Issue Number 6
Volume II - i
January 16 03 NLE
Copyright © 03 NLE H☿D
Editor in Chief Etu Malku
Assistant Editor Phillip Torrey
Contents
- Thoths from the Editor
- The Satanic Art of Barry Lent
- The Daimoneikon Audi Book by Philologist and Artist Michael Vrazitoulis
- Take It To The Limit by Kate Gallwey
- An Interview with LHP Mason Brandon Lee Rogers
- An Interview with author Kate Gallwey
Thoths from the Editor in Chief
by Etu Malku
The end of another year and the beginning of a New Luciferian Era part three!
Tragic deaths of several icons began this year, the magnificent David Bowie being at the forefront of these tragedies for many of us. The Herald of the Dawn has fortunately survived and continues to grow stronger by the day.
The Order has once again begun its 10 month long Qliphonaut Odyssey hosted by Hierophant Cort Williams which pathworks through the Adverse Tree of Daath (Qliphoth). Two new Cells have seen daylight;
- Ankh Ka: Explores the alchemy of the black waters from which comes our very Ka and personal transformation. Hosted by Ain Volk IV° MH☿D
- Mercuræn Enochian: The study and application of various Enochian Systems to achieve Mercurius Consciousness. Hosted by Phillip Torrey I° NH☿D
For another year Magi Brandon Rogers has been installed as Worshipful Master in his Masonic Lodge and has been successfully developing his H☿D Cell LHP Masonry.
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The Satanic Art of Mystai Barry James Lent
These works of art won Barry admission into the Hudson Valley Arts Alliance. He has been offered a private gallery showing in Peekskill, NY . . . visit the link to keep abreast of his showings and other work.
Devil's Design
Bane- The Spell is Cast
Angel of Death
Seraphim- The truth about Angels
My Reality and Truth ( Self Portrait)
The Ring ( A contemplation on Commitment)
Barry Lent Devil's Design
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Daimoneikon
by Michael Vrazitoulis
Michael has been inspired greatly by the work of Michael W. Ford. He is a semi-professional artist with a degree in Classical Philology who just finished his Master's degree in Philosophy specializing in Metaphysics. "All these things mix with my occult interests and shape my path as an individual wandering through existence."
This audiobook of his first book of occult- and LHP-themed literature, is read by Michael and accompanied with his music as well . . . enjoy!
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Take It To The Limit….
by Kate Gallwey
Meditation has this rosy glow of an idea that it will sort out all our problems in life. It is sold to us as a cure all for all the stress and distress in our lives. With Meditation you can clear up all those health problems, and deal with people in a calmer, more connected way. The pictures are of people sitting in a cross legged position looking calm and serene. Telling you that you can change your life by following a few practices every day.
I have been listening to this stuff all my life, When I was nineteen I trained as a TM teacher and learned how to take a mantra deep inside my mind for 20 minutes twice a day. It was merely a start to the next two decades of learning how to try and still my mind. I have learned many many different ways of meditation since and in March of this year spent 10 days in silence learning Vipassana meditation.
It doesn’t work.
It will not give you super health and inner calm. Maybe in a world of isolation and intense spiritual prayer and dedication you can find some peace but I am not living in a monastery. I live in a house hold full of kids, cats and nearly permanent mess and noise. There is no spare room for peace and meditation, there is no room to yourself at all…unless maybe the bathroom and spending an hour in there on your own is not appreciated by the rest of the family.
Can you find peace in chaos is what we are asking of these mostly Eastern techniques?
I have found that the answer is mostly no… but…
I love that ‘but’…it is where things start to get interesting.
If I blend all those techniques together and use what I need at the moment then we have found something that shows promise. I cannot promise to spend 2 hours a day meditating, that may happen over the weekend occasionally but I run a busy household and there is no time or space in my life for commitment of that sort. Children need to be fed, watered, clothed and supervised.
Do not ask a busy parent on how many hours a day they meditate, you WILL get sworn at
Don’t you love it when a Facebook meme comes round and it just makes you cringe? It goes something like this…
It is recommended that you meditate for 20 minutes every day unless you are too busy, then it is recommended you meditate for an hour.
Lots of expletives at that sort of message… Sure I will be a little late picking my son up from school, he doesn’t mind…If I try and meditate in the early morning I go right back to sleep again, the same also happens late at night. When am I meant to fit this extra hour in, with small children even going to the toilet on your own is hard work?
So the meditation gurus promise that you can deal with stress better, exercise more and be a better you, but only if you follow the rules….
…where have I heard this stuff before?
Try on most product advertising these days. Do this or you will be sorry! Stop making me feel bad about everything. It is so painfully obvious that we are being sold a line of BS it is scary. Am I so desperate for a ‘better me’ that can cope with life and all its drama that I will buy into something that is so clearly not real?
Yep, have done since I was 19.
A trick is to look and see how many people have actually succeeded in finding peace calm and enlightenment with meditation. There are a few who have followed the Buddhist traditions and are respected in their wisdom and dedication I can give you chapter and history of these men, and women, but mostly men, that apparently have achieved a state of higher consciousness due to meditation. But the one thing all of them have in common is that they were not bringing up kids at the same time, and many of them abandoned their families to go off into the wilderness and become a wise meditation practitioners. Hmmmm?
I don’t approve of this sort of role model.
Too many abandoned children out there as it is.
To take a path of spirituality and meditation while bringing up children is very hard indeed and very rare. To be a woman and subject to the ebb and flow of the fertile nature of the female body means we are not consistent creatures. I dance to my own rhythm and flow and not much can be done to put a tap or regulate that. It has been tried.
I know women who dedicate themselves to the path of meditation and isolation can do it just as well as the men, but I cannot do that. I can only press my nose up against the window and long for the seeming peace that they may find. I need to stay in the storms and dramas of family life. I do not have the luxury of running off and leaving my responsibilities behind. So what can I do?
Society offers me very little support here…shopping or alcohol? No thank you. I understand that it is inside I must travel to find peace, if I cannot find it inside, I am never going to find it on the outside. This I understand.
Vipassana did offer me an insight here. I try and do an hour a day of Vipassana, it doesn’t get done every day as I will never be a consistent creature…but I try. Vipassana asks you to pay attention to the still body and run your conscious mind up and down, over, round and through your body. All feeling is acknowledged and heard but it is of no importance. No attachment to sensation is the idea. The body goes very quiet at this and the energy increase is often uncomfortable. I do not find a lot of peace when I come out of an hour Vipassana meditation, but it is still early days on this as I have only been doing this since March of this year. But the body goes though a kind of stillness barrier that is noticeable….I do not know what it does but it is doing something on a physical level. This is level 1.
Level 2 Is the mind. Now this is not Vipassana. This is pure Kate.
My mind will not be still…ever. There is a constant running dialogue going on, pretty much all the time I am awake. It cannot be fought, it just gets louder. Music, painting, magic, writing, dancing, welding, good sex, a good book or film may turn the volume down a bit but it is still there. Shopping or booze certainly also quietens it down for a bit as well.
I had this idea of meditation, due to TM, that one day this constant voice would be quiet. I call bs on that. This stream of consciousness is part of me. It is part of the human state on this world. It will not ever die and my efforts of silencing it just makes it stronger.
This is what they have been trying to sell me since I was 19 and it is rubbish.
Level 2 is the hardest hurdle I have had to face….so far :) This internal voice, or the Rational Mind (RAT) as I have heard it being called, is the voice that runs me down and tells me I am worthless, fat and has no skills. It can also work things out and access all kinds of things that is useful. But it really can do a number on me like no one else can. In Vipassana I learned to be nice to RAT. I would set tasks for it and throw it stuff to play with like a stick with a dog and send it out to gather data. It worked very well. To give RAT a rich emotional fantasy to play with is wonderful food for it. RAT is very creative and can come up with all kinds of good ideas if you let it. Rat is a good servant but bad master…someone else wrote that, he was right.
I recently learned a new posture to meditate in. I can lock my body in most positions due to having years of sleeping children and cats sleeping on me and not wanting to disturb them. But this one was a lot more of a challenge. I will have to draw it as I can find no references to it online. You are standing on your tip toes with hands behind your back and back arched and neck forward.
Yeah.. I thought wtf as well.
You are meant to keep still. Well good luck with that. I was wobbling all over the place. It hurt. RAT was not happy. I only had to stay there for 5 minutes one day then 10 minutes the next but the grumblings of RAT grew very loud. Loud enough for a moment of clarity.
RAT is not me. I am not RAT.
I get that psychology and modern science has killed off all our internal and external gods and has tried to make everything clear cut and precise. This stuff is very subjective and personal but when I get an answer from two different places I know I am on to something. By learning to watch RAT while I was standing on my tip toes with back, neck and shoulder screaming at me. I learned that that bloody annoying little RAT is not me, it can look and sound like me but it is not me. The realization of this means I am now free of it. It means that meditation is not actually necessary. Though I will still plod along with my hour when I can…What other gems will I find? There is so much potential here.
Meditation is the signpost but not the art form. I can now watch RAT whenever it intrudes itself into my mind. It is feeling like a constant meditation. Position doesn’t matter at all, I can be assisting with home work or stacking the dishwasher. I am the watcher now and RAT has quietened down a large amount. That knowledge that IT IS NOT ME was huge.
RAT is like the body now, I have not associated my being with my body for a long time now. It is merely something I wear on this world and when it gets old it will be replaced. No hassles, but the internal dialogue is also part of this plain of reality that I am just borrowing, like I am renting a house that comes with its own internal radio that can never be switched off. It comes with the body, it is not part of the soul that occupies it.
I liked that, I grew and said, ‘Ah ha!’
A happy moment of shit coming together.
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An Interview with LHP Mason Brandon Lee Rogers
By Phillip Torrey
PT: Magi Rogers, You are the owner of the Herald of the Dawns Left Hand Path (LHP) Masonry cell. Could you please tell me what LHP Masonry is? and explain a little what Freemasonry is, what similarities they share? As well as their differences?
Brandon Lee Rogers
The LHP Masonry cell is a group that studies all the vast symbolism that is veiled within Freemasonry to incorporate it in our daily practices,ritual, and disciplines to achieve what we call in the order of the Herald of the Dawn, Mercurean Consciousness. Freemasonry originally started out as a guild for stone masons to share their craft among other brethren or Masons. Freemasonry now is not operative but a speculative fraternity; the fraternal order teaches the symbolism behind the tools and allegory that follows to allow the Mason to build his own symbolic temple. In another words, make him into a better man. The Left hand path (LHP) part of Freemasonry can be seen within the symbolism and allegory; The symbolism itself is however subjective to every Mason due to how openly enough he perceives the symbols just as he would receive the "word". The LHP part of Masonry seems to be more known within the Scottish Rite branch of Freemasonry, in which, brother Albert Pike who was a 33° Mason and wrote the book titled "Morals and Dogma" explains a lot about Lucifer, especially from what a lot of LHP Mystai can commonly relate to. The only differences between Masonry itself and the LHP aspect of it is that when a man wants to join the fraternity he has to profess a belief in a supreme being, most of which claim the christian God. I however acknowledge a long with most LHP Mystai, that we are the supreme being or God designing our own temple, but mostly due to how Masonry is today that consists of many christian men clouds the teachings of the order itself, that is my opinion however.
PT: Magi Rogers, Would you say that Freemasonry is occult based or would you say that it is based more on Gnosticism? I also have the same question for LHP Masonry as well?
Brandon Lee Rogers
I would say that Masonry is still Occult based on its teachings but the society itself is not occult due to it being out in the open to lure more young men that desire to be initiated into the craft. I would still say though that this is entirely subjective to the Mason himself depending on their path, and their ways of practice. . .
PT: Magi Rogers, Is Freemasonry a secret society? If the answer is no, why do people think that it is?
Brandon Lee Rogers
Yes and no. Freemasonry is so open to the public that its more of a fraternity than a secret society however, we do have secrets but I imagine since the 33° is an honorary degree and is hard to obtain that they in itself could be the actual "secret society" within the fraternity of Freemasonry.
PT: Magi Rogers, A frequent misconception about the titles, Freemason, and Mason get confused. Most people consider them one and the same could you please clarify the difference between the two titles? For example why is the word free in Freemason?
Brandon Lee Rogers
A Freemason is the general meaning for "Free builder" which like I said by our ancient brethren were operative and speculative, but we are now only speculative. A Mason itself is usually someone who is an operative Mason who literally builds buildings and is not a Freemason within the fraternity (There are some Freemasons who are literal Masons however, but if you are a Freemason, you might just abbreviate another brother by calling him a mason).
PT: Magi Rogers, Today there is so much information about Freemasonry available. Anyone could find out the mysteries just by going to the local bookstore. When you become a Freemason don’t you take a oath of silence, and are not aloud to talk about the information available already to the public. Do you think that would restrict a persons Freedom in a way? And could you please share how that information because public?
Brandon Lee Rogers
Yes we do take an oath of silence to not exploit the secrets which are generally our modes of recognition. Taking the oath however is an act of a mans own free will and accord therefore not taking away our freedom of will because we chose to take the oath.I am not certain about the origins of Masonry's secrets getting exploited but it had to of been the work of a Mason who dropped out and wanted it to serve his own needs and not the fraternities.
PT: Magi Rogers, Does Freemasonry, and LHP Masonry have any associations with Lucifer symbolism, or Lucifer hirself?
Brandon Lee Rogers
Yes it does have a lot of Lucifer symbolism but due to it being open only to members of Herald of the Dawn I will not go any further on the teachings.
PT: Magi Rogers, Would the Freemasons of the world today accept LHP Masonry?
Brandon Lee Rogers
To the christian men? I do not feel they would be very open to the LHP aspect of Freemasonry, they would probably find it very repulsive.
PT: Magi Rogers, Do you have to be a initiated Freemason to practice LHP Masonry?
Brandon Lee Rogers
No you do not have to be initiated in order to practice LHP Masonry. The teachings of the tools and symbolism is mostly public however some of it is not. This does not restrict a person to join the Freemasons to seek the knowledge of the symbols.
PT: Magi Rogers, What advice would you give a person if they were looking into becoming a Freemason?
Brandon Lee Rogers
If I were to give advice to a man who wishes to join I would gladly help them since they made that choice and would advise them to be very open to everything that they might learn within the craft.
PT: Magi Rogers, What can one expect when they join your LHP Masonry Cell? What are your expectations of them?
Brandon Lee Rogers
One can expect a broadness of the gnosis that they will initially receive studying, designing correlations, and putting it into their own practicum.
PT: Finally, Magi Rogers, Do you have any final words that you would like to share about LHP Masonry, and or Freemasonry?
Brandon Lee Rogers
The only thing I would say to all of this is if you desire gnosis through the ways of the several liberal arts and sciences then this is the group for you.
PT: Thank you Magi Rogers for your time.
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An Interview with author Kate Gallwey
By Phillip Torrey
Domini Kate Gallwey is a very well known self published author. She has published a number if works, her latest work is titled Being a Psychic Vampire. Kate is the owner of the publishing company called Catching Dragons, Kate is also the owner of an adult Facebook group called Sex and Blood Magick where she is happy to talk to you if you keep an open mind. In getting to know Kate I have found her to be very knowledgeable, and passionate in all her endeavors. I have found with Kate if you give her an honest question she will give you an honest answer. It was a pleasure to interview her. I hope you all enjoy!
PT: Domini Gallwey, In your opinion why do you think that Sex and Blood Magick is considered taboo in the world today?
Kate Gallwey
It isn't really considered taboo the world over, just in countries that are 'Abrahamised', ie. Christian, Jewish & Islamic. Sex & Blood Sorcery is taboo in these countries and there are many reasons for it. I could go into the first and most obvious reason is the subjugation of women. All Abrahamic religions have priests and no priestesses. Though some sects of Christians are finally bringing in women priests, this is not a common thing and I do not believe it is possible to change over 2 thousand years of segregation and denial of the divine feminine. Something needs to rise up and bleed society for being so stupid. Blood and sex magic can be practiced by both male and female practitioners but they both have to be equal in the eyes of each other. The power that rises in both must match and at the moment we have huge discrepancies in our Westernized society and that bounces around the entire energetic field of us all. Both men & women suffer for this imbalance.Sorcery, on the whole, is not encouraged, use science and logic, is the modern days message given out across the media and education system. Self empowerment and the development of inner knowledge and power is not really allowed. This whole society is built on distraction from the demons within. Sorcery demands that you deal with the demons within and stand and face them. We were born out of sex and blood, it is the raw primal force that brought us into this plane. It also is a huge force to play with and should not be done lightly. I mess around with a lot of spell working, energy and magicks but not sex and blood sorcery. It really does do what it says it does on the tin and that takes concentration and focus. Are you sure you have considered all the angles and rebounds here? If not the consequences are not entertaining.PT: Thank you, Domini Gallwey, Do you know of an area in the world where Sex, and or Blood Magick is embraced in today's society? Or is it more or less a closed practice? A practice that one that one needs to seek out and explore for hir self?
Kate Gallwey
There are Tantric groups and schools world wide. It is underground but not very far. You can look in the fetish and BDSM industry and will find references to Sex & Blood magic's. There has been a surge in the pagan groups on sex magic that has been going on for a few decades now. Sex magic is not deep at all online, hippy chick shagging has been common since the sixties. The question has always been how deeply into the 'magic' does it go? For that you probably need some solitary study, otherwise you are just getting screwed.PT: Thank you, Domini Gallwey, Can you please explain how Sex Magick can be applied in magickal workings?
Kate Gallwey
Have an orgasm and send out your intention to the Universe.PT: Thank you, Domini Gallwey, Can you please explain how Blood Magick can be applied in magickal workings?
Kate Gallwey
Bleed an intention and send it out into the Universe.PT: Thank you, Domini Gallwey,Can they be used together in the same working?
Kate Gallwey
Have a orgasm while you or your partner is menstruating or bleeding and hurl it out to the Universe.PT: Thank you, Domini Gallwey, Can a single person perform Sex Magic? Or would they have to invoke the assistance of a an Incubus/Succubus? Or create a servitor? Something of that nature?
Kate Gallwey
Finding a person to match you in sex sorcery is rare. Crowley had other ideas but he mostly dominated the females involved, this is just a form of masturbation, in my opinion, it will only go so far. To hold space for another is a huge distraction and usually fails drastically in the race to orgasm. Group sex is highly romanticized and needs a strong leader who is not off his or her face on alcohol or drugs. To take it to the next level you have to be highly in tune with each other. This takes years of practicing solo. Solo is a good thing and you can make a lot of progress.I would not ever advise conjuring spirits to have sex with. The sheer desperation of the call leaves you open to all kinds of other things. At the point of orgasm you probably will lose control of it and it will bite you...if you are lucky. What seems to have an outward appearance of a sex demon spirit may be something else, unless you have the name of the spirit, it is not recommended. I have fed off people this way, they are being particularly stupid, and I eat stupid. I have actually placed energetic blocks on a person to stop him invoking a sex demon, because he would not be able to control it and his situation would be made a lot worse. Just masturbate and get it out of your system.PT: Thank you, Domini Gallway, If a single person can successfully perform Sex magick, would it create more, less or the same amount of energy, as if 2 or more people were performing the same working?
Kate Gallwey
With a practiced couple or group working in harmony, the effect of the intention would be magnified greatly.PT: Thank you, Domini Gallwey, In your opinion what effects do erotic images have on people?
Kate Gallwey
In our 'Westernized' society visual images have a huge hold over our consciousness. We are taught from an early age to regard our primary sense as sight. Therefore to invoke anything we start with visual images.PT: Can a single drop of blood be just as effective in a magickal workings as say a pint of blood? Why?
Kate Gallwey
Yes, a drop is more precious than a pint. It has the homeopathy effect.PT: Some Vampiric rituals involve the drinking of human blood. This is strictly a personal choice, but what health effects good or bad can this have on a person?
Kate Gallwey
If the blood is tested for, and clean from, disease, pathogens and is fresh, there are no adverse health effects on drinking human blood.PT: Would you consider performing Sex and Blood Magick an art form? If the answer is yes do you personally think that one may connect to Mercurius Consciousness through the art of Sex and Blood Magick?
Kate Gallwey
To get this right it must be worked at and practiced for years. I am still a novice after over twenty years of practice of many disciplines. To fully work past your own inhibitions and find someone to match you takes time. Sorcery or Magic is an art form, your methods of achieving your art are merely the brush or pen you use, your tools, so-to-speak. I can mix a little candle or knot magic into some sex magic to achieve a certain texture or a little blood magic into some herbal magic for a bit of color. The art is the magic, not the tools used.That is the point of all creation, to achieve the state of becoming your Higher Self and silencing the voice of the ego. To create is to become god and to lose yourself in the moment of the endless now. Sex & blood sorcery can open the door to that, to go through the impure state of Lucifer to the pure state of Mercury, to crawl through blood, shit, humiliation or pain, filth and gross need and base animal desire and to rise into the pureness of spirit and being. It is a path that many play with.Sex can be used to shed the divisions of the ego and letting the chaos of the Universe to poke itself into your being. The trick would be at that point to observe it and take notes on what it is showing you. So much is lost in sex magic due to orgasm. Energy and wisdom is scattered to the winds when containment is not learned. A psychic vampire in astral form can just hover and collect over a mating human couple...Blood is using the 'wisdom of adversity' method of entry. Ask any 'cutter' or blood donor about the emotional release that goes with cutting oneself. Pain focusing the being to a point on the form. It is powerful stuff. Then you take in all the qualities of blood, both metaphysical and physical, I have all my genetic ancestors in there, I have DNA, what I have eaten, thought, and experienced, in one drop of blood. It also contains the quality of spirit, or Qi, it anchors us to this plane of reality and shields us from outside attacks and inside diseases. To give blood is to give a tiny drop of your spirit to someone. I would not ever do so with out very clear reason.
PT: People are going to do what they are going regardless of what people tell them, for that is human nature. You cant stop a person with a sexual disease, or a person with a blood issue for that matter from practicing Sex or Blood Magick, however, you can give advice. What advice would you give to this particular individual if you were asked?
Kate Gallwey
Learn about your own orgasm. What starts it? What stops it? Can you bring yourself to orgasm without hands? Can you move your orgasm, up and down the body? Be selective who you put your body into/ who you take into your body? Look at your sexual history, what did you learn from each of your partners? What did you learn from yourself? Advice is only given if asked, and I have learnt to ask a few questions first.PT: Can you please give a brief description of your Facebook Group, Sex and Blood Magick?
Kate Gallwey
Sex & Blood Magic started as a place to discuss Vampire Sorcery, it specialized into sex & blood magic because I was getting asked lots of questions on sex and blood magic it was easier just to direct people to a group.The group is for adults to discuss sex and blood and all that you can do with these tools.PT: What do you expect from people when they enter your group?
Kate Gallwey
To be adults and ask for what they want to know.PT: What are the grounds for expulsion from the group?
Kate Gallwey
I do not know, it hasn't happened yet. Probably behaving like a child.PT: Last question, Domini Gallwey, What advice would you give a person who knows nothing about Sex and Blood Magick? What direction would you send them in? Who would you reference, historical, or otherwise?
Kate Gallwey
Mantak Chia is a good author to start with. There is an awful lot of rubbish out there. Many of the occult sex magic stuff is flawed or has key point missing, ie. It wont work when you follow the instructions. Tantra is also a good place to learn sex magic but it didn't fit me, personally, very well. I learned most of what worked for me from the Celtic Sisterhood, they have no online presence and taught groups in cafes and coffee shops around 25 years ago. I am glad I took notes. Observe yourself or as the Oracle at Delphi put it 'Know thyself' best advice ever. All you need to know is inside you.PT: Thank you for this interview
