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Occultism
Within the occult world, the entire study of demonology is wrapped around the geometric shapes that serve as focal points for demons (such as made by crystals and pyramids), and the portals by which demons can enter the human body. A demon doesn’t have to be materialized (conjured up) to enter into a body. Geometric shapes which are believed to attract demons are placed into the internal worlds of slaves. The will of the person also plays a role in the introduction of demons into the body. Torture attaches and layers in demons within the body. Sex and blood sacrifices are used to attach powerful demons. According to high level demonology, certain powerful spirits can only be manipulated if there are blood sacrifices. This may seem strange, however, the record (evidence) bears out that generational victims of possession who have had demons placed in via blood sacrifices are definitely controlled by more powerful demonic forces. The Illuminati Formula 10. Spiritual Control Techniques, Possession, Trances, Etc. A. Using spiritual principles against a person
- See also:
Kabbalah
- Kabalistic views on "Spirits" From The Religio-Philosophical Journal, Jan. 26th, 1878
- A Tree of Life (The Yetziric text): World, Colour, Divine Aspect and Tarot Card associated with the Tree of Life and Kabbalistic aspect
- Gallery of Kabbalistic Art & Symbols
- Letter, Musical Pitch, and Color in the Work of Paul Foster Case
- Portal: Kabbalah
- Category: Kabbalah
- Practical Kabbalah
- Path-working on the Qabalistic Tree of Life
- Flower of Life
- Metatron cube
- Four Worlds
- Central to modern Kabbalistic study is the diagram Otz Chiim, the Tree of Life. This is a representation of the thirty-two "paths" comprised of the ten sefirot and the twenty-two paths through which they interrelate Though the tree may be drawn with variations in the location of paths - particularly in pure, Judaic Kabbalah - esoteric tradition is consistent in presenting the tree as above, with the paths in the positions shown.
- It is important to realize that the pure nature of divinity is unity, and that the seemingly separate aspects or emanations exist only in view of the emanated, living in a state of illusory separation. This is expressed in the Zohar: "in creating this world below, the world above lost nothing. It is the same for each sefira: if one is illuminated, the next loses none of its brilliance". The absolute divine light can be said to be refracted through the prism of the sefirot into the apparently multifarious world of creation.
- Kabbalah is our collection of resources concerning the venerable mystical system of the Kabbalah. The Kabbalah has its roots in esoteric Judaism (and there is still a purely Judaic strand), but its body of knowledge has been developed over the centuries by people of many faiths and beliefs. Its universal applicability gives the Kabbalah its continued power and presence today.
- Associates of Ba'al, Nimrod, Osiris Ra, Horus, Apollyon, Abaddon, Adonis, Hercules....all the same god of Babel.
- Tarot-Astrology-Mysticism- Kaballah
- Adherents of the Mysteries have long held the idea that the Tarot has its origins in the arcane system of the Kabbalah, though there is no firm historical evidence for this. The work of the 19th century French occultist, Eliphas Levi, was the catalyst for the study of the esoteric link between the Tarot and the Kabbalah, which became the main model for the development and interpretation of the Tarot. The most influential decks of the 20th century were founded on Kabbalistic principles, in terms of their structure, their symbology and their explication.
- Tree of Life Tarot a guest essay by Michael J. Hurst
- Link to Disney Mind Control Program, Bill Schnoebelen and Fritz Springmeier both spoked about that
- Learning and visualizing Tree of Life as a mind control/auto suggestion system
- video: Interview with an Ex-Vampire pt8 Bill Schnoebelen about Disney
- "...the 'Tree of Life' is of course an important part of the Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism/occultism and is often used in programming alter systems" [8]
- Learning and visualizing Tree of Life as a mind control/auto suggestion system
- Albert Pike
- ...thus sums up the importance of Qabbalism as a key to Masonic esotericism: "One is filled with admiration, on penetrating into the Sanctuary of the Kabalah, at seeing a doctrine so logical, so simple, and at the same time so absolute. The necessary union of ideas and signs, the consecration of the most fundamental realities by the primitive characters; the Trinity of Words, Letters, and Numbers; a philosophy simple as the alphabet, profound and infinite as the Word; theorems more complete and luminous than those of Pythagoras; a theology summed up by counting on one's fingers; an Infinite which can be held in the hollow of an infant's hand; ten ciphers and twenty-two letters, a triangle, a square, and a circle,--these are all the elements of the Kabalah. These are the elementary principles of the written Word, reflection of that spoken Word that created the world!" (Morals and Dogma) Albert Pike quoting from Transcendental Magic by Eliphas Levi
- Albert Pike stated: All true dogmatic religions come from the Kabbala and lead back to it; all that is scientific and great in the religious dream of all the illuminated such as Bachme, Swedenborg, St. Martin, and others similar, is borrowed from the Kabbalah. All the Masonic associations owe their secrets and symbols to it. The Kabalah alone consecrates the alliance of the Universal Reason and the Divine Word; it establishes, by the counterpoises of two forces apparently opposite, the eternal balance of being; it alone reconciles Reason with Faith, Power with Liberty, Science with Mystery; it has the keys of the Present, the Past, and the Future. Morals and Dogma p744-745
- Magic Squares in Kabbalah
- I've been reading Aryeh Kaplan's Meditation and the Kabbalah, He has a chapter on the Kabbalistic writings of Rabbi Joseph Tzayach (1505-1573) the Rabbi of Damascus. Kaplan says that magic squares were well known in ancient India and China and that they were introduced into the west in the 1400s by Moschopulus of Constatinople. Kaplan believes they were also known to the ancient Kabbalists. Tzayach probably received a hidden tradition concerning these figures. His system attributes the traditional magic squares to the seven planets but goes on to attribute higher order magic squares to the Sephira on the Tree of Life, a Jewish mystical diagram: The square of ten to Kether, of 11 to Chokmah, etc. skipping the square of 15, so that Malkuth is the 20x20 matrix. Tzayach apparently had a system that involved meditating on the color, number, and letter forms in one room after another in a square. Each row was called a house and each box a room. What we might be seeing here is a form of Merkabah Ascension. Up through the spheres of the 7 planets and then through 10 (usually 7 in other literature) palaces of the King to the throne of God. The position of meditation described is that of Elijah on Mt. Carmel, sitting cross legged with head between the knees, a position associated with Merkabah Ascension. Magic square lore may have passed back and forth between Jewish and Muslim mystics. [9]
Shemhamphorasch (a corruption of Hebrew שם המפורש Shem ha-Mephorash) is an epithet for a 216-letter name of God derived by medieval kabbalists from the book of Exodus, by reading the letters of three verses in a specific order. The name is composed of 72 groups of three letters, each of these triplets being the name of an angel or intelligence.
Note: the symbol in the middle IHS, this symbol can also be seen on the Black Sun of the JesuitsThe breastplate consists of twelve blocks this represents the zodiac (Maybe for apostatic jewish priests). [1]
The 12 stones as per Exodus 28:17-20 represent the 12 tribes of Israel. See article of the comaprison of Lucifer Breastplate againts the High Priest's
video: The Breastplate for the High Priest - The War for Jerusalem has Begun.
See: Lucifer Breastplate
Merkaba
- See also:
- To research: "Mer" (light), "Ka" (spirit), "Ba" (body) [10]
- In the Bible there is reference to Ezekiel and the wheels by which Ezekiel ascended into heaven. This was the Mer-ka-Ba. In the Torah, there is reference to the Merkavah (as it is spelled in Hebrew) which has two different meanings: One meaning is chariot, which is a vehicle; the other is the Throne of God. When the two definitions are combined, the true meaning comes to life. In Ancient Egypt, this primal pattern was called the Mer-Ka-Ba. It was actually three words, not one. Mer meant a kind of light that rotated within itself. Ka meant spirit, in this case referring to the human spirit. And Ba meant the human body — though it also could mean the concept of Reality that spirit holds. And so the entire word in ancient Egypt referred to a rotating light that would take the spirit and the body from one world into another." (...) "What actually is the Mer-Ka-Ba? Technically, it is an electro-magnetic field sitting at about four degrees Kelvin, found primarily within the microwave range — at least in the third dimension — that is entirely geometric in nature. Specifically, the geometry used is called Sacred Geometry, as this particular geometry is found in the creation patterns of all things in Creation. The Mer-Ka-Ba field is extremely complex, involving the five Platonic solids and other sacred polyhedrons. It is believed to extend through all possible dimensional and parallel universes, and can possibly change its nature from electro-magnetic to whatever is appropriate. The blueprint of the Mer-Ka-Ba is found throughout nature" [11]
- "The Hebrew word "Merkabah" (מרכבה "chariot", derived from the consonantal root r-k-b with general meaning "to ride") is used in Ezekiel (1:4-26) to refer to the throne-chariot of God, the four-wheeled vehicle driven by four "chayot" (Hebrew: "living creatures"), each of which has four wings and the four faces of a man, lion, ox, and eagle." [12]
- To research: "Kaaba" - "1734 (Caaba), cube-shaped building in the Great Mosque of Mecca, containing the Black Stone, from Arabic ka'bah "square house," from ka'b "cube"." [13]
Trapezoid
The trapezoid has long been regarded in by occultists as the most satanic of shapes, especially adapted to enhance demonic manifestation. Indeed, the middle order of the Satanic brotherhood is called 'The Order of the Trapezoid'. Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, refers to an occult principle known as the 'Law of the Trapezoid' (The Satanic Rituals #7 (Die elektrischen Vorspiele)). His writings underscore the existence of a magical science of geometric angles and spaces which is very prevalent in the United Nations Meditation Room ... LaVey says architecture can enhave an evil, spiritual atmosphere.
- Former Satanist, Bill Schnoebelen, says this type of coffin is built to draw in and preserve evil, dark energy. While in Satanism, Bill had to build one of these trapezoidal coffins. The idea was to attract enough vampiric dark demonic energy, to draw sufficient quanties of energy, and to store that evil energy so that, at a right moment, the dead man can come out of the coffin, a demonic resurrection! Schnoebelen stated that, while in the coven, he and fellow members used to speculate as to whether the Roman Catholic Church was practicing Vampirism, for they saw much of that system within Catholicism. The fact that Pope John Paul II was buried in a trapezoidal box just reinforces Bill's suspicions.[14]
- The bottom line of all this is that the consummate architectural form of the Satan-worshipper is the trapezoid; and he believes that this shape will create a spiritual 'cloud-chamber' of sorts across which he may track the hoofprints of the demons he wishes to invoke. It is believed to be the perfect atmosphere for the manifestation of the unholy and the cursed." [Dr. Cathy Burns, "Billy Graham And His Friends", p. 13-1; quoting former Satanist, Bill Schnoebelen, "White Sepulchers: The Hidden Language of the Mormon Temple", p. 46]
Trapezoid Galleries:
- In architecture
Hancock Center Night (with twin horns of Lucifer).
The John Hancock Center Chicago's Strange Angles and Haunted ArchitectureTrapezoidal shaped "Puerta de Europa" in Madrid. The KIO Towers, each building is 115 m tall with an inclination of 15°
See: Diabolical signature
Note: There is a famous spanish satanical comedy movie called "El dia de la Bestia" (The Day of the Beast) , with the Kio towers as the place of birth of the Anti-Christ, as a satanical reference.Met Éireann national meteorological service in Ireland. This building is part of the Freemasonry in Ireland and the Dublin Occult Grid, which is part of the The Planned Destruction of Christianity in Ireland
7 World Trade Center also known as "Solomon Brothers Building".
The building was 610 feet (186 m) tall, with a trapezoidal footprint that was 330 ft (101 m) long and 140 ft (43 m) wide. [2]
World Trade Center 7 had a a trapezoidal footprint (wikipedia). (See also:Solomon's Temple)The Shanghai World Financial Center has a inverted trapezoid hole at the top of the building
The painting exposes: Pyramid, Obtuse/obtrude angles, Moon "Croissant" or moon stages, Caduceus (which ultimately represents the Serpent), sacred geometry, and the black cube in the middle of the room.
- Jean Paul II Trapezoidal shaped Coffin
Jean Paul II Coffin's with the Inverted cross
- Others
3rd Reich Luftwaffe M43 Einheitsfeldmuetze trapezoid Insignia.
Note:The Eagle, Energy spiral and Circled dotThe insignia of the Order of the Trapezoid
Note: The 666, the 5-pointed star and Awen (Trident)
As above, so below
In the bible
- Todo: As above so below, is the same principle as the Christian Prayer:
- Earth Microcosm is a reflection of the heavens Macrocosm
- Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13
- Priestly Authority over Demons and Angels (& Church’s supremacy)
- One of the editions of the Grimoire of Pope Honorius (published in 1670, a few years before the La Voisin scandal broke) begins with a citation from the Gospels which is the whole basis of the Church’s supremacy. In this reference, Jesus is speaking with Peter, who will become the first Pope: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you seal on earth shall be sealed in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be unbound in heaven.” (Matthew 16:15–19.) This is a more proactive form of “As Above, So Below,” the axiom of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes, a favorite text of the neo-Platonist philosophers. In short, it gives not only mundane power to the Church, but a level of supernatural power that is unheard of in any other denomination: the ability to cause change to occur in heaven as well as upon earth. Papal Magic Occult Practice In The Catholic Church p.40-41
- Earth Microcosm is a reflection of the heavens Macrocosm
In the Occult
This phrase comes from the beginning of The Emerald Tablet and embraces the entire system of traditional and modern magic which was inscribed upon the tablet in cryptic wording by Hermes Trismegistus. The significance of this phrase is that it is believed to hold the key to all mysteries. All systems of magic are claimed to function by this formula. "That which is above is the same as that which is below... Macrocosmos is the same as microcosmos. The universe is the same as God, God is the same as man, man is the same as the cell, the cell is the same as the atom, the atom is the same as...and so on, ad infinitum." This message theorizes that man is the counterpart of God on earth; as God is man's counterpart in heaven. Therefore, it is a statement of an ancient belief that man's actions on earth parallel the actions of God in heaven. This pivots on the belief that "all things have their birth from this One Thing by adaptation." To the magician the magical act, that of causing a transformation in a thing or things without any physical contact, is accomplished by an imaginative act accompanied by the will that the wanted change will occur. The magical act and imaginative act becomes one and the same. The magician knows with certainty that for the change to occur he must will it to happen and firmly believe it will happen. Here it may be noted that magic and religion are akin: both require belief that a miracle will occur. To bring about such a change the magician uses the conception of "dynamic interconnectedness to describe the physical world as the sort of thing that imagination and desire can effect. The magician's world is an independent whole, a web of which no strand is autonomous. Mind and body, galaxy and atom, sensation and stimulus, are intimately bound. Witchcraft strongly imbues the view that all things are independent and interrelated." These concepts pivot on the belief that all things come from the One Thing, or First Cause, and "Its power is integrating, if it be turned into earth." The purpose of all rituals in ceremonial magic is to unite the microcosm with the macrocosm to join God, or gods when invoked, with the human consciousness. When such a supreme union is achieved the subject and object becomes one. This is because the magician feels that he is consciously in touch with all elements of the universe, therefore, he can control them. It may be said, the magician feels connected with the universe. This feeling intensifies the more the magician successfully practices his skills. Whenever he experiences a failure he knows that the ritual was not performed correctly. When feeling unison with the universe the magician knows he has reached his Higher or True Self because he has attained mastery of himself and the universe (Editor's note: This is the original sin that the Devil would like us to beleive, that we can attain Godhood when in fact we are separated from God because of sin). Thus he feels his "skillful work ascends from earth to heaven and descends to earth again, and receives the power of the superiors and of the inferiors." Therefore, he "hast the glory of the whole worldtherefore let all obscurity flee from thee." Now the miracles are possible. Some magicians, including Aleister Crowley, claimed that when the magician reaches this ultimate peak of altered consciousness the miracles are no longer important, the extreme goal becomes the direct union with God. [15]
- todo: In ancient civilisations the obsession seemed focused on the importance of the ground mimicking the sky. [16]
- How the Divine (Above) star mapping is represented on earth (below)
- Herschel's idea that the whole pyramid field in Lower Egypt represents stars was inspired by one of the oldest known prophecies. The mystic Hermes Trismegistus. claimed: "Egypt is an image of the heavens… the 'whole' cosmos dwells here." Herschel subsequently conducted an experiment to prove all the pyramids in Lower Egypt represent stars. He overlaid a transparency of the stars onto a map of the pyramids. The result was breathtaking. All the brightest stars within the known constellations in one complete revolution of the Milky Way had pyramid counterparts on the ground. However, there were some important stars for which pyramids were apparently missing. In Giza for example, Herschel found four potential, as yet unrecognised pyramid ruins on an antique early map that would conclude a previously incomplete Orion interpretation at Giza. [17]
- Other visual representations of the maxim "As above, so below" (using water or mirroring surface)
The relecting pool used to convey the idea of "As above, so below"
Note: In Washington DC this ON‐worship (Sun worship) can be seen as the Washington monument, representing the male fire over the water in the pond which is the female. [3]Mirror Image: In 2002, two snipers terrified Washington, D.C. suburbs with deadly and accurate shooting of innocent citizens. Police Chief Charles Moose, of Montgomery County, Maryland, led some 1,000 investigators in a 22-day manhunt. The press and media made Chief Moose into a celebrity and hero, though clearly his police skills were not just inadequate, they had proven to be vastly incompetent and bungling. Moose turns out to be a puppet of the Jewish ADL and a "Chosen One" of the Illuminati. [4]
Canadian Mint first to disclose alien Grey existence or coming event?
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Enlightenment
- "Before enlightenment, you chop wood and carry water… After enlightenment, you chop wood and carry water…" - Anon
- Lucifer the light bringer.
- In the Bible, the Hebraic text in Isaiah 14:12 refers to Helel Ben Shachar or Heylel Ben-Shachar (הילל בן שחר) . Helel Ben-Schachar is translated into English as “O shining star, son of the dawn!" ("O Lucifer, son of the morning" in the KJV) The name Lucifer is a translation of Helel Ben-Shachar into Latin by St. Jerome in the fourth century. Lucifer derives from two Latin words, lux (light) and fero (to bear–to bring), meaning light-bearer, light-bringer. The Bible identifies Lucifer as Devil, Satan, serpent, dragon, dweller of hell and other names.
- Light as being the Primordial intelect (knowledge/gnosis)
- Primordial intellect and Luciferian Philosophy
- Luciferian Philosophy: Their religion is based upon the Kabbalah, the Luciferian Philosophy, and the (exoteric) worship of the Sun (See: Occult symbolism: Sun). They are not bound by any oath or allegiance except their own. They are loyal to no government or people but their own. And they are Citizens of no country but their already in place secret world government. The Philosophy of the Mystery Schools is the Luciferian Philosophy as espoused by General Albert Pike, one of the founders of the KKK.
- Very simply the Luciferian philosophy is: ”Adam and Eve were held prisoner in the bonds of ignorance by an unjust and vindictive God in the Garden of Eden. They were set free from their chains (through ”Primordial Knowing/Intellect”) by Lucifer (Prometheus) through his agent Satan in the guise of a serpent (ancient symbol of Wisdom) with the gift of Intellect (Fire). Through the use of his intellect man will perfect the race (Anglo/Aryan) and will himself become God (promise of Satan to Adam and Eve).” (See Genesis 3:1-5)
- "The All-Seeing Eye has been around for a long time. Many cultures throughout history have regarded the eye as a divine symbol. Representative of constant vigilance, an unblinking, untiring eye, like those of the judging Gods, would witness the ultimate truths missed by fallible men. It is also commonly associated with the Sun which itself represents "primordial intellect (knowledge/gnosis)" or the unity of all consciousness
- Luciferian Philosophy: Their religion is based upon the Kabbalah, the Luciferian Philosophy, and the (exoteric) worship of the Sun (See: Occult symbolism: Sun). They are not bound by any oath or allegiance except their own. They are loyal to no government or people but their own. And they are Citizens of no country but their already in place secret world government. The Philosophy of the Mystery Schools is the Luciferian Philosophy as espoused by General Albert Pike, one of the founders of the KKK.
- Primordial intellect and Luciferian Philosophy
- The Pure Luciferian Doctrine Revealed
- video: Luciferian Initiation (Start at 42:30) by Bill Schnoebelen
- Sects seeking "the light"
- Alumbrados, illuminati, Theosophy, freemasons (masonry: "where do you stand" "in the light"?)....
- All concepts based around light and enlightenment as being the ultimate goal of every individual: Atonement-Enlightment, to become Gods through various occult practices (All new age variances of reaching enlightment, kundalini, meditation/yoga, drugs (DMT), initiation rites...)
- Alumbrados, illuminati, Theosophy, freemasons (masonry: "where do you stand" "in the light"?)....
- Major symbology behind the concepts of light.. Sun, Flash/Lightning/Thunderbolt, knowledge/intelect, seven rays, Obelisk ("digitus solis", or "finger of the sun"), aether, fire (& fire worship), All-Seeing Eye, moon (because it reflects the light of the sun), rooster
- Relation to Kabala, to Lightning Flash The new encyclopedia of the occult By John Michael Greer p.274
- All gods related to Wisdom/inteligence (Fire bringers, bringers of inteligence and wisdon to mankind)
- Solar deity, Thunder deity & Lunar deity
- Other gods: Apollo, Prometheus (see: Prometheus: Comparative myths) the fire bringer, Sophia (Wisdom), Eubuleus (His depiction in art as a torchbearer suggests that his role was to lead the way back from the Underworld)
NURSERY [18]
1. Preparation
2. Novice
3. Minerval
4. Illuminatus
SYMBOLIC (Masonry)
1. Apprentice
2. Fellow-Craft
3. Master
SCOTCH (Masonry)
4. Illuminatus Major (Scotch Novice)
5. Illuminatus Dirigens (Scotch Knight)
THE LESSER MYSTERIES
1. Presbyter (or Priest)
2. Prince (or Regent)
THE GREATER MYSTERIES
3. Magus
4. Rex (Man-God or King of Rome)
Occult Trinity
Todo: Triple deity
- lookup more info - relation between planet/symbols/deities - maybe form other countries diff from egyt - links to astrotheology?
Bible | Egypt | Cosmology | FreeMason Symbol | "role" | Mythology | Geometry | |
Mother goddess - Queen of Heaven | Isis | Moon - earth or Gaia | Square | Mother | Diana | Circle | |
Anti-Christ (Man God) | Horus | Sun | G point | Son | Aslan | Pyramid or obelisk | |
Satan, The Serpent, Red Dragon | Seth | Star Sirius | Compass | Father | Iohannes | Spiral or Pentagram |
Magic square
- --> Main article: Magic Squares and Sigils
- The most common use for these Kameas is to provide a pattern upon which to construct the sigils of spirits, angels or demons; the letters of the entity's name are converted into numbers, and lines are traced through the pattern that these successive numbers make on the kamea.
- See also: Sigil
- In a magical context, the term magic square is also applied to a variety of word squares or number squares found in magical grimoires, including some that do not follow any obvious pattern, and even those with differing numbers of rows and columns. They are generally intended for use as talismans. For instance the following squares are: The Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas, one of the most famous magic squares found in a number of grimoires including the Key of Solomon; a square "to overcome envy", from The Book of Power, and two squares from The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, the first to cause the illusion of a superb palace to appear, and the second to be worn on the head of a child during an angelic invocation(wikipedia)
See also
Babylonian Amulet with a 6 x 6 matrix (see: 666 - Babylonian Sun Worship Magic square)
The Magic square has also been used by Rosicrucian and Freemasons as a way to encode information.
A magic square on the Sagrada Família church façade. [5]
Sigil
Sigil is a symbol created for a specific magical purpose. A sigil is usually made up of a complex combination of several specific symbols or geometric figures each with a specific meaning or intent. The term sigil derives from the Latin sigillum meaning "seal," though it may also be related to the Hebrew סגולה (segulah meaning "word, action or item of spiritual effect"). A sigil may have an abstract, pictorial or semi-abstract form. In medieval ceremonial magic, the term sigil was commonly used to refer to occult signs which represented various angels and demons which the magician might summon. The magical training books called the Grimoires often listed pages of such sigils. A particularly well-known list is in the Lesser Key of Solomon, in which the sigils of the 72 princes of the hierarchy of hell (see: Shemhamphorasch) are given for the magician's use. Such sigils were considered to be the equivalent of the true name of the spirit, and thus granted the magician a measure of control over the beings. Sigils are commonly found in Jewish mysticism and Kabbalistic magic (being an especial focus of Sefer Raziel HaMalakh and other medieval Jewish mystical sources) upon which much of Western magic is based.
- See also: Enochian magic
- 'Magic coins’ and ‘magic squares’: the discovery of astrological sigils in the Oldenburg Letters
- List of Demons Sigils [20]
- Sigil on coins
Sigil Creation
This is an example of the theory of magic propounded by Marsilio Ficino. Ficino's magic is a kind of sympathetic magic where objects, colors, sounds, etc. are all categorized as to what "influences" they excite. Ficino's influences come primarily from the planets, the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The magic is aimed at "drawing down" the influence or power of specific planets in order to accomplish some end, such as protection from disease or a psychological cure. In this magic we see the role of the squares as being the mathematical archetypes of the planets themselves. As each square has a set of characteristic numbers, these numbers then also carry the influences of the various planets. In this way certain numbers can be said to be "Solar" or "Lunar" numbers.
In this system, for our study, the important issue to understand is how the particular planets come to be associated with particular squares. More than one source has it that the correspondences between the squares and the planets were the invention of Agrippa himself. The description of Agrippa and his book by Francis Yates makes it appear that Agrippa made no original contributions to magical theory in his book, but merely collected the thought of others. Other sources simply say that the Arabs assigned the squares to the planets. David Fidler in his book "Jesus Christ, Sun of God" says that the arrangements came from the Babylonians. The ancient system of cosmology had 7 planets, each in a concentric shell that rotated around the earth. The Babylonians believed that the closest planet was the moon, followed by Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. They placed the order of the squares such that the smallest squares were associated with the farthest planets, thus Saturn is 3, Jupiter is 4, etc. This relationship is important for several reasons, but the one reason that is most striking is the fact that the system assigns the square of 6 to the sun. By making this assignment, the system is made to resonate with one of the most ancient of numerological systems, namely that of the Sumerians. It was the Sumerians with their Solar worship and their sexigesimal counting system that firmly fixed the hours of the day at 24, sun nominally rising at 6:00AM and setting at 6:00PM, and who gave us the still used 360 degree circle. The association of the number 6 with the sun is a very ancient western tradition. Pythagoras on account of numerical theory called 6 the first "perfect" number. In view of these facts, the magic square of 6 with a sum total of 666 must have made quite an impression even in the 14th century, the earliest date that modern conventional scholarship will allow a western knowledge of magic squares.
Magic Squares
- Magic Squares and Sigils
- Mark Swaney on the History of Magic Squares
- How To Create A Sigil With Magic Squares
- Sigils, Magick Squares and Planetary Seals
Rose-cross
To create a sigil place a piece of paper over the rose-cross template below. Then connect each letter of the word from one box to the next. The sigil starts with a circle and ends with a line. See below where I created a sigil of "Malkuth." If a letter does not exist on the template, then use the sound of the letter instead, or if that is not possible then omit the letter completely from the sigil.
I Ching
- Various notes:
- Tortoises, The I-Ching and Magic Squares
- The I Ching is a divination system which has been developped around the Magic Square of the Lo Shu and related to Emperor Yu and the turtle. This is also the advent of the binary code. The Lo Shu Magic Square is related to (the worship of) Saturn & the Magic Square of 3
- Ancient Mathematical Origins of Modern Day Occult Practices: Popular interests are based on occult practices that have mathematical origins in the LoShu, the ancient magic square of 3.
- Tortoises, The I-Ching and Magic Squares
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