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satanhaus:

brightestandbest:

satanhaus:

How did you find this blog/why did you follow?

We’ve gotten a lot of new followers recently and I want 2 kno………rb/reply/msg whatever

Tumblr recommended your blog to me. Always here for theistic Satanist content from people who aren’t fascists. XD

I’m a theistic Luciferian Satanist in California who is preparing to go to seminary (yep, I found a very open-minded school) to become a Satanic minister, with the ultimate goal of founding a church out here. I am also a member of a few informal and overlapping covens.

I’m very much that stereotypical “research Luciferian” who spends a lot of time reading every goddamn thing I can get my hands on about Satan.

As far as magical practice goes, I’m eclectic and influenced by chaos magick, ideas from traditional witchcraft, and currently getting more interested in overly complicated ceremonial magic. My main jam is divination, especially pendulum and tarot. Currently the deities I work with are Lucifer, Naamah and what I call my Inner God. My practice is aggressively focused on apotheosis.

That’s tight dude and I’m into it all. Great to meet you and have you on my blog. We’d love to come to the West coast someday and do some performances out there.

Fucking yes! I’m so into networking with like-minded Satanists across the nation/world.

satanhaus:

How did you find this blog/why did you follow?

We’ve gotten a lot of new followers recently and I want 2 kno………rb/reply/msg whatever

Tumblr recommended your blog to me. Always here for theistic Satanist content from people who aren’t fascists. XD

I’m a theistic Luciferian Satanist in California who is preparing to go to seminary (yep, I found a very open-minded school) to become a Satanic minister, with the ultimate goal of founding a church out here. I am also a member of a few informal and overlapping covens.

I’m very much that stereotypical “research Luciferian” who spends a lot of time reading every goddamn thing I can get my hands on about Satan.

As far as magical practice goes, I’m eclectic and influenced by chaos magick, ideas from traditional witchcraft, and currently getting more interested in overly complicated ceremonial magic. My main jam is divination, especially pendulum and tarot. Currently the deities I work with are Lucifer, Naamah and what I call my Inner God. My practice is aggressively focused on apotheosis.

Side by side comparison on Eisheth and Babalon

Forgive me for retreading the content from my previous post, but I just really wanted to put these two passages next to each other and highlight some of the commonalities.

So, here’s Revelations 17 (KJV):

Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

And here’s the Zohar portion, (abbreviated slightly for this post, indicated by ellipsis): 

The female of Samael is called a ‘serpent’, “a wife of harlotry,” “The End of all Flesh"; (Beresheet 6:13), and the end of days…

…She cleaves to the spirit of the male, wearing ample jewelry like an abominable whore standing on main roads and pathways to seduce men…

When a fool approaches her, she holds and kisses him, and she pours him wine full of dregs and snake’s venom. After he drinks, he whores after her. When she sees him whoring after her and turning from the path of truth, she removes all the decorations she put on for that fool, AS WILL BE EXPLAINED.

Her seductive features include her hair, which is red as a rose, and her face, which is white and red. In her ears there are six earrings of Egyptian fabric. On her neck hang all the powers of Eastern lands. Her mouth is decorated by a small slit of a comely shape; her tongue is sharp as a sword; her speech as smooth as oil; and her lips as beautiful and red as a rose. Wearing purple and having forty decorations less one, she is sweeter than all that is sweet in the world.

The fool follows her, drinks of her wine, and fornicates with her. What does she do? She leaves him sleeping in his bed, goes up to denounce him, and receives permission TO KILL HIM. She then descends ON HIM. The fool awakes thinking of lusting after her, as before. At this point, she has taken off the decorations and has become a mighty oppressor who wears a garment of burning fire that causes great horror and frightens the body and soul. That oppressor has horrible eyes and a sharp sword on which there are bitter drops. The oppressor kills the fool and throws him into Gehenom.

So, between these two passages we have multiple parallel associations, including:

  • Harlotry/whoredom
  • Destruction/death/blood/end of days 
  • The colors red and purple
  • Heavy ornamentation/jewelry
  • Associations with kingship and power
  • Wine
  • Fornication/lust

So look. I am not saying Eisheth and the Biblical Babylon are the same, even though they have some similar-ass DNA! I do think Crowley probably read both of these passages. 

I mean, check out this bit from Crowley:

As the dancer whirls, she chants in a strange, slow voice, quickening as she goes: Lo! I gather up every spirit that is pure, and weave him into my vesture of flame. 

Hey, Revelations doesn’t say anything about a vesture of flame! But the Zohar sure fucking does. 

…Just saying. 

Text on Eisheth Zenunim from The Zohar

A deep mystery is found in the strength of Isaac’s light OF
HOLINESS, and from the dregs of wine, WHICH ARE KLIPOT. One shape emerged FROM
BOTH, made of GOOD AND EVIL, male and female, as one. It is red as a rose and
extends to many sides and paths, HAVING MANY ASPECTS. The male is called
‘Samael’ and the female is always included within him. As on the side of
holiness, ZEIR ANPIN AND NUKVA ARE ALWAYS INCLUDED ONE WITHIN THE OTHER; so it
is on the Other Side, a male and female are included within one another. The
female of Samael is called a ‘serpent’, “a wife of harlotry,”
“The End of all Flesh” (Beresheet
6:13), and the end of days.

Two evil spirits cling together. THE ILLUMINATION OF the
spirit of the male is a thin light, NAMELY, ONLY THE SIX EXTREMITIES WITHOUT
THE HEAD. And the spirit of the female materializes in many ways and paths,
BEING AN ENTIRE PARTZUF, HEAD, AND BODY, FOR IN THE KLIPAH, THE FEMALE IS
LARGER THAN THE MALE. She cleaves to the spirit of the male, wearing ample
jewelry like an abominable whore standing on main roads and pathways to seduce
men. This teaches us that she values only those who start walking the path of
Hashem and are apt to fall into her trap. Therefore, she is viewed as standing
at the main (lit. ‘start OF’) ROAD TO HASHEM’S DEVOTION. BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE
accustomed to the ways of Hashem, the whore is separated from them and has no
power over them.

When a fool approaches her, she holds and kisses him, and she pours him wine full of dregs and snake’s venom. After he drinks, he whores
after her. When she sees him whoring after her and turning from the path of
truth, she removes all the decorations she put on for that fool, AS WILL BE
EXPLAINED.

Her seductive features include her hair, which is red as a
rose, and her face, which is white and red. In her ears there are six earrings
of Egyptian fabric. On her neck hang all the powers of Eastern lands. Her mouth
is decorated by a small slit of a comely shape; her tongue is sharp as a sword;
her speech as smooth as oil; and her lips as beautiful and red as a rose.
Wearing purple and having forty decorations less one, she is sweeter than all
that is sweet in the world.

The fool follows her, drinks of her wine, and fornicates
with her. What does she do? She leaves him sleeping in his bed, goes up to
denounce him, and receives permission TO KILL HIM. She then descends ON HIM.
The fool awakes thinking of lusting after her, as before. At this point, she
has taken off the decorations and has become a mighty oppressor who wears a
garment of burning fire that causes great horror and frightens the body and
soul. That oppressor has horrible eyes and a sharp sword on which there are
bitter drops. The oppressor kills the fool and throws him into Gehenom.

Source: http://www.zohar.com/vayetze/samael-and-wife-harlotry (you may need to make a free account on zohar.com to view)

The “Wife of Harlotry” is Eisheth Zenunim (we know this because “Wife of Harlotry” is the translation of that name). She is one of the Four Angels of Sacred Prostitution and consorts of Samael, the Devil. 

I don’t have the receipts yet, but I’m thinking that this passage may have influenced Crowley’s conception of Babalon/the Scarlet Woman. So make of that what you will. 

Some see Eisheth as an aspect of Lilith, which may be true. But based on this passage I think Eisheth might be a LOT more important than I had initially thought. 

Black Baptism

This is the ritual I did last night. I adapted it from the description of supposed witch initiations in Compendium Maleficarum. 

There is some language in here which is specific to trans people who want to use the black baptism as an opportunity to finally cleanse themselves of dead names. Feel free to alter that part, and any part of this really, to suit your individual needs. 

I really recommend taking your time with this ritual. Pause to pray or meditate whenever you feel the need. Get creative within the structure and do what feels right in the moment. 

You’ll notice that this ritual calls for a secret, magical name. So you’ll need to pick out your “true name” ahead of time. Do this carefully. I consider my true name to be the name of my Inner God. It was not chosen lightly. 

You can omit this if you want, and just use the name you prefer to be known by–but taking a new name in Satan is part of the alleged ritual this is based on, and it’s arguably the most important part. 

Re: water for the baptism– you could just use plain water but why not make it special! Mine was water mixed with ash from incense burned to Lucifer, with a dash of eclipse water thrown in and a Satanic rosary submerged in it. But that’s just because that was what felt right to me and what I had on hand. You do you. Go crazy. 

MATERIALS

  • Crucifix and/or image of Christ, rosary, other symbols of Christian faith
  • Bible
  • Candles
  • Incense
  • Fruit
  • Baptismal water
  • Incense ash from incense burned on your altar to Satan
  • Chalk or whatever you are using to make your circle
  • Bonfire
  • Piece of old clothing as offering

OPTIONAL MATERIALS

  • Altar
  • Wand or athame for signing of name in air (I used a pretty quill)

RITUAL

This ritual is to
be performed at 3am on the morning of a day of personal significance.

Before the stroke
of 3, start bonfire. Draw the magic circle. Have materials ready. It took me at least a two hours to get everything in place how I wanted, but my set up was a little more complicated than the basic one described here. (I set up a whole altar and elaborately decorated my circle with roses, rosemary, and candles.) Give yourself time. 

At 3am, step into
circle. Visualize it being filled with your own Darklight. Use this to
construct a ward. From here on in, nothing comes into the circle except you and
Satan.

Say:

This night, in the sight of Satan, I shall be born again.

Light candles and incense, and say:

Hail to thee, Lucifer, Lord of this world! Prince of the Powers of Air!
Son of the Morning! Liberator of humanity! Witness me as I pledge my faith to
thee, and help me make myself anew!

Throw crucifix on the ground. Say:

I deny the tyrant above. I deny
his sycophant son. I deny the holy ghost. I deny the so-called virgin mother,
and all of the angels, and all of the saints. They have no power over me.

Trample the crucifix. Spit on it. Do whatever feels right
to defile it. When you are done, fling it as far out of the circle as you can.

Pick up the Bible. Say:

I renounce this noxious book. The Tyrant Above is the true Father of
Lies. I denounce his teachings, and I deny everyone who tried to tutor me in
them.

Defile Bible. Cast it from the circle.

Get Baptismal water. Say:

I cast off, finally and forever, the false name I was given at birth,
________. I assume my new name, ______, openly before the world. I take into my
soul my true and secret name, the name of my God, never to be uttered aloud
where others may hear it and use it for power over me.

(Say the true/magical name aloud if you want, but only if
nobody can hear you. Like, for damn sure.)

Baptize self with water.

Remove an article of clothing and cast it from the circle.
Say:

As the snake sheds its skin, so I shed mine. I cast off the old on this
day, and profess, now and forever, this creed:

I believe in the cause of the Fallen Angels. I believe in the Serpent
of Eden. I believe in the Kingdom that is below. I believe in the God within
me.

Eat fruit, and say:

By virtue of the forbidden fruit, I am free. I am a sovereign soul on
the path to divinity. Knowingly and of my own volition, I chose to walk this
path with thee, O Satan.

May I be stricken from the Tyrant’s book! May my true name be writ
large in thine!

Visualize a book before you. Raise your finger (or wand, or athame, if you prefer) and write
your true magical name in that invisible book.

Say:

I promise to make my life’s work an offering to thee, and to the God
within me! I vow to burn thy incense, to light thy candles, to speak thy name
with love forever. Speak thou my name, with love, in return!

Never will I make confession to the Tyrant’s priests. Never will I take
the Tyrant’s communion. Instead shall I remember thy Sabbath, I shall gather
with thine other children, and I shall learn to fly to thee.

Make now thy mark on me!

Draw an inverted cross on your brow with incense ash to represent
the mark. Visualize that mark being made permanent on your astral body. (If
something else happens now—cool!)

Say:

Morning Star, be thou my light. Lord of this world, make me Lord of
mine. Raise me up, and I will stand, forever and ever, by thee.

Be it so!

After speaking these words, you may leave the circle. Collect
the discarded items, such as crucifixes and Bible and piece of clothing, to be thrown
into the bonfire.

Celebrate!

Gallery

I performed a black baptism on myself last night. I am officially oath-bound to Satan. 

I feel fucking amazing. It was one of the most beautiful experiences I have ever had. I am born again to the flames. 

I’ll post the ritual script later. Here are a few pics. 

Oath

I deny the tyrant above. I deny his sycophant son. I deny the holy ghost. I deny the archangels and the virgin mother. They have no power over me. 

I believe in the cause of the fallen angels. I believe in the Serpent of Eden. I believe in the Kingdom that is below. I believe in the God within me. 

By virtue of the forbidden fruit, I am free. I am a sovereign soul on the path to divinity. Knowingly and of my own volition, I chose to walk this path with thee, O Satan. 

Morning Star, be thou my light. Lord of this world, make my Lord of mine. Raise me up, and I will stand by thee. 

Be it so!