E. A. Koetting - staticfly.net

WORKS OF
DARKNESS
that Old Wise Serpent that carries us above death's bony grasp.
The Vedas teach the principle and practice of raising the Serpent
Kundalini, thereby connecting and empowering the Chakras to
maximum potential. This is usually done through years of Yogic
discipline, the final culmination of the Kundalini power thrusting the
Soul from the body through the Crown Chakra. The liberated Soul
then is said to cross over into the highest heaven, meeting with Krishna
and entering into a relam of godly delight.
This type of spiritual journeying is also seen in Qabbalistic
Pathworking. The aspirant will devote his entire spiritual focus to one
specific Sephiroth, or sphere, such as Geburah to begin with. He will
divest all of its secrets until Mastery is had - much in the same way the
Yogi will approach each respective Chakra. The Qabbalist will "climb"
up the Tree of Life (a tree, interesting to note, that wouldn't be known
were it not for its brother the Tree of Knowledge, shown to Eve by none
other than a Serpent, according to their own mythology) until he reaches
Kether, a Sephirothic Sphere that directly relates to the Crown Chakra.
Once Kether has been Mastered, the Adept has one final task; Absolution.
Each system of spiritual attainment attempts to reach into the
heavens. But only the few, the cursed, have dared to pull the heavens
to earth in a fiery collision. Only a few have shed enough blood into the
dark waters to not only stir, but to fully awaken the Serpent and bring
his wrath upon the face of the earth.
The Serpent is not the Path nor the palace at the end of the path,
but is the motion and the power of each step taken. It is not Magick in
all of its forms and religions, but is the energetic current that swarms
beneath the fa