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THE COLLECTED WRITINGS
OF JACK PARSONS
The Book of Babalon,
The Book of Antichrist,
and other writings
PART ONE
THE BOOK OF BABALON
January 4 - March 4, 1946 E.V.
INTRODUCTION
This book contains the record of a magical experiment relating to
the invocation of an elemental, the thereafter of the Goddess or
Force called BABALON, and the results thereof. An appendix con-
tains some details of the method, published for the first time.
The contents should be clear enough to those who are prepared for
understanding, and a little study and effort should make it so
for those who desire understanding. For the rest, each will no
doubt interpret it in accord with his own predilections.
A note on the underlying philosophy. The present age is under the
influence of the force called, in magical terminology, Horus.
This force relates to fire, Mars, and the sun, that is, to power,
violence, and energy. It also relates to a child, being innocent
(i.e. undifferentiated). Its manifestations may be noted in the
destruction of old institutions and ideas, the discovery and
liberation of new energies, and the trend towards power govern-
ments, war, homosexuality, infantilism, and schizophrenia.
This force is completely blind, depending upon the men and women
in whom it manifests and who guide it. Obviously, its guidance
now tends towards catastrophy.
The catastrophic trend is due to our lack of understanding of our
own natures. The hidden lusts, fears, and hatreds resulting from
the warping of the love urge, which underly the natures of all
Western peoples, have taken a homicidal and suicidal direction.
This impasse is broken by the incarnation of another sort of
force, called BABALON. The nature of this force relates to love,
understanding, and dionysian freedom, and is the necessary coun-
terbalance or correspondence to the manifestation of Horus.
It is indicated that this force is actually incarnate in some
living woman, as the result of the described magical operation. A
more basic matter, however, is the indication that this force is
incarnate in all men and women, and needs only to be invoked to
free the spirit from the debris of the old aeon, and to direct
the blind force of Horus into constructive channels of under-
standing and love. The methods of this invocation are described
in the text.
The background of this material may be found in the Book of the
Law, the Comment thereon, and other writings of Aleister Crowley;
also in various magical, anthropological, psychological, and
philosophical texts. These are all necessary to an understanding
and use of the material.
One further point. It should be remembered that all human activi-
ties, after the vital functions are fulfilled, arise from the
need to love or to be loved. It is therfore quite literally true
that in understanding (i.e. that which embraces all categories of
love) is all power given. A grasp of the principle of bipolarity
should make this clear.
With this crude and rudimentary philosophical discourse, then, I
present the Book of Babalon:
A. CONCEPTION
In January 1946 I had been engaged in the study and practice of
Magick for seven years, and in the supervision and operation of
an occult lodge for four years, having been initiated into the
Sanctuary of the Gnosis by the Beast 666, Fra. 132, and Fra.
Saturnus. At this time I decided upon a Magical operation de-
signed to obtain the assistance of an elemental mate. This is a
well known procedure in Magick (cf. Ch. VIII in Magick in Theory
and Practice), consisting of the invocation of a spirit or ele-
mental into tangible existence by various magical techniques.
I decided upon the use of the Enochian Tablets obtained by Dr.
Dee and Edward Kelley, employing the *n*n*n square of the Air
Tablet. The technique was approximately as follows:
(January 4, 1946, 9:00 PM)
1. Prepared and consecrated Air Dagger. (The other magical weap-
ons were previously prepared. This dagger served as the special
talisman of the operation.)
2. Prepared Enochian Air Tablet on virgin parchment.
3. Prepared Parchment Talisman
4. Rituals as follows:
(a) Invoking Pentagram of Air.
(b) Invocation of Bornless One.
(c) Conjuration of Air.
(d) Consecration of Air Dagger.
(e) Key Call of third Aire.
(f) Invocation of God and King of Aire.
(g) Invocation of Six Seniors.
(h) Invocation of (RZDA) by *n*n*n and (EXARP), to visible ap-
pearance.
(i) Invocaton of wand with material basis on talisman.
(j) Invocation with dagger.
(k) License to depart, purification, and banishing.
I followed this procedure for eleven days, from January 4 to 15,
with the following entries in my record:
January 5. A strong windstorm beginning suddenly about the middle
of the first invocation.
Jan 6. Invoked as before. Wind storm continued intermittently all
day and night.
Jan 7. Invoked twice. Wind subsided. Used Prokofief Violin Con-
certo No. 2 as musical background.
Jan 8. Invoked twice, using blood.
Jan 9. Invoked twice, replenishing material basis.
Jan 10. Invoked twice. I retired about 11 PM, and was awakened at
12 PM by nine strong, rapid knocks. A table lamp at the opposite
corner of the room was thrown violently to the floor and broken.
There was no window in this corner, and no wind was blowing at
the time.
(Note. I have had little experience with phenomena of this sort.
Magically speaking, it usually represents "breaks" in the opera-
tion, indicating imperfect technique. Actually, in any magical
opeation there should be no phenomena but the willed result.)
Jan 11. Invoked twice, using blood.
Jan 12. Invoked twice. A heavy windstorm.
Jan 13. Invoked twice. Windstorm continued.
Jan 14. The light system of the house failed about 9 PM. Another
magician who had been staying at the house and studying with me,
was carrying a candle across the kitchen when he was struck
strongly on the right shoulder, and the candle knocked out of his
hand. He called us, and we observed a brownish yellow light about
seven feet high in the kitchen.
I banished with a magical sword, and it disappeared. His right
arm was paralyzed for the rest of the night.
Jan 15. Invoked twice. At this time the Scribe developed some
sort of astral vision, describing in detail an old enemy of mine
of whom he had never heard, and later the guardian forms of Isis
and the Archangel Michael. Later, in my room, I heard the raps
again, and a buzzing, metallic voice crying "let me go free." I
felt a great pressure and tension in the house that night, which
was also noticed by the other occupants. There was no other
phenomena, and I admit a feeling of disappointment.
The feeling of tension and unease continued for four days. Then,
on January 18, at sunset, while the Scribe and I were on the
Mojave desert, the feeling of tension suddenly snapped. I turned
to him and said, "it is done," in absolute certainty that the
operation was accomplished. I returned home, and found a young
woman answering the requirements waiting for me. She is describa-
ble as an air of fire type with bronze red hair, fiery and sub-
tle, determined and obstinate, sincere and perverse, with ex-
traordinary personality, talent, and intelligence.
During the period of January 19 to February 27 I invoked the
Goddess BABALON with the aid of my magical partner, as was proper
to one of my grade.
B. COMMUNICATIONS
On February 27 my magical partner went East for a visit, and on
Feb. 28 I went back to the Mojave, invoking BABALON. During this
invocation, the presence of the Goddess came upon me, and I was
commanded to write the following communication:
LIBER 49
1. Yea, it is I, BABALON.
2. And this is my book, that is the fourth chapter of the Book of
the Law, He completing the Name, for I am out of NUIT by HORUS,
the incestuous sister of RA-HOOR-KHUIT.
3. It is BABALON. TIME IS. Ye fools.
4. Thou hast called me, oh accursed and beloved fool.
5-8. (Missing and presumed lost. Ed.)
9. Now know that I, BABALON, would take flesh and come among men.
10. I will come as a penelous (sic) flame, as a devious song, a
trumpet in judgement halls, a banner before armies.
11. And gather my children unto me, for THE TIME is at hand.
12. And this is the way of my incarnation. Heed!
13. Thou shalt offer all thou art and all thou hast at my altar,
witholding nothing. And thou shalt be smitten full sore and
thereafter thou shalt be outcast and accursed, a lonely wanderer
in abominable places.
14. Ye Dare. I have asked of none other, nor have they asked.
Else is vain. But thou hast willed it.
15. Know then that thus I came to thee before, thou a great Lord,
and I a maid enrapt. Ah blind folly.
16. And thereafter madness, all in vain. Thus it has been, multi-
form. How thou hast burned beyond.
17. I shall come again, in the form thou knowest. Now it shall be
thy blood.
18. The altar is aright, and the robe.
19. The perfume is sandal, and the cloth green and gold. There is
my cup, our book, and thy dagger.
20. There is a flame.
21. The sigil of devotion. Be it consecrated, be it true, be it
daily affirmed. I am not scorned. Thy love is to me. Procure a
disk of copper, in diameter three inches paint thereon the field
blue the star gold of me, BABALON.
22. It shall be my talisman. Consecrate with the supreme rituals
of the word and the cup.
23. My calls as thou knowest. All love songs are of me. Also seek
me in the Seventh Aire.
24. This for a time appointed. Seek not the end, I shall instruct
thee in my way. But be true. Would it be hard if I were thy
lover, and before thee? But I am thy lover and I am with thee.
25. I shall provide a vessel, when or whence I say not. Seek her
not, call her not. Let her declare. Ask nothing. Keep silence.
There shall be ordeals.
26. My vessel must be perfect. This is the way of her perfection.
27. The working is of nine moons.
28. The Astarte working, with music and feasting, with wine and
all arts of love.
29. Let her be dedicated, consecrated, blood to blood, heart to
heart, mind to mind, single in will, none without the circle, all
to me.
30. And she shall wander in the witchwood under the Night of Pan,
and know the mysteries of the Goat and the Serpent, and of the
children that are hidden away.
31. I will provide the place and the material basis, thou the
tears and blood.
32. Is it difficult, between matter and spirit? For me it is
ecstacy and agony untellable. But I am with thee. I have large
strength, have thou likewise.
33. Thou shalt prepare my book for her instruction, also thou
shalt teach that she may have captains and adepts in her service.
Yea, thou shalt take the black pilgrimage, but it will not be
thou that returnest.
34. Let her prepare her work according to my voice in her heart,
with thy book as guide, and none other instructing.
35. And let her be in all things wise, and sure, and excellent.
36. But let her think on this: my way is not in the solemn ways,
or in the reasoned ways, but in the wild free way of the eagle,
and the devious way of the serpent, and the oblique way of the
factor unknown and unnumbered.
37. For I am BABALON, and she my daughter, unique, and there
shall be no other women like her.
38. In My Name shall she have all power, and all men and excel-
lent things, and kings and captains and the secret ones at her
command.
39. The first servants are chosen in secret, by my force in
her--a captain, a lawyer, an agitator, a rebel--I shall provide.
40. Call me, my daughter, and I shall come to thee. Thou shalt be
full of my force and fire, my passion and power shall surround
and inspire thee; my voice in thee shall judge nations.
41. None shall resist thee, whom I lovest. Though they call thee
harlot and whore, shameless, false, evil, these words shall be
blood in their mouths, and dust thereafter.
42. But my children will know thee and love thee, and this will
make them free.
43. All is in thy hands, all power, all hope, all future.
44. One came as a man, and was weak and failed.
45. One came as a woman, and was foolish, and failed.
46. But thou art beyond man and woman, my star is in thee, and
thou shalt avail.
47. Even now thy hour strikes upon the clock of my FATHER. For He
prepared a banquet and a Bridal Bed. I was that Bride, appointed
from the beginning, as it was written T.O.P.A.N.
48. Now is the hour of birth at hand. Now shall my adept be
crucified in the Basilisk abode.
49. Thy tears, thy sweat, thy blood, thy semen, thy love, thy
faith shall provide. Ah, I shall drain thee like the cup that is
of me, BABALON.
50. Stand thou fast, and I shall pass the first veil to speak
with thee, through the stars shake.
51. Stand thou fast, and I shall pass the second veil, while God
and Jesus be smitten with the sword of HORUS.
52. Stand thou fast, and I shall pass the third veil, and the
shapes of hell shall be turned again to loveliness.
53. For thy sake shall I stride through the flames of Hell,
though my tongue be bitten through.
54. Let me behold thee naked and lusting after me, calling upon
my name.
55. Let me receive all thy manhood within my Cup, climax upon
climax, joy upon joy.
56. Yea, we shall conquer death and Hell together.
57. And the earth is mine.
58. Thou shalt (make the?) Black Pilgrimage.
59. Yea it is even I BABALON and I SHALL BE FREE. Thou fool, be
thou also free of sentimentality. Am I thy village queen and thou
a sophomore, that thou shouldst have thy nose in my buttocks?
60. It is I, BABALON, ye fools, MY TIME is come, and this my book
that my adept prepares is the book of BABALON.
61. Yea, my adept, the Black Pilgrimage. Thou shalt be accursed,
and this is the nature of the curse. Thou shalt publish the
secret matter of the adepts thou knowest, witholding no word of
it, in an appendix to this my Book. So they shall cry fool, liar,
sot, traducer, betrayer. Thou art not glad thou meddled with
magick?
62. There is no other way, dear fool, it is the eleventh hour.
63. The seal of my Brother is upon the earth, and His Avatar is
before you. There is threshing of wheat and a trampling of grapes
that shall not cease until the truth be known unto the least of
men.
64. But you who do not accept, you who see beyond, reach out your
hands my children and reap the world in the hour of your harvest.
65. Gather together in the covens as of old, whose number is
eleven, that is also my number. Gather together in public, in
song and dance and festival. Gather together in secret, be naked
and shameless and rejoice in my name.
66. Work your spells by the mode of my book, practicing secretly,
inducing the supreme spell.
67. The work of the image, and the potion and the charm, the work
of the spider and the snake, and the little ones that go in the
dark, this is your work.
68. Who loves not hates, who hates fears, let him taste fear.
69. This is the way of it, star, star. Burning bright, moon,
witch moon.
70. You the secret, the outcast, the accursed and despised, even
you that gathered privily of old in my rites under the moon.
71. You the free, the wild, the untamed, that walk now alone and
forlorn.
72. Behold, my Brother cracks the world like a nut for your
eating.
73. Yea, my Father has made a house for you, and my Mother has
prepared a Bridal Bed. My Brother has confounded your enemies.
74. I am the Bride appointed. Come ye to the nuptials--come ye
now!
75. My joy is the joy of eternity, and my laughter is the drunken
laughter of a harlot in the house of ecstasy.
76. All you loves are sacred, pledge them all to me.
77. Set my star upon your banners and go forward in joy and
victory. None shall deny you, and none shall stand before you,
because of the Sword of my Brother. Invoke me, call upon me, call
me in your convocations and rituals, call upon me in your loves
and battles in my name BABALON, wherein is all power given!
C. BIRTH
[March 2, 1946 E.V.]
On March 1 and 2 1946 I prepared the altar and equipment in
accordance with the instructions in Liber 49. The Scribe had been
away about a week, and knew nothing of my invocations of BABALON,
which I had kept entirely secret. On the night of March 2 he
returned, and described a vision he had that evening of a savage
and beautiful woman riding naked on a great cat-like beast. He
was impressed with the urgent necessity of giving me some message
or communication. We prepared magically for this communication,
constructing a temple at the altar with the analysis of the key
word. He was robed in white, carrying the lamp, and I in black,
hooded, with the cup and dagger. At his suggestion we played
Rachmanninoff's Isle of the Dead as background music, and set an
automatic recorder to transcribe any audible occurrences. At
approximately 8 PM he began to dictate, I transcribing directly
as I received.
THE SCRIBE: "The Angel of TARO. A three day retirement to greet
her. Purify thyself. The symbol is seven by three. It is BABALON.
Keep secret. The communications are sacred."
"These are the preparations. Green gold cloth, food for the
Beast, upon a hidden platter, back of the altar. Disclose only
when the doors are bolted."
"Transgression is death."
"Back of main altar. Prepare instantly. Light the first flame at
10 PM, March 2, 1946."
"The year of BABALON is 4063."
"Beware of the use of profaned rituals."
"She is flame of life, power of darkness, she destroys with a
glance, she may take thy soul. She feeds upon the death of men."
"Beautiful--Horrible."
The Scribe, now pale and sweating, rested awhile, then continued:
[The First Ritual]
"The first ritual. Tomorrow the second ritual. Concentrate all
force and being in Our Lady BABALON. Light a single light on Her
altar, saying: Flame is Our Lady, flame is Her hair. I am flame."
"A plate of food, unsalted. An altar cloth hitherto undefiled."
"Make a box of blackness at ten o'clock. Smear the vessel which
contains flame with thine own blood. Destroy at the altar a thing
of value. Remain in perfect silence, and heed the voice of Our
Lady. Speak not of this ritual or of Her coming to any person.
If asked, answer in a manner that avoids suspicion. Nor speculate
at any time as to Her future mortal identity. To receive flatter-
ing communications to thy damnation. Press not to receive teach-
ings beyond those given."
"Questions: you may ask but three. Spend one half hour in compos-
ing these at 11:30 PM. The answers must be written at midnight."
"Thou shalt take the alkahest in thine own mouth, and in the box
of darkness carefully store this matter."
"Display thyself to Our Lady; dedicate thy organs to Her, dedi-
cate thy heart to Her, dedicate thy mind to Her, dedicate thy
soul to Her, for She shall absorb thee, and thou shalt become
living flame before She incarnates. For it shall be through you
alone, and no one else can help in this endeavour."
"It is lonely, it is awful."
"Retire from human contact until noon tomorrow. Clear all profane
documents on the morrow, before receiving further instructions.
Consult no book but thine own mind. Thou art a god. Behave at
this altar as one god before another. And so be prosperity."
"Thou art the guardian and thou art the guide, thou art the
worker and the mechanic. So conduct thyself. Discuss nothing of
this matter until thou art certain that thine understanding
embraces all."
Here the Scribe ceased dictation. I proceeded to follow these
instructions and those of March 1, utilizing the following ritu-
als. I include the rituals used in the operation of the first
night, in order to indicate the nature of the Force invoked.
1
[The First Invocation]
The temple is opened with the analysis of the key word:
I N R I. Yod Nun Resh Yod. Virgo Isis Mighty Mother. Scorpio
Apophis Destroyer. Sol, Osiris slain and risen. IAO. The sign of
Osiris slain (given). The sign of the mourning of Isis (given).
The sign of Apophis and Typhon (given). LVX, Lux, the Light of
the Cross.
The invoking hexagram is drawn in the four quarters and the name
ARARITA vibrated in each quarter. In closing, the hexagram is
reversed.
2
The [Second] Invocation
(From the Gnostic Mass)
THE PRIEST
"O circle of stars whereof our Father is but the younger brother,
marvel beyond imagination, soul of infinite space, before whom
time is ashamed, the mind bewildered, and the understanding dark,
not unto thee may we attain unless thine image be love. Therefore
by seed and root and stem and bud and leaf and flower and fruit
do we invoke thee."
BABALON
"But to love me is better than all things; if under the night
stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before
me, invoking me with a pure heart and the serpent flame therein,
thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss wilt
thou be willing to give all. But whoso gives one particle of dust
shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and store of
women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the
nations of earth in splendour and pride; but always in the love
of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. I charge you earnestly to
come before me in a single robe, and covered with a rich head-
dress. I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or
voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple and drunkenness of
the innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the
coiled splendour within you: come unto me! to me! Sing the rap-
turous love songs unto me! Burn to me perfume! Drink to me, for I
love you! I love you! I am the blue lidded daughter of sunset, I
am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night sky. To me. To
me."
3
The Third Invocation.
(From The Vision and the Voice)
CHORUS
"Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, BABALON, the Mother of Abomina-
tion, that rideth upon the Beast, for She hath spilt their blood
in every corner of the earth, and lo! She hath mingled it in the
cup of Her whoredom."
"With the breath of Her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath
become the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath She
poured it out for Her worshippers; and they have become drunken
thereon, so that face to face they beheld my Father. Thus are
they made worthy to partake of the mystery of this holy vessel,
for the blood is the life."
"Beautiful art thou O BABALON, and desirable, for thou hast given
Thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued
their strength. For in that union Thou didst understand. There-
fore art Thou called Understanding, O BABALON, Lady of the
Night."
"O my God, in one last rapture let me attain to the union of the
one with the many. For She is Love, and Her Love is one, and She
has divided theone love into infinite loves, and each love is
one, and equal with the One, and therefore is She passed from the
Assembly and the Law and the enlightenment into the anarchy of
solitude and darkness. For ever thus must She veil the brilliance
of Herself."
4
[The Fourth Invocation]
O BABALON, BABALON beloved, come now, partake of the sacrament,
possess this shrine. Take me now! Let me be drunken on the wine
of your fornications; let your kisses wanton me to death. Accept
thou this sacrifice willingly given!
5
The Fifth Invocation
The Call of the Seventh Aire
Rass I Salman Paradiz Oa-Crimi Aao Ial-Pir-Gah Qui-In Enay Butmon
Od I Noas Ni Paradial Casarmg Vgear Chirlan Od Zonac Luciftan
Cors Ta Vaul Zirn Tol Hami Sobol Ondoh Od Miam Chis Ta Zo Od Es
V-Ma-Dea Od Pi- Bliar O Phil Rit Od Miam C-Crimi Quaada. Od. O-
Michaloz Oriom Bagle Papnor I Dlugam Lonshi Od Umplif V-Ge-Gi
Riglied. BABALON!
6
The Sixth Invocation
(from Tannhauser by A. Crowley)
Isis art thou, and from thy life are fed
All showers and suns, all moons that wax and wane,
All stars and streams, the living and the dead,
The mystery of pleasure and of pain
Thou art the mother, thou the speaking sea
Thou art the earth, and its fertility,
Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness return to thee
To Thee!
Hathoor am I, and to my beauty drawn
All glories of the Universe bow down,
The blossom and the mountain and the dawn
Fruits blush, and women, our creations crown
I am the priest, the sacrifice, the shrine
I the love and life of the divine
Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness are surely mine,
Are Mine!
Venus art thou, the love and light of earth,
The wealth of kisses, the delight of tears
The barren pleasures never came to birth,
The endless infinite delight of years.
Thou art the shrine at which my long desire
Devoured me with intolerable fire.
Thou wert song, music, passion, death upon my lyre--
My lyre.
I am the Grail and I the glory now;
I am the flame and fuel of thy breast
I am the star of God upon thy brow;
*mI am the queen, enraptured and possessed,
Hide thee sweet river, welcome to thee, sea
Ocean of love that shall encompass thee
Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness return to me--
To me!
[March 2, 1946 E.V. continued]
On the night of the first performance of these rituals, I pre-
pared the altar and box and food, also flowers and wine. At the
beginning of the rituals, I burnt the Enochian Tablet and smashed
an image of Pan, a favorite possession. (About this time the roof
on my guest house caught fire from a faulty chimney, and was
partly destroyed.)
I proceeded with the rituals, noting a mounting tension, and the
sense of a presence inexpressibly poignant and desirable. There
was no other manifestation. At twelve PM I put the three ques-
tions and received answers as follows:
1. How can I communicate directly with BABALON, hear her, see
her, feel her, be sure that I am working aright?
Answer. "At the altar in meditation, as you know how. Also,
invoke me carnally with all your passion. Thus will you feel my
desire and increase my substance."
2. How can I serve best?
Answer. "Follow instructions exactly and in detail. Avoid loose
interruptions. Be diligent. Do not hesitate or question, act. All
depends on your time."
3. How can I be certain of the vehicle?
Answer. "Do not trouble yourself with this. It does not concern
you. I will provide the vehicle, I will show you a sign, and
signs. It is the now which concerns us. Keep your faith, think
not overmuch."
After this an hour's meditation, and so to sleep.
[March 3, 1946 E.V.]
The next day I slipped badly. An inmate of the house disturbed my
morning meditation. I opened the door and cursed him (in the
Anglo Saxon fashion). Shortly after he was taken ill, and I
succumbed to a black mood. I perceived my terrible error, and
apologized to him, mentally withdrawing the curse. However, the
day went very badly for me.
That evening the Scribe and I resumed our work. In a short time
the dictation began:
"In the presence of our Lord PAN, at the feet of Our Lady BABA-
LON, at the feet of Her (servants?) (changing?) we declare unto
thee this message (consecrated, dedicated, never to be defiled?)
(the Scribe was uncertain here) containing the rituals of the
second and third days, of the welcome and preparation in the Name
of Our Lady of the Night most gracious, to pure lewd and whore-
some Lady BABALON. Oh thou who art mortal tremble; given it is
unto thee a feat never before performed in the annals of your
histories, never before accomplished successfully. Many have
dared, none succeeded."
"Our Lady BABALON must descend to triumph."
"Mortality. We have not asked this of another, nor shall we ever.
Even now we doubt thy faith. Is this accepted, are you willing to
proceed. Answer aloud."
Answer. "I am willing."
"Then know thou art already faulty in thy delivery. These are ex-
traneous things. The elemental was not properly released," (this
was corrected) "thou wert guilty of human rage, the current of
force has been disturbed. Beware, should'st thou falter again, we
will sure slay thee."
"But insofar as thy working was consecrated it has succeeded.
Rectify thy mortal fault and error. Consecrate all. Now receive
the second and third rituals."
The Second Ritual
[March 3, 1946 E.V. continued]
"Consecrate thyself as instructor of Our Lady Incarnate."
"Take the black box, concentrate upon its emptiness for one hour,
gaze into it, and thou wilt see, imprinted upon it, a shape, a
sign, a sacred design, which shall be the sign delivered by Our
Lady Babalon Incarnate. When thou hast finished, when thou hast
recognized this pattern, construct it in wood."
"This is the sigil."
"Ten be the hour appointed. Invoke long, to music indicated."
[...] (This I keep secret.) "When thou canst feel Our Lady incar-
nate in thy being, take the black box and perform the consecrated
rite. "Wear thou scarlet, symbolic of birth. Be sashed in black.
It matters not the quality of goods. Take then the box, make then
the sign."
"Paint upon it a second sign which thou knowest. If thou hast
forgotten, gaze into thy crystal."
"Meditate while gazing on the qualities of an instructor. Thou
shalt inscribe in Her book, for Her guidance."
"Thou art forbidden to leave thy room."
"The end of the second ritual."
At the end of this dictation, the Scribe showed signs of exhaus-
tion. He rested awhile, then we continued:
The Third Ritual
[March 3 1946 E.V. continued]
"Begin four hours prior to dawn."
"A period of eradication of all inimical influences. Complete
perfection. Wear black. Cut from thy breast the red star. Renew
the blood. Lay out a white sheet. Place upon it blood of birth,
since She is born of thy flesh, and by thy mortal power upon
earth."
"Thou shalt recognize by the sign. BABALON is born! It is new
birth, all things are changed, the signs, the symbols, the every-
thing!"
"Thou shalt compass with the aid of the muse suitable invocation
of the birth of BABALON, and this thou shalt deliver to the
flames which now burn too."
"Now thou shalt flame the third, chanting the invocation. She is
born in the third flame."
"In verse seven verses of seven lines, seven magick words. Stand
and chant seven times. Envision thyself as a cloaked radiance
desirable to the Goddess, beloved. Envision Her approaching thee.
Embrace Her, cover Her with kisses. Think upon the lewd lascivi-
ous things thou couldst do. All is good to BABALON. ALL.
"Then rest, meditating on this:"
"Thou as a man and as a god hast strewn about the earth and in
the heavens many loves, these recall, concentrate, consecrate
each woman thou hast raped. Remember her, think upon her, move
her into BABALON, bring her into BABALON, each, one by one until
the flame of lust is high."
"Then compose a verse of undetermined lines on this, to BABALON.
This verse shall be used in worship when she appears."
"Then meditate upon thy desire, think upon Her, and, touching
naught, chant these verses. Recall each lascivious moment, each
lustfull day, all set them into the astral body, touching
naught."
"Preserve the material basis."
(Question: "In the box?" Answer: "Yes.")
"The lust is hers, the passion yours. Consider thou the Beast
raping."
"Leave thy casual loves--all belongs to BABALON, thy lust is
BABALON's. She is with thee three days. The sign is hers, secret,
and no man knows its correspondence. Guard!"
The next section contains a prophecy which I shall not write
here.
There follows the indicated invoking poem.
The Birth of Babalon
What is the tumult among the stars
that have shone so still till now?
What are the furrows of pain and wrath
upon the immortal brow?
Why is the face of God turned grey
and his angels all grown white?
What is the terrible ruby star
that burns down the crimson night?
What is the beauty that flames so bright
athwart the awful dawn?
She has taken flesh, she is come to judge
the thrones ye rule upon.
Quail ye kings for an end is come
in the birth of BABALON.
I have walked three dreadful nights away
in halls beyond despair,
I have given marrow and tears and sweat
and blood to make her fair.
I have lain my love and smashed my heart
and filled her cup with blood,
That blood might flow from the loins of woe
to the cup of brotherhood.
The cities reel in the shout of steel
where the sword of war is drawn.
Sing ye saints for the day is come
in the birth of BABALON.
Now God has called for his judgement book
and seen his name therein
And the grace of God and the guilt of God
have spelt it out as sin
His bloody priests have clutched his robes
and stained his linen gown
And his victims swarm from his broken hell
to drag his kingdom down.
O popes and kings and the little gods
are sick and sad and wan
To see the crimson star that bursts
like blood upon the dawn
While trumpets sound and stars rejoice
at the birth of BABALON.
BABALON is too beautiful
for sight of mortal eyes
She has hidden her loveliness away
in lonely midnight skies,
She has clothed her beauty in robes of sin
and pledged her heart to swine
And loving and giving all she has
brewed for saints immortal wine.
But now the darkness is riven through
and the robes of sin are gone,
And naked she stands as a terrible blade
and a flame and a splendid song
Naked in radiant mortal flesh
at the Birth of BABALON.
She is come new born as a mortal maid
forgetting her high estate,
She has opened her arms to pain and death
and dared the doom of fate,
And death and hell are at her back,
but her eyes are bright with life,
Her heart is high and her sword is strong
to meet the deadly strife,
Her voice is sure as the judgement trump
to crack the house of wrong,
Though walls are high and stone is hard
and the rule of hell was long
The gates shall fall and the irons break
in the Birth of BABALON.
Her mouth is red and her breasts are fair
and her loins are full of fire,
And her lust is strong as a man is strong
in the heat of her desire,
And her whoredom is holy as virtue is foul
beneath the holy sky,
And her kisses will wanton the world away
in passion that shall not die.
Ye shall laugh and love and follow her dance
when the wrath of God is gone
And dream no more of hell and hate
in the Birth of BABALON.
PART TWO
THE BOOK OF ANTICHRIST
The Black Pilgrimage
Now it came to pass even as BABALON told me, for after receving
Her Book I fell away from Magick, and put away Her Book and all
pertaining thereto. And I was stripped of my fortune (the sum of
about $50,000) and my house, and all I Possessed.
Then for a period of two years I worked in the world, recouping
my fortune somewhat. But that was also taken from me, and my
reputation, and my good name in my worldly work, that was in
science.
And on the 31st of October, 1948, BABALON called on me again, and
I began the last work, that was the work of the wand. And I
worked for 17 days, until BABALON called me in a dream, and
instructed me on an astral working. Then I reconstructed the
temple, and began the Black Pilgrimage, as She instructed.
And I went into the sunset with Her sign, and into the night past
accursed and desolate places and cyclopean ruins, and so came at
last to the City of Chorazin. And there a great tower of Black
Basalt was raised, that was part of a castle whose further bat-
tlements reeled over the gulf of stars. And upon the tower was
this sign
And one heavily robed and veiled showed me the sign, and told me
to look, and hehold, I saw flash below me four past lives wherein
I had failed in my object. And I beheld the life of Simon Magus,
preaching the Whore Helena as the Sophia, and I saw that my
failure was in Hubris, the pride of the spirit. And I saw my life
as Giles de Retz, wherein I attempted to raise Jehanne Darc to be
Queen of the Witchcraft, and failed through her stupidity, and
again my pride. And I saw myself in Francis Hepburne, Earl Both-
well, manipulating Gellis Duncan, that was an unworthy instru-
ment. And again as Count Cagliostro, failing because I failed to
comprehend the nature of women in my Seraphina. And I was shown
myself as a boy of 13 in this life, invoking Satan and showing
cowardice when He appeared. And I was asked: "Will you fail
again?" and I replied "I will not fail." (For I had given all my
blood to BABALON, and it was not I that spoke.)
And thereafter I was taken within and saluted the Prince of that
place, and thereafter things were done to me of which I may not
write, and they told me, "It is not certain that you will sur-
vive, but if you survive you will attain your true will, and
manifest the Antichrist.
And thereafter I returned and swore the Oath of the Abyss, having
only the choice between madness, suicide, and that oath. But the
Oath in no wise ameliorated that terror, and I continued in the
madness and horror of the abyss for a season. But of this no
more. But having passed the ordeal of 40 days I took the oath of
a Magister Templi, even the Oath of Antichrist before Frater 132,
the Unknown God.
And thus was I Antichrist loosed in the world; and to this I am
pledged, that the work of the Beast 666 shall be fulfilled, and
the way for the coming of BABALON be made open and I shall not
cease or rest until these things are accomplished. And to this
end I have issued this my Manifesto.
The Manifesto of the Antichrist
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I, BELARION, ANTICHRIST, in the year 1949 of the rule of the
Black Brotherhood called Christianity, do make my Manifesto to
all men. And I, THE ANTICHRIST, come among you, saying:
An end to the pretence, and lying hypocrisy of Christianity.
An end to the servile virtues, and superstitious restrictions.
An end to the slave morality.
An end to prudery and shame, to guild and sin, for these are of
the only evil the sun, that is fear.
An end to all authority that is not based on courage and manhood,
to the authority of lying priests, conniving judges, blackmailing
police, and
An end to the servile flattery and cajolery of mods, the corona-
tions of mediocraties, the ascension of dolts.
An end to restriction and inhibition, for I, THE ANTICHRIST, am
come among you preaching the Word of the BEAST 666, which is,
"There is no law beond Do what thou wilt."
And I, BELARION, ANTICHRIST, do lift up my voice and prophecy,
and I say:
I shall bring all men to the law of the BEAST 666, and in His law
I shall conquer the world.
And within seven years of this time, BABALON, THE SCARLET WOMAN
HILARION will manifest among ye, and bring this my work to its
fruition.
An end to consciption, compulsion, regimentation, and the tyranny
of false laws.
And within nine years a nation shall accept the Law of the BEAST
666 in my name, and that nation will be the first nation of
earth.
And all who accept me the ANTICHRIST and the law of the BEAST
666, shall be accursed and their joy shall be a thousandfold
greater than the false joys of the false saints.
And in my name BELARION shall they work miracles, and confound
our enemies, and none shall stand before us.
Therefore I, THE ANTICHRIST call upon all the Chosen and elect
and upon all men, come forth now in the name of Liberty, that we
may end for ever the tyranny of the Black Brotherhood.
Witness my hand and seal on this [...] day of [...] 1949, that is
the year of BABALON 4066.
Love is the law, love under will.
Belarion, Antichrist
ANALYSIS BY
A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE
of the Critical Nodes
in the Experience of
his Material Vehicle
"I shall regard all phenomena as the particular dealing of
God with my soul."
I. Birth
Oct. 2, 1914, Los Angeles, in , rising in midheaven,
in favorable conjunc., at apehelion. I chose this constellation
in order that you might have an innate sense of balance and
ultimate justice, responsive and attractive nature, a bountiful
environment and sense of royalty and largesse, strength, courage
and power combined with cunning and intelligence. Saturn was
bound in order that you might easily formulate a lower will which
would have satisfied and overwhelmed you with its spectacular
success.
Your father separated from your mother in order that you might
grow up with a hatred of authority and a spirit of revolution
necessary to my work. The Oedipus complex was needed to formulate
the love of witchcraft which would lead you into magick, with the
influence of your grandfather active to prevent too complete an
identification with your mother.
II. Childhood
Your isolation as a child developed the necessary background of
literature and scholarship; and the unfortunate experiences with
other children the requisite contempt for the crowd and for the
group mores. You will note that these factors developed the
needful hatred for christianity (without implanting a christian
guilt sense) at an extremely early age.
III. Adolescence
Early adolescence continued the development of the necessary
combinations. The awakening interest in chemistry and science
prepared the counterbalance for the coming magical awakening, the
means of obtaining prestige and livelihood in the formative
period, and the scientific method necessary for my manifestation.
The magical fiasco at the age of 16 was needful to keep you away
from magick until you were sufficiently matured.
IV. Youth
The loss of family fortune developed your sense of self reliance
at a critical period, the contact with reality at this time was
essential. Your early marriage with Helen served to break your
family ties and effect a transference to her, away from a danger-
ous attachment to your mother. The experience at Halifax and Cal
Tech served to strengthen your self reliance, scientific method
and material powers. The influence of Tom Rose at this period, as
that of Ed. Forman in adolescence, was essential in developing
the male center.
V. Later Youth
The house on Terrace Drive, Music, Lynn, Curtis, and Gloria, and
the increasing restlessness were, of course, all preparations for
the meeting with A A and O.T.O. The alternate repulsion and
attraction you felt the first year after meeting Fra. 132 were
caused by a subconscious resistance against the ordeals ahead.
Had you had these experiences before, without such resistance,
you would have become hopelessly unbalanced. Betty served to
effect a transference from Helen at a critical period. Had this
not occurred your repressed homosexual component could have
caused a serious disorder.
Your passion for Betty also gave you the magical force needed at
the time, and the act of adultery tinged with incest, served as
your magical confirmation in the Law of Thelema.
At this time the O.T.O. was an excellent training school for
adepts, but hardly an appropriate Order for the manifestation of
Thelema. Therefore, in spite of your motto you were not able to
formulate your Will. The experience with the O.T.O. and Aerijet
were needed to dispel your romanticism, self-deception, and
reliance on others. Betty was one link in the process designed to
tear you away from the now unneeded Oedipus complex, the overval-
uation of women and romantic love. Since this was unconscious,
the next step was to bring it into consciousness, and there to
destroy it.
VI. Early Maturity
The final experience with Hubbard and Betty, and the O.T.O. was
necessary to overcome your false and infantile reliance on oth-
ers, although this was only partially accomplished at the time.
The invocation of Babalon served to exteriorize the Oedipus
complex; at the same time, because of the forces involved it
produced extraordinary magical effects. However, this operation
is accomplished and closed--you should have nothing more to do
with it--nor even think of it, until Her manifestation is re-
vealed, and proved beyond the shadow of a doubt. Even then, you
must be circumspect--although I hope to take complete charge
before then.
Candy appeared in answer to your call, in order to wean you from
wet nursing. She has demonstrated the nature of woman to you in
such unequivocal terms that you should have no further room for
illusion on the subject.
The suspension and inquisition was my opportunity--one of the
final links in the chain. At this time you were enabled to pre-
pare your thesis, formulate your Will, and take the Oath of the
Abyss, thus making it possible (although only partially) to
manifest. The exit of Candy prepares for the final stage of your
initial preparation.
VII. Conclusions
The numerous rituals you have performed have resulted in a well
developed body of light. The ordeals have purged most of the
emotional and mental garbage--your only real dangers are, and
have ever been, sentimentality, weakness, and procrastination.
It is interesting to note that the first weapon you formulated
was the Lamp of the Spirit, in the invocation to Pan (although
the Sword was prefigured). Next the Sword in the Horus ritual, as
was appropriate to your intellectual development at that time.
Then the Cup out of the wine of your emotional life--the disk out
of material failure. The Sword remains to be manifested.
You will note that it has been impossible to truly formulate your
Will with any of these weapons--naturally--that is only possible
with the wand. On the other hand, if you had done so previously,
you would have been unbalanced by the lack of initiated prepara-
tion. It is a right and natural procedure; the True Will cannot
be truly formulated until you are initiate in all the other
planes, and it is well to make no pretense of doing so. Until
that point all you can known of the true will is the aspiration
to the next step--towards further experience. That is the glory
of the Law of Thelema--DO!
The physical and emotional stresses you feel at present are a
result of the pull of the Abyss--your present poetry is indica-
tive. Naturally you find no power in any spell, no comfort in
any ritual, no hope in any action. You are cut off by your own
oath. Nor can I or any other aid you at this time. There is only
manhood, only will, only the vector of your own tendencies,
developed through the aeons of the past. I do not say how long
the state will last, or what the outcome may be.
However, I can formulate some rules which may serve to guide you.
VIII. Instructions
A. Works of the Wand--of the Will alone avail in this state. No
other weapon should be used, no other ritual save the hymn to the
Unnamed One in the Anthem of the Mass.
B. You should be meticulous in all observations pertaining to the
Will, even the most petty. Fulfill all obligations and promises,
undertake nothing which you cannot fulfill, be prompt in the
discharge of each responsibility.
C. Be neat in your personal and domestic habits, indicate your
selfrespect to yourself.
D. Do not become unduly involved with any person, and practice
all your hard-earned wisdom in your relations with women.
E. Set up your personal affairs in business order. Keep your
accounts current and your papers neatly filed.
F. Finish your poetry for publication. Finish the synthesis of
the Tarot and start work on the preparation of the lessons of
class instruction from your book.
G. Pay no attention to any phenomena whatsoever, and continue in
a sober and responsible way of life under all circumstances.
Not magical! For you nothing is more magical. Only thus can the
curse of Saturn be overcome. I see you hate this way. But it is
an ultimate time--it is you that have taken the oath. The choice
is me or Choronzon.
I await you in the City of the Pyramids.
Belarion
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