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THE EQUINOX The Greater Ritual of the Pentagram The pentagrams are traced in the air with the sword or other weapon, the name spoken aloud, and the signs used, as illustrated. Tue Pentacrams oF Spirit | A Equilibrium of Actives, Name: A H I H (Eheieh). Suysuog A _A Equilibrium of Passives, y, Bee Name: A GL A (Agla). The signs of the Portal (see Illustrations): Extend the hands in front of you, palms outwards, separate them as if in the act of rending asunder a veil or curtain (actives), and then bring them together as if closing it up again an…
1909 · PDF PAGE 283
…and gives him the symbol of Maim—water. The closing of the Temple now takes place, and the prayer to the Undines is tehearsed, and in thename of ELOHIM TZABAOTH is the Dismissal pro- nounced, In May, 1899, three months after P. had passed through the ceremony of 3°=8°, he was sufficiently prepared for the further advancement to the grade of 4°=7°. RITUAL OF THE 4° = 7° GRADE OF PHILOSOPHUS The First Part This Ritual is particularly attributed to the Element of Fire, and refers to the planet Venus, and the Twenty-ninth, Twenty-eighth, and Twenty…
1909 · PDF PAGE 191
…ed the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the Voice Vibrated. tw Then was the Name declared. niAt the Threshold of Entrance, ” \Betwixt the Universe and the Infinite, In the Sign of the Enterer: Stood Thoth ‘las before Him the ons were proclaimed. The positions of the last two letters of the Word have been relatively changed, so as to render the meaning more harmoniously. * Remember in the description of the “Caduceus” (see p. 269) the Air Symbol vibrating between them. [Also », ny, is …
1909 · PDF PAGE 181
A NOTE ON GENESIS we cast the triple fire of the Holy letter y = 300, we get the name of the Godhead Incarnate upon Earth, mwm. But I +2+43 = 6, which is the number of }, the third letter of the Venerable Name: Microprosopus and the Son of God. We are now, therefore, arrived at the Great Mystery of the Tetractys, and to go further we must resort to the Twin Sister of the Science of Number—which, indeed, is but Number made Flesh: Geometry, or Absolute Symbolism. Even as it was spoken by the holy Pythagoras: ‘‘ God geometrises.” Let us behold the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 193
…er, and 5, the Maternal Essence. And its numeration is 86, whereof the Key is 14, whereof the Key is 5. Wherefore we say that this great name is 5 in its form symbolic. 5 in the Heart of its Power: the Beginning and the End thereof are 5; and 5 is it in its Venerable Essence! Turn now back unto the third Symbol; gaze at it steadily for a few moments, and see hidden in the Six- fold Seal of Creation the Five-fold Star of Unconquered Will. For this was the Divine Force which created the worlds! Power Eternal, Power Resistless, Power All-dominatin…
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LIBER O (1) Assumption of God-forms. (2) Vibration of Divine Names. (3) Rituals of “ Banishing” and “ Invoking.” These, at least, should be completely mastered before the dangerous Methods of Chapters V. and VI. are attempted. III 1. The Magical Images of the Gods of Egypt should be made thoroughly familiar. This can be done by studying them in any public museum, or in such books as may be accessible to the student. They should then be carefully painted by him, both from the model and from memory. 2. The student, seated in the “God” position or…
1909 · PDF PAGE 258
THE EQUINOX “Before the face of the Gods in the place of the Threshold” is the name of the Hegemon ; and she is the Goddess ‘Thmais * Thmait.t The Kerux.—The Kerux is the principal form of Anubis. The sentinel being the subsidiary form. The Kerux is the Anubis of the East, whilst the Sentinel is the Anubis of the West. The Kerux is the herald, the guardian and watcher within the Temple; as the sen- tinel is the watcher without. And therefore is his charge the proper disposition of the furniture of the Temple. His peculiar insignia of office are…
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…to the side of the eyes) shoot out, so that you are standing in the typical position of the God Horus,* and at the same time imagine the Name as rushing up and through the body, while you breathe it out through the nostrils with the air which has been till then retained in the lungs. Allthis must be done with all the force of which you are capable. (e) Then withdraw the left foot, and place the right forefinger upon the lips, so that you are in the characteristic position of the God Harpocrates.f 5. It isa sign that the student is performing th…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING eight Edomite kings, and on the horns the names of the eleven dukes of Edom. And because in Daath was the utmost rise of the Great Serpent of Evil ; therefore there is as it were another Sephira, making eight heads according to the num- ber of the eight Kings; and for the Infernal and Averse Sephiroth eleven instead of ten, according to the number of the eleven dukes of n \~< Edom. The infernal waters of Daith rushed from the mouth of the Dragon—and this is the Leviathan. Tetragrammaton Elo- him placed four letter…
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…that number. Thus it is written of the manifestation of the Son of God upon the Earth, “Shiloh shall come” (the initial of which Mystery-Name is w = 300). And in the Grecian tongue it is written: “In the beginning was the Word,” &c., which is Aoyos (A = 30). But the best of all the Examples is found in the Holy Tetragram mm. For we may regard this venerable name as typical of the Father and the Mother, and so divided into m and m.{ Now if into the midst of this divided Name * 3, the Magus of Power in Taro = Will. + Ritual of the Path of the Dau…
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… with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘I am the water, stagnant, and silent, and still; reflecting all, concealing am the inundation. name. Hail unto ye! unto ye! for the rending of the darkness is nigh!’” The Hiereus says: “The Priest with the mask of Horus spake and said: «I am the Water, turbid, and troubled, and deep. Iam the Banisher of Peace in the vast abode of Waters! None is so strong that can withstand the Strength of the great Waters : the Vastness of their Terror: the Magnitude of their Fear: the Roar of their thundering Voice. I…
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…t refers to the planet Mercury; the paths of > and ¥ are attributed to this degree. For other attribu- tions see “777,” lines 8 and 23.) Name: A L (EI). Invoking Sutysiung Tue PeNnTAGRAMS OF AIR «N= w/> a4 The signs of 2°=9°: Stretch both arms upwards and out- wards, the elbows bent at right-angles, the hands bent back, the palms upwards as if supporting a weight. (See Illustration.) 21 Name: I H V H (Ye-ho- wau). Invoking Fuyystung
1909 · PDF PAGE 136
… authorities even became suspicious: why was I so anxious? How could I say? He was the servant of . . . “T did not know my sweet child’s name! * * * * * “So, while a living man, I made myselfa ghost. IV “Tt may have been one day some ten years later,” con- tinued the old nobleman, “when as I paced uselessly the Street of the Four Winds I was confronted by a stern, grey figure, short, stout, and bearded, but of an indescribable majesty and force. “He laid his hand unhesitatingly upon my shoulder. ‘Unhappy man!’ he cried, ‘thou art sacrificing th…
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THE EQUINOX Come! I am writhing with despair Like a snake taken in a snare, Moaning thy mystical name Till my tongue is torn and bleeding! Have I not gilded my nails And painted my lips with vermilion ? Yea! thou art I; the deed awakes: Thy lightning strikes, thy thunder breaks Wild as the bride that wails In the bridegroom’s plumed pavilion ! ALEISTER CROWLEY. 352
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… Vast before me in the distance looms the Portal of the Glory. I am come before the Gates of the Glory of God: I cry against them in the Name of Elohim Tzebaoth. Lift up your Heads, O ye gates, &c. Behind me is the Portal of the Primal Fire: Behind me is the Golden Path of Sol: At my right hand is the Ruddy Light of Mars: And before me is the Gateway of the Waters of the Primal Sea. In the Vast Name of AL the All Enduring Let me pass through the gate of the Waters of the Primal Sea. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, &c. 331
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…cters of Heaven with Thy Finger hast thou traced: But none can read them save he hath been taught in Thy School.” Wherefore closing do I name the Mighty Words: G ey, wis Ue Sg PR BY = iy a ACQ ad Sephira, to preserve intact the Ten-ness of the Sephiroth. Showing how by that very eating of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and of Evil should come the Saving of Mankind; for Daath is the Priceless Gift of Knowledge and Intellect whereby cometh Salvation. Wherefore also is 11 the Key Number of the Great Saviour’s Name (m wis = 29 = 11), an…
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…lt in some detail with these Skandhas; but I will briefly recapitulate. In examining any phenomenon and analysing it we first notice its Name and Form (Nama and Rupa). “Here is a Rose,” we say. In such a world live the entirely vulgar. Next (with Berkeley) we perceive that this statement is false. There is an optical sensation (Vedana) of red; an olfactory sensation of fragrance; and so on. Even its weight, its space, are modifications of sense; and the whole statement is transformed into “ Here is a pleasurable set of sensations which we group…
1909 · PDF PAGE 319
…scales, horned and horrible. His colour was of verdigris; but his face was of a blackish tint. In his hand he held a club. “What is your name?’ I cried, advancing towards him. “*Jokam,’ he answered sullenly. “*Your sign?’ (I here repeated the omitted part of the ritual). He winced, and I could see that he was a coward; nevertheless, though it displeased him, he gave me his sigil. & “His name is spelt: o>. Having no further question to ask him, I left him, bidding him DzcnTM s7. sink. Jokam’s Sigil. “ At the further end of the cave aman whom I h…
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…p, by Tarot, “ The Mystery shown forth in balanced disposition by Command.” + “Hidden behind my Magic Veil of Shows, Iam not seen at all—Name not my Name.” 168
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… is properly guarded. The Fratres and Sorores of the Order then give the sign of the Neophyte, after which the Hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with “the letter of breath” H. But that in the name Osiris, the H is silent, and concealed, as it were shrouded in O. In the name Horus it is manifested and violently aspirated ; while in the name Themis it is partly one and partly the other. The Hiereus having explained the meaning of the letter H, then recapitulates the stations and duties of the officers, thus occu…