serpent. and its eyes were like lightningfires which flash. she cast it away from her, outside that place, that no one of the immortal ones might see it, for she had created it in ignorance. and she surrounded it with a luminous cloud, and she placed a throne in the middle of the cloud that no one might see it except the holyspirit who is called the mother of the living. and she called his name yaltabaoth "this is the first archon who took a great power from his mother. and he removed himself from her and moved away from the places in which he was born. he became strong and created for himself other aeons with a flame of luminousfire which (still) exists now. and he joined with his arrogance which is in him and begot authorities for himself. the name of the first one is athoth, whom the
r he is ignorant darkness "and when the light had mixed with the darkness, it caused the darkness to shine. and when the darkness the apocryphon of john http//www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_nt/apocjn.html 5 of 12 8/16/2006 5:17 pm had mixed with the light, it darkened the light and it became neither light nor dark, but it became dim "now the archon who is weak has three names. the first name is yaltabaoth, the second is saklas, and the third is samael. and he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. for he said 'i am god and there is no other god beside me' for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come "and the archons created sevenpowers for themselves, and the powers created for themselves six angels for each one until they became 365 angels. and these are t
with the names: the first is athoth, a he has a sheep's face; the second is eloaiou, he has a donkey's face; the third is astaphaios, he has a hyena's face; the fourth is yao, he has a serpent's face with seven heads; the fifth is sabaoth, he has a dragon's face; the sixth is adonin, he had a monkey's face; the seventh is sabbede, he has a shining fire-face. this is the sevenness of the week "but yaltabaoth had a multitude of faces, more than all of them, so that he could put a face before all of them, according to his desire, when he is in the midst of seraphs. he shared his fire with them; therefore he became lord over them. because of the power of the glory he possessed of his mother's light, he called himself god. and he did not obey the place from which he came. and he united the seve
er from their whole pleroma. for it was not her consort who came to her, but he came to her through the pleroma in order that he might correct her deficiency. and she was taken up not to her own aeon but above her son, that she might be in the ninth until she has corrected her deficiency "and a voice came forth from the exalted aeon-heaven 'the man exists and the son of man' and the chief archon, yaltabaoth, heard (it) and thought that the voice had come from his mother. and he did not know from where it came. and he taught them, the holy and perfect mother-father, the complete foreknowledge, the image of the invisible one who is the father of the all (and) through whom everything came into being, the first man. for he revealed his likeness in a humanform "and the whole aeon of the chief
e had given to the chief archon, she petitioned the mother-father of the all, who is most merciful. he sent, by means of the holy decree, the five lights down the apocryphon of john http//www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_nt/apocjn.html 8 of 12 8/16/2006 5:17 pm upon the place of the angels of the chief archon. they advised him that they should bring forth the power of the mother. and they said to yaltabaoth 'blow into his face something of your spirit and his body will arise' and he blew into his face the spirit which is the power of his mother; he did not know (this, for he exists in ignorance. and the power of the mother went out of yaltabaoth into the natural body, which they had fashioned after the image of the one who exists from the beginning. the body moved and gained strength, and
nd through her they have tasted the perfect knowledge. i appeared in the form of an eagle on the tree of knowledge, which is the epinoia from the foreknowledge of the pure light, that i might teach them and awaken them out of the depth of sleep. for they were both in a fallenstate, and they recognized their nakedness. the epinoia appeared to them as a light; she awakened their thinking "and when yaltabaoth noticed that they withdrew from him, he cursed his earth. he found the woman as she was preparing herself for her husband. he was lord over her, though he did not know the mystery which had come to pass through the holy decree. and they were afraid to blame him. and he showed his angels his ignorance which is in him. and he cast them out of paradise and he clothed them in gloomy darknes
her husband. he was lord over her, though he did not know the mystery which had come to pass through the holy decree. and they were afraid to blame him. and he showed his angels his ignorance which is in him. and he cast them out of paradise and he clothed them in gloomy darkness. and the chief archon saw the virgin who stood by adam, and that the luminous epinoia of life had appeared in her. and yaltabaoth was full of ignorance. and when the foreknowledge of the all noticed (it, she sent some and they snatched life out of eve "and the chief archon seduced her and he begot in her two sons; the first and the second (are) eloim and yave. eloim has a bear-face and yave has a cat-face. the one is righteous but the other is unrighteous (yave is righteous but eloim is unrighteous) yave he set ov
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w. ford 2004 michael w. ford for the order of phosphorus members only. succubus publishing website http//algol.chaosmagic.com psychonaut 75 website http//www.psychonaut75.com e-mail: keteb75@psychonaut75.com 2 contents introduction i. set the egyptiangod of darkness ii. ahriman the persiandevil and the whore of darkness iii. the adversary and the bride of the devil, cain the son iv. the gnosticyaltabaoth, child of chaos v. the path of the crooked serpentleviathan and beelzebub end introduction the very intent and purpose of this essay is to bring to light the roots of the adversary in magick from a historical and mythological standpoint. as a practitioner of magick from a satanic and luciferian viewpoint, many often inquire on my sources and inspirations from which i form my sorcerous
in the center. this is made reference to the number 8, being of baphomet and chaos, and the pentagram representing the five points of the adversary, details are found in the grade workings of the blackorder of the dragon38, which is a non-public initiatorycircle. the inverted pentagram in an outer sense represents the manifestation of the will through the manipulation of matter. iv. the gnosticyaltabaoth, child of chaos "and when she saw (the consequences of) her desire, it changed into a form of a lionfaced serpent. and its eyes were like lightningfires which flash. she cast it away from her, outside that place, that no one of the immortal ones might see it, for she had created it in ignorance. and she surrounded it with a luminous cloud, and she placed a throne in the middle of the c
serpent. and its eyes were like lightningfires which flash. she cast it away from her, outside that place, that no one of the immortal ones might see it, for she had created it in ignorance. and she surrounded it with a luminous cloud, and she placed a throne in the middle of the cloud that no one might see it except the holyspirit who is called the mother of the living. and she called his name yaltabaoth. the apocryphon of john the apocryphon of john, discovered in upper egypt in 1945, is perhaps one of the more significant gnostic texts which hold a hidden relation to the adversary. these early christian writings, dated roughly ad 350, were perhaps one of the most significant records of the history of gnostic records. it was written that barbelo (called sophia, a great and powerful fem
erent. she saw the results of her creative desire, and cast him off away from her where others may not see him. this child of chaos took the form of a lionserpent, who contained the fire and light of heaven, and the individualistic and rebellious thought which separated him from the other archons. as written in the apocryphon of john "now the archon who is weak has three names. the first name is yaltabaoth, the second is saklas, and the third is samael. and he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. for he said 'i am god and there is no other god beside me' for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come. the apocryphon of john that yaltabaoth, which means ilda, child, baoth, chaos was cast off from his mother barbelo, he learned of independence and reliance upon
ngth, the place from which he had come. the apocryphon of john that yaltabaoth, which means ilda, child, baoth, chaos was cast off from his mother barbelo, he learned of independence and reliance upon the self. he saw no need to 38 overseen and under the guidance of the present author. 33 worship or hold relevance to another, thus proclaimed his independence spiritually. the fire which was within yaltabaoth was pure intelligence and beauty, yet his nature was both darkness and light, he made himself strong and filled with wisdom from his time alone, and discovered the powers within. here yalabaoth understood the power of creation, and began to work independently from all other archons "and when the light had mixed with the darkness, it caused the darkness to shine. and when the darkness ha
light and it became neither light nor dark, but it became dim. the apocryphon of john here we see the significance of darkness, and the hidden fire of self knowledge and that samaelmixed both to beget his creations. this is the model of the sorcerer that by will and desire does become able to create accordingly. here we are able to read that the fire of heaven was taken from barbelo and used by yaltabaoth "this is the first archon who took a great power from his mother. and he removed himself from her and moved away from the places in which he was born. he became strong and created for himself other aeons with a flame of luminousfire which (still) exists now. and he joined with his arrogance which is in him and begot authorities for himself. the name of the first one is athoth, whom the
taken from his mother, for he is ignorant darkness. the apocryphon of john it must be considered that darkness cannot be considered complete ignorance that it is where the rebellious journey into it is the forbidden and unknown. one must have a mind and individual consciousness to break from the naturalorder, thus darkness presents a gift of individuality it allows the fire within them is seen. yaltabaoth was able to create other spirits as well, such as belias, cain and others. saklas, as is one of his many names understood the leverage of power which came from within, and how to change his shape to be beautiful and angelic, that the other angels would hear his voice. yaltabaoth, who is known as lucifer, could speak unto them that they may hear him, and that blackened fire within could
and others. saklas, as is one of his many names understood the leverage of power which came from within, and how to change his shape to be beautiful and angelic, that the other angels would hear his voice. yaltabaoth, who is known as lucifer, could speak unto them that they may hear him, and that blackened fire within could be sparked within them as well. as written in the apocryphon of john "but yaltabaoth had a multitude of faces, more than all of them, so that he could put a face before all of them, according to his desire, when he is in the midst of seraphs. he shared his fire with them; therefore he became lord over them. because of the power of the glory he possessed of his mother's light, he called himself god. and he did not obey the place from which he came. and he united the seve
nd he united the sevenpowers in his thought with the 34 authorities which were with him. and when he spoke it happened. the apocryphon of john here we see that lucifer first awoke the other angels that they saw not only his brilliance, but that fire within them was awakened. he called himself a god, that which recognized its self-divinity and his power to create. thus here we find that initially yaltabaoth was the most powerful archon, much like his earlier form of ahriman, the adversary. in darkness did he discover his light; the world he sought to create. humanity was given this fire by samael, who came unto the earthinitiated the spark of the flame of selfknowledge. the devil as he is called later, mingled with both darkness and light; held within a light brighter than any mere angel
djinn of which you seek to communicate with through yourself; by the meditative state of the luciferiansabbat you uplift and rise in the psyche to vox sabbatum the witchessabbat 24 that aethyric storm of wind and weightlessness, and by your will alone you pronounce those secret words which shall be you re making. other names of lucifer or azazel are from the gnosticancient texts, he is called yaltabaoth, samael and saklas. he was the djinn or spirit of darkness which gave to many other angels (who fell with him) the black flame, those being athoth, who is called the reaper, the second is harmas, who is an eye of envy, kalila-oumbri is the third, yabel, the fifth being adonaiou, who is also sabaoth, cain is the sixth, who is called the sun, seventh is abel, the eight is abrisene, the ni
y gustave dore, fidus or franz von stuck. you will use the algolsigil above a mirror; your altar may have the tools of your work. you may have conductive music which reflects an ambient atmosphere, without heavy drumming or noise, to aid ultimately the five senses in the permission to attend the sabbat. anoint yourself in abramelin oil and have similar incense burning. the celestial summoning of yaltabaoth vox sabbatum the witchessabbat 25 this rite is the invocation of the luciferian and adversarial fire-djinn, yaltabaoth who was the wisest among the angels. as called also azal ucel, sigillized as azothoz, yaltabaoth is the deific force with a mask of a beast and an angel. let this invocation be most holy and the solarlogos shall manifest through the baphometic wisdom of darkness. this
of lucifer and ahriman, the light and the darkness are his entirely. let the self become through this dance of the beast and the harlot, through unity in the sun shall the fleshmanifest from thy will. vox sabbatum the witchessabbat 28 behold! my names are many, each gives power of both darkness and light! upon the earth my astral body is the toad, in the aethyr my form is that of a dragon! i am yaltabaoth! i am saklas! i am samael! i am arimanius! i am azal ucel! i am set-an, shaitan the adversary! i am lucifer! highest angel-djinn of light! my word is i am god and there is not another beside me! so shall i create through my desire, my will and my belief. the whore upon the beast is my sign upon earth, my flesh lives through cain! with these words i encircle and bind this spell, that non