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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.
00:30:08Satsang with Mooji
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00:31:10Satsang with Mooji
00:31:23Before us.
00:31:28Om Ra Pai Ye
00:31:41Behind us.
00:31:43Om God Ra Ye
00:31:58At our right hand.
00:32:01Om Mi Ka Ye
00:32:17At our left hand.
00:32:20Om Nam Ra Ye
00:32:36For about us flame the blessed pentagrams.
00:32:39And in our column shines the six-rayed star.
00:32:49By the alchemy of calcination, darkness, fear and woe be gone.
00:33:01We light this fire of purification.
00:33:05In the mystic name of Sau Om Om.
00:33:11Satsang with Mooji
00:33:32Holy Henge of Cycling Seasons
00:33:35Satsang with Mooji
00:33:46Mighty Millstone of the Year
00:33:58Marks the longest day of summer.
00:34:05Satsang with Mooji
00:34:13And the golden sun we now revere.
00:34:16Satsang with Mooji
00:34:35Satsang with Mooji
00:34:43Tree-born Lord in leafy arraignment.
00:34:46Sired by golden solar ray.
00:34:49Thee we invoke with scent of myrrh.
00:34:54It holds Suneera'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 Bal Cloud Rider.
00:35:19Rain Cloud Rider, Prince of Earth.
00:35:22Pour for us the dew of heaven.
00:35:24Holy Zra of life and worth.
00:35:28Satsang with Mooji
00:35:58All the Gods! All the Gods!
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.
00:36:26Dance ye round till the cup be dry.
00:36:31Why?
00:36:32Round and round the circle goes, while the sacred river flows.
00:36:33Round and round the creek we hail, as we drink the holy grail.
00:36:34Round and round the circle goes, while the sacred river flows.
00:36:35Round and round the creek we hail, as we drink the holy grail.
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00:38:23All the God!
00:38:24Who marches on me from the darkness?
00:38:28I, Prince Baal, do call thee forth.
00:38:48I 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.
00:39:09Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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00:39:48Now the crops will parch and wither. Rivers, streams, and wells be dried.
00:40:03I have laid my curse upon thee. Drought and famine evermore.
00:40:10Death and rot and disillusion is all thou hast in store.
00:40:29Alas, 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,
00:40:53wave-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.
00:41:07Bring 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.
00:41:34Grant us hope for all the future. Give us life and love and birth.
00:41:53Ayima al Malka.
00:42:03Ayima al Malka.
00:42:24I have heard thy call, my children, that at last you cried too late.
00:42:30Here I weep in mourning with you at my lover's yearly fate.
00:42:36With him goes the bloom of springtime, with him pass the gentle rains.
00:42:41He alone could fruit the hillside, he alone could green the plains.
00:42:45Yet am I still queen eternal, star-born daughter of the great El?
00:42:50Seedlings slumber, yearlings prosper under my protecting spell.
00:42:54In 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
00:43:08to regain again in winter season with the waxing rays of Saul.
00:43:12Come ye now, mourn him with me. Burn away the blood-borne rose.
00:43:18Purify the soul in sadness. Shed the tears of she who knows.
00:43:29Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:43:37These waters are the tears of the goddess. Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:43:58Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:04These waters are the tears of the goddess. Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:18Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:24Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:31These waters are the tears of the goddess. Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:44:36Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:42Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:48Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:44:54Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:45:00Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:45:06Each rose is the blood of the year, king. Burn it, and thy sorrows be forgot.
00:45:12These waters are the tears of the goddess. Shed them, and thy sadness will pass.
00:45:36Oy 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,
00:45:51Oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy yi yi, oy
00:46:21yi yi, oy 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,
00:46:51was said to have filled a great holy goblet
00:46:55with 10,000 pitchers of wine.
00:46:58This supported anthropologist Jesse Weston's
00:47:02earlier 1920 Phoenician origin theory for the Holy Grail
00:47:08in her book, From Ritual to Romance.
00:47:10The Holy Grail and the other grail hallows
00:47:14are far older than Christianity.
00:47:18Older even than Moses.
00:47:21They go back to the days of Melchizedek.
00:47:24These sacred objects, which are the four elemental weapons,
00:47:28the suits of the tarot, and the implements of the magus,
00:47:32are the living heart of our magical religion.
00:47:35They are the instruments of our art,
00:47:37the holy implements of our transformation,
00:47:40and they are central to our most solemn
00:47:42and sacred Eucharistic rite of seven sacraments,
00:47:47the most ancient communion of the elements.
00:47:51It is well known that the four grail hallows,
00:47:58being the sword, the lance, the chalice,
00:48:01and the shield or platter,
00:48:03are symbolic of the four philosophical elements
00:48:06of air, fire, water, and earth,
00:48:09which in turn represent the four suits of the tarot.
00:48:14What is not so well known
00:48:15is that these symbolic weapons and implements
00:48:18and their use in sacred ritual
00:48:21predate the Judeo-Christian tradition.
00:48:25Recall that the Canaanite priest, King Melchizedek,
00:48:28gave the sacraments to Abraham 1,000 years before Moses
00:48:33and 2,000 years before the beginning of Christianity.
00:48:37Yea, though I walk through the valley
00:48:39of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil.
00:48:43Thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
00:48:49Thou preparest a table before me
00:48:51in the presence of mine enemies.
00:48:54Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over.
00:48:59Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me
00:49:02all the days of my life,
00:49:05and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
00:49:09You are watching a communion service
00:49:12filmed in our Montsovat Temple back in 1974.
00:49:16In this version of the rite,
00:49:19the magic circle is raised up to be a serving table,
00:49:22and the priestess and the priest officiate from within
00:49:27while the celebrants circle to receive the sacraments.
00:49:32In this most ancient version of the Eucharist,
00:49:35the chalice is filled with the life-giving essence
00:49:38of fermented honey rather than the blood
00:49:41and death surrogate of wine.
00:49:44In the Hermetic tradition, we also sanctify
00:49:47and share the aerial incense, the fire,
00:49:51and the bread and salt of the earth.
00:49:53And finally, we anoint the celebrant with holy oil
00:49:57and bestow the kiss of Agape,
00:49:59representing the infusion of spirit, the fifth element,
00:50:04which quickens and enlivens the other four.
00:50:08Thus, seven sacraments are blessed and administered.
00:50:13There are two great mysteries and magics
00:50:15attendant to this rite.
00:50:17The first is the personal transubstantiation
00:50:20of the Eucharist itself,
00:50:22an internal alchemy made more meaningful
00:50:25with the ingestion of a seminal sacrament
00:50:27which relates to the second great mystery
00:50:30of the holy shrine itself,
00:50:32within which the true configuration of the cherubim
00:50:36in the Holy of Holies is revealed.
00:50:38For was it not written in the Sefer HaZohar
00:50:41that in the temple, hidden and concealed
00:50:44is the secret of the Holy of Holies,
00:50:47which are the two cherubs of Zahir-an-Pin and Malkuth.
00:50:51The Holy of Holies above is the secret
00:50:53of the supernal Chokmai and Binah,
00:50:56similarly the groom and the bride.
00:51:14In recent years, our High Communion
00:51:16has been presented in total silence,
00:51:19with spiritual music in the background.
00:51:21The symbolic gestures of our acolytes,
00:51:24our deacon, and our priest and priestess
00:51:26are more eloquent and evocative than words.
00:51:30The deacon gives the charge
00:51:32and opens the temple with a pentagram ritual.
00:51:34The priest and priestess are seated in front of the deacon
00:51:38and the priest and priestess are seated in front of the deacon
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00:51:44The acolytes then enter in procession,
00:51:47carrying with them the grail hallows,
00:51:50and they venerate the elements.
00:51:52The priestess and priest open the shrine
00:51:54to reveal the ultimate mystery
00:51:56and then administer the sacraments to the celebrants.
00:52:00Now, let us observe the rite
00:52:03as it was recently performed
00:52:06for our Southern California magical community.
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01:04:19One of the most remarkable events in the history of Western magic
01:04:23occurred during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
01:04:27The most brilliant scholar of Renaissance England was Dr. John Dee.
01:04:33But Dr. John Dee was also a secret agent for the crown,
01:04:39the Queen's royal astrologer, and a ceremonial magician.
01:04:45For five years, Dee and his scryer, Edward Kelly,
01:04:50invoked a number of mysterious angels
01:04:54who gave them a secret magical language
01:04:58and a complex system of invocation.
01:05:01This angelic language was called Enochian,
01:05:05after the biblical prophet Enoch.
01:05:08And it was cryptically displayed on tablets
01:05:12said to be the watchtowers of the universe.
01:05:16This Enochian system of magic was partially published in 1659
01:05:22in a remarkable book called
01:05:25A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years
01:05:30Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits,
01:05:33Tending, had it succeeded, to a general alteration
01:05:37of most states and kingdoms in the world.
01:05:40Now, in today's New Age terminology,
01:05:43the magical process detailed in this book would be called channeling.
01:05:47But this 16th century Enochian revelation
01:05:50was far more phenomenal and profound
01:05:54than the later 19th century accounts of Summerland
01:05:58given by spiritualist mediums
01:06:01and the more recent extraterrestrial teachings
01:06:05of the New Age channelers.
01:06:07Neither can Enochian speech be likened to the glossolalia
01:06:11of hysterical fundamentalists speaking in tongues.
01:06:15This Enochian language actually has a syntax and a grammar.
01:06:19It can be spoken, translated, and understood
01:06:23by both disembodied spirits
01:06:26and by the magicians who summon them.
01:06:29These Enochian calls were so powerful
01:06:32that they were originally delivered backwards and in reverse order.
01:06:36Only then, after they had been transcribed,
01:06:40could they actually be understood.
01:06:43Dr. D. and Edward Kelly
01:06:46spent thousands of hours over several years
01:06:50gathering and meticulously recording this information
01:06:54from the spiritual entities they had contacted.
01:06:58Although the Enochian spirits claimed to be angels,
01:07:02they were often wrathful, capricious, and even amoral.
01:07:07But they were certainly biblical.
01:07:10They rumbled and thundered in the apocalyptic style
01:07:14of the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation.
01:07:17If the later 18th century mystic poet and artist William Blake
01:07:21had lived and died before D. and Kelly began their work,
01:07:25one might even have suspected it was the ghost of Blake they had raised
01:07:30because both expressions of mysticism
01:07:33are similar in content and implication.
01:07:37There are several systems of Enochian magic.
01:07:41The one we employ is the ascension of the 30 aethers.
01:07:45This derives from an early Gnostic cosmology of 30 aeons,
01:07:50which are spiritually explored
01:07:53in an ascending soul quest toward enlightenment,
01:07:56an earthly presage of the soul's ascent after death.
01:08:01The aether system uses the four elemental tablets
01:08:05called watchtowers of the universe
01:08:08and a smaller fifth tablet suspended above the altar.
01:08:12This spiritual tablet of union unifies the four tablets
01:08:17at the quarters of the magical circle.
01:08:20In our configuration, a 150 millimeter amethystine scrying orb
01:08:26is mounted above the Enochian sigil of emeth,
01:08:30or seal of God, upon the altar.
01:08:34The first stage of an Enochian ritual
01:08:37is the opening and charging of the tablets.
01:08:41This is called a watchtower opening.
01:08:44It is actually a variation of the golden dawn's greater pentagram ritual.
01:08:49BITUM
01:09:03HOITEA PELOCHE
01:09:14ELOI
01:09:25I have power of Mikael,
01:09:28and in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle,
01:09:32I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the south,
01:09:36and of fire.
01:09:44ECHO
01:09:54ECHO
01:10:03ECHO
01:10:24ECHO
01:10:32ECHO
01:10:36By the mercy of Gabriel,
01:10:39and in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle,
01:10:45I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the west,
01:10:50and of water.
01:10:53ECHO
01:11:14ECHO
01:11:23ECHO
01:11:27ECHO
01:11:52By the grace of Raphael,
01:11:55and in the names and letters of the great eastern quadrangle,
01:12:01I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the east,
01:12:07and of air.
01:12:25ECHO
01:12:35ECHO
01:12:41ECHO
01:12:45ECHO
01:13:06By the love of Auriel,
01:13:09and in the names and letters of the great northern quadrangle,
01:13:13I invoke ye archangels of the watchtower of the north,
01:13:17and of earth.
01:13:43ECHO
01:14:13ECHO
01:14:34By the power of Yadava,
01:14:37and in the names and letters of the mystical tablet of union,
01:14:41I invoke ye divine forces of the spirit of life,
01:14:44whose dwelling is in the invisible.
01:14:47ECHO
01:15:18ECHO
01:15:33Let the divine white brilliance descend.
01:15:47ECHO
01:16:17ECHO
01:16:40When we say hermetic science,
01:16:43one of the first things that comes to mind is alchemy,
01:16:47the philosopher's stone,
01:16:50the universal medicine,
01:16:52the elixir of life.
01:16:55Come along with us now on a fantastic journey
01:16:59into the strange world of alchemical transformation,
01:17:03as we present our bonus feature,
01:17:06Masa Confusa,
01:17:08a short film by Eric Baszak.
01:17:13ECHO
01:17:43ECHO
01:18:13ECHO
01:18:43ECHO
01:19:13ECHO
01:19:43ECHO
01:20:13ECHO
01:20:43ECHO
01:21:13ECHO
01:21:43ECHO
01:21:46ECHO
01:21:49ECHO
01:21:52ECHO
01:21:55ECHO
01:22:11I think I'll stay with Viagra.
01:22:14Don't try this at home.
01:22:19In our two previous productions,
01:22:21we explored Solomon's art of angelic invocation
01:22:25and the evocation of spirits in the dark mirror.
01:22:28In this production, we've introduced you to hermetic yoga,
01:22:32path workings, seasonal ceremonies,
01:22:35the magical Eucharist, Enochian watchtowers,
01:22:38and the perils of alchemical experimentation.
01:22:42Beyond this lies the vision quest for the Holy Guardian Angel
01:22:47and the profound mysteries of celestial magic.
01:22:51At this point, you might be wondering,
01:22:54what magical tradition do we follow?
01:22:57Do we derive from the Golden Dawn, the Ordo Templi Orientis,
01:23:01or some other hermetic resecution order?
01:23:05No.
01:23:06The tradition we follow is a hundred years older
01:23:10than the Golden Dawn and the OTO.
01:23:13Our initiations are based on the 18th century
01:23:16European rite of Kraterepoa,
01:23:19which was a faithful reconstruction
01:23:21of the classical pagan initiatory rites
01:23:24conducted in ancient Alexandria
01:23:26in the first century of the Common Era.
01:23:29We are of the ancient hermetic tradition.
01:23:33Now, if you will give just a moment's attention
01:23:37to Frater Namus, our director, Greg Jednak,
01:23:40who played Prince Baal in our seasonal ceremony you just witnessed.
01:23:45Greg will introduce you to our other videos and publications.
01:23:54Originally, we released the instructional documentary
01:23:58The Magic of Solomon in VHS format.
01:24:01It is now available in an updated, extended DVD second edition.
01:24:07This production dramatically demonstrates Solomon's magical arts
01:24:12of angelic invocation and the evocation of spirits in the dark mirror.
01:24:19At the same time, we released the companion volume,
01:24:23The Book of Solomon's Magic,
01:24:25for students who wish to actually master
01:24:29and practice Solomon's ancient art of magic.
01:24:33We followed our first video with The Dark Mirror of Magic in VHS,
01:24:39which recorded an actual magical operation
01:24:43evoking a remarkable prophecy of world events
01:24:47that afterwards came to pass.
01:24:51This video has also been updated and extended
01:24:55in a second edition DVD version.
01:24:59We published Secrets of the Golden Dawn Cipher Manuscript
01:25:04for students who want to learn the essentials of the Golden Dawn system
01:25:09and Seasonal Rites of Baal and Astarte,
01:25:13which contains the complete scripts, staging directions,
01:25:17and commentary for all four of our seasonal ceremonies,
01:25:21including the Summer Solstice Rite you saw performed in this production.
01:25:26And we have also published two volumes of our occasional journal,
01:25:30The Seventh Ray.
01:25:32The first issue contains the Golden Dawn's hitherto secret document, Book H,
01:25:37from which their Enochian magic was derived.
01:25:41The second issue features our Eleventh Sphere Tree of Life
01:25:45with three new tarot cards in full color.
01:25:48These materials are all available from us through our website
01:25:53or through major online distributors.
01:25:57In parting, let me remind you
01:26:01that in your temple you are one with the gods.
01:26:06Farewell and good magic.