The Book of Shakti-Babalon

A 'received' text expressing the essence of Shakti-Babalon and the Tantrik union of the Dyad, revealing old Mysteries and making new ones. Sex & Death & Flesh is All.

OM HRIM SHAKTI-BABALON NAMAH SVAHA!

The Book of Shakti-Babalon

Via Aion -- 'In Absu' -- Deep Pacific Ocean -- off Alaska -- 5/30/01

1. Upon the Endless Sea with no ending and no limit
   floats the preceived 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 PanShiva,
   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 is 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 that 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) than 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 it is mostly directed at male magickians -- it 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

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