and the Black Light Gnosis
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000 - Tohu - Chaos: Qemetiel 'Crown of Gods' |
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00 - Bohu - Emptiness: Beliaal 'Without God' |
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0 - Chasek - Darkness: Aathiel 'Uncertainty' |
These are 'The Three Powers (or Dark Veils) Before Satan' and are within our tradition seen as the three Forces that came out of Ain Sof in order to make way for the manifestation of The Black Light in The Outer Darkness that became Sitra Ahra. These three powers can be seen as the Burning Trident held high above the Thaumitan/Two-headed Master of Thaumiel. These three powers can also be viewed as Wrathful Reflections of Ain, Ain Sof and Ain Sof Aur, and as the Three Steps from Sitra Ahra back to the womb of Tehom/Tiamat or to The Mystery Unmanifested (ie. The Primal Chaos).
We view Sitra Ahra as 'The Universe B' or 'The Nightside', NOT as the 'Nightside of Eden', but as The Nightside of Ain Sof's Emanation, established by The Black Light or The Left Light called 'Or She-ein bo Mahshavah', which means 'The Light Without Any Thought of Creation'.
The meaning of Universe A and Universe B within our tradition is the following: 'Universe A' = Universe of 1 or 10 (A=1, 1=10), which is the universe of Cosmic Order, Law, stasis and causality. As the 1=10 is the closed circle so is this Universe A closed and separated from the pandimesional divine power.
'Universe B' = Universe of 2 or 11 (B=2, 2=11), which is the Universe of the Counter Light or divine antithesis, lawlessness, dynamic becoming and acausality. This we see in the number of the letter B which is 2. And 2 is the number of Thaumitan/Thaumiel, the thesis and antithesis which create the synthesis (instead of the stagnation and stasis of the number 1), the broken circle/spiral leading back and connected to The Unmanifested and The Pandimensional. 2 is also, in this context, the shadowless shadow and The Avenger or The Liberator of that which is bound by 1 (one) within the Universe A.
Within our Order exists the Temple of The Black Light, which is dedicated to the channelling, manifesting and strengthening of this anti-cosmic impulse of the primal pandimensional force within the 'Universe A'. Lucifer is, from this perspective, an aspect of 'Chavajoth' (whose true name and number is of the essence of 11) who is the bringer of this Black Light of Sitra Ahra. Lucifer, for us, has got nothing to do with any Roman god, the planet Venus or the element of Air. Lucifer is a word and not a name. Lucifer is The Bringer of Light, the light of Or She-ein bo Mahshavah!
Those who seek The Mystery Unmanifested will be illuminated by this Black Light, and those who do not have the essence of Sitra Ahra within them (ie, The Black Flame) will see nothing but The Terror of Darkness!
Lucifer's Light will forever be darkness in the eyes of the Blind....
The Light of Lucifer is the Gnosis/Daath that is the Gate to Sitra Ahra, and in Sitra Ahra are the paths to The Mystery Unmanifested, beyond The Crown of The Dark Gods...
This is also the goal of Satan himself; to destroy the restrictions/forms/manifestations of the Sefirotic emanations from Ain Sof, so that he Himself can also become free to return to The Womb of The Dragon.
The YHVH (Demiurge) seeks separation from and manifestation outside the Ur-Kaos, but Satan exists only in order to return All (himself included) to that same Kaos!
We who share this Will of The God Satan are Satanists and therefore Luciferians (Lucifer is Satan).
One can therefore say that 'The Three Dark Veils Before Satan' are the triple manifestation of The Wrathful Kaos (which emanated from Ain Sof), before the manifestation of the Kliffot and the Tree of Death. The essence of The Black Light manifests itself through these three dark veils of anti-existence within Thaumiel (the first Kliffa) as the Two-Headed God (or as 'The Twins of The Unmanifested God'). As for which head of Thaumiel is turned towards where, we sometimes say that Moloch is the one with his face turned down towards the lower Kliffot (and the world) and it is Satan who is looking back up to 'The Kaos Unmanifested', that he ever seeks to return to.
We therefore say that 'The fires of Moloch burn before The Throne of Satan'. The fires of Moloch are the final cleansing for 'The Sitra Ahra Adept', before He/She gets to face The Master Satan/The First Head and The God of the Elevenfold Kliffot and Wrathful Kaos!
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The term 'Or She-ein bo Mahshavah' is from the teachings of Nathan of Gaza, but the idea and concept of this Black Light can be found within many other esoteric teachings and dark traditions.
Gerschom Scholem has written: "The thoughtless lights (Black Light), build structures of their own, Demonic worlds of the Kelippot whose sole intent is to destroy what the thoughtful light (ie. The White or Right Light) has wrought. These forces are called 'Serpents (Dragons) dwelling in the great Abyss'. The Satanic Powers, called in Zohar 'Sitra Ahra', are none other than the sinister (left) side of Ein-sof itself."
Noore Siyahe Ahrimän, is the same concept as the Black Light, within the Persian system and can be found within all the anti-cosmic forms of esotericism.
One can also recognize these kinds of ideas in some forms of Gnosticism, as in the traditions of the Luciferians, Ophites and the Cainites. Out of The Pleroma comes the fallen impulse which restricts the fullness of The Divine Unmanifested and Alien God/Goddess. But out of the same source comes also the emanations that are anti-demiurgic in essence and have as their aim to return the stolen sparks of Pneuma (for us 'The Black Flames') back to the Acausal and Pandimesional realm of The Dark Divine. These forces that work against the illusory forms and laws of the cosmic creation act as a 'Satan' against the Demiurge and his Archons, and they bring the forbidden Black Light of the True God, to those few who have ears to hear with and eyes to see the truth that they reveal.
From the cosmic perspective these anti-cosmic forces are demonic and evil, but the Truth is that they are the Angels of The Left Light/Black Light of The Unknown God.
In Tantrism, Samhara Rakta Kali is the manifestation of this Black Light who acts as The Left Emanation of Parashakti (The Transcendent Power) that returns everything back to the womb of The Dark Mother.
But in Kliffotic Kabbala (The Kabbala of Satan) one always follows the path of The Black Light through the Sitra Ahra, for to climb the 'tree of life' will not open the gates to that which is Beyond. This 'tree' functions to separate itself from that Ur-Kaos of The Unmanifested in order to manifest, whereas the function of The Tree of Daath/Death is to bring All back to that Acausal Primal Source which we strive to become as one with. The Ego seeks separation in this demiurgic fashion, but The Self or The Black Flame/Pneuma seeks the Pandimensional/Acausal state of All-potential beyond the restrictions and laws of cosmos/matter/causality.
These ideas are the reason why we have two names to describe our tradition of Satanism/Luciferianism. One is 'Anti-Cosmic Satanism' and the other is 'Chaos-Gnosticism/Chaosophy'. Lucifer is the function of Satan that brings The Black Light and its Forbidden Gnosis into this world. Satan is the bringer of the Light of Sitra Ahra, therefore Satan is Lucifer.
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