Visions of Squares Upon the Enochian Tablets

Experiences by 5 Second Order Adepts – 


Helen Mary Rand
Annie Horniman
Dr Henry Pullen-Berry
Dr Edmund William Berridge
Mrs Pamela Bullock

 

A Vision of the Square A of the Airy Lesser Angle of the Tablet of Water.

After vibrating the names of Airy Angle of Water and read­ing the Call,
I seemed to be in the Air, ascending in a current of tiny drops of water
which darted upward and in every direction, and were of every colour of
the rainbow, very minute and light. On looking about for the cause, I
saw below a tremendous volume of Water falling to a great depth, and
this atmosphere in which I was, was the spray rising from it. I called
on Ahephi to appear and gradually got the God form, as before, but
standing above a pyramid composed of the living Elements. The Water
sides of the Square were like two greenish-blue waves, always rising and
falling and on all sides were in continual motion, and gave the idea of
intense restlessness. I gave the 5 0 = 6[] Signs, tested it, and asked
to be shown the Sphynx. This appeared in a greenish yellow mist behind
Ahephi in a crouching position, with the human arms stretched out in
front. A silver crown on the Lion head set with sapphires. I saluted
with the Signs which were returned. I asked for the explanation of the
force of the Square, but could not get it clearly. It seemed an
ever-moving subtle force, which working imperceptibly brought
purification and cleaning with it.

The elementals I got were something like those of the ‘n’ Square, but
smaller and in Rainbow colours, and they moved more quickly. They
carried cups in their hands, shaped like lotuses in which they caught
drops of water and darted into the Air with them. On the Earth their
work seemed to be the purify­ing of the magnetism. I could not get
anything clearer although I tried for a long time.
/Vigilate./

*

A vision of the ‘x’ Square in the Watery Lesser Angle of the Fire Tablet.*

I rose through the pyramid with the White Light, which streamed down
from the Apex, and came into the Sky, where the same colours are
repeated like sunrise etc. The colossal pyramid and Amesheth on it, a
mummified figure in white, bands of colour like the pyramid and a blue
human face (the same blue as I have seen in Egyptian paintings). I made
the Signs and called on the Names and begged to be allowed to see the
Angel. She appeared with a blue lunar crescent on her head and brown
hair which was very long. Her robe was pale blue with a black border,
and a pentagram in red on her breast: her wings were blue also, and so
was the Cup in her left hand, in her right hand she bore a red torch.
Around her was a diamond of red yods. She told me her office was ‘Change
and purification through suffering such as spiritualises the material
nature’. I told her that her pale face and blue eyes had a sad and
tender expression as she spoke. The subs were similar but smaller and
not all of them winged. The elementals were like blue maids, bearing
flames and their robes were black bordered. Some wore blue winged
helmets and cloaks, red breast-plates and Swords and black leg-armour. I
was told that only through my Know­ledge of Amesheth was all this shown
unto me.

Then I saw the Sphynx. The head was that of a Blue Eagle, and so were
the back and wings, the tail and hind legs were black like a Bull and
the fore legs and chest that of a Red Lion. The creature lay on a black
marble pedestal. I saluted it and called on it by the Names to tell me
its nature and office, its universal quality; it said ‘It is change and
development, not apparently harmonious, but growing stable after the
first efforts’.

In the Elements (weather) floods of rain and lightning refresh­ing the
Earth. The elementals and angels are above described. The general effect
of this Square upon the Earth is the partly unbalanced efforts of the
material universe towards perfection— which efforts are all towards
spirit and are all necessary—as taken all together they are balanced. In
the Tablets there are equal numbers of triangles of each element.

On this World the effect is that of the floods of water mingling with
submarine volcanoes and so disturbing the Earth under the Sea. The
animal life is that represented by the fish who rest hidden among the
rocks in warm climates. I seemed to see them, blue with black or red
specks. The plants are water-lilies, a root in the black mud, the leaves
resting on the surface of the water, loving the Sun. In regard to
minerals I saw a great blueish opal with red lights playing in it: it
rested in a black marble basin, and from all sides radiated a lovely light.

On man the effect of the Square is restlessness, like waves of the sea,
carrying him on with enthusiasm to some completed work. I seemed to see
a nervous (highly strung) person with a pale face, dark deep-set eyes,
and thin white hands, making a great effort, willing to pass through
fire to reach his goal, a solid black pedestal from which I knew that he
could begin to rise to the Higher. But hot clouds of steam and great
water tried to hinder him from even reaching the fire. The lesson seemed
to me that severe criticism, social difficulties, and heredity must all
be overcome before we can reach the purifying fire of Imtia­tion and,
through that, the solid ground of spiritual knowledge.
/F.E.R. (i.e. Miss Horniman)/

A vision of the ‘n’ Square of the Airy Lesser Angle of the Fire Tablet

/Remember that the pyramid is only the symbolic Formula of the plane,
and not a solid material pyramid (This is only a symbolic aid)./

Formed pyramid over me. Went through it, looked for pyramid of the plane
and saw it immediately with its yellow face towards me, and a large
glowing white brilliance on the top. Approached and saw Aheiphi in the
centre of the brilliance, and himself light and white. On calling on him
he turned his head and in answer to 5°=6° Signs he inclined it. I said I
wanted to interview the Sphynx of the pyramid, he consented to my doing
and I descended thereunto.

I saw him easily and at once, but his colours were not bril­liant. I
asked him to explain to me the forces to which he corresponded,
beginning with the universal force he represented. Answer (By
expression, I am deaf to words) ‘I represent active forces acting
between the waters above and the waters below the firmament dividing the
waters and energised by Fire. Two active forces operating in the midst
of a polarised passive force. You personally cannot see a universal
application of this correspondence; but you may see it in nature in the
weather, where the Fire and the Air keep the upper and nether Waters
apart. It represents a doudy atmosphere with a sea below, but the air
between is dry and in active motion: there is no chance of rain, nor is
there much evaporation from the surface. It is a very stable weather
with plenty of circling clouds high in the atmosphere.’ Later on he
said—’In creation I represent the separation of the Waters; the
expression of physical form out of the all-containing Astral; and also
the reverse, the restoration to the physical of that which keeps it in
that condition; hence the return of the physical to the Astral. I am but
one of the forces through which Fire would act. /[This seems to me to be
a force spoken of in Alchemy as that which ‘fixes the volatile’ and
‘volatilises the fixed’, according to which way it is directed. Original
Note.]/ In Man’s figure you have a type with round face and full lower
parts and legs, with active and strong, but perhaps less clumsy, back
and arms; the type of mind, however, is a very good one, it will be
meditative, and its meditation will be accompanied by subtle and keen
reasoning and energetic thinking. It will lead him to compare the lower
with the higher and the higher with the lower. Just the sort of mind to
find out for itself that ‘as above so below’ is a great truth in nature.
Because he directs his attention to the upper and to the lower equally
he is hence a philosopher combining religion and science into a sublime
union.’

Among animals, I caught nothing but the Elephant, and from the nature of
the Elephant’s mind, which may be considered meditative from an animal
point of view, his intelligence, phy­sical force, bulky watery build,
and warm blood I am inclined to think this attribution correct, although
it seemed incon­gruous at first. Furthermore the use of Tau did not
alter the vision.

Among vegetables I received the impression of the banana. Among minerals
I saw an orange crystal column with pyramidal ends (I think hexagonal).

I asked him (the Sphynx) to show me the Angel and to accompany me
outside to see her. She appeared as follows: face roundish, short curly
hair, light brown brilliant halo, and a small golden crown. Robe blue at
the neck and bottom, girt with a white and gold belt, with the name in
gold, and the robe white in the centre. Wings small and bluish-white. In
her right hand she held a small wand of wood like cedar, with a gold top
nearly cubical in shape, and in her left hand a pecu­liarly shaped, dark
maroon coloured base.

Then, from the summit of the pyramid, I surveyed the sur­rounding
country. On the yellow side at some distance was a sea, passing round to
the right there was a dark thick wood, the land gradually rising till
opposite, the red side of it (the pyramid) rose apparently as a sandy
desert hill until it encoun­tered a fogbank which hid all behind it;
passing round to the fourth side the country was very flat. There were
lakes and marshes and beyond them some slightly wooded land. The lakes
and marshes seemed as if partly salt and partly fresh water. As if the
pyramid stood at a spot where the waters from the land came in contact
with the waters from the sea, though I could not see where or how either
the one r the other, the salt or the fresh, got there. There was no
inlet from the sea, nor was there a river from the land.
/Anima Pura Sit (i.e. Dr. Pullen-Berry)/

*
A Vision of the Square ‘c’ of the Earthy Lesser Angle of the Tablet of Air*

Having rehearsed the 8th Angelical Call and enclosed myself within a
pyramid as above, vibrating the Names, I followed the ray and found
myself in a hot, very dry atmosphere; I therefore invoked the God
Kabexnuf by the power c.n.m.o. on whose appearance I used all the tests
I knew, whereby he was strengthened. At my request he then made manifest
the Sphynx of his power, who became visible to me. He was resting upon a
black cube. Having once more used the Signs and applied the tests I
asked for information respecting the Square, when my repeated
invocations brought before me the Angel, a power­ful virile figure of
exquisite proportion and strength. He then showed me the action in the
Macrocosm, which appeared to be the solidifying of Nebulae into Worlds
by mutual attraction of the particles. Then, on this planet, we rested
in the mouth of a volcano in active eruption, so much so that we were
sur­rounded by flying lava. It was intensely hot, and almost
mechanically I formulated in myself the idea of wrapping myself in an
Apas, but a stern voice said: ‘You must not, if you want to learn you
must bear the discomfort.’ Embedded in the sides of the volcano were
crystallised jets and drops of fire which, I was told, was living gold;
I asked for another scene and was taken on to a higher plane where there
was a luxuriant forest of tropical plants of gorgeous scarlet and orange
waving to and fro in an imperceptible breeze. The earth in which they
grew was of a rich black colour, but there poured on them such fierce
rays from the Sun that I looked to see them wither, but was told that
they were on a higher plane than our flowers, and defied the scorching
rays by virtue of their own internal heat which sustained their life.
This Square being akin to our tropics, we went there, and saw a
beautiful scene smiling in the heat of the Sun; suddenly a hot wind
arose, bearing with it stones and dust with which it devastated the
whole landscape. Here I was shown many tigers, and for flowers tiger
lilies and Japanese red lilies in abundance. The type of human being I
was shown was such a man as Chopin playing madly on a piano in a large
empty room. The elemental is a bird like creature which hops rapidly
over the ground; its influence on human nature gives the desire for
violent sensation.
/Resurgam (i.e. Dr. Berridge)./

A vision or the N’ square in the Airy Lesser angle of the water Tablet.
The full name is nhdD, and the Pyramid God is Ahephi.

“Having recited the 4th and 10th Enochian Calls, and invoked the Angelic
Names of the Tablet of Water, and the Airy Angle, I was carried up by
the gentle moving waves of warm moist Air, through which I could see
bright blue sky with greyish white clouds moving across rapidly. I rose
in the Air till I found myself on a vast sandy plain, on the right
little vegetation, on the left a broad river with trees and grass on its
banks. A cool breeze was blowing from the river across the plain, and
seemed to refresh the green after the heat of the day.

“I called on Ahephi to appear and the form gradually filled the place
till the scene disappeared altogether. Tested by the letters, it grew
immensely larger, and seemed to have a yellow and blue striped Nemyss,
whitish wrap­pings, with broad blue bands round it, and a greenish
yellow light shown about it. I gave the LV.X. signs and asked to be
shown the Sphynx of its power. This gradually appeared through the
yellow light behind the God­form, human head, very fair and bright face,
wings, yellow and blue Nemyss, claws of Eagle extended in front, and
hind-legs and tail of a lion in
a re­clining position.

“On asking for the action of the force of the Square, was shown a bubble
of Water into which Air was continually pouring, and expanding it till
it burst and disappeared, the energy seeming then to pass into other
forms and come under the rule of another square It seemed a tran­sitory
action, more the initiator of fresh conditions than an end in itself. I
asked its effect on the earth, and was taken to the scene I had left,
and saw again how the moist breeze from the river gave fresh life to the
vegetation which had flagged during the day. Asking its effect on the
animal world, I was shown a Deer standing by a lake. A current of force
passing over it, seemed to bring the dawn of reason and glimmering of
consciousness, the first con­scious stirrings of an animal. Acting on
man, it seemed to affect the brain, pro­ducing a vague waving motion
which prevented fixity of thought and definiteness of idea, loss of the
power of concentration.

“I then asked to see the elementals of the plane, and saw numbers of
small-sized human figures, fair, active expression on face, bodies
rather solid-looking compared to the head, large wings like dragon flies
which were iridescent and seemed to reflect the colouring of things
about them.

“I gave the 5°=6° Signs to the Sphinx and then called on the Angel of
the Square. I saw above the God the figure I had drawn — the Wings on
the Crown were blue, the cuirass bright steel with the Eagle symbol on
the breast in gold, the drapery below was a yellowish green, and the
feet bare.”
*

A Vision of the Square “l” of the Earthy Lesser Angle of the Tablet of
Air.*
Name lSha. Anoubi is the Pyramid God.

‘This atmosphere was damp and cold. I stood on the summit of a
moun­tain, cloud-enwrapped, and there, having rehearsed the Angelical
Calls, and vibrated the names, I beheld the colossal form of Anubis,
who, after a time, shewed me the Sphinx of his Power. This again shewed
me a mighty Angel who answered my signs, and when in that of the
Theoricus I saw that a brilliant ray descended into the outstretched
palm of each of her hands. On my asking for guidance and information,
she gave me one of these rays, which I beheld as a crystal cord whose
other end rested in the Eternal. The Angel led me first among the
Ethers, and after a space I beheld stars and worlds innumerable.

“Through the brighter Suns, particles passed — coming out the other side
as blackened cinders. Then came forth a mighty hand which gathered these
cinders and welded them into a mass, lifeless and vast. Then we passed
to this Earth—to a frigid scene, all snow and huge blocks of ice. The
cold was intense, but I felt it not Here were polar bears, and seals, as
also many sea gulls. In places, the ice was stationery but again it was
violently moved, block crashing against block with deafening roar. The
inhabitants of the place were small and bloodless, wrapped chiefly in
the skins of polar bears.

“The influence of this square on Man, makes him violently impetuous in
the absence of difficulty, but instantly hopeless in the face of an
obstacle, abandoning at once every project. The Elementals are demure,
bird-like creatures with semi-human faces. The spiritual beings are
beautiful di­aphanous Angels, light brown in colour, with sweet serious
faces. They were all much occupied when I saw them. Some had silver in
their left hands and mercury in their right, which they would put into a
golden vessel together, whence immediately a pale gold coloured flame
which ever increased in size, spreading out through the Worlds. Others
bearing the legend ‘Solve et Coagula’ woven into their belts, mixed
water and the principle of cold which they bore in a pair of scales, and
the union was the ice of the region we were in. I was wondering whether
all this had any counterpart in human nature, and its possibilities of
development when I saw two types. One an ancient man toiling along most
painfully and the other a child skipping along light-heartedly. As they
faded there rose between them a radiant figure clad in gold, bearing on
her brow the sign Libra in liv­ing emerald. Then! understood that only
in and by the reconciliation of these two forces, the fixed and the
volatile is ‘the pathway of true equilibrium’ found. On asking for
plants I was shown mushrooms, which seemed to be particularly consonant
to this square.”
*

A vision of the square ‘C’ in the Watery Lesser Angle of the Air Tablet.*
Name: CPao. Hoorpokrati, the Pyramid God.

“Read the 3rd and 7th Calls. Vibrated Oro Ibah Aozpi, Bataivah, the
Angel CPao. The Egyptian God is Hoorpokrati.

“Found myself in the air in the midst of whirling clouds. Travelled on
by the above names. Saw the Angel of colossal size clothed in white.
Tested with a letter Tau and Beth placed over the form, but there was no
change, so removed those letters. Clouds seemed to be floating around
the Angel. Saluted with LVX Signs and asked to see Egyptian God, who
appeared equally colossal while the Angel floated up above his head.
Tested as before.

“Vibrated Hoorpokrati second time, saluted as before, and asked to see
the Sphinx, both Angel and Harpocrates returning the saluting sign.
Sphinx then appeared with Eagle head, lower part human, on one side
Eagle’s wings, the other side human arms. Tested and saluted as before.
The Sphinx was of colossal size.

“Now! vibrated all the names repeatedly, and asked to see the meaning of
the Square.! was told that it was the astral region of storm and rain
clouds with wind. I saw elementals in grey or pearly robes floating on
the white fleecy clouds. (Note: I get them greyer and less
defined.—D.D.C.F.) On dark thunder clouds were forms in dark lurid grey
raiment, bearing thunderbolts like the images attributed to Zeus; many
eagle-headed forms among them. Presently I saw one with a Crown. I asked
him to show me, and he took me by the hand and we traversed an enormous
distance beyond the Earth which became invisible. Then we soared upwards
still in the midst of the same surroundings, till I saw the Sun of that
region, shining brightly, but clouds frequently drifting across it,
while the clouds were now below us but only partially so. He told me
that the nature of this Square was to supply the forces on the Astral
Plane which generate wind, rain, clouds, and storm on the natural plane.
That these occurred throughout the Universe but with different effect.
That on our evil planet the effect was sometimes disastrous, being
perverted from their original intention by our evil sphere. But on other
higher planes the effect was always beneficial, clearing away that which
had fulfilled its purpose and replacing it by fresh influence. The
region attributed to this Square seemed simply limitless. We traversed
an enormous distance, yet seemed no nearer the end. So he brought me
back again. Then I thanked him and saluted him, and descen­ded to the
former plane. There I thanked and saluted the Angel Hoorpokrati, and the
Sphinx. So I returned home, dimly seeing my natural body before
re-entering it.