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00:00:00True it is, without falsehood certain and most true, that that which is above is like
00:00:16to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above, to accomplish
00:00:25the miracles of one thing.
00:00:29And as all things were by the contemplation of one, so all things arose from this one
00:00:36thing by a single act of adaption.
00:00:40The father thereof is the sun, the mother the moon, the wind carried it in its womb,
00:00:48the earth is the nurse thereof.
00:00:51It is the father of all works of wonder throughout the whole world.
00:00:56The power thereof is perfect.
00:00:58If it be cast to earth, it will separate the element of earth from that of fire, the subtle
00:01:05from the gross.
00:01:07With great sagacity it doth descend to earth, and uniteth in itself the force from things
00:01:13superior and things inferior.
00:01:17Thus thou wilt possess the glory of the brightness of the whole world, and all obscurity will
00:01:24fly far from thee.
00:01:26This thing is the strong fortitude of all strength, for it overcometh every subtle thing,
00:01:33and doth penetrate every solid substance.
00:01:37Thus was this world created.
00:01:41Hence there will be marvellous adaptions achieved, of which the manner is this.
00:01:46And for this reason I am called Herbes Trismegistus, because I hold three parts of the wisdom of
00:01:54the whole world, and that which I had to say about the operation of Saul is completed.
00:02:11Hidden deep in a national forest, located in Southern California, is the secluded headquarters
00:02:41of the Church of the Hermetic Sciences.
00:02:44We named our rustic estate Rivendell, after the woodland home of the elves, described
00:02:49in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic, Lord of the Rings, and, as you can see, our Rivendell
00:02:56certainly evokes that image.
00:02:59What better place could we have found to research, teach, and practice the ancient rites of magic?
00:03:06Hermetic magic is our own English and European cultural tradition of shamanism and seership.
00:03:13It is the magic of King Solomon of Berlin, of Nostradamus and Count Coleostro.
00:03:20It has been called sorcery, necromancy, and black magic by those who do not understand
00:03:26it, and yet it is also known as the art of kings, and the secret science of the philosophers.
00:03:35Here at Rivendell, we have everything necessary to pursue the study and the practical application
00:03:41of this ultimate human adventure.
00:03:44We have an outdoor henge for seasonal ceremonies, an indoor temple for magical rites, an astronomical
00:03:51observatory to view the heavens, and a hermitage for retreats, lectures, and fellowship.
00:03:58Come inside with me now, and together we will lift the veil obscuring this ancient art of
00:04:04wizardry.
00:04:07Welcome to the Church of the Hermetic Sciences and the Order of the Temple of Astarte.
00:04:13In the outer world, I'm known as Polk Runyon, but here, in the inner world of the Rivendell
00:04:19Hermitage, I'm the Archimage Frater Fabian, your host and guide on a tour of the wonderful
00:04:28world of hermetic magic.
00:04:31Hermetic magic is an art, a philosophy, and a very ancient and powerful religion.
00:04:37Yes, a religion, but with an essential difference from other religions, where they depend upon
00:04:45faith for their salvation, we seek the wisdom and power of the Gnosis.
00:04:53Know yourself, for in your temple, you are one with the gods.
00:04:59In our two previous videos, The Magic of Solomon and The Dark Mirror of Magic, we emphasized
00:05:06the techniques of evocation and invocation. That's summoning spirits to visible appearance
00:05:14and calling down angels to converse with them. Now, in some ways, this is putting the cart
00:05:20before the horse, because there's a lot more to the philosophy and practice of magic
00:05:27than these two methods.
00:05:29In this production, we're going to give you a broader perspective. We'll cover hermetic
00:05:34magical yoga, path workings, seasonal ceremonies, the mystical Eucharist, and the Enochian Aether
00:05:43system.
00:05:51Let us begin by establishing the magical universe within ourselves through the process of hermetic
00:06:05magical yoga.
00:06:09When I first began my study of magic back in 1968, I was impressed with the Tibetan
00:06:15system of tantric yoga, as described in the series of books edited by W. Evans Wentz.
00:06:23I soon realized that the modern European magus, Franz Barden, and the British magician, Aleister
00:06:31Crowley, had both incorporated Eastern yoga techniques into Western magic, but they had
00:06:38both stopped short of adapting the most important Eastern yoga system to Western practice, that
00:06:45of the straight-line spinal chakra system.
00:06:49Neither Barden nor Crowley could overcome the differences between this Indian tantric
00:06:55configuration and the three-pillared Western tree of life, even though the ancient caduceus
00:07:02of Hermes was a major clue, along with the Renaissance hermetic mystic Johann Gitchell's
00:07:08drawing of a Western hermetic chakra arrangement back in 1696. And the lightning flash or flaming
00:07:16sword on the tree of life itself is also an obvious clue.
00:07:22But we still should not fault Barden and Crowley over much for failing to realize and develop
00:07:28this vital secret, because in the latter half of the 20th century, after Barden and
00:07:35Crowley had both died, Tibetan exiles began to teach selected Western students the inner
00:07:43secrets of their magic. Now those of us who were fortunate enough to sit at the feet of
00:07:48Tibetan gurus and learn their tantras firsthand soon discovered that there were different
00:07:55chakra systems for each deity we invoked. The previous notion that all Eastern chakra
00:08:02arrangements were the same, and had been that way for thousands of years, was just simply
00:08:08not true. Along with this revelation, it is equally important to note that magical color
00:08:15is what we actively impose upon the inner planes, not what we passively observe when
00:08:23we scribe. Therefore, our chakras can conform to our own Kabbalistic color scales.
00:08:32In our case, my year of study and practice with the Sakya Order of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism,
00:08:38under the tutelage of the late Lüding Ken Rinpoche, confirmed for me the validity of
00:08:46this Western Kabbalistic chakra system we had first developed in 1975 and published
00:08:55back in 1977. We have since gone on to perfect a master ritual in which all our ancient pantheon
00:09:04of Phoenician gods indwell in the Kabbalistic spheres within the body of the magician. Within
00:09:12the Mystic Rose and Fire Opal Jewel of Hod, we enter the alchemical laboratory of Kothar,
00:09:23the ancient Phoenician predecessor of Tubal Cain. Within the Mystic Rose and Emerald Jewel
00:09:33of Netzach, we come into the presence of the Goddess Astarte, adorned with all the jewels
00:09:41of the Hermetic Cosmos. I cannot overemphasize the importance of this development. This Kabbalistic
00:09:49chakra arrangement is certainly a significant advance in Western magic. It goes far beyond
00:09:57the Golden Dawn's middle pillar exercise, providing inner wellsprings of power for every
00:10:03magical operation, for the creation of the body of light, and for the ultimate mystical
00:10:11experience of merger with the Godhead. At present, we are the only esoteric group in
00:10:18the Western world employing and teaching this system.
00:10:41There are other ways of entering this hidden magical universe. Following the Hermetic principle
00:11:00of as above, so below, as within, so without, we have again combined the best of Western
00:11:08and Eastern methods in our path-working system. Some people might call this technique astral
00:11:15travel. We prefer the term inner plane projection. In 1971, our late frater Apollonius, known
00:11:24in the outer world as John Brooks, a former student of Sikhsant Guru Kripal Singh, conducted
00:11:31us on a hypnotic journey into a magical realm of surpassing wonders and deep wisdom.
00:11:39The key element of this path-working system is its symbolic attention points, guideposts
00:11:46along the way from which the traveler receives special knowledge for himself or herself alone.
00:11:53Therefore, this transforms what might otherwise be only a deep trance reverie into a true
00:12:01initiation. We cabalized Kripal Singh's Eastern cosmos, and we added the Golden Dawn's own
00:12:10Eastern import, the elemental tatwa symbols, as doorways in the center of our great dark
00:12:18mirror.
00:12:22Come with us now as we venture along the 32nd path on our journey to the sphere of Yasod,
00:12:30the storehouse of memories, and the entrance to the astral plane. The mirror is suspended
00:12:37in space and time. From within our temple, it opens out upon the vast darkness of the
00:12:45universe. It is a portal between dimensions, the gateway to realms beyond.
00:12:53Temple path-workings are usually done inside the magic circle, with the participants lying
00:13:00in a ground star configuration on their backs, heads together, looking up into a suspended
00:13:07circular convex dark mirror. The appropriate tatwa symbol, in this case Parvati representing
00:13:16the earth element, is placed in the center of the great mirror. The mirror, suspended
00:13:21waist high, also serves as an altar top on which will be placed the symbols relating
00:13:28to the path and the sphere of the working. After a hypnotic induction which renders the
00:13:34physical body inert, the living spirit body is released from the dormant physical form
00:13:41and flies up through the tatwa which serves as an astral doorway leading to the inner
00:13:48realms of the Olam Yetzirah.
00:14:04On the highest point of the ridge line, silhouetted against the glow of the Milky Way, we see
00:14:14the great T-shaped stone dolmen. It stands stark black against the heavenly river of
00:14:21souls. We climb the trail along the ridge crest. It becomes steeper and more precarious
00:14:29as we make our way upward. Finally we reach the top and we stand at the base of the dolmen.
00:14:36A cool sea breeze touches our faces. We look down to a desolate shore and out over a vast
00:14:45knighted seascape. This is the Gulf of Nepesh, that ever dark sea of forgotten dreams and
00:14:53ancient remembrance. The moon is hiding behind a veil of cloud, shrouding the sea of mystery
00:15:00and darkness. We examine the ancient stone dolmen. It is 12 feet high and roughly chiseled
00:15:07from coarse black stone. The six foot long cross member on the top forms the T. There
00:15:14are forged bronze rings set near the ends of the cross. On the upright member there
00:15:20are hand and toe holds and a ledge to stand on. We realize that this dolmen must have
00:15:27been used by shamans of old in a vision quest rite of self-crucifixion, and that we are
00:15:35now here for that purpose ourselves. Each of us in turn will climb up upon this great
00:15:42Tao cross. Now it's your turn, and you climb up to stand on the ledge. Carefully,
00:15:51you move around to face outward. You stretch out your arms in the sign of Osiris, and you
00:15:58grasp the bronze rings. The moon emerges from behind the clouds and bathes the vast seascape
00:16:08beyond in a pale silver light. You have a panoramic view of the shoreline and the gulf.
00:16:15A thousand yards out beyond the surf, a great statue rises out of the dark waters. This
00:16:24is the Colossus of Yesod. Far out on the dark horizon to your left, an orange light flashes
00:16:33from the distant sphere of Hod, and far off to the right, a green spark glimmers from
00:16:41the sphere of Netzach. These distant beacons focus their rays on the crystal atop the Colossus.
00:16:50The crystal shimmers with an electric aura, and suddenly a deep blue ray is projected
00:16:58directly towards you. It engulfs you in a violet-blue field of magnetic energy. Your
00:17:06Yesod chakra is awakened. A rose of nine yellow petals has opened to reveal a glittering violet
00:17:16amethyst. You have thus received the second of the jewels with which you will build your
00:17:23body of light. Remember it always and treasure it well. After we have received our mystical
00:17:31empowerment, we will journey out over the dark gulf to climb the spiral ramp circling
00:17:38the Colossus. We will enter the crystal globe of memory and relive one of our past lives.
00:17:45Following this experience, we will return along our path to the astral doorway that
00:17:51leads us back through the dark mirror and into the temple, where we will awaken from
00:17:57our hypnotic trance, recalling our adventure and the knowledge we have gained.
00:18:15For the magician, his religion is the source of his power. He calls upon God, or the gods,
00:18:22to aid him in his quest for wisdom, inner strength, and enlightenment. But what is the
00:18:30best religion for a magician? Most of us have been raised in one or another of the biblically
00:18:36based faiths, none of which are supportive of the practice of magic. And yet, old King
00:18:44Solomon was deemed to have been the greatest magician of the ages. What was his religion?
00:18:53Judaism? Well, officially perhaps. But I believe that King Solomon's secret religion was the
00:19:03same as Melchizedek's a thousand years earlier. The ancient religion behind the Bible, the
00:19:12oldest religion, the religion of ancient Canaan and Phoenicia, the religion of King Solomon's
00:19:20friend, King Hiram of Tyre, who helped him to build the great temple in Jerusalem, the
00:19:27temple to God. But how did they spell God's name? With such a vision shining out of the
00:19:36mists of time, there came a compulsion to resurrect this ancient magical religion.
00:19:44Before the 1930s discovery of an ancient Canaanite royal library unearthed at Rashomra, dating
00:19:55back to the time of Melchizedek, we had no clear idea of the original magical religion
00:20:02that lay behind our Bible. The Bible relates that the legendary Canaanite priest-king Melchizedek
00:20:09had given the holy sacraments and priestly dispensation to Father Abraham. And in the
00:20:15New Testament, Jesus is said to have been a priest after the order of Melchizedek. Beyond
00:20:22that, we had only the biased accounts of later Hebrew zealots in the Old Testament and equally
00:20:29critical Christian reports from classical times concerning the oldest religion. Before
00:20:34the translations of the recently discovered Rashomra tablets became available in the 1950s,
00:20:42our limited knowledge of the ancient Phoenician mysteries was summed up in such works as James
00:20:48George Frazer's The Golden Bough and Jesse Weston's From Ritual to Romance. Back in
00:20:551969, through the magical medium of the dark mirror, I had contacted the ancient Phoenician
00:21:02goddess Astarte and her consort Prince Baal. I knew that Astarte was the muse of old King
00:21:10Solomon and the inspiration behind his reputation as the greatest magician of the ages. She
00:21:17had inspired him to build a temple for her, and she had inspired us to recreate her religion.
00:21:25Ours was not the first recreation of an ancient pagan seasonal ritual cycle. We were fortunate
00:21:31to have the example of Frederick Adams and Lady Svetlana's Ferraferia to guide us. Their
00:21:37poetic and mystical modern recension of the ancient Greek-Hellucinian mystery festivals
00:21:43marked the beginning of the neo-pagan movement in modern America.
00:21:48We began our yearly seasonal rites performed on the solstices and equinoxes back in 1974.
00:21:56We have performed them four times yearly ever since. Let us return now to 1974, at Montsovat
00:22:04Hermitage in Pasadena, California, when we enacted our first autumn equinox pageant,
00:22:11the Festival of Seven Gates, in which the goddess Astarte descends through seven celestial
00:22:18portals to vanquish Mot, the lord of darkness and death, and resurrect the dead Prince Baal.
00:22:25The actual ceremony was performed at night. What you are watching was a reenactment for
00:22:30the camera filmed in daylight. And though it lacks the drama and mystery of a torchlight
00:22:36performance, we are fortunate to have captured the late pagan elder Joseph Wilson, our Frederick
00:22:42de Jute, and our honored guests, Frederick Adams and Lady Svetlana of Ferraferia.
00:22:49There is more to the symbolism of this ancient seasonal cycle than mere modernization of
00:22:56a Bronze Age agricultural mythology. We are actually dramatizing the primal operations
00:23:02of Hermetic alchemy. In autumn, the goddess bears the life-giving grail down from the
00:23:08holy mountain through the seven gates of the underworld to resurrect the dormant fertility
00:23:13god Baal. This is the origin of the legend of Salovey's Dance of the Seven Veils.
00:23:20Baal's thirst is quenched and he is revived in the western quadrant of water under the
00:23:25sign of Mercury, representing the alchemical process of solution. In winter, the world
00:23:33is threatened by storms and floods brought on by the Dragon of Chaos. Alone, Prince Baal
00:23:39cannot defeat the dragon. He shares his victory with the moon goddess Tenet at winter solstice
00:23:46in the northern quadrant of earth under the sign of salt, representing the alchemical
00:23:51process of separation. In spring, Baal and Astarte are united in the joyous rite of Hieros
00:23:58Gamos, or sacred marriage, at the equinox, which culminates in our communion of the elements
00:24:05ceremony in the eastern quadrant of air under the sign of spirit, representing the alchemical
00:24:11process of conjunction. In summer, Prince Baal, the green man, is killed by the Dark
00:24:17Lord when the sun reaches its height at summer solstice. Then the crops wither and die on
00:24:24the southern quadrant of fire under the sign of sulfur, representing the alchemical process
00:24:31of calcination. And now, it is the eve of the summer solstice, and you have been invited
00:24:38to Rivendell to participate in a magical adventure, the ancient rite of Edonia, the death of the
00:24:45year king.
00:24:47Welcome, friends. Follow me across the bridge and into the world of magic.
00:25:01Come and dance the circle round, the sun is high again. Hail the green man's yearly gift,
00:25:18ripening the grain.
00:25:20Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:25:28Lead us to the sacred ground, the summer has begun.
00:25:32Call the year king with his grail, to serve us everyone.
00:25:37Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:25:45Wind the circle round the hinge, in the solstice rite.
00:25:49Sing the hymn of olden time, praise the lord of light.
00:25:54Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:02Come and dance the circle round, the sun is high again.
00:26:06Hail the green man's yearly gift, ripening the grain.
00:26:10Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:18Lead us to the sacred ground, the summer has begun.
00:26:22Call the year king with his grail, to serve us everyone.
00:26:26Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:34Wind the circle round the hinge, in the solstice rite.
00:26:38Sing the hymn of olden time, praise the lord of light.
00:26:42Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:50Come and dance the circle round, the sun is high again.
00:26:54Hail the green man's yearly gift, ripening the grain.
00:26:58Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:27:06Lead us to the sacred ground, the summer has begun.
00:27:10Call the year king with his grail, to serve us everyone.
00:27:14Edonia, the festival of the summer solstice.
00:27:24The drama depicts the death of the year king, at the hand of the dark lord.
00:27:30Opening the season of heat and dryness, in the southern quadrant of the magical circle.
00:27:39Which is ruled by the principle of fire, and the philosophical element of sulfur.
00:27:45Symbolizing calcination, the first of the four primal operations of alchemy.
00:27:51And accomplishing the purification of the spirit, through sacrifice.
00:27:57Harken now unto the myth of the sacred year, with the coming of the summer solstice.
00:28:04When the blazing torch of the gods reaches highest in the heavens.
00:28:09And the fruits ripen on the vine.
00:28:12Lo, prince Baal is at the zenith of his power.
00:28:18Like the gentle rains and the warming sun, that cover the hills with green.
00:28:24The prince of earth brings the blessing of heaven.
00:28:28The golden seminal sacrament of life, unto the celebrants of his ancient rites.
00:28:34And such is the mystery of the holy grail.
00:28:40But that star born crater, was not filled with the wine of blood or death.
00:28:45But rather with the nectar of life.
00:28:48Like unto the straw of the solar lingam.
00:28:52Symbolized by golden honeymead.
00:28:58In the great chalice of the solstices.
00:29:02So it was.
00:29:08So it is.
00:29:12And so shall it be.
00:29:15O youth of many names, receive our praise.
00:29:31To you, O best beloved, we sing our lays.
00:29:38With beauteous temporal orb, restore to sight.
00:29:45And with first fruits and summer flames, delight.
00:30:08Om Namah Shivaya.
00:30:39Om Bhogidula.
00:30:46Om Liyolam.
00:30:53Om Nam.
00:31:09Om Namah Shivaya.
00:31:22Before us.
00:31:26Om Rampayel.
00:31:40Behind us.
00:31:43Om God Rayel.
00:31:58At our right hand.
00:32:01Om Mikael.
00:32:17At our left hand.
00:32:20Om Narayel.
00:32:36For about us flame the blessed pentagrams.
00:32:39And in our column shines the six-rayed star.
00:32:49By the alchemy of calcination, darkness, fear, and woe be gone.
00:33:00We light this fire of purification.
00:33:04In the mystic name of Sal Om Om.
00:33:19Holy Henge of Cycling Seasons.
00:33:35Mighty Millstone of the Year.
00:33:49Marks the longest day of summer.
00:34:12And the golden sun we now revere.
00:34:20In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
00:34:24Amen.
00:34:49Thee we invoke with scent of myrrh in old Senira's sacred way.
00:35:01Come to us from far Afaka, spring and shrine and sacred tree, where roses bloom by lofty
00:35:11cedars and a crimson river seeks the sea.
00:35:16Come to us, Lord Baal Cloud Rider, rain cloud rider, prince of earth, pour for us the dew
00:35:23of heaven, holy zrah of life and worth.
00:35:46Thee we invoke with scent of myrrh in old Senira's sacred way.
00:36:09Thee we invoke with scent of myrrh in old Senira's sacred way.
00:36:10Come to us, Lord Baal Cloud Rider, rain cloud rider, prince of earth, pour for us the dew
00:36:17of heaven.
00:36:18Born of thunder, clouds on high, drink with me this life elixir.
00:36:27Dance ye round till the cup be dry.
00:36:35Round and round the circle goes while the sacred river flows.
00:36:52Round and round the streak we hail, till we drink the holy grail.
00:36:56Who drinks with me? We drink with thee!
00:36:59Who drinks with me? We drink with thee!
00:37:02Who drinks with me? We drink with thee!
00:37:05Then drink!
00:37:08All the dogs on the left!
00:37:19Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
00:37:23O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
00:37:27Who drinks with thee? We drink with thee!
00:37:31Who drinks with thee? We drink with thee!
00:37:35Then drink! All the time! All the night!
00:37:39All the time! All the night!
00:37:43Round and round the king we hail,
00:37:47Drink! All the time! All the night!
00:37:51All the time! All the night!
00:37:55All the time! All the night!
00:37:59Well done, brother! Well done!
00:38:03And...
00:38:07It is done.
00:38:17Who dares to roll the drum of battle?
00:38:21Who comes upon me from the north?
00:38:25Who marches on me from the darkness?
00:38:29I, Prince Baal, do call thee forth!
00:38:47I am not thy royal brother,
00:38:51Prince of ruin, death and gloom.
00:38:55Thou hast had thy fruitful season.
00:38:59Now it is time to seek the tomb.
00:39:17Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:21Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:25Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:29Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:33Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:37Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:41Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:45Ha ha ha ha!
00:39:49Now the crops will parch and wither.
00:39:53Rivers, streams,
00:39:57and wells be dried.
00:40:01Ha ha ha ha!
00:40:05I have laid my curse upon thee.
00:40:09Drought and famine evermore.
00:40:13This illusion is all thou hast in store.
00:40:17Ha ha ha ha!
00:40:21Ha ha ha ha!
00:40:29Alas! Alas!
00:40:33Prince Baal has fallen. The curse of Moat is on the land.
00:40:37Call we now on Theristarte.
00:40:41Only she can stay his hand.
00:40:47Queen of heaven, Theristarte,
00:40:51mistress of the evening star,
00:40:55wave-born goddess, dove of morning,
00:40:59hear us in thy land afar.
00:41:03Come to us on white wings gliding.
00:41:07Come to us, your love supernal, from your emerald-palaced home.
00:41:11Hear our call, O Theristarte,
00:41:15consort of our dead prince Baal.
00:41:19Lift the curse of Moat upon us.
00:41:23Shield us from the fires of Saul.
00:41:27Grace the land with milk and honey.
00:41:31Save the seedlings in the earth.
00:41:35Give us hope for all the future.
00:41:39Give us life and love and birth.
00:41:53Ayima al-Malka.
00:42:05Ayima al-Malka.
00:42:25I have heard thy call, my children,
00:42:29that at last you cried too late.
00:42:33That my lover's yearly fate, with him goes the bloom of springtime,
00:42:37with him pass the gentle rains.
00:42:41He alone could fruit the hillside, he alone could green the plains.
00:42:45Yet am I still queen eternal, star-born daughter of the great El?
00:42:49Seedlings slumber, yearlings prosper under my protecting spell.
00:42:53In the autumn I do pledge ye war to make the dark lord yield.
00:42:57Armed with stock and stone to grind him, I shall cast Moat to the field.
00:43:01Bearing with me heaven's nectar, I shall raise the dead prince Baal
00:43:05to regain again in winter season with the waxing rays of Saul.
00:43:09Come ye now, mourn him with me.
00:43:13Burn away the blood-borne rose.
00:43:17Purify the soul in sadness.
00:43:21Shed the tears of she who knows.
00:43:31Each rose is the blood of the year, king.
00:43:35Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:43:39These waters are the tears of the goddess.
00:43:43Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:43:47These waters are the tears of the goddess.
00:43:51Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:03Each rose is the blood of the year, king.
00:44:07Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:11These waters are the tears of the goddess.
00:44:15Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:25Each rose is the blood of the year, king.
00:44:29Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:33These waters are the tears of the goddess.
00:44:37Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:45Each rose is the blood of the year, king.
00:44:49Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:53Each rose is the blood of the year, king.
00:44:57Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:45:01Each rose is the blood of the year, king.
00:45:05Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:45:09These waters are the tears of the goddess.
00:45:13These waters are the tears of the goddess.
00:45:43Oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy
00:46:13yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi,
00:46:43oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi
00:47:13are far older than Christianity older even than Moses they go back to the days
00:47:22of Melchizedek. These sacred objects which are the four elemental weapons the
00:47:28suits of the Tarot and the implements of the Magus are the living heart of our
00:47:33magical religion they are the instruments of our art the holy
00:47:37implements of our transformation and they are central to our most solemn and
00:47:43sacred Eucharistic rite of seven sacraments the most ancient communion of
00:47:49the elements.
00:47:54It is well known that the four grail hallows being the sword, the lance, the
00:48:00chalice, and the shield or platter are symbolic of the four philosophical
00:48:05elements of air, fire, water, and earth which in turn represent the four suits
00:48:12of the Tarot. What is not so well known is that these symbolic weapons and
00:48:17implements and their use in sacred ritual predate the Judeo-Christian
00:48:23tradition. Recall that the Canaanite priest King Melchizedek gave the
00:48:28sacraments to Abraham a thousand years before Moses and 2,000 years before the
00:48:35beginning of Christianity. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
00:48:39death, I shall fear no evil. Thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they
00:48:46comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
00:48:53Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy
00:49:01shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the
00:49:07Lord forever. You are watching a communion service filmed in our Monsalvat
00:49:13temple back in 1974. In this version of the rite the magic circle is raised up
00:49:20to be a serving table and the priestess and the priest officiate from within
00:49:26while the celebrants circle to receive the sacraments. In this most ancient
00:49:33version of the Eucharist the chalice is filled with the life-giving essence of
00:49:38fermented honey rather than the blood and death surrogate of wine. In the
00:49:44Hermetic tradition we also sanctify and share the aerial incense, the fire, and
00:49:50the bread and salt of the earth. And finally we anoint the celebrant with
00:49:56holy oil and bestow the kiss of Agape, representing the infusion of spirit, the
00:50:03fifth element which quickens and enlivens the other four. Thus seven
00:50:09sacraments are blessed and administered. There are two great mysteries and
00:50:15magics attendant to this rite. The first is the personal transubstantiation of
00:50:20the Eucharist itself, an internal alchemy made more meaningful with the ingestion
00:50:26of a seminal sacrament which relates to the second great mystery of the Holy
00:50:30Shrine itself, within which the true configuration of the cherubim in the
00:50:36Holy of Holies is revealed. For was it not written in the Sefer HaZohar that,
00:50:41in the temple hidden and concealed is the secret of the Holy of Holies, which
00:50:47are the two cherubs of Zahir Anpin and Malkuth. The Holy of Holies above is the
00:50:53secret of the supernal Hukmai and Bina, similarly the groom and the bride.
00:51:24In recent years our High Communion has been presented in total silence with
00:51:29spiritual music in the background. The symbolic gestures of our acolytes, our
00:51:34deacon, and our priest and priestess are more eloquent and evocative than words.
00:51:39The deacon gives the charge and opens the temple with a pentagram ritual. The
00:51:44acolytes then enter in procession carrying with them the grail hallows and
00:51:50they venerate the elements. The priestess and priest open the shrine to reveal the
00:51:55ultimate mystery and then administer the sacraments to the celebrants. Now let us
00:52:01observe the rite as it was recently performed for our Southern California
00:52:07magical community.
01:03:49♪♪♪
01:04:18One of the most remarkable events in the history of Western magic occurred during
01:04:24the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. The most brilliant scholar of Renaissance
01:04:30England was Dr. John Dee, but Dr. John Dee was also a secret agent for the crown,
01:04:39the Queen's royal astrologer, and a ceremonial magician. For five years Dee
01:04:47and his scryer Edward Kelly invoked a number of mysterious angels who gave
01:04:54them a secret magical language and a complex system of invocation. This
01:05:01angelic language was called Enochian after the biblical prophet Enoch and it
01:05:09was cryptically displayed on tablets said to be the watchtowers of the
01:05:15universe. This Enochian system of magic was partially published in 1659 in a
01:05:23remarkable book called A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for
01:05:29Many Years Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits, tending, had it succeeded, to a
01:05:35general alteration of most states and kingdoms in the world. Now in today's New
01:05:41Age terminology the magical process detailed in this book would be called
01:05:46channeling, but this 16th century Enochian revelation was far more
01:05:51phenomenal and profound than the later 19th century accounts of Summerland
01:05:58given by spiritualist mediums and the more recent extraterrestrial teachings
01:06:05of the New Age channelers. Neither can Enochian speech be likened to the
01:06:10glossolalia of hysterical fundamentalists speaking in tongues. This
01:06:16Enochian language actually has a syntax and a grammar. It can be spoken,
01:06:21translated, and understood by both disembodied spirits and by the magicians
01:06:28who summon them. These Enochian calls were so powerful that they were
01:06:33originally delivered backwards and in reverse order. Only then, after they had
01:06:39been transcribed, could they actually be understood. Dr. Dee and Edward Kelly spent
01:06:47thousands of hours over several years gathering and meticulously recording
01:06:52this information from the spiritual entities they had contacted. Although the
01:06:59Enochian spirits claimed to be angels, they were often wrathful, capricious, and
01:07:05even immoral. But they were certainly biblical. They rumbled and thundered in
01:07:12the apocalyptic style of the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation. If the
01:07:17later 18th century mystic poet and artist William Blake had lived and died
01:07:22before Dee and Kelly began their work, one might even have suspected it was the
01:07:28ghost of Blake they had raised because both expressions of mysticism are
01:07:33similar in content and implication. There are several systems of Enochian
01:07:40magic. The one we employ is the ascension of the 30 aethers. This derives from an
01:07:47early Gnostic cosmology of 30 aeons, which are spiritually explored in an
01:07:53ascending soul quest toward enlightenment, an earthly presage of the
01:07:59soul's ascent after death. The aether system uses the four elemental tablets
01:08:05called watchtowers of the universe and a smaller fifth tablet suspended above the
01:08:11altar. This spiritual tablet of union unifies the four tablets at the quarters
01:08:18of the magical circle. In our configuration, a hundred and fifty
01:08:23millimeter amethystine scrying orb is mounted above the Enochian sigil of
01:08:30Emeth, or seal of God, upon the altar. The first stage of an Enochian ritual is the
01:08:38opening and charging of the tablets. This is called a watchtower opening. It is
01:08:44actually a variation of the Golden Dawn's greater pentagram ritual.
01:08:53OM
01:09:03OM
01:09:05OM
01:09:07OM
01:09:09OM
01:09:11OM
01:09:13OM
01:09:15OM
01:09:17OM
01:09:19OM
01:09:21OM
01:09:25I have power of Mikael, and in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle
01:09:31I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the south, and of fire.
01:09:51OM
01:09:55OM
01:09:57OM
01:10:01OM
01:10:09OM
01:10:11OM
01:10:15OM
01:10:17OM
01:10:19By the mercy of Gabrielle, and in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle,
01:10:45I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the west, and of water.
01:11:14Exape.
01:11:31Oro ibezope.
01:11:40Oro ibezope.
01:11:52By the grace of Raphael, and in the names and letters of the great eastern quadrangle,
01:12:01I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the east, and of air.
01:12:31Ngunta.
01:12:41I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the west, and in the names and letters of
01:13:11the great northern quadrangle, I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the north,
01:13:17and of earth.
01:13:37Exape.
01:13:47Ecoma.
01:13:53Ngunta.
01:13:59Ecoma.
01:14:03Ngunta.
01:14:07Ito.
01:14:11E.
01:14:15Agla.
01:14:19E.
01:14:25Agla.
01:14:35By the power of Yadava, and in the names and letters of the mystical tablet of union, I
01:14:42invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:14:49O zonu ersagigo yarapas.
01:15:03Exar ko manan tabitoem.
01:15:09Zakar.
01:15:11Eka zakare.
01:15:13O zamran.
01:15:15Oro kikre kwa.
01:15:17Pia pe.
01:15:19Pia moel.
01:15:21Un maon.
01:15:33Let the divine white brilliance descend.
01:16:01Zakar.
01:16:03O zamran.
01:16:05Oro kikre kwa.
01:16:07Zorge lapzirdo nokomad.
01:16:09Hoathia idha.
01:16:11Zakar.
01:16:13O zamran.
01:16:15Oro kikre kwa.
01:16:17Zorge lapzirdo nokomad.
01:16:19Hoathia idha.
01:16:21Zakar.
01:16:23Oro kikre kwa.
01:16:25Zorge lapzirdo nokomad.
01:16:27Hoathia idha.
01:16:29When we say hermetic science, one of the first things that comes to mind is alchemy, the
01:16:49universal medicine, the elixir of life.
01:16:55Come along with us now on a fantastic journey into the strange world of alchemical transformation
01:17:04as we present our bonus feature, Massa Confusa, a short film by Eric Bozik.
01:20:04Massa Confusa, a short film by Eric Bozik.
01:20:32Massa Confusa, a short film by Eric Bozik.
01:21:00Massa Confusa, a short film by Eric Bozik.
01:21:28Massa Confusa, a short film by Eric Bozik.
01:21:56I think I'll stay with Viagra.
01:22:14Don't try this at home.
01:22:19In our two previous productions, we explored Solomon's art of angelic invocation and the
01:22:25evocation of spirits in the dark mirror.
01:22:28In this production, we've introduced you to hermetic yoga, pathworkings, seasonal ceremonies,
01:22:35the magical Eucharist, Enochian watchtowers, and the perils of alchemical experimentation.
01:22:43Beyond this lies the vision quest for the holy guardian angel and the profound mysteries
01:22:50of celestial magic.
01:22:52At this point, you might be wondering what magical tradition do we follow?
01:22:57Do we derive from the Golden Dawn, the Ordo Templi Orientis, or some other hermetic Rosicrucian
01:23:04order?
01:23:05No.
01:23:06The tradition we follow is a hundred years older than the Golden Dawn and the OTL.
01:23:13Our initiations are based on the 18th century European rite of Kraterepoa, which was a faithful
01:23:20reconstruction of the classical pagan initiatory rites conducted in ancient Alexandria in the
01:23:26first century of the Common Era.
01:23:29We are of the ancient hermetic tradition.
01:23:33Now if you will give just a moment's attention to Frater Namus, our director, Greg Jednak,
01:23:41who played Prince Baal in our seasonal ceremony you just witnessed, Greg will introduce you
01:23:47to our other videos and publications.
01:23:54Originally we released the instructional documentary, The Magic of Solomon, in VHS format.
01:24:01It is now available in an updated, extended DVD second edition.
01:24:08This production dramatically demonstrates Solomon's magical arts of angelic invocation
01:24:16and the evocation of spirits in the dark mirror.
01:24:20At the same time, we released the companion volume, The Book of Solomon's Magic, for students
01:24:26who wish to actually master and practice Solomon's ancient art of magic.
01:24:33We followed our first video with The Dark Mirror of Magic in VHS, which recorded an
01:24:40actual magical operation evoking a remarkable prophecy of world events that afterwards came
01:24:49to pass.
01:24:51This video has also been updated and extended in a second edition DVD version.
01:24:59We published Secrets of the Golden Dawn Cipher Manuscript for students who want to learn
01:25:06the essentials of the Golden Dawn system, and Seasonal Rites of Baal and Astarte, which
01:25:13contains the complete scripts, staging directions, and commentary for all four of our seasonal
01:25:20ceremonies, including the summer solstice rite you saw performed in this production.
01:25:26And we have also published two volumes of our occasional journal, The Seventh Ray.
01:25:32The first issue contains the Golden Dawn's hitherto secret document, Book H, from which
01:25:38their Enochian magic was derived. The second issue features our Eleventh Sphere Tree of
01:25:44Life with three new tarot cards in full color. These materials are all available from us
01:25:52through our website or through major online distributors.
01:25:58In parting, let me remind you that in your temple you are one with the gods.
01:26:07Farewell and good magic.
01:27:58© transcript Emily Beynon