Index of Subjects

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Abel, 27, 33–34, 46 Astral body, 179 Achamoth, 27 Astral plane, 57 Actaeon, xvi, 202 Astrology, xv, 49, 178, 244, 375, 446 Adam, 7, 33–34, 46, 63, 89, 249–250, Astrum Argentinum, 446 253, 261, 284–285, 287–289, 292, 470, 507 Bahir, 71, 73, 114, 116, 152 Adultery, 313, 316, 318, 330, 434 Baptism, 29–31, 42 Advaita Vedanta, 494, 514, 516 Baraka, xx, 59, 62 Aeth, 359, 363 Barbelites, 11 AIDS, 509 Barbelo, 11, 13 Aïsha Bahriyya, 59 Bâtin, 49 Aïsha Gnawiyya, 59 Beauty, 179–180, 182, 184, 204, 327 Aïsha Hamdûshiyya, 59, 62 Berlin Club, 357 Aïsha mûlet al-wed, 59 Bilqîs, 55 Aïsha Qandîsha, see Lalla Aïsha Birhat Tantrasara, 408–409 Aïsha Sûdâniyya, 59, 62 Blending, 360, 362–364 Aïssawa, 58 Bogomiles, 18 Alchemy, xiv–xv, 49, 208–228, 244, 261, Borborites, xii, 2–3, 11–20, 391 266, 375, 424, 488 Bridal chamber, xix–xx, 10, 32, 35, “internal alchemy”, 397, 452, 457 45–46 in Islam, 50 Brocton Community, 346, 351 in Taoism, 460 Brotherhood of Miriam, see Fratellanza Amazons, 239, 240, 257–258 Terapeutica Magica di Miriam Amidah, 100–101 Brotherhood of Rosicrucians, 366 Amor hereos, 199 Brotherhood of the New Life, 337 Amrita, 409, 440 Bulletin mensuel du Bureau permanent Ananga Ranga, 414 d’étude des phénomènes spirites, 378 Ancient and Accepted Primitive Rite of Memphis and Mizraim, 419 Cain, 27, 33–34, 46 Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Cannabis, 448 374, 419, 446 Carpocratians, 36 Androgyny, xx, 4–11, 19, 39, 257, 292, Cathars, 18, 334, 415 309, 322, 324, 331, 333, 349–451, Celibacy, 23, 154, 247, 267, 295, 314, 461 326, 337, 481, 511 Angelic Brethren, 289 Cénacle d’Astarté, 474 Angels, 6, 18, 27, 29–30, 33, 37, 43–46, Chastity, xv, xxi, 140, 203, 247, 254, 51–53, 57, 61, 69, 79, 158, 244–245, 291, 447–448, 456–457, 468 248, 251, 311, 314, 327–328, 344, Christ, Jesus, xi, xix–xx, 12–13, 16, 18, 359, 432, 448, 450, 454 20, 25–27, 29–31, 35, 37, 42, 45–46, Antinomianism, 232, 351–352 153, 161–162, 166–168, 172, 255, Apocryphon of John, 12, 17 281, 284, 287–288, 292, 294, 299, Ars notoria, 155–156, 158–159, 170 301, 303–304, 337, 342, 352, 369, Asceticism, 2, 14, 144–145, 154, 514 380–384, 388, 391, 424, 459, 469, Asclepius, 2–5, 8–11, 19, 251 471, 510, 517 Asiatic Brethren, 453 Christian Theosophy, 281–307, 338 Association of Symbolical and Circe, 201, 203 Alchemical Studies, 451 Clairvoyance, 360–361 Astral beings, Creation of, 448 Coddians, 11 index of subjects 541

Coitus reservatus, 334–335, 349, Fasting, xv, 14, 104, 159, 456–457 506–507 Fauns, 248 Concealment (see also Secrecy), xv–xvi, Faust, 250 xx, 49, 65–68, 71–82, 84–85, 92–93, Fays, see Faeries 213, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226–227, Feast of Fools, 241 382, 421, 508 Fedeli d’Amore, 451 Conception, 39 Fédération Spirite Nationale Belge, 378 Confrérie de la Fléche d’Or, 465, 467 Florence, 189–190 Conspiracy theories, xi, 385 Fountain Grove, 337, 341, 345–346 Corpus Hermeticum, 2, 365 Fratellanza Terapeutica Magica di Courtly love, 194, 196 Miriam, 454, 463 Curiosity, 231–232, 249–252 Fraternism, 392 Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua, 438 Daedalus, 250 Fraternitas Saturni, 438, 445–450 Death by Kiss, 130 Free love, xxi, 325–331, 333, 336 Decknamen, 211, 218, 220–222, 224 Freemasonry, 373–374, 376, 379, 384, Decretism, 362–363 390, 397, 418, 420, 427, 446, 452 Demons, iv, 29, 32, 46, 50–51, 53, Frenzies, 182, 187, 199–200, 204 56–57, 59, 236, 238–240, 244–248, 308, 343, 402, 406, 410, 432, 435, Gestalt, 480, 511 437, 448, 450, 459 Ghûla, 54 Devequt, 116, 143 Gnawa, 59, 61 Devil, see Satan Gnosis, xvii–xviii, 1–2, 23–26, 81, 288, Diana, 200–202 491, 505, 509 Doppelgänger, 63 Gnostic Mass, 431, 434 Drugs, 357, 360–361, 365, 448, 488, 495 Gnosticism, 1–3, 11–18, 24, 391, 422–423, 426, 507 Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, 438 Gold und Rosenkreuzer, 395, 452–453 Ecstatic Kabbalah, 123–131, 145–146 Gospel of Philip, 7, 12, 41–43 Elemental beings, 458 Gospel of Thomas, 7 Eleusinian mysteries, 422 Gospel of Truth, 25 Emblems, 210 Grand Orient, 374 Emic/etic, 176 Grobian literature, 271–272 Eros, ix–x, xiii–xiv, xvi, xx, 43, 56, 65, Groupe des Polaires, 467, 473 68–69, 76, 80, 91, 104, 146–147, Groupe Indépendant d’Etudes 153–156, 163, 171, 187, 199, 204, Esotériques, 375–377 313, 322, 326–327, 461, 480–481, 487, 492 Hai Gaon, 85 Esalen, ix, xvi, 479–518 Hamadsha, 61 Esotericism Hashish, xxi, 358, 360 Islamic understanding, 50 Hasidei Ashkenaz, 144 Western, ix–xxi, 350, 369, 416, Hasidism, iv, 95, 116–123, 131–147, 152 487–491, 499, 500 Hell, 311, 313, 316, 329–330 Eucharist, 11–12, 14, 20, 31, 371, 374, Hermaphrodite, xxi, 211, 219, 222, 227, 379–381, 388–390, 394, 396–397, 234, 256–257, 261, 461 424, 426 Hermes Trismegistus, 1, 8–10, 188, 251, Eve, 7, 14, 33, 46, 89, 236, 249–250, 263, 365 252, 261, 284, 292 Hermetic Brotherhood of Light, 418 Excerpts of Theodotus, 30, 45 Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, 356, Exegesis on the Soul, 30, 43 365–366, 395, 418–419, 445 Exorcism, 58 Hermetic Deﬁ nitions, 7 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Faeries, 345 356 Fall, xx, 6, 249, 284 Hermetism, 1–11, 18, 26