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Thelemapedia:Upload log

2022-12-03T13:15:49Z

Axamendes: uploaded ""

Below is a list of the most recent file uploads.
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<ul><li>13:15, 3 Dec 2022 [[User:Axamendes|Axamendes]] uploaded "[[:Image:|]]"</li>
<li>03:21, 3 Dec 2010 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:|]]"</li>
<li>19:16, 6 Sep 2007 [[User:Agathodaemon|Agathodaemon]] uploaded "[[:Image:DSC00204.JPG|DSC00204.JPG]]" (resized new image for profile)</li>
<li>19:02, 6 Sep 2007 [[User:Agathodaemon|Agathodaemon]] uploaded "[[:Image:DSC00204.JPG|DSC00204.JPG]]" (New picture for profile)</li>
<li>17:48, 21 May 2006 [[User:Nehustan|Nehustan]] uploaded "[[:Image:Ayat_An_Nur_small.jpg|Ayat_An_Nur_small.jpg]]" (Ayat An Nur)</li>
<li>08:35, 22 Nov 2005 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:Belial.jpg|Belial.jpg]]" (Belial & friends)</li>
<li>08:06, 22 Nov 2005 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:PD-icon.png|PD-icon.png]]" (public domain icon from wikimedia commons)</li>
<li>13:49, 21 Nov 2005 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pentagram3.gif|Pentagram3.gif]]" ( pentagram image from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippas Three Books about Occult Philosophy)</li>
<li>13:46, 21 Nov 2005 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pentagram3.gif|Pentagram3.gif]]" ( pentagram image from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippas Three Books about Occult Philosophy)</li>
<li>13:34, 21 Nov 2005 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pentagram3.gif|Pentagram3.gif]]" ( pentagram image from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippas Three Books about Occult Philosophy)</li>
<li>11:02, 21 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pentagram3.jpg|Pentagram3.jpg]]" ( pentagram image from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippas Three Books about Occult Philosophy)</li>
<li>08:54, 19 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Amdusias.jpg|Amdusias.jpg]]" (Image of Amdusias from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal (1863))</li>
<li>08:14, 19 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Forcas.jpg|Forcas.jpg]]" (Image of Forcas from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal (1863).)</li>
<li>07:34, 19 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Furfur.jpg|Furfur.jpg]]" (Image of Furfur from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal (1863))</li>
<li>06:55, 19 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Seal_of_demon_Astaroth.JPG|Seal_of_demon_Astaroth.JPG]]" (Seal of the demon Astaroth)</li>
<li>05:56, 19 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Eligos.jpg|Eligos.jpg]]" (Eligos/Abigor sigil)</li>
<li>05:55, 19 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Abigor.jpg|Abigor.jpg]]" (The demon Eligos also known as Abigor from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal)</li>
<li>11:16, 18 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Magicring.gif|Magicring.gif]]" (test image)</li>
<li>09:35, 18 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Bael.jpg|Bael.jpg]]" (The demon Bael, from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire infernal (1862))</li>
<li>08:46, 18 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Goetia2.jpg|Goetia2.jpg]]" (Goetia circle/triangle)</li>
<li>06:50, 18 Nov 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Talis02.png|Talis02.png]]" (Amulet from the Black Pullet grimoire.)</li>
<li>15:18, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Tileparchment.jpg|Tileparchment.jpg]]" (Tile, parchment)</li>
<li>15:10, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_udjat.jpg|Award_udjat.jpg]]" (Order of Udjat)</li>
<li>02:04, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_udjat.jpg|Award_udjat.jpg]]" (Award: Order of Udjat)</li>
<li>02:03, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_thoth.jpg|Award_thoth.jpg]]" (Award: Excellence in writing)</li>
<li>02:03, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_star.gif|Award_star.gif]]" (Award: Star of Thelemapedia)</li>
<li>02:03, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_scarab.jpg|Award_scarab.jpg]]" (Award: Diligence)</li>
<li>02:02, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_hawk.jpg|Award_hawk.jpg]]" (Award: Hawk-headed )</li>
<li>02:02, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_child.jpg|Award_child.jpg]]" (Award: Excellent newcomer)</li>
<li>00:53, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_udjat.jpg|Award_udjat.jpg]]" (Award: Order of Udjat)</li>
<li>00:53, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_thoth.jpg|Award_thoth.jpg]]" (Award: Excellence in writing)</li>
<li>00:53, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_star.gif|Award_star.gif]]" (Award: Star of Thelemapedia)</li>
<li>00:52, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_scarab.jpg|Award_scarab.jpg]]" (Award: Diligence)</li>
<li>00:52, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_hawk.jpg|Award_hawk.jpg]]" (Award: Hawk-headed )</li>
<li>00:51, 6 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Award_child.jpg|Award_child.jpg]]" (Award: Excellent newcomer)</li>
<li>19:11, 1 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Mushroom.jpg|Mushroom.jpg]]" (mushroom)</li>
<li>19:07, 1 Jul 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Mushroom.jpg|Mushroom.jpg]]" (mushroom)</li>
<li>00:43, 27 Jun 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:DeeHieroglyph.gif|DeeHieroglyph.gif]]" (Dee's glyph)</li>
<li>00:08, 27 Jun 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:John_Dee.jpg|John_Dee.jpg]]" (John Dee photo from wikipedia)</li>
<li>01:44, 26 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Unicursalhexagram.gif|Unicursalhexagram.gif]]" (Unicursal Hexagram)</li>
<li>01:43, 26 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Hexagram.gif|Hexagram.gif]]" (Hexagram)</li>
<li>23:28, 25 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Ankh.gif|Ankh.gif]]" (ankh)</li>
<li>23:49, 24 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Rosecross1.gif|Rosecross1.gif]]" (Rose Cross)</li>
<li>23:48, 24 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Rosecross_gd.gif|Rosecross_gd.gif]]" (Rose Cross of the Golden Dawn)</li>
<li>00:37, 23 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pelican.gif|Pelican.gif]]" (pelican)</li>
<li>16:26, 17 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Featured_astro.jpg|Featured_astro.jpg]]" (Featured: astrology)</li>
<li>14:38, 17 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Logo300pxmarks.gif|Logo300pxmarks.gif]]" (Thelemapedia logo 300px with marks)</li>
<li>14:37, 17 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Logo300pxmarks.gif|Logo300pxmarks.gif]]" (Thelemapedia logo 300px with marks)</li>
<li>14:08, 17 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Logo300px.gif|Logo300px.gif]]" (Thelemapedia logo 300px)</li>
<li>02:02, 17 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Treeoflife0.gif|Treeoflife0.gif]]" (Tree of Life diagram)</li>
<li>20:07, 8 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Oroboros.jpg|Oroboros.jpg]]" (Oroboros)</li>
<li>22:06, 6 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Eckenstein.jpg|Eckenstein.jpg]]" (Oscar Eckenstein)</li>
<li>21:03, 6 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Photo_k2.jpg|Photo_k2.jpg]]" (Photo of the K2 climbing party)</li>
<li>20:41, 6 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Crowley_painting.jpg|Crowley_painting.jpg]]" (Crowley painting: "Femme Dangereuse - Alice Appleton", 1935-1936)</li>
<li>07:53, 4 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Crowley2.jpg|Crowley2.jpg]]" (Crowley portrait)</li>
<li>00:36, 2 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Reguli_art.gif|Reguli_art.gif]]" (Reguli pentagrams and marks)</li>
<li>22:58, 1 Jun 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Chakras.gif|Chakras.gif]]" (Chakra diagram)</li>
<li>01:53, 22 May 2005 [[User:Agathodaemon|Agathodaemon]] uploaded "[[:Image:Agathodaemon.jpg|Agathodaemon.jpg]]" (picture for user's profile)</li>
<li>03:20, 16 Apr 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Featured_unicursal.gif|Featured_unicursal.gif]]" (Featured: Thelema)</li>
<li>03:20, 16 Apr 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Featured_tree.gif|Featured_tree.gif]]" (Featured: Tree of Life)</li>
<li>03:20, 16 Apr 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Featured_saints.gif|Featured_saints.gif]]" (Featured: Gnostic Saints)</li>
<li>20:51, 9 Apr 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Tree_simple.gif|Tree_simple.gif]]" (Tree of Life (simple version))</li>
<li>01:09, 8 Apr 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Se3.gif|Se3.gif]]" (Template: Section editor 3)</li>
<li>01:09, 8 Apr 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Se2.gif|Se2.gif]]" (Template: Section editor 2)</li>
<li>01:09, 8 Apr 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Se1.gif|Se1.gif]]" (Template: Section editor 1)</li>
<li>22:57, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Template_tarot2.jpg|Template_tarot2.jpg]]" (Template: tarot 2)</li>
<li>20:59, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Template_tarot.jpg|Template_tarot.jpg]]" (Tarot: template)</li>
<li>19:58, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:21_universe.jpg|21_universe.jpg]]" (Tarot: Universe)</li>
<li>19:58, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:20_aeon.jpg|20_aeon.jpg]]" (Tarot: Aeon)</li>
<li>19:58, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:19_sun.jpg|19_sun.jpg]]" (Tarot: Sun)</li>
<li>19:58, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:18_moon.jpg|18_moon.jpg]]" (Tarot: Moon)</li>
<li>19:57, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:17_star.jpg|17_star.jpg]]" (Tarot: Star)</li>
<li>19:57, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:16_tower.jpg|16_tower.jpg]]" (Tarot: Tower)</li>
<li>19:57, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:15_devil.jpg|15_devil.jpg]]" (Tarot: Devil)</li>
<li>19:57, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:14_art.jpg|14_art.jpg]]" (Tarot: Art)</li>
<li>19:57, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:13_death.jpg|13_death.jpg]]" (Tarot: Death)</li>
<li>19:57, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:12_hangedman.jpg|12_hangedman.jpg]]" (Tarot: Hanged Man)</li>
<li>19:56, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:11_lust.jpg|11_lust.jpg]]" (Tarot: Lust)</li>
<li>19:56, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:10_fortune.jpg|10_fortune.jpg]]" (Tarot: Fortune)</li>
<li>19:56, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:09_hermit.jpg|09_hermit.jpg]]" (Tarot: Hermit)</li>
<li>19:56, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:08_adjustment.jpg|08_adjustment.jpg]]" (Tarot: Adjustment)</li>
<li>19:56, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:07_chariot.jpg|07_chariot.jpg]]" (Tarot: Chariot)</li>
<li>19:56, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:06_lovers.jpg|06_lovers.jpg]]" (Tarot: Lovers)</li>
<li>19:56, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:05_hierophant.jpg|05_hierophant.jpg]]" (Tarot: Hierophant)</li>
<li>19:55, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:04_emperor.jpg|04_emperor.jpg]]" (Tarot: Empreror)</li>
<li>19:55, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:03_empress.jpg|03_empress.jpg]]" (Tarot: Empress)</li>
<li>19:55, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:02_priestess.jpg|02_priestess.jpg]]" (Tarot: Priestess)</li>
<li>19:55, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:01_magus.jpg|01_magus.jpg]]" (Tarot: Magus)</li>
<li>19:55, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:0_fool.jpg|0_fool.jpg]]" (Tarot: The Fool)</li>
<li>03:04, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Stele.jpg|Stele.jpg]]" (Stele of revealing)</li>
<li>02:13, 26 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Thelema_template.gif|Thelema_template.gif]]" (Thelema template)</li>
<li>15:46, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_trine.gif|Aspect_trine.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: trine)</li>
<li>15:46, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_square.gif|Aspect_square.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: square)</li>
<li>15:46, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_sextile.gif|Aspect_sextile.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: sextile)</li>
<li>15:46, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_sesquiquare.gif|Aspect_sesquiquare.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: sesquiquare)</li>
<li>15:46, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_semisquare.gif|Aspect_semisquare.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: semisquare)</li>
<li>15:45, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_semisextile.gif|Aspect_semisextile.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: semisextile)</li>
<li>15:45, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_quincunx.gif|Aspect_quincunx.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: Quincunx)</li>
<li>15:45, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_q.gif|Aspect_q.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: Quintile)</li>
<li>15:44, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_opposition.gif|Aspect_opposition.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: Opposition)</li>
<li>15:44, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_conjunct.gif|Aspect_conjunct.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: Conjunct)</li>
<li>15:44, 17 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Aspect_bq.gif|Aspect_bq.gif]]" (Astrology: aspect symbol: Biquintile)</li>
<li>21:59, 11 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Mark_beast.gif|Mark_beast.gif]]" (Symbol: Mark of the Beast)</li>
<li>21:57, 11 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Circle_cross.gif|Circle_cross.gif]]" (Symbol: Circle & Cross)</li>
<li>16:00, 4 Mar 2005 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:Lingam_or_phallus_payne-knight.jpg|Lingam_or_phallus_payne-knight.jpg]]" (Lingam or Phallus as described in Payne-Knight's "A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus" (1786))</li>
<li>13:30, 3 Mar 2005 [[User:Thiebes|Thiebes]] uploaded "[[:Image:Ouroboros.png|Ouroboros.png]]" (Ouroboros, from an alchemical manuscript)</li>
<li>03:58, 2 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Astrologytemplate.jpg|Astrologytemplate.jpg]]" (Astrolgy template image)</li>
<li>23:45, 1 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Partialcrowley.jpg|Partialcrowley.jpg]]" ("partial" graphic)</li>
<li>23:22, 1 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Stub.gif|Stub.gif]]" (stub)</li>
<li>00:41, 1 Mar 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Egyptiangods.jpg|Egyptiangods.jpg]]" (Egyptian gods template image)</li>
<li>23:51, 20 Feb 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pub_logo2.gif|Pub_logo2.gif]]" (SWL Publications logo)</li>
<li>19:40, 18 Feb 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Greekgods.jpg|Greekgods.jpg]]" (Greek Gods template header)</li>
<li>16:46, 18 Feb 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Athenalight.jpg|Athenalight.jpg]]" (Athena for Greek Gods template)</li>
<li>16:38, 18 Feb 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Athena(light).jpg|Athena(light).jpg]]" (Athena for Greek Gods template)</li>
<li>22:34, 17 Feb 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Rapeproserpine.jpg|Rapeproserpine.jpg]]" (Rape of Persephone by Bernini)</li>
<li>14:29, 4 Feb 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Netherwood.jpg|Netherwood.jpg]]" (Netherwood Hastings)</li>
<li>06:17, 4 Feb 2005 [[User:ThomasStevens|ThomasStevens]] uploaded "[[:Image:Netherwood_Hastings_741.jpg|Netherwood_Hastings_741.jpg]]" (Netherwood, Hastings)</li>
<li>06:04, 4 Feb 2005 [[User:ThomasStevens|ThomasStevens]] uploaded "[[:Image:Netherwood_Hastings_500px.jpg|Netherwood_Hastings_500px.jpg]]" (Netherwood, Hastings)</li>
<li>03:45, 4 Feb 2005 [[User:ThomasStevens|ThomasStevens]] uploaded "[[:Image:Scan.jpg|Scan.jpg]]" (Netherwood, Hastings)</li>
<li>16:14, 29 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pentagram_earth.gif|Pentagram_earth.gif]]" (Pentagram of earth)</li>
<li>16:12, 29 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pentagram_earth.gif|Pentagram_earth.gif]]" (Pentagram of earth)</li>
<li>16:12, 29 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Pentagrams.gif|Pentagrams.gif]]" (Pentagrams, invoking and banishing)</li>
<li>04:26, 22 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Hexagrams2.gif|Hexagrams2.gif]]" (Hexagrams of the planets)</li>
<li>19:32, 21 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Hexagrams.gif|Hexagrams.gif]]" (Hexagrams (invoking and banishing))</li>
<li>15:06, 20 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Tutorial.jpg|Tutorial.jpg]]" (Tutorial banner)</li>
<li>04:23, 20 Jan 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:AC_abbey.jpg|AC_abbey.jpg]]" (crowley, Leah, and the kids at the abbey)</li>
<li>21:14, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Frater C.U.G.|Frater C.U.G.]] uploaded "[[:Image:Rose_and_crowley.jpg|Rose_and_crowley.jpg]]" (Crowley with Rose and daughter)</li>
<li>00:46, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_isisrejoicing.gif|Sign_isisrejoicing.gif]]" (Sign (isis rejoicing))</li>
<li>00:42, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_water.gif|Sign_water.gif]]" (Sign (water))</li>
<li>00:42, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_vir.gif|Sign_vir.gif]]" (Sign (vir))</li>
<li>00:41, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_veil(2).gif|Sign_veil(2).gif]]" (Sign (veil s))</li>
<li>00:41, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_veil(1).gif|Sign_veil(1).gif]]" (Sign (vail 1))</li>
<li>00:41, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_typhon.gif|Sign_typhon.gif]]" (Sign (typhon))</li>
<li>00:41, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_silence.gif|Sign_silence.gif]]" (Sign (silence))</li>
<li>00:41, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_puer.gif|Sign_puer.gif]]" (Sign (puer))</li>
<li>00:41, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_puella.gif|Sign_puella.gif]]" (Sign (puella))</li>
<li>00:40, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_osirisslain.gif|Sign_osirisslain.gif]]" (Sign (osiris slain))</li>
<li>00:40, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_osirisrisen.gif|Sign_osirisrisen.gif]]" (Sign (osiris risen))</li>
<li>00:40, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_mulier.gif|Sign_mulier.gif]]" (Sign (mulier))</li>
<li>00:40, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_isismourning.gif|Sign_isismourning.gif]]" (Sign (isis mourning))</li>
<li>00:40, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_fire.gif|Sign_fire.gif]]" (Sign (fire))</li>
<li>00:40, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_enterer.gif|Sign_enterer.gif]]" (Sign (enterer))</li>
<li>00:39, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_earth.gif|Sign_earth.gif]]" (Sign (earth))</li>
<li>00:39, 19 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sign_air.gif|Sign_air.gif]]" (Sign (air))</li>
<li>18:22, 17 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Leah.jpg|Leah.jpg]]" (Leah Hirsig)</li>
<li>04:24, 17 Jan 2005 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Unicursalsmall.gif|Unicursalsmall.gif]]" (Unicursal—small for template)</li>
<li>21:11, 13 Dec 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Bast.jpg|Bast.jpg]]" (Bast)</li>
<li>20:55, 13 Dec 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Udjat.jpg|Udjat.jpg]]" (Udjat: Eye of Horus from tomb of Tut)</li>
<li>03:27, 6 Nov 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Planetssigns.gif|Planetssigns.gif]]" (Signs of the Planets)</li>
<li>03:26, 6 Nov 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Zodiacsigns.gif|Zodiacsigns.gif]]" (Signs of the Zodiac)</li>
<li>14:04, 5 Nov 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Zodiac3.gif|Zodiac3.gif]]" (Zodiac woodcut, detail)</li>
<li>10:16, 5 Nov 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Sigil_of_ameth.gif|Sigil_of_ameth.gif]]" (Sigil of Ameth)</li>
<li>06:17, 5 Nov 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Chart_astrology.gif|Chart_astrology.gif]]" (Astrology chart)</li>
<li>04:36, 4 Nov 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Masstemple.jpg|Masstemple.jpg]]" (Mass temple layout with Tree)</li>
<li>05:19, 1 Nov 2004 [[User:Ash|Ash]] uploaded "[[:Image:Boleskine5.jpg|Boleskine5.jpg]]" (Boleskine House (c. Lashtal.com))</li>
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A.'.A.'.

2005-03-19T18:44:37Z

Axamendes: /* Initiatory structure */

The A&there4;A&there4;, or "Great White Brotherhood," is an organized fraternity of men and women dedicated to the spiritual advancement of humanity. The current structure of the organization was designed by [[Aleister Crowley]] and [[George Cecil Jones]] in 1906 from the ashes of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]. The A&there4;A&there4; revealed ''[[The Book of the Law|Liber AL vel Legis]]'' to the world through the Prophet Aleister Crowley, as well as the other [[The Holy Books of Thelema|Holy Books of Thelema]].

In ''An Account of A&there4;A&there4;'', Aleister Crowley writes,
:This community possesses a School, in which all who thirst for knowledge are instructed by the Spirit of Wisdom itself; and all the mysteries of nature are preserved in this school for the children of light. Perfect knowledge of nature and of humanity is taught in this school. It is from her that all truths penetrate into the world; she is the school of all who search for wisdom, and it is in this community alone that truth and the explantation of all mystery are to be found.

In "The System of the O.T.O", which originally appeared in ''Magick Without Tears'', Crowley says,

:The A&there4;A&there4; concerns the individual, his development, his intitiation, his passage from "Student" to "Ipsissimus"; he has no contact of any kind with any other person except the Neophyte who introduces him, and any Student or Students whom he may, after becoming a Neophyte, introduce.

==Membership==
A&there4;A&there4; is unique in that members officially only know their superior and any inferiors they themselves are responsible for. There are no regular group rituals (measures are taken to hide the identity of the Officers during the few Temple initiation rituals), and members are expected to work alone, consulting as needed with their superior in the Order. In this way the founders of the system hoped to avoid the many social complications and ego problems that led to the downfall of the predecessor organization, the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]. The A&there4;A&there4; is a spiritual organization focused on enlightenment of the individual, with a strong emphasis on maintaining the chain of initiates from teacher to student, and devoting all of ones attainments to those that follow.

In general, a member of A&there4;A&there4; will do the following:

*Discover for himself his own true will, and then do it, and do nothing else
*Accept the ''Book of the Law'' as the sole Rule of Life
*Acknowledge that "The word of the Law is Θελημα" and that "Love is the law, love under will."
*Acknowledge the authority of the offices of the Beast 666 and the Scarlet Woman
*Accept Ra-Hoor-Khuit as the Lord of the Aeon, and work to establish His reign upon Earth
*Work to attain the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel
*After the K&C of the HGA, to enter into the Abyss, and to emerge again therefrom

==Initiatory structure==
The A&there4;A&there4; consists of eleven grades devided into a preparatory stage, and three initiatory "Orders":

''Without all Orders''

:'''Student''': His business is to acquire a general intellectual knowledge of all systems of attainment, as declared in the prescribed books. At the end of a fixed period, the Student sits an open-book examination to test his reading, after which he passes through a small ritual involving the reading of the History Lection (Liber X), and passes to the grade of Probationer.

:'''Probationer''' (0°=0#): This grade exists primarily for the candidate to prove himself capable of executing the Great Work, and to prepare him for his initiation into the A&there4;A&there4; proper. His principal business is to begin such practices as he my prefer, and to write a careful record of the same for one year. In this, he is charged with the tasks of attaining a "scientific knowledge of the nature and powers of his own being". Crowley elsewhere mentions that the Probationer must demonstrate a reasonable level of proficiency in the core practices of the Order (as laid out in Libers ''E'', and ''O''). This is primarily to ensure that when advancement comes, the newly created Neophyte will have the necessary experience to guide his own Probationers in their work. Initiation into the following grade of Neophyte is conferred after at least one year, through an unpublished ritual titled ''Liber Throa''.

''The Order of the G&there4;D&there4; (Golden Dawn)''

:'''Neophyte''' (1°=10#): The title of the grade is derived from the Greek ''neophutos'', meaning ''newly planted''. The Neophyte grade is the first grade in which true initiation takes place, and the candidate set in fertile spiritual soil in which to grow. The Neophyte is charged with the task of attaining "control of the nature and powers of [his] own being." This is prosecuted through the acquisition and use of the technique of [[Rising on the Planes]], i.e. by acquiring perfect control of the Astral Plane. Initiation into the grade of Zelator is conferred a minimum of eight months, through a second unpublished ritual, titled ''The Passing through the Duat''.

:'''Zelator''' (2°=9#): His main work is to achieve complete success in Asana and Pranayama. He also begins to study the formula of the Rosy Cross. The word "Zelator" probably stems from the Greek ''zealos'', zeal. This is in reference to the energy-building asanas and pranayamas that characterise the main work of the grade. The Oath of the grade states the Zelator is to "obtain control of the foundations of [his] own being", a reference to the Sephirah [[Yesod]], to which the grade is attributed. Advancement to Practicus is administrative only, requiring no initiatory ritual as such, and may be conferred at any time.

:'''Practicus''' (3°=8#): Is expected to complete his intellectual training, and in particular to study the Qabalah. The grade title suggests the "practical" use of the skills acquired through the previous grades. The Practicus is prosecuted to "obtain control of the vacillations of [his] own being", which is to say that he must learn to control his own mind, and become one-pointed in thought, and so in word and action. Advancement to Philosophus, like the advancement to Practicus, is also a purely administrative process, and again may be conferred at any time.

:'''Philosophus''' (4°=7#): Is expected to complete his moral training. He is tested in Devotion to the Order. In particular, this grade stresses the application of adorations to various deities, such as are outlined in ''Liber Astarte''. The oath of the grade characterises this; the Philosophus resolves to "obtain control of the attractions and repulsions of my own being." This effort is the primarily directed toward transcending the likes and dislikes, deliberately defying one's morality, and so on. The aim is to break out of one's predefined idea of self, and reach a perfectly equanimous perspective. Advancement to Dominus Liminis is made at the perfection of this process, and may take place at any time, with no prescribed ritual.

:'''Dominus Liminis'''—the link: The grade of Dominus Liminis is a "bridge" that connects the outer Order of the G&there4;D&there4;, centred in [[Yesod]], with the Order of the R&there4;C&there4;, centred in [[Tiphareth]]. The work of the Dominus Liminis extends and refines the work of the previous grades, synthesising it into a coherent whole. The self-control of the Neophyte, the energy of the Zelator, the one-pointedness of the Practicus and the indifference of the Philosophus are fused together, and turned to the work of strengthening and refining the faculty of aspiration. Indeed, the oath of this grade is precisely this, to "obtain control of the aspirations of [one's] own being". The title "Dominus Liminis" is another reflection of this aspiration: it means "the threshold of the Lord", a reference to the fact that in the next grade, that aspiration will be turned to the attainment of Communion with the [[Holy Guardian Angel]].

''The Order of the R&there4;C&there4; (Rose-Cross)''

:'''Adeptus Minor''' (5°=6#): The Grade of Adeptus Minor is the main theme of the instructions of the A&there4; A&there4; It is characterised by the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. His work is to manifest the Beauty of the Order to the world, in the way that his superiors enjoin, and his genius dictates.

:'''Adeptus Major''' (6°=5#): His work is to use Magical Powers to support the authority of the Exempt Adept his superior. He achieves self-reliance, the proper use of Force, and the authority to govern the lower grades.

:'''Adeptus Exemptus''' (7°=4#): The Adept must prepare and publish a thesis setting forth His knowledge of the Universe, and his proposals for its welfare and progress. He will thus be known as the leader of a school of thought. He will have attained all but the supreme summits of meditation, and should be already prepared to perceive that the only possible course for him is to devote himself utterly to helping his fellow creatures.

:'''(Babe of the Abyss)'''—the link: The Grade of the Babe of the Abyss is not a Grade in the proper sense, being rather a passage between the two Orders. It is an annihilation of all the bonds that compose the self or constitute the Cosmos, a resolution of all complexities into their elements, and these thereby cease to manifest, since things are only knowable in respect of their relation to, and reaction on, other things.

''The Order of the S. S.''

:'''Magister Templi, or Master of the Temple''' (8°=3#): His principal business is to obtain a perfect understanding of the Universe. The essential Attainment is the perfect annihilation of that personality which limits and oppresses his true self. The Magister Templi is pre-eminently the Master of Mysticism, that is, His Understanding is entirely free from internal contradiction or external obscurity; His word is to comprehend the existing Universe in accordance with His own Mind.

:'''Magus''' (9°=2#): Attains to wisdom, declares his law and is a Master of all Magick in its greatest and highest sense. His will is entirely free from internal diversion or external opposition; His work is to create a new Universe in accordance with his Will.

:'''Ipsissimus''' (10°=1#): Beyond the comprehension of the lower degrees. An Ipsissimus is free from limitations and necessity and lives in perfect balance with Nature. Essentially, the highest mode of attainment.

==References==
*Crowley, Aleister. (1990). "An Account of A&there4;A&there4;" ''The Equinox, I(1).'' York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser
*Crowley, Aleister. (1997). "One Star in Sight". ''Magick: Book Four.'' York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser
*Crowley, Aleister. (1982). "The System of O.T.O." ''Magick Without Tears.'' Phoenix, AZ : Falcon Press

==External Links==
*[http://www.outercol.org/ Outer College Curriculum Resources]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib61.html Liber LXI vel Causae A&there4;A&there4;]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib33.html Liber XXXIII, An Account of A&there4;A&there4;]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib207.html A Syllabus of the Official Instructions of A&there4;A&there4;]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aba/app2.html One Star in Sight]

[[Category:Organizations]]

A.'.A.'.

2005-03-19T18:42:24Z

Axamendes: /* Initiatory structure */

The A&there4;A&there4;, or "Great White Brotherhood," is an organized fraternity of men and women dedicated to the spiritual advancement of humanity. The current structure of the organization was designed by [[Aleister Crowley]] and [[George Cecil Jones]] in 1906 from the ashes of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]. The A&there4;A&there4; revealed ''[[The Book of the Law|Liber AL vel Legis]]'' to the world through the Prophet Aleister Crowley, as well as the other [[The Holy Books of Thelema|Holy Books of Thelema]].

In ''An Account of A&there4;A&there4;'', Aleister Crowley writes,
:This community possesses a School, in which all who thirst for knowledge are instructed by the Spirit of Wisdom itself; and all the mysteries of nature are preserved in this school for the children of light. Perfect knowledge of nature and of humanity is taught in this school. It is from her that all truths penetrate into the world; she is the school of all who search for wisdom, and it is in this community alone that truth and the explantation of all mystery are to be found.

In "The System of the O.T.O", which originally appeared in ''Magick Without Tears'', Crowley says,

:The A&there4;A&there4; concerns the individual, his development, his intitiation, his passage from "Student" to "Ipsissimus"; he has no contact of any kind with any other person except the Neophyte who introduces him, and any Student or Students whom he may, after becoming a Neophyte, introduce.

==Membership==
A&there4;A&there4; is unique in that members officially only know their superior and any inferiors they themselves are responsible for. There are no regular group rituals (measures are taken to hide the identity of the Officers during the few Temple initiation rituals), and members are expected to work alone, consulting as needed with their superior in the Order. In this way the founders of the system hoped to avoid the many social complications and ego problems that led to the downfall of the predecessor organization, the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]. The A&there4;A&there4; is a spiritual organization focused on enlightenment of the individual, with a strong emphasis on maintaining the chain of initiates from teacher to student, and devoting all of ones attainments to those that follow.

In general, a member of A&there4;A&there4; will do the following:

*Discover for himself his own true will, and then do it, and do nothing else
*Accept the ''Book of the Law'' as the sole Rule of Life
*Acknowledge that "The word of the Law is Θελημα" and that "Love is the law, love under will."
*Acknowledge the authority of the offices of the Beast 666 and the Scarlet Woman
*Accept Ra-Hoor-Khuit as the Lord of the Aeon, and work to establish His reign upon Earth
*Work to attain the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel
*After the K&C of the HGA, to enter into the Abyss, and to emerge again therefrom

==Initiatory structure==
The A&there4;A&there4; consists of eleven grades devided into a preparatory stage, and three initiatory "Orders":

''Without all Orders''

:'''Student''': His business is to acquire a general intellectual knowledge of all systems of attainment, as declared in the prescribed books. At the end of a fixed period, the Student sits an open-book examination to test his reading, after which he passes through a small ritual involving the reading of the History Lection (Liber X), and passes to the grade of Probationer.

:'''Probationer''' (0°=0#): This grade exists primarily for the candidate to prove himself capable of executing the Great Work, and to prepare him for his initiation into the A&there4;A&there4; proper. His principal business is to begin such practices as he my prefer, and to write a careful record of the same for one year. In this, he is charged with the tasks of attaining a "scientific knowledge of the nature and powers of his own being". Crowley elsewhere mentions that the Probationer must demonstrate a reasonable level of proficiency in the core practices of the Order (as laid out in Libers ''E'', and ''O''). This is primarily to ensure that when advancement comes, the newly created Neophyte will have the necessary experience to guide his own Probationers in their work. Initiation into the following grade of Neophyte is conferred after at least one year, through an unpublished ritual titled ''Liber Throa''.

''The Order of the G&there4;D&there4; (Golden Dawn)''

:'''Neophyte''' (1°=10#): The title of the grade is derived from the Greek ''neophutos'', meaning ''newly planted''. The Neophyte grade is the first grade in which true initiation takes place, and the candidate set in fertile spiritual soil in which to grow. The Neophyte is charged with the task of attaining "control of the nature and powers of [his] own being." This is prosecuted through the acquisition and use of the technique of [[Rising on the Planes]], i.e. by acquiring perfect control of the Astral Plane. Initiation into the grade of Zelator is conferred a minimum of eight months, through a second unpublished ritual, titled ''The Passing through the Duat''.

:'''Zelator''' (2°=9#): His main work is to achieve complete success in Asana and Pranayama. He also begins to study the formula of the Rosy Cross. The word "Zelator" probably stems from the Greek ''zealos'', zeal. This is in reference to the energy-building asanas and pranayamas that characterise the main work of the grade. The Oath of the grade states the Zelator is to "obtain control of the foundations of [his] own being", a reference to the Sephirah [[Yesod]], to which the grade is attributed. Advancement to Practicus is administrative only, requiring no initiatory ritual as such, and may be conferred at any time.

:'''Practicus''' (3°=8#): Is expected to complete his intellectual training, and in particular to study the Qabalah. The grade title suggests the "practical" use of the skills acquired through the previous grades. The Practicus is prosecuted to "obtain control of the vacillations of [his] own being", which is to say that he must learn to control his own mind, and become one-pointed in thought, and so in word and action. Advancement to Philosophus, like the advancement to Practicus, is also a purely administrative process, and again may be conferred at any time.

:'''Philosophus''' (4°=7#): Is expected to complete his moral training. He is tested in Devotion to the Order. In particular, this grade stresses the application of adorations to various deities, such as are outlined in ''Liber Astarte''. The oath of the grade characterises this; the Philosophus resolves to "obtain control of the attractions and repulsions of my own being." This effort is the primarily directed toward transcending the likes and dislikes, deliberately defying one's morality, and so on. The aim is to break out of one's predefined idea of self, and reach a perfectly equanimous perspective. Advancement to Dominus Liminis is made at the perfection of this process, and may take place at any time, with no prescribed ritual.

:'''Dominus Liminis'''.—the link: The grade of Dominus Liminis is a "bridge" that connects the outer Order of the G&there4;D&there4;, centred in [[Yesod]], with the Order of the R&there4;C&there4;, centred in [[Tiphareth]]. The work of the Dominus Liminis extends and refines the work of the previous grades, synthesising it into a coherent whole. The self-control of the Neophyte, the energy of the Zelator, the one-pointedness of the Practicus and the indifference of the Philosophus are fused together, and turned to the work of aspiration toward the [[Holy Guardian Angel]]. Indeed, the oath of this grade is precisely this, to "obtain control of the aspirations of [one's] own being". The title "Dominus Liminis" is another reflection of this aspiration: it means "the threshold of the Lord".

''The Order of the R&there4;C&there4; (Rose-Cross)''

:'''Adeptus Minor''' (5°=6#): The Grade of Adeptus Minor is the main theme of the instructions of the A&there4; A&there4; It is characterised by the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. His work is to manifest the Beauty of the Order to the world, in the way that his superiors enjoin, and his genius dictates.

:'''Adeptus Major''' (6°=5#): His work is to use Magical Powers to support the authority of the Exempt Adept his superior. He achieves self-reliance, the proper use of Force, and the authority to govern the lower grades.

:'''Adeptus Exemptus''' (7°=4#): The Adept must prepare and publish a thesis setting forth His knowledge of the Universe, and his proposals for its welfare and progress. He will thus be known as the leader of a school of thought. He will have attained all but the supreme summits of meditation, and should be already prepared to perceive that the only possible course for him is to devote himself utterly to helping his fellow creatures.

:'''(Babe of the Abyss)'''—the link: The Grade of the Babe of the Abyss is not a Grade in the proper sense, being rather a passage between the two Orders. It is an annihilation of all the bonds that compose the self or constitute the Cosmos, a resolution of all complexities into their elements, and these thereby cease to manifest, since things are only knowable in respect of their relation to, and reaction on, other things.

''The Order of the S. S.''

:'''Magister Templi, or Master of the Temple''' (8°=3#): His principal business is to obtain a perfect understanding of the Universe. The essential Attainment is the perfect annihilation of that personality which limits and oppresses his true self. The Magister Templi is pre-eminently the Master of Mysticism, that is, His Understanding is entirely free from internal contradiction or external obscurity; His word is to comprehend the existing Universe in accordance with His own Mind.

:'''Magus''' (9°=2#): Attains to wisdom, declares his law and is a Master of all Magick in its greatest and highest sense. His will is entirely free from internal diversion or external opposition; His work is to create a new Universe in accordance with his Will.

:'''Ipsissimus''' (10°=1#): Beyond the comprehension of the lower degrees. An Ipsissimus is free from limitations and necessity and lives in perfect balance with Nature. Essentially, the highest mode of attainment.

==References==
*Crowley, Aleister. (1990). "An Account of A&there4;A&there4;" ''The Equinox, I(1).'' York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser
*Crowley, Aleister. (1997). "One Star in Sight". ''Magick: Book Four.'' York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser
*Crowley, Aleister. (1982). "The System of O.T.O." ''Magick Without Tears.'' Phoenix, AZ : Falcon Press

==External Links==
*[http://www.outercol.org/ Outer College Curriculum Resources]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib61.html Liber LXI vel Causae A&there4;A&there4;]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib33.html Liber XXXIII, An Account of A&there4;A&there4;]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib207.html A Syllabus of the Official Instructions of A&there4;A&there4;]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aba/app2.html One Star in Sight]

[[Category:Organizations]]

A.'.A.'.

2005-03-19T17:47:52Z

Axamendes:

Aspect (astrology)

2005-03-19T17:39:57Z

Axamendes: /* Further distinctions */

{{astrology}}
An '''aspect''' is an angular relationship between planets that indicates that their significations are connected in some way. Generally speaking, aspects are classified as harmonious, inharmonious, or neutral. The most commonly used aspects are those called the major aspects: the trine (120º), the sextile (60º), the square (90º), the opposition (180º), and the conjunction (0º). The trine and sextile are considered harmonious or supportive, while the opposition and square are considered inharmionious. The conjunction is considered neutral in itself; it may have a positive or negative connotation depending on the planets involved and their house placement.

Aspects need not be exact to be considered present; a certain amount of leeway, called the '''orb''' of the aspect, is allowed. For the aspects listed above, an orb of 6-8º is usually allowed. So planets that are 54º-66º apart in [[ecliptic longitude]] are considered to be in sextile aspect to one another, although an exact aspect is usually considered more meaningful.

==The aspects==

===Major aspects===
====Conjunction—0°====
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This is said to be the most powerful and harmonious aspect, intensifying the effects of the involved planets. If the planets are afflicted, then the conjunction will be said to intensify this affliction. If one of the bodies is the sun or moon, a separation of 0±10° is considered a conjunction. If neither the sun or moon is involved, a conjunction is a separation of 0±8°.

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====Opposition—180°====
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Oppositions are said to be the second most powerful aspect and are often seen as “disharmonious”. However, they are looked on less negatively than in the past, providing challenges in life, but also providing an integrating link, like a backbone. Overall, an opposition between two planets creates tension, which can have positive or negative results.

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====Square—90°====
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The square is said to indicate strain, tension, and energy, presenting challenges to achievement and an opportunity to develop strength of character. In this aspect, planets tend to be "blocked," since it is akin to having two connected forces struggling to move in different directions. A common manifestation is having multiple needs that are mutually exclusive.

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====Trine—120°====
<div style="float:left;margin-right:15px;">[[Image:Aspect_trine.gif]]</div>
The trine is said to be extremely beneficial, providing ease (even if undeserved). Too many trines are said to make a person unable to cope with adversity. In this aspect, the best qualities of the planets are magnified and this is often where a person will see their greatest "natural" talents.

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====Sextile—60°====
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The sextile is said to be similar in influence to the trine, but only provides opportunity, requiring effort to reap its benefits.

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===Minor aspects===

====Semisquare—45°====
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Disharmonious. This aspect is considered a weaker version of the square.

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====Sesquisquare—135°====
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Disharmonious. Similar to a semisquare.

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====Semisextile—30°====
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This is considered a weaker version of the sextile.

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====Quincunx—150°====
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The quincunx is said to be of moderate but somewhat unpredictable influence, bringing strain.

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====Quintile—72°====
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This is considered similar to a semisextile, but effort is not needed to reap its benefits.

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====Biquintile—144°====
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Here is a description.

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==The ancient use of aspects==

The idea of aspects in ancient astrology was somewhat different than in the modern application. Aspects were counted by sign rather than by exact degree, so a planet in [[Leo]] might be considered to form a trine with any planet in [[Sagittarius]] or [[Aries]]. It would never be considered to form a trine with a planet in Capricorn, even if the actual angle between the two planets were within the orb allowed by modern astrologers (for example, 29º Leo to 1º Capricorn would be well within orb at 122º).

Aspects were also classified by their direction. An aspect measured forward through the zodiac was called a "left" aspect (so, for example, Leo to Sagittarius would be a "left trine"), and an aspect in the other direction was called a "right" aspect (Leo to Aries would be a "right trine"). In Indian or Vedic astrology, each planet makes only some of the possible aspects. For example, Saturn only makes conjunctions, oppositions, left sextiles, and right squares.

==Further distinctions==

An aspect that is exact is called '''perfect'''. An aspect that is within orb and getting closer to perfection is called '''applying''', and one that is within orb and in the process of moving further from perfection is called '''departing''', or '''separating'''. An aspect between planets in the same degree of their respective signs is called a '''partile''' aspect (for example, two planets in 18º01' Leo and 18º59' Sagittarius are in partile trine. Two planets in 18º01' Leo and 17º59' Sagittarius are not, even though they are closer to being perfect). Aspects that fall in the "wrong" sign by virtue of their orb (such as the Leo/Capricorn example given above) are sometimes called '''occult''' or '''hidden aspects'''. Applying and partile aspects are sometimes considered stronger than departing or hidden aspects.

==See also==
[[Orb (astrology)|Orbs]]

==References==
*Astro.com. (2005). ''[http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_aspect_e.htm The Aspects].'' Retrieved on 03/16/05.
*Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_aspect Astrological aspect]''. Retrieved on 03/16/05.

[[category:Astrology]]

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:26:33Z

Axamendes: /* Etymology */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!

:— ''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

:— Revelations 18:1-5

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''. This is most probable, given that ''The Vision and the Voice'' was obtained by Crowley through skrying, after he had conducted invocations using the [[Enochian]] system of magick.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

==References==
* Crowley, Aleister. ''The Vision and the Voice''.
* ''The Bible'', King James Version.

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:23:23Z

Axamendes: /* References */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!

:— ''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

:— Revelations 18:1-5

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

==References==
* Crowley, Aleister. ''The Vision and the Voice''.
* ''The Bible'', King James Version.

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:22:40Z

Axamendes: /* References */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!

:— ''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

:— Revelations 18:1-5

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

==References==
* Crowley, Aleister. ''The Vision and the Voice''
* ''The Bible'', King James Version.

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:21:44Z

Axamendes: /* Etymology */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!

:— ''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

:— Revelations 18:1-5

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

==References==

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:21:08Z

Axamendes: /* The deity herself */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!

:— ''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

:— Revelations 18:1-5

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:20:52Z

Axamendes: /* Etymology */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!

:—''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

:— Revelations 18:1-5

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:20:21Z

Axamendes: /* The deity herself */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!

:—''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:20:07Z

Axamendes: /* Biblical origins */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!"

:—''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:19:50Z

Axamendes: /* Biblical origins */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!"

:—''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."

:— Revelations 17:3-6

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:19:14Z

Axamendes: /* The deity herself */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!"

:—''The Vision and the Voice'', 12th Aethyr, Aleister Crowley.

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Revelations 17: 3-6)

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:17:42Z

Axamendes: /* The deity herself */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!" (The Vision and the Voice, 12th Aethyr).

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]], which is also attributed to Babalon.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Revelations 17: 3-6)

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:13:28Z

Axamendes: /* The deity herself */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!" (The Vision and the Voice, 12th Aethyr).

The spelling of her Name as 'Babalon' is not revealed until the vision of the 10th Aethyr, where it is used to banish the forces of [[Choronzon]]. The discovery of the spelling represents Crowley successfully crossing the [[Abyss]], and entering into the Sphere of [[Binah]].

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Revelations 17: 3-6)

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:10:14Z

Axamendes: /* The deity herself */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]], her primary symbol, the [[Chalice]] or [[Graal]]. The concept contained within her idea is that of the mystical ideal, the quest to become one with all. This process necessarily requires refusing to deny anything, becoming perfectly passive the world, allowing all experience to come forward, abandoning oneself into the deluge of sensation. Through this, the mystic comes to direct contact with life, formulating the wine of the [[Graal]], being the distilled understanding derived from raw experience. This process clearly has its analogue in the career of the lady of the night.

Babalon is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, but her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!" (The Vision and the Voice, 12th Aethyr).

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Revelations 17: 3-6)

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

Babalon

2004-10-22T20:04:10Z

Axamendes: /* The deity herself */

{{partial}}

==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]]. She is described in various places in the Thelemic texts. Her most edifying appearance is in The Vision and the Voice, as part of the vision which explains the function of the Chalice:

:Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, that rideth upon the Beast, for she hath spilt their blood in every corner of the earth and lo! she hath mingled it in the cup of her whoredom.

:With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshippers, and they had become drunken thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age, and the righteous are never weary of her kisses, and by her murders and fornications she seduceth the world. Therein is manifested the glory of my Father, who is truth.

:(This wine is such that its virtue radiateth through the cup, and I reel under the intoxication of it. And every thought is destroyed by it. It abideth alone, and its name is Compassion. I understand by "Compassion," the sacrament of suffering, partaken by the true worshippers of the Highest. And it is an ecstasy in which there is no trace of pain. Its passivity (=passion) is like the giving-up of the self to the beloved.)

:The voice continues: This is the Mystery of Babylon, the Mother of abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst "understand." Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, Lady of the Night!" (The Vision and the Voice, 12th Aethyr).

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Revelations 17: 3-6)

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

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==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the active feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]]. She is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, principally in The Vision and the Voice, but also in The Book of Lies.

The concept of a sacred or holy whore is not unique to Thelema.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations|Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Revelations 17: 3-6)

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

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==The deity herself==
'''Babalon''' is the active feminine principle in the Thelemic cosmology. Her godform is that of a [[sacred whore]]. She is described in various places in the Thelemic texts, principally in The Vision and the Voice, but also in The Book of Lies.

The concept of a sacred or holy whore is not unique to Thelema.

==Biblical origins==
Principally, the godform of Babalon seems to be derived from a scene in the [[Book of Revelations||Revelations]], a source of much inspiration in Crowley's cosmology. In Revelations, we find this passage:

:"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Revelations 17: 3-6)

The text goes on to identify her as the female complement of the [[Beast]], an image also transported into [[Thelema]].

==Etymology==
The name '''Babalon''' may derive from several sources. Firstly, there is the obvious resemblance to [[Babylon]]. Babylon was a major city in [[Mesopotamia]], part of the [[Sumerian]] culture. Coincidentally, the [[Sumerian]] deity [[Ishtar]] bears an uncanny resemblance to the Crowleyan Babalon. Babylon itself is a city that is referred to in several places in the Bible, usually as an image of a once-glorious paradise that has fallen into ruin, a warning against the evils of decadence:

:"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." (Revelations 18: 1-5)

A second possibility is from the [[Enochian]] word ''BABALOND'', which is translated ''a harlot''.

Crowley probably chose the spelling of ''Babalon'' for its Qabalistic significance. By replacing the letter 'y' with an 'a', the word 'AL' appears in the centre. The whole then naturally breaks into ''Bab-al-on''. 'Bab' is Arabic for a door, or gate. 'AL' is the Key of [[Liber Legis]], and is also a Qabalistic title of God, meaning 'The One' in Hebrew. 'On' is the name of the [[Egyptian]] city that the Greeks called [[Heliopolis]], the [[City of the Pyramids]].

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'''IAO''' is considered to be both a [[gnosticism|gnostic]] [[godform]] and a [[magical formulae|magical formula]].

==IAO as a godform of gnosticism==

IAO (iota, alpha, omega) was the Greek form of the [[Tetragrammaton]], IHVH (Yod-He-Vau-He, or Jehova, the “Bringer of Light”), the Hebrew divine name for God. Although a reference to Jahova (or Yahweh), IAO was also widely associated with both [[Hermes]] and [[Bacchus]] (Iacchus), especially in ancient magical texts and amulets.

As a gnostic godform, IAO is both a sun-god and mystery-god.

==IAO as a magical formula==

The basic formula of IAO is one of life, death, and rebirth.

In ''Magick'' (1997, Ch. 5), [[Aleister Crowley]] states that IAO is
:''the principal and most characteristic formula of [[Osiris]], of the Redemption of Mankind. "I" is [[Isis]], Nature, ruined by "A", [[Apophis]] the Destroyer, and restored to life by the Redeemer Osiris.''

He also refers to it as the formula of [[yoga]], as illustrated by the initial pleasure of this practice, followed by the inevitable agony, and finally resulting in a new, superior state, perhaps similar to, yet fundamentally different from the initial state.

Crowley draws many parallels—namely the formula [[LVX]], [[alchemy]], [[Jesus Christ]], and [[Prometheus]].

In yet another example, Crowley says that IAO is the formula of all learning:
:''You begin with a delightful feeling as of a child with a new toy; you get bored, and you attempt to smash it. But if you are a wise child, you have had a scientific attitude towards it, and you do not smash it. You pass through the stage of boredom, and arise from the inferno of torture towards the stage of resurrection, when the toy has become a god, declared to you its inmost secrets, and become a living part of your life. There are no longer these crude, savage reactions of pleasure and pain. The new knowledge is assimilated.'' (Eight Lectures On Yoga, Fourth Lecture)

Ceremonially, IAO can be illustrated by the act of “robing yourself as a king, then stripping and slaying yourself, and rising from that death to the Knowledge and Conversation of the [[Holy Guardian Angel]]” (Crowley, 1997).

It is important to note that Crowley (1997) believed that the formula of IAO had been replaced by that of [[Horus]], who gave us his two formulae, [[Thelema]] and [[Abrahadabra]].

===Transformation into VIAOV===

Crowley, wanting to make IAO fit within the new [[Aeon]], added the hebrew letter ''Vau'' to both ends, which he then called the “proper hieroglyph of the Ritual of Self-Initiation in this Aeon of Horus” (Crowley, 1997). The new word, VIAOV (also FIAOF), enumerates to [[93]], just as ''Thelema'' and ''[[Agape]]'' do. Of the person who travels through this new process, Crowley writes,
:''Thus, he is Man made God, exalted, eager; he has come consciously to his full stature, and so is ready to set out on his journey to redeem the world. But he may not appear in this true form; the Vision of [[Pan]] would drive men mad with fear. He must conceal Himself in his original guise.''

:''He therefore becomes apparently the man that he was at the beginning; he lives the life of a man; indeed, he is wholly man. But his [[initiation]] has made him master of the Event by giving him the understanding that whatever happens to him is the execution of this true will.''

==Links of interest==
*''[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aba/chap5.html The Formula of I.A.O.]'' in "Magick, Book 4"