In this article, I try to give a condensed idea and tabulations of the different working grades in the three Star of Azazel lodges that offer such. Most of this will likely seem confusing unless one is very much into the brotherhood working already. These are by no means things a member must know. IContinue reading “GRADES OF THE STAR OF AZAZEL”
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THE STAR OF AZAZEL’S 16TH BIRTHDAY
Three discussions about the lodge-oriented brotherhood Happy birthday to us – today, 7.7. 2022, the Star of Azazel turns sweet 16! Last week, I was involved in two slightly funny but also important and telling discussions about the position of the Star of Azazel’s societal aspect. I include them below and add the third one,Continue reading “THE STAR OF AZAZEL’S 16TH BIRTHDAY”
KUNDALINÎ AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMAN BEING
Fragment from diary nr. 117, p.114-115 “…Personality can manifest only in anthropomorphic forms; the heads & the tails can never see each other, even though they are aspects of the one and the same being: in the same way, that which is understandable in a human way just because it is not cosmic or divine,Continue reading “KUNDALINÎ AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMAN BEING”
THE HALF-BEAST PUZZLE
“Part of the tragedy is that man does not usually see his own state, for it is precisely the realization of one’s own state that breaks the dominance of a mental habit. Realizing is an act of being awake in spirit, for the human self is consciousness, cognition of one’s inner essence. The truth willContinue reading “THE HALF-BEAST PUZZLE“
THE USE OF MAGICAL VOICE
In ancient Sanskrit texts, several possible forms of the use of Vâc, or magical sound, are mentioned. It is possible to reach this sacred speech in physically heard sound, in its subtler form of words articulated in a silent manner, or in the subtlest form, without articulation at all. The last one of these isContinue reading “THE USE OF MAGICAL VOICE”
SALOME 1°
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°”
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”
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