Western Mandalas of Transformation: Magical Squares - Tattwas - Qabalistic Talismans (Llewellyn's Golden Dawn Series)

226 Pages·1996·4.45 MB·English

by  Soror A.L.

Cross the Threshold to the Future of Magic
Once the exclusive secret of the select few, the secrets of magical symbolism are now
revealed in Western Mandalas of Transformation. Updated and refined through practical
experience, the full range of talismans, mandalas, flashing tablets, kameas, sigils, and seals
are made understandable and readily available to you. Numerous illustrations demonstrate
how to properly create and use these powerful images to positively change your life.
Use sound Qabalistic principles derived from the Tree of Life to fashion powerful, trans-
formative mandalas and seals. Work with a wide range of energies to facilitate healing, per-
sonal empowerment, and spiritual development.
From the most basic concepts to the most advanced theories, Western Mandalas of Trans-
formation guides you through the process of creating planetary, zodiacal, Qabalistic, and
other images for use in meditation, ritual, and magic.
Uncover the mysteries of divine names and the magical power within your own name by
learning to convert any name into a magical signature, sigil, or tattwa symbol.
Radically transform your life through exciting new ways of working with numbers, sym-
bols, and the chakras emerging from the cutting edge of modern-day magical practice.
Open the magical portal to Daath and the secrets which await the seeker beyond the con-
fines of normal existence.
Western Mandalas of Transformation explains mysteries hidden in the magical squares
which have never been published before. Powerful techniques obtained from the experi-
ences of a working hermetic lodge can now be yours. Do you have the will to dare the assay
into the silent depths of the unknown?
About the Author
Soror A. L. lives and writes in her niche in the woods with her cat and herb garden. She
belongs to a working hermetic lodge on the West Coast and welcomes correspondence on
magical squares.
About the Illustrator
After studying Buddhism for five years, Lloyd Nygaard turned to the esoteric traditions of
the West and spent seven years in a Fourth Way school practicing the inner disciplines of
spiritual evolution. He has studied the writings of Paul Foster Case for the past eleven years
with other students from a variety of traditions that have the Golden Dawn as their com-
mon source. He works as a design engineer in the aerospace industry, and is currently writ-
ing a thesis on transfinite numbers, the mathematics of infinity.
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LLEWELLYN'S GOLDEN DAWN SERIES
WESTERN MANDALAS
OF
TRANSFORMATION
MAGICAL SQUARES • TATTWAS • QABALISTIC TALISMANS
Soror A. L.
Illustrated by Lloyd Nygaard
1995
Llewellyn Publications
St. Paul, MN 55164-0383, U. S. A.
Western Mandates of Transformation. Copyright © 1996 by A. L. Soror. All rights
reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or
reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Llewellyn Pub-
lications except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
FIRST EDITION
First Printing, 1996
Cover design by Tom Grewe
Editing, design, and layout by Darwin Holmstrom
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Soror A. L., 1947-
Western mandalas of transformation: astrological and qabalistic
talismans and tattwas / Soror A. L.; illustrated by Lloyd Nygaard. —
lst ed.
p. cm. — (Llewellyn Golden Dawn series)
ISBN 1-56718-170-8 (pbk.: akl. paper)
l. Mandala. 2. Talismans. 3. Magic squares. 4. Tree of life.
5. Magic. I. Title. II. Series.
BF1442. M34C66 1995
135'. 4—dc20 95-4525
CIP
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About Llewellyn's Golden Dawn Series
One hundred years ago the original Order of the Golden Dawn initiated a powerful rebirth
of interest in the Western Esoteric Tradition that has lasted through this day—this series of
books adds new impetus to the Great Work itself among an ever broadening base of sincere
students.
I further promise and swear that with the Divine Permission, I will from this day
forward, apply myself to the Great Work—which is: to purify and exalt my Spiri-
tual Nature so that with the Divine Aid I may at length attain to be more than
human, and thus gradually raise and unite myself to my Higher and Divine
Genius, and that in this event I will not abuse the great power entrusted to me.
With this oath, the Adeptus Minor of the Inner Order committed him/herself to under-
take, consciously and deliberately, that which was ordained as the birthright of all Human-
ity: to become more than human!
This is the ultimate message of Esotericism: that evolution continues, and that the pur-
pose of each life is to grow into the Image set for us by our Creator: to attain and reveal our
own Divinity.
These books and tapes will themselves make more easily accessible the Spiritual Tech-
nology that is inherent in the Golden Dawn System. It is a system that allows for individual
as well as group endeavor; a system based on universal principles that are global in their
impact.
And practical. The works in this series are practical in their applications and require-
ments for application. You need neither to travel to the Mountain Top nor obtain any tool
other than your own Consciousness. You need no garment other than your own Imagina-
tion. You need no authority other than that of your own True Will.
Set forth, then, into the New Dawn—a New Start on the greatest adventure there is: to
become One with the Divine Genius.
This book is dedicated to all my students, and especially to my
lodge sisters in Hermetica West, who have been a great source of
light and joy in my life: Sarial, La, Tzadkiel, Aimbe, Morning Star,
Starel, and Matarah, and to Claire, wherever you are....
Special thanks to: All Golden Dawn friends, both living and dead,
and La and Lux for proofreading
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1: Qabalistic Talismans: How do they work? 1
Chapter 2: Getting Started 11
Chapter 3: Correspondences 23
Chapter 4: Magical Squares and Sigils 53
Chapter 5: The Kamea of Binah/Saturn 71
Chapter 6: The Kamea of Chesed/Jupiter 81
Chapter 7: The Kamea of Geburah/Mars 89
Chapter 8: The Kamea of Tiphareth/Sun 97
Chapter 9: The Kamea of Netzach/Venus 107
Chapter 10: The Kamea of Hod/Mercury 115
Chapter 11: The Kamea of Yesod/Moon 125
Chapter 12: The Kamea of Daath/Pluto 135
Chapter 13: Talisman of the Name 145
Chapter 14: Using Tattwas for Healing and Balancing 153
Chapter 15: Consecration 189
Appendix 193
Bibliography 201
And Mercurius Trismegistus writes, that an Image, rightly made of
certain proper things, appropriated to any one certain angel will
presently be animated by that angel.
—Cornelius Agrippa
When I sing a song to the sun, it is not because I expect the sun to
change its course, but because I expect to put myself into a different
cast of mind in relation to the sun.
—Marsilio Fincino
There is no higher form of human freedom than friendship with God.
—St Teresa of Avila