the red cross of azazel
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The Origin of the Red Cross as a Symbol. It's Probably Not What You Think.TRANSCRIPT
An excerpt from: The False Prophet Azazel by John of the Gentiles
Appendix A
The Rose Cross of Azazel
According to an esoteric reading of the Tarot, a Red Rose represents Venus (Azazel‘s
human wife), while a Red Cross represents the angel Azazel. The combined Rose-Cross in one
respect represents the sexual union of Azazel and his human wife. The word ‗Rosicrucian‘ is
German for ‗Rose Cross,‘ a term synonymous with Red Cross. In addition to this, the word
‗rose‘ is an anagram for Eros, the name of the Greek god of Love, who was the first-born son of
the angel Azazel and of his human wife. The 18th
Degree in Freemasonry is commonly known
as the Rose-Croix (Rose Cross), a fact showing the relation to and establishing a link between
these two seemingly diverse organizations. In fact, the ascension of Freemasonry (not to be
confused with the more archaic Masonry) as we know it today correspondingly relates to the
decline of the Rosicrucian order in Europe, most markedly in Germany, the birthplace of
Rosicrucianism (Dr Sigismund Bacstrom, an important Rosicrucian scholar of the alchemical
sciences, wrote in Bacstrom’s Rosicrucian Society (circa late 18th
to early 19th
Centuries A.D.)
of ―the August most ancient and most learned (Rosicrucian) Society, the Investigators of Divine,
Spiritual and Natural Truth (which Society, more than two centuries and a half ago (during the
15th
Century), did separate themselves from the Freemasons…).‖ These movements being inter-
related and dynamic by their their very natures, Freemasonry later re-absorbed many
Rosicrucians back within its ranks (See pp.55-56 Proofs of a Conspiracy: Chapter I by John
Robinson, 1798 A.D.). There are many Rosicrucian Societies yet in existence today, most
notably AMORC. In addition, and of a most interesting note, the Order of Maat Supreme Grand
Lodge owns a web site called Links Central of Maat (M.A.A.T. = Master of the Temple A.‘A.‘ [A.‘A.‘ =
Aleister Crowley‘s Argenteum Astrum/Silver Star]. See p. 241 Nightside of Eden by Kenneth Grant, 1977 A.D.), by their
own profession ―a web ring for Rosicrucians,‖ which employs a rose-cross ankh symbol (a
rosetau). This is derived from the name of the Egyptian god Seker, who represented the angel
Azazel, who was called ‗He of the rosetau,‘ which is to say, he of the rose (red) cross. In Scene
2 of the 3rd
Tableau of the Initiation of Plato, it is revealed that Azazel‘s symbol, ―the red cross,‖
was ―traced upon the banner of Egypt,‖ on what amounted to being the national flag of Egypt.
And according to Flying Roll No. 10 (in Roman numerals, 10 = X, named in honor of Azazel) of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, ‗X‘ (a cross variant) is the occult sign of Osiris risen
(Osiris represented Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth. It is for this reason A. E. Waite, a member of the
Golden Dawn, lists the Wheel of Fortune, representative of Azazel‘s cherub, as the 10th
(Roman
numeral X) Major Arcana of the Tarot. There exist those who hold the crossed-arm symbolism
represents ‗Osiris slain‘). It must also be noted The Church of Scientology employs a similar
logo, called the Cross Saltire**. Compare the Cross Saltire to Aleister Crowley‘s O.T.O. Rose
Cross Lamen (a lamen is a magical charm-like pendent worn around the neck by the leader of a
witch‘s coven). This signifies Azazel‘s (represented by the ‗X‘) future appearance as the false
Christ (represented by the cross). When the symbol for Azazel (x) is superimposed upon the
cross (+), it forms what is known as an eight-point compass rose. For this reason a classical
wooden ship‘s wheel, which resembles an eight point compass rose, is at times used as a symbol
of Azazel (as are wheels of similar composition). A ship‘s anchor (often found wound round
with a chain) is also used as a symbol for the union of Azazel and his human wife, as it
represents the union of the tau cross, representative of Azazel, with the crescent moon, the
crescent moon being a symbol of Azazel‘s human wife). (**Author‘s Note: The Process
Church of the Final Judgment founded by two ex-Scientologists employed a decidedly related
symbol depicting a serpent upon a cross (in the place of Christ crucified), what one might
venture to identify as being a Chritianized-version of the palladium. They even had rings made
with this cross depicted in red on a white background [within the ‗disk‘] the sigil of Azazel [See
below]):
In Egyptian hieroglyphics the god Ptah (a god who represented Azazel) is always associated with
an ‗x‘ within a circle, also known as the quartered circle (for this reason an ox has become an
esoteric symbol of Azazel (Oxford University derives its name from it). A male ox is called a
bull, a common angel symbol (by extension, Azazel‘s human wife may be symbolized as a cow.
The Egyptian cow goddess represents Azazel‘s human wife). Compare the ‗x‘ within a circle
symbol of Ptah to the Cross of Wodan, also a cross within a circle. The Germanic god Wodan is
yet another god who represented the angel Azazel/Behemoth. In some circles the ‗cross within a
circle‘ motif is known as the Mark of Cain (this is due to the fact that in the Phoenician alphabet
the letter ‗T‘ is rendered as an ‗X‘ and is pronounced ‗tau,‘ meaning ‗mark‘). Cain of course was
the son of Azazel by Eve. The quartered circle was the badge (talisman/magic charm) of the
Grand Master of the Knights Templars. No doubt it was worn in part to protect the user in battle
as God was said in Genesis 4:15 to have placed such a ―mark‖ upon Cain to keep him from being
slain). The so-called Freemasonic Scottish Rite 18th Degree Rose Croix quartered circle (also a
symbol of the Gnostics/Gnosticism) is a variant of the ‗cross within a circle‘ motif. The NATO
military alliance also employees a variant of the ‗quartered circle‘ logo which is representive of
the god of war Azazel. As we learn from the Wicca witch priestess Doreen Valiente in
Witchcraft for Tomorrow pp.67-68, the cross within the circle motif, the sign of Azazel, was one
of the designs of the ‗magic circles‘ of the witches; the construction of such a ‗magic circle‘ was
standard practice when witch‘s invoked their Horned God, who was Azazel! In fact, the device
known as ‗the witches’ mark‘ which was employed by the witches (often signed during witches‘
initiation ceremonies) is ―an X-shaped cross‖ (Ibid p.179), the sign of Azazel.
The red cross (in appearance a red X), was emblazoned upon Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth:
―Lamia is the ‗snake‘ among the Ophidian; Lama is the hand: lamh, hand (for this reason a hand
may also be used to represent Azazel; two examples are the god Sabazios, who represents
Azazel, and whose symbol is a hand and also the witch‘s Hand of Glory which likewise
represented Azazel), is a divine name in the Scythian tongue. It also means the number 10, and
the Roman numeral X, which is a cross…which, according to Eastern allegory, is placed…upon
the Rebellious Spirits (read: a red X was emblazoned upon the cherub of the angels) in their
‗abyss‘ or ‗prison‘ (within the earth).‖ - The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries (SRIA member Hargrave
Jennings, 1870 A.D.). The SRIA is an English Rosicrucian Society. SRIA members, it must be remembered, gave birth to the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, oweing its ―mysteries‖ in part to this book by Jennings). The Knights Templar
god Baphomet also represented Azazel. As we learn from The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and
Mysteries (Hargrave Jennings) p.215, the Coptic root –met encountered in the word Bapho-met
means ―ten.‖ The Roman numeral signifying 10, rendered as an X, a cross variation, is the sign
of Azazel (Ba [ab/father]-pho [oph/serpent] – met [X]).
In her book Witchcraft for Tomorrow p.117 the Wicca witch-priestess Doreen Valiente
reveals: ―Ogham was a sacred Druid alphabet and would certainly have contained magic
secrets…‖ I would say one of the biggest secrets it reveals is the mystery surrounding the
identity of the mysterious Theosophical Society deva known as Master KH with whom many
high-ranking members of this society claimed to be in contact. In the sacred Ogham alphabet of
the magic practicing Druids, KH was rendered as an X. Master KH, which is the Druid way to
say, Master X, was the Hidden Master Azazel himself! This is also the idea behind the word
‗Ur-Khaos,‘ the god of the underworld: KH (X) + A (horned ox head sign of the horned god) +
O (the disk, a cherub) + S (the serpent), the serpent horned god of the X-marked disk of the
Chaldean city of Ur (Ur-Khaos was later translated as Orcus, the Gaelic Druidic god of the
underworld/abyss).
According to the Ritual Magic of the Golden Dawn (p.208, King 1987), the rising of
Adonai, of Mithra the Lord of Wide Pastures was by the ancient mysteries symbolized under the
form of a rose (also known as the ‗Rose of Dawn‘). In a like way, the gods Adonai and Mithra
represented Azazel/Behemoth (―Adonai has…come to mean, through the Rosicrucian tradition,
the Holy Guardian Angel (with whom, it must be noted, magicians sought to communicate).‖ -
Eight Lectures on Yoga by Aleister Crowley, 1939 A.D.). Azazel will in the future arise within his cherub
being loosed from his earthly imprisonment. In respect to the angel Azazel, the rose cross also
symbolizes the future rising of Azazel/Behemoth, Azazel being accepted as the coming Messiah.
So the rose is also used as a symbol of Azazel.
The red cross as a symbol of Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth also hearkens back to the
Egyptian mysteries of Osiris. The god Osiris represented Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, and by
extension, Azazel. In the Egyptian Hymn to Osiris, the ―disk‖ of Osiris (Osiris = Behemoth) is
identified as the ―rosetau,‖ the rose (red) cross (―Divine oblation to Osiris (Behemoth) Khent-
Amenti, lord of Abydos…the disk…the rostau‖ - Hymn to Osiris). Cherubim are disk-shaped.
It must also be noted the tau cross (rendered in Greek as a T) is the 19th
letter of the Greek
alphabet. Azazel‘s prophesied release takes place on the 19th
day of July 2016 A.D. In
Freemasony, the symbol for Azazel, a tau cross, is represented by the T-square. The
Rosicrucians, whose name means ―rose cross‖ in German, names their secret organization after
the rostau/disk/Osiris/Behemoth. The Germanic name Christian Rosenkreuz, which in English
translates as ‗Christian Rose Cross,‘ represents no other persona than the rebellious angel Azazel
himself. The name is a play on words which may be interpreted as the christ of the red cross,
representing Azazel, whose sign is the red cross, in reference to his future appearance as the
false-christ/false prophet/messiah (See Revelations 16:13; according to the Rosicrucian Hargrave
Jennings in The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries, p.142, the color red is male and
represents the Salvator, a Latin word meaning ‗Savior‘). Theosophist Freethinker Ida C.
Craddock provides another piece of our puzzle: ―Why did these mystics call themselves
Rosicrucian? Some writers have attempted to derive the name from two words meaning "dew"
and "cross": but the usual interpretation is "followers of the Rosy Cross" (read: followers of
Azazel) a cross with a rose (used analogously of Azazel) being used as the society's symbol.‖ -
Heavenly Bridegrooms. (It must also be mentioned when one adds the disk (O) [Azazel‘s cherub is
disk-shaped], to the word Sirius, it becomes Osirius, and when one drops the ‗u‘ it becomes
Osiris. The heliacal rising of the star Sirius in 2016 A.D. takes place on the 19th
day of July, the
day Azazel in his disk-shaped red-cross emblazoned cherub is to emerge from his earthen
imprisonment, claiming to be Christ. In this same way, the Babylonian god Ea, alternatively
spelled Ia (another such god which represented Azazel/Behemoth), becomes the name of the
Gnostic god Iao with the inclusion of the disk [O]). The words ‗Sirius‘ and ‗Osiris‘ are related
to the Semetic word ‗Siru‘: ―Scholars ordinarily refer to the serpent god (who is Azazel) by the
name Siru, being the Semitic word for serpent…‖ - p.120, Tammuz and Ishtar (S. Langdon, ―Shillito Reader of
Assyriology, Oxford,‖ 1914 A.D. It would also seem the name Isis is also derived from the word Osiris). As an additional
added bonus note, in the ancient Babylonian system of Gematria, where letters are used to
represent numbers, the number 10 is represented by the letters IA (which Roman numeral is
represented by an X). ‗Ia‘ of course is an alternative spelling of the name of the god ‗Ea.‘
Compare the modern spelling of our number ‗ten‘ to the name of the Egyptian sun disk ‗Aten‘
(in Roman, A-X) (AX = IAO = OX). No doubt there exists a connection here. In the
pictographic alphabet of the Egyptians, a horned ‗ox head‘ (representative of the horned-god
Azazel) was the equivalent of the Roman letter ‗A‘ (and hence was also derived the anarchist
symbol for Azazel, an A within a circle/disk [O]). All of these are designations for Azazel‘s
cherub Behemoth and by extension, Azazel. Additionally, Ax/Abrasax were synonymous terms:
―You are Ax, you are Abrasax (Ab [father] + Ra [the disk] + S [the serpent] + A [horned
oxhead/horned god] + X [ten] (A-ten)), the angel who sits upon the tree of Paradise...‖ (A-X is
the Archaic Latin alphabetic version of the classical Greek Alpha-Omega, the title of the
resurrected Christ (See Revelations 22:13). Both are the first and last letters of their respective
alphabets. Perhaps it signifies a Creator/Destroyer, an angel and the cherub [the word
‗destroyer‘ in The Bible is used synonymously with that of the word ‗cherub‘] to which he was
assigned). As such an ax is often used as a symbol for Abrasax/Azazel (compare ‗ax‘ to the
Greek word ‗aix‘ which means ‗goat‘ (note the addition of the phallic ‗pillar,‘ I). The Hebrew
word for a male goat is also used to denote a demon. The demons are the rebellious fallen
angels. For this reason Satyrs/demons, representative of fallen angels, are symbolically
represented as being goat-like in appearance, such as the god Pan, the king of satyrs, who
represented Azazel). The letter ‗O‘ was derived from the Semitic `Ayin (eye), and hence, the
‗eye (disk) of Horus,‘ also known as Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth. Constantine‘s ‗IX monogram‘
(also employed by the Merovingians) often encircled with the disk in its various forms is
likewise esoterically connected with the false christ Azazel. Constantine never actually
abandoned his pagan beliefs, he simply applied a Christian veneer. A phallis also is a symbol
used to represent Azazel, often represented as an ‗I,‘ it being representative of Osiris‘ phallis
which according to one version of the Osiris legend was the single dismembered member of
Osiris‘ dissected corpse retrieved by the goddess Isis. One may conclude this to be the origin of
the artificial stone phalli and priapic statues employed in Egyptian magic rituals, it representing
Osiris‘ amputated phallis. I believe such priapic idols were actually used to perform hiero gamos
magic rituals involving the ritual rending of a virgin‘s hymen.
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn also esoterically derives its name from Azazel.
Hermes was another Egyptian name for Azazel, he of a thousand names. The Golden Dawn is
analogous of the solar disk, the sun, which like Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, is disk-shaped and
rises at dawn, which is the expected time of Azazel‘s future release (―the holy one (read: the
angel Azazel in his cherub) appeared…; as a golden dawn did he appear…‖ - Aleister Crowley‘s
LIBER ARCANORUM τών ATU τού TAHUTI QUAS VIDIT ASAR IN AMENNTI SUB FIGURÂ CCXXXI LIBER
CARCERORUM τών QLIPHOTH CUM SUIS GENIIS. ADDUNTUR SIGILLA ET NOMINA EORUM) (in the Egyptian
Book of the Dead Plate XXI B.D. Chap. XV it was said the Egyptian god Ra, who represented
the angel Azazel, ―risest at dawn‖ in allusion to the time of Azazel‘s release). Israeli Regardie, a
Rosicrucian who later joined the Stella Matutina, a successor organization of the Hermetic Order
of the Golden Dawn (Regardie served as personal secretary to Aleister Crowley), writes in his
book entitled The Golden Dawn: ―‗The Rose-Cross‘… is a glyph…of the higher Genius (read:
angel) to whose knowledge and conversation the student is eternally aspiring‖ (in reference to
Aleister Crowley‘s ―attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian
Angel‖). The ‗Genius‘ of which Regardie speaks with whom such individuals sought to
converse is a so-called ‗guardian angel,‘ the angel Azazel. His glyph/symbol is the rose
cross/red cross.
Indeed, Azazel is known as Sirius, the Hidden God of the Illuminati (the
Illuminati/angels are also known as the ‗Grand Masters of the Templars‘), so named as his return
is associated with the Dog Star Sirius. This fact is important enough to repeat. Azazel is known
as the ―Hidden God Sirius‖: ―In his book ‗Magickal Revival‘ Grant writes that Phoenix was
(Aleister) Crowley‘s most secret name. It represented the ancient Constellation in which Sothis
(Seth) or Sirius was the highest star. He writes that Crowley associated the very heart of his
teachings and ‗Magick‘ with a certain star, namely the „Sun behind the Sun,‟ the ‗Hidden God
Sirius.‘ The secret of the Illuminati, or the Enlightened Ones is the blazing star Sirius, Grant
writes.‖ – The Sirius Mysteries (Notable quote: ―To the Egyptians, the Sun behind the Sun was
known as Osiris (a god who represents Behemoth/Azazel) and also as Amun-RA, the Hidden
Sun.‖ - The Book of the Master by Marshall Adams. Indeed, the Egyptian Hymn to Osiris-Soka is a
summons/call addressing the angel Azazel in greeting: ―Hail, thou hidden God, Osiris
(Behemoth/Azazel; Sirius is a cognate of Osiris) in the underworld!‖) (The Great Hymn of Aten,
Aten being representative of Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, is called therein the ―hidden…god…in
the underworld…‖). Crowley was merely carrying on a long established magic tradition, most
noteably of the magic practiced by high-degree Freemasons (often gleened from ongoing
archaeological discoveries): ―The Ancient Astronomers (astronomers were as a rule
astrologers/sorcerers) saw all the great Symbols of Masonry in the Stars. Sirius glitters in our
(Freemasonic) lodges as the Blazing Star (which is a symbol of Azazel. ‗Blazing‘ is
synonymous with ‗shining‘*).‖ - Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Scottish Freemasonry by
Albert Pike. Indeed, as we learn from C. W. Leadbeater (prominent member of the Theosophical
Society) in Glimpses of Masonic History the Blazing Star Sirius (representative of Azazel), the
so-called glyph of the higher genius with whom all practitioners of magic sought to contact, was
symbolized by ―the Rose which ever blossoms at the heart of the Cross,‖ the very symbol of the
Rosicrucians themselves. Compare to the Dogon tribe in Africa which also portrays the helical
rising of Sirius as a cross with a flower-like sun at its center. (The fallen angel Azazel is associated with the
star Sirius. The Five-Pointed Star, the pentagram/pentagon, is the icon of Sirius, and as such, the icon of Azazel, as well as the
esoteric importance of the five-pointed Blazing Star of the Masons. The symbol of the star Sirius as a symbol of Azazel hearkens
back to Biblical days: ―Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch [their King Azazel], and the star [called a Chiun] of your god
Remphan [Azazel], figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.‖ - Acts 7:43; and again:
―But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch [their King Azazel] and Chiun your images, the star of your god
[Remphan/Azazel], which ye made to yourselves.‖ - Amos 5:26) (* ―According to Sufi expert Idries Shah the ―true rulers of the
world are the ‗Enlightened Ones‘‖ (Illuminati) [read: the fallen angels] and the Sufi have discovered their secret in the Quran in
the following verse: ―Allah [who is Azazel] is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. His Light is resembled by a lamp within a
niche. The lamp within a crystal, like a shining (blazing) star.‖ He claims the allusion to a ‗shining star‘ is a reference to
‗Sirius‘ (See The Sirius Mysteries). The angels are known as the Shining Ones and a star is often used as the symbol for an
angel, hence Shining Star/Blazing Star) (A Not-so-notable Quote: ―Such surely is the destiny that awaits our beloved Order in
the future; such the splendour that will transfigure the Craft [Freemasonry] in the years that are to come, until within its temple
walls once more is raised - not only in symbol but in actual fact (upon Azazel‘s release from his earthen imprisonment) - the
ladder which stretches between earth and heaven, between men and the Grand Lodge above, to lead them from the darkness of
the world to the fullness of light in God (he speaks not, to be sure, of the God of Christians and Jews, but of the god of the Craft,
who is Azazel), to the Rose which ever blossoms at the heart of the Cross, to the Blazing Star whose shining brings peace
and strength and blessing to all the worlds.‖ - Glimpses of Masonic History by C. W. Leadbeater)
According to a footnote to The Dionysian Artificers: ―Thamuz (a variant spelling of
Tammuz) signifies the name of a month, and likewise the name of an idol or divinity, which
even in the opinion of St. Jerome is the same as (the god) Adonis (both are gods who represent
the angel Azazel). Plutarch says that the Egyptians called Osiris Ammuz, and from thence was
corruptly derived the name of Jupiter Ammon (‗Ammon,‘ a varient spelling of ‗Amoun,‘ means
‗the Hidden One.‘ See p.29 Witchcraft for Tomorrow by Doreen Valiente, 1978 A.D.).
Robertson (Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae) says that the word Ammuz (read Ammoum) used by
Herodotus and Plutarch, were corruptions from the Hebrew Thamuz (Hebrew תםוז {Hebrew
TMWZ}). I would rather say that the word was originally Egyptian, and made Hebrew by the
addition of the formative ת {Hebrew T})…‖ And so was an Egyptian name for Azazel, namely
Ammuz, transformed into Tammuz by the addition of the symbol for Azazel, namely, the tau
cross (rendered in Greek as a T; in the Phoenician alphabet, the Greek ‗T‘ takes the form of
another enigmatic symbol of Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, the quartered circle/‗x‘ within a circle,
pronounced ‗tet‘ and meaning ‗wheel,‘ a Biblical name for a cherub). It must be noted The
Dionysian Articifers (circa. 1820 A.D.) is an essay written by an eminent Brazilian Freemason.
The Greek Dionysiacs as they were also called was an association of architects and engineers,
followers of the god Dionysius (also known as Bacchus) and builders of temples, theatres and
stadia, an early society of Freemasons. In Freemasonry the tau cross, the symbol of Azazel, is
represented by the T-square. (Notable quote: ―The TAU (the sign of Azazel) is the central figure of the Theosophical
Seal (employed by the Theosophical Society) and the heart of its message.‖ - The Theosophical Seal (Arthur M. Coon, 1958
A.D.)) (The Thames River in England is named after Thamuz/Azazel: ―The Thames through Oxford is often given the name the
River Isis, although historically, and especially in Victorian times, gazetteers and cartographers insisted that the entire river was
correctly named the River Isis from its source until Dorchester-on-Thames. Only at this point, where the river meets the River
Thame and becomes the ―Thame-isis‖ (subsequently abbreviated to Thames) should it be so-called; Ordnance Survey maps still
label the Thames as “River Thames or Isis” until Dorchester.‖ – Wikipedia: River Thames. Isis, it must be remembered, is an
Egyptian name for Azazel‘s human wife)) (The Hammer of the god Thor, who represented Azazel, in form resembles and
represents a tau cross (T), the sign of Azazel)
The Rose Window (the rosette window) on the façade of the Rosslyn Chapel (aka the
Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew) located at the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, employs
such rose cross symbolism in its architechural design. This is a symbol of the future release of
the angel Azazel. Other architetural features of Rosslyn Chapel include over 110 ‗Green Man‘
carvings. The Green Man represents the angel Azazel (the Egyptian god Osiris, a god who
represented Azazel/Behemoth, was depicted with green skin). Ancient Sumerian depictions of
Azazel show him wearing rosette bracelets (which would account for the rose being used as a
symbol of Azazel). It must be noted the Rosslyn Chapel was erected by 15th
Century Masons
acting under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church.
Ceremonial magician A.E. Waite and one-time Chief of the Druid Order in England
Godfrey Higgins believed that the secret to forming the Philosopher‘s Stone with the aid of dew
was the secret concealed in the Rosicrucian name. One interpretation of the Rose Cross is that
the rose represents the dew in an alchemical process, as Rosi Crucis translates as ‗dew cup.‘ The
following scripture esoterically refer to regeneration as it refers to the Resurrection. Note the use
of the rose motif to symbolize regeneration (Franz Hartmann has stated ―the greatest of all
magical feats‖ is ―the spiritual regeneration of man.‖ See the Preface to Third Edition of Magic,
White and Black). Flowers are often used as symbols to represent the human body:
―…your body is the garden of flowers.‖ - The Songs of Kabir
―Listen to me, you holy sons, and bud like a rose which grows by a watercourse; exhale
fragrance like a frankincense tree, and blossom like a lily. Give forth an odor and sing a song,
bless the Lord (God) for all His works.‖ - The Wisdom of Sirach 39:13-14
―How glorious he was…Like roses in the days of first fruits, like lilies by a spring of water, like
a sprig of frankincense, on summer days, like fire and incense in the censer…‖ - The Wisdom of
Sirach 50:8,9
―I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.‖ - Song of Songs 2:1 (KJV)
The rose and the cross of the Rosicrucians also symbolize regeneration. To Rosicrucians,
the rosy cross can represent the formula for the Universal Medicine, the panacea for all forms of
disease. In addition to the Rosicrucians, the Rose/Cross motif is shared by the Masons (as
evidenced by The Scottish Rite ‗18th degree Knight of the Rose Cross‘). To the Masons the
rose/cross was in one respect the symbol of regeneration: ―The rose is the ancient emblem of
spring. Upon the cross it signifies…man regenerated‖ (Ancient Masonry C.C. Zain 1994 p.
249). It must be noted a five-petaled rose is used to represent a pentagram, while a six-petaled
rose represented a hexagram. The cross is an esoteric symbol for a transverse electromagnetic
wave; a hexagram represents a standing wave (See The Knowledge of Wisdom by John of the
Gentiles.
The Rose/Cross motif is also a symbol of (as evidenced by the Rosy Cross lamen of) the
magic group known as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. These organizations are all
associated and the use of shared motifs, vis a vis, evidence these organization‘s shared beliefs, as
well as their shared associations. Members of one such order are often members of similar
orders. These organizations are cell-like and dynamic, and like the hydra of old, they have many
heads working towards the same final goal, so the loss of one does not result in the destruction of
all, while others will spring up in its stead. The beast lives on to fight another day.
The ancient Roman practice of adorning with roses the door of a room in which
confidential matters were discussed gave birth to the phrase ―sub rosa,‖ which translates as
―under the rose,‖ meaning, ―to keep a secret‖ (Notable quote: ―…brought from ancient Egypt, is
the Cross upon the Rose — Cross, symbol of life, Rose, symbol of matter and symbol of secrecy
as well.‖ – The Brotherhood of Religions by Annie Besant Adyar Pamphlets No.24). These were secret meetings
of secret societies discussing secret matters. The Romans called the rose the ‗Flower of Venus.‘
The goddess Venus represented the angel Azazel‘s human wife.
King Arthur and his Round Table used Rosicrucian motifs, or, rather, vice versa. The
rose/cross symbol was said to be drawn upon the Round Table used by Arthur and his Knights
(the Tree of Life is also a common symbol amongst Medieval knightly themes).
Arthur‘s/Azazel‘s Round Table represented Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth. The red cross was also
associated with the Holy Grail which in the Arthurian legends was the Christianized symbolic
version of the long sought after cherub of Azazel (Behemoth). A rose is also the central motif
for the links of the chain upon which the ―Great George‖ is suspended amongst the jewels of the
Order of the Garter. The symbol of the Knights of the Garter is a red cross on a white shield.
Both were/are Masonic organizations. One symbol of the Knights Templar was the red cross on
a white background, also by design symbolic of Azazel‘s cherub (the rose/cross combination was
also the badge (talisman/magic charm) of the Knights Templar group). The tradition continues
today with the Red Cross organization. It must be mentioned many of the gods which
represented Azazel were gods associated with healing. The Sumerians worshipped Azazel as
Ninazu (nin means ‗lord‘), the god of healing and of the underworld. The Romans knew him as
Aesculapius, the god of medicine, and he was known to be as well the Greek and Phoenician god
of healing. The red cross which represents the god-angel of healing Azazel is for this reason
used as a symbol of the medical organization known as the International Federation of the Red
Cross, most commonly known as the Red Cross. (Notable quote: ―Many of the magical charms
and spells were for the healing of the sick or for the prevention of disease... Many charms and
spells surviving to the present day contain the names of pre-Christian gods (all representing the
angel Azazel). These spells are usually connected with cures for diseases in human beings and
animals‖ - p.75 The God of the Witches (Margaret Alice Murray, D.Lit., ―Fellow of University College, London,‖ 1933
A.D.))
Aesculapius was the Roman god of medicine as well as the Greek and Phoenician god of
healing. He was often depicted wielding what is known as the Staff of Aesculapius. Various
medical organizations adopted the Staff of Aesculapius as its medical insignia, the staff itself
consisting of an axial rod with a single winged serpent entwined about it. The U.S. Army
Medical Corp has the Staff of Aesculapius as its insignia. The winged staff/serpent symbolism
was also employed in the symbol of the Caduceus of Hermes. Enki‘s emblem (Enki who also
represented Azazel) was two entwined serpents and was the symbol of his ‗cult center‘ at Eridu,
same as that of the medical profession. This symbolism is also reminiscent of the Sumerian
underworld god of healing, Ningishzida (Nin- means ‗divinity‘/lord), who‘s symbol was two
snakes entwined around a central axial rod (the Rod of Ningishzida is the symbol of the great
guild of physicians in England) (It must be noted one of the many Egyptian titles for Azazel was
―the two-headed serpent‖ (See the Egyptian Book of the Dead Plate XXXI)). The satyrs
themselves carried a similar instrument known as a thyrsus, also known as the rod of Dionysus, a
stick wound round with ivy and tipped with a pine cone. The Sidonian god of healing, Eshmun,
was also depicted holding a serpent entwined staff in his right hand. All of these healing ‗gods‘
represented the angel Azazel who holds the title of Chief Physician. In fact, Azazel was what
was known as a ‗rapha,‘ a surgeon, a member of the medical profession (compare ‗rapha‘ to the
cognate ‗pharma,‘ thre root of the words ‗pharmacy‘ and ‗pharmaceutical‘). The Book of Enoch
lists medical practices (including abortion; an abortion is considered to be a sacrifice to the god
Molech [who is Azazel]. See p.23 Blood on the Altar) as being amongst the secrets which were
revealed to mankind by Azazel and his group of fallen angels. Many early doctors were students
of the occult, as many folk cures can be found amongst the folklore of many diverse
civilizations. Magic practicing cunning folk often employed herbal medications. Many drugs
today are herbal based.
The fact that the cross (X) is linked with Azazel, who is oft confused by some as being the devil Satan
himself, is the reason the horned devil, who in reality represents the ‗horned god‘ Azazel, is associated with
crossroads. In fact many Egyptian mummies are laid to rest with arms crossed in the sign of ‗Osiris Risen,‘ the
crossed arm symbol of Azazel being depicted on numerous Egyptian statues and reliefs (most notably depictions of
the god Osiris/Azazel himself) (a man sitting cross-legged may also be thusly interpreted. For example: ―The Indian
figures of the Horned God (who is Azazel), found at Mohenjo-Daro, are of the earliest Bronze-age…The most
remarkable is that of a man with bull‘s horns on his head, sitting cross-legged…This representation was regarded in
historic times as a form of Shiva (who represents Azazel) and is called Pasupati, ‗Lord of animals‘ (a shepherd of
sorts. Azazel is often depicted as a shepherd god).‖ – p.11 The God of the Witches (Margaret Alice Murray, D.Lit.,
―Fellow of University College, London,‖ 1933 A.D.)). As we learn from British witch/author Nigel Jackson in Chapter
VI Masks of Misrule pp.93 & 99, the Horned One, the Horned God of the Witches (Azazel), was represented by a
―skull resting on crossed thighbones.‖ Two crossed swords in the form of an ‗X‘ is a symbol of the Roman god of
war Mars who likewise represented the angel Azazel, as is the ‗skull and crossbones‘ insignia said to have been
originally flown on Knights Templars ships, though being more famously flown on English privateer pirate ships of
British persuasion (these being known collectively as ‗Jolly Roger‘ flags). Interestingly enough, this symbol for
Azazel, namely the ‗skull and crossbone,‘ is a design used in the logo of Yale University‘s Skull and Bones secret
society, of which ex-Republican-presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush were prominent members (the
Skull and Bones secret society mimics the experience of the angels who are entrapped within the earth when they
bury new initiates in a coffin and later unearth them). The eminent British knight/astronomer/astrologer/sorcerer Sir
Isaac Newton esoterically pledges his allegiance to the fallen angel Azazel through his employment of a crossed-
bones (X) motif sans skull in his personal coat-of-arms. The swastika is also a variant form of the sign representing
the angel Azazel. The swastika employed by German Nazis, Neo-Nazi Aryan groups and the Theosophical Society
itself is but the Indian/Hindu form of the sign representing Azazel (X). It must be noted the swastika, the Hindu
sigil of Azazel, is the letter ‗G‘ in the Ancient Northern European/Anglo-Saxon Runic script known as
‗Futhorc‘/‘Futhark‘ (the Armanen ‗Futharkh‘ of Guido Von List, also known as the Norse rune ‗gifu,‘ which is
rendered as a simple ‗X,‘). This is the esoteric reason for the inclusion of the ‗G‘ within the Freemasonic ‗Square
and Compass‘ standard. The swastika, it must also be noted, is called the ‗Hammer of Creation,‘ and in Teutonic
legends, the swastika is known as ‗Thor‘s Hammer,‘ as Arthur M. Coon is nice enough to point out in explanation of
the significance of the swastika‘s inclusion in the seal of the most reverent Theosophical Society (See The
Theosophical Seal (Arthur M. Coon, 1958 A.D.), Thor of course representing the fallen angel Azazel. The hammer then
is likewise a symbol of the blacksmithing god Azazel, who taught mankind the art of metalworking. He has placed
his mark upon it)
The Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 285-337 A.D.), who made Christianity the
official religion of Rome, of ―In this sign, conquer‖ fame, conquered under the sign of Azazel (as
did the ancients Egyptians, the Conquistadores, England and later Hitler also similarly conquer
under the sign of Azazel) when he emblazoned the red cross on white background insignia on the
shields of his conquering legions (See also the Labarum [Chi-Rho symbol] of Constantine which
incorporates the sign of ―Osiris risen,‖ namely, the ‗X‘ within its construction. The significance
of the ‗P‘ in the Chi-Rho [X-P] symbol is ‗P‘ is the 16th
letter of the alphabet signifying Azazel‘s
release/―Osiris Risen‖ in 2016 A.D. The Chi-Rho symbol was also employed by the
Merovingians. The Greek Chi (X) symbol is often used to abbreviate the word ‗christ,‘ as when
‗X-mas‘ is employed as an abbreviation of ‗Christmas,‘ thereby literally taking Christ out of
Christmas. Somehow wishing someone a ―Merry Osiris Risen‖ on December 25th
just doesn‘t
pack the same punch). The Knights Templars (c. 12th
- 13th
Centuries) likewise employed a red
cross on white field motif, as did their Crusading contemporaries the Knights Hospitallers of St.
John of Jerusalem who ran a hospital there in Jerusalem in what is now modern day Israel
(Noteable quote: ―From the descendants of the Magi, the Sufis, the mystics amongst the
Mahometans derived their knowledge of astrology, medicine, and of esoteric doctrines. In 1118
the order of the Temple (the Knights Templars) was founded, nominally for the protection of
pilgrims, but really for the restoration of the primitive mysteries.‖ – The Masters of Wisdom by E. Adams,
1890 A.D.) (the Teutonic Knights also employed the Red Cross of Azazel as its sigil). Today the
Hospitallers are headquartered in Rome, as is the Vatican, and the Grand Master of the Knights
Hospitallers group is considered the world‘s highest-ranking Catholic lay person. The modern
contemporary of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem is the medical organization
known as the International Organization of the Red Cross which likewise employs a red cross on
white background insignia, this being the sign of Azazel. The British Red Cross Society works
closely with a group called the St. John Ambulance Association, named after the leader of the
Knights Hospitallers, St. John of Jerusalem. The red cross, also known as St. George‘s Cross, is
the English national emblem, with the British national flag incorporating a red cross on a white
background motif within its design, as well as the esoteric ‗X‘ sign of Azazel (however, the Flag
of England is simply a red cross on white background!): ―The Union Jack (the flag of the United
Kingdom) is a combination of the military ensigns of St. George's Cross for England, St.
Andrew's Cross for Scotland, and St. Patrick's Cross for Ireland.‖ – p. 36 Manners, Customs, and
Observances: Their Origin and Significance by Leopold Wagner (1894 A.D.). All of these sigils are representative
of Azazel (as are the ‗saints‘ with whom these crosses are associated). Consider also the May-
pole, one of the central motifs of May Day celebrations in England: ―In olden times nearly every
village had its May-pole, around which, decorated with wreaths of flowers, ribbons, and flags,
our merry ancestors danced from morning till night. The earliest representation of an English
May-pole is that published in the Variorum ―Shakespeare‖…The pole is planted in a mound of
earth (planted in the earth, representing Azazel‘s encapsulation within the earth), and has affixed
to it St. George‘s red-cross banner (also known as the ―Colours of Saint George,‖ the red cross
being the sign of Azazel)…‖ - Folk-lore of Shakespeare Chapter XI (T.F. Thiselton Dyer, 1883 A.D.).
All of these motifs represent and honor the angel Azazel whose sign was the redcross on white
background.
(Of an interesting added note, the American Eagle such as that depicted on the back of the dollar
bill (a decidedly Masonic emblem) is often pictured with its wings unfurled and its legs
outstretched forming an esoteric ‗X‘ the sign of Azazel (its left claw, signifying the sinister ‗left-
hand path‘ of black magic, clutches divining arrows!). The eagle is the bird of Jove/Jupiter, who
is Azazel, and Azazel (the Genesis serpent), it must be remembered, habitually dressed in bird
costumes and was often symbolized by a bird. Indeed: ―In Elamitic religious art the eagle is
brought into connexion with the serpent…‖ - Tammuz and Ishtar by S. Langdon, ―Shillito Reader of Assyriology,
Oxford,‖ 1914 A.D.)
―The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret-society founded at Washington, D.C., on 19 February 1864.‖ –
Wikipedia: The Knights of Pythias. Famous Pythian Knights include former U.S. Presidents Warren G. Harding (Oddfellow),
William McKinley (Oddfellow) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oddfellow), ex- U.S. Vice-Presidents Hubert Horatio Humphrey and
Nelson A. Rockefeller, as well as U.S. Senators William Jennings Bryan (Oddfellow), Robert Byrd (Oddfellow) and Charles
“Chuck” Schumer, including U.S. Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black (Oddfellow), Benjamin Cardozo, as well as Bob Jones,
Sr., prominent Evangelist leader and founder of Bob Jones University. The Knights of Pythias logo employs a crossed axe
(double axe in the form of an X) logo which includes arms and armor (it was Azazel who introduced the armorial arts to
humans), as well as a lion (another sign of Azazel). All of these emblems are esoteric symbols of the false prophet Azazel. The
Knights of Pythias (read: the Knights of Azazel, Pythias being a cognate of Python/Typhon) are still in existence today. Charles
Schumer is the senior United States Senator from New York State, born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to a Jewish immigrant family.
(Interesting Note: ―…Horus (Azazel) was also called Horus-Behutet, or ‗the Great Blacksmith,‘ and was symbolized by the axe
or the hammer.‖ – The Origin and Evolution of Freemasonry (Albert Churchward, 1920 A.D.). It was Azazel, it must be noted,
who taught manking the blacksmith‘s art. In Egyptian hieroglyphs a ‗neter‘ (a god) was symbolized by an axe.
Another symbol of Azazel is the Watchtower, as it is from such an exalted edifice the Greek god Bacchus (who represented
Azazel) was said to watch over the grape vines from which he made his wine. See also the Greek Magical Papyrus [PDM
xiv.554-62] which states: ―…the Temple of Osiris (Behemoth/Azazel), my Watch-Tower.‖ As we learn from the early church
father Athenagoras: ―‘Osiris is named Dionysos by the Greeks.‘ And Bacchus is but another name for Dionysos. I will do for
you according to the Voice of Isis, the Magician, the Lady of Magic, who Bewitches everything, who is Never Bewitched in her
Name of Isis, the Magician.‖ Azazel is also associated with the Tower of Babel beneath which he lays entrapped (See Hidden
Truths: A History of the World from Beginning to End by John of the Gentiles). Azazel (Horus) is also represented as a ‗point
within a circle.‘
The death of St. George, the patron saint of England, is depicted on St. George‘s Collegiate Church in Tübingen
(erected no doubt by Freemasons). Note the eight-point compass rose (x superimposed upon +), a symbol of
Azazel. The rose is also a symbol of Azazel, hence the association of the ―rose‖ with that of the eight-points of the
compass. It is likely St. George represented Azazel. Many pagan gods were made into saints to ease their
worshiper‘s conversion to Christianity (the following selection is exemplary of this notion: ―The Roman Church
adopted the Angels and Archangels of the Celestial Allegory as its Saints, including Saint Bacchus (Bacchus represented the
angel Azazel) and Saint Satan in place of Guardian Spirits that were once human beings (read: angels incarnate).‖ - Gnostic and
Historic Christianity (Gerald Massey)). Note Azazel‘s sign (x) in the form of an equilateral cross in the decorative
motif to the north of ‗St. George.‘ Also, the word ‗george‘ means farmer. Cain, the son of Azazel by Eve the wife of
Adam was said to be a farmer (See Genesis 4:2). Trades at the time were typically passed down from father to son. Concedes C.F. Oldham (Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in London), in a book devoted to the history of serpent
worship as universally encountered in nearly every ancient religion, entitled The Sun and the Serpent: ―The legend of St. George
and the Dragon, although it assumed its present shape in Christian times, was probably founded upon an older story.‖ The story
concerns, of course, the fallen angel Azazel. Indeed, one astrological symbol of the stately planet named in honor of the Horned-
God Saturn who represented Azazel was such a mounted horseman with lance (See Astrology, p.61, Louis MacNeice, 1964
A.D.); no doubt this symbol was also a symbol of Azazel. As we learn from Wikipedia: ―The Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in
England, founded in 1348. The Order is dedicated to the image and arms of St. George (who represented Azazel) as England's
patron saint.‖ Gerald B. Gardner explains the establishment of the Order of the Garter was in this way: ―It is said that King
Edward III saved one witch from certain torture at that famous incident to which the origin of the Order of the Garter was
ascribed. He was dancing with the Countess of Salisbury (she was a high priestess in a witches coven) when she dropped the
ritual Garter (―the garter is a badge of rank among witches‖) which proclaimed her high rank in the cult. With Bishops about this
was dangerous, so the King, knowing what it was (it being the witches symbol denoting ones rank as high-priestess in a witches
coven), picked it up and put it on his own leg, saying: 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' ("shame upon him who thinks evil upon
it")…The King's quickness saved the situation (as the Bishops would have tortured her and burnt her at the stake, the penalty for
being a witch) and placed him almost in the position of their incarnate god in the eyes of his more pagan subjects. This was
followed by the foundation of an Order of twelve Knights for the King and twelve for the Prince of Wales, i.e. twenty-six
members in all, or two (witches) covens‖ (See Witchcraft Today, 1954 A.D.). Gardner therein poses the following question: ―In
this connection, can anyone tell me exactly what is the meaning of the double SS on the collar of the Garter?‖ SRIA member
Hargrave Jennings provides the answer in The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries (p. 119): ―the British golden collar of
―S.S.‖ (worn on the collar of a Knight of the Order of the Garter) which is worn as a relic of the oldest day (in perpetuation of a
mythos long ago buried (a nod to the fact that Azazel is currently interred within the earth)…and forgotten in the dust of ages) by
some of our (British) officials, courtly and otherwise…belongs to no known order of knighthood, but only to the very highest
order of knighthood, the Magian, or to Magic.‖ It is the sign of Azazel, the god of magic, the horned-god of the witches, the
original Mage himself. (One such example of an Order of the Garter ceremonial magician is the Wizard Earl Henry Percy (1564
– 1632 A.D.). Percy prospered under Elizabeth I but was relegated to the Tower of London by the pious James I)
The following red-cross on white background is the symbol of the Order of the Garter:
Azazel has left his mark the world over!