cosmology
Astral Light
The universal fluid or medium of occult philosophy — Lévi's Great Magical Agent — that transmits will, thought, and magical influence between minds and matter, and preserves the impress of all forms and actions as a book of consciences; cognate with akasha and the anima mundi. Distinct from cosmic_sympathy (a doctrine of hidden affinity) in being a substantival medium that can be charged, directed, and abused.
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The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 80 (part 3)
“Then, cutting down the carcase from the tree, they shall lay its head towards the east; in the space that this following conjuration is repeating, they shall set a chafing-dish of fire at its right hand, into which they shall pour a little…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter III (part 2)
“So you see, therefore, that Mental Transmutation is really the "Magic" of which the ancient; writers had so much to say in their mystical works, and about which they gave so few practical instructions.
If All be Mental, then the art which…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter VIII (part 2)
“So that while a plane is not "a place," nor yet "a state or condition," yet it possesses qualities common to both.
We shall have more to say regarding the subject of the scale of Vibrations in our next lessons, in which we shall consider t…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter IX (part 2)
“The Universal Ether, which is postulated by science without its nature being understood clearly, is held by the Hermetists to be but a higher manifestation of that which is erroneously called matter--that is to say, Matter at a higher degre…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter IX (part 3)
“It must be remembered, in the above illustration, that at the stages at which the "object" throws off vibrations of light, heat, etc., it is not actually "resolved" into those forms of energy (which are much higher in the scale), but simply…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter X (part 3)
“And it will also be noticed that even to those unfamiliar with the Principle of Vibration, the Positive pole seems to be of a higher degree than the Negative, and readily dominates it.
The tendency of Nature is in the direction of the domi…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter XIV (part 4)
“Many have sought for an explanation of these varied phases of phenomena under the theories of the various "dual mind" teachers.
And in a measure they are right, for there is clearly a manifestation of two distinct phases of mental activity…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | Preface-a
“It is with a sense of the seriousness of the issues involved that I set myself to the task of writing a book on psychic attack and the best methods of defence against it.
The undertaking is beset with pitfalls.
It is hardly possible to gi…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 1. Signs Of Psychic Attack-c
“The resistance may be good, in which case the attack is unable to gain a foothold on the physical plane, and is limited to that borderland between matter and mind which we perceive upon the threshold of sleep.
This is a very terrible exper…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 4. Projection Of The Etheric Body-a
“BEFORE we can leave the subject of attack by incarnate human beings, we must consider the subject of etheric projection.
In this case not only is the mind at work, but also something which is pretty nearly physical; sufficiently physical,…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 4. Projection Of The Etheric Body-d
“I had had enough experience of practical occultism to know that the thing I had called into visible manifestation could be controlled by my will provided I did not panic; but that if I lost my nerve and it got the upper hand, I had a Franke…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 4. Projection Of The Etheric Body-e
“It was tangible, even to the dog-like odour.
From it to me stretched a shadowy line of ectoplasm, one end was attached to my solar plexus, and the other disappeared in the shaggy fur of its belly, but I could not see the actual point of at…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 5. Vampirism-a
“THE alleged Vampire has always been a popular character in tales of mystery and imagination.
There is a considerable literature concerning his doings, from the famous novel Dracula to serious studies of the medieval witch-trials, for which…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 5. Vampirism-c
“Taverner, but the actual facts are such that they were unsuitable for a work supposedly designed to amuse.
At that time I was doing the tutorials in abnormal psychology at the clinic I have spoken of, and supervising the work of the other…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 6. Hauntings-c
“She went on to the stage and stood beside the small table which had been placed there for the convenience of the examiner, and commenced to recite the piece on which she was to have her lesson.
She herself had no occasion for nervousness;…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 6. Hauntings-d
“It was merely force in a state of tension.
It was sheer physical noise that made the disturbance, as I can testify, for I have slept, or rather, tried to sleep, there.
Where a ghost is seen, it is usually also heard because for a form to…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 6. Hauntings-f
“I noticed on leaving the White Temple that the latch of its Yale lock had not caught.
Accordingly I pulled the door to, and tested it.
As we went out, we noticed semi-solid shadows on the stairs; the whole atmosphere was vibrating with th…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 6. Hauntings-g
“I remember, many years ago, when I had but little know ledge of occultism and no pretentions at all to psychism, that two friends and myself were amusing ourselves by turning over each other’s trinket-boxes.
I picked up a handsome amethyst…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 6. Hauntings-j
“A great deal of relief can be given to lunatics by breaking up the thought-forms that are surrounding them, but unfortunately the relief is short-lived; for unless the cause of the illness can be dealt with, a fresh batch of thought-forms i…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 7. The Pathology Of Non-Human Contacts-f
“I smashed my way through two entire tea-sets and all the mantelpiece ornaments.
The ornaments just fell off the mantelpiece one by one of their own accord.
I actually saw two of them do it.
I did not know at the time that the Element of…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 7. The Pathology Of Non-Human Contacts-g
“The European belief of one man, one life, has imbued us with the idea of death as the supreme evil.
Therefore the European very often does not go to his death when he unites with the elements, but his higher self withdraws from incarnation…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 8. The Risks Incidental To Ceremonial Magic-e
“Enough must be hinted, however, to reveal what, under certain circumstances, may be experienced.
I do not think it in the least likely, however, that the Qlippotic demons will be encountered save through the use of ceremonial magic.
They…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 9. Distinction Between Objective Psychic Attack And Subjective Psychic Disturbance-b
“It is necessary to use very great caution in drawing conclusions from the psychic impressions of an inexperienced student, who is apt to be as full of alarms as a two-year-old thorough bred.
On the other hand, the instinctive reactions of…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 9. Distinction Between Objective Psychic Attack And Subjective Psychic Disturbance-c
“A woman who is broadcasting the tale of her own shame is usually a woman scorned, and the reliability of her testimony in the matter is in inverse ratio to her loquacity.
Do not let us forget that it takes two to make a scandal as well as…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 11. The Psychic Element In Mental Disturbance-c
“In fact, we may say that no occult process is really potent, nor can it be said to have completed its circuit, unless it has its point of contact with dense matter; a point which many occultists leave out of their calculations.
Occultism,…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 11. The Psychic Element In Mental Disturbance-f
“It is possible for the Qlippotic demons to gain so powerful a hypnotic influence over a victim that he is powerless to break it by any effort of his own will, nor can the orthodox type of psycho-therapy touch the root of the trouble.
The e…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 12. Methods Employed In Making A Psychic Attack-a
“ANYONE who reads the old books on witchcraft, usually compiled by the professional witch-finders from the confessions of alleged witches extorted under torture, will find that the phenomena described fall into certain broad categories which…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 12. Methods Employed In Making A Psychic Attack-b
“Experimental psychologists are already suspecting that emotion is closely akin to electricity; they have proved conclusively that emotional states alter the electrical conductivity of the body.
The occultist believes that emotion is a forc…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 12. Methods Employed In Making A Psychic Attack-d
“For instance, a small animal may be baptised with the victim’s name, and then immolated, usually with torture, the operator meanwhile concentrating upon the personality of the original.
The old device of making a wax image and melting it b…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 13. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. I-c
“Anyone who has any knowledge of the esoteric aspect of sex knows that union is as much etheric as physical.
It is this fact which constitutes the real difference between normal union and self-abuse, and explains why the former is vitalisin…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 14. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. II-a
“IT is a matter of general knowledge among occultists that it is not a pleasant thing to fall foul of an occult fraternity of which one has been made a member by means of a ceremonial initiation and to which one is bound by oaths.
As we hav…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 14. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. II-b
“But he immediately began to get together another temple in a carefully concealed place; and this time he was more ambitious, for he made ready to attempt the Greater Mysteries.
He was an exceedingly clever craftsman and made all the equipm…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 14. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. II-d
“Great power-tides are flowing on the Inner Planes, and these are very difficult to handle.
If there is going to be astral trouble, it usually blows up for storm at this season.
There are also certain meetings which take place on the Astra…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 15. Physical Aspect Of Psychic Attack And Defence-b
“In the ordinary way, if a person who is out on the astral meets with an occult attack, he bolts back to his body like a rabbit to its burrow and wakes up as if from a nightmare; but if the sleep is made unnaturally deep by a sleeping- draug…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 16. Diagnosis Of The Nature Of An Attack-a
“HAVING considered the purely physical factors in a psychic disturbance, we may now come to the consideration of its genuinely psychic factors.
We must always bear in mind, however, that because physical disease is found, it does not necess…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 16. Diagnosis Of The Nature Of An Attack-b
“A garment recently and habitually worn, a lock of hair, a piece of jewellery, all these can be made to serve provided they are properly preserved.
Crystalline substances, such as precious stones, hold magnetism better than anything else; m…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 16. Diagnosis Of The Nature Of An Attack-d
“Note the dates carefully, and turn them up in an ephemeris of those years, and observe how the moon stood in relation to them, also the planets.
Observe whether they fell on or about the equinoxes or solstices.
Note also the days of the w…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 17. Methods Of Defence I-a
“In writing for the general reader an account of the methods to be used in combating a psychic attack, I am reminded of those excellent manuals upon medicine and surgery which an enlightened Board of Trade insists shall be provided for the c…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 17. Methods Of Defence I-c
“Whatever it may be that affects the diviner is probably the same thing that affects the occult attack.
When we recall, moreover, that running water will throw hounds off the scent just as effectually as it will the alleged witch, we may fe…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 17. Methods Of Defence I-d
“In the Name of God the Father Almighty, Who decreed a firmament in the midst of the waters, and of Jesus Christ His Son our Saviour, I consecrate thee (+) to the service of God, in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 17. Methods Of Defence I-e
“The methods of occult attack employed in modern Europe are exclusively mental, so far as my experience of them has gone at any rate.
That is to say, they work by the mind on the mind, and only affect physical conditions incidentally.
In t…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 18. Methods Of Defence II-c
“Touching his forehead he says, “To Thee, O God (touching his solar plexus) be the Kingdom, (touching his right shoulder) and the Power (touching his left shoulder) and the Glory, (clasping his hands) unto the ages of the ages.
Amen.” By th…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 18. Methods Of Defence II-d
“It is necessary to reaffirm this circle each time the tides change; that is to say, a circle made after sundown will hold good till sunrise, and a circle made after sunrise will maintain its potency till sunset.
After the circle has been a…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 19. Methods Of Defence III-a
“PSYCHIC trouble not infrequently arises owing to the formation of an undesirable rapport.
In order to understand the nature of this problem we must consider the whole subject of rapport.
We have already considered in some detail the quest…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 19. Methods Of Defence III-b
“We are not now considering the legitimate use of this force for healing, or for teaching and developing neophytes, so we will not, therefore, consider its modus operandi in detail.
Enough has been said to show in what way it works.
Let us…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 19. Methods Of Defence III-d
“If the rapport is perceived as a line of light, a cord, or any similar form, attached to the solar plexus, the forehead, or any other part of the body, the best way of severing the rapport is to forge a magical weapon and cut it.
In fact,…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 19. Methods Of Defence III-e
“That for many past lives she had been upon the Path, and that in her last life, a male incarnation, in order to speed up her progress she had travelled in the East, and eventually took initiation into one of the Thibetan Orders, which unfor…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 19. Methods Of Defence III-f
“Next morning I visited her to see how she was getting on, and found her sitting up in bed eating a hearty breakfast and looking an entirely different woman to the grey-faced, exhausted creature I had seen the day before.
Without waiting fo…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 20. Methods Of Defence IV-d
“I got more and more uneasy, and X., being a good psychic, detected my uneasiness, and I was asked to withdraw from the group he was organising.
I felt quite convinced that something sinister was being attempted against the group-mind of my…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 20. Methods Of Defence IV-f
“I came across them in a manner which serves to illustrate the way in which occultists can “call” for information they may be in need of, and the fortuitious train of circumstances that will supply it.
As a young girl, at the commencement o…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolism-d
“THE DRUIDIC MYSTERIES OF BRITAIN AND GAUL "The original and primitive inhabitants of Britain, at some remote period, revived and reformed their national institutes.
Their priest, or instructor, had hitherto been simply named Gwydd, but it…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Isis, the Virgin of the World-g
“At one of her ears was the moon and at the other the sun, to indicate that these two were the agent and patient, or father and mother principles of all natural objects; and that Isis, or Nature, makes use of these two luminaries to communic…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Life and Philosophy of Pythagoras-h
“This fifth element, or ether, was called by the Hindus akasa .
It was closely correlated with the hypothetical ether of modern science, and was the interpenetrative substance permeating all of the other elements and acting as a common solv…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Pythagorean Mathematics-k
“The tetrad--4--was esteemed by the Pythagoreans as the primogenial number, the root of all things, the fountain of Nature and the most perfect number.
All tetrads are intellectual; they have an emergent order and encircle the world as the…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Human Body in Symbolism-a
“THE oldest, the most profound, the most universal of all symbols is the human body.
The Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, and Hindus considered a philosophical analysis of man's triune nature to be an indispensable part of ethical and religious…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legend-c
“Upon CHiram's refusal to reveal the Master's Word , the ruffian struck him on the throat with the rule, and the wounded Master then hastened to the west gate, where Jubelo, armed with a square, awaited him and made a similar demand.
Again…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legend-d
“Among the manuscripts of Dr.
Sigismund Bastrom, the initiated Rosicrucian, appears the following extract from von Welling concerning the true philosophic nature of the Masonic CHiram: "The original word חירם, CHiram, is a radical word cons…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legend-f
“The arrant enemies of universal democracy have ever been the crown, the tiara, and the torch.
Thus CHiram symbolizes that ideal state of spiritual, intellectual, and physical emancipation which has ever been sacrificed upon the altar of hu…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legend-g
“In the human brain there is a tiny gland called the pineal body, which is the sacred eye of the ancients, and corresponds to the third eye of the Cyclops.
Little is known concerning the function of the pineal body, which Descartes suggeste…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Fishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds-g
“In his Chaldean Account of the Genesis , George Smith, copying from the cuneiform cylinders, in describing the wanderings of the hero Izdubar (Nimrod), throws some light on the scorpion god who guards the sun.
The tablet which he translate…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Fishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds-j
“This, say the explanations, was the Spirit of God moving on the chaos until its breath had incubated cosmic matter and made it assume the annular shape of a serpent with its tail in its month--emblem of eternity in its spiritual and of our…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Stones, Metals and Gems-k
“Woe to that benighted mortal who accepts literally the stories circulated concerning them!
He will discover--often at the cost of sanity and health--that sorcery and philosophy, while often confused, have nothing in common.
The Persian Ma…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorcery-b
“Man, incapable of controlling his own appetites, is not equal to the task of governing the fiery and tempestuous elemental spirits.
Many a magician has lost his life as the result of opening a way whereby submundane creatures could become…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeutics-c
“The seven-pointed star of the sacred metals is arranged that one black point is downward, thus symbolizing Saturn, the Destroyer.
Beginning in the space immediately to the left of the black point, reading clockwise discloses the cryptic wo…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeutics-d
“de la Violette, one of the best Chymists that our Age hath produced; who affirmes, that himselfe saw an Excellent Polich Physician of Cracovia, who kept, in Glasses, the Ashes of almost all the Hearbs that are knowne: so that, when any one,…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | An Analysis of Tarot Cards-i
“In the pseudo-Egyptian Tarot the hanged man is suspended between two palm trees and signifies the Sun God who dies perennially for his world.
The thirteenth numbered major trump is called La Mort , Death, and portrays a reaping skeleton wi…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Fifteen Rosicrucian and Qabbalistic Diagrams-a
“IN his well-known work, The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and Mysteries , Hargrave Jennings reproduces five Qabbalistic charts which he declares to be genuine Rosicrucian drawings.
He gives no information concerning their origin nor does he at…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Theory and Practice of Alchemy-f
“But as the seed is within all these things, a diamond may be grown out of any other substance in the universe.
In some substances, however, it is easier to perform this miracle because in them these germs have already been long fertilized…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Theory and Practice of Alchemy-n
“The knowledge of Nature's secret operations constitutes the principal sense of all these ancient writings, but ignorance framed out of it that external or veiled mythology and the lower class of people turned it into idolatry.
THE KEY TO A…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Freemasonic Symbolism-e
“Thus in one chamber the voice of the priest was amplified until his words caused the very room to vibrate, while in another the voice was diminished and softened to such a degree that it sounded like the distant tinkling of silver bells.
A…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VIII (part 1)
“PART II.
SYMBOLISM IN THE TAROT.
APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL KEY TO SYMBOLISM.
CHAPTER VIII.
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SYMBOLISM.
The Symbols--The Primitive Terms--Key of Symbolism--Definition of the Sense of one of the Symbols--The…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 17 (part 1)
“THE EMPEROR.
THE EMPEROR.
4.
ד 4th Hebrew letter (Daleth).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The hieroglyphic meaning of Daleth is the womb.
It suggests the idea of an object giving plentiful nourishment, the so…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 17 (part 2)
“AFFINITIES SIGNIFICATIONS Primitive Hieroglyphic: The Womb Kabbalah: CHESED Astronomy: Jupiter Day: Thursday Hebrew letter: Daleth (double) Reflex of God the Father THE WILL __________ Reflex of Adam THE POWER OBSERVATIONS Reflex of Natura…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 19 (part 1)
“THE LOVERS.
THE LOVERS.
6.
ו The 6th Hebrew letter (Vau).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SIXTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The hieroglyphic sign for the Vau is the eye, all that relates to light and brilliancy.
The eye establishes the link bet…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 21
“7. ז 7th Hebrew letter (Zain). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Zain expresses an arrow, and therefore it suggests the idea of a weapon , of the instrument which man uses to rule and conquer , a…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 23
“THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT. 9. ט 9th Hebrew letter (Teth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NINTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Teth represents a roof, and suggests the idea of a place of safety, a protection. All the ideas arising from…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 24
“THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. 10. י 10th Hebrew letter (Yod). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Yod is the finger of man; the forefinger extended as a sign of command. This…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 26
“THE HANGED MAN. THE HANGED MAN. 12. ל 12th Hebrew letter (Lamed). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TWELFTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Lamed designates the arm, and therefore it is connected with anything that stretches, that rais…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 29
“DEATH. DEATH. 13. מ 13th Hebrew letter (Mem). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THIRTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Mem is a woman, the companion of man, it therefore gives rise to ideas of fertility and formation. It…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 31 (part 1)
“THE DEVIL.
THE DEVIL.
15.
ס 15th Hebrew letter (Samech).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIFTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The Samech expresses the same hieroglyphic sign as the Zain (7th arcanum), that is to say, an arrow; a weapon of any k…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 6)
“The second, symbolized by Eye, is the origin of feminine Grace, of Authority.
We have seen that Power and Authority find their equilibrium in Love.
Each man, a reflected molecule of humanity made in its image, contains in himself an Adam,…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 7)
“That the social organization of China has been maintained for so many centuries, is solely due to the principle of basing everything upon the family.
The characteristics of the human Ternary are: Adam, Necessity, the image and reflection o…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 8)
“This is the God adored by materialist science, and we see that unconsciously its homage is offered to the Divinity itself under its most material form, even whilst it foolishly boasts of Atheism.
DEATH, CORPOREAL LIFE, and the DESTINY whic…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 9)
“In order to know, I seek in the vertical column containing the word Mother , and at the bottom I find Man or Humanity.
The Mother is the Active preserving Principle of Humanity .
3.
I add to the word Humanity the word placed in the small…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVII (part 7)
“Third hour of Apollonius: " The serpents, the dogs, and fire ." The first manifestation of force applied externally to inert matter for affecting transmutations; this is Alchemy.
The Neophyte having attained this step in practice must be r…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVII (part 8)
“If, on the contrary, he be worthy of the higher regions, this baptism of fire renders him one of the Magi; the sources of terrestrial life are at his disposition; he becomes a Therapeut.
Having reached this point, he will then learn to kno…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 5. The Pentagram-b
“Here let us state distinctly that this work is being performed continually in the world by some of the flower of mankind; that there is hence a permanent revelation by intuition; and that there is no insuperable barrier which separates soul…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. Magical Equilibrium-a
“TIPHERETH UNCUS SUPREME intelligence is necessarily reasonable.
God, in philosophy, may be only a hypothesis, but He is a hypothesis imposed by good sense on human reason.
To personify the Absolute Reason is to determine the Divine Ideal.…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. Magical Equilibrium-b
“Let us permit it to enjoy the easy triumph of denying what it does not know.
We shall demonstrate later on that death is preceded always by a lethargic sleep, and hence takes place gradually; that resurrection is possible in certain cases;…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. Magical Equilibrium-c
“Love is one of the great instruments of magical power, but it is categorically forbidden to the Magus, at least as an intoxication or passion.
Woe to the Samson of the Kabalah if he permit himself to be put asleep by Delilah!
The Hercules…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. Magical Equilibrium-d
“It is a fatal and inevitable operation, directed and made still more calamitous by elementary spirits and suffering souls, whose restless wills seek out sympathies in our weakness and tempt us, but not so much to destroy us as to win friend…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realization-a
“HOD VIVENS CAUSES manifest by effects, and effects are proportioned to causes.
The Divine Word, the One Word, the Tetragram, is self-affirmed by tetradic creation.
Human fecundity proves divine fecundity; the JOD of the Divine Name is the…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realization-b
“The revealers have therefore done scarcely more than divine, by the accuracy of their calculations, the appropriate moment for moral reactions.
The law of realization produces what we call magnetic breathing; places and objects become impr…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 11. The Magic Chain-a
“MANUS FORCE THE GREAT Magical Agent, by us termed the Astral Light, by others the soul of the earth, and designated by old chemists under the names of Azoth and MAGNESIA, this occult, unique and indubitable force, is the key of all empire,…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-a
“EX IPSIS MORS We HAVE said that the images of persons and things are preserved in the Astral Light.
Therein also can be evoked the forms of those who are in our world no longer, and by this means are accomplished those mysteries of Necroma…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-b
“We enter into communion with larvae, with dead or perishing substances, by this operation.
The beings in question, for the most part, cannot speak except by a ringing in our ears produced by the nervous shock to which I have referred, and…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 14. Transmutations-a
“SPHERA LUNAE SEMPITERNUM AUXILIUM St.
AUGUSTINE questioned seriously whether Apuleius could have been changed into an ass by a Thessalian sorceress, and theologians have long debated about the transformation of Nebuchadnezzar into a wild b…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 14. Transmutations-b
“Many persons will believe that they are dreaming when they read such things as these, and may ask whether we are really awake ourselves; but we need only request men of science to reflect upon the phenomena of gestation and upon the influen…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. Black Magic
“SAMAEL AUXILIATOR We APPROACH the mystery of Black Magic. We are about to confront, even in his own sanctuary, the black god of the Sabbath, the formidable goat of Mendes. At this point those who are liable to fear should close the book; ev…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. Astrology-d
“Hence I conclude that, for myself and for this year, experience confirms fully the precision of Cardan's astrological calculus, which connects furthermore with the climacteric years of ancient astrologers.
This term signifies arranged in s…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 21. Divination-a
“DENTES FURCA AMENS THE AUTHOR of this book has dared many things in his life, and never has fear retained his thought a prisoner.
It is not at the same time without legitimate dread that he approaches the end of the magical doctrine.
It i…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. Summary And General Key Of The Four Secret Sciences-b
“Let the wise man seek it not, since he has already found it; let the profane seek for ever: they will never find.
Metallic transmutation takes place spiritually and materially by the positive key of analogies.
Occult medicine is simply th…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. Preparations-b
“We have said that impassioned ecstasy may produce the same results as absolute superiority, and this is true as to the issue but not as to the direction of magical operations.
Passion projects the Astral Light forcibly and impresses unfore…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. Preparations-c
““But how act?” Rise daily at the same hour, and that early; bathe at a spring before daybreak, and in all seasons; never wear soiled clothes: wash them yourself at need; practise voluntary privations, that you may be better able to bear tho…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 2. Magical Equilibrium-b
“The same manual gesture may assimilate and give forth alternately what we are accustomed to call the fluid, and the magnetizer will himself be warned of the result of his intention by an alternative sensation of warmth and cold in the hand,…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantacles-a
“THE Abbot Trithemius, who in Magic was the master of Cornelius Agrippa, explains, in his Steganography, the secret of Conjurations and Evocations after a very natural and philosophical manner, though possibly, for that very reason, too simp…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Four-f
“But we live in a century when no one has the courage to confess the wonders that he has witnessed, and did anyone say: “I have myself beheld or performed the things which I am describing,” he would be answered: “You are diverting yourself a…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. The Medium And Mediator-a
“TWO things, as we have shown, are necessary for the acquisition of magical power - the emancipation of will from servitude and its instruction in the art of domination.
The sovereign will is represented in our symbols by the Woman who crus…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 12. The Great Work-a
“TO be ever rich, to be always young and to die never: such, from all time, has been the dream of alchemists.
To change lead, mercury, and the other metals into gold, to possess the Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life - such is the pr…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 12. The Great Work-b
“Here then is the great Hermetic Arcanum, and we reveal it for the first time clearly and devoid of mystical figures: that which the adepts term dead substances are bodies as found in Nature; living substances are those which have been assim…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-c
“There are two kinds of Necromancy, that of light and that of darkness - the evocation by Prayer, Pantacle and Perfumes, and the evocation by blood, imprecations and sacrilege.
We have practised only the first, and advise no one to devote t…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerers-b
“All the Kabalah and all Magic, as a fact, are divided between the cultus of the immolated and that of the emissary goat.
We must recognize therefore a Magic of the Sanctuary and that of the wilderness, the White and the Black Church, the p…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 16. Witchcraft And Spells-a
“WHAT sorcerers and necromancers sought above all in their evocations of the impure spirit was that magnetic power which is the possession of the true adept, but was desired by them only that they might abuse it shamefully.
The folly of sor…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 19. The Mastery Of The Sun-b
“Hermetic Science, like all real sciences, is mathematically demonstrable.
Even its material results are as exact as a well-worked equation.
Hermetic gold is not only a true doctrine, a shadowless light, truth unalloyed with falsehood; it…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 20. The Thaumaturge-c
“Insufflation is one of the most important practices of occult medicine, because it is a perfect sign of the transmission of life.
To inspire, as a fact, means to breathe upon some person or thing, and we know already, by the one doctrine o…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 21. The Science Of The Prophets-b
“The soul, scrutinizing by means of the whole nervous system the circle of the Astral Light, which influences a man and from him receives an influence; the soul of the diviner, we repeat, can comprehend by a single intuition all the loves an…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-o
“Then comes the victory, and the wounded on both sides, now brothers in suffering and before humanity, will meet in the ambulances of the conquerors.
Such are the consequences of the philosophical dogma of Hermes; such has been from all tim…”
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The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 5)
“But this view does not prevent him from believing in its existence so long as it lasts, to wit, for one Mahamanvantara; nor from applying Akasa, the radiation of Mulaprakriti,* to practical purposes, connected as the World-Soul is with all…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 6)
“." For clearer understanding on the part of the general reader, it must be stated that Occult Science recognises Seven Cosmical Elements -- four entirely physical, and the fifth (Ether) semi-material, as it will become visible in the air to…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 7)
“Herbert Spencer has of late so far modified his Agnosticism, as to assert that the nature of the "First Cause,"* which the Occultist more logically derives from the "Causeless Cause," the "Eternal," and the "Unknowable," may be essentially…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 8)
“Moreover, the Secret Doctrine teaches: -- ( c ) The fundamental identity of all Souls with the Universal Over-Soul, the latter being itself an aspect of the Unknown Root; and the obligatory pilgrimage for every Soul -- a spark of the former…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 4 (part 4)
“I T IS THEY WHO ARE THOU, ME, HIM, OH L ANOO.
T HEY, WHO WATCH OVER THEE, AND THY MOTHER EARTH.
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T HE ONE RAY MULTIPLIES THE SMALLER RAYS.
L IFE PRECEDES FORM, AND LIFE SURVIVES THE LAST ATOM…”
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COMMENTARIES ON THE SEVEN STANZAS AND THEIR TERMS, ACCORDING TO THEIR NUMERATION, IN STANZAS AND SLOKAS.
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" T HE E TERNAL P ARENT (Space), WR…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 6 (part 3)
“The Lotus thus typifies the life of man and also that of the Kosmos; for the Secret Doctrine teaches that the elements of both are the same, and that both are developing in the same direction.
The root of the Lotus sunk in the mud represen…”
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“The Secret Doctrine by H.
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T HE LAST VIBRATION OF THE SEVENTH ETERNITY THRILLS THROUGH INFINITUDE ( a ).
T HE MOTHER SWELLS, EXPANDING FROM W…”
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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book III | Sutra 41
“From perfectly concentrated Meditation on the correlation of hearing and the ether, comes the power of spiritual hearing. Physical sound, we are told, is carried by the air, or by water, iron, or some medium on the same plane of substance.…”