THE ABYSS AND TABAET
A Study of Adversarial Mythology in Magick
By Michael W. Ford
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the following essay is to not only examine masks worn by
the fallen angels throughout history as well as to examine the
etymology of the spirit of self-liberation and opposition from the praxis of
occult thought. The very passing of power in the Circle of Witchcraft
and Sorcery is the averse way of bringing into union Daemon and Man, the
intent of the Adversary is life and the immortality of the spirit. As
“Luciferian Witchcraft” and “Liber HVHI” provide a foundation of sorcery
which incorporates an interwoven praxis of antinomianism and
self-deification, the essential origins of the Daemonic Feminine and Masculine
should be further understood by its origins.
What is regarded as common knowledge depicts that the Luciferian
spirit, what is found are the associative traits and that the Adversary has
existed long before Christianity. The Avestan texts as well as the
Denkard provide a wealth of knowledge of Ahriman from a right hand path
point of view, consider as such a veil which can only be passed through by
the Great Work of initiation.
The names and cultural expressions of the Adversary are briefly
explored as an introduction, from the ancient Persian, Hebraic and even Norse,
the Adversary appears in each. As tempter, war maker, wisdom bringer
and devouring predatory spirit. Look to the common aspects which make
the Opposer as a force of initiation.
Lucifer/Ahriman/Samael is a spirit which is made viable through the
Adept his/herself, this force is expressive of the individual, thus each
manifestation unique as the initiate in question.
THE PRIMAL ABYSS
“She filled their bodies with venom instead of blood. She cloaked
ferocious dragons with fearsome rays And made them bear mantles of radiance,
made them godlike,‘Whoever looks upon them shall collapse in utter
terror! Their bodies shall rear up continually and never turn away!’ She
stationed a horned serpent, a mushussu-dragon, and a lahmu-hero, An
ugallu-demon, a rabid dog, and a scorpion-man,Aggressive umu-demons, a
fish-man, and a bull-man Bearing merciless weapons, fearless in battle.”
-Enuma Elish
The dragon of the primal oceans of the abyss opened her veins and
filled her children with venom as blood, with a spell cracking the sky with
the blackened flame of her Will. To raise them as Gods which shall
master all forms of wolves, serpents and those beasts which prey upon
others is the desire of Tiamat. What she gave to humanity was never cleansed
from the ancient darkness in the subconscious, there is still a
coiling serpent within.
The ancient dragon which personified the primal sea was Tiamat,
according to George Barton the name Tiamat was equivalent to the same stem
which meant ‘tamtu’, being the primal waters of the Abyss. Tiamat is the
Adversary from a atavistic viewpoint, her form too terrible to
comprehend. An interesting concept of the demonic feminine as a motivational
factor in all life can be found in the archetype of Tiamat.
The Adversary, long hidden away in a morass of filth by those who would
hate the darkness, those who would commit greater crimes on humanity
and veil such in the words of God. They are indeed old, the two-fold
principle of darkness, known as the Adversary, call it Samael and Lilith
or the older Ahriman and Jeh, the very isolate God of Darkness. Tiamat
is the very first manifestation of this force, from a time when darkness
held in its arms hideous monsters, the very demonic shapes which still
seek our thoughts in the darkest hours of our mind. In times of stress
and turmoil, these atavistic beasts seek to escape from the barbed
wire, cruel talons in the mind.
The mighty Mummu Tiamat was called the “bringer forth of them all”, yet
was equally horrifying to her enemies, Gods she created Tiamat in
ancient Assyria embodied all of that which was horrifying and violent to
mankind, from the blackened oceans of the abyss did she first rise up, a
great sea dragon who had partial elements of other predators, the head
of a tiger, winged, four talons and a scale covered tail. This form was
that which was from nightmares, which still copulates with our dreams
and brings us visions of our vast possibility as living beings.
Tiamat was betrayed by her child, Marduk and was joined with him in
battle. In this battle did another plot with Marduk to capture and slay
her. When she was cut open, the North Wind bore her blood to secret
places. Gunkel and Bousset describe that Tiamat who was the Queen of the
Abyss and darkness, supported by her infernal spirits rebelled against the
higher gods of which Marduk was of.
Tabaet is said to be the name of Tiamat, the Book of Enoch mentions
this Serpent to not just an abyssic demon, rather a fallen angel who
beholds power in the Noon tide sun. The serpent later with the use of
seduction, tempted mankind to accept the gift of the Black Flame in the form
of an apple, leading to the possibility of mankind being as Gods if
they chose to.
Tiamat may be a etymological form of what would become the Adversary as
Ahriman/Jahi or Samael/Lilith, the name itself being the enemy of the
so-called “righteous”, depending on whoever associates with the term at
that time.
THE ORIGINS OF THE ADVERSARY
Ahriman was first within the womb along with his brother, Ohrmazd.
Ohrmazd had overheard Zurvan whisper, ‘Whichever of the two shall come to
me first, him will I make king.’. Upon hearing this Ohrmazd told his
brother of this Ahriman ripped from the womb and came forth to his Father
Zurvan. It was Zurvan who insulted his son and called him dark and
stinking but considered the second born, action-less son Ohrmazd was
favored and made sacrifice to his father Zurvan. Ahriman reminded his father
of the promise of the first born, but was granted a period of time,
thus Ahriman went away from those of the arrogant light. Ahriman soon made
a pact with his father, which was manifest as Az, the bride of
darkness.
‘Pondering on the end, Zurvan delivered to Ahriman an implement from
the very substance of darkness, mingled with the power of Zurvan, as it
were a treaty, resembling coal, black and ashen. And as he handed it to
him he said: “By means of these weapons, Az (Concupiscence) will devour
that which is thine, and she herself shall starve, if at the end of
nine thousand years thou hast not accomplished that which thou didst
threaten- to demolish the pact, to demolish Time.’ – The Dawn and Twilight
of Zoroastrianism
The Zurvanites and Zoroastrians held a form of dualism wherein if one
approached from the Zoroastrian view, the power of Ahura Mazda would be
useful in only battling evil, powerless against a materialistic or
spiritual benefit other than using such to keep one from temporary torment
(the Zoroastrians do not believe in an eternal hell, merely a temporary
one once Frashegird arrives). When Dualism can be overcome, that
Ahriman may be recognized in all which includes the self firstly, then can
one use the power of darkness to become strong in both a material sense
(if desired) or a spiritual one.
Az or Jeh, the whore or demonic feminine, was the ‘weapon of
Concupiscence’ which “Ahriman chooses it of his own free will ‘as his very
essence’.”
The lightening which emerges from the abyss manifests upon earth, the
storm bringing shadow called daemon can be only comprehended once the
seeker enters the circle, wherein all Gods and Demons meet in the flesh!
The Adversary opens forth serpent eyes, finding all in the primal
darkness and with an inner fire awakening the clay on man! Yet it is the
compliment of the Masculine in Lilith or Az or the earlier Jahi who is the
fiery compliment which rouses her mate to manifest upon earth!
The Feminine which is the essence of Lilith is just as her mate Samael,
in the form of Leviathan does she inspire his mind just as from his
mouth go burning lamps and from his nostrils as smoke which infused the
sacred fire with the adversarial chaos of strife!
This primal essence, symbolized as lightening which causes the fire of
intelligence is the Alpha of the Adept, the forge of which Cain
stretches out a fire-blackened hand to uplift a sword first as arte taught by
Gadreel, the shadow-name of the Father of Serpents.
There is the immortal spirit which exists in the depths of the mind,
guided up through the darkness with an inner fire of Rahab, the angel of
violence, whose breath is the lightening of inspiration and
self-deification. This ancient spirit rises up from the oceans in our bodies and
envenoms our spirit to the possibilities of our deification!
From the great sleep does the Adversary come forth as the balance of
the feminine and masculine, the primal path of the Black and Red Serpent.
Rahab, who makes the orbs of light dark with its presence, a shadow
cast upon the self-righteous and weak.
As Ahriman did he first create the predators of the earth, wolves,
serpents, flies, scorpions, did his fire of darkness create the six
arch-daevas who bring wisdom and power to mankind, against the mind-numbing
arch-angels of Ahura Mazda. Was it not Jahi whose voice of inspiration
rouse the Dragon from his slumber, bringing chaos and motion into this
world? Yet Ahriman brings Order as well, knowing that stasis is death and
the spirit must continually move forward.
The Adversary’s origins are found in both the feminine and masculine,
that balance must bring the lively intelligence of existence. Here is
the sacred cup made from the human skull, to drink of it’s elixir is to
taste the lifeforce which illuminates and makes free the spirit!
One may refer to the name of Ahriman or Angra-Mainyu for a source of
the Adversary on earth. The root of the word Mainyu is the Avestan word,
derived from the Latin ‘mens’ meaning the human mind. Angra is “angry”
meaning violent motion, determining by Will alone the path and moving
against the natural order. Ahriman is thus a powerful sorcerer by
defined concept, his bride was the fiery motivation in his spirit and for
Ahriman to exist beyond the limitations of flesh he realized that the
fiery aspect was essential to his motivation.
With regard to the Zurvanite view of evolution, Ahriman and Ahura Mazda
emanated from Zurvan, endless time. Ahriman was essentially one who
beheld the light from which life could emerge from, however it was
cloaked in darkness. This light became passed on to the physical
manifestations of Ahriman’s power, wolves, serpents, scorpions, worms, flies and
other such creatures were considered of Ahriman.
‘The twelve Signs of the Zodiac… are the twelve commanders on the
side of Ohrmazd, and the seven planets are said to be the seven commanders
on the side of Ahriman. And the seven planets oppress all creation and
deliver it over to death and all manner of evil: for the twelve Signs
of the Zodiac and the seven planets rule the fate of the world and
direct it’.- The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism
Ohrmazd and Ahriman both had elements of their being in the creation
and government of the physical and material universe, thus the Angels and
Daevas (demons) were not only emanations from their source, they could
be considered to act according to the attributes of their nature,
spirit based Daevas were unseen yet had very powerful hungers for the human
spirit, Vizaresh for instance had no specific physical attrtibutes but
could detect spirits, sat at the Mouth of Hell and sought to drag
souls into darkness. Material based Daevas such as Druj Nasu, came in the
form of a fly and transformed the body into dark matter and the spirit
into a type of spiritual predator.
THE NAMES AND ETYMOLOGY OF AHRIMAN (SATAN)
In Rabbinical, which is old Jewish religious text and Apocryphal
writings, the names of Satan (Adversary) are many. Just as “his” forms are
different, so is the source of him, remember that The Adversary is both
of darkness and light and uses elements of both in accordance with his
Will.
BELIAL as the name of the Adversary in recent times been considered
different from Satan, old grimoire texts mention Belial was the angel
created after Lucifer. Belial is considered by Hebrew texts to be the
father of idolatrous nations, which if you relate the context of the early
Rabbinical writings on Cain, his “founding of a city” is related to
“founding a belief system”. As Belial appeared in the Old Testament, his
name has been explained by numerous etymological studies as meaning
“wicked” but also one who is the opposer of established authorities. Belial
was suggested as meaning in Samuel as the rivers of the underworld,
then as a force than a specific person.
The orthography of the Luciferian Path as defined in Michael W. Ford’s
Luciferian Witchcraft and Liber HVHI is based – inpart – on the
trans-cultural manifestation of the Adversary throughout time. Belial is held
in Hasidic traditions as being identified as a manifestation of Satan,
specifically in the Ascension of Isaiah Belial is called Beliar and is
considered the same as Samael, called Malkira or Malak ra the Angel of
Lawlessness or Angel of Evil. This name is Sammal Malchira and is a
manifestation of Angro Mainyush or Ahriman.
In the Ascension of Isaiah, Belial is called “Beliar; for the angel of
lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world” and is called
“Mantanbuchus” or Ahriman. In another text, Belial has Seven Spirits of Deceit
which emanate from his being, that is they are connected with his
existence. In the “Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs” the Seven Demons are
identical to the ArchDaevas of Ahriman.
“what things I saw concerning the seven spirits of deceit, when I
repented. Seven spirits therefore are appointed against man, and they are
the leaders in the works of youth. [And seven other spirits are given to
him at his creation, that through them should be done every work of
man. The first is the spirit of life, with which the constitution (of man)
is created. The second is the sense of sight, with which ariseth
desire. The third is the sense of hearing, with which cometh teaching. The
fourth is the sense of smell, with which tastes are given to draw air
and breath. The fifth is the power of speech, with which cometh
knowledge. The sixth is the sense of taste, with which cometh the eating of
meats and drinks; and by it strength is produced, for in food is the
foundation of strength. The seventh is the power of procreation and sexual
intercourse, with which through love of pleasure sins enter in. Wherefore
it is the last in order of creation, and the first in that of youth,
because it is filled with ignorance, and leadeth the youth as a blind
man to a pit, and as a beast to a precipice” -THE TESTAMENTS OF THE
TWELVE PATRIARCHS
The Septuagint follows a specific Hebraic consideration that Belial,
being “Beli’ol” is “The one who has thrown off the yoke of heaven” and is
thus without a master.
The Luciferian finds connections in the path of history and mythology
and seeks to make them work for he or she in the modern world. The
spirit of Belial is of the mastery of the earth, identified with the element
of Earth and the North, from which Ahriman is identical. Consider the
four elements however and their association with the Adversary as a
spirit of self-deification and self-mastery.
SAMAEL is known in the Talmudic texts as being the same as Satan, the
chief of Evil Spirits who is known as “The Venom of God”. Samael is said
to have twelve wings rather than the six of normal angels, a favored
assumption. As the Angel of Death, Samael was the angel of poison which
is “sain ha-mawet”, along with Ashmodai, is the Lord of Demons. Compare
to Ahriman and his created daeva Eshm or Aeshma, who controls and
directs the seven powers of Ahriman.
Samael as the Angel of Poison is to the Luciferian as a symbol of
self-mastery and using the world around us to grow in power and strength,
always internal, sometimes external depending on the individual desire.
Luciferians seek to devour the essence of life, the essence of humanity.
All life is made stronger by devouring another, this is the law of
nature. To be honest to the self, to present challenge and overcome such
is to attain a foundation upon the path of mastery.
Beelzebub is a name for Satan mentioned in the New Testament with
regards to him holding the title of Prince of Demons. The name Beelzebub or
Beelzebuth actually can be derived from Baal Zebub, Baal meaning “Lord”
and Zebub which holds reference in Hebrew as “Hostility”, thus Baal
Zebub is the “Lord of Hostility” or they enemy, a title of the Opposer.
Dominus Muscarum is also a translation of the title of Beelzebub,
meaning “Lord of Flies” and relates to the Adversary being in part a spirit
of the Air. Baal-Zebub as the name of a God worshipped in the
Philistine city of Ekron around 850 B.C. and was considered a controller of
flies and perhaps plague.
If the initiate of the Luciferian Path looks deep within the history of
the Adversary, little of Christianity may be needed. The Adversary is
no Christian creation, nor does it need the concept of “God” as so many
have decried. In the West, all Gods and Demons have been transformed
to suit whatever they need it for, such is known as a mild case of
“Chaos Magick” and thus may be useful. The Luciferian knows the importance
of discipline, if you build yourself in the image of the Adversary with
the traits associated with, the Adept will truly be a God upon this
earth.
Lilith, known as the Queen of Demons, a bestial body with a sometimes
beautiful appearance, was called “Mother of Ahriman” and is related to
blood sucking vampiric demons and other night spirits. Lilith is one
half of the Adversary is there were, is truly a Satanic or Luciferian
source of self-mastery and strength. Lilith is said to howl at the head of
480 companies of demons, having sometimes appearance with a Chariot
guided and backed by demonic spirits. Lilith is the fiery aspect of
Ahriman or Samael and should be considered equal to the Fallen Angel.
In ancient non-Zoroastrian writings, M.N. Dhalla makes reference to the
early Hippolytus who wrote that there was a dualistic religion, the
father being light and darkness being the mother. With this in
consideration, Ahriman no doubt was a manifestation of the Androgynous primal
dragon Tiamat, which Ahriman and Az emerged from later.
In the ancient writings of Jacob and Isaac Hacohen of Segovia Castile,
Samael and Lilith were born by an emanation beneath the Throne of Glory
in the form of a double-faced androgynous angel, said to be in the
form of the one above.
Lilith has a long history and a background in all magical practices.
She is the one who is of the Astral plane, of the air, and began all
legends of vampiric acts committed at night. Lilith grows strong from the
blood of humans, but also has been worshiped by rebels since Babylonian
times. In the Qlippoth Lilith holds great power, “the femal of Samael
is called Serpent, Woman of Harlotry, End of all Flesh, End of Days”.
“The name of Baphomet is regarded by Traditional Satanists as meaning
“the mistress (or mother) of blood” – the Mistress who sometimes washes
in the blood of her foes and whose hands are thereby stained” – Order
of Nine Angles
In some modern Satanic orders, Lilith has appeared as both Babalon and
even Baphomet. The Order of Nine Angles related Baphomet as the Bride
of Satan. The dark feminine energies were recognized as a valid magical
practice in certain texts, Azanigin being a name of the dark goddess
and which such Satanic Magick was practiced. What is underlying is not
what order practices what, rather that the demonic feminine or the fiery
inspiration itself is central to initiatory development.
My grimoires or Books of the Adversary, “Luciferian Witchcraft” and
“Liber HVHI” deal exclusively with the dark feminine and masculine as
equal forms of the Adversary and Luciferian practice, something which
requires more discipline to work with in terms of initiation as it requires
balance and the application of reason to achieve magical results.
One may consider the demon of the void mentioned in John Dee’s diaries
who is called Coronzom, known by modern Enochian and Thelemic students
as Choronzon. This demon is considered a madness inspiring beast,
causing fragmentation of the mind and the loss of mental vitality. Choronzon
in the Black Temple rites of the Characith Lunar Lodge, from which the
author was personally involved in the late 1990’s draw on the energies
of Choronzon as a Vampire spirit, being something which may be
encircled and used as a means of draining the energy or Chi of another through
ritual sorcery.
Some dogmatic magical practitioners consider Choronzon as a symbol of
the false ego or will, which can be viewed by left hand path
practitioners as residue of the Christianized West, where the self is encouraged
to be lost and given to something else called “Godhead”. For some,
Choronzon or Coronzom is the Dark Shadow of the Self, the very darkness
which the Sorcerer may shape and form according to his or her desire.
The Ahrimanic or Luciferian knows that the self is the only thing that
is real, as it is the object experiencing all. You can know of sorcery
because you create results in response to your actions, while balancing
the spiritual and material. The Hebraic of Choronzon is ChVRVNVN and
according to Kenneth Grant relates to 333, one half of 666 with the
other being Shugal, the desert howler. As Coronzom is the original name
written by Dee, this would add to 323 which represents the Qlippoth of
Aquarius which in LIBER HVHI is represented as Behemiron, shadows and
demonic fragments which the sorcerer may utilize to draw energy from.
THE ADVERSARY FROM A LEFT HAND PATH PERSPECTIVE
“Our way is all about, in its beginnings, and for those daring
individual who join us, liberating the dark or shadow aspect of the
personality. To achieve this, we sometimes encourage individuals to undergo
formative experiences of a kind which more conventional societies and
individuals frown upon or are afraid of……But the strong survive, the weak
perish. All this – and the other directly magickal experiences like those
you yourself have experienced – develop both the character of the
individual and their magickal abilities. In short, from the Satanic novice,
the Satanic Adept is produced.”- FALCIFER – Order of Nine Angles
Consider the very nature of the Adversary, the wicked dragon whose very
essence was continual change, self-mastery and power. His and her
forms are many, from masculine to feminine to the effeminate. The barbarian
and violence embodied soldier to the diplomatic statesman, the
psychologist to the murderer. The Adversary is made great in this world by the
individuals who manifest it in our material world. The Children of the
Lie are many, legion, our visual appearance is often bold to even
normal or bland. Many of our kind are those who go unnoticed in society,
yet master and control our personal lives in such a way to which much
“good luck” befalls us. Some are avatars of darkness, appearing as what
society fears and hates most. The Beast headed God has taken many masks
in our world, the Adversary has also mastered the elements as well.
The Adversary is anything but mysticism. When you discover something
you destroy mysticism, within the circle of Azothoz, you banish mysticism
by obtaining knowledge of the self. During pathworkings, camping away
from anyone for a period of time, joining the military, doing something
which captivates and awakens the senses, you destroy mysticism. The
process and interaction may be overpowering and leave you in awe however
it is no mystery. Mysticism is the act of neo-pagans who are trying to
recapture the awe of your parents reading that first fantasy story to
you that left your imagination with endless possibilities.
“The more mediocre, the weaker, the more submissive and cowardly a man
is, the more he will posit as evil: it is with him that the realm of
evil is most comprehensive. The basest (most dishonourable) man will see
the realm of evil that is, of that which is forbidden and hostile to
him – everywhere……The most powerful man, the creator, would have to be
the most evil, in as much as he carries his ideal against the ideals of
other men and remakes them in his own image” – Friedrich Nietzsche
The Left Hand Path Adept (whether they know they are LHP or NOT) are
those who do things with those endless possibilities, rather than talk in
vague sentences about them. Mysticism is not-knowing that which cannot
be known. A vicious cycle, the new age is truly something which is not
new, rather a bad filter of what could be a wonderful reality.
Evil is nothing but an opinion and more or less a perspective of the
individual. The left hand path is defined as the process of
self-deification and using the energy of the serpent (called Shakti) to transform
the consciousness into a timeless being. The left hand path is about find
what aspects of the self are the core elements of being, separating
and understanding the automatic and social-structuring which is fashioned
by your environment. When you can discover these elements, many can
change them to improve your material life, as well as heighten the
spiritual.
It must be known that one of the core aspects of the left hand path is
the transformation of the individual into a God or Goddess of their own
design. It represents the current of what is collectively called
“Luciferian”, despite whatever culture it is made manifest in, to use and
grow within that dark power. As one moves through the Luciferian path,
the initiate becomes like Ahriman yet without the right hand path
deficiencies placed upon it in traditional folklore.
SOURCES FROM THE AVESTA AND DENKARD
“His astral body is that of the frog, the vicious crab.” –Greater
Bundahishn
Ahriman is the sorcerous being which holds within the darkness the gift
of life, while his initiation twists and makes a predator of the one
who enters the religion of sorcery. Ahriman becomes viable through the
Adept just as Az or Jeh does. Some initiates of the modern path of Yatuk
Dinoih choose a specific daeva to work with, one to cultivate and
empower through their own initiation. This proves a useful point to which
one may gain insight.
“Tarik den afraj-pedak” is the dark hell of which Ahriman dwells
partially. It is mentioned in the Bundahishn that the darkness is so thick
one may seemingly
“cut through it with a knife”. Ahriman is said to have much heat within
him, however cold and darkness surrounds him. As with initiation, one
enters the darkness which other fear to emerge bearing the same fire of
which Az stirs up. “The Five Flames of Ahriman” are described in depth
in “LIBER HVHI”.
The Avesta is perhaps one of the most powerful Right Hand Path
religious texts composed. While fragments exist, the entire foundation of the
Avesta is based on prayers and hymns when sung or chanted in a mantra
disciplined form, have the ability to create “Staotas” or vibrations in
sound. In one may take notice to historical foundations of all
religions, a major emphasis is upon Sound and the effect upon those who use or
hear it. Sound is essential as it can create gateways in the atmosphere,
channel and encircle energy and be sent forth to achieve what you
wish. Religious staotas or vibrations of sound may be used to open the mind
to subjective experiences which include spiritual meetings, encircling
and empowering the self through Daevas and their often dangerous
currents of energy and much more. The practice of using Staotas “inverse” or
backwards from Avestan gathas proves beneficial to the Yatus or
Sorcerer working in the Ahrimanic gnosis.
The Denkard or Dinkart is a collection of Middle Persian writings which
hold an earlier significance to the Zoroastrian religion. The Denkard
is an ancient religious doctrine which holds a significant amount of
history of the religion and its concepts including that of the enemy
Ahriman. In early Zoroastrian times it was considered that demons or Daevas
held sway over man, even making their abode in the body. The word for
this is “katag î nafshâ” meaning “Abode in the soul”. From a left hand
path perspective, this act is of initiation and should not be avoided.
The Denkard describes a secret of the Luciferian power in this world:
“Ahriman should be thus cast out from the world; everyone for the sake
of self shall extract (him) from the body, since Ahriman has his abode
in human bodies in this world. Consequently, when he has no lodgment in
the bodies of men, he will be exterminated from the whole world; since
so long as in the body of any one whatever in this world a dwelling is
made by a (druj), Ahriman (will be) in the world.” – The Denkard, Book
6: Wisdom of the Sages
Thus it may be seen that Ahriman is manifest through the sorcerers and
initiates of the path. This is the center of the conceptual foundation
of the work of Luciferian Witchcraft and Liber HVHI, to manifest the
Adversary in the individual within their own unique visage.
SORCERY AND AHRIMAN
The literary foundations of LIBER HVHI and the “Yatuk Dinoih” and
“Paitisha” found in LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT are found partially in the Avesta,
this is perhaps one of the most significant and powerful methods
described in magical practice. While ignored, the Avesta holds in its
obscure texts right hand path teachings of ritual communion with Ahura Mazda.
While the Ahrimanic work of the Daeva-yasna is indeed left hand path
in approach, the Avestan staotas and ritual mantras were inversed and
transformed into hymns to Ahriman and the Daevas, which are in direct
association to the body and spirit of the Sorcerer. This is in effect,
Chaos Sorcery with defined purpose.
In the Avesta, Ahriman is said to be “Full of Death”, from an
initiatory perspective, death is transformation and not an end itself. Ahriman
holds “Evil Knowledge” and seeks to manifest the “Evil Religion”.
“It is when a man here below, combing his hair or shaving it off, or
paring off his nails, drops them in a hole or in a crack” Avesta -
Venidad
In Luciferian Witchcraft, the Yatuk Dinoih has a ritual of evocation in
which the sorcerer makes a sacrifice of nail parings or hair into a
dark place in the earth, a crack or hole wherein by such Daevas are
produced in the soil. One may go further to utilize the forces of chaos to
bury nail clippings in some container with soil and within a period of
one moon unearth them to use them as knives and spears in a cursing or
death-causing ritual, it is suggested in the Venidad that such nails
empowered by Daevas makes knives and falconed winged arrows which strike
the sheep of the righteous.
Plutarch wrote of the rituals of the Daeva-yasna in old times, that
they would sacrifice the blood of wolves to Ahriman by pouring such with
herbs into the dark place, a hole or cave where the sun does not shine.
“unabated by Akem-mano, by the hardness of his malignant riddles”
–Avesta – Venidad
The staota or mantra which channels and focuses energy by sound is a
tool of initiatory focus in all cultures from Tibetan to Christian, being
the encircling of sound to create a desired gnosis. The use of sound
creates vibrations which can affect the individual to achieve a
spiritual or elevated state, depression or any state seemingly desired by the
tonal and vibratory frequency. Such sound manipulation can be proven in
Binaural Beats of PHI frequencies, created by two frequencies operating
in different ears to create a brainwave corresponding to an emotion.
The PHI brainwave frequency is the actual difference of the two
different frequencies in each ear. The use of sound in ritual is empowering, it
activates the imagination and allows belief to fully overtake and thus
command. The chanting within the circle of art is merely the self
awakening into gnosis and directly ensorcelling the self in belief of the
act from which magick occurs.
“The Druj came rushing along, the demon Buiti, who is deceiving, unseen
death” – Avesta – Venidad
Buiti is a daeva which is the manifestation of idolatry and
self-deification, associated with Buddha in ancient times. As “LIBER HVHI”
presents the path of meditation, self-mastery through Ahrimanic Yoga, Buiti is
the herald of that path of Magick. If one wishes to master elements of
such antinomian magick, it is suggested to study the techniques of
Yoga while concealing the intention of becoming a Yatus or a practitioner
of the Left Hand Path. While the Buddhist seeks to kill consciousness,
the Daeva Buiti seeks to master it, to strengthen and expand the
concept of “I”. Use the techniques of Yoga: discipline, attainment and
self-control to begin a crystallization of the psyche.
SUMMARY
Tabaet is just one of the names of the Adversary, his forms are many,
just as his bride, yet the Blackened Fire is imperishable. Sorcery and
the Adversary are an interconnected fire, both are from the earliest
legends and myths of rebellion. As Ahriman first entered the creation of
the world as a Serpent and toad, his words defined the very essence of
all sorcery and magick, “I will seduce all material life into
disaffection to thee and affection to myself”. Initiation into the path of magick
is that of the illumination of clay by the Gods of the Leviathanic
Path, when dreaming and desired spirit enter flesh and manifest their own
journey upon the path of the Dragon. In the Circle of Evocation does
the Devil Embodied awaken, it is the mirror of the creation of the
initiate. No matter of which name is the Adversary invoked, the shadow
encircles the body and soul to reveal the Blackened Fire of life itself, the
very essence illuminated. To walk upon the Left Hand Path is to sip
from the venom’d cup of the Serpent, to move against the Sun by the way of
Lilith and Hecate, to listen to the ancient lore of the Watchers, to
empower their fall and rise through the body of the initiate. The Left
Hand Path will become whatever way the Adept walks once they move into
the darkness to seek the Light illuminated, the very essence of Ahriman!
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