Divin-ation can be used as a way of receiving messages from the divine (ourselves in a higher dimensional space).
Here we use a “Tarot Tree Spread” to get a reading of the state of the system for our planet, Gaia. We use only the Major Arcana from a tarot deck, shuffle them and assign them to the spheres on the Tree of Life, from bottom to top.
For this reading two different decks were used, the Rider-Waite (RW) and the Crowley-Thoth (CT). The reading was done on December 16th 2015, with the Sun in Sagittarius and the Moon in Aquarius.
The cards that were dealt and assigned to each sphere are listed as follows, with the Rider-Waite card given first:
David Bowie was a Narcissus (human) who woke up (”upgraded himself”).
Through his art and music he tried to communicate how to wake up, by increasing the number of experiences that humans alive right now have had gnosis of (c.f. “grokked”).
Because of his ability to do this so effectively to so many people, I would like to nominate David Bowie as a “Gnostic Saint”. I hope he would appreciate this – he certainly knew about the Kabbalah and the teachings of Aleister Crowley.
For evidence of this, see the first image above, from “Station to Station” (1976). Here the Thin White Duke is drawing a Qabalistic Tree of Life on the floor, where each sphere or circle is a “station” as referred to in the title of both the song and the album containing it.
In the background you can see a 3D version of the tree drawn on the walls and floor.
An example of explicit mentions of real occult groups is contained in the lyrics to “Quicksand” (1971):
“I’m closer to the Golden Dawn
Immersed in Crowley’s uniform
Of imagery
I’m living in a silent film
Portraying Himmler’s sacred realm
Of dream reality
I’m frightened by the total goal
Drawing to the ragged hole
And I ain’t got the power anymore
No, I ain’t got the power anymore
I’m the twisted name on Garbo’s eyes
Living proof of Churchill’s lies, I’m destiny
I’m torn between the light and dark
Where others see their targets, divine symmetry
Should I kiss the viper’s fang?
Or herald loud the death of Man
I’m sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I ain’t got the power anymore
Don’t believe in yourself, don’t deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death’s release
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah
I’m not a prophet or a stone-age man
Just a mortal with the potential of a superman
I’m living on
I’m tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
Can’t take my eyes from the great salvation
Of bullshit faith
If I don’t explain what you ought to know
You can tell me all about it on the next Bardo
I’m sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I ain’t got the power anymore
Don’t believe in yourself, don’t deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death’s release
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah
Don’t believe in yourself, don’t deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death’s release
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah”.
A ritual I used for my alchemical bitters which I have re-tooled for use in constructing an incense for Venus/BABALON
(Bakst’s Bacchante)
Bring all of the ingredients (see below) into the Temple.
The operation begins 11/13/15 with dry ingredients being mixed
on this date and the dates beginning their soak at this time. The ritual is
repeated again on 11/20/15 when the wet ingredients are mixed together. Finally
the ritual is repeated a third time on 11/27/15 and the wet and dry ingredients
will be mixed together and readied for aging.
Banishing
XXV
Consecration
XXVI – Use Invoking
forms of LRH Hexagrams
Purify the Temple with
Water and Fire
(Take the water and
the salt, and mix them in the font. And say) “Let the salt of Earth admonish the water to bear the
virtue of the Great Sea. (Genuflects.) Mother, be thou adored.”
(Move deosil around
the temple from the East sprinkling the holy water in the sign of the R+C,
saying) “Let this Temple be purified by the lustrative water.”
(Take the censer and
put incense therein. And say) “Let the Fire
and the Air make sweet the world! (Genuflects.) Father, be
thou adored.”
(Move deosil around
the temple from the East censing the with an incense of Spirit in the sign
of the R+C, saying) “Let this Temple be consecrated by the fire of my love and the
flame of eternal devotion.”
General Invocation:
(Facing towards the Kiblah)
Thou who art I, beyond
all I am,
Who hast no nature and no name,
Who art, when all but Thou are gone,
Thou, centre and secret of the Sun,
Thou, hidden spring of all things known
And unknown, Thou aloof, alone,
Thou, the true fire within the reed
Brooding and breeding, source and seed
Of life, love, liberty, and light,
Thou beyond speech and beyond sight,
Thee I invoke, my faint fresh fire
Kindling as mine intents aspire.
Thee I invoke, abiding one,
Thee, centre and secret of the Sun,
And that most holy mystery
Of which the vehicle am I.
Appear, most awful and most mild,
As it is lawful, in thy child!
For of the Father and the Son
The Holy Spirit is the norm;
Male-female, quintessential, one,
Man-being veiled in Woman-form.
Glory and worship in the highest,
Thou Dove, mankind that deifiest,
Being that race, most royally run
To spring sunshine through winter storm.
Glory and worship be to Thee,
Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree!
Glory to Thee from Gilded Tomb!
Glory to Thee from Waiting Womb!
Glory to Thee from earth unploughed!
Glory to Thee
from virgin vowed!
Glory to Thee, true Unity
Of the Eternal Trinity!
Glory to Thee, thou sire and dam
And self of I am that I am!
Glory to Thee, beyond all term,
Thy spring of sperm, thy seed and germ!
Glory to Thee, eternal Sun,
Thou One in Three, Thou Three in One!
Glory and worship unto Thee,
Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree!
Special Invocation
(Light the incense.
Face the direction of the planet Venus. (Or, if unknown, the direction of the
Sun.) Give the sign of Isis Mourning. Knock.)
(Form the Shukra
Mudra)
“Om dram dreem droum sah shukraya namah.”(repeat 7x)
“Let us adore the Goddess of extreme love! In the silence
of Things, in the Night of Forces, beyond the accursed domain of the Three, let
us enjoy our love! AUMGN!”
(Make Invoking
Hexagram of Venus in the direction of Venus, and vibrate)“APHRODITE.”
(put fresh incense on
the charcoal and 8 cakes of light on the paten, then say) “Didas, Gilus,
Hamilus, Damaris, Timas, Samlus, Arhus, Hataris. Come and enter, o Spirits of
Venus, and smell the perfumes and eat from this dish and do as you desire.”(Pause)
(Say)“Come to me,
mix the fire and the water, all shall dissolve.’ In the name of the Mistress
of Jubilation, the Queen of the Dance, the Mistress of Music, the Queen of the
Harp Playing, the Lady of the Choral Dance, the Queen of Wreath Weaving, the
Mistress of Inebriety Without End. In the name of HATHOOR, spirits of Venus, adore your master!”
(With the lamp,
describe the glyph of Venus in the direction of the planet)“In the name
of He who converts copper into gold, in a moment, and gold into copper, who
gives Spirits which do faithfully serve them that are faithful; who makes those
whom he favors handsome and comely; You who reigns over 4,000 Legions of
Spirits and who after every thousand, ordains Kings for their appointed
seasons. In the name of HAGITH,
spirits of Venus, adore your master!”
(Take on the form of a
power with the face of a hyena)“In the name of the great Archon ASTAPHAIOS, spirits of Venus, adore
your master! Behold! I am he, having the seven Spirits of God, and the seven
stars.”
(Raise the lamp and
say) “In
the name of the Son of Light I,
and of his own Son EL,
Spirits of Venus, adore your Master!”
(Lower and raise the
lamp and say)“In
the names of the triple crowned Angelic King BALIGON in his purple robe and his Prince BAGENOL, clad in red and bearing the
golden circlet, and in the names and letters of their forty-two ministers,
spirits of Venus, adore your master!”
“In the name of HERU-RA-HA, the Lord of the Aeon, I declare that the spirits of
Venus have been duly invoked.”
(Battery) 333-55555-333.
Perform Thelemic Middle
Pillar
(Sound the
battery) 1-333-333-333-1
(Faces Kiblah and
defines the column in the center gesturing with the right thumb between index
and medius, circle over head) “NUIT!”
(at genitals)“HADIT!”
(at heart)“RA-HOOR-KHUIT!”
(say)“Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law.”
(Crosses between ajna
and vishuddha) “AIWASS!”
(Crosses between
anahata and manipura)“ThERION!”
(Crosses between
svadhisthana and muladhara)“BABALON!”
(say)“The word of the
law is ThELEMA.”
(Concentrates energy
at feet)“LAShTAL!”
(Concentrates energy
at the groin)“ThELEMA!”
(Concentrates energy
at the solar plexus)“VIAOV!”
(Concentrates energy
at the throat)“AGAPE!”
(Concentrates energy
at the crown)“AUMGN!”
(Begin circulating the
energy up and down the spine as well as along the left and right hand sides of
the body with the breath)
(say)“Love is the law,
love under will.”
(Ring the battery) 333-55555-333.
(say)“ABRAHADABRA!”
The Conjuration
(Facing the direction of Venus)
“May the Lord bless you, O Venus, you who are the queen and
fortune, and are cold and moist, equitable in your effects and complexion, pure
and lovely and sweetly scented, beautiful and ornate, You are the lady of
adornment, of gold and silver; you delight in love, joy, ornaments and jests,
elegance, songs and music that are sung or played on strings, written music and
songs played on organs, games and comforts, rest and love. In your effects you
remain equal.
I conjure you through Bit’ail, who is that angel whom the Lord
has set beside you to complete all your powers and effects.
You take delight in wine, rest, joy, lying with lovers, for in
all of these your natural effects consist. I invoke you by all of your names:
That is Zuhara, Venus, Anahid, Aphrodite, Tijanija, and Surfa.
O, Illustrious, laughter-loving queen, sea-born, night-loving
Mistress. It is through you that the world is bound in harmony, for all things
spring from you, O power divine. The triple Fates are ruled by your decree, and
all creations yield to your majesty: whatever the heavens, which encircles all,
contain, from the fruit producing earth to the stormy sea, from the stars’
celestial furnaces burning throughout time to the sweet breezes of our own
world, ALL confess their weakness before you, and each obeys thy nod, you who
are the awful attendant of the vine-clad Friend of the Stranger, Bakkhos.
I conjure you by the Lord of the highest firmament, and by the
obedience you offer to the Highest, and by the power and lordship He has over you,
that you listen to my prayer, and consider my petition, and do as I ask.
You who bestows the favors of love, who whirls in veils before
the rising Sun, let a ray of your victory descend upon me and these herbs that
are sacred to you to awaken and intensify in this sphere the powers of your Victorious
Love.
The Admixto
Place the herbs/spices
into their own containers. Use mortar and pestle to grind together groups of
the dry ingredients during the first operation visualizing Venus’ influence
working through the tools to release the Venereal elements from the plants.
During the second
operation mix together the wet ingredients again visualizing Venus’ influence in
the various wet components.
During the third
operation fold wet and dry ingredients together mixing thoroughly mating the
wet and the dry, the body and the soul of the Signature. Form into pellets and
let cure for two weeks.
Conclude each working by covering the mixtures with
green silk prior to banishing.
A worksheet for making the first 18/19 letters of your alphabet of desire using the Peter Carrol method. It is important that all the letters you create in the blanks have a distinct top and bottom (cannot be vertically symmetrical) and are simple enough to use as letters. The 19th letter or glyph for laughter can be symmetrical because laughter is its own opposite/has no opposite and could in the center. You can also put a symbol of your tradition in the middle. Peter Carroll’s has the chaos sign.
Chaos magic is interesting because it sources a good portion of its influences from old witchcraft.
The alphabet of desire is originally transmitted by Austin Osman Spare who also credits old style witchcraft as a large influence. In addition to being thought of as the major influence on chaos magic, he also is a major influence on traditional witchcraft and he interacted with Robert Cochrane and Doreen Valiente, major players in the traditional witchcraft movement.
Andrew Chumbley’s Azoetia is primarily a recension of Austin Osman Spare’s witch’s sabbath and alphabet of desire traditions. I decided to begin with creating my own alphabet using the Liber Null instructions instead because I admired @wolfofantimonyoccultism ‘s alphabet the ravens of antimony and that is similar to how he made his and as a preface for working with Andrew Chumbley’s approach.
Austin Osman Spare did not publish the method he used for creating his alphabet of desire. I suspect Andrew Chumbley’s way is more similar, but Carroll’s way has a simplicity and elegance to its approach. The Azoetia system could easily take a month of daily dedicated ritual to create, whereas this method could be completed in an afternoon.
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