The Arbatel Experience_Ritual of PHALEG

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T H E A R B AT E L E X P E R I E N C E
On Tuesday, 1st of November
Even though very short, it stroke
shape and come into effect.
during the morning hour of Mars
me as interesting that the
Without the restraining forces of
I conducted the fifth rite in the
Arbatel described Phaleg as the
Geburah no creation was
ritual cycle described in the
‘Prince of peace’. Rather than
possible - as all boundaries, all
Arbatel, this time for the
associated with peace we find
shapes sleeping, all forms
Olympic Spirit of Phaleg.
the planet Mars much more
waiting to be embodied would
often related to the opposing
wash away in the limitless
dynamics, i.e. war, dominance,
presence of the divine. Thus the
power, juvenility and combat in
nature of strength in Geburah is
general.
creating a balance between the
Phaleg is associated with the
planet of Mars which again is
related to the Sephira of
Geburah (often translated as
judgement, strength or
However, if we take a closer look
severity). The Olympic Spirit of
at the idea of Strength as
Phaleg comes with the shortest
embodied in the Sephira of
description of all in the Arbatel:
Geburah the nature of Phaleg
“Phaleg ruleth those things
which are attributed to Mars, the
Prince of peace. He that hath his
character he raiseth to great
honours in warlike affaires.”
(Arbatel, Aphorism 17)
forces of extension and stability,
between matter and life,
between continuation and
change.
might become more clear. In the
It is in light of this kabbalistic
Sephira Geburah (as opposed to
view that the term ‘Prince of
its Qliphoth Golohab) the idea of
peace’ becomes more clear.
strength is a balanced one. It is
What this name implies is that
the strength of a structure or
once the forces of this Olympic
frame that allows the
Spirit are applied wisely they
continuously extending forces of
become an essential part in
the divine (Chesed) to take
creating a synthesis of otherwise
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opposing forces - a synthesis
planetary spirits. Rather than
called peace.
restraining the period of contact
The goal of my ritual for Phaleg
was to get one step closer to
understanding exactly how this
force needed to be applied for
such a synthesis to be achieved.
on the actual ritual I had started
to extend it by meditating on and
conversing with the spirit in
advance and maintaining a
working relationship with them
afterwards.
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a) Preparatory Purification
The planetary contacts that
resulted from the guidance
described above formed an
essential part of the preparatory
purification process. With regards
to the forthcoming ritual the goal
was to clean my body and mind
of any other spiritual influences.
Thus creating an inner focus on
the approaching work with Phaleg
and attuning myself to his
forthcoming presence.
The very first step in this process
was to depart from the strong
influences of OCH that had
prevailed in my life since the
previous Arbatel rite in July. The
deeper the level of spirit
companionship the more difficult
1) Preparation
In preparing for the rite of Phaleg
I took the same approach.
it can become to lessen and
weaken its bounds - in order to
create readiness for new contact
“Magically the Princes of the Through the preliminary workings within one’s spiritual being.
seven Governments are called I had achieved a very basic - still
simply, in that time, day somewhat theoretical and hour wherein they rule understanding of how the forces
For my relationship with OCH - as
visibly or invisibly, by their of Phaleg needed to be applied
Names and Offices which within myself. Most importantly I
Olympic Spirits beforehand - this
God hath given unto them; and
had received strict guidance from
well as with the three other
meant I needed us to stay in
touch and in positive balance,
by proposing their Character Phaleg that maturing his forces
which they have given within me would mean to
however, without him dominating
or confirmed.” constrict and reduce anything
(Third Septenary, Aphorism 17) that’s related to my incarnated
Ego... As this task would clearly
complete banishing rite would
As mentioned in the same
require a lot of strength it
chapter for the ritual of OCH the
seemed to be quite in line with
journey through the last four
the forces of Mars.
Arbatel rites had taken me
my inner presence anymore. As a
have wiped his influence out of
my presence a more subtle
method had to be applied.
Luckily there was a very straight
forward way of achieving this - it
was called ‘keep calm and carry
towards a more simplistic
on’. I just stopped to actively
approach in working with the
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engage with OCH in meditations
questions I would ask Phaleg
or inner workings, I consciously
once in full communion. In
reduced many of the OCH- or
previous rites I had started to
Sun-related topics that had
realize that much of the
started to populate my life for a
communication between the
long period now and embarked
spirits and myself took place on a
on several weeks without any
level of actual experience - rather
new magical rites or active
than words. I.e. if I asked the
workings.
spirit about the nature of their
Just like sand sinks to the the
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c) The Lamen
The preparation of the Lamen
took a full day as during previous
rites. After I had created the
digital layout and printed it in the
right ratio I copied the outlines
onto the final parchment by use
of carbon paper and hand-colored
the entire work.
While preparing the Lamen I
ground of a sea, the same
listened to Gustav Holst’s ‘Mars,
happens in cases like these with
the Bringer of War’. Initially I
spiritual influences that aren’t
wasn’t quite sure wether I would
actively stirred up anymore. The
endure the loop of this title for
undersea-soil becomes fertilized
the two to three hours the hand-
while the waters turn clear again,
coloring of the final Lamen would
ready to absorb new influences.
take... It struck me as incredibly
Going through this process
pompous and lofty. However, the
reminded me of something I had
longer I listened to it and the
only started to understand
more I allowed myself to just go
recently: So many magical
with it the more I learned about
processes which require much
the forces of the planet Mars as
deliberation and presence on the
evoked by Holst.
inside cannot be observed on the
forces they would raise their level
outside at all.
of presence in the magical circle
Hidden below its stately posture
and thus ‘show’ me and allow me
and glory was a powerful and
to experience it directly. In
almost childish playfulness. It
parallel I also received a verbal
was the unbroken playfulness of
answer to my question. However,
a child that had never
it always remained short and
experienced defeat. It was the
very concise compared to the
bliss of the narcissist - fueled by
actual physical experience.
an imperturbable believe in one’s
After almost six weeks in my
magical-decompressionchamber-of-letting-go I felt ready
for the next deep dive...
b) The Liturgic Book
In preparing the Liturgic Book for
the rite I followed exactly the
Thus preparing the right
same approach as during the
questions for Phaleg was an
previous four rites. None of the
important point. Only now I was
prayers were changed nor did I
prepared for him to give me an
alter any text elements of the
answer in terms of an actual
invocations.
experience much more than in
The only element that continued
articulated words.
self-worth, adorability and
triumph over all antagonistic
forces. What I came to
experience in this symphony was
a moment of pure strength and
power - shielded by a ring of
steel from doubts or hesitations.
If the Arbatel called Phaleg ‘the
to take much deliberation in
Prince of Peace’ this
advance was to carve out the
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interpretation came from the
Sun and needs a whole lifetime
exact opposite end of the
to mature. Just as the forces of
On entering the inner temple:
dynamics unfolded by Mars’
Venus turn into the power of the
•
Kabbalistic Cross
forces: As the title said, here
Moon when matured so does
•
Lesser Banishing Ritual of
Mars was the bringer of war, the
Mars turn into the Sun in older
moment before steel would met
age.
steel and blood would soak the
earth...
the Pentagram
•
four quarters of the circle
Coming closer to and communing
with the source of this powerful
Once I fully finished the Lamen I
yet also highly destructive force -
had come a little closer to
I hoped - would allow me to
•
Adjusted Hexagram Ritual
of Phaleg
•
Gesture of the opening of
the veil
understand it better and help to
accelerate the integration
Welcoming of God in the
•
Evocation of Phaleg
(adopted from PGM IV.
process within myself.
986-1036)
Because once balanced,
once tightly focussed and
•
Communion with Phaleg
set free at its right place
•
Gesture of the closing of
the veil
the forces of Mars turn
from the bringer of war
•
into the prince of
peace.
Lesser Banishing ritual of
the Pentagram
•
Ritual license to depart
(Pictures left: frontispiece
and verso of the Lamen of
Phaleg , verso shows Psalm,
to separate the action in a part to
be performed before entering the
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With a slight modification the
structure of the rite followed the
same as for the four previous
Arbatel rites.
While in the outer temple:
•
As during this rite I had started
Arbatel prayer for
inner temple and the actual rite
once within the magical circle, let
me also share the general layout
of the temple.
(see next page)
2) Ritual Description
protection of God and
consecration of Table of
Practice (from Second
Septenary, Aphorism 14)
understanding the force that still
brings so much pain and grief
into the world when out of
balance... In Astrology they say
•
Arbatel prayer to God for
the appearance of Phaleg
(from Third Septenary,
Aphorism 21)
Mars is the juvenile force of the
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“All things are possible to them
that believe them, and are willing
to receive them;
but to the incredulous and
unwilling, all things are
unpossible (...).”
(Third Septenary, Aphorism 20)
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realized I had done a simple yet
major mistake. On entering the
inner temple there had been an
itching feeling that something
wasn’t just right yet, something
was still missing that I should
have taken with me over the
liminal border of the white chalk
circle... And lo and behold - when
I opened the brass thurible where was my charcoal?
As you can imagine I was
completely gobsmacked by my
own stupidness and - more
importantly - the fact such a
basic error had slipped off my
radar after preparing magical
a) Opening
About an hour and a half before
the operation I entered the
temple. I put on the magical robe
as well as the long black cloak
that shields off the autumn cold.
Then I sat down outside of the
inner temple, burned pure
olibanum and conducted my
standard meditation. After an
was enough spoken word one the
rites successfully for years. At the
rite. Had I included the additional
same time I could feel how my
two prayers at this point it would
level of magical trance quickly
have rather reduced my trance
started to decline. This was a
level. Moreover, it seemed fitting
moment for decisive actions - not
to recite these opening and
self-blame or deep error
blessing prayers before entering
analysis...
into the circle and starting the
actual operation.
So with a clear and swift decision
I performed another Quabalistic
hour of meditation I recited the
Then I inspirited the Lamen by
Cross and ended the rite I had
two Arbatel prayers for the
use of a magical oil dedicated to
started. I stepped out of the inner
protection of God as well as for
Mars. And - as Phaleg had
temple, grabbed the missing
the appearance of Phaleg and
mentioned to me in one of the
charcoal, closed the black
sang the psalter...
preliminary workings - I adorned
curtains behind me again and
my forehead with iron dust. Then
began the entire ritual all over
I put on the magical belt, the
again.
I had learned from previous rites
that after entering the inner
temple my magical trance was
induced mostly by physical
movement, a calm mind and
open senses for inner realm
perceptions. Reciting the actual
evocation of the Olympic Spirit
Lamen as well as the ring of the
art and the magical crown and
entered into the inner temple.
What a stupid mistake to make! I
still cannot believe it: after
months of preparing for this rite,
crafting the Lamen, calculating
b) Immersion
the right hour, engaging with the
The opening of the rite had been
spirit in advance - I simply forgot
successfully completed when I
to load the thurible with fresh
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charcoal - in a rite for
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c) Communion
Mars!? Well, I guess
After singing Phaleg’s name for a
the good thing is that I
while I started to perceive a form
might lack intellectual
spinning high above the altar. It
horsepower but I am
was huge in size and my mind
doing okay on
slowly peeled it out the darkness.
perseverance and
strength of purpose.
It is these moments when
communion is initiated that
After returning into the
require a completely devoted and
circle I started the rite
blank mind; nothing of the
all over again.
practitioners own conscious
However, what I
thoughts or images should mix
quickly came to realize
into the process of spirit
was the intensity that
perception. Yet, worrying about
had started to build up
this or trying to control this
in the realm of the
process is the best way to get.
temple. Maybe it was
because this was the
What I had learned in previous
second time I
rites is that the geometrical forms
conducted the LBPR
perceived functioned as keys to
and the Welcoming of
the specific presence of the spirit
God in the four
for me. I cannot tell if the same
Quarters - yet, the spirit presence concluded the opening ritual with
forms would work for other
and contact was so intense that I
the central hexagram above the
practitioners nor is it important
was almost blinded by it. They
altar the entire temple realm was
for my own work. They are living,
say we learn more from our
focussed on this very point,
three dimensional sigils or
failures than from our successes?
vibrant of tension and contact.
gateways that open at this
This clearly was another case of
this.
Now I lit the incense of Mars and
the sweet smoke filled the sphere
specific point in time to establish
a bridge between myself and the
presence of the spirit. Thus my
The colors behind my eyes were
of the spirit. At this point of the
intense and sparkling and on
rite I was completely caught in a
welcoming God in the quarters I
Faraday cage of spirit presence -
felt pressing waves of divine
safe yet surrounded by a
elemental presence overflowing
powerful electrical current - the
my small circle. On drawing the
sigil of Phaleg pounding like a
hexagrams the glowing lines
living heart above the altar. I
After a while of deep meditation
almost exploded when activated
closed my eyes, immersed myself
my mind had grasped the full
by Phaleg’s sigil in their centers.
into singing the mantra of
three-dimensional form of the
The hexagrams hung like
Phaleg’s name and opened my
shape piercing through the
blistering bars of iron in the dark
mind to the inner spirit contact...
faraday cage of energy I was
around me. Then, when I
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assumption is that they will only
work for me as this bridge is
halfway built by the forces of the
spirit as well as the forces of the
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caught in. In the top sphere a
openings. The shield of the
diamond-like, crystalline energy
moon weakens my powers, it
P: Rage comes into being
centre was embedded which
bundles my presence like a
when my forces are trapped,
radiated energy that fueled the
lens, yet tones me down.
all things congealed are
entire living form and made it
spin around its vertical axis...
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intractable to me. Do not lock
A: Which parts in the human
me up. My forces will surge
body do you govern?
and we will create excess
P: All elements that
voltage until we break free
contribute to
again.
maintaing tension, the
genitals, the heart,
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the muscles.
P: In decay. All structures that
guide my forces are
experiences do you
decomposing. As they
govern?
decompose so do I, and start
P: All types of
to destroy myself.
breakthroughs,
•
renew your energies within
currents.
me?
I grabbed the whole form and
your influence destroys or
pulled its presence down onto the
creates?
altar and into the black mirror
P: I create new boundaries, I
that forms the centre of the Table
open up, I seal, I change and
of Practice. Suddenly the
shift rooms and spaces and
communion opened and my mind
shapes, all with the goal to
had access to Phaleg’s presence:
create a balance of pressure of
tension, so all things can
Acher: What is your secret
P: Burn yourself out, cleanse
Phaleg: Sitahiel
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•
A: What is your nature?
enter through cracks and
will be potent. Become the
medium not the message of
my power.
•
•
A: How do your forces relate
to the Sephira Geburah?
P: Geburah is a realm, I am a
A: What is your relation to war
congeal and nothing new
A: Which power governs you?
extending my presence, I
Ego. Grant me freedom and I
point. Geburah is a field, a
space, a door. I am a living
force.
was different peace would
flow.
above, I am continuously
forces through the filter of the
P: One follows the other. If it
open, the one that needs to
P: I am being fed from high
enemy, do not abuse my
and peace?
P: I am the force that breaks
•
yourself. The Ego is my
always remain in flux.
name?
A: How can I cleanse and
creations of new
• A: What decides if
•
A: What is the current state of
your forces on Earth?
• A: Which human
overthrows, and
A: What is the nature of rage?
•
A: What is your relation to the
would come through. Every
Olympic Spirit of Phul?
birth is a battle.
P: The alleviator. He
A: Which alchemical substance
is governed by your forces?
P: All acids, the Alkahest.
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extinguishes my fires, I don’t
like him. Yet he is my twin.
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A: What is your relation to my
Lingam that pierces through the
Phaleg’s name and allow his
Holy Guardian Angel?
veils. I am the one and mine are
electrical currents to fill
P: My child, my love. I will
the forces that pave the way for
everything with vibrant life. All
foster his will to realization. It
all things uncreated, eternally, at
my body has turned into organic,
is through me that the will of
all costs. I am the seeder of all
Venusian matter just to balance
the highest being comes into
species, spiritual, animal, human
his immense power.
being, it is through me that
and crystalline. I am all the
creation comes to life. It is
forces flowing, eternally
through me that the divine
intertwined, from life into death
spark is embedded into each
and death into life. I am the lover
being. All things living thus
of all forms sleeping. I am one. I
stem from me and are my
am the founder of all, the
children. They all deserve to
sustainer of nothing.”
discover, to act on and to
perfect their will.
•
A: Which forces rules over
your forces?
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d) Closing
Our communion is almost over;
yet not quite.
force, ed.A.), Kether.
disappears. What remains is an
P: Sing for me. Infuse my
forces into all things organic,
take me where I cannot go on
my own. Help me to create a
union between the electric and
the organic.
And Phaleg speaks: “I am the
electrical current. I am the spark
and the fire that bring things to
life. I am the force that tears
down barriers and all doors
closed for new life to rush
through and immerse itself. I am
the force that creates boundaries
and seals up gateways for all
which Phaleg seeds new life.
Playfully, just like nature creates
and destroys in moments of pure
presence and lust. This is my
sacrifice to the Olympic Spirit for
adapted to the limited abilities of
my mind, willing to answer my
accidental human questions...
The rotating shape withdraws and
you?
pure substance, pure matter into
the time he spent with me,
P: The highest Agens (moving
A: Which sacrifice can I give to
For a couple of moments I am
intense airiness that fills the
entire sphere of the circle and
dissolves the boundaries of my
body. I am floating in the subtle
organic substance that is filling
the sphere of the magical circle. I
am the space confined by the
hexagrams in the four quadrants
only...
Then I stop my chanting. The
hexagrams in the four quadrants
open like floodgates, the vacuum
of the circle is filled with material
presence in an instant and the
presence of Phaleg is gone. I
conduct the gesture of the closing
of the veil as well as the lesser
banishing pentagram rite. The
presence of the archangels levels
out all excess charge. My body
And through my being, through
has returned to its normal size
the substance I turned into roams and energy and form.
the presence, the electrical
current of Phaleg. His forces swirl
and dance through my expanded
consciousness and body like
invisible currents through water,
like wind through the skies. He is
weightless, yet full of living force.
Finally, I extinguish the candles in
the quarters and on the altar and
leave the circle.
3) Conclusion
Every rite of the Arbatel cycle is
different. Yet there are some
things to vibrate and echo in
If I ever encountered a spirit
things within them that seem to
tension and balance. I am the
smiling or in a happy state it is
remain the same. These are the
lightning flash, the iron shaft, the
right now. I continue to sing
immense powers of the Olympic
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Spirits during communion, the
mind, my body and spirit
living presence of the geometrical
presence to Phaleg’s pounding
shapes that form the keys to our
waves of electrical currents
conversations as well as the
towards the end of the rite.
precise answers to my questions,
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b) On the geometrical Keys
It took me all of the five Arbatel
rites to come to a better
understanding of the geometrical
Only now I do understand that it
spirit keys which I perceive
is Playfulness itself that underlies
during the rituals. Earlier I called
the creation and destruction
them a bridge between the
caused by the forces of Phaleg
sphere of the spirit and the
In addition to these constants a
(Mars). He is the prince of peace
sphere of my own mind. I now
whole sequence of additional
just as he is the prince of war. His
understand that this is exactly
insights came out of the rite for
interest, his motive is not to
what they are - personalized keys
Phaleg. While many of these
create one or the other, yet to
of communion.
giving a concise and clear
understanding of the living forces
we deal with.
realizations are very personal - as maintain a constant flow of
one would expect - some of them
coming and going, of passing
might be of interest for others as
through and new creation. New
well. I will go on to share a few of life can be seeded in an embrace
the ones that I think might
of lust, just as it will be seeded in
belong into the latter category...
the grip of pain. It is the
a) On Phaleg’s Nature
penetration itself, the
unstoppable flow of electrical,
What was unique about the
life-bringing currents that remain
communion with Phaleg was the
the same.
distinctly playful tone that
dominated the rite - and made it
possible in the first place.
Similar to the spirit names I am
given, I assume that these threedimensional sigils are of little
value for anybody else other than
myself. Just like the sigils shared
by Franz Bardon they represent
mind-patterns that unlock specific
external access points to my own
psyche. They are gateways
through which the spirit can
And this is the danger of dealing
access my mind - and vice versa.
with Phaleg’s forces for us as
humans: Phaleg doesn’t need us
Looking back today, I can see
to take responsibility, to foresee
that it was the ability to quickly
the consequences of our actions,
assume a playful perspective that
nor to consider others and their
saved the rite when I had
right to coexist. Phaleg just needs
forgotten to take the charcoals
us to become the medium of his
with me. Only through the eyes
force, the divine matter within
of a fool could this rite be
which he can roam freely. The
continued without deep flaws in
shaft that penetrates the skin,
its rhythm. Dancing from one
the Lingam that seeds new life...
beginning to the next without
It is no one but us who need to
stumbling so hard that my spirit
direct his forces responsibly in
trance broke was the only way to
whatever realm we work in.
recover. And it was through the
In order to create spirit
communion one has to move
through these gates. Or in other
words one has to embrace them
fully - just like keys are fully
embraced by their locks before
they open a door. During the
eyes of a child - curious, yet
peak of the rite these keys have
innocent - that I handed over my
to become a part of us,
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undistinguishable from the rest of
From the various hebrew
Phaleg answered “I am the force
our being.
transliterations possible, the one
that breaks open, that needs to
I settled on for Sitahiel is lahuc
flow.” Subversion, ruin and
(Samek-Teth-He- Aleph-Lamed).
(painful) change will come to
It remains to be examined just
how personalized these keys truly
are. Clearly the sigils and seals of
the Solomonic Grimoires have
successfully been in use for
If we translate this hebrew name
into its numerical value we
receive 105 according to the
those who don’t respect this
essential quality of the forces of
Mars.
common method of Gematria.
The second verb, hli, expresses
divine hieroglyphs of Ancient
(Note - It’s important to remember
the opposite side of Sitahiel or
Egypt, Arabic kameas or Hebrew
that many methods of calculating
Phaleg’s forces. If not kept
letter talismans. What essentially
gematrical sums are known. Here are
confined forcefully, but respected,
is the difference between such
the results of just a few others:
balanced and nurtured in a
collective shapes and seals and a
according to ATBASH it would have
personalized spirit gate? Maybe
been 568, Mispar Katan 24, Mispar
the former are more archetypical
ha-Kadmi 421, Mispar ha-Perati 4607,
centuries. So have the seals and
in nature or maybe they are just
a code once invented as a
personal key and then adopted by
etc. For calculating gematric values
and not the track they leave
behind. Often we need to trace
take a look at my free Gematria
Phaleg’s relationship to my Holy
Dictionary.)
Guardian Angel his answer was “I
Sitahiel we find the following
words which we will examine with
reference to the Olympic Spirit of
Phaleg one by one:
the latter to find the former. Thus
the discussion about authenticity
• ;ph (sufit value calculated as
and origin of sigils and seals has
20, not 500) - to subvert,
some relevance. Yet what puts
ruin, change
them to the test will always be
our own subjective experience.
• hli - to go up, to rise, to
ascend, to increase, to
c) On the Gematria of Sitahiel
This time the Gematria of the
spirit name I received proved to
be a treasury of metaphors and
insights. However, to make this
advance, to mount
• hpk - kipah, skullcap
meditations are always personal
in nature, let me share only a few
of the insights I have been given.
will foster his will to realization.”
This is the way Phaleg’s forces
support us in finding our True Will
and nurturing it all the way from
insight to realization.
The fourth term, hpk, refers to
the skullcap religious jews wear
during prayer (or daytime in
general). If we try to trace back
the spiritual origin of this head
cover we encounter the concept
of Kiddush Hashem, or the
sanctification of the Name of God.
The kipah thus becomes an
expression of humbleness once
• hdyvhy - Jehoiada
ritual account not longer than it is The first verb, ;ph, is a
already and because gematric
and advance on whatever plans
one holds. On my question to
Related to the gematric value of
search always is for the animal
will help to give rise, to ascend
for other hebrew words feel free to
others?
Either way, as magicians our
natural way the powers of Phaleg
confronted with divine powers
and an act of devotion to divine
forces. On my question how I
wonderful summary of the forces
could cleanse his energies within
of Sitahiel if one tries to
myself Phaleg answered “The Ego
unnaturally confine his powers.
is my enemy, do not abuse my
On my question about his nature
forces through the filter of the
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Ego. Grant me freedom and I will
is so plain obvious that it kind of
rise above them. Yea, though his
be potent. Become the medium
hurts not to have seen or written
very life tremble on his lips, let
not the message of my power.”
about it earlier.
The kipah or jewish skullcap is a
wonderful expression of lowering
one’s ego in service to the divine.
him force his way upward and
If performed in a sequential
pattern the ritual operations of
onward!
5. Let him continue in this so long
the Arbatel take the magician
as the breath of life is in him.
through the gates of all seven
Whatever threatens, whatever
Olympic Spirit spheres. The
allures, though it were Typhon
journey starts with Phul (Moon)
and all his hosts loosed from the
and ends - probably more than
pit and leagued against him,
two years later in my case -
though it were from the very
behind the gate of Aratron
Throne of God himself that a
(Saturn).
voice issues bidding him stay and
What this sequence of
orchestrated ritual experiences
does to the personality, mind and
be content, let him struggle on,
ever on.
6. At last there must come a
Finally, the last term, hdyvhy, is
soul of the magician has also
the name of a prominent jewish
been alluded to in another ritual
swallowed up in fatigue,
high priest who lived during the
technique. Only in this case it is
overwhelmed by its own inertia.
reigns of the wicked Queen
an exercise in astral projection
Athaliah. His life story is an
and well know under the name of
utterly intriguing meditation on
‘Rising on the Planes’...
the forces of Mars and how they
can support society once matured
and applied in a balanced way.
Due to his guidance and advice
the wicked Queen Athaliah was
“(...) 2. Let him then begin
exactly as before; but with the
most intense solemnity and
determination.
moment when his whole being is
Let him sink (when no longer can
he strive, though his tongue be
bitten through with the effort and
the blood gush from his nostrils)
into the blackness of
unconsciousness; and then on
coming to himself, let him write
down soberly and accurately a
overthrown, the holy temple
3. Let him be very careful to
record of all that hath occurred:
could be restored and a new
cause his imaginary body to rise
yea, a record of all that hath
covenant for the jewish people
in a line exactly perpendicular to
occurred.
was formed.
c) On the Arbatel as SelfInitiation
Finally, and only after reading
Gareth Knight’s autobiography in
the weeks that followed the rite
of Phaleg I came to understand a
fundamental element of the
nature of the Arbatel operation. It
the earth's tangent at the point
where his physical body is
situated (or, to put it more
simply, straight upwards).
Of course, the Rising may be
done from any starting pint. One
can go (for example) into the
circle of Jupiter, and the results,
4. Instead of stopping, let him especially in the lower planes, will
continue to rise until fatigue
be very different to those
almost overcomes him. If he
obtained from a Saturnian
should find that he has stopped
starting point."
without willing to do so, and that
figures appear, let him at all costs
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As Crowley hints to in the last
into ones own psyche,
What we have here are two
sentence of the quote above - the
subconscious mind and magical
pretty different magical
Rising on the Planes can become
art.
techniques that still aim towards
a method of exploring, exposing
similar ends. The Rising on the
and integrating the influences of
Planes elevates the astral body of
the various planetary realms into
the practitioner above Earth and
ones own energy structure as a
then onwards through the seven
human being. It was the same
planetary realms. That is, it pulls
goal I had in mind when setting
the astral energy of the magician
out to perform the full Arbatel
upwards into higher realms. The
cycle more than a year ago. With
ritual cycle of the Arbatel takes
the only difference that my goal
The Operation Of The Arbatel Of
the opposite approach with a
was to bring down the planetary
Magic (link)
similar goal - it opens gateways
forces through all realms into the
of planetary forces into the
material one and not to center
Arbatel - Digest of Internet
material realm and pulls down
the action on the astral plane
Links
their energies one after the other
alone.
to be grounded within Earth and
the physical body of the
practitioner.
LVX,
Frater Acher
May the serpent bite its tail.
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Liber ABA, book 4, Weiser, 2008
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see what the Arbatel really offers
•
particular lineage
Dämonen - Wesen und Wirkung
eines Urphänomens, Carl
Schünemann Verlag, 1964
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the material realm.
Peterson, Joseph (ed.), Arbatel Concerning the Magic of the
of course, yet into
Ancients, Ibis Press, 2009
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Rankine, David & Sorita d’Este,
forces of creation
Practical Planetary Magick,
itself.
Avalonia 2007
•
forces through all planes and into
Müller-Sternberg, Robert, Die
or magical current
the planetary
aims to bring down the planetary
McCarthy, Josephine, Magical
Mandrake Press, 2010
•
an initiation into a
astral plane, whereas the latter
McCarthy, Josephine, Magical
Knowledge II - The Initiate,
self-initiation. Not
predominantly works on the
Magian Rumination, Everything
Mandrake Press, 2011
us: Treated in this
powerful method of
two thus is that the first exercises
Legard, Phil, An Approach To
Knowledge I - Foundations,
With this in mind we can come to
way it turns into a
The major difference between the
Crowley, Aleister, MAGICK -
Anonymous, http://
Performed in a full
www.sacred-texts.com/oto/aba/
sequence of seven
chap18.htm
rites the Arbatel
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Turner, Robert (ed.), Arbatel -
presents a profound way of
Of the Magic of the Ancients,
exploring these forces in great
The greatest Studie of Wisdom
detail. Yet it can be more than
that. Walking through the gates
of the Olympic Spirits one by one,
turns the Arbatel into a method
to cathartically re-balance and
reintegrate the planetary forces
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(online resource)
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SOL Lodge Merlin, The Olympic
Hierarchy, 2007 (online
resource)