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The Arcane Schools

Vigilant — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:37:21 +0000

In this extensive work, John Yarker attempts to trace the history of Masonry and Masonic rites through history, proving its legitimacy through seniority and the power of tradition. Yarker establishes the roots of Masonry in an unknown race of conquerors who developed the early human arts, such as stoneworking, metalworking, and agriculture. Yarker then explains how that civilization gave rise to societies of special knowledge, such at the mathematical and philosophical schools in ancient Greece. From these, he can trace symbolism to modern Freemasonry. Fascinating in its breadth, The Arcane Schools draws on seemingly every society and era to pull the history of humanity into a single narrative. Those interested the arcane and occult, as well as those with a newly sparked interest in symbology, will find Yarker’s book a fascinating and informative read. English author JOHN YARKER (1833-1913) was a Freemason who established the Sovereign Sanctuary of The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Masonry for England and Ireland in 1872. He was an occultist who wrote many books including The Magian Mysteries and Freemasonry in Modern Times.

C O N T E N T S.

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION — GENERAL PLAN OF THE WORK
PART I. — THE ARCANE SCHOOLS.

I. ARCHAIC LEGENDS
II. PROTO-ARYAN CIVILIZATION AND MYSTERIES
III. ARYAN CIVILIZATION AND MYSTERIES
IV. THE MYSTERIES IN RELATION TO PHILOSOPHY
V. PHILOSOPHY IN RELATION TO MASONIC RITES
VI. THE MYSTIC AND HERMETIC SCHOOLS IN CHRISTIAN TIMES
PART II. — OPERATIVE AND SPECULATIVE.
VII. RECAPITULATED PROOFS OF ANCIENT MASONRY
VIII. MASONRY IN BRITAIN AND SAXON ENGLAND
IX. MASONRY IN NORMAN TIMES
X. FREEMASONRY IN MODERN TIMES
PART III. — SPECULATIVE REVIVAL.
XI. ORIGIN OF THE SYSTEM TERMED HIGH-GRADE (ANCIENT)
XII. FREEMASONRY IN THE GRAND LODGE ERA (MODERN)
XIII. FREEMASONRY UNDER THE UNITED GRAND LODGE
PART IV. — ANCIENT MSS.
APPENDIX –
SERIES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHARGES
INDEX

Esoteric Orders and Their Work

Vigilant — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:25:04 +0000

Examines how and why esoteric schools have restricted admission to their secret societies and orders, and shrouded their practices in mystery. The knowledge guarded by these schools–passed down through the ages, and revised from time to time by by great teachers–is a secret science that studies the causes that lie behind observable phenomena.

“In all ages and among all races there has existed a tradition concerning certain esoteric schools or fraternities, wherein a secret wisdom unknown to the generality of mankind might be learnt, and to which admission was obtained by means of an initiation in which tests and ritual played their part. Whoever is familiar with the literature of folklore and anthropology knows that this belief exists among primitive peoples, from the Eskimos of the Arctic Circle to the Digger Indians of Tierra del Fuego. Whoever has also studied history knows that it has prevailed from the first dawn of human culture Today, in the centres of the civilized world, this belief is still alive; and although it may be ridiculed by the orthodox-minded, an unprejudiced observer cannot fail to note that some of the noblest of men have been among its advocates, and that the greatest creative intelligences have, almost without exception, borne witness to a source of inspiration in the Unseen.”

Contents

Introduction

I. Esotericism, Occultism, and Mysticism
II. The Origin of the Mysteries
III. The Three Great Traditions
IV. The Paths of the Western Tradition
V. The Evolution and Functions of the Masters
VI. The Training and Work of an Initiate
VII. The Occult Schools
VIII. Orders, Fraternities, and Groups
IX. The Use and Power of Ritual
X. Oaths and Obligations
XI. The Right and Left-Hand Paths
XII. Seeking the Master
XIII. The Choice of an Occult School
XIV. The Path of Initiation

The Occult Anatomy of Man

Vigilant — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:28:25 +0000

An enlightening interpretation of the symbolism of the mysteries of the human body.

“In Scripture we are told that God made man in his own image. It is so stated not only in the Christian Bible, but also in the holy writings of nearly all enlightened people. The Jewish patriarchs thought that human body was the microcosm, or the little cosmos, made in the image of the macrocosm, or the great cosmos. The analogy between the finite and the infinite is said to be one of the keys by aid of which the secrets of Holy Writ are unlocked.“

“Amond certain Cabalistic writers the Holy Land is mapped out on the human body, and the various cities are shown as centers of consciousness in man. There is a wonderful study here for those who will investigate deeply and sincerely the ancient Mysteries. We cannot hope to cover all the ground, but if you can gain from this booklet a key to the situation we hope you will pursue the line of thought until you have made it all-inclusive and opened at least on seal of the Book of Divine Revelation”.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I – The Human Body in Symbolism

II – The Three Worlds

III- The Spinal Column

4- The Infernal Worlds

5- Occult Embryology

Addendum: Occult Masonry

The Hierophant or Gleanings from the Past

Vigilant — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:03:31 +0000

The full title of the book is: The Hierophant or Gleanings from the Past Being and Exposition of Biblical Astronomy and the Symbolism and Mysteries on Which Were Founded All Ancient Religions and Secret Societies. Also an Explanation of the Dark Sayings and Allegories which Abound in the Pagan, Jewish and Christian Bibles. Also, The Real Sense of the Doctrines and Observances of the Modern Christian Churches.

“Without making any pretence to literary talent, I have in the following pages attempted to gather and arrange the fragmentary remains of a world-wide system of worship and belief which has been perpetuated under different names in the various systems of religion and continues to
give laws to the modern christian as well as the pagan world.”

INDEX
INTRODUCTION.
Object of the book, page 13—Universality of star -worship,
15—Basis of all religions and secret societies, 16—
Similarity of Jewish and heathen worship, 18—Antiquity
and supposed origin of Egypt, 1 9—Origin of the Priesthood,
22—Origin of Lent, 25—Jesus of Nazareth, 26.

CHAPTER I
The religious element in man, p. 28—Age of thought,
31—The Bible, 34—Destruction of ancient and modern
literature, 37—Reasons for running counter to the opinions
of the age, 39.

CHAPTER II
Introduction of religious forms, 43—Planet worship,
45—Saturn, Jupiter, Brahm, 45—Dives and Lazarus, 47
Sun travel, 50—Zodiac, 52—”War in heaven, 53—Moses
and the Jews, 54—Jewish sects, 55—Canonization of
Saints, 57—Symbol language, 58—Phallum worship, 63
— Correspondence, 65.

CHAPTER III.
Common origin of all religions, 67—The talent of the
world anciently absorbed by astronomy and astrology,
70—Origin of unlucky days and seasons, 71—War in
heaven, “7 2—Devil born, 73—Hell discovered, 74—Bottomless
pit, 74—Lake of fire, 75—Devil slain, 77—The
Old Serpent, 80—Origin of plays and secret societies, 84—
• Oriental style, 85—Witchcraft, 87.

CHAPTER IV.
Amours of the gods, 89—Trinity of evils, 90—Constellations,
96—Baal worship, 98—Indian star worship, 99
Ceremonies of Indians and Hebrews identical, 102—Jonal
among our western Indians, 102—Devil in China, 105—
The Cross among the Aztecs, 106.

CHAPTER V.
Osiris, Isis and Typlion, 107—Pyramids, 114 —System
of gradual Divinities,’ 118—Difference between Moses and
the Egyptians, 110—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob always
pagans, 120.
CHAPTER VI.
Circumcision, 125—Circle, 126r-Druids, 126—Celtic
temples, 127—Hall of Odin, 128—Masonry, 123—Names
of God, 128—Trinity, 132—Creation, 137.

CHAPTER VII
Origin of Man, 142—Garden of Eden and the fall, 144
— Mysteries in the Bible, 151—Oriental style, 152—Most
ancient names of God, 156
CHAPTER YIII.
Cherubim, 161—Satan to be restored, 166—Jacob’s
blessing, 168—Joseph’s coat, 168—Mistakes in Jewish
encampment, 174—White throne, 177.
CHAPTER IX.
David’s intrigues, 180—Samson, 182—Baalim. 186—
Phaeton, 187—Change of the names of the Patriarchs,
189—Abraham sacrificing Isaac, 190.

CHAPTER X.
Serpent symbol, 191—The two Sauls, 195—The Devil
202.
CHAPTER XL
Fallen spirits. 203—War in heaven, 213—The Apocalypse,
215—The mystical number seven, 215—The perfect
number twelve, 218—Seven churches, 219—The two
Covenants, 221—Theology of the Magi, 224—The Woman
clothed with the Sun, 225.
CHAPTER XIL
The Sun and Moon stand still, 227—Elijah translated,
228—Jonah and the whale, 230—Christmas, 231—Epiphany,
232—Phallum worship, 232—Assumption, 234—Nativity,
234.

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception

Vigilant — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:42:06 +0000

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception or Mystic Christianity is a Rosicrucian text, written by the famous mystic and occultist Max Heindel. The first edition was printed in November 1909, it has little changed since then and it is considered to be Max Heindel’s magnum opus. It is a reference work in the Christian mysticism practice and in the Occult study literature, containing the fundamentals of Esoteric Christianity from a Rosicrucian perspective. The Cosmo contains a comprehensive outline of the evolutionary process of man and the universe, correlating science with religion. It is, till current days, the basic book for the philosophy courses of the school, the Rosicrucian Fellowship, founded by the author between 1909 and 1911.

The author talks about the true man and his journey through involution, evolution and epigenesis, presenting practical methods to help the development of latent potentials in each one of us and how to transmute our latency into dynamic powers in order to achieve, according to the author, direct knowledge and conscientious work in the inner planes.

It deals with many esoteric topics and also metaphysics, physiology and cosmology (the visible and invisible worlds, human evolution, death and rebirth, nutrition, esoteric training, …). It contains a history of the evolution of the human spirit and related bodies (from before awareness, through various incarnations of our planet on various planes, and into the future development) and of animal, vegetable and mineral life waves (each, of the myriad of life forms and types of consciousness on this physical plane, experiencing their own points in evolution). It also presents an esoteric interpretation about the mission of Christ and an occult analysis of Biblical texts which include the fall of man, the Law of Cause and Consequence and Bible and rebirth, and many other themes which were further developed in the subsequent books, lectures and lessons given by the author at the time (1910s) in the United States.

Table Of Contents
PART I.
Man’s Present Constitution and Method of Development.
Frontispiece, The Lord’s Prayer.
A Word to the Wise
The Four Kingdoms
Introduction
Chapter I. The Visible and Invisible Worlds
Chemical Region of the Physical World
Etheric Region of the Physical World
The Desire World
The World of Thought
Chapter II. The Four Kingdoms
Chapter III. Man and the Method of Evolution.
Activities of Life; Memory antl Soul-growth
The Constitution of the Seven-fold Man
The Borderland
The First Heaven
The Second Heaven
The Third Heaven
Preparations for Rebirth
Birth of the Dense Body
Birth of the Vital Body and Growth
Birth of the Desire Body and Puberty
Birth of the Mind and Majority
The Blood; the Vehicle of the Ego
Chapter IV. Rebirth and the Law of Consequence
Wine as a Factor in Evolution
A Remarkable Story

PART II.
COSMOGENESIS AND ANTHROPOGENESIS.
Chapter V. The Relation of Man to God
Chapter VI. The Scheme of Evolution.
The Beginning
The Seven Worlds
The Seven Periods
Chapter VII. The Path of Evolution
Revolutions and Cosmic Nights
Chapter VIII. The Work of Evolution.
Ariadnes Thread
The Saturn Period
Recapitulation
The Sun Period
The Moon Period 213
Chapter IX. Stragglers and Newcomers
Classes of Beings at the Beginning of the Moon Period

Chapter X. The Earth Period
Saturn Revolution of the Earth Period
Sun Revolution of the Earth Period
Moon Revolution of the Earth Period
Rest Periods Between Revolutions
The Fourth Revolution of the Earth Period

Chapter XI. Genesis and Evolution of Our Solar System
Chaos’
The Birth of the Planets

Chapter XII. Evolution on the Earth.
The Polarian Epoch
The Hyperborean Epoch
The Moon ; the Eighth Sphere
The Lemurian Epoch
Birth of the Individual
Separation of the Sexes
Influence of Mars
The Races and Their Leaders
Influence of Mercury
The Lemurian Race
The Fall of Man
The Lucifer Spirits
The Atlantean Epoch
The Aryan Epoch ‘
The Sixteen Paths to Destruction
Chapter XIII. Back to the Bible
Chapter XIV. Occult Analysis of Genesis.
Limitations of the Bible
In the Beginning
The Nebular Theory
The Creative Hierarchies
The Saturn Period
The Sun Period, the Moon Period
The Earth Period
Jehovah and His Mission
Involution, Evolution and Epigenesis
A Living Soul
Adam’s Rib
Guardian Angels
Mixing Blood in Marriage
The Fall of Man

PART III
Man’s Future Development and Initiation

The Evolution of Religion
Jesus and Christ -Jesus
Not Peace but a Sword
The Star of Bethlehem
The Heart an Anomaly
The Mystery of Golgotha
The Cleansing Blood
Chapter XV. Christ and His Mission.

Chapter XVI. Future Development and Initiation.
The Seven Days of Creation
Radiates, Mollusks, Articulates and Vertebrates
Spirals within Spirals.
Alchemy and Soulgrowth
The Creative Word
Chapter XVII. The Method of Acquiring First-Hand Knowledge.
The First Stops
Western Methods for Western People
The Science of Nutrition
Table of Food- Values
The Law of Assimilation
Live and Let Live
The Lord ‘s Prayer
The Vow of Celibacy
The Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland
Esoteric Training
How the Inner Vehicle is Built
Concentration
Meditation
Observation
Discrimination
Contemplation
Adoration
Chapter XVIII. The Constitution of the Earth and Volcanic
Eruptions
The Number of the Beast

Chapter XIX. Christian Rosenkreuz and the Order of Rosicrucians
Initiation
The Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rays from the Rose Cross
Symbolism of Rose Cross
Index
The Healing Power

The History of Initiation

Vigilant — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:14:20 +0000

In Twelve Lectures Comprising a Detailed Account of the Rites and Ceremonies, Doctrines and Discipline of all the Secret and Mysterious Institutions of the Ancient World. Contents: General Introduction; History of Initiation in Hindostan; Philosophy of the Eastern Mysteries; Initiation in Persia; History of Initiation in Greece; Ceremonies of Initiation into the Mysteries of Bacchus; Places of Initiation into the Celtic Mysteries; Ceremonies of Initiation in Britain; Symbols and Doctrines of the Druids; History of Initiation into the Gothic Mysteries; Doctrines and Morality; History of Initiation in America; Corollary.

“The excellent Preston says, with much justice, ” Many are deluded by the vague supposition, that our mysteries are merely nominal ; that the practices established amongst us are frivolous ; and that our ceremonies may be adopted or waived at pleasure. On this false basis we find too many of the Brethren hurrying through all the degrees of the Order, without adverting to the propriety of one step they pursue, or possessing a single qualification to entitle them to advancement. Passing through the usual formalities, they consider themselves authorized to rank as Masters of the Art, solicit and accept offices, and even assume the government of the Lodge, equally unacquainted with the rules of the Institution that they pretend to support, and the nature of the trust which they are bound to perform. The consequence is obvious; anarchy and confusion ensue, and the substance is lost in the shadow. Hence men, who are eminent for ability, rank, and fortune, frequently view the honours of Masonry with indifference ; and, when their patronage is solicited, either accept office with reluctance, or reject them with disdain.”

Table of Contents

General Introduction

History of Initiation in Hindostan

Philosophy of the Eastern Mysteries

Initiation in Persia

History of Initiation in Greece

Ceremonies of Initiation Into the Mysteries of Bacchus

Places of Initiation into the Celtic Mysteries

Ceremonies of Initiation in Britain

Symbols and Doctrines of the Druids

History of Initiation into the Gothic Mysteries

Doctrines and Morality

History of Initiation in America

Transcendental Magic

Vigilant — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:53:07 +0000

This enigmatic book presents the Great Arcanum of all mystical traditions in such a beautiful, rich way, but yet it will remain inaccessible to those who are as yet uneducated in the true Secret Path. This knowledge was NEVER given publicly until 1950 when “The Perfect Matrimony” was written by Samael Aun Weor. Regardless, once you know the keys, Mr. Levi’s book becomes a priceless gem, filling the heart of the reader with endless wonder at the incredible truths of the Secret Doctrine. Unfortunately, very few have such keys, so most read this book and forget it, or they form an opinion based on their own point of view and hawk that as the truth. Few realize that the Secret Doctrine is a firm and unwavering Law, into which opinion cannot enter. “The Law is the Law and the Law will be fulfilled.” As Mr. Levi states in the first chapter:

“The man who is enslaved by his passions or worldly prejudices can be initiated in no wise (meaning he can never be initiated); he must reform or he will never attain; meanwhile he cannot be an adept, for this word signifies a person who has acheived by will and by work. The man who loves his own opinions and fears to part with them, who suspects new truths, who is unprepared to doubt everything rather than admit anything on chance, should close this book; for him it is useless and dangerous. He will fail to understand it, and it will trouble him, while if he should divine the meaning, there will be a still greater source of disquietude. If you hold by anything in the world more than reason (as opposed to superstition), truth and justice; if your will be uncertain and vacillating, either in good or evil; if logic alarm you, or the naked truth make you blush; if you are hurt when accepted errors are assailed; condemn this work straight away. Do not read it; let it cease to exist for you; but at the same time do not cry it down as dangerous. The secrets which it records will be understood by an elect few and will be reserved by those who understand them.”

Zip file contains two books.

Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Vigilant — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:41:20 +0000

This massive volume was originally published in 1531, and occultists have been drawing on it ever since. Now, Llewellyn is proud to produce the first complete reprint of the original English translation in the last 500 years. Donald Tyson edited this work and removed the hundreds of errors that appeared in the original translation. He also fully annotated the work, to make it understandable—and usable—by people today.

·Discover what the Renaissance scholar knew about astrology, medicine, history, herbs, geography, animals, angels, devils, Witches, charms, the weather, and a host of other subjects
·Gain immediate reference to a vast amount of arcane, but completely annotated, magical material
·Find corrected drawings of seals, sigils, and magic squares, and correctly represented geomantic figures
·Explore the practical Kabbalah, geomancy, the magic squares, the elements, the humors, and the Soul of the World
·Consult the new Biographical dictionary for background on each of the hundreds of writers and historical figures referred to by Agrippa
·Consult the new Geographical Dictionary for data on referenced rivers, mountains, nations, cities—many of which now carry different names.

The Three Books of Occult Philosophy is the most complete repository of pagan and Neoplatonic magic ever compiled. This book is packed with material you will not find elsewhere, including copious extracts on magic from obscure or lost works by Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle, and many others. Tyson’s detailed annotations clarify difficult references and provide origins of quotations, even expanding upon them in many cases, in order to make Agrippa’s work more accessible to the modern reader.

The Three Books of Occult Philosophy is the ultimate “how-to” for magical workings. It describes how to work all manner of divinations and natural and ceremonial magic in such clear and useful detail that it is still the guide for modern techniques. The extensive new supplementary material makes this wisdom practical for use today.

The Three Books of Occult Philosophy is an essential reference tool for all students of the occult.

Zip file contains 3 books.

Book 1

Introduction	Agrippa to the reader.
	Agrippa to Trithemius.
	Trithemius to Agrippa.
Chap. 1.	How Magicians Collect vertues from the Three-fold World, is Declared in these Three Books.
Chap. 2.	What Magic is, What are the Parts thereof, and How the Professors thereof must be Qualified.
Chap. 3.	Of the Four Elements, their Qualities, and Mutual Mixtions.
Chap. 4.	Of a Three-fold Consideration of the Elements.
Chap. 5.	Of the Wonderful Natures of Fire and Earth.
Chap. 6.	Of the Wonderful Natures of Water, Air and Winds.
Chap. 7.	Of the Kinds of Compounds, what Relation they stand in to the Elements, and what Relation there is betwixt the Elements themselves and the Soul, Senses and Dispositions of Men.
Chap. 8.	How the Elements are in the Heavens, in Stars, in Devils, in Angels, and lastly in God himself.
Chap. 9.	Of the vertues of things Natural, depending immediately upon Elements.
Chap. 10.	Of the Occult vertues of Things
Chap. 11.	How Occult vertues are Infused into the several kinds of Things by Ideas, thrugh the Help of the Soul of the World, and Rays of the Stars; and what Things abound most with this vertue.
Chap. 12.	How it is that Particular vertues are Infused into Particular Individuals, even of the same Species.
Chap. 13.	Whence the Occult vertues of Things Proceed.
Chap. 14.	Of the Spirit of the World, What It Is, and how by way of medium It Unites occult vertues to their Subjects.
Chap. 15.	How we must Find Out and Examine the vertues of Things by way of Similitude.
Chap. 16.	How the Operations of several vertues Pass from one thing into another, and are Communicated one to the other.
Chap. 17.	How by Enmity and Friendship the vertues of things are to be Tried and Found Out.
Chap. 18.	Of the Inclinations of Enmities.
Chap. 19.	How the vertues of Things are to be Tried and Found Out, which are in them Specifically, or in any one Individual by way of Special gift.
Chap. 20.	The Natural vertues are in some Things throughout their Whole Substance, and in other Things in certain Parts and Members.
Chap. 21.	Of the vertues of Things which are in them only in their Life Time, and Such as Remain in them even After their Death.
Chap. 22.	How Inferior Things are Subjected to Superior Bodies, and how the Bodies, the Actions, and Dispositions of Men are Ascribed to Stars and Signs.
Chap. 23.	How we shall Know what Stars natural Things are Under, and what Things are under the Sun, which are called Solary.
Chap. 24.	What Things are Lunary, or Under the Power of the Moon.
Chap. 25.	What Things are Saturnine, or Under the Power of Saturn.
Chap. 26.	What Things are Under the Power of Jupiter, and are called Jovial.
Chap. 27.	What Things are Under the Power of Mars, and are called Martial.
Chap. 28.	What things are Under the Power of Venus, and are called Venereal.
Chap. 29.	Things are Under the Power of Mercury, and are called Mercurial.
Chap. 30.	That the Whole Sublunary World, and those Things which are in It, are Distributed to Planets.
Chap. 31.	How Provinces and Kingdoms are Distributed to Planets.
Chap. 32.	What Things are Under the Signs, the Fixed Stars, and their Images.
Chap. 33.	Of the Seals and Characters of Natural Things.
Chap. 34.	How, by Natural Things and their vertues, We may Draw Forth and Attract the Influences and vertues of Celestial Bodies.
Chap. 35.	Of the Mixtions of Natural Things, one with another, and their Benefits.
Chap. 36.	Of the Union of Mixt Things, and the Introduction of a More Noble Form, and the Senses of Life.
Chap. 37.	How, by some certain Natural and Artificial Preparations, We may Attract certain Celestial and Vital Gifts.
Chap. 38.	Chapter xxxviii. How we may Draw not only Celestial and Vital but also certain Intellectual and Divine Gifts from Above.
Chap. 39.	That we may, by some certain Matters of the World, Stir Up the Gods of the World and their Ministering Spirits.
Chap. 40.	Of Bindings; what Sort they are of, and in what Ways they are wont to be Done.
Chap. 41.	Of Sorceries, and their Power.
Chap. 42.	Of the Wonderful vertues of some kinds of Sorceries.
Chap. 43.	Of Perfumes or Suffumigations; their Manner and Power.
Chap. 44.	The Composition of some Fumes appropriated to the Planets.
Chap. 45.	Chapter xlv. Of Collyries, Unctions, Love-Medicines, and their vertues.
Chap. 46.	Of natural Alligations and Suspensions.
Chap. 47.	Of Magical Rings and their Composition.
Chap. 48.	Of the vertue of Places, and what Places are Suitable to every Star.
Chap. 49.	Of Light, Colors, Candles and Lamps, and to what Stars, Houses and Elements several Colors are Ascribed.
Chap. 50.	Of Fascination, and the Art thereof.
Chap. 51.	Of certain Observations, Producing wonderful vertues.
Chap. 52.	Of the Countenance and Gesture, the Habit and the Figure of the Body, and to what Stars any of these do Answer — whence Physiognomy, and Metoposcopy, and Chiromancy, Arts of Divination, have their Grounds.
Chap. 53.	Of Divination, and the Kinds thereof.
Chap. 54.	Of divers certain Animals, and other things, which have a Signification in Auguries.
Chap. 55.	How Auspicas are Verified by the Light of Natural Instinct, and of some Rules of Finding of It Out.
Chap. 56.	Of the Soothsayings of Flashes and Lightnings, and how Monstrous and Prodigious Things are to be Interpreted.
Chap. 57.	Of Geomancy, Hydromancy, Aeromancy, and Pyromancy, Four Divinations of Elements.
Chap. 58.	Of the Reviving of the Dead, and of Sleeping or Hibernating (wanting victuals) Many Years together.
Chap. 59.	Of Divination by Dreams.
Chap. 60.	Of Madness, and Divinations which are made when men are awake, and of the power of a Melancholy Humor, by which Spirits are sometimes induced into Men’s Bodies.
Chap. 61.	Of the Forming of Man, of the External Senses, also those Inward, and the Mind; and of the Threefold Appetite of the Soul, and Passions of the Will.
Chap. 62.	Of the Passions of the Mind, their Original Source, Differences, and Kinds.
Chap. 63.	How the Passions of the Mind change the proper Body by changing its Accidents and moving the Spirit.
Chap. 64.	How the Passions of the Mind change the Body by way of Imitation from some Resemblance; of the Transforming and Translating of Men, and what Force the Imaginative Power hath, not only over the Body but the Soul.
Chap. 65.	How the Passions of the Mind can Work of themselves upon Another’s Body.
Chap. 66.	That the Passions of the Mind are Helped by a Celestial Season, and how Necessary the Constancy of the Mind is in every Work.
Chap. 67.	How the Mind of Man may be Joined with the Mind of the Stars, and Intelligences of the Celestials, and, together with them, Impress certain wonderful vertues upon inferior Things.
Chap. 68.	How our Mind can Change and Bind inferior Things to the Ends which we Desire.
Chap. 69.	Of Speech, and the Occult vertue of Words.
Chap. 70.	Of the vertue of Proper Names.
Chap. 71.	Of many Words joined together, as in Sentences and Verses, and of the vertues and Astrictions of Charms.
Chap. 72.	Of the wonderful Power of Enchantments.
Chap. 73.	Of the vertue of Writing, and of Making Imprecations, and Inscriptions.
Chap. 74.	Of the Proportion, Correspondency, and Reduction of Letters to the Celestial Signs and Planets, According to various Tongue, and a Table thereof.

Book 2

Dedication.
Chap. i.	Of the necessity of Mathematicall learning, and of the many wonderfull works which are done by Mathematicall Arts only.
Chap. ii.	Of Numbers, and their power, and vertue.
Chap. iii.	How great vertues Numbers have, as well in Naturall things, as in Supernaturall.
Chap. iv.	Of Unity, and the Scale thereof
Chap. v.	Of the Number of Two, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. vi.	Of the Number of three, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. vii.	Of the Number of Four, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. viii.	Of the Number Five, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. ix.	Of the Number six, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. x.	Of the Number Seaven, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. xi.	Of the Number of Eight, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. xii.	Of the Number of Nine, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. xiii.	Of the Number Ten, and the Scale thereof.
Chap. xiv.	Of the Number eleven, and the number twelve; with a double Scale of the Number twelve Cabilisticall, and Orphicall.
Chap. xv.	Of the Numbers which are above twelve, and of their powers, and vertues.
Chap. xvi.	Of the notes of numbers, placed in certain gesturings.
Chap. xvii.	Of the various notes of numbers observed amongst the Romans.
Chap. xviii.	Of the notes or figures of the Græcians.
Chap. xix.	Of the notes of the Hebrews, and Caldeans, and certain other notes of Magicians.
Chap. xx.	What numbers are attributed to letters; and of divining by the same.
Chap. xxi.	What numbers are consecrated to the Gods, and which are ascribed, and to what Elements.
Chap. xxii.	Of the tables of the Planets, their vertues, forms, and what Divine names, Intelligencies, and Spirits are set over them.
Chap. xxiii.	Of Geometrical Figures and Bodies, by what vertue they are powerful in Magick, and which are agreeable to each Element, and the Heaven.
Chap. xxiv.	Of Musicall Harmony, of the force and power thereof.
Chap. xxv.	Of Sound, and Harmony, and whence their wonderfulness in operation.
Chap. xxvi.	Concerning the agreement of them with the Celestial bodies, and what harmony and sound is correspondent of every Star.
Chap. xxvii.	Of the proportion, measure, and Harmony of mans body.
Chap. xxviii.	Of the Composition and Harmony of the humane soul.
Chap. xxix.	Of the Observation of Celestials, necessary in every Magical Work.
Chap. xxx.	When Planets are of most powerful influence.
Chap. xxxi.	Of the Observation of the fixt Stars, and of their Natures.
Chap. xxxii.	Of the Sun, and Moon, and their Magicall considerations.
Chap. xxxiii.	Of the twenty eight Mansions of the Moon, and their vertues.
Chap. xxxiv.	Of the true motion of the heavenly bodies to be observed in the eight sphere, and of the ground of Planetary hours.
Chap. xxxv.	How some artificiall things as Images, Seals, and such like, may obtain some vertue from the Celestial bodies.
Chap. xxxvi.	Of the Images of the Zodiack, what vertues they being ingraven, receive from the stars.
Chap. xxxvii.	Of the Images of the Faces, and of those Images which are without the Zodiack.
Chap. xxxviii.	Of the Images of Saturn.
Chap. xxxix.	Of the Images of Jupiter.
Chap. xl.	Of the Images of Mars.
Chap. xli.	Of the Images of the Sun.
Chap. xlii.	Of the Images of Venus.
Chap. xliii.	Of the Images of Mercury.
Chap. xliv.	Of the Images of the Moon.
Chap. xlv.	Of the Images of the head and Tayle of the Dragon of the Moon.
Chap. xlvi.	Of the Images of the Mansions of the Moon.
Chap. xlvii.	Of the Images of the fixed Behenian Stars.
Chap. xlviii.	Of Geomanticall Figures, which are the middle betwixt Images and Characters.
Chap. xlix.	Of Images, the figure whereof is not after the likeness of any Celestiall figure, but after the likness of that which the mind of the worker desires.
Chap. l.	Of certain Celestial observations and the practise of some Images.
Chap. li.	Of Characters which are made after the rule and imitation of Celstial, and how with the table thereof they are deduced out of Geomantical figures.
Chap. lii.	Of Characters which are drawn from things themselves by a certain likeness.
Chap. liii.	That no Divination without Astrology is perfect.
Chap. liv.	Of Lottery, when, and whence the vertue of Divining is incident to it.
Chap. lv.	Of the soul of the World, and of the Celestials, according to the traditions of the Poets, and Philosophers.
Chap. lvi.	The same is confirmed by reason.
Chap. lvii.	That the soul of the world, and the Celestiall souls are rationall, and partake of Divine understanding.
Chap. lviii.	Of the names of the Celestials, and their rule over this inferiour world, viz. Man.
Chap. lix.	Of the seven governers of the world, the Planets, and of their various names serving to Magicall speeches.
Chap. lx.	That humane imprecations do naturally impress their powers upon externall things; And how mans mind through each degree of dependencies ascends into the intelligible world, and becomes like to the more sublime spirits, and Intelligencies.

Book 3

Chapter i:	Of the necessity, power, and profit of Religion.
Chapter ii:	Of concealing of those things which are secret in religion.
Chapter iii:	What dignification is required, that one may be a true magician and a worker of miracles.
Chapter iv:	Of the two helps of Ceremonial magic, religion and superstition.
Chapter v:	Of the three guides of Religion, which bring us to the path of truth.
Chapter vi:	How by these guides the soul of man ascendeth up into the Divine nature, and is made a worker of Miracles.
Chapter vii:	That the knowledge of the true God is necessary for a Magician, and what the old Magicians and Philosophers have thought concerning God.
Chapter viii:	What the Ancient Philosophers have thought concerning the Divine Trinity.
Chapter ix:	What the true and most Orthodox faith is concerning God and the most holy Trinity.
Chapter x:	Of Divine emanations, which the Hebrews call Numerations, others attributes; The gentiles gods and Deities; and of the ten Sephiroths and ten most sacred names of God which rule them, and the interpretation of them.
Chapter xi:	Of the Divine names, and their power and vertue.
Chapter xii:	Of the influence of the divine names through all the middle causes into these inferior things.
Chapter xiii:	Of the members of God, and of their influence on our members.
Chapter xiv:	Of the Gods of the gentiles, and souls of the Celestiall bodies, and what places were consecrated in times past, and to what Deities.
Chapter xv:	What our Theologians think concerning the Celestiall souls.
Chapter xvi:	Of Intelligences and spirits, and of the threefold kind of them, and of their diverse names, and of Infernall and subterraneall spirits.
Chapter xvii:	Of these according to the opinion of the Theologians.
Chapter xviii:	Of the orders of evil spirits, and of their fall, and divers natures.
Chapter xix:	Of the bodies of the Devils.
Chapter xx:	Of the annoyance of evil spirits, and the preservation we have by good spirits.
Chapter xxi:	Of obeying a proper Genius, and of the searching out the nature thereof.
Chapter xxii:	That there is a threefold keeper of man, and from whence each of them proceed.
Chapter xxiii:	Of the tongue of Angels, and of their speaking amongst themselves, and with us.
Chapter xxiv:	Of the names of Spirits, and their various imposition; and of the Spirits that are set over the Stars, Signs, Corners of the Heaven, and the Elements.
Chapter xxv:	How the Hebrew Mecubals draw forth the sacred names of Angels out of the sacred writ, and of the seventie two Angels, which bear the name of God, with the Tables of Ziruph, and the Commutations of letters, and numbers.
Chapter xxvi:	Of finding out of the names of spirits, and Genius’s from the disposition of Celestiall bodies.
Chapter xxvii:	Of the calculating Art of such names by the tradition of Cabalists.
Chapter xxviii:	How sometimes names of Spirits are taken from those things over which they are set.
Chapter xxix:	Of the Characters and Seals of spirits.
Chapter xxx:	Another manner of making Characters, delivered by Cabalists.
Chapter xxxi:	There is yet another fashion of Characters, and concerning marks of spirits which are received by revelation.
Chapter xxxii:	How good spirits may be called up by us, and how evil spirits may be overcome by us.
Chapter xxxiii:	Of the bonds of spirits, and of their adjurations, and castings out.
Chapter xxxiv:	Of the Animasticall order, and the Heros.
Chapter xxxv:	Of the Mortall and Terrestrial Gods.
Chapter xxxvi:	Of Man, how he was created after the Image of God.
Chapter xxxvii:	Of mans soul and through what means it is joyned [joined] to the body.
Chapter xxxviii:	What Divine gifts man receiveth from above, from the severall Orders of the Intelligences and the heavens.
Chapter xxxix:	How the superior Influences, seing they are good by nature, are depraved in these inferior thing, and are made causes of evil.
Chapter xl:	That on every man a divine character is imprinted, by the vertue of which man can attain the working of miracles.
Chapter xli:	What concerning man after death, diverse Opinions.
Chapter xlii:	By what wayes the Magicians and Necromancers do think they can call forth the souls of the dead.
Chapter xliii:	Of the power of mans soul, in the mind, reason and imagination.
Chapter xliv:	Of the degrees of souls, and their destruction, or Immortality.
Chapter xlv:	Of Soothsaying, and Phrensie [phrensy].
Chapter xlvi:	Of the first kind of phrensie [phrensy] from the Muses.
Chapter xlvii:	Of the second kinde from Dionysius [Dionysus].
Chapter xlviii:	Of the third kind of phrensie [phrensy] from Apollo.
Chapter xlix:	Of the fourth kinde of Phrensie [phrensy], from Venus.
Chapter l:	Of rapture, and extasie [ecstasy], and soothsayings, which happen to them which are taken with the falling sickness, or with a swoune [swoon], or to them in an agonie [agony].
Chapter li:	Of Prophetical Dreams.
Chapter lii:	Of Lots and marks possessing the sure power of Oracles.
Chapter liii:	How he that will receive Oracles must dispose himself.
Chapter liv:	Of cleanness, and how to be observed.
Chapter lv:	Of abstinence, fastings, chastity, solitariness, the tranquillity and ascent of the mind.
Chapter lvi:	Of Penitency, and Almes.
Chapter lvii:	Of those things which being outwardly administred conduce to Expiation.
Chapter lviii:	Of Adorations, and vowes.
Chapter lix:	Of sacrifices and oblations, and their kinds and manners.
Chapter lx:	What imprecations, and rites the ancients were wont to use in sacrifices, and oblations.
Chapter lxi:	How these things must be performed, as to God, so as to inferiour dieties [deities].
Chapter lxii:	Of Consecrations, and their manner.
Chapter lxiii:	What things may be called holy, what consecrated, and how these become so betwixt us and the Dieties [deities]; and of sacred times.
Chapter lxiv:	Of certain Religious observations, ceremonies, and rites of perfumings, unctions, and such like.
Chapter lxv:	The Conclusion of the whole Work.
	To The Reverend Father, and Doctor of Divinity, …
	Unto the Same Man.
	To a Certain Friend of the King’s Court.
	The Censure, or Retraction…

Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis

Vigilant — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:32:26 +0000

“Godfrey Higgins was convinced that a high civilization had flourished prior to all historical records. He believed that there had existed then a most ancient and universal religion from which all later creeds and doctrines sprang.” His research lasted over 20 years. “He attempted to establish the existence of a prehistoric universal religion and to trace its development into contemporary times. He believed this religion possessed accurate knowledge of universal and cosmic phenomena and held neither priesthood nor institution as intermediary in man’s communion with the Divine.” This highly sought after book is extremely rare. Two volumes.

Partial Contents

Probable Origin of Numbers and Letters; Etymology and its Use; Origin of the Adoration of the Bull, Phallic and Vernal Festivals; Age of the World; First God of the Ancients, The Sun, Metempsychosis, Moral Evil, Buddha, Genesis; The Sun the first object of Adoration of all Nations; Two Ancient Ethiopias, Great Black Nation in Asia, Hindoos and Egyptians similar; Ancient Persians, First Books of Genesis, Disingenuous conduct in the Translators of the Bible, Abraham acknowledged more than one God; Jewish Trinity; Ancient Jewish Cabala, Sephiroths and Emanations; Melchizedek, Zoroaster, Zendavesta, All ancient Religions astrological; Character of the Old Testament; Orphic and Mithraitic Trinity, Mithra, Opinions of Herodotus, Porphyry, Strabo, Julian, Times of Pythagoras and Zoroaster, The Vedas describe the Persian Religion; The word OM; The Christian Trinity, Its Origin, Philo’s Trinity of the Jews; Life of Cristna; Crucifixion of Cristna, Immaculate Conception, from the History of Pythagoras; Buddha the Sun in Taurus, as Cristna was the Sun in Aries, Names and Meaning of the word Buddha; Isaiah’s Prophecy known to the Egyptians and the Celts of Gaul, Mystical meaning of the Letter M, Oriental Astronomical Systems; Cross the meaning of it, Monograms of Christ and Osiris, Lama of Tibet, Indra crucified, Jesuits’ Account of Tibet; Hercules and Samson the same; Baal, Etymology of the world Bal; Yajna or Passover; Secret Doctrines, Bull-headed and Ram -headed Gods; Disputed Chapters of Matthew and Luke; Flood of Noah, Text of Genesis, Origin of the Delta of Egypt; Adoration of the Virgin and Child; Ionians, Argonauts, Linga and Yoni; The Lotus; The Loadstone, Helen Athena; Ship of Egypt and Greece; Aphrodite and Diana, Thales; Cassandra, Babylonian Mythos, Constantine and Helena, Astrology; Rome, Jewish Pentateuch; Judaism shown by Eusebius to be older than Abraham, Hellenism; Mount of Solomon, Mount of the Cabala, Mount Olympus; Religions of Afghans and Rajpouts; Arabians of India; Jews hate the Female Principle, Jews and Egyptians, Observations on the Jews; Origin of the Sanscrit; Amazons; Cyclopes, all Ancient History Fable or nigma, Freemasons in Mundore; Serpent of Genesis; Observations on Homer, the Iliad, and the neid; Fish Avatar, Fish Acrostic; Observations on Templars, Chair of St. Peter, Gospel of St. Joachim, Masons; Freemasons of York and India.

Morals and Dogma

Vigilant — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:17:42 +0000

The book is composed of Pike’s ruminations and essays on the Degrees of the Scottish Rite, from the 1st to the 32nd. It is intended as a guidebook for people entering the Scottish Rite, and explains Pike’s understanding of the symbolism and allegory in the degrees he wrote. However, it is a truly imposing tome. There are 861 pages of text and a 218 page index; the book itself is over two inches thick. There are thirty-two chapters, each discussing the philosophical symbolism of a degree of Freemasonry in extensive detail. In the Preface to the 1950 Edition, the editors wrote about Pike thus:

“In preparing this work, the Grand Commander has been about equally Author and Compiler; since he has extracted quite half of its contents from the works of the best writers and most philosophic or eloquent thinkers. Perhaps it would have been better and more acceptable if he had extracted more and written less.”

SHORT BIOGRAPHY
TITLES OF DEGREES
1º – Apprentice
2º – Fellow-craft
3º – Master
4º – Secret Master
5º – Perfect Master
6º – Intimate Secretary
7º – Provost and Judge
8º – Intendant of the Building
9º – Elu of the Nine
10º – Elu of the Fifteen
11º – Elu of the Twelve
12º – Master Architect
13º – Royal Arch of Solomon
14º – Perfect Elu
15º – Knight of the East
16º – Prince of Jerusalem
17º – Knight of the East and West
18º – Knight Rose Croix
19º – Pontiff
20º – Master of the Symbolic Lodge
21º – Noachite or Prussian Knight
22º – Knight of the Royal Axe or Prince of Libanus
23º – Chief of the Tabernacle
24º – Prince of the Tabernacle
25º – Knight of the Brazen Serpent
26º – Prince of Mercy
27º – Knight Commander of the Temple
28º – Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 1 )
28º – Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 2 )
28º – Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 3 )
28º – Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 4 )
30º – Knight Kadosh
31º – Inspector Inquistor
32º – Master of the Royal Secret