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Word Power Incantation
The doctrine and practice that spoken or sung word carries causal-magical force — that uttering names, formulas, songs, or incantations alters reality directly rather than merely communicating about it. Vainamoinen's runo-songs that move mountains and command iron, Norse galdr, Vedic mantra, Shinto kotodama, the magician's barbarous names in the Greek Magical Papyri, Iamblichean arcane signatures and inexplicable symbols, biblical creation-by-word. Distinct from sacred_names (the ontological power of names themselves) and prayer (address to the divine); word_power_incantation is the magical-causal efficacy of the spoken word as such.
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The Kalevala | Rune II-b
“Wainamoinen, old and trusty, Thought awhile, and well considered, How to kill the mighty oak-tree, First created for his pleasure, How to fell the tree majestic, How to lop its hundred branches.
Sad the lives of man and hero, Sad the homes…”
The Kalevala | Rune II-c
“Straightway to the oak-tree turning, Thither stalks the mighty giant, In his raiment long and roomy, Flapping in the winds of heaven; With his second step he totters On the land of darker color; With his third stop firmly planted, Reaches h…”
The Kalevala | Rune II-d
“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 II-e
“Here a few days pass unnoted And as many nights fly over.
When the seventh day had journeyed, On the morning of the eighth day, Wainamoinen, wise and ancient, Went to view his crop of barley, How his plowing, how his sowing, How his labors…”
The Kalevala | Rune III-a
“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 III-b
“Instantly the prancing racer Springs away upon his journey; On he, restless, plunges northward, All day long be onward gallops, All the next day, onward, onward, So the third from morn till evening, Till the third day twilight brings him To…”
The Kalevala | Rune III-c
“Slowly perches swim in Autumn, Wry-backed, hunting deeper water, Spawn in shallows in the summer, Bounding on the shore of ocean.
Should this wisdom seem too little, I can tell thee other matters, Sing thee other wizard sayings: All the No…”
The Kalevala | Rune III-d
“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…”
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The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 5 (part 7)
“I should imagine that the Lords of its Convention are to be feared in a certain manner, like the Red and the Black Death.
But the versicles and aspirations and formulæ which must be strong enough at any moment to undo all the gates of hell…”
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 11 (part 2)
“The work opens with a characteristic stultification in respect of its own claim, by pointing out that of all the sovereign princes of past ages there was none more fortunate than Charlemagne, and the source of his great prosperity is acknow…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 11 (part 3)
“While it thus ensures against evil, it gives happiness in domestic matters and in the enterprises which contribute to prosperity and to the pleasures of a contented life.
The proviso is that [paragraph continues] "the instructions must be…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 11 (part 4)
“There are prayers for voyages, prayers addressed to the Cross, and then under the Tau symbol, commencing with the curious exclamation, Per signum ✠ Domini Tau, libera me , there follows a long conjuration, as express as anything in Magic, d…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 12 (part 1)
Ҥ 4.
The Seven Mysterious Orisons SUNDAY Pater noster, &c.
Deliver me, O Lord, I beseech Thee, me even, thy creature, N., from all evils Past, present and to come, whether of body or soul; grant me peace and health in Thy goodness; inclin…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 12 (part 2)
“May the blessing of the Patriarchs and prophets, apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins, and of all the saints of God, be with me for ever ✠ , Amen.
May the blessing of all the heavens of God be with me for ever ✠ , Amen.
May the majesty…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 12 (part 3)
“O most sweet Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the great living God, Thou hast Performed most mighty miracles by the sole power of Thy most precious Name, and hast enriched the poor most abundantly, so that by force thereof the demons flee away, th…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 14 (part 3)
“It is ( a .) frivolous in such experiments as the detection of stolen goods, by which it is placed on the same level as the pedlar's literature of fortune-telling; it is ( b .) hyperbolical and fantastic in the experiment of invisibility, i…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 15 (part 1)
Ҥ 2.
The Lesser Key of Solomon The Lemegeton, or Lesser Key of Solomon, Rabbi and King, is a work of far more exalted pretensions, which deploys all the hierarchies and evokes spirits by milliards.
About its antiquity there is no need for…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 16 (part 1)
Ҥ 3.
The Pauline Art If the intimation of the last section be accepted as a working hypothesis in respect of the Lemegeton , and if its third and fourth books be therefore set apart as accretions, there is possibly some colourable pretence…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 16 (part 4)
“These will suffer citation, but the success of the Pauline experiments generally will depend ( a .) upon the construction of the seals attributed to the twenty-four ruling hours of the day and night, which seals must exhibit the proper astr…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 17 (part 2)
“The smoke generated passes through the holes, and when it is smelt by the Angel it is said that he begins to speak.
I should explain, however, that the furniture of the oratory and the vestments worn by the operator must be of the same col…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 18 (part 2)
“Refinements of this kind were evidently outside the magic of the fifteenth century.
In the following citation I shall depart from my usual custom of translating at first hand, and make use, with some needful prunings, of the version of Rob…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 18 (part 3)
“Reiterate the same three times, from stronger to stronger, using objurgations, contumelies, cursings, punishments, suspensions from his office and power, and the like.
After all the courses are finished, again cease a little, and if any Sp…”
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 24 (part 1)
Ҥ 4.
The Grimoire of Honorius Despite the iniquities of the Pacta Conventa Dæmonum , the Grand Grimoire has failed, however, to invoke upon itself such severe condemnation as the Grimoire of Honorius the Great , otherwise Honorius the Thir…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 24 (part 3)
“But seeing that until this present the Sovereign Pontiffs have alone possessed the Power of using invocations and commanding Spirits, His Holiness Honorius the Third, being moved by his Pastoral care, has benignly desired to communicate the…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 25 (part 1)
Ҥ 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 25 (part 2)
“it is, however, an operation of Necromancy and will be found in its proper place in the Second Part.
The Verus Jesuitarum Libellus closes with a fuliginous conjuration of the entire hierarchy of Infernus, which continues for many pages and…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 26 (part 2)
“This request, after due consideration, most readers will find it impossible to grant.
The work, it has been said, is a romance, and the first thing which it makes clear is that even the addition of a thousand years to the date in the title…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 26 (part 3)
“The Black Pullet disclaims all connection with Black Magic and is duly to be identified therewith, firstly by its characters and secondly by their pretended power over evil spirits; though it should be observed that the infernal beings ment…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 37 (part 1)
Ҥ 8.
The Gold-Finding Hen I must pass, however, to the incubation of the gold-finding hen, which is the head and crown of the proceedings.
The grand Oromasis, the father of Zoroaster, was the first person who possessed one of these marvel…”
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 2)
“The attempt to propitiate the Deity by means of prayers, sacrifices and abstinence, and thus to obtain the Divine assistance for the successful consummation of hideous offences and preposterous or impossible undertakings, is, of course, mad…”
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 41
“§ 4. Concerning the External Preparation of the Operator, and firstly Concerning Ablution The rite of lustration, being the sacramental mark of inward cleanliness, is prescribed in all magical ceremonies, and is equally important in Goëtic…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 42
“§ 5. Concerning the External Preparation of the Operator, and secondly Concerning the Vestments The use of special garments in the ceremonies of Magic follows reasonably enough from the religious character ascribed to these operations. Pete…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 44 (part 2)
“Fit the knife with a handle of white wood cut at a single stroke with a new sword or knife, and on this handle engrave the following characters:-- Click to view Fumigate as before, and with this knife do all things needful to the Art, the c…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 44 (part 3)
“That designed for the Master or chief operator should bear the words ELOHIM JITOR, proceeding from point to hilt.
For that of the first disciple, write the name CARDIEL upon the handle, and upon the blade REGION, proceeding from point to h…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 45 (part 1)
Ҥ 3.
Concerning the Rod and Staff of the Art The great mystery of practical magic is supposed to be centred in the Magic Rod, and Éliphas Lévi, who claims to have reconstructed the primitive ceremonial, but seems rather to have over-edited…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 45 (part 2)
“Begin cutting it when the sun is first rising over this hemisphere, and pronounce the following words:-- I beseech Thee, O Grand ADONAY, ELOIM, ARIEL and JEHOVAM , to be propitious unto me, and to endow this Wand which I am cutting with the…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 46 (part 1)
Ҥ 4.
Concerning the Pen and Ink of the Art Preliminary magical ceremonial seems to have as its chief object the personal consecration of every article, great or small, indispensable or occasional, which is connected with the several proces…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 47
“§ 5. Concerning Virgin Wax or Virgin Earth The candles used in evocation or in other magical experiences, and the images required for bewitchment, must be composed of virgin wax or virgin earth--that is to say, the substances in question mu…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 48
“§ 6. Concerning the Silken Cloth When all the instruments belonging to the Art have been properly consecrated and exorcised, they must be gathered into a costly cloth of silk, as Solomon ordains-says the testament whereby they may be preser…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 49 (part 3)
“Amen .
When shaping this knife recite the Psalm Deus, judicium tuum Regi da .
Then write these words upon the Rod: AGLA, ADONAY, ELOE, may the work of this wooden Knife be accomplished by you!
Say also over it: CARA, CHERNA, SITO, CIRNA.…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 49 (part 4)
“It would also appear that parchment or vellum proper may be dispensed with in favour of:--( a .) The skin of some other animal, which would, however, involve a like process; or ( b .) the caul of a new-born child, which would, of course, po…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 50 (part 1)
Ҥ 8.
Concerning Aspersion and Cleansing In the preparation of the instruments, as already abundantly evident, and in the more important works which follow it.
the ceremonies of aspersion and fumigation, that is, of purifying and consecrat…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 50 (part 2)
“The perfumes are aloes wood and incense for most occasions, and mace for the fumigation of the circle.
The Book of True Black Magic omits mace but substitutes benzoin and storax, and any others at choice, without specific distinction as to…”
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 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 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 59 (part 2)
“HAGENTI, a great president, appears in the shape of a gigantic bull with the wings of a griffin, but will duly put on human form.
He gives wisdom, transmutes all metals into gold and turns wine into water.
Click to view THE SEAL OF PROCEL…”
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 1)
“Click to view THE SEAL OF VAPULA LX.
VAPULA, a strong duke, comes in the form of a lion with griffin's wings.
He gives skill not only in manual professions but also in philosophy and the sciences contained in books--I suppose, as distingu…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 62 (part 2)
“Click to view THE SECRET SEAL OF SOLOMON PRAYER AT VESTING By the figurative mystery of this holy vestment, I will clothe me with the armour of salvation in the strength of the Most High, ANCOR, AMICAR, AMIDES, THEODONIAS, ANITOR , that so…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 62 (part 3)
“This being repeated frequently, if the spirit do not yet appear, say as follows:-- SECOND CONJURATION I invoke, conjure and command thee, O Spirit N., to appear and shew thyself visibly before this circle, in fair and comely shape, without…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 62 (part 4)
“Be disobedient, refuse to come, and by the power of the Supreme Being, the everlasting Lord, that God Who created thee and me, the whole world, with all contained therein, in the space of six days; by EYE , by SARAY , by the virtue of the N…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 62 (part 5)
“Having read so far, if he come not, write his seal on parchment; put it in a black box, with brimstone, assafœtida and other stinking perfumes; bind the said box with iron wire, hang it on the point of your sword, hold it over the fire of c…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 62 (part 6)
“Make, therefore, reasonable answers to my demands; be obedient to me, thy Master, in the Name of the Lord BATHAL , rushing upon ABRAC, ABEOR , coming upon BEROR.
He will become obedient and bid you ask what you will, for he is made subject…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 63 (part 2)
“CONJURATION TO LUCIFER LUCIFER ✠, OUYAR ✠, CHAMERON ✠, ALISEON ✠, MANDOUSIN ✠, PREMY ✠, ORIET ✠, NAYDRUS ✠, ESMONY ✠, EPARINESONT ✠, ESTIOT ✠, DUMOSSON ✠, DANOCHAR ✠, CASMIEL ✠, HAYRAS ✠, FABELLERONTHON ✠, SODIRNO ✠, PEATHAM ✠, Come ✠, LUCI…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 63 (part 3)
“The name of the required spirit must here be added on the parchment, when he will duly appear-the ordinary accidents excepted--and will grant what is desired of him--that is to say, if it so happen--after which he may be dismissed by the pr…”
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 64 (part 2)
“From the purpose for which it is intended, and from the silence of the Grimoire, it may be inferred that the preparation of the goatskin is exceedingly simple and does not involve the removal of the hair.
When the night of action has arriv…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 64 (part 3)
“FIRST PRAYER O great and living God, subsisting in one and the same person, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; I adore Thee with the deepest veneration., and I submit with the liveliest confidence to Thy holy and sufficient Protection.…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 64 (part 4)
“Notice.--Before uttering the third Conjuration, should the spirit refuse to comply, read what follows in the Clavicle, and smite all the spirits by plunging both the forked extremities of your rod into the flames.
Be not alarmed in so doin…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 64 (part 5)
“Further, I command thee to surrender me the nearest treasure, and I promise thee as a reward the first Piece of gold or silver which I touch with my hands on the first day of every month.
Such is my demand.
SOLOMON The Spirit's Reply I ca…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 64 (part 6)
“This he must cast upon the treasure, grasping one of its coins at the same moment as a pledge and a surety, and previously flinging down a piece of his own money bitten by his own teeth, after which he may retire, walking backwards and carr…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 65 (part 2)
“Having determined to make a pact, continues the Grand Grimoire , you must begin on the previous evening by cutting with a new and unused knife a rod of wild hazel, which has never borne fruit and shall be similar to the Blasting Rod, as it…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 65 (part 3)
“The Spirit's Reply I cannot comply with thy request except thou dost give thyself Click to view PLATE IX: THE GOËTIC CIRCLE OF PACTS .
over to me in twenty years, to do with thy body and soul as I please .
LUCIFUGE ROFOCALE Thereupon thro…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 65 (part 4)
“We know, O Lord, that a contrite and humble heart Thou wilt not despise, nor can any writing be an impediment in the way of Thy mercy; we beseech Thee, therefore, that, by the abundance of Thy clemency, not only may the heinousness of this…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 66 (part 3)
“He shall then begin the Office of the Dead with Venite exultemus Domino , &c.
He shall recite Matins and Lauds, but in place of the versicle of the ninth Lesson he shall say: Deliver us, O Lord, from the fear of hell.
Let not the demons d…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 66 (part 4)
“Click to view Or, according to the later edition:-- Click to view Add also these signs.-- Click to view Or, according to the later edition:-- Click to view Lastly, on the eastern side, the said skin must be set to dry in the sun for three d…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 67
“UNIVERSAL CONJURATION I, N., do conjure thee, O Spirit N., by the living God., by the true God., by the holy and all-ruling God, Who created from nothingness the heaven, the earth, the sea and all things that are therein., in virtue of the…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 68
“CONJURATION OF THE BOOK I conjure thee, O Book, to be useful and profitable unto all who shall have recourse to thee for the success of their affairs. I conjure thee anew, by the virtue of the Blood of Jesus Christ, contained daily in the c…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 69
“CONJURATION OF THE DEMONS In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Take heed! Come, all Spirits! By the virtue and power of your King, by the seven crowns and chains of your Kings, all Spirits of the Hells are force…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 70 (part 1)
“CONJURATION OF THE KING OF THE EAST I conjure and invoke thee, O powerful King of the East, MAGOA , by my holy labour, by all the names of Divinity, by the same of the All-Powerful: I command thee to obey, and to come to me, or that failing…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 70 (part 2)
“I adjure thee by the Father, by the Son and by the Holy Ghost, even by the Holy Trinity, by that God Whom thou canst not resist, under Whose empire I will compel thee; I conjure thee by God the Father, by God the Son., by God the Holy Ghost…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 71 (part 1)
“CONJURATIONS FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK For Monday, to Lucifer This experience is commonly performed in the circle between eleven and twelve o'clock, or between three and four.
Click to view [paragraph continues] Requisites: coal, and consec…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 71 (part 2)
“Click to view For Wednesday, to Astaroth This experience is performed in its circle at night, from ten to eleven o'clock; it is designed to obtain the good graces of the King and others.
Write in the circle as follows: Come , ASTAROTH!
Co…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 71 (part 3)
“Write in his circle: Enter not , GULAND!
Enter not , GULAND!
Enter not , GULAND!
CONJURATION I conjure thee, O GULAND, in the name of Satan, in the name of Beelzebub, in the name of Astaroth, and in the name of all other spirits, to make…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 73 (part 1)
Ҥ 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 73 (part 2)
“But if the experience be to find the beloved person, place the image under the door which he or she must pass.
In either case a powder must be made and cast upon the person, or given them with their meat or drink.
The solemnities of the h…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 73 (part 3)
“If a man be the operator, she who wins will place herself in the arm-chair which you have set by the bed, and she will remain and commune with you until midnight, at which hour she will depart with her companions, without any need of dismis…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 73 (part 4)
“Having thrice pronounced this conjuration, place the taper on the parchment and let it burn.
Take the parchment on the morrow, put it in your left shoe and there leave it until the person for whom you have operated shall have come to seek…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 74 (part 2)
“You shall reply: I am watering my plant .
He will then say: Give me that bottle; I will water it myself .
You will answer by refusing, and he will again ask you, but you will persist in declining, until he shall stretch forth his hand and…”
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)
Ҥ 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 77 (part 2)
“The Master of the operation shall thereupon command him to gaze fixedly into the phial, when, approaching his right ear, and in a moderate tone of voice, but as distinctly as possible, let him make the following CONJURATION Uriel, Seraph, J…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 78 (part 1)
Ҥ 7.
Concerning the Mirror of Solomon, suitable for all Kinds of Divination The following process is found in the Grimorium Verum and in some other compilations.
It is a mode of divination akin to that given in the preceding section.
It…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 79
“§ 8. Concerning the Three Rings of Solomon, Son of David One more experiment, which is only incidentally connected with Black Magic, may be cited here, as the complement of those given in the preceding sections. It is scarcely a complete pr…”
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 5)
“Be this done by the virtue of God the Father ✠ , by His blessed Son ✠ and by the union of the Holy Spirit ✠ , even by the Trinity in unity, Which liveth and reigneth for ever and ever.
Amen ✠ .
Incessantly do I call, adjure, conjure, orda…”
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…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | Preface-d
“My employer’s secretary came to my room one night, after “lights out,” and warned me that the Warden, as we called our employer, had found out who it was that had engineered “Auntie’s” escape, and I had better look out for trouble.
Knowing…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 7. The Pathology Of Non-Human Contacts-e
“It is neither giddiness nor mountain sickness, but a curious oppression of the spirits by the overwhelming grandeur of nature.
The same force, when not at a poisonous concentration, inspires the passion ate love of the hills or of the sea…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 8. The Risks Incidental To Ceremonial Magic-e
“Enough must be hinted, however, to reveal what, under certain circumstances, may be experienced.
I do not think it in the least likely, however, that the Qlippotic demons will be encountered save through the use of ceremonial magic.
They…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 12. Methods Employed In Making A Psychic Attack-e
“The curser declares, “I curse you by so and so.” This is the form of evocation which calls the ensouling essence into the thought- form, thus making an artificial elemental which is endowed with an independent life of its own.
If we want t…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 17. Methods Of Defence I-a
“In writing for the general reader an account of the methods to be used in combating a psychic attack, I am reminded of those excellent manuals upon medicine and surgery which an enlightened Board of Trade insists shall be provided for the c…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 17. Methods Of Defence I-c
“Whatever it may be that affects the diviner is probably the same thing that affects the occult attack.
When we recall, moreover, that running water will throw hounds off the scent just as effectually as it will the alleged witch, we may fe…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 17. Methods Of Defence I-d
“In the Name of God the Father Almighty, Who decreed a firmament in the midst of the waters, and of Jesus Christ His Son our Saviour, I consecrate thee (+) to the service of God, in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 18. Methods Of Defence II-c
“Touching his forehead he says, “To Thee, O God (touching his solar plexus) be the Kingdom, (touching his right shoulder) and the Power (touching his left shoulder) and the Glory, (clasping his hands) unto the ages of the ages.
Amen.” By th…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 18. Methods Of Defence II-d
“It is necessary to reaffirm this circle each time the tides change; that is to say, a circle made after sundown will hold good till sunrise, and a circle made after sunrise will maintain its potency till sunset.
After the circle has been a…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 18. Methods Of Defence II-e
“I called to her to return, and as she entered she exclaimed, “Look what has happened to the door!” and we found that one of the panels had split clean in two.
It was this that had evidently caused the loud crack we had both heard.
I offer…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorcery-a
“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 Sorcery-d
“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 Sorcery-e
“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…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeutics-f
“In other words, germs were minute creatures born out of man's evil thoughts and actions.
The fourth cause of disease was what the Orientals called Karma , that is, the Law of Compensation, which demanded that the individual pay in full for…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeutics-k
“They know that every spoken word has tremendous power and that by certain arrangements of words they can create vortices of force in the invisible universe about them and thereby profoundly influence physical substance.
The Sacred Word by…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | American Indian Symbolism-i
“Concerning these rolls, Colonel Carrick Mallery writes: "To persons acquainted with secret societies, a good comparison for the Midewiwin charts would be what is called a trestleboard of a Masonic order, which is printed and published and p…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter II (part 2)
“The ancients used a dot in the centre of a circle as the symbol of this idea, the representation of the Unity-principle ( the dot ) in the centre of eternity ( the circle , a line without beginning or end).
According to these demonstration…”
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-f
“Here I must pause, and I fear that already I have said too much.
I testify in fine that there is one sole, universal and imperishable dogma, strong as supreme reason; simple, like all that is great; intelligible, like all that is universal…”
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-j
“They sought the secret of the Great Work, the Philosophical Stone, the perpetual motion, the quadrature of the circle, the Universal Medicine - formulae which often saved them from persecution and hatred by causing them to be taxed with mad…”
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) | 1. The Candidate-a
“DISCIPLINA ENSOPH KETHERI WHEN a philosopher adopted as the basis for a new apocalypse of human wisdom the axiom: “I think, therefore I am”, in a measure he altered unconsciously, from the standpoint of Christian Revelation, the old concept…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. The Candidate-e
“Every figure is a character, every character derives from and returns into a word.
For this reason the ancient sages, of whom Trismegistus is the organ, formulated their sole dogma in these terms: “That which is above is like unto that whi…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. The Candidate-f
“There is only one dogma in Magic, and it is this: The visible is the manifestation of the invisible, or, in other terms, the perfect word, in things appreciable and visible, bears an exact proportion to the things which are inappreciable by…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 2. The Pillars Of The Temple-a
“CHOKMAH DOMUS GNOSIS SCIENCE is the absolute and complete possession of truth.
Hence have the sages of all the centuries trembled before such an absolute and terrible word; they have hesitated in arrogating to themselves the first privileg…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Solomon-a
“PLENITUDO VOCIS BINAH PHYSIS The perfect word is the triad, because it supposes an intelligent principle, a speaking principle and a principle spoken.
The Absolute, revealed by speech, endows this speech with a sense equivalent to itself,…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Solomon-c
“These shells, envelopes petrified or carnified, were such an expression possible, are the source of errors or of evil, which connects with the heaviness and hardness of animal envelopes.
In the book Zohar , and in that of the Revolution of…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Tetragram-a
“GEBURAH CHESED PORTA LIBRARUM ELEMENTA IN Nature there are two forces producing equilibrium, and these three constitute a single law.
Here, then, is the triad resumed in unity, and by adding the conception of unity to that of the triad we…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 5. The Pentagram-a
“GEBURAH ECCE HEREUNTO we have exposed the magical dogma in its more arid and abstruse phases; now the enchantments begin; now we can proclaim wonders and reveal most secret things.
The Pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over th…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. Magical Equilibrium-c
“Love is one of the great instruments of magical power, but it is categorically forbidden to the Magus, at least as an intoxication or passion.
Woe to the Samson of the Kabalah if he permit himself to be put asleep by Delilah!
The Hercules…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Fiery Sword-b
“The scenes which succeed one another in this wonderful prophetic epic are so many pantacles, the keys of which are the ternary, the quaternary, the septenary and the duodenary.
Its hieroglyphic figures are analogous to those of the Book of…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realization-a
“HOD VIVENS CAUSES manifest by effects, and effects are proportioned to causes.
The Divine Word, the One Word, the Tetragram, is self-affirmed by tetradic creation.
Human fecundity proves divine fecundity; the JOD of the Divine Name is the…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realization-c
“The Astral Body is not always of the same sex as the terrestrial, that is, the proportions of the two forces, varying from right to left, seem frequently to belie the visible organization, producing seeming aberrations of human passion and…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realization-d
“Had not Urban Grandier been immolated, one of two things would have occurred: either the possessed nuns would have died in frightful convulsions or the phenomena of diabolical frenzy would have so gained in strength and influence, epidemica…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 9. Initiation-b
“He knows the failings of the human heart; he dares make use of them to achieve his work; and he is silent as to his purposes.
He knows the significance of all symbolisms and of all religions; he dares to practise or abstain from them witho…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 10. The Kabalah-b
“MALKUTH.-The Kingdom, meaning the universe, entire creation, the work and mirror of God, the proof of supreme reason, the formal consequence which compels us to have recourse to virtual premises, the enigma which has God for its answer - th…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-c
“You are possibly without the materials; I should like to show you a complete magical cabinet, but I must exact beforehand the most inviolable silence.
If you will not give me this pledge upon your honour, I shall give orders for you to be…”
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) | Introduction-a
“KNOWEST thou that old queen of the world who is on the march always and wearies never?
Every uncurbed passion, every selfish pleasure, every licentious energy of humanity, and all its tyrannous weakness, go before the sordid mistress of ou…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-c
“If I weary in my long travellings, if my beauty be less mild than thine own, and if my garments are not unspotted, yet am I a noble daughter of heaven, even as thou art.
Leave me the secret of my terrible destiny, leave me the dread which…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-e
“Here is the common translation of the sacred text: “Now, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” But this is what Moses says: This signifies, according to the version of Fabre d'Olivet: “Now, or…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantacles-a
“THE Abbot Trithemius, who in Magic was the master of Cornelius Agrippa, explains, in his Steganography, the secret of Conjurations and Evocations after a very natural and philosophical manner, though possibly, for that very reason, too simp…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 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-c
“We may remark, in passing, that the author of the Apocalypse, that key of the Christian Kabalah, composed the number of the beast, that is to say, of idolatry, by adding a 6 to the double senary of ABRACADABRA, which gives 18 kabalistically…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Four-a
“THE four elementary forms separate and distinguish roughly the created spirits which the universal movement disengages from the central fire.
The spirit toils everywhere and fructifies matter by life; all matter is animated; thought and so…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Four-b
“Prayer of the Sylphs Spirit of Light, Spirit of Wisdom, Who breath gives and takes away the form of all things; Thou before Whom the life of every being is; a shadow which transforms and a vapour which passes away; Thou who ascendest upon t…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Four-c
“Prayer of the Undines Dread King of the Sea, Who hast the keys of the floodgates of heaven and dost confine the waters of the underworld in the caverns of earth; King of the deluge and the floods of springtime; Thou Who dost unseal the sour…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Four-d
“The earth is exorcised by aspersion of water, by breathing and by fire, with the perfumes proper for each day and the Prayer of the Gnomes King invisible, Who, taking the earth as a support, didst furrow the abysses to fil them with Thine o…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Four-e
“Fulfil, Judgment, by fire in the virtue of Michael.
Angel of the blind eyes, obey, or pass away with this holy water!
Work, Winged Bull, or revert to the earth, unless thou wilt that I should pierce thee with this sword!
Chained Eagle, o…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 5. The Blazing Pentagram-a
“We proceed to the explanation and consecration of the Sacred and Mysterious Pentagram.
At this point, let the ignorant and superstitious close the book; they will either see nothing but darkness, or they will be scandalized.
The Pentagram…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 5. The Blazing Pentagram-b
“In the case of a spirit of darkness, the opposite course is pursued, but then the operator must be careful to set the end of the rod or the point of the sword upon the head of the Pentagram.
We have said that signs are the active voice of…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. The Medium And Mediator-c
“Many persons will say that it is difficult and even impossible to attain such resolution, that strength in volition and energy in character are natural gifts.
I do not dispute it, but I would point out also that habit can reform nature; vo…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. The Medium And Mediator-d
“Should he resist, a fixed glance must be directed towards him, one thumb placed between his eyes and the other on his breast, so touching him lightly with a single and swift contact; the breath must be slowly drawn in and again breathed gen…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Septenary Of Talismans-f
“Then, taking up the Pantacle and sprinkling it with some drops of magical water, say: In the name of Eloim and by the spirit of the living waters, be thou unto me a sign of light and a sacrament of will.
Presenting it to the smoke of the p…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Septenary Of Talismans-g
“The wand and the other instruments, but the wand above all, must be concealed with care, and under no pretext should the Magus permit them to be seen or touched by the profane: otherwise they will lose all their virtue.
The mode of transmi…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Septenary Of Talismans-h
“The Seal of Hermes must be engraved on the pedestal, over which must be the two-headed androgyne of Khunrath.
A serpent devouring its own tail must encircle the lower part.
The Sign of Solomon must be inscribed on the reservoir.
Two glob…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 11. The Triple Chain-a
“The Great Work in Practical Magic, after the education of the will and the personal creation of the Magus, is the formation of the magnetic chain, and this secret is truly that of priesthood and of royalty.
To form the magnetic chain is to…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 11. The Triple Chain-b
“Mystification combined with it after wards, and even educated and intelligent persons were so infatuated with the novelty that they hoaxed themselves, and became the dupes of their own absurdity.
The oracles of the tables were answers more…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 12. The Great Work-b
“Here then is the great Hermetic Arcanum, and we reveal it for the first time clearly and devoid of mystical figures: that which the adepts term dead substances are bodies as found in Nature; living substances are those which have been assim…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-b
“An analogous and more recent fact has been certified to ourselves by ocular witnesses: a friend, betraying the confidence of one who had just died, tore up a trust-deed he had signed, whereupon the dead person rose up and lived to defend th…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-d
“Every evening at the same hour we must shut ourselves in the chamber consecrated to the memory of the lamented person, using only one small light, such as that of a funeral lamp or taper.
This light should be placed behind us, the portrait…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancy-e
“The chafing-dish containing the sacred fire should be in the centre of the oratory and the altar of perfumes hard by.
The operator must turn towards the east to pray, and the west to invoke; he must be either alone or assisted by two perso…”
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) | 14. Transmutations-a
“St.
Augustus speculates, as we have said, whether Apuleius could have been changed into an ass and then have resumed his human shape.
The same doctor might have concerned himself equally with the adventure of the comrades of Ulysses, tran…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 14. Transmutations-c
“It should bear on the inner side the occult characters of the planets and on the outer their known signs, duplicated and in kabalistic opposition to each other; that is, five on the right and five on the left; the signs of the sun and moon…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 14. Transmutations-d
“Elizabeth, a good and firm Christian like herself, and believing implicitly in the Real Presence of the Saviour in true human body upon an altar where he beheld only a wheaten host, why should he not believe in the real presence of roses in…”
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) | 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) | 16. Witchcraft And Spells-d
“For bewitchment by the waxen figure, a more perfect figure must be made, and set about as far as possible with things belonging to the person; seven talismans must be hung round the neck; it must be placed in the middle of a great Pantacle…”
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…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Philtres And Magnetism-c
“Potions which enfeeble mind and disturb reason establish the empire already acquired by an evil will, and it was thus that the empress Caesonia is said to have fixed the savage love of Caligula.
Prussic acid is the most terrible agent in t…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Philtres And Magnetism-d
“de Nancy, formerly ambassador of the most Christian King at Constantinople and then priest of the Oratory, Charles of Lorraine, Bishop of Verdun, two Sorbonne doctors specially deputed to assist, exorcised her frequently in Hebrew, in Greek…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 19. The Mastery Of The Sun-a
“WE come now to that number which is attributed in the Tarot to the Sign of the Sun.
The denary of Pythagoras and the triad multiplied by itself represent wisdom in its application to the Absolute.
It is with the Absolute therefore that we…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 20. The Thaumaturge-a
“We have defined miracles as the natural effects of exceptional causes.
The immediate action of the human will upon bodies, or at least that action exercised without visible means, constitutes a miracle in the physical order.
The influence…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 20. The Thaumaturge-c
“Insufflation is one of the most important practices of occult medicine, because it is a perfect sign of the transmission of life.
To inspire, as a fact, means to breathe upon some person or thing, and we know already, by the one doctrine o…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 20. The Thaumaturge-d
“Rabelais, who was a greater magician than he seemed, made pantagruelism his special panacea.
He compelled his patients to laugh, and all the remedies he administered subsequently succeeded the better in consequence.
He established a magne…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 21. The Science Of The Prophets-c
“The Tarot was the sole book of the ancient Magi; it is the primitive Bible, as we shall prove in the following chapter, and the ancients consulted it as the first Christians at a later date consulted the Sacred Lots, that is, Bible verses s…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-j
“Thus the universal tradition of the one religion was broken for a moment, darkness or doubt spread over the whole earth, and it seemed in the eyes of ignorance, that true catholicism, the universal revelation, had disappeared for a space.…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-l
“In the schools of seers the terrestrial globe was represented by an egg of pasteboard or painted wood, and when young children were asked, ‘What is this egg?’ they answered, ‘It is the earth.’ Those older children, the barbarians, hearing t…”
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The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN-c
“The man looked upon me, and he smiled and said, ‘If I did not fear to distress thee too much, I would show thee that which thou seekest.’ Upon this I became anxious and sorrowful, and when the man perceived it, he said, ‘If thou wouldest ra…”
The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN-g
“And as long as thou concealest it, it will conceal thee.
When they have consulted together, they will come forth to fetch thee, in order to put thee to death; and they will be much grieved that they cannot find thee.
And I will await thee…”
The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN-l
““My lord Arthur,” said Gwalchmai, “here is Owain, who has vanquished me, and will not take my arms.” “My lord,” said Owain, “it is he that has vanquished me, and he will not take my sword.” “Give me your swords,” said Arthur, “and then neit…”
The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC-n
“And Peredur put on garments like those that Gwalchmai wore, and they went together unto Arthur, and saluted him.
“Behold, lord,” said Gwalchmai, “him whom thou hast sought so long.” “Welcome unto thee, chieftain,” said Arthur.
“With me th…”
The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC-r
“And being elated with the liquor, he said to the black man, “It is a marvel to me, so mighty as thou sayest thou art, who could have put out thine eye.” “It is one of my habits,” said the black man, “that whosoever puts to me the question w…”
The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC-ab
““I will give thee,” said the King, “my daughter in marriage, and half my kingdom with her, and the two Earldoms as a gift.” “Heaven reward thee, lord,” said Peredur, “but I came not here to woo.” “What seekest thou then, chieftain?” “I am s…”
The Mabinogion | Tale GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN-z
“But the third turned upon him, and struck him with his club, so that he split his shield, and crushed his shoulder, and opened his wounds anew, and all his blood began to flow from him.
But Geraint drew his sword, and attacked the giant, a…”
The Mabinogion | Tale GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN-ac
“And Geraint called for his horse and his armour, and he accoutred both himself and his horse.
And all the hosts went forth until they came to the side of the hedge, and the hedge was so lofty, that it reached as high as they could see in t…”
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The Soul of the Indian | Chapter I-b
“Sometimes an old man, standing upon the brink of eternity, might reveal to a chosen few the oracle of his long-past youth.
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
They forget…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter III-c
“The order was a secret one, and in some respects not unlike the Free Masons, being a union or affiliation of a number of lodges, each with its distinctive songs and medicines.
Leadership was in order of seniority in degrees, which could on…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter III-d
“After silent prayer, each medicine-man in turn addressed himself to his charge, exhorting him to observe all the rules of the order under the eye of the Mysterious One, and instructing him in his duty toward his fellow-man and toward the Ru…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter III-e
“The sacred beast, bird, or reptile, represented by its stuffed skin, or by a rude painting, was treated with reverence and carried into battle to insure the guardianship of the spirits.
The symbolic attribute of beaver, bear, or tortoise,…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 3f
“They went on and soon met Kana′tĭ, who seemed much surprised to see them, and said, “What!
are you here again?” “O, yes, we never give up.
We are great men!” “What did the cannibals do to you?” “We met them and they brought us to their to…”
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…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 4b
“If the reply be “Yes,” all is well, and the Little Deer goes on his way; but if the reply be “No,” he follows on the trail of the hunter, guided by the drops of blood on the ground, until he arrives at his cabin in the settlement, when the…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 15c
“e., if the hunter has asked pardon for the life that he has taken.
If the formulistic prayer has been made, all is well, because the necessary sacrifice has been atoned for; but if otherwise, the Little Deer tracks the hunter to his house…”
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The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1b
“Hail to the giver!
| a guest has come; Where shall the stranger sit?
Swift shall he be who, | with swords shall try The proof of his might to make.
[1.
This stanza is quoted by Snorri, the second line being omitted in most of the Prose…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1c
“Gunnloth : the daughter of the giant Suttung, from whom Othin won the mead of poetry.
For this episode see stanzas 104-110.
14.
Fjalar : apparently another name for Suttung.
This stanza, and probably 13, seem to have been inserted as il…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1f
“Fire for men | is the fairest gift, And power to see the sun; Health as well, | if a man may have it, And a life not stained with sin.
69.
All wretched is no man, | though never so sick; Some from their sons have joy, Some win it from kin…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1g
“The stanza-form is so irregular as to show either that something has been lost or that there have been interpolations.
The manuscript indicates no lacuna; Gering fills out the assumed gap as follows: "Certain is that which is sought from r…”
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…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1j
“On his ring swore Othin | the oath, methinks; Who now his troth shall trust?
Suttung's betrayal | he sought with drink, And Gunnloth to grief he left.
* * * 111.
It is time to chant | from the chanter's stool; By the wells of Urth I was,…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1k
“I saw a man | who was wounded sore By an evil woman's word; A lying tongue | his death-blow launched, And no word of truth there was.
119.
I rede thee, Loddfafnir!
| and hear thou my rede,-- Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy ga…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1l
“| and hear thou my rede,- Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest: I bid thee be wary, | but be not fearful; (Beware most with ale or another's wife, And third beware | lest a thief outwit thee.) [129.
Line 5 is a…”
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The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 4)
“He designed and hewed therewith the throne of glory and the wheels, and the seraphim and the holy animals and the ministering angels, and of the three He founded his dwelling, as it is said, He makes his angels spirits and his servants fier…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 10 (part 1)
“The Secret Doctrine by H.
P.
Blavatsky -- Vol.
1 [[Vol.
1, Page]] 136 THE SECRET DOCTRINE.
STANZA VI.
1.
B Y THE POWER OF THE M OTHER OF M ERCY AND K NOWLEDGE ( a ), K WAN- Y IN,* THE " T RIPLE" OF K WAN- S HAI- Y IN, RESIDING IN K W…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 14 (part 8)
“These "Father and Son" were interchangeable in their functions and worked harmoniously together in their effects upon terrestrial nature and humanity; hence they were regarded as ONE, though TWO in personified Entities.
They were both male…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 16 (part 10)
“B.] -- according to his organic capacities.
( e ) It is the guiding Force in the Cosmic and terrestrial elements.
It resides in the Fire provoked out of its latent into active being; for the whole of the seven subdivisions of the * * * pr…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 17 (part 3)
“the races, human and animal, are as fully treated here as the writer is able to treat them.
The proofs brought forward in corroboration of the old teachings are scattered widely throughout the old scriptures of ancient civilizations.
The…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 21 (part 2)
“In his "Revelation," speaking of divine mysteries expressed by means of letters and numbers, Marcus narrates how the "Supreme Tetrad came down unto me (him) from the region which cannot be seen nor named, in a female form , because the worl…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 21 (part 3)
“Even AEsculapius, called the "Saviour of all," is identical, according to ancient classics, with Phta , the Egyptian Creative Intellect (or Divine Wisdom), and with Apollo, Baal, Adonis and Hercules ( see Dunlap ' s " Mystery of Adonis ," p…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 28 (part 4)
“It is through this light that everything is created.
This ROOT of mental SELF is also the root of physical Self , for this light is the permutation, in our manifested world, of Mulaprakriti, called Aditi in the Vedas.
In its third aspect…”
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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 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 XL — Of Bindings; What Sort They Are Of, and in What Ways They Are Wont to Be Done | Chapter XL, Section 1
“CHAPTER XL. Of Bindings; What Sort They Are Of, and in What Ways They Are Wont to Be Done . We have spoken concerning the virtues and wonderful efficacy of natural things. It remains now that we understand a thing of great wonderment—and it…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LI — Of Certain Observations, Producing Wonderful Virtues | Chapter LI, Section 1a
“CHAPTER LI.
Of Certain Observations, Producing Wonderful Virtues .
They say that certain acts and observations have a certain power of natural things; that they believe diseases may be expelled, or brought thus and thus.
So they say that…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXIX — Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words | Chapter LXIX, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXIX. Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words . It being shown that there is a great power in the affections of the soul, you must know, moreover, that there is no less virtue in words and the names of things, and greatest of all…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXX — Of the Virtue of Proper Names | Chapter LXX, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXX. Of the Virtue of Proper Names . That the proper names of things are very necessary in Magical Operations, almost all men testify. For the natural power of things proceeds, first, from the objects to the senses, and then from th…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXI — Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms | Chapter LXXI, Section 1a
“CHAPTER LXXI.
Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms .
Besides the virtues of words and names, there is also a greater virtue found in sentences, from the truth contained in…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXI — Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms | Chapter LXXI, Section 1b
“By the quality, therefore, of this spirit, and by the celestial similitude, thereof (besides those things which have already been spoken of) verses, also, from the opportunity of time, receive from above most excellent virtues; and, indeed,…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXII — Of the Wonderful Power of Enchantments | Chapter LXXII, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXXII. Of the Wonderful Power of Enchantments . They say that the power of enchantments and verses is, so great, that it is believed they are able to subvert almost all Nature. Apuleius saith that with a magical whispering, swift ri…”
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Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXVIII, Section 1a
“1.
(A strengthening blessing 1 is the thought, a blessing is the word, a blessing is the deed of the righteous Zarathu s tra.
May the Bountiful Immortals 2 accept and help on 3 the chants.
Homage to you, O sacred Gâthas 4 !) 2.
With ven…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXI, Section 1a
“1.
These doctrines (therefore) we are earnestly declaring to You as we recite them forth from memory, words (till now) unheard 1 (with faith) by those who by means of the doctrinal vows 2 of the harmful Lie are delivering the settlements o…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXII, Section 1c
“(And) this entire 3 (reward of the righteous) is from that Best One who teaches 4 in the wide (mental) light of the pious 5 , ruling (as supreme), O Mazda Ahura 6 !
whose are my woes and my p.
67 doubtings 1 (yea, they lie in His power to…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLIII, Section 1b
“102 righteous may I be a mighty help and joy 1 , since to preparations 2 for Thy Kingdom, and in desire (for its approach), I would devote myself so long as to Thee, O Mazda!
I may praise, and weave my song.
9.
Yea, I conceived of Thee a…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLIV, Section 1b
“This I ask Thee, O Ahura!
tell me aright, how to myself shall I hallow 7 the Faith of Thy people, p.
116 which the beneficent kingdom's lord hath taught me, even the admonitions which He called Thine equal, hath taught me through His loft…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Spenta Mainyu Gatha, Yasna L, Section 1a
“Y.
XLIX, 12 1 .
What aids of grace hast Thou for Thine invoking Zarathu s tra, (O Ahura Mazda!) to grant him through Thy Righteous Order?
Yea, what (aids of 2 grace hast thou for me as) through Thy Good Mind given (within my soul), for m…”
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Adapa and the Food of Life | Section 1a
“ADAPA AND THE FOOD OF LIFE .
TABLET NO.1 He possessed intelligence .
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, His command like the command of Anu ...
He (Ea) granted him a wide ear to reveal the destiny of the land, He granted him wisdom, but he did not grant him eterna…”
Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet I — The Tyranny of Gilgamish and the Creation of Enkidu | Tablet I, Section 1b
“Gilgamish leaveth no son to his father, [his arrogance swelling] (Each) day and night; aye, he is the shepherd of Erech, [the high-wall’d], 25.
He is their shepherd .
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masterful, dominant, subtle .
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Gilgamish leaveth no maid to…”
Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet VI — Ishtar and the Bull of Heaven | Tablet VI, Section 1c
“But if thou’lt [not] make [this Bull], then .
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The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter VIII, Section 1a
“CHAPTER VIII.
Ar g una said: What is that Brahman, what the Adhyâtma, and what, O best of beings!
is action?
And what is called the Adhibhûta?
And who is the Adhiya g ña, and how in this body, O destroyer of Madhu?
And how, too, are yo…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter XVII, Section 1b
“That gift is said (to be) good, which is given, because it ought to be given, to one who (can) do no service (in return), at a (proper) place and time, an d to a (proper) person.
But that gift which is given with much difficulty, for a ret…”
christian_mysticism1
Revelations of Divine Love | Chapter LXVI-b
“The persons that were with me looked on me, and wet my temples, and my heart began to comfort.
And anon a light smoke came in the door, with a great heat and a foul stench.
I said: Benedicite Domine!
it is all on fire that is here!
And…”
gnosticism1
The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 | Yaltabaoth-b
“The first <is> Athoth – he has the face of a sheep;
the second is Eloaiou – he has the face of a donkey;
the third is Astaphaios – he has the face of a [hyena];
the fourth is Yao – he has the face of a seven-headed [dragon];
the fifth is Sa…”