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COILS
A NEWSLETTER OF THE OTOA-LCN

Volume I Number VIII Sol in Capricorn
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Contents
Contents .................................................................................................................................. 3
Editorial ................................................................................................................................. 5
SGM Message ......................................................................................................................... 6
Exorcism of the Chart - XPalamas ................................................................................... 9
Consecration - XPalamas ................................................................................................. 10
Lovecraftian Mythos in the Voudon Gnostic universe, an introduction to
Bertiaux’s Lovecraftian Coven (Part 1) – Sashah Ruge ........................................... 11
Tree of Yog Sothoth - Sashah Ruge ............................................................................... 17
HooDoo Dream Device - Dejan Sklizovic ..................................................................... 18
Lucky Hoodoo Working (Part 1) – Frater T. S. P. ...................................................... 19
Time Travel Device - Dejan Sklizovic ........................................................................... 26
Bawon Samedi Rite - Reverend Celephais .................................................................. 27
Familie Magie Noire - Dejan Sklizovic.......................................................................... 31
Introduction to the work of le Ordre Martinèsiste de Chenu - Palamas ........... 32
The Grimoire Ghuedhe Initiation Part III – How To Approach Your Own Death
– Reverend Celephais ....................................................................................................... 42
Tri-form Blessing Icon - XPalamas ............................................................................... 45
Introibo Ad Altare Dei – Frater Dynami Meso Idoni ................................................ 46
Exorcism of the Logismoi - XPalamas .......................................................................... 50
Let’s Talk About Sex – Joe Dickerson ........................................................................... 51
A Gate Wonders - Rick Garrett ....................................................................................... 54
Phantom - Rick Garrett ................................................................................................... 55
Solomon - Rick Garrett ..................................................................................................... 56
Time Travel for Fun And Prophet – Joe Dickerson .................................................. 57
Queen of Imbolc by Sean Woodward ........................................................................... 59
Psychic Evil – Frater Abaraxas ....................................................................................... 60
La Gran Madre de la Rojas by Sanya Von S ................................................................. 61
Sexual Magnetism and LHS – Soror Von S ................................................................... 62
Voudon Gnostic Oracles – Sâr Sean Woodward ........................................................ 63
Nuit by Sanya Von S ........................................................................................................... 69
COILS I.VIII December MMXVIII 3
An Interview with T. K. Butler – Sean Woodward .................................................... 70
Sekhmet by T. K. Butler ................................................................................................... 72
Invocations of the Four Crosses Complete Experiments – Joe Dickerson.......... 73
Frater T. S. P. ....................................................................................................................... 84
MAGIC OF HOODOO - Emir Salihovic ............................................................................ 85
Spirits of the Seven - XPalamas ..................................................................................... 88

Editorial
It has taken far longer than expected to realise this issue than I foresaw when I first
started editing it in December of 2018. There have been many changes since then,
changes that have helped us to re-focus both the individual energies of members of
the inner council and more importantly the format, structure and dynamics of our
interaction with the student body.

When I began this editorial on the day of Imbolc in 2019, the first signs of snow had
gripped the UK and parts of the USA were in the grasp of extreme cold and yet I was
warmed by the contributions of our members, presented in this issue.

I have always perceived this journal to be an important pillar of the Orders. It brings
together a diverse collection of essays, workings, records, interviews and art and
gives a glimpse of the creative genius of our members past and present and of those
individuals who, although not initiates of this Order, walk parallel paths to us, no less
diminished.

I would like to welcome new members to the Order and to thank all those who have
contributed to this issue and especially Sascha Ruge for sharing the first part of his
paper regarding the Lovecraftian Coven.

Thanks also to Arturo Royal for the fabulous cover image.

Finally, my personal thanks to Zettelion for his continued service to the Orders and to
Michael P. Bertiaux, whose research, explorations and art continue to inspire us.

Fraternally,

Sâr Sean Woodward | X ZENDIQ
GM (Great Britain, Ireland & Australia) for OTOA-LCN

SGM Message
Brothers and Sisters, Power, Wisdom and Love.
With this SGM Message, I would like to In the early work and initial study, the student
address the 16-fold system of OTOA and the should not be concerned at all with
Modus Operandi by which we advance certificates, let alone titles which bestow any
students through our grade structure. kind of authority to be paraded around as a
portion of one's "credentials." During this
Over the years, there would appear to be some phase of the work, we have an opportunity to
"confusion in the Temple" wherein aspirants, ascertain the temperament of the student. It is
students and initiates have expressed concern critical that those who may later be given
over a lack of "formality" with regards to their authority (which is to say, responsibility) are
work within our Orders. I recently possessed of an even-temperament,
communicated with an individual who was exemplifying an outgrowth of those qualities
particularly frustrated in this regard. In this of Power, Wisdom and Love mentioned above.
instance, he felt a lack of formal recognition Without this, we will only have individuals
via signed certificate. His "complaint" has, to a with granted authority who lack the ability to
degree, inspired this Message which will truly guide others in a genuine spiritual
momentarily replace other material I was development. This can only create
preparing for the membership at this time. "shipwrecks" in the future.
OTOA-LCN is an ESOTERIC SCHOOL. We are The 16 Grades of the OTOA are given
engaged with inner plane work and the expression and commentary in the magical
veracity of that work is not dependent upon writings of Michael Aquarius via the 4 Year
external recognition. In my view, this is a Correspondence Course of the Monastery of
hallmark of Gnosis: the encounter with-and the Seven Rays. It must be emphasized that
transformation by-the Divine Power are the lessons are NOT the Initiations they
without need for approval through any correspond to! Presently, this treasure trove
terrestrial formalities. of material is more widely available than at
any other time. When I personally received my
We DO, however, operate as an Order, through first M7R lesson material, it was only the first
a structure of degrees connected to a 16 lessons-and that was password-protected!
progressive (and LOGICAL) system of Since then, the idly curious may find the
Initiatory Development. This, as it has been majority of the lessons online and download it
established, entails cooperation with a mentor all without any contact or consent.
who assists to "flesh out" the student's
engagement with the written materials, It should be known that our SGMA, Dr. Willis,
bringing the system into a living and our Hierophant, Reverend M. Bertiaux,
individuation, the core of which expresses
have never approved this easy online Master named above represents a singular
dissemination. Power Zone of the Order and is to be regarded
as a functional Lodge of the Order. Extensions
Regardless, a succession of individuals have of these power zones into dependent Lodges
acquired and, without permission, shared this will be granted to members who have entered
material. With documents thusly available, the 3rd Year of Study and Gradework,
one may ask: what is the purpose of studying demonstrating the necessary qualities of
this material within OTOA? The student will character and development to their mentor
be as responsible for answering this question and finding formal approval through
as the mentor. The student/mentor dynamic recommendation to the SGM.
is critical for working our system as an
Initiatory Grade Structure with students In addition to the Inner Council, Tau Palamas
finding each degree to be its own esoteric is recognized as a Grand Master and may
space, a space which will serve as a type of Initiate along these same lines.
"Lodge Room" for the training, rites, ordeals
and transformation connected to it. Each Grade should evoke deepening levels of:
How this unfolds will be revealed in POWER - This is evidenced in what we may
conjunction with one's mentor in the Order. A consider "results" and occult experience. One
satisfactory completion of the requirements of is increasingly moving into a Universe where
the degree in question will result in the magic is understood as "real" and Spirit
granting of a certificate, acknowledging the Contact and Communion occur as part one's
work done within those chambers. operation and basic Being. This is also an area
where there is danger of illusion and self-
Let it be known: there is an Inner Council of deception. One's mentor will be an invaluable
the OTOA-LCN, the members of which are help while developing this aspect of one's
authorized to provide this mentoring and being. Power may also be understood to
present the corresponding certificates. comprehend what Carlos Casteneda calls
"Personal Power." Lucky Hoodoo addresses
These are Brothers Sean Woodward, Earl this with its own unique language and
Keim, Nicholaj Frisvold and Emir Salihovic, metaphor.
reocognized as Grand Masters by SGM, Kyle
Fite (Zettelion). Zettelion's position is by WISDOM - This is shown by deepening insight.
appointment from SGMA, Dr. Courtney Willis If one is truly passing through the Initiations,
and attested to in the Tri-Order Statement by reflection will reveal a very different person
our Hierophant, the Reverend Michael P. than the one who first set foot upon the Path.
Bertiaux. Thus, until otherwise stated, the Our view of the "World" changes as does our
Inner Council has full authority to take upon understanding of both ourselves and others. It
students at their discetion and Initiate to the is critical that those who assist others can
16th Degree, OTOA. Furthermore, each Grand enter into and adapt to their psychoscape and
occult anatomy. This intuitive insight will COILS draws its name from the curling
ultimately develop into what M. Bertiaux calls undulations of the Black Snake. These are
"The priestly power...to see physically all that spiralling movements within the Well of our
is metaphysical." This ability will be witnessed Order and Collective Laboratory. If you are
in the Initiate's ability to convey methods of reading these words, you are part of this Great
practical esoteric engineering in diverse Work.
departments of life. Wisdom wed with Power
evokes a Tremendous Sorcery. Students who have made progress along the
True and Genuine Initiatory Path should know
LOVE - This word may, in some regards, be that Degrees are not "obtained" and
understood as synonymous with Gnosis. Our "finalized." Even the Masters of our Orders
understanding of this term is not sentimental return to do work within our 16-fold
but Cosmic. It is Revelatory and structure.
Transformative. This is the Apex of our
Triangle and the Reality which relates the There are many other dimensions to this
Individual to the Collective, the Human to the discussion which we will address in future
Transcendental. When the Triangle is missives. For the time being, we would like to
completed with Love as its Crown, the Initiate have certain elements of Order protocol
is able to shift into any aspect of Gnostic- clarified for our membership. The Vudu
Voudon investigation with great result. Voyage is, of course, one in which the Initiate
not only works within the Guidance of a
Further words may be written on these three Mentor but swims the Seas of Spirit. The
points but it is more important that our Spirits, themselves, initiate!
Aspirants work with their Mentors to
understand all of this-and more-in their own We may see that we have a complex dynamic
field of experience and being. It is worthwhile building up. There is a certain Triad of
for both Student and Mentor to "Debrief" after Student, Mentor and Spirit. Consider how this
each 16-lesson portion of the M7R to examine may mirror the Gnostic Triad of The One,
how the above aspects of True Being were Barbelo and the Autogenes. These three
revealed in the work done. emanate the Gnostic Mandala before the Fall
of Sophia. We may understand the Student as
Our former SGM, Ken Ward, sought to work a post-Fall reflection of the Autogenes, which
the OTOA Degrees along Thelemic lines. This is to say THE CHRIST.
entailed embracing the Degree structures of
Crowley's Schools. One of the conditions for Regard OTOA as a Magical Mirror between the
advancement he set into place was two.
contributing to Instrumentum. I have received
communication inquiring as to when the next Fraternally given, ZETTELION 444
Instrumentum will be released. COILS is that
"next Instrumentum." March 2019

Exorcism of the Chart - XPalamas

Consecration - XPalamas

Lovecraftian Mythos in the the research and application of Necronomicon
physics that spans from Chicago to those
Voudon Gnostic universe, an spaces beyond the door of death leading to the
introduction to Bertiaux’s icy plateau of Leng. This series of events was
Lovecraftian Coven (Part 1) – depicted in the books of Kenneth Grant as the
actions of Bertiaux’s Lovecraftian Coven.
Sashah Ruge
There have been cells of the Cthulhu cultus
History of the Coven consistently operating under a variety of
names throughout the world, including
In the later part of the 1960’s Michael Bertiaux several larger manifestations. The most
was introduced to the writings of H.P. widely known of late are The Typhonian
Lovecraft through His friend and fellow Order of Kenneth Grant, the Esoteric order of
magician Marc Lully. Lovecraft’s work, along Dagon and the Starry wisdom Temple. Grant’s
with the contributions of other writers that work with the Mythos and those who follow
helped fashion the bulk of the Cthulhu mythos his path have been a fantastic source of insight
stories, and a previous interest in Clark for those currently continuing the work of the
Ashton Smith fueled and enriched Michael and Coven, and Grant’s inclusion of all physical
Marc’s education of the Outer Ones. Their manifestations of the Necronomicon in his
interest in these subjects deepened, and work is very important to the work of the
slowly invaded other areas of their occult Coven in its current manifestation.
research, until Saturday April 15th, 1972 when
Michael, Marc, and other members of the Jean- The latest manifestation of the Lovecraftian
Maine Franco Haitian Lodge performed their Coven has once again found its primary hot
first séance directed towards the entities of points developing upon the Ley lines formed
the Necronomicon. This Séance marks the by our founder’s path through time; the
beginning of the group’s work with the present/ancestral home of the author, the
archetypes of the mythos. This work town of Streator Illinois which the Bertiaux
culminated on Sept 9th 1973 with the first family first settled in, the home town of one of
message received through the the current Coven’s primary members, and
Transyuggothian transmission station, the current location of the Zothyrian tower’s
thereby establishing contact with the Deep earthly manifestation in Chicago are clustered
Ones and other entities of the Cthulhu Mythos together amidst a variety of locations widely
and the Necronomicon universe, or Universe known for paranormal activity. From this
N. triangulation of hot points the path flows
north, up through those deep and ancient
The work continued By Michael, Marc and currents of lake Michigan. There in the icy
those other magicians who are now waters of the upper regions of Wisconsin, past
understood to be the founding members of the the Port des Mort in perfect isolation lays the
Transyuggothian Brotherhood of Shamans. heart of the Coven. Its initial focus had been
Rites were performed in the upper regions of the manifestation of the infinite being, which
the Great Lakes, evoking the denizens of the can be seen as a mask of the Crawling Chaos
current embedded in the stories of the Nyarlathotep. This manifestation has been
Cthulhu mythos. The work of the Brotherhood rooted to a physical icon that serves as the
created a network of powerzones dedicated to seat of the egregore of the coven.
Legbha-Kalfou / Ti Pied Mille Fois –
Transyuggothian Syzygies connecting Nyarlathotep
Esoteric Voudon and Transyuggothian
shamanism In traditional Vodou and Esoteric Voudon,
Legbha is our first contact point to the Loa.
It is written in the Monastery of the Seven Without access to Legbha and his approval to
Rays course papers: proceed further into the mysteries, it becomes
difficult if not impossible to work with the Loa.
“The most holy and radiant Syzygies of the Kalfou or Carrefour work in a similar manner,
Ecclesia Spiritualis Gnostica. These very but the crossroad point they govern is
metaphysical beings are linked by destiny to between the dayside reality and that which is
the various points in space, which constitute outside of the waking consciousness of the
our total system of worlds. Their assembly magician, those nightside mysteries that flow
forms the fullness of the universe, which through the cults of the Petro and the Secta
prevents Chaos from making entry into the Rouge, which are a vital part of the magicians
world as we know it. “ universe in varying degrees of intensity
depending on which path the magician walks.
If we follow the rationale of the quote
mentioned above, we can see how the The Transyuggothian syzygy that resonates
Transyuggothian syzygies would be best with the above mentioned pair is rooted in the
described as “those praetor human beings terrestrial system of esoteric Voudon through
born of the ever-spewing Chaos at the center the Famille Ghuedhe, that intermediary spirit
of infinity which constitutes the total system who opens the way to the spider magick, Ti
of worlds unexplored by humanity. Their Pied Mille Fois. It is through this Loa that we
assembly haunts the vastness of those spaces find entry to those spaces outside the circles
between the nodes and lines sacred to our of time, where we encounter the messenger of
rational existence. These entities go the Outer gods, Nyarlathotep. It is through
unnoticed; residing in spaces far beyond the Nyarlathotep that the magician gains audience
limit of human awareness, save for those who with the entities of universe N, for just as
are sensitive to the transmissions from Legbha, Kalfou, and “the thousand little
beyond. footsteps”, Nyarlathotep acts as the
intermediary entity of the Mythos, for he is the
The Syzygies of universe A (the known Messenger and Will of the Ancient Ones.
universe) and the Syzygies of universe N share Another mask of Nyarlathotep discovered by
a sympathetic connection through the basal the Coven is known as LaBas. Little can be said
principals inherent in their primal essence. at this time about LaBas other than to note
Working with the syzygies of universe A and that the meaning of LaBas in French is “down
universe N collectively allows the magician to there”, which to the Coven refers to the
create a powerzone capable of sustaining a depths…
stable link with that which lies between the
angles of time and space, enabling deep Le Temple des Houdeaux and Spider
contact and exploration into that which was magick
previously considered Chaos. In the Voudon Gnostic workbook we are
introduced to the Temple des Houdeaux, and
An example of one set of syzygies follows: given instruction in the methods of orienting
the temple and the magician’s consciousness connected to the complete system presented
by generating energies of a specific type, in the monastery papers through the
based on the will of the magician and which astrological signs ascribed to them, as does
Loa, spirits, fuels, etc are employed to power the entirety of the Grimoire Ghuedhe system
the Magickal engines. of correspondences.
During the work with the TDH the magician is
In the example given in the workbook, we are slowly undergoing changes in the occult
taught one way of aligning the temple and the bodies, the act of transformation to spider
magician’s consciousness, specifically sorcerer known as Lycanthropie Sorcier
towards the arena of spider magick and the D’Araignee.
rites of Zom. At the four traditional quarters
are placed Loa representatives of the Famille Spider sorcery is related to Yog Sothoth
Ghuedhe; we call upon Mystere Royal and through the Spider Loa’s ability to travel upon
Mahakali, the God and Goddess of death, the webs of time and space, peering between
which occupy the East and West quarters. In the angles, influencing the timelines of
the form of the ritual originally used by the countless potential realities. The Spider Loa’s
coven, Ghuedhe Nibbho takes residence in the webs span in those voids that separate
West to represent the black Goddess of space, dimensions, hold timelines “in place”, and
as the ritual and the Vevers involved were allow dreams and reality to remain distinct
based on one designed by Ken Ward, and that and “apart”. Those voids are in fact one with
was the name and Vever used in his version. Yog Sothoth, for he is known as the Key and
guardian of those gates outside the circles of
In the North we have Les Houdeaux, which are time, his existence both separates, and grants
those most holy spirits of the dead, and those access if one knows how to enter and traverse
Atlantean magicians who continue to flourish those spaces… And the Spider Loa know just
within the depths through the rites of that!
transvection, which have allowed continued
existence, albeit in a form more suited to their The Rite of the Spider
new environment…very similar to Deep ones Being the Temple Des Houdeaux Ritual
of the Cthulhu mythos! modified

The southern quarter is occupied by Ti pied Facing east within a circle formed by the
mille fois who is one of the transvection vevers of the respective Loa, Make the sign of
famille of loa, and is recognized by the Coven the cross on yourself and call to Legbha:
as an intermediary spirit. In the Temple Des
Houdeaux rite it is Ti pied mille fois who Papa Legbha open the way.
“greets those who serve the dead” and grants Odu Papa, open the way the to Les Lwa
access to the famille Araignee, or spider Loa. Atibon Legbha! Open the way to the spirits
so that I may enter!
At the cross quarters, the points between the
points, reside the Spider Loa- Mystere Toile Facing East, make the sign of the cross and
D’Araignee, Mystere Araignee, Ti Zariguin, project into the Vever:
Baron Zariguin. The spider Loa aids the
magician in his work, opening the paths on the I invoke Thee MYSTERE ROYAL, god of all
web of time and space. These Loa are transformations

Turn counter clockwise to the North; make I invoke Thee TI ZARIGUIN, inventor Loa
the sign of the cross and project into the of Aquarius
vever:
Turn counter clockwise to the Southwest,
I invoke Thee LES HOUDEAUX, spirits of tear through the web of maya and project
the hoodoo science into the vever:

Turn to the West; make the sign of the cross I invoke Thee BARON ZARIGUIN, Father
and project into the vever: spider Loa of Leo

I invoke Thee GHUEDHE NIBBHO, the At this point, ALL present will perform the Al
black Goddess of space Azif mantra (take a full breath, and slowly
release while creating a buzzing “ZZZZZ”
Turn to the South; make the sign of the cross sound) 3x
and project into the vever:
As you invoke each of the spider Loa they
I invoke Thee TI PIED MILLE FOIS, spirit create alchemical changes to your bodies by
who greets those who come to serve the the admixture of their venoms with the Death
Dead and Transyuggothian energies summoned at
the start of the rite, completing the
At this point the contact with Ti Pied Mille transformation into the were spider on the
Fois begins the subtle transformation from astral.
human to spider sorcerer, senses heighten as
the transvection process begins, allowing the Continue to turn counter clockwise until
sorcerer access to the Famille Zariguin. facing the direction of the Loa you would have
guide you on your travels. Address the Loa,
Turn counter clockwise to the Northeast, tear ask for guidance along the web that spans
through the web of maya with aid of your through space and time, feed the Loa with
spider form and project into the vever: Ojas, either through a gentle blowing of three
breaths upon the vever, or through more
I invoke thee MYSTERE TOILE vigorous methods, depending on the
D’ARAIGNEE, Daughter spider goddess of particular requirements of the travel
Capricorn undertaken.

Turn counter clockwise to the Northwest, To travel upon the web the sorcerer may
tear through the web of maya and project employ the methods mentioned in the VGW,
into the vever: or create their own unique methods of travel,
sigils can be used to represent locations to be
I invoke Thee MYSTERE ARAIGNEE, explored, coordinates could be used in a
Mother spider goddess of Scorpio fashion similar to remote viewing, or using the
active imagination to seek out specific targets,
Turn counter clockwise to the Southeast, tear whether the target be a location on earth, or
through the web of maya and project into the the locale of a specific entity in any
vever: space/time, or the exploration of new
universes hidden beyond the angles of time
and space. In spider sorcery the magician is able to
connect to the desired points of contact by
The Voltigeur traversing across the webs that are woven
throughout time and space, whereas the
The formula of the voltigeur is the method of voltigeur makes it capable to access any given
travel to those places that lie between the point in an instant, as well having the ability to
angles of God and Nothingness; two primary explore unknown points of experience
concepts which form humanity’s assumptions through the channelling of entities from
regarding time and space, allowing travel well outside, and using that entity’s essence as
beyond the confines of what is known to be. coordinates allowing the magician to hone in
on the spiritus loci.
Like the techniques of the spider sorcerer, the
voltigeur works deeply within the principles Incorporating the Schlangenkraft
of Yog Sothoth, It is our vehicle of exploration Necronomicon into the system of the
of the 16 Axioms and the 94 logics of Yemeth, Lovecraftian coven
which are the first developments of the
coven’s exploration of universe N, that closely Throughout the years, there have been
relates to the entities of the Cthulhu mythos. publications claiming to be the book or
The magician’s use of the Voltigeur allows fragments of the book of the mad Arab, the
access to the spaces that lie beyond the dreaded Necronomicon. The most famous of
boundaries of our human capacities. these being the Simon Necronomicon, also
referred to as the Schlangenkraft
The Voltigeur is an astral exoskeleton, an Necronomicon after the name of L.K. Barnes’s
adaptive vehicle that modifies the occult publishing house.
bodies of the magician to be more suited to the
natural tendencies of the space to be explored, The Simon Necronomicon is concerned
or it can provide a static form of the magician’s primarily with the magician using the
creation that permits passage, gives potential contained system of magick leading up to the
defense against that which would cause harm book of calling which enables the magician to
to the magician, or other specific needs built open the gates and ascend the ladder of lights,
into the formula by the magician. with chapters dedicated to the Ancient ones
and their evil spawn; how to call them up and
Common forms used in the formula of the how to keep them at bay… well, kind of…
voltigeur are the batrachian/ichthyic forms of
the Deep ones, insect and spider forms, as well The Simon Necronomicon has limited
as amorphous masses with endless numbers references to the Cthulhu mythos material,
of rope like appendages and pseudo pods, and what is there is obviously patched in to
similar to a Shoggoth, for the Shoggoth Is very pre-existing Mesopotamian ritual texts, albeit
similar in ways to the voltigeur, it is an entity in a suitable form. It does hold the basic feel of
created by Transyuggothian beings that Lovecraft’s dreaded tome, even if the
understands the commands of their creators, discrepancies between it and those
yet have no real consciousness of their own, descriptions of the Al Azif given within HPL’s
and seem to be controlled by hypnotic writings are too many to list…
suggestion.
It is the belief of the Lovecraftian Coven that all its multidimensional facets, no matter how
all of the existing material related to the hidden they may be.
Cthulhu mythos is valid as a possible
connection point to the mythos realms, The Coven researches all earthly
including the material present in current age manifestations of gnosis derived from
role-playing and electronic games. These are universe N, and carefully assemble what
the creations of artists and magicians that seems to be genuine and acceptable for use in
have felt a deep resonance with the Mythos, further exploration of the emerging map of
and have felt so strongly that they are universe N known to the Coven as the Tree of
compulsively drawn to give flesh to these Yemeth, or the Tree of Yog Sothoth.
concepts within our universe through artistic
depictions, writings, etc… just as the origin of
the mythos was manifested by our namesake
the reluctant prophet H.P. Lovecraft. Even if
the creators of these pieces of the mythos are
not willing to accept any possibility of an
occult effectiveness of their work, a large
percentage of the people I’m personally aware
of that found the Simon Necronomicon
somewhere along their magickal path, which
was usually towards the beginning of their
journey due to its insanely wide availability,
had significant, if not just weird experiences
involved with the work in the book. It does
indeed seem that the ideas brought forth are
in symmetry with the work of many dedicated
to the exploration of the occult universe with

Tree of Yog Sothoth - Sashah Ruge

HooDoo Dream Device - Dejan Sklizovic

water. I am also offering Myrrh incense to the
Lucky Hoodoo Working (Part 1) – hoodoo.
Frater T. S. P. 10.54pm
This is my record of working with the Hoodoo
Just finished the ritual. Went very well in my
consecutively over some nights attempting to
opinion. Their presence was felt immediately
go through most of the Lessons of the Lucky
upon lighting the candles. I asked the hoodoo
Hoodoo Grimoire. In this record is found my
to send their power into the 5 dice so I may
diary notes as well as photographs of my altar
communicate with them through this medium.
setups and talismans/squares, as well as any
I repeated this sentence three times in a low,
relevant artwork I have completed or near
almost internal voice with increasing intensity
completion during this time. This record does
of intent. I then offered some body heat and
not contain the entirety of the LHG lessons as
closed my eyes, asked the hoodoo to come into
I have waited for new moon/waxing moon to
my being and walk with me. I sat with closed
perform the rite of Lesson 5 – The Contraite. I
eyes for a few moments in a receptive state. I
am performing the Lesson 9 – How the
can't say there were many visuals but I did
Hoodoo Man Keeps His Nature High the
certainly feel their presence in my immediate
following morning. I often don’t have the
vicinity. I should note that the candle flames
opportunities to perform rituals on
were strong tonight, perhaps a bit more so
consecutive days at home and must work
than usual. The candles are almost at their
around other family member schedules in the
ends since I have been using the same ones
house. Part 2 of this record will be submitted
since I initially started working with the
in the next few days.
hoodoo.
It should be noted that for a few lessons, I was
unsure on some of the steps and went
according to my understanding of how it was
supposed to be done. I hope to receive
feedback and clarification on parts unsure.
Another side note is that I have found my
overall sexual lust was quite high (as was my
wanting to sketch and draw) during this
period. This still continues.
Picture of set up for dice blessing
Day 1
11.36pm
Sunday July 20 1018
As I attempted to fall asleep I said a prayer to
10.30pm
the hoodoo along with the exorcism....it felt
Tonight, I will be blessing a new set of 5 dice different tonight...and rightfully so..as I closed
my eyes..a piece of art literally created itself in
that I bought especially for working with the
hoodoo. Once blessed, I will place them in my my mind...it is as if the hoodoo were drawing it
atua for future use. I am using the standard for me so I may reproduce it in physical form
tomorrow. They even gave me the name of the
altar layout with the five candles and a glass of
drawing: HOODOO VORTEX. Is comprised of Performed exorcism from lesson 6 On the bus
the holy spirits of the four quarters along with ride this morning along with a short prayer to
the hoodoo in the centre in design with a the hoodoo giving thanks. I will be working on
vortex of some sort spiralling inwards starting my received drawing today during my spare
from the north and working its way toward time at work (see above picture from previous
the centre in the same direction as the candles day).
are usually lit. This to me is an immediate
symbol of invocation of the spirits represented 10.36pm.
artistically. Each cross in each quarter had an
eye in the middle as well as a eye in the central I will now perform the dedication ritual of the
cross with serpents. It was primal but yet first lesson. Before I commence and light the
futuristic-like a machine of sorts. I had to write candles, I will say the exorcism and follow that
this down in my journal as I am still awake. up with some slow rhythmic breathing to get
me into a relaxed state prior to beginning.
What I am aiming for tonight is the dedication
ritual done slowly with as much intent and
feeling as I can muster up while at the same
time trying to be ultra-receptive to the
Hoodoo.
11.09pm
Ritual went well. Began with saying the

exorcism and prayer for positive success from
lesson 6. I intoned it three times. I was very
receptive and felt presence as soon as I uttered
the words: "...positive powers in, holy spirits of
lucky hoodoo be everywhere in my body..."
I then proceeded to do 5 rounds of really slow

rhythmic breathing and then once totally
relaxed, lit the black candle. Intoned "o light,
there is no darkness...etc." three times building
intensity each time. I did the same with the
blue candle and then over the glass of water.
Each part was intoned three times. I then
intoned with much devotion the dedication to
Picture of drawing received: HOODOO VORTEX the hoodoo spirits. I did this also for a total of
three times. I then observed the flames briefly
Day 2 before closing my eyes and becoming receptive
and feeling the presence of the spirits all
Monday july30 2018 around me. I mentally welcomed them into
every fibre of my being and thanked them and
12.04pm asked them to show me signs of their presence.
I then opened my eyes after a few minutes and
drank the water which I mentally kept in mind Sleep was not great as I could hear some
that it had been infused with spirit power people talking in the parking lot outside my
accumulated during the ritual. I put out the bedroom window. Apparently, someone's car
blue candle followed by the black and closed caught fire.
my eyes again to become receptive and
thankful to the spirits. 8.50pm
I noticed at certain parts of the dedication the Just finished the prayer for positive success and
blue candle became briefly very active. Also, as a small improvised prayer to the hoodoo.
I was burning incense to the right of the altar.
There seemed to be at times a counter 10.27pm
clockwise swirl around the altar and close to
my face which is interesting since when i I am setting up the candles for the ritual for
closed my eyes after putting out the candles, i gaining from the hoodoo spirits. I have my
immediately saw behind closed eyelids a written request and am lighting incense.
counter clockwise spiral, which i believe is
closely connected with yesterday's vision of the 10.51pm
hoodoo vortex. It is also the order in which the
candles are usually lit in the standard altar Ritual went well. As usual I performed the
setup. exorcism and prayer for positive success
beforehand and rhythmic breathing. As I lit
I will now perform the shadow stuff bath and each candle I felt presence. Same with the
go to sleep ...asking the spirits to take me into charge over the glass of water. Tonight, the
their realm and schools during dream.. red candle released a lot of energy in the form
of sparks when I initially lit it. The green
11.34pm candle began quite strong as well with an
initial high flame. Towards the end after I
Shadow-stuff bath ok...although I am still opened my eyes and drank the water, the blue
having a hard time feeling as much presence and black candles were flickering. As i began
as other rituals from the LHG. Perhaps i am putting out the candles, the black candle
simply being too critical of myself or what I almost seemed to not want to go out. All in all,
should expect to feel or perceive. Nevertheless, a good ritual session. What I will do this
it went fairly well. I did it in my washroom as it evening is to place my request paper in my
is the only room that is in total darkness atua. I will place my atua with everything in it
without a light source as there are no on the side table next to my bed. Perhaps this
windows. will enhance dreams tonight.
..off to sleep thinking of the Hoodoo. I will now take a shadow-stuff bath and pray
to the hoodoo to send me spirit power.
Day 3
11.08pm
Tuesday July 31 2018
Shadow-stuff bath complete. I used the single
7.30am black candle that I sometimes use for the short
form of the dedication rite for the light source.
Presence felt a bit more than the last time. 10.28pm.
Going to sleep now with my atua next to my
bed. I am about to perform the ritual for
controlling the minds of other people. I have
Day 4 my paper for the magickal square. I realized
they don't sell peach brandy here so I was only
Wednesday August 1 2018 able to purchase peach liqueure. I hope it is ok.
I will do the ritual to the best of my ability
8.10am although I still have some areas I am

uncertain. I will send this record to my mentor
I definitely had some dreams last night and see if it is ok or not.
although most are forgotten. There was one
semi-dream that I cannot really pinpoint as to
whether it was a dream or not but quite
emotional about my son and the way he grew
up. I felt guilty about moving around so much
and having to move him schools a couple of
times. It was very emotionally charged. Other
than that, there seems to b aa very thin line
between my waking state where I am thinking
out scenarios in my mind and actually
dreaming.
Immediately upon waking I mentally said the

prayer for good possession and a small
thanksgiving prayer to the hoodoo from the
heart.

I felt presence throughout although I had not
fully memorized all of the wording in the
prayers so I had a cheat sheet posted in behind
the altar facing me so i could read if I forgot
some of the words. I recited everything three
times...this is something I have begun to do in all
rituals of LHG as i find it builds the intensity
nicely.
I will now take a shadow-stuff bath and go to

sleep...again with my atua beside my bed on a
night table.
Day 5
Thursday August 2 2018 - 9.49am
No dreams recalled...just did a short mental

Magickal Square used prayer to the Hoodoo. Will spend my free time
today working on my drawing and preparing
10.57pm for tonight's ritual.
The ritual went well in my opinion. I opened the 10.50pm.

altar by first an exorcism and prayer of positive
possession. I then lit the 5 candles. I already had Preparing for the ritual of lesson 8 for love and
the glass of peach liqueur between the blue and sex power. I was a bit unsure about how to go
black candles. I did not put the piece of paper about this one. I have created a Bacalou Baca
between the red and black candle just yet as I talisman today at work but I will not use that
had not written down the letters on it at that one as it seems I need to create it at the altar as
point. I then proceeded to think about and part of the ritual. I will use the same peach
visualize having sex with the person in liqueur I used in my previous ritual. I have set
question...brought myself to near climax and up my five candles and glass of liquor and I have
then created the magickal square as the lesson placed a circular piece of paper between the red
instructs. I then placed it between the red and and black candles. The paper is blank. At the
black candles once i was finished creating it. I proper time after focusing on the person I wish
then fed the words to the spirits. I drank the to attract based on the astrological
peach liqueur and closed my eyes with the glass correspondences in the lesson, I will take the
in my hands and meditated for a few moments paper from its place and draw the talisman and
on the spirits and the person whose name is on place it back between the candles. I hope I am
the square. I then put the glass back down and doing this ritual properly. There is also the veve
put the candles out in reverse order as de l'amour that I did not create as I don't see it
instructed. I said the final sentences and it was written as part of the ritual. Perhaps I will
done. I hope I did it correctly. I will place the create an artistic expression of this veve and
magick square in my atua and keep it there keep it near the altar for the next time I do this
until I eventually burn it. ritual.
11.21pm I am preparing to do a scrying with my miroire
fantastique. I have my altar set up and I will
Just finished the ritual. It could have gone a bit first perform the main exorcism/prayer and
better due to my forgetting in the middle. I opening...then ask the hoodoo spirits to bless my
started it with the usual exorcism and prayer dice..then I will ask them to tell me which means
and then lit my candles invoking the holy spirits NO and which means YES..then I will ask for the
of all 4 crosses and the holy spirits of lucky word (based on the magickal square given to
hoodoo. I then concentrated on the type of me by +Z) to use as mantra to chant as I look
person to attract based on the lesson. I did this into the black mirror. Once I receive the word, I
to the point of sexual arousal and erection. I will thank the hoodoo and close the altar. I will
then forgot to recite the prayer and instead then set up the miroire and use only my black
began creating the charm. I realized mid-way central candle as lighting for scrying....
that i had forgotten and then set the charm
aside while I recited the prayer: "hoodoo spirits 11.44pm
of love and sex power...etc" and then once done,
resumed my drawing of the talisman..which I I opened the altar in the standard way. I blessed
then placed back between the red and black the dice using the formula in the LHG. I then
candles. I then concentrated on the talisman for asked the Hoodoo to show me YES and I rolled
a few moments and picked up the glass of peach an odd number. I then asked if I may begin the
liqueur and drank it down..placed it back on the word and rolled a 2. I asked again if I may
altar...meditated closed eyes for a few minutes acquire a word for mantra tonight and rolled a
and then put out the candles. 6. This was clear enough for me. I closed the
altar in the usual way. I will now scry the
Day 6 miroire using the word PAULAL ...which was
derived from the magick square previously as
Friday August 3 2018 - 11.22pm the spirits have decided not to give me a word
today.

12.06am
I lit two black candles at each side of the miroire

magique. On the left was my central black
candle used on the altar. On the right was
another black candle. I opened with the
exorcism/prayer and began chanting PAULAL
while gazing into the mirror. I chanted back
and forth between vocal and mental chanting
of the word. My reflection did not take long to
begin disappearing and reappearing and began
to be slightly distorted. What came back was
face that seemed to have the nose of a lion or
cat of some sort...blended in with my
features...no dialogue ..just the same lion or cat-
like face..with an orange or brownish
tinge...kind of like the strength card in the Tarot
of the Emissary interestingly. And at the same
time seemed to take on the features of an
elderly man...
I closed..thanked the spirits and put out the

candles.
I will now perform a shadow stuff bath and go

to bed with my atua by my bedside.

Time Travel Device - Dejan Sklizovic

and peanuts is always the a good choice. Feel
Bawon Samedi Rite - Reverend free to arrange the Altar by your will, or, let's
say that Bawon will help with the arranging.
Celephais Everything should be consumed during the

Rite or right after. The drink should be the
Setting mixture of dark rum, chili peppers, black
pepper, mustard, chili sauce, or something
Legbha Veve is placed some place from which strong and spicy in taste. The Altar itself
could be easily seen by everyone. The good should be the the graveyard stone (or at least
place is behid and/or above the altar, because you may take a chair, explaining the
that’s the direction that everybody will participants that it will play the role of a
naturaly start looking at during the rite. So, the graveyard stone). So, basically you are there to
perfect setup could be with the altar in the celebrate your deceased ancestors and some
middle of the temple, in front of the altar Ghuedhe spirits (but not all of them) as well,
there’s a manifestator, the participants are whose ruler is Bawon Samedi, the Lwa of the
behind the manifestator, and the Legbha Veve Thanatheros principle which activates both
is behind the grave altar. sexual and the energy of death. Place on his
Altar his Veve, his holy drink, one black candle
Feel connected with the energy, because (or eight), his statue or a drawing (or both), an
the Rite starts as soon as you start thinking incense burner with the frankinsence in it, the
and talking about it, so you must take your pack of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, a bottle of
strong resolution to participate as the first rum or some other strong spirit. The other
step of the rite. Everytning that follows should offerings are around the graveyard stone. The
be considered as the natural consequence of Fankinsence is the best option, but you can
your counscious decision to join the current eventually replace it with Myrh or any other
you agreed to work with. heavy and earthly fragrance (or any other
frangrance used in burial ceremonies).
You are going to need the graveyard soil for
this rite. The ideal would be the soil from the The Manifestator is wearing a make up that
old male grave, preferably the oldest grave in represents the Bawon Samedi. Meaning that
the cemetary, if possible. If not, any soil from a his face is pale, his nostrils cold be stuffed with
mail grave is acceptable. Try to explore the the cotton, there’s a black or greenish color
Bawon’s nature. Why not taking some grave around his eyes, his mouth is black or purple.
dirt from the old codger’s or the vicious man’s Let your imagination do the rest…
grave? Both characters will fit the Bawon’s
character. It’s up to you to go through every All the colors should be reduced to black,
detail of the rite separately, if you like to. purple and white, as much as possible. The
That’s also the part of the current you areed to other participants should follow the same
step into. pattern.

The offerings shold be placed around and at Introduction
the Altar, in front of or near the manifestator.
You can offer chocolate, candies, spicy food, or Everyone's placed around the Manifestator.
any other food or drink that you would like to One person is in charge of everybody, and the
give to Bawon. Also, black or any other beans salt water should be somwhere near that
person. That officer is actively participating
the rite, but every now and then needs to take 1. Let the manifestator lead the
a look at the others and the manifestator as conversation about the Bawon
well, just to make sure everything's all right. If
somehow happens that any of the participants Or, one of the participants could be in
can't return or regain normal consciousness, chagre of reading the already prepared
the officer should sparkle the participant with text. Or, the participants could take
the salt water while gently calling them by turns in reading. Alternativelly, but not
one’s magical or civil name. However, this less worthy, they could talk about the
shouldn't be done before the end of the Rite death, fear, their decased relatives, or
(unless it distracts everyone), because we about Bawon himself. The opening is
need to let the Lwa ride his horses. Also, one always the part in which all the
person should be assigned to read the prayer participants are tunning up their
to Legbha. minds by the aforementioned topics,
leaving the other stuff behind. Let the
The Beginning picture arise in your minds while
reading and speaking about the Bawon.
The ideal opening is always the informal one. His Grave is always dedicated to the
No magical circle should be casted, because man who died first in the community.
we want to be ridden by our Lwas. No special
protection from negative entities needed, The formal beginning should start at
Voudu spirits will be there to protect. the very moment when everyone’s in a
Everyone’s sitting and talking in whispers to relaxed and a half-sleepy state of mind.
each other. They should be happy, but aware This state will gradually rise during the
of the fear or panic that could apper suddenly. Rite. If someone’s alredy exalted, take
The openharted people will make the best it as a good sign, Bawon will probably
mediums during the Rite. Remember, in come as a very exalted and lascive guy,
Voudu, the main principle is openness, making you go crazy in a split of
because our approach is strongly shamanic second. It’s up to manifestator to say
by its nature, and we are striving to unite when will you start.
with our Lwas every single second. The
closed ones could be easily overwhelmed with 2. The Invocation of Legbha
the sudden fear of death or some similar
feelings. Help them to relax. However, This is the part when everyone will
strongly consider of not inviting the people open up from the inside, in order to
who are known to be harsh and indoctrinated prepare to be ridden by the Lwa.
with ideologies of hatred, because those won’t Legbha is both, our inner openness as
fit. Also, the delusional and people with well as our safe gateway to the outer
diagnosed mental ilnesses could pose a universe. In this case, we’ll ask him to
serious threat to the ritual. They could be grant and maintain the safe passage to
present only under the certain circumstances the Bawon’s Cemetary, and to help us
and it strongly depends on officers’s abilities when coming back to the usual reality.
to conduct the rite under the hostile influence. Everyone should take a look at the
Legbha’s Veve, or to imagine it deep
inside their inner space (alternatively,
you can carry small printing or
drawing in your pocket, so you can take the next step. Be patient and feel the
a look when it comes to prayer). atmosphere around you.

Repeat after the one who is doing the When there’s a time, the manifestator
invocation: will start the invocation of Bawon, and
the others will repeat the lines as
Papa Lebha, the Oldest amongst the follows:
Lwas!
Mighty Son of Africa! The Invocation of Bawon
Thou Master of the Crossroads!
I am your child! Bawon Samedi, Thou Master of Life
And I seek the safe passage to the and Death!
Cemeraty. Oh, Thou Murderer and Healer, with
Lead me to the oldest Gravestone the deadly grin!
and deliver me to Bawon Samedi. Thou who do not care about
Ayibobo! anything yet brings anything to
The Solace in Wisdom!
3. Manifestator is rubbing the grave dirt We’re begging Thee to come and
into his hands and all over his face, Ride us freely!
especially the forehead. He is passing These are our offerings to Thee,
the dirt to the next left to him, who is Oh, Great Lwa of Life and Death!
repeating the procedure. That guy Fill our hosts, consume our souls!
passes it to the next one, and so on,
until the last one gives it back to the 5. Once again, the graveyard dirt is being
Maifestator. passed to everybody to be rubbed into
the hands and forheads of the
After that, the Manifestator is taking participants. Let everybody sink down
Bawon’s Veve into his left hand. He is into the vision…
lighting up a cigar and taking the glass
of Bawon’s booze, then taking a small When there’s a time, and not before
sip and sprinkling it all over the Veve. that, the Manifestator will start
After that he will take a puf and exhale chanting. He is is the one to lead, and
into the Veve. Everybody should repeat it’s up to him will he continue or focus
the procedure, starting from the first on Bawon while listening to others.
on the left of the Manifestator. Do not Very slowly, vibrating from the depth
sprinkle too much booze on the Veve, of the stomach, he will start the
you don’t want it ruined before the end Bawon’s Mantra:
of the rite.
Ti Zozo, Gwo Zozo sa-w vle?
4. Now let everybody go in their vision
straight to the Cemetary, and look up The others should follow, but only by
for the oldest grave, the one that following the inner ugre when to start.
belongs to Bawon. This part should last There should be cacophony at first, and
until the manifestator decides to take it should take a certain time to bring all
the voices into harmony. Remember,
this is the nuclear reactor phase of the still in the Cemetary. After awhile, the
ritual and it shouldn’t be done quickly. next step is about to begin…
It could take 5-15 minutes or more
until all the voices are vibrating as one. 7. Once again, the grave dirt is being
Do not hurry, just focus on your Ti rubbed into the hands and foreheads.
Zozo, Gwo Zozo sa-w vle? Part. Now everybody’s doing the shadow
bath. If you cannot be completely
While vibrating, the Manifestator naked, focus on the naked parts of your
should visualize himself as a Bawon body. Let the Spirits take you on a
and feel his energy overflowing him, journey…
making his astral body change, grow,
glow, live and die, crack and burn… the 8. When the Bawon is ready, he will
others should visualize the Bawon in proclaim and greet everybody:
the body of the Manifestator while
chanting. Papa Bawon: How are your Cunts,
ladies?
Once he cannot endure the Bawon’s Ladies: Our Cunts are fine, Papa
energy inside him, the Manifestator Bawon!
should say out loud ZOZO! Now Papa Bawon: How are your Cocks,
everybody should stop chanting , and boys?
let his hands and breath fill the Boys: Our Cocks are fine, Papa Bawon!
offerings and gifts with the Bawon’s Everybody: Ayibobo, Ayibobo,
energy… Ayibobo, thank you, Papa Bawon!

6. Bawon is giving his offerings to Let everybody smile, clap their hands
everybody. Cigarettes and booze and congratulate each others. Be
should be the part of the atmosphere, happy! Ayibobo!
and the crew is free to talk if they want
to, but have in your minds that you’re


Familie Magie Noire - Dejan Sklizovic

Introduction to the work of le Martinism, or Martinèsism, as the case may
Ordre Martinè siste de Chenu - be, is not yet a part of everyday vernacular.
It is referenced often in occult literature
Palamas and considered to be historically
significant in the Western Esoteric
Tradition as a whole, yet for the most part
it remains shrouded in mystery, as well it

should be. There are as many Martinist
branches out there as there are “Free
Initiators,” foreseeably, and the list of Élus
Coën lodges and temples grows annually.
In this essay, however, I am extremely
interested in sharing a glimpse into an
operative world of practitioners who are
far more immersed in theurgy than in
jurisprudence, operative work rather than
the dry mimicry of formulae, and with the
complete transmutation of self over the
amassing of titles, certificates, and
Q. To what purpose is all this effort of the members. In the sometimes, noisy world of
popular and theoretical esotericism it can
spirit directed? be refreshing to unearth a group of
individuals with nothing to sell, no interest
in building an empire through numbers of
A. To the end that there be restored the recruits, and who have, and rigorously
original status of Man and God and the defend, their preference of very little
organizational structure (hierarchy, yes;
original communion between Angels and institutional organization, no).
men. The inheritance we have received from the

Jean-Maine~Bertiaux lineage is assuredly a
creative response and working out of the
~Michael-Paul Bertiaux1 theosophy, doctrines, and Operations of
Martinè s de Pasqually, though it would not
be described as innovative. It is indeed
traditional, however the drafters of this
1
particular methodology have seen fit to
From the IV° of the unpublished, Catechism de l’Ordre
Martinesiste de Chenu, 1983. Permission granted by the drop the Masonic aegis, preferring a purely
author. spiritual and spiritist approach. There is
rather universal agreement among
historians and biographers that Pasqually Courtney Willis, we, Lux Occulta Chapter,
elected to graft his particular doctrines operate quietly and often arduously in the
and operations onto the Masonic inner worlds through unseen warfare
schematic out of necessity and for creating an opportunity for the luminous
purposes of recruiting the right sort of darkness that is the presence of La Chose2
individual for his exalted aims. The to manifest. Our primary aim is sometimes
workings of the Eu lus Coë n swiftly elevate referred to as the change unto the Ogdoad,
the initiate out of the Masonic milieu and or complete reconciliation and
into a world of theurgy. Pasqually even identification with the Repairer. The most
went so far as requiring his initiates to take precise narrative of this experience isn’t
an oath to cease working in apocryphal found in an out-of-print tome in French,
Freemasonry, so as to completely distance shelved and sealed away from the vulgar;
his program from that of the mainstream it is found in the
Craft. The work of the Coë n is deeply
2
La Chose literally translates to “The Thing,” which is
also sometimes called the Unknown Agent. It should be
understood from the very beginning that the OMd’C
does not invoke, or evoke La Chose; rather, La Chose
graces our oratories and circles through the precise
cults that we practice. La Chose is a presence that is
not commanded or compelled to appear as spirits
might be in practical & grimoiric magic.

Gospels and referred to as the
Transfiguration and the Uncreated Light of
Mount Tabor3. This singular purpose
spiritual and involves an elevated order of includes within itself a multiverse of
operative working with spirits of the blissful & ecstatic visionary, auditory, and
terrestrial, celestial, and super-celestial olfactory experiences, spiritual warfare,
realms. and a qualitative healing—not only for the
individual, but for the terrestrial domain
This glimpse into a corner of the Bertiaux- as a whole. Travay4 is the French Creole
inspired universe is in no way exhaustive, term most appropriate to the nature of
nor is it even indicative of L’ Ordre Chenu, as it is work—sometimes travail—
Martinèsiste de Chenu (OMd’C) as a whole. and it is a form of sacred or divine magic
It is a window into a particular Chapter, that can be reduced to a single word:
within a specific gnostic space, and theurgy.
working according to the promptings of
the Spirit. Laboring under the leadership The OMd’C, or simply, the Chenu Order,
of both Michael-Paul Bertiaux, and more was born o f two powerful serpents of
specifically for this endeavor under Dr.
initiation: that of the Haitian Coë n operations than to the heavily Kabbalistic overtones
Ambelain inserted into the tradition. Our Quarantine
tradition which goes back to le Chenu ritual, for example, is a blending of the two traditions,
himself, Martinè s de Pasqually, who died yet even in that working we see the primacy of
in Port-au-Prince in 1774, and from his Pasqually’s spiritism over Ambelain’s Hebrew
obsessions and Kabbalistic magic.
lineage down the line to Lucien & Hector
François Jean-Maine, as well as from the

modern French tradition through Robert
Ambelain’s5 allied orders and successions.
These two lineages also marry the twin
influences of what we know today as
“Martinism,” and that of the Eu lus Coë n, but
Papus orchestrated, almost single
there are aspects of the Chenu Order that
handedly6, what we know of today as
return us to Pasqually’s first endeavor
classical Martinism. This three-degree
known as the Chapter of Scottish Judges of
system (with one administrative grade
1754. Additionally, this particular
called the S::I::I::, Free Initiator) is a child
inheritance of Franco-Haitian theurgy is
of the times in which it was birthed, having
closely connected to, and in some ways
Masonic structure7, secret grips and signs,
completely entangled with, the Ecclesia
and the various other trappings of a secret
Gnostica Spiritualis and the Antient &
society during the heyday of the Belle
Primitive Rite of Memphis+Misrïam.
Eu poque. This Order is quite distinct from

Martinè sism, as it follows the illuminative
3
Attested to in each of the Synoptic Gospels, we first path of Pasqually’s student, Louis Claude
find reference to the Transfiguration in Matthew 17:2: de St. Martin (LCdSM), more closely than
and he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the work and doctrines of his teacher.
the sun and his clothes became as white as the light. The
light is further described as a bright cloud and Martinism teaches a core aspect of the
represents the Uncreated Light of Orthodox theology, as complete esotericist’s life: that of
well as the “luminous glyphs” and profound experience mysticism. Alongside teachings and
of “La Chose” within Coë n theosophy. The experience
continues with the voice of Deity establishing Christ’s
practices to cultivate mysticism, classical
unity with the essence, and further includes the Martinism teaches a form of esoteric
necromantic Communion of the Saints with the Christianity. A key aspect of Martinism is a
visualizations of both Elijah and Moses, further uniting very special form of transmission, which
the Law & the Prophets to the mission of the Christ.
according to Chaboseau was not in any
4
Travay is typically the term given to magical workings way an initiation in ritualistic form.8
in Haitian Vodou, such as we might find in the creation Alongside this mystic transmission, or
of wanga, spirit filled “packets,” and the like. The term ordination9 rather, is a specific set of
is apropos for theurgy with its dual connection between
spiritual labor and travail—as the exorcisms can teachings concerning the nature of
sometimes be troubling, stressful, and laborious. humanity and the spiritual world.
Many modern Orders utilize Martinism as
5
Though the author, and our Chapter as a whole,
respect and honor the work of R. Ambelain, our actual a kind of outer school of the Eu lus Coë n
procedural and functions are more akin to early Coë n work. Whether these divisions, along with
the chivalric path that another of creates an opportunity for tangible
Pasqually’s erudite students, Jean-Baptiste relations with La Chose (the Thing) which
Willermoz, paved with his Rectified is nourished by the mystical and
Ecossais Rite, represent the heart of the devotional path that Saint Martin
tradition or not is neither here nor there. expounded upon so eloquently. It is this
They have come down to the present in a communion, in the deepest sense of the
format that suggests continuity. It is word, with these animated forces, that
almost assumed today that to be a comprises the work of theurgy11.
complete Martinist is to work in all of the
branches— chilvaric (Rectified Ecossais Martinism became the popular catch-all
Rite), mystical (Martinism), and theurgic phrase for these differing elements of the
(l’Ordre des Chevaliers Maçons Eu lus Coë ns original work of Pasqually. As a 19th
de l'Univers). century phenomenon, the codified
Martinist Order of Papus became swiftly
Martinè sism, however, is concerned with linked to the existing Gnostic, Albigensian,
working directly with spirits: angels, and non-Roman Catholic Churches
regionary Chiefs of the celestial realm, the operating in Paris & Lyon, as well as with
Prophets & Disciples of the Bible, the the sometimes splintered and misshapen
Saints of Tradition, the spirits in their Rites of Memphis & Misraı̈m. It is to
planetary and elemental forms, and the Michael Bertiaux that we return for the
Spirits directly from Deity. distillate that is produced from an alliance
with the spiritual Gnostic Church (EGS),
and the Memphis- Misraı̈m rites that were
born of the Ecclesiastical Revision of 1921
(Jean- Maine). This link is not only
Occurring alongside such spiritual palpable for Chenu initiates as they
communion is the necessary and advance in the order, it is critical to the
strenuous balancing work of exorcism and understanding of our spiritist tradition as
unseen warfare with the prevaricating a whole. The inner worlds and their
spirits and demonic forces. Furthermore, inhabitants do not NEED our systems and
Martinè sism has, again, a central aim: The institutions. WE need these things to step
Reintegration of the human into his into the magickal clock of the time stations
original rights and privileges as a divine and enter the spiritual domain.
emanation of the Grand Architect, and the
offering of the divine cultus10 which But once you have explored these
alternate geographies, tracked the sigils
6
He certainly had the assistance of Augustin Chaboseau and luminous glyphs, and interacted with
in 1886, as well as an immediately growing host of the entities, the
luminaries such as Stanislas de Guaita and José phin
Pé ladan. 8
7
Especially once it was in the hands of Papus’s p. 70 of Roggemans & Bogaard’s, History of Martinism
successor, Charles Detre “Teder.” & the F.U.D.O.S.I. Lulu Press, 2009.

9
As the Biblical laying on of hands was employed in this France at the turn of the century,
transmission, we can affirm that the nature of the
ceremonial was indeed ecclesiastical.
exchanged lines and filiations (including
the Antient & Primitive Rite of Memphis-
10
Which was, according to Pasqually’s Treatise on the Misraïm) with none other than Papus
Reintegration of Souls established with Adam (Ré aux/ (around 1910), returned to Haiti and
rouge/ Man-God) but lost when he fell into temptation
from the prevaricating spirits. Abel, through his proper
began organizing and perpetuating the
sacrifice (as well as the sacrifice of his life) restored the various branches of this esoteric tree
cult which then was passed on through Moses, under the “federation of Orders” called the
Abraham, Zorobabel, and Christ, amongst others. Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua and the
11
It is important to note that the Chenu Order falls in
Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis. Jean-Maine’s
line with Bertiaux’s Proclus Society and Neo- son, Hector François Jean-Maine (Tau
Pythagorean Church as it operates an ancient form of Ogdoad-Orfeo III) is said to have received
theurgy more akin to Proclus, Plotinus, and other Neo- consecration from his father along with
Pythagoreans, than to the watered-down varietals
often encountered today. Such is the stream that Robert Ambelain16in 1953, developing the
Pasqually drank from either intuitively, or directly. twin serpents of initiation previously
mentioned. Patriarch Michael-Paul
Bertiaux received all lines of succession
and transmission from Hector
12
Though I certainly appreciate historical accuracy and

authenticity, it is critical here that the reader
water-tight compartments that we have understands the priority of experience in these
created to separate and systemize reality traditions. The “Charter Myth” of Frä ulein Sprengel, for
into bits and categories appear illusory at instance, does not diminish the effectiveness of the
best, and cripplingly limiting at worst. work of the Golden Dawn, nor does Freemasonry’s
“History” lectures take away from the transformational
Whether entirely historical, or partially effects of true initiation.
mythical12, the history of the Ordre
Martinèsiste de Chenu has its origins in 13
A brief perusal of the history of the Grand Orient of
Haiti13. Tau Ogdoad-Orfeo I, 1869-1960, Haiti, and its tendency towards hybridization will assist
the reader in understanding the deeply entwined,
otherwise known as Lucien François Jean- entangled, and interconnected nature of the Chenu
Maine, reestablished Martinè sism in Haiti Order with other bodies. See the two-part video of an
after a trip to France. There are apocryphal Eu lus Coë n ritual of the summer solstice (St. John’s Day)
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llY9NZX-
suggestions that he had a deeper nKk. This ritual blends all of the bodies of Masonry with
connection with the Coë ns prior to this that of the Coë ns.
journey. One story makes the claim that
14
the Jean-Maine family has its origins in Cited by our own Sovereign, Dr. Courtney Willis, on
page 623 of The Voudon Gnostic Workbook by Michael
Haiti on a sugar plantation from a French Bertiaux, Red Wheel/Weiser, 2007.
slave owner by the name of Martinè s de 15
Pages 26, 126, 235, 236, 237, and 340, relate the same
Pasqually!14 The principle history of the narrative, more or less, over and over again and from
Order however, is told again and again by varying sources.
Marcel Roggemans15 in his History of 16

P. 107 from The Pleromic Light Unveiled by Tau
Martinism and the F.U.D.O.S.I. Jean-Maine Phosphoros, Triad Press, 2018.
was consecrated as a Gnostic Bishop in
Chenu, herein lies a mystery that can be
simply stated: when the Martinè sist dons
his robe, lights the candles, kindles the
Jean-Maine in Chicago in 1963, completing incense, and draws the circles with
the circle of initiation to the present day. consecrated chalks, he creates and
circumscribes the vivid and teeming world
Critics of any connection whatsoever that he knows to be sentient and ever-
between modern Martinism and Haiti present. He or she is limiting the field of
quickly attack the sometimes, conflated attention in the same manner that the
notions of Haitian Martinè sism and Vodou. scientist does when he is controlling the
The fact that Pasqually spent his last two independent
years in Port-au-Prince does not establish
17
a link between Haitian Vodou and the Found in the privately circulated R+ teachings ~ Le
Fonds Z document, La Magie Des Élus Coëns, Angeliques,
Coë n, nor does the off-color comment Recueil d’ hierglyphes-Table alphabetique des 2,400
made by Ambelain in one of his Orders’ noms, Tableaux figuratifs pour les operations.
papers that suggests a “Voodoo”
connection with the glyphs found in the
Index of 2,400 names and hieroglyphs17 and
the vevè s of the lwa. There may be
occasional similarities in the spiritist
doctrines of Haitian Vodou and and dependent variables in an experiment.
Martinè sism, some of which may have He is putting blinders on the horse to
accumulated over time as various rites and ensure focus and precision. He is shining a
practices formed the current hybridized spotlight into the forest and taking field
Haitian esoteric culture, but we should be notes about his findings. He finds in his
careful not to conflate identification with circles confirmation rather than blind
similarity. In sum, we would do well to faith; gnosis rather than dogma; and
quote directly from the privately acquaintance rather than archaic ritual
circulated Catechism de l’ Ordre repeated for the sake of posterity.
Martinèsiste de Chenu (1983) by Michael
Bertiaux regarding this perceived The historically driven will quip that there
identification: are weaknesses in the chain from Louis
Claude de St. Martin to Chaboseau and
Q. If this tradition was in Haiti, did it Papus, and that there are major
partake of the native spirituality of Haiti? disconnects between the original Eu lus
A. Only God or His ruling angels would know Coë ns and the reconstruction of Robert
that. The Order developed in Haiti into its Ambelain,18and further that there is no
present form but was entirely the work of its real evidence that Martinè sism was
Master, Martinès de Pasquales. perpetuated among the Haitians in Port-
au-Prince and Lé ogâ ne by the French
Whatever may be the historical and aristocracy of the 18th century. To become
spiritual links of the Ordre Martinèsiste de lost in this quagmire is to be paralyzed by
the particulars. Certainly, historical Réaux+Croix. In the OMd’C, the R+ is a
research is to be encouraged but it privilege of the Scottish & Perfect Judge (as
shouldn’t stymy the work of the occultist. it was for the Scottish or Sovereign Judges
This would be a case of eating the menu of Martinè sism) who has been formally
rather than the meal. It would be easy to elected by the Angels incontrovertibly via
slip into the morass of spiritual one- the mystical seal. It isn’t a degree but is
upmanship by vaunting true ties to the one instead a solemn ordination announced by
and only authentic Eu lus Coë ns, but at what the “scrutin” or secret vote of the Angels.
price would we make such claims and who No amount of time or intensity of work
would those claims be for—ourselves, new guarantees this privilege, which is why it
recruits? In truth, neither the showcasing doesn’t constitute a degree to be earned. It
business model of modern Orders, nor the is a matter of grace.
jurisprudence obsessed technique of
Freemasonry are fitting for a spiritual As all Martinist & Martinè sist Chapters and
regime. The requirements for such a Lodges, we have rituals of initiation,
religious Order become more internal, and meetings and Conventicles, and formal
reflect the universal, general, and Openings & Closings. Where we differ
particular doctrines that Pasqually considerably is in three separate
revealed in his works. departments. First, we align together more
frequently for prayer and theurgical works
The degrees of the Ordre Martinèsiste de across geographic space in our differing
Chenu are: physical locations, always striving to
Operate the divine cult around the same
o Apprenti time and according to strictures developed
o Mystical Companion within the Eu lus Coë n which take
o Elect Initiate astrological data into account. Our
Section Eu soté rique primary inspiration for this is the work of
o Scottish & Perfect Judge the original Martinè sists who would
o Vth Degree orchestrate their Operations in different
cities according to Pasqually’s
18
See the excellent entry in the 2018 edition of The instructions. We take further inspiration
Hermetic Tablet, by Mathieu G. Ravignat called, Would
the Real Élus Coëns please stand up, Thoth-Hermes
from Pasqually’s astral work with
Communications. Willermoz when he sought to re-ordain
him a Ré aux+Croix from his own circles in
These are assuredly foreign to the Coë n a different city and at a precise time.
student familiar with the traditional order
of eight degrees, and modern The second way that our meetings may be
reconstructions that include the three distinct from other groups is that they do
Martinist grades prior to the theurgy of not retain the Masonic character and
Pasqually. There are no probationary aroma of our predecessors. Attending a
stages in the Chenu Order as there are in Chenu meeting is more like attending a
Martinism, and there is no grade styled, spiritual service, complete with liturgy and
divine offices chanted, and sé ance-like obligations of the divine cult are exacting,
Operations to communicate with beings strenuous, and toilsome. If there is any
from the Empyrean. Agreeing with the occult group or practice that should not be
major cartographers of the tradition as a dabbled in, it is the work of Pasqually.
whole, we see the Masonic devices There is no armchair varietal of this
employed in the 18th century as convenient bequest. It is curious to even consider
envelopes and draperies for Pasqually’s working a variety of occult practices while
doctrine and Operative work. These attempting the rigors of this form of
trappings were dispensed with altogether theurgy. The struggles with demonic
as Pasqually’s students entered the exalted forces are light years beyond working with
election of the Ré aux+Croix, a tradition we the qliphoth. The horrors of Lovecraft
simply adopt at the onset. come nearer to the experience often, but
the very worst of the prevaricating spirits
are colorless, formless, and simply enter
and invade the mind of the initiate. Those
who have silently and patiently practiced
The final way that our Chapter meetings the Néoménies and the Equinoctial
may differ from other groups is that the workings in their respective quarters, who
Chenu Order is so completely interwoven have called upon the spirits on
with the spiritist liturgy of the Ecclesia Wednesdays & Saturdays during the
Gnostica Spiritualis, as well as the Crescent Moon Operations, who have
Ecclesiastical Revision of 1921 of the performed the Supreme Exorcism of the
Antient and Primitive Rite of Grand Elect of Zorobabel, and who have
Memphis+Misraïm, that the three flow in religiously attended to the Office of the
and out of each other without the slightest Holy Spirit every Thursday, among a HOST
division. This is a mystery that is of other ascetic disciplines and Operations
developed further as one progresses in the know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, both
Order, finding its completion in the Section the work required of this illuminating
Ésotérique of the IVth and Vth Degrees.
Our work is primarily praxis-oriented. It is

the source that we seek in the Chenu Order,
the “Old Master” as our name suggests, but
we do not seek the source exclusively
through exegesis, nor only through
foraging among extant manuscripts and
cahiers. We investigate through
participation, by doing, by operating our
divine cultus.
The world of the spirits is not closed to us,

yet the solemn and sometimes onerous
labor, and the grace that is bestowed upon sense of there being something more to
the elected. The Elect is all in as is the Chenu Order than simply precise
commonly said today, and knows no other ritual, luminous glyphs, and a liturgical
possibility of action. aesthetics in our worship. There is the
spiritist quality, prevalent in all of Michael
The various classical Eu lus Coë n Catechisms Bertiaux’s Orders and Bodies, which
of the Masonic branch of the Order are suggests, among other things, the forming
utilized by us, but as Masonry was a of relationships with spirits. In this Orders’
classical format and scaffolding that case, the range of relationships goes from
Pasqually utilized to advance his erudite the dæmonic and angelic, to the Elected
doctrine and practice, we employ these Minors and to the presence of the Christ.
“conversations” in an original manner. The Chenu initiate finds that he is never
When in the proper spiritual state, the alone, and that far from the highly
student can simply read these catechisms individualistic lifestyle of the lone mage,
as a “question & answer” session with the he is on a quest that is personal and
spirits. The original speakers, Chenu intimately connected, hypostatically, with
himself, will accompany the pure of heart a host of multidimensional beings. This
who enters this inner world of activity. relational quality is palpable as our
Many obscure passages will open when Initiate’s wait for the manifestation of
treated as precious documents of the soul. their beloved in the core of our liturgies
Doctrines, such as those expounded upon and initiations. We wait expectantly, not
in the Treatise on the Reintegration of Souls out of some vague hope of being blessed,
will unfold within a sacred conversation, but out of an expectation born from
thereby entering the cognizance of the experience. The more we are devoted to
student and initiate and becoming the spirits, the saints and angels, the more
indubitably impressed upon the mind. they descend into our sphere and engage
Connections between the work of the Coë n with us. It is this qualitative distinction
and the Hermetic tradition as a whole will that bridges the sincere and quietist
be encountered, but the student may find devotion of St. Martin with the theurgy of
that Martinè sism is less “Hermetic” and Martinè s de Pasqually in the Ordre
more sacerdotal and Catholic in the last Martinè siste de Chenu.
analysis. In terms of arithmosophy, the
potential influence of the
Neopythagoreans, the numerology found
in Grimoiric magical texts, the holiness of
numbers in the Kabballah, and Gnostic
Aeonic ideologies will unfold before the
attentive soul’s eyes.
Winter Solstice
Beyond all of our visual, tactile, and aural Lux Occulta Chapter
showings and encounters with divine Ordre Martinèsiste de Chenu
energies and entities, there is a prevailing

Luna Mother and Child - XPalamas
everything’s perfectly balanced. There’s no

The Grimoire Ghuedhe Initiation LCN Pleroma or Shambala. There is no home.
When you eneter the GG, the Universe itself
Part III – How To Approach Your appears as beautiful yet cruel and terrifying
Own Death – Reverend Celephais space in which many hideous creatures dwell.
This is more than fair warning. Do not expect
The crucial ingredient for every succesful to find the inner peace there, but the worst
practice is the state of counsciousness. If the existential struggle, beautiful battles and wars
proper state is not obtained, the vision will be being wagued for centuries, great beings
vague and will lack of vividness and meaning. belonging to different races and types, so one
Considering the vision vortex, so usual for GG can’t be really prepared for most of the things
workings, we must provide our students and awaiting there. Lurking entities will take an
mentors with the best possible tools and advantage of the student without warning and
weapons, so we can all benefit from those on a regular basis. But that’s all part of the
travelings. This essay will deal with the beautiful LCN adventure which never ends…
aforementioned state of consciousness as well
as with choosing the proper practice in order So, how to properly approach the indefinitely
to achieve vivid visions. To be more precise, big and unknown space, runned by nothing
we will use advanced tools and machines in but Change itself, with so many different
order to obtain and maintain the state of formal logics in the Vortex of Chaos? Well, we
counsciousness needed for entering the GG as need to make a step into the GG, to enter the
well as to obtain and maintain the energy hostile treshold and to make a solid basis,
needed to come back and ground our visions. which is the real magical machine-temple that
So the traditional curricula or the methods of will serve as our laboratory in the middle of
preparation are not the best fit for GG nowhere. Thus we will make it using our own
workings. Not to mention the completey occult structure, only adapted to extreme
different origin of the GG and Meon itself. conditions, and let the experimental working
Therefore, the students must forget suggest and make the further changes.
everything they knew and must rely on the
methodology provided by our mentors and Right after the Lucky HooDoo workings, after
the Lwa themselves. the Atua was built and consecrated, one is
invited to enter the scary realm of Grimoar
Firstly, one need to understand that LCN is not Ghuedhe. So, what do we do, if nothing
similar to any other order, so one has to come known works? The first step is to use the
well prepared, meaning - all the bias should MSR teachings and to adapt them to the new
be properly removed during the LH course. environment, even if it means inverting them.
Forget about the spiritual lies of East and Remember, you’re making a live magical
West. We do not originate from the same machine out of your mind, together with the
source, and we do not share the common, or at Spirits, so when it is ready to use, consider
least very similar goals. We are certainly not the machine as independent magical entity.
on our way returning to some fake spiritual The mind-machine is something that should
home, where the eternal salvation awaits and be able to act independently and to accept
and process all the information from the Lucky HooDoo spirits are guardians of the
outer space. Once being built, the mind- Graveyard, ready to keep the curious ones
machine is automatically inhabited by Spirits outside and to provide peace for the student
and the work is being proceeded even when while working inside the Graveyard. Consider
the practitioner in not conscious or aware at this fact as the crucial one for understanding
any visible level. That requires the magical of further concepts.
Persona or the Icon, but that is to be
discussed as a separate topic. Also, this fact is LET'S DIE FIRST, SHALL WE?
closely connected to the GG practitioners’
lucid dreaming. Now the practitioner is almost dead. There are
still life juices running through the body, but
THE DAY BEFORE WE DIE Ghuedhe poison is strongly working, so the
body and the mind are fighting to stay alive
Our occult structure is made of four and to keep using the old concepts, but those
quadrants, which are somehow similar to the are all only corpses left to be buried. This is the
traditional four elements. Also, they are time of a great struggle for students, but that’s
Arhon-spaces which contain Syzygys. So we perfectly normal. The great Mystere Royale,
have sixteen main Syzygys and four elements. the Death is Change itself and that Change is
When put together, they represent the Divne the ultimate mystery of transforming life into
Abraxos or the perfect magical mind-machine. death, in this case the inverted mystery of
All the energetic processes related to senses bringing dead back to life.
will be processed in the yellow quadrant; the
emotional and personal astral piles of energy From now on, the Graveyard should be one’s
are settled in the blue quadrant; all the only resting place. Imagine the main point
thoughts and the critical-mind matters have chouds of your Graveyard, the lines of power
found place in the green quadrant; finally, the turning into the spider web. There are main
ideas and the alien influences come from the points in the darkness that surrounds you.
red quadrant. Start seeing them. Les Houdeux are the Spirits
that will help you find the directions inside the
When properly formed and balanced, Graveyard. They are all around you, inside
quadrants are here to help us travel and and your mind, especially inside your body. And
classify our experiences in correct form and your body is located at the North of the
order. That pretty much works for the “daily” Temple. Their friends, the spirits that greet
practices, enlightened with the excellent light those who die are located at the South and are
of Iliaster. But, what to do when we find responsible for the insect Lwa as well as Les
ourselves in the complete darkness and have Houdeux are mostly in charge of graveyard
to move on? snakes and animals. Ti Pied Mille Fois will eat
all of your thoughts, just relax and let them do
At the very entrance of the GG one must their job. The West is reserved for her Majesty
realize that we do not dwell in a usual magical Mahakali, or the goddes of Death. Get into the
world, so close to the material world and Ocean of Death. Right across her is her spouse
kinda self-explanatory phenomenon, but – Mystere Royale – the Death itself. You shouls
rather in a limbo space where our astral give up your life at this point. Let’s do the
temple is now being formed and settled. Our exercise:
resting and hiding place is a Graveyard, and
1. Prepare the Temple. Everything single piece of consciousness… sink deep and
should be surrounded by the symbols of sink deeper…
Death. Find yourself in a position which you 5. Now prepare for the unknown and
can maintain for a while but do not insist on unpredictable. Whatever happens is for you
yoga firmness. Black Hoodoo practices tend to and for you only! Because this is the greatest
move your body in unpredictable directions Mystery of all, this is The Mystery Royale, the
while working. Imagine the Graveyard in front Death itself as the Master of Change. You can
of yourself. You are giving up all of your hopes vanish without the trace, or you can be reborn
and dreams as you are approaching the gate. in a split second.
All around the Graveyard are dark figures 6. After a while, get back to the Great
looking at you. Some of them look like the Ocean. Start recovering some of the sparks of
dead people, some of them like strange your being. Feel the waves bringing new,
amfibious creatures. There are some shadows, different consciousness to you… Now get out
too. Those are Lucky HooDoo Spirits. They will of the water. Start recovering your thoughts.
protect your Graveyrd while you are working Nothing special, only words and pieces of
inside. sentences, but it should be enough… start
2. Get inside and find a quiet place to feeling your body… you’re at your Graveyard
unwind. Focus on your decomposing body and again. Thank your fellow Les Houdeaux, Ti
feel the Spirits around you. They are here to Pied Mille Fois, Mahakali and Mystere
help you die faster and in a better way. Those Royale… go outside and greet and thank Lucky
spirit are Les Houdeaux, the keepers of the HooDo Spirits for keeping you safe.
deceased body, the ones who will provide you 7. Stay in that state of mind. The state
with the proper poison to stay still during the of mind is of the highest importance for
practice. Take any poison given to you, in any providing the permanent link with the Spirits.
form. Relax your body and give up completely. Write down parts of the vision. The more
3. Your mind will feel the certain suble important, after this initial practice, you
presence, a bit different than the Lex should have an idea about the Mandala and
Houdeaux. Your mind will start to analyze but Mandalas you could start using in further
will find the thaught sequences hard to workings.
maintain. The words are becoming less vivid 8. This is the revolution of the practice.
and the concepts are becoming more vague The next time, add new symbols to your rite
and foggy. Now you can sense that some tiny and enrich it every time you come back with
creatures are actually consuming your the fresh knowledge.
thoughts. That’s why you can’t make a single
clear sentence. Give up your thoughts and let
the Ti Pied Mille Fois inhabit your mind
completely.
4. Now you can actually feel and see the
emptiness in the form of a gigantic, ancient
Ocean. Hear the black waves and hear their
roar. The ocean is as black as the moonless
cloudy night, deep and hostile. Feel yourself
sinking into the great water. Loose everything
left… That’s Mahakali, the Mother of Death
who will take all that’s left from you, every

Tri-form Blessing Icon - XPalamas

case that this call to the priesthood is
Introibo Ad Altare Dei – Frater unmistakable, for everyone. We may not have
yet received the indelible mark upon our souls
Dynami Meso Idoni that the Sacrament of Holy Orders confers. Yet,
even if that is our deep wish, we are fortunate
“Et introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui that in terms of Lucky Hoodoo, it is the situation
laetificat juventutem meam.”– Ps 42:4 of “Every Man His Own Priest”, to use a phrase
(And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who of that great heresiarch, Martin Luther. The
giveth joy to my youth.) practice of Lucky Hoodoo is the foundation of
Esoteric Voudoo (as all ritual and liturgical
It is with this Psalm, as numbered in the matters belong to Baron Ghuedhe5), just as the
LXX/Vulgate, that the Priest approaches the The Monastery of the Seven Rays is the
foot of the altar during the majority of the foundation of the OTOA-LCN6. These two
Masses of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass1, wonderfully complement each other. If the
and if the whole psalm itself is not said, then at Probationer and Student of the OTOA-LCN
least this particular verse indeed is. This psalm follows the advice of the SGM Zettelion to
was chosen, no doubt, because in its utterance, spend “up to a week…on each lesson, reading
the priest expresses the joy of his sacred work and rereading, contemplating and growing into
that takes place at the altar, which is the very it”, and uses the methods of lectio divina
locus of his spiritual power, and the reason advocated by Tau Palamas in his Syzygy, it is
d’etre for his sacramentally-altered being2. In certain that one will grow in an occult and
terms of the Christin Cabala, we could see this spiritual manner on the one hand, and greatly
very verse as an enactment of the sacred please the Hoo and Doo Spirits on the other, for
marriage, or yichud (unification) that occurs it is the nature of the service of the spirits that to
between the Shekinah3 and the Blessed Holy help them assists oneself. As it is written in the
One4, between the written word and the spoken Gospel, “And the rain descended, and the floods
word, or indeed, between the Written and the came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that
Oral Torah - as it is written, “deep calleth unto house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a
deep” (Ps 42:7 KJV). rock” (Mt 7:25), and likewise, “upon this rock I
will build my church; and the gates of hell shall
Personally, I have a deep calling to the not prevail against it” (Mt 16:18), so likewise,
priesthood, and I hope that I will be able to let our foundation be upon the rock.
pursue this vocation within the Ecclesia
Gnostica Spiritualis. It may or may not be the
1 And Stately, black plump Mulligan begins shaving in 3 Represented by King David in the Zohar, and the
James Joyce’s Ulysses. traditional author of the Psalms.

2 4 As cognate with Christ in Tiphereth (as distinct from
For the priest acts in the Mass in persona
Christi. His very being as altered with the Christ as Adam Kadmon, and Christ as Chokmah) the
ontological source of the words spoken by the Priest in
sacrament, as it was during baptism – “a
the Mass.
character is impressed on the soul which brings 5 ‘La Couleuvre Noire: Les Cadavres Piquante’, VGW
with it grace necessary for the due and proper p.48
discharge of that office” -Catechism of the 6 For “Christ-Leghbha-ghuedhe-God…the King of all of
Council of Trent. We could speculate that for the spirits". ‘Grimoire Ghuedhe: Temple of
the Gnostic the sacrament of Holy Orders is Methodology’, VGW pp. 65.
itself anamnesis, in the Philip K. Dickian sense,
of remembering who we once were.
It is with the same sense of joy and awe, then, as continua, accessible from a central point10. In
per the ordained Priest, that the Priest of Lucky my meditation the ‘Within’ point was
Hoodoo should approach his Altar. The service recognized by my Mindful State, and the
of the Holy Spirits of Lucky Hoodoo, should ‘Beyond’ point was my altar. I united both with
occur in a Catholic and Spiritist manner, as is my breath, exhaling ‘That which is beyond is
already implicit in the rituals of Lucky Hoodoo, within’, and inhaling ‘that which is within is
recalling also the House of Spirits mentioned in beyond’. I realized that there could be no
the Voudon Gnostic Workbook7. It is important external altar apparent without the internal
that during each service the Priest of Lucky perception of the altar, and indeed, vice versa11.
Hoodoo should feel “relaxed and peaceful in With initiation, we then further enact the advice
love with all of the spirits and ready to serve , “Let there be no difference made among you
them and obey all the Holy Spirits of Lucky between any one thing & any other thing; for
Hoodoo8”. thereby there cometh hurt” (AL I:22), for we
will then realise the equivalence of “THAT”
To conclude, I would like to offer my own with “THAT”, for ‘That thou Art12’, or to use
simple reflections upon the altar, after two the teaching of the lesson, we will realise ‘the
weeks of Lectio Divina upon the Monastery key to the universe and to myself, upon which I
Lessons, and substantially a little over a month can depend for strength to face the every-day
in the service of the Holy Spirits of Lucky problems of existence’. In contemplating the
Hoodoo, and how they each manage to support second lesson, I am coming to understand that I
the other. In the first lesson of the Monastery, as can experience the universe of my altar because
I was meditating upon the hermetic axiom that I am spiritually one with that universe. I am
‘THAT WHICH IS BEYOND IS WITHIN already in a state of unity with the Holy Spirits
JUST AS THAT WHICH IS WITHIN IS of Lucky Hoodoo, I am just now cultivating an
BEYOND”, I began to contemplate the awareness of it.
seemingly dichotomous, but ultimately unitary9,
opposites represented by the terms ‘Beyond’ To this end, then, I have realized that my altar is
and ‘Within’. Opposites such as Macrocosm and with me, regardless of my physical location, and
Microcosm, Subject and Object, Mind and I can still work with Ghuedhe-Nibbho and Le
Matter, Good and Evil, Exoteric and Esoteric, Maitre Gran Bois D’Illet, and their Hoo and
Self and God, Atman and Brahman. I recalled Doo Spirits even without candles and liturgical
the verse of Liber AL: “Who worshipped Heru- items. All I need is a drink13. One manner of
pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for I am the doing this is a Lucky Hoodoo Middle Pillar
worshipper” (AL:II-8). To the uninitiated, all of Ritual.
these dichotomies are opposites. As we progress
in our study, we recognize that they are Lucky Hoodoo Middle Pillar Ritual
7 ‘The Toplogical Names of the Genius of IFA: The 10 Whether we consider that to be our altar, or the
House of the Spirits’, VGW pp.218-220. Cf. also the Tree of Life, although there is no difference between
statement, “all true Catholics are Catholics of GG”, the two.
Grimoire Ghuedhe: Temple of Methodology’, VGW, 11 The full meaning of that statement would take a
p.62 huge debate between a Yogacarin and a Prasangika-

8 ‘Lucky Hoodoo: Lesson Two: How the Hoodoo Spirits Madhyamika to get to the bottom of.
Help You to Get Exactly What You Want’, VGW, pp.4-7 12 Chandogya Upanishad
9 Like Abraxas in Hesse’s Demian. 13 Perhaps other internal alchemical substances could
be used for both the drink and the offering, depending

upon the ‘ingenium’ of practitioner.
In making these attributions, I have utilized The column of black light continues up
parts of the VGW as well as the artistic to;
expressions of Hagen Von Tulien14. The rite can
be altered, both in terms of duration, partitioning 4) Kether – Visualise a bright red sphere
it to comprise the entire day, incorporation of above the head. Within this, using the
the Hoodoo Methods for Mind-Power contrasting colour of white, visualize the
Development, and the knowledge of the veve of Damballah.
Student15. Say: “Holy Spirit of the Eastern
Cross of Light come forth”
1) Malkuth –Visualise a bright yellow sphere Vibrate: HE, ‘DAMBALLAH’
at the feet. Within this, using the
contrasting colour of purple, visualize the The column of black light becomes
veve of Ghuedhe-Nibbho16.
centred at;
Say: “Holy Spirit of the Northern
Cross of Light come forth” 5) Daath- Visualise an intense dark sphere in
Vibrate: YOD, “GHUEDHE- the neck. Within this, using the
NIBBHO”. contrasting colour of White, visualize the
A column of black light then ascends to; veve of Ghuedhe-Nibbho
Say: “Holy Spirits of Lucky Hoodoo come
2) Yesod – Visualise a bright blue sphere at to my help and hear me”
the sexual organs. Within this, using the Vibrate: SHIN, YHShVH - ‘LEGBHA-
contrasting colour of red, visualize the GHUEDHE’
veve of Ogou-Fer.
Say: “Holy Spirit of the Western 6) Visualise the Veves of Ghuedhe-Nibbho
Cross of Light come forth” and Le Maitre Gran Bois D’Illet. Holding a
glass of water, say: “Medium of Holy
Vibrate: HE, “OGOU-FER”
Spirits of the Waters Below and beneath
all worlds, the holy Spirits of the Dead and
The column of black light continues up
the Seas I am here to serve you.”
to;
7) Imagine the Petition that you have for the
Holy Spirits. Say: O Light there is no
3) Tiphereth – Visualise a bright green darkness. O Light we are in the presence
sphere at the heart. Within this, using the of Endless Light.
contrasting colour of black, visualize the 8) Optional: Before me stands Damballah,
veve of Simbi-Makaya. Behind me Ogou-Fer, On my Right Hand,
Say: “Holy Spirit of the Northern Simbi-Makaya, On my Left Hand,
Cross of Light come forth” Ghuedhe-Nibbho. For about me are the
Gods of Esoteric Voudoo, and Within me
Vibrate: VAU, “SIMBI-MAKAYA’
is Legbha-Ghuedhe.
9) Perform the Petitionary Prayer: “Dear
Spirits of Lucky Hoodoo. You are my
14 https://www.behance.net/Hagen_von_Tulien these names, only using the prayers in Lucky Hoodoo,

15 I.e., at this stage of my probation, I am only familiar and visualising the Cross of Light either in the colour
with Ghuede-Nibbho and Le Maitre, not Ogou-Fer, of the element, or the flashing colour.
Simbi-Makaya, and Damballah other than my readings 16 At this point, depending upon where the student is
of Riguad, Hagen Von Tulien’s brilliant artwork, and at, the appropriate FA symbol, Medji symbol could be
the writings of therefore feel comfortable in omitting visualized along with the appropriate Point-Chauds.
friends. What I wish to receive from you is
being visualized in my mind. Please help
me to gain this that I wish so much. I
know that you can help me. Here is my
gift to you, dear Spirits of Lucky Hoodoo.
10) Make the Offering to the spirits.
11) Drink the Water.
12) Meditate within the space.
13) When ready, reverse the visualization
process from Daath back to Malkuth.
14) Clap your hands together quickly, ‘And it
is done Holy Spirits of Lucky Hoodoo’.


Exorcism of the Logismoi - XPalamas

Ideal is masculine. Essence is masculine
Let’s Talk About Sex – Joe
Dickerson Reality is feminine and substance is feminine.
Therefor Ideal essence: The masculine monad is

Let’s Talk About Sex very male
After finishing Year 1 the student is flush with Real Substance : The Virgin Earth. The Physical
success. They’ve experienced soul growth, world is very feminine.
developed and foster the growth of spiritual
power centers, and encountered the Syzygy in Ideal Reality Is both male and female. Therefore
all their glory. Now they are eager to move is bisexual. The same can be said for Real
further into the Monastery, hungry to know Essence.
more of the mysteries. Then they begin Year
2…
This spectrum of sexual interactions contains all
forms of thought and magic. According to
Sex Magic. Bertiaux the revival of Witchcraft, arguably all
Right now you’re having a reaction. Thinking of Contemporary Paganism, is concerned with
Tantric marathon sex? Crowley style bangfest? real substance. It is a very feminine paradigm
That one scene in Simon King of the Witches? and focuses its attention on the mystical
All common reactions. Sex Magic is often experience of the physical world. Furthermore
marketed as a sticky spiritual adventure. Gnostic various incomplete mysticisms are bisexual,
grinding. Mystical masturbation. Bigger penis containing contrary and contradictory
through divine intervention. Better living concepts. The Monastery is a masculine system
through the power of humping. focused on Ideal Essence entailment and non-
You get the idea, and if you’re getting all fired contradiction, a logical and self-supported and
up about those options you’re about to be non-contradictory logical system.
disappointed.
Like Year One, Year Two is a living breathing
At the beginning of Year 2 the foundation is set magical text. It’s mission is to plumb the depths
for understanding sexual magic. This system is of a unique sexual system in magical work.
based in classical logic and as such is after a While I’m not fully able to put this into words
non-subject truth. This focus on logic allows yet, I feel that Year 2 will lead to shifts in my
this system to be free from the confusion and thinking and thought process. Many students of
subjective “truths” that plague other less logical the Monastery have described this shift from a
systems. Central to this system of sexual magic egocentric viewpoint to a more holistic pleromic
is the relationship between opposites. These view of reality. I think Year One put some
opposites exist and are linked to specific logical serious cracks in the foundation, Year Two
functions. How these opposites interact and promises to demolish the entire building. In
relate is tied to these logical functions. fact I’m starting to sense that the nature of
reality is far less “concrete” than I previously
The sexual aspect of these foundations is linked thought.
to the sexuality (gender). For instance
Through the sexual metaphor (maybe it’s not fluid of sexual magnetism. This act is divided
even a metaphor at this point merely a in to various types each presided over by a Loa.
mechanism) spirits are birthed rather than This spiritual marriage is typical of various
emanated. One of the biggest challenges for me esoteric initiations and is seen throughout the
in Occultist has been an acceptance of a hermetic and masonic world.
logocentric top down model. That all things are Initiate <server-Legbha
descendant from a personified paternalist
divinity. Rather all things in being seem to be Server<Priest-Guede
the result of logical natural forces, sexual
interactions that give birth to these
entities. Our minds are less linked to some Priest<Hierophant Ogou-Fer
dominate male figure, rather they are portals to
an ideal essence and filtered through our own Hierophant<Embodied Deity Damballah
subjective reality.
This union of transmission requires the
The Monastery then is a filter where the unification of the four elements via depositing
experiences of magicians pass through purging of the “male” sexual fluid ( fire and water) onto
the illogical and contradictory leaving behind the solar plexus chakra ( Earth and Air). This
only the ideal essence. type f union is important because;
In reading this lesson I felt the need to revisit (1) sexual magic differs from exoteric sexuality
the last 16 lessons from year one. In revisiting in many fundamental ways.
these lessons through a sexual lens, I made
several changes in my notes. Foremost as the (2) that the elements of completeness of the act
change of the Syzygies. Previously the Syzygies are not physical but the magical balance of the
were seen as potent spiritual entities which were four elements.
rather nebulous in their nature. Now I consider
these beings as logical method to unite
(3) there is no effort made to conserve the
contradictions, a unification of opposites. These
sexual fluid, which is yet understood to convey
divine pairings are keys to the energy of the
a specific magnetism;
union. Also the 4 degrees of the crosses (initiate
servitor, priest, and hierophant) are not more
significant. These personifications of energies (4) the “physical body” is symbolic of the occult
are given new importance when viewed through person of the god, and that the human “partner”
the lens of Year 2. The Loa, being basic has only a symbolical existence, since the god or
archetypes of consciousness represent law is the goal of the sexual union.
primordial natural and metaphysical laws. The 4
degrees represent increasing mastery of the The following is a break down to the zodiac
consciousness required to understand and signs and the magico-sexula union it
interact with these laws. represents. This chart is useful in creating
Initiation into the levels of mastery is an act of workable pairings.
sexual magnetic transmission and spiritual
transmutation. This transmission functions in a 1. SIGN OF THE ZODIAC SEX-MAGICAL
hierarchy where the high-ranking degree ASPECT OF LEGBHA
“impregnates” the lower ranking degree with the 2. Moon in Scorpio Grand Bois D’Ilet
3. Sun in Taurus Guede-Azaca and Bertiaux’s work. Many fellow magicians
4. Sun in Virgo Simbi and occultists seem outright terrified of the
5. Sun in Capricorn Guede-Nibbho work. This appears to be the result of
6. Sun in Scorpio Grand Bois d’Ilet misunderstandings of the material and the power
7. Moon in Taurus Guede-Azaca of words like Homosexual and sex. Sadly the
8. Sun in Pisces Simbi-Agwe biggest “ick” factor is the boogie man of anal
9. Sun in Cancer Ogou-Fer-Agwe’ sex. Bertiaux’s work is rife with references to
10. Sun in Libra Simbi-Guede bisexuality and male intercourse. Apparently,
11. Sun in Aquarius Grand Bois d’Ilet folks in the Occult world are willing to push the
12. Moon in Leo Agwe-Chango limits of their minds. Explore massive internal
13. Sun in Gemini Simbi-Azaca and external planes of existence. Many will
14. Sun in Sagittarius Guede-Nibbho have congress with spirits and deal with gods.
15. Sun in Aries Ogou-Fer-Chango Some will wax poetic about spiritual drug use
16. Sun in Leo Damballah-Guede’ and how it helps them escape the “system”,
17. Moon in Gemini Damballah-Simbi “man”, or the ever popular “they”.
The rest of this lesson explores what I can see However no “butt stuff”.
would be controversial topics concerning
male/male/male/female, and female/female
sexual pairings. From our last conversation I can For those on the threshold of Esoteric
see what you mean by male influence in Year Voudon, Frater Barrabbas’s article on Bertiaux
2. In some more sensitive circles I can see folks is often waved as a warning to those who even
taking offense to what is written in this lesson. discuss the VGW or the M7R in online
However I think the issue is less about causing communities. Which is a shame. Especially
offense and more about exploring the nature of considering that the sex in Bertiaux’s sex magic
specific sexual energies. As Male represents is far less kinky and physical than many
spiritual matters and female is physical matters, imagine.
one can understand that the combinations are of
differing levels of magical Words as sigils and cultural conditioning and all
intensity. Furthermore there is a reiteration of that eh?
the fact that this form of Sexual Magic doesn’t
require the physical act. Perhaps it is the Man just imagine how freaked out some folks
influence of Crowley and a Puritanical “ick” are when they figure out what Ojas is…
factor that makes many seasoned magicians
freak out over the mention of sexual magic.
In the Monastery it seems that the body is not

simply an icon for a deity but a grid of energy
points where by the magical essence is
utilized. However, I can certainly understand
the fear factor associated with the Monastery

A Gate Wonders - Rick Garrett
Phantom - Rick Garrett
A variety of approaches to exploring the lore of the Hollow Earth, utilizing analog photographic
processes. Exploring the subterranean sparks a re- evaluation of all levels of understanding.
'That which is beyond is within just as that which is within is beyond.'
– Rick Garrett

Solomon - Rick Garrett

Time Travel for Fun And Prophet 2. Self-The self is an individual’s personal
identity. It contains within itself the
– Joe Dickerson memory of past life times, as well as the
memory of the present lifetime. This “self”
During the last few weeks work in the exists after death in a fashion and can be
Monastery has taken on an interesting turn. contacted via certain methods. The Self returns
Normally a rigorous pattern of ora and labora is through each lifetime, healing and recovering in
followed. After completing the work of a an individual’s Sun Sign planet. Upon returned
teacher, husband, father, and friend is completed the self grows more and more perfect each time
I engage in study, meditation, prayer, and it incarnates
experimentation. This work is often undertaken
with a furious passion. I am a hungry student.
3. Spirit: The Spirit is an archetypal identity. It
appears to be a separate entity which is linked to
The last two weeks have marked a shift in that the self. It takes the self from a local aspect and
routine. While the passion is still there, the fire creates an archetype based of the Self’s
burns in a steadier manner. I’ve been more experiences within a larger magnetic
introspective and passive in my efforts, consciousness
absorbing the lesson in a deeper more personal
manner. This process feels less like learning and
4. The invisible natures, of which there are
more like healing. The connections to the
likewise four (i. the daemon, ii. the aeon, iii. the
material are almost physical, similar to the taunt
syzygy, and iv. the archonate). These aspects are
warm skin of a healing wound.
not influenced are changed through
reincarnation. Rather these aspects exist as they
“The wound is the place where the Light enters are and the goal of many schools of thought are
you.”= Jalaluddin Rumi that they exists to be reached and experienced
through sexual congress.
In working through the Evolutionary Syzygy
sections I’ve decided to pause on reflect on a These four aspects of the soul are linked almost
specific lesson. inherently to a Zothyrian psychology of time-
travel. Looking at a small section of the
According to Bertiaux mankind possesses a definitions presented in the Voudon Gnostic
four-fold soul. The aspects of this soul are as Workbook one can see the foundation both for
follows: time travel and how it connects to a very
primordial aspect of our soul/selves/spirits etc.
1. Soul- Unlike most descriptions of a soul this
is not a personal possession and doesn’t stay The Definitions I’ll focus on are:
with the individual from incarnation to
incarnation. The soul being the principle of life 1. The unconscious = the archetypal realm of
and emotion in each person exists in a world of possibilities feeding into the present (ego-id)
great confinement. Divided into four parts, the and past (transcendental-id).
soul is both conscious and unconscious, ego and 2. The super
id, as well being transcendentally ego and id.
conscious = the archetypal realm of possibilities OK, so what does this have to do with Time
feeding into the present (ego-id) and future Travel?
(transcendental-ego).
3. The transcendental ego = the future part of If I understand correctly then the Past would be
the Self. the Transcendental-Id but the past is
4. The transcendental id = the past part of the Experienced as the Unconscious. The
Self. Transcendental-Ego is the future however it is
5. The future is “inside” the transcendental-ego. experienced as the Super-conscious. The present
6. The past is “inside” the transcendental-id. is both the Ego and Id. This means that there is
7. Because of the “action” of the transcendental- no transcendental present. Our personal
ego, the superconscious “appears” as the future. conception of time is limited by our own
8. Because of the “action” of the transcendental- experiences. We recognize this flow of time
id, the unconscious “appears” as the past. through the Self. The Self being a personalized
9. The “action” of trying to connect with ego and sensitive construct is focused on the now.
and id creates time-lines.” Central to both gnostic time travel and the soul
evolution is escaping our Self-centric view.
According to Year 2 of the Monastery of the 7
Rays The Id and Unconscious aspects we
cannot escape, through mundane methods. They
“The soul being the principle of life and emotion are, in a concrete manner, our basic nature. As
in each person exists in a world of great such the goal of the Monastery is to rise above
confinement. Divided into four parts, the soul is theses base natures realize our archetypal “self”
both conscious and unconscious, ego and id, as and sexually engage our invisible natures,
well being transcendentally ego and id.” freeing the “soul” and owning it from
incarnation to incarnation. In part this is the goal
Transcendental is a significant choice of words. of Woodward’s Grimoire of Zal.
The Transcendental soul like the transcendental
ego/ id doesn’t belong to a single individual. Time travel is less a trip in the Wayback
This universal spirit/mind, the Transcendental machine and more a quick dip into the waters of
Ego, is time itself. Basically, the continuous spirit. The universal waters of the human
progress of reality is part of a universal mind/spirit allow for access to our ancestral
consciousness, made up in part of the collective memories and drives. Exploring a complex
consciousness of all things is an active part of record of existence, we swim through our
the Transcendental Ego rather than a passive collective pasts and futures the waters of spirit
series of events. Reality is a conscious direct and contact with our past selves.
act.

Queen of Imbolc by Sean Woodward

Psychic Evil – Frater Abaraxas This is why people that consider
themselves to be practitioners of magick and the
There seems to be a sort of balance in occult need to be righteous and on the path of
our universe. For the most part, it appears that good. They need to keep in mind that there is a
this balance is maintained, and life is good for very real psychic evil that will trip them up
all. There are times however, when the balance when they least expect it. The Occult Magician
tips too far in one direction and it appears that needs to always be on guard and ready to do
the world around us is becoming a more battle with the darkness.
negative place. In these times, we can see the
evil that physical people are capable of. But is it Banishing is very important when it
from the nature of people or is it from some comes to removing the effects of Psychic Evil.
unseen force? Banishing actually will remove all of the
energetic influences in an area. So once
There is an unseen force that seems to everything is removed, including the psychic
have been moving its way through the fabric evil, the Occult Magician can then begin to
time since the beginning of recorded history. invoke very specific energies of the divine to
More than likely it has been before recorded empower him and armor him against this evil
history as well, but there is no documentation. that is in the world.
This unseen force seems to be dark, foreboding,
and some would say it is an evil force. This It is important for the magician to remain
force seems to work on the psychic nature of in a balanced state. This state is important
human beings and causes them, if they are because then the magician will be able to see
already weak or unbalanced, to do evil things. when evil is afoot. It is necessary for the
Most people are unaffected by this, but if magician to fight this evil wherever he goes and
someone’s psychic strength is weak they can be whenever he notices its presence. This battel has
affected. been going on for many generations and is the
basis of several religions.
The Monastery of 7 Rays 1st degree, III,
Lesson B says that there are forces that are Is it possible for the universe to exist without
known as the Meonistes. The Meonistes are evil? The answer to this is unknown, as it
truly dark. They do not work good within our seems that evil has always existed in one form
world. These beings have no real form, but are or another. What is important is to fight it
able to float around and affect people wherever whenever possible. In this way a balance can
they go. People can come under their influence be maintained within the universe. It is up to
by abusing and misusing magick in negative the magicians of this world to work with the
ways. I this way Occult Practitioners can come spirits of this and other worlds to keep this
under their influence. It can be very difficult to balance maintained and keep evil at bay.
get out from under that influence as well.

La Gran Madre de la Rojas by Sanya Von S

If you are already doing it, then you should
Sexual Magnetism and LHS – pay attention to the feeling during the rituals.

Soror Von S Not all sexual acts of self-love are the same,
for sometimes you`ll find it difficult to climax,
sometimes you`ll feel aroused only by setting
Sexual magnetism is a powerful force the altar, and sometimes, you`ll feel almost
because it is ruling not only the realms of the sick the day after (which means that your
living but also the realms of the death. Living energy level was low and that your astral
creatures are ruled by sexual magnetism body was not prepared for such intensity of
because it is the primary life force in its finest work).
form. Any other energy we are manifesting If you pay attention to this small, but
around ourselves is the sexual energy in its indicative details of your workings, you will
different manifestations. be able to see the difference in manifestations
of your rituals depending on the differences
The death is just the negative polarity of the you’ve had while doing the ritual work.
life force, so the spirits of the dead are also
drawn to this energy. You will notice that orgasms are more
intense during the rituals than your usual
As we know the Lucky HooDoo spirits are the self-loving habits. And you will see that the
spirits of the dead and practicing HooDoo in a results of your working may be way faster,
productive manner means using the sexual more powerful and even more beneficial to
energy as a fuel for our workings. you.

If we are into this kind of witchcraft and want You can also strengthen your relationship
to master it, then we should take things to the with LHS, by thinking of them in your casual
next level. acts of self-love without even setting an altar.
You will be able to see that you can feel them
As we can see, in the first lesson of LH course better, communicate with them better and
“Who can be a big lucky HooDoo” it is advised even have small, but important everyday
to offer the Spirits of the Lucky HooDoo the manifestations of your thoughts.
energy from our palms (rubbing the palms
against each other and pointing that energy
to candles). We are doing it because there are
the four centers of sexual energy in one’s
body (as pointed in the MSR lesson “SEXUAL
RADIOACTIVITY”.

These four centers are: The palms of our
hands, the base of our spine, and genital area.
If you want to boost your practical work you
should definitely use the energy of orgasm
for that matter, and also offer your sexual
fluids to the Spirits of Lucky HooDoo.

Voudon Gnostic Oracles – Sâr that night in Port-au-Prince as the Zobop began
his training and initiation.
Sean Woodward
It is a manifestation of the ‘Creole Cabala Tarot
“The man at my side said nothing, made not a of the Monastery of the Seven Rays’, but unlike
sound except for the shuffling of a deck of cards. a traditional tarot deck, it is a series of 64 cards
I watched carefully as the colourful pictures that express the solar and lunar (or
moved before me in slow motion. I saw strange Archetypal/Abstract) aspects of the Voudon
figures, skulls and glyphs. He stopped shuffling Gnostic current. It is not bound by a hard set of
the cards and handed one to me.” meanings and attributions and so encourages the
essence of the cards to be expressed, for them to
‘This will be your passport’ he said, ‘keep it become a living map that enables travel through
safe.’” the Hoo, Doo and Zobop realms. It encapsulates
- ‘Memories of Saint-Dominique’ 17 both the concentrated energies of a Major
Arcana deck and the elemental nature of the
One of my first introductions to oracles was a four suits of the Minor Arcana within its 16-
battered deck of photocopied Thoth Tarot base system of symbolism. The original or
trumps glued to card. Aleister Crowley’s deck Edition Lumière and the later Edition Noire,
18
remains a beautiful distillation of his years of reflect the true depth of the inner and outer
practicing magick and its codification in aspect of the cards, one the shadow-self of the
Thelema. Those cards travelled everywhere with other, dayside and nightside, a tarot for the
me and answered many of the dilemmas of my OTOA and one for the LCN20 .
fellow teenagers. In the decades since I have
collected many commercial decks including the It was also not unusual for standard playing
ubiquitous Rider-Waite, the Hermetic Tarot and cards to be utilised for divinatory purposes in
Aquarian Tarot, to name but a handful. Haiti. These would be the exoteric signs and yet
for the devotees of Leghba, Erzulie and
Eventually I created my own decks including Ghuedhe, for initiates of the Zobops and other
‘Tarot of the Emissary’, ‘Gholem Tharot’ and Bizango, other tools would also be relied upon.
the more specialised ‘Carrefour Tarot’ and In this way a Creole Cabala Tarot might arise,
‘Carrefour Tarot: Edition Noire’19 which seek to where in other hands, the standard tarot derived
address the design of the passport mentioned from the French Marseille deck would suffice.
that wet night in the back lanes where a motor-
zobop pulled up, its headlights become those of Tarot however is just one of many oracles and
a neon cobalt tiger in the rain the astute magician will not restrict themselves
to any one method of communication with the
To understand the ‘Carrefour Tarot’ is to Hoodoo and Les Vudu, with the Invisible Ones
who are connected with all that has passed, is,
embrace the sacred space of the Crossroads, to
be given a Zobop passport to the lands beyond and is yet to come.
that space. This is what Dr Alfonso experienced
17 20
Dr Hector Alfonse, Éditions de Lumière, Paris 1956 Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua and La Couleuvre Noire,
18 founded in the 1920s by Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine
Published by ZOSHOUSE – zoshouse.ecwid.com
19
Published by ZOSHOUSE – zoshouse.ecwid.com

Oracles also arise from the examination of Many of the Shadow Architects 25 had offered
language using the English Qaballa21 (EQ) and their blood with tilted heads and exposed necks
in the Angelic Gemetria of The Voudon Gnostic as she sank her fangs into their pale skin. It was
Workbook22. Some might cast runes, others her race who had offered Breedships to their
gaze at the patterns of birds in the sky, others cause, who had helped them wage war against
yet watch the drama of cloud forms unfold. the Imperium. To some of the Architects it
seemed now so pointless as they realised how
Away from the focused gaze on a pool of water much they had been influenced by their tainted
or the intensity of scrying a Mirroir-Magique 23 Qubes, how much of their minds had been
are to be found deep sources of oracular undone by the coming of the Archon plague 26.
knowledge in Gnostic spirit-pools.
Such are the visions of oracles that arise
Some sorcerers will employ the services of a following the Gift of the Eyes, for the Hoodoo
medium or seer, engage in seances24, spiritual spirits approach communication in the same
conferences or utilise the visionary state of a way as they do other aspects of occult life - in a
gifted individual. Like John Dee or Aleister manner that is simple, direct and unmistakable
Crowley they will seek answers to their in its extra-dimensionality and vivid lucidity.
questions and elevate such intermediaries to the
office of Scarlet Man or Scarlet Woman. Sometimes this is similar to the experience that
traditional, exoteric practitioners, feel during
It was once said that all roads lead to Rome, but possession, other times it may become the
before that great empire others rose and format of a seance or the landscape of the
fall, rubbed away by the ages, forgotten by all dreamland that they utilise to speak directly,
but the few. wrapping themselves in scenery and situations
which speak in the syncretic landscape of the
In those ages and those distant Trans-Plutonian devotee, shifting thought forms into the shapes
spaces, few oracles were more famous than of their own inner symbology.
Kuanji Kai-Shi Shan.
The esoteric Voudon Gnostic magician has rich
Like the State Oracle of Tibet, she sits in her modes of gnostic research that may seem
chamber, a massive golden orb around her neck exotic and eclectic in comparison, drawing upon
that taken three men to put in place, but which the mingled histories of Egyptian Rite masonry,
now seems to occupy no weight. Hattian Vodou and other oracles derived from
the African and Afro-Atlantean priestesses and
She is a Seer of the Crimson Abyss, a Princess priests that moved unhindered by chains into the
of the Bloodstones, She can travel wherever dysphoria of the new world, dressing their
she pleases and yet she remains like a prisoner, mysteries in new modes. They have shed their
shackled to the icy plateau of Leng. Catholic clothes now, pulled down their blue
hood that they might no longer be mistaken for
21
See Cath Thompson, The Magickal Language of the to follow between lessons 9 and 10
24
Book of the Law: An English Qaballa Primer, Hadean See Michael P. Bertiaux, Ontological Graffiti, Fulgur,
Press 2016
25 See Prisoner of Leng, Sean Woodward
22 Michael Bertiaux, Weiser Books, 2007 26
See Dreamwalker of Leng, Sean Woodward, NOXAZ,
23 Sirius Limited Esoterica, 2015
See Michael Capricorn, Monastery of the Seven Rays,
4th Year Course in Esoteric Magic, Part 1, Special Paper
the saints of others as they utter their 171. I came upon the complete magical diagram
prophecies. of Voodoo initiation, the symbol of the
Their figures dance across the tarot, ancient Voltigeurs themselves. Many years later I would
histories are captured in the Scrolls of Hsan, in discover through the use of EQ that this number
the transpositions of Ying and Yang lines in the and others represented the mystical Pillars. In
Hexagrams of the I-Ching. My deck ‘The the context of the Tree of Life, these are the
Hexagrams of ZAL27’, were a result of initiate same pillars represented by the vertical staffs in
workings outlined in my book ‘The Grimoire of the diagram. Buried within this symbol and its
ZAL28’ . They combine the ease of use of 64 numerologies are the keys to Voltigeur travel, of
cards with modern interpretations of their leaping between the dark spaces of Universe-B
meanings and a set of magic squares together and appearing suddenly in the corresponding
with a guide to using them for divination. places of Universe-A 31 .
Often the same kinds of questions related to The extent to which EQ had identified the Pillar
everyday life – codes can be seen in these few examples
which also denote key aspects of the Arthurian
Should I move home? gnostic tradition that have been preserved.
Is this right job for me?
EQ is suited to these Voudon Gnostic
are the ones asked and sometimes the I-Ching explorations as it originates in the cipher of
based Hexagrams deck reaches straight into the Liber AL vel Legis and its author, Aiwass or
heart of the matter, suggesting when to step Aiwaz has been identified as Zothyrius.
back from a plan or what factors are lurking in
the background with a targeted clarity that can AIWAZ = 36 = DAATH, the gateway to the
be absent from some tarot readings. Nightside.
Bibliomancy was once a favoured oracle of AIWASS %Z% LWA = 111, the first of the
Aleister Crowley. The verse uncovered at the Nightside Pillars numbers, equating to Negative
end of The Paris Working by Neuburg, “I am Daath.
Thou, and the Pillar is established in the Void29”
foreshadows some of my own research with EQ. “The inclusion of the word OBEAH in the
lexicon of Liber AL opens the way for the use of
Whilst this usually involved the random opening EQ correspondences with reference to words
of one of Crowley’s own Holy Books and which are associated with the Voudon Gnostic.
seeing where his finger fell, it can also be used
with other totemic books. My own affinity with OBEAH=57=KING, indicating the rank of such
the Voltigeur-Physics was first confirmed in this a person, SOUTH and WEST indicating
way when I picked up Kenneth Grant’s book, (perhaps) a ceremonial focal point(?),
‘Cults of the Shadow’ 30. Turning to the page
which was the magical number of my name,
27 Sean Woodward, ZOSHOUSE, 2016 30 Starfire Publishing, 2013

28 31
Sean Woodward, Sirius Limited Esoterica, 2016 See Spider Sorcerors of Universe-B, Sean Woodward,
29 Sabbatica II, Transmutation Publishing
See Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, Richard
Kaczynski, North Atlantic Books, 2002

THE OBEAH = 110 = LUCIFER, I’ll leave that SPIDR-SORCERER = 171 = WATER SPIRIT
one for others to enjoy. = THE FACELESS GOD
There must be more, these are from AL.” 3216 Kenneth Grant also suggests the relevance of
171 to the Leng Mythos and the sexual sorceries
The value of 57 is also that of VOUDDON = 57 of the Abyss, The Maskim, who are the qlipoth
= MAGICK. of the planetary power-zones, connect with the
Lama of Leng (LAM) through the number 171
The cipher order of letters suggests many which denotes the invocation
insights especially when combined with the of alien entities by the formula of sexual magick
Counting Well method33 of using the value of 34
and furthermore “As the son (sun) is on the
word A multiplied by the number of letters in Front of the Tree (as Ra-Hoor-Khuit, so the
word B and vice versa then the two totaled and Daughter (Moon) is on the Back of the Tree (as
denoted by the symbol ‘%’ between the two Hoor-paar-Kraat35)”
words. I also discovered a variant method,
denoted by ‘%Z%’ which adds the value of the Using EQ HOOR-LEGHBA-OSIRIS (161) is
second word to each letter of the first and totals the position of the sun on the Back of the Tree.
them. It isalso the HOODOO TEMPLE = 161 =
MERLIN’S HOUSE, as the central EQ Pillars
PARZIVAL %Z% LWA = 131 = OSIRIS- Numbers show a series of temples that
LEGHBA = OUTER ONE = VOLTIGEUR = culminate in Negative Yesod, where 191 =
ENGLISH THOTH’S TEMPLE = HOLY VUDU SPIRITS
VOUDOU = VUDU KINGDOM = SERPENT = TIME STATION. This begins in Da’ath as the
= BROMPTON WORLD OF EDOM = 111 = YELLOW KING
QADDISH %Z%ZAL = 141 (Holy One, and culminates in Negative Malkuth as BLACK
Aramaic) SNAKE TEMPLE = 202 as per the illustration
CYGNUS %Z% ZAL = 141 (The Cygnus star of ‘EQ Universe-B’36.
system close to the planet Leng) EQ also offers insights into the nature of many
aspects of the gnosis37.
HOLY TEMPLE = 151 = UNIVERSE-B
The Pillars Numbers are the Three Columns of
HOODOO TEMPLE = 161 the Veve of the Marassas or Twins and all the
LENG SPACE SHAMAN = 161 points are contained within each other, making
KOPH NIA %Z% ZAL = 161 the Voltigeur-Physics of the 131 Formula open
SHOGGOTH %Z% ZAL = 161 the other temples and the 151 Formula of
Universe-B.
QOPH NIA %Z% ZAL = 171
PARZIVAL %Z% ZAL = 171 The EQ of Universe-B unfolds from Da’ath as
CARREFOUR %Z% LWA = 171 111 = WORLD OF EDOM = YELLOW KING
32 35 Kenneth Grant, Outside the Circles of Time, Starfire

Cath Thompson, correspondence with the author, 2018
33
See Cath Thompson, The Magickal Language of the Publishing, 2008
36 See Sean Woodward, Keys to the Hoodoo Kingdom,
Book of the Law: An English Qaballa Primer, Hadean
Press 2016 Hell Fire Club Books, 2018
37 Ibid, the chapter Gnostic Oracles
34 Kenneth Grant, Outer Gateways, Starfire Publishing,
2015
“The word aeon (Greek Aion) equates with 131 In this example of bibliomancy, a set of Hoodoo
which is the number of Samael... the word aeon Dice were used to determine the page and then
therefore contains the mysteries of Universes the stanza of The Grimoire of ZAL, resulting in
‘A’ and ‘B’ and the manner of crossing from the following. It is important to note that the
one to the other”38 Pillars number 181, features in this sequence
(the magician undertakes this rite):
There is also an unfolding from Da’ath of the
shamanistic possession powers as BLACK 79 209 54 179 189 140 65 12 152 181 82 175
MEON = 111= SPACE SHAMAN, leading 198 154 18 133
down the central pillar to Negative Tiphareth in
161 Everything must depend on water
= LENG SPACE SHAMAN, Negative Yesod in in the waters of the sacred lake
191 = LENG BLACK PHAROAH SHAMAN the font of the living waters
and Negative Malkuth in 202 = LENG the shattered aspects of the Akashic Records are
SKELETON SHAMAN. Negative Yesod is also scattered
the TIME-STATION = 191 slipped through the veils
let me rise above the plains of Leng
The forces of Thoth and Nyarlathotep are Lukini speak ever to me
centred in Negative Yesod as 191 = travel between the worlds
NYARLATHOTEP LAW = BLACK all wet and cold
PHAROAH KINGDOM = AIWAZ the magician undertakes this rite
NYARLATHOTEP. Avoids bodies of water on the Ghost Day
the Lord of Silence
There is a consolidation of the Gholemhe forces first visualises the mantra
in Negative Tiphareth as 161 = SPOREWORLD
CULT and in Negative Yesod in 191 = GOLEM
SPIRITUS. There are many occurrence of the
EQ Pillar Numbers which culminate in Negative
Kether 212 = CULT OF
OSIRIS-LEGHBA = CULT OF OUTER-ONE
= MICHAEL TEMPLE.
The revelations uncovered by this research in

relation to the Gholemhe are further explored
in the essay ‘The Eye of Kal Thalin’ 3923 , which
uncovers the regular feedback transmission
encountered by initiates first working with The
Grimoire of ZAL and the forces rippling through
the atavistic sorcery of Austin Osman Spare,
particularly in respect of his painted radios
which acted as spirit receivers.
38 39 Sean Woodward, Qliphoth Opus VI, Sirius Limited

Kenneth Grant, Outside the Circles of Time, Starfire
Publishing, 2008 Esoterica, 2017

Word of the Lukini shouted unto me
the beginning of possession
A rite of self-initiation
The mantra derived from the reading, using the
first letters of the lines is Ettir Sillit ata T’fwita.
This is similar to using the method of

WaKaNaBa, described by Jake Stratton-Kent as
“WaKaNaBa provides not just sigils but magic
squares, incantations/conjurations and Words of
Power40.”
Magic Squares can also be constructed from the

letters using the method described in The
Voudon Gnostic Workbook41by Michael
Bertiaux.
The oracle used in this example give us the

framework of a water ritual, mantras and a
transmission regarding its nature together with
the use of orgone and ophidian energy.
Magical squares can be constructed from the

letters and inscribed on paper or metal. In
certain psycho-sexual workings, a talisman is
created from them which adorns the neck of the
Shakti and becomes a point of focus during the
ritual itself, together with the repeated mantra.
In this manner a new passport is created

between the worlds, a new Voudon Gnostic
oracle cuts through the darkness, like the lights
of the motor-zobop stopped on the outskirts of
Port-au-Prince, offering a hint of entrance to the
mysteries.
40 See also On Using Wakanaba for Chants and 41 See Lesson Four: How to Control the Minds of Other
Barbarous Names, Jake Stratton-Kent People

Nuit by Sanya Von S
cousin's house, where I lived the rest of the
An Interview with T. K. Butler – time.

Sean Woodward His first cousin's mother was an old voodoo
conjurer, whose bedroom looked like a
science lab, with shelved jars of all types of
Thank you Tau Zendiq for the opportunity to
animals, foetuses, frogs etc. She was a very
share what I hope to be a combination of
eccentrically weird chick.
insightful and helpful responses to your

wonderful interview questions.
Looking back, I think I wasn't the only one

who had other than Christian or traditional
To start off I am T.K. Butler, magically known
ideas and interests, which for me came much
as Pan-genator. A title or name I borrowed
later. If you know what I mean, bunches of
from the witch cult in the early to mid 80's. I
family taboos and secrets hidden under the
always had a secret fascination with the
guise of Christianity. But that's all hindsight -
history, legends and practices of the Wiccans,
of course I didn't know that at the time, at least
witches and Strega’s. And coming from an
not consciously. I was only two years old, but
African American Christian background, as a
as you can see it left a memorable impression.
17-year-old soul, searching for something
So, let's fast forward past the age of two. But
more, something beyond the status quo, guilt
before I do that, let's just say my Gros Bon
ridden, heavy-laden belief system that I was
Ange and Ti Bon Ang were interacting with my
born and raised up in, my search and study
life-wave even then.
had to be done quite secretly to avoid a very

bad experience, being that both parents were
Initially I am a first born with two younger
raised up in, the southern fire-and-brimstone-
siblings, who were born twins. When not in
going-to-hell-in-a-hand-basket type of
school, we played, unattended by adults in the
religion.
woods (Jim Crow laws, still active in

the1960's). During this time, I have been
Christian masons on the paternal side, Baptist
introduced face to face with a hourglass
Minister's on the maternal side, spelt being
spider, stepped beside a green poisonous
made an example of if my interests and
snake and pushed into a well by another kid.
curiosities were ever found out. Especially
Whilst deep down inside the well, I met two
while living at home. My parents were
very beautiful beings, looked to be a male and
separated but that didn't matter, because my
a female. They guided me back to the surface
folks thinking processes were quite the same
of the well where I took the initial plunge.
when it came to anything outside of family
Once I got back to the surface of the well, the
tradition, especially religion.
culprit, a much larger kid, who had pushed me

in the well was standing there, with a startled
So, to jump right in, brother Tau Zendiq, in
look, and pulled me from the well. He pleaded
responding to your initial question to describe
for me to not share this with my father's
my initial attraction to and subsequent
cousin, my supposed baby-sitter. So, l
experiences of Voudon Gnosis. I think the first
stupidly kept it a secret till now, of course.
time that I met a Voudon practitioner

(conjure) was as a two-year-old child living
I was fascinated by frogs and beetles at this
between houses in the Carolina's. My maternal
age. So, I and my much younger siblings
grandmother's house and my father's first
played often at a junkyard, filled many cars
high. A graveyard for wrecked vehicles. We increased. Most of the kids I knew wanted to
climbed them rarely inside, just on the hood or grow up and be something normal, like a
the roof of the vehicles. I'd never do such a school teacher or a fireman. I wanted to be a
thing as an adult. My angels deserve both a doctor, or God, Superman. Why? I can only say,
raise and a huge bonus. My God!!! that it seemed like the right thing to reach for
at the time. But as an adult, I desire to be true
I found myself climbing the fence of a bull that to the ancients, the ancestors, to become one
grandfather owned to mate the cows. Always of them and one with them in this life. Every
taunting the beast and then running to safety Order that I have had the
on the other side of the fence. I think I did it a privilege/opportunity to study with or be
few times on different days. As you can see the exposed to has given me the discipline and
spirits and Loa are very real. Without them we tools that IAM privy to this day.
wouldn't last very long, ayibobo!, Amen! The
well situation was a one-time thing, thank you I can appreciate the perennial wisdoms even
Les Vudu /Met Tet/IAM. more so because of the gifts from OTOA/LCN
and the Invisibles, the ancients, the ancestors,
Fast forward past Carolina to New York at the the realized, and their Orders/Schools of
age of 5 or 6. An Asthma attack that landed me thought.
in the hospital for three days and three nights.
While in my comfortable hospital room and Thank you, Courtney Willis, Kyle Fite, and the
bed, it always seemed like someone other than others from the early days of my OTOA/LCN
myself was present. I remember having experience. Because of you guys, I can truly
dreams (??!) of flying in the sky toward the appreciate any and all spiritual and psychic
stars but never really reaching any particular experiences in my life's journey at this point
star. My grandfather's sister, an Eastern Star and I take nothing for granted. "Free" has just
member, and uncle a mason was there all as many responsibilities as those things that
three days, and my mother, I think my Dad cost up front. So, in actuality there are no free
came maybe once or twice. Something really rides.
wonderful happened in those three days and
nights. I miss Courtney's company TOTS, in Burbank
California. You could obtain anything that you
A visitation for lack of better word. Whilst I needed for your Voudon Gnostic practices.
stayed the three days for observation and From paquets to wangas, from charms to bath
treatment (my doctor was black bag Jewish salts, from colognes to atuas, and class
physician, that gave out medicinal lollipops for recordings, and artwork, along with the
being a good patient). Right outside my Sistrum. Com7R was one of those wonderful
window was a lady. The statue of mother Mary things happening to this myself, who
would wink and smile at me, and sometimes technically wasn't even supposed to survive to
come up to the glass window. I could hear her this point. The Loas had a different outcome, a
talk to me. She came inside the room as well. I different game plan if you will. Hugs and
told my mom and aunt and uncle. I didn't kisses to the Ancestors and GAOU.
share it with my father, I told the nurse too.
Because of the discovery of the Jean Main My relationship with the Hoodoo and Les
familie via Michael Bertiaux, my studies and Vudu started to pick up momentum and
developments, my appreciation since has only become even more real, when I connected to
the Ausar Auset society in DC, headed by Lee writings by or about Robert and Earlyne
Cook aka Het Medu En kamit. Chaney.

They’re similar to us, but lean in the direction The Vodoun Gnostic Workbook was
of the fifth way school, ancient Egyptian discovered through my affiliation with
practices. They have contacts in New York, Courtney's program called Technicians of the
Carolina's, and west Africa. Sacred at the time. Many authors were
brought to my attention because of Courtney
Because of my intro into hardcore spirituality Willis and the ancestors etc, including Maya
came my yoga practices of Indus Kush and the Derens, William Seabrook, and Robert North.
Vedas. My Vudu Gnostic practices will be
colored very heavily by those realities and I would like to give thanks and big kudos to
systems of thought. those named and to Michael Bertiaux, his
teaching, writings and past correspondences.
Though the Masters/adepts such as those I am eternally indebted to you all (Bless you
realized in the West, in the East, and wherever A.S. Harris) Peace and Ayibobo.
they hail and there established schools of
mentation, will always have my high regards.
Because without their contributions to our
development and evolution, our planet’s
future is doomed by the soulless shadow
called Materialism aka social progress and its
offspring. I also have a humble atua. I think
that the Kardeckian view holds water as well.
So prayers, incense,
chants/songs/mentation/meditation is an
important part of my life and lend much
momentum and power to my relationship
with spirits, laws, Loas, Les Vudu and my
comprehension of the Jean Maine familie
expression of Voudon Gnosticism.
I have found a few others who seem to have

more than a notion concerning personal
development, cosmology, and true
relationship with Cosmic law and spirit. The
list is the following. Writings by or about Louis
Claude de Saint Martin, writings by or about
the mystic known as the Comte de Saint
Germain. Writings by or about Parahamsa
Yogananda giri, and his pupil Parahamsa
Hariharinanda giri. Writings by and about
Gautama the Buddha. Writings by and about
G.I. Gurdjieff, writings by or about Dr Radha Sekhmet by T. K. Butler
Sivanada and his pupil, Devekananda,
Invocations of the Four Crosses
Complete Experiments – Joe
Dickerson
Northern Cross

Each cross is a station of power, and has of
specific loas. This is what the Fa represent.
Earth, water, air, and fire creating a pattern of
each element in each element. The cross of ritual. Creating a physical Northern Cross of
earth there for is the earth of earth, earth of Light with the appropriate cards from
water, earth of air, and earth of fire the Carrefour Tarot 42 , homemade FA cards,
specifically. Each station is represented by and The Guede image from Spirit Windows43.
positive and negative set of twins, mini
Abraxos of sorts. These sets of twins are the There you go.
various Syzygies we work with in the lessons.
The work of the lessons is learning to connect I set myself down in the center of this cross
to these various sets of energies and access and vibrated the name of the corresponding
these centers via the FA. The Fa function as Syzygy, starting in the North and working my
sigilic portals to these energies. way around to the East. While vibrating the
Cool. Good. Now what? name I visualized the FA. When I got to the
center I recited
the following
prayer:

“Holy Spirits of
the Northern
Cross of Light,
I call to the
master of the
Northern Cross,
whose name is
Guede Nibbho!
Hail Guede
Nibbho, please
open the cross of
light and bade
me enter.”

Understanding what these energies were was
I then sat in meditation, in turn focusing on
a big step forward however I now felt that I
each direction. I personified the images in the
needed to access these energies as directly as
tarot cards and addressed them by their
possible. I constructed a simple
42 Created by Sean Woodward 43 Created by Kyle Fite

Names and titles asking for access to and
understanding of the energies they represent.
Below is an image of the specific direction
with the cards and the impression I received
of the “flavor” of the direction themselves.
The northern cross. Guede- Nibbho Death,
rebirth, matter, terrestrial matters, the
physical. Real world. Hence Bertiaux’s focus
on explaining the clerical and technical

aspects of the monastery. This is the direction Priest of the Northern cross: Leaving behind
that deals with material matters such as the physical, Opens door to world of non-
location, money, rules, and organization. action, ego death perfect spirit. Joining self
with divinity. Dedicated action. Death of
imperfection (This feels more like losing bad
habits than becoming “perfect”)
Initiate of the Northern Cross: Death.

Becoming. Assuming a name to become
yourself. The turn towards the light. Earth in
earth. The first steps upon the path. Initiation. Hierophant of the Northern cross: perfect
Fresh Starts. The light of divinity entering into matter, the wand, the phallus, authority,
matter. ingenious creativity. The crystallization of
spiritual power. The hierophant is a vehicle
for the energies of the Cross. The active use of
the Cross.

After completing the circle I sat in silence,
listening and thinking over what I had heard. I
felt very cold and tired. I was a bit cranky for
the rest of the day. That night my dreams were
filled with death imagery and I spoke at length
to a terrifyingly thin man who spoke in a nasal
Servant of the Northern Cross: dedicated to voice. Our conversation was lengthy but what
service, the cross available to initiate after I recall most was that the told me that not all
initiation. Armed with the light of knowledge paths require walking, now if was time to
(gnosis?) banished ignorance. Doesn’t fear the swim.
dark, uses the light of divinity. Learning to let
go of the old Southern Cross

A recent experiment with the Monastery of the I then sat in silent meditation using the visual
Seven Rays materials: cues of the cards and FA to open a channel

After working through the Northern Cross of
Light, I worked though the stations of the
Western Cross. This working was the
culmination of a month’s work with the
individual Syzygy. Following the format from
the previous experiments I constructed a
simple ritual. Creating a physical
Western Cross of Light with the appropriate
cards from the Carrefour Tarot, homemade FA
cards, and The Guede image from Spirit
Windows.

As before I down in the center of the cross
and vibrated the name of the corresponding
Syzygy, starting in the North and working my
way around to the East. While vibrating the
name I visualized the FA. When I got to the
center I recited the following prayer:

“Holy Spirits of the Western Cross of Light,
I call to the master of the Western Cross, whose
name is Ogou-Fer!
Hail Ogou-Fer, please open the cross of light
and bade me enter.”

The Western cross: This cross
embodies Force. The duality of the western
cross is in creation and destruction. Two Loas
represent this duality. Ogou-Fer embodies
destruction of the useless and the old,
specifically consciousness. He clears away the
mental space to allow for divine love of Erzuile
to shine forth.

Servant of the Western Cross: The ocean as a
metaphor for consciousness. The waters of
magic. The shadow self. Mastering self. The
Waters of magic.
The narrative of conflict continues. Here the
Servant must enter into the dark cave of their
own unconsciousness. The magician’s goal in
swimming the depths of consciousness is to
develop a state of alert awareness of their own
selves. One must observe everything that goes
on internally and master their demons. This
will require the force of Ogou-Fer and the love
of Erzuile.

Initiate of the Western Cross: Diving into the
waters, transmutation of vulgar desire into
spiritual joy. Facing the storm of internal
conflict. Clearing out the old. Pluto ray.
Nigredo. The base state. Fresh start. Digging a Priest of the Western cross: Spiritual armor,
well to discover the spiritual waters within. knowledge as protection. Alchemical
Here the magician learns to relate to changes. The passion and force of Ogou-Fer.
reality. Having accepted death through work The love and fire of Eruzile. Finding the light
with the Northern Cross, the initiate now must of gnosis in the depths. Breaking the chains of
deal with internal and external alchemical matter. Wrathful deities, shadows. The
changes. Learning to work through these shaman’s journey.
conflicts will require exploration and
resolution of emotion and desire. Through this The magician, having dove deep into his
magical effort one can access high forms of conscious/unconscious has found his demons
consciousness and mastered them. While he has not
destroyed them, being parts of himself, he has
mastered them. The force of Ogou-Fer has
given him the strength and the love (gnosis) of Of Ogou-Fer stands a symbol of this victory.
Eruzile has girded him in the armor of Symbols are an important part of this Cross.
wisdom. They are vital in expressing the spatial and
temporal laws of being and their relationship
with Divine Principle to fundamentally
corporeal beings. The use of these symbols is
the mechanism for mankind evolution. Here is
the last gross element. Beyond the dark
waters lie the pure worlds of air and fire.

Post ritual I sat down and felt a soothing calm
wash over me. The ordeal was over. Working
through the Western Cross was an arduous
journey. This month has seen a great deal of
internal conflicts. Old ways of thinking were
stubborn, despite the cleansing nature of the
Pluto Ray , they hung in there. Frankly this has
been the most challenging and demanding
experiment to date. Facing and synthesizing
what I encountered in the shadow was intense
and very intimate. This work also had direct
consequences on my mundane life, as at times,
I was visibly uncomfortable and agitated by
the process. Somewhere in the post ritual
reflection I heard voices of iron and velvet
urging me to rise up and take flight.

Furthermore, sleep was a very rare resource.
Throughout working with the Voudon Gnostic
current and the Monastery of the Seven Rays
I’ve lacked for sleep on occasion. This process,
however, featured insomnia on a different
Hierophant of the Western cross: The level. Thankfully it was a productive insomnia
resolution of knowledge and gnosis. Earthly as I was able to spend the extra hours in
knowledge and divine wisdom co- meditation and research. In fact, nearly every
existing. Symbols as language and keys. The moment was spent working through the dark
Fire of water. Illumination, Liberation, the waters of this cross. It was an exhausting
Christ principle. The synthesis of being and mental effort.
existence. Seal of Love between Ogou Fer and
Erzulie. Transmutation of gross elements into When I did sleep I frequently dreamed of
pure elements. entities that I had worked with in the past. The
Morrigan made frequent appearances in my
Here the conflict experienced in the Western dreams, bringing with her the vivid death
Cross is resolved. The magician has traversed imagery that is her specialty. Communion and
his shadow and tamed his demons. The sword offerings were made and it feels as if our long-
standing relationship has been restored. name is Simbi! Hail Simbi, please open the cross
However, her more negative influences on me of light and bade me enter.”
are mitigated. I’m less sombre and angry. I
feel she represented the force I needed to push I then sat in silent meditation using the visual
down into the depths. cues of the cards and FA to open a channel. I
suddenly felt like I was in a forest listening to
Other dreams featured various trickster life teeming around me. Perhaps it is my The
spirits appearing in the forms of animals. warm sun on my face was a glorious feeling
Coyotes, spiders, serpents, and crows were and I felt golden. In the natural world around
frequent visitors in dreams and in physical me I could see the signs and actions of the Lwa.
encounters. I took the time to makes offerings This natural world was vibrant world I felt so
and fetishes to honor their assistance. Much disconnected from. Here was a world of mind,
like the Fool I had jumped in over my head and a swarm of multiple intelligences all forming a
danced dangerously close to the abyss. If it larger gestalt mind.
wasn’t for the guidance and protection they
offered I fear for what might have Here in the Southern cross the is a rebirth of
occurred. These breakers of barriers, the spirit after the death and transmutation of
psychopomps, and liberators were essential the ego. As opposed to the death energies of
reminding this fool that he is a magician. the Northern Cross, the Southern cross is
vibrant and fertile. Green is the appropriate
Southern Cross color here, the color of spring and summer.
The color of a dense forest. The color of life.
Over the last week I’ve been working with The reborn golden child of Simbi rises from
Loso Medji. Oddly enough I’ve not the self and becomes aware of the Self. Here
experienced any dreams this week and in fact the divinity in all of humanity is brought forth,
it felt like the spirits had gone silent for several no longer hidden behind the illusion of the
days. Perhaps I’ve been distracted by the end world. An internal sun, shining with love for
of summer and the return to work. all beings. The world is permeated with
divinity and the magician as a God Child can
As before the goal was to access these finally see that. This golden being joins
energies as directly as possible. I constructed together the serpent of creation and wisdom
a simple ritual. Creating a physical to form a bridge to the absolute.
Southern Cross of Light with the appropriate
cards from the Carrefour Tarot, homemade FA Rather than presenting a station by station
cards, and The Simbi image from Spirit breakdown of the Cross as I’ve done in
Windows. Sitting down in the center of the previous instalments, I’ll instead explore the
cross and vibrated the name of the cross as a whole. From working and evoking
corresponding Syzygy, starting in the North the various Crosses I’m of the mind that the
and working my way around to the East. While Each station of the cross represents a different
vibrating the name I visualized the FA. When I level of understanding of the energies therein.
got to the center I recited the following prayer: Beyond the physical element there exist
worlds of esoteric elements earth (physical),
“Holy Spirits of the Southern Cross of Light, water (emotional), air (mental), and fire (
I call to the master of the Southern Cross, whose Spiritual/Love). A further cycle of death,

transformation, rebirth, and ascendance is
present as well.

Server: The Server is distinguished from the
Initiate by the depth of contact with the
Initiate: The Initiate represents the death or profound reality of the Loas. The Server
surrender of the magician to the elemental surrenders himself to the Great Work,
energies. The Initiate is one who has heard the undertaking a deeper level of commitment to
call of the LOA. In answering the initiate the Work. Here we see the Ego slowly
surrenders themselves to the other world separating from the self, allowing the
energies of the LOA. Through the act of magic magician to encounter the otherworldly
the initiate gives purpose to this surrender. energies more directly.
Traditionally initiation is the death of the
previous person. Who the magician was
before has been let go forever changed by the
potent energies of initiation. This is
distinguished from the later server station as
the

Priest: The Priest continues this increase in
Hierophant: The Hierophant represents a
divine intimacy with a vow of union to the state of mastery for the element in
divine. The Priest still remains in the world question. At the Hierophant level the magician
but is no longer of the world. Much like the becomes the master of the element and
Gyrovague, the protest continues to live in the crosses to a point where external and internal
world, the world is his monastery, but is no are no longer divided. The external IS internal.
longer separated from the Divine. The Priest is
an open channel to the divine, offering
communication and contact. This is a union of
love, divine love. Through this love the Priest
labors and prays delighting in the nature of
divinity.


clear while invoking the Southern Cross
itself. It was a feeling beyond words.

Trying to find a way past this block I
performed some bibliomancy with Syzygy and
ended up reading a footnote to a few pages in
the VGW. The Two lessons that were
referenced were Waiting On Purusha and
Patterns and Processes in Magical Computers.
Reading these lessons and working through
the various lessons has offered some
clarification. In connection to the IDEAL of
Purusha through gnostic daydreaming and
prayer I’ve returned to a structured cycle of
work and prayer that was so beneficial
previously.

I’ve become very high energy like I’m running
on an indefinite caffeine high. I’m
wired, buzzing with energy, and almost
painful aware. Sleep, always in short supply
since I started working with the Monastery,
has become a rare and beautiful gift. I’m
reminded of grad school. Perhaps the spirits
are telling me that I need to cut out the
caffeine as in the last two days I’ve spilled my
morning coffee. Either way I think its time to
offer them a mug as well.

Personally, I’ve begun to feel a shift in Eastern Cross
perspective. I’m slowly realizing that my
actions and more importantly my thoughts Entering the Eastern Cross brings us to the
are divine acts. When I find myself mentally world of Spirit. If the Creole Kabballah is like
drifting to distraction thinking about the traditional one fire is the world of the
trivialities or worrying about unnecessary absolute God. This is the heaven that various
things I’ve begun to walk myself backwards faiths reference. Far removed from the
through my thoughts until I arrive at a terrestrial world of the Northern Cross, the
junction point where the distraction began. world of fire is a pure land that supersedes the
Here I try to realign myself with the divine mortal. This is a place of consciousness in a
through meditation and prayer. Through this pure state. Fire, as an elemental force has been
I try to align myself with the Monastery and very present in my life.
the Divine. If the mind is divine then it is a
place of manifestation and interaction with I’ve been experiencing a feeling of being over
the Divine. This feeling became resoundingly full of energy. Like a permanent caffeine high.
I’ve been rather driven and almost obsessive
in producing creative output. I’m reminded of I then sat in meditation, in turn focusing on
the tongues of fire in reference to the fullness each direction. I personified the images in the
of God. I feel very full, bursting at the seams tarot cards and addressed them by their
with this almost manic energy. This energy Names and titles asking for access to and
feels centered on the heart (one can imagine understanding of the energies they represent.
the fun that a sudden feeling of pressure on Below is an image of the specific direction
the heart would be). I can only express it with the cards and the impression I received
through the act of creation, through magical of the “flavor” of the direction themselves.
work, or through acts of love.
The Eastern cross opened and before me
This mystical union and creation feels almost there was everything. An ever present
sexual. It feels internal, intimate. Fueled by the everything. United in pure light. Out of this
divine love that pours out from this crucible of ideas an identity emerged, coils
union. Perhaps this love is the reason strung throughout the fire.
Bertiaux describes magicians as bisexual, Damballah, the Cosmic Serpent. Fire, light,
their willingness to engage in spiritual unity with the source embodied and
congress with male and female deities. personified.
Through this dual natured sexuality, the
Voudon Gnostic magician transcends the Initiate of the Eastern Cross:
boundaries of the physical while remaining Kether is in Malkuth as Malkuth is in Kether.
rooted in the physical. We can feed our earthly The Earthly fires of creation. The Initiate steps
hungers while building ourselves Spiritually. across the threshold and is consumed by the
Understanding what these energies were was flames of Spirit. Here he comes face to face
a big step forward however I now felt that I with the Cosmic Serpent God, the Absolute.
needed to access these energies as directly as DAMBALLH master of the mysteries two-fold
possible. I constructed a simple mysteries of death and rebirth, sexuality and
ritual. Creating a physical Eastern Cross of joy. The Initiate must look within for the
Light with the appropriate cards from impetus of change. While divinity is typically
the Carrefour Tarot, homemade FA cards, and seen as “top down” it is more accurately
The Damballah image from Spirit Windows. describe as inside out.

I set myself down in the center of this cross Servant of the Eastern Cross:
and vibrated the name of the corresponding
Syzygy, starting in the North and working my As the magician transforms from the Initiate
way around to the East. While vibrating the into the server he becomes aware of the all-
name I visualized the FA. When I got to the encompassing nature of spirit. Like a fire,
center I recited the following prayer: consuming all before it, the servant subsume
himself in the fires of Damballah. Where Ogou-
“Holy Spirits of the Eastern Cross of Light, Fer encouraged the servant to understand
I call to the master of the Eastern Cross, whose themselves and the world around them
name is DAMBALLAH! Damballah lets the servant know that there is
Hail DAMBALLAH, please open the cross of no internal or external, merely a profound
light and bade me enter.” compassion for creation. The will of
Damballah is compassion, as the “All flowers,
all animals, all men, these my children I love,
and I will carry them away to be with me at the mind feels liberate and free, lit with the divine
end of the ages, for these infants belong to spark.
Damballah.”
The elemental association of fire and fire here
Priest of the Eastern cross: represents a unification. Here in the fire of fire
there is only unity and oneness. The Divine is
Here in the East, as with the other three ever present and pervasive in all things. There
crosses, the “priest” represents the initiate is no separation, Damballah isn’t present in all
realizing that the elemental energies of the things, Damballah IS all things. We’re in the
cross are manifest. Here, the initiate having coils of the Cosmic serpent.
died and become transfigured by the energies In invoking the Eastern Cross, I was met with
of the cross awakens to the quest itself. The a wash of light. Entering into the arms of the
path becomes clear and the real journey cross I was overcome with love. There are no
begins. The Priest’s search is one of love, eager words to describe what I felt. Only light, all-
for unification with divine. Rather than pine encompassing light. Tapping into this light
away for the approaching lover in the Song of released potent energy that coursed
Song’s the Priest leaves the finery and gilded throughout me. I felt plugged into something
halls and enters the world in search of their very large and dense. My cup overflowed with
love. light. I felt a worry in the back of my head, like
a thirsty man struggle to capture every drop of
The path becomes clear. The bridge becomes water. A voice, which upon reflection was
stable. The Way is open. from a foggy memory, spoke:

The Priest of the East can see the light in the “You’ve received this gift before. As you
distance, hear the song in his heart, and feels a remember your vessel will fill. Don’t fret over
burning desire for unification. This state of droplets. Enjoy the rain.”
consciousness the path leads to the
Enlightenment of Damballah, embracing all I returned to my senses and listened to the
existence as part of the gift of life. That all storm outside.
things are linked, unified, as the light of
Damballah. I felt complete.

Hierophant of the Eastern cross: This marks the end of my work with Year One.

Here in the Hierophant of the East the state of
consciousness is beyond words. In the realm
of fire of fire there is only light. Only oneness
with the source, perfect unity with the Divine
Mind. There is no separation, only unity. In
thinking back upon this state I’m reminded of
the adage, Malkuth is in Kether, as Kether is in
Malkuth. This energy is not interested in
creation, rather it is the elemental force
behind creation. The force that drives
creation, the fire in the head of a visionary. My
Frater T. S. P.

MAGIC OF HOODOO - Emir Another way of looking into this, is that
Hoodoo, or Les Houdeaux, are attributed to
Salihovic Northern quandragle, first level of work

within La Couleuvre Noire, and presided by
Michael Bertiaux says that Hoodoo magic
the first set of the Twins of Night, a
encompasses “the all mind that includes the
“homosexual“ pair of Ghuedhe Nibbho and
small forces of nature, the small states of mind,
Maitre Grand-Bois.
and the small, barely perceived actions of

elementals and primordial demons of raw
Spirits of the magicians provide form for our
sexuality. Many spirits are attracted by
Magicall Will, while spirits of the dead provide
elemental stirrings and nakedness and the raw
structure.
nakedness of the sexual posture and predator is

very, very elemental. All these potencies are
Spirits of the Dead and the Spirits of
very sexual”44
Underwater Magicians should be invited to

come to our magical space/circle only during
Hoodoo is the magic of night, connected with
night-time. Hoodoo magic is not to be
the elemental powers of Earth and Water. It is
performed during daytime. Only in the silence
primeval sorcery, magic of DO-ing or
of the night the voice of the spirits can be
witchcraft. Hoodoo spirits are essential
heard. Different modes of working could be
powers of raw nature, connected with stones,
employed during different (four) Moon
caves, waters, night, Moon and sex. To become
phases. If our work is more of earthy nature, it
a Hoodoo means to become a Witch.
should be performed during the first Moon

phase (new Moon). If the working is of watery
We could probably speculate of three
nature, than during the first quarter. If it is of
elemental levels of work with spirits, work
airy nature, then during the full Moon. And for
with Les Houdeaux, which can be also called
fiery nature, during the last quarter of the
Work Spirits, then work with Les Loa, and
Moon.
finally work with Les Vudu, which is the most

mystical and esoteric. As work with Les
Nakedness is another element conducive to
Houdeaux is marked by Earth and Water,
successful Hoodoo working. The Sorcerer
work with Les Loa is marked by Water and Air,
should be totally naked in front of spirits, and
and with Les Vudu with Air and Fire.
willing to offer his sexuality for spirits’

satisfaction, if asked for. He should be also
Key of Hoodoo is in the elemental attributions
willing and able to invest his sexual energy
of Earth and Water. Earth is, in one way,
into the workings of his sorcery. This implies
associated with the realm of the dead,
ability to enter the trance and impregnate the
presided by Mystere Royal (Death himself)
form of his Desire (magical Will) during the
and his consort Black Goddess of (black)
act of self-love.45
Space. Water is associated with the astral

realm of the spirits of magicians from the
In this context it is interesting to contemplate
forests under the sea, presided by Grand
the mystery of Les Linglesoi, exposed in a
Maitre, and strongly connected to magical
lesson of the same name by Michael Bertiaux
eggregore of ancient Atlantis.
(see Voudoun Gnostic Workbook). It might be
44 Private communication, 2004 45 “Mystere Solitude”

also interesting to note that one of the most with 16 consecrated stones. Light the candles
phamous, and most notorious magicians who and call the spirits.
advocated sex with spiritual beings was
“black“ bishop Father Boullan. There is a variant of work that I found very
satisfactory for me. Instead of having all five
It is good to surround the perimeter of candles on a table in front of me, I put yellow,
working with 16 stones that had been blue, green and red candles around the room,
previously dedicated to Hoodoo spirits. The on the floor, and I sit in the middle, on the
stones should be oriented toward 16 points of floor, with the black candle and a glass of
space, as explained in our magical system. water in front of me. I also like to put magical
Stones could be colored in appropriate colors, symbols of Les Mortes and of Grand Bois
and appropriate symbols of FA could be between the red and black candles.
painted on them.
Very often, the working with Hoodoo spirits
I use round stones from the beach, as it is will imply sex. They love sex and through sex
stone (Earth) that has been moulded for the magician will build up strong relationship
centuries by the sea (Water). Colour four in with spirits. Offering sex energy to spirits is
yelow, four in blue, four in green, and four in much more powerful then offering the Ojas
red. Elemental FA symbols can be painted in through hands, after rubbing the palms.
appropriate modifying colour on each stone. Candles could be annointed by the sexual
So, stone to be put on position 1 (Earth of fluid, to add to the power.
Earth), would be yellow stone with black FA
symbol on it. Those 16 stones surrounding Another good thing is to employ the method of
you would form a perfect magic circle. Of sigilization as it was taught by Austin Osman
course, beforehand you would consecrate Spare. Sigil of your wish could be placed
those stones to service of Hoodoo spirits, and between black and red candle, and energized
you might keep them in your Atua, if you have through your sex-magical working.
one (and you should have one).
Areas of experimentation with Hoodoo
After the self-dedication to the spirits, system of magic are endless. Just listen to the
magician should engage into building Spirits.
relationship with the spirits. Shadow-bathing,
work with Magical Mirror, and House of In addition, I am giving you a draft of a magical
Spirits meditation can be very useful for that. ritual with the spirits, which aim is to feed
The magician should simply open his your aura and energy centres with magical
consciousness to the spirits and they will talk power, and bring you into closer contact with
to him in form of mental impressions and energies that come from the spirits:
images, so he will know what to do.
1. Face East and arrange the candles around
Ideal situation for work with the spirits should the perimeter of your working –
be like this: during a night go to an isolated yellow/north, blue/west, green/south,
place in nature, not far from some body of red/east. In the centre put black candle,
water – a river or a lake. Put the candles and a and a glass of water in front of it. Sit naked
glass of water on the ground and sit in front of in front of that candle and a glass of water,
them completely naked. Surround yourself surrounded by the four elemental candles.
Light the candles and invoke the 5. Visualise in turn the 16 occult centres of
spirits/energies in the same way as your body as glowing in respective
described in Lucky Hoodoo course of elemental colours. In each centre invoke
lessons. one of the 16 Loa associated with the
centres (see 4th year course of Monastery
2. In the space between red and black of Seven Rays). Ask the Loa to bless your
candles, put the vevers of Les Mortes and
bodily centres of power and help you fulfil
of Grand Bois, drawn on paper.
your True Will.
3. Prepare offerings to Les Mortes and Grand
6. Rub your palms and offer energy to the
Bois. Chanting their names and/or
spirits as usual. You can do this over the
prayers/invocations, give them offerings offerings you already made.
and place them on top of their respective
vevers. Always use sweets and rum. You 7. Extinguish the candles in usual manner,
can give sweets to Grand Bois, and rum to drink water etc. You could sleep in the
Les Mortes. same temple. Tomorrow collect the
offerings and leave the offering to Les
4. After you offered foods to the Dead and to
Morts at a crossroads, and offering to
the Underwater Magicians, enter into
Grand Bois at the bottom of a tree.
meditation and visit the House of the
Spirits, to learn and to get refreshed.
– Alha, Aquarius Lodge O.T.O.A.


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Brothers and Sisters, Power, Wisdom and Love.

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Tree of Yog Sothoth - Sashah Ruge

HooDoo Dream Device - Dejan Sklizovic

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Ritual went well. Began with saying the

I then proceeded to do 5 rounds of really slow

8.10am although I still have some areas I am

Immediately upon waking I mentally said the

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I will now take a shadow-stuff bath and go to

Thursday August 2 2018 - 9.49am

No dreams recalled...just did a short mental

The ritual went well in my opinion. I opened the 10.50pm.

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I lit two black candles at each side of the miroire

I closed..thanked the spirits and put out the

I will now perform a shadow stuff bath and go

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Time Travel Device - Dejan Sklizovic

Familie Magie Noire - Dejan Sklizovic

it remains shrouded in mystery, as well it

men. The inheritance we have received from the

Marcel Roggemans15 in his History of 16

Our work is primarily praxis-oriented. It is

The world of the spirits is not closed to us,

everything’s perfectly balanced. There’s no

Tri-form Blessing Icon - XPalamas

James Joyce’s Ulysses. traditional author of the Psalms.

p.62 huge debate between a Yogacarin and a Prasangika-

be used for both the drink and the offering, depending

14 https://www.behance.net/Hagen_von_Tulien these names, only using the prayers in Lucky Hoodoo,

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Therefor Ideal essence: The masculine monad is

In the Monastery it seems that the body is not

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'That which is beyond is within just as that which is within is beyond.'

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27 Sean Woodward, ZOSHOUSE, 2016 30 Starfire Publishing, 2013

32 35 Kenneth Grant, Outside the Circles of Time, Starfire

The revelations uncovered by this research in

38 39 Sean Woodward, Qliphoth Opus VI, Sirius Limited

This is similar to using the method of

Magic Squares can also be constructed from the

The oracle used in this example give us the

Magical squares can be constructed from the

In this manner a new passport is created

Barbarous Names, Jake Stratton-Kent People

I have found a few others who seem to have

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Initiate of the Northern Cross: Death.