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We here follow up points of special interest on Gnostic and other texts, including the remarkable Thunder Perfect Mind. Yoga and a science of the mind is implicit in all of them. Our interest is in metaphysical and universal symbolism; we are not overly concerned with factual references, names, dates and places. The surviving fragments of these ancient texts, as with the Yoga-Sutras, have their true origins in times that were already ancient when the Christian Gospels were being composed. The evidence for a yoga practice and science of the mind in those texts will become clear from studying this book. The second part of the book comprises a careful, practical study of the Yoga-Sutras attributed to Patanjali and Vyasa. There is no simplification or dilution of the yoga method; yet that method is clearly explained. The goal of yoga remains the same: union with God, immortality and even final liberation for those rare individuals that will renounce the world.

Here is an introduction to the Qabalah inclusive of the Hebraic tradition, as well as the modern Hermetic tradition with its systems of correspondences. It features a new commentary on the Thirty-two paths of Wisdom from the most important Qabalistic source work, The Sepher Yetzirah or Book of Formation. 'The Paths of Evil' concerns the Qliphoth of the first ten paths and those corresponding to the Zodiac. The last section, 'The Tunnels of Set', is a critical reappraisal of Kenneth Grant's Nightside of Eden Part Two, revealing how Aleister Crowley and then Grant and others worked to invert symbolism, effectively removing completely all spiritual possibilities for those that would follow them. By placing this in the context of the neo-spiritualist and postmodern occult movement it is shown how the decline and intellectual collapse of civilisation towards the final dissolution of our world is being supernaturally accelerated.

This book includes five chapters on the Holy Guardian Angel and five chapters on various aspects of yoga, including Raja Yoga and Kundalini Yoga. Here we pass beyond the syncretism of occultism to the synthesis of the metaphysical gnosis, which is necessarily the view from the 'centre'. All true initiatic paths lead to the same goal and only differ from the point of view of the outsider. The outward differences of paths owe merely to cultural or other modifications, as necessary, and none of that is of any consequence to initiation at all. We must deal with the conditions of the world that we now find ourselves in. This book is not a comment on social conditions or the more or less extraordinary phenomena that is all part of the 'signs of the times', however. Our purpose is to set forth in the clearest possible terms the ways now open to us given the circumstances of our times.

The voices of the Egyptian neteru are as loud and clear today as they were in ancient history for those who are still able to hear them amidst the noise and tumult of a civilisation that has lost all heart. Thelema and the (Egyptian) Book of the Law are here placed in the context of a metaphysical perspective. Some of the book is thus an advanced commentary on the Thelemic source work, which will be of interest to those not wholly beguiled by the obfuscations of Crowley and those who follow him. The book addresses the difficulty of initiation in the twenty-first century-for the Way has not changed but the conditions we work under certainly have. Laws, news, facts and even history are updated, deleted, replaced and rewritten on a daily basis. So-called alternative movements, some of which even claim to be 'spiritual', only serve to reinforce profane, anti-spiritual notions. There is a need to pass on the real knowledge to those few that are willing and able to receive it.

The Phoenix is the rite of admission to Neophyte, the first degree of the Order. The first degree is called the 'Grade of Earth' because it corresponds to Malkuth, the Kingdom. The ritual has its basis in the Golden Dawn Neophyte ceremony. Within it are the keys to forging the necessary inner plane contacts. We also include here the admission to the grade of Zelator and Liber 717 or Zain, a carefully adapted version of the Bornless Ritual for the Adeptus Minor. The three rituals of initiation each come with a full commentary. The 'flashing colours' are particular to the Magick of Light and have a special rôle in theurgical rites. The book is therefore printed on photographic paper and includes 35 luxurious full colour diagrams and graphic illustrations.

The Phoenix is the rite of admission to Neophyte, the first degree of the Order. The first degree is called the 'Grade of Earth' because it corresponds to Malkuth, the Kingdom. The ritual has its basis in the Golden Dawn Neophyte ceremony. Within it are the keys to forging the necessary inner plane contacts. We also include here the admission to the grade of Zelator and Liber 717 or Zain, a carefully adapted version of the Bornless Ritual for the Adeptus Minor. The three rituals of initiation each come with a full commentary. The 'flashing colours' are particular to the Magick of Light and have a special rôle in theurgical rites. The book is therefore printed on photographic paper and includes 35 luxurious full colour diagrams and graphic illustrations.

Here is the ritual basis underlying the threefold structure of an initiatic Order comprising the Golden Dawn, Rosy Cross and Silver Star. The rituals and methods are supplemented by hundreds of graphic illustrations and diagrams. The grade system is worked from Malkuth to Kether, following the paths of the Serpent of Wisdom. The Order of the Golden Dawn comprises the first four degrees. The Golden Dawn thesis concerns the equilibration of the four elements of the natural soul. The Order of the Rosy Cross comprises the fifth, sixth and seventh degrees. The work of the Rose and Cross is to unite the equilibrated soul to her opposite, the antithesis or Holy Guardian Angel. The Order of the Silver Star comprises the eighth, ninth and tenth degrees, summed up as the spiritual fruit or synthesis of the soul's union with her Holy Guardian Angel.

This collection of 36 monographs serves as a well-rounded introduction to the Law of Thelema. 'Lapis Philosophorum' redefines the magical philosophy of Thelema, liberating it from the accretions of the past as well as those of the modern age. 'Babalon Unveiled!' forms the centrepiece of this collection and is one of seven related studies on the mystery of the Scarlet Woman. Each shows an aspect of her oracular voice as it has been heard and recorded down the ages. 'Angels of Sacred Dance, Love and Whoredom' examines how the divine feminine of pre-religious antiquity was demonised, resulting in a host of 'fallen angels' whose identity is yet preserved, albeit under a heavy veil in traditional Qabalistic texts.The book is dedicated to the memory of Rose Edith Kelly, otherwise known as Rose Crowley or Ouarda the Seer. Rose was the medium and intelligence for the transmission activated through the Stele of Revealing in the Cairo museum in 1904.

The Initiate must study and practice the love of wisdom. The Lady of Love assumes seven different aspects, each associated with a chakra or 'star' in the cosmos. Various supporting rituals and methods are given here and explained, along with the planetary Kameas, Seals and Signatures of the Intelligences and Spirits. This is a course in advanced practical magick that includes knowledge lectures, rituals, yoga, meditation, invocation, skrying and tasks to perform. Content includes: The Temple, Bhakti Yoga, Magick of Earth and Stars, Ascent of the Celestial Serpent, Gates of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, Ritual of the Gates of Babalon, Stella Sophia, Egyptian Tantra-yoga, Rite of Dedication, Mass of Hormaku with Litany and Collects, Signatures of the Spirits.

Initiation works through the formula called the Enterer of the Threshold. The Probationer enters the pyramid of Malkuth from 'outside' to become a Neophyte. The Probationer must define the circle of the place. Squaring the circle implies bringing to form or manifestation all that we are and can ever be. The 2022 Edition includes our Egyptian Yoga method, published here for the first time. The book also includes Key Scale correspondence tables, expanded and corrected. As well as the primary Qabalistic Sephiroth, Gods and Angels, the tables cover everything needed by the practical magician: colours, magical powers, symbolic weapons, perfumes, precious stones, plants, animals and legendary creatures.

The Flaming Sword Sepher Sephiroth consists of more than 1000 pages, in two volumes. In addition to the substantial Sepher Sephiroth there is an introductory guide to the use of the book, tables of Hebrew, Greek and Enochian values, prime numbers, and a complete set of Magical Kameas with corrected and redrawn planetary seals and sigils. The Flaming Sword is the result of many years of practical work and research by the author. Greek words from the New Testament and Hermetica are included, in addition to the usual Hebrew words; the entire Enochian vocabulary of John Dee is included, as well as some Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic and ancient Egyptian words. Where appropriate, Gematria with detailed Qabalistic notes has been provided. The Flaming Sword provides multiple solutions to all of the riddles of the (Egyptian) Book of the Law, Liber AL vel Legis, as well as some of the most cryptic passages.