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This summary provides the essential information from the document in 3 sentences:
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Holmes receives a coded message from his informant Porlock regarding a potential threat to a man named Douglas. The message contains numbers that correspond to words in the almanac, allowing Holmes to decipher it. It warns that "there is danger" and that "confidence is pressing" for Douglas, who lives at Birlstone House in a wealthy country area. However, before Porlock can provide the key to the cipher, he becomes afraid that Professor Moriarty suspects him as a traitor and urges Holmes to burn the message. Inspector MacDonald then arrives at Holmes's home to consult with him on a new case.
This document provides an introduction and preface to the Book of Nod, a collection of writings meant to establish the lore and culture of vampires in roleplaying games. The introduction explains that the Book of Nod is meant to be used as setting material by Storytellers to make their games feel more authentic. The preface describes the compiler's lifelong quest to find and assemble all fragments of the original Book of Nod, risking danger to retrieve pieces from around the world. It expresses his fear that completing this work may trigger a family curse of madness.
The document discusses an ancient Assyrian text called "The Book of Dagon" that was originally written on parchment in the 15th century BC. It provides context about how the text was rediscovered and translated over time. The summary also notes that the document contains summaries of two parts of the original text - "The Red Scroll" dealing with formulas of demonology, and "The Black Scroll" telling of adventures of an ancient king.
This document provides acknowledgments for those who helped make the book possible, including translators, researchers, and supporters. It thanks a monk who provided the original manuscripts, translators who performed "distasteful and unsatisfying" translation work, researchers who aided in the book's perspective, and supporters who took risks to ensure the book's publication. It also thanks Aleister Crowley for his help in presenting the book.
Crowley and Jung. The Book of the Law and Seven Sermons.Paul Weston
From the section 'Gnostic Revival' in my book Aleister Crowley and the Aeon of Horus, a strongly pictorial exploration of a mysterious commonality in the work of two apparently very different figures, Aleister Crowley and CG Jung. Their strangely channeled texts, both vital parts of their development, seem to come from a similar source, manifested through their differing temperaments, that expresses the dawning of a powerful new epoch.
This document summarizes and introduces a revised edition of the book "A Garden of Pomegranates" which outlines the Qabalah, an ancient system of Jewish mysticism. The summary discusses how the Qabalah can provide a framework to understand both the universe and oneself. It also touches on how the Qabalah relates to magic and how its symbolism can help correlate different concepts. The introduction acknowledges some direct plagiarisms from other authors in the original book and provides context for the revisions.
This summary provides the essential information from the document in 3 sentences:
The document is an excerpt from Marcel Proust's novel "Swann's Way" which is the first part of his novel "In Search of Lost Time". The excerpt describes the narrator's experiences waking up in the middle of the night, becoming disoriented about where he is and what time it is. Through a series of vivid memories and shifting perspectives, he works to piece together where his body is located and what room he has fallen asleep in.
This fairy tale describes the protagonist Lola Daydream's journey of initiation in the Western Mystery Tradition. Lola explains that she is able to lucid dream and interacts with mystical figures in her dreams who guide her, such as her "Fairy Prince" who rides fantastical winged creatures. The story serves to introduce children to mystical concepts through a fairy tale lens while also delineating the Qabalistic Tree of Life and initiation system.
Holmes receives a coded message from his informant Porlock regarding a potential threat to a man named Douglas. The message contains numbers that correspond to words in the almanac, allowing Holmes to decipher it. It warns that "there is danger" and that "confidence is pressing" for Douglas, who lives at Birlstone House in a wealthy country area. However, before Porlock can provide the key to the cipher, he becomes afraid that Professor Moriarty suspects him as a traitor and urges Holmes to burn the message. Inspector MacDonald then arrives at Holmes's home to consult with him on a new case.
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This document outlines Firestarter Business Solutions' approach to supercharging sales performance through deploying sales teams, generating leads, articulating propositions, implementing processes, optimizing revenue and profit, and delivering projects with organizational structure and leadership. Firestarter focuses on getting the sales engine right through listening to clients, packaging products for sales, finding the right audiences, and providing tools and support until clients can operate independently. They also offer access to an experienced partner network providing specialized skills.
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The document discusses sensors and transducers. It defines a transducer as a device that converts one form of energy to another. Sensors are transducers that detect or measure a signal, while actuators generate a signal. Electronic sensors typically have a primary transducer that converts a parameter to an electrical signal and a secondary transducer that converts this to analog or digital values. Common primary transducers discussed include light, pressure, displacement, temperature, and MEMS sensors. Secondary transducers and common sensor readout circuits like Wheatstone bridges and operational amplifiers are also described.
The SPE-PRMS system provides a framework for classifying oil and gas resources with two levels of uncertainty. The first is the uncertainty around discovery volumes, and the second is around the commercial viability of discoveries. Resources are classified as reserves, contingent resources, or prospective resources. Reserves have been discovered and proven commercial through drilling. Contingent resources are discovered but not proven commercial. Prospective resources are undiscovered but thought to have potential for commercial production. The PRMS system defines reserves as quantities that can be commercially produced meeting criteria around discovery, producibility, commercial viability, and existing development plans. Reserves estimates are provided as 1P, 2P, and 3P values with varying probabilities of actual production amounts meeting or
The document provides an introduction to Volume II of The Light of Egypt. It discusses how astrology is the key to unlocking occult knowledge and mysteries of human existence. The introduction explains how the sun, moon, and five planets are symbols that reflect the divine attributes of life, light, and love. It encourages the reader to learn the language of the stars in order to attune their soul to the divine harmony represented by the music of the spheres.
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Chasing Egregors
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Of all the myths ever told, of all the theologies ever defended, of all the agnostic
deconstructions ever argued, it seems to me that at least one current flows in
common: a mingling between the worlds of humans and the worlds of gods. Whether
the humans created the gods – or vice versa;
whether the gods were being invoked, evoked,
collected, commanded, banished, seduced, or
proselytized – or vice versa; whether the
speaker believed ardently in the numinous —
or believed ardently in the disbelief
thereof...some characteristics almost certainly
hold true. A conjunction of the realm of
gonads with the realm of monads seems
destined to produce a dynamic profusion of
words, emotions, and polarities.
Now what I find interesting, in the context of
operative mageia, is the ability to engineer
those dynamics. A little over a dozen years
ago, I encountered a most intriguing and
powerful Hermetic formalism in the notion of an “egregor.” 1
To contextualize using Thelemic terms, this word describes the process of developing
a magickal link. In a Platonic sense, egregors are dynamic structures used for
perpetuating belief systems. They provide intellectual frameworks for constructing
and deconstructing the beliefs that arise from group dynamics, i.e., the autopoietic
emergence of an additional “individual” to represent a group of individuals. 2 In the
spirit of Vitruvius, think of egregors as the allegorical buildings of the allegorical
stonemasons of Western Esoteric Tradition.
What an amazing technology to study and practice! Unfortunately, the esoteric texts
that one tends to find on bookstore shelves offer little in the way of footnotes or (oh,
the horror!) primary sources. Apparently, that would transgress some secret law of
occult writing. From what other writerly friends have rumored, clearly articulated
references actually violate the editorial policy for at least one imprint, i.e., the one
with the funny crescent satellite. In any case, when I wanted to delve further into the
mysteries of how to build/grow/envision egregors, my quest lead mostly to a chain of
vague paragraphs.
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Now admittedly I am not much of a Crowley scholar, so for those who prefer a stricter
Thelemic interpretation of a magickal link, please consider this as supplemental
reading. Certainly, Thelema stands as a clear example of a particularly dynamic and
well-considered egregor. That fact notwithstanding, my piqued interest in the
philosophical technology for structuring belief systems desired foundations somewhat
older than the Golden Dawn, Fraternitas Saterni, the alleged Secret Chiefs, the
conspiratorial Secret Chief Execs, or whatever you wish to label Victorian-era esoteric
phenomena. To wit, did the concept have any usage among Renaissance alchemists?
If so, what were they thinking? Did they, in turn, inherit the concept from classical or
ancient works? Also, what about the theory and praxis for developing egregors?
Searching online, the word egregor gets tossed about and defined reasonably well
within the archives of Chaos Magic. Ostensibly, a practical and agile familiarity with
servitors, sigils, egregors, etc., thrives at the very heart of Chaosist praxis. However,
when pressed for details and citations, those wacky, octarine denizens of operation
mindfuck inevitably reply with “Oh, I dunno... somebody probably just made shit up,
probably somebody like Carroll or Spare.” Praxis is the key here, in any case, and one
must give the Chaos crew their due. Phil Hine’s A5E site and the ChaosMatrix
archives offer exceptionally delectable resources:
http://www.phhine.ndirect.co.uk/archives/ess_egregore.htm
http://www.chaosmatrix.com/lib/chaos/sseg.shtml
Delving further, I have encountered others researching the term egregor – in Israel,
France, and elsewhere. For example, a schoolteacher in Israel named Liona Sara
Bernstein wrote an excellent essay on the topic for the online journal Mystae in 1998:
http://www.fireplug.net/~rshand/streams/scripts/egregor.html
Bernstein sorted through the flotsam of 20th century occultnik babble, finding the
word used in conjunction with the euphemism “Watchers”. She traced that reference
back to a related pre-Golden Dawn use by Eliphas Levi, eventually finding egeiro
(translated: “to be awake”, “to watch”) in Greek-English lexicons which listed biblical
origins for the term. That link, however, proved difficult to establish.
Fortunately, Bernstein enjoys a bit more facility with Hebrew and Greek than, say,
most folks whom I see at dinner parties. Her research of Lamentations 4:14 and
Daniel 4:10 led to an interesting conclusion that some minor transcription error may
have occurred in biblical translations over the centuries, obscuring the term’s origins:
“Thus, the mystery is solved. An egregor is an angel, sometimes called watcher; in
Hebrew the word is ir, and the concept appears in The Book of Enoch, edited by
Charles (that would be 1 Enoch).”
Bernstein’s investigation picked up another thread in the text of Liber Loagaeth and
the history of Dr. John Dee, pegging the early use of egregor in Western Esoteric
Tradition via the ninth century Chronography of Syncellus. This work would be only
a few centuries removed from the early Gnostics and the heyday of Alexandria. One
assumes that the good doctor likely got his paws on a copy, perhaps while wandering
about in Poland.
Overall, the Bernstein article provides a highly recommended reference and an
entertaining read. That answers part of my question. As an aside, the term egregor
also appears in 20th century Russian mysticism, notably within the beautifully
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also appears in 20th century Russian mysticism, notably within the beautifully
intricate prose of The Rose Of The World by Daniil Andreev:
“These entities of a non-material nature emerge from the psychic essence of great
collectives.”
His teachings resound with a decidedly Gnostic tone, depicting a multitude of layered,
subjective realms populated by the idealized, daimonic projections of earthbound
counterparts. I am especially drawn to the notion that the heroes of our popular
fiction – according to Andreev’s cosmology – spring from the realm of Daimons. 3
From what little I have been able to read about his work, my impression is that
Andreev may have drawn from Greek sources, and perhaps represents a parallel
development of the term egregor. That seems like a fine area for subsequent study.
Throughout the Egyptian, Judaic, and Indo-European traditions, there exists a
concept of a Word used for creation, and hence its letters represent the elements 4 for
a magical operation of creation. Ostensibly, this concept would apply to the operation
of creating belief systems, as well?
Jumping back to a time just prior to the Renaissance, the West regained a variety of
texts from Hellenized Egypt, known collectively as the Corpus Hermeticum. These
included a jewel called Tabula Smaragdina, also known as The Emerald Tablet of
Hermes Trismegistis. The fourth through sixth statements in that writing describe an
important process:
Pater eius est sol; mater eius est luna. Portavit illud ventus in ventre suo; nutrix eius
terra est. Pater omnis telesmi totius mundi est hic.
Translated: “Its father is the Sun. Its mother is the Moon. The wind carried it in its
belly. Its nurse is the Earth. This is the father of all works of wonder in the world.”
Rawn Clark delivers an interesting Kabalistic analysis of the Emerald Tablet in the
vast and treasureful Alchemy web site:
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/rawn_cla.html
His analysis builds upon the rubric of YHVH – the Hebrew “Name Of God”, or
tetragrammaton 5 – applied in a Hellenic 6 magical context. To paraphrase Clark
concerning the fourth through sixth statements:
• Yod (Fire) symbolizes a creative intent, which seeks expression in
Form.
• The initial Hé (Water) represents the continuous movement of energy
down the scale of vibration, expressing itself through ever denser
manifestation.
• Vau (Air) represents their synthesis, seeking downward expression,
i.e., “Adept’s consciousness.”
• The final Hé (Earth) represents the manifest, the Individual Self, that
which is expressed within a physical body.
• Shin (Spirit) represents the conscious awareness of the creator, which
together with the other four results in the creation of independent life.
Note that YHVH is the most frequent god-name used throughout the Corpus
Hermeticum, and is arguably used as a formula for ceremonial magic – especially in a
Gnostic context, 7 considering the translated IAO – more than as an alleged deity.
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Gnostic context, 7 considering the translated IAO – more than as an alleged deity.
That cuts to the heart of what I would call an egregor.
Similarly, based on the ideographic forms of early Semitic, 8 the letters of the
tetragrammaton translate to:
• “hand”
• “window”
• “hook”
• “window”
Note that the insertion of a shin (meaning “teeth”) into the formula is a process that
becomes echoed throughout a variety of esoteric and religious texts. 9 This represents,
accordingly, the “fifth essence” or “fifth element” of Spirit. 10
Also, the “hand of god” reaching through the clouds appears as a common theme in
many of the Major Arcana. Not that I am reaching for straws here, nor attempting to
construct a conspiracy theory; rather, the symbols associated with the theory of
egregors resonate throughout the traditions and organizations which apply them, in
quite a fitting and essential manner.
It strikes me that the figurative meaning of YHVH needs to be recontextualized circa
the cultural milieu of Hellenized Egypt, that most likely the exodermic layers of
Judeo-Christian “reverence” and literality obscure the tetragrammaton’s operative use
and origins in earlier Egyptian praxis. In the very least, that commentary would
provide an entertaining exercise in practical blasphemy. Unfortunately, my grasp of
Arabic is poor, and I have no background in Hebrew whatsoever, but from my limited
exposure to Semitic linguistics, I might venture the following interpretation for the
tetragrammaton vis-à-vis egregors:
The construction of a god-form given by the hand of god reaching through a window
into a lower world (the world of angels/daemons), giving teeth to (enlivening) the
egregor, and thus providing a hook through a window into a lower world (the world of
men).
The original text in which I encountered the term egregor was in The Tarot: A
Contemporary Course Of The Quintessence Of Hermetic Occultism by Mouni Sadhu.
His discussion is the most extensive I have ever found – providing that a reader can
endure prose as flowery and overblown as the title, while scraping off sedimentary
layers of Theosophy. 11
I visited the Theosophical Society in Melbourne in 1989 to inquire further, and
learned about the author’s unfortunate self-immolation, allegedly in response to
unrequited teen lust – at least according to the Society’s librarian on site; I sensed a
hint of psychic war in the aethers. Mouni was one class-act weirdo, to be certain, but
he wrote some amazing texts. May the seeker be lucky enough to locate them through
a used bookstore.
Within the pages of The Tarot, Sadhu invokes a virtual spaghetti plate of Kabalistic
analysis to elaborate on what he calls “Egregoric Principles: A Plan of Religious
Current”. That essay 12 discusses “currents” and the “formation of a magick chain,”
13
also called a collective tourbillon. This representation calls back to theurgy as
14
described by Plotinus, i.e., operations that depend on the “sympathy of enchained
forces.”
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forces.”
Sadhu draws an intriguing set of correspondences between the steps in the process for
creating an egregor and the letters in the tetragrammaton. Then he proceeds to apply
his theory in the analysis of major world religions, along with a few obscure ones.
The interested reader may research Sadhu’s work (and profuse verbiage about the
Radiant Macropozopos, etc.) directly. To excerpt Sadhu, the essential steps in the
process for developing an egregor include:
• Point over the Yod: A reason for the creation of the Egregor, which
must be unselfish, invariably in the broadest sense of that word. To
resuscitate the idea of the dou ble Current (involutionary and
evolutionary), like the Great Ladder of Jacob, on which from the left
descend the Angels (Binah) and from the right ascend the Souls
(Chokmah), while at the top the Radiant Macropozopos (Kether) sits on
his throne.
• Yod: The metaphysical essence of the Unitarian Philosophy, taken as a
whole or in part. To establish the authority of Teachers, as an analogy of
the remembrance about the Second Hé of the First Family (The
Emperor), which mysteriously transmits the Higher Influx in the form
of Emanation.
• First Hé: Preparation of the surroundings (environment) for attracting
astrosomes, which usually finds its solution in the ethical or material
difficulties of a race or nation, which lead to the realization of the
necessity to improve the shape of their condition. These passive
elements possess intuition as well as susceptibility to the hysteria in the
extreme. To dissuade men from their proud striving to rebuild the world
for their own comfort, and instead to underline the necessity of
something just the opposite: of the Hermetic rebuilding of one’s own
personality, so as to create, albeit dim and faded, a picture of the
androgynously harmonious Logos.
• Shin: A decoy for those who are ready to fuse themselves with the
Egregor, but who have not yet done so; also, a reserve of factual
knowledge or attractive clichés, assuring the acquisition of proselytes
and guarding against heresies and secessions. To purify the morale of
men, in the name of the First Hé of the First Family (High Priestess),
which means to compel them to understand the practice of the
Commandments of the Unique Life.
• Vau: A good body of disciples, grouped around the Master, which can
be divided into the main disciples or apostles of a doctrine (which
should represent all of the four Hermetic types: Eagle / courageous
thinkers, Lion / fiery knights of Kadosh, Man / logical deliberations,
and Bull / zealous workers), as well as the secondary disciples (which
should also represent the active elements of the Yod above). These
androgynous elements have skillful ability for the transmission of
teachings and their adaptation, often with a tendency towards
imposition when applying personal methods. To concern themselves
with the full Reintegration of humanity, purified by the True Religion, in
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with the full Reintegration of humanity, purified by the True Religion, in
order to let it know the reflection of the Influx of the First Yod (Magus)
and to subtilize its astral and mental planes, to realize the sephiroth of
the Spouse and the Microprozopos (Tiphereth ring), and to come
ultimately to the Unity of the Adam-Protoplast in the sephira Chokmah.
• Second Hé: A sound society of the followers. These realizable elements
have discipline and sacrifice in the practice of the ethical rules of the
doctrine.
I consider my question about the history and theory of egregors to be answered
reasonably well. The term probably derived from Elizabethan era use of Greek syllabi,
perhaps through Dr. Dee. 15
Magical theory circa Plotinus articulated a notion of “chaining” daimonic essences
into a larger construct. Contemporary theory establishes the letters of the
tetragrammaton as elements of the magical operation required to create and sustain
an egregor. Through these elements, one may analyze the egregoric structural
dynamics of existing belief systems. The shin element of the operation seems to be a
particularly subtle aspect.
Now let us consider the praxis of egregors, particularly through a common example.
To that end, I would like to apply Sadhu’s analytic process to the creation of a class of
organized belief systems that assert themselves quite poignantly in contemporary life:
corporations. 16
Arguably, these entities enjoy an ephemeral and highly symbolic existence, often
claiming characteristics not unlike god-forms. To generalize a bit, corporations almost
personify a stereotypical contrast between Eastern and Western approaches to
philosophy. Whereas many Eastern practices tend to consider some measure of
immortality as endemic for a soul, many Western practices attempt to enforce
material aspects of immortality via laws. 17
Corporations, as defined by the US Supreme Court, are legal or fictional individuals 18
that can operate on behalf of human individuals in perpetuo. They operate as the
autopoietic constructs of several elemental, symbolic domains, with law being the
most obvious example. 19
Given the representation of the corporate form as an egregor, i.e., as a kind of god-
form or daimonic essence, what aspects of magical theory need to be applied to
manifest and perpetuate a corporation? Here is one analysis:
• The yod represents the “metaphysical essence” of the operation, i.e.
what the alchemist is attempting to accomplish. In this case, the benefit
of the shareholders would plug in here just fine.
• The first hé represents a “preparation of the surroundings”. The
collective intellectual property which mediates the corporation, i.e., the
sigil composed of a logo and trademark, is probably an excellent thing to
employ for this. A corporate charter fits well, too.
• The vau represents a “good body of disciples grouped around the
master”. If that does not sound like a Board of Directors, then I am
ready to turn in my black robe. This quality may also extend down into
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ready to turn in my black robe. This quality may also extend down into
the executives, employees, interns, and consultants – envision a basic
organizational chart.
• The second hé represents a “sound society of followers”. This is an
optimal place to link customers, the public, and mass media in general
into the chain of belief.
Hermeticism tends to appreciate intentional obscurity. Stated in this context, the term
“corporate veil” provides an interesting double-entendre. The means for launching an
egregor into action, i.e. the way to give this tourbillon some spin, requires two
additional components. First, there is a “point over the yod” which represents the
“unselfish reason for creation” of the egregor. What goes here best? Perhaps the
purpose of the servitor 20 itself? Perhaps the concept of the immortal sovereignty of
the Crown who empowered corporations originally, or whatever usurps that Crown’s
power?
Secondly, the shin must be inserted between the first hé and the vau. Since this
represents a “decoy”, i.e., a kind of inversion of stated purpose, it would appear to
serve as a reflex mechanism for self-preservation. That seems reminiscent of the
dialectic of sublation, 21 particularly if the inversion concerns pumping stereotypical
corporate spin into the media. Do advertising jingles like “People working together,”
“Making the world a better place,” or “Brings good things to you” sound vaguely
familiar? Can you imagine what would happen if corporate advertising ever
abandoned the shin of its egregor, admitting openly that “this thing is not human, it
consumes your will” instead?
Note that Sadhu also interjects 22 cautionary words about how an egregor might
wither or die:
• Any existing or newly formed religion or spiritual current can be
undermined on all of the three planes:
• On the mental plane the religion can be harmed and even destroyed by
the mixing of reasoning and argumentation into its theology. This is
involution in the idealistic realm of religion.
• On the astral plane the religion can be harmed by the introduction of
aesthetic principles into its formal ritual. A search after the “beauty of
symbols” destroys their purity. This is involution into the forms of ritual
order.
• On the physical plane the religion is undermined by the addition of
emotional principles into its code and commandments. Consider the
(relatively short-lived) history of cults that were spoiled by emotional
manifestations in religious celebrations.
Stepping back into the corporate example, those faux pas might correspond to
troubles at a shareholder’s meeting, at a marketing conference, or in the process of
quarterly reporting, respectively. Guerrilla media enthusiasts, plaintiff attorneys, and
grassroots political activists might do well to take careful notes about this Achilles’
heel of corporate endeavor.
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To conclude on a “nuts and bolts” pragmatic note, I recommend Inside A Magical
Lodge by Greer. That text offers a balanced treatment, albeit with only a slight tilt
toward the Golden Dawn. It includes reasonably good templates for how to apply
operative magic involving egregors, 23 along with caveats for practical lodge
administration. Unfortunately, Greer’s meager bibliography mostly contains adverts
for an aforementioned imprint with the funny crescent satellite. Fortunately, one can
corroborate his references to Elizabethan esotericism in absentia within the highly
recommended Cambridge work From Paracelsus To Newton by Webster.
So much for this subject... for the moment. I wish you well in the swirling realms of
monads and gonads.
SOURCES:
Andreev, Daniil: The Rose Of The World, Lindisfarne 1997 (1991), 416 pages.
Blavatsky, H. P.: “Tetragrammaton”, Theosophist, Nov 1887.
Clark, Rawn: “Commentary on the Emerald Tablet of Hermes”, Alchemy, 1996
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/rawn_cla.html
Crowley, Aleister: Magick In Theory And Practice, Castle circa 1960, 436 pages.
Bernstein, Liona Sara: “Egregor”, Mystae, 1998,
http://www.fireplug.net/~rshand/streams/scripts/egregor.html
Flowers, Stephen Edred: Hermetic Magic: The Postmodern Magical Papyrus of Abaris,
Weiser 1995, 291 pages.
Greer, John Michael: Inside A Magical Lodge: Group Ritual in the Western Tradition,
Llewellyn 1998, 339 pages.
Hine, Phil: Fifth Aeon Egregore, http://www.phhine.ndirect.co.uk/
Teubner, Gunther: Law As An Autopoietic System, Blackwell 1993, 203 pages.
Sadhu, Mouni: The Tarot: A Contemporary Course Of The Quintessence Of Hermetic
Occultism, Wilshire 1972 (1962), 494 pages.
Webster, Charles: From Paracelsus To Newton: Magic and the Making of Modern
Science, Cambridge 1982, 107 pages.
FOOTNOTES:
1. Note that this appears to be the correct spelling, according to the word’s
etymology. Variants such as “egregore” appear in contemporary writings,
generally among those that tend to be less rigorous in substance and somewhat
decorative in application - Phil Hine’s work being the notable exception. Your
mileage may vary.
2. In terms of autopoiesis vis-à-vis operative magic, note that Niklaus Luhmann,
Gunther Teubner, and other contemporary (postmodern?) social theorists literally
evoke a group zeitgeist to use for distinguishing between what they call a
“psychic world” and a “social world” for any member of the group being
examined. For examples, see the text of Teubner, and also his excellent London
School of Economics lecture at http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk/lsesg3.html
3. For a detailed discussion, see also the “Daniil Andreev and the Mysticism of
Femininity” article by Mikhail Epstein,
http://www.emory.edu/INTELNET/fi.andreev.html
4. Flowers, pp. 116-119.
5. Crowley, chap. III: “The Formula of Tetragrammaton”.
6. Flowers, pp. 49-55.
7. Ibid., pp. 95-96.
8. Ibid., pp. 268-270.
9. As a search key, look for the (post-Judaic) transition of “YHVH” to “Joshua” via
the introduction of the shin.
10. Flowers, pp. 126-127.
11. See also in Blavatsky,
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/Tetragrammaton.htm
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