tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post8365416978256601551..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: The Path of Initiation - ChockmahScott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-10400052013679824742022-10-06T10:57:54.929-05:002022-10-06T10:57:54.929-05:00Yep, keep us posted pls.Yep, keep us posted pls.Alex Scaraoschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918705565881852467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-11176926655416564032022-10-06T07:34:05.505-05:002022-10-06T07:34:05.505-05:00Thank you Alex and Scott for your replies. They ar...Thank you Alex and Scott for your replies. They are most helpful. Of course Raziel is most suitable for mystical workings or knowledge gaining regarding magical problems beyond the lower sehpirots as opposed to practical problems. Once I start working with him, I will update the results here. I have made both sigils of his based on the Saturn Kamea and the Rose Cross and they both look equally authentic and workable. My work with the Shems and Zodiac angels only requires that I incorporate Raziel into the mix.Samathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883615951812536611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-39297059931466829022022-10-04T04:02:26.977-05:002022-10-04T04:02:26.977-05:00(oh how I hate posting comments on blogger from my...(oh how I hate posting comments on blogger from my phone after their updates...)Alex Scaraoschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918705565881852467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-31641503980110279722022-10-03T16:15:59.479-05:002022-10-03T16:15:59.479-05:00With Raziel I started working by using "I hav...With Raziel I started working by using "I have THIS problem and for some reason I need your help for some reason I can't explain" kind of thing. He seemed willing to help me and managed to make me gather the many different pieces of information I had previously gathered and interconnect them into something I'm still finding new uses for after more than five years.<br /><br />Continuing what Scott said, I found Raziel to be very effective in long term things that cover a vast amount of data which I didn't get from the other archangels from the sephirot below Chockmah. Not that they're not vast and all that, but work with him also encompassed certain details and things covered by the sephirot to which the planets are attributed, if that makes sense.<br /><br />But I also had quite practical results with him as well although not in the "make me rich" sense. It was more in line with what I said before, meaning I came to manifest something with his assistance baby making use of more resources than the planetary sephirot would've allowed me. <br /><br />I made his sigil using the Rose Cross and that seemed to work for me from day one.Alex Scaraoschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918705565881852467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-44139044361562670732022-10-02T16:50:12.080-05:002022-10-02T16:50:12.080-05:00Scott, here we are not using a sigil for angels of...Scott, here we are not using a sigil for angels of the sephirot, why is this so? Are sigils no longer effectual or needed to make a strong contact with the sephirotic angels? <br />Raziel is an extremely powerful angel just by his office alone, a Rose Cross sigil of his using the four color scales would surely work wonders, planetary kameas make very little sense to me for sephirots, which contain the planets.<br /><br />I use Raziel's name and Yah as a Name of Power to call on the few Shem angels that I have worked with (just 2). <br /><br />2nd, since I try to work with the zodiac which also involves the Shem angels, does fostering a relationship with Raziel (not sure why Crowley spelled it Ratziel) also increase our authority on the entire zodiac? Raziel can alone do something about it.<br />Since Chokmah incorporates zodiac, can Raziel be befriended and invoked as an intermediary angel to call upon other angels like the archangel, intelligence, daemon of the planets i.e the entire Tree of Life and even the chthonic demons? I ask because I know an author who discovered that he could ask Raziel to connect with any spirit he wanted, lower or higher.<br /><br />3rd, for Raziel himself, how does this particular archangel conduct himself? We have no idea how the non-planetary, purely sephirotic angel works. But Chokmah's elemental connection is with fire, the element that initiates things. So how has he conducted himself to you?<br /><br />4rth, even though it is Gabriel alone that is called upon to develop nonexistent clairaudience and clairvoyant skills to sense spirits, would Raziel as well? If yes, maybe far too slower than Gabriel because planets < zodiac in speed.Samathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883615951812536611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-58178960215104477822017-09-18T23:42:36.400-05:002017-09-18T23:42:36.400-05:00In a number of cases I have needed the time to get...In a number of cases I have needed the time to get my thoughts in order. Logos is like the Abyss or HGA - it's a big topic and I need to work out exactly what I want to say. Especially since I'm at a point in the sequence where I don't have a lot of personal experience.<br /><br />Once this is done, I'll have to see what I want to do next. I basically will have covered the entire canon - elements, planets, and signs in both practical magick and rites of initiation and illumination. Don't worry, though, I'll think of something. :) Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-53985331663792654942017-09-18T17:43:28.785-05:002017-09-18T17:43:28.785-05:00You keep teasing people and making them wait anxio...You keep teasing people and making them wait anxiously for the next Initiation ritual by adding stuff like the Via Solis rites and now the Autumnal ritual :)) At least, I'm anxious to read it! But that's what the calendar calls for. Anyway, I guess that I'll just have to see whether my consciousness unites with that of the angel "up there", or not, IF I happen to make I so far. Thanks again for a wonderful series, now that it's approaching the grand finale! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-32349537463717002682017-09-18T17:05:13.949-05:002017-09-18T17:05:13.949-05:00According to this version of the Tree, the paths t...According to this version of the Tree, the paths that correspond to Chockmah are all the powers of the zodiac. So basically, everything in my Zodiacal Work series. There are no other powers specifically attributed to Chockmah - unless you count the speaking of the Logos, which I'll be covering next time. That's power to set in motion a new spiritual current.<br /><br />Next Monday I'll be posting our Autumnal Equinox ritual, so The Logos should be up the week after that. Which is good. It gives me some time to write it all up. ;)<br /><br />From what I've heard, Daniel Gunther is the main proponent of A.'.A.'. meaning "Angel & Abyss." I don't know if that was Aleister Crowley's original intent or not. It does fit with how the A.'.A.'. system works, but I suspect it may be a later interpretation or innovation. At the same time, whether or not that matters is a whole other question - and I'm not sure that it necessarily does.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-68029057353836341562017-09-18T14:04:40.038-05:002017-09-18T14:04:40.038-05:00I think the assumption that the magician's con...I think the assumption that the magician's consciousness merges with that of the HGA could very well true, from my way less experienced perspective.<br /><br />From what I've come across A.'.A.'. means Astrum Argentum, but also Angel&Abyss. The latter is basically what you said, the first and second major initiation. That is, you make contact with the angel and after working with it for a certain amount of time, it helps you cross the Abyss and emerge on the other side. Since on the other side there's no separation, it seems logical that the two consciousness-es unite. Or at least converge. I mean Saturn gives form and structure to that which manifests further down the Tree, kinda like a machine that rips a huge amount of dough into small chunks, so I guess that "up there" all those chunks get back together into the large dough :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-71739532639507224282017-09-18T12:28:11.897-05:002017-09-18T12:28:11.897-05:00Can't wait for the next article!
One questio...Can't wait for the next article! <br /><br />One question here, though. I realize that Chockmah is mentioned as having a mystical power in 777, as do all spheres. But the other spheres have a path, so their energies can be used for practical reasons. Here I'm including Kether-Spirit and Malkuth-Earth, although it's a bit far fetched. Do you think there could be a possibility that Chockmah could somehow be used for practical reasons? Yeah, all the signs are there as paths, but I'm thinking of the sphere as a whole. It's a dumb question, but I had to ask :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com