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…st word of the text as thus decapitated, taking B’rasheth as the Title rather than as the first Word. This latter stands x12, which hath three Letters, symbolising thereby the Unmanifest Trinity. Now its letters further exemplify the Trinity, for that they are the initials of three Hebrew words, which are the Names of the Persons thereof, viz: wa Ben, the Son. nm Ruach, the Spirit (here the Mother). ax Ab, the Father. Note how here again the Son is first for Humanity and the Father last. These three letters, then, symbolise the three in One Unm…
1909 · PDF PAGE 280
THE EQUINOX figure Samael, the ruler of Volcanic Fire—he is also Axiokersos ; the right-hand figure is Axiokersa. « These three principal figures form the Triangle of Fire ; and they further represent Fire operating in the other three elements of Earth, Water and Air.” The central lower figure is Erd, the ruler of latent heat, he is the candidate in the Samothracian mysteries, and rises from the Earth as if to receive and absorb the properties of the D1acraM 27, Dracram 28. The Ten Sephiroth in the Seven The Attributions of the Ten Sephiroth Pa…
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…show that the symbols of Self-sacrifice and Regeneration are accomplished. And this proclamation is confirmed by the Hierophant, and the three chief officers give the three strokes emblematic of the Mystic Triad, and in the three different languages repeat the three mystic words: “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” The Hierophant then finally closes the ceremony by saying : ‘May what we have this day partaken of, sustain us in our search for the Quint- essence ; the Stone of the Philosophers ; the True Wisdom and Perfect Happ…
1909 · PDF PAGE 50
…n the expected time, double the dose. If you go on long enough, something is nearly sure to happen! IV “The Mind of the Father said Into Three! and immediately all things were so divided.”—ZOROASTER. Let my readers be good enough to remember, then, that what follows concerns myself only. This must excuse the use of the first person, highly improper in a scientific essay, were it not that the personality of the experimenter is perhaps an essential. I cannot assert that my results would be achieved by another. Yet I have the strong conviction tha…
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
…ens) “The solid triangular Pyramid is an atts, | st jes Asovap) appropriate hieroglyph of fire. It is ‘nr oe — formed of four triangles, three visible and aad ae eatssor one concealed: which latter is the syn- thesis of the rest. The three visible tri- cfs bone Ropers angles represent Fire, Solar, Volcanic and Hiereus] Hegemon] Astral; while the fourth represents latent Calict @ Ay tony heat. The three words: 3) JIN DN rey refer to three conditions of heat: Aud, PAT ake, awake Se Active ; Aub, Passive ; * Aur, the Equili- brated; while wy (Ash)…
1909 · PDF PAGE 307
…ting as beef in the Material World, or an angel as a spirit in the Spiritual World.” “The fact is,” interrupts the Sceptic, “I doubt all three of you; for from the above you all three infer a chain of events— whether material, sensual, or spiritual, thus postulating the Existence of Causality as a common property of these three worlds. Let us strike out Matter, Sense and Spirit, and what is left? Surely not Time and Space, that twin inference con- ceived by that Matter, Sense and Spirit we have just put to bed.” “Don’t you think,” says the Scie…
1909 · PDF PAGE 95
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH So then he must abandon the whole series of ecstasies ; all this time he has been on the wrong road. For the Three Characteristics are true of Vififianam as they are of Rupa; Change, Sorrow, Unsubstantiality. He has only one asset; the habit of One-pointedness— Ekagrata. He may be all kinds of a black magician ; but at least he has learnt to concentrate his mind. But what is he to aim at? Hashish-analogy is better than ever here; for Nibbana stands to the attainment of the Eight Jhanas, the Four Formless States «.7.A. …
1909 · PDF PAGE 254
…l eye, “The symbols upon the altar represent the forces and manifestations of the Divine Light concentrated in the white triangle of the Three Supernals. Wherefore upon this sacred and sublime symbol is the obligation of the Neophyte taken as calling therein to witness the operations of the Divine Light. The red cross of Tiphereth representing 5°=6° is placed above the white triangle; not as dominating it, but as bringing it down and manifesting it unto the Outer Order : as though the Crucified One having raised the symbol of Self-Sacrifice had…
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… been derived from the old records of C. R.’s t pupils. . . . “The first order is a group of four grades: the second order is a group of three grades of adeptship. “ Highest of all are those great rulers who severally sustain and govern the Third Order, which includes Three Magic Titles of honour and supremacy; in case of a vacancy the most advanced 7° = 4°{ obtains by decree the well-earned reward. The grades of the first order are of Hebrew design ; of the Second, Christian. “The Rituals and Secrets are received from the Greatly Honoured Chie…
1909 · PDF PAGE 58
…s imperfect) critical glyphs, as it were in small type, an annotation of approval or otherwise. Thus, a chain of thought A—B—C will have three approving pictures in a fainter key; the soul justifying the sequence. Should one continue A—B—C—E an opposing glyph will warn of the falsity, or at least cast doubt upon it. In the generally un- stable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Criticisms and their glyphs. 1…
1909 · PDF PAGE 286
…Num- Dracram 40. L) ‘The Qabalah of Nine Diacram 41. bers,” and the tablet of the Chambers, “Forming the Tree of Life ‘The Tablet of the Three Columns, in the Tarot.” And the Hegemon: The tablet repre- senting the Formation of the Hexagram, and known as “ The tablet of the Three Columns”; and also explains to him the mode of using the Talismanic Forms drawn from the Geomantic Figures. The Hierophant then confers upon the Practicus the title of « Lord of the Twenty- ninth Path,” and the first part of the Ritual is ended. 278
1909 · PDF PAGE 266
… cast down unto its right place. The Hiereus now confers the secret signs, &c., and during this part of the ceremony the position of the three chief officers is as follows: The Hierophant on the throne of the East; the Hiereus at the East of the Black Pillar ; and the Hegemon at the East of the White Pillar. The three again formulating the Triad and strengthening it. Thus the Higher Soul will be formulated between the Pillars in the place of Equili- brium ; the Candidate at the place of the Evil Triad. The Hiereus now advanceth between the Pill…
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…e, and as I approached them they gave way before me. Then a voice whispered to me ‘Smite’; thereupon, drawing my sword with fury I smote three times, upon which a great wailing arose. “Having smitten down many with those three blows, I descended among them, but left my sword behind me. Thinking I had forgotten it, in vain I tried to return, and in my strivings was of a sudden armed with many potent lightnings; then at my feet there fell away a great hollow column of rolling smoke. Seeing it, I approached it and gazing down it, beheld at its fur…
1909 · PDF PAGE 180
…ined and manifest in ONE, produce the Number 3; asitis written : ‘‘ For the Mind of the Father said that ‘ All Things should be cut into Three,’ Whose Will * assenting All Things were so divided. For the Mind of the Father said /uto three, governing All Things by Mind. And there appeared in it the Triad, Virtue and Wisdom and Multiscient Truth.” Thus floweth forth the form of the Triad.t Thus is formulated the Creative Trinity which is, as it were, the essential preliminary to Manifestation. This Mystic Son of the Eternal Parents, having for hi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 377
THE MAN-COVER discarded the two pigeons and the dog. I had only to choose between the three sailors and the man-whose-nose-sings-at- will. As the latter was of great help to us, and kept the negroes amused for hours with the harmonious though plain- tive accords springing at will from his nasal organ, there remained only the sailors. The natives were, of course, totally unfit for such a fate. They could find no inner delectation in the perpetual sufferings occasioned by so dreadful an ordeal— or doom ! Of the three sailors, one was much too sho…
1909 · PDF PAGE 154
THE EQUINOX These last three are merely aids to general judgment. If the judge be good the figure is good, and vice-versa. The Reconciler= I + XV. To find the part of Fortune @ (ready money or cash belonging to Querent), add points of the figures I-XII, divide by 12, and remainder shows figure. Here 1+II+...+ XII = 74 points =6 x 12+2, .. @ falls with ;:; (IJ). CHAPTER III OF THE FIGURE OF THE TWELVE HOUSES OF HEAVEN THE meaning of the twelve Houses is to be found, primarily, in any text-book of Astrology. Knowledge is to be enlarged and correc…
1909 · PDF PAGE 271
…rophant confers on the Neophyte the Secrets and Mysteries of the grade; and explains to him the Symbolism of the Temple as follows: “The three portals facing from the East are the gates of the paths which alone con- duct to the Inner. . . .” “The letters shin, tau, and qoph, make by metathesis mwp (Qesheth), which signifies a bow, the rainbow of promise stretched over our earth, This picture of the Flaming Sword of the Kerubim isa representation of the guardians of the gate of Eden; just as the Hiereus and the Hegemon symbolise the two paths of…
1909 · PDF PAGE 255
…e water reflected from Chesed. The Cancellarius is third, because in Yesod is the air reflected from Tiphereth, But in each Temple these three chiefs are coeternal and coequal, thus figuring the Triad in Unity, yet are their functions different: The Imperator to command. The Pramonstrator to instruct. The Cancellarius to record. ‘« Even as the Flaming Fire doth overcome, and the still Waters reflect all images, and the all-wandering Air receiveth sound.” The synthesis of the Three Chiefs may be said to be in the form of Thoth who cometh from be…
1909 · PDF PAGE 109
…f doubt ; And that which inward did for ever tend Came at the last to have come out; And I who had the World and God to friend Found all three foes! Drowned in that sea of changes, vacancies, and woes! XXI Yet all that Sea was swallowed up therein ; So they were not, and it was not, 99
1909 · PDF PAGE 265
…he Hiereus standeth on the left of the Candidate, and the Hegemon on hisright. Thus again completing the formulation of the Triad of the Three Supernals. The Hierophant and Hiereus may hold their banners; anyhow it is done astrally ; and the Higher Self of the Candidate will be formulated once more in the Invisible station of Harpocrates. The Hierophant then says: “ Let the Candidate kneel, while I invoke the LORD OF THE UNIVERSE!” After the prayer has been solemnly repeated, the Hierophant says: “Let the Can- didate rise,” * and then: “Child o…