VOUDON GNOSIS

DAVID BETH

SCARLET IMPRINT MMVIII

C O N T E N T S

FOREWORD i

INTRODUCTION 1

HO OPHIS HO ARCHAIOS 4

WRITTEN MATERIALS AND INNER WORLDS 9

VOLIDON GNOSIS 14

LA PRISE DES YEALJX: THE ELEMENTAL VISION 16

SEXUAL MAGIC 25

POINTS CHAUDS 31

LE TEMPLE DES HOUDEAL1X: SPIDER SORCERY AND TIME TRAVELLERS

35 THE GRIMOIRE GUEDHUE

46 INTO THE M EON

50 EPILOGUE : LIVING THE DREAM IMAGES

54 APPENDIX I:

NGANGA - THE FETISH MASTER 56

APPENDIX 11: A-MOR

AN INITIATED ANALYSIS OF LOVE 65

APPENDIX 111: TIME TRAVELLING USING

EE TEMPLE DES HOLIDEAUX 79

INDEX 87

PLATES A N D ILLUSTRATIONS

NGANGA M. BETH

\ ; VI OF GUEDE KRIST DAVID BETH

EE TEMPLE DES HOUDEAUX DAVID BETH

GHUEDIIE GATE KYLE FYTE

FET1S11 ALTAR PI IOTO BY SANDRA SIMON ON F OF THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL FETISH ALTARS

VFVF OF MYSTÈRE ARAIGNÉE DAVID BETH

VFVE OF MAI 1AKALI DAVID BET11

FOREWORD

M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x ' s w o r k

f irst c a m e t o m o r e w i d e s p r e a d a t t e n t i o n w i t h t h e

i n c l u s i o n o f a n a c c o u n t o f a s p e c t s o f h i s w o r k in

K e n n e t h G r a n t ' s Cults of the Shadow ( F r e d e r i c k M u l l e r

L t d . , L o n d o n , 1 9 7 S ) . S i n c e t h e n t h e r e h a s b e e n

i n c r e a s i n g i n t e r e s t in B e r t i a u x ' s w o r k , c u l m i n a t i n g in

t h e r e c e n t r e p u b l i c a t i o n o f h i s Voudon Gnostic Workbook.

M a n y f ind B e r t i a u x ' s w o r k e n t h r a l l i n g , b u t t o s o m e i t s

s p r a w l i n g i m m e n s i t y m a k e s an e n t r y i n t o t h e w o r k

d i f f icu l t . I t is o f g r e a t v a l u e t h e r e f o r e t o h a v e t h e

g u i d a n c e o f s o m e o n e w h o h a s h a d m a n y y e a r s o f

e x p e r i e n c e i n w o r k i n g w i t h M i c h a e l B c r t i a u x a n d in

e x p l o r i n g h i s v a s t b o d y o f w o r k . H a v i n g w o r k e d w i t h

t h i s m a t e r i a l , D a v i d B e t h h a s a t t u n e d h i m s e l f t o t h e

c u r r e n t w h i c h p o w e r s B e r t i a u x ' s w o r k , a n d is t h u s w e l l

q u a l i f i e d .

It is t h e t a s k o f a s u c c e s s o r t o d e v e l o p t h e w o r k o f h i s

p r e d e c e s s o r , a n d t h i s is t h e p r i n c i p l e b e h i n d t h e H i n d u

d o c t r i n e o f parampara, o r s p i r i t u a l l i n e a g e . T h i s is o f t e n

i n t e r p r e t e d in t h e s e n s e o f o n e g r e a t m a n o r w o m a n

b e i n g s u c c e e d e d b y s o m e o n e e q u a l l y i l l u s t r i o u s , a n d

b u i l d i n g u p o n t h e w o r k o f t h e i l l u s t r i o u s f o r b e a r .

H o w e v e r , t h e r e is a d e e p e r m e a n i n g t o t h i s , w h i c h is

t h a t w e e a c h h a v e a d i v e r s i t y o f p r e d e c e s s o r s a n d a

m u l t i t u d e o f s u c c e s s o r s ; t h a t t h e c h a i n o f i n i t i a t e d

i n s i g h t is p a s s e d d o w n n o t t h r o u g h a d i r e c t s u c c e s s i o n o f

s t r a i g h t c h a n n e l s , b u t t h r o u g h m y r i a d t r i b u t a r i e s t h a t

m a y o f t e n s e e m t o m e a n d e r a n d t a r r y , b u t w h i c h a r e i n

r e t r o s p e c t s e e n t o f l o w a l o n g t h e o p t i m a l c o u r s e a c r o s s

t h e t e r r a i n .

W e e a c h of u s t a k e i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m a v a r i e t y o f

s o u r c e s , all o f w h i c h a r e g r i s t t o t h e m i l l . H o w e v e r , t h e

c a t a l y s t in s y n t h e s i s i n g t h i s i n t o a c o h e r e n t s h a p e is t h e

p r a c t i c a l w o r k w h i c h w e u n d e r t a k e i n m y s t i c i s m a n d

m a g i c , t h r o u g h w h i c h w e f o r g e l i n k s w i t h w h a t a r e

v a r i o u s l y r e f e r r e d t o as i n n e r p l a n e c o n n e c t i o n s ,

p r a e t e r - h u m a n i n t e l l i g e n c e s , s p i r i t u a l f o r c e s , t h e

m a g i c a l c u r r e n t , e t c . T h i s is n o t t o s u g g e s t t h a t t h e s e

t e r m s a r c e q u i v a l e n t ; w h a t t h e y d o i n d i c a t e t h o u g h is

c o n n e c t i o n t o s o m e t h i n g d e e p e r a n d m o r e p r o f o u n d

t h a n c a n b e g l e a n e d f r o m m e r e i n t e l l e c t u a l s t u d y .

D e e p e r a n d m o r e p r o f o u n d , b e c a u s e t h e r e is a

c o n n e c t i o n t o f o r c e s b e y o n d t h e i n d i v i d u a l .

T h i s p r i n c i p l e o f parampara c a n b e s e e n a t w o r k i n , f o r

i n s t a n c e , A l e i s t c r C r o w l e y ' s p r o g r e s s . G i f t e d w i t h an

ag i l e m i n d a n d e x t r e m e l y w e l l r e a d in c o m p a r a t i v e

r e l i g i o n a n d m y t h o l o g y , h e e x p e r i m e n t e d w i t h a v a r i e t y

o f a p p r o a c h e s ; a n d , t h r o u g h t h e c a t a l y s t o f h is o w n

e x p e r i e n c e , h e s y n t h e s i s e d a u n i q u e b o d y of w o r k t h a t ,

far f r o m c o m i n g ' o u t o f t h e b l u e ' , w a s r o o t e d in t h e

w o r k o f o t h e r s b e f o r e h i m . A t v a r i o u s t i m e s h e

c o n s i d e r e d h i m s e l f t o b e d e v e l o p i n g t h e w o r k of

B l a v a t s k y ; a t o t h e r s , t o b e t h e r e s t o r a t i o n o f t h e

S u m e r i a n t r a d i t i o n . W h a t e v e r t h e p a r t i c u l a r s , h e w a s

a l w a y s a w a r e t h a t h i s w o r k d r e w u p o n a v a r i e t y of

s o u r c e s , a n d t h a t h i s w o r k in t u r n w o u l d b e o n e

a m o n g s t a n u m b e r o f v a r i e t i e s of s t o n e f r o m w h i c h

o t h e r s w o u l d b u i l d t h e i r t e m p l e s .

A n o t h e r e x a m p l e is K e n n e t h G r a n t , w h o w a s

a s t o n i s h i n g l y w e l l - r e a d a t t h e t i m e h e m e t C r o w l e y a n d

s u b s e q u e n t l y t h e a r t i s t a n d o c c u l t i s t A u s t i n O s m a n

„ S p a r e . S t e e p i n g h i m s e l f in t h e w o r k o f C r o w l e y , of

S p a r e , of e x p o n e n t s o f A d v a i t a V e d a n t a s u c h as R a m a n a

M a h a r s h i , o f w r i t e r s s u c h as H . P . L o v e c r a f t a n d A r t h u r

M a c h e n , t h i s w a s s y n t h e s i s e d t h r o u g h t h e c a t a l v s t o f h i s

v r o r k in N e w Isis L o d g e ; a n d t h e r e s u l t is t h e s w e e p i n g ,

i n t o x i c a t i n g v i s i o n a r t i c u l a t e d i n t h e c o u r s e o f h i s

Tjphonian Trilogies, h i s p o e t r y a n d h i s s h o r t s t o r i e s .

T h e p o i n t o f t h i s is n o t t o s u g g e s t t h a t t h e r e is

a n y t h i n g u n i q u e i n th i s p r o c e s s — t h a t i n i t i a t e s s u c h as

C r o w l e y , as G r a n t , as S p a r e , as B e r t i a u x h a v e s c a l e d

g i d d y h e i g h t s t h a t w e c a n n o t p o s s i b l y e s s a y . O n t h e

c o n t r a r y : t h i s c o n t i n u a l a s s i m i l a t i o n a n d r e - e v a l u a t i o n o f

e x p e r i e n c e is s o m e t h i n g w h i c h w e all d o as I n i t i a t e s .

O n l y in t h i s w a y is t h e w o r k p a s s e d o n .

T h i s , t h e n , is t h e r e a l m e a n i n g o f parampara.

M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x h a s t r o d d e n a s i m i l a r l y v o r a c i o u s

p a t h , in t h a t h e h a s t a k e n i n f l u e n c e s f r o m a w i d e v a r i e t y

of s o u r c e s a n d d i s t i l l e d t h e m i n t o a u n i q u e v i s i o n w h i c h

is t h e r e t o b e u t i l i s e d b y t h o s e c o m i n g a f t e r h i m .

H o w e v e r , t h e b o d y o f w o r k o f a n a d e p t is a l i v e ,

t e e m i n g w i t h v i t a l i t y a n d l o o s e e n d s , t h e r e t o b e

r e d e v e l o p e d . It is t h e t a s k o f u s , h i s o r h e r s u c c e s s o r s ,

n o t t o m a k e of t h a t b o d y o f w o r k a m a u s o l e u m , a d e a d

t h i n g a w a i t i n g t h e a t t e n t i o n s of a t a x i d e r m i s t o r an

a c a d e m i c , b u t t o n u r t u r e its g r o w t h a n d d e v e l o p m e n t

b y v i r t u e o f o u r o w n e x p e r i e n c e s , o u r o w n i n s i g h t s .

D a v i d B e t h h a s k n o w n M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x for m a n v j

y e a r s n o w , a n d h a s a c q u i r e d a g r e a t d e a l o f e x p e r i e n c e

in t h e m y r i a d a s p e c t s o f M i c h a e l ' s w o r k . In t h e p r e s e n t

b o o k h e p i c k s o u t v a r i o u s t h e m e s f r o m The Voudon

Gnostic Workbook as w e l l as f r o m t h e Courses o f f e r e d b y

The Monastery of the Seven Rajs a n d o f fe r s h i s o w n i n s i g h t

i n t o t h e m , o n t h e bas i s of h is o w n e x p e r i e n c e . T h i s

e x p e r i e n c e is o f c o u r s e t h e c r u c i a l f a c t o r ; w i t h o u t i t w e

w o u l d h a v e a m e r e l y a c a d e m i c e x e r c i s e . D r a w i n g u p o n

a n a n a l o g y w i t h H e b r e w g e m a t r i a , g n o s i s o r e x p e r i e n c e

m a y b e s e e n as t h e v o w e l s w h i c h b r e a t h e life i n t o t h e

c o n s o n a n t s , g e n e r a t i n g u n i q u e c a d e n c e s . W h e n

a p p r o a c h i n g a v a s t b o d y o f w o r k s u c h as The Voudon

Gnostic Workbook, i t is o f i n e s t i m a b l e v a l u e t o h a v e t h e

g u i d a n c e o f s o m e o n e w h o h a s w o r k e d w i t h t h i s

m a t e r i a l . T h i s v a l u e c o n s i s t s n o t in l e a r n i n g t h e r e b y t h e

m e a n i n g a n d s i g n i f i c a n c e o f t h i s w o r k , b u t r a t h e r in

s u g g e s t i o n s as t o h o w w e m i g h t f ind o u r o w n w a y i n t o

t h i s w o r k a n d e x p e r i e n c e t h e g n o s i s f o r o u r s e l v e s .

M i c h a e l S t a l ey

L o n d o n ,

A u g u s t 2 0 0 8 .

INTRODUCTION

...in opposition to all humanistic culture, we are

lured ever to the brink of chaos. We want to go

where we areJorbidden. We want to know what has

been denied to us. We seek, in a word, the 'more'.]

T h e c o r e

o f t h i s w o r k is f o r m e d b y t h e r e v i s e d essay Into the Meon

— Approaching the Voudon Gnostic Workbook, p u b l i s h e d i n

Howlings.' T h e p u b l i s h e r s a n d m y s e l f r e c e i v e d r e p e a t e d

r e q u e s t s f r o m m a n y o c c u l t s t u d e n t s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d t o

m a k e t h i s e s say a v a i l a b l e a g a i n . T h i s i n t e r e s t g a v e r i s e t o

t h e i d e a o f u s i n g t h e h e a v i l y r e v i s e d c h a p t e r s o f Into the

Meon as t h e f o u n d a t i o n fo r a u n i q u e b o o k o n V o u d o n

G n o s i s . M y i n t e n t i o n w i t h t h e o r i g i n a l e s say w a s t o

p r o v i d e a n i n i t i a t e d c o m m e n t a r y o n p a r t s o f t h e g n o s i s

o f M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x ' s Voudon Gnostic Workbook (VGW). I

w a n t e d t o of fe r i n s i g h t s i n t o m y o w n p e r s o n a l

u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d a d a p t i o n o f t h e B lack S n a k e c u r r e n t

h o p i n g t h a t i t w o u l d e n a b l e s t u d e n t s o f E s o t e r i c V o u d o n

a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d t r a d i t i o n s t o t r a v e l d e e p e r i n t o t h e s e

f a s c i n a t i n g m a g i c a l a n d g n o s t i c w o r l d s . I t w a s t h e

p r a c t i c i n g s o r c e r e r a n d g n o s t i c t h a t t h e o r i g i n a l e s say

w a s i n t e n d e d fo r a n d i t is t h e s a m e t y p e o f o c c u l t

e x p l o r e r s I w a n t t o r e a c h w i t h t h i s b o o k .

1 Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook. ~ Scarlet Imprint, 2008.

W h i l e t h e m a i n focus of t h i s w o r k w i l l s t i l l b e o n t h e

E s o t e r i c V o u d o n c u r r e n t as e x p r e s s e d b y t h e KG If, I

h a v e d r a w n o n m a n y o t h e r s o u r c e s i n s i d e a n d o u t s i d e

V o u d o n G n o s i s t o e x p l a i n , h i g h l i g h t a n d p u t i n t o

c o n t e x t i m p o r t a n t a s p e c t s o f o u r s y s t e m .

T h e c o n t e n t o f t h e VGW c a n n o t b e ful ly u n d e r s t o o d

w i t h o u t k n o w l e d g e o f t h e l a r g e r t r a d i t i o n i t w a s c r a f t e d

f r o m . I w a n t t o e x p l a i n s o m e o f t h e i m p o r t a n t

f o u n d a t i o n s o n w h i c h V o u d o n G n o s i s is b u i l t . A b o v e all

h o w e v e r , i t is a p e r s o n a l v i s i o n a n d a p p l i a n c e of E s o t e r i c

V o u d o n in m y o w n o c c u l t w o r k a n d g n o s t i c

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n w h i c h I w a n t t o s h a r e w i t h y o u . L i k e

B e r t i a u x , K e n n e t h G r a n t r i g h t l y o b s e r v e s t h a t :

It is the task of the Initiate who represents a

particular magical Order, to develop the work oj his

predecessor.3

O n e m u s t k e e p in m i n d t h e g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r o f

E s o t e r i c V o u d o n . T h i s m e a n s t h a t e v e r y s t u d e n t o f o u r

s y s t e m w i l l b e a b l e t o c o n s t r u c t h i s / h e r o w n m a g i c a l

u n i v e r s e b u i l t o n u n i v e r s a l t r u t h s a n d p r i n c i p l e s t h r o u g h

k e y s u n i q u e t o t h e c u r r e n t . T h e w o r k s o f M i c h a e l

B e r t i a u x a r e a n e x a m p l e o f s u c h a m a g i c a l u n i v e r s e . In

t h e Courses of the Monastery of the Seven Rajs, t h e VGW a n d

m a n y o t h e r p a p e r s , h e h a s s h a r e d w i t h u s p a r t s o f t h e

o c c u l t r e a l m s w h i c h h e b u i l t f r o m t h e i n i t i a t i c t o o l s a n d

u n i v e r s a l l a w s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c c u r r e n t , as w e r e

t r a n s m i t t e d t o h i m b y his t e a c h e r s . W h i l e s h a r i n g m u c h

o f h i s o c c u l t v i s i o n h e h a s a l s o p a s s e d o n t o u s c e r t a i n

k e y s a n d m e c h a n i c s w i t h w h i c h t o b u i l d o u r o w n g n o s t i c

a n d m a g i c a l u n i v e r s e a c c o r d i n g t o o u r i n d i v i d u a l n e e d s

1 Kenneth Grant, Nightside of Eden.

Oi

a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g . M a y b e e v e n m o r e a c t u a l n o w as i t

w a s t h e n w e can say w i t h G r a n t t h a t :

Unless occultism becomes creative in the sense of

ipening up new approaches, modifying and

developing traditional concepts and generally

revealing a little more of that Supreme Goddess

whose identity is hidden behind the veil of his,

Kali, Nuit, or Sothis, there will be stagnation in

the swamps of beliefs rendered inert bj the recent

swift acceleration of humanity's consciousness which

is little short of miraculous. If the science of the

unmanifest is not to remain grounded at a

prepubescent stage, while the manifested sciences

soar into space, the mature occultist must put aside

the tojs of superstition and face fearlesslj the Trees

of Eternitj whose trunks and branches glow with

solar fire, but whose roots are nourished in the

dark.4

W h i l e I h o p e t h a t t h e f o l l o w i n g c h a p t e r s w i l l p r o v i d e

s o m e log i ca l i n s i g h t a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f o u r w o r k i t is

t o t h e n o n - r a t i o n a l t h a t I a i m t o a p p e a l m o s t . T r a v e l

b e y o n d t h e w o r l d o f r e a s o n . J o i n m e o n a m a g i c a l

j o u r n e y t h r o u g h c h t h o n i c u n d e r w o r l d s a n d k o s m i c

d i m e n s i o n s .

4 Kenneth Grant, Nightside of Eden.

HO OPHIS HO ARCHAIOS

B e f o r e e m b a r k i n g

o n t h e m o r e a d v a n c e d a n d c o m p l e x o p e r a t i o n s o f t h e

S e c t a R o u g e c u l t o f La C o u l e u v r e N o i r e a n d i ts m a i n

t r a i n i n g t o o l , 5 The Voudon Gnostic Workbook, an i n i t i a t e o f

E s o t e r i c V o u d o n n e e d s t o b u i l d u p a s t r o n g a n d

s y s t e m a t i c f o u n d a t i o n o f e s o t e r i c t h e o r y a n d p r a c t i c e .

T h i s m u s t b e in p l a c e in o r d e r t o b e fully c a p a b l e o f

a p p r o a c h i n g t h e i n t e n s i v e w o r k o f t h e L . C . N . T h i s is

u s u a l l y d o n e b y i n i t i a t i c w o r k w i t h i n t h e M o n a s t e r y o f

t h e S e v e n R a y s .

I n t e n s i v e w o r k w i t h t h e f o u r y e a r Courses of the

Monastery of the Seven Rays f o r m s t h e bas i s of t h e in i t i a l

w o r k o f a V o u d o n G n o s t i c i n i t i a n d a n d h i s w o r k in t h e

L . C . N . H e m a v a l so b e g i v e n o t h e r m a t e r i a l s o r p a p e r s

a t t h i s t i m e , ' 1 b u t it is t h e p r i n c i p l e s o u t l i n e d in t h e f o u r

c o u r s e s w h i c h p r o v i d e t h e f o u n d a t i o n for all f u t u r e

s t u d i e s .

T h e M o n a s t e r y is t e c h n i c a l l y a s e p a r a t e a n d

i n d e p e n d e n t b o d y , b u t is in fact c o n n e c t e d t o t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d a c t s as t h e i r m a j o r t e a c h i n g

v e h i c l e t h r o u g h i ts f o u r y e a r ' c o u r s e w o r k . ^ M a n y

p e o p l e e x p e r i e n c e d i f f i cu l t i es w h e n f irst a p p r o a c h i n g

' There are many other materials for L.C.N, apart from the VGW.

6 It is absolutely possible to begin work in the L.C.N, at the same time. 7 The four year guideline is not a static rule but a reference. 8 More courses will be published in the future.

t h e c o u r s e w o r k . T h e m a t e r i a l a t t i m e s c a n a p p e a r r a t h e r

a b s t r a c t a n d is v e r y c o m p l e x . T h e d e p t h a n d d e n s i t y o f

t h e p a p e r s is far b e y o n d t h a t o f m o s t g r o u p s , a n d so

p e o p l e l o o k i n g fo r t h e i r s i m p l i s t i c a n d s u p e r f i c i a l o c c u l t

fix w i l l b e q u i c k l y d i s a p p o i n t e d . I t is n o t s u r p r i s i n g t o

f ind t h a t t h e m a j o r i t y of p e o p l e e n g a g e d i n t h e Monastery

Courses a r e a d e p t s w i t h a b a c k g r o u n d o f a d v a n c e d

m a g i c a l a n d s p i r i t u a l p r a c t i c e , w h o s e f o c u s is o n t r u e

m a g i c a l a n d s p i r i t u a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n . O n e m u s t

u n d e r s t a n d t h a t s u c h f an t a s t i c c h a n g e s d o n o t c o m e

eas i ly . T h e s e s t u d e n t s v a l u e t h e e x i s t e n c e o f s u c h a g r e a t

a n d u n i q u e b o d y o f m a t e r i a l .

T h e Courses d e m a n d a l o t of c l o s e a t t e n t i o n a n d t h e y

a r e n o t d e s i g n e d t o b e u n d e r s t o o d p u r e l y r a t i o n a l l y . O n

t h e c o n t r a r y , t h e p r i n c i p l e s a r e t o b e i n t e g r a t e d i n t o

y o u r m a g i c a l p e r s o n a in o r d e r t o fully a b s o r b t h e i r

b e n e f i t s . It is c l e a r l y s t a t e d in t h e p a p e r s t h a t t h e s y s t e m

p r e s e n t e d in t h e Courses is a s u b j e c t i v e s y s t e m , c r e a t e d

b y M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x , w i t h c e r t a i n a id f r o m h i g h e r

b e i n g s , u t i l i z i n g t h e k e y s a n d s e c r e t s o f his s p i r i t u a l a n d

o c c u l t b a c k g r o u n d . So w h a t w e h a v e is a r e s u l t o f t h i s

' u t i l i z i n g of t h e k e y s ' , a s y s t e m p e r f e c t l y d e s i g n e d t o

l e a d b y e x a m p l e — t o h e l p a s t u d e n t s t e p b y s t e p in t h e

c r e a t i o n o f his o w n m a g i c a l u n i v e r s e , t o i n s p i r e h i m t o

b u i l d h i s o w n m a g i c a l w o r l d r a t h e r t h a n b e c o m i n g a

m e r e i m i t a t o r .

O n e t h i n g y o u c a n b e s u r e of is t h a t all w h i c h is

p r e s e n t e d in t h e Courses w o r k s b e y o n d a n y d o u b t . T h e r e

a r e n o m a t h e m a t i c a l p r o o f s t o s u p p o r t t h i s , b u t we. a r e

t a l k i n g a b o u t a g n o s t i c s c i e n c e , k n o w i n g . T h e p r i n c i p l e s

s e t f o r t h a n d t h e k e y s p r e s e n t e d a r e p r o v e n t o l e a d

t o w a r d s a t r u e g n o s t i c L u c i f e r i a n t r a n s f o r m a t i o n . K e e p

in m i n d , y o u a r e n o t s u p p o s e d t o c o p y e v e r y t h i n g t h a t is

sa id in t h e Courses — y o u n e e d t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e

p r i n c i p l e s a n d t h e n c o n s t r u c t y o u r o w n m a g i c a l

u n i v e r s e — t h i s is t h e t r e a s u r e of t h e Courses, a p p l i c a b l e

fo r a n y o n e w h o s t u d i e s t h e m , i n i t i a t e o r n o t . F o r

i n i t i a t e s o f t h e L . C . N , t h e s e m a t e r i a l s p o s s e s s m a n y

m o r e a d d i t i o n a l q u a l i t i e s a n d p o s s i b i l i t i e s — a n d w e h a v e

m a n y m o r e m a t e r i a l s , g u i d a n c e a n d i n i t i a t i o n s t o

s u p p l e m e n t a n d d e e p e n t h e m .

T h e s e c r e t s a r e n o t in a b o o k ! T h e Courses a r e n o t t h e

s e c r e t s o f t h e O r d e r s , a n d n o b o d y w i l l b e a b l e t o

p e n e t r a t e t o t h e d e e p e r l a y e r s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c

O r d e r s w h o h a s n o t g o t a n y k i n d o f l i n k t o t h e O r d e r s

a n d a n y k i n d o f g u i d a n c e . T h e s a m e a p p l i e s t o w o r k

w i t h t h e VGW.

T h e Monastery Courses w e r e , a m o n g s t o t h e r t h i n g s ,

d i r e c t r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d t h r o u g h t h e L . C . N , w o r k a n d

t e a c h i n g s . T o th i s B e r t i a u x a d d e d m a n y o t h e r i d e a s

d e r i v e d f r o m h i s d i v e r s e s p i r i t u a l a n d i n t e l l e c t u a l

b a c k g r o u n d , s u c h as t h e o s o p h y a n d p h i l o s o p h y , t o

c r e a t e a c o m p l e t e p a t h t o g n o s t i c i n i t i a t i o n . T h o u g h

w h a t w e s e e i n t h e Courses is i n p a r t a r e s u l t o f w o r k i n g

w i t h k e y s , t h e y a r e n o t t h e k e y s t h e m s e l v e s . B e r t i a u x

i n t e n d e d t h e Courses t o b e o f g n o s t i c a n d m a g i c a l

i n s p i r a t i o n , s o m e t h i n g w h i c h p e o p l e l i ke K e n n e t h G r a n t

u n d e r s t o o d w e l l , a n d u s e d . T h e Courses d o n o t ,

h o w e v e r , p r o v i d e i n i t i a t i o n i n t o t h e L . C . N , o r t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c c u r r e n t in t h e i r o w n r i g h t . F o r t h o s e

a l i g n e d w i t h t h e L . C . N , a n d s i s t e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s , t h e

Courses h o l d m a n y s u r p r i s e s a n d m a n y d o o r s a r e i n s e r t e d

w h i c h l e a d t h e o b s e r v a n t a n d d e d i c a t e d s t u d e n t d e e p

i n t o t h e l a b y r i n t h o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s . W i t h h e l p

f r o m m e n t o r s a n d g u i d e s , h u m a n and n o n — h u m a n ,

w i t h i n t h e O r d e r s , t h e s t u d e n t is l e d o n a m a g i c a l

j o u r n e y . S t u d e n t s can o b t a i n m a n y e x t r a p a p e r s ,

i n i t i a t i o n s a n d e m p o w e r m e n t s u p o n s h o w i n g t h a t t h e y

h a v e s u c c e s s f u l l y e n t e r e d t h e d e e p e r l a y e r s o f t h e

O r d e r s ' w o r k t h r o u g h t h e Courses.

La C o u l e u v r e N o i r e is a s p e c i a l i z e d c u l t w i t h i n t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c c o n t i n u u m a n d n o t e v e r y o n e i n t e r e s t e d

i n E s o t e r i c V o u d o n n e e d o r s h o u l d j o i n i t . I n d e e d h e

m a y n o t b e a b l e t o j o i n i t a t a l l , as t h e s p i r i t g u a r d i a n s o f

t h e L . C . N , h a v e t o a c c e p t y o u i n t o t h e i r c u l t s . B e f o r e

t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e VGW o n l y s p e c i a l s t u d e n t s w h o

succes s fu l l y w o r k e d w i t h i n t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s

w e r e a l l o w e d t o b e g i n s t u d i e s in t h e L . C . N , d u e in p a r t

t o i t s e x t r e m e e l e m e n t a l n a t u r e . H o w e v e r , t h e VGW

n o w p r o v i d e s t h e p o s s i b i l i t y f o r n o n — i n i t i a t e s a n d

V o u d o n G n o s t i c i n i t i a t e s a l ike t o w o r k c e r t a i n a s p e c t s 9

of t h e L . C . N a n d b e c o m e i n s p i r e d a n d m a g i c a l l y

e n t r a n c e d b y t h e p o w e r f u l e l e m e n t a l g n o s i s i t

r e p r e s e n t s .

F r o m m y p e r s o n a l p o i n t o f v i e w , M a s t e r M i c h a e l

B e r t i a u x ' s VGW is a m o n g t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t o f t h e

m o d e r n m a g i c a l g r i m o i r e s . N o o t h e r s i n g l e b o o k ,

e x c e p t Vom Kosmogonischen Eros b y L u d w i g K l a g e s , h a s

i n f l u e n c e d m y o c c u l t l ife a n d d e v e l o p m e n t as m u c h as

t h i s t o m e . T h e VGW is a c o l l e c t i o n o f g o s p e l s ,

t e c h n i q u e s a n d i n s t r u c t i o n s o f t h e o p h i d i a n s e r p e n t c u l t

t h e L . C . N . P e r h a p s t h e m o s t n o t o r i o u s a n d i n f a m o u s o f

t h e m o d e r n g r i m o i r e s , i t s c o n t e n t c o n n e c t s u s d i r e c t l y

w i t h a n c i e n t t i m e s o f p r i m o r d i a l S a t u r n i a n a n d k o s m i c

g n o s i s . E s o t e r i c c u r r e n t s a r e m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o u s v ia

p o w e r f u l t r a n s m i s s i o n s f r o m a r c h a i c e n t i t i e s a n d s t r a n g e

m a g i c a l r e a l m s .

T h e n a t u r e o f The Voudon Gnostic Workbook c a n b e

u n s e t t l i n g , s h o c k i n g a n d t e r r i f y i n g t o t h o s e w h o t r u l y

w o r k t h e l e s s o n s , a c o n s t a n t t h r e a t t o t h e m a g i c i a n ' s

s t a t u s q u o . T h e b o o k is n o t c o n c e r n e d w i t h o c c u l t

p o l i t i c a l c o r r e c t n e s s , n o r h a v i n g a p l e a s i n g s t y l e .

They are of course different for the non—initiate and initiate.

R a t h e r , i t is a d a r i n g e x p o s u r e o f s o r c e r y a n d a v i s i o n o f

a m y t h i c a l t e l l u r i a n a n d P e l a s g i a n p a s t w h e r e t h e r e a l m

of t h e G o d s w a s i m m e d i a t e l y a c c e s s i b l e . F o r t h e i n i t i a t e s

o f t h e L . C . N , t h i s i m m e d i a t e e s o t e r i c u n i v e r s e b e c o m e s

a c o n c r e t e r e a l i t y t h r o u g h t h e p a t h w a y s o u t l i n e d in t h e

VGW.

T h e r e h a s b e e n su f f i c ien t i n t r o d u c t o r y i n f o r m a t i o n o n

t h e w o r k o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d L . C . N . ,

a n d t h e n a t u r e o f i ts s o r c e r y , s u c h as i n t h e e x c e l l e n t

c h a p t e r s o n t h e B lack S n a k e C u l t i n K e n n e t h G r a n t ' s

Cults of the Shadow. T h e r e f o r e t h e f o c u s o f t h i s b o o k is

o n p r e s e n t i n g a g l i m p s e of m y p e r s o n a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g ,

e v a l u a t i o n a n d a p p l i c a t i o n o f E s o t e r i c V o u d o n i n m y

w o r k .

WRITTEN MATERIALS AND INNER WORLDS

.. .Psychic approaches to the outside of the mystery

are possible, otherwise we wouldn't have a course

available. [ButJPhysical initiation is the method of

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d e e p e r i n t o t h e m a g i c a l l a b y r i n t h o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s ,

I w a n t t o p r e s e n t s o m e i d e a s o n t h e v a l u e , u s e a n d s t a t u s

t h a t w r i t t e n m a t e r i a l s h a v e in o u r c u r r e n t , a n d h o w t h e y

r e l a t e t o t h e I n n e r O r d e r s e c r e t s , i n i t i a t i c w o r k a n d

e s o t e r i c t r a n s m i s s i o n s .

T h e p o w e r a n d v a l u e o f w r i t t e n m a t e r i a l s i n a n

e s o t e r i c c o n t e x t is u n d e n i a b l e . O f t e n , w r i t i n g s a r e a

p r o o f o f g r e a t m a g i c a l c r e a t i v i t y a n d i n i t i a t i o n . T h e

m a g i c o f t h e w o r d m a y b e a t o o l , a k e y , a n d a n e n g i n e

i n i tself . I t h e l p s t o e x p l a i n t h e g n o s i s o f a p e r s o n o r

g r o u p a n d s e r v e s as a n i n s p i r a t i o n t o o t h e r s . A t t i m e s i t

o p e r a t e s as a f o u n d a t i o n o n w h i c h f u r t h e r i d e a s a r e

b a s e d a n d t h u s s u p p o r t s t h e e v o l u t i o n o f t h o u g h t w i t h i n

a c o n t i n u u m .

S o m e t i m e s I n n e r O r d e r m a t e r i a l m a y b e r e l e a s e d t o

t h e p u b l i c w i t h o u t i t c a u s i n g a n y h a r m o r d i s c l o s i n g t h e

i n n e r m o s t s e c r e t s a n d g n o s i s . T h i s is t h e c a s e w i t h s o m e

m a t e r i a l s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e

L . C . N . , spec i f i ca l ly t h e f o u r y e a r Courses of the Monastery

of the Seven Rays a n d t h e VGW. A l t h o u g h M a s t e r B e r t i a u x

n e v e r c a r e d n o r i n t e n d e d t o a p p e a l t o t h e m a s s m a r k e t ,

n o r t o a c h i e v e a n y k i n d o f f a m e , h e a n d t h e G r e a t

V o u d o n G n o s t i c M a s t e r s d e c i d e d t o m a k e s o m e

t e a c h i n g s a v a i l a b l e t o t h e g r e a t e r p u b l i c . B e r t i a u x h a s

a l w a y s h a d a g r e a t i n t e r e s t i n e s o t e r i c h e a l i n g a n d

c o m p a s s i o n fo r f e l l o w s e e k e r s o n t h e p a t h t o g n o s t i c

e n l i g h t e n m e n t . H e k n e w t h a t s o m e o f t h e r e s u l t s a n d

m o d e s o f w o r k f r o m t h e r e s e a r c h l a b o r a t o r i e s of,

a m o n g s t o t h e r s , t h e L . C . N , c o u l d i n d e e d a id a d e p t s ,

w h e t h e r c o n n e c t e d o r u n c o n n e c t e d in a d i r e c t w a y t o

t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c c o n t i n u u m , t o d e v e l o p as g n o s t i c

i n d i v i d u a l s . A n d i n d e e d t h i s h a p p e n e d m a n y t i m e s as

t h e s e b o o k s n o t o n l y g r e a t l y i n f l u e n c e d c o n t e m p o r a r y

o c c u l t c i r c l e s a n d i n d i v i d u a l s , s u c h as t h e T y p h o n i a n

K e n n e t h G r a n t , t h e C h a o s m a g i c k s c e n e a n d G n o s t i c

c i r c l e s , b u t a l so m u s i c i a n s a n d a r t i s t s i n c l u d i n g G r a n t

M o r r i s o n , c r e a t o r o f The Invisibles c o m i c s e r i e s . B e r t i a u x

a l w a y s i n t e n d e d t h e s e m a t e r i a l s t o b e a n i n s p i r a t i o n t o

o t h e r s , t o s u p p o r t t h e i r s p i r i t u a l q u e s t s . H e h a s n e v e r

i n t e n d e d t o b e d o g m a t i c o r w o r s h i p p e d .

Y e t s o m e t i m e s t h e w r i t t e n w o r d c a n b e m o r e t h a n

m e r e l y i n s p i r a t i o n a l a n d i n s t r u c t i o n a l . T h e V o u d o n

G n o s t i c m a t e r i a l s , a n d e s p e c i a l l y t h e VGW, a l so p o s s e s s a

d e e p e r l a y e r . T h e y c o n t a i n s e c r e t d o o r s w h i c h m a y b e

o p e n e d t o a d m i t t h e s e e k e r i n t o o t h e r u n i v e r s e s a n d

d i m e n s i o n s o f s o r c e r y , o f E s o t e r i c V o u d o n . T h e r e e x i s t

s t r a n g e p l a c e s o f m a g i c a l p o w e r s a n d s p i r i t u a l e n e r g i e s ,

w h i c h c o n t a i n p r e c i s e f o r m u l a e for g n o s t i c

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n . T h e s e r e a l m s a r e h i n t e d a t i n t h e b o o k s

a n d m a t e r i a l s o f t h e O r d e r s , b u t t h e k e y s t o u n l o c k t h e

d o o r s l e a d i n g t o t h e m a r e n o t in w r i t t e n f o r m . T h e

g a t e s a r e b e i n g g u a r d e d b y t h e s p i r i t w a r d e n s a n d

h u m a n p r o t e c t o r s o f t h e O r d e r s , w h o o p e r a t e i n a n

e s o t e r i c s y m b i o s i s t o a d m i t o n l y t h o s e loya l s t u d e n t s

c a p a b l e o f n a v i g a t i n g t h e s e e s o t e r i c a n d n o c t u r n a l

w o r l d s .

T h e d e e p e r l a y e r s c a n o n l y b e p e n e t r a t e d t h r o u g h

d i r e c t g u i d a n c e a n d i n i t i a t i o n b y a f e w M a s t e r s o f t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d L . C . N . M e m b e r s w i t h

p o t e n t i a l a r e g u i d e d b y t h o s e t e a c h e r s o f t h e t r a d i t i o n

h o l d i n g s p e c i a l s a c r a m e n t a l p o w e r t o w a r d s t h e

r e v e l a t i o n o f t h e I n n e r M y s t e r i e s . A c c e s s t o t h e i n n e r

w o r l d s a n d t e m p l e s a l w a y s m e a n s d i r e c t c o n t a c t a n d

w o r k w i t h t h e L o a s a n d s p i r i t s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c

c o n t i n u u m u n i q u e l y a t t a c h e d t o t h e O r d e r s . T h e s e

r e a l m s c a n o n l y b e a c c e s s e d if o n e is f o r m a l l y a t t a c h e d

t o t h e i n i t i a t i c c h a i n o f t h e O r d e r s o f t h e H i e r o p h a n t

M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x a n d t o t h e M a s t e r s w i t h s a c r a m e n t a l

p o w e r w h o t r a n s m i t t h e Aff la tus w h i c h s e r v e s as a

m a g i c a l l i n k t o t h e I n n e r O r d e r . It is i m p o s s i b l e t o

a c h i e v e t h i s l i n k a n d a c c e s s t o t h e i n n e r l a y e r s w i t h o u t

b e i n g a t t a c h e d t o t h e c o n t i n u u m o f M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x

a n d h i s a p p o i n t e d H i g h P r i e s t s , as t h e y a r e t h e

s u c c e s s o r s o f t h e J e a n — M a i n e f a m i l y t o w h i c h t h e s p i r i t s

o f t h e I n n e r T e m p l e o f t h i s c o n t i n u u m a r e b o n d e d a n d

l o y a l . O n l y t h o s e w h o p o s s e s s s p e c i a l p o w e r s c o m i n g

t h r o u g h h i e r o p h a n t i c i n i t i a t i o n h a v e t h e d u t y a n d

ab i l i t i e s t o f e e d t h e e n e r g i e s f r o m t h e I n n e r O r d e r s , t h e

s p i r i t p o o l s , t o t h e O u t e r C o u r t s .

In t h e A f r o — A t l a n t e a n t r a d i t i o n , d i r e c t a n d p e r s o n a l

e m p o w e r m e n t s a n d t r a n s m i s s i o n s a r e t h e o n l y v a l i d w a y

t o p a s s o n s p i r i t u a l a n d m a g i c a l p o w e r s . T h e s e

e m p o w e r m e n t s a n d s p i r i t u a l t r a n s f e r s c a n o n l y u n f o l d

a n d f u n c t i o n p r o p e r l y if t h e m a g i c i a n o p e r a t e s i n s i d e t h e

m a g i c a l a n d s p i r i t u a l c o n t i n u u m g o v e r n e d b y t h e

H i e r o p h a n t , H i g h P r i e s t s a n d i ts s p i r i t p a t r o n s . T h e r e is

n o o t h e r w a y . E v e r y o n e w h o l e a v e s t h e c o n t i n u u m o r

h a s b e e n d i s c o n n e c t e d f r o m i t w i l l l o s e h i s ab i l i t y t o

e n t e r t h e I n n e r T e m p l e s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s a n d w i l l

l o s e t h e p r o t e c t i o n a n d s u p p o r t o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c

s p i r i t s .

O n l y v e r y f e w M a s t e r s o f t h e O r d e r s h a v e a n d h a d t h e

p o w e r s a n d d u t y t o s e r v e as a b r i d g e b e t w e e n t h e I n n e r

a n d O u t e r O r d e r s , a n d h o l d s p e c i a l s a c r a m e n t a l t o o l s t o

p r o t e c t t h e O r d e r s . W h i l e a n i n i t i a t e c a n b e g u i d e d t o

t h e h i g h e s t l e v e l o f r e a l i z a t i o n a n d e m p o w e r m e n t o f t h e

V o u d o n G n o s i s , t h e s a c r a m e n t a l p o w e r s t o c o n f e r a n d

t r a n s f e r p o w e r s t o o t h e r s a r c o n l y p o s s e s s e d b y an

e s o t e r i c a l l y c h o s e n f e w H i g h P r i e s t s w i t h i n t h e O r d e r s .

T h e s e M a s t e r s h a v e a l w a y s w o r k e d i n s i d e t h e O r d e r s

a n d n o t o n c e has o n e o f t h e m left t h e c o n t i n u u m . T h e r e

a r e e s o t e r i c r e a s o n s a n d l a w s w h i c h w o u l d m a k e th i s

i m p o s s i b l e .

N o w y o u u n d e r s t a n d w h y t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s

a n d L . C . N , f r e e l y o f l e r i n s i g h t i n t o m a n y a r e a s o f t h e i r

w o r k a n d e v e n p u b l i s h ' s e c r e t s ' f o r o t h e r s t o s t u d y . It is

fo r e s o t e r i c i n s p i r a t i o n a n d for p e r s o n a l s p i r i t u a l

g r o w t h . It w i l l n o t e n a b l e a n y o n e n o t f o r m a l l y

c o n n e c t e d t o t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c c o n t i n u u m ol

H i e r o p h a n t M i c h a e l B c r t i a u x t o e n t e r t h e I n n e r O r d e r s

o r c l a i m a n v k i n d of s a c r a m e n t a l p o w e r . M u c h i n s i g h t

c a n b e g a i n e d f r o m t h e s t u d y o f t h e b o o k s o u t s i d e t h e

O r d e r s a n d p r o b a b l y m a n y i d e a s a n d t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s

c a n o c c u r . H o w e v e r , t h e r e is a l i m i t a t i o n in th i s p r o c e s s

a n d t h i s l i m i t a t i o n c a n o n l y b e t r a n s c e n d e d t h r o u g h

i n i t i a t i c c o n t a c t w i t h t h e s a c r a m e n t a l M a s t e r s a n d g u i d e s

o f t h e L . C . N .

T h e r e a r e m a n y t y p e s o f e m p o w e r m e n t s a n d

i n i t i a t i o n s in t h e L . C . N , w h i c h a r e g i v e n f r o m m a s t e r t o

s t u d e n t . T h e y a r e g i v e n t o s p e c i a l s t u d e n t s w h o h a v e

d i s t i n g u i s h e d t h e m s e l v e s a n d h a v e p r o v e n t h e i r l o y a l t y

a n d a b i l i t i e s . T h o s e a r e t h e p e o p l e w h o e n t e r f r o m t h e

O u t e r O r d e r s t o t h e I n n e r O r d e r s a n d l a y e r s . T h e r e a r e

d i f f e r e n t t y p e s o f s u c h r i t e s . A t th i s p o i n t , o n l y a

h a n d f u l o f V o u d o n G n o s t i c m a s t e r s a r e a b l e t o g i v e o u t

a n y k i n d o f i n i t i a t i o n s o r e m p o w e r m e n t s . In c o n t r a s t t o

t h e r a t h e r s t a t i c a n d s t e r i l e t e m p l e i n i t i a t i o n s o f m a n y

O r d e r s , s u c h s a c r a m e n t a l r i t e s a r e b e i n g g i v e n i n a

' f r e e s t y l e ' s h a m a n i s t i c f a s h i o n . W h i l s t t h e y d o f o l l o w

c e r t a i n g u i d e l i n e s a n d e s o t e r i c r u l e s , t h e y a r e g i v e n

i n d i v i d u a l l y t o e a c h c a n d i d a t e w h o is r e a d y t o r e c e i v e

t h e m .

O n e s u c h i n i t i a t i o n i n t o t h e L . C . N , t y p e o f w o r k

r e q u i r e s t h e a n o i n t i n g a n d a c t i v a t i o n of c e r t a i n p o i n t s o n

t h e n a k e d b o d y o f t h e i n i t i a n d , w h i l e t h e i n i t i a t o r w h o is

p o s s e s s e d b y t h e p a t r o n s p i r i t s , s p e a k s a n d c h a n t s i n t h e

L a n g u e M y s t è r e w h i c h h e w a s t r a i n e d t o ' r e c e i v e ' a n d

' u t t e r ' . T h e i n i t i a t i o n s a n d e m p o w e r m e n t s in t h e

L . C . N , a r e o n l y c o n c e r n e d w i t h m a g i c a l t r a n s m i s s i o n s .

It is n o t u n u s u a l f o r a c a n d i d a t e t o e x p e r i e n c e v i s i o n ,

t r a n c e , p o s s e s s i o n a n d e x t r e m e e m o t i o n s as w e l l as

a l t e r e d s t a t e s of m i n d . T h i s is t o t a l l y d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e

e x p e r i e n c e o f a t y p i c a l i n i t i a t i o n r i t u a l . P u r e s p i r i t f o r c e

is a c t i v a t e d h e r e a n d is t r a n s m i t t e d f r o m t h e M a s t e r t o

t h e c a n d i d a t e in o r d e r t o u n l o c k p o w e r z o n e s in t h e

b o d y , o r t o a c t i v a t e s e x u a l c e n t r e s o r p r e p a r e t h e ' m e a t '

t o r e c e i v e s p i r i t s as p e r m a n e n t r e s i d e n t s . O t h e r

i n i t i a t i o n r i t e s a r e h i n t e d a t in t h e VGW,U a l t h o u g h t h e y

a r e a t t i m e s q u i t e c o n c e a l e d .

For example in the Guzoite Papers.

V O U D O N GNOSIS

S o m e t h i n g t h a t

a t t r a c t e d m e d e e p l y f r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g t o t h e VGW,

a n d i n fac t i n al l o f B e r t i a u x ' s w r i t i n g s , w a s i t s i n h e r e n t

g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r . M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x b o l d l y s t a t e s t h a t as

g n o s t i c m a g i c i a n s :

...in opposition to all humanistic culture, we are

lured ever to the brink of chaos. We want to go

where we are forbidden. We want to know what has

been denied to us. We seek, in a word, the 'more'.'2

A n d t r u l y , o n o u r q u e s t t h e r e m u s t b e n o b o u n d a r i e s

b e y o n d w h i c h o n e is f o r b i d d e n t o v e n t u r e , a n d w e m u s t

f ea r n o c u r r e n t as t o o d e e p o r d a r k . T h e f r o n t i e r m u s t

b e c o n s t a n t l y p u s h e d f o r w a r d !

B e r t i a u x a c k n o w l e d g e s t h a t a t t h e r o o t o f all r e l i g i o n s

a n d s p i r i t u a l s y s t e m s lays a g n o s t i c s o u r c e a n d t h a t b y

t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f p r e c i s e o c c u l t a n d e s o t e r i c f o r m u l a e

w e c a n d r a w p o w e r a n d e n e r g y f r o m v a r i o u s s y s t e m s

a n d u s e t h e m f o r m a g i c a l o p e r a t i o n s i n o u r l a b o r a t o r i e s

o f L u c i f e r i a n t r a n s f o r m a t i o n . In o u r s c h o o l t h e C h r i s t

m y t h , f o r e x a m p l e , is n o t so m u c h a s s o c i a t e d w i t h s u n

w o r s h i p i n i t s p r i m i t i v e f o r m , b u t r a t h e r w i t h a n

e l a b o r a t e t r a n s f e r a n d a b s o r p t i o n o f s o l a r q u a l i t i e s i n t o

t h e C h r i s t — f i g u r e . T h i s w a y w e a r e a b l e t o c r e a t e a

p o w e r f u l g o d i m a g e b e f i t t i n g a n d e m p o w e r i n g o u r

w o r k as a l c h e m i c a l s e x u a l m a g i c i a n s . F r o m t h e d a w n of

C h r i s t o l o g y , t h i s t r u e e s o t e r i c r e l a t i n g o f C h r i s t t o t h e

s u n w a s d o n e o n l y in a f e w G n o s t i c s e c t s , l i ke La

C o u l e u v r e N o i r e w h o a l so e q u a t e h i m w i t h D a m b a l l a h

a n d L e g h b a . H e is t h u s t u r n e d i n t o t h e S u n G o d a t t h e

c r o s s r o a d s . A m a g i c a l f o r m u l a o f a p p l i c a t i o n e n a b l e s t h e

o p h i d i a n s e x m a g i c i a n s t o d r a w u p o n all t h e m a g i c d o n e

in t h e n a m e of C h r i s t a n d t r a n s f e r i t s p o w e r t o t h e i r

r i t e s . In t h i s w a y all t h e p s y c h i c e n e r g y g e n e r a t e d b y t h e

C h r i s t i a n fa i th fu l , w h i c h is s t o r e d i n a v a s t a s t r a l

r e s e r v o i r , c a n b e t a p p e d i n t o b y t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c

s o r c e r e r s f o r t h e e m p o w e r m e n t o f t h e i r w o r k .

In t h e VGW B e r t i a u x u s e s a r a n g e o f s p i r i t u a l a n d

e s o t e r i c s y s t e m s , l i k e H i n d u i s m a n d S h i n t o , in th i s w a y

a n d s o o p e n s u p a v e r y b r o a d m a g i c a l u n i v e r s e . B u t

m a k e n o m i s t a k e , t h i s p r o c e s s o f a b s o r b i n g t h e e s o t e r i c

e n e r g i e s o f d i f f e r e n t s y s t e m s r e q u i r e s a d e e p i n i t i a t i c

k n o w l e d g e o f c e r t a i n o c c u l t p r o c e d u r e s a n d is n o t a

r a n d o m a n d s u p e r f i c i a l a d a p t i o n o f o t h e r s y s t e m s . T h e

i n i t i a t i c k n o w l e d g e a n d t o o l s o f i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e

e s o t e r i c c o r e s o f o t h e r s y s t e m s a r e p r o v i d e d t o u s

t h r o u g h t h e s e c r e t s o f E s o t e r i c V o u d o n . E s o t e r i c

V o u d o n , a d e e p s y s t e m in i tself , is t h e t h r e a d t h a t r u n s

t h r o u g h t h e w h o l e o f V o u d o n G n o s i s .

LA PRISE DES YEAUX THE ELEMENTAL VISION

The elemental vision signals rebirth; within us, the

element recalls its limitlessness amid the primordial

flux, as element and flux devour themselves anew: the

winds, the trees, and the stars now speak. Through

immeasurably distant ages, death and birth greet the

soul of man in the wavering blade of grass, and they

hear the dark inner night of the blood of man in the

falling rain, as it trickles through the leaves outside. 1

T h e r e is o n e

vi ta l f a c t o r t o u n d e r s t a n d w h e n w o r k i n g w i t h t h e VGW

a n d all t h e m o r e a d v a n c e d a r e a s o f La C o u l e u v r e N o i r e

a n d t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s in g e n e r a l . I t is n o t t h e

c o n c e p t u a l b u t e l e m e n t a l t y p e o f ( s e x u a l ) m a g i c , w i t h

i t s f o c u s o n t h e e l e m e n t a l k i n g d o m , w h i c h is t h e c e n t r a l

f o r m of w o r k . It is d i r e c t l y f r o m e l e m e n t a l c o n t a c t s t h a t

w e w e r e a b l e t o d r a w a w h o l e e n c y c l o p a e d i a of

e l e m e n t a l s o r c e r y , a n d s o m e o f t h e s e r e s u l t s a r e t o b e

Ludwig Klages quoted in: H .E . Schroeder, Ludwig Klages, Die Geschichte Seines Lebens. Michael Bertiaux has actually been the first occultist/philosophcr/gnostic in the English speaking world to understand, acknowledge and point out the esoteric significance and character of Klages' work in general and especially also for Voudon Gnosis.

f o u n d in t h e VGW. T h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c a n d L . C . N ,

t r a d i t i o n f o c u s e s l a r g e l y o n w o r k i n g w i t h t h e r o o t s o f

s e x u a l i t y . H e r e , e l e m e n t a l m a g i c v e r y o f t e n f inds

e x p r e s s i o n in t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f s i g n s . T h e s e s igns t h e n

e x p l a i n a n d s h o w t h e t r u e n a t u r e o f e l e m e n t a l l i fe . S u c h

s igns a r e o f t e n a r t i s t i c in e x p r e s s i o n , l i k e B e r t i a u x ' s

p a i n t i n g s . W h a t w e h a v e c o m e t o t e r m E s o t e r i c L o g i c in

t h e s e c r e t s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d L . C . N ,

i s , in e s s e n c e , n o t a c o n c e p t u a l t y p e of w o r k o r

e x p r e s s i o n . T h e e s s e n c e o f o u r E s o t e r i c L o g i c is

c o n n e c t e d t o a d e e p l eve l o f e l e m e n t a l m a n i f e s t a t i o n . I t

is n o n — v e r b a l a n d d e e p l y p l u t o n i a n in i ts r a w n e s s . In t h e

e l e m e n t a l ce l l s of t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s t h e b o d y is b e i n g

e x p e r i e n c e d as r a w a n d e l e m e n t a l , as p u r e i n s t i n c t .

E s o t e r i c w o r k i n g s o f t h i s n a t u r e l e a d t o a m e t a p h y s i c a l

b r e a k t h r o u g h , a c e r t a i n t y p e o f v i o l e n c e w h i c h is n o t

e s o t e r i c a l l y ev i l as l o n g as i t is n o t c o n c e p t u a l i s e d .

B e r t i a u x c o r r e c t l y s t a t e s t h a t :

.. .(e)vil is in the world of conceptualized types of

language, but violence in the unconscious realm —

violence as Lebensphilosophie (after Klages) is the

basis of all true art, all gesture, all hedonic tone,

and the elemental motion of primitives, be they

society, people or sounds.14

O n e c u l t u s w i t h i n V o u d o n G n o s i s m a k e s t h e sou l

( i n c l u d i n g m i n d ) / b o d y c o m p l e x t h e e l e m e n t a l p o l e o f

a c t i o n , w h i c h b e c o m e s t h e i r e s o t e r i c p o i t e a u m i t a n .

S i m i l a r t o t h e d e v o t e e s of e x o t e r i c V o u d o n w h e n t h e y

d a n c e in a f r e n e t i c e c s t a s y a r o u n d t h e p o i t e a u m i t a n a n d

h u r l t h e m s e l v e s l i ke e n e r g e t i c s p a r k s a n d h o w l s of

p s y c h i s m a t all t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s , t h e E s o t e r i c V o u d o i s t

Michael Bertiaux, unpublished paper.

e n g a g e s in w h a t B e r t i a u x ca l l s ' m e d i u m i s t i c w r e s t l i n g

w i t h t h e s p i r i t s ' . T h i s is t h e w a y t h e s p i r i t s w a n t t o

w o r k a n d i n t e r a c t w i t h u s . In o u r i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , t h i s

w o u l d a l s o b e t h e w a y o f i n t e r a c t i n g w i t h o t h e r s p i r i t s ,

l ike t h o s e o f g r i m o i r e s s u c h as t h e Goetia a n d Grimorium

Verum. T h i s s p e c i a l c u l t u s t e a c h e s t h e w o r s h i p o f a

c e r t a i n t y p e o f g o d - p o s s e s s i o n a c t e d o u t t h r o u g h t h e

p h e n o m e n a o f t h e b o d y . A n o t h e r r e l a t e d v e r y p o w e r f u l

m e t h o d o f e x p r e s s i n g th i s e n e r g y w o r k e d w i t h i n o u r

c o n t i n u u m is a c u l t t h a t w a s t a u g h t b y t h e l a t e H e c t o r

J e a n — M a i n e a n d is c o n n e c t e d t o a p h a n t a s t i c m a g i c a l a n d

i n i t i a t i c f a c u l t y , La Prise des Yeux, t h e s e i z i n g o f t h e

e y e s .

La P r i s e d e s Y e a u x is o n e o f t h e m y s t e r i e s o f t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d is a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h t h e r a w

f u r o r o f o u r e l e m e n t a l w o r s h i p . La P r i s e d e s Y e a u x in

o u r s y s t e m is a l so c a l l e d t h e E s o t e r i c V i s i o n , o c c u l t

i m a g i n a t i o n o r i n n e r s i g h t . As o n e o f t h e p o w e r s o f t h e

H i g h P r i e s t h o o d i t is g i v e n as a gift f r o m t h e w o r l d o f

t h e s p i r i t s t o t h o s e w h o h a v e d e d i c a t e d t h e i r fu l lness o f

b e i n g t o t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c G o d s . T h e s e p o w e r s , o f

w h i c h La P r i s e d e s Y e a u x is o n e of t h e m o s t s i gn i f i can t ,

a r e i n s t r u m e n t s fo r t h e i n i t i a t e as a n e s o t e r i c t e c h n i c i a n

in s e r v i c e t o t h e s p i r i t s . T h r o u g h t h e m h e is a b l e t o

p a r t i c i p a t e e n t i r e l y a n d w i t h o u t l i m i t s in t h e i r w o r l d s .

E n t i t i e s , i n n e r p l a n e a d e p t s f r o m b e y o n d t h e p h y s i c a l ,

s e i ze t h e e y e s of t h e i n i t i a t e a n d e n a b l e h i m t o ' k n o w '

a n y o b j e c t t h e y w a n t h i m t o i n v e s t i g a t e o r h e w a n t s t o

u n d e r s t a n d in i t s m e t a p h y s i c a l r e a l i t y . H e is e n a b l e d t o

' s e e ' t h e o b j e c t i n i t s m a g i c a l r e a l i t y b e y o n d t h e p r o f a n e

i m a g e a n d e n t e r i n t o c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h i t . A n o t h e r

r e l a t e d e s o t e r i c t r a d i t i o n ca l l s t h i s ' t h e r e g a i n i n g o f t h e

1 ' This is also employed to work the earlier mentioned mediumistic wrestling in its highest forms.

l a n g u a g e o f A v a l o n — T h u l e ' , i n w h i c h w e a r e s u d d e n l y

a b l e t o r e c l a i m t h e p r i m o r d i a l a b i l i t y t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e

l a n g u a g e o f a n i m a l s , p l a n t s a n d l a n d s c a p e s a n d m o v e

b e y o n d t h e p r o f a n e v i s i o n a n d i m a g e o f t h e p h y s i c a l

w o r l d . A t t h e s a m e t i m e t h e i n i t i a t e w i l l b e a b l e t o

e n t e r t h e t e r r i t o r i e s o f t h e i n n e r p l a n e s a n d i n v e s t i g a t e

t h e m . P r o d u c i n g a r t as p a r t o f r i t u a l b e c a m e s t r o n g l y

c o n n e c t e d t o t h i s c u l t as t h e i n i t i a t e s d r e w m o r e a n d

m o r e p o w e r s a n d p i c t u r e s f r o m t h e w o r l d o f t h e s p i r i t s .

T h r o u g h c r e a t i v e a n d s y m b o l i c r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f w h a t

t h e i n i t i a t e e x p e r i e n c e s t h r o u g h La P r i s e d e s Y e u x , h e is

a b l e t o d e v e l o p a c o h e r e n t m a p o f t h e m a g i c a l u n i v e r s e ,

i n n e r a n d o u t e r , a n d a l l o w a p r o g r e s s i v e m y s t i c a l a n d

m a g i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t . It is n o t u n u s u a l t o s e e t h e t e m p l e

o f a V o u d o n G n o s t i c i n i t i a t e f i l l ed w i t h a r t a n d c r e a t i v e

o b j e c t s w h i c h a r e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s a n d r e c o n s t r u c t i o n s o f

h i s i n n e r p l a n e e x p e r i e n c e s t h r o u g h La P r i s e d e s Y e u x .

T h r o u g h t h i s r e d u c t i o n o f c o m p l e x a n d p r e c i s e m a g i c a l

e x p e r i e n c e s t o a r t i s t i c s y m b o l s a n d s igns t h e o c c u l t i s m

o f s u c h c u l t s b e c o m e s h i g h l y i n d i v i d u a l i s e d .

For while each magician 'saw' the very same objects

of existence and empirical possibility in the inner

regions of intuitional space, because of the ways in

which experience was organised and personalised,

each magician saw frames and reference as different

in aesthetic qualities and so reconstructions show

both the fundamental unity as well as the mythical . r- • • . 1 6

diversity oj mitiatic perception.

1 6 Michael Ber t iaux , 4 l h year , Course of the Monastery of the

Seven Rays.

T h r o u g h t h e s e p r o c e s s e s w e a r e a l s o a b l e t o s h o w t o

o t h e r i n i t i a t e s o f t h e O r d e r , s t i l l l a c k i n g t h e ab i l i ty o f La

P r i s e d e s Y e u x , h o w t h e :

.. .phantastic realms of the spirits manifest and how

m the multiplicity of spirits, we have one vision of

power — the elemental and raw vision of the Gods of

Vudu.17

C a n d i d a t e s t o t h e H i g h P r i e s t h o o d m a y r e c e i v e t h e

p o w e r s o n c e t h e y a r e ca r e fu l l y a n d r i t u a l l y p r e p a r e d b y

a s a c r a m e n t a l M a s t e r w h o a l r e a d y has o b t a i n e d t h e m

h imse l f . T h e s e m y s t e r i e s , w i t h t h e i r u n b r o k e n c h a i n o f

M a s t e r s a n d a d e p t s , h a v e c o m e d o w n t o u s f r o m t h e

a n c i e n t e s o t e r i c s c h o o l s . H e r e w e a r e a b l e t o s h o w t h e

i n d i v i d u a l b u t u n i v e r s a l g n o s t i c a n d e s o t e r i c va l i d i t y o f

t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c s v s t e m , as t h e s o u r c e o f th i s

t r a n s m i s s i o n is l i ke ly t o b e t h e s a m e as is b e i n g f o u n d

w i t h i n t h e a n c i e n t c u l t s o f t h e K o s m i c G n o s t i c s . I S O f

t h e s e t h e F r a t e r n i t a s B o r e a l i s , a u n i v e r s a l H y p e r b o r e a n

O r d e r , a n d t h e Ecc l e s i a G n o s t i c a A c t c r n a , a r e t h e m o s t

p u b l i c .

N o t o n l y d i d B e r t i a u x a n d J e a n — M a i n e r e f e r t o

V o u d o n G n o s i s as ' n o r t h e r l y ' , t h e o r i g i n a l s a n c t u a r y in

H a i t i w a s c a l l e d t h e ' T e m p l e o f t h e T w o Y g g d r a s i l s ' .

M o r e i m p o r t a n t l y , d u r i n g V o u d o n G n o s t i c and L . C . N ,

i n n e r p l a n e c o n t a c t s , d e i t i e s h a v e i d e n t i f i e d t h e m s e l v e s

as V o u d o n G o d s a n d G e r m a n i c d e i t i e s . T h e O r d e r s

t e a c h t h a t t h e G o d s o f V o u d o n a n d t h e

G e r m a n i c / N o r s e s o r c e r e r s a r e t h e t r a n s p o r t e d G o d s of

1 ' Michael Bertiaux, unpublished paper. This common source is clear when one analyses the nature

of the Voudon Gnostic system in depth — there are many clear indications.

A t l a n t i s a n d c o u l d b e r e l a t e d in t h i s w a y :

NORSE V O U D O N O d i n ( W o D a n ) D a m b a l l a h

F r i g g y a A i d a

L o k i L e g h b a

T h o r O g o u — F e r

B a l d e r G h u e d h e

F r e y r S i m b i

F r e y a E r z u l i c 1 9

B e r t i a u x s t a t e s t h a t t h e m a g i c o f t h e N o r s e s o r c e r e r s "

a n d t h a t of t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c s is e s s e n t i a l l y t h e s a m e ,

a n d t h a t t h e M o n a s t e r y o f t h e S e v e n R a y s c a n b e said t o

t e a c h t h e ' N o r s e — V o u d o o m a g i c o f A t l a n t i s in i t s

t r a d i t i o n a l a n d f u t u r i s t i c d i m e n s i o n s . ' " ' W h a t B e r t i a u x

d e s c r i b e s as La P r i s e d e s Y e a u x in t h e VGW a n d t h e

Monastery Courses is t a u g h t w i t h i n t h e K o s m i c g r o u p s as

t h e E l e m e n t a l V i s i o n , w h i c h l e a d s t o t h e r e g a i n i n g o f

t h e f acu l t y o f t h e l a n g u a g e o f A v a l o n — T h u l e :

The elemental vision signals rebirth; within us, the

element recalls its limitlessness amid the primordial

flux, as element and flux devour themselves anew:

the winds, the trees, and the stars now speak.

1 9 Compare Michael Bertiaux, 4'1' year, Course of the Monastery of the Seven Rays. " This is true for a specific type of 'northern sorcerers' such

as the adepts of the Fraternitas Borealis but not, of course, tor the multitude of neo—Norse, runic and Asatru groups. 2 1 Michael Bertiaux, 4'1' year, Course of the Monastery of the Seven Rays.

Through immeasurably distant ages, death and

birth greet the soul of man in the wavering blade oj

grass, and they hear the dark inner night of the

blood of man in the Jailing rain, as it trickles

through the leaves outside"

H e r e L u d w i g K l a g e s , t h e g r e a t c h a m p i o n o f 20'''

c e n t u r y l i f e—phi losophy a n d a p r o f o u n d i n f l u e n c e o n

B e r t i a u x a n d myse l f , p o i n t s s t r a i g h t t o o n e o f t h e m o s t

i m p o r t a n t r e a s o n s fo r u s i n g t h e e l e m e n t a l a n d e c s t a t i c

p a t h a n d i ts e s o t e r i c p o s s i b i l i t i e s . I t g e n e r a t e s r e b i r t h

a n d r e v i t a l i z a t i o n , a n d a l l o w s u s t o m e t a p h y s i c a l l y

p a r t a k e in t h e w o r l d a n d i ts s o u l , a n d t h r o u g h t h i s

b e c o m e i n i t i a t e d i n t o t r u e e s o t e r i c i s m a n d a b s o l u t e

B e i n g .

T h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c s s h a r e a n o t h e r c o n c e p t w i t h t h e

K o s m i c G n o s t i c s , t h e p r e f e r e n c e o f t h e p a t h o f t h e

m a g i c i a n t o t h a t o f t h e m y s t i c ; t h e p r e f e r e n c e for t h e

e s o t e r i c p r i n c i p l e o f t h e s o u l t o t h a t o f t h e s p i r i t in i t s

t r a d i t i o n a l s e n s e . T h i s m o s t p r o b a b l y c o m e s t o t h e m

t h r o u g h t h e m y t h i c a l t r a d i t i o n o f H y p e r b o r e a - A t l a n t i s .

W h i l e t h e s p i r i t — p r i n c i p l e in i t s u n t a m e d a n d u n r e f i n e d

f o r m " d e m a n d s d i s e n g a g e m e n t w i t h t h e w o r l d o f t h e

b o d y a n d s e n s a t i o n s b y f o l l o w i n g t h e cal l o f t h e a -

c o s m i c ' i n t r u d e r ' ( s p i r i t ) , t h e p r i n c i p l e o f ' s o u l '

a c k n o w l e d g e s a p r o f o u n d m y s t e r y t h r o u g h t h e

H . E . Schroede r , Ludwig Klages, Die Geschichte Seines Lebens. 23

Despi te its dangers and t raps t h e sp i r i t -p r inc ip l e h o w e v e r , also has a un ique deifying and l iberat ing aspect which m u s t be a c k n o w l e d g e d w h e n w e a t t e m p t to achieve the highest s u m m i t s of in i t ia t ion. Both the Ecclesia Gnost ica Ae te rna and the Fra tc rn i tas Borealis d e v o t e substantial teachings t o this field.

e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e s o u l w h i c h is c o n n e c t e d t o t h e b o d y

a n d s e n s e s . W h i l e t h e r u l e o f t h e s p i r i t - p r i n c i p l e is

m a i n l y c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y a d e n i a l o f t h e w o r l d a n d t h e

c h a s t i s i n g o f e l e m e n t a l e x p e r i e n c e , t h e s o u l - p r i n c i p l e

a d v o c a t e s a D i o n y s i a n e c s t a s y in e x p e r i e n c e , a n d

b e c o m i n g e m p o w e r e d b y w h a t t h e K o s m i c i n i t i a t e s h a v e

c o m e t o t e r m t h e ' E r o s C o s m o g o n o s V T h i s E r o s , l i ke

m a g n e t i s m , p u l s e s t h r o u g h a n d p e r m e a t e s t h e e n t i r e

b e i n g b e c a u s e it has t h e c a p a b i l i t y t o m a k e t i m e a n d

s p a c e d i s a p p e a r , o r r a t h e r , b e c h a n g e d i n t o a n e l e m e n t a l

a n d all p r e s e n t o c e a n t h a t b i n d s t o g e t h e r t h e p o l e s o f t h e

w o r l d . I call i t c o s m o g o n i c b e c a u s e it m a k e s i n n e r

f ee l i ngs b e c o m e o u t w a r d r e a l i t y . It is t h e c o n t i n u a l

r e v e l a t i o n g u s h i n g f o r t h f r o m t h e d e e p e s t s o u l . T h i s

f o r c e a l l o w s u s t o e x p e r i e n c e a c r e a t i v e e c s t a s y w h i c h

has t w o s u c c e s s i v e s t a g e s , t h e s u b l i m a t i o n of t h e e g o a n d

t h e n t h e r e s u r g e n c e o f l i fe .

W h e n B e r t i a u x e x p l a i n s t h e m y s t e r i e s o f t h e B o d y of

O s i r i s — L e g h b a a n d t h e B l a c k a n d R e d R a y s in t h e VGW,

h e p o i n t s t o p r e c i s e l y t h i s . A s t h e i n i t i a t e is g r a d u a l l y l e d

b y t h e H i e r o p h a n t t h r o u g h t h e e s o t e r i c p r o c e s s e s a n d

m a g i c a l s t a g e s o f t h e O s i r i a n m y t h o s , h e e n t e r s a n d

p a s s e s t h r o u g h t h e ha l l s o f t h e m y s t e r i e s .

These halls are within the initiate's own body but

they are also deep states of awareness, whereby that

part of him which is the Osiris—Leghba soul takes

over, upon awakening, and replaces the persona of

the mere mortal. When this happens, the soul is

then awakened to its true essence and we are able to

understand that the Osirian Resurrection has

M 'Eros is n o t jus t a fine, b l ind, animalist ic sensuali ty; w e m u s t b e m o r e prec ise : Eros is sensuality at the very m o m e n t of its rea l iza t ion . ' Ludwig Klages, Rhythmen und Runen.

happened. These mysteries are physical processes

and they are related to the laws of the awakening of

the body and its understanding of itself as the

soul.'1

T h r o u g h t h i s p r o c e s s t h e i n i t i a t e t u r n s h i s b o d y i n t o a

p e r f e c t m a p o r n e t w o r k o f t h e i d e a l a n d t o t a l w o r l d s o f

b e i n g .

These worlds come and are present in the body and

in the processes, which enable the body to function

in every way, jrom exoteric to the most esoteric,

because the spirits oj these very high or remote

worlds are totally in the field of the body, present

really in the incarnation of physical substance, and

awaiting the magickal awakening of their true 2 6

essence.

P e r f e c t i o n is a c h i e v e d w h e n t h e s o u l a w a k e n s , a n d t h e

a w a k e n e d s o u l is v i s i o n ! W h a t is r e v e a l e d is t h e e s o t e r i c

a c t u a l i t y o f t h e p r i m o r d i a l i m a g e s .

He who is inhabited by Eros—Dionysus is a dcemon

whilst he yet remains a man. Such a being sees

through the shadow—body of things into the

flaming night of the images. He himself is destiny;

he himself incarnates a Gorgonic dread. The streams

of earth, the storms of heaven, and the starry vaults

above are all within him, and his power reaches

beyond the orbit of Saturn.''

Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook. M Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook. 1 1 Ludwig Klages, Rbytbmen und Runen.

SEXUAL MAGIC

T h e e s o t e r i c fuel

t o e m p o w e r all o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c o p e r a t i o n s a n d

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s is d i s t i l l e d t h r o u g h t h e u s e o f s e x u a l

e n e r g i e s a n d s e x u a l m a g i c . T h o s e w h o h a v e s t u d i e d t h e

s e c o n d y e a r o f t h e Monastery Courses k n o w jus t how-

e l a b o r a t e a n d m u l t i l a y e r e d s e x u a l m a g i c c a n b e c o m e . I

a m v e r y c o n f i d e n t t h a t t h e s e x u a l m a g i c a l s y s t e m t a u g h t

in t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d L . C . N , is far m o r e

c o m p l e x a n d e l a b o r a t e t h a n m o s t , if n o t a n y o t h e r

s e x u a l m a g i c a l s y s t e m i n e x i s t e n c e t o d a y .

W h i l e t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c c o n t i n u u m is c o n c e r n e d

w i t h t h e w h o l e s p e c t r u m o l s e x u a l m a g i c a l e n e r g i e s a n d

w o r k , as o p h i t e s t h e L . C . N , f o c u s e s p e c i a l l y o n t h e

m o r e e l e m e n t a l t y p e as t h e r o o t a n d s o u r c e o f all s e x u a l

m a g i c a l e n e r g y . T h e o p e r a t i o n s t o a c c e s s t h e s e t y p e s o f

e n e r g i e s c a n t a k e o n m a n y d i f f e r e n t f o r m s . T h e

e l e m e n t a l s h a d o w — p o w e r s h a m a n o f t h e L . C . N , is

i n t e r e s t e d in d r a w i n g t h e m o s t p o w e r f u l m a g i c a l

e n e r g i e s f r o m t h e r a w e s t a r c h a i c a n d a b o r i g i n a l

e l e m e n t s o f m a n , a n d i n d e e d h i s p r e — h u m a n h e r i t a g e .

U n t a m e d p r i m o r d i a l p o w e r s a r e a c c e s s e d a n d r e l e a s e d

a n d can b e p u t t o u s e by t h e s o r c e r e r . W h i l e a t t h e

p o i n t o f o r g a s m t h e s o r c e r e r c a n d i r e c t h i s e n e r g y i n t o

t h e f u t u r e t o w a r d s a n i d e a l e v o l u t i o n , w h i c h o p e n s u p a

v a r i e t y o f o p e r a t i o n a l p o s s i b i l i t i e s . H e m a y a l so m o v e

b a c k w a r d s i n t o t h o s e d e e p p r i m o r d i a l s t a t e s o f

c o n s c i o u s n e s s w i t h i n t h e o c e a n o f a b s o l u t e p s y c h i c

a w a r e n e s s .

(H)e may then direct the energies which are deep

within the psyche to well-up to the surface, to rise

and jlow, to surge upwards again jrom the very

depths of consciousness and experience and to

manifest themselves as new and different forms of

magical experience and power, which can give to

the magician a more complete knowledge of his

experience than what is available to his more ego

conditioned states."8

T h e s o u r c e s f r o m w h i c h t h e s e e n e r g i e s o r i g i n a t e a r e

t h e I d , a n d b e y o n d t h a t , t h e t r a n s c e n d e n t a l Id . T h e

t r a n s c e n d e n t a l Id is t h e a r c h e t y p a l s o u r c e o f all m a g i c a l

f o r c e a n d i t s r e a l m is i d e n t i f i e d w i t h t h e p o w e r s o f t h e

c o s m i c s e r p e n t in t h e i r m o s t a r c h a i c m a n i f e s t a t i o n . T h e

t r a n s c e n d e n t a l E g o is i d e n t i f i e d w i t h D a m b a l l a h , a n d so

t h e s o r c e r e r is a fu s ion of t h e t w o f o r c e s — of t h e c o s m i c

s t e l l a r D r a c o , a n d D a m b a l l a h .

M a n y a r e a w a r e t h a t t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d

L . C . N , i n c l u d e s o m e o f t h e m o s t h i g h l y e l a b o r a t e d

f o r m s o f g n o s t i c t h o u g h t a n d m a g i c a l p h i l o s o p h y .

M a s t e r B e r t i a u x o n c e sa id in an i n t e r v i e w t h a t , w i t h o u t

h a v i n g s t u d i e d H e g e l a n d t h e G e r m a n p h i l o s o p h e r s ,

w h i c h h e c o n s i d e r s h i g h l y e s o t e r i c , o n e c a n n o t b e h i s

s t u d e n t . H e a n d o t h e r a d e p t s o f t h e O r d e r s h a v e a n d

h a d g r e a t i n t e l l e c t u a l t r a i n i n g a n d t h u s w e r e a b l e t o

i n c o r p o r a t e h i g h l y a b s t r a c t a n d t h e o r e t i c a l s y s t e m s o f

p h i l o s o p h y a n d t h o u g h t i n t o t h e o c c u l t a n d g n o s t i c

f r a m e w o r k o f t h e O r d e r s . B u t u n l i k e t h e p h i l o s o p h e r s ,

w h o w e r e in m o s t cases ' o n l y ' t h i n k e r s , m a y b e e s o t e r i c

t h i n k e r s , b u t n o t o c c u l t i s t s , t h e a d e p t s o f t h e V o u d o n

G n o s t i c O r d e r s w e r e i n d e e d a b l e t o b r i n g t h e s e s y s t e m s

2 8 Michael Bertiaux, 4 t h year, Course of the Monastery of the

Seven Kays.

a l ive in a m a g i c a l w a y — t o e m p o w e r a n d f e e d t h e s e

t h e o r e t i c a l s y s t e m s a n d t u r n t h e m i n t o p r a c t i c a l m a g i c a l

a n d e s o t e r i c w o r l d s fo r t h e u s e o f a s p i r i t u a l a n d m a g i c a l

e v o l u t i o n . T h e y e m p o w e r e d t h e s e a b s t r a c t , p h i l o ­

s o p h i c a l a n d h i g h l y e l a b o r a t e s y s t e m s w i t h t h e m o s t

p r i m i t i v e , p o t e n t a n d e l e m e n t a l k i n d o f s e x u a l e n e r g y

a c c e s s i b l e , t h u s u n i t i n g t w o p o w e r f u l p o l e s a n d g i v i n g

b i r t h t o a n e w c r e a t i o n .

In t h e e l e m e n t a l t e m p l e s o f t h e O r d e r s w e a r e

c o n v i n c e d t h a t w e m u s t b u i l d o u t of, a n d f o c u s t h e

e n e r g y , u p o n t h e l o w a n d e l e m e n t a l p o w e r s . W e w a n t

t o s t i r u p a n c i e n t p o w e r s a n d k o s m i c e m o t i o n s a n d

m e m o r i e s . W e p r e f e r t h e l o w t o t h e h i g h v i b r a t i o n s t o

a c h i e v e t h i s .

In t h e s e c r e t r e s e a r c h l a b o r a t o r i e s o f t h e L . C . N , w e

a r c c o n s t a n t l y w o r k i n g o n n e w m e t h o d s fo r o b t a i n i n g

a n d u s i n g s e x u a l m a g i c a l e n e r g i e s . In t h e f o l l o w i n g , a

s h o r t e x c e r p t f r o m a p a p e r a u t h o r i z e d fo r t h e i n n e r

e l e m e n t a l c e l l o f t h e L . C . N , b y t h e C h o r o n z o n C l u b

w i t h i n o u r c o n t i n u u m , w e r e a d :

Seated in his throne in the north of the temple, in

the place of the least light, the master will sing the

conjuration of elemental being: 'Numesama,

Alfragor, Darteama, Kasqecot — I am without

beginning and without end, I am the wideness of

space and the thinness of time, I am nothing and I

am everything, for my name is darkness and my

essence is the firstborn of all potencies. Come forth

and worship me, I am your master and your god.'

The servitors will now break forth and worship the

master and his body with their lips, mouths,

tongues and hands. The Master rises and is

possessed by the invisible and terrible powers of

darkness and weirdness, as strange voices are heard

and a great Jear descends upon the assembly, a fear

of death and loss of one's very being. The Master

begins the second conjuration in a mysterious

tongue...

A n d t h e n l a t e r in t h e t e x t t h e M a s t e r p r o c l a i m s :

T am Gog and Magog, there is no power to restrain

me!' — If he wishes to practice ritual sexual

intercourse of any type, he will hold them and have

them stand next to his throne. ^

L y c a n t h r o p y , t i m e t r a v e l l i n g a n d e s o t e r i c p s y c h o

ana lys i s a r e all a m o n g s t t h e t e c h n i q u e s e m p l o y e d b y t h e

i n i t i a t e s o f t h e s e e l e m e n t a l s e x u a l t e m p l e s .

T h e a d e p t w i l l b e c o n f r o n t e d w i t h f o r m s o f e n e r g y

a n d p r a c t i c e s w h i c h h e m a y f ind e x t r e m e l y u n s e t t l i n g

a n d a g a i n s t h i s c iv i l i z ed n a t u r e , so o n l y t h o s e w h o fee l

t h e cal l t o t r a v e l b a c k t o t h e b e g i n n i n g s o f t i m e , t o t h e

c r e a t u r e o f i n s t i n c t a n d r a w p o w e r , wi l l b e a l l o w e d

a c c e s s t o t h e s e spec ia l s a n c t u a r i e s .

D u r i n g t h e w o r k w i t h t h i s e l e m e n t a l s e x u a l s o r c e r y

t h e r e a r c o f t e n t i m e s w h e n w e e n g a g e d i r e c t l y w i t h t h e

s p i r i t s , w h o b y t h e i r n a t u r e d o n o t suf fer t h e s a m e

p r o b l e m s as w e h u m a n s d o , e s p e c i a l l y in r e g a r d s t o

m o r a l c o d e s o r c o n f i n e m e n t s . M o r e o v e r , t h e g u a r d i a n

s p i r i t s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s d e l i g h t in s e x u a l m a g i c as i t

is a d i r e c t l i n k t o t h e m a n d a w a y o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d

e x c h a n g e . A n d I a m n o t r e f e r r i n g t o t h e t h e o r e t i c a l ,

h i g h l y a b s t r a c t f o r m s o f s e x u a l m a g i c b u t t o d i r e c t ,

p r i m i t i v e f o r m s o f s e x u a l s o r c e r y t h a t c r e a t e t h e m o s t

p o w e r f u l e f fec t s w h e n w o r k i n g w i t h t h e m y s t e r i e s o f

t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s . In t h e s e , o u r n o c t u r n a l t e m p l e s of

Michael Bertiaux, unpublished paper.

p r i m i t i v e p o w e r s , t h e s e x u a l m a g i c o f s e c r e t c u l t s o f

a n c i e n t t i m e s a r e b e i n g c o n t i n u e d .

In t h e d a r k m y s t e r i e s of t h e H i g h P r i e s t s o f H a d e s ,

o f G h u e d h e — N i b b h o a n d B a c a l o u B a c a , s t r a n g e r i t e s a r e

c a r r i e d o u t w h i c h b r i n g u s b a c k i n t o c o n t a c t w i t h t h e

e l e m e n t a l p o w e r s o f o u r p re—civ i l i zed Self. I w i l l n o t g o

i n t o d e t a i l h e r e a n d e x p l a i n e x a c t l y t h e r i t e s a n d

m e t h o d s o f t h o s e s p e c i a l i z e d I n n e r O r d e r c u l t s as t h i s is

r e s e r v e d o n l y fo r t h o s e f e w a d e p t s a c t u a l l y e n t e r i n g t h i s

f ie ld of w o r k . I w i l l say o n l y t h i s m u c h : T o w o r k in th i s

field i t is n o t o n l y n e c e s s a r y t o h a v e a f u n d a m e n t a l

u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e u s u a l f o r m s of s e x u a l m a g i c , l ike

w e f ind in t h e O . T . O . s y s t e m o r in o t h e r s y s t e m s of t h e

E a s t a n d W e s t , b u t o n e m u s t h a v e d o n e i n t e n s e a n d

t h o r o u g h i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n t o t h e Self, a n d m u s t h a v e

t h r o w n off m o s t o f t h e c o n v e n t i o n a l a n d m o d e r n

s h a c k l e s t h a t k e e p s t h e p r i m a l m a n in b o n d a g e . A

p r e l i m i n a r y w o r k b e f o r e e n t e r i n g t h e s h a d o w s o r c e r y

c o u l d b e t h e w o r k e x p l a i n e d i n t h e Guzotte Papers of t h e

VGW, e s p e c i a l l y t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e ' E r o s o f Les

L o a ' a n d , o f c o u r s e , t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e P o i n t s

C h a u d s . Al l of th i s i n v o l v e s a v e r y e x p l o r a t i v e

m e n t a l i t y , a n d t h e p o t e n t i a l i n i t i a t e m u s t b e r e a d y t o

v e n t u r e far i n t o t h e d a r k r e a l m s of t h e Self a n d i ts

m a g i c a l u n i v e r s e s .

T h e s e I n n e r C u l t s o f e l e m e n t a l s e x u a l s o r c e r y a r e n o t

t h e s a m e as t h e I n n e r C u l t s u s u a l l y s p o k e n of w h e n

d i s c u s s i n g t h e m o r e a d v a n c e d w o r k o f t h e V o u d o n

G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d L . C . N . T h e s e I n n e r C u l t s a n d I n n e r

O r d e r w o r k c a n b e v e r y w e l l a c c e s s e d w i t h o u t e v e r

m o v i n g i n t o t h i s f ie ld . In fac t , m o s t I n n e r O r d e r a d e p t s

w i l l n e v e r e n t e r a n d d e s c e n d i n t o t h o s e t e m p l e s o f t h e

H i g h P r i e s t s o f H a d e s , as t h e y l ack t h e n a t u r a l

p r e d i s p o s i t i o n fo r s u c h w o r k .

F o r m o s t m e m b e r s a n d h i g h e r a d e p t s i t is m o r e t h a n

su f f i c ien t t o m a k e u s e o f t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e fus ion o f t h e

h i g h l y e l a b o r a t e a n d a d v a n c e d t h o u g h t s y s t e m s w i t h t h e

m o s t e l e m e n t a l a n d p r i m i t i v e s e x u a l m a g i c . T h e y w i l l

s u r e l y b e a b l e t o r e a c h t h e h i g h e s t s u m m i t s o f s p i r i t u a l

a n d o c c u l t a t t a i n m e n t .

T h e i r t a l e n t s a n d ab i l i t i e s a r e p u t t o u s e o n o t h e r

f r o n t s a n d in d i f f e r e n t r e s e a r c h l a b o r a t o r i e s o f t h e I n n e r

O r d e r s . T h e i r c o n t a c t w i t h s e x u a l m a g i c w i l l a l so b e

v e r y c h a l l e n g i n g a n d i n t e n s e , as t h e s exo—mag ica l

e n e r g i e s a r e t h e f o u n d a t i o n o f al l o u r w o r k . T h e y w i l l

b e a b l e t o u s e all t h e r e s u l t s a n d b e n e f i t s c r e a t e d b y t h e

a d e p t s o f t h e e l e m e n t a l s e x u a l t e m p l e s as in t u r n t h o s e

a d e p t s w i l l b e a b l e t o u s e t h e i r r e s u l t s a n d t h e i r

c r e a t i o n s .

B u t t h e r e r e m a i n t h o s e M a s t e r s i n t h e s e c r e t

l a b o r a t o r i e s a n d t e m p l e s w h o w i l l c o n t i n u e t o e x p l o r e

f u r t h e r t h o s e d a r k r e a l m s a n d p e r f o r m t h e s e r i t e s o f

s e x u a l m a g i c t o c r e a t e p o o l s o f s t r o n g r a w e l e m e n t a l

e n e r g y a n d p o w e r f r o m w h i c h all t h e H i g h P r i e s t s o f t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s c a n d r a w e n e r g i e s t o e m p o w e r

o r i n i t i a t e t h e i r s t u d e n t s a l o n g t h e l i n e s o f t h e s y s t e m .

P O I N T S C H A U D S

I n t i m a t e l y c o n n e c t e d

t o t h e s e x u a l m a g i c o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c s is t h e

d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e P o i n t s C h a u d s , o r H o t P o i n t s . T h e

P o i n t s C h a u d s a r e i n t e l l i g e n t e n t i t i e s , as w e l l as d y n a m i c

p r o c e s s e s o f e n e r g i e s . T h e y h a v e t h e i r r o o t s a n d s o u r c e

o f p o w e r in t h e b i s e x u a l i t y o f E s o t e r i c V o u d o n , a n d

t h u s a r e u l t i m a t e l y p r i n c i p l e s a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n

e n e r g i e s o f L e s V u d u , t h e G o d s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c

w o r l d . In t o t a l w e h a v e 3 3 6 H o t P o i n t s — 16 b a s i c

a x i o m s a n d t h e 6 4 m a g i c a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s p l u s t h e 2 5 6

a m p l i f i c a t i o n s .

H o w e v e r , b e f o r e t h e H o t P o i n t s c a n b e d e v e l o p e d i n

a n y w a y w e n e e d t o p r o v i d e a m a g i c a l f o r c e f ie ld i n

w h i c h w e c a n c r e a t e a n d a c t i v a t e t h e m . T h i s m a g i c a l

f o r c e f ie ld i n o u r s y s t e m is c o n s t r u c t e d o u t o f ' m a t i n g ' ,

' c o n t r a c t i n g ' e x t r e m e e n e r g i e s , t h e 16 g e n i t a l a n d 16

c e r e b r a l c e n t e r s , " ' a c c o r d i n g t o a s p e c i a l s e x m a g i c a l

f o r m u l a . By m e a n s o f a n h i e r o s g a m o s o f t h e n e g a t i v e

a n d p o s i t i v e c e n t e r s , m a g i c a l e n e r g i e s a r c c r e a t e d .

T h e s e f o r m a m a t r i x , t h e c r e a t i o n o f a f ie ld o f p o w e r

u p o n w h i c h t h e w o r k o f t h e P o i n t s C h a u d s is b u i l t .

The energies and the elixirs, evaporations and

magical tonics, essences and presences create

collectively the 'magical nest of serpents'.!l

i ( l See more on these centers in the 2'"' and 4' 1 ' Year Course of the Monastery of the Seven Kays. ! 1 Michael Bcrtiaux, 4 t h year, Course of the Monastery of the Seven Rays.

Voudon Gnosis Points Chauds

T h i s n e s t o f s e r p e n t s , le nid de serpents, " is t h e f o r c e

f ie ld o f e x t r e m e m a g i c a l p o w e r u p o n w h i c h t h e P o i n t s

C h a u d s c a n b e c r e a t e d , fed a n d a c t i v a t e d .

T h e n e x t s t e p is t h e i n d u c t i o n o f t h e P o i n t s C h a u d s

i n t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l ' s s y s t e m of m a g i c a l o p e r a t i o n s (h i s

[ in jv is ib lc b o d i e s ) in o r d e r f o r a n i n i t i a t e t o f u n c t i o n

p e r f e c t l y as a V o u d o n G n o s t i c m a g i c i a n . T h e P o i n t s

C h a u d s a r e c e n t r e s t h a t w h e n a c t i v a t e d c a n r e l e a s e

spec i f i c k a l a s / O j a s m a n i f e s t e d t h r o u g h s e x o — m a g i c a l

w o r k .

So how are the Points Chauds given or received?

T h e r e a r c d i f f e r e n t w a y s in o u r s y s t e m t o d o t h i s . L e t

m e n o w t o u c h u p o n a p r o c e d u r e d e s c r i b e d in t h e VGW

a n d w h i c h is r e f e r r e d t o as t h e G u z o t t e s y s t e m .

T h e P o i n t s C h a u d s a r e c l o s e l y a s s o c i a t e d t o w h a t w e

call t h e Presentments''1 w h i c h a r c in t h e i r e s s e n c e s v e r y

p o w e r f u l ' a p p e a r a n c e e l e m e n t á i s ' . T h e s e P r e s e n t m e n t s

a r e t h e w a y in w h i c h Les V u d u i n t e r a c t w i t h t h e b o d y o f

t h e i n i t i a t e . I t is t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n o f i n i t i a t i c e n e r g i e s .

i 2 The created 16 magical serpents are designated by the Ophidian Tharot, 'which imply all of the meanings associated with the mated chakras and with their mystical correspondences and powers, as well as the magical energies which are now represented so well by the serpent products of this magical mating.' See Michael Bcrtiaux, 4 t h year, Course of the Monastery of the Seven Kays.

" Presentments: 'This is a Haitian magickal word for the things that appear to the senses, inner and outer. Thus the color blue would be an example. But such 'things presented' are really magical objects. They are appearance—elementals and are therefore quite powerful. Guzotte has sought to focus on them in order to call our attention to their powers'. Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook.

T h e s e P r e s e n t m e n t s n o w n e e d t o b e d e v e l o p e d a n d t h e n

b e c o m e H o t P o i n t s . T h i s d e v e l o p m e n t m u s t t a k e p l a c e

t h r o u g h v i e w i n g a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e P r e s e n t m e n t s as

Pheonismes f4 T h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g is d o n e t h r o u g h a

p r o c e s s B e r t i a u x r e f e r s t o as ' E s o t e r i c L o g i c o f t h e

b o d y ' . T h i s p r o c e s s is b o t h i n d i v i d u a l a n d e x p e r i e n t i a l ,

b u t is a l so i n p a r t s g u i d e d b y i n i t i a t i c t r a n s m i s s i o n s f r o m

a H i g h P r i e s t . W h e n t h i s i n t e g r a t i v e a n d e s o t e r i c

p r o c e s s o f u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e P r e s e n t m e n t s as

P h e o n i s m e s is a c h i e v e d , t h e P h e o n i s m e s b e c o m e H o t

P o i n t s a n d c a n t h e n b e m a p p e d o u t a n d i n d u c t e d in t h e

v a r i o u s p o w e r z o n e s o f t h e b o d y . A f t e r t h e y h a v e b e e n

o p e n e d a n d a c t i v a t e d t h e y m e r g e w i t h t h e m i n d a n d

p s y c h i c f ie ld o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c i n i t i a t e . A s

r a d i a t i o n s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c a r c h e t y p e s a n d s p i r i t s

t h e y a r e s u s t a i n e d b y t h e s e spec i f i c e n e r g i e s u n i q u e t o

o u r s y s t e m .

In t h e VGW w e r e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g :

Q; Are the Points—Chauds of this system entities or

are they processes?

A: Both. Everything in this field is both an

intelligent entity (beyond human levels of

intelligence) and a dynamic process or energy.

When the candidate is with the system, these

Points—Chauds merge with his mind and psychic

1 4 Pheonismes: 'These are thought forms of an extremely sexual, sensuous, and exotic character. They are cultivated by the Guzotte magicians in very exciting and possibly dangerous ways. They are used like articulate but artificial elementals. They may come and go from the magician. Wherever they are the atmosphere is one of intense lust and sexual excitement'. Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook.

field. They do not when the same person is separate.

They are like psychological complexes of the most

creative sort, which being radiations of the

archetypes are sustained by the planetary energies

in question. Hence, it would be possible to lose the

powers if you withdrew from the gnostic continuum

of the system.3'

U p o n r e c e i v i n g t h e P o i n t s C h a u d s a l i n k is e s t a b l i s h e d

b e t w e e n t h e s e x u a l e n e r g i e s a n d t h e c o s m i c l i f e s t r e a m .

A s a r e s u l t , t h e p e r f e c t V o u d o n G n o s t i c , w h o s e P o i n t s

C h a u d s h a v e b e e n o p e n e d , a l s o b e c o m e s a l i v i n g

v a m p i r e .

Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook.

LE TEMPLE DES HOUDEAUX: SPIDER SORCERY AND TIME TRAVELLERS

Esoteric voudoo is the science of the orientation of

the temple of consciousness, which you must create

with your will, mind and imagination.i6

T h i s s e e m i n g l y

s i m p l e s e n t e n c e c o n t a i n s t h e e s s e n c e o f m u c h o f

E s o t e r i c V o u d o n . T h e k e y t o s u c c e s s f u l l y w o r k i n g t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c s y s t e m is t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a m a g i c a l

t e m p l e in y o u r c o n s c i o u s n e s s . T o a c h i e v e t h i s , a r a d i c a l

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n a n d a c t i v a t i o n o f y o u r c o n s c i o u s n e s s

m u s t t a k e p l a c e . O n c e t h i s t e m p l e is e r e c t e d ,

c o n s e c r a t e d a n d a c t i v a t e d , t h e i n i t i a t e w i l l b e a b l e t o

a c h i e v e g n o s t i c s t a t e s o f b e i n g , a n d t o w o r k t r u l y

p o w e r f u l m a g i c w i t h o u t e l a b o r a t e a n d c o m p l i c a t e d

r i t u a l s a n d t o o l s . O n e h a s t u r n e d o n e ' s o w n

c o n s c i o u s n e s s a n d e s o t e r i c b o d y i n t o a m a g i c a l t e m p l e

a n d e s o t e r i c l a b o r a t o r y . " T h i s o r i e n t a t i o n o f

c o n s c i o u s n e s s is a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h p o w e r f u l s y m b o l s

w h i c h a r e a l s o u s e d as m a g i c a l e n g i n e s . T h e s e s y m b o l s ,

v e v e s , a l l o w t h e V o u d o n s p i r i t s / L o a s t o o v e r c o m e t h e

b a r r i e r b e t w e e n i n n e r a n d o u t e r , a n d c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h

u s . By a l l o w i n g t h e m ' i n t o ' o u r w o r l d , t h e s e s p i r i t s

b r i n g t h e i r p o w e r w i t h t h e m a n d w i l l d o as w e w a n t

^ Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook. " See the 3 r d year, Course of the Monastery of the Seven Rays, Esoteric Engineering, for further ideas on mind machines and mental temples.

t h e m t o d o . I t is a v e r y s y m b i o t i c w a y of w o r k i n g . T h e

h i g h e s t a d e p t s o f t h e O r d e r s a l so m a k e u s e o f a spec ia l

f o r m of e s o t e r i c p r a y e r t o i n t e r a c t w i t h t h e s p i r i t s . T h i s

m e a n s t h a t n o s y m b o l s a r e e m p l o y e d b u t r a t h e r t h a t

c o n t a c t is m a d e e n t i r e l y a n d d i r e c t l y w i t h t h e m i n d .

T h i s , h o w e v e r , is o f t e n n o t s u c h a p r e c i s e m e t h o d a n d

t h u s t h e u s e o f s y m b o l s is p r e f e r r e d b y m o s t E s o t e r i c

V o u d o i s t s .

A t o n e p o i n t o f a V o u d o n G n o s t i c ' s d e v e l o p m e n t h e

w i l l h a v e t u r n e d h i s b o d y i n t o a l i v i n g t e m p l e a n d a t u a

for t h e s p i r i t s a n d h a s g i v e n t h e m m a n y p l a c e s t o d w e l l

i n s i d e h i s e s o t e r i c b o d y . A t s u c h a s t a g e h e is a b l e t o

s u m m o n f o r t h t h e p o w e r o r p r e s e n c e o f a spec i f i c s p i r i t ,

f o r e x a m p l e b y s i m p l y t r a c i n g t h e a p p r o p r i a t e v e v e o n

t h e p a r t o f t h e b o d y w h e r e th i s s p i r i t r e s i d e s . A t s u c h a

s t a g e , a n d w i t h h i g h l y d e v e l o p e d ab i l i t i e s o f e s o t e r i c

p r a y e r , h e m a y a l s o a c t i v a t e t h e s p i r i t s w i t h o u t t h e

s y m b o l s .

O f c o u r s e , t h e e s o t e r i c s c i e n c e o f t u r n i n g t h e b o d y

i n t o s u c h a t e m p l e is a v e r y c o m p l e x a n d p a r t l y s e c r e t

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n .

T h e f i rs t v e r y i m p o r t a n t t e m p l e t o b e e r e c t e d in t h e

e s o t e r i c c o n s c i o u s n e s s is t h e T e m p l e - D e s - H o u d e a u x .

T h i s is e s p e c i a l l y i m p o r t a n t f o r t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e

L . C . N , sub—cul t o f Les H o u d e a u x . ! S T h e s e c t a r i e s o f

L e s H o u d e a u x a r e f irst a n d f o r e m o s t o p e r a t i v e

m a g i c i a n s , e s o t e r i c e x p l o r e r s . T h e s p i r i t u a l a n c e s t o r s o f

Les H o u d e a u x a r e t h e c h i l d r e n of B i n a h , t h e Black

G o d d e s s o f S p a c e . She is t h e e m a n a t i o n o f

M o t h e r / F a t h e r / S p a c e / T i m e , a l so c a l l e d S a t u r n , o r

G h u e d h e - N i b b h o i n t h e V o u d o n s y s t e m . T h e c o n s o r t o f

t h e B l a c k G o d d e s s is n o n e o t h e r b u t D e a t h h imse l f . H e

i s There are different sub-cults or sects in the L.C.N, such as Les Houdeaux and Les Ophites.

is t h e g o d o f t r a n s f o r m a t i o n k n o w n a l so as M y s t e r e

R o y a l e ,

.. .who shines his supreme eye through Saturn when

in the sign of Scorpio 'whose throne is in the east' ^

W e b e c o m e o n e o r fuse w i t h Les H o u d e a u x w h e n w e

a c t w i t h i n t h e t e m p l e o f E s o t e r i c V o u d o n as w e t h e n

b e c o m e o p e r a t i v e m a g i c i a n s . T o r e c e i v e t h e g r e a t e s t

b e n e f i t f r o m w o r k i n g w i t h Les H o u d e a u x , w e n e e d t o

c o n s t r u c t t h e t e m p l e as p r e c i s e l y as p o s s i b l e t o m a k e it

p e r f e c t l y s u i t a b l e f o r t h e s p i r i t s .

T h e r e a r e f o u r l e v e l s t o t h e T e m p l e :

Level 1. Les Houdeaux: Where ivc are now

Level 2. Les Linglessoux: Realm of the Shrouds of the Dead

Level 3. Les Cadavres Piquantes:

World of the Embalmed Corpses

Level 4. Les Faiseurs—des—Zombi:

The Zombimakers INecromancers

T h e s e l eve l s o r p o w e r z o n e s c o n s i s t of, o r a r e

e x p r e s s e d a s , v a r i o u s H o t P o i n t s ( P o i n t s C h a u d s ) w h i c h

n e e d t o b e d e v e l o p e d t o fully t r a n s f o r m i n t o a c h i l d o f

t h e D a r k G o d d e s s o f S p a c e a n d h e r c o n s o r t , D e a t h . 4 0

N o w t o b e c o m e ful ly o p e r a t i v e as a m a g i c a l t e m p l e

a n d e n g i n e , w e n e e d t o ass ign m a g i c a l d i r e c t i o n s t o e a c h

i 9 Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook. +" How they are developed is described in further lessons of the KG W.

of t h e s e l e v e l s . T h e s e e i g h t d i r e c t i o n s o r p a t h w a y s o f

p o w e r a r e t h e f o l l o w i n g :

1) North: the pure past; present of other universes bejond

Pluto; the absolute realm of history; other doors beyond

our past measurements.

2) North—East: Ancient esoteric past; the ultimate

doorway beyond Pluto (Kether); the past of other

universes; the region oj absolute history where the past is

now and only the past is.

3) East: Remote jar ahead future (pure future); other

universes beyond the Sun.

4) South—East: Future — with some tendency towards the

Earth; some references to universes near our solar system.

5) South: Very immediate future about to pass; the world

of the Earth's own future.

6) South—West: Earth's future as the present moves more

and more awayjrom us; here we can reach the present of

other worlds; sometimes the past of futuristic zones can be

accessed here.

7) West: Present that is just passing and becoming past;

The here and now on Earth.

8) North—West: Immediate past, past of the Earth and

also past of other worlds; the future of realms contacted

via the pure past (North).

E a c h o f t h e s e d i r e c t i o n s h a s spec i f i c L o a a t t r i b u t e d t o

i t a n d w i t h i n e a c h t h e r e a r e m a n y s u b t l e v a r i a t i o n s .

1 ) North: Les Houdeaux.

The spirits of the Hoodoo science.

2) East: Mystère Royal.

Father of all gods or angels of Death.

3) West: Mahakali.

The Black Goddess of Space. Place of lunar influence.

4) South: Ti—Pied- Mille-Fois.

Thousand Little Footsteps. He is the principle spirit who

greets those who come to serve the Dead. He is a Were—

Loa who is a transvection of Limbi and is the kliphotic

King of the Larvae of the Dead.

He is the link to the remaining were—insect spirits who

occupy the NE, NW, SW and SE:

1) North—East: Mystère Toile-d'Araignée.

Spider Goddess of Capricorn.

2) North—West: Mystère Araignée (La Maman Règne).

The Mother Spider of Scorpio.

3) South-West: Ti—Zariguin.

Inventor Loa of Aquarius and the brother and son of the

previous Loa. This Loa rules the inventions of esoteric

engineering, dream control and ontic sphere mediumship.

4) South—East: Baron (Ghuedhe) Zaringuin.

Father of the Spider Loa, assigned to Leo as the most

deadly aspect of The Grand Lion.

NORTH •past-

SOUTH -very immediate hmiif

about to pass

Le Temple Des Houdeaux

Le Temple Des Houdeaux

W i t h t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n i t is ea sy n o w f o r u s t o s e t u p a

p r e c i s e m e n t a l t e m p l e a n d b e g i n o p e r a t i n g . T h e fuels o r

e n e r g i e s t o p o w e r t h i s t e r r i f i c m a c h i n e a r e o f c o u r s e

s e x u a l in n a t u r e . B e r t i a u x r e f e r s t o t h e m in t h e VG W as

k a l a s , S h a k t i s , O j a s a n d s e x u a l r a d i o a c t i v i t y . 4 ' T h e s e

e n e r g i e s a r e a l so s o u g h t a f t e r b y v e r y n e g a t i v e v a m p i r e s

w h o n e e d t h e s e x u a l e n e r g i e s t o s u s t a i n t h e m s e l v e s .

T h i s is a r e a s o n w h y w e m u s t o n l y u s e t h e m o s t h o r r i f i c

L o a , t h e p o s i t i v e v a m p i r e s of s p a c e / t i m e t r a v e l , in o u r

w o r k — as t h e y a u t o m a t i c a l l y s c a r e off t h e u n d e s i r e d

n e g a t i v e e n t i t i e s . So c a u t i o n is v e r y i m p o r t a n t h e r e in

d i s t i n g u i s h i n g t h e n e g a t i v e f r o m t h e p o s i t i v e b e i n g s w h o

m a n i f e s t in o u r w o r k as w e r e — s p i d e r s a n d z o m b i L o a .

N o t o n l y d o t h e y g u a r d t h e t e m p l e s o f o u r e s o t e r i c

s c i e n c e s b u t a l so p r o v i d e t h e i r e n e r g i e s t o fuse w i t h

s o m e o f o u r o w n e s o t e r i c e n e r g i e s . T h i s b l e n d i n g o f

e n e r g i e s , a m o n g s t o t h e r t h i n g s , p r o v i d e s t h e p o s s i b i l i t y

t o c r e a t e w h a t B e r t i a u x ca l l s t h e ' C a r t e s i a n V o r t i c e s ' . 4 2

T h r o u g h t h e s e t h e Voltigeurs, t h e l e a p e r s o f E s o t e r i c

V o u d o n w h o o p e r a t e m a i n l y o n t h e b a c k s i d e o f t h e T r e e

o f Life m a k e c o n t a c t w i t h o t h e r w o r l d s a n d d i m e n s i o n s .

O n c e t h e i n i t i a t e e n t e r s a n d a c t i v a t e s t h e T e m p l e D e s

H o u d e a u x , h e b e c o m e s a w e r e — s p i d e r s o r c e r e r . T h e

e i g h t a r m s o f t h e s p i d e r c o n n e c t t o f o r c e s b e y o n d t h e

p l a n e s o f m a n i f e s t a t i o n w h i c h a r e d r a w n i n t o h i s p e r f e c t

m a n d a l u m . T h i s t e m p l e is v e r y s u i t a b l e fo r t i m e a n d

s p a c e t r a v e l l i n g . Y o u c a n u s e a v a r i e t y o f i n s t r u m e n t s ,

s u c h as a m a g i c m i r r o r o r a s h e w s t o n e , fo r t h e

e x p l o r a t i o n o f a l t e r n a t e u n i v e r s e s a n d d i m e n s i o n s .

H o w e v e r , t h e m i n d a n d t h e w i l l in a c c o r d w i t h

i m a g i n a t i o n a l so w o r k s , a n d is t h e p r e f e r r e d m e t h o d fo r

t h e b e g i n n e r .

1 Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook. Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook.

T o e m b a r k o n a spec i f i c t i m e t r a v e l l i n g j o u r n e y y o u

w o u l d a s k t h e a p p r o p r i a t e L o a p r e s i d i n g o v e r t h e

s p a c e / t i m e r e g i o n y o u w a n t t o r e a c h t o b e y o u r g u i d e .

T h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d L . C . N , h a v e s u b ­

s t a n t i a l t e a c h i n g s d e v o t e d t o t i m e t r a v e l l i n g . L e t m e

s h a r e s o m e a d d i t i o n a l i d e a s w i t h y o u . W e m u s t f i rs t o f

all i n v e s t i g a t e w h a t t i m e t r a v e l l i n g r e a l l y m e a n s t o u s .

C l e a r l y , t i m e t r a v e l l i n g r e q u i r e s a s p e c i a l m e t a p h y s i c s as

i t s t a t e s t h a t y o u c a n m o v e a b o u t f r o m o n e p o i n t t o

a n o t h e r . T h i s s u g g e s t s a t y p e o f c o n t i n u u m w i t h

c o m p o n e n t s o r p a r t s , s i m i l a r t o t h e s t r u c t u r e o f s p a c e .

S o m e o f t h e p a r t s a r e in t h e p a s t , s o m e a r e in t h e

p r e s e n t a n d s o m e a r e in t h e f u t u r e .

M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x d e f i n e s s o m e of t h e s e p a r t s as

N o d e s , P o i n t s - I n s t a n t s , E v e n t s , D r e a m V i e w s ,

A c o s m i s m s a n d S y n c h r o n i c i t y . 4 4

T i m e t r a v e l l i n g is n o t t h e s a m e as a s t r a l t r a v e l l i n g .

T h i s is a n i m p o r t a n t p o i n t t o u n d e r s t a n d . As e s o t e r i c

r e s e a r c h e r s w e m u s t d e f i n e a n d e x a m i n e s u c h p o i n t s t o

a v o i d q u e s t i o n a b l e , s h a l l o w a n d m e r e l y s u b j e c t i v e

e x p e r i e n c e s . T h e a s t r a l w o r l d c o u l d b e r e g a r d e d as

h a v i n g m o r e o f a p s y c h i c n a t u r e , a n d t h u s h a s m a n y

s u b j e c t i v e q u a l i t i e s .

T i m e t r a v e l l i n g r e q u i r e s v e r y p r e c i s e c o n s c i o u s

e f f o r t s , a n d t h e m e n t a l ab i l i t i e s o f t h e t i m e t r a v e l l e r s a r c

k o s m i c in t h e i r s i gn i f i cance as t h e y w o r k w i t h t h e

' o b j e c t i v e m i n d o f t h e c o s m o s ' . T h e o b j e c t i v e m i n d of

t h e c o s m o s m a y b e a c o m p l e t e c o l l e c t i v e

u n c o n s c i o u s n e s s t h a t m a y a l so b e t h e c r e a t o r o f t h e

p h y s i c a l w o r l d in w h i c h t h e u n i n i t i a t e d falsely b e l i e v e

4 i For an example of a time travelling operation see the appendix.

4 4 Michael Bertiaux, unpublished paper on time travelling.

42

t h e y a r e ' a w a k e ' . 4 ' W e m a y b e a b l e t o say t h a t t h e m i n d

o f t h e m a g i c i a n is w i t h i n a n d a p a r t o f a g r e a t e r m i n d ,

w h i l e a t t h e s a m e t i m e , i n d e p e n d e n t f r o m t h a t m i n d .

T h e m e m o r y a n d a n t i c i p a t e d e x p e r i e n c e s o f t h a t g r e a t e r

m i n d is w h a t t h e t i m e t r a v e l l i n g m a g i c i a n is a b l e t o

e x p e r i e n c e .

W i t h i n t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c c u r r e n t d i f f e r e n t g r o u p s

o f s o r c e r e r s a n d e s o t e r i c e x p l o r e r s a r e u s i n g t i m e

t r a v e l l i n g t o d e v e l o p t h e i r e s o t e r i c r e s e a r c h . L e t m e

i n t r o d u c e y o u t o s o m e of t h e s e . 4 6

Tantric Physicists:

B e i n g t a n t r i c s th i s g r o u p n a t u r a l l y w o r k s w i t h k a l a s ,

e m i s s i o n s f r o m t h e M o t h e r G o d d e s s . W i t h i n t h e b o u n d s

o f t i m e t r a v e l l i n g t i m e l i ne s a n d r a y s a r e v i e w e d h e r e as

ka las as w e l l , a n d s o t i m e t r a v e l l i n g is e m p l o y e d t o

e x p l o r e a n d i n v e s t i g a t e t h e m i n d e p t h . T o o l s t h a t

T a n t r i c P h y s i c i s t s w o u l d e m p l o y fo r t h e i r t i m e t r a v e l

w o r k , a p a r t f r o m t h e i r m e n t a l c a p a c i t i e s , w o u l d c o n s i s t

o f y a n t r i c s y s t e m s s u c h as m a n d a l a s . T h e fuel t o

e m p o w e r t h e i r w o r k , as t h a t o f all t i m e t r a v e l l e r s ,

n a t u r a l l y c o m e s f r o m s e x u a l m a g i c a l e n e r g i e s , as w e

d e s c r i b e d e a r l i e r . T h i s g r o u p is u s u a l l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h

i n n e r p l a n e g r o u p s o f t i m e t r a v e l l e r s w h o o p e r a t e a l o n g

a n o d a l 4 7 n e t w o r k o f t i m e e n e r g i e s . T h e s e i n n e r p l a n e

t r a v e l l e r s a r e a b l e t o i n i t i a t e u s i n t o l e a r n i n g t h e i r

m e t h o d s o f a c c e s s i n g t h e v a r i o u s t i m e l i n e s .

4 5 In a gnostic sense most people in the waking state are actually as passive and enslaved as they are in a non-lucid dream. 4 6 The following descriptions are based on a paper on time travelling by Michael Bertiaux. 4 7 Node: a point in a network at which lines intersect or branch.

Gnostic Explorers IPhysicists:

T h e s e G n o s t i c s , w h o a r e m e m b e r s o f v e r y c o m p l e x

e s o t e r i c s c h o o l s , a p p r o a c h t i m e as b o t h a c o n t i n u u m a n d

as u n i t s o r e v e n t s . T h e y a r e h i g h l y e x p e r i m e n t a l a n d u s e

t i m e t r a v e l l i n g t o c o n f i r m t h e i r i n n e r s p i r i t u a l a n d

e s o t e r i c b e l i e i s .

T h e y w o r k w i t h a m u l t i t u d e of a e o n i c p o w e r s , t h e

m o s t i m p o r t a n t b e i n g t h e P l e r o m a . T h e n a t u r e of t h e

a e o n i c p o w e r s c a n b e e x p l o r e d in d e t a i l a n d v a r i o u s

e n t i t i e s a n d e n e r g i e s can b e l o c a t e d a n d i n t e r a c t e d w i t h .

E s p e c i a l l y in t h e P l e r o m a t h e y c o u l d s h a r e w i t h u s

h i g h e r f o r m s o f t e c h n i c a l g n o s i s a n d e s o t e r i c i n i t i a t i o n in

t h e s a m e . 4 8

Voudotronicians :

T h e y v i e w t i m e as a s y s t e m of i n t e r c o n n e c t e d l a t t i c e s 4 '

o f e n e r g y . 3 ( 1 T i m e is t r e a t e d h e r e as a v a s t o c e a n of

p s y c h i c e n e r g y a n d p o w e r . A p a r t f r o m p o s s e s s i n g

i n i t i a t o r y p o w e r s , B e r t i a u x a l s o d e s c r i b e s t i m e for t h e

V o u d o t r o n i c i a n s as b e i n g a ' m e t h o d o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s ' . 1 '

P a s t , p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e a r e s e e n as d i f f e r e n t a s p e c t s of

t h e s a m e s u p r e m e log ica l s y s t e m , t h e G e n i u s of

L e g h b a . ' 2 P r e f e r r e d t o o l s fo r t h i s g r o u p o f t i m e

t r a v e l l e r s a r e s a c r e d a n d m a g i c a l s ig i l s , t h e v é v é s of

V o u d o n , w h i c h h e r e a r e a l so u n d e r s t o o d as p l a n s a n d

d e s i g n s o f t i m e t r a v e l i n s t r u m e n t s .

4 8 Such as physical and mental magical machines, gnostic radionics etc. 4 ' Lattice: a regular repeated three dimensional arrangement. '" These lattices are also linked to the Mcdjis (Marassas), the Divine Twins.

Michael Bertiaux, unpublished paper. , 2 In a very certain esoteric way, this corresponds to the 16 degrees of the Voudon Gnostic Orders.

Ma'atian Physicists:

N o t t o b e c o n f u s e d w i t h o t h e r g r o u p s w o r k i n g w i t h t h e

A e o n of M a a t , t h e s e m a g i c i a n s a r e n a t u r a l l y i n t e r e s t e d

in t h e p a r t i c u l a r l y M a ' a t i a n f u t u r i s t i c e n e r g i e s . T h e

M a ' a t i a n P h y s i c i s t s a t t e m p t t o m e a s u r e t h e s e e n e r g i e s ,

w h i c h h e l p s t h e m t o u n d e r s t a n d a n d e v a l u a t e t h e m

b e t t e r . A n o t h e r m e t h o d a t t h e i r d i s p o s a l is t h e p r o c e s s

of i n v o c a t i o n / e v o c a t i o n w h i c h m a k e t h e s e e n e r g i e s

p h e n o m c n o l o g i c a l l y r e d u c i b l e . ^ '

Magicians as agents of Ncmirion and Nemirion Physicists:

T h e s e m a g i c i a n s e m p l o y t i m e t r a v e l l i n g t o l i n k t h i s

p l a n e t t o o t h e r spa t i a l s y s t e m s . T i m e ( a n d t r a n s m i s s i o n )

s t a t i o n s a n d c o r r i d o r s a r c u s e d as c o n n e c t i v e l i n k s

b e t w e e n d i f f e r e n t s y s t e m s i n d i f f e r e n t t i m e r e g i o n s .

T h e i r p i o n e e r w o r k i n v o l v e s v e r y c o m p l e x g n o s t i c a n d

o c c u l t o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h l e a d t o i n i t i a t i o n i n t o t h e

d e e p e s t r e g i o n s of s p a c e .

i ! In the Heideggerian sense, rather than pure Husserl.

THE GRIMOIRE GHUEDHE

M a k i n g u s e

o f t h e m y s t e r i e s o f t h e P o i n t s C h a u d s , a n d a m a j o r s t e p

o n t h e p a t h t o w a r d s t h e r e a l i z a t i o n o f t h e c o m p l e t e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c u n i v e r s e , is t h e w o r k w i t h t h e Grimoire

Ghuedhe (GG). T h e GG t e a c h e s t h e i n t i m a t e c o n t a c t

b e t w e e n i n i t i a n d a n d p o w e r f u l L o a s o f d e a t h a n d

s e x u a l i t y , t h e G h u e d h e s . T h e s o r c e r e r a c t i v a t e s c e r t a i n

H o t P o i n t s o n h i s b o d y w h i c h t h e n b e c o m e d w e l l i n g

p l a c e s f o r t h e s p i r i t s o f t h e GG. T h r o u g h t h i s h e e n t e r s

i n t o a c o n s t a n t s y m b i o t i c r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e s e

e n t i t i e s , a n d is a b l e t o a c t i v a t e t h e m q u i c k l y a n d eas i ly

t h r o u g h s e x u a l m a g i c a l t e c h n i q u e s i n o r d e r t o h e l p h i m

i n a n y d e s i r e d m a g i c a l o p e r a t i o n . T h e r e a r e s o m e b a s i c

w o r k i n g s w h i c h c a n b e e n g a g e d i n b y a n y o n e w h o h a s

e n t e r e d t h e L . C . N , c u r r e n t . B u t a f t e r t h e in i t i a l p h a s e

a n d b e f o r e e n t e r i n g t h e m o r e a d v a n c e d a r e a s , o n e m u s t

b e c a l l e d t o t h e i n n e r c u l t u s . G r e a t G r i m o i r e G h u e d h e

h i m s e l f , w h o is a L o a , m u s t ca l l y o u t o b e a m e m b e r o f

h i s c u l t a n d w e h a v e w a y s t o d e t e r m i n e w h e n h e d o e s .

A l l o t h e r c a n d i d a t e s w i l l b e r e f u s e d b e c a u s e w e c a n n o t

g o a g a i n s t t h e w i l l o f t h e L o a .

W o r k i n t h e GG c e n t r e s o n q u i t e a n u m b e r o f L o a s —

i n t h e VG W i n i t i a l l y f o r t y o f t h e m a r e i n t r o d u c e d . Al l o f

t h e m h a v e t h e i r v e v e s , t h e i r m a g i c a l s y m b o l s t h r o u g h

w h i c h w e g e t t o k n o w t h e m v e r y w e l l a n d w h i c h a r e

a l s o a w a y o f c o n t a c t i n g t h e m . E a c h o f t h e s e L o a s h a s h i s

s p e c i a l a r e a o f w o r k a n d t h u s is c a l l e d u p o n i n d i v i d u a l l y

t o d o h i s a s s i g n e d t a s k s . T h e m a g i c d o n e w i t h t h e

i n d i v i d u a l L o a is r i t u a l a c t i o n a n d is d i f f e r e n t f o r e v e r y

L o a , s o al l m a g i c a l o p e r a t i o n s a r e u n i q u e t o t h e s p i r i t

y o u w o r k w i t h . E v e r y L o a o f t h e GG h a s h i s i n n e r s c h o o l

a n d h i s i n n e r t e a c h i n g s a n d s p e c i a l i n i t i a t i o n s fo r t h e c u l t

m e m b e r . A d d i t i o n a l l y , e a c h Loa of t h e v a r i o u s s u b

f ami l i e s a l so has a s p e c i a l m a p o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s w h i c h is

n o t t h e s a m e as his v e v e . T h i s m a p is u s e d t o l o c a t e t h a t

L o a o n t h e i n n e r p l a n e a n d m a n y L o a s of t h e s a m e

f a m i l y e x i s t n e a r t o e a c h o t h e r in c o n n e c t i n g t e r r i t o r i e s .

T h i s w a y w e a r e a b l e t o m a p o u t a n d t h u s m a k e t h e b e s t

u s e o f t h e p o t e n t i a l s o f t h e G ( h u e d h e ) — U n i v e r s e .

T h e L o a s f o r m d i f f e r e n t f a m i l i e s : t h e s p i d e r f a m i l y ,

t h e l i t u r g i c a l f ami ly ( c o n n e c t e d t o i n i t i a t i o n s a n d

t e m p l e s ) a n d o t h e r s w h o h a v e d i f f e r e n t a r e a s o f

s p e c i a l i z a t i o n — d i v i n a t i o n , l y c a n t h r o p y , r e s e a r c h e t c .

T h e GG is h i g h l y e x p e r i m e n t a l a n d e v e r y s t u d e n t is

e n c o u r a g e d , a l o n g c e r t a i n l i n e s , t o e s t a b l i s h h i s c o n t a c t

w i t h t h e s e e n t i t i e s . As t h e Loas a r e r a t h e r c o n s e r v a t i v e

a n d d o n o t c h a n g e m u c h , n e w e r L o a s a r e c o n s t a n t l y

a d d e d t o t h e GG t o m e e t t h e s p e c i a l n e e d s o f t h e

i n i t i a t e s . T h i s l e a d s u s t o a n o t h e r i m p o r t a n t p o i n t . If w e

w a n t t o w o r k t h e m a g i c o f t h e GG a n d VGW i n i t s d e p t h s

a n d fu l lness w e n e e d t o b e i n i t i a t e d .

Properly speaking the student has to he physically

initiated into the depths of the sigil (the Veve), but

psychic approaches to the outside of the mystery are

possible, otherwise we wouldn't have a course

available. However, Dr Jean Maine, nor his late

father, ever said that physical initiation was non

essential in the voodoo arts, as voudon is physical,

northerly, earthly and ceremonial. It is not a

Golden Dawn, or English 0T0 'astral

confraternity' to which all are invited to be actual

members. Physical initiation is the method of

Voudon.54

A s w a s m e n t i o n e d b e f o r e , t h e m a i n p r a c t i c e w i t h i n

t h e GG is b a s e d o n s e x u a l a n d e l e m e n t a l w o r k

c o n n e c t e d t o 16 s exo—mag ica l c e n t e r s ( H o t P o i n t s ) in

t h e b o d y , t o w h i c h a r e a s s i g n e d t h e L o a s of t h e d i f f e r e n t

f a m i l i e s . T h e s e s p a c e s c a n b e f u r t h e r s u b d i v i d e d so t h a t

w e g e t 2 5 6 s p a c e s . T h e p u r p o s e o f t h e GG is e s s e n t i a l l y

t o c r e a t e a s i m p l e p e r s o n a l a n d p r a c t i c a l w a y t o w o r k

w i t h t h e m o s t e s s e n t i a l V o u d o n s p i r i t s . T h e i n i t i a t e w i l l

b u i l d a t e m p l e o u t o f s p i r i t u a l f o r c e s w i t h i n h i s o w n

o c c u l t a n a t o m y , a n d t h u s t h e s p i r i t s w i l l b e c o m e

o p e r a t i o n a l in h i s o w n e s o t e r i c e x p e r i e n c e as h e g i v e s

t h e m p l a c e s t o l i v e . E s s e n t i a l l y , h i s o c c u l t b o d y b e c o m e s

t h e t e m p l e o f t h e L o a s o f GG.

In o u r w o r k w i t h t h e GG w e a r e t o t a l l y u n c o n c e r n e d

b y w h a t m a t e r i a l i s t i c r e l i g i o n s a n d p r o f a n e e t h i c s d e f i n e

as g o o d o r b a d , p o s i t i v e o r n e g a t i v e , a n d t h i s is t h e

p o l i c y in t h e w h o l e o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c w o r k . A s

i n i t i a t e s o f t h e GG w e a r e t r u e C a t h o l i c s , m e m b e r s o f

t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h o f G h u e d h e , a n d t h u s o u r w o r k is

n o t l i m i t e d b y h u m a n — m a d e c o n c e p t s . T h e G h u e d h e

C a t h o l i c s f o c u s o n t r u e o c c u l t i s m a n d g n o s t i c u n i t y w i t h

C h r i s t — L e g h b a — G h u e d h e — G o d . B e r t i a u x r i g h t l y s t a t e s

t h a t :

.. .(e)vil and black magic cannot exist for they are

outside of the God—Man who died on the Cross, who

in his death upon the cross destroyed the power oj

demonic and negative demonic beings to provide

resisting centers of evil power to the Catholic

Church of Ghuedhe. It is true that to each center of

power we can find some spirits which are

constructive and some which are destructive.

However, all spirits are serviteurs of Ghuedhe and

so all are included in his plan to lead all beings to

the Man—God who died on the Cross. All Loa are

saints attributed to Famille Ghuedhe. That is why

the Catholic Church of Ghuedhe and the Black Pope

are sources of very successful magickal achievements.

This is the pathway of the Crosse

T h e r e is o n e a d d i t i o n I n e e d t o m a k e i n r e g a r d s t o t h e

GG a n d t h e C a t h o l i c i s m i t i m p l i e s . W h i l e i n t h e p a s t

t r u e C a t h o l i c o c c u l t a n a t o m y w a s o n l y c o n c e r n e d w i t h

m e n , a n d t a u g h t t h a t in a n y t r u e C a t h o l i c c h u r c h w c

f ind n o w o m e n , w e h a v e t o d a y c r e a t e d , w i t h B e r t i a u x ' s

b l e s s i n g s , a v e r y p o w e r f u l w a y t o i n c l u d e p r i e s t e s s e s in

o u r GG w o r k . T h i s h a s b e e n d o n e in a d h e r e n c e t o t r u e

l i be ra l G n o s t i c t r a d i t i o n a n d h a s b e e n e x t r e m e l y

s u c c e s s f u l . L e t u s a l so n o t f o r g e t t h a t t h e n u m b e r 2 5 6

c o r r e s p o n d s t o c e r t a i n v e r y i m p o r t a n t a n d o c c u l t

' s e c r e t i o n s ' a n d m a g i c a l v e n o m s w h i c h a r e v e r y s u i t a b l y

w o r k e d w i t h b y a p r i e s t e s s .

T e a c h e r s o f s p i d e r m a g i c (as t h e s e x u a l V o u d o n of t h e

GG is c a l l e d ) a r e t h o s e wdio d e r i v e t h e i r p o w e r a n d

i n i t i a t i o n s d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e Z o t h y r i a n t i m e - s y s t e m .

T h e e s s e n c e b e h i n d all d i e s p i d e r s e x u a l a l c h e m y of t h e

GG is d e r i v e d f r o m t h e so c a l l e d r i t e s o f Z o m — a n d t h u s

t h e i r t e a c h e r s a r e c a l l e d Zomates, o r p r i e s t h o o d o f Z o m .

T h i s is t h e m o s t d a n g e r o u s a n d a r c h a i c , b u t a l so t h e

m o s t e s o t e r i c f o r m ol t h e Z o t h y r i a n m e t a p h y s i c s o f

m a g i c . T h e s e r i t e s o f Z o m a r e b a s e d in l a r g e p a r t o n

s e x o — m a g i c a l a n d s e x o — a l c h e m i c a l c o n t a c t s b e t w e e n

c e r t a i n m a g i c a l b e i n g s , a n g e l s a n d p l a n e t s k n o w n a n d

u n k n o w n in o u r s o l a r s y s t e m . K e n n e t h G r a n t h a s

r e f e r r e d t o t h i s t y p e o f w o r k in h i s b o o k Cults of the

Shadow w h e n t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e T r a n s — Y u g g o t h i a n

T r a n s m i s s i o n S t a t i o n .

INTO THE MEON

T h e d a e m o n i c

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n , t h e a c h i e v e m e n t of t h e e l e m e n t a l

v i s i o n , a n d i n fac t all o f t h e VGW, is v e r y t i g h t l y

c o n n e c t e d t o t h e g n o s i s o f t h e M e o n , o r U n i v e r s e B ,

a n d i t s e s o t e r i c s c i e n c e a n d s t u d y , M e o n t o l o g y . K e n n e t h

G r a n t h a s c o r r e c t l y a t t r i b u t e d U n i v e r s e B t o t h e

n i g h t s i d e o f t h e T r e e o f Li fe . I t has b e e n c l e a r t o t h e

m a g i c i a n s o f E s o t e r i c V o u d o n t h a t :

.. .full magical initiation is not possible without an

understanding of the so—called qliphotic paths

which are, in practice, as real as the shadow oj any

object illumined by the sun. '6

T h e M e o n , t h i s icy r e a l m o f n o t h i n g n e s s , is a l so t h e

H y p e r b o r e a n s h a d o w r e a l m , t h a t p l a c e b e n e a t h t h e f i res

o f H e l ( l ) w h e r e , a t t h e c e n t r e o f t h e los t s o u l , t h e l o s t

c i t y l ies i n t h e r i g i d i t y a n d s i l e n c e o f t h e e t e r n a l a n d

f r o z e n c o l d o f t h e H y p e r b o r e a n u n d e r w o r l d . I t m a y a l s o

b e t h e N e i t h e r — N e i t h e r c o n c e p t o f A u s t i n O s m a n

S p a r e .

Kenneth Grant, Nightside of Eden.

T h e r e a r e m a n y r e a s o n s w h y s o r c e r e r s o f o u r t r a d i t i o n

t r a v e l a n d e x p l o r e t h e s e s p a c e s . In fac t , I w o u l d g o as far

as t o c l a i m t h a t t h e f u n d a m e n t a l s o f t h e m a g i c in t h e

I n n e r T e m p l e s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s i s a n d L . C . N , a r e

b a s e d o n c o n t a c t s w i t h t h e M e o n . T h e M e o n is a m o n g s t

o t h e r t h i n g s a s o u r c e o f t r e m e n d o u s m a g i c a l c r e a t i v i t y

a n d e s o t e r i c p o w e r , o f w h i c h t h e O j a s a r e a m o n g s t t h e

m o s t s u p r e m e . O j a s , a l t h o u g h a v e r y c o m p l e x m a t t e r ,

a r e ba s i ca l l y e s o t e r i c p r i m o r d i a l e n e r g y . T h e y a r e n o t t o

b e c o n f u s e d w i t h c e r t a i n o t h e r e n e r g i e s c a l l e d b y t h i s

n a m e . T h e O j a s u n i q u e t o o u r s y s t e m a r e a l s o t h e idea l

s o u r c e o f s e x u a l r a d i o a c t i v i t y w i t h i n t h e h i g h e r a d e p t s o f

o u r s c h o o l .

We may ask what are the advantages of an Ojas

based sexual radioactivity? In answer we can say

that they are simply these: the magician has access

to another power source which he would not have

otherwise. His magical power is much more

increased and he can produce exact measurements of

his progress as a sex magician of our lineage.

(...)The magician who makes use of Ojas is simply

more powerful and more efficient in his psyche and

his magical work is thereby superior.57

T h e y m a n i f e s t t h e i r m a g i c a l q u a l i t i e s a n d p o t e n c y in

m a n y d i f f e r e n t w a y s a n d can e m p o w e r all t h e r i t e s of

t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c s e x — m a g i c i a n .

W h i l e O j a s m a y b e p r e s e n t t o s o m e d e g r e e in a

s t u d e n t o f o u r s y s t e m d u e t o his m a g i c a l w o r k w i t h o u r

c u r r e n t , t h e y n e e d t o b e i n d u c t e d i n t o t h e s t u d e n t b y a

M a s t e r o f t h e O r d e r s t o r e a c h t h e i r fu l l e s t p o t e n t i a l .

F i r s t l y , t h e B i s h o p o r M a s t e r w i l l d e t e c t a n d m e a s u r e

" Michael Bcrtiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook.

Voudon Gnosis

t h e l e v e l , q u a l i t y a n d a r e a o f O j a s in t h e s t u d e n t ' s

e s o t e r i c b o d y . T h i s is u s u a l l y d o n e w i t h i n s t r u m e n t s

d e r i v e d f r o m E s o t e r i c E n g i n e e r i n g as d e s c r i b e d in t h e

t h i r d y e a r Course of the Monastery of the Seven Rajs, w h i c h

is t h e t e a c h i n g v e h i c l e o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s .

O n c e t h e m a s t e r h a s a n a l y z e d t h e s t u d e n t ' s o c c u l t

a n a t o m y i n r e g a r d s t o O j a s , h e w i l l b e g i n t o d e d u c t O j a s

f r o m t h e M e o n t o i n d u c t t h e m i n t o t h e s t u d e n t , t o

c h a r g e h i s e s o t e r i c p o w e r — p l a n t .

T h e d e d u c t i o n o f O j a s f r o m t h e M e o n c a n h a p p e n in

v a r i o u s d i f f e r e n t w a y s . T h e H i g h P r i e s t w i l l c i t h e r u s e

his ab i l i t y o f La P r i s e d e s Y e a u x o r h e m a y d e d u c t O j a s

f r o m t h e e n e r g i e s o f A i w a z - P h y s i c s , w h o s e bas i s is t o b e

f o u n d in t h e o n t i c s p h e r e a n d w h i c h c o n n e c t s d i r e c t l y t o

t h e m e o n i c z o n e . T h e m o s t r a d i a n t f o r m of O j a s is

r e c e i v e d t h r o u g h t h e D a a t h i a n d e d u c t i o n via t h e m a g i c a l

o p e r a t i o n s o f U r a n u s a n d V u l k a n u s , t h e M a r a s s a s o f

i d e a l f i r e . T h i s is t h e m o s t d a n g e r o u s f o r m of d e d u c t i o n

o f O j a s a n d o n l y w o r k a b l e fo r v e r y f e w m a g i c i a n s w h o

h a v e b e e n s w o r n t o t h e Law r o f D a a t h . T h i s w o r k is

s y m b i o t i c a l l y c o n n e c t e d t o C h o r o n z o n a n d B a r o n L u n d y

w h o is C h o r o n z o n in t h e H a i t i a n E s o t e r i c V o u d o n .

C h o r o n z o n a n d his h i e r o p h a n t L u n d y a r e t h e P l e r o m a of

t h e M e o n a n d t h e s o r c e r e r w i l l n e e d t o t r a v e l t h e

p a t h w a y of C h r o n o s — S a t u r n , t h e L o r d o f t i m e wdio h a s

b e e n r e l e a s e d f r o m all s p h e r e s a n d r e s t r i c t i o n o f b e i n g

a n d e x i s t e n c e . T h i s p a t h w i l l l e ad b e y o n d t h e s p h e r e o l

C h r o n o s — S a t u r n t o t h a t o f L o r d C h o r o n z o n / L u n d y .

So let him look for the darkness in which is

illumined, for that is the sacred fire of Lundy.

Into the Meon

T h e T e m p l e o f L u n d y - C h o r o n z o n w i t h i t s 11 g a t e s

a n d 16 d o o r s ( a n d w h i c h is t h e T e m p l e o f t h e M e o n ) is

d i r e c t l y r e l a t e d t o t h e H y p e r b o r e a n m y s t e r i e s o f t h e :

Black Sun, the Sol Niger which shines above the

Midnight Mountain and illumines the Hyperborean

alchemical temple of absolute Nigredo, the

Darkness that shines. ^

'" F r o m a pape r by David Beth for the Fra tcrn i tas Borealis called The Black Pilgrimage.

EPILOGUE:

LIVING THE DREAM-IMAGES

The seat of the soul is located at the point of

connection between the outer world and the inner.

The Voudon Gnostic Workbook

w i t h i t s u n i q u e w o r d c r e a t i o n s , t e r r i f y i n g s y m b o l i s m ,

p h a n t a s t i c r e a l m s a n d w o r l d s , s t i r s t h e s o u l a n d

s t i m u l a t e s t h e m i n d o f a n y r e a d e r w h o a p p r o a c h e s i t

o p e n l y . I t a l l o w s u s t o e x t r a c t m u c h c o n c r e t e

k n o w l e d g e f r o m i t s p a g e s a n d t o p u t i t t o p r a c t i c a l w o r k

i m m e d i a t e l y . B u t i n d e e d t h e r e is m u c h m o r e t o i t . N o t

u n l i k e A u s t i n O s m a n S p a r e ' s Book of Pleasure a n d o t h e r

w r i t i n g s , t h e b o o k is in i t se l f a m a g i c a l m a c h i n e o r t o o l .

A spec i f i c c o m p o s i t i o n o f l a n g u a g e c r e a t e s a n e s o t e r i c

s y m p h o n y o f d e s t r u c t i o n - a n d w h a t i t h e l p s t o d e s t r o y

o r t o o v e r c o m e is t h e c o n s c i o u s r a t i o n a l , a b a s t i o n o f

t h a t a - c o s m i c p o w e r w h i c h I cal l s p i r i t . L a n g u a g e t h a t

h a s b e e n i n f u s e d w i t h t h e a r d o r a n d w i l d n e s s o f t r u e life

p o s s e s s e s t h e p o w e r t o i n d u c e in u s t h e m e o n i c s t a t e .

T h i s s o r c e r y o f l a n g u a g e a l o n e m a y a c t i v a t e o c c u l t

d i m e n s i o n s o f o u r s o u l w h i c h t h e n a l l o w s u s t o u n d e r g o

m o r e t h a n h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e s . W e e n t e r t h e g a t e s t o

u n k n o w n m a g i c a l u n i v e r s e s a n d b e c o m e t h e t r u e

D i o n y s i a n m a n w h o l ives h i s d r e a m i m a g e s o f c r e a t i v e

e c s t a s y .

Novalis, Blütenstaub.

O n c e w e a r e a b l e t o u n d e r s t a n d a n d i n t e g r a t e t h e

m a g i c a l s y s t e m u n d e r l y i n g t h e t e a c h i n g s in t h e KG IT w e

w i l l b e a b l e t o r e a l i z e in t h e flesh w h a t t h e K o s m i c

a d e p t s o f t h e F r a t e r n i t a s B o r e a l i s h a v e t e r m e d t h e

' k o s m i c i s o l a t i o n o f t h e r i s e n K r i s t ' / 1 In t h i s g n o s t i c -

L u c i f e r i a n t r a n s f o r m a t i o n t h e c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f t h e

K o s m o s a n d p e r f e c t B e i n g b r e a k s i n t o m a n as t h e

f l o w e r i n g o f t h e e l e m e n t a l p o w e r s . W e e x p e r i e n c e

d i r e c t l y t h e a w e s o m e m i g h t o f t h e G o d s o f E s o t e r i c

V o u d o n as t h e y i n c a r n a t e i n o u r o w n b e i n g . L e t u s

a l w a y s r e m e m b e r t h e p r o f o u n d w o r d s o f N o v a l i s :

The outer world is only an inner one that has been

raised to the condition of secrecy.''"

b l Taken from the paper by David Beth for the Fraternitas Borealis, The Kosmic Resurrection. 6 2 Novalis, cited in Klages, Vom Kosmogonischen Eros.

APPENDIX I

NGANGA - THE FETISH MASTER

T h i s p a p e r

i n t r o d u c e s t h e c u l t o f t h e N g a n g a , t h e m a s t e r a n d p r i e s t

o f t h e f e t i s h , w h i c h h a s t a k e n u p i t s w o r k w i t h i n t h e

V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s . T h i s a r e a o f w o r k w a s n o t j u s t

s i m p l y a d d e d r a n d o m l y t o t h e c u r r e n t o f E s o t e r i c

V o u d o n . W e h a v e a l r e a d y s p o k e n a b o u t t h e i m p o r t a n c e

o f i n i t i a t i o n a n d t r a n s m i s s i o n , so w e c a n n o t e t h a t t h i s

c u l t u s h a s b e e n d u l y e m p o w e r e d a n d w a s t r a n s m i t t e d b y

a l i n e a g e o f A f r i c a n N g a n g a s d i r e c t l y t o m y s e l f . I w a s

b o r n a n d h a v e s p e n t m a n y y e a r s in Af r i ca , w h i c h h a s

i n f l u e n c e d m e p r o f o u n d l y o n a m a g i c a l l eve l a n d w h e r e

I h a v e r e c e i v e d a n u m b e r o f i m p o r t a n t m a g i c a l

t r a n s m i s s i o n s . S o m e t i m e a g o I fu sed t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n s

o f t h e A f r i c a n fe t i sh m a s t e r s w i t h t h e m a g i c a l c u r r e n t

a n d t e a c h i n g s o f t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c O r d e r s a n d

c r e a t e d a v e r y p o w e r f u l s y s t e m a n d m a g i c a l v e h i c l e t o

b e a t t h e d i s p o s a l of t h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c i n i t i a t e s . T h e r e

is h o w e v e r , a l s o a n o t h e r b o d y o f t e a c h i n g s a n d

t r a n s m i s s i o n s t h a t h a s b e e n i n h e r i t e d b y t h e a u t h o r .

F r o m t h e K o s m i c — H y p e r b o r e a n t r a d i t i o n , t e a c h i n g s

a b o u t t h e r e a l m of t h e D e a d a n d t h e m y s t e r i e s o f t h e

s o u l h a v e b e e n p a s s e d d o w n w h i c h h a v e p o w e r f u l

i m p l i c a t i o n s o n w o r k i n g w i t h t h e f e t i sh . T h e s e t e a c h i n g s

a r e i n t h e i r e s s e n c e a b s o l u t e l y c o m p a t i b l e , a n d in fac t o f

t h e s a m e o r i g i n s , as t h o s e of t h e Af r i can fe t i sh m a s t e r s .

Nganga

T h e a r e a o f t r u e f e t i sh m a g i c is p e r f e c t l y s u i t e d fo r o u r

spec i f i c t y p e o f V o u d o n as i t is m a i n l y o f a v e r y

e l e m e n t a l c h a r a c t e r . T h e fe t i sh c a n b e c o m e a v e r y

p o w e r f u l t o o l f o r t h e c o n t r o l a n d u s e o f m a g i c a l

e n e r g i e s a n d s p i r i t p o w e r , s i m i l a r t o s o m e o f t h e

p h y s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s o f E s o t e r i c E n g i n e e r i n g o r G n o s t i c

R a d i o n i c s . B u t t h e f e t i sh is m u c h m o r e , as w e w i l l s e e .

T h e V o u d o n G n o s t i c w o r k s w i t h a g r e a t n u m b e r o f

s p i r i t s a n d m a n y o f t h e s e s p i r i t s h e l p a n d a id u s in

d i f f e r e n t w a y s . T h e s e b e i n g s a n d t h e i r e n e r g i e s a r e o f a

g r e a t v a r i e t y a n d q u a l i t y a n d t h u s w e h a v e d i f f e r e n t

m e t h o d s o f i n t e r a c t i n g w i t h t h e m i n o r d e r t o r e c e i v e t h e

m o s t p r e c i s e a n d m o s t p o w e r f u l r e s u l t s . T h i s is t h e

r e a s o n o u r O r d e r s h a v e d e v e l o p e d s o m a n y d i f f e r e n t

t e c h n i q u e s t o w o r k w i t h m a g i c a l e n e r g i e s a n d m a g i c a l

e n t i t i e s .

B e f o r e g o i n g d e e p e r i n t o t h e n a t u r e a n d w o r k o f t h e

N g a n g a , l e t m e e x p l a i n e x a c t l y w h a t a f e t i sh is t o m e

a n d m y w o r k . A f e t i sh is b o t h a d e m o n i c e n t i t y a n d t h e

s e a t o f s u c h a n e n t i t y . T h e s p i r i t o f t h e f e t i sh is a l w a y s a

s o u l o f t h e d e a d . So t h e m a t e r i a l f e t i sh is t h e t e m p o r a r y

s e a t o f t h e s o u l . T h e r e a l l i v i n g i m a g e o f t h e e n t i t y , t h e

a c t u a l s o u l i t s e l f as r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e f e t i sh

o b j e c t / f i g u r e , is v i s i b l e t h r o u g h L a P r i s e d e s Y e a u x o r

w h a t is c a l l e d e s o t e r i c Schauung b y t h e K o s m i c s . T h e

fe t i sh s o r c e r e r is a b l e t o r i t u a l l y e n c l o s e t h e s o u l / e n t i t y

i n t o t h e o b j e c t a n d is t h e n a b l e t o i n t e r a c t w i t h i t

p r e c i s e l y .

A s w e h a v e j u s t s h o w n , f e t i sh w o r k is v e r y c l o s e l y

c o n n e c t e d t o t h e c u l t o f t h e D e a d a n d a n c e s t o r c u l t u s —

h e r e I a m e s p e c i a l l y r e f e r r i n g t o s p i r i t u a l a n c e s t o r s .

T h e s e b e i n g s a r e o f c o u r s e o f t h e G h u e d h e f a m i l y .

H o w e v e r , b e h i n d t h e r e a l m o f t h i s f e t i sh a n d a n c e s t o r

w o r s h i p e x i s t s a n o t h e r w o r l d o f m o r e d i s t a n t a n d

p o w e r f u l d e i t i e s , a spec i f i c t y p e o f L e s V u d u , w h o h a v e

c o n t r o l o v e r t h e e l e m e n t a l n a t u r a l f o r c e s o f t h e u n i v e r s e

a n d w h i c h c a n c o m e t h r o u g h t o u s d i r e c t l y via t h e

fe t ish—spir i ts w h o a c t as m e d i a t o r s . B e s i d e s m a k i n g u s e

o f t h e f e t i sh s p i r i t s ' o w n i n d i v i d u a l e l e m e n t a l p o w e r s ,

v o u c o u l d a l so t h i n k o f a n a c t i v a t e d fe t i sh as a t y p e o f

s p i r i t c o n t r o l - a t r a n s m i s s i o n s t a t i o n u s i n g t h e

i n d w e l l i n g s p i r i t s t o e n g a g e e v e n m o r e p o w e r f u l e n t i t i e s

t o d r a w t h e i r p o w e r s d o w m t o u s .

T h e n u m b e r o f s p i r i t s f o r u s e in f e t i sh w o r k is i n f i n i t e

a n d t h e i r p o w e r s a r e as v a r i e d as w e n e e d . As M i c h a e l

B e r t i a u x h a s s t a t e d in t h e Grimoire Ghuedhe l e s s o n s o f t h e

VGW — t h e s p i r i t s t e n d t o b e c o n s e r v a t i v e a n d d o n o t

c h a n g e — r a t h e r w e a d d n e w s p i r i t s t o t h e f ami l i e s t o

s e r v e s p e c i a l n e e d s . T o s imp l i fy in i t i a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g of

th i s a r e a o f w o r k , l e t u s e m p l o y a s c r i e s of Q & A

b e t w e e n a s t u d e n t , S o r o r J . a n d m y s e l f :

Q: How many spirits do we work with in the

Nganga Cultus?

A: W e w o r k w i t h m a n y s p i r i t s a s s i g n e d t o

d i f f e r e n t f a m i l i e s . A s in t h e Grimoire Ghuedhe

n e w s p i r i t s c a n b e a s s i g n e d t o t h e f ami l i e s if

n e w a r e a s o f w o r k a r e t o b e e n g a g e d i n . A s

w e k n o w , s p i r i t s a n d L o a s t e n d t o b e

c o n s e r v a t i v e a n d d o n o t l i ke t o c h a n g e , t h u s

n e w s p i r i t s c a n b e i n c l u d e d in t h e f a m i l i e s .

Ch What are the names of some oj these families

and can you tell me a little hit about them?

A: C e r t a i n l y . L e t m e i n t r o d u c e t o y o u five

t y p e s o f f ami l i e s p e r f e c t l y s u i t e d t o t h e w o r k

w d t h t h e f e t i s h .

1) Famille 'Manu Magique des Morts :

T h i s f a m i l y u s u a l l y c o n s i s t s o f h u m a n d i s e m b o d i e d

s p i r i t s f r o m t h e l a n d o f t h e D e a d w h o a r e v e r y e a g e r a n d

i n t e r e s t e d t o h e l p u s , p r o b a b l y d u e t o t h e i r c l o s e

r e l a t i o n s h i p t o s p i r i t u a l life d u r i n g t h e i r e a r t h l y

i n c a r n a t i o n ( fo r i n s t a n c e p r i e s t s a n d m a g i c i a n s ) .

2 ) Famille Abambo 'Grande Terreur':

T h e s e a r e v a g u e b e i n g s f r o m a r e a l m o f f o g g y s h a d o w s ,

g h o s t l y e n t i t i e s t h a t s t r i k e g r e a t f ea r i n t o p e o p l e .

3) Famille Ombwiri Noire:

T h e s e b e i n g s h a v e a v e r y c l o s e c o n n e c t i o n t o n a t u r e a n d

t h e w i l d e r n e s s . T h e y p r e f e r t a k i n g u p r e s i d e n c e in

' u n m a n u f a c t u r e d ' f e t i s h e s , s u c h as r o c k s , b r a n c h e s of

t r e e s e t c . T h i s c lass of s p i r i t s c a n b e c o m e v e r y

d a n g e r o u s t o t h e u n i n i t i a t e d w h o i n t r u d e o n t h e i r

t e r r i t o r y . T h e y a r e o n l y a n d a l w a y s a p p r o a c h e d a n d

w o r k e d w i t h i n t h e n u d e .

4) Les Mionde Rouge:

O n e of t h e m o s t e l e m e n t a l t y p e s of f e t i sh s p i r i t . T h e y

a r e f o r m i d a b l e w e a p o n s o f a t t a c k a n d d e f e n c e . T h e s e

a r e b e i n g s t h a t a r c a g e n t s in c a u s i n g s i c k n e s s , d e a t h , a n d

c i t h e r a id o r h i n d e r h u m a n p l a n s .

5 ) Famille Lycantrophique:

T h i s f a m i l y m u s t n o t b e c o n f u s e d w i t h o t h e r

l y c a n t h r o p i c f a m i l i e s w e k n o w , a l t h o u g h t h e y m a y b e

r e l a t e d . T h e s e s p i r i t s a r e u s e d t o e n t e r a n a n i m a l ,

u s u a l l y a p r e d a t o r . T h e fe t i sh m a s t e r , t h r o u g h t h e

f e t i sh , c o m m a n d s a n d s t e e r s t h e s p i r i t a n d u s e s t h e

powders a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h t h e p o s s e s s i o n o f t h e a n i m a l .

Ch Can you tell me about the construction of a

fetish. Is there anything I need to observe?

A: T h i s a r e a o f w o r k is v e r y c o m p l e x i n d e e d

a n d o f fe r s m a n y p o s s i b i l i t i e s . B u i l d i n g t h e

f e t i sh i t s e l f is n o t v e r y d i f f icu l t . Y o u d o n o t

e v e n h a v e t o c o n s t r u c t i t y o u r s e l f . W h a t is

i m p o r t a n t is t h a t y o u h a v e a n o b j e c t t h a t y o u

t h i n k fits t h e f a m i l y a n d t y p e o f s p i r i t . E v e n

s o m e o n e e l s e c a n c r e a t e a n o b j e c t f o r y o u .

A g a i n , i t is t h e c e r e m o n y a n d t h e ' s e c r e t

a t t a c h m e n t s ' a d d e d t o t h e o b j e c t a n d t h e

r i t u a l o f i n v i t a t i o n a n d i m b u i n g o f t h e s p i r i t

i n t o t h e f e t i s h — h o m e , w h i c h is i m p o r t a n t . If

y o u h a v e b e e n m a d e a N g a n g a , y o u w i l l b e

t a u g h t w h a t t y p e s o f a t t a c h m e n t s a r e n e e d e d

f o r e a c h f a m i l y .

Q; Please, could you tell me more about the nature

of thejetish object as such?

A: T o t h e N g a n g a s o f o u r c u l t , t h e f e t i s h -

o b j e c t is b o t h a h o m e fo r a s p i r i t o r e n t i t y ,

a n d t h u s a p l a c e o f r e v e r e n c e a n d w o r s h i p ,

a n d is a l s o a m a g i c a l t o o l w i t h w h i c h t o w o r k .

M a n y t y p e s o f o b j e c t s c a n b e c o m e t h e bas i s

f o r a f e t i sh . I p e r s o n a l l y p r e f e r w o o d e n

f i g u r i n e s . O f p r i m e i m p o r t a n c e a r e t h e

a d d i t i o n a l a t t a c h m e n t s t o t h e f e t i sh — u s u a l l y

t h e f e t i sh h a s a s m a l l c o m p a r t m e n t i n w h i c h t o

s tuff t h e m a g i c a l ' a d d i t i o n s ' . W h a t is a t t a c h e d

t o t h e f i g u r e is d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e p o w e r s t o

b e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h i t . T h e fe t i sh c a n b e

e m p o w e r e d t o b e a f i g u r e o f ' a t t a c k ' o r o f

b e n e v o l e n c e w h i c h p r o t e c t s a g a i n s t s i c k n e s s

o r m a g i c a l / s p i r i t u a l a t t a c k s b y b o t h h u m a n s

a n d v a m p i r i c e n t i t i e s .

Ck At what point does the spirit enter the fetish—

home and where does the spirit power come from?

A: W i t h i ts spec i f i c a n d p a r t i c u l a r a t t a c h m e n t s

t h e f i g u r e is i m b u e d b y t h e f e t i sh s o r c e r e r

w i t h a n e m p o w e r i n g s p i r i t . T h i s p a r t i c u l a r

t y p e o f s p i r i t is a l w a y s c o n c e i v e d as a c e r t a i n

p o w e r e m a n a t i n g f r o m t h e u n s e e n w o r l d o f

t h e D e a d , t h e r e a l m o v e r w h i c h t h e G h u e d h e s

p r e s i d e .

A f t e r b e i n g p e r s u a d e d t o t a k e u p r e s i d e n c e

in a p a r t i c u l a r c o n t a i n e d s p a c e , t h e s p i r i t c a n

t h e n b e c h a r g e d w i t h w o r k b y t h e N g a n g a .

Q; Once the spirit has entered how do I handle and

keep the fetish?

A: T h i s is a v e r y i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r . M a k e n o

m i s t a k e , o n c e a s p i r i t h a s e n t e r e d a f e t i s h -

h o m e , r e g u l a r r i t u a l s a n d a c t i v i t i e s a r e n e e d e d

t o k e e p t h e s p i r i t ' h a p p y ' a n d t o d e v e l o p t h e

p o w e r o f t h e f e t i sh . If o n e is n o t r e a d y t o

o b s e r v e t h e n e e d e d r i t e s , t h e f e t i sh c a n

b e c o m e e x t r e m e l y d a n g e r o u s t o i t s o w n e r o r ,

in t h e b e s t c a s e , l o s e i t s p o w e r as t h e s p i r i t

m o v e s o u t .

O n c e t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n m a s t e r /

o w n e r a n d s p i r i t is e s t a b l i s h e d , t h e f e t i sh t u r n s

i n t o a f o r m i d a b l e m a g i c a l w e a p o n a n d c a n b e

u s e d in a n y m a g i c a l o p e r a t i o n i n w h i c h t h e

p o w e r o f t h a t p a r t i c u l a r s p i r i t is w a n t e d .

Q; How do 1 know what type oj rituals and

activities I need to observe in regards to the fetish?

A: W h e n an a c t i v e fe t i sh is g i v e n t o y o u b y t h e

N g a n g a o r y o u h a v e b e e n m a d e a N g a n g a

y o u r s e l f , t h e r i t e s w i l l b e c o m m u n i c a t e d t o

y o u , o r y o u w i l l b e a b l e t o c r e a t e t h e m

y o u r s e l f a c c o r d i n g t o t h e s p i r i t y o u w i l l w o r k

w i t h . T h e r e is a l so a c e r t a i n d e g r e e o f

i n d i v i d u a l f r e e d o m in c r e a t i n g s u c h r i t u a l s .

Ql What about blood sacrifice and animal sacrifice

to thefetish?

A: A s E s o t e r i c V o u d o i s t s w e d o n o t u s e a n i m a l

s a c r i f i c e . W e u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t h e r e is a m u c h

m o r e v a l u a b l e e n e r g y t h a n t h a t o f a n i m a l

b l o o d — s e x u a l e n e r g y . All t h e s p i r i t s in o u r

s y s t e m a r e u l t i m a t e l y fed w i t h t h i s t y p e o f

O j a . So t h e u l t i m a t e sac r i f i ce o r o f f e r i n g , t o

t h e s p i r i t o f t h e f e t i sh in r e t u r n for t h e i r h e l p

a n d s e r v i c e , is s e x u a l in n a t u r e . Y o u m a y u s e

e n e r g e t i c a l l y c h a r g e d s e c r e t i o n s o r o t h e r

m e a n s w i t h t h e f e t i sh . It is o n l y o n a v e r y r a r e

o c c a s i o n t h a t y o u w o u l d u s e y o u r o w n b l o o d

as a c o n n e c t i n g a g e n t w i t h t h e s p i r i t . Bu t as

t h i s is o n l y a n i n t r o d u c t o r y i n s t r u c t i o n , w e

wi l l n o t t a l k a b o u t t h i s r i g h t n o w .

Ql Most importantly, how do I use the fetish as a

weapon or a spirit control. How do 1 get it to

'work'?

A: If y o u k e e p t h e s p i r i t h a p p y a n d w e l l in his

h o m e , t h e f e t i sh in t h i s s t a t e is t h o u g h t as

' c o c k e d a n d l o a d e d ' a n d r e a d y fo r u s e a t a n y

t i m e . E a c h N g a n g a h a s h i s s p e c i a l m e t h o d o f

o p e r a t i o n . W e t e a c h a p r o c e d u r e a n d g i v e

g u i d e l i n e s t o b e o b s e r v e d w h e n c r e a t i n g

a p p r o p r i a t e r i t u a l s t o w o r k t h e fe t i sh a n d

c o o p e r a t e w i t h t h e s p i r i t . O n e s u c h m e t h o d ,

m a y b e t h e m o s t p o w e r f u l , is t h e u s e o f na i l s in

c o n n e c t i o n w i t h c e r t a i n r i t u a l i s t i c a c t s ,

i n c l u d i n g t h e sac r i f i ce o f s e x u a l m a g i c a l

e n e r g y . T h e fe t i sh s p i r i t s , b e i n g o f t h e S e c t a

R o u g e t y p e , r e q u i r e e l e m e n t a l a n d m a r t i a l

t y p e s o f r i t u a l t o b e a c t i v a t e d . I n v o c a t i o n s , in

b l o o d t h i r s t y l a n g u a g e , s e x u a l r i t u a l a n d o t h e r

e l e m e n t a l f o r m s o f e n c o u r a g e m e n t a n d

p r o v o c a t i o n a r e n e e d e d t o k i c k t h e Nkisi, t h e

a c t i v a t e d f e t i s h , i n t o a c t i o n . A t t h e h e i g h t o f

t h e c e r e m o n y , d u r i n g o r r i g h t a f t e r t h e s e x u a l

m a g i c a l o f f e r i n g a n d w i t h t h e d i r e c t i o n o f

i n t e n t , a na i l is h a m m e r e d a n d d r i v e n i n t o t h e

fet ish w h i c h t h e n t r i g g e r s t h e fe t ish—spir i t t o

b e g i n o p e r a t i o n .

A s w e s e e , t h e N g a n g a , t h r o u g h t h e f e t i sh , is d i r e c t l y

a b l e t o p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e r e a l m of t h e D e a d ; h e is a

m e d i a t o r a n d c h a n n e l e r o f t h e d a r k f o r c e s . By n a t u r e

t h e F e t i s h M a s t e r m u s t b e s o m e o n e w h o is a b l e t o l ive

a n d p a r t a k e in t h e ' o p e n l i f e ' , as d e f i n e d b y L u d w i g

K l a g e s a n d A l f r e d S c h u l e r . T h i s m e a n s h e is a b l e t o e x i s t

in a non—dua l w o r l d w h e r e t h e r e a l m of t h e D e a d is

e v e r p r e s e n t a n d is in c o n s t a n t e x c h a n g e w i t h t h e w o r l d

o f t h e L i v i n g . A s t h e fe t i sh is a p o w e r f u l e l e m e n t a l

w e a p o n , a N g a n g a is o f t e n a l so a ' p r o t e c t o r ' o f t h e

e s o t e r i c ce l l h e w o r k s i n , a m e m b e r o f t h e g n o s t i c

m i l i t i a , r e a d y t o d i r e c t h i s f o r c e a t t h e e n e m i e s o f t h e

o r d e r s . H e m a y a l so ac t as a p e a c e k e e p e r a n d m e d i a t o r ,

b r i n g i n g a b o u t c o n t r a c t s b e t w e e n r iva l p a r t i e s , s e a l e d b y

d r i v i n g a na i l i n t o t h e fe t i sh - a n d d i r e a r e t h e

c o n s e q u e n c e s f o r t h o s e n o t a d h e r i n g t o t h e c o n t r a c t .

Las t b u t n o t l e a s t , t h e fe t i sh a c t s as a s p i r i t c o n t r o l

a l l o w i n g u s a c c e s s t o r e a l m s a n d d i m e n s i o n s n o t

a c c e s s i b l e w i t h o u t s u c h a t r a n s m i s s i o n s t a t i o n . T h e y

c o n v e r t m e s s a g e s a n d t r a n s m i s s i o n s f r o m d i m e n s i o n s

a n d b e i n g s so t h a t w e a r e a b l e t o d i g e s t a n d u n d e r s t a n d

t h e m .

T h e w o r l d o f t h e fe t i sh is o n e o f s t r a n g e e l e m e n t a l

e x c h a n g e a n d c o n t a c t a n d i t is a m o r e d a n g e r o u s p a t h t o

t a k e , b u t a g a i n , t h e r e w a r d s a r e g r e a t fo r t h o s e w h o

d a r e .

A P P E N D I X II

T h e f o l l o w i n g

p a p e r w a s w r i t t e n y e a r s a g o fo r t h e t e a c h i n g o f s o m e o f

m y o c c u l t s t u d e n t s . It w a s d e s i g n e d t o s h e d s o m e l i g h t

u p o n a h i g h l y c o m p l e x a n d i m p o r t a n t a r e a o f o c c u l t i s m .

W h i l e t h e p r i n c i p l e s s h a r e d h e r e a r e l a r g e l y a d o p t a b l e

b y b o t h m a l e a n d f e m a l e , t h e e m p h a s i s c a n s o m e t i m e s

a p p e a r t o b e s o m e w h a t m a l e c e n t e r e d . T h e r e a s o n is

t h a t w e h a v e o t h e r p a p e r s d e a l i n g spec i f i ca l ly w i t h t h e

l e m a l e a s p e c t o f o u r o c c u l t w o r k — a n d t h e s e m a y b e

p u b l i s h e d a t a l a t e r p o i n t . B o t h V o u d o n G n o s i s a n d

K o s m i c G n o s t i c i s m r e p r e s e n t a s y m b i o t i c o c c u l t i s m a n d

s p i r i t u a l i t y , m e a n i n g t h a t w o m e n a n d m e n a r e e q u a l l y

i m p o r t a n t in o u r w o r k .

Symbiotic in the way that men and women do not

work together in a completely uniform way —

claiming the same methods and skills based on the

assumption that 'equal rights' require 'equal' (the

same) behaviour — but that they work together

(with equal rights) contributing and combining

their gender—specific differences — forming a

complimentary symbiosis^

T h a t s a id , e v e r y s t u d e n t o f m a g i c a l a n d g n o s t i c

s y s t e m s c o n c e r n e d w i t h s e x u a l m a g i c a n d t h e u s e o f

E r o s , r e g a r d l e s s o f h i s / h e r g e n d e r o r s e x u a l o r i e n t a t i o n

s h o u l d f ind s o m e i n s p i r a t i o n a n d i n s i g h t h e r e .

Jessica Grote, Blood Si^Tear — Women and 'Northern Magic':

Symbiotic Occultism, unpublished paper of the Fraternitas

Borealis.

A-MOR

AN INITIATED ANALYSIS OF LOVE

Let me tell thee the mystery of that which my soul

received secretly from my five external senses and

communicated to my inward senses. My thought

beholds the Beloved with the eye of my phantasy,

and I wonder at my drunkenness without wine, and

am thrilled in the depths of my being by a joy that

comes from myself, and my heart dances, and my

spirit is my musician. Every organ of sense unites

me with Her, and my union includes every root of

my hair.

T h i s p a p e r

w a s i n s p i r e d b y a d i s c u s s i o n o n t h e m e a n i n g a n d u s e of

L o v e i n a n i n i t i a t i c c o n t e x t . T h e f o l l o w i n g i d e a s s h o u l d

s e r v e as i n s p i r a t i o n for t h o s e f e w t r u e e s o t e r i c w a r r i o r s

a n d e x p l o r e r s w h o h a v e c h o s e n t h e ' m e r c i l e s s p a t h '

a n d w h o h a v e f o r s a k e n e v e r y t h i n g a n d sac r i f i ced all t o a

life d e d i c a t e d t o full e s o t e r i c k n i g h t h o o d . In t h e

f o l l o w i n g I w i l l s h a r e i n i t i a t i c v i e w s b a s e d o n

m e t a p h y s i c a l t r u t h s r e l a t e d t o m e in t h e p a s t b y m y

m a s t e r s a n d t e a c h e r s in t h e U n i v e r s a l H y p e r b o r e a n

K n i g h t h o o d ( F r a t e r n i t a s B o r e a l i s ) o f t h e K o s m i c G n o s i s

a n d V o u d o n G n o s i s , t w o t r a d i t i o n s w h i c h fully

c o m p l i m e n t e a c h o t h e r a n d w o r k o n s i m i l a r l i n e s .

N e e d l e s s t o s ay , t h e i r p r i n c i p l e s a r e m y o w n .

6 4 Umar Ibn al—Farid. *" A phrase taken from the Kosmic Gnosis which denotes the ultimate Lucifcrian—Saturnian path.

S o m e t i m e s e s o t e r i c t r u t h s a n d i d e a l s m a y b e h a r d t o

a c c e p t , o r c o l l i d e w i t h o u r p r o f a n e i d e a s a n d s t a t u s q u o ,

a n d w e o f t e n a t f i r s t r e a c t s t r o n g l y o r a n t a g o n i s t i c a l l y t o

t h e m . B u t as t r u e m a g i c i a n s a n d g n o s t i c s w e m u s t p u s h

a w a y al l s e n t i m e n t a l i t y a n d t r y t o a c c e s s t h e r o o t s o f

t h i n g s . W e m u s t r e s i s t t h e u r g e t o o n l y f o l l o w a n d

a c c e p t t h a t w h i c h s o u n d s p l e a s i n g t o u s — o f t e n t h i s is

a l r e a d y a m e t a p h y s i c a l t r a p . T o a c h i e v e t r u e e s o t e r i c

s u c c e s s w e m u s t o v e r c o m e o u r o w n p r e j u d i c e s a n d

e s c a p e o u r c o m f o r t z o n e . W h i l e w e m a y b e c o m e a b l e t o

c r e a t e a n d s h a p e o u r o w n ( m a g i c a l ) u n i v e r s e , t h e t o o l s

w i t h w h i c h t o a c h i e v e t h i s , a n d t h e t r u t h s w h i c h r e i g n i n

t h i s u n i v e r s e , a r e u n i v e r s a l — a n d w e m u s t n o t a l l o w o u r

p r o f a n e f ea r s a n d p r e f e r e n c e s t o d i s t o r t a n d w e a k e n t h e

a w e s o m e p o w e r s a t o u r d i s p o s a l . W e m u s t n o t a l l o w

t h e a r c h o n t i c a n d d e m i u r g i c f o r c e s t o c o n t i n u o u s l y

b l i n d u s . It is n e c e s s a r y t o k e e p t h e s e t h i n g s in m i n d t o

ful ly b e n e f i t f r o m m y w r i t i n g s as I d o n o t i n t e n d t o

p l e a s e a n y o n e , o r t o b e e v e r y o n e ' s d a r l i n g . I a m n o t a n

e n u n c i a t o r o f ' c o n v e n i e n t t r u t h s ' a n d I k n o w t h i s w i l l

f ind t h e full a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h e c h o s e n f e w m e n a n d

w o m e n t h a t t h e s p i r i t s h a v e p r e p a r e d f o r t h i s w o r k in

t h e i r w o n d e r f u l u n i q u e w a y .

E r o s a n d L o v e a r e c r u c i a l a r e a s f o r a d e p t s o f o u r

t r a d i t i o n s 6 6 as w e w o r k i n a c e r t a i n S a t u r n i a n , e c s t a t i c

a n d s e x u a l m a g i c a l c u r r e n t . W e p e r c e i v e t h e D i v i n e

m a n i f e s t a t i o n a n d u n d e r g o p e r s o n a l s p i r i t u a l

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n t h r o u g h c o n t e m p l a t i n g , e x p e r i e n c i n g

a n d i n t i m a t e l y k n o w i n g E r o s a n d L o v e i n a n e s o t e r i c

c o n t e x t . A l l p h e n o m e n a o f t h e u n i v e r s e a r e l i n k e d t o

o n e a n o t h e r b y t h e t h r e a d s o f e r o t i c l o v e . E r o t i c l o v e o n

all l e v e l s is t h e g r e a t life f o r c e , t h e prana w h i c h f l o w s

t h r o u g h t h e c o s m o s , t h e c o s m i c l i b i d o . T h e t e r m L o v e

Voudon Gnostic and Kosmic Gnostic respectively.

h a s b e e n u s e d w i d e l y in t h e o c c u l t a n d s p i r i t u a l f ie ld a n d

I w a n t t o s h a r e s o m e i d e a s a n d t h o u g h t s o n t h i s t o p i c .

T h i s is n o t s u p p o s e d t o b e a p a p e r o n s e x u a l m a g i c b u t

o n t h e r e l a t e d a r e a o f l o v e , e s o t e r i c L o v e a n d t o s o m e

e x t e n t E r o s .

T h e f irst t h i n g w e m u s t d o if w e w a n t t o i n v e s t i g a t e

th i s f ie ld is t o s e p a r a t e t h e o c c u l t a n d m a g i c a l i d e a o f

L o v e f r o m t h e r o m a n t i c , p r o f a n e u s e o f t h e t e r m l o v e .

T h e o c c u l t a n d m y s t i c L o v e is n o t t h e s a m e as r o m a n t i c ,

p r o f a n e l o v e .

L o v e in all i t s f o r m s is o n e o f t h e s t r o n g e s t f e e l i n g s ,

m o t i v a t i o n s a n d d r i v e s o f t h e h u m a n b e i n g . H o w e v e r ,

t h e p r o f a n e m a n is v e r y o f t e n c a u g h t u p in c o n c e p t s o f

l o v e w h i c h l e a v e h i m as a s l ave t o i t . T h e a r c h o n s a n d

d e m i u r g i c p o w e r s u s e t h i s n e e d a n d o v e r p o w e r i n g

f e e l i n g o f l o v e t o t i g h t e n t h e i r g r i p o n t h e m i n d a n d s o u l

of m a n . W h e n ' i n l o v e ' m a n v e r y o f t e n b e c o m e s

u n s t a b l e a n d l o s e s all h i s r e a s o n . H e is m o s t v u l n e r a b l e

t o t h e p o w e r s o f t h e ev i l f o r c e s w h o w a n t t o k e e p h i m

e n s l a v e d a n d so m o r e o f t e n t h a n n o t h e c o n s t r u c t s h i s

r e a l i t y in a c c o r d w i t h his n e e d for ' r o m a n t i c ' l o v e . W e

h e a r e x p r e s s i o n s l ike ' s o u l m a t e ' , ' l o s t h a l f , ' t r u e l o v e '

a n d so o n , as a r e s u l t o f a p e r s o n p r o j e c t i n g all h i s i d e a l s

a n d h o p e s a n d p r o f a n e fea rs o n t o a n o t h e r p e r s o n ,

c r e a t i n g a l a r g e r t h a n life f an t a sy — v e r y o f t e n n o t in

a c c o r d w i t h r e a l i t y o r r e c i p r o c a l f e e l i n g s . S l o w l y h e

b e c o m e s a d d i c t e d a n d d e p e n d e n t o n t h i s p r o j e c t i o n o f

h i s l o v e . O f c o u r s e , r a r e l y d o e s a n y o n e a d m i t t h i s o r c a n

e v e n s e e w r h e n i t h a p p e n s ; h e w i l l a s s u r e h i m s e l f a n d

o t h e r s of t h e t r u t h a n d u n i q u e n e s s o f th i s l o v e . W e h a v e

all s e e n t h i s a n d m o s t p r o b a b l y a l s o fe l t t h i s w a y a t s o m e

p o i n t i n o u r l i v e s . W e a l so k n o w h o w i t fee ls a n d w r h a t

c a n h a p p e n if s u c h a r e l a t i o n s h i p fails — o n e falls i n t o t h e

g r e a t e s t d e p t h s o f d e s p a i r a n d h e l l , w i t h all h o p e s a n d

d r e a m s s h a t t e r e d , a n d p r o j e c t i o n s a r e u n v e i l e d as

i l l u s i o n s a n d false d e p e n d e n c e . M a n y b r e a k in s u c h a

s i t u a t i o n ( e s p e c i a l l y a f t e r y e a r s o f t o g e t h e r n e s s ) a n d

n e v e r r e c o v e r . T h o s e w h o r e c o v e r t e n d e i t h e r t o m a k e

t h e s a m e m i s t a k e in t h e n e x t p r o m i s i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p , o r

a r e d i s i l l u s i o n e d , d o n o t a l l o w t h e m s e l v e s t o l o v e

a n y m o r e a n d i n s t e a d t u r n s o u r . P r o f a n e l o v e a n d

p r o j e c t i o n o n t o a p a r t n e r h e l p s t o c o v e r u p o n e ' s o w n

s h o r t c o m i n g s a n d f ea r , i t h e l p s t o g l o s s o v e r p e r s o n a l

w e a k n e s s e s a n d g i v e s ( fa lse) s t r e n g t h . T h i s is w h y i t

h o l d s s u c h g r e a t p o w e r o v e r m a n , e s p e c i a l l y t h e

u n i n i t i a t e d . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , s e e k e r s o n t h e o c c u l t a n d

s p i r i t u a l p a t h a l so fall p r e y t o t h e s i r e n p o w e r s o f

p r o f a n e , r o m a n t i c l o v e a n d t h e n b e g i n t o c o m p r o m i s e

all a s p i r a t i o n , b e c o m i n g d e p e n d e n t a n d w e a k .

T h e i n i t i a t e d m a n ( o r w o m a n ) , o r t h e a s p i r i n g g n o s t i c

m a g i c i a n in o u r t r a d i t i o n , w a n t s t o p e r f e c t t h e Self. H e

w a n t s t o b e c o m e i n d e p e n d e n t f r o m t h e a r c h o n s a n d

b i n d i n g p o w e r s . H e w a n t s t o a c h i e v e c o m p l e t e

i n d i v i d u a t i o n w i t h i n h i m s e l f . L o v e , e s o t e r i c L o v e t h a t

c o n t a i n s t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i v e p o w e r s o f t h e d i v i n e E r o s ,

c a n , in fac t m u s t , b e o n e o f t h e g r e a t e s t a g e n t s i n t h i s

p r o c e s s . M o s t t r u e a d e p t s t h r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y k n e w , t o

o n e d e g r e e o r a n o t h e r , t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f L o v e in t h e

w o r k o f t h e i n i t i a t e . 6 ' It is n o t s u r p r i s i n g t o f ind A l e i s t e r

C r o w l e y e m p h a s i z i n g t h e n o t i o n o f L o v e in h i s s y s t e m

of T h e l e m a a n d , o f c o u r s e , w e all k n o w h i s f a m o u s

d i c t u m e n d i n g w i t h ' L o v e is t h e L a w , L o v e u n d e r W i l l ' .

H e r e i t b e c o m e s c l e a r w h a t C r o w l e y h a s s t r e s s e d m a n y

t i m e s : T h a t i t is n o t a r o m a n t i c l o v e h e is r e f e r r i n g t o ,

b u t , a m o n g s t o t h e r t h i n g s , t h e b u r n i n g L o v e o f t h e

6 ' Amongst many other writings I suggest everyone doing some research on the notion of Love and Eros in the writings of the great Sufi saints as well as in the writings of certain sects of the Tantric—Hindu tradition.

i n i t i a t e t o w a r d s t h e G r e a t W o r k a n d u l t i m a t e l y t o w a r d s

h i s o w n g o d — b e c o m i n g . A n d , o f c o u r s e , L o v e i n

C r o w l e y is a n e x p l a n a t i o n o f t h e T r u e W i l l , a s w e k n o w

t h r o u g h h i s c o m m e n t a r i e s :

This is to be taken as meaning that while Will is

the Law, the nature of that Will is Love. But this

Love is as it were a by—product of that Will; it does

not contradict or supersede that Will; and if

apparent contradiction should arise in any crisis, it

is the Will that will guide us aright. So, while in

The Book of the Law is much of Love, there is no

word of Sentimentality. Hate itself is almost like

Love! 'As brothersJightye!' All the manly races of

the world understand this. The Love of Liber Legis is

always bold, virile, even orgiastic. There is

delicacy, but it is the delicacy of strength. Mighty

and terrible and glorious as it is, however, it is but

the pennon upon the sacred lance of Will, the

damascened inscription upon the swords of the

Knight—monks ofThelema.''''

A n d i n d e e d t h e t r a d i t i o n w e w o r k i n is a t r a d i t i o n of

w a r r i o r s , o f s o l i t a r y w a r r i o r m o n k s , m a l e a n d f e m a l e ,

w h o a r e u n i t e d i n t h e b o n d s o f s a c r e d c o m r a d e r y a n d

c o m p a n i o n s h i p . O u r w o r k is n o r t h e r n a n d S a t u r n i a n i n

m a n y w a y s . 6 9 T h e F r a t e r n i t a s S a t u r n i , w h o w o r k

d i f f e r e n t l y f r o m u s , h a v e a d d e d t o C r o w l e y ' s d i c t u m

'Love is the Law, Love under Will — compassionless Love', t o

e m p h a s i z e t h e n a t u r e o f t h e p a t h .

6 8 Aleis ter C r o w l e y , Liber 11: The Message of The Master Therion. 6 9 Michael Ber t i aux , in the 4 t h Year Course of the Monastery of the Seven Rays, even refers t o the Inner O r d e r of the V o u d o n Gnosis as be ing an At lan tean B r o t h e r h o o d of Saturn .

T h e t r u e a d e p t o f t h e K o s m i c G n o s i s a n d h i g h e r

V o u d o n G n o s t i c t r a d i t i o n is a n a d e p t w h o f o l l o w s a n

i n d i v i d u a l p a t h b u t w h o a l so a c k n o w l e d g e s t h e v o c a t i o n

t o t h e p r i e s t h o o d o f d i v i n e E r o s . H e w i l l b e d r i v e n

o n w a r d s b y t h e f a b l e d s a c r e d f u r o r , a m y s t e r i o u s a n d

p o w e r f u l e n e r g y t h a t w i l l h e l p h i m t o e n d u r e a n d w a l k

w h e r e o t h e r s fail . T h e s a c r e d f u r o r , t h i s d a e m o n i c

f r e n z y , w i l l a l l o w h i m t o sac r i f i ce all t o his c a u s e a n d

a b a n d o n e v e r y t h i n g , a n d if i t b e c o m e s n e c e s s a r y , t o r i s k

a l l . 7 0 S u c h a n a d e p t is a l so a n :

...esoteric day—dreamer, dreaming the myth of

kosmic resurrection and eternal gnostic Love which

he will seek to incarnate in the flesh.''

H i s c h o s e n f e w k o s m i c c o m r a d e s in all c o r n e r s o f t h e

e a r t h w h o h a v e e s t a b l i s h e d p o w e r z o n e s o f t h e O r d e r s

w i l l b e h i s s u p p o r t , a n d t h e i d e a l o f L o v e t h e y s h a r e is

t h e L o v e o f t h e i n i t i a t e .

F o r t h e a d e p t s o f t h e K o s m i c c u r r e n t , Pa r s i f a l , t h e

a r c h e t y p a l f o r m o f t h e w a r r i o r — m o n k , b e c o m e s a n

i d e a l . T h e Pars i fa l m y t h t e l l s u s t h a t t h e h e r o w o n t h e

G r a i l a n d , in J u n g i a n t e r m s , h i s s u p r e m e i n d i v i d u a t i o n ,

h is e s o t e r i c t o t a l i t y — n o t t h r o u g h t h e l o v e o r g r a c e o f

G o d — b u t t h r o u g h h i s i n h e r e n t s a c r e d f u r o r . T h e f u r o r

d r o v e h i m e v e r o n w a r d s a g a i n s t all o d d s a n d e n a b l e d

h i m t o e n d u r e a n d sac r i f i ce a l l . B e s i d e s th i s

' T h e sacred o r eso te r ic furor is a m y s t e r i o u s , non—human and irresis t ible force utl izied by the kosmic ini t ia te . F r o m an unpubl i shed p a p e r by David Beth for the Fraterni tas Borealis called Die Heilige Wut des Kosmischen Adepten (The Sacred Furor of the Kosmic Adept).

' ' David Beth, The Kosmic Resurrection, unpub l i shed pape r of the Fraterni tas Borealis .

i n d i s p e n s a b l e f u r o r , Pars i fa l a l s o c a r r i e d w i t h h i m t h e

' m e m o r y o f a b e l o v e d ' . S o m e t h i n g o f s u c h c e n t r a l

i m p o r t a n c e t o h i m a n d t h e s u c c e s s o f h i s q u e s t t h a t h e

a d v i s e d h i s f r i e n d G a w a i n e t o d o so as w e l l . T h i s

p o w e r f u l i c o n , t h e m e m o r y o f t h e B e l o v e d , is n o t t h e

m e m o r y o f a spec i f i c w o m a n b u t t h e i m a g e o f t h e Soror

Mystica, t h e u l t i m a t e c o n s o r t o f t h e a l c h e m i s t s . P a r s i f a l ' s

g o a l , a n d o u r s as i n i t i a t e s o f t h i s G n o s i s , is n o t t h e

a c h i e v e m e n t o f S a m a d h i (as t h i s w o u l d b e t h e p a t h o f

t h e s a i n t ) , t h e fus ion w i t h t h e p r i m o r d i a l B e i n g . W e , i n

t r u e L u c i f e r i a n f a s h i o n , a s p i r e t o w h a t in H i n d u

e s o t e r i c i s m is c a l l e d Kaivalya, A b s o l u t e P e r s o n a l i t y ,

e m a n c i p a t i o n a n d u l t i m a t e s o l i t u d e . O u r g o a l is t h e

' k o s m i c i s o l a t i o n o f t h e r i s e n K r i s t ' . 7 2 T h i s is t h e w a y o f

t h e g n o s t i c — m a g i c i a n , t h e t a n t r i c S i d d h a , t h e s e x u a l

a l c h e m i c a l h e r o o f t h e G r a i l .

C o m i n g d o w n t o u s in t h e F r a t e r n i t a s B o r e a l i s in

d i r e c t l i n e a g e a r e t h e s e c r e t t e a c h i n g s o f t h e

h e r m e t i c i s m o f t h e G e r m a n a n d P r o v e n c a l t r o u b a d o u r s

a n d o f t h e F e d e l i d ' A m o r e o f n o r t h e r n I t a ly . T h e i r s o n g s

a b o u t t h e G r a i l q u e s t , a n d t h e i r l o v e p o e t r y in i t s

e s s e n c e , re—tel l s a n i n i t i a t i o n c y c l e d i s g u i s e d in e r o t i c

a n d h e r o i c s y m b o l i s m t o h i d e i t f r o m t h e p r o f a n e . T h e s e

e s o t e r i c v o y a g e r s o f L o v e p r a c t i c e d , n o t u n l i k e t h e i r

Sufi c o u s i n s , 7 3 a c e r t a i n a l c h e m i c a l t a n t r i s m o f t h e Lef t

H a n d P a t h . B a s e d o n a c o m p l e x m e t a p h y s i c s o f L o v e ,

t h e u n i o n o f o p p o s i t e s a n d t h e D i v i n e , t h e s e a d e p t s

7 2 David Beth, The Kosmic Resurrection, unpublished paper of

the Fraternitas Borealis.

" The famous Fedeli d'Amore, Sufis such as Ibn Arabi, of the

Islamic medieval world.

w o r k e d r i t u a l a n d d e g r e e i n i t i a t i o n s . 7 4 If s u c c e s s f u l , t h e

a d e p t w o u l d a c h i e v e a n a n d r o g y n o u s s t a t e . W i t h t h e

h e l p o f s e x u a l m a g i c a l r i t u a l t h e y w o u l d f inal ly a c h i e v e

t h e u l t i m a t e r e s u r r e c t i o n a n d i n d i v i d u a t i o n i n t o t h e

a b s o l u t e p e r s o n a l i t y . In a l c h e m y , t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g

s t a t e s a r e N i g r e d o , A l b e d o a n d R u b e d o , t h e

r e s u r r e c t i o n in t h e i m m o r t a l e n e r g y — m a t t e r .

T h e m a g i c a l S o r o r M y s t i c a , t h e w o m a n w h o is a l w a y s

a t t h e s i d e of t h e a l c h e m i s t , is a l s o t h e m a g i c a l b r i d e o f

t h e t r o u b a d o u r s ' e s o t e r i c L o v e . She is t h e Yogmi a n d

Parastri, t h e i n i t i a t e d b r i d e o f T a n t r i s m . 7 S W e m u s t n o t

c o n f u s e th i s e s o t e r i c b r i d e w i t h o n e p a r t i c u l a r p h y s i c a l

l o v e r o r p a r t n e r 7 6 w h o m w e m a y a t t a c h o u r s e l v e s t o in

o u r l i fe . R a t h e r , w e m u s t b e a b l e t o ' c a r r y t h e face o f

t h e B e l o v e d ' in o u r s o u l a n d b e a b l e t o p r o j e c t h e r a t

w i l l , o r w h e n p o s s i b l e . A m o s t i m p o r t a n t t o o l in t h i s

p r o c e s s is t h e p r a c t i c e o f e s o t e r i c a c t i v e i m a g i n a t i o n . In

t h i s c o n t e x t i t m e a n s t h e a b i l i t y t o p r o j e c t t h e d i v i n e

f e m i n i n e , t h e S o p h i a A e t e r n a , o n t o a l i v i n g p e r s o n . T h e

b e t t e r t h e ab i l i t i e s o f a c t i v e i m a g i n a t i o n , t h e m o r e

c o m p l e t e t h e m a g i c a l s u b s t a n t i a t i o n b e c o m e s a n d t h e

m o r e i n t e n s e t h e m a g i c a l a n d s p i r i t u a l w o r k a n d r e s u l t s

w i l l b e .

Julius Evola in The Mystery of the Grail describes four hierarchical degrees and virtues: liquefatio (melting), languor (feebleness), studium (zeal) and extasim (ecstasy).

In a certain esoteric way 1 would also relate the Soror Mystica to Crowley's concept of the Scarlet Woman, whose office is not confined to one specific mortal female and who is also the initiating inner goddess of the sorcerer which he may manifest cxternallv.

"Whether we are monogamous, serial monogamous, poly-amorous, heterosexual or homosexual etc.

F u n d a m e n t a l t o t h i s w o r k , e s p e c i a l l y i n i t s k o s m i c

e x p r e s s i o n , is a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e w o r l d as

p o l a r i t i e s a n d p o l e s . W h e n w e s t r i v e f o r t h e

a n d r o g y n o u s s t a t e w e m u s t o v e r c o m e t h e p o l a r i t i e s o f

m a l e a n d f e m a l e w i t h i n o u r s e l v e s , a n d th i s is o n l y

p o s s i b l e if w e a r e a b l e t o r e c o g n i z e t h e i n h e r e n t u n i q u e

e s o t e r i c q u a l i t i e s a n d p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f m a l e a n d f e m a l e

a n d u s e t h e m s y m b i o t i c a l l y . W e r e c o g n i z e t h e e s o t e r i c

s i g n i f i c a n c e o f t h o s e m y t h s w h i c h j o i n t o e v e r y g o d o r

h e r o , e v e r y t r a n s c e n d e n t p o w e r , a c o r r e s p o n d i n g

f e m a l e b r i d e S h a k t i , w h i c h a l so m e a n s ' P o w e r ' . In

G r e e k m y t h o l o g y H e b e w a s g i v e n t o t h e h e r o H e r a c l e s

as a w i f e , in E g y p t d i v i n e w o m e n o f f e r e d l o t u s f l o w e r s ,

s y m b o l s o f r e b i r t h a n d t h e k e y o f l i fe , t o t h e k i n g . In t h e

N o r t h t h e V a l k y r i e s r e p r e s e n t t h e f o r c e s o f t h e

w a r r i o r ' s d e s t i n y a n d v i c t o r i e s . W o m e n a r e s e e n h e r e

e s o t e r i c a l l y as t h e d i s p e n s e r of t h e s a c r u m , as t h e b e a r e r

o f a life t h a t a n i m a t e s , l i b e r a t e s a n d t r a n s f o r m s m e r e

b e i n g . " T h e F r a t e r n i t a s B o r c a l i s t e a c h e s t h a t in o r d e r

fo r m a n o r w o m a n t o a c h i e v e t h e h i g h e s t s u m m i t s o f

s p i r i t u a l d e v e l o p m e n t , t h e v i r i l e , c o n q u e r i n g p r i n c i p l e

o f m a n m u s t b e m a g i c a l l y j o i n e d w i t h t h e p o t e n t i a l l y

l i b e r a t i n g , t r a n s f i g u r i n g p r i n c i p l e of t h e w o m a n .

O f c o u r s e , i t is v e r y p o s s i b l e t o f ind p r o f a n e , r o m a n t i c

l o v e in a p a r t n e r w h o m a y s e r v e as a p e r s o n i f i c a t i o n of

t h e m y s t i c a l b r i d e . H o w e v e r , w e m u s t n e v e r c o n f u s e

t h e ' p r o f a n e ' p a r t n e r w i t h b e i n g t h e actual S o r o r

M y s t i c a , 7 S t o g i v e h e r a life only o u t s i d e o u r s e l v e s . T o

m a k e o u r s e l v e s a n d o u r s a l v a t i o n d e p e n d e n t o n o n e

p a r t i c u l a r p e r s o n is a g r a v e d a n g e r a n d a fatal m i s t a k e .

H e n r y C o r b i n , t h e g r e a t s c h o l a r a n d v i s i o n a r y o f S u f i s m ,

s u m m a r i z e s :

See Julius Evola, Eros and the Mysteries of Love. " s Or the actual 'hero' in case of a woman.

...that the [Siifi] Jedele d'amore has understood

that the Image is not outside him, but within his

being; better still, it is his very being, the form of

the divine Name which he himself brought with him

in coming into being. And the circle[...] closes on

this fundamental experience: 'Love is closer to the

lover than is his jugular vein.' So excessive is this

nearness that it acts at first as a veil. That is why

the inexperienced novice, though dominated by the

Image which invests his whole inner being, goes

looking for it OUTSIDE of himself, in a desperate

search from form to form of the sensible world, until

he returns to the sanctuary of his soul and perceives

that the real Beloved is deep within his own being;

and from that moment on, he seeks the Beloved only

through the Beloved. In this Quest and in this

Return, the active subject within remains the inner

image of unreal Beauty, a vestige of the

transcendent or celestial counterpart of his being: it

is that image which causes him to recognize every

concrete figure that resembles it, because even before

he is aware of it, the Image has invested him with

its theophanicfunction.''

T h e b u r n i n g L o v e a n d f i re fo r t h e B e l o v e d w i t h i n

m u s t a l w a y s b u r n t h e b r i g h t e s t as s h e w i l l b e w i t h y o u

a l w a y s a n d is y o u r c o l l a b o r a t o r i n t h e a l c h e m i c a l

l a b o r a t o r y o f L u c i f e r i a n t r a n s f o r m a t i o n .

A t t h i s p o i n t , l e t m e r e p e a t a g a i n t h a t w e a r e n o t h e r e

c o n c e r n e d w i t h m a t e r i a l i s t i c o r m o r a l e t h i c s a n d t h a t w e

h a v e t o s t r i c t l y s e p a r a t e t h e p r o f a n e i d e a s a n d r e a l m o f

Henry Corbin, Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi.

Voudon (tnosìs Amor

l o v e f r o m o u r t r e a t i s e a n d w o r k o f e s o t e r i c L o v e ,

a l t h o u g h o f c o u r s e t h e r e c a n b e c o n n e c t i n g p o i n t s .

W h e n w e s p e a k o f s u c h w o r k , w e d o n o t a t t e m p t t o

d e v a l u e W o m a n o r M a n , o r t u r n t h e m i n t o s i m p l e

o b j e c t s o f p e r s o n a l e m p o w e r m e n t . O n t h e c o n t r a r y ,

w i t h o u r w o r k a m o r e s a c r e d d i m e n s i o n c a n b e a d d e d t o

a n y k i n d o f r e l a t i o n s h i p o r e v e n s e x u a l e n c o u n t e r . T h i s

w o r k is s y m b i o t i c i n m a n y w a y s a n d m a l e a n d f e m a l e

m u s t w o r k t o g e t h e r , t o t a l l y u n a t t a c h e d t o p a s s i n g a n d

p r o f a n e i d e a s o f c o n t e m p o r a r y e t h i c s a n d wor ld ly -

i d e a l s . W e m u s t u n e a r t h k o s m i c a n d u n i v e r s a l t r u t h s

w h i c h w i l l h e l p u s t o a c h i e v e o u r s p i r i t u a l a n d m a g i c a l

g o a l s — a f t e r a l l , t h i s is w h y w e h a v e s t a r t e d o n th i s p a t h

— a n d w e m u s t b e w a r e n o t t o b e c o m e c o r r u p t e d o r

d i s t r a c t e d b y i m p o r t i n g o u r w o r l d l y a n d p r o f a n e i d e a s

i n t o t h e s p i r i t u a l / o c c u l t r e a l m . If w e c h o o s e , l i ke o r

d i s l i k e a p a t h s i m p l y b a s e d o n h o w m u c h t h e j a r g o n ,

t e a c h i n g s , t e c h n i q u e s o r s y m b o l i s m fits w i t h o u r i dea s a t

t h a t m o m e n t , w i t h o u r s t a t u s q u o , w e w o u l d h a v e

a l r e a d y fal len i n t o t h e a r c h o n s ' t r a p — w e w o u l d n e v e r

m o v e o u t of o u r c o m f o r t z o n e s , b u t s h a p e o u r

s p i r i t u a l i t y a n d o c c u l t i s m a c c o r d i n g t o o u r p r e j u d i c e s . Is

n o t t h e f i rs t g o a l o f t r u e o c c u l t i s m a n d s p i r i t u a l i t y t h e

b r e a k i n g o f f r a m e s , t h e b u r n i n g d o w n of t h e s t a t u s q u o ,

t h e c o u r a g e o u s i n t e g r a t i o n of t h e d a r k s ide? I t h i n k i t i s ,

so w e w i l l n e v e r t r y t o b e p l e a s i n g , t o c h a r m p e o p l e ,

b u t t o t e l l i t as i t is — so t h o s e w h o t r u l y d a r e a n d

s e r i o u s l y e m b a r k o n t h i s j o u r n e y h a v e a b e t t e r c h a n c e o f

s u c c e e d i n g in t h e i r d a r i n g v e n t u r e !

In t h e l e g e n d s a n d t r a d i t i o n s o f o u r c u r r e n t , t h i s s e c r e t

g n o s t i c i n i t i a t i o n a n d m y s t e r y is s a id t o c o m e f r o m a n

u n f a t h o m a b l e p a s t , f r o m t h e o r i g i n a l H y p e r b o r e a n p o l a r

c o n t i n e n t , w h e r e t h e p r i e s t e s s e s of m a g i c a l L o v e a n d

E r o s , M o r g a n a a n d A l l o u i n e , a p p e a r e d t o g e t h e r w i t h

t h e w o m e n w h o , in t h e l e g e n d o f t h e G r a i l , h e a l e d t h e

w o u n d e d w a r r i o r a n d t h e s ick k i n g .

In t h e W e s t , t h i s i n i t i a t o r y k n o w l e d g e w a s n e a r l y

d e s t r o y e d a n d l o s t w i t h t h e C a t h a r s a n d t h e K n i g h t l y

O r d e r s , w i t h t h e M i n n e s a n g e r , t h e F e d e l i d ' A m o r e a n d

t h e T r o u b a d o u r s .

W i t h t h e i r s u p e r i o r f o r c e s t h e p o w e r s o f t h e c o u n t e r

i n i t i a t i o n 8 0 h a v e t r i e d aga in a n d aga in t o c r u s h t h i s

g n o s t i c k n o w l e d g e a n d t r a n s m i s s i o n . Bu t d e s p i t e t h e i r

a t t e m p t s t o a s s a s s i n a t e t h e s a c r e d w a y o f e s o t e r i c L o v e

a n d magia sexualis, t h e s e c r e t s a n d m o d e s o f i n i t i a t i o n

s u r v i v e d in a f e w c u l t s o f t h e p o l a r a d e p t s 8 1 a n d w e r e

a l so i n f u s e d i n t o t h e S o u v e r c i g n S a n c t u a r y o f t h e

V o u d o n G n o s i s .

T h e h e r m e t i c i n i t i a t i o n of ' l o v e l e s s ' L o v e h a s b e e n

n e a r l y d e s t r o y e d a n d f o r g o t t e n . A n d e v e n in o c c u l t

c i r c l e s t h e n o t i o n o f e s o t e r i c L o v e is o f t e n d i s t o r t e d a n d

m i s u n d e r s t o o d , r e s u l t i n g in c o n f u s i o n a n d e r r o r . T h e

p a t h of ' l o v e l e s s l o v e ' o f t h e s p i r i t u a l S a t u r n i a n w a r r i o r ,

o l t h e t r o u b a d o u r , is t h e m y s t e r y o f t h e G r a i l . T h e l o v e

o f t h e p r o f a n e , u n r e s u r r e c t c d w o m a n a n d m a n is

s y m b o l i z e d b y t h e C h u r c h o f R o m e a n d i t s m a t e r i a l i s t i c ,

e s c a p i s t C h r i s t i a n i t y .

As a d e p t s o f a n H y p e r b o r e a n m y t h , w e m u s t aga in

l o o k b e y o n d t h e n o v e l s a n d s t o r i e s , a t w h a t is t r u l y t h e

h e r m e t i c k n o w l e d g e a n d t h e p a t h o f L o v e o f t h e

i n i t i a t e d k n i g h t s o f t h e G r a i l a n d t h e M i n n e s a n g e r . W e

m u s t aga in l o o k b e h i n d t h e w r i t t e n w o r d a n d t h e i r

l a n g u a g e t o d e c i p h e r it w i t h o u r e s o t e r i c k n o w l e d g e a n d

i n i t i a t i o n w h i c h h a s b e e n p a s s e d d o w n t o u s f r o m o u r

s p i r i t u a l a n c e s t o r s .

8 0 Such as the major exoteric Christian Churches. 8 1 Polar because the initiates of the Fraternitas Borealis see their ancestry in a universal Hyperborean polar tradition.

L o v e t o t h e H y p e r b o r e a n / S a t u r n i a n i n i t i a t e d o e s n o t

m e a n w h a t i t m e a n s t o m o s t p e o p l e t o d a y . A s i m p l e

ana lys i s o f t h e w o r d Amor c a n s h o w t h i s . T o u s t h e w o r d

A m o r is a c o d e w o r d . S p e l l i n g t h e w o r d b a c k w a r d s w e

r e a d Roma. T h u s w e r e c e i v e t h e o p p o s i t e t o R o m a , t o

all t h a t R o m e in i t s d o g m a t i s m r e p r e s e n t s . M o r e o v e r

w h e n b r e a k i n g t h e t e r m A m o r d o w n i n t o A a n d M o r ,

w e r e c e i v e ' W i t h o u t D e a t h ' o r ' n o n — D e a t h ' . T h u s t h e

w r ay o f i n i t i a t i o n o f A—Mor l e a d s u s t o i m m o r t a l i t y . T h i s

is a p a t h o f i n i t i a t i o n t o t a l l y o p p o s i t e t o t h e w a y o f

e x o t e r i c C h r i s t i a n R o m e . It is t h e p a t h o f E r o s a n d a n

e s o t e r i c K r i s t i a n i t y , h i n t e d a t b y m a s t e r s as d i v e r s e as

M e i s t e r E c k h a r t , C . G . J u n g , H e r m a n n H e s s e , L u d w i g

K l a g e s a n d i n d e e d , M i c h a e l B e r t i a u x .

T h e r e s u r r e c t i o n o f t h e i n n e r K r i s t in o n e ' s s o u l is

c e n t r a l t o t h i s i n i t i a t i c h e r m e t i c p a t h . So n o w w e c a n

s e e w h y R o m a t r i e d t o d e s t r o y A m o r a n d n e a r l y

s u c c e e d e d in d o i n g s o . T h e l o v e w e r e a d a b o u t i n n o v e l s

a n d b o o k s , t h e l o v e fo r t h y n e i g h b o u r a n d l o v e fo r

h u m a n i t y , t h i s u n i v e r s a l l o v e o f t h e c h u r c h e s a n d t h e

p r o f a n e 8 - h a s n o t h i n g w h a t s o e v e r t o d o w i t h t h e

l o v e l e s s o r c o m p a s s i o n l e s s L o v e o f t h e H y p e r b o r e a n a n d

h i g h e r V o u d o n G n o s t i c i n i t i a t e .

Kosmic Man does not 'love' [in the profane sense],

he burns in his own flame. The 'other' at best is the

wick of his candle. Often however only trees, cliffs

and storms are rich enoughfor this.lii

T h i s p o l a r L o v e w e t e a c h is a p a t h w a y t o m e t a p h y s i c a l

i m m o r t a l i t y , t h e t r u e G r a i l , i t is s t r i c t d i s c i p l i n e , as c o l d

as i c e a n d as c u t t i n g as a s w o r d .

8~ No matter how valuable that may be in other areas. 8 5 Ludwig Klages, Khythmen und Runen.

APPENDIX III

RITUAL OUTLINE: TIME TRAVELLING USING LE TEMPLE DES HOUDEAUX

O n c e

y o u h a v e succes s fu l l y e s t a b l i s h e d t h e T e m p l e D e s

H o u d e a u x y o u c a n b e g i n t o u s e i t f o r a g r e a t v a r i e t y o f

m a g i c a l o p e r a t i o n s . I w i l l n o w g i v e y o u a n o u t l i n e fo r a

t i m e t r a v e l l i n g o p e r a t i o n w h i c h s h o u l d b e q u i t e ea sy t o

f o l l o w a l t e r s t u d y i n g t h e p r e v i o u s c h a p t e r s o f t h i s b o o k .

K e e p in m i n d t h o u g h t h a t G n o s t i c V o u d o n is a l w a y s

p a r t l y s p o n t a n e o u s a n d i n d i v i d u a l , t h u s t h e r i t u a l m a y

b e a d a p t e d t o p e r s o n a l p r e f e r e n c e o n c e t h e c o n c e p t is

u n d e r s t o o d . T h e f o l l o w i n g is a p e r s o n a l v e r s i o n o f a

r i t u a l f o r t r a v e l l i n g i n t o t h e p a s t of o u r e a r t h a d a p t e d fo r

t h e u s e of a n y s t u d e n t p r o g r e s s e d t o t h i s p o i n t .

1) Sit a t y o u r V o u d o n a l t a r i n a r o o m o n l v i l l u m i n a t e d

b y c a n d l e s o r n a t u r a l l i g h t .

2) T a k e s o m e m o m e n t s t o c o n c e n t r a t e a n d t o g e t i n t o a

r i t u a l m i n d s e t .

3 ) O p e n t h e G a t e s t o t h e w o r l d o f t h e V o u d o n s p i r i t s . M

4 ) B e g i n t o r a i s e s e x u a l / e r o s e n e r g y b y a n y m e a n s

n e c e s s a r y . R e m e m b e r t h a t s e x u a l e n e r g y is t h e fuel o f

t h e o p e r a t i o n a n d y o u wi l l l a t e r n e e d t o r e g u l a t e t h e

i n f l o w of t h e s e e n e r g i e s i n t o y o u r p r o j e c t i o n w o r k .

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Voudon Gnosis

5) O n c e y o u fee l t h a t t h e n e c e s s a r y q u a n t i t y o f s e x u a l

e n e r g y is c i r c u l a t i n g in y o u r b o d y , e n t e r y o u r m e n t a l

T e m p l e D e s H o u d e a u x .

6 ) W h e n y o u feel t h a t y o u h a v e c o m f o r t a b l y e s t a b l i s h e d

t h e t e m p l e , b e g i n t o v i sua l i ze y o u r s e l f as a w e r e - s p i d e r

w i t h e i g h t l e g s s i t t i n g in y o u r t e m p l e n e t .

7 ) N o w c o n c e n t r a t e o n y o u r s p i d e r l e g p o i n t i n g w e s t .

B e g i n t o v i sua l i s e M a h a k a l i , t h e B l a c k G o d d e s s o f S p a c e ,

a n d d r a w h e r v é v é i n t h e W e s t . A s k h e r m e n t a l l y t o

h e l p y o u w i t h y o u r e x p e r i m e n t , t o a l l o w y o u t o t r a v e l

w i t h h e r t o t h e p a s t o f t h e e a r t h .

8 ) A f t e r y o u fee l t h a t c o n t a c t w i t h M a h a k a l i is

e s t a b l i s h e d , f o c u s y o u r a t t e n t i o n t o y o u r n o r t h ­

w e s t e r n l e g a n d v i sua l i ze t h e M y s t è r e A r a i g n é e . D r a w r

h e r v é v é a n d t h u s e s t a b l i s h c o n t a c t . A s k t h i s s p i r i t t o

p r o v i d e h e r e n e r g i e s t o a c t as a c o n t r o l in y o u r t r a v e l s ,

t o a d j u s t a n d m o d i f y t h e t r i p a c c o r d i n g t o w h e r e e x a c t l y

y o u w a n t t o r e a c h .

9 ) O n c e y o u fee l A r a i g n é e ' s e n e r g i e s p r e s e n t , f ocus

b a c k t o t h e W e s t , t o M a h a k a l i , y o u r p r i m e a g e n t o n t h i s

v o y a g e . Y o u a r e r e a d y t o b e g i n y o u r e x p l o r a t i o n s n o w .

10) A g a i n , v i s u a l i z e t h e v é v é of M a h a k a l i a n d t h e n

p r o j e c t y o u r s e l f t h r o u g h t h e s igi l .

11 ) O n c e y o u h a v e p r o j e c t e d t h o u g h t h e sigil y o u h a v e

e n t e r e d t h e d i m e n s i o n of t i m e t r a v e l l i n g a n d s h o u l d

t r a v e l a t a g r e a t s p e e d t h r o u g h t i m e . Y o u c a n s l o w o r

s p e e d u p t h r o u g h t h e a m o u n t o f s e x u a l e n e r g y y o u f e e d

t o t h e p r o j e c t i o n . Y o u w i l l b e a b l e t o m o v e b a c k a n d

f o r t h in ( h i s t o r i c a l ) t i m e a t w i l l , as t h e e n e r g i e s o f

Time Travelling

M a h a k a l i a n d M y s t è r e A r a i g n é e a r e a c t i n g t o g e t h e r

n o w .

1 2 ) W h e n y o u r e a c h a t i m e a n d p l a c e t h a t v o u w a n t t o

e x p l o r e , s i m p l y b e g i n t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e t e r r a i n .

13) W h e n y o u c h o o s e t o f in ish , r e v e r s e t h e p r o c e s s o f

t r a v e l l i n g a n d r e t u r n t o t h e p r e s e n t , p r o j e c t b a c k

t h r o u g h t h e sigil a n d v i sua l i s e y o u r s e l f aga in as t h e

w e r e s p i d e r in y o u r w e b .

14 ) C l o s e t h e g a t e s a n d w r i t e d o w n al l y o u h a v e

l e a r n e d a n d e x p e r i e n c e d o n t h i s t i m e t r a v e l l i n g j o u r n e y .

T I M E T R A V E L C A L C U L A T I O N S

W h a t f o l l o w s a r e s o m e e x a m p l e s o f t h e c o m b i n a t i o n o f

t h e a p p r o p r i a t e s p i r i t p o w e r s / d i r e c t i o n s fo r u s e in t i m e

t r a v e l l i n g e x p e r i m e n t s : 8 '

T o t r a v e l o n e a r t h o n e u s e s m a i n l y t h e W e s t e r n p o w e r

m o d i f i e d b y N W , S W a n d S o u t h .

T r a v e l l i n g i n t h e e a r t h ' s p a s t w e w o u l d u s e W e s t ,

m o d i f i e d b y N W .

T o t r a v e l i n t h e e a r t h ' s f u t u r e w e w o u l d u s e W e s t ,

m o d i f i e d b y S W a n d S o u t h .

If w e w i s h t o t r a v e l t o o t h e r u n i v e r s e s t h e f o l l o w i n g

c o m b i n a t i o n s w o u l d b e a p p r o p r i a t e :

P r e s e n t o f o t h e r U n i v e r s e s :

E , S E , N E , N m o d i f i e d b y a n y o f S, S W , W , N W .

P a s t o f o t h e r U n i v e r s e s :

E , S E , S, S W m o d i f i e d b y a n y o f N E , N , N W , W .

F u t u r e of o t h e r U n i v e r s e s : N , N E , N W , W 8 6 m o d i f i e d b y a n y o f S, SE , E , S W .

M a n y m o r e c o m b i n a t i o n s a r e p o s s i b l e a n d wi l l l e a d y o u

t o a g r e a t v a r i e t y o f ( m a g i c a l ) u n i v e r s e s s u c h as t h e

t r a n s — P l u t o n i a n r e a l m s . Y o u wi l l a l so b e a b l e t o f ind

d o o r s t o m a g i c a l r e a l m s w h i c h a r e b e y o n d o u r h u m a n

c o n c e p t i o n a n d m a k e c o n t a c t .

s i All calculations done on the basis of the information provided in the VG W. 8 6 Keep in mind that the W--power is used for travelling on Earth.

TIME TRAVEL CALCULATIONS W h a t f o l l o w s a r e s o m e e x a m p l e s o f t h e c o m b i n a t i o n o f

t h e a p p r o p r i a t e s p i r i t p o w e r s / d i r e c t i o n s fo r u s e in t i m e

t r a v e l l i n g e x p e r i m e n t s : 8 5

T o t r a v e l o n e a r t h o n e u s e s m a i n l y t h e W e s t e r n p o w e r

m o d i f i e d b y N W , S W a n d S o u t h .

T r a v e l l i n g i n t h e e a r t h ' s p a s t w e w o u l d u s e W e s t ,

m o d i f i e d b y N W .

T o t r a v e l i n t h e e a r t h ' s f u t u r e w e w o u l d u s e W e s t ,

m o d i f i e d b y S W a n d S o u t h .

If w e w i s h t o t r a v e l t o o t h e r u n i v e r s e s t h e f o l l o w i n g

c o m b i n a t i o n s w o u l d b e a p p r o p r i a t e :

P r e s e n t o f o t h e r U n i v e r s e s :

E , S E , N E , N m o d i f i e d b y a n y o f S, S W , W , N W .

P a s t o f o t h e r U n i v e r s e s :

E , S E , S, S W m o d i f i e d b y a n y o f N E , N , N W , W .

F u t u r e o f o t h e r U n i v e r s e s : N , N E , N W , W 8 6 m o d i f i e d b y a n y o f S, SE , E , S W .

M a n y m o r e c o m b i n a t i o n s a r e p o s s i b l e a n d wi l l l e a d y o u

t o a g r e a t v a r i e t y o f ( m a g i c a l ) u n i v e r s e s s u c h as t h e

t r a n s — P l u t o n i a n r e a l m s . Y o u w i l l a l so b e a b l e t o f ind

d o o r s t o m a g i c a l r e a l m s w h i c h a r e b e y o n d o u r h u m a n

c o n c e p t i o n a n d m a k e c o n t a c t .

8 5 All calculations done on the basis of the information provided in the VG W. 8 6 Keep in mind that the W—power is used for travelling on Earth.

INDEX

A

Aiwaz Phvs ics , 52

Alone with the Alone: Creative

Imagination in the Sufism

of Ihn Arabic 75

A m o r , 78

A r c h o n s , 68, 69, 76

A v a l o n - T h ü l e , 19,21

B Bacalou Baca, 29

Balder , 21

Baron L u n d y , 52

B a r o n Z a r i n g u i n , 39

B e l o v e d , 6 6 , 72, 73, 75, See

S o r o r M v s t i c a

B c r t i a u x , M i c h a e l , 1, 2,5,

6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14,

15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,

21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 2 8 ,

3 1 , 3 2 , 33, 34, 35, 37,

41,42, 43, 44, 4 7 , 48,

49, 51, 52, 5 8 , 7 0 , 78

Binali, 36

Black Cioddess of Space , 3 6 ,

39, 80

Black Snake C u l t , / , S

Book oj Pleasure, 54

c C a t h a r s , 7 7

C h o r o n z o n , 27, 52, i3

C h o r o n z o n C l u b , 27

C h r i s t , 14, 48

C o r b i n , H e n r y , 74, 75

Courses of the Monastery oj the

Seven Rajs, 2, 5, 6, 9,

21, 2S

C r o w l e y , A le i s t e r , 69, 70,

73

Cults of the Shadow, 8, 49

D D a a t h , 52

D a m b a l l a h , / . 5 , 21, 26

D i o n y s u s , 24

D r a c o , 26

E

Eccles ia G n o s t i c a A c t c r n a ,

20

E l e m e n t a l Vis ion . .See La

Pr i se ties Yeaux

E r o s , 7 , 23, 24, 29, 6 5,

6 7 , 6 9 , 7 / , 7 6 , 78

Eros and the Mysteries oj Love,

74

Index

Eros C o s m o ^ o n o s , 23

Erzu l i e , 21

E s o t e r i c E n g i n e e r i n g , 35,

52, 57

E s o t e r i c Log ic , i 7 , 33

E s o t e r i c p sychoana lys i s , 28

Evola , Ju l iu s , 73, 74

F

Fedel i d ' A m o r e , 72

Fe t i sh , 5 6 , 5 7 , 5 « , 5 9 , 6 0 ,

6 / , 6 2 , 6 3 , 6 4

F ra t c rn i t a s Borea l i s , 2 0 , 2 i ,

5 3 , 5 5 , 6 5 , 6 6 , 7 / , 7 2 ,

77

F r a t e r n i t a s S a t u r n i , 7 0

F r e y a , 21

Fr iggya , 21

F u r o r , 18, 71

G

G ( h u e d h e ) - U n i v e r s e , 4 7

G e n d e r , 6 5 , .See P r i e s t e s s

j h u e d h e N i b b h o , 29, 36

j n o st ic

E x p l o r e r s / P h y s i c i s t s , 4 4

G n o s t i c R a d i o n i c s , 57

G o d pos se s s ion , 18

Gra i l , 71, 72, 77, 78

G r a n t , K e n n e t h , 2, 3, 6 , 8 ,

10, 4 9 , 5 0

Grimoire Ghuedhe, 46, 4 7 ,

4 5 , 4 9 , 5 5

Gritnorium Verum, 18

G u z o t t e , 13, 29, 32, 33

Gu7oue Papers, 1 3 , 29

H H e g e l , 2 6

H e l ( l ) , 50

High P r i e s t s of H a d e s , 29

H o t P o i n t s . .See Po in t s

C h a u d s

H v p e r b o r e a At l an t i s , 22

I

Hin Arab i , 7 2 , 75

J Jean- M a i n e , 11, IS, 20

K

Kaivalya , 72

Kalas , 32, 41,43

Klages , L u d w i g , 7, 16, 17,

~~22, 23, 2 4 , 5 5 , 6 3 , 78

Kri s t , 5 5 , 7 2 , 78

L La C o u l e u v r e N o i r e , 4 , 6 ,

7 , 8, 9 , JO, 11,12, 13,

/ 5 , / 6 , 17, 20, 2 5 , 26,

2 7 , 2 9 , 3 6 , 42, 46, 5)

La Pr i se ties Y e a u x , 16, 18,

21, 5 2 , 57

L a ngue M y s t è r e , 13

Le nid d e s e r p e n t s , 3 2

Left H a n d P a t h , 72

L e g h b a , / 5 , 2 / , 2 3 , 4 4 , 48

Les H o u d c a u x , 3 6 , 3 7 , 3 9

Les V u d u , 31, 32, 57

Loki , 2 ;

Index

L o v e , 6 6 , 6 7 , 6 S, 6 9 , 7 0 ,

71, 72, 73, 7 5 , 7 6 , 7 7 ,

78

L y c a n t h r o p y , 28, 47, 59

M

M a ' a t i a n Phys ic i s t s , 4 5

Magia sexua l i s , 7 7

Mahaka l i , 3 9 , 80, 81

M a r a s s a s , 4 4 , 52

M e o n , / , 5 0 , i l , 5 2 , 53

M e o n t o l o g y , 50

M i n n e s ä n g e r , 77

M o n a s t e r y of t he S e v e n

R a y s , 4

M y s t è r e A r a i g n é e . 3 9 , SO,

81

M y s t è r e R o y a l e , 3 7 , 3 9

M y s t è r e T o i l e — d ' A r a i g n é e ,

3 9

Mystery of the Grail, The, 7 3

N

N e i t h e r - N e i t h e r , 50

N e m i r i o n Phvs ie i s t s , 4 5

N g a n g a , 56 , 5 7 , 5 * , 6 0 , 6 / ,

6 2 , 6 3

Nkis i . See Fe t i sh

N o v a l i s , 5 4 , 55

o O c c u l t a n a t o m y , 48, 49, 52

O g o u - F c r , 21

O j a s , 3 2 , 41, 5 / , 5 2 , 62

O p h i t e s , 2 5 , 3 6

O s i r i s , 2 3

P P a r a s t r i , 7 3

Pars i fa l , 7 /

P h e o n i s m e s , 3 3

P l e r o m a , 4 4 , 5 2

P o i n t s C h a u d s , 2 9 , 3 J , 3 2 ,

3 4 , 3 7 , 4 6

P o i t e a u m i t a n , / 7

P r a n a , 6 7

P r e s e n t m e n t s , 3 2

P r i e s t e s s , 4 9 , 76

R Rhythmen und Runen, 23, 2 4 .

7S

R o m a , 78, See A m o r

R o m e , 7 7 , 78

s Sacri f ice , 6 2 , 6 3

Schauung, 57

S c h u l e r , Al f red , 6 3

Sec ta R o u g e , 4 , 6 3

Sexual m a g i c , 2 5 , 28, 29,

30, 31, 6 5 , 68

Sophia A c t c r n a , 7 3 , See

S o r o r Myst ica

Soror Mynica, 72, 73

S p a r e , A u s t i n O s m a n , 5 0 ,

54

S p i d e r m a g i c , 4 9

Spirit control, 5 8 , 6 2 , 6 4

Sufi, 6 9 , 7 2 , 75

T

T a n t r i c Phys ic i s t s , 43

T e m p l e D e s H o u d e a u x , J 5 ,

3 6 , 40, 41, 79, 80

Index

T e m p l e of t he T w o

Yggdra.sils, 2 0

T h e se iz ing of t h e e y e s . Sec

La Pr i se d e s Y e a u x

T h c l e m a , 6 9 , 70

T h o r , 21

T i m e t r a v e l l i n g , 28, 42, 43,

44, 4 5 , 7 9 , 80, 81, 84

T i - P i c d - M i l l c - F o i s , 39

T i - Z a r i g u i n , 39

T r e e of Life, 41, SO

T r o u b a d o u r s , 7 2 , 73

u

U n i v e r s e B , SO

V VGW, I, 2 , 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

13, 14, IS, 16, 21, 23,

2 4 , 29, 32, 33, 34 , 3 5 ,

37, 41,46, 47, 4 9 ,

5 0 , 5 1, 5 2 , 54 , 5 5 , SS,

84

V o l t i g c u r s , 41

Vom Kosmogonischen Eros, 7

Voudon Gnostic Workbook, See

VGW

V o u d o t r o n i d a n s , 44

w W e r e - s p i d e r , 41, SO, 81

Y Yogin i , 73

z

Z o m a t e s , 49

Z o t h y r i a n , 49