Ave Babalon
Month: July 2013
Phoenician funeral stele from Carthage Moon-Goddess Tanit with sun & moon above her London British Museum EL
Tree of virtue and vices.
There are 22 roots, 18 for the Principles of figures A. and T. and 4 for the 4 elements
Cybele with turreted crown in a chariot drawn by two lions under sun, moon & star -Medallion from a temple in Ai Khanoum (Afghanistan) 200 BC Paris Musée Guimet
Mithras Tauroctony – Roman marble relief Temporarily at Arles Archaeological Museum,normally at Louvre, Paris Original photo by courtesy of galdo trouchky, color-modified by p.a.
Sun and Moon (top, heads more in the middle) witness the scene. The seasons in the four corner and the zodiac signs all around give the representation a cosmical meaning. Please compare the similiarity of the faces from Mithras and Sol.
(5.) Marbas.-The Fifth Spirit is Marbas. He is
a Great President, and appeareth at first in the
form of a Great Lion, but afterwards, at the
request of the Master, he putteth on Human
Shape. He answereth truly of things Hidden or
Secret. He causeth Diseases and cureth them.
Again, he giveth great Wisdom and Knowledge in
Mechanical Arts; and can change men into other
shapes. He governeth 36 Legions of Spirits. And
his Seal is this, which is to be worn as aforesaid.– Ars Goetia – The Lesser Key of Solomon
Marbas as Blackened Healer
collage and ink, 2013
from Liber Tsalal: The Goetia in the Æon Ov Baphomet
summoned on May 10th, 2013 behind a small house at night
Cover for the upcoming print edition of My Babylon.
