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Heaven 'N' Hell's Occult Database
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
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4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
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5. Chanting
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6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
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7. Construction of the Magic Wand
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8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
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9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
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12. The ESP Challenge
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
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21. Basic Spell Construction
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22. Government Witch Hunts
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
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24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
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25. When to Cast certain Spells
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26. Vampires #1
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27. Vampires #2
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
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29. Construction of the Thurible
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
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31. Talking to the Dead
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
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34. Poltergeists
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 1
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The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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1. BAAL-
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a king ruling in the east, who imparts invisiblity and wisdom.
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He appears with a human head, or that with a toad or a cat,
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but sometimes with all at once. He speaks with a hoarse voice.
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2. AGARES-
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a duke ruling in the east, who appears in the form of a comely
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old man, ambling upon a crocodile and carrying a goshawk on his
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wrist. He makes those who run stand still, brings back runaways
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,teaches all languages, destroys spiritual and temporal dignit-
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ies and causes Earthquakes.
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3. VASSAGO-
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a mighty prince, of the nature of Agares, who declares things
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past,present and future, and discovers that which has been lost
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or hidden. He is good by nature.
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4. GAMYGYN-
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a great Marquis, appearing in the form of a small horse, but
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afterwards in human shape. He speaks hoarsely, teaching the
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liberal sciences, and giving news of souls who have died in sin.
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5. MARBAS-
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a president, who appears as a mighty lion, then in human shape.
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He answers truly concerning all things hidden or secret, causes
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and cures diseases, imparts skill in mechanics, and changes
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men into various shapes.
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6. VALEFOR-
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a powerful duke, appearing as a many headed lion. He leads
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those whom he is familiar into theft.
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7. AMON-
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a strong and powerful Marquis, who appears like a wolf with a
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serpents head, and vomiting flame. When so ordered he assumes
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human shape, but with the teeth of a dog. He diserns past and
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future, procues love, and reconciles friends and foes.
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8. BARBATOS-
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a great count and duke, who appears when the sun is in
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Sagittarius with 4 noble kings and 3 companies of troops, he
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gives instruction in all sciences, reveals treasure concealed
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by enchantment, knows of the past and future. He also under-
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stands the songs of birds and the language of all animals.
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9. PAIMON-
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a great king, very obedient to Lucifer. He appears like a
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crowned man seated on a dromedary, preceded by all manner of
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musicians. He speaks with a roaring voice, teaches all arts
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sciences, and secrets, gives and confirms dignities, makes men
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subject to the will of the Magician, provides good familiars.
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(The Operator may fail to understand this spirit, in which case
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he must strecth forth the character belonging to him, and
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command him to speak clearly).
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10. BUER-
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a great President, appears when the sun is in Sagittarius,
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he teaches philosophy, logic, virtues of herbs. He heals all
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diseases and gives good familiars.
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11. GUSION-
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a mighty duke who appears like a cynocephalus, and discerns the
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past, present and future, answers all questions, reconciles
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enemies, and gives honour and dignities.
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12. SYTRY-
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a great Prince, who appears with a leopards head, but assumes
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a human form at the Magician's command. He procures love between
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the 2 sexes, and causes women to show themselves naked.
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13. BELETH-
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a terrible and mighty king, riding on a pale horse, preceded
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by all manner of musicians. He is very furious when first
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summoned, and must be commanded into a triangle or circle with
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the hazel wand of the Magician pointed to the south-east. He
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must be received curteously and with homage, but a silver ring
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must be worn on the middle finger of the left hand, which must
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be held against the face. He procures love between man and
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woman.
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14. LEARJIE-
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a powerful marquis, coming in the likeness of an archer, clad in
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green, and bearing a bow and quiver. He occasions battles and
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causes arrow wounds to putrefy.
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15. ELIGOR-
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a great duke, appearing as a goodly knight, carrying a lance,
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pennon and sceptre. He discovers hidden things, causes war,
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marshals armies, kindles love and lust.
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16. SEPAR-
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a great duke, who appears in red apparel and armed like a
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soldier. He inflames women with love for men and can transform
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then into other shapes till they have been enjoyed by their
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lovers.
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17. BOTIS-
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a great President and earl, who appears like a horrid viper,
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but when commanded assumes a human shape, with large teeth and
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horns. He bears a sharp sword in his hand, discerns past,
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present and future and reconciles friends and foes.
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18. BATHIN-
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a mighty duke who appears like a strong man with a serpents
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tail, riding on a pale horse. He knows the virtue of herbs
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and precious stones, and can transport men swiftly from one
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country to another.
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19. SALEOS-
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a great duke who appears like a brave soldier, riding on a
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crocodile crowned. He promotes love between the sexes.
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20. PURSON-
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a great king, who appears like a lion headed man carrying a
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viper in his hand, and riding on a bear, preceded by many
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trumpeters. He conceals and dicovers treasures, discerns past,
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present and future, give true answers concerning things human,
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provides good familiars.
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21. MORAX-
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a great earl and president, who appears like a human headed
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bull, and gives skill in astronomy and liberal sciences, with
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good familiars. He knows the virtues of all herbs and stones.
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22. IPOS-
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a mighty earl and prince, appearing as an angel with a lions
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head, the webbed feet of a goose and a hares tail. He knows
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the past and future, and imparts wit and courage.
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23. AINI-
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a strong duke, who appears with the body of a handsome man and
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3 heads, the first like a serpent, the second like a man with 2
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stars on the forehead, and the third like a cat. He rides on a
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viper, and carries a blazing firebrand with which he spreads
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destruction. He imparts much cunning, and gives true answers
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concerning private matters.
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24. NABERIUS-
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a vailiant marquis, who appears in the form of a crowing cock
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and flutters about the circle. He speaks hoarsely and gives
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skill in arts and sciences, especially rhetoric and restores
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lost dignities and honours.
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25. GLASYALABOLAS-
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a mighty president, who comes in the form of a dog, but winged
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like a griffin. He teaches all arts and sciences instantaneously,
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incites to bloodshed, is the leader of all homicides, discerns
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past and future, and makes men invisible.
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26. BUNE-
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a strong duke who appears as a 3 headed dragon, the heads being
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respectively those of a dog, griffin and man. He has a pleasent
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voice, changes places of the dead, causes demons to crowd around
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sephulcres, gives riches, makes men wise, answers questions true.
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27. RONOBE-
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a great marquis and earl, appears in a monstorous form, he
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teaches rhetoric and the arts, gives a good understanding, the
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knowledge of tongues, and favour of friends and foes.
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28. BERITH-
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a terribel duke, appearing in the form of a soldier in red
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apparel, with a golden crown, and bestriding a red horse. The
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ring used for Berith is required for his invocation. He gives
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true answers of things past, present and future, turns all
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metals into gold, gives and confirms dignities. He speaks in
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a clear and persuasive voice, but is a great liar, and his
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advice MUST NOT be trusted.
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29. ASTAROTH-
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Press any key to continue
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Heaven 'N' Hell's Occult Database
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
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4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
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5. Chanting
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6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
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7. Construction of the Magic Wand
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8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
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9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
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12. The ESP Challenge
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
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21. Basic Spell Construction
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22. Government Witch Hunts
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
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24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
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25. When to Cast certain Spells
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26. Vampires #1
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27. Vampires #2
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
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29. Construction of the Thurible
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
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31. Talking to the Dead
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
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34. Poltergeists
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 2
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Taken from a 1960 reprint of "AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF OCCULTISM", by
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Lewis Spence; University Press, Hyde Park, New York. Originally
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Published in 1920, it is considered to be one of the most complete
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texts on the subject.
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ALCHEMY: The science by aid of which the chemical philosophers of
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medieval times attempted to transmute the baser metals into gold or
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silver. There is considerable divergence of opinion as to the etymology
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of the word, but it would seem to be derived from the Arabic al=the, and
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kimya=chemistry, which in turn derives from the late Greek
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chemica=chemistry, from chumeia=a mingling, or cheein, `to pour out` or
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`mix', Aryan root ghu, to pour, whence the word `gush'. Mr. A. Wallis
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Budge in his "Egyptian Magic", however, states that it is possible that
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it may be derived from the Egyptian word khemeia, that is to say 'the
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preparation of the black ore', or `powder', which was regarded as the
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active principle in the transmutation of metals. To this name the Arabs
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affixed the article `al', thus giving al-khemeia, or alchemy.
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HISTORY OF ALCHEMY: From an early period the Egyptians possessed the
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reputation of being skillful workers in metals and, according to Greek
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writers, they were conversant with their transmutation, employing
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quicksilver in the process of separating gold and silver from the native
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matrix. The resulting oxide was supposed to possess marvelous powers,
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and it was thought that there resided within in the individualities of
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the various metals, that in it their various substances were
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incorporated. This black powder was mystically identified with the
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underworld form of the god Osiris, and consequently was credited with
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magical properties. Thus there grew up in Egypt the belief that
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magical powers existed in fluxes and alloys. Probably such a belief
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existed throughout Europe in connection with the bronze-working castes
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of its several races. Its was probably in the Byzantium of the fourth
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century, however, that alchemical science received embryonic form.
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There is little doubt that Egyptian tradition, filtering through
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Alexandrian Hellenic sources was the foundation upon which the infant
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science was built, and this is borne out by the circumstance that the
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art was attributed to Hermes Trismegistus and supposed to be contained
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in its entirety in his works.
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The Arabs, after their conquest of Egypt in the seventh century,
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carried on the researches of the Alexandrian school, and through their
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instrumentality the art was brought to Morocco and thus in the eighth
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century to Spain, where it flourished exceedingly. Indeed, Spain from
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the ninth to the eleventh century became the repository of alchemic
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science, and the colleges of Seville, Cordova and Granada were the
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centers from which this science radiated throughout Europe.
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The first practical alchemist may be said to have been the Arbian
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Geber, who flourished 720-750. From his "Summa Perfectionis", we may be
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justified in assuming that alchemical science was already matured in his
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day, and that he drew his inspirations from a still older unbroken line
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of adepts. He was followed by Avicenna, Mesna and Rhasis, and in France
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by Alain of Lisle, Arnold de Villanova and Jean de Meung the troubadour;
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in England by Roger Bacon and in Spain itself by Raymond Lully. Later,
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in French alchemy the most illustrious names are those of Flamel (b. ca.
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1330), and Bernard Trevisan (b. ca. 1460) after which the center of of
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interest changes to Germany and in some measure to England, in which
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countries Paracelsus, Khunrath (ca. 1550), Maier (ca. 1568), Norton,
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Dalton, Charnock, and Fludd kept the alchemical flame burning brightly.
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It {s surprising how little alteration we find throughout the period
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between the seventh and the seventeenth centuries, the heyday of
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alchemy, in the theory and practice of the art. The same sentiments and
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processes are found expressed in the later alchemical authorities as in
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the earliest, and a wonderful unanimity as regards the basic canons of
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the great art is evinced by the hermetic students of the time. On the
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introduction of chemistry as a practical art, alchemical science fell
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into desuetude and disrepute, owing chiefly to the number of charlatans
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practicing it, and by the beginning of the eighteenth century, as a
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school, it may be said to have become defunct. Here and there, however,
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a solitary student of the art lingered, and in the department of this
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article "Modern Alchemy" will demonstrate that the science has to a
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grate extent revived during modern times, although it has never been
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quite extinct.
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THE QUESTS OF ALCHEMY: The grand objects of alchemy were (1) the
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discovery of a process by which the baser metals might be transmuted
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into gold or silver; (2) the discovery of an elixir by which life might
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be prolonged indefinitely; and there may be added (3), the manufacture
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of and artificial process of human life. (for the latter see Homunculus)
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THE THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF ALCHEMY: The first objects were to be
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achieved as follows: The transmutation of metals was to be accomplished
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by a powder, stone or exilir often called the Philosopher`s Stone, the
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application of which would effect the transmutation of the baser metals
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into gold or silver, depending upon the length of time of its
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application. Basing their conclusions on a profound examination of
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natural processes and research into the secrets of nature, the
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alchemists arrived at the axiom that nature was divided philosophically
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into four principal regions, the dry, the moist, the warm, the cold,
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whence all that exists must be derived. Nature is also divisible into
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the male and the female. She is the divine breath, the central fire,
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invisible yet ever active, and is typified by sulphur, which is the
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mercury of the sages, which slowly fructifies under the genial warmth of
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nature. The alchemist must be ingenuous, of a truthful disposition, and
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gifted with patience and prudence, folnOnm9 2uure in every alchemical
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performance. He must recollect that like draws to like, and must know
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how to obtain the seed of metals, which is produced by the four elements
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through the will of the Supreme Being and the Imagination of Nature. We
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are told the the original matter of metals is double in its essence,
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being a dry heat combined with a warm moisture, and that air is water
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coagulated by fir, capable of producing a universal dissolvent. These
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terms the neophyte must be cautious of interpreting in their literal
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sense. Great confusion exists in alchemical nomenclature, and the
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gibberish employed by the scores of charlatans who in later times
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pretended to a knowledge of alchemical matters did not tend to make
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things any more clear. The beginner must also acquire a thorough
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knowledge of the manner in which metals grow in the bowels of the earth.
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These are engendered by sulphur, which is male, and mercury, which is
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female, and the crux of alchemy is to obtain their seed - a process
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which the alchemist philosophers have not described with any degree of
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clarity.
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The physical theory of transmutation is based on the composite
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character of metals, and on the existence of a substance which, applied
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to matter, exalts and perfects it. This, Eugenius Philalethes and
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others call 'The Light'. The elements of all metals is similar,
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differing only in purity and proportion. The entire trend of the
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metallic kingdom is towards the natural manufacture of gold, and the
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production of the baser metals is only accidental as the result of an
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unfavorable environment. The Philosopher's Stone is the combination of
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the male and female seeds which beget gold. The composition of these is
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so veiled by symbolism as to make their identification a matter of
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impossibility. Waite, summarizing the alchemical process once the
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secret of the stone is unveiled, says: "Given the matter of the stone
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and also the necessary vessel, the process which must be then undertaken
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to accomplish the `magnum opus' are described with moderate perpicuity.
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There is the calcination or purgation of the stone, in which kind is
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worked with kind for the space of a philosophical year. There is
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dissolution which prepares the way for congelation, and which is
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performed during the black state of the mysterious matter. It is
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accomplished by water which does not wet the hand. There is the
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separation of the subtle and the gross, which is to be performed by
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means of heat. In the conjunction which follows, the elements are duly
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and scrupulously combined. Putrefaction afterwards takes place.
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`Without which pole no seed may multiply.'
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"Then, in the subsequent congelation the white colour appears, which
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is one of the signs of success. It becomes more pronounced in cibation.
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In sublimation the body is spiritualised, the spirit made corporeal,
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and again a more glittering whiteness is apparent. Fermentation
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afterwards fixes together the alchemical earth and water, and causes the
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mystic medicines to flow like wax. The matter is then augmented with
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the alchemical spirit of life, and the exaltation of the philosophic
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earth is accomplished by the natural rectification of its elements.
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When these processes have been successfully completed, the mystic stone
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will have passed through the chief stages characterized by different
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colours, black, white and red, after which it is capable of infinite
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multication, and when projected on mercury, it will absolutely transmute
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it, the resulting gold bearing every test. The base metals made use of
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must be purified to insure the success of the operation. The process
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for the manufacture of silver is essentially similar, but the resources
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of the matter are not carried to so high a degree.
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"According to the "Commentary on the Ancient War of the Knights" the
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transmutations performed by the perfect stone are so absolute that no
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trace remains of the original metal. It cannot, however, destroy gold,
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nor exalt it into a more perfect metallic substance; it, therefore,
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transmutes it into a medicine a thousand times superior to any virtues
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which can be extracted from its vulgar state. This medicine becomes a
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most potent agent in the exaltation of base metals."
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There are not wanting authorities who deny that the transmutations of
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metals was the grand object of alchemy, and who infer from the
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alchemistical writings that the end of the art was the spiritual
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regeneration of man. Mrs. Atwood, author of "A Suggestive Inquiry into
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the Hermetic Mystery", and an American writer named Hitchcock are
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purhaps the chief protagonists of the belief the by spiritual processes
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akin to those of the chemical process of alchemy, the soul of man may be
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purified and exalted. But both commit the radical error of stating the
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the alchemical writers did not aver that the transmutation of base metal
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into gold was their grand end. None of the passages they quote, is
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inconsistent with the physical object of alchemy, and in a work, "The
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Marrow of Alchemy", stated to be by Eugenius Philaletes, it is laid down
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that the real quest is for gold. It is constantly impressed upon the
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reader, however, in the perusal of esteemed alchemical works, that only
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those who are instructed by God can achieve the grand secret. Others,
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again, state that a tyro may possibly stumble upon it, but that unless
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he is guided by an adept he has small chance of achieving the grand
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arcanum. It will be obvious to the tyro, however, that nothing can ever
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be achieved by trusting to the allegories of the adepts or the many
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charlatans who crowded the ranks of the art. Gold may be made, or it
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may not, but the truth or fallacy of the alchemical method lies with
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modern chemistry. The transcendental view of alchemy, however, is
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rapidly gaining ground, and probably originated in the comprehensive
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nature of Hermetic theory and the consciousness in the alchemical mind
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that what might with success be applied to nature could also be applied
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to man with similar results. Says Mr. Waite, "The gold of the
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philosopher is not a metal, on the other hand, man is a being who
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possesses within himself the seeds of a perfection which he has never
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realized, and that he therefore corresponds to those metals which the
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Hermetic theory supposes to be capable of developing the latent
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possibilities in the subject man." At the same time, it must be
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admitted that the cryptic character of alchemical language was probably
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occasioned by a fear on the part of the alchemical mystic that he might
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lay himself open through his magical opinions to the rigors of the law.
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RECORDS OF ACTUAL TRANSMUTATIONS: Several records of alleged
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transmutations of base metal into gold are in existence. These were
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achieved by Nicholas Flamel, Van Helmont, Martini, Richthausen, and
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Sethon. For a detailed account of the methods employed the reader is
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referred to several articles on these hermetists. In nearly every case
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the transmuting element was a mysterious powder or the "Philosopher's
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Stone".
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MODERN ALCHEMY That alchemy has been studied in modern times there
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can be no doubt. M. figuier in his "L'Alchimie et les Alchimistes",
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dealing with the subject of modern alchemy, as expressed by the
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initiates of the first half of the nineteenth century, states that many
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French alchemists of his time regarded the discoveries of modern science
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as merely so many evidences of the truth of the doctrines they embraced.
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Throughout Europe, he says, the positive alchemical doctrine had many
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adherents at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the
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nineteenth. Thus a "vast association of alchemists", founded in
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Westphalia in 1790, continued to flourish in the year 1819, under the
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name of the "Hermetic Society". If 0837, an alchemist of Thuringia
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presented to the Societe Industrielle of Weimar a tincture which he
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averred would effect metallic transmutation. About the same time
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several French journals announced a public course of lectures on
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hermetic philosophy by a professor of the University of Munich. He
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further states that many Honoverian and Bavarian families pursued in
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|
common the search for the grand arcanum. Paris, however, was regarded
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as the alchemical Mecca. There dwelt many theoretical alchemists and
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"empirical adepts". The first pursued and arcanum through the medium of
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books, the other engaged in practical efforts to effect transmutation.
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M. Figuier states that in the forties of the last century he
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frequented the laboratory of a certain Monsieur L., which was the
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rendezvous of the alchemists in Paris. When Monsieur L`s pupils left
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the laboratory for the day, the modern adepts dropped in one by one, and
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Figuier relates how deeply impressed he was by the appearance and
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costumes of these strange men. In the daytime, he frequently
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encountered them in the public libraries, buried in gigantic folios, and
|
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in the evening they might be seen pacing the solitary bridges with eyes
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fixed in vague contemplation upon the first pale stars of night. A long
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cloak usually covered the meager limbs, and their untrimmed beards and
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matted locks lent them a wild appearance. They walked with a solemn and
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measured gait, and used the figures of speech employed by the medieval
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illumines. Their expression was generally a mixture of the most ardent
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hope and fixed despair. Among the adepts who sought the laboratory of
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Monsieur L., Figuier remarked especially a young man, in whose habits
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and language he could nothing in common with those of his strange
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companions. He confounded the wisdom of the alchemical adept with the
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tenets of the modern scientist in the most singular fashion, and meeting
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him one day at the gate of the Observatory, M. Figuier renewed the
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subject of their last discussion, deploring that " a man of his gifts
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could pursue the semblance of a chimera." Without replying, the young
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adept led him into the Observatory garden, and proceeded to reveal to
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him the mysteries of modern alchemical science.
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The young man proceeded to fix a limit to the researches of the modern
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alchemists. Gold, he said, according to the ancient authors, as three
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distinct properties: (1) that of resolving the baser metals into itself,
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|
and interchanging and metamorphosing all metals into one another; (2)
|
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the curing of afflictions and the prolongation of life; (3), as a
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|
'spiritus mundi' to bring mankind into rapport with the supermundane
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spheres. Modern alchemists, he continued, reject the greater part of
|
|
these ideas, especially those connected with spiritual contact. The
|
|
object of modern alchemy might be reduced to the search for a substance
|
|
having the power to transform and transmute all other substances into
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|
one another - in short, to discover that medium so well known to the
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|
alchemists of old and lost to us. This was a perfectly feasible
|
|
proposition. In the four principal substances of oxygen, hydrogen,
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|
carbon, and azote, we have the tetractus of Pythagoras and the tetragram
|
|
of the Chaldeans and Egyptians. All the sixty elements are referable to
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these original four. The ancient alchemical theory established the fact
|
|
that all the metals are the same in their composition, that all are
|
|
formed from sulphur and mercury, and that the difference between them is
|
|
according to the proportion of these substances in their composition.
|
|
Further, all the products of minerals present in their composition
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|
complete identity with those substances most opposed to them. Thus
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fulminating acid contains precisely the same quantity of carbon, oxygen,
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|
and azote as cyanic acid, and "cyanhydric" acid does not differ from
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formate ammoniac. This new property of matter is known as "isomerism".
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M. Figuier's friend then proceeds to quote support of his thesis and
|
|
operations and experiments of M. Dumas, a celebrated French savant, as
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|
is well known to thous of Prout, and other English chemists of standing.
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|
Passing to consider the possibility of isomerism in elementary as well
|
|
as in compound substances, the points out to M. Figuier that id the
|
|
theory of isomerism can apply to such bodies, the transmutation of
|
|
metals ceases to be a wild, unpractical dream, and becomes a scientific
|
|
possibility, the transformation being brought about by a molecular
|
|
rearrangement. Isomerism can be established in the case of compound
|
|
substances by chemical analysis. showing the identity of their
|
|
constituent parts. In the case of metals it can be proved by the
|
|
comparison of the properties of isometric bodies with the properties of
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|
metals, in order to discover whether they have any common
|
|
characteristics. Such experiments, he continued, had been conducted by
|
|
M. Dumas, with the result the isometric substances were to be found to
|
|
have equal equivalents, or equivalents which were exact multiples of one
|
|
another. This characteristic is also a feature of metals. Gold and
|
|
osmium have identical equivalents, as have platinum and iridium. The
|
|
equivalent of cobalt is almost the same as that of nickel, and the
|
|
semi-equivalent of tin is equal to the equivalent of the two preceding
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|
metals.
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M. Dumas. speaking before the British Association, had shown that when
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|
three simple bodies displayed great analogies in their properties, such
|
|
as chlorine, bromide, and iodine, barium, strontium, and calcium, the
|
|
chemical equivalent of the intermediate body is represented by the
|
|
arithmetical mean between the equivalents of the other two. Such a
|
|
statement well showed the isomerism of elementary substances, and proved
|
|
that metals, however dissimilar in outward appearance, were composed of
|
|
the same matter differently arranged and proportioned. This theory
|
|
successfully demolishes the difficulties in the way of transmutation.
|
|
Again, Dr. Prout says that the chemical equivalents of nearly all
|
|
elemental substances are the multiples of one among them. Thus, if the
|
|
equivalent of hydrogen be taken for the unit, the equivalent of every
|
|
other substance will be an exact multiple of it - carbon will be
|
|
represented by six, axote by fourteen, oxygen by sixteen, zink by
|
|
thirty-two. But, pointed out M. Figuier's friend, if the molecular
|
|
masses in compound substances have so simple a connection, does it not
|
|
go to prove the all natural bodies are formed of one principle,
|
|
differently arranged and condensed to produce all known compounds?
|
|
If transmutation is thus theoretically possible, it only remains to
|
|
show by practical experiment that it is strictly in accordance with
|
|
chemical laws, and by no means inclines to the supernatural. At this
|
|
juncture the young alchemist proceeded to liken the action of the
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|
Philosopher`s Stone on metals to that of a ferment on organic matter.
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|
When metals are melted and brought to red heat, a molecular change may
|
|
be produced analogous to fermentation. Just as sugar, under the
|
|
influence of a ferment, may be changed into lactic acid without altering
|
|
its constituents, so metals can alter their character under the
|
|
influence of the Philosopher`s Stone. The explanation of the latter
|
|
case is no more difficult than that of the former. The ferment does not
|
|
take any part in the chemical changes it brings about, and no
|
|
satisfactory explanation of its effects can b finity or in the forces of electricity, light, or heat. As with
|
|
the ferment, the required quantity of the Philosopher`s Stone is
|
|
infinitesimal. Medicine, philosophy, every modern science was at one
|
|
time a source of such errors and extravagances as are associated with
|
|
medieval alchemy, but they are not therefore neglected and despised.
|
|
Wherefore, then, should we be blind tot he scientific nature of
|
|
transmutation?
|
|
One of the foundations of alchemical theories was that minerals grew
|
|
and developed in the earth, like organic things. It was always the aim
|
|
of nature to produce gold, the most precious metal, but when
|
|
circumstances were not favorable the baser metals resulted. The desire
|
|
of the old alchemists was to surprise nature`s secrets, and thus attain
|
|
the ability to do in a short period what nature takes years to
|
|
accomplish. Nevertheless, the medieval alchemists appreciated the value
|
|
of time in their experiments as modern alchemists never do. M.
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|
Figuier`s friend urged him not to condemn these exponents of the
|
|
hermetic philosophy for their metaphysical tendencies, for, he said,
|
|
there are facts in our sciences that can only be explained in that
|
|
light. If, for instance, copper be placed in air or water, there will
|
|
be no result, but if a touch of some acid be added, it will oxidize.
|
|
The explanation is that "the acid provokes oxidation of the metal
|
|
because it has an affinity for the oxide which tends to form." - a
|
|
material fact most metaphysical in its production, and only explicable
|
|
thereby.
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He concluded his argument with an appeal for tolerance towards the
|
|
medieval alchemists, whose work is underrated because it is not properly
|
|
understood.
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LITERATURE:
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Atwood, A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mastery, 1850
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Hitchcock, Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists, Boston, 1857
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Waite, Lives of the Alchemystical Philosophers, London, 1888
|
|
" The Occult Sciences, London, 1891
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Bacon, Mirror of Alchemy, 1597
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S. le Doux, Dictionnaire Hermetique, 1695
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Langlet de fresnoy, Histoire de la Philosophie Hermetique, 1792
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" " Theatrum Chemicum, 1662
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Valentine, Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, 1656
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Redgrove, Alchemy Ancient and Modern
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Figuier, L'Alchimie et les Alchimistes, Paris, 1857
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
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4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
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5. Chanting
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6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
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7. Construction of the Magic Wand
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8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
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9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
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12. The ESP Challenge
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
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21. Basic Spell Construction
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22. Government Witch Hunts
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
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24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
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25. When to Cast certain Spells
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26. Vampires #1
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27. Vampires #2
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
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29. Construction of the Thurible
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
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31. Talking to the Dead
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
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34. Poltergeists
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 3
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'SATANIC BIBLE' AUTHOR DENIES RESPONSIBILITY
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--------------------------------------------------
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SAN FRANCISCO - Some people call him Satan. Others say he's merely the
|
|
Devil's advocate.
|
|
Anton LaVey says he doesn't care what they think, although with a shaved
|
|
head, a small pointed beard and an all-black costume broken only by a red
|
|
necktie, he takes pains to look like the common image of a devil.
|
|
"If the shoe fits," says the author of "The Satanic Bible," "I'll wear
|
|
it. But I don't claim it. I'd rather be known as a devil's advocate with
|
|
a small 'd,' a champion of individual freedom."
|
|
Many opponents of Satanism claim LaVey's books, "The Satanic Bible" and
|
|
"The Satanic Rituals," inspire many of the crimes linked to Satanic symbols
|
|
and rituals.
|
|
LaVey doesn't argue with them.
|
|
"Anything can be misused," he says. "When I was a kid, every time there
|
|
was a murder, the murderer would say something like, 'God made me do it.'
|
|
A lot of psychotics are doign whatever they're doing and saying they're
|
|
Satanists as a way of getting themselves off the hook. There are crazies
|
|
and there will always be crazies. Whatever is around that they can lay
|
|
blame on, they'll do it."
|
|
Many of Satanism's opponents point to passages in LaVey's books that
|
|
they contend specifically encourage crimes ranging from murder to grave-
|
|
robbing.
|
|
One instruction in "The Satanic Rituals" calls for waving a human arm or
|
|
leg bone through the air, but offers no hint of where to get it.
|
|
"I figured people the bone someplace other than by killing a person,"
|
|
LaVey said. "But if they're going to kill, I hope they at least get a
|
|
deserving victim."
|
|
LaVey says he has no personal knowledge of any murders attributed to
|
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Satanic practices, although he recalls meeting Richard Ramirez, accused
|
|
Night Stalker killer in the Los Angeles area.
|
|
"When I met Richard Ramirez, he was one of the nicest, most polite young
|
|
men you'd ever want to meet," said LaVey, 56. "When I met him in 1983, he
|
|
was a model of deportment. I suppose that shows even murderers may not be
|
|
all bad. Maybe he did his murders for reasons other than Satanism. Maybe
|
|
he was disturbed or had an axe to grind."
|
|
|
|
His Satanic Bible specifically prohibits animal and child sacrifice, but
|
|
approves of "symbolic" adult human sacrifice. Readers are told to choose
|
|
their own victims and to graphically visualize "appropriate" revenge in a
|
|
voodoo-like procedure.
|
|
"It's just a short step from that to action," says Rabbi Jack Bemporad
|
|
of Tenafly, N.J., a cult expert.
|
|
Says LaVey, "Of course murderers can use my books. But they can use the
|
|
Holy Bible, too. That's the most incendiary book ever written. There's
|
|
raping and patricide and matricide and killing your own kids in there."
|
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Responds Bemporad, "Comparing his book to the Hebrew Bible is like
|
|
trying to compare Shakespeare to a comic book. There's violence in
|
|
Shakespeare and the Bible, sure, but there's a great moral sense, too. The
|
|
Bible has the ethics of the western world in it, but it couldn't legislate
|
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away the reality of its time."
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
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4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
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5. Chanting
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6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
|
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7. Construction of the Magic Wand
|
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8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
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9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
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12. The ESP Challenge
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
|
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
|
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
|
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21. Basic Spell Construction
|
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22. Government Witch Hunts
|
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
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24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
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25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
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26. Vampires #1
|
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27. Vampires #2
|
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
|
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29. Construction of the Thurible
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
|
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31. Talking to the Dead
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
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34. Poltergeists
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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The Construction of 'The Book of Shadows'
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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In this, you must write all of your Magickal recipes, spells and
|
|
rituals before you use them.
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Buy a thick book of good qualty drawing paper, about the size of a
|
|
large exercise book. Then, when the moon is waxing, cover the back
|
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and binding of this book with a material of your own choice. Many
|
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practioners prefer velvet or moire silk. Others prefer a leather or
|
|
a skin. The choice of color is to be black, white, red or green. You
|
|
should then exorcise the book with water and fire. Then with your
|
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Pen and Ink of the ArT, draw in the pentacle and its runes, found in
|
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'SYMBOLS.PI1' Degas file in the DARKCITY files section on the front
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side of the 1st page and on the reverse of the last. As you draw each
|
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rune chant the following words:
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Book of words,
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book of deeds,
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blessed be
|
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thou book of art!
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Finally write your Witch name in the center of the pentacle, charging
|
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each letter in the usual way, and seal it with the words:
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So mote it be!
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This book along with the Athame and Wand, will be your most
|
|
treasured Magickal possession and should be shown only to other
|
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Witches and Coven members.
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
|
|
4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
|
|
5. Chanting
|
|
6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
|
|
7. Construction of the Magic Wand
|
|
8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
|
|
9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
|
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
|
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12. The ESP Challenge
|
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
|
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
|
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
|
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
|
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21. Basic Spell Construction
|
|
22. Government Witch Hunts
|
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
|
24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
|
25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
|
26. Vampires #1
|
|
27. Vampires #2
|
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
|
|
29. Construction of the Thurible
|
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
|
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31. Talking to the Dead
|
|
32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
|
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
|
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34. Poltergeists
|
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
|
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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ASCII MUSICAL NOTATION
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developed by Leigh Ann Hussey
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with help from Shadowthought and Josh Gordon
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Each line of the music consists of 4 lines of music. The time signature(s),
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the lines between bars, and each note take up one column, with modifiers such
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as sharps, flats, and dots extending a note up to three columns. The time
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signature is written at the beginning in the obvious way. Three vertical bars
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(lines 2 to 4) mark the divisions between measures. Lines 1 to 3 indicate
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note durations, as follows:
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1/16 1/8 1/4 1/2 dotted-1/2 1/8 1/4
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note note note note note rest rest
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= _
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| | | o o.
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Line 4 indicates the pitch. The numbers 1 to 8 mark the octave including
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middle C (A through F); 1' to 8', one octave above middle C; 1" to 8", two
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octaves above middle C; '1 to '8, the octave below middle C. A number followed
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by a # is a sharp; a number followed by a lower-case b is a flat. Underscores
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connecting a note to the next note indicate a slur. Consider the following
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examples:
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HOOF AND HORN
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4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
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- | | o | | | o | | | | | | | | o ||
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4 1 7b 1 | 1 7b 1 | 1 3b 2 7b | 7b 2 1 ||
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Hoof and horn, hoof and horn, All that dies shall be re-born.
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Corn and grain, corn and grain, All that falls shall rise a- gain.
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PATIENCE/WAITING MEDICINE CHANT
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4 | | | | | | | | | | ||
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- | | | o | | | | o | ||
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4 3' 5' | 5' 2' 2' 1' | 6__6 ||
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Hey Yah Hey Hey Yah
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CALYPSO CHANGING CHANT
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(1) and (2) mark beginnings for round
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(1)
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_ _ | _ _ | _ _ |
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5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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4 3' 2' 1' 7 6__1' | 7 1' 2' 5 3'_1' | 3' 2' 1' 7 6__1'|
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We come from the fire, Living in the fire, Go back to the fire,
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(2)
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_ _ | | | _ _ |
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| | | | o | o. o | o | | | | | | | | | | |
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7 1' 2' 7 1' | 3' 4'| 5' 4' 3' 1'| 3' 3' 3' 3' 4'_4'|
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turn the world around! We come from the fire, Go back to the fire,
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_ _ ||
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2' 2' 7 7 1' ||
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turn the world around.
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ADDITIONAL We come from the mountain, living in the mountain,
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VERSES: Go back to the mountain, turn the world around!
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We come from the mountain;
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Go back to the mountain, turn the world around!
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(Also: spirit, ocean, prairie, forest, river, water, etc.)
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I'm the hundreth monkey, we're a hundred monkeys,
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Be the hundreth monkey, turn the world around!
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Be the hundreth monkey,
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Be the hundreth monkey, turn the world around!
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AUM SHIVAYA VASHI
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4 | | | | | | | | | % % | | | | | | | | | | % % ||
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- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
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4 1 5 4 3 2 4 | 5 1 | '7 4 3 2 1 3 | 4 '7 ||
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Aum Shiva--ya- Va-shi, Aum Shiva--ya- Va-shi, ...
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From Crowley: "Note that 'shi' means rest, the absolute or male aspect of the
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Deity; 'va' is energy, the manifested or female side of Deity. This mantra
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represents the whole course of the Universe, from Zero through the finite back
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to Zero."
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GOD/GODDESS CHANTS
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____ | _____ | | _____ _____ | | | _ | ||
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2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ' | | | | ||
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- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | o ||
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4 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 |'7 '7 | 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | '7 '7 | 1 ||
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I-sis,A- star-te, Di- a- na, He- ca-te, De- me-ter,Ka- li, In-na- na.
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O-din,Cer-nun- nos, Merd-dyn,Man-na-nan,He- li-os, Shi-va, Horned One.
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
|
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
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4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
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5. Chanting
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6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
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7. Construction of the Magic Wand
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8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
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9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
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12. The ESP Challenge
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
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21. Basic Spell Construction
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22. Government Witch Hunts
|
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
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24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
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25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
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26. Vampires #1
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27. Vampires #2
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
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29. Construction of the Thurible
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
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31. Talking to the Dead
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
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34. Poltergeists
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
|
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 6
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Construction of the Witches Cup or Chalice
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The cup or chalice is used to contain the salt water of exorcism, or
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alternativley, the wine of libation. This is the sacramental wine
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which is consumed in some ceremonies, and also is used to consecrate
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things at times. The cup is also used to compose philters in.
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In order to make your own cup, you must first buy, without barg-
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gaining over the price (this will apply to anything you use in your
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spells), a goblet anywhere from 3 to 5 inches in diameter. If you
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decide on a brass or copper one, be sure to glaze it well on the inside
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since these metals can become very posinous when a reactive liquid
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like wine is poured into it.
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The process of consecration is simple. During the period of the
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month when the moon is waxing or toward full, take some salt water
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in a bowl and steep in it the following powdered herbs: vervain,
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mint, basil, rosemary, hyssop, lavendar, sage, valerain, fennel.
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Sprinkle some church incensce in a bowl and charge both the fire
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and the water with the words I have already given you, mentally
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putting all your effort of will, faith, and imagination into seeing
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the elements as glowing with vibrant, purifying light. Having done
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this sprinkle the cup with the water, then pass it thru the incensce
|
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smoke, chanting these words, and visualising the blue purifying
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light flickering around it as you do so.
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By the water and fire I conjure thee
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That there remain
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within thy frame
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no adverse thought or enmity.
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Hear my will! Attend to me!
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As my word, so mote it be!
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Having done this paint the CUP RUNES found in the 'SYMBOLS.PI1'
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Deags file in the DARKCITY files section around the cup with a new
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brush and paint using a black enamel paint.
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As you paint each rune, chant these words visualising the sings
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glowing with the Magickal light: 'Blessed be thou cup of water!'
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Having done this, paint the runes that spell your Witch Name around
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the base of the cup, pronouncing each letter out loud as you do so.
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When you finish, chant the words: 'So mote it be!' and put the
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completed cup safely away for future use.
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-------------Here Endeth
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
|
|
3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
|
|
4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
|
|
5. Chanting
|
|
6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
|
|
7. Construction of the Magic Wand
|
|
8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
|
|
9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
|
|
10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
|
|
11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
|
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12. The ESP Challenge
|
|
13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
|
|
14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
|
|
15. Construction of the Magic Cord
|
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
|
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
|
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
|
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
|
|
20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
|
|
21. Basic Spell Construction
|
|
22. Government Witch Hunts
|
|
23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
|
24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
|
25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
|
26. Vampires #1
|
|
27. Vampires #2
|
|
28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
|
|
29. Construction of the Thurible
|
|
30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
|
|
31. Talking to the Dead
|
|
32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
|
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
|
|
34. Poltergeists
|
|
35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
|
36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
|
|
37. Enochian Numbers
|
|
38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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|
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Select (Q=Exit)> 7
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Creating a Magick Wand
|
|
Blasting Wand or Thundering Rod
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The Wand in the practice of the Magick arT is concerned with
|
|
invokations intended to enable the operator to control demons
|
|
and angels, and is a very important part of the Sorcerors
|
|
Instruments. The following spell was taken from the Grand
|
|
Grimoire of Black Magick:
|
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On the eve of the great enterprise says this ritual, you must
|
|
go in search of a rod of wild hazel which has never borne fruit
|
|
and has no offshoots; its length should be approximatley 19 and
|
|
1/2 inches. When you have met with a wand of the required form
|
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touch it not otherwise with your own eyes; let it stay till the
|
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next morning, which is the day of the operation. You must then
|
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cut it absolutley at the moment the sun rises; strip it of its
|
|
leaves and lesser branches, if there be any using the knife of
|
|
the sacrifice stained with the blood of the victim. Begin cutting
|
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it when the sun is first rising over the hemisphere, and pronounce
|
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the following words:
|
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'I beseech Thee, O Great Adonay, Eliom, Ariel,
|
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and Jehovam, to infuse into this Rod the whole strength of Samson,
|
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the righteous wrath of Emmanuel, and the thunders of mighty
|
|
Sariatnatmik, who will avenge the crimes of men at the Day of
|
|
Judgement! Amen.'
|
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Having pronounced these sublime and terrific words, and still
|
|
keeping your eyes turned towards the region of the rising sun,
|
|
you may finish cutting your rod, and may then carry it to your
|
|
abode. Next obtain two metal caps which can be fitted onto the ends
|
|
of the wand and affix them. Obtain a piece of Lodestone and pass
|
|
it over the ends of the wand to magnetize the metal caps pronoun-
|
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cing the following words:
|
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'By the grand Adonay, Eliom, Ariel, and Jehovam. I command thee
|
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by the opposition of fire and water to seperate all substances
|
|
as they were seperated on the day of the world's creation. Amen.'
|
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Next take the Sacrificial Athame and etch onto the side of the
|
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Wand the figures shown as WAND RUNES in the 'SYMBOLS.PI1' file in
|
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the DARKCITY files section. This being completed paint in the
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etchings with a gold ink.
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Finally you must rejoice in the honour and glory of the sublime
|
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Adonay, being convinced that you are in possession of a most
|
|
priceless Treasure of Light.
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/ \ / \
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\ / \ /
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--+-- Coven of DarknesS --+--
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
|
|
2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
|
|
3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
|
|
4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
|
|
5. Chanting
|
|
6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
|
|
7. Construction of the Magic Wand
|
|
8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
|
|
9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
|
|
10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
|
|
11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
|
|
12. The ESP Challenge
|
|
13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
|
|
14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
|
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
|
|
16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
|
|
17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
|
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
|
|
19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
|
|
20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
|
|
21. Basic Spell Construction
|
|
22. Government Witch Hunts
|
|
23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
|
24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
|
25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
|
26. Vampires #1
|
|
27. Vampires #2
|
|
28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
|
|
29. Construction of the Thurible
|
|
30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
|
|
31. Talking to the Dead
|
|
32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
|
|
33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
|
|
34. Poltergeists
|
|
35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
|
36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
|
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37. Enochian Numbers
|
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 8
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Aleister Crowley on DrugS!
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|
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Almost universal ignorance of the true facts about Drugs.
|
|
Wild statements on both sides;delights and dangers exaggerated.
|
|
|
|
General account of the principal drugs which have a psychical interest:
|
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Alcohol, Ether, Chloroform, Hashish,
|
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Anhalonium Lewinii,* Opium (various forms), Atropine
|
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(Belladonna),Stramonium,Opium derivatives:Cocaine,Morphine, Heroin.
|
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|
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Two main types of drug: One man's meat is another man's poison.'
|
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|
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Need to distinguish between the various forms of intoxication, and to
|
|
identify the true cause of the action of any given drug.
|
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|
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The general use of each drug, and the reason in each case of any
|
|
tendency to abuse. The action of a certain drug upon a certain person
|
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in good health totally different to that upon a sick one.
|
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|
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Ethnographical and climatic distribution.
|
|
Connection of intoxication, mania, and religious ecstasy.
|
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Ceremonious use of drugs by various cults.
|
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My own researches since 1899. Why I took up the study. The personal
|
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equation.
|
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|
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Summary of my results. Importance of the technique of administration.
|
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Experiments on other people.
|
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|
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The peyote cactus, Lophophora williams in modern taxonomy.
|
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Crowley refers to the Parke, Davis & Co. liquid
|
|
preparation, in which the chief alkaloid mescaline was more
|
|
concentrated than in mescal buttons. R.E. Schultes and
|
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A. Hofmann, The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens,
|
|
(Springfield, Ill: Thomas, 1973), p.132. Atropine is not now considered
|
|
a natural component of Atropa belladonna, but rather a byproduct
|
|
of chemical or heat extraction during which the chief alkaloid
|
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hyoscyamine partly changes to atropine. Neither alkaloid is reported
|
|
to be hallucinogenic in non-toxic quantities, unlike scopolamine,
|
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another alkaloid present in smaller amounts.
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|
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Stramonium is one of four divisions of the genus Datura, and has
|
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three species. Crowley probably refers to thorn apple, also called
|
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jimson weed, whose principal active component is scopolamine.
|
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|
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Probably codeine in this context. We let cocaine stand as it is
|
|
omitted from the list of principal drugs of psychical
|
|
interest. This omission may have been intentional, but could
|
|
alternatively be attributed to a copyist's error.
|
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|
|
Why people resort to drugs.
|
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Personal idiosyncrasy. The search for new sensations.
|
|
Failure to fit environment.Ignorance.
|
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Economy.Hypocrisy. (Where Public Opinion condemns pleasure, those
|
|
who fear it resort to secret vices.)
|
|
Ambition to obtain praeterhuman power or knowledge.
|
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The stress of modern life.
|
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Excess of imagination.Excess of sensitiveness.
|
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Ennui.Pain.
|
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Moral weakness.Vice.
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Commoner results of abuse.
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Alcohol: well known.
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Hashish: insanity.
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Chloroform: few cases known.
|
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Opium (smoking):bad results rare.
|
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Morphine:nervous collapse, madness,insomnia, digestive trouble.
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Ether: the alcohol plus paralysis.
|
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Anhalonium Lewinii: insanity.
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Cocaine: nervous collapse, insanity.
|
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Laudanum: see De Quincey, Coleridge, and Wilkie Collins.
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Heroin: like Morphine, with great dullness and depression.
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Conditions which lead from use to abuse.
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Difficulties in the way of stopping. Nature of the temptation to go
|
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on.
|
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In the case of Alcohol and Ether I Mind no inclination to do so,
|
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I take either quite casually, but instinctively avoid frequent
|
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repetition.
|
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|
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With Hashish and Anhalonium, I have a powerful repulsion and can only
|
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force myself to take them by a stern sense of duty.
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With Opium smoking, I indulge very mildly when the company is
|
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attractive; I have tried long and vainly to acquire the habit.
|
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With Morphine, I dislike the effect subconsciously; no temptation
|
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to repeat.
|
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With Cocaine, the first few sniffs produce an impatient uneasiness;
|
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I am almost irresistably driven to go on to my physiological limit
|
|
for that time; but privation causes neither suffering nor regret.
|
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|
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With Heroin over-indulgence always causes vomiting. I have succeeded
|
|
in acquiring enough of a habit to make it hard to break off.
|
|
The symptoms are severe; but now that I know how to employ palliatives,
|
|
I can break away sharply and survive the craving with four days
|
|
moderate discomfort at most. Suppression causes fear, which induces
|
|
resumption; and ills the mind with specious arguments in favour of
|
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taking `one last dose'.
|
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|
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Effects of repressive legislation. Enormous profits to Pedlars and
|
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smugglers.Policemen.Blackmailers.Quack doctors.Sanitarium sharks.
|
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Secret nostrum vendors.Sensational journalists.Spies and of Micials.
|
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These would vanish if prohibition became effective or the laws were
|
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abolished.
|
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Cost to nation.
|
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Loss of victims economic value.
|
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Maintenance of machinery of prohibition; inspectors, spies etc.,
|
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support of convicts.
|
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Laudanum is a tincture of opium. See Thomas De Quincey, Confessions
|
|
of an Opium Eater, (London: Cresset Press,
|
|
1950), Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ``Kubla Khan'', The Complete Poetical
|
|
Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ed. E.H.
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|
Coleridge, vol. I, pp.295-298, (London: Oxford University Press, 1912),
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and Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone,(London: Collins, 1925).
|
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Loss of dignity, by making physicians and pharmacists subject to
|
|
police degrades those professions, keeps away the best class of men
|
|
from them, and so destroys the nation's health.
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Cheapness of drugs tends to drive out alcohol. Most drugs can be made
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synthetically from harmless' ingredients.
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Some drugs, e.g. Opium, produce a physical craving due to the chronic
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poisoning of the tissues. Suppression may therefore be fatal. The
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symptoms of suppression may be so severe that even strong willed people
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need assistance in stopping. Others, Cocaine, present little physical
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obstacle to suppression; the pull is mainly moral.
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Each patient needs special treatment. This depends on The original
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cause of the habit. His constitution. His environment. His prospects
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for the future.
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Various theories of cure; the main objection to each.
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My own theory and practice.
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The Law of Thelema is the cure. Each patient must be analysed until
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he discovers for himself the true purpose for which he came into the
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world. He will then resolve firmly to stop drugs as hindrances to his
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doing his will. He is assisted by palliatives when any physical
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symptoms tend to overcome his resolution.
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Palliatives useful in various crises.
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Master of Drugs
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Man must be trained to use drugs with impunity.
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Experiments must be made to discover how the undoubted physical and
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moral assistance of drugs may be turned to the best advantage.
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Results of my own researches in this direction.
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Alcohol.
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Too general in its action to be useful.
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Ether.
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Invaluable for mental analysis; also to discover one's own final
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judgment on any matter. Gives the power to appreciate the elements
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of which sensation is made up. Example:Feeling one's finger move in
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detail.
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Hashish.
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Good for mental analysis. Aids imagination and builds up courage.
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One can trace the genesis of ideas, solution sometimes given in a
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series of pictures.
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Example: How property began.
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Anhalonium Lewinii.
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Like Hashish. (All three excellent for enabling one to get behind
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one's superficial ideas and discover the roots of one's thoughts.)
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Morphine,Opium etc.
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Aids concentration. Relieves pressure of worrying thoughts; aids
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creative imagination. Objection:Injures executive ability, so that
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ideas are sterile.
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Cocaine.
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Prevents fatigue, enabling one to work at full pressure for an
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indefinite time.
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Example: My New Orleans method and work done at Cefalu.
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Heroin.
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Combines the virtues of Opium and Cocaine. Excites imagination; helps
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concentration and calm; increases executive power and endurance.
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Example: [The Diary of a] Drug Fiend]
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The Technique of Administration. Select proper drug by experiment.
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Dosage. The Opsonic curve. The weather and other conditions.
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The New Orleans Method is described as ``exciting the mind by morphine
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and then steadying it by cocaine'' in The Magical Record of the Beast
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666 , ed. Symonds & Grant, (Montreal: 93 Publishing, 1972), which also
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documents Crowley's work at Cefalu, pp.83-300.
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The Diary of a Drug Fiend, (London: Collins, 1922).
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Probably a drug-tolerance curve plotting dosage, time (frequency) and
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the opsonic index (which indicates the levels
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of opsonin, a component of blood serum that renders foreign matter,
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including drug molecules, susceptible to attack
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by phagocytes). As the opsonic index rose, dosage would have to rise
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to maintain the same degree of intoxication.
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
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4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
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5. Chanting
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6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
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7. Construction of the Magic Wand
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8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
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9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
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12. The ESP Challenge
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
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21. Basic Spell Construction
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22. Government Witch Hunts
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
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24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
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25. When to Cast certain Spells
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26. Vampires #1
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27. Vampires #2
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
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29. Construction of the Thurible
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
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31. Talking to the Dead
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
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34. Poltergeists
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
|
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 9
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How to practice ' Crystal GazinG '
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taken from the booK:
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' The Great book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and Indian OccultisM '
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by: L.W. DeLaurence
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Among ceratin schools of Occultism and High-Grade initiates the
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practice of crystal gazing is largely followed as a means of enforcing
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the introspective condition.
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A piece of crystal (usually a round sphere, readily available from
|
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most OcculT supply houses and about 3 inches in diameter) is placed
|
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before the observer, who will seek some solitary spot and steadily
|
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gaze on the shining surface.
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The eye should be placed on a level with the crystal and about 10
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inches away from the latter; a light must be adjusted sideways, so
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that its image is not in the line of vision, and a piece of black
|
|
cloth should be suspended behind the crystal. Within less than 2
|
|
minutes the initiate has attained a degree of introspection, and
|
|
will then behold in the mirrored surface whatever he wishes to
|
|
ascertain; for instance, what a certain person is doing at a certain
|
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moment. Even the past and the future will become in a measure
|
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revealed.
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A little practice two or three times a day will enable almost
|
|
anyone to reach this degree of Occultism, and the clearness of the
|
|
images thus obtained, coupled with the correctness of the obtained
|
|
information, will be an everlasting suprise to the neophyte.
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|
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Of course, what he apparently sees in the crystal is in reality
|
|
transpiring in the Astral Light. He has reached a degree of
|
|
introspective vision, but is obliged to make use of some external
|
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tangible object, which for the time becomes his mediuM!
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
|
|
2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
|
|
3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
|
|
4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
|
|
5. Chanting
|
|
6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
|
|
7. Construction of the Magic Wand
|
|
8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
|
|
9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
|
|
10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
|
|
11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
|
|
12. The ESP Challenge
|
|
13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
|
|
14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
|
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
|
|
16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
|
|
17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
|
|
18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
|
|
19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
|
|
20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
|
|
21. Basic Spell Construction
|
|
22. Government Witch Hunts
|
|
23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
|
24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
|
25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
|
26. Vampires #1
|
|
27. Vampires #2
|
|
28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
|
|
29. Construction of the Thurible
|
|
30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
|
|
31. Talking to the Dead
|
|
32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
|
|
33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
|
|
34. Poltergeists
|
|
35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
|
36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
|
|
37. Enochian Numbers
|
|
38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
|
|
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Select (Q=Exit)> 10
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A New Tradition of Neopagan Druidism
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(c) 1984 P. E. I. Bonewits
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Reprinted from "The Druids' Progress" #1
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As many of you may know (perhaps from reading my book "Real
|
|
Magic" or Margot Adler's "Drawing Down the Moon"), I've been a
|
|
priest of the Reformed Druids of North America ("RDNA") since
|
|
1969. I've led groves (congregations) in Berkeley and Minneapo-
|
|
lis, and founded others elsewhere; published newsletters (both
|
|
Druidic and general Neopagan); and wrote most of, edited and
|
|
produced "The Druid Chronicles Evolved", (the closest thing to
|
|
official scriptures the RDNA has). I'm also a priest and elder of
|
|
the Craft, and I've been a Neopagan magician and occultist for
|
|
nearly twenty years.
|
|
I've studied, practiced and written about many different forms
|
|
of magic and religion over the years, yet always I find myself
|
|
going back to Druidism. Many people have written to me to tell of
|
|
similar spiritual histories, of their knowledge that they are
|
|
meant to walk a Druid path. Yet what can we, who wish to worship
|
|
and to grow as Neopagan Druids, do for fellowship? The Masonic
|
|
Druids have much to teach"Uf1JQ"!e
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|
Ir=QrUkW,V,K $U4e
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|
"Druidic" traditions of Wicca are interesting, but they're not
|
|
really very Druidic. The members of the RDNA have no interest at
|
|
all in being organized by anyone, nor in recruiting and training
|
|
would-be Neopagan Druids. There doesn't seem to be any organized
|
|
group of people trying to reconstruct what the Paleopagan Druids
|
|
actually believed and did, nor trying to apply such knowledge to
|
|
creating a Neopagan religion fit for the Space Age.
|
|
What can we do? We can do it ourselves! Thanks to the work of
|
|
such scholars as Dumezil, Ross, Piggott, Duran and others, we now
|
|
have a sizable amount of realistic data about Indo-European
|
|
Paleopaganism and its clergy. But how do we apply this knowledge
|
|
to creating a modern Neopagan religion? What does it mean to be a
|
|
Druid in the 1980's? Using accurate information as a starting
|
|
point, how do we create rituals and fellowship, art and music,
|
|
polytheologies and lifestyles that will give meaning to our lives
|
|
and those of others?
|
|
Well, of course, I have my own vision of Neopagan Druidism. I
|
|
see Druids as artists and intellectuals, magicians and clergy,
|
|
holders of the highest wisdom their cultures (or subcultures)
|
|
have to offer. This is what they used to be, and what (with
|
|
sufficient hard work and dedication) they could be again. A
|
|
number of people have told me that they share my vision and
|
|
approve of the ways in which I think it could be accomplished.
|
|
So, after a great deal of soul-searching, I've decided to try
|
|
once again to see what I can do to create a form of "reconstruc-
|
|
tionist" Neopagan Druidism.
|
|
Theis is an announcement of, and an invitation for your parti-
|
|
cipation in, the creation of: Ar nDraiocht Fein. The Irish words
|
|
(pronounced "arn ree-ocht fane") mean "Our own Druidism," and
|
|
that's what I have in mind -- a brand new form of Druidism, not
|
|
just Pan-Celtic, but Pan-European. By this latter term, I mean to
|
|
include all of the European branches of the Indo-European culture
|
|
and language tree -- Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Baltic, even the
|
|
pre-Classical Greek & Roman. Paradoxically, this would resemble
|
|
the original Paleopagan Druidism far more than any efforts of the
|
|
last thousand years. It would be based on the best scholarly
|
|
research available, combined with what has been learned (about
|
|
art, psychology, small group politics and economics) through the
|
|
theory and practice of modern Neopaganism, and my own knowledge
|
|
of the polytheological and practical details of magical and
|
|
religious phenomena.
|
|
I've already started this project, through the organizing of
|
|
my notes and the beginning of a new book. The purpose of "The
|
|
Druid Handbook" will be to enable anyone who has a copy to start
|
|
up their own Druidic grove, or to practice as a solitary Druid.
|
|
Everything necessary will be included: history, polytheology,
|
|
liturgy, legal structures, art and music, calendars and customs,
|
|
etc.
|
|
ADF is an idea I have been wrestling with for years: a Neopa-
|
|
gan Druid Order whose members would not be ashamed to honestly
|
|
compare themselves with the original Druids. This requires ma-
|
|
ture, dedicated and talented people who are willing to invest
|
|
both time and energy over a long period (remember, the original
|
|
Druids took up to twenty years each to be fully trained, and they
|
|
had an intact tradition).
|
|
At this point in the birthing process, details are in short
|
|
supply, but the general outlines are becoming increasingly clear.
|
|
I can at least give you some specific ideas as to what Ar
|
|
nDraiocht Fein will and won't be:
|
|
ADF will be a Neopagan religion based on solid (but imagina-
|
|
tive) scholarship in the fields of linguistics, Indo-European
|
|
studies, comparative religion, archeology, anthropology, Celtic &
|
|
Norse & Baltic & Slavic studies, history, musicology and polythe-
|
|
ology. The scholars we will be basing our research on include
|
|
Georges Dumezil, Mircea Eliade, Anne Ross, Stuart Piggott, G. S.
|
|
Littleton, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Proinsias MacCana, Myles
|
|
Dillon, Nora Chadwick, etc. We will not be accepting Lewis
|
|
Spence, Margaret Murray, Robert Graves, Merlin Stone, H. P.
|
|
Blavatsky or Iolo Morganwg as scholarly authorities (although
|
|
some of them may provide poetic inspiration now and then). If we
|
|
have to fill in gaps in our knowledge with our own imagination,
|
|
spiritual visions and/or borrowings from non-IE sources, we will
|
|
go ahead and do so, but always in full awareness of what we are
|
|
doing (and with full documentation of the process).
|
|
ADF will be developing a slow, careful and steady system of
|
|
training for Druidic clergy, equivalent to that gone through by
|
|
professional clergy in other religions. We will not be in any
|
|
hurry to initiate people (though we may create and publish self-
|
|
dedication rituals for the first level of participation), since
|
|
an obsession with rank and titles is usually counterproductive to
|
|
actual spiritual, artistic and scholarly growth. A correspondance
|
|
course has been suggested and I'm willing to give it serious
|
|
consideration, once we have the basics figured out.
|
|
Although our primary focus will be on the beliefs and prac-
|
|
tices of our Indo-European ancestors, and on how these can be
|
|
adapted to modern circumstances, we will not tolerate racism or
|
|
nonsense about "Aryan blood." The Indo-Europeans were a motley
|
|
assortment of tribes speaking related languages -- not a "race."
|
|
All of our ancestors are of mixed blood, and most of the black
|
|
people in America have (however involuntarily) some European
|
|
genes. So anybody, regardless of their race or color, who is
|
|
sincerely interested in participating in ADF will be made wel-
|
|
come. Similarly, the IE peoples are known to have had both male
|
|
and female clergy, and those tribes influenced by shamanistic
|
|
practices frequently had clergy who were ambiguous in their
|
|
gender identification. For these historical reasons, as well as
|
|
the fact that ADF is a Neopagan religion, we will not tolerate
|
|
sexism nor restrict membership or rank on the basis of gender or
|
|
affectional preferences. Having said all that, let me add that I
|
|
have no intentions of letting extremists of any persuasion use
|
|
ADF for purposes not in keeping with our original goals.
|
|
We will have a carefully structured hierarchy, based on actual
|
|
skills and knowledge obtained and demonstrated, with both upward
|
|
and downward mobility. The training system will involve the
|
|
setting of specific standards in all the areas necessary for
|
|
functioning at the different levels, and these standards will be
|
|
published in the Handbook and widely disseminated throughout the
|
|
Neopagan media, in order to prevent false claims of rank. Our
|
|
primary approach is going to be the attainment not just of compe-
|
|
tency, but of excellence. Democratic safeguards will be built in,
|
|
but we do not expect everyone in ADF to be qualified for (or even
|
|
interested in) attaining the rank of clergy. After all, the
|
|
original Druids were only a small percentage of their Paleopagan
|
|
communities, and not everyone has (or needs) a clerical vocation.
|
|
Nor will rank in other Neopagan organizations guarantee equiva-
|
|
lent rank in ADF, since we have no way of knowing what standards
|
|
other groups are using, nor how strictly enforced they are.
|
|
The Ancient Druids were polytheists rather t`ao mono- or duo-
|
|
theists; so our%ain approach will be a pluralistic one. We are
|
|
not going to promote any One True Right and Only Way of Druidism,
|
|
merely whatever happens to work for us. This means, among other
|
|
things, that we intend to maintain friendly relations with as
|
|
many other Druid organizations as possible, and will encourage
|
|
our members to investigate these alternate Druid paths.
|
|
We are going to take our time putting the whole system toget-
|
|
her. Based on solid research and a knowledge of the mistakes made
|
|
by other Neopagan groups in the past, we can create something
|
|
magnificent. But like an oak tree, it will take time to become
|
|
strong, and we have no intentions of trying to force its growth.
|
|
Within two to three years we should get the primary seeds plant-
|
|
ed. Then the results will be up to the individuals who have heard
|
|
the trees whispering in their ears, and who know that they are
|
|
meant to walk a Druid way.
|
|
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|
*****************************************************************
|
|
This article has been reprinted from "The Druids' Progress",
|
|
issue #1, and is copyright 1984 by P. E. I. Bonewits. "DP" is the
|
|
irregular journal of a Neopagan Druid group called "Ar nDraiocht
|
|
Fein", founded by Bonewits (author of "Real Magic"). For more
|
|
data, send an S.A.S.E. to: Box 9398, Berkeley, CA, USA 94709.
|
|
Permission to distribute via BBS's is hereby granted, provided
|
|
that the entire article, including this notice, is kept intact.
|
|
*****************************************************************
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|
|
|
1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
|
|
2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
|
|
3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
|
|
4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
|
|
5. Chanting
|
|
6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
|
|
7. Construction of the Magic Wand
|
|
8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
|
|
9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
|
|
10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
|
|
11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
|
|
12. The ESP Challenge
|
|
13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
|
|
14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
|
|
15. Construction of the Magic Cord
|
|
16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
|
|
17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
|
|
18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
|
|
19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
|
|
20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
|
|
21. Basic Spell Construction
|
|
22. Government Witch Hunts
|
|
23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
|
24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
|
25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
|
26. Vampires #1
|
|
27. Vampires #2
|
|
28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
|
|
29. Construction of the Thurible
|
|
30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
|
|
31. Talking to the Dead
|
|
32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
|
|
33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
|
|
34. Poltergeists
|
|
35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
|
36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
|
|
37. Enochian Numbers
|
|
38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
|
|
|
|
Select (Q=Exit)> 11
|
|
|
|
What Neopagan Druids Believe
|
|
(c) 1984 P. E. I. Bonewits
|
|
Reprinted from "The Druids' Progress" #1
|
|
|
|
Here's a brief introduction to the basic beliefs that I expect
|
|
will characterize most members of ADF (a Neopagan Druid organiza-
|
|
tion). These spiritual beliefs are similar to most of those held
|
|
by other Neopagans (see Margot Adler's book, "Drawing Down the
|
|
Moon") and the similarities are far more important than whatever
|
|
specific distinctions of doctrine or ethnic focus there might be
|
|
between us and other Neopagans. I should also mention that not
|
|
all Neopagans who consider themselves Druids will necessarily
|
|
agree with every point of the following list. Nonetheless, these
|
|
beliefs will be the roots of ADF's polytheology, the source of
|
|
the spiritual grove we seek to plant.
|
|
|
|
1) We believe that divinity is both immanent (internal) and
|
|
transcendent (external). We see the Gods as being able to mani-
|
|
fest at any point in space or time, including within human
|
|
beings, which they might choose, although they may often have
|
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their preferences. Often this develops among some Neopagans into
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pantheism ("the physical world is divine") or panentheism ("the
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Gods are everywhere"). We tend more towards the latter position.
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2) We believe that divinity is as likely to manifest in a
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female form as it is in a male form, and that therefore women and
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men are spiritually equal. We insist on a dynamic balance between
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female and male deities honored and/or invoked at every ceremony,
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and a strict gender balance in whatever theories of polytheology
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that we eventually develop. We're "liberals" about women's rights
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and gay rights, but not "radicals;" that is to say, we're unwill-
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ing to subordinate all our other principles in order to promote
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this particular principle. People who wish to make feminism or
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gay activism the absolute center of all their spiritual activity
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will probably be happier in other groups.
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3) We believe in a multiplicity of gods and goddesses, all of
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whom are likely to be worthy of respect, love and worship. Some-
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times we believe in these divinities as individual and inde-
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pendent entities; sometimes as Jungian "archetypes of the collec-
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tive unconscious" or "circuits in the psychic Switchboard;" some-
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times as aspects or faces of one or two major deities (the "High
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God/dess" and/or "the Goddess and the Horned God"); and sometimes
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as "all of the above!" We feel that this sort of flexibility
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leads to pluralism (instead of monism), multi-valued logic sys-
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tems and an increased tolerance of other people's beliefs and
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lifestyles. All of these are vital if our species is ever going
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to learn to live in peace and harmony amid a multiplicity of
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human cultures.
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4) We believe that it is necessary to have a respect and love
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for Nature as divine in her own right, and to accept ourselves as
|
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a part of Nature and not as her "rulers." We tend to accept what
|
|
has come to be known as "the Gaia hypothesis," that the biosphere
|
|
of our planet is a living being, who is due all the love and
|
|
support that we, her children, can give her. This is especially
|
|
important in our modern era, when 3000 years of monotheistic
|
|
belief that "mankind is to have dominion over the Earth" have
|
|
come close to destroying the ability of the biosphere to maintain
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|
itself. Many Neopagan groups refer to themselves as "Earth reli-
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gions" and this is a title which we believe Neopagan Druidism
|
|
should proudly claim, and which we should work to earn. Thus we
|
|
consider ecological awareness and activism to be sacred duties.
|
|
If the ecology, conservation and anti-nuclear movements are ever
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|
to have "chaplains," we should be among them.
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5) We believe in accepting the positive aspects of western
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science and technology, but in maintaining an attitude of wari-
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|
ness towards their supposed ethical neutrality. The overwhgLZ%9j$xmajority of Neopagans are technophiles, not technophobes. We tend
|
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to be better scientifically educated than the general population,
|
|
and thus we have a religious duty to speak out about the econo-
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mic, political and ecological uses and abuses of science and
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|
technology.
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|
6) We share with most other Neopagans a distaste for monolith-
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ic religious organizations and would-be messiahs and gurus. Ob-
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|
viously, this places the founders of Neopagan religious tradi-
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|
tions in a complex position: they need enough religious authority
|
|
to focus the organizations they're founding, but not so much as
|
|
to allow them (or their successors) to become oppressive. Since
|
|
the pluralistic approach denies the existence of any One True
|
|
Right and Only Way, and since Neopagans insist upon their own
|
|
human fallibility, we expect to be able to steer ADF between the
|
|
Scylla of tyranny and the Charybdis of anarchy.
|
|
7) In keeping with this, we believe that healthy religions
|
|
should have a minimum amount of dogma and a maximum amount of
|
|
eclectism and flexibility. Neopagans tend to be reluctant to
|
|
accept any idea without personally investigating both its practi-
|
|
cality and its long-range consequences. They are also likely to
|
|
take useful ideas from almost any source that doesn't run too
|
|
fast to get away. We intend ADF to be a "reconstructionist"
|
|
tradition of Druidism, but we know that eventually concepts from
|
|
nonDruidic sources will be grafted on to our trees. There's no
|
|
harm in this, as long as we stay aware of what we are doing at
|
|
every step of the way, and make a legitimate effort to find
|
|
authentic (and therefore spiritually and esthetically congruent)
|
|
parallels in genuine Indo-European sources first. As for flexi-
|
|
bility, Neopagan Druidism is an organic religion, and like all
|
|
other organisms it can be expected to grow, change and produce
|
|
offshoots as the years go by.
|
|
8) We believe that ethics and morality should be based upon
|
|
joy, self-love and respect; the avoidance of actual harm to
|
|
others; and the increase of public benefit. We try to balance out
|
|
people's needs for personal autonomy and growth, with the neces-
|
|
sity of paying attention to the impact of each individual's
|
|
actions on the lives and welfare of others. The commonest Neo-
|
|
pagan ethical expression is "If it doesn't hurt anyone, do what
|
|
you like." Most Neopagans believe in some variant or another of
|
|
the principle of karma, and state that the results of their
|
|
actions will always return to them. It's difficult for ordinary
|
|
humans to successfully commit "offenses against the Gods," short
|
|
of major crimes such as ecocide or genocide, and our deities are
|
|
perfectly capable of defending their own honor without any help
|
|
from mortal busybodies. We see the traditional monotheistic con-
|
|
cepts of sin, guilt and divine retribution for thought-crimes as
|
|
sad misunderstandings of natural growth experiences.
|
|
9) We believe that human beings were meant to lead lives
|
|
filled with joy, love, pleasure, beauty and humor. Most Neopagans
|
|
are fond of food, drink, music, sex and bad puns, and consider
|
|
all of these (except possibly the puns) to be sacraments. Al-
|
|
though the ancient Druids appear to have had ascetics within
|
|
their ranks, they also had a sensualist tradition, and the common
|
|
folk have always preferred the latter. Neopagan Druids try to
|
|
keep these two approaches in balance and harmony with each other
|
|
by avoiding dualistic extremes. But the bedrock question is, "If
|
|
your religion doesn't enable you to enjoy life more, why bother?"
|
|
10) We believe that with proper training, art, discipline and
|
|
intent, human minds and hearts are fully capable of performing
|
|
most of the magic and miracles they are ever likely to need.
|
|
This is done through the use of what we perceive as natural,
|
|
divinely granted psychic powers. As with many other Neopagan
|
|
traditions, the conscious practice of magic is a central part of
|
|
most of our religious rituals. Unlike monotheists, we see no
|
|
clearcut division between magic and prayer. Neither, however, do
|
|
we assume an automatic connection between a person's ability to
|
|
perform "miracles" and either (a) their personal spirituality or
|
|
(b) the accuracy of their poly/theological opinions.
|
|
11) We believe in the importance of celebrating the solar,
|
|
lunar and other cycles of our lives. Because we see ourselves as
|
|
a part of Nature, and because we know that repeating patterns can
|
|
give meaning to our lives, we pay special attention to astronomi-
|
|
cal and biological cycles. By consciously observing the sol-
|
|
stices, equinoxes and the points in between, as well as the
|
|
phases of the moon, we are not only aligning ourselves with the
|
|
movements and energy patterns of the external world, but we are
|
|
also continuing customs that reach back to the original Indo-
|
|
European peoples and beyond. These customs are human universals,
|
|
as are the various ceremonies known as "rites of passage" --
|
|
celebrations of birth, puberty, personal dedication to a given
|
|
deity or group, marriage, ordination, death, etc. Together these
|
|
various sorts of observations help us to find ourselves in space
|
|
and time -- past, present and future.
|
|
12) We believe that people have the ability to solve their
|
|
current problems, both personal and public, and to create a
|
|
better world. Hunger, poverty, war and disease are not necessary,
|
|
nor inevitable. Pain, depression, lack of creative opportunity
|
|
and mutual oppression are not necessary either. What is necessary
|
|
is a new spiritual consciousness in which short-sighted greed,
|
|
power-mongering and violence are seen as absurd, rather than
|
|
noble. This utopian vision, tempered with common sense, leads us
|
|
to a strong commitment to personal and global growth, evolution
|
|
and balance.
|
|
13) We believe that people can progress far towards achieving
|
|
growth, evolution and balance through the carefully planned
|
|
alteration of their "normal" states of consciousness. Neopagans
|
|
use both ancient and modern methods of aiding concentration,
|
|
meditation, reprogramming and ecstasy. We seek to avoid being
|
|
locked into single-valued, monistic "tunnel realities," and in-
|
|
stead work on being able to switch worldviews according to their
|
|
appropriateness for each given situation, while still maintaining
|
|
a firm spiritual, ethical and practical grounding.
|
|
14) We believe that human interdependence implies community
|
|
service. Neopagan Druids are encouraged to use their talents to
|
|
help others, both inside and outside of the Neopagan community.
|
|
Some of us are active in political, social, ecological and chari-
|
|
table organizations, while others prefer to work for the public
|
|
good primarily through spiritual means (and many of us do both).
|
|
As Neopagan Druids we have the right and the obligation to
|
|
actively oppose (physically and spiritually) those forces which
|
|
would kill our planet, oppress our fellow human beings, and
|
|
destroy our freedom of religion. Also, however, we have a con-
|
|
stant need to evaluate our own methods and motives, and to make
|
|
sure that our actions are coming from the depths of our spiritual
|
|
beings, and not from petty or short-sighted desires for power.
|
|
15) We believe that if we are to achieve any of our goals, we
|
|
must practice what we preach. Neopagan Druidism should be a way
|
|
of life, not merely a weekly or monthly social function. Thus we
|
|
must always strive to make our lives consistent with our pro-
|
|
claimed beliefs. In a time when many people are looking for
|
|
something solid to hang on to in the midst of rapid technological
|
|
and cultural changes, Neopagan Druidism can offer a natural and
|
|
creative alternative to the repressive structures of mainstream
|
|
monotheism. But our alternative will not be seen as such unless
|
|
we can manage to make it a complete lifestyle -- one with con-
|
|
cern, if not always immediate answers, for the problems of every-
|
|
day life, as well as the grand cosmic questions.
|
|
|
|
Obviously, there's a great deal more to Neopaganism in general
|
|
and our version of it in particular. The details of Neopagan
|
|
polytheology will take years to develop. The section of the
|
|
"Druid Handbook" dealing with beliefs will consist of statements
|
|
with commentaries (and even arguments) about the meanings of the
|
|
statements. The purpose of this format is multiple: to emphasise
|
|
that there are no final answers to the great questions of human
|
|
existence; to express clearly that Neopagans can disagree with
|
|
each other about subtle details of interpretation, while still
|
|
remaining members of the same religion; and to allow the belief
|
|
system to grow and adapt to changing cultural and technological
|
|
needs. Neopagan Druidism is to be a religion of the future, as
|
|
well as of the present and the past.
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This article has been reprinted from "The Druids' Progress",
|
|
issue #1, and is copyright 1984 by P. E. I. Bonewits. "DP" is the
|
|
irregular journal of a Neopagan Druid group called "Ar nDraiocht
|
|
Fein", founded by Bonewits (author of "Real Magic"). For more
|
|
data, send an S.A.S.E. to: Box 9398, Berkeley, CA, USA 94709.
|
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Permission to distribute via BBS's is hereby granted, provided
|
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that the entire article, including this notice, is kept intact.
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
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2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
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3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
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4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
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5. Chanting
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6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
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7. Construction of the Magic Wand
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8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
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9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
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10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
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12. The ESP Challenge
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
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21. Basic Spell Construction
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22. Government Witch Hunts
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23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
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24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
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25. When to Cast certain Spells
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26. Vampires #1
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27. Vampires #2
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
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29. Construction of the Thurible
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
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31. Talking to the Dead
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
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34. Poltergeists
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 12
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SPECIAL RELEASE:
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THE $5000 PARANET CHALLENGE
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Do you think you have ESP? Are you possessed of talents such as telepathy,
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precognition, or remote viewing? Well, my friend, all you have to do is prove
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it to me, and I will issue you a check in the amount of $5000, and arrange for
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a personal meeting with professional skeptic James "The Amazing" Randi, who
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will pay you twice that much for performing the same feat.
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Here's how it works:
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1) I have drawn a design on a large piece of paper. The design is easily
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described, not very intricate, but it is unique. I will be placing the design
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in a locked safe inside the Mountain Terrace Restaurant (formerly Tibor's),
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Fountain Hills, AZ. It will be in a part of the safe that only I have access
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to. For security reasons, I'm not going to tell you exactly where the safe is;
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if your astral body finds itself in my restaurant, I'm sure it can figure out
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where the back office is.
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2) Use whatever powers you have to describe the design. Leave the
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description on ParaNet Alpha, 602-837-0062, in a message stored in Section 2,
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Parapsychology.
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3) I have appointed Steve Gresser, Steve Woodward and John Burris as a
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panel of judges. In addition, I am taking volunteers for two more judges. The
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volunteers must be ParaNet users whom I have never met personally. The judges
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will NOT see the design until there is a submission.
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4) Every time a description is submitted, I will send the submittor the
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design. If the description is wrong, the design will be changed. If the
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description is right, or if the submittor believes it is very close, he can
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submit the design to the panel of judges.
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5) I agree to be bound by the decision of the judges WITHIN REASON. This is
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a very definite, unique design, and I WILL NOT PAY in the case of a vague
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description, such as "I see geometric shapes", etc. If, in the opinion of the
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judges, the description is accurate enough to RULE OUT guesswork, I will issue
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a check to the submittor in the amount of $5000. I will then contact James
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Randi and others that offer prizes for proof of psychic phenomena (at last
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count, the worldwide total was $250,000) and bring the candidate to their
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attention for further testing.
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6) I reserve the right to change the design at will, after 48 hour notice
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has been posted here on ParaNet Alpha. Once a design is changed, previous
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designs become void. In the event of a security breach of ANY kind at the
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Mountain Terrace Restaurant, whatever design is in the safe becomes void
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immediately.
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7) This challenge is in effect until: a) a winning submission is received,
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b) James Randi pays on his challenge, or c) The Committee for the Scientific
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Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) declares that
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incontrovertible proof for the existence of psi has been found. Otherwise, it
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is in effect in perpetuity. I reserve the right to make slight changes in the
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format of the challenge, such as the location of the design; however, any and
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all such changes will be posted here on ParaNet Alpha.
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8) It is to be understood that my paying on a submission in no way binds
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James Randi or any other psychic challenge sponsor to similar payment. If psi
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works once, it will work again.
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9) This challenge is open to anyone in the world. It is void in case of
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deception.
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TELEPATHY SPECIAL: The challenge officially begins December 15th, 1986,
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because that's when we get the safe, but I have the first design firmly planted
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in my head. Describe it before then and I'll throw in a free subscription to
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the Skeptical Inquirer, in addition to the prize money.
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Amaze your friends! Amaze Science! Amaze me! Take the ParaNet Challenge!
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Heaven 'N' Hell's Occult Database
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~~~Misc Magic & Info~~~
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|
|
1. The 72 Demonic Spirits of the Brazen Vessel
|
|
2. Alchemy: A Complete Study
|
|
3. Satanic Bible author Anton Levay denies actions
|
|
4. Construction of the Book of Shadows
|
|
5. Chanting
|
|
6. Construction of the Witch's Cup or Chalice
|
|
7. Construction of the Magic Wand
|
|
8. Aleister Crowley on Drugs
|
|
9. The Art of Crystal Gazing
|
|
10. Neo-Pagan Druidism #1
|
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11. Neo-Pagan Druidism #2
|
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12. The ESP Challenge
|
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13. Your Guide to Hypnotism
|
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14. Lycanthropy (Werewolves)
|
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15. Construction of the Magic Cord
|
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16. Construction of the Athame or Sacrificial Knife
|
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17. How to Make and Use a OUIJA BOARD
|
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18. Notes on Seth (NOT YET)
|
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19. A True Case of Ouija board possesion
|
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20. Spell to Develop Psychic Powers
|
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21. Basic Spell Construction
|
|
22. Government Witch Hunts
|
|
23. Your Initial Occult Supplies
|
|
24. How to Acquire the Needed Instruments of the Art
|
|
25. When to Cast certain Spells
|
|
26. Vampires #1
|
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27. Vampires #2
|
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28. True Occult accounts: The Apparition
|
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29. Construction of the Thurible
|
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30. How to Establish a Telepathic Link
|
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31. Talking to the Dead
|
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32. List of OCCULT BBS's (Dated 01/01/91)
|
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33. Night of the Black Feast (song)
|
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34. Poltergeists
|
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35. List of Pagan-Oriented Magazines and Newsletters
|
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36. Ritual to Summon and make Nature Spirits appear
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37. Enochian Numbers
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38. Yoga (LONG!!! 232K)
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Select (Q=Exit)> 13
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+-------------------+
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! What Hypnotism Is !
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+-------------------+
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Hypnotism, contrary to common beleif, is merely state when your mind and body
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are in a state of relaxation and your mind is open to positive, or cleverly
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worded negative, influences. It is NOT a trance where you:
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o Are totally influencable.
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o Cannot lie.
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o A sleep which you cannot wake up from
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without help.
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This may bring down your hopes somewhat, but, hypnotism is a powerful for
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self help, and/or mischeif.
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+-----------------------+
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! Your Subconcious Mind !
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+-----------------------+
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Before going in further, I'd like to state that hypnotism not only is great
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in the way that it relaxes you and gets you (in the long run) what you want,
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but also that it taps a force of incredible power, beleive it or not, this
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power is your subconcious mind. The subconcious mind always knows what is
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going on with every part of your body, every moment of the day. It protects
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you from negative influences, and retains the power to slow your heartbeat
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down and stuff like that. The subconcious mind holds just about all the info
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you would like to know about yourself, or, in this case, the person you will be
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hypnotising. There are many ways to talk to your subconcious and have it talk
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back to you. One way is the ouja board, no its not a spirit, merely the minds
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of those who are using it. Another, which I will discuss here, is the pendulum
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method. Ok, here is how it goes. First, get a ring or a washer and tie it to
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a thread a little longer than half of your forearm. Now-0take a sheet of paper
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and draw a big circle in it. In the big circle you must now draw a crosshair
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(a big +). Now, put the sheet of paper on a table. Next, hold the thread
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with the ring or washer on it and place it (holding the thread so that the
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ring is 1 inch above the paper swinging) in the middle of the crosshair. Now,
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swing the thread so the washer goes up and down, say to yourself the word "yes"
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Now, do it side to side and say the word "no". Do it counter clockwise and say
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"I don't know". And lastly, do it clockwise and say "I dont want to say."
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Now, with the thread back in the middle of the crosshair, ask yourself
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questions and wait for the pendulum to swing in the direction for the answer.
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(Yes, no, I dont know or I dont wanna say...). Soon, to your amazement, it
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will be answering questions like anything... Let the pendulum answer, dont try
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.. When you try you will never get an answer. Let the answer come to you.
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+-------------------------+
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! How to Induce Hypnotism !
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+-------------------------+
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Now that you know how to talk to your subconcious mind, I will now tell you
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how to guide someone into hypnosis. Note that I said guide, you can never,
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hynotise someone, they must be willing. Ok, the subject must be lying or sit-
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ing in a comfortable position, relaxed, and at a time when things arent going
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to be interrupted. Tell them the following, or something close to it, in a
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peaceful, monotinous tone (not a commanding tone of voice)
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NOTE: Light a candle and place it somewhere where it can be easily seen.
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" Take a deep breath through your nose and hold it in for the count of 8.
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Now, through your mouth, exhale completely and slowly. Continued breathing
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long, deep, breaths through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Tense
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up all your muscles very tight, now, counting from ten to one, release them
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slowly, you will find them very relaxed. Now, look at the candle, as you look
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at it, with every breath and passing momement, you are feeling increasingly
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more and more peaceful and relaxed. The candles flame is peaceful and bright.
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As you look at it I will count from 100 down, as a count, your eyes will become
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more and more relaxed, getting more and more tired with each passing moment."
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Now, count down from 100, about every 10 numbers say "When II|YX,Zxx your eyes
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(or you will find y
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they
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may close their eyes whenever they feel like it. If the persons eyes are
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still open when you get to 50 then instead of saying "your eyes will.." say
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"your eyes are...". When their eyes are shut say the following.
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"....as you lie (or sit) here with your eyes comfortably close you find you |