by a traveller in darkness, Exploration-5 Publishing 2009
Overview
An exploration of the Star Sapphire Ritual. Includes detailed commentary on the symbolism, how it fits into the tree of life, the purpose of the ritual- and suggestions on the actual sexual workings of the ritual
Notes
16 - Signs and Signifiers can shift with the Aeon
A sign is made of two parts, the signified and the signifier. The symbol is the signifier and it represents something. This thing being represented is the signified. For example, a stop sign can be described as having the signifier of a red octagon, and a signified of stopping the car before driving through the intersection.
The relation of these two aspects of sign are not universal and are not bound. Thus, as the Aeon shifts we can see that while the signs of a ritual remain the same, they may take on new meanings.
Saussure (1857-1913), a Swiss linguist and considered the father of semiotics, suggested that a 'sign' is composed of two elements, the signtfier, and the signified.
An example of this would be the shifts described by aeonic transition, where under the banner of a New Aeon certain 'old aeon' formula become inverted or no longer as culturally or magickally applicable, and yet the forms they take remain the same.
11 - Hexagrams transmute energy, Pentagrams shift matter
Hexagrams transmute energy, Pentagrams manipulate elemental matterHexagrams transmute energy, Pentagrams manipulate elemental matter
The pentagram is symbolic of the microcosm, and the hexagram symbolic of the macrocosm.
Another way of thinking about this, pentagrams can transmute matter, hexagrams can change frequency and vibr...
24 - N, Love, Putrefaction
- NN
Scorpio, nun
Love as the instrument of change by putrefaction
Aleister Crowley
Death, and rebirth.
Sexual immortality
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References
Aleister Cro...“"Love as the instrument of change by putrefaction "2”
Go to annotation “identifies 'n' with Scorpio (Nun) describing it as the "letter of sexual immortality, for formula of perfection through putrefaction "27”
35 - Pentagram unites 4 elements into the 5th
Pentagram ritual unites 4 elements to reveal the 5th Private or Broken Links
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36 - Ruach
Go to annotation “The 'Ruach' refers to a specific location on the Tree of Life including the sephers 4-8.” ruach- spheres 4-8
Go to annotation “Crowley 'corrects' this glyph by reversing the colours, asserting that the Blue Triangle is the ascending tongue of prayer, whilst the Red Triangle is the descending tongue of grace. B”
Go to annotation “Is it possible that both Pater and Mater refer to the mouths of the Adept and his Rose? Could it be that, in the East, we are looking at a simple yet delicious kiss?”
Go to annotation “form on the tongue tips, which can by virtue of an increased intensity of physical passion, be felt to increase in charge, volume and brilliance. Here is the symbolic first point of ingress by the enigmatic 'inmost light'.”
Go to annotation “Looking again at Liber Aleph Chapter 106, Crowley makes the following observation "Now by the operation of Vau [Filius] upon that He [Filia] is no new creation… "59 We take from this confirmation that despite the sexual intercourse, it is not consummated by orgasm or conception.”
Go to annotation “The triple invocatory formula being: Lowly priest: (abstract / distant / dedication) to Lover of God: (sensory / intimate / devotion) to God: (actual / identification / self-love)”
Sex in Babylon
- temple prostitution /sacred sex
- Go to annotation “Female superior as we might find in Babalonian congress?” lookup Babylonia congress
Go to annotation “Try saying any word or statement three times in deliberate succession. Saying it twice allows the unconscious to notice the apparent hiccup in a linear sequence of events. The third repetition automatically charges the action.” Word spoken 3 times charges it
Go to annotation “Within Crowley's formula for invocation, the magician takes three steps or approaches. First is that of a lowly priest, the second is that of a lover, thirdly is that of godhead (identification). With each step the divinity draws closer from a distance; the abstract becomes the representative, becomes the actual.”
Go to annotation “By way of an illustrative point reflecting the nature and interaction of the 4 and the 3 upon different planes, one colleague, Mr O'Shea, observed the nature of the 3x4 polyrhythm within music. He demonstrated this rhythm by tapping his”
Go to annotation “In one mystical reading of the Tree of Life glyph, we are offered the notion that during 'the fall from grace', Uphareth and the middle pillar slipped and fell, dragging down the whole pillar by one step. The result was to locate Malkuth one place lower than previous, and to create an absence we know as the Abyss”
Go to annotation “What we are engaging with is the shadow of Uphareth. The balance and harmony of the beautiful sepher, is reflected in the higher balance of paradox. To”
Go to annotation “These three Gunas, which we can identify as the three flames of Shin,” three Guna relate to shin on path of judgement
Go to annotation “the seven-gated Kingdom of Heaven manifested on Earth (see again notes on The Empress).”
Go to annotation “This pollinating suitor, the bee, is an icon of the Sun and Uphareth, given its association with both the hexagon of the honey comb, its Sundance communications, and the strange alchemical creation of honey from nectar and pollen. T”
Go to annotation “Longinus, the wielder of the spear of destiny, and without whom the mythic Christ could not have completed his formula. This roman centurian has since been beatified in recognition of the necessity of his actions. N” interesting– is this true?
Go to annotation “Dissolve the Pearl in the Wine-cup: Drink, and make manifest the Virtue of that Pearl!” implies the pearl has virtue. embed the seed with a desire and drinking it makes it manifest
Go to annotation “That speck of dust is the Magister Templi, whom having annihilated the significance of his Ego in the Abyss, is left with nought but his Will, now wholly subsumed by the Will of the Universe.” binah=oyster
the ego forms like a pearl around the will- we must cleanse the false coagulation so that the atma may be freed into the spiritual abyss
Go to annotation “the 7 Major Arcana addressed within this ritual. Atu's III, V, VII, XI define the Sphinx and the Abyss, whilst VI, II, XVII encode key elements within the ritual. All 7 of these cards reflect the aphoristic 7 ARARITAs,” note these correspondences
the sphinx:
- the chariot 7
- lust/strength 11
- the empress 3
- the heirophant 5
paths across abyss:
- lovers
- high priestess 2
- star 17
Go to annotation “Life is the Bull (The Hierophant), Love is the Eagle (The Empress), Liberty is the Man (The Chariot), and Light is of course the Lion (Lust).” where did he make these attributions
Go to annotation “Well, in brief, Baphomet concerns the meeting of opposites. The wings of the angel with the feet of a devil in one body: ARARITA.”
Go to annotation “Rather than slightly bowed, I believe that the legs should be straight, forming an equilateral triangle with the ground. I”
Go to annotation “Squalene, another key ingredient, is also used in moisturisers, although probably derived from a different source.” funny
Go to annotation “The combined elixir of the Eagle & Lion offers us an interesting insight into the Solve et Coagula of the alchemists.” gluten of eagle= vaginal secretion
blood of lion= semen and sperm
living fluid
Go to annotation “Through the unity of their different natures the hexagram is formed.” what does the author mean by the hexagram in this usage? how do these acts form the macrocosm?
Go to annotation “One in Nothingness: The unity or singularity exists in a void, the Abyss. This line and the previous, recall a similar passage from the Book of the Law "The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay, are none!"x 10 These are neither Four (IHVH) nor All (PAN) nor two (binary opposition) nor One (Al; Single-pointed consciousness) nor Nothing (La: Vacuity).” great connections to various words here
Go to annotation “Frater Osiris makes a significant observation by pointing out the missing number in the equation: 3. This is the number of the sacramental groupings: (all in two) + (two in one) + (one in nothing).”
Go to annotation “this is not a ritual to aid in development ofa knowledge ofWill; it presupposes that. Rather it is a vehicle for alignment to that Will, and the earthing of that Will into actual manifestation. The effects of this rite are, within my own experience, certainly potent, and cause immediate ripples to spread out through the circles of one's life. These” the purpose of SS ritual