Entered the Sacred Emblem that was passed on tho me; and found myself at the foot of golden marble stairs. I began to descend. Top of stairs resemble the second floor of a mansion type house. Elaborate wallpaper which has purple and white swirl pattern. I see three doors; and I am facing the middle one. I decide to enter it; but trace Unicursal Hexagram first to assure the purity of the vision. I enter; and the God or Spirit sitting on the Throne is black, not in the sense of race but in the sense of depth. I make the Unicursal Hexagram again. The Spirit or God speaks. "The Captain of the Hosts of eternity is a pirate who has taken a greater Mistress than his journey can resolve. Let him find a Cup filled with dirt and blood less the madness of his piracy make him wrapped in his precious flag."
I answer: Give me the secret of this flag. (I am thinking this may hold a magical key.)
Behold, his flag is the emblem of death, the birth in the North, the sigil upon the wall of the Temple, the magical race that cannot be won, and the satin clothe that the King wraps his Crown before he lies upon his purple bed.
(The spirit seems to be smiling; and knows I want a magical secret so I proclaim.) Tell me thy Name in the name of To Mega Therion, the prophet and the word abrahadabra; and I am the Sphinx of the Gods who demands you and commands you.
Command me not; you who are of the Gods; for I am a willing mistress in the bedchamber of expounded words; that my energy is aligned to my blackness; yet I radiate to you the light of the Path of the Ship; and the invisible lighthouse that only you can find guidance from.
(I try to see in my mind's astral eye the stone that the lighthouse is made out of. The spirit continues his speech.)
No, the walls of the lighthouse are not made of marble nor red brick nor mixed mud but of a light that can only be the primal of the primal of purple subtracted and added by the spiritual eye that drinks the sight of the sea.
No Man stays on this Island for it is from the Island that you venture forth aware of your conquering. Remember that the Eye of the Hawk is pure awareness; and pure awareness is the beginning of permanent Trance; and Trance is the arising of the Wings. Fear not.
(Why is he telling me not to fear? Yet a moment's pause tells me that to know Infinity in the Temple of Nuit has no fear of the abyss of stars. I wrote about this already...)
The Temple begins to fade; and as it does I am moved back into the hallway. I have two more doors to explore; but I will not continue the vision today. I walk down the Golden Steps; and return to my body.
A number of insights come to me how consistent the symbolism of ships, sea, Captain, pirate are all connected with the symbolism of Binah. I have a strong feeling that something important is going to be expounded in these visions; and I wonder if I should share them yet.
Like music and words both the words come to my mind:
"A gift for you is a gift for me." (Almost a faery like ring to it, very earthly, yet a touch of "air")
Second Vision
(Rested in meditation for several hours before continuing the Vision.)
I enter yet again the Vision descending up, (I go down the stairs and am up on top) and reach the top of the stairs. The wall paper has changed to purple to a tint of scarlet mixed in with the white swirl. I start to move to the left; and instantly a Voice is heard. "The other door first, and the Magus is cursed, for He had no time but the Juggle and Speaks only one Word." The voice is faery like; yet with a slur -- as if the narrator is making one pun after the other; and smiling all the time on how clever he is. The words "Speaks only one Word" is done with wink; but the wink gives the impression of being the Eye in the Triangle at the split second his eye closes; and he goes back to being the fool card face when his wink is finished.
So I move to the right; and a feeling of balance sweeps me; as if I have made the right decision; and the spirits observing are truly relieved that I went right first.
I trace the Universal Hexagram on the door; and vibrate the word To Mega Therion. I open the door. I enter the Temple Room World; and approach the Throne. Fierce soldiers guard the Throne; and they eye me warily. One of the warriors; dressed in an ancient Egyptian War Costume with a very tall spear rushes over to me; and blocks my way. I know I have to speak; and make magical gesture:
I am -------------------, the Sphinx of the Gods, and the Holy Name is Θελημα; and I demand audience with the King. I vibrate these words with strength and confidence. I simultaneously take on the exact astral image of the Sphinx that is popular in my psyche; and in old Egypt to be further recognized.
The armor and skin of the warrior turn green and red; and the warrior gives me a strange key. Out of a leather pouch the warrior holds a book out to me and I turn the key in the hole in the middle of the book.
The warrior turns into a Priest of Thoth; with magnificent scarlet robe; and Bennu Wand and steps to the side. I wait for him to speak before I approach the Throne. The other warriors have all turned into Priests of Thoth.
The warrior, now a Priest of Thoth speaks:
How then are you dust; and a speaker of life? Have the Gods blessed thee with the honey of
youth eternal?
I speak: I am the Sphinx of the Gods. No Man can understand me.
The Priests of Thoth all look at each other with wonder.
Why have you returned to this Holy House, you who are of the Gods? What do you want with us? Who hath bestowed upon Thee a mission that is not written in the Book of the Dead or life?
(This isn't turning out at all the way I thought it would. I wanted insights; and now there demanding I tell why I'm here. Well, why am I here? What impulse brought me to this place?)
So I speak without thinking having half the impression I'm covering up something; like I'm giving them an alibi of sorts; and the worst part of it I see all this, realize all this; and a part of Me is guiding the entire vision to show the new incarnated me the real Me.
Behold the face of my present Path. I have eaten of the black woman called understanding; I have ripped the bowels of the Bull to the Sun God, I have hurled myself forth into infinite space with the Wings paying homage to the Starry Goddess; and I have ravaged the concubine till her khu arises with the purple flame of the omnipresence of Her Body. Behold, I have written ceremony, traveled the Path of where I fought, and loved with will to honor the Temple of our Gods; and yet I still I persist to know more, to understand more, to live longer, to experience more trance; and above all to excite the passion of your insight till only the Sleep of Peace for 50 Nights can awaken still the next step do I go forth on and on and on. Therefore, it is yet again time for Me to meet the Grand Master that I should partake of His Wisdom.
With this the Priests of Thoth bow slightly; and I find myself on the Throne.
For a moment I am startled; and demand to be the presence of the King.
The Chief Hierophant looks at me strangely; and proclaims.
You ARE the King, Sire, for you have partaken of His Essence which hath no body but the constant music of the Word.
(I don't feel any honor with this; but feel cheated for what I wanted was insights; and they seemed to be maneuvering me. Suddenly, I feel like this has happened before, again and again and again; and my conclusion is always the same. I stubbornly refuse to see there point; and a moment later I enter my body.)
I return to my body and my body is raging with anger, power, desire, hatred, as if I have had to deal with this before; and still they do not give me the right answer. I feel the urge to strangle them; and know that this is ridiculous; so I utter the Oracle of the Sphinx, the ultimate Riddle.
In conclusion, the vision very vivid; the facial expressions well defined; and the eruption of karmic "feeling" strong. They are gone now (the rush of emotions) fifteen minutes after the vision ended.
Meditating on how easily it would be to be obsessed by all this if I hadn't been as far on the Path as I am now.
Feeling very calm
Feel the urge to Wander the city buying clothes; trying to attune myself with people and trying to see into the soul of the world.
Third Vision
(With this Vision Advah, (pronounce ADD - WAH) appears and expounds insights.)
My third attempt is about to begin with the third door. I am beginning by consecrating the Sigil; so the Vision will be pure and that the magical current that I am manifesting will not have influence from the lower planes.
I am up the golden stairs again. I take on the astral garment of the Sphinx; so I might continue into this ancient doorway; and learn of its mysteries. Again, I trace the Unicursal Hexagram; and vibrate To Mega Therion. The door swings open with an air of magnificence.
The Temple Room is enormous with a Super Altar that I approach. No figures are in the Temple at all; and a torch burns just behind the Altar. I smell incense that I cannot recognize; but it is like musk; but with the smell of fish and olive oil. Like the smell of wizard fisherman's Temple; where he can't completely rid the smell of fish. Yet the aroma is sweet; and reminds me a finely cooked dinner; where Holy Men are satisfied by their Spiritual Work; and joyously boast of attainments and great success with magick. On the Altar is a solid gold pitchfork; the Weapon of Neptune; or the Trident of Satan. It radiates with a glow of power and beauty. The sparkles from the gold are almost blinding at moments as I pick it up and look closely at its workmanship.
An echoing Voice roars like a Lion at me. Well, leave this Temple with this Weapon. It would serve thee as a weapon of punishment; and talisman to catch the fish of the waters.
I place the Weapon on the Altar; looking for who spoke and I answer:
Who art thou who would give me this gift; and art thou Mine Guide to Greater Power and Glory? I trace the Unicursal Hexagram and await an answer.
This is the Trident of Neptune. Take the Weapon and go forth.
I take the Trident; and place it in my robes. It disappears; and appears again on the Altar.
I proclaim further: Does this mean this should not be My Weapon of Glory; and have I not advanced upon the Path enough to have a weapon given to me that is attuned to the music of my will. (In the back of my mind I am suspicious that I should be given the Trident of Neptune instead of a Weapon that would be more consistent with my God Force.
Who art thou that you would question a gift?
My God Force is not questioned by the blasphemy of the gods of men.
Apparently, the Voice saw my point; and a dagger appears on the altar with a Sphinx's head. In fact, the hilt was Me with Nemyss. I grab the dagger; and once again it disappears; and appears on the Altar.
The Voice again; that dagger is your ruach which you reach out for; and yet although your dagger can be your wand; your cup is only within reach as a dew drop of Eternity in the khu of the Priestess.
I vibrate Θελημα; trace the Unicursal Hexagram; and demand in the Name of four Sacred Sigils upon the Altar that he speak his name; and give me insight for my Work.
I am Advah the Keeper of the Sacred Star.
(I am immediately satisfied that this Spirit is truthful for when I quickly add his name up it is 1 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 = 17 the number of the Star.)
I speak: Hail to Advah (pronounce Add Wah); and tell me the secret of the Star.
(The tone of the Spirit - God changes to more authoritative as he speaks):
Behold, the Star of Nuit is not the Star of Ra; and this is the secret that reveals the poison of eld;
for the Star of Nuit is a return to consciousness on the day of be with us; and the Star of Ra has not attained to ghost hood. Therefore, the Star of Nuit is closer to you than than the Star of Ra;
for first must the fire become dust; and then the dust be returned as an essence of the beast and his bride in the Temple where those of us are elite. This is the secret of the universe for humanity; and behold that the Peace of Nuit is balanced by the raging beast flame of the Star of Ra.
(At this moment I see the sun explode; and destroy all the planets -- and yet in the background the stars of infinite space are sparkling with peace and calm. This shocks me enough for Advah to send me back to my body.)
I hear Advah's final words as I regain consciousness:
Despair not; for this is the will of all and He who is the Grace of the worlds.
(After regaining the reality of this plane; I do stretching exercises and meditate on how these insights are to be useful for me. I see the time as 8:49 p:m on Monday, May 5, 2008 e.v. An CV in the Valley of Pittsburgh. All together 66 minutes of astral travel were done in three parts to enter three doorways; and I spent much of the day resting between sessions so I could be alert and concise with my observations with regards to recording the Vision. Note that on returning to body I always take the Sign of Silence; and the God vibrating His Name up and down my body.)
Strange conclusions, thought provoking insights, analysis and Remarks on the Three Part Vision
written on May 6th, 2008 e.v. An CV at 11:00 a:m EST by David Bersson
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
It is vital that astral visions be analyzed, studied and cogent symbolism be assimilated into ones immediate perceptions; and even added as postulate and theorems for the arising school of thought.
These three visions have important insights for me; and everyone is warned not to adhere to them in a dogmatic sense; but simply as a working hypothesis for possible meditation.
In my estimation, a certain amount of magical energy has to accumulated before the impulse manifests where an astral vision is actually presented to the aspirant from the Inner Planes; or such was the case with these three visions where I was for all intents and purposes going about my practices where I had the strong impulse to enter the astral; and see who and what was so interested in imparting to me insights or other.
You might inquire who is Advah; and does he have an existence similar to ours on planet earth; and what is the origin of such a Spirit who imparts information to me; and actually gives insights that make everything come together? Is Advah some part of my sub conscious world that was created as a thought form? With this, I can only give an opinion that is apparently based on opinion and intuition; and this may not be good enough for the scientific minded who want proof, data and double check when it comes to such supernatural phenomena. I can only conclude, therefore, is to study the insights for yourself; and try to parallel the experiment; and even visit Advah yourself; and learn for yourself to attune intuition in a manner consistent with your own will and Path.
It would be logical to state that Advah is connected with the energy of an Ancient Temple of Neptune; and the existence of the Trident of Neptune does strongly indicate this. It would be logical to state that Neptune as the God of the Sea was a much more important God than scholars would indicate in their essay and analysis; and one can only note that a God of the Sea and Ocean has much more importance than should of been concluded, and one can only observe the amount of land mass in ratio to the amount of ocean that covers planet earth to note how bias we have been being land mammals; and living with the delusion that a God of Earth would have more to impart than a God of Ocean. Therefore, it would be logical for a study of His Trident, His Temple and the symbolism of the Sea be observed through eyes that do not predominate such prejudice.
It should be noted that Pan and Neptune has gotten bad press by the world; and both have been confused with the Christian devil. Both Satan and Neptune have the pitchfork; and are spirits, as it were, of under worlds, one of the ocean; and the other of the earth. An analysis of this by scholars might be very enlightening; and the visions do indicate this connection.
I must also logically conclude that whatever ancient Temple I entered; it definitely involved the Goddess Nuit; so this could be a Roman Egyptian Priest who accepted both Neptune and Nuit as his major objects of worship. The connection between Nuit, and a Ship Captain who uses astronomy or astrology as his guide and the connection between the same Ship Captain who also calls upon Neptune to protect; and to guide him may not of occurred to occult scholars; and these three visions assimilate this quite nicely.
The strange words "My God Force is not questioned by the blasphemy of the gods of me", is so thought provoking as to require a comment. The Spirit was stating that He as a self made God in His Temple of Neptune and Nuit; was not in contradiction to the Book of the Law; and its principles; and was therefore not subject to the Curses in the Third Chapter of the Book of the Law. I suspect that Advah is a Being on the same evolutionary lines of Aiwass; although He works a previously unknown function as an Officer in a Temple on the Inner Planes. I must give publicly the startling conclusion that their may be many other Gods or Spirits whose function can only be realized and perceived by entering similar Temples on the Inner Planes.
The Book of the Law states in Chapter I that every man & every woman is a star. This would be the star of Nuit in contradiction to the Star of Ra which would be the physical and spiritual Sun. The conclusions from these insights are startling. Millions of years ago; a star like our Sun exploded; became dust, became planet earth, evolved into what we "of us" and we are returning or developing a Consciousness which is called and to be called "the day of be with us". Humanity as a conscious Entity is given in various mystical schools of thought; and that this should be connected with proven science is so shocking as to pause for careful meditation and research. This bridges any gap between profane science and occult philosophy with such precision as to be stunned by the interest in astronomy, modern observations of the origin of of life and the conclusion that the space programs are of us, being Unto Nuit and sacred to Her Temple.
The conclusion of the Vision you will note I am given an image picture of the planet earth exploding and destroying all the planets. I must conclude that the dust from this explosion will result in the coming millions of years with a similar process of evolution that resulted in the awareness of the Star of Nuit (with the red circle in the middle), expounded in the Book of the Law. Therefore, the process that the Book of the Law is expounding with regards to evolution is completely consistent with the cosmic manifestations of evolution that are no doubt occurring throughout our universe, and no doubt other universes.
Love is the law, love under will
I announce the creation of the Trident of Power on the physical plane
written by David Bersson on 10:55 a:m; on May 7th, An CV 2008 e.v.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
Having been given the gift of the Trident of Neptune from Advah; I realize that experimentation must begin to align its magick with the Aeon. The Gods that are not Cursed in the Third Chapter of the Book of the Law cluster to exalt He who Sits Upon the Throne of the Sun. Therefore, Neptune; as His High Priest claims has a God Force that is not questioned just like the Vision proclaims.
Moreover, it is my duty as an Initiate that accepts the Law of Θελημα; and wills to promote it; to use this Weapon to see precisely what it does. Since the Trident of Neptune cannot be moved from its Altar where its center of power manifests I have to create a Trident on this plane; and align its manifested force into one I create on this plane. I can do this by ceremony and astral travel back and forth to the Temple. I need not worry about anyone trying to enter this Temple but myself; for I have the Secret Emblem which permits me; and no one else entrance. I suppose an Adept Major might figure it out; but only one who is chosen by Advah Himself which seems to be doubtful.
Has this occurred before? I would venture my opinion that it has; and the origin of the Devil's pitchfork was a Sorcerer who used this Formula; was offered what he thought a chance to great power; and misused the Weapon. I have no intention of using the Trident to become the next Satan but to use the method of science precisely as it states in ONE STAR IN SIGHT.
I have looked this gift horse in the mouth; and it has strong teeth. This is going to be a very powerful magical weapon; and its apparent abuse in the past is a strong lesson right from the beginning.
My preparation has become; and I am proceeding with its physical creation. I know precisely what it looks like, how to grip it and its shade of gold. Since a solid gold Trident is too expensive I must use gold paint; but I could use the one I create -- and if necessary -- use it to bring gold from the sea. I can only speculate; and until I begin actual experimentation I must reserve too much theory.
For this gift to be given me; I must remark that the Priests of Neptune - Nuit must of been very disappointed and frustrated that their God who gave them so much in the way of spiritual attainment and power would be ignored so rudely by humanity. That the Trident would radiate the amount of energy it did on the Inner Plane Temple is a strong indication that the amount of dedication, worship and magical energy accumulated by the centuries must of been very intense.
Even further so, serious observers must note the words by the spirit who said, "A gift for you is a gift for me.", showing the use of the Trident on this plane will somehow benefit their existence on the plane they exist.
Later on, when the Trident is completed; and I have created the ceremonies for its awakening; and manifestation I may publicly give this information to the world. This will depend on many factors; the least of all is whether it is too dangerous to give to the general population. Well, I can always do what Initiates have done in the past; and create blinds for only those who are advanced enough for it so only the mature magicians can use it; but I'll decide this later.
Serious students should note in the Vision where the Karmic Emotions of the Sphinx are given me; and I think this information which Advah was aware of -- in terms of my personal Path showed him that to choose Me would be his best chance to find a magician who would have the volition, experience and motive to proceed with its use on the Plane of Disks. Well, He was quite right! I have devised ancient magical weapons before; and anyone who has taken Liber A seriously has followed the basic formula that I will begin with.
It is curious to be noted that the magical wand uses the Hebrew ש which is a Trident and corresponds both to Spirit and Fire. Well, this follows a different symbolism and its actual use is going to manifest very powerful phenomena.
In fact, I am so sure that its effects will be startling that I warn all of humanity to watch the sea; for anything can happen -- and will.
Love is the law, love under will