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THE BASILIKAH Part I
THE BASILIKAH Part I
BEING THE ARCANA SECRETUM OF
THE TRUE CROSS
BOOK I
THE WAY OF THE DRAGON MOON
Here brought in hand for the brethren of Via Vera Cruz
By the scribe and Magister
Azazayin Shin’Ar
Anno Domine 2007
The blackest gold must shine as a Shadow in all Its splendor over the
horizon of crossroads. One face turned to each direction and the world to
behold within and between. And such is the Oracle of BaRot.
I am the Mouth that drink the flickering of the flame
The Hide that change hue and sent
The Daybreaker and the song never heard
On the drums of the world
The One who makes deaf and blind
To keep my hiding from
The rottenness
Hidden in Valley and Desert
Any journey begins in the darkness and those who find the flickering flame
of he who holds the fire that no water can quench will be blessed with All
Otherness. The simple light. The simple light is found within the Cross of 4
and its reflection, empyrian, infernal or between. 4 and 4 makes the number
of blood and so the life is given to the flame. Such is the preparation of the
Way. Through purification and anoitment of the flesh and the mind one will
kindle the hearts flame and the words of witchblood will be spoken into the
night. The Revelation of I as All Otherness. The three keys to the Kingdom
to behold, the Sacred Isle of ones own heart blood and heart flame is the key
known as Calling, the second key the one known as Meeting and the Third
Freedom. One key is known by the others and by locking up the shrine and
seek congress with the summoned one will break out of the conclave and
seek what dwells in the shadows.
There is He and there is She and there is the One that knows no distinction.
This is the four and the three meeting in the One Source of Power that
unlocks any door. The Palace of Power is resting on a Isle, guarded by beast
and angels, by demons and death. And there in the palace of Power in its
ever moving circle is to be found the Cup of Poison, that brings Freedom.
Where four ways meet He is to be found. Where Three ways meet She is to
be found. She carries many names. He carries many names. Many are the
masks that seek to join into one unifying dance the structure and blood of
any construction and any life conferring Power. The four and the Three
makes up Seven and Seven has its twin as the eight rest in the watchfulness
of the One that hides in the Shadows. Through time, doors are lost, but the
keys remain the same. To retrieve the map that show the way to the lost
kingdom one must use the first key and Call the attention of ones guide. If
this is done with sincerity and purity and devotion the communion of the
Caller and the called one will surely give the gift of vision and doors can
again be opened into domains behind the mere manifestation of nature fair
and splendid.
There is a great separation between ingesting and understanding. And it is
easy to describe the nature and essence of the steps that are to be taken.
The process is always folded in three, like a divine pyramidion of a special
glance and texture that is unique to behold. The Pramidion is constructed
by calling the powers, obtaining congress with the forces one has been
calling and let this lead to freedom. That one can go forth free as only the
one that has recognized his or her through destiny and heritage can do. In
order to accomplish this the Way must be tempered and prepared both by
intellect and heart. Both the inner and the outer faculties, the trancendent
and the carnal must be made pure and ones attitude must be one pointed,
as the Athame itself in order to bring the I from mere mythical constructs
into the embodiment on Arcana.
Freedom is a concept that has been central for many cultures and has
occupied humans at all times. It´s opposition has been said often to be
slavery. Freedom means that no external force will sanction our unfolding of
true Destiny. Always there will be forces trying to suppress the thoughts, to
forge in chains the ones that bring knowledge about how to aquire freedom
in this world where dullness and filth is mingled with gold and diamonds. In
a world where the wisdom from all the corners are easily attained and read
through, as mental exploits and exercises. Many reads and few understands.
It might seem that a certain faculty is needed in order to extract gnosis from
writing and in order to flesh forth this faculty the path must be prepared,
the temple lustrated and the mind must be aimed at freedom from the
chains of dogma and the slavery of dualistic prophets. By turning our minds
to a simple fact in regard to time we can understand this better. There is
only Now, Past is gone into the files of Mnomic records and is reduced to air
and remembrance of things past, what we call history. Often we employ
these shells and memories into constructs of Now, but still it doesn´t touch
the Otherness of the Now. As for the Future, it is carrying the possibility of
becoming. This Otherness that constantly creates in the Now that seek
transmutation in spite of all the obscurations of the Path the Seeker
encounters. By staying in Now one can have a taste of Freedom.
We should at this point make a distinction between dualism as an outlook
on life or a foundation of philosophy and the dual nature as a natural and
needed pre requisite for sustaining the creation and godhood. This is
connected to the concept of Desire where its transmutability has exceeded
the desires ascribed to flesh and the lust of mortal men. Desire can be said
to be movement. This movement that creates offspring and something other
than the progenitor. With this movement the downfall starts and it opens a
wide array of possibility. Viewing all conditions as a result of an initial
movement reduces a dualistic philosophy into mere fatalistic disillusion.
The language of dualism is used in order to explain the dual nature of
oneness. The Oneness can be described in many ways and many symbols
and forms have been employed to make this tangible and understandable.
With employing a compass consisting of eight trident in a circular shape one
has a highly meaningful symbol that outlines the Path in its totality. Three,
Four and One creates the ogdoadic principle that can be considered to
contain the Truth of ones own Destiny. The significance of Three we can
ascribe to the female essence within the Divine Oneness. This gateway is
dominated by the Oneiric faculties and represents the nocturnal face of the
All and the three phases of Awareness. Waking, Dreaming and Sleeping.
The Dreamer and the Sensualist, The Poet and the Seer. The foundation of
transmutation by understanding the Ways of the White Blood, the Ways of
the Red Blood and the Ways of the Black Blood rests in the crossroad where
three ways meet and still remains One.
The significance of the Four can be attributed to Iconoclastic activities. This
is the crossroad where both worlds meet and the diffusion between them are
no longer existent. In the center of the Crossroad we are truly One.
Commonly the crossroad is said to be the point where the elements are
flowing in a stabilizing themselves in the etheric center. This is merely a
play of polarities and limits the hunting ground of the Devil. In the
Crossroad we should seek to annhilate limitations and we should seek to
transcend even our own death from being wrapped in melancholic states to
one of rapture and ecstasy. In the Crossroad we should seek to test our
Belief in the Devils Yard and what is left from this Iconoclastic Mutilation
will be our True Faith, the Law within that seek to establish itself between
form and taboo, between new dogmas and new customs. These constructs
you should attack with a firm determination of seeking to kill what is not
meant to be and seek to keep and treasure the diamonds pulled our from the
coals. We should at all times remember that all Icon and all representation
is all of them hollow and within flows the elexir of transmutation, the Azoth
itself. In the Crossroad we will experience the Oneness with the powers we
have to discover and claim as ours. And why do we call the God of the
Crossroad as the Devil? Because this is the God of Death and he represents
that Otherness many fear, but yet is our true home. By choosing the God of
Death as our Companion we will walk forth in Freedom and be all Other
from those who has chosen to live on in all eternity. To chose the Devil as
ones Master and Companion demands the attitude of an warrior, a sage and
a seer in one and the same Image. When we have integrated successfully a
“death – consciousness” we can walk forth in Freedom, void of fear and we
will be able to recognize Fate as She unfolds in the Crossroad and we merge
and becomes On with the Three and the Four molded upon the Initatic
Power from the point of the Zeroth. We have truly turned all experience
into challenges and we recognize only its dual nature void of qualities, as we
have deemed a hierarchy measuring vinegar as bitter and honey as sweet as
futile in its power of revealing and explaining the challenge in front of the
Warriorsage that has embraced Death
The four ways presents its challenges. We can in this read both the Virtues
of the Sphinx as well as the Virtues of the winds that flow from all four
quarters into the Basilica where the invisible fire rests in the ever moving
center.
Present in the path we find the killing of children and the destruction of
innocence. We find the dance of the Clitoromaniac and Meretrix. The heavy
indulgence of the demimonde and the self sacrifice of this carnal lusting
when the goat has been found to completed the intercourse with the women
of Whoredom laying here barren and naked in the desert. When we seek to
sacrifice a child, an innocent we must take heed so our curiosity is not
leading into indulgence of the beauty of all things. We must seek to
penetrate deeper and use the curiosity as the lantern that will show the way
in how to turn the child of innocence into a mighty Whore. With passion we
should seek to deflower virgins and no act of passion should be strange and
yet still debauch is truly the enemy in this paphian phase where we sacrifice
all on the alter of Jezebel. It is then, when we are Queens and Kings of our
own brothel that we can seek out the Devil and ask him to ride into our
brothel on mare, dog or goat and lay down for the last fornication where the
intense steel, cold and strange will rip up the flesh of the harlot and we will
in our death see the desert turning black by the shedding of our blood. This
is redemption and the ecstatic transmutation that turn everything into
Silence, where we will seek to commune with the one who came for
communion and on that day we will know that there are no distinction
between He, She and I. It is all the same in the Masquerade of the Turning
Heavens. It remains the same in as the vessels has been broken and the
gold has been scattered around in earth and mud. The blood of our
whoredom screaming from the abyss of the ages that once passed. And we
will turn around and see our reflection in all glass and waters being the one
of the homo draconis and then we will realize that the race never died but
was merely uncovered. Few are those whoa re left of the race, and so it shall
be, now and forevermore.
In all the three stages of death we have specific challenges that must be
understood, solved and integrated. The innocence of the child must be
destroyed and only the harlot can kill the child with precision, because her
fire is the one of red hot passion. However, when the cup is filled it is time to
also sacrifice the volatile and affix it in a golden black condition where one
is yet again doing penance for the sacrifice of the child and is regaining its
virtues. Here the summoner and the summoned turns into One.
The formulaes of Old is always contained within words, silence or symbols
and as for the words communicated as in the passing on of power between
the initiator and the witch that is by coming forth is hidden within the
words in such way that only the prepared one will assume the
interpretation that is unlocking the secrets and pave the way for
understanding sublime. All is resting on numbers. The Both as One or the
many as one. The Way of the upright Pentalphae and the downright
Pentaplahe that equals the sum of all numbers and therefore the seed
zeroth. By understanding the numbers and what they contain one will
understand the flame the flickers in the circle of I.
From the occidental West we find the Pale Way Here the sun is dying and
give forth the shadows. The western quarter is sacred to the Crone hag who
ferment herself during the nine months of dead moon. Here the Witch
Queen seeps in to the nights and unleash the tinctures of poison and
insights.
The image fashioned by He or She or I at this quarter would during the
nights of the triple snake be sacrificed to the quarter, either as a mumia or
as a taltos.
The White way is found in the southern direction. Where the noontide is
throwing its white shadows on the dry earth. These are the nine nights of
the moons death. Here the honeycomb and sweet elixirs of the Lion mingles
with the black nectar of the moon and the infusion is a blessing that is
contained in the Secret of the Witch Queens corpse. She who passed into the
palace of Death and raised herself up in the illuminating darkness of the
Opposer, who is Our God and Death itself. The tincture is from Notos and
the poisons are those of sights and amongst the many masks of the Corpse
Queen, Inanna is but one.
The Red Way is connected to the paths of the orient. And here the newborn
shadow is cast at the dawn of day, moist with the morning dew. Here we
find the sweet and soothing nectars of the bright moon, the elixir of the
eagle mingled with the 9 nights of the maidens nectars mingled with the
blood of the Virgin of nine nights.
The Black Way is reflected through the Sun at Midnight, the black earth of
the tomb that opens the way to the eternal becoming, here the mystery of
the marriage bed and the death bed being One is given, the ashes from the
pyre and the blood of the Bull is mingled with the secrets of the Whore. The
wine is blessed with the blood of She who shone in the nine nights of the
Great Mother.
This is the alchemy of the Path, the four ways that meet in the witches foot.
And from this one goes forth on the Sabbaths Cross´d roads. At the circles
heart the three circles of the Sabbath do meet. The pole serves as an descent
from above and below where the Kings and Queens of Earth serves as the
Virgin Vessels. And in the heart of the circle, fashion a vessel in thy likeness
and shadow. From the elixirs fourfold and the thrice triple nectars fashion
this vessel. This will luster her and temper her to Tameless enter this
Sanctuary of Death and here She will enter and ye Both will be One. This
must then be sealed within the vessel of Azoth and graven with the sigils,
eleven by the number.
The Flesh is here empty and is merely a sarcophagus that will await the
resurrection of the Bennu bird. This is done by assuming, understanding
and incorporating the forms of stars in order to appear as Death. By letting
the mind in its silent all oneliness enter into the frenzy and ecstasy of the
One Sigil of the particular working one will see that this is the key to behold
and use. By the use of this key the ancestral shades will gather unto the one
who present him or herself as a sacrifice. And Spirits, of beast and element
will gather as well. The Sacrifice of the Shadow that shall occur in this self
sacrifice is not only aiming towards the communion of the Ancestral Shades,
as the body is indeed the shade of Death. The Shadow is also the initiator
into the Rite of metamorphic transformation. This awakens the forgotten
and ancient atavistic powers.
When the ancestral Shades have been understood and one is going forth on
the path of sacrifice one will yet again fashion a vessel. This time of clay and
adorn it with symbols of the quintessence. Conjure then the powers of the
universe within the vessel and know that this is the formulae for Egress.
And in here we also find the advise: “Walk not beyond the Visions granted
unto Thee until Thou art the Master of those Powers which granted them”.
He and She turns into the One that is of both and yet remains unique,
herein rests the reasons for the Childs appearance. If the Unity of one of
Presence or one of Absence it remains the same and still wholly unique.
The use of Psalms are an integrated part of the Art, encoded within the text
lies the true enchantment and one can use Psalm for the opening of ritual
work. Some examples are
Psalm 68
1
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him
flee before him.
2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the
fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them
exceedingly rejoice.
4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the
heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy
habitation.
6
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march
through the wilderness; Selah:
8
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm
thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy
goodness for the poor.
11
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published
it.
12
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the
spoil.
13
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a
dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in
Salmon.
15
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in;
yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the
Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast
received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might
dwell among them.
19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of
our salvation. Selah.
20
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord
belong the issues from death.
21
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such
an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people
again from the depths of the sea:
23
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the
tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King,
in the sanctuary.
25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of
Israel.
27
There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their
council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which
thou hast wrought for us.
29
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the
calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver:
scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her
hands unto God.
32
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord;
Selah:
33
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he
doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his
strength is in the clouds.
35
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he
that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Psalm 68
1
victori pro liliis David
2
salva me Deus quoniam venerunt aquae usque ad animam
3
infixus sum in limo profundi et non possum consistere veni in profundum
aquarum et flumen operuit me
4
laboravi clamans exasperatum est guttur meum defecerunt oculi mei
expectantes Deum meum
5
multiplicati sunt super capillos capitis mei qui oderunt me gratis
confortati sunt qui persequebantur me inimici mei iniuste quae non
rapueram tunc reddebam
6
Deus tu scis stultitiam meam et peccata mea a te non sunt abscondita
7
non confundantur in me qui expectant te Domine Deus exercituum non
confundantur in me qui quaerunt te Deus Israhel
8
quia propter te portavi obprobrium operuit confusio faciem meam
9
alienus factus sum fratribus meis et peregrinus filiis matris meae
10
quia zelus domus tuae comedit me et obprobrium exprobrantium tibi
cecidit super me
11
et flevi in ieiunio animam meam et factum est in obprobria mihi
12
et posui vestimentum meum saccum et factus sum eis in parabulam
13
contra me loquebantur qui sedebant in porta et cantabant bibentes
vinum
14
mea autem oratio ad te Domine tempus reconciliationis est Deus in
multitudine misericordiae tuae exaudi me in veritate salutaris tui
15
erue me de luto ut non infigar libera me ab his qui oderunt me et de
profundis aquis
16
ne operiat me fluvius aquae et ne absorbeat me profundum et non
coronet super me puteus os suum
17
exaudi me Domine quoniam bona est misericordia tua secundum
multitudinem miserationum tuarum respice ad me
18
et ne abscondas faciem tuam a servo tuo quoniam tribulor cito exaudi me
19
accede ad animam meam redime eam propter inimicos meos libera me
20
tu scis obprobrium meum et confusionem meam et ignominiam meam
21
coram te sunt omnes hostes mei obprobrio contritum est cor meum et
desperatus sum et expectavi qui contristaretur et non fuit et qui
consolaretur et non inveni
22
et dederunt in esca mea fel et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto
23
sit mensa eorum coram eis in laqueum et in retributiones ad corruendum
24
contenebrentur oculi eorum ne videant et dorsum eorum semper incurva
25
effunde super eos indignationem tuam et ira furoris tui conprehendat eos
26
fiat commoratio eorum deserta in tabernaculis eorum non sit qui habitet
27
quoniam quem tu percussisti persecuti sunt et ut adfligerent vulneratos
tuos narrabant
28
da iniquitatem super iniquitatem eorum et non veniant in iustitia tua
29
deleantur de libro viventium et cum iustis non scribantur
30
ego autem pauper et dolens salus tua Deus suscipiet me
31
laudabo nomen Dei in cantico et magnificabo eum in confessione
32
et placebit Domino super vitulum novellum cornua efferentem et ungulas
33
videntes mansueti laetabuntur qui quaeritis Deum vivet anima vestra
34
quoniam exaudivit pauperes Dominus et vinctos suos non dispexit
35
laudent eum caeli et terra maria et omne quod movetur in eis
36
quia Deus salvabit Sion et aedificabit civitates Iuda et habitabunt ibi et
possidebunt eam
37
et semen servorum eius possidebit eam et qui diligunt nomen eius
habitabunt in ea
An example of Psalm used for the purpose of protection and aggressive
defense is the following:
Psalm 44
1
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work
thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did
their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light
of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we
tread them under that rise up against us.
6
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame
that hated us.
8
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our
armies.
10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us
spoil for themselves.
11
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us
among the heathen.
12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by
their price.
13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to
them that are round about us.
14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head
among the people.
15
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath
covered me,
16
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the
enemy and avenger.
17
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we
dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy
way;
19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us
with the shadow of death.
20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a
strange god;
21
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep
for the slaughter.
23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our
oppression?
25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
And yet another Psalm for the gathering of ritual focus is the following:
Psalm 84
1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart
and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King,
and my God.
4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee.
Selah.
5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways
of them.
6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also
filleth the pools.
7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth
before God.
8
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and
glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalm 84
1
victori filiorum Core canticum
2
placatus es Domine terrae tuae reduxisti captivitatem Iacob
3
dimisisti iniquitatem populo tuo operuisti omnes iniquitates eorum
semper
4
continuisti omnem indignationem tuam conversus es ab ira furoris tui
5
converte nos Deus Iesus noster et solve iram tuam adversum nos
6
noli in aeternum irasci nobis extendens iram tuam in generationem et
generationem
7
nonne tu revertens vivificabis nos et populus tuus laetabitur in te
8
ostende nobis Domine misericordiam tuam et salutare tuum da nobis
9
audiam quid loquatur Dominus Deus loquetur enim pacem ad populum
suum et ad sanctos suos ut non convertantur ad stultitiam
10
verumtamen prope est his qui timent eum salutare eius ut habitet gloria
in terra nostra
11
misericordia et veritas occurrerunt iustitia et pax deosculatae sunt
12
veritas de terra orta est et iustitia de caelo prospexit
13
sed et Dominus dabit bonum et terra nostra dabit germen suum
14
iustitia ante eum ibit et ponet in via gressus suos
The path thread is the one of the Dragon, this being in the form of serpent
or toad. And calls can be made to the Dragon it self by rose garland or
candlelight alone, as the following:
A Call to the One on the Dragons Road
You Great Old One
who embrace the worlds between horn and wing
You who feed upon the Light
Who stretch betwixt the horn and hoof
The remembrance of the many deaths
You Dark sparkling Light
That traverse the nodes
Who bleed lava and moonrays
We call you by the many names
We Call Eshu Draku Crucifer
Sh – Sh – Sh – Nax – Sh – Sh – Sh
With one claw in sand and mud
With one claw in all waters
The One is Thy name
And One is Thy Mystery
Skullcap and darkened wings
Sulfur and sepulture
Thy name is Many Dead
On the tips of a finger in the quill of the tongue
At the root of blood
Where silence reigns
The Night whispers in the blackened grass
Eh – Eh – Eh – Eshu – Eh – Eh – Eh Eshu
You who feed upon the Light
You who burns in the timelessness
Of the tides that was before the mud of man
You who are the dark tides of the Soul
You who flows through cross and bow
Through times and worlds
Whom home is iron and copper
Whom hands are black and red
You most Black of the Lights
You Great Old One
Who flies at night amongst toads
And snakes, amongst bat and owl
You are the Seed and the Path
The opener and the closer
The initiator and the assassin
The Darknessbringer and all Inflamer
The One of Eld, that is will be and ever shall be
Now come and rest within Me!
Drakoshu – Drakai – Drakaxaxas – Xashu – Eshu
The first sorcerer is Qayin, a crude form of the sublime essence unfolded in
the victorious race of Seth and Al Khidir. Qayin is the need fire of necessity
and deserves on this the right honour as being the father of the accursed
race, those burned by the blood and who walked out in the world to retain
the light lost. This journey is by the way of the Moon within the Mountain of
Venus. It is the star laid wilderness within the embrace of She who dwells
in the path of beauty and frustration. The identification with Qayin will
indicate an identification with the murderous blood that attacks his own
profanity in order to release the timeless holiness instigated by the thirst of
return and going against the grain. To shed the skin and flesh out the
emerald road by transgression.
The Commemoration of Lord Qayin
Anoint the skull and take the bone in your hand. Light the candle and call
Him by remembrance
My Eyes has been opened
I have eaten the fruit of the Tree
That grows into Night
I sacrificed the Child and
I made Red The Mound
By Sacrifice
The earth turned into blood
I covered myself in the earths skin
And as a harlot I walked into
The many worlds
To lay naked and dead
All what I could find
All that partook in the One
I chose my Lovers amongst
The daughters of Cain
And when I grew old
I again went to the Mound
Where I again killed the virgin child
And upon the Ossary of my deed
I prostrated like the firstborn Deval
Lying upon its nail
The never setting stars
Surrounded me
And I felt the dagger going
One against both and the both against one
Cut my flesh and let loose
The blood of Tides to come
Black the earth turned and
My flesh into Flames of Indigo
Upon the first sacrifice the last
Must be done
for only such as I and
Such as we can shed the skins
Of many masks to remain truly
And uniquely the same
Forked is the Tongue
Of Lies that turns upon
Itself to unleash the Fire
From below, leaving only
The bones to behold
And from the bones the
Sternum, Skull and Spine
Was resurrected into a purple
Cross as the winds blew
In from the quarters of the World
As I looked to the sky
And all around me
I saw the sixteen Faithful Ones
Anointing me with oil and wine
And they whispered within
The silence
The words of power that
Made the Matrix, Helix
Circle and Square
And as the Third sacrifice
Were consumed a child
Were born from the ashes
White of hue with a
Golden fire burning
As a halo around his black hair
From coal dark eyes
A drop of gold was wept
As the child took the skull
And femur of his father
And went out within the
World fields to build and
To destroy
Many times and many times yet again he
Shed the Hue and went on
To make sacred his fathers
Transgression
HuQayinHuaLa
Qayins legacy is by the way of the fallen irin or watchers. We shall keep in
mind that our work is to remain standing and not fallen and as Duch we
need to embrace the luciferian strand, not as the goal, but as a dwelling on
the journey. Lumia lis the angel of earth and as much as he can elevate us
to be upright, he can make the path cruble in its crookedness and we can
fail to make the crooked stright. Just as the bow in its curved form is the
bows strightness, so must we see the strightness in our path, even if it
seems Crooked.
A Lover’s Call to the Angel of Witchblood:
A Transvocation of Az’raLumial
“Myself I offer, this Rite to begin.
O’ AzraLumial! Angelick Soul of the Master Cain!
Hear my call I entreat Thee!
In the North I invoke Thee in Midnight’s Brightness: the Shining Darkness!
In the Northwest I evoke Thee, in the Purple Light of Ancient Kings and
Queens, the Awakened Shades of True Ancestry!
In the West I invoke Thee, in the Indigo Light of Dusk, in the Lapis Fire of
the Wards and Watchers!
In the Southwest I evoke Thee, in the Azure Light of the Skygoing Gods, in
the Companie of the Passionate and Free!
In the South I invoke Thee, in the Emerald Light of Divine Imagination, in
the Ring of Seven Mountains that edges the WorldwithoutEnd!
In the Southeast I evoke Thee, in the Saffron Light of the Shining Ones, by
the Horns of the True and Chosen Gods!
In the East I invoke Thee, in the Amber Light of the Tameless, in the Wild
Procession of the Turnskin Gods!
In the Northeast I evoke Thee, in the Crimson Light of all Sacrifice, in the
Purified Way of Entrance that leads to the Circle of Witchblood!
From the North I approach Thy Heart, my lover, my Soul of Souls!
Beneath my heels is the LuciferStone, the Hidden Centre of every Land.
Above me is the Circle of the Seven Holy Stars, and in their midst is set Thy
Secret Throne!
Amid the Realm of Shade and Spirit I call to Thee,
GhostKing! Sage and Jester!
Draku Ezhu! Draku Ezhu! Draku Ezhu! Open the Way for me!
Amid the Seven Lands of Earth I call to Thee,
Wanderer! Loner! Witchbegetter!
Qayin Azhaka! Qayin Azhaka! Qayin Azhaka! Open the Way for me!
Amid the Starrayed Web of Heaven I call to Thee,
Father! Mother! Initiator!
Az’raLumial! Az’raLumial! Az’raLumial! Open the Way for me!
*Az’raLumial, Thy Name I recite ‘til Thou art come*
The Sphere of the Seven Rays shines all about me;
The Serpent of Seven Colours uncoils within;
the Inmost Gate is made open to Thee.
O’ Az’raLumial, Spirit of True Witchblood, I bid Thee to enflesh!
O’ Thou Spirit ruling, the Countless Paths of Initiation,
Open the Way for me, that I may open the Way for Thee!
This Rite is mine Oath and Pledge: in passing through all things I shall
become the Living Tryth of Magick.
Thus I entreat Thee, O’ Manymasked God of the Royal Arte,
Make Thou Thy Shrine and Hearth within me,
that I may burn with Thy Gnosis consumed in the Perfect Love of Thee!
The Words of this Rite are as Milk, Blood and Honey to Thee.
Devotion I offer: my Heart is the Rose that I lay ‘pon Thine Altar.
Such are my Words, so shall it be! In Silence to go forth anew!”
Circle casting means to create sacred space. The circle is particularly perfect
as it is composed by one single straight line curved to meet its own
beginning. As such the circle is the alpha and omega, the aleph and the tau.
If the circle be of limits or traced in the world of eternal being is largely a
question of the path. Here follows some suggestions that can be utilized for
embarking on various work.
Hallowing the Kingdom of Qayin Azhaka
Casting the Sphere of eleven Directions:
Basic Practice for generating the Circle
0. Let the Seeker face toward the North, that the light of the Polestar
may fall upon him. For the North is the Place of Power and the gate
of the Septentrional Wind – he Door from whence the Eigthfold
Breath of Heaven shall issue forth into the Compass of Arte. Being
established in equipoise, in active stillness of mind, body and spirit,
let the practice begin…
I. By imagination cast about oneself the sphere of Clear and Boundless
Light. Reside at its centre as the adamantine core of radiance, even
as the Illumined Vessel of Azhdea. In the silent voidfulness of the
Placeless Star declare the selfexistent word of power: I!
II. In turn, direct attention from the centre of the sphere to the ten
directions. From the heart of the world send forth an illimitable bolt
of lightning and flame, and with each emanation declare and vibrate
the ordained rootname of power:
To the Northeast send forth a bolt of red flame, shining like rubeate
lightning, churning and boiling through an ocean of blood, to bear forth the
bloodtide of every sacrifice. Empower the first radix with the word HU
To the East send forth a bolt of orange flame, shining with the glory of a
million rising suns, radiant as the dawn of eternity, to hallow the birth of
the infinite worlds. Empower the second radix with the word: SA!
To the Southeast send forth a bolt of yellow flame, shining with saffron
glow over the Fields of the Everliving, to permeate all sentience – all worlds
and minds of gods and men – with the clarity of endless morninglight.
Empower the third radix with the word: BA!
To the South end forth a bolt of emerald flame, shining within an illimitable
nimbus of viridian mist, a verdant splendour spreading forever outward, to
nourish all things in the noontide of fecundity. Empower the forth radix
with the word: KU!
To the Southwest send forth a bolt of cerulean flame, shining with the clear
luminescence of vast empty skies, to reveal all existence – naked in the
boundless expanse of empyrean light. Empower the fifth radix with the
word. LA!
To the West send forth a bolt of indigo flame, shining like the light of a
million falling suns, to cut through the chill air of eventide and emblazon
the corpseskin of uncounted fallen gods and men. Empower the sixth radix
with the word: TAN!
To the Northwest send forth a bolt of violet flame, shining with the last
light of day, to cast the shroudcloak of shadows, to cover the battlefield at
the end of all flesh, to spread the purple mantle of kings and bless the bones
at the Worldfield’s death. Empower the seventh radix with the word: HUA!
To the North send forth a bolt of nigrescent flame, shining like gold from the
crucible of creation, absorbing all within the darkness of impenetrable
night. To the Place of Power send forth the sevenrayed bolt of the aeons,
cast forth the ray of blackest gold to herald the Midnight Sun. Empower the
eight radix with the word: I!
In the zenith, imagine a star of utmost whiteness: a boundless sun of
albeate flame, sending forth rainbowjewelled rays, scintillating showers of
nectars and poisons, tinctures to libate and illumine the Sphere of
Contemplation. Empower the zenith with the word: IA!
In the nadir, imagine a star of utmost blackness: a boundless sun of
lightless flame, shooting forth tongues of peacockcoloured fire to purify and
perfect the Circle of Infinity. Empower the nadir with the word: KA!
III. Residing as an isle of blissful awareness in the midst of the ocean of
incandescent light, let the Seeker maintain the Boundless Sphere of
Creation. Let the ten rays extend from the focus of being to the outermost
horizon of becoming. Let the centre – the hidden direction – be empowered
by silence.
………
In the Secret Name of the Seeker’s Oath
Let all be consumed within the Fire of Azhdeha
BILO BILO HU!
QAYIN AZHA KA!
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This practice – for casting the sphere of eleven directions and empowering
its compass with the rootnames of the Draconian circle – is a basic exercise
which may be used prior to any other work of magic. Its basic function is to
create the circle through the exercise of imaginal power, to locate the Seeker
at the focus of transmutation.
Casting the Circle of Sodom
With violent rage
I position myself in the centre
Of the cosmomatrix
I am the eternal sacrefice!
To me all things are given!
I am the Alpha
And I am the Omega!
I am the Logos
And I am the Alogos!
I am the One
To partake first in the Last Supper
I am the One to partake last
In the First Coming
Therefore I am the Second breed
The race of Cain enfleshed
In me all things fornicate!
In the crux of its contradiction!
I am the pyre
And I am the forge of fire!
And from the fire
I cast flames in all directions
I cast my flames toward the North. Setting earth aflame
I cast my flames towards the West. Setting water aflame
I cast my flames towards the South. Setting the pyres aflame
I cast my flames towards the East. Setting air aflame
I cast my flames towards the inbetweeness of the quarters.
Setting aflame
The coals of the Abyss. Forming fire in the Spirit of Shadow
I am the fire of Sodom!
I am the Cross of Naught!
I am the dawning Sun!
I am the setting Sun!
Through me all things become True
Through me all things transgress
Into its contradiction
In the name of Cain
Through the veins of witchblood
The nameless becomes fire
And the coals of manifestation are set aflame
Casting the Circle of Cain
O’ Spirit of Cain, Firstborn of Wiseblood!
Make Thou the Circle of Wychfire to sourround me.
Be Thou the Hidden Flame of the Forge at my heart
The Celestial Flame of the Nailstar upon the crown of my head;
The Infernal Flame of the Dark Abyss beneath my feet;
The Vermillion Flame of the NorthEast; the Amber Flame of the East;
The Saffron Flame of the Southeast; the Emerald Flame of the South;
The Azure Flame of the Southwest; the Indigo Flame of the West;
The Purple Flame of the Northwest and the Golden Flame of the North.
Open the Way before and within me; guide and protect the steps of my path.
Be Thou the Black Light to illumine the coils of the Antient Serpent.
By this Charm let the Compassrose unfold to sourround and bear me
To reveal the Hidden Kingdom of Eld.
As I have spoken, so let it be done
The Circle of the Witches Blood and Brood
Opening of rituals can also be done by approaching the focus of adoration a
affirm ones promise in a more direct line of approach, like in the following
opening:
Affirmation of the Old Pledge
BILOI BILOI HU!
By the Fire that run red in this Land
By the ever watching Eye and Hand
I greet the Spirits of the High and the Low
By the cup brimful of Her Blood
By the dagger, this blazing rod
I awaken the Serpent resting in land and mound.
By Words and Whispers I affirm my oath
By every step I renew my pledge and troth
May Cain rise within this land
By Blasphemy sweet and praise so dark
By Slaughter of need and the resurrection to be
I call ye Mighty Dead to Bless the Children
Sired in Cains Blood and Bane
Welcome us into this Acre of Blood and Exile
We know as Nod, the forgotten Eden.
And such shall be the words that
Awakens ye Great Azhdeah.
BILOI BILOI HU!
These are the directions of the Nameless Ones of Cultus Sabbati
N: Lilia Devala KHA I LILIYA Bloodmother of the Horned Serpents
Wisdom
N: Mahazael Deval I KHA MAHAZHUA, Sovereign Witchfather
NE: Yemeloi Lucifera I HU LUCIFERA WiseBlooded Mother
NE: Tubalo Lucifer I HU TUBALO Cuning Father of the Silver Gates
E: Zhamael I SA ZHAMAEL Cunning Father of the Iron Gates
E: Na’amah I SA NA AMAH Wise Blooded Mother and Maid of the Iron
Gates
SE: Azh’modai I BA AZH MODAI Bullhorned father of the mercurial Gates
SE: Azhterah Saba I BA AZH TERAH Horned Mother of the Red Wound at
the Mercurial gates
S: Maheleth Rahab I KU RAHAB Blood Mother and Queen of the Bazen
Gates
S: Azhazael I KU AZHA ZAEL Cunning father and King of the Brazen
Gates
SW: Ruha Azh’ra Qarina I LA RUHA AZ Lady of the Copper Gates of
Africanus, Azure eyed seducteress.
SW: Qafa Azhra Melek I LA QAFA AZH RA MELEK Lord with eyes like
heaven at the Copper Gates
W: Azhael I TAN AZHAEL Cunning father and sage of the gates of lead
W: Agrath I TAN AGRATH Bloodmother and matriarch of the Gates of
Lead
NW: Qinaya Noctifer I HUA QIN AYA HA BIL ZHI VA Lord of te Golden
Gates of Covus, the risen Lord of Exile
NW: Lilis Zahriel I HUA LILIS ZHA RI AL Eldest Mother of Wiseblood,
last f the faithful gods and the golden Gates of Covus.
The master will go to the northern gate and the Priestess to the southern
and the Covin will utter:
EVOI SABAI IA BHA AZHAKA IA AZHA QAYIN
BILO BILO HU / 8 times
For a more direct connection with the Witchothers and Witchfathers the
following information and ritual strategi of offering can be performed. You
Hill then collect wine at each of the weight points in a cup and use this for
the spirits inflaming your soul.
I SA NA´AMAH
Na’amah fair one who carries the thread and spindle. You who’s gift is to
make our fate anew. The fate resting under stone and sand, between hand
and stang. Beautiful one, fair mother your kisses are like a hailstorm in the
land of blood and honey where woods are made of waters foam.
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
I SA ZHAMAEL
Zhamael, winged and masked with the features of a fox, cockerels foots and
in your hands the mirror for you to see back and forth and reflect from
shadow to becoming.Your bloodstained spear and mask upon mask as a
reminder about how far one must go to attain the mystery disclosed as a
diamond shines from the coal.
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
I BA AZH MODAI
Ash’modai, bullhorned king in the meadows of corn, and a multitude of
hands of glory around your neck. A gate and a pillar in yourself, king of
crops, king of the pyres.
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
I BA AZH TERAH
Fair horned Azh’terah, Queen of the Queendom of Sheba, mistress of the
Topaz djinns. In a cloud of fire with razors as your girdle and feet like birds
of pray, your hair combed back to reveal the wisdom of the eyes and the
sincerity of you faithful mouth.
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
I KHU RAHAB
Maheleth Rahab you lioness with a scorpion tale, you who’s lovemaking
keep the moons mansions alive under the summer stars. With flowers and
pearls your path is spun and your feline face injects terror in thy fields,
where mercy is no concept – but willingness are. You who reap the uncanny
and feed upon the lost ones
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
I KU AZHA ZAEL
Azhazael, bearded sage, you who carries the powers of any artistry. Sooth
black sage who adorn his horns with the zodiacbelt and the houses of the
stellar signs. Stag hunter, Moonman, Orions bestower who holds the
serpents egg and the seven dragons of revelation. You are the gates of the
hidden sun, the lover of the mansions, the horned moon as he rises from the
bloodocean of the moons becoming.
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
I LA RUHA AZH RA QARINA
At the gate of sexual disruption and fulfillment, the home of incubi and
Succubi, queen and mistress you lie on velvet pillows. You who are the I
strung on the Eye and Kteis – the Mouth eating any Apple…
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
I LA QAFA AZH RA MELEK
Qafa Azra Melek, Master of Incubi, covered with a wolfs skin carrying the
venusian ointment that makes your phallus into a broom, you who fly into
the damp night, daimon of sexual diablerie, father of any turnskinchild.
Reverence to you. Reverence to you. Reverence. Reverence. Reverence!
Blessing of the Cup and consummation of the rite.
AL ZHAKARAH,
Stone of Lucifers fall, Eye of the Great Dragon, Thee I claim as my own and
from the Skull of Cains deed I take star and mix with wine. And by thus I
stretch the stang from Heaven to Hell and open my arms to dual worship.
May the celestial flame burn in this ground and may the infernal flame
heathen this wine. Al Zhakarah Al Zhakarah (repeat)
However the Nameless Ones of the True Cross are many, but realted to the
Mystery of the Silvery Qayin and his journey to the MOutnain of Queen
Venus we do use the following:
LILITH LILYA – Mother of Witchblood
DRACO FAUNUS – Father of the CUnning Race
IA ANA LILITA – Adoration to the Celestial Mother of All Wiseblood!
IA NE´OMA LILITA –Adoration tot eh weaver who bindeth Our Priesthood.
IA ASTRIYA LILITA – Adoration to the Scarlet Mistress of the Were Owls
Flock
IA AZZIEL CAIN – Honour to the Celestial Father of Our Infernal Desent
IA TUBAL CAIN – Honour to the Blacksmith that forged Our Priesthood
IA SA´ IRA CAIN – Honour to the Green Lord Leader of the Goat Footed
Satyrs
The honoring of the legacy can come through many alleys and one of these
are through the Lady at the Crossroad of night, Culsu or more popularly
Hekate, the consort of Culsans. In this lies truth burning in the veiled
darkness. One such ritual that can be applied for great benefit for the
Seeker on the Serpentine way of the True Cross is the following ritual.
A Call unto She who dwells apart
Point 0
Creating the entrance
All present should enter with their heads bowed down and hands folded
upon the heart and in silence sit down on the sacred ground. In their minds
eye they should contemplate on silence. The silence when one wakes up in
the night and finds ones home silent. The silence when no sound from any
medium, man or manmaid are present. The silence one finds in those
moment when one is in peace with oneself. The silence one finds when no
words are needed. The silence at a crossroad at night. The silence at a
graveyard at night. Contemplating the variety of silence one should take one
deep breath and whisper forth like in a scream:
“Hekate, pervade the silence and take place in the Void I now have prepared
unto you”.
Then call the attention of The Lady Venus, seeing a diamond in the colors of
emerald beginning to turn slowly over your head see that it slowly unfolds
and turns into a bright shining divinely beautiful entity. The Lady Venus
herself, the stellar lore given a shape and a form. Prostrate yourself and say:
“Lady of the Brightest Star, I greet Thee in the garlands of
Eospheros”
Rise up and with eyes closed look unto the starclad heavenly gardens and
say:
“Lady of the darkest Midnight, I greet you in the gardens of Hesperos where
thy Light shine so bright that my eyes will melt by your sight”.
Feel then how the afflatus (divine essence) of the Lady Venus is dawning
upon you and fills you up like airy water and you realize that you are one
with illusion, emotion and flesh. You are the fest at the Midnight table,
whereupon She can feed and find her pleasures, because all pleasures are
Thy very Self! For what is she if not the mirror of the stars within that asks
you to remember the forgotten condition?
Point 1
Calling the Bloodied Line
“Unto you we pray Thee to come, you who are fathered by Peres, son of
Crius, born by Asteria, we greet you threefold!
In you the blood of the Elder Gods run like mighty rivers. The heritage of
Uranus and Gaea live on in you, we greet you threefold!
You who carries the gift of Memory and the essence of Moon, unto you we beg
that you bestow upon us the remembrance so we can see again Our Old
reflection in your waters, threefold we greet you!
Blood of titans, blood of Medea we call you as She who dwells apart, the
flame of flame in the fires of my inmost heart! Thrice acursed you be!
And all curse, blessing and Cunning through mind, water and blood give
this unto me!”
Point 2
Opening the Way
I invoke thee, Proserpina, as one who
preferes life with Pluto in the underworld
to life with mother
Ceres in the heavenly gardens
I give petition unto Thee
So you can open the ways from Above
To Below for your Sister to enter through both points alike
I invoce thee as the opener of the gates
As the one who prepares the Path unto the decent and ascent of Hekate
The triple One who forges flame into Water!
who allowes ghosts to enjoy secret intercourse
on the alter of shadow and sexuality alike
By the Aid and Hand of Persefone
I invoke thee thrice great Hekate
Janitor of the lordly Halls of Death
Heye hekate, heye Hekate, Heye Hekate (repeat)
Point 3
The Call unto the ThriceBlooded Mother
MANTRA: Hê te megalê Hekatê
I call unto you beautiful Nightmother
Born from the ovum of Asteria, the black moon of comfort
I call unto you, beloved Nightmother
We are Thy Children, care for us
be with us, We are your children
Hide me in your bossom, nurture me by your milk
Take all my fears away, make me strong in your night
Hail mighty Hekate of the Threshold
Shape the course of my life
with luminious light
and make it laden with good things
Drive sickness and evil from my limbs
Deliver me purified by your soulstirring rituals
Oh, great goddess of the triple threshold
give me your hands, I pray
and reveal to me the pathways
of divine guidance that I long for
Your grace, your beauty and your threefold fire
Your womb is thick with reptilescales
Your skin covered with venemous serpents
Oh, Hekate, I adore you in the image of
Proserpina, Persefone, Diana, Travia Luna
Spread your body in the crossroad, beloved
Heye Hekate you triple mystery of Sol, Luna and Pluto
I greet you in the name of Mormo,
in the shape of jackals and snakes
Heye Hekate, you antique serpent of the solar larvae
UrHekhu, Hekt, Hekate, Heye! (repeat)
I greet you as the triple serpent
coiling between all possible worlds
The stellar portals to the realms of
chintsanku
Oh, give me the mystery of your being,
come to us in the form of Gêh Lilitu
Heye Hekate! (repeat)
Come to us like melting vax, through starry explosions
Oh, you salty Demon Queen of the Sun!
take us in your mouth
and embrace us with your eyes
Beloved Hekate, reveal for us the triple mysteries
of Sol in Luna embraced by
Pluto
Point 4
The prostration at the Crossroad
Reciting the mantra in your own state of quietness see that you are now
sitting under a huge tree at a crossroad in a graveyard. Around you there
are a lot of vegetation and the darkness is truly dark. You see yourself
sitting there with eyes closed. And then you hear close by you the song of
frogs and the foul sound of a dangerous dog. You open your eyes and you
look into the eyes of a black dog. Then you look up and there in front of you,
you will see She, the Thrice Bloodied Mother herself in the form that is apt
to teach you and show unto you what is personal and vital for your memory
and Lunar waters….
Point 5
The Celebration unto She who dwells apart
Vinum Sabbati (consecrated red wine) should be consumed in her honor.
The first part of the ritual in silent contemplation amongst the brothers and
the sisters of the Covenim. The silence will be broken by the Magister, who
by word or deed conclude the serenity of the ritual and induce the waning
phase of the ritual. This can be acts of ritual, relaxation or other modes of
rite in action or mind that is suitable to the focus of the celebratio.
Point 6
The Closing
Some wine should be left in at least one of the bottles and the rite will be
concluded by the gathering of the celebrants around a tree, and the
Covenim praises the Good Lady and thanks her for her presence and
wisdom. Then all enters into a remembrance of all those witches that has
been before and now is not in the physical body anymore, and give a solemn
greeting to these wise women and men that once walked the earth.
Here ends the Rite
Yet another format for connecting to these mysteries of our Holy Mountain
and its sacred and vile mysteries is the simple use of words of power and the
utilizing of devout prayer.
A Call unto Ishara Venus
May the Blessing, Curse and Cunning be unto All and Any who do dare to
prostrate themselves upon the bloodied Crossroad where the Thrice blessed
and Cursed Mother dwell amongst Dog and Toad!
A call unto She who Show the Way on the Path of the Crossed Serpent
With cup and garland let the rite begin, by the toll of nine bells.
Mantra: UTU AYA ZABABA ZIB LA ISHARA RAHISHA
Ishara, you wetnurse of the Gods,
Lady Ishara of the Ocean.
Salty Queen who rises from the mud, comely as the Garden of
Stars.
Sweet and hot as the wine of the Lilies you are.
Rise up from the point where Earth and Sea once parted.
Your hair flows like wild waters over your naked splendor.
In Thy hands serpentine flowers and the Lilies fair find their rests.
With thay companion, the Lion you stand straight
amidst the curls of time that flow all around your Beauty.
Thy names are many, Mother of Elat,
chalice of Ashera, light of Ishtar.
Thou arte the song in the woods where the ocean
caresses the root and sand of Thy kingdom.
Amongst Lilim and Lamatsu you stand as their Queen.
Scorpionic tail and winged back,
thy horns pointed to the birth between
the undead and those forever living.
In the marrow of the spiraled wood you rest,
Seeress, First One of the Forgotten,
born on a wave of poison, from the fangs of Crucifers embrace,
the world that made your web.
Thy hindquarters are like the talon of the Vulture
Thy tale like the scorpions when they quench they
thirst in fangs of the Progenion of the Dragonhorned Race,
he whos phallus are snakeheaded.
The Lord Schemesh himself bow down before your form.
Schemesh, born of Moon, spouse of Serida.
The maker and breaker of the witches race.
The Sun risen in the Netherlands where Thy sister
Allatu stands guarded by Lions in the kingdom of Ganzir.
Seven portals and a gate – one for each of the fallen ones.
Stars made into Wandering Sages.
I send before me Namtar Sola,
the messenger who flies between the burning Ocean
and Fields of Rage to carve and give
the sign that opens each and every portal.
When I walk alone in the image of the Sages
your gaze follows me and Beletseri,
the Lady of the Desert follows me.
Asratu follows me and I walk with Lilithu
You, spouse of Dagan, who carries many names,
Sala Ishara LaSa, walk with me through field and desert,
open the points at every angel of the star,
Thy sister, Ishtars Queendom.
May Dagan look upon me as I where the acre of blood,
freshly slaughtered, he will work his plough through my flesh,
harvest my sight and senses,
to turn the sand into signs and the circles into web.
Ishara, by thy Tail and Talon bless my feet
so each step I take turn back and forth
through each of the seven gates.
Teach me to walk back to catch what once was mine.
Teach me to bring the tide of all beginning,
To turn the now into becoming
and create the storehouse of constant change.
Appear unto me, fair as a maiden
with serpent and Lily in Thy hands,
take me by thy flower hand into the desert
where scorpion and serpent rests and be my guide,
my sacrilege, my sacerdotal Queen.
I have uncovered you through wine, blood and honey,
through the flashing fangs of bittersweet remembrance,
now I rest ashore, in thy waters, because I have given Thy my hand
and I have tasted Thy kisses from poisonous lips,
let this kiss, these words turn into a cry for Thy comfort
and reveal to me the I and kill the Lie that seduced the profaner,
so the Gates of Becoming can be opened
as in the hail of thunder and storms
Where I will be resting, waiting for Thy Hand
to lead my Soul through this forgotten land
OPENING THE VEINS OF THE VIPEROUS QUEEN
The Ritual Alpha
You will in this work fashion an eidolon in the form and image of the
Witchmother with the purpose and making it come alive. Feeding with
wine, oil, honey, blood and bread will be done
Position yourself in the Void of the Field. Look into the sanctuary and see it
as an endless acre of violent waters. Take a deep breath and enter with one
foot into the sacred waters and say: „One step I take in the track and trace of
the first transgressor“. Then you will take another step and say: „With the
second step all treason are again done, the first Lie again spoken“. Take then
the third step which will lead you face to face with the eidolon of Medusa,
covered in cloth or either red, black or white and say: „By my third step all
things are done. This is the end of all beginnings. Where all turns again I
will turn. Thrice accursed, thrice blessed art thou Queen of the the waters of
Night
Position yourself in front of the hidden eidolon and say:
„On this day I worship Thee on the second day I break Thee. On the third
day I ressurect Thee. This shall be my prize and reward. My flaming torch
are constantly lit in the face of the Gods of Mortal men. So it shall be Now
and forever more“!
Attention will then be given to the quarters, where you will call forth
serpents in the colour of white (E), red (S), blue (W) and black (N). Her
quarter is probably the SW, as she is connected to the mysteires of blood,
born from water
Uncover the eidolon either by a rash hand or a soft hand, as the waters
move ye. And state the intent: „Most fair of the sisters three. You who was
raised in the golden gardens of Hesperos. You who masked and veiled hide
within the Truth that is mine to behold. Step aside, you daughter of waters,
foam of the wise counsel. By thy many masks as Anatha and Neith I ask
thee to reveal for me the the path of left, the path of right, the one path
direct that is truly mine to behold“
You at this point will perform the Call unto her in order to make the eidolon
come alive:
„I call unto Thee, Queen of Night whose blood created hissing serpents.
Whose blood formed the lustering Oasis, whose Blood redeemed the Waters.
Ephonia, Elphame, Eschaton. I bow my head infront of your vices and ask
unto you to be my wise guide I bow my head infront of you and ask that you
be my angel in the deserted lands. I bow my head in front of you as I bow
infront of a mirror. As I have uncovered you, do you uncover me. Teach me
the ways of Mask and Moon, Blood and Poison and receive here my gifts for
thy mouth to open, they eyes to see, they ears to hear and thy nose to smell.
Take place in this Void and fill this abscense with golden incense, put Thy
wings to rest in my cave and temple, in my Coean and my desert as I
embrace you as a Queen to a Queen
Queen Medusa by thy sister Anath, by thy sister Neith take form, find words
and turn me into ink and quill so I can write anew my forgotten book.
Un rea an Draku, uau netu, uau netu, aru rea an neter nuta.
I arefm Djewhty, meh aper em heka, uau netu, uau netu, en Suti sau rea.
Kheseftu Tem utennef senef sai set
Un rea, apu rea an Shu em nutef tui ent baat en pet enti apnef re en
neteru ames.
Nuk Sekhet! Hemsa her kes amt urt aat ent pet.
Nuk Sakhu! Urt herab baiu Annu.
Ar heka neb t'etet neb t'etu era sut, aha neteru ersen paut neteru temtiu
Nuk Medusa! Nuk Medusa! Nuk Medusa!
At the closing of the ritual you will see the serpents of the quarter crawl into
the shadows that are hidden between the mainquarters and state:
„Between Shadow and Gold, Amongst Seed and Grain I stay strong. My gaze
firm and my wings strong. Golden is the Shadow I cast. My hand is Ice, My
hand is Flame my tongue is the forked quill of the Ancient Dragon, Wise and
fair. As I leave this temple, let my being be filled with thee. As I step out of
this sanctuary step within me. Let this be my Gospel and Truth Now and
foreve rmore!“
Translation of the spell in Egyptian tongue:
May the Dragon give me voice, remove the wrappings! Remove the
wrappings which the lesser gods have placed over my mouth.Come unto me
Djewthy, bearer of Heka, full of Heka, remove the wrappings! Remove the
wrappings of Suti which fetter my mouth.May Tem turn back those who
would restrain me.Give me voice! May my mouth be opened by Shu with that
divine instrument of iron with which the gods were given voice. I am Sekhet!
I watch over the heaven of the west. I am Sakhu! I watch over the souls of
Annu. May the gods and their children hear my voice, and resist those who
would silence me.
THE RITE OF LEVANAH KESHPAH
Or; the Mystery of the Moonsilver
This ritual are intended for regular use on each dark moon of the year. The
dark moon as well as the day before and after, three in their count is
auspicious for connecting to this devastating force we will know as the
Mother of Witches. Lilith has been subject to much misunderstanding,
especially concerning the usual limitations of her as a succubi that delights
in draining men and killing infants. To connect to her and embrace her is
far more severe than this. To embrace her means that one willingly position
one self in front of her as a willing sacrifice where the needfire of eruptive
cosmic consciousness will flood our souls, mind and blood. There is
possibilities in the format of this ritual in the section of exorcism or the
calling it self to give sacrifices of a sexual nature to her. One should in such
cases be warned that submission to any kind of desire that arises through
this phase, no matter how sadistic or taboo it might seem must lead to
commence. You will when offering the loveplay of Eros to Lilith have no
other choice than to submit to Her desire.
This ritual can be done solitary, in pairs or by a full coven of a maximum
number of 28. If the rite is done by the mystery of 28 one should follow the
instructions in “Ars Levanah Lex Lunarium” (under preparation) and either
apply its information to this ritual or perform “The Grand Array of Keshpah
Eros” as outlined in that text. A suitable substitute is found in Swami
Pralyanandas The Sada Shiva Sadhana. Meditations on Death (Vajra Yama
publications, 2002)
A word of caution is that Lilith represents the element of creation that is not
reasonable. She is going against all norms and is surpassing our
comprehension greatly. The great sage Fulvio Rendhell terms her the
Cosmic terrorist a, term we do well in heeding. She is born and assume
power in the northeastern quarter when her powers are growing from the
blackness of cosmic pralaya. Since Lilith represents these terrible and
infernal forces it is important that one proceeds with the ritual in a slow
fashion.
The ritual is following 7 points according to the procedure of the Sabbatic
Mysteries and the formulae of Ingress. The Seven points are, Opening,
Exorcism, Calling the Retinue of Witchmothers and Witchfathers, Calling
the point of power that in this case is Lilith, Calling the Opposer, The
return to Nothingness and Closing. The Exorcism must be understood as a
process of purifying the alchemical elements of transmutation and not as
banishings. Needless to say, but said anyway. This material should not
under any circumstances be circulated to anyone not been taken in oath in
regard secrecy and preservation. In other words, only within the fangs of the
Snake shall this ritual find its commence, use and direction.
I. Opening (Oracle and hymn to LLT):
As a fee for entrance should be the silver dagger, given and then retrieved.
“In the end of the matrix of cosmos where all turn within itself, the egg of
silver was birthed. It rested in eternal space until a path stroke down from
Tzaphon and the northern womb was opened as a tomb in the end of days.
And a cold fire of terror flew through the corners, like winds turning against
themselves. And such were the birth of Chaos, the silver that rose from the
abyss of salt bitterness and with great force She was put on thrones ruling
the adverse matter and inverted space time as the Queen of that All
Otherness hidden within masks upon masks. And by the oracle being spoken
we unleash the Queen and bid her welcome and we will meet her without
fear and without restraint, so see here my weapon of dominion I place on the
dragons head for you to descend with tail and head and conjoin the
commemoration of thy Oracle and Rite”.
The eight candles will then be lightened as well as the last black one at the
center of the circle in front of her image on the skull. Lightening the candles
the officant should mark the way of the moon by devotional remarks.
II. Exorcism and anointment
This is done by Ala Corvi (15 in Libra) Alchameth (25 of Libra) and
Elpheia (12 in Scorpio), The binding will be in Algol (26 of Taurus)
Oleum Algol and ashes will be mixed anointing the forehead and the breath
will be blown on the Eye of Wisdom with the words that heralds commence.
The earth signs (the sigils of the benehean stars in question) will be traced
by fire, air, blood or bonedust.
In practice the priest or priestess will perform these acts in front of the Idol,
mixing the ash with oil and anoint the forehead of each participant and
ending this with blowing the pneaumatic fire in the Wise Eye.
On the Fire;
“From the fires of Alchameth, the Lance bearer I call forth the Wolf of fire
and the coal black horse. You who are the keeper of heaven and the spark
that ignites the flame. May this flame be pure as the first lit candle of the
grave of our ancestors. Let this fire kindle the strong and break down the
clay that must die. Rahab ignite in this fire the power to transmute the clay
and strengthen the golden lead”.
On the Ash:
“Ala Corvi, you jet black Crow with onyx for eyes. You, who are seated on the
chalice of abomination. You, first bird of flood. By Serpent and Toad,
Henbane and Asphodel. By the many murders of Igrath we ask that this ash
be pure as the ask after the worlds first burning. From this beginning let all
things commence.”
On the Oil:
“Elpheia, Oh you suplhur of the Wise, you Sun at Midnight, you phenomena
in the northern sky. You topaz fluid beloved of Eros and Ares, may your
brightness sine within as it now shines without. Oh Ashterah make this Oil
a healing ointment for those faint of heart and filled with desire to attain the
jewel in the Lords Crown”.
The binding:
“Oh Algol, You diamond in the Sky! Be witness to this our act of binding,
you blinking eye amongst the starry watchers. Beloved one of thy kin. By
Lilya our Wise and Bloodied Mother we entreat thee to bind the three into
One”.
III. Calling the faithful retinue:
These couples can be substituted with the retinue of the True Cross.
HEKAS HEKAS ESTE BEBOLOI
The Master and his or her pilgrims will then circumambulate widdershins
uttering the proper mantras The coven will be uttering the Mantra of Lilith
and the preceding officer the mantras for the Faithful Retinue.
Mantra: LILISATALILINASIT
N: Lilia Devala KHA I LILIYA Bloodmother of the Horned Serpents
Wisdom
N: Mahazael Deval I KHA MAHAZHUA, Sovereign Witchfather
NE: Yemeloi Lucifera I HU LUCIFERA WiseBlooded Mother
NE: Tubalo Lucifer I HU TUBALO Cuning Father of the Silver Gates
E: Zhamael I SA ZHAMAEL Cunning Father of the Iron Gates
E: Na’amah I SA NA AMAH Wise Blooded Mother and Maid of the Iron
Gates
SE: Azh’modai I BA AZH MODAI Bullhorned father of the mercurial Gates
SE: Azhterah Saba I BA AZH TERAH Horned Mother of the Red Wound at
the Mercurial gates
S: Maheleth Rahab I KU RAHAB Blood Mother and Queen of the Bazen
Gates
S: Azhazael I KU AZHA ZAEL Cunning father and King of the Brazen
Gates
SW: Ruha Azh’ra Qarina I LA RUHA AZ Lady of the Copper Gates of
Africanus, Azure eyed seducteress.
SW: Qafa Azhra Melek I LA QAFA AZH RA MELEK Lord with eyes like
heaven at the Copper Gates
W: Azhael I TAN AZHAEL Cunning father and sage of the gates of lead
W: Agrath I TAN AGRATH Bloodmother and matriarch of the Gates of
Lead
NW: Qinaya Noctifer I HUA QIN AYA HA BIL ZHI VA Lord of te Golden
Gates of Covus, the risen Lord of Exile
NW: Lilis Zahriel I HUA LILIS ZHA RI AL Eldest Mother of Wiseblood,
last f the faithful gods and the golden Gates of Covus.
The preciding officer will then go to the center of the circle and utter:
EVOI SABAI IA BHA AZHAKA IA AZHA QAYIN
BILO BILO HU / 9 times
IV. The Calling of the Queen LiLiTh:
Mantra: LILITU LI (outbreath) LI (inbreath) TU (outbreath)
The presiding priest or priestess will situate him or her as a channel going
to the four points of the moon and bring her inn. The skull of transgression
should be there with the
chalice of abomination.
Oh Great Queen Lilith
Ineffable vampire
Mother of Demons
We Greet Thee!
Queen of Lust
Supreme Evil
Infernal Moon
We Call unto Thee!
Queen of Depravity
Mistress of Desires submission
Virgin of Dissolution
We bid Thee to Come!
Stellar Vampire
Inspirator of Genius and Juno
You are the Nocturnal
Terror of Our Dreams
The Sidereal One
Protectoress of Necromancers
We Call unto Thee
You are the paradox of Creation
You are the One beyond Binah
You are the One we Call!
You are the Divine Revolt
The Blood shed by Ares
The tears of Kronos
You are the bride of Wrath
You are the Holy Spirit
And we beg you to decend
Upon these our gifts
So we can partake of your mystery
And see in you
The all otherness
That we seek to behold
Oh Great dragon who rose
Under the moonlit waters
They Venom inject in this
Our blood so we
as the All poisonous One
can go forth
In Nocturnal Nights
And fly on the rays of silver
Oh Sole Goddess
You who redeem by revolt
And revolution
Come and find Thy rest amongst us!
Such are Our Call unto Thee Lilith
Queen of Demons
Queen of Secrets
Queen of Our Heart
Hold up the skull in front of her image of telesmata and say:
“Your son, your husband, the Lord of all Horsemen we know as Al Qayin
was the first transgressor. The sign of his deed we hold up in front of you.
The mind vault and mind tomb of all profane clay we present for you and
turn it into the symbol of mastery. For as all mortal clay must seek to strain
the earth with blood so must we seek to strain all rivers of seductive loveplay
for its mud and dross and leave only the bitter water of eternal renewal. And
so mote it be, Now and forever more”.
Pick up the chalice and pour some wine on the skull. And say:
“Blood to Bone, Bone to Blood. Hand to Chalice, Chalice to Hand. The
daggers elixir I give unto the first Murder and celebrate you as the Mother of
Necromancers. So now, let the Blood speak and may your wisdom be known
to us as terrible winds amongst the willows”.
The coven will now be seated and the chalice will be sent slowly around.
Three cups will be drained and the priestess will then lay down on the floor
or position herself on the knees in front of the Living Goddess with the skull
held in her hands resting on the chest. Her feets should point towards the
NE. By mantra alone the Goddess will be appeased and enticed to come
amongst her worshippers.
V. Calling the Opposer:
Everyone will at this point turn away from the circle and call unto the
Shadow of I and She, I and He and ask that it all turn into all Otherness, for
the sake of One.
I am the One True Sorcerer. The Sole embodiment of your Delight. I am He, I
am She. I am the One that turns forever against himself. For such is the
Oath, that I will serve with both hands alike and place myself where the
Idols once was. I am the eternal Iconoclast, I am the maker, breaker and
power possessing each and every Idol. In the beginning it was He, In the
beginning it was She. In the end it all remains the same, I am He and I am
She, the Everborn Child that turns in all directions to retain his path
unique.
Here meditate on the changing seasons of time and year. See yourself as the
sole embodiment of wisdom, magic and purity. You are resting in Shadows
and the light in the Shadows is coming forth from you.
VI. The assumption of the Zeroth:
When the meditation is concluded you will say:
“And from the Shadows I turn away and bring with me from the Shadow
what is righteously mine. And as I take what is mine I do also take the silver
path laid out before you, because there is no difference. I am You, You are me
and in One all is United”.
Turning again to the heart of the circle each and everyone take up the
dagger and by this they take back their gifts of silver. Meditate on the
double edge, the nail star
VII. Closing:
The candles of the moon should in silence be broken and in the light of one
single black candle the hymn for the black moon should be recited in front of
Idol or Telesmata.
From white to red
From red to black
And again back
To white again
You turn as Time turn
You turn as Life turn
And by the turning all
Things begin a new
And by the turning
All things die anew
And by the turning
All things are born a new
May we gain insight
Into Thy triple Mystery
May we gain insight into
That Mystery between
The Three and Nine
May we gain insight
And again be made
Whole
Fom White to red
From red to black
The Dragazoth be with us
At the end of Rite
In Changing Tide
May the runes of the
Oracle be cast
In Dreams and inspiration
In waking vision and sudden sparks
And may our daimon
Be with us
As you have been with Us
In this rite we now
Break
By your grace and power
So mote it be.
A Petition unto Mater Nigrum Matera
We must understand that Lilitu is All that we don´t believe her to be and
nothing of what we believe her to be. The first step of approaching her safely
is to throw away all things you believe to be true about her. Anything less
than this is to walk into the gravity of the anti materia of Alim. She is the
Mother of all kinds of spirits feasting and preying upon shadows and
sexuality alike, in this mask one easily walks into perdition. The Call and
the praxis are simple and powerful.
You will need: One effigy or idola representing Lilith, one candle, honey and
red wine. You should under no circumstances offer sexual fluids or the
orgasmic explosions at this stage. The point of ingress is to sweeten her
children so they feed upon sweetness and revenge instead of the sexual
vibration of the practicioner.
You must first obtain or form a vessel or an effigy, a visual form of The Good
Lady herself. This should be left to the Seekers personal reference and
artistic capacity. Place this idola of her in the corner of your bedroom. In
front of her light a black candle. Sit down with her and assume a deep and
controlled breathing. Stare into the flame of the candle and visualize all
kind of demons and incubi and succubi coming unto you to delight of your
body and especially the points which trigger your sexual arousal. And see
that they are taking nurturing from the flame of the candle instead of your
body. Let your gaze be blurred in the candlelight and allow this disfixation
of your eyes that you enter into a space that is totally black and all you can
hear is the pulse of the universe, all you can feel is a deep gravitation that
attempts to pull you out of your body. Imagine The Good Lady hidden in this
land, with sicle and whip, aided by felines and owls to protect her. Then you
recite unto her the Call or Petition of Tranquility.
The Call unto Her:
Mother of Night
Mother of Leopard and Owl alike
Mother of malefica and afrodisica
Come to my aid in this Night
Where your Children are gathered to feast upon
My sensual delights
Protect me from myself
Protect me from Thy baneful venom
Protect me from All Evil, All Good
And sweeten my dreams
As I sweeten you
(pour honey and wine on the effigy)
Mother of Blood
Mother of the Eternal Swirl
Mother that is all things apart
Come to my aid in dream and vigil
And let Thy Children feast on the
Sweetness I have given unto you
Let them feast on the flame
Until it turns black
Protect me from my self
As I call the names of my protectors
Az´Azain, Qayin, Lamech, Lamurudu!
Lords of the Witches Blood and Brood!
From the Watchful lands speak my
Prayers unto Her whose blood
Lives in Thy veins
Bring my petitions unto her,
Unto Her, forever and ever more!
Whisper: “Lilitu, Protect me from Thy Childrens hunger
Lilitu, protect me from myself”.
Then one should blow out the candle and visualize that all succubi and
incubi that has been nurtured on the flame is flying away to the source from
where they came, either this being the arms of the Goddess herself or from
someone using the powers of Night in their baneful operations in order to
get the sexual submission of the one who is using this write. Go to bed and
observe the dreams for three months. One should make an journal of these
dreams and submit them to the Magister that gave this unto you upon
completion of this period of time, for evaluation.
The Ritual for Breaking the Wings
You will need the following: A black cloth, a black candle, a cup, a bottle of
wine, three eggs, a piece of wood and the effigy of Lilith
On a black moon night take the effigy of Lilith to a place of running water.
Place the effigy at the shores of the river and kneel down in front of her.
Light a candle black in hue and pour a bottle of wine over her, leaving
enough in the bottle to fill the chalice for the consummation of the deed you
will undertake.
While kneeling down light the candle and say to her:
Wise Bloodied Mother
I am here in front of you yet again
A Child that is forever turning
Against myself and now against you
All this to become more of myself
In the eternal self becoming
This Child I am I see reflected in
The dark waters of your being
And as the willing Sacrifice and
The Sacrificer I must turn against you
I give unto you the token of eternal birth
I walk in the path of the master
In the imprints of Azazayin
And I walk on with his blessings
(place three eggs in front of her)
And I break the Seed to stand strong in myself
(break the eggs with the palm of your hand)
You are the Alpha and the Omega
Of my eternal Self becoming
I am He and I am She, the eternal Child
That turns against Angels and demons alike
So hear me Mother of Night
My Comfort, my Assassin as I call
I am the dying Child, here to be reborn
At your feet again
And this time
There will be no distinction
As I turn against myself in my
Constant self overcoming
So I turn against you
With the gratitude a true daughter
Will give unto the One
(here take a piece of wood and stand up looking down at the effigy and break
it)
With the first blow I set my Fate in motion
With the second blow I become She incarnate
With the third blow I create myself anew
Continue smashing the effigy until it is totally destroyed and take some of
the dust in your hands and blow it to the four quarters.
Hear me great Lord of the Crossroads
You who moves at the crossed points
I have broken the wings of the Wise
To set it all into flight again
Watch me and guard well this my treason.
Take a pinch of dust and add it to the cup of wine and say into the cup
As I have broken off her wings
I drink to become the nocturnal flight
With The appetite worthy a daughter
Of Her
(Drink the wine and after some minutes of meditation when you feel the
powers entering within you, you take another pinch of dust from the effigy
and say.
With this bloodied earth I will
Again resurrect you
(take this and put in a piece of cloth and seal it up)
Stand up and turn your back to the place and say out loud to the moonless
night.
I stand here yet again
The Child of eternal becoming
I stretch back to keep my
Future in both hands at the same time
And as I turn my back to the killing of
Children and gods
So I turn my back against the ways of mortal men
To go forth in the Eternal night
That shall be by Eden and Sacred Isle
Now and forever.
By the broken wings I create all anew!
You will then go to another place, preferably your temple and fashion a new
effigy of Lilith and on this very night you will indulge into auto eroticism
and you will give of your fluids to the effigy and place her on a site already
prepared on your alter (not in the corner). And as your orgasm is coming
focus on Lilith and tell her as the passion is claiming your blood the
following:
I am He. I am She.
There is no distinction
All this I give unto Me!
You will then give of your own blood to her and go to sleep. Your worship of
her should stop for the remaining lunar cycle. Do not give her anything,
neither light, nor wine or honey. The next black moon you will light a black
candle for her and call her by her name. From this day on you are forbidden
to say her name outside the ritual act. And you will only step in front of her
and light candles and give offerings on full moon or black moon, never more
than three times a month, preferably only on the moonless night.
Comment: When we are using auto eroticism in magical works there are all
reasons to be careful. Sexual magic is one of the more difficult matters in
magic, auto eroticism the least difficult and hazardous but still, working
with deities that are notorious for being identified with succubi and
vampires is always presenting a challenge in regard to ones own sexuality
and field of desire. At the moment when this link with her is given and the
taboo in regard her name is taken you can consider yourself as a dedicated
witch in her cult. However, Liliths bad reputation is not without reason. So
take notice of the following. She is truly sadistic and enjoys submitting
people. She can easily take her worshippers down perverse routes of desire
where terror and submission is the key concept. To submit to these more
sinister and sadistic ways of sexual gratification will feed her and you will
more and more turn into a slave of her and the work is lost. This means that
you should be careful with matters sexual and if you find yourself in a
sexual scenario of a sadistic type this is not a good sign. Let this get its
expression by dreams and not by flesh as sexual fluids and blood is what she
desires the most, meaning this is substances that one should be careful
giving her. You will maybe experience a battle between your Will and her
Will, whatever you do, do not submit! Stand strong! This perverse current
will cool down, but you have to prove yourself to be strong in front of her.
She is far from the kind ideal mother goddess, she is like you were in the
ritual. She is a breaker and her children must be courageous in willing to
take any ordeal without submitting to her desires. This makes the
distinction between her many slaves and her few children.
Needless to say but anyway her It will be said. This ritual is for you only as
it is disclosing secrets about the true nature of Lilith. After the commence of
this ritual you will destroy these instructions by fire in front of her icon.
THE RITE OF THE HORNED MOON
Or the Love feast of Lilith
This ritual will use a double circle that can be traced wither with chalk,
bonedust, powders of leaves or in what ever way spirit so dictates. It is also
possible to use two chambers as replacement for the circle. You will also
need four vessels with offerings, one pertaining to each of the element and
one vessel empty. One vessel will contain waters or fluids and with this we
mean wine, honey, saliva, semen, vaginal fluids, blood, dew or water. The
second will contain the element of earth represented by dirt, earth, bread,
bones and powders. The third will contain the element air and will be filled
with feathers and sweet smelling flowers, the third is for fire and in this
vessel you will fill a flammable fluid mixed with some ashes or charcoal. You
shall be armed with your dagger and you should consecrate two silver coins
as a token of entrance. One for each circle.
The ritual can be performed solitary or adapted to a cuveen, where one then
assign the role of the lonely wanderer to the high priestess and then the
quarters and gatekeeper position to the other attending. If other people
attend the ritual, they should be robed in black capes with hoods and focus
all their power on supporting the wanderers journey and as such be at all
times in the periphery of the circles and aid with the conjurations at the
proper stations.
You will also need a lasso or a scourge and the second circle should be
decorated with the sign of the dark moon, two black candles on the altar, a
cup and a skull. At the eight quarters there should be white candles,
symbolizing the moons fullness, but at the circles heart the dark of the moon
shall be burning.
One should dress in casual clothing.
One should also be mindful that the ritual is using the empowerments of the
15, 16 and 17th lunar mansions and that these powers are extremely volatile
and dangerous, especially the 16th manse that are often referred to as the
Via Combusta, the flaming way. Therefore one need to bath in water mixed
with sea salt before and after the ritual in order to dispel any negativity
that might attach to the wanderer during the ritual procedure. Equally
important is it not to bend the will of She, but rather present your self as a
strong wanderer of great courage. It is immanent that the wanderer bend
with the energy evoked in the ritual. In many instances this ritual will
rapidly evoke a super sensualism that need to be offered to She. In other
cases a deep state of contemplation can be facilitated by the powers and this
state can easily lead to oracular trances.
The difficulties with a successful undertaking of this rite are solely related
to lack of understanding or a lack of courage. The weak will become as
slaves and sheep’s but the wanderer of courage will by blessing and curse
reach new heights of insight and cunning. Yet another thing to be mindful
about is that things w e think we cherish and facts we believe to be true
often are shaken by these powers in order to pave the way of benevolent
transgression and the embracing of the opposer in order to yet again return
back to the trail that leads to the eternal Eden where we again can eat the
fruit of wisdom and life. Against the stream we go through the circles – for
the sake of cunning.
The preferred incense to use is a mixture of copal/myrrh and roses or an
ordinary Church incense mixed with Dama da Noite. The mixture of dark
and strong and sweet and sensual is efficient in calling her attention.
Oracle and intent
Stand at the edge of the first circle, light the incense and focus on the intent.
The intent is to enter in front of the throne of Lilith and give her reverence,
further intents of a more personal character should be formed into one
sentence and kept in mind and spoken out aloud as well.
The Oracle of the Rite:
I am the Book not yet written. I am the last living Sorcerer. I know my
heritage and this I claim to be my own. I am here to take back what is mine
and there is no one or no thing I will not foreswear to accomplish this end.
Before the Gods of Men were the Tameless Gods of Old whose blood is still
an echo and a flame in the witche’s vein. It is this blood I call upon in my
wandering to the cradle of the dark fire of my constant becoming. I am He I
am She and I have been from before the beginning. This is my right and this
shall be by Oracle. May Lord Schemes and the starry Lords, the Mighty
Dead and my daimon fair guide my steps. Such is my prayer and such is my
claim. Open the gates of the worlds between and let me go home to my
mothers womb and find nutrition by her kteis and breast, for I know who I
am, the first and the last of the few, as my burning blood is my witness I
will enter.
You will then take one of the coins and leave it on your right eye with your
left hand. You will say:
With the hand of the moon I take the eye of the Sun
And kindle the travelers token in the smoke of the first fire
May the scent of sacrifice reach the throne
And grant me access to the witches circle.
You will then with the coin still in your left hand blow on it three times and
again state your intent and throw it inside the first circle. You will then
enter with incense, dagger and vessel.
Entrance in the first circle
Upon entering the first circle you will place the vessels in the centre and you
will go to the four main quarters and light a candle in each quarter, starting
with east, south, west and then north. North should mark the entrance in
the second circle. The colours are: white for east, red for southt, blue for
west and black for north. This related to the three witches colours hat are
“whitish”, “redish” and “blackish”. In silence you shall light the candles and
fumigate the circle with incense. You will then start at the east, then south,
then west and finally north. You will place some of the offerings at the
appropriate quarter
The greeting of the serpents of the winds
East: Oh horizon, the moons birth and the days becoming I honour thee
great serpent that coils in the horizon and I welcome your fangs and
watchful eyes. See me, the child of the Dragon and guide me on the path
towards the pillars of the temple, the embrace of the horned moon.
Visualize a pale snake coming out from the flame of the candle
Mantra: Naamah Zhamael Hamaan Leamahz
NAZHAMALA
South: Oh, serpent of fire I greet they strong and sensual form. It is me
(magical name) who has come to kindle thy flame again. Rise mighty
Dragon and be a guard against the profane.
Visualize a red winged serpent rising from the candles flame and see how
his wings cover the circle
Mantra: Mahalet Azhazael Telaham laezahza
MAAZTEZA
West: Oh, mighty leviathan of the first waters, I call upon thee and I kindle
thy fire and unleash again the wisdom of my own begotten race. May
familiars and fairies speak by your presence and guide my heart and mind
on this the journey I am about to take.
Visualize a dark blue or dark green snake coiling up from the flame and feel
how the atmosphere turn wet, how your emotions are agitated by the beauty
of this serpent.
Mantra: Agrath Azael Htarga Leaza
AGAEGALA
North: At the place of power I position my self and I approach the powers of
word and might. Oh, ye King and Queen of the witches land I kindle the
black fire which I all my own. Now come forth and see your child waiting at
the gate. I have knocked on the doors to Hell so open up the ancient
kingdom and let me see what profane eyes never see.
Visualize to black serpents intertwined each of them with a crown of four
black candles on their head arising from the darkness above the flame and
feel they breath of moist earth on your face.
Mantra: Liliys Zahariel Qinaya Noctifer Syilil Ayaniq
LIARQITIF
The Witches rune
You will then rise up and slowly dance around the circle deosil with your
eyes half closed singing the witches rune:
By Blood and Foot
I dance the circle round
By water and fire
I call the spirits fair
By earth and air
I take my flight
By the witches word
I am granted the key
By oath and will
Through the gates I flee
By dagger and wine
I claim what is mine
BILO BILO HU!
When you have entered a trance like state you will slowly enter the centre of
the circle and sit down, meditating on what your purpose with the journey
to the kingdom of Lilith is. You will visualize your self filled with a different
power as the power of the serpents are embracing you more and more. You
will sense how the colours of the serpents are mixing within you, how you
turn into a mauve like intense being of fire. In this form you will raise up
and go to the north where the entrance to the second circle is.
The denial and elevation
Here I take my oath to all companion of the silent word and fiery blood, that
I (state your name), the last living sorcerer, the eternal wanderer tremble on
my profanity and give back to the earth what desecrates my holy and might
heritage. This serpents hue I shed at the entrance and remain only my self.
A sphinx, a phoenix a witch following his/her true calling from the Bloodied
mother of our cursed race. By the blood alone and the fire within I shall co
forth and my skin I will now leave behind. BILO BILO HU!
The entrance into the second circle
You will enter into the second circle by circumambulation of the first circle
and stop in silence at each mid quarter and undress at each of the four
points. Jewelry or the like should be removed upon entering the second
circle. When you are naked you will position your self between the circles
and state:
What I was I leave behind
All my truths, all my lies
I leave to the power of the past
Naked by mind and skin
I enter the circle of becoming
I am the cipher
I am the Oracle
I am He and I am She
The beginning and the end
I am the fire of the
dragons mouth
I am the child of the Dragon
I place my foot in the
Tracks of Qayin
All witches father
I am the one true
Sorcerer
And I beseech the
Womb that gave me birth
Algalia + Aiaben + Alchil + Lilitu
You will then take the second coin and with your right hand place it on your
left eye and say:
With the hand of the sun I take the eye of the moon
In remembrance of St. Judas Iskariotes and with
This coin I foreswear all deeds and words of past
And again I do the timeless deed that opens the gates.
Throw in the coin in the second circle and enter with pride in front of the
altar.
The calling of the houses
You will first of all enter in front of the altar of Lilith, light the black
candles and present the five vessels, the dagger and the scourge. On the
table should already a chalice and wine be presented. You will then light the
eight white candles placed in the eight quarters.
You will then draw a upward pointing triangle made with chalk or powder, i
.e pointing towards the east mark the tree points with olive oil. The triangle
should be made around the altar of Lilith. You will at the left side present
the symbol of the 15th mansion, at the right side the symbol of the 16 th
mansion and on the top the symbol of the 17 th mansion and call forth the
angels of these houses in the following way:
The Lord of the 15th mansion
You will present a drawing of a “man seated inditing a letter” in the colour
of emerald green and you will also draw the astrological symbol of Libra and
the moon and black moon on the talisman. You will retracing the pattern of
the talisman with your fingers as if you are caressing a beloved and say:
Oh Lord of the gardens of Argafra who by old was named Ataliel
I ask thee to bring me peaceful relations and gifts of the spirit
And give unto my enemies (name them) discord and hindrances
Such is my calling unto thee as I beseach my mother through you her lover.
Mantra: Ataliel
The Lord of the 16th mansion
The talisman should depict “a merchant holding scales in his hand” in the
colours of blue and green and the call should be as follows:
Oh Lord of the gardens of Al Jubana between the scorpions horns, Oh
Azaruel I ask thee to bring me riches and gain, help me to know my self and
let the Mighty dead arise as my guides and jinns. Give unto my enemies all
curses known to thee and let me in to my mother, you lover of Lilith.
Mantra: Azaruel
The Lord of the 17th mansion
This talisman should depict “a crown and a scorpion above a seated ape” in
the colours of sea green and the call is as follows:
Oh, Lord of the gardens of Iklil Al Jabhah, mighty Alchil I call upon thee,
lover of my mother and I ask you to grant me your favors and banish all
malignat forces and all delusion from my meeting with my mother. I know
this is in you powers and this is what I ask, for I am m mothers child.
Mantra; Alchil
Upon completion of this you will place your self in front of the altar.
The veneration of She
You will now take each of the vessels in turn and lift up to the heavens and
then present it to the ground and by each vessel you will say: “I dispel by my
breath and heritage all profanity within this sacred gifts. Be pure and holy.”
You will then place portions of the offering in the empty vessel. The vessel
should then be placed on the altar in front of the skull. The skull should be
fumigated and the incense should be allowed to be thick in the temple. You
will take olive oil or olive oil mixed with Dama de Noite and sandalwood and
anoint your heels, knees, abdomen, breast, lips, forehead and the palms of
your hand and finally the top of your head. You will then take the dagger in
your left hand and the scourge in your right and kneel in front of the altar
with spine upright and call her by name. LILIYA – LILIS – LILITH –
LILITU = LILIYA
Mighty Mother
Bloodied Queen of the witches race
It is me your child (state name)
That has come before thee
I have traveled through the gates
I have traveled through
The ordeals
I have forsaken all
For a cup of thy pleasure
I have come to thee in courage
I have come to thee naked
I have left all behind
For this moment
Bless me mother
Accept these my gifts
And accept this my oath and pledge
That runs in my blood
Teach me mother
Be with me mother
Take me to the rivers of wisdom
Oh holy spirit
Mysterious dove
By the profane men abhorred
Rarely understood
Reveal your might and fright
To me your child
Let me be a witness to your powers
And grant me thy blessings
Oh, mighty mother
As you blessed Qayins blood
Bless mine
Such is my prayer
And such is I
LILIYA – LILIS – LILITH – LILITU = LILIYA
The words should be recited until trance occurs and it all can be aided by
music or instruments, such as rattles and bone trumpets. Take your delight
in the wine and feast upon the offerings given to her and bring her in you –
feel the arousal of her powers within your soul and flesh and allow her to
take you where she wants and trust your self that you entered in front of
her with a pure determination and courage proper for the last living
sorcerer of Qayins especial brood.
Becoming and Closing
When time has come to take farewell you will take a cord and you will make
nine knots on it by screaming silently the name LILITH into each knot and
tie it up with the sorcerers cry (Bilo Bilo Hu). With the last cry you will
extinguish the candles on the altar and collect all the offerings in the same
vessel that you later will throw in a river or similar.
You will then extinguish the candles in the second circle and thank the
moon for opening her gardens for you. In the first circle you will extinguish
the candles and ask for the serpent will continue to protect and inspire you.
You will then circumambulate the second circle three times deosil and pick
up the coin then enter into the first circle circumambulate three times
widdershins and pick up this coin as well. These coins should be put inside a
cloth and tied up with the cord. They can be used as aids in dream or
meditation.
The oil used in the ritual can be used for anointing the candles or the coins
or for using on the forehead or the palms during meditation.
Simple meditations on her icon in the light of a single black candle, in
silence, with this amulet will prove effective.
Some considerations on Lilith:
Lilith is the Mother of the accursed race that stepped out in the world with
the Master Qayin and his breed. She is the all otherness, the seed of
becoming, the rota of ayin soph aur. She is the negation of negativity and
the negative coldness of the antimaterial. In other words, she is not
explainable and therefore silence speaks best for her and less is more and
simple meditations in front of a black candle and her icon has proven to be
more efficient than any other method of approach. The mage Fulvio
Rendhell refer to her as the “cosmic terrorist” and in the same breath as the
holy spirit – she is paradox and contradiction, the refusal of being limited to
anything but her self. To her belong the understanding and the Queendom
will belong to her, by river, castle and grave. In the night of our ancestors, it
is to her fields we will go. She is the womb of the witches race, masked
behind saints and gods, demonesses and doctors of the divine through the
ages of mankind. Given her secret form, that belongs to the coldness of night
she will remain the cipher of becoming and blood in One. She will escape the
words aiming towards her naming and rather turn against the word and
become other. As such she is the bride and brood of the dragon and her
children’s secret design rests within her soul.
She is Shadow and night, but this do not relate to mere vulgar Satanism or
the darker strains of the human psyche. The scars of our psyche is of our
own making and the belief that she is resting within the perverted and
degraded lower soul of man is the great abyss of confusion opening up as her
altar is approached. The vanity and the temptation of the earth are simply
tools used by her to test the blood and spine of her children. How much can
you take and still stand upright? The fears your harbors, what will you do
when they are pulled out and turn against you? This is the Mother that
knows no mercy, whose heart turns to stone by the sight of tears on her
children’s cheek. So, I ask that you ask your self if you are ready to confront
Night. If you are ready to take back what is yours and kindle the ancient
blood? Few people are, because few are her children, those who understand
the curse and turn it into a blessing for self and man.
Many people speak of “the Dark Goddess”, and few are those who
understand her nature. Most commonly is the associations to death and
sexuality, and certainly, Our Mother is this, but she is not the depraved
fantasies crawling around in the depth of your perverted psyche of lust. She
is beyond that, but still, our fears and our drift towards trespassing and
walk the outer circle of the world, this is the field where she can be found.
She is submission, and therefore, you are not to abide by your own will
when you take the steps towards her mountain – but to her. If she says, “lie
down”, you will lay down, if she says: “be naked in all things”, you will be
naked. Where man places barriers for himself she will hand out the tools to
break the wall. Use the tools wisely. Where man has poisoned him self with
fear of sex, sensualism and spiritual becoming she will provide the means
use them wisely.
Lilith is associated with the black moon and indeed she lives and thrives
upon this manifestation. Just like all other planetary and stellar forces need
to enter through the field of the moon before being effective on earth, so she
also need to penetrate the lunar sphere and work in the dark reflection of
the moon. This planetary position follows the lunar mansion, but in a much
longer cycle. It all is slow, like Saturn – and the dark of the moon Is related
to inhibitions, especially sexual inhibitions. One need to be prepared for the
consequences her worship has on the tendency of engage in the activities
otherwise hidden or repulsive. She forces you to completeness, to know who
you are and in a world of decay and sexual deprivation, the kingdom of sex
stretches out to all segments of our being – and sex being so fundamental to
death makes it a road toward congress with self.
From: The Gospel of the Golden Cave:
She is the terror on the holy mountain, the force that made the prophets
bend down to God, she is the fear of God and she is the burning water of the
second baptism. She is the dove with the eyes of an owl. She is the one with
claws like the eagle in the companion of fire and ice. She is what she is. The
terror of Gods secret, the silence of the Angels surrounding the Throne and
the vengeance of God – she is. And therefore to approach her is to approach
the secret silence of divinity, she guards the word of beginning, becoming
and destruction. She is Love grown cold by frost, the heart of ice hidden in
the depth of the Ocean, she is what she is.
And know ye this, that to walk to her table in vain will be as presenting
your self as a living and willing sacrifice for her lust, so that the profane
blood once again can return to the earth.
To approach her as her equal will be like bringing burning wax to the camp
fire and you will be consumed and the smell of your sacrifice will taste good
amongst the stars.
To approach her as her child, in humbleness and strength, by the ancient
blood and the secret word this will open up her gates and within her court
the design of Night will be opened up for you and the Night will speak
through its silence. Words of beginning and annihilation. The Alpha and the
Omega.
If you enter through her gates, know that all you believe to be true, all
beliefs held by you that you have declared good will have to meet the fire of
the first forge. It all must go on the Master Qayin’s fire and you must
approach her naked, in the fullness of your strength. Naked and strong you
shall bow down for her, in fear and terror but in your fear and your terror
you will sense your naked strength and you will take her hand and she will
lead you to the fields of fire and cleanse your fear with ice. Such is her ways
and such is her kin. Few are those whom she takes by the hand and even
fewer are those who take her hand.
The Rite of the Red Moon and the Doves Blood
This ritual is intended as a dual observance for the celebration of the full
moon. It draws upon the elements of betrayal and revelation, upon
acceptance of Fate and the turning of salt into honey. This ritual is
especially auspicious to perform during the time of Easter and of those days,
especially the holy Friday of the Lords decent.
You will need: Red candles for the altar, eight candles for the quarters in
their proper colours, but a domination of red is preferred. Chalice, wine,
stang, wand, cup, milk, honey, egg and a coin
Preparatory practice:
The meditation on the Mem and it’s association with the 13 th Tarot Trump
“Death” can serve useful before undertaking this ritual.
0 – Preparing the field.
You will enter the Circle by the Northern gate and light in Silence the
candles at the quarters and the candles of the altar. Position your self in
front of the alter, looking to the North and say:
EVOI SABAI ZHARIELA SABAI EVOI EVOI
EVOI SABAI AL QAMAR SABAI EVOI EVOI
EVOI SABAI OREA SABAI EVOI EVOI
“Hearken to me ye Spirits of the Land. This is the place where the Starry
Stone grew from the ground. This is the eternal field of those who dare to
stand while falling. This is the tide of fullness of all. The tide where secrets
are flung out in the light of the moon as when the veil that broke on the day
of the Doves death made open the secret of secrets. This is the tide where the
viper goes down from the cross to walk the earth. This is the tide that knows
no Mercy. This is the tide that knows no Shame. This is the tide of disclosure
where I stretch a pole from Heaven to Hell for the dual decent!”
EVOI SABAI EVOI SABAI EVOI EVOI LILITH!
2. Calling the royal stars.
In the East you will call the fiery spirits of the celestial sphere,
Regulus/Cor Leonis with the words: ORO IBAH AOZPI. You will see the
astrological sign of Leo in this quarter or mark it with hand or wand. You
will then see vividly the image of a crowned king seated upon a winged lion
with a star burning at its chest
In the South you will call the earthy spirits of Aldebaran, with the words:
MOR DIAL NCTGA. You will see or draw by hand or and the sign of
Taurus in this quarter and visualize intensely a winged god in flight
followed by many stars
In the West you will call the airy spirits of Formalhaut with the words:
OIP TEAA PDOCE. By mind, hand or wand draw the sign of aquarius and
see the coming of a winged god with great radiance
In the North you will call the watery spirits of Antares/Cor Scorpionis with
the words: MPH ARSL GAIOL. You will draw the sign of Scorpio and see
an armed man in a coat of Mail and a scorpion at his side.
3. The rites of Purification and Confession
You will then purify the circle with water, fire and incense.
On the water say: Oh Water from which the earth sprang forth from. Be you
fresh and pure as you were on the day of your beginning. Sprinkle the eight
points of the compass.
On the candle flame say: Oh spirits of fire, be ye pure as on the day of the
ignition of the first fire. Present the flame to the eight points of the compass.
On the incense: Oh spirits of the air make this circle into a temple for the
spirits of my blood and drawn unto this circle spirits of wise counsel.
Present the incense to the eight points of the compass.
Oh you who bind all into One listen to me as I confess in front of this circle.
In the presence of the starry host, embraced by the spirits of earth.
You will then read: Psalm 69: 1 – 17
In All Oneliness I go forth into the field. With a star in my heart, grain in
my hand I will step out into the field and walk the circle for another
thousand years.
You will then take a coin and present to the stang (which lies down in the
northern side of the circle, even better it is if this stang is in the shape of a
Tau).
4. Raising of the pole of Sacrifice
You will then throw the coin in front of the stang and raise it up and say:
As the rich moon is my witness this coin I give to resurrect the pole of
sacrifice, the coins of betrayal once more are paid to attain the summit of all
sacrifice. Drunk of Iskariotes deed I raise the Tau of Golgotha and open the
many crossroads of the world for jinn and deval to enter. As the Moon goes
red by the Blood of the Dove so the serpent are crowned by royalty and
peacocks feather. The Death of the Dove births the Master of the Crossroad.
The eternally veiled one, who haunts pond and tomb. By the Old Fire we
shall again and again and again cross over without fear. Oh, you hidden
one, who never reveals even in the fullness of She to thee we bring our skin,
spine and bones, our throbbing heart in our hands. In memory and as the
eternal act of renewal. The old serpent has again assumed the Throne, his
chalice full of the blood of the Dove and as he drunk so shall we drink. This
we do in honor of he who did what had to be done.
This we do in honor of he who loved too much
This we do in honor of our accursed heritage.
5. The Call to She and the Illumination thereof
In front of the stang you will take a chalice and fill it with wine. You will
take another cup and fill it with milk and honey and in it’s center an egg.
Visualize a firm goddess, with golden flowing hair and a green dress
appearing in the moons disk. She is garlanded with roses. You will when the
visualization is firm say:
You are my Shield Oh Green robed maiden of the Mountains of the Moon
You with the staff circled with roses. Crowned in green and gold
To you I take my refugee and beg that you arm me with roses
That your shield of the triple rose cover me from all evil
Let me be as a knight, stoutly dressed in thy colours on the horse that rides
between all worlds
Let me hold all riches in my hand
Let me dwell in your garden and take me to the summit of your pleasures
In the gardens within the world soul
Allow me to conquer the realm of Air and be like a winged god
Let my radiance shine over the many worlds
Make me drunk on roseblood and musky wine
So my eyes can see what no mortal man sees
Your stang is garlanded with dancing rose
You are full of Blood and Soul
Queen of the many legions of jinn’s
Listen to our call
ZHARIELA, Lionness who rides on mighty Leviathan
ZHARIELA, Princess of the nocturnal domain
ZHARIELA, Queen of all dangers that cries to the fullness of you
Be amongst us and reveal secrets, treasures and sanctuaries
Be He and Be She, this I claim as my own!
Meditate in her presence and go back in your min to the deed of Iskariotes
and find peace and exaltation by his deed.
6. The worship by the Other Hand
You will now turn your back away from the stang together with the chalice
and place it on the other side in the direction of south with your back to the
stang, looking to the southern direction you will say:
You will then drink the cup of wine and meditate in silence. Then turn
around and pick up the coin in front of the stang.
7. Leaving the field
You will now present the coin to the altar flame, first with your right hand,
then with your left hand and then present it to your forehead. Then hold on
to the coin in your left hand and take down the stang and say:
“And such as He and such as She I shed my skin and take down the Tau. I
leave the circle of shame and betrayal. I leave the circle of blood and fullness.
I leave to return to the circle once again, when the tide again breaks the veil
between.
I am what I am. The One true Sorcerer. The One that stands in the shadows
of every crossroad”.
You will then leave the circle by extinguishing all the candles in silence and
enter through the gate of North.
The Rite of ZibDilba;
A Celebration of the Equinox in Hydra on May Eve
Points of the Celebration:
The Sabbath of Ostria Crux known as the Rite of ZibDilba is born from the
main practice of venusian alignment known as Ostria and the Eight
Ways. The ritual is to be used by a Coven of Pilgrims on the Eve of May as a
celebration of the evening gardens of Lady Venus. The pilgrimage around
the circle will start in the void outside the circle where the threefold
purification will be performed at a distant point from the gate to the circle,
but still the Pilgrim will look straight to the gate of the circle of becoming.
The Master presiding over the ritual will say to each and everyone after the
purification:
“ Your deeds, good and bad, your promises, kept or broken. Your steps,
fallen or taken has brought you to the entrance of this circle. So remember
now each act of love and hate, each oath taken and broken before man and
gods. Take a moment to remember what brought you here and what will
bring your further. This is the tide when you create your fate a new”.
Leave the Pilgrim to himself and go to the entrance of the second circle. Ask
the Pilgrim to kiss a coin and throw the coin inside the second circle. The
Pilgrim will then take one step into the circle an utter the Sorcerers Cry and
station himself in the southern quarter. In like manner all participants will
perform the same deed and position themselves in the southeastern and
southwestern quarters as they enter. The prime south must be placed open
for the Good Lady to station herself in the point of power for Liliya to
emerge. The Priestess of Liliya will enter last the second, the master the
last and they both will station them self in the northern quarter uttering
the Sorcerers Cry. The presiding master will then go to the circles center
and call the Old Powers of the land and lastly utter:
HEKAS HEKAS ESTE BEBOLOI
The Master will then circumambulate widdershins while the Pilgrims will
walk slowly clockwise uttering the mantra of the eveningstar.
Mantra: ZibInAnnaInZibNa
N: Lilia Devala KHA I LILIYA Bloodmother of the Horned Serpents
Wisdom
N: Mahazael Deval I KHA MAHAZHUA, Sovereign Witchfather
NE: Yemeloi Lucifera I HU LUCIFERA WiseBlooded Mother
NE: Tubalo Lucifer I HU TUBALO Cuning Father of the Silver Gates
E: Zhamael I SA ZHAMAEL Cunning Father of the Iron Gates
E: Na’amah I SA NA AMAH Wise Blooded Mother and Maid of the Iron
Gates
SE: Azh’modai I BA AZH MODAI Bullhorned father of the mercurial Gates
SE: Azhterah Saba I BA AZH TERAH Horned Mother of the Red Wound at
the Mercurial gates
S: Maheleth Rahab I KU RAHAB Blood Mother and Queen of the Bazen
Gates
S: Azhazael I KU AZHA ZAEL Cunning father and King of the Brazen
Gates
SW: Ruha Azh’ra Qarina I LA RUHA AZ Lady of the Copper Gates of
Africanus, Azure eyed seducteress.
SW: Qafa Azhra Melek I LA QAFA AZH RA MELEK Lord with eyes like
heaven at the Copper Gates
W: Azhael I TAN AZHAEL Cunning father and sage of the gates of lead
W: Agrath I TAN AGRATH Bloodmother and matriarch of the Gates of
Lead
NW: Qinaya Noctifer I HUA QIN AYA HA BIL ZHI VA Lord of te Golden
Gates of Covus, the risen Lord of Exile
NW: Lilis Zahriel I HUA LILIS ZHA RI AL Eldest Mother of Wiseblood,
last f the faithful gods and the golden Gates of Covus.
The master will go to the northern gate and the Priestess to the southern
and the Covin will utter:
EVOI SABAI IA BHA AZHAKA IA AZHA QAYIN
BILO BILO HU / 8 times
The presiding master and his priestess will then step forth from the
southern and northern quarter meet at the circles hearth and tell each other
who they are by the count of days for becoming.
The speech of Mahazael:
For I who have come to sow the worldfield shall return to reap and to judge
on the day of its harvest. Hear ye then my tale, hear ye the Cornking’s
Riddle spun upon the wheel of the
Year and the day
For with one step the world is begun and with the next all things are done!
On the first day I awoke within the furrow
On the second day I knelt in Prayer ‘neath the sun
On the third day I stood in the long green robe
On the fourth day my head was crowned with gold
On the fifth day the sickle laid me to rest
On the sixth day my body was ground between stone
On the seventh day I was raised anew to feed the brethren at Midnight’s
table –
To serve at the Round Feast for both the Living and the Dead
The Mystery of Bread ‘ is my Name of my Name
The Father of the Grain am I
May the blessing be and the Cursing be
Upon all who come to eat of me!
Heed well me Words and Deeds
And know that I, Mahazael, am with you!
As it is spoken, so mote it be!
Bilo Bilo Hu! BhaAzhaKa!
The speech of Liliya Deval:
The Pilgrims will then standing at their points direct their palms outwards
and their faces upwards to the nightsky and focus attention on the stella
Dalva. If the night is clouded an imaginary point in the nightclouds should
be seen as the abode of Lady Venus of the Nightgardens.
First focus the attention on the left palm, this is the point of forgotten
sexuality and the hidden moon.
Mantra: AL PALIDA DILBA
Then attention will be turned to the right hand where the seeds to the Tree
of Life resides, the wisdom denied the first couple of the human race.
Mantra: AL BACRUX DILBA
In the center of the right foot visualize the fixed mercury as a snake coiled
on a thorn, its thorn being a seed of wisdom that is fixing itself within thy
foot. And call the old star into this point with the mantra:
Mantra: AL ACRUX – DILBA
In the left feet we find the star named Mimosa. This is the foot of Araphel,
of the darkness of the land of Mitzraim. In this star the three Fates are
resting as the mysteries of timelines (past, present and future) is found
therein. It is also connected to Raqia, that is the firmament of the second
heaven and the influence of Mercury known in a tangible form as Hod on
the Tree of Life. The left foot is the one that carries with it the remembrance
of things past in the Red lands in the south of Khem and the Black land in
the north of Khem. Call the remembrance of things past.
Mantra: AL MIMOSA – SASO
Intrometida represents the mystery of Makath beKhoroth or the Slaying of
the Firstborn. Call upon the slayer of the First born.
Mantra: KA INTROMETIDA IMORT
As the stellar radiation of the southern cross incarnate, as the firstborn
selfslain in the banquette of the gods the Pilgrims will call upon Inanna as
the personification of Lady Venus:
A Call in the Garden of Hesperos
As Inanna was turned into a corpse,
A piece of rotting meat,
And was hung from a hook on the wall.
We prostrate ourselves as the corpse
Naked and ready to be hung from the
Walls in the temple of our own death
To resurrect amidst the gardens
Of the evening stars and see our
Newborn fate dawn through the night.
For it is Inanna
Inanna who is the instigator of creation, the Goddess who
manifested in us sexual desire and union
It is She who "caused the created to reproduce" and
whose planet is Venus
and...
It is She who is our lovely evening star who shines brightly
in the night's sky
You make the heavens tremble and the earth
quake.
Great Priestess, who can soothe your troubled
heart?
Ninsianna Ninsianna Ninsianna
You flash like lightening over the highlands; you
throw your firebrands across the earth.
Your deafening command, whistling like the
South Wind, splits apart great mountains.
You trample the disobedient like a wild bull;
heaven and earth tremble.
Ninsianna Ninsianna Ninsianna
Holy Priestess, who can soothe your troubled
heart?
Your frightful cry descending from the heavens
devours its victims.
Your quivering hand causes the midday heat to
hover over the sea.
Your night time stalking of the heavens chills the
land with its dark breeze.
Holy Inanna, the riverbanks overflow with the
floodwaves of your heart....
Ninsianna Ninsianna Ninsianna
You alter the Fates, and an ill event becomes good;
I have sought you amongst the gods; supplications are offered to
you;
To you amongst the goddesses I have turned, with intent to
make entreaty,
Before you is a (protecting) shedu[a genie], behind you a
(protecting) lamassu [another type of genie],
At your right is Justice, at your left Goodness,
Fixed on your head are Audience, Favour, Peace,
Your sides are encompassed with Life and Wellbeing;
How good it is to pray to you, how blessed to be heard by you!
Your glance is Audience, your utterance is the Light.
Have pity on me, O Ishtar! Order my prospering!
Glance on me in affirmation! Accept my litany!
.....................
I have borne your yoke; set tranquility (for me)!
I have sought your brightness; may my face be bright.
I have turned to your dominion; may it be life and wellbeing for
me.
May I (too) have a favourable shedu like that before you;
May I (too) have a lamassu like that which goes behind you.
May I garner the prosperity at your right hand,
May I attain to the favour at your left hand.
........................
Lengthen my days, bestow life!
Let me live, let me be well, let me proclaim your divinity.
Let me achieve what I desire . . . .
Mantra: AZZIBDILBA
Other names of praise:
Ninmesarra, the Lady of Myriad Offices / or Queen of all the Me
Ninsianna as the personification of the planet Venus
Nin.an.na, which means 'queen of the sky'.
Nuugiganna, the Hierodule of Heaven
Usunzianna, Exalted Cow of Heaven
The Points of the Crossed South
Or; how to put the quadriga of the pentalpha into motion
The quadrigas of the five points are known as kameas or tablets. They will be used
in the invocation of the points into the hands and the feets, the head and spine
already being filled with the radiance of Stella Dalva.
The quadriga of the left hand is connected to the star of the Southern Cross known
as Palida. In her the radiance of the nights in the garden of Yesod are to be found.
The teachings of Gamaliel (a demonic being connected to the lunar kingdoms) and
it is said to be connected to the fallen shells in the first garden of substantial
creation, the abodes of forgotten sexuality and the where the imprint of dreams
and the secrets of astral anatomy lies resting. Call her in the center of the left hand
with the quadriga of Palida:
PALIDA
ALIDAD
LIDADI
IDADIL
DADILA
ADILAP
The quadriga of the right hand is found in the second Crux, also known as bcrux. It
is the uppermost star in the Cross and it is the most shining one, a bright white in
its color and as its companion the aCrux it is represented by the number of 231
which is the number of the Crossed Road and also the number of Gates of Wisdom
according to Sepher Yetzirah. This star is carrying the seeds of Etz haChayim, the
tree of life that was denied the first human couples, but was nourished upon by the
race that was before the race of men. The first couple was denied to eat from this
tree and angelic guards was placed to guard both this tree as well as the 231 gates
to the Garden of All Joy. Call the seeds back into your being with the quadriga of
bCrux.
BCRUX
CRUXU
RUXUR
UXURC
XURCB
In the feet we find aCrux and Mimosa. aCrux being associated with Tree of
Wisdom that the first couple of the human race was granted to eat from. The right
foot represent the step forward in wisdom. The step granted by the Viper of
Wisdom that made the transaction from venus to mercury possible and the bond
thereof. In the center of the right foot visualize the fixed mercury as a snake coiled
on a thorn, its thorn being a seed of wisdom that is fixing itself within thy foot. And
call the old star into this point with the quadriga:
ACRUX
CRUXU
RUXUR
UXURC
XURCA
In the left feet we find the star named Mimosa. This is the foot of Araphel, of the
darkness of the land of Mitzraim. In this star the three Fates are resting as the
mysteries of timelines (past, present and future) is found therein. It is also
connected to Raqia, that is the firmament of the second heaven and the influence of
Mercury known in a tangible form as Hod on the Tree of Life. The left foot is the
one that carries with it the remembrance of things past in the Red lands in the
south of Khem and the Black land in the north of Khem. Call the remembrance of
things past in Mitzraim with the quadriga:
MIMOSA
IMOSAS
MOSASO
OSASOM
SASOMI
ASOMIM
The fifth point that is consuming and attracting the other four is known as the star
Intrometida. It lies southwest of the center of the cross and her we find the mystery
of Makath beKhoroth or the Slaying of the Firstborn. The Bible tells us about
Herod, the king of Judea was fearing for the coming of an Anoited One and
commanded the slaying of all firstborn children in order to avoid this coming. The
screams of the mothers in Rama when their children was taken from them is a
reference to this. The influx of the four stellar points of the Southern Cross will be
visualized to contract to one single flame in the chakrik point known as Hara,
between the solar plexus and the genitals. The point that gave its name to
Japanese suicidals in the term harakiri. Call upon the slayer of the First born
with the quadriga:
INTROMETIDA
NTROMETIDAD
TROMETIDADI
ROMETIDADIT
OMETIDADITE
METIDADITEM
ETIDADITEMO
TIDADITEMOR
IDADITEMORT
DADITEMORTN
ADITEMORTNI
The binding of the keys:
Crucified with the Virtues Four I step down from my Cross. And knowingly to dare,
to know and to keep silence in all task that deems courage I take on the virtues
Four anew and call them Justice, Prudence, Fortitude and Temperance. And by
this I turn into the keeper of my own flames the keyholder at the gates of
Purgatorium. The watcher and guard of myself in the moment I turn on myself. In
this state where the keys are held I remember the first race, those that were before
the kin of man. And again I stretch out my hands and like an almond the light
covers me and I stretch my arms upwards with pointed fingers to the heavens and
let the almondglory sourround me, like they sourrounded the saints in their
journey to the higher kingdom. I am the Eye and I am within the Eye.
This is the inky spot where the portals to space not yet solidified or explored are
opened and this is where the Bahumehi (a sacred fish of predatory nature) turns
into wisdom and where I join with the Deep Ones in the search for the seven
secrets that will bring me back to myself.
Introit to the Adorning of the Girdle
This is a practice of meditation where one look at the constellation of Orion, and
focus upon making a bond between each of the three stars in his girdle and as you
call out the name of each of the stars meditate upon the importance of each of them
as they find their place along the solar plexus area. Beginning with the westend of
your body. The use of oils and wines are good in this regard. This meditation is best
performed outdoors while focusing on the belt of Orion. It can be a practice
following the practice of the Crossed South or a practice one performs separate.
The points given are only the qualities and the practitioner is here adviced to use
his or her creative insight to form a proper sequence of this adorning.
Adorning the girdle of the Three Mary’s
The tree Marys is a common name in Vera Cruz for the three stars that are
found shining brightly in the constellation of Orion. These stars are named:
Mintaka, which is the star west of the belt. Alnilan which we find at the centre
of the belt. And Alnitak which is localized at the east of the belt
Mintaka is the Ring of Virtue, the virtues of Love and Beauty. Its number 122
corresponds to Asmodai, Zilpah (the hand maiden of Leah who became mother to
the tribe of Asher and Gad as well as Dibbuk (evil possessing spirits).
Alnilan, 152, is the number of the tribe of Benjamin associated with the sign of
Scorpio and the Wolf. Calliope is inspiring this star with her heroic poetry and
eleoquence. It is the star for oppression and War.
Alnitak, 121, is the star that brings it all into harmony again. Through beauty and
the war between its virtues and beauties adversaries the Phoenix are laid bare in
the dwellings of the Saturnday spirits, in the fourth house where family and
relationships are created and established.
The Supper at Midnights Table
Or: The Rite of Turning the Wheels, 21st of December and
9th of April
This ritual was hived off after the commence of Hua and is attempting to
bring back into Now the Oath and Deed once done and do it again. This Act
will again turn the Wheel of Fate and make ready the Journeyman to
embark on yet a new season of Ordeals, following the steps of Cain in the
Exile of ones eternal becoming. One need for the ritual commence Cup,
Athame, Hammer and Skull. Further a huge bread baked by the fruits of
the earth should be presented. The ritual utilizes the double circle or the
double chamber. The first chamber being the Blood Acre proper, the act of
calling to the Opposer is done at the Blood Acres edge before one enters into
the Chamber of the Sabbath to fest upon the flesh and blood of the All
Profaner.
The Oracle of the Rite:
At the circles northern gate the Magister will intone the decree of this ritual
and bring the attention to the rites purpose.
HEKAS HEKAS ESTE BEBELOI!
BILOI BILOI HUA!
By One Step the Path is Thread with a Million not even Begun!
Listen, ye Spirits resting in fire blue
Listen to this Call you have heard before and
Yet will hear again!
Before the Gods of Mortal Man the Elder Race, the Dragons children who
stole the fire, who churned the Ocean, who discarded the Clay, who turned
away from the tree of Good and Evil, who crossed the river of death and
forgetfulness placed them self at the crossroads under the stars. With the
back to the One. And in his Shadows to become the circle entire. As my left
hand stretch back to take again what is mine so my right hand goes forth in
becoming. I am the Moment always born anew. I am the circle and its ever
moving point. In the Moment I am the Child born by the horns of the flaming
torch and the lightning bolt. To be the Keeper of my Fateless Fate. To rest in
the embrace of Al Shujah. This shall be the Design. To rest within The One
of many names. The Many of One track alone. And as I turn against the
hand that made me I am faithful towards my oath of eternal Self becoming.
May I be tested by ordeal and curse on the forge of Cain. May I always drink
deeply from the poisonous cup of the Hidden One. All I cast on the fire to be
created anew. And by fire the Wheel shall be turned once again. And as it
was in the beginning it shall ever be. Now and forever more.
The Rite of the Void:
With ash and water make a double circle. The one in the path of the other
Recite Psalm 68 and enter the circle. The covin will go in a clockwise
direction armed with their Athame in their left hand with the calling Al
Shujah Al Kabil while the Magister is going deosil calling the faithful ones
of the Retinue of Bha. A bread should be presented in the center of the
circle. When the call has been completed the Magister should position
himself in the center of the circle and silence shall be exalted in this
moment. With Athame and hammer he shall stand over the bread and say:
God, creator. It is time to commemorate those who has walked the one Path
Unique. The time has come anew. And I saith unto Thee Lord as It was said
and done unto Cain our father that unto Cain and his offering you had no
respect! Cain was angered and your countenance fell and you said unto
Cain: “talk with thy brother” and you told him that if he had done well his
offer should be accepted. And Cain had done well. So he went with his
brother into the field and tried to reason with him. But the blood of the Great
Dragon rose in Cain and he slaughtered the profane one. And the Lord saith
unto Cain that the blood of his brother screamed to him from the ground.
And the Lord spoke with Cain and cursed him into Exile and closed the
gardens of Eden for him, but he also placed his mark on his brow and feet so
he could rest in his Exile by the Lords blessing. Those who killed Cain would
be seven times accursed. And so it is that I, the One True Sorcerer of the
Dragons Brood again is here with my gift of the earth and hear me as I call
forth the profaner! Hear how his blood is screaming from the earth! Habil
Abel! I call you, Son of Clay, Son of Mortal Man, All Profaner, rise
from your grave so I can slay you again! In this, the commemoration of
the Dragons race and its legacy I send you to Hell! By calling you. By slaying
you. And again let your blood scream to the Lord I take my oath anew and
plough the ground to make thy grave. All profaner, hear me! I am the forger
of crude metals, I am the nail that never cools!
(Here stab the athame and hammer in the bread.)
“And by this my deed is done once again. My oath taken once more and the
mark received yet again”.
Then the rest of the Covin will enter from the northern gate and stab their
athame within the bread.
When all people presiding has performed this act one should turn the back
to the fruits of the earth and turn outwards showing the sigh of the
pentalpha upward and downward. The Magister should remain in the
center but with his back turned to the bread and say:
“With body, mind and speech we give this Mortal Clay to the Shadows. To
all Otherness we present this Clay in order to pave the way for unique Self
becoming”.
The attention should be directed towards the black void, the Exile where
powers rests. Exile, the Gan Eden of Cain. The Magister will then leave the
circle through the northwestern gate into the second circle or the next
chamber.
The Rite in the Suppers Chamber:
The offering of flesh:
In the gate of the second circle the Magister should stand with the skull of
Cain, bread and oil The bread should be dipped in the oil making the earth
sign on the skull then on the forehead of the participant and then eaten. As
people have eaten the body of Abel they should gather behind the Magister
and again chant Al Shujah Al Kabil. When everybody is gathered in the
second circle the Magister will turn to the covin and say: “
“We have stretched back to be here in futurity. On the bones of our father, by the blood and flesh of the deed, by
making it all anew yet again we turn the wheel of the season and put to rest the profane in a constant ordeal of
self overcoming.”
He will know call forth both the Two eyes and the Tongue( i.e. Liliya
Mahazhael and Draku Ezhu). The skull should then be taken to the
banquettetable and positioned in the center. In front of the skull should be
bread or earth and the wine should first fall upon the ground in front of the
skull as it was in the original act where the earth feasted upon Abels blood
first.
The offering of Blood:
A jar of glass filled with wine should be presented to the Skull.
Take the jar and bless.
“This is the blood of Abel,
the first profaner, who served as the sacrifice
at the entrance of transgression.
This is the body of Abel,
for upon the first death wisdom was born
As it All was born to Die,
So mote also this be
Make me strong in the embrace of my fate
Make Destiny and Dignity
My constant companions
May the remembrance of the first
Shedding of human blood be celebrated
Always as a honor unto me, saith Thy Lord
Cain, Cause I swear that I will test and twist
You by flame and Poison
To enter my Nest is to enter within the fangs
Of the Dragons Mouth, by poisonous fangs
By the needed transgression I will inflict pain
As the means to remembrance and
the measurement will be all Otherness.
Pour the blood within the chalice:
“Blood and Flesh, Spirit and Soul
with this Death are set in Motion
By nocturnal flight and angry Ghoul
The world gets color and emotion
As Angels, fallen or Broken
We will rise in the Cunning Art
By the Lord Cains many token
We will forge Thy burning Heart
In Flame and Death we stretch out
The Exile opens up, a garland of roses
By the foot and hand, we take the Oath
Pastures opens up to riderless horses
And the Word is said and taken
I am the One, eternally begotten
For Love I see all things forsaken
I take back what is mine as I drink
This, the blood of my Deed!
And this shall be my Creed!
This is a matter a million times true!
May the Curse, the blessing and the Cunning be
It All unto Me!
The banquette will be performed, by feast and laugher and by any kind of
pleasure that one who is about to be thrown into Exile will partake of.
The Consumation of the rite:
Psalm 68 should be recited backwards and concluded with the words:” As it
was in the beginning it shall ever be. Now and forever more. This is a
matter a million times true”.
By the Bloodied Graal so shall this Mystery become!
The Rite of the Almond Gate
Dedicated to the Lordship of Asmodeus, the king who killed the seven
husbands of Sarah. The one who finally conquered King Solomon. Thou who
rides with the Lady Sheba on the nightsky under the Almond Gate. Seven
times Holy thy name be, Seven times accursed Thy name be! As the Curse
came upon the seventh breed in Cains line, so mote also this curse come
unto me!
This ritual can very well be seen as a format corresponding well to the
spring equinox as well as the autumn equinox, one simply choose if
resurrection or the phase of death should be seen as the culmination of the
rite. If worked as a ritual at the spring one should attempt to bring joy and
ecstasy into the celebration, if performed in the autumn the rite should be of
a more solemn adaptation. True knowledge is ever hidden yet at all times
manifest. The act of deliberately going to the realms of death is an act that
demands courage and love. Orpheus is perhaps the most proper prophet to
keep in mind as his decent down which was a success ended in a great loss.
When we go down we can only bring one thing with us, self and we can only
bring self back – but now enriched.
The ritual is adapted from The Book of Coming Forth by Day, but is in
essence a stellartransformative ritual due to the emphasis placed on
certain stars in the constellation of Hydrae, the southern Draco also known
as the watersnake. More of this will be found in the ritual outline named
Within the Chambers of the Dragon a ritual cycle based upon the
influence of the Southern Draco and Scorpius. By Frog and Jackal, Heqt and
Asmodai this ritual has been made possible.
The Zeroth Step;
Opening the Almondway.
Enter the temple carrying a coin. Outside the entrance turn towards the
void and say to yourself: from exile to exile without return, from void to
sacred pyre I will renew myself in fire and poison. Throw the coin into the
temple and position your self in silence standing, like a cross.
Focus on your left palm and say: “This column of the count of five I open to
retrieve the hidden secrets of the moon and the forgotten fornication of the
creation”:
Mantra: AL PALIDA DILBA
Then focus on your right hand and say: “In the right column I carry the Seeds to the Tree of Life. Here I hold the
wisdom denied the first couple of the race of Man”:
Mantra: AL BACRUX DILBA
Focus on the center of the right foot and say: “From the columns root the
thornsnake rises, like a seed of wisdom mighty as a grain of mercury!”
Mantra: AL ACRUX – DILBA
Focus on the left foot and say: “From the root of the black column the land of
Khem arises. From the land I call onto all things forgotten and dead to rise
like a might undead within the column that stretches through the left side of
my flesh. For as the Araphel saith, this is my firmament, so shall it forever
be!”
Mantra: AL MIMOSA – SASO
The focus on the Harachakra and say: “I am the newborn, the graveold, the
eternal selfslayer. I am what I am, Makath beKhoroth and as the firstborn
slayed himself so do I slay myself”:
Mantra: KA INTROMETIDA IMORT
You will then see the heavens open up and an oval opening will open
between the four stars of the Cross, the fifth being the seed that makes it
possible, the ether of the pentalpha. You will see how the space in the
opening is taking form and making a bond between your own body and the
Almond Gate and you will use the following chant to call him forth:
“AshModaiHeqt Heru/By jackal and Toad/By the Bird Bennu/Open
the darkend Road!”
One then recites:
“Permit thou not me to be judged according to the mouths of the multitude.
May my soul lift itself up before the Queens of the funeral chamber, having
been found to have been pure when in the presence of the Four Good sisters.
May I come into thy presence, O Lord of the gods; may I arrive at the Nome
of Maati (Truth); may I rise up on my seat like a god endowed with life; may
I give forth light like the Company of the Gods who dwell in heaven; may I
become like one of you; may I lift up my footsteps in the town of Beled el
Djinn and I look upon the Stars of the Gods, Saah, the holy one, as it
passeth across the sky; may I not be repulsed; may I smell the savour of the
divine food of the Company of the Gods; may I sit down with them; may my
name be proclaimed for offerings by the (KHERHEB) priest at the
sacrificial table; may I hear the petitions which are made when offerings are
presented; may I draw nigh unto the Neshem Boat; and may neither my
Heartsoul nor its lord be repulsed.
Homage to thee, O Chief of Amentet, thou god Osiris, who dwellest in the
town of Nifuur.
Homage to thee, O Dweller in Amentei, Thy kings name, Schemesh be
praised in the funeral chamber
Homage to thee, O King of Kings, thou god Ashmodai, who dwellest in the
Star of Venus
Homage to thee, O Queen of Queens, thou goddess, Heqt, who dwellest in
the Craters of the Moon”
The First Step;
Installment of the Offices of Heqt and Ashmodai
At this point one should see the Lord Ashmodai entering out from the
Almond gate and in his laps you will see that a deity with a frogs head is
attached to his loins, like in yabyum. Ashmodai himself will show himself
with the face of a jackal, assuming the offices customarily held by Anubis.
The deity attached to his phallus is Heqt the frog headed deity that presides
over miracles and magic Ashmodai and his consort is approaching you with
two gifts, a Raven and a Chalice. He places the Raven on your left shoulder
and the Chalice on your right shoulder.
You will recite:
The weight of my ancestors gift are now on my shoulders
The eternal remembrance of the Serpents Way and Wisdom
Behold, this is the Cup out of which the patriarch sinned
Behold this is the Raven that unto Apollon carried a Lie and a Snake
The Cup of Poison, the Cup of Old, the Cup Craat
The Raven of the first Lie, The Raven on the serpents back, Corvis
KaKorvisKaKraat
The Cup of the watersnakes wisdom
The Cup of the Ravens thirst
The Cup that carries the Wine and the Blood
The Raven that brings Augurs
The Raven that brings Keys
The Raven that guides the Serpent on her Way
KakorvisKaKraat
With Cup and Crow let the gates be open wide
By Heqt and AshModai let the poles be bridged!
You are the figtree that birthed Almonds!
The Second Step;
Within the upper Vault of the Chambers of Death
Visualize the divine couple seated in the center of the temple and see how
they are forming a crossroad with their arms, pointing out to the Four
Ways. Here you will see four deities, Isis, Serqet, Nephtys and Neith You
will be calling Isis, Serqet, Nepthys and Neith in the quarters of the living
world, which in this case is a reference to the upper vault of the funeral
chamber.
This is the texts to be recited in the funeral chamber;
SPEECH OF ISIS. Isis saith: I have come to be a protector unto thee. I waft
unto thee air for thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from
the god Tem unto thy nose. I have made whole for thee thy windpipe. I
make thee to live like a god. Thine enemies have fallen under thy feet. I
have made thy word to be true before Nut, and thou art mighty before the
gods.
SPEECH OF NEPHTHYS. Nephthys saith unto the Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth: I go round about thee to protect thee, O brother Osiris. I have come
to be a protector unto thee. [My strength shall be near thee, my strength
shall be near thee, for ever. Schemesh hath heard thy cry, and the gods have
made thy word to be truth. Thou art raised up. Thy word is truth in respect
of what hath been done unto thee. Ptah hath overthrown thy foes, and thou
art Horus, the son of Hathor.
SPEECH OF THE TET (the rainbow amulet). I have come quickly, and I
have driven back the footsteps of the god whose face is hidden. I have
illumined his sanctuary. I stand near the god Tet on the day of repelling
disaster. I watch to protect thee, O Osiris.
SPEECH OF Amset/Mestha (Mesta). I am Mestha, thy son, O Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth. I come to protect thee. I will make thy house to
flourish, permanently, even as Serqet hath commanded me, and as
Schemesh himself hath commanded.
SPEECH OF THE FLAME. I protect thee with this flame. I drive him [the
foe] away from the valley of the tomb. I cast the sand about thy feet. I
embrace the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace. I come to hew in
pieces. I have not been hewn in pieces, and I will not permit thee to be hewn
in pieces. I come to do violence to thy foe, but I will not permit violence to be
done unto thee. I protect thee.
The Third Step;
The Decent to the Netherworld
Asking unto Asmodai to take us to the place of power, the Amenta where
Schemesh shines brightly.
THE ADDRESSES OF THE FOUR RUDDERS
Hail, Power of Heaven, Opener of the Disk, thou Beautiful Rudder of the
Northern Heaven. Hail, Ra, Guide of the Two Lands, thou Beautiful Rudder
of the Western Heaven. Hail, Khu, Dweller in the House of the Akhemu
gods, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Eastern Heaven. Hail, Governor, Dweller
in the House of the Tesheru Gods, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Southern
Heaven.
Grant ye cakes, and ale and tchefau food to the Osiris Aufankh, whose word
is truth.
Hail, Father of the Gods! Hail, Mother of the Gods in KhertNeter! Deliver
ye the Osiris from every evil thing, from every evil obstruction, from every
dire attack of an enemy, and from that deadly snarer with knifelike words,
and from men, and gods, and Spiritsouls, and the damned, on this day, on
this night, on this present festival of the fifteenth day, and in this year, and
from the things of evil thereof.
THE CHAPTER OF THE PRAISE OF THE LADY OF AMENTET
Lady of Amentet, known amongst many as Hathor, the Dweller in the Great
Land, the Lady of the Red Disk, the Eye of Ra, the Dweller in his breast, the
Beautiful One that rises like an ever returning Boat in the Ocean called
“Millions of Years”, unto you we present our self, children of Heqt and
Asmodai
The Fourth Step;
The Sacrifice of Truth
Calling the baboonfaced Hapi Nebt Hep to remove our glandules, through
Nepthys Calling the hawkheaded Qebhsennuf to remove our liver in the
name of Serqet, Calling the jackalheaded Tuamutef (jackal) to remove our
heart and lungs in the name of Neith Nit and Meshta the deity in shape of
man to remove our intestines in the name of Isis.
SPEECH OF HAPI Nepthys. (E) I am Hapi, thy son, O Osiris Ani, the
lover of Nepthys whose word is truth. I come to protect thee. I bind together
thy head and the members of thy body. I smite down for thee thine enemies
under thee. I give unto thee thy head for ever and for ever, O Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, whose word is truth in peace.
SPEECH OF MESHTA Isis (W) I am Meshta, thy son O Osiris, I am the
one whom Isis made love to on the banks of the Nile. I am the one who
walked through the deserted plains. I am here to gather thy dross and fill
thy being with sweet oils and herbs. This done in the name of She will
forever turn into Truth.
SPEECH OF TUAMUTEF Neith. (N) Tuamutef saith: I am thy son Horus,
I am the lover of Neith. It is I who loveth thee. I come to avenge thee, O my
father Osiris, upon him that did evil unto thee. I have set him under thy feet
for ever and for ever, permanently, permanently, O Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth, whose word is truth.
SPEECH OF QEBHSENUF Serqet. (S)Qebsenuf saith: I am thy son, O
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. I come to protect thee. I have collected thy
bones and I have gathered together thy members. I have brought thy heart,
and I have placed it upon its throne within thy body. I make thy house to
flourish after thee, O thou who livest for ever.
THIS IS THE NAMES OF THE GODS OF THE GREAT COMPANY: 1. Ra
Harmakhis, the Great God in his boat. 2. Temu. 3. Shu. 4. Tefnut. 5. Keb. 6.
Nut, the Lady of Heaven. 7. Isis. 8. Nephthys. 9. Horus, the Great God. 10.
Hathor, Lady of Amentet. 11. Hu. 12. Sa.
Kesta, Hapi, Taumutef, and Qebhsenuf. "Homage to you, O ye lords of right
and truth, ye sovereign Tchatcha (princes) who stand round about we who
are gathered here in this funeral chamber, who do away utterly sins and
offences, and who are in the following of the goddess HeqtHetepsekhus,
grant ye that I may come unto you. Destroy ye all the faults which are
within me, even as ye did for the Seven Spirits who are among the followers
of their lord Sepa. Anpu (Anubis) appointed to them their places on the day
when he said unto them, "Come ye hither."
Who are the "lords of right and truth"?
"The lords of right and truth are Thoth and Astes, the Lord of Amentet.
"The Tchatcha round about Osiris are Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, and
Qebhsenuf, and they are also round about the Constellation of the Ursa
Major in the northern sky. "Those who do away utterly sins and offences,
and who are in the following of the goddess Hetepsekhus, are the god Sebek
and his associates who dwell in the water. "The goddess Hetepsekhus is the
Eye of Ra. "Others, however, say that it is the flame which accompanieth
the one who sacrificed Truth to burn up the souls of his enemies. "
"As concerning the Seven Spirits who are Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef,
Qebhsenuf, Maaatef, Kheribeqef and Herukhentienariti, these did
Anubis appoint to be protectors of the dead body of Osiris. "Others, however,
say that he set them round about the holy place of Osiris. "Others say that
the Seven Spirits which were appointed by Anubis were Netchehnetcheh,
Aatqetqet, Nertanefbesefkhentihehf, Aqherami unnutf, Tesherariti
amiHetanes, Ubesherperemkhetkhet, and Maaem kerhannefemhru.
"The chief of the Tchatcha (sovereign princes) who is in Naarutef is Horus,
the Advocate of his father. "As concerning the day wherein [Anubis said to
the Seven Spirits], 'Come ye hither,' [the allusion here] is to the words
'Come ye hither,' which Ra spake unto Osiris."
Verily may these same words be said unto me in Amentet.
The Fifth Step;
The installment of the keys
Death posture will be used and in the moment of “death” one screams Heqt!
Cunning spouse of Asmodai. Open the gates from Above to below! Lying
there without motions one will breath slowly focusing on the charkas known
as anahata (heart), hara (solarplexus) and manipura (belly). Make a circuit
of a reddish color between these chakras. Breath slow an heavy while the
mind is following the recitations said that will bring down the seven keys.
Keep at all times the image of Heqt in your mind.
Unto Thee Great King Asmodai we proceed through the chambers of
Death. Because you make our Death Sweet as Revenge, Strong as the Lotus
and eternal like the Wind! We ask ye to guide us through the seven arits.
And infuse us with the seven houses of powers.
The First Arit. The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhetherashtaru. The
name of the Watcher is Smetti. The name of the Herald is Hakheru. The
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall say when he cometh unto the First
Arit: "I am the mighty one who createth his own light. I have come unto
thee, O Osiris, and, purified from that which defileth thee, I adore thee.
Lead on. Name not the name of Rastau to me. Homage to thee, O Osiris, in
thy might and in thy strength in Rastau. Rise up and conquer, O Osiris, in
Abtu. Thou goest round about heaven, thou sailest in the presence of Ra,
thou lookest upon all the beings who have knowledge. Hail, Ra, thou who
goest round about in the sky, I say, O Osiris in truth, that I am the Sahu
(Spiritbody) of the god, and I beseech thee not to let me be driven away, nor
to be cast upon the wall of blazing fire. Let the way be opened in Rastau, let
the pain of the Osiris be relieved, embrace that which the Balance hath
weighed, let a path be made for the Osiris in the Great Valley, and let the
Osiris have light to guide him on his way."
The Second Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Unhat. The name of the Watcher is Seqt
her. The name of the Herald is Ust. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
shall say "He sitteth to carry out his heart's desire, and he weigheth words
as the Second of Thoth. The strength which protecteth Thoth humbleth the
hidden Maati gods, who feed upon Maat during the years of their lives. I
offer up my offerings [to him] at the moment when he maketh his way. I
advance, and I enter on the path. O grant thou that I may continue to
advance, and that I may attain to the sight of Ra, and of those who offer up
[their] offerings."
The Third Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Unemhauatuentpehui. The name of the
Watcher is Seresher. The name of the Herald is Aa. The Osiris the scribe
Ani, whose word is truth, shall say : "I am he who is hidden in the great
deep. I am the Judge of the Rehui, I have come and I have done away the
offensive thing which was upon Osiris. I tie firmly the place on which he
standeth, coming forth from the Urt. I have stablished things in Abtu, I
have opened up a way through Rastau, and I have relieved the pain which
was in Osiris. I have balanced the place whereon he standeth, and I have
made a path for him; he shineth brilliantly in Rastau."
The Fourth Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Khesefherashtkheru. The name of the
Watcher is Serestepu. The name of the Herald is Khesefat. The Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say: "I am the Bull, the son of the
ancestress of Osiris. O grant ye that his father, the Lord of his godlike
companions, may bear witness on his behalf. I have weighed the guilty in
judgment. I have brought unto his nostrils the life which is ever lasting. I
am the son of Osiris, I have accomplished the journey, I have advanced in
KhertNeter."
The Fifth Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Ankhfemfent. The name of the Watcher is
Shabu. The name of the Herald is Tebherkhakheft. The Osiris the scribe
Ani, whose word is truth, shall say : "I have brought unto thee the jawbone
in Rastau. I have brought unto thee thy backbone in Anu. I have gathered
together his manifold members therein. I have driven back Aapep for thee. I
have spit upon the wounds [in his body]. I have made myself a path among
you. I am the Aged One among the gods. I have made offerings to Osiris. I
have defended him with the word of truth. I have gathered together his
bones, and have collected all his members."
The Sixth Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Atektaukehaqkheru. The name of the
Watcher is Anher. The name of the Herald is Atesher[ari]she. The Osiris
the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say: "I have come daily, I have
come daily. I have made myself a way. I have advanced over that which was
created by Anpu (Anubis). I am the Lord of the Urrt Crown. I am the
possessor [of the knowledge of] the words of magical power, I am the
Avenger according to law, I have avenged [the injury to] his Eye. I have
defended Osiris. I have accomplished my journey. The Osiris Ani advanceth
with you with the word which is truth."
The Seventh Arit:
The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhmetemtsusen. The name of the
Watcher is Aamaakheru. The name of the Herald is Khesefkhemi. The
Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say: "I have come unto thee,
O Osiris, being purified from foul emissions. Thou goest round about
heaven, thou seest Ra, thou seest the beings who have knowledge. [Hail],
thou, ONE! Behold, thou art in the Sektet Boat which traverseth the
heavens. I speak what I will to his Sahu (Spiritbody). He is strong, and
cometh into being even [as] he spake. Thou meetest him face to face.
Prepare thou for me all the ways which are good [and which lead] to thee."
Commentary : If these words be recited by the spirit when he shall come to
the Seven Arits, and as he entereth the doors, he shall neither be turned
back nor repulsed before Osiris, and he shall be made to have his being
among the blessed spirits, and to have dominion among the ancestral
followers of Osiris. If these things be done for any spirit he shall have his
being in that place like a lord of eternity in one body with Osiris, and at no
place shall any being contend against him.
The Sixth Step;
The Transformation through the Pylons
Se yourself entering the reflection of the Almond gate in the Netherworld, a
hawk and a jackal is following you at the sides, in front of your Heqt is
walking with Asmodai and on your head you feel the weight of Corvis
resting on Craat. The Chalice is filled with stars and blood And with the
Chalice and Corvis on your shoulder you see that Heqt and Ashmodai is
vanishing in the dark halls. You can´t see nothing and have to trust the two
guides at your side. For each recitation, stamp your feet in the floor,
marking a step for each of the 21 pylons
THE PYLONS OF THE HOUSE OF OSIRIS
My foot enters into the FIRST PYLON so hear my words Oh Masters of
Death: "Lady of tremblings, highwalled, the sovereign lady, the lady of
destruction, who uttereth the words which drive back the destroyers, who
delivereth from destruction him that cometh." The name of her Doorkeeper
is Neruit.
As I enter the SECOND PYLON. I saith: "Lady of heaven, Mistress of the
Two Lands, devourer by fire, Lady of mortals, who art infinitely greater
than any human being." The name of her Doorkeeper is MesPtah.
As I enter the THIRD PYLON. I saith: "Lady of the Altar, the mighty lady
to whom offerings are made, greatly beloved one of every god sailing up the
river to Abydos." The name of her Doorkeeper is Sebqa.
As I enter the FOURTH PYLON. I saith: "Prevailer with knives, Mistress of
the Two Lands, destroyer of the enemies of the StillHeart (Osiris), who
decreeth the release of those who suffer through evil hap." The name of her
Doorkeeper is Nekau.
As I enter the FIFTH PYLON. I saith: "Flame, Lady of fire, absorbing the
entreaties which are made to her, who permitteth not to approach her the
rebel." The name of her Doorkeeper is HentiReqiu.
As I enter the SIXTH PYLON. I saith: "Lady of light, who roareth mightily,
whose breadth cannot be comprehended. Her like hath not been found since
the beginning. There are serpents over which are unknown. They were
brought forth before the StillHeart." The name of her Doorkeeper is Semati.
As I enter the SEVENTH PYLON. I saith: "Garment which envelopeth the
helpless one, which weepeth for and loveth that which it covereth." The
name of her Doorkeeper is Saktif.
As I enter the EIGHTH PYLON. I saith: "Blazing fire, unquenchable, with
farreaching tongues of flame, irresistible slaughterer, which one may not
pass through fear of its deadly attack." The name of her Doorkeeper is
Khutchetef.
As I enter the NINTH PYLON. I saith: "Chieftainess, lady of strength, who
giveth quiet of heart to the offspring of her lord. Her girth is three hundred
and fifty khet, and she is clothed with green feldspar of the South. She
bindeth up the divine form and clotheth the helpless one. Devourer, lady of
all men." The name of her Doorkeeper is Arisutchesef.
As I enter the TENTH PYLON. I saith: "Goddess of the loud voice, who
maketh her suppliants to mourn, the awful one who terrifieth, who herself
remaineth unterrified within." The name of her Doorkeeper is Sekhenur.
Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when he cometh to the
ELEVENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I know you, and I
know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within thee: She who
slayeth always, consumer of the fiends by fire, mistress of every pylon, the
lady who is acclaimed on the day of darkness" is thy name. She inspecteth
the swathing of the helpless one.
Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when he cometh to the
TWELFTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I know you, and I know
thy name, and I know the name of her who is within thee: Invoker of thy
Two Lands, destroyer of those who come to thee by fire, lady of spirits,
obeyer of the word of thy Lord" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathing of
the helpless one.
Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when he cometh to the
THIRTEENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I know you and I
know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within thee: Osiris
foldeth his arms about her, and maketh Hapi (the Nilegod), to emit
splendour out of his hidden places" is thy name. She inspecteth the
swathing of the helpless one.
Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when he cometh to the
FOURTEENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I know thee, and I
know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within thee. Lady of
might, who trampleth on the Red Demons, who keepeth the festival of
Haaker on the day of the hearing of faults" is thy name. She inspecteth the
swathing of the helpless one.
As I enter the THE FIFTEENTH PYLON. I saith; the word is Heruem
khebit, theword is truth, and I saith: "Fiend, red of hair and eyes, who
appeareth by night, and doth fetter the fiend in his lair. Let her hands be
given to the StillHeart in his hour, let her advance and go forward" is thy
name. She inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
As I enter THE SIXTEENTH PYLON. I say, I, Heruemkhebit say:
"Terrible one, lady of the rain storm, destroyer of the souls of men, devourer
of the bodies of men, orderer, producer, and maker of slaughter" is thy
name. She inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
As I enter THE SEVENTEENTH PYLON. I say, I Heruemkhebit, say:
"Hewerinpieces in blood, Ahibit, lady of hair" is thy name. She inspecteth
the swathing of the helpless one.
As I enter THE EIGHTEENTH PYLON. I say, I Heruemkhebit, I say:
"Firelover, pure one, lover of slaughterings, cutter off of heads, devoted one,
lady of the Great House, slaughterer of fiends at eventide" is thy name. She
inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
As I enter THE NINETEENTH PYLON. I say, I Heruemkhebit, I say:
"Lightgiver for life, blazing all the day, lady of strength [and of] the
writings of the god Thoth himself" is thy name. She inspecteth the
swathings of the White House.
As I enter THE TWENTIETH PYLON.I say, I Heruemkhebit, I say:
"Dweller in the cavern of her lord, her name is Clother, hider of her
creations, conqueror of hearts, swallower of them" is thy name. She
inspecteth the swathings of the White House.
As I enter THE TWENTYFIRST PYLON. I say, I Heruemkhebit, I say:
"Knife which cutteth when [its name] is uttered, slayer of those who
approach thy flame" is thy name. She possesseth hidden plans.
Open now up your eyes and see in front you a desertfield where 21 torches
are lighting. You will see that in the four quarters there are a jar of clay in
each of the corners.
The Seventh Step;
The Transformation into a Divine Hawk
You will enter a dark hall and see four jars of clay there here you will do
offerings by prostration in front of each jar. Concluding with taking on the
proper antromorphic identity. At each jar the antromorphic change will
occur. Go to each of them, prostrate and give sacrifice of the substance
proper and comely to each of the corners, at the end of each sacrifice say:
“Because the Queen of Scorpions and Snakes, Serqet is with me and I will
from this day turn my poison into nectar. I will no more sleep in the gardens
of dream and ignorance, but awaken to reality where Truth has been
sacrificed. I will drink from the Cup of All Lie because this transmutes and
reinforce this flesh into the Nectar of Knowledge, cause I am beyond Good
and I know nothing about Evil, this I do for the sake of becoming”
You will then go widdershins three times and prostrate yourself in front of
the next quarter.Concluding the celebration of the four lower quarters one
will go out to the edge of the circle, just as Lord Set went out to the edge of
Khem in his exile Here in the edge sit down in with your legs crossed, your
hands behind your back and your gaze lifted to the sky and see how your
external body is transforming into a hawk, slowly, like gold slowly melting
in your veins and travel through your body.
MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A DIVINE HAWK.
Hail, thou Great God, come thou to Tetu. Make thou ready for me the ways,
and let me go round to visit my thrones. I have laboured. I have made
myself perfect. O grant thou that I may be held in fear. Create thou awe of
me. Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let them fight for me in
their halls. Permit not thou to come nigh unto me him that would attack me,
or would injure me in the House of Darkness. Cover over the helpless one,
hide him. Let do likewise the gods who hearken unto the word of truth, the
Khepriu gods who are in the following of Osiris. Hold ye your peace then, O
ye gods, whilst the God holdeth speech with me, he who listeneth to the
truth. I speak unto him my words. Osiris, grant thou that that which
cometh forth from thy mouth may circulate to me. Let me see thine own
Form. Let thy Souls envelop me. Grant thou that I may come forth, and that
I may be master of my legs, and let me live there like Nebertcher upon his
throne. Let the gods of the Tuat hold me in fear, and let them fight for me in
their halls. Grant thou that I may move forward with him and with the Ariu
gods, and let me be firmly stablished on my pedestal like the Lord of Life.
Let me be in the company of Isis, the goddess, and let [the gods] keep me
safe from him that would do an injury unto me. Let none come to see the
helpless one. May I advance, and may I come to the Henti boundaries of the
sky. Let me address words to Keb, and let me make supplicaion to the god
Hu with Nebertcher. Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let them
fight for me in their halls. Let them see that thou hast provided me with
food for the festival. I am one of those Spiritsouls who dwell in the Light
god. I have made my form in his Form, when he cometh to Tetu. I am a
Spiritbody among his Spirit bodies; he shall speak unto thee the things
which concern me. Would that he would cause me to be held in fear! Would
that he would create in them awe of me! Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of
me, and let them fight for me [in their halls]. I, even I, am a Spiritsoul, a
dweller in the Lightgod, whose form hath been created in divine flesh. I am
one of those Spiritsouls who dwell in the Lightgod, who were created by
Tem himself, and who exist in the blossoms of his Eye. He hath made to
exist, he hath made glorious, and he hath magnified their faces during their
existence with him. Behold, he is Alone in Nu. They acclaim him when he
cometh forth from the horizon, and the gods and the Spiritsouls who have
come into being with him ascribe fear unto him.
I am one of the worms which have been created by the Eye of the Lord One.
And behold, when as yet Isis had not given birth to Horus, I was flourishing,
and I had waxed old, and had become preeminent among the Spiritsouls
who had come into being with him. I rose up like a divine hawk, and Horus
endowed me with a Spiritbody with his soul, so that [I] might take
possession of the property of Osiris in the Tuat. He shall say to the twin
Liongods for me, the Chief of the House of the Nemes Crown, the Dweller
in his cavern: Get thee back to the heights of heaven, for behold, inasmuch
as thou art a Spiritbody with the creations of Horus, the Nemes Crown
shall not be to thee: [but] thou shalt have speech even to the uttermost
limits of the heavens. I, the warder, took possession of the property of Horus
[which belonged] to Osiris in the Tuat, and Horus repeated to me what his
father Osiris had said unto him in the years [past], on the days of his burial.
Give thou to me the Nemes Crown, say the twin Liongods for me. Advance
thou, come along the road of heaven, and look upon those who dwell in the
uttermost limits of the horizon. The gods of the Tuat shall hold thee in fear,
and they shall fight for thee in their halls. The god Auhet belongeth to them.
All the gods who guard the shrine of the Lord One are smitten with terror at
my words.
Hail, saith the god who is exalted upon his coffer to me! He hath bound on
the Nemes Crown, by the decree of the twin Liongods. The god Aahet hath
made a way for me. I am exalted on the coffer the twin Liongods have
bound the Nemes Crown on me and my two locks of hair are given unto me.
He hath stablished for me my heart by his own flesh, and by his great, two
fold strength, and I shall not fall headlong before Shu. I am Hetep, the Lord
of the two Uraeigoddesses who are to be adored. I know the Lightgod, his
winds are in my body. The Bull which striketh terror [into souls] shall not
repulse me. I come daily into the House of the twin Liongods. I come forth
therefrom into the House of Isis. I look upon the holy things which are
hidden. I see the being who is therein. I speak to the great ones of Shu, they
repulse him that is wrathful in his hour. I am Horus who dwelleth in his
divine Light. I am master of his crown. I am master of his radiance. I
advance towards the Henti boundaries of heaven. Horus is upon his seat.
Horus is upon his thrones. My face is like that of a divine hawk. I am one
who is equipped like his lord. I shall come forth to Tetu. I shall see Osiris. I
shall live in his actual presence.... Nut. They shall see me. I shall see the
gods [and] the Eye of Horus burning with fire before my eyes. They shall
reach out their hands to me. I shall stand up. I shall be master of him that
would subject me to restraint. They shall open the holy paths to me, they
shall see my form, they shall listen to my words.
Homage to you, O ye gods of the Tuat, whose faces are turned back, whose
powers advance, conduct ye me to the Stargods which never rest. Prepare
ye for me the holy ways to the Hemat house, and to your god, the Soul, who
is the mighty one of terror. Horus hath commanded me to lift up your faces;
do ye look upon me. I have risen up like a divine hawk. Horus hath made me
to be a Spiritbody by means of his Soul, and to take possession of the things
of Osiris in the Tuat. Make ye for me a path. I have travelled and I have
arrived at those who are chiefs of their caverns, and who are guardians of
the House of Osiris. I speak unto them his mighty deeds. I made them to
know concerning his victories. He is ready [to butt with his] two horns at
Set. They know him who hath taken possession of the god Hu, and who hath
taken possession of the Powers of Tem.
Travel thou on thy way safely, cry out the gods of the Tuat to me. O ye who
make your names preeminent, who are chiefs in your shrines, and who are
guardians of the House of Osiris, grant, I pray you, that I may come to you. I
have bound up and I have gathered together your Powers. I have directed
the Powers of the ways, the wardens of the horizon, and of the Hemat House
of heaven. I have stablished their fortresses for Osiris. I have prepared the
ways for him. I have performed the things which [he] hath commanded. I
come forth to Tetu. I see Osiris. I speak to him concerning the matter of his
Great Son, whom he loveth, and concerning the smiting of the heart of Set. I
look upon the lord who was helpless. How shall I make them to know the
plans of the gods, and that which Horus did without the knowledge of his
father Osiris?
Hail, Lord, thou Soul, most awful and terrible, behold me. I have come, I
make thee to be exalted! I have forced a way though the Tuat. I have opened
the roads which appertain to heaven, and those which appertain to the
earth, and no one hath opposed me therein. I have exalted thy face, O Lord
of Eternity.
At this point rise up and see yourself fully transformed into a hawk and
realize that your heart is One with the heart of Lord Set. Imagine that from
your heart a flame is lit and consume your glorious form. You are ashes and
you will resurrect as the sacred Shent bird through the following
incantation:
MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE BENU BIRD. the scribe
Ani, whose word is truth, saith: I flew up out of primeval matter. I came
into being like the god Khepera. I germinated like the plants. I am
concealed like the tortoise in his shell. I am the seed of every god. I am
Yesterday of the Four Quarters of the Earth, and the Seven Uraei, who
came into being in the Eastern land. I am the Great One (Horus) who
illumineth the Hememet spirits with the light of his body. I am that god in
respect of Set. I am Thoth who stood between them (Horus and Set) as the
judge on behalf of the Governor of Sekhem and the Souls of Anu. He was
like a stream between them. I have come. I rise up on my throne. I am
endowed with Khu. I am mighty. I am endowed with godhood among the
gods. I am Khensu, the lord of every kind of strength.
Commentary: If this Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall come forth
pure by day after his death, and he shall perform every transformation
which his soul desireth to make. He shall be among the Followers of Un
Nefer, and he shall satisfy himself with the food of Osiris, and with
sepulchral meals. He shall see the Disk [of the Sun], he shall be in good case
upon earth before Ra, and his word shall be truth in the sight of Osiris, and
no evil thing whatsoever shall have dominion over him for ever and ever.
The Eight Step;
The Graal given by the Ravens Lie
Corvis will then take flight and position himself in front of you with the
Graal. Corvis should at this point be seen as transformed in the shape of a
Vultureheaded Peacock, a deity we know as Nekhbet. CorvisNekhbet is
offering you to drink. This image could be projected unto the presiding
Magister if he or she is bestowing the Poisoned Chalice of the Rite and he or
she should then assume the form of the bird thrice burnt and thrice
resurrected. The drink he is giving is bittersweet with a scent of Almond to
signify the domains of Ashmodai.
THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER IN KHERTNETER. The Magister
or Celebrant say over the Chalice: I am he who cometh forth from the god
Keb. The waterflood is given to him, he hath become the master thereof in
the form of Hapi. I, the am khent Neferubenf, open the doors of heaven.
Thoth hath opened to me the doors of Qebh (the Celestial Waters). Lo, Hepi
Hepi, the two sons of the Sky, mighty in splendour, grant ye that I may be
master over the water, even as Set had dominion over his evil power on the
day of the storming of the Two Lands. I pass by the Great Ones, arm to
shoulder, even as they pass that Great God, the Spirit who is equipped,
whose name is unknown. I have passed by the Aged One of the shoulder. I
am Neferubenf, whose word is truth. Hath opened to me the Celestial
Water Osiris. Hath opened to me the Celestial Water ThothHapi, the Lord
of the horizon, in his name of "Thoth, cleaver of the earth." I am master of
the water, as Set is master of his weapon. I sail over the sky, I am Ra, I am
Ru. I am Sma. I have eaten the Ursa Major I have seized the bone and flesh.
I go round about the Lake of SekhetAr. Hath been given to me eternity
without limit. Behold, I am the heir of eternity, to whom hath been given
everlastingness.
Now drink the sacrament and say unto the Chalice before drinking:
Hail, Kings and Queens of Amentet! I have been brought unto thee. I am the
blessed one of Heqt! I am the blessed one of Ashmodai! Let me neither be
burnt up nor destroyed by fire. I am the Shentbird, the One thrice times
burned and thrice times resurrected. I am the divine Heir, the Mighty One,
the Great One, the Resting One. I have made my name to flourish. And as I
drink this my Chalice of Destiny, so may thou livest in me every day.
The Ninth Step;
Transforming the Lie into Light
After consuming the sacrament go again to the edge of the circle and start a
circumambulation clockwise calling for either Ashmodai, Heqt or Serqet,
the one of them that you felt most near during the ritual. Exstasia can be
used at this point of the ritual and one should feel free and immortal
starting the walk with the clock. So the chant can be, as follows: Heqt! Bilo
Bilo Hu! Note that this should be the beginning of the call of ones preferred
guide and one should allow this call to develop in its own natural tendency.
When all has consummated the Poison the presiding Magister will give the
final Call that will turn this AlKhemIa of Death into Gold in either the
colors of red, black or white. The participants will maintain their godform
as the divine Shentbird, holding their fisted hands over the heart
MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE GOD WHO
LIGHTENETH THE DARKNESS.
I am the girdle of the garment of the god Nu, which giveth light, and
shineth, and belongeth to his breast, the illuminer of the darkness, the
uniter of the two Rehti deities, the dweller in my body, through the great
spell of the words of my mouth. I rise up, but he who was coming after me
hath fallen. He who was with him in the Valley of Abtu hath fallen. I rest. I
remember him. The god Hu hath taken possession of me in my town. I have
weighed Sut in the celestial houses against the Aged One who was with
him. I have equipped Thoth in the House of the Moongod, when the
fifteenth day of the festival come not. I have taken possession of the Urrt
Crown. Truth is in my body; turquoise and crystal are its months. My
homestead is there among the lapislazuli, among the furrows thereof. I am
HemNu, the lightener of the darkness. I have come to lighten the darkness;
it is light. I have lightened the darkness. I have overthrown the ashmiu
fiends. I have sung hymns to those who dwell in the darkness. I have made
to stand up the weeping ones, whose faces were covered over; they were in a
helpless state of misery. Look ye then upon me. I am HemNu. I will not let
you hear concerning it. [I have fought. I am HemNu. I have lightened the
darkness. I have come. I have made an end to the darkness which hath
become light indeed.
With the final words stop and push close your hands over your chest, take a
deep breath and exclaim loud ShentSerq! Heqt Hu Khu! while you are
pulling forcefully out from your heart. This seals up and closes the ritual.
Here endeth the Rite
Picatrix Book One
Concerning fundamentals of the Wise Art and the work with the
mansions of the Moon, also known as Manazil magic
"The child is the essence of its father." Ibn Arabi.
(1) The number indicates the original pagination in the H. Ritter edition of
1933, Leipzig.
In the name of God, beneficent and merciful.
Blessed be God by Whose light is clarified that which is veiled and from
Whose power emanates the vicissitudes of fate, in Whom all paths end, by
Whose Imperium night and day are differentiated, Who created all things
from nothing, Creator of beings and the cause of their blessing, Beginning
and End of all creatures, Who is neither a part of things nor separate from
them; no qualities limit Him, no injustice reaches Him; no description can
approach Him and no contingencies affect Him. Blessed be God the King of
Creation, the Seal of the Prophets to whom was revealed the Book in the
eloquent Arabian language, that of the writings of our ancestors. Peace
without end, until the Day of Judgement to all just and pure men.
Moreover, unto you who are anxiously seeking to plunge into the science of
the Philosophers, to discover the Arcanums and investigate the eternal
marvels in these books, you should know the motive that causes me to
compose this book, which I call The Height of Wisdom and the Best of Two
Paths Onward: This is what I discovered while editing my previous book
(which I called The Order of the Wise). I began that book at the beginning of
the year 346, and completed the editing of The Order of the Wise at the end
of the year 348. I was moved to compose it after noting that the majority of
our contemporaries were searching by means of {2} talismans and diverse
magical arts without knowing what they were looking for or where they
were headed, wasting their lives in a quest for that which was hidden from
them by the Shield of the Wise who opposed the discovery of this earth
shattering knowledge, which God prevents the selfish use of for personal
benefit. For this reason they built labyrinths and placed puzzles within
them, so that the mind could anticipate and use good judgement; they hid
this eternal wisdom in these books with symbols and enigmas so that only
those as wise as themselves could understand. This is how they taught this
knowledge and revealed the secrets only to those who equalled them in
intelligence. But I have seen that I should transmit and explain to others
the enigmatic method of this medium which is called Natural Magic and
expose the magical technique which these wise men have hidden, as would
be done through any artificial means. I've divided this book into four
treatises, as we did with The Order of the Wise . Each treatise contains a
number of chapters.
The first treatise has seven chapters, as there are seven planets. The first
chapter discusses the nobility of this wisdom, because in the first treatise we
study the celestial sphere and the bodies which it contains, refer to the
composition of talismans, and to how the stars project their rays influencing
this planet. I will also cite mysterious concepts which the wise have kept
secret due to selfishness and pettiness, at the beginning of this treatise.
{3} The second treatise concerns astronomical models and their works, the
manifestation of their secret influence which the wise have hidden, models
of how they influence magic in the corrupt material world and their causes
in the ethereal world; moreover what motives caused Plato to speak of
universal archetypes.
The third treatise concerns the influence of the stars in three realms,
because in the corrupt material world only the stars continuously act,
producing effects which flow with their movements. Therefore they are of
primary importance. I will also refer to the relations of some stars with
others so that the desired magical effects may be achieved via the influence
of their elemental or natural temperature and of their specific weight, which
is to say that the mixture which is used has incense ...
The fourth treatise concerns the magic of the Kurds, of the Nabateans and
of the Ethiopians, including techniques of creating illusions, which are
among the best kind of magic. I will faithfully communicate this, without
dishonesty or tricks; I ask the aid of God in completing this work as he is the
Lord of magic. With God's aid I begin.
First Treatise
Chapter One
Know you, brother, may God illuminate your understanding! This wisdom is
the highest gift and greatest good; as this wisdom is the science of remote
causes which grant existence to living beings and also to the first causes {4}
of all created things, therefore, you should know certainly of their being and
know what they are and how they came to be and how, although they are
many, they rise gradually to a Single Unique Being Who is the Cause of the
existence of these several qualities and of the similar qualities which are
beneath them. Clearly, this One is the First in truth and its Subsistence
does not depend on the existence of any other thing, but Is entirely self
sufficient, not taking its existence from any other; moreover, we cannot
remove this existence absolutely from any other, and therefore it cannot be
a body, essentially, nor can it exist in a body, as His existence is alien,
outside the existence of all other creatures, which in no way share in this
Being. In other words, omnipresent, and existing only in name, not in the
content of the name; so that He cannot be other than One Unique Being as
He is One in truth. It is He who grants to all other creatures the unity by
which we can say that each being is one. He is the First Truth who grants to
others the truth, who is complete in His Truth, without utilizing any other
truth. On cannot imagine any perfection more complete than His,
surpassing all that exists, nor a more complete existence than His, nor a
greater truth than His, nor a more complete Unity than His. He knows,
moreover, how all creatures receive being and truth from Him, and how
much of these qualities each has received, and how all which follows
commences from Him. He also knows the order of all creatures, which are
first, which are next and which come last. The last are occasioned by causes
but do not cause anything; those in the middle partake of a previous cause
and are causes {5} of that which is beneath them and the first are the cause
of what is beneath them but have no cause above them. He knows how to
rise from the last one by one until the first are reached. Then, how to begin
the progression from the first sending it downward until it ends in the last.
This is the wisdom, in truth, my student, and do you think that this will be
your path? Wisdom, as God desires, is broad and beautiful; to search for it is
both a duty and an honor, because it illuminates both reason and the soul
with the beautiful and eternal light if they search for it. Moreover, it
untangles them from the finite and perishable world when one learns what
is the outline and significance of that which makes you desire to enter this
sublime and superior world, where they have their beginning and end; as
God dwells in their ebb and flow and teaches them the insufficiency of this
world, of their own weakness, and how they manifest this insufficiency and
weakness. The world is the intermediary between the mind and the soul
until they acquire the unsurpassable knowledge, blessed be God: the
insufficiency of the world and its own shortcomings, and the cause which
makes them serve Him with their knowledge of Him and their recognition of
His existence, as was said, blessing and praise be to God. (A) Koran, Azora
51, Aleya 56. "I will create the angels and men only so that they may serve
me," that is, so that they will know me. He preserves and sustains them,
and they should thank and praise Him. Among them He will bring disgrace
to those who desire it and happiness to those who want it, and He will guard
those who love Him in eternal Paradise. This wisdom has three qualities,
which are: It neither grows nor shrinks; It shines and never extinguishes; It
is obvious to he who looks upon it and does not draw away. It has three
separate powers, which can be demonstrated: It reprimands, It disciplines,
and It does not accept whoever desires it.
{6} Keep it in mind that the medium which we are attempting to discover
will not exist if this wisdom did not exist, for this reason the wise call it an
effect, because among logicians an effect is the fruit of deduction, the best
choice of several possibilities. The purpose of expounding these two
doctrines is none other than to instigate a search for wisdom, which cannot
be more than that which some wise man has gained in approaching a
problem with all the resources of wisdom in every possible grade, as the
dwelling place of these is the end of wisdom as an effect is found through
deduction, which is the best possible supposition; understand this then, that
I am revealing a marvelous secret to you and keep it in mind that as the
effect is the fruit of all given suppositions and is then labelled a conclusion;
when it is completed it is called a conclusion, or in Greek a syllogism. Any
premise or supposition consists of a subject and a predicate; according to
grammarians the subject is the referent and the predicate is the attribute
and the attribute is that which introduces either truth or falsehood. The
subject and the predicate are the support and that which is supported in the
@... The clause is neither restricted nor limited, although among clauses
there are those which are neither restricted nor limited, and also those
which are restricted and those which are limited. The attributive clause is
that which is used in declarative statements, where no other propositions,
imperatives, affirmatives, interrogatives, or exclamatives are used as none
of the above will indicate truth or falsity. This requires the lengthy
explanation just given to understand what follows. The interested party will
understand something outside of its usual surroundings.
Chapter Two
Keep in mind that this medium is found in magic and that the reality of
magic is absolutely {7} all which is created by reason and all which is
subjected to the soul, both words and deeds, including amazement, control,
embellishment, as well as dominion. It is that which reason has difficulty in
attaining and which hides its causes from the foolish, because it is a divine
force with predetermined causes which obscure their own understanding,
such that magic is a science which is difficult to comprehend. Although
there is the practical level, because its medium is a spirit which exists
within spirit, and this is a philtre as well as suggestion, as the material of
the talisman is a spirit which exists in the body and the object of alchemy is
also a body found in a body. In summary, whatever has a cause which is
mostly hidden from reason and difficult to clarify is magic, while the force of
a talisman is the vibration of its name which is powerful; because the
substance of its strength and dominion produces in that which it confronts
an effect of superiority and mastery due to numerical affinity and
astronomical secrets situated in chosen bodies at favorable moments as well
as powerful incenses which attract spiritual forces to the talisman. Its
condition, is like that of any other object centered in the philosopher's stone
which due to its intense power changes all bodies into that of itself; it is
then a fermenting agent which acts by varying the essentials of any other
object and is as strong as poison, it incorporates into itself all other bodies
and it changes them into itself, converting any person into someone
different with a force which is inherent in itself; and you should know, my
friend, that the truth of the enzyme is that it is an elixir composed of earthy
{8}, airy, watery and fiery elements which carries within it the germ which
alters whatever touches it to its essence and changes it to its own form; it is
also capable of mollifying itself and hollowing itself out in order to facilitate
digestion once it has turned itself into a food source. This alchemical elixir
equally alters the body to become itself, it changes and improves its nature,
adorns the spirit, soul and steadfastness as it removes from the body the
corruptible and transitory aspects of its nature. This is the fundament of the
secret. The expression elixir indicates that it is a force which overcomes
other forces, modifying them due to its superiority and altering their
substance until they are the same as it is. In a certain sense the elixir is
more than a combination of animal, vegetable and mineral elements: It is a
world within them as they are simply part of the world, they are redeemed
and improved by it, because plants cannot subsist simply by their own
forces, nor can animals which are dependent on plants and other elements,
and minerals must be baked in a fire containing mercurial humidity in
order to become perfect. This is a secret which we unveiled in The Book of
the Order of the Wise, but returning to the subject at hand:
This magic is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The
theoretical element is the knowledge of the position of the fixed stars
because their function is the control of the archetypes and of how they
project their rays over this planet and the bodies of the celestial sphere {9}
in order to assure the existence of that which they require; beyond this, of
how to direct the purpose both of divination and of talismans; bear in mind
that if you wish to work with divination and talismans this matter is
indispensable. The best type of theoretical magic is based on the word and
for this reason we have the saying (blessings unto God now and forever)
that the word contains magic and this is why Plato says in his Book of
Aphorisms : "A friend becomes an enemy with an evil word and an enemy
becomes a friend after a good word." Isn't this part of magic?
The practice of magic lies in three kingdoms and in the forces which the
planets create in these and also, according to those who have studied it are
expressed in their properties; although these latter don't know their original
cause, nor the real truth, nor the necessity to learn the secret of the original
cause. Then, while some mix with others searching for an elemental
temperature most fitting to their incense, the stronger forces accumulate
above the lesser. Or in search of natural temperature. But this is part of the
fare. They have nothing more to sustain them and no choice other than to
use human and animal souls. The arts which are labelled philtres are the
best type of practical magic.
Bear in mind, my friend, that there is inherited magic and created magic.
The inherited type {10} is that which was practiced by the mages of the
Lunar cycle and the words of Aquel, blessed and praised may he be, (B)
Koran, Azora 2, Aleya, 262. refer to this saying, "Catch four birds." The
created magic is that which was practiced by the mage of the Saturnian
cycle and also that which was practiced by the mage of the Venusian cycle.
The ancient Greeks were dedicated to the study of philtres, and to games of
chance which are called probability as well as to the talisman called
silyimus which is the comprehension of the forces of superior spirits, and to
all of these they gave the name of magic. They mastered this science
because they understood astronomy; the essential, which is to know the
sphere of the equator which is called the throne and the spheres which it
includes; the division of the zodiacal sphere, its aspects and related
circumstances; the characteristics of the twelve signs and their particular
relationships to the beings of this world; the influences which the seven
planets have within the zodiacal sphere and their representative symbols;
further knowledge of the seven planets and the two nodes, their positions
relative to the sphere and their particular influences on the beings of this
world; that which occurs involving said planets themselves and also in
aspect to the others; the knowledge of the fundamental relationships on
which astrology is based, for example, the discovery of the dominant planet
and its degrees of strength, determination of the house system and the
knowledge of their positions in the zodiacal sphere. This is the essential
basics of astronomy {11}, which can be found in many books which one
should pursue. This is why the AllKnowing used the phrase: "I am he who
was exalted above the seven heavens." Therefore given the words 'was
exalted', it may be considered science due to its intellectual rigor. He also
refers to this in the phrase blessed and praised may He be: "And we raised it
to an honored position." (C) Koran, Azora 19, Aleya 58.
Chapter Three
You should also know, my curious friend, that the sky is a globe which is
perfectly round in form and contains the same matter under every
circumstance and at all times. There are people who have imagined that
there are circumstances which may produce at times in the sky an
alteration from its circular form; but it is entirely impossible for such an
event to occur because the shape of the sky is the shape of its primary cause,
which is to say, that the soul is its archetype, or again, the first emanation
and thereby, as there is no corruption in the beginning, this means that its
form is perfect, and the perfect form is a circle which is drawn using only
one line as it is the first cause. This is an esoteric truth. The sky contains
matter, however, the most important fact about it is that it was created. If
we begin with the material study of it in consequence we revamp the
obligatory, necessary beginning. The method used to reach the aforesaid
beginning is, however, the opposite; but to agree to this conclusion is a way
to understand the sky's conditions, although it is inpossible that any {12}
corporeal human being belonging to the world of corruption could place
themselves in the sky's position nor that the smallest part of the sky could
enter into the world of being and corruption in any manner, as this would be
an utter transgression. The sky, as we have already stated, is a perfectly
round sphere in every part, its spherical nature being absolutely perfect
while the circle, however, consists of only one line, and every point on this
line is equidistant from the central interior point known as the center. This
is why talismans may possess influence, even though they possess a limit or
boundary; therefore there is a correspondence, because the heavens are a
sphere which contain the entire world and outside of which is neither
vacuum nor mass. The ether is a static substance which fills it. The heaven
of the stars is in its interior, oblique as seen from the center because its
center is at an angle to the earth's center for (3) Mansion of the Pleiades
from 25° 42' 52" of Aries to 8° 34' 18" of Taurus. Here one may fabricate a
talisman so that whoever travels by sea will be safe, a talisman to remedy
the deterioration of a partnership and a talisman to detain or free prisoners
or to punish them; here you may also make a talisman for the success of an
alchemical experiment and for the use of fire, a talisman for hunting, a
talisman to assure affection {16} between married people and a talisman to
cause damage to the sheep and cows and slaves of a master so that they no
longer remain in his hands, because this mansion is auspicious, doubly so,
believe it.
(4) Mansion of Aldebaran from 8° 34' 28" to 21° 25' 44" of Taurus. Here one
may create a talisman to harm a city's condition, a talisman to assure that a
building will not survive or be in good repair, a talisman to ruin its cement,
a talisman to keep a slave with his master, a talisman to ruin the concord
between man and wife and to cause a break between them as well as
talismans which bring bad luck to those who excavate searching for buried
objects and perdition to whomever you desire and which attracts snakes and
scorpions to them.
(5) Mansion of the Ravenous from 21° 34' 28" of Taurus to 4° 17' 10" of
Gemini. Here one may make a talisman for a child's good health and success
in his study of Islam, of writing and of arts, the talisman for the security
and safety of a traveller and so that his journey may be short, a talisman for
success in building structures, a talisman to ruin a partnership in which one
participates and to remedy difficulties between man and wife and bring
about agreement between them if the Moon is in the ascendant of the sign
with a human form, free of negative aspects and eclipse as has already been
mentioned. The signs which emulate the human form are Gemini, Virgo,
Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius, you understand.
{17} (6) Mansion of Orion's Five Stars from 4° 17' 10" to 17° 8' 36" of
Gemini. Here one creates talismans to overthrow and surround cities, to
obtain vengeance against kings and to obtain bad fortune and evil of one's
enemies in any dangerous situation; talismans to ruin the harvest, safety
and agreements, to arrange the which reason it has been called askew. The
nature of the sky is unique, the movement of natural bodies accords with
the movement of the sky, and the temperature which exists on the earth's
surface is a proof in this world of its existence. The sky contains 360 degrees
of primary distribution and also contains 360 images which produce
forecasts because these forecasts follow from the correspondences.
There are people who have said otherwise and have even opined that the
sky has no activity, but the activity of the ether in the world above is due to
the stars and their temperature, and that the images of each degree are only
representations of the locations of the stars when they conjunct.
There are also people who have said that the images of the degrees are the
basis of astrology and the cause of the existence of {13} all beings. In
reference to the actions of each degree, when the degree reaches a particular
point, whatever it may be, where there is a fixed star, and then a planet
conjuncts this point, then, mark you well, the position of this planet affects
all terrestial events of the world. These correspondences are: Saturn
animates all substances which are cold and dry; Jupiter animates all hot
and humid substances; Mars animates all hot and dry substances; Venus
animates all lukewarm but very humid substances; Mercury animates all
lukewarm, dry substances; the Moon animates all cold and wet substances
as do also the fixed stars. When a degree is filled with a hot star with
limited radiation of its dry and humid aspects, and were the Sun in the
same spot, its influence would increase and develop greatly and moreover if
the star was exalted, its strength would be even greater. The preceding
passage is difficult and hidden even from many who are wise;
fundamentally, because the obscurity of the wording veils its appearance
and hides its content. This may be called misleading, so keep that in mind.
Additional commentary:
For electing works with the mansions we need to observe the following
rules:
The Moon must be in the Ascendant or on the midheaven.
The Moon must be unafflicted, i.e. no opposition or square to any planets
and free from the influence of Maleficas, unless this is what you seek to
apply. The Maleficas must then be in harmonious aspects with the Moon
The Moon must be waxing – or the contrary if the work is done for evil.
An example of Manazil magic follows here:
Working within the 19th Mansion of the Moon
A Working for combat and besiegement.
Opening with trump X, XV and XVI
Intersector at the Crossroad of the earth
Lover of the Toadfaced obsessers in the gardens of Night
Lord of the many cities of exile
Master of the Horse and Stang
Oath taker, oathbreaker
Master of opportunity
The hand that turns the wheel
Instigator of the screams heard through the adamantine desert of our all
aloneness
Flaming Lord of Earth and forge
You who art iron and gold
You who are Devil and Saint
Meet us at the crossroad of rebellion
Meet us at the port of besiegement
Hand down the key to the tower of enemies destruction
And lend they tongue to the sweetness of Fortune
We call thee from the heart of the True Cross
As the children of exile
Thy brood and bane be upon our brow
Lend us thy helping hand in this act
That knows no mercy
And help us unleash the powers of hellfire
Upon our oppressors
Father, Saint, Devil and Master
Such is our petition
So mote it be, now and forever more
From height to depth, from dextral to sinister
War with a merciless end
Trump XV
Great Lady at the turning Wheel
Who turns the tides and Man’s fate
From the cliffs of despair I have called upon thee
For my enemies they give me no rest
My oppressors give me no sleep
My days are gray in the golden rays of the sun
My joy has drowned in the river Styx
By these reasons Lady of Fortune
We have come to your domain
In fore thy world of chance to ask that you
Turn the wheel so good fortune can be our to yet again behold
May the fate of our enemies turn into despair
May the turning tide bring war and deception
Unto the shores of our enemies
May they vanish under they own sword
Suffer the blows of their own axe.
May you always see upon us with good will
And let the Mercy of Jupiter and the Love of Venus
Blaze as healthy winds around the True Cross
At all times
But for the sake of our enemies I do turn to the Devil’s henchman
Trump XVI
Great powers of the watchful tower of destruction
Hear me as I again tell the old enchantment as the Lord him self told to the
apostle Luke
“He who exalts himself will be abased. And he who humbles himself will be
exalted”
All ye sons and daughters of god, fallen and unfallen hear me and come to
my aid
All ye powers of the blazing tower of destruction
I have come to this court sealed by Devil and Fortune and beg that the
powers of the tower
Be with me
Make my arrogant foes fall to the rocky shores of abandonment
May Abaddon him self feed upon their burning carcass
Let our enemies fall into the pit of destruction
May they fall from the tower of their inflated sense of importance
And may they fall in such way that no recovery will be ever possible
May you take their sense and blood, their bones and flesh
And may it all become food for crow and vulture
May our enemies drown in a pool of fire and blood
Never to return, never to return
Never to return
In the Seal of Devil and Fortune
By the many Saints who suffered injustice
By the blood of Martyrs
I beg that this power is lend to me
And then returned to its proper estate.
Let the powers of the tower descend upon the True Cross
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Jibrail + Mikhail + Israfil + Azrail
Lovely Lady, moist and dark come hither to this cavern of silver
Where thy people have gathered a love feast for thee
Lady at the triple crossed road with hue of milk with arrow and cup
Descend upon us and bathe our mind in thy rays
May our mind be a silver flame
Our soul a ship resting in milky waters
You are Mother and you are Lover
You are She who is without end
The Light of Night
The Lady of Sorrow and its release
The maiden of prosperous gifts
To thee Lovely lady we stretch our soul forth
And as soul meet soul may we merge into one ray
The silver flame of grace bestowed
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Oh Lover of Selene who dwell in the 19th mansion whom our ancestors called
my its name; Al Shaula, the sting of the great Scorpion
Great Angel Amutiell whose word are sired by zãi
Move thy wings and bring thy cup to this table of wealth and adoration
For by your blessed touch and the grace of Lunas soul
We shall accomplish our ends,
Which are…………………
By the horns of Selene, the hand of Ilmaqa.
By the Peacocks glory and the might of Jibrail
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I conjure also thee, Silijail, Angel of good result to look upon me with favor
and kindness so my quest will lead to the result I am searching for
So, come down to the feast of Lady Luna
In this silver cavern
Find joy amongst us and meet our request.
Oh, Great and glorious angel, Amutiel
Who dwell in the gardens of splendour Al Shaula
Descend upon us Oh beautified Princess of Justice
Do come to our table and grant us our desire
Colour and fumigate the talisman in colours appropriate for the request
For rebellion and besiegement: storax, frankincense and red benzoin, when
the talisman has been tied together with the name of the offender place it in
a glass of hot alcohol with red peppers and let it stand on the alter until next
night and pour it inside a grave dug outside your enemies house.
While doing this work keep the goal in mind while the name of the mansion
and its angel is chanted/vibrated. You will tie up the names of the enemies
in dark red of brown cord while chanting:
“Al Akrav Al Shaula May thy sting wound our enemies to death. Great Angel
Amutiel, Annuncel, cause the blood to flow from…………..Let it be as we
have asked”
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Oh, hosts of heaven, see me as I present my desire between the horns of the
moist and wonderful Lady Selene.
By the grace of Lord Silijail and the good Lord Amutiel
May my soul be clothed in costly garb and my house become a castle and
cathedral suitable for a royal court and angelic wisdom
May my wish be granted, may my enemies be just a rumour amongst the
willows
As I speak in the True Cross amidst my heavenly friends
May my words formed by desire become a truth to behold
From heaven to the infernal domains
Grant my wish……………
By the greatness of God, for such is my petition!
Amen!
{14} Chapter Four
Those who have had to construct talismans have inevitably needed to know
the celestial sphere on which the technique of talismans is based and which
displays its characteristics, and I'll give to you now , from this celestial
sphere some bases upon which you may construct, for example the celestial
material from which one makes talismans, because he who fabricates
talismans must be a scholar in correspondences as well as in the celestial
sphere and moreover capable of controlling with great exactitude that which
he creates so that he has no doubts nor mistrust about his work, so that
thereby he strengthens the works of the rational soul and he unifies his will
with his knowledge of the world's soul to achieve what is required. I warn
you as well, strongly, about our nearest neighbor, that is, that you should
not undertake anything until the Moon is in favorable position to the given
activity because the Moon has very noticeable effects, which are never
hidden, and right now I'll tell you about these effects; I will tell you the
effects of the Moon within its mansions, based on the signs of the Hindus,
particularly its 28 mansions.
The first is the Mansion of the Antlers from 1° to 12° 58' 26" of Aries. The
Hindus say: "When the Moon is in this mansion it favors journeys as well as
the ingestion of medicine, you can make a bundle {15} for a traveller which
will serve as a talisman for the safety of his journey."; in this mansion you
may also make a talisman to ruin the affection between man and wife or
between friends with a breach and great enmity and also here a talisman so
that a slave may escape and settle with another whom he would prefer, and
to ruin an association between business partners, because this mansion is
both unlucky and fiery. And at this point I want to give you a general
principle: Always be sure that during beneficial operations the Moon is
favorable, clear of negative aspects and not eclipsed, and for malefic works
eclipsed and badlyaspected.
(2) Mansion of the Stomach from 12° 58' 26" to 25° 42' 52" exactly, of Aries.
In this mansion one makes talismans to open up wells and streams and also
to dig up buried treasure, and talismans to increase the harvest; here also
one can cause the failure of marriage between any couple desired before the
marriage and also stimulatory talismans, because it is auspicious and fiery,
and in order to keep a slave and to strengthen the chain of a prisoner if he
desires your harm.
circumstances of partnerships and to promote the hunt and a talisman
which annulls the effect of medicine when taken.
(7) Mansion of the Strong Arm from 17° 8' 36" to the termination of Gemini.
Here one may make a talisman for the successful development and
prosperity of business, for the growth of the harvest; a talisman for the
successful journey of a traveller by water and for his health, to arrange
agreements between free men and partners; here one can prevent flies from
entering a site, what is done here with regard to manufacturing will fail and
will need to be repeated, one may also make a talisman so that one may
fulfill the desires of a sovereign or some other great man with whom you
desire contact, a talisman for the success for a fugitive slave and a talisman
to take away land or money from someone else's possession or to take away
a house or something similar.
(8) Mansion of the Pearls from 1° to 12° 51' 26" of Cancer. Here one
constructs talismans for love or for friendship between those who hate one
another, a talisman for the safety of a traveller and to facilitate
relationships between partners and also here one may make a talisman to
retain and to bind prisoners or captives and to worsen the situation of
slaves, and also a talisman to get rid of rats and bedbugs.
{18} (9) Mansion of the Eye from 12° 51' 26" to 25° 34' 52" of Cancer. Here
one may make talismans to ruin the crops, to discredit anyone who is
travelling by land or whoever else one would like to harm and to split up
partnerships, to cause imprisonment of one's master or any powerful enemy
and cause them further damages.
(10) Mansion of the Forehead from 25° 34' 52" of Cancer to 8° 34' 18" of Leo.
Here one may make talismans to fix any given matters which occur between
husband and wife, a talisman to bring bad luck to an enemy or a traveller
and to constrain or further bind a prisoner; a talisman to fortify whatever
one constructs and a talisman for peace and mutual benefit between
partners.
(11) Mansion of the ShoulderBlade from 8° 34' 18" to 21° 25' 44" of Leo.
Here one may make talismans for the escape of prisoners or captives,
talismans to cause cities to be surrounded, talismans for successful
development of commerce and for the wellbeing of travellers as well as
talismans to assure the solidity of buildings and to arrange the business of
partnerships.
(12) Mansion of the Amulet from 21° 25' 44" of Leo to 4° 17' {19} 10" of
Virgo. Here one may construct a talisman for the growth of crops and the
harvest, to cause the ruin of anyone who is involved in damaging the
harvest, a talisman to cause the sinking of ships, a talisman to arrange the
circumstances of partnerships as well as to improve the initiation of any
business matter and a talisman to improve the conditions of servants so
that they will conform to what one desires of them.
(13) Mansion of Bootes from 4° 17' 36" to 17° 8' 36" of Virgo. Here one may
make talismans for the successful develpment of business as well as the
growth of the harvest, to improve a traveller's situation, so that the newly
wedded will have a perfect marriage as well as to help a prisoner to escape
and talismans for the association with kings and the powerful.
(14) Mansion of the Ear of Corn from 17° 8' 36" to 30° exactly of Virgo. Here
one may make a talisman to assure good relations between a man and wife,
to assure the recovery from illness via medication as well as talismans to
cause the rotting of the harvests and crops, to cause the breaking of pacts, to
bring disaster to a traveller, to aid the affairs of kings, for the security of a
seaman and to repair dissention between partners.
(15) Mansion of the Veil from 1° to 12° 51' 26" of LIbra. Here one may make
talismans to find buried objects, wells and treasures, to sabotage the
traveller during his journey, to split up married couples, to break the peace
between friends and to separate partners, to repulse enemies and make
them fall from their positions and to destroy walls and homes.
{20} (16) Mansion of the Saucer from 12° 51' 26" to 25° 42' 52" of Libra. Here
one may make talismans to ruin business affairs and also to ruin crops and
the harvest, to cause the breakup of friends and also of married couples, to
punish and teach a lesson to a woman if her husband so desires, talismans
to bring disaster to an enemy while he is travelling and to separate partners
and a talisman to free a prisoner from his chains.
(17) Mansion of the Crown from 25° 42' 52" of Libra to 8° 34' 18" of Scorpio.
Here one may make talismans to improve the health of the flocks and cause
them to grow, talismans to cause cities to be surrounded and for the soilidity
of buildings, a talisman for safety during a journey by water, and to make
another realize that the individual treating him in a friendly manner is a
sincere friend; this is because the friendly and favorable aspects of the Moon
in this Mansion are uninterrupted, therefore it is best used for talismans of
confirmation.
(18) Mansion of the Heart from 8° 34' 18" of Scorpio to 21° 25' 34" of the
same sign. Here one may make talismans so that the flags of kings will
achieve victories over their enemies and talismans for the solidity of
buildings. Whosoever marries a woman, if the Moon is conjunct with Mars
here, she will be deflowered; same for the previous Mansion. One may
construct a talisman here to safely keep a slave, a talisman for the
successful growth of the harvest and for the safety of a seaman and a
talisman to cause disagreements between partners.
{21} (19) Mansion of the Stinger from 21° 25' 34" of Scorpio to 4° 17' 10" of
Saggitarius. Here one may make talismans to cause cities to be surrounded
and to conquer one's enemies and to loot whatever you desire, to ruin
anyone and also to cause breakups and separations. Also one may make
talismans to assure the health of a traveller and to assure good growth of
the harvest and a talisman to keep a slave and to cause him to flee from his
master, a talisman to cause ships to break up and sink, to cause
disagreements between partners and so that a prisoner may safely flee from
his captivity.
(20) Mansion of Pegasus from 4° 17' 10" to 17° 8' 10" of Saggitarius. Here
one may make talismans to improve the character of an animal which one is
domesticating, a talisman to make a journey short and quick, to attract
whoever you desire, to make a captive better adjusted and more malleable
and to damage a partnership's relations with the other.
(21) Mansion of the Point from 17° 8' 36" to 30° exactly of Saggitarius. Here
one may make talismans for the durability of buildings, for the growth of
the harvest, talismans to conserve one's goods and flocks and both the
animals and their masters, talismans for the safety of travellers and a
talisman so that a woman who is rejected by her husband will never be able
to marry again.
(22) Mansion of the Lucky Star of the Butcher from 1° to 12° 51' 26" of
Capricorn. Here one may make talismans for the medication {22} and the
cure of illnesses, talismans to split up lovers or married couples, a talisman
to fornicate with a woman whom one desires, a talisman to keep servants or
to cause them to flee from their household. One may also make here a
talisman to split up partnerships or to liberate prisoners.
(23) Mansion of the Lucky Star of the Glutton from 12° 51' 26" to 25° 42' 52"
of Capricorn. Here one may also make talismans to assure the value of
medication in curing an illness, talismans to bring about ruin, talismans to
split up married couples and to liberate prisoners or to help them escape.
(24) Mansion of the Luckiest Star from 25° 42' 52" of Capricorn to 8° 34' 18"
of Aquarius. Here one may make talismans for the success of business
matters and for harmonious relationships between spouses, talismans for
the victory of armies and detachments and to ruin the relationship between
partners as well as to free those who are in chains. Whoever attempts
manufacturing in this Mansion will fail in their intention and it will not
come to positive completion.
(25) Mansion of the Unlucky Star of the Amphora from 8° 34' 18" of
Aquarius to 21° 25' 44" of the same sign. Here one may make talismans to
cause cities to be surrounded, talismans to harm one's enemies, to conquer
them and to cause evil and calamity to fall upon them, talismans to direct
messengers {23} and spies successfully, talismans to cause the breakup of
marriages, to cause the harvest to spoil and also to bind a husband or wife
in every member, to assure the captivity of a prisoner and to bring to a
successful conclusion via talismans all construction.
(26) Mansion of the Front Orifice from 21° 25' 44" of Aquarius to 4° 17' 10"
of Pisces. Here one may make talismans for the success of groups and in
order to bring souls closer to love, to achieve the goals of one who
undertakes a journey and for the soundness of buildings, talismans for the
safe journey of those who travel by boat and talismans to ruin relations
between partners and to safely keep prisoners.
(27) Mansion of the Rear Orifice from 4° 17' 10" of Pisces to 17° 8' 36" of the
same sign. Here one may make talismans for the successful development of
business, the fullness of the harvest, rapid recovery from illnesses, to bring
about the ruin of whomever you desire, to break up the relationship between
spouses, to harm a sailor and to prolong the captivity of a prisoner and to
harm slaves.
(28) Mansion of the Rope from 17° 8' 36" to the final degree of Pisces. Here
one may make talismans for successful progress in business, for the growth
of the harvest and for medicine to treat illness, to cause the squandering of
a monetary holding, to save an endangered traveller and to bring about
reconciliation between man and wife and talismans to safely keep prisoners
and to bind them more securely and to harm sailors with some object,
believe me.
{24} The Hindus greatly trusted these 28 patrons in their undertakings and
decisions, as one may read in many of their books which deal with this
subject.
It is very important in the subject which we have just discussed that the
Moon should be, when one undertakes a beneficial working, in positive
aspect and free from negative aspects and from eclipse. When you begin
these works make sure that you are working with a positive aspect when
practising beneficent works; and for works of evil, the reverse. Keep this in
mind.
With respect to our earlier suggestion that the maker of talismans needs to
control that which he makes, we refer to the preparation of the practitioner
and to his disposition to receive the power which he desires to have. Such an
attitude is no more than an ordinary human quality; the preparation, for its
part, lies in the remaining entities, and in the emptying out of their natural
state, as occurs when wax is shaped or in an epileptic's attack, caused by a
susceptibility to suffer epilepsy due to the failure of one's members to
discharge it. This disposition consists of vulnerability plus vehements; one
must also use care in the preparation of substances used to make talismans
because not every type of substance will receive this power, as they should
resonate in harmony with the fundamental energy which is desired. If this
fundamental harmony and proper preparation are made the energy will be
received and if the energy is received there is a unity and the proper
manifestation of the required quality, because unity is indispensable to the
reception of a form such that the form and matter become one. It is similar
to the reflection of a human image in water or in a mirror and also like the
divine incarnation, which the Christians believe in, or like the union of the
soul with the body, examine this fact and meditate upon it, and consider
that he who undertakes this work will achieve {25} no less than to reveal
that which is hidden from Man and which God, blessed be, will only place in
the hands of the man who pleases Him, both in His nature and His works,
may He be praised and glorified.
To return to our subject I tell you: Bear in mind that if you work by day you
should have the Moon on the ascendant and that the ascending sign should
be diurnal, and by the same token, if it is night it should be a nocturnal
sign. If a fixed sign is in the ascendant your undertaking will be easy and
will be successfully achieved, however were the ascendant a double sign
your goal will be difficult, whether this is improved or harmed by aspects to
fortunate or to unlucky stars. Were the ascendant fixed and badlyaspected
or conjunct an illomened star, the results will be difficult and likely come to
ruin. If it is in a double sign and the aspects are positive or conjunct lucky
stars, it will be easy; also, when the diurnal and nocturnal signs appear
inverted, which is to say, when the diurnal signs ascend during the night
and the nocturnal signs during the day and they are favorably aspected, all
goes well, but if they are aspected negatively they are extremely harmful.
The constructor of a talisman is obliged to know both the oblique and
perpendicular signs, the fixed signs, the mutables and the doubles, the
diurnals and the nocturnals, to investigate the lucky and unlucky stars, to
know when the Moon is free of negative aspects which may affect it and to
know which stars and signs are appropriate for the activation of talismans.
One must also know in advance when eclipses of the Moon will occur. Do not
undertake beneficent workings when the Moon is eclipsing the Sun's rays
until it is clear from conjunction, or immediately before or after this point:
twelve degrees before reaching conjunction and twelve degrees after
conjunction {26} with the Sun. Be careful moreover if Mars or Saturn is
within twelve degrees of the Sun or when the Moon is descending in the
southern quadrant or when this quadrant is in opposition to the Moon's
Head or Tail or when the Moon is in the same degree as the Sun or in some
degree before the Sun, up to twelve degrees distance, because when its mass
is conjunct with the Sun's mass the most illfated effects will occur, or when
it is waning in the sky or moving slowly and always within an arc of twelve
degrees of conjuncting the orbit of Saturn or during an ecilpse; the most
negative areas are from 12° of Libra to 3° of Scorpio or at the tailend of the
Zodiac because the zone of illfated stars is located here, or when the 9th
House is descending from the Midheaven. When you undertake an effort
which you must inevitably do and are unable to delay it until the Moon is in
positive aspect, make sure that Jupiter and Venus are on the ascendant or
in Midheaven, as these planets protect one from ill.
Chapter Five
Among those conditions without which none of this will come to fruition are
that the artificer should focus his attention on the work, while purging his
will in order to join the psychic forces within himself to the celestial forces.
Plato explained this well when he says in the Book of Aphorisms: "When
words accord with the intention of the speaker, the hearers intention is
altered, and vice versa. This is the cement upon which one builds, joining
intention to prayer and submission, the first achievement of the desired
success of they who seek."
Other necessary conditions are that one stay hidden from other people, from
their sight, and from the dawn and sunlight and that one not approach
spirits except with clear will and proven fidelity, neither indifferent nor
haughty toward any work which depends on the heavenly spiritual
forces...The radiant is that which rules this world, remember, and this
confirms that which Zabit ben Curra writes in his Treatise on Talismans:
"Higher even than Astrology is Theurgy"; and just as a body is lifeless if it
does not contain a spirit, one may say the same of talismans constructed
without the necessary correspondencesthat they are incapable of spreading
the spiritual power of the stars, and therefore are like dead bodies from
which the spirit has fled. However, when {38} the heavenly spirits are
captured by the proper composition and fabrication via true celestial
correspondences, adequate to the desired end, they are like living bodies
which have unusual effects.
Aristotle said in another of his treatises that that which most marks a
talisman is the action of the seven planets, their altitude and position, and
that this, if their reception is fortunate, fixes the descent of the spirit to the
earth from the heavens. He then adds: "There may be something in the
divine names which, when attracted via spirits to descend into an inferior
form, may let loose calamity and may even kill the receiver if he is not
thoroughly familiar with the nature of the spirits of the stars which are
invoked."
This is what the Sufi masters mean when describing the Divine Name
which, according to them, mediates between things and the ruling powers
above them; pronouncing it produces miraculous effects in the world. The
Sufi masses, by which I mean the common people among them, believe
however quite the opposite. We have composed a treatise in which we
discuss all these issues.
But back to Aristotle's discourse, which also says: "Magical spells are not
opposed to the earthly world in any manner to obtain that which is
achieved; the only thing which magic achieves is to place hope in the
supreme deity, so that he will direct matter in one area of the earth." This is
what he says, and I will cite the complete text in the fourth treatise of this
book.
{39} Everyone agrees that the skill in making talismans to achieve some end
depends greatly as well on the eloquence of the prayer used in order to
capture the desired influence. The wise man Timaeus said about this:
"Elocution in the preparation of talismans occupies the same space as the
spirit in the body and is the conductor of the spiritual forces, especially
when while invoking these one concentrates and speaks with whole and
focused intention; this is the noble princible upon which all talismans are
consummated." The meaning of elocution here is to express that which
corresponds to the desired concept and in a certain sense to prepare the
theurge amicably with a force which will frame the spirit and propagate it
in the mind. For example, for talismans of friendship and love it is said (F
Epistles of the Pure Brethren, IV, 398 ss.): "Harmonize soandso and so
andso the way you harmonize fire and air, or water and earth; disrupt so
andso's spirit, launch the rays of the sun, the light of the world and enter it;
make dear to soandso the eyes of suchandsuch the same way the sky is
made dear with its stars or plants are with their flowers, make the spirits
overcome soandso's spirits as the fire overcomes the air and the water
washes over the land, such that soandso may not eat, nor drink, nor relax,
nor enjoy himself without the presence of suchandsuch."
And when creating enmity and separation say: "Break up and divide soand
so from suchandsuch with the force of these spirits as light separates itself
from shadow, and put between them the enmity which exists between water
and fire."
If you are acting to retain desire and its pleasures, say: "I retain the spirit of
desire of soandso for Miss suchandsuch or for whichever woman and I fix
it with the powers of these spirits as firmly as the mountains by their
rocks."
{40} If you are causing an anullment, say: "Loosen and untie the knot of the
spirit of desire felt by soandso for Miss suchandsuch or for whatever
woman by the power of this spirit, as a fire will melt wax and the luminous
Sun makes the darkness of the world flee, and may the spirits joining them
melt as the Sun melts the snow."
If you are doing something to make wagging tongues shut up with regard to
you or some other, say: "Surround soandso in a curtain of flaming light,
make the tongues cease wagging about him, and cover the eyes of the people
with a spiritual veil which will defend him from their malignant attention
and put an end to their nasty intentions and comments."
If you want to discredit someone, say: "Defame soandso by the force of
these spirits as the rays of the Sun penetrate the thickness of the clouds,
dishonor him and expose him to the spirit of wagging tongues as arrows
penetrate the bodies into which they are fired by archers."
Do not use any words not pertaining to your intention, but only words which
reinforce and fulfill the work. I have given this example to make you
understand the finality which pursues you, so keep that in mind.
I have told you, praise be to God, marvelous facts about the celestial sphere
and I have filled this treatise with them, and that which I have mentioned
has been taken from the completion of every talisman ever made in this
world. The essences of talismans we have already said must be similar to
what is needed in the desired work, be it for good or ill, and I will tell you
next how we attribute to the stars, minerals, animals, plants, incenses and
how to design your plans and sacrifices as all these are matters which are
used as a doctor uses many materials, both nutritive and medicinal; and
following the illness, treatment should achieve success and reward the hope
which is granted. The fundament of the matter is observation. The Greek
wise men observed the star, when conjunct with the Dragon they measured
the sky and suffumigated it with its mix, they directed their invocation and
sacrificed a proper offering for that thing which they desired and yearned
for; and their ends were attained, and the same occured when it was
conjunct the Cauda Draconis and invisible thereby; and particularly if the
star was in the birthhouse of the petitioner it was a powerful proof, clearly
influential and most beneficient.
The condition of this science, my friend, is superior but few seek it in our
time and these few in general seek it more as a type of fraud than for
increase of their knowledge. We have already indicated, may God help you,
in our book titled The Order of the Wise that power over the causal effect is
not the highest or most noble type of mastery. And you know that we call it
the shaping science and its understanding is in the manner by which
sciences should be naturally understood, without retarding that which is
ahead nor advancing that which is behind, and how it penetrates to the
heart of the matter and of the perfect philosophy. Certainly, if we compare
two men, a sage who practices one effect and another sage who practices a
different effect, both possessing only the practice of science, acquired {42} by
initiation, the sage who practices magical techniques has a greater and
more marvelous incidence of success in the world than the sage who
practices only the operative effect. This is axiomatically evident to
whomever considers it. We will drop this subject, but you may learn what
I'm getting at in The Order, although you must practice these sciences
regularly to learn their value, function and technique.
Chapter Six
You should know, may God ennoble you, that this is the greatest wisdom,
and its acquisition is an honor and a distinction. Wisdom has degrees, each
step follows another, and the whole man is he who knows the fruits of
wisdom, possessing them, because he loves to do so. In a certain measure
philosophy limits things by positing limits which control it: but it is only a
byproduct of true wisdom. If one misses this step one may not consider
oneself human, even if by nature he is; because he is unaware of the reality
of his existence, not knowing he is a microcosm conditioned by the
macrocosm, as the truth is that he is a complete whole, granted a rational,
vegetative and animal soul, uniquely granted these three as other animals
do not possess the rational soul; the contents of the rational are superior
because these produce the arts, they make the invisible appear simply by
thinking about it, they may form a hypothesis, imagine that which was
never seen, call to mind beings and countries, fix sounds in their potential
and substance and with this soul one may see while one sleeps that which is
in the nightwatch. The microcosm, then, is contained in the macrocosm, it
accords with it by the relation of its form to the macrocosm's forms, that
which exists in one also exists in the other {43} and it participates in all
animal activities while remaining separate from them by its science and
industry.