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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

, mayday-fires, midsummer-fires, with their numerous ceremonies, carry us back to heathen sacrifices; especially such customs as rubbmg the sacred flame, running through the glowing embers, throv/ing flowers into the fire, baking and distributing large loaves or cakes, and the circular dance. dances passed into plays and dramatic representations (see ch. xiii, drawing the ship, ch. xxiii, and the witch-dances, ch. xxxiv. afzelius 1, 3 describes a sacrificial play still performed in parts of gothland, acted by young fellows in disguise, who blacken and rouge their faces (see ch. xvii, sub fine. one, wrajdt in fur, sits in a chair as the victim, holding in his mouth a bunch of straw-stalks cut fine, which reach as far as his ears and have the appearance of sowbristles: by this is meant the b

iildrcn are frightened with her or her equally hideous train :2 'hush, there's hidle-hdz(-bruin, hidlc-popd(-bogie) coming' iiolle-2xicr, as well as hersche, harsche, hescheklas, euprecht, eupper (ch. xvii, house-sprites, is among the names given to the muffled servitor who goes about in holle's train at the time of the winter solstice. in a nurs3ry-tale (marchen no. 24) she is depicted as an old witch with long teeth; according to the difference of story, her kind and gracious aspect is exchanged for a dark and dreadful one. again, holla is set before us as a spinning-wife; the cultivation of flax is assigned to her. industrious maids she presents with spindles, and spins their reels full for them over night; a slothful spinner's distaff she sets on fire, or soils it^ the girl whose spind

marhilt (from demar, crepusculum* deutsche heldensage p. 327 seq. conf. supra j. 285, on hilde and hiklburg. uild. gund. drud. 423 tive prii&r virgo, and in ohg. occurs in a great many female names e.g. alpdrud[^lfj?ry5, elfrida, wolcliandrud, himildriul, pliddrut, plihdmt= plectrud, kerdrud= gertrude, mimidriid, sigidrud, which naturally suggest ghostly beings, has assumed the general meaning of witch, sorceress, hobgoblin^ hans sachs several times uses' alte trute' for old witch, and noisy children are quieted with the words' hush, the d^^ut will come^ so that here she exactly fills the place of frau holla or berhta, and can the more appropriately be the ancient valkyr. an as. woodmaiden, named dhryd, comes up in the vita offae secundi (supra, p. 388: she is from france, where she had be

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

a in hindu philosophy. it is a source upon which we can draw not only nor primarily for specific needs, but also for energy, harmony and connection with others, the world and the cosmos. it is an energy that can permeate every aspect of our being. a very special spirituality witchcraft and wicca (one of the major forms of witchcraft) both derive their names from the anglo- saxon words for wisdom 'witch' is from the old english word wita, meaning 'wise' and the wicca were the wise ones. witchcraft is said to be the oldest religion in the world. it is the indigenous shamanistic religion of europe that has, in spite of ferocious persecution from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, survived in the folk tradition of many lands and through families who kept alive the old beliefs and wors

arice, but because all too often if something is not paid for, it is not valued. so be sure that you pay the shaman- especially the cosmic one. this is grass roots magick, but it works. magick for your needs 'enough for my needs and a little more' is another of the maxims of this incredibly moral craft, as i mentioned earlier. you would be amazed the number of times i am asked 'okay, if you are a witch, how come you can't predict the lottery numbers' the answer is that it all comes down to need: and do i need a million pounds? true, like any mother of five children i lurch from one financial crisis to the next and when things get really dire, perhaps i could magically bring forward an anticipated payment or attract an unexpected windfall from abroad. but i don't really need a million pound

es practised against witches in mainland europe and scandinavia. although torture to obtain a confession was not permitted in england except by royal assent, many inquisitors were very cruel even to young victims, who would eventually confess in the hope of having their interrogation brought to an end. no one really knows how many people have been put to death for witchcraft. the worst period for witch burnings and hangings in europe was between the mid-fifteenth and late seventeenth centuries, when the number judicially executed as witches during this period is generally accepted to be about a quarter of a million people. in addition, many more were lynched or hanged unofficially by mobs eager to find a scapegoat to blame for bad harvests or dying cattle. this unhappy era came to be known

ntury and are being revived by pagans as community celebrations, especially in the usa. the secret family covens would pass the traditions down through the matriarchal line, usually by word of mouth. those who could write, recorded their spells and rituals in 'books of shadows- so-called partly because of the secrecy required to write and protect them. these were usually buried or burned with the witch on her death, or on rare occasions were handed on to the eldest daughter. witchcraft in modern times by the late twentieth century in the usa, witchcraft had been recognised as a valid religion by the american supreme court and accepted by the american army, but other countries, including the uk, are not so tolerant. what is more, in many lands, especially among smaller communities, misunder

american supreme court and accepted by the american army, but other countries, including the uk, are not so tolerant. what is more, in many lands, especially among smaller communities, misunderstanding and prejudice still persist. in the uk, for example, wiccans who practise openly and have children are sometimes regarded with suspicion by some health professionals. my dear friend lilian, a white witch and healer, recalls how one woman passing her home would always cross herself and walk on the other side of the street. i myself once volunteered to read the runes at the local school fete to raise much-needed funds. i was told in no uncertain terms by a member of the parents' committee that the chairman of the school governors would not have any truck with the occult. i was asked to bake ea

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the prejudice of his neighbour. ultimately his body was found dragged through the streets, and his head without any tongue therein, lying in a drain. and this was all the profit he drew from his diabolical science and magic. in austria i found an infinitude of magicians who only occupied themselves in killing and maiming men, in putting discord among married people, in causing divorces, in tying witch-knots in osier or willow branches to stop the flow of milk in the breasts of nursing women, and similar infamies. but these miserable wretches had made a pact with the devil, and had become his slaves, having sworn unto him that they would work without cessation to destroy all living creatures. some of these had two years (for their pact) to run, some three, and after that time they underwen

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

ungsserie maqlu nach dem originalen im british museum herausgegeben" acta societatis scientiarum fennicae, tomm. xx, no. 6, helsingforsiae mdcccxcv. the word "maklu" or "maqlu" itself is controversial, but tallqvist seems to think that it does, indeed, mean "burning; especially so as the incantations to be found therein invariably entail burning something, usually a doll made in the likeness of a witch or evil sorcerer that the magician wished to dispose of. hence, we have here probably the archetype of the great burning times of the inquisition, when people were condemned to a fiery death as witches and pagans. the chant "burn, witch! burn" can be found in the maklu text, in all its pristine glory. indeed, cthulhu calls. the conjuration "the binding of the evil sorcerers" alsi ku nushi il

tain is shadu- shaddai? the old serpent kur is, of course, invoked every day by the christians: kyrie eleison) common sumerian words and phrases in english sumerian english akhkharu vampire alal destroyer alla xul evil god barra! begone! dingir xul evil god edin na zu! go to the desert (a form of exorcism) gelal incubus gigim xul evil spirit gidim xul evil ghost idimmu demon idpa fever kashshaptu witch lalartu phantom lalssu spectre lilit succubus maskim xul evil fiend (ambusher, lier-in-wait) mulla xul evil devil rabishu (same as maskim xul) telal wicked demon (warrior) uggae god of death uruku larvae utuk xul evil spirit zi dingir anna kanpa! spirit, god of the sky, remember! zi dinger kia kanpa! spirit, god of the earth, remember! a word concerning the original manuscript the editor and

and then you will be able to send the watcher to bring the curse. and that person will die. or thou mayest call upon ishtar to protect thee from the spells of sorcery. and for this, the mandal must be prepared as always, and a figure of ishtar be upon the altar, and incantations made to summon her assistance, like the following incantation that is ancient, from the priests of ur: who art thou, o witch, that seekest me? thou hast taken the road thou hast come after me thou hast sought me continually for my destruction thou hast continually plotted an evil thing against me thou hast encompassed me thou hast sought me out thou hast gone forth and followed my steps but i, by the command of the queen ishtar am clothed in terror am armed in fiercesomeness am arrayed with might and the sword i m

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

ve turned nine out of ten englishmen into slaves, obliged to report their movements to the government like so many ticket-of-leave men. the only solution of the social problem is the creation of a class with the true patriarchal feeling, and the manners and obligations of chivalry. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 170 [173] 82 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta pi-beta bortsch witch-moon that turnest all the streams to blood, i take this hazel rod, and stand, and swear an oath-beneath this blasted oak and bare that rears its agony above the flood whose swollen mask mutters an atheist's prayer. what oath may stand the shock of this offence "there is no i, no joy, no permanence? witch-moon of blood, eternal ebb and flow of baffled birth, in death still lurks a change; and

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

m out of it a few weeks later. the advice only referred to the prospects of the stock in itself. the divination must not be blamed any more than one would blame a man for buying a house at ypres there years before the world-war. as against this, one must insist that it is obviously to the advantage of the diviner to obtain this information from beings of the most exalted essence available. an old witch who has a familiar spirit of merely local celebrity such as the toad in her tree, can hardly expect him to tell her much more of private matters than her parish magazine does of public. it depends entirely on the magician how he is served. the greater the man, the greater must be his teacher. it follows that the highest forms of communicating daemons, those who know, so to speak, the court s

n excellent allegory. lilith, by george macdonald. a good introduction to the astral. la-bas, by j. k. huysmans. an account of the extravagances caused by the sincomplex. the lore of proserpine, by maurice hewlett. a suggestive enquiry into the hermetic arcanum. en route, by j. k. huysmans. an account of the follies of christian mysticism. sidonia the sorceress, by wilhelm meinhold. 213 the amber witch, by wilhelm meinhold. these two tales are highly informative. macbeth; midsummer night's dream; the tempest, by w. shakespeare. interesting for traditions treated. redgauntlet, by sir walter scott. also one or two other novels. interesting for traditions treated. rob roy, by james grant. interesting for traditions treated. the magician, by w. somerset maugham. an amusing hotchpot of stolen g

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

o be from a wick in a floating cork in a glass of olive oil (i hope you can get it) it is really desirable to make this as near the "ever-burning lamp of the rosicrucians" as possible; it is not a drawback that this implies frequent attention. now for the weapons! the wand. let this be simple, straight and slim! have you an almond or magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 157 witch hazel in your garden- or do i call it park? if so, cut (with the magick knife- i would lend you mine) a bough, as nearly straight as possible, about two feet long. peel it, rub it constantly with oil of abramelin (this, and his incense, from wallis and co, 26 new cavendish 21 street, w.1) and keep wrapped in scarlet silk, constantly, i wrote, and meant it; rub it, when saying your mantra, to

n the pestilent purlieus of walham green, and the frowsty atmosphere of the frowsy "medium" and the squalid s ance "look! but do not speak to them" as virgil warned dante. so let us look. no! let us first congratulate ourselves that this subject of necromancy is so admirably documented. as to the real art, we have not only eliphas l vi, but the sublimely simple account in the old testament of the witch of endor, her conjuring up of the apparition of samuel to king saul. a third classic must not be neglected: i have heard or read the story elsewhere- for the moment i cannot place it. but it is so brilliantly told in i write as i please by walter duranty that nothing could be happier than to quote him verbatim. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 168 "it was the story

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

habitation nb#m paths mylyb# 394 table (cf. 388) nxlw# 395 the heavens mym#h the oil nm#h judge +pw# eight hnm# neschamah: the soul in the supernals (or in binah, when the supernals are considered as three; cf. then 25& 37) hm#n 396 intellectual (ar; idea, concept (m.h) lk#wm 397 the inner light: a title of kether ymynp rw) 398 book y#px pride (esp. of gait) cx# 400 to use magic or witchcraft; a witch p#k sage, intellectual: a title of yesod lyk#m the literal sense (of scripture, etc; see 247& 510) h+w#p horns mynrq sack q# women, wives my#n straw, chaff #q intelligences mylk# years; two myn# 401 cursing; to curse rr) thou (fem; gthe h, gsubstance, essence h (indicates direct object; with t) room )t 402 sought into, or after #qb tested, purified rrb daughter tb a spider #ybk( paths nylyb#

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE BANNED LECTURE

best evidence in support of my thesis whatever that is, i am not quite sure that it is possible to adduce. in the minds of the kind of people who believe in their neighbours making candles of infants fat and digging up corpses to economise on the butcher s bill, the surgeon that is to say, the man in pursuit of knowledge which it is hoped may alleviate human pain is the same kind of animal as the witch and the ritual-murdering jew. it is, no doubt, because it is a part of the old taboo complex about the corpses of one s relatives, that the clerical attack on surgeons concentrated itself on one fact the fact that to learn to be a surgeon you must have corpses to dissect. for at that time, it will be remembered, hospitals were not as flourishing as they are today, and it was very difficult t

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

body, how not to be stricken aghast to contemplate the possible consequences of taking, as a fixed and absolute point for the base of his triangulations, and unknown and uncontrollable engine in violent, erratic and incalculable action, neither to be mastered nor measured, his mind? who dare presume to set limits to the eccentricities of a brain which is the logical conclusion for a love-harried, witch-burning, god-fearing, fox-hunting, cannibal ape, spice with tubercle, syphilis, insanity and the rest of the poisons for one premise and an unintelligible and accidental environment for the other? is not every thought determined, and its validity indeterminable, especially by its owner? who then shall decide what "trustworthy reasoning" may mean? at the very least, we must eliminate as far a

its father's son, he will not fear to show lack of filial reverence, or presumption, if he forget its family in the fervour of founding one of his own, of begetting boys not better or braver indeed than his brothers, girls not softer or sweeter indeed than his sisters, but wholly his own, with his own defects and desires evoked by enchantment of ecstasy when he dies to himself in the womb of the witch who lusts for his life, and buys it with the coin that bears his image and superscription. such is the secret of the soul of the artist. he knows that he is a god, of the sons of god; he has no fear or shame in showing himself of the seed of his father. he is proud of that father's most precious privilege, and he honours him no less than himself by using it. he accepts his family as of his o

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

ked the hazel rod from the rude and goatish god, even as the curved moon's waning ray stolen from the king of day. he had learnt the elvish sign; given the token of the nine: once to rave, and once to revel, once to bow before the devil, once to swing the thurible, once to kiss the goat of hell, once to dance the aspen spring, once to croak, and once to sing, once to oil the savoury thighs of the witch with sea-green eyes with the unguents magical. oh the honey and the gall of that black enchanter's lips as he croons to the eclipse mingling that most puissant spell of the giant gods of hell with the four ingredients of the evil elements; 38 ambergris from golden spar, musk of ox from mongol jar, civet from a box of jade, mixed with fat of many a maid slain by the inchauntments cold of the

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d all the gods withdraw! upon the altar-stone we are alone- alone! in vivid blackness curled with livid lightings pearled- sweat-drops upon god's brow when he creates a world! sister, the word is spoken! sister, the spell is broken. the sabbath torches flicker; the sabbath heart beats quicker; we have drained the sabbath cup of its austerest liquor. forsaken is the hall; finished the festival. my witch and i are thrown dead on the altar stone by the contemptuous god that made our soul his own. come! come! we must begone. hiss the last orison! intone the last lament! take the last sacrament, the extreme unction, saviour when the soul is spent! 63 come! hurry through the night, a trail of tortured flight! eagle and pelican become mere maid and man till the next sabbath- days each like leviat

on "patricia margaritae vulpis vulpem dedit" francis bendick. 129 the pilgrim at the dawn of the bout of my life i set out for the palace of light. at the end of the road i have found an abode in the tavern of night. ever on! ever on! said the day-star, and shone! ever on! and above! said the even-star: rest in the night on my breast! beyond light there is love. but i stayed not; i feared a false witch in her weird. i went on, ever on, till the day and the night and the love and the light were, suddenly, gone. came the voice of the lord "now receive the reward 130 of the laughers at life, who, faint, have not failed; who, weak, have not wailed: my one jewel- a wife "since the ape stood erect for a sign of his sect there have only been ten. so perfect were they that their names are to-day f

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happens that until you become god, god himself is in reality the tempter, satan, and the prince of darkness, who, assuming the glittering robes of time and space, whispers in our ears "millions and millions and millions of eternities are as nothingness to me; then how canst thou, thou little mote dancing in the beam of mine eye, hope to span me" thus god at the outset comes to us and like the old witch in "cinderella" strews innumerable lentils before us to count- but begin! and soon you will find that you have left the kitchen of the world behind you and have entered the enchanted palace "beyond" it is all very difficult and complex at first; it is rather like a man who, setting out by a strange road to visit the capital of his country, comes to a great mountain and gazes up its all but e

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igniory? 8. o what art thou, o god my god, thou dazzler of the deep obscurity of day? o thou golden breast of beauty! thou shrivelled udder of the storm-blasted mountains, who no longer sucklest the babe-clouds of wind-swept night! o how can i gaze upon thy countenance of eld, and yet be not blinded by the black fury of thy dethron d majesty? 9. o what art thou, o god my god, thou seraph-venom of witch-vengeance enchaunted? o thou coiled wizardry of stars! thou one lord of life triumphant over death, thou red rose of love nailed to the cross of golden light! o how can i die in thee as sea-foam in the clouds, and yet possess thee as a frail white mist possesses the stripped limbs of the sun? 10. o what art thou, o god my god, thou soft pearl set in a bow of effulgent light? o thou drop of s

catch thee, for thou art everywhere; lo! though i net thee as a goldfish in a kerchief of silk, there still shall i find thee, thou unity of unities, thou oneness, o thou perfect nothingness of bliss! 6. o thou unity of all things: as the cloud that flitteth across the white horns of the moon, so art thou, o god my god. i cannot pierce thee, for thou art everywhere; lo! though i tangle thee in a witch-gossamer of starlight, there still shall i find thee, thou unity of unities, thou oneness, o thou perfect nothingness of bliss! 7. o thou unity of all things: as the star that travelleth along its appointed course, so art thou, o god my god. i cannot rule thee, for thou art everywhere; lo! though i hunt thee across the blue heavens as a lost comet, there still shall i find thee, thou unity o

the dawn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou wanton mother of love, that art mistress of the children of men! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson fountain of blood, that spoutest from the heart of creation! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou warrior eye of the sun, that shooteth death from the berylline byss! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! 63 o thou witch's hell-broth of hate, that boilest in the white cauldron of love! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou ribbon of northern lights, that bindest the elfin tresses of night! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou red sword of the twilight, that art rusted with the blood of the noon! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou sacrificer of dawn, that wearest the chasuble of th

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nning like hippogriffs, they plunge over the precipice; and the hermit, dead, appears but a mangy ass. sir palamede, sore wounded, is borne by fishers to an hut. xviii. sir palamede noteth the swiftness of the beast. he therefore climbeth many mountains of the alps. yet can he not catch it; it outrunneth him easily, and at last, stumbling, he falleth. xix. among the dunes of brittany he findeth a witch dancing and conjuring, until she disappeareth in a blaze of light. he then learneth music, from a vile girl, until he is as skilful as orpheus. in paris he playeth in a public place. the people, at first throwing him coins, soon desert him to follow a foolish egyptian wizard. no beast cometh to his call. xx. he argueth out that there can be but on beast. following single tracks, he at length

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ly bordj across the dreadful lines of sleeping men, swart sons of the sahara, thou didst writhe slim, sinuous and swift, warning me with a viper's hiss- and was not death upon us then, no bastard of thy maiden kiss? god's grace, the all-surpassing gift! el arabi! el arabi! yea, death is man's elixir when life's pale wine foams and splashes over his imagination's rim! el arabi! el arabi! el arabi! witch-amber and obsidian thine eyes are, to ensorcell me, and leonine thy male caress. will not god grant us paradise to end the music earth began? we play with loaded dice! he cannot choose but raise right hand to bless. el arabi! el arabi! great is the love of god and man while i am trembling in thine arms, wild wanderer of the wilderness! el arabi! hilda norfolk. 38 lambda iota nu omicron sigma

ns a sure standpoint from which to rail at those who had not. therefore he banned reincarnation and soul and substituted in their place transmigration and karma (doing) the sankh r or tendencies that form the character (individuality) of the individual. ananda metteya in "buddhism"219 explains transmigration in contradistinction to reincarnation as follows. two men standing on the shore of a lake witch the waves rolling land-wards. to the one who is unversed in science it appears that the wave travelling towards him retains its identity and shape, it is to him a mass of water that moves over the surface impelled by the wind. the other, who has a scientifically trained mind, knows that at each point upon the surface of the lake the particles of water are only rising and then falling in 136

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w things are, and why, and whence are puzzles for fools that lack the sense of cows- enough of the future tense, jeanne! for the end of love and the end of art is just- my ear against your heart! aleister crowley. 51 circe her mouth a rosebud of delight, low-laughing 'mid the languid curls, whose kissing cadence seems to cite the rhythmic melody of night. her hair a saraband where whirls a wanton witch, whose perfumes smite the shuddering air; a summer night where summer lightning darts and curls. her soul a parian marble shrine, centred in lily-cups that fold their carven petals, smooth and cold, far o'er a lake of frozen wine- yet deep within whose inmost fold sleepeth a snake: the crystal brine of endless sorrow seals his shrine; wiser than sin is he, so old! ethel archer. 52 the electr

g ill sung, jocelyn, and too sadly, forsooth! here the hermits are foul and malicious. i would clear the land of them. sir james. spies, every one. and enchanters to boot. sir eustache. the maids are worse, to my mind. think of the gallant florimond, as tall a knight of his hands as ever swung sword or couched lance. sir raymond. netted like a fish! sir james. and now lives in the desert with the witch, a wild man, and banned. sir raymond. little better than a robber. and the word goes that he hath apostatized from our holy faith [all "cross themselves" jocelyn["sings] heigho! heigho! the crescent and cross! if the one is a bargain, the other's a loss. 71 who would be found on the ground of mahound a recreant knight, and a renegade boaster? better we each leave our bones here to bleach and

rn. laylah. sidi omar's father was the holiest man of syria. he lived alone forty years in the mountain. fatma. he is relentless in anger, and obeys not. one would say there was christian blood in him. laylah. on the night of his begetting there was christian blood on sidi omar's hands. fatma. he is as fair as a christian. laylah. the men of sidi omar's tribe are white men, thou wizened old black witch. fatma. ah! sidi omar! sidi omar! sidi omar! happy the prince whose wife is as faithful as thou. thou canst not open thy mouth without uttering his name. laylah. do not take it in thine, mother of lies! fatma. my mouth has been shut these twenty years. laylah. what? any time these twenty years thou hast 85 deserved a beating, old scandal-monger! and often thou hast had it. fatma. it was not

silence under such a charge is contumacious, and equivalent to confession. on the fourth count, guilty [judges "echo "guilty" clerk. fifthly, that you do take the form of a bat, and suck the blood of sleeping children, and moreover have bewitched divers cows to the prejudice of the holy orders of knights hospitaller and others, lawful owners of the aforesaid cows. prosecutor. all clear marks of a witch! laylah. your saviour sent devils into swine. bishop. blasphemy on blasphemy["crosses himself. sure only the devil could speak thus. on the fifth count, guilty [judges "echo "guilty" clerk. sixthly- bishop. stay, gentle sir. have we not heard enough? must the ears of the court be further polluted with a recital of these abominations? g. m. of st j. we have heard enough. g. m. of st malta. en

ring away these folk. all take their seats, chatting. the bishop is enthroned, in full canonicals. he is supported by three acolytes, bearing bell, book and candle" laylah "brought in and bound to stake. the bishop rises at a signal from the king, and begins a long declamation in latin. the general confusion gradually subsides" urchin. uncle isaac, take me on thy stout shoulder. i want to see the witch burnt. isaac. all in good time. the holy bishop is still cursing, i think. bishop["concluding, raises his voice to drown the general conversation. in saecula saeculorum. amen! all. amen! k. of j["enthroned near the bishop. let the sentence be executed["the executioner brings forward his torch, which he lights at the" bishop's "candle" bishop["blessing. absolvo te["the executioner thrusts his

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

ide the circle breathing life into the fith-fath the witches' dance walking to covenstead calling down the power the symbolic sex act the witches' altar passing the pentacle around the circle the witches fall to the ground fertility rites the black mass athamll book of shadows coven covens'read esbat esp familiar fith-fath the key of solomon measure pentacle sabbat tarot card voodoo warlock wicca witch wizard the witch's black-hilted knife. with book of rules, written in witch's own handwriting and copied by successive generations, group ofwitches. meeting place of a coven small meeting, not necessarily of a full coven. extra-sensory perception a massofenergy or power raised by the witches and sent to work their will. small image made of clay or plasticine to represent a person on whom a r

own handwriting and copied by successive generations, group ofwitches. meeting place of a coven small meeting, not necessarily of a full coven. extra-sensory perception a massofenergy or power raised by the witches and sent to work their will. small image made of clay or plasticine to represent a person on whom a restraint is to be worked. ancient hebrew book of magic. length of cord measuring a witch's height at the time of his initiation. sometimes held as a 'hostage' by the coven leader. originally a five-sided figure but now any circular piece of metal inscribed with witch symbols. major meeting of whole coven or several covens. cards used in predicting the future. primitive form. of religion practised by negroes of haiti and elsewherein the west indies and america. originally the wit

by the coven leader. originally a five-sided figure but now any circular piece of metal inscribed with witch symbols. major meeting of whole coven or several covens. cards used in predicting the future. primitive form. of religion practised by negroes of haiti and elsewherein the west indies and america. originally the witch who bound the initiate, but used only by non-witches to describe a male-witch. ancient word for witchcraft. initi t:d male or femalemember ofwitchcraft group. magician, not necessarily a witch. 3lntrobuction since the dawn of history man has believed in miracles. the first tribesmen to discover the healing power of herbs, or to recognize clouds as the forerunners ofrain, were elected magi, or wise men. from this it was but a short step to divining the future and to th

have few historical records of 'white' witches at this time and must include them under the general term 'witches, modem white witches, who are the subject ofthis book, believe that they are descended from, and adhere to, a separate tradition embracing the worship not of satan, but of the homed god and the earth mother-symbol of fertility, the oldest goddess known to man. certain aspects of white-witch dogma can be traced in ancient religions all over the world, in druidical beliefs, for instance, and the incantations in runic have been passed from generation to generation. white witchcraft is invariably confmed to doing good, restraining evil and promoting fertility. but although some attempt was made in the middle ages* often confused, erroneously, with the term 'coven. the latter is muc

te an ha publis ed the boo malleus male.ficarum, which described in considerable det 11 methods of discovering and punishing witches and ways m which magic could be harmful. the book, which by. 1520 had run to fourteen editions, confirmed popular misconceptions and hostility towards witchcraft and was to influe ce public opinion in europe until after the reformation (protestants were even greater witch-haters than their predecessors. one of the first countries to declare war on witches had been france, where they .were burnt at the stake several decades before the papal bull. at that time whole villages still followed the old religion and even the priests, who were mostly drawn from the peasant class, were only outwardly christian. having tried to stamp out witchcraft by persuasion, the cl

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they may be taken and arraigned. 53. let each guard his own writings and destroy them whenever danger threatens. 54. learn as much as you may by heart and, when danger is past, rewrite your book, an it be safe. 55. for this reason, if any die, destroy their book an they have not been able to. 56. for, an it be found 'tis clear proof against them. 57. and our oppressors know well "ye may not be a witch alone. 58. so all their kin and friends be in danger of torture, 59. so destroy everything not necessary. 60. if your book be found on you 'tis clear proof against you alone, you may be arraigned. persecution 61. keep all thoughts of the craft from your mind. if the torture be too great to bear, say "i will confess. i cannot bear this torture. what do you want me to say" 62. 63. if they try

affected to us, as if they would come to our meetings, saying "my mother used to worship the old ones. i would i could go myself" 81. 82. to such as these, ever deny all knowledge. but to others, ever say"'tis foolish men talk of witches flying through the air. to do so they must be as light as thistledown. and men say that witches all be blear-eyed old crones, so what pleasure can there be at a witch meeting such as folks talk on" 83. 84. and say "many wise men now say there be no such creatures" ever make it jest) and in some future time perhaps, the persecution may die and we may worship our gods in safety again. 85. 86. let us all pray for that happy day. 87. may the blessings of the goddess and god be on all who keep these laws which are ordained. valuables 88. if the craft hath any

died because someone had a grudge against them, or were persecuted because they had money or goods to sieze, or because they had none to bribe the searchers. and many have died because they were scolding old women. so much that men now say that only old women are witches. 111. 112. and this be to our advantage and turns suspicion away from us. in england and scotland 'tis now many a year since a witch hath died the death. but any misuse of the power might raise the persecution again. 113. so never break this law, however much you are tempted, and never consent to its being broken in the least. 114. 115. if you know it is being broken, you must work strongly against it. and any high priestess or high priest who consents to its breach must immediately be deposed for 'tis the blood of the br

ast the circle, but without words. notes: if possible, lay sword with an already consecrated sword or athame. it should, if possible, be consecrated by both a man and a woman, both of whom are initiated, and both naked as drawn swords. during consecration, press down on sword hard with consecrated sword or athame. if possible partake of cakes and wine first, then magus should sprinkle with water, witch should cense in first conjuration, then sprinkle and cense and conjure again with second conjuration. if true sword and athame are available, a sword and athame can be consecrated at the same time in which case magus should press with sword on sword, and witch with athame on athame, and new sword and athame should touch. in any case, when finished the weapon should be handed to new owner wit

that gbg's text a version can be found in the key of solomon and high magic's aid l consecrating other working tools (except a sword or athame) place tool on pentacle, and lay right hand(s) on it, saying: aradia and cernunnos, deign to bless and to consecrate this white-hilted knife (or whatever) that it may obtain the necessary virtue through you for all acts of love and beauty. magus sprinkles, witch censes. then say: aradia and cernunnos, bless this instrument prepared in your honour.(if scourge or cords, add. that it may serve for a good cause and end and for your glory) again magus sprinkles and witch censes (hand tool to new owner as you would a sword or athame, with a fivefold salute) all these weapons should be presented to the new owner with salute. if a witch queen, the downward

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

n of magic magic does not mean doing curious things: true magic is the expression of the soul through the medium of the form. black magic is the use of form in order to gain what we want for the form. black magic is unadulterated selfishness. white magic is use of the soul for purposes of human uplift, utilizing the personality. why is scorpio the sign of magic? an ancient book says "virgo is the witch, she prepares the ingredients which are weighed in the balances in libra, and in scorpio the magical work is carried forward. in terms of the aspirant this means that in virgo i discovered the christ in myself, that down the ages my form nature has nurtured a christ; in libra. i fluctuate between the pairs of opposites, form and the christ [153] nature, until i achieve balance and the christ

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

fe of the fire of hell to still moreincrease that of the sun to intensify the wine.chapter vi. 15 the beginning of this spell seems to be merely a prose introduction explaining the nature of theceremony.chapter vii. 16 this refers to a small ceremony which i have seen performed scores of times, and have indeedhad it performed over me almost as often, as an act of courtesy common among wizards and witch-es. it consists of making certain signs and crosses over a few drops of oil and the head of the oneblessed, accompanied by a short incantation. i have had the ceremony seriously commended orprescribed to me as a means of keeping in good health and prosperity.chapter viii. 17 kreussler, sorbenwendische altherthmer, pt. 1. p. 272.chapter ix. 18 according to all evil witchcraft in the world esp

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

the world. a few years ago a sundaynewspaper in an american city publshed a detailed account of them in the dance-houses of thetown, declaring that they were of very frequent occurrence, which was further verified to me by menfamiliar with them.a very important point to all who regard the finds or discoveries of ancient tradition as of importance,is that a deep and extensive study of the italian witch-traditions which i have collected, a compari-son of them one with the other, and of the whole with what resembles it in the writings of ovid andother mythologists, force the conviction (which i have often expressed, but not too frequently) thatthere are in these later records many very valuable and curious remains of ancient latin or etruscanlore, in all probability entire poems, tales, and

doing which on a scientific basis all conflict ceas-es.these remarks are appropriate to my text and subject, because it is in studying the epochs whenwoman has made herself prominent and influential that we learn what the capacities of the femalesex truly are. among these, that of witchcraft as it truly was not as it is generally quite misunder-stood is as deeply interesting as any other. for the witch laying aside all question as to magicor its non-existence was once a real factor or great power in rebellious social life, and to this veryday as most novels bear witness it is recognised that there is something uncanny, mysterious,and incomprehensible in woman, which neither she herself nor man can explain.for every woman is at heart a witch.we have banished the broom and the cat and the wo

d mystical chapter how diana made the stars and the rain is the same given inmy legends of florence, vol. ii. p. 229, but much enlarged, or developed to a cosmogonic-mytholog-ic sketch. and here a reflection occurs which is perhaps the most remarkable which all this witchevangel suggests. in all other scriptures of all races, it is the male, jehovah, buddha, or brahma,who creates the universe; in witch sorcery it is the female who is the primitive principle. wheneverin history there is a period of radical intellectual rebellion against long-established conservatism,hierarchy, and the like, there is always an effort to regard woman as the fully equal, which meansthe superior sex. thus in the extraordinary war of conflicting elements, strange schools of sorcery,neo-platonism, cabala, heretic

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7.6.4 presidio what about the presidio stories? on august 14, 1987 ce the san francisco home of lilith and dr. aquino was raided by san francisco police officer glen pamfiloff on a search warrant obtained as a consequence of the accusations of army chaplain lawrence adams-thompson that the aquinos had kidnapped and sexually abused his stepdaughter as part of the presidio of san francisco day-care witch-hunt. these claims were investigated in depth by the sfpd, the fbi, and the us army cid. no charges were ever made in any jurisdiction, and the evidence has shown dr. aquino and lilith aquino to be innocent of any such activity. full details can be read in the alt.pagan post, dated sun jun 02, 22:14, from: scratch@gladstone.uoregon.edu, subj: re: curio courts the caw. 7.6.5 other occultists

y defend other pagans against discrimination and other forms of attack, but satanists don't need others to defend them- satanists would be happy if other pagans would simply stop buying christianity's lies and attacking the satanists as if allied with christianity's blind bigots. there's a little more discussion of this in the ref document "are you witches" that depends upon your definition of a "witch" we do explore activities which many people would call "magic" such as telepathy, divination, and methods of strengthening our souls and spirits through mental and spiritual discipline. however, modern witches usually believe that their magical powers come from one or more gods or goddesses, and many christians believe these powers come from the devil. we don't believe in any suc h gods or g

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itles. among them are such as shaitan, iblis, satan, lucifer and set. such god forms are masks of the prince of darkness who within ourselves offers freedom and divinity for those willing to strive for it. the adversary itself is the gateway from which we discover our own will, or direction of endless possibility of desire. this is the very conscious gift of the artist austin osman spare, whom of witch blood, gave us the gift of self liberation in the form of the grimoire the book of pleasure. that we may translate the system of the hand and the eye, within our personal universe form this luciferian doctrine to our own desire of becoming, shall be the greatest distinction from the order of the right hand path. the adversary exists within the 8 pointed sabbat star of chaos, called often alg

lust, she is also the demon of death who is never sated; she is the demon 'who swallows all things: the dawn and twilight of zoroastrianism, r.c. zaehner, new york, 1961 az, which is a female demon related directly to ahriman, is considered a harlot and goddess of death and blood. in this aspect az is related or a blue-print for, lilith, hecate and babalon. she is the vampyre queen, the immortal witch whom creates the alchemical elixir of endless existence, the very core essence of the luciferian and vampyre. az may also be related to kali, the goddess who devours and brings life. the vampyre in this aspect is one who feeds of the blood- lifeforce or the nectar of the mind, the imagination, thus revealing the vampyre as a solitary being who holds no need in the actual draining of blood. t

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well-publicized instances where occult practitioners have been fired from their jobs due to their employers becoming aware of their religious beliefs. in june 2004, alicia folberth, a wiccan high priestess, was fired, allegedly because of her need for time off (on halloween) to practice her faith. http//www.connpost.com/news/ci_3168056 in a similar incident back in march 2001, shirley tingley, a witch, claimed she was fired from her job due to her religious beliefs, though her employer insisted it was because she threatened to cast a spell on a co-worker. http//www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=2785 most recently, there is the case of julie carpenter who was fired from her job because it came out that she practiced witchcraft. according to media reports, the school stated her remova

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

(by soror lilitu azhdeha) may be found in the book of cain and represents the black lord of the sabbat as a form of the adversary. a representation of this path may be found in my publications, luciferian witchcraft: a book of the serpent which contains the grimoires book of cain, goetic sorcery, yatuk dinoih, nox umbra, the paitisha, azothoz, vox sabbatum and much more. the infamous book of the witch moon also has presented a foundation for the darker aspects of sorcery and vampirism, which aleister crowley alludes to in de arte magica. the reader who holds interest in the provenance of the witches sabbat in consideration of the luciferic gnosis referred to in this article may have recourse material to seek in the aforementioned titles as well as works by kenneth grant who continued the

eing. within ancient persian practice, the ahriman (satan) created daemon akoman (meaning evil mind) is the luciferian mind which seeks liberation and independence from the mass or herd mentality, to become something other by the forbidden or evil path of magick or witchcraft. certain tools within the craft sinister are often considered haunted objects, empowered by ongoing ritual practice by the witch or sorcerer which gives the fetish a seeming life independent from their own, however always usually in accordance to their will. ritual instruments such as the tibetan kangling, a trumpet made from the thigh bone of a hanged man, a ritual knife known as an athame, according to idries shah as adhdhame being bloodletter, used in sabbat ritual practice to 4 focus the will or cast the mind into

ecome perceived or sensed. in ongoing ritual work, the magician begins identifying his or herself with samael (and lilith) within the parameters of their own life and initiation. the lord of the earth, being a name ascribed to samael (satan) and his fallen angels and demons, are but considered astral spirits, that which no longer take physical form, but may become manifest through the magician or witch who may make a pact with them, being initiation and dedication to the left hand path. samael is the patron spirit of the left hand path, as his word is what formed our thoughts and gave us the inner fire of the black flame, our individual process of thought and free will. the magicians who aligned their will with the left way, that of samael (the devil, were given powers over the earth in on

erstood. he refers to hecate or lilith (via diana) as being hell's dark mistress, heaven's queen. this is the dual nature of the devil and his bride, the adversary. that by both sabbat rites does the cup of heaven (aethyr, luciferian sabbat) and hell (infernal, chthonic sabbat) are filled. cain was the son born of by some accounts samael (the devil) and lilith (through eve, the first satanist and witch. it is said within the dark traditions that the bible is mistaken with regards to cain s true parentage. cain was in fact a half human, half demon bastard child of adam and lilith. it was for this reason that the lord would not accept his offerings and prayers, rather than any specific demands of animal sacrifice. the tale continues with cain being cursed to wander the earth as a vagabond, w

ed by kaufmann kohler, w. h. bennett, louis ginzberg herein we can see that cain is thus a flesh and blood embodiment of the luciferian path itself, he is the son of satan and lilith, the dark essence which is deeply connected with eve, the wife of adam. cain is not only the patron father of witches, also the symbol of the initiate upon the antinomian path. nathaniel harris, an hereditary british witch, whose long involvement in various magical circles and authorship of grimoires not only within the black tradition, but also that of the traditional witcha path, is bold enough to present ideas of our spiritual lineage found in the dreaming minds of the cunning brothers and sisters. the symbolic mark of initiation, which aleister crowley termed the mark of the beast of the apocalypse in the

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y, he ought to reply by quoting from montesquieu's "lettres persanes "by opening so freely their lunatic asylums to their supposed madmen, men only seek to assure each other that they are not themselves mad[[footnote(s* revue des deux mondes, 1865, pp. 157 and 158. end of vol. it 197 special supplement the way. 3 may morn the artist represents the dawn of the day following the witches. rout. the witch is hanged, and the satyr joyfully looks out from behind the tree; in the background all is spring, and the nymph dances joyfully to the piping of the shepherd. the picture is symbolical of the new aeon. from the blasted stump of dogma, the poison oak of .original sin. is hanged the hag with dyed and bloody hair, christianity, the glyph thus commemorating .sa vie horizontale et sa mort vertic

th. an excellent allegory. lilith, by george macdonald. a good introduction to the astral. l -bas, by j.-k. huysmans. an account of the extravagances caused by the sin-complex. the lore of proserpine, by maurice hewlett. a suggestive enquiry into the hermetic arcanum. en route, by j-k. huysmans. an account of the follies of christian mysticism. sidona the sorceress, by william meinhold. the amber witch, by william meinhold. these two tales are highly informative. macbeth; midsummer night.s dream; the tempest, by w. shakespeare. interesting for traditions treated. redgauntlet, by sir walter scott. also one or two other novels. interesting for traditions treated. rob roy, by james grant. interesting for traditions treated. the magician, by w. somerset maugham. an amusing hotch-potch of stole

ble that he discovered that he could not get a reviews 279 drink, except water, and decided to emigrate. if that is insane, i am insane. i hope that mr. cabell is insane too, and that i shall meet him in the solomon islands. robinson c. crowley. the tales of chekhov. the lady with the dog and other stories. the darling and other stories. the wife and other stories. the duel and other stories. the witch and other stories. translated by constance garnett. the macmillan co. i was sitting at dinner in the brevoort with some fascinating friends when, thinking no harm, i mentioned chekhov. a chic adolescent at the next table introduced himself. he could not really let such an occasion pass. it was so rare to hear any one speak of chekhov. it was he who had introduced chekhov to the notice of eng

urse true of every work of art, and that is why critics are such a hang-dog race of marmots. but speaking as a marmot, which is, after all, the right of marmots, article i in the magna charta of marmots, i may say that chekhov was very much better when he was not thinking of kopecks. he has turned out a dreadful lot of bad work under the lash of the publisher. but at his best, in stories like the witch, he is unsurpassed. one feels a positive anguish that one has not met that witch 1 even a gladys belasco or a lea de l.ame morte.or del amor?.can hardly console one for her loss. les amours nes de l.imagination.either one must smoke opium or hashish, or live in russia, or allow oneself to be fooled by a russian woman, or read chekhov. this is an admirable edition of chekhov, but how is it, w

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

e former is somewhat like that of the devil of the tarot, but colossal and attenuated; that of asmodai is as a bloated, bestial man, but in a crouching position. at the south-east angle are placed the evil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a thousand- headed hydra serpent; everchanging and distorted countenance. at the north-east angle is aggerath, the daughter of machalath, a fiendish witch with serpent hair enthroned in a chariot drawn by an ox and an ass. at the north-west angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance, but standing upright as it were, and formed of putrefying water. after him cometh the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closelyveiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is a vast whee

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

raft. principles of wiccan belief. the power within. spells and charms. lesson two 13 beliefs deities; the god and goddess of witchcraft; reincarnation; retribution; between lives. your temple. your altar and its furniture. magick an introduction. lesson three 27 tools, clothing and names working tools; knife; marking in metal; sword; other tools; dress; jewelry; horned helmet. inscriptions. your witch name. lesson four 41 getting started rites of passage. circles. self-dedication. coven initiation. lesson five 53 covens and rituals *i covens and degrees. hierarchy and priesthood. covensteads and covendoms. the book of rituals. consecration of tools. rituals erecting the temple; clearing the temple; esbat rite; full moon rite; new/dark moon rite; cakes and ale. lesson six sabbats samhain;

mber 25th, as the birthdate of]esus, was borrowed from mithraism which also believed in a second coming and indulged in the "eating of god. in many religions of the ancient world were found immaculate conceptions and sacrifice of the god for the salvation of the people. witchcraft ancient and modern raymond buckland, hc publications, ny 1970. some of the instruments of torture used in the bamberg witch trials lesson one: the history and philosophy of witchcraft 15 pagani and simply means "people who live in the country. the word "heathen" means "one who dwells on the heath. so the terms were appropriate for non-christians at that time, but they bore no connotations of evil and their use today in a derogatory sense is quite incorrect. as the centuries passed, the smear campaign against non

but the church claimed not only that they were working against the crops, but that they actually flew through the air on their poles. surely the work of the devil! in 1484 pope innocent viii produced his bull against witches. two years later two infamous german monks, heinrich institoris kramer and jakob sprenger, produced their incredible concoction of anti-witchery, the malleus maleficarum (the witch hammer. in this book definite instructions were given for the prosecution of witches. however, when the book was submitted to the theological faculty of the university of cologne the appointed censor at that time the majority of the professors refused to have anything to do with it. kramer and sprenger, nothing daunted, forged the approbation of the whole faculty; a forgery that was not disc

gion and so was, in many ways, totally incomprehensible to the gloomy inquisitors and reformers who sought to suppress it. a rough estimate of the total number of people burned, hung or tortured to death on the charge of witchcraft, is nine million. obviously not the malleus malleficarutn is in three parts, the first of which treats 'the three necessary concomitants of witchcraft are the devil, a witch, and the permission of almighty god. here the reader is first admonished that to not believe in witchcraft is heresy. points are then covered on whether children can he generated by incubi and succubi; witches' copulation with the devil; whether witches can sway the minds of men to love or hatred; whether witches can hebetate the powers of generation or obstruct the venereal act; whether wit

they may be successfully annulled and dissolved' deals with 'the several methods by which devils through witches entice and allure the innocent to the increase of that horrid craft and company; the way whereby a formal pact with evil is made; how they transport from place to place; how witches impede and prevent the power of procreation; hoiv as it were they deprive man of his virile member; how witch midwives commit horrid crimes when they either kill children or offer them to devils in most accursed wise; how witches injure cattle, raise and stir up hailstorms and tempests and cause lightning to blast both men and beasts. then follow remedies for the above. the third part of the book 'relating to the judicial proceedings in both the ecclesiastical and civil courts against witches and in

CALLING TO THE FIRST OF WITCH BLOOD

joined to it is the head of the "image of shu" with his arms stretched out along the rounded border of the tuat. above his head is the beetle, symbol of khep[er, who has emerged from the boat of the sun-god, and below is the "image of af" that is to say, the body of the night sun-god, which has been cast away. end of vol. i. footnotes 256:1 see lanzone, domicile, pl.knthe calling to the first of witch blood an invocation of cain by michael w. ford a short dedication to the luciferian sabbat and those seeking their own light within the gnosis of the adversary. the initiation of the witch into the circle of cain, the living son of satan and lilith, the great harlot and demoness, the adversarial deific force of dark instinctual desire and willed continual existence. with the pen inked in the

giving to the daemon did my eyes open anew. i conjure thee, o wanderer who bears a black thorn stick i adjure thee, who the blood of abel did ignite your senses who lifted thee up into the flames of your father in iblis shadow did you awaken in the arms of lilith, the moon. i summon thee, cain of old, whose words open the gates of hell i invoke thee, cain of the serpent skin, who is the first of witch blood i conjure thee, cain who is the earthly devil, who is the master of spirits encircle and awaken within my flesh, my blood, my mind. by thy depths of which i walk herein shall i become reborn in the name and mark of the devil, whom i swear my spirit unto i am myself the redeemer and bringer of the infernal pact which holds no bounds nor mortal strain, yet my desires shall be filled by t

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

na in hindu philosophy. it is a source upon which we can draw not only nor primarily for specific needs, but also for energy, harmony and connection with others, the world and the cosmos. it is an energy that can permeate every aspect of our being. a very special spirituality witchcraft and wicca (one of the major forms of witchcraft) both derive their names from the anglo-saxon words for wisdom 'witch' is from the old english word wita, meaning 'wise' and the wicca were the wise ones. witchcraft is said to be the oldest religion in the world. it is the indigenous shamanistic religion of europe that has, in spite of ferocious persecution from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, survived in the folk tradition of many lands and through families who seite 2 wicca01.txt kept alive the

arice, but because all too often if something is not paid for, it is not valued. so be sure that you pay the shaman -especially the cosmic one. this is grass roots magick, but it works. magick for your needs 'enough for my needs and a little more' is another of the maxims of this incredibly moral craft, as i mentioned earlier. you would be amazed the number of times i am asked 'okay, if you are a witch, how come you can't predict the lottery numbers' the answer is that it all comes down to need: and do i need a million pounds? true, like any mother of five children i lurch from one financial crisis to the next and when things get really dire, perhaps i could magically bring forward an anticipated payment or attract an unexpected windfall from abroad. but i don't really need a million pound

witches in mainland europe and scandinavia. although torture to obtain a confession was not permitted in england except by royal assent, seite 7 wicca01.txt many inquisitors were very cruel even to young victims, who would eventually confess in the hope of having their interrogation brought to an end. no one really knows how many people have been put to death for witchcraft. the worst period for witch burnings and hangings in europe was between the mid-fifteenth and late seventeenth centuries, when the number judicially executed as witches during this period is generally accepted to be about a quarter of a million people. in addition, many more were lynched or hanged unofficially by mobs eager to find a scapegoat to blame for bad harvests or dying cattle. this unhappy era came to be known

ntury and are being revived by pagans as community celebrations, especially in the usa. the secret family covens would pass the traditions down through the matriarchal line, usually by word of mouth. those who could write, recorded their spells and rituals in 'books of shadows- so-called partly because of the secrecy required to write and protect them. these were usually buried or burned with the witch on her death, or on rare occasions were handed on to the eldest daughter [insert pic p018- witchcraft in modern times seite 8 wicca01.txt by the late twentieth century in the usa, witchcraft had been recognised as a valid religion by the american supreme court and accepted by the american army, but other countries, including the uk, are not so tolerant. what is more, in many lands, especiall

american supreme court and accepted by the american army, but other countries, including the uk, are not so tolerant. what is more, in many lands, especially among smaller communities, misunderstanding and prejudice still persist. in the uk, for example, wiccans who practise openly and have children are sometimes regarded with suspicion by some health professionals. my dear friend lilian, a white witch and healer, recalls how one woman passing her home would always cross herself and walk on the other side of the street. i myself once volunteered to read the runes at the local school fete to raise much-needed funds. i was told in no uncertain terms by a member of the parents' committee that the chairman of the school governors would not have any truck with the occult. i was asked to bake ea

CHAOS MAGICK AND LUCIFERISM

time this determines itself aos-the book of pleasure sigils may be constructed through several methods as the following; letter manipulations, from arabic, greek or otherwise. paintings and other abstractions of sight through art. musick and the creative act of sound production. letter manipulations can be a useful method of enfleshing desires, creating servitors or elementals or to cast hexes or witch-spells. the medieval system of magic and invocation used sigils in this form extensively and almost exclusively. this can be found in various grimoires from the grimorium verum to abramelin the mage. the demons, angels and other spirits are bound and called by their symbols and signs, from which they may be understood and communicated with via ritual and syntax. the medieval systems only und

nd other manipulations with images drawn, painted or drafted with the idea they are seeking to make manifest. one of the specific suggestions is art such as paintings of a particular god or goddess. this image, while focused upon brings the mind to an alliance with the images, creating the gods or goddesses within the sorcerers own mind. make reference to peter carroll s comment in my book of the witch moon: create your gods with care, for they will reform you in their own image. carroll himself, while not distinctly left hand path or luciferian, is an adept of quite colorful work. the staunch and focused liber null (weiser) addresses the nature of evocation as: the art of dealing with magical beings or entities by various acts which create or contact them and allow one to conjure and comm

to manipulate this power, which the morning star has done successfully. the watchers and the nephilim understood this fact clearly and so did their will in the same fashion. the sabbatic bloodline of those descended from fallen angels is present clearly in this age, equaled with those who were spiritual heirs as well. the craft taught by the fallen angels is further outlined in my the book of the witch moon, which further introduces what can be considered disciplined chaos sorcery. the methods of chaos magick are based within the theories of the universe being subject to those who may open and use the mind on numerous levels. the effects of the earth are reactions to theories and ideas enfleshed. magick is nothing but a science of the mind. it is our psychic connection between the universe

ly the four horsemen of sex, being that these are four elements of building, focusing and releasing this powerful force of promethean fire-the mind and will united by dissolution of opposites. kia itself seeks the necessary manifestation by the act of love, considering it seems to incarnate or flow backwards. this can be viewed as an initiation resembling what has been described in my book of the witch moon as the osculum infame, or kiss of shame. the devil itself, resembling the o can achieve autoerotic intercourse with the combination of z, meaning inverse intercourse with the devil the very act of creation. the rite of thanatos vel babalon, as developed by michael dewitt is one of the most powerful descriptions of the essence of babalon that could be described. the ritual itself is open

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

the "voodoo bag" hughes claimed, was believed to have the "power to prevent any one who carried it from being whipped" stories of conjurers who subdued whites were also prominent black magic page 12 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 in the narratives of slaves and former slaves. clara walker, an ex-bondwoman in arkansas, told of a black "witch doctor" who punished a slaveholder by creating "a little man out of mud" in his image, and then sticking a thorn into the back of the doll "sure enuff, his master go down with a misery in his back" she claimed "an de witch doctor let de thorn stay c until he thought his master had got enuff punishment. when he took it out, his master got better" perpetuated through hundreds of accounts of th

ssed the power to do harm as well as heal "goopher-doctors "two-head doctors" or "wise men" were region-specific titles for folk practitioners, as were "longheads" and "double-sighters" root workers who could be found in florida, south carolina, and georgia. throughout louisiana and mississippi, black conjure specialists were variously called "voodoos "wangateurs" and "horses "trick doctors" and "witch-doctors" dealt with the spiritual sources of misfortune "conjurer" eventually became the most commonly used term for african american supernatural practitioners, but it is unclear precisely when the word came into its widest use. some nineteenth-century witnesses seemed unfamiliar with the term, as for instance frederick douglass, who remarked of one conjure practitioner in his acquaintance

symbols from christian traditions for use in their own practices and rituals. protective charms, for example, were endowed by specialists with spiritual potency "in the name of the lord" accoutrements adopted from both catholic and protestant traditions were enlisted by black conjurers for supernatural protection. the slave old divinity, a mississippi conjurer who claimed to be the grandson of a witch, was buried clutching his cherished silver medal of saint anthony and the infant jesus. w. d. siegfried, a baptist missionary who lived among the freedmen in augusta, georgia, after the civil war, complained bitterly of the sale and dissemination of religious books and pictures to african americans, who frequently adopted them as charms and protective objects. especially notorious was the "l

ic conditions in one's life, conjure and christianity offered contrasting possibilities. although sharing images and symbolism with christianity, conjure could both support and challenge traditional religious ideas. some african american specialists, for example, claimed membership in churches that tolerated their practice of acts of supernatural harming, if they were turned to positive ends "the witch-doctor c is the antidote to evil" asserted one late-nineteenth-century writer "he may keep his standing in the church, and be highly respected, if he uses his knowledge only for good" in south carolina, kin of the earlytwentieth- century black conjurer jim jordan proudly affirmed their church affiliations, which reached several generations back into slavery. jordan's biographer stated "the c

form of revelation, divination involved the consultation of spiritual forces that held hidden information and knowledge.[30] african divination traditions surfaced among blacks in america in a variety of forms. in eighteenth-century georgia a runaway slave by the name of luce peddled her spiritual gifts "cutting cards" and telling the futures of others for payment. in new england, the famous "old witch or black interpreter" chloe russell advertised her divining talents "by astrology, physiognomy, palmistry c anatomy c geometry" and the spiritual interpretation of "moles, cards and dreams" in a self-published production (see frontispiece for her portrait. from the late 1700s on through the turn of the nineteenth century, african american women and men plied their talents in an active trade

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

iovanni pico della mirandola writes his oration on the dignity of man as an introduction to 900 theses to be debated in florence (inspired by the hermetic text asclepius, available throughout the middle ages in latin and attributed to apuleius of madaura before the arrival of the greek pimander. pico della mirandola's seventy-two conclusions on the kabbalah. 1486 malleus malificarum: textbook for witch-hunters. 1488 the figure of hermes trismegistus is put into the mosaic pavement in sienna cathedral 1489 ficino's libri de vita published 1492-1555 georg agricola 1492 ferdinand and isabella expel jews from spain, center of cabalistic studies, caused dispersal and spread of jewish and cabalistic manuscripts and scholarship; discovery of the new world. 1492-1550 andres alciati, a lawyer from

etzirah" in "jewish quarterly review" 1912-13 1916 papus (i.e. g.a.v. encausse, french occultist and author dies 1918 samuel liddell macgregor mathers dies 1923 "the book of formation (sepher yetzirah" by rabbi akiba ben joseph, translated from the hebrew with annotations by stenring, knut, helsingborg, sweden through london, rider& sons. 1925 william w. wescott dies rudolph steiner dies 1921 the witch cult in western europe by m. murray. 1923 italian edition of "sefer yezriah" published by s, savini 1927: wirth publishes "the tarot of the magicians. 1928 karl preisendanz publishes vol 1 papyri graecae magicae. manly r. hall published a compilation of the "sefer yetsirah" in his "secrect teachings of all ages. 1932 "jezirah" by g. scholem in encyclopedia judaica (berlin, vol. 9, col. 104ff

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

t only the normal telepathic contact but are able to narrow the range of information from that contact to concentrate on one thing, instead of running around all over the ether like a psychic phone line operator. but none of this explains the why of it all. the answer lies in the combination of the link and the rate. remember, in the view of traditional folk magick, the link is the person. if the witch doctor sticks pins into the doll with the person's link as a part of it he is sticking the pins into the person himself. now this does not work for most people, particularly in our culture because a lot more is involved than just sticking pins into a doll. there has to be some mental stuff going on to make the link work. the radionic box eliminates that mental work, at least in the tradition

CULTUS SABBATI

ologies and tools of magical ritual- the spirit-evocation, ritual circle, wand, knife, sigil, cord, knot, charm, starry aspectation, flora and fauna, invocation, exorcism and so forth- remain more or less constant. an important dimension of magical and folk religiosity was the oneiric or dream realm. peripheral areas of european folklore retain vestigial myths which relate the oneiric location of witch -meetings, fairie convocations, and the nocturnal flight of the wild hunt. merging with christian theological conceptions the background of folk belief assisted in the formation of the stereotypical witch ritual we know as 'the witches' sabbath. from an esoteric perspective it is considered that the sabbath is the astral or dream convocation of magical ritualists' souls, animal selves, and a

DANCE OF THE WITCHES

h in turn allow for the spiritual forces invoked in acts of witchery to be experienced in such a manner that their potential for transformation is increased. their impact is on a more immediate level, one that can be experienced, in some manner, by the consciousness of the practitioner. when craft is done with heart and faith, and with skill, it is effective regardless of the state of mind of the witch; however, the pleasure and depth of the experience is increased a thousandfold when the spiritual motions of the art are made apparent. some acts of craft require the trance to be effective in any meaningful way: divination, for instance, requires a shift into a state wherein subtle realities and messages are not only apparent, but able to be communicated. i have written at length about the

you feel the need. you will discover that these two bits of advice greatly increase any rite's power and affect: the rewarding feeling of any rite is increased when the rite participants are resting in the secure awareness of the interconnectivity of all things, and celebrating every word and motion of a holy rite with the ultimate pure, focused awareness and deliberate steadiness* the key to the witch's dance is right there. not only do you have to have faith that your position in fate echoes your actions, intentions, and words into every other portion of fate, you must also take this steady. every single movement and motion in the witch's dance is to be done with full awareness. that means that from the start, you empty your mind of any desire to enter into a trance state, and you do not

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

malevolently from behind the scenes. the assault on the balancingfemale energy and the hoarding of knowledge resulted in the persecution of witches -channellers, mediums, psychics and seers of all kinds. these communications with otherrealms had been an everyday part of pre-christian life. channellers were given names likeprophets, oracles, vessels of god and such like. one of the leaders of this witch-hunt wasjerome, born in 341, who is credited with gathering the texts for the main latin version ofthe holy bible. it was jerome who persuaded the pope to outlaw channelling (psychiccommunications with other dimensions. by this single papal decree, the vessels of godbecame vessels and witches of the devil, terms still used by many christians. king jamesi, the first king of both england and s

daughters, their husbands and heirs, from thebusiness and all knowledge of it. so just because your name might be rothschild doesnot mean you are a satanist or know what is going on. i am talking about those at thetop of this empire and the same applies to all the families i mention. most members ofthese families will be shocked to find what has been going on around them. what we donot want is a witch-hunt against everyone who carries these family names or the reptilerace in general. it is those knowingly responsible we need to expose, not the innocentpuppets who happen to be in the same family or have the same name.mayer rothschild became banker and manipulator to prince william ix of hesse-hanau, another member of the black nobility reptilian bloodline, and they attendedfreemason meetin

ans called the owl by the same word that meantwitch. the greeks said the owl was sacred to athene, the ancient mesopotamian eyegoddess, and her staring owl-like images have been found throughout the middleeast.27 the owl was also the totem of lilith, the symbol of the bloodline genes passedon through the female, and other versions of the triple goddess of the moon. the owlhas been symbolised as a witch in bird form and is associated with witches in thesymbols of halloween. the symbolism of being able to see in the dark and with a 360degree range of vision are also appropriate for a brotherhood deity. these world famousbrotherhood initiates at bohemian grove burn a celtic wicker effigy at the start of theircamp to symbolise their religion. the population of britain has been manipulatedinto

alls wife to meet hillaryclinton at the halls guest villa. there mrs clinton, another cocaine user,43 performedoral sex on cathy and then insisted it was done to her.44 both president clinton andhis first lady knew cathy was a mind controlled slave and they know what is goingon. so does al gore. they keep quiet because they are part of what is going on.hillary clinton is a sixth degree illuminati witch and slave handler, according tosome researchers.45 cathy acted as a robotic messenger for clinton who was veryadept at triggering her programming, as she has stated publicly many times. clintonand bush may seem to be opponents in different political parties, but they are partof the same scam. cathy obrien says she has confirmed from her own directexperience what researchers like myself and o

DEMONIC BIBLE

crusades against the muslims but upon seeing how much more advanced the muslims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the 12th and 13th centuries, the various gnostic heresies were suppressed and many of their followers executed. the trial of the knights templar and the suppression of the various gnostic heresies were only a foreshadowing, however, of the witch-hunts and inquisitions which spanned the 14th to 17th centuries as the church condemned anyone suspected of paganism or witchcraft to death by burning. as the people labored under the oppression of the church, some began to see satan as a preferable master to jesus of nazareth. the church condemned every natural inclination as sinful and wicked. the only way to salvation, the people were tol

tter" becomes, the more people he will be able to influence directly. the quickest and most direct route to the brain is through the optic nerve. mental transmissions from the brain are sent through the optic nerve to the eyes and out through the eye cavities. this is the origin of the "evil eye" and "fascination, as well as the expression "the eyes are the window to the soul" in the middle ages, witch-hunters used to remove the eyes of "witches" so that they would not be able to look upon them and curse them. once a magician has acquired control of his own mental states (through ritual magic, and has converted the "receiver" in his brain into a "transmitter, he is able to "influence" rather than "be influenced. he may even feel contempt for those who are led around upon rash emotional whi

to the ancient ones. his son, enoch, was given to the serpent from birth. this demonic language revealed to dee during his scrying experiments is written in an ancient script which has been passed down for centuries by practitioners of the black arts (many of them unaware of its origins. this script has been called by various names, but is most commonly known today as the "theban script" or the "witch's alphabet. the formulas in this book were revealed to me in part by my unholy guardian demon, the spirit azael, and also in part by astaroth, asmodeus, moloch, and beelzebub. this book includes many of the formulas given in the demonic bible but is not the entire demonic bible, the unholy book being thousands of pages in length in its entirety. when originally revealed to me by the spirit a

DIABOLUS

in other cults outside of egypt under different names, all the while possessing the essence of which he created the adversary. set opened the paths of the two eyes (the sun and the moon- from the papyrus of ani the formula mentioned in the book of the dead refers to a magical formula which held associations to set s hostility against horus, but also their connection therein. within the luciferian witch cults set represents the magician which beheld and brought forth the possibilities within, by the unknown and darkened places does he grow strong and reside. 7 the opposing god of horus set are early manifestations of the adversary; that is to say horus represents day or the purity of fire, while set represents night and strengthening the self, and also the opposite which set purifies and ho

tic sigillic formula of the adversary. here set is the lord of sorcery, by his nature of opposition does the self grow stronger through the rebellion of stasis and the fall into darkness the face becomes a skull through self-love. modern sorcery and magick is very much driven by the gnosis of set, while hidden, one who has the eyes to recognize it obtains the luciferian and sethian potential. the witch cult in the 60 s was a growing scene of exploring hermetic occultists who have not yet thrown the drape of dullness which wicca later became. charles pace wrote to anton lavey in 1974 about gardner and wicca, mentioning that wiccan is a saxon word which means enlightened ones and not wise ones, referring to those who were enlightened from paganism to christianity. pace suggested that he gave

d masked, many were taught to summon the devil by the means of certain phrases of the bible recited backwards35. in the toad rite36, ahriman is a primal or infernal spirit mask of cain, thus through the flesh of cain does the devil first manifest and later initiate. in east anglian hereditary witchcraft, it is suggested that when cain went to nod he was greeted by the devil who made him the first witch. even with older areas of historical and hereditary craft cain as the manifestation as the first sorcerer, created by the devil, holds the true foundations of the craft which indeed separates it from it s watered down wiccan varieties. british hereditary witch nathaniel harris has written an article on cain based on his family teachings, lore and his own sorcerous study and work37. his theor

int clement, eusebius, lactantius, the abbe simonnet, and others, the entire lineage of cain were tainted. whilst god declared his will to seth by the mediation of angels, cain was gone from the sight of the lord and sought aid from the infernal one. the offspring of cain were deceived by the workings of satan so that they worshipped him. thus was diabolism born, and cain was equated as the first witch and satanist. nathaniel j. harris, witcha, a book of cunning here we are able to discern the mythology which holds cain as the first of witch blood, the fire and water embodiment of samael and lilith, that which has born cain as our 33 called algol, the sigil of the order of phosphorus, the authors current magical guild. 34 the book of thoth the moon by aleister crowley 35 secrets of the hor

e are able to discern the mythology which holds cain as the first of witch blood, the fire and water embodiment of samael and lilith, that which has born cain as our 33 called algol, the sigil of the order of phosphorus, the authors current magical guild. 34 the book of thoth the moon by aleister crowley 35 secrets of the horse whisperers, by peter bayliss 36 the toad rite, a grimoire of the toad witch by michael w. ford, succubus publishing. 37 see witcha by nathan harris. 32 prototype and initiatory model. harris points out also the invocation used to conjure cain in charles leland s aradia gospel of the witches. nathan harris writes also that some claim hereditary witchcraft is that the children are of cain, who in some traditions is also the son of adam and lilith, or the traditional m

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

an emanation of all created things. halfway between the astral and the physical. bon: the shamanic religion of tibet before the coming of buddhism, which officially supplanted it. in fact many bon beliefs and practices were absorbed into tibetan buddhism, giving it a unique, magickal character. book of shadows: a collection of rituals, prayers, charms, and other magickal information compiled by a witch (q.v) or group of witches. it varies from coven (q.v) to coven. the books of shadows of gerald b. gardner (q.v.)and alex sanders (q.v) serve as the guides for their followers. b.o.t.a; builders of the adytum: an american mystical/magickal order/organization still in existence to this day, founded by paul foster case. paul foster case was a member of the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d

ld b gardner (q.v. the first major tradition of modern wicca (q.v) a combination of neo-paganism and high ceremonial magick, much of which was "shortened" and incorrectly abbreviated from the perspective of modern magicians. gardner, gerald b: the founder of the gardnarian tradition of wicca (q.v. his book in 1954 entitled witchcraft today, was the first book about witchcraft by a self-proclaimed witch. he is considered the father of modern wicca. claimed to have been initiated into wicca (witchcraft) by the "new forest coven" of wicca in england. a one time member and leader of the o.t.o. under aleister crowley (q.v) of whom he was a student of ceremonial magick. in hebrew "strength. pronounced "gih-boor-ah" it is the fifth sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. gematria: a method of th

ent. this has been the practice of many magickal orders, including the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v; the argentium astrum [a.a (q.v; the ordo templi orientis [o.t.o (q.v; the order of the aurum solis [o.s.v (q.v; and the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v. mudra: a tantrik positioning on the hands with mystical import. murry, margaret: anthropologist whose controversial book, the witch cult in western europe, in 1921 sparked a revival of interest in witchcraft. she followed this work with a book entitled, the god of the witches. mutable: from the latin "mutare" meaning "to change" 1) movable, not firm. 2) in astrology, a term used to identify one of the three qualities (also referred to as a triplicity) indicating that a sign of the zodiac (q.v) has the trait of making all

body or an unpleasant occurrence on the astral plane. symptoms can include: headache, dizziness, grogginess, muscle soreness, etc. reprojecting and returning at a normal place will quickly overcome this problem. wicca: a word of somewhat unknown origin and meaning. although properly pronounced "wee-kah" it is usually pronounced "wick-kah" by most people today. it is the word from which the term "witch (q.v) is said to have evolved from. some sources claim the word wicca is derived from a word meaning "to bend, or shape" as in the ability of members of this faith to be able to bend, or shape their consciousness and thus reality to their wills. another source claims the word wicca came from a word meaning "wise" thus, those who follow the path of wicca are called, the "wise ones" a follower

nherent in human nature to realize individual human potential and thereby achieve harmony between the individual, the universe, and the almighty (q.v. aleister crowley (q.v) coined the term to distinguish this constant, unvarying impulse from what is called will but which is really no more than the vague impulse of the moment born of circumstance. opposite of want. wise woman: the solitary female witch (q.v) who dispensed charms and prescribed healing herbs to common inhabitants of rural villages in medieval europe. witch: a person, male or female, who practices the art and religious faith of witchcraft (q.v. see wicca. witchcraft: popularized by gerald gardner (q.v) and many others, it is a peaceful religion based on the worship of the generative forces in nature. witches generally worshi

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

tion of it and one cannot talk about. i am of the opinion that psychic attacks are far commoner than is generally realised, even by occultists themselves. certainly the general public has no conception at all of the sort of things that are done by people who have a knowledge of the powers of the human mind and set to work to exploit them. i am convinced that this factor played a large part in the witch-cult, and was the real cause of the universal horror and detestation of the witch. these powers have always been known to students of occultism, but nowadays they are known and used by people who would be exceedingly surprised to find who are their fellow-practitioners. mrs. eddy, the founder of christian science, stumbled on to these methods empirically without ever acquiring any rational k

have told this story in detail because it is a useful illustration of the manner in which the little-known powers of the mind can be abused by an unscrupulous person. first-hand experience is of far more value than any amount of illustration from the pages of history, however well authenticated. if such a transaction had taken place during the middle ages, the parish priest would have organised a witch-hunt. in the light of my own experiences i am not at all surprised that people who had acquired a reputation for the practice of witchcraft were lynched, the methods are so terrible and so intangible. we may think the records of the witch-trials are ridiculous, with their tales of wax images melting in front of slow fires, or the crucifying of christened toads, or the reciting of little jing

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

find save in terms of the occult hypotheses. it may be possible to explain away each individual case mentioned in these pages by alleging hallucination, fraud, hysteria, or plain lying, but it is not possible to explain the sum-total of them in this way. there cannot be so much smoke without some fire. it is not possible that 8 of 103 the prestige of the magician in antiquity and the dread of the witch in the middle ages could have arisen without some basis in experience. the vapourings of the wise woman would be no more heeded than those of the village idiot if no painful consequences had ever been found to follow upon them. fear was the motive of these persecutions, and fear founded upon bitter experience; for it was not officialdom which incited the witch-burnings, but whole country-sid

s in experience. the vapourings of the wise woman would be no more heeded than those of the village idiot if no painful consequences had ever been found to follow upon them. fear was the motive of these persecutions, and fear founded upon bitter experience; for it was not officialdom which incited the witch-burnings, but whole country-sides that rose up for a lynching. the universal horror of the witch must have some cause behind it. the labyrinthine windings of the left-hand path are as extensive as they are devious; but while exposing them in something, at any rate, of their horror, i still maintain that the right-hand path of initiation and occult knowledge is a way to the loftiest mystical experiences and a means of lifting the burden of human suffering. not every student of this knowl

DONALDTYSON BLACKMAS

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

nd defilement of christianity is one of the key features of the true black mass, the mass performed in the church of satan falls short of perfection. the concept of the black mass has no meaning outside of christianity. it was a fantasy created by the priests of the inquisition as the worst thing they could possibly accuse supposed witches of doing. after it became a part of the literature of the witch craze in various incomplete forms, and was widely accepted as historical fact, it was on rare occasions recreated from these accounts and performed by groups of 18th and 19th century decadents looking for magical power and cheap sexual thrills. the black mass only ever truly existed in all its dark glory in the form of these staged re-creations. the belief was that the black mass derived its

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

er into water and watch to see whether or not the accused witch sank. if the unfortunate person sank, she was declared innocent. presumably someone tried to fish her out before she drowned, although this is not stated when this form of witch test is mentioned in the histories. this method of testing a witch is at least as old as pliny's source, which places it before the time of christ. the term "witch" was used in an extremely negative way in past centuries. it was a catch-all term for sorcerers, murders, poisoners, baby-killers, heretics and other wicked types. what they had in common was the belief by their accusers- usually an incorrect belief- that they accomplished their evil deeds through the agency of black magic. it is important to realize that the witches of modern times are sane

aby-killers, heretics and other wicked types. what they had in common was the belief by their accusers- usually an incorrect belief- that they accomplished their evil deeds through the agency of black magic. it is important to realize that the witches of modern times are sane, decent folks who do not perform black magic. nor do they have the evil eye. there is nothing in common between the modern witch and the poor unfortunate innocents falsely accused in the middle ages of witchcraft. nor is there any similarity between the modern witch and the ugly fantasy that existed in the minds of the medieval witch-finders. in addition to those accused of sorcery and witchcraft, certain animals were also believed by the ancient greeks and romans to have the power of the evil eye. one such beast was

held with regard to the hyena by the ancient romans. belief in the evil eye has never ceased since the dawn of recorded history. it is still widely held in the mediterranean region, where it has persisted in exactly the same form for thousands of years in an unbroken tradition. it is said to be especially common among the working classes in italy, greece and sicily. even in modern africa, tribal witch hunts are conducted against those unfortunate citizens accused by their neighbors of having the evil eye, and of causing bad luck or sickness by their mere glance. countless innocent individuals, men and woman, have been murdered on the twin charges of witchcraft and the evil eye. it would be difficult to maintain that there is no such thing as the evil eye, when the belief is so widespread

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your heart that you are now free from the curse. fold the paper twice, dig a hole in the ground, and bury the paper under the earth where it will lie undisturbed in darkness. your will suffer no more misfortunes. return h nhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about familiars (names of familiar spirits residing in animal hosts) as is true of so many aspects of western occultism, the witch's familiar had its origin in shamanism. every shaman has his own totemic beast, with whom he believed himself to be related by blood. the great spirit of that animal's species, a larger all-white beast that possessed the power of speech, watched over the shaman and protected him from harm, and also taught the shaman occult secrets. in the middle ages, the inquisitors of the catholic church b

s own totemic beast, with whom he believed himself to be related by blood. the great spirit of that animal's species, a larger all-white beast that possessed the power of speech, watched over the shaman and protected him from harm, and also taught the shaman occult secrets. in the middle ages, the inquisitors of the catholic church believed the pets of accused witches to be possessed by demons. a witch was supposed to feed her familiar spirit with her own blood, which the animal sucked from her body at a special nipple that became known as a witch's mark. this nipple might be anywhere on the body. it was identifiable to the witch-finders of the inquisition because it was completely insensitive to pain. a long needle might be thrust into it without the awareness of the witch, if her eyes we

h, if her eyes were covered or averted during the operation. remember, in rural europe five centuries ago sanitation was poor. any peasant woman might be expected to have numerous unhealed sores, boils, or bites from fleas or other vermin. add to these blemishes her natural birth marks, moles and skin cancers, and you can see that it would not be difficult for a diligent nun to locate a so-called witch mark on an accused woman's body, if she searched long enough. the witch did not voluntarily keep a familiar, it was thought, but was compelled to do so by her dark lord, the devil. the familiar was the devil's way of insuring the continuing obedience of witches to his evil purposes. the familiar kept tabs on the witch, and constantly urged her on to ever greater acts of mischief. even so, it

ed woman's body, if she searched long enough. the witch did not voluntarily keep a familiar, it was thought, but was compelled to do so by her dark lord, the devil. the familiar was the devil's way of insuring the continuing obedience of witches to his evil purposes. the familiar kept tabs on the witch, and constantly urged her on to ever greater acts of mischief. even so, it was thought that the witch and her familiar were a team, both working for the devil, bound together by the witch's unholy pact. the spirit who remained in close association with the witch was the familiar, not the cat or dog or other pet that was thought to be the spirit's physical host. when an old woman suspected of witchcraft was seen by her neighbors talking to her pet cat, the common opinion was that she was conv

nholy pact. the spirit who remained in close association with the witch was the familiar, not the cat or dog or other pet that was thought to be the spirit's physical host. when an old woman suspected of witchcraft was seen by her neighbors talking to her pet cat, the common opinion was that she was conversing with her familiar demon, and plotting evil for her neighbors. the years of the european witch-crazy were hard for elderly woman, and even harder for cats, particularly black ones. black cats were associated with satan because of their color. cats became the most popular suspect for a witch's familiar because of their uncanny manner of seeming to see things that are not there, and their knowing gaze- anyone who looks into a cat's eyes can almost believe that some unearthly intelligenc

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were believed to haunt any field where a battle had been fought. this made a battlefield, particularly a recent battlefield where the blood was still fresh, an even better place to work necromancy than a graveyard. necromancy was not solely man's work. there were female necromancers in ancient greece and rome, who are usually referred to, under the much abused umbrella term, as witches. the term witch has been far too broadly applied in english texts to anyone who worked, or was believed to work, evil by magic. necromancy was a very specific type of magic, as i have indicated, and was not necessarily always worked for evil purposes. because traditional necromancy used blood and corpses, and was worked in places where people had died, been executed or lay buried, it was universally abhorre

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

d in such general terms that it can hardly miss will always contain a little something for everybody. essays by anton lavey in, e.g, the devil s notebook and satan speaks! and his general admiration of con artists including p. t. barnum indicate that anton lavey was keenly aware of the methods employed by people making a living off the money they could trick from unsuspecting victims. the satanic witch [58, also by anton lavey, and its extensive reference is a veritable cornucopia of useful techniques to beguile unwary people into following one s wishes. the double-talking and two-facing of the church of satan s current administration provides followers and prospective followers with just what they want to hear, hiding the many opposing views, which are told only to other people that want

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ny individual among the trembling circle of zulus to whom a touch from the whisk they carry is a sentence of instant death. the zulu witchfinders were attended by a circle of girls and women who, like a greek chorus, clapped their hands and repeated a low chant, the measure and rhythm of which changed at times with a stomp and a swing of the arm. ceremonial dress was also an important part of the witch doctor s role, for such things appealed directly to the imagination of the crowd and prepared onlookers to be readily swayed by the necromancer s devices. one of the witchfinders, nozinyanga, was especially encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. africa 13 impressive. her fierce face, spotted with gouts of red paint on cheek and brow, was partly overshadowed by a helmetlike plume

. the witchfinders took their places in the center, and as they gradually worked themselves up to an ecstatic state, resembling possession, they lightly switched with their quaggatail one of the trembling spectators, who was immediately dragged away and butchered, along with all of his or her relatives and livestock. sometimes a whole kraal was exterminated in this way, so reminiscent of european witch-hunts. barker also described a sorceress named nozilwane, whose wistful glance, she noticed, had in it something uncanny and uncomfortable. she was dressed beautifully in lynx skins folded over and over from waist to knee, the upper part of her body covered by strings of wild beasts teeth and fangs, beads, skeins of gaily colored yarn, strips of snakeskin, and fringes of angora goat fleece

priest who intervened with the spirits and deities.two capacities in which his influence was necessarily very powerful.he was also a witchfinder, and this office invested him with a truly formidable africa encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 14 authority. when a man of worth died, his death was invariably ascribed to witchcraft, and the aid of the priest was invoked to discover the witch. when a man was sick a long time, his neighbors called ngembi, and if she could not make him well, they called the priest. he came at night, in a white dress, with cock s feathers on his head, carrying a bell and a little glass. he called two or three of the victim s relatives together. he did not speak, but always looked in his glass. then he told them that the sickness was not of mbwiri, n

rs called ngembi, and if she could not make him well, they called the priest. he came at night, in a white dress, with cock s feathers on his head, carrying a bell and a little glass. he called two or three of the victim s relatives together. he did not speak, but always looked in his glass. then he told them that the sickness was not of mbwiri, nor of a ghost, nor of god, but that it came from a witch. they would say to him, what shall we do? he would then go out and say, i have told you. i have no more to say. they then gave him a dollar s worth of cloth, and every night they gathered together in the street and cried, i know that man who bewitched my brother. it is good for you to make him well. then the witch made him well. if the man did not recover they called the bush doctor from the

treet and cried, i know that man who bewitched my brother. it is good for you to make him well. then the witch made him well. if the man did not recover they called the bush doctor from the shekani country. at night he went into the street; all the people flocked about him. with a tiger skin in his hand, he walked to and fro, until, singing all the while, he laid the tiger skin at the feet of the witch. at the conclusion of his song the people seized the witch and put him or her in chains, saying, if you don t restore our brother to health, we will kill you. western occultism in africa today more than 100 million africans follow a form of islamic faith, and an almost equal number some form of christianity. in addition to roman catholic and protestant faiths, there are many variant forms of

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york: dover, 1986. the house of souls. 1906. reprint, freeport, n.y: books for libraries press, 1971. the terror. 1917. reprint, new york: w. w. norton, 1965. reynolds, aidan, and william charlton. arthur machen: a short account of his life and work. london, 1963. 951 sullivan, jack, ed. the penguin encyclopedia of horror and the supernatural. new york: viking, 1986. macionica slavonic name for a witch (see slavs) mackenzie, kenneth r(obert) h(enderson (1833.1886) prominent british occultist, an honorary magus of the societas rosicruciana in anglia, and a member of the hermetic society of the golden dawn. during 1858.59 he edited four issues of biological review, devoted to spiritualism, homeopathy, and electro-dentistry. mackenzie was born on october 31, 1833, in london. the following yea

s its contrary. the idea of contiguity assumes that whatever has once formed part of an object continues to form part of it. thus, if a magician can obtain a portion of a person s hair, he can work harm upon that person through the invisible bonds that are believed to extend between the individual and the hair in the magician s possession. it was commonly believed that if the animal familiar of a witch is wounded, the wound will manifest on the witch herself (see werewolf. this is called repercussion. it was also widely assumed that if the magician procures the name of a person he can gain dominion over that person. this arose from the idea that the name of an individual is the same as the person himself. the doctrine of the incommunicable name, the hidden name of the god or magician, has

method of pronouncing rites is also of great importance. archaic or foreign expressions are usually found in spells both ancient and modern, and the tone in which the incantation is spoken is no less important than its exactness. rhythm is often employed to aid memory (see also mantra) the magician in early society the magic practitioner, a term that includes the shaman, medicine man, piage, and witch doctor, held his or her position by hereditary right; by an accident of birth, like being the seventh son of a seventh son; through revelation from the gods; or through his mastery of ritual. the shaman operated like a medium, for instead of summoning the powers of the air at his bidding, as did the magicians of medieval days, he found it necessary to throw himself into a trance and seek the

ed with a priest of the diocese of frisingen, who declared that he had in his younger days been carried through the air by a demon to a place at a very great distance from the spot whence he had been taken. another priest, his friend, declared that he had seen him carried away, and that he appeared to him to be borne up on a kind of cloud. at baldshut, on the rhine, in the diocese of constance, a witch confessed, that offended at not having been invited to the wedding of an acquaintance, she had caused herself to be carried through the air in open daylight to the top of a neighbouring mountain, and there, having made a hole with her hands and filled it with water, she had, by stirring the water with certain incantations caused a heavy storm to burst forth on the heads of the wedding-party;

ed as if asleep, and was insensible, but he perceived a kind of cloudy vapour arise out of her mouth, and vanish from the room in which she lay.this after a time returned, and she then awoke, and gave an account of her adventures, as though she had been carried bodily to the assembly. the witches of the malleus maleficarum appear to have been more injurious to horses and cattle than to mankind. a witch at ravenspurg confessed that she had killed twenty-three horses by sorcery. we are led to wonder most at the ease with which people are brought to bear witness to things utterly beyond the limits of belief. a man of the name of stauff in the territory of berne, declared that when pursued by the agents of justice, he escaped by taking the form of a mouse; and persons were found to testify tha

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

so the irvings related, gef s visitations became rarer and rarer. by 1938 or so he was heard from for the last time. by then the whole outlandish affair had fallen into obscurity. it was too much even for the most sensationalistic newspapers; and parapsychologists, who first took it to be an exotic poltergeist case, did not know what to make of it. the only precedent for something like gef was a witch s familiar (an animal form in which witches are sometimes said to appear, and on the isle of man in the 1930s, belief in witchcraft had largely passed. though investigators looked carefully for it, only one caught the irvings in anything that looked like suspect activity. from the beginning, skeptics wondered if gef weren t a fiction created by skilled ventriloquism. early in the course of t

the old hag is a folk expression popular, for example, in newfoundland for the par- 192 oints ticular experience that gave rise to the word nightmare. nightmare has come to be a synonym for bad dream, but traditionally nightmare (from the anglo-saxon nicht [night] and mara [incubus or succubus) referred to a specific nocturnal experience. a menacing supernatural entity, often perceived as an ugly witch, enters a bedroom and sits on the witness s chest, leaving him or her with the sensation of being crushed. all the while the victim lies paralyzed and helpless. though the experience occurs frequently to americans one in six, according to a scientist who has studied the phenomenon american culture has no name for it. thus, those who undergo it are at a loss to understand it or to put it into

mental energies can create the sorts of entities reported in spiritualist s ances and poltergeist episodes. in september 1972, members of the toronto society for psychical research invented philip, laying out a detailed personal biography. a pro-royal aristocrat during england s civil war, philip fell in love with a gypsy woman but lost her when authorities tried and burned her at the stake as a witch. his failure to find a way to save her filled him with guilt and grief and prevented his soul from passing on to the afterlife, leaving it an earthbound spirit. the group, whose members included psychologist a.r.g. owen and his wife iris, began to meditate on philip in hopes that he would appear to them in some fashion. nothing happened for a year. then the group decided to try a different t

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d, fantastic son! mephistopheles we ll really ponder on what can be done when my next visits here i make. but may i for the present go away? faust why you should ask, i do not see. though we have only met today, come as you like and visit me. here is a window, here a door, for you, besides a certain chimney-flue. mephistopheles let me own up! i cannot go away; a little hindrance bids me stay. the witch s foot upon your sill i see. faust the pentagram? that s in your way? you son of hell explain to me, if that stays you, how came you in today? and how was such a spirit so betrayed? mephistopheles observe it closely! it is not well made; one angle, on the outer side of it, is just a little open, as you see. faust that was by accident a lucky hit! and are you then my captive? can that be? by

ow. altmayer with my own eyes i saw him riding through the cellar-door- upon a wine-cask too! i feel a weight like lead about my feet! turning toward the table. my god! i wonder if the wines still flow? siebel it was a swindle, lies, twas all a cheat. frosch yet i drank wine or thought it so. brander but how about the grapes? what was that anyway? altmayer one should believe no miracles? oh, say! witch s kitchen a great cauldron stands over the fire on a low hearth. in the steam which rises from it, various figures become visible. a female ape sits by the cauldron and skims the foam off it, taking care that it does not run over. the male ape, with the young apes sits beside it and warms himself. walls and ceiling are decked out with the strangest articles of witches furniture. faust. mephi

ishment of food that is not mixed; live with the beasts as beast, nor deem it base to spread the field you reap with your own dung. be sure, this method s best in any case, though eighty years of age, still to be young. faust i am not used to that; i can t submit to take the spade in hand and dig and ditch. for me a narrow life is quite unfit. mephistopheles so then there is no help save from the witch. faust but why the old beldame? what is your notion? can you yourself not brew the potion? mephistopheles that were a lovely pastime on my part! meanwhile a thousand bridges i could rear. we can t depend alone on science or on art, the work demands a deal of patience too. a quiet spirit s busy many a year, for time alone produces potent brew. and all that is a part of it is wondrous as one m

reel. the beasts and if we succeed and all fits indeed, will thoughts in it be! faust [as above. my breast begins to burn in me! let s go away immediately! mephistopheles [in the same attitude as above. well, now at least one has to say, there are some honest poets anyway. the cauldron which the female ape has neglected, begins to boil over; a great flame arises which streams up the chimney. the witch comes careering down through the flame with horrible cries. the witch ow! ow! ow! ow! you damned beast! accursed sow! neglecting kettle, scorching me now! accursed beast! espying faust and mephistopheles. what is that here? who are you here? what will you wreak? who is the sneak? may pangs of hell burn your bones well! she plunges the skimming-ladle into the cauldron and sprinkles flames tow

angs of hell burn your bones well! she plunges the skimming-ladle into the cauldron and sprinkles flames toward faust, mephistopheles, and the beasts. the beasts whimper. mephistopheles [who reverses the brush which he has been holding and strikes among the glasses and pots. in two! in two! there lies the brew! there lies the glass! let the joke pass as beat, you ass, to melodies from you! as the witch steps back full of rage and horror. do you know me? you skeleton! you fright! do you know me, your lord and master? what holds me back that i don t smite and crush you and your ape-sprites with disaster? have you no more respect before the doublet red? can you not recognize the tall cock s-feather? was this my face hid altogether? my name forsooth i should have said? the witch my rough salut

FIRE OF QAYIN RITE

, kindle the mystick fire upon the alter and gaze into its heart, brooding upon the inner fire and fanning it with each inhalation of breath as a blacksmith fans the forge with the bellows. the mystick fire burns at the level of the navel within the microcosm. through the hollow reed i bring down the mystick fire from heaven and draw to the earth the royal flame of the sun by my enchantments. the witch now makes burnt offerings of resinous perfumes and aromatic oils to the fire, worshipping it as the light of the horned goat-angel and also contemplating it as the fiery essence of the daimon/genius within. horned father of the hidden craft, mighty tubal qayin, o brother of naamah-lilith, who didst descend as a serpent of the lightning upon earth s ancient mountains, o bringer of light, hear

FLY THE LIGHT

he original priestess of fuck and whore of the shadowed ones (the fallen angels. alone and divided is connected with malkuth, earth and the demoness naamah (meaning pleasant, a bride of samael and considered a sister of cain according to some lore. the line of i am no longer abel to conceal what i have become, cain is revered in hereditary and independent luciferian witchcraft covens as the first witch and satanist who had joined in a covenant with the devil in nod. in addition some initiatory grimoires present cain as being the son of samael (satan) and lilith (through possession of eve via the fruit given by the serpent. cain is thus a symbol of the self which transforms itself through dissatisfaction. fly the light is in part a symbol of the transformation through the seven heads of the

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

ft may have subconsciously communicated the book of dead names from the same source? in his realisation of the cthulhu mythos, lovecraft also drew upon a wide range of sources from the historical occult tradition, and from the literary material pertaining to it. in his essay, supernatural horror in literature, he mentions academic works such as frazer s the golden bough, and margaret murray s the witch cult in western europe, as well as authentic grimoires such as the keys of solomon and dr. john dee s book of enoch, or liber logaeth. he had also read waite s collection of medieval texts, the book of black magic and pacts, macgregor mathers translation of the sacred magic of abra-melin the sage, and cotton mathers, wonders of the invisible world, which documents the witchcraft phenomena ce

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and infamous life, austin osman spare's existence certainly seemed to befit only a footnote. despite his various publications after the turn of the century, he remained practically unnoticed until the late sixties. he was born in 1886, the son of a london police officer, and we know very little about his childhood. he claimed to have experienced while a child an initiation of sorts by an elderly witch, one mrs. paterson who, as far as we know, must have been quite a wiccan-like character. spare found his intellectual and creative vocation as an artist and illustrator, and he attended the royal college of art where he soon was celebrated as a forthcoming young artist. but he rebelled against a bourgeois middle-class career in the arts. disgusted by commercialism, he retreated from the arti

ced by aleister crowley. timothy leary fs and robert anton wilson fs cir-cuits.just as we have evolved, so has the gcircuitry of our brains. h we have eight circuits, and each can be opened by various means. reaching a higher level allows a person greater personal and magical power, as well as greater awareness of the universe. ally pronounced gwee-cha, h it is the source for the more common word witch. many witches prefer the term wicca as it does not have all of t th word gwitch. h comments th the ame er member of the iot n a si eiser, inc, 1975. 129 1. one has only to think of the unfortunate development which occurred to a name like astarte (ishtar) in the course of centuries.an erstwhile chaldean moon goddess developed in the middle ages via the addition of the plural ending goth h in

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stament: in 1st samuel 19, king james version, naioth is spoken of as a place where a school of prophets and seers dwelt, samuel among others. naioth is the feminine plural of naja, a serpent, which we have already mentioned as being an egyptian word used in the bible. in the latin version the same place is spoken of as naim, and eusebius says it was located near endor, famous as the abode of the witch, through whose instrumentality saul spoke with samuel after the latter had passed on. but it is not to be supposed that naioth and naim are places, or that they were used interchangeably. they describe two widely different classes of spiritually gifted people, which the ancient egyptians had marked by placing the uraeus upon the brows of one and at the navels of the other. the latter were me

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

alker, in her occult book, now is the dawning, p. 281. egyptians believed that the phoenix was the representative of a god who "rose to heaven in the form of a morning star, like lucifer, after his fire-immolation of death and rebirth" wow! in one sweet, short, and simple sentence, we have conclusive proof that the phoenix bird is a symbol of lucifer! listen now to the testimony of another former witch, william schnoebelen, in his book, satan's door revisited, p. 4 "the phoenix, of bunnu is believed to be a divine bird going back to egypt. this phoenix destroys itself in flames and then rises from the ashes. most occultists believe that the phoenix is a symbol of lucifer who was cast down in flames and who. will one day rise triumphant. this [belief] also relates to the raising of hiram ab

of a special kind of demon called a 'trud, and used it in ceremonies both to call up demons and to keep them away [gary jennings, black magic, white magic, eau claire, wi, the dial press, 1964, p. 51. also harry e. wedeck, treasury of witchcraft, new york, philosophical library, 1961, p. 135] the hexagram is used to conjure up demons, making them appear in this dimension to do the bidding of the witch. doc marquis (former illuminist satanist) confirms that hexagrams are used to call forth demons to place spells and curses on the intended victim. the word "hex" comes from this practice. the hexagram is also a symbol of the sex act and reproduction. masonic author, albert g. mackey provides us with the occult explanation in his book, the symbolism of freemasonry [p. 195, 1869 a.d] the trian

965, p. 132, wes cook, editor] if this has not become evident to you, the occultist, the paganist, worship sex. they also worship most everything in nature, which fulfills the biblical definition of a paganist in romans 1:25 "because they exchanged the truth of god for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the creator" speaking of the sexual connotation of the hexagram, another witch revealed "when the male triangle penetrates the female triangle, it produces the six pointed crest of solomon or hexagram, the most wicked symbol in witchcraft [david j. meyer, dancing with demons: the music's real master] the hexagram is the sign used in the royal arch in freemasonry. masonic author wes cook, writing in did you know? vignettes in masonry from the royal arch mason magazine [

tar, the goats head of mendes. this is one of the infernal names of satan within satanism. in looking at the eastern star goatshead (above right, the star itself is a goatshead, and the star in the middle is a plain goatshead, which is within an inverted pentacle. in one symbol there are three instances of inverted pentagrams. so, just how important is the pentagram to the satanist? listen to the witch of salem, massachusetts, laura cabot, on this question. in her book, power of the witch: the earth, the moon, and the magical path to enlightenment, 1989, p. 90, cabot says "it really isn't that difficult to distinguish the craft from satanism. witches wear the pentacle with the point up. satanists reverse it with the point down" once we examine the two symbols above, both masonic, we can on

t up. satanists reverse it with the point down" once we examine the two symbols above, both masonic, we can only conclude that freemasonry admittedly serves both the "good lucifer" and the "evil satan" cabot has more to say on page 93, about the significance of the pentagram to witchcraft "it [pentagram] consists of a five-pointed star inside a circle. it is the key symbol of the craft. it is the witch's mandala [emphasis added] the pentagram, inside a circle or with no circle, is the key symbol of witchcraft. both "good" and "evil" pentagrams are within freemasonry in abundance. the triangle- continued from previous article the triangle wasn't the first subject mentioned on this page because the pentagram is far more important to their practice of witchcraft. the triangle is part and parc

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

e and waite has gone. perhaps only the secret chiefs remain. in1966a box was found on the beach near seisey bill which had fallen from the cliffsinwhich it had been buried.itcontained the robes, banners and magical instruments of maiya tranchell255 hayes,buthighmagic was quite unknown to the experts to whom the finders took it. they said that 'the contents had80thegoldendawnprobably belonged to a witch'.suchisthe rewardofthe hermetic student.references: 1.themanifesto is printed as appendix gofthis book.2.a.e.waite,shadowso/lifeandthought(1938),p. 184. 3.[com. stoddart],lightbearersa/darkness(1930),p.872674-ibid, p. 91.5.see howe,magiciansofthegoldendawn,p.2ft].6.quoted in kennethgrantthemagicalrevival,p.177.7.dion fortune 'ceremonial magic unveiled',intheoccultreview,vol.57.no.i(january19

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

ed spiritualisticf mediums,.the ancients commonly believed that aged men indying:could foresee the future; this originated the idea expressed by) the modern poet campbell, who wrote:'tisthe sunsetoflife which gives me mystical loreandcoming events casttheirshadows before.necromancy attempts at the evocation of the souls of the dead have been made at all ages; a notable instance is recorded of the witch of endor: this subject has been treated in a separate essay. by means of a ceremonial, a special ritual and prayers, the magicians of medieval europe were notable in the practice of this art, which was however performed with the utmost secrecy, from fear of the inquisition or of condemnation for witchcraft. in our times, necromancy has been replaced by spiritualism,divination and its history

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

vil of the tarot,butcolossal and attenuated;thatof asmodaias 225 bloated, bestial man, but in a crouching position. atthesouth-east angle are placedtheevil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a' thousand-headedhydraserpent; and the elder lilith,thewife ofsamael,awoman with an ever-changing and distorted countenance. at the north-east angle is aggerath,thedaughter of machalath, a fiendish witch with serpent hair enthroned in a chariot drawn by an ox and an ass. at the north-west angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance,butstanding upright as it were, and formed of putrefying water. after .267him cometh. the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closely-veiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is avast w

or.banishing evil things was. to devote them to typhon apophis, from whom they came, and then to expel and banishhimand them bag and baggage, in order that the power of ra to bless the earth and the dwellers thereon might be re-established, and this power belonged to the priest" initiates of the temples.forthe casting out of evil, then, the rituals were devised, and this seems a long way from the witch's cursings. but we have to remember thatinancient egypt, as in medieval europe, evil was a term of very varying significance, and one thinks perhaps the hierophant's conception of evil might sometimes have been merely that which was personally annoying to himself. after all, this is but human nature, and we can. readily imagine that if a farmer on old nile should withold his temple dues, and

by abbe hue of the tibetans. a distinction strikes one at once in comparing these modern rituals with that against apophi.thewax image in the latter case was that of the great bad god himself, and it was his name that was written in green ink. but the witches never, so far as is recorded, made an image of the devil. the reason of this becomes evident at once when we reflect that to the mediaeval witch the devil was not the bad god, but on the contrary he was to her the bountiful bestower of all delights, the good god whom she delighted to honour. according to isabel goudie and her circle the devil was a lover more delightful than any man. and though some of them do say in their confessions'thelord forgive me for speaking of him as a man' this interpolation belonged to their penitence, and

ed to use the formula often, as a christian of today might be directed to be regular and diligent in his devotions.iwouldhere.caution the student to beware of the very common errorofassumingthat old mythologies are nothingbutweather myths, and. the old ceremonial magic no morethanan attempttocontrol the weather, in fact a sort of glorified prayer for rainorfine weather, a matter whereinan african witch-doctor can usually give many points to the parson. arcient egypt gives us the key. the old wisdom255 religions go right to the heart of things, to the inner spiritualegyptianritual and modernwitchcraff135causes of outward material phenomena. and operating there by means of ceremonial formulae the outward effect followed. weatherwasone of the commonest examples,and,it was said,one..of the eas

manner as the beneficent rain might be invoked in time of drought in the nile valley; and again 267by material actions, coupled with appropriate. words. isabel goudie employed a wetcloutbeaten with a wooden beetle. and the words as quoted by the witches were often a degraded corruption of psalms and church rituals. the evil against which the spells were directed. wasthatwhich was obnoxious to the witch herself; the enemies devoted to the powers ofill,and ceremonially cursed, were those who had offended her. the good sought was -the gratification of her own passions, the product of selfishness, envy ,malice, spite, jealousy, or the like, often developing into the pure delight in doing. harm for the pleasure of cruelty. in. the accurate and scientific system of ancient egypt we may find thed

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

n something that which you are not comfortable in working with. do not on the other hand fear the very forces which you seek to command, be it angelic or demonic. black witchcraft is working with averse or black forces which are translated as shadow aspects of the sorcerers psyche. these shadows of the self are essential to our own selfdevelopment and becoming as individuals. it requires that the witch be well disciplined and also well balanced, save from the gates of failure and madness. to look into the eye of set and lilith-hecate or even ahriman is to face off forces which would devour any not prepared to become bearers of the black flame, a luciferian spirit themselves. once this pact is made, when the sigillium diaboli is upon the mind, spirit and body, then there is no turning back

fire-djinn of the southern quarter, be the torch which would ignite me, immolate me in your presence, as your child on the path of shadow unto light. samael great dragon transformed, i summon thee as fulmino-lucifer, the morning star of the east, the serpent-angel of the emerald crown who fell to earth awaken now and open forth the gates of the imagination by air and dream. mahazael father of the witch spirit, who blesses and curses under the hidden and bright moon, i do summon thee forth unto me, initiator of flame and iron, come thou forth unto this circle. horned beast and angel perfected, awaken to my northern calls of the earth! in hearth and forest shall you walk with me; in shadowed valley shall you walk as me; in desert and mountain shall you carry my body in thy circle of being! m

(the sigillic word formula of azazel and lucifer, used as the initiator or genius of the holy guardian angel rite presented in this edition) babalon (the power form of the goddess from lilith hecate az, the daemonic feminine) lilith (the queen of the sabbat the vampyre, the lady of the crimson caul, the mother of cain and the creator of succubi) these names as scribed around the circle are in the witch-language commonly known as theban. this provides a yet known but unseen sigillic formula not indifferent from the alphabet of desire, as suggested by austin osman spare (see the book of pleasure, 93 publishing, quebec canada. 22 23 the evocation circle/triangle in regard to the goetic triangle of evocation, a distinction should be presented. the three points of the triangle refers to the thr

ut at the will of the sorcerer, will change shape to a human male. bifrons is a necromantic spirit, who governs the realm of shades; he may bring one close to various shades of the dead, but often they are not who they claim to be. be cautious but be indulgent with this spirit as well. bifrons may change the place of dead bodies, being the binding of ghosts to various fetishes or pots, and lights witch fire on the graves of the dead. bifrons governs 6 legions of spirits, and will also teach the virtues of stones and wood, thus being a spirit long bound to the earth. u uvall vual/voval is the forty-seventh spirit who is a duke. uvall appears as a large dromedary but will take a human shape, hooded in middle eastern fashion, at the command of the sorcerer. uvall speaks in an egyptian manner

s. murmur is a spirit of necromancy, who constrains shades of the dead and the deceased to come forth and answer the sorcerer. murmus was once an angel of the order of thrones but now governs 30 legions of spirits. murmur may also, at the command of the sorcerer, send forth shades of the dead to encircle the self and strengthen the astral body and to bring voices of insight or divination unto the witch summoning. he may also send the shades of the dead, often infernal spirits to haunt those who the sorcerer may desire. 3 orobas orobas is the fifty-fifth spirit who is a great prince. he appears in the form of a two legged horse, who will put on a human form at the desire of the magician. he inspires divination and brings impulses or intuition regarding things of the past, for instance if a

GOLDEN CHAIN AND THE LONELY ROAD

lt' are known as 'the dragon's horns. it is considered a worthy aspiration for a wayfarer to realise the union of the twain: the non-dual path of the double-way. because of this dual emphasis, it is considered that only those with the capacity for receiving teachings and who bear the marks of 'unique transmission- whatever the degree of manifestation- should be invited into the formal sodality. a witch born to the path may still spend many years struggling to make manifest that which lies within and yet by vertu of the traditional rites an uncommon fate may be swiftly seized; unto such individuals the process of tuition is in truth a path of remembrance: a reclamation of ancient birthright. mystery rites: the lineages of magistry a customary demonstration of 'attaining the dragon's horns (

mpowerment. where dream-teachings are ongoing, there the pilgrim may be said to 'walk the green road- the way of elphame. it is considered a sign of magical veracity if one's magical name was dreamed, by oneself or one's teacher. furthermore, an oneiric origin for a mystery-rite is held in great esteem and is considered a guarantor of its spiritual provenance as a boon from the faithful gods, the witch-fathers and wise-blooded mothers. entheogenic initiation: the witches' supper another form of initiation is that which is bestowed through the sacramental use of entheogenic or psychotropic agents. within traditional craft observance this is a method of psychic transformation used principally by experienced adepts as part of their on-going solitary initiation into the mysteries. here it must

ction between the aspirant and the initiator. the opening of the eyes, the placing of the step, the turning to-and-fro between directions, the on-lay of the hand, the sojourn, the flight, the labour, the rest..all may show forth the work of mahazhael's hand. 0/iv. the great lineage: the path of true witchblood- whether it is by kinship, rite, vision or divine election, that one is made a 'knowing witch, it is by birth and by birth alone that one is chosen and branded with the sign of liberty 'the mark of cain. solely those whose aethyr bears this seal of power partake in the one true lineage of 'witchblood. though its design is cast though countless ways, it is ever the path of one. the force of the initiator, the spirit of perfect gnostic realisation, is perpetually acting upon the field

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

from the geology and the astronomy in the future. in addition, nobody s yet made a really detailed study of the pyramid texts from anything other than the so-called anthropological perspective, which means a preconceived notion that the priests of heliopolis were a bunch of half-civilized witchdoctors who wanted to live for ever. actually they did want to live for ever but they certainly weren t witch-doctors. they were highly civilized, highly initiated men and they were, in their own fashion, scientists, as we can judge from their works. therefore i suggest that it s as scientific or at least quasi-scientific documents that the pyramid texts need to be read, not as mumbo-jumbo. i m already satisfied that they respond to precessional astronomy. there may be other keys too: mathematics, g

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

s obedient to divine law, not to human society. in fact, he is often considered a renegade or eccentric by society and has historically been feared and shunned through misunderstanding. he is portrayed as the evil wizard with a pointed hat and flowing beard who speaks in ambiguities and casts curses and evil spells on the townfolk at a whim. middle age literature has stereotyped him into either a witch or warlock depending on sex. because 2 5 8 259 he/she is always speaking against christianity, he/she is 'ipso facto' evil. the truth, as is often the case, is not what it seems on the surface. the vrelp is equivalent to an exempt adept( the adeptus exemptus of the golden dawn. as such he (or she as the case might be) has realized that right and wrong are relative views and that morality its

, sacrifice, dedication to others reversed: egoity, egoism, seduction, conceit 11 ikh anticipation, tension, hope, expectation, readiness reversed: fear, surprise, lack of preparation 10 zax confusion, incoherence, madness, insanity, subconscious control reversed: order, structure, rationality, conscious control 9 zip bliss, ecstasy, femininity (maiden) reversed: pain, discord, femininity (crone, witch) 8 zid truth, identity, reality, masculinity (lover, husband) reversed: unreality, deception, masculinity (boy) 7 deo love of others, freedom reversed: love of self, restriction 6 maz creative power, action without karma reversed: destructive power, action with karma 5 ut truth, outcome, success, the right path reversed: error, failure, the wrong path 4 paz good relationships, attraction of

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

lysses. preface. xxvll in all that i had gathered by a careful comparison of original authorities on sorcery and witches, he of course can see neither circumspectness nor moderation, who gravely imagines that witchcraft was once a reality, who from the minutes of a single trial in 1628 jumps at once to the greek dionysia, makes the devil dionysus, and warms up again the stale explanation of hexe (witch) from hecate. this is allowing the devil a great antiquity in comparison with those heroes; to me eeinhart and isengrim seem to reach up far higher than the -ninth century, and siegfried even beyond arminius, therefore a long way before the time when the term devil first came into our language. several designations of the giants are unmistakably connected with the names of surrounding nation

kably connected with the names of surrounding nations; mone's view applies them to indians, frisians, persians, according as the words ent and wrise suit his purpose; let no one be startled to find that caucasus comes from our gouchsberg (cuckoo's hill! a later work, whose merits i acknowledge on p ]070n, comes in not unseasonably here. soldan agrees in my opinion on the atrocity and folly of the witch-persecutions, but he would dispute the connection of witches with german mythology, and derive all our magic and demonology from the greeks and komans again. the resemblance of the medigeval notions to classical antiquity strikes him so forcibly, that he seems to think, either that germany and all barbarian europe till their early contact with the romans were without any magic or belief in g

(p. 860-1, and believed in a paradise, a renovated world, deified heroes; its gods resemble more those of greece, its superstition more that of rome' tanta gentium in rebus frivolis plerumque religio est' the question has been gravely asked, whether the heathen pkeface. iv gods really existed; and i feel disgust at answering it. those who believe in a veritable devil and a hell, who would burn a witch with a will, may feel inclined to affirm it, thinking to support the miracles of the church by the evidence of this other miracle, that in the false gods she had crushed actual fiends and fallen angels. having observed that her language, laws and antiquities were greatly underrated, i was wishful to exalt my native land. to me one labour became the other: what was evidence there was also a c

s (light of wights, sprites; swed. lys-eld, hjmguhhe; eiigl, with that fondness for christening which we noticed under homesprites (p. 504, will with a wisp, jack in a lanthorn. lat. ignis fatuus (ann. corbei. an. 103-1; fi\ feu follet (follis, p. sos, ffouet (pluquet's contes p. 13, farfadet, sauterai, also, ace. to mem. des ant. 4, 406, a iiuela incomprehensible to me. slovea. vezha (butterfly, witch, shkopnik -niak (straw-man, from shkopa, mhg. schoup, smotava (from smota, error, slep ogeni (blind fire; svetijlko (light, dim, hliulicka (from blud, error; pol. hlednica; hans. hladne swieczke 'r,nss. hliididsjicliig ogoni. i do not know any very old names even in teutonic languages, unless it be irreganc and girregar in a konigsberg ms (grundr. 345; but irreganc in ls. 2, 314 is the name

nd summer's bough' then follow seven spells, given in the meckl. jb. 5, 1 10 7. that simile of conrad's makes us imagine a single slender rod. several sorts were distinguished, at least in later times: fire-rod, burn-rod, burst-rod, strike-rod, quakerod. the hazel was not used for all, some were made of brass wire, and perhaps of gold. in lower germany they say wickerode, from wicken, to play the witch, tell fortunes. it is allimportant to hold the rod correctly in the hand (grasping the two tips, so that the stem out of which they spring shall look upwards; it will answer then, the stem will turn toward the objects it has to point out, and if there are none at hand, it will keep still. some say that one point of the fork is held up firmly in each hand, and if nevertheless one of them bend

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

ion in its tosse, clumsy giant, dolt (a folk-song has tossegrefve, 4 and a norwegian dasmon bears the name tussel. the on]?urs, like several names of gods, is likewise the title of a rune-letter, the same that the anglo-saxons called]?orn (conf]?urs rista/ saam. 86a: a notable deviation, as the as. tongue by no means lacks the word; in beow. 846 we find pyrs, and also in the menology in 1 can the witch jettha of the palatinate (p. 96 note) be a corruption of eta, eza? anyhow _the jettenbiihel (jetthro collis) reminds us of the bavarian jetteiiberg (mpn. boica 2, 219, ann. 1317, and mount jetten in eeinbote s georg 1717, where it is misprinted setten. near willingshauseu in hesse is another jetteiiberg, see w. crrimm on the runes, p. 271. 5 the ruined weissenstein, by werda near marburg, wa

z, scr. 7, 379) is worth quoting: prope illud templum (upsaliense) est arbor maxima, late ramos extendeiis, aestate et hieme semper virens: cujus ilia generis sit, nemo scit. ibi etiam est fons, ubi sacrificia paganorum solent exerceri, et homo vivus immergi, qui dum immergitur (al. invenitur, ratum erit votum populi. to sink in water was a good sign, as in the ordeal (ba. 924; conf. chap. xxxiv, witch s bath. 3 esculus jovi sacra, pliny 16, 4 (5. 652 teees and animals. called ellorn, e/z-horn. 1 arnkiel s testimony 1, 179 is beyond suspicion: thus did our forefathers also hold the ellhorn holy, and if they must needs clip the same, they were wont first to say this prayer " dame ellhorn, give me somewhat of thy wood, then will i also give thee of mine, if so be it grow in the forest.&

one sing to the other [his note ooboo is like an echo of cuckoo. dobel i. 1, 68 calls the hoopoo the cuckoo s lackey, because he conies with him in spring and goes with him in autumn (see suppl. the peewit has the same things said of him. the froth on willows, caused by the cicada spumaria, we call kukiiks-speichel, swiss guggerspeu, engl. cuckoo-spit -spittle, dan. giogespyt, but in some places witch s spittle, norvveg. troldkiaringspye: l another proof of the bird s connexion with preter natural things, and reminding us of the bird-spittle (fugls hraki) which in sn. 34 goes to make up the band gleipnir. several names of plants assure us of his mythic nature. sorrel: ohg. gouchesampfera, swiss gitggersauer, as. gedcessure, dan. giogemad, giogesyre, it being supposed that he loved to eat

ve stelbom hesperus; can this be stellbaum, the bird-catcher s pole? but in eol. 240,27 die urmaren stalboume stands for stars in general, and as every star was provided with stool or stand (p. 700-1, we may connect stelboum, stalboum with this general meaning. there is perhaps more of a mythic meaning in the name nahtfare for eveningstar (heumanni opusc. 453. 460, as the same word is used of the witch or wise-woman out on her midnight jaunt. the anglo-saxons called the eveningstar swdna steorra (bubulcorum stella, because the swains drove their herd home when it appeared. again, in o. iv. 9, 24 christ is compared to the sun, and the apostles to the eleven daystars, dagasterron here meaning not so much luciferi as the signs of the zodiac. there are no native names for the polar star (see s

d cap. 23 speaks of the fylgja gunnars. one who is near death sees his angel first ]m mant vera feigr rnasr, oc munt]?u se3 hafa fylgju frina sure thou art fey, and hast seen thy f, nialss. cap. 41. quite logically, as the man s death severs the bond between him and his fylgja. then the fylgja presents herself to another person, and offers him her services: helgi forecast his own death, because a witch riding her wolf appeared to his brother at night, and offered her attendance, bau$ fylg$ sina; fylgjo beiddi/ seem. 14a. 147a. when a man sees his fylgja, she is giving him up, quitting him. in norway the vulgar opinion is, that the folgie likes to shew herself in the shape of some animal that typifies the character of the man she belongs to (faye p. 77. can this have indi cated a future tra

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

truth about the gods, is a yearning after divinity. a selection of literature influenced by egyptian myth lucius apuleius. the golden ass. translated by robert graves. 1950. the golden ass, also known as metamorphoses, was written in the second century ce and is the only complete latin novel to have survived. it is the entertaining story of a sorcerer s apprentice who is turned into a donkey by a witch. after many scandalous adventures, the repentant hero is rescued from his enchantment by the goddess isis and becomes a priest of osiris. william golding. the scorpion god. 1971. a novella that begins with a vivid recreation of the sed festival at which an egyptian king tries to renew his right to rule. golding examines the mythologies of power and the impact of doubt on a fixed world view

HEKAS

pells of incantation for circle-craft which date back to the earliest written inscriptions in ancient mesopotamia circa the early dynastic period (2400bc. the magic circle in babylonian sorcery was called zisurru- meaning 'flour which makes a boundary; this was because the circle was traced out by a trickle of flour- a practice still used in the craft and the rites of the voudoun. the magician or witch was therefore 'the en-circling one' and this may be seen by looking at the names attributed to a sect of witches or sorcerers in ancient persia- the yatukan- a sect believed to be of direct descent from the magicians of chaldea and babylon; this name is derived from the same roots as the name for sorcerers in the atharva veda, namely yatuvidah- meaning 'those who bewitch. these early sorcere

ct to mention egypt, for it is khem -the black land- that we derive the word which is oft' the first word in the magical rite and which i have given as the title for this article 'hekas. here the word existed in the form heka or hekau meaning 'the power of magick; it is believed to derive from the sound of the frog and thus supplies us with a totemic association with the batrachia employed by the witch and the horse-whisperer 'hekas' also gave us hekate- the greek name of the goddess who keeps the gateway of the triple cross-roads, hexe- the spell, mark or charm, hag- the black goddess of the old moon, who in khem was represented as hekt the frog-headed mother of incantation. it was in egypt that the role of stellar worship was at an apotheosis in recorded history; as man looked to the hea

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

f his will power, sent in her direction a series of passes. at the second, the girldropped the weapon and remained motionless "what are you about" hoarsely shouted the mesmerizer in french, seated like some monstrous night-globinon the wall `answer me, i command you "i did. but what she. whom you ordered me to obey. commanded me to do" answered the girl infrench, to my amazement "what did the old witch command you" irreverently asked he "to find them. who murdered. kill them. i did so. and they are no more. avenged .avenged! they are" nightmare talescan the double murder?5 an exclamation of triumph, a loud shout of infernal joy, rang loud in the air, and awakening the dogs of theneighbouring villages a responsive howl of barking began from that moment, like a ceaseless echo of thegospoja's

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

ic readings of cosmogony and theogony, which produced a distinct sect. necromancy the raising of the images of the dead, considered in antiquity and by modern occultists as a practice of black magic. iamblichus, porphyry, and other theurgists deprecated the practice no less than moses, who condemned the "witches" of his day to death, the said witches being often only mediums, e.g, the case of the witch of endor and samuel. neo-platonists a school of philosophy which arose between the second and third century of our era, and was founded by ammonius saccas, of alexandria. the same as the philaletheians, and the analogeticists; they were also called theurgists and by various other names. they were the theosophists of the early centuries. neo-platonism is platonic philosophy plus ecstasy, divi

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

iction of being a unique self, doesn t like the process of becoming more adaptive to experience. one of the 45 oven-ready chaos more subtle defences that it throws up is the sneaking suspicion (which can quickly become an obsession) is that you are better than everyone else. in some circles, this is known as magusitis, and it is not unknown for those afflicted to declare themselves to be maguses, witch queens, avatars of goddesses, or spiritual masters. if you catch yourself reffering to everyone else as the herd, or human cattle, etc, then its time to take another look at where you re going. myself, i prefer the benefits of empathy and the ability to get on with other people than the limitations of being a reclusive wouldbe raskalnikov dreaming of the serving slaves. while we might echo t

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

ere brief notes, some of them accounts of the queer dreams of different persons, some of them citations from theosophical books and magazines (notably w. scott-elliot's atlantis and the lost lemuria, and the rest comments on long-surviving secret societies and hidden cults, with references to passages in such mythological and anthropological source-books as frazer's golden bough and miss murray's witch-cult in western europe. the cuttings largely alluded to outr mental illness and outbreaks of group folly or mania in the spring of 1925. the first half of the principal manuscript told a very particular tale. it appears that on march 1st, 1925, a thin, dark young man of neurotic and excited aspect had called upon professor angell bearing the singular clay bas-relief, which was then exceeding

ut of them old castro dared not speak much. he cut himself off hurriedly, and no amount of persuasion or subtlety could elicit more in this direction. the size of the old ones, too, he curiously declined to mention. of the cult, he said that he thought the centre lay amid the pathless desert of arabia, where irem, the city of pillars, dreams hidden and untouched. it was not allied to the european witch-cult, and was virtually unknown beyond its members. no book had ever really hinted of it, though the deathless chinamen said that there were double meanings in the necronomicon of the mad arab abdul alhazred which the initiated might read as they chose, especially the much-discussed couplet: that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die. legrasse, deeply i

aylesbury pike. afterwards one sometimes learns that one has been through dunwich. outsiders visit dunwich as seldom as possible, and since a certain season of horror all the signboards pointing towards it have been taken down. the scenery, judged by an ordinary aesthetic canon, is more than commonly beautiful; yet there is no influx of artists or summer tourists. two centuries ago, when talk of witch-blood, satan-worship, and strange forest presences was not laughed at, it was the custom to give reasons for avoiding the locality. in our sensible age- since the dunwich horror of 1928 was hushed up by those who had the town's and the world's welfare at heart- people shun it without knowing exactly why. perhaps one reason- though it cannot apply to uninformed strangers- is that the natives

s of dunwich folk have never been remarkable for olfactory immaculateness. the following months were void of visible events, save that everyone swore to a slow but steady increase in the mysterious hill noises. on may eve of 1915 there were tremors which even the aylesbury people felt, whilst the following hallowe'en produced an underground rumbling queerly synchronized with bursts of flame 'them witch whateleys' doin's- from the summit of sentinel hill. wilbur was growing up uncannily, so that he looked like a boy of ten as he entered his fourth year. he read avidly by himself now; but talked much less than formerly. a settled taciturnity was absorbing him, and for the first time people began to speak specifically of the dawning look of evil in his goatish face. he would sometimes mutter

veal great flocks of birds, but here they never rested. at least, that is what he thought and set down in his diary. he pointed the place out to several friends, but none of them had even been on federal hill or possessed the faintest notion of what the church was or had been. in the spring a deep restlessness gripped blake. he had begun his long-planned novel- based on a supposed survival of the witch-cult in maine- but was strangely unable to make progress with it. more and more he would sit at his westward window and gaze at the distant hill and the black, frowning steeple shunned by the birds. when the delicate leaves came out on the garden boughs the world was filled with a new beauty, but blake's restlessness was merely increased. it was then that he first thought of crossing the cit

HP LOVECRAFT THE CALL OF CTHULHU

ll brief notes, some of them accounts of the queer dreams of different persons, some of them citations from theosophical books and magazines (notably w. scott-elliott's atlantis and the lost lemuria, and the rest comments on long-surviving secret societies and hidden cults, with references to passages in such mythological and anthropological source-books as frazer's golden bough and miss murray's witch-cult in western europe. the cuttings largely alluded to outr mental illness and outbreaks of group folly or mania in the spring of 1925. the first half of the principal manuscript told a very peculiar tale. it appears that on 1 march 1925, a thin, dark young man of neurotic and excited aspect had called upon professor angell bearing the singular clay bas-relief, which was then exceedingly da

t of them old castro dared not speak much. he cut himself off hurriedly, and no amount of persuasion or subtlety could elicit more in this direction. the size of the old ones, too, he curiously declined to mention. of the cult, he said that he thought the centre lay amid the pathless deserts of arabia, where irem, the city of pillars, dreams hidden and untouched. it was not allied to the european witch-cult, and was virtually unknown beyond its members. no book had ever really hinted of it, though the deathless chinamen said that there were double meanings in the necronomicon of the mad arab abdul alhazred which the initiated might read as they chose, especially the much-discussed couplet: that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die. legrasse, deeply i

HP LOVECRAFT THE UNNAMABLE

s almost sure that nothing can be really "unnamable" it didn't sound sensible to him. though i well realized the futility of imaginative and metaphysical arguments against the complacency of an orthodox sun-dweller, something in the scene of this afternoon colloquy moved me to more than usual contentiousness. the crumbling slate slabs, the patriarchal trees, and the centuries gambrel roofs of the witch-haunted old town that stretched around, all combined to rouse my spirit in defense of my work; and i was soon carrying my thrusts into the enemy's own country. it was not, indeed, difficult to begin a counter-attack, for i knew that joel manton actually half clung to many old-wives' superstitions which sophisticated people had long outgrown; beliefs in the appearance of dying persons at dist

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

ith harley warren, the south carolina mystic whose studies in the primal naacal language; of the himalayan priests had led to such outrageous conclusions, had been close. indeed, it was he who- one mist-mad, terrible night in an ancient graveyard had seen warren descend into a dank and nitrous vault, never to emerge. carter lived in boston, but it was from the wild, haunted hills behind hoary and witch-accursed arkham that all his forebears had come. and it was amid these ancient, cryptically brooding hills that he had ultimately vanished. his old servant, parks- who died early in 193o- had spoken of the strangely aromatic and hideously craven box he had found in the attic, and of the indecipherable parchments and queerly figured silver key which that box had contained: matters of which ca

e found the car at the side of an old, grass-grown road in the hills behind crumbling arkharm- the hills where carter's forebears had once dwelt, and where the ruined cellar of the great carter homestead still gaped to the sky. it was in a grove of tall elms near by that another of the carter's had mysteriously vanished in 1781, and not far away was the half-rotted cottage where goody fowler, the witch, had brewed her ominous potions still earlier. the region had been settled in 1692 by fugitives from the witchcraft trials in salem, and even now it bore a name for vaguely ominous things scarcely to be envisaged. edmund carter had fled from the shadow of gallows hill just in time, and the tales of his sorceries were many. now, it seemed, his lone descendant had gone somewhere to join him! i

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

9 william johns last modified: 12/18/1999 18:4444witchcraft for all by louise huebner contents: book cover (front (back) scan/ edit notes inside cover blurb 1- witchcraft- what it's really like 2- the tools of witchcraft 3- spells and chants 4- the card spell- the biggest spell of all 5- how to concoct a new you- at home in your spare time 6- your lucky numbers and how to use them 7- letters to a witch 8- the ways of a witch 9- witchcraft and you scan/ edit notes versions available and duly posted: format: v1.0 (text) format: v1.0 (pdb- open format) format: v1.0 (html) format: v1.0 (pdf- no security) genera: wicca/ wiccan extra's: pictures included (for all versions) copyright: 1970/ 1971 first scanned: 2002 posted to: alt.binaries.e-book note: 1. the html, text and pdb versions are bundle

they do dabble in spells and chants, burning candles and employing powerful processes, but once the mystery is stripped away, there is nothing much more strange connected with witchcraft than the mysteries of love and religion. in fact, when lovers light candles for dinner, and when churchgoers light candles in prayer, they invoke a force that witches always have known to be beneficial. what is a witch really like? for one thing, a witch is not an ugly old hag. the very idea is unkind and illogical. if a witch has, as she is said to have, special powers and an ability to disturb natural happenings, then she must be able to project the illusion, if not the truth, of beauty. when one has the power to charm, enchant and fascinate, then it also follows that one has the power to create an aura

ugly old hag. the very idea is unkind and illogical. if a witch has, as she is said to have, special powers and an ability to disturb natural happenings, then she must be able to project the illusion, if not the truth, of beauty. when one has the power to charm, enchant and fascinate, then it also follows that one has the power to create an aura of pleasing good looks if not something more. if a witch has some secret force that enables her to control and influence others, this ability should certainly lead to an abundant popularity and many successful attractions, rather than to condemnation and repulsion. who then were the ugly hags called witches? if historical accuracy is lacking as to who and what they were, it must follow that there is little truth in how they "seemed" to look. for a

what they were, it must follow that there is little truth in how they "seemed" to look. for a magnificent example of misrepresentation, look at salem, massachusetts, in the 1690s: political and religious victims, old tired wives, envied neighbours, folk doctors, hysterical teenagers, menopausal mothers-in-law, the retarded and/or psychotic, unwanted old souls- all were counted as fair and proper witch material. but let's face it: would a witch with esp and a strong inclination for survival have ignored the signs of a fast-decaying society and impending personal disaster? would a witch with energy and power to impose her will have suffered the extremes of personal humiliation? and if, due to some momentary weakness, all else had failed her, couldn't a witch at least have mustered up the st

tch with energy and power to impose her will have suffered the extremes of personal humiliation? and if, due to some momentary weakness, all else had failed her, couldn't a witch at least have mustered up the strength to manipulate her jurors and thus go free? they were imposters who left salem rich in history, and the real witches, if there were any, left that city long before history started. a witch is not an ugly old hag. a witch is a winner. no self-respecting, energetic, goodlooking witch would have been caught dead in salem! the shape of witchcraft, in history and in legend, has been as varied as the imagination of the witch or personality involved dared. little in common can be seen between snow white's beautiful but wicked stepmother with her "mirror, mirror, on the wall" and joan

INDUCTION CHARM AND THE INITIATION

on in terms of mere supernormal energy forces. the mysteries of the mind are as vast and unknown as the farthest star in the darkest skies. and it is only recently that man has learned to fhethe induction charm and the initiation (initiation stream i) copyright 2005 by robin artisson from the witching way of the hollow hill this initiation is the key to gaining the bond between the powers and the witch who wishes to access the workings described in this book on a deeper level. this is the pact you must take with the old powers, from the master-spirits, all the way to the powers of the land, and even the spiritual guardians of plants and beasts. it is not hard to perform, but it is lasting and binding, and if any hint of insincerity is in your heart when you perform this rite, it will not w

be no if you can- effort is always rewarded. open yourself, go simply; be aware, be clear. the fire of love that burns in your heart for the old ways and the land and the old powers is what draws you to this pact. you begin by making a compass round, as well and as perfectly as you can- for the initiation, it should, if possible, have at least one implement to each direction. you then invoke the witch-mother and witch- father, and, before you make the oath, you strip bare and put on new clothes. the old clothes should be clothes that you have worn often, which you will never wear again- they must be burned later. after you have changed, you pierce one of the fingers of your left hand, letting several drops of blood fall onto the bare earth. this is very important. then you say: old one, v

he grave, nor hand me over to hard fate utterly, nor those whom my love protects. bestow on me the birth of mastery, birth to the deathless, and ever your ways and will i will keep and honor. i am named, singer and invoker of powers and wisdom then you must immediately do the red meal. after that, run around the compass once clockwise, and leap out to the east. this is rebirth into your life as a witch. analysis: there are a few parts of this induction charm that need to be examined, to understand the implications of this oath. you begin by calling upon the master spirits of all things, and the people inside the landand you ask them to hear an oath, sealed by blood and by blood carried into the land- the blood you shed is literally carrying your life- force and the spiritual essence of you

INFERNAL UNION

lete being, dissolution is not a threat to a continued existence. something more lasting has been found worthy of the process of crystallization. on the luciferian path we work with darkness instead of banishing it from our consciousness. one might ask whether there are polarities that can be discerned apart from the obvious, that of darkness with light. the answer is found in the essences of the witch-king and queen, samael and lilith. their sexual union produced the original spawn of demons and succubi. their continued union through us produces or brings to our awareness, the timeless treasures of knowledge and strength hidden only by our previously ignorant minds. samael is according to legend, the fallen angel taught by belial .he is also known as asmodeus or ashmodei, the yezidi archa

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

r as the purported early modern witches or historically attested cunning folk, rather it points toward the fact that the very mythos which had been generated about both witches and their ritual gatherings has been appropriated and re-orientated by contemporary successors of cunning-craft observance, and then knowingly applied for their own purposes. the term describes the way in which elements of witch-lore, sabbath mythology and imagery were being employed in the cunning-craft tradition into which i was originally inducted. from what i have learned of previous generations in this and kindred streams of traditional craft, the utilisation of sabbath- imagery had been in process for some time, but during the late 19th century and throughout the 20th century became fully self-conscious. when

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

new impulses to the earth while living and beyond, and thus effect the work of the prince of darkness in creating the historical conditions needed for certain qualities to come to exist in mankind such as bravery, curiosity, love, and contemplation. this order has many outward names, but only one essen tinvocation of our lord of midnight, mahazhael-deval, being a conjuration of the high sabbatic witch-father copyright by andrew d. chumbley in the present-day recension of the sabbatic craft tradition there are a number of deities and spirits who are honoured and adored as patrons of our arte. amongst these is the circle of the eight witch-fathers and eight witch-mothers, who collectively are revered as the retinue of the faithful gods. the sixteen lords and ladies of the faithful retinue a

conostasis, that our deities are often syncretised with the saints and deities of the so-called mortal faiths of man, that is, with the revered and divine personae of our localities presiding churches and holy sites. it is thus our custom to call many souls to walk in the procession of the hidden faith. what follows below is a call, adapted from the dragon-book of essex, for evoking the sovereign witch-father mahazhael. it is intended for the use of a covine or working lodge of arte. the lord mahazhael is revered as the guardian of the northern station and is considered to be the blessed consort of our lady liliya. his time is that of the midwinter sun, the season of misrule and rebirth. his moment is the interstitial cusp of darness and light. in syncretic terms, mahazhael might be indent

the moment prior to his dawn on earth. the lord mahazhael may be evoked to preside over festivities of midwinter and the new year s birth. his gift is the sunlight of wisdom born in the darkness of midnight. the call unto mahazhael-deval the magister (or chosen officiant) remains silent, bearing the mask of the lord. the covine shall call the spirit into him thus- o mahazhael, hear us! sovereign witch-father of the horned serpent s knowledge! our blessing and our curse upon thee, for thou art twain of mask and face! in all blessing we adore thee as the corn-king, crowned amid the seven wreaths of time, most wise amongst the noble lords who serve on the path of the year and the day. in all cursing we adore thee as the boneherder, who dwelleth in the invisable ossuary at the centre of every

ed in the name of every pantheon; the scriptures forsworn by every faith the scrolls that tell of each trespass d law; a child, naked of chrisom, innocent of faith and promised to none; a severed head from the holiest of men; a skull from a horse that knew no mortal master; a heartfill d chalice from the martyrs of heresy; and a golden flame lit for our fallen brethren. o mahazhael! our sovereign witch-father! accept these offerings, both fair and foul, and turn all to serve the empowerment of thy presence here among us! genuflections should then be made to the place of power. thereafter the officiant, being filled with the spirit of mahazhael, shall lift up the sighns imparting the mystery of faith: a devil-mask and a mirror. bearing these dual tokens of the arcanum, the officiant shall t

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

subjected 'turning the knife towards oneself' in the area of self-directed and willed energy. the ritual of the adversary, in conjunction with the lord's prayer averse (used in certain luciferian covens to summon the devil-cain) provides a powerful foundation for self-deification in the witches sabbat gnossiirish witchcraft and demonology by st. john d. seymour, b.d [1913] this is a survey of the witch persecution in ireland, as well as a wide array of other paranormal events such as poltergeists, ghosts, apparations and even an early ufo account. very readable, yet well documented, this book has the extensive and fascinating quotes from historical source documents. seymour proposes that the witch-craze was more muted in ireland than elsewhere in europe. relatively speaking, there appear t

and--how he was cheated by a doctor of divinity--stewart and the fairies--rev. robert blair and the man possessed with a devil--strange occurrences near limerick--apparitions of murdered people at portadown--charmed lives--visions and portents--petition of a bewitched antrim man in england--archbishop ussher's prophecies--mr. browne and the locked chest 77 chapter v a.d. 1661 florence newton, the witch of youghal 105 chapter vi a.d. 1662-1686 132 the devil at damerville--and at ballinagarde--taverner and haddock's ghost--hunter and the ghostly old woman--a witch rescued by the devil--dr. williams and the haunted house in dublin--apparitions seen in the air in co. tipperary--a clergy-man p. vii and his wife bewitched to death-bewitching of mr. moor--the fairy-possessed butler--a ghost insti

ost--hunter and the ghostly old woman--a witch rescued by the devil--dr. williams and the haunted house in dublin--apparitions seen in the air in co. tipperary--a clergy-man p. vii and his wife bewitched to death-bewitching of mr. moor--the fairy-possessed butler--a ghost instigates a prosecution--supposed witchcraft in co. cork--the devil among the quakers chapter vii a.d. 1688 an irish-american witch 176 chapter viii a.d. 1689-1720 portent on entry of james ii--witchcraft in co. antrim--traditional version of same--events preceding the island--magee witch-trial--the trial itself--dr. francis hutchinson 194 chapter ix a.d. 1807 to present day mary butters, the carnmoney witch--ballad on her--the hand of glory--a journey through the air--a "witch" in 1911--some modern illustrations of catt

said chapter consisting of the words "there are no snakes in ireland" in the opinion of most people at the present day a book on witchcraft in ireland would be of equal length and similarly worded, except for the inclusion of the kyteler case in the town of kilkenny in the first half of the fourteenth century. for, with the exception of that classic incident, modern writers seem to hold that the witch-cult p. 2 never found a home in ireland as it did elsewhere. for example, the article on "witchcraft" in the latest edition of the encyclop dia britannica mentions england and scotland, then passes on to the continent, and altogether ignores this country; and this is, in general, the attitude adopted by writers on the subject. in view of this it seems very strange that no one has attempted t

direction. in england and scotland during the medi val and later periods of its existence witchcraft was an offence against the laws of god and man; in celtic ireland dealings with the unseen were not regarded with such abhorrence, and indeed had the sanction of custom and antiquity. in england after the reformation we seldom find members of the roman catholic church taking any prominent part in witch cases, and this is equally true of ireland from the same date. witchcraft seems to have been confined m the protestant party, as far as we can judge from the material at our disposal, while it is probable that the existence of the penal laws (active or quiescent) would deter the roman catholics from coming into any prominence in a matter which would be likely to attract public attention to i

ISIS UNVEILED

ones. the magnetists and healers of our century came into direct and open competition with the apostles. the zouave jacob, of france, had outrivaled the prophet elijah in recalling to life persons who were seeming dead; and alexis the somnambulist, mentioned by mr. wallace in his work* was, by his lucidity, putting to shame apostles, prophets, and the sibyls of old. since the burning of the last witch the great revolution of france, so elaborately prepared by the league of the secret societies and their clever emissaries, had blown over europe and awakened terror in the bosom of the dergy. like a destroying hurricane, it had swept away in its course that best ally of the church, the roman catholic aristocracy. a sure founda- tion was now laid for the right of individual opinion. the worid

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

ens, not far from the sotomb of socrates' is said to be possessed of the same virtue. when some twenty years since queen amelia [of greece, perhaps in a merry moment, was said to have tried the experiment, there was no end of most insulting abuse heaped upon her by a cathohc padre on his way through syra to some mission. the queen, he declared, was a "superstitious heretic "an abominable witch "jezebel using magic arts" much more the xealous missionary would doubtless have added, had he not, while in the midst of his vituperations, found himself landed in a pool of mud outside the window. the virtuous elocutionist was forced to this unusual transit by the strong arm of a greek officer who happened to enter the room at the right moment. there never was a great reli^ous reform that

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

eceived a mark on their bodies from satan s claw. although they are associated with the middle ages in most people s minds, the deadliest witchhunts were conducted in the twilight of the medieval world. it has been suggested that witchhunting was, in fact, a displaced reaction to the breakup of medievalism and the emergence of the modern world. whatever the factors at work in this phenomenon, the witch-hunts came to represent the worst aspects of christianity an important component of a new image of the church as a corrupt, evil institution that repressed and executed innocent people. if, then, christianity was bad, perhaps the devil was not so bad or even good. in the postmedieval world, particularly in romantic literary circles, poets like william blake often used infernal imagery to rep

eye. knots have long been tied in garments to ward off evil and have carried over into carvings and metalwork. nurses used to wear elaborately patterned silver buckles on their belts to protect against sickness, much of which was blamed on the evil eye. the elaborate interlacings and intertwinings of celtic and saxon decorative art probably arose from the notion of warding off the evil eye also. witch balls are bright reflecting balls of glass that one often sees hanging up in antique shops. their purpose was to ward off the evil eye by reflecting it back to the source. it was believed that the glass ball would attract to itself all the influences of ill luck that would otherwise have fallen upon the household. early christians continued to use many of the amulets of the ancients. the med

ous service medal. he is married to the former lilith sinclair, whom he met when she was priestess of the church of satan s grotto in new york city, and who is also one of the temple of set s senior officials. because of aquino s high visibility as head of the temple of set, he has been a focus for popular anti-satanic sentiment, particularly during the satanic scare of the 1980s. during one such witch-hunt at the presidio of san francisco in 1987, he and his wife were accused by a christian chaplain of ritual abuse, but a subsequent investigation refuted this. neither of the aquinos has ever been charged with any crime whatever. aquino s unique background in both the church of satan/temple of set and such arcane governmental fields as intelligence and psychological operations has often ex

chief with the residents. they are said to delight in tormenting small children by stealing their food and by almost suffocating them at night, which is where we derive the vague notions that we pass on to our children in threats about how the bogeyman will get you if you don t watch out. for further reading: briggs, katharine. an encyclopedia of fairies. new york: pantheon, 1976. mccoy, edwin. a witch s guide to faery folk. st. paul, mn: llewellyn, 1994. book of jubilees the book of jubilees is an apocryphal work composed during the so-called intertestamental period. according to this book, the angels were created on the first day of creation: on the first day he created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him the angels of the p

e interpretations and uses of candles are particularly rich in the magic tradition. candles made of other substances than beeswax were used in magical rituals, often made of human or other animal tallow and fat. in recent centuries such candles appeared in black masses, usually black candles. black candles are also used by religious satanists. thus in the satanic bible, for instance, c 37 cornish witch cait sidhe invoking the goat spirit (puck/pan, 1975 38 cathars anton lavey lists candles among the devices used in a satanic ritual. inverting traditional symbolism, lavey stipulates that all of one s ritual candles should be black except for one white candle, which is to be reserved for cursing rituals. no other light source is to be used during the ceremony: the candles used in satanic rit

LIBER ALEPH

his work the eagle all undefiled and virginal for thy sacrament. and thy technick is the magick of water, so that thine act is of nourishment, and not of generation. therefore the prime use of this art is to build up thine own nature. but if thou hast skill to control the mood of the eagle, then mayst thou work many an admirable effect upon thine environment. thou knowest how great is the fame of witch-women (old and without man) to cause events, although they create nothing. it is this straitness of the channel which giveth force to the stream. beware, o my son, lest thou cling overmuch to this mode of magick; for it is lesser than that other, and if thou neglect that other, then is thy danger fearful and imminent, for it is the edge of the abyss of choronzon, where are the lonely towers

if every man doth his own will, there is no more to say! but the busy-body nor mindeth his own business, nor leaveth others to mind theirs. be thou instant therefore with such an one, to cure him by enlightening his will, and speeding him therein. remember also that if one speak ill of another, the fault is first of all in himself, for we know naught but that which is within us. did not the great witch-finder end by confessing hat he also was a sorcerer? we become that which obsesseth us, either through extreme hate or extreme love. knowest thou not how the one is a symbol of the other? for this reason, since love is the formula of life, we are under bond to assimilate (in the end) that which we fear or hate. so then we shall be wise to mould all things within ourselves in quietness and mo

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

. andvari is also mentioned in the catalog of dwarfs in voluspa and in the thulur. the thulur also include the word as a noun for gfish. h see also dwarfs angrboda (she-who-offers-sorrow) giantess mate of loki and mother of monsters. the name is found only once in poetry, in hyndluljod, stanza 40, a part of the gshort voluspa. h loki sired the wolf on angrboda, and got sleipnir on svadilfari; the witch alone seemed most evil the one that came from the brother of byleipt. snorri makes angrboda, ga giantess in jotunheimar, h the mother of three monsters: the fenrir wolf; jormungand, that is, the midgard serpent; and hel. this raises the possibility that the witch in lines 3.4 of the stanza quoted above from hyndluljod may be hel. see also fenrir; hel; loki; midgard serpent arvak and alsvin (

la. snorri says that at the disablot, king adils was riding around the disarsal, ghall of the dis, h when his horse stumbled and threw him. the king fs head struck a rock in such a way that his skull was split and his brain spilled onto the rock, and that was his death. snorri then quotes thjodolf of hvin fs ynglinga tal, which does not mention the disablot but says that a gcreature of magic h or witch was to deprive adils of his life; the brave descendent of frey was to fall from his horse and his brain to be mixed with wet sand. presumably snorri understood the creature of magic as a witch, and he may also have thought that the disablot involved riding a horse around a building sacred to or temporarily set aside for one of the disir. here the connection of the disir with death would be e

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

s that the mind contains strata of atavistic vestiges which, with encouragement, may degenerate into the foulest anomalies. just give the ids their chance! and we also know that we may curb our greedy appetites by redirection and by the placing of our real values outside them, thus cultivating our better potentials. yes. fundamentally, everything is as simple as that, and there is little need for witch. 7 g. 5..q. s h% h 2' uld go on laying these manufactured ghosts. the catch-phrases of pathopsychology. what is appropriate to normalities is so ungeneralizable, trivial, and transitory as to be almost a worthless denominator. different forms of control and environment cause different behaviour in people, but our mutation now is a choice for man may be the arbiter of his genes, and ids, if h

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

iginally intend produced an exciting aspect to magick and sorcery can be, explorative and in many ways continually innovative. the work of the order of phosphorus as within the the witches sabbat current deals with the direct linage of spiritual communion by each individual who seeks. thus, the only hereditary aspects are only conceptual in their need. one must not be a hereditary or linage based witch to proceed with the great work. this is significant only as an added bonus. the individual must however, have the inner drive and calling to the blood, the vein of the witch moon which feeds our dreams of witches sabbat communion. the witches sabbat gnosis is achieved by the desire to dive the depths of the heart and soul. considering the approach to luciferian witchcraft or cunning craft, t

rly times, so we must continue to change and progress such ideas into new ways and techniques. sorcery is efficient as a manner of implicating your immediate surroundings. this involves the specific use of lesser and greater black magick in of its aspects healing, cursing, astral projection, love spells and more are essential yet undefined in their approach of performance. this alone is up to the witch who develops his/her system 1 see yatuk dinoih, second edition by michael ford and nox umbra by same author. 6 based on personal and individual preference. the use of this type of sorcery is not enough in itself, it demands the will to control the results to some extent and to make intelligent decisions about what could be the future. remember, you control a majority of your future. the leav

m such as bat, owl, wolf or human form allows the shadow or soul (called ba in egyptian systems) to nourish from the sleepers and achieve a hidden knowledge transmitted only by the path of the unseen. it is from this that we awake, and to be understood clearly, advance us in the image of the prince of darkness whom is ultimately revealed as the lord of light. upon the great meeting of lilith, the witch queen of the sabbat, shall the woman emerge as the model for the goddess to manifest in the earth. therefore shall the woman dress, think and align herself with this positive and balanced image of death and life, that through the witchcraft shall she set herself up as queen and mistress of the beast 666, whom is the solar force of creation and joy. the woman is highly respected in the witche

d mistress of the beast 666, whom is the solar force of creation and joy. the woman is highly respected in the witches sabbat path, as she is the beauty, life and joy of the feminine which is beheld in us all. it is through her womb that the night transfers knowledge and one must seek to continually manifest this through the individual, being male or female. the sabbat is the manifestation of the witch queen in all of her aspects, thus she is deadly and protective at the same time. the sabbat is paralleled in morocco by the ancient meeting of spirits called the zabbat, translating the forceful or powerful one, and those who attended this occasion are called kafan, meaning the winding sheet, from which is worn by the participants and may only be white. the choice of white is representative

brought ecstasy and the winding sheets covered them. they used the al-dhamme to sacrifice a rooster by cutting its throat, then marking themselves with a small cut. the ceremony would sometimes begin again by dancing and religious ecstasy. the rabbana (their lord) is considered close to the blacksmith. the blacksmith, within the european craft itself is the symbol of tubal cain, the first of the witch blood. tubal-qayin2 as it is sometimes spelled is the blacksmith whose forge is the heart of the witches sabbat craft. the child of asmodeus (called often samael) and lilith, is considered the bringer of gnosis to humanity. other legends give tubal cain as the child of samael and eve, and that in congress the dragon spit filth into her and bore cain. tubal cain was demonized as the brother w

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

the connection and becoming process of self-initiation through the lore of the watchers, the nephilim, the black eagle and the essence of the adversary. the combination of art and text invoke the very spirit of shaitan and lilith to those who may embrace it. azothoz reaches into the current of magick to manifest itself in the initiate who may be of this essence, born by the spark of djinn fire to witch blood. this is a luciferian process of self- liberation which invites a deeper understanding of daemon and angel, their union outside of a christian standpoint. it is the otherness which individuals may seek to inspire, bringing one closer to the lord of storms and chaos, set to a spirit of order in the self. when writing of angels, a point of the `angelick familiar, luciferian angel or holy

h austin osman spare defined as the center of being and the infinite possibility therein. all of the daemons and angels of the self as familiars or guides are all an expression of owns being. before one becomes cloudy in the waters of wicca, the pure source must be revealed. to better explain the luciferian path in the terms of which is offered in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon, an assessment of the basic tools, god forms and models of belief are given here: apep the serpent-demon of chaos and the abyssic waters of the tuat. apep is the early embodiment of the sumerian tiamat or the sevenheaded dragon of the apocalypse. in early persian manifestation, ahriman and the archdaevas. in egyptian lore, apep is by cipher and study nothing more than set revealed, his

rate the alphabet of desire as a tool of self-determination, or will to achieve ones goals. the alphabet of desire may be a useful tool of exploration to advance ones knowledge in the learning of herbs and their uses, astral projection, learning martial arts, understanding tarot correspondences, whatever it may be. the luciferian grimoires such as liber hvhi, luciferian witchcraft and book of the witch moon incorporate the alphabet of desire as the means of communication with the sorcerers' familiar, the `holy guardian angel' and `evil genius' of the cabbala. the 22 letters/paths of the qlippoth are presented in liber hvhi and interestingly enough, as one moves through the workings and rituals described in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon, there becomes little d

desert and the caverns of the earth. cain may be viewed as a symbolic form of awakening, and much of the luciferian witchcraft gnosis is based upon the self-initiatory association with cain. cain is also considered the offspring of asmodeus/samael and lilith, a child of infernal union. the lore of the sorcerous blacksmith is explained in depth in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon. leviathan considered primarily "male" and often female, leviathan encompasses the ancient flesh of mummu tiamat, the primal goddess. leviathan is the unity of sexualities, from which all emerges from this dragon of the depths. leviathan or the ouraborus is considered the encircler of ones path, or will. it surrounds and brings in all exteriors as designed by the sorcerer's desire, will

ent texts as a spirit of fire, one whose eternal flame would bow before no one, not even a god force. iblis/shaitan understood he was unique and powerful within his being, and that by separating himself from the natural order, would become as a god. azothoz presents a cipher in poem on the nature of the adversary and becoming. lilith-az-babalon- hecate the daemonic feminine is the fountain of the witch cult, in it's dreaming and waking aspect. while wicca has taken a more sterile approach to the goddess, a luciferian sorcerer acknowledges the beauty of the daemonic goddess as a well of power and selfdeification. through babalon we drink the blood of saints and emerge as god itself. lilith is the succubus witch queen of the sabbat, whom is the very mother of us all. any within the veil of d

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

deus, devil lord of the winds of forests and caves speak upon the web of dreams, i invoke thee within my very essence, by serpent and wolf by fire and earth, ice and snow, desert and heat pass beyond the veil little known by most, for i am a child of this flesh! i offer now my dedication of my own will to the powers of night, and of the great work itself! that through my dedication to the path of witch blood, i shall know the secrets not so hidden -from the book of the witch moon, a grimoire of luciferian witchcraft, vampyrism and chaos magick by michael ford, 1999, 2001 many understand the essence of witchcraft as in relation to nature and general folk craft. while the folk magic brought from europe flourished in the form of wicca, mainly due to gerald gardner s (1886-1964) extensive writ

kal voice of angels and demons, the very core essence within each initiate that speaks to he/she of their own infinite potential. while the direction of those involved in the luciferian tradition in america are well aware of its context of approach, the defining state of consciousness must be adhered to. the union of some aspects of middle eastern practices such as sufism and the various parallel witch ways of tribes of the deserts are essential productive and beneficial for the advancement in human thinking. there is much to be learnt from other cultures, however the heart of such always emanates within a focus of folk magic or witchcraft. the order of phosphorus is founded upon the techniques taught through the lore of luciferian witchcraft, the lore and legend of the old transferred int

man advancement. the order of phosphorus as a whole considers itself as a manifestation of lucifer itself, those who join are literally doing the devils work by bettering themselves. thought dictates advancement by positive practice of magick and sorcery. ones own darkside must be explored in areas not normally embraced by occult orders. the qlippoth as described in michael ford s the book of the witch moon is a demonic astral region, beneficial to those who dive the mirror of lilith and become stronger. through the diving of darkness one shall embrace the light. the symbol of the devil within luciferian witchcraft is symbolic of transformation within each individual, which appears at first glance, dark and foreboding yet essentially allows a great light of wisdom and power to be revealed

which opens each aspect of initiation towards the advancement of the human spirit. this means positive evolution, discipline, understanding and mental strength is the building blocks of understanding. lucifer is thus the high symbol of sethian witchcraft. the witches sabbath has long been a misunderstood and often misrepresented expression of magickal art. it should be considered that the sethian witch cult is an expression of not only folk magic and lore, but that of a modern synthesis of advanced ideals of sorcery, psychology and psychic development. the witches sabbath has long been held in arcane lore as the dream meeting of the astrals and spirits of magickal practitioners of the craft, those who between the twillight of dawn and dusk dive the dream waking environment and meet as spir

rly times, so we must continue to change and progress such ideas into new ways and techniques. sorcery is efficient as a manner of implicating your immediate surroundings. this involves the specific use of lesser and greater black magick in of its aspects healing, cursing, astral projection, love spells and more are essential yet undefined in their approach of performance. this alone is up to the witch who develops his/her system based on personal and individual preference. the works of austin osman spare (1886-1956) was an artist who talents of draftsmanship allowed direct expression of his developed gnosis of sorcery. spare s early drawings were founded on the belief of exploring the self, known as the zos (3) and kia (4. austin s system of exploring the self by delving the depths of the

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT THE MYSTERY REVEALED

developed within toph, some may find especial interest in the medieval black magick systems worked with through the group. finding a strength and beauty in the left hand path allows a balanced and positive ascent into the high mysteries of the goddess and god forms from which flows our inherent myth. much of the doctrine of the order of phosphorus flows directly from the grimoire the book of the witch moon, whic h unites the luciferian witchcraft with the dark and shadow elements of sorcery and magick. written by michael ford, the book of the witch moon is a dangerous tome of black magick that offers a direct gnosis for the individual, while considering they are of stable mind. another avenue of doctrine if you will is based on luciferian magick, which is the modeling of spirit by that of

or deep desire within humans to be free, independent and strong. to seek knowledge, wisdom and areas of personal growth and betterment is the great desire of humanity itself. this is why essentially the left hand path is the foundation for human advancement, as it teaches us to become like lucifer or lilith itself, independent, knowledge seeking and self-deified. the black magickian often called witch or warlock are the individuals who taste from the chalice of the serpent, the wisdom of asmodeus. the universe seeks for all to flow according to its way, from which we work through in order to ultimately emerge through the left hand path. the two paths are essentially united consciously, from which each individual will be able to unite the microcosm with the macrocosm, the angelic and the d

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

the end of the 17th century, their activities were causing them to be associated with evil-doing and with witchcraft; and presumably, given the punishments imposed on witches at that time, that was an association they would wish to avoid. is it possible that we see in this situation the reason why freemasonry has, from its very beginnings, excluded women? in the late 17th and early 18th centuries witch's covens in england were androgynous "the english [witch] craft was ostensibly bi-gradal until the end of the seventeenth century. two rites were observed but only one actual initiation was recognized. the first rite entailed ritual copulation with a representative of the god. the magister "brought in" female recruits. the lady brought in male recruits. this is the historical basis for the c

MAGIC AND SPELLS

aster level significantly and achieve results otherwise unavailable to the spellcasters composing the circle. the red wizards of thay and the witches of rashemen make frequent use of circle magic. stories of other forms of circle magic abound in faerun. participation the ability to participate in circle magic requires the selection of a character feat-tattoo focus for a red wizard or ethran for a witch of rashemen. one spellcaster, usually the most powerful or experienced character present, stands at the center of the circle. this character is the circle leader. a hathran must be at least 4th level in the hathran prestige class to be a circle leader. a red wizard cannot be a circle leader unless he is at least a 5th-level red wizard, a circle requires a minimum of two participants plus the

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

pose of misleading humanity, they have not dared to attack the theory of oracles, because of the repeated reference to it in their own sacred writings. if the onyx stones on the shoulders of israel's high priest made known by their flashings the will of jehovah, then a black dove, temporarily endowed with the faculty of speech, could indeed pronounce oracles in the temple of jupiter ammon. if the witch of endor could invoke the shade of samuel, who in turn gave prophecies to saul, could not a priestess of apollo call up the specter of her liege to foretell the destiny of greece? the most famous oracles of antiquity were those of delphi, dodona, trophonius, and latona, of which the talking oak trees of dodona were the oldest. though it is impossible to trace back to the genesis of the theor

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

ht to you by toc mastering witchcraft by paul huson a practical guide for witches, warlocks and covens contents: book cover (front (back) scan/ edit notes foreword introduction 1- first steps 2- preliminary preparations 3- divination 4- spells for lovers 5- counter magic and protection 6- vengeance and attack 7- the coven and how to form one appendix 1- the planetary hours appendix 2- glossary of witch words and terms bibliography (removed) scan/ edit notes format: v1.5 (pdf- no security) genera: wiccan/ witchcraft extra's: pictures included copyright: 1970/ 1972 first scanned: august/ 12/ 2002 foreword in the circle of firelight which we are pleased to call an enlightened scientific civilization, we usually feel secure in the knowledge that most of our worst childhood terrors and nightmar

horned consort hold court once more. should you wish to tread the dark path of witchcraft, the way is open to you now. whether you believe the christian bugaboos and fear to lose your soul in return for the powers or, like us, consider the gamble well spent, is up to you. should you decide the former, then read no further. the aim of this book is solely to teach you the first steps to becoming a witch or warlock. but remember, the choice was yours. we take no responsibility for the results you may achieve, good or bad. witchcraft is witchcraft. the seeds of success or destruction lie within you and you alone. night is jealous of her secrets and guards them in many ways; but those who succeed in wooing her may reap many rewards. on the other hand, those who timidly shun the darkness win te

u alone. night is jealous of her secrets and guards them in many ways; but those who succeed in wooing her may reap many rewards. on the other hand, those who timidly shun the darkness win temporary respite only, until such a time as the darkness itself reaches out and takes them when they are least forearmed. introduction before taking any practical steps upon the road to becoming a full-fledged witch, it would be advisable for you to be acquainted with at least the essence of witch history. by this i do not mean such things as the over familiar accounts of gilles de rais' necrophilic exploits and massacres or mother shipton's quaint prophecies, but rather a general survey of those events in witchcraft which stand out as signposts of the black craft's history. witch history is steeped in

ts and massacres or mother shipton's quaint prophecies, but rather a general survey of those events in witchcraft which stand out as signposts of the black craft's history. witch history is steeped in legend, hidden in antiquity. there are few written sources, and those that exist are generally obscure, of an oblique nature, casting light upon rather than informing directly. for instance, italian witch lore presents us with the following creation story: in the beginning the great darkness, diana, divided herself into two equal and opposite forces, night and day. the night was ruled over by diana herself as the moon, the day by her alter ego and brother, lucifer, the sun. diana, inasmuch as the moon is ever pursuing the sun across the sky, became enamoured of her brother the sun and seduced

s, there are reflections of the cabalistic tradition of naamah, the seductress of the fallen angel azael. naamah, is synonymous with babylonian lilith, and azael is none other than babylonian shamash, the sun-god in his underworld aspect as lord of riches and artificer of metals. in fact he is the alter ego of tubal cain himself, naamah's own brother. azael or azazel, is in fact one of the modern witch's gods. which brings me to the crux of the matter. according to ancient magical legend, azael was originally one of those beings of primordial fire, first created dwellers in the high heaven, referred to by the christian church as messengers, or angels, by the greeks as daemons. azael and his followers, according to old lore, in defiance of their masters, elected to descend upon the earth co

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

he infernal sabbat by michael w. ford, akhtya seker arimanius once the sorcerer has undertaken the self-initiation ritual entitled, a ritual of lycanthropy 1 in both parts, and he has visualized perfectly his werewolf shadow, or that similar beast of sorcerer, he has entered into the pact of the devil, the black man of the sabbat. it is the passing of that rite of initiation that will prepare the witch to travel forth to the infernal sabbat, symbolized as the persian arezura, the place in the north, the gates of hell. let the practitioner be perfectly still in focus and will, that nothing shall break his or her concentration of that task which draws the ka (the astral or body of light) further into darkness. as with the legend of pierre bourgot and michel verdung2 the initiate shall have o

ntment which is smeared on the genital area or anus, which has a detailed amount of blood vessels. this would enter then the bloodstream. in the book demonomanie (1580) bodin wrote that witches rode a broom stick or black ram to the sabbat. as early as 1489 a writer called molitor mentioned wolves as a transport. in the goetia, amon is shown riding a wolf. in molitor s de lamiis a woodcut shows a witch riding a wolf, not to mention other sorcerers sitting astride a forked stick4. the infernal sabbat, being the antinomian self-love rite of sexual and psyche oriented self-deification, allows the passing of the shadow of the witch into an averse and more powerful state of being. belladonna was used also in salves to produce flying, in large amounts can easily kill. atropine is easily absorbed

juice of water parsnip, soot and deadly nightshade. the unguent which was smeared on the inner thigh contained belladonna, this was said to create flying sensations. a document from the sloane ms. british museum and published in an older book6 presents a werewolf chant7 from which the sorcerer sheds the human form for that of a wolf. such a chant may be used in dreaming chants before sleep if the witch so desires lending to the dreaming flesh gathered by shadows. in the ancient lore of persian sorcery, with specifics to zoroastrianism, wolves were hated creatures which were said to be created by ahriman. the term khrafstra is a general word for noxious beasts, attributed to the druj or demons of the dragon ahriman. such imagery is used in the work of the black order of the dragon, a secret

ter haining, 1970 7 16 lines which signify transformation in the wilderness to the shape of the wolf 8 a term used to define the left hand path alignment with the egyptian god set or set-an, a early form of satan or shaitan the adversary. 5 as a point of focus, the initiate who takes the flesh of the werewolf does so via the imagination. this would require a certain amount of privacy in which the witch would not be bothered by anyone else, to ensure a self-fascination and the visualized transformation to occur. the initiate would prepare his or her chamber accordingly, having a belt made of wolf skin or possibly even fake wolf fur. the point is that the imagination may be excited to allow this mental transformation to begin. you must visualize your chosen form, how it looks and different s

experiences, and having the attributes of the animal parts they formed. another more intense area of the transformative state is from human to man-wolf to a dragon form, which the snout grows sharper teeth, horns emerge from the head and much of the fur dissipates. the flesh changes from ashen gray to a dark black-green scaled form. this is the ahrimanic dragon form, a state of being in which the witch has begun a selftransformative state into a deep communion with ahriman and tiamat the druj of darkness who by their isolation and individual beings, bring the gift of the black flame to those who seek to be like them. in such an instance, focus your journey to arezura, or hell (a secret meeting place of witches) and record your results upon waking. notice the beings you meet and all that is

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

ngerous to those unwilling to face their own darkest aspects of self. this book is a working for myself, as a student of the luciferian path, and as i wrote it, studied it and then prepared this text i have further come into being. i hope those who read this work understand that it is a ritual in progress, that each sentence fans the flames of the dragon and his consort, lilith, the mother of the witch path. cain has presented me with different elements to think about and to further encourage others to develop what is the sabbatic and luciferian path. when staring into the mirror, cain appears his very mask of set-an is shown to me. become! akhtya seker arimanius veneficus, vox barathrum toph prepared march 22nd, known as the day of rebellion of set against osiris. succubus publishing phos

s fire and his realm was air, he was both death and life. i remember my father as possessing adam who rode my mother eve as the dragon, driving deep within her core, enflamed with the spirit of lilith. these were my earth parents, but it was the blood of azazel called often samael and lilith which flows in my veins. it was this passion and possession which brought me into being, the first born of witch blood in the circle of the dragon s emerald crown. azazel gathered all in this secret place, which was of fire and blackened earth. lucifer called this place helan, the meeting place of spirits. the held their court here, encircled in sacred communion. azazel spoke of perception and what they wished to become and do as their own desire, they were free. did his mind become as the serpent, iso

of the harlot, walk the earth forever. i am the wandered, and many forms i will take. that even that i have left flesh shall my spirit dwell on, that i who have embraced the black flame just as set-an of egypt, that i shall dwell in the places of the earth lest seen, but in this path one may find me. by forest or desert some may call me, and i may answer calls of initiation into the circle of the witch born. in the fire of the adversary do i walk for eternity, my father s soul illuminating those who seek me. i am vampyre and i am the sorcerer of light from the serpent s tongue. the invocation of cain -the blackened fires of the forge- cain is the earthen initiator of magick, the sorcerous enfleshed spirit of lucifer and lilith, cain is also the one who walks with the dragon the path of the

leshed spirit of lucifer and lilith, cain is also the one who walks with the dragon the path of the nightside. in one hand is the fetish of cain the skull of abel whom holds the gnosis of the shade king, azrael, the western gate of twilight and realm of ghosts. the other hand is the hammer, a tool of the forge which sparks the cunning fire in the clay of mortal flesh. cain is the temple maker and witch begetter, that which opens the gates of hell and heaven, the initiator of witch blood. cain is envisioned as a middle eastern man, bearded and dark, wisdom filling his eyes. cain is also viewed as a bearded and horned human-beast, covered in gray and green earth, who is decorated with human and animal bones, his familiars. cain is sought in the hidden places of the earth, for he is the ancie

gray and green earth, who is decorated with human and animal bones, his familiars. cain is sought in the hidden places of the earth, for he is the ancient and knows the unknown secrets of the earth. cain also appears as the wizened old man, robed and hooded who walks the path of old oak ways within the fog. he carries a book of art, given with the belt of the devil by those rites cain became the witch father, born of azazel and lilith. cain is the adversary of flesh, who causes storms and chaos just as set himself. cain tests those upon the path and blesses those who may answer his riddles. it is indeed cain who would feed ones soul to the wolves of the shadows, when the will is weak. invoke cain in isolation and within the circle of those who are of the mark. isolation is a silent wisdom

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

in the north, whose masks are many, lilith, diana, az, those daughters who shall meet thee in the crossroads blessed is her terrible name, she who blesses and curses with a glance o mother of the bleeding moon, o bride of chaos and darkness born may the pages of this book reveal thy lunar splendor, when shadows envelop and open your eyes through her caul hekas, hekas, hecate! 3 3 the book of the witch moon a grimoire of luciferian witchcraft, vampyrism and chaos sorcery by michael w. ford 1999- 2003 edited by jake stratton-kent introduction by peter j. carroll illustrations by elda isela ford, nathaniel harris and shemyaza of immortal coil designs. additional art by austin osman spare and other various sources. this pdf edition is available only for initiates of the order of phosphorus. t

he darkside of magick holds many treasures for those who would drink of its cup. i have worked in the occult since i was very young, it is very much a natural thing to me, and the connections between the topics of vampirism and sorcery were made known to me at an early age through my dreams. at a later age i actually made a magickal connection, the result of this study in print is the book of the witch moon. this is meant to be a study guide to the night side, a non- christian dogma infested approach. the methods of witchcraft within this tome are of the darkest magick, when vampires, werewolves and sorcerers haunted the nights, doing their work and weaving webs in your dreams. we are still there, alive in your mythologies, alive in your mind. what is witchcraft in essence? is witchcraft t

the shadows to the light of prometheus! this work is meant as an inspirational guide, through which the individual can gain access to the subconscious and the vast resources of the mind and its elementals. witchcraft is presented in a different form than what most perceive, to this to add as an alternative to modern wicca although not condemning it. hold no tradition which would bind you, for the witch blood speaks to those who remain of a faith all- their- own. question, become. let nothing stand in your way. the author and the publisher accept no responsibility for any misuse of any ritual or text contained herein. painted in these pages are words of dark power, given command through the mind and its vast abyss of vision and knowledge. be ever so cautious in your explorations and be sure

and elda isela continue to work with. our approach towards witchcraft is based in nature, that each sabbath is a time of tuning ourselves in with its tides and changes as well as reaffirming our paths and sorceries. the sethanic/luciferian path is founded at least with the version we provide as one of many paths, that in this definition the idea of chaos magick comes to mind. the workings of the witch moon are of the left hand path, gathering hidden knowledge for the development of the individual and the alchemical process of self-deification. the work of austin osman spare is of particular interest; being that what is called the zos kia cultus itself holds a gateway worth exploring and developing upon, building and expanding it by every living breath, opening the vortex of the mind towar

the left hand path, gathering hidden knowledge for the development of the individual and the alchemical process of self-deification. the work of austin osman spare is of particular interest; being that what is called the zos kia cultus itself holds a gateway worth exploring and developing upon, building and expanding it by every living breath, opening the vortex of the mind towards the current of witch blood that waits beyond. what we are offering is a system based on witches sabbat/sethanic/luciferian witchcraft and the zos kia cultus. the primal aspect of vampirism (spelled also vampyrism) plays a significant role in the exploration of the self in it's lunar phase. you will notice the varied topics discussed, i find each relevant towards the proper training of a magickian. topics as yoga

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

these creatures is that theymeasured 10 meters in length, stood several meters high, and weighed in the region of 2 tons each. fortheir bodies to be rapidly buried would require rates of deposition thousands or even millions of timesgreater than the average 0.2 millimeters per year proposed by uniformitarians (p. 84)appendix b: book abstracts178atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation witch huntsputting to death the bearer of bad things is an activity usually associated with the more uninhibitedroman emperors or eastern despots. yet messenger-shooting can be just as common in scientific circleswhen the bad news concerns one of sciences sacred cows (p. 87)immanuel velikovskywhat must be called the scientific establishment rose in arms, not only against the new v elikovsky the-or

ronology of events immediately taken up by the upper class in europe and the united states, and it would become a cogni-tive foundation for the idea of the emergence of a strong state, in terms of programming an analyticalsystems substructurethe substructure being the children who, under this paradigm, are entities to bepossessed and controlledparadigm that would persist for 400 years. 1692 salem witch trial executions in new england. 1693 national debt begins in england. 1694 bank of england founded. 1695 royal bank of scotland founded. university of berlin founded. 1695 paris and rome experience ferocious epidemics of pertussis. 1696 first english property insurance company founded. 1698 tax on beards in russia instituted. 1699 philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever. 1700 from 1700 to 183

es that mean nothing in english? what are the occult techniquesused by corporations and governments to manipulate and control the humanmind? in this so called age of entertainment are we owning our ownthoughts? how do we get back to being a symbol literate culture and personally find our own power symbols which bring us each back intoalignment with the creative intelligence? are the sorcerers and witch doctors really of the past? what are the real meanings of the words hollywood and media? why are tv programs called programs? find out how the major franchises use sacred geometry in their municipal positioning and why they and even banks are designed to subliminally represent churches.what do words like lexus, nissan, coke, visa, nike, fila, marlboro, etc, mean? why are corporations such as

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

ihad 6 introduction how this book should be used vampirism has for long been a fascination and desire sought by many. no doubt you have considered what it would be like to fly in the night, drain another of energy and live like a god or goddess. if applied, this grimoire may help you. i strongly advise that you be of sound mind and to have begun a basic study or practice as defined in book of the witch moon, luciferian witchcraft and liber hvhi magick of the adversary as these books will prepare you. the vampyre magickian is indeed one who has stepped beyond the foundations of the luciferian path. the model of this path is based in more advanced magick and sorcery techniques, which may be dangerous as well. i caution the use of this tome and suggest you not misuse it it can cause many issu

more permanent paradigm in the design of the possibility of spiritual immortality. the dark magicks presented here are actual and empowering, yet may find issue with those depending on their own practice and focus. i wanted to present a methodology of vampyric practice to those daring enough to become through it. the main canon of luciferian witchcraft is indeed luciferian witchcraft, book of the witch moon and liber hvhi all three make specific reference to the type of magickal practice here some may find the ciphers which lead one to the threshold of the crooked serpent. vampyrism warning: this book is a grimoire. it gives practical instructions on the possibility of sorcerous practice from a luciferian perspective. it is not evil or simply destructive. the most powerful message that can

vampyrism& the astral plane this book will introduce you to the modern relevance and the possibility of the reality of vampirism. this practice of vampirism is based on the nietzsche and darwin foundations of survival of the fittest. the vampyre magickian as it is defined here is within the realm of the luciferian ideology and practice outlined in lucferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon. this dark magickal path is not necessarily a path which all luciferians must seek, but if the spirit is within them, they may do so. this ideological process stands on the foundations that: 1. you are the only god that is. 2. all deific masks, archetypes, powers or spirits must manifest through you. therefore, to remain in your consciousness, you must be the strongest to keep your foun

a giant dragon, a sea dragon who had the head of a griffin or tiger, wings, claws and a scaly tale. she appears also as a giant serpent. tiamat resembles the legends of ahriman as the dragon. here is the adversary, she is the night and the abyss. tiamat can give life and create what she wishes, much like ahriman created the archdaevas to counter creation. tiamat was a sorceress, a powerful first witch who was both vampire and goddess to all. the demonic feminine is equally important to the adversarial formula in luciferian witchcraft as it is the balance which acknowledges the female generative principle as the foundation of all actions and purpose. the associative name of tiamat was tamtu, both names referring to the primeval sea and the dragon 20 which personified it. tiamat is thus ver

s able to create a vampiric servitor must utilize caution such an entity is mindless and is connected to the mind itself, proper foundations in banishing and absorbing should be known and practiced to absorb the servitor accordingly. 30 for a simplistic method of evocation, let s take the following steps. if you are able to grasp this with ease, you may find further use and power with book of the witch moon. servitors should relate the vampyric approach you will want to take. the servitor will be used to feed from another so it should have visualized attributes similar to a vampiric shadow perhaps animalistic, bestial, bat like or like a skeleton or corpse. it may be as horrific or as beautiful as you wish. creating a servitor the servitor should be bound to some object. perhaps you can cr

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

ing included in an objective analysis of magic, but this is exactly the kind of stuff one finds while perusing texts about magic written greater than a century ago. one can hardly exaggerate magic's arbitrary, comical, and often contradictory nature. surely another aspect of the occult that has kept the merely curious at bay. traces of this truth can be found in popular culture where you have the witch, reading off a list of arbitrary herbs and arbitrary body parts of arbitrary animals, and throwing them into a stirring cauldron on arbitrary nights of the year--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 40 famous phrases: a journey into absurdity likewise any one may cure the tooth-ache with the stone that is in the head of the toad; also, if any one shall catch a living frog before sun-rise, and

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

beautiful girl for himself, and for this unlucky woman, the intercourse is most painful and never produced pregnancy. his semen, which is ice-cold and spoiled, is allegedly not his own but was taken from elsewhere. this character often engaged the woman in anal sex as well. women in general play a more active role at the sabbat. sitting beside the presiding demon, is often a choice, high-ranking witch. baphomet is said to have 2 faces, one on his head and the other on his posterior. this being had the tail of a goat, and the face on his rear was also said to be that of a goat. the attendees of the sabbat bring new meaning to the term ass kisser, as they are largely forced to kiss the stinking, demonic face on baphomet s rear-end; only the high-ranking witches and warlocks may kiss the goa

times directly responsible for transporting some of the favored attendees to the sabbat; he arrives at their homes, and instantly transports them through the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 70 air to the location at the sabbat. sometimes this devil would give witches ointments to smear on their body, and this they used to transport themselves to the sabbat. like the popular conception of the witch riding a broomstick, some witches do attend the sabbat riding a magical stick placed between their legs, but this was rare. sometimes parents would bring their children, only to fornicate with them at the festival. sometimes dreaming humans, uninitiated and unaware of the truth, will accidentally stumble upon the sabbat festivities, and perhaps find themselves in danger. baphomet truly enjoy

ases, they speak of cain as the direct child of lucifer and lilith. cain, like his father lucifer, is strongly associated with baphomet and the black man of the sabbat, and has been called the earthly devil. cain is apparently the avatar by which satan visit s the realm of the flesh. cain also represents humanity perfected, as he is both angel and demon. cain is said to be the first born child of witch s blood, and it is he who bestows the mark of the beast. belial [5.10] belial is yet another character who is spoke of as another aspect of satan who rules over hades, other times belial is spoke of as a separate entity from satan. in some accounts, belial was with azazel when he fell from heaven, and was given guardianship over the gates of hell. in other accounts, he fell from heaven befor

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

dead) in luciferian and sethanic witchcraft, the current of vampyrism is explored through the sorcerous aspects of summoning, creating and controlling shadows and wraiths, all connected by the self. before practicing the mentally challenging and dangerous rituals and workings in this tome, please take some time to explore what you are and how you may connect with this path. even for a luciferian witch, this is a thorny and treacherous road to roam. you may have certain visitors attracted by the gates you may open. be warned. a vampyric working of self study decorate your temple of working according to the vampyric path and how it perceives to you personally. in the middle of this room have a nice pillow to sit upon. have either upon the floor a simple table or small cloth to plate a black

w with many bestial and infernal aspects, the form encircles you and you welcome it) i summon now lilith, whose caul shall bless me with reawakening (imagine the demon-goddes lilith come forth in sinister manner,forming both the grotesque and beautiful in one being, this is lilith in her vampyric aspect) i summon now cain who first tasted the blood of abel in initiation (imagine the first born of witch blood, cain who tasted the shadow knowledge of the skull of abel- cain is wrapped in a great shroud in this vampyric aspect) i summon now hecate- who blesses the circle and path of the dead (imagine now hecate in the form of a triple headed goddes,demonic and angelic in essence whom blesses you with the key to the gates of the dead) i announce my death and my awakening from the grave (reach

e circle and path of the dead (imagine now hecate in the form of a triple headed goddes,demonic and angelic in essence whom blesses you with the key to the gates of the dead) i announce my death and my awakening from the grave (reach into the vampyric familiar and take hold of the gravesoil which you have slept in) i ensorcel my being, the arcana of i with the shadows i have created. i am born of witch blood, and hold the secrets of the grave i am vampyre, born again in the bloodied caul lilith and ahriman, shadow drinkers who walk the night in any form i so desire. that i shall remain in the night forever, developing and growing with time. by this sigil of binding, i announce my awakening unto the night path that vampyre shades and demons of the point embrace me as your own! so it is done

! by the circle which i evoke nas, shade gateway of the dead- i will walk in the world of shadow and twilight embrace. by the circle of mitrokht, which i evoke vampyre spirit of the eye and the voice, i summon you to encircle my being so it is done! invocation of the vampyre queen lilith lilith is the mother of the vampyrie myth, as well as the symbol of fountainhead of the daemonic feminine. the witch queen is represented as a partial woman with beast like lower half, owl claws and a hypnotic stare. within her caves by the red sea, the darkness of the earth, the gateway of the demonum she breeds phantoms, shades and lilitu, sexual daimons which cater to the sorcerers who work in her veil. the daemonic feminine itself is defined as instinct, the knowledge of emotion and how one may control

he darkness, and i taste the heartblood of man and woman, i am awakened in my self and by the shadow tongue- hekas, noastra, zarru! zazas zazas nasatanada zazas! focus upon the arcane of self and the temple of which you create. banish and close the ritual. a ritual of necromancy purpose- to align oneself with the death energy or "emerald flame" of azrail/azrael, the angel of death and hecate- the witch queen of the underworld/dead/crossroads. this ritual was designed as a means of silent communication with the ancestral dead and the shades of the fields of necromance. undertaken- october 28th, 2002 12pm& noon. coven members involved -akhtya seker arimanius, davcina and adrian dagon. weather- cloudy, stormy, very damp and gray. algol temple or chamber is decorated in the necromantic and vam

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

of the adversary; it is the union of the daemonic spirit or true will with the sorcerer. in this process, the passing and invocation of power brings the initiate in the passing of witchblood. azothoz is the word which brings the self to the fall and then to discover in the darkness the black flame within, the very gift of iblis[3. it is the idea of this word, spoken in silence by the sorcerer or witch, to encircle the self in the holy fire of samael and lilith, those who rebelled from the natural order (right hand path= death of being) to bring man and woman intelligence, being known as the black flame. the magician speaks the word of making to become as a god himself; cain is born from the union of the dragon and harlot. the illustrations of azothoz provide a powerful interplay between t

7] is one who seeks the knowledge and conversation of his holy guardian angel or luciferian angel, but also to enflesh the bestial aspects of his being, thus developing the shadow and the light aspects of his being. this is the great work, through isolation in the antinomian path does the luciferian sorcerer come forth and recreate himself/herself as a god. the lore of the fallen was written as a witch cult invocation of the self bringing in union the ghostfires of shades of the dead with the witches sabbat and luciferian point of becoming. the illustrations present direct interplay of this process, the dynamic in motion. while the illustrations do not represent the end point, but rather the self in this motion, ever flowing towards the higher articulation of being. as azothoz deals with t

ions the luciferian light. that lucifer is iblis, the imagination and the very foundation of free thought that defines the propagation of the will. from sethanic witchcraft& the left hand path, the introduction to azothoz by the present author [4] see nox umbra, the ritual of entering black eden, the vampyric-luciferian dreaming sigil of the devil-made flesh [5] a ritual performed via book of the witch moon, by the present author and a private version practiced in coven maleficia, the triad of the order of phosphorus. see the book of cain by the present author [6] widdershins is a movement counter-clockwise, a way of going reverse about a circle. see arkon daraul, a history of secret societies, citadel press [7] a term used by scire, g.b. gardner, iv oto to denote the path. pg. 182 of high

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

hts and vibrations, and i can feel resentment from other people. i have often been able to pick up what people were going to say before they said it. not many people will believe me, but i've had some really odd, odd experiences since then. one time, i was at a party and was picking up other people's thoughts, and some people there who didn't know me got up and left. they were scared that i was a witch or something. i don't know if it is something i picked up while i was dead, or if it was there dormant and i never did use it until after this happened. there is a remarkable agreement in the "lessons" as it were, which have been brought back from these close encounters with death. almost everyone has stressed the importance in this life of trying to cultivate love for others, a love of a un

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

its father's son, he will not fear to show lack of filial reverence, or presumption, if he forget his family in the fervour of founding one of his own, of begetting boys not better or braver indeed than his brothers, girls not softer or sweeter indeed than his sisters, but wholly his own, with his own defects and desires evoked by enchantment of ecstasy when he dies to himself in the womb of the witch who lusts for his life, and buys it with the coin that bears his image and superscription. such is the secret of the soul of the artist. he knows that he is a god, of the sons of god; he has no fear or shame in showing himself of the seed of his father. he is proud of that father's most precious privilege, and he honours him no less than himself by using it. he accepts his family as of his o

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

st dreams. i should know. i have used them to win gold sovereigns, clothes, cameras, and over $10,000 in lotteries and contests and you can do the same. contents introduction secrets of witchcraft secrets of money magic secrets of sex magic secrets of the cabala secrets of the spirit world< you can work magic 1: the witching circle the gray man what witches do welcome to the coven anyone can be a witch the circle of protection the sign of the elder gods love and witchcraft the black pullet the magic of herbs the children of the night the fear of witchcraft witchcraft made easy be your own secret coven 2: you can awaken your magic power the ritual that will awaken your fiery serpent physical sensations of occult power seeing your invisible power how to invoke the secret forces of nature a t

coven master. the purpose of the coven is to build magical energy amongst its members to achieve the coven's common objectives, such as ensuring that there is a full moon every month and that summer returns after winter. covens hold great feasts on certain nights each year, february 2 (candlemas, april 30 (walpurgis night, august 1 (lammas, and october 31 (halloween. these four dates are the main witch sabots of the year. special nights on which white witches gather to celebrate their devotion to the moon goddess diana, and the goat-footed god of fertility, pan, indulging in drink, laughter, love, and song. the more interesting covens, on the other hand, indulge in an orgy of< wickedness where all the instincts are given free reign. the dark forces, pleased by the perversions performed for

y must first be purified, and answers i do. she is then whipped forty times across the quivering flesh of her naked behind. the blindfold is removed with the words, so be it. her bonds are removed with the words, now you are free. once again she is presented to each member of the coven who greet her with a kiss. the coven is now free to spend the evening in whatever way they wish. anyone can be a witch contrary to popular belief not all witches belong to covens. i certainly don t, though i do live in close proximity to an area of parkland once used by a coven to hold its meetings during the second world war. many work alone and with just as good results using the magic power of witchcraft as if they were working with a group. there is nothing special that you have to be or no one special y

he sage in a costly urn, the french officer returns to his native country. he makes his abode in provence, spending his days in experiments with the black pullet. such is the legend of the black pullet, a handbook of magic written in egypt in 1740, and how one may acquire riches through the application of magical rites and ceremonies. the magic of herbs herbs have always been a staple item in the witch s world of chants, spells and rituals. they have a long wiccan tradition, being used for all kinds of weird and wonderful purposes. the historical record shows that they were part of the wiccan tradition amongst the ancient egyptians, celts, druids, romans and greeks. herbs can be obtained in one of two ways. from the countryside where they grow in abundance, or ready-packed for sale in occu

ree times over an apple, give the fruit to the young girl to eat, and she will surely come to you. the best example of sympathetic magic in witchcraft is the mandrake plant. a rather mysterious plant whose main use in the middle ages was as an aphrodisiac due to its shape, which resembles a certain part of the male anatomy. the powdered root of the mandrake was burned over a fire with some of the witch s pubic hair. at the same time, the witch s lustful desires were spoken, invoking a demon to draw the desired person to the witch s embrace. occult tradition has it that you can t harvest the mandrake plant in the normal way as the scream it gives as it leaves the ground will kill you or drive you mad. the shriek is supposedly the cry of jealous spirits who dwell within. instead you tie it t

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

the coming new world order, is the belief and strict adherence in the word god with traditional christianity being looked upon as particularly pernicious. in dark secrets of the new age, texe marrs wrote: the new age is a universal open-arms religion that excludes from its ranks only those who believe in jesus christ and a personal god. buddhists, shintoist, satanists, secular humanists, witches, witch doctors and shamans all who reject christianity are invited to become trusted members of the new age family. worshippers of separate faiths and denominations are to be unified in a common purpose: the glorification of man. the guardians of the mysteries freemasonry, by its own accord, practices the ancient mysteries of egypt, and has as a primary goal, the re-instatement of this mystery reli

ONYX TABLET OF SET

e a psychic vampire when you see one? what do you think the attitude of such creatures will be towards a member of the priesthood? do you think that they will be able to perceive you as such? what exactly is "evil? how would you respond if asked such a question over the media or during a lecture? of all the books that you have ever read- apart from the satanic bible, satanic rituals, and compleat witch, which do you consider to be the most valuable to a satanic magician? to a novice? what is lycanthropy? why is it important? how can you make use of it? what is the significance of the enochian keys? what is "magic? why is the satanist concerned with it? how does it tie in with what you would define as the "material" goals of the church of satan? as a priest or priestess iii, do you think yo

nope. then people who hang out in libraries would be the most powerful people on earth. initiation is a matter of applying knowledge and observing the living exemplars of knowledge, so that certain subtle changes can occur- as much as it is a matter of reading them durn books and wearing robes. meeting setians is essential (as is meeting other great people. magic is easy. for sabrina, the teenage witch, and for samantha- but for our species it is the single hardest thing to do well. understanding that these weaknesses are in each candidate (through no fault of their own- it's like mercury in tuna-fish, reminds us what to push against. a methodology for work you should not discuss this methodology with non iii. knowing the external characteristics of an adept, and the inner virtues we wish

PATH OF INITIATION

her the true depth of the question. perhaps i shall try to explore the ever expanding boundaries of this question again in another seven years and have more to say. xeper and remanifeidthe path of initiation: the fivefold pattern of the witching way copyright 2005 by robin artisson from the witching way of the hollow hill most people have the understanding that to claim to belong to a traditional witch group, one must go through a period of learning, join a group, be vouched for, and be initiated. this is how many modern groups do work. i think this is a very problematic formula, however, because most people fail to see beyond it. they seek out groups or join them for the sake of membership- but groups don t make witches or mystics; fate makes witches and mystics. this standard formula of

very things "groups" do not and cannot originate these things, nor make them happen in their members with any certainty. groups may serve some useful purposes, but without members coming to them already aware of the deeper origin of wisdom, they are doomed to fail as groups, for the same reason exoteric churches all gradually fail. there is a period of learning involved in becoming a traditional witch or mystery initiate. there are vouches, initiations. but they do not come only from groups. to understand how we all partake of these things, we have to understand the deeper pattern. the period of learning can occur totally between a person and the land itself; the group you join are the pale people, or hidden people, the dwellers in the underworld; you are vouched for by your own devotion

the purpose of the "time of learning" is to show the initiate how to be aware of their answer- this is why trance techniques and other consciousnessalteration methods are taught at this time. after that point, everything that happens to the initiate is in reality an answer from the otherworld, and this is what the initiate comes to understand, eventually. after these five stages are achieved, the witch or initiate's "fate" is transformed; altered into a new path of internal growth that causes a unknowable route into a new condition, beyond this life (and beyond the death of the candidate. the route of this new condition is the third road to elfland, the destination is mastery, the faery/fetch metamorphosis or the deathless transformation into the ranks of the hidden company, or the grand a

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

ed to beware a claimant wearing one sandal (as jason did, see left, agreed to name him as his heir if he fetched him the golden fleece belonging to ae tes, the cruel king of colchis. with the help of athena (roman minerva) he built a ship, the argo, and and gathered a crew of 50 or so, the argonauts, which included many of cheiron s ex-pupils. he then sailed to colchis, where ae tes daughter, the witch medea, fell in love with him and helped him to steal the fleece and escape. returning home, medea murdered pelias, but strangely jason did not claim the throne. instead the couple lived in corinth for ten years until jason rejected medea to marry king creon s daughter, glaucis. medea avenged herself by killing glaucis, creon, and her own children by jason, before fleeing. jason died an old m

hera jason sailed under the special protection of hera. when jason was hurrying to the court of king pelias to lay his claim to the throne, he had to cross a flooded river. an old woman stood forlornly on the bank and begged him to carry her across. he did so, losing one of his sandals in the process. the old woman was hera in disguise, and this small service earned jason her devoted help. medea, witch and lover medea, a witch with a fiery and ruthless temperament, was madly in love with jason. when she thought he was plotting with her brother apsyrtus to leave her behind, she boiled with rage, longing to set the argo on fire, and hurl herself into the flames. although medea used her magic to help him, jason was terrified of her. her aid was substantial not only did she charm the serpent t

was strong enough and come to athens. theseus moved the rock with ease, claimed the tokens of his birth, and set out for athens. he encountered many trials along the way (shown here, which he overcame with a skill comparable to that of his cousin hercules. welcomed in athens as a hero, theseus was invited to a banquet at the king s palace. aegeus was unaware of theseus identity, but his wife, the witch medea (see p. 53, had her suspicions and tried to poison him. she failed, aegeus recognized theseus as his son and heir, and medea and her son medus fled. the exploits of theseus this greek plate dates from c. 440 bce and depicts several of theseus exploits both along the road to athens and later in his career when he was recognized as aegeus son and heir to the athenian throne. the bull of

PHOSPHORUS

ter of coven/director- yatus akhtya seker arimanius -the utterance/voice of the abyss. a student, emerging as an independent voice or gate of hell, from the angelo-saxon word helan, meaning secret or hidden place. pairikas soror azhdeha iii director and overseer -the fiery dragon, an office of scarlet women. pairikas soror teth ii- director and overseer praecantrix dana dark -the ghost serpent, a witch of solitary and dreaming sorcery 3 each are bound to the circle to further expand, refine and direct the initiatory process under the practice of the luciferian witchcraft, persian and ahrimanean sorcery within a left hand path perspective. the grade structure of phosphorus is designed as a falling and ascending process, this involves a focus of the self and the essence of work itself. upon

yss (this may be sooner, this is the time limit. they will learn and practice the foundations of high and low sorcery, an introspective study of their own being and to ensure their focus is suited for toph. the title for this grade is veneficus or yatus (the yatuk-dinoih practitioners, males, pairikas are female witches, the sorcerer who has entered the sabbat path of the leviathanic serpent. the witch of this path is known as commonly veneficus and their magical name, which will be adopted upon entry of toph. the grade structure is not a design of title, rather of work. while in the grade of void and the abyss the student will work with a guide or initiator who is in essence a vessel of lucifer or lilith, the enfleshed spirit of cain the black smith. the initiator will test the spirit and

f iblis grow within them through their own desire to gain knowledge and experience via luciferian and witches sabbat practice. the path of void and the abyss is to encircle yourself upon the path, by the spirit ways and shades of the path. the following books are essential to your initial study- writings by michael w. ford8 luciferian sorcery vox sabbatum yatuk dinoih (second edition) book of the witch moon book of cain azothoz the goetia luciferian edition titles- the sufis by idries shah witcha a book of cunning by nathaniel harris iii the neonomicon by nathaniel harris iii a history of secret societies by akron daraul mastering witchcraft by paul huson call of the horned piper by nigel aldcroft jackson masks of misrule by nigel aldcroft jackson the complete vampyre by nigel aldcroft jac

ess represents (and how they are the same) and the results of invoking them within (both male and female. the significance of the feminine (lunar) and the goddess of death and birth. the crimson caul and the birth of lilith within the luciferian circle. a minimum four page essay on the goddess and how this feminine aspect is used within the male or female. see nox umbra, book of cain, book of the witch moon and yatuk dinoih. 3. creation of famulus (familiars) both lesser and greater. submit records and techniques used in creation rites. 4. grimoire working with the red dragon/grand grimoire famulus lucifuge rofocale. pact made with this daemon to invoke and become essentially, to open the way of shadow. 5. cain as the offspring of lilith& samael. tubal qayin and how this force represents i

atavistic knowledge of the daemonum of the earth. see mephistopheles conjuration by michael w. ford 2. the assumption of the flesh of the devil, the power of initiation and the mark of the devil as a rite of passage. the god form of satan the adversary is to understand the fallen aspect of darkness to the 12 rise into the dark light, thus a balanced initiation of flesh and spirit. see book of the witch moon. 3. the astral sabbath, dedication to, preparation and emergence into the astral plane. complete records and insight through including if famulus attends the self. 4. averse tree of life (daath) and the spheres of the qlippoth. devotion to the essence of each sphere and its daemonic attributes to be used in a positive way. 5. a working of the black eagle as the initiator unto the path o

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

side is a lifelong and necessary process, buf a process which yields toward a more fullness of self. as edinger comments "all these aspects of the rejected shadow are equated with the 'king' which means psychologically that acceptance of the shadow and compassion xvii for the inferior manare equivalent to acceptance of the self."the masses have projected (and not integrated) their shadow from the witch burnings of salem to congressional hearings on censorship of lyrics in rock music. the"occu1t"means nothing more than the study of what is "hidden" beyond the perception of the five senses. electricity could be construed as an "occult"force, and indeed to primitive man (as it manifested as an electrical storm) who partook of the mysterious since this was beyond the bounds of the ordinary. bu

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

by angels. thus also the admiral de coligny imposed respect on his assassins and could only be despatched by a madman who fell upon him with averted face. what rendered joan of arc invariably victorious was the fascination of her faith and the miracle of her audacity; she paralysed the arms of those who would have assailed her, and the english may have very well been sincere in regarding her as a witch or a sorceress. as a fact, she was a sorceress unconsciously, herself believing that she acted supernaturally, while she was really disposing of an occult force which is universal and invariably governed by the same laws. the magus-magnetizer should have command of the natural medium, and consequently of that astral body by which our soul communicates with our the medium and mediator 41 orga

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

earth (philip 2: 10) nor can they enact anything at that time, after hearing of that sacred name. the tabhaisder or seer that corresponds with this kind of familiar, can bring them with a spell to appear to himself or [to] others whenever he pleases, as readily as the endor http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_21.htm (5 of 8 [10/9/2001 12:34:36 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 21-29) witch did those of her own kind. he tells that they are ever readiest to go on hurtful errands, but seldom will be the messengers of great good to men. he is not terrified with their sight when he calls them, but seeing them by surprise, as he often does, frightens him extremely. and gladly he would be quit of such [sights, for the hideous spectacles seen among them [such] as the torturing of some

it were [in] a fit of fanaticism, hypochondriac melancholy, or possession of some insinuating spirit raising the soul beyond its common strain [that is, level of existence. if the palpable instances and realities seen and innocently objected [that is, shown] to the senses did not disprove it, and make this matter a palpable verity and no deception [we might think it similar to the results of the witch's ointment, yet since this [second] sight can be bestowed without ointment or dangerous compact [that is, pact, the qualification is not of so bad an original source [as that of witchcraft. therefore: 6. by my lord [tarbett's] good leave i presume to say that this [second] sight can be no quality of the air, nor of the eyes, because: 6,1 [there are people] such as live in the same air and se

quires of him [see page 33. 6,3: the unsullied eyes of infants can naturally perceive no new unaccustomed object but http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_40.htm (6 of 9 [10/9/2001 12:34:55 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 40-49) what [that is, those which] appear to other men, unless exalted and clarified in some way as [in the biblical example] of balaam's ass for a time. though in a witch's eye the beholder cannot see his own image reflected, as [he would] in the eyes of other people, so that [the] defect [that is, absence] of objects as well as [the] diversity the secret commonwealth 47 of the subject may operate differently on several [different] tempers [that is, temperaments] and ages. 6,4: though also some are of so venomous a constitution by being radicated [that is, ro

n legend, at least as far as it was published, is found in appendix 1, drawn from de quincey's suspiria de profundis. page 27 and albeit were-wolves and witches true bodies are. wounded at home when the[ir] astral assumed bodies are stricken elsewhere. these if [fairy] people have not a second. body at all to be so pierced. here kirk is referring to lore widespread in europe, which asserts that a witch or werewolf may be discovered at home by wounds appearing on the body, often of a quite respectable and hitherto unsuspected person, resulting from wounds inflicted elsewhere upon their astral double or animal shape. the fairies have only one body, that of lightened, refined, less gross substance, which when assaulted or divided by a blow reunites itself. kirk again makes the distinction bet

failed to warn her fellow islanders. this anecdote has the ring of a widespread humorous tale, based on fact, spread about to make gentle fun at the expense of the seeress. this is one of several references by kirk to the fact that women seldom have the second sight. this seems to be an unusual stance; possibly very few women would admit to it when questioned by a male priest of an authoritarian, witch burning religion, even one as gentle and spiritually inclined as robert kirk. whatever the reasons, and we note that in this tale he implies that the woman was a witch working with a familiar spirit, kirk is not correct in this suggestion. indeed, it is often traditionally asserted that the female bloodline passes on the second sight, either to daughters or sons, and not the male bloodline

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ertain component that he has projected outside. on the other hand the characteristic now seems to be in the world outside, most often in other people. most people have a strong resistance against recognizing this distorted selfimage. resistance has in fact originally been one of the central reasons for projection. the most significant examples of the projection of the shadow wilber finds from the witch hunts, the raid of the jews by the nazis, and the ku klux klan. he also reminds of the fear that prevailed during the cold war that 'there is a communist under every bed'(3) i think that projecting the genetic memory of the core family/group into a larger framework, plus a many-sided propaganda, make for so called nationalistic feelings. in all societies there is much more peaceful activity

ion" became inconvenient in more orderly civilizations, the use of plant drugs to demonstrate and justify religion was abandoned, but much of the conceptual scaffolding remained, now supported by "faith. this is particularly striking in the case of the symbolic cannibalism theme in christianity. it is easier to make sense of the thing, particularly the catholic forms, when you realize that tribal witch doctors have been consuming plants they call "the flesh of the gods" and experiencing marked changes in consciousness interpreted as "communion with spirits" since the dawn of humanity. this, too, is how "faith" came to be regarded as superior to reason in r.h.p. religions: the suspension of intellectual functioning goes hand-in-hand with drug-facilitated mystical experience. thus mystics as

f the satanism of anton lavey, and its subsequent development into the setian philosophy of michael a. aquino. before i begin, however, i think that it is important to dispense with a number of misconceptions concerning satanic philosophy. by the term satanism, i refer specifically to the philosophy of anton lavey, as set forth in his books the satanic bible, the satanic rituals, and the compleat witch, and as espoused by the church of satan. the first principle2 of this philosophy is indulgence3 [anton lavey, the satanic bible; michael a. aquino, the church of satan; and a great emphasis is placed upon the carnal aspect of man, which the satanist feels to have been not only neglected by conventional religions but also actively repressed, at the cost of inducing a great many neuroses and m

of set. aquino, the church of satan. san francisco: temple of set, 1983 c.e. aquino, the crystal tablet of set. san francisco, temple of set, 1986 c.e. blake, william, a marriage of heaven and hell. crowley, aleister, liber legis (the book of the law. lavey, anton s, the satanic bible. new york: avon books, 1969 c.e. lavey, the satanic rituals. new york: avon books, 1972 c.e. lavey, the compleat witch. new york: dodd, mead and company, 1970 c.e. lubicz, isha schwaller de, her-bak: egyptian initiate. new york: inner traditions, 1967 c.e [ronald fraser, translator. milton, john, paradise lost. spinoza, benedict de, works of spinoza, volume ii. new york: dover, 1955 c.e. symonds, john, the great beast. london: macdonald, 1971 c.e. wilson, robert anton, prometheus rising. phoenix: falcon pres

sexually abusing children or committing other crimes because we cannot prove that they are members of organized cults that murder and eat people. i have discovered that the subject of multidimensional child sex rings is a very emotional and polarizing issue. everyone seems to demand that one choose a side. on one side of the issue are those who say that nothing really happened and it is all a big witch hunt led by overzealous fanatics and incompetent "experts" the other side says, in essence, that everything happened; victims never lie about child sexual abuse, and so it must be true. there is a middle ground. it is the job of the professional investigator to listen to all the victims and conduct appropriate investigation in an effort to find out what happened, considering all possibilitie

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etisches are introduced. this refers to the physical presentation of objects of power. we can among these include the common weapons of the warrior of the noble arte, colours, banners and signs are other highly physical objects that are treated. through this act the process of manifestation of the summoned will be enhanced. this cells importance rests in its exploration of the mysteries where the witch and the familiar becomes one. this is performed through procedures of congress where the joining in secret and sacred matrimony are performed. this will include the absolute readiness of the senses. the totality of the body must be brought to a state of reception for the forces to descend upon the mage. he ritual of the opposer will be performed in such occasion and the mage who strives to r

re aggressive component in the communion. the priest become the vessel and the container of the powers drawn upon, mainly through the mystery of the sexual eucharist. it also reflects its double -natured house of power (or sah) in the tetragrammic vessel- the hand being the extension of the phallus and the eye being the cranial abode of the higher mouth (i.e. vulva- note due to this that the lone witch in norse lore was called volva and was considered a seer or a sybill, the oracle made manifest in the flesh of the crone, which suggest the oracular nature within this aat, reflected through the use of the portals of the moon. cell 6 being the aat of the 7th and 18th letter of the sacred alphabet this cell is a discourse upon the double will and the divided twins as found in the mystery of t

d letter of the sacred alphabet for whosoever is wise practises no magic, but becomes it we are now encountering the last letters of the sacred alphabet, kaph and tau. symbolized by the planet jupiter and the tarot of fortune inte racting with the tau, the cross of the universe connecting saturn with the earth. in this we find wisdom and understanding brought circle round and ended up back to the witch who has restored him-or her on the throne of cain, carrying the cross of the world and has towered by all temptations. through the ordeals jupiter has blessed the witch with the fortune of gnosis. worship not the stone but what it conceals is one of the statements in this cell, and through this it refers to the dawning of the famulus in a physical object and the dawning of the adepts occult

s the mage is nothing but an ill deformed child in the occult world always craving for the ridiculous. the workings in orders such as the ku- sebittu are design for this kind of growth of the mage. the cultivation of the close relation between the mage and his or her personal genii. the lunar transmission has proved great effect in its ability to disrobe the famulus and connect it deep within the witch blood of the seeker. this cell is a worthy culmination of this highly personal grimoire, that is also just as personal as the ability of the sorcerer are to see the path of uniqueness in all. also, the language and gnosis transmitted in these two last cells will be better off when they speak by them self to the innermost chambers of the witch. the value of a belief lies in its sufficiency to

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sconcerted saladin, even at such a great distance. his parents had been muslims in the lackadaisical, light manner of bombayites; changez chamchawala had seemed far more godlike to his infant son than any allah. that this father, this profane deity (albeit now discredited, had dropped to his knees in his old age and started bowing towards mecca was hard for his godless son to accept "i blame that witch" he told himself, falling for rhetorical purposes into the same language of spells and goblins that his father had commenced to employ "that nasreen two. is it i who have been the subject of devilment, am i the one possessed? it's not my handwriting that changed" the letters didn't come any more. years passed; and then saladin chamcha, actor, self-made man, returned to bombay with the prospe

riarch ibrahim came into this valley with hagar and ismail, their son. here, in this waterless wilderness, he abandoned her. she asked him, can this be god's will? he replied, it is. and left, the bastard. from the beginning men" used god to justify the unjustifiable. he moves in mysteri us ways: men say. small wonder, then, that women have turned to me- but i'll keep to the point; hagar wasn't a witch. she was trusting _then surely he will not let me perish. after ibrahim left her, she fed the baby at her breast until her milk ran out. then she climbed two hills, first safa then marwah, running from one to the other in her desperation, trying to sight a tent, a camel, a human being. she saw nothing. that was when he came to her, gibreel, and showed her the waters of zamzam. so hagar survi

ppity women in the mouth, herself for example, in public, at a meeting, plenty of witnesses, but it didn't stop the doctor _he's a crazy bastard, that one, she told chamcha when she pointed him out from the attic one day _capable of anything; he could've killed me, and all because i told everybody he wasn't no african, i knew him when he was plain sylvester roberts from down new cross way;fucking witch doctor, if you ask me- and mishal herself, and jumpy, and hanif- and the bus conductor, too, they all dreamed him, rising up in the street like apocalypse and burning the town like toast. and in every one of the thousand and one dreams he, saladin chamcha, gigantic of limb and horn-turbaned of head, was singing, in a voice so diabolically ghastly and guttural that it proved impossible to ide

elf had acquired a theadbare look, his white hair as full of gaps as his teeth. his concubines were dying of old age, and he lacked the energy- or, so the rumours murmured in the desultory alleys of the city, the need- to replace them. some days he forgot to shave, which added to his look of dilapidation and defeat. only hind was the same as ever. she had always had something of a reputation as a witch, who could wish illnesses upon you if you failed to bow down before her litter as it passed, an occultist with the power of transforming men into desert snakes when she had had her fill of them, and then catching them by the tail and having them cooked in their skins for her evening meal. now that she had reached sixty the legend of her necromancy was being given new substantiation by her ex

spent boring pathways through the earth "parting" it, one might say- could not stomach the notion that a girl could do the same, with a wave of her hand, for the sea. cadres of certain communalist groupings had been at work, inciting the miners to violence, and as a result of the activities of these agents provocateurs a mob was forming, carrying banners demanding: no islamic padyatra! butterfly witch, go home. on the night before they were due to enter sarang, mirza saeed made another futile appeal to the pilgrims "give up" he implored uselessly "tomorrow we will all be killed" ayesha whispered in mishal's ear, and she spoke up "better a martyr than a coward. are there any cowards here" there was one. sri srinivas, explorer of the grand canyon, proprietor of a toy univas, whose motto was

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hers as a teacher, even though be may regard himself as a "student" of his calling. in magic and metaphysics, the master is one who understands those things which others call "occult" or "mysteries. he author: michael a. aquino vi temple of set date: march 10, xi html conversion: dec 7, 2000 ce subject: the master of the temple may be called a saint, a sage, a mahatma, a medicine man, a shaman, a witch doctor, or a philosopher. transculturally he is a master. within the initiatory arts of magic, the concept of the master has been most precisely formulated to date by aleister crowley. let me cite the key descriptive passages concerning a master of the temple (8=[3] of the a:.a. from magick in theory and practice "the essential attainment is the perfect annihilation of that personality which

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er key became best sellers. lesser key of solomon (the goetia) this work is also attributed to the legendary king solomon, and gives details of the seventy two devils that were bound to his command, as well as the details as to how the reader may summon and command them. it forms the blueprint upon which most other grimoire are copied from. it is mentioned by the venetian inquisition, who found a witch to be in possession of it. grimoire of honorius widely circulated in the 17th century, first published some time between 1629 and 1670. attributed to pope honorius, the text is highly christianised and contains aspects of kabalist lore. it was described by eliphas levi, in key of the great mysteries, as 'a veritable monument of human perversity. this is usually of the classical catholic vari

ree on this point. their ruling prince is raphael. see ezekiel 1:13-19. the second circle middle triad the second triad are concerned with the dualistic nature of humanity in seeking the ultimate unity with god. as such they are closer to humanity, and more prone to corruption. in occult lore many are considered to be double agents, appearing both as angels and as devils. to the black magician or witch they are thus powerful allies. 4th choir: dominions also called dominations, lords, kuriotetes, and in hebrew lore hamshallim. considerd as channels of mercy residing in the second heaven, and according to dionysus regulate the angel s duties. its ruling lords are zadkiel, hashmal (hasmal/chasmal, the fire speaking angel, yahriel and muriel. 5th choir: virtues known also as malakim, the duna

horns, and carrying a great sword. tells fortunes, reconciles. buer (goetia, 10th spirit. president commanding 50 legions. appears as a centaur. teaches moral and natural philosophy, virtues of plants, heals all human distempers, gives good familiars. byleth once a prince of powers. cain (hebrew qayin, attainment. son of adam, slayer of abel in the first murder. in some accounts the first of the witch blood lineage, the offspring of the serpent or of the watchers. camio, camael (goetia, 53rd spirit. formerly of the angelic order of angels. appears as a thrush, a man carrying a sharp sword, seems to answer in burning ashes or coals. gives understanding of the speech of birds, bulls, dogs and other animals, and of the voices of the waters. foretells the future. in occult lore he also is ide

as a leopard, man, or theriomorph, a master of divination. destroys and burns the enemies of the summoner. tells of the creation of the world, and how he and the fallen came to be. his name probably derives from the egyptian horus. hecate (greek. triple headed queen of sorcery, who dwells where the roads meet. known also as enodia, trioditus, and antaia, she who encounters you. identified in some witch traditions as the mother of lucifer. hel (old norse. the queen of the underworld, and the name of the realm itself. the daughter of loki and the giantess angrboda, sister of fenrir and the midgard serpent. even the gods must tread the way of hel. helel ben shachar (hebrew, morning star, shining one. the phrase as it appears in the original hebrew, isaiah 14:12. thus taken to be a name of luc

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t came my biography of lavey, the devil's avenger, published by pryamid in 1974. after the book was published, i became a card-carrying member and, subsequently, a priest of the church of satan, a title i now proudly share with many celebrated persons. the postmidnight philosophical discussions i began with lavey in 1967 continue today, a decade later, supplemented sometimes these days by a nifty witch or some of our own music, him on organ and me on drums, in a bizarre cabaret populated by superrealistic humanoids of lavey's creation. all of lavey's background seemed to prepare him for his role. he is the descendant of georgian, roumanian, and alsatian grandparents, including a gypsy grandmother who passed on to him the legends of vampires and witches in her native transylvania. as early

ively quiescent period came his widely read, pioneering books: first, the satanic bible, which at this writing is in its twelfth edition (and this is my second, revised introduction, after having written the original introduction to the first edition. second, the satanic rituals, which covers more of the somber, complex material lavey unearthed from his increasing sources. and third, the compleat witch, a bestseller in italy, but, sadly, allowed by its american publisher to go out of print with its potential unfulfilled. lavey's spreading out from organized church activities to writing books for worldwide distribution has, of course, greatly expanded church of satan membership. satanism's growing popularity has naturally been accompanied by scare stories from religious groups complaining t

during it. this type of magic is sometimes known as "greater magic. non-ritual or manipulative magic, sometimes called "lesser magic, consists of the wile and guile obtained through various devices and contrived situations, which when utilized, can create "change, in accordance with one's will. in olden times this would be called "fascination "glamour, or the "evil eye. most of the victims of the witch trials were not witches. often the victims were eccentric old women who were either senile or did not conform to society. others were exceptionally attractive women who turned the heads of the men in power, and were not responsive to their advances. the real witches were rarely executed, or even brought to trial, as they were proficient in the art of enchantment and could charm the men and s

, and were not responsive to their advances. the real witches were rarely executed, or even brought to trial, as they were proficient in the art of enchantment and could charm the men and save their own lives. most of the real witches were sleeping with the inquisitors. this is the origin of the word "glamour. the antiquated meaning of glamour is witchcraft. the most important asset to the modern witch is her ability to be alluring, or to utilize glamour. the word "fascination" has a similarly occult origin. fascination was the term applied to the evil eye. to fix a person's gaze, in other words, fascinate, was to curse them with the evil eye. therefore, if a woman had the ability to fascinate men, she was regarded as a witch. had the ability to fascinate men, she was regarded as a witch

ion" has a similarly occult origin. fascination was the term applied to the evil eye. to fix a person's gaze, in other words, fascinate, was to curse them with the evil eye. therefore, if a woman had the ability to fascinate men, she was regarded as a witch. had the ability to fascinate men, she was regarded as a witch. learning to effectively utilize the command to look, is an integral part of a witch's or warlock's training. to manipulate a person, you must first be able to attract and hold his attention. the three methods by which the command to look can be accomplished are the utilization of sex, sentiment, or wonder, or any combination of these. a witch must, honestly, decide into which category she most naturally falls. the first category, that of sex, is selfevident. if a woman is a

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aft, with their strict adherence to their horned-god-fertility-symbol syndrome, consider the words devil and satan anathema. they disclaim any association. they wish no comparisons to be drawn linking their murrayite- gardnerian-"neo-pagan-"traditional" beliefs with diabolism. they have expunged devil arid satan from their vocabulary, and have waged a tireless campaign to give dignity to the word witch, though that has always been synonymous with nefarious activity, whether as witch, or hexe, or venifica, or other. they wholeheartedly accept the christian evaluation of the word satan at face value, and ignore the fact that the term became synonymous with evil simply because it was (a) of hebrew origin, and anything jewish was of the devil, and (b) because it meant adversary or opposite. wi

with nefarious activity, whether as witch, or hexe, or venifica, or other. they wholeheartedly accept the christian evaluation of the word satan at face value, and ignore the fact that the term became synonymous with evil simply because it was (a) of hebrew origin, and anything jewish was of the devil, and (b) because it meant adversary or opposite. with all the debate over the origin of the word witch, and the clear origins of the word satan one would think that logic would rule, and satan would be accepted as a more sensibly explained label* even if one recognizes the character inversion employed in changing pan (the good guy) into satan (the bad guy, why reject an old friend just because he bears a new name and unjustified stigma? why do so many still feel it mandatory to disavow any co

disavow any connection with what might be classed as satanic, yet increasingly use each and every one of the arts that were for centuries considered satan's? why does the scientist, whose academic and laboratory forebears suffered from accusations of heresy, mouth platitudes of christian righteousness in one breath, while dismissing the concept of *controversy over the origin of the english word witch is valid when one considers the etymology of the term in other languages: venifica (latin, hexe (german, streghe (italian, etc. only in its english form has the word assumed a benign origin: wicca, purportedly meaning "wise" any debate must center on recent claims that advance a positive and socially acceptable meaning for a term that has in all ages and most languages, meant "poisoner "frig

nglish form has the word assumed a benign origin: wicca, purportedly meaning "wise" any debate must center on recent claims that advance a positive and socially acceptable meaning for a term that has in all ages and most languages, meant "poisoner "frightener "enchanter "spell-caster" or "evil woman" anthropologists have shown that even in primitive societies notably the azande, the definition of witch carries malevolent connotations. therefore, are we to assume that the only "good" witchet in the world were english witches? this, however, becomes difficult to accept when one considers the term wizard, which stems from the middle english wysard= wise, versus the old english wican= to bend, from whence witch is supposedly derived. all in all, it seems to be an unsuccessful attempt to legiti

tures and from all ages. with his unfettered access to logic as well, he now becomes a powerful adversary of satan's past tormentors. those who have depended on fighting the devil to display their "goodness" must discover a new adversary-one who is helpless, disorganized, and easily vanquished. but the world is changing fast and such a recruitment will prove difficult. so difficult, in fact, that witch-hunters and devil finders may be forced to seek their quarry in the most impenetrable of jungles-themselves. note in rituals where a foreign language is presented, the english translation usually follows after a brief space. wherever both languages are so presented, only one should be employed. to reiterate a statement in an alternate language breaks the flow of the original statement. if th

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

on by the festering ignorance of the sensationalist xian authors and their publishers, who carelessly categorize true satanists with criminals who use the various occult religions to justify their psychopathies. let s get it straight right now i have been a practicing satanist for over twenty-five years and a law-abiding, former veteran of the criminal justice system. perhaps these 1692-mentality witch hunters should take a hard look toward their own backyards for religion-based crime. there they ll certainly find plenty! to understand the reason for the success of xianity is to realize its methods: forced indoctrination and the implantation of firm belief while its subjects are children. hence, there s no resistance, and oft-times, complete compliance. look at those supermarket beggars. a

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have been connected with the dark goddess- the dog being one of the sacred animals of hekate- rather than with satan himself. the witches would then approach and adore the devil, though their approach would be in a manner foreign to normal men, such as walking crab-like or with their backs turned to him. after this 'came the offering of the candles to the devil and the obscene kiss'(7) where the witch kisses the devils behind. following the obscene kiss, initiation, baptism or marriage would occur followed by the feast and the orgy which concluded the witches sabbath. the inclusion of a feast and an orgy at the end of the witches sabbath is very much reminiscent of the bacchanalia that existed during the times of the roman empire. the bacchanalia was originally a secret sorority that even

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dner (1884 1964. gardner wrote extensively on witchcraft in two widely read books, witchcraft today and the meaning of witchcraft. practitioners of wicca as gardner described it are often referred to as gardnerian wiccans. considerable controversy has surrounded gardner and his writings. he claimed that the religion had been revealed to him by a woman named dorothy clutterbuck, a well-known local witch in england. later students of wicca have disputed this claim, arguing that gardner formulated the religion on the basis of nineteenth-century occult practices combined with 384 world religions: almanac neo-paganism elements of hinduism, buddhism, and his own imagination. some wiccans credited gardner with keeping the ancient religion alive. others accused him of revealing secret wisdom that

f revealing secret wisdom that should have been kept secret among initiates into the religion. wiccan beliefs and practices in 1974 a number of wiccans gathered in minneapolis, minnesota, where they drafted a statement containing the magic in wicca it s common knowledge even among the masses that witches practice magic. they may have misguided ideas concerning the type of magic performed, but the witch is firmly linked in popular thought with the magical arts. wicca is. a religion that embraces magic as one of its basic concepts. this isn t unusual. in fact, it s often difficult to discern [determine] where religion ends and magic begins in any faith. still, magic plays a special role in wicca. it allows us to improve our lives and return energy to our ravaged [damaged] planet. wiccans als

s: biographies timeline of events teresa and the order establish hospices, orphanages, and schools throughout india and eventually throughout the world. 1954 gerald brousseau gardner publishes witchcraft today, which places witchcraft as the surviving piece of pagan or pre-christian religion in the modern world. with the book s popularity, gardner is dubbed by the english media as britain s chief witch. 1966 the buddhist teacher thich nhat hanh is exiled from vietnam. 1986 the anglican priest desmond mpilo tutu becomes the archbishop of cape town, south africa. he continues his efforts to gain civil rights for south africa s black population. 1989 the dalai lama wins the nobel peace prize for his work on behalf of his homeland, tibet, which has been under chinese control since 1950. 1994 m

karamchand gandhi, the mahatma. kids freesouls. http//www. kidsfreesouls.com/gandhiji.htm (accessed on june 1, 2006. welcome to mahatma gandhi one spot complete information web site. http//www. mkgandhi.org (accessed on june 1, 2006. 136 world religions: biographies mahatma gandhi gerald brousseau gardner born: june 13, 1884 blundellsands, england died: february 12, 1964 british religious leader; witch; writer i think we must say good-bye to the witch. the cult is doomed, i am afraid, partly because of modern conditions, housing shortage, the smallness of families, and chiefly by education. the modern child is not interested. he knows witches are all bunk. gerald b. gardner, the pioneer of the modern witchcraft revival movement, was a writer and occultist. an occultist is someone intereste

d, i am afraid, partly because of modern conditions, housing shortage, the smallness of families, and chiefly by education. the modern child is not interested. he knows witches are all bunk. gerald b. gardner, the pioneer of the modern witchcraft revival movement, was a writer and occultist. an occultist is someone interested in supernatural powers and mystical knowledge. gardner called himself a witch and founded the contemporary religion of witchcraft in england during the 1950s. this later led to the establishment of wicca. wicca is a form of white( benevolent and kind) witchcraft that comes from pre-christian religious traditions that involve magic and a focus on the rhythms of nature. gardner gathered beliefs and celebrations from a wide variety of sources to create what became known

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

med sodality or in formal convocation. though such a man or woman may engage in worldly activities and interactions to such an extent as circumstance dictates, all such affairs are kept in their own place, without contact or intrusion into the sphere of practice and magical discourse. the hermit of convocation resides under the patronage of the so-called faithful gods, the assembly of the sixteen witch-fathers and witch-mothers. to such a practitioner the gifts of spiritual communion, commonality of purpose, diversity of perspective, mutual support in travail, wise counsel and guidance are bestowed. ii) the second solitude is the hermitage of sacred marriage. this is the solitude of the practitioner who engages magically with no other than his or her own sole magical partner or chosen ritu

own sole magical partner or chosen ritual consort. this is the solitude of the mage who enters the harem of the sole other, the adytum of the muse s devotions. when the inspiration of one s perfect loneliness is not other than the manifest presence of one s beloved the door unto this hermitage has truly opened. the hermit of sacred marriage resides under the patronage of liliya and mahazhael, the witch-queen and king of the faithful gods. the blessings of this spiritual station are the elixirs of the love-feast, the eucharist of flesh and blood, the well-spring of love as inspiration, the mirror of gazes from whence dreams take flesh, the secret of union, and many more, exceeding great virtues of the heart. iii) the third solitude is the hermitage of the journeyman. this is the solitude of

the solitude of one who draws inward to the circle of his own self-brotherhood- the arena of his own mental and sensory faculties, and who engages with none but the spirits, genii and deities of the path. the hermitage of the journeyman resides under the patronage of abel or habil, he who is perpetually overcome in the ordeals of initiation. it may also be seen to reside under the auspices of the witch-father called qinaya habil-zhiva, he who is known as the resurrector of abel, who watches over all such deeds that succeed in the transmutation of will through self-sacrifice. the gifts bestowed at this station of the soul are numerous and it is within this hermitage that any true aspirant must secure himself in introspective contemplation if he is truly to comprehend the orientations and di

ansgressor. this is the solitude of one who wilfully steps outside the world of mortal man as an act of magical power, whose path transgresses the boundaries of the city and crosses over the many borders of convention, daring to go forth into such domains and regions as remain uncharted or forbidden. this is the way of the one who perpetually acknowledges the search for cain, the initiated man of witch-fire, and who constantly engages through self-overcoming in the mystical sacrifice of abel, the profane man of clay. the fifth solitude is the hermitage of one who passes beyond the pale of any kingdom, government or rulership, save that of his chosen deity or intent. it is the condition of one who actively engages in magical praxis outside the parameters and gravities of custom, convention

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ound a man making notes on tablets to the effect that nose, eyes, ears, lips, chin, etc, were untouched and whole. having been provided with a lamp and some oil that night he began his watch, and all went well, notwithstanding that he was greatly afraid, until the dead of night when a weasel came into the chamber and looked confidingly at the watcher; but he drove the animal--which was no doubt a witch--from the room, and then fell fast p. 13 asleep. in the early morning he was suddenly wakened by the trumpets of the soldiers, and almost immediately the widow of the dead man came to him with seven witnesses, and began to examine the body to see if it was intact; finding that no injury had been done to it she ordered her steward to pay telephron his fee, and was so grateful to him that she

so unpopular that "a company of hags roasted his image made of wax upon a wooden spit, reciting certain words of enchantment, and basting the figure with a poisonous liquor. these women when apprehended declared that as the wax melted, the body of the king should decay, and the words of enchantment prevented him from the refreshment of sleep" the two following extracts from thomas middleton's the witch 2 illustrate the views held about wax figures in england in the time of this writer. 3 p. 99 i "heccat. is the heart of wax stuck full of magique needles" stadlin 'tis done heccat. heccat. and is the farmer's picture, and his wives, lay'd downe to th' fire yet? stadlin. they are a roasting both too. heccat. good: then their marrowes are a melting subtelly and three monethes sicknes sucks up

dead mens' eyes will waste him by degrees (act v, scene 2) mr. elworthy in his very interesting book "the evil eye" 1 relates some striking examples of the burning of hearts stuck full of pins for magical purposes p. 100 in recent years. thus an old woman at mendip had a pig that fell ill, and she at once made up her mind that the animal had been "overlooked; in her trouble she consulted a "white witch" i.e. a "wise" man, and by his orders she acted thus. she obtained a sheep's heart, and having stuck it full of pins 1 set it to roast before a fire, whilst her friends and neighbours sang- it is not this heart i mean to burn. but the person's heart i wish to turn, wishing them neither rest nor peace till they are dead and gone" at intervals her son george sprinkled salt on the fire which ad

writings of his priests and teachers which are now in our hands, the man who was without religion and god in some form or other was most rare, if not unknown. footnotes 206:1 as recently as 1895 this belief existed in ireland, for according to the times of april 2, 3, 6, and 8, michael cleary was charged on april 1 at clonmel with having, on march 14, burnt his wife bridget, aged 27, for being a witch, thus causing her death, at baltyvadhen, p. 207 county tipperary. johanna burke swore that boiling herbs out of a saucepan on the fire were forced down the throat of the deceased, her husband asking her in the name of the father, son, and holy ghost, if she was his wife. he then stripped her naked, threw her on the floor, and pouring paraffin over her, set her on fire. cleary, assisted by j

n on the fire were forced down the throat of the deceased, her husband asking her in the name of the father, son, and holy ghost, if she was his wife. he then stripped her naked, threw her on the floor, and pouring paraffin over her, set her on fire. cleary, assisted by j. dunne, p. kennedy, w. kennedy, and others, next took her to the fire and forced her to sit upon it in order to "drive out the witch" which possessed her. she was next laid upon the bed and shaken, while her husband recited the words "away with you" meaning the evil spirit, or spirits, and at six o'clock on the morning of the 15th of march the priest was sent for to exorcise the spirits with which the house was thought to be filled. a herbalist called denis ganey was present at the time, being charged as an accessory befo

SIX ANGLED RITE OF THE ROYAL SUN OF THE GOAT LORD

n's word were reported to summon forth old hornie with certain prayers and bible passages said backwards. the northumberland witches likewise used the reversed lord's prayer to summon the old one. the logic is simple; the reversing the prayer means "reversing the flow" and returning to the source of the prayer- that is, the mystery of holiness, called by some "god, from which all things flow. the witch knows that reversing the prayers takes them back to the true source of all words, all language, all cunning- the true horned father himself. the psychological and mystical impact of reversing prayers cannot be understated; it is very effective and a source of great power for the cunning witch. fill your mind with the desire to bring the old one into complete presence, and say: amen: evil fro

. no matter what, from this point on, act as though you are in the presence of the horned one, for the call is not ignored; he is present. at this point, there are two "usual" methods of turning this rite into a true "working" of craft or "magic; the sharing and offering of ale or wine with the master, or the petition. both methods can be used to achieve favors or bring about change; but the wise witch will use these methods to further cement closeness with the master, as opposed to always just securing boons. the sharing of the ale or wine is accomplished by bringing the cup or bowl from the west to the center of the triangle, and filling it with ale or wine, and chanting any of the names of the secret lord over it, before silently communing with the master in your head, revealing to him

it with ale or wine, and chanting any of the names of the secret lord over it, before silently communing with the master in your head, revealing to him what you desire, and, most importantly, what you will "give back" to him, should your desires be met. you, and your devotion and service to him, are the most powerful offerings you can make; some give these things, asking only for empowerment as a witch, which is in fact the "initiatory vow" that you hear so much about, and this rite makes for a fine so-called "self dedication" rite, when used for this purpose. it can also be a "re-dedication" whenever you need the strengthening. once you have considered carefully what you desire or need (and don't forget that this rite can just be done for simple praise, without necessarily "asking" for so

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e ends of the earth to behold the temple which i builded to the lord god. and having heard of the wisdom given to me, they did homage to me in the temple, bringing gold and silver and precious stones, many and divers, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and cedar logs. and woods decay not they brought me, for the equipment of the temple of god. 109. and among them also the queen of the south, being a witch, came in great concern and bowed low before me to the earth. and having heard my wisdom, she glorified the god of israel, and she made formal trial of all my wisdom, of all love in which i instructed her, according to the wisdom imparted to me. and all the sons of israel glorified god. 110. and behold, in those days one of the workmen, of ripe old age, threw himself down before me, and said

SORCERIES OF ZOS

xtra-terrestrial and superhuman consciousness can and does exist independently of the human organism. as explained in images and oracles of austin osman spare, spare was initiated into the vital current of ancient and creative sorcery by an aged woman named paterson, who claimed decent form a line of salem witches. the formation of spare's cult of the zos and the kia owes much to his contact with witch paterson who provides the model for many of his 'sabbatic' drawings and paintings. much of the occult lore that she transmitted to him suffuses two of his books- the book of pleasure and the focus of life. in the last years of his life he embodied further esoteric researches in a grimoire which he had intended publishing as a sequel to his two other books. although death prevented its public

on, up to the new aeon interpretation of the tarot (the book of thoth, which he produced in collaboration with frieda harris in 1944. dali's shak-ti gala- was the channel through which the inspiring creative current was fixed or visualized in some of the greatest paintings the world has seen. and in the case of austin osman spare, the fire snake assumed the form of mrs. paterson, a self-confessed witch who embodied the sorceries of a cult so ancient that it was old in egypt's infancy. spare's grimoire is a concentration of the entire body of his work. it comprises, in a sense, everthing of magical or creative value that he ever thought or imagined. thus, if you posses a picture by zos, and that picture contains some of his sigillized spells, you possess the whole grimoire, and you stand a

ret session of the cult of the ku was witnessed by spare, who seems to have been the only european ever to have gained admittance. he does, in fact, seem to have been the only european apart from burke who had so much as heard of the cult. spare's experience is of exceptional interest by reason of its close approximation to a form of dream-control into which he was initiated many years earlier by witch paterson. the word ku has several meanings in chinese, but in this particular case it denotes a peculiar form of sorcery involving elements which spare had already incorporated in his conception of the new sexuality. the adepts of ku worshipped a serpent goddess in the form of a woman dedicated to the cult. during an elaborate ritual she would become possessed, with the result that she threw

ons of desire' refer in each case to an identical energy manifesting through the mechanics of desire. desire, energized will, and obsession, are the keys to unlimited manifestation, for all form and all power is latent in the void, and its god-form is the death posture. these theories have their roots in very ancient practices, some of which- in distorted form- provided the basis of the mediaeval witch cult, covens of which flourished in new england at the time of the salem witch trials at the end of the 17th century. the subsequent persecutions apparently obliterated all outer manifestations both of the genuine cult and its debased counterfeits. the principal symbols of the original cult have survived the passage of aeon- long cycles of time+ they all suggest the backward way- the sabbath

ased counterfeits. the principal symbols of the original cult have survived the passage of aeon- long cycles of time+ they all suggest the backward way- the sabbath sacred to sevekh or sebt, the number seven, the moon, the cat, jackal, hyaena, pig, black snake, and other animals considered unclean by later traditions; the widdershins and back-to-back dance, the anal kiss, the number thirteen, the witch mounted on the besom handle, the bat, and other forms of webbed or winged nocturnal creature; the batrachia generally, of which the toad, frog, or hekt. was preeminent. these and similar symbols originally typified the draconian tradition which was degraded by the pseudo witch-cults during centuries of christian persecution. the mysteries were profaned and the sacred rites were condemned as

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

his book, mastering witchcraft.5 secrecy is deemed essential amongst witchcraft sects, and witchcraft is, in essence, illuminism. huson explains "now witchcraft consists of knowledge, and knowledge brings power. power shared is power lost. although we have entered the age of aquarius, along with its attendant freedom and loosening of restrictions, it will still be very much in your interests as a witch to shroud certain of your doings in a reasonable veil of secrecy."6 as you will discover in studying the pages of codex magica, the illuminati certainly do have much to hide. seeing as how the leaders of this notorious organization are responsible for hardship, bloodshed and revolutionary terror on a global scale, if their secrets were found out, there would be hell to pay. if the masses eve

he comedic and unfruitful attempts of the elite to use coded messages and symbolism in magazines, newspapers, on tv, and in other media, for them this is no laughing matter. it is serious business. it is ritual witchcraft, and without it, their lives would revert to the mundane. witchcraft and magic having become an essential part of their lives, they are addicted and must continue. as one famous witch once remarked "i had no selfcontrol. my appetite for performing spells and working magic eventually became insatiable. satan kept wanting more and more, and i had to provide it" the scriptures say that the love of money is the root of all evil. not just of some evil, but of all evil. the concentration of wealth into fewer and fewer hands translates into the concentration of evil into fewer a

o raises the "torch of liberty" the fire of hell and light of lucifer. the knights templar, predecessor to today's freemasons, revered baphomet as the deity of wisdom. look closely at the reverse side of the u.s. dollar bill and you will find the horns of baphomet meticulously designed and imbedded- in this chapter, you will discover more about baphomet; about the green man; about pan, the horned witch god; and about crowley and his ordo templi orientis (o.t.o. since the days of alexander the great, the horned god has been worshipped by a significant portion of mankind. the holy bible records, for example, the worship of baal, the horned fire god. michaelangelo and some other artists, strangely, created sculptures blasphemously showing moses, the biblical prophet, with horns. all of these

ically pictures a great world leader in the last days as a "he goat" this he goat, say the scriptures, becomes very strong and his power is symbolized by a horn that arises from his forehead. this strange and evil creature makes war on the host of god and stamps upon them. is this not an image of the beast, baphomet, worshipped in secret by the llluminati? baphles me! 101 the baptism of a satanic witch in the ceremonies of pagan religions, baptisms counterfeits of the christian sacrament were conducted as rites of initiation. below is the modern-day account of one such dark baptism, exactly as it is recorded in the book, the satanic witch, by anton lavey, head of the church of satan. lavey has declared that the goal of his unholy church is to usher in a "new age (the person being baptized

the focal point of all this activity. my father, the high priest, raised his ceremonial sword in benediction. i felt a great sense of warmth and respect. how many people can honestly say they have this feeling at any point in their life "i have something they don't" i thought proudly, in keeping with the indulgent philosophy of satanism. since that night i understood what it means to be a satanic witch, a woman who makes full use of her feminine wiles. throughout my life i would replay the words intoned during my baptism: the many footed walkers give you the strength, the power of red fang and claw, all the madly dancing demons fill you with the lost knowledge of ancient ones. small sorceress, the most natural and true magician, your tiny hands have the power to pull the living heavens dow

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

eated especially for initiates of the order of phosphorus by frater a.s.a. iv, for the purpose of education and initiatory pursuits. this edition is not to be sold or spread further than to initiates of toph. in my own foundations of what became luciferian witchcraft, the gnosis of chaos and of order may be found in the art and writings of austin osman spare. zos vel thanatos, his name within the witch cult according to kenneth grant presents the significance spare had on formulating a modern approach to magic and dream control. within the book of pleasure you will find methods of achieving contact with your holy guardian angel/luciferian angel which may further empower the rites of azal ucel and ritual of the adversary by michael w. ford. i have included the introduction by kenneth grant

ady outflow of graphic work which he produced almost continuously during an obscure, outwardly uneventful and impoverished existence. although spare had no specific teacher where his art was concerned (note 2) he did have a teacher- or perhaps guru would be a more appropriate term- in a 'magical' sense. during his most impressionable years circumstances led him into the company of a selfconfessed witch, a mysterious mrs. paterson who befriended him and initiated him into the mysteries of her craft. he was extremely reticent about mrs paterson. all that i was able to elicit from him during the eight years of friendship was that she was very old when he met her and that she claimed descent from a line of salem (new england) witches that cotton mather had failed to eradicate. spare did not ge

ined that he was in communication with extra-terrestrial intelligences and conscious forces possessed of superhuman power and knowledge. he referred frequently to black eagle,(note 6) who inspired many of his 'magical' drawings. black eagle seems to have been a concentration of sinister trans-cosmic current which, according to h.p. lovecraft (note 7, had been tapped in its primordial phase by the witch cults of new england. perhaps black eagle was the alter ego of mrs paterson, for it was not long after her death that this current began to manifest in spare's work. whatever the identity of spare's genius- mrs paterson, black eagle, or one of the 'host of familiars' by which he was habitually surrounded- the fact remains that spare produced a large amount of work during abnormal states of c

THE CRAFT GRIMOIRE OF ECLECTIC VERSION 2

thing wrong with the application of magick for material goals, but you should always keep the wiccan rede and the three fold law in mind, when you do. thaumaturgy the art of magick theory overview( your ability to practice magick is as much an intuitive understanding of the theory, as it is the ability to read words from a book. magick is governed by the three fold law of return. the magician, or witch should also temper their actions with the wiccan rede (or some other ethical philosophy. pagans don t worship multiple gods, so much as they do honor the lord& lady as aspects of the divine (known by such names as the spirit, the tao, and everyone s favorite, the force. magick can be practiced as a means of self advancement along a spiritual path (theurgy. it can also be practiced for materi

f mind, and location. the journal entries should have the complete text of any spell or ritual you conduct. impressions, and effects should also be recorded. if diligently kept, this journal is a great tool for self-understanding, as well as your companion, and guide in the study of magick! breathing, or pranayama is generally accepted to be one of the most important disciplines that the aspiring witch, or magician needs to learn, and master. h sit in a place where you will not be disturbed. for a short time breath normally and clear your mind of all mundane thoughts. h when you are ready breath out for four heart beats, hold your breath for a two heart beats, breath in for four heart beats, and hold your breath for two heart beats repeat for about five minutes (when holding your breath, d

arth, air, fire& water (natural magick book 2) melita denning& osborne phillips, the magical philosophy series: vol. 1, the foundations of high magick vol. 2, the sword and the serpent vol. 3, mysteria magica ed fitch, a grimoire of shadows magical rites from the crystal well donald tyson, how to make and use a magic mirror page 19 grimoire of eclectic magick) at the crossroads( are you a natural witch? the truth is, everyone has the ability within them. it is only a matter of choosing to learn how to use your gifts. this book was never designed to teach you that. blood, sex and ritual initiation there are enough dangers in just growing up in the world today. your choice of religion should not add to them. in the craft, the school girls were portrayed as misfits, and outcasts. although man

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

ified. 73 chapter exploration shamanism spirit guide totem animal vision quest spirit mediumship ouija board seance spirit control trance mediums and channelers sylvia browne florence cook mina margery crandon john edward arthur augustus ford eileen garrett daniel dunglas home j. z. knight carlos mirabelli eusapia palladino leonora e. piper james van praagh jach pursel jane roberts rudi schneider witch of endor spiritualism andrew jackson davis sir arthur conan doyle the fox sisters allen kardec mystics helena petrovna blavatsky rudolf steiner emanuel swedenborg researchers into the mystery of spirit contact hereward carrington sir william crookes harry houdini william james sir oliver lodge fredric w. h. myers society for psychical research (spr) introduction the belief in an afterlife in

and neighbors in meyer, austria, where he had supported his family by starting his own driving school. m delving deeper gregory, anita. the strange case of rudi schneider. metuchen, n.j: scarecrow press, 1985. inglis, brian. science and parascience: a history of the paranormal. london: hodder and stoughton, 1984. tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. new hyde park: n.y: university press, 1968. witch of endor (c. 1025 b.c.e) the witch of endor receives her indelible moments in the spiritual history of the judeo- christian traditions in chapter 28: 4 28 of i samuel. saul, king of israel, had begun his reign with a great military victory over the ammonites, but he, who had once been a humble man, allowed his early successes to go to his head. when it becomes apparent to king saul that davi

d, saul tells one of his to find him a woman who has a (i.e, a ) who can speak to the . the reminds saul that he had passed laws that forced all such and out of the land under penalty of , but, he admits, he does know of such a woman who lives at endor. saul disguises himself and, accompanied by two loyal men, comes to see the of endor after it is dark. getting directly to the point, saul asks the woman to ask her control to summon someone from the so that he might speak with him. no , the plays it very carefully, and reminds the stranger that saul has driven all such men and who claim to have out of the land of . if she even acknowledges that she has such abilit