O Lion and Serpent!

 ”The Leonocephalic God appears in many ancient civilizations - as Zurvan (according to a web search), as Ahriman, and Mithra too and perhaps even as a form applicable in Thelema to Baphomet. - The symbol of the lion and the coiled serpent have a universal perhaps archetypal significance - it reminds me always of the Kundalini Serpent and the Will” by *buechnerstod 

Dark nebula - reflection nebula NGC 1999, from Hubble

newageofhorus:

I, I am godless,and I am the one whose God is great.

I am the one whom you have reflected upon,and you have scorned me.

I am unlearned, and they learn from me.

I am the one that you have despised,          and you reflect upon me.

I am the one whom you have hidden from,and you appear to me.

But whenever you hide yourselves,I myself will appear.

For whenever you appear,

I myself will hide from you.

from The Thunder, Perfect Mind


Translated by George W. MacRae

Art: http://buechnerstod.deviantart.com/

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"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

Friedrich Nietzsche (via billyjane)

(via crimsoncreatures)

Some of Harold Arthur McNeill’s art. He is an artist, poet, designer, and bookbinder living in Seattle. Check out more of his art at his Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/harold.mcneill

“The Devil” by Harold Arthur McNeill

Cthulhu sculpture by Harold Arthur McNeill

“Babalon astride the Beast” sculpted by Harold Arthur McNeill

"…Eventually She realizes her beast-self in unsupressed freedom, integrates it and leaves naked and new…"

“Hyena’s flow”

by daBnB from Belgium

Hyena Eye Up Close by Suren Manvelyan

Theli, Thli ~ THE DRAGON

“In the Sepher Yetzirah, Samael or Satan is also called Theli, (Hebrew) meaning The Dragon. This is the initiatory force of darkness, wherein the Fallen Angel, Ahriman, or Satan enters the coils of Leviathan to empower and exist as an immortal spirit, although as a Druj or Lie, changes continually which can be compared to the symbolism of the motion of the serpent.

The mystery of Theli as the Dragon is found in taking away merely one Hebraic letter, Th being Tau, which adds to 400 which leaves LI which equals 40 being Mem, referring to Water. To enter the Coils of Leviathan, the possibility of spiritual immortality and the mastery of the flesh while living, calls to the distinction between mere ‘ritualism’ and actual “Adepthood” by entering the Waters of the Subconscious. Leviathan is an essential aspect of initiation, until the Spirit enters the coils of Leviathan, then the Dragon awakens completely.”

Source: 
http://templeofstarlight.blogspot.com/2009/08/theli-thli-dragon.html 

Behind your sleeping mind
The beauty in black
The woman with a face as pale
As her soul is black

Painted with the shadows of the moon
Cloaked with your deepest dreams
Born out of the vessel of time
The beauty in black

The beauty in black
She’s the serpent of lust
Coiling down the tree in your Eden
To bring you the fruits
Of forbidden pleasures
And forbidden knowledge
Behind your sleeping mind
The beauty in black

Cast upon the nightheavens
Riding your desires
To be cast beneath the seas
Behind your sleeping mind

Therion
“The Beauty In Black”

Phases: A composite image of the annular eclipse as seen from Tokyo on Sunday night (May 20, 2012.)