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00:00:00True it is, without falsehood certain and most true, that that which is above is like
00:00:16to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above, to accomplish
00:00:25the miracles of one thing.
00:00:29And as all things were by the contemplation of one, so all things arose from this one
00:00:36thing by a single act of adaption.
00:00:40The father thereof is the sun, the mother the moon, the wind carried it in its womb,
00:00:48the earth is the nurse thereof.
00:00:51It is the father of all works of wonder throughout the whole world.
00:00:56The power thereof is perfect.
00:00:58If it be cast to earth, it will separate the element of earth from that of fire, the subtle
00:01:05from the gross.
00:01:07With great sagacity it doth descend to earth, and uniteth in itself the force from things
00:01:13superior and things inferior.
00:01:17Thus thou wilt possess the glory of the brightness of the whole world, and all obscurity will
00:01:24fly far from thee.
00:01:26This thing is the strong fortitude of all strength, for it overcometh every subtle thing,
00:01:33and doth penetrate every solid substance.
00:01:37Thus was this world created.
00:01:41Hence there will be marvellous adaptions achieved, of which the manner is this.
00:01:46And for this reason I am called Herbes Trismegistus, because I hold three parts of the wisdom of
00:01:54the whole world, and that which I had to say about the operation of Saul is completed.
00:02:11Hidden deep in a national forest, located in Southern California, is the secluded headquarters
00:02:41of the Church of the Hermetic Sciences.
00:02:44We named our rustic estate Rivendell, after the woodland home of the elves, described
00:02:49in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic, Lord of the Rings, and, as you can see, our Rivendell
00:02:56certainly evokes that image.
00:02:59What better place could we have found to research, teach, and practice the ancient rites of magic?
00:03:06Hermetic magic is our own English and European cultural tradition of shamanism and seership.
00:03:13It is the magic of King Solomon of Berlin, of Nostradamus and Count Coleostro.
00:03:20It has been called sorcery, necromancy, and black magic by those who do not understand
00:03:26it, and yet it is also known as the art of kings, and the secret science of the philosophers.
00:03:35Here at Rivendell, we have everything necessary to pursue the study and the practical application
00:03:41of this ultimate human adventure.
00:03:44We have an outdoor henge for seasonal ceremonies, an indoor temple for magical rites, an astronomical
00:03:51observatory to view the heavens, and a hermitage for retreats, lectures, and fellowship.
00:03:58Come inside with me now, and together we will lift the veil obscuring this ancient art of
00:04:04wizardry.
00:04:07Welcome to the Church of the Hermetic Sciences and the Order of the Temple of Astarte.
00:04:13In the outer world, I'm known as Polk Runyon, but here, in the inner world of the Rivendell
00:04:19Hermitage, I'm the Archimage Frater Fabian, your host and guide on a tour of the wonderful
00:04:28world of hermetic magic.
00:04:31Hermetic magic is an art, a philosophy, and a very ancient and powerful religion.
00:04:37Yes, a religion, but with an essential difference from other religions, where they depend upon
00:04:45faith for their salvation, we seek the wisdom and power of the Gnosis.
00:04:53Know yourself, for in your temple, you are one with the gods.
00:04:59In our two previous videos, The Magic of Solomon and The Dark Mirror of Magic, we emphasized
00:05:06the techniques of evocation and invocation. That's summoning spirits to visible appearance
00:05:14and calling down angels to converse with them. Now, in some ways, this is putting the cart
00:05:20before the horse, because there's a lot more to the philosophy and practice of magic
00:05:27than these two methods.
00:05:29In this production, we're going to give you a broader perspective. We'll cover hermetic
00:05:34magical yoga, path workings, seasonal ceremonies, the mystical Eucharist, and the Enochian Aether
00:05:43system.
00:05:51Let us begin by establishing the magical universe within ourselves through the process of hermetic
00:06:05magical yoga.
00:06:09When I first began my study of magic back in 1968, I was impressed with the Tibetan
00:06:15system of tantric yoga, as described in the series of books edited by W. Evans Wentz.
00:06:23I soon realized that the modern European magus, Franz Barden, and the British magician, Aleister
00:06:31Crowley, had both incorporated Eastern yoga techniques into Western magic, but they had
00:06:38both stopped short of adapting the most important Eastern yoga system to Western practice, that
00:06:45of the straight-line spinal chakra system.
00:06:49Neither Barden nor Crowley could overcome the differences between this Indian tantric
00:06:55configuration and the three-pillared Western tree of life, even though the ancient caduceus
00:07:02of Hermes was a major clue, along with the Renaissance hermetic mystic Johann Gitchell's
00:07:08drawing of a Western hermetic chakra arrangement back in 1696. And the lightning flash or flaming
00:07:16sword on the tree of life itself is also an obvious clue.
00:07:22But we still should not fault Barden and Crowley over much for failing to realize and develop
00:07:28this vital secret, because in the latter half of the 20th century, after Barden and
00:07:35Crowley had both died, Tibetan exiles began to teach selected Western students the inner
00:07:43secrets of their magic. Now those of us who were fortunate enough to sit at the feet of
00:07:48Tibetan gurus and learn their tantras firsthand soon discovered that there were different
00:07:55chakra systems for each deity we invoked. The previous notion that all Eastern chakra
00:08:02arrangements were the same, and had been that way for thousands of years, was just simply
00:08:08not true. Along with this revelation, it is equally important to note that magical color
00:08:15is what we actively impose upon the inner planes, not what we passively observe when
00:08:23we scribe. Therefore, our chakras can conform to our own Kabbalistic color scales.
00:08:32In our case, my year of study and practice with the Sakya Order of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism,
00:08:38under the tutelage of the late Lüding Ken Rinpoche, confirmed for me the validity of
00:08:46this Western Kabbalistic chakra system we had first developed in 1975 and published
00:08:55back in 1977. We have since gone on to perfect a master ritual in which all our ancient pantheon
00:09:04of Phoenician gods indwell in the Kabbalistic spheres within the body of the magician. Within
00:09:12the Mystic Rose and Fire Opal Jewel of Hod, we enter the alchemical laboratory of Kothar,
00:09:23the ancient Phoenician predecessor of Tubal Cain. Within the Mystic Rose and Emerald Jewel
00:09:33of Netzach, we come into the presence of the Goddess Astarte, adorned with all the jewels
00:09:41of the Hermetic Cosmos. I cannot overemphasize the importance of this development. This Kabbalistic
00:09:49chakra arrangement is certainly a significant advance in Western magic. It goes far beyond
00:09:57the Golden Dawn's middle pillar exercise, providing inner wellsprings of power for every
00:10:03magical operation, for the creation of the body of light, and for the ultimate mystical
00:10:11experience of merger with the Godhead. At present, we are the only esoteric group in
00:10:18the Western world employing and teaching this system.
00:10:41There are other ways of entering this hidden magical universe. Following the Hermetic principle
00:11:00of as above, so below, as within, so without, we have again combined the best of Western
00:11:08and Eastern methods in our path-working system. Some people might call this technique astral
00:11:15travel. We prefer the term inner plane projection. In 1971, our late frater Apollonius, known
00:11:24in the outer world as John Brooks, a former student of Sikhsant Guru Kripal Singh, conducted
00:11:31us on a hypnotic journey into a magical realm of surpassing wonders and deep wisdom.
00:11:39The key element of this path-working system is its symbolic attention points, guideposts
00:11:46along the way from which the traveler receives special knowledge for himself or herself alone.
00:11:53Therefore, this transforms what might otherwise be only a deep trance reverie into a true
00:12:01initiation. We cabalized Kripal Singh's Eastern cosmos, and we added the Golden Dawn's own
00:12:10Eastern import, the elemental tatwa symbols, as doorways in the center of our great dark
00:12:18mirror.
00:12:22Come with us now as we venture along the 32nd path on our journey to the sphere of Yasod,
00:12:30the storehouse of memories, and the entrance to the astral plane. The mirror is suspended
00:12:37in space and time. From within our temple, it opens out upon the vast darkness of the
00:12:45universe. It is a portal between dimensions, the gateway to realms beyond.
00:12:53Temple path-workings are usually done inside the magic circle, with the participants lying
00:13:00in a ground star configuration on their backs, heads together, looking up into a suspended
00:13:07circular convex dark mirror. The appropriate tatwa symbol, in this case Parvati representing
00:13:16the earth element, is placed in the center of the great mirror. The mirror, suspended
00:13:21waist high, also serves as an altar top on which will be placed the symbols relating
00:13:28to the path and the sphere of the working. After a hypnotic induction which renders the
00:13:34physical body inert, the living spirit body is released from the dormant physical form
00:13:41and flies up through the tatwa which serves as an astral doorway leading to the inner
00:13:48realms of the Olam Yetzirah.
00:14:04On the highest point of the ridge line, silhouetted against the glow of the Milky Way, we see
00:14:14the great T-shaped stone dolmen. It stands stark black against the heavenly river of
00:14:21souls. We climb the trail along the ridge crest. It becomes steeper and more precarious
00:14:29as we make our way upward. Finally we reach the top and we stand at the base of the dolmen.
00:14:36A cool sea breeze touches our faces. We look down to a desolate shore and out over a vast
00:14:45knighted seascape. This is the Gulf of Nepesh, that ever dark sea of forgotten dreams and
00:14:53ancient remembrance. The moon is hiding behind a veil of cloud, shrouding the sea of mystery
00:15:00and darkness. We examine the ancient stone dolmen. It is 12 feet high and roughly chiseled
00:15:07from coarse black stone. The six foot long cross member on the top forms the T. There
00:15:14are forged bronze rings set near the ends of the cross. On the upright member there
00:15:20are hand and toe holds and a ledge to stand on. We realize that this dolmen must have
00:15:27been used by shamans of old in a vision quest rite of self-crucifixion, and that we are
00:15:35now here for that purpose ourselves. Each of us in turn will climb up upon this great
00:15:42Tao cross. Now it's your turn, and you climb up to stand on the ledge. Carefully,
00:15:51you move around to face outward. You stretch out your arms in the sign of Osiris, and you
00:15:58grasp the bronze rings. The moon emerges from behind the clouds and bathes the vast seascape
00:16:08beyond in a pale silver light. You have a panoramic view of the shoreline and the gulf.
00:16:15A thousand yards out beyond the surf, a great statue rises out of the dark waters. This
00:16:24is the Colossus of Yesod. Far out on the dark horizon to your left, an orange light flashes
00:16:33from the distant sphere of Hod, and far off to the right, a green spark glimmers from
00:16:41the sphere of Netzach. These distant beacons focus their rays on the crystal atop the Colossus.
00:16:50The crystal shimmers with an electric aura, and suddenly a deep blue ray is projected
00:16:58directly towards you. It engulfs you in a violet-blue field of magnetic energy. Your
00:17:06Yesod chakra is awakened. A rose of nine yellow petals has opened to reveal a glittering violet
00:17:16amethyst. You have thus received the second of the jewels with which you will build your
00:17:23body of light. Remember it always and treasure it well. After we have received our mystical
00:17:31empowerment, we will journey out over the dark gulf to climb the spiral ramp circling
00:17:38the Colossus. We will enter the crystal globe of memory and relive one of our past lives.
00:17:45Following this experience, we will return along our path to the astral doorway that
00:17:51leads us back through the dark mirror and into the temple, where we will awaken from
00:17:57our hypnotic trance, recalling our adventure and the knowledge we have gained.
00:18:15For the magician, his religion is the source of his power. He calls upon God, or the gods,
00:18:22to aid him in his quest for wisdom, inner strength, and enlightenment. But what is the
00:18:30best religion for a magician? Most of us have been raised in one or another of the biblically
00:18:36based faiths, none of which are supportive of the practice of magic. And yet, old King
00:18:44Solomon was deemed to have been the greatest magician of the ages. What was his religion?
00:18:53Judaism? Well, officially perhaps. But I believe that King Solomon's secret religion was the
00:19:03same as Melchizedek's a thousand years earlier. The ancient religion behind the Bible, the
00:19:12oldest religion, the religion of ancient Canaan and Phoenicia, the religion of King Solomon's
00:19:20friend, King Hiram of Tyre, who helped him to build the great temple in Jerusalem, the
00:19:27temple to God. But how did they spell God's name? With such a vision shining out of the
00:19:36mists of time, there came a compulsion to resurrect this ancient magical religion.
00:19:44Before the 1930s discovery of an ancient Canaanite royal library unearthed at Rashomra, dating
00:19:55back to the time of Melchizedek, we had no clear idea of the original magical religion
00:20:02that lay behind our Bible. The Bible relates that the legendary Canaanite priest-king Melchizedek
00:20:09had given the holy sacraments and priestly dispensation to Father Abraham. And in the
00:20:15New Testament, Jesus is said to have been a priest after the order of Melchizedek. Beyond
00:20:22that, we had only the biased accounts of later Hebrew zealots in the Old Testament and equally
00:20:29critical Christian reports from classical times concerning the oldest religion. Before
00:20:34the translations of the recently discovered Rashomra tablets became available in the 1950s,
00:20:42our limited knowledge of the ancient Phoenician mysteries was summed up in such works as James
00:20:48George Frazer's The Golden Bough and Jesse Weston's From Ritual to Romance. Back in
00:20:551969, through the magical medium of the dark mirror, I had contacted the ancient Phoenician
00:21:02goddess Astarte and her consort Prince Baal. I knew that Astarte was the muse of old King
00:21:10Solomon and the inspiration behind his reputation as the greatest magician of the ages. She
00:21:17had inspired him to build a temple for her, and she had inspired us to recreate her religion.
00:21:25Ours was not the first recreation of an ancient pagan seasonal ritual cycle. We were fortunate
00:21:31to have the example of Frederick Adams and Lady Svetlana's Ferraferia to guide us. Their
00:21:37poetic and mystical modern recension of the ancient Greek-Hellucinian mystery festivals
00:21:43marked the beginning of the neo-pagan movement in modern America.
00:21:48We began our yearly seasonal rites performed on the solstices and equinoxes back in 1974.
00:21:56We have performed them four times yearly ever since. Let us return now to 1974, at Montsovat
00:22:04Hermitage in Pasadena, California, when we enacted our first autumn equinox pageant,
00:22:11the Festival of Seven Gates, in which the goddess Astarte descends through seven celestial
00:22:18portals to vanquish Mot, the lord of darkness and death, and resurrect the dead Prince Baal.
00:22:25The actual ceremony was performed at night. What you are watching was a reenactment for
00:22:30the camera filmed in daylight. And though it lacks the drama and mystery of a torchlight
00:22:36performance, we are fortunate to have captured the late pagan elder Joseph Wilson, our Frederick
00:22:42de Jute, and our honored guests, Frederick Adams and Lady Svetlana of Ferraferia.
00:22:49There is more to the symbolism of this ancient seasonal cycle than mere modernization of
00:22:56a Bronze Age agricultural mythology. We are actually dramatizing the primal operations
00:23:02of Hermetic alchemy. In autumn, the goddess bears the life-giving grail down from the
00:23:08holy mountain through the seven gates of the underworld to resurrect the dormant fertility
00:23:13god Baal. This is the origin of the legend of Salovey's Dance of the Seven Veils.
00:23:20Baal's thirst is quenched and he is revived in the western quadrant of water under the
00:23:25sign of Mercury, representing the alchemical process of solution. In winter, the world
00:23:33is threatened by storms and floods brought on by the Dragon of Chaos. Alone, Prince Baal
00:23:39cannot defeat the dragon. He shares his victory with the moon goddess Tenet at winter solstice
00:23:46in the northern quadrant of earth under the sign of salt, representing the alchemical
00:23:51process of separation. In spring, Baal and Astarte are united in the joyous rite of Hieros
00:23:58Gamos, or sacred marriage, at the equinox, which culminates in our communion of the elements
00:24:05ceremony in the eastern quadrant of air under the sign of spirit, representing the alchemical
00:24:11process of conjunction. In summer, Prince Baal, the green man, is killed by the Dark
00:24:17Lord when the sun reaches its height at summer solstice. Then the crops wither and die on
00:24:24the southern quadrant of fire under the sign of sulfur, representing the alchemical process
00:24:31of calcination. And now, it is the eve of the summer solstice, and you have been invited
00:24:38to Rivendell to participate in a magical adventure, the ancient rite of Edonia, the death of the
00:24:45year king.
00:24:47Welcome, friends. Follow me across the bridge and into the world of magic.
00:25:01Come and dance the circle round, the sun is high again. Hail the green man's yearly gift,
00:25:18ripening the grain.
00:25:20Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:25:28Lead us to the sacred ground, the summer has begun.
00:25:32Call the year king with his grail, to serve us everyone.
00:25:37Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:25:45Wind the circle round the hinge, in the solstice rite.
00:25:49Sing the hymn of olden time, praise the lord of light.
00:25:54Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:02Come and dance the circle round, the sun is high again.
00:26:06Hail the green man's yearly gift, ripening the grain.
00:26:10Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:18Lead us to the sacred ground, the summer has begun.
00:26:22Call the year king with his grail, to serve us everyone.
00:26:26Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:34Wind the circle round the hinge, in the solstice rite.
00:26:38Sing the hymn of olden time, praise the lord of light.
00:26:42Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:26:50Come and dance the circle round, the sun is high again.
00:26:54Hail the green man's yearly gift, ripening the grain.
00:26:58Baal's the one, Baal the Dark.
00:27:06Lead us to the sacred ground, the summer has begun.
00:27:10Call the year king with his grail, to serve us everyone.
00:27:14Edonia, the festival of the summer solstice.
00:27:24The drama depicts the death of the year king, at the hand of the dark lord.
00:27:30Opening the season of heat and dryness, in the southern quadrant of the magical circle.
00:27:39Which is ruled by the principle of fire, and the philosophical element of sulfur.
00:27:45Symbolizing calcination, the first of the four primal operations of alchemy.
00:27:51And accomplishing the purification of the spirit, through sacrifice.
00:27:57Harken now unto the myth of the sacred year, with the coming of the summer solstice.
00:28:04When the blazing torch of the gods reaches highest in the heavens.
00:28:09And the fruits ripen on the vine.
00:28:12Lo, prince Baal is at the zenith of his power.
00:28:18Like the gentle rains and the warming sun, that cover the hills with green.
00:28:24The prince of earth brings the blessing of heaven.
00:28:28The golden seminal sacrament of life, unto the celebrants of his ancient rites.
00:28:34And such is the mystery of the holy grail.
00:28:40But that star born crater, was not filled with the wine of blood or death.
00:28:45But rather with the nectar of life.
00:28:48Like unto the straw of the solar lingam.
00:28:52Symbolized by golden honeymead.
00:28:58In the great chalice of the solstices.
00:29:02So it was.
00:29:08So it is.
00:29:12And so shall it be.
00:29:15O youth of many names, receive our praise.
00:29:31To you, O best beloved, we sing our lays.
00:29:38With beauteous temporal orb, restore to sight.
00:29:45And with first fruits and summer flames, delight.
00:30:08With bounteous temporal orb, restore to sight.
00:30:13And with first fruits and summer flames, delight.
00:30:21Nata
00:30:28Malko
00:30:34Vogibura
00:30:38Vogidula
00:30:45Nliolam
00:30:52Nam
00:31:00Namashayo
00:31:23Before us
00:31:28Mrapayel
00:31:40Behind us
00:31:43Mngodrayel
00:31:58At our right hand
00:32:01Mmikayel
00:32:16At our left hand
00:32:20Ngarayel
00:32:36For about us flame the blessed pentagrams
00:32:39And in our column shines the six-rayed star
00:32:54By the alchemy of calcination
00:32:57Darkness, fear, and woe be gone
00:33:02We light this fire of purification
00:33:06In the mystic name of Sal-Om-Hon
00:33:10Holy Henge of Cycling Seasons
00:33:35Mighty Millstone of the Year
00:33:58Marks the longest day of summer
00:34:13And the golden sun we now revere
00:34:43Tree-born Lord in leafy raiment
00:34:46Sired by golden solar ray
00:34:49Thee we invoke with scent of myrrh
00:34:54In old Seneira's sacred way
00:35:01Come to us from far Afaka
00:35:05Spring and shrine and sacred tree
00:35:09Where roses bloom by lofty cedars
00:35:12And a crimson river seeks the sea
00:35:15Come to us, Lord Baal Cloudrider
00:35:19Raincloud Rider, Prince of Earth
00:35:21Pour for us the dew of heaven
00:35:24Holy Zra of Life and Birth
00:35:55Baal-Hadad! Baal-Hadad!
00:36:06Behold!
00:36:08The golden dew of heaven
00:36:17Born of thunder clouds on high
00:36:21Drink with me this life elixir
00:36:27Dance ye round till the cup be dry
00:36:34And round the circle goes
00:36:36While the sacred river flows
00:36:39Round and round the stream we hail
00:36:42As we drink the holy grail
00:36:45Round and round the circle goes
00:36:47While the sacred river flows
00:36:50Round and round the stream we hail
00:36:52As we drink the holy grail
00:36:54Who drinks with me?
00:36:56We drink with thee!
00:36:57Who drinks with me?
00:36:58We drink with thee!
00:36:59Who drinks with me?
00:37:01We drink with thee!
00:37:02Who drinks with me?
00:37:04We drink with thee!
00:37:06Then drink!
00:37:08Baal-Hadad! Baal-Hadad!
00:37:19While the sacred river flows
00:37:21Round and round the stream we hail
00:37:23As we drink the holy grail
00:37:25Who drinks with me?
00:37:27We drink with thee!
00:37:28Who drinks with me?
00:37:29We drink with thee!
00:37:31Then drink!
00:37:32Baal-Hadad! Baal-Hadad!
00:37:41Round and round the stream we hail
00:37:43As we drink the holy grail
00:37:45Who has had yet drunk with me?
00:37:47Drink!
00:37:49Baal-Hadad! Baal-Hadad!
00:37:59Well done, brother!
00:38:02Well done!
00:38:05And it is done.
00:38:17Who dares to roll the drum of battle?
00:38:21Who comes upon me from the north?
00:38:25Who marches on me from the darkness?
00:38:28I, Prince Baal, do call thee forth.
00:38:32I am Moat, thy royal brother,
00:38:52Prince of ruin, death, and gloom.
00:38:56Thou hast had thy fruitful season.
00:39:00Now it is time to seek the tomb.
00:39:30Ha ha ha!
00:39:48Now the crops will parch and wither.
00:39:54Rivers, streams, and wells be dried, I have laid my curse upon thee, drought and famine evermore.
00:40:10Death and rot and disillusion is all thou hast in store.
00:40:24Alas, alas, Prince Baal has fallen, the curse of Moat is on the land.
00:40:38Call we now on Theristarte, only she can stay his hand.
00:40:47Queen of heaven, Theristarte, mistress of the evening star, wave-born goddess, dove of morning, hear us in thy land afar.
00:41:00Come to us on white wings gliding, come to us on crested foam, bring to us your love supernal from your emerald-palaced home.
00:41:13Hear our call, O Theristarte, consort of our dead Prince Baal.
00:41:20Lift the curse of Moat upon us, shield us from the fires of Saul.
00:41:27Grace the land with milk and honey, save the seedlings in the earth, grant us hope for all the future, give us life and love and birth.
00:41:43AIMA ALMALKA
00:42:13I have heard thy call, my children, that at last you cried too late.
00:42:30Here I weep in mourning with you that my lover's yearly fate.
00:42:35With him goes the bloom of springtime, with him pass the gentle rains.
00:42:40He alone could fruit the hillside, he alone could green the plains.
00:42:44Yet, am I still queen eternal, star-born daughter of the great El?
00:42:49Seedlings slumber, yearlings prosper under my protecting spell.
00:42:53In the autumn I do pledge ye war to make the dark lord yield.
00:42:58Armed with stock and stone to grind him, I shall cast Moat to the field.
00:43:03Bearing with me heaven's nectar, I shall raise the dead Prince Baal to regain again in winter season with the waxing rays of Saul.
00:43:11Come ye now, mourn him with me, burn away the blood-borne rose, purify the soul in sadness, shed the tears of she who knows.
00:43:32Each rose is the blood of the year, king, burn it and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:43:47These waters are the tears of the goddess, shed them and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:03Each rose is the blood of the year, king, burn it and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:11These waters are the tears of the goddess, shed them and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:24Each rose is the blood of the year, king, burn it and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:32These waters are the tears of the goddess, shed them and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:37Each rose is the blood of the year, king, burn it and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:45:07These waters are the tears of the goddess, shed them and thy sadness will pass.
00:45:12These waters are the tears of the goddess, shed them and thy sadness will pass.
00:45:29Haimah ha-malka, Haimah ha-malka, Haimah ha-malka.
00:45:35Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi
00:46:05Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi, Oy yi yi
00:46:35When I researched the ancient Canaanite tablets discovered at Ugarit and not translated until
00:46:45after World War II, I made an amazing discovery. Prince Baal was said to have filled a great
00:46:54holy goblet with 10,000 pitchers of wine. This supported anthropologist Jesse Weston's
00:47:02earlier 1920 Phoenician origin theory for the Holy Grail in her book From Ritual to
00:47:09Romance. The Holy Grail and the other grail hallows are far older than Christianity, older
00:47:19even than Moses. They go back to the days of Melchizedek. These sacred objects, which
00:47:26are the four elemental weapons, the suits of the tarot, and the implements of the magus,
00:47:32are the living heart of our magical religion. They are the instruments of our art, the holy
00:47:37implements of our transformation, and they are central to our most solemn and sacred
00:47:43Eucharistic rite of seven sacraments, the most ancient communion of the elements.
00:47:55It is well known that the four grail hallows, being the sword, the lance, the chalice, and
00:48:01the shield or platter, are symbolic of the four philosophical elements of air, fire,
00:48:08water, and earth, which in turn represent the four suits of the tarot. What is not so
00:48:14well known is that these symbolic weapons and implements and their use in sacred ritual
00:48:21predate the Judeo-Christian tradition. Recall that the Canaanite priest-king Melchizedek
00:48:28gave the sacraments to Abraham a thousand years before Moses and two thousand years
00:48:34before the beginning of Christianity.
00:48:36Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil. Thou
00:48:43art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the
00:48:51presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Surely
00:49:00goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house
00:49:06of the Lord forever.
00:49:09You are watching a communion service filmed in our Montsovat Temple back in 1974. In this
00:49:17version of the rite, the magic circle is raised up to be a serving table and the priestess
00:49:23and the priest officiate from within while the celebrants circle to receive the sacraments.
00:49:32In this most ancient version of the Eucharist, the chalice is filled with the life-giving
00:49:38essence of fermented honey rather than the blood and death surrogate of wine. In the
00:49:44hermetic tradition we also sanctify and share the aerial incense, the fire, and the bread
00:49:51and salt of the earth. And finally, we anoint the celebrant with holy oil and bestow the
00:49:58kiss of Agape, representing the infusion of spirit, the fifth element, which quickens
00:50:05and enlivens the other four. Thus, seven sacraments are blessed and administered.
00:50:13There are two great mysteries and magics attendant to this rite. The first is the personal transubstantiation
00:50:20of the Eucharist itself, an internal alchemy made more meaningful with the ingestion of
00:50:26a seminal sacrament which relates to the second great mystery of the Holy Shrine itself, within
00:50:32which the true configuration of the cherubim in the Holy of Holies is revealed.
00:50:39For was it not written in the Sefer HaZohar that, in the temple, hidden and concealed
00:50:44is the secret of the Holy of Holies, which are the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth.
00:50:51The Holy of Holies above is the secret of the Supernal Chokmah and Binah, similarly,
00:50:57the Groom and the Bride.
00:51:09In recent years, our High Communion has been presented in total silence, with spiritual
00:51:30music in the background. The symbolic gestures of our acolytes, our deacon, and our priest
00:51:36and priestess are more eloquent and evocative than words. The deacon gives the charge and
00:51:42opens the temple with a pentagram ritual. The acolytes then enter in procession, carrying
00:51:48with them the grail hallows, and they venerate the elements. The priestess and priest open
00:51:53the shrine to reveal the ultimate mystery and then administer the sacraments to the
00:51:59celebrants. Now, let us observe the rite as it was recently performed for our Southern
00:52:59of the Holy of Holies, which are the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth, similarly,
00:53:27the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth, similarly, the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin
00:53:57and Malkuth, similarly, the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth, similarly, the
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01:00:43Malkuth, similarly, the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth, similarly, the two cherubs
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01:04:41cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth, similarly, the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth,
01:04:43ceremonial magician. For five years, Dee and his scryer, Edward Kelly, invoked a number
01:04:51of mysterious angels who gave them a secret magical language and a complex system of invocation.
01:05:01This angelic language was called Enochian, after the biblical prophet Enoch, and it was
01:05:09cryptically displayed on tablets said to be the watchtowers of the universe.
01:05:16This Enochian system of magic was partially published in 1659 in a remarkable book called
01:05:25A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years Between Dr. John Dee and Some
01:05:32Spirits, tending, had it succeeded, to a general alteration of most states and kingdoms in
01:05:39the world. Now, in today's New Age terminology, the magical process detailed in this book
01:05:45would be called channeling, but this 16th century Enochian revelation was far more phenomenal
01:05:52and profound than the later 19th century accounts of Summerland given by spiritualist mediums
01:06:01and the more recent extraterrestrial teachings of the New Age channelers. Neither could Enochian
01:06:08speech be likened to the glossolalia of hysterical fundamentalists speaking in tongues. This
01:06:16Enochian language actually has a syntax and a grammar. It can be spoken, translated, and
01:06:22understood by both disembodied spirits and by the magicians who summon them. These Enochian
01:06:31calls were so powerful that they were originally delivered backwards and in reverse order.
01:06:37Only then, after they had been transcribed, could they actually be understood. Dr. Dee
01:06:44and Edward Kelly spent thousands of hours over several years gathering and meticulously
01:06:52recording this information from the spiritual entities they had contacted. Although the
01:06:59Enochian spirits claimed to be angels, they were often wrathful, capricious, and even
01:07:05immoral. But they were certainly biblical. They rumbled and thundered in the apocalyptic
01:07:13style of the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation. If the later 18th century mystic
01:07:19poet and artist William Blake had lived and died before Dee and Kelly began their work,
01:07:26one might even have suspected it was the ghost of Blake they had raised, because both
01:07:31expressions of mysticism are similar in content and implication.
01:07:38There are several systems of Enochian magic. The one we employ is the ascension of the
01:07:4330 aethers. This derives from an early Gnostic cosmology of 30 aeons, which are spiritually
01:07:52explored in an ascending soul quest toward enlightenment, an earthly presage of the soul's
01:07:59ascent after death. The aether system uses the four elemental tablets called watchtowers
01:08:06of the universe and a smaller fifth tablet suspended above the altar. This spiritual
01:08:14tablet of union unifies the four tablets at the quarters of the magical circle. In our
01:08:20configuration, a 150 millimeter amethystine scrying orb is mounted above the Enochian
01:08:29sigil of Emeth, or seal of God, upon the altar. The first stage of an Enochian ritual is the
01:08:38opening and charging of the tablets. This is called a watchtower opening. It is actually
01:08:44a variation of the golden dawn's greater pentagram ritual.
01:09:14I have power of Mikael, and in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle.
01:09:32I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the south, and of fire.
01:09:44I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the south, and of fire.
01:10:14By the mercy of Gabriel, and in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle,
01:10:45I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the west, and of water.
01:10:52I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the west, and in the names and letters of
01:11:22the great western quadrangle, I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the west,
01:11:52by the grace of Raphael, and in the names and letters of the great eastern quadrangle,
01:12:01I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the east, and of air.
01:12:22I invoke ye archangels of the west, and in the names and letters of the great western
01:12:52quadrangle, I invoke ye archangels of the west, and in the names and letters of the
01:13:13great northern quadrangle, I invoke ye archangels of the west, and in the names and letters
01:13:22of the great northern quadrangle, I invoke ye archangels of the west, and in the names
01:13:52and letters of the great northern quadrangle, I invoke ye archangels of the west.
01:14:23By the power of Yadavbhat, and in the names and letters of the mystical tablet of union,
01:14:42I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:14:53By the power of Yadavbhat, and in the names and letters of the mystical tablet of union,
01:15:12I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:15:22Let the divine white brilliance descend.
01:15:52Let the divine white brilliance descend.
01:16:22When we say hermetic science, one of the first things that comes to mind is alchemy, the
01:16:30philosopher's stone, the universal medicine, the elixir of life. Come along with us now
01:16:38on a fantastic journey into the strange world of alchemical transformation. As we present
01:16:49our bonus feature, Masa Confucius, the master of alchemy.
01:16:54Masa Confucius, the master of alchemy.
01:16:59Masa Confucius, the master of alchemy.
01:17:04As we present our bonus feature, Masa Confucius, a short film by Eric Baszak.
01:17:34I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:18:04I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:18:34I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:04I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:11I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:18I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:25I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:32I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:39I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:46I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:19:53I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:00I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:07I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:14I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:21I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:28I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:34I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:41I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:48I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:20:55I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:01I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:07I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:13I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:19I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:25I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:31I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:37I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:43I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:21:49I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:22:10I think I'll stay with Viagra.
01:22:13Don't try this at home.
01:22:18In our two previous productions we explored Solomon's art of angelic invocation and the
01:22:25evocation of spirits in the dark mirror. In this production we've introduced you to hermetic
01:22:31yoga, path workings, seasonal ceremonies, the magical Eucharist, Enochian watchtowers
01:22:38and the perils of alchemical experimentation. Beyond this lies the vision quest for the
01:22:45Holy Guardian Angel and the profound mysteries of celestial magic. At this point you might
01:22:54be wondering what magical tradition do we follow? Do we derive from the Golden Dawn,
01:23:00the Ordo Templi Orientis or some other hermetic resecution order? No. The tradition we follow
01:23:08is a hundred years older than the Golden Dawn and the OTO. Our initiations are based on
01:23:15the 18th century European rite of Kratoropoa which was a faithful reconstruction of the
01:23:21classical pagan initiatory rites conducted in ancient Alexandria in the first century
01:23:27of the Common Era. We are of the ancient hermetic tradition. Now if you will give just a moment's
01:23:35attention to Frater Namus, our director Greg Jednak, who played Prince Baal in our seasonal
01:23:43ceremony you just witnessed, Greg will introduce you to our other videos and publications.
01:23:54Originally we released the instructional documentary The Magic of Solomon in VHS format. It is
01:24:01now available in an updated extended DVD second edition. This production dramatically demonstrates
01:24:11Solomon's magical arts of angelic invocation and the evocation of spirits in the dark mirror.
01:24:20At the same time we released the companion volume, The Book of Solomon's Magic, for students
01:24:26who wish to actually master and practice Solomon's ancient art of magic. We followed
01:24:33our first video with The Dark Mirror of Magic in VHS, which recorded an actual magical operation
01:24:43evoking a remarkable prophecy of world events that afterwards came to pass. This video has
01:24:51also been updated and extended in a second edition DVD version. We published Secrets
01:25:01of the Golden Dawn Cipher Manuscript for students who want to learn the essentials of the Golden
01:25:07Dawn system and Seasonal Rites of Baal and Astarte, which contains the complete scripts,
01:25:15staging directions, and commentary for all four of our seasonal ceremonies, including
01:25:22the Summer Solstice Rite you saw performed in this production. And we have also published
01:25:28two volumes of our occasional journal, The Seventh Ray. The first issue contains the
01:25:33Golden Dawn's hitherto secret document, Book H, from which their Enochian magic was derived.
01:25:41The second issue features our Eleventh Sphere, Tree of Life, with three new tarot cards in
01:25:47full color. These materials are all available from us through our website or through major
01:25:55online distributors.
01:25:58In parting, let me remind you that in your temple you are one with the gods. Farewell
01:26:05and good magic.