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… the topmost point of the Penta- gram, this being now the point of juncture becomes the most important of all points, and that the lower four are little better than supports, legs and arms to the body whose head now wears the Crown. When the pilgrim realises that the four characteristics of the Sphinx, the four elements, the four letters of the Name, are only answerable in the fifth ; then may it be said that the Ritual has succeeded in its purpose and has initiated him, otherwise that it has failed. It is no good (even if you are the Hierophan…
1909 · PDF PAGE 255
…ncellarius unto Thoth in his position as recorder. OF THE STATIONS OF THE INVISIBLES. THE GODS OF THE ELEMENTS Their stations are at the four cardinal points of the Hall without, as invisible guardians of the limits of the temple: and they are placed according to the winds, viz.: behind the stations of the Hierophant, Dadouchos, Hiereus and Stolistes. Between them are placed the stations of the four vicegerents of the Elements; and they are situated at the four corners of the Temple, at the places marked by the four rivers of Eden in the Warran…
1909 · PDF PAGE 209
… the mystic, the highest trance to which he has attained. YOGA AND MAGIC I. Yoga is the art of uniting the mind to a single idea. It has four methods. Gnana-Yoga. Union by Knowledge. Raja-Yoga. Union by Will. Bhakta-Yoga. Union by Love. Hatha-Yoga. Union by Courage. add Mantra-Yoga. Union through Speech. Karma-Yoga. Union through Work. These are united by the supreme method of Silence. II. Ceremonial Magic is the art of uniting the mind to a single idea. It has four Methods. The Holy Qabalah. Union by Knowledge. The Sacred Magic. Union by Will.…
1909 · PDF PAGE 183
…er, coming, moreover, by the Central Path of o through the midst of the Triangle of Light. And the Lock which guards that Door is as the Four Gates of the Universe. And the Key is The Ankh, Immortal Life—the Rose and Cross of Life; and the Symbol of Venus ¢. 3. 6. 3. 4 4 . 7. Fic. I1I.—THIRD SYMBOL. By producing the Paths whereby the Forces of the Three (see Second Symbol) were concentred into four, we find they * As above, so below; wherefore saith the Holy Qabalah that alone amongst the Shells is Nogah, the Sphere of Venus, exalted unto Holin…
1909 · PDF PAGE 253
…h also its subsidiary Sephiroth and paths.§ Of these ten Sephiroth the Temple as arranged in the o°=o0° of Neophyte in- cludeth only the four lower Sephiroth in the Tree of Life, viz.: Malkuth, Jesod, Hod, and Netzach, and the outer side of Paro- keth,|| which latter formeth the East of the Temple.” The plan of the Temple as arranged in this grade is shown on the adjoining dia- gram; therein it will be seen that it contains weray Azubis of € ow two pillars or obelisks. These two pillars, enbinst which are respectively in Netzach and Hod, Diacra…
1909 · PDF PAGE 285
…ncient Egyptians termed the Heavens, the waters which be above the Firmament. It also alludes to the Eternal River of Eden, divided into four heads, which find their correlation in the four triplicities of the Zodiac.” After which he explains to him the Eighteenth Key of the Tarot. It represents the Moon in its increase in the side of Gedulah; it has sixteen principal, and sixteen secondary rays. Four Hebrew Yodhs fall from it. There are also two Watch-towers, two dogs, and a cray-fish, ‘‘ She is the Moon at the feet of the Woman of the Revelat…
1909 · PDF PAGE 135
…s. He readily supplied their history; but—there was none of that family alive, nor had been since the great Revolution. Their goods? The four winds of heaven might know. At those words ‘the four winds’ I rushed out of the shop, as if stung by an adder. “T drove home, set all my servants hunting for railed houses. They were to report to me in the Rue des Quatre Vents. Any house not accounted for, any that might conceal a mystery, these I would see myself. “ All labour lost! My servants tried. I distrusted their energy : I set myself obstinately …
1909 · PDF PAGE 280
…bsorb the properties of the D1acraM 27, Dracram 28. The Ten Sephiroth in the Seven The Attributions of the Ten Sephiroth Palaces. to the Four Letters, other three. The three lower figures form the Hebrew letter schin, to which Fire is especially referred ; the seven Hebrew Yodhs refer to the Sephiroth operating in each of the seven planets, and also to the Schemhamphorasch.” The Hiereus then explains the two tablets: “The Ten Ex Sephiroth in Seven Palaces,” and “The attribution of the Ten ty Sephiroth to the four letters of the Holy Name.” And …
1909 · PDF PAGE 286
THE EQUINOX and Earth.” ‘The four Yodhs refer to the four letters of the Holy Name. The dogs are the jackals of Anubis guarding the gates of the East and the West symbolised by the two Towers. The cray-fish is the sign Cancer, the Scarabzeus or God Kephera. “The emblem of the Sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the Moon is increasing above.’ The Hierophant then leads the Practicus to the Serpent of Brass, m2) and says: “This is the Serpent Nehushtan, which Moses made. ‘And he set it upon a Pole’ —that is, he twined it about the middle pil…
1909 · PDF PAGE 133
…haste, less speed!’ I said to myself. ‘I will walk deliberately down to the boulevard, turn east, and so I cannot possibly miss the Carrefour de l’Odéon’—out of which, as I knew of old, the Rue des Quatre Vents leads. Indeed, I remembered the carrefour from that night. I had passed through it. I remembered hesitating as to which turning to take. For, as you know, the carrefour is a triangle, one road leading from the apex, four (with two minor variations just off the carrefour) from the base. “ Following this plan, I came, sure enough, in three…
1909 · PDF PAGE 184
…thus is revealed the Second Triangle of the Hexagram of Creation.* Further, this Reflected Triangle showeth forth the evolu- tion of the Four Worlds and their Consolidation : for I+24+3+4=10="= Atzibuth T+24+34445=15=mM= Briah =21=)11= Yetzirah T+24+34+445+6 6 T+2+34+44+5+6+7}¢= 28=24+8=10 Assiah The Number 28, the total numeration, therefore represents Malkuth, the Tenth Sephira: Assiah made manifest—the Work of Creation accomplished: wherefore God rested on the Seventh Day. And 28 is 7 x 4, the seven stars shining throughout the four Worlds. …
1909 · PDF PAGE 313
…ded upon me, and as they enrolled me I grew thirty cubits in height—perhaps more. “Then the sun upon which I was standing rose above the four other suns, and as it did so I found myself standing before an ancient man with snow-white beard, whose countenance was a-fired with benevolence. And as I looked upon him, a great desire possessed me to stretch forth my hand and touch his beard; and as the desire grew strong, a voice said unto me, ‘ Touch, it is granted thee.’ “So I stretched forth my hand and gently placed my fingers upon the venerable b…
1909 · PDF PAGE 282
…t forth out of Eden, namely, from the Supernal Triad, to water the garden—the rest of the Sephiroth, And from thence it was divided into four heads, in Daath. . . . The first head is Pison, which flows into Geburah... . The second head is Gihor . . . flowing into Chesed. The third is Hiddekel . . . flowing into Tiphereth. And the Fourth . . . is Phrath, Euphrates, which floweth down upon Malkuth.” These four rivers form the Cross of the Great Adam. In Malkuth is Eve, the completion of All, the Mother of All. The Hierophant then gives the Theo- …
1909 · PDF PAGE 395
…ed to Eugenics. Listen to Johnny Bobson on Cleopatra’s Needle | The Needle is square in section. The old Egyptians thought the earth had four corners. Argal, The Needle was built to commemorate the theory. Or, even worse! The Needle is square in section. It must have been built so for a religious reason. Argal, The Egyptians thought that the earth had four corners. It is impossible to commit all possible logical fallacies in a single syllogism. This must be very disappointing to the young bloods of the R.P.A. The Rationalists have created man i…
1909 · PDF PAGE 287
…he Mask of Athoor spake and said; «1 Diacram 43. am the ruler of mist and of cloud, wrapping the Earth as it were The Pyramid of the ‘ : Four Elements. with a garment, floating and hovering between Earth and Heaven. Tam the giver of the mist-veil of Autumn: the Successor unto the dew-clad Night.’” Shortly after this, the Hzerophant explains to the Practicus the truncated Pyramid : This pyramid is attributed to the four elements ; on its apex is the word my (Ath) composed of the first and last letters of the Alphabet, it signifies Essence. The s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 153
…aper till complete. It is convenient to rule lines, to guide the eye. The daughters are derived by reading the mothers horizontally. The four nephews, Figures IX-XII, are thus formed: IX =1+II read vertically, added and taken as odd or even. So also XIII = 1X + X, and XV = XIII + XIV. yur vi vi v Iv mL u I Referred to . . on on on . . oe twelve oe o . o. o . . o Astrological XII XI x Ix Houses . . . . ee eS xiv xr Lert *° ee Ricut WITNESS * * °° Witness JupcE 143
1909 · PDF PAGE 213
…rness star and sun, I whispered in his siren ear— Once, twice, and thrice for every one! Once, twice, and thrice—the boon’s begun ! With four and five and six it stirs : With seven the druid dance is done, And Death drives home his silver spurs! Then—the last leap. What crowning curse Can bid that cup of curses brim? How may God’s maniac ministers Lash the last languor out of Him? 203
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
…ns : Zz 2 fFRtavens) “The solid triangular Pyramid is an atts, | st jes Asovap) appropriate hieroglyph of fire. It is ‘nr oe — formed of four triangles, three visible and aad ae eatssor one concealed: which latter is the syn- thesis of the rest. The three visible tri- cfs bone Ropers angles represent Fire, Solar, Volcanic and Hiereus] Hegemon] Astral; while the fourth represents latent Calict @ Ay tony heat. The three words: 3) JIN DN rey refer to three conditions of heat: Aud, PAT ake, awake Se Active ; Aub, Passive ; * Aur, the Equili- brated…
1909 · PDF PAGE 254
…le cube. Its colour is black to represent to the Neophyte the colour of Malkuth; but to the adept there lies hidden in the blackness the four colours of the Earth, in their appropriate positions on the sides. The base only is wholly black ; whilst the summit will be of a brilliant whiteness although invisible to the material eye, “The symbols upon the altar represent the forces and manifestations of the Divine Light concentrated in the white triangle of the Three Supernals. Wherefore upon this sacred and sublime symbol is the obligation of the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 334
…I pass from the citrine; deep indigo Is this tall column. Snakes and vultures bend Their hooded hate on him that would ascend. O may the Four avail me! Ageless woe, Fear, torture throng the threshold. Lo! The end Of matter! The Immensity of things Let loose—new laws, new beings, new conditions :-— Dire chaos; see! these new-fledged wings Fail in its vaguenesses and inanitions. Only my circle saves me from the hate Of all these monsters dead yet animate. I match, &c. 326