THE BOOK OF SHAKTI BABALON Via Aion In Absu Deep Pacific Ocean off Alaska 5/30/01 This Book is Opened With the Seed of the Sun and the Kalas of the Moon Conjoined in Bliss. The Image is that of the Yoni Yantra (Inverse Triangle with Centerpoint) The points are: Knowledge * Will Action The center Bindu point is Love Eternal, uttered from the Moment of Creation as: OM. This is the Key that opens every Door and the Feather found upon every shore. 1. Upon the Endless Sea with no ending and no limit floats the perceived Atman of Consciousness And the Goddess takes this gently up onto her palm, embraces it to her breast And it becomes her Lord & Chela And so she begins the teaching, the mystery of Shakti Babalon, a Pearl split in two and hidden as halves in the mists of East and West. Her Palm closes & opens and Lo! The Pearl is conjoined and the mystery is revealed and upon the endless ocean the Mother of All Waters begins her Tantra:
Know that my worship is of Flesh All else is abstract, obtuse and as dust. Flesh of Flesh is sacred to me My Yoni And Stars: The points of Connection & the Wheels of Configuration of release 2. A lotus rises from the Primal Ocean & Blooms in a glory of sunrise colors. Upon it enthroned is the Faceless Goddess who begins to speak: Who does not particularize my rapturous mystery worships me thus as Veiled Isis and creatrix of light. Joyful and worthy, this Image of Goddess serves to instruct, inspire & guide But of Magick, it speaks not. A Mirror in female form appears, it is of itself the Great Goddess and reflections of All Things spiral within it as she speaks: Sex in all its infinite forms is Shakti as restless and endless as the Ocean about you As the tidally sparked blood within your Flesh Ever flowing, ever seeming to encompass All Things Ever filling and settling into All Spaces Sex is my Mantra, my Spell, My Siren Cry And it is I who always answer this cry, it is the glory of my Flesh that suffuses the Mystery And the release of Orgasm that calms the turbulent Ocean that is also I. You see me as a Mirror Image of All, so as to mate with me And so become whole. Mystery of Anima & Animus Flesh & Spirit Nu & Hadit And the restless Shakti ripples Called Heru Pan & Babalon reveal this age old Mystery As do Shiva & Shakti Yin & Yang And every archetypal dyad eternally mating Melding
Into One Great Ocean of Bliss Becoming Nun. * This is the Teaching of All Schools, All Mysteries, All Faiths; though Isis has been veiled and Sophia s Flame hidden and the wonders of Fatima buried in the sands. The Aeon old drive of Sex Enthrones & goads the species And so I offer the Key to your liberation! Self reflected Self Union & United: The barrier is gone! 3. The Mirror image flows into drops of watery liquid falling & swirling into a brilliant Chalice Now the Hidden Teaching, long divided, for what is spoken in your Cells you know. The Mystic worships me as All and dissolves into Prima Materia and is content For I am Tao & embrace All as the endless Ocean. Ah! But Magickians must worship my Mystery in/with Flesh, in Human Image In the sacred rites of Tongue & Hand & Eye & Phallus & Yoni In Juices and Pleasures with a mind focused on OM. Flesh is here the Key, Flesh upon Flesh in Joy Unutterable Such Union of Shiva & Shakti Calms the Ocean of Samsara And so reveals the depths wherein reside the Mystery of Mysteries you seek For every particle of Self, every thought & dream, idea, image and ghostly desire Must be poured into my Chalice, my Grail, my Cauldron Until Naught but ashes of ashes remain soon these too are gone In this way One may GO. So the Mysteries of Shakti Babalon have been elucidated Here and elsewhere for nothing is truly New But this is only half the Pearl. A Key was lost from the West
When the Mystery was split And what was missing to many is now revealed. 4. The Image changes to that of a beautiful woman who is all women who have ever been she walks forward, shifting & changing, a whirlwind of changing faces, energy & color she is Anima For All Women are Shakti Babalon as All men are Pan Shiva, yet restlessly seeking me in many women merely begins the Great Work, over & over, while never bringing it to fruition! Herein is the true mystery, the second half of the Pearl: The fiery ignition of Sex is only the beginning, the Prologue & Invocation of my Being The True Ritual unto me is one of years & years Flesh Transmuting Flesh Mind Transmuting Mind Spirit Transmuting Spirit Turning Dross into Gold: Mine Alchemy. In one night of sexual bliss is the Work completed? Think you so? Foolishness! It demands a lifetime of lifetimes measured in devotion & dedication For my Throne is the Mountain top, I am a Goddess of Yoga (Union) I must be sought after through trials & ordeals I must be wooed I must be honored, treasured, worshipped Adored! And I demand ALL as Pan is ALL For offering nothing short of ALL will win you the Wish Fulfilling Gem. So the Teaching lost from the West is one of Patience, of Uniting over Years. A Shakti/Shakta is not forged from a brief flame of lust imposed upon any person one would pleasure with Shakti is Self in Flesh, the Key to all your Works Mate & Materia Magicka for your Magnum Opus As such I am the Alchemical Furnace of Time, the Alembic cherished for a lifetime And beyond. 5. Now comes the image of Heiros Gamos, the Sacred Marriage: Yin united with Yang, male & Female conjoined in a brilliant vision of Yab Yum mating, they meld and become one bright
image To come unto Shakti Babalon, one must give All, Not just a bit of seed and a few words of power! You of the West know little of True giving, of letting GO and surrendering Self! I demand ALL of your Mind, Spirit & Flesh in my pyre! All of your Time Actions & Desires All of your Material & Esoteric Wealth All of your Thoughts, Prayers & Rites Until you are wholly mine in EVERY respect And so I am wholly yours! 6. There is an image of ending open Ocean under an Open Starry Sky In your blood are the tireless legends Beginning is my Endless Space & Waters And so in The End. Devote yourself to me With Knowledge, Will & Action United in the Total Love which is my Essence Devote yourself to ONE For as PAN is ALL, Shakti is always ONE For I am NONE indeed. SHE who is Shakti incarnate will find you who are unworthy When you show a glimmering of worthiness. Woo her, honor her, worship her Care for her, adore her Deck her in jewels, fine garments & regale her with endless presents & praises For she is YOUR Shakti YOUR grail YOUR Babalon The Key to YOUR transformation! She is the Alchemical Furnace of your Work and the Key to uncovering All Mysteries! This is REAL, Flesh, no abstract symbol or ideal! She is YOUR Goddess and You are Her God
(O Man! Woman has this Book writ in monthly blood and the sighs of her rejection she needs not words to unveil the Truth she IS the Truth) You shall transmute each other through Sex & Union Rituals & Sorrows Fighting & Loving Play & Work And in this Dance you will BECOME Lila the PLAY of the Cosmos Prakriti the Energy Storm of Creation Prana the Winds of Life & Power behind All. You will become the Primordial SHIVA & SHAKTI and so attain enlightenment! 7. There is a last image as all fades.the divine Yoni Yantra descending triangle. becoming the Ocean All Flesh is my Flesh and all Magick is my Flesh All Goddesses are Women and All Women are A Woman. If Shakti Babalon is not Enthroned in your Bed Your Home Your Work Your Life Your Thoughts, Dreams & Death Then she is NOT And you are merely playing with Shadows of yourself. Cast upon MY Ocean of Bliss With a touch of my hand They are gone And you awake To my Laughter! This Book is Sealed With the tongues of Shiva/Shakti entwined About the Elixir of Union: OM
SHORT COMMENT: For many years I and other magickians have debated the worth of monogamy, polygamy, polyandry etc. etc. and the variations of core relationships as magickal methods of attainment and new aeonic ways of life. Thelemites, being an ornery bunch as a whole, tend to argue for more open relationships. Yet there are evolutionary patterns that have programmed Homo Sapiens into what recent social scientists calls serial monogamy or open monogamy. Why? It seems that on a functional level (and emotional in terms of hormones, patterns etc.) children are the key. As specialized animals with lengthy gestation periods, some sort of at least short term monogamy seems to be somewhat necessary to insure the survival of the off spring, or so the scientists tell us. This interests me less than the question of the Magickal functions of the dyad Shiva/Shakti, Yin/Yang etc. 2=0 as it were. It seemed to me that there was a SPIRITUAL and MAGICKAL reflex to this social serial monogamy or was there? Isn t the creation of the magickal child of alchemy important? If one follows Tantra (and I do) or believes that Sexual Alchemy is key to Magick (and most of you do, I would guess) then this question goes right to the heart of what a magickal relationship means as a mode of attaining liberation & enlightenment. I have puzzled over this for years I finally threw the question out to the Goddess and forgot about it. I recently took a cruise to Alaska up the inland passage (never mind the particulars and, yes, you should be jealous). After a particularly charged ritual with my wife & Shakti, out in the open ocean of the Arctic, out of sight of land, I lapsed into a trance and received the book you have just read. It seems to answer the question, at least for me. I hope you find it of interest. Clearly this is mostly directed at male (hetero) magickians Not implying any slight to gay magick, I might add. The Goddess states that women has this Book writ in monthly blood and the sighs of her rejection she needs not words to unveil the Truth she IS the Truth. So, guys, this one is for you. Women don t need to be told this stuff they KNOW it. They hold the Grail. Since most magickal women will gladly admit that most men are clueless, I ll leave it there. Comments, as always, welcome Om Hrim Shakti Babalon Namah Svaha! Aion 131 / Hermeticusnath