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Math and Holiness
16:59 Dec 28 2005
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Sacred Geometry is about the whole in existence having a fundamentally invisible geometric structure that comands shape and form what it is in the natural world. Sacred Geometry is the essential principle of The Creative Intelligence that commands chaos to take form in infinite multiplicity via the method of archetypal patterns based on precise mathematical associations. The wisdom of Sacred Geometry and proportions play a significant part in Feng Shui, Vastu and Sacred Geometry and Sacred Space as well as many other spiritual fundamentals.

Defining Chaos - by Mark Chao
16:13 Dec 27 2005
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Chaos, according to the `Oxford English Dictionary' means:

1. A gaping void, yawning gulf, chasm, or abyss.

2. The `formless void’ of primordial matter, the `great deep’ or

'abyss' out of which the cosmos or order of the universe was evolved.



There are a few of additional definitions, but they are irrelevant to this discussion. When chaos is used in magic, there is no place for confusion or uncertainty.



Chaos is the artistic principle behind all magic. When a magical ritual is performed, regardless of `tradition' or other variables in the elements of performance, a supernatural energy is created and put into motion to cause something to happen.



To keep it simple, let us narrow our example to just two electrons, the point like carriers of negative charge. Let us say they are a part

of the solar wind--beta particles, as it were--streaming out from the sun at thousands of miles a second. Say that these two came close

enough that their negative charges interact, causing them to repel one another. How do they accomplish this change in momentum?



In relation to quantum electrodynamics, they accomplish it by exchanging a "virtual" photon. One electron spawns it, the other absorbs it, and so do they repel each other. The photon is "virtual" because it cannot be perceived by an outside observer, being wholly controlled in the

interaction. But it is real enough, and the discharge and amalgamation of virtual photons is how the electromagnetic interaction operates.



The query which is relevant to our purpose here is where does the photon come from. It does not emerge from one electron and lodge in the other, as if it were a bullet fired from one rock into another.



The electrons themselves are unchanged, except for their momenta. Rather, the photon is produced out of nothing by the strain of the interaction. According to modern theory, when the two electrons come close their waveforms interact, either annuling or reinforcing one another.



Waveforms are intimately tied to characteristics like electric charge, and we could thus expect the charges on the two electrons to change.



But electron charge does not vary; it is always 1.602 x (-19) coulombs. Instead the virtual photons emerge out of the vacuum and act to readjust the system. The stress generates them and by their creation is the stress concluded.

The Dark Night of the Soul cont.
15:50 Dec 27 2005
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The only thing to do is obey your inner voice and become still,

waiting for the inner transformation, (which the "Dark Night"

heralds), to take place. You may not be aware for a very long time

of the results of that inner change, but when the desire to work

comes again and the depression lifts, the Dark Night has (for a

moment) passed. No one can help during this time, and in many cases

there is hardly anyone to turn for advice. One must disregard the

well-meaning advice of family and friends to "snap out of it" this

is no ordinary depression, but a deep spiritual experience which

only those who have passed through themselves (in other words to a

magical retreat) but for many, as the routines of everyday life

prohibits this, all you can do is cultivate an inner solitude, a

stillness and silence of heart, and wait, (like a chrysalis waits

for the inner changes that will result in a butterfly) for the

Transformation to work itself out. There are many such "Dark Nights"

that the occult seeker must pass through during the mysterious

process of mitigation. They are all trials but experience teaches

one to cope more efficiently.



With fractalic greetings and laughter

The Dark Night of the Soul - Fra.: Apfelmann
15:49 Dec 27 2005
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The Dark Night of the Soul

Fra.: Apfelmann



"The Dark Night of the Soul" is the name given to that experience of

spiritual desolation that all students of the Occult pass through at

one time or another. It is sometimes characterized by feelings that

your occult studies or practices are not taken you anywhere, that

the initial success that one is sometimes granted after a few months

of occult working, has suddenly dried up. There comes a desire to

give up on everything, to abandon exercises and meditation, as

nothing seems to be working. St.John of the Cross. a christian

mystic, said of this experience, that it;

"...puts the sensory spiritual appetites to sleep, deadens them,

and deprives them of the ability to find pleasure in anything.

It binds the imagination, and impedes it from doing any good

discursive work. It makes the memory cease, the intellect become

dark and unable to understand anything, and hence it causes the

will to become arid and constrained, and all the faculties empty

and useless. And over this hangs a dense and burdensome cloud,

which afflicts the soul, and keeps it withdrawn from the good."



Though the beginner may view the onset of such an experience with

alarm (I know I did), the "Dark Night" is not something bad or

destructive. In one sense it may be seen as a trial, a test by which

the Gods examine our resolve to continue with occult work, and if

you are not completely whole-hearted about your magical studies, it

is during this period (at its beginning) that you will give up. The

Dark Night of the Soul should be welcomed, once recognized for

what it is (I have always received an innate "warning" just before

the onset of such a period), as a person might welcome an operation

that will secure health and well-being. St.John of the Cross embraced

the soul`s Dark Night as a Divine Appointment, calling it a period

of "sheer grace" and adding;

"O guiding Night,

O Night more lovely than Dawn,

O Night that has united the lover with his beloved

Transforming the Lover in her Beloved."



When entering the Dark Night one is overcome by a sense of spiritual

dryness and depression. The notion, in some quarters, that all such

experiences should be avoided, for a peaceful existence, shows up

the superficiality of so much of contemporary living. The Dark Night

is a way of bringing the Soul to stillness, so that deep psychic

transformation may take place. All distractions must be set aside,

and it is no good attempting to fight or channel the bursts of raw

energy that from time to time may course through your being. This

inner compulsion to set everything aside results in the outer

depression, when nothing seems to excite.

The Mirror of Alchemy
15:45 Dec 27 2005
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CHAPTER I.

Of the Definitions of Alchemy.



In many ancient Books there are found many definitions of this Art, the intentions whereof we must consider in this Chapter. For Hermes said of this Science: Alchemy is a Corporal Science simply composed of one and by one, naturally conjoining things more precious, by knowledge and effect, and converting them by a natural commixtion into a better kind. A certain other said: Alchemy is a Science, teaching how to transform any kind of metal into another: and that by a proper medicine, as it appeared by many Philosophers' Books. Alchemy therefore is a science teaching how to make and compound a certain medicine, which is called Elixir, the which when it is cast upon metals or imperfect bodies, does fully perfect them in the very projection.





Of the natural principles, and procreation of Minerals.



Secondly, I will perfectly declare the natural principles and procreations of Minerals: where first it is to be noted, that the natural principles in the mines, are Argent-vive, and Sulphur. All metals and minerals, whereof there be sundry and diverse kinds, are begotten of these two: but: I must tell you, that nature always intends and strives to the perfection of Gold: but many accidents coming between, change the metals, as it is evidently to be seen in diverse of the Philosophers books. For according to the purity and impurity of the two aforesaid principles, Argent-vive, and Sulphur, pure, and impure metals are engendered: to wit, Gold, Silver, Steel, Lead, Copper, and Iron: of whose nature, that is to say, purity, and impurity, or unclean superfluity and defect, give ear to that which follows.



Of the nature of Gold.

Gold is a perfect body, engendered of Argent-vive pure, fixed, clear, red, and of Sulphur clean, fixed, red, not burning, and it wants nothing.



Of the nature of silver.

Silver is a body, clean, pure, and almost perfect, begotten of Argent-vive, pure, almost fixed, clear, and white, and of such a like Sulphur: It wants nothing, save a little fixation, color, and weight.



Of the nature of Steel.

Steel is a body clean, imperfect, engendered of Argent-vive pure, fixed & not fixed clear, white outwardly, but red inwardly, and of the like Sulphur. It wants only decoction or digestion,



Of the nature of Lead.

Lead is an unclean and imperfect body, engendered of Argent-vive impure, not fixed, earthy, dressy, somewhat white outwardly, and red inwardly, and of such a Sulphur in part burning, It wants purity, fixation, color, and firing.



Of the nature of Copper.

Copper is an unclean and imperfect body, engendered of Argent-vive, impure, not fixed, earthy, burning, red not clear, and of the like Sulphur. It wants purity, fixation, and weight: and has too much of an impure color, and earthiness not burning.



Of the nature Iron.

Iron is an unclean and imperfect body, engendered of Argent-vive impure, too much fixed, earthy, burning, white and red not clear, and of the like Sulphur: It wants fusion, purity, and weight: It has too much fixed unclean Sulphur, and burning earthiness. That which has been spoken, every Alchemist must diligently observe.

The Philospher's Stone
15:43 Dec 27 2005
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The Philospher's Stone - Edward Kelly



All specific and individual things which fall under a certain class, obey the general laws and are referable to the first principles of the class to which they belong.



Thus, every animal is the product of sexual union; every plant, of its proper seed; every mineral, of the mixture of its generic earth and water.



Hence, an unchangeable law of Nature regulates the generation og everything within the limits of its own particular genus.



It follows that, with reference to their origin, animals are generically distinct from vegetables and minerals; the same difference exists respectively between vegetables and minerals and the two other natural kingdoms.



The common and universal matter of these three principles is called Chaos.



Chaos contains within itself the four elements of all that is, viz., fire, air, water, and earth, by the mixture and motion of which the forms of all earthly things are impressed upon their subjects.



These elements have four qualities: heat, coldness, humidity, dryness. The first inheres in fire, the second in water, the third in air, the fourth in earth.



By means of these qualities, the elements act upon each other, and motion takes place.



Elements either act upon each other, or are acted on, and are called either active or passive.



Active elements are those which, in a compound, impress upon the passive a certain specific character, according to the strength and extent of their motion. These are water and fire.



The passive elements - earth and air - are those which by their inactive qualities readily receive the impressions of the aforesaid active elements.



The four elements are distinguished, not only by their activity and passivity, but also by the priority and posteriority of their motions.



Priority and posteriority are here predicated either with references to the position of the whole sphere, or the importance of the result or aim of the motion.



In space, heavy objects tend downwards, and light objects upwards; those which are neither light nor heavy hold an intermediate position.



In this way, even among the passive elements, earth holds a higher place than air, because it delights more in rest; for the less motion, the more passivity.



The excellence of result has reference to perfection and imperfection, the mature being more perfect than the immature. Now, maturity is altogether due to the heat of fire. Hence fire holds the highest place among active elements.



Among the passive elements, the first place belongs to that which is most passive, i.e., which is most quickly and easily influenced. In a compound, earth is first passively affected, then air.



Similarly, in every compound, the perfecting element acts last; for perfection is a transition from immaturity to maturity.



Maturity being caused by heat, cold is the cause of immaturity.



It is clear, then, that the elements, or remote first principles of animals, vegetables, and minerals, in Chaos, are susceptible of active movements in fire and water, and of passive movements in earth and air. Water acts on earth, and transmutes it into its own nature; fire heats air, and also changes it into its own likeness.



The active elements may be called male, while the passive elements represent the female principle.



Any compound belonging to any of these three kingdoms - animal, vegetable, mineral - is female in so far as it is earth and air, and male in so far as it is fire and water.



Only that which has consistency is sensuously perceptible. Elementary fire and air, being naturally subtle, cannot be seen.



Only two elements, water and earth, are visible, and earth is called the hiding-place of fire, water the abode of air.



In these two elements we have the broad law of limitation which divides the male from the female.



The first matter of vegetables is the water and earth hidden in its seed, these being more water than earth.



The first matter of animals is the mixture of the male and female sperm, which embodies more moisture than dryness.



The first matter of minerals is a kind of viscous water, mingled with pure and impure earth.



Impure earth is combustible sulphur, which hinders all fusion, and superficially matures the water joined to it, as we see in the minor minerals, marcasite, magnesia, antimony, etc.



Pure earth is that which so unites the smallest parts of its aforesaid water that they cannot be separated by the fiercest fire, so that either both remain fixed or are volatilized.



Of this viscous water and fusible earth, or sulphur, is composed that which is called quicksilver, the first matter of the metals.



Metals are nothing but Mercury digested by different degrees of heat.



Different modifications of heat cause, in the metallic compound, either maturity or immaturity.



The mature is that which has exactly attained all the activities and properties of fire. Such is gold.



The immature is that which is dominated by the element of water, and is never acted on by fire. Such are lead, tin, copper, iron, and silver.



Only one metal, viz., gold, is absolutely perfect and mature. Hence it is called the perfect male body.



The rest are immature and, therefore, imperfect.



The limit of immaturity is the beginning of maturity; for the end of the first is the beginning of the last.



Silver is less bounded bu aqueous immaturity than the rest of the metals, though it may indeed be regarded as to a certain extent impure, still its water is already covered with the congealing vesture of its earth, and it thus tends to perfection.



This condition is the reason why silver is everywhere called by the Sages the perfect female body.



All other metals differ only in the degree of their imperfection, according as they are more or less bounded by the said immaturity; nevertheless, all have a certain tendency towards perfection, though they lack the aforesaid congealing vesture of their earth.



This congealing force is the effect of earthy coldness, balancing its own proper humidity, and causing fixation in the fluid matter.



The lesser metals are fusible in a fierce fire, and therefore lack this perfect congealing force. If they become solid when cool, this is due to the arrangement of their aforesaid earthy particles.



According to the different ways in which this viscous water and pure earth are joined together, so as to produce quicksilver by coagulation, with the mediation of natural heat, we have different metals, some of which are called perfect, like gold and silver, while the rest are regarded as imperfect.



Whoever would imitate Nature in any particular operation must first be sure that he has the same matter, and, secondly, that this substance is acted on in a way similar to that of Nature. For Nature rejoices in natural method, and like purifies like.



Hence they are mistaken who strive to elicit the medicine for the tinging of metals from animals or vegetables. The tincture and the metal tinged must belong to the same root or genus; and as it is the imperfect metals upon which the Philosopher's Stone is to be projected, it follows that the powder of the Stone must be essentially Mercury.



That Mercury is the first matter of metals, I will attempt to prove by the saying of some Sages.

What is it to awaken, and where do you go from there?
04:09 Dec 23 2005
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“I just awakened. Who Can I Trust?” has been the motto of the judges of the Black Veil, also known as the 13 rules of community, a volunteer code of virtue for vampyres. The idiom in itself is quite incongruous. While the Black Veil itself is self-described at a volunteer act of commitment to ideals and civility, it implies the Black Veil should be trusted by all awakening vampyres. However, it is one's decision to adhere or not to observe to the dogmas and ideals cited within the Black Veil.



That is just an example of all dissimilarities you can find when it comes to vampyrism on the Internet.



So, who can you trust? The reply is not really an answer. It's more of a series of tips and caution you may want to use when it comes to separating truth from half-truths and plain lies:



1- Diversify your sources of instruction.



Countless people tend to only listen to one or two people within the community, and assume everything they say as holy prophecies. It is not a good way to learn about vampyrism, since the people who are “teaching” could well be manipulative and speak in the name of the community to teach things that would only benefit them. Find people, whether it be on the Internet, in real life, or vampyre pen pals of any kind, many people and make sure you aren't only limited to one point of view on the subject at hand.



2- Contrast your ways of gaining knowledge and use different Medias.



The Internet, while being a tremendous database of information, does not always include what we would seek in a quest for information. This is why one should not limit him or herself to only one media of information. Go to the library, rent books on the subject. If renting those kinds of books make you uncomfortable, you can ask one of your friends to rent it for you, or you can read it there and simply not buy it or show that you have been reading such books. There are plenty of medias of information filled with utterly relevant knowledge about our lifestyle and our ways, you simply have to find them.



3- Adras and Mentors are good. But not that good.



If you have an Adra, or a Mentor, you might be very much tempted to blindly aspire to his or her teachings, while asking no real questions or never questioning the mastery he or she represents. Of course, there is a limit to questioning authority, and you have to keep in mind that you still owe him or her an unconditional respect, but the knowledge you are fed through you Mentor or your Adra has to be filtered with lapses of reason and rationality. Most Mentors and Adras will understand that you may question what they teach you, some of them will put it as an objective in your relationship. Always remember that, even with the impressive amount of knowledge that your Mentor or your Adra may possess, he or she is still only a human being, and only one in billions.



4- Use common sense.



Surprisingly enough, most of the time, using common sense is the most difficult part in the process of filtering knowledge. You have to understand that even if rationality is not always seemingly present in vampyrism, there is still some logic followed by leaders and members of the Community. Learn to recognize the intent of teachers, Adras, Mentors, leaders, elders that is spread by their very teachings.



Finally, if you try to adapt some daily guidelines from those four instructions, you should be able to detect teaching flaws much easier, not only in vampyrism, but also in every aspect of life. Good luck and may your quests for knowledge bring you great inner adventures, new friends and much more!