Luna Rite. Part II: The Invocation of... Gabriel?

Timing

May 1st, 2017, Planetary Hour of Luna (14:12 – 15:26). Sol in 11° Taurus, Luna in 21° Cancer. Sixth Lunar Day, Moon Waxing Crescent and in House XI.

Method

After banishing and invoking Luna with the Hexagram Ritual, Regardie’s opening by Watchtower was employed. The invocation of the Most High was performed using the First Enochian Key, which was followed by the Talisman that was charged in the first hour of Luna being uncovered and placed beneath the glass receptacle. Gabriel was then invoked as follows:

We conjure ye GABRIEL Archangel of the Heavenly Sphere of LEVANAH, to appear before us in this glass receptacle by the most potent name of SHADDAI EL CHAI. Come to us willingly and in fair form, answering our questions most truthfully and bestowing thy Mysterious Blessings upon all present. Through thine own Person, through the Angelic Orders of the Kerubim that thou governest, through the Intelligence MALKA  BE-THARSHISHIM VE-AD BE-RUACHOTH SHECHALIM or through the Spirits CHASMODAI and SCHAD BARSCHEMOTH, we beseech thee to reveal thine Mysteries to us through Dreams and Visions, granting us Spiritual Transformation and all the other Gifts of Spirit that thou possesseth. Bring us Peace and Good Health, True Understanding of the Mysteries Divine, and the Radiance of Heart to Extend thine Light into the Darkness of the World. This we ask of thee in the name of SHADDAI EL CHAI, who governeth thy Heavenly Sphere, LEVANAH, and in the name of the God Most High, ADONAI, with whose Brilliant Light thou Shineth.

The invocation of the names beneath, as well as above, Gabriel seems to have contributed to the result.  Although it’s often the case that an entity of a lower order is sent on behalf of the Archangel, the specifying of this possibility in the invocation seems to have guaranteed it. As discussed before, the dreams that came following the consecration of the Talisman – in which the lower names were also invoked – were of a ‘Goetic’ nature. And so, it seems, were the messages delivered in the scrying.

The Scrying

After the invocation, the Scryer, Sr. S., saw a swirling blackness that expanded outwards into a thick, black mass. She then saw shadows darting around the bodies of those present. When prompted to confirm its compliance with “Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” it roared the response “Love is the Law, love under Will.” As it replied, the mass of darkness around it throbbed and swelled.

With its compliance confirmed, the First Adept delivered the questions that the Scryer would answer on the entity’s behalf. A scribe was employed to record the answers.

First Adept: Art thou Gabriel? 

Scryer: We come from the Void. My light is reflected in the oceans.  

The lack of a clear response prompted the Adept to restate the first question. 

First Adept: But art thou Gabriel? 

Scryer: My name is Everywhere.  

Accepting the vagueness of the Entity’s response, the Adept continued with the planned questions. 

First Adept: What is your nature? 

Scryer: Formless.  

First Adept: How would you advise us to proceed with these Workings? 

Scryer: You command me not, I am Beyond. 

Sensing a belligerence in the responses given, the Adept returned to an attempt to clarify the Entity’s name. 

First Adept: Art thou Gabriel? 

Scryer: I am Beyond. You cannot conceal me. 

Concerned by its apparent ire, the Adept attempted to placate the Entity.  

First Adept: We understand Gabriel to be a peaceful and benevolent being. If there is something we have done to offend you, we apologise. We mean only to approach you with good and respectful intentions.  

Scryer: There is no form in motion. You shall fall. 

First Adept: Are there any dangers we should be aware of with these Workings? 

Scryer: You shall burn. You’re not ready for the Void.  

At this stage, the Adept contemplated terminating the scrying, but instead decided to continue with the questions as planned. 

First Adept: How might we best gain a truer Understanding of Pure Will? 

Scyer: The answers are in Absorption. The triangle is a mirror. Beware not to sink.

First Adept: What advice would you give us regarding the fulfilment of the Great Work? 

Here no answer came, but the Scryer reported perceiving a sensation of movement and dancing, though the movement itself was confusing and unclear. 

First Adept: How may we best utilise the Powers of Luna into our lives? 

No verbal reply, but a swinging, iron, rusty gate was seen that led to an overgrown garden beneath a blue night sky. 

First Adept: Will you grant us the Blessings we asked for in the Invocation? 

Scyer: Proceed. 

First Adept: How should we use your Gifts to improve the World around us? 

Scryer: By calling the Seventh Name. 

Here, a red altar cloth was seen as the Spirit spoke. 

First Adept: How may we assist you in the fulfilment of your Duties? 

Scryer: Not required. 

First Adept: Is there anything else you wish to communicate with us? 

No response came from this question. The Spirit attending was thanked for its attendance and the ceremony was ended with the Watchtower Closing, the appropriate banishings and the Licence to Depart. 

Notes

My initial thoughts on the declaration of the Entity contacted being an order that comes ‘from the Void’ were related to the Void of the Moon’s Course – being the period between the Moon’s last contact with a planet and its entry into the next zodiac sign. However, with the Moon not going Void until 21:22 hours on the day the rite took place, I don’t think this is a factor worth considering.

A better prognosis of ‘the Void,’ as well as the word ‘Formless’ and the imagery of darkness and the ocean that came, is that they reflect the verses of the Chaldaean Oracles used to invoke the elements in the Watchtower Opening. The visions and words received by the Scryer appear related to the elemental aspects of the rite. With scrying and astral work being states where the Unconscious Self is stimulated by the forces invoked in order to communicate their messages, it appears that the elemental aspects of the Oracles were seized upon. The pertinent words and images from the Watchtower received in the scrying are highlighted below.

Fire: “And when all the phantoms have vanished, thou shall see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the Universe, hear thou the Voice of Fire.” 

Water: “So therefore first, the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud resounding sea.” 

Air: “Such a fire existeth, extending through the rushing Air. Or even fire formless, whence cometh the image of a voice. Or even a flashing light, abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud.” 

Earth: “Stoop not down into that darkly splendid world wherein continually lieth a faithless depth and Hades wrapped in gloom, delighting in unintelligible images, precipitous, winding; a black ever-rolling abyss, ever espousing a body unluminous, formless and void.” 

Spirit: “I invoke ye, ye Angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. Ye are the guardians of the gates of the Universe, be ye also the guardians of this mystic sphere. Keep far removed the evil and the unbalanced. Strengthen and inspire me so that I may preserve unsullied this abode of the mysteries of the eternal Gods. Let my sphere be pure and holy so that I may enter in and become a partaker of the secrets of the Light Divine.”

In this context, the initial gloom that appeared – being the Void from which the Entity came –represented the Element of Earth, and the swirling movements it came with represented the Element of Air. The Sea upon which its light shone was the Element of Water (and also reflects the Lunar, Piscean, ‘Unconscious’ Path of Qoph), and the response ‘Formless’ that was given in answer to the question regarding its nature, relates to the Element of Fire. The initial vision, which featured several dark shadows surrounding those present, as well as the answer ‘We come from the Void,’ reveal plurality, which suggests the multitude of Elements present. This plurality soon becomes singular as it congeals into the  unity of Spirit. This singularity is revealed in the image received of an overgrown garden in which a Gate, representing the ‘gates of the Universe,’ swings in the wind. Here, Spirit is the force ‘in motion,’ in which, the Entity revealed, there was ‘no form.’

After the Element of Spirit was made manifest, the more useful answers we received were given. The command to ‘proceed’ in answer to the question regarding receiving the blessings asked for in the Invocation relates more to an instruction to ‘act’ rather being a simple ‘yes.’ It relates to the earlier questions in which we asked the Entity how to ‘proceed with these workings.’

In the next question, in rather a roundabout way, we received advice regarding how we should act in order to ‘improve the World around us.’ To do such a thing, we were advised to call ‘the Seventh Name.’ With the interpolation of the Shamhamephorash Angels and the Spirits of the Goetia being a strong interest in my work, I concluded that the Seventh Names in those pairings were being referred to. Doing this reveals Achaiah of the Shemhamephorash and Amon of the Goetia. The powers those names influence include the ‘Solving of Feuds’ in the case of Amon, and influencing ‘the Spreading of Light’ in the case of Achaiah. These powers are harmonious with the request conveyed to Gabriel in the Invocation whereby we asked for his assistance to aid us in ‘Extend[ing] his Light into the Darkness of the World.’ Simultaneously, it gives us a clue on how we can ‘use his Gifts to improve the World around us.’ Furthermore, as is fitting for the advice obtained during a Lunar Rite, Amon holds the rank of Marquis, which means the planetary energies he’s influenced by are those of the Moon.

The question about gaining a fuller understanding of Pure Will – being the realisation of the Universal rather than Particular Will – revealed the answer to be ‘in Absorption.’ This relates to the notion of one thing being absorbed in another – another possible clue regarding the ‘interpolation’ of the Angel and Spirits mentioned above. The absorption involved in this kind of magickal work involves absorbing the light cast by the 72 Celestial Names of God with their Chthonic Shadows, the Goetia. By such means, each separate set of 72 names, forms a double-sided singularity of 144 names. With 12 being the number of God manifest as the Zodiac, 144—as 12 x 12—reveals the Mystical Number of the Demiurge under the name ‘HVA’. What’s revealed in this number is the ultimate, apocalyptic manifestation of IHVH as represented by the New Jerusalem of Revelation with its 144,000 saints and its 144 cubit high walls constructed upon the 12 foundational gemstones of Zion.

Foundation Stones of the New Jerusalem
Stone	Zodiac (Kircher)*
Jasper/Diamond	Pisces
Sapphire	Aquarius
Chalcedony	Capricorn
Emerald	Sagittarius
Sardonyx/Onyx	Scorpio
Sardius/Ruby	Libra
Chrysolite	Virgo
Beryl	Leo
Topaz	Cancer
Chrysoprasus/Agate	Gemini
Jacinth/Ligurius	Taurus
Amethyst	Aries

*Oedipus Aegyptiacus 2.2.177–78

What this merging of Celestial and Chthonic, of Above and Below, represents, in magickal terms, is Totality. It is the balance of the AL = LA , God = Not, 0 = 2 formula of the Book of the Law. It is the absorption of All with Nothing, Hadit with Nuit, Being with Unbeing.

The means of working this formula of Totality in a Solomonic manner is hinted at in the scrying, through the words ‘the triangle is a mirror.’ This relates to a common Goetic practice in which a black mirror is placed within the Triangle of Art as the means to communicate with the Spirit called upon. ‘Beware not to sink,’ appears to be an instruction not to let the mires of such work be so overwhelming that sight of the purpose behind it is lost. 

The ominous message ‘you shall burn’ may be another reference, if a tenuous one, to the concept of absorbing IHVH with his Shadow. If you add the value of his Sephira, ‘Chesed,’ which is 72, with the numeration of its Qlippothic counterpart Ga’ashekelah, 428, the sum total is 500, which equates to the value of the word יצת – ‘to burn.’

‘You cannot conceal me’ may refer to the Qabbalistic idea of Divine Forces being ‘concealed’ by being clothed in lower forms. Whatever communicated with us here was warning that it couldn’t be concealed in such ways, for it was ‘Beyond.’ In this sense, the spiritual stature of an Angel, something that exists beyond the laws and boundaries of the Cosmos, was apparent.

Conclusions

The dream aspects surrounding the creation of the Talisman (posted here), having been shared by several of the participants, yielded more objective results and set the Goetic, sub-lunar tone of the messages received by the Scryer in the rite proper. The scrying itself seemed distant and tenuous, but with initiated interpretation it gave some hints towards the work to be done. I plan to capitalise on this by working with the Goetia and Shemhamephorash pairing suggested in ‘the Seventh Name,’ the benefits of which have described previously and above. 

Despite having the feel of the Lunar Spirits about it, there were hints of Angelic communication present in the scrying, yet not in a way that was as definite and clear as it was in the work Sr. S and I did with the Elemental Tablet of Air. I feel future practice may be enhanced by reverting back to a less directed and more independent ‘free-form’ scrying involving each individual, as Sr. S and I did with the Tablet of Air, rather than relying on directed questions as we did here.

Enochian Evocation: The Elemental Tablet of Air

Following the Evocation of Bethor, which dealt with issues of expansion and bore results heavily related to the element of Air, I decided, a few days later, to consult the I-Ching to glean advice about the best vessel for that expansion. As usual, the coins gave the succinct advice of Tsun, or ‘Wind,’ with as the action to be taken. With its attribution to M of M (see Appendix I of 777), I decided, a few days later again, to forego the literal advice of ‘Gentle Penetration’ and give myself an Enochian jolt by working with the Elemental Tablet of Air.

Table 1. Names and Attributions of the Tablet of Air
Element	God Name	Zodiac	Mode	Sub Element
Fire	OIP	Leo	Fixed Fire	Air of Fire
	TEAA	Virgo	Mutable Earth	Water of Earth
	PDOCE	Libra	Cardinal Air	Fire of Air
Water	MPH	Scorpio	Fixed Water	Air of Water
	ARSL	Sagittarius	Mutable Fire	Water  of Fire
	GAIOL	Capricorn	Cardinal Earth	Fire  of Earth
Air	ORO	Aquarius	Fixed Air	Air of Air
	IBAH	Pisces	Mutable Water	Water of Water
	AOZPI	Aries	Cardinal Fire	Fire  of Fire
Earth	MOR	Taurus	Fixed Earth	Air of Earth
	DIAL	Gemini	Mutable Air	Water  of Air
	HCTGA	Cancer	Cardinal Water	Fire of Water
Table1. Note how the Holy Names of the Tablet of Air represent the coming together of the Triplicities of the Zodiac (Cardinal = Fire, Fixed = Air, Mutable = Water) with their respective elements in the Quadruplicities (i.e. Air of Air, Water of Water and Fire of Fire).

Immediately before the rite, which is always a good time to practice some form of divination, I consulted the I-Ching again and was given Hexagram 38 – K’uei, ‘Opposition’ – with the third and fifth lines changing. This result denotes the need to change an attitude in order to gain success or compliance from another if met with adversity. Following this, the operation was performed with my partner, Sr. S.

Timing

Hour of 2, day of 7, 1 in 19° ¡ and 2 in 21° § on Lunar Day 13.

Method

After Banishing and performing the LRH (within the Vault), I intoned the First Enochian Key in its original tongue, and vibrating each letter individually, before Sr. S. invoked the Holy Names, Elemental King and the Six Angelic Seniors of the Tablet (see table below) using the text of Sloane MS 307.

Table 2	Name	Meaning of Name	Elementary Energy	Planetary Energy
Holy Names	ORO IBAH AOZPI	He who cries aloud in the place of desolation	M of M, N of N, O of O	All
King	BATAIVAH	He whose voice seems to have wings	M	All
Seniors	HABIORO	He whose voice is low	M	5
	AAOZAIF	He who frequents the ways	M	V
	AHAOZPI	He who is in his place	M	4
	AVTOTAR	He who listens	M	3
	HTMORDA	He who has a son	M	2
	HIPOTGA	He who is like nothing else	M	W

After the invocations, a black crystal ball placed atop a concealed Sigillum Dei Ameth and a revealed Tablet of Union was scried. The four Elemental Tablets were present at their respective elemental cardinal points.

Results

The effects of the invocation were instantaneous. Sr. S. later described an unsettled feeling as I intoned the First Key, while I noticed the first signs of manifestation as she read the petition to the Seniors. This came in the form of a golden light emanating from the Tablet of Air in the East, the beam of which fell upon the altar like a ray of sunlight. Noticing that I had placed a candle in the path of this ray, I felt compelled to move it from its position at the East of the Altar to that of the Invisible Sun of the Spirit in the North-East. Once the invocations were complete, the light cast by the Tablet grew until a bright, golden, ‘solar’ sword appeared before the scrying stone. As soon as it appeared to grow more solid, the sword transformed into a Fleur de Lis, an emblem of the triune Holy Name, ORO IBAH AOZPI, which I reached an astral hand towards. 

The moment I grasped it, the ‘flower of light’ took on the feel of a flower’s stem and turned into a large, red rose. As soon as I held the rose, I found myself in a round garden surrounded by a high perimeter of thorns. As I looked upon it, the garden’s sharp, circular boundary became the crown of thorns that adorned the head of Christ during the crucifixion. Hovering next to him at a great height, I turned to see his face and saw him in the heights of his suffering. From his head, twelve drops of blood fell to the earth below, and where each drop landed, a new rose bloomed. When I descended from my position at the apex of the cross to inspect the roses, which had fallen to form a circle around the foot of the cross, I discovered that the flowers had transformed into red gemstones. 

Recognising the circular pattern the bloodstones fell in as a representation of the zodiac, I felt prompted to look up at the clear night sky above. There, I saw the same light I had perceived shining from the Tablet of Air shining through a hole rent in the sky a few degrees west of the Midheaven. From the other side of the opening, the sword I saw before the crystal ball as the scrying began pierced through the flesh of the firmament from the void beyond and peeled away its layers like the loose skin being removed from a shrivelled fruit. The sword’s bearer communicated that this act of piercing was what it existed to do, and each time it was called into this world from the ones beyond, it undid the fabric of material existence a little more. Its speech was constant and repetitive as it spoke, and its single interest was the destruction of the universe. 

When I eventually managed to make myself heard with one of the questions I had in mind, it proceeded to show me a series of living forms around the glass receptacle. By this time, the astral light around the ball had grown as bright, clear and golden as sunlight, and had spread out into the space between me and Sr. S. In that light, manifesting as small, glowing figures that peeked their heads over the top of the receptacle, appeared a ram, then an ox, then a wolf, followed by a horse, a man, a ram again, then a golden, winged angel. Finally, a spider—which I thought I had seen flickering into sight between some of the other figures—crawled over the receptacle and tore into its fabric with its mandibles before squeezing itself inside. Once it had bored its way in, I noted that the light surrounding the globe would, from the point of view of one inside of it, appear to be pouring in through a rent in its fabric in the same way that I had seen light streaming in from the aperture torn in the night sky in my vision of the garden. From this, I understood that the spider that crawled through it represented of the angelic being I was now communicating with. After revealing this, the angel came close to me but remained impenetrable. I spoke a command in the name of ORO IBAH AOZPI, but it remained defiant and responded that he was AOZPI. 

The angel only became compliant after I remembered the I-Ching reading I did directly before the rite, which gave advised me to ‘approach as a kindred spirit’ and that ‘affinity would lead to success.’ Following that memory, I informed the angel that I approached it as a friend and ally and would appreciate its co-operation. It responded by holding its sword to my neck and showing me a vision of it laughing as it cut my throat all the way around before peeling off the skin of my face and head until the bare, bloody skull beneath was exposed. It was only through such ways that it would communicate with me, it said. Understanding its demand symbolically, I agreed to it, but only within the context of the rite, I informed the angel, and not beyond it. 

With my permission to let it remove my ‘face’ granted, it sheathed its sword and allowed me to perceive its physical appearance. Its form was that of an old man wearing a white robe and a blood-red sash tied around his neck, the shape and colour of which seemed to mirror the vision I saw of my own cut throat. His hair and beard were grey and dirty, his stature was squat and broad, and his features were scarred and marked with the signs of hard living (‘like a tramp,’ I later commented to Sr. S.). His face also looked badly scalded, as if it had just emerged from a pan of boiling water. In this form, he told me my true objective was to ‘escape all of this’ and prompted me to ‘cut, cut, cut, cut, cut’ my way out with a sword if I wanted to escape. This, I assumed, was the ‘prison’ of cosmic existence, the domain of the demiurge, a being recently connected in function to the Olympic Spirit Bethor. When I stated I called upon it to further my understanding of the invocation of Bethor, it held the crystal ball in its hand and said ‘you’ve been talking with the Machinist.’ It explained that the 'Machinist’s' work was the setting in motion of the cosmic, material order, and that its own work consisted of undoing that order. It explained that whenever it, or beings of like it, were called into the cosmic field, they damaged the fabric of the universe a little more each time. 

Beyond receiving such Apocalyptic messages, which was not one of my aims, another reason for doing this rite being a means of understanding the significance of having the fixed star Aldebaran in tight conjunction with my Gemini Ascendant, I pieced together the themes of swords and cutting with the Hebrew letter Zayin, and—via The Lovers Atu—the sign of Gemini. I asked the manifestation of the Sword, as the symbol of Air and the dynamic intellect, and Mercury, as the ruler of Gemini, were the means to my expansion, and he confirmed that they were indeed the tools I should use to cut myself out of my ‘prison’ with. Following this confirmation, he took me to a flat expanse of wilderness and instructed me to draw a cross upon the ground. Then, around the cross I was to draw a circle. Within that circle, I was to align my four limbs with each of the points, the vertical axis with my legs and the horizontal branches with my arms. Once this position was adopted, a band of left-facing, ‘Buddhist’ swastikas began to orbit my head, heralding the completion of the instruction. 

After that, the words ‘Zelat’ and ‘Zelato’ appeared to be repeated several times, followed by the term ‘The Zealous Ones,’ which I had the impression was the title of a specific order of Angelic beings. After these mysterious instructions were performed, I received an impression of the figure, now cloaked in shadow, picking up the crystal ball again. But this time, his disdain towards what it represented was unrestrained and he hurled it against the wall, smashing it into thousands of pieces, bringing the vision come to its 'world-shattering' conclusion.

Analysis

After the rite’s conclusion, Sr. S. and I compared our experiences and noted a number of similarities. We both perceived a subtle, yellow light emanating from the Tablet of Air, which we both noticed apparitions forming within. Whereas I saw a number of manifestations appearing within around the glass receptacle, including a small ram’s head that appeared twice, Sr. S. perceived a large ram’s skull hovering in the space between us. The second correspondence in our experiences came during the part of the vision where I saw the skin of my face being removed by the angel like a glove being pulled from a hand. Here, Sr. S was also prompted to ‘put aside’ her face. Though there was no violent visualisations in her case, this ‘removal of face’ appeared to be a necessary requirement in order to be granted communication with the angel. In the parts of the scrying where I resorted to appealing to a sense of co-operation to convince the angel to assist me, Sr. S. was facing similar difficulties and overcame them by informing the angel that they ‘both serve the same god.’ Unknown to her at the time was the similarity to her words and those of the English translation of the words from the First Key, ‘For I am the servant of your god.’

Finally, at the end of the session, when I perceived the angel picking up the receptacle and smashing it against the wall, Sr. S. was filled with a strong urge to pick it up and do that very thing to the receptacle herself.The prominent symbols manifested in the evocation were those of Sol and Mars, with the appearance of the sword-bearing Angel —representing Air, the Ruach and the martial energy of Geburah—being the unifying symbol of both energies. The Solar aspects came through the sword’s transformation into a Fleur de Lis towards the beginning of the scrying was a symbol of the three Holy Names ORO IBAH AOZPI, and the Rose it became, in union with the Cross of Christ, denotes the Rosy Cross formula of Tiphereth, while the ascent to the place next to Christ’s head on the Cross represented the rise from Malkuth to that Sephira. The formation of a circle of roses from the blood of Christ, which turned into bloodstones—or heliotropes—in Malkuth (here portrayed as a circular garden within an enclosure), represent the Sun passing through the cosmic circle of the Zodiac. 

The Marsian aspects were evident in the appearance of the Ram (manifesting twice, and to us both), the Ox, the Wolf and the Horse that appeared around the glass receptacle. With Table 1 above revealing AOZPI, which the entity claimed to be, being represented by Aries in the Zodiac, this makes the connection with Mars even more apparent. While the spider that appeared, as an eight-limbed creature which was also the eighth manifestation in this vision, is not typically associated with Mars, its act of abscission and its connection with the Eighth astrological House (that of Death, which is associated with the arachnid Scorpio, which comes under the rulership of Mars) reveals a similar malefic energy. As well as the notable symbols of planetary energy, stellar and trans-cosmic influences were also notable. In the vision of the sword piercing the night sky that followed the appearance of the zodiacal circle in the garden, the entry of a force from beyond the physical cosmos was evident. I perceived the location of the tear in the sky, from which a light akin to that we saw emanating from the Tablet of Air, as coming a few degrees away from the Midheaven. 

Interestingly, the position of the MC at the time of the rite would have been somewhere around 16-20° ∞. There were no planets in this portion of the sky at the time, though the fixed star Alphard—‘The Heart of the Serpent’ in the constellation of The Hydra, was positioned at 17° ∞. The constellation of The Hydra is mythically linked with Tiamat, the primordial serpent goddess of the Chaos of the outer void, while Alphard—with a reputation for violent passions and intense, transformative energy—shares some apparent traits of the entity we made contact with, which entered the cosmos from the same ‘beyond’ that Tiamat inhabits. Also of interest was the fact that Sr. S. reported the communications that she received from the entity that manifested seemed to come from the South, which tallies with the cosmic location of Alphard and The Hydra at the time of the rite. 

Such stellar influences may be seen as important aspect due to one of the reasons behind my wanting to perform it being to gain a better understanding of the tight conjunction of the fixed star Aldebaran with my Natal Ascendant. In combination with Antares’s conjunction with my Natal Moon on the Descendant and my Natal Saturn’s conjunction with my Nadir, this an intriguing mixture of angular placements that I sought clarity about. Though there was no straight answer to this question when I posed it, the entity’s command to ‘cut, cut, cut, cut, cut’ my way out of my ‘prison’ with a sword was deemed to be a reference to my Gemini Ascendant’s association with the Hebrew letter Zayin—meaning Sword (and thus linked to the element of Air)—as the means to use the influence of Aldebaran to my advantage by means of the intellectual energy of that sign’s ruler, Mercury, and the fivefold repetition of the word ‘cut’ suggests that these powers with the force of the Fifth Sephira, Geburah. Furthermore, according to Ptolemy, Aldebaran has a nature consistent with that of Mars, which brings a substantive link between the Marsian energies of Aldebaran and Gemini’s ruler Mercury on my First House Cusp. In this context, the instruction to ‘cut’ may relate to the application of my Mercurial nature (or Hermeticism) in a Marsian way, with the symbol of the sword being the natural connecting principle between their forces.

Once compliant, the physical form it revealed was also of a Marsian nature with a broad stature and signs of violence and severe scalding about its features. It insisted that the face, as the mask of ego, perhaps, be removed in order for its message to be received. Once agreed to, its instructions seemed related to rites of the crossroads, in which I was urged to place my four limbs in accord with the four cardinal directions of the cross. The energy invoked by this, as represented by the band of swastikas that rotated about my head, was solar in nature, and had the aesthetics of Tibetan Buddhism.

Towards the end of the vision a clue to the identity of the Angel became apparent when it mentioned ‘The Zealous Ones.’ With the impression that it was talking about an order of Angelic Beings, I deduced that the order of Seraphims, known for their ‘Ardent love of God,’ were the point of reference for further research. In traditional Jewish thought, the Seraphims are Angels of the Fifth Order (Geburah), while Hermetic attributions place them in the First Order, under the Archangel Metatron. According to Amberlain’s attribution of the Shemhamphorash Angels, each angel in each of the nine orders of angels can be attributed their own Sephirotic placement between Chokmah and Yesod[1] as follows.

No.	Shem. Angel	Sign	Decan	Dates	Quinary	Archangel	Angelic Order	Sephira
1	Vehuiah	¡	5	Mar 21 - 26	0-4°	Metatron	Seraphim	Chokmah
2	Jeliel	¡	5	Mar 27 - 31	5-9°	Metatron	Seraphim	Binah
3	Sitael	¡	Q	April 1 - 5	10-14°	Metatron	Seraphim	Chesed
4	Elemiah	¡	Q	April 6 - 10	15-19°	Metatron	Seraphim	Geburah
5	Mahasiah	¡	T	April 11 - 15	20-24°	Metatron	Seraphim	Tiphereth
6	Lelahel	¡	T	April 16 - 20	25-29°	Metatron	Seraphim	Netzach
7	Achaiah	™	3	Apr 21 - 25	0-4°	Metatron	Seraphim	Hod
8	Cahetel	™	3	Apr 26 - 30	5-9°	Metatron	Seraphim	Yesod

With the formula for attributing a Shemhamphorash Angel to each quinary of the Zodiac (or two per Decan), we can see that The Seraph specific to Geburah (which seems the most fitting Sephira to select considering the dominant symbolism) in this model is Elemiah. In accord with the Solar and Marsian imagery found in the scrying, Elemiah co-rules the Sun’s rulership of the second Decan of Aries, and solely governs the quinary of 15-19° ¡. With the rite taking place on 8^th April when 1 was in 19° ¡, there’s enough synchronicity abound to give the Angelic presence we made contact with in this rite a convenient name.

Conclusion

This evocation was a powerful magical experience with verifiable planetary and stellar influences that were in strong accord with the letters of the Tablet of Air and the zodiacal position of the Sun. The Watchtower of the East acted as a portal to the divine realm beyond the cosmos, and correlated with the physical position of the Fixed Star Alphard within the constellation of The Hydra in the material realm. The entity itself was of the nature of Mars and Sol, and was identifiable with the Shemhamphorash Angel Elemiah, the Second Decan of Aries, the 3 of Wands of the Minor Arcana and the Enochian letter T (‘T’) within the name of the Senior AVTOTAR. While its initial claim that it ‘was AOZPI’ can’t be specifically substantiated, with that Holy Name being related to the zodiac sign of Aries, it would be correct to say that the entity was a direct emanation from that Name.

Name	A	V	T	O	T	A	R
Planet	T	U	Q	T	V	U	Q
Sign	F	¡	¡	¡	º	º	º
Tarot	10D	2W	3W	4W	2D	3D	4D

Its manifestation was of a fiery, zealous and violent nature and its purpose appeared to lie in dismantling the cosmic order, which it existed outside of. This was highlighted in its disdain for Bethor, ‘The Machinist,’ whose energies were implemental in the formation of the material cosmos. The advice it gave to ‘cut’ related to infusing Marsian energy to the intellect, and the crossroads rite it demanded seemed to be an instruction to invoke solar energy by placing myself in alignment with the four elements. Although the entity itself was of the nature of Mars and Sol, the Senior it comes under the control of, AVTOTAR, is of the nature of Mercury, making the triangle of paths between the Hod, Geburah and Tiphereth—being the paths of  מ, ל and ooע—its area of influence. When one then considers that the root of Elemiah’s name is למooע, the evidence becomes even more consistent.

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[1] See Skinner & Rankine’s ‘The Complete Magician’s Tables.’