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Principles of The Four Agreements

Principles of The Four Agreements

  • Be Impeccable With Your Word
  • Don’t Take Anything Personal
  • Don’t Make Assumptions
  • Always Do Your Best
  • Re-evaluate Old Agreements and Establish New Agreements with God, Self, Family, Friends and Society
  • You Create Your Own Reality, So Start Creating Your Perfect Heaven On Earth

The Kybalion Summary

Seven Principles of the Kybalion

  • Mentalism: All is Mind
    • We are of One Whole and All is possible
  • Correspondence: As Above So Below
    • There is correspondence between the laws of phenomena of the various “planes” of being and life.
    • There is harmony, agreement and correspondence between the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Planes.
  • Vibration: Everything is Vibrating
    • Motion is manifest in everything in the Universe, that nothing rests, and everything moves, vibrates, and circles.
    • You can change vibration through Intent, Will and Focus.
  • Polarity: Everything is Dual, Everything has Two Extremes, and Everything has an Opposite.
    • All manifested things have two sides, two aspects, or two poles.
    • Everything “is” and “isn’t” at the same time, all truths are but half truths and every truth is half false, there are two sides to everything, opposites are identical in nature, yet different in degree, extremes meet, and all paradoxes may be reconciled.
  • Rhythm: Everything has Rhythm
    • Everything there is manifested a measured motion, a to and fro, a flow and inflow, a swing backward and forward, a pendulum-like movement.
    • There is rhythm between every pair of opposites, or poles, and is closely related to the Principle of Polarity.
  • Cause and Effect: Nothing is by Chance and Everything is subject to the Law of Compensation
    • There is a cause for every effect, and an effect for every cause.
    • There is no such thing as chance, that chance is merely a term indicating that the causes not recognized or perceived possibly because of the complexity of the contributing variables.
  • Gender: Positive-Negative, Masculine-Feminine
    • Gender aspect is necessary for generating, creating or manifestation and manifests itself on all planes.
    • Mastering or balancing of gender polarities within manifests as creative energies, balance and harmony.

HERMETIC AXIOMS

“The possession of Knowledge, unless accompanied by a manifestation and expression in Action, is like the hoarding of precious metals–a vain and foolish thing. Knowledge, like Wealth, is intended for Use. The Law of Use is Universal, and he who violates it suffers by reason of his conflict with natural forces.“ –The Kybalion

“To change your mood or mental state–change your vibration.” –The Kybalion

“To destroy an undesirable rate of mental vibration, put into operation the Principle of Polarity and concentrate upon tile opposite pole to that which you desire to suppress. Kill out the undesirable by changing its polarity.” –The Kybalion

“Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted from state to state; degree to degree; condition to condition; pole to pole; vibration to vibration.”–The Kybalion“Rhythm may be neutralized by an application of the Art of Polarization.” –The Kybalion

“Nothing escapes the Principle of Cause and Effect, but there are many Planes of Causation, and one may use the laws of the higher to overcome the laws of the lower.“ –The Kybalion

“The wise ones serve on the higher, but rule on the lower. They obey the laws coming from above them, but en their own plane, and those below them, they rule and give orders. And, yet, in so doing, they form a part of the Principle, instead of opposing it. The wise man falls in with the Law, and by understanding its movements he operates it instead of being its blind slave. Just as does the skilled swimmer turn this way and that way, going and coming as he will, instead of being as the log which is carried here and there–so is the wise man as compared to the ordinary man–and yet both swimmer and log; wise man and fool, are subject to Law. He who understands this is well on the road to Mastery.“ –The Kybalion

“True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art.” –The Kybalion

“THE ALL is MIND; The Universe is Mental.” –The Kybalion.

THE KYBALION

“THE LIPS OF WISDOM ARE CLOSED, EXCEPT TO THE EARS OF UNDERSTANDING”

HERMES TRISMEGISTUS KNOWN BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AS “THE GREAT GREAT” AND “MASTER OF MASTERS”

There is no portion of the occult teachings possessed by the world which have been so closely guarded as the fragments of the Hermetic Teachings which have come down to us over the tens of centuries which have elapsed since the lifetime of its great founder, Hermes Trismegistus, the “scribe of the gods,” who dwelt in old Egypt in the days when the present race of men was in its infancy.

THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY.

“The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding.” –The Kybalion

“Where fall the footsteps of the Master, the ears of those ready for his Teaching open wide.” –The Kybalion

“When the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh the lips to fill them with Wisdom.” –The Kybalion

THE SEVEN HERMETIC PRINCIPLES.

“The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.” –The Kybalion

“THE ALL is MIND; The Universe is Mental.” –The Kybalion

“As above, so below; as below, so above.” –The Kybalion

“Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.” –The Kybalion

“Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half‐truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.” –The Kybalion

“Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum‐swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates.” –The Kybalion

“Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.” –The Kybalion

“Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.” –The Kybalion

MENTAL TRANSMUTATION.

“Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted, from state to state; degree to degree; condition to condition; pole to pole; vibration to vibration. True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art.” –The Kybalion

“The Universe is Mental” –The Kybalion

THE ALL.

“Under, and back of, the Universe of Time, Space and Change, is ever to be found The Substantial Reality–the Fundamental Truth.” –The Kybalion

“THAT which is the Fundamental Truth–the Substantial Reality–is beyond true naming, but the Wise Men call it THE ALL. “ –The Kybalion

“In its Essence, THE ALL is UNKNOWABLE.”–The Kybalion

“But, the report of Reason must be hospitably received, and treated with respect.” –The Kybalion

THE MENTAL UNIVERSE.

“The Universe is Mental–held in the Mind of THE ALL.” –The Kybalion

“THE ALL creates in its Infinite Mind countless Universes, which exist for aeons of Time–and yet, to THE ALL, the creation, development, decline and death of a million Universes is as the time of the twinkling of an eye.” –The Kybalion

“The Infinite Mind ‐of THE ALL is the womb of Universes.” –The Kybalion

“Within the Father‐Mother Mind, mortal children are at home.” –The Kybalion

“There is not one who is Fatherless, nor Motherless in the Universe” –The Kybalion

THE DIVINE PARADOX.

“The half‐wise, recognizing the comparative unreality of the Universe, imagine that they may defy its Laws–such are vain and presumptuous fools, and they are broken against the rocks and torn asunder by the elements by reason of their folly. The truly wise, knowing the nature of the Universe, use Law against laws; the higher against the lower; and by the Art of Alchemy transmute that which is undesirable into that which is worthy, and thus triumph. Mastery consists not in abnormal dreams, visions and fantastic imaginings or living, but in using the higher forces against the lower–escaping the pains of the lower planes by vibrating on the higher. Transmutation, not presumptuous denial, is the weapon of the Master.” –The Kybalion

“THE ALL” IN ALL.

“While All is in THE ALL, it is equally true that THE ALL is in All. To him who truly understands this truth hath come great knowledge.” –The Kybalion

THE PLANES OF CORRESPONDENCE.

“As above, so below; as below, so above” –The Kybalion

VIBRATION.

“Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.” –The Kybalion

POLARITY.

“Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half‐truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.“ –The Kybalion

RHYTHM.

“Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum‐swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right, is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates.” –The Kybalion

CAUSATION.

“Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.” –The Kybalion

GENDER.

“Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on planes.” –The Kybalion

Tarot Major Arcana Summary

The Major Arcana is a set of cards in a Tarot deck that represents significant life events, spiritual insights, and overarching themes that influence an individual’s journey. These cards make up 22 of the 78 cards in a standard Tarot deck. Each Major Arcana card stands alone with its own deep meanings and implications.

The Major Arcana starts with the Fool card and ends with the World card. The 22 cards and their basic interpretations are as follows:

  1. The Fool (0 or sometimes placed at 22): New beginnings, spontaneous action, leaps of faith, innocence, and potential.
  2. The Magician (1): Skill, creativity, determination, and the power to achieve goals.
  3. The High Priestess (2): Intuition, the subconscious, mystery, and inner wisdom.
  4. The Empress (3): Fertility, abundance, nature, femininity, and nurturing.
  5. The Emperor (4): Authority, structure, control, leadership, and paternal influence.
  6. The Hierophant (5): Tradition, conformity, morality, ethics, and belief systems.
  7. The Lovers (6): Love, harmony, relationships, choices, and alignment of values.
  8. The Chariot (7): Determination, control, overcoming obstacles, and moving forward.
  9. Strength (8): Courage, inner strength, compassion, and patience.
  10. The Hermit (9): Solitude, introspection, guidance, and wisdom from within.
  11. Wheel of Fortune (10): Cycles, destiny, unexpected change, and turning points.
  12. Justice (11): Fairness, truth, cause and effect, and law.
  13. The Hanged Man (12): Suspension, sacrifice, letting go, and new perspectives.
  14. Death (13): Transformation, endings, beginnings, and change.
  15. Temperance (14): Balance, moderation, patience, and purpose.
  16. The Devil (15): Bondage, addiction, materialism, and negativity.
  17. The Tower (16): Unexpected change, upheaval, chaos, and revelation.
  18. The Star (17): Hope, spirituality, renewal, inspiration, and serenity.
  19. The Moon (18): Illusion, fear, anxiety, insecurity, and the subconscious.
  20. The Sun (19): Joy, success, celebration, positivity, and a sense of self.
  21. Judgment (20): Rebirth, inner calling, absolution, and a fresh start.
  22. The World (21): Completion, accomplishment, integration, and fulfillment.

The order of the cards (called a journey or path) can be seen as a narrative – starting from the Fool (beginning of a journey) and ending with The World (end of a cycle, achievement of enlightenment).

In a Tarot reading, when a Major Arcana card appears, it’s often taken as a signal to pay special attention to that area of life or aspect of the self. These cards indicate major forces at work and can provide insights into the deeper layers of a situation.

Source: “Explain Tarot Major Arcana”,  ChatGPT

 

Hieroglyphs: Letters, Sounds, Physical and Symbolic

Hieroglyphs are visual representations of real or imaginary elements.  Hieroglyphs can function in a variety of ways:

  • phonogram – the symbol is read as it sounds or phonetically
  • logogram – the symbol or “picture” is what it represents
  • determinative – placed at the end of a word, offers clarification

(more info to come)

The Thirty Aires or Aethyrs

The Thirty Aires or Aethyrs

The very brief descriptive passages against each of the Aethyrs are mostly abstracted from
‘The Vision and the Voice’ by Aleister Crowley.

30.  TEX tah-eh-atz
A vast crystal cube surrounded by a sphere; about are four archangels robed in black, with wings and armour outined in white.
29.  RII rah-ee-ee
Sky with stars of gold, background green; a vast eagle-angel whose wings seem to hide all the heaven.
28.  BAG beh-ah-geh
An angel with opalescent garments like wheels of fire holding a flail of scarlet lightning, face black, eyes white without pupil or iris.
27.  ZAA zod-ah-ah
An angel in female form with rainbow wings; dress green with silver, flames of many-coloured fire surrounding; crest is a moon, sandals of curved silver.
26.  DES deh-eh-ess
A very bright pentagram, the heavens filled with the blackness of a mighty angel; spears, vials of poison, sharp swords and whirling thunderbolts about the corners of the earth.
25.  VTI voh-tah-ee
The pale gold of the Rosy Cross; the aire is the dark olive of alexandrite; an angel on a white horse and another upon a black bull are devoured by a lion.
24.  NIA en-ee-ah
An angel like a warrior in chain armour, upon his head plumes of grey; about his feet are scorpions, dogs, lions, elephants and other wild beasts; crackling of lightning, rolling thunder and sounds of battle.
23.  TOR tah-oh-rah
Three revolving lights; a spiders web with a star of twelve rays; a black bull pawing the ground, flames from his mouth, transforming into an Assyrian bull-man.
22.  LIN el-ee-en
A tablet of 49 squares surrounded by a company of angels, some brilliant and flashing as gods, some elemental creatures; the squares of the tablet filled with changing letters in magical script. An angel proud and beautiful with pan-pipes.
21.  ASP ah-ess-peh
A mighty wind and a sense of emptiness; shadows of great angels sweeping by with no sound; a glimpse of an avenue of pillars and a black marble throne supported by sphinxes.
20.  CHR kah-hoh-rah
A pool of clear golden water and the stars of the night sky; a peacock dissolving into clouds of white angels and archangels with trumpets; all gathering into a multi-coloured whirling wheel.
19.  POP peh-oh-peh
A black web pierced with a ray of light, then a black cross spanned with an arch bearing letters in an alphabet made of symbols like daggers; an old man like the Hermit of the Tarot.
18.  ZEN zod-eh-en
A crucifixion scene, the central figure an enormous bat; an angel offers entry to the mountain of caverns and tears down the vision with the sign of ‘Rending the Veil’; a mountain of pure crystal is revealed.
17.  TAN tah-ah-en
The head of a dragon, and a pair of balances with a luminous azure plume behind; a filament of quartz suspended above an abyss; the angel like black diamonds transforming into a sphere of liquid gold then green then blue.
16.  LEA el-eh-ah
Flickering images in a misty landscape; the moonrise at midnight and a crowned virgin riding on a bull; the angel a mighty king with crown, orb and sceptre. He tears off the crown and casts the orb and sceptre to the ground.
15.  OXO oh-atz-oh
A column of whirling scarlet fire with columns about it of green, blue, gold and silver inscribed with letters of the dagger alphabet; a fire playing about the columns transforms into the skirts of a dancer who weaves a crimson rose of 49 petals.
14.  VTA voh-tah-ah
A white goat, a green dragon and a tawny bull are clouded by a veil of darkness; a voice announces ‘The Great One of the Night of Time’; the veils of darkness are torn and fly away in a whirling wind to reveal the angel standing in the sign of ‘Apophis and Typhon’.
13.  ZIM zod-ee-em
An image of shining waters glistening in the sun; an angel walking on the water a rainbow about his head; a golden veil parts to reveal two terrible black giants wrestling in mortal combat.
12.  LOE el-oh-eh
Two pillars of flame and a chariot of white fire like the Tarot trump; the charioteer in golden armour speak with a voice like a bell.
11.  ICH ee-kah-hoh
A sigil of the moon rolls up to reveal a host of angels in battle attire. The whole defended by a fortress of nine towers of iron, the bastion of the outermost abyss.
10.  ZAX zod-ah-atz
This Aethyr is said to be accursed. The Call of the 10th Aethyr may be employed to invoke Choronzon, the Demon of the Abyss. This is potentially hazardous and appropriate precautions should be observed. One such exercise was recorded and is included on the ‘Liber Bootleg’ tape released by the London Temple of ‘Illuminates of Thanateros’ in 1990.
9.  ZIP zod-ee-peh
The veil is rent with a clap of thunder and the vision is of traversing the abyss on a razor-edge of light with armies ranged above and in front; in the palace beyond is a proud and delicate woman lying naked: the Virgin of Eternity.
8.  ZID zod-ee-deh
A pyramid of light fills the Aethyr, and in the pyramid is the child of the union of light and darkness. Instructions are given by which may be attained the knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.
7.  DEO deh-eh-oh
The stone of vision is divided with the left half dark, the right half light; a door like a keyhole in the shape of a Venus symbol opens and flames of blue, green and violet issue forth. A question concerns the key to open the lock.
6.  MAZ em-ah-zod
A great angel comprising magical symbols striving for mastery; illusions conjured by the Ape of Thoth; the more one struggles to devise methods of piercing the veil the further one seems from success. A vision of the God of Lies.
5.  LIT el-ee-tah
A shining pylon set with the sigil of the eye; then an avenue of pylons, in each seated a god, leads to the top of a mountain; weapons are offered, and a mysterious password.
4.  PAZ peh-ah-zod
In the midst of the Aethyr a terrible god with a thousand arms, and clinging to him a young girl in throes of passion; the elixir of life distilled.
3.  ZOM zod-oh-em
An angry light and a great snake feeding upon the plumes of truth as upon itself; the veil of the Aethyr sundered to reveal the Magus of the Tarot.
2.  ARN ah-rah-en
The woman riding on the bull; a vision of the legend of Eve and the Serpent, and Adam and Cain bearing the Hammer of Thor; above all a vision of the Great Sigil of the Arrow.
1.  LIL el-ee-el
The veil of the aethyr dark azure full of countless stars; a vibration of the great word IAIDA; a little child covered with lilies and roses; the formula of the Aeon revealed.

 

SOURCE: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cgb143/misc/aethyrs.html

B.O.T.A. Tarot and Paul Foster Case Review by BeneBell

The B.O.T.A. Tarot and Paul Foster Case

Let’s conclude Golden Dawn Tarot week with an offshoot-GD deck, the B.O.T.A. Tarot by Paul Foster Case, illustrated by Jessie Burns Parke. In this blog post, the fully colored Majors are from the 2009 Ishtar Publishing reprint of Paul Foster Case’s Learning Tarot Essentials: Tarot Cards for Beginners (1932), via the Internet Archive.

You can buy the black and white deck for coloring direct from the Builders of the Adytum here for just $8.50. It’s an incredible deal! I’ll share more photos of the physical deck later in this review, but it’s matte, unrounded corners though, and lovely quality.

The digital images of the Major Arcana for download can be purchased for $5.00, linked here and digital the Minor Arcana digital files for $5.00, linked here. B.O.T.A. also has a couple of other deck purchasing options at their online store, so be sure to check it out, and nothing over $20– great prices. (fyi this is not an advertisement or promo; no one paid me to say any of this.)

 

In Learning Tarot Essentials, Case traces the connection of the tarot to the occult to a revival that happened in 1854, credited to Eliphas Levi’s Doctrine and Ritual of Transcendental Magic. Levi took his inspiration from the French occultist Dr. Gerare Encausse, or Papus. I have a free two-part video lecture that was part of Sightsee the Tarot on Tarot of the Bohemians.

This deck review will also cover Case’s discourse on tarot card meanings as found in his Introduction to Tarot published in 1922.

Coloring instructions for the deck can be found in Tarot Fundamentals (1936). The background for the Fool card, for instance, should be yellow, the garment green, violet mountains, the eagle pictured on his knapsack is brown, a white sun, the Fool is flesh-toned, with blond hair, etc.

Major Arcana, The First Septenary

Key 2: The High Priestess is memory and record-keeping of the past. Key 2 endows us with the power of recollection. The tarot High Priestess is a personification of Prakriti, a feminine primordial aspect of all life forms. The binary dark and light stone cubes forming the base of the pillars is also symbolically important– any time you see stone cubes, pay attention. “STONE is an esoteric word representing Union, Life, and Wisdom,” writes Case.

The Empress, significantly, features a string of seven pearls and a crown of twelve stars for her connection to Urania, Muse of Astronomy.

Key 5: The Hierophant, for another example of Case’s texts on the cards, is assigned the function of Hearing, or more particularly, Interior Hearing–clairaudience.

From Highlights of the Tarot (1931)

As we do this look-through of the card images, I’ll also be referencing “Highlights of the Tarot” (1931) a pamphlet published by Paul Foster Case and a B.O.T.A. study guide. That text also includes all coloring instructions for the deck, and esoteric card meanings for the Majors.

Little snippets here and there do date Case’s texts, such as the explanation for why The Emperor follows The Empress: “A man cannot be master of his household until his mate has had children.” (On Key 4: The Emperor, Lesson Three, An Introduction to Tarot) Or making reference to Asians as Orientals, which hey, I’m no mad at all. Context is everything.

His tarot school of thought runs contrary to much of what you see of contemporary tarot as it’s gone mainstream (or what I call “fast food tarot”). For instance, he notes:

“The tarot is a textbook of occult teachings. It is intended for the use of serious aspirants who are in search of spiritual enlightenment . . .

“Those who seek to find in the Tarot an easy method of spiritual development will be disappointed. . . . The Tarot is not a plaything, nor is it only a pack of cards designed for the purposes of fortune telling.”

From “The Great Adventure” booklet published by B.O.T.A.

Case makes reference to the Inner School, where and how occult wisdom is kept alive and passed on through the tarot cards. Don’t quote me here, but I think this is the same reference Robert Wang makes in An Introduction to the Golden Dawn Tarot when he describes his Mathers-based deck as being based on the Inner Tradition. These references are in contrast to an exoteric approach to religion or here, divination. The Inner School or Inner Tradition thus refers to an esoteric approach to the cards.

Of Key 6, Case writes: “The principal lesson of this Key [The Lovers] is of importance to all who wish to make best use of their powers. In very simple terms it is this: Superconsciousness (the angel) sheds its influence impartially upon both self-consciousness (the man) and subconsciousness (the woman). The most important meaning to understand about Key 6 (per Case’s writings): this is the key of discernment, and how to harness the alchemical powers of harmonizing opposites.

I’ve often heard modern-day tarot readers express confusion over the astrological correspondence of Cancer, a Water sign, with Key 7: The Chariot, especially in light of the classical card meaning attributed to The Chariot– that of kinetic energy, progressive movement, achievement, the vehicle of the mind in full motion, etc. It doesn’t quite seem to align with the watery Cancer sign of introversion.

“The ignorant, when they hear us name water, think it is water of the clouds; but if they understood our [occultists’] books, they would know it to be a permanent or fixed water . . . our water is a heavenly water, which wets not the hand . . . water is the root of all minerals. . . . In short, the occult ‘water’ is the Astral Fluid, the electromagnetic energy which is the substance of all things.”

Major Arcana, The Second Septenary

Case’s order of the Majors follows Waite’s switch between Keys 8 and 11. Of Strength, there are two principal symbols in the force behind this Key: the snake and the lion, The Adversary and The Redeemer. Exoteric theology would have you believe the two are irreconcilable antagonists, but it is in esotericism and occult wisdom that you understand that they are not only necessarily reconciled, but one never appears without the other.

From Learning Tarot Essentials (1932, Ishtar Publishing edition, 2009)

Key 10 features at its outer corners “the four mystic animals mentioned by the prophet Ezekiel, and appearing again in the Apocalypse.” The four mystic animals designate the four fixed stars, four elements, which “occult tradition associates” with the Divine Name IHVH. Therefore IHVH is inscribed within the Wheel, alternating with ROTA, meaning wheel, and also the Latin sentence: Rota Tarot Orat Tora Ator– “The Wheel of Tarot speaks the Law of Ator (Hathor).”

Case describes Key 12: The Hanged Man as the “most important emblem in Tarot.” The Hanged Man represents the Law of Reversal, and the Law of Reversal “is one of the great secrets of occultism.”

Here is the secret of the Law of Reversal, quoting Case:

“To reverse the conditions of misery, disease, and failure, and substitute for them their opposites of health, happiness, and success, it is necessary to think, speak, and act in ways which are the reverse of those in which most persons think, speak and act.” (An Introduction to Tarot, Lesson Seven, Key 12: The Hanged Man)

And “right use of Key 12 is such a method” for fully understanding and actualizing the Law of Reversal.

The red pants of the Hanged Man and his legs forming the figure 4 connects Key 12 to Key 4: The Emperor, both by the red color and the figure 4. Both teach the seeker Use of Power. Meanwhile, the Hanged Man’s jacket is blue, connecting this Key to the High Priestess and the element of Water, with silver trimmings invoking a lunar presence.

“Verification is the basic meaning of Key 14,” Temperance. This is having arrived at the Truth after undergoing a Trial. The Great Work necessarily “combines and harmonizes all the various elements which enter into the constitution of human personality, blending them together in one whole.”

Temperance is the alchemical process of combining and harmonizing that leads to achievement of your Great Work. Case identifies the angel in Key 14 as Archangel Michael, Angel of the Sun. IHVH is written on his robe, meaning One Reality and all aspects coming together as One Life.

Major Arcana, The Third Septenary

The last seven Keys of Tarot, beginning with Key 15, illustrate seven steps in the spiritual unfoldment of man, writes Case. And that first stage begins with The Devil card: confronting fear, ignorance, and misery. There is no path to spiritual ascent open to you without first confronting The Devil.

As for Key 16: The Tower, “use this Key as a means to overcome your superstitions. Use it to free your mind. . . . Use it also whenever you are confronted by what seems to be a problem. You have a problem because you are ignorant. You are ignorant because hitherto you have accepted some appearance at face value. You are in trouble because your words express faulty reasoning.” Thus, Key 16 is the occultist’s tool for overcoming problems, ignorance, and faulty reasoning.

Describing The Moon card, there should be eighteen falling Hebrew Yods, colored red and yellow to represent the life force. Red is the exoteric vision of raining blood, while yellow is the esoteric vision of Light. Key 18 is a gateway, as formed by the two battlemented towers. There should be a suggestion here that beyond the edges of the card, the towers connect to a fortified wall, and so the only opening for access forward is this gateway revealed in The Moon card. The two facets of canines represent the two facets of man: the wolf is natural evolution and the dog is human adaptation.

The Sun card is used to harness conscious energy as power to move terrestrial activities. The sunflowers “represent the manifestation of the solar force in the organic world below man.” Depictions of human youth in the tarot Sun card is about representing “the unfolding of regenerated human consciousness.”

In the Judgement card, writes Case, the angel is Gabriel. Here, though, he makes a distinction between the Biblical doctrine of the Last Judgment and Key 20 in the tarot. Key 20 Judgement is about completion of the Great Work. Key 20 also gives access to the Fourth Dimension. This card is the magus’s tool for “personal realization of immortality” and “realizing that, even now, you are living in the Fourth Dimension.”

In this card image, note a man, woman, and child rising from the three coffins in the waters. The man and woman are again two aspects of the consciousness paired, and the child “stands giving the traditional sign of Typhon, or Apophis the Destroyer. This is because he represents the rebirth which comes as the result of mastering the destructive principle.” The three figures together “represent an ancient mystery formula– Isis, Apophis, and Osiris… I A O, or Yaho, one of the most potent words of power.” (Lesson Eleven in An Introduction to Tarot).

By the way if you’re interested in a discussion on Invoking HRU and commentary on the references to I A O, check out an old Sightsee the Tarot video, “Invoking HRU and the Riddle of the Sphinx” in which we talk about M. M. Meleen’s Book M: Liber Mundi (2015).

The Tarot Tableau, arranged as you see above, while most likely older than Case, was popularized by Case, so he tends to get the credit for it. He talks about pathworking and meditation with the Tarot Tableau. (Thomas of Hermit’s Mirror published a great modern take on working with a Tarot Tableau. My book review of it here.)

(halfsheet size booklet that comes with the B.O.T.A. tarot from the Builders of the Adytum)

B.O.T.A. (Builders of the Adytum), like the Golden Dawn, emphasize using the tarot in meditation rather than fortune-telling. Case himself elevated the definition for “divination” as distinct and separate from “fortune-telling.” Case goes so far as to call fortune-telling with the tarot “vulgar.” (in The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages, 1947)

In many of his texts, Case espouses an astral concept called the Cube of Space where 3 axes (up-down, left-right, front-back, and also symbolic of the Tria Prima, Mercury, Sulfur, and Salt), plus its 1 center converging point, connect 6 sides of an astral cube and 12 edges: 3 + 1 + 6 + 12 = 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

The card backs of the B.O.T.A. Tarot published by B.O.T.A. (2007 edition)

I’m speculating that the Cube of Space is inspired, at least in part, by the Platonian concept of all earthly matter being made up of cubes. I went to town on this concept of the Cube of Space, but through my own lens.

In the above hand-drawn diagram, each of those units are supposed to be perfect cubes. It’s not to scale. I did it by hand so by the time I got to the front/bottom half of that diagram, I was running out of space and my “cubes” started looking very un-cube-like…

Anyway, in my approach, I perceived each of the 22 Majors to be an astral cube (one astral realm or gate of light), tiered as an astral ladder up to Knowing by Way of Unknown, hence Key 0, which can also be represented by a Holy Trinity, hence three Key 0s in my SKT deck.

Then each numerological realm (as in all the Fours, all the Fives, etc.) are four elemental cubes (one cube is the Four of Fire, one cube is the four of Water, four of Air, Four of Earth) that combine to form a bigger cube of four cubes, thus forming the elemental worlds. The court cards then represent the concept of a fifth element, Spirit, and they are the Light that traverse across all cube-realm-gate-things in this…thing. 🙂 Also, hence we get this concept of angels as messengers.

From Book of Maps (2018 and 2019 Editions)

Here is where I start thinking about how an equilateral triangle can be inscribed in a square forming three right triangles in addition to that equilateral triangle that unites the three right triangles that, superimposing the multiple dimensions in the Cube, forms the Merkahabah star, relating to the Chariot and Ezekiel’s vision, then somehow connect that to Ezekiel’s Wheel on Key 10: Wheel of Fortune and Postel’s Key, Key to the Wisdom of the Ages they keep saying… and the unit circle within the square, sine, cosine wavelengths forming that unit circle, cycle of life, God, Squaring the Circle, and around this moment is where my brain melts and I need to go eat cake.

Paul Foster Case

In contrast, as I understand Case’s Cube of Space, this diagram on its own is symbolic of Creation, both how the universe was created by the divine and also a blueprint for how the magus creates, transmuting what was in the mind into what is now matter. The numerical sequence of the 22 Keys, because they correspond with the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, are the whole “in the beginning there was the Word” idea. And you extrapolate that into an ordered series of steps to turn Word (mind) into reality (matter).

The sets of Minors from the B.O.T.A. Tarot are grouped by their numerological ranking. One of the “blinds” that Case purportedly removed from Waite’s deck so that more of occult wisdom could be revealed to the lay is in the depiction of the Wands. The Wands in this deck are drawn per the instructions of Eliphas Levi, on the magician’s wand.

Unlike the Rider-Waite-Smith, which was one of several inspirational sources, or at least sources of references to Case and his illustrator, the pips in the B.O.T.A. Tarot are simple, though the formations of the elemental relics are significant. The active Fours (Wands and Swords) form a square, while the passive Fours (Cups and Pentacles) mark the four corners.

The formations in the active elements (Fire and Air) convey materials arranged by human intelligence and willpower while the passive elements (Water and Earth) convey materials arranged by nature, and organic evolution– Mother Nature’s architecture and an expression of the building blocks of life.

Something I’ve noticed about Golden Dawn based texts on tarot fundamentals is the great amount of pages within these books that are devoted to the Major Arcana, but the Minor Arcana cards pretty much get summed up in a couple of pages, mainly rooted in numerological and elemental theories. If you’d like to learn more about Case’s perspective of the four suit correspondences, I wrote about it in a 2013 blog post on Oracle of the Tarot (1333) here.

Case talks about the “Occult Meaning of Numbers” and its through plotting elements and numbers on an astral Cartesian coordinate system that you derive a significance for each element-number coordinate. The 36 coordinates that make up the pip cards Twos through Tens correspond with the 36 decans (also, 9 x 4) in the astrological zodiac wheel, demonstrating an interplay between mathematics and space, where a continuum is thus created, giving rise to the Fourth Dimension that Case likes to talk about. One layman’s approach to conceptualizing that Fourth Dimension is as Time. (See An Introduction to Tarot.)

In fortune-telling, you’ll reduce each of these element-number coordinates to keywords revealing different formulas of universally experienced life events or emotions. Divination is reaching up to grasp at the astral, intangible Divine and, through the works of the magus, bringing it down to the earthly plane and transforming or translating it into a physical, tangible Mundane for the lay to comprehend.

But in occult approaches to the tarot, you want to keep your studies and meditations on the abstract and conceptual. So here in decks like the B.O.T.A. Tarot, or as applied to any deck where the pips are presented in an abstract, diagram-ornamental form rather than humanistic and scenic, the occultist can just focus on the raw blueprints.

By that rationale, these types of pips, like what you see here and in all of the Golden Dawn based decks we reviewed this week, are “better” for meditation. Even if I don’t personally agree with that point of view, I can certainly appreciate it, and see its merits.

This theoretical concept is most pronounced in the Tens. The active cards (Wands and Swords) show intelligent design from human willpower and ingenuity. So you get the whole as above so below motif with the square symbolic of harnessing the cube of space between the two triangles. This is union of opposites in alchemy. Meanwhile the passive cards (Cups and Pentacles) show the relics in a Tree of Life arrangement, which is the natural order of design.

For all the talk about how Case removed the “blinds” from the RWS deck to offer a more accurate deck of occult wisdom, it’s interesting to consider how here, he keeps Waite’s court rankings, i.e., Page, Knight, Queen, and King.

I’m trying to remember exactly which occult author said this was one of the blinds that Waite put into his deck to conceal the true identities of the courts… argh… yeah I’m blanking out, but I swear I read that somewhere. Flowing from that, the perspective forwarded by some occultists (predominantly from the Thoth schools) is that this is a blind, and the “true” ranking of the courts is Princess, Prince, Queen, and then Knight.

Revisiting the Golden Dawn decks we covered this past week on the blog, Robert Wang’s Golden Dawn Tarot, created with the guidance of Israel Regardie, uses the court titles Princess, Prince, Queen, and King, where the imagery on the King cards would, to an RWS reader, look like Knights, and the Prince cards ride chariots, like in Crowley’s Thoth.

In the New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot by Chic and Tabatha Cicero, also done under the guidance of Israel Regardie, use the same designates as Wang’s deck– Princess, Prince (on chariots), Queen, and King (with horses). Lon Milo DuQuette’s Tarot of Ceremonial Magick follows Crowley’s titles: Princess, Prince, Queen, and Knight.

One of the hallmarks of Golden Dawn decks, writes the Ciceros (in The New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot), is that the four Kings are shown to be on horseback, representing “swift and ecstatic but not lasting” energy, which RWS readers are going to scratch their chins and think, hmm, that sounds a lot like Knight cards.

Case’s deck departs from that stated Golden Dawn tradition and instead, look like spitting image clones of Waite’s Kings.

“There is nothing you know that is not made of Light. There is no force or power you employ which is not a transformation of that same illimitable radiance.” (from the Key 3: The Empress entry in An Introduction to Tarot)

Paul Foster Case advocated for every serious tarot student to, at some point, color in your own tarot deck, and he produced a set of black and white images for just that purpose. Coloring your own set of tarot Keys is a form of spiritual integration– it is you putting your psychic and magical imprint on an external, preexisting collective value of magian powers, and also, you giving yourself access to that external, preexisting collective of powers and abilities. It is “one of the most practical secrets of all occultism” and “the necessary foundation for all advanced tarot practice.” (Case, from Highlights of the Tarot, 1931)

The practice reenacts the metaphor of you as a triangular prism, embodying the trinity. The esoteric concept of Light represented by the white space on the cards pre-coloring encompasses the full spectrum of colors, but in its divine form in union to appear as white light. You refract that white light into a full scale of different colors and color patterns to reveal, for yourself, your own theology for how the Divine appears in all aspects of the Mundane.

This practice of coloring in your own deck, or at least coloring in a full set of Majors, was most likely inspired by the Golden Dawn initiatory practice of having their members each creating their own tarot deck from scratch, though per particular Order instructions.

You may find it productive to follow the Golden Dawn color scales for coloring instructions, but it most certainly isn’t necessary for an enriching, spiritual experience. In fact, if you find yourself not resonating intuitively with the GD approach, you’ll want to (and I’d strongly recommend that you) go your own path. Let your thoughts and feelings guide you in the coloring process.

Heck, that’s how I did it myself. I started with the intention of following the Golden Dawn scales, and then realized it just wasn’t working for me, so diverged from that path to chart my own route. None of this is about wrong or right. It’s about what works for you.

SOURCE: https://benebellwen.com/2021/07/16/botatarot/

The Seven Stages of Spiritual Unfoldment by Damian Sebouhian

The Seven Stages of Spiritual Unfoldment

The map to Cosmic Consciousness can be found in this Major Arcana spread

A Note on My Sources

The following information comes primarily from the teachings of my first occult teacher J. Owen Swift who was largely informed by Paul Foster Case and Ann Davies. Case founded the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.) and Davies took over where Case left off as an extraordinary adept in the school of Ageless Wisdom.

This essay is far from comprehensive and is closer to a summary of the Seven Stages. I am currently writing a more detailed series of essays dedicated to each one of the stages. Stay tuned for the first installment to be posted in the near future.

How to Navigate the Tableau

The Fool is placed atop the three-tiered rows because the Fool is the Zero Key and does not represent a single number or step along the path. Rather, the Fool represents the Life-Power, or the “Spiritus” (in Latin), the “Ruach” (in Hebrew), the “Pneuma” (in Greek), the “Prana” (in Sanskrit), the “Qi” (in Mandarin/Chinese).

In other words, the Fool is unformed, raw, energy that is given specific expression within the archetypal avatars of the other twenty-one Major Arcana figures. In this regard, the Fool is like Christ Consciousness or Buddhahood: The alpha and the omega. The first and the last. God awakened to the Truth of the Self.

Moreover, the Fool is what we are striving to realize when we embark upon the Seven Stages of Spiritual Unfoldment — consciousness free from all the limitations of delusion.

The rest of the Tableau represents the map or grid or matrix that our conscious selves must navigate through in order to realize, among other wonderous things, our soul’s purpose.

The first (top) row represents what Paul Foster Case calls the “seven dominant mental states or principles.”

The second (middle) row represents the “intermediary activities, laws, or agencies” that the conscious states act through.

And the third (bottom) row represents the “conditions or phenomena resulting from the expression of the principles of the upper row through the agencies of the second row.”

Don’t get too hung up on the erudite language here, for I shall explain it in more practical terms, I promise.

So, those are what the rows indicate. What about the columns? There are seven columns and these seven columns represent the Seven Stages. We begin with Stage One, which Case titles: Bondage.

Stage One: Bondage

The Keys (cards) involved: The far left column of Key 1 (the Magician); Key 8 (Strength); and Key 15 (the Devil).

The Goal: To mentally free ourselves from the illusion of separateness and dualism which is created and perpetuated when we limit our perspective to the realm of the five senses.

Once mentally/intellectually freed from this fundamental lie of separateness, we begin the journey to awakening with the first truth of stage one: Our mind (the Magician) creates our reality. So, pay attention to your mind and use it wisely!

As the Magician, you must master the use of your tools as symbolized by the staff, cup, sword, and coin and the fundamental principles of creation described in this context by Case as representing the “Four Admonitions: To Will; To Know; To Dare; To Be Silent.

The last “admonition” he explains as being “the most important. Occult means ‘hidden’, and one of the first duties of a practical occultist is the practice of silence.”

The extent that you create a reality of free soul expression and healthy enjoyment of the material world (the Devil card in its upright position) versus bondage to the material world (The Devil card in its inverted, reversed position) is based on the purity of your creative capacities (as symbolized by the Strength card).

If you create solely from selfish, egotistical intentions (Strength reversed), you risk bondage to the material world.

If we create from a place of pure intentions and for the benefit of the highest good (as symbolized by the Lady in White in the Strength card) then we have achieved the appropriate yin/yang relationship between our creative force (the red lion) and our higher self, or soul-self (the Lady).

You’ve most likely heard the phrase: Be in the world, not of it. Or, “I’m not a human having a spiritual experience; I’m a spiritual being having a human experience.” That is the truth we are learning to embody in the First Stage.

Example of Bondage: “I don’t have any artistic talent and I only have a high school diploma, so I guess I’ll just work retail my whole life or marry someone rich so I don’t have to work.”

Example of Freedom from Bondage: “I will discover what it is I love to do that makes my heart sing and I will create (from my imagination) the circumstances that allow optimum expression of that love.”

Key Words/Phrases for the Three Cards:

The Magician (as the principal mode of consciousness): Mental concentration. Single-pointed consciousness. What you plant so shall you harvest. As above, so below; as within so without — and vice-versa.

Strength (as the mediator): Creative force guided and influenced by pure intentions, the soul.

The Devil (as the conditioned phenomena): The material world as it is experienced through the five senses. The result of the creative process as it is conducted by the Magician via Strength. Upright: fertility and mirth, the God Pan; Inverted: fear and bondage, the Devil as described by Christianity.

Affirmations:

“My mind is focused on creating what my soul most needs and desires.”

“I am a center of expression for the Primal Will-To-Good which eternally creates and sustains the universe.”

Quote:

“You must mentally identify yourself with the Magician. Every day you must take time to remember who and what you really are.” Paul Foster Case, Occult Fundamentals and Spiritual Unfoldment

Stage Two: Awakening

The Keys (cards) involved: High Priestess (Key 2); The Hermit (Key 9); The Tower (Key 16).

Goal: Once we have mentally freed ourselves from bondage and accepted our roles as the Magicians of our own lives, we have essentially created fertile spiritual ground conducive to increased “samadhi” experiences, or flashes of insights into the true nature of reality.

Stage one and two, as with all the stages, are not separate from each other; nor must they necessarily be experienced in a strictly linear fashion indicated by the spread. For example, one could have an awakening experience long before one has realized the illusion of separateness. Nevertheless…

The High Priestess is the yin to the yang of the Magician. The Magician is concentrated aware consciousness. The High Priestess is our subconscious, or, as Case liked to call it, the “transliminal consciousness” (transliminal means “across the threshold”).

To revisit the garden analogy, the Magician represents the gardener planting his seeds. The High Priestess represents the soil. As such, she is designed to grow whatever the Magician plants.

But this analogy is limited because the High Priestess isn’t just there to carry out the directives of the Magician. She represents the memory of everything that’s ever been planted within her “soil”.

This is why it’s so challenging at first to manifest and to create like a practiced, adept Magician. Most of us have so much programming to unplug from because we hadn’t realized that our thoughts were creating our reality. And so much of what we think about ourselves and about reality doesn’t come from us. It comes from our culture, other people, social media, etc.

This is where the Hermit enters the picture.

The Hermit takes over where the Magician left off. He tends the garden. He weeds out the unhealthy thoughts, ideas, and emotions, and monitors the light (as symbolized by his lantern), and waters and fertilizes the soil. (Note: The astrological correspondence to The Hermit is Virgo).

Another analogy for the Hermit as it relates to Virgo energy: The Hermit digests the thoughts, ideas, and emotions produced by the Magician and grown by the High Priestess, and he absorbs the healthy, nutritious ones and eliminates the waste (Virgo rules the digestive organs in case you were wondering).

All this “gardening” results ultimately in creating the circumstances for samadhi flashes, symbolized by The Tower card. The Tower looks like it’s depicting a catastrophe, but if you think of the Tower of Babble from the Bible, you’ll know that its destruction is positive and necessary for enlightenment.

The tower in The Tower card represents everything that was created when we believed in the world of illusion. The flash of lightning is coming from the sun in the card and that sun is the same as the lantern light wielded by the Hermit.

To put it another way: When we shed light on our past and evaluate it honestly and with the intention of creating a beautiful and healthy “garden” (or mind), our insights into who we are and the nature of reality deepens and we become more efficient at deciphering lies from truth, illusion from reality, healthy from unhealthy, etc.

Essentially, we become better Magicians, better at manifesting our soul’s deepest desires.

Key Words/Phrases for the Three Cards:

The High Priestess (as the principle): Universal Consciousness, Subconsciousness, Transliminal Consciousness, Memory; the soil that grows the seeds planted by the Magician.

The Hermit (as the mediator): The knowing light within; the watcher; discernment; wisdom that comes from experience.

The Tower (as the conditioned phenomena): Samadhi flashes; insight; destroyer of lies and illusions.

Affirmations:

“I gently release all toxic, unhealthy thoughts, emotions, and ideas.”

“I easily and effortlessly realize the truth of every situation.”

Quote:

“…Suddenly to see that one is immortal, suddenly to perceive that all other human beings and all the conditions of personal existence are working together to bring about the perfect realization of a cosmic plan which, in essence, is the outworking of the inmost reality of one’s own being is a reversal of personal and human consciousness which temporarily knocks one flat.” P.F.C., Occult Fundamentals, and Spiritual Unfoldment

Stage Three: Revelation

The Keys (cards) involved: The Empress (Key 3); The Wheel of Fortune (Key 10); The Star (Key 17)

Goal: After freeing ourselves from bondage (stage one) and after the lightning flash of awareness (stage two), there comes a period of calm and gradual growth.

As described by Case, “In the second stage, there is an uncomfortable overthrow of the false belief of the world, a momentary, but a never-to-be-forgotten glimpse of reality, of the absolute unity of life.

“In the third stage, this new conception of the Oneness of All begins gradually to unfold.”

Essentially the Seven Stages are about the process of enlightenment, which results in an ultimate shift of consciousness from separation/materialism perception to unity and oneness perception. From that fundamental base, we can supercharge our consciousness into higher, wider, deeper capacities.

When this happens we begin forming a brand new body, both at the physical level (all the way down to the trillions of cells in our body) and at the energetic level (which includes our chakras, our aura, and our torus field).

This rebirth and reforming of our body happen naturally, organically, and over time, and requires from us the unconditional love and nurturing symbolized by The Empress.

Through self-love and through showing appreciation and acceptance of others (no matter their stage of development), we open a portal to the karmic realms via the Wheel of Fortune.

The more self-care, nurturing, peace, and calm we cultivate at this stage, the more negative karma we purify, the more opportunity for awakening insights we create.

This brings us to cosmic consciousness awareness as symbolized by the Star card. As such, the most profound activities we can conduct to further our ripening process are all the traditional ones: yoga, meditation, qigong, massage, acupuncture, therapy, right diet, exercise, moderate (or no) use of drugs and alcohol.

The growth we want will happen very naturally at this stage as long as we help foster an atmosphere where growth can happen at all. If we are not moved to change any of our negative toxic behaviors, then we are unlikely to continue to have awakenings or progress along the path.

An example of this from my life: I had a powerful spiritual awakening in 2004 as described in the first two stages. However, soon after this awakening, my wife took our two daughters and left me for another life. This triggered in me a decade’s long depressive slump and I became an alcoholic, turning away from my spiritual path altogether.

But I never forgot that flash of awakening wherein my personality completely dissolved and I became one with Soul Consciousness.

Today, I’m back on the path and although I have yet to have an awakening as powerful as that first one in 2004, I’m much more mature in my process of taking it easy and letting things come to me as they will. In the meantime, I meditate, listen to binaural beats, and practice qigong and yoga every day.

I also eat well, exercise, and I completely removed alcohol from my diet.

Key Words/Phrases for the Three Cards:

The Empress: Nurture & Nature, Gestation, Beauty & Love, Lushness & Fecundity.

Wheel of Fortune: Opportunity, What goes around comes around, karmic laws, rotation, cyclic nature, fate, destiny, chance, probability, the cycle of cosmic expression.

The Star: Cosmic Consciousness, Meditation, Insights from above and beyond, towards a human utopia.

Affirmations:

“I love and nurture myself for the benefit of all.”

“The universe provides me with opportunities for love and mature evolution.”

“I am receptive to cosmic consciousness.”

Quote:

“When you can see that all your mental states are phases in the manifestation of the One Consciousness which directs the growth of trees and grasses, the flight of birds and insects, the flow of streams and the sweep of ocean currents; when you begin to feel that through your mind and body flows the power that holds the stars in their courses, the power that flames in countless suns, you are beginning to exchange mere intellectual assent for that true knowledge which has been called the doctrine of the heart.” — P.F.C.

Stage Four: Organization

The Keys (cards) involved: The Emperor (Key 4); Justice (Key11); The Moon (Key 18)

Goal: Stage four is remarkably similar to stage three in that it involves a further ripening of our receptive faculties, but instead of an overall meditation meant to nurture our energetic and physical bodies, in stage four we are actively focusing on two specific aspects of our consciousness: clear sight and right action.

The Emperor as the guiding principle rules the head (like Aries in the Zodiac), and, more specifically the brain. More specifically still, the Emperor is all about Clear Sight/Vision. In order to “rule”, the Emperor must see clearly.

As such, Case suggests that we direct our meditation practice towards the part of our brain that governs sight, esoterically (and physiologically) speaking. The Hindus call it the “Cave of Brahma” in the center of the brain. Case identifies that area as the section from the medulla up to the pituitary gland.

Moreover, Case says that the meditation practices we employ should act as directives to the cells in our brain — our literal cells — which he insists are “living beings” and “centers of consciousness” that are “always amenable to the control of your objective mind.”

He suggests the type of meditation one should use here is auto-suggestion and is most optimally practiced right before one falls asleep at night (or during a nap) during what is called the hypnogogic state. To increase your receptivity here, I suggest finding a binaural beats track on YouTube or (what I use) an app called Sacred Acoustics.

This type of yogic meditation is practiced widely now and it’s called Yoga Nidra.

Along with focusing on increasing one’s Clear Sight faculties, this stage is about cultivating what the Buddhists call “Right Action”.

Case describes it this way: “The riper we become, the better we understand that the secret of right action is the giving up of all attachment to results. Attachment is the desire to see a particular manifestation of name and form. It is a phase of the delusion of separateness.

“Do whatever comes to hand with no thought but that the doing shall be your very best. That is the secret of right action.”

To sum up Stage Four, we direct our meditations (The Emperor) by carefully and intuitively weighing what processes work best for us (Justice), and in doing so we will create a state of consciousness that taps into ancestral and past-life knowledge that makes our physical and energetic bodies conducive to “obeying” our directives (The Moon).

After we finish this organization meditation, we “let it go” by releasing all attachments to results. (Think of the phrase: “Let go, and let God”)

Key Words/Phrases for the Three Cards:

The Emperor: Clear Sight/Vision, motivated towards a bright future, Directives, Orders, Organizing principle, Inspired, Leading the way.

Justice: Balance, Weighing the options judiciously, mental clarity.

The Moon: Psychic phenomena, past lives, the house of the soul.

Affirmations:

“My vision is pure and true and reaches far and wide.”

“I am able to recall all of my past lives as easily as I can recall the events and lessons of my current life.”

“Thank you beautiful brain cells for all that you do! I send you love and light and ask that you help support optimum sight/vision health and function.”

Quote: “[Through meditation, the Life-Power] shows us, step by step, what lies ahead of us on the journey along the path which leads upwards from the plain of sense-life and third-dimensional consciousness to the height beyond.

“On those heights, as one who looks down from a mountain-peak sees in one glance a hundred separate forms of life below him on the plain, we shall see as a whole what now we see only in part.” — P.F.C

Stage Five: Regeneration

The Keys (cards) involved: Hierophant (Key 5); Hanged Man (Key 12); The Sun (Key 19)

Goal: Like with all the stages, your goal here is to embody the energies of the first Key of the stage, in this case, the Hierophant.

The Hierophant is the ultimate Knower of Truth and Spiritual Teacher. He has expanded his vision as the Emperor-consciousness in stage four. Now, in Stage Five, he has ripened his understanding.

But before he can Know and Speak the Truth, he must go through another test. The essence of this test has been described in many religious and mythological traditions, from the tale of Osiris and Horus, Jesus in the desert, Buddha under the bodhi tree, and Odin hanging from Yggdrasil (the World Tree).

A sacrifice must be made, and it’s the ultimate sacrifice known today as Ego Death. All your needs, fears, ideas, assumptions that come from years of personality formation, must be surrendered and replaced with the pure knowledge of the Life-Force energy.

Jesus went to the desert for forty days and forty nights, fasted and endured temptations; Buddha (as Siddhartha Gautama) sat beneath a bodhi tree for 49 days (seven weeks); Horus and Odin both lost an eye in their respective sacrifices, the symbology being that in order to gain inner wisdom, they had to sacrifice their attachment to outer sight.

This sacrifice is symbolized by the Hanged Man in the fifth stage. Now, am I suggesting that you have to go to the desert or sit under a tree for an extended period of time? Certainly not.

It really comes down to creating your own ritual and being clear with your intentions.

When I had my awakening experience in 2004, the ritual I participated in was a combination five-day liquid fast, followed by a “seven door” sweat lodge, followed by a breathing meditation that triggered an intensely amazing kundalini rising experience. My ego was sucked from the top of my head, replaced by my soul or higher self.

I knew the Truth of reality in a way I never had before. It was more than conceptual knowing. It was experienced knowing.

However, since I hadn’t properly prepared myself with the prior four steps, my awakening didn’t fully “take”. A week after my awakening, some minor conflict occurred that triggered me out of soul awareness and back into my ego perspective.

Today, I have more patience and therefore I interact with the stages, including stage five, in a plodding, day-to-day manner. My ego is strong and does not like to surrender power so easily. So my way is to slowly integrate my ego into my higher self, such that now, my ego rather enjoys it when he gets to sit back and let my higher self “take the wheel”.

Whatever methods you employ, the goal is to surrender the ego for the wisdom of the higher self (whether at an ultimate level or at a measured step-by-step level).

Once this is accomplished, the Sun (as the card of the same name) of enlightenment will shine through you from deep within your soul and you will, as Jesus said, “receive the kingdom of God like a child…”

Key Words/Phrases for the Three Cards:

Hierophant: Channeler of the Life-Force; Teacher; Knower; Higher Self.

Hanged Man: Sacrifice; New Perspective; Ego-Death; Reflection; Contemplation.

The Sun: Illumination; Innocence Reborn; the Soul shining from within.

Affirmations:

“I let go of my personal desires and listen to the Teacher Within.”

“My Inner Child is healed of all its wounds and awakens within me refreshed and renewed.”

“I am an unobstructed channel for my higher self’s expression.”

Quote: “Submit yourself wholly to the guidance which comes, not from above and without, but from within, at the very center of your being. The law you must obey is not that of an alien sovereign, usurping the direction of your life. It is your own law, the perfect method of the Eternal One expressing itself through you. Know it, open yourself to it, live it moment by moment and day by day. This is to begin the life of conscious liberation.” — P.F.C.

Stage Six: Realization

The Keys (cards) involved: The Lovers (Key 6); Death (Key 13); Judgement (Key 20)

Goal: The sacrifice we made of our constructed personality/ego in Stage Five leads to a new re-integration between our subconscious mind and conscious mind (The Lovers); this results in a Realization that death is not an end, but a new beginning (Judgement), a true transformation of our mind such that it may escape the confines of the third dimension (the material world) and fully access the fourth dimension known as the Astral Realm.

In essence, Stage Six is about dying without dying and being reborn with an expanded consciousness that can now perceive and interact with the fourth dimension of time and space!

We’ve all experienced the astral realm, most often in our dreams.

Dreams are a perfect representation of what the fourth dimension is like. The boundaries in a dream of time and space don’t really exist. Phenomena occur that could never take place in “real life”. Yet, often, we don’t realize we are dreaming, so we still perceive ourselves as being limited, and sometimes even as victims in a nightmare.

Unless, of course, we are lucid dreaming.

In Stage Six of Spiritual Unfoldment, a person has gone from being a dreamer in a dream she didn’t know she was in, to a dreamer who realizes that all this firm “reality” is no more than a dream.

From this place of awareness, all your affirmation and manifestation practices are highly accelerated, often at an instantaneous clip.

This is an actual theory that’s been tossed around in certain scientific circles. You might know it as “Simulation Theory”.

One of my favorite comedians Bill Hicks sums up what this stage is like in one of his brilliant “jokes” about what it would look like if a newscaster reported on a positive “drug” story :

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively; there is no such thing as death; life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here’s Tom with the Weather.”

As a child, I had multiple “astral” experiences (including being able to see the faces of my past lives in the mirror when I’d wake up in the middle of the night), so I was fascinated to read that this is common among children, according to Case.

“The spinal cord is a tube. In young children, it is open at the lower end, so that the serpent-power coiled in the sacral plexus can rise through it. That is why little children [frequently] have astral vision, and why they sometimes have animal and human invisible playmates.

“As they grow older this tube is closed at the lower end, in order that the greatly increased activity of the Mars-force in the sacral plexus at the time of puberty may not cause the serpent force to rise prematurely and destroy the brain.

“When the practical occultist seeks to gain astral vision again, he must apply the Marse-force to the destruction of the cells that close the lower end of the tube. But opening it again, he becomes ‘as a little child.’”

Key Words/Phrases for the Three Cards:

The Lovers: Integration of the masculine & feminine principles (or consciousness and subconsciousness); communication from the higher self, duality transformed into trinity consciousness.

Death: The forces of change; Transformation; the last “enemy” to be overcome by “overcoming evil with good” and “Love your enemies”; physical dissolution.

Judgment: Rebirth; entering the astral realm; the fourth dimension.

Affirmations:

“I transcend the boundaries of time and space with love and understanding.”

Practice chanting using words syllables like “OM, or AUM”. Here are some more suggestions.

Quote:

“All practice of this kind has just one object, and that is to get the inadequate personality out of the way, so that the true Self, which knows just what to do and how to do it, may find no resistance to the free expression of its perfect mastery of mind and body.” — P.F.C.

Stage Seven: Cosmic Consciousness

The Keys (cards) involved: The Chariot (Key 7); Temperance (Key 14); The World (Key 21)

Goal: Through successful integration of all the dualities of our existence — primarily the energetic and the physical, the subconscious and the conscious, the yin and the yang (as indicated in the symbology of the Temperance card) — we “build” our body anew (The Chariot) and enter the “Kingdom of Heaven” (The World).

And what is the “Kingdom of Heaven”? It is the ultimate reality of the physical world of existence stripped of all illusion embodied in our flesh.

A famous quote by the Sufi mystic Rumi sums it up perfectly: “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop”.

It is one thing to grasp this fractal nature of reality intellectually — the entire ocean in a drop, just as we have the entire human in a single cell — it is another thing altogether to live this truth as a real conscious experience.

Cosmic Consciousness (the title of this stage) is the ultimate goal and as the ultimate goal, it far surpasses anything we can compare it to.

In Stage Six we can move our consciousness like a lucid dreamer in a dream, navigating the fourth dimension of the Astral realm at will. While this is amazing in and of itself, it’s describable; it is something we can visualize and conceptualize and communicate to others.

With Cosmic Consciousness, there are no words to describe it, because it is a place beyond words, beyond thought. As a matter of fact, it is the mind devoid of all thought, all concepts, all ideas. It is the I Am at blissful oneness with all existence.

Many Near-death experiencers have claimed that they entered a realm that sounds a lot like Cosmic Consciousness, and they all expressed how impossible it is to put that experience into words. One such person is Dr. Eben Alexander.

There has been a lot of talk in New Age circles lately about the Cosmic or Galactic Federation of Light beings. Supposedly, these are beings who have realized and exist in Cosmic Consciousness and have been aiding humanity during these times in our collective evolution towards reaching that same destination.

I like to think that this is the case and that we are nearly there, but we still have to “do the work” as individuals. It’s not about waiting to be saved, and it certainly is NOT about transcending the physical world and escaping the third dimension.

This idea of “escape” and transcendence has long been misunderstood. There is nothing to transcend except for our misconceptions, there is nothing to escape except our own prison of delusions.

The emphasis, therefore, should not be on transcendence, but rather on realizing the power of our own mind and integrating our consciousness with the consciousness of the One Power — that which is the creator of all reality and IS all of reality, which ultimately is…drum roll, please…us.

You are the One Power. You are God manifested in a body.

And here’s the real kicker. Your body has the entire body of the universe — all of time and space and everything else — inside of it.

It only seems like you are separate. Once you realize — experientially — that you are not separate from the One, the mind becomes empty of all defilements and you experience the universe as you really are.

Your body becomes like the Chariot, a perfect vehicle of light and consciousness, a Merkaba field of pure awareness capable of traveling anywhere in time and space, to interact with all the vast beings of light and love that fill the universe.

Key Words/Phrases for the Three Cards:

The Chariot: The Merkaba; Vehicle of light embodied in the flesh; Vehicle that “carries us from thought to the consciousness beyond it.” NOTE: here is some more information about the Merkaba

Temperance: Alchemy’s conclusion; IHVH (Yod He Vau He), the syllables of creation; The Builder; The transmutation of the corruptible body into one that is incorruptible.

The World: Consciousness beyond thought; the Plan of Creation Revealed and Experienced; the Kingdom of the Life-Power. Freedom from delusion.

Affirmations:

“The Kingdom of Spirit is embodied in my flesh.”

“In thought and word and deed, I rest my life from day to day upon the sure Foundation of Eternal Being.”

“I am that I Am.”

Quote: “No one who has eaten of the fruit of this tree may describe it as it really is. [She] will understand the meaning of all descriptions of this experience. [She] will know how hopeless are all attempts to define it. [She] will know, too, that the vagueness of the various accounts arises from no vagueness in the experience.

“The consciousness beyond thought is crystal-clear, sharply defined, free from the least suspicion of haziness. Its very clearness is what makes it ineffable. We have no words to convey such a fullness of meaning. our language is built to describe piece-meal no experience. How can it express what one has recorded as ‘being everywhere, and all at once.’?” — P.F.C.

SOURCE: https://medium.com/mystic-minds/the-seven-stages-of-spiritual-unfoldment-61c17927f4b

NOTES:

1. Bondage, free yourself from limitation, restriction and illusion
2. Awakening, awareness of what is important, making choices
3. Revelation, understanding of Oneness and the All
4. Organization, establishing clear sight and right action
5. Regeneration, release and moving to the next level of your personal work and unfoldment
6. Realization, a new re-integration between our subconscious mind and conscious mind
7. Cosmic Consciousness, integration of all dualities to a state of mind, of Oneness

An Essay on Enochian Pronunciation by Christeos Pir

Fr. VITRIOL 335 0 O.T.O.


Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

This paper is divided into two sections: a comparison of some systems of pronunciation of the Enochian or Angelic language as used in the nineteen Calls of the tablets, and an attempt to write the Calls in such a manner that they may be pronounced according to Dr. Dee’s notes.

Part One:

The first section compares three versions of the Calls: that of the Aurum Solis as published in the Llewellyn edition of Denning and Phillips’ Mysteria Magica; Geoffrey James’ “corrected” calls as published in the Heptangle edition of The Enochian Evocation of Dr. John Dee; and Dr. Dee’s original notes as published in the Magickal Childe edition of Meric Causabon’s A True and Faithful Relation…. I have compared these systems word-by-word, with the Aurum Solis and James versions on the first two lines, and Dee’s on the third.

Example:

Aurum Solis: OL^ SONuF VORoSiG, GOHO I-AD BALaT,
Geoffrey James: OL SONF VORSG, GOHO IAD BALT,
Dee: Ol sonf vorsg, goho yad balt,

Where Dee has separated a word into its syllables (eg, Im ua mar), I have hyphenated it so as to more easily discern between word divisions and syllable divisions (Im-ua-mar). Where he has shown stress by using an accent, I have used boldface (q-a-an). In a number of places his marginalia give more than one version of a word, usually in order to clarify its pronunciation; other times he has occasionally written an example for the same purpose – these I have placed in footnotes. There are also one or two places where he has offered variant spellings: these, too, I have placed in the footnotes. I have attempted to standardize the punctuation, arbitrarily picking one of several possible systems and applying it to all of them in a manner somewhat reminiscent of Procrustes.

One problem that had to be dealt with in re-typing the Aurum Solis version is their system of transliteration, which uses several symbols outside of the English alphabet. I have made two changes to their system, solely in order to use symbols that my computer could produce, as follows (the revised key, which is adapted from “Mysteria Magica”, and applies only to the AS version, is given in the Appendix):

^ represents the neutral vowel, as the first vowel sound in “parade,” or the second vowel sound in “column.”

# represents the guttural, pronounced as the “ch” in German (Woche, suchen).

It is to be noted that James’ version contains a number of differences from Dee’s originals. These, as I understand it, are the result of his research into, and attempts to rectify, variations among the Calls themselves, and between the Enochian of the Calls and their English translations. I have not done any research in this area, and leave it up to the reader to decide which version to follow. Some of those corrections which are meant to fix transcription errors on Dee’s part directly contradict some of Dee’s own pronunciation notes. How Dee could have been able to record the sounds of his typos, I have not been able to determine.

I have chosen not to include the Golden Dawn’s “Hebraicized” pronunciation, since it is based on a very different system. This is not meant as any reflection on the remarkable achievements of Westcott, Mathers and their descendants, which just go to prove the amazing versatility of the Enochian system.

Part Two:

The second section is my attempt to rewrite the Calls into some sort of standardized, readable phonetic system. One thing became evident in this process: the pronunciation guide given by Donald Laycock in his Complete Enochian Dictionary is the closest thing to Dee’s notes I’ve seen so far. For this reason, some may prefer to follow Laycock’s guide in those cases where no indication in Dee’s notes was forthcoming (eg: VLCININ = Vul-see-nin or Vul-kih-nin?), a not infrequent problem, unfortunately. I am not completely in agreement with Laycock in all instances, as may be seen by comparing my pronunciation key (see Part Two) with that in Laycock’s Enochian Dictionary, which I have printed in the Appendix. One such problem, and a bone of contention among scholars and dabblers alike, is over the use of the morpheme “zod.” I regret to say that I have been unable to resolve this question. Out of the 127 instances of words with the letter “z” in the nineteen Calls, only 7 use “zod” – and even then it is inconsistent: one of those words is “zod-a-car” which appears only once in that form, and 13 times as “zacar” (or “zacare”). It is not even clear whether it is intended as a spoken syllable, or merely a clarification:

The letter z has not always been called “zed” or “zee”; it has had many names, among them being “izzard”, and, at the end of the sixteenth century, “ezod”. “Zod” is nothing but a variant of this last name.

> (Laycock, //The Complete Enochian Dictionary//, p. 45)\\ >

</blockquote></HTML> The angels themselves are no help here:

Dee: I pray you, is Mozod a word of three letters, or of five?

Nalvage: In wrote three, it is larger extended. [Dee- Z extended is Zod.]

Dee: Will you pardon me if I ask you another question of this extension?

Nal.: Say on: Moz in itself signifieth Joy; but Mozod extended, signifieth the Joy of God

> (Causabon, //A True and Faithful Relation//…, p. 75)

</blockquote></HTML> Also:

zod-lida … It is a word and a letter.”

> (Causabon, op. cit., p. 120)\\ >

</blockquote></HTML> In the end, about all that can be said with any certainty about “zod” is that no one knows exactly how Dee intended it to be used. In fact, Geoffrey James doesn’t even believe Enochian was received as a spoken language at all:

Unfortunately, Kelly never, as the spirits’ “mouthpiece”, pronounced the Angelical words. Kelly dictated letter by letter from a table that he saw in the crystal, as shown from Kelly’s description that Dee recorded. Furthermore, if Angelical letter arrangement has random characteristics, as Laycock claims, then the English-like pronunciation cannot be an inherent quality of the language itself. Far more likely is that Dee assigned pronunciations to the Angelical because he wished to speak the keys in a ceremony, and, being English, adapted them as well as he could to his native tongue. Indeed, outside of few minor suggestions, the spirits seem unconcerned with pronunciation.

> (James, //The Enochian Evocation of Dr. John Dee//, Preface, p. xxiv)

</blockquote></HTML> A closer reading of Dee’s original records, however, indicates that not only did Kelly hear the sounds spoken by the Angels while the letters were being shown, but that Dee re-checked the Calls with them several times, as a number of corrections and revisions were later recorded. Furthermore, if the pronunciation had been invented by Dee, surely he would have come up with something more consistent!

Dee’s records show that the Calls were originally received in a different order than that in which they were later arranged by Dee, at the Angels’ orders. For those interested in the original arrangement, I recommend Causabon, pps. 79 – 138, 190 -200.

One last note:

It has been pointed out by several people that one of the most striking things about the whole Enochian system is that How Much You Put Into It seems to matter a great deal more than How You Do It. Perhaps there’s something to James’ reasoning, after all.

I make no claims that this guide will make you any better (though hopefully no worse) of a magician. My intent was solely to attempt to compare the various systems of pronunciation with Dr. Dee’s original notes on the subject. It is to him, and to my many mentors both within and without the Order, that this paper is dedicated with respect and love.

Love is the law, love under will.

Christeos Pir

Fr. VITRIOL 335, 0° O.T.O.

_O_

 

(Black = Aurum Solis, Blue = James, Green = Dee)


OL^ SONuF VORoSiG, GOHO I-AD BALaT, LON^Si# KALaZ VO-NuPiHO: SOBRA
OL SONF VORSG, GOHO IAD BALT, LANSH CALZ VONPHO: SOBRA
Ol sonf vorsg,1 yad balt, lonsh calz vonpho: sobra

ZOL^ RO-R^ I TA NAZePiSAD GRA-A TA MALPiRoG: DeS HOLA# #A-A
ZOL ROR I TA NAZPSAD OD GRAA TA MALPRG: DS HOLQ QAA
zol2 ror I3 ta nazpsad graa ta malpurg: ds holqu-u q-a-a4

NOT^HO-A ZIMuZ, OD KOM^MA# TA NOBLO# ZI-EN: SO-BA T^HIL G^NONuP
NOTHOA ZIMZ, OD COMMAH TA NOBLOH ZIEN: SOBA THIL GNONP
nothoa zimz, od commah ta nobloh zien: soba thil gnonp

PiRoGE AL^DI, DeS URoBeS OBO-LE# GRoSAM^. KASARoM OHO-RE-LA
PRGE ALDI, DS URBS OBOLEH GRSAM. CASARM OHORELA
purge aldi, ds urbs oboleh gursam. Casarm ohorela

KABA PIR^ DeS ZON^RENSiG KAB ERoM I-AD^NA#. PILA# FARoZeM
CABA PIR DS ZONRENSG CAB ERM IADNAH. PILAH FARZM OD
caba pir ds zonrensg cab erm Yadnah. P-il-ah5 farzm

ZUR^SA AD^NA GONO I-AD^PIL DeS HOM^ TO#, SO-BA
ZNRZA ADNA OD GONO IADPIL DS HOM OD TOH, SOBA IAOD
znurza6 adna (ds)7 gono iadpil ds hom toh, soba

IPAM, LU IPAMIS, DeS LO-HO-LO VEP^ ZOMuD
IPAM, OD UL IPAMIS, DS LOHOLO VEP ZOMD
8 ipam, lu9 ipamis10, ds loholo11 vep zomdv12

PO-AMAL OD BOG^PA A-A-I TA PI-AP^ PI-AMOL OD VO-O-AN.
POAMAL OD SONF AAI TA PIAP BALTOH OD VAOAN.
poamal (s)od13 bogpa aai14 ta piap piama15 el16 od17 vaoan.18

ZAKAR^, KA OD ZAM^RAN; ODO KIKLE #A-A; ZOR^GE, LAP^
ZACAR, CA, OD ZAMRAN; ODO CICLE QAA; ZORGE, LAP
Zacar(e)19 c-a20, od21 zamran; odo cicle22 qaa23; zorge24, lap

ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
ZIRDO25 NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.
zirdo noco mad, hoath Jaida.

1 Text has GOTTO – this is evidently a typo for goho.
2 “Zol … zod /\, as ol” [The /\ represents the Delta, or triangle, that Dee used as his personal sign in the original.]
3 “a word by itself”
4 “Three syllables”
5 “Three syllables. P is distinctly pronounced by itself.”
6 “ZNRZA Call it Zurza. /\ As … Znurza.”
7 Removed by later correction from the Angel.
8 Text at this point reads “Labiis clausis, [Span] [um um] … He hummed twice, signifying two words more, which were not to be pronounced till they were read in practise.”
Then “OD, as you had before” followed by “BALTOH,” then “PIAP”. After this, some discussion as to errors in words here. Apparently “od baltoh piap” was removed at this point; it is unclear if the preceding “soba” is to stay or not.
9 “LU … Call it UL … with such sound to U as we pronounce yew, whereof bows are made.”
10 “The A pronounced short.”
11 “long, the first syllable accented.”
12 “ZOMDVX `Call it Zome.’ … With great difficulty this Letter was discerned: Nalvage himself said, he knew it not yet; but it seemed to E.K. to be an X. Nalvage denied it to be an X, and said he know not yet the mystery: `Say the Lord’s Prayer, for I cannot open it. Although my power be multiplied, yet I know not this letter.’ At length he said it was V.”
13 “POAMAL SOD Poamal Od, put out the S. Make it two words … It may be all one word with S or T but it would be hard for your understanding.”
14 “The first A may be an A or an O or an E.”
15 “PIAMO This o must be sounded as a.”
16 “Call it Piamo el. It is Piatel Baltale to be sounded.” In fact, the record is unclear, and shows Baltale first, and Piamo el as a correction.
17 “Drawing the O long.”
18 “VOOAN is spoken with them that fall, but VAOAN with them that are, and are glorified. The devils have lost the dignity of their sounds.”
19 “E must come after R: but without number, and so, it is Zacare.”
20 “two syllables”
21 “or OT
22 “That C is called C minor.” (The second c.)
23 “Three syllalbes, with accent on the last A.”
24 “Of one syllable” (thus Zorj)
25 ZIR DONOCO? See James, op. cit., p. 68, footnote 1.88


AD^GaT V^PA-A# ZON^GOM FA-A-IP^ SALD^, VI-IV aL^, SO-BAM
ADGT UPAAH ZONG OM FAAIP SALD, VIV L, SOBAM
Adgt V-pa-ah zong om fa-a-ip sald, vi-iv L, s-o-bam

I-ALPiRoG IZA-ZAZ PI-AD^PI#; KA-SAR-MA AB^RAM^G^ TA TAL^HO
IALPRG IZAZAZ PIADPH; CASARMA ABRAMG TA TALHO
i-al-purg izazaz piadph; casarma abramg ta talho

PA-RA-KLEDA, #aTA LORoSiLa# TURoBeS O-OGE BAL^TO#. GI-VI K^HIS
PARACLEDA, Q TA LORSLQ TURBS OOGE BALTOH. GIUI CHIS
paracleda, quu-ta lors-l-qua turbs ooge baltoh. Giui chis1

LU-SiD OR^RI, OD MIKALaP K^HIS BI-A O-ZON^GON, LAP^ NO-AN TaROF^
LUSD ORRI, OD MICALP CHIS BIA OZONGON, LAP NOAN TROF
lusd orri, od mi-calp chis2 bia ozongon, lap no-an trof

KO-RoS TA-GE O#^ MA-NIN I-A-I-DON. TOR^ZU GOHEL^: ZAKAR^ KA
CORS TA GE OQ MANIN IAIDON. TORZU GOHEL: ZACAR CA
cors tage o-qua manin ia-i-don. Torzu go-hel: zacar ca

K^NO#-OD, ZAM^RAN MIKAL^ZO OD OZAZeM U-RE-LaP, LAP^ ZI-R^ I-O-I-AD.
CNOQOD, ZAMRAN MICALZO OD OZAZM VRELP, LAP ZIR IOIAD.
c-no-quod, zamran micalzo od ozazm vrelp, lap zir ioiad.

1 “as Xis” (Gr. Chi-Iota-Sigma)
2 “the I long”


MIK^MA GOHO PI-AD^, ZI-R^ KOM^-SE-L^# A ZI-EN^ BI-AB OS LON^-DO#;
MICMA GOHO IAD, ZIR COMSELH AZIEN BIAB OS LONDOH;
Mic-ma goho pi-ad, zir com-selh azien biab1 os lon-doh;

NO-RoZ K^HIS O-Ta-HIL GI-GI-PA#; U-N^DeL K^HIS TA PU-IM
NORZ CHIS OTHIL GIGIPAH; UNDL CHIS TA PUIM
norz chis2 othil gi-gi-pah; vnd-l3 chis4 ta-pu-in5

i#^ MO-SiP-LE# TE-LO-Ka#, #U-I-IN TOL-TORoG K^HIS I K^HIS GE EM
Q MOSPLEH TELOCH, QUIIN TOLTORG CHIS ICHISGE M
q-mospleh6 teloch7, qui-in toltorg8 chis9 i chisge10 em11

OZI-EN DeST^ B^RoGDA OD TO-RoZUL I LI E OL^ BAL-ZARoG OD A-A-LA
OZIEN DS BRGDA OD TORZUL I LI F OL BALZARG, OD AALA
ozien dst burgda12 od torzul Ili eol balzarg13 od a-ala

TaHILaN OS NETA-AB, DeLUGA VO-MuSARoG LON-SA KAP^-MI-ALI VO-RoS K^LA
THILN OS NETAAB, DLUGA VOMSARG LONSA CAPIMALI VORS CLA
thilnos netaab, dluga vomsarg14 lonsa capmiali vors cla

HO-MIL KOKASiB; FA-FEN IZ-IZ-OP^ OD MI-INO-AG DE GaNETA-AB VA-UN
HOMIL COCASB; FAFEN IZIZOP OD MIINOAG DE GNETAAB VAUN
homil cocasb; fafen izizop od mi-i-no-ag15 de gnetaab vaun

NA NA-E-EL^, PAN^-PIR^ MAL-PIRoGI KA-OSiG PILaD; NO-AN U-NA-LA# BALaT
NANÆEL, PANPIR MILPIRGI PILD CAOSG; NOAN UNALAH BALT
na-na-e-el, panpir malpirgi caosg pild; noan unalah balt

OD VO-O-AN. DO-O-I-AP MAD, GOHO-LOR^ GOHUS A-MIRAN. MIK^MA I-E-HUSOZ
OD VOOAN. DO-O-IAP MAD, GOHOLOR GOHUS AMIRAN. MICMA IEHUSOZ
od voo-an. Do-oi-ap mad, goholor gohus amiran.16 Micma jehusoz

KAKAKOM OD DO-O-A-IN NO-AR^ MIKA-OLaZ A-A-I-OM. KA-SARM^G^ GOHI-A
CACACOM OD DOOAIN NOAR MICAOLZ AAIOM. CASARMG GOHIA:
ca-ca-com od-do-o-a-in17 noar mi-ca-olz a-ai-om. Casarmg gohia:

ZAKAR U-NI-Ga-LAG OD IMU-AMAR, PUGO PiLA-PiLI A-NA-NA-EL^
ZACAR UNIGLAG OD IMUAMAR, PUGO PLAPLI ANANÆL
zod-a-car18 vniglag od im-ua-mar, pugo plapli ananael

#A-AN.
Q-A-AN.
q-a-an.19

1 or “biah
2 “as kisse” (therefore pronounced like modern “kiss”.)
3 “it may be Vd L or Vnd L
4 “as kis
5 “you may call it Tapui also”
6 “Q Mos Pleh as two words”
7 “as och in hotch-pot
8 “org as in George
9 “kis
10 “kis-ge
11 “EM it is a word”
12 “as burgen, to bud”
13 “arg as in Barge
14 “arg as in barge
15 “it may be called mi-moag or diuph.”
16 “He pronounced the i so remissely, as it is scarce heard, and in the pronunciation of the whole word he seemeth not to move his lips.”
17 “it must be sounded with one breath”
18 “ZACAR … Zod a car
19 “It is q å an


OT^HIL LASDI BA-BA-GE OD DO-RoPiHA, GOHOL^, aG^ K^HIS GE AVAVAGO
OTHIL LASDI BABAGE OD DORPHA, GOHOL, GCHISGE AUAUAGO
O-thil las-di ba-bage od dor-pha, go-hol, g-chis-ge ava-va-go

KO-RoMP^ PiD^ DeSONuF VI UDIV^? KA-SARMI O-ALI MAPiM SOBAM AG
CORMP PD DSONF VIV DIU? CASARMI OALI MAPM SOBAM AG
cormp pe-de dsonf vi-v-di-v? Ca-sarmi o-a-li map-m so-bam ag1

KO-RoMPO K^-RoPiL, KA-SARM^G^ KRO-ODZI K^HIS OD U-GE-G^, DeST^
CORMPO CRIP L, CASARMG CROODZI CHIS OD UGEG, DS T
corm-po crpl, casarmg2 cro-od-zi chis3 od v-geg,4 dst

KAPI-MA-LI K^HIS KAPI-MA-ON, OD LONuSiHIN K^HIS TA LO K^LA. TORoGU
CAPIMALI CHIS CAPIMAON, OD LONSHIN CHIS TA LO CLA. TORZU
ca-pi-ma-li chis5 capi-ma-on, od lonshin chis ta-l-o cla. Torgu

NO-R^ #U-ASAHI OD iF^ KA-OSiGA; BAGLE ZI-RENA-I-AD DeSI OD APILA.
NOR QUASAHI OD F CAOSGA; BAGLE ZIR ENAY IAD DSI OD APILA.
nor-qua-sa-hi od f-gaos-ga; ba-gle zire-nai-ad dsi od api-la.

DO-O-A-IP^ #A-AL, ZAKAR OD ZAM^RAN OBELI-SONuG RESTEL A-AF
DO-O-A-IP QAAL, ZACAR OD ZAMRAN OBELISONG RESTEL AAI
Do-oa-ip qa-al, zacar od zamran obelisong rest-el a-af

NO-RoMO-LAP^.
NOR MOLAP.
normolap.

 

1 “as agg in nag
2 “the g as in seurge
3 “kis
4 “as Wedge
5 “kis


SA-PA# ZIMI-I DU-IB OD NO-AS TA#U-ANIS A-DeROKa#, DO-RoPiHAL
SAPAH ZIMII D DIV OD NOAS TA QUANIS ADROCH, DORPHAL
Sa-pah zi-mii du-iv od noas ta-qu-a-nis ad-roch,1 dorphal

KA-OSiG OD FA-ONTaS PERIPSOL TABLI-OR^. KA-SARoM A-MIP^ZI NA-ZARTa#
CAOSG OD FAONTS PERIPSOL TA BLIOR. CASARM AMIPZI NAZ ARTH
ca-osg od fa-onts pir-ip-sol ta-blior. Casarm a-mip-zi na-zarth

AF OD DeLUGAR ZI-ZO-P^ Z^LIDA KA-OSiGI TOL TO-R^GI, OD
AF OD DLUGAR ZIZOP ZLIDA CAOSGI TOLTORGI, OD
af od dlugar zizop zod-lida2 ca-os-gi toltorgi, od (zizop)

ZeK^HIS ESI-A-SiKa# eL^ TA-VI-U OD I-A-OD TaHILaD DeS
ZCHIS ESIASCH L OD VIV OD IAOD THILD DS PERAL
zod-chis3 e-siach l ta-ui-u od i-a-od thild4 ds

HUBAR^ PE-O-AL SOBA KO-RoMFA K^HIS TA LA ULaS OD i#^-KOKASiB.
HUBAR PEOAL SOBA CORMFA CHIS TA LA ULS OD QCOCASB.
hubar pe-o-al so-ba cormfa chis-ta5 la uls od qcocasb.

KA NI-IS OD DARoBeS #A-AS; FET^HARZI OD BLI-ORA; I-A-I-AL ED^NAS
CA NIIS OD DARBS QAAS; F ETHARZI OD BLIOR; IAIAL EDNAS
Ca6 ni-is od darbs7 q-a-as; feth-ar-zi od bli-o-ra; ia-ial ednas

KIKLES; BAGLE? GE-I-AD I aL^.
CICLES; BAGLE? IAD I L.
ci-cles; ba-gle? 8 Ge-jad il.

1 “as otch
2 “it is a word and a letter”
3 “It is better than the other, I mean that Zod-chis being of one signification, with Zizop that Zod-chis is better to be used.” (Instead, or along with?)
4 “one syllable”
5 “kista
6 “sa
7 “one syllable”
8 “ie in as ientle iad as iade


GA^ SiDI-U K^HIS EM^, MIKAL^ZO PIL^-ZIN; SOBAM EL HARoG MI-R^
GAH S DIU CHIS EM, MICAOLZ PILZIN; SOBAM EL HARG MIR
Gah es-di-u chis em, micalzo pilzen; sobam el harg1 mir

BA-BA-LON OD OBeLOK SAMU-ELaG; DeLUGAR MALPiRoG ARKA-OSiGI
BABALON OD OBLOC SAMVELG; DLUGAR MALPRG AR CAOSGI
(pizin)2 babalon od ob-loc sam-velg; dlugar mal-purg ar-ca-os-gi

OD AKAM KANAL^ SOBOL ZAR eF-BLI-ARoD KA-OSGI OD K^HIS ANETAB
OD ACAM CANAL SOBA ELZAP F BLIARD CAOSG OD CHIS ANETAB
od acam canal3 so-bol-zar F-bli-ard4 ca-os-gi5 od chif6 a-ne-tab

OD MI-AM TA VI-U OD eD^. DARoSAR SOL PETa# BI-EN^; BeRITA OD ZAKAM
OD MAIM TA VIV OD D. DARSAR SOLPETH BIEN; BRITA OD ZACAM
od miam ta-vi-v odd. Darsar sol-peth bi-en; brita od za-cam

aG^ MIKAL^ZO; SOB-HA-ATa# TRI-AN LU-I-AHE OD-EKRIN^ MAD #A-A ON.
GMICALZO; SOBA HAATH TRIAN LUIAHE OD ECRIN MAD QAAON.
g-mi-calzo; sob-ha-ath trian lu-i-a-he o-de-crin mad q-a-a-on.

1 “argenton” (?!)
2 Later: “put out the last pilgin.”
3 “sanal
4 Originally tbliord, then “it is better if the T be made an F, and pronounced F bli ard.”
5 “kaosgi
6 “kis


RA-AS ISAL^MAN PARADIZOD O-EKRIMI A-A-O I-ALPI-RoGA# #U-I-IN
RAAS I SALMAN PARADIZ OECRIMI AAI IALPIRGAH QUIIN
Ra-as i salman pa-ra-di-zod o-e-cri-mi a-ao yal-pir-gah qui-in

E-NA-I BUT^MON; OD INO-AS NI PARADI-AL^ KA-SARM^G^ UGE-AR^
ENAY BUTMON; OD INOAS NI PARADIAL CASARMG UGEAR
enay but-mon; od in-o-as ni pa-ra-di-al casarmg1 v-ge-ar

K^HIRoLAN, OD ZONAK LUKIF-TI-AN KO-RoS TA VA-UL^ ZI-RoN TOLHAMI.
CHIRLAN OD ZONAC LUCIFTIAN CORS TA VAUL ZIRN TOL HAMI.
chir-lan2 od zo-nac lu-cif-ti-an cors-ta vaul-zirn tol-ha-mi.

SOBA LO-N^-DO# OD MI-AM K^HIS TAD O-DES UMA-DE-A OD PI-BLI-AR^,
SOBA LONDOH OD MIAM CHIS TA OD ES UMADEA OD PIBLIAR,
Soba lon-doh od mi-am3 chis-tad4 o-des v-ma-de-a5 od pib-li-ar

OT^HIL^ RIT OD MI-AM. KaNO#U-OL RIT; ZAKAR^, ZAM^RAN; O-EKRIMI
OTHIL RIT OD MIAM CNOQUOL RIT; ZACAR, ZAMRAN; OECRIMI
o-thil-rit od mi-am cno-quol6 rit; za-car, zamran; o-e-crimi

#A-DA# OD OMIKA-OLaZ A-A-I-OM. BAGLE PAPiNOR^ IDeLUGAM LONuS-HI
QAADAH OD OMICAOLZ AAIOM. BAGLE PAPBOR IDLUGAM LONSHI
q-a-dah od o-mi-ca-ol-zod a-a-i-om. Ba-gle pap-nor id-lu-gam lon-shi

OD UM-PiLIF UGE-GI BIGaLI-AD.
OD UMPLIF UGEG BIGLIAD.
od ump-lif v-ge-gi big-li-ad.

1 “The dg as dg
2 “kir”-
3 “or Od Nuåm
4 “kistad
5 Very clearly v and not u.
6 -“kol


BA-ZeMELO ITA PIRIPiSON OLaN NAZA-U-ABe# OKS^; KA-SARM^G^ URAN^
BAZME LO I TA PIRIPSON OLN NAZ AVABH OX; CASARMG URAN
Baz-me-lo i-ta pi-ri-pson oln na-za-vabh ox; casarmg v-ran

K^HIS U-GE-G^ DeS-AB^RAM^G^ BALTO-HA GOHO I-AD; SOBA MI-AN TaRI-AN
CHIS UGEG DS ABRAMG BALTOHA GOHO IAD; SOBA MIAM TRIAN
chis v-geg dsabramg1 bal-to-ha go-ho-i-ad; so-la-mi-an tri-an

TA LOL^KIS ABA-I-U-ONIN OD AZI-AGI-ER^ RI-OR^. IRoGIL^ K^HIS DA
TA LOLCIS ABAI VOVIN OD AZIAGIER RIOR. IRGIL CHIS DA
ta-lol-cis2 a-ba-i-uo-nin od a-zi-a-gi-er rior. Ir-gil-chis-da

DeS PA-A-OKS^ BU-SiD KA-OSiGO, DeS K^HIS, ODI-PU-RAN^ TE-LO-A#,
DS PAAOX BUSD CAOSGO, DS CHIS OD IPURAN TELOCH
dspa-a-ox busd ca-os-go,3 ds chis odi-pu-ran te-lo-ah,

KAKaRoG O ISAL^MAN LONuK-HO OD VO-VI-NA KARoBAF^? NI-ISO,
CACARG O SALMAN LONCHO OD VOVINA CARBAF? NIISO,
ca-curg o-i-sal-man lon-cho4 od vo-ui-na car-baf? Ni-i-so,

BAGLE A-U-A-U-AGO GOHO-N^; NI-ISO, BAGLE MOMA-O SI-A-I-ON OD
BAGLE AVAVAGO GOHON; NIISO, BAGLE MOMAO SIAION OD
bag-le a-ua-ua-go go-hon; ni-i-so ba-gle mo-ma-o si-a-i-on od

MA-B^ZA I-AD O I, AS, MOMA-R^, PO-I-LaP. NI-IS, ZAM^RAN KI-A-OFI
MABZA IADOISMOMAR, POILP. NIIS, ZAMRAN CIAOFI
mab-za iad-o-i-as-mo-mar, poilp.5 Ni-is6 zam-ran ci-a-o-fi

KA-OSiGO OD BLI-ORoS OD KO-RoS-I TA AB^RAMIG.
CAOSGO OD BLIORS OD CORSI TA ABRAMIG.
ca-os-go7 od bli-ors od cor-si ta a-bra-mig.

1 “g not as dg
2 “or SIS”
3 “Ca, or Ka os go
4 “or ko
5 “one syllable”
6 “small sound of i
7 “ka”-


MIKA-OLI BeRANSiG PiRoGE-L^ NAPiTA I-AL^POR^ DeS BeRIN EFA-FA-FE
MICAOLI BRANSG PURGEL NAPTA IALPOR DS BRIN EFAFAFE
Mi-ca-oli bransg pur-gel nap-ta yalpor ds-brin e-fa-fa-fe1

iP^ VO-NuPiHO OLANI OD OB^ZA; SOBeKA UPA-A# K^HIS TA-TA-N^ OD
P VONPHO OLANI OD OBZA; SOBA UPAAH CHIS TATAN OD
p2 von-pho o-la-ni od ob-za; sob-ca3 v-pa-ah chis ta-tan od

TaRA-NAN BA-LI-E, ALAR^ LUSiDA SOBOLaN OD K^HIS HOLa# K^NO#U-ODI
TRANAN BALYE ALAR LUSDA SOBOLN OD CHIS HOLQ CNOQUODI
tra-nan ba-ly-e a-lar lus-da so-boln od chis-hol-q cno-quo-di

KI-AL. U-NAL AL^DON MOM^ KA-OSiGO TA LAS O-LaLO-R^ Ga-NA-I
CIAI. UNAL ALDON MOM CAOSGO TA LAS OLLOR GNAY
ci-al.4 V-nal al-don mom ca-os-go ta las-ol-lor gnay

LIMuL-AL; AM^MA K^HIS SOBeKA MAD^RID eZ^ K^HIS; O-O-ANO-AN K^HIS
LIMLAL; AMMA CHIIS SOBA MADRID ZCHIS; OOANOAN CHIS
lim-lal; am-ma chi-is sob-ca5 ma-drid zod-chis;6 o-o-a-no-an chis

AVINI D^RI-LaPI KA-OSiGIN, OD BU-TaMONI PARoM ZUMU-I KaNI-LA;
AVINY DRILPI CAOSGI OD BUTMONI PARM ZUMVI CNILA;
a-vi-ny dril-pi ca-os-gin od but-mo-ni parm zum-vi cni-la;

DAZIS ET^HAMuZ A K^HILDA-O, OD MI-RoK OZOL^ K^HIS PIDI-A-I
DAZIZ ETHAMZ ACHILDAO, OD MIRC OZOL CHIS PIDIAI
dazis e-tham-zod a-chil-da-o,7 od mirc8 o-zol chis p-i-di-a-i

KOLaLAL. UL-KININ A SOBAM UKIM. BAGLE? I-AD BAL^TO# K^HI-RoLAN
COLLAL ULCININ ASOBAM UCIM. BAGLE? IAD BALTOH CHIRLAN
col-lal ulci-nin a-so-bam u-cim. Ba-gle? I-ad-bal-toh chir-lan9

PAR^! NI-ISO, OD IP OFA-FA-FE, BAGLE A KOKASiB I-KORoS-KA UNIG^
PAR! NIISO, OD IP EFAFAFE, BAGLE COCASB I CORS TA UNIG
par! Ni-i-so od ip o-fa-fa-fe, ba-gle a-co-casb i-cors-ca10 v-nig

BLI-OR^.
BLIOR.
bli-or.

1 “otia thus EFAFAFI
2 “You must after E fa fa fe, put a P.”
3 -“ka
4 “si-i
5 -“ka
6 “kis
7 -“kil”-
8 “mirk
9 “kir”-
10 -“ka


KO-RAKSO K^HIS KO-RoMP OD BLANuS LUKAL^ AZI-A-ZOR^ PA-EB, SOBA
CORAXO CHIS CORMP OD BLANS LUCAL AZIAZIOR PÆB, SOBA
Co-rax-o1 chis cormp od blans lu-cal a-zi-a-zor pa-eb, so-ba

LI-LONON K^HIS VIRo# OP E-OPiHAN OD RAKLIR^ MA-ASI BAGLE
LILONON CHIS VIRQ OP EOPHAN OD RACLIR MAASI BAGLE
li-lo-non chis op2 vir-quu e-o-phan od ra-clir ma-a-si ba-gle

KA-OSiGI, DeS I-AL^PON DOSIG OD BASiGIM; OD OKSEKS^ DAZIS
CAOSGI, DS IALPON DOSIG OD BASGIM; OD OXEX DAZIZ
ca-os-gi, ds jalpon do-sig3 od bas-gim; od ox-ex daz-is

SI-AT^RIS OD SAL-BeROKS KINuKS-IR^ FABO-AN. UNAL^ K^HIS KON^SiT DeS
SIATRIS OD SALBROX CINXIR FABOAN. UNAL CHIS CONST DS
si-a-tris od sal-brox cynx-ir fa-bo-an. U-n-al-chis const4 ds

DA-OKS KOKASiG OL O-ANI-O I-O-R^ VOHIM OL GIZI-AKS OD
DAOX COCASB OL OANIO YOR EORS MICAOLI OL GIXYAX OD MATB
da-ox co-casg5 ol o-a-ni-o yor vo-him ol giz-y-ax od

E-ORoS KOKASiG PiLOSI MOLU-I DeS PA-GE-IP^ LARAG OM D^ROLaN
COCASB PLOSI MOLUI DS PAGEIP LARAG OM DROLN
e-ors co-casg plo-si mol-ni ds pa-ge-ip la-rag om droln

MATORoB KOKASiB EM-NA. eL^ PATRALaKS I-OL^KI MATaB, NO-MIG^
MATORB COCASB EMNA. L PATRALX YOLCI MATB, NOMIG
(ma-torb) co-casb em-na. L-pa-tralx yol-ci (matorb)6 nomig

MO-NONuS OLO-RA GaNA-I AN-GELARoD. OHI-O, OHI-O, OHI-O, OHI-O,
MONONS OLORA GNAY ANGELARD. OHIO, OHIO, OHIO, OHIO,
mo-nons o-lo-ra gnay an-ge-lard. O-hi-o, o-hi-o, o-hi-o, o-hi-o,

OHI-O, OHI-O, NO-IB OHI-O KA-OSiGON! BAGLE MAD^RID I ZI-ROP^
OHIO, OHIO, NOIB OHIO CAOSGON! BAGLE MADRID I ZIROP
o-hi-o, o-hi-o, no-ib o-hi-o ca-os-gon! Ba-gle ma-drid i zi-rop

K^HI-SO D^RI-LaPA. NI-ISO: KaRIP^ IP NIDALI.
CHISO DRILPA. NIISO: CRIP IP NIDALI.
chi-so7 dril-pa. Ni-i-so: crip ip ni-da-li.

1 or “coraaxo
2 “Between Chis and Virq, you must put in Op, a word.”
3 “as fig
4 “k
5 “as dg
6 “This word must come next after Om droln.” (-only, or both places?)
7 “k”(iso)


OKSI-A-I-AL HOL^DO OD ZIROM O KO-RAKSO DeS ZIL^DAR^ RA-ASI; OD
OXIAYAL HOLDO OD ZIROM O CORAXO DS ZILDAR RAASY; OD
Ox-i-ay-al hol-do od zir-om o co-rax-o ds zil-dar ra-a-sy; od

VABeZIR^ KAM^-LI-AKS OD BA-HAL^, NI-ISO: SAL^MAN TE-LO-Ka#
VABZIR CAMLIAX OD BAHAL, NIISO OD ALDON SALMAN TELOCH
vab-zir cam-li-ax od ba-hal, ni-i-so sal-man te-loch1

KA-SARoMAN HOLa# OD TI TA eZ^ K^HIS, SOBA KOR^MuF I GA. NI-ISA
CASARMAN HOLQ OD T I TA ZCHIS, SOBA CORMF I GA. NIISO
ca-sar-man hol-q od ti ta zod-chis, so-ba cormf i-ga ni-i-sa

BAGLE AB^RAM^G^ NON^KaP. ZAKAR^ KA, OD ZAM^RAN, ODO KIKLE #A-A,
BAGLE ABRAMG NONCP. ZACAR CA, OD ZAMRAN, ODO CICLE QAA,
bagle ab-ramg2 noncp.3 Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo cicle Qaa,

ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.
Zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Jaida.4

1 “hotch
2 “g, not as dg
3 “nonsp
4 “They are the 14 last words, in the holy language thus: Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo ic. Qua, Zorge, lap zirdo Noco Mad, Hoath Jaida.


NON^KI DeSONuF BABAGE OD K^HIS OB, HUBA-I-O TIBIBeP, AL^LAR
NONCI DS SONF BABAGE OD CHIS OB, HUBARO TIBIBP, ALLAR
Non-ci1 dsonf ba-ba-ge od chis ob hu-ba-i-o ti-bibp, allar

A-TaRA-A# OD EF^. D^RIKS^ FAFEN MI-AN AR ENA-I O-U-OF^, SOBA
ATRAAH OD EF. DRIX FAFEN MAIN AR ENAY OVOF, SOBA
a-tra-ah od ef. Drix fa-fen mi-an ar e-nay o-vof, so-ba

DO-O-A-IN A-A-I VON^Pi#. ZAKAR^ GOHUS OD ZAM^RAN, ODO KIKLE #A-A,
DOOAIN AAI I VONPH. ZACAR GOHUS, OD ZAMRAN, ODO CICLE QAA,
do-o-a-in a-a-i i-vonph. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo cicle qaa,

ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.
zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Jaida.

1 “nonsi


NAPE-A-I BABAGEN^ DeS BeRIN UKS O-O-A-ONA LaRINuG VON^Pi#
NAPEAI BABAGEN DS BRIN VX OOAONA LRING VONPH
Na-pe-ai ba-ba-gen1 ds brin ux o-o-a-na lring vonph

DO-ALIM, E-OLIS O-LaLOG O-RoSi-BA DeS K^HIS AF^FA. MIK^MA ISiRO MAD
DOALIM, EOLIS OLLOG ORSBA DS CHIS AFFA. MICMA ISRO MAD
do-a-lim, e-o-lis ol-log ors-ba ds chis af-fa. Mic-ma is-ro mad

OD LONuS-HI-TOKS DeS I-UMuD A-A-I GROSiB. ZAKAR OD ZAM^RAN, ODO OD
LONSHI TOX DS IUMD AAI GROSB. ZACAR OD ZAMRAN, ODO
od lon-shi-tox ds j-umbd. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo

KIKLE #A-A, ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
CICLE QAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.
cicle qua, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Jaida.

1 -“jen


NO-RO-MI BAGI-E PASiBeS O-I-AD, DeS TaRINuT MIRoK OL^ T^HIL, DODeS
NOROMI BAGIE PASBS OIAD, DS TRINT MIRC OL THIL DODS
[No record of this call in Causabon.]

TOL^HAM KA-OSGiGO HOMIN, DeS BeRIN ORO-Ka# #U-AR; MIK^MA BI-AL
TOL HAMI CAOSGO HOMIN, DS BRIN OROCH QUAR; MICMA BIAL

O-I-AD, A-IS^RO TOKS DeS-I-UM A-A-I BAL^TIM. ZAKAR OD ZAM^RAN, ODO
OIAD, AISRO TOX DS IUMD AAI BALTIM. ZACAR OD ZAMRAN, ODO

KIKLE #A-A, ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
CICLE QAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.


ILaS TABA-AN LI-ALPiRoT KASARoMAN UPA-AHI K^HIS DARoG DeS-OKIDO
ILS TABAAM L IALPRT CASARMAN UPAAH CHIS DARG DS OADO
[No record of this call in Causabon.]

KA0OSiGI O-RoSiKO-R^; DeS OMAKS MONASiKI BA-E-O-U-IB OD EMET^GIS
CAOSGI ORSCOR; DS OMAX MONASCI BÆOVIB OD EMETGIS

I-A-I-ADIKS. ZAKAR OD ZAM^RAN, ODO KIKLE #A-A, ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO
IAIADIX. ZACAR OD ZAMRAN, ODO CICLE QAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO

NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.


ILaS VI-U-I-ALPiRoT SAL^MAN BALaT, DeS AKRO-ODZI BU-SiD OD
ILS VIV IALPRT SALMAN BALT, DS BRIN ACROODZI BUSD OD
[Beginning of this call not recorded in Causabon.]

BLI-ORAKS BALIT; DeS-IN-SI KA-OSiG LUSiDAN EMOD DeS-OM OD T^LI-OB;
BLIORAX BALIT; DS INSI CAOSG LUSDAN EMOD DS OM OD TLIOB;
….lus-dan e-mod dsom od tli-ob;

D^RI-LaPA GE# ILaS MAD ZILO-DARoP. ZAKAR OD ZAM^RAN, HAMI
DRILPA GEH ILS MADZILODARP. ZACAR OD ZAMRAN,
dril-pa geh1 yls2 Mad-zi-lo-darp. Zacar e ca, od zamran,

ODO KIKLE #A-A, ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
ODO CICLE QAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.
odo cicle qua, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Jaida.

1 “jeh
2 as “Yils


ILaS DI-ALPiRoT SOBA UPA-A# K^HIS NAN^BA ZIKSiLA-I DO-DeSI#
ILS D IALPRT SOBA UPAAH CHIS NANBA ZIXLAY DODSIH
Ils di-al pert soba v-pa-ah chis nanba zixlay dod-sih

OD BeRINT^ FAKSiS HUBARO TASiTAKS IL^SI, SOBA-I-AD I VON^PO-UN^Pi#,
OD BRIN FAXS HUBARO TUSTAX YLSI, SOBA IAD I VONPOVNPH,
od-brint taxs1 Hu-ba-ro tas-tax yl-si, so-bai-ad i-von-po-unph,

AL^DON DAKS IL OD TO-ATAR^. ZAKAR OD ZAM^RAN, ODO KIKLE #A-A,
ALDON DAXIL OD TOATAR. ZACAR OD ZAMRAN, ODO CICLE QAA,
al-don dax-il od to-a-tar. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo cicle qua,

ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.
zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Jaida.

1 “Faxs … Faxes or Faxis to be sounded. I find in the Call Taxs. I finde also in some words T or F indifferently used.”


ILaS MIKA-OLaZ OL-PIRoT I-ALP^RoG BLI-ORoS DeS ODO BU-SiDI-R^
ILS MICAOLZ OLPIRT OD IALPRG BLIORS DS ODO BUSDIR
Ils mi-ca-ol-zod ol-pirt yal-purg b-liors ds odo bus-dir

O-I-AD O-U-O-ARoS KA-OSiGO, KA-SARM^G^ LA-I-AD ERAN BeRINTaS
OIAD OVOARS CAOSGO, CASARMG LAIAD ERAN BRINTS
o-i-ad o-vo-ars ca-os-go ca-sar-mg la-i-ad e-ran brints

KA-FA-FAM^, DeS I-UMuD A#iLO ADO-HI MOZ OD MA-OFiFAS;
CASASAM, DS IUMD ACLONDOH MOZ OD MAOFFAS
ca-fa-fam, ds i-umd a-quu-lo a-do-hi (qz) moz1 od ma-of-fas

BOLaP KOMO-BLI-ORoT PAM^BeT. ZAKAR OD ZAM^RAN, ODO KIKLE #A-A,
BOLP COMO BLIORT PAMBT. ZACAR OD ZAMRAN, ODO CICLE QAA
bolp co-mo-bli-ort pambt. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo cicle qua,

ZOR^GE, LAP^ ZI-R^DO NOKO MAD, HO-ATa# I-A-IDA.
ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA.
zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Jaida.

1 “QZMOZ … Moz


MA-DRI-AKS DeS PiRAF [LIL^], K^HIS MIKA-OLaZ SA-ANIR^ KA-OSiGO, OD
MADRIAX DS PRAF [LIL], CHIS MICAOLZ SAANIR CAOSGO, OD
Madriax1 ds-praf [LIL], chis2 micaolz sa-anir ca-os-go, od

FI-SIS BAL-ZI-ZeRAS I-A-IDA! NON^KA GO-HU-LIM, MIK^MA ADO-I-AN
FISIS BALZIZRAS IAIDA! NONCA GOHULIM, MICMA ADOIAN
fisis bal-ziz-ras Ya-i-da! Nonca3 go-hu-lim, micma4 ado-i-an

MAD, I-A-OD BLI-ORoB, SOBA O-O-A-ONA K^HIS LUKIF-TI-AS
MAD, IAOD BLIORB, SOBA OOAONA CHIS LUCIFTIAS
mad, I-a-od bliorb, sa-ba-o-o-a-o-na5 chis6 lu-cif-ti-as

PERIPSOL, DeS ABRA-ASiSA NON^KaF NETA-A-IB KA-OSiGI OD TILaB
PERIPSOL, DS ABRAASSA NONCF NETAAIB CAOSGO OD TILB
peripsol, ds abraassa noncf7 ne-ta-a-ib ca-os-gi od tilb

AD^PiHA-HaT DAM-PiLOZ, TO-O-AT^ NON^KaF aG^-MIKAL^ZOMA L^RASiD
ADPHAHT DAMPLOZ, TOOAT NONCF GMICALZ OM LRASD
ad-phaht dam-ploz, to-o-at noncf8 gmi-cal-zo-ma l-rasd

TOF-G^LO MARoB I-AR^RI IDO-IGO OD TORoZULaP I-A-ODAF, GOHOL^;
TOFGLO MARB YARRY IDOIGO OD TORZULP IAODAF, GOHOL;
tof-glo marb yarry idoigo9 od tor-zulp ya-o-daf, go-hol;

KA-OSiGA TABA-ORoD SA-ANIR^ OD K^-HoRIS-TE-OS I-R^PO-IL TI-OBeL,
CAOSGI TABAORD SAANIR OD CHRISTEOS YRPOIL TIOBL,
ca-os-ga ta-ba-ord sa-a-nir od chris-te-os yr-po-il ti-o-bl,

BU-SiDI-R^ TILaB NO-AL-IR^ PA-ID O-RoSi-BA OD DO-DRoM-NI ZIL^NA.
BUSDIR TILB NOALN PAID ORSBA OD DODRMNI ZYLNA.
bus-dir tilb no-aln pa-id ors-ba od dodrumni zyl-na.

EL^ZAP TILaB PARoM GI PERIPSAKS OD TA #U-R^LaST^ BO-O-APIS. L^-NIBeM
ELZAP TILB PARMGI PERIPSAX OD TA QURLST BOOAPIS. L NIMB
El-zap-tilb parm-gi pe-rip-sax od ta kurlst bo-o-a-pis. L-nibm

O-UK^HO SIMuP, OD K^-HoRIS-TE-OS AG TOL^-TORoN MI-RoK i#^ TI-OBeL LEL;
OUCHO SYMP, OD CHRISTEOS AG TOLTORN MIRC Q TIOBL LEL;
o-v-cho symp, od chris-te-os a-g-tol-torn mirk q ti-o-bl lel;

TON^ PA-OMBeD DILaZ-MO AS PI-AN, OD K^-HoRIS-TE-OS
TOL PAOMBD DILZMO ASPIAN, OD CHRISTEOS
ton pa-ombd dil-zmo as-pi-an, od10 chris-te-os

AG aL^ TOR^-TORoN PARAKA# A SIMuP; KORoD-ZIZ DO-DePAL OD FI-FALaZ
AG L TORTORN PARACH ASYMP; CORDZIZ DODPAL OD FIFALZ
ag-l-ter-torn11 parach a-symp; cordziz dod-pal od fi-falz

L^-SiMuNAD, OD FAR^GaT BAMuS OMA-O-AS; KO-NIS-BeRA OD A-VA-VOKS
L SMNAD, OD FARGT BAMS OMAOAS; CONISBRA OD AVAVOX
ls-mnad, od farg-t bams o-ma-o-as; co-nis-bra od a-ua-vox

TO-NUG^, O-RoSKA-T^BeL NO-ASMI TAB-GES LE-VIT^-H^MONuG. UN-K^-HI
TONUG, ORSCA TLB NOASMI TABGES LEVITHMONG. UNCHI
to-nug,12 ors-cat-bl no-as-mi tab-ges levith-mong. Un-chi13

OMuP TILaB ORoS. BAGLE? MO-O-O-A# OL^ KORoD-ZIZ. aL^ KAPI-MA-O
OM TILB ORS. BAGLE? MOOOAH OL CORDZIZ. L CAPIMAO
omp-tilb ors. Bagle? Mo-o-o-ah ol-cord-ziz. l-ca-pi-ma-o

IKSO-MAKSIP OD KA-KOKASiB GOSA-A; BAGLEN^ PI-I TI-AN^TA A
IXOMAXIP OD CA CAPIMAO GOSAA; BAGLEN PI I TIANTA
ix-o-max-ip od ca-co-casb go-sa-a; baglen pi-i ti-an-ta

ABA-BA-LONuD, OD FA-OR^GaT TELOK^ VO VIM. MA-DRI-I-AKS TORoZU;
ABABALOND, OD FAORGT TELOCVOVIM. MADRIIAX TORZU;
a-ba-ba-lond, od-fa-ordgt te-loc-vo-v-im.14 Ma-dri-yax tor-zu;

O-A-DRI-AKS OROK^HA ABO-A-PiRI. TABA-ORI PRI-AZ AR-TABAS;
OADRIAX OROCHA ABAOAPRI. TABAORI PRIAZ AR TABAORI;
o-adriax orocha15 a-bo-a-pri. Taba-o-ri priaz ar-ta-bas;

ADeRoPAN KO-RoSTA DOBIKS. I-OL^KAM PRI-AZI ARKO-AZI-OR^, OD
ADRPAN CORS TA DOBIX. YOLCAM PRIAZI AR COAZIOR, OD
a-dr-pan16 cor-sta dobix. Yol-cam pri-a-zi ar-co-a-zior, od

#U-ASiB #^TINuG. RIPIR^ PA-A-OKSiT SAGA-KO-R^; UMuL OD PRoDZAR^
QUASB QTING. RIPIR PAAOXT SAGACOR; UML OD PRDZAR
quasb qting.17 Ri-pir pa-a-oxt sa-ga-cor;18 vm-l od prdzar19

KAKaRoG A-O-IVE-A-E KO-RoMPiT. TORoZU, ZAKAR, OD ZAM^RAN ASPiT^
CACRG AOIVEÆ CORMPT. TORZU, ZACAR, OD ZAMRAN ASPT
ca-crg20 a-oi-ve-a-e cormpt. Tor-zu, zacar, od-zamran aspt

SIB^SI BU-T^MONA, DeS SUR^ZAS TI-A BALTAN. ODO KIKLE #A-A; OD
OZAZeMA SIBSI BUTMONA, DS SURZAS TIA BALTAN. ODO CICLE QAA; OD
OZAZMA sib-si but-mo-na, ds sur-zas tia baltan. Odo cicle qaa; od ozazma

PiLA-PiLI I-AD-NA-MAD^.
PLAPLI IADNAMAD.
pla-pli Iad-na-mad.

1 “MADRIIAX … O you Heavens … /\ I think this word wanteth as may appear by Madriax, about 44 words from the end.”
2 “kis”
3 -“sa
4 “mikma”
5 “o or a” (But which one?)
6 “kis”
7 “nonsf
8 “nonsf
9 “Id ui go
10 “long or short”
11 or “ah
12 “g dg
13 -“ki
14 “lotch, or loch.”
15 -“ka
16 -“dir”-
17 -“dg
18 -“kor
19 “pur”-
20 -“cúrg


 

As noted before, there is a lot of room for debate in those areas where Dee’s notes are inconclusive or contradictory. This guide is my own interpretation (and occasionally, I admit, extrapolation) of Dee’s pronunciation. Another, that of Donald Laycock, is in the Appendix to this paper. It is my opinion that often the differences between these variations are more of emphasis rather than any fundamental discord: between “ee” and “ih” for instance.

In the version of the Calls that follows, the first line is that of the Calls as printed in Causabon (except where noted), the second and third are my phonetic version with possible variations.

 

PRONUNCIATION KEY

A – as in “father”, except “ag” rhymes with “nag”

C – as k before aou (some exceptions)

– as s before ie (some exceptions)

E – stressed: as in “obey”

– unstressed: as in “beg” (some exceptions)

G – as (hard) g before aou

– usually as j before ie, and word-final, occasionally in other places, some exceptions

H – usually as h, except in combinations (chphshth); either silent or slightly aspirated in certain locations (eg: Comselh). This last does not apply to the phonetic notation that follows: duh-loo-gah (dluga) does not end with an aspirated sound.

I – stressed: as in “machine”

– unstressed: as in “pill”

I,J – as y or jh (“ge” as in “garage”) in initial position and before a vowel

O – stressed: as in “go”

– unstressed: as in “go” or as in “pot”, especially in –och– (rhymes with “botch”)

Q,QU – as “kuh”, or “kwuh” (as in “quick”)

U – usually as in “rule”, but occasionally as in “mug”

– in initial position may be pronounced as “yew”

X – as in “fox”

Y – usually as under key for I and I,J

Z – as in “zoo”; in a very few words, as zod

CH – as k in most positions, but -“och” rhymes with “botch”

PH – as f

SH – as sh

TH – as th

Double vowels should be pronounced only partly separately, with an elided pause between them: QAA becomes Kuh-ah-ah, with only the barest hesitation.

 

Ol sonf vorsg, goho iad balt, lansh calz vonpho: sobra zol ror I
Ol sonf vors-juh, goho yad balt, lonsh calz vonfo: sobra zol ror ee

ta nazpsad graa ta malprg: ds holq qaa
ta naz-puh-sad grah-ah ta malpurj: des hol-kwuh-uh kuh-ah-ah
(hol-kuh-uh, kwuh-ah-ah)

nothoa zimz, od commah ta nobloh zien: soba thil gnonp
no-tho-ah zeemz, od com-mah ta no-blo zee-en: soba theel guh-non-puh
(zimz, thil, guh-nomp)

prge aldi, ds urbs oboleh grsam. Casarm ohorela caba pir
purj aldee, des yoorbs o-bo-lay gursam. Kasarm oho-ray-la kaba peer

ds zonrensg cab erm iadnah. Pilah farzm znrza adna
des zon-rens-juh kab erm yad-nah. Puh-ee-lah far-zum znur-zah adna
(zon-rens-guh)

gono iadpil ds hom toh, soba ipam, lu ipamis, ds loholo
gono ee-ad-peel des hom toh, soba ee-pam, yool ee-pamis, des loholo
(ee-ad-pil)

vep zomdv poamal od bogpa aai ta piap piamo l od
vep zom po-ah-mal od bogpa ah-ah-ee ta pee-ap pee-ah-ma el od

vooan. Zacar(e) ca, od zamran; odo cicle qaa; zorge,
va-oh-an. Zakar(-ay) kuh-ah, od zamran; odo kee-klay kuh-ah-ah; zorj,

lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Yah-ee-dah.
(Jhah-ee-dah.)

 

Adgt vpaah zong om faaip sald, viiv L, sobam
Ad-get vuh-pah-ah zong om fah-ah-eep sald, vi-eev el, sobam
(A-jet, zonj)

ialpurg izazaz piadph; casarma abramg ta talho paracleda,
yal-poorj ee-za-zaz pee-adf; kasarma abram-guh ta talho paraklayda,

qta lorslq tvrbs ooge baltoh. Giui chis lusd
kuh-ta lor-sel-kwah toorbs oh-oh-gay baltoh. Gee-oo-ee kis loosd
(Jee-oo-ee, loos-duh)

orri, od micalp chis bia ozongon, lap noan trof cors tage
orree, od mee-kalp kees bee-ah oh-zong-on, lap noan trof kors tah-jeh
(oh-zonj-on, tah-gay)

oq manin iaidon. Torzu gohel: zacar ca cnoqod,
oh-kwah manin yah-ee-don. Tor-zoo go-hel: zakar kah kuh-no-kwod,
(ca = sah)

zamran micalzo od ozazm vrelp, lap zir ioiad.
zamran mee-kal-zo od oh-zaz-muh vrelp, lap zeer yo-ee-ad.
(mih-kal-zo, vuh-relp)

 

Micma goho piad, zir comselh azien biab os londoh;
Mik-ma goho pee-ad, zeer kom-saylh a-zee-en bee-ab os lon-doh;
(Meek-ma)

norz chis othil gigipah; vndl chis tapvin qmospleh
norz kis oh-theel jih-jih-pah; vindl kis ta-poo-in kwuh-mos-play(h)
(oh-thil, gee-gee-pah)

teloch, qviin toltorg chis i chisge m ozien dst brgda od
telotch, kwee-in toltorj kis ee kisjeh em o-zee-en dest burjda od
(kwee-een, kisgay)

torzul Ili eol balzarg od aala thilnos netaab, dluga
torzool eelee ay-ol balzarj od ah-al-ah thil-nos ne-ta-ab, duh-loo-gah
(ill-lee)

vomsarg lonsa capmiali vors CLA homil cocasb; fafen
vomsarj lonsa kap-mee-ah-lee vors kla homeel ko-kas-buh; fafen
(homil)

izizop od miinoag de gnetaab vaun nanaeel,
ee-zee-zop od mee-ee-no-ag day guh-neh-tah-ab va-oon na-na-ay-el,
(iz-ee-zop)

panpir malpirgi caosg pild; noan unalah balt od vooan.
panpeer malpeergee kah-os-guh peeld; no-an oonalah balt od voh-oh-an.
(malpeerjee ka-os-juh)

Dooiap mad, goholor gohus amiran. Micma iehusoz
Doh-oh-ee-ap mad, goholor gohoos ah-mih-ran. Mik-ma yay-hoo-soz
(Meek-ma jhayhoo-soz)

cacacom od dooain noar micaolz aaiom.
kakakom od-do-oh-ah-een no-ar mee-kah-olz ah-ah-ee-om.
(od-do-oh-ah-in mi-kah-olz)

Casarmg gohia: zacar uniglag od imuamar, pugo
Ka-sarm-juh go-hee-ah: zod-a-kar oo-neeg-lag od eem-wah-mar, poogo
(oo-nig-lag, im-oo-ah-mar)

plapli ananael qaan.
plah-plee ah-nah-nah-el kah-an.
(kwuh-ah-an)

 

Othil lasdi babage od dorpha, gohol, g chisge avavago
O-theel las-dee ba-ba-jeh od dor-fa, gohol, guh-kis-jeh avavago
(O-thil, ba-ba-gay, guh-kis-gay)

cormp PD dsonf vivdiv? Casarmi oali MAPM
kormp payday duh-sonf vee-vuh-dee-vuh? Kasarmee oh-ah-lee map-em
(duh-son-fuh)

sobam ag cormpo crpl, casarmg croodzi chis od vgeg,
sobam ag kormpo kur-pul, ka-sarm-juh kro-od-zee kis od vuh-gej,

dst capimali chis capimaon, od lonshin chis talo CLA.
dest ka-pee-ma-lee kis ka-pee-ma-on, od lon-shin kis talo kla.
(ka-pih-ma-lee, ka-pih-ma-on)

Torgv norquasahi od fgaosga; bagle zirenaiad
Torgoo nor-kwah-sah-hee od f-gah-os-gah; bah-glay zee-ray-nye-ad
(ef-gah-os-gah, zee-reh-nah-ee-ad)

dsi od apila. Dooaip qaal, zacar od zamran
des-ee od ah-pee-la. Do-oh-ah-eep kah-al, zakar od zamran
(ah-pih-la.)

obelisong restil aaf normolap.
oh-bel-ee-song rest-el ah-af normolap.
(oh-bel-ih-song)

 

Sapah zimii duiv od noas taqanis adroch, dorphal
Sa-pah zee-mee-ee doo-eev od no-as tah-kwah-nis ad-rotch, dor-fal
(zih-mee-ee)

caosg od faonts piripsol tablior. Casarm amipzi
ka-os-juh od fa-onts pee-reep-sol ta-blee-or. Kasarm ah-meep-zee
(ka-os-guh, pir-eep-sol, ah-mip-zee)

nazarth af od dlugar zizop zlida caosgi toltorgi,
na-zarth af od duh-loo-gar zee-zop zod-lee-dah ka-os-jee tol-tor-jee
(ka-os-gee, tol-tor-gee)

od zizop zchis esiasch l tauiu od iaod thild ds
od zee-zop zod-kis ay-see-ak el ta-wee-oo od ee-ah-od theeld des
(eh-see-ak, yah-od)

hubar peoal soba cormfa chista la vls od qcocasb.
hoo-bar pay-oh-al soba kormfa kis-ta la yulz od kuh-ko-kas-buh.
(kwuh-ko-kas-buh )

Ca niis od darbs qaas; fetharzi od bliora; iaial
Sa nee-ees od darbz kah-as; feth-ar-zee od blee-oh-rah; ya-ee-al
(nih-ees, kuh-ah-as, ya-yal)

ednas cicles; ba-gle? Ge-jad il.
ednas kee-klayz; ba-glay? Gay-yad eel.
(kih-klayz, Gay-jhad)

 

Gah sdiu chis em, micalzo pilzin; sobam el harg mir
Gah es-dee-oo kis em, mee-kal-zo pilzen; sobam el harj meer

babalon od obloc samvelg; dlugar malpurg arcaosgi od
babalon od ob-lok sam-velj; duh-loo-gar mal-poorj ar-ka-os-jee od
(sam-velg, ar-ka-os-gee)

acam canal sobolzar F bliard caosgi od chif anetab od
akam sanal sobolzar ef-blee-ard ka-os-jee od kif ah-nay-tab od

miam taviv odd. Darsar solpeth bien; brita od
mee-am ta-veev od-duh. Darsar sol-peth bee-en; bree-tah od

zacam gmicalzo; sobhaath trian luiahe odecrin
za-kam guh-mee-kal-zo; sob-ha-ath tree-an loo-ee-ah-hay oh-deh-kreen

mad qaaon.
mad kuh-ah-ah-on.

 

Raas i salman paradiz oecri-mi aao ialpirgah
Rah-as ee salman pa-ra-dee-zod oh-ay-kree-mee ah-ah-oh yal-peer-gah
(yal-pir-gah)

quiin enay butmon; od inoas ni paradial casarmg
kwee-in en-ah-ee boot-mon; od in-oh-as nee pa-ra-dee-al ka-sarm-juh
(kwee-een, en-ai)

vgear chirlan od zonac luciftian corsta vaulzirn
vuh-gay-ar keerlan od zonak loo-kif-tee-an korsta vah-ool-zirn
(kir-lan, loo-sif-tee-an)

tolhami. Soba londoh od miam chistad odes vmadea od
tol-ha-mee. Soba lon-doh od mee-am kis-tad o-des vuh-ma-day-ah od

pibliar othilrit od miam cnoquol rit; zacar, zamran;
pib-lee-ar oh-thil-reet od mee-am kuh-no-kol reet; zakar, zamran;

oecrimi qadah od omicaolz aaiom. Bagle
oh-ay-kree-mee kuh-ah-dah od oh-mi-kah-ol-zod ah-ah-ee-om. Ba-glay

papnor idlugam lonshi od umplif vgegi bigliad.
papnor id-loo-gam lon-shee od oom-pleef vuh-gay-jee big-lee-ad.
(vuh-gah-gee, bee-glee-ad.)

 

Bazmelo ita piripson oln nazavabh ox; casarmg
Baz-may-lo ee-ta pih-reep-son oln na-za-vabh oks; ka-sarm-juh

vran chis vgeg dsabramg baltoha gohoiad;
vuh-ran kis vuh-gej duh-sa-bram-guh bal-to-ha go-ho-ee-ad;

solamian trian talolcis abaiuonin od aziagier
so-la-mee-an tree-an ta-lol-sis a-ba-ee-wo-nin od a-zee-ah-jee-er
(a-zee-ah-gee-er)

rior. Irgilchisda dspaaox busd caosgo, ds chis
ree-or. Eer-gil-kees-da duh-spa-ah-oks boosd ka-os-go, des kis
(Ir-geel-kis-da)

odipuran teloah, cacrg oisalman loncho od vouina
o-dee-poo-ran tay-lo-ah, ka-koorj o-ee-sal-man lon-ko od vo-wee-na
(ka-koorg, vo-vee-na)

carbaf? Niiso, bagle auauago gohon; niiso bagle
kar-baf? Nee-ee-so, ba-glay ah-wah-wah-go go-hon; nee-ee-so ba-glay
(ah-va-va-go)

momao siaion od mabza iadoiasmomar, poilp. Niis
mo-ma-oh see-ah-ee-on od mab-za yad-oh-ee-as-mo-mar, po-eelp. Nih-ees
(po-ilp, Nih-is)

zamran ciaofi caosgo od bliors od corsi ta abramig.
zam-ran kee-ah-oh-fee ka-os-go od blee-ors od kor-see ta a-bra-mig.
(see-ah-oh-fee)

 

Micaoli bransg purgel napta ialpor dsbrin
Mee-ka-oh-lee brans-guh poor-gel nap-ta yal-por des-breen
(Mih-ka-oh-lee, brans-juh, poor-jel, des-brin)

efafafe p vonpho olani od obza; sobca vpaah chis
ay-fah-fah-fay puh von-fo oh-la-nee od ob-za; sob-ka vuh-pah-ah kis
(pay)

tatan od tranan balye alar lusda soboln od chisholq
ta-tan od tra-nan ba-lee-ay a-lar loos-da so-boln od kis-hol-kwah

cnoquodi cial. Vnal aldon mom caosgo ta lasollor
kuh-no-kwo-dee see-al. Vuh-nal al-don mom ka-os-go ta las-ol-lor

gnay limlal; amma chiis sobca madrid zchis; ooanoan
guh-nay lil-lal; am-ma kee-ees sob-ka ma-drid zod-kis; oh-oh-ah-no-an
(guh-nah-ee, kih-ees)

chis aviny drilpi caosgin od butmoni parm zumvi
kis ah-vee-nee dril-pee ka-os-jin od boot-mo-nee parm zoom-vee
(ah-vih-nee, ka-os-gin)

cnila; dazis ethamz achildao, od mirk ozol chis
kuh-nee-la; daz-ees ay-tham-zod ah-kil-da-oh, od mirk oh-zol kis

pidiai collal ulci-nin asobam ucim. Bagle?
pee-dee-ah-ee kol-lal ool-see-nin a-so-bam oo-seem. Ba-glay?
ool-see-neen oo-kim

Iadbaltoh chirlan par! Niiso od ip ofafafe, bagle
Yad-bal-toh kir-lan par! Nee-ee-so od eep oh-fa-fa-fay, ba-glay

acocasb icorsca vnig blior.
ah-ko-kasb ee-kors-ka vuh-nig blee-or.

 

Coraxo chis cormp od blans lucal aziazor paeb, soba
Ko-rak-so kis kormp od blanz loo-kal ah-zee-ah-zor pa-eb, so-ba

lilonon chis op virq eophan od raclir maasi bagle
lee-lo-non kis op veer-kwuh ay-oh-fan od ra-kleer ma-ah-see ba-glay
(vir-kwuh)

caosgi, ds ialpon dosig od basgim; od oxex dazis
ka-os-jee, des yal-pon do-sig od bas-geem; od oks-ayks dah-zees
(ka-os-gee, jhal-pon, bas-gim, okx-eks )

siatris od salbrox cynxir faboan. Unalchis const
see-ah-trees od sal-broks sinks-eer fa-bo-an. Yoon-al-kis konst
(seenks-eer)

ds daox cocasg ol oanio yor vohim ol gizyax od
des da-oks ko-kas-juh ol oh-ah-nee-oh yor vo-heem ol giz-ee-aks od
(vo-him, jiz-ee-aks)

eors cocasg plosi molni ds pageip larag om droln
ay-orz ko-kas-juh plo-see mol-nee des pa-gay-eep la-rag om drol-nuh
(pa-jay-eep)

matorb cocasb emna. L patralx yolci nomig
ma-torb ko-kas-buh em-na. El-pa-tralks yol-see no-mig
(yol-kee)

monons olora gnay angelard. Ohio, ohio, ohio,
mo-nons oh-lo-ra guh-nay an-gay-lard. O-hee-o, o-hee-o, o-hee-o,
(an-jeh-lard)

ohio, ohio, ohio, noib ohio caosgon! Bagle
O-hee-o, o-hee-o, o-hee-o, no-eeb, o-hee-o ka-os-gon! Ba-glay

madrid i zirop chiso drilpa. Niiso: crip ip nidali.
ma-drid ee zee-rop kee-so dril-pa. Nee-ee-so: kreep eep nee-da-lee.
(dreel-pa, krip, nih-da-lee)

 

Oxiayal holdo od zirom o coraxo ds zildar
Oks-ee-ah-al hol-do od zeer-om oh ko-raks-oh des zeel-dar

raasy; od vabzir camliax od bahal, niiso salman
ra-ah-see; od vab-zeer kam-lee-aks od ba-hal, nee-ee-so sal-man

teloch casarman holq od ti ta zchis, soba cormf iga
tay-lotch ka-sar-man hol-kwah od tee tah zod-kis, so-ba kormf ee-gah

niisa bagle abramg noncp. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo
nee-ee-sa ba-glay ah-bram-guh nonsp. Zakar ay ka, od zamran, odo

cicle qaa, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
kee-klay kuh-ah-ah, zorj, lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(Jha-ee-dah)

 

Nonci dsonf babage od chis ob hubaio tibibp,
Non-see duh-son-fuh ba-ba-jeh od kis ob hoo-ba-ee-oh tee-beeb-puh,
(ba-bajay)

allar atraah od ef. Drix fafen mian ar enay ovof, soba
al-lar a-tra-ah od ef. Driks fa-fen mee-an ar en-ay oh-vof, so-ba
(Dreeks, ay-nah-ee)

dooain aai ivonph. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo cicle
do-oh-ah-een ah-ah-ee ee-vonf. Zakar ay ka, od zamran, odo kee-klay

qaa, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
kuh-ah-ah, zorj, lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(Jha-ee-dah.)

 

Napeai babagen ds brin ux ooana lring vonph
Na-pay-ah-ee ba-ba-jen des breen yooks oh-oh-ah-na el-ring vonf
(el-rinj)

doalim, eolis ollog orsba ds chis affa. Micma isro
do-ah-leem ay-oh-lees ol-log orz-ba des kis af-fa. Mik-ma ees-ro
(do-ah-lim, ay-oh-lis, Meek-ma)

mad od lonshitox ds jumbd. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo
mad od lon-shee-toks des juh-oomd. Zakar ay ka, od zamran, odo
(yoom-duh)

cicle qaa, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
kee-klay kuh-ah-ah, zorj, lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(Jha-ee-dah)

 

[No record of this call in Causabon. This version based on the Aurum Solis text.]

Noromi bagie pasbs oiad, ds trint mirc ol
No-ro-mee ba-jee-ay pas-biz oh-ee-ad, des treen-tuh meer-kuh ol
(ba-gee-ay, mirk)

thil, dods tolham caosgo homin, ds brin oroch quar;
theel, dods tol-ham ka-os-go ho-meen, des breen orok koo-ar;
(thil, ho-min, brin, kwar)

micma bial oiad, aisro tox dsium aai
mik-ma bee-al oh-ee-ad, ah-ees-ro toks des-yoom ah-ah-ee
(meek-ma, des-ee-oom)

baltim. Zacar od zamran, odo cicle qaa, jorge, lap
bal-teem. Zakar od zamran, odo kee-klay kuh-ah-ah, zorj, lap
(bal-tim, kah-ah)

zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(Jha-ee-dah)

 

[No record of this call in Causabon. This version based on the Aurum Solis text.]

Ils tabaan lialprt casarman upaahi chis darg ds
Yils ta-ba-an lee-al-purt kasarman oo-pa-ah-hee kis darjuh des
(darguh)

okido caosgi orscor; ds omax monasci baeouib od
oh-kee-do ka-os-jee ors-kor; des oh-maks mo-nas-kee bye-oh-oo-eeb od
(ka-os-gee, mo-nas-see, bah-ay-oh-eeb)

emetgis iaiadix. Zacar od zamran, odo cicle qaa
ay-met-jis yah-ee-ah-diks. Zakar od zamran, odo kee-klay kuh-ah-ah
(eh-met-gis)

zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
zorj, lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(Jha-ee-dah)

 

[Beginning of this call not recorded in Causabon. Missing text based on the Aurum Solis text.]

Ils viuialprt salman balt, ds brin acroodzi busd od
Yils veev-yal-purt sal-man balt, des breen a-kroh-od-zee boosd od
(vee-oo-ee-al-purt)

bliorax balit; dsinsi caosg lusdan emod dsom od
blee-oh-raks baleet; des-in-see kaos-juh loos-dan ay-mod duh-som od
(bal-tuh, koas-guh)

tliob; drilpa geh yls Madzilodarp. Zacar e ca, od zamran,
tuh-lee-ob; dreel-pa jeh yils mad-zee-lo-darp. Zakar ay ka, od zamran,
(dril-pa)

odo cicle qaa, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
odo kee-klay kuh-ah-ah, zorj, lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(kah-ah, Jha-ee-dah)

 

Ils dial pert soba vpaah chis nanba zixlay dodsih
Yils dee-al pert so-ba vuh-pa-ah kis nan-ba zeeks-la-ee dod-seeh
(ziks-lay)

od brint taxs Hubaro tastax ylsi, sobaiad
od breent faksiz hoo-ba-ro tas-taks yil-see, so-ba-ee-ad
(brint, so-ba-yad)

ivonpounph, aldon daxil od toatar. Zacar e ca, od zamran,
ee-von-po-oonf, al-don daks-il od to-a-tar. Zakar ay ka, od zamran,

odo cicle qaa, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
odo kee-klay kuh-ah-ah, zorj, lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(kah-ah, Jha-ee-dah)

 

Ils micaolz olpirt yalpurg bliors ds odo busdir
Yils mee-ka-ol-zod ol-peert yal-poorj blee-ors des odo boos-deer
(mih-ka-ol-zod, buh-lee-rs)

oiad ovoars caosgo casarmg laiad eran brints
oh-ee-ad oh-vo-arz ka-os-go ka-sarm-juh la-ee-ad ay-ran breents
(eh-ran, brints)

cafafam, ds iumd aquulo adohi moz od maoffas bolp
ka-fa-fam, des yoomd ah-kwuh-oo-lo a-do-hee moz od ma-of-as bolp
(ee-oomd)

comobliort pambt. Zacar e ca, od zamran, odo cicle
ko-mo-blee-ort pam-but. Zakar ay ka, od zamran, odo kee-klay
(pamt)

qaa, zorge, lap zirdo noco mad, hoath Iaida.
kuh-ah-ah, jorj, lap zeer-do noko mad, ho-ath Ya-ee-dah.
(Jha-ee-dah)

 

Madriax dspraf [LIL], chis micaolz saanir caosgo,
Mad-ree-aks des praf [Leel], kis mee-ka-olz sa-ah-neer ka-os-go,

od fisis balzizras Iaida! Nonca gohulim, micma
od fi-sees bal-zeez-ras Ya-ee-dah! Nonsa go-hoo-lim, meek-ma
(fee-seez, Jha-ee-dah!, mik-ma)

adoian mad, Iaod bliorb, sabaooaona chis
a-do-ee-an mad, Ee-ah-od blee-orb, sa-ba-oh-oh-ah-oh-na kis
(Yah-od)

luciftias peripsol, ds abraassa noncf netaaib
loo-keef-tee-as pay-reep-sol, des a-bra-as-sa non-suf ne-tah-ah-eeb
(loo-seef-tee-as, peh-reep-sol)

caosgi od tilb adphaht damploz, tooat noncf
ka-os-jee od teelb ad-fa-tuh dam-ploz, to-oh-at non-suf
(ka-os-gee)

gmicalzoma l rasd tofglo marb yarry idoigo od
guh-mee-kal-zo-ma el-ras-duh tof-glo marb yar-ree eed-wee-go od
(ee-doo-ee-go)

torzulp iaodaf, gohol; caosga tabaord saanir
tor-zoolp ya-oh-daf, go-hol; ka-os-ga ta-ba-ord sa-ah-neer

od christeos yrpoil tiobl, busdir tilb noaln
od kris-tay-os eer-po-eel tee-oh-bul, boos-deer teel-buh no-al-nuh
(yur-po-eel, til-buh)

paid orsba od dodrmni zylna. Elzap tilb parmgi
pa-eed ors-ba od dod-rum-nee zilna. El-zap-teelb parm-gee
(zeel-na, El-zap-tilb, parm-jee)

peripsax od ta qurlst booapis. Lnibm ovcho symp,
pay-reep-saks od ta koorlst bo-oh-ah-pees. El-nib-um oh-vuh-ko simp,
(pay-rip-saks)

od christeos agtoltorn mirc q tiobl lel; ton paombd
od kris-tay-os ag-tol-torn meerk kwah tee-oh-bel lel; ton pa-om-duh
(mirk)

dilzmo aspian, od christeos agltertorn parach asymp;
deelz-mo as-pee-an, od kris-tay-os ag-ul-ter-torn pa-rach a-simp;

cordziz dodpal od fifalz lsmnad, od fargt bams
kord-zeez dod-pal od fee-falz ulz-muh-nad, od far-jet bamz
(far-gut)

omaoas; conisbra od auavox tonug, orscatbl noasmi
oh-ma-oh-as; ko-nees-bra od ah-wah-voks to-nuj, orz-cat-bul no-as-mee
(ko-nis-bra)

tabges levithmong. Unchi omptilb ors. Bagle? Moooah
tab-jess lay-veeth-mong. Oonki om-puh-teelb orz. Ba-glay? Mo-oh-oh-ah
(tab-gayz, lay-vithmong, om-puh-tilb)

ol cordziz. L capimao ixomaxip od ca cocasb
ol-cord-zeez. El-ka-pee-ma-oh eeks-oh-maks-eep od ka-ko-kas-buh

gosaa; baglen pii tianta ababalond, od faorgt
go-sa-ah; ba-glen pee-ee tee-an-ta a-ba-ba-lon-duh, od fa-or-jet

telocvovim. Madriiax torzu; oadriax orocha
tay-lotch-vo-veem. Ma-dree-yaks tor-zoo; oh-ah-dree-aks oh-ro-ka

aboapri. Tabaori priaz artabas; adrpan corsta
ah-bo-ah-pree. Ta-ba-oh-ree pree-az ar-ta-bas; ah-dir-pan kor-sta

dobix. Yolcam priazi arcoazior, od quasb qting.
do-biks. Yol-kam pree-ah-zee ar-ko-ah-zee-or, od kwas-buh kwah-tinj.
(kuh-tinj)

Ripir paaoxt sagacor; vml od prdzar cacrg
Ree-peer pa-ah-oks-tuh sa-ga-kor; vum-ul od purd-zar ka-kurj
(Ri-peer, oom-ul, ka-kurg)

aoiveae cormpt. Torzu, zacar, od zamran aspt sibsi
ah-oy-vay-ah-ay korm-put. Tor-zoo, zakar, od zamran as-put seeb-see
(ah-oh-ee-vay-ah-ay, korm-puh-tuh, sib-see)

butmona, ds surzas tia baltan. Odo cicle qaa; od
boot-mo-na, des soor-zas tee-ah bal-tan. Odo kee-klay kah-ah; od
(kuh-ah-ah)

ozazma plapli Iadnamad.
oh-zaz-ma pla-plee Yad-na-mad.
(Jhad-na-mad)

 

THE NAMES OF THE THIRTY AETHYRS

LIL Leel ICH Eek ASP Ahs-puh
ARN Arn LOE Lo-ay LIN Leen, Lin
ZOM Zom ZIM Zeem, Zim TOR Tor
PAZ Paz UTA Oo-tah NIA Nee-ah
LIT Leet, Lit OXO Oh-kso UTI Oo-tee
MAZ Maz LEA Lay-ah DES Dess
DEO Day-oh TAN Tan ZAA Zah-ah
ZID Zeed, Zid ZEN Zen BAG Bah-guh
ZIP Zeep, Zip POP Poh-puh RII Ree-ee
ZAX Zaks CHR Khar TEX Teks

 

 

APPENDIX

 

AURUM SOLIS PRONUNCIATION KEY
(from “Mysteria Magica” pg 416)

A as the first vowel sound in “father”

E as the vowel sound in “say”

I as the vowel sound in “meet”

O as the vowel sound in “hold”

U as the vowel sound in “food”

 

a as the vowel sound in “add”

e as the vowel sound in “yet”

i as the vowel sound in “sit”

o as the vowel sound in “hot”

u as the vowel sound in “foot”

^ represents the neutral vowel, as the first vowel sound in “parade,” or the second vowel sound in “column.” Consonants are given their normal values (G invariably represents the hard sound of that letter, as in “gold.” # represents the guttural, pronounced as the “ch” in German (Woche, suchen). As a general rule, allowing for varied inflexions of the voice in the flow of magical utterance, all the syllables in an Enochian word should be given equal weight. It will be noted that hyphens are frequently inserted in words. These only emphasise the need to give full value to a vowel, or to a syllable, and do not call for a real break in the utterance. >   > >

DONALD LAYCOCK’S PRONUNCIATION KEY
(from “The Complete Enochian Dictionary” pps 46-47.)

A – long (stressed), as in “lah-di-dah”

– short (unstressed), as in French “patte”

B – usually as English b, but silent between m and another consonant, or after m finally

C – as k before aou (with some exceptions)

– as s before ie (with many exceptions), and in clusters of consonants (noncf = nonsf)

CH – as k in most positions, but as ch finally

D – as d in all positions

E – when stressed, as in French “fee”

– when unstressed, as in “bed”

F – as f in all positions

G – as (hard) g before aou

– as j before ie, in final position, after d, and in clusters of consonants

H – as h in most positions (except in combinations chphshth); silent after a vowel, but the vowel is lengthened

I – when stressed, as in (French) “machine”

– when unstressed, as in “bit”
– in combinations: ai as in “fly”; ei as in “eight”; oi as in “boil”
– as y in word-initial position before a vowel (Iad = Yad)

K – as k in all positions

L – as l in all positions

M – as m in all positions

N – as n in all positions

O – when stressed, as in French “mot”

– when unstressed, as in “not”
– in combinations: oi as in “boil”; ou as in “bout”; oo as in “fool”

P – as p except in combination ph

PH – as f

Q,QU – as kw (qu in “quick”) – but the word q is pronounced kwa

R – as r in “right” (but may be rolled)

S – usually as s in “sit”

– sometimes z, in places where this is more natural in English (lrasd = elrazd)

SH – as sh in “ship”

T – as t except in combination th

TH – as th in “thank”

U – as oo in “boot”, or u in “put”

– in initial position as “yew”
– as v or w before another vowel, and in word-final position

X – as x in “fox”

Y – as y in word-initial position before a vowel

– as the letter I before a consonant, and in word-final position

Z – as z in “zoo”; in a very few words, as zod

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Causabon, Meric., D.D., A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years Between Dr. John Dee and some Spirits, Magickal Childe, 1992, New York, NY.

Denning, Melita, and Phillips, Osborne, Mysteria Magica, Llewellyn Publications, 1992, St. Paul, MN.

James, Geoffrey, The Enochian Evocation of Dr. John Dee, Heptangle Books, 1989, Gillette, NJ.

Laycock, Donald C., The Complete Enochian Dictionary, Askin Publishers, 1978, London, England, UK.

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A MITHRAIC RITUAL, BY G.R.S. Mead

THE RITUAL.
I.
[THE FATHER’S PRAYER.]
O Providence, O Fortune, bestow on me Thy Grace – imparting these the Mysteries a Father only may hand on, and that, too, to a Son alone – his Immortality – [a Son] initiate, worthy of this our Craft, with which Sun Mithras, the Great God, commanded me to be endowed by His Archangel; so that I, Eagle [as I am, by mine own self] alone, may soar to Heaven, and contemplate all things.
II.
THE INVOCATORY UTTERANCE (LOGOS).
1. O Primal Origin of my origination; Thou Primal Substance of my substance; First Breath of breath, the breath that is in me; First Fire, God-given for the Blending of the blendings in me, [First Fire] of fire in me; First Water of [my] water. the water in me; Primal Earth-essence of the earthy essence in me; Thou Perfect Body of me – N. N. son of N. N., son of N.N. (fem.) – fashioned by Honored Arm and
Incorruptible Right Hand, in World that’s lightless, yet radiant with Light, [in World] that’s soulless, yet filled full of Soul!
2. If, verity, it may seem good to you, translate me, now held by my lower nature, unto the Generation that is free from Death; in order that, beyond the insistent Need that presses on me, I may have Vision of the Deathless Source, by virtue of the Deathless Spirit, by virtue of the Deathless Water, by virtue of the [Deathless] Solid, and [by virtue of] the [Deathless] Air; in order that 1 may become re-born in Mind; in order that 1 may become initiate, and that the Holy Breath may breathe in me; in order that 1 may admire the Holy Fire; that 1 may see the Deep of the [New] Dawn, the Water that doth cause [the Soul] to thrill; and that the, Life-bestowing Æther which surrounds [all things] may give me, Hearing.
3. For 1 am to behold to-day with Deathless Eyes – I, mortal, born of mortal womb, but [now] made better by the Might of Mighty Power, yea, by the Incorruptible Right Hand – [I am to see to-day] by virtue of the Deathless Spirit the Deathless Æon, the master of the Diadeins of Fire – I with pure purities [now] Purified, the
human soul-power of me subsisting for a little while in purity; which [power] I shall again receive transmitted unto me beyond the insistent Bitterness that presses on me, Necessity whose debts can never go unpaid – I, N. N., son of N. N. (fem.) – according to the Ordinance of God that naught can ever change.

PREAMBLE.
The last little volume gave the reader a brief outline of what is known of the cult of Mithra and the spread of the Mithriac Mysteries in the Western world. We have now to deal with a Mithriac Ritual of the most instructive and intensely interesting
character, which introduces us to the innermost rite of the carefully guarded secrets of the Mithriaca. This Ritual is all the more precious in that our knowledge of the Liturgies of the ancient Pagan cults of the West is of the scantiest nature. A few fragments only remain, mostly in the form of hymns; whereas the Ritual before us is complete, and the only complete one so far discovered. Dieterich calls it a {9} Liturgy; but a Liturgy is a service in which several take part, whereas it is plain that our Ritual was a secret and solemn inner rite for one person only. The credit of unearthing it from the obscurity in which it was buried, and of conclusively demonstrating its parent-age, is due to Dieterich; for though Cumont in his great work quotes several passages from the unrevised text, he does so only to reject it as a genuine Mithriac document.
It is dug out of the chaos of the great Paris Magic Papyrus 574 (Supplement grec de la Bibliotheque nationale), the date of which is fixed with every probability as the earliest years of the fourth century A.D.. The original text of the Ritual has, however, been plainly worked over by a school of Egyptian magicians, who inserted
most of the now unintelligible words and names (ashma ovomata, nomina barbara, nomina arcana), and vowel-combinations and permutations (voces {10} mysticæ), of their theurgic language, which were known in Egypt as “words of power.” The subject is naturally one of the most obscure that is known to scholarship, and so far no one has thrown any real light on it. That, however, there was once in
Egypt and Chaldeæ a science of this “nature language,” or “tongue of the gods,” which subsequently passed into the superstition of a purely mechanical tradition, is highly probable; and one means towards a recovery of the understanding of its nature is a study of the still living tradition of mantra-vidya, or the science of mantrah, or mystic utterances and invocations, in India of to-day. When these evidently later insertions are removed, there still remains a certain number of nomina arcana and mystica voces which cannot be removed without doing violence to the text. It, therefore, follows that these stand as part of the Ritual. Did they, however, form part {11} of the original Ritual? The original Ritual must have contained, one would have imagined, Persian names. But the distinguished scholar Bartholomae, whom Dieterich has called in to his assistance, declares that nothing Persian can be made out of them without violent changes of the letters. But why, it might be asked, should not the original Persian Ritual have contained nomina arcana taken over from Chaldeæ? However this may be, our Greek Ritual evidently contained certain names and words “of power,” before it reached the hands of the Egyptian magical school who inserted the majority of the mantric formulæ in our present text. The latter are, of course, entirely eliminated from the translation, while the former are marked by obeli. On the whole the most likely supposition is that we have before us (when the latter insertions are removed) a Ritual translated or paraphrased into Greek, and adapted for use in Egypt, {12} and that, too, for picked members of the most esoteric circles. For our Ritual is not for the initiation of a neophyte of the lower grades, but for a candidate who is to self-initiate himself in the solitary mystery of apotheosis, whereby he became a true ” Father ” of the inmost rites, one possessing face to face know- ledge and gnosis. Dieterich thinks that this Greek ritual was first made in Egypt about 100-150 A.D., and was used in the Mysteries until 200 A.D. It was then that it got into the hands of the magical school, and was included, together with many other pieces, some of them similarly treated, in a collection which was copied on the papyrus which we now possess, about 300 A.D. It is exceedingly probable, therefore, that we have in this Ritual of initiation certain theurgic practices of Egyptian tradition combined with the traditional Mithraic invocations done into Greek. As to the chanting of the vowels, it is {13} of interest to learn from Demetrius, On Interpretation, c. 71 (p.20 Raderm.), that: “In Egypt the priests hymn the Gods by means of the seven vowels, chanting them in order; instead of the pipe and lute the musical chanting of these letters is heard. So that if you were to take away this accompaniment you would simply remove the whole melody and music of the utterance (logos).” The statement of Nicomachus of Gerasa the “musician ” and mystic (second century A.D.), is still clearer; for he not only tells us about the vowels and consonants, but also of certain other ” unarticulated ” sounds which were used by the theurgists, and which are directed to be used in the rubrics of our Ritual. In speaking of the vowels or “sounding letters ” – each of the seven spheres being said to give forth a different vowel or nature-tone – Nicomachus (c. 6) informs us that these root-sounds in nature are combined with certain material elements, as they are in spoken speech with the {14} consonants; but ” just as the soul with the body, and music with the lyre- strings, the one produces living creatures and the other musical modes and tunes, so do those root-sounds give birth to certain energic and initiatory powers of divine operations. It is because of this that whenever theurgists are awe- struck in any such operation, they make invocation symbolically by means of “hissings” and “poppings” and un-articulated and discordant sounds.

The exact translation of the Greek terms, surigmoj and poppusmoj is somewhat of a difficulty. The first denotes a shrill piping sound or hissing, the Latin stridor. It is used of such different sounds as the rattling of ropes, the trumpeting of elephants and a singing in the ears. The second is used of a clicking or clucking with the lips and tongue, and of the whistling, cheeping, chirruping, warbling or trilling of birds. It is used of the smack of a loud kiss and also of the cry “hush.” Both Aristophanes and Pliny {15} tell us that it was used as a protection against, or rather a reverent greeting of, lightning; and the latter adds that this was a universal custom. The English ” pop” perhaps represents the idea of the Greek most nearly. In the Ritual, however, I have rendered it by “puff” as it is connected with breath. It is evident that we have here to do with certain nature-sounds, which have disappeared from articulate speech, except in some primitive languages such as the “clicking” of the Zulus. It pertains to the art of onomatopiia or onomatopoiesis, or the forming of words expressive of natural sounds. The ‘ root-idea seems to be that in mystic operations designed to bring man in touch with the hidden powers of nature, the language of nature must be employed. As we have said, the Ritual before us is not of the nature of a church or temple service; on the contrary, it contains directions for a solitary sacrament, in which the whole effort of the celebrant {16} is to stir into activity, and bring into conscious operation, his own hidden nature or the root-substance of his being. It is a yoga-rite (unio mystica), or act for union, in which the physical breath, the etheric currents, and the psychic auræ, or life-breaths, or prana’s work together with the inbreathing of the Great Breath, or Holy Spirit, or Atmic Energy. It should therefore prove of very great interest to many who have of late heard much concerning yoga, both in its higher contemplative modes, and also in its modes of deep and psychic breathing (hatha-yoga); for it may be news to many that in the ancient West, especially in Egypt, there was a high art of this selfsame yoga which has been developed so elaborately in India. We will now give a translation of the Ritual and then proceed to comment on it. The prayers and utterances are printed in italics, and the rubrics or instructions in Roman type. {17}

THE RITUAL. I. [THE FATHER’S PRAYER.] O Providence, O Fortune, bestow on me Thy Grace – imparting these the Mysteries a Father only may hand on, and that, too, to a Son alone – his Immortality – [a Son] initiate, worthy of this our Craft, with which Sun Mithras, the Great God, commanded me to be endowed by His Archangel; so that I, Eagle [as I am, by mine own self] alone, may soar to Heaven, and contemplate all things. II. THE INVOCATORY UTTERANCE (LOGOS). 1. O Primal Origin of my origination; Thou Primal Substance of my substance; First Breath of breath, the breath that is in me; First Fire, God-given for the Blending of the blendings in me, [First Fire] of fire in me; First Water of [my] water. the water in me; Primal Earth-essence of the earthy essence in me; Thou Perfect Body of me – N. N. son of N. N., son of N.N. (fem.) – fashioned by Honoured Arm and Incorruptible Right Hand, in World that’s lightless, yet radiant with Light, [in World] that’s soulless, yet filled full of Soul! 2. If, verity, it may seem good to you, translate me, now held by my lower nature, unto the Generation that is free from Death; in order that, beyond the insistent Need that presses on me, I may have Vision of the Deathless Source, by virtue of the Deathless Spirit, by virtue of the Deathless Water, by virtue of the [Deathless] Solid, and [by virtue of] the [Deathless] Air; in order that 1 may become re-born in Mind; in order that 1 may become initiate, and that the Holy Breath may breathe in me; in order that 1 may admire the Holy Fire; that 1 may see the Deep of the [New] Dawn, the Water that doth cause [the Soul] to thrill; and that the, Life-bestowing Æther which surrounds [all things] may give me, Hearing. 3. For 1 am to behold to-day with Deathless Eyes – I, mortal, born of mortal womb, but [now] made better by the Might of Mighty Power, yea, by the Incorruptible Right Hand – [I am to see to-day] by virtue of the Deathless Spirit the Deathless Æon, the master of the Diadeins of Fire – I with pure purities [now] Purified, the human soul-power of me subsisting for a little while in purity; which [power] I shall again receive transmitted unto me beyond the insistent Bitterness that presses on me, Necessity whose debts can never go unpaid – I, N. N., son of N. N. (fem.) – according to the Ordinance of God that naught can ever change.

  1. For that it is beyond my reach that, born beneath the sway of Death, I should [unaided] soar into the Height, together with the golden sparklings of the Brilliancy that knows no Death. 5. Stay still, O nature doomed to Perish, [nature] of men subject to Death! And straightway let me pass beyond the Need implacable that presses on me; for that I am His Son; I breathe; I am! III. [THE FIRST INSTRUCTION.] 1. Take from the [Sun-]rays breath, inhaling thrice [as deeply] as thou canst; and thou shalt see thyself being raised aloft, and soaring towards the Height, so that thou seem’st to be in midst of Air. 2. Thou shalt hear naught, nor man nor beast; nor shalt thou see aught of the sights upon the earth, in that same hour; but all things thou shalt see will be immortal. 3. For thou shalt see, in that same day and hour, the Disposition of the Gods – the Ruling Gods ascending heavenwards, the other ones descending. And through his Disk – the God’s, my Father’s – there shall be seen the Way-of-going of the Gods accessible to sight. 4. And in like fashion also [shall be seen] the Pipe, as it is called, whence comes the Wind in service [for the day]. For thou shalt see as though it were a Pipe depending from His Disk; and toward the regions Westward, as though it were an infinite East Wind. But if the other Wind, toward the regions of the East’ should be in service, in the like fashion shalt thou see, toward the regions of that [side,] the converse of the sight. 5. And thou shalt see the Gods gazing intently on thee and bearing down upon thee. Then straightway lay thy dexter finger on thy lips and say: IV. [THE FIRST UTTERANCE.] Silence! Silence! Silence! The Symbol of the Living God beyond Decay. Protect me, Silence! †! Next “hiss” forth long: Sss! Sss! Then “puff” saying: †!

And thereon shalt thou see the Gods gazing benignly on thee, and no longer bearing down upon thee, but proceeding on the proper order of their doings. V. [THE SECOND INSTRUCTION.] When, then, thou see’st the Upper Cosmos clean and clear, with no one of the Gods (or Angels) bearing down on thee, expect to hear a mighty thunder-clap so as to startle thee. Then say again: THE [SECOND] UTTERANCE (LOGOS). 1. O Silence! Silence! I am a Star, whose Course is as your Course, shining anew from out the depth †. Upon thy saying this, straightway His disk will start expanding. 2. And after thou hast said the second utterance – to wit, twice Silence and the rest – “hiss” twice, and “puff” twice; and straightway shalt thou see a mighty host of stars, five-pointed, emerging from His Disk, and filling all the Air. 3. Then say again: O Silence! Silence! And when His Disk is opened [fully] out, thou shalt behold an infinite Encircling and Doors of Fire fast closed. Straightway set going then the utterance that follows, closing thy eyes: THE THIRD UTTERANCE (LOGOS). 1. Hear me, give ear to me – N. N., son of N. N. (fem.) – O Lord, who with Thy Breath hast closed the Fiery Bars of Heaven; Twin-bodied; Ruler of the Fire; Creator of the Light; O Holder of the Keys; Inbreather of the Fire; Fire-hearted One, whose Breath gives Light; Thou who dost joy in Fire; Beauteous of Light; O Lord of Light, whose Body is of Fire; Light-giver [and] Fire-sower; Fire-loosener, whose Life is in the Light; Fire-whirler, who sett’st the Light in motion; Thou Thunder-rouser; O Thou Light-glory, Light-increaser; Controller of the Light Empyrean; O Thou Star-tamer! 2. Oh! Open unto me! For on account of this, the bitter and implacable Necessity that presses on me, I do invoke Thy Deathless Names, innate with Life, most worshipful, that have not yet descended unto mortal nature, nor have been made articulate by human tongue, or cry or tone of man: ëeö · oëeö · iöö · oë · ëeö · ëeö · oëeö · iöö · oëëe · öëe · öoë · ië · ëö · oö · oë · ieö · oë · öoë · ieöoë · ieeö · eë · iö · oë · ioë · öëö · eoë · oeö · öië · öiëeö · oi · iii · ëoë · öuë · ëö · oëe · eöëia · aëaeëa · ëeeë · eeë · eeë · ieö · ëeö · oëeeoë · ëeö · euö · oë · eiö · ëö · öë · öë · öë · ee · ooouiöë! 3. Utter all these with Fire and Spirit once unto the end; and then begin again a second time, until thou hast completed [all] the Seven Immortal Gods of Cosmos. When thou hast uttered them, thunders and crashings shalt thou hear in the Surround, and feel thyself a-shake with every crash. Then once more utter Silence! [and] the utterance [following it]. 4. Thereon open thy eyes ; and thou shalt see the Doors thrown open, and the Cosmos of the Gods that is within the Doors; so that for joy and rapture of the sight thy Spirit runs to meet it, and soars up. Therefore, hold thyself steady, and, gazing steadily into thyself, draw breath from the Divine. When, then, thy Soul shall be restored, say :

VIII. [THE FOURTH UTTERANCE.]

1. Draw nigh, O Lord! Upon this utterance His Rays shall be turned on thee, and thou shalt be in midst of them.

2. When, then, thou hast done this, thou shalt behold a God, in flower of age, of fairest beauty, [and] with Locks of Flame, in a white Tunic and a scarlet Mantle, wearing a Crown of Fire. Straightway salute Him with the Salutation of the Fire:

IX. [THE FIFTH UTTERANCE.]

  1. Hail Lord! O Thou of mighty Power; O King of mighty Sway; Greatest of Gods; O Sun; Thou Lord of Heaven and Earth; O God of Gods! Strong is Thy Breath; strong is Thy Might! O Lord, if it seem good to Thee, make Thou announcement of me unto God Mosthigh, who hath begotten and created Thee ! 2. For that a man – N.N., son of N.N. (fem.), born of the mortal womb of N.N. (fem.), and of spermatic ichor, yea, of this [ichor], which at Thy Hands to-day hath undergone the transmutation of re-birth -, one, from so many tens of thousands, transformed to immortality in this same hour, by God’s good-pleasure, of God transcendent Good-, [a man, I say,] presumes to worship Thee, and supplicates with whatsoever power a mortal hath. 3. Upon this utterance He shall come to the Pole, and thou shalt see Him moving round as on a path. Then gaze intently, and send forth a prolonged “bellowing,” like to a horn-note, expelling the whole breath, with pressure on the ribs, and kiss the amulets, and say first to that upon the right: X. [THE SIXTH UTTERANCE.] Protect me! †! When thou hast uttered this. thou shalt behold the Doors thrown open, and, issuing from the Depth, Seven Virgins, in byssus-robes, with serpent-faces. and golden sceptres in their hands. These are they who are the so-called Heaven’s Fortunes (Tychai). When thou dost see these things, make salutation thus: XI. [THE SEVENTH UTTERANCE.] 1. Hail Heaven’s Seven Fortunes, Virgins august and good, ye sacred ones who live and eat with †! Ye holiest Protectors of the Four Supports!

Hail thou, the First, †! Hail thou, the Second, †! Hail thou, the Third, †! Hail thou, the Fourth, †! Hail thou, the Fifth, †! Hail thou, the Sixth, †! Hail thou, the Seventh, †! 2. There come forth others, too – Seven Gods, with faces of black bulls, in linen loincloths, with seven golden fillets on their heads. These are the so-called Heaven’s Pole-lords. And in like fashion unto each of them thou must make salutation with his special name.

XII. [THE EIGHTH UTTERANCE.] 1. Hail Guardians of the Pivot, ye, sacred sturdy Youths, who all, at once, revolve the spinning Axis of Heaven’s Circle, ye who let loose the thunder and the lightning, and earthquake-shocks and thunder-bolts upon the hosts of impious folk, but [who bestow] on me, who pious am and worshipper of God, good-health, and soundness of my frame in every Part, and Proper stretch of hearing and of sight, and calm, in the now Present good-hours of this day, O mighty Ruling Lords and Gods of me! Hail thou, the First, †! Hail thou, the Second, †! Hail thou, the Third, †! Hail thou, the Fourth, †! Hail thou, the Fifth, †! Hail thou, the Sixth, †! Hail thou, the Seventh, †! 2. Now when they [all] are present in their order, here and there, gaze in the Air intently, and thou shalt see lightnings down-flashing, and lights a-quiver, and the earth a-shake; and [then] a God descending, [a God] transcending vast, of radiant Presence, with golden Locks, in flower of age, [clad] in a Robe of brightness, with Crown of gold [upon His Head], and Garments [on His Legs], holding in His Right Hand the golden Shoulder of the Calf. This latter is the Bear that moves the Heaven[-dome], and changes its direction, now up now down, according to the hour. Then shalt thou see lightnings leap from His Eyes and from His Body stars. 3. Straightway send forth a “bellowing” prolonged, with belly-pressure, to start thy senses going all together-prolonged unto the very end, kissing again the amulets and saying:

XIII. [THE NINTH UTTERANCE.] †, [O Lord] of me – N. N. – abide, with Me, within my Soul! Oh! leave me not! For † bids thee [remain]. And gaze intently on the God, with “bellowing” prolonged, and thus salute Him: [THE TENTH UTTERANCE.] Hail Lord, Thou Master of the Water! Hail, Founder of the Earth! Hail, Prince of Breath! O Lord, being born again, I Pass away in being made Great, and, having been made Great, I die. Being born from out the state of birth-and-death that giveth birth to [mortal] lives, 1 now, set free, Pass to the state transcending birth, as Thou hast stablished it, according as Thou hast ordained and made, the Mystery.

 

ëeö · oëeö · iöö · oë · ëeö · ëeö · oëeö · iöö · oëëe · öëe · öoë · ië · ëö · oö · oë · ieö ·
oë · öoë · ieöoë · ieeö · eë · iö · oë · ioë · öëö · eoë · oeö · öië · öiëeö · oi · iii · ëoë ·
öuë · ëö · oëe · eöëia · aëaeëa · ëeeë · eeë · eeë · ieö · ëeö · oëeeoë · ëeö · euö · oë ·
eiö · ëö · öë · öë · öë · ee · ooouiöë!
3. Utter all these with Fire and Spirit once unto the end; and then begin again a
second time, until thou hast completed [all] the Seven Immortal Gods of Cosmos.
When thou hast uttered them, thunders and crashings shalt thou hear in the
Surround, and feel thyself a-shake with every crash.
Then once more utter Silence! [and] the utterance [following it].
4. Thereon open thy eyes ; and thou shalt see the Doors thrown open, and the Cosmos
of the Gods that is within the Doors; so that for joy and rapture of the sight thy
Spirit runs to meet it, and soars up.
Therefore, hold thyself steady, and, gazing steadily into thyself, draw breath from
the Divine.
When, then, thy Soul shall be restored, say :
VIII.
[THE FOURTH UTTERANCE.]
1. Draw nigh, O Lord!
Upon this utterance His Rays shall be turned on thee, and thou shalt be in midst of
them.
2. When, then, thou hast done this, thou shalt behold a God, in flower of age, of
fairest beauty, [and] with Locks of Flame, in a white Tunic and a scarlet Mantle,
wearing a Crown of Fire.
Straightway salute Him with the Salutation of the Fire:
IX.
[THE FIFTH UTTERANCE.]

1. Hail Lord! O Thou of mighty Power; O King of mighty Sway; Greatest of Gods; O
Sun; Thou Lord of Heaven and Earth; O God of Gods! Strong is Thy Breath;
strong is Thy Might!
O Lord, if it seem good to Thee, make Thou announcement of me unto God Mosthigh,
who hath begotten and created Thee !
2. For that a man – N.N., son of N.N. (fem.), born of the mortal womb of N.N.
(fem.), and of spermatic ichor, yea, of this [ichor], which at Thy Hands to-day
hath undergone the transmutation of re-birth -, one, from so many tens of
thousands, transformed to immortality in this same hour, by God’s good-pleasure,
of God transcendent Good-, [a man, I say,] presumes to worship Thee, and
supplicates with whatsoever power a mortal hath.
3. Upon this utterance He shall come to the Pole, and thou shalt see Him moving
round as on a path.
Then gaze intently, and send forth a prolonged “bellowing,” like to a horn-note,
expelling the whole breath, with pressure on the ribs, and kiss the amulets, and say
first to that upon the right:
X.
[THE SIXTH UTTERANCE.]
Protect me! †!
When thou hast uttered this. thou shalt behold the Doors thrown open, and, issuing
from the Depth, Seven Virgins, in byssus-robes, with serpent-faces. and golden
sceptres in their hands. These are they who are the so-called Heaven’s Fortunes
(Tychai).
When thou dost see these things, make salutation thus:
XI.
[THE SEVENTH UTTERANCE.]
1. Hail Heaven’s Seven Fortunes, Virgins august and good, ye sacred ones who live
and eat with †! Ye holiest Protectors of the Four Supports!

Hail thou, the First, †!
Hail thou, the Second, †!
Hail thou, the Third, †!
Hail thou, the Fourth, †!
Hail thou, the Fifth, †!
Hail thou, the Sixth, †!
Hail thou, the Seventh, †!
2. There come forth others, too – Seven Gods, with faces of black bulls, in linen loincloths,
with seven golden fillets on their heads. These are the so-called Heaven’s
Pole-lords.
And in like fashion unto each of them thou must make salutation with his special
name.
XII.
[THE EIGHTH UTTERANCE.]
1. Hail Guardians of the Pivot, ye, sacred sturdy Youths, who all, at once, revolve the
spinning Axis of Heaven’s Circle, ye who let loose the thunder and the lightning,
and earthquake-shocks and thunder-bolts upon the hosts of impious folk, but [who
bestow] on me, who pious am and worshipper of God, good-health, and soundness
of my frame in every Part, and Proper stretch of hearing and of sight, and calm, in
the now Present good-hours of this day, O mighty Ruling Lords and Gods of me!
Hail thou, the First, †!
Hail thou, the Second, †!
Hail thou, the Third, †!
Hail thou, the Fourth, †!
Hail thou, the Fifth, †!
Hail thou, the Sixth, †!
Hail thou, the Seventh, †!
2. Now when they [all] are present in their order, here and there, gaze in the Air
intently, and thou shalt see lightnings down-flashing, and lights a-quiver, and the
earth a-shake; and [then] a God descending, [a God] transcending vast, of radiant

Presence, with golden Locks, in flower of age, [clad] in a Robe of brightness, with
Crown of gold [upon His Head], and Garments [on His Legs], holding in His Right
Hand the golden Shoulder of the Calf.
This latter is the Bear that moves the Heaven[-dome], and changes its direction,
now up now down, according to the hour.
Then shalt thou see lightnings leap from His Eyes and from His Body stars.
3. Straightway send forth a “bellowing” prolonged, with belly-pressure, to start thy
senses going all together-prolonged unto the very end, kissing again the amulets
and saying:
XIII.
[THE NINTH UTTERANCE.]
†, [O Lord] of me – N. N. – abide, with Me, within my Soul! Oh! leave me not! For †
bids thee [remain].
And gaze intently on the God, with “bellowing” prolonged, and thus salute Him:
[THE TENTH UTTERANCE.]
Hail Lord, Thou Master of the Water! Hail, Founder of the Earth! Hail, Prince of
Breath!
O Lord, being born again, I Pass away in being made Great, and, having been made
Great, I die.
Being born from out the state of birth-and-death that giveth birth to [mortal] lives, 1
now, set free, Pass to the state transcending birth, as Thou hast stablished it,
according as Thou hast ordained and made, the Mystery.

Greek Alphabet, Vowels, Consonants, And Dipthongs

Lesson 1: The Greek Alphabet, Vowels, Consonants, And Dipthongs

The Greek Alphabet

1. The Greek Alphabet has 24 letters. You will find a good pronunciation tutorial with recorded audio at http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ancgreek/pronunchtml/pronunc_guideU.html, and recordings of longer Ancient Greek texts at http://www.princeton.edu/%7Eclip/.

Form Phonetic Value Name
Α, α papa, father Alpha
Β, β bed Beta
Γ, γ go, sing Gamma
Δ, δ do Delta
Ε, ε met Epsilon
Ζ, ζ adze Zeta
Η, η prey Eta
Θ, θ thin Theta
Ι, ι pin, machine Iota
Κ, κ kill Kappa
Λ, λ land Lambda
Μ, μ men Mu
Ν, ν now Nu
Ξ, ξ wax Xi
Ο, ο obey Omicron
Π, π pet Pi
Ρ, ρ run Rho
Σ, σ, ς sit Sigma
Τ, τ tell Tau
Υ, υ French u, German ό Upsilon
Φ, φ graphic Phi
Χ, χ German buch Chi
Ψ, ψ hips Psi
Ω, ω tone Omega

2. At the end of a word ς, elsewherε σ, as σκηνης, of a tent.

Vowels

3. The vowels are α, ε, η, ι, ο, ω, υ. The remaining letters are consonants.

4. Vowels are either short or long. There are separate Greek characters (ε, η, ο, ω) for the e and o sounds, but not for a, i, and u sounds. In this book the long vowels are designated by α macron– a straight line that appears above the vowel when it is long- , η, ῑ, ω, ῡ; the short vowels are α, ε, ι, ο υ.

Consonants

5. The consonants are divided into semivowels, mutes and double consonants.

6. The semivowels are λ, μ, ν, ρ, σ, and γ-nasal (10). λ, μ, ν, ρ are liquids, σ is a siblant.

7. The mutes are of three classes, and of three orders.

Classes

Labial or π-mutes π, β, φ

Palatal or κ-mutes κ, γ, χ

Lingual or τ-mutes τ, δ, θ

Orders

Smooth mutes π, κ, τ

Middle mutes β, γ, δ

Rough mutes φ, χ, θ

8. Mutes of the same class are called cognate, those of the same order co-ordinate.

9. The double consonants are ξ (for κς), ψ (for πς), and ζ.

10. The consonants are pronounced, in general like their English equivalents; but gamma before κ, γ, χ, or ξ equals (sounds like) the ng in sing, and is called gamma nasal.

Dipthongs

11. A dipthong is a combination of two vowel sounds in a single syllable. The Dipthongs are αι, αυ, ει, ευ, οι, ου, ηυ, υι, ᾳ, ῃ, ῳ. The last three, formed by writing ι under ᾱ, η, ω, are called improper diphthongs. Their second vowel is called iota subscript.

12. The diphthongs are pronounced:

αι as in aisle

αυ as ou in hour

ει as in eight

υι as in quit

οι as in oil

ου as in group

ευ as ĕh-oo *

ηυ as ĕh-oo *

* For these there is no exact equivalents in English.

 

13.Pronunciation Practice

Read each of the following words aloud

ἡ-μἐ-ρᾱ day.
σκη-νή tent.
ἄν-θρω-πος man.
βου-λεύ-ει he plans.
ὁ-πλί-της hoplite.
ἐν τῇ χώ-ρᾳ in the country.
υἱ-ὀς son.
λό-γοι speeches.
ᾤ-κη-σα I dwelt.
ὧ-δε thus.
θύ-ρᾱ door.
ἐν σκη-νῇ in a tent.
ἄ-γε-τε you lead.
ἅ-μα-ξα wagon.
ἁρ-πά-ζω I plunder.
φο-βε-ρός frightful.
αὐ-τός self, Lat. ipse.
ἐν λό-γῳ in a speech.
Ἑλ-λη-νι-κός Greek.
ἀ-γα-θός good.
θύ-ραι doors.
λύ-ου-σι they loose.
ἄγ-γε-λος messenger.
δῶ-ρον gift.
χώ-ρᾱ country.
ψέ-λι-ον bracelet.
λό-γος speech.
οἰ-κέ-ω I dwell.
Ἄρ-τε-μις Artemis.
οἴ-κοι at home.