However, the order I present is the original order, according to Isaac Myer, a recognized authority on the Kabalah and its history within Judaism. (See Diagram below). The reason for the switch is both to confuse Christians and to appease them. Ellen Canon Reed, author of The Witch’s Qaballa, notes that Wiccan students often stop at the point of Binah proceeding from ‘Hokhmah, because it seems “unnatural” to them. The reason for this is Binah is the Mother, while ‘Hokhmah is the Father. That the Father would give rise to the Mother is a strange concept in Wicca, yet a fundamental truth in Christianity. Other systems, which also switch Binah and ‘Hokhmah, view ‘Hokhmah as the Child. How does the Mother issue from the Child? It does not.

[Notations from Jeff Gerber, Philip Marsh and Tani Jantsang.
It is all more clearly explained in The Dark Doctrines, chapter on Kabala in book.]

In The White Goddess, Robert Graves lays out the mythic yearly cycles of the early religion of the British Isles region. The general cycle, preserved in modern Wicca, involves the Great Goddess giving birth to King God, who then performs symbolic actions (including reaching adulthood and impregnating his mother), and dies at the end of the year, only to be born anew. This mythic cycle mirrors the relationship of Binah to ‘Hokhmah, where Binah gives rise to ‘Hokhmah, (the Mother births the Son),

It is difficult to describe what “reality” was like at this point, as the universe had not yet come into being. We are talking here about something that precedes space, time, matter and energy. If the Universe can be said to consist of anything, it can be said to consist of the two Pillars, upon which Binah and ‘Hokhmah sit. ‘Hokhmah sits atop the Pillar of Force. Think of this sphere as Shiva. Binah sits atop the Pillar of Form. Think of Binah as Shakti. Tantrik ontology teaches us that the entire universe is an interplay between Shiva and Shakti (Rawson, 1994). Although the spheres of Binah and ‘Hokhmah are “no more,” their place on the Left and Right paths of the Tree of Life represents, in some way, the attributes of the spheres in their columns.

The next Triad, the Middle Triad, is composed of Geburah, ‘Hessed and Tiphareth. In the diagram above, Geburah is given the name “Pa’had.” However, most occult texts will use some form of the term “Geburah.” We will refer to the fifth Sepheroth by this title. Geburah and ‘Hesed form a complementary pair. Traditionally, ‘Hesed is said to precede Geburah, but at this point “precede” is a relative term. ‘Hesed is space. Geburah is also space, but it is not our space. Rather, it is a “space outside space.” This is the Mychos referred to in the last chapter – the Absolute Elsewhere. When the Universe was but these two aspects, all was violence and chaos. The two attempted to cancel each other out, flickering endlessly through existence and non-existence, with no regards for the conventions of “before” and “after”. What gave order to these spheres is the next one: Tiphareth. This sphere is Time. Now, there are two types of “time.” The first is the concept of a flow-of-events. This is the “time” that most of us are aware of from personal experience. Monday is not Friday, because different things happened on Friday than on Monday. Tiphareth is not this type of time; Tiphareth is Time with a capital T – the time of the “Space time continuum.” This is itself a misnomer, because the reality of Geburah requires us to think in terms of a “space-nonspace-time continuum.” Tiphareth allowed Geburah and ‘Hesed to “take turns.” While this may seem as a gross personification, it is accurate.

Next is the Lower Triad or Tetrad. A Tetrad is a group of four, and indeed there are (now) four lower Spheres. However, Ye’sod and Makulth were at one time a single Sphere: Bahu. Before we discuss this, let us touch briefly on Netza’h and Hod. These Spheres are almost interchangeable, and both came into existence at the same time. To those who have activated their Ninth Circuit, Hod is perceived of as an Airy Fire, and Netsah as a Fiery Air. These are virtually the same substance, with Hod being just slightly more like air than like fire, and Netsah being slightly more like fire than like air.

This is interesting, because in traditional Kabbalah, Hod is corresponds to the logical part of the human psyche (Think), and Netza’h corresponds to the emotional part (feel). Like the pre-physical Hod and Netza’h described above, "think" and "feel" are manifestly different enough to be experienced as two separate aspects, yet their substance is the same. The ultimate test of the purity of one's heart is how closely "think" and "feel" match up, merge and blend together.

Hod, Netza’h and Bahu are what energy and matter was before it was matter or energy. The best term for this is “Primeval Light.” It is difficult to express what exactly is different, in physical terms, between Hod and Netza’h. Clearly, this is not “Matter” and “Anti-Matter.” This goes against conventional scientific theories, but my own belief, from the study of Kaballah, is that the nature of the universe’s formation did not result in slightly more matter than anti-matter, but rather a near-total absence of anti-matter. It is as if the rules that define the universe favor matter, although there appears to be nothing in the known mechanics of the universe to explain this phenomenon. The “light-matter-energy-potentiality” of Bahu, Hod and Netza’h existed as something strange and exotic to what we normally know, even what we “unnormally” know through quantum theory. It’s not just that this is something that is both matter and energy (for particles in the modern universe are also both matter and energy), but it is also both a potential and an actuality at the same time. Although by this stage ordered time and space have already come into being, the universe is still a singularity. This is the universe after Planck Time, and during the Inflation, but before matter and energy became ordered.

Then came the Crisis. In Christian terms, this was a War in Heaven. Something happened when Bahu split open and Hod and Netza’h mixed. When the universe cooled and the “Primeval Light” found the previous super-symmetry of singularity had broken down into asymmetry, the universe had entered into a new stage, where potential had become actual. Those who have “memory” of this (from the Eighth or Ninth circuit, discussed in the previous chapter), find this memory to be horrible. The last of the Emanations, the Bahu, came into being and split asunder. This is the “Abyss” of Greco-Roman mythology, from which all actual things emerge. When the Bahu split, suddenly “things” existed as something apart from “potential.” In terms of modern physics, the universe had an Objective State Reduction from “everything” to “something.” The Bahu became the two sephera of Ye’sod and Malkuth. Ye’sod is called the “sphere of illusion” in the occult, because there are more possible states and outcomes than there are actual states or outcomes. When an object is in “quantum superposition,” it is in Ye’sod. It is an “illusion” in the Universe, for it breaks the First Law of Thermodynamics, that energy and matter cannot arise from nothing, and cannot be destroyed. Yet, when a thing is in two places at once through the use of quantum superposition, is it not objectively the same as being two things? When a particle or wave becomes superposed, an “illusion” of it enters our universe, effectively “creating” a new particle or wave. When it then becomes objectively reduced, the other potential states then leave our universe, although they can be said to exist as potentials within Ye’sod. Malkuth is the classical level universe, and everything in it. Malkuth is the reality we see around us every day. The other spheres do impact on this reality, of course. We will discuss this interaction in more detail in the next chapter.

3. Metaphysics
NOTE: DO NOT HAVE THIS. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN OR IS ENCOMPASSED IN THE OTHER ARTICLES HERE.

4. Aesthetics
NOTE: DO NOT HAVE THIS. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN OR IS ENCOMPASSED IN THE OTHER ARTICLES HERE. 5. THEURGY (ONTOLOGY)

Formal Definitions:
1: a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being
2: a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of existence

Informal Definition: "What am I looking at?"

Magic, it has been said, is the ability to cause change in reality through an act of Will. Many occultists will argue as to what exactly magic is, what exactly Will is, and even what exactly change is. Arguing about reality is a little harder. Because a working knowledge of reality is so essential for functioning, (people with distorted or incomplete knowledge of the basics of "reality" are usually referred to as "crazy"), most people never question what exactly reality is.

As my goal here is to write a chapter, and not a book, I will try to keep things short. The problem with metaphysics is that it is either grounded in physics, or it is pulled out of the ass of people with dissociate personality disorders (in other words, people who have a problem relating to reality).

Ontology is the study of the nature of existence. In the past, we believed everything that existed was either matter or energy, (which is really the same thing), and exist within time and space (which also appear to be the same thing). For practical reasons, we shall assume this position, although the existence of virtual particles does add more to the mixture than first recognized. More on those later.

Existence is a linguistic phenomenon. Obviously, some things are quite tangible, like a VCR or a puppy, and follow the infamous “wheelbarrow test,” in that they can be placed into a wheelbarrow. Other things are processes, such as the policies and procedures of organizations, or the physical laws of the universe. Even things like unicorns and elves can be said to have some sort of existence, even if that one is as a fantasy or a myth. A radical solution to the problem is just to declare that anything that can be experienced is real, in some linguistic sense. Even if the experience is the experience of contemplating in the imagination. This is a linguistic solution to a linguistic problem, and is a valid metaphysical stance only if one is unconcerned with the nature of the real, outside of our communication of it. This solution only solves the problem of the symbolic.

As stated earlier in our chapter on Epistemology, reality is not as big of a deal for humans as survival. Human beings are social animals, and especially in today’s world, the social is far more important than the real. The book Simulacra and Simulation (ISBN# 0-472-06521-1) deals with this dichotomy, and the ever-increasing schism between social reality and what is actually going on.

Although an understanding of the symbolic is a necessary to manipulate other’s perceptions of it, it should not be confused with an understanding of the real. An understanding of the real is what I will touch upon in this chapter.

The best way to go about understanding the nature of reality, from a magical/spiritual point of view, is to look at the interactions of the Sephera of the Tree of Life in how they affect matter, energy, processes and even number. This is where the Triads become quite important to our understanding. This time, we’ll work our way from the bottom up.

Malkuth is our physical world. Belief that Malkuth exists is expressed by the axiomatic phrase “existence exists.” Malkuth forms a tetrad with Hod, Netsah and Yesod. As discussed earlier, Yesod touches upon our world through the phenomenon of quantum superposition. Quantum superposition is the state of an object being in many states at once. The most widely known example of this is Schrödinger’s Cat. In this experiment (which fortunately is a thought experiment, and not an actual superimposed slaying/not-slaying of a cat), a cat is anesthetized and placed in isolation. A single photon is fired through a half-silver mirror. This mirror reflects half of the light that hits it. The other half goes through it. Behind the mirror is a triggering mechanism for a cyanide gas capsule, which will kill the cat instantly. The traditional way of thinking of this is that, since the photon is in a state of superposition where it both passes through the mirror and is reflected by the mirror, the cat itself will be both alive and dead until someone observes it. (The anesthesia keeps the cat from observing itself).

In his book, Shadows of the Mind, mathematician Sir Roger Penrose points out the problem with this experiment, and this is a problem of scale. This scale exists because of the nature of gravity. Gravity, measured by mass, is a distortion in the fabric of space-time. When an object is superposed, the combination of the two states of existence creates two distinct curvatures in space-time, making a “blister.” It is of the nature of space-time to resolve this “blisters” rather quickly above the one-graviton level (about the mass of an adult flea). This is why we don’t have supposition of planets in our solar system, weather patterns on our planet, or even rain drops in our weather patterns. Reality, at the human scale, is about probability, not superposition. Quantum superposition may, however, play a role within neurons, and give rise to consciousness. If this is the case, then the fundamental unit of reality, the Quantum Matrix, is also the fundamental origin of consciousness. This would mean that consciousness is part of the universe itself.

The sephera of Netsah and Hod are the domains of emotion and reason, respectively. This seems quite reasonable, given the quantum nature of consciousness. This is not to say that the distinct nature and functions of reason and emotion is somehow separate from the classical level neurophysical and neuroelectrical processes.

The middle triad, Geburah, Chessed and Tipereth, are referred to as the Three Gates. The interaction of these Gates on the physical universe is responsible for the shape of matter. For convenience, the following information is reprinted.

As stated before, the Supernal Triad of Kether, Binah, and Chokmah do not exist anymore. [Review Kabalah essay for more information] THIS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BOOK “THE DARK DOCTRINES” BY TANI JANTSANG, AVAILABLE FROM LULU OR AMAZON OR OTHER. It can also be found at www.satanicreds.org under DDoc "THREE GATES AND THE TANGRAM"

6. ETHICS

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Explaining Self-Worship

There is a tendency within Satanism to explain Satanism as the worship of the self. As previously discussed, modern Satanism is a response to a changing attitude towards a preoccupation with the self. Whereas previously, concern for oneself was a sin, it now became a sort of virtue. Almost every Satanist you are likely to encounter will profess to worshipping themselves, but very few will be able to explain it. Too often, these attempts at worshiping oneself come across as acting like a prick. The Temple has codified the different aspects of self-worship, and we believe that worship of the self is not only a valid expression of the religious urge, but is clearly a path towards happiness.

Although there are five virtues here, they should not be confused with the Principles of the pentagram. Those Principles are immanent and intrasubjective. The Principles are Left-Hand path in that they either manifest fully within an individual, or they do not. They are not something a person can acquire, or learn by study and practice. On the other hand, the virtues of Self-Worship aren't completely Right-Hand Path, in that they are not so much rules to follow as they are simple "virtues" that, if one follows them, will enable to person to be both happy and ethical. I consider these to be "Middle Path," the way that Mahayana Buddhism is "Middle Path." The five aspects of self-worship are Left-Hand Path in that they are a path towards enlightenment, although slow and methodical. They are Right-Hand Path in that it is a path of deeds - worship (even the worship of the self) is an activity. Those who manifest the five aspects of self-worship are expected to demonstrate it in their lives, not just in their minds.

The aspects are defined in detail below:

Intelligence
Intelligence is not as self-explanatory as it might seem. Worshipping one’s intelligence doesn’t mean going out and proving how much smarter you are than everyone else. Intelligence is also not the same as IQ. While there is a correlation between the two, an IQ test is most accurate at predicting academic achievement.

What is Intelligence, in terms of self-worship? Most people think of intelligence in terms of a highly developed Third-Circuit of awareness, (see the first chapter on Theology). However, this is simply “reasoning ability.” Although this is an aspect of intelligence, it is not the whole of it. Intelligence is the ability to understand what you know. This also includes the ability to understand what you don’t know.

For example, let’s say that someone announces herself to be a registered member of the Republican Party. What do we know about this individual? Some people would jump to the conclusion that we know her to be someone likely to vote Republican. Yet, we actually don’t know that. Given our limited set of facts, it may be true that they only vote for the most unfavorable Republican candidate in the primary, and then vote against this candidate in the actual election.

This does not mean that we must paralyze ourselves with never making guesses. However, intelligence certainly is the ability to acknowledge a guess as a guess. For people who already do this, the concept is difficult to understand. For people that don’t, the concept is difficult to implement. The human mind abhors ignorance, and will fill in ignorance with assumption. This is why “first impressions” are so powerful and hard to change. First impressions involve filling the gaps of what we do not know with what seems likely to us. Yet, why should first impressions be hard to change when new data comes to light? While making guesses is a normal part of being human, it becomes counterproductive when the person in question is unable to adjust their perceptions in light of new data. Not surprising, those who can do this mental “find and replace all” on their notions often have far more accurate first impressions. This is due to the ability to learn from their mistakes.

While judging people is a prime example, there are others. As a rule, you will notice that people lacking in intelligence often are more committed to doing something that doesn't work. While it should be simple to avoid those things that don't work, in favor of those that do, many people will repeat the same activity with more force. One humorous example is the American tourist who, when encountering someone who does not speak English, talks louder and slower. It is unfortunate that even those who are normally regarded as clever sometimes cling to ideas or behaviors that they should know from experience are counterproductive.

There is no moral obligation in the Temple of Lylyth to be, or act, smart. It serves no purpose to cover up one’s ignorance through lies, assertions, bluffing or anger. Too often, we are punished for asking honest, sincere questions. This is especially true in occultism, where those who have more “knowledge” (defined as raw data, rather than truthful information) often lord it over those who would ask.

The flip side of intelligence is illusion. Illusion is when a person refuses to see reality for what it is. Usually, it is because they have a pre-conceived notion about something. Illusion happens when emotions and intellect work against each other. The person refuses to see the truth because they don’t want to see the truth. The truth hurts their hearts, so their hearts use the lie as a wall of defense from the horrors of reality. Illusion.

Individuality
Much ink has been spilt over the subject of individuality.

Unfortunately, the concept of individuality has been hijacked by the concept of “style.” Individuality is not the result of how you dress, but rather who you are.

Individuality comes from the words for “not dividable.” Essentially, this is taken to mean that the single person is the quantum unit of the state, an “individual citizen.” However, the deeper meaning implied is that one is not divided by desires to be like (or unlike) other people. The true individual is a whole person, and defines themselves only against themselves.

Certainly, individuality is not to be confused at all with an adolescent state of rebellion. Rebellion, in children, is a way for them to convince themselves that they have an existence apart from their parents. I leave the handling of this to the parents themselves. A true individual already understands his personality may be affected both through heredity and environment by his parents, but does not go out of his way to gain disapproval, and thereby validate his separation.

Individuality is a state of freedom, in the inner sense. One can be in jail, and still be an individual. One can be the leader of a nation, and not be. This doesn’t mean not caring what others think of you. After all, what others think of you has a real-world impact on your goals. However, if someone thinks ill of you, his or her thoughts will not affect your self-image. In fact, someone who is truly an individual has no self-image.

“Image,” in fact, is the opposite of Individuality. Many Satanists will claim to worship their Ego. Most of those who do have no idea what an Ego is, although they are probably accurate. An Ego is a false sense of self. Because of the ultimately false nature of the Ego, the person in question will seek “ego validation” from others. Others cannot validate the true self, as it is the essence of an individual. Conversely, others cannot invalidate the true self. The unique nature of the true, individual self, and its inability to be influenced by any external forces, has lead some occultists to believe this to be supernatural in nature.

Indulgence
Indulgence is a complex issue. This word has a bad connotation, because it usually applies to things that are unhealthy towards the individual, his finances, or his relationship with other people. Thanks to Anton LaVey, it also has a far more sexual connotation within Satanism than it should. Indulgence is linked conceptually to "sin," and the taint of sin has left a lasting impression on Western culture. The advertisers of ice cream and gourmet cookies use this taint to their advantage. Part of the popularity of Satanism also draws from this taint.

Indulgence, in the Lylythian sense, means doing what you want to do. This also includes not doing what you don’t want to do. For example, if you don’t want to slam your face in a waffle iron, then you should feel no guilt about abstaining from this. Yes, it is possible to indulge in abstinence. Do not let anyone, no matter how big their pentagram or how many Satanic organizations they belong to, convince you that you are being somehow “un-Satanic” by choosing to do what you want to do.

The opposite of indulgence is not abstinence. Let me state again: you can indulge in abstinence. The opposite of indulgence is iniquity. Iniquity is not compulsion. You can be compelled to do things that benefit you (for example, my body is compelled to breathe, and I would pass out of denied this compulsion for too long). You can also do things that are harmful without being compelled. Very few Heroine addicts begin their addictions with people forcing needles into their arms against their will.

Iniquity is something akin to perversion, without the sexual connotation. Unfortunately, the Western world has a hang-up with sex. It's difficult to say why, as many mainstream Christians have no problem with reproductive sex, or even non-reproductive sex within the confines of marriage, yet many historical Christian heresies, like the Bogomills, thought that the greatest crime of all was to reproduce, thus trapping a soul into matter. Iniquity is when one "indulges" in something which is destructive to the individual. This can be different for different people. For example, voluntarily spending the night outside nearly naked in sub-zero weather would be iniquity for most people in America, yet for those who have the cold adaptation for "Tumo," there is no problem at all. The best way to judge if Indulgence or Iniquity motivates another's action is to look at the results. Indulgence leads to self-enhancement, while iniquity leads to self-destruction.

Intuition
Intuition is something everyone has, but few people have properly developed. Intuition is the ability to process information you might not logically understand. Intuition is an important part of magic. Sometimes, you’ll have an inclination to do something you wouldn’t normally do. If at all possible, follow that inclination, for this is your intuition talking. Another term for intuition is “instinct.” We don’t use this term publicly, because of the connotation with neo-Satanic groups of thinking this means “act like an asshole.” Actually, in many species (including humans), there are instincts to help others, and to trust others. Of course, there are also instincts that run counter to the law! It is an instinctive reaction to someone even mildly hungry to want to simply take food from another. Barter exists in many species, especially primate groups. Currency is a human trait. Money is an abstraction. The world we evolved in was one where getting food was as easy as hunting an animal, or picking some fruit. The world we currently live in is one where we other people own the sources of food, and demand you pay for what you eat. Intuition requires self-discipline, and an understanding on which instincts to act upon. Self-discipline is what separates a human being from an "Id."

Most people you are likely to encounter have been systematically taught to ignore their intuition. Authors Wayne Hill and Tani Jantsang outline this process in detail in the monograph “Convalescence from Christianity,” (available from Satan2000). Because of this, the simple lessons such as “if you’re afraid of something, you probably should be,” require large books to get their message across, (see the book, the Gift of Fear).

The opposite of intuition is Insensitivity. This doesn’t mean not caring about the feelings of someone else, but rather not caring about one’s own feelings. When a person starts ignoring their own intuitions, and acting in a way counter to them, they cease to be fully alive in the animal sense of the word. Rather, they are oblivious to what their body wants, and what it tries to tell them. Insensitivity occurs when the “mind” tries to take over the “body.” This results in asceticism, perversion, or other corruptions of the human’s true nature. If this goes on too long, a sense of numbness will pervade over the person, as the body simply gives up relaying information to the brain, and the brain becomes better at ignoring the information relayed.

Integrity
Integrity means, literally, being integrated. This means having all parts of yourself working together in harmony. Instinct, Will, and Intellect should all be one continuous whole. Integrity is what makes the other aspects of self worship work, and what keeps them from transforming into their opposite aspects. Another word for Integrity is “Innocence.” This is not to be confused with ignorance or naiveté. Ignorance is lack of knowledge. Innocence is a complete understanding of the knowledge of what is right and wrong. It is the ability to draw a line and say, “No more, no further. This is something that would harm me.” Innocence, in the occult sense, means not having violated one’s self.

The opposite of integrity would be to take one’s self, one’s innate innocence, and throw it away. The only word that fits the pattern of alliteration for this is insanity, and indeed those who have broken their innocence are insane. They are corrupt, vile, not to be trusted. Violating any of the above four virtues is a Klippothic act, but violating one’s integrity, one’s innocence, is the barrier that separates the merely Klippothic from the full-blown Klippoth.

Of all the aspects of Self-Worship, Integrity is the most Left-Hand Path. It is hard to tell someone with a disintegrated self to simply integrate and be whole again. Unfortunately, the process of growing up in America seems to be a process of disintegration. The one book I have found that really touches the subject in healing the neurological damage is "Vamacara Tantra Volume Two," by Roderick Marling. I would suggest this book as an active form of Self-Worship. The root philosophy is very much in tune with the Temple of Lylyth, and none of the exercises within are dangerous (e.g. you will not find the Chöd right even mentioned). If done consistently and with a sincere heart, one can expect to see dramatic improvements in mind-body unity. As of the time of publishing, this book is only available from http://www.kamakala.com.

7. POLITICS

Politics is often seen as ethics on a grand scale. While ethics relates to how individuals should treat each other, politics is the branch of theology that deals with how groups should treat each other. The Temple of Lylyth has a very "Green" political philosophy, based on the premise that the Divine as Manifested through Life is sacred, and more important than the assumed "rights" of any individual. Because of the nature of politics as being the interaction between groups, I have used the word "we" to denote the Temple of Lylyth as a political entity. This also includes the components of the Temple of Lylyth (in other words, the individual members). These nine statements make up the principles by which the Temple of Lylyth governs itself, and would prefer to be governed.

1.) Personal and Collective Empowerment.
In order for any real progress to be made, patterns of dominance learned from the Tree of Destruction (http://www.geocities.com/satanicreds/all-tod.html) must be replaced with a culture of liberation. Dominance and other forms of oppression are barriers to personal and collective empowerment. We combat societal prejudices and inequities based on race, gender, class, age, sexual orientation, and other social divisions. We seek to develop societal ethics that nurture the full potential of each human being. We use cooperative decision-making processes. We try to remain sensitive and receptive to continual change as both positive and inevitable. This is the sixth Lylythian statement in action.

2.) Ecological Integrity
The Temple of Lylyth respects and acknowledges the cycles of life, and the interconnectedness of all. This means developing a politics based on the Wiccan/Satanic Principle that people are part of nature, not on top of it. We think and act in terms of the viability of ecosystems. We work under the principle that economic justice and ecological integrity are mutually consistent and achievable. As Lylythians, we must do our part to protect the Earth.

3.) Global Responsibility
A successful magician understands that he is part of a larger system. We recognize our country (whatever country it may be) as part of a global whole. We urge our country to establish friendly relations with other nations in the spirit of mutual respect and assistance. We work to identify and resist the forces in my country that hinder the democratic self-determination of other peoples. We respect and encourage indigenous models of development, rather than the imposition of Western corporate fascism.

4.) Participatory Democracy in Economic and Political Life
From Satanism, the rejection of all forms of Tyranny follows. The problem with American democracy/plutocracy as it exists today is that is does not allow citizens to have a real voice in the decisions that effect the ecological and work structures in which they exist. Having this right would help ensure appropriate technologies and equitable distribution of social resources and employment for all.

5.) Local and Regional Autonomy
An identity of a group persists and expresses itself with unique cultures. The theme of the 19th Enochian key is best expressed as "infinite diversity in infinite form." In human social groups, this manifests as communities empowering themselves through an equitable distribution of wealth and power among regions. We seek to promote and nourish regionally based culture, while guaranteeing human rights for all ethnic, cultural and racial minorities.

6.) Nonviolence
One of the most fundamentally recognized magical principles is “Energy Flows Where Attention Goes.” When attention is focused on violence, one’s life becomes a quagmire of violence. Violence is inherently stressful to the organism made to participate in it. Seek alternative solutions.

7.) Respect for Diversity
We welcome and honor cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious, political, biological, and spiritual diversity within the context of social and ecological interdependence. Diversity as a means of separation between peoples leads to “National Socialism”, no matter which race or group of people practices it. NOTE: Nationalism (eg. country, place) is OK. It is ETHNO-Nationalism which leads to bad things.

8.) Emotional Awareness and Honesty.
Lylyth represents the perfect union of thought and instinct, rather than internal opposition between intellect and desire. It follows, then, that awareness of feeling and unconscious behavior patterns in ourselves and others (and of their social and historical roots) act as a foundation for the creation of a cooperative community, participatory institutions, social harmony with nature, and self-empowerment.

9.) Government exists to serve the individual.
Satan represents responsibility to the responsible. A civilized government (in the Satanic sense) has the responsibility to provide quality health care, nutrition, shelter, economic security, relevant education, meaningful and rewarding work, full reproductive rights, childcare, and a safe and healthy environment to its citizens. The opportunity for the fulfillment of creative potential-both individual and societal-can only be realized through a fully democratized society, where everyone has equal political access to decision-making and enjoys complete freedom from political persecution

8. SOTERIOLOGY

“We can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do, by what we deny ourselves, by what we resist and who we exclude; I think we got to measure goodness by what we embrace, by what we create, and who we include.” -- Chocolat (2000)

The English word religion comes from the Latin term religare, meaning, “to tie back.” The etymology of religion gives the term the denotation of restriction. Religion is what ties you back from acting on your desires. The term the Lylythian tradition uses for this is “negative religion.” On the other hand, a spiritual philosophy can reconnect you with the truths about your spiritual self. A religion can re-link you with the Divine, and tie you back to the Source. We call this “positive religion.”

In order to understand salvation, one must first understand damnation. There are people who are already in the Inferno, even as they live and breath. These are Klippoths. They are people in whom the flame of life has been damaged. The psychological term for this condition is alexithymia. It is a state of having the intellect completely removed from the emotions, causing an internal state of strife and conflict within an individual. The inner and outer of a person often mirror each other; thus Klippoths spread conflict to those around them.

There are many “flavors” of Klippoth, but the two most recognizable are Akathartic and Ophionic. Akathartic literally means “unable to release emotions.” Akathartic people spend their lives in a state of inner fear, as they are unable to let go of consuming emotions. These emotions are often bundles of mixed feelings, such as love mixed with rage and sadness mixed with euphoria. When the individual can no longer hold these emotions back, the individual experiences these jumbled and out-of-context emotions and comes Ophionic. The term comes from the mystical snake Ophioneus, who in the Pythagorean tradition occupied the very bottom of the pentagram. In the Lylythian tradition, this is technically called “Kali,” named after the Goddess who eats her own children. The image is frightening: negative, twisted anima, destroying instead of nurturing.

To have something like this inside of you is to lack authentic anima. Those who are Ophionic, and understand what is happening to them, feel “consumed” and sometimes “pursued” by some outside thing, as if Ophion were an entity. This feeling can be trigged by stimuli such as spider webs or seeing a spider, seeing a lizard eat something (usually a bug) or by a visual representation of the Ophionic, for example Sir Frances Dicksee’s “La Belle Dame Sans Merci.” (Shown below). Almost always, this is manifested as some sort of fear of Time. Baudelaire wrote, “Le Temps mange la vie.1” In the film, “Star Trek: Generations,” the character of Dr. Søren states, “Time is the fire in which we burn. Right now, captain, my time is running out. We leave so many things unfinished in our lives. I know you understand.” In film and literature, the theme of “Time” and the desire to escape its predatory claws returns time and time again, from Doctor Lector trying to reverse Hawking’s equations to Arnold Rimmer wishing he wasn’t held back in school, the desire to change, reverse or escape time is a hallmark of what makes otherwise sane and good people Ophionic.

The Ego and the biological entity trying to destroy each other usually typify Ophionic states. The usual results involve large monitory losses on behalf of the individual attempting to purchase a new identity (often without really trying to “sell” the old one, which he sees as no longer valuable). The individual can attempt to join various groups, (military groups, religious orders, cults, gangs, etc.) in order to re-create a sense of identity and belonging. When and if the individual comes back to their senses, they usually run from both the group and the identity, often with the same disregard for the money spent.

Fortunately for the reader, most Klippoths are of the Akathartic bent. Rather than attempting to destroy everything in and around themselves, Akathartics simply want to control it. Their behavior isn’t obsessive-compulsive in the classical sense, so much as it typified by anosognosia and alexithymia. Anosognosia is the “numb, empty feeling” that Akathartics have. It is a general state of having one’s senses, especially kinesthetic senses, turned OFF. Often, pain is the only thing that these people ever really feel, and even that is turned down. One theory is during our initial adaptation of agriculture and civilization, the ability to turn off one’s feelings of pain become a great asset, and has persisted with us for a long time. Alexithymia is the inability to know what you’re feeling. One Klippothic gentlemen I dealt with had learned much of his dynamics of “power” from his stepmother. He described an incident where he was acting up as a young child, perhaps two or less. He was hit as a punishment for being disruptive. Rather than the usual reaction of crying, he discovered that it didn’t hurt enough to cause an involuntary reaction. He announced “That didn’t hurt!” in defiance, and was hit again, harder. He summoned all his will to stop from reacting to the pain. He kept saying “That didn’t hurt!” and kept being hit harder and harder until eventually he was no longer able to contain the crying. In recalling this, he started to weep and he had no idea why. Because this man was spiritually aware, this realization of anosognosia frightened him. Although an Akathartic Klippoth may attempt to control you, and might even use Klippothic Theurgy such as “clinging” and “miasma” to get you to go their way, most Akathartics are willing to ignore you. Most people who can and do “cling” have no idea that they’re doing it. I am not talking about an emotional dependence, but rather a true spiritual attack that works at a distance. Those who do try to cling or inflict miasma are often relatives, friends, co-workers or others who have relatively intimate relations with you, and thus have more to gain through their clinging. However, it might just be someone who saw you and then started clinging. They might not even be aware of what they are doing.

The easiest way to break a cling is to ask someone with miasma to help you. Miasma is the opposite of charisma. Although a miasmic may not be unpleasant to be around, most “aware” people generally avoid them, because of the miasmic’s ability to control their thoughts and behavior. This control is often accompanied by very slow speech and gesturing patterns. Often, the words they use are extremely long explanations for why you should do what they want you to do, even if you’ve already stated your agreement to do it. This “languid” quality in their communication styles generally drives people to avoid them, if possible. Those who experience light-force magic in visually see the use of miasma as yellow, to the point where “yellow” is another term for using miasma. Because, like a clinger, most miasmics don’t know they’re doing any sort of “sorcery,” the best thing to do is simply explain your situation in non-magical terms and thank them for their help.

We live in a Klippothic world. The current world-age is known as the Kali Yuga, which loosely translates into “The Age of Death.” It is difficult to be a member of any nation or tribe in today’s world and not be affected in some way. For many of us, this means the acquisition of Klippothic traits and tendencies. If he vast majority of individuals in the West are borderline Klippothic, then there is a good chance the reader may be as well.
The question this raises is what can be done? How does one escape the self-destructive behavior of the Klippoth?

The first thing to realize is self-destruction is innately contradictory. The “self destruction” of a Klippoth rarely if ever seems destructive to them. If it does, then it is usually seen as part of a bargain. When a person is in the grasp of an Ophionic attack, it is usually accompanied not by pain, but by euphoria, as if they are wrapped in the essence of joy itself. The destruction is caused by the war between the Ego and the Shadow. The “Ego” is a false sense or projection of self. It is a set of rules, ideas, values, ethics, etc, which the individual uses to define who they are. The Shadow represents everything that may be within their range of behavior, but that they deny. This is often conceived in terms of evil, but not always. Romantic love usually involves seeing one’s Shadow in another person, and loving them because they represent something positive that one is not. It is difficult to believe that anything as beautiful and widely lauded as romantic love could be Klippothic, yet it is. It is the Ego interacting with the Shadow, and more often than not ends in the two partners hating each other. One way at looking at the cycle of romantic love turning to hatred is not that the feeling transformed, but rather the expression of it has. In other words, romantic love is really a form of hatred.

The problem is that the Ego, in its desire for stability or control, holds back the Black Flame’s natural flow. This holding back is what creates a Klippothic state.

The solution, as we have been told over 2,500 years ago, is to destroy the Ego. The problem with this solution is the Ego will fight tooth and nail to keep itself alive. This can be seen in the cycles of certain individuals to “re-invent” themselves periodically. They move their current and past sets of behavior into the “Shadow” and re-create an Ego to be their “new self” or “real self” or whatever. This is not to say that there is anything wrong with self-improvement per se. However, there is a big difference between a person with an Ego and a healthy individual setting out to learn the same set of skills. For example, consider enrolling in a dance class. The healthy individual thinks, “I want to learn how to dance.” The Ego-driven person thinks, “I want to be a dancer.” Healthy individuals focus on action and don’t think too much about themselves. The Ego-driven think of themselves in everything they do.

The irony is the best first-step in removing an Ego is to heal it. Yes, if you have an Ego it is imperative to make it a strong and healthy Ego. A frail Ego will keep on re-inventing and re-making rules, making it much harder to examine and eliminate. A strong Ego can actually be an asset in the Kali Yuga. Once the Ego is strong and healthy, the transition to an Egoless state is much easier.

It is beyond the scope of this book to tell the reader exactly how to achieve either strengthening or elimination of the Ego. The best book I have seen on the subject, however, is “How to Be an Adult” by David Richo and Kathlyn Hendricks (ISBN: 0809132230). One assurance that the authors have themselves reached this state is the truly magical style in which it is written. Robert J. Crayhon stated, “This book is so densely filled with useful advice that you cannot read more than a page without putting it down to reflect on how applicable it is.” It also helps to understand the forces that created the Ego in the first place. Another magical document is “Convalescence from Christianity” by Wayne Hill and Tani Jantsang. This explains how American culture manufactures a state of separation between Sensation, Will and Intellect, which is passed on in early childhood.

9.) Eschatology (Thanatology)
NOTE: DO NOT HAVE THIS FILE, THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS THE LAST ONE ON HERE SINCE THERE IS MUCH ABOUT THANATOLOGY IN THE FILE. Credo - Charge of the Goddess (complete) - Obviously, Kaiden knew that there were "cleaned up" versions that were NOT complete.

According to "Learn Religions, Charge of the Goddess history and variations":
https://www.learnreligions.com/charge-of-the-goddess-history-and-variations-4151704

Charge of the Goddess is perhaps one of the best-known pieces of ritual poetry in today’s magical community, and is often credited to author and priestess Doreen Valiente. The charge itself is a promise, made by the Goddess to her followers, that she will guide them, teach them, and lead them when they need her the most.

However, before Valiente, there were earlier variants, dating back at least as far as Charles Leland’s Aradia: Gospel of the Witches. Because, like so many other writings in today’s Pagan world, Charge of the Goddess has evolved over time, it’s almost impossible to attribute it to one single author. Instead, what we have is a constantly changing and fluid piece of ritual poetry, that each contributor has changed, modified, and rearranged to suit their own tradition.

Charles Godfrey Leland was a folklorist who roamed about the Italian countryside collecting legends during the final decade of the nineteenth century. According to Leland, he met a young Italian woman called Maddalena, who provided him with a manuscript about ancient Italian witchcraft and then promptly vanished, never to be heard from again. This, obviously, led some scholars to question the existence of Maddalena, but regardless, Leland took the information he claimed to have obtained from her and published it as Aradia: Gospel of the Witches in 1899.

More Information about this can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of_the_Goddess

There is a link on here to the entire Gospel of Aradia (the Witch's Gospel) already, but this is the ENTIRE poem, not just a part of it! It is definitely not "white light". Here:
https://www.satanicreds.org/satanicreds/aradia.html

Credo - And Still the Darkness was One.

THE DARKNESS WAS ONE - A DOCTRINE OF COSMOGENESIS
(Hindu Creation Myth written in Mongol or Tibetan, not sure)
translated: Tani Jantsang's Uncle - last paragraph written by Tani Jantsang, very 60s :)
This was a song done in the 60s. Go to website to hear song.
https://www.guardiansofdarkness.org/GoD/eoDagon23/darkness-is-one.html

The Eternal Parent, wrapped in invisible robes slumbered. Time was not, for it lay asleep in the infinite bosom of duration. Space was not, for there was no place or point. Darkness alone filled the Boundless All. And the Darkness was One.

The Seven Sublime Forms and the Five Truths were not yet, and the universe, the child of Necessity, had not yet been breathed out. Alone, the One Form of Being stretched boundless, infinite, causeless, in dreamless sleep. And life pulsated unconscious, throughout that all-presence. The Great Wheel was not yet. The Dark Formers and the Luminous Forms, were not yet. The Forms that come from No-form rested in the bliss of eternal non-being. And the Darkness was One.

A vibration thrills through Darkness, expanding within and without, touching the whole Universe which was now an embryo in Darkness. Then, the Ray flashed out into a web of 7 lights, and the 5 truths molded the whole into LIFE. Yet still, the Darkness was One.

And the Cosmos was born from the web, a woven fabric of many colors and tones. And the cloth was woven perfectly, no color dominated, yet none were the same; no tones were the same, yet all were harmonious; all blended in a variegated ever-changing cloth, whose capacity for infinite change was proof of the miracle of life.

And man was part of this woven fabric of life. And all man had to do to delight in this gift of life, was BE. But man was not content with the harmony in the fabric. And so man tried to change the fabric of the cloth and found that this was easy. Man wanted to have the blues dominate over the reds, to get rid of the greens and yellows; he wanted there to be the same tones, not different tones. And though most of the tones were gone, man found that what remained was a discordant, disharmonious noise that caused him much unrest. And finally, there was nothing left but a torn up, shredded, scrap of cloth: what remained of the fabric that was man. Yet still, the Darkness was One.

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NOTE: These files are also missing, I think they were never written or he’d have given them to me to save. There is more below them.

CHAPTER II

Part II - Magic

1.) Thaumaturgy and Theurgy, using the circuits
2.) Sorcery and Divination
3.) Thaumaturgic magic, a breif explanation
4.) Theurgic magic, a brief explanation
5.) Chöd - don't try this at home

Credo - Four Noble Truths.

Part III - Syncretism

1.) Very brief history of Wicca and Witchcraft
2.) Very brief history of Satanism and Shivite Nagism
3.) Very brief history of European and American intellectual history
4.) The Foundations of the Temple
5.) The Worship of the Self
6.) Mother of the Gods
7.) The Brood of Lylyth
8.) Holidays

Tego Arcania Dei
[I conceal the secrets of God]