Peters - The Magickal Union of East and West: The Spiritual Path to New Aeon Tantra

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The Magickal Union of East and West: The Spiritual Path to New Aeon Tantra 2014 by Gregory Peters.

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Dedicated to Soror Meral and my mother

Let this be an offering to Kali,

the Greatly Beautiful One,

the Goddess of Infinite Space and Infinite Stars,

and Her radiant attendant Dakinis, Yoginis,
Shaktis, Bhairavis, Matrikas, and Nityas.

Om Krim Kalikaye Namaha!

Whoever gazes upon that Radiant Blackness
falls eternally in love.

Ramprasad Sen

Knowledge of the Self, O Goddess, is the only means to final liberation.
He who knows it is truly liberated in this world.

Mahanirvana Tantra

O Queen of the universe, you protect the universe. As the self of the universe, you support the universe.
You are the goddess worthy to be adored by the Lord of the universe.
Those who bow in devotion to you themselves become the refuge of the universe.

Devi Mahatmyam , 11:33

Oh Mother, may all my speech, howsoever idle, be recitation of Mantra; may all the actions with my hand be the making of ritual gesture; may all my walking be the pacing around Thy image in worship ; may all my eating and other functions be Homa rites; may the act of my lying down be prostration before Thee; may all my pleasures be an offering to the great self. Whatsoever I do may it be counted for the worship of Thee.

Anandalahari , v. 28

This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss.

Liber al Vel Legis , i:53

Contents

List of

by Charlotte Moore

: Preliminary Instructions

: Cult of the Infinite

: The Slopes of Abiegnus

: Beyond the Infinite

: The Radiant Eternity

: The Heart of the Master

: The Kalas of the Goddess

: The Holy Books

: PreparationThe Vow

: Working Tools

: Rites

: The Diamond Sapphire Gem of Radiant Light

: Rivers of Fire, Water, and Air

: Historical Influences

: Further Reading

by Joseph Larabell

Figures

: Thelemic Armor

: The Chariot Card of the Thoth Tarot

: The Tattvas

: Lantern of Thebes

: The Divine Child Harpocrates, Lord of Silence

: Victorious City

: Diamond Sapphire Altar4

: Triangle

: Kali Yantra

: Sign of Typhon-Apophis

: Sign of Baphomet

: Sign of Osiris Risen

Acknowledgments

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

When I took pen to paper one cold winter evening over a decade ago, in a small hotel room in Chicago, I had no idea what was about to manifest. A fire burned inside of me that had to be expressed, and I wrote into the night for several hours with little pause. That inspired writing was the Diamond Sapphire Gem of Radiant Light, a ritual that was destined to become the center and heart of an entire system of teachings. That initial fire has continued to burn, shedding its radiant sparks of starry light like a coruscating serpent of flame circling outward into the world.

The system has grown and evolved over time since that first spark was born, and the ritual of the Diamond Sapphire and the accompanying workings have matured into a focused set of instruments that may be used both to open up consciousness to the blazing, pristine nature of awareness that is at the core of Self, and to celebrate that awareness and the continual dance and interplay of Thelema and agape, Hadit and Nuit, Shiva and Shakti. The system as a whole is referred to as New Aeon Tantra , and this book contains its core practices in a format that is accessible for everyone. The work of New Aeon Tantra continues to serve as the vital framework of a community of practitioners devoted to both the exploration of Self and the liberation of all beings. This book is given as a supplement to those who wish to walk this path, either individually or as part of a group.