The only lodge of the Star of Azazel to use the grades system so far has been Graal. In Graal, one goes through the grades, each consisting of eight pairs of practices. This year, we are presenting a grade working system of its own for lodge Salome. These grades are very different from Graal’s andContinue reading “SALOME 1°”
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THE RAINBOW BRIDGE AND THE DEVIL’S EMERALD
[Transcribed from the presentation given at the 15th annual meeting of the Star of Azazel. A recording of the original Finnish presentation can be listened to here, courtesy of lodge Lucifer.] The rainbow bridge and the emerald of the Devil are together a twofold symbol, or a cluster of symbols, which, in my presentation, isContinue reading “THE RAINBOW BRIDGE AND THE DEVIL’S EMERALD”
KOUTA
“Kouta” is a poem by Eino Leino, perhaps the single most appreciated Finnish poet, who was deeply touched by early theosophy and dealt with many of its subjects in his works. Leino’s Kouta is a black magician, “the greatest wizard beyond the Turja mountain,” that is, in the mythic North of Lapland. The wizards ofContinue reading “KOUTA“
BROTHERHOOD BASICS
With Frater Mantvs With the help of frater Mantvs, we have compiled a small Q&A of important questions regarding the Star of Azazel. If anyone else has any questions, please feel free to send them to us at either nefastos@azazel.fi or polyhymnia@azazel.fi along with your permission to post them. Mantvs: Is the Star of AzazelContinue reading “BROTHERHOOD BASICS”
FOSFOROS INTERVIEW
Fra SmaragdSeptember 2021 Smaragd: One can find little knowledge about the timeline of Fosforos from the internet. Also, the earlier editions are hard to find on the used book market, even though the edition being published in the near future is already the sixth Finnish edition. When did the text get its first impulse, andContinue reading “FOSFOROS INTERVIEW”
Hymn to the Master of Death
The Hymn to the Master of Death is a hymn we use on Saturday, the day belonging to Saturn, the lord of Time and Death – the great transformation. It invokes the spirits of Saturn (Agiel, Zazel), its angel (Zaphkiel), and its divine names (Shaddai). The “Dark Lord” thus besought is a form of Satan. Therefore, itContinue reading “Hymn to the Master of Death”
DEMONS’ CUBE
Demons’ Cube & Other Writings on Magic is a collection of occult writings by Johannes Nefastos. First published by Viides Askel in 2013 (2nd edition in 2018), the book is currently being translated into English. To bring the ideas of the book closer to the readers and serve the concept of lodge Salome as theContinue reading “DEMONS’ CUBE”
ABOUT THE WHITE ASPECT
Ad Perpetranda Miracula Rei Unius ”This Earth, Disciple, is the Hall of Sorrow, wherein are set along the Path of dire probations, traps to ensnare thy EGO by the delusion called “Great Heresy” [of separatism]… Three Halls, O weary pilgrim, lead to the end of toils. Three Halls, O conqueror of Mâra, will bring theeContinue reading “ABOUT THE WHITE ASPECT”
On Elemental Prayers
In How to Build a Rosary of Azazel, I gave an example of the possible arrangement of the prayer beads’ blessings in our rosary practice. Perhaps the most peculiar among them was the third decade: “Different kingdoms of nature, including the elements. (Human kingdom, Animal kingdom, Plant kingdom, Mineral kingdom, the kingdom of Culture, the naturalContinue reading “On Elemental Prayers”
The Daughter of God
Last week I presented a prologue for a concept essential to lodge Salome, the Daughter of God. In that fragment from Magna Mater, I gave the basis for the idea of complementary opposites forming two duads of Mother and Father and Son and his Bride as the quaternary point of the demonology of the StarContinue reading “The Daughter of God”
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