praxis
Theurgy
Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.
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◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 3 (part 2)
“Hence, in the vision of Herus Pamphilius, in Plato, the soul of Orpheus, being destined to descend into another body, is reported to have chosen rather that of a swan than to be born again of a woman; having conceived such hatred against th…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 4 (part 8)
“43 these unnatural habits." As, therefore, it is not wonderful that the greatest part of those who inhabit a pestiferous region, should languish and decline, but that a very few should preserve their natural strength; so we ought not to won…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 4 (part 9)
“For we preserve as sacred to those divinities, a perpetual fire in our temples; since this element is most similar to their lucid frames.
But with respect to fumigations from herbs produced by the earth, they called the censer or pan, in w…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 4 (part 10)
“For in this solemnity grass is carried about, enwrapping the kernels of olives, attended with figs, all kinds of pulse, oaken boughs or acorns, the fruit of the strawberry, wheat, and barley, a mass of dried figs, cakes composed from the me…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 4 (part 11)
“As the husbandman, therefore, performs sacred rites, by presenting handfuls of pulse and fruits, so ought we to sacrifice our purest thoughts, and other goods of the soul, thanking the divinities for the sublime contemplations they afford u…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 4 (part 12)
“But to the other Gods, to the world, and to the erratic and fixed stars, composed from body and soul, and to the visible divinities, testimonials of gratitude are to be offered by sacrificing with inanimate substances.
After these there re…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 5 (part 1)
“SECT.
III.
BUT it is now time to speak of the following Hymns, of which, as we have before observed, Onomacritus is the reputed author.
And first, with regard to the dialect of these Hymns, Gesner well observes it ought to be no objectio…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 5 (part 2)
“90 modern than the above period, as it must have been so easy to detect the forgery, from the original initiations which were even extant at the time in which Suidas lived.
In the former part of this Dissertation, we asserted that we shoul…”
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◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter II
“We shall, therefore, deliver to you the peculiar dogmas of the Assyrians; and also clearly develop to you our own opinions; collecting some things from the infinite writings of the ancients, but others from those particulars which were comp…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIIIb
“Hence, through these things such a corporeal-formed division as you introduce, is demonstrated to be false.
It is, indeed, especially necessary not to propose any thing of this kind; but if this should appear to you to be requisite, yet yo…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter IXa
“I consider you, therefore, as asking, for it is your inquiry, “ Why, since the Gods dwell in the heavens alone, there are invocations by theurgists of terrestrial and subterranean Gods?
” For 45 what you assert in the beginning is not true…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter IXb
“For in things which are of a kindred nature, according to essence and power, or which are, in a certain respect, of the same species, or homogeneous, a certain comprehension, or conservation, may be discovered.
But in such things as are en…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XIa
““ How therefore ,” you ask, “ are many things performed to them in sacred operations, as if they were passive?
” I reply, that this is asserted through an ignorance of sacerdotal mysticism.
For of the things which are perpetually effected…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XII
“You also say, “ that invocations are directed to the Gods as to beings that are passive, so that not only dæmons are passive, but likewise the Gods .” This, however, is not the case. For the illumination which takes place through invocation…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XIV
“Farther still, with respect to “ what are called the necessities of the Gods ,” the whole truth of this is, that necessities are peculiar to, and subsist in such a way as accords with the nature of, the Gods. [34] Hence they do not subsist…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XVa
“After this, you pass on to another division into contraries, viz.
the division of Gods with reference to dæmons.
For you say, “ that the Gods are pure intellects ;” but you propose this opinion as an hypothesis, or you narrate it as a dog…”
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◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 21)
“If the name of Nut flourisheth in the temple of Shenth in Annu, the name of Pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity.
If the name of Osiris flourisheth in This, the name of Pepi s…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 25)
“Vignette: The deceased being weighed against his heart in the balance in the presence of Osiris, "the great god, the prince of eternity." Chapter XXXI.
The Chapter of repulsing the crocodile which cometh to carry the magical words ### from…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 26)
“The Chapter of not going in to the divine block a second time.
Vignette: A man standing with his back to the block.[1] Chapter LI.
The Chapter of not walking upside down in the underworld.
Vignette: A man standing.
Chapter LII.* The Cha…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 28)
“The Chapter of bringing a boat in the underworld.
Vignette: A boat.
Chapter C.
The Chapter of making perfect the khu , and of making it to enter into the boat of Ra, together with his divine followers.
Vignette: A boat containing a comp…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 30)
“It shall be recited on the ninth day of the festival.
Vignette: The deceased making offerings before a god.
Chapter CXLIV.
The Chapter of going in.
Vignette: Seven pylons.
Chapter CXLV A .
[Without title.] This Chapter has no vignette…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 5 (part 3)
“When Isis heard of this she went to Byblos, and, gaining admittance to the palace through the report of the royal maidens, she was made nurse to one of the king's sons, Instead of nursing the child in the ordinary way, Isis gave him her fin…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 5)
“nuk sah em ba-f I am a sah with his soul.[3] In the late edition of the Book of the Dead published by Lepsius the deceased is said to " look upon his body and to rest upon his sahu ,"[4] and souls are said "to enter into their sahu ";[5] an…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 6)
“Maspero explained to the Members of the Congress of Lyons the views which he held concerning this word, and which he had for the past five years been teaching in the Collège de France, and said, "le ka est une sorte de double de la personne…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 12)
“Every khu and every god stretcheth out his hand unto this Pepi when he cometh forth into heaven by the Ladder of God .
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that which he seeth and that which he heareth make him wise, and serve as food for him when he cometh forth int…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 18)
“It reapeth the wheat, it cutteth the barley, and it giveth it unto thee.
Now, therefore, O Pepi, he that hath given unto thee life and all power and eternity and the power of speech and thy body is Ra.
Thou hast endued thyself with the fo…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 2)
“Verily it shall be cast forth by my healing words of power, and I will drive it away from before the sight of thy sunbeams." The holy god opened his mouth and said, "I was passing along my path, and I was going through the two regions of my…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 1)
“THE GODS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
The following are the principal gods and goddesses mentioned in the pyramid texts and in the later versions of the Book of the Dead:-- Nu represents the primeval watery mass from which all the gods were ev…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 6)
“Auset or Isis , the seventh member of the company of the gods of Annu, was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus; her woes have been described both by Egyptian and Greek writers.[2] Her commonest names are "the great goddess, the divin…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 18)
“The charms against serpents in the pyramid texts of the Vth and VIth dynasties have their equivalents in the XXXIst and XXXIIIrd Chapters of the Book of the Dead, which are found on coffins of the XIth and XIIth dynasties;[2] and in the XVI…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 5)
“18.) As a separate composition, this Chapter is found in only two other papyri of the XVIIIth dynasty.[1] Chapter IX.
"The Chapter of coming forth by day, having passed through the tomb." (See pp.
120, 321, and pl.
18.) The vignette in t…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 6)
“6.) The ceremony of giving a mouth to the deceased was, according to the vignette in the papyrus of Nebseni, performed by the "Guardian of the Balance ".
In the papyrus of Ani there is no vignette, and it is remarkable that this Chapter fo…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 17 (part 1)
“PLATE IV.
Vignette: Ani, found just, is led into the presence of Osiris.
On the left the hawk-headed god Horus, the son of Isis, wearing the double crown of the North and the South, takes Ani by the hand and leads him forward towards "Osi…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 1)
“PLATES V.
AND VI.
Vignettes: The funereal procession to the tomb; running the length of the two plates.
In the centre of Plate V.
the mummy of the dead man is seen lying in a chest or shrine mounted on a boat with runners, which is draw…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 2)
“The god Uatch-ura , "Great Green Water," with each hand extended over a pool; that under his right hand is called She en hesmen , "Pool of Natron," and that under his left hand She en Maaat , "Pool of Nitre or Salt" (to illustrate lines 47-…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 2)
“The name of (2) the doorkeeper is Un-hat[4]; (3) the name of the watcher is (4) Seqet-hra; the name of the herald is Uset.[5] (6) Saith Osiris Ani, when he cometh unto this Arit; "He sitteth to do his heart's desire, and he weigheth (7) wor…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 4)
“, "He liveth upon worms." 2.
Var.
###.
3.
For what follows of this speech Naville gives no equivalent.
4.
Var.
Seket-tau-keha-kheru.
5.
Ates-sen.
6 Var.
Aa-kheru.] unto thee, O Osiris, who art cleansed of [thine] impurities.
Tho…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 7)
“"Lo, the Lover of fire, the purifier of sinners (?), the lover of slaughter, the chief of those who adore, the lady of the temple, the slaughterer of the fiends in the night.
She judgeth the feeble bandaged one." THE NINETEENTH PYLON.
"Lo…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 21 (part 1)
“PLATE XIII.
Vignettes (Upper register): A pylon, or gateway, surmounted by the feathers of Maat and uræi wearing disks.
(Lower register): A pylon, surmounted by Anubis and an utchat .
Text [CHAPTER XVIII.]: [" (1) Hail Thoth, who madest…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 4)
“May the Shenit ,[2] who make men to stand fast, not cause my name to stink."[3] Vignette: Ani holding his soul in the form of a human-headed bird.
Text: [CHAPTER LXI.] (I) CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 6)
“Text [CHAPTER LVI.]: CHAPTER OF SNIFFING THE AIR UPON EARTH.
[He saith]: "(2) Hail, Tmu, grant thou unto me the sweet breath which is in thy two nostrils.
I embrace the mighty throne which is in Unnu,[4] and I watch and guard the Egg of t…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 1)
“PLATE XVI.
Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in prayer, before four gods who are seated on a pedestal in the form of Maat; before him is his heart set upon a pedestal.
Text [CHAPTER XXVII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 3)
“Vignette: [1] Ani standing at the doorway of the tomb; and Ani's shadow, accompanied by his soul.
Text [CHAPTER XCII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE TOMB TO THE SOUL OF THE SHADOW, OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF GETTING POWER OVER THE LE…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 36 (part 4)
“Verily, Sut spake unto me (17) the things which concern himself, and I said, I Let the thought of the trial of the balance by thee be even within our hearts.'" The majesty of the god Anubis saith: (18) "Dost thou know the name of this door…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 37 (part 1)
“PLATES XXXI.
AND XXXII.
Vignettes: The Hall of Double Right and Truth, wherein Ani has to address severally the forty-two gods, who are seated in a row in the middle of the, hall.
At each end is a door that on the right is called "Neb-Ma…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 1)
“PLATE XXXII.
(34) "Hail, Tmu in thine hour, who comest forth from Tattu, I have never cursed the king." (35) "Hail, thou who workest with thy will, who comest forth from Tebu, I have never fouled the water." (36) "Hail, thou bearer of the…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 2)
“(16) Hail, Strider, who comest forth from Bast, I have not been an eavesdropper.
(17) Hail, Aaati, who comest forth from Annu, I have not set my lips in motion against any man.
(18) Hail, thou god of two-fold evil, who comest forth from A…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 4)
“I am pure, in my fore-parts have I been made clean, and in my hinder parts have I (19) been purified; my reins have been bathed in the Pool of right and truth, and no member of my body was wanting.
I have been purified in the pool of the s…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 6)
“Vignette: The goddess Neith.
Text: (11) The fore-arms of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the fore-arms of the lady of Sais.
Vignette: The god Sut.
Text: (12) The backbone of Osiris Ani, triumphant, is the backbone of Sut.
Vignette: A god.…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 2)
“(5, 6) Thou hast been made victorious in (7) Nut, and thou art mighty to prevail with the gods." [Nephthys saith:] "(2) I have gone round about to protect thee, brother Osiris; (3) 1 have come to be a protector unto thee.
[My strength shal…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 3)
“3 Variant hru xesef sat , "day of driving back slaughter."] [Qebhsennuf saith:] "I am thy son, O Osiris Ani, triumphant.
I have come to protect thee.
I have collected thy bones, and I have gathered together thy members.
[I have brought t…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 5)
“Instead of three, the Nebseni papyrus has four ovals, which are called Hetep, An (?), Uakhakha, and Neb-taui.
3 In the Turin papyrus, published by Lepsius, the ploughing, sowing, reaping and treading out the corn are all shown in one divis…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 41 (part 2)
“(6) May Osiris Ani, triumphant, be born upon your thighs; may he be like unto one (7) Of you for ever and for ever; and may he become a glorious being (8) in the beautiful Amenta." [ Address to the Rudders ]: "(1) Hail, thou beautiful Power…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 20)
“Although these chapters were found at Hermopolis, the city of Thoth, it does not follow that they were drawn up there.
5.
See Birch, in Bunsen, Egypt's Place in Universal History , vol.
V., p.
125; Naville, Todtenbuch (Einleitung), p.…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 24)
“The vignettes too are additions to the work; but, although they depict scenes in the life beyond the grave, they do not seem to form a connected series, and it is doubtful if they are arranged on any definite plan.
A general idea of the co…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 26)
“Vignette: The deceased being weighed against his heart in the balance in the presence of Osiris, "the great god, the prince of eternity." Chapter XXXI.
The Chapter of repulsing the crocodile which cometh to carry the magical words ### from…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 27)
“The Chapter of not going in to the divine block a second time.
Vignette: A man standing with his back to the block.[1] Chapter LI.
The Chapter of not walking upside down in the underworld.
Vignette: A man standing.
Chapter LII.* The Cha…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 48)
“In the XIIth dynasty and in later periods the gods are entreated to grant meat and drink to the ka of the deceased; and it seems as if the Egyptians thought that the future welfare of the spiritual body depended upon the maintenance of a co…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 56)
“The Egyptians called them " per kheru ," that is to say, " the things which the word or the demand made to appear ," or " per hru kheru ," that is to say, " the things which presented themselves at the word " or " at the demand " of the dec…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 57)
“lxxvi} apparel which they wear,[1] the white linen and sandals;[2] he is clothed in white,[3] and "he goeth to the great lake in the midst of the Field of Peace whereon the great gods sit; and these great and never failing gods give unto hi…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 69)
“xcii} unity of a supreme and self-existent being, his eternity, his almightiness, and external reproduction thereby as God; the attributing of the creation of the world and of all living beings to this supreme God; the immortality of the so…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 81)
“The souls of the dead could also be commended to the care of the gods above by the gods of Annu, and thus we find it said in the pyramid of Unas: "O gods of the west, O gods of the east, O gods of the south, O gods of the north, ye four [or…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 83)
“A large number of faïence figures of this triune god are found in graves, and specimens exist in all museums.
He is represented as a dwarf standing upon a crocodile, and having a scarabæus upon his head; the scarab is the emblem of the new…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 86)
“tav 346.] {p.
cxiii} Ausar or Osiris , the sixth member of the company of the gods of Annu, was the son of Seb and Nut, and the husband of his sister Isis, the father of "Horus, the son of Isis," and the brother of Set and Nephthys.
The v…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 87)
“Auset or Isis , the seventh member of the company of the gods of Annu, was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus; her woes have been described both by Egyptian and Greek writers.[2] Her commonest names are "the great goddess, the divin…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 100)
“The pyramid texts afford scanty information about the fiends and devils with which the later Egyptians peopled certain parts of the Tuat, wherein the night sun pursued his course, and where the souls of the dead dwelt; for this we must turn…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 116)
“17.) The two incense burners which stand, one at the head and one at the foot of the bier, are peculiar to the papyrus of Ani.
[1.
Naville, Einleitung , p.
97.] {p.
cli} List of Chapters.
Chapter XCI.
"The Chapter of not letting the s…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 117)
“"The Chapter of the Pillow which is placed under the head." (See pp.
228, 359, and pl.
33.) Chapter CLXXV.
" The Chapter of not dying a second time." (See pp.
184, 341, and pl.
29.) Only one other much mutilated copy of this most impor…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 2 (part 1)
“p.
vi PREFACE THE present work is the outcome of two lectures on the Books of the Tuat, i.e., the Egyptian Underworld, or "Other World," which I had the honour to deliver at the Royal Institution in the spring of 1904, and it has been prep…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 5)
“was employed in building his pyramid and funeral temple, the hereditary governors and nobles of important provinces in Upper Egypt were not slow to avail themselves of the opportunity which peace and the renewed prosperity of p.
11 the cou…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 6)
“Moreover, the soul which had knowledge of certain sections of the work would "live among the living ones," and would "see Osiris every day," and would have "air in his nostrils, and death would never draw nigh unto him." 2 The illustrations…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 10)
“23 [paragraph continues] Underworld.
In other words, the priests of Amen asserted the absolute sovereignty of their god, and their own religious supremacy.
It is, however, interesting to note that certain kings did not entirely shake off…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 11)
“The net result of the facts stated in the last two paragraphs proves that Seti I.
relied for salvation upon the protection, part magical and part religious, afforded by the sacred writings of two great schools of religious thought, the lea…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 5)
“close to Heliopolis; if this be so, Sekhet-Aaru was probably situated at no great distance from Abydos, near which was the famous "Gap" in the mountains, whereby the spirits of the dead entered the abode set apart for them.
We see from thi…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 7)
“May I gain dominion over the great and mighty word which is in my body in this my place, and by it I shall have memory and not forget." The pools and places in Sekhet-hetepet which the deceased mentions as having a desire to visit are UNEN-…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 2)
“Lacau in Recueil , 1904, p.
67.
The very short form of the prayer of the deceased that he may enjoy the companionship of his father and mother in Sekhet.-hetep is the outcome of a belief which is very ancient; and it finds its fullest exp…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 3)
“69 children, and his beloved ones, and his foster-parents, and his kinsfolk, and his [grown-up] sons and daughters, and his concubines, whom it is his heart's desire [to meet], and his friends, and those who have worked for him upon earth;…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 4)
“A perusal of the above Chapter shows that it is the expression of beliefs and ideas concerning the future life which belong to a very early period of civilization, and to a time when the Egyptians held most primitive views about their gods.…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 5)
“The Rubric had, in fact, so far back as B.C.
2600, become a traditional magical formula of a most powerful character, and it must have been composed at the time when the abode of the blessed was supposed to resemble the "great field" in wh…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 6)
“From each of these Books we find that the Sun-god was not able to pass through the Tuat by virtue of the powers which he possessed as the great god of the world, but p.
93 only through his knowledge of the proper words of power, and of mag…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 8)
“99 Hour-goddess --TUATET-MAKTET-EN-NEB-S.
Division X.
Name --METET-QA-UTCHEBU.
Name of the Gate --AA-KHEPERU-MES-ARU.
Hour-goddess --TENTENIT-UHETES-KHAK-AB.
Division XI.
Name --RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU.
Name of the Gate --SEKHEN-TUATI…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 8 (part 2)
“This DIVISION, or antechamber, or vestibule, of the Tuat is, according to the BOOK AM-TUAT, called NET-RA, and before the Sun-god can come to the dweller in the Tuat he must pass over a space which is said to be 120, or 220, atru , or leagu…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 8 (part 3)
“AFU-RA), twelve goddesses, who open the gates in the earth, twelve goddesses, who guide the god, and nine gods, "who praise Ra" (vol.
i., pp.
9-11).
So soon as AFU-RA has entered this DIVISION (ARRIT) he calls upon the gods to let him pr…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 8 (part 4)
“On each half of the mountain is a sceptre, one having the head of a jackal, and the other that of a ram; each sceptre is supported by the god TAT and the god SET, the personifications of the Tuat and the Mountain respectively.
One sceptre…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 9 (part 3)
“The texts giving these facts are most important, for they prove that in early times the abode of the blessed was believed to be in URNES, and that the making of offerings to the dead was inculcated as a meritorious act, and that it was beli…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 10 (part 2)
“The MAATIU beings have this name given to them because, as the text says, "they spoke Maat ," i.e., what is true, "upon earth"; moreover, "they did not approach the neterit ." Now the word neterit usually means "goddesses," but here it has…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 13 (part 1)
“p.
131 CHAPTER VIII.
FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
I.
THE KINGDOM OF SEKER ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT.
THE Boat of AFU-RA has now passed out of the dominions of KHENTI-AMENTI, the ancient god of the dead of the city of Abydos, and ha…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 13 (part 2)
“The hidden gods who march in front of the boat are few in number, and the names of many of them are unfamiliar; some of them are connected with Osiris, and all of them are under the control of ANPU, or ANUBIS, and perform some act which hel…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 14 (part 3)
“It is tolerably certain that the form in which they depicted it is much shorter than that in which it existed originally, and that the attributes and duties of many of the gods have been changed to suit the necessities of the cults of Osiri…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 15 (part 1)
“p.
140 CHAPTER IX.
FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
THE pictures and texts of this DIVISION, or HOUR, in the BOOK OF GATES vary considerably from those in the BOOK-AM-…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 16 (part 1)
“FIFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
The FIFTH, like the FOURTH DIVISION of the BOOK OF GATES, in no way resembles that in the BOOK AM-TUAT, and it has nothing whatsoever to…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 17 (part 2)
“In each sepulchre is an "image" of Ra, i.e., a human head, a hawk's wing, and a hind-quarter of a lion, and these appear to be symbols under which the god was worshipped in and around Annu, or Heliopolis.
On the left of AFU-RA are eight go…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 19
“EIGHTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. I. KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT. The name of this DIVISION, or HOUR, or CITY, is TEBAT-NETERU-S, its Gate is called AHA-AN-URT-NEF, and its Hour-goddess is NEBT-USHAU. The Boat of AFU-RA now e…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 26 (part 2)
“The men are called HERU-METU-HEKAIU, i.e., "those who are over the words (which have) magical power"; the apes are called SAIU, i.e., producers of magical effects by making knots in ropes, over which they whisper incantations; and the women…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 27 (part 1)
“TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
KINGDOM OF TEMU-KHEPERA-RA ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
In the TENTH DIVISION, or HOUR, which AFU-RA enters so soon as he has passed through its Gate, which is called TCHESERIT, and is guarded by the mo…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 12 (part 3)
“This scent is that which distilleth from Horus, this scent is that which distilleth from Set, and it is that which stablisheth the hearts of the two Horus gods.[2] Thou purifiest thyself with the Heru-shesu;[*] thou art purified with natron…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 12 (part 4)
“Here [offer] two vases of milk.
10.
Here bring two black and white pitchers.
11.
Here [offer] a cake.
12.
Here [offer] two baskets of onions.
13.
Repeat four times.
14.
Here [offer] a cake.] {p.
xcli} given unto thee, and thou ha…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 3)
“, "the opening of the mouth and eyes," is performed by the Sem priest, who addresses the deceased: "I have come to embrace thee, I am thy son Horus, I have pressed thy mouth; I am thy son, I love thee.
His mother beats her breast and weeps…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 2)
“Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail, thou god Annitu!
Hail, O Runner, (2) dwelling in thy hall!
O thou great god, grant thou " that my soul may come unto me from wheresoever it may be.
If it would tarry, then bring thou unto me (3) my soul from wher…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 30 (part 2)
“They saw (13) the urertu crown stablished upon his head, and they fell down upon their faces.
Behold, O ye shining ones, ye men (14) and gods, ye damned ones, when ye behold Osiris Ani, triumphant like unto Horus and adored (15) by reason…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 32 (part 2)
“May I enter into the presence of Ra daily to hear his words, and may I sit down among the (8) mighty gods of Nut.
May a homestead be made ready for me, and may offerings of food and drink be put before me therein.
May I eat therein; (9) m…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 36 (part 3)
“Text [CHAPTER CXXV.]: (1) THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO THE HALL OF DOUBLE RIGHT AND TRUTH: A HYMN OF PRAISE TO OSIRIS, THE DWELLER IN AMENTET.
Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant, saith: (2) "I have come and I have drawn nigh to see thy bea…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 39 (part 1)
“PLATE XXXIII.
Vignette: A lake of fire, at each corner of which is seated a dog-headed ape.[1] Rubric: (1) Osiris Ani, triumphant, is girt about with [fine] raiment, he is shod with (2)white sandals, and he is anointed with very precious a…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 53)
“Every khu and every god stretcheth out his hand unto this Pepi when he cometh forth into heaven by the Ladder of God .
.
.
.
that which he seeth and that which he heareth make him wise, and serve as food for him when he cometh forth int…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 108)
“O Unas, the Eye of Horus hath been given to thee that it may embrace thee.[6] O Unas, the Eye of Horus which strove with Set hath been, given unto thee, in order that the opening of thy mouth may be caused thereby.[7] O Unas, that which flo…”
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◆The Kalevala | Rune IId
“Down from heaven came the eagle, Through the air be came a-flying, That he might this thing consider; And he spake the words that follow: "Wherefore, ancient Wainamoinen, Hast thou left the slender birch-tree, Left the birch-tree only stand…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIIa
“AND YOUKAHAINEN.
Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel, Passed his years in full contentment, On the meadows of Wainola, On the plains of Kalevala, Singing ever wondrous legends, Songs of ancient wit and wisdom, Chanting one day, then a second, Si…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIId
“Thou wert never seen or heard of When the earth was first created, When were made the ether-spaces, When the air was crystal-pillared, When the Moon was placed in orbit, When the silver Sun was planted, When the Bear was firmly stationed, W…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune Va
“'S LAMENTATION.
Far and wide the tidings travelled, Far away men heard the story Of the flight and death of Aino, Sister dear of Youkahainen, Fairest daughter of creation.
Wainamoinen, brave and truthful, Straightway fell to bitter weepin…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune VIa
“'S HAPLESS JOURNEY.
Wainamoinen, old and truthful, Now arranges for a journey To the village of the Northland, To the land of cruel winters, To the land of little sunshine, To the land of worthy women; Takes his light-foot, royal racer, Th…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune VIIIb
“Come, sweet maiden, to my snow-sledge, I am not despised as hero, Not the meanest of magicians; Come with me and I will make thee Wife and queen in Kalevala." Thus the Maid of Beauty answered— "Would consider thee a hero, Mighty hero, I wou…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune VIIIc
“But the stream flows like a brooklet, Rushing like a maddened torrent, Stains the herbs upon the meadows, Scarcely is a bit of verdure That the blood-stream does not cover As it flows and rushes onward From the knee of the magician, From th…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IXb
“"Then the blacksmith, Ilmarinen, Came to earth to work the metal; He was born upon the Coal-mount, Skilled and nurtured in the coal-fields; In one hand, a copper hammer, In the other, tongs of iron; In the night was born the blacksmith, In…”
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Bembine Table of Isisb
“Laurentius Pignorius reproduced the Tablet in connection with a descriptive essay in 1605, but his timidly advanced explanations demonstrated his ignorance concerning the actual interpretation of the figures.
THE BEMBINE TABLE OF ISIS.
Co…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Bembine Table of Isisc
“For as in the Supreme Mind everything is simultaneous and spaceless, the future is therefore present in that Mind; and they thought that while the human mind was absorbed in the Supreme by contemplation, by that union they were enabled to k…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Wonders of Antiquityf
“She bathed in the Castalian well, abstained from all food, drank only from the fountain of Cassotis, which was brought into the temple through concealed pipes, and just before mounting the tripod, she chewed a few leaves of the sacred bay t…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Stones, Metals and Gemsi
“The same multiplied by 20 gives 432,000, the fourth age, Kali-Yuga ." (It will be noted that these multipliers decrease in inverse ratio to the Pythagorean tetractys: 1, 2, 3, and 4.) H.
P.
Blavatsky declares that Orpheus taught his follo…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorcerya
“CEREMONIAL magic is the ancient art of invoking and controlling spirits by a scientific application of certain formulæ.
A magician, enveloped in sanctified vestments and carrying a wand inscribed with hieroglyphic figures, could by the pow…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorceryc
“It is identical with Baphomet the mystic pantheos of those disciples of ceremonial magic, the Templars, who probably obtained it from the Arabians.
*** A well-known magician of the Middle Ages was Dr.
Johannes Faustus, more commonly known…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorceryd
“For the third time I asked my question and he answered, 'I am as swift as human thought.' 'You shall serve me,' I replied.
This spirit was faithful for a long time, but to tell you how he served me is not possible in a document of this len…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorcerye
“On the place where you intend to make the circle, you must first draw a great cross with a large sword with which no one ever has been hurt.
Then you must make three concentric circles.
The innermost circle is made of a long narrow strip…”
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◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1c
“And Jesus said, “Whoever will not eat my flesh and drink my blood has no life within him.” What does he mean?
His flesh is the word and blood the holy spirit.
Who has received these has food and drink and clothing.
I condemn those who sa…”
◆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…”
◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1j
“In the world these are the true people.
They are the attendants of the bridal chamber.
POWER AND WEAKNESS In this world, power and weakness mingle when man and woman have sex.
Joining is different in the eternal realm, though we use the…”
◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1m
“If we know the truth, we shall find the fruits of the truth within us.
If we join it, it will fulfill us.
THE STRONG AND WEAK, THE MANIFEST AND HIDDEN Now we have the manifest things of creation.
We say, “The strong are they who are held…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTo
“It happened therefore while the Rulers of the Aeons, with those of the Destiny, with those of the Sphere are abiding, doing this kind (of thing) [36 ] turning them round, eating the purgation of their matter, having not been allowed to make…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTt
“And I trusted unto thee: now therefore, O Light of the Lights, I am afflicted in the darkness of the Chaos: if thou wishest therefore to come to deliver me, great is thy mercy; hear me in truth and deliver me: deliver me out of the matter o…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST~
“And also let them trust unto him, if they should come unto the Place of the Height: because it (is) he who will see and redeem us, 38 and there is a great mystery [69 ] of deliverance in him: and he is he who will deliver all the powers out…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“[71 ] Because of this word therefore thy power of light prophesied once by David, saying in the four-twentieth with one psalm, God will sit in the assembly of the gods and (will) give judgment unto the gods.
Said he to her Jesus, Well (don…”
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◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINd
“Under this tree is a fountain, and by the side of the fountain a marble slab, and on the marble slab a silver bowl, attached by a chain of silver, so that it may not be carried away.
Take the bowl and throw a bowlful of water upon the slab…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINf
“And Owain made it known to him, and said, “I am in quest of the Knight who guards the fountain.” Upon this the yellow man smiled, and said that he was as loth to point out that adventure to Owain as he had been to Kynon.
However, he descri…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINk
““My lord,” said he, “I know the meaning of all this, and my request is, that thou wilt permit me to throw the water on the slab, and to receive the first adventure that may befall.” And Arthur gave him leave.
Then Kai threw a bowlful of wa…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINm
““Go with this,” said she, “and take with thee yonder horse and clothing, and place them near the man we saw just now.
And anoint him with this balsam, near his heart; and if there is life in him, he will arise through the efficacy of this…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWENk
“And the second and the third day they journeyed, and even then scarcely could they reach so far.
And when they came before the castle, they beheld a vast flock of sheep, which was boundless and without an end.
And upon the top of a mound…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale MANAWYDDAN THE SON OF LLYRi
“And the third night came unto me my wife and the ladies of the Court, and besought me to transform them.
And I transformed them.
Now she is pregnant.
And had she not been pregnant thou wouldst not have been able to overtake her; but sinc…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale MATH THE SON OF MATHONWYb
“Swine are they now called.” “Who owneth them?” “Pryderi the son of Pwyll; they were sent him from Annwvyn, by Arawn the king of Annwvyn, and still they keep that name, half hog, half pig.” “Verily,” asked he, “and by what means may they be…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale MATH THE SON OF MATHONWYe
“But first I will cause thee to have compensation, and then will I have amends made unto myself.
As for thee, I will take thee to be my wife, and the possession of my dominions will I give unto thy hands.” And Gwydion and Gilvaethwy came no…”
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◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter II — What Magic Is, What Are the Parts Thereof, and How the Professors Thereof Must Be Qualified | Chapter II, Section 1a
“CHAPTER II.
What Magic Is, What Are the Parts Thereof, and How the Professors Thereof Must Be Qualified .
Magic is a faculty of wonderful virtue, full of most high mysteries, containing the most profound contemplation of most secret thing…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter II — What Magic Is, What Are the Parts Thereof, and How the Professors Thereof Must Be Qualified | Chapter II, Section 1b
“It instructs us also concerning Faith, Miracles, the virtues of Words and Figures , the secret operations and mysteries of Seals; and, as Apuleius saith, it teacheth us rightly to understand and to be skilled in the Ceremonial Laws, the equ…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter V — Of the Wonderful Natures of Fire and Earth | Chapter V, Section 1a
“CHAPTER V.
Of the Wonderful Natures of Fire and Earth .
There are two things, saith Hermes, viz., Fire and Earth, which are sufficient for the operation of all wonderful things: the former is active, the latter passive.
Fire, as saith Di…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter V — Of the Wonderful Natures of Fire and Earth | Chapter V, Section 1b
“Hence it was that the first and most wise institutors of religions and ceremonies ordained that prayers, singings and all manner of divine worships whatsoever should not be performed without lighted candles or torches (hence, also, was that…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter VI — Of the Wonderful Natures of Water, Air and Winds | Chapter VI, Section 1b
“Josephus also makes relation of the wonderful nature of a certain river betwixt Arcea and Raphanea, cities of Syria, which runs with a full channel all the Sabbath day and then on a sudden ceaseth, as if the springs were stopped, and all th…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter XI — How Occult Virtues are Infused into the Several Kinds of Things by Ideas Through the Help of the Soul of the World, And Rays of the Stars; and what Things Abound Most with this Virtue | Chapter XI, Section 1
“CHAPTER XI. How Occult Virtues are Infused into the Several Kinds of Things by Ideas Through the Help of the Soul of the World, And Rays of the Stars; and what Things Abound Most with this Virtue . Platonists say that all inferior bodies ar…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter XXXVIII — How We May Draw Not Only Celestial and Vital, but Also Certain Intellectual and Divine Gifts From Above | Chapter XXXVIII, Section 1a
“CHAPTER XXXVIII.
How We May Draw Not Only Celestial and Vital, but Also Certain Intellectual and Divine Gifts From Above .
Magicians teach that celestial gifts may, through inferiors being conformable to superiors, be drawn down by opport…”
◆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…”
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◆The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1a
“CHAPTER V.
1.
(It is written) Isa.
i.
4: "Woe unto the sinful nation, unto the people heavy with iniquity, unto the seed of evildoers, &c." (Here the author of the "Siphra Dtzenioutha" reasoneth concerning the small word HVI, "woe," whi…”
◆The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1c
“And to it also pertain the following names, namely, the name) IH, Yah (whensoever it is written in full with A in this manner:) IVD HA, Yod Ha (and containeth the number of the numeral powers of the letters of the Tetragrammaton, namely, 26…”
◆The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1g
“The four wheels are their correlatives under the second Sephira, on their four sides--namely, the four elements of the air, fire, water, and earth, which are the abodes of the spirits of the elements, the sylphs, salamanders, undines, and g…”
◆The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1i
“And IVBL, Yobel , "jubilee," is H, He (the first He of the Tetragrammaton); and He is the spirit rushing forth over all (because the mother is the world to come, when in the resurrection all things will receive the spirit); and all things s…”
◆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 Greater Holy Assembly (Idra Rabba Qadisha) | Idra Rabba, Chapter 1 (part 1)
“p.
109 HADRA RBA QDIShA (HA IDRA RABBA QADISHA); OR, THE GREATER HOLY ASSEMBLY.
CHAPTER I.
THE INGRESS AND THE PREFACE.
1.
TRADITION.--Rabbi Schimeon spake unto his companions, and said: "How long shall we abide in the condition of one…”
◆The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1h
“"And the Elohim said, let there be light, and there was light." (The sense may be sought from that Psalm xxxiii.
9) where it a written, "Since He Himself spake, and it was done." (First, therefore, is commemorated) the Path HVA, Hoa , (tha…”
◆The Lesser Holy Assembly (Idra Zuta Qadisha) | Idra Zuta, Chapter 1 (part 1)
“CHAPTER VIII.
CONCERNING THE FOREHEAD OF MACROPROSOPUS.
87.
THE forehead of His skull is the acceptation of acceptations, whereunto is opposed the acceptation of Microprosopus, like as it is written, Exod.
xxviii.
38: "And it shall be…”
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◆Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat | Section 1a
“The Secret Sermon on the Mountain <This dialogue is in many ways the culmination of the whole Corpus, summing up the theory of the Hermetic system at the same time as it provides an intriguing glimpse at the practice.
The focus of the dial…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat | Section 1c
“Gnosis of God hath come to us, and when this comes, my son, Not-knowing is cast out.
Gnosis of Joy hath come to us, and on its coming, son, Sorrow will flee away to them who give it room.
The Power that follows Joy do I invoke, thy Self-c…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat | Section 1d
“<lacuna in text>, though this Sermon (Logos) on Rebirth, on which I did not comment - in order that we may not be calumniators of the All unto the multitude, to whom indeed God Himself doth will we should not.
14.
Tat: Tell me, O father:…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat | Section 1e
“Sing praise, my Self-control; sing thou through me, my Righteousness, the praises of the Righteous; sing thou, my Sharing-all, the praises of the All; through me sing, Truth, Truth's praises!
Sing thou, O Good, the Good!
O Life and Light,…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 15: The Hymn of Hermes | Section 1a
“p.
266 CORPUS HERMETICUM (XVI.) THE DEFINITIONS OF ASCLEPIUS UNTO KING AMMON THE PERFECT SERMON OF ASCLEPIUS UNTO THE KING (Text: R.
348-354; Pat.
at end.
1 ) 1.
Great is the sermon ( logos ) which I send to thee, O King—the summing up…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 15: The Hymn of Hermes | Section 1e
“bringing or drawing down; κατάγειν = deducere, elicere —used frequently of magic arts.
269:8 νοητὴ οὐσία = intelligibilis essentia.
269:9 ὄγκος = moles, mass, bulk, volume; in later philosophy it means “atom,” and may mean so here, of cou…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 15: The Hymn of Hermes | Section 1f
“(xiv.) 7.
274:4 The two irrational parts, “passion” and “desire” (θυμὸς and ἐπιθυμία).
274:5 The soul.
275:1 This Erōs is the lower love ( cf.
C.
H.
, i.
18: “love, the cause of death”), not the Divine Love who inspires Hermes in “Th…”
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◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 2 (part 5)
“The will beholding itself in the mirror of wisdom causes its own image to appear within the groundlessness, and thus it creates a foundation in its own imagination." ( Menschwerdung , ii.
1.) "Wisdom, the eternal virgin, the playmate of Go…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 8 (part 9)
“Little would it benefit the blind to know of the light merely from hearsay.
Little would it profit the "Christian" if he knew of a historical Christ, and could not perceive the glory and majesty of the Atma Buddhi within his own soul.
Boe…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 10 (part 7)
“It is not shown that Esau became subject to Jacob, but the story represents to us a spiritual symbol, showing how the kingdom of nature in man was to become subjected and to be made to submit in humility to the kingdom p.
214 of grace; how…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 10 (part 8)
“9.) "In those heathen that were highly intellectual in the light of nature the interior holy realm was mirrored, and although the true divine intelligence was closed to them, and although they beheld merely an external reflection, neverthel…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 14 (part 8)
“, in the heavenly essentiality (Devachan)—cannot be disturbed by anybody, unless they should wish it themselves, in case that they were very favourably inclined towards some particular soul in harmony with their own.
They do not trouble th…”
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◆The Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World | Section 1c
“Sprinkle Ishtar with the waters of life and take her out of my presence.
Namtar went, knocked at the strong palace, Tapped on the threshold of precious stones.
He brought out the Anunnaki and placed them on golden thrones, He sprinkled Is…”
◆Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1h
“She recited an incantation, she pronounced her spell, And the gods of the battle cried out for their weapons.
Then advanced Tiamat and Marduk, the counselor of the gods; To the fight they came on, to the battle they drew nigh.
The lord sp…”
◆Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1j
“Tutu [Marduk] is "He who created them anew"; Should their wants be pure, then are they satisfied; Should he make an incantation, then are the gods appeased; Should they attack him in anger, he withstandeth their onslaught!
Let him therefor…”
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◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1m
“I ween that I hung | on the windy tree, Hung there for nights full nine; With the spear I was wounded, | and offered I was To Othin, myself to myself, On the tree that none | may ever know What root beneath it runs.
[138.
In the manuscrip…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1n
“Knowest how one shall write, | knowest how one shall rede?
Knowest how one shall tint, | knowest how one makes trial?
Knowest how one shall ask, | knowest how one shall offer?
Knowest how one shall send, | knowest how one shall sacrifice…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1o
“A sixth I know, | if harm one seeks With a sapling's roots to send me; The hero himself | who wreaks his hate Shall taste the ill ere I.
153.
A seventh I know, | if I see in flames The hall o'er my comrades' heads; It burns not so wide |…”
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◆Plato: Symposium | Section 1l
“The course of the seasons is also full of both these principles; and when, as I was saying, the elements of hot and cold, moist and dry, attain the harmonious love of one another and blend in temperance and harmony, they bring to men, anima…”
◆Plato: Symposium | Section 1v
“"And you mean by the happy, those who are the possessors of things good or fair?" "Yes." "And you admitted that Love, because he was in want, desires those good and fair things of which he is in want?" "Yes, I did." "But how can he be a god…”