The Hermetic Library Blog http://library.hrmtc.com Faint gibbering heard from somewhere near the restricted stacks Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:01:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “In any case, this passage of Paul’s is the principle reason for the elaborate development attributed to St. Denis or Pseudo-Dionysus, in his Celestial Hierarchy and in passing as a matter of introduction in his Ecclesiastical Hierarchy. Conversely, the work of Pseudo-Dionysus is concerned with putting Judeo-Christian angelology in the context of Platonic metaphysics and cosmology.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/in-any-case-this-passage-of-pauls-is-the-principle-reason-for-the-elaborate-development-attributed-to-st-denis-or-pseudo-dionysus-in-his-celestial-hierarchy-and-in-passing-as-a-matter-of-introd/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/in-any-case-this-passage-of-pauls-is-the-principle-reason-for-the-elaborate-development-attributed-to-st-denis-or-pseudo-dionysus-in-his-celestial-hierarchy-and-in-passing-as-a-matter-of-introd/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:00:18 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7055 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“In any case, this passage of Paul’s is the principle reason for the elaborate development attributed to St. Denis or Pseudo-Dionysus, in his Celestial Hierarchy and in passing as a matter of introduction in his Ecclesiastical Hierarchy. Conversely, the work of Pseudo-Dionysus is concerned with putting Judeo-Christian angelology in the context of Platonic metaphysics and cosmology.” [via]

 


St. Denis

 

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/in-any-case-this-passage-of-pauls-is-the-principle-reason-for-the-elaborate-development-attributed-to-st-denis-or-pseudo-dionysus-in-his-celestial-hierarchy-and-in-passing-as-a-matter-of-introd/feed/ 0 “As we have noted, these terms came with a metaphysical connotation from a prior sectarian Hebrew apocalyptic context. It is also possible that these terms had similar meaning in the context of the Middle Platonic cosmology and theurgy that was familiar to Paul’s Hellenistic audience, and about the development of which we unfortunately know little, but which was to come to fruition in the Chaldean Oracles and the works of Iamblichus and Proclus.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/as-we-have-noted-these-terms-came-with-a-metaphysical-connotation-from-a-prior-sectarian-hebrew-apocalyptic-context-it-is-also-possible-that-these-terms-had-similar-meaning-in-the-context-of-the-m/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/as-we-have-noted-these-terms-came-with-a-metaphysical-connotation-from-a-prior-sectarian-hebrew-apocalyptic-context-it-is-also-possible-that-these-terms-had-similar-meaning-in-the-context-of-the-m/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:00:01 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7053 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“As we have noted, these terms came with a metaphysical connotation from a prior sectarian Hebrew apocalyptic context. It is also possible that these terms had similar meaning in the context of the Middle Platonic cosmology and theurgy that was familiar to Paul’s Hellenistic audience, and about the development of which we unfortunately know little, but which was to come to fruition in the Chaldean Oracles and the works of Iamblichus and Proclus.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/as-we-have-noted-these-terms-came-with-a-metaphysical-connotation-from-a-prior-sectarian-hebrew-apocalyptic-context-it-is-also-possible-that-these-terms-had-similar-meaning-in-the-context-of-the-m/feed/ 0 Untitled http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/untitled-14/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/untitled-14/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:45:37 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6666
Untitled, originally uploaded by Jacqueline Gomez.

 

The Hermetic Library visual pool is a visual scavenger hunt for images of a living Western Esoteric Tradition.

Images of your ritual or ritual space, images of sigils or tools, showing off your own library or special volume from the restricted stacks, sacred spaces and places, esoteric artefacts and installations, inspired paintings and people — these and much more are part of the culture and practice of magick.

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/untitled-14/feed/ 0 “St Paul’s usage of the term Thrones in this context indicates that it must have had meaning within then-current metaphysics. Though it is possible that the context of Colossians is an entirely mundane and political one, thones, and even dominions, principalities, and so on have been interpreted by subsequent Christian theologians in an almost entirely metaphysical way.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/st-pauls-usage-of-the-term-thrones-in-this-context-indicates-that-it-must-have-had-meaning-within-then-current-metaphysics-though-it-is-possible-that-the-context-of-colossians-is-an-entirely-mund/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/st-pauls-usage-of-the-term-thrones-in-this-context-indicates-that-it-must-have-had-meaning-within-then-current-metaphysics-though-it-is-possible-that-the-context-of-colossians-is-an-entirely-mund/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:00:16 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7051 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“St Paul’s usage of the term Thrones in this context indicates that it must have had meaning within then-current metaphysics. Though it is possible that the context of Colossians is an entirely mundane and political one, thones, and even dominions, principalities, and so on have been interpreted by subsequent Christian theologians in an almost entirely metaphysical way.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/st-pauls-usage-of-the-term-thrones-in-this-context-indicates-that-it-must-have-had-meaning-within-then-current-metaphysics-though-it-is-possible-that-the-context-of-colossians-is-an-entirely-mund/feed/ 0 The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee, By Glyn Parry http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/the-arch-conjuror-of-england-john-dee-by-glyn-parry/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/the-arch-conjuror-of-england-john-dee-by-glyn-parry/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:15:51 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7070 “The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee, By Glyn Parry” is a book review by Ronald Hutton of a new biography of John Dee, due to release in the states in April, from Yale University Press. (HT @t3dy)

“One of the most colourful and least respectable figures of the European Renaissance was the magus, a scholar, expert in the hidden wisdom of the created world, who sought the power to manipulate it to the advantage of (depending on his degree of probity) himself, his employers or humanity.

The most familiar such character in fiction is of course Dr Faustus, but the best known in real life is John Dee, a Londoner of Welsh blood who haunted the English and other royal courts throughout the late 16th century.

Much has been written about him in modern times, though little has been produced by experts in his period. To most historians he represents a tragic waste of talent; a brilliant scientist who was diverted into a fruitless attempt to converse with angels, thereby ruining his career and reputation and falling prey to the demented or unscrupulous adventurers who posed as his mediums: above all Edward Kelley, who combined both characteristics and, at one point, even persuaded Dee to swap wives with him under angelic instruction. Modern ritual magicians, by contrast, have seen Dee as a hero who discovered an occult system of genuine validity.

But in Glyn Parry, he has at last attracted a biographer with a talent for uncovering fresh archival material, who has conducted thorough research both into his life and the circles in which he moved.

The basic argument of the resulting book is that Dee was not an anomalous figure at the court of Queen Elizabeth, because that monarch and her leading courtiers – like their counterparts on the Continent – were deeply interested in the occult arts and sciences and were prepared to invest large sums in practitioners who promised material gains from them. As a result, they tapped into an underworld of alchemists and ritual magicians who became tangled up in turn with royal policy-making, political rivalry, and conspiracy.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/22/the-arch-conjuror-of-england-john-dee-by-glyn-parry/feed/ 0 Fraternal Lodge men in Masks http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/fraternal-lodge-men-in-masks/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/fraternal-lodge-men-in-masks/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:00:36 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7049

 

“Marketed only to Secret Societies, this is these masks and blindfolds take the cake for weirdnss. Sold through the DeMoulin Bros. Catalogs in the early 1910s and 20s.”

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/fraternal-lodge-men-in-masks/feed/ 0 “It seems probable that this earlier genre of angelical classification is the source of Paul’s reference in Colossians. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Colossians 1:16 (KJV) It is from this reference by St. Paul that all subsequent Christian theological discussions on the subject base their authority.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-seems-probable-that-this-earlier-genre-of-angelical-classification-is-the-source-of-pauls-reference-in-colossians-for-by-him-were-all-things-created-that-are-in-heaven-and-that-are-in-earth/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-seems-probable-that-this-earlier-genre-of-angelical-classification-is-the-source-of-pauls-reference-in-colossians-for-by-him-were-all-things-created-that-are-in-heaven-and-that-are-in-earth/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:00:42 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7035 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“It seems probable that this earlier genre of angelical classification is the source of Paul’s reference in Colossians.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Colossians 1:16 (KJV)

It is from this reference by St. Paul that all subsequent Christian theological discussions on the subject base their authority.” [via]

 


St. Paul preaching on the Areopagus

 

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-seems-probable-that-this-earlier-genre-of-angelical-classification-is-the-source-of-pauls-reference-in-colossians-for-by-him-were-all-things-created-that-are-in-heaven-and-that-are-in-earth/feed/ 0 “The Qumran community, from which the Dead Sea Scrolls emanated and who are often identified with the Essenes, had a complex angelology influenced in no small part by Enochic and other apocalyptic literature. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs betray certain clearly Qumranic predilections.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-qumran-community-from-which-the-dead-sea-scrolls-emanated-and-who-are-often-identified-with-the-essenes-had-a-complex-angelology-influenced-in-no-small-part-by-enochic-and-other-apocalyptic-li/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-qumran-community-from-which-the-dead-sea-scrolls-emanated-and-who-are-often-identified-with-the-essenes-had-a-complex-angelology-influenced-in-no-small-part-by-enochic-and-other-apocalyptic-li/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:52 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7033 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“The Qumran community, from which the Dead Sea Scrolls emanated and who are often identified with the Essenes, had a complex angelology influenced in no small part by Enochic and other apocalyptic literature. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs betray certain clearly Qumranic predilections.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-qumran-community-from-which-the-dead-sea-scrolls-emanated-and-who-are-often-identified-with-the-essenes-had-a-complex-angelology-influenced-in-no-small-part-by-enochic-and-other-apocalyptic-li/feed/ 0 “It is not our intention to go into all of the complexities related to this document, its history and evolution, but fragments of the text are found both in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in Karaite texts found in the Cairo Geniza. It has been known for some time that a relationship exists, at least textually and theologically, between the sectarians, and exegesis.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-is-not-our-intention-to-go-into-all-of-the-complexities-related-to-this-document-its-history-and-evolution-but-fragments-of-the-text-are-found-both-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-in-karaite-texts/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-is-not-our-intention-to-go-into-all-of-the-complexities-related-to-this-document-its-history-and-evolution-but-fragments-of-the-text-are-found-both-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-in-karaite-texts/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:00:56 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7031 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“It is not our intention to go into all of the complexities related to this document, its history and evolution, but fragments of the text are found both in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in Karaite texts found in the Cairo Geniza. It has been known for some time that a relationship exists, at least textually and theologically, between the sectarians, and exegesis.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-is-not-our-intention-to-go-into-all-of-the-complexities-related-to-this-document-its-history-and-evolution-but-fragments-of-the-text-are-found-both-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-in-karaite-texts/feed/ 0 Although scholarly opinion differs as to its date of composition and origin, the earliest form of this text can be traced to what is now referred to as that Aramaic Levi Document. And though the text of The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is clearly a compilation by an early Christian author (circa 2C C.E.), it is now known with certainty to have been derived from pre-Christian, and probably sectarian Jewish sources.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/although-scholarly-opinion-differs-as-to-its-date-of-composition-and-origin-the-earliest-form-of-this-text-can-be-traced-to-what-is-now-referred-to-as-that-aramaic-levi-document-and-though-the-text/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/although-scholarly-opinion-differs-as-to-its-date-of-composition-and-origin-the-earliest-form-of-this-text-can-be-traced-to-what-is-now-referred-to-as-that-aramaic-levi-document-and-though-the-text/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:00:21 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7029 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“Although scholarly opinion differs as to its date of composition and origin, the earliest form of this text can be traced to what is now referred to as that Aramaic Levi Document. And though the text of The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is clearly a compilation by an early Christian author (circa 2C C.E.), it is now known with certainty to have been derived from pre-Christian, and probably sectarian Jewish sources.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/although-scholarly-opinion-differs-as-to-its-date-of-composition-and-origin-the-earliest-form-of-this-text-can-be-traced-to-what-is-now-referred-to-as-that-aramaic-levi-document-and-though-the-text/feed/ 0 “The earliest known reference to Thrones as an angelic order is found in the text of The Testament of Levi, in the pseudopigraphic collection referred to as The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs. And in the highest of all dwelleth the Great Glory, far above all holiness. In the heaven next to it are the archangels, who minister and make propitiation to the Lord for all the sins of ignorance of the righteous; Offering to the Lord a sweet smelling savor, a reasonable and a bloodless offering. And in the heaven below this are the angels who bear answers to the angels of the presence of the Lord. And in the heaven next to this are thrones and dominions, in which always they offer praise to God. When, therefore, the Lord looketh upon us, all of us are shaken; yea, the heavens and the earth, and the abysses are shaken at the presence of His majesty. But the sons of men, having no perception of these things, sin and provoke the Most High. Testament of Levi I: 21–27 (trans. R.H. Charles)” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-earliest-known-reference-to-thrones-as-an-angelic-order-is-found-in-the-text-of-the-testament-of-levi-in-the-pseudopigraphic-collection-referred-to-as-the-testament-of-the-twelve-patriarchs-a/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-earliest-known-reference-to-thrones-as-an-angelic-order-is-found-in-the-text-of-the-testament-of-levi-in-the-pseudopigraphic-collection-referred-to-as-the-testament-of-the-twelve-patriarchs-a/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:00:52 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7015 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“The earliest known reference to Thrones as an angelic order is found in the text of The Testament of Levi, in the pseudopigraphic collection referred to as The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs.

And in the highest of all dwelleth the Great Glory, far above all holiness. In the heaven next to it are the archangels, who minister and make propitiation to the Lord for all the sins of ignorance of the righteous; Offering to the Lord a sweet smelling savor, a reasonable and a bloodless offering. And in the heaven below this are the angels who bear answers to the angels of the presence of the Lord. And in the heaven next to this are thrones and dominions, in which always they offer praise to God. When, therefore, the Lord looketh upon us, all of us are shaken; yea, the heavens and the earth, and the abysses are shaken at the presence of His majesty. But the sons of men, having no perception of these things, sin and provoke the Most High.

Testament of Levi I: 21–27 (trans. R.H. Charles)” [via]

 

 

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-earliest-known-reference-to-thrones-as-an-angelic-order-is-found-in-the-text-of-the-testament-of-levi-in-the-pseudopigraphic-collection-referred-to-as-the-testament-of-the-twelve-patriarchs-a/feed/ 0 Alan McGee re-reads the Book of the Law and stops trusting authority http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/alan-mcgee-re-reads-the-book-of-the-law-and-stops-trusting-authority/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/alan-mcgee-re-reads-the-book-of-the-law-and-stops-trusting-authority/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:45:29 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7047 Alan McGee re-reads the Book of the Law and stops trusting authority at “I Don’t Trust the BBC and Neither Should You“. Coincidence?

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/alan-mcgee-re-reads-the-book-of-the-law-and-stops-trusting-authority/feed/ 0 “In order to see why Dee and Kelly would have recognized a term like ‘Throne’ to be a definition of one of the Orders found in the Sigillum, it is important to understand how the concept evolved theologically.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/in-order-to-see-why-dee-and-kelly-would-have-recognized-a-term-like-throne-to-be-a-definition-of-one-of-the-orders-found-in-the-sigillum-it-is-important-to-understand-how-the-concept-evolved-th/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/in-order-to-see-why-dee-and-kelly-would-have-recognized-a-term-like-throne-to-be-a-definition-of-one-of-the-orders-found-in-the-sigillum-it-is-important-to-understand-how-the-concept-evolved-th/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:00:35 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7013 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“In order to see why Dee and Kelly would have recognized a term like ‘Throne’ to be a definition of one of the Orders found in the Sigillum, it is important to understand how the concept evolved theologically.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/in-order-to-see-why-dee-and-kelly-would-have-recognized-a-term-like-throne-to-be-a-definition-of-one-of-the-orders-found-in-the-sigillum-it-is-important-to-understand-how-the-concept-evolved-th/feed/ 0 Untitled http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/untitled-13/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/untitled-13/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:45:49 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6455
Untitled, originally uploaded by Stela Maris Munhoz.

 

“Magick is like Language is like Jazz is like Chaos”

 

The Hermetic Library visual pool is a visual scavenger hunt for images of a living Western Esoteric Tradition.

Images of your ritual or ritual space, images of sigils or tools, showing off your own library or special volume from the restricted stacks, sacred spaces and places, esoteric artefacts and installations, inspired paintings and people — these and much more are part of the culture and practice of magick.

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/untitled-13/feed/ 0 “It is important to understand that there was, for Dee and Kelly, a standard Renaissance view of the divine order and the place of the various echelons of angels within that hierarchy. This view was defined primarily from scripture, but drew the precise form that it did from the Celestial Hierarchy of St. Denis, the Aereopagite, so-called.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-is-important-to-understand-that-there-was-for-dee-and-kelly-a-standard-renaissance-view-of-the-divine-order-and-the-place-of-the-various-echelons-of-angels-within-that-hierarchy-this-view-was/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-is-important-to-understand-that-there-was-for-dee-and-kelly-a-standard-renaissance-view-of-the-divine-order-and-the-place-of-the-various-echelons-of-angels-within-that-hierarchy-this-view-was/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:00:50 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7009 An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“It is important to understand that there was, for Dee and Kelly, a standard Renaissance view of the divine order and the place of the various echelons of angels within that hierarchy. This view was defined primarily from scripture, but drew the precise form that it did from the Celestial Hierarchy of St. Denis, the Aereopagite, so-called.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/it-is-important-to-understand-that-there-was-for-dee-and-kelly-a-standard-renaissance-view-of-the-divine-order-and-the-place-of-the-various-echelons-of-angels-within-that-hierarchy-this-view-was/feed/ 0 Hakim Bey and Hakim Bey’s Temporary Autonomous Zone are linked to in the notes for Solipsistic Nation No. 268: Secret Archives of the Vatican http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/hakim-bey-and-hakim-beys-temporary-autonomous-zone-are-linked-to-in-the-notes-for-solipsistic-nation-no-268-secret-archives-of-the-vatican/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/hakim-bey-and-hakim-beys-temporary-autonomous-zone-are-linked-to-in-the-notes-for-solipsistic-nation-no-268-secret-archives-of-the-vatican/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:15:37 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7040 Hakim Bey and Hakim Bey’s Temporary Autonomous Zone are linked to in the notes for Solipsistic Nation No. 268: Secret Archives of the Vatican, a podcast interview with Vince Millett of the Broken Drum Records artist Secret Archives of the Vatican.

 

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/hakim-bey-and-hakim-beys-temporary-autonomous-zone-are-linked-to-in-the-notes-for-solipsistic-nation-no-268-secret-archives-of-the-vatican/feed/ 0 Messy http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/messy/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/messy/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:07 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7010

 

“Messy” by Rebecca Pearcy from Constellation

“Caught in your tender trap,
Is that how you like it?
Do you like it like that?

Snared in the silence of
Your neat and orderly memories.

Is that where you want me?
Where you want me?
Where you want me?

Messy

Got my groove on
In the afternoon,
On your birthday
In my birthday suit.

Deep in the solitude
Of my lonely room.

No one has to know,
No one has to know,
No one has to know.
How can you keep a secret
So sweet?

It’s messy.

Got my groove on
In honor of you
And all the things we haven’t done
But I’d like to do with you
Some day, some day, some day soon.

Ba da da da ….

It’s a secret I can’t keep
A gift I won’t receive.
Wait for the other shoe to drop,
This temptation to stop.
Some day, some day, some day soon.”

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/messy/feed/ 0 The Initiate http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-initiate/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-initiate/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:00:44 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7006

The Initiate from Amanda Charchian on Vimeo.

 

“The Initiate, 2011
By Amanda Charchian
SPECTRA Swarovski Crystals, Rainbows, Light, Paint, Mirror and Steel.
40 x 37 x 14″

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/21/the-initiate/feed/ 0 Centaur http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/centaur/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/centaur/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:27 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7004

 

“Centaur” by Hex from Vast Halos

“If you hear those horsemen coming
I’ll tell you now it’s gonna be all right
Hills resounding to their drumming
Down the valley and into the night

Oh baby, you don’t have to worry
Everything is justifed
Oh baby, you don’t have to worry
Everything is on your side

Cause were going to a land
Where everybody’s gonna understand
That the time has come
Now go and get ready

I won’t even look behind me
A dusty picture of my old life
Press my face into the shoulder
Of the one with the colored eyes”

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/centaur/feed/ 0 Heavy Weather http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/heavy-weather/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/heavy-weather/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:00:22 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7000

 

“Heavy Weather” by Jarvis Cocker from Jarvis

“This morning it was summer
By noon a cold front building
Where did you go?
Where did you go?

I got to find some shelter
‘Cos any minute now
it’s gonna blow
It’s gonna blow

But I don’t mind the rain
So strike me once again:
I’ve got nothing to lose

And it looks like we are in for stormy weather
with death and destruction coming through
Oh, look out there she blows
Now everybody knows:
Stormy weather always makes me think of you

And watch out ‘cos the storm is coming through

But you’re so still and silent
Whilst everything’s dissolving
Melting away, melting away

But I don’t mind the rain
So strike me once again
I got nothing to lose

Yeah, it looks like we are in for stormy weather
with death and destruction coming through
Oh, look out there she blows
Now everybody knows:
Stormy weather always makes me think of you

Oh and it looks like we are in for stormy weather
with death and destruction coming through
Oh, look out there she blows
Now everybody knows:
Stormy weather always makes me think of you

And watch out ‘cos this storm is coming through
Yeah, watch out ‘cos the storm is coming through”

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/heavy-weather/feed/ 0 Swearwards http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/swearwards/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/swearwards/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:00:19 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=7002

 

“Swearwards” by Paleo from Song Diary

“grandma once said
jump on the bed
to wake up your way to the top

where to begin?
the alphabet wins!
i’m sleeping my way to a flop

no place to stay!
no place to sleep!
will no one here open their doors?

doing my best
looking ahead
taking it easy by force

swear to god
swear to god
swear to god
swear

100 men
100 men
dad had the strength of one man

dad was so strong
he was true to my mom
he built their bed with his bare. hands.

daddy, my head
brimming with death
selling my shares of the world

just one more son
better than some
but i know he wanted a girl

swear to god
swear to god
swear to god
swear

there was a leaf
the most beautiful leaf
any tree of the world’s ever known

and her dad kept her close
close to his heart
safe from the wind and his prose

but one day the wind
uncovered the leaf
and from home in a cloud he was scheming

beautiful thing
look for me when
your sisters and father are dreaming

swear to god
swear to god
swear to god
swear

and sure as the sea
dotes on the sand
the wind moved on her like a poem

but in morning the leaf
woke on the ground
she woke in the sticks all alone
her green turned magnificent rose

blushing the leaf
looked up at the trees
why would the wind blow me off?

my baby girl
everyone knows
love can be hard on the soft

swear to god
swear to god
swear to god
swear

jesse is it getting light out?
jesse is it getting light out?

if only…

swear to god
swear to god
swear to god
swear
swear to god
swear to god
swear to god
swear”

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/swearwards/feed/ 0 Only The Strange Remain http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/only-the-strange-remain/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/only-the-strange-remain/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:00:52 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6998

 

“Only The Strange Remain” by Mickey Hart from Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box

“I’ve been searching in sectors both private and dark
With the eye of a witness – silent and stark
Seen everything that goes on in the night
Things that are twisted and hide from the light
Things that live under the rock and the stone
Flesh like a fever on a platter of bone
Blacker than blackness and whiter than white
Things that live only on the edges of sight

So I pack my sack with a fistful of fire
There are cutthroats and thieves in this night of desire
Who steals this treasure must contend with its flame
Where only the strange remain

Yea, only the strange remain

Only the strange remain
Only the strange remain
Only the strange remain

Looking deep and then deeper into every face
Past beauty and wisdom, past gender and race
I see a lone hungry wolf in a shining blue flame
And only the strange remain

I’m dying of thirst with a drink in my hand
Praying for something that I don’t understand
One foot on the gravel, one foot in the sky
Too reckless to live and too careful to die

When the moment has passed
With death at the door
Will I still look for answers
Will I still beg for more?
Will I slip into silence or ride with the pain
Where only the strange remain

Yea, yea, yea
Only the strange remain
Only the strange remain
Only the strange remain

Tell me friend, have you noticed of late
How only the strange remain?
I’m speaking about the cream of the strange
Not the merely weird, out of sight or insane
No, only the strange remain
Only the strange remain

They keep on talking just to rattle their teeth
A light coat of surface and nothing beneath
They’re fishing for answers with love as the bait
Related to something that time doesn’t date
Soon as it’s spoken, it no longer applies
Words twist and stutter and deliver up sighs

If truth is impossible, so is the lie
There’s no in-between, you can’t swim, you can’t fly
At the uttermost link at the end of our chain
Only the strange remain
Only the strange remain

In the dark of silence the strange remain
Yea, only the strange remain

Only the strange remain
Only the strange remain
Only the strange remain”

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/only-the-strange-remain/feed/ 0 The Entrance Band Live at Dunajam in Sardegna Featuring Shazzula Nebula http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/the-entrance-band-live-at-dunajam-in-sardegna-featuring-shazzula-nebula/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/the-entrance-band-live-at-dunajam-in-sardegna-featuring-shazzula-nebula/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:00:54 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6995

The Entrance Band Live at Dunajam in Sardegna Featuring Shazzula Nebula from Onward Into The Future on Vimeo.

 

“Under the waxing moon on the shore of the Mediterranean sea The Entrance Band helps those of us who made the magical journey to the Dunajam festival in Sardegna transcend the known.”

(Filmed by Amanda Zazi Charchian)

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/the-entrance-band-live-at-dunajam-in-sardegna-featuring-shazzula-nebula/feed/ 0 “We add the following as a demonstration of the consistency of this division in regard to the Thrones. Mi: Of those seven Seals and the seven semicircles than contain them “the 7 angles next unto the uppermost Circumference” Ur: “Those 7 letters, are the 7 Seats of the One everlasting GOD. His 7 secret Angels proceeding from every letter and Cross so formed.” Michael and Uriel, Liber Mysteriorum Secundus 20 March 1582″ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/we-add-the-following-as-a-demonstration-of-the-consistency-of-this-division-in-regard-to-the-thrones-mi-of-those-seven-seals-and-the-seven-semicircles-than-contain-them-the-7-angles-next-unto-t/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/we-add-the-following-as-a-demonstration-of-the-consistency-of-this-division-in-regard-to-the-thrones-mi-of-those-seven-seals-and-the-seven-semicircles-than-contain-them-the-7-angles-next-unto-t/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:00:53 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6971 Hierarchies Recapitulated from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“We add the following as a demonstration of the consistency of this division in regard to the Thrones.

Mi: Of those seven Seals and the seven semicircles than contain them “the 7 angles next unto the uppermost Circumference”

Ur: “Those 7 letters, are the 7 Seats of the One everlasting GOD. His 7 secret Angels proceeding from every letter and Cross so formed.”

Michael & Uriel, Liber Mysteriorum Secundus 20 March 1582″ [via, see]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/we-add-the-following-as-a-demonstration-of-the-consistency-of-this-division-in-regard-to-the-thrones-mi-of-those-seven-seals-and-the-seven-semicircles-than-contain-them-the-7-angles-next-unto-t/feed/ 0 “Further, this correspondence would identify the Thrones with the names drawn from the Circumference and the seven Seals, the Archangels drawn from the Septagon would be the Trumpets and the planetary Angels about the pentagram would be the Angels. Compare Part I of this series where these divisions are laid out in detail.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/further-this-correspondence-would-identify-the-thrones-with-the-names-drawn-from-the-circumference-and-the-seven-seals-the-archangels-drawn-from-the-septagon-would-be-the-trumpets-and-the-planetar/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/further-this-correspondence-would-identify-the-thrones-with-the-names-drawn-from-the-circumference-and-the-seven-seals-the-archangels-drawn-from-the-septagon-would-be-the-trumpets-and-the-planetar/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:48 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6968 Hierarchies Recapitulated from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“Further, this correspondence would identify the Thrones with the names drawn from the Circumference and the seven Seals, the Archangels drawn from the Septagon would be the Trumpets and the planetary Angels about the pentagram would be the Angels. Compare Part I of this series where these divisions are laid out in detail.” [via, see]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/further-this-correspondence-would-identify-the-thrones-with-the-names-drawn-from-the-circumference-and-the-seven-seals-the-archangels-drawn-from-the-septagon-would-be-the-trumpets-and-the-planetar/feed/ 0 “If these three sets of letters are correlated inward to the three angelic hierarchies given in Liber Secundus then the correspondence would be Thrones to the Circumference, Thrones to the Septagon, and Holy Sevenfold Table and Angels to the Isosceles Triangles and Mysterious Sevenfold Table.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/if-these-three-sets-of-letters-are-correlated-inward-to-the-three-angelic-hierarchies-given-in-liber-secundus-then-the-correspondence-would-be-thrones-to-the-circumference-thrones-to-the-septagon/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/if-these-three-sets-of-letters-are-correlated-inward-to-the-three-angelic-hierarchies-given-in-liber-secundus-then-the-correspondence-would-be-thrones-to-the-circumference-thrones-to-the-septagon/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:00:27 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6966 Hierarchies Recapitulated from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“If these three sets of letters are correlated inward to the three angelic hierarchies given in Liber Secundus then the correspondence would be Thrones to the Circumference, Thrones to the Septagon, and Holy Sevenfold Table and Angels to the Isosceles Triangles and Mysterious Sevenfold Table.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/if-these-three-sets-of-letters-are-correlated-inward-to-the-three-angelic-hierarchies-given-in-liber-secundus-then-the-correspondence-would-be-thrones-to-the-circumference-thrones-to-the-septagon/feed/ 0 “Although there are a number of hierarchies of spiritual beings in the Sigillum, there are only three sets of letters from which these names are drawn and from these three sets, three principle groups of angelic names, one for each set. The three sets of letters are those of the Circumference, the Septagon or Holy Sevenfold Table and the Isosceles triangles within the Septagon or Mysterious Sevenfold Table.” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/although-there-are-a-number-of-hierarchies-of-spiritual-beings-in-the-sigillum-there-are-only-three-sets-of-letters-from-which-these-names-are-drawn-and-from-these-three-sets-three-principle-group/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/although-there-are-a-number-of-hierarchies-of-spiritual-beings-in-the-sigillum-there-are-only-three-sets-of-letters-from-which-these-names-are-drawn-and-from-these-three-sets-three-principle-group/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:00:10 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6964 Hierarchies Recapitulated from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“Although there are a number of hierarchies of spiritual beings in the Sigillum, there are only three sets of letters from which these names are drawn and from these three sets, three principle groups of angelic names, one for each set. The three sets of letters are those of the Circumference, the Septagon or Holy Sevenfold Table and the Isosceles triangles within the Septagon or Mysterious Sevenfold Table.” [via]

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/although-there-are-a-number-of-hierarchies-of-spiritual-beings-in-the-sigillum-there-are-only-three-sets-of-letters-from-which-these-names-are-drawn-and-from-these-three-sets-three-principle-group/feed/ 0 The Egyptian Book of the Dead http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/the-egyptian-book-of-the-dead/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/the-egyptian-book-of-the-dead/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:45:59 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6979 You may be interested in a hardcover of James Wasserman’s The Egyptian Book of the Dead, with an offer for free shipping worldwide from Thelesis Aura, publisher of several items of interest including the new printing of Lon Milo DuQuette’s Tarot of Ceremonial Magick deck, which latter, a little bit surprisingly to me, is still not sold out.

I have the paperback version of The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day from 2000, and it is quite nice as a large format 14×7 book with full color images, including fold-out pages and side-by-side translations of the text. I haven’t seen this new hardcover printing, but if it is at least as good at the paperback, and more durable for being hardcover, then I think it would be worth having for reference.

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/the-egyptian-book-of-the-dead/feed/ 0 Nature http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/nature/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/nature/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:17:44 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6951 “Nature” is a track added by The Gray Field Recordings in the Hermetic Library audio pool.

 

The Hermetic Library audio pool is a participatory place for sharing sounds and music of a living Western Esoteric Tradition.

Music and performance can be a form of ritual and magick. Works and artists have long been inspired by the ideas of Western Esotericism and Mysticism. This group is to help create a space for sharing, music and other audio, and connecting with artists who feel drawn to these topics and ideas, or, especially, incorporate and manifest ritual and magick in their works.

]]> http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/nature/feed/ 0 “O God, O God, O God, Thy Name (O God,) be praised ever, from thy 7 Thrones from thy 7 Trumpets and thy 7 Angels in 7, God wrought all things” http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/o-god-o-god-o-god-thy-name-o-god-be-praised-ever-from-thy-7-thrones-from-thy-7-trumpets-and-thy-7-angels-in-7-god-wrought-all-things/ http://library.hrmtc.com/2012/02/20/o-god-o-god-o-god-thy-name-o-god-be-praised-ever-from-thy-7-thrones-from-thy-7-trumpets-and-thy-7-angels-in-7-god-wrought-all-things/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:00:46 +0000 Librarian http://library.hrmtc.com/?p=6960 Michael, Liber Mysteriorum Secundus 21 March 1582 quoted from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.

“O God, O God, O God,
Thy Name (O God,) be praised ever,
from thy 7 Thrones
from thy 7 Trumpets
and thy 7 Angels
in 7, God wrought all things” [via]

 

 

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