![]() The Pharaoh became a puppet in the hands of the Scarlet Council-a committee of arch-sorcerers elevated to power by the priesthood. Thus black magic dictated the state religion and paralyzed the intellectual and spiritual activities of the individual by demanding his complete and unhesitating acquiescence in the dogma formulated by the priestcraft. By establishing a sacerdotal caste they usurped the position formerly occupied by the initiates, and seized the reins of spiritual government. ![]() Here the black magicians of Atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman powers until they had completely undermined and corrupted the morals of the primitive Mysteries. While the elaborate ceremonial magic of antiquity was not necessarily evil, there arose from its perversion several false schools of sorcery, or black magic.Įgypt, a great center of learning and the birthplace of many arts and sciences, furnished an ideal environment for transcendental experimentation. ![]() A magician, enveloped in sanctified vestments and carrying a wand inscribed with hieroglyphic figures, could by the power vested in certain words and symbols control the invisible inhabitants of the elements and of the astral world. Sacred Texts Esoteric Index Previous NextĬEREMONIAL magic is the ancient art of invoking and controlling spirits by a scientific application of certain formulæ. ![]() Secret Teachings of All Ages: Ceremonial Magic and Sorcery ![]()
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