae. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 81 and he went on .leave thine ox-goad,.1 quoth he .till i come back an ox. and she laughed and let him pass. now is our father come to the unstable lands .od wot

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ld their concentration: focalisation: producing by their joint action the number of manifestation.4. in the worlds.assiah: in the taro, the princess.the throne of the spirit: in the tetragram, the he final, and in symbolic language.the daughter: in the cycle of life (birth, life, death, resurrection, the fourth; in the keys of the book universal, the empress, korh kosmou, the virgin of the world, venus, aphrodite: centrum in trigonis centri.by whatsoever of a myriad names we call her, still the same in spirit, the same in number and in form! and this number is herein formulated by the concentration of the three in one. 3+ 1= 4. now in this figure ii. we behold six certain paths; and in six days did god create the heavens and the earth. and the total numeration of its numbers is the perfect

it, the same in number and in form! and this number is herein formulated by the concentration of the three in one. 3+ 1= 4. now in this figure ii. we behold six certain paths; and in six days did god create the heavens and the earth. and the total numeration of its numbers is the perfect number, even the decade of the sephiroth (1+ 2+ 3+ 4= 10) thus can our science teach us wherefore the door* of venus, d, is the gateway of initiation: that one planet whose symbol alone embraceth the 10 sephiroth; the entrance to the shrine of* as above, so below; wherefore saith the holy qabalah that alone amongst the shells is nogah, the sphere of venus, exalted unto holiness (venus is the goddess of love) liber mmcmxi 8 our father c.r.c, the tomb of osiris; the god revealer, coming, moreover, by the cen

s nogah, the sphere of venus, exalted unto holiness (venus is the goddess of love) liber mmcmxi 8 our father c.r.c, the tomb of osiris; the god revealer, coming, moreover, by the central path of s through the midst of the triangle of light. and the lock which guards that door is as the four gates of the universe. and the key is the ankh, immortal life.the rose and cross of life; and the symbol of venus. 4. 1. 2. 3. 6. 5. 7. fig. iii.third symbol. by producing the paths whereby the forces of the three (see second symbol) were concentrated into four, we find they read 1+ 4= 5, 2+ 4= 6, 3+ 4= 7. and thus is revealed the second triangle of the hexagram of creation* further, this reflected triangle showeth forth the evol-ution of the four worlds and their consolidation: for 1+ 2+ 3+ 4= 10= y= a

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f s, n, and o are attributed to this degree. see .777. lines 6 and 31 bis. the pentagrams of fire invoking aa banishing name: a l h i m (elohim. the sign of 4 =7: raise the arms above the head and join the hands so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of 4 =7 is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of q, x, and p are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see .777. lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water invoking aa banishing name: a l (el. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 8 the sign of 3 =8: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downward

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the life of men, so that thou hidest in dens& caverns from the light& thy name shall be lost& thou shalt suddenly be slain if thou so much as lift thine eyes unto his face. place therefore thine head upon my knees, that i may put mine hands upon thine head& bless thee with my blessings (he does so) welcome wast thou& thou shalt be welcome to my brethren. pass thou on (they reach the fifth throne) venus welcome, welcome, welcome, for thou art chosen, o thou that hast aspired to the brotherhood immortal. aspiration is strength& i give thee of my bounty: love& beauty& true happiness, ease& abundance. all these hast thou won by virtue of that single aspiration. but beware of the black shadow at my side for he shall destroy love in thee& all thy beauty shall be blasted& no word of kindness shal

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here let him halt, and turn his face to the north. 5. let him trace with his wand the averse pentagram proper to invoke air (aquarius. 6. let him bring the wand to the centre of the pentagram and call upon nuit! 7. let him make the sign called puella, standing with his feet together, head bowed, his left hand shielding the muladhara cakkra, and his right hand shielding his breast (attitude of the venus de medici. 8. let him turn again to the left, and pursue his path as before, projecting the force from boleskine as he passeth; let him halt when he next cometh to the south and face outward. 9. let him trace the averse pentagram that invoketh fire (leo. 10. let him point his wand to the centre of the pentagram, and cry, hadit! 11. let him give the sign puer, standing with feet together, and

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ere let him halt, and turn his face to the north. 5. let him trace with his wand the averse pentagram proper to invoke air (aquarius. 6. let him bring the wand to the centre of the pentagram and call upon nuit! e 7. let him make the sign called puella, standing with his feet together, head bowed, his left hand shielding the muladhara cakra, and his right hand shielding his breast (attitude of the venus de medici. 8. let him turn again to the left, and pursue his path as before, projecting the force from boleskine as he passeth; let him halt when he next cometh to the south, and face outward. 9. let him trace the averse pentagram that invoketh fire (leo. 10. let him point his wand to the centre of the pentagram, and cry hadit! i 11. let him give the sign puer, standing with feet together an

hile .strength.9 is a picture of babalon and the beast, the earthly emissaries of those gods. sht is the dynamic equivalent of la and la. sh shows the word of the law, being triple, as 93 is thrice 31. t shows the formula of magic declared in that word; the lion, the serpent, the sun, courage and sexual love are all indicated by the card. in la note that saturn or satan is exalted in the house of venus or astarte and it is an airy sign. thus l is father- mother, two and naught, and the spirit (holy ghost) of their love is also naught. love is ahbh, 13, which is achd. unity, 1, aleph. who is .the fool. who is naught, but none the less an individual one, who (as such) is not another, yet unconscious of himself until his oneness expresses itself as a duality. any impression or idea is unknowa

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con fs history of the langobards, written in the second half of the eighth century. here godan (odin) and frea (frigg) dispute over an upcoming battle between the vandals, whom godan favors, and the people who will become the langobards, whom frea favors. the name frigg is derived from an indo-european root meaning glove, h and in the interpretatio germanica, it was frigg who was given the day of venus, that is, friday. this may accord with the scandinavian stories of frigg fs infidelity. her silent gift of prophecy, however, remains unexplained. it would belong more properly to freyja, with her association with seid. the name frigg is frequently found in scandinavian place-names indicating cult activity. based on the swedish place-name evidence, hugo jungner argued that frigg and freyja w

day of mercury, old english wodnesdag, our wednesday. dies jovis carried in it the name of jupiter, the head of the roman pantheon, heir to zeus in the greek pantheon. one of his accouterments was a thunderbolt that he heaved across the sky, and this may have contributed to the choice of the translation of his day into that of the thunderer, thor, giving us thursday. dies veneris bore the name of venus, goddess of love. the deity the germanic peoples chose to render her name was at that time *frija, and that gives us friday *frija was the predecessor of frigg, however, not of freyja. dies saturni bore the name of saturn, the old roman harvest god. curiously, the germanic peoples do not seem to have equated him with any of their gods. our name gsaturday h reflects a simple borrowing of his

t thor was one of the principal deities of the germanic peoples, and, like thor, hercules was a renowned slayer of monsters. thus, tacitus tells us about just three gods, the same three who were pressed into service when the days of the week were translated. tacitus also tells us about one goddess, whom he calls isis, and in the interpretatio germanica only one goddess was used, namely frigg, for venus. even if isis is not a rendering of frigg fs predecessor, the parallel of three males and one female is striking. see also interpretatio germanica references and further reading: georg wissowa, ginterpretatio romana: romische gotter im barbarenlande, h archiv fur religionswissenschaft 20 (1916.1919: 1.49. jarnsaxa (armed-with-an-iron-sword) giantess. hyndluljod, stanzas 35.38, tell of one gw

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order of phosphorus differs from the original, the foundation is in itself similar if not the same. the triple hermetic circle is presented here anew, that the student makes use this by daring to do so. the reworked version is attributed to the four elements as follows: direction element god form planet north earth set saturn/sothis east fire horus mars/sun south water thoth moon west air anubis venus while pathal attributions are based on the elements in a different manner, this hermetic version in the directions and elements were first developed by hamara t however the god forms were developed through the order of phosphorus. one may develop their own circle based on the pathal elements within a left hand path manner as the following for an example. direction element god form archetypic

hermetic version in the directions and elements were first developed by hamara t however the god forms were developed through the order of phosphorus. one may develop their own circle based on the pathal elements within a left hand path manner as the following for an example. direction element god form archetypical image planet south fire satan-shaitan peacock saturn/mercury east air lucifer eye venus north earth belial goat or ram sun/saturn west water leviathan serpent/snake moon 18 while the alternate version may be used for many witches sabbat callings and works of lesser or greater black magick, the suggested use of the triple hermetic circle of the different representations and egyptian god forms are highly suggested for a development of association. once one is able to move through

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t is present in its molecular form (h2) in high concentrations in the atmospheres of the giant gas planets, notably jupiter and saturn. thus, hydrogen is thought to have been part of the primeval atmosphere of all planets right after the formation of the solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago. hydrogen is no longer found at significant concentrations in the atmospheres of rocky planets such as venus, earth, and mars. this is because the low gravity of these planets compared to that of the gas giants could not prevent the escape of hydrogen into space. however, recent calculations have shown that hydrogen may have represented at least 30% of earth s initial atmosphere. it is known that oxygen gas (o2) was not present in the primeval atmosphere because earth s oldest rocks are not oxidize

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and the even numbers. here, with appropriate sacrifice, each king renewed his click to enlarge the scheme of the universe according to the greeks and romans. from cartari's imagini degli dei degli antichi. by ascending successively through the fiery sphere of hades, the spheres of water, earth, and air, and the heavens of the moon, the plane of mercury is reached. above mercury are the planes of venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn, the latter containing the symbols of the zodiacal constellations. above the arch of the heavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of the gods is composed of twelve deities--six male and six female--which correspond to the positive and negative signs of the zodiac. the six gods are jupiter

stellations. above the arch of the heavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of the gods is composed of twelve deities--six male and six female--which correspond to the positive and negative signs of the zodiac. the six gods are jupiter, vulcan, apollo, mars, neptune, and mercury; the six goddesses are juno, ceres, vesta, minerva, venus, and diana. jupiter rides his eagle as the symbol of his sovereignty over the world, and juno is seated upon a peacock, the proper symbol of her haughtiness and glory. p. 34 oath of loyalty upon the sacred inscription. here also the kings donned azure robes and sat in judgment. at daybreak they wrote their sentences upon a golden tablet: and deposited them with their robes as memorials. the

wledge looked upon him as a god of agriculture or a vegetation spirit. originally he was described as being one of the guardians of the gates of the underworld. like many other savior-gods, he is referred to as a "shepherd" or "the lord of the shepherd seat" tammuz occupies the remarkable position of son and husband of ishtar, the babylonian and assyrian mother-goddess. ishtar--to whom the planer venus was sacred--was the most widely venerated deity of the babylonian and assyrian pantheon. she was probably identical with ashterorh, astarte, and aphrodite. the story of her descent into the underworld in search presumably for the sacred elixir which alone could restore tammuz to life is the key to the ritual of her mysteries. tammuz, whose annual festival took place just before the summer so

e premature death of the murdered god. in ezekiel viii. 14, it is written that women were weeping for tammuz (adonis) at the north gate of the lord's house in jerusalem. sir james george frazer cites jerome thus "he tells us that bethlehem, the traditionary birthplace of the lord, was shaded by a grove of that still older syrian lord, adonis, and that where the infant jesus had wept, the lover of venus was bewailed (see the golden bough) the effigy of a wild boar is said to have been set over one of the gates of jerusalem in honor of adonis, and his rites celebrated in the grotto of the nativity at bethlehem. adonis as the "gored (or "god) man is one of the keys to sir francis bacon's use of the "wild boar" in his cryptic symbolism. adonis was originally an androgynous deity who represente

shness, the higher struggles again to regain its spiritual estate. it ascends the seven rings upon which sit the seven governors and returns to each their lower powers in this manner: upon the first ring sits the moon, and to it is returned the ability to increase and diminish. upon the second ring sits mercury, and to it are returned machinations, deceit, and craftiness. upon the third ring sits venus, and to it are returned the lusts and passions. upon the fourth ring sits the sun, and to this lord are returned ambitions. upon the fifth ring sits mars, and to it are returned rashness and profane boldness. upon the sixth ring sits jupiter, and to it are returned the sense of accumulation and riches. and upon the seventh ring sits saturn, at the gate of chaos, and to it are returned falseh

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d by the civil and military population alike. the roma n military had a tradition (for the most part, jews and druids aside) of respecting the genius loci (local gods, since like all soldiers they needed as much luck as they could get. so they took on the local cult but gave it a roman gloss. my private worship has for some years been reserved for the roman/etruscan trinity of laran (mars, turan (venus) and lupercus (faunus sometimes called silvanus. this came about as the result of a strange chain of events. i had already made a study of roman domestic pagan worship (the cult of the lars familiaris or familiar spirits) and the survival in northern britain of the folk veneration of the spirits of the hearth and the ancestors. particularly house familiars brownies, boggarts and redcaps. thi

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our astrological birth sign and planet and looking up the legends that surround them. for instance, if you are an artist or craftsman born under the sign of taurus, you may well decide on the name of daedalus, being that of the wizard-craftsman of king minos, leader of the cretan bull cult, thus linking with taurus the bull. or, alternatively, if you are a female witch born under taurus, ruled by venus, you may decide that the name "ariadne" daughter of king minos and theseus' bride, would be suitable, especially as she is indeed a form of aradia, one of the chief spirit powers of the witch world. a third method which can yield results is the numerological one. add up all the digits which compose the name you are best known by, using this scheme to allocate the letters to numbers: 1 2 3 4

o allocate the letters to numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z keep adding the resultant numbers together till they form a single digit, thus: j o h n+ s m i t h 1+ 6+ 8+ 5 1+ 4+ 9+ 2+ 8= 20= 24= 44= 4+ 4= 8 now numerologically speaking the digits have the following traditional planetary attribution: 1. the sun 2. the moon 3. mars 4. mercury 5. jupiter 6. venus 7. saturn 8. uranus 9. neptune in john smith's case, his name planet will be uranus. his next step would be to consult a book of classical myth and legend, on the subject matter surrounding uranus. there will be ample material to select a name from, especially if the book is one of comparative mythology, showing the interrelations of legends among different cultures. should none of these met

total completion of the circuit, using both object link and power object. the chalice is dedicated to certain of the subtler powers of the unseen, which are considered feminine in relation to the more violent nature of those invoked in works of, say, wrath and chastisement; the chalice powers are invoked by means of a symbolism somewhat similar to that of the classical divinities of love, such as venus and amor. indeed the chalice is obviously sexual in its implication of receptive passivity, as opposed to the more thrusting aggressiveness of wand and the athame. it would be truer to say that the witch symbolism of the chalice was rather more akin to that surrounding the elven-folk, the fays, and enchantresses of medieval legend, vivian, brisen, nimue, lady of the lake, morgan le fay, and

s' year beginning on the first day of november, the feast of all hallows. the lady of delight is known by many names among witches, some of them classical in inspiration like diana or hecate, or celtic like rhiannon; she is also known as habondia, hulda, and herodias, and sometimes by other versions of the last name, aradia, ariadne, or arianne. she is mistress of the moon as well as the realm of venus. in all your operations of romantic love it is her presence you must invoke, by any of the aforesaid names you may find significant again a little mythological research will help you here. you should strive to contact the goddess before your spells of romantic love, by visualizing her clad in silvery garments, mantled in darkness wherein the stars dimly gleam, and with long streaming hair. s

at is required is the purification of the place of working, and the spell itself. now all of these processes in this chapter are best per formed on a friday around eight in the morning, three in the afternoon or ten at night, when the moon is waxing. some truly astrologically minded witches claim that the moon should be passing through the first ten degrees of taurus or virgo and well aspected to venus and saturn as well, this, however, is not strictly necessary, although fully in accord with principles of medieval witchcraft. the observance of the correct moon's phase, suitable day of the week, and time of day, along with a firmly resolved intention, is all that is really necessary. among the first love spells you should acquaint yourself with as a beginner should be those classed under t

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quisitely written in printing letters, and the pentacles are carefully drawn in colored inks. though containing similar matter to the others, the arrangement is utterly different; being all in one book, and not even divided into chapters. the antiquity of the planetary sigils is shown by the fact that, among the gnostic talismans in the british museum, there is a ring of copper with the sigils of venus, which are exactly the same as those given by the mediaeval writers on magic. where psalms are referred to i have in all instances given the english and not the hebrew numbering of them. in some places i have substituted the word azoth for alpha and omega, e.g, on the blade of the knife with the black hilt, figure 62. i may remark that the magical sword may, in many cases, be used instead of

l michael gabriel zamael raphael sachiel anael the key of solomon page 10 table 3: table of the archangels, angels, metals, days of the week, and colours attributed to each planet. days saturday. thursd. tuesda. sunday. frida. wednes. mond. archangel tzaphquiel tzadiqel khamael raphael haniel michael gabriel angel cassiel sachiel zamael michael anael raphael gabriel planet saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon metal lead tin iron gold copper mercury silver colour black blue red yellow green purple white book one page 11 preliminary discourse. from lansdowne mss. 1203, the veritable clavicles of solomon, translated from the hebrew into the latin language by the rabbi abognazar. every one knoweth in the present day that from time immemorial solomon possessed knowledge inspired by the wi

e night together, are twenty-four in number, and that each hour is governed by one of the seven planets in regular order, commencing at the highest and descending to the lowest. the order of the planets is as follows: shbthai, shabbathai, saturn; beneath saturn is tzdq, tzedeq, jupiter; beneath jupiter is madim, madim, mars; beneath mars is shmsh, shemesh, the sun; beneath the sun is nvgh, nogah, venus; beneath venus is kvkb, kokav, mercury; and beneath mercury is lbnh, levanah, the moon, which is the lowest of all the planets. it must, therefore, be understood that the planets have their dominion over the day which approacheth nearest unto the name which is given and attributed unto them viz, over saturday, saturn; thursday, jupiter; tuesday, mars; sunday, the sun; friday, venus; wednesda

ars; sunday, the sun; friday, venus; wednesday, mercury: and monday, the moon. the rule of the planets over each hour begins from the dawn at the rising of the sun on the day which take its name from such planet, and the planet which follows it in order, succeeds to the rule over the next hour. thus (on saturday) saturn rules the first hour, jupiter the second, mars the third, the sun the fourth, venus the fifth, mercury the sixth, the moon the seventh, and saturn returns in the rule over the eighth, and the others in their turn, the planets always keeping the same relative order. note that each experiment of magical operation should be performed under the planet, and usually in the hour, which refers to the same. for example: in the days and hours of saturn thou canst perform experiments

at military honour; to acquire courage; to overthrow enemies; and further to cause ruin, slaughter, cruelty, discord; to wound and to give death. the days and hours of the sun are very good for: perfecting experiments regarding temporal wealth, hope, gain, fortune, divination, the favour of princes, to dissolve hostile feeling, and to make friends. the key of solomon page 14 the days and hours of venus are good for forming friendships; for kindness and love; for joyous and pleasant undertakings, and for travelling. the days and hours of mercury are good to operate for eloquence and intelligence; promptitude in business; science and divination; wonders; apparitions: and answers regarding the future. thou canst also operate under this planet for thefts; writings; deceit; and merchandise. the

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them much more fit for publication. but if the operations be regarding invisibility, they should be put in practice at the first, second, and third hours of mars by day. but if by night, until the third hour. if they be operations of seeking love, grace, or favor, they should be performed until the eighth hour of the same day, commencing with the first hour of the sun; and from the first hour of venus unto the first hour of the same day of venus. as for operations of destruction and desolation, we should practice and put them into execution on the day of saturn at the first hour, or rather at the eighth or fifteenth of the day; and from the first until the eighth hour of the night. experiments of games, raillery, deceit, illusion, and invisibility, ought to be done at the first hour of ve

the name auriel (figure 74; on the lamen of the guard, sarion (figure 75; on the blade, gamorin debalin (figure 76. the third should have on the pommel the name damiel or raphiel (figure 77; on the lamen of the guard, yemeton (figure 78; on the blade, lamedin eradim (figure 79. the burin (figure 80) or graver is useful for engraving or incising characters. in the day and hour either of mars or of venus thou shalt engrave thereon the characters shown, and having sprinkled and censed it thou shalt repeat over it the following prayer: figure 66. book two page 101 prayer. asophiel, asophiel, asophiel, pentagrammaton, athanatos, ehieh asher ehieh, qadosch, qadosch, qadosch; o god eternal, and my father, bless this instrument prepared in thine honour, so that it may only serve for a good use and

and sprinkle it according to the rules of art. when it is necessary, with all the proper ceremonies, to make sacrifices of fire, they should be made of wood which hath some quality referring especially unto the spirits invoked; as juniper or pine unto the spirits of saturn; box, or oak, unto those of jupiter; cornel, or cedar, unto those of mars; laurel unto those of the sun; myrtle unto those of venus; hazel unto those of mercury; and willow unto those of the moon. but when we make sacrifices of food and drink, everything necessary should be prepared without the circle, and the meats should be covered with some fine clean cloth, and have also a clean white cloth spread beneath them; with new bread and good and sparkling wine, but in all things those which refer to the nature of the planet

nes. the fourth number is four. the fourth sephira is gedulah or chesed, magnificence or mercy. the key of solomon page 124 the spirits of gedulah are the chaschmalim, or the lucid ones. their empire is that of beneficence; they correspond to the imagination. they have for adversaries the gamchicoth or the disturbers of souls. the chief or guide of these demons is ashtaroth or astarte, the impure venus of the syrians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman. the fifth number is five. the fifth sephira is geburah or justice. the spirits of geburah are the seraphim, or the spirits burning with zeal. their empire is that of the chastisement of crimes. they correspond to the faculty of comparing and of choosing. they have for adversaries the golab o

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follow the holy pentacles, expressed in their proper figures and characters, together with their especial virtues; for the use of the master of art. the order of the pentacles (1) seven pentacles consecrated to saturn black (2) seven pentacles consecrated to jupiter blue (3) seven pentacles consecrated to mars red (4) seven pentacles consecrated to the sun yellow (5) five pentacles consecrated to venus green (6) five pentacles consecrated to mercury mixed colors (7) six pentacles consecrated to the moon silver. kl figure 1. the mystical figure of solomon the key of solomon page 60 saturn. figure 11. the first pentacle of saturn. this pentacle is of great value and utility for striking terror into the spirits. wherefore, upon its being shown to them they submit, and kneeling upon the earth

gel of earth; and taliahad, angel of water. between the four arms of the cross are written the names of the four rulers of the elements; ariel, seraph, tharshis, and cherub. the versicle is from psalm cxvi. 16, 17 "thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. i will offer unto thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of ihvh" figures 36 and 37. figure 38. the holy pentacles page 73 venus. figure 39. the first pentacle of venus. this and those following serve to control the spirits of venus, and especially those herein written. editor s note. mystical characters of venus, and the names of the angels nogahiel, acheliah, socodiah (or socohiah) and nangariel. figure 40. the second pentacle of venus. these pentacles are also proper for obtaining grace and honor, and for all thing

e first pentacle of venus. this and those following serve to control the spirits of venus, and especially those herein written. editor s note. mystical characters of venus, and the names of the angels nogahiel, acheliah, socodiah (or socohiah) and nangariel. figure 40. the second pentacle of venus. these pentacles are also proper for obtaining grace and honor, and for all things which belong unto venus, and for accomplishing all thy desires herein. editor s note. the letters round and within the pentacle form the names of spirits of venus. the versicle is from canticles viii 6-"place me as a signet upon thine heart, as a signet upon thine arm, for love is strong as death" figure 41. the third pentacle of venus. this, if it be only shown unto any person, serveth to attract love. its angel m

n. editor s note. the letters round and within the pentacle form the names of spirits of venus. the versicle is from canticles viii 6-"place me as a signet upon thine heart, as a signet upon thine arm, for love is strong as death" figure 41. the third pentacle of venus. this, if it be only shown unto any person, serveth to attract love. its angel monachiel should be invoked in the day and hour of venus, at one o clock or at eight. editor s note. the following names are written within the figure: ihvh, adonai, ruach, achides, aegalmiel, monachiel, and degaliel. the versicle is from genesis i. 28 "and the elohim blessed them, and the elohim said unto them, be ye fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it" figure 42. the fourth pentacle of venus. it is of great power, sinc

eight. editor s note. the following names are written within the figure: ihvh, adonai, ruach, achides, aegalmiel, monachiel, and degaliel. the versicle is from genesis i. 28 "and the elohim blessed them, and the elohim said unto them, be ye fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it" figure 42. the fourth pentacle of venus. it is of great power, since it compels the spirits of venus to obey, and to force on the instant any person thou wishest to come unto thee. editor s note. at the four angles of the figure are the four letters of the name ihvh. the other letters form the names of spirits of venus, e.g: schii, eli, ayib, figures 39 and 40. the key of solomon page 74 etc. the versicle is from genesis ii. 23, 24 "this is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. and they

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id offer sacrifices unto him, and did worship the image as their god, etc. observations. first, thou shalt know and observe the moon s age for thy working. the best days be when the moon luna is 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 14 days old, as solomon saith; and no other days be profitable. the seals of the 72 kings are to be made in metals. the chief kings in sol (gold; marquises in luna (silver; dukes in venus (copper; prelacies in jupiter (tin; knights in saturn (lead; presidents in mercury (mercury; earls in venus (copper, and luna (silver, alike equal, etc. these 72 kings be under the power of amaymon, corson, zimimay or ziminair, and gaap, who are the four great kings ruling in the four quarters, or cardinal points,27 viz: east, west, north, and south, and are not to be called forth except it

. prince and prelate are apparently used as interchangeable terms. probably the seals of earls should be made of iron, and those of presidents in mixture either of copper and silver, or of silver and mercury; as otherwise the metal of one planet, mars, is excluded from the list; the metals attributed to the seven planets being: to saturn, lead; to jupiter, tin; to mars, iron; to the sun, gold; to venus, copper; to mercury, mercury and mixtures of metals, and to luna, silver. in a manuscript codex by dr. rudd, which is in the british museum, hebrew names of these 72 spirits are given; but it appears to me that many are manifestly incorrect in orthography. the codex in question, though beautifully written, also contains many other errors, particularly in the sigils. such as they are, these n

auphanim masloth s.s.f (for "sphere of the fixed stars" or s.z. for "sphere of the zodiac+ iehovah eolhim binah tzaphquiel aralim shabbathai s (for "sphere) of saturn+ el chesed tzadquiel chaschmalim tzedeq s. of jupiter+ elohim gibor geburah kamael seraphim madim s. of mars+ iehovah eloah va-daath tiphereth raphael malakim shemesh s. of the sun+ iehovah tzabaoth netzach haniel elohim nogah s. of venus+ elohim tzabaoth hod michael beni elohim kokav s. of mercury+ shaddai el chai lesod gabriel cherubim levanah s. of the moon+ the hexagram of solomon. this is the form of the hexagram of solomon, the figure whereof is to be made on parchment of a calf s skin, and worn at the skirt of thy white vestment, and covered with a cloth of fine linen white and pure, the which is to be shown unto the s

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pleasure 7. widdershins is the counter-clock wise movement within or in the motion of a circle. this represents the under flowing of energy, in which the base of all power resides. the backwards movements in the rituals of witchcraft and magick are based on the darkside workings from ages past. 8. the witches sabbat/axiomata published by fulgur of london. 1992 9. the morning star is also known as venus, the roman name which equals lucifer. all rites undertaken in venus are of light, therefore of lucifer. 10. the art of rosaleen norton published by wally glover in 1982 and pan s daughter by nevill drury- mandrake of oxford 1993. 146 146 11. 777 by aleister crowley. 12. black eagle, an indian spirit which presented itself to first yelg paterson and later to austin osman spare. 13. see mithra

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ts of the gods/the sign& the seal thomas mallory la morte darthur alfred lord tennyson idylls of the king chretien de troyes the grail wolfram v on eisenbach parsifal james frazer the golden bough robert graves the white goddess l. a. waddell phoenician origins of the britons/ makers of civilization/ egyptian civilization/ the british edda. c. s lewis that hideous strength /perelandra (v oyage to venus)/out of the silent planet j. r. r. tolkien lord of the rings /the silmarillion/the hobbit. george macdonald phantastes/lilith ursula le guin the earthsea trilogy john christopher the tripods trilogy emmanuel velikovsky worlds in collision/ ages in chaos/ earth in upheaval rudolf steiner the archangel michael/ atlantis helena petrova blavatsky isis unveiled/ the secret doctrine ignatius donne

en visitation, and genetic manipulation the combined separation of kingu from phaeton and the stopping or slowing of earths axial spincaused terrible havoc on earth. the waters of the worlds rivers, lakes and oceans were drained fromtheir original basins and drawn gravitationally to the point on earth nearest (opposite) kingu and pha-eton. worldwide traditions remember this awesome effect (p. 254)venus was thought by v elikovsky to be once a part of jupiter, but its composition is not at all like that planet.it is also unlikely that v enus was a comet that came recently into the solar system. v enus changed itscelestial position due to the influence of phaeton and was in fact mistaken for phaeton, after this bodyhad in reality, plunged into the sun. marsthe two irregularly-shaped martian m

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re magickian this can simply be the energy or motivation to action. they are also called zaphiel, and their forms are those of enormous black heads like a volcano erupting. the sun tiphereth belphegor tagaririm (tgrrm: taumeshriel+ gobraziel+ raqueziel+ rebrequel+ mephisophiel 55 these demons are known as zamiel, and they are great black giants, opposing each other. they relate to creative chaos. venus netzach baal harab-serapel (hrb-srral: helebriel+ reteriel+ baruchiel+ satoriel+ refreziel+ reptoriel+ astoriel+ labreziel ghoreb zereq, or dispersing ravens. their form is that of the hideous demon-headed ravens rising from a volcano, also called getzphiel. shapeshifting into black ravens, the flight of the bird in the night, the element of fire and air with regards to initiation. mercury h

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al exchange that occurs between civilizations in proximity. proposing that, over time, two nearby civilizations will begin to absorb the traditions and gods of the other. this theory does not, however, explain how distant and unacquainted civilizations managed to acquire so many corresponding details in their traditions. easily one of the most common gods who transcend the borders of mythology is venus. venus is the roman goddess of love and fertility. the goddess venus is so closely related to the greek goddess aphrodite that one could hardly pull them apart categorically. aphrodite, from whom came the word aphrodisiac, is also a goddess of love and fertility. aphrodite is also associated with another greek goddess astarte. in mesopotamia, this goddess goes by the names ishtar, ashtoreth

the greek goddess aphrodite that one could hardly pull them apart categorically. aphrodite, from whom came the word aphrodisiac, is also a goddess of love and fertility. aphrodite is also associated with another greek goddess astarte. in mesopotamia, this goddess goes by the names ishtar, ashtoreth, and inanna. ishtar is also a fertility and love goddess who is further associated with the planet venus. the multiple aspects of the goddess inanna, or the concept of multiple aspects, seem to surface in the story of her descent into the underworld. here, inanna descends into the land of the dead, ruled by her dark sister (aspect) ereshkigal. at the end of this story the reader may have the impression that erishkigal, queen of the underworld, absorbed the qualities( or body) of her sister inan

queen semiramis. the average american is more familiar with semiramis than they realize; it is her likeness that graces the statue of liberty. even though the statue of liberty is a spiting likeness of queen semiramis of assyria, the french freemasons that funded the statue s construction left subtler clues as to the true identity of our lady liberty. in magic (of coarse, the metal of the goddess venus is copper, her color is green, and her number is 7. the exterior of the statue of liberty is made of copper, the statue is green, and has 7 rays of light reaching out from her head--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 13 then there s satan, who himself has countless names. most christians believe they have a monopoly on the stories regarding this being, but satanists know better. satanists

operties of an object are things such as width, height, depth, weight, color, shape, etc; physical objects have all these properties at once. a large part of magic is devoted to 2 types of hidden properties. the first property is the elements, and there are 5: spirit, air, water, fire, and earth. the second major type of hidden property is the planets, and there are 7: the sun, the moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn. the 5 elements of the magicians were allegedly derived from the 4 elements the greeks claimed all things were made from. after more research, especially into greek philosophers such as plato and aristotle (who i suspect had occult knowledge, i am more convinced that the reverse is true, and that the greeks based their belief of the 4 elements (air, water, earth, f

a particular planetary or elemental influence. in this case, one would choose objects whose physical qualities lent themselves to jupiter. many people believe that things like rabbit s feet have a natural occult essence of luck( i have not heard an occultist comment on this, but it s no more absurd than spitting into a frog s mouth. the metal copper, for instance, is inclined to the influence of venus. therefore, copper is a venereal metal (venereal..venus. the goddess of lust and sex, go figure) element color direction nature elementals ruler air yellow east separation sylphs paralda water blue west union undines nichsa fire red south energy salamanders djin earth green/brown north stability gnomes ghob sprit white center balance n/a n/a planet color day# characteristics saturn black sat

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he clouds, the stars shining above it; and this is deemed to represent that mystic ladder, which jacob saw in his dream, set up on the earth, and the top of it reaching to heaven, with the angels of god ascending and descending on it. the addition of the three principal rounds to the symbolism, is wholly modern and incongruous. the ancients counted seven planets, thus arranged: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn. there were seven heavens and seven spheres of these planets; on all the monuments of mithras are seven altars or pyres, consecrated to the seven planets, as were the seven lamps of the golden candelabrum in the temple. that these represented the planets, we are assured by clemens of alexandria, in his stromata, and by philo judaeus. to return to its sourc

rious pentalpha of pythagoras. it is indissolubly connected with the number _seven. christ fed his disciples and the multitude with _five_ loaves and _two_ fishes, and of the fragments there remained _twelve, that is _five_ and _seven, baskets full. again he fed them with _seven_ loaves and a few little fishes, and there remained _seven_ baskets full. the _five_ apparently small planets, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn, with the two greater ones, the sun and moon, constituted the _seven_ celestial spheres. seven was the peculiarly sacred number. there were _seven_ planets and spheres presided over by _seven_ archangels. there were _seven_ colors in the rainbow; and the phoenician deity was called the heptakis or god of _seven_ rays _seven_ days of the week; and _seven_ and _five

osiris was the principle of good. typhon, like ahriman, was the principle and source of all that is evil in the moral and physical order. like the satan of gnosticism, he was confounded with matter. from egypt or persia the new platonists borrowed the idea, and the gnostics received it from them, that man, in his terrestrial career, is successively under the influence of the moon, of mercury, of venus, of the sun, of mars, of jupiter, and of saturn, until he finally reaches the elysian fields; an idea again symbolized in the seven seals. the jews of syria and judea were the direct precursors of gnosticism; and in their doctrines were ample oriental elements. these jews had had with the orient, at two different periods, intimate relations, familiarizing them with the doctrines of asia, and

r actual creator _micha l, suri l, rapha l, gabriel, thauthabaoth, erataoth, and _athaniel, the genii of the stars called the bull, the dog, the lion, the bear, the serpent, the eagle, and the ass that formerly figured in the constellation cancer, and symbolized respectively by those animals; as _ialdabaoth, iao, adona, elo, ora, and _astapha_ were the genii of saturn, the moon, the sun, jupiter, venus, and mercury. the word appears in all these creeds. it is the _ormuzd_ of zoroaster, the _ainsoph_ of the kabalah, the _nous_ of platonism and philonism, and the _sophia_ or _demiourgos_ of the gnostics. and all these creeds, while admitting these different manifestations of the supreme being, held that his identity was immutable and permanent. that was plato's distinction between the being

spirit, immortality, are mere words, without any real meaning. the god of nineteen-twentieths of the christian world is only bel, moloch, zeus, or at best osiris, mithras, or adona, under another name, worshipped with the old pagan ceremonies and ritualistic formulas. it is the statue of olympian jove, worshipped as the father, in the christian church that was a pagan temple; it is the statue of venus, become the virgin mary. for the most part, men do not in their hearts believe that god is either just or merciful. they fear and shrink from his lightnings and dread his wrath. for the most part, they only _think_ they believe that there is another life, a judgment, and a punishment for sin. yet they will none the less persecute as infidels and atheists those who do not believe what they th

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mpson, disinherited adam, feeling his way along the table where they had piled countless papyri writ with woes of kings and sages woman-wrecked, and many a map of towns and temples torn and trampled beneath the feet of love, their ashes smouldering still, and smoky with song to witness how astarte's breath had kindled and consumed them. extinguished empires owned that their doom was the device of venus, her vengeance on virility. by paul sat buddha smiling, ananda's arm about his neck, while mohammed paced the floor impatiently between two warrior comrades, his belt bearing an iron key, a whip, and a sword, wherewith to limit women's liberty, their love, their life, lest to his loss they lure him. the beast is there also, aloof, attentive. he will not weigh the evidence in the balances of

e virgin, the woman clothed with the sun maia with the solar "r" in her womb. but she is simultaneously the great whore, the shameless one who gets drunk on the blood of the saints. she is nature, whose mystery is eternally inviolate, the veiled isis; and she is the diana of the ephesians, frenetically copulating with, and giving suck to, all her creatures: isis unveiled, the heavenly and earthly venus. beyond them, uniting their aspects in a single female symbol, is isis urania nuit. the concept of "mary inviolate" is thus partial and unbalanced and for this motive is qliphotic, unless it be checked by its opposite. the greeks sensed this. artemis was the virgin goddess, patroness of maidens. she had never submitted to the embrace of any god but pan and one of the great riddles of eleusis

ds of osiris, dionysus, jesus, attis, adonis, and others. the ritual aeon of horus aeon of osiris another prophet shall arise the beast 666. dionysus and others are names for (perhaps) apollonius of tyana. in the conditions then obtaining, several magi were required. and bring fresh fever from the skies "force and fire" of horus "skies" of nuit another woman shall awake see comment on al i, v.15 "venus" of the adonis legends. we have no clue to her name. the lust& worship of the snake the might and worthiness of hadit within men; also the cult of the spermato- zoon the "holy ghost" or "satan" indwelling. the key to magick in the snake apophis the destroyer. another soul of god and beast the union of aiwaz and the beast in aleister crowley pan as god& goat; mary, etc, as mother of the son o

tomb, the eater of flesh, and there's no getting away from it. but apparently she is all right just so far as she is open, to enter or leave at one's pleasure, the gateway of eternal life. she is sakti, the teh, the magical door between the tao and the manifested world. the great obstacle then is if that door be locked up. therefore our lady must be symbolized as an whore (note daleth, the door= venus. the dove; free flowing; all this is linked up in the symbol) clearly, at last, the enemy is this shutting up of things. shutting the door is preventing the operation of change, i.e, of love. the objection to calypso, circe, armida, kundry, and co. is that one is liable to be shut up in their gardens. the whole of the book of the dead is a device for opening the closed vehicles, and enabling

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

existence [58] ceres. the roman ceres is actually the greek demeter under another name, her attributes, worship, festivals &c, being precisely identical. the romans were indebted to sicily for this divinity, her worship having been introduced by the greek colonists who settled there. the cerealia, or festivals in honour of ceres, commenced on the 12th of april, and lasted several days. aphrodite (venus. aphrodite (from aphros, sea-foam, and dite, issued, the daughter of zeus and a sea-nymph called dione, was the goddess of love and beauty. dione, being a sea-nymph, gave birth to her daughter beneath the waves; but the child of the heaven-inhabiting zeus was forced to ascend from the ocean-depths and mount to the snow-capped page 63 summits of olympus, in order to breathe that ethereal and

e admiring gods and goddesses. the gods all vied with each other in aspiring to the honour of her hand, but hephastus became the envied possessor of this lovely being, who, however, proved as faithless as she was beautiful, and caused her husband much unhappiness, owing to the preference she showed at various times for some of the other gods and also for mortal men. page 65 page 66 the celebrated venus of milo, now in the louvre, is an exquisite statue of this divinity. the head is beautifully formed; the rich waves of hair descend on her rather low but broad forehead and are caught up gracefully in a small knot at the back of the head; the expression of the face is most bewitching, and bespeaks the perfect [61]joyousness of a happy nature combined with the dignity of a goddess; the draper

and sparrow. her favourite plants were the myrtle, apple-tree, rose, and poppy. the worship of aphrodite is supposed to have been introduced into greece from central asia. there is no doubt that she was originally identical with the famous astarte, the ashtoreth of the bible, against whose idolatrous worship and infamous rites the prophets of old hurled forth their sublime and powerful anathemas. venus. the venus of the romans was identified with the aphrodite of the greeks. the worship of this divinity was only established in rome in comparatively later times. annual festivals, called veneralia, were held in her honour, and the month of april, when flowers and plants spring forth afresh, was sacred to her. she was worshipped as venus cloacina (or the purifier, and as venus myrtea (or the

as consus who had prompted the suggestion. this applied, however, more particularly to plans which resulted satisfactorily. an altar was erected to this divinity on the circus maximus, which was kept always covered, except during his festival, the consualia, which was celebrated on the 18th of august. libitina. libitina was the goddess who presided over funerals. this divinity was identified with venus, possibly because the ancients considered that the power of love extended even to the realms of death. page 214 her temple in rome, which was erected by servius tullius, contained all the requisites for funerals, and these could either be bought or hired there. a register of all deaths which occurred in the city of rome was kept in [184]this temple, and in order to ascertain the rate of mort

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

pes and sage. gemini: carrots and fennel. cancer: garlic and peppermint. leo: almonds and celery seed. virgo: apples and thyme. scorpio: ginger, mustard, and onions. sagittarius: sesame seed and nutmeg. capricorn: dates and wintergreen. aquarius: bananas and rye. pisces: mint and oranges. the word aphrodisiac is derived from aphrodite, the love goddess of the ancient greeks whom the romans called venus. of all the goddesses of ancient greece and rome, none was more widely venerated than the goddess of love was. every god -even zeus himself- wanted the beautiful, golden aphrodite as his wife, but she was too proud and rejected them all. one of her children was eros, the winged god of love. the black candle of love< the occult practitioners of ages past were the matchmakers of their day. alm

conjuration to summon the incubi and succubi works best if it is first worked three days before the new moon. aphrodisiac foods are ruled by the stars and exert a more potent effect if the correct foods are served to the person whose astrological sun sign agrees with the foods concerned. the word aphrodisiac is derived from aphrodite, the love goddess of the ancient greeks whom the romans called venus. sex backed by a definite thought or desire is a powerful magical force. you can make the irresistible combination of sex and magic work real wonders for you< the cabala is the secret teaching of the ancient hebrews concerning the inner meaning to the simplistic doctrines and philosophy of the old testament, and forms the basis of modern occult thought. one tradition surrounding the cabala i

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

the stars: scorpio sigil set thou the seven stones of those that wander ye heavens, without ye inner four and through their diverse influences shall ye focus of power be established. in ye north beyond the stone of great coldness set ye first ye stone of saturn at a space of three paces. this being done proceed thou widdershins placing at like distances apart ye stones of jupiter, mercury, mars, venus, sul and luna marking each with their rightful sign. at ye center of the so completed configuration set ye the alter of ye great old ones and seal it with ye symbol of yog-sothoth and ye mighty names of azathoth, cthulhu, hastur, shub- niggurath and nyarlathotep. and ye stones shall be ye gates through which thou shalt call them forth from outside man's time and space. entreat ye of ye stone

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

time. similarly the myths underlying navajo rituals such as mountainway (see pp. 92 93, and its sandpaintings of the holy people, define and express what it means to be navajo. at the end of such a ritual, the world before me is restored in beauty. when jasper blowsnake revealed the sacred winnebago medicine rite to anthropologist paul radin (published under the title neolithic mother goddess the venus of willendorf, a stone figurine of a fertility goddess found at willendorf in austria, dates from the neolithic period. the breasts and belly are deliberately exaggerated in this representation of the great mother goddess. nut, the egyptian all-mother the egyptian sky goddess nut arches over the earth in this ancient tomb painting. she is about to swallow the evening sun, which is shown agai

the top of mount olympus, the highest peak in greece. later their home was conceived of as a heaven in the skies. from olympus, the gods loved, quarrelled, watched the world, and helped and hindered mortals according to their whims. presided over by zeus (roman jupiter, ruler of heaven and earth, there were many gods and immortals of whom 12 are usually regarded as the most important: aphrodite (venus, apollo (apollo, ares (mars, artemis (diana, athena (minerva, demeter (ceres, dionysus (bacchus, hephaestus (vulcan, hera (juno, hermes (mercury, hestia (vesta, and poseidon (neptune. hades (pluto, zeus brother, ruled the underworld. these olympian gods succeeded earlier generations of gods. gaia (mother earth) was the first goddess, and bore the race of titans by her son uranus. the titans

at raw. but prometheus, guided up into the sky by athena, stole fire from the chariot of the sun and brought it down to earth in a fennel stalk; the origin of the olympic torch. prometheus fennel stalk athena pandora s box pandora, the first mortal woman, was created by several gods, on zeus orders, to wreak havoc after prometheus stole fire from heaven. hephaestus (vulcan) shaped her; aphrodite (venus) gave her beauty; helios taught her to sing; hermes (mercury) to flatter and deceive; and athena (minerva) clothed her. although prometheus told epimetheus to refuse any gifts from zeus, he accepted pandora and married her. as intended, she brought chaos, opening a forbidden jar and releasing all the ills of the world that had been shut away. only blind hope remained pandora coaxed it out to

and deceive; and athena (minerva) clothed her. although prometheus told epimetheus to refuse any gifts from zeus, he accepted pandora and married her. as intended, she brought chaos, opening a forbidden jar and releasing all the ills of the world that had been shut away. only blind hope remained pandora coaxed it out to comfort humankind. aphrodite and ares 26 aphrodite and ares aphrodite (roman venus, the goddess of love, was married to the blacksmith god hephaestus (vulcan) to whom she was never faithful. one day, helios, the sun god, came to hephaestus and told him that he had seen aphrodite with her lover ares (mars, the god of war, in the blacksmith s own palace. deeply jealous, hephaestus went to his workshop and in a fury fashioned a net of metal so fine and light that it was almos

eek word for riches. the recipent of buried treasure, he was, therefore, considered the god of agricultural wealth. as such, he exerted influence over crops and cultivation hence his marriage to the earth goddess daughter (in earlier times persephone and demeter may have been a single divinity) hades in love hades carries persephone away. according to ovid s roman version of the story, aphrodite (venus) instructed eros (cupid) to pierce the underworld god with an arrow of desire for his niece, in order to demonstrate her power over the other gods. royal trident hades struck the ground with his trident to open up a way to the underworld, where he took persephone to be his queen. weeping water nymph when hades seized persephone, the nymph cyane rose from the lake and rebuked him but he ignor

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

thirteen years and one day old [the evil inclination is described as being] gruddy, h for it is a shedder of blood. the evil inclination descends to entice, ascends to accuse, and the descends again as the angel of death to execute the judgement. thus, the birth [of the jewish people, the exodus from egypt] occurred in the month of nisan, when of the seven planets.saturn, jupiter, mars, the sun, venus, mercury, and the moon.mars is ascendant. mars is red .translated from sefer halikutim 12 ibid. 4:7. parashat vaeira in the beginning of the portion of the torah read this week, the torah details the geneology of moses and aaron. gthese are the names of the sons of levi: gershon, kehat, and merari c. and the sons of kehat: amram, yitzhar, hebron, and uziel. h1 gand amram took his aunt jocheb

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

as kether referred to the most secret depths of the unconscious, the core of man's life, so tiphareth is its reflection, the ego, the ordiiry human consciousness. this sephirah completes the second triad, which is a triad of consciousness, as the firsttriad of the supernal light may be considered the triad of that which is supremely divine, the superconscious. nehnch, victory, to which the planet venus is referred, is the first sephirah of the third and reflected triad, and marks an entirely different order of things. here we enter the elemental sphere, where nature's forces have their sway. it is also the region in the human sphere of what we may term the unconscious. the magical tradition classifies this unconsciousness into several strata, and to each of them is attributed some one of t

o that the aptness of the+ fully appreciated. two paths- malkuth, and the path of the theme apparently is biblical in nature, phraseology consonant therewith, they the elements of a profound psychology. wait of three months, referred to the regimen silent incubation, during which time the may make copies for his own private the fourth grade of philosophus sephirah involved is netsach, victory, to venus and the element of fire, while the ladder are principally of a watery nature. identical nature with those of the preceding reversed. previously the water was predominant. lurid storm, with water only as the complementary and in order that due equilibrium may elohim moved upon the face of the waters" elements which, intelligently controlled <55> eventually to the restoration of paradise may b

which, used in very much the same way, may be found in the literary fragments we inherit from the mystery cults of antiquity. it would be possible, and quite legitimate so to interpret the vault. for even the order interpretation refers the vault in its entirety to the isis of nature, the great and powerful mother of mankind and all that is. and an analysis of the separate parts of the vault- the venus door, the pastos, the two pillars- would subscribe to that view. for regeneration and the second birth have always as creative psychological states been associated with the mother. and it may be recalled that the neschamah or that principle in man which constantly strives for the superhuman shining heights, is always portrayed as a feminine principle, passive, intuitive and alluring. whilst

e ecliptic. these they named caput draconis a head of the dragon and cauda draconis ep tail of the dragon since the discovery of two more distant planets neptune and uranus or herschel, these two terms have been partially replaced by them. the effect of caput draconis is similar to that of w. the effect of cauda draconis is similar to that of yl the old planets are: saturn 9 sol 0 jupiter 3 venus q mars d mercury g luna d the moon 4. the hebrew alphabet is given on page 103. each letter represents a number and has also a meaning. five letters have a different shape when written at the end of a word and also a different number. mem d (final) of these finals, mem is distinguished by being the only oblong letter. f: 1: 9: y the other four-kaph, nun, pe, tzaddi, have tails which should c

c. 7n'lx yetzirah, formative-angelic. 71'y' assiah, action-matter, man, shells, demons. 7'wy the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim. p9?1?27 vwnl 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth. m?m 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai 'hllaw 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedelc. 373 5. sphere of mars, madim. p'713 6. sphere of the sol, shemesh. wdw 7. sphere of venus, nogah. 7113 8. sphere of mercury, kokab. 2313 9. sphere of luna, levanah. 7135 10. sphere of the elements, olam yesodoth. n1710 d? y *this is sometimes rendered cholem yesodoth, and translated 'the breaker of foundations' i am pretty certain that this is a mistake no doubt due to a printefs error in reproducing "ch" in place of "gh" the latter being intended for "ayin" according to some old

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ts regarding war; to arrive at military honour; to acquire courage; to overthrow enemies; and further to cause ruin, slaughter, cruelty, discord; to wound and to give death. the days and hours of the sun are very good for perfecting experiments regarding temporal wealth, hope, gain, fortune, divination, the favour of princes, to dissolve hostile feeling, and to make friends. the days and hours of venus are good for forming friendships; for kindness and love; for joyous and pleasant undertakings, and for traveling. the days and hours of mercury are good to operate for eloquence and intelligence; promptitude in business; science and divination; wonders; apparitions; and answers regarding the future. thou canst also operate under this planet for thefts; writings; deceit; and merchandise. the

such matters, and the talisman would need to be constructed around the use of whatever symbols of jupiter i could gather. or, if i needed strength and aggressiveness in order to apply for a new, higher-paid position, or courage to beat a political opponent, then mars would be the talismanic planet, and the symbols to be gathered should be martial. should i want the love of a beautiful woman, then venus becomes the presiding influence. and so on. an important consideration that needs emphasis is that the student s own personally manufactured talismans, while perhaps not as beautiful or as traditionally accurate as those given in some of the aforementioned texts, will nonetheless be more meaningful and effective for him. his very attempt to gather symbols and to draw them will, of itself, in

ns, or 4x4, resulting in 16 individual units, each line adding up to 34, of which the grand total is 136. here is an example of the square of mars representing the fifth sephirah of geburah. each side has 5 units for a total of 25 squares with each line both sideways and up and down counting 65, the total being 325. similarly the four several numbers of the sun are 6, 36, 111, and 666. the planet venus equals 7, 49, 175, and 1225. the planet mercury is represented by the numbers 8, 64, 260, and 2080. the moon or luna has the numbers 9, 81, 369, and 3321. each number total then becomes a name as, for example, in the case of mercury, which represents the eighth sephirah of hod. here the number 64 is din, a name meaning justice, or its variation dni, doni. its next number 260 is tiriel, tiria

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eir inhabitants.the second includes the infinite space containing the stars, planets, asteroids, meteors, comets,star-showers, nebulae and the universal system while the third opens to our view god's holy ofholies, the eternal heavens, the astronomical and divine evidence of a real or an ideal residence ofthe deity.to the ancients, there were known but seven planets, the sun .moon, mercury, mars, venus,jupiter and saturn, revolving about the central earth, each symbolised to them distinctive metals,gold, silver, mercury, steel, copper, tin, and lead: each had. its assigned colour, musical tone,animal representative, sacerdotal title, alphabetical and mythological designation, as well as sign,and emanations from the great central aeon. the four elements, earth, air, fire and water,embraced

attractive power by affinity of the sun; and thus bythe alchemic action of the moon, pearls and stones of white on monday are improved: on tuesdaylet mars increase the fire of rubies, while on wednesday, sapphires, turquoises and gems of bluereflect the brilliant mercury. jupiter in his majesty, and thor, are supreme on thursday and givelustre to amethysts and stones of sanguine tint. on freddie, venus favours emeralds; and onsaturday the oldest of gods, saturn claims the lustrous diamond.the planets, too 'tis claimed, have direct power over the physical action of man, as well as over hisintellectual energies; his reason, appetites, senses, and powers of generation. these are some of thetheories which tend to prove our atmospheric envelope a delicate sensorium, promptly responding toevery

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e the virtues, the conceptions of both being typified by the ancients under the figures of the seven planets then known. thus, faith that aspiration towards the infinite, that noble self-reliance sustained by confidence in all virtues the faith which in weak natures may degenerate into pride, was represented by the sun; hope, the enemy of avarice, by the moon; charity, in opposition to luxury, by venus, the bright star of morning and evening; strength, superior to wrath, by mars; prudence, hostile to idleness, by mercury; temperance, opposed to gluttony, by saturn, who was given a stone instead of his children to devour; finally, justice, in opposition to envy, by jupiter, the conqueror of the titans. such are the symbols borrowed by astronomy from the hellenic cultus. in the kabalah of th

y; temperance, opposed to gluttony, by saturn, who was given a stone instead of his children to devour; finally, justice, in opposition to envy, by jupiter, the conqueror of the titans. such are the symbols borrowed by astronomy from the hellenic cultus. in the kabalah of the hebrews, the sun represents the angel of light; the moon, the angel of aspirations and dreams; mars, the destroying angel; venus, the angel of loves; mercury, the angel of progress; jupiter, the angel of power: saturn, the angel of the wilderness. they were named also michael, gabriel, samael, anael, raphael, zachariel and orifiel. these governing potencies of souls shared human life during successive periods, which astrologers measured by the revolutions of the corresponding planets. but kabalistic astrology must not

iel, samael, anael, raphael, zachariel and orifiel. these governing potencies of souls shared human life during successive periods, which astrologers measured by the revolutions of the corresponding planets. but kabalistic astrology must not be confounded with that which is called judicial. we will explain this distinction. infancy is dedicated to the sun, childhood to the moon, youth to mars and venus, manhood to mercury, ripe age to jupiter, and old age to saturn. now, humanity in general subsists under laws of development analogous to those of individual life. on this basis trithemius establishes his prophetic 36 the doctrine of transcendental magic key of the seven spirits, to which we shall refer subsequently; by means thereof, observing the analogical proportions of successive events

he seven chords of the human lyre. the spiritual heaven has never changed, and astrology has been more invariable than astronomy. the seven planets are, in fact, the hieroglyphic symbols of the keyboard of our affections. to compose talismans of the sun, moon or saturn, is to attach the will magnetically to signs corresponding to the chief powers of the soul; to consecrate something to mercury or venus is the fiery sword 37 to magnetize that object according to a direct intention, whether pleasure, science or profit be the end in view. the analogous metals, animals, plants and perfumes are auxiliaries to this end. the seven magical animals are (a) among birds, corresponding to the divine world, the swan, the owl, the vulture, the dove, the stork, the eagle and the pewit (b) among fish, cor

irits are engraved either on precious stones, such as the carbuncle, crystal, diamond, emerald, agate, sapphire and onyx, or upon metals, such as gold, silver, iron, copper, fixed mercury, pewter and lead. the kabalistic signs of the seven spirits are: for the sun, a serpent with the head of a lion; for the moon, a globe divided by two crescents; for mars, a dragon biting the hilt of a sword; for venus, a lingam; for mercury, the hermetic caduceus and the cynocephalus; for jupiter, the blazing pentagram in the talons or beak of an eagle; for saturn, a lame and aged man, or a serpent curled about the sun-stone. all these symbols are found on engraved stones of the ancients and especially on those talismans of the gnostic epochs which are known by the name of abraxas. in the collection of th

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ied humanity in all ages, has been transfigured with human genius but has ever expressed the same truth. true religion is one; its dogmas are simple and within the reach of all. at the same time, the multiplicity of symbols has been a book of poesy indispensable to the education of human genius. the harmony of outward beauties and the poetry of form must reveal god to the infancy of man; but soon venus had psyche for her rival and psyche enchanted love. it came about therefore that the cultus of form yielded perforce to those ambitious dreams which adorned already the eloquent wisdom of plato. thus was the advent of christ prepared and was therefore also expected; it arrived because the world awaited it; and to become popular, philosophy transformed into belief. emancipated by belief itsel

ascetic penance is under the auspices of samael, the angel of mars; confirmation, which imparts the spirit of understanding and communicates to the true believer the gift of tongues, is under the auspices of raphael, the angel of mercury; the eucharist substitutes sacramental realization of god made man for the empire of jupiter; marriage is consecrated by the angel anael, the purifying genius of venus; extreme unction is the safe-guard of the sick about to fall under the scythe of saturn; and orders, consecrating the priesthood of light, is marked more especially by the characters of the sun. almost all these analogies were observed by the learned dupuis, who thence concluded that all religions were false, instead of recognizing the sanctity and perpetuity of a single dogma, ever reproduc

gue of errors in this chain of speaking images and eternal truths. magical works are also seven in number (1) works of light and riches, under the auspices of the sun (2) works of divination and mystery, under the invocation of the moon (3) works of skill, science and eloquence, under the protection of mercury (4) works of wrath and chastisement, consecrated to mars (5) works of love, favoured by venus (6) works of ambition and intrigue, under the influence of jupiter (7) works of malediction and death, under the patronage of saturn. in theological symbolism, the sun represents the word of truth; the moon, religion 44 the ritual of transcendental magic itself; mercury, the interpretation and science of mysteries; mars, justice; venus, mercy and love; jupiter, the risen and glorious saviour

ruth; the moon, religion 44 the ritual of transcendental magic itself; mercury, the interpretation and science of mysteries; mars, justice; venus, mercy and love; jupiter, the risen and glorious saviour; saturn, god the father, or the jehovah of moses. in the human body, the sun is analogous to the heart, the moon to the brain, jupiter to the right hand, saturn to the left, mars to the left foot, venus to the right, mercury to the generative organs, whence an androgyne figure is sometimes attributed to this planet. in the human face, the sun governs the forehead, jupiter the right and saturn the left eye; the moon rules between both at the root of the nose, the two alae of which are governed by mars and venus; finally, the influence of mercury is exercised over mouth and chin. among the an

anting in a well-defined mysterious intention. but the allegorical and mythological figures of the seven spirits have become too classical and too familiar for their successful use on talismans: we must recur to more recondite and pregnant signs. the pentagram should be engraved invariably upon one side of the talisman, with a circle for the sun, a crescent for the moon, for mars a sword, a g for venus, for jupiter a crown and a scythe for saturn. the reverse must bear the sign of solomon, that is, the six-pointed star composed of two superposed triangles; in the centre there is placed a human figure for the talismans of the sun, a chalice for those of the moon, a dog's head for those of mercury, an eagle's for those of jupiter, a lion's head for those of mars, a dove's for those of venus

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ho transgress the laws and reject god; whither their perverse will leads them they go, eager to destroy what is forbidden to them. there stands the stern-eyed judge holding his equal balance and giving to each one his merits and his deserts. the second part, which freezes, rolls about the foreshorn sands which it is the first to generate from the near-by vapor when it is mingled. with the rays of venus's star. this star, the arabs say, makes shining gems when it passes through the fishes while its waters look back at the flames. these gems by their virtues benefit the people who wear them, and make many well and keep them so. these too the maker distinguished by their kinds as he did all things, that we might discern from their forms and from their colors of what kinds they are and of what

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ived to priestess reynolds from magister barrett with his own pertinent comments on the working: i'm not sure why, but i get an impression of the druids from it. probably because of the green robes, which makes me think of their ovates. i'm not saying it had anything special as regarding the druids- that was just the first impression i experienced in reading your report. green was associated with venus in western magick and symbolized vegetative principles in khem. i am particularly interested in the words and use of "nine" and "deceiver" while i could "read into" the words quite a bit, none of it feels right- yet. the young entity could symbolize the rebirth [so to speak] of the neters through us, and that there will be nine original [paut neter] or "company of gods" winged creatures coul

judging it in maat. there can be no xem without the neters, who are each maat in their being- and each one must know it. i had the impression throughout the long night that i was trapped in another time frame, a dimension that would remain an eternally cold, starry night (there was no moon. when orion set (around 9:30, the sky remained the same- there was no perceptible movement in the sky until venus rose; i really was in another time and place. but when venus and the crescent moon rose, it was clear that the ordeal was over. i was convinced that i had failed- absolutely and utterly- nothing had happened, nothing had changed, nothing had been faced. only later, with hindsight and perspective, did i realize that i had done all that i needed to. two later workings: on march 28, xiv at xons

l, enterprising travel, fast and reliable and available travel, through the atmosphere, the atmosphere known as shu, through the corona of this earth, the magnetosphere, the ionosphere, into the bosom of nut, airless space, beauteous space, free space. to the bosom of diana, to walk the moon, to visit mars, red planet. yes, to visit jupiter, and saturn, and neptune, to use the asteroids. to visit venus, and mercury. this is man's destiny. this shall come about. join me, nut, join me diana. mars and mercury, and venus, join me too. help pull mankind out of the depths of despondency, out of the depths of laziness, out of the depths of blindness, into the beauties of nut. this is a quest, this goal of travel, this goal of freedom, this goal of adventure, of glory. the past shows it can be don

ter the night of april 30- may 1. the moon moved into leo at this time. leo is considered a barren sign, and is of the element fire. the sun had moved into taurus, which is an earth sign. so the elements of fire and earth were present, astrologically. mercury, saturn, uranus, and neptune were also in earth signs; mercury in taurus, and the rest in capricorn, so there was a preponderance of earth. venus, mars and pluto were in the water signs of pisces for the first two, and scorpio for the latter. what was lacking was the element air, which was found only in the theoretical point called the moon's north node. i therefore decided to use an incense derived from materials associated with the element air for this working, since this element was not in evidence in the line up of planets on this

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ween man and god and he opens possibilities. in addition he is a playful vortex of sorcery and children is sacred to him. often easily offended and just as often easy to give rewards. it is interesting to take notice by the use of the void or jagrata in relation to the atu 0 and atu 11 of the tarot-deck, the fool and adjustment. both aspiring to air. the void is of the element air and is ruled by venus and justice. the house of balancing powers or equal dynamic. a hidden formulae to this is revelaed on the pages 110- 114. an interesting point is the use of the witches ladder, a vakra (crooked) ladder in the void. your instrument of empowerment in this cell is this ladder. without the ladder you will be stuck in the same point of the void. the spell using the witches ladder is a prominent g

ss of the one. the portals of life and death open on all edges to run together into the core of them both, the bindu found in the source of the azoth. the letters daleth and samekh is associated with the influences in this cell. it s a strong a alchemical brew. this is the bonding of oppositions under the rulership of cool venusian heat, keeping in mind that the luchiferian philosophy is ruled by venus in its most attainable manifestation this is really a cell that is responsible for blazing up the light and make the seeker a seer. this is in the tarot symbolized by the priestess and the card known as art. the joining itself being significant both of the alkhemical processes, but also important in relation to the continuation of the lunar mysteries. the artistic and exploring intellectual

t is responsible for blazing up the light and make the seeker a seer. this is in the tarot symbolized by the priestess and the card known as art. the joining itself being significant both of the alkhemical processes, but also important in relation to the continuation of the lunar mysteries. the artistic and exploring intellectual fire of the saggitarius is performing a well-balanced congress into venus and makes this a cell of beauty. a place where ideas melts into action in the most efficant and profound ways. as a result the texts connected to this cell is works of smoothness and elegance, of beauty and artistic seership. cell 4 being the aat of the 5th and 16th letter of the sacred alphabet in this cell we encounter the formulae of the vessel, and the significance of the number 4 which

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got any ideas why? warts on your nose, cross--eyes, what? anything come to mind, baby? you goddamn lettuce brain, i swear" it was true, he thought. saladin and mimi were legends of a sort, but crippled legends, dark stars. the gravitational field of their abilities drew work towards them, but they remained invisible, shedding bodies to put on voices. on the radio, mimi could become the botticelli venus, she could be olympia, monroe, any damn woman she pleased. she didn't give a damn about the way she looked; she had become her voice, she was worth a mint, and three young women were hopelessly in love with her. also, she bought property "neurotic behaviour" she would confess unashamedly "excessive need for rooting owing to upheavals of armenian--jewish history. some desperation owing to adv

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as its origin in pagan imagery. in the 8th century, when the foundations of church doctrine were being laid, the visual artists were no less influenced by their heritage than the writers were. two of the common inspirational sources of their works include the hellenic greek god of sexuality, eros, and the winged victory, nike. similar reference is made in images of the virgin and child christ and venus with cupid upon her own lap. such continued to provide models for the renaissance artists of the 12th-15th century. a more eastern influence may also be recognised in the peacock angels of fra. fillipo lippi. although the power of the church extended its control of the arts, as the governments do with the media in modern times, painters such as leornado da vinci explored philosophies of here

also serves as a mentor who inspires newr demons on to greater actions of evil. inspires sloth and idleness amongst humans. his adversary in heaven is st. bartholomew. archdemon corresponding to chesed (mathers, waite. astarte- ashtoreth was originally the creating and destroying goddess of the phonicians and zidonians, assosciated closely with the cult of baal. known to the egyptians as athtar, venus in the morning, in aramaic she is the morning star, as astroarche she is queen of the stars. avnas, amy (58th spirit, goetia. president commanding 36 legions, who appears as a flame. teaches astrology and the liberal arts, bewrays treasure kept by spirits. gives good familiars. az (hebrew, from aleph-zain, meaning then, therefore. the dark goddess. azael (hebrew. demon prince of water. also

atin, bringer of light. the rebel angel who was cast from heaven (isiah 14:12. certain gnostic sects regard lucifer as a divine power in his own right, and the witches recognise him as the initiator and bringer of illumination. in etruscan gypsy lore he is the father of aradia and consort of diana. it is this godform that became the emperor of hell (grimorium verum. roman god of the morning star (venus. luciftias (enochian, brightness) whose return is heralded, alongside babalon, in the call of the thirty aethers. lucifuge (latin, running from the light. servants of lucifer who hunt for souls to damn. they are the henchmen who come to collect when a pact has been fulfilled, who tear the soul from the body with their sharp beaks and talons. lug, lugus, lamfada (celtic. irish god of light, s

shall demand. perfume it and keep it for use. when it is necessary, with all the proper ceremonies, to make sacrifices of fire, they should be made of wood which hath some quality referring especially unto the spirits invoked; as juniper of pine unto the spirits of saturn; box, or oak, unto those of jupiter; cornel, or cedar, unto those of mars, laurel unto those of the sun; myrtle unto those of venus; hazel unto those of mercury; and willow unto those of the moon. but when we make sacrifices of food and drink, everything necessary should be prepared without the circle, and the meats should be covered with some fine clean cloth, and have also a clean white cloth spread beneath them; with new bread and good and sparkling wine, but in all things those which refer to the nature of the planet

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deeds. 7th angel name: akaiah sign: virgo planet: sun degree: 0-5 meaning: long suffering psalm: 103:8: merciful and gracious is tetragrammaton, long 7 suffering and plentiful of mercy. 8th angel name: kehethel sign: virgo planet: sun degree: 5 10 meaning: adorable. psalm 95:6: come ye, we will bow down and bend before tetragrammaton who hath made us. 9th angel name: hazeyael sign: virgo planet: venus degree: 10 15 meaning: merciful psalm 25:6: remember thy tender mercies, 0 tetragrammaton, and thy mercies, for from of old they were. 10th angel name: eldiah sign: virgo planet: venus degree: 15 20 meaning: profitable psalm 33:22: there shall be thy mercy, 0 tetragrammaton, upon us, as we have hoped in thee. 11th angel 8 name: leviah sign: virgo planet: mercury degree: 20 25 meaning: meet t

angel name: nelakhel sign: scorpio planet: sun degree: 10 15 meaning: thou alone. psalm 31:15: and in thee i have confided, 0 tetragrammaton, i have said thou art my god. 22nd angel name: yeiael sign: scorpio planet: sun degree: 15 20 meaning: thy right hand. psalm 121:5: tetragrammaton keepeth thee. tetragrammaton is thy shadow upon thy right hand. 23rd angel name: malahel sign: scorpio planet: venus degree: 20 25 meaning: turning away evil. 12 psalm 121:8: tetragrammaton will keep thy going out and thy coming in from now until ever. 24th angel name: hahauiah sign: scorpio planet: venus degree: 25 30 meaning: goodness in himself. trust in thy mercy. psalm 33:18: from tetragrammaton is a blessing uponthose that fear him, and those who trust in him. 25th angel name: nethhiah sign: sagittar

anet: sun degree: 20 25 meaning: to be rejoiced in. psalm 116:1: i have rejoiced because tetragrammaton hath heard the voice of my supplication. 36th angel 16 name: mendiel sign: capricorn planet: sun degree: 25 30 meaning: honourable. psalm 26:8: 0 tetragrammaton, i have loved the habitation of thy house and the place of the abiding of thine honour. 37th angel name: anaiel sign: aquarius planet: venus degree: 0-5 meaning: lord of virtues. psalm 80:18: 0 tetragrammaton elohim tzaboath, turn us and cause thy face to shine upon us, and we shall be saved. 38th angel name: chaamiah sign: aquarius planet: venus degree: 5-10 meaning: hope of all the ends of the earth. psalm 9 1:9: because thou, 0 tetragrammaton, art my refuge, thou hast thy refuge in the most high. 39th angel name: reheael 17 si

e. 21 psalm 104:31: the glory of tetragrammaton shall endure for ever, tetragrammaton shall rejoice in his works. 52nd angel name: amamiah sign: aries planet: sun degree: 15 20 meaning: covered in darkness. psalm 7:17: i will give thanks unto tetragrammaton according to his righteousness, and i will sing psalms unto the name of tetragrammaton most high. 53rd angel name: nangel sign: aries planet: venus degree: 20 25 meaning: caster down of the proud. psalm 119:75: i have known, 0 tetragrammaton that righteous are thy judgements, and in faithfulness hast thou humbled me. 54th angel name: nithael sign: aries planet: venus degree: 25-30 meaning: celestial king. psalm 103:19: tetragrammaton hath established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom ruleth over all. 55th angel name: mibahaih sign:

mercy. 65th angel name: damabaiah sign: gemini planet: sun degree: 20-25 meaning: fountain of wisdom. psalm 90:13: return 0 tetragrammaton how long! and repent thee concerning thy servants. 66th angel name: menqel sign: gemini planet: sun degree: 25-30 meaning: nourishing all. psalm 38:21: forsake me not 0 tetragrammaton, my god be not thou far from me. 67th angel name: aiael sign: cancer planet: venus degree: 0-5 meaning: delights of the sons of men. psalm 37:4: delight in tetragrammaton, and he shall 26 give the desire of thy heart. 68th angel name: chabeoiah sign: cancer planet: venus degree: 5-10 meaning: most liberal giver. psalm 106:1: 0 give thanks unto tetragrammaton, for he is good, for his mercy endureth forever. 69th angel name: rohael sign: cancer planet: mercury degree: 10-15

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pect, or veneration, to their relatives through ancestor shrines and other measures. praying to ancestor spirits for help or protection reassures many that there is something more beyond the physical life. chris lisle/corbis. 6 world religions: almanac what is religion? and knossos in ancient crete (c. 1500 bce. one early example that may indicate an early fertility goddess is the 25,000-year-old venus of willendorf, a small limestone statue discovered in austria in 1908. in these cultures it is believed that the mother goddess was worshipped for her role in promoting the fertility of both the land and the people. over time, the mother goddess was largely displaced by patriarchal, or male-dominated, pantheons, perhaps as a result of a better understanding of man s part in reproduction. the

d-largest religion in the early twenty-first century. some scholars list ten to fifteen major religions. these include the five largest religions of christianity, judaism, islam, buddhism, and hinduism, as well as smaller but well-established organized religions such as baha, confucianism, daoism, jainism, shinto, sikhism, and zoroastrianism. sometimes the indigenous (native) religions of the the venus of willendorf statue was discovered in 1908, but was created between c. 28,000 25,000 bce, most likely as a representation of an early fertility goddess. archivo iconografico, s.a./corbis. 8 world religions: almanac what is religion? americas, africa, and oceania are added to these, as well as more recent forms, such as neo-paganism, which worships ancient norse, celtic, egyptian, and other

une 5, 2006. taoism (a.k.a. daoism. religious tolerance.com. http//www.religioustolerance. org/taoism.htm (accessed on june 5, 2006. taoism/daoism. social studies for kids. http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/ subjects/taoismdaoism.htm (accessed on june 5, 2006. taoist culture and information centre. http//www.eng.taoism.org.hk (accessed on june 5, 2006. taoist studies in the world wide web. http//venus.unive.it/pregadio/taoism.html (accessed on june 5, 2006. 206 world religions: almanac daoism 9 greco-roman religion and philosophy the ancient greek and roman worlds made important contributions to both religion and philosophy, the study of the nature of truth, knowledge, and moral values. in fact the word philosophy is of greek origin, combining the words philia or to love with sophia or wi

ecstasy( joy. dionysius s myth is much more complex than that of the other olympians. as a child, the story goes, he was torn apart by wild women and spent three years in the underworld. the worship of dionysius played a significant role in the development of greek drama. the romans adopted this pantheon and gave many of them different names. the roman gods were, in the same order, jupiter, juno, venus, mars, minerva, diana, mercury, apollo, vulcan, neptune, vesta, ceres, pluto, and bacchus (in parts of the roman empire, the emperor was also worshipped as a god) these gods, along with many minor deities who came to earth to do the bidding of the gods, controlled the fate of humankind. zeus also appeared in human form, or even in animal form at times, to father children by mortal women. som

would be thrown by these sky gods to punish, water, or fertilize the earth or its creatures. the greeks also adapted the egyptian sphinx, the lion with a person s head. the sign or symbol of the sun was also worshipped by the greeks and romans as a life-giving source. this could be simply a circle or a stylized sun with rays. the frog was a symbol for fertility for the romans, often representing venus, their version of the greek goddess aphrodite. worship the major form of worship for both greeks and roman was sacrifice and prayer. the greeks felt that all human actions could be influenced by the gods, and it was important for humans to show their reverence or respect for the gods through their actions. they made daily sacrifices to their family or house god or goddess at a simple altar i

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iness, its desire consists out of these qualities. sun: fire or life, half in darkness, half in light, is the setting alight and the goal of separation. moon: the being, made of of the forenemaed six spiritual qualities, in which they lie bodily and in readiness, as in their coffer. jupiter: is the power from the life of light, in it is fulfilled god's word of the cognition, sound, call and tone. venus: light, love, fire, which burns in the oil of mercy, in which consists the heavenly life. the first and dark principium. god the father, being called a consuming fire. the other principium of light, being god's son, is one with the eternal world of light. the principium of the fire belongs to the world of the four elements, being an offspring of the first two, and is the third principle. whe

ternal world of light. the principium of the fire belongs to the world of the four elements, being an offspring of the first two, and is the third principle. whenever the first three qualities of the first dark principii gain the upper hand, then the others are tied up around their centro and all seven are evil. then saturnus stands for avarice, mercurius for envy, mars for wrath, sol for vanity, venus for lewdness, jupiter for cunning and luna for bodily desire, which are the seven evil spirits ruling within the old human being. but when the three in the principio of light have the upper hand and are born out of the dark centro, so that they are in accordance with their innermost depths of light, which is the new birth in man, all seven are good, and then saturnius stands for compassion

e, which are the seven evil spirits ruling within the old human being. but when the three in the principio of light have the upper hand and are born out of the dark centro, so that they are in accordance with their innermost depths of light, which is the new birth in man, all seven are good, and then saturnius stands for compassion, mercurius for doing good, mars for gentleness, sol for humility, venus for chastity, jupiter for wisdom, and luna for christ's flesh or body. the hermetic philosophy i attract all those seeking god and the truth; those alone will find the art. i am the magnet-stone of divine love; attracting the iron- hard men on the road to the truth. i am the moisture which preserves everything in nature and makes it live, i pass from the upper to the lower planes; i am the h

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er heaven (his throne. 4. two letters produce two houses; three form six; four form twenty-four; five form one hundred and twenty; six form seven hundred and twenty (39) seven form five thousand and forty; and beyond this their numbers increase so that the mouth can hardly utter them, nor the ear hear the number of them. so now, behold the stars of our world, the planets which are seven; the sun, venus, mercury, moon, saturn, jupiter and mars. the seven are also the seven days of creation; and the seven gateways of the soul of man--the two eyes, the two ears, the mouth and the two nostrils. so with the seven are formed the seven heavens (41) the seven earths, and the seven periods of time; and so has he preferred the number seven above all things under his heaven (42) supplement to chapter

erred it to health; he crowned it, combined and joined with it mars in the universe, the second day of the week, and the right ear of man. he produced daleth, and referred it to fertility; he crowned it, combined and formed with it the sun in the universe, the third day of the week, and the right nostril of man. he produced kaph, and referred it to life; he crowned it, combined and formed with it venus in the universe, the fourth day of the week, and the left eye of man. he produced peh, and referred it to power; he crowned it, combined and formed with it mercury in the universe, the fifth day of the week, and the left ear of man. he produced resh, and referred it to peace; he crowned it, combined and formed with it saturn in the universe, the sixth day of the week, and the left nostril of

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

third order: decad of humanity 21. appearance of man. 22. material human body. 23. human soul conferred. 24. mystery of adam and eve. 25. complete man as the microcosm. 26. gift of five human faces acting exteriorly. 27. gift of five powers to the soul. 28. adam kadmon, the heavenly man. 29. angelic beings. 30. man in the image of god. fourth order: world of spheres 31. the moon. 32. mercury. 33. venus. 34. sol. 35. mars. 36. jupiter. 37. saturn. 38. the firmament. 39. the primum mobile. 40. the empyrean heaven. fifih order: the angelic world 41. ishim--sons of fire. 42. auphanim--cherubim. 43. aralim--thrones. 44. chashmalim--dominions. 45. seraphim--virtues. 46. malakim--powers. 47. elohim--principalities. 48. beni elohim--angels. 49. cherubim--arch-angels. sixth order: the archetype 50

een a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring. i have given the numbers arising from continual multiplication of the product by each succeeding unit from one to seven. 2x1=2, 2x3=6, 6x4=24, 24x5=120, 120x6=720, 720x7=5040. 40. in associating the particular letters to each planet the learned jesuit athanasius kircher allots beth to the sun, gimel to venus, daleth to mercury, kaph to luna, peh to saturn, resh to jupiter, and tau to mars. kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution; both are wrong, according to clairvoyant investigation. consult the tarot symbolism given by court de gebelin, eliphas levi, and my notes to the isiaic tablet of bembo. the true attribution is probably not anywhere printed. the planet names

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r the marble, in oxford street or st. james's. all these, to return to raphael, are the creatures of the idea in the artist's mind. this idea is not inborn, it has come from an intense study. but that study has been of the ideal that can be raised from the positive and the actual into grandeur and beauty. the commonest model becomes full of exquisite suggestions to him who has formed this idea; a venus of flesh and blood would be vulgarised by the imitation of him who has not. when asked where he got his models, guido summoned a common porter from his calling, and drew from a mean original a head of surpassing beauty. it resembled the porter, but idealised the porter to the hero. it was true, but it was not real. there are critics who will tell you that the boor of teniers is more true to

is a miserable lot to be slave to a multitude "fly, then, with me" said the artist, passionately "quit forever the calling that divides that heart i would have all my own. share my fate now and forever, my pride, my delight, my ideal! thou shalt inspire my canvas and my song; thy beauty shall be made at once holy and renowned. in the galleries of princes, crowds shall gather round the effigy of a venus or a saint, and a whisper shall break forth 'it is viola pisani' ah! viola, i adore thee; tell me that i do not worship in vain "thou art good and fair" said viola, gazing on her lover, as he pressed nearer to her, and clasped her hand in his "but what should i give thee in return "love, love, only love "a sister's love "ah, speak not with such cruel coldness "it is all i have for thee. list

, but through all that is most wild and fantastic upon earth; a sorcery, not of the starry magian, but of the gloomy wizard, a man of romance whose heart beat strongly, griping art with a hand of iron, and forcing it to idealise the scenes of his actual life. before this powerful will, glyndon drew back more awed and admiring than before the calmer beauty which rose from the soul of raphael, like venus from the deep. and now, as awaking from his reverie, he stood opposite to that wild and magnificent gloom of nature which frowned on him from the canvas, the very leaves on those gnome-like, distorted trees seemed to rustle sibylline secrets in his ear. those rugged and sombre apennines, the cataract that dashed between, suited, more than the actual scenes would have done, the mood and tempe

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dawn- resumes the mystery of this essentially egyptian formula of the mummified osiris. spare was acquainted with this version of the mystery. he became a member of crowley's a^.a, for a brief period, in 1910, and the golden dawn rituals- published shortly afterwards in the equinox- may have been available to him. the concepts of death and sexuality are inextricably connected. saturn, death, and venus, life, are twin aspects of the goddess. that they are, in a mystical sense, one idea is evidenced by the nature of the sexual act. the dynamic activity connected with the drive to know, to penetrate, to illumine, culminates in a stillness, a silence, a cessation of all effort which itsel dissolves in the tranquillity of total negation. the identity of these concepts is explicit in the ancien

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of isis "i am all that has been, that is, or shall be, and none among mortals has hitherto taken off my veil" she was the daughter of saturn and her name meant ancient. she married her brother osiris, and was pregnant by him even before she had left her mother's womb, according to plutarch's account. she and her brother-husband comprehended all nature and all the gods of the heathens. she was the venus of cyprus, the minerva of athens, the cybele of the phrygians, the ceres of eleusis, the proserpine of sicily, the diana of crete, the bellona of the romans &c. and she was the moon and osiris the sun.43 osiris received the same adoration as anubis, bacchus, dionysius, jupiter and pan. in other words, debauched revelries or saturnalias (from saturn, his father) were held in his honor "he vis

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hniques utilized by crowley reveals that he used ritual devices in his attempts to obtain both money and gnosis. the obvious error- through left hand path technology- lies in the fact that he did not consciously recognize that you cannot use the same techniques to achieve gnosis that you use to obtain physical items in terms of ritualization. it is not enough to simply call upon the principles of venus in a ritual to obtain the man or woman of your dreams. depending upon the object of affection (whether it be money, sex or other possessions) each will have to obtained in accordance to its own individual characteristics, and those actions that will attract it. ritualizing, praying or wishing for money and wealth cannot get you the object of your desires unless you turn ritualization into a

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star, is popular as a spiritual talisman in the bahai faith and theosophy and in other new age occult sects. the pentagram, from the greek "pente" meaning five, and "gramma" a letter (thus the "letter five) is a five-pointed star. a pentalpha is more blatantly satanic. it is the form of a triple triangle. the pentagram star can also be called the pentacle, pentalpha, the star of isis, the star of venus and by other names. its usage can be traced back to babylon and it has often been employed in magical rites and activities. it is sometimes said that the inverted pentagram, when it has two points ascendant, connotes evil and two points descendant, or down, indicates good, but this is not so. either direction can be evil. 540 codex magica israel's six-pointed star the six-pointed star, known

ys that the product is "handcrafted with love in vermont" 548 codex magica a wax talisman created by occultist edward kelley, using directions obtained in the angelic language he called "enochian (enigma magazine, issue 6. a friend of texe marrs' ministry sent this drawing of baphomet incorporated in an oval shaped, irregular pentagram. he noted that such an arrangement indicates the revolving of venus (the goddess, or feminine principle) around the sun in an elliptical orbit. the irregular pentagram is a sign of black magic when shown inverted and enclosing the horned head of the goat. every man and woman is a star 549 the masthead of the periodic "scroll of set" newsletter, published by dr (colonel) michael aquino, high priest of the temple of set. aquino claims to be an initiate of the

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od, and magic (1961) that his 17 years of expeditions among the shamans and people of the tungus, polynesians, malaysians, australian aborigines, ainus, chinese, mongols, and north american tribes demonstrated to him quite clearly that totemism is not religion. while all these diverse people lived in a world filled with animate beings, they all believed in a single supreme deity. aside from a few venus-type mother-goddess statuettes, there remains a rather strange collection of ghostly creatures and a great variety of two-legged beings with the heads of animals and birds. why, so many anthropologists have wondered, did these cave painters, despite their remarkable artistic gifts, never pass on an accurate idea of their features? why did they confine themselves to portraying beings that wer

ings with angels. new york: barnes& noble, 1995. pruitt, james. angels through the ages: all you need to know. new york: avon books, 1995. steiger, sherry, and brad steiger. angels around the world. new york: fawcett columbine, 1996. illumination the buddha (c. 563 c. 483 b.c.e) had spent one week in samadhi, a state of deep awareness when, on the morning of december 8, 528 b.c.e, he looked up at venus, the morning star, beheld its brilliance, and exclaimed in a state of enlightenment, that s it! that s me! that s me that s shining so brilliantly! rinzai zen master shodo harada roshi (1940) writes, in morning dewdrops of the mind: teachings of a contemporary zen master (1993, that buddha, in the rebirth of his consciousness, looked around and saw how wondrous it was that all beings were sh

of negative and positive; vibration; rhythm; relativity; and mentality. daniel fry (1908 1992) established understanding incorporated in 1955 as a means of better spreading the teachings of space brother a-lan, whom fry claimed to have met on his first trip in a ufo. in that same year, george king (1919 1997) claimed to have been named the primary terrestrial mental channel by master aetherius of venus. king was later declared an agent for the great white brotherhood and a channel for both aetherius and master jesus. members of the aetherius society are earnestly engaged in the war being waged by the brotherhood against the black magicians, a group they feel seeks to enslave the human race. by the 1960s, few people were claiming the direct kind of physical contact that adamski had alleged

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that to wear the sapphire was to invite the favor of the gods. the diamond was also considered lucky, particularly among the romans. in many arabian countries the favorite good-luck amulet is turquoise, which is often engraved with the name of allah or a verse from the koran. while certain people believe that pearls bring bad luck, the romans and greeks wore pearls to win the favor of the goddess venus. asians generally esteem pearls to have medicinal properties and believe that to wear them greatly improves the clearness and beauty of the skin. the custom of wearing one s birthstone as a lucky gem still exists. following are the birthstones that are traditionally believed to bring good luck to the wearers: january, garnet; february, amethyst; march, bloodstone; april, diamond; may, emeral

tablish communication with alien intelligences. when he began holding weekly meditations under the rock, others who felt drawn to the rock and the desert soon joined him. in 1951, van tassel went into trance and said later that he had been taken out of his body to meet with a group of discarnate beings who inhabited a spaceship orbiting earth. in august of 1952, van tassel stated that aliens from venus had landed near giant rock and invited him to enter their spacecraft. when word spread of his dramatic encounter, the first space convention was held at giant rock in the spring of 1953. in the years to come, thousands would attend these conventions, drawn to the rock, the desert, van tassel, and the promise of experiencing personal alien contact. in 1959, over 11,000 followers of the charis

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sold their souls to him, and plotted evil against all god-fearing villagers. in his the black arts (1967) richard cavendish repeated the account of a woman who wished to test a recipe for witches f flying ointment. she rubbed on the ointment, uttered the appropriate spells, and in front of several witnesses, fell into a disturbed sleep. when she awakened, she insisted that she had been with lady venus and the goddess diana, although she had not left the room. sources: ahmed, rollo. the black art. london: arrow books, 1966. cavendish, richard. the black arts. new york: capricorn books, 1967. flying high with the witches dance continued, the cathartic influence of the entire celebration magnified the energy of each individual until all of them forgot their own personality in expression of w

ssociated with a planetary spirit. the mount or mound of jupiter is located at the base of the finger of jupiter, the forefinger. the mount of saturn is located at the base of the finger of saturn, the second finger. the mount of the sun is found at the base of the finger of the sun, the third finger. the mount of mercury rests at the base of the little finger, the finger of mercury. the mount of venus is the fleshy part of the palm at the base of the thumb. the mount of the moon is located in the thicker part of the side of the hand, directly beneath the mount of mercury below the little finger. the major lines of the palm are the life, head, and heart, which describe the basic personality traits as laid out in the palm. the life line is the prominent line that begins at the base of the t

part of the palm at the base of the thumb. the mount of the moon is located in the thicker part of the side of the hand, directly beneath the mount of mercury below the little finger. the major lines of the palm are the life, head, and heart, which describe the basic personality traits as laid out in the palm. the life line is the prominent line that begins at the base of the thumb (the mount of venus) and runs up toward the finger of jupiter.or, in other terms, the line that starts about halfway between the thumb and the forefinger and curves around the area of the thumb, ending usually near the base of the thumb, nearly at the wrist. the head line begins at the start of the life line, and the two lines should be joined together, just touching. once palmists locate the beginning of the h

tia (the art of chieromancy (fortean picture library) the line of mercury, found beneath the little finger, is not present in many people fs hands. the line of the sun is located underneath the third (ring) finger. the line of saturn, the so-called fate line, is only found in about 40 percent of the population. this vertical line (s) runs from the wrist up towards the middle finger. the girdle of venus is composed of curved lines that will appear underneath the middle and ring fingers. the line of intuition is a curved, crescent-like line that extends from the lowest part of the mount of the moon to the mount of mercury, located directly below the little finger. the lines of affection or marriage are located on the side of the hand under the little finger in the area called the mount of me

lamb, partridge, and salmon. for many centuries, humans have allowed animals to be both surrogates and teachers. the ethnologist ivar lissner has pondered the provocative mystery of why those anonymous franco-cantabrian cave artists of more than 20,000 years ago never left mankind any clearly defined self-portraits that would show the exact physical appearance of human ancestors. aside from a few venus-type mothergoddess statuettes, people are left with a rather bizarre collection of ghostly creatures with the heads of animals and birds, strange halfhuman, and half-animal entities. lissner suggested that the stone-age artists really were portraying themselves, g cbut in the guise of intermediary beings who were stronger than common men and able to penetrate more deeply into the mysteries o

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t teaches the wise; she is the mistress of the craft and all families and covens of the hidden craft. her cats are forever present. when she rode up above, on the serpent-tracks, her name was lady tara de rosilea. she was the queen of the heath, and the spirits of the land (the wanes) and the hidden folk within and below it. her primary attributes are fire, cunning, and sexuality. she is the dame venus of legends and lore, as well as the queen of the underworld, or the kore. dr. peter kingsley has recently proven the connection in the classical world between venus and the queen of the underworld. as one of the daughter s signs is the rose, she is also connected to the rose queen of the afterlife. it is very, very important to realize that this daughter is a mythological re-emergence of her

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rmed with his parricidal scythe, set himself to devour his children. jupiter had eyebrows which shook olympus; jehovah wielded thunders which deafened the solitudes of sinai. 21 nevertheless, the father of men, being on occasion drunken like noah, let the world perceive the mysteries of life. psyche, made divine by her torments, became the bride of eros; adonis, raised from death, found again his venus in olympus; job, victorious over evil, recovered more than he had lost. the law is a test of courage. to love life more than one fears the menaces of death is to merit life. the elect are those who dare; woe to the timid! thus the slaves of law, who make themselves the tyrants of conscience and the servants of fear, and those who begrudge that man should hope, and the pharisees of all the sy

he will appear smiling between them, and take pleasure in being called father. however, the poetry of the east, in its magical souvenirs, will call him still brahma, and jupiter. india will teach our enchanted climates the marvellous fables of vishnu, and we shall place upon the still bleeding forehead of our well-beloved christ the triple crown of pearls of the mystical trimurti. from that time, venus, purified under the veil of mary, will no more weep for her adonis. the bridegroom is risen to die no more, and the infernal boar has found death in its momentary victory. lift yourselves up again, o temples of delphi and of ephesus! the god of light and of art is become the god of the world, and the word of god is indeed willing to be called apollo! diana will no more reign widowed in the l

, and the infernal boar has found death in its momentary victory. lift yourselves up again, o temples of delphi and of ephesus! the god of light and of art is become the god of the world, and the word of god is indeed willing to be called apollo! diana will no more reign widowed in the lonely fields of night; her silvern crescent is now beneath the feet of the bride. but diana is not conquered by venus; her endymion has wakened, and virginity is about to take pride in motherhood! quit the tomb, o phidias, and rejoice in the destruction of thy first jupiter: it is now that thou wilt conceive a god! o rome, let thy temples rise again, side by side with thy basilicas: be once more the queen of the world, and the pantheon of the nations; let vergil be crowned on the capitol by the hand of st

re in his hand, his head crowned with the sacred laurel, his eyes turned towards the east, and he sings. he sings of the luminous arrows of love that traverse the shadows of old chaos, the waves of soft, clear light, flowing from the black teats of the mother of the gods, from which hang the two children, eros and anteros. he says the song of adonis returning to life in answer to the complaint of venus, reviving like a flower under the shining dew of her 121 tears; the song of castor and pollux, whom death could not divide, and who love alternately in hell and upon earth. then he calls softly eurydice, his dear eurydice, his so much loved eurydice: ah! miseram eurydicen anima fugiente vocabat, eurydicen! toto referebant flumine ripae. while he sings, that pallid statue of the sculptor deat

ovel to eugene sue- trans> the scene takes place at corinth; it is an old-time wedding with its beautiful children crowned with flowers, bearing the nuptial torches, and singing gracious epithalamia flowered with voluptuous images like the poems of catullus. the bride is as beautiful in her chaste draperies as the ancient polyhumnia; she is amorous and deliciously provoking in her modesty, like a venus of correggio, or a grace of canova. the bridegroom is clinias, a disciple of the famous apollonius of tyana. the master had promised to come to his disciple's wedding, but he does not arrive, and the fair bride breathes easier, for she fears apollonius. however, the day is not over. the hour has arrived when the newly married are to be conducted to the nuptial couch. meroe trembles, pales, l

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sorcerer who gains an item belonging to that of the individual he wishes to influence, be it for healing or cursing, or with or without the individuals knowledge. other more esoteric correspondences are seen across sets of items, for example, numbers, planets, scents and colours. an example is that the colour green, the number seven and the emotion of love are associated with each and the planet venus, also viewed as the greek goddess of love. a magician attempting to invoke the influence of this goddess is likely to surround himself with items which resonate with her. this occult idea has a psychological parallel in colour theory, which has demonstrated that certain colours produce changes in our internal physical and psychological states. a biological theory of morphic resonance has rec

ling-system. not only can the tree be viewed as a system, but also a meta-system, that is, a system which includes other systems within it. in this way, ideas may be compared across apparently different models. an example of this is the association of astrological concepts and symbology with the myths of the ancient egyptians. thus, one familiar with the former, say, understanding the "nature" of venus, would be able to equate this knowledge to an understanding of the "nature" of hathor, through their mutual correspondence on the tree. there are dangers in taking this approach too simplistically, as there are dangers in all methods of translation and learning, but it provides an incomparable method of accessing whole ranges of new information and rapidly assimilating unfamiliar systems (c)

of the passive pillar of form, symbolises the ultimate feminine archetype, that of the great mother. the feminine can be broken down into a two-fold division, and a three-fold one: two-fold system ama: the dark, sterile, mother. light isis aima: the bright, fertile, mother. dark isis three-fold system sattva: goodness; maiden (first quarter- mary, isis, nephthys rajas: passion; mother (full moon- venus, aphrodite, nike tamas: darkness; crone (third quarter- kalli, lilith other forms of the feminine associated with binah range from the shekinah, the "indwelling presence of god (also associated with malkuth as the unwedded soul, to babalon, the great whore or scarlet woman, deified by crowley in his elaborate symbology as the lady babalon, nursing the babe of the abyss in the city of pyramid

nt the action of chesed in the four worlds as follows: four of wands atziluth perfected work four of cups briah lord of pleasure four of swords yetzirah rest from strife four of pentacles assiah lord of earthly power the atziluth of chesed is the both the completion and source of all manifest power. the fire of all that may be called energy plays here, but as crowley notes "it is also referred to venus in aries, which indicates that one cannot establish one's work without tact and gentleness. at the level of briah, it can be noted that the number four, the number of chesed, is also a number of limitation and restriction. the equal-armed cross is not the cross of the four elements redeemed by spirit, the fifth element, and is in some ways a full-stop to progress in the creation process. it

which works in terms of ones, tens, hundreds and so forth, base two works in columns of powers of two. these can be attributed to the sephiroth in succession to reveal the following meanings; kether 1 value of aleph chockmah 2 value of beth binah 4 value of daleth; also 2+2 and 2*2 chesed 8 ahb (to love) geburah 16 aih (hawk) tiphareth 32 ichid (oneness; number of sephiroth+paths netzach 64 nvgh (venus) hod 128 no words in my sepher sephiroth yesod 256 ditto malkuth 512 ditto 2. grade passwords these words, listed in crowley's "777, were created to equal numbers which are produced by simply adding cumulatively, i.e. 1, 1+2=3, 1+2+3=6, 1+2+3+4=10 and so forth; kether 1 value of aleph chockmah 3 ab (father, source) binah 6 gg (covering of altar; ha (existence, airhole) chesed 10 bdd (to be s

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could easily discover the precise nature of the original conflict by a consideration of that part of the organism to the symptoms of whch our attention is attracted. for example, consider one troubled by nephntis.22 one of the most si&cant aspects of the magical tradition is astrology. in this latter science the kidneys are referred to the operation of the the two pillars of the temple 15 planet venus. as we know from mythology, venus is the deity concerned with love, feeling, and emotion. we would surmise therefore that in the event that the love or emotional life of an individual has been frustrated or repressed to such a point where the psyche finally refused to continue living wlrulst hampered by such a neurosis, some expression of that frustration could be transferred to the neighbor

the golden dawn) back-transliterated camael as 5 and thu3s wa s camael (or khamael) born. and although it originated as an error in translation, it does help magicians distinguish between samael, archangel of evil, zamael, archangel of mars, and khamael, archangel of geburah. 18. yellow. 19. yhvh tzabaoth "lord of armies" 20. ths should be haniel, and not be confused with anael, the archangel of venus. haniel means "the grace of god" or "one who sees god" 21. elohirn tzabaoth "god of armies" 22. violet. 23. this name may have a greek etymological base. possible translations "lord of the extent of height "co-brother" or "the sound of sandals" 24. the colors of malkuth are citrine, russet, olive, and black. 25. although regardie's reasoning is valid, we suggest that students not mix hebrew

p the arm extended. turn to face the east. extend both arms out in the form of a cross and say "before me, raphael (rah-fayel. visualize before you the great archangel of air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a caduceus wand. behind you, visualize another figure and say "behind me, gabriel (gah-bree-el. see the archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess venus, dressed in robes of blue and orange, with cup in hand. the pentagram 177 see to your right another figure in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword. say "on my right hand, michael (mee-kai-el. see another great archangel at your left, who rises up from the vegetation of the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand, uriel

are only one of several that are possible. a list of deity correspondences sephirah egypfian greek roman celtic norse hindu kether chokmah binah chesed geburah tiphareth netzach hod yesod malkuth nudjer ptah thoth isis- amoun horus- osiris ra hathor- anubis khnum shu khonsu geb aither- uranus rhea hera zeus ares- apollo- aphrodite- hermes- artemis- demeter aether- coelus juno- jupiter mars- sol- venus- mercury- diana- ceres dagda- lugh danu- llyr morrigan- angus mac og brigit- ogma- cerridwen- cemunnos ymir- odin frigga- frey thor t y balder- freya- loki bragi nanna- nerthus brahman- vishnu mahasakti- indra shiva- krishna surya lakshmi pamati hunuman- chandra soma ganesha daath nephthys hypnos janus arianrhod heimdall aditi- pushan color and visualization as regardie stated in chapter fiv

lanets and elements were included in the twelve colors of the rainbow associated with the signs, they were assigned notes based on color (in the king scale of the golden dawn, thus: 244 the balance between mind and g i c color note sign planet element red c aries mars fire red-orange c# taurus orange d gemini sun yellow-orange d# cancer yellow e leo mercury air yellow-green f virgo green f# libra venus blue-green g scorpio blue g# sagittarius moon water blue-violet a capricorn saturn violet a# aquarius jupiter red-violet b pisces in the golden dawn system, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet are each associated with a sign, planet, or element. by extending the correspondences in the preceding chart to the associated hebrew letters, we get the following: hebrew letter note astrolo

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e coincidences. men have always gazed at the night sky and dreamed of other worlds. four thousand years ago, enoch became the first space traveler, visiting seven worlds or planets after being roused from his sleep by angelic spacemen. swedenborg, the great swedish mathematician, went wandering through the cosmos in the 1700s, and a proper bostonian named william denton was given a guided tour of venus in the 1860s. george adamski, howard menger, and several others visited the moon in the 1950s, preceding neil armstrong by more than a decade. menger, a new jersey sign painter, brought back some "moon potatoes" that looked like rocks. and they didn't cost the taxpayers a cent. adamski, a california eccentric, found the backside of the moon rich in vegetation and water. others observed cunni

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gypt, and have become the symbols of the four evangelists of the christian new testament- an ironic and splendid result of the ignorance of the greek religious historians concerning the ancient mysteries! probable the most inconsistent concept the sumerians possesses with reference to the craft is the naming of the goddess as a deity, not of the moon (as the craft would have it, but of the planet venus. the moon was governed by a male divinity, nanna (like inanna but minus the initial 'i, and was considered the father of the gods by the earliest sumerian religion. it should be noted, however, that all of the planetary deities, termed "the zoned ones" or zonei in greek, and indeed all of the sumerian deities, had both male and female manifestations, showing that the sumerians definitely rec

e 'spirits' or bodies that exist beyond the zonei are called the azonei, meaning "un-zoned. whether this refers to the so-called "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever the case may be, the zonei seem to include the seven philosophical planets, i.e, including the sun and moon as planetary bodies, along with mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. each has their own seal and their own number. kenneth grant, author of aleister crowley and the hidden god, may be interested to know (or may already know) that the number of the sumerian goddess of venus, hence of love and war, is fifteen. in many of the ancient tablets of that period, she is actually referred to as "the fifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the

lects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ra

road leaf of a palm tree, having no other person about you who may watch you in its construction. being finished, it should be wrapped in a square of the finest silk and lain aside until such time as you desire its use, and then, it should be removed only when its light is in the sky. such is also the best time for its manufacture. the number of nebo is twelve and this is his seal: the goddess of venus is the most excellent queen inanna, called of the babylonians ishtar. she is the goddess of passion, both of love and of war, depending upon her sign and the time of her appearance in the heavens. she appears as a most beautiful lady, in the company of lions, and partakes of a subtle astral nature with the moon god nanna. when they are in agreement, that is, when their two plants are auspici

field, which is that field's fairest flower. her gate is the third you will pass in the rites that follow, and in which place you will be of a heart to stay; but turn you face to the road that leads beyond, for that is your genuine goal, unless the goddess choses you. her step on the ladder of lights, built of old in babylon and at ur, is white. this is her seal, which you must engrave on copper, venus being exalted in the heavens, with no one about watching its construction. being finished, it is to be wrapped in the purest silk and lain safely away, only to be removed when need arises, at any time. the number of inanna is fifteen, by which number she is frequently known in the incantations of the dispensation, her seal is the following. this god of the sun is the lord shammash, son of na

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

y of many moments, and many of the following citations in this essay will be both brilliant and flashing; and as are the sides of the heptagonal vault, so also will be the contents of these seven chapters. but here at least we shall alone content ourselves with quoting from one poem. gorpheus, h and then only loose from the massive setting a few of its flashing stones. in book i the invocation of venus is very fine. the third verse being: down to the loveless sea where lay persephone violate, where the shade of earth is black, crystalline out of space flames the immortal face! the glory of the comet-tailed track blinds all black earth with tears. silence awakes and hears the music of thy moving come over the starry spheres *orpheus, vol. iii, p. 168. the song of gthe hours, h*1. and gsprin

en, misbegotten out of spite; lust after death; love in decrepitude. thus, till the monster-birth of serpent-man linked in corruption with the serpent-woman, slavering in lust and pain. creation fs ban. the horrible beginning of the human *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 198 (also tale of archais) in tannhauser, which is an intensely psychologic drama, we find the knight speaking thus to venus: ah, if pure love could grow material! there are pure women! and this is her answer: there you make me laugh! remember. i have known such. but besides you ask hot snow and leaden feather-flights *tannhauser, vol. i, p. 237. which contains a great truth, namely, that platonic love is no love at all. an affection it may be, but love it cannot be if it dare not see its form mirrored in the eyes

s! each flings its arrow of sharp sacrifice, eating me up with poison! i am hurled far through the vaporous confines of the world with agony of sundering sense, beholding thy mighty flower, blood-colored death, unfolding! lithe limbs and supple shoulders and lips curled, curled out to draw me to their monstrous world *tannhauser, vol. i, p. 228. tannhauser now enters the palace of the great queen venus, the false isis, life! life! this kiss! draw in thy breath! to me! to me *tannhauser, vol. i, p. 229. he is lost! act ii opens with two beautiful songs. venus sings the praise of spring and summer, and tannhauser that of autumn and winter. he finds the latter chill season the best: but best is grim december, the goatish god his power; the satyr blows the ember, and pain is passion fs flower;

nd winter. he finds the latter chill season the best: but best is grim december, the goatish god his power; the satyr blows the ember, and pain is passion fs flower; when blood drips over kisses, and madness sobs through wine. ah mine. the snake starts up and hisses and strikes and. i am thine *tannhauser, vol. i, p. 230. in the above we still find the now almost dead echo of his higher self, yet venus entices him on, comparing their fierce lust to the lukewarm affection of those little lovers who strip their maidens bare, gand find them. naked! poor and pitiful! h directly the glamour of their foolish honeymoon has tarnished. his uneasiness is soon dispelled: gcome, in this sweet abandonment of self h. whispers the singing voice of venus, and so following he sings: come, love, and kiss my

be born again in another world, to slough the skin of the terrene and be robed in all the supernal glory of the celestial. love changes as death, it effaces the past, it brightens the future, beautifies as the hand of some mystic artist, all misery, all sorrow, all woe, overwhelming, illimitable. now we see the horrid form of his lower self, which he once strove to cast off, bending over him; the venus of his body rises lecherous over the pure isis of his soul, the carnal lusting over the spiritual, as iago slavered over desdemona. come! ye my serpents, warp his body round with your entangling leprosy! and me, let me assume the beloved limber shape, the crested head, the jewelled eyes of death, and sinuous sinewy glitter of serpenthood, that i may look once more into his face, and, kissing

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etters of the word; and the general knowledge of correspondences which you have derived from the study of the books appointed for your instruction will at once show you that j is virgo the virgin moon a is the fool or antic, the antique or ancient one saturn h is the letter of aries the house of mars b is the letter of mercury v is the hierophant or pope, emblem of jupiter l is libra the house of venus such, my brother, are the letters taken singly. in combination we reach beyond the simple facts of nature to divine mysteries. iii first of all, consider the descending triangle. it reads ihv, the first three letters of the ineffable name of four letters. they refer to father, mother, son, as your earliest studies in the qabalah acquainted you. you will compare this with the word of the 3. i

n churches alike are but the machine-gods of all fraud and oppression, being stolen and prostituted from that christ in whom our fathers in the gnosis strove to synthesize the warring gods of syria, greece, chaldea, rome and egypt at the time when the growth of the roman empire first made travel and the intercommunication of the priests of mithras, adonis, attis, osiris, dionysius, isis, astarte, venus and many scores of others possible. traces of this recension are still visible in the mass and in the calendar of the saints, all gods and goddesses of universal import receiving the same honour by the same rites as before, while the local gods were replaced by saints, virgins, martyrs, or angels, often of the same name, always of the same character. thus on the altar the solar-phallic cruci

for this mystery is of jove himself whose letter is pk; and these are the initials of our athanor and our cucurbite, their names in the language of the greeks. yet of all these powers i name but seven, the glories of eulis; the stars upon the foreheads of the brothers of hermetic light. luna and of these the first is the building up of one that is not born; verily, a child of wonder shall he be. venus and the second is the harmony and the mastery of one co-eval and co-operative with thee from eternity, twin with thee, and thy mate. mars by the third cometh youth and beauty and energy, be thou never so old. saturn by the fourth is life prolonged at will. mercury the fifth is the attainment of the supreme, the magick of light. jupiter the sixth guardeth and aideth thee in the world wherein

from the father and creating the worlds. and the spirit is one, not begotten, but proceeding, the seed of which father and the son are in very truth but vehicles and guardians. and the nature of the spirit is liberty, and as the wind, he goeth as it listeth him to impregnate the worlds. and as the son is double, so is the spirit double; for he is both male and female. for the dove is the bird of venus; yet our ancient brother marcus valerius martialis that was grand orator of the roman empire in days of old hath hidden the sacred phallus in this image. he is the mother. he is the womb. he is the sperm that fertilizes the ovum: nay, but he is that fertilized and self-living thing which is neither sperm nor ovum, but their marriage, the perfect tincture, the medicine of metals, the philosop

of the forces of thine operation. and this mayest thou do on this wise. first, let thine whole work be within the magick circle. next, let the powers of incantation (as may be appropriate) utter themselves forth by spells and invocations. lastly, at the beginning of the work proper, and thence throughout, let there be one incantation rhythmic with the progress of the work. for a work venereal: tu venus orta mari venias tu filia patris, exaudi penis carmina blanda, precor, ne sit culpa nates nobis futuisse viriles, sed caleat cunnus semper amore meo. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (15 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. so for all, in such words as thy poetic genius may overshadow thee withal. of the law

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

from sir william hamilton. 3 lettera da isernia, 1780. 9 on the worship of priapus, by r. payne knight. 13 113 on the worship of the generative powers in the middle ages of western europe. abundant evidence of phallic worship in the roman colonies. 117 aix, in provence. 119 nimes, and its roman amphitheatre. 120 xansen, in hesse, and antwerp. 121 britain, and its priapic remains. 122 the teutonic venus, friga. 126 fascinum, and its magical influences. 128 scotland, and its phallic celebrations. 130 phallic figures on public buildings. 131 ireland, and its shelah-na-gig. 132 representation of the female organ exhibited in various countries. 134 horseshoes nailed to stable-doors, a remain of the the shelah-na-gig exhibition. 139 the ancient god priapus becomes a saint in the middle ages. 139

and that the human symbol is represented as incarnate with the divine, instead of the divine with the human: but this is in fact no difference; for the creator, being of both sexes, is represented indifferently of either. in the other symbol of the bull, the sex is equally varied; the greek medals having sometimes a bull, and sometimes a cow,3 which, strabo tells us, was employed as the symbol of venus, the passive generative power, at momemphis, in egypt.4 both the bull and the cow are 1 div. leg. book i. c. 4. 2 see plate vii. 3 see plate iv, fig. 1, 2, 3, and plate iii, fig 4, engraved from medals belonging to me. 4 lib. xvii. 34 on the worship also worshipped at present by the hindoos, as symbols of the male and female, or generative and nutritive, powers of the deity. the cow is in al

both male and female, the emanations of his creative spirit, operating upon universal matter, produced subordinate ministers of both sexes, and gave, as companions to the fauns and satyrs, the nymphs of the waters, the mountains and the woods, signifying the passive productive powers of each, subdivided and diffused. of the same class are the genetullidej, mentioned by pausanias as companions to venus,3 who, as well as ceres, juno, diana, isis &c, was only a personification of nature, or the passive principle of generation, operating in various modes. apuleius invokes isis by the names of the eleusinian ceres, celestial venus, and proserpine; and, when the goddess answers him, she describes herself as follows: i am, says she, nature, the parent of things, the sovereign of the elements, th

n, as they are in all ancient orthography, we should think the author placed the god of love amongst the cattle; which he would naturally do, 1 see plate xiii, fig. 7. 2 see plate xiii, fig. 5 and 6. 3 see plate xii. 4 page 80. 5 page 86. 62 on the worship if it were the custom of his religion to represent him by an animal symbol. among the egyptians, as before observed, the cow was the symbol of venus, the goddess of love, and passive generative power of nature. on the capitals of one of the temples of phil we still find the heads of this goddess represented of a mixed form; the horns and ears of the cow being joined to the beautiful features of a woman in the prime of life;1 such as the greeks attributed to that venus, whom they worshipped as the mother of the prolific god of love, cupid

fig. 3. 2 exod. xxxii. of priapus 63 vented this secondary deity of love, were probably the inventors likewise of a secondary priapus, who was the personification of that particular generative faculty, which springs from animal desire, as the primary priapus was of the great generative principle of the universe. hence, in the allegories of the poets, this deity is said to be a son of bacchus and venus; that is, the result of the active and passive generative powers of nature. the story of his being the son of a grecian conqueror, and born at lampsacus, seems to be a corruption of this allegory. of all the nations of antiquity the persians were the most simple and direct in the worship of the creator. they were the puritans of the heathen world, and not only rejected all images of god or h

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this respect only another observable sphere. philosophically, the sun is at the extreme masculine active end of a linear scale and balances its heavenly mate, the moon, which is at the extreme passive feminine end. between them lie the remaining five planets, also arranged in pairs about a theoretical center. jupiter is the masculine mate of feminine saturn. mars is the masculine mate of feminine venus. but mercury has no mate, for the simple reason that it embodies both mascu- line and feminine elements within itself. as a magical symbol, mercury is balanced and complete. because of this balance, it neither needs to be, nor will tolerate being, paired to any other planet. xvi new millennium magic as is explained in the chapter on the hexagram, the traditional system of astro- logical symb

ro- logical symbols for the planets is not a set of arbitrary tokens, but reflects both the nature of the individual planets and their interrelationship. it proves the unique- ness of mercury with unmistakable clarity. the sun and the moon are paired and separated from the rest of the planets by each being given a single, pure sign denot- ing its quality: sun: el moon: the jupiter-saturn and mars-venus pairs are likewise inescapable, based on their symbolism. all four of these planets are double-compound, partaking of the pure solar or lunar qualities blended with the quality of the earth, which is repre- sented by the cross: jupiter: 3 mars: 6 saturn: fi venus: 9 unique and apart, mercury is made up of the symbols of the three primary forces-sun, moon, and earth. it is the only planet tha

the opposed sun and moon, and the remaining planets in pairs on either side of mercury. preface xvii in the thresor des thresors des alchimistes by paracelsus, a phoenix stands with wings spread on the black earth. the sun is under its right wing, the moon under its left, and above its head mercury is framed in a blazing stellar brilliance. above the sun is the mated pair of solar opposites, mars-venus, and above the moon the mated lunar opposites, saturn- jupiter. the second illustration is from the work azote des philosophes by basil valen- tine. it shows a hermaphrodite, symbolic of mercury and the magus, standing tri- umphant atop the chaotic dragon, which is supported by the earth. within the earth is the alchemical symbol for squaring the circle. above the head of the her- maphrodite

umphant atop the chaotic dragon, which is supported by the earth. within the earth is the alchemical symbol for squaring the circle. above the head of the her- maphrodite is mercury framed in a star. notice the rays that emanate from mer- cury and distinguish it from the other planets. over the right shoulder of the figure is the sun, and over the left shoulder is the moon. below the sun is mars-venus. below the moon is jupiter-saturn. in the third illustration, also from azote, which shows the process of putrefac- tion, a dying man lies inside an alchemical vessel above which are, on the right side, the sun, and on the left, the moon. again, the solar pair mars-venus is under the sun and the lunar pair jupiter- saturn is under the moon. crowning the wood- cut is mercury. saturn is shown

s highest trinity of emanation. it is the force that goes out, the force that takes in, and the force that reconciles opposites. since this trinity is most apparent in the sexual polarity of the material world, the triangle is bound up with imagery of father, mother, and child. the upward-pointing triangle is often said to stand for the phallus, and the downward-pointing triangle for the delta of venus, when these figures appear in primitive art and religion. this view betrays a limited understanding of symbol- ism. it would be just as accurate to say that the upward-pointing triangle symbol- ized fire, and the downward-pointing triangle, water. both the phallus and the elementary principle of fire are themselves only symbols for the active emanation of the first trinity. fire is no closer

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l levels. 1. kether above the crown of the head the crown-sphere of the primum mobile 2. chokrnah left side of the brain wisdom-sphere of fixed stars 3. binah right side of the brain understanding-sphere of saturn 4. chesed left arm mercy-sphere of jupiter 5. geburah right arm severity-sphere of mars 108 soul flight 6. tiphareth torso beauty-sphere of the sun 7. netzach left leg victory-sphere of venus 8. hod right leg glory-sphere of mercury 9. yesod genitals foundation-sphere of the moon 10. malkuth entire physical body kingdom-sphere of the four elements those familiar with the tree of life will notice that when applied to the human body by the golden dawn, it was reflected left to right. chokrnah, on the right side of the tree, is placed on the left side of the brain. hod, on the left

remains a matter of conjecture. we can adapt the ancient water mirror for the purpose of an astral doorway by filling a silver or silver-plated basin with clear fresh water on a table in the scrying chamber just prior to beginning the exercise of projection. a silver-plated basin is acceptable, since silver is plated over brass, which is predominantly copper, and copper as the metal of the planet venus is not obstructive in any occult sense to astral projection. after leaving the body, the basin of water can be used as a portal by enlarging it on the astral level until it is large enough to dive into. the traveler should continue to descend deeper and deeper into the water of the basin until a light is perceived. he will gradually become aware that he is no longer descending into the depth

elligence is diana, goddess of the moon. her oracle is to be found in a small chapel dedicated to the lunar goddess. it has the form of a silver bowl filled with clear water that rests on a low stone pedestal. by gazing at the light from the round window above the altar that is reflected in the surface of the water, visions may be seen. iii the empress hebrew letter: daleth (door) correspondence: venus path: fourteenth a gracious lady of the manor who is in the late stage of pregnancy sits out of doors in the sunlight in a field of ripe grain, enjoying the fine weather and the fresh air. her skin is flawless and lightly tanned, so that it has a golden color; her hair is blonde and has been bleached to paleness by the action of the sunlight. it falls around her shoulders in natural curls. s

en seen within the frame of the trump is the stately country manor house with its walled gardens, vineyard, and stables, toward which the empress gazes with such delighted expectation. soon entertainers will issue forth from chapter twelve: the tarot 207 the gates of the great house and put on a pantomime for her amusement. everything has been arranged for her pleasure. the ruling intelligence is venus, goddess of love and sensual enjoyment-and also the goddess who presides over the health of beasts and the growth of crops. her oracle is delivered in the form of the pantomime staged for the empress by the minstrels who have been hired to entertain her. by observing the show, closely held truths may be revealed. iv the emperor hebrew letter: heh (window) correspondence: aries path: fifteent

rological symbol of the initial sephirah of the path. to reach the doorway with the curtain, you must walk across this symbol. the details of each temple, such as the decoration or coloring of its walls, i will not describe, but will leave to your imagination, saying only that they must correspond to the nature of the sephirah of that temple. the dccor of the temple of netzach, corresponding with venus, would be sensual and voluptuous, for example, whereas that of geburah, corresponding with mars, would be spartan and military. since the paths are worked from their lower end to their upper end, and the temple of the sephirah at the upper end is not entered, there is no temple to be visualized for kether, at the very top of the tree. this is appropriate because kether is so exalted in its n

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e psychic center of the body that controls astral sight. regular use of this exercise will awaken and heighten your natural scrying ability, and enable you to visualize more realistically astral objects and landscapes. this ability is essential in ritual magic. the penny acts as a physical focus. pennies are composed of bronze, a mixture of copper, the metal ofvenus, and tin, the metal ofjupiter. venus and jupiter are both positive, helpful deities. in traditional astrology, jupiter is known as the greater fortune and venus as the lesser fortune. red is the color associated with the ajna chakra. azure blue is the color of jupiter, the sky god. think of the penny as payment for your astral passage through the heavenly gateway of your ajna chakra. the contact of the penny will stimulate your

e workdays of the week and the five tattwa forms is not exact, but is close enough to be serviceable. monday, the day of the moon, is watery in nature; tuesday, the day of mars, is fiery; wednesday, the day of mercury, partakes of the quality of mind and in this sense is linked with the fifth element of spirit; thursday, the day of jupiter, is airy because jupiter is a sky god; friday, the day of venus, is earthy. this correspondence is not found in the golden dawn system, so far as i am aware, but it makes good symbolic sense. inward perception n: tattwa awareness 27 most persons have some notion concerning the qualities of the four lower elements, but no understanding of the fifth element, spirit or aether, that underlies and pervades the lower four. it is the essence of universal mind

re, the undines of water, and the gnomes of earth. the infernal spirits, such as the demons of hell, who traditionally are supposed to dwell beneath the surface of the earth, are also lower spirits, as are the qlippoth or shells of kabbalistic doctrine. higher spirits are those that dwell in or above the sphere of the moon. they are associated with the spheres, successively, of the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, saturn, and the sphere of the fixed stars, or zodiac. this traditional division of the world into successive shells or spheres about the earth should be understood in a symbolic sense. lower spirits are those involved with the senses, emotions, desires, health of the body, and physical substances. higher spirits are concerned with aspirations, intuition, inspiration

of the triangle. the seven trumps of the seven planets of traditional astrology define the body of the triangle and its center. at its base, the trump associated with the moon is put on the left next to the trump of water, and the trump of the sun on the right next to the trump of fire. the trumps of the lunar planets, jupiter and saturn, occupy the left side, and the trumps of the solar planets, venus and mars, the right side. in the center is placed the trump linked with the planet mercury, the planet of balance and union that contains both solar and lunar principles. in the coin method, pennies are used to define the circle because they are composed of bronze, a mixture of copper (metal of venus) and tin (metal ofjupiter. the influence of both these planets is benign-jupiter is known as

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

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spondences 17-(mm-shd-md (knight of pentacles, earth of earth (page of pentacles, and so on (see crowley's book of thoth, p. 23. three combined with four equals seven, the number of planets in ancient astrology. the planets are compounded out of combinations of three pure principles, which may conveniently be called sun, moon, and earth. four of the planets are based on pairs of these principles: venus (sun-earth, mars (earthsun; jupiter (moon-earth, and saturn (earth-moon. mercury is formed of all three, moon-sun-earth. it is highly instructive to compare the structure of the planets with the structure of tetragrammaton. the sun corresponds with the initial yod. the moon is the first he. mercury is the threefold aspect of the name, ihv, out of which the six directions of space are formed

all three, moon-sun-earth. it is highly instructive to compare the structure of the planets with the structure of tetragrammaton. the sun corresponds with the initial yod. the moon is the first he. mercury is the threefold aspect of the name, ihv, out of which the six directions of space are formed in sepher etzirah. there are six possible permutations of the glyph for mercury. the paired planets venus-mars and jupiter-saturn may be related to the fourfold ihvh itself, because these four planets have in them the principle of earth, yet are not complete individually, but only when considered as a set. these three principles, under the names cardinal, fixed, and mutable, together with the four occult elements fire, water, air, and earth, combine in pairs to form the twelve signs of the zodia

53. if the line of the seven-pointed star is traced clockwise from point to point, the order of the planets associated with the seven days of the week results. beginning with saturday, the jewish sabbath, this order is: saturday (saturn, sunday (sun, monday (moon, tuesday (tew-the teutonic mars, wednesday (woden-the teutonic mercury, thursday (thor-the teutonic jupiter, friday (frija-the teutonic venus. if a circle is traced clockwise around the heptagram from this same planet, saturn, the order of the planets touched by the circle is their ancient astrological order based upon their apparent rate of progress across the heavens. from slowest *new millennium magic, an updated and expanded version of the new magus, will be available in may 1996 from llewellyn worldwide, ltd. pentagrammaton s

circle is their ancient astrological order based upon their apparent rate of progress across the heavens. from slowest *new millennium magic, an updated and expanded version of the new magus, will be available in may 1996 from llewellyn worldwide, ltd. pentagrammaton spirit tu earth fire pentagram of the elements heavens. from slowest planet to fastest, this order is: saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury, moon. the opposite directions of motion around the pentagram created by yeheshuah and yehovashah allow these two forms of pentagrammaton to serve as words of power for banishing and invoking spirits, particularly those associated with the magical elements, the salamanders (fire, sylphs (air, undines (water, and gnomes (earth. an effective technique is to hold the right arm extended

ings of the winds are the twentyfour seated elders with their white robes and crowns of gold, and the seven fiery spirits of god. the elders are the banners of tetragrammaton, and the fiery spirits are the seven traditional planets. these planets are divided into two sects ruled by the sun and the moon. the sect of the sun contains jupiter, saturn, and mercury. the sect of the moon contains mars, venus, and mercury. there is another ancient division of the planets in astrology that assigns them under the sun and moon to the signs of the zodiac. by this arrangement, the zodiac is divided down the middle into a solar half (right side) and a lunar half (left side. the sun, ruling in leo, is placed over the five lesser planets in the signs from virgo to capricorn, while the moon, ruling in can

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s laboratory of our interior universe. these ten sephiroth are: kether crown; the equilibrated power; the magician, the first arcanum of the tarot whose primeval hieroglyphic is represented by a man. chokmah wisdom; the popess of the tarot; occult wisdom, the priestess. the second card of the tarot; the moon, primeval hieroglyphic is represented by the mouth of man. binah intelligence; the planet venus; third card of the tarot, the empress, primeval hieroglyphic is represented by a hand in the attitude of grasping. these three sephiroth are the sephirothic crown. introducci n hijos de los hombres! quer is entrar en la dicha inefable del nirvana? quer is convertiros en dioses? quer is convertiros en cristos? quer is libraros de la rueda de nacimientos y muertes? aqu os daremos la clave de l

maravilloso laboratorio de nuestro universo interior. estos diez sephirotes son: kether el poder equilibrado "el mago" del primer arcano del tarot, cuyo jerogl fico primitivo est representado por un hombre. chokmah la sabidur a. la papisa del tarot. la sabidur a oculta, la sacerdotisa. la segunda carta del tarot. la luna, primitivo jerogl fico es la boca del hombre. binah la inteligencia. planeta venus. tercera carta del tarot, la emperatriz. el s mbolo primitivo es una mano en actitud de coger. estos tres sephirotes son la corona sephir tica. 6 the other seven inferior sephiroth come in the following order: chesed mercy; jupiter, the divine i, atman, primeval hieroglyphic is represented by a breast. the fourth tarot card, the emperor. geburah severity; the fifth card of man, the pope or t

mano en actitud de coger. estos tres sephirotes son la corona sephir tica. 6 the other seven inferior sephiroth come in the following order: chesed mercy; jupiter, the divine i, atman, primeval hieroglyphic is represented by a breast. the fourth tarot card, the emperor. geburah severity; the fifth card of man, the pope or the hierophant of the tarot: mars, the warrior of aries. tiphereth beauty, venus of taurus, the love of the holy spirit, the causal body of the man, the sixth card of the tarot, the lover. netzach victory, justice of the arcanum, the seventh card of the tarot, the chariot, saturn. hod glory, mercury of gemini, the eighth card of the tarot, the eternity of all. yesod foundation, the sun of leo, the ninth card of the tarot. the hermit. malkuth kingdom, the entire universe

nels, and the fire. sexual alchemy (the work with kundalini) sexual magic. luego los siete sephirotes infer-iores van en el orden siguiente: chesed j piter. el yo divino, atman. jero-gl fico primitivo; un seno. la cuarta carta del tarot: la misericordia. la l mina, el emperador. geburah el rigor. la quinta carta del hombre. el papa o el hierofante del tarot: marte, el guerrero de aries. tiphereth venus de tauro, la belleza, el amor del esp ritu santo el cuerpo causal del hombre. la sexta carta del tarot. el enamorado. netzah la justicia del arcano. la s ptima carta del tarot, saturno: la victoria. hod mercurio de g minis. el carro del tarot. la octava carta y la eternidad del todo. jesod el sol de leo. la novena carta del tarot. el ermita o. malchuth el universo entero, mar a o virgo, la n

sin haber sido devorado por la serpiente. nadie puede ser devorado por ella sin haber trabajado en la fragua encendida de vulcano (el sexo. la llave de la cristificaci n es el arcano a.z.f. el mantram del gran arcano es i.a.o. i (ignis, fuego: a (aqua) agua; o (origo, principio, esp ritu. 18 mars descends into the flaming forge of vulcan in order to retemper his sword and to conquer the heart of venus; hercules descends in order to clean the stables of augias2 with the sacred fire and perseus descends in order to cut off medusa's head. remember beloved disciples that our divine mother is nuit [pronounced noot] and her word is (56) fiftysix. this number is kabbalistically added as follows: 5+ 6= 11, then 1+ 1= 2. one is the father; two is she, nuit, the divine mother kundalini. practice: 1

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ion chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: appendix qabalistic talismans: how do getting started correspondences magical squares and sigils the kamea of binah/saturn the kamea of chesed/jupiter the kamea of geburah/mars the kamea of tiphareth/sun the kamea of netzach/venus the kamea of hod/mercury the kamea of yesod/moon the kamea of daath/pluto talisman of the name using tattwas for healing and consecration bibliography they work? balancing xiii 1 11 23 53 71 81 89 97 107 115 125 135 145 153 189 193 201 and mercurius trismegistus writes, that an image, rightly made of certain proper things, appropriated to any one certain angel will presently be animated by t

have different attributions (see bibliography for above books) they are not as fixed in interpretation as are the talismans which are directly derived from the tree of life. one single tattwa image, for example a square (which is attributed to earth, could be added to many different kinds of talismans.it would go with different planetary energies for a variety of purposes. when added to one with venus, or netzach, it may refer to the need for grounding in a particular relationship; when added to one with mercury, or hod, it may make concrete certain aspirations for getting a teaching job. this will become more clear as we explore the tattwa and talisman correspondences in more depth. qabalistic talismans. 9 for meditation images which lead one directly to an experience of the intelligence

hebrew name (which, ideally, should be 5-7 letters. begin with the first letter. find it in the color chart (see figure 2-b. you may need to compare the color yellow yellow blue green red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green violet green blue blue-green blue indigo red violet violet-red orange red indigo attributions of the hebrew letters sign, planet letter tarot# air mercury moon venus aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo jupiter libra water scorpio sagittarius capricorn mars aquarius pisces sun fire saturn aleph beth gimel daleth heh vav zain cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin peh tzaddi qoph resh shin tau figure 2-b 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 element air air, earth water earth, air fire earth air water fire earth fire, water air wa

h chesed geburah tiphareth netzach hod yesod malkuth daath yah or yhvh yhvh elohim el elohim gibor yhvh eloah ve daath yhvh tzabaoth elohim tzabaoth shaddai el chai adonai ha aretz yah elohim raziel tzaphqiel tzadqiel kamael raphael haniel michael gabriel sandalphon mesukiel planetary angel cassiel sachiel samael michael anael raphael gabriel elementals urial planet zodiac saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon earth pluto binah chesed geburah tiphareth netzach hod yesod daath sephiroth and planetary civet, myrhh cedar, juniper tobacco frankincense, olibanum benzoin, rose storax jasmine saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon pluto incenses cassia, cypress, patchouli, myrhh, violet clove, hyssop, nutmeg, pine basil, dragon's blood, calangal, mustard, rue bay, cinnamon, copal, heliot

nate, and harmonizing. 7. seven is composed of the ternary and the quaternary and is considered sacred in many mystical traditions. it has endless correspondences: the seven planets, the seven notes on the scale, the seven virtues, the seven sacraments, the seven metals, the seven days of the week, etc. it is attributed to the sphere on the tree known as netzach or victory. it's mundane chakra is venus. it is considered reserved, dignified, and affectionate. it is also related to ideas of mastery, conquest, and fulfillment of desire. the magical symbol of the heptagram will be examined later. 8. eight represents realization. the eight-pointed star or eight-spoked wheel is a symbol of christ, as well as mercury. on the tree, it is attributed to hod, or the sphere of splendor. its mercurial

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ott from which, the progeny being depraved, discord will result. simplicius, in his commentary on the 2nd book of aristotle, on the heavens, remarks that pythagoras and his followers claimed to have heard the music of the spheres, to have heard an harmonic sound produced by the motion of the planets, and from the sound to have calculated by numbers the ratio of distance and size of the sun, moon, venus and mercury. 21. to this aristotle objected, but perhaps the difficulty might be solved. in this sublunary sphere, all things are not commensurate, nor is everything sensible to everybody alike. animals can be scented, and their presence definitely known, by dogs when at great distances from them, and when man is in complete ignorance of their existence. some of the ancients thought the soul

adal, and the psychical according to the hexad, so the vegetative power falls under the control of the pentad. proclus on hesiod gives two reasons for its semblance to justice, because it punishes wrong, and takes away inequality of possession and also equalizes what is less, to benefit. also named nemesis, for it arranges in an appropriate manner all things celestial, divine and natural. 60. and venus, because the male 3 triad and the female 2 or dual, odd and even are conjoined in it. venus was sometimes considered hermaphrodite, and was bearded as well as full-blossomed. and gamelia, that is referring to marriage. and androgynia, being odd and masculine, yet containing an even female part. also, a demi-goddess, because it is half of the decad, which is a divinity. and didymus, because i

unknown tongue. in arranging a horoscope some astrologers use only 5 aspects of the planets the conjunction, the opposition, sextile, trine and square; and the evil or good fortune of the person seems to depend on them. among the romans a display of 5 wax candles indicated that a marriage was being celebrated; and special prayers were also made on such occasions to these 5 deities, jupiter, juno, venus, pitho and diana. see rabelais, 3. 20. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott one of the two main divisions of flowering plants is characterized by a predominance of the numbers 4 and 5. these plants have almost a total absence of the numbers 3 and 6 in the component parts of their flowers. these are the exogens or dicotyledons; on the other hand the monoc

style, eustyle, diastyle and aerostyle. 63. the triad society of china, concerning which we find an article in the freemasons quarterly review, 1845, p. 165, boasts of great antiquity; it resembles freemasonry in some points. five is a chief mystical number in its concerns. its seal is pentangular, or its angles are 5 characters representing too or saturn, muh or jupiter, shwuy or mercury, kin or venus, and ho or mars. in the infernal world are 5 terrors and torments. deadly bitterness, horrible howling, terrible darkness, unquenchable heat and thirst, and a penetrating stench; says old john heydon, quoting some mediaeval father of numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the church. he was admitted an adept among the fratres rosae crucis, but was never