I believe in one secret and ineffable LORD; and in one Star in the company of Stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shall return; and in one Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, in His name AIWASS, the sole viceregent of the Sun upon Earth; and in one Air the nourisher of all that breaths.
And I believe in one Earth, the Mother of us all, and in one Womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, Mystery of Mystery, in Her name BABALON.
And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in His name BAPHOMET.
And I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is ΘΕΛΗΜΑ.
And I believe in the communion of Saints.
And, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, I believe in the Miracle of the Mass.
And I confess one Baptism of Wisdom whereby we accomplish the Miracle of Incarnation.
And I confess my life one, individual, and eternal that was, and is, and is to come.
If you balance the positive and negative aspects of the subtle energy in your body, it will rise up your spine and open your third eye, giving you great spiritual insight. Several religious traditions recognize this and encode it into their symbolism.
Yoga explains it straightforwardly; when the ida and pingala balance, kundalini rises up the sushumna.
The ancient Greeks symbolized this with the caduceus, the staff carried by Hermes, messenger of the gods.
The Knights Templar may have used Baphomet for this purpose; Eliphas Levi’s drawing shows much related symbolism.
Alchemists used many terms and symbols, but in the above example, the dragons represent the opposing energy and the sun and moon their dualistic nature.
Freemasons encode this symbolism into the “Master’s Carpet”. The two pillars of the Temple of Solomon, Jachin and Boaz, are analogous to the ida and pingala. The sun and moon represent the duality of the forces, and the all-seeing eye represents the third eye.
Occult Aspects 