“More heavenly than those glittering stars we hold the eternal eyes which the Night hath opened within us. “ – Novalis One of the most important concepts underlying the Voudon Gnostic current is the idea of Kaivalya or “aloneness.” This concept stands in distinct contrast to the ideas of Samadhi, Moksha and Nirvana. The Yatinda-Mata-Dipika, a…
Trance Ritual for Travel in the Ghost Worlds of Universe B – Merciless Pathways | Psalms of the Desert
“The offering of the Mass becomes the magickal method whereby cosmic logic enters human experience, since it is something which is happening both on earth and in the heavenly worlds. The action of the God of Sacrificial Fire, Agni, makes this possible.” –Michael Bertiaux, Voudon Gnostic Workbook (Magickal Childe, 1988) The purpose of this ritual…
Let None Put Faith in the First Sown Fruit
“Let none put faith in the first sown fruit not yet his son too soon; whim rules the child, and weather the field, each is open to chance.” Havamal In the modern world we see the majority seek instant gratification, instant satisfaction, and instant success. We see individuals crying over being judged or being made…
Transmission: Even Hell Itself is a Dwelling Place
“Even Hell itself is a dwelling place.” ( Jigoku mo sumika) Japanese culture is rife with allusions to ghostly worlds and intimations of the Land of the Dead bleeding into the mundane world of “reality.” The tradition of Buddhism also seeps into almost every aspect of Japanese life, exoteric and esoteric. One of most interesting…
The Reward of Refusal – Ayurvedic Insights into Discrimination on the Path
The ancient Indian system of medicine Ayurveda has much to offer the modern world. Ayurvedic texts such as the Ashtanga Hridaya and the Charaka Samhita are filled with extensive commentary on human suffering, pathology and disease and are a veritable treasure house of healing wisdom which can assist in the transformation of outdated western allopathic…
Dhumavati, The Widow – Merciless Pathways | Names of the Dark Goddess
She is perhaps the least examined and most feared of all the Tantric Goddesses, She who has a taste for Blood, chews the corpses of Demons, is ugly, filthy and carries the horn of Yama, the God of Death, Dhumavati. Her worship if often forbidden and She is said to inhabit desolate deserted spaces. Unlike…
Chinnamasta, The Keys of This Blood – Merciless Pathways | Names of the Dark Goddess
Of all the Dark Wisdom Goddesses, perhaps none are more complex, disconcerting or gruesome as Chinnamasta. Self- decapitated , feeding Herself and Her devotees with her own blood, and dancing on a copulating couple, Her name literally means “a severed head.” Each of these images carries a Gnostic message and functions as a doorway into…
Bhairavi, The Fierce One – Merciless Pathways | Names of the Dark Goddess
“She exists in the forms of sleep, lack of memory, illusion, and dullness in creatures immersed in the illusion of the world, but among the Yogis She becomes the power that destroys all thoughts, indeed Samadhi itself!” – Ganapati Muni – “He who by discernment has effaced all objectivity is one established in the Reality…
Destroying Fear in the Fires of Awareness – Merciless Pathways | Preliminary Practices
This is the second installment in a multi-part series exploring a unique and powerful approach to entering the Merciless Pathways of the Dark Goddess: “The magician must seek more and more the reality of his own unity of consciousness.” – Michael Bertiaux – “The many thoughts, ideas, notions, and abstractions, as beings flowing in the…
Revelation of the Dark Goddess – Introduction to the Merciless Pathways series
The system of Tantra has many byways and tributaries which can lead the aspirant to emancipation or madness – few are truly called to The Merciless Path!
The Heart of the Matter – Observe Nature’s Simple Way
“Some people are born with good physiques, a sense of speed and a lot of stamina. That’s fine. But in the martial arts, everything you learn is an acquired skill. Absorbing a martial art is like the experience of Buddhism. The feeling for it comes from the heart. You have the dedication to get what…
Transmission: The Instrumentation Used is Supreme as Death
Now we are concerned with the true semance Ghuede…….the induction of Ojas into the brain has been preserved….thusly the high-priest of this cultus always believed in how magickal machines work because the instrumentation used is supreme as death….. The Radionic Cult of Guede Loa Ghuede of Monday shall collect all the magickal vesture of his…
