soteriology

Forbidden Knowledge

Transgressive knowing acquired against divine prohibition — the Watchers' teaching of metallurgy, sorcery, and cosmetics in 1 Enoch, the Gnostic Eve narratives, the Promethean mytheme; explicitly contrasted with gnosis_direct_knowledge, which is salvific.

162 passages · 17 traditions

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The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 4 (part 3)

“The second respect in which the interests of the occult student have been considered is, however, of much more importance, though he may not be as ready to admit the suggestion, having regard to all that it implies. Robert Turner, the Engl…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 5 (part 5)

“The technicalities of the occult sciences may seem hard to the beginner, and they are actually hard like the wilderness, because they are barren wastes, but they are in words of one syllable if compared with the little catechisms of eternal…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 6 (part 1)

“PART I THE LITERATURE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC Click to view THE SERPENT OF THE GARDEN OF THE HESPERIDES. From a Greek Vase Painting. CHAPTER I The antiquity of Magical Rituals § 1. The Importance of Ceremonial Magic THE ordinary fields of ps…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 6 (part 3)

“There was a time indeed when Ceremonial Magic threatened to absorb the whole circle of the occult sciences; it was the superior method, the royal road; it effected immediately what the others accomplished laboriously, after a long time. It…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 8 (part 1)

“§ 3. The Unprinted Literature of Ceremonial Magic For the purposes of the present, inquiry it will be convenient to consider the Rituals under the three heads of Transcendental, Composite and Black, subject, as regards the first, to some s…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 8 (part 2)

“Hochmaël ), and thereafter wrote seven volumes of Magical Art, "giving the kernel to us and the shells to others." From these books he seems afterwards to have extracted ninety-three chapters, containing a summary of the whole subject, and…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 9 (part 4)

“The sources of occult wisdom, it proceeds, are, firstly, in God; secondly, in spiritual essences--that is to say, the Angelical Hierarchy; thirdly, in corporeal creatures, the reference being probably to the signatura rerum of Paracelsus; f…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 19 (part 2)

“As a counterpoise, a century later his bust was placed in the town-hall of Padua. His undoubted works, which are frankly unreadable, betray no acquaintance with the occult sciences beyond a belief in astrology, which in those days was cath…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 21 (part 1)

“CHAPTER IV The Rituals Of Black Magic § 1. The Grimorium Verum THE four specific and undisguised handbooks of Black Magic, all in the French language, but in three cases, like so much of the Ceremonial literature, possessing Italian connec…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 21 (part 2)

“from which it has been printed must have been in a most confused state; there are not in reality any distinct divisions, and the little volume abounds in Latin passages which often defy translation, as, for example, sic pro ratione voluntas…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 22

“§ 2. True Black Magic The Grimoire entitled True Black Magic is simply an adapted version of the Key of Solomon , with the same preambles, the same ritual, the same talismans, and characters which are analogous when they are not identical.…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 24 (part 2)

“Éliphas Lévi, who rightly sought to vindicate the Church of his childhood, assailed, in the person of one of its sovereign pontiffs, by an unintelligent accusation, but vindicated it badly as usual, took a glance at the history of the time…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 25 (part 1)

“§ 5. Minor and Spurious Rituals of Black Magic To distinguish in a mass of forged literature certain books as more spurious than others, seems at first sight a needless ingenuity of criticism. There are, however, some Rituals of Black Mag…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 26 (part 1)

“§ 6. The Black Pullet The Black Pullet , the Druid of Menapienne, Red Magic, or the Cream of the Occult Sciences , with derivatives from the first of these works, such as the Queen of the Hairy Flies , the Green Butterfly , &c., form a cla…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 37 (part 2)

“Despite the threatened vengeance of the heir of Oromasis, the mystery was adapted by the later editors of the Red Dragon and reappears as the Grand Cabala , without which no other can succeed. In this, its last transformation, it becomes a…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 38 (part 1)

“Click to view DEVIL FROM HEARNE'S PRINT OF THE "DESCENT INTO HELL." Engraved by Michael Burghers , c. 1676. CHAPTER I The Preparation of the Operator § 1. Concerning the Love of God THE rites of so-called Transcendental Magic are, ex hyp…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 39

“§ 2. Concerning. Fortitude The spiritual intention of the operator being thus determined, his next step was the acquisition of the mental attitude appropriate to his future work. We may picture him in the traditional state of the sorcerer--…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 43 (part 2)

“Sun Moon Mars It will be seen from this table that there is a recurring rule of the planets in unbroken succession through the whole week, after which the sequence recommences in the same order, each planet ruling the first and the eighth o…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 49 (part 1)

“§ 7. Concerning the Victim of the Art It is usually supposed that the offering of a bloody sacrifice is an essential condition of success in Black Magic and that the embrutement of the operator is the chief purpose of the ordination. It i…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 51

“§ 9. Concerning the Time of Operation When the sacrifice of the Art or its substitute has once been completed, the operator is in possession of all the materials that he will require ex hypothesi for the performance of Goëtic works as descr…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 52 (part 1)

“CHAPTER III Concerning the Descending Hierarchy § 1. The Names and Offices of Evil Spirits IN all matters of ceremonial the inspiration of the Grimoires must be sought in the Key of Solomon proper, but for the names and offices of the demo…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 52 (part 2)

“SATANACHIA.--Commander-in-Chief. AGALIAREPT.--Another Commander. FLEURETY.--Lieutenant-General. SARGATANAS.--Brigadier-Major. NEBIROS.--Field-Marshal and Inspector-General. It will be seen that the principalities of Infernus are chiefl…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 52 (part 3)

“Click to view CHARACTER OF CLISTHERET CLISTHERET makes day or night about thee at pleasure. Click to view CHARACTER OF SIRCHADE SIRCHADE has power to shew thee all kinds of animals, of whatsoever nature they may be. Click to view CHARACTE…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 53

“§ 2. Concerning the Forms of Infernal Spirits in their Manifestations Having regard to the nature and antecedents of the Intelligences with which Black Magic professes to be concerned, it must be highly important that the operator should kn…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 54

“CHAPTER IV The Mysteries of Goëtic Theurgy according to the Lesser Key of Solomon the King §1 Concerning the Spirits of the Brazen Vessel, otherwise called the False Monarchy of Demons THE Goëtic Art of Solomon gives instructions for the ev…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 59 (part 1)

“Click to view THE SEAL OF MALPAS XXXIX. MALPAS, a powerful president, appears at first like a crow, but afterwards, when so commanded, assumes a human form, speaking with a hoarse voice. He brings artificers swiftly from all parts of the…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 60

“Click to view THE SEAL OF ALLOCEN Click to view THE SEAL OF CAIM LII. ALLOCEN, a strong duke, appears in the form of a soldier, mounted on a great horse, his face like that of a lion, exceedingly red, his eyes flaming fire, his speech hoars…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 61 (part 2)

“Click to view THE SEAL OF SEERE LXX. SEERE, a mighty prince under Amaymon, King of the East, appears in the form of a beautiful man on a strong, winged horse. He brings all things to pass suddenly, transports to any place in the twinkling…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 64 (part 1)

“CHAPTER VI The Mysteries of Infernal Evocation according to the Grand Grimoire § 1. The Rite of Lucifuge THE Grand Grimoire divides with the Grimoire of Honorius the darksome honour of an intelligible and unmutilated Ritual of Black Magic.…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 65 (part 1)

“§ 2. Concerning the Genuine Sanctum Regnum, or the True Method of Making Pacts There are two kinds of pacts, says the Grimorium Verum, the tacit and the manifest; but know at the same time that among the several kinds of spirits there are…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 72 (part 1)

“CHAPTER VIII Miscellaneous and Minor Processes § 1. Concerning Works of Hatred and Destruction THE following process appears in several manuscript copies of the Key of Solomon , but has been omitted by the English editor of that work, as o…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 73 (part 1)

“§ 2. Concerning Venereal Experiments We have seen that the sorcerer of the Middle Ages was usually squalid and necessitous; hence he coveted treasures: he was usually despised, and hence he longed for mastery, for the prestige of mystery a…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 75 (part 1)

“§ 4. Concerning the Hand of Glory No person who is familiar with the humours of Ingoldsby will have forgotten the wondrous legend of the Hand of Glory, which includes a transcript from the Grimoires. It is less generally known that there…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 75 (part 2)

“At the end of nine days, and at the hour of concealment, bring it forth, open it, and you will discover a small animal in the form of a serpent, which will at once spring up. Say then: I accept the pact. Touch not the creature with your h…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 76

“§ 5. Concerning the Vision of Spirits in the Air For the Masters of Black Magic, as for the author of the Comte de Gabalis , the air is the abode of far other beings than the bird and fly, but the process by which they are rendered visible…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 77 (part 1)

“§ 6. Concerning Divination by the Word of Uriel As there are many practices passing under the name of White Magic which are doubtful in character on the surface, while they are more than doubtful within, so there are experiences described…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 80 (part 1)

“CHAPTER IX Concerning Infernal Necromancy IT is only within recent times that the attempt to communicate with the dead has been elevated to the dignity of White Magic. Here it is necessary to affirm that the phenomena of Modern Spiritualis…”

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 Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 80 (part 4)

“"There are also necromantic processes, comprising the tearing up of earth from graves with the nails, dragging out some of the bones, setting them crosswise on the breast, then assisting at midnight mass on Christmas Eve, and flying out of…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 80 (part 6)

“Citation COLPRIZIANA, OFFINA, ALTA, NESTERA, FUARO, MENUET. Charge ALIM, JEHOH, JEHOVAH, AGLA, ON, TETRAGRAMMATON. When the Spirit makes visible appearance, say :-- ADON, SCHADAI, ELIGON, AMANAI, ELION, PNEUMATON, ELII, ALNOAL, MESSIAS, J…”

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 81 (part 1)

“CONCLUSION THE ceremonial literature of White and Black Magic has now spoken for itself in the catholic sense of the words. We see exactly what the Rituals had to offer, by the hypothesis of their own claim, to those who followed in their…”

The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Bacon, Shakspere, and the Rosicrucians-i

“The forging of Shakspere's handwriting; the foisting of fraudulent portraits and death masks upon a gullible public; the fabrication of spurious biographies; the mutilation of books and documents; the destruction or rendering illegible of t…”

The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | American Indian Symbolism-e

“Guthrie interprets the words Popol Vuh to mean "The Senate Book," or "The Book of the Holy Assembly"; Brasseur de Bourbourg calls it "The Sacred Book"; and Father Ximinez designates the volume "The National Book." In his articles on the Pop…”

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…”

Tertium Organum (P.D. Ouspensky) | Chapter XIV (part 6)

“And at last he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the water, but he will see him as he is in his own proper place, and not in another, and he will contemplate his nature. Certainly. And after this he will reas…”

Tertium Organum (P.D. Ouspensky) | Chapter XXII (part 22)

“I seemed to be directly under the foot of God, and I thought he was grinding his own life up out of my pain. Then I saw that what he had been trying with all his might to do was to change his course, to bend the line of lightning to which…”

Tertium Organum (P.D. Ouspensky) | Chapter XXIII (part 6)

“Doubt of God and of eternal life will be as impossible as is now doubt of existence; the evidence of each will be the same. Religion will govern every minute of every day of all life. Churches, priests, forms, creeds, prayers, all agents,…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-a

“Behind the veil of all the hieratic and mystical allegories of ancient doctrines, behind the darkness and strange ordeals of all initiations, under the seal of all sacred writings, in the ruins of Nineveh or Thebes, on the crumbling stones…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-b

“At length a universal cry of execration went up against Magic, the mere name became a crime and the common hatred was formulated in this sentence: “Magicians to the flames!” - as it was shouted some centuries earlier: “To the lions with the…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-c

“The original alliance between Christianity and the Science of the Magi, once demonstrated fully, will be a discovery of no second-rate importance, and we do not doubt that the serious study of Magic and the Kabalah will lead earnest minds t…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-d

“Stand up and open your eyes, but take care before all things to make no Christian sign and to pronounce no Christian words. We are in a landscape of Salvator Rosa, a troubled wilderness which seems resting after a storm. There is no moon…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-e

“They have gathered again and have shared the fruits of the tree of knowledge, so that they might become masters of the world. The judgement pronounced against them is higher and far older than the tribunal of pope or king: “On the day that…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-h

“Thereafter he meets with the sphinx, that symbol of symbols, the eternal enigma of the vulgar, the granite pedestal of the sciences of the sages, the voracious and silent monster whose unchanging form expresses the one dogma of the Great Un…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-i

“Oedipus divined what was man and he put out his own eyes because he did not see what was God. He divulged half of the Great Arcanum, and, to save his people, it was necessary for him to bear the remaining half of the terrible secret into e…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-l

“Paul burnt all books which treated of the occult sciences; and in fine, the French Revolution, daughter of the great Johannite Orient and the ashes of the Templars, spoliated the churches and blasphemed the allegories of the Divine Cultus.…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 2. The Pillars Of The Temple-d

““By the fear of the unknown must the crowd be restrained,” he observes in another place; and Christ also said: “Cast not your pearls before swine, lest, trampling them under their feet, they turn and rend you.” The Tree of the Knowledge of…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 12. The Great Work-b

“The diversity of the forms which abound in Nature is explained, in this treatise, by the diversity of spirits, and monstrosity by divergence of efforts. Its study and understanding are indispensable for all adepts who would fathom the myst…”

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) | 16. Bewitchments-b

“For this reason, it is important that children should sleep always alone. In conventional seminaries certain pupils absorb the intelligence of the others, and in every given circle of men one individual emerges who avails himself of the wi…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Charms And Philtres-a

“JUSTITIA MYSTERIUM CANES We HAVE now to approach the most criminal abuse to which magical sciences can be put, namely, venomous Magic, or rather sorcery. Let it be understood here that we write not to instruct but to warn. If human justic…”

Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Charms And Philtres-b

“I shall be asked possibly whether equally terrible dangers threaten at this day the intruders into the occult sanctuary and the betrayers of its secret. Why should I answer anything to the incredulity of the inquisitive? If I risk a viole…”

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 II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. Preparations-a

“EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will. Hence it is said in the sacred and symbolical books that men…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 2. Magical Equilibrium-d

“Nor is such observance vain, for in the magical work all instruments of art are magnetized by the operator; the air is charged with his perfumes, the fire which he has consecrated is subject to his will, the forces of Nature seem to hear an…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantacles-b

“Nature is not outraged with impunity, and no one can play safely with unknown and incalculable forces. It is this consideration which has led and will ever lead us to deny the vain curiosity of those who would see in order that they may be…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantacles-d

“The old sorceresses, when they spent the night at the meeting-place of three cross-roads, yelled three times in honour of triple Hecate. All these figures, with the acts analogous thereto, all these dispositions of numbers and of character…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Warning To The Imprudent-a

“THE operations of science are not devoid of danger, as we have stated several times. They may end in madness for those who are not established firmly on the basis of supreme, absolute and infallible reason. Terrible and incurable diseases…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-f

“Thus, a fatal law drives demons downward when they wish and believe themselves to be ascending. So also those who term themselves chiefs are the most impotent and despised of all. As to the horde of perverse spirits, they tremble before a…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-g

“There are also necromantic processes, comprising the tearing up of earth from graves with the nails, dragging out bones, placing them crosswise on the breast, then assisting at midnight mass on Christmas eve, and flying out of the church at…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerers-c

“The misconstrued doctrine of Zoroaster and the magical law of two forces constituting universal equilibrium, have caused some illogical minds to imagine a negative divinity, subordinate but hostile to the active Deity. An impure duad comes…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerers-f

“Can we be astonished after this at the spread of mediaeval superstition in our own day? One thing only surprises me, that, believing in the devil and his agents, men do not rekindle the faggots. M. Veuillot is logical and demands it: one…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerers-g

“a black seamless and sleeveless robe must be provided; a leaden cap emblazoned with the signs of the moon, Venus and Saturn; two candles of human fat set in black wooden candlesticks, carved in the shape of a crescent; two crowns of vervain…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerers-h

“He is preceded commonly by a violent wind which seems to make the whole country resound. Then domestic animals tremble and hide away, the assistants feel a breath upon their faces, and their hair, damp with cold sweat, rises upon their hea…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerers-i

“The treatise of Bodin is profoundly Machiavellian and strikes at the heart of the institutions and persons it appears to defend. It would be difficult to conceive without reading it his vast mass of sanguinary and hideous histories, acts o…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerers-j

“This madman confessed at his trial that Satan had appeared to him frequently, but had always deceived him by promises of treasures which he had never delivered. It transpired from the judicial informations that several hundred unfortunate…”

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) | 16. Witchcraft And Spells-b

“They are persuaded, and often rightly, that the victim of their infamous operations experiences as many tortures as if his own heart had been pierced at all points. He begins to waste away and dies after a time of an unknown disease. Anot…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Philtres And Magnetism-a

“Let us now adventure in Thessaly, the country of enchantments. Here was Apuleius beguiled, like the companions of Ulysses, and underwent a humiliating metamorphosis. Here all is magical - the birds that fly, the insects humming in the gra…”

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The Secret Doctrine | Page 2 (part 6)

“When, however, he takes the opportunity of saying in the same breath that Odin "was worshipped as the supreme deity during a period long anterior to the age of the Veda and of Homer" ( Compar. Theol., p. 318), he has not the slightest " h…”

The Secret Doctrine | Page 2 (part 10)

“Helped by his knowledge of landscapes left behind him, he can get a general and pretty correct idea of the transmural view, if he will only climb to the loftiest summit of the altitudes in front of him. Once there, he can gaze at it, at hi…”

The Secret Doctrine | Page 9 (part 9)

“(2.) M ONISM, or the Single Substance Doctrine, is the more subtle form of negative psychology, which one of its advocates, Professor Bain, ably terms "guarded [[Footnote continued on next page]] [[Vol. 1, Page]] 125 THE REAL MEANING OF TH…”

The Secret Doctrine | Page 11 (part 7)

“yet if you should work out the problem by yourself , it will be my duty to tell you so ." But they never were so worked out, and the results were -- never-ceasing perplexity and mistakes. Even the teaching about the Septenary constitution…”

The Secret Doctrine | Page 12 (part 8)

“He is sexless , and , like the animal and vegetable he develops monstrous bodies correspondential with his coarser surroundings. " II. Round. He ( Man ) is still gigantic and ethereal but growing firmer and more condensed in body , a mor…”

The Secret Doctrine | Page 16 (part 13)

“) Some fifteen years ago, the writer was the first to repeat, after the Kabalists, the wise Commandments in the Esoteric Catechism. "Close thy mouth, lest thou shouldst speak of this (the mystery), and thy heart, lest thou shouldst think a…”

The Secret Doctrine | Page 18 (part 1)

“The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky -- Vol. 1 [[Vol. 1, Page]] 310 THE SECRET DOCTRINE. § II. THE MYSTERY LANGUAGE AND ITS KEYS. R ECENT discoveries made by great mathematicians and Kabalists thus prove, beyond a shadow of doubt,…”

The Secret Doctrine | Page 22 (part 3)

“These four "animals" may be seen in many of the Roman Catholic New Testaments where the portraits of the evangelists are given. They are the animals of Ezekiel's Mercabah. As truly stated by Ragon, "the ancient Hierophants have combined s…”

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The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1f

“[The letters of the Hebrew alphabet are divided into three classes, the three mothers as they are called, AMSh; the seven duplex letters, BGDKPRTh, so called because they are sometimes tenues and sometimes aspirates, according to whether th…”

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Page 3 (part 7)

“xix as Burkitt says, "most of the most convincing proofs that the Greek text of Enoch is a translation from a Semitic language fit equally well with a Hebrew or an Aramaic original"; his opinion is that Aramaic was the original language, "b…”

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter VII

“CHAPTER VII. 1. And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cu…”

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter VIII

“CHAPTER VIII. 1. And Azâzêl taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals 〈 of the earth 〉 and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the…”

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter IX

“CHAPTER IX. 1. And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. 2. And they said one to another: 'The earth made †without i…”

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter X (part 1)

“CHAPTER X. 1. Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2. ' 〈 Go to Noah 〉 and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that th…”

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XIII

“CHAPTER XIII. 1. And Enoch went and said: 'Azâzêl, p. 40 thou shalt have no peace: a severe sentence has gone forth against thee to put thee in bonds: 2. And thou shalt not have toleration nor †request† granted to thee, because of the unrig…”

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XVI

“CHAPTER XVI. 1. From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death ⌈ of the giants ⌉ , from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement--thus shall they destroy until the day of t…”

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The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 5 (part 8)

“36.) "The foundation of hell was from eternity; however, it was not manifest, but hidden until it became awakened." ( Theosophical Questions , xv. i.) p. 115 "The four lower principles without the eternal light are the abyss, the wrath of…”

The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 7)

“The heart of God wanted to have him in Paradise and to reside in him, for it said, 'He is my image and likeness.' The kingdom of wrath wanted him, for it said, 'He is mine; for he has issued out of my fountain, out of the eternal mind of th…”

The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 8)

“15.) The forthcoming of the tree of temptation is not to be wondered at, because Adam was endowed with great powers, and an earthly form as a protection to him against the powers of hell. 1 "Reason (man's reasoning) says, 'Why did God perm…”

The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 9)

“If it had not been for that circumstance, he would in his selfishness even have become a devil by the power of the fire." 4 ( Stiefel , ii. 363.) "When the devil saw that lust resided in Adam, he acted still more powerfully upon the Sal-ni…”

The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 10)

“6.) God had ordered mankind not to eat from the fruits of the tree of temptation; but the devil thought of inducing them to disobey the command, and they were, moreover, p. 160 incited to do so by the spirit of the world, and by their own…”

The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 11)

“162 [paragraph continues] Eve, the latter was the first to be seduced to fall away from God. 1 "The lust originated in Adam, but thereupon this perverted desire began to be excited in the woman." ( Stiefel , ii. 375.) "Eve was lusting aft…”

The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 12)

“145:1 This was the divine Man, out of whom the world was created, while the natural man is a product of the world. 145:2 Because everything was within his own will, within himself. 145:3 This celestial Adam has not died, but still exists…”

The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 8 (part 6)

“1.) "The terrestrial consciousness corrupted the celestial one, and the former became the Turba of the latter. Likewise, the Fiat made the earth and stones out of the eternal essentiality." ( Menschwerdung , i. 9.) "But in the earth we fi…”

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The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 | The Archons Conspire Against Adam

“When they gazed down, they realized that his intellect surpassed (their own), and they convened in counsel together with the group of archons and all angels. They took fire and earth [II, 21] and water, and combined them with each other to…”

The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 | The Vile Spirit

“I, however, asked: “Lord, where did the vile spirit originate?” He then said to me: “The Mother- Father, who is abundant in mercy, the holy Spirit in every mode, the one who is merciful and [II, 28] who shows compassion for all of you – th…”

Gospel of Philip | Section 1h

“Now the woman and man are one in the chamber with the bed, and those so joined will not come apart again. Eve and Adam separated because when they joined it was not in the chamber with the bed. ADAM’S SOUL The soul of Adam came into being…”

Gospel of Philip | Section 1i

“His seed was Jesus, and the plant was the cross.” The tree of life in the middle of that garden of paradise is an olive tree, and from the olive tree comes chrism, and from that oil comes the resurrection. THE WORLD EATS BODIES The world e…”

Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST-j

“And the Adamas the great Tyrant with all the Tyrants who become in all the Aeons began to war without cause against the light and they knew not [24 ] with whom they are warring, because that they were not seeing anyone except the light whic…”

Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD-i

“But answered Iohannes, said he, My Lord, whenever we should come preaching and (should) go into a city or a village, and (should) come out in front of us [250 ] the men of that city, and we know not what they are, being in great guile with…”

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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 10 (part 2)

“It is not proper to despise those things of which we shall be in want after the dissolution of the body. 36. You should not ask of divinity that which, when you have obtained, you will not perpetually possess. 37. Accustom your soul aft…”

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 48)

“Καὶ γὰρ ὅτ᾽ ἐκρίνοντο θεοὶ θνητοί τ᾽ ἄνθρωποι 535 Μηκώνῃ, τότ᾽ ἔπειτα μέγαν βοῦν πρόφρονι θυμῷ δασσάμενος προέθηκε, Διὸς νόον ἐξαπαφίσκων. Τοῖς μὲν γὰρ σάρκας τε καὶ ἔγκατα πίονα δημῷ ἐν ῥινῷ κατέθηκε καλύψας γαστρὶ βοείῃ, τῷ δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ὀστέα…”

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 50)

“Τὸν δὲ μέγ᾽ ὀχθήσας προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς· Ἰαπετιονίδη, πάντων πέρι μήδεα εἰδώς, ὦ πέπον, οὐκ ἄρα πω δολίης ἐπιλήθεο τέχνης. 560 Ὥς φάτο χωόμενος Ζεὺς ἄφθιτα μήδεα εἰδώς· ἐκ τούτου δὴ ἔπειτα δόλου μεμνημένος αἰεὶ οὐκ ἐδίδου μελίῃσι πυρ…”

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 51)

“Αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἀντὶ πυρὸς τεῦξεν κακὸν ἀνθρώποισιν· 570 γαίης γὰρ σύμπλασσε περικλυτὸς Ἀμφιγυήεις παρθένῳ αἰδοίῃ ἴκελον Κρονίδεω διὰ βουλάς. Ζῶσε δὲ καὶ κόσμησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη ἀργυφέη ἐσθῆτι· κατὰ κρῆθεν δὲ καλύπτρην δαιδαλέην χείρεσσι κατ…”

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 55)

“620 Ἔνθ᾽ οἵ γ᾽ ἄλγε᾽ ἔχοντες ὑπὸ χθονὶ ναιετάοντες ἥατ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχατιῇ, μεγάλης ἐν πείρασι γαίης, δηθὰ μάλ᾽ ἀχνύμενοι, κραδίῃ μέγα πένθος ἔχοντες. ἀλλά σφεας Κρονίδης τε καὶ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι, οὓς τέκεν ἠύκομος ῾Ρείη Κρόνου ἐν φιλότητι, 625…”

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Adapa and the Food of Life | Section 1b

“Adapa, For whom art thou clad in a mourning garment?" In the country two gods have vanished; therefore am I clad In mourning garments." "Who are the two gods, who have vanished from the land?" "Tammuz and Gishzida." They looked at one anoth…”

Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet IX — Gilgamish in Terror of Death Seeks Eternal Life | Tablet IX, Section 1

“THE NINTH TABLET. GILGAMISH IN TERROR OF DEATH SEEKS ETERNAL LIFE. . Gilgamish bitterly wept for his comrade, (for) Enkidu, ranging Over the desert: "I, too—shall I not die like Enkidu also? 5. Sorrow hath enter’d my heart; I fear death as…”

Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet XI — The Flood | Tablet XI, Section 1a

“THE ELEVENTH TABLET. THE FLOOD. . Gilgamish unto him spake, to Uta-Napishtim the Distant: "Uta-Napishtim, upon thee I gaze, (yet) in no wise thy presence Strange is, (for) thou art like me, and in no wise different art thou; 5. Thou art…”

Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet XI — The Flood | Tablet XI, Section 1d

“Then Enlil, on his arrival, Spied out the vessel, and (straightway) did Enlil burst into anger, Swollen with wrath ’gainst the gods, the Igigi : 'Hath any of mortals ’Scaped? Sooth, never a man could have lived through (the welter of) ruin…”

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Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter XIII — Whence the Occult Virtues of Things Proceed | Chapter XIII, Section 1a

“CHAPTER XIII. Whence the Occult Virtues of Things Proceed . It is well known to all that there is a certain virtue in the Loadstone by which it attracts iron, and that the Diamond doth by its presence take away that virtue of the Loadston…”

Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter XXXIX — That We May, By Some Certain Matters of the World, Stir Up the Gods of the World and Their Ministering Spirits | Chapter XXXIX, Section 1

“CHAPTER XXXIX. That We May, By Some Certain Matters of the World, Stir Up the Gods of the World and Their Ministering Spirits . No man is ignorant that evil spirits, by evil and profane arts, may be raised up as Psellus saith sorcerers are…”

The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | First Dialogue-a

“. Tansillo, Cicada. Tans. The enthusiasms most suitable to be first brought forward and considered are those that I now place before you in the order that seems to me most fitting. Cic. Begin, then, to read. Tansillo. 1. Ye Muses, t…”

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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 2:15-3:11

“[2:15] And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. [2:16] And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: [2:17] but of the tree of the knowl…”

Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 3:12-4:7

“[3:12] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. [3:13] And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.…”

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The Mabinogion | Tale BRANWEN THE DAUGHTER OF LLYR-j

“And there they remained fourscore years, unconscious of having ever spent a time more joyous and mirthful. And they were not more weary than when first they came, neither did they, any of them, know the time they had been there. And it wa…”

The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESIN-a

“In times past there lived in Penllyn a man of gentle lineage, named Tegid Voel, and his dwelling was in the midst of the lake Tegid, and his wife was called Caridwen. And there was born to him of his wife a son named Morvran ab Tegid, and…”

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Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 3c

““There is no meat,” said Selu, “but wait a little while and I’ll get you something.” So she took a basket and started out to the storehouse. This storehouse was built upon poles high up from the ground, to keep it out of the reach of anima…”

Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 3g

“At last one proposed to watch when their parents went out and to follow them. Accordingly next morning the plan was carried out. Those who followed the father saw him stop at a short distance from the cabin and turn over a large stone tha…”

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Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XXX

“You say, however, “ that the makers of images observe the motion of the celestial bodies, and can tell from the concurrence of what star, with a certain star or stars, predictions will be true or false; and also whether the things that are…”

Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIII-l

“Opinion, likewise, and the phantasy, are said thus to energize when they discover arts, and accomplish admirable works, such, for instance, as Phidias effected in the formation of statues, and another in another art, as also Homer says of h…”

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Plato: Phaedrus | Section 1i

“But hear what follows, and Perhaps the fit may be averted; all is in their hands above. I will go on talking to my youth. Listen: Thus, my friend, we have declared and defined the nature of the subject. Keeping the definition in view, le…”

Plato: Republic | Section 1a

“SOCRATES - ADEIMANTUS Here Adeimantus interposed and said: To these statements, Socrates, no one can offer a reply; but when you talk in this way, a strange feeling passes over the minds of your hearers: They fancy that they are led astray…”

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The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 24 (part 1)

“p. 172 CHAPTER XII. TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. I. KINGDOM OF TEMU-KHEPERA-RA ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT. THE TENTH and ELEVENTH DIVISIONS, or HOURS, are intended to illustrate the passage of AFU-RA through the region of AKERT, Or A…”

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The Kalevala | Rune XVI-d

“Send the boat now quickly over, Send me, quick, Tuoni's row-boat, Help me cross this fatal river, Cross the channel of Manala." Spake the daughter of Tuoni, Mana's maiden thus replying: "Thou art sure a stupid fellow, Foresight wanting, jud…”

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The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1i

“50 Foul scorn was my meed | from the crafty maid, And nought from the woman I won. * * * 103. Though glad at home, | and merry with guests, A man shall be wary and wise; The sage and shrewd, | wide wisdom seeking, Must see that his speech…”

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Tao Te Ching | Chapter 55

“He who has in himself abundantly the attributes (of the Tao) is like an infant. Poisonous insects will not sting him; fierce beasts will not seize him; birds of prey will not strike him. (The infant's) bones are weak and its sinews soft, bu…”