Son of Chicken Qabalah: Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford’s (Mostly Painless) Practical Qabalah Course

389 Pages·2018·4.917 MB·English

by  Lon Milo DuQuette

SON OF
CHICKEN
QABALAH
Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford's (mostly painless)
Practical Qabalah Course
LON MILO DUQUETTE
Iht Stmt Initidtm Ctremonits, Extnitts, and Meditations
of a (probably tempi fitly fictitious) Qabalah Initiatory Scatty
SON OF
CHICKEN
QABALAH
Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford's
(mostly painless)
Practical Qabalali Course
LON M ILO D U Q U ETTE
Weiser Books
This edition first published in 2018 by Weiser Books, an
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Red Wheel/Weiser, llc
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Copyright © 2018 by Lon Milo DuQuette
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ISBN: 978-1-57863-615-0
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Cover design by Kathryn Sky-Peck
Interior images by Lon Milo DuQuette
Interior by Steve Amarillo / Urban Design llc
Typeset in Adobe Minion Pro, Monotype Centaur,
Monotype Odense
Printed in Canada
MAR
10 987654321
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NEW
MANUAL
OF QABALISTIC
INITIATION CEREMONIES, TEACHINGS, EXERCISES,
AND PRACTICAL MEDITATIONS CREATED
EXPRESSLY FOR DILETTANTES WITH
REALLY SHORT ATTENTION SPANS
WHO PRETENTIOUSLY CONSIDER
THEMSELVES HERMETIC QABALISTS
BUT WHO, NEVERTHELESS, SINCERELY
DESIRE TO APPLY A TINY PORTION OF THE
HEBREW QABALAH
FOR SPIRITUAL
ENLIGHTENMENT.
DEDICATION
This little book, and everything I mistakenly believe I am; and every-
thing I mistakenly believe I was; and everything I mistakenly believe
I shall be; and everything I mistakenly believe I know; and everything
I mistakenly believe I desire; and everything I mistakenly believe I
love; and everything I mistakenly believe I hate; and everything I
mistakenly believe I believe, I mistakenly dedicate
to God/Myself,
who (at the moment) I mistakenly adore as
my Holy Guardian Angel.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Author's Notes
Prologue
Introduction
Qabalah Initiation; The Method to the Madness
The Degree Ceremonies: Introductory Words
FIRST-DEGREE
Preliminary Notes
Ceremony of Initiation Officer's Script
Portfolio
SECOND-DEGREE
Preliminary Notes
Ceremony of Initiation Officer's Script
Portfolio
THIRD-DEGREE
Preliminary Notes
Ceremony of Initiation Officer's Script
Portfolio
Valediction
Epilogue
Appendices
Endnotes
ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
FIGURE 1.
figure 2. First-Decree Temple.
FIGURE 3■
figure 4■ First-Decree Candelabra.
table 1. Table of the Three Mother Letters.
figure q.
figure 6. Second-Degree Temple with Floorcloth.
figure 7. Second-Degree Menorah.
FIGURE 8. Second-Degree Floorcloth.
FIGURE Q. Cushion Positions on Floorcloth.
figure וס. Second-Degree Menorah.
TABLE 2. Table of the Seven Double Letters.
FIGURE װ . Second-Degree Cube Tov.
FIGURE 12.
figure 13. Third-Degree Temple with Floorcloth.
figure u. Third-Degree Floorcloth.
figure Third-Decree Star.
table 3. Table of the Twelve Simple Letters.
figure 16. Third-Degree Dodecahedron Toy.
figure 17־. Third-Decree Cube.
figure 18.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author wishes to acknowledge the following individuals
whose person, presence,
or influence is either directly or indirectly responsible for the
creation of this work:
Constance Jean DuQuette
(my wife of fifty years)
Donald Weiser and Betty Lundsted
(who first believed in Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford)
&
Dr. Francis (Israel) Regardie
Paramahansa Yogananda
Dr. Arthur Rosengarten
Dr. David Shoemaker
Robert Anton Wilson
Christopher S. Hyatt
Dr. Timothy Leary
Marc E. DuQuette
Thomas Caldwell
William Heidrick
Charles D. Harris
Aleister Crowley
Paul Foster Case
Dr. I. Z. Gilford
William Breeze
Phyllis Seckler
Carolyn Tillie
Poke Runyon