The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Procyon

Procyon is located in the constellation of Canis Minor.

The magical image of Procyon is that of a Cockerel crowing at a Star and Three Maidens.


The Voice of Procyon

I am the Light that does not sleep, the Light perpetual, unbroken, and continuous.

I am the Light of Revelation, ever revealing the unseen. I am the quickening of that Light, the primal voice of awakening. Mine is the place where sleep is not. Night does not fall in this place.

I grant access to the inaccessible, and give the strength to walk upstream through the waters without being overcome by them. I will make for you a passage to the Light.

I  give you strength of will and purity of purpose. I give you power to transgress boundaries and limitations of all kinds. Always beyond, ever into subtler and subtler regions will I take you. 

You must become utterly lost in order to find Wisdom, for True Wisdom destroys the known. There will I guide you.

I will take you into the place unnamable, for to know me is to know Mystery, naked and unadorned. 

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Sirius

Sirius is located in the constellation of Canis Major, and is called the Dog Star.

The magical image for this star is that of a Virgin, crowned with a bright Star, and a Hound beside her.

The Voice of Sirius 

I am the Rising of the Light, the inundation of the rains, and the increase of the Waters of Life. I am the perfected Light, and I am found in all things.

I am the healer and resurrector. I am the reconciler between opposing forces. My influence heals all things inharmonious.

I am the purified and cleansed one. Through knowledge of me may you know your own naked essence.

It is I who guides the Light of Heaven down to the depths of the earth, ever keeping pure the Heavenly Gnosis. With me are the Waters of Eternity, ever pure, ever unchanging, ever virgin.

I am the Light of Illumination, Truth, and Wisdom. I reveal that which is common, yet essential, to all. 

Keep your gaze fixed ever on your Star, and let all else follow after. Open your heart to your Beloved and let all else fall away. Let the mind not interfere, let it serve the higher. Ah, but there are one thousand rewards in this service. For to serve is of the highest! 

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Capella

Capella is located in the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer. 

The magical image of Capella is that of a Faun making merry and playing on a Flute.

The Voice of Capella

Truth and falsehood, boundary and transgression, the known and the unknowable – each is inseparable from the other.

I delight in contradiction and paradox, for therein lies the key to understanding.  All rational thought lies at my feet. I am the unraveling of thought.

I am the secret fire of Wisdom. Truth is made known and yet concealed by my word.

I will instruct you in the secret rites by which you may find a doorway to the ineffable. Will you then know Mystery? Never! Mystery is ever Mystery though you penetrate the veil and violate the sacred chamber.

I am the fire which brings ecstasy and delight; the Goat-Star who brings mirth and laughter, delicious evil and bright wisdom – all of this is my play.

I am the driver of the vessel, yet my route is inscrutable. I know the secret course to the center of all things, yet none can follow me directly. Truth is known to me, but cannot thus be spoken.

Let ever Wisdom prevail over knowledge, let your Star be your guiding light, let your Truth be in your ecstasy.

By my knowledge of the order of things do I appear to transgress, though in truth I work in perfect alignment with cosmic law and justice.

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Aldebaran

The royal star Aldebaran is located in the Hyades in the constellation of Taurus.

The magical image of Aldebaran is that of a winged God in Flight, followed by many Stars.

The Voice of Aldebaran 

I am the voice of Wisdom and the first Light of Understanding. I am the dawning of the Sun of Wisdom. I am known to you.

I arise as the first flame in the darkness of heavenly night. I am the voice arising in the silence. All sounds thereafter are the echo of my voice.

I arise as the leader and follower, and I provide my own light that I may penetrate the darkness. With my bright light I illuminate the invisible, making known the secret regions. I am the chief of the Mysteries and the King of the known. By my Light am I victorious.

I am the first noble virtue, the arbiter of justice. There is no injustice or imbalance where I am.

I am your own light and thirst for knowledge. Let your circle of light expand that you may know the Beloved. You must ever seek to know Her more completely, to witness Her mystery and to taste of Her fruit. She calls to you with sweet darkness. Bring your light to Her as an act of love.

The intellect I leave far behind, for it cannot sustain my Light. I am the star of prophets. By me may the Ineffable be clothed in form.

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: The Pleiades

The seven stars in the Pleiades are located above the constellation of Taurus.

The magical image of the Pleiades is that of a Flaming Lamp, surrounded by 7 Virgins.

The Voice of The Pleiades 

We are as seven lights of burning flame, pure and perfect. We are the radiance of unknowable Mystery and transcendent Wisdom. Ours is a clear light.

We are as Light beyond light, ungraspable and not comprehended, a clear crystal perfectly formed. The Light shines through us without refraction or distortion.

Our Light leaves no disturbance in the aether, it is the Light of pure consciousness. We are the invisible ones.

We stand at the gate of Mystery and grant entrance into the unknowable. We hold the keys to the gates of Gnosis. Reduce yourself to naked essence and come before us.

We give subtle sight and visionary perception. We light the way to Wisdom. Let the echo of our flame be known to you in the secret place, and build your house accordingly.

You will do right to adore us. Speak to us with the heart, and you may receive our Light. 

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Algol

Algol, the first of the 15 Behenian stars, is located in the constellation of Persius.

The magical image of Algol is the severed Head of Medusa, with fresh blood dripping from the neck and a writhing hair of snakes. 

The Voice of Algol 

I am mystery unknowable, truth unutterable. I appear as abomination and terror to the mind. I am the destruction of thought. I am the Wisdom that is forbidden to knowledge.

I reside in the awful void, which is terrible unto the mind of humanity.

I am the absolute, impenetrable, and ineffable. None may trespass where I am.

I make known to the soul the unspeakable mysteries, though none may utter my secret name, to no-one may it be known.

I am of impenetrable diamond. I am of the unbreakable silence. I am the movement in the stillness that breaks the perfection of the absolute.

I am a bringer forth of initiation, the First of the Great Transformers. My Light makes perfect the soul, and I bring forth the gift of prophecy.

The serpents in my hair are the essence of Wisdom, but they are deadly and poisonous, corrosive to the mind.

I am the first and the foremost of the great Lights.