S S even p h e r e s SEVEN SPHERES by Rufus Opus Copyright 2014 to Nephilim Press / //**> No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys­ tem, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Contents Preface: On the Genders of Kings....................................................1 Introduction......................................................................................3 Hermetic Cosmology........................................................................9 The RO Take on the Hermetic Creation Myth...........................................n The Chain of Manifestation.......................................................................14 The Magicians Sphere of Influence............................................................16 Kings and Kingdoms.........................................................................19 Kings: What Makes You One.....................................................................19 Kingdoms: Really, Its All about Kingdom Maintenance..........................25 Jupiter...............................................................................................29 Jupiter Magic Overview: Why Jupiter Magic is GOOD.....................................................................29 Grace.........................................................................................................31 Applied Grace............................................................................................33 Authority: Divinely Right Rulership..........................................................34 Applied Right Rulership............................................................................35 Oh yeah, the Power....................................................................................35 The Danger................................................................................................36 Mars...................................................................................................37 Rules and Governance: the Art of Kingship..............................................38 The Art of War..........................................................................................39 The Sun...............................................................................................43 Feeding the Kingdom...............................................................................44 Into the Light, I Command You...............................................................47 The Assistant..............................................................................................50 Venus...................................................................................................53 The Core of Venus Magic..........................................................................54 The Faces of Venus Magic...........................................................................55 Relationships.................................................................................................55 Pleasures......................................................................................................57 Production....................................................................................................58 Opulence......................................................................................................59 Mercury..............................................................................................61 The Flow..............................................................................................................61 Classification, Correspondence, and Research...............................................62 Thought and Memory........................................................................................63 Mercury’s Influence in your Kingdom............................................................64 The Moon............................................................................................67 The Moon and the Shape of Things...................................................................67 Materialization....................................................................................................68 The Moons Forces in your Kingdom..............................................................69 Vision............................................................................................................69 Materialization............................................................................................70 Follow the Light...........................................................................................71 The Sphere of Saturn.......................................................................73 Defining your Kingdom.....................................................................................75 Working with Saturn..........................................................................................76 Saturn’s Forces in your Kingdom....................................................................78 Binding........................................................................................................78 Releasing......................................................................................................80 Time..............................................................................................................80 Wisdom.........................................................................................................81 Cursing and Hexing....................................................................................82 Border Expansion..............................................................................................83 Ritual Planning...............................................................................85 The Schedule........................................................................................................85 Timing..................................................................................................................87 A Walkthrough of the Rite.................................................................................91 Ritual Preparation..........................................................................93 The Fixed Ritual Implements............................................................................93 The Mutable Ritual Implements.......................................................................95 Jupiter Conjuration Preparation...............................................................97 Mars Conjuration Preparation................................................................99 Solar Conjuration Preparation..........................................................102 Venus Conjuration Preparation........................................................104 Mercury Conjuration Preparation...................................................106 Lunar Conjuration Preparation.........................................................108 Saturn Conjuration Preparation.......................................................110 The Script.....................................................................................113 The Orphic Hymn to Jupiter....................................................................115 The Orphic Hymn to Mars........................................................................115 The Orphic Hymn to the Sun....................................................................116 The Orphic Hymn to Venus......................................................................117 The Orphic Hymn to Mercury..................................................................118 The Orphic Hymn to the Moon................................................................119 The Orphic Hymn to Saturn....................................................................119 Closeout...................................................................................................120 Talismans....................................................................................121 The Nature of Talismans...........................................................................121 Types of Talismans............................................................................122 Talismanic Maintenance..........................................................................122 Initial Consecration: Activation of the Talisman..............................123 Initial Consecration Rite: Angelic Planetary Method.......................123 Scheduled Maintenance....................................................................125 Other Forms of Maintenance............................................................126 Putting Talismans on Vacation................................................................126 Decommissioning Talismans...................................................................126 Planetary Talismans................................................................................127 Jupiter Talisman................................................................................128 Mars Talisman..................................................................................130 Solar Talisman..................................................................................132 Venus Talisman................................................................................134 Mercury Talisman.............................................................................136 Lunar Talisman................................................................................138 Saturn Talisman...............................................................................140 Afterword: Kingdom Maintenance and Tapping the Powers of the Spheres to Live an Awesome Life.................................................143 Preface: On the Genders of Kings think there is nothing more stupid than the idea that one gender ^ 1^ is inherently fitter, better able, or more valuable than the others. V Throughout this book, I use the term “King,” and it is traditionally associated with those incarnated humans having a penis, and nothing else. I tried writing “Kings and Queens” every time, and that just got really awk­ ward and clumsy. Also it doesn’t address the many genders in between male and female that exist in the human sexual spectrum. When the Gents for Jupiter were formed, it was decided early on that we would allow all Gents who determined they wished to honor Jove into the cult, regardless of gender. “Gent” became a matter of dignity, honor, and re­ spect, and had nothing whatsoever to do with gender. I refer to all members, regardless of their physical equipment as “Mr. [Last Name],” because within the Gents, we are all equal and have no gender. I feel the same about the term King. To me, a King is anyone who rules, regardless of their gender. The need for different words to differentiate be­ tween genders is silly, in my opinion. I realize this is not true for everyone, and to those who are offended, I request you extend me a little royal Grace. When we meet in the flesh, you can tell me what you would prefer as your honorific, and out of respect for my fellow noble-born ruler, I shall call you whatever you like. Within these pages, I use King because I like how it sounds, and if you’d prefer it were another word, feel free to replace it as you go along. Ultimately it matters to me nothing at all what lies between your legs; you, like me, were born a king. - 1- Introduction “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eatV or ‘What will we drinkV or (What will we wear for clothingr For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” —LOGOS [Matthew 6:31-33] H spent many years practicing Money Magic. I started with Arch­ angels, who tried to tell me I needed to do some Work before they would help me. So I went to demons, and got an instant return on my efforts. And I also got the opportunities to do the Work the Archangels suggested. I tried Seals of Jupiter, and I tried Gator Hands; I did rites to gain favor of executive management, and rites of luck on my job searches. And I was successful. I found a lot of different ways to make money. I could manifest up to $1500 in a couple of days, and opportunities for much more in a couple of weeks. The longer you’re willing to let your plan build, the more you can make. It turned out that making money through magic is really easy once you figure out the secrets. Even now, I’m working on a proj­ ect that will net me millions. But the nature of money magic is such that it is not terribly effective un­ til it is not terribly necessary. Stressed out magicians aren’t thinking clear­ ly, concisely, or effectively. They plan poorly, and as a result they do magic poorly. They have so many immediate needs that they end up spending all - 3- Seven Spheres their time dealing with the little things instead of the bigger things that would solve all the smaller problems at the root. I needed money all the time because I didn’t understand how money itself worked. That’s what the Archangels tried to tell me early on. I didn’t have time to listen, because I really thought money was my biggest issue that needed to be solved, the panacea to all my concerns. And I had bills to pay. I was living like a Pauper, and I wanted to live like a King, and the biggest difference I could see between my Pauper self and Kings was that Kings had money, and I didn’t. What I needed to realize was that Kings aren’t Kings because they have money. Kings have money because they are Kings. They don’t get to collect taxes because they are rich and powerful, they are rich and powerful be­ cause they rule their kingdoms. Rulership is not simply telling people what to do. If you’ve ever worked for a boss that was like that, you know they were not very effective at leading their teams of people. No one wants to call the techniques of good management “Being a good ruler” because of the conno­ tations that come with that, but the fact remains that if you rule your world like a good and wise King, you will find yourself receiving the benefits that come from Right Rulership. The quote at the beginning of this introduction is attributed to Jesus “The LOGOS” Christ. He was basically talking to a bunch of people like me and you, all worried about bills and finances and things that have an ex­ pense. We need to pay taxes, we need to pay for clothes, housing, cars, food, and high speed internet. We need to pay for things. So we go after money, because our desire for things is not a very good currency. We get focused on the things we need that we think will make us happy, and we go after the means to get those things. We go after money. Let’s get a better job, more revenue streams, more income, more, more, more. But the LOGOS pointed out something really important. The things we seek, they are part of what automatically comes with a kingdom. They are secondary manifestations, the results. Look at Kings. They have everything they need, and then some. LOGOS was saying, look, don’t go after that stuff; that’s what other people do with their lives, people who have not been cho­ sen to know who they are, who have not had their divine nature and true paternity revealed to them. Instead of going after all that stuff, or the means to get that stuff, focus instead on the Kingdom. Learn that you are a King already. Learn what that means, learn the art of being the Royal You. Train - 4- Introduction yourself, improve yourself, be Kingly, and you’ll find that you have a King­ dom of a God all around you, and that you are its ruler. But what are Kings? Kings are people who were personally (or through the source of their noble lineage) positioned by fate and fortune and gifted with the quality required to lead their world naturally. They were linked to the gods either by favor or by blood, and they received a Kingdom as a result of their nature and the quality of their deeds. They were noble. It wasn’t until I had turned my focus and attention on the establishment of my own kingdom that I began to realize what it meant to be noble. It came to me when I started doing intense work with Jupiter that released a large wave of the Greater Benefic’s forces into my life all at once. I received a great deal of good fortune, both spiritually and financially. I had joined the Gents of Jupiter, a semi-formal Mystery Cult dedicated to “sitting around in suits drinking whiskey and setting the world to rights ... literally,” and was pur­ suing that motto full steam. I did weekly rites to Jupiter on Thursdays, seek­ ing communion with its intelligences and deities, initiation into its sphere, and the integration of the forces it represented. In typical Jupiterean fashion, I was flooded with inspiration, opportuni­ ties, and opulent, extravagant experiences of great joy. What I received from the rite personally was a vision of the role of the Magician in his Sphere of influence. I saw the Magician anointed as a King by the forces of Jupiter, and that the receipt of this anointing ennobled the magician. I saw that their “King­ dom” consisted of all the things, situations, objects, events, and people that they interacted with daily. I saw how the forces of each subsequent planet in the chain of manifestation operated in different aspects of the Kingdom, and how initiations into the planetary spheres changed the magician, making him a more effective King as he grew in power and understanding of the forces of creation in each of the planets and the things they represent in the material realm. In the following sections, we’ll be going through what that means in more detail. We’ll start with the very basics of the Hermetic system I prac­ tice and teach. You’ll be reminded of who you are and where you come from. You’ll understand why you are, regardless of your current situations, a noble person of royal birth. Then we’ll discuss the chain of manifestation, the se­ crets of how everything we experience in this material realm, from the color 5 - -