The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Spica

Spica is located in the sheaf of wheat held in the hand of the celestial Virgin.

The magical image of Spica is a Bird bearing an ear of Wheat and a Man laden with much Merchandise.


The Voice of Spica

I am the living force of growth which brings all things to fruition. I am the ever present waters which cause the seeds to sprout and grow. I am the water of perpetuity. I am the bringer forth of life.

Generous is my nature, fruitful is my touch. I am in every place and I cause the rains to pour forth.

I am the life of all things. Nothing is barren. All things contain life in fruition.

I am ever Virgin, and all is pure before me. I bear the imprint of the seed of life down to the fertile earth, yet I am not imprinted thereby for I am the very matrix of creation.

Free yourself from all obstruction and then come before me. Thus shall your inmost genius be made fruitful. Replenish yourself, drink often from the source. 

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Gienah

Gienah is located in the constellation of Corvus, the crow. Gienah appears in the left wing of the crow, opposite Al-Gorab in the right wing. 

The magical image of Gienah is a Man robed in Black bearing a Raven on his wrist and holding a Black Serpent in his other hand.  

The Voice of Gienah

I am the Light that shines in the fallen, the Truth in the midst of falsehood and deception.

I am Truth descending into the midst of dark matter. I uplift, exalt and redeem the fallen.

I appear in the midst of thick darkness as the radiant Light of Wisdom. There is in me a hidden nature, a light in the darkness of night.

I appear as Wisdom in the telling of tales and fables, the Truth to be found in the openly false. I run like a river through the fallen places, the places of disrepute, places without honor and spat upon, ignored and despised. Seek me in the song of the beggar and the thief. There is Wisdom and Light in the lowermost depths and in the celebration of the wretched. There is Wisdom in the body, Wisdom in the drunkenness of folly, Wisdom in the liar and the teller of tales. Come to know me in all of these things and you will be free from error.

The more you know me, the more shall you see me.

Call out to me in the night, and I will guide you. I will uplift your point of view. Through me, you may see with the eyes of the exalted spirit. You will see through all deceit, lies and cunning played upon yourself by yourself. I will resolve the binds in your perception.

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Alkaid

Alkaid, or Cauda Ursa, is located in the tail of the Great Bear.

The magical image of Alkaid is a Bull-Headed Man bearing a Golden Scepter with Seven Stars overhead.

The Voice of Alkaid

I stir the great waters and direct the stars in their courses through the heavens. Surrender to the vastness of the infinite, do not fear what it may bring you or what may befall you – it is your destiny and the means of your perfection

It is I who cause the great oceans to move and roll forth, affecting the tides of creation. It is I who stirs the currents of the lowermost depths of the mighty waters, the reverberations of the primal deep. No temporal power can remain unmoved by my strength, for my echo resounds throughout the currents of the ages, and my voice resides with the eternal. By my hand do great empires rise and fall, for mine is a universal power.

Accept what is yours, eat of the fruit of the just, look not to escape your fate, surrender to your inmost nature. I am of the eternal and give knowledge of eternity. This I give to the justified, and the time and measure of the justification of all beings is set by me. With me is the Wisdom of the ages.

There is no depth that does not know my influence, nothing so vast that it exceeds my reach. The measure of the rise and fall of all things is determined by me.

The Fifteen Behenian Stars: Regulus

The royal star Regulus, also called Cor Leonis, is located in the heart of the constellation of Leo.

The magical image of Regulus is that of a Crowned King, seated upon a Winged Lion with a Star burning at its breast.

The Voice of Regulus

I am the Flame of the First Essence, the Word that commands, the Voice of Holy Fire. My Voice commands vast armies. My Word is single, creation and destruction arising as one.

I rule with honor and justice, and virtue is my Word, potent and noble. I am the very archetype of Royalty from which all Kings proceed.

I command the very Stars in their courses, and by my word never a single Star does deviate from its perfection. My chain of command lies unbroken throughout the aeons.

Primal potency, nobility, and Royalty arise from your own Divinity. I will cause that voice to arise within you like a flashing flame. That which is false shall be destroyed by the fires of truth and justice. I will then arise with you in the Dawn after the bloody night.

Thus the King shall rule, and not the servant. But your secret glory is to serve – thus shall you be fulfilled, made radiant, justified, joyous. Ecstasy shall be yours, and Truth, Light, Understanding – if you but serve. 

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.