The Voice of Tahuti, 2nd Installment

The Ritual
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram
1st Enochian Key
Ritual Israfel
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Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

The Vision
An image of a tremendous city of light, a solar city with 4 gates. The entire city is made of light, but a brighter light shines like the sun from the center.

The Voice
There is a city of eternal splendor in which lives the spirit of humanity. There are four gates to the city.

Churches, cathedrals, cities and nations in the outer world are all attempts to recreate this city on earth. This is the great engine of civilization, the prototype of higher order.

Fragments of the eternal city are scattered throughout time and space, some bearing a greater likeness to the heavenly city, others less so. These are as mutterings and partial fragments of speech to the Word.

The recreation of the heavenly city on earth is the apotheosis of human culture. When humanity has further cultivated itself it will collectively comprise the earthly city in every moment, each soul in its proper place. Only then can the next stage of development begin.

The gates to the heavenly city can be found in every soul. There is a flame within the city that draws the soul towards it, it will never be extinguished. The soul separates naturally so as to enter through all four of the city gates. Once the soul is firmly established in the city, the parts of the soul recombine harmoniously. The soul is then exalted to the heights of the heavens, and there receives its Word. The soul must then descend with that Word and build with it an earthly temple in the image of the heavenly city. Thus is Wisdom made manifest, and heaven and earth are reconciled.

Part of the soul remains forever in that celestial city, and the light from that city shines through to the outer world and spreads like contagion. It is seen by all souls everywhere, but it is invisible to the mind. It is the outer temple that makes the light of the heavenly city visible to the mind, but only in part. This is the unique service provided by every soul that attains.

The Commentary
Again, prophecy which reveals something of the very nature of prophecy. (I'm using prophecy here in a very loose way - I'm not predicting the end times or anything, and am not doing anything that any other experienced magician couldn't do - officially the intent of Liber Israfel is prophecy).

Of course, I don't imagine that I have to mention that the 'outer temple' is the work of the aspirant.

These ideas are contained in many myths and structures - the Garden of Eden, the City of Adocentyn, the Temple of Jerusalem (and the Tabernacle), the list goes on and on. Atlantis, Shangri-La, El Dorado - they're all there! Some people just look for them on the wrong plane ;) 

The vision above ties these ideas quite nicely into the first two of Jung's (from Gerhard Dorn) states of conjunction (outlined below).