lesser banishing ritual/the middle pillar

[Zhongyongdaoist]

As far as pronouncing it "johweh" there's no letter "J" in hebrew.

 

SonOfTheGods seems to be taking my little joke too seriously. I was basically suggesting that the fearsome JEHOVAH, as in Jehovah's Witness be pronounced Joey, the diminutive of Joseph. A kind of witty combination of the academic Yahweh with the fundamentalist Jehovah. Hebrew letters correspond to sounds and especially in older transliteration tables, the Hebrew letter 'yod' can be transliterated as i, y, or j.

 

When I did LBR and 'vibrated' YHVH 'out there the idea behind it certainly wasnt the worship-jealous old space vampire from the Bible ... it was an 'abstract elemental formula' that I saw as behind the manifestation of the physical world

 

That's pretty much how I took it. I am sure that I got the idea from reading Crowley's Magick in Theory and Practice at frighteningly tender age. I always took the Hebrew names in a Qabalistic context, not a Biblical one and since the Qabalah is billed as an esoteric interpretation of the Bible, the chimera's of Biblical fundamentalism did not apply and the relevant egregore would be that of Qabalah and the hermetic and magical tradition.

 

As for egregore's the textbook on them is:

 

Mouni Sadhu, The Tarot

 

And for me the summer 1968 was the summer of Mouni Sadhu's Tarot. I took money I got from my high school graduation and plucked down $12.50, plus tax, allowing for inflation $90.00 or more dollars of today's money. I read it three times cover to cover and many sections over and over again. Sadhu was to knock Crowley from the top of the heap, where he had been for some years, but was already tettering. The book tells you everything that you need to know about egregores. Unfortunately it is not an easy book to read or understand.

 

Getting back to Qabalah, I spent a lot of time in my early twenties trying to understand Macgregor-Mathers version of the Zohar. The more I read it the more the notion that it was some kind of an esoteric commentary on the Bible seemed untenable. Instead it seemed like someone or group was going to extravagant lengths to put ideas that they already had into biblical terms and defend them by Biblical means. I am almost certain that I got the idea of looking to Gnosticism to explain this was suggested by Gershom Scholom, but at this time I don't have an exact reference, be that as it may I started looking into Gnosticism, when a weird question,and I love weird questions, suddenly occurred and that was, 'What is the difference between the notion of Adam Kadmon and Anthropos, the Qabalistic and Gnostic names for the cosmic or archetypal .Man and the Platonic Idea of Man? After several years of investigating the question I reached the conclusion, not much and by 1981 I had reached similar conclusions to this book:

 

David Godwin, Light in Extention

 

Ironically written by this fellow:

 

I suggest obtaining a copy of Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia.

 

Cited in the material from which SonOfTheGods was quoting as having written the 'must have' book on Qabalistic correspondences. Its subject matter is aptly summarized in the first review:

 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to anyone. Godwin shows how Greek philosophy and mysticism has influenced thought, religion, and metaphysics throughout history. This book is essential for anyone studying the Qabbalah, Gnosticism, the Golden Dawn, Wicca, or any other magickal religion or system. It helps show the foundations on which all of these systems are built and shows how the ideas of Plato and Plotinus have grown, developed, and shaped modern thought.

 

Which creates another layer of meaning which divides the Qabalistic/Hermitic/Platonic context from the blood thirsty demon of the Old Testament.

 

As for separating Dao and Western magic that is another story.

 

 

 

Edit: I was rushed and accidentally hit post rather than more reply options, where I usually refine these before actually posting them. I had to make several minor changes, including replacing URLs with book titles and adjusting for font differences, this editor has no Hebrew. I hope this is all it needs.

 

Edit: Yes I had to make a second edit the reference to Godwin's Qabalistic Encyclopedia appeared in the original post as if it was SonOfTheGods recommendation, which it was not, rather than that of an author he was quoting. I hope I don't have to make anymore, that is why I try to refine these in the better editor here.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Zhongyongdaoist

[MooNiNite]

It won't take long to become like this

 

 

 

 

hahaha. too late.

Edited April 4, 2014 by MooNiNite

[Captain Mar-Vell]

...

And for me the summer 1968 was the summer of Mouni Sadhu's Tarot.

 

Zhongyongdaoist!

 

You are a smart man!

 

I have a book by Mouni Sadhu!

 

It was called I think simply "Concentration."

 

It was fantastic!

 

Actually it was the only thing remotely resembling a text of practical "yoga" (spiritual science/magic) that I ever read in my entire life.

 

The one thing.

 

All the rest was philosophy of every kind and pretty basic core religious scriptures.

 

And guru's and whatnot, philosophically or religiously oriented material.

 

I devoured Jiddu.

 

And comics.

 

And sci fi.

 

And fantasy fiction!

...

Edited April 4, 2014 by Captain Mar-Vell

[Apech]

Mouni Sadhu's Concentration was the first book on meditation I ever read.

[Zhongyongdaoist]

The Wikipedia article on Mouni Sadhu is good:

Wikipedia on Mouni Sadhu

[Apech]

The Wikipedia article on Mouni Sadhu is good:

 

Wikipedia on Mouni Sadhu

 

 

Very interesting ... and there's me assuming he was Indian. LOL

[Zhongyongdaoist]

Very interesting ... and there's me assuming he was Indian. LOL

Well, there's one more thing you can't judge a book by, the name of its author.

[Captain Mar-Vell]

...

Gosh.

 

Whilst salivating at the prospect of a book on Tarot by Mouni Sadhu recommended by Zhongyongdaoist, I saw he had another tempting title;

 

Theurgy: The Art of Effective Worship

 

I'll buy one of these books one day.

 

Impossible to choose from the zillion recommendations by ttb!

 

I might just sit here on my cushion instead.

 

Thank you very much, the wiki on Sadhu was indeed a great read.

...

Edited April 4, 2014 by Captain Mar-Vell

[Nungali]

Very interesting ... and there's me assuming he was Indian. LOL

 

 

Nah mate ! He was an Aussie . At least one book by him was in my first 'occult' library when I was about 17, around the time I got a Tarot deck ... I think it was a Tarot book ... that was a loooong time ago.

[Apech]

Nah mate ! He was an Aussie . At least one book by him was in my first 'occult' library when I was about 17, around the time I got a Tarot deck ... I think it was a Tarot book ... that was a loooong time ago.

 

 

Oh so he had a criminal record! I see. LOL.

[Captain Mar-Vell]

...

Christ Apech that was cheap.

 

Musta bin da evil Brits that sent 'im there!

 

...

Edited April 5, 2014 by Captain Mar-Vell

[Apech]

...

Christ Apech that was cheap.

 

Musta bin da evil Brits that sent 'im there!

 

...

 

Just revenge for the cricket.

[Nungali]

 

Oh so he had a criminal record! I see. LOL.

 

No ... he just had to get past the White Australian Policy

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Australia_policy

 

note - 1973

Edited April 6, 2014 by Nungali