Summoning Part 2: Methods of Perception and Communication

During the last decade, a little known but very powerful renaissance has been going on within the occult community as a whole, and specifically within the realms of ritual and ceremonial magic. Ten years ago it was very difficult to find a quality book on spirit summoning that went into any kind of useful detail on the subject. Donald Michael Kraig, author of one of the few books that outlined summoning – the CM classic “Modern Magick” – relates how in his own journey to understand and practice evocation he ran up against a lot of ignorance on the subject. Evocation was alternately seen as dangerous, difficult, highly advanced work, immoral, a work of psychic masturbation, and any number of other labels that served to mystify and confound the subject for anyone who wanted to study AND practice it seriously.

During the last several years, it was my pleasure to obtain a number of new and re-released books on the subject by several highly qualified (and occasionally not-so-qualified) authors across the occult spectrum. With the growth and popularization of the Internet, especially the web-groups and blog platforms, information about the occult is spreading and exploding at an exponential rate. If there were any doubts in your mind whether we’ve come to a New Age, put them to rest – the Age of Aquarius has arrived!

What’s been so exciting about utilizing the Internet to study magic is the ability to chat and post back and forth with the very same authors whose books you are reading. Practitioners (and not just armchair theorists, though they are always welcome) are sharing their experiences and findings with each other and inspiring a whole new generation of priests and magicians. I highly recommend that anyone who wants to practice summoning in depth join up with one of the better web-groups on Yahoo such as Aaron Leitch’s Solomonic magick group or Joseph Peterson’s Mosaic magick group. I myself have a group on Yahoo for the study of the Lesser Key of Solomon (the Lemegeton): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lemegeton

And of course there are groups dedicated solely to Nec-related magick as well, such as the Order of the Necronomicon Disciples of Enki

What you will find if you study this subject in depth is that there are a number of different ways to perceive, call, and communicate with spirits, ranging from the most elaborate ceremonies to the most casual conversations. I would say that the two biggest factors you will find at work in who uses what method is the spiritual/magical background of the practitioner (Wiccan, CM, Chaoist, etc) and their natural paranormal abilities, which includes traditional psychic vision but is not limited to it in any regards.

Some people will swear by a certain way of doing things, but it will not be fruitful for others to go about it in the same fashion. Sadly, a lot of the occult community is still trying to break out of the entrenched patterns that were established by the Golden Dawn over a hundred years ago. These prejudices have proven to be as frustrating for working-class Wiccans as much as for, say, practitioners of Enochiana.

Remember that in previous articles I explained that many people get stuck in the Lesser mysteries and can spend a lifetime there without growing to a new level of gnosis. One of the flags for the “babes in Christ”, as I like to call them, is that they get very rigid about doing things the way they were taught to them originally. They tend to take what was taught as ineffable gospel truth until they learn to think – and more importantly, experiment – for themselves.

Even in the supposedly enlightened occult community, there are large numbers of people who get very dogmatic about things, and summoning hasn’t escaped this reach. There are several folks out there claiming to have (re)discovered the “one, true way” of summoning spirits in the classical and “authentic” manner. Such authors should be taken with a grain of salt, because its very evident if you talk to people on the groups that there are plenty of roads to Rome and that lots of people using lots of methods from different background are all getting results and getting excited about the possibilities of magic.

Here is a hopefully lengthy, but not exhaustive, list of techniques and practices related to summoning. You may choose to incorporate and combine any number of them in your own practice, but don’t be haphazard about it. Remember that even the left hand paths demand that you break the rules deliberately and decisively and don’t equate liberty with recklessness.

*Drugs – Lets face it, drugs have been a huge part of human culture, religion, and magic since the beginning. They are a very quick and easy way to wire yourself into the spirit world and they do wonders for many people, but can also be problematic. The biggest issue with drugs is that they used to be used, for the most part, in a religious context with a reverance and respect that is often lacking in the modern world. Modern drugs have created so many problems, IMHO, because they are both synthesized too many steps from their natural state and they are used with a careless and dangerous attitude. Each drug is overseen by a particular class of spirits and these spirits must be respected when you use the drug to unlock its full potential. Also, different drugs work on very different parts of the brain and body; some take a person back into their evolutionary past and others can place a person ahead of their time (FAR ahead). KNOW YOUR DRUGS when you use them and remember that a little goes a long way!

*Inhibitory trance – The Chaoists have outlined two main forms of trance accessible through subjecting the body to unusual amounts of stress, and this is the first. Sleep deprivation, fasting, and even vegetarian diet can fall into this class. What I have found with these techniques is that they require a lot of practice and discipline to use effectively – they will not necessarily produce results in themselves. Depriving yourself of sleep in the hopes of seeing the spirits more clearly usually doesn’t work in my experience. Lucid dreams present wonderful opportunities but require that you still allow natural sleep to occur in tandem with your practices – else they quickly become unhealthy in excess. The biggest problem with these techniques is that they are often, sadly, an outlet for a very subtle form of spiritual masochism. This goes back to the monks of the middle ages who used to flagellate themselves in hopes of beating the sin out of their bodies and growing closer to God. You might be amazed how much this still goes on in the modern occult community – people starve themselves of sleep, sex, food, and any number of other natural necessities in hopes they can sacrifice their way to success.

*Excitatory trance – Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah! Nothing is true, everything is permitted! Indulge those desires to the extreme, and flood your senses with so much wholesome goodness that you see God! WOOHOO!

Eh, its not always that simple, and this class of techniques presents the opposite problem as inhibitory techniques. People can get so caught up in satisfying their pleasures they forget that they were pursuing something extra-sensual as well. The spirits, especially those hungry for energy, love to participate in rites involving these techniques, and they can get results very quickly. What is important here is to make sure you are not using the trance goal as an excuse for doing something you would not otherwise allow yourself to enjoy. Go enjoy your body outside of ritual too – don’t feel like ritual is your only outlet for getting the pleasure that is essential to life and happiness.

*Ritual Ceremonies - Everything has to look FABULOUS for the spirits to show up! Did you get all your correspondences correct? Is everything set up perfectly in your $1000 customized temple? Are you using the astrological timing that only emerges once in a thousand years, and did you set your clock correctly to account for daylight savings? Did you obtain the lion skin and the virgin thread properly? It has to be perfect or they won’t show up! Ahhh!!!

No, this is soooo not the case. It has frequently been observed by myself and my magical colleagues that the spirits will show up way before the “official” rituals even get started, and sadly have to sit around and wait patiently while some CM makes sure he crosses all his Taus and dots all his Pentagrams.

Nonetheless, there is nothing quite as stirring as a good ceremony. Wanna know the secret? KEEP IT REAL! Be honest and brave and always authentic when you step up to perform rituals – NEVER GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS BLANDLY.

*Scrying - I am gazing into my crystal ball… gazing…gazing…my eyes are starting to hurt and I don’t know what exactly it is I’m seeing…

First of all, scrying can be used with many different kinds of media. The crystal ball is of course classic and powerful because of its deep associations, history, and the nature of spherical balls of piezoelectric quartz crystal. However, the ancients employed many other kinds of surfaces, including oil, fire, marble, and water. Donald Tyson’s book on Scrying goes into these practices in more detail if any of you are interested.

I actually used to scrye into the faux-marble surface of my shower lining when I was a kid, and I still tend to do it unconsciously when I come across a similar kind of surface. I have also scried into such weird surfaces as the mud that has splattered onto bus windows (it looks remarkably like Los Angeles). My point is that you can scrye through any surface that is composed of seemingly random arrangements of line, shape, and pattern. Experiment with different media both to save money and to increase the versatility of your gifts.

The second thing about scrying is that you shouldn’t limit yourself to only your eyeballs, in either a mundane or astral sense. Allow and integrate the psychic equivalents of your other four senses as well. This is especially important because not everyone is wired to perceive things through a mainly visual medium. Many people are much more auditory than visual and could have as much luck scrying through radio static as they could through a crystal ball. As Don Juan Matus told Carlos Castaneda in “A Seperate Reality”, there is a difference between looking and really SEEING, and Seeing (the original meaning of scrying) is not limited to just your eyes and their astral counterparts.

When scrying, it is important to relax and just let your gaze flow through the medium and off into the distance. Do not strain your eyes and try to force yourself to see something. Allow light to bend and refract through the medium naturally. Adjust the amount of light so that you are comfortable – you don’t want too much or too little. Also, the use of drugs or incense can powerfully boost your abilities in this practice, because they will turn off the psychic filter of your mental chatter and turn ON the circuit of the spirit or information you are trying to perceive. Use classic correspondence guides and Timothy Leary’s Circuits Model of Consciousness to help determine which drugs and/or incense are ideal to your purpose at hand.

*Drift/Derive – On the road again… I can’t wait to get on the road again… walking out of my mind again…

This technique of walking into another dimension under or overlaying a mundane landscape is a favorite of chaos magi. I’ve put it to excellent use myself. Stephen Grasso wrote a great article about it for Jason Louv’s magical compendium “Generation Hex”. It allows you to enter the Dreaming at almost anytime by utilizing a very traditional and shamanic approach to exploration and travel.

The only thing I would advise with this method is to make DAMN sure you are clear about when you have entered and when you are leaving Dreamspace. Mark it ritually in some way or another, or you could very well never come back again. Neil Gaiman’s classic novel “Neverwhere” is, to a great degree, about the wonders and dangers a man experiences when he falls into the Dreamscape of “London Below”. There is a similar story in the Sandman anthology “World’s End” about a man who takes regular walks through a city, and one day accidently stumbles into its astral counterpart. Sadly, there are many homeless folk out there that are still living in these alternate realities and have yet to return to concensus with the rest of us.

These are just a few examples of popular modes of perception through which you can perceive and communicate with spirits you have summoned. In addition to Tyson’s book on Scrying, my friend and fellow Abramelin grad Athena Nightshade has a popular online course on scrying and other spiritual perception for those who are interested. Check out her site at www.enochian.org .

Till next time!

David

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The Simon Necronomicon is The Method of Self-Initiation Into Enochian Magick

Greetings!

I would like to welcome everyone hear to the GateWalker’s Info Page. If this is your first time here, it would be useful for you to begin your journey by reviewing some of our older articles, to see how we came upon our current thesis.

Many people across the Occult Community, and GateWalkers alike have often wondered what place does the Simon Necronomicon have with Enochian Magic?. Contrary to the opinion of critics who try to label the Simon Necronomicon as a hoax, the Tome was actually a method of self-initiation into Enochain Magick. Before the Simon Necronomicon was published, Simon had a very unique reputation as being very skilled in Enochian Magick.  Alan Cabal is one of the few people who witnessed the secret process of how the Simon Necronomicon was created. Although Mr. Cabal seems to express some resentment about the Simon Necronomiconm he did admit the following in a New York Press Article entitled The Doom that Came to Chelsea:

“Into this bubbling swamp of spiritual feducitystepped Peter Levenda, aka “Simon” Charming, soft-spoken and aloof, well-versed in all aspects of occult theory and practice…..and showed a genuine knack for clarifying and elucidating such baroque encrypted arcana as John Dee’s Enochain magic system in such a way as to make it understandable even to a novice.”

Many critics of the Simon Necronomicon often point to this article in their failed attempts to prove that the grimoire is a hoax. Yet these same critics fail to observe how even Simon’s enemies respected his skill in the Occult Arts. I am surprised that critics of the Simon Necronomicon never took the time to ask themselves why would someone so skilled in the Occult Arts be involved in a hoax? What these critics fail to realize is that someone so skilled in the Occult Arts  wouldn’t produce a product that would corrupt the same arts that they are so involved in. Simon was an adept in the system of Enochian Magick and because of such, Simon was also aware of the pitfalls in the Enochian System, one being Initiation into the System. It was with this reason that Simon created the grimoire we know today as the Simon Necronomicon.

While Herman Slater and others on the Simon Necronomicon team may have looked at it from another perspective the real Magus in the group was Simon, and if Slater was going to fund the project, then  Simon would use this as an opportunity to address the process of Self-Intiation into the Enochian Current. Evidence of this can be found in the book entitled Gates of The Necronomicon.  It is in Gates of the Necronomicon that Simon reveals that it was Slater who injected the Lovecraft asthetics into the Tome, notice what Simon mentions on page 24:

“Simon had never read any of the Lovecraft opus prior to seeing the Necronomicon…,(page 25) It was Herman Slater who described the book’s importance to Simon.”

The above quote indicates that Simon didn’t inject the Lovecraft theme into the SN, it was Herman Slater. This also shows us that the idea of the Simon Necronomicon being  a fabricated hoax, wasn’t  Simon’s intention, but a way for him to reconcile certain problems he found int he Enochian System of magick. Simon admits this on page 30:

“Much has been written and discussed within the occult groups and publications concerning the Enochian system of magick…Unfortunately, there were errors in the Causabon volume. These errors were compounded by a few misperceptions by Mathers and perpetuated by Israel Regardie….(page 31 ) Once the initiates had passed beyond a certain level in their theory and practice, the system seemed to short-circuit on them….The System itself was flawed and, in view of this author, dangerous especially to those most able to take advantage of it: that is, dangerous to those with sensitivity and sincerity required to Master the System and to become Magi….That said let us investigate what all of this has to do with the  Nexcronomicon”

Here we can see Simon’s overview of the Enochian System and possibly some of his perspective when he began working with Slater on the Simon Necronomicon. It would indeed be logical that Simon could make such an observation since Alan Cabal, who later criticized the Simon Necronomicon, mentioned in the New York Press article that we discussed earlier, that Simon was highly-versed in Enochian Magick.  Simon evidently points out some flaws that he saw in the “System” of Enochian Magick, which evidently he sought to correct by creating a Initiatory Structure for the Enochian System-the result was the Simon Necronomicon. Will will discuss in an upcoming article how the Simon Necronomicon is to be used with the Enochian Current

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Summoning Part 1: 1001 Spirits of Use

What is the Above is from the Below and the Below is from the Above. The Work of Wonders is from One.

These words, in one translation or another, are among the best known of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes the Thrice Great, and form the established basis of Hermetic philosophy, mysticism, and magic. They also explain the basis of the arts of spirit evocation and invocation, which is commonly considered in the occult community to be both an advanced Art and the gateway to the greater powers of magic and the supernatural. Most of this blog thusfar has focused on Theurgic Ascension, which is outlined in the Necronomicon through the process of the Gatewalking. This post presents information about Thaumaturgy (wonder-working) and the rites of summoning that are outlined in the Book of Calling and which can be utilized for any type of spirit grammer (including the Urilia Text).

Given the wonderful things that Gatewalking unlocks, its pertinent to ask – Is it really important for a Gatewalker to also be a Summoner? In my opinion, the answer is a definite and loud yes! Summoning and the related arts and processes it entails are essential things to master in our tradition because they provide oppertunities to apply the powers and wisdom learned as one traverses the gates of the Holy Tree of Life and Death. Summoning and the arts taught by spirits provide direct applications that make a real and concrete impact on the lives of a gatewalker and those close to him.

What is necessary to be a good summoner? The first and foremost power that a summoner draws upon is Authority, in the deepest and most spiritual sense of the word. This is something that must be contemplated and often claimed within the life of a gatewalker if he or she is to exercise it fully. Authority is symbolized primarily by two things in the rituals of summoning – the Circle, which defines a summoner as the Center and Point of an operation, and the Commanding Wand, which is both an item, a word, and a stance of attitude that demands respect from the spiritual world. Almost all of the other supplies that compose a ritual depend upon these central forces for their effectiveness. The Authority of the Circle and the Will of the Wand are the bare bones of a summoning. The Circle is a lofty subject for meditation, but in brief it demonstrates and manifests the power of Divine Unity (whether understood as God or the Council of the Gods) in relationship to an outside Universe. The relationship may be further defined and circumscribed by a Triangle, which embodies and outlines Manifestation within Limitation. The Wand, symbolic of Primal Fire and Eternal Will, is the Gift of Anu and the extension of his Crown of Heaven. Held and exercised confidently and powerfully, its possibilites are limitless. The basis of authority and will may differ from person to person, but should always be excersied with both confidence and authenticity. Authority can be borrowed from other figures, such as the Gods, if confidence is lacking, but should become more and more personal with time and practice and growth.

What does a summoning entail? Its helpful to think about the analogous process through which human citizens are summoned to a courtroom, whether it is for jury duty or to testify during a deposition. The authority comes from the power that is vested in the governing body. The need comes from the particular expertise, skills, judgment, or experience of a particular individual, especially in relation to the “trials” which are currently being dealt with. The response may vary from enthusiastic and patriotic duty to active hostility with a contempt for the court itself. It is my opinion after years of study that one of the biggest mistakes a summoner can make is to treat all spirits in the same fashion and manner, because spirits vary tremendously based on demographics and history. One does not take the same attitude towards a polytheistic god as they would towards an angel, or behave towards a demon as they would towards an elemental. Although spirits change roles over time, it is very important to understand the context and situation in which you call them, in order to communicate in the most efficient way.

What kind of spirits can be called? “In all, 1001 spirits may be of use to you, and these you will discover in the course of your journey” (I paraphrase the Nec here). The Book of Calling reiterates the axiom I have mentioned before that the Necronomicon, however you understand it, is not meant to be read in isolation. Just as a Gatewalker must study up on the Gods and their history in relationship to humanity, a summoner must study up on both theory and techniques related to their practice of Calling. The registers of spirits are known as Grammers (Grimoires in French) because they present the bare bones of what often amounts to entire curriculems worth of studies. They are written more like notes from a college lecture than textbooks and are meant as jumping off points rather than authoritative final words. Each grammer is designed to work with a particular class of spirits chosen for specific reasons (or at least, a selection from amongst many classes that satisfies a particular need). The spirits that are listed in grammers have been chosen both for their historical efficacy as well as their practical applications; the grammers are far from being exhaustive lists, and even the spirits mentioned are only briefly outlined. The real learning comes during the calling and not from the study beforehand.

For this introductory article, I will outline a number of different classes of spirits that summoners may find useful in the course of their growth. Keep in mind that several of these spirits may become long term friends and quite familiar if given the chance.

*Planetary spirits – I mention these spirits first because in the Nec system, they start to become very accesable right away as soon as one walks their gate. Planetary spirits have very broad powers that manifest with the astrological cycles of their respective bodies, which can take anywhere from hours to years depending on who you work with. They are extremely powerful when enhanced through particularly beneficial astrological timing – for example, the Nec relates that when the Moon and Venus are conjunct (Nanna and Ishtar), it is “as if an offering cup were spilt freely, and there is much rejoicing”. Planetary beings are an excellent place to start for beginning summoners because their results are strong while their timing is moderate. They neither overwhelm in the way goetic entities often do, nor do they confine themselves to lofty and aloof support in the way many angels are said to respond. Planetaries are divided up in numerous ways often related to the numerology and cycles of their planet, such as the 28 mansions of the Moon or the 15 handmaidens of Ishtar. Again, consult your natal chart to discover entities that are particular suited to work with you.

*Stellar spirits – Star spirits embody vast cycles and lengths of time and space, and can share with you glimpses of worlds from “a long time ago in a galaxy far away”. The knowledge they impart is very timeless and they sometimes lack patience with passing trends. This may be where the descriptor of the Igigi/Watchers as “cruel” originates. Science and alchemy are very important to many of these spirits, which include both the spirits of the ecliptic signs as well as of specific stars and star groupings, such as the “Olympic” spirits of the Mount of Heaven.

*Goetic spirits (classic demons) – Every time you call a goetic spirit you call upon a part of yourself that has been discounted and rejected. These spirits have an amazing and natural energy and power that hits very close to home and are easy to call because of their proximity, but are known to test those who summon them. I do not subscribe to the belief of some authors that all goetic work is bad or dangerous, or that you must use a ridiculous number of precautions when dealing with them. What I will say is that dealing with goetics is always concrete and forces you to confront your fears and limitations head on. This is among the hardest but also the most profitable of realtionships. The goetics challenge their summoners but once respect is won, they will lovingly serve their masters for lifetimes and possibly beyond.

*Angels – I define angels primarily as beings whose identity is wrapped around and caught up in a singular, unifying concept, such as “God”. An angels’ will is difficult to seperate from what they serve because the will has been given over in love and trust. Angels are said to often delegate practical work to more earthly spirits, but can always uplift one from the dregs of sorrow due to their amazing ability to inspire, enlighten, uplift, and provide perspective. Angels are the ones to go to when you seek to know and perform something with grace and purity. They are literally the “messengers” of a Greater Power.

*Elementals – The elementals are very connected to the visceral experiences of animal and human life, traditionally grouped into the 4 or 5 elements. Their healing abilities are very strong and they almost alwasy strengthen the connection of their summoners to life and the processes by which it occurs. Knowing which elementals to call is often just a matter of examining one’s state and situation in life – for example, a preponderance towards moodiness and melancholic feelings is the perfect situation for the help of a water spirit (undine). Elementals tend to be neutral in relationship to divine politics but there is a lot of diversity amongst their kind and they are not strictly limited to one definition or another. The Theurgia-Goetia outlines many different kind of spirits which could all fall under the headers of “aerial” but which nonetheless have very different attitudes and portfolios, even though “their office is all the same”.

*Deads – Necromancy is still a fairly taboo subject even among occultists, but the Nec provides support and basic tools for calling departed humans. One thing I have found is that in the modern world, most people (at least from my culture) are not dwelling in the traditional gloomy realms of Sheol and Ereshkigal, but brighter abodes with more inspiraiton and perspective. The “other side” for humans is based on their spiritual growth, and for most of the race lies no longer under the earth, but between it and the Moon (remember that the lunar landing, as Simon said, was a collective initiation). Among the deads, you can work with ancestors, as our author recommends, as well as friendlies and hostiles both from local graveyards and afar. I don’t have a  lot of experience in this areas but from what I’ve been told, work with the dead is very much a matter of calling, and people will tend to either be atrracted or repelled from it based on their nature and whether their culture is “dead friendly” or “dead avoiding”.

*Ascended Masters – Christopher Penczak has outlined in his great book on Ascension magic how one can deal with all the channeled masters of the “New Age” through traditional magical paradigms. I have never contacted these beings directly but some people profit greatly from it; it seems to be very useful for those who are seeking teachers or gurus and feel isolated and cut off from the rest of the world. These beings help restore the balance but oftentimes carry specific agendas and politics which must be noticed.

*Folk Spirits – Under this classification falls races of beings which are not adequately understood with an elemental paradigm but nonetheless have had a strong impact on Earth’s history. This would include fairies, elves, goblins, sasquatch, and many other local spirits tied to particular cultures and places. These spirits are fickle sometimes and are often known to be mischievious and tricky. Whether they take a liking to you or not makes all the difference in working with them.

*Artificial Spirits – These spirits are a unique class in that they are created by human magicians and priests. People like to tell horror stories about egregores and golems gone insane, but I think this class is important in that it gives people a chance to learn the arts of creation and personality that help one to grow closer to the Divine. Oftentimes the process is not so much a creation as a definite role which is assumed by a little known but already existent entity. Donald Tyson’s works are very helpful on this subject. Metafictions such as Promethea and the Pop Culture characters that Taylor Ellwood teaches about are other important members of this group.

*Polytheistic gods – They’re much more approachable than most people give them credit for. Gods define themselves primarily in terms of Mysteres – the way they convey the universe and its lessons through particular themes, archetypes, and stories that are unique to their indiivdual history and experience. For example, Ishtar’s mysteries are taught through sexuality and rebirth because they are elements in her personal history and story within the greater scheme of things. Respect the Mystere (in the voodon sense), and you will learn how to relate to the god.

*Ancients/Abominations/Lloigor – What Warlock has said about the Urilia text is absolutelly true – do NOT use it until you are ready for it! These beings are millions of years old and represent the earliest and most ancient biocircuitry in humankind, which is very primal and animalistic. Extremely powerful if you can deal with them properly, but terrifying and dangerous if you aren’t ready to handle it. Take this from a guy who summoned Pazuzu and was going to be issued a premature death sentence were it not for the intervention of the gods and some good friends.

*Compass Spirits – There are a lot of different beings it would seem that dwell just on the outskirts of Earth and are connected to the mysteries of various angles, degrees, influences, and times that distribute power throughout the world. This is a little understood area in modern magick but has a ton of potential goodies for those willing to investigate. Franz Bardon’s elaborate registers for the 360 spirits from Abramelin are included here, as well as the spirits of the four altars (altitudes) found in the Ars Almadel, the hourly and zodiacal spirits of the Pauline Art, and the banner spirits of both the Tetrgrammaton and the 72-fold Shem HaMephorash. These are the spirits of “Theurgy” in the classical sense, and their books are found in the “Lesser Key” (Lemegeton) even though they were medievally classed as “good spirits’ (usually). What I have noticed with these spirits thusfar is that they can attune you to natural cycles in such a way that what you desire to accomplish, know, or obtain comes about in a very natural, spontaneous, and timely fashion. I  believe that these entities are those most commonly called “daemons” in the old Hermetic texts, and that these beings were worked with extensively by the syncretistic magicians of Hellenistic and later Roman Egypt. This would explain their transmission via Abramelin and the Valley of the Kings, which has always been a hotbed for these spirits.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE? Stay tuned for additional posts on summoning!

David S. -Optimystic

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KEYS TO THE ANCIENT ONES PART 9: Discovering The Atlantean Necronomicon

Greetings!

I would like to welcome everyone to the Simon Necronomicon GateWalker’s Info Page. It has certainly been a pleasure. If this is your first time here, I suggest that you review our previous discussion to bring you up to date with our current post.

Recently, we have been going into the depths of the SN, and defining what the worship of The Ancient Ones entails and why. I would like to point out, if the Initiate hasn’t already figured it out, that the workings of the Simon Necronomicon are indeed those of the Ancient Ones. We have discussed this throughout numerous posts. So we can know come to an understanding as to why the Book of Calling begins as such:

“THIS is the Book of the Ceremonies of Calling, handed down since the time the Elder Gods walked the Earth, Conquerors of the Ancient Ones.
This is the Book of NINNGHIZHIDDA, Horned Serpent, the Lady of the Magick Wand.
This is the Book of NINAXAKUDDU, The Queen, Mistress of the Incantations.
This is the Book of ASALLUXI, the King, the Lord of Magick.
This is the Book of AZAG, the Enchanter.
This is the Book of EGURA, the Dark Waters of ABSU, Realm of ERESHKIGAL, Queen of Death.
This is the Book of the Ministers of Knowledge, FIRIK and PIRIK, the Demon of the Snake-Entwined Magick Wand and the
Demon of the Thunderbolt, Protectors of the Arcane Faith, the Most Secret Knowledge, to be hidden from those not of us,
from the uninitiated.
This is the Book of ASARU, the Eye on the Throne.
This is the book of USHUMGALLUM, Mighty Dragon, born of HUBUR, of the Battle Against the Elder Gods.
This is the Book of ENDUKUGGA and NINDUKUGGA, Male and Female Monsters of the Abyss, of the Claws like
Daggers and the Wings of Darkness.
This is further the Book of NAMMTAR, Chief among the Magicians of ERESHKIGAL.
This is the Book of the Seven Demons of the Ignited Spheres, of the Seven Demons of the Flame.
This is the Book of the Priest, who governeth the Works of Fire!”

It is interesting to note that none of the above entities are Elder Gods, yet the Book of Calling is said to be accredited to Underworld Entities. In Gates of the Necronomicon Simon makes it pretty clear that even entities found in the Urilla Text can be called based on the standard Calling given in the Book. However, when one passes the Gate Of Iak Sakkakk, I suggest that they write their own method of Calling, or use the one that is found in our post CONSTRUCTING A TEMPLE TO THE ANCIENT ONES The instructions given in the Book of Calling serve the purpose of Walking or call the planetary deities, no other. Noticce what the Mad Arab mentions when he speaks about the Calling of the Watcher:

“HIS is the Book of the Conjuration of the Watcher, for formulae as I received them from the Scribe of ENKI, Our Master and Lord of All Magick. Great care must be taken that this untamed Spirit does not rise up against the Priest, and for that reason a preliminary sacrifice must be made in a clean and new bowl with the appropriate sigils inscribed thereupon, being the three grey carven signs of the Rock of my initiation,”

Here we can see the Mad Arab’s description that his First Testimony was a poetic call into his initiation as an Ancient One. He later explains that the bowl used as the AGA MASS SSARATU is to be used only for Calling the Watcher. The Watchers are definitely among the entities that we find in the Urilla Text for it is said that they are called KIA MASS SSARATU:

“Wherefore it is wise to conjure It in the Names of the Three Great Watchers Who existed before the Confrontation from whose borne the Watcher and His Race ultimately derive, and those Three are ANU, ENLIL, and Master ENKI of the Magick Waters. And for this reason They are sometimes called the Three Watchers, MASS SSARATI and the Watcher MASS SSARATU, or KIA MASS SSARATU.”

There are no Callings for the Watcher in the Urilla Text because during our Initiation we become the Watcher, which is the Sacred Marriage Rite. This is when we have been fully initiated into the system, and begin learning the deeper aspects of the text, one being, that the Urilla Text is the Atlantean Necronomicon. We can see that this is clearly evident when we examine the EMERALD TABLETS OF THOTH THE ATLANTEAN NOTICE WHAT IS MENTIONED IN TABLET NUMBER 6:

“But if thou findest thine heart is not darkened,
be sure that a force is directed to thee.
Only by knowing can thou overcome it.
Only be wisdom can thou hope to be free.
Knowledge brings wisdom and wisdom is power.
Attain and ye shall have power o’er all.
Seek ye first a place bound by darkness.
Place ye a circle around about thee.
Stand erect in the midst of the circle.
Use thou this formula, and you shalt be free.
Raise thou thine hands to the dark space above thee
. Close thou thine eyes and draw in the LIGHT.

Call to the SPIRIT OF LIGHT through the Space-Time,
using these words and thou shalt be free:
“Fill thou my body, O SPIRIT OF LIfe,
fill thou my body with SPIRIT OF LIGHT.
Come from the FLOWER
that shines through the darkness.
Come from the HALLS where the Seven Lords rule.

Name them by name, I, the Seven:
THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
and SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT–Nine.

By their names I call them to aid me,
free me and save me from the darkness of night:
UNTANAS, QUERTAS, CHIETAL,
and GOYANA, HUERTAL, SEMVETA–ARDAL.
By their names I implore thee,
free me from darkness
and fill me with LIGHT
Know ye, O man, that when ye have done this,
ye shall be free from the fetters that bind ye,
cast off the bondage of the brothers of night.”

We find this same method in the Urilla Text

“Spirit of the Earth, Remember!
Spirit of the Seas, Remember!
In the Names of the Most Secret Spirits of NAR MARRATUK
The Sea below the seas
And of KUTULU
The Serpent who sleepeth Dead
From beyond the graves of the Kings
From beyond the tomb wherein INANNA
Daughter of the Gods
Gained Entrance to the Unholy Slumbers
Of the she-fiend of KUTHULETH

In SHURRUPAK, I summon thee to mine aid!
In UR, I summon thee to mine aid!
In NIPPURR, I summon thee to mine aid!
In ERIDU, I summon thee to mine aid!
In KULLAH, I summon thee to mine aid!
In LAAGASH, I summon thee to mine aid!
Rise up, O powers from the Sea below all seas
From the grave beyond all graves
From the Land of TIL
To SHIN
NEBO
ISHTAR
SHAMMASH
NERGAL
MARDUK
ADAR

House of the Water of Life
Pale ENNKIDU
Hear me!

Spirit of the Seas, Remember!

Spirit of the Graves, Remember!”

In both, the Emerald Tablets and the Simon Necronomicon, this ritual is performed to drink of the Waters of Life, which is why the SN mentions the Land of Til.  Til means life. Some people have translated TIAMAT  as Maiden of Life.  The Invocation of Powers found in the Urilla Text has the same meaning as the ritual given to us by Thoth the Atlantean, to drink from the waters of immortality that are guarded and protected by “dark entities.’  This can be further evidenced by the Legend of Adapa and the SouthWinds.  In this famous epic, both DUMUZI and GOZZIDA, two Underworld deities, are said to be guarding the Throne of Anu. Another example of this is found in the Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean,  Tablet One, entitled The History of Thoth, the Atlantean This Tablet has the same theme as the Mad Arab’s Firt Testimony.

We also discover some of Lovecraft themes in the Emerald Tablets. Tablet 5 , THE DWELLER OF UNAL has a similar theme to Dweller in Darkness by Lovecraft. It seems that Simon was able to see that the  bridge between Crowley and Lovecraft was the Emerald Tablets.  It is based upon the narration by Thoth in these Tablets that we derive the Simon Necronomicon’s deity AZAG-THOTH. I wonder if  Dan Harms has ever made this same observation, since he is a big critique of the Tome and our spiritual tradition. Interstingly, Simon makes a comment about the Emerald Tablets in his Introduction under the subheading the Devil he states:

“For, as it is said in one of man’s most ancient of Covenants, the Emerald table, “As Above, So Below.” Man’s power to alter the nature of his environment must develop simultaneously with his ability to master his inner environment, his own mind his psyche, soul. spirit…Yet, he must remember that the occult powers that accompany magical attainment are ornamental only, indications of obstacles overcome on the Path to Perfection, and are not to be sort after in themselves, for theirinlies the true Death.”

This is one of the most profound occult staements ever and it is further reason why the operations of the Simon Necronomicon should be taken seriously. While the Initiate is going through the GateWalking Initiations, they must work on themselves. If one were to work contrary to this statement then they would only be magnifying their own internal demons, which will be released in the phenomenal world when they open the 8th Gate. Simon makes mention of this and the 8th Gate, in his book Gates of the Necronomicon. Notice what he says on page 111:

“The Eastern doctrine of karma is not simply a moral lesson; rather, it is the logical extension of the Hermetic axiom “as above, so below”: the key axiom of all magick and indeed, of all action whatsoever. By attempting to open the “mysterious gate” in one’s own soul, one also risks oopening the “Gate to the Other World” and thereby loosing demons upon the Earth. Such was the outcome of Inanna’s return from the Underworld, as she re-entered society trailing demons for and aft.”

In the above passage Simon confirms that our estimations are  correct. The workings of the Urilla Text deals with the Gate of Timat, or the Gate of Self. It is the 8th Gate in our initiation, but if it is not performed the energies we have worked with in the previous Walking rituals will become stagnent and in a sense we become victims to the Great Queen Ereshkigal, as mentioned in the MAGAN Text.

“When DUMUZI is slain and buried/MAY THE DEAD RISE AND SMELL THE INCENSE!”

What the above passage means is that once we open the 8th Gate, there is no turning back. It is not a Gate for those who have not adopted this work as a spiritual path. The effects of opening the 8th Gate  are extremely astral in nature and what is astral becomes a part of ones’ physical reality. “As Above, So below.” Understand? Yet if one doesn’t open this door the energies remain stagnent. Opening the 8th Gate is a Female Rite, so it is called the Sleep of ISHTAR versus Walking the Gates, which is a Rite of Marduk. Here we have the Yin’Yang principles in motion. Therefore, we are to work with both sides of the spectrum in our work. The 8th Gate has been called by many names on this blog page. It is interesting to note that it is the true Arcturian Gate. I must say that the Sumerian workings, as found in the SN, is a testimony to this.  Long before all of this New Age propaganda concerning Arcturus began, we  had an effective means for contancting this current in the Urilla Text. Let us turn back to the pages of Gates of the Necronomicon on page 125, and notice what is said knowing that our rituals are connected to the Big Dipper:

“Originally, the Northern Ladle was composed of eight, not sevn stars. The missing star is Arcturus, which once formed part of the Dipper over three thousand years ago.”

The spirits mentioned in the URILLA Text are not evil or good, they are beyond that. When the Initiate begins working with these energies, they begin to understand some of the Divine Metaphors that have escaped scholars. This is what Dan Harms cannot understand. The spirits in the URILLA Text are Atlantean in nature and thus Insectial Spirits.  Insect Spirits is not a common topic in the Occult Circle these days. It seems that the theme of inner and outer growth as mentioned by Simon earlier in this article, is lacking in today’s New Age Movement.

Insects and reptiles are good symbols of what it means to be immortal.  Serpents are extremely deadly, but show the amazing ability of rebirth by the shedding of its skin. Insects also are examples of how life can evolve. Many of the flying creatures in the Insect kingdom begin life as worms or caterpillars. Some of the famous Occult scholars have even taken the unique abilities of insects a step further  The Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky by Maurice Nicoll, mentions the following:

“As you know, the ants obviously began to tamper with themselves following some kind of scientific logic sacrificed everything that might make them individual..,and became subject to a purely state-organization, and apparently organized themselves for a kind of continual military service,..”

From the above observation, we can see that Insects were  somewhat an advanced species that weakened over the ages.

Gary Varmer in his book, Creatures in the mist, makes the following observation of page 111:

“Animals and insects have figured in most of the world’s religions in one way or another…,they are the gods and goddesses that people worshipped, or they are the demon and devils that are feared.”

Information concerning Insect-spirits is rare, because it was often laced in symbolism of the “dark tradition” or the Cult of the Dead. Although I cannot speak on certain things here. I will mention some things and how it relates to the Simon Necronomicon. It should be noted that the Atlantean Necronomicon, which I am currently putting together, concerns itself only with those who have opened the 8th Gate. In my own personal experience when one opens the 8th Gate their experiences become completely supernatural! I will relate briefly how the topics we have just covered concern this writing that will only be available for those Initiates who have operated, or opened this Gate. It should also be noted by the Initiate that the forces behind the 8th Gate are organized and that entry into this Ancient Secret Society are completely astral, but are real as experiences in the phenomenal world. Here is an excerpt from the Atlantean Necronomicon:

“All throughout the day, I kept getting an epiphany to make an herbal potion that has correspondences to the entities in the 8th Gate. so I went to the store and brought some ingredients that came to me in the epiphany. It was late in the afternoon and I decided to drink the potion and to use some of it as an herbal bath. The ingredients that I used naturally raised my body temperature, but were useful in purifying my blood. I had another cup of this tea shortly before going to sleep. I did some reading and kept my journal near my bed. After falling asleep, I found myself in an OBE. I saw three shadows pass near my bed. These shadows turned into mosquitos about the size of a six-foot tall man. I could feel their wings moving above me, and they stung me, but I was not frightened. They told me to research the properties of the mosquito when I awoke and returned to my body. They also told me that mosquitos were written about in ancinet times as the Lilitu. Suddenly I awoke. It was about 4 a.m. Bothof my arms were filled with mosquito bites. I was very sore and I decided to follwo the instructions. I looked up the properties of the mosquito and made the following notes:

1) Male mosquitos dont bite humans-only the females do. (The Lilitu are female spirits)

2) Female mosquitos bite mammals, or enjoy a blood meal to acquire the needed proteins for their eggs.(The URILLA Text mentions that “the LILIT are quick to come at Calling,..,and robbing the Water of Life and the Food of Life in which to quicken to the Dead.” Interestingly, Eygptand Sumeria were familiar with the malaria.)

3) One study found that mosquitos were more active during the “full moon” than in other parts of the Moon cycle. (The Simon Necronomicon mentions concerning the LILIT that “after the passage of one-tenth of the Moon the Elements are dead.”)

4) Mosquitos lay their eggs on water, which can be a saltmarsh, a lake, a puddle, a plant, or a bucket of water. The eggs hatch to become larvae. (The Simon Necronomicon in the Second Testimony states the follwoing: Remeber thy life is in running water, and not in still water, for the latter is a breeding place for the LILITU..,”)

After noting the following comparisons, I was able to understand that the Lilitu was probably a metaphor for mosquitoes. Yet it would seem that these entities from the other side are more insectial than those than human in nature. I went to sleep with difficulty because my arms were still irritated from the mosquito bites that were  on both of my arms. Finally I was able to return to sleep and when I awoke I felt rested and their were no marks on my arms and my bites were completely gone. I felt refreshed and had the energy of a teenager. I realized why the ancients may have called these spirtis evil, but I also realized that these energies, while  not compassionate to human emotion, still serve for the basis of the univeral good and in some ways become part of the Initiate’s mindset. See, if the Initiate is in pursuit of magical power, then they will eventually go insane, but if the Initiate is working form a true spiritual place of evolution, they can enjoy the Insect-like qualities as being useful for the great work. Insects are able to move with stealth and to function regardless of the environmental changes that surround them. They do not put emotion over what needs to be done. It is for this reason that the Ancient Deities may have been considered evil since they were less compassionate to human needs, as was the younger generation of gods and goddesses. Yet the younger gods and goddesses were somewhat deceptive in their own approach and invented the pleasures of which man became consumed in. This should indicate to the Initiate that he needs to be balanced in his work by using both the Ancient Ones Principles and those of the Elder Gods to rule their own worlds with strength and compassion, focusing on the goal of the work. This can only be accomplished by balance. We see balance in PAZUZU who was able to fight off “evil spirits.” PAZUZU is  known as the ANZU Bird in ancient legend. He is also known in the Necronomicon Mysteries as the Watcher. It is this force that we unite with in the Sacred Marriage Rite of GateWalking. It is interesting for the Initiate to note that PAZUZU is often seen in the same position that the Initiate is using when Calling the Watcher:

Notice that the right-hand is up. this symbolizes the Initiate’s ability to draw down the energies from the stars. Notice that the left-hand is facing downwards. This symbolizes the ability to use heavenly energies to understand the Greater Mysteries of Darkness. It is balance.”

This experience happened to me on August the 8th, 2009. I must say that although critics like Dan Harms claim that the Simon Necronomicon cannot be used for understanding the Dark Mysteries of Ancient Mesopotamia, I must also say that he is not an Initiate of the System.  So his perspective is “dead” to any experience with these energies. Yet we have to admire his ability in research and writing and also realize that he has a part to play in all of this as wel. l It is through his resolved critique of the SN that we are able to gain some insights by exploring some of issues he has raised, and to verify our findings with written history. Although Dan Harms  is not invoking the energies in the book, he is being used by them. Therefore, we should keep him in our prayers and workings  that he too may be protected.

WARLOCK ASYLUM an Ancient One

 

 

 

 

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KEYS TO THE ANCIENT ONES PART 8: Initiation into the Secret Society that still Rules Today

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I am happy that we have covered a lot of information concerning the Rites of the Ancient Ones.  However,  I must say that the importance of these Rites and rituals cannot be fully understood until the Initiate understands the history of the Cult of the Dead.

The Mad Arab speaks about this Cult on various occasions in the Text of the Simon Necronomicon. One example, can be  seen in the beginning of the MAGAN Text:

“The verses here following come from the secret text of some of the priests of a cult which is all that is left of the Old Path that existed before Babylon was built..,”

The Mad Arab on another occasion mentioned a “Cult” that existed before Babylon was built, he is referring to the Sult of the Dead. We can ascertain this from a passage that appears in the URILLA Text”

“Bread of the Cult of the Dead in its Place I eat”

The Mad Arab reveals the identity of this “Cult” in the above passage, being none other than the Cult of the Dead. Although, there is not much information available about the Cult of the Dead, most scholars agree that it is the religion of the Ancient Ones. I must also state that without understanding of the history of the Cult of the Dead, no Initiate can ever gain a true understanding of the Greater Mysteries. In the book Spiritism and the cult of the dead in antiquity by Lewis Bayles Paton, we find the following observation on page 18:

“..,it appears that the cult of the dead is one of the most ancient and most widely-spread forms of human worship….,a number of ancient writers formulated the theory that ancestor-worship was the origin of all human religion.”

Here we see that Paton describes the Cult of the Dead’s spiritual philosophy as being the foundation of all human religion. if this is the case, then we should see aspects of this in human religions that followed this most ancient Cult. Paton continues on page 208 with the following words:

“The rites of mourning among the Semites were similar to those of among other primitive peoples and bear witness to a similar cult of the dead.”

Before we continue on with other examples, Paton explains why the Cult of the Dead was so understood and embraced by ancient people who later came to fear the dead:

“The great gods whom men loved and adored were gods of the upper world and of the living; their sway did not extend into the dark abodes of the dead…,When death came it was a sign that their favor was withdrawn, or thatthey were unable to help against the powers f darkness. The disembodied spirit passed out of their jurisdiction into that of divinities wih whom in life it had established no friendly relations.”

Here we see that it is important for the Initiate to establish a relationship with the forces of darkness.  This we find as being the case with some of the most legendary kings and priests in history. Paton illustrates this further on page 261:

“The dark holy of holies of Solomon’s temple, with its anteroom, in which a lamp was kept burning and bread and incense were offered, was the counterpart of an ancient Canaanite tomb…,Sacrifice is a rite that has meaning only in the cult of the dead. The blood, in which the life of the animal resides, is poured outin order that the shades may drink of it and renew their vigour. Offerings of food and drink are not needed by celestial deities, but are needed by spirits of the dead, and have been offered to them from the earliest times…,and were afterward extended to other divinities..,”

Here we can see a clear example of how the Cult of the Dead, while remaining hidden, was influential in the secret cults of ancient times controlled culture, politics, and kings. Paton continues on page 20:

“We are told of Confucius that “he sacrificed to the spirits as though the spirits were present,” and he consciously enjoined the cult of the dead upon his disciples.”

This is further evidence of how widespread the Cult of the Dead really were. When we identify who the Cult of the Dead really are, we can see what groups were considered the Ancient Ones by the Mad Arab. Paton continues in his introductory notes, and from them we can see some of the bigoted views of Paton’s generation, though in some respects he praises these same “savage people” as being keepers of a most ancient tradition:

“In the Neolithic caves of Palestine, that were inhabited by a pre-Semitic race, offerings of food and drink were deposited with the dead and their bones were used as amulets. Anthropologists are agreed that no savage race exits which does not belive in some sort of immortality and practise some rites in honour of the dead.”

Earlier in Paton’s writing we find what he calls a savage race, would incude Africans, Native Americans, East Indians, and Asian peoples. Yet he also shows how this same Cult of the Dead was influential in Europe. In this online article entitled Death Rite we find the following observation:

“The Christian cult of the dead found found early expression in the catacombs..,”

It is clear from reveiwing the history of the Cult of the Dead that we find this to be the same organization that the Mad Arab describes as existing before babylon was built. it is this same Cult that Simon referred to in his introduction of the SN in a section entitled WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT ONES IN HISTORY, we read:

“In the West, the conjuration, cultivation, or worship of this Power was strenuously oppossed with the advent of the Solar Monotheistic religions and those who clung to the Old Ways were effectively exstinguished.”

It now makes since  why the Mad Arab said that this Cult were to produce a text called the MAGAN Text. MAGAN sometimes referring to the “place of death.”  It can be estimated that the Cult of the Dead existed before the belief system of the Sumerians. It seems that after the Deluge the Cult’s Power was weakend by the Solar Cults, yet it still remained alive by Initiates who performed the work in secret. it is evident that the Cult existed before sumeria and Babylon because the esthetics of the Cult, althouth pre-historic, were though to be evil by the groups that followed them, namely the Sumerians and Babylonians, which means that they did not understand the cause of these rites. Paton continues on page 211 of his book:

“Unlike China, where ancestors were believed to bless their descendants,…in Babylonia and Assyria the activity of spirits of the dead was entirely maleficent.”

This would establish that the Cult that the Mad Arab mentioned in the beginning of the MAGAN Text must have existed even before Sumeria, since the Cult of the Dead is the oldest of religions. This would also explain why the Babylonians thought wind-spirits were evil, since the wind represented the soul, spirit, or breathe of the deceased person.  Interestingly, they also believed that the spirit still had some connection to the dead body and the physical body was its chief seat of activity. In some of the early Babyloniian incantations we see that these “evil spirits” are described as having no wife, cannot stand or sit, and etc. This being the case we can now understand why PAZUZU, was considered evil, since he was a wind demon. This would also clarify some aspects of Lamashtu being able to act in her own accord or winds that were not formed in heaven. We mentioned earlier that it was Ancient Mesopotamian belief that, although the celestial gods favored man from time to time, they could not do anything about the forces of darkness coming to take a soul is not the womb of death being that the have never established a relationship with these forces. This is what the Mad Arab seems to be talking about in the beginning of the Second Testimony, for although he has descended into the Abyss and has Walked amongst the Spheres, his fate still awaits him:

The Lords of the Wind rush about me and are angered..,”

It is a beautiful  that we have the opportunity to undergo the Rites of the Cult of the Dead, by our workings in the SN and our initiation into the Black Rites that appear in the Urilla Text. In view of our observations, it would seem probable that since the Cult of the Dead existed from pre-historic times, it may shed some light on what civilization is older Egypt or Sumeria since Egypt has a long history and was influenced for centuries by the Cult of the Dead. The Cult of Osiris one example of this. Actually the Mad Arab admits this when he describes these cults in his Second Testimony:

“Beware of  the Cults of Death, and these are the Cult of the Dog, the Cult of the Dragon, and the Cult of the Goat…”

Here the Mad Arab is secretly indicating source that the Initiate of the Black Rites will do well to investigate, to gain a deeper understanding of their work as an Ancient One. We will discuss these groups in our next article

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KEYS TO THE ANCIENT ONES PART 6: The Magan Text

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I have often been questioned to the meaning of the MAGAN Text. Interestingly, Simon admits that the MAGAN Text is the centerpiece of the Simon Necronomicon. Concerning the MAGAN Text we are told the following by the Mad Arab:

“I copied these words down in my tongue and kept them faithfully these many years, and copy will go with me to the place where I will go when my Spirit is torn from the body.”

The importance of the workings of the MAGAN Text cannot be overstated. Here we can see that the Mad Arab treasured the words of this text very highly. Out of all the passages that appear in the Simon Necronomicon, he mentions that the MAGAN Text will go with him in the after life. This would mean that the Mad Arab mad it a point to commit the MAGAN Text to memory. This is emphasized by the words that follow the above passage:

“But heed these words well and, and remember!”

Here the Mad Arab encourages us to remember the words of the MAGAN Text, but why? He tells us in the next passage:

“For remembering is the most important, and most potent magick, being the Rememberance of  Things Past and the Rememberance Things to Come,  which is the same memory.”

The Mad Arab mentions the importance of remembering the MAGAN Text because it was a way to access the Akashic Records. Different than all the other workings in the Simon Necronomicon, memorization of the MAGAN Text is the most powerful of all the rituals in the Necronomicon.

The Akashic Records are sometimes define as the mind of god. They are a catalogue of every event that has taken place in the cosmos and on a personal level. We find this to be the case with the MAGAN Text as it works in a similar way as our Moon does. in that each phases reflect what is happening to our individual selves, as well as, the cosmos.  In the beginning stage of initiation, the MAGAN Text may appear to be some sort of ancient history of what have you. Later, the Initiate comes to realize that by remembering the MAGAN Text they can identify the passages of the MAGAN Text, with every even known to man, from childbirth to warfare, from sex to murder, and etc. it is all contain in the MAGAN Text I must say out of all the 12 section listed in the Text of the Simon Necronomicon, the MAGAN Text appears to be mystical and not ritualistic. Though it appears to be an easy task to “remember,” it should also be understood that this is the most serious rite of all in the Simon Necronomicon, for it can even cause visions in the daylight ours and induces astral projection. This is done by simply working on memorizing the Text itself. later when one has the words committed to memory, recite these facing North while burning a white candle. You will begin to gain lucidity, then astral projection and some visions. You will also come to a greater understanding of the Ancient Ones and why their worship is the capstone of the Teachings listed in the Simon Necronomicon. Exercise makes the spirit healthy!

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Treatise Between The Lovecraft and Simon Necronomicon Traditions.

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It is about time that Dan Harms and I sit at the Table of Lenki and realize the Fates as they are written in the stars. I have elarne many things from my “debates with Dan Harms and we still hold our repective views concerning the Necronomicon Tradition. I can speak for myself in saying that I have benefited greatly from the Simon Necronomicon. I have also spoken with Priests of Yoruba and Santeria, who also respect the book’s power.  However, it would be nice to see some peace in the two schools of thought. We must remember that there would be no Simon Necronomicon if there wasn’t an Aleister Crowley or H. P. Lovecraft, or Enochian Magic, Tantra, the Seven African Powers, the Chaldean Oracles, Enuma Elish, and the list can go on and on. Throughout the past year and a half, Harms and I have spent muct times debating on several aspects that we differ on. So I would like to list manysome of the things that we agree on to some extent to begin work upon a treaty in the feild of Necronomics.

1) Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree that the Simon Necronomicon partly owes its origin to the works of Lovecraft.

2) Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree that the Simon Necronomicon is a grimoire that can be used for spiritual adavancement, and a a spiritual path.

3) Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree that the authorship and credibility of the Tome’s origin are not the same as what was described by Lovecraft’s use of the term “Necronomicon.”

4) Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree that anyone who incorporates criminal practices within theor ritual workings pertaining to the Simon Necronomicon should be reported to the said authorities of the country where these criminal acts are being conducted.

5) Both Dan harms and Warlock Asylum agree that the effects of the Tome’s workings can be harmful and one should take care in making a conscious decision about working with the Tome’s methods of divination.

6) Both Dan Harms, Warlock Asylum, and Simon, agree that the Simon Necronomicon, although using the names of some Sumerian deities, is not a grimoire concerning Sumerian Magick.

7) Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree that any debates held between the two parties representing the two differeing Traditions are to be held with respect and a sincere desire to uncover the said topic in question.

Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree that Practitioners of the Simon Necronomicon Tradition should study ancient and modern references concerning the subject matter of the Text.

9) Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree that anyone who takes a personal issue with the information that is exchange in any of the said debates to the point of personal attack, should be reported to the authorities regardless of what either side’s position is concerning the material in question.

10) Both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum agree to show mutual repect for each other’s person though they may be of differing opinions, and this course of action should be followed by both Lovecraftian Magicians, as well as, Mystics of the Simon Necronomicon Tradition.

11) It should be noted that both Dan Harms and Warlock Asylum are members, though of differeing opinions of the Necronomicon Tradition, and both Traditions are clearly linked together.

12)Both Dan harms and Warlock Asylum agree that much of what has been said concerning both the Lovecraft and Simon Necronomicon Traditions has been misinterpreted by many so-called occult groups, and one should investigate any group claiming to represent either Tradition before associating themselves with any organization that is said to represent the said Tradition.

This Treaty has been enetered of the 27th day of July of the year 2009.

Be Well

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